Category: Children's Books

The Book of Happy Hours

Price: $45.00

Publisher: N.P., N.P. : 1910

Seller ID: 032923

Condition: Fair

N.P.: N.P., 1910. Undated, ca. 1910. No author or publisher information, only B.64 on front cover. Pictorial hardcover with red cloth spine, about 7.75" x 10", containing eight color illustrated pages on stiff cardboard, captions below. Covers rubbed at the extremities with light shelf soil, spine ends frayed, contents detached from covers, pages a little edgeworn with darkened edges, gift notation along top margin of inner cover and first page, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. Oblong 8vo.
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With Jesus. Prayers and Instructions for Youthful Catholics. With Decorated Celluloid Binding

By: A Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, William J. Hirten Co. : 1922

Seller ID: 045893

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: William J. Hirten Co., 1922. Official Roman Catholic Prayer Book for children in a decorative color illustrated celluloid binding, white cloth spine, all edges gilt, color frontis plate and other color illustrations, a petite four inches tall. Very good condition with an age-darkened spine, light shelf rubbing and tiny chip to lower corner of rear cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.
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Marco Paul's Voyages & Travels: Boston. Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge Series

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1881

Seller ID: 028001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. One in a series of juvenile books of travel and discovery in New England, Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge. Includes engraved title page, additional engravings throughout the text. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, 192 pages. Covers lightly worn with some light surface soil, spine ends rubbed, good hinges, sound text block, name at top of front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Marco Paul's Voyages & Travels: Springfield Armory [Springfield, Massachusetts]. Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge Series

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1883

Seller ID: 027999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. One in a series of juvenile books of travel and discovery in New England, Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge. Includes engraved frontis and title page, a few additional engravings throughout the text. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, 192 pages. Covers lightly worn with some additional scuffing which gives areas of the covers a slightly mottled look, spine ends rubbed, tiny pinhole to lower portion of front joint, good hinges, sound text block, name at top of front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked.. Hard Cover. Good. 12...
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The Juno Stories. Volume First: Juno and Georgie

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd & Mead : 1870

Seller ID: 042539

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Dodd & Mead, 1870. Copyright 1870, this copy likely from around that same period. First of four volumes of juvenile stories meant to instill good moral values. Reddish brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, light blue endpapers, 312 pages plus publisher's ads. Vertical tear along outer edge of rear cover, wear to corners and spine ends, gilt lettering bright and clear, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Rollo Story Books. Causey Building

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company : 1869

Seller ID: 002292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869. Separately bound individual story from the Rollo Story books, containing pages 62 - 96 and having its own separate title page. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated with engravings. Some light cover wear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound binding, very clean pages. No names or other markings. A clean and attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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The Rollo Story Books. The Two Wheelbarrows

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company : 1869

Seller ID: 002293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869. Separately bound story from the Rollo Story books, containing pages 31 - 64 and having its own separate title page. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering, the binding is most likely from around 1890. Illustrated with engravings. Some light cover wear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, very clean pages. Some slight binding separation before the half-title. No names or other markings. A clean and attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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The Rollo Story Books. Trouble on the Mountain

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company : 1869

Seller ID: 002294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869. Separately bound story from the Rollo Story books, containing pages 159 - 191 and having its own separate title page. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering, the binding is most likely from around 1890. Illustrated with engravings. Some light cover wear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound binding, very clean pages. No names or other markings. A clean and attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Laughing Last. In Dustjacket and Slipcase

By: Abbott, Jane D.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1924

Seller ID: 029069

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Copyright 1924 by Lippincott, this copy most likely a couple of years later, 1928 if based on the gift notation on the front free endpaper. Includes very scarce series slipcase in addition to dustjacket. Maroon pictorial cloth printed in black, black and white plus orange frontis, additional black and white plates, color illustrated dustjacket. The book has very little wear, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a darkened background, mainly noticeable on the spine with edgewear and some very m...
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The Illustrated Alphabet of Animals

By: ABC Book - Alphabet Book

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Boston, Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Company : 1860

Seller ID: 030668

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Company, 1860. Undated [1860]. Worn but sound ABC book with a short verse, four-line verse and animal woodcut for each letter in the alphabet. Includes some animals not typically found in such books: "N is a Nyl Ghau, Half ox and half deer; On the far plains of Hindostan, He roams without fear"; "J is a Jaguar, A Brazilian beast; On the flesh of wild deer He loves well to feast"; "P is a Prongbuck, On the western plain, He flies o'er the ground, Like a ship on the main"; and our favorite "V is a Vampire, A bloodsucking bat. He's as large as a pigeon And bites ...
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ABC Book

By: ABC Book. Chapbook

Price: $325.00

Publisher: N.P., N.P., Likely S. King : 1820

Seller ID: 040705

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

N.P.: N.P., Likely S. King, 1820. No publisher information or date, but most likely published by S. King in New York in the 1820s. Very inventive ABC book with a lovely and/or humorous and detailed hand colored woodcut on each page . Softcover without the original covers present, twelve pages printed on one side only, 6.75 inches tall. Some wear to the front and rear pages includign some short closed tears, spine restitched with some old ribbon reinforcement which is now nearly gone, name on front and rear, no other markings, pages quite good with some edgewear and quite clean with only a bit ...
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Das Lebende ABC [The Living ABC]

