The LEND-A-HAND BOYS TEAM WORK. Lend-A-Hand Boys Series #3.
Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Co., (1931). 242 pp. 6 pp of adverts @ rear. 12mo. Green cloth binding with black lettering. Dust jacket. DJ lists to #4 in the series. More
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WESTY MARTIN. Westy Martin Series #1.; Published with the Approval of the Boy Scouts of America.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Reprint, ca 1928. viii, 196, [4 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Red cloth with black outlined olive lettering on the front board; spine lettered in black. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
The BELL HAVEN EIGHT.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (1914). Reprint (ca 1923). 318 pp. Frontispiece by Charles Paxson Gray. 12mo. Mustard yellow cloth binding with dark green lettering & pictorial front board. Dust jacket. More
DAVE DASHAWAY And His HYDROPLANE or Daring Adventures Over the Great Lakes. Dave Dashaway Series #2.
New York: Cupples & Leon, (1913). Circa late 1914. 202, [10 (adverts)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Light green w/ black lettering; orange & black pictorial front (Style I). Buff paper dust wrapper printed in dark red. Quite uncommon to find in dj. Interior ad lists to #4 in the series... More
The LEND-A-HAND BOYS As WILD GAME PROTECTORS or The Little Four-Footed Brother in the Fur Coat.
Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Co. Publishers. (1931). Early, if not first, printing. Series adverts list through this title. 254 pp. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with blue stamping. Dust jacket. More
The BULLY Of The FROZEN NORTH. Rei-Lee Series of Adventure and Mystery Stories for Boys & Girls.
Chicgo: Reilly & Lee, 1936. 268 pp + excerpts from two other titles in the series. 12mo. Light blue cloth binding with black stamped title lettering. Dust jacket. More
The ARMY BOYS ALONG PERSHING'S TRAIL. The Army and Navy Series.
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, (n. d.). Circa late 1920s / early 30s. 252, [12] pp. 10 pages of adverts at rear, last leaf blank. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Green cloth binding with black stamping. Color pictorial dust jacket, with depicts a saluting doughboy. This edition not in Mattson..... More
The BOY INVENTORS' And The VANISHING GUN. The Boy Inventors Series #2.
Chicago: M A Donohue & Co., (1929). Later edition, 1st published by Hurst. 287, [13] pp. Adverts last 13 pages. Series advert misprints series title, substituting "Sun" for "Gun". Illustrated by Charles L. Wrenn. 12mo. Green cloth binding stamped in dark green & red. Color dust jacket... More
The PONY RIDER BOYS In The GRAND CANYON or The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch. The Pony Rider Boys Series #7.
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co., (1912). 1st printing presumed, both series adverts list through this title. 212, [8 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated 12mo. Pale blue cloth with red & black stamping. Original publisher's printed buff paper dust wrapper. Uncommon in this first issue jacket. More
The BOY INVENTORS' DIVING TORPEDO BOAT. The Boy Inventors Series #3.
Chicago: M A Donohue & Co., (1929). Later edition, ca 1929, 1st published by Hurst. 313, [3] pp. Adverts last 3 pages. Illustrated by Charles L. Wrenn. 12mo. Mustard yellow cloth binding stamped in dark green & red. Color dust jacket. More
The BRONCHO RIDER BOYS DOWN In ARIZONA or A Struggle for the Great Copper Lode. The Broncho Rider Boys Series #2.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1914). Later printing, ca 1925. 249, [7] pp. 6 pages of adverts at rear. Frontispiece on coated paper. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8". Orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Full color pictorial front panel, with white spine. More
MEAN MURGATROYD And The TEN CATS.
