1915. DENNY, Melcena Burns. THE BOOK OF BABY MINE. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Simplicity Company), 1915. Verse and color decorations by Melcena Burns Denny. 94pp. 8vo., leather over paper. Leather shows minor rubbing. Erasure to front pastedown. First 3 leaves show dampstaining to upper fore-corner, else clean within. A charming..... More
1895. DODGE, Mary Maples, editor. ST. NICHOLAS. New York: The Century Company, 1895. The year of 1895 complete in 12 issues, in the original wrappers. 8vo., cream wrappers printed in black and orange, 264 pp.. Light soil and sun, some chipping to perimeters; one issue has a 1/2" tear along..... More
1977. SHECTER, Ben. DRAGONWAGON, Crescent. WILL IT BE OKAY? Illustrated by Ben Shecter. New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 32 pp. 8vo., color illustrated paper covered boards, library edition. In color illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, with gold foil spine label. Foxing and light soil/rubbing to jacket. Book fine. Color illustrations..... More
1898. WAIN, Louis. DRUMMOND, Henry. THE MONKEY THAT WOULD NOT KILL. Illustrated by Louis WAIN. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1898. First edition. xvi + 115 pp. 12mo., blue beveled cloth boards stamped in gilt, black and yellow. Very good plus, minor shelfwear, ckloth and pictorial cover clean and bright. Light..... More
1915. DULAC, Edmund, illus. EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE-BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS. London: Published by the Daily Telegraph for Hodder & Stoughton [1915]. (6) + 135 pp. + 1 pp. advertisement. 4to., mustard colored cloth with spine and pictorial cover stamped in dark blue. Very good, front cover slightly bowed..... More
1878. DUMONT, Mme. Melanie. LE MIROIR DE L'ENFANCE NOUVEAUX CONTES. Paris: Fonteney et Peltier [n.d. ca. 1878]. 209 + [2]. 12mo., color illustrated paper covered boards. Corners chipped, spine darkened with tiny chips at crown, light soil to boards. Light offset to endpapers. Moderate foxing in the text. Light foxing..... More
1865. EDWARDS, M. A., ed. PHILIP IN PALESTINE. Philadelphia: James S. Claxton (1865). 298 pp. 12mo., blue pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Very good, corners gently bumped, minor shelfwear. Gilt spine bright. Ex-library with bookplate and inkstamp to front endpapers. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. More adventures of Philip..... More
1968. FAMILY AFFAIR COMPANY. BUFFY PAPER DOLL. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Division, Western Publishing Co. Inc., 1968. 8 single sided pages, in full color, 2 of which are printed on thin card stock (dolls). 4to. "Authorized Edition" no. 1985:59. Near fine condition, faint scrape to pink part of Buffy's dress..... More
1899. FARMILOE, Edith, with verses by E. V. LUCAS. ALL THE WORLD OVER. New York and London: E. P. Dutton & Co./Grant Richards [ca. 1899]. 30 pp. plus 30 color plates. Oblong 4to., half cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Owner's Christmas gift inscription on ffep (dated '99) with..... More
1943. GAG, Wanda, translated and illustrated. THREE GAY TALES FROM GRIMM. New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. 63 pp. 8vo, pictorial paper-covered boards. Near fine copy with shelfwear to heel, crown, and bottom edge. Good dust jacket, missing 2 x 1 inch chip at top of front panel, slightly into illustration; shallow..... More
STAAL, G. GENLIS, Madame de. LES VEILLEES DU CHATEAU OU COURS DE MORALE A L'USAGE DES ENFANTS. Illustrated with engravings after G. Staal. Paris: Garnier Freres [n.d. ca. 1859]. New edition. 516 pp. + 10 b/w plates, and b/w illustrations in the text. 8vo., quarter gilt morocco, raised bands, a.e.g...... More
1901. GIBSON, Eva Katharine. ZAUBERLINDA: The Wise Witch. Chicago: Robt. Smith Printing Co., 1901. 256pp. Bound in blue cloth with two-color illustration to boards and spine. Front hinge cracked at interior. Interiors are clean and bright with illustrations surrounding the text of each page in alternating colors. A very good..... More
1907. GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [Stetson]. CONCERNING CHILDREN. London: Watts & Co., 1907. First edition (England). 95 pp. 8vo., printed wrappers. "The Training of the Young" series, no 13. Wrappers slightly edgeworn, spine slightly chipped, not affecting text. Paper age-toned. Occasional pencil margin marks. "This book is, broadly speaking, a plea..... More
1811. [GODWIN, William]. FABLES, ANCIENT AND MODERN. Adapted for the use of children. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. [pseud.] Adorned with seventy-three cuts. First American Edition. Philadelphia: Published by Johnson and Warner, no. 147, Market Street. William Brown printer, Church-alley, 1811. Despite the edition statement on the t.p., this is actually..... More
1910. ROSS, M. T. GORDON, Elizabeth. FLOWER CHILDREN: THE LITTLE COUSINS OF THE FIELD AND GARDEN. Illustrated by M. T. Ross. Chicago: P. F. Volland & Company, 1910. Ninth edition. [86 pp.] 8vo., paper covered boards with color illustrations. With original paper covered board box, top cover illustrated in color..... More
1883. GRANDVILLE, J.-J., illus. CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ALBUM POUR LES ENFANTS, avec de nombreuses illustrations par J.-J. GRANDVILLE et des gravures en chromolithographie. Paris: Garnier Freres, 1883. [iv], 73 pp. Small bookseller's label to ffep. Some foxing to text, and occasional soil to margins. Bookblock is whole..... More
1899. CRANE, WALTER. A FLORAL FANTASY. New York: Harper and Brothers: 1899. 46pp. Bound in slightly soiled cream cloth with illustrated boards. Some chips and tears to spine. Interiors are clean and bright with full-color illustrations. Text block seperated. As is. More
18. GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children... As originally engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. New York: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d., c. 1880]. First American edition. Small 4to., illustrated glazed paper boards, backed in blue cloth. Internally clean and bright. However, the binding has darkened..... More
1924. CORBETT, Bertha L. GROVER, Eulalie Osgood. THE OVERALL BOYS: A FIRST READER. Illustrated by Bertha L. CORBETT. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company (1924). Later printing. 120 pp. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in black with color pastedown on front cover. Clean and bright, minor rubbing and shelfwear to covers. Ink..... More
1930. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN IN THE DEEP WOODS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1930). 95 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, mild edgewear to boards. Occasional light finger soil to interior. No..... More
1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S FAIRY STORIES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). Unpaginated [89 + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series). 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, only light occasional finger soil and small abrasion to front cover near spine..... More
1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S MAGICAL WISHES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). 94 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, light wear to edges of boards, occasional light finger soil in the text..... More
1837. [JUVENILE] [HACK, Maria] STORIES OF ANIMALS, INTENDED FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN YEARS OLD. London: Printed for Darton and Harvey, 1837. 5th edition. 135 pp. + 1 pp. advertising. 24mo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Backstrip missing, both covers detached, as well as front flyleaf through..... More
1913. WINTER, Milo. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. TANGLEWOOD TALES. Illustrated by Milo WINTER. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. (1913). Windermere Series. 283 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt lettering and color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Near fine, minor shelfwear only. In good dust jacket with matching..... More
1905. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1905. x + 210 pp. 8vo., rebacked in green cloth with original pictorial spine and covers laid down. Light soil, corners and spine bumped, a few scratches/cracks. Light soil to title..... More