By: ABC-Buch. ABC Book

Price: $845.00

Publisher: Mainz, Germany, Verlag Von Joseph Scholz : 1850

Seller ID: 036625

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Mainz, Germany: Verlag Von Joseph Scholz, 1850. Undated. ca. 1850s. In German. Scarce ABC book with eight hand colored lithographs of animals in intriguing scenes. Decorative stiff softcover with American publisher - John Weik, Philadelphia - on front cover, German publisher on title page, 17cm tall, 16 pages. Some shelf soil and edgewear to the covers, lighter colored area at upper left, some closed surface splits to spine covering, sound text block, lightly foxed but clean pages, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Twinkling Stars : Being the True Account of a Journey Through Starland with its Many Funny Incidents and Happenings

By: Abdy, Theodosia

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Jarrold and Sons : 1901

Seller ID: 038868

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

London: Jarrold and Sons, 1901. First edition, undated [1901]. Worn but complete. Scarce children's title, a fantasy tale in verse about a trip to the moon, planets and stars in a balloon. Odd, rather nonsensical story that includes being captured, caged and fattened up by Christmas turkeys on the moon, only to be rescued by Mrs. Edmonton's goat, who falls out of the balloon while leaving the moon (only to turn up later). Not all the characters are as sinister as the turkeys - the Three Happy Lions who live on Jupiter are downright hospitable. All of this fascinating silliness is illustrat...
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The Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable

By: Abridged and Adapted By I. F. M.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: New York, McLoughlin Bros. : 1880

Seller ID: 028989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1880. Undated, ca. 1880. Lightly worn copy with five (of six) color plates. Pictorial tan cloth printed in two shades of brown, black, white, blue and gilt. Covers heavily rubbed at the edges but cover illustration still bright and attractive, some fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges good, text block generally sound but no longer tight, remains of old flag decals on two blank pages, some discoloration to inner margins, pages otherwise mainly very clean with no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Song and Dance Man. First edition, first Printing

By: Ackerman, Karen. Illustrated By Stephen Gammell

Price: $365.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1988

Seller ID: 040550

ISBN-13: 9780394893303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition, first printing, without the Newberry Medal on the front cover. Pictorial glazed hardcover with matching dustjacket. About fine condition with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [11.95] and is also about fine with no chips or tears. Warmly told story of how a grandfather made his old Vaudeville days come to life by performing his old routines in the attic for his grandchildren.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dust jacket present. Firs...
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A Very Little Child's Book of Stories

By: Ada M. And Eleanor L. Skinner. Illustrated By Jessie Willcox Xmith

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press : 1935

Seller ID: 038422

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New York: The Dial Press, 1935. 1935 printing in generally good condition with some wear. Stories and poems for reading to the very young, illustrated with 8 color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Red cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, gilt lettering. Some edgewear and spotting to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with some age-spotting to the plates, mainly confined to the margins, similar to adjacent text pages, no names or other marking.s. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Dear Peter Rabbit

By: Ada, Alma Flor. Illustrated By Leslie Tryon

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum : 1994

Seller ID: 021109

ISBN-13: 9780689318504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Atheneum, 1994. First edition, first printing, 1994. Contains imaginative letters between fairy tale characters, for some read aloud fun for the very young. Color illustrated boards, 26 pages illustrated in color, matching dustjacket. The book is in near fine condition, looks and feels about new, with gift inscription written in small letters on front free endpaper, otherwise sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in near fine, new-looking condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very ...
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Rhode Island A to Z Coloring / Learning Book

By: Adam G. Gertsacov; Donna S. Atwood

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Phoenix, AZ, Donna Atwood Design : 2002

Seller ID: 027916

ISBN-13: 9780966029383

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Phoenix, AZ: Donna Atwood Design, 2002. First edition. Like new copy containing black and white sketches, suitable for coloring, involving Rhode Island facts and trivia. Includes subjects from Algonquins to the Roger Williams Zoo, with Quahogs, Kingscote, Carousels, Textiles and more in between. Softcover, 64 pages, 9" x 12". Fine condition, tight binding, no coloring, names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall. First Edition.
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Charms and Dreams from the Elfin Pedlar's Pack

By: Adam, Helen Douglas. Illustrated by the Author

Price: $145.00

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton : 1924

Seller ID: 040367

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First edition, 1924, signed by the author on the front free endpapers with an additional gift inscription below from the author's aunt. Poems of a fantasy world of elves and fairies, written and illustrated by a young girl. Red cloth, color frontis, full page line drawings, dustjacket with color illustration mounted on the front cover. Unfortunately someone glued the plain inner dustjacket flaps to the pastedown endpapers, otherwise condition would be very good. The book has minimal edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, unevely darkened endpapers (includi...
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Harper's Machinery Book for Boys

By: Adams, Joseph H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1909

Seller ID: 037050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition, 1909. Good to very good. Illustrated with many figures and a black and white frontis. Green pictorial cloth printed in orange and black, 373 pages. Externally a little worn with heavy rubbing to the extremities and wear to the spine lettering, good hinges (front hinge neatly internally reglued and stable), sound text block, clean pages with some foxing to the frontis tissue only, no names or other markings. Activities including making things, with sections on simple mechanics, tools, power (water, wind, steam, electric), power transmission, hyd...
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Category: Children's Books