New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. Bert SALG. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing, c.1936. 12mo; xx [ii], 246pp, [4]; bright red buckram stamped in black with title, author, and vignette of a fish wearing a top hat to the front board; map endpapers in red ink; illustrated frontispiece and 3..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Publishers, 1930. Bert SALG. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; xxi [i], 298pp; red cloth over board, title in black-outlined orange letters; 4 b&w illustrated plates on glazed paper including frontispiece; light age-toning of paper, on page with a black smudge; unclipped color illustrated dust..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1929. Edwin J. PRITTIE. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; xv, 365pp; gilt stamped decorative border to royal blue cloth over board, color illustrated paper onlay of a sailboat; blue stained top edge; illustrated endpapers, pencil ownership and inscription to front pastedown; 4 color..... More
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1937. Staplebound wraps. 8vo; 32pp; color photographic illustrated stiff wrapper with Shirley in Asian clothing; 2 staple binding; black and white photographic illustrations with text; leaves held firm by staples but disbound from wrapper; light shelf wear; good plus. Photoplay. Shirley Temple was a...... More
[New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. Mary ENGLEBREIT. First Edition. Boards. [HOLIDAY] [ABECEDARIAN]. First edition, first printing. 4to; [30pp]; color pictorial boards, color pictorial endpapers with a blank ownership bookplate; color pictorial title page; every page color illustrated; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with price of US $16.99 on rear..... More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1940. Esther FRIEND. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 44pp; dark blue stamped blue buckram over board, illustration of a girl stamped on front; red and black illustrated endpapers; red & bk illustrations throughout with a full-page frontispiece; unclipped color illustrated dust..... More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., 1929. EULALIE. Boards. 8vo; [8]pp; glazed color pictorial of children playing on a beach with a dog and a donkey; red cloth shelf-back; thick board leaves; scuffing to edges with loss, color running from spine tail to bottoms all leaves; very good minus..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, No date [c. 1888]. Gordon Browne, et al. cloth. 8vo; 140pp; gilt stamped title in a border to front cover, green cloth over board with stamped design of a Christmas tree to front and blind stamped title to spine; chromolithographed frontispiece, other black and white illustrations..... More
Anchorage, Seattle, Portland: Alaska Northwest Books, 1996. Evon ZERBETZ. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author. First edition. Tall 8vo; [32pp]; red cloth over board, silver stamped title to spine; blue star endpapers; color illustrated title page signed by author; glazed paper; color illustrations reproduced from linocuts; light vertical..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Maxfield PARRISH. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing, c. 1920. 8vo; x [ii], 199pp [1]; last leaf unopened; black cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front, gilt-stamped spine; deckle fore-edge; color pictorial endpapers featuring a giant with a club astride a red lobster; color..... More
Newark, N.J. Charles E. Graham and Co., 1925. Boards. 4to; [32pp]; color pictorial paper over board, tan cloth shelf-back; color pictorial endpapers; color halftone illustrations with borders every page, text sometimes inset into the illustration; light scuff to bottom, chipping to front board fore-edge, bumping of bottom corners; color pictorial..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, No date [c. 1941]. Sibylle v. OLFERS. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing, date on front flap of dust jacket only. 4to; [22pp]; yellow cloth over board illustrated with silhouettes of tiny children carrying plant stems; pictorial endpapers; full page color illustrations opposite a page of text;..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: The Standard Publishing Company, 1938. Boards. 4to; 128pp; tan pictorial boards, price of $1.50 printed on front; gift inscription to ffep with poinsettia sticker with presenter’s calling card, dated 1944; rubbing and light soil to boards and endpapers; very good. Children’s handwork activities for every month of the..... More
[London]: Country Life Ltd., 1937. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 8vo; gilt-stamped title and author to pale grey buckram over board, gilt-stamped spine; ownership in ink to front pastedown; 11 full-page illustrations in b&w; age-toning with staining at sewing binding in gutter; a few light spots; in unclipped pictorial tan..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Marjorie FLACK. Boards. Marjorie FLACK, illustrator. 4to; [32]pp; color pictorial boards, black cloth shelf-back; color pictorial endpapers and title page; corners bumped with loss, edges scuffed, light glue burns to bottom edge eps; very good minus. The adventures of Willy Nilly the Antarctic penguin..... More
Boston: F. & G. C. Rand, 1854/5. 1/4 cloth. 8vo; vi, 80pp; quarter-bound black cloth, yellow pictorial paper over board, vignette of children reading to front, ad to rear; cover date of 1855; presentation inscription in pencil to ffep; wood engraved vignette illustrations; scuffing to boards, glue burn to pastedowns..... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1917. Boutet de MONVEL. First Edition. cloth. First American printing. 4to; 25pp; quarter bound green cloth with pictorial glazed paper over board; color and black and white illustrations through text; bumping to cover corners and scuffing to board edges, small stain to front cover, light..... More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1943. Lucia PATTON. Boards. 8vo; 32pp; brown buckram with color pictorial onlay to front board; color pictorial endpapers of letters and envelopes; ownership to front pastedown; illustrations every page; light shelf wear, a few light spots to pages; very good plus. Written during war-time by..... More
No place listed [Philadelphia]: Jane Eayre Fryer [and Winston], 1916. Jane Allen BOYER. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 144pp; royal blue cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front with title, gilt-stamped spine, spine stamped, “Winston” at tail; bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown, “P.O. News Stand, 25 W. Park..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920, October. R.H. Sauter. 1st Edition. Boards. 4to; 63, [1]pp; gilt stamped tan paper over board, silhouette of a young boy on the front cover; silhouette illustrated endpapers; illustrated throughout in blue and black; unclipped dust jacket without price, back of dj a short blurb..... More
Boston: The New England News Company, 1906. First Edition. cloth. First edition. 12mo; [iv, 97pp]; plaid cloth over board with title on a label on front cover; a collage of the author’s face on a cartoon woman sitting on a moon; light soiling to cover cloth; very good. A testimonial..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1931. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 6 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 208pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1932. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 8 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 5 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1935. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 11 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 207pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; shelf scuff to spine tail and bottom..... More