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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1902. Hardcover. Thirty-twomo. (5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.) Scuffed, worn, front hinge split, crayon embellishment from a child who lived into her seventies, now dead fifty years. Lovely illustrations in this 120-year-old, 95-page cutie. Story of a six-inches high little girl named..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto (11 in. x 9 in.). Teal cloth over boards, with gilt titling to spine. Very faint rubbing to extremities. Neat, one line, 2 12 in., deaccession stamp to top of front free endpaper. No other markings. Protected by bright unclipped..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1899] 1917. John B, Gruell. Hardcover. 24mo. Beige paper over boards (5 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.). Brown lettering, and brown frame with small black child with blue pants, red jacket and green umbrella against a yellow backdrop with knee-high pink flowers Light..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Nell StolpSmock. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Children's Picture Book. Colorful cover and interior illustrations (3 in color) by Nell Stolp Smock with color (5) and black and white illustrations. Rubbing to extremities, but solid and ready to conver enjoyment, nearly a hundred years later!..... More
Poughkeepsie, New York: Artists and Writer's Guild, 1938. George Wright. Paperback. Quarto (13 in. x 9 1/2 in.); 23pp. Staplebound, with card covers. Photographs, including all eighteen "moving pictures" at rear, intact. "...Eli Whitney was interested in watching the slaves pick the cotton, and he saw how long it took..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.2 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings by the author. Pictorial paper boards to front and back over blue cloth spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Corners lightly nudged. Small ink deaccension stamp from..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. Hardcover. Folio, 12.75 in. x 10 in. Unpaginated.Paper covers with pctorial front over burgundy cloth spine. Shelfwear to edges. Tidy de-ascension stamp from university library to front pastedown; otherwise, unmarked. Dustjacket front and front flap each laid in at rear endpapers (dustjacket back and..... More
Arden, NC: Front Street, 1996. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 9.75 in. x 9 in. Unpaginated. Signed and dated (1996) by the author, with a inkstamp image of the book's bug character, on front free endpaper. Paper pictorial boards with red and blue title to spine. Protected in mylar. Felicia..... More
London, England: Frederick Warne and Co., ca. 1920. Greenaway, Kate. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Square quarto. Light red spine, with green and yellow bordered pastedown Greenaway illustrations to front and rear boards..". Light rubbing and shelfwear to all extremities, Front hinge just started opposite half-title. One 1/2 inch nick to front..... More
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. 1946. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Part of "Westfield Classics" series. In this charming volume with a unique visual style, Little Lulu and her older brother Tubby begin what looks like a nice, quiet train ride to their grandmothers--that is, until Lulu's puppy, Flipper, comes out from under..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1972. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 6.75 in., pp. 43. Illustrated in black, red, and olive drawings.Tan buckram boards with red outline of Little Red Riding Hood to front. Red title to spine. Red endpapers. White paper (5.75 in. x 5 in.) with book..... More
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1972. Marc Brown. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.25 in. x 7.8 in., pp. 48. Inscribed, signed, and dated (1981) in good penmenship on the verso of the front free endpaper by illustrator Marc Brown. Pictorial paper boards. Bubbling to front board. Two inch closed..... More
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1963. Paperback. Oversize (16 in. x 5 1/2), colorful card covers. Saalfield #2061. (10¢). Yes old; yes stereotype; no, not politically correct; no, not WHITEwashed; not canceled (history and historical attitudes, important to remember and teach alternatives to, thus remembered here, unstridently, if uncringingly). More
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. NO DUST WRAPPER. One of the six now-banned Dr. Seuss titles. Glazed paper over boards. (8 3/16 x 11 1/4"). Privately owned copy (by kids, of all people!), with all first edition points (Younger). Wear to all extremities, including corners, edges and..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. Early printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 8 in. Unpaginated. Thirteen Dr. Seuss titles on the last text page. "$2.00" pricing on advertising on rear cover. Sixteen books listed on dustjacket rear cover. Dust jacket price to bottom of front flap: "295/295". Pictorial boards with..... More
New York: Random House, 1953. Early Printing. Hardcover. Small Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.25 in. Unpaginated. Late 1950s printing. Pictorial boards with titles to upper board and spine in white; pictorial endpapers. Advertisement for 16 books on dustjacket rear cover. Dust jacket price to top of front flap: "295 295"..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1964. Frasconi, Antonio. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.7 in. x 8.4 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. Text in four languages. Light blue cloth covers with black nesting bird on box stamped in black to front. Black title to spine. Sunning..... More
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Wonderful basic tri-chrome pictures showcase different objects for each letter of the alphabet. 9.1 in. x 7 in. Light thumbing to corners. Light spotting and soiling to boards. Light shelfwear to boards with rubbing to spinecaps. Light spotting to bottom edge of..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1947. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 8 in. Unpaginated. The front cover, the front of the dustjacket, the title page and all pages with the dog has black, textured flocking for the dog's fur. Paper pictorial covers. Light rubbing to board edges; rear corners just..... More
London, England: George Routledge & Sons, 1878. Second State. Hardcover. First Edition, Second State with all points present, including additional three illustrations (pp. 21, 35, & 63) omitted from later printings. "End of Contents" on p. 14, and imprint ((Drawn on Stone & Printed by Wemple & Company Art Lithographers..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. Hardcover. Folio, 12.75 in. x 9.8 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with full-page color drawings by the author. Pictorial boards over black cloth spine. Light rubbing to edges, with sunning to the top and bottom inch of the rear board. Front corners just showing. Pictorial endpapers..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth covers with red fox vignette to front board, and red lettering to spine. Virtually appears unread. Dustjacket shows some sunning and a bit of shelfwear and creasing. 1/4 in. closed tear to top edge, and some shelf rubbing to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Stated Second Printing. Quarto. 9.25 in. x 7.25 in. Wheat-colored cloth-covered boards with red, white and turquoise drawing of three children to front board, and several country-living objects (a pot, cup, knife, ladle, a laden babushka no doubt with food tied inside) to the..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1937. Orton Jones, Elizabeth. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 10.4 in. x 8.3 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated ith color and black and white drawings. Pictorial paper boards over black spine, with blue and black title to front. Shelfwear to edges; corners lightly nudged and just showing..... More
New York: Little Golden Book (Simon and Schuster), 1950. FIRST EDITION (NAP). First Edition with the "A" on final page. A little shelf-wear, especially on the golden paper strip over the spine, which is where the Little Golden Books tend to go first. SIGNED by Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob..... More