children fiction

NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, Nd , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations by Grace Huxtable. Light edgewear and soil to dust jacket. Translated by Rose Fyleman. Originally published in Switzerland under the title Muck: Lebenstage eines Alpenhasen. Clean copy.

NY, Delacorte, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 86 pages plus publisher's promotional exerpts from previous series books in back. "Summary: When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture during the Mexican War." Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on half-title. Caldecott Winner. Bright, crisp copy. Second printing, without Caldecott sticker on front. Wiesner won the first of three Caldecott Medals for this charming and humorous pictorial story about clever frogs and their adventures as they migrate from a swamp through a small town.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Mustard paper boards quarter-bound in red cloth. The saga of a Mormon family haunted through the generations by a terrible secret. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Nice color illustrations by Lobel. Minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild/Harper, BC Ed., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 26 b&w line drawings by Jessie Robinson. Dust jacket worn, chipped. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Historical tale of a 16-year old during the Crusades. B&w illustrations by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with black titles, color label on front cover. Color and b&w plates by Arnold Hicks. Some short tears to pages, not affecting plates. Covers with edgewear, name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket illustrated, B&W drawings by Diana Thorne. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Hurst & Company, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages. Hardcover. Light green fabric covered boards with color decoration. Previous owner signature. Some age wear to covers: light soil, fraying. pages lightly yellow with age. In good condition.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth stamped in dark blue and orange. 239 pages, illustrated in b&w line by Harry Farny. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philsadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages. Hardcover with yellow cover boards. No dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Armstrong Sperry. Tight copy with only minor soil to pages.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in publisher's grey - blue cloth, with image of two little confederates peeking around a bush at enemy cavalry. 156 pages + ads in rear : plates. 1898 reprint of the 1888 edition. This unforgettable tale by one of the South's greatest 19th-century storytellers has been a favorite of children since its original publication. Two little boys, Willie and Frank, are trapped between Union and Confederate lines in war-torn Virginia. The secrets they must keep and the dangers they confront make for an exciting story.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with black, white and gilt design on front cover and spine. 191 pages, plus publisher's ads in rear. 12 b&w plates by Reginald Birch. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 191 pages + publishers ads. B&w illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. Blue cloth, gilt decorations and titled to front and spine, no dust jacket as issued. Slight wear and rubbing along edges, light bumps to edges of spine, else a very nice, tight copy.

London, MacDonald, 1st UK, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by William Stobbs. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. In very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 340 pages, b&w plates by Manning DeV. Lee. Historical fiction romance between a young converted Quaker woman and a Puritan man set Nantucket in the 1650's. Short inscription on blank prelim page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Boston , Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth stamped with dark green design. B&W illustrations by Joshua Tolford. Ex-lib with stamping, light residue to end papers. Juvenile novel set in Maine about a 12-year-old mischief maker who decides to reform upon the arrival of his war hero uncle.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 57 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Brock. Edgewear. Dust jacket price clipped, light chipping, rubbing.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 203 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated by Jill Pinkwater in b&w. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY HESS on title page. Bottom corner slight bump. Tight copy.

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st , 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 57 pages. Black & white illustrations by Glen Rounds. Dust jacket with light rubbing. Relates how Uncle Lemon got his spring in the middle of the driest summer on record and the troublesome consequences it brought him. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton , reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 265 pages plus ads in rear. 112 black & white illustrations by A.B. Frost. Red cloth covers with decorations, gold lettering. Gilt top edge. Front hinge cracked. Corners bumped. Light rubbing to corners, spine.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Books, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 686 pages. The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series, Julius Lester masterfully retains the flavor of the tales, while dropping the heavy dialect of the Harris originals and adding contemporary language and references-- ensuring that the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers. The stories are beautifully illuminated by the slyly humorous full-color and black-and-white art of Jerry Pinkney.