Children, Juvenile, Teens, Young Adult, Youth from Books of the World

Toronto: Key Porter Books, September 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light dust stains to top edge. Publisher's sample label to cover. Not from a library. 90 pages. Color illustrations

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Includes one fold-out colored poster. Very Good book / no jacket as published. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to top edge. Publisher's sample labels to cover. Not from a library. 30 pages. Color illustrations. 4to. Describes various parts… Read more

Surrey, Great Britain: Dragon's World Children's Books, March 1995. Hardcover in pictorial covers. Near Fine book / no jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Dust stains to top edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 81 pages. Illustrated

Oxford: Lion, October 1995. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a pictorial cover / no jacket as published. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Publisher's sample label to spine, otherwise covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 120 pages. Color illustrations. This new retelling of many well-loved… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, November 1996. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a pictorial cover / no jacket as published. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Publisher's sample label to spine, otherwise covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 30 pages. Color illustrations and a fold-out… Read more

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition Thus / full number line. Fine book in pictorial covers / no jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 94 pages. Profusely illustrated glossy hardcover. Abridged version for younger readers. An orphan sent to live with her grandfather learns to love both the old man and the… Read more

London: Orchard Books, September 1990. Hardcover. Signed Limited Edition. Quarter-bound in dark grey cloth with dove grey sides. Silver titles and top edge. Silver silk ribbon marker. Illustrated endpapers. Dove grey slipcase. Presentation copy of a Limited Edition of 250 copies. Flat-signed by illustrator Faith Jaques, the noted children's book author, illustrator, artist, and advocate. Fine book in a Near… Read more

New York: Aladdin, March 1993. Large Trade Paperback. Fine. Covers rubbed, otherwise As New. Interior pristine. Not from a library. Not remainder mark. Not clipped. 112 pages. Reading level: 7-10 years. Marguerite Henry's classic lavishly illustraded reference work about horses and their origins.

London: National Portrait Gallery, July 1974. Printed at Barnardo School of Printing. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Small scuff to rear cover and spine slightly faded, otherwise As New. A photographic album with images of destitute children rescued by Dr. Barnardo based on exhibition staged at National Portrait Gallery, London July-November 1974. Essay "The Camera and Dr. Barnardo" by Valerie Lloyd. Introduction… Read more

New York: Roaring Brook Press/Neal Porter, January 2014. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 128 pages. In this seventh installment of the Bad Kitty series, Kitty encounters what may be her most formidable foe yet: her creator! Kitty soon learns that feline manipulation works both ways-especially… Read more

New York: Assouline, December 2021. Hardcover. Pictorial linen over boards in a thick luxury slipcase. As New book in an As New slipcase. Pristine inside and out. 304 pages, 280 color illustrations. 12.3 x 10.6 x 2.3 inches. 6.8 pounds. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book that accompanies Jane Campion's film… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with a full color pastedown of two knights fighting on the front cover and gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Nine color plates. Top edge dyed red. Very Good+ book with no jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Front cover clean and bright. Reading wear to corners and spine… Read more

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1923. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and titles. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Spine end frayed and torn. Wear to edges and corners. Not from a library. xxvii + 234 pages. front., illus., plates. Carefully crafted vintage book for children with stories accented with art and paintings. Contents: The… Read more

New York: Illustrated Editions Company, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt striping and lettering and orange cloth boards, beveled edges front and back. Orange end papers, deckle edge. Heavyweight paper. Numerous B&W illustrations by Gustave Dore. Very Good+ book with no jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Not from a library. No ownership markings. Slight… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with full color pastedown to front cover and faded gilt lettering to spine. Ten color plates by N.C. Wyeth. Illustrated endpapers. Folded map. Fair condition / no jacket. Hinges cracked. Corners and spine ends frayed. Light soiling to exterior. Prior owner's name. Text unmarked. Not from a library. xiv… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Sarah Crichton Books, February 2007. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), later printing. Fine book in a Fine Jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. Not clipped. 229 pages. In A Long Way Gone Beah tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he… Read more

New York: Camp Fire Girls, June 1946. Paperback. New Edition. First Printing (stated), June 1946. Good. Well-used by original owner. Prior owner's name and camp penciled to cover. Brief notes in text. Spine tight but creased. Covers soiled, creased, and curled. Laid-in texts of camp fire songs. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. viii+248 pages. Cartoon illustrated… Read more

Golden, Texas: self-published, January 2009. Staple-bound pamphlet. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 28 pages. Adventures from the author's youth in Colorado, and time in the Marines and Foreign Service. Many involving Jeeps.

New York: Random House / Children's Classics, September 1998. Hardcover. Quarter-bound in faux black leather with pictorial panels. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 383 pages. This volume invites you to enter the medieval world of knightly legend and chivalric lore, a world filled with tests of courage, clamorous and raging battle, adventurous quests, and yearning love of knight and… Read more

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1919. Paperback Pamphlet. Brown and buff illustrated card wraps. A child-constructed illustrated stamp booklet. Very Good. Not from a library. 16 pages.