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
(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
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
N.P. The Ephemera Society of America, (1994). oblong 8vo. quarter leather. 224 pages. One of 175 special copies bound thus and signed by the authors. This copy is not numbered and thus out of series. No accompanying portfolio and no metal dies inserted in front cover as called for. READ MORE about REWARDS OF MERIT, TOKENS OF A CHILD'S PROGRESS AND A TEACHER'S ESTEEM AS AN ENDURING ASPECT OF...
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 73856
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
2 volumes.
Hamburg: Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1977. small 4to. cloth, paper spine and cover labels, cardboard slipcase. 369, (3); 191+(1) pages. 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1400 copies. Intended as a parallet work to Maximilian-Gesellschaft's 1963 publication, Deutschen Buchkunst 1890 bis 1960 by Georg Kurt. Surveys a century in which old graphic techniques to illustrate and embellish books were gradually giving way to the new. Volume I discusses typography, illustrations and illustrators, journals and almanacs, bookclubs, the art of..... READ MORE about BUCHKUNST UND LITERATUR IN DEUTSCHLAND, 1750 BIS 1850
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 62364
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 Order nr. 9115
Scotia, NY: Americana Review, 1960. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (36) pages. Compiled to exhibit a few choice pages of Americana. Represents periods from the earliest New England Primer of 1780 to the First German Book of 1880. READ MORE about CHOICE PAGES FROM EARLY AMERICAN SCHOOL BOOKS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 20911
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
London: Howard Baker, (1970). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 361 pages. First edition. Filled with information on the authors of English boys' fiction. Biographical sketchs given. A scarce book with information not easily found elsewhere. Jacket rubbed. READ MORE about THE MEN BEHIND BOYS' FICTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26797
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
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 Order nr. 9980
New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1966. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. lx, 355 pages. Reprint of the 1933 first edition (Fleck D.31.C.1a). Many illustrations; this copy being one of those done by Kraus with some plates in color, including a color plate on the front of the dust jacket. Jacket worn with pieces missing. READ MORE about EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BOOKS IN HIS PRIVATE...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 7492
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 Order nr. 15082
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
New York: Carlton Press, (1990). 8vo. cloth. 287 pages. First edition. Separately lists Burgess' articles and stories, and Cadys' drawings for magazines and newspapers. Then lists books written by Burgess and illustrated by Cady. Also contains miscellaneous listings for both men and a special section on Cady's work on three minor and forgotten newspaper comic strips. Illustrated. Lacking dust jacket, else near fine. READ MORE about THORNTON W. BURGESS, HARRISON CADY, A BOOK, MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 29597
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: 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
