Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson & Co. 1856. _. Paper Covered Boards. 24mo. Early printing. Complete with 44 pages, alternating illustrations and blanks. Cover has some edgewear. Lightly soiled pages. 24 hand-colored plates (some repeated) including three different North American Indians images, Chillians, Mexicans, Mexican Indians, Haytians, Tupinambas, Botocuodos, Brazilians, Brazilian... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, Copyright 1906. Enright, Maginal Wright. _. Pictorial Cover. 12mo. Binding type A with no blurb on rear cover. (The first edition was by Reilly & Britton; any Reilly & Lee publication is a later printing.) 64 pages. 15 full-page color illustrations as well as a color... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Company, 1932. Neil, John R. _. Soft Cover. 16mo. Complete set of all four Little Wizard volumes issued as Jell-O premiums. Jell-O advertisements appear on the title page and page [30] of each volume. Jell-O recipes are printed inside the rear covers, and the back... More
Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co. 1900. Denslow, W. W. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First edition, Second (corrected) State, Binding C. Meets all points specified in Bienvenue and Hanff. Collated and complete including all 24 colored plates. Expertly reset in its original binding with light wear and... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Szyk, Arthur. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Four-volume set (two volumes of text/illustrations plus two volumes of notes), Limited edition, #309 of 1500. 60 multi-color illustrations. Black linen covers with gilt decoration. Housed in two black slipcases. Includes the original advertisement and newsletter. Sound... More
New Market, Virginia: Salomon Henkel's Druckerey, 1819. Boards. Second edition. 36 pages. 3.5” x 5.5”. Woodcut title page vignette and other woodcut illustrations throughout. Original cloth-backed, paper-covered boards decorated with woodcuts including a large example of the famous Henkel rooster on the rear cover. An exceptionally nice example. This scarce... More
Carte De Visite. Blank reverse. An uncommon youthful portrait of the famous American author best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." More
New York: Century, Circa 1918. Cox, Palmer. Hard Cover. 4to. Mrs. L. Palmer Cox's address label is inside the front cover. Complete. Sound binding. Clean pages. Light cover wear. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, heaviest at spine ends. Number 5 in the Brownies series. Eleven Brownies titles in... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1907. Wylie, Charles (photographer). First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Oblong 8vo. Wonderful early Teddy Bear book illustrated with photographs and featuring two Steiff stuffed bears. Includes photos of tin houses, toy soldiers, a soft monkey, and lots of dolls. Full-page photographs alternate with text pages... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1948. Gramatky, Hardie. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Complete. First edition with $2.25 on dust jacket. Inscribed by Gramatky on the title page, "For my very fine friends / -The Kollikers / with all good / wishes / Hardie Gramatky / 1948". Sound binding... More
Chicago: Scott Foresman, Copyright 1960. Johnson, Gordon. Posters. Complete set of 12 giant (18" x 21") Dick, Jane, and Sally poster cards for classroom display. Includes the original shipping sleeve. Generally clean with occasional light soiling and finger smudges. Minor wear. Two of the cards have edge tears; one extends... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Church, Frederick S. and James H. Moser. First Edition, 1st State. Hard Cover. 12mo. Meets all BAL 7100 first state points. 232 pages. 8 pp. advertisements. Frontispiece and 7 plates inserted; other illustrations in text. Last line of p. 9 shows the word... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. Hogan, Inez. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Cover has light wear and soiling; a split along the spine is just starting. Minor wear to most of the dust jacket, but missing about... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1946. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Oblong 16vo. Very nice movable book requiring the reader to catch loose dogs and put them in the correct beds. All six dogs (poodle, collie, terrier, scottie, spaniel, and dachshund) and dog beds are present. Both fire department... More
Allahabad, India: A. H. Wheeler & Company, 1889. First Published Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. All published as part of the Indian Railway Library and bound together in a buckram binding with original wrappers and advertisements. City of Dreadful Night (1891) is the first published edition with "Printed at the 'Pioneer'... More
Oldenburg, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Stalling, 1930. Wenz-Vietor, Else. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete. Text in German (Sutterlin typeface). Striking color illustrations throughout; seven of them are full-page. Sound binding; front hinge starting to crack. No names or other writing. Clean pages with a.... More
New York and London: E.P Dutton & Co. and Longmans, Green and Co. [1884]. Doyle, Richard. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 8vo. Complete with 56 pages and all 25 color illustrations (two are double-page) and 31 sepia illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Sound binding; neatly mended front hinge, rear hinge just starting to... More
Donohue, 1912. Printed Wrapper. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete. This edition has eight full page color lithographs instead of the more frequently found copies with only four The full page color illustrations are of scouts Selecting a campsite, Signaling form a hilltop, Sending Morse Code, Fording a.... More
New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1961. Sendak, Maurice. Hard Cover. 8vo. Number 41 from the 'Best in Children's Books' series with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Six pages of two-tone Sendak illustrations for the story, "What the Good-Man Does is Always Right." Book has almost no wear. Sound binding, clean pages, no... More
Bo-Peep Series, 1900. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An uncommon edition of this classic racist nursery rhyme. Complete with twelve colorful lithographs (one double-page) along with music and lyrics. Old, neatly done, thread and paper reinforcement to the spine. Minor wear and light soiling; faint dampstain... More
New York: International News Company, 1884. Hard Boards with Cloth Spine. Folio. This book has the same cover illustration as a German edition, Lebende Thierbilder, along with three of the same movables. Complete with six movables: 1) Happy Family - works fine; tab shortened and very worn, 2) Geese, Ducks... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922. Kirk, Maria L. & Arthur Hughes. Gift Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Gift Edition. Complete with all 14 multi-color plates and front cover applique. Sound binding; rear hinge intact, front hinge cracked. Minor cover wear. Slightly darkened spine. More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1941. MacKnight, Ninon. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Light wear to cover. Slight spine slant. Price-clipped dust jacket is edge-worn, heaviest at top of spine; closed tear on front cover. Child's name on front free... More
London - Paris - New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. 1896. Unlisted. Pictorial Cover. 4t0. Very nice early movable book. 10 pages with 4 transformation pictures. All four transformations work well. 1st transformation: Petting Donkey to Picking Wildflowers - soiled tab, pulls just a little tight, no other problems... More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1911. Kennedy, A. E. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. "No. 120." Unpaginated, but 12 pages including the cover. Cover and 4 pages in color; remainder with gray illustrations. Sound stapled binding. Minor cover wear. Clean pages. Faint corner creases to two leaves and... More
