Childrens
The COPPER MINES In PARY'S MOUNTAIN.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 316 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1854 - 1857 (dates taken from OCLC). 8 pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-3/16" x 2-3/4". Beige printed paper wrappers, tied. OCLC records just 2 institutional holdings of this edition (AAS & Free Library of Philadelphia). More
LETTER To MY YOUNG COUSIN.
Philadelphia (New York, Boston & Louisville): American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street (147 Nassau St, 9 Cornhill, 103 Fourth St.), (n. d.). Ca. 1848 - 1853 (dates taken from OCLC). 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Peach printed paper wrappers, tied. OCLC records just 1 institutional..... More
NEVER SATISFIED.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1827 - 1853 (dates taken from OCLC). 8 pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-7/8". Light green printed paper wrappers, tied. OCLC records just 1 institutional holding of this edition (Yale). Rare in the trade. More
The SUNDAY - SCHOOL BOY.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1849-50. 8 pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 3-3/4" x 2-3/8". Light blue printed paper wrappers, tied. OCLC records 6 institutional holdings of this title (Columbia, AAS, NY HIstorical Society, UF, University of Rochester, Univ of Southern Mississippi). More
TO - DAY And TO - MORROW.
Philadelphia (New York, Boston & Louisville): American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street (147 Nassau St, 9 Cornhill, 103 Fourth St.), (n. d.). Ca. 1848 - 1851 (dates taken from OCLC). 16 pp. Woodcut to outside wrapper. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Beige printed paper wrappers. OCLC records just 1 institutional holding of..... More
The WISH; Or, LITTLE CHARLES. No. 407, Series IV.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1845 (date taken from OCLC). 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Beige printed paper wrappers. More
AUNT FANNY'S STORY. Written for the AM. S. S. U., and Revised by the Committee of Publication.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1830s/40s. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Tan paper wrappers, printed in black ink. Rare in the trade. More
The WINTER MORNING WALK.
Philadelphia (New York, Boston & Louisville): American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street (147 Nassau St, 9 Cornhill, 103 Fourth St.), (n. d.). Ca. 1846 - 1853 (dates taken from OCLC). 16 pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Beige printed paper wrappers, tied. OCLC records just 3 institutional holdings of..... More
FRED FENTON On The TRACK Or The Athletes of Riverport School. Fred Fenton Series #4.
New York: Cupples & Leon, (1913). Ca early 1920s. [4], 206, [6] pp. 6 pp of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Linen creme-colored cloth stamped in red & black (Mattson style #1). Color pictorial dust jacket, by Howard Hastings (Mattson style #2). More
ARM In ARM. A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations and Other Echolalia.
Berkeley CA: Tricycle Press, 1997. 1st thus. INSCRIBED by the Author on the ffep. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color. 4to. Color pictorial composition boards. Dust jacket which duplicates binding design. More
SUNNYSIDE UP.
NY: Weatherhill, (1972). Later printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. Folio. Yellow cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
WALT DISNEY'S JIMINY CRICKET MAGIC SLATE. Safety Activities.
Aurora: Strathmore Company, (1954). 1st printing. 18 pp. + Magic Slate attached at rear. Many intratextual color illustrations. 6-3/8" x 9". Stiff color illustrated printed paper wrappers. More
The HISTORY Of LITTLE TOM TUCKER.
York: J. Kendrew, Printer, Colliergate. [n. d.]. Circa 1820s / 1830s (Davis 28; cf Opie, p. 417). 16 pp. illustrated with 16 woodcuts. 16mo. 4" [scant] x 2-5/8". Pale yellow printed self wrappers, sewn. One of Kendrew's Halfpenny Books. More
BASEBALL. 1¢.
Eau Claire, Wis. Mfd. by W. H. Brady, (n. d.). Ca 1920s / 1930s (?). 1 sheet of stiff card-stock, printed recto only in red, yellow, blue & black. In upper right corner, full color image of a runner sliding into home, as the catcher prepares to receive the ball..... More
The PICTURE ALPHABET.; In Prose and Verse.
New York. American Tract Society, (n.d.). c. 1880s. 32 pp. Illustrated with engravings. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Original publishers brown, decorative wrappers, sewn. Printed in red and green. Illustrated on nearly every page, text in black and red. AEG. More
TOYTOWN MOTORAMA PUNCH - OUT BOOK.
(n. p.): Lowe, (1961). Color-printed on stiff-stock. 6 leaves, color printed. 12-1/2" x 9". Yellow pictorial wrappers, stiff-stock, stapled. The toy book features punch-outs for 7 vehicles: Dump Truck, Fire Engine, Delivery Truck, School Bus, Milk Truck, Locomotive & Road Roller. More
The LITTLE FLOWER - GATHERER. [cover title].
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 530 Arch St. (n. d.). Ca 1858 - 1876. 8 pp. Cut, p. 1. 32mo. 3-7/16" x 2-5/16". Original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers, sewn. OCLC records just one institutional holding (AAS) of this publication. More
LITTLE GEORGE; or, Temptation Revisited. Third Series. - No. 4.
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 88 John St. (n. d.). Ca 1848 - 1857. 16 pp. Illustrated with 7 cuts, 4 full-page. 16mo. 4-1/2" x 3". Original pale yellow printed paper wrappers, sewn. Vignette to front wrapper, replicating that to the t.p. Prior owner has added a wall-paper glazed grey..... More
The MULTIPLICATION TABLE In RHYME, for Young Arithmeticians. Third Series. - No. 2.
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 88 John St. (n. d.). Ca 1848 - 1857. 16 pp. Illustrated with 5 cuts, 3 full-page. 16mo. 4-3/8" x 3". Original pale yellow printed paper wrappers, sewn. Vignette to front wrapper, replicating that to the t.p. Prior owner has added plain glazed white paper..... More
The PATIENT PASTOR. IX Series. No. 906.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1831. Later printing (American Imprints 5734). 16 pp. Cut, p. 16. 16mo. 5-5/16" x 3-3/8". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, sewn. OCLC records just one institutional holding of this 1831 printing. More
PICTURES And STORIES For The YOUNG: or Pleasing Tales in Poetry and Prose. Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books.
New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, (n. d.). Ca 1840s, cf. American Imprints 41-4164. 24 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4". Printed pink paper wrappers, sewn. Pictorial border, with one vignette of 3 boys playing baseball. Rear wrapper with advert for Babcock's 'Toy and Juvenile Books'... More
The TWO ARROWS.; Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union.
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Three small engravings, hand colored. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers green wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
The MOUNTAIN MILLER. An Authentic Narrative. A Premium Tract. No. 254.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1840. 20 pp. Wood engraving of a house to p. 1. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The BUCCANEER. Classics Illustrated Featuring Stories by the World's Greatest Authors. No. 148.
New York: Gilberton Company, 1969. 46, [2] pp. Profusley illustrated with comic illustrations. 10" x 7". Color illustrated paper wrappers, stapled, with white title lettering to front wrapper. Based on the Cecil B. DeMille film. More