New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1971. Hard Cover.
64 pp. Discusses the sculpture, painting, signs, furniture, and other artistic works produced in America from 1620 to the early nineteenth century.
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1994. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Tears to jacket spine base, jacket edges lightly bumped.
xiii, 226 pp. In Behold the Child, Gillian Avery offers an engaging account of children's literature in America from colonial times to the early twentieth century. Exploring a......
![Item #2351289 Playmates in America [Play Mates]. Ransford Beach](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2351289.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1763155016)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1926. Hartman, Elsa Alison. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards lightly soiled, minor wear to corners, ink gift note on front endpaper, minor pencil marginalia on five pages. Binding tight and square.
x, 141 pp. A collection of lighthearted verse relating the history.....
New York, N.Y. McElderry Books, 2004. Daly, Niki. 8th Printing. Large Hardcover.
8th printing. Ink stamp on front endpaper. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
44 pp. In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the.....
New York: Capitol Publishing Company, Inc., 1947. Earle, Vana. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page ('To Rhoda Levine, for a better world for all of us - Eva Knox Evans'). Levine was an opera director, choreographer, and faculty member at Juilliard, Yale School of.....
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1871. Small Hard Cover.
A few closed tears along spine, front hinge loosening, pencil note on front flyleaf states 'Evvy Meyer, Chicago, Aug. 24th, 1874, Saved from one of the many fires.'.
108 pp. 5 1/2 x 3 7/8. Red cloth, gilt titles, mint green and.....
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1865. Hard Cover.
Lacks free endpapers, hinges weak.
365 pp. 10-page terminal publisher ad. 7 1/2 x 5. Original red cloth, black and gold titles. A biographical piece for young readers, detailing the life of the important American Civil War general. Apparent variant of Sabin 31166
.....
Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Children's Books, 2024. Trade Paperback.
Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy.
107, [1] pp. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Comprises seven chapters with map key showing their locations. Contents include: Welcome to Spooky Central New York!; Gerber's 1933 Tavern; Rutger Mansion No. 3; The Stanley Theater;.....
New York: The Century Co., 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Includes scarce jacket in fair condition. Jacket split along rear flap edge and front spine edge, significant chips along jacket edges, but presentable under fresh mylar cover.
vi, 335 pp. A biography of the seventh President of the United States.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. Small Hard Cover.
Former library copies - usual marks. Stain on page ridge of Vol. III.
x, 238, 14; 247, 18; 250 pp. Three volume set. For the use of young persons and schools. Vol. I: Containing the Principal Parts in the Life of.....
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1940. Hard Cover.
No jacket - pictorial paper over boards. Boards rubbed and foxed with corners exposed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
Unpaginated. Endpapers illustrated with a map on North and South America. Describes the various regions of North.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Stone, Charlotte R. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Reprint. Board edges rubbed, ink name on front free endpaper.
43 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Stories for children about the Pilgrims, cooking and eating, the Dutch, sewing seems, Quakers, Colonial days, school, the American Revolution, tithing-men, travel and.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Lewicki, James. Large Hardcover.
Edges a bit rubbed, ink gift note on front endpaper.
[24 pp.] An illustrated history of the evolution of New York History from the early 1600s through the 1930s, intended for younger readers. Illustrations by James Lewicki, taken from scenes.....
![Item #2352760 The Story of Columbus, Told in Rhyme [Christopher]. Ida Scott Taylor, Martha C. Oliver](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2352760.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774297933)
London / Paris / New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890. Melrose, A. Hard Cover.
Circa 1890. Text block loose from boards, boards lightly rubbed and soiled.
[48 pp.] A brief history of the life and career of Christopher Columbus, presented in verse for young readers. Includes chromolithographic and monochrome.....
Utica, New York: Pyramid Publishing, 2012. Valentine, Suzanne. Soft Cover.
Signed by author and by illustrator on dedication page with inscriptions, "Charles, Read & enjoy!" "Enjoy the pictures--which is your favorite?" A few splotches on top and bottom page edges, otherwise an excellent copy.
112 pp. Illustrations by Suzanne Valentine.....
Boston, Massachusetts: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Ink name on front endpaper.
84 pp. Rediscover the life and legacy of one of America's most revered presidents, Abraham Lincoln, through Mary Hazelton Wade's captivating narrative and play. Brings to life.....
. T. Dunning, 1809. Hard Cover.
Boards rubbed with some loss, pages stained and soiled, ink name on front endpaper.
218 pp. Volume 2 of 3. Leather spine, marbled paper boards. American history and geography for children. Webster is, of course, most well-known for his work on what is now.....