(John S. Cotton & Co.).

The Affecting Story of Poor Cock Robin.

Philadelphia: John S. Cotton & Co. [1860], [1860]. - Small octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. Bound into modern plain cream paper wraps. [1] leaf, including the color pictorial title, and pages 3-15, each with a colored illustration within a black & white floral decorated frame above the verses. There is a tiny tear to the bottom edge of the title leaf and to the front edge of the last page. A few page corners are creased with some minor spots of foxing to the last few pages. Very good. This John S. Cotton & Co. reprint is identical to the chapbook published by J. Keller in 1853, with the same coloring. Very good .

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Book number: 97276

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED; COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS; THE AFFECTING STORY OF POOR COCK ROBIN; COLORED; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; JOHN S. COTTON & CO.; PHILADELPHIA; POETRY; VERSES.

(Henry A. Young & Co.).

Frank's Pet Rooster.

Boston: Henry A. Young & Co. [1872]. [1872]. - 32mo, 4-1/4 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide. Brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and slightly stained with wear to the head & tail of the spine. 32 pages, illustrated with a pictorial title page and 8 full-page and textual illustrations. An early owner's name dated "January 1st, 1872" is penciled on the front endpaper. Very good. A charming little book which was advertised in the listing of "New Books published by Henry A. Young & Co." in "The Weekly Trade Circular" of 1872. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 96972

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRANK'S PET ROOSTER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; HENRY A. YOUNG & CO.; PLATES; FULL-PAGE.

(C.G. Henderson & Co.).

Frank and Maja's Stories and Rhymes, for the Amusement and Instruction of Good Children. With Numerous Illustrations Form New Drawings. [an Alphabet Book].

Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co. 1857. 1857. - 12mo, 5-7/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Tan cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and stained with wear to the corners. The head and tail of the spine are chipped and the cloth is splitting along the whole of the front joint and top of the rear joint. The pagination is as follows: Title, a 26 page Alphabet, each with a full-page illustration, 64 pages, 63 pages, and a 16-page catalog. The book is illustrated with an additional 9 full-page plates not included in the pagination and a tailpiece. The text block is shaken with several pulled signatures (i.e. group of pages). A couple of leaves are nearly detached. The corners of the front endpaper are chipped and the page corners are bumped. There is some soiling and staining throughout. Good. In addition to the illustrated Alphabet, the book includes "Little Frank and Other Tales, Chiefly in Words of One Syllable" and "The Babes in the Wood: Containing a New Story of Their Adventures, by a Lady" (with an 1849 copyright). RARE. Good .

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Book number: 95124

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; JUVENILE; RHYMES; FRANK AND MAJA'S STORIES AND RHYMES, FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF GOOD CHILDREN; C.G. HENDERSON & CO.; PLATES; APHABET; ABC; ABECEDARIUM; ALPHABETS A-Z; LITTLE FRANK AD OTH

(T. Ellwood Zell & Co.).

The Good Orphan Boy: And Other Stories. For the Entertainment and Instruction of the Young.

Philadelphia, PA: T. Ellwood Zell & Co. 1864. 1864. - 12mo [5-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide] reddish brown cloth with decorations stamped in blind on the covers and titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped with the cloth chipped at the top corners of the covers. There are pieces out of the head & tail of the spine. 128 pages. 18 plates, including a frontispiece, and head & tail pieces in black & white. The paper on the front pastedown is creased. The front endpaper is lightly creased with a gift inscription at the top. 1 plate & the first head-piece have been hand-colored by a child. Good. Good .

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Book number: 33845

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; THE GOOD ORPHAN BOY: And Other Stories. For the Entertainment and Instruction of the Young; ORPHANS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; PLATES.

(Platt & Munk Co.)

Prattles for Our Boys and Girls

NY: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. (1912). (1912). NY: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc. (1912). (1912). Good. - Small quarto, navy blue cloth (lightly rubbed; tiny surface tear to spine) titled in gilt with color pictorial label on front cover, in color pictorial dw (soiled & chipped; 2 short tears to top edge of front panel; short tear & light creasing to bottom edge of rear panel). Pages unnumbered (misprinted with 6 pages blank; 1 rear page torn without loss of text; light creasing to several pages). Color frontis, 3 color plates (1 slightly creased), full-page & textual B&W illustrations & B&W head- & tail-pieces. Good.

