Results for: Children's Books

Farren, Donald and August A. Imholtz, Jr. (editors).

THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004.

With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides
Baltimore: The Baltimore Bibliophiles, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 176 pages. With "Children's Books in Bygone Baltimore" An essay and a catalogue by Linda F. Lapides. With this volume the Baltimore Bibliophiles celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their founding, demonstrating the flourishing of bibliophily in Baltimore and the vigor of the organization. Included in the book are an account and a catalogue of early children's books in Baltimore by Linda F. Lapides. A separate..... READ MORE about THE BALTIMORE BIBLIOPHILES AT FIFTY, 1954-2004

Price: $55.00 Order nr. 101279

Fay, Lucy and Anne Eaton.

INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIES.

Boston: F.W. Faxon Company, 1924. 8vo. cloth. 459 pages. Second edition. Includes chapters on historical survey of children's literature, fairy tales and others. Wear at head of spine. READ MORE about INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41999

Fenimore Jr., Harvey Curtis.

MIKE AND MARNIE LEARN ABOUT DELAWARE'S SYMBOLS, SLOGAN, NAME, AND NICK NAMES.

Dover: Dover Post Company, 1991. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 136, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated by Don Stein. Book II in the Granddad's Delaware History Series. READ MORE about MIKE AND MARNIE LEARN ABOUT DELAWARE'S SYMBOLS, SLOGAN, NAME, AND NICK NAMES

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67062

Order Nr. 73856 REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN...

Fenn, Patricia & Alfred P. Malpa.

REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR EDUCATION.

N.P. The Ephemera Society of America, (1994). oblong 8vo. quarter leather. 224 pages. One of 175 special copies bound thus and signed by the authors. This copy is not numbered and thus out of series. No accompanying portfolio and no metal dies inserted in front cover as called for. READ MORE about REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF...

Price: $27.50 Order nr. 73856

Fradin, Dennis B.

DELAWARE IN WORDS AND PICTURES.

Chicago: Childrens Press, (1988). square 8vo. paper-covered boards. 48 pages. Children's book about Delaware. Illustrations by Richard Wahl. Maps by Len W. Meents. READ MORE about DELAWARE IN WORDS AND PICTURES

Price: $6.00 Order nr. 89230

FUN IN THE FIRST STATE, A GUIDE FOR FAMILY FUN IN DELAWARE AND THE SUR.

Newark: Newark Center for Creative Learning, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 79 pages. Second edition. Guide for the family with children. READ MORE about FUN IN THE FIRST STATE, A GUIDE FOR FAMILY FUN IN DELAWARE AND THE SUR

Price: $7.50 Order nr. 67177

(Gorey, Edward). Neumeyer, Peter F. and Edward Gorey.

WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT.

New York: Young Scott Books, (1970). oblong 12mo. decorated cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. First edition. (Toledano, A37a). Text by Neumeyer, illustrations by Gorey. Whimsical account of the earth's rotation and the reason for day and night. Dust jacket slightly soiled and small tear at top of spine. READ MORE about WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT

Price: $65.00 Order nr. 108697

(Gorey, Edward). Neumeyer, Peter F.

DONALD AND THE.

Drawings by Edward Gorey.
(Reading, MA): Addison-Wesley, (1976). square 12mo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. unpaginated. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Reprint of first edition (Toledano, B41B). Black and white etchings by Edward Gorey. Author was a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. READ MORE about DONALD AND THE

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108476

Harrod, Leonard M.

LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

London: Andre Deutsch, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition. READ MORE about LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 80281

Harshaw, Ruth H. and Dilla W. Macbean.

WHAT BOOK IS THAT? FUN WITH BOOKS AT HOME-AT SCHOOL.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. First edition. Contains book projects, quizzes, short plays, etc. Jacket spotted. READ MORE about WHAT BOOK IS THAT? FUN WITH BOOKS AT HOME-AT SCHOOL

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27310

Hauswedell, Ernst L.und Christian Voigt (Editors).

BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850.

2 volumes.
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. small 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, cardboard slipcase. 369, (3); 191+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1400 copies. Intended as a parallet work to Maximilian-Gesellschaft's 1963 publication, Deutschen Buchkunst 1890 bis 1960 by Georg Kurt. Surveys a century in which old graphic techniques to illustrate and embellish books were gradually giving way to the new. Volume I discusses typography, illustrations and illustrators, journals and almanacs, bookclubs, the art of..... READ MORE about BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 62364

Henne, Frances E.

THE LIBRARY WORLD AND THE PUBLICATION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1976. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 30 pages. Third Memorial Lecture. READ MORE about THE LIBRARY WORLD AND THE PUBLICATION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9099

Order Nr. 136357 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT (...

(Hewlett, Maurice Henry). Muir, P.H.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT ( 1861-1923).

n.p. Folcroft Library Editions, 1973. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 16 pages. Reprint of this scarce bibliography by Percy Muir. Limited to 100 unnumbered copies. Near fine. With full descriptions of Hewlett's works and notes on additional printings of titles.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY MAURICE HENRY HEWLETT ( 1861-1923

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 136357

Order Nr. 9115 THE HISTORY OF THE CATNACH PRESS, AT BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, ALNWICK AND...

Hindley, Charles.

