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FAME'S TRIBUTE TO CHILDREN Being a Collection of Autograph Sentiments Contributed by Famous Men (Cont)
Chicago, IL Hayes And Company 1893 First Edition Hardcover
This is a hardcover second edition book in a half vellum parchment and calico cloth cover. It was published for the Benefit of the Children's Home of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. It is a collection of comments and sentiments of famous men and women written in their handwriting and signed by them, then printed in facsimile in this book - one person to a page. There are 58 tributes in Part 1 including the President (Harrison) , eight of the Supreme Court Justices, the Shah of Persia, many authors - Hardy, Kipling, Jewett, Field, Holmes, Howe, Deland, and P. Tschaikowsky ( bar of music) . There are 84 tributes in Part 2.. The full sub-title wording is: Being a Collection of Autograph Sentiments Contributed by Famous Men and Women for the Volume. Done in Fac -Simile and Published for the Benefit of the Chldren's Home, of the World's Columbian Exposition. Some of the letters and notes have letter heads, some have little drawings or some art - all in black and white. The calico cloth covers have some spotting as does the vellum parchment spine. The title is printed on the cover in gilt. The end papers are clean, as are the pages. The binding is firm. There is some corner bumping and wear. There are no other marks or writing. ; 8vo; 101 pages
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35.00 USD
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Anon GIRATONDI & FILASTROCCHE
Firenze Giulio Giannini & Figlio 1930 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by Gigliucci, Bona
Hardcover book of children's rhymes and songs in Italian. Very good condition. Pictorial paper boards are bright with good color, but with many tiny nicks to surface and shelfworn edges. Binding is tight. Contents are clean and crisp. Name of previous owner written in ink on front free end paper. Illustrated throughout in full color as well as sillouhettes. ; Oblong 12mo
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150.00 USD
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Austin, Margot GABRIEL CHURCHKITTEN
New York E P Dutton And Co 1942 First Edition Hardcover; First Printing Very Good with no dust jacket
Tight, bright interior hard back book with strong spine. Outside of covers soiled, especially the back panel. Enchanting black and white illustrations, full and half pages. ; Small 4to
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33.00 USD
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Brenner, Barbara WAGON WHEELS
New York, NY Harper Collins Publishers 1978 0060206683 / 9780060206680 Fourth Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Don Bolognese
Tight, bright, clean hardback book for children with unclipped dust jacket. Unread. This book sparkles. This is a An I Can Read Book and a Reading Rainbow Book. No price on dust jacket. Black-American family travels to Kansas after the Civil War. ; Square 8vo
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14.50 USD
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Brenner, Barbara WAGON WHEELS
New York, NY Harper Collins Publishers 1978 0060206683 / 9780060206680 Fourth Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Don Bolognese
Tight, bright, clean hardback book for children with unclipped dust jacket. Unread. This book sparkles. This is a An I Can Read Book and a Reading Rainbow Book. No price on dust jacket. Black-American family travels to Kansas after the Civil War. ; Square 8vo
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14.50 USD
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Bulch, M. HANS HUCKEBEIN, DER UNGLUECKSRABE Das Pusterohr / Das Bad Am Samstag Abend
Stuttgart Deutsche Verlags Anstalt Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
In German. Three seperate cartoon tales of dark, grotesque physical comedy designed to teach lessons to impudent young troublemakers, in the tradition of Max and Moritz. This copy in very good condition. Cream colored boards with ornate pictorials have bright color, though lightly soiled with age. Corners a bit bumped. Pages are very clean, aside from a small inscription from previous owner at top corner of title page, and owner's name at top of front pastedown. In German. ; 4to
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30.00 USD
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Carrick, Carol UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
New York, NY Clarion Books 1999 0395841518 / 9780395841518 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Paddy Bouma
Fine, tight, bright, clean hardback book, as new, most likely unread. Dust jacket is unclipped and equally bright and clean. Child experiences loss of a parent. ; 8vo
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14.00 USD
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Day, Thomas THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
New York, NY Hurd And Houghton 1866 Hardcover Near Fine with no dust jacket
This is a later printing hardcover book without a dust jacket. Republished in the 1860's in brown cloth with a beautifully designed design and title in gilt on the spine, this book is very clean in a tight binding. It previously belonged to a famous Washington hotelier and has the bookplate and gift note on the end papers. Early boy adventures. Illustrated in line drawings. Revised by Cecil Hartley. ; 8vo
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30.00 USD
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De La Mare, Walter PEACOCK PIE A Book of Rhymes by Walter De La Mare
London Faber And Faber 1989 0571139892 / 9780571139897 Not First Edition Hardcover Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Louise Bradely
As new book in clipped dust jacket with Fabe price sticker. Minor puncture on front panel of dust jacket, barely noticeable. Nearly new look and most likely unread. Many in-text black and white illustrations , plus 12 lovely full color plates. Illustrated dust jacket. Seventy -fifth anniversary edition. ; Many in-text black and white illustrations, plus 12 lovely full color plates. Illustrated dust jacket. Seventy -fifth anniversary edition. ; 8vo
