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Philadelphia, Pa: Johnson & Warner, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good -. 32 p.: engraved frontispiece and 5 leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain paper on paste board, printed in black with front and back within simple decorative borders. Imprint on cover dated 1811. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Frontispiece attached to inside of front cover. Principally taken from: Le Magazin des Enfans Mme. de Beaumont (cf. Preface). Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Rosenbach, 438; Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 19992 and 22717. The illustrations are printed on a different stock, which has darkened more than the text. Front cover detached; otherwise in Very Good- Condition: cover slightly soiled; lacking some paper along joints; scattered foxing, including title page; otherwise pages are clean and tight.
The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Editor - Circa 1915
by Andrew Lang, Editor
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The Red Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang, Editor
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Macrae Smith Company, Philadelphia, Circa 1915? Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 7 Manning DeV Lee full page color illustrations throughout. Reprint Edition. 399 pp. Text and illustrations remain bright and clean and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. A hard to find copy of this Washington Square Classics.
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- Illustrator Manning DeV. Lee
- Format/Binding Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design embossed and full color drawing pastedown on front cover. Front hinge loo
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No dust jacket
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Macrae Smith Company
- Place of Publication Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published Circa 1915
- Keywords Children's literature
- Size 5 3/4 X 8
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Think Before You Speak: or, The Three Wishes: a Tale
by Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner
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John Martin's Book-Plate Book
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when and from whom each was acquired, and a list of 60 questions about those books. Each leaf of bookplates is perforated so that the bookplates can be removed and used. Each leaf is headed with a quote about books. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; lacking quote section from the head of the first leaf of bookplates; otherwise, complete, clean, and tight.
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Happy Days with Our Friends: Health and Personal Development, Curriculum Foundation Program
by Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer, MD
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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Curriculum Foundation Program, Health and Personal Development series featuring Dick, Jane and Spot. 95 pp with 85 pages carrying primary story teaching 81 words and full color illustrations with balance of pages as teacher notes. Very rare to find a teacher's edition. Clean, readable text and illustrations with no markings. Light blue covers with dark blue outline illustration of Dick swinging from a bar and Spot excited at his feet. Title is embossed in orange. Average wear on corners and spine tips.The front endpaper carries a school stamp. 1948, presumed to be first edition. Very good condition book. Not an ex-library copy.
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Every Day ABC Book
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago-New York, 1900. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 40 pp., unpaginated. Text white, clean, unmarked, pristine and illustrated throughout with b/w drawings (illustrator unidentified). Full color illustration on frontispiece. Former owner attribution on front free endpaper along with the date 1901. Pages 1-14 dedicated to the alphabet with a short poem for each letter. The remainder of the book contains Fido's Frolic, Grace's Party and Little Bo-Peep. Cover artwork has gold gilt outline of the figures and publisher's name. Very rare, especially in this fine condition.
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One Hundred Picture Fables, with Ryhmes
by F. Hey
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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George Routledge and Sons, London and New York. No date printed, but through research, identified this as a First Edition likely from 1868, revised and corrected. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. 111 pp. Text block tanned typical of age, light foxing. Every page has woodcut illustration of drawings made by Otto Specktor and engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Spine headband and tail fraying and loose. Edges and corners show wear and are bumped.
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Miranda-with-the-Mouse
by Margaret Mary Pearson
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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Australasian Publishing, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Margaret Mary Pearson. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket has large closed tears and associated wear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Margaret Mary Pearson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; Australia; Australian Childrens Classics; Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 9240. .
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Twenty-Four Robbers
by Wood, Audrey
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- 9780859531009 / 0859531007
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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U.K.: Child's Play, 1980 Child's Play Copyright 1980, Isbn 0859531007. Not Dated. Presume First. Book Is In As New Condition, No Writing Or Marks. Glossy Pictorial Boards. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Printed In Singapore. Child's Play International Began In The Uk In 1972. Audrey Wood Adapted The Words From A Traditional Skipping Rhyme.
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Jelly Belly
by Lee, Dennis
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- first
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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Toronto On: Macmillan of Canada, 1983 Signed Copy By Author, Dennis Lee, Macmillan 1983 Apparent First. No Writing Or Marks. Production Flaw: Laminate On Front Board Is Wrinkled, Otherwise Very Good Binding And Corners. Illustrated By Juan Wijngaard.
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Happy Days with Our Friends: Health and Personal Development, Curriculum Foundation Program
by Elizabeth Montgomery and W. W. Bauer, MD
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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Curriculum Foundation Program, Health and Personal Development series featuring Dick, Jane and Spot. 95 pp with 85 pages carrying primary story teaching 81 words and full color illustrations with balance of pages as teacher notes. Very rare to find a teacher's edition. Clean, readable text and illustrations with no markings. Light blue covers with dark blue outline illustration of Dick swinging from a bar and Spot excited at his feet. Title is embossed in orange. Average wear on corners and spine tips.The front endpaper carries a school stamp. 1948, presumed to be first edition. Very good condition book. Not an ex-library copy.
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Every Day ABC Book
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago-New York, 1900. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 40 pp., unpaginated. Text white, clean, unmarked, pristine and illustrated throughout with b/w drawings (illustrator unidentified). Full color illustration on frontispiece. Former owner attribution on front free endpaper along with the date 1901. Pages 1-14 dedicated to the alphabet with a short poem for each letter. The remainder of the book contains Fido's Frolic, Grace's Party and Little Bo-Peep. Cover artwork has gold gilt outline of the figures and publisher's name. Very rare, especially in this fine condition.
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The Red Fairy Book
by Lang, Andrew, editor
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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London: Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Ni-Root Puttapipat. Introduction by Marina Warner. Paintings and decoration by Niroot Puttapipat. Sixteen illustrations, most in color. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine and cover illustrated in green, white and gilt. Top edge red. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece. Red slipcase. 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 380 pages.
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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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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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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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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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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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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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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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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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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig
by Rodney Peppe
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Foreign Agent
by Thor, Brad
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- 9781501147494 / 1501147498
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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