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ILLUSTRATORS OF BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

By: Ward, Martha E.; and Marquardt, Dorothy A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1970.: 1970.

Seller ID: 23624

Condition: Good

Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1970.. 1970.. Good. - Octavo, gray cloth titled in black. A bit soiled & stained. 166 pp. Ex- library with the usual markings. Good.

First edition. First Edition.
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ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: The Story of Plant & Animal Adaptation.

By: Webber, Irma E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: William R. Scott, Inc., (1947).: (1947).

Seller ID: 16830

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto [8-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & the spine & extremities are slightly faded. There are some small, very light stains to the front cover. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with its spine & extremities darkened. 64 pages. Profuse color illustrations by the author. Very good. Dust jacket present.
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REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

By: Wiggin, Kate Douglas

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903.: 1903.

Seller ID: 31738

Condition: Very good

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903.. 1903.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial green cloth, titled and ruled in light green with color illustrations and decorations on the front cover and the spine. The covers are rubbed and soiled and the corners and head and tail of the spine are bumped. The spine is slightly faded. x, 327 & [i] pages. A previous owner's name and the date "Nov. 6th, 1903" are penned on the front endpaper. There are a couple of tiny black spots to the rear blank. Very good.

First edition,...
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ENVELOPE SIGNED BY AMERICAN EDUCATOR AND CHILDREN'S AUTHOR KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN WITH BOTH HER MARRIED AND PROFESSIONAL NAMES.

By: Wiggin, Kate Douglas. (1856-1923). American educator and children's author.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Circa [1890s].: [1890s].

Seller ID: 36994

Condition: Good

- Part of the address side of a hotel envelope, 3-1/2 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide with a partial image of the hotel on the left, is signed in pencil with both Wiggin's married name & her professional name: "Mrs. George Riggs / (Kate Douglas Wiggin)". The envelope is lightly soiled with its top edge slightly roughed There are 3 pieces of tape adhering to the verso where the envelope was removed from an album. Good.

Wiggin married George Riggs, a New York businessman, in 1895.

Kate Douglas Wiggin [1856-1923]was an American educator and author oF children's stories, most notably...
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THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING: The Story of Absalom

By: Willard, J. H

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Company, (1905).: (1905).

Seller ID: 1538

Condition: Very good

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Company, (1905).. (1905).. Very good. - (Altemus Children of the Bible Series, No. 8). Small octavo, pictorial white cloth titled in gilt with profuse decorations in gilt & with illustration stamped in color on front cover, in gray dw. The covers are lightly bumped. The dw is chipped & somewhat darkened with a piece out of the head of the spine. 42 pp. & 2-page publisher's catalogue. Color frontispiece, 8 B&W plates & 2 B&W textual illustrations. There is an owner's pencil name & address on the printed bookplate & the title is lightly offset. An attractive copy ...
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THE FIRST R: An Address Delivered at the Opening of the Exhibition of Children's Literature, November 18, 1954

By: Winterich, John T

Price: $17.50

Publisher: NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1955.: 1955.

Seller ID: 5891

Condition: Very good

NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1955.. 1955.. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Lightly creased & soiled. 19 pp. Very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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MATILDA MORTIMER; Or, FALSE PRIDE.

By: Woodland, Miss.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New-York: W. E. Gilley, 1827.: 1827.

Seller ID: 33970

Condition: Fair

New-York: W. E. Gilley, 1827.. 1827.. Fair. - Small octavo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-3 /4 inches wide] marbled blue boards backed with red cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is bumped & heavily rubbed with the head & tail of the spine chipped. 108 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The pages are darkened & rippled. The pastedowns are heavily foxed with scattered foxing throughout. There is the remnant of a book label on the front pastedown & the frontispiece has been colored by a child. Fair.
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A GIFT FROM THE LONELY DOLL.

By: Wright, Dare.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Random House, [1969].: [1969].

Seller ID: 34355

Condition: Very good

New York: Random House, [1969].. [1969].. Very good. - Quarto [12-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], pictorial black, white & red boards in a price-clipped matching dust wrapper. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed with a chip to the tail. The dust jacket is rubbed with some light creasing. The head & tail of the jacket spine are chipped & there is a tear to the head. Unpaginated. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations. The pastedowns and endpapers are lightly foxed and a gift inscription is penned on the front endpaper with the recipients' na...
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TINY TOT'S TRAVELS. (Cover title)

By: [Alexander Publishing]

Price: $175.00

Publisher: London: The Alexander Publishing Co., circa 1885.: 1885.

