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Dick Whittington, and Other Stories
Hodder & Stoughton, New York & London, . . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Lightly soiled boards, clean interior. Paste-down intact, but front board shaken a bit. Colorful pictorial boards, scuffing to spine head, red cloth-backed spine. Plentiful black-and-white and some full-color illustrations. Unpaginated, but roughly 20 pp. of a fine children's story.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair
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Book number: 356664
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1521]
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Jack and the Bean-Stalk
, Saml. Gabriel and Sons, . . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. N. 428 in the series, staple-bound in linenette, colorfully illustrated by Gordon Robinson in duotone and full color, including full page. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp., single short closed tear to fore-edge.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Book number: 351232
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Peronnique: A Celtic Folk Tale from Brittany
New York, Atheneum, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. The first children's book by the illustrator, Monique Michel-Dansac, and who chose this classic children's tale for her first books. Oblong, pictorial boards, yellow cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Unpaginated, but roughly 24 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,
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Book number: 356661
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Red Riding Hood
, Saml. Gabriel and Sons, . . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. N. 429 in the series, staple-bound in linenette, colorfully illustrated by Gordon Robinson in duotone and full color, including full page and including front cover. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Book number: 351233
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Sleeping Beauty
, Saml. Gabriel and Sons, . . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. N. 432 in the series, staple-bound in linenette, colorfully illustrated by Gordon Robinson in duotone and full color, including full page and including front cover. Unpaginated, but roughly 14 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Book number: 351234
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Ackerman, Karen
Song and Dance Man
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Caldecott Medal award-winner, with gold foil sticker to front to boot. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. SIGNED by the author Karen Ackerman, and the book is illustrated beautifully by Stephen Gammell. Stated Eighth Printing of the First EditionMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New
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Book number: 351164
USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 2130]
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Durrell, Ann and Marilyn Sachs, eds.
Big Book for Peace
New York, Dutton Children's Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Contributions in the form of short stories and poems, with Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, Nancy Willard, Natalie Babbitt, John Bierhorst, Jean Fritz, Jean Craighead George, Thacher Hurd, Steven Kellogg, Myra Cohn Livingston, Lois Lowry, Milton Meltzer, Katherine Paterson, Marilyn Sachs, Yoshiko Uchida, Mildred Pitts Walter and Charlotte Zolotow. Previous owner's Sharpied name inscription crossed out.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine
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Book number: 351133
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1826]
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Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced
Holiday Story for Boys
Los Angeles, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade. This LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar (O of 15 copies thus) was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012. James A. Keeline provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and he SIGNS this copy at title page. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Laid in also is a nice note written by Keeline to the previous owner, Robert A. Allen, thanking him for his participation in the endeavour. 263 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/As New,
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Book number: 355882
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 78.5 | £UK 65.75 | JP¥ 12931]
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Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced
Victor Horton's Idea
San Diego, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This SIGNED and LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012, SIGNED by James A. Keeline, who provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and who LETTERED (T) this one of 28 copies. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 119 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/Fine,
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Book number: 355880
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.25 | £UK 58 | JP¥ 11410]
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Stratemeyer, Edward; James D. Keeline, annotated and introduced
Victor Horton's Idea
Los Angeles, California, 24 Palmer Street Press, 2012. . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This LETTERED Limited Edition exemplar was produced in honor of the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 2012. James A. Keeline provides an Introduction and annotations galore, and he NUMBERED (83 of 150 copies thus) at title page. Another fine contribution to the Story Serial Series. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 119 pp. and then follows more than two dozen pages of publisher and book club ads.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New
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Book number: 355881
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 14 | JP¥ 2738]
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Anonymous
Anschauungsbuch
, , . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated, but an eight-page children's book, appears to be a facsimile, with no date, author, publisher or place of publication. Appears to be roughly 1900. Sturdy cardboard, with chromolithographic illustrations and verses. Cover slightly rubbed and bumped, soiled. Measures 11" x 8 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Kids, dogs, ducks, geese, bones, grass and woods. Quite a lovely, evocative kids' book.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Book number: 357818
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14 | £UK 11.75 | JP¥ 2282]
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Anonymous
The Boy of Spirit: A Story for the Young
Boston, Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1849. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A cute little tome for the young'uns, a stated Seventh Edition, home-spun wisdom and gentle messages. Blind-stamped light blue cloth covers, scuffed and worn on the spine, scuffed at spine head and foot, sunned to brown spine, else still tightly bound, clean and unmarked but for fetching gift inscription at first free endpaper. Lightly foxed and toned interior, fine black-and-white engraving at frontis. 117 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Book number: 356688
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 2434]
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Anonymous
Don't Touch It
New York, William Wood, . . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. A sweet little miniature book for children, emphasis on the miniature. 64 pp. including black-and-white engraved frontis. Uncommon in the trade, not found in Children's Books, Rare Book Division, Library of Congress. Bound in faded, a bit splotchy, stamped purple cloth, sunned at spine to brown. Front inner hinge stretched after frontispiece. Toned endpapers, split rear endpaper. Previous owner's typed and ink-stamped inscription plus 19th century book-ticket. No date of publication, but perhaps prior to 1885. "When Kate changed the water for her bird, she was careful to place a piece of wood before he hold till she had put back the bottle; but George was too young to think of such a precaution." When he touched the cage to change the bird's water . . . but . . . after other false starts . . . George later earned sufficient trust to care for a squirrel of his own.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Book number: 356685
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25 | £UK 27 | JP¥ 5325]
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Anonymous
The Godmother's Tales
London, Printed for J. Harris, 1917. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Fifth Edition. Penned anonymously, but by the author of A Cup of Sweets and other children's tales, some say Elizabeth Sandham, others, Elizabeth Semple. Numerous works published by J. Harris included those by both authors and by Anonymous. Bound in a short pocket-sized hardcover format, cloth over boards, burgundy leather-backed, rubbed and scuffed, black-and-white etched illustration at frontis, torn, clean and unmarked of interior. Scarce in any condition. 172 pp. and in large, easy-to-read print. Stories include Little Patty, The Stolen Jack-Ass, The Blind Child, Ellen, and many others.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Book number: 357215
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Armando, Jeanne
Rolito
Radio City, New York, Leeds Music Corp., 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Big, tall, quarto-sized, staple-bound softpaper format, with illustrated card stock wraps, very lightly soiled, moderately worn, mostly at spine. paper over boards with red cloth over spine. Red and blue lettering over illustration of Rolito. Title page not dated, copyright page dated 1941, but appears to be a 1961 reprint. Clean, unmarked interior. 64 pp. Sheet music by Ruth Cleary. Pictures by Russell Patterson throughout. An adorable Hispanic boy's adventures on the mesa.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Book number: 357858
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 | £UK 19.5 | JP¥ 3803]
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