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  Livengood, W.W. AMERICANA AS TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A HICKORY STICK
N.P. Women's National Book Assoc. 1954 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 70, (22) pages.
First edition. Listing of interesting children's books with many plates showing title pages and other illustrations. Jacket has pieces missing.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 21275

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  Livingston, Myra Cohn THE CHILD AS POET: MYTH OR REALITY?.
Boston The Horn Book, Inc. 1984 8vo. cloth, book jacket x, 354 pages.
An essay pursuing answers to many questions about child poets.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 101749

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  LES LIVRES DE L'ENFANCE DU XVE AU XIXE SIÈCLE.
Préface de Paul Gavault. London Holland Press (1967) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xx, (iv), 446 pages followed by many plates.
A very fine facsimile reprint of the first edition of this landmark catalogue first issued by Gumuchian & Cie in 1930. Over 6000 books listed. This one volume facsimile does not reproduce all the plates in the original edition.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 83333

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  Long, Harriet G. RICH THE TREASURE, PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN.
Chicago American Library Association 1953 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 78 pages.
Minor cover fading.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 22647

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  (Longman) Briggs, Asa (editor) ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF PUBLISHING IN CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOUSE OF LONGMAN, 1724-1974.
London Longman (1974) tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 468 pages.
First edition. History of the firm and 11 other essays including ones on the paperback and the Victorian contribution to Children's literature. Lettering on spine of jacket is faded.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 1600

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  Lucas, Anna FRANZ POCCI UND DAS KINDERBUCH
Mit einer Bearbeitung der Schattenspiele. Münster i. W. Regensbergsche Buchhandlung und Buchdruckerei 1929 8vo. cloth (x), 92 pages
Written in German. With a foreword, introduction, bibliography, conclusion, index of literature, and other supplements. With 16 black-and-white illustrations. A biography and analysis of Franz Pocci, the German poet, artist, and playwright, noted for his work with the Munich Marionette Theatre. Minor soiling and wear, spine faded with a small stain near the middle.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 100658

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  (Lumsden & Son) Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.
Pinner Private Library Association 1981 tall 8vo. cloth. xxv, 134 pages.
First edition. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces.
Lumsden books show a distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does not hold in all cases, but these books are easily recognizable to the experienced eye. It is a certain trimness (primness one might almost call it) in the covers, the quality of the paper used, the excellent typeface and the occasional use of colored inks. This important reference book contains 172 lengthy bibliographical descriptions of these fascinating books. There is also an historical introduction which describes the type of books published by this intriguing firm. Available in North and South America; other areas from the Private Library Association.

Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 13701

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  (Lumsden & Son) Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.
Pinner Private Library Association 1981 tall 8vo. cloth. xxv, 134 pages.
First edition. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces. Lumsden books show a distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does not hold in all cases, but these books are easily recognizable to the experienced eye. It is a certain trimness (primness one might almost call it) in the covers, the quality of the paper used, the excellent typeface and the occasional use of colored inks. This important reference book contains 172 lengthy bibliographical descriptions of these fascinating books. There is also an historical introduction which describes the type of books published by this intriguing firm.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 60407

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  (Lumsden & Son) Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.
Pinner Private Library Association 1981 tall 8vo. cloth. xxv, 134 pages.
First edition. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces. Lumsden books show a distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does not hold in all cases, but these books are easily recognizable to the experienced eye. It is a certain trimness (primness one might almost call it) in the covers, the quality of the paper used, the excellent typeface and the occasional use of colored inks. This important reference book contains 172 lengthy bibliographical descriptions of these fascinating books. There is also an historical introduction which describes the type of books published by this intriguing firm. With the Randeria bookplate.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 71598

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  (Lumsden & Son) Roscoe, S. and R.A. Brimmell JAMES LUMSDEN & SON OF GLASGOW, THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS.
Pinner Private Library Association 1981 tall 8vo. cloth. xxv, 134 pages.
First edition. Little information regarding the firm of James Lumsden and Son has survived. It seems they first became interested in publishing books for children around the end of the eighteenth century. Although the firm attracted little notice in their own age, their juvenile books have now become collector's pieces. Lumsden books show a distinctive quality: it is not easy to define and does not hold in all cases, but these books are easily recognizable to the experienced eye. It is a certain trimness (primness one might almost call it) in the covers, the quality of the paper used, the excellent typeface and the occasional use of colored inks. This important reference book contains 172 lengthy bibliographical descriptions of these fascinating books. There is also an historical introduction which describes the type of books published by this intriguing firm. Covers faded.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 114250

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  (Magee, David) DAVID MAGEE, 470 POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, A SPRING CLEANING CATALOGUE
Containing Many Items Greatly Reduced. First Edition, English and American; Children's Books listed in 'Peter Parley to Penrod.' First Editions, A Group Reduced to One Dollar. Books About Books. Medical Books. San Francisco n.p. (1939) 8vo. self paper wrappers unpaginated
A sale catalogue of 250 items. Front and back covers separated and tanned at extremities.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 101293

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  Martin, Douglas THE TELLING LINE, ESSAYS ON FIFTEEN CONTEMPORARY BOOK ILLUSTATORS.
New York Delacorte (1989) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages.
First U.S. edition. This collection focuses on fifteen contemporary illustrators of children's books, including Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Charles Keeping, Michael Foreman, Shirley Hughes and John Lawrence. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color, and with a number of previously unpublished illustrations from the artists' private collections. Included is a complete chronological bibliography of each artist.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 33111

