Children from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

New York: Viking Kestrel, c1964 book club ed. unpaginated hardback 8vo in laminated pictorial boards in reinforced binding: Fine in a Fine dj. An attractive reprint of a great children's classic by the prolific American author of children's literature Leaf (1905-76), originally published in 1936, and illustrated by the Caldecott and Newberry award winning artist Lawson (1892-1957).

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953 reprint of c1929 ed. 210pp. hardback sm 8vo: Good/no dj [some cover scuffing; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A popular boys' serial Tarzan wannabe set in South American from the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1931 1st ed. 160pp. tan pictorial cloth 12mo: Very Good+ in a Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover. A scarce title in the Children of Other Lands series by the Anglo-American librarian Ivan Gerould Grimshaw (1900-66/67?).

New York: Dover, 1977. unpaginated illustrated paperback sm 4to: near Fine. 45 full page figures for coloring ranging from a drummer boy to General U. S. Grant.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1925 School Edition. 173pp. illus. decorated grey cloth 12mo: fair [a complete reading copy only; old name and gift inscription blacked out on ffep; internal foxing; some illustrations have been colored in by a child; else complete ] Vintage children's stories with 20 illustrations, originally published in 1913.

New York: Scribner's, 1885. 205pp. + ads. beige & burgundy cloth sm 8vo: Good+/no dj [tear along inner margin of title p; some age darkening; else a nice clean, complete and tight copy] An original edition of Virginia writer "Harland's" self-help book. The prolific Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (1830-1922) used "Marion Harland" as one of her pen names. Her son… Read more about this item

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1912 1st ed. 300pp. + ads. illus. pictorial cloth 12mo: about Good/no dj [rear hinge is loose but attached; illustration p. 96 is detached but laid in; else a clean and complete copy] A boy's adventure serial by the extraordinarily prolific American writer and publisher Stratemeyer (1862-1930).

New York: Schocken, 1981 1st ed. 58pp. illus. grey cloth 4to: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dj [light top edge foxing; bookplate on pastedown; else VG+] An attractive edition of The Snow Queen as illustrated by the English artist and writer Greenaway (1846-1901).

Boston: D. Lothrop, 1882. unpaginated [63pp] a.e.g. frontis. salmon cloth 8vo w/gilt titles & decorations: about Good/no dj [hinges are cracked but holding; spine strip is age darkened with wear @ ends; endpp. show some foxing; else a clean & complete copy] A charming woodland jaunt written for juvenile readers by the New Hampshire writer Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824-1917) with… Read more about this item

Boston: Lothrop. 1893 (thirty-eighth thousand). 80pp. + ads. green decorated cloth sm 4to w/gilt cover titles: about Good/no dj [covers are smudged & age darkened but not worn; front hinge is cracked but firm; gilt is bright; else about good] A useful older edition of American children's author Paulsson's (1853-1939) stories for very young children with drawings and sheet… Read more about this item

London: Odhams Books, 1964. 45pp. illus. hardback sm 4to: Very Good/no dj [small ink name on ffep; else VG] Colorful drawings illustrate this brief history for juvenile readers.

New York: The Century Co. 1903 reprint. 236pp. illus. t.e.g. orig. grey decorated cloth 12mo w/gilt titles: Good/no dj [covers are age darkened; else a complete copy] The follow-on to Kentucky-born novelist Alice Hegan Rice's (1870-1942) "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." This edition was marvelously illustrated in color and black & white by Florence Scovill Shinn (1869-1940).

Editions du Centurion, 1979 1st French language ed. unpaginated illustrated hardback 4to in pictorial boards: Very Good/no dj [hint of bumping to bottom corners; small tear mid-spine; else VG] A colorful abecedarian primer for children featuring wonderful drawings of cats with text translated into French from the original English edition entitled "Comic and Curious Cats."

London: Batsford, 1975 1st ed. 87pp. illus. hardback sq. 8vo: near Fine in a Very Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = small scuffed patches on front cover; else VG+] A charming book giving patterns and instructions for making a variety of costumes for children from about five to twelve years old. Full details for over a dozen costumes… Read more about this item

Casterman les albums Duculot, 2003. illustrated unpaginated 4to in pictorial boards: near Fine. A large, charmingly illustrated children's book in simple French sentences that a child learning French (or even an adult) might love. Little Carla doesn't like her spinach, but the thieves who break into her house while her parents are at the movies apparently do.

London: Macmillan Children's Books. 1983 reprint. 64pp. paperback: Very Good+ [some age browning; else VG+] Children’s letters to Queen Elizabeth II asking her such questions as "Who makes your bed?" "Does your toothpaste come out with your initials on it?" and "Does your crown wobble?"

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. [1903]. 64pp + ads. green cloth 16mo w/decorations: a worn and fragile reading copy only; two complete children's stories charmingly illustrated in color & b&w. A title in The Childrens Gem Library by the prolific author of children's books L. T. Meade (1854-1914).

Newton Abbot, UK: David Charles, 1972 1st ed. 73pp. illus. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj. A short illustrated popular history of human communication from antiquity to the Royal Post Office (for younger readers).

London: Frederick Warne & Co.,  1956. 117pp. illus. cloth 8vo: ex lib. copy; no external markings; usual internal markings from a public lib. deletion; else a complete & tight copy.

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Co.,  1931. 251pp. cloth sm 8vo: a reading copy only/no dj [text is completely age browned owing to low quality paper; else complete & tight] A youth serial from the Depression era with a lot of phonetic dialect.