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Rand McNally & Company Illustrations by Charles A. Federer 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with full color pictorial inset; 230 pages with color frontispiece and additional black and white illustrations on glossy stock. Frontispiece matches color illustration. Edgewear, bumped and worn head and heel of spine; worn corners. The frontispiece is detached and laid in with some… Read more

New York: The Grolier Society, 1916. The Everyday Library for Young People edited by Arthur Mee & Holland Thompson Marvels of Industry: The World's Work and Progress in Science, Commerce and Industry 4to size hardcover tan cloth with leather corners and extended spine with gilt titles and decorations; 320 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. … Read more

New York: Macmillan, 1926. The Little Library. Brown cloth with black titles on spine and cover. Gray and green illustrated endpapers by Raoul Barre, who also illustrated color frontispiece. 24 black and white illustrations by J. McL. Ralston. 169 lightly toned pages. Wear to corners and head and heel of spine. Bumped corners; small… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Stated second edition. World War II era book which also states compliance with government printing regulations. Dark tan cloth with spine length illustrated title block on spine and embossed Harper & Brothers logo on front cover. Title block on spine is faded and hard to read. 224 pages. We… Read more

New York: Grolier Society, 1927. Rare ephemera 1927 sales brochure for The Book of Knowledge The Children's Encyclopedia. Stapled binding. