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. READ MORE about THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106698
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. READ MORE about KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY ART AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CATALOG NO. E-89A
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102377
Worcester, MA: Dorr, Howland & Co., n.d., but 1835. miniature book (6.1 by 5.0 cm.). original cloth. 192 pages. Bradbury, Dorr 5; Rinderknecht 30400. Table of contents, list of illustrations. Frontispiece and black and white engraved illustrations in text. Covers slightly scuffed at corners. Inside front hinge cracked. Light tanning and foxing. READ MORE about THE BIBLE IN MINIATURE, FOR CHILDREN
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 127938
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1982. miniature book (1.5 x 2.3 cm). self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A catalogue listing miniature books in print. READ MORE about BOOK CATALOG, MOSAIC PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133852
York, England: J. Kendrew, n.d. miniature book (9.6 x 6.5 cm). original self paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University posits a circa 1820 publication date, but also states publication could have taken place any time between circa 1815 and the publisher's death in 1841 (Hockliffe Project website 0028). A work in the publisher's "Penny Books" series. In addition to the two tales mentioned in the title, also includes..... READ MORE about THE ENTERTAINING STORY OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, TO WHICH IS ADDED, TOM THUMB'S TOY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 120448
Philadelphia, PA: American Sunday School Union, (1852). miniature book (7.2 by 5.8 cm.). original embossed cloth. 192 pages. Bradbury, American Sunday School Union 37. Preface. A collection of scripture texts for the guidance of children. Inside hinges cracked with covers partially detached from book block. Some tanning and foxing. READ MORE about A MOTHER'S GIFT; A COLLECTION OF SCRIPTURE TEXTS FOR DAILY USE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 127886
New York: The American Tract Society, n.d., but circa 1833-46. miniature book (9.2 x 6.9 cm). contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. (iv), 191+(1) pages. Series 1, Volume 1 of the Society's publications. Table of contents lists 13 titles in volume 1. This volume contains 1, 2, 3, 4 (just front and back covers), 8 (just front and back covers), 10, 11, and 12 (just front and back covers). Title page notes the society's location..... READ MORE about THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 118736
(New York, NY: Golden Books, n.d. miniature book (6.7 by 7.1 cm.). paper-covered boards. unpaginated. A "Little Little Golden Book." Illustrated by F. Rojankovsky Color illustrations. READ MORE about THE THREE BEARS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133358
(New York, NY: Golden Books, n.d. miniature book (6.8 by 7.1 cm.). paper-covered boards. unpaginated. A "Little Little Golden Book." Color illustrations by the Walt Disney Studio. Adapted by Campbell Grant from the Walt Disney motion picture. READ MORE about WALT DISNEY'S PINOCCHIO
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133360
New York: Garland Publishing, 1980. 8vo. cloth. xl, 390 pages. First edition. This excellent bibliography gives much information about miniature Bibles printed from the 17th to the 19th century in America, England, and Europe. The book is the work of a collector who has brought together much information not available elsewhere. Descriptions are extensive and include size, binding, contents, illustrations, other notes, references to other bibliographies where they exist, and locations for known copies. An..... READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF THUMB BIBLES; A CHECKLIST
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 24398
Hong Kong: Ford Press, 1969. 2.375 x 2 inches. cloth. (v), 106, (2) pages. Colophon states limited to 500 numbered copies, but the edition was actually limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by the author. Oak Knoll Books has bought the last few remaining copies of this title from the publisher. Reprints an article which first appeared in "The Book-Lover's Answer" of July 1965. Gives an interesting summary of the history of children's books, as..... READ MORE about JOYS OF COLLECTING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 23820
Spartanburg, SC: Kitemaug Press, 1979. square miniature book (5.8 x 5.8 cm). stiff paper wrappers, bound oriental style, paper sleeve. unpaginated. Limited to 100 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 30). Frontispiece and illustrations in text. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on inside front wrapper. READ MORE about THE BOY WHO DREW CATS: A JAPANESE TALE
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 117506
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. READ MORE about ADVENTURES OF THE FLIGHTLY OLD WOMAN
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 116554
(New York, NY: Golden Books, n.d. miniature book (6.8 by 7.1 cm.). paper-covered boards. unpaginated. A "Little Little Golden Book." Color illustrations by Garth Williams. Originally published as Animal Friends. READ MORE about THE VERY BEST HOME FOR ME!
