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Frederick Warne & Co, New York, 1911. HBNODJ , 1911, 1st edition, latter 2nd Issue, with only 1 date on copyright page, Original Dark-Green or Grey Pictorial embossed Boards with raised Bands, Paste-On Label of Squirrel in red Jacket ( shaped Onlay ) & White Titles, Cover minor Rub & Wear & Scuff , 27 color plates, minor Soil & rub,Backstrip & front Cover lettered in White above & below Onlaid illustration with Publishers name in rectangle at Bottom, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NODJ, 85 pages, Interior Light Fox & Wear O/W tight & Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Randolph Caldecott's Graphic Pictures Complete Edition by Randolph Caldecott - 1889
by Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott's Graphic Pictures Complete Edition
by Randolph Caldecott
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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889. 27cm high, 38 cm wide, oblong. 84pp. Blue cloth covers with red and gilt embossed title on front, gilt writing on spine. Gilt edges. Some rubbing to corners and spine edges and ends, a 5mm white spot on bottom front corner plus seven other white pin-sized dots. Black endpapers. Inside is just glorious, looks almost new, unbelievably fresh and clean. A book to treasure. 2.93kg. Overweight, extra postage may be required outside Australia.. Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Publisher George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1889
- Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The
by Beatrix Potter, coloured pictorial endpapers & frontispiece, endpapers designed & the illustrated Onlay by Potter
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A Wonder-Book For Boys and Girls
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
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Boston: Ticknor, Reed, And Fields, 1852. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. First Printing, one of 3,067 copies, with "lifed" for "lifted," line 3, p. 21; first issue (one of only 3067 copies printed and published November,1851), without the inserted publisher's catalogue at rear. Small 8vo: vi,[7]-256pp, with frontispiece and 6 woodcut plates, protected by tissue guards, "gracefully executed" by Hammat Billings, "add[ing] materially to the charm of the little volume." (Grolier) Publisher's original T cloth (faded to an even brown tone), spine lettered and stamped with floral decorations in gilt, covers elaborately paneled in blind, pale yellow endpapers. An exemplary copy, the binding tight and secure, spine relaid professionally and almost imperceptibly, with all lettering intact; light, scattered foxing and the odd, occasional stain. BAL 7606. Grolier Hawthorne 25. Peter Parley to Penrod, p.6. Clark A18.1.a. Stories for girls and boys based on classical myths (Pandora's box, Hercules,…
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A Child's Garden Of Verses
by Jessie Willcox Smith
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Stevenson, Robert Louis: A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1905, Charles Scribner's Sons FIRST EDITION THUS. Copyright page States BB2C-1.58 [H]. Yellow topstain. Used. VG/Good- original price-clipped purple dust jacket. RARE THUS. A nice, solid copy. CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS SERIES. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!
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ZOO - Signed with Original Drawing
by Browne, Anthony
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Sastamala, Finland
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London: Julia MacRae Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. An exceptional example of this wonderful picture book by arguably the world's leading illustrator for children. Laminated pictorial covers with matching dustjacket, unpaginated. Several full-page illustrations accompanied by text. This copy has been SIGNED by Anthony Browne to the verso of the flyleaf with an accompanying ORIGINAL DRAWING of his Gorilla character. Superb copy, almost As New condition with no notable faults.
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Little Tim And The Brave Sea Captain
by Ardizzone, Edward
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London, United Kingdom
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0 First edition/2nd printing published by Oxford University Press, November 1936. Clean condition internally Gift inscription to ffep. Occasional foxing/spotting. Few grubby marks to endpages. Illustrated covers have general edge wear and loss to bottom of backstrip.
