N.P. The Scribner Bookstore, n.d. tall 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 30 pages. 256 items for sale. READ MORE about JUVENILE FICTION, FIRST EDITIONS AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 69338
London: The Bodley Head, (1981). oblong 4to. decorated cloth, printed clear plastic dust jacket. 278 pages. First English edition (Hanrahan A108). Biography of Sendak and his work beautifully illustrated with 94 full color plates and over 165 black-and-white drawings including an original Sendak pop-up. Contains a chronological listing of his works.This is the first major retrospective study of one of the major children's book illustrators of our time, creator of "Where The Wild Things Are,"..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 123679
Kingston, NY: Battledore Ltd., 1996. 11 x 8.5 inches. paperback. 48 pages. First edition. This wonderful exhibition catalogue highlights a myriad of works illustrated and written by this celebrated children's book writer and artist. This exhibition covers the first time Sendak's original works were shown in Asia, beginning in October 1996 at Maruzen Co. Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, travelling in December to Kyoto and Nagoya and then to Neilson Hays Library in Bangkok, Thailand in..... READ MORE about SENDAK IN ASIA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 49649
Essen: Ludgerus Verlag, (1960). square 16mo. cloth. 80 pages. An illustrated prayer book; illustrations by Otto Andreas Schreiber. Intended to be accessible to children as well as adults. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about BILDERGEBETBUCH
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 48649
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2009. 9.5 x 12.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 522 pages. Winner of the Justin G. Schiller Prize (Bibliographical Society of America) and the F.J. Harvey Darton Award (Children's Books History Society). Nominated for the International Bibliographical Prize (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers). Catalogue of alphabets tiles, battledores, block puzzles, cards, jigsaw puzzles, educational aids, board games, maps, map samplers, pictures sheets, scrolls and writing sheets published by the Darton firms..... READ MORE about THE DARTONS: PUBLISHERS OF EDUCATIONAL AIDS, PASTIMES & JUVENILE EPHEMERA, 1787-1876. A...
Price: $175.00 save 50% $87.50 Order nr. 130139
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). cloth. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...
Price: $30.00 save 50% $15.00 Order nr. 130134
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. 9 x 7.5 (landscape). paperback. 40 pages. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps", hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted on thin sheets of mahogany and cut into pieces according to the political borders of the region mapped. The discovery of an extraordinary set of..... READ MORE about NEATLY DISSECTED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY:...
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Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2003. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. paperback. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between Lady Charlotte..... READ MORE about SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF...
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Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2003. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III and acquired by the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nursery and its governess, Lady Charlotte Finch. The author establishes a relationship between..... READ MORE about SUCH CONSTANT AFFECTIONATE CARE: LADY CHARLOTTE FINCH - ROYAL GOVERNESS & THE CHILDREN OF...
Price: $45.00 save 50% $22.50 Order nr. 130473
N.P. n.p., (1975). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Illustrated of course. READ MORE about NEW CASTLE MOUSE HISTORICAL COLORING BOOK FOR BICENTENNIAL - 1976
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28641
1972. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 75, (15) pages. Volume 3, 1972. This issue includes the proceedings of a workshop on children's books as well as articles on publishing and bookselling in Singapore. Wrappers slightly rubbed. Some damage to spine. Pages curled. READ MORE about SINGAPORE BOOK WORLD
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 48810
Chicago: Lyons & Carnahan, (1948). small 8vo. cloth. vi, 202 pages. B1-1517. Written for school children. Illustrated. Some fading of covers. READ MORE about DELAWARE .... THROUGH THE YEARS, STORIES ABOUT DELAWARE AND THE PART IT PLAYED IN THE GROWTH OF...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 66296
Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1990. 8vo. cloth. x, 176 pages. A collection of essays on Lillian Smith, who was known for fostering the development of children's libraries across the country. Corners bumped. Spine ends slightly worn. READ MORE about LANDS OF PLEASURE: ESSAYS ON LILLIAN H. SMITH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S LIBRARIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98087
