London; nd [ca. 1840]: J. L. Marks. 12mo. (8)pp. with several hand colored plates printed only on one side, bound in pictorial printed wrappers, previous owner's name dated 1840, some darkening to edges and soiling, spine with separation. A good copy of this very scarce, fragile and very early hand-colored..... More
Philadelphia: Smith & Peck, 1845. 6.5 x 8.2 cm. The preface is written in rhyme that gives descriptions of each site and the corresponding plate. 191pp. (1) pp. ad at rear, illustrated with 48 illustrations which includes the title page. Bound in green pictorial gilt cloth depicting firemen putting out..... More
London: Field and Tuer, 1887. Octavo. iv, 19pp., 8pp. publisher's ads. 10 color illustrations including frontispiece (not hand-colored). In the original edition the illustrations were hand colored. The Leadenhall Press series of forgotten books for children. A charming story of a donkey who becomes a schoolmaster among other things. string..... More
Np/Np/nd(ca,1900). An un-mounted chromolithographed French children's board game measuring 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" square with a circular game which looks like a pie cut into wedges, the cuts contain six rows of black numerals against a pink background radiating from a central gold decoration, each slice incorporates a colorful..... More
New York, nd: Mcloughlin Brothers, Publishers. 5" x 6" 4 leaves. Illustrated children's story of two orphans lost & found again. In rhyming verse. [8] printed pages each with a hand-colored illustration. Bound in orange and white pictorial paper wraps lettered in black, some foxing or staining, front wrap separated..... More
New York: (1830): Blakeman & Mason. 16mo. 64pp. Child's learning book describing and discussing all kinds of objects, each with an attractive woodcut drawing. Bound in green embossed cloth, spine plain, yellow endpapers, occasional spots of foxing or staining, short closed tear to outer margin of page 51Attractive pages with..... More
New York, Nd(ca.1870): Carlton & Porter. 12mo. 35 pages. No copies reported in OCLC. A chldren's book on what is the definition of a mountain versus a hill as well as how do we define a valley. Elementary in terms of geology but long quotes on natural beauty from Wordsworth..... More
London; No Date [ca.1860]: Dean & Sons. Small Quarto. Eight hand-colored engravings all with moveable parts. These moveable images are operated through paper tabs and show the poem This is the house that Jack Built. (1) Jack in his house--his right hand is missing; (2) the Malt being eaten by..... More
Paris: Nd: typographie De AD. R. Laine, r. des S. Peres, 19, 2.2 x 3 cm. Half-title, 92pp., four full page plates, bound in a celluloid type binding backed in velvet, upper board lettered and decorated in black, silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Soiling and minor light wear to spine..... More
Frank Richard Stockton (1834-1902) was an American writer of children's fairy tales who is often viewed as ahead of his time. He avoided the moralizing endemic to the era and mocked an age of greed, lust for power and violence. Maurice Sendak chose to illustrate his classic work: "The Griffin..... More
London: For J. Johnson, 1802. 12mo. In six volumes, first published in 1792. This collection of children stories was published in various formats and reprinted several times and in several editions revised. Each story was to be read each night through 30 nights, each volume with a table of contents..... More
New York (1972): Holt, Rinehart and Winston. First Edition. Large Octavo. . No pagination. Illustrated in color by Lester Abrams. Inscribed and signed by Lloyd Alexander and Lester Abrams. The story of four donkeys. Bound in light maroon embossed paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in near..... More
Philadelphia; (1851): American Sunday School Union. 16mo. 223pp., half-title, engraved frontispiece. Illustrated. Rev. James W. Alexander was one of the leading Presbyterian pastors of his day who between pastorates taught Rhetoric at Princeton and lectured on literary topics both in the college and the seminary. Alexander's career was cut short..... More
New York, Nd(ca.1900): Hurst and Blackett. Octavo. 254 pages. Not only does this copy have a nice dust jacket but also represents one of the most interesting of Alger's works. This was one of the few Alger books where the protagonist who was a non-Anglo that had the heroic will..... More
Chicago; (1936): John C. Winston Company. First Edition. Large Octavo. Frontispiece, 340 pp. illustrated showing various devises used to attempt flight throughout time. Over 400 years ago, Leonardo da Vinci studied the flight of birds and drew a design for a flying machine much like those of today, but without..... More
New York (1972): Crown Publishers. First Edition. Quarto. 335pp., Warmly inscribed with a Lengthy note by Douglas Allen Jr. to a close friend. Foreword by Paul Horgan, and an introduction by Richard Layton. Illustrated and includes a bibliography of the published works of N.C. Wyeth which includes books, periodicals, newspapers..... More
(Walker Books, London, 2013). First Editioin. Octavo. Signed by the author and illustrator Dave McKean. No pagination. The author, David Almond is the highly acclaimed author of children's books earning two Whitbread Children's book awards, Carnegie Medal, Le Prix Sorceries, and in 2010 he received the Hans Christian Anderson award..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. Octavo. 173 pages and a 2-page publisher's catalog. One of the Hans Christian Anderson classics with illustrations by Johann Baptist Zwecker and Engravings by George Pearson. A small children's book that rarely survives in near fine condition. This copy was a birthday gift to Percy Alfred..... More
New York; nd. (ca.1850): Carlton and Porter. 18mo. Two books in one. 24pp. and 30pp. One full page and one textual illustration. A child's lesson book on the Old Testament: designed for Sunday school teaching. Bound in publisher's brown embossed cloth, spine lettering gilt, covers faded and stained, lacks front..... More
Moskva: Izdtael'stvo Proveshchenia, 1969. 103p. A Russian primary school alphabet-reader volume published during the time of Leonid Brezhnev. Besides the basic grammar and letters, beginning on p. 59 there is smiling face of Lenin looking over the children with a full picture of Lenin on page 91and a biography on..... More
San Antonio: (1968): The Naylor Co, First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by the author to young neighbor girl. 128pp.Illustrated by Donald M. Yena. A book for children who will lern about Arizona, its history, plant life, animals, folk tales, the Superstition Mountains, Vulture Mine, ect. Bound in light green pictorial cloth..... More
Chicago; (1952): Beckley-Cardy Company. Octavo. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author George Zabriskie dated 1953. 142 pages, illustrated by Aase Skotting and include a few photographic images. Besides her many children's books, she also wrote: Paris, I love you. The author's papers are at North Central College. A...... More
New York; (1938): Platt and Munk. First Edition. Octavo. 24 unnumbered pages, some in color. The story of a small African-American boy who became tired of the chores his grandparents assigned to him so he ran away. Bound in light blue cloth, color pictorial pasdown. color pictorial endpapers, some rubbing..... More
New York; (1940): Oxford University Press. First Edition I. Octavo. Color frontispiece, 149 pages illustrated by the author in black and white. The authors grew up in Montana just outside Missoula and wrote several books for young people. Here they researched old letters and diaries for the background of their..... More
New York: Scribners, 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 478pp., illustrated by William Hatherell. Coming of age in the 19th century. The story of a young boy growing up during the hard times of the 19th century in London. The author later writes another Tommy story which eventually leads to his most..... More