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Wee Gillis
by Leaf, Munro
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Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Viking Press, 1938 Rough textured cloth boards with green and gilt pastedown title label, spine slightly darkened, else fine. Original pictorial slipcase is present with some light wear to bottom panel. Signed by both Leaf and Lawson and limited to 525 copies. Story of a Scottish lad who must choose between being a highlander and a lowlander. 1939 Caldecott Honor. . Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Small 4to.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
by ROBINSON. WILLIAM HEATH. Illustrates.; ANDERSEN. HANS
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Boots the Chemist. ND.,(1927). NEW EDITION. 4to (10.1 x 8.1 inches). Sixteen full colour plates, mounted within a black ruled border. Each plate with the title printed below the border. 95 line illustrations throughout, some full page. Previous owners neat name on front blank endpaper otherwise a fine copy in original burgundy cloth with gilt illustrations and lettering to front board and spine. Front board with quadruple ruled black borders, spine ruled in gilt. In the scarce original publshers dustwrapper with colour illustration mounted onto the front panel, below black lettering and four line border. Flaps and other panels lettered in black. Original printed price (15/-) on spine has been blacked out neatly. Aside from a couple of tiny chips to the wrapper this is a beautiful fine example of this well produced edition. Scarce in this condition.:
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ME-ECHAD AD ESER (from 1 to 10). SEPHER CHESHBON LA-KTANIM (Book of Arithmetic for the Little Ones)
by HEBREW ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN ARITHMETIC BOOKLET - PRINTED IN PRE-STATE ISRAEL - 1948
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Tel-Aviv: Omanuth, 1948. First Edition . Orig. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. L.Wolfart. Compiled by Miriam Arnon. Charming illustrated arithmetic booklet for young children in Hebrew. With stunning colored illustrations by L. Wolfart. Published in Tel- Aviv by Chewrath "Omanuth" in the early months of 1948 in Pre-State Israel - "printed in Palestine"- (the State of Israel was established in May 1948) 32pp. Original wrappers (these with insignificant foxing). Otherwise a fine copy, very clean and fresh. - Size : 6,29 x x 7,87inch - 16x 20cm NOT TO BE SEEN IN THIS CONDITION! Rare.
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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
by Lang, Andrew; Julian de Harvaez, illustrated by
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(London): Folio Society, 2009. First edition thus: first printing of the Folio Society edition. A gorgeous production. Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout with 14 beautiful full-page plates by de Harvaez (including frontis). Small 4to (approximately 10") bright green illustrated boards stamped in blue, black, gold, and white; top edge green; green endpapers illustrated in gold; 354 pages. Housed in publisher's matching green paper-covered slipcase with scalloped opening. Quite fine, virtually as new.
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History of the horn-book. . . illustrations. [This pocket contains three horn-books, one of oak, one of card one of “ivory”. . . .
by [EDUCATION -- CHILDREN’S LITERATURE]. TUER, Andrew W.[hite].
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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London: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50 Leadenhall St., 1897. Thick 4to. xvii, [1], 486 pp., [1 (unnumbered) leaf] hollowed out booksafe composed of approx. 50 leaves pressed holding 3 miniature hornbook samples sized from 1.5 x 3.8 in. to 2.25 x 4.5 in., w/ linen clasp inserting into overlay w/ printed label, plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads., including illustrated ad for Arthur Gaskin’s Horn-Book Jingles. Copper-engraved frontisp., preserving tissue guard, hand-coloured vignette on title, nearly 300 text illustrations, plates, and photo illustrations throughout. Brown ribbed publisher’s cloth over beveled boards, gilt & leather spine label in shape of hornbook (minor rubbing, slight shelfwear & very light fraying head & foot of spine), still VG copy, w/ ownership markings dated May, 1897. First edition, thus, of this one-volume edition of the author’s early work detailing the varieties, development, and history of the hornbook. This widely used educational tool from the 15th to early 19th…
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Day In and Day Out (The Alice and Jerry Books, Reading Foundation Series)
by Mabel O'Donnell; Alice Carey
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Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.
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Bob Son of Battle
by Alfred Oliphant
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
by Elmay Crow
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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by
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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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- 9780399212987 / 0399212981
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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