- 16mo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4-1/8 inches wide. Blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt & black on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed, bumped & soiled. 192 pages. The title page is detached. Good. A volume in The Rollo Series consisting of 14 different titles. View More...
- Sextodecimo (16mo), 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Limp linen cloth covers titled, decorated and illustrated in red on the covers. The covers are stained, heavily chipped and frayed. A large piece is out of the rear cover. [14] pages on linen, "printed in oil colors by Joseph Barton, 15 Beaver St.", and illustrated with 6 full-page & one half-page bold color illustrations by John Absolon. The pages are creased and soiled with a few stains and the edges are slightly frayed. Fair. Although no date is listed, Sheldon, Blakeman & Co. published at their Nassau street address from 1856 to... View More...
New York: American Tract Society, circa [1831-1848].. [1831-1848].. Very good. - 12mo [approximately 4-1/4 inches high by 3 inches wide], softcover bound in printed yellow wrappers sewn with cream cord & titled within a decorative border in brown on the front cover. There is a very narrow strip out of the lower half of the front cover's edge. 8 pages. Illustrated with an engraving on the first text page. The first 3 leaves are miscut with a tiny chip & a very narrow strip out of the lower half of each front edge. There is a light crease across the bottom corner of each page. Very good. America... View More...
Paskelordag: Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 1955.. 1955.. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. Slightly creased & soiled. 74 pp.Top inner edges of pages creased. With a few textual & full-page illustrations. Very good.
Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Minisry of Foreign Affairs, (1977).. (1977).. Very good. - Small quarto, dark blue cloth titled in gilt, in dw. The book is very slightly warped & the dw is lightly chipped. 143 pp. Color frontispiece, profuse illustrations in B&W & color & B&W folding plate in rear. Very good. Dust jacket present. View More...
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, circa [1945].. [1945].. Good. - Oblong quarto, stapled color pictorial wraps. Lightly soiled & chipped with the bottom corners lightly creased. [12] leaves, including 4 leaves of figures & objects depicted in color to be cut out & pasted onto 8 leaves of B&W outlined shapes. The B&W leaves are darkened with 2 small pencil notations on 1 of them; there is a tiny chip out of the front edge of each of the last 2 leaves. Good. View More...
(U. K.: B. B. Ltd.), circa [1955].. [1955].. Good. - Octavo, color pictorial wraps. There are light scoremarks [imprint of writing] on the front wrap & the corners of the wraps are lightly creased. [10] pp., including inside wraps. 4 color illustrations & textual illustrations in B&W. The edges of the pages are very slightly darkened & the top page corners are lightly creased. Very good.
Two children and their terrier go for a picnic on the beach. View More...
London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., circa, [1880].. [1880].. Good. - Octavo, pictorial green cloth illustrated in black on front cover with the illustration of a man of Asian appearance looking through a telescope. Titled in green within a gilt fan on the front cover, and in gilt on spine. The covers are rubbed and bumped with some wear to head & tail of the spine. 160 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, pictorial headpieces 3 full-page plates and textual illustrations. The leaves are slightly soiled, and a small piece is clipped out from the bottom co... View More...
Chicago/NY: M. A. Donohue & Company, circa [1920].. [1920].. Fair. - Small quarto, tan tape backed paper-covered pictorial boards (soiled; paper chipped along front edges with small pieces out). 24 pages (pages darkened with top half detached from staple; front pastedown stained; small stains to title page; illustration on verso of title partially colored by a child). Color pictorial front pastedown, B&W vignettes on title & verso of title, & 10 full-page illustrations, 3 of them in color. Fair.
The color plates illustrate wolves, the red deer and a kangaroo. View More...
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Co., circa [1945].. [1945].. Good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, color pictorial stiff wraps. The covers are rubbed and slightly soiled, with a couple of small chips at edges. The spine has early brown vinyl tape repair. Capital and lower case alphabets and numbers are printed on the pastedowns. 12 pages printed on linen, illustrated with 10 full-page and one double-page color lithograph, with caption. Stated "Indestructible" by the publisher on the front cover, the contents have but a few minor creases and minor soilin... View More...
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Pub. Co., circa [1930].. [1930].. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial simulated linen wrappers [Linentex]. There is some staining to the top & bottom edges of the rear wrap. [6] pages, including inside wraps, printed in blue ink on Linentex. 3 textual illustrations in blue & 2 full-page color illustrations. There are 2 tiny pink stains to the inside front wrap & 1 small, light stain to the inside rear wrap. There is a gift inscription with dates of the school year 1931-1932 at the top of the inside front wrap. Very good. The games included are baseball, ... View More...
Soviet Union, circa [1960].. [1960].. Very good. - Square octavo, stapled cream & gray wraps with B&W & color vignettes on front wrap. The front wrap is lightly soiled & slightly darkened. [20] pages. 13 illustrations, most full-page in black & white and in color. Very good. A three-page introduction on Soviet publishing explains that every year during the spring school vacation a tradition Children's Book Week is held in the Soviet Union. Activities include conferences of children's writers and their readers, literary parties and gatherings, book exhibits and large-scale book bazaars. The int... View More...
(Chicago: The Regensteiner Corporation, 1926).. 1926).. Good. - Small quarto [7 inches high by 5 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & soiled. There is a short tear to the top edge of the front wrap & another to the front edge of the rear wrap. There is a light vertical crease to the rear wrap & its edges are slightly darkened. [14] pages, including inside wraps. 8 illustrations in blue & white & full color, 5 of them full-page. There is some light soiling to the margins of the inside front wrap, else the contents are clean & bright. Good. View More...
New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, circa [1975].. [1975].. Very good. - Small quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in bright color pictorial shaped wraps with the top edge cut along the outline of the heads of the 3 bears. [16] pages, including the covers, with brilliant color textual illustrations, 1 double-page and 4 full-page bright color plates illustrating the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. Very good. Printed in Hong Kong for Merrimack Publishing Company, this beautifully produced facsimile is a reprint replica of the original edition, so stated on ... View More...
[New York: R. Shugg & Co. Publishers, circa [1872].. [1872].. Very good. - sc A superb 10 inch high by 8-3/4 inch wide chromolithograph from Little Charley's Visit: What He Saw in Central Park, depicting the young boy Charley, seated on a camel handled by a colorfully dressed Zouave in full attire and turbaned headdress. Two young girls are seen in the background rolling a hoop in front of one of Central Park's lovely stone overpasses. There are some minor tears to the left margin and stab marks to the right edge, none of which affects the image. This lovely print is handsomely mounted, with g... View More...
- 12mo [4-1/4 inches high by 2-7/8 inches wide], mauve cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a decorative pattern stamped on both covers. The binding is faded & bumped with light staining to the rear cover. 48 pages. There are 2 owners' names on the flyleaf. The pastedowns are stained & there is occasional foxing & staining throughout. Engraved black-and-white frontispiece & 4 vignettes. Good. View More...
- Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial color wraps sewn with cream cord. The wraps are slightly bumped with some minor soiling & the front wrap is slightly darkened along the spine. There is a 2-inch split at the tail of the spine. [10] pages, including inside wraps, printed in blue. The text block is detached from the wraps. 4 full-page color illustrations & textual illustrations in blue & white. Despite its binding flaws, a clean, bright copy. Good.
- Quarto [12 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wraps. The wraps, which are detached, are rubbed & soiled with creasing to the corners & small pieces out. There are several tears to the edges of the rear wrap. 15 pages, including inside wraps. Profusely illustrated in color and brown & white. There is occasional light soiling. The contents are very good. View More...
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