Peter Parley to Penrod. A Bibliographical Description of the Best-Loved American Juvenile Books. by BLANCK, Jacob (1906-1974) - 1974

Waltham, MA: Mark Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover.

Waltham, Massachusetts. Mark Press. 1974. 8vo. 21cm, fourth printing (of 1938 first), vi,153p., index, full red cloth, gilt spine titles, fine condition (gar). ~ Authors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Horatio Alger, Mark Twain, Ernest Thompson Seton. Lyman Frank Baum, Jack London, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Carl Sandburg and many others.

Cambridge, MA: Research Classics, 1961. VERY GOOD CONDITION. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Waltham, MA: Mark Press, 1974. reprint of the 1956 corrected 2nd printing of the 1938 first edition; 4th printing; 8vo., red cloth covered boards, hardcover; 153 pages; bibliographical descriptions of 113 important American children"s books from 1827 to 1926; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws.

Waltham, MA: Mark Press. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1974. 4th. Printing. 8vo., 153 pp. .

Cambridge, MA: Research Classics. Near Fine. 1961. Third Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's review copy of the third printing in original red cloth in close to Fine condition, only minor rubbing. Includes signed typed letter in mailing envelope of Jacob Blanck with Library of Congress letterhead, dated March 5th, 1941 to his friend Sol Malkin, American Bookfinder, confirming news of pregnancy and sharing views about joint acquaintances; Blanck's bibliographical entries for 113 American Juvenile books plus 43 "border-line selections", chosen by librarians and collectors at the time. Published originally on August 1, 1938, it was out of print already five weeks later; 8vo; [4], vi, 153, [1] pages; Signed by Author .