TOMORROW'S CHAMPION.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated with lithograph drawings by the author. Oblong 8vo. Hard cover. Dust jacket, with $3.00 price to front flap. More
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TRIALS And TRIUMPHS; or Paul Clifford in Trouble [as published in] "Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys & Girls Magazine. A Reader for Schools & Families.; Vol. XIII. No. II. February, 1864.
Boston / New York: Joseph H. Allen / N. A. Calkins, 1864. 1st publication (Jones 038). [33] - 63, [9] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. Rear cover advert for the Bellevue Stereoscope. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers..... More
ADVENTURE.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Single sheet, printed, in red, both sides. 6 cuts, 3 per side, accompany the text. 11" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The House of Harper has won the deserved reputation of having on its list..... More
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The OLD LIFE - BOAT [as published in] OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. February. Number 38.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. 1st printing. [65] - 128, 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Color frontis by Bobbitt & Hooper. Cuts throughout the issue. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed orange wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
EIGHT COUSINS, Or The Aunt-Hill.
Akron, Ohio. The Saalfield Publishing Company. 1930. Reprint. [1-12], 13- 311, [1 advert] pp. Illustrated. 7-1/2" x 5". Green cloth, full page, full color label to upper board, black lettering, red top stain, in dust jacket. More
The MOVING PICTURE BOYS or The Perils of a Great City Depicted. The Moving Picture Boys Series #1.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). Early, if not first, printing. iv, 208, [12 (adverts)] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Green cloth with 4 quadrant front board. Dust jacket, white paper printed in red & green duplicating binding design. More
TOM SWIFT And His AIRLINE EXPRESS or From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight. Tom Swift Sr. Series #29.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926). 1st Edition. [4], 218, [2] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Mustard tan cloth with 4 vignette front board. Color pictorial dust jacket. All series listings list through this title, with the dj inside adverts noting series titles through 1926. More
PICTUS ORBIS SAMBO. A Publishing History, Checklist and Price Guide for the Story of Little Black Sambo.
Sun City CA: Pictus Orbis Press, 1998. 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author. #220 of 1000 cc. [1 (blank)], xxxiv, [1], 449, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated 4to. Black & white glossy paper covers. More
TO MARKET, TO MARKET.
New York. Abrams. 2011. 1st Edition. 40 pp. unpaginated. Illustrated. 10-1/4" x 10-1/2". Light blue cloth, with black cloth back strip, illustration of a basket with groceries on upper board. Tan illustrated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. Printed on recycled paper. More
The TRAGICAL COMEDY Or COMICAL TRAGEDY Of PUNCH And JUDY.; With an Introductino by Charles Hall Grandgent and Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas, 1925. 1st edition thus. 49, [1] pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. More
DOROTHY DALE'S STRANGE DISCOVERY. Dorothy Dale Series #11.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1916). Later printing, ca 1921. [4], 248, [4 (adverts)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Yellow linen cloth binding with black & light brown stamping. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
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An AUTO - ANALYSIS [with] HOW ONE FRIAR MET The DEVIL And TWO PURSUED HIM.
New York / Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1901. 1st edition thus (cf. BAL 5783). 75, [1 (blank)]; [3] - 37, [3] pp. Divisional t.p. Frontispiece. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 5". Grey cloth spine over dark grey paper-wrapped boards, lettered in red & green. More
The RAMBLER CLUB'S AEROPLANE.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1912. Early, if not first, printing. 320 pp. Frontis & 4 inserted plates. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's grey cloth binding with gilt spine lettering, dark green & yellow stamping to front board [Mattson style #1]. Dust jacket. Adverts list to "Houseboat", #8 in..... More
ONE ROOM SCHOOL.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated in full color by Barbara Garrison. Oblong 8vo. Dark brown cloth spine over light tan paper wrapped boards. Full color glossy dust jacket. More
HOW The ROOSTER GOT HIS CROWN.
New York: Holiday House, (1999). 1st edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by the author. 4to. Green cloth spine over drab paper boards. Full color glossy dust jacket. More
ASK The OLD GIRL.
Berkeley: Published by Ian Jackson, 2017. 1st edition thus. Unpaginated, though 28 pages. Laid-in printed slip, noting this a keepsake for a friend's wedding. Color illustrations by Ann Arnold. Oblong format: 6" x 9". White paper covrs printed in green, black & purple. More
The HAUNTED BRIDGE. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #15.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1937). Ca 1939 (Farah 1939A-4). [4], 220 pp. Frontis on glossy paper. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with orange lettering/silhouette (CS #4). Orange pictorial eps. Orange topstain. Color pictorial dust jacket with white spine. More
The CLUE Of The TAPPING HEELS. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #16.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1939). Early printing, ca 1940 (Farah 1940B-5). iv, 214, [4 (adverts)] pp. Frontis on glossy paper. 12mo. Light blue cloth with orange stamping [Format #5]. Orange topstain. Orange silhouette eps. White spine dust jacket. 1st printing with the next book notice, p. 213... More
The SECRET Of RED GATE FARM. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #6.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1931). Later printing, ca 1941 (Farah 1941A-24). iv, 208, [10] pp. 7 pages of adverts follow text. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Light blue cloth with orange stamped lettering [Format #5]. Orange topstain. Orange silhouette eps. White spine dust jacket. More
The WHISPERING STATUE. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #14.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1937). Ca 1941 (Farah 1941B-11). iv, 217, [3] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Frontis, on coated paper, by Russell H. Tandy. 12mo. Light blue cloth binding with orange lettering [Format #5]. Orange silhouette eps. Orange topstain. Dust jacket with white spine... More
The MYSTERY At The MOSS-COVERED MANSION. The Nancy Drew Mystery Series #18.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1941). 1st edition (Farah 1941A-1). v, [3], 215, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustration, on plain paper, by Russell H. Tandy. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with orange stamped lettering [Format #5]. Red topstain. Orange silhouette eps. White spine dust jacket. More
The MYSTERY Of The IVORY CHARM. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #13.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1936). Ca 1941 (Farah 1941B-13). iv, 216, [4] pp. 4 pages of adverts follow text. Frontis. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with orange stamped lettering [Format #5]. Red topstain. Orange silhouette eps. White spine dust jacket. More
PINOCCHIO.; Adapted from the Novel.
New Jersey: The Unicorn Publishing House, (1991). 1st edition thus (presumed). Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Greg Hildebrandt. 12mo. Color pictorial hardback. More
The FIRST READER Of The SCHOOL And FAMILY SERIES.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1860). Early printing. 81, [1] pp. Illustrated with woodcuts, including one of boys playing baseball on p. 15. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Green cloth spine over printed paper-wrapped boards. More
The ROAD To OZ.
Chicago. The Reilly & Lee Co., c. 1934 - Late 1950s. Reprint. 261 pp. Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill (1877-1943). 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Yellow cloth boards, illustrated label on upper board, lettering and vignette stamped in black ink to back strip, pictorial end papers. Inscription reads "Brad..... More