Seller ID: 22096

Condition: Very good

London: The Alexander Publishing Co., circa 1885.. 1885.. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10-5/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wraps. The spine & extremities are lightly rubbed with short tears to the head & tail of the spine. The edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. [10] pages, including inside wraps. The verses of the text are incorporated into full-page illustrations, of which 4 are in full color. Very good.

A rare children's book in excellent condition.
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A MORAL ALPHABET (In Words of from One to Seven Syllables) BY H. B. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY B. B

By: [Belloc, Hilaire]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London: Edward Arnold, 1899.: 1899.

Seller ID: 4316

Condition: Good

London: Edward Arnold, 1899.. 1899.. Good. - Square octavo, cream pictorial boards backed with cream cloth titled in black on the front board with an illustration in yellow, green, white & black. The binding is bumped & soiled with the spine darkened. 63 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is offsetting to the endpapers, half-title & catalog page. Illustrated throughout in black & white by Basil Blackwood. Good.

First edition [Osborne p. 90]. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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GIDDY GERTRUDE: A Story for Little Girls

By: [Brown, Goold, 1791-1857]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Northampton, [Mass.]: E. Turner, [between 1828 and 1845?].: [between 1828 and 1845?].

Seller ID: 16450

Condition: Very good

Northampton, [Mass.]: E. Turner, [between 1828 and 1845?].. [between 1828 and 1845?].. Very good. - 12mo, 4-3/4 inches high by 3 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wraps with a vignette on the front cover. [3] pages, including an alphabet, and pages 6 through 18. Illustrated with 4 full-page illustrations and a tail-piece vignette. Three of the illustrations are partially hand-colored by a previous owner, with more or less success. Dampstained throughout, the corners are slightly creased and the tail of the spine is split. There is a previous owner's inscription penned at the top of...
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THE CHILD'S KEEPSAKE; A Poetical Bouquet for Little Children.

By: [Dyer, E. Porter. (1813-1882)].

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New Haven, [CT]: S. Babcock, 1850.: 1850.

Seller ID: 34180

Condition: Fair

- Miniature chapbook [approximately 4-3/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial yellow wrappers sewn with black thread with a border of 10 vignettes on each cover, a vignette of a rose below the title on the front cover & an ad for Babcock's Toy Books on the rear cover. The binding is lightly stained. The corners of the front cover are creased.There are pieces out of the bottom corners of the rear cover with tears along the lower end of the spine. 8 pages. Illustrated with a pictorial title & 3 full-page woodcuts in the text. There is a piece out of the bottom corners...
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WASTE NOT WANT NOT. Nettie Lighfoot Series.

By: [Edgeworth, Maria].

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, circa [1870].: [1870].

Seller ID: 23614

Condition: Fair

- 12mo [5 inches high by 4 inches wide] red cloth titled in red within gilt bands on the spine with decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is bumped & heavily rubbed. The titling & gilt decorations are faded & the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. 72 pages. The front endpaper is lacking & there is scattered foxing & staining. Black-and-white pictorial title. Good only.
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THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN WEST. The Great American Painter. Written for Children / By the author of Green Mountain Annals, Uncle John's New-York Evening Tales, &c, &c.

By: [Forbes, Gerritt Van Husen]. (1795-1863).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl Street, 1837.: 1837.

Seller ID: 34151

Condition: Fair

New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl Street, 1837.. 1837.. Fair. - 16mo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed green wrappers with the frontispiece & the last text page pasted to the wraps, as published. The front cover copy is printed within a triple decorative frame & there is a catalog of the publisher's school books on the rear cover. The binding is bumped & chipped with short tears & small pieces out. The bottom two inches of the wraps are detached. 23 & [1] pages, including the wraps. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts, including a frontispiece, a title vi...
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: NO. II. OR, UNCLE PHILIPS'S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHILDREN ABOUT NEW-YORK. (2 volumes)

By: [Hawks, Francis Lister (1798-1866)]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, (1835).: (1835).

