Adams, W.T. (Oliver Optic); Hamilton, Gail

Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine. A Reader for Schools and Families. May 1860

Boston, Robinson, Greene and Co, 1860. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 149-184. A few illustrations throughout, including one of a train locomotive. A single issue of this magazine for a juvenile audience, featuring 'The Young Philosopher,' by W.T. Adams, discussing trains, railroads and their design and use. Adams is perhaps better known by his pen name Oliver Optic. Also present is the piece 'About A Cat,' by Gail Hamilton (pen name of Mary Abigail Dodge) a writer known for her support of equal opportunities for women. With pieces on the planets, etc. GOOD condition. Covers torn along the lower hinges, about 3 inches in length, with a1 by 2 inch triangular piece missing from the lower rear cover. Covers also split about 4 inches down along the upper hinge. Minor scattered staining to the front cover, with moderate staining to the rear. Minor soiling and browning. Some curling along the extremities. Previous owner's signature in pencil at the upper front cover. Text solid, with minor scattered staining. Good .

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Book number: 008184

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Literature

No author given (Aesop)

The Little Esop

Philadelphia, H.C. Peck and Theo. Bliss, 1856. Cloth. Red cloth. 4 ¾ by 3 ¾ inches. 95 pp. Small black and white illustrations throughout. A rendition for children, of various fables by Aesop, including the horse and the lion, the tortoise and the hare, the mischievous dog, the man and his wig, etc. FAIR condition. Heavy fading, moderate scuffing and staining to the covers. Spine toned. Minor soiling. Cloth frayed, chipped and split along the extremities and spine. Text block shaken but intact. Child's doodles, names and scribbles on the endpapers and first and last few pages, with a few doodles/lines in the text throughout. Scattered staining throughout, with general soiling. General foxing. Fair .

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Book number: 010328

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Folklore

No author Given. Andre, R. (William Roger Snow), illustrator

Puss in Boots

New York, McLoughlin Bros. Publisher, 1888. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 10 3/4 by 8 3/8 inches. 16 pages, including covers. With 6 full page, chromoloithograph color illustrations. A retelling of this classic children's tale, accompanied by illustrations by Richard Andre, an alias for William Roger Snow, a British artist who practiced under various names due to personal scandals. Snow, forced to join the British Army due to the squandering of an inheritance, faced further troubles because of infidelity, and abandoned his wife, starting a career as an illustrator under an assumed name. POOR condition. Book DETACHED into several sections, with the front cover and first page each separated onto their own, and with the last page and rear cover separated but attached to each other. The intact sections are tenuous at best. A 3 inch triangle MISSING from the upper front corner of the cover. Minor soiling, fading and staining to the covers, with some creasing. Extremities scuffed and worn, with a few tears present. Interior with very minor soiling and browning, with illustrations remaining clean and bright. Some staining to the top of the second page (text), with a diagonal crease present to the pages corresponding with the missing triangle. Poor .

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Book number: 006847

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Andrews, Anna

Peggy Lee Sophomore

New York, Cupples and Leon, 1932. Cloth. Blue cloth. No jacket. 209 pp. With an illustrated frontispiece. Part of the Plantation Series, a juvenile series following the adventures of Peggy Lee, with this chronicling her time at a school for girls. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the spine, with some spotting. Minor general fading and light spotting to the covers. Cloth a bit worn along the extremities and hinges. Very minor soiling. Bookstore stamp on the inside front cover, with an ownership inscription in pencil to the first endpaper. Frontis coming loose. Text block clean and solid with minor toning. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006466

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

No Author

Build a Harbour. Press out Paper Model

Brighton, Litor Publishers. Soft Cover. Color illustrated wraps depicting a boardwalk pier scene. Small oblong format. Two die-cut color illustrated thin cardboard leaves, all pieces intact. Rear cover forms the base for the piece. A small booklet present between the two leaves, describing the activities and buildings in a harbor. A pre-fabricated model of a harbor. VERY GOOD condition. Light toning to the piece. Very Good .

