Crimson Cruiser By Mildred Wirt, AKA CAROLYN KEENE of Nancy Drew Fame, Story of Gibsons Crimson Colored Auto Trailer ( Trailer Books Series #2 ) In RARE Color DJ of Red Mobile Home , the Future American Home on Wheels with 2 Girls in Dresses in Doorway by Mildred A. Wirt, (Benson ) AKA CAROLYN KEENE of Nancy Drew Fame, B/W Decorated Endpapers FOXING , Sticker & Former Owner Name Date, B/W Glossy Frontispiece of 2 Girls in Dresses & Guy Wearing Hat on Mountaintop Looking at Thunderbird with Light - 1937

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1942 (Aug 1942). Pictorial green cloth in color pictorial dust jacket which is age-toned and lightly chipped at spine ends, price intact (1.75). A story told by Forester to his young son at dinner time as a way to get the child to eat because he was heart-sick for his absent mother. The story is about a little boy who finds a dragon and brings him home. Robert Lawson created great b&w pictures for the tale, appearing as full page as well has textual and chapter heads. This was Forester's first book for children and it is very difficult to find in the first edition; desirable both for the text as well as Lawson's artwork.. Stated First Edition (American). Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Robert Lawson. 8vo.

London: Hookham New Bond Street , 1787. fFull leather.. Very Good. C.R.Ryley. 12 volumes bound in six. Each book starts with a copper engraving by C.R.Ryley, engraved by Skelton. Complete. Bound in period full leather with red labels, with plain end papers. Inscribed in ink by ‘Henry Monkton’. In excellent condition. Berquin (1747-1791) specialized in writing childhood literature, this was unusual in this period. His children's books enjoyed great popularity and were often reprinted throughout the nineteenth century in many languages. Percy Muir lists the first English translation ‘L’Ami des Enfants…’ (1782-3) being published in 1786 in 24 volumes. This was printed a year later. The British Library does have a later copy of this edition. Provenance : Property from the estate of the late Lady King of Wartnaby. 

London: J.Harris Successor to E.Newberry, 1808. Paperback. Good. Decorative printed card wraps and 16pp. Illustrated with 6 hand coloured full page copper engravings after Mulready, printed on one side only, as issued. Rear cover advertises 6 other Harris publications. Cover very worn; some light foxing throughout; most corners have old folds; cover and frontis are missing a small lower corner and most pages have overall light folds/creasing through handling. A good copy only.Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mulready.. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

London: Darton and Harvey,, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 120pp. Illustrated withthirty wood engraved portraits, full length, of monarchs in the text. Bound in original Dutch patterend boards, shaken and defective to the spine, but a clean complete copy. This was the last of the 18th Century editions of this popular illustrated history book for children first issued under this title by Newbery in 1759, subsequent editins brought up to date, this one down to 1794 only. Scarce.

London: J Marshall & Co An exceptionally rare early copy of this scarce story for children. Undated but circa 1788. First published in 1781, there is only one copy of the first edition noted. This copy is classed as 'fair' because there is wear to the binding; there is stain to the page edges and side margin; and the frontispiece is supplied in facsimile (although, worryingly, it is not that easy to tell). In the original dutch floral boards with a new matching cloth spine, and cloth case for preservation. There is a signature - Miss C Darell August 1789 to the front pastedown. New free endpapers. Engraved title page states that the book was priced at 6d in gift paper, 9d bound in Red. With 31 woodcuts in the text (in addition to the frontispiece) - the woodcut on p74 shows Lady Worthy weeping - further evidence that this is a very early edition. 88 pp plus 4 pp of advertisements at the rear and an advert for the Juvenile Magazine on the rear pastedown. Other than the stain mentioned… Read More

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1942 (Aug 1942). Pictorial green cloth in color pictorial dust jacket which is age-toned and lightly chipped at spine ends, price intact (1.75). A story told by Forester to his young son at dinner time as a way to get the child to eat because he was heart-sick for his absent mother. The story is about a little boy who finds a dragon and brings him home. Robert Lawson created great b&w pictures for the tale, appearing as full page as well has textual and chapter heads. This was Forester's first book for children and it is very difficult to find in the first edition; desirable both for the text as well as Lawson's artwork.. Stated First Edition (American). Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Robert Lawson. 8vo.

London: Hookham New Bond Street , 1787. fFull leather.. Very Good. C.R.Ryley. 12 volumes bound in six. Each book starts with a copper engraving by C.R.Ryley, engraved by Skelton. Complete. Bound in period full leather with red labels, with plain end papers. Inscribed in ink by ‘Henry Monkton’. In excellent condition. Berquin (1747-1791) specialized in writing childhood literature, this was unusual in this period. His children's books enjoyed great popularity and were often reprinted throughout the nineteenth century in many languages. Percy Muir lists the first English translation ‘L’Ami des Enfants…’ (1782-3) being published in 1786 in 24 volumes. This was printed a year later. The British Library does have a later copy of this edition. Provenance : Property from the estate of the late Lady King of Wartnaby. 

London: J.Harris Successor to E.Newberry, 1808. Paperback. Good. Decorative printed card wraps and 16pp. Illustrated with 6 hand coloured full page copper engravings after Mulready, printed on one side only, as issued. Rear cover advertises 6 other Harris publications. Cover very worn; some light foxing throughout; most corners have old folds; cover and frontis are missing a small lower corner and most pages have overall light folds/creasing through handling. A good copy only.Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mulready.. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

London: Darton and Harvey,, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 120pp. Illustrated withthirty wood engraved portraits, full length, of monarchs in the text. Bound in original Dutch patterend boards, shaken and defective to the spine, but a clean complete copy. This was the last of the 18th Century editions of this popular illustrated history book for children first issued under this title by Newbery in 1759, subsequent editins brought up to date, this one down to 1794 only. Scarce.

London: J Marshall & Co An exceptionally rare early copy of this scarce story for children. Undated but circa 1788. First published in 1781, there is only one copy of the first edition noted. This copy is classed as 'fair' because there is wear to the binding; there is stain to the page edges and side margin; and the frontispiece is supplied in facsimile (although, worryingly, it is not that easy to tell). In the original dutch floral boards with a new matching cloth spine, and cloth case for preservation. There is a signature - Miss C Darell August 1789 to the front pastedown. New free endpapers. Engraved title page states that the book was priced at 6d in gift paper, 9d bound in Red. With 31 woodcuts in the text (in addition to the frontispiece) - the woodcut on p74 shows Lady Worthy weeping - further evidence that this is a very early edition. 88 pp plus 4 pp of advertisements at the rear and an advert for the Juvenile Magazine on the rear pastedown. Other than the stain mentioned… Read More