Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st US, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 346 pages plus publisher's ads. Blue cloth with red shirt loading a musket on front board. 8 b&w plates by William Rainey (1852-1936) was a noted landscape painter and figure artist who regularly illustrated books for Henty. Hinge cracked at title page. Moderate shelf wear. No markings.
Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 236 pages, 4 b&w line plates, olive green cloth covers with orange and black decoration. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop & Co., 1st, 1878, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated boards with a black cloth spine, 247 pages, b&w illustrations. Introduction by Leonard Waldo of Harvard College Observatory. An introductory study of Astronomy for the young reader. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean. Corner chip to paper on bottom of front cover A fragile binding but still solid.
Hardcover. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, reprint, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in gilt and dark brown. Four b&w plates not credited. This novel set in the late nineteenth century provides heartwarming tales of faith and love. Gossip, family failures, and errors in judgment threaten the lives of Ralph Bramlett and Estelle Douglass, but hope is found in the darkest of times. No date on title page, copyright page states 1896. Part of a uniform set so assumed a reprint. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. B&w plates. Light edgewear to black covers. Dust jacket has heavy chipping and short tears. Gutter cracking in places.
Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, reprint, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. Hardcover. Early reprint. Tan cloth covers with full color paste down illustration to front - paste down with abrasions. Front interior hinge cracked. Black & white illustrations by John R. Neill. Moderate rubbing to corners and edges. Interior clean, tight.
Hardcover. Chicago IL, Albert Whitman & Co, reprint, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 160 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Eleanore Mineah Hubbard. Previous owner's bookplate and signatures on front end paper and front fly leaf. Top corners bumped. Wear to covners and spine. Scribbling in pencil on rear endpaper. Some soiling to covers.
Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1st, 1913, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 340 pages plus 5 page addenda in rear. Blue cloth with the title in black and a vignette of Woozy in black and red on the spine, and the title and an illustration of Scraps in red, black and yellow on the front board. Illustrated profusely in b&w and color by John R. Neill, including color illustrated endpapers. Both hinges, front and rear, cracked. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. There is a clear tape repair to front fly leaf, and the cloth spine at one time was loose, but now reglued. A fair copy only but clean and attractive internally.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY PECK on front fly leaf, black & white drawings by Betty Fraser. Small chip to dust jacket front panel otherwise very good condition.
Hardcover. Boston, Haughton Mifflin, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 45 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white by Helen Rhodes. Cover faded.
Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 233 pages. Authors, illustrators, and poets describe their childhoods, approaches to creating children's books, and career paths.
Hardcover. Chicago, Thompson & Thomas, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 303 pages, b&w illustrations by Heath. Blue cloth covers with black, red and white illustration. Previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page.
Hardcover. NY, Hurst & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. Illustrated cloth boards. Black & white illustrations by G. C. Widney. Previous owners name on front endpaper and top of title page. Back hinge loose. Light rubbing and wear to cover corner and edges.
Hardcover. NY, Hurst Co., reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. Two stories in one volume. 6 color plates along with many b&w line illustrations. Light water stain pg. 134-160. Light green cloth with black and blue design, gilt on spine. Back hinge cracked. Humorous episodes of a red headed boy playing practical jokes on his Uncle Ike.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Nelson & Sons,, reprint, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth, stamped in green. 144 pages, b&w illustrations by Nils Hogner. Nicely done story set in a Mexican village. First published in 1935.
Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (64 pages), illustrated with 6 color plates and many other b&w drawings by Chloe Preston (not credited). Color pictorial boards, end paper drawing. Clean, minor wear at corners, top and bottom of spine.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Company , 2nd, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Penelope's Experiences England - 176 pages. 53 black & white illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Green cloth covers with bright gilt title and decorations on spine and cover. Clean, tight copy. Penelope's Experiences Scotland - 301 pages. 55 black & white illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Green cloth covers with bright gilt title and decorations on spine and cover. Clean, tight copy.
London, Country Life, 1st , 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated boards with tan cloth spine, 163 pages. 16 pencil black & white drawing plates by G.D. Armour. Previous owner's signature, date on front end paper.
Hardcover. New York , Doubleday and Co., 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 page, green cloth covers. Illustrated in 2-colors by Edward Ardizzone. Light shelf wear, clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, Beckley-Cardy Co., 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial red cloth covers with two children riding a camel. 287 pages, b&w stock photos throughout, nice color illustration as frontispiece. Inscription on first blank page, library stamp on front fly leaf, no other markings. A simplistic tale and view of Africa, typical of a 30s young reader book.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 3rd pr., Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped with blue decoration, 427 pages. B&w drawings by Helene Carter. "The intrepid Swallows (explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker) and fearsome Amazon pirates (Nancy and Peggy Blackett) sail the high seas, outwitting a pirate and his cutthroat crew, sharks, and the ravenous creatures of Crab Island in search of buried treasure." Hinges tender, pencil notation on dedication page otherwise clean. Mild shelf wear.
Hardcover. Chicago, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrated boards with light edgewear. 12 color and numerous b&w illustrations by Virginia Albert. Small blue stain to edge of last 10 pages, not affecting text or pictures. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black title on spine, 344 pages. This is a juvenile-young adult novel set in mid-19th century Rochester, New York, where Johnson himself grew up. It follows Phaeton Rogers, a spirited boy whose scientific experiments, pranks, and misadventures reflect the energetic curiosity of boyhood. B&w illustrations. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green covers with gold and red decoration. 437 pages. Black & white illustrations and frontispiece with tissue-guard by Jessie McDermott. Spine a bit loose. Green covers with gold and red decoration. Wear to corners, spine.
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