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
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
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 Order nr. 123898
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 Order nr. 119447
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 Order nr. 100658
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1979). small 4to. boards, dust jacket. 256 pages. Third impression of the first edition. Contains a new introduction revising parts of the book. 106 illustrations including some in color. READ MORE about ENGLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1600 TO 1900
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 11625
Detroit: Harlo, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. First edition. A novel set in Delaware during the 1880s. Illustrated by Jack Lewis. Presentation from the author on free endpaper "To Eleanor and John Deklurow, with best wishes from the author, Anne Z. Sparklin." READ MORE about LILLY JO
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 28209
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 Order nr. 65703
Detroit: Harlo, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 284 pages. First edition. A novel set in Delaware during the 1880s. Illustrated by Jack Lewis. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about LILLY JO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121903
London, England: John Lane, 1923. 12mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. (xvi), 136, (4) pages. New edition. Dedication, table of contents, Illustrated by Charles Robinson (Houfe 435-6). Covers rubbed and scuffed, top extremity of spine missing. Inside front hinge cracked. Considerable foxing on endpapers. READ MORE about A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 134095
Washington: The Library of Congress, 1954. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece; (vi), 97 pages. With an introduction by Frederick R. Goff. Illustrated. READ MORE about CATALOG OF THE JEAN HERSHOLT COLLECTION OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 27497
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 Order nr. 86827
(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 Order nr. 129509
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
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1976). 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, 216 pages. First edition. With 77 drawings and photographs. Essays by Donald Rackin, Michael Patrick Hearn, Elizabeth Sewell, Jean Gattegno and others. Jacket chipped with small tears. READ MORE about LEWIS CARROLL OBSERVED, A COLLECTION OF UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, POETRY, AND NEW ESSAYS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102167
New York: Battledore Ltd., 1990. 8vo. printed paper over boards. 111 pages. First edition. An excellent book which contains a wealth of information about the publication of ALICE. Well illustrated throughout. READ MORE about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AN 1865 PRINTING RE-DESCRIBED AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS THE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 30552
New York: Battledore Ltd., 1990. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 111 pages. Collectors and those interested in children's books will find this work fascinating as it unearths information about the first actual printing of Alice in Wonderland. Encouraged by his friends, Reverend Charles Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll, first had Alice published by Macmillan & Co. and printed by the Clarendon Press in June 1865, arranging to have a specially bound copy delivered to..... READ MORE about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AN 1865 PRINTING RE-DESCRIBED AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS THE...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 49189
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1999. 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 135 pages. This comprehensive new work not only provides bibliographical details lacking from previous studies, but it describes Dodgson's letters, articles, games, mathematical problems, and stories in such a way that the scholar without access to these rare items will gain an understanding of where Dodgson stood on various subjects and the nature of his relationship..... READ MORE about LEWIS CARROLL AND THE PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 53904
New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 274 pages. First edition. Byron Sewell and Clare Imholtz have compiled a comprehensive international bibliography of over 1000 entries listing all known editions of Lewis Carroll's Sylvie & Bruno books, their translations into foreign languages, excerpts from them, the appearance of their poems in anthologies, critical articles and studies, parodies, and much more. This book establishes..... READ MORE about AN ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS CARROLL'S SYLVIE AND BRUNO BOOKS
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 94203
Basel: Erasmushaus, Haus der Bücher, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. Text in German. Catalogue of 570 books from the 16th and 17th centuries covering Botany, Zoology, Architecture, Gardening, Medicine and Pharmacy, Science, Technology, Art Literature, Costumes, Topography, illustrated children's books and Juvenile fiction. Beautifully illustrated rear cover from item 482. A few scattered stains on front cover, light discoloration of spine, mild wear to edges. READ MORE about FROM FREDDIE & GEORGE
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 91939
New York: Crowell, (1974). 4to. cloth. (x), 467 pages. First edition. Selections are from the Rare Book Collection of the Library of Congress. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about YANKEE DOODLE'S LITERARY SAMPLER OF PROSE POETRY, AND PICTURES; BEING AN ANTHOLOGY OF DIVERSE...
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 119416
Cleveland: The World Publishing Co, (1967). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 240 pages. First U.S. edition. 300 black-and-white illustrations and 40 in color. Jacket has tears and tape repairs. READ MORE about LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE, AN ANTHOLOGY FROM VICTORIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND PERIODICALS IN THE COLLECTION...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126650
Mit 12 illuminirten Kupfern.
Meißen, (1824). square 24mo. stiff paper wrappers, slip case. (ii), 120 pages. Mit 12 illuminirten Kupfern. Written in German. A facsimile of "Der moralische und belehrende Bildermann" (The moral and instructive Picture-man), taken from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Included as a separate same-size pamphlet is the modern publishing information, as well as a foreword by Gabriele Spitzer about the series, and a foreword by Carola Pohlmann about the book itself. The pamphlet is bound in..... READ MORE about DER MORALISCHE UND BELEHRENDE BILDERMANN
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 100001
Zürich: Atlantis Verlag, (1963). 8vo. cloth, leather cover label, dust jacket. 247 pages. Second Swiss edition of Hurlimann's study of European children's books. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about EUROPÄISCHE KINDERBÜCHER IN DREI JAHRHUNDERTEN
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 78086
