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.
Classics
Little Women (Classic Starts)
New York: Sterling, 2005. Hard Cover.
An exceptional copy.
Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience.....
A Garland for Girls
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.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys.
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.....
Little Women (Junior Classics For Young Readers)
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.....
An Old-Fashioned Girl (The Winston Bookshelf)
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1928. Burd, Clara M. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Good in fair jacket. Front jacket flap detached but included, jacket edges rubbed with some loss, light stain to fore edge of front jacket panel and to margin of one picture plate, ink gift note on front.....
The Great Illustrated Classics 4 Volume Box Set: Little Women; The Swiss Family Robinson; Robinson Crusoe; Kidnapped
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.....
Fairy Tales (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)
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.....
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Hans Andersen's Story Book. with a Memoir [Fairy Tales]
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.....
Little Black Sambo
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.....
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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.....
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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.....
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
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.....
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
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.....
The Emerald City of Oz (The Oz Series Book 6)
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.....
The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 2)
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.....
The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 2)
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.....
The New Wizard of Oz
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.....
The New Wizard of Oz
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.....
The New Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 1)
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.....
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein (The Oz Series Book 3)
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.....
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein (The Oz Series Book 3)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1907. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 28-32). Includes original jacket. Stained along base, jacket torn with large portion missing from rear panel and smaller chips from spine head and foot, some tissue repairs on reverse.
270 pp. 4to. Dark.....
The Patchwork Girl of Oz: Junior Edition (302)
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1939. Neill, John R. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Boards rubbed, discoloration to front board corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
62, [2] pp. 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards, eight color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout text by John R. Neill. An abridged.....
Queen Zixi of Ix: or, The Story of the Magic Cloak
New York: The Century Co., 1905. Richardson, Frederick. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first/second printing hybrid (rear endpapers are integral, but p. 171 illustration is light-brown and black, not light blue-green and black), no jacket as issued (Bienvenue 213-16). All plates included. Boards lightly soiled, endpapers toned as if.....
The Road to Oz (The Oz Series Book 5)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1909. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Based stained, chips and tears along jacket edges, jacket flap corners clipped with new ink price stamp ($2.00) beneath, pencil notes on front jacket flap.
261 pp. Dark brown cloth, color illustration mounted on front board, illustrated.....