JEAN CRAIG FINDS ROMANCE.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1948). Later printing, ca 1952. 212, [4] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Grey & pale green paper wrapped boards. Red edgestain. More
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JEAN CRAIG NURSE.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1949). Later printing, ca 1952. 216, [2] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Grey & pale green paper wrapped boards. Red edgestain. More
The RIDDLE Of The STONE ELEPHANT. Ken Holt Mysteries #2.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1949). Later printing, ca 1956. vii, [3], 213, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Linen cloth with dark black lettering & top edge dark green. Green pictorial eps. Greet topstain. Dust jacket. Series adverts list through "Vanishing Magician" More
WHILE The CLOCK TICKED. The Hardy Boys Mystery Series #11.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932). Ca 1956. iv, 213, [5] pp. Frontis by J. Clemens Gretta. 12mo. Tan cloth with dark brown title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Orange pictorial eps. Pictorial wraparound dust jacket with black title lettering printed to front panel and white lettering to..... More
The FLINT CHIPPER.
Boston / New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1940. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. [6], 361, [1] pp. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with brown lettering. No dust jacket. More
The EARLY HERDSMEN.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1923). 1st printing. 231, [1 (advert)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 6-1/8" Beige cloth binding with dark green stamping. "This volume, the fifth number of the 'Industrial and Social History Series,' is intended to portray the life of man when he took the first steps..... More
LILLIPUT LEVEE. Poems of Childhood Child-Fancy and Child-Like Moods
New York: Wynkoop & Sherwood, 108 Fulton Street, 1868. 1st US edition. vi, 209, [1] pp. T.p. publisher device. 11 [of12] inserted plates [lacking the frontispiece]. 12mo. 7" x 5". Original publisher's pebbled brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
COBWEBS To CATCH FLIES. Illustrated books for the Nursery and Schoolroom 1700 - 1900.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1975. 1st Edition. 163, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-1/2". Blue cloth binding with gilt title title stamped to spine. Blue dust jacket with illustration and white title lettering printed to front panel and spine. More
From PRIMER To PLEASURE In READING. An Introduction to the History of Children's Books in England from the Invention of Printing to 1900.
Boston: Horn Book Co., 1972. 1st US Edition. x, 340 pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-3/8" Grey linen cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Brown paper dust jacket printed in green. More
RANDY STARR AFTER An AIR PRIZE or The Sky Flyers in a Dash Down the States. Randy Starr Series #1.
Akron: Saalfield, (1931). 212 pp. Frontis. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Green buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Red dust jacket. More
PILOT Of The HIGH SIERRAS.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1937. 1st edition. 350 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding lettered in red. Orange topstain. Red & black pictorial dust jacket. An early title in the Dodd Mead Career series. More
JIMMY HAS LOST HIS CAP. WHERE CAN IT BE?
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1959). Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. Folio. Color pictorial hardcover with cloth spine. More
ICE PATROL; Jim Steele's Adventures with the U. S. Coast Guard
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1937. 1st edition. Illustrated from Official U. S. Coast Guard photographs and with Line Drawings by Frank Beaudouin. 8vo. Light blue cloth binding lettered in dark blue. Map eps. Light blue pictorial dust jacket. An early title in the Dodd Mead Career series... 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 LOST TRIBE.; Choose Your Own Adventure 23
New York: Bantam Books, 1983. 2nd Printing. 116, [2] pp. Illustrated by Paul Granger. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8". Trade paperback, color pictorial covers. More
The BRONCHO RIDER BOYS At KEYSTONE RANCH or Three Chums of the Saddle and Lariat. The Broncho Rider Boys Series #1.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1914). Circa 1918. 250, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Beige cloth wtih decorative cover (binding variant #1). Dust jacket replicates binding design. More
The PROBLEM FOX.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated with b/w line drawings. 8vo. Grey cloth spine over brick red cloth boards, with fox design. Dust jacket. "Alexander McCormick "Alex" Sturm was an American artist, author, and entrepreneur who co-founded in 1949, the American firearm maker, Sturm, Ruger &..... 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
3000 MILES THROUGH The CLOUDS or Dropped Among an Unknown Race. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 812. Dec 24th, 1913.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 1913. Very early printing. Rear advert lists through # 814. 30, [2] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Not found on OCLC, nor in the Teitler "American Lost-Race Fiction" Collection catalogue... More
BASEBALL'S GREATEST PLAYERS. The Big League Baseball Library.; With a Foreword by Ford C. Frick.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. x 295, [1 (blank)] pp. With 4 b/w halftone photographs at front. 8vo. 19.5cm x 13.5cm. Full color composition binding. Plain eps. More
PETER PARLEY'S MAGAZINE: A Christmas and New Year's Present for Young People.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1843. 1st edition thus, i.e., for this year. viii, 376, 32 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. Period dark purple half-calf binding with marbled paper boards. More
The YOUNG PITCHER.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1939). Later edition. [6], 248, [2] pp. 12mo. Red cloth binding with black printing. Orange dust wrapper. More
The LONE RANGER. Lone Ranger Series #1.; Based on the Famous Radio Adventure Series by Fran Striker.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1936). Later edition, ca 1944. v, [1 (blank)], 218 pp. 12mo. Light brown cloth binding with red lettering (Mattson Style #1). Top edge stained red; silhouette eps. Color pictorial dust jacket, artwork by Paul Laune. More