Aunt Carrie's Rhymes for Children

New York, James Miller, 1854. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 90pp. Gilt embossed brown boards, gilt lettering and floral design to spine, 5 hand-colored engraved plates. Cover shows very slight wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, small insect holes to rear joint, binding is tight and sound, an occasional spot to text otherwise clean, 1864 inscription on front free endpaper, book is overall in a well-preserved condition. Good.

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Book number: 004658

Catalogue: Children's, Poetry, Illustrated

Keywords: Poems Rhymes "Hand-Colored" Illustrated

Goldene Kinderzeit. Heiteres und Belehrendes für Kinderwelt

Germany, Konstanz, 1900. Hardcover. 40pp unpaginated. Tan pictorial boards, linen baking. Text is in German. Very good condition, contents age-toned but book appears to be unread, former owner's name on front pastedown. Illustrated throughout. Very Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004663

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated

Keywords: German

Pinafore Rhymes: Indoor Scenes

New York, E.P Dutton and Company, 1890. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Soft cover. No date, circa 1890. Stiff pictorial sewn wraps, 4 leaves of chromolthographs plus 2 chromos on inside front and rear covers. A different nursery rhyme accompanies each illustration. Cover is chipped along edges, mailny along spine, one illustration has an irregular 5 inch tear along top with slight loss of illustration. One of the publications from E.P. Dutton's "Pinafore" toy Books series, an uncommon series. Good.

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Book number: 002080

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: " Juvenile Nursery Rhymes"

Anonymous

The Four Little Piggies

Chicago, Ideal Book Builders, 1914. Soft cover. Die-cut illustrated stiff card stock cover and interior pages. Creasing to some edges, half- inch lower right corner (piggie's foot) and pages has been trimmed off, occasional light soil and foxing to pages Cute illustrations along with rhymes. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004652

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated

Keywords: Die-cut Piglets

Anonymous

Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons

Philadelphia, Davis, Porter & Coates. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 8pp. No date circa 1860s. Yellow pictorial wraps, stitched spine. LIght cover soil, contents mostly clean. A 2 line verse describes the hand-colored illustration for each month of the year. A well-preserved little book. Good.

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Book number: 002736

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Juvenile Chldren's

Various Authors

St. Nicholas: and Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. (Part II Volume XXXV May to October, 1908)

New York, The Century Co. 1908. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover. Part II only. Pages 579-1152. Red bevelled boards, gilt and black decorations, to cover and spine, covers 6 months: May to October 1908. Very light wear to edges and some very faint spotting to rear board, but lettering and decoration are very bright and fresh looking. Sever al tiny margin stains not affecting text and the contents are otherwise unmarked. Binding has held up very well. Copiously illustrated. Very Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 000911

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Riddles Puzzles Stories Poetry Children's "2

McLoughlin Bros.

Pleasure Book for Little Folks

New York, McLoughlin Bros. 1888. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 258pp. Color pictorial boards, black and white illustrations. No date circa 1880s. Edges worn, light soil, other than foxing to first few pages, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, owner's name and dated inscription (1889) on front free endpaper. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003475

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Juvenile

De Brunhoff, Jean

Babar and Zephir

New York, Random House, 1965. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0394805798. 40pp. Glossy pictorial cover. Extremities and edges lightly chipped, interior is clean and sound, and binding is tight. Cute story with adorable illustrations Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004536

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated

Keywords: "General Huc" Polomoche Crustadele Elephants Monkey 0394805798

Burgess, Thornton

Milk and Honey

Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Co. 1929. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hardcover. Estelle Duval. Unpaginated (24 pages). Pictorial paper over boards. Wear to edges and spine ends. Separated text block has been neatly re-attached with archival tape, covers and content are clean and intact. Facsimile inscription by author to readers on front pastedown. Color illustrations throughout. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000471

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: "facsimile inscription" Juvenile

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Piccino and Other Child Stories

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Reginald Birch. 219p +8pp publisher's list. Pictorial boards with green and gold, red decoration and lettering. Very light wear and soliling, spine slightly darkened, prize inscription dated 1899 on front free nendpaper, light foxing to endpapers, text is clean, binding sound. Very attractive cover design. Very Good.

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Book number: 004664

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated, Short Stories

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. W. H. Walker. 152pp. 8 color illustrations. Olive cloth, black lettering and decoration. No date, c1923. Book is unworn, spine slightly darkened, contents are mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. 8 delicately drawn color illustrations by W.H. Walker, plus 42 illustrations in black and white. A nicely preserved book. Very Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004309

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1929. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Willy Pogany. 192pp. Violet cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, color llustrated endpapers. Cover nearly unworn, spine is faded and lettering barely readable, several small holes in front endpaper evidently from bookplate removal, inscription on verso, text is mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked, binding is tight. Scarce dust jacket is missing a 2 1/2 inch piece from lower spine and several smaller pieces from top edge. Wonderful pen and ink drawings by Pogany throughout text. Good/Fair.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004326

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy "Willy Pogany"

Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

New York, Garden City, 1935. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. A.E. Jackson. 216pp. No date, c1930s. Contains 8 color plates by Alfredto Edward Jackson. Book is in very good condition, faint dampstain front endpapers, cover is unworn, contents are clean. Dust jacket is chipped along edges and lightly worn. Beautifully illustrated by A. E. Jackson. Dust jacket illustrated by Charles A. Federer. Very Good/Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004308

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy

Fairmont, Ethel

Rhymes for Kindly Children (Signed by Author)

New York, Wise-Parslow Company, 1937. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Johnny Gruelle. Signed by Author(s). Unpaginated approx. 100pp. Black pictorial cover. Ex-library with usual markings, corners rubbed, contents are clean. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED on half-title page : "To the Mark Twain Library from Ethel Fairmont Beebe, Westport, Conn. 1959." Book was evidently donated by the author to the Mark Twain Library in West Redding, Connecticut. Wonderful color illustrations by Johnny Gruelle. ik Good.

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Book number: 003976

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Rhymes "Johnny Gruelle"

Goldschmidt, Hans and Vasche, Stanley

1000 Funny Scramble-Men

New York, Animated Book Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Spiral bound hardcover. Small chips to to front board edge,cover is, otherwise in very clean and sound condition. Contents also are unusually clean, title page and rear endpaper are toned but clean. Pages are divided into 3 sections: heads, torsos and legs to create different funny combinations for children. Very Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004651

Catalogue: Children's, Collectible, Illustrated

Keywords: Juvenile Childrens