New York: Dutton, (1984). 1st Edition, a Dedication copy, INSCRIBED by the Artist to the book's dedicatee, Frances Clarke Sayers. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Color illustrtions throughout. 8vo. Pictorial glazed boards. Dust jacket which replicates the binding graphics. Sayers, librarian, educator, and author, devoted her life to juvenile literature. Her..... More
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE
New York: Longmans Green and Company, 1946. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [16], 172, [1 (blank)] pp. Publisher's business card [signed] laid-in. 2 inserted color plates (4 captioned images). 4 inserted b/w photographics plates (8 captioned images). 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8". Green cloth binding with silver..... More
CUB REPORTER
New York: Longmans Green and Company, 1951. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [8], 231, [1 (blank)] pp. Sketches, and jacket design, by Jean Rutherford Finch. 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Black & red dust jacket. The author a former reporter, who..... More
A CORSAIR Of The CARIBEES; or, The Unlucky Silver "Pieces of Eight".; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 34. September 2, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co [Street & Smith]. 1905. Presumed first printing, with an internal series advert listing through this title. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with graphic of a pirate crew mêleé. 11" x 8" Full color pictorial paper covers, stapled. Rear wrapper an..... More
In TROPIC SEAS or Thad's Strange Adventures in Hispaniola; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 36. September 16, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co [Street & Smith]. 1905. Presumed early printing, with an internal series advert listing through #38 in the series [just announced, never published]. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with graphic of Thad in a mêleé with some pirates. 11" x 8"..... More
The SEA CAT; or, How Our Boys Held the Fort.; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 31. August 12, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co [Street & Smith]. 1905. Presumed later printing, with an internal series advert listing through #34 in the series. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with graphic of pirate crew firing a cannon at a ship. 11" x 8" Full color pictorial..... More
AMONG The BUCCANEERS; or, Thad and His Chums in Desperate Straits.; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 26. July 8, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co [Street & Smith]. 1905. Presumed later printing, with an internal series advert listing through #29 in the series. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with graphic of Thad threatening a native with a pistol. 11" x 8" Full color pictorial paper..... More
The CORSAIR CAPTAIN; or, Thad and His Chums Afloat.; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 6. February 18, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co [Street & Smith]. 1905. Presumed later printing, with a series advert listing through #8 in the series. 32 pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with graphic of the crew on the deck of a ship. 11" x 8" Full color pictorial paper covers, stapled..... More
The SPECTRE BRIG; or Our Boys Afloat on a Raft.; The Red Raven Library. Stirring Tales of Old Buccaneer Days. No. 37. September 23, 1905.
New York: The Winner Library Co., 1905. Presumed 1st printing, with series advert listing through #38 in the series [announced but never published]. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Front wrapper with terrific color graphic of our heros fighting off boarders. 11" x 8" Full color pictorial paper covers..... More
The PIRATE FAIRIES. A Fairy Thriller.; A Currawong Children's Book.
Sydney: The Currawong Publishing Co. 32 Jamieson Street, 1943. 1st Printing. 48 pp. Illustrated by Des. Connor 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Blue paper covers, with red, green & black graphic to front cover. Yapp edges. Rear wrapper with imprint upside down [so oriented by previous owner?]. Fairly scarce mid-20th C...... More
The ADVENTURES Of NIP And TUCK.
Boston / Joliet / New York: The P. F. Volland Company, (1927). Ninth Edition. 40 pp. Illustrated in color. 7-1/2" x 6". Blue cloth spine over color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Color pictorial eps. Original publisher's box, with original price sticker to bottom. More
A. A. MILNE. A Handlist of His Writings for Children.
(n. p.): The Henry Pootle Press, 1976. 1st edition. Limited to 200 cc. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 6". Yellow printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
SORROWFUL SAM; or, The Two Blacksmiths.; Cheap Repository.
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing (ESTC T155709), ca 1800. 16 pp. Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to title page. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Self-wrappers, sewn. "Price One Penny" Now housed..... More
The HUBBUB; or, The History of Farmer Russel the hard-hearted Overseer.; Cheap Repository.
London / Bath / Edinburgh: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...) ... and R. White, Picadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard, at Bath ... J. Elder, at Edinburgh, [1797]. 1st printing (Spinney 90). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "S" at conclusion of text [cf. Spinney, p. 310]. Woodcut..... More