THE HISTORY OF THE CATNACH PRESS, AT BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, ALNWICK AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

London: Charles Hindley, 1886. 8vo. original cloth, paper cover and spine labels. xlii, 308 pages. First edition. The Catnach Press published books for children in large quantities. In addition to the history of the press, Hindley reproduces a number of the illustrations taken from various books. Includes some use of color in the illustrations. Spine label mostly rubbed off and covers rubbed along hinges. Bookplate and former owner John Douglas Riddell has signed his name..... READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF THE CATNACH PRESS, AT BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, ALNWICK AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 9115

(Holiday House). Freedman, Russell.

HOLIDAY HOUSE, THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS.

New York: Holiday House, (1985). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 152 pages. First edition. History of this children's book publishing house followed by chronological listing of all their publications. Illustrated. Presentation from the author on the half-title "This copy is for Kay Vandergreft - Russell Freedman ALA Chicago 1990." READ MORE about HOLIDAY HOUSE, THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 72344

(Holme, Geoffrey).

THE CHILDREN'S ART BOOK.

London: Studio, n.d. 8vo. cloth spine, paper-covered boards. (iv), 96 pages. This is a simple art appreciation book for children with large print and fairly simple text. The pictures progress from simple to complex with many tipped-in examples as well as those printed on the pages. Some color. Spine of the book a little faded. Dust jacket is worn with some paper loss at the corners and heel of spine, closed tear upper front panel..... READ MORE about THE CHILDREN'S ART BOOK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 89378

Hughes, Ted.

FIVE AUTUMN SONGS FOR CHILDREN'S VOICES.

(Bow, Nr. Crediton, Devonshire, England: Richard Gilbertson, 1968). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 9+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Number 4 in the publisher's manuscript series. READ MORE about FIVE AUTUMN SONGS FOR CHILDREN'S VOICES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 118828

Hurlimann, Bettina.

SEVEN HOUSES, MY LIFE WITH BOOKS.

Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
London: The Bodley Head, (1976). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. First English edition. Autobiography of this historian of children's literature, publisher and editor. Spine of jacket faded. READ MORE about SEVEN HOUSES, MY LIFE WITH BOOKS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2797

Order Nr. 130141 TOMMY THUMB'S PRETTY SONG-BOOK, THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES,...

Immel, Andrea and Brian Alderson.

TOMMY THUMB'S PRETTY SONG-BOOK, THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES, A FACSIMILE EDITION WITH A HISTORY AND ANNOTATIONS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013. 8vo: 8.5 x 6.75 inches; miniatures: 3.625 x 2.25 inches.Clamshell box: 7.5 x 13 inches. hardcover: 8vo and clamshell box in cloth; miniatures in silk. xv, 121 pages; facsimiles: 68, 66, 66 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies of this boxed set which includes Alderson and Immel's scholarly work on the history and legacy of Tommy Thumb's Pretty Little Song Book (two volumes), and The Pretty Book, that includes..... READ MORE about TOMMY THUMB'S PRETTY SONG-BOOK, THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES, A FACSIMILE...

Price: $250.00 save 50% $125.00 Order nr. 130141

(Inkwell Press). Torre, Vincent.

AESOP'S FABLES.

New York: Inkwell Library, The, (1969). 8vo. decorated yellow cloth. (x), 68, (2) pages. First edition, signed by Torre on the colophon page. Seventeen of Aesop's fables, retold in rhyme, illustrated and decorated by Vincent Torre. Text and charming drawings in black, framed with woodcut borders of leaf, flower and fruit motifs in ochre. While serving in the US Navy, 1951-1954, stationed on the USS Orion, Torre printed his first books under the imprint of..... READ MORE about AESOP'S FABLES

Price: $45.00 Order nr. 47520

James, Solomon and Allan Salt (trans.).

LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2010. 4.2 x 5.5 inches. hardback with dust jacket. 16 pages. Facsimile of an illustrated manuscript and of a contemporary letter providing its translation by Reverend Allan Salt. Introduction by Ivy Trent. The original was written in Ojibway and painted on birchbark by Soloman James, Sound of Thunder Ravens, Chief of the Shawanagaw Band of Ojibway Indians, for his son, Louis. The book illustrates hunting and way of life around..... READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS

Price: $30.00 save 50% $15.00 Order nr. 130143

James, Solomon and Allan Salt (trans.).

LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS.

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 2010. 4.2 x 5.5 inches. softcover with french flaps. 16 pages. Facsimile of an illustrated manuscript and of a contemporary letter providing its translation by Reverend Allan Salt. Introduction by Ivy Trent. The original was written in Ojibway and painted on birchbark by Soloman James, Sound of Thunder Ravens, Chief of the Shawanagaw Band of Ojibway Indians, for his son, Louis. The book illustrates hunting and way of life around..... READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF ANIMALS

Price: $20.00 save 50% $10.00 Order nr. 130144

Jeffrey, Julie Roy, edited by Eric Foner.

FRONTIER WOMEN: THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST 1840-1880.

New York, NY: Hill & Wang, (1979). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated look at the role women had in the development of the frontier. Includes information on Kate D. Wiggin.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FRONTIER WOMEN: THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST 1840-1880

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136335

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. READ MORE about THIS IS READING

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106222

Johnson, Stephen T.

ALPHABET CITY.

(New York, NY): Puffin Books, (1995). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Introductory comments by the author. Color illustrations. The 26 letters of the alphabet imagined from urban structures. READ MORE about ALPHABET CITY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134029

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