Rackham, Arthur

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co. 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Arthur Rackham. 287pp. No date c1933. Red cloth, black lettering and black and white decoration, 8 Rackham color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations. Very little wear, spine slightly darkened, endpapers agetoned, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004455

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: "Fairy Tales" Rackham

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"

Rooks, Elbridge S.

The Century Book of the American Colonies

New York, The Century Co. 1900. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 233pp. Spine and endpapers darkened, inscription on front free endpaper, contents are clean and binding is tight. Illustrated. A sound copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003500

Catalogue: American History, Children's

Salten, Felix

Bambi

Kobenhavn, Jespersen Og Pios, 1930. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Kurt Wiese. 202pp. Text in Danish. Half leather, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, top edges gilt. In text black and white illustrations by Kurt Wiese, foreward by John Galsworthy. Moderate wear to covers, owner's name and date on front free endpaper, text is clean. Very Good.

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Book number: 001100

Catalogue: Children's, Pets and Wildlife

Keywords: Hjorte Born Copenhaven Danish

Sandburg, Carl

Rootabaga Pigeons

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1923. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Maud and Miska Petersham. Signed by Author(s). 218pp. Blue cloth, yellow lettering and decoration, inscribed and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Light wear to cover, contents lightly age-toned, spots in a few scattered margins. Black and white illustrations throughout by Maud and Miska Petersham. Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004144

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Children's

Keywords: Fantasy Inscribed Signed

Shea, John Gilmary

The Children's Centennial History - Part 8

New York, McMenamy, Hess & Co. 1872. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 227-256pp. Grey printed wraps. Light soil and chipping to covers, light foxing to preliminaries and last Frontispiece engraving and several illustrations. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003299

Catalogue: American History, Children's

Keywords: Juvenile "Captain Kidd" Indians

Smith, Lindley Jr. (Editor)

Happy Sundays With the Bible; Arranged for Fifty-Two Sundays of the Year

Philadelphia, Uplift Publishing Company, 1908. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 373pp. Green pictorial boards, gilt lettering, red, white and black illustration. Corners lightly rubbed, spine faded and slight partial fade to front cover, mild toning to text,owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Book, overall is in very clean and sound condition. 3 chromolithographic plates and numerous blackand white illustrations. A nice copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001992

Catalogue: Religion, Children's

Keywords: Christian Bible

Standish, Burt L.

Lefty O' the Big League

New York, Barse & Hopkins, 1914. Hardcover. 311p. Green cloth, black lettering. LIght rubbing and soiling to covers. Contents have an occasional faint margin spot, otherwise very clean. A sound copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002164

Catalogue: Children's, Sports

Keywords: Baseball

No Author Stated

The Faithful Little Girl

New York, Gen. Protestant Episcopal Sunday School, 1850. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 28pp+8pp ads. No date but circa 1850. Marbled boards, leather spine, gilt lettering to spine. Wear and chipping to cover and spine (gilt title still present), ex library interior with labels and book cover flaps still pasted in, contents foxed. Engraved title page but also contains 5 engraved title-page sample ads of other books in rear. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001125

Catalogue: Religion, Children's

Keywords: Church "Sunday School"

No Author Stated

Fireside Dreams for Youngest Readers

Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, 1895. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Unpaginated but about 100 pages. Chromolithographic front cover, sepia illustrated rear cover, cloth spine. Short stories and poetry for children and black and white illustrations throughout. Cover is bright, corners rubbed and minor edge-chipping. Contents are age-toned, especially endpapers, binding is sound and tight, and book is in a well-preserved state. Very Good.

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Book number: 000987

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: "Short Stories" Poems

No Author Stated

Mother Goose Jingles and Rhymes

Winona, Minn, Doud Sons & Co. 1920. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 16pp including covers. No date, but probably 1920 based on patent dates. Stapled pictorial wraps. A few small chips and light soil to covers, contents are toned but otherwise quite nice. 14 nursery rhymes with illustrations on each page. Booklet is a subtle advertisement for Doud & Sons "Scout Runner" juvenile vehicle; rear cover shows illustration of the cart. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001791

Catalogue: Children's, Advertising

Keywords: Juvenile "Nursery Rhymes"

Stuart, Elizabeth Billings

Runaway Jerry

Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Co. 1916. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Ella Dolbear Lee. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, stapled binding. Edges worn, light soiling and a water stain to lower front cover, interior is clean. The life of an organ grinder's monkey day by day, with color illustrations throughout by Ella Dolbear Lee. From The Wig Wag Series. Good.

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Book number: 000687

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: Juvenile "Wig Wag Series"

Sunter, J. Pauline

A Year of Good Wishes

NIce, Hodderand Stoughton Ltd. 1923. 8 x 4 Inches. Soft cover. J. Pauline Sunter. 12pp. Cream card metallic tie binding, cover illustration on celluloid card attached at corners. 12 heavy card pages printed one side only, featuring a color illustration of a little girl representing each of the 12 months of the year. Cover is soiled, and pages soiled to varying degrees from mild to moderate An early example of a children's celluloid cover book. Fair.

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Book number: 003408

Catalogue: Illustrated, Children's

Keywords: Juvenile Celluloid

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.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004657

Catalogue: Children's, Poetry, Illustrated

Keywords: Rhymes Poetry

Thompson, Ruth Plumly

Pirates in Oz

Chicago280pp. Gren cloth, The Reilly & Lee Co. 1931. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. John R. Neill. 280pp. Green cloth with color pictorial pasteon, 12 color plates by John Neill plus numerous black and white illustrations. Moderate wear to cover, chipping to head and tail of spine, vertical striations to pictorial, binding a bit tender, contents are clean. gift inscription on front endpaper. Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004665

Catalogue: Children's, Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Ruggedo, "Gnome King" Scarecrow Peter