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
[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1937. Marjorie FLACK. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. 12mo oblong (7 1/8” x 10 1/8’); [46]pp; bright green cloth over board, black-stamped lettering and vignette of a flying bird on front; color pictorial endpapers of birds in trees; price tag from “Marston’s San..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Ilse BISCHOFF. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Ilse BISCHOFF, illustrator. 8vo; 118pp; glazed blue cloth over board, vignette of a horsehead in navy over the title on the front, navy lettering on the spine; b&w pictorial endpapers; color frontispiece of a carousel horse; decorated title..... More
Boston: Thomas Wells, Union Street and Hanover Street, 1827. Boards. Howe and Norton, Printers. 32mo (4 ½” x 3 ¾”); 104pp; blue boards, calf shelf-back, label with title and publisher pasted-on front; ownership in ink on ffep; light wear to boards, some foxing, no bad odors, off-setting of ink, small..... 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
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1943. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 19 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 209pp; 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. [JUVENILE] [JUVENILE SERIES BOOK]. Later printing. Number 4 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..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1941. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 17 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 209pp; 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, 1942. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 19 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, 1933. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. Number 9 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; shelf scuff to spine tail and bottom..... More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild Corporation and The John C. Winston Company, 1937. Marguerite DE ANGELI. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 150pp + [2]; royal blue textured cloth over board, black vignette of cat on front, title in black on spine; yellow pictorial endpapers with cats; gift inscription..... More
New York: Sam’l Gabriel Sons & Company. Frances BRUNDAGE and Harriet KAUCHER. Cloth. 4to; 32pp; tri-chromatic half-tone pictorial glazed board; red cloth spine; pencil gift inscription to recto fp dated 1922; b&w vignette to title page; 4 color plates including fp; b&w line illustrations in text; light soiling to boards..... More
London & New York: Frederick Warned & Co., Ltd., No date [c. 1881]. Randolf CALDECOTT. Boards. [POETRY]. Printed and Copyrighted by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E.1. Randolph CALDECOTT, illustrator. Cover title: The Farmer’s Boy, One of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books. First or early edition. 8vo square..... More
Joliet, Illinois: The P.F. Volland Company, 1910. M.T. ROSS. Boards. 8vo; [88pp]; color pictorial on a blue board background, children standing between a brick garden opening and dressed in flower petals to front, child dressed in a blue hydrangea blossom to rear; black cloth shelf-back; color pictorial endpapers; b&w illustrated..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1924. Marion FOSTER. Boards. [RHYMING VERSE] [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Marion FOSTER, illustrator. 12mo; [36]pp; color pictorial boards features children walking in a line, lettering in black; color pictorial endpapers, half-title, fp, and title page; color pictorial illustrations every page with verse; chipping to head &..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Garry MacKENZIE. Later printing. Buckram. Later edition, first ed 1953. 8vo; 56pp; pale blue buckram, silver stamped vignette of angel amid pinecones and pine needles; red & bk pictorial endpapers; illustrations throughout; unclipped color illustrated dust jacket, light scuff to upper front, small chips..... More