Short stories and anecdotes for children. Good .

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Book number: 22233

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; PRATTLES FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS; COLOR PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATT & MUNK CO.; SHORT STORIES; ANECDOTES.

(William Wood & Co.).

The Tent in the Garden.

New York: William Wood & Co. 61 Walker Street, circa [1863-69]. [1863-69]. New York: William Wood & Co. 61 Walker Street, circa [1863-69]. [1863-69]. Very good. - 12mo, dark green cloth with raised decorations & frames in blind on both covers & decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is slightly bumped & the head of the spine is lightly chipped. 61 pages. Black-and-white woodcut frontispiece. There is a faded inscription on the front endpaper with some ink numerals on the rear pastedown. The top page corners are slightly bumped. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 34218

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; JUVENILE; STORY; THE TENT IN THE GARDEN WILLIAM WOOD & CO.; WOODCUT FRONTISPIECE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Cohen, Daniel

The Tomb Robbers

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1980). (1980). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1980). (1980). Very good. - Small quarto [8-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide], paper-covered boards in a price-clipped dust wrapper. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 88 pages. full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

A discussion for juveniles of the ancient and widespread practice of tomb-robbing in Egypt and how the Egyptians tried to protect themselves from these robbers. Very good .

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Book number: 29149

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; JUVENILES; ANTIQUITIES; ANCIENT EGYPT; BURIAL; MUMMIES; THE TOMB ROBBERS; DANIEL COHEN; PYRAMIDS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Aunt Julia. [Colman, Julia, (1828-1909)].

The Brandy Drops: Or Charlie's Pledge. A Temperance Story.

New York: Nelson & Phillips / Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, Sunday-School Department, (1858). (1858). New York: Nelson & Phillips / Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, Sunday-School Department, (1858). (1858). Good. - Tricesimo-secundo (32mo), 6 inches high by 4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled & decorated in gilt on the spine. The covers are bumped, rubbed & stained. 103 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, 1 plate and 6 textual woodcuts. The bottom of the front hinge is cracked with the first signature starting to come loose. There is occasional foxing and a few page corners are creased with a tiny tear to the front edge of one leaf. Good. The dramatic frontispiece pictures a drunken man holding a bottle from which a winged serpent rises to attack him. Julia Colman (1828-1909) wrote under the pen name "Aunt Julia". She was a writer and activist in the temperance movement. She was also a crusader against tobacco. As a young woman in Fond du lac Wisconsin where her father was a missionary to the Oneida people she reached out to the Oneida children. Colman was co-author with Matilda G. Thompson of "The Child's anti-slavery book: containing a few words about American slave children, and stories of slave life". The copyright is that of Carlton & Porter who published a series of children's chap-books for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The temperance story at hand is most probably a work in that series. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 98578

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; THE BRANDY DROPS: OR CHARLIE'S PLEDGE. A TEMPERANCE STORY; AUNT JULIA; JULIA COLMAN; ANTI-TOBACCO; TEMPERANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; ALCOHOLISM; BRANDY; LIQUOR; MORALITY TALE.

(Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company)

Cheerful Chicks. (Cover Title)

(New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company), (1942). (1942). (New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company), (1942). (1942). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 8-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide, softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The wraps are very lightly bumped with their edges slightly darkened & the lower section of each wrap is detached. [10] full-page color illustrations, including inside wraps, with minimal text in verse on each page. Very good.

No. 492. "Glen Ridge Savings and Loan Association" is printed on the rear wrap. Good .

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Book number: 29456

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; CHICKENS; CHEERFUL CHICKS NO. 492; SAM'L GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY; PICTURE BOOK.

(Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company)

Chickies. (Cover Title)

(New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company), [1940]. [1940]. (New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company), [1940]. [1940]. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 8-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The wraps are lightly rubbed with some light creasing to the front wrap & minor soiling to the rear wrap. [10] full-page color illustrations, including inside wraps, with printed headings & minimal text in verse on each page. There are occasional small, light stains. Good.

No. 445. "Bloomfield Savings Bank" is printed on the rear cover. Good .

