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.

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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"

Scenes in America

Philadelphia, H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1851. 1st Edition, 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Hardcover. 191pp. Miniature book measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (1851) Brown cloth, gilt vignette on front cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, engraved frontispiece and title page plus 45 )engravings in text. Cover lightly worn, gilt is slightly faded, interior is clean with very little foxing, front free endpaper chipped along edge, binding is sound and book is in very nice condition. The text describes 45 different everyday scenes accompanied by an engraved image of each scene, e.g. "A Winter Scene," "The Farmer and his Son," "The Falls of NIagara," "Skating." etc. Very Good.

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Book number: 004761

Catalogue: Miniature, Illustrated

Keywords: Miniature Narratives

(No Author Stated)

Thirty Two Scenic Views of Western Canada

Canadian National Railways, 1930. Soft cover. Undated but circa 1930. Grey wraps, silfk string tie, brown lettering and illustration. Unpaginated but 32 leaves with full-page sepia photos on one side only, plus title page. Light soil and light wear to cover, contents are clean and photos are bright. Very Good.

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Book number: 000847

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Albert "Britiish Columbia" Rockies Ontario Manitoba Vancouver Saskatchewan Canadiana Collectible

Ainsworth, William Harrison

The Tower of London; A Historical Romance

New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1903. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. George Cruikshank. 478pp. Marroon cloth, paper spine label, top edges gilt, 40 plates and 58 woodcuts by Cruikshank. Spine darkened and missing a 2cm piece from top of spine, spine label worn but mostly legible, text foxed but most plates not affected, owner's name on front free endpaper. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001271

Catalogue: Illustrated, History

Keywords: Elizabeth Mary Northumberland Dudley Devonshire London Execution Cruikshank

D'Ami, Rinaldo D.

Le Uniformi Piu' Belle Del Mondo Oggi; Soldati d'Europa

Milano, Casa Editrice AMZ, 1966. First Edition, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. 90pp+index. Pictorial paper over boards. Corners worn, light soiling to boards, one inch split to tail of spine at rear, previous price written on front free endpaper, small abrasion to corner of front endpaper, binding is tight and contents are clean. Color illustrations of traditional military uniforms of the European countries. Text is in Italian. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000319

Catalogue: Illustrated, Military

Keywords: Military Uniforms Italiano

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

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

Aubry, Octave

Napoléon III

Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie. 1933. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Guy Arnoux. 125pp. Yellow printed wraps. Text in French. Couverture souple, condition très bon. Very slight soiling to cover, contents clean, small US distributor's label on lower front cover. Original woodcuts by Guy Arnoux. Very Good.

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Book number: 003646

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Illustrated

Keywords: Woodcuts

No Author

American Views

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige boards, black lettering and gilt-stamped wildflower design. No date,but circa 1890. Contains 14 folding panel with scenes of New York, Boston Philadelphia,Washington, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Yosemite Valley & Pacific Coast, Salt Lake City. and San Francisco. Includes birdseye views of New York and Philadelpia. Cover is spotted, chipped and worn. Contents are corner-chipped and illustration backings are foxed, but illustrations are quite clear. Good.

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Book number: 000974

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography, Ephemera

Keywords: Sightseeing Birdseye Viewbook "View Book" Tourism

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.

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Book number: 000911

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Riddles Puzzles Stories Poetry Children's "2

G. Blumlein & Co.

Berlin Potsdam Und Charlottenburg

Frankfurt am Main, G. Blümlein & Co. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. No date, circa 1890. Red cloth, gilt lettering and black decoration. Light wear and faint spotting to covers, light wrinkle to rear cover, inscription and bookseller label on rear pastedown. All illustrations are clear and bright. View album with 24 accordion pleat-bound sepia engraved pages of tourist sights. Very Good.

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Book number: 001204

Catalogue: Illustrated, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Tourism Photos

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.

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Book number: 003475

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's, Collectible

Keywords: Juvenile

Obpacher Brothers

From Cliff and Mountain Side

Munich & New York, Obpacher Brothers. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. No date, circa 1888. Heavy card stock pictorial cover with silver matallic tie. Cover and contents are very clean and unmarked except for owner's name and date (1888) on inside front cover. Dust jacket is edge chipped and lightly soiled and stained but mostly intact. Delicate sepia lithographs of idyllic landscapes on front cover and on each page along with poetic text. A nicely preserved example of this type of illustrated book. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001948

Catalogue: Illustrated, Ephemera, Art

Keywords: Landscapes Seascapes Mountainside