New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1876. Hard Cover.
Pencil name on front paste-down endpaper of one volume. All volumes: Boards lightly rubbed, board corners bumped.
Complete four volume set. Red cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations. Engraved illustrations throughout. "The object of this series is to assist girls to.....
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Massachusetts: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1857. Small Hard Cover.
Boards heavily rubbed, surface tear to title page obscuring text, hinges weakening, pencil markings to rear endpaper.
68 - 96 pp. Part of the Rollo Storybook series for young readers. CONTENTS: Causey Building; Sand Men; The Gray Garden; A Contract; Instructions;.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Jacket rubbed with some small chips and creases. Bottom edges of boards lightly bumped, address label on front free endpaper.
300 pp. "It was all very mysterious to Winsome Pearce. Didn't Uncle Oliver want her, that he stayed so long in.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Quarter inch by half inch chip along top edge of rear jacket panel, minor chips to jacket spine head and jacket spine base. Ink name on half-title page.
248 pp. It was just Theo's luck that the new girl should see.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges rubbed. Faint smudge on spine, front hinge starting.
281 pp. "He who laughs last, laugh best," goes the saying. But it is a question in the Romley family who will be the last. Certainly not Sidney, though, who at.....
Tokyo, Japan: Seihei Okuyama, 1953. Huga, Fusako. Hard Cover.
Spine and board edges rubbed, one-and-a-half inch tear along bottom edge of front free endpaper.
38 pp. Color and monochrome illustrations by Fusako Huga, brightly decorated endpapers. Only two copies located in OCLC. "Designed for children from four years of age.....
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. Hard Cover.
No publisher date. No jacket. Board edges rubbed, board soiled, pages toned.
159 pp. Illustrated boards with gilt accents. Woodcuts by various artists.
London: W. B. Conkey Company, 1895. Hard Cover.
Boards rubbed, pencil name and date on free endpapers, pages toned.
A carefully selected collection of entertaining stories and poems, suitable for young readers, and including sketches and poems by such well known authors as Olive Thorne, Edgar Fawcett, Laurie Loring, Celia.....
Cleveland, Ohio / New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1935. Hard Cover.
No publisher date (ink date 1935). Some chips, tears and creases to jacket edges, rear jacket flap joint torn most of the way down but still holding. Ink name and date on front free endpaper.
252 pp.....
Chicago / New York: M.A. Donohue & Co. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Reissue. No publisher date. General wear, rear hinge starting.
357 pp. Color frontispiece and picture plate mounted on front board. Some later Donohue printings have black-and-white frontispiece. With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys.....
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The John C. Winston Company, 1928. Burd, Clara M. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Minor general wear.
ix, 349 pp. Color frontispiece and picture plate mounted on front board. Some later Donohue printings have black-and-white frontispiece. With two young sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling.....
Chicago / New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1884. Hard Cover.
Hinges weakening, boards rubbed with portion of front cover paste-down lost, ink name and date ('Dora E. Covey, Christmas 1884') on front endpaper.
206 pp. Tall 8vo. A collection of short stories and poems released in the late 19th.....
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition (BAL 167 indicates the UK edition preceded the US by sixteen days). Includes all plates. Some loss from titles on spine and front board, binding slightly shaken, corners rubbed.
252 pp. Dark red cloth (BAL calls it 'terra.....
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. First state (no ads for other New World series titles). Ink name on second blank, rear hinge starting.
iv, 352, 12 pp. A historical tale based on the California Gold Rush, with black-and-white illustrations.
Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine titles rubbed away, front hinge weakening.
294 pp. "An orphaned sixteen-year-old sets off on a circuit of adventure during which time he has experiences as a bootblack, detective, deckhand, champion whistler, Indian captive, boy philanthropist, and.....
New York: Hurst & Company, 1906. Hard Cover.
No publisher date (circa early 1900s). No jacket. Spine slightly cocked.
252 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Horatio Alger Jr. (/'æld??r/; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was an American writer of young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from.....
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1880. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Ink name on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned.
285 pp. After rejecting job offers from condescending and exploitative employers, sixteen-year-old Ben Stanton, a resourceful and self-reliant orphan, ventures out West to California to seek his fortune. ABOUT THE.....
Chicago / New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1928. Schaeffer, Mead. Hard Cover.
1928 printing. Multiple chips, tears and stains to jacket.
x, 492 pp. Color frontispiece, plates, and endpapers by Mead Schaeffer. Tales of a wandering French boy.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1945. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Jacket edges rubbed with a couple minor tears.
86 pp. "Here's what Lanky Bates said about the new coach at Dodge City High School: "He's worse than Simon Legree--that guy." But Coach Southern won the admiration and.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964. Moritz, Edward. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, MAD 58600-23-3, rear board lists through book 22, no list on prelim. No jacket as issued. Who's Who Test-Yourself Quiz still present and unmarked following text.
178 pp. Color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. Kaye, Graham. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint, MAD 58600-4-3, rear board lists through book 19, prelim through 18. No jacket as issued. Hinges just beginning to weaken.
211 pp. Color pictorial boards, blue pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Graham Kaye. "When the Swift Enterprises undertakes.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. Moritz, Edward. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, MAD 58600-26-3, rear board lists through book 26, no list on prelim. No jacket as issued. Two tiny smudges on front board.
178 pp. Color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Edward Moritz. "A weird.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. Brey, Charles. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, MAD 58600-19-3, rear board lists through book 18, no list on prelim. No jacket as issued. Tiny spot on rear board.
188 pp. Color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Charles Brey. An atomic-powered car.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. Brey, Charles. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint, MAD 58600-19-3, rear board lists through book 28, no list on prelim. No jacket as issued. Spine faded.
188 pp. Color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Charles Brey. An atomic-powered car that travels on land, water.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. Kaye, Graham. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint, MAD 58600-10-3, rear board lists through book 28, prelim through 20. No jacket as issued. Spine faded.
182 pp. Color pictorial boards, blue pictorial endpapers. Includes illustrations by Graham Kaye. "Tom Swift and His Ultrasonic Cycloplane is the.....