(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
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
N.P. National Council of Teachers of English, (1973). small 8vo. paper wrappers. xii, 208 pages. An annotated bibliography and study guide for the teaching of Native American history and culture to older high school students. An introduction discusses sterotypes in ethnic literature, and explains the author's criteria for the selection of recommended books. Grouped by topics, study guide to selected books, indexed by authors and by titles. Minor shelf-wear. READ MORE about LITERATURE BY AND ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIAN, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 46426
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1954. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 47, (10) pages. Exlibrary with markings. Covers spotted. Reproduction of the school book section of the earliest known American bookseller's reference list with bibliographical information on the books listed. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOL BOOKS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY BASED ON THE BOSTON BOOKSE LLER'S CATALOGUE OF 1804
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 20624
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
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Publications, 1998. 13.6 x 17.3 inches. cloth. (56) leaves, (12) pages in pocket. This facsimile edition reproduces photographs, mostly attributed to Potter's father, amateur photographer Rupert Potter, in an arrangement telling the story of her life. The photographs range from studio photographs of Beatrix Potter as a baby and toddler, to one taken in the year preceding her death. The original photographs were in a variety of media, ranging from albumin..... READ MORE about MARSEILLES, GENOA & PISA: A BEATRIX POTTER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM REPRESENTING A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY
Price: $175.00 save 50% $87.50 Order nr. 130145
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
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 144 pages. First U.S. edition. Beautiful book with many full-page color plates showing children's books. Bookplate. READ MORE about THE COLLECTOR'S BOOK OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 10075
7 volumes.
(Spartanburg, SC: Wofford Library Press, 1969-1970). 4to. self paper wrappers; spiral binding. varioiusly paginated. 7 volumes. Seven volumes, includes (1) Opening program for new library building, 1969; (2) Special collections checklist, Hymns and Hymnody, by Frank J. Anderson; (3) Special collections checklist, Geography and Travels, by Frank J. Anderson; (4) Special collections checklist, Children's literature, by Elizabeth Sabin; (5) Special collections checklist, Catlisle-Smith pamphlet collection, by Frank J. Anderson and Elizabeth Sabin; (6) Special collections..... READ MORE about WOFFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 109332
N.P. (Stockholm): Rabén & Sjögren, 1967. square large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 57+(1) pages. Books, colleagues, authors and events, with photos, illustrations. R.& S. published a number of children's books, including the Pippi Longstocking series by A. Lindgren. Laid in are a card with greetings from the publisher, and a review of the book in Danish. Covers faded. READ MORE about RABEN & SJOGREN 1942-1967, EN TJUGOFEMARSKRONIKA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52853
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 388 pages. First edition. The first comprehensive bibliography on the famous twentieth-century author. It details all titles he wrote and to which he contributed. It also cites more than 1500 contributions by Ransome to newspapers and magazines, including his controversial reports from Russia during the first World War and the rise of the Bolsheviks. This work has been eagerly awaited by Ransome's many fans and..... READ MORE about ARTHUR RANSOME: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $78.00 Order nr. 59945
London: Werner Shaw Ltd., 1983. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 156 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATIONS OF W. HEATH ROBINSON, A COMMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27569
London: Macmillan Publishers, 1988. small 4to. two original morocco-backed cloth drop-back boxes, gilt labels on spines, together in cloth slip-case with the commentary volume: original cloth with gilt-stamped calf label to upper cover, cloth slipcase. One of 250 sets, of which this is number 114. A fine set of the tour de force of Jonathan Stephenson's The Rocket Press. Ninety-one wood-engraved plates printed from the original wood-blocks engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and 1 electrotype..... READ MORE about SIR JOHN TENNIEL'S WOOD-ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS TO 'ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND' &...
Price: $13,500.00 Order nr. 136242
Compiled by Marjeanne Jensen Blinn. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
New York: The Viking Press, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 173 pages. Compiled by Marjeanne Jensen Blinn. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. Sayers was a well-known children's librarian. Contains a foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Review copy with slip loosely inserted. READ MORE about SUMMONED BY BOOKS, ESSAYS AND SPEECHES BY FRANCES CLARKE SAYERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 62361
Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover
New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, n.d. (circa 1925). 8vo. red cloth with color plate front cover and gilt titles. (v), 399+(1) pages. Illustrated by Frank E. Schoonover. The exterior of this copy shows moderate wear and soiling. The cover portrait of Washington is rubbed slightly, but still enjoyable. Inside are 6 more color plates by Schoonover. The leaves show scattered light foxing, minor soiling, and one 2-inch-long closed tear. READ MORE about WASHINGTON
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 90925
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Occasional foxing. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper. Lettering nearly worn off spine and upper part of the front board. READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 89498
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1917. large 8vo. cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, front pastedown, tissue guards. (iv), 332 pages. First edition. Eight color illustrations, a map, endpapers and front pastedown by Frank Schoonover. The story of the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Covers rubbed with part of white ink rubbed away and scratches in front cover. Wear at spine ends and corners. Some ink scribbling in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about WITH CORTES THE CONQUEROR
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 94958
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
