Crossing the Plains

Akron, OH, The Saalfield Pub. Co. 1942. Softcover. Stiff pictorial wraps; 12 pages including covers, all in color. Stand-up punch-outs of cowboys and wranglers. All cutouts still intact, though the cutout of the buffalo on the rear cover is detached and loosely laid in. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020604

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Paper Dolls, Cut Outs, Cowboys, Western Americana Children's Literature Illustrated Books Cowboys Cut Outs

Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes

The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. (1937). First Edition. Softcover. Illustrated covers, printed on linen; 12 pages all in color illustrated by Eulalie. The hardcover edition seems to be much more common. Ill.: Eulalie. Very Good .

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Book number: 007268

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Color Plates, Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Mother Goose Eulalie Linen Children's Literature Mother Goose Illustrated Books

Picture ABC Book (Linen No. 865)

Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts cats and kittens, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color. Early owner inscription on front cover; both covers soiled. About Very Good .

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Book number: 020600

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Cats, ABC Books Children's Literature Illustrated Books ABC Books Cats

Sailor. Construction Kit

Kenosha, WI, Samuel Lowe Company, n.d. [1950s]. Softcover. Pictorial wraps; 8 pages including covers. Stand-up sailors and punch-outs of sailors and soldiers. Light soiling. Very Good .

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Book number: 020603

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Paper Dolls, U.S. Navy Children's Literature Illustrated Books U.S. Navy Cut Outs

Toyland ABC (Linen No. 866)

Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts a rooster, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color. A few images are negative stereotyped depictions of African-Americans including a Golliwog and a Mammy. Early owner inscription on front cover; both covers soiled. About Very Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 020601

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, African-American History, ABC Books, African-American Stereotypes Children's Literature Illustrated Books ABC Books African-American History

APPLEGARTH, Margaret T

Some Boys and Girls in America

New York, George H. Doran Company, (1923). First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of Home Mission stories illustrated by the author. Ill.: Margaret T. Applegarth. Near Fine in a scarce, Very Good dustwrapper with edgewear .

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Book number: 019640

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Religion, Missionaries, Illustrated Books, Margaret T. Applegarth Margaret T. Applegarth Children's Literature Religion Missionaries Illustrated Books

BRENNER, Anita

The Boy Who Could Do Anything & Other Mexican Folk Tales

New York, William R. Scott, (1942). First Edition. hardcover. Pictorial green cloth, likely the first issue with the dustwrapper having only two titles listed on the rear inside flap. Illustrated with line drawings by Jean Charlot. Ill.: Jean Charlot. A 1951 Christmas gift inscription from the owner on the front endpaper. Slight dampstaining to heel of spine of book, much more so to dustwrapper but mostly rather faint. One-inch closed tear at rear. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 010310

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Mexican Folk Tales, Folk Tales, Children's Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books Jean Charlot Children's Literature Modern First Editions Illustrated Books Literature: American

[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS]

Familiar Animals

New York, McLoughlin Bros. 1904. First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps; [10] pages. Part of the Friendly Animal Series. Brief stories about a horse, a cow, and a calf. Illustrated with a chromolithographed cover and 4 full-page color plates. Near Fine .

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Book number: 007262

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Chromolithographs, Illustrated Books Animals Children's Literature Chromolithographs Illustrated Books

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de

The Little Prince

New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. First issue of this modern classic in salmon cloth with paragraph containing printing information and dustwrapper with Fourth Avenue address. The American edition appeared before the French or English editions. Ill.: Antoine de SAINT-EXUPERY. A bright, clean copy with tears to two pages professionally and neatly repaired. About Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with minor, professional repairs THE LITTLE PRINCE is both the most-read and most-translated book in the French language and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France.