Oslo: N.W. Damm & Søn, 1968. large 8vo. stiff paper wrap-around wrappers. 78+(1) pages. Account of the last 25 years of the publishing - bookselling firm specializing in children's books and antiquarian books, in Norwegian. The publisher for such notable authors as Astrid Lindgren and Aimée Sommerfelt. Many children's book illustrations in black-and-white. Corner slightly bent. READ MORE about DAMM 1845, 125 AR, DE SISTE FEMOGTYVE ÅR. [The last 25 years of N.W. Damm & Søn
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 74784
Detroit: Harlo, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. First edition. A novel set in Delaware during the 1880s. Illustrated by Jack Lewis. Presentation from the author on free endpaper "To Eleanor and John Deklurow, with best wishes from the author, Anne Z. Sparklin." READ MORE about LILLY JO
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 28209
Detroit: Harlo, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. First edition. A novel set in Delaware during the 1880s. Illustrated by Jack Lewis. Signed by the author on the free endpaper. READ MORE about LILLY JO
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 65703
Detroit: Harlo, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. First edition. A novel set in Delaware during the 1880s. Illustrated by Jack Lewis. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about LILLY JO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121903
London, England: John Lane, 1923. 12mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (xvi), 136, (4) pages. New edition. Dedication, table of contents, Illustrated by Charles Robinson (Houfe 435-6). Covers rubbed and scuffed, top extremity of spine missing. Inside front hinge cracked. Considerable foxing on endpapers. READ MORE about A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 134095
Portland: The Southworth Press, 1933. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 41, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. Contains a bibliography of editions, illustrations, and a history of this 18th century English publisher of miniature children's books. READ MORE about THE GIGANTICK HISTORIES OF THOMAS BOREMAN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 1574
(Rockland, MA: Courier-Gazette, 1981). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 62 pages. This book is a fictional elaboration of the life of the Brontë's based on historical fact. "It is the author's purpose in this life story to interpret for the younger reader the peculiar strength of individuality and personal initiative against barriers of remoteness and sorrow and disappointment and to show how that spirit entered the art of the writer." Signed by the author. Eight..... READ MORE about A BRONTË TAPESTRY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88721
Patterns of Access to Materials and Services in School and Public Libraries, Proceedings of the Forty-first Conference of the Graduate Library School, May 16-17, 1980.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 89 pages. Patterns of Access to Materials and Services in School and Public Libraries, Proceedings of the Forty-first Conference of the Graduate Library School, May 16-17, 1980. Children's books raise interesting censorship questions, and three of the six articles in this collection, one by a children's author, one by a book reviewer and one by an English professor, treat different aspects of the issue. Also with..... READ MORE about CHILDREN IN LIBRARIES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 53735
(Burnsville, MN): Voyageur Press, (1975). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), iv, 150 pages. First edition. With a foreword by Norine Odland, an introduction, index, bibliography with 218 entries, and appendix. READ MORE about MINNESOTA IN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SUBJECT AND TITLE INDEX
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 101899
Leicester, England: Dryad Press, 1958. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages followed by 16 pages of plates. Suggests simple methods of block-cutting and printing suitable for children. Printing with potato blocks, filed-stick patterns, linoleum block work, and working with multiple blocks are discussed, along with projects suitable for schools. Well illustrated. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S WORK IN BLOCK PRINTING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48236
London: Crosby Lockwood, (1965). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, printed plastic dust jacket. xii, 65 pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. The Taylors were an 18th and 19th century English literary family. Information on children's books. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TAYLORS OF ONGAR AND STANFORD RIVERS
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 7696
(Hamden, CT: Archon Books, The The Shoe String Press, Inc., 1965). 8vo. decorated cloth-covered boards, printed vinyl dust jacket. xii, 65 pages. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Provides the first detailed, accurate bibliography of a prolific family of writers in England in the 18th and 19th centuries. They knew such famous people as Goldsmith, Barton, Richardson and others. READ MORE about CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TAYLORS OF ONGAR AND STANFORD RIVERS
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 23989
