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See More... Jennings, Frank G. THIS IS READING.
New York Bureau of Publications, Teachers College Columbia University 1965 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, (iii), 196 pages.
First edition. Looks at the book in the changing world. Wonder what the author thinks now.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 106222

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  Kaye, Barbara THE WHITE MOUSE AND OTHER VERSE TALES.
Illustrated by Susan Roe. Blakeney Elkin Mathews (1984) square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages.
First edition. An illustrated children's tale by the widow of Percy Muir and a bookseller in her own right. Inscribed on title page "all good wishes from Barbara Kaye, October 1984." Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 96447

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See More... Kaye, Barbara THE WHITE MOUSE AND OTHER VERSE TALES.
Illustrated by Susan Roe. Blakeney Elkin Mathews (1984) square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages.
First edition. An illustrated children's tale by the widow of Percy Muir and a bookseller in her own right. Presentation on copyright page "For Harold Kittleson on his third, but hopefully not last, visit to Blakeney from Barbara Kaye." Kittleson has added his comments on the meeting in ink below the presentation. Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 96448

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See More... (Kredel, Fritz) WER WILL UNTER DIE SOLDATEN.
Leipzig Insel-Verlag n.d. 12mo. decorated paper-covered boards 47+(1) pages
Insel-Bücherei Nr. 236. A collection of German soldiers' songs, illustrated by Fritz Kredel (1900-73), noted for his illustrations of children's books. Boards lightly soiled.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115494

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See More... (Lionni, Leo) Jagusch, Sybille A. (editor) LEO LIONNI AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Washington Library of Congress 1993 4to stiff paper wrappers 26, (2) pages
Edited by Chief of Children's literature, Library of Congess. Essays by Lionni and Steven Heller. Bibliography. Letter from editor laid in. Wrappers soiled.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106427

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See More... (Lionni, Leo) Jagusch, Sybille A. (editor) LEO LIONNI AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Washington Library of Congress 1993 4to stiff paper wrappers 26, (2) pages
Edited by Chief of Children's literature, Library of Congess. Essays by Lionni and Steven Heller. Bibliography.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115260

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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... 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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See More... (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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See More... (Milton Bradley) KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY ART AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CATALOG NO. E-89A
Springfield, MA Milton Bradley Company n.d. (circa 1952) 4to. stiff paper wrappers 36, (4) pages
An advertising catalogue for Milton Bradley. With many black-and-white illustrations throguhout. Contains material from painting supplies and crayons to toy money and cut-outs and furniture. Rubbing and wear near spine, creasing at spine ends. Covers and front page soiled. With the signature and date of a previous owner on the front cover.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 102377

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See More... (Miniature Books) Bolton, Rebecca ALLY: THE NEW ARRIVAL.
Marcham, Oxon., England The Alembic Press 1994 miniature book (7.3 x 4.5 cm) decorated paper-covered boards, title gilt-stamped on spine unpaginated
Limited to 100 numbered copies. A children's book illustrated by Tristan and Claire Bolton. Designed to resemble an alligator tongue.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116535

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See More... (Miniature Books) BOOK CATALOG, MOSAIC PRESS.
Cincinnati Mosaic Press 1983 miniature book (1.5 x 2.3 cm) self paper wrappers. 16 pages.
A catalogue listing miniature books in print.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 118536

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See More... (Miniature Books) BOOK OF PICTURES AND WISE WORDS.
Los Angeles (Dawson's Book Shop by W.M. Cheney) 1976 miniature book (2.5 x 2.2 cm.) paper-covered boards. 25 pages
Printed for Dawson's Book Shop (Bradbury, Dawson, 56). Each pair of facing pages contains a saying on the left with a picture on the right. For example, the first pages warn "For want of a nail, The shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, The horse was lost" and show a horseshoe above a running horse with a jockey on his back. Interestingly includes the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty written in Latin! Bound by Bela Blau.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 79225

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See More... (Miniature Books) Burgess, Gelett THE MINIATURE PURPLE COW.
Pasadena (Susan and Karen Dawson) 1968 oblong miniature book (4.4 x 5.8 cm) leather, gilt stamping 21, (3) pages
Second edition (Bradbury, Dawson's 26). Introductory biographical sketch of the author. A children's poem. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 117083

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  (Miniature Books) Collin, Marcie LE CHIEN GUINGAN E LE CHAT CALICOT.
(Mill Valley, CA Sunflower Press 1977) oblong miniature book (5.6 x 5.8 cm) decorated cloth, paper spine and cover labels. unpaginated
Text in French. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by publisher Carol Cunningham on colophon (Bradbury, Sunflower Press 10). Color illustrations by Collin. With miniature bookplate of Kalman Levitan on front pastedown.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 118409

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See More... (Miniature Books) Cracker Jack Fun Books
7 Volumes (Chicago Cracker Jack Co.) n.d., but circa 1960 miniature books (4.4 x 3.2 cm) paper wrappers each 32 pages
At some point in the 1960s, Cracker Jack included "Fun Books" in its packages of caramel popcorn. This is a set of items No. 1 through No. 7: "Fun Book", "Sun in Fun Book", "Busy Book", "Busy Book", "Tiny Book", "Fun for All Book", and "Activity Book". Each has puzzles, riddles, and games appropriate for children.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 116999

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See More... (Miniature Books) FLORAL PIECES FOR THE ALTAR.
Spartanburg, SC (Kitemaug Press) 1982 miniature book (6.7 x 5.1 cm) stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Limited to 50 copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 35). Illustrated. A coloring book with numerous flowers (not yet colored). Stamp of Kathryn Rickard on inside front wrapper.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 117456

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  (Miniature Books) Harris, Joel Chandler UNCLE REMUS STORIES.
Overland Park, KS The Scott Free Press 1983 miniature book (6.5 x 6.3 cm.) full leather. 32 pages.
Printed in an edition of 250 numbered copies signed by the printer Duane Scott (Bradbury, Scott Free, 2). This is the fifth book and second miniature of the Scott Free Press. Printed in two colors and includes an introduction by Duane Scott. Illustrated.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 42530

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See More... (Miniature Books) Massmann, Robert E. ADVENTURES OF A FLIGHTLY OLD WOMAN.
New Britain, CT REM Miniatures) 1966 miniature book (6.9 x 5.7 cm.) stiff paper wrappers, printed paper slide-on case.
Limited to 500 copies (Bradbury, REM, 8). The 12 panel foldout in the back is hand-colored in this copy.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 116554

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See More... (Miniature Books) MAX UND MORITZ, THEIR FIRST, SECOND AND FINAL TRICKS.
(New Britain, CT REM Miniatures) 1990 miniature book (6.5 x 5.5 cm.) cloth, paper cover label, paper sllide-on case with paper cover label. (28) pages.
Limited to 300 copies (Bradbury, REM, 82). With typography, design, layout and hand coloring by Massmann.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 116551

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