Aesop's Fables (Young Folks' Classic Series)
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.
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.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Heighway, Richard. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Minor loss to spine head, spine head and spine base wear, bookplate.
xxii, 222 pp. Woodcut illustrations by Richard Heighway. A collection of Aesop's fables.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. Hard Cover.
Boards soiled, mull exposed at hinges, ink name on front free endpaper and on second blank, tissue guard drawn on.
258 pp. Twenty pages of publisher ads follow text. A collection of stories about girls and with a flower theme.
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.....
Ashland, OH: Bendon, 2017. Trade Paperback.
Crease to upper corner.
Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—experience great joy and tragic loss while becoming the true little women of the title. The novel is resonant with themes of friendship, feminism.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Hard Cover.
Chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket stained and rubbed. Pages toned.
328 pp. "The book revolves around Polly Milton, the old-fashioned girl who titles the story. Polly visits her wealthy friend Fanny Shaw in the city and is overwhelmed by the.....
New York: Baronet Books. Hard Cover.
Near fine volumes in a lightly rubbed publisher slipcase.
Four volume hardcover set in publisher slipcase. Hardcover deluxe editions. Over 100 illustrations in each book. LITTLE WOMEN: Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Lo Grippo, Robert. Full-Leather.
Tiny blemish to front edge of spine, otherwise an exceptional copy.
543 pp. Full orange-brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard.....
New York: Anchor Books, 1974. 14th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fourteenth printing. Spine faded, corners dog-eared, laminate starting, pages toned.
xvi, 1101 pp. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore, Andersen adopted the most ancient literary forms of the fairy tale and the folklore and distilled them into a......
New York: Allen Brothers, 1869. Hartmann, Carl; Dalziel. Hard Cover.
Spine faded, ink name stamp crossed out on title page, ink name and date on front endpaper.
vi, 9-154, 7-187, [3] pp. Beautiful blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece, portrait of Andersen from a painting by Carl.....
Sandusky, Ohio: The American Crayon Co., 1943. Stapled Binding.
Edges rubbed, bottom corner creased, pencil name.
Unpaginated. Sambo is a South Indian boy who lives with his father and mother, named Black Jumbo and Black Mumbo, respectively. While out walking, Sambo encounters four hungry tigers, and surrenders his colorful new.....
London: Award Publications, 1988. 7th Printing. Large Hardcover.
7th printing. Ink name on endpaper.
96 pp. Adapted for the younger, this gorgeously-illustrated story tells the tale of a boy who wouldn't grow up.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Rackham, Arthur. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1926 printing. Most of gilt rubbed away from spine titles, front free endpaper removed, owner bookplate on front paste-down.
126 pp. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles, color plate mounted on front cover. Color.....
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Rackham, Arthur. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing of 1930 Byron revision. Jacket edges rubbed with multiple chips and tears. Ink gift note and name redacted on front free endpaper, page 123 soiled.
123 pp. Color plates by Arthur Rackham. Peter Pan in Kensington.....
London: Henry and Co., 1893. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First edition of the Burton translation. Split along front joint of first volume, front and end matter lightly foxed.
xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt titles. Translated into English from the Italian by Sir Richard Francis Burton, best.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1930 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 33-38). Lacks jacket. Sticker removal mark on top corner, binding slightly shaken, edges and endpapers a bit foxed.
238 pp. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, black titles, color frontispiece and front board label.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1933-1940s printing (Bienvenue pp. 33-38). Includes original jacket. Bottom third of boards and jacket stained, base of first and last few pages slightly affected, jacket lacks front flap, open tear on front jacket panel along spine, several.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1908. Neill, John R. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first printing, binding A (Bienvenue p. 34). Hinges weakening, boards a bit rubbed and soiled, ink name inside.
256 pp. 8vo. Light blue cloth, black titles and Tin Woodman spine vignette, color picture plate.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1910. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 47-49). Includes original jacket. Base stained, 2 inch chip from jacket corner, several small jacket chips and tears.
295, [1] pp. 8vo. Pink cloth, black titles and rabbit soldier vignette on spine, color.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1924-34 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 18-27). Lacks jacket. Hinges loosening, pages toned, sticker removal mark on top corner.
287 pp. 8vo. Dark red cloth, black titles color frontispiece and label on front board, illustrated endpapers. The second.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1939-1940s printing, state B (Bienvenue pp. 18-27). Includes original jacket. Stained along base, large chips from jacket, several closed jacket tears with some tissue repairs on reverse.
287 pp. 8vo. Light red cloth, black titles, color picture.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. Denslow, W.W. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Fifth edition, second printing, binding A (Bienvenue pp. 1-17). Lacks jacket. Includes 7 of 8 color plates (lacks the third, which should face p. 48). Front and end matter a bit foxed, edges lightly soiled, rear joint beginning to split.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. Copelman, Evelyn; Denslow, W.W. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Later state of first printing of the 1944 edition, with color plates in different locations, but preceding blue and grey cloth editions. All 8 color plates included. Boards rubbed, rear corner chewed.
209 pp. 8vo. The original book.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1944. Copelman, Evelyn; Denslow, W.W. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First printing of 1944 reissue, later state with plates in different locations than earliest state (Bienvenue pp. 1-17). Includes all 8 color plates. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket chipped and torn along edges, jacket spine and.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1907. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1931 reissue (Bienvenue pp. 28-32). Lacks jacket. Boards a bit soiled, hinges weakening, spine cocked, sticker removal mark on front corner.
270 pp. 4to. Original dark grey cloth, black titles and motifs, color paper label on front.....