Also known as Juveniles, these titles are usualy illustrated and intended to be read by children as well as discriminating adults.
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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
Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1810. Hardcover. "Verbesserte Ausgabe" (Improved edition.) Thin 8vo. 3o pages Unpaginated. Illustrated with cuts. Leather spine; binders board. Loose in binding and with the pages worn and soiled. The first and last pages are used as pastedowns. The board papers have entirely perished from the upper board..... 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
London and New York: Eyer & Spottiswoode Limited; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original brown cloth; gilt titles on spine and upper board and with a color paste-on to the upper board. The New York edition, with 'Scribners' at the base of the spine. Top edge..... 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: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Unpaginated (36pp.). Orange cloth spine, glossy illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers and, indeed, illustrated throughout in full color. A fine copy with only a trace of wear along the bottom..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in dark blue. Blue endpapers. Top edge foxed, boards yawning slightly and lightly browned with age on the edges and the spine, else this is a very good copy. The dustwrapper..... More
London: Grant Richards, n.d. (ca. 1902). Illustrated by the author. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 50pp., with 23 full page illustrations in color. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Minor wear to edges and soiling else a very good copy. More
Chicago: Van Kampen Press, (1946). Illustrated by the author. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. (44)pp. Printed in color throughout. Picorial paper over boards. A near fine copy. With the scarce dusterapper. The wrapper is lightly rubbed and has a short closed marginal tear else is in very good condtion, and..... 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
Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, c. 1927. Marie Honrè Myers. First US edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. 93pp. Illustrated in color throughout by Marie Honrè Myers. Black cloth spine, pictorial paper boards, illustrated endpapers. One of the Volland "Nature Children Books". A fine, bright copy. Housed in its original box, and..... More
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, (1911). Frank U. Wagner. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 128pp. Tan cloth with the upper board printed in a design by the artist incorporating the title. Endpapers decorated in a musical score, The Brownie, words by Mary North Wagner and Music by Maude L. McLaughlin, the..... More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1929). Fern Bisel Peat. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. 64pp. Each page of text encased in a black and white frame illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat. In addition there are four full page illustrations in color. Publisher's black cloth spine, decorated paper..... More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1929). Fern Bisel Peat. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. 64pp. Each page of text encased in a black and white frame illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat. In addition there are four full page illustrations in color. Publisher's black cloth spine, decorated paper..... 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
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
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
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Carl, n.d. (1903). Illustrated by Elsa Beskow. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Cloth spine, pictorial upper board, paper over rear board, illustrated endpapers. Printed in full color on every page, rectos only. A fine, bright copy with only a trace of edgewear. IN the scarce dustwrapper, which is..... 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. (8), 249,(1)pp. Pictorial cloth and end papers. Black and white text illustrations as well as full page two-color plates. Light wear and soil to the cloth, Ownership name on a preliminary blank page, else..... 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
