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Gruelle, Johnny THE FUNNY LITTLE BOOK
New York P F Volland Co 1918 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by Gruelle
Tight and bright hardback is a later printing of the original Volland edition. Cover shows erasure of pencil marks, paper on spine at edges is worn. , The interior pages have a few spots here and there on pages, one closed tear, and two pages are starting to pull away from hinge, but still nice. 19 full color plates and many delightful in text illustrations. Illustrated end papers. About 'nice' people and children. ; 12mo
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44.00 USD
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Hale, Susan INKLINGS FOR THINKLINGS
Boston Marshall Jones Company 1919 Hardcover; First Printing Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Unpaginated. First Marshall Jones edition, reprint of an 1863 book. Brown paper-covered pictorial boards are clean and bright. Very minimal shelfwear to spine ends, else fine. Textblock is tight and clean, appears unread. Clipped dust jacket displays same illustration as cover, and would be near fine except for a small amount of chipping to edges including a 1/4" tear at top front edge. Children's verse and nursery rhymes are illustrated by the author. ; 8vo
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85.00 USD
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Harris, George Chandler BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN, THE
New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1909 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Harding, Charlotte
Very good book, no dust jacket. First edition in original red cloth cover with gilt lettering. Cover shows wear on edges, and light rubbing on back board. Top and bottom of spine have light bumping, with a 1/2" bump on top edge of back board. Light age discoloration throughout, but very tight. Frontispiece and 7other illustrations by Charlotte Harding. BAL1761.; Frontispiece and 7other illustrations by Charlotte Harding. BAL1761.; 8vo; 184 pages
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95.00 USD
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
Boston Houghton And Mifflin 1895 Later Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Slight slant in hardback book with illustrated and decorated covers, black and gilt on green cloth. Bottom spine lightly frayed. Corners lightly worn with some overall soiling at edges. Inscribed to Thomas Dawes Eliot in 1895 from Frederick May Eliot, relatives of T. S. Eliot. ; 8vo
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15.00 USD
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Henry, Arthur PETER AND THE FAIRIES
Chicago, IL Brothers Of The Book 1913 First Edition Hardcover
This is a handsome hardcover book without a jacket (as issued) The book is tight and bright. The covers are a grey-beige paper over the book boards. The spine is paper vellum with gilt font. The covers are clean except for a hint of a stain on the rear bottom spine on the vellum. There is a possible dot of soil or an imperfection in the paper on the front cover. The corners are straight and there is no wear. The paper for the pages is heavy stock with deckle edges on the front and bottom. There are no marks or writing. The pages are very clean. The book has been well cared for. ; 12mo; 50 pages
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35.00 USD
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Husted, Helen McLanahan TIMOTHY TAYLOR Ambassador of Goodwill
New York, NY Coward-Mccann, Inc Hardcover; Second Printing
This is a second impression hardcover printing of this book. The cover has a color illustration, there are black and white illustrations sprinkled through the text on the interior pages. The covers are clean with slight corner wear. The spine has discolored from exposure to the light. The end papers and interior pages are clean. There are no marks or writing. This book has been well cared for. ; 8vo
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22.00 USD
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Lamb, Charles and Mary MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL
London J. M. Dent & Company N.D. Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Winfred Green
Hardback book in a nice condition. The book has a strong spine and hinges with a hint of a break in the end paper in the rear. The grey-beige covers are paper covered and illustrated in color. The front and back show some spots of soil. There is some wear at the edges of the book. The end papers have discolored most likely in reaction to the glue used in the binding. There is a d elicate gift note in brown ink on the front end paper. There are no other markings . There are many lithographic color illustrations within a border of apple blossoms as well as many black and white illustrations. The Illustrations are by Winfred Green and are in the style of Kate Greenaway. The top edges are gilt, the fore edges are untrimmed. ; Oblong 8vo
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235.00 USD
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Leaf, Munro FERDINAND THE BULL
New York Walt Disney Enterprises 1938 Softcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Soft cover booklet with animation scenes from the Walt Disney movie. Foxing and soiling on covers and in places on the interior. Gently, but well read. Corners are a little curled on the edges. Still solid within the stapled binding. Black and white and full color illustrations and text telling the abbreviated story. ; Oblong Small 4to; 14 pages
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115.00 USD
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Leaf, Munro WEE GILLIS
New York Viking Press 1938 First Edition Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Tight, solid book with paper covered boards, slightly soiled spine. Corners repaired. Edgewear. Light foxing on two front and two back pages with light crease in front. Interior pages clean. Decorative end papers without any writing or former owner names. Tartan design to cover with black and white caricature of Wee on front cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. ; 8vo
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78.00 USD
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Maxwell, William THE HEAVENLY TENANTS
New York Harper & Bros 1946 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Illustrated by Ilonka Karasz
Could be near fine except for former owner-child name on blank page and a slight hint of shelf wear. Tight, bright, clean. In unclipped dust jacket with 3/8 inch chip at top of spine and a couple of smaller chips and overall fine soiling on the back panel. First not stated. Wiisconsin father tells his four children about the constellations and the zodiac. What happens to them on a trip to see relatives and what happens at their house while they are gone is magical. ; 4to
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85.00 USD
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Milne, Christopher THE ENCHANTED PLACES
New York E. P. Dutton & Company 1975 0525292934 / 9780525292937 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Nice hardback book in a dust jacket. The book is very clean with a tight and bright look. There is a former owner gift note on the front end paper and a clipping from what appears to be a librarians newsletter with photos and text of a 50th Birthday Party for Winnie The Pooh given by the publisher, Books-Across-The Sea Library and a New York Library branch. There is also a newspaper clipping of a book review written by Virginia Scott Miner. The person who wrote the gift note was a Virginia. There is some offsetting of the print image of the clipping on the opposite page and tape was used to hold the clipping. Virginia refers to the person receiving the book as an enchantress and it is dated 1975, the year of publication. The price clipped dust jacket shows some edge wear and a little rubbing where a touch of the top layer of color is worn in a tiny spot on the front panel. This is the memoir of the real Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. ; 8vo
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40.00 USD
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Musson, Louise Walbridge FRAU VON COLSON'S CHRISTMAS EVE
Kansas City, MO The Rust-Craft Shop 1908 First Edition Softcover Signed by Author
SIGNED. This is a lovely small softcover Christmas Eve book. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author. The copyright date, Foreword date, and ink date by the author is 1908. The cover is a simple paper with a christmas tree design, title and author name within a border. The type has been hand set with a decorative devise preceding each chapter. The interior is fine, but this delicate book has some chipping on the art paper jacket as well as some over all faint soiling as if from fireplace smoke with a dime size circular spot on the back of the jacket. The jacket is glued to the spine and on the flaps - as designed. There is some browning on the tips of the pages. There are no other marks or writing. IInterior fine. The flaws of the jacket are deflected because of a lightweight mylar cover to contain the chipping effect. The story ends with lyrics of a lullaby. Charming little book. ; 8vo; 53 pages; Signed by Author
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23.50 USD
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Norton, Mary THE MAGIC BED-KNOB Or How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons
New York The Hyperion Press 1943 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Illustrated by Waldo Peirce
This is a handsome hardback book in a dust jacket. This is a delightfully illustrated book in color and black and white by Waldo Peirce. The end papers are illustrated in color and are very clean without any writing or marks. The interior pages are very clean. The binding shows a little wear at the corners and the bottom edges have changed color slightly. There are three little spots on the back cover and a little wear on the very tips of the book edge. The unclipped dust jacket has a price of 1.75. There is creased bottom edge to the jacket on the front panel with an accompanying closed tear, some corner wear, and smudging on the back panel. Overall bright and clean. ; Small 4to
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145.00 USD
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Peabody, Lucy W. TARO AND UME Japanese Juniors and Christmas in Japan
North Cambridge, MA Central Commitee On The United Study Of Foreign Missions 1926 Hardcover
This is a small hardcover book without a dust jacket. The book has a tight binding. The covers are paper covered book boards with a decorated border. There is a 5 cent price on the back cover in ink. There is no wearto describe. The interior pages are clean. There are no other marks or writing. The book is illustrated with photographs and simple, single colored drawings.. The first story in the book is about Taro and Ume. The second story is Christmas in Japan. A little of the Japanese culture is indicated, but through the eyes of an Westerner in the early part of the 20th century. ; Everyland Children; Photographs; 12mo; 57 pages
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22.00 USD
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Reich, Hanns CHILDREN OF MANY LANDS
New York Hill And Want 1958 Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Tight, solid book with worn cloth spine. Some foxing on end papers. Bookplate. Former owner name on front free end paper. Wonderful photography of children 'round the world. ; 4to
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14.50 USD
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Rhodes, Bertha M. ENGINE COMPANY NO 25 Little American Series
Chicago Reilly & Lee 1927 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
Repaired inside hinge on hardback book, Shelf wear to edges on spine, but still bright in red cloth cover with a paper pictorial on front. Six full page color plates and many black and white illustrations in the text. Gift note from teacher to student for reward, dated 1932 written in ink on front free end paper. ; 8vo
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75.00 USD
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Say, Allen A RIVER DREAM
New York Houghton And Mifflin 1988 0395482941 / 9780395482940 Second Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
TIght, bright, clean hardback book would be fine except for former owner last name written in tow places. Unclipped dust jacket is equally bright and clean with two short closed tears, now protected from future wear by a mylar protective cover. Gift condition. ; Oblong 4to
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15.00 USD
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Spohn, Kate CLEMENTINE'S WINTER WARDROBE
New York Orchard Books 1989 0531058417 / 9780531058411 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Tight, bright, clean hardback book is as new except for wrippling to pages at top corner, possibly from touch of dampness. Unclipped dust jacket is bright and clean, as new. Clementine is a cat who likes to think about her winter wardrobe. ; Small 4to
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18.00 USD
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Sutherland, Zena THE ZENA SUTHERLAND LECTURES 1983 -1992
New York, NY Clarion Books 1993 0395645042 / 9780395645048 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
This is a first edtion hardcover book in a dust jacket. Both the book and jacket are in fine condition, crisp, bright, and very clean without wear. Appears to be unread. The lectures were given by creators and illustrators of children's books: Maurice Sendak, Virginia Hamilton, David Macaulay, and others. ; 8vo
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18.00 USD
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