S. Babcock: New Haven nd 9circa 1850). Quaint woodcuts, 6 x 4", saddle stitched printed wraps, 24pp, hand stamps, covers worn & torn, minor ink marks & smudges in text. "Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy books" More
NY 1954. Illus, 9x6", wraps, covers heavily spotted and soiled. Lists over 300 items. More
np, 1955. Hardcover. 4", red lettering on a yellow background featuring "The Cat in the Hat". Light scratches on reverse else like new. SCARCE. More
McLaughlin Bros.: NY, 1895(?). Paperback. Illus., 8 x 6", coated linen, unpaginated, minor edge wear and fraying else a nicely preserved copy. More
Dodd, Mead & Co.: NY 1880. Color illus by Rosina Emmet, 9.5 x 7", cloth backed pict boards, 64pp, ink inscription, chunk of rep lacking, corners showing, covers rubbed & scratched, a bit loose. Kate Greenaway-style illustrations. More
N.p., n.d (1880s?). Paperback. 6 color pages of illus, 8 x 5", 12pp, some pencilled scribbles, rubbed. Unidentified as to publisher, date, etc. Bottom of front cover "Untearable. - Mounted on Cloth." From the contents: "The Fox is a very cunning animal...but the dogs and huntsmen are always after him..... More
Kiggins & Kellogg: New York, (c. 1856). Paperback. Front cover has a William Street address and title page has John Street. Illus., 3.25 x 2", pict sewn wraps, 8pp. Covers worn, rubbed and soiled, spine starting, some staining to covers and pages, contents have soiling and creasing. Poems about various..... More
Detroit, February 29, 19. Light wear and soiling, creasing, piinholes, rusty paperclip mark on reverse. Includes the printed signature of Franklin Roosevelt who was the honorary president. This charter was for Boy Scout Troop #127. More
Detroit, February 28, 19. 12 x 9, light creasing and wear, pinholes, missing small piece of upper margin. Includes the printed signature of Franklin Roosevelt who was the honorary president. This charter was for Boy Scout Troop #127. More
William E. Rudge's Sons for Holiday House: np, 1936. Illustr by Fritz Eichenberg, 5 x 3.5, patterned cloth backed pict boards, unpag, covers a bit darkened and edge worn, corners bumped, contents toned, still a nice example of one of Holiday House's Stocking Book series. More
McLoughlin Bros.: NY, (1880s?). Six full page color plates, 10.75 x 9", pict color wraps, 6pp of text + illus., covers very worn, soiled and edge chipped/edge torn, spine mostly destroyed and amateurishly re-sewn, pp used and finger soiled, but still an interesting piece. More
O-Sho-Me (Ontario Society of H.O. Model Engineers): Canada, nd. Each issue illustr with schematics, 11 x 8.5, stapled self wraps, six leaves printed on rectos only, covers a bit worn and soiled, staples rusty, contents used but still nice. Editions 9, 10, 13, 14, 16-18, 25-29. Scarce. More
McLoughlin Bros.: NY n.d. (1880's?). 4 full page color plates, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2", printed in crudely sewed wraps, 8pp printed on rectos only. Cover worn and heavily soiled. Includes "A Capital Cure for Rats", "How Lady Butterfly Spent The Day", etc. More
Bancroft & Co.: London, 1961. Paperback. Illus., 13 x 9", cloth backed color pict boards, 8pp of text plus two-page fold-out pop-up, covers a little rubbed, darkened and edge-worn, minor edge-wear to last leaf of text, pop-up is nice with only two little half-circles of glue have given way in..... More
Grand Prairie, TX. Color illus, oblong 6x9", stapled wraps, (8)pp, plus order sheets. Slightly soile. More
M.A. Donohue & Co: Chicago, 1934. Color illustr, 12.25 x 9.5, cloth backed pict boards, unpaged, corners and bottom edge of front cover bumped else ok in torn dw (where one tear is there is a lot of wrinkling) and chip out of spine tail. More
T. Ellwood Zell & Co: Philadelphia 1864. Quaint illus, 5.75 x 4.5", cloth, 136pp, ink inscription, covers a bit worn & darkened but a nice copy. More
Kiggins & Kellogg: NY n.d. (circa 1850's). Old woodcuts, 4 1/2 x 3", pict saddle stitched wraps, 16pp. 2 staple holes at gutter, els v.g. Third Series, No. 7. More
Donohue: Chicago, 1910. 11 x 9.25, brad bound pict wraps, (14) pp, covers very worn and heavily chipped, spine missing (now bound with brass brads), pp loose, torn (several with old paper masking tape repair), soiled; a mess of a book. SWAF. But, a scarce book. Inside the book, "A..... More
Girl Scouts, Inc: NY (1920). Illus, 7.25 x 5", limp cloth, 558pp, book ownership page filled out, front hinge detached, covers well worn. 2nd ed. More
Lincoln Park, Michigan, 1951-1955. Hardcover. 12.5 x 12", brown covers and ties, unpaginated (58pp). Covers rubbed, worn and creased, pages toned with some chipping, contents attached to page by cello tape, several loose items, overall good. Loads of newspaper clippings documenting their activities including valentine and skating parties, trips to..... More
12x9", pict wraps, 20pp of illustrations including two by Arthur Rackham, Campbell Soup Kids, numerous kind's pix, etc. More
The Toy Tinkers, Inc: Evanston, IL 1946. Illus, 11.5 x 8.75", stapled wraps, 16pp, worn, creased, yellowed & soiled, minor chips & tears. More
Wool Education Center: Denver, CO, nd (c 1973). Illustr, 9 x 7.5, pict stapled wraps, 28 pp, in English and Spanish, minor cover wear and discolor, contents toned else a nice copy of this piece of ephemera. Sidney runs away from his flock, saves the forest animals from a forest..... More