Seller ID: 14557

Condition: Very good

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1835).. (1835).. Very good. - Small octavo, brown cloth. The spines are perished and thus lacking and the cloth is worn at the corners. 204 pages; and 196 pages respectively, illustrated with extra engraved pictorial title pages, 2 engraved frontispieces, and 5 plates. The hinges are cracked and there are glue stains to the pastedowns and damage to the endpapers of volume 2. Though a few signatures are slightly pulled and there is some slight darkening, the contents are in remarkably very good condition and this set would be well- worth rebacking.

A wonderful j...
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PICTURE POETRY, OR SELECTIONS FOR YOUNG AMERICA.

By: [Kidder, Mary].

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: American News Company, 1869.: 1869.

Seller ID: 95101

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 7-3/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Purple cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the front cover. The covers are soiled, rubbed and stained with wear to the corners. The spine is darkened with chips at the head and tail. 43 pages plus a one-page advertisement for "Demorest's Young America" magazine, illustrated with 6 bright color plates. The pages are darkened & soiled with occasional spots of browning or foxing. There is dampstaining to the bottom edge of the last several pages. Good. Although no author is listed, the work is attributed to Mary Kidder.
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BOOK OF RIDDLES. A, B, C, and Pretty Pictures, And many such that could be told, Golden Apple, Book of Figures, In crooked Pearl-street they are sold.

By: [Mahlon Day].

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York: Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, At the New Juvenile Book-store, No. 376, Pearl-street, [between 1825 to 1833]. Circa,: [1830].

Seller ID: 34118

Condition: Fair

New York: Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, At the New Juvenile Book-store, No. 376, Pearl-street, [between 1825 to 1833]. Circa, [1830]., [1830].. Fair. - Miniature chapbook measuring 3 inches high by 2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed buff wrappers titled with a vignette in black on the front cover and an illustration of a young man falling from a tree on the verso. The covers are soiled and creased and the torn spine has been reinforced with old tape. 8 pages, illustrated with a title page vignette and 5 delicately hand-colored woodcut vignettes. There is an early owner's inscriptio...
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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD: MAGICAL CHANGES WITH MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES. [A metamorphosis book].

By: [Martin, Sarah Catherine (1768-1826)].

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., [1879].: [1879].

Seller ID: 96315

Condition: Fair

- 12mo, 7-3/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wraps illustrated and decorated in pastel colors on the front & rear covers, with a list of the titles of the six books in the series printed on the rear cover. The stained & chipped covers are detached and the text block is crudely re-stitched. There are small chips & tears to the edges of the rear cover. [32] pages, including the half-pages. A metamorphosis book consisting of 8 full-page tinted lithographs by William Ludwell Sheppard with a nursery rhyme printed on the verso of each leaf. These pages are interleave...
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2 SHEETS OF ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY FINISHED GRAPHITE PENCIL DRAWINGS, POSSIBLY INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE CHILDREN'S STORIES

By: [N.A.W.]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: 1862.: 1862.

Seller ID: 31467

Condition: Fair

1862.. 1862.. Fair. - sc - Seventeen original graphite pencil drawings executed on two 14-1/4 inch high by 10-1/4 inch wide sheets of buff art paper. Each well-executed drawing is a finished illustration within pencil drawn frames laid out on the sheets as if they were cards. One of the drawings is initialed "N.A.W." and dated "1862". On one sheet, a central drawing appears to be a version of "Struwwelpeter" with a large demonic head on a thinner tree- like body. Eight drawings are laid out, as if cards, surrounding this central drawing. Among them is a child, looking m...
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STAMP-ON-IT JOHN.

By: [Power, Philip Bennett].

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, circa [1860].: [1860].

Seller ID: 25760

Condition: Good

- Small octavo [6-1/8 inches high by 4 inches wide], brown cloth. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with some very light staining to the rear cover. 61 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece & title vignette. The front endpaper is lacking. There is a faded gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece and some offsetting from an owner's stamp on the front pastedown. The pastedowns & rear endpaper are darkened with some light scribbling on the endpaper. There is occasional foxing & staining. Despite its flaws, a good, tight copy.

A title in "The Oiled Feather Se...
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