Ayres, Harry Morgan

Carroll's Alice

New York, Columbia University Press, 1936. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 98pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cover is clean and unworn, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, text is mildly toned. Author's analysis of "Alice in Wonderland." Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004188

Catalogue: Children's, Books About Books, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Fantasy Critique "Alice in Wonderland"

Blanchard, Amy

Daisies and Raindrops

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1882. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 111pp. Pictorial boards, red spine. Corners worn, light edgewear , tiny insect hole to rear joint, interior is very mildly toned and very clean, and binding is tight. Ten short stories and poems with full-page black and white illustrations. A scarce title by this author. Good.

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Book number: 003474

Catalogue: Children's, Short Stories

Bringer, Rodolphe

La mère Michel

Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. de Law. 80pp. Brown boards, pictorial paste-on , lettering in white and gilt, full page color illustrations plus ins text drawings. Illustrations en couleur hors text, et dessins dans le texte. Covers bright and fresh, mild sunning to spine, contents very clean, tiny hole punched to lower rear endpaper. Très bon état. From the Lilliput Bibliothéque series. Very Good.

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Book number: 003279

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile

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

McLoughlin Bros.

Watt's Songs Against Faults

New York, McLoughlin Bros. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 12pp. No date but circa 1880s. Yellow pictorial string tied wraps, 4 color illustrations plus cover illustration. Cover and contents are clean and fresh looking. A well-preserved children's pamphlet in nice condition. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001661

Catalogue: Children's

McLoughllin Brothers

Animal Friends Picture Book

Springfield, Massachusetts, McLoughlin Brothers Inc. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated 16 pages including cover. No date, circa 1920s. Stapled wraps. Covers moderately soiled, contents have occasional thumb print in some margins but mostly quite clean, owner's name neatly written on upper front. Full-page color illustrations by Albert Kaye and A.E. Kennedy. Good.

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Book number: 002132

Catalogue: Children's, Pets and Wildlife

Keywords: Animals

Harper & Brothers

Books for Boys and Girls

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1927. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 62pp. Pictorial stiff wraps. Slight creasing to front cover, cover and contents are otherwise in clean and fresh-looking condition. Color frontispiece and 3 additional full-page color illustrations, plus numerous black and white illustrations. A very attractive catalog. Very Good.

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Book number: 003300

Catalogue: Children's, Books About Books

Keywords: Juvenile Catalogue

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

De Brunhoff, Jean

The Story of Babar the Little Elephant (With Dust Jacket)

New York, Random House, 1933. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Jean Lébédeff. 48pp. Pictorial orange cloth, linen backed. Cover very lightly worn, text block reinforced with binding tape, text is clean and unmarked, dust jacket is soiled and chipped along edges and missing several pieces along spine. The fanciful adventures of an adorable elephant, with charming illustrations by the author. Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 004708

Catalogue: Children's, Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Fantasy Adventure Elephant "Arthur and Celeste"

Burgess, Thornton

The Adventures of Bob White

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Harrison Cady. 117pp. Grey cloth, red and black lettering and decoration. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened. A very occasinal spot a few margins. Black and white illustrations by Harrison Cady. From the Bedtime Story Books series. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003143

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile

Burgess, Thornton W.

Cubby Bear Has a Mind of His Own

Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Co. 1929. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Stapled Hardcover. Nina R. Jordan. 24pp unpaginated. Illustrated boards. Light edgewear, inscription on title page, text is age-toned. Bookis in overall very sound condition Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003455

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile

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

Burgess, Thronton W.

Peter Rabbit Has Hard Work to Believe His Eyes

New York, John H. Eggers, 1922. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Soft cover. Harrison Cady. Unpaginated 9pp plus wraps. Pictorial wraps. Wear along spine reinforced with archival tape, small dampstain to lower spine of front cover and first 4 pages, contents are toned and otherwise sound. Miniature book measures 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches. A scarce title. Fair.

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Book number: 003180

Catalogue: Children's, Miniature

Keywords: Juvenile "Green Forest" "Jimmy Skunk" Chapbook

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

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