Item 16485 Big Little Books Lone Ranger, Little Orphan Annie, Apple Mary, Just Kids and Jack Armstrong
Some light wear and soil. Item #1648
Children's & Young Adult Books
Item 2204The Circus
Westport, CT and Belgium: Editions Hemma Belgique, (1984). Illustrated by Luce-Andreé Lagarde. 9-5/8" x 8-3/16". Color glossy paper covered boards. Four perfect pop-ups. A lovely, fine copy of a very charming book.
English text copyright Josh Morris 1984. ISBN: 0887050530 Item #2204
Item 2239The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, 14 volumes
Boston: Hinkley, n.d. circa 1904. First edition. 8vo. 9-78" x 6-1/4". Oak boards with decorative beveled edges. Arts and crafts style pigskin leather spines with raised bands. All very good - volume 12 has a darkened spine.
Over 100 beautiful illustrations - many in color, the 14 bindings are made of wood and leather. Item #2239
Item 253Janet Leigh - original art for a cut-out and coloring book, 2 books in one
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1953. Freeman Elliott. Painting is in fine condition. Book is unpunched, uncut, uncolored and in fine condition but for a touch of foxing at bottom margin of front cover.
31-1/2" x 22" bright tempera painted original illustration by noted pin-up artist Freeman Elliott who studied under Gil Elvgren and was responsible for some of the finest cheesecake art of the 1950s.
Painting is mounted on foam core and matted, ready for framing.
14" x 10" book has four pages of full color cut-out fashions and four pages of fashions that can be colored and two cut-out dolls. Coloring section has 42 captioned pages for coloring, and pictorial title page for coloring. Cardstock cover. Item #253
Item 1302The Three Bears
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., n.d. ca 1940s. Illustrated by C. R. Stone. W901. 4to. 11-15/16" x 9-3/16". Linen-like card covers, illustrated on both front and back and 10 full color pages. Text printed in blue. Diagonal crease on top front cover. Small tear at bottom edge of front cover. A little light soil. Overall a very good copy. Item #1302
Item 1278When The Circus Comes to Town, No. 2033
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., N.d. ca. 1930s. Oblong 4to. 10-7/8" x 9-1/8". Accordion folded book with five 1/8" thick boards printed in color on both sides and connected with sturdy red cloth spines. External covers a little soiled. Overall sturdy, and very good. Interior bright clean and very nice. Item #1278
Item 2191The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book 5 color plates
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., (1934). With five color illustrations and many black and white illustrations by W. W. Denslow. Squarish 8vo. 9-1/8" x 7-1/4". Green cloth stamped in black. Color pictorial cover plate. Fine - waddles & ramp missing.
5 color plates Item #2191
Item 1041Yellow Dog and Pussy Gray and Other Stories
Akron: Saalfield, (1941). Includes six stories,illustrated with pen and ink drawings. 4to. 10-1/4" x 7-7/8". Beautiful pictorial full color cover, same picture on back and front. One or two light finger smudges. Overall a clean, tight very good to fine copy. Item #1041
Item 1180Lisbeth Longfrock
Boston: Ginn and Company, The Athenaeum Press, 1907. Translated from the Norwegian by Laura E. Poulsson. Half-tone illustrations by Othar Holmroe. 12 mo. 6-11/16" x 4-5/8". Green cloth covered boards stamped in darker green. Green and white pictorial endpapers. 149 pp. Previous owner's name on title page. Otherwise very good.
A thoroughly delightful story of an orphaned country girl in Norway who makes her way in the world tending goats in the mountains for her gentle benefactor. The scenes of the countryside and the relationships of the animals with each other and with their herders are so refreshing. It is a life few children growing up in the 21st century would have any knowledge of but for this story written by a native of Norway in 1903.
A perfect family read-aloud book. Item #1180
Item 1662Radio Boys Cronies
Donohue, 1922. First Edition. Hardback. very good. Item #1662
Item 1785Little Men, Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (1928). Illustrated by C. M. Burd with four full color plates, including frontispiece, and numerous black and white illustrations originally rendered in charcoal. 8vo. 8-11/16" x 6-1/4". Blue cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in bright gold. Full color front cover plate bordered in gold. Pictorial endpapers showing the Alcott home in Concord Mass. A tight, clean, bright copy. Absolutely beautiful. The only defect is three tiny white spots on front cover plate. (See photo, they are between the boy's shoe and the dog's tail near the spine. Item #1785
Item 18The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
New York: Little Brown and Co., (2007). Signed on title page. Stated first edition. Blue paper covered boards with title stamped in copper metallic ink. As new. / Flawless dust jacket.
