Children
These are items intended for children, but are collectible by anyone today. Most are illustrated and often heavily so. Biographies of writers and artists of children's books may be here as well as bibliographies of children's books.
Little Red Riding Hood Father Tuck's Storyland Series
New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons. early edition. Soft cover. linen backed with wear along edges, nice color illustrations. Covers fair, contents very good. Tuck number 1560. No date indicated, but gift inscription written in ink inside dated 1907. More
Three Little Kittens and other Nursery Stories
New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Soft cover. bound in linen covers with 12 full color pages inside and full color front cover and rear cover. Inside of front and rear covers just text. Of course all the illustrations have cats. The number 1572 appears on the front cover. The back cover... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Apple Dumpling
n.p. The Platt & Munk Co. 1939. George Carlson. Soft cover. paper copy 12 pages including front cover. Two staples bind the pages- pamphlet style. Near fine condition with bright color cover and 4 color illustrations and b&w illustrations inside. There are some faint pencil marks on the back cover... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Sleds
n.p. The Platt & Munk Co. 1939. George Carlson. Soft cover. paper copy 12 pages including front cover. Two staples bind the pages- pamphlet style. Near fine condition with bright color cover and 4 color illustrations and b&w illustrations inside. The number 3600F is on the front cover with copyright... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Snow Plow
n.p. The Platt & Munk Co. 1939. George Carlson. Soft cover. paper copy 12 pages including front cover. Two staples bind the pages- pamphlet style. Near fine condition with bright color cover and 4 color illustrations and b&w illustrations inside. The back cover is lightly soiled. The number 3600D is... More
The Stencil Book with over 30 stencils to cut out or trace
London: Conran Octopus, 1990. Jan Baldwin. early edition. Soft cover. near fine copy of the soft cover edition. More
MY AIRSHIP BOOK
London & New York: Ernest Lister and E.P. Dutton, 1910. 1st. Soft cover. bound in heavy paper covers with color illustration of an early airplane on the front. Covers soiled and moderately worn. Contents good with 15 full page illustrations of early airships of various types with scenes of the... More
The Power of the Bear
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1998. Susan Seddon Boulet. 1st Edition. Hardcover. near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. A couple of small scratches to jacket and cover are all that keep it from being fine. This copy has First Edition stated and full sequence of number indicating it is from... More
The Best of Times an account of Europe revisited, with 50 color and 110 black illustrations by the author
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Hardcover. bound in original reddish cloth covered boards with light wear and soiling except that the back strip is missing about one inch at the top. contents near fine. Bemelmans is best known as the creator of "Madeline" More
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
London: Frederick Warne and Co. 5th. Hardcover. bound in color illustrated paper covered boards, boards lightly worn except around edges where paper is worn through to boards in several areas, contents very good. n.d. More
KATE GREENAWAY
London: Academy Books, 1976. 2nd impression. Soft cover. paperbound bibliography in near fine condition. More
Uncle Wiggily's Automobile
NY: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1914. 4th. Hardcover. binding heavily worn with tears along hinges and at corners, front joint weak, first couple pages detached but present, contents lightly soiled, illustrations with some color by Louis Wisa. Contains 31 stories reprinted from the Newark Evening News. More
DINOTOPIA POP- UP BOOK
Atlanta: Turner, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. pop-up book, fine. More
Manda
Ipswich: Coward- McCann, 1953. 2nd. Hardcover. bound in original green cloth covered boards with some shelf wear. Dust jacket present with some small tears and small chips missing. Dust jacket is in mylar protector. Contents are very good with many fine color illustrations by Kathleen Hale. n.d. ca. 1953. More
ORLANDO BUYS A FARM
London: Frederick Warne, 1991. later. Hardcover. hardbound reprint, earlier owner's name inside, light wear and soiling, otherwise good. Great illustrations by this noted children's author/illustrator. More
The Corner House Girls' Odd Find
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in original publishers cloth covered boards with moderate wear and a couple stains on the back cover and with ink name of early owner on front cover and front free endpaper and pencil name as well. Contents very good... More
THE KATE GREENAWAY BOOK
ny: Viking, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
THE LOVES OF TOM TUCKER & LITTLE BO-PEEP - A RHYMING RIGAMAROLE
London: Griffith & Farran, 1863. 1st thus. Hardcover. bound in original illustrated paper covered boards in blue, yellow, black, white and red with page of publisher's advertisements on the back cover. Front joint very weak, but still holding. Contents generally very good. There is a small closed tear on the... More
A CRUISE IN THE ACORN
London: Marcus Ward, 1875. Kate Greenaway. 1st. Hardcover. Nicely bound in original reddish brown cloth covered boards with gold and black embossed decoration on the covers and spine and color floral decoration on the front cover. Lightly worn covers with heavier wear at the corners and the top and bottom... More
Lustiges Spielzeug aus kinderhand
Weimar: Thuringer, 1951. unknown. Hardcover. light wear, color illustrations of hand made toys, contents very good. More
Fridolin der Osterhase
Nurnberg: Bing, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. tall quarto, beautifully produced work quarter bound in a black cloth with colorful front cover paper on board and dark gray paper covered back board. Covers heavily worn but binding still holding. Corners bumped, bits missing from backstrip. Binding fair. Contents generally good, one... More
The Cat Scouts
New York: Dodge Publishing, 1916. First American Edition. Hardcover. quarto, quarter bound in blue cloth with illustrated paper covered boards with moderate soiling and moderately heavy wear. Contents are beautifully colored Wain illustrations of cats. Colors are bright, paper a bit age toned, but contents very good. A liitle offsetting... More
Home Games for Little Girls Exciting to Play: No Trouble to Learn
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1870. First Edition. Original wraps. oblong quarto, Paper bound in original color wraps with moderate soiling and light wear. Contents are 6 beautifully colored pages which are the game boards and the instructions for each are printed on the back of the front cover. Overall agood... More
Pretty Story Book
New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Hardcover. bound in light blue color paper covered boards with cloth backstrip. Front cover has large color image of two kittens peddling a tricycle. Moderately worn covers with corners badly worn. Content good with many b & w illustrations throughout. The paper is aged browned and... More