children fiction

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1884-85, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 12 issues bound in one volume, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 958 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. The premier children's magazine in America at this time, offering a mix of fiction (some of it fantastic), articles, humor and lavish illustrations. This volume contains the original serialization of Davy and the Goblin by Charles Carryl, a "delightful Victorian story of how Davy. who didn't believe in fairies, was taken for a Believing Voyage by a coal-eating goblin in a grandfather clock." These issues include stories about tennis, futuristic tricycles and choosing an occupation; also biographies of classical composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Wagner by Agatha Tunis. Includes writings by Frank R. Stockton, Marion Satterlee, George J. Manson and many others. Clean copy, no library marks. Front hinge cracked.

NY, Century Co., 1st, 1887-88, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 issues bound in one volume, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. 960 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Hinge crack at rear of volume.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in two volumes, black calf spines with gilt lettering, pebbled cloth over boards . 1056 pages. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Includes Chuggins, the Youngest Hero with the Army by H. Irving Hancock; Goops by Gelett Burgess (a few parts); The Sole Survivors by George A. Henty (6 parts); much more. Clean copy, no library marks. Hinges cracked. Light scuffing to top and bottom of leather spines. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1883-84, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volumes. 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering. 984 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. These issues include several stories by Louisa May Alcott and Frank R. Stockton. Also with offerings by Margaret Johnson, Frederic Palmer, Frank M. Bicknell and many others; "conducted" (edited) by noted author Mary Mapes Dodge. This delightful collection of magazines provides an insight into the way of life in the US early in the latter half of the 19th Century. Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes. 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering. 960 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. These issues include stories about tennis, futuristic tricycles and choosing an occupation; also biographies of classical composers such as Beethoven, Bach and Wagner by Agatha Tunis. Includes writings by Frank R. Stockton, Marion Satterlee, George J. Manson and many others. Also the original serialization of Davy and the Goblin by Charles Carryl, a "delightful Victorian story of how Davy. who didn't believe in fairies, was taken for a Believing Voyage by a coal-eating goblin in a grandfather clock." Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering, light scuffing. 1,072 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 issues bound in one volume, black pebbled cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. 526 pages, b&w illustrations. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Company, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 6 issues bound in one volume, black pebbled cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine. 526 pages, b&w illustrations. A collection of the best juvenile writing and illustration of the day. Clean copy, no library marks. Each issue of St. Nicholas includes stories, often by well-known authors, as well as dozens of charming illustrations, photos, riddles, poems, letters, and non-fiction articles written for young people. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

NY, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Pictorial dust jacket over blue paper covered boards and silver lettering. Blue and black illustrations by Frederic Marvin. Twenty retold legends from Mexico with pronunciation guide but no sources. the artist was educated and has exhibited in Mexico. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow and Company, 2nd Pr., 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Full color frontis. Light abrasion to page edges 233-248. Faint circular damp stain on front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New Milford CT, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Schwartz. This amusing picture book features Darlene, a relatively svelte hippo, and a cast of other dressed animals in three connected stories. With stars in her eyes, Darlene signs up for theater class and lands a role as "the Flood" in Noah's ark. On opening night she enters, entangles her feet in her long gown, and missing her target, flings a basin of water onto the critic in the first row. His review? "?a drenching, yet refreshing experience. Miss Darlene's performance was especially exciting." Two more plays follow, a science fiction drama in which Darlene flubs her lines, and Sleeping Beauty, which finds the hippo falling asleep onstage. The critic raves "A STAR IS BORN," and the story ends with Darlene's contented smile. Brightened with delicate washes, the fine, clean ink drawings create a series of charming, often droll scenes.

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, reprint, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. An adventure set against the building of the Panama Canal. Color frontispiece and 3 black & white plates by B. J. Rosenmeyer. In a very good dust jacket (not illustrated, type only) minor chipping. No date on title page so presumed 1930s printing.

NY, Julian Messner, Inc., 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, black & white pictures by Donald McKay. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, Revised Edition, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Adapted from the Russian by Babette Deutsch and Abrahm Yarmolinsky. Black & brown & white illustrations by Janina Domanska. Dust jacket shows minor wear and chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, original gold Holt Library Edition sticker to spine, 290 pages. After being jilted by her fiance, a young girl persuades her father to let her enter the business world rather than a convent. A young Renaissance woman defies tradition and wins independence in the world of commerce. Edith Martha Almedingen (1898-1971), was an Anglo Russian novelist, biographer, children's author and member of the Royal Society of Literature. Published originally in England in 1956. Bookplate on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Sydney, Austalia, P.I.C., 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 48 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Robert Ingpen. Clean, tight copy. This children's picture story, a detective mystery, is about a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, and which disappears in New Jersey. This is one of the author's most hilarious, but overlooked, masterpieces for any child or adult to enjoy. The life-like illustrations are by international illustrator, Robert Ingpen. The literature classic was originally published in 1882 as a short story.

Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Bradbury Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 106 pages, illustrations by Donald A. Mackay throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and minor tear on top edge. Clean and bright pages and tight binding. Story of a young boy who feels out of place in his own family. Gus Oliver lives with his several siblings and parents in rural upstate New York. He is nicknamed "the stone face boy." Gus is a strange and awkward boy but likable. When a stray dog is befriended by his sister, he doesn't take an immediate like to him. When the dog goes missing one night, it appears only Gus can find him before the dog is hunted or trapped in the cold winter night.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 225 pages. Black & white illustrations by Bronson. Color illustrated endpapers. Review copy stamp on half-title page. Corners bumped, rubbed. Soiling to covers. A tale of two adolescent Native American boys on islands off the coast of Spanish-conquered Mexico. 47 illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 120 pages. Illustrated by Jean Harper;

Softcover. New Haven CT, S. Babcock, reprint, 1845, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, 4 1/2 X 5 1/2", illustrated with b&w engravings. Forward by author dated 1845, noting that this book is a shorter version of a "somewhat larger book" printed several years earlier (1832). Wrapper worn with red design and lettering: "Stories About Whale Catching/Toils and Perils of Whalers". Yellow endpapers. Half of paper on spine missing, light foxing and minor staining to several pages.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company/Riverside Press, Reprint, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 532 pages. "Authors Edition". Black & white illustrations by M. L. Stone and V. Pedersen. Previous owners inscription on Preliminary page. Small piece of paper (pea sized) missing from bottom right corner of front endpaper. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dial Press, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 353 pages. Hardcover with pictorial front cover. Illustrated by Edna Cooke. Previous owner's name and bookplate near front. Tight copy. Spine faded.

Hardcover. New York, Random House , 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 247 pages. Color, black & white illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. Rubbing to spine, corners. Dust jacket with light soiling, chipping.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson's Books for Young People, 1st, unkn., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Illustrations by C. Gifford Ambler. Dust jacket shows minor wear, covers good. Internally, previous owner's name on front fly leaf. tight copy.