Search Results: Juvenile from Bee Creek Books

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co no date. (approx. 1904).197 pp. Previous owner stamped name on front free endpaper and name written on front endpaper. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Cover with color illustration on paste on. Fading around edges and to spine. Overall covers are Good to Good+.Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899) was a prolific American author of boy’s adventure stories whose heroes lead exemplary lives to Strive and Succeed in the face of adversity and poverty, good and evil.. Hard Cover. Good+. Size: 5" x 7 ". Juvenile.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. Pictures by Milo Winter. Edition of 1931. Adventures include: Brownie and the Cook; Brownie and the Cherry-Tree; Brownie in the Farmyard; Brownie's Ride; Brownie on the Ice; and Brownie and the Clothes. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. 128 pp. Blue cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on front and spine and pastedown illusatration of two children and "Brownie" sliding down a hill. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, spine ends are bent and fraying. Cocked spine. Some light foxing on interior pages. Small number stamp on back free endpaper. Book in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Milo Winter. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4". Juvenile.

Tampa, FLA: University Of South Florida Library Associates, 1987. Compiled by Barbara A. Bishop. University of South Florida Library Bibliographic Series No. 1. " This bibliography revises and expands the pioneering work of Harry K. Hudson. Building upon Hudson's editions, we have incorporated corrections and additions to include all American hardcover series known to us begun by 1980 in addition to some later series...In general a boys series has a boy as a main character in one or more of the books in the series..." 345 pages including Index. Single typed xeroxed sheets printed on both sides in a black three-ring looseleaf binder." The physical format of this edition, loose-leaf, was decided upon to give the purchaser the ability to insert additional information and notes adjacent to the published data..." Article from ANTIQUE WEEK, June 5, 1989 on BATTLESHIP BOYS SERIES taped at top margin on back of page with titles of the Battleship Series. No interference with text.… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Charming children's tale about Noah and the ark. Unpaginated. Decorative cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbbed, scuffing and wear to cover faces, spine ends are rubbed. Hinges loose. Front free endpaper is bent and creased. Large tear (3.25 inches) on first page of text. Book in Good condition.. Boards. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 9 3/4" x 6 3/4". Juvenile.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. A Mystery Story for Boys. 289 pp. Red cloth covers with bumped and rubbed corners, rubbed edges, spine ends bent, wear to cover faces. Cocked spine. Red top page edge. . Cloth. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Juvenile.

Boston: Wm. J. Reynolds & Co., 1853. My Uncle Toby's Library. 64 pp. Green cloth covers with image of children dancing around a maypole on front and back. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped with boards exposed, edges rubbed to boards, cover faces are rubbed. Spine edges are frayed. Cocked spine. Previous owner's names written on front inside cover and front endpapers. Spine is broken throughout with pages separated from spine. Interior pages are foxed, smudged, have water damage, some tears and are browning from age, but text is still legible. Book in Poor condition.. Cloth. Poor. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2". Juvenile.

Boston: Wm. J. Reynolds & Co., 1853. My Uncle Toby's Library. 64 pp. Green cloth covers with image of children dancing around a maypole on front and back. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped with boards exposed, edges rubbed, cover faces are rubbed. Spine edges are frayed. Cocked spine. Previous owner's names written on front inside cover and front endpapers. Interior pages are foxed, smudged and browning from age, but text is still legible. There are several areas where spine is broken. Overall in Good condition.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2". Juvenile.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1898. Baby record and journal for Barbara Cary Kennedy, with many of the pages complete recording her first laugh, photographs of her with her parents, a small lock of hair, and many other memorable moments during her early years. Weight record tucked in at back of journal. Unpaginated. Grey cloth covers. Covers in Poor condition with corners rubbed to boards, edges worn, significant soiling/water damage to both front and back, covers are quite dirty. Gift inscription on front inside cover. Water damage/stain to interior page corners and edges thoughout. Foxing, pencil scribbles on a few pages, ink writing on others. Book in Fair/Good- condition. Charming record of a child born in 1919.. Hard Cover. Good-. Illus. by Illustrated By Author. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 11". Juvenile.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. With a foreword by John Galsworthy. From the foreword: "Bambi is a delicious book. Delicious not only for children, but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception and essential truth I hardly know any story of animals that can stand beside this life-story of a forest deer." 223 pp. Unattributed b/w illustrations at beginning of every chapter. DJ in Fair/Good- condition with significant chips and tears to edges and corners, soiling and stains, darkened spine, spine ends torn or missing, gift inscription on front of jacket, flaps are price-clipped. Back of jacket is advertisement for 'The Lure of Bird Watching' by E. W. Hendy. Cover is green cloth with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, soiling and stains (white marks) to covers, small holes to joints from wear, spine ends are bent with some fraying. Publisher blind stamp on back cover.… Read More