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 019593

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Modern First Editions, Illustrated Books, French Literature, Antoine St. Exupery, Saint Exupery, High Spots, Modern Firsts, 20th Century French Literature Antoine de SAINT-EXUPERY Modern First Editions Illustrated Books High Spot C

[GARDNER, John]

[Dragon, Dragon and Other Tales]

[New York], [Alfred A. Knopf], [1975]. First Edition. Wraps. Long (7" x 22") Galley Proofs folded in half without publication information of Gardner's first collection of tales for younger readers. Included is a dustwrapper for the finished book also folded in half. Some tanning to the text. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019225

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Galley Proofs, John Gardner, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Uncorrected Proof, Fantasy Literature, Children's Literature Fantasy Literature Uncorrected Proof Literature: American Modern First Editions

KIPLING, Rudyard

The Second Jungle Book

New York, The Century Co. 1895. First American Edition. Hardcover. Decorated green cloth. Illustrated with plates. The same contents as the prior English edition but with a number of differences in the text. This green cloth copy with the elephant in the center matching the first JUNGLE BOOK, though this stamped in black instead of gold. Spine sunned, little soiled. 1896 owner inscription on the front endpaper. Very Good .

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Book number: 002568

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, 19th Century Literature, 19th Century British Literature Literature: English Children's Literature 19th Century British Literature 19th Century Literature

PEIRCE, John

The New, American Spelling-Book, Improved...

Philadelphia, J. Crukshank, 1807. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo in contemporary calf leather; iv, 200 pages. S&S 13391. Lower rear board partly detached but tight. Signature I bound in twice resulting in loss of signature L (pages 109-120). Foxed, chip to the margin of C3, small hole to R4, each with no loss. Good .

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Book number: 004965

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Early American Imprints, Schoolbook, Children's Literature, 19th Century Grammar 19th Century Children's Literature Early American Imprints Speller Grammar

[ROBERTS, Abigail]

The Entertaining Medley; Being a Collection of True Histories and Anecdotes Calculated for the Cottager's Fire-Side

Dublin, Thomas Courtney, 1826. Early Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-1/2" x 5-1/4") in original calf-backed boards titled in gilt on the spine; 180 pages. Frontispiece engraving (laid down on inside front board, as issued?), 4 full-page plates, and several text engravings. A collection of bizarre but true stories, apparently aimed at a younger reader, for the purpose of instruction. Examples include: "Account of a Moving Bog in the County of Galway," "Account of the Snakes of North America and of the Humming Bird," "Affecting Account of a Sale of Slaves," etc. Very nice original condition. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020565

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Stranger than Fiction, Ireland 19th Century Children's Literature Ireland Stranger than Fiction

TUER, Andrew

Stories from Old-Fashioned Children's Books

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1899-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's decorated cloth; xvi, 440; 30 pages. Illustrated with 250 cuts and facsimiles of title pages. Near Fine example of this attractively bound and illustrated book .

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Book number: 019571

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Books on Books, Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, 19th Century Children's Literature 19th Century Illustrated Books Books on Books

VERY, Lydia L[ouisa Anna]

Red Riding Hood

(Boston), (L. Prang & Co.), (1863). First Edition. Stiff Wraps. Shape book: 6-5/8" x 2-3/8", [16] pages; stiff chromolithographed wrappers (sewn). Charming toy book in the shape of a standing Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf crouched around her ankles. L. Prang & Company issued a series of "Doll" books in 1863 which, along with other juveniles, toy books, and games, were among its first publications. Katherine McLinton in THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF LOUIS PRANG notes: "The tiny Doll books are some of the most interesting and fascinating items Prang published." In addition to "Red Riding Hood," Prang also issued "Robinson Crusoe," "Goody Two-Shoes" (also written by Lydia Very), "Cinderella," and "King Winter." They sold for 25 cents each or they could be purchased in "'an elegant fancy box,'" three to a box, as a Christmas gift. A few years later, a Prang catalogue declared that 'the style of these books originated with us' and "Red Riding Hood" may well have been the first American shape book. Mild overall wear with a few small chips to edges; covers darkened with one or two creases. Scattered small, mild staining to some leaves. Very Good Lydia Very (1823-1901), sister of Transcendentalist poet Jones Very, both designed and wrote the verse which tells the story. Red Riding Hood's adventure is turned into a morality tale in which the little girl disobeys her mother. After her encounter with her would-be devourer, Red Riding Hood "said the fright had taught her/To mind her mother dear." McClinton, Katharine M. THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF LOUIS PRANG, pp. 45-46 (RED RIDING HOOD pictured at page 46).

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Book number: 018356

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Louis Prang, Illustrated Books, Shape Books, Toy Books Illustrated Books Shape Books Children's Literature Literature: American