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133359
Evanston, IL: The Press of Ward Schori, 1983. miniature book (7.5 x 5.4 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, illustrated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 225 copies (Bradbury, Schori 24). Hand colored illustrations by John Martin. Biographical sketches of the author and illustrator. A collection of children's poetry. READ MORE about COLORED BUTTONS: A BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 118213
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1983. miniature book (1.5 x 2.3 cm). self paper wrappers. 16 pages. A catalogue listing miniature books in print. READ MORE about BOOK CATALOG, MOSAIC PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 118536
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1979). miniature book (4.7 x 6.5 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, illustration gilt-stamped on front board. 36, (2) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 59). Illustrations on endpapers, title page, and in text from little-known children's books by various artists. Printed French-fold. READ MORE about 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN JUVENILE AUTHORS: LITTLE KNOWN PSEUDONYMS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 116662
New York: Peter Bedrick, (1987). small 4to. paper-covered boards. 29 pages. First American edition. Nicely illustrated children's book relating the story of Martin, a young boy learning the printer's trade in Nuremberg in 1485. READ MORE about A GERMAN PRINTER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 64966
Dover: Dover Post Company, 1991. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 50 pages. First edition, second printing. Illustrated by Don Stein. Children's book about Delaware's indians. Book I in the Granddad's Delaware History Series. READ MORE about MIKE AND MARNIE LEARN ABOUT DELAWARE'S INDIANS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67061
1961. small 4to. boards. pp.24-27. In American Heritage, Vol. XII, No.4, June 1961. Short biography of "Frank Merriwell," ie Gilbert Patten. READ MORE about FRANK MERRIWELL AT YALE AGAIN - AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. "
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 27277
New Castle, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. In 1749, Benjamin Franklin published his educational call to arms, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. In it, Franklin set forth a radically new template for educating students, one that stressed social utility, secular independence, and an English language-based curriculum. This slim pamphlet led to the creation of..... READ MORE about "THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH": WORLDS OF LEARNING IN THE AGE OF FRANKLIN
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 100470
London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Illustrated auction catalogue. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 45074
London: Christie's, 1994. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 36, (4) pages. Illustrated auction catalogue. With prices, remarks and notes in ink throughout catalogue. Xerox of prices realized paperclipped to page. Fabric tape markers on spine. READ MORE about BEATRIX POTTER: PRINTED BOOKS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 123772
2 volumes.
New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and The Delaware Art Museum, 2004. 9 x 12 inches. quarter Morocco with Japanese cloth, a special binding by Campbell-Logan Bindery. (viii),xiv,(ii),400; (viii),401-872 pages. 2 volumes. First edition, one of only 60 numbered and signed sets bound thus (Museum Edition). Contains an extra eight-page signature at the beginning which has a tipped-in wood-engraving of Pyle's well-known painting "The Landing of the Pilgrims" pulled from the original block engraved..... READ MORE about HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 87133
2 volumes.
New Castle and Wilmington: Oak Knoll Press and The Delaware Art Museum, 2004. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 906 pages. 2 volumes. At the dawn of the 20th century, Howard Pyle was America's most famous and influential illustrator. Through the illustrated pages of Harper's, Scribner's and Century magazines, the American public first became acquainted with the illustrator that they would come to love. Both by example and through his teaching, Pyle molded and..... READ MORE about HOWARD PYLE: HIS LIFE -- HIS WORK
Price: $149.95 Order nr. 75317
