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

Carnegie, Lady Helena & Jacob, Mrs. Arthur

The Infant Moralist

London, Foulis, 1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 48pp+12 illustrations. Grey paper over boards, linen-backed spine, paper labels to cover and spine. Boards are faded at edges, a small indentation to top and to bottom of front board (probably was tied tightly in a bundle). Preliminary pages are foxed and rest of contents are age-toned but unmarked. There are 12 charming color illustrations teaching children morals -- Charitable Louisa, Envy, Politeness, Offensive Manners, etc. Scarce dustjacket is soiled, darkened at spine and edges, worn, chipped and missing a 1" piece at top of spine. Spine has an ink smudge and a small label with a number. Dustjacket has the same illustration as the frontispiece pasted to front. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 000790

Catalogue: Poetry, Children's

Keywords: Morals Juvenile

Carroll, Lewis

Useful and Instructive Poetry

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Printing, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Lewis Carroll. 45pp. Tan paper covered boards. Age-toning to cover, unworn, contents clean. Dust jacket is clipped, but curiously original price ($2.50) still shows, darkened along spine and folds. Authhor's first book written at age 13, a remarkable work. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004141

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Poetry, Children's

Keywords: "Charles Dodson" Riddles

La Fontaine (de Monvel, M.B (illustrator)

La Fontaine Fables Choisies Pour Les Enfants

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1925. Oblong 4to. Hardcover. M.B. de Monvel. 48pp. No date, circa 1925, a small 1929 stamp on rear endpaper. Text in French. Tan florally decorated cloth, black lettering and gilt decoration. Some discoloring to cover, contents are clean and unmarked. Title page has a charming Christmas inscription very neatly printed on the illustrated animals. Good.

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Book number: 003277

Catalogue: Poetry, Children's

Keywords: Illustrated Français

Numerous

Cherry Cheeks and Roses

New York and London, Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co. 1890. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Unknown. 32pp unoaginated. Pictorial boards, green cloth spine. Light wear, one inch wide stain to foredge, cracking to front endpapers. Contents are clean and mildly age-toned, endapers more heavily age-toned, but all text and illustrations are bright and clear, former owner's named stamped on front endpaper. Nursery rhymes accompanied by tasteful, adorable illustrations. Good.

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Book number: 003884

Catalogue: Poetry, Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Poems

Uncle Roderick

My Little Blue Book. A Gift for Young Americans

New York, C. Shepard & Co. 1850. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 24pp. Stitched blue printed wraps. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are lightly foxed and have some thumb marks in margins, binding is sound. Stories and rhymes as told by Uncle Roderick. This unusual booklet, originally distributed by Grover & Baker's Sewing Machine Company, contains advertising for their products on rear cover (inside and outside), and inside front cover. Illustrated throughout. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004629

Catalogue: Children's, Poetry

Keywords: Rhymes Poems "Short Stories" Advertising "Sewing"

Teasdale, Sara

Rainbow Gold; Poems Old and New

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Dugald Walker. 267pp. Blue cloth, balck lettering and decoration. Book is clean and sound inside and out. Familiar and unfamiliar poems selected by Sara Teasdale attractively illustrated by Dugald Walker. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004657

Catalogue: Children's, Poetry, Illustrated

Keywords: Rhymes Poetry

American Su nday-School Union

The History of Thomas Brown and Little Susan and Her Lamb (2 Titles)

Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hardcover. 16, 15pp. No date circa 1840. Marbled boards, black leather spine, gilt spine lettering. Wear to edges and spine, contents lightly foxed and occasional dampstain in margins, overall sound. Two titles bound as one, each with frontispiece and title page. Thomas Brown written in verse, Little Susan in prose. Very Good.

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Book number: 003322

Catalogue: Poetry, Religion, Children's

Keywords: Verse