Childrens BOOKS

Leipzig,: Alphons Durr (Circa 1880). Very Good. Hard Cover. In Holzschnitt ausgeführt von Hermann Günther. 40,[15 advertising] pages, well illustrated, pictorial boards, 8 by 11 inches, very good. Poetry. From the website of Technische Universitat on the Exhibition 'Dresden Treasures. The Special Collections of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden': "Oskar Pletsch (1830-1888) was an apprentice of Ludwig Richter (1803-1884), who let him transfer his drawings onto woodcut. Pletsch lived in Berlin until 1871, and later in Radebeul, near Dresden. From 1860-1881, he produced an annual children's book, usually published by Alphons Dürr in Leipzig. . more information

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Cleveland,: American Greetings Corp. Very Good. 1971. Hard Cover. Illustrations by Donald Charles. 16 leaves (i.e. 32 pages), illustrations in color, pictorial boards, very good. Other books in the series include Blue Bug Goes to School, Blue Bug's Book of Colors, Blue Bug Goes to the Library and Blue Bug's Vegetable Garden. . more information

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Boston: Alpha Publishing Co. ,. 1896. Hard Cover. 154 pages, 12 plates, text illustrations, pictorial cloth, measures 5 1/2 by 8 inches. 1st edition. Shaken, back-strip little frayed, cover bright. Story of a boy who invites his animal friends to a poetry party including Little Miss Ant, The Bunny-Boy and Dancing Bear. Includes poems and music. . more information

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Chicago: Albert Whitman Company. Fair. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 96 pages, well illustrated, pictorial boards, shaken, shelf wear. Illustrated by Mae H. Scannell. A Just Right Book. Laura Rountree Smith also wrote Little Bear, Jolly Polly and Curly Tail, Tiddlywinks, Comical Animal Stories, etc. FR12-1; 96 pages . more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Very Good. 1930. Hard Cover. Viii,130 pages, well illustrated, pictorial cloth, very good. Book IV only. From the preface: "The four books of this series have been written, not merely to provide agreeable reading matter for children, but to give them information. These books are planned to show the children that there is 'something more'; to broaden their horizon; to reveal to them what invention has accomplished and what wide room for invention still remains." The first three books in the series were: The Farmer and His Friends, Diggers in the Earth, and Makers of Many Things. . more information

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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc.. 1933. Hard Cover. Translated from the German by William Kelly Prentice. With silhouettes by Marte Landsberger. 135 pages, illustrations, boards, very good. From the website of whonamedit dot com, 'Richard Volkmann was one of the most brilliant of German surgeons in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He distinguished himself in advancing the introduction of antiseptic wound treatment in Germany . . . Volkmann possessed a literary great ability and under the pen name Richard Leander wrote poetry and a book entitled "Dreams by French Firesides" which has a permanent place in German literature. Some of his stories were written when he was a war surgeon.' . more information

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New York: Golden Press. 1978. Hard Cover. 24 pages, well illustrated in color, pictorial boards, very good. A spoof of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Substitute Donald's favorite pizza (pineapple and sardine) for Goldilock's porridge! . more information

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