Also known as Juveniles, these titles are usualy illustrated and intended to be read by children as well as discriminating adults.
(Category photo is our item no. 18981.)
London(?): Nelson & Sons(?), n.d., ca. 1874. Hardcover. Four linen-backed chromolithographed alphabet books sometime bound in rust-colored cloth, without title page. The alphabets are illustrated by animals, birds, people and biblical characters, accompanied by a verse describing each character. Slight wear to binding; alphabets near fine, bright and delightful. Scarce..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 254pp. Black cloth spine, gilt; red paper boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is fine as well. The Bob and Dolores Hope copy with an inscription on the front free endpaper signed by..... More
Merida, Yucatan: Lbreria Burrel, 1941. First edition. Stapled wraps. Thin 4to. Printed, stapled wraps. (38)pp. Some illustrations, including a chart of the Spanish version of what we know as the Palmer method of handwriting. Top of the half title removed, probably bearing a name of a former owner, else this..... More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, ca. 1911. First US edition. Hardcover. Large thin 4to. Original cloth spine, paper over boards with illustrated paste-on of Merry and Bright, the two dogs who are the subject of this book. Twenty-four full page, color illustrations on stiff paper of the doings of Merry..... More
London: Heinemann, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Map of Prydain double page frontispiece. Small bumps on the upper right corner of the upper board and on the spine tip, else a fine copy. The duswrapper is not clipped. There is..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1966). First edition, first printing. Fine. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in deep green. Dark blue endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it is lightly soiled else very good. Stated first edition on the copyright page as needed for a...... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. Trace of sunning at the edges else this is a fine copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly sunned at edges..... More
New York: Walker and Company, (1973). Illustrated by Daniel Nevins. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 63pp. Illustrated in black and white. Red textured paper over boards. Spine printed in black. Upper board embossed in blind with a design by the illustrator. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1907). First US edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Cloth backed pictorial boards showing Jocko, the teasing monkey, hanging from a tree and pulling the tails of two lions. 142pp. Illustrated in color throughout and printed on one side of the page only. Gift inscription "from Aunt..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., ca. 1925. Early Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth blocked in red, yellow and black. Woozy is in red and black. Pictorial. full color endpapers, printed in color and black and white. No list on the verso of the half title, and the list..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1911). Maginel Wright Enright. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 384pp. Mustard-yellow cloth printed in black, red and green on the upper board and in black on the spine. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white, The text contains all 6 of the..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Green cloth spine. Printed paper boards with an illustration of of a rabbit engaged in writing, pen in hand, ink horn in rear paw. Illustrated throughout with full page black and white illustrations faced by a rhyme by the..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board. Illustrations by Sears Frank. Color frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, text illustrations in black and white. Cloth sunned around edges else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper has chips at the..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1818. Hardcover. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled, binding lightly shaken, gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement..... More
New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1938. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vi, 153pp. Brick colored buckram, gilt spine title. Wear to edges and corners; inner hinges cracked but firm, else a very good copy. Extensively annotated in pencil by a former owner. Inscribed in pencil on the half title..... More
London: Printed for T. and T. Booney, 1830. Hardcover. 12mo: approximately 4¾ v 5½ inches. Publisher's rose-colored paper over boards, the upper bard with an engraved pasteon showing title and useful tools. xiii,(2),102pp followed by 2pp of publisher's ads and then 22 engraved plates, some of which are folding. Handcolored..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 239,(3)pp. Turquoise cloth printed in deep turquoise and red. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy . The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it has a trace of roughness on the upper edge and two tiny closed marginal..... More
London: Dean and Son, n.d. [ca. 1855]. Early Edition. Broadside. 8 leaves, printed on one side only. 7 large woodcut illustrations, and a small initial vignette, all hand-colored. Paper wrappers, included in the collation. Back wrapper lists Dean and Son's Sixpenny Toy Books; large closed tear in bottom margin with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1961). Marcia Brown. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated (32pp.) Green cloth. Spine titles in dark green and red. Red title on upper board along with a vignette of plants and small animals. Illustrated endpapers. Printed throughout in color with illustrations cut in wood..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Garth WIlliams. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo., approximately 2.5 by 4 inches, not including the fur; the box is about 3½ by 5 inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1968. Garth WIlliams. Hardcover. 16mo. Slightly smaller than the first edition at 2¼ by 3¼ (without the fur) in a box about 3¼ by 4½ inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman, (1929). Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan. First edition. Hardcover. Square 12mo. 24pp. Illustrated in full color. Illustrated paper over boards. Inner hinge repaired, ink spot on title page from gift inscription dated 1933, light edge wear, else this is a very good copy. In the scarce dustwrapper..... More
London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fiftieth Thousand and thus the second edition. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black and gilt, with the title on both spine and upper board, and the publisher's imprint and a floral device in gilt, a floral border in gilt..... More
French: n.p., ca. 1825. 11 engraved cut-out figures or objects including ferryman, three couples, wolf, goat, cabbage and boat, to be slotted into boat, , original box with engraved pictorial label colored by hand, A rare children's game, possibly printed by the Parisian publisher Nepveau. Contained in the box measuring..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: United States Indian Service, Harkell Institute, 1951. Hoke Denetsosie. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 149pp. Brick-colored cloth with the title printed in black on the spine and the title and a vignette in black on the upper board. The one volume edition of Clark's popular books containing: Little Herder..... More