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Book number: 29455

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; CHICKENS; CHICKIES NO. 445; SAM'L GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY; PICTURE BOOK.

(Dutton & Company)

Tip-Top Pictures and Stories

NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, circa [1883]. [1883]. NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, circa [1883]. [1883]. Fair. - Small quarto, blue cloth backed paper covered boards (bumped, rubbed & soiled; staining to spine with pieces out of head & tail); color title & color illustrations on front board. [78] pp. (front hinge starting; cracked; soiling & foxing, not affecting illustrations; stain to 1 page of text; light staining to top edges of a number of pages). B&W frontispiece & profuse B&W wood-engraved illustrations (little girl's stockings in 1 illustration colored by a child). Fair.

The frontispiece shows a little girl holding an armful of dolls. The charming illustrations in the text depict birds and animals [tom-tits, an owl, a dog, a horse, a monkey, a Syrian sheep, baby foxes, puppies and kittens] and scenes of children engaged in a variety of activities (playing musical instruments, sailing, fishing, playing with their pets or bathing in the sea) as well as less privileged youngsters--a child toy seller, a boy sailor. Fair .

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Book number: 22234

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; VERSE; DOLLS; TIP-TOP PICTURES AND STORIES; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

(Caldecott, Randolph). Sendak, Maurice; Billington, Elizabeth T.; compiler and editor

The Randolph Caldecott Treasury

New York/London: Frederick Warne, (1978). (1978). New York/London: Frederick Warne, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Oblong quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 10-1/4 inches wide], brown cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. ix, [i] & pages 11- 288. Profusely illustrated in color and brown & white. Very good.

First edition. With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. Very good .

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Book number: 27879

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; THE RANDOLPH CALDECOTT TREASURY; MAURICE SENDAK; ELIZABETH T. BILLINGTON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Cotsen, LLoyd E.)

Party Animals!

Princeton, NJ: Cotsen Children's Library, (2007). (2007). Princeton, NJ: Cotsen Children's Library, (2007). (2007). Fine. - Small quarto [9 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. 21 & [2] pages, including inside wraps. 18 pages of color illustrations with minimal text at the foot of the pages. Near fine.

Laid in is a mechanically reproduced note from the Friends of the Princeton University Library, which explains that this publication celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Cotsen Children's Library. "We hope you enjoy this whimsical representation of the party Cotsen would have hosted, if it had been possible to bring to life the pages of picture books."

Lloyd E. Cotsen donated his collection of rare children's books to the Princeton University Library. The illustrations reproduced here are by some of the illustrators in the collection. Fine .

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Book number: 29440

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY; COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY; TENTH ANNIVERSARY; COLLECTOR; LLOYD E. COTSEN; PARTY ANIMALS!

Cott, Jonathan; editor

Victorian Color Picture Books

New York: The Stonehill Publishing Company/Chelsea House Publishers, (1983). (1983). New York: The Stonehill Publishing Company/Chelsea House Publishers, (1983). (1983). Fine. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide] cloth in a dust wrapper. xxi & 184 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Fine.

First edition.

Commentary by Maurice Sendak. Fine .

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Book number: 22180

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; REFERENCE; VICTORIAN COLOR PICTURE BOOKS; JONATHAN COTT; MAURICE SENDAK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Cowper, William (1731-1800).

History of John Gilpin.

New York: McLoughlin Bros. 30 Beekman Street, [1863 to 1869]. [1863 to 1869]. - Octavo chapbook, 7-5/8 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, color pictorial golden yellow wraps illustrated in red & black. The book is lacking the rear cover. The front cover is soiled, creased and chipped with several tears, some of which are reinforced with clear document tape from the verso. 8 pages, illustrated with 8 hand-colored wood engravings. There is occasional minor foxing and minor creases. There is a tiny teat to the front edge of the last leaf. Though lacking the rear wrap, the contents are otherwise complete. McLoughlin Brothers was located at 30 Beekman from 1863 to April 1870. An early owner's inscription penned on the verso of the front cover is dated "Oct. 17, 1869". Fair .

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Book number: 96804

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN; MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS; HAND-COLORED WOOD ENGRAVINGS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; WILLIAM COWPER.