(Carroll, Lewis)

Alice in Wonderland

New yOIRK, Sam'l. Gabriel Sons & Company, 1940. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated 11pp. No date, c1940s. Illustrated linenette cover with full page and in text color illustrations on each page. In very nice sound condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 004094

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy Rabbit "Mad Hatter" "Cheshire Cat"

The Annualette. A Christmas and New Year's Gift for Children

Boston , William Crosby & Co. 1842. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 137pp. Brown gilt stamped cover and spine, all edges gilt, 3 engraved plates with tissue guards, iincluding frontispiece, inscription on front endpaper. A small book measuring 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Corners worn, small chip to spine end, foxing to frontispiece and light scattered foxing in text, sound binding. A nice copy with an attractive gilt decorated spine. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004803

Catalogue: Children's, Poetry, Short Stories

Keywords: Christmas Holidays

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

(Outcault, R.F.)

Buster Brown Goes Shooting and Other Stories

New York, Cupples & Leon Co. 1907. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Unpaginated (33pp). Text and color illustrations on each page. Light soil and edgewear to boards, spine chipped but mostly intact, contents are clean and unmarked. Other stories include "Buster Brown Plays David and Goliath" and "Buster Brown and the Donkey". A scarce title. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001719

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile Children's "Buster Brown"

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.

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Book number: 004663

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated

Keywords: German

(Bell, Catherind Douglas)

Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself. or, the Story of Mike, the Irish Boy

London, Edinburgh and New YOrk, T. Nelson and Sons, 1865. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 62pp.No date c1860s. Purple blind-stamped boards, gilt lettering to spine, illustrations on title page and frontispiece, small book measuring 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Very light wear, spotting and fading to boards, spine partially faded, text is mainly clean, foxing mainly to first 2 leaves, a faint inscription on front free endpaper. Text is very readale. Good.

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Book number: 004800

Catalogue: Children's, Religion

Keywords: Sentimental Moralistic

(Abbott, Jacob)

Lucy On the Mountains (School Library Vol. XIX))

Boston, Thomas H. Webb & Co. 1842. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 180pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering and decoration. A very sound copy, very slight rubbing of corners, small spot on front endpapers, text is clean and binding is tight. Uncommonly titled "Lucy On the Mountains" on title page, unlike the more common "Lucy Among the Mountains." Very Good.

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Book number: 003305

Catalogue: Children's, Health

Keywords: Juvenile "Jacob Abbott"

Mother Goose ABC

New York, Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Gordon Robinson. Unpaginated 12 pages including cover. No date, circa 1930s. Linenette wraps and text. Cover is clean and unworn, contents have only very slight soiling and is fresh-looking. No. 461 in the series. Very Good.

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Book number: 002267

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: "Nursery Rhymes"

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"

15

Stories of the Last Battles of the American Revolution

New York, Philip J. Cozans. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 64pp. No date, but circa 1850s. Decorative stiff wraps, red, gold blue and white decoration and lettering. Covers are worn, soiled and almost detached. Contents are age-toned and have some occasional foxing and soiling, and edgewear to first few pages, but are otherwise complete. Numerous engravings throughout the text. This scarce title is from Uncle Philip's Library for Good Boys and Girls, which lists on the rear cover 6 additional titles: First Battles Amer. Revolution, Last Battles, Discontented Squirrel, Pleasant Stories in Rhyme, Stories for Good Boys and Stories for Good Girls. Fair.

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Book number: 001321

Catalogue: American History, Children's

Keywords: Gates Cornwallis Greene Howe Burgoyne Washington

Andersen, Hans Christian and Others

The Darning Needle and Other Stories

Boston, J.E. Tilton and Company. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 128pp. Purple blind-stamped covers, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. No date but circa 1870's, inscription dated 1877 on front free endpaper, illustrated with 4 engravings. Stories included are The Fir Tree, The Swineherd, Elder-tree Mother, Five out of One Shell, The Snow Queen and Roland Spine sunned, minor scuffing. Binding is tight and there is a faint water stain to lower portion of text. Contents are otherwise very clean and fresh. Good.

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Book number: 001107

Catalogue: Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Andersen "Fairy Tales"

Anonymous

The American Primer, or Child's First Book Designed to be Used in Families and Schools

Bridgeport, Josiah B. Baldwin, 1830. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 36pp. No date, c1830. Blue printed wraps, hand-stitched along spine, wood engravings, book measures 6 x 4 inches. Covers worn, chipped, soiled, contents foxed, dogeared, text is complete, former owner's name on title page. Fair.

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Book number: 004857

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Textbook Primer Schoolbook Illustrated Connecticut School

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.

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Book number: 004652

Catalogue: Children's, Illustrated

Keywords: Die-cut Piglets

Anonymous

Kate Thornton's Motto.

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1877. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 58pp. Color pictorial paper over boards. Front free endpaper missing, splitting to front gutter but binding is holding tightly, text is age-toned but clean. By the author of "The Kitty Books" and "The Amy Books". Illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001812

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile

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