A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT.

Ormond Beach, FL: "The Doldrums" 1942. 16mo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 8 pages. A facsimile of the earliest known Christmas book priinted in the United States (New York: William B. Gilley, 1821), with eight colored engravings. This work was a volume in the Children's Friend (III) series. Correspondence to and from George A. Zabriskie precedes text. Handwritten note to Zabriskie laid in. dust jacket torn at front bottom edge. READ MORE about A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131844

(Blocquel, Simon-François).

LE SAVANT DE HUIT ANS, SUIVI DU PETIT COLORISTE.

(Lille, France: Imprimerie de Blocquel), n.d., but circa 1830. oblong 32mo. contemporary sheep, gilt-stamped. (viii), 96 pages. Text in French. Attributed to Lille printer Simon-François Blocquel. A guide for children, in two sections. The first entitled "Savant de huit ans: sciences, arts et métiers;" the second entitled "Petit coloriste: de enluminure." Describes the printing trades. With six color plates entitled Peintre (frontispiece), Sculpture, Graveur en taille-douce, Relieur, Imprimeur en caractères mobiles. Also with color title..... READ MORE about LE SAVANT DE HUIT ANS, SUIVI DU PETIT COLORISTE

Price: $2,750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129509

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. Ephemera Society of America, (1994). oblong 8vo. quarter leather, separate portfolio, inserted in slipcase. 224 pages. One of 175 special copies bound thus, numbered and signed by the authors, and containing two medals mounted in the front cover (not present in this copy). Also contains a separate portfolio of reproductions of rewards. This copy is not numbered but is signed by all four participants. READ MORE about REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 52079

Ford, Paul Leicester (editor).

THE NEW-ENGLAND PRIMER, A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT.

With a reprint of the unique copy of the earliest known edition and many fac-simile illustrations and reproductions.
(New York: Columbia University, 1962). 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 78 pages. With a reprint of the unique copy of the earliest known edition and many fac-simile illustrations and reproductions. Reprint of the 1897 first edition with the exception of some illustrations. With added preface by Lawrence A. Cremin. Part of Columbia's Classics in Education series. Light soiling of jacket. READ MORE about THE NEW-ENGLAND PRIMER, A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123898

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  other currencies  Order nr. 9115

Kingston, W.H.G.

OUR SOLDIERS.

London, England: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. small 8vo. illustrated cloth. 368, (20) pages. New edition. A history of British military engagements through the Victorian era, published for boys. Color frontispiece. Table of contents. Listing of other publications "for boys." Covers and spine soiled. Staining on endpapers and parts of text. Inscription on front free endpaper. READ MORE about OUR SOLDIERS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119447

Lucas, Anna.

FRANZ POCCI UND DAS KINDERBUCH.

Mit einer Bearbeitung der Schattenspiele.
Münster i. W. Regensbergsche Buchhandlung und Buchdruckerei, 1929. 8vo. cloth. (x), 92 pages. Mit einer Bearbeitung der Schattenspiele. Written in German. With a foreword, introduction, bibliography, conclusion, index of literature, and other supplements. With 16 black-and-white illustrations. A biography and analysis of Franz Pocci, the German poet, artist, and playwright, noted for his work with the Munich Marionette Theatre. Minor soiling and wear, spine faded with a small stain near the middle. READ MORE about FRANZ POCCI UND DAS KINDERBUCH

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100658

Plimpton, George A.

MARKS OF MERIT, TOGETHER WITH AN ARTICLE ON HORNBOOKS AND THEIR USE IN AMERICA.

N.P. Ginn and Co., n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 23 pages. With 19 illustrations in the text, mostly of American hornbooks. Split along hinge. READ MORE about MARKS OF MERIT, TOGETHER WITH AN ARTICLE ON HORNBOOKS AND THEIR USE IN AMERICA

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 9980

Rosenbach, A.S.W.

EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

With Bibliographical Descriptions of the Books in His Private Collection.
Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1933. 4to. levant backed pictorial boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. lix, 354, (4) pages. With Bibliographical Descriptions of the Books in His Private Collection. First edition, one of 585 numbered copies signed by Rosenbach. A. Edward Newton wrote the introduction to this book. Slipcase slightly soiled. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15082

Sparklin, Anne Z.

LILLY JO.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 65703

White, Mus.

FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE MAGICAL: PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1854-1945 AND BEYOND.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. 8.75 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. xlii, 268 pages. This book is a bibliography of photographically illustrated children's books in the field of American and international juvenile literature from 1854 to 1945. It details books that were illustrated with original photographs or related-mechanical processes, and describes author and title, as well as provides an index of photographers, illustrators, and reproduction processes linked to specific books. The collection reveals a parallel... READ MORE about FROM THE MUNDANE TO THE MAGICAL: PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1854-1945 AND BEYOND

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105423

(Baum, L. Frank). Hanff, Peter E. & Douglas G. Greene.

BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

San Francisco: International Wizard of Oz Club, 2002. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. paperback. 146 pages. Reprint of the revised and enlarged second edition from the original published in 1976. Bibliographia Oziana by Douglas G. Greene and Peter E. Hanff serves as the standard reference work that sorts out the extremely complex printing history of each of the original forty Oz books by L. Frank Baum and his six successors. In addition, it includes full descriptions... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 86827

(Caldecott, Randolph). Davis, Mary Gould.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 24544