children fiction

Hardcover. NY, David McKay , 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in black. 158 pages, illustrations and text in brown. Dust flap taped to inside front cover. Otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Bobbs-Merrill Co. , 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 132 pages. Tall book. red cloth covers. Black & white illustrations by Evatt. Mild waterstains to covers. Spine faded. Corners a bit bumped. A charming story set on the island of Orleans in the St. Lawrence River near Quebec, against the backdrop of the opening years of World War II.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Ariel, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. color paste-down on front cover. Color illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg. Clean copy

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrations in color, b&w by Tibor Gergely, illustrated boards, corner edgewear, pages have wrinkling to bottom edge. Covers have moderate chipping. Sweeny is a brave little boy who visits the Bronx Zoo alone and where he loses his toy elephant, Bombo. He is lonely and unsure of himself but gains courage from his interaction with the animals and eventually rescues Bombo.

Hardcover. Boston, Jr. Lit. Guild/Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Hardcover with black stamped illustration on front cover. B&w illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Mild stain to several pages and light rubbing to covers, otherwise tight and clean. Faded spine.

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light soil spot on bottom of page block. Dust jacket is protected in plastic, but has light abrasion to paper near bottom spine front. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , G. G Putnam's Sons , 1st , 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages hardcover. Blue cloth bindings. Black and white illustrations at chapter headings. Illustrated flyleaves and end pages. Top edge decorative stain. Gilt decoration on spine and cover. Some shelf wear and soiling on front and back cover, otherwise clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 296 pages. Illustrated by Clifford W. Ashley. Soiling to endpapers, edges, cover. Pink top edge. Blue cloth cover. Spine worn, cocked. Edgewear. Corners bumped.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., True 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 305 pages. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. Hinges cracked. Illustrated endpapers. Review stamp front fly leaf. Discoloration, soiling to covers. Orange cloth cover with black lettering and decoration. Corners worn, bumped.

Hardcover. NY, Crowell, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. While staying with her eccentric aunt and uncle on the foggy California coast, T.J. finds herself involved in an unusual adventure when she helps the ghost of a nineteenth-century stowaway find a ring that will help free him to his future. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 4th pr., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 199 pages. A tale set in the 1950s hill country of Virginia. Clean copy.

New York, Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, including glossary of Japanese terms. B&w drawings by William Hutchinson. Ex-library copy. Blue dust jacket with faded spine; small tear to top left front cover. Otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, George H. Doran, rep, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 354 pages. Foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. Darkened spine. Light soiling to covers. Light rubbing to corners and spine.

Hardcover. London, Bodley Head, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 139 pages. Black & white illustrations by Marjorie Flack. Previous owner's bookplate pasted to half-title page. INSCRIBED BY LOMEN to previous owner on front flyleaf. Clean cover.

Hardcover. Garden City, New York , Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jscket, 295 pages, Illustrated in b&w by Erick Berry.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Light edgewear on covers.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st Thus, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages plus "A Word to Grown-Ups" and Ad. Hardcover. Features 4 full color illustrations by Harry L. Smith. Dust jacket with light chipping at corners, top and bottom of spine - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Longmans, Green & Co., 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 156 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color, black & white illust. by Henry Pitz. Ex-lib with modest marking, residue. Dust jacket with light chipping. Glue abrasion on title page at gutter.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and edge wear to covers. Light chipping, faded spine with soil to rear dust jacket. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese.

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 118 pages. Illustrated in b&w and color by Tony James Chance. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st thus, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 356 pages. Color and b&w illustrations by Richard Powers. Inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, 3rd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in blue, b&w illustrations by Richard Kennedy, 77 pages. Collects seven stories, at least two of which are fantasies (fairy folk). Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Z. Walck, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, illustrated in b&w by Tom Feelings. Black cloth covers with gilt snake drawing on front. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Spine slightly cocked, clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, na, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Preface by Mrs. Maxwell Scott. 389 pages including glossary. 12 color plates by Simon H. Vedder. Previous owner's bookplate. Maroon cloth, gilt decorated. Top edge gilt.