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Book number: 008901

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Pyle, Howard (author and artist); Johnson, Merle (compiler)

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Fiction, Fact and Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1921. Hard Cover. Fourteenth printing. L-E code on copyright page. Illustrated paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Folio. 247 pp. Color and black and white illustrated plates throughout, all present as called for. A collection of tales, interweaving historical information, on various pirates and other notorious figures in the Spanish Main (Caribbean). Includes chapters on Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and others. FAIR condition. Slightly ex-library with a stamp on the inside front cover, blindstamp on the title page and JP written on the spine. Moderate toning, scuffing and fading to the covers, with moderate soiling, spotting and some staining. Several small pinholes and small scrapes to the covers. Corners very worn. Lengthy split along the upper rear hinge, with loss of cloth. Some toning to the paper in the interior. Fair .

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Book number: 015937

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Literature

Various Authors

Boys' Magazine. Vol XV. No. 392. September 7, 1929

Manchester, UK, Allied Newspaper, Ltd, 1929. Original Wraps. Wraps with a two tone illustration on the front cover depicting a man escaping up a ladder dangling from the cabin of a zeppelin. 36pp including several illustrations. An adventure magazine for boys, featuring detective stories, adventure stories, etc. This issue features a story about Falcon Swift, the sporting detective, as well as one featuring Miffy, the Motor Marvel and Caleb Hench, the Hunchback Mystery Man. This features some rather poor characterizations of Chinese men. Also included is a story titled, The World of a Witch Doctor featuring the Zulu tribe and a science fiction story set on another planet, titled "The Land of Marvels," and written by Everard Darrell. In FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy browning to the paper, with minor chipping and creasing along the corners. Several small spots of dampstaining to the front wrap, with moderate to heavy soiling along the spine. Interior solid with a small semicircular dampstain at the lower fore edge. Fair .

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Book number: 004167

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Boy's Adventure Stories Science Fiction

Various authors

Forrester's Playmate, a Monthly Instructor for Youth. October, 1858

Boston, William Guild and Company, 1858. Wraps. Illustrated light green wraps. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine intended for a juvenile audience. This month with a fictional piece by William Dalton (unattributed) on a "wolf-boy" in China and his persecution/punishment by people in Beijing (Peking). According to the article the boy's name was Lyu-Payo or Herbert Richardson. Also included is an article on exercises for young women, asserting that throwing balls is a good way to stay fit. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and fading to the covers. A few minor stains. Wrappers chipped, curled and creased along the extremities, with a few small tears. Faint owner's signature on the upper front cover. Numbers in pencil on the rear. Interior toned. Good .

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Book number: 014019

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

In Story Land. A Picture Story Book. Including Alice in Wonderland

Kenosha, WI, Abbott Publishing Co. Hard Cover. no date, perhaps 1940s-50s. Blue illustrated boards with a three plastic ring binding. 12 pp. Color illustrations throughout. A collection of classic stories for children, abbreviated, adapted and edited from the originals. Includes Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Robin Hood, the Golden Fleece, The Pied Piper, and Meg Merrilies by John Keats. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and scuffing, with bumping and scuffing along the extremities. Minor soiling and a few small spots of staining to the covers. Good .

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Book number: 016335

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

Little Folks. A Magazine for the Young. Volume 1. Issues 1-26

New York, American News Company. Hard Cover. no date, perhaps 1870s. Marbled paper covered boards with black cloth spine. 416 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. 26 issues of the first volume of this magazine for children, featuring poetry, stories and nonfiction on a variety of subjects, from moral lessons to history and descriptions of various races and peoples around the world. No information on this imprint was found in the OCLC records, although a periodical of the same name was published in London beginning in 1871, perhaps indicating this is an American version of the same periodical. GOOD condition. General fading, minor soiling and scuffing to the covers. Moderate scuffing to the extremities. Interior cracked in a few places but solid. Scattered soiling and very minor staining throughout. Paper toned. Good .