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1907. Another chapter during the college career of Betty Wales. Illustrations by Eva M. Nagel. 376 pp. Decorative gray cloth boards with image of women in graduation robes on front cover. Cover corners are rubbed and severly bumped on top, edges rubbed, bubbling to bottom on front cover and scuffing to picture and lettering. Spine is darkened from sun exposure, lettering barely legible, white marks, spine edges are bent and top edge is pulled away from rest of book. Previous owner's name writting on front inside cover. Broken front hinge. Interior pages have some bent and creased corners, otherwise clean. Book in Good condition.. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Eva M. Nagel. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Juvenile.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1905. 349 pp. Gray decorative cloth covers with image of three well-dressed women on a school campus on the front. Cover corners are rubbed and bumped, edges rubbed. Spine corners and ends are rubbed and fraying, creases from being bumped. Black marks on back. Brown top page edge. Previous owner's name written on front inside cover. Water/foxing marks on page 246-50 edges, otherwise interior is clean. Book in VG condition. . Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Eva M. Nagel. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Juvenile.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1952. Illustrated by Rod Ruth. 190 pp. Grey cloth covers with red title lettering on front and spine, image of dog on front cover. Missing DJ. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, soiling and marks to cover faces, spine ends are bent and fraying. Spine slightly cocked. Gift inscription from previous owner on front inside cover. Foxing spots to endpapers. Chipping to top edge of pages 93-97, rest of interior pages are clean, tight. Book in Good+ to VG- condition. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Rod Ruth. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Juvenile.

New York: Hurst & Company 223 pp. No publication date. Red cloth covers. Covers are very worn and tattered with corners and edges rubbed to boards, bumped edges, cover faces scuffed and torn and extremely dirty. Joints have multiple tears and holes, exposing spine. Spine is worn and has large white mark, top of spine is missing, spine ends are fraying and torn. Both hinges broken. Interior pages are tanned, some corners are bent or dog-earred. Book in Fair condition. An adequate reading copy.. Hard Cover. Fair. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Juvenile.

Garden City, New York: Junior Deluxe Edition, 1954. "The story of what happens to this magnificant horse is the best known book about an animal in our language." 224 pp. DJ in Good- condition with tears to top front and along spine edge, discoloration along edges, creases along edges, and front flap price clipped. Decorative gray covers with images of horses on front/back. Cover corners lightly bumped, bending to spine tips. Red top page edge. Uncut long page edge. Interior is tight and clean.. Cloth. Very Good+/Good-. Illus. by Walter Seaton. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Juvenile.

Boston: Graves and Ellis, 1872. "The maxim that "Honesty is the best policy", is a true one; and yet...there are multitudes who are deterred from the commission of crime, not because of its wickedness, but because public opinion makes it unpopular, dangerous, and disgraceful, if detected. That high moral principle, aided and inspired from above, which teaches that honesty is right, and dishonesty is wrong, is the only protection in the hour of temptation and affords the only real consolation under unjust accusation or suspicion. In introducing to the reader a few of his friends, the Author is hopeful that the truth of the foregoing may be proven; and with these preliminaries, presents his work to their attention." 295 pp. Red decorative embossed covers with gilt lettering on front and spine.Soiling to covers. Mildly rubbed spine ends. Base of spine two small tears. Rubbing along top edge of front cover. Overall exterior is Good. Two previous owners' names on front free endpaper… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. "This little story of the BOY EMIGRANTS is written that you and other boys like you may learn something of the strange, eventful history of the early overland travelers to California....this is a historical sketch...,many of the characters were real people; and almost all the incidents which befall the Boy Emigrants came under my own observation, or under that of people whom I knew on the trail or in California." 309 pp. 19 illustrations by Thomas Moran and W. L. Sheppard. Gray cloth with illustrated front cover. Soiling to covers and spine. Spine dulled and lettering hard to read. Top page ends blue with slight color run to side edge. It appears the blue is ink? Does not "bleed" into interior. Bottom edge soiled. Otherwise exterior is Good. Bookplate of previous owner: G.W. Stanford on front endpaper. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Scarce title. Noah Brooks (1830-1903) was a journalist and editor who worked for… Read More

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1914. spine faded. slight soiling to back cover. Exterior is VG-. pictorial endpapers. Hinge breaking in several places.pp.76-77 brown residue from leaf? left in pages, otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. 256 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Juvenile.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1915. decorative cover. on top front edge and on front gutter some small rust color spots-very mild.mild foxing on all page edges. front free endp. foxing, otherwise interior is clean, tight and VG.. Hard Cover. Good to Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Juvenile.

New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1918. spine edges bumped. owner's name on front endp. otherwise exterior and interior VG+.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Charles L. Wrenn. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 ". Juvenile.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1948. Story Hour Series. Unpaginated. Pictorial cover of Bugs Bunny, Porky and Petunia Pig in an hot air balloon. Spine edges bumped and paper cracked on spine. 2 1/2" scratch on back cover, doesn't interfer with illustration. Interior is tight and clean.. #802. Boards. Very Good-. Illus. by Color Drawings. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Juvenile.