Children from Books of the World

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux / Sunburst, 1990. Paperback. Second printing, 1992. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 170 pages. Translation of Trollkarlens hatt. It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure! Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and… Read more

New York: Little, Brown and Company, October 2013. Hardcover. First Edition, 10th printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Slight edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. viii + 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ;… Read more

New York: Ariel Books, September 1952. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Very Good book in a Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Spine ends and lower corners bumped. Jacket frayed, chipped, scratched and price clipped with several tears to top and bottom edges. Spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 216 pages. B&W illustrations.

New York: Golden Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line (on rear pastedown). Pictorial covers. Illustrated map endpapers. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Corners and spine ends lightly frayed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 93 pages. 10.5 x 12.25 inches. Extensive color illustrations. A panorama of city life… Read more

New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1939. Hardcover. Authorized edition. Based on Paramount's moving picture; produced in technicolor by Fleischer Studios Inc. Black cloth spine with color illustrated paper boards. B&W illustrated front endpapers. Color frontispiece and illustrated title page form a double colored plate. Richly illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Rear endpapers have word and music to the… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. [copyright 1946]. Hardcover. Illustrated Junior Library. Grey linen over boards with oval lithograph pasted to front board and decorated red backstrip. Color illustrated endpapers, color frontis, eight color plates and many B&W illustrations. Very Good book / no slipcase. Bookplate to verso of FFEP, otherwise interior unmarked. Binding sound. Spine straight, but faded, ends… Read more

New York: Random House with Graphics International, n.d. [c. late 1960s]. Hardcover. Fair. One-inch tear to spine head. One tab missing. No marks. Spine straight and tight. Not from a library. 18 pages.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott / Story Press, n.d. [copyright 1941 and 1943]. Hardcover, matching set, no slipcase. Light blue linen over boards with red title block and gilt lettering to front panel and spine. Each has color frontis and 15 B&W horse art prints by John Steuart Curry. Very Good books / no jackets. Bookplates to front… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. Hardcover. Dark green buckram over boards with color lithograph of Chinese Emperor w/nightingale to front board and gilt-blocked lettering to spine. Endpapers illustrated in brilliant color with montage of characters. Eight color plates and many monochrome illustrations. Good book / no jacket. Front hinge cracked. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. Spine… Read more

New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, n.d. [copyright 1958]. 1960s reprint. No SBN/ISBN. Hardcover pictorial covers / no jacket. Sky blue rear board. Very Good+. Prior owner's name to FFEP and spine ends bumped. Text and covers pristine. Not from a library. Not a Weekly Reader edition. No remainder mark. 64 pages. The first Danny and the Dinosaur… Read more

New York: Philomel, January 2000. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Black remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise book As New. Light rubbing to jacket. Not from a library. Not clipped. 183 pages. When shy fourteen-year-old Jodie accompanies her anthropologist mother to live in Sierra Leone, she befriends a local girl but encounters a cultural divide that cannot… Read more

New York: Penguin Random House / Kathy Dawson Books, September 2017. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Very Good Jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Quarter inch tear to clean and bright jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 453 pages.

Los Angeles & New York: Disney-Hyperion, October 2015, 2016, 2017. Hardcover. First Editions (stated) / full number lines. Complete matching set of Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series. As New books in As New jackets. No slipcase. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped.

Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, September 2013. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Slight corner wear to jacket. 240 pages. Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of… Read more

Bath, England: Parragon, 2006. Hardcover. New / New. Upper rear corner bumped. No remainder mark. 32 pages. A boy tells about the qualities that make his mother great in his eyes.

New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover with pictorial covers. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright. Edge and corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 156 pages with many color maps and illustrations. 29 cm. For each state and the District of Columbia, gives a brief summary of its history, geography, industry and… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1913. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth over board. Color frontis, three color plates, and many B&W illustrations. Good. Covers are heavily worn. Corners, spine ends, and bottom edges are frayed. Names of prior owners and "West Liberty, Iowa" penciled to front pastedown. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Small tears and wrinkling to page edges, but… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Illustrated Junior Library, Popular Edition. Special Contents Copyright 1948. Red, beige, and grey decorated cloth over boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Color frontis, eight color plates and many B&W illustrations by William Sharp. Sewn binding. Early printing, date not stated, but c. 1948 and 150150 price code on dust jacket. Near Fine book in… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Hardcover. Illustrated Junior Library. Special Contents Copyright 1947. Decorated cloth over boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Color frontis, eight color plates and many B&W illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline. Sewn binding. Printing not stated, but c. 1947. Very Good book / no jacket. Bookplate to verso of FFEP, otherwise interior pristine. Binding sound and straight,… Read more

Chicago: Children's Press, 1991. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with a dog-ear crease to upper front corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 45 pages. All about Laos--for children.