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Book number: 009916

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Various Authors

St. Nicholas for Young Folks. April 1896

New York, The Century Company, 1896. Wraps. White decorative wraps. Pagination runs 442-528, plus an index to the previous six months and 16 pages of ads. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine, notably featuring an article 'About Flying-Machines,' by Tudor Jenks. This twelve page articles contains illustrations, as well as two photos of various flying machines, including hot air balloons or air ships, flying wings and two photos of an airplane type machine built by Hiram Maxim. This article discusses the history and evolution of man made aviation, from balloons to motorized machines, featuring conjecture on the future as well as discussion of the then current state of aviation. With an interesting illustration depicting air warfare as conceived by a German artist. With other articles, literature and poetry. GOOD condition. Minor staining along the spine near the staples. Minor soiling, toning and fading. Some creasing, chipping and minor tearing along the extremities and corners (heavy creases to some of the corners). Interior clean and solid with the last two pages of the article on aviation unopened. Good .

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Book number: 007482

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Aviation Airplanes Literature Aviation

Bacon, Gail (author); Loomis, Frances Russell

King Cole Stories

Boston, C.H. Smith and Company, 1924. Hard Cover. Light blue paper covered boards. No jacket. 41 pp. A few full page illustrations by Frances Russell Loomis. A collection of short stories for children, recalling the adventures of a cocker spaniel, King Cole. If our searches of the OCLC can be trusted, it appears no copy is held in libraries at this time. GOOD condition. Paper covers scuffed, toned, soiled and worn, with some scratching and few deeper scuffs. A few minor stains present. Extremities bumped and worn. Owner's signatures in the interior. Light toning to the paper. Good .

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Book number: 017702

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Barbour, Ralph Henry; Rockwell, Norman (illustrator)

Hitting the Line

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Blue cloth with a pastedown illustration on the front cover. 333 pp. Four color plate illustrations by Norman Rockwell present (all present as called for). A novel for a juvenile audience following the exploits of a young football player. GOOD condition. Upper front cover corner and fore edge stained and discolored. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Faint spotting to the rear cover. Minor toning to the text block. Previous owner's last name on the inside rear cover. Good .

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Book number: 018367

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn

Barbour, Ralph Henry

Tod Hale on the Nine

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. Cloth. Light blue cloth with an illustrated pastedown on the front cover. No jacket. 280 pages. With four illustrations in the interior, all present as called for. Young adult baseball fiction, part of the Tod Hale series. In VERY GOOD condition. Small piece of the illustrated pastedown peeled off from the upper left corner. Minor soiling, rubbing and edgewear. Light fading to the spine. Minor foxing to the page edges. Previous owner's signature on the first endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004535

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Baseball Tod Hale Sports

Potter, Beatrix et al.

Peter Rabbit Stories. A Collection of Short Stories and Rhymes in Simple Words

Springfield, MA, McLoughlin Bros. Inc. Soft Cover. no date, presumed early to mid 1900s. Paper covered boards, with a color illustrated front cover. Unpaginated. With color and black and white illustrations throughout. A collection of various tales for children, including 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit,' by Beatrix Potter, 'Puss in Boots,' 'Five Little Pigs,' and several others. POOR/FAIR condition. Several small insect holes and other minor areas of deterioration along the brown cloth spine. Moderate to heavy uneven browning, with some spotting, foxing, minor soiling and staining. Paper rather scuffed and worn along the extremities, heaviest to the upper right corner. Interior hinges cracked, with the rear beginning to separate. Heavy browning to the paper. Minor scattered soiling and foxing. Minor insect damage along the upper page edges. Poor .

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Book number: 007293

Catalogue: Children's/ Juvenile

Keywords: Noisbn Peter Rabbit