ELSIE'S WINTER TRIP.
NY (1902). 7x4.5", blind stamped cloth, 279pp, minor back cover staining, extremities rubbed. FIRST EDITION. More
NY (1902). 7x4.5", blind stamped cloth, 279pp, minor back cover staining, extremities rubbed. FIRST EDITION. More
Frederick A. Stokes Co: NY, 1939. Illustr by Paul Branson, 10.25 x 7.25, gilt stamped cloth, 50 pp, 2 corners bumped else a nice copy in price clipped, spine top chipped used dw. FIRST EDITION. More
Saalfield: Akron, OH, 1916. 7.5 x 5, 246 pp, frontispiece by F. Schwankovsky, Jr. Black, red and blue decorated gray boards, jacket heavily chipped, ink gift inscription, hinges sound vg in fair jacket. Early printing. More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, (1918). Hardcover. Illus.; maps, 7.5 x 5", green cloth, 206pp + ads, covers rubbed and stained, extremities bumped, pp toned, in a worn, soiled and edge-chipped/torn dustjacket that is stuck to the front cover. Later printing (lists a subsequent title on rear flap of dustjacket). SCARCE..... More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, (1927). Hardcover. Illus. by Howard L. Hastings, 7.5 x 5", green cloth, 244pp + publ. ads, spine sunned, some very minor water staining to bottom of front cover, extremities a little worn, ink inscription from former owner on front fly, eps unevenly toned, in a rubbed..... More
Greenwillow Books: NY, 2000. Hardcover. Illus. by Marilyn Hafner, 9 x 7.5", pict boards and dustjacket, 48pp. Light wear to dustjacket else fine. A humorous account of how a tornado changed the lives of the animals of Barefoot Mountain. FIRST EDITION, WITH AN ILLUSTRATION OF A RABBIT HOLDING A SIGN..... More
Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown: Boston, (1962). Hardcover. Illus. by Eric von Schmidt, 8.25 x 5.5", orange pict cloth, 151pp, spine ends bumped, minor extremity wear else a nice copy in a lightly edge-worn, soiled, price-clipped dustjacket. Fourteenth Printing but INSCRIBED ("For Alexis with delight...1985") AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ALSO, ORIGINAL..... More
Henry Altemus Co.: Philadelphis (1923). Illus, 7.5x5", pict cloth, 251pp, inner front hinge cracked, else good in dw with a big hunk out. Still scarce in dw. More
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society: Boston, (1857). Hardcover. Frontis, two other full page plates, 6 x 4", cloth, 166pp, covers well worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, pp edge-toned, spotted and finger soiled; a SCARCE little juvenile religious title. More
Random House: NY (1946). Illus by Nedda Walker, 10x7.5", unpaged, top of spine bumped, covers rubbed in price clipped heavily worn and wrinkled dw, with ink name on front panel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
(Libra Publishers: Roslyn Heights, NY), (1981). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", orange boards, 129pp, bottom forecorners of covers bumped else a nice, clean copy in a price-clipped, lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE title. The author was Chief of Psychiatry at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit. More
P.F. Volland Co.: Joliet, IL, (1929). Hardcover. Color illus. by John Edward Perkins, 8.25 x 6", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict golden cloth, 77pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and worn, old price sticker abrasion at top corner of free front endpaper, otherwise a nice, clean, bright copy, with title..... More
Librairie Larousse: Paris, nd (c. 1920s?). Hardcover. Illus. by author, 11 x 8", cloth backed pict boards, 26pp + Introduction ("Chers Enfants..."), covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and chipping, textblock almost detached, pp toned and soiled with pencil notes; still an interesting piece showing 26 little children (in alphabetical order)..... More
Peter Paul and Son: Buffalo, NY, 1914. 7 x 4.5, hardcover, 40 pp, half tone illustrations vg in vg jacket. FIRST ED. More
Little Salamander Press: (Detroit, MI), (2003). Hardcover. Photos by Ameen Howrani, 9 x 6.25", two-tone cloth, 95pp, very light extremity wear else a nice, clean, fresh copy in a lightly used dustjacket with the "Benjamin Franklin Award" gilt seal pasted onto front panel (peeled back on one edge). FIRST EDITION..... More
Brown and Taggard: Boston, 1862. Hardcover. Frontis, 6.5 x 4.5", embossed blue cloth with gilt-lettered and gilt-dec spine, 158pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spine quite dull, inkstamped name of former owner inside front cover, ink inscription from another owner on front blank, textblock cracking, pp toned and used..... More
Transatlantic Arts 1939. 18 panels, most with color illus printed accordion style on rectos only, 8.5 x 7", boards, covers soiled, spine esp. at top badly frayed, in incomplete dw. More
Arthur A. Levine: Scholastic Press: NY, 2001. Illustr by Benny Andrews, 11.75 x 8.5, pict boards, unpag, a nice, clean tight copy in a nice, clean dust jacket. FIRST ED, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "To George" AND SIGNED BY THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST BENNY ANDREWS, who adds the date "6/30/01." More
J.H.A. Frost: Boston, 1826. Hardcover. 7 x 4.25", full leather, 312pp, cover worn, chipped and cracked, bottom of spine torn 1.5" at front hinge, front blank(s) missing, inner hinges cracked, former owner's writing on title page, prelims heavily edge-toned, pp toned, edge-worn, spotted and soiled else a decent copy of..... More
Coward-McCann: NY, 1928. Hardcover. Illus., oblong 10 x 7", pict boards, unpaginated, minor extremity wear else a nice, clean copy in an extremity-worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this one #105) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Missing the called-for original wood-engraving signed by the author, though. More
Samuel Lowe Co: Kenosha, WI (1956). Illus by Elsie Darien and Jo Poehlmann with 3 swing-out pieces making a standing pelican (slight creases), spine head frayed, corners bumped, covers rubbed. "A Bonnie Book". The head and feet pull out, and the pages turn to show Captain Big Bill in various..... More
World Syndicate Publ. Co.: Cleveland (1910). Illus, 7.5x5", cloth, 271pp, good in badly chipped and torn dw. More
NY (1912). 4 color plates plus other drawings, 9.5x7", cloth w/pict label, 160pp, reading copy only - lacks f.e.p., partially stained, well worn, loose etc. SWAF. More
Charles D. Graham & Co: Newark NJ, 1927. Illustr by Lang Campbell, 7.5 x 6, cloth with pict paper label on front cover, unpag, covers very worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges very loose, contents soiled and worn with crayon writing on ownership and title pages. More
Cupples & Leon: NY (1920). Illus, 7.5 x 5", pict cloth, 210+ads, extremities worn & darkened in chipped & frayed & darkened (but scarce) dw. More