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.
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.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Gorsline, Douglas W. Hard Cover.
One inch by one inch chip to jacket spine head and jacket spine base, jacket edges rubbed with multiple small chips and creases.
372 pp. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Color endpapers. "Little Men, or Life at Plumfield with Jo's.....
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: 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.....
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 / Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company, 1898. Hard Cover.
Pencil name on front endpaper of each volume.
Complete in two volumes. xliv, [2], 290, [2]; vi, [4], 326, [2] pp. 8vo. The Kirriemuir Edition, named after the author's birthplace. Red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations, gilt titles and top edge.....
New York: Modern Publishing, 2009. Hard Cover.
Sticker on rear jacket panel. Ink gift note on front paste-down endpaper.
189 pp. Abridged, adapted and illustrated by Quadrum. "This book is an adaptation of the classic novel Peter Pan. Join Wendy, John, and Michael Darling as they follow Peter Pan, the.....
New York: Dover, 1984. Neill, John R. Trade Paperback.
Cover edges rubbed, top page ridge foxed, ink gift note on front flyleaf.
256 pp. At the turn of the twentieth century, a former traveling salesman, journalist, playwright, and actor named Lyman Frank Baum published a novel for children. Overnight, he.....
New York: The Century Co., 1905. Richardson, Frederick. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first printing, no jacket as issued (Bienvenue 213-16). All plates included. Boards lightly soiled, endpapers toned as if from the presence of a colloquial cover (now absent), ink name on front endpaper, 1 inch closed tear.....
New York: Michael Neugebauer / North South Books, 1996. Zwerger, Lisbeth. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
2nd printing. Signed by illustrator on bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Includes 3D glasses and large color poster.
103 pp. "For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not.....
New York: Books of Wonder / HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Sendak, Maurice; dePaola, Tomie; Hyman, Trina Schart; Hague, Michael; Carle, Eric; et al. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Price redacted on rear jacket panel, rear jacket panel lightly toned.
Thirty favorite artists and writers celebrate one hundred years of Oz.....
New York: Golden Press, 1963. Malvern, Corinne. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Edges rubbed, boards lightly soiled, crayon scribble and pencil name on front endpaper.
Adapted from the song of the same name. Retold by Annie North Bedford. Illustrated in color by Corinne Malvern. From the endpaper: "Frosty the Snow Man was.....
Kennebunkport, Maine: Appleseed Press, 2012. Santore, Charles. First Thus. Large Hardcover.
Board corners bumped and nommed on.
40 pp. "Originally published in 1922, the classic story of a toy rabbit who loves a boy so much he eventually becomes real has charmed children—and adults—for nearly a century. This heirloom edition.....
New York: Junior Deluxe Editions, 1950. Grey, Joseph E., II. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor tears. Stain on top page ridge, ink name on front free endpaper.
187 pp. Now, in one volume - three of the most popular stories.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Cady, Harrison. Reprint. Soft Cover.
Reprint. Ink stamp on front cover verso.
155 pp. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Fifteen popular animals stories about such characters as Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck which reveal the world of nature to children.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1921. Cady, Harrison. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1925 printing. Near fine in fair to good jacket. Inscribed & signed by author on title page ('Your story friend, Thornton W. Burgess 1926.'). This inscription is typical of Burgess, and therefore likely this was not inscribed to a......
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Birch, Reginald. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Ink gift note on front endpaper.
ix, [1], 246 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece and plates by Reginald Birch. Little Lord Fauntleroy is.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. Birch, Reginald B. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first state (includes DeVinne imprint). Front hinge weakening, ink stamp on front endpaper, light stain to edges of rear endpapers.
xi, [1], 209, [1] pp, 16 page terminal publisher ad. 8 1/2 x 7. Author's.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
xl, 288 pp. Edited with an introduction and notes by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina. Frances Hodgson Burnett was famous in her time for her adult novels and her forays into children's.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. Tenniel, John. Hard Cover.
No publisher date (ink gift note dated 1934). No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, board corners bumped, page ridge faintly foxed, ink gift note on front paste-down endpaper.
297 pp. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Color frontispiece, illustrations in.....
New York: Random House, 1946. Tenniel, John. Hard Cover.
1946 edition with color illustrations (the 1960s reissues switched them to black-and-white). Lacks slipcase. Fore edge corners slightly exposed, spines faded, ink name and date on front endpaper of first volume.
150; 165 pp. 8vo. Two hardcovers issued in publisher's slipcase.....
New York: Random House, 1946. Tenniel, John. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1946 edition with color illustrations (the 1960s reissues switched them to black-and-white). Includes publisher's slipcase, which has been repaired but is weak along the seams. Slipcase stained and toned, ink stamp on rear endpaper of second volume otherwise books are.....
New York: Random House, 1946. Tenniel, John. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Includes publisher's slipcase. Centennial Edition with color illustrations (not to be confused with the later reissue where the pictures were converted to black-and-white). Slipcase repaired along rear seam.
150; 165 pp. 8vo. Two hardcovers issued in publisher's slipcase. Includes color.....