New York: Duffield and Company, 1922. 8vo. cloth, illustrated label on front board. (vi), 353+(1) pages. A collection of short stories. Frontispiece and illustrations in color by Edna Cooke. Table of contents. A collection of short stories by Maria Louisa Molesworth (1839-1921), who wrote mainly children's stories. Rubbed at edges, rear hinge cracked. READ MORE about STORIES BY MRS. MOLESWORTH
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 110118
New York: Greenberg, (1931). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (x), 242 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Lacking the slipcase. Some age darkening to the spine, else near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SIR JAMES M. BARRIE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY. WITH FULL COLLATIONS OF THE AMERICAN UNAUTHORIZED EDITIONS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 535
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1946). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 46+(1) pages. First edition. Jacket illustration is from the cover design of "The Horn Book." Book illustrations are from early prints of Caldecott drawings in The Houghton Memorial Library. Jacket soiled and with tape repair on front cover. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24544
London: Oresko Books Ltd., (1976). 4to. decorated, glossy stiff paper wrapper (folded in dust jacket form). 104 pages. First edition. Beautiful color and black and white illustrations of Caldecott's works. Illustrations for John Gilpin's Ride. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24418
Victoria: Adelphia Book Shop Ltd., 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 77 pages. First edition, one of 600 copies. With indices. Near fine. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about ALICE ONE HUNDRED, BEING A CATALOGUE IN CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF ALICE'S ADVENTURES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6290
N.P. Florida State University Library, 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with tape covered spine. (ii), 14 pages. Light cover fading. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about PARODIES OF LEWIS CARROLL AND THEIR ORIGINALS, CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBIT ION WITH NOTES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 20617
London: Maggs Bros. 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 100 pages and 20 plates. Catalogue 993. Illustrated. READ MORE about SOME THINGS CHILDISH
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 27654
London: National Book League, 1973. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. Exhibition catalogue featuring 20th century British children's books. Well illustrated. READ MORE about LOOKING AT PICTURE BOOKS 1973
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 26922
London: The National Book League, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 102, (8) pages. 4th edition. A bibliography of British children's books. Preface. Introduction by Eileen Colwell. Arranged chronologically. 533 entries. Entries after 1940 broken down into fiction and non-fiction categories. Indices of authors/editors and titles. Eight pages of advertisements follow the text. READ MORE about BRITISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114777
(London, England): The Library Association, 1957. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. viii, 89+(1) pages. Table of contents. Frontispiece portrait of Arthur Ransome, first recipient of the medal. Black and white plates; black and white illustrations in text. A description of medal winners from 1936 to 1957. Dust jacket chipped and torn along edges. Ink notation on front free endpaper. READ MORE about CHOSEN FOR CHILDREN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 126875
London: The British Council, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. An exhibition catalogue. Presentation from Cleverdon on front inside cover. READ MORE about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 26919
(London: The Scolar Press, 1976). 4to. cloth-backed boards. various paginations. Reprint of the eight separately issued chap-books produced by Field and Tuer and printed at the Leadenhall Press in 1883. This copy was reproduced from one of the few sets that had been hand-colored and this copy has the chap-book cuts in color. Ink inscription to former owner on verso of free endpaper. READ MORE about CRAWHALL'S CHAP-BOOK CHAPLETS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 27225
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 359 pages. First edition. Written as "a minor chapter in the history of English social life." Covers children's books from the middle ages until the 80's and today. There were no children's books before the 17th century, if one considers only those "produced to give children spontaneous pleasure" and not those written to teach or make them good. With bibliographical information. Some foxing of pastedowns and..... READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND, FIVE CENTURIES OF SOCIAL LIFE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 20467
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 365 pages. Second edition. Revision of the 1932 edition with a few corrections Darton had marked in the text. Introduction by Kathleen Lines. History of children's books and of the social life during which they were written. Many plates and a bibliography following. Jacket worn and tape repaired. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND, FIVE CERTURIES OF SOCIAL LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 20471
London, England: Sotheby's, 2011. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 58 pages. Auction, July 14, 2011. 159 lots. Table of contents, index. Mainly children's books and illustrations. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about ENGLISH LITERATURE, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133648
Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson.
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 297 pages. Translated and Edited by Brian Alderson. First English edition. "Important contribution to the history of bibliography of children's books." Illustrated. READ MORE about THREE CENTURIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN EUROPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6142
London: The Studio, 1933. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 128 pages. First edition. A special issue of The Studio. Profusely illustrated guide to the study of children's books of the 18th through 20th centuries. Some illustrations are in color. Front cover and flap of jacket is present and the rest of the jacket is a replacement. The cloth bound version of this book is scarce. READ MORE about CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 3779
Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1982. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), (iv), iv, 68, viii, 100, (42) pages. Facsimile of the two volume 1817 first edition with historical notes by Marjorie Moon and an index by Dana Tenny. READ MORE about JUVENILE REVIEW, IN TWO PARTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 26995
Two volumes.
London: The Holland Press, (1985). 4to. cloth, dust jackets. xxiv, 446; 16 pages followed by 336 full page plates. Two volumes. A very fine facsimile reprint of the first edition of this landmark catalogue first issued by Gumuchian & Cie in 1930. Over 6000 books listed. Light chipping of jackets with abrased spot on the spine of Volume Two. READ MORE about LES LIVRES DE L'ENFANCE DU XVE AU XIXE SIECLE
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 41622
London: Christie's, 1995. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 122, (14) pages. A catalogue for the auction held at Christie's in 1995 which offered the collection of Marjorie Moon's early English children's books including fine runs of picture books described by Moon in her standard bibliographies of the author Mary Belson Elliott and the publishers John Harris and Benjamin Tabart. It include 241 entries and is illustrated. A fine copy. From the private reference library of..... READ MORE about THE MARJORIE MOON COLLECTION OF EARLY ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 58926
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1954). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 256 pages. First edition. 106 illustrations including some in color. An important study of children's books. READ MORE about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1600 TO 1900
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 123213
Wormley: Five Owls Press Ltd., (1973). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxxi, 461 pages. First edition. A fine copy. John Newbery is famous among 18th-century publishers for the manner in which he exploited the new market for children's books. Both in the creation of a "list" of successful titles and in his very individual approach to the designing, publicizing, and selling of his "little books," he shows himself to be an important forerunner of the..... READ MORE about JOHN NEWBERY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 1740-1814, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 27211
Boston: The Horn Book, (1972). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 340 pages. First U.S. edition, from the second British edition. Study of the history of children's books in England from the beginning of printing up to 1914. Illustrated. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING
Price: $12.40 Order nr. 19344
Boston: The Horn Book, (1972). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. x, 340 pages. First U.S. edition, from the second British edition. Study of the history of children's books in England from the beginning of printing up to 1914. Illustrated. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about FROM PRIMER TO PLEASURE IN READING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 98328
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