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18.00 USD
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Disney WALT DISNEY'S DUMBO OF THE CIRCUS
Garden City Garden City Publishing 1941 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Tight, bright book with solid spine and hinges. Paper covered boards have worn through at edges, but entire book is strong and quite presentable . End pages and interio pages are clean. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A tear on page one has been mended. ; 8vo
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75.00 USD
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Everett, Gwen LI'L SIS AND UNCLE WILLIE
New York / Washington D. C. Rizzoli / Smithsonian Museum Of American Art 1991 0847814629 / 9780847814626 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by William H. Johnson
Fine First Edition of this beautifully illustrated Children's book based on the paintings and life of African American painter, William H. Johnson. Dust Jacket in very good condition -- 3/4" closed tear on lower verso near corner, 1/4" closed tear on lower edge of spine. DJ is bright and clean, but slightly scuffed on back cover. Boards are bright and impeccably clean, binding is tight, pages are pristine. ; 4to
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28.00 USD
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Ewing, Juliana Horatia JACKANAPES AND THE PEACHE EGG
Chicago The John C. Winston Company 1928 Not First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Blanche E. Weekes
Tight, bright, clean book with faint hit of wear to corners. Former owner gift inscription on front end paper.. No dust jacket. Charming b/w illustrations and one in color. Cut out of Santa pasted in on first blank page. ; 8vo
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30.00 USD
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Follen TWILIGHT STORIES The Pedler of Dust Sticks
Boston Lee & Shepherd 1889 Not First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Tight, clean book with light soiling on red cloth back panel cover. Light chipping to front end paper. Delightful copies of wood engravings of children playing and a trans ocean voyage during the Victorian era. Delicate. ; 8vo
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25.00 USD
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Fraser, Peter PUPPETS AND PUPPETRY
New York, NY Stein & Day 1980 0812828305 / 9780812828306 First Edition Hardcover
This is a First Edition hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book is tight, bright, crisp and clean. No marks or writing. The soil, no creases, no wear. The interior and end papers are pristine. The dust jacket is equally crisp and clean. There is a light touch of rubbing at the corners and faintly on the edge of the front jacket flaps. The jacket is protected in a new archival see-through and removalbe my cover. The book is profusely illustrated with how-to's and examples. They are in black and white. ; 8vo; 168 pages
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19.00 USD
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Gagliardo, Ruth Let's Read Aloud Stories and Poems Selected By
New York, NY J. B. Lippincott Company 1962 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by Angelo, Valenti
This is a hardcover book in a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding, is very clean inside and out and there are no marks or writing. The unclipped dust jacket is equally crisp, but with some discoloration on the white background of the rear folded over edge. There are some delightful line drawings in black and white by Valenti Angelo as well as end paper and dust jacket designs in color. ; Ink drawing; 8vo; 256 pages
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18.00 USD
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Galsworthy, John AWAKENING
New York, NY Charles Scribner's Sons 1920 First Edition Hardcover with no dust jacket Illustrated by R H Sauter
Handsome hardback book in brown paper board covers with gilt border, silhouette, and titles. Gilt on spine a little weak. Tight binding and hinges. Straight boards and corners. Clean covers, end papers and pages. Paper in some gatherings has a crinkle coming from the top inside corner, a paper supplier defect. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Profusely illustrated in-text and full page in black, white, and blue and. Decorated end papers. Would be fine except for publisher paper wrinkle. ; Square 8vo
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70.00 USD
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Geddes, Anne BABY NAMES KEEPSAKE
San Rafael, CA Cedco Publishing Company 1997 0768320011 / 9780768320015 Fifth Edition Hardcover Fine+ Illustrated by Author
This is the fifth printing of a hardcover book without a dust jacket. The book is in fine condition in its softly padded book cover. The binding is tight, the corners are all as new. There is a tendency for the gilt coated end papers to change degrees of lustre. The pages and page edges are very clean. There are no marks, writing, or underlining. The book contains an alphabetical list of baby names with a short phrase of historic reference or variations on the name. The book is full of Geddes baby photographs. The lists on each page are bordered in gilt and there is a gilt and color design in the corner with the monogram of the alphabet included on each page. ; Photographs; 8vo
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16.00 USD
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Gipson OLD YELLER
New York Pocket Books 1958 Paperback; Sixth Printing Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Carl Burger
This is the 6th printing (1958) of the original Pocket Books paperback with a pictorial cover by Carl Burger. Black and white illustrations. Tight and square. Clean. With some loss of color on the vertical edges of the spine. Pocket Book Nbr 1177.; 12mo
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15.00 USD
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