Presumed first ed.; 304 p., clean and unmarked --even in the lined "This Is My Book" area on the front end page, but there is age-toning in gutters front and back; paper within strong and only faintly age-toned; frontis. ill.; binding firm; blue boards have lightly bumped corners and slight rubbing at crown and foot of spine, along lower front board. Pictorial d.j with white lettering on blue patch at lower portion of front panel, below scene showing man driving dogs across the snow with mountain in background. The d.j is chipped at edges, with open tear at lower front corner--one assumes th... View More...
First ed.; 270 p., plus catalog, clean and unmarked anywhere; former owner's name in beautiful hand with date of 1901 on front end page; gutters cracked but spine firm and volume square; pictorial boards with U.S. flag in red, white and blue--and 48 stars--is much scuffed; with bumped corners and rubbing at corwn and foot of spine. View More...
248 p., plus catalog, clean and unmarkedon strong paper mildly age-toned; end pages quite tan; binding firm but some cracking in portion next to t.p. In absence of d.j., the beige and green pictorial boards have faint mark of cup rim; light bumping of corners, and slight rubbing at crown and foot of spine. View More...
219 p., plus catalog, unwritten upon but with occasional spots or smudges in margins; wonderful engravings, all clean; binding firm; maroon boards have slight bumping of corners, darkened spine, abrasion at crown of spine panel. View More...
First ed.; 302 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; paper strong and only mildly age-toned, some foxing on end pages--some indication of erasures; small stain in margin of frontis. engraving ; lovely engravings throughout; binding firm; red boards with Greek key design along edges; spine darkened, with lettering effaced. three tiny silver spots on front board. View More...
Perhaps later printing in 1935 because the boards are not orange but dark blue-green and lettering is ochre; part of "The Thorndike Library Edited to Fit The Interests And Abilities Of Young Readers by Edward L. Thorndike;" 159 p., clean and unmarked except for name in the "This Book Belongs To" space on front paste down; very nice b&w ill. by Hanson Booth; binding fir; in absence of d.j. the boards are lightly bumped and somewhat rubbed at crown and foot of spine; faint markings on fore edge. View More...
Undated but plainly a very early printing; Subtitle: "With Some Account of Their Doings;" 176 p., clean and unmarked within except for smudge in margin of p. 92; painstakingly printed name of former owner on upper corner of inner front end page; exquisite engravings, many full-page; front gutter cracked but binding firm; clean sepia boards with still bright gilt lettering and stamped images of children, a canine companion, and some errant butterflies have bumped corners and rubbing at crown and foot of spine panel, which is split at center and detaching at lower portion. This exquisite volume... View More...
Unpaginated but est. 85 p. on very fine paper. Faint smudges on margins of many pages but only one b&w drawings of "Little Red Riding Hood," has received "enhancing" by crayon. No blemishes on the gorgeous full-color, full-page plates by legendary illustrator "Eulalie." (Eulalie Minfred Banks, who at age 102 (two years before her death) said: "I was drawing mice when Walt Disney was in diapers.") Stories include "Cinderella," "Dick Whittington and His Cat." "The Three Bears," "Tom Thumb," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Sleeping Beauty,""Peter Pan," and "Puss in Boots." Binding firm though much sc... View More...
This is the children's book that inspired the immensely popular Dotty Dimple series of the 1860s through WWI. The author was called the Dickens of the nursery. 200 p., clean and unmarked, but the many blank end pages have damp stains, including the front end page an inscription dated 1911 and frontis. ill. Gutters are cracked but volume square. Boards are bumped and scuffed, with damp stains on back, but there is an v ery charming pasted-on picture of a blue-eyed little girl with short curls tied with an enormous pink bow, sampling the contents of a red, white and blue bucket of ripe cherries. View More...
This is not pbi. but the hard-cover stated first printing "Golden Press Sydney", 1971; wonderful ill. by Hal English. 12" x 11". 28 p., clean and unmarked anywhere; binding firm; in absence of d.j. the clean unfaded pictorial boards are scuffed and bumped with serious abrasion along spine. This charming tale of a little indigenous child of Australia exploring his fascinating world richly deserves skillful repair. View More...
