Childrens
The IRON TONIC: or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley.
New York: Harcourt Inc., (1969). 1st trade edition. Unpaginated. Author's drawings to leaf rectos. Oblong format: 5" x 8-1/2". Yellow decorative boards. More
FOUR BOYS In The YOSEMITE.; 'Our Own Land' Series.
New York: Lothrop Lee & Shephard, 1911. 1st edition (Mattson 43800.5). [2], 405, [9] pp. 8 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Illustrations by George A. Newman. 12mo. Decorative light blue cloth with gilt & black lettering. No dust jacket. More
MYSTERY FLIGHT Of The Q2.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., (1932). 1st printing (presumed). 270, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Maroon cloth binding with stamped black lettering. Full color dust jacket. Advert lists Covington titles published prior to Q2. More
The MYSTERY Of HARRIS BURDICK.
[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1984]. 1st printing. SIGNED by the author. Broadside, ~ 27-5/8" x 23-1/2". Black & white image of a man about to crush a lamp with a chair. Now housed, folded, in an archival mylar sleeve. Van Allsburg "is an American illustrator and writer of children's books..... More
CHARLES MURRAY. No. 431. IV. Series.; Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday School Union.
Philadelphia: American Sunday - School Union, No. 1122 Chestnut St. (n. d.). Ca latter 19th C. 16 pp. Cut to front cover, as well as p. 1. 32mo. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Printed buff paper covers, sewn. Rear wrapper prints "A Hymn". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The American..... More
LILY And Her DOLL. 903.
London: The Religious Tract Society, 56 Paternoster Row, and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard; Sold by the Booksellers. (n. d.). ca 1860. 32 pp. Cut to t.p., p. 3, 32 & rear cover. 4-1/8" x 2-11/16" Printed buff paper covers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Date of publication..... More
MY FLOWER - POT.
Concord, N. H. Rufus Merrill and Co., (n. d.). Ca 1850. Not in the Osborne Catalogue, Gumuchian, nor the Spencer Catalogue. 16 pp. Cut to each page. 16mo. 4-5/16" x 2-13/16". Original pale yellow wrappers printed in black ink, sewn. Front wrapper with decorative border & vignette. Rear wrapper with..... More
The HISTORY Of PETER THOMSON. In Two Parts. Series IV. No. IX.; By the author of Noonday and evening; Cottage friends; Shepherd's son, &c.
New-York: The American Tract Society, 144 Nassau-St. Fanshaw, Printer. (n. d.). Ca. 1829 - 1832 (cf. AAS Catalog Record #246852). Not in Rosenbach. 36 pp. Front wrapper with ornamental border & woodcut vignette. T.p. cut, 19 additional cuts, 3 full page. 5-1/2" x 3-7/16". Printed pale green covers, sewn. "2..... More
CHILDREN'S BOOKS Of YESTERDAY. The Studio Special Autumn Number.
New York: The Studio Publications, 1933. 1st Edition. 128 pp. Adverts at front. Profusely illustrated. 11-5/8" x 8". Green cloth binding with blue title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Green dust jacket with blue graphic and title lettering printed to front panel and spine. More
The PRACTICAL JOKE; or The Christmas Story of Uncle Ned. Third Series. - No. 3.
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 88 John Street. (n. d.). Ca 1849 - 1856. OCLC records just one copy with this earlier "88 John Street" imprint [Free Libary of Philadelphia]. Not in the Spencer Collection Catalogue. 16 pp. Illustrated with 7 cuts, with 1 signed: Barritt sc.; 2 - W...... More
The SPECTRE. Journal of Judgment. No. 9. Mar - Apr., 1969. DC National Comis. 12¢.
Sparta, IL: National Periodical Publications, 1969. 1st printing of this issue. Unpaginated. Typical full-color comic strips. 10-1/8" x 6-7/8". Full color paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The BOY With The U.S. DIPLOMATS. U.S. Service Series #15.
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, (1923). Circa late 20s/early 30s. xii, [2], 349, [5] pp. 4 pp of adverts @ rear. Illustrated with plates. 12mo. Blue cloth with black lettering (binding style #4). Lt blue dust jacket (style #2). More
The ROSY CLOUD.; The Young of Heart Series #33.
Boston: Dana Estes & Company Publishers, 1902. 1st seperate edition. 68, [2] pp. Publisher advert last 2 pages. Illustrated by Diantha W. Horne, frontis & 5 tipped-in b/w plates. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with black stamped lettering & front cover graphic in red, black..... More
ANGELICA And OTHER CATS. Rhymes and Cut Paper Pictures.; With an Introduction by Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin.
Santa Fé, NM: The Lightning Tree - Jene Lyon, Publisher, (1986). 1st Edition. Copy #24 of 200, SIGNED by Marjorie Batcheldger McPharlin. Unpaginated. Main text printed recto only. Illustrated. 4to. White buckram cloth with red & black stamped spine lettering. Orange paper eps. Grey slipcase. More
YOURS VERY SINCERELY, C. L. DODGSON (alias "Lewis Carroll").; An Exhibition from the Jon A. Lindseth Collection of C. L. Dodgson and Lewis Carroll on View at the Grolier Club April 1 through May 29, 1998.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1998. 1st edition Ltd to 1400 cc. 63 pp. illustrated. 4to. 11" x 8". Grey paper wrappers printed in purple, with photographic image of Carroll to the front cover. More
LITTLE WILL.; Sunshine Series for Little Folks.
Oakland, Cal. Pacific Press, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1875. Research suggests later editions have a printed address [Castro & 12th] for the Press, as well as illustrations. 16, 16 pp. Contains: Little Will; The Orphans; The Planted Dollar; The All-Seeing Eye; Beauty. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters..... More
MY WONDERLAND.; Lithographed and Printed in Bavaria.
London / New York: Castell Brothers / E & J. B. Young & Co., [1889]. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 12 pages. Illustrated with 6 color vignettes by F. Corbyn Price. 12mo. 4-7/8" x 4". Color printed card stock covers, sewn with gold thread. AEG. Printed dust jacket duplicating the front..... More
LION And The OSTRICH CHICKS.
New York: Atheneum, 1986. 1st edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author. 87 pp. Illustrated by Bryan (some color). 8vo. Yellow cloth binding. Dust jacket. Inscribed by Bryan on the ffep & with the title page signed. More
ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals.
New York: Atheneum, 1991. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 42 pp. Illustrated by the author. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. More
SQUAW DOG.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1965. BCE. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author & John Beatty. 188, [4] pp. Illustrated by Franz Altschuler. 8vo. Hardback. Green map eps. Dust jacket. More
The TREE-DWELLERS.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1930. Later printing. 158 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 6-1/8" Beige cloth binding with black 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 in taming the..... More
The GOOD SCHOLAR. The Sunnybank Stories 4.
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 149 Washington Street, (1863). Early, if not first, printing. 64 pp. Frontis & engraved title page. T.p. vignette to printed t.p. Illustrations. 16mo. 4-5/8" x 3". Green cloth binding with decorative gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
From TROPIC To TROPIC; or, Frank Reade Jr.'s Latest Tour With His Bicycle Car. Frank Reade Library. Vol. V. No. 110. October 5, 1892.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street, 1892. Early, if not first, printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #112 of the series. 14, [2] pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2-1/2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-1/2" x...... More
The MAGIC MINE: or, Frank Reade, Jr's Trip Up the Yukon With His Electric Combination Traveller. Frank Reade Library. Vol. VII. No. 176. January 7, 1898
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 34 & 36 North Moore Street, 1898. Early, if not first, printing of this edition. Series advert to rear cover lists through #173 of the series. 14, [2] pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2-1/2 pages. Large wood engraved image to front wrapper. 11-5/8" x...... More