New York: Monroe & Francis. 106p. Original decorative wrapper. Nicely illustrated. The history of the hieroglyphic bibles and the teaching of children with the help of pictured objects, can be traced back to an eminent schoolmaster in London, in the 17th century. Hezekiah Woodward remarked "If we could make our.....
Keene: Prentiss, 1842. 262p, [2]. Half leather over paper covered boards. A well preserved copy. Contemporary ownership signature on the inside front board. A letter dated 1849 from the school superintendent confirming the student has met the requirements loosely inserted. A small heart shaped bookmark inserted has left some marginal.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. [36] Publishers cloth over boards. The original dustjacket is chipped along the front at the foot otherwise a well preserved copy.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1963. Frontispiece, [30] Publishers original cloth with a crisp clean dust jacket. First edition.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 31p. Pictorial boards. With very attractive illustrations in color by Astrid Walford. A fresh clean copy with just minor rubbing to the tips and the head band. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Bechtelsville, PA: The Saturday Press, 1968. No Binding. 25p. Publishers cloth. Limited to 180 copies.
Paris: G. Orioli. [24]. Publishers paper covered pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Nicely illustrated throughout. No print date, but probably around 1930. A fresh clean copy.
Paris: Fernand Nathan. [24]. Publishers paper covered pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Nicely illustrated throughout. No print date, but probably around 1930. Front inner hinge slightly cracked, but otherwise a fresh clean copy.
Paris: Fernand Nathan. [24]. Publishers paper covered pictorial boards with a red cloth spine. Nicely illustrated throughout. No print date, but probably around 1930. A fresh clean copy.
London: Printed for J. Harris, Successor to E. Newbery, 1808, 1808. Soft cover. 16p. Early childrens book. Original somewhat rubbed blue wrappers. Complete with the six engraved plates by the Irish painter, William Mulready (1786-1863). This is the second edition first published in 1807 and both are quite scarce. While.....
Paris: Libraire Larousse. 32p. Publishers hardback with cloth spine and paper covered boards. Nicely illustrated with 30 plates where of 15 are in color. Corners a little bumped and some rubbing to the extremities otherwise internally clean.
New York: Alfred E. Knopf, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Publishers cloth. A fresh clean copy with the original dust jacket with an unclipped dustjacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Hardcover. No print date. 52p. Publishers boards. Dust jacket a little chipped along the edges, but otherwise fine. A nicely illustrated edition by Kate Greenaway. Includes an inserted gift card. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed & Co, 1911. Frontispiece, viii, 244p, [1] Original brown cloth over boards. Limited to 700 copies printed by Updike at The Merrymount Press. Minor foxing to the gutters otherwise internally clean. Small marginal cut in p109 otherwise internally clean.
New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1859. Hardcover. Frontispiece, illustrated title page. 154p. Publishers original cloth decorated in blind with a gilt foredge. Complete with eleven colored plates of flowers. The author, Mary Ann Bryan Mason (1802-1881) was born in New Bern, North Carolina. According to the Dictionary.....
Berlin: Globus Verlag. 24p. Original decorated paper covered boards. Nicely illustrated by Rolf Pielke. Egon Hugo Strasburger (1877-1952) was a German children's author printed around 1912. Spine torn and some soiling to the boards, but otherwise internally clean. Kept in a mylar cover. Scarce.
London: Collins 48 Pall Mall, 1935. 39p. Publishers hardback with a cloth spine and paper covered boards. Nicely illustrated by Lennie Young. Headband rubbed and lower corners bumped. Two soil marks on the rear board otherwise internally clean. Alison Uttley (1884-1976) was an English author best known for her series.....
London: G. Routledge & Co, 1856. Frontispiece, engraved title page, vi, 636p. Contemporary three quarter leather with a richly gilt spine over marbled boards. Contains six chapters on different types of amusements. Nicely illustrated. Extremities worn and some rubbing to the boards otherwise internally clean.
Stockholm: Nordstedt Esselte, 1947. Hardcover. 46p, [2]. Publishers paper covered boards. WITH A HANDWRITTEN DEDICATION BY EVA VON ZWEIGBERGK DATED1947 on the title page. Very nicely illustrated by Birger Lundquist. An uncommon Swedish children's book about Johan's christmas experiences written by the noted bibliographer and children's book critic Eva von.....
New York: Glosset & Dunlap, 1903. x, 327p. Original publishers cloth over boards. First edition, 4th issue. Corners a little bumped and light rubbing to the head and foot of the spine. Old bookplate on the inside front blank designed by Glen Stirling and name handwritten. Internally clean. An overall.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1899. vi, 250p. Publishers original green decorated cloth over boards. Boards a little rubbed from use otherwise a well preserved copy. Arthur M. Winfield is the pen name for Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), a prolific publisher and writer of children's fiction.