Alexie's first novel for young adults chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one unlucky boy trying to rise above the life everyone expects him to live. Funny and heart rending. ISBN: 9780316013680 Item #18
Item 2044Bob Son of Battle
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First Edition. Dark Blue. very good. Item #2044
Item 1734Mary Lee Whitman Publishing Company Big Little Book 1937
Whitman publishing Company, 1937. first ed. hard cover. fine a beautiful copy. Item #1734
Item 1637Fair Tales
Franklin library, 1977. Grippo, Robert Lo. Franklin Library. Full Leather. fine. Item #1637
Item 299Over the River, A Turkey's Tale based on the song by Lydia Maria Child
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2005). Illustrated by the author. Signed by Derek Anderson on verso of free front endpaper. First edition. Square 4to. 10-1/4" x 10-1/4" Glossy pictorial boards matching dust jacket. Every page illustrated in full color. Endpapers have the score for the famous Thanksgiving song. Book is as new, never opened. / Dust jacket is as new. ISBN: 9780689876356 Item #299
Item 1944Prince Prigio - A Fairy Tale
Bristol, 1889. Gordon Browne. First Edition. Hard Cover. fine. Item #1944
Item 1633Tom Swift and the Mystery Comet
Grosset & Dunlap, 1966. Johnson, Ray. First printing. hardback. fine. Item #1633
Item 2295The Young Visitors, Or, Mr. Salteenas Plan
London: chatto and Windus, 1919. With a Preface by J. M. Barrie. 12 mo. Marbled paper covered boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Otherwise fine / In fine dust jacket.
"The 'owner of the copyright' guarantees that 'The Young Visitors' is the unaided effort in fiction of an authoress of nine nears. 'Effort,' however, is an absurd word to use, as you may see by studying the triumphant countenance of the child herself, which is here reproduced as frontispiece to her sublime work. This is no portrait of a writer who had to burn the oil at midnight (indeed there is documentary evidence that she was hauled off to bed every evening at six): it has an air of careless power; there is a complacency about it that by the severe might perhaps be called smugness. It needed no effort for that face to knock off a masterpiece." Item #2295
Item 2071Matreshka
New York: A Doubleday Book for Young Readers, (1992). Illustrated by Alexi Natchev. First edition with complete number line, 1-10. 4to. 11-3/16" x 8-9/16". Glossy color pictorial paper covered boards which matches the dust jacket. Grass green endpapers. 28 full color pages. Very good to fine. / Very good to fine dust jacket.
Becky Hickox Ayers's enchanting original story is based on Russian folklore featuring Baba Yaga. Its humor, magic, and charm are brought to life by Alexi Natchev's wondrous watercolor illustrations. Item #2071
Item 1512A Farmer's Alphabet
1981. 3rd printing. hardcover. fine / very good - chipping to the jacket. Item #1512
Item 323The Danger Box
New York: Scholastic Press, (September 2010). Signed by author on title page. First edition. Orange paper covered boards stamped in silver. 306 pp. 8vo. As new, fine condition. / Dust jacket as new, fine. ISBN: 9780439852098 Item #323
Item 375Game Day
Simon and Schuster, A Paula Wiseman Book, (2005). Illustrated in watercolor and gouache by Barry Root. Signed by Robert Burleigh. First Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Unpaginated 4to. Yellow endpapers. As new / As new dust jacket.
Written by two NFL superstars, this story of perseverance and teamwork will inspire. Barry Root's glowing illustrations bring to life all the excitement and energy of a great game and a team working together. ISBN: 9781416900931 Item #375
Item 1104The Emerald City of Oz
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co. (on title page), (1910). Illustrated by John R. Neill with all original 12 color plates plus ink drawn full page pictures, chapter headings, tailpieces and pictures scattered throughout the text. Large 8vo. Mint green cloth covered boards. Pictorial color cover plate without metallic ink. Black and white pictorial endpapers. 296 pp. List of "The Famous Oz Books" on verso of ownership page ends with The Tin Woodman of Oz. Spine stamped in black. Publisher's name stamped at the bottom of spine is Reilly and Lee. Some cover soil. Spine a little darkened. Small decal affixed to recto of frontispiece, not affecting picture. Frame on ownership page shows erasure. Name in ink on ownership page. Printed biography of L. Frank Baum magic taped to blank recto of back free endpaper. Overall a tight, very good copy of this book, desirable because it includes all 12 color plates. Item #1104
Item 1110The Woggle-Bug Book
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1905. Pictures by Ike Morgan. First edition. 15" x 11-1/8". Perfect bound, green cloth spine, pictorial heavy card stock boards. 48 colorful pp. With custom made clamshell box covered in green cloth to match the book's spine. Slight wear and a touch of soil to covers and spine. Interior is fine. Overall condition near fine. Item #1110