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  Martin, Douglas THE TELLING LINE, ESSAYS ON FIFTEEN CONTEMPORARY BOOK ILLUSTATORS.
London Julia MacRae Books (1989) 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages.
First edition. This collection focuses on fifteen contemporary illustrators of children's books, including Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Charles Keeping, Michael Foreman, Shirley Hughes and John Lawrence. Well-illustrated throughout, many in color, and with a number of previously unpublished illustrations from the artists' private collections. Included is a complete chronological bibliography of each artist.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 60450

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  Martin, John Henry and Ardy Friedberg WRITING TO READ, A PARENTS' GUIDE TO THE NEW, EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
(New York) Warner Books (1986) 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket xv, (iii), 205+(1) pages
Written especially for parents who want their children to read and write as well as they possibly can, the author gives clear instructions on how to use the principles of his system to help your child discover the joys of language and self expression. The Educational Testing Service confirmed, in a study of 10,000 children, that this method of teaching writing and reading to kindergarten and first grade children was superior to any other system available at that time.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 64862

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  Martin, Sarah Catherine OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.
(Oxford Oxford University Press n.d.) 16mo. stiff marble paper wrappers with gilt edges in cloth-covered trifold chemise, cloth-covered slipcase with paper spine, front and back labels (ii), 15 leaves
Facsimile edition limited to 1000 copies. The exploits of Old Mother Hubbard's remarkable dog don't ever seem to lose their appeal and it is easy to understand why it was an immediate best-seller. Taken from the original manuscript, each leaf consists of four handwritten lines of text and a delightful black and white illustration. (See Moon 562, Osborne Collection II, p. 684, for first printed edition).
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 64458

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  Maxwell, Marjorie THE STORY OF BOOKS UP THROUGH THE AGES.
With Pictures by Max Schwartz. New York Harper & Brothers (1928) small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 79 pages.
Reprint of the first edition. Well illustrated, including a colored print of an early printing press. Meant for juveniles. Ex library copy.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 114940

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  Mayakovsky, Vladimír WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BAD.
(Moscow Progress Publishers 1979) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages.
First edition, second printing. Very colorfully printed children's book.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 107401

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  (McCrillis, John O.C.) Schmidt, Alesandra M. (curator) FROM A TO Z: AN EXHIBITION OF ABC BOOKS SELECTED FROM THE JOHN O.C. MCCRILLIS COLLECTION.
Hartford The Watkinson Library, Trinity College 1998 8vo stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Exhibition of children's alphabet books at the Watkinson Library, Trinity College, March-June 1998 assembled by collector John O.C. McCrillis. Introduction and acknowledgements by the curator. Statement by the collector. Exhibition checklist, describing 69 items. Color illustrations.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108743

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  McCully, Emily Arnold BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR
The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu (New York Arthur A. Levine Books 1998) oblong 4to. paper covered boards, dust jacket Not paginated
First edition. Mingyi is trapped. If she doesn't marry the bandit Soong Ling, he will ruin her family's business -- and her life. Confused and desperate she can think of only one person who can help her: the legendary Wu Mei, the "beautiful warrior." Once before, the astonishing kung fu master had helped Mingyi fight off a pair of thieves. could Wu Mei defend her again? Emily Arnold McCully's paintings teem with the life and color of seventeenth century China as they tell an inspiring story of inner strength victorious over brute force. Top of spine and bottom edge lightly bumped. Signed and dated April 1, 1998 by the author/illustrator, a Caldecott Medal award-winner.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 99936

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  (McGuffey) Vail, Henry H. A HISTORY OF THE McGUFFEY READERS.
With Three Portraits. The Bookish Books - IV. Cleveland Burrow's Brothers 1911 12mo. boards, paper spine and cover labels. (iv), 72 pages.
New edition. Paper along spine is partially chipped away. Ink inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 54368

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  (McLoughlin Brothers) ORIGINAL WOOD BLOCKS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK.
Los Angelse Dawson's Book Store (1980) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers.
Illustrated bookseller's catalogue. Catalogue no. 458. Acquisitions dated stamped in ink in corner of front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 26690

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  (McManus, Blanche) Watts, Rev. Isaac CHILDHOOD'S SONGS OF LONG AGO, BEING SOME OF THE DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS WRIT BY REV. ISAAC WATTS, D.D..
With Picturings by Blanche McManus. New York E.R. Herrick & Company (1897) 8vo. original printed cloth 87 pages
Verses published in the early part of the eighteenth century now delightfully illustrated by Blanche McManus. Black-and-white frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations. Some soiling of covers. Shaken.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 106111

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  Mialaret, G. PSYCHOLOGY OF THE USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION.
London George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.; Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1966 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 225 pages.
First edition. An attempt to study the scientific aspects of the educational psychology of some audio-visual aids used in education. Jacket stained.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 47728

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  (Miller, Bertha Mahony) THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE.
Boston The Horn Book, Incorporated 1969 8vo stiff paper wrappers pp. 465-624
October 1969 issue of The Horn Book, a tribute to Bertha Mahony Miller, owner of a children's bookshop in Boston. Includes articles and book reviews. Book reviews indexed. Wrappers slightly soiled. "Sample" stamped on front wrapper. Foxing on top edge.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106698

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  (Miller, Bertha Mahony) Ross, Eulailie Steinmetz THE SPIRITED LIFE, BERTHA MAHONY MILLER AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Selected Bibliography compiled by Virginia Haviland. Boston The Horn Book 1973 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xvi), 274 pages.
First edition. Small ink ownership stamp on free endpaper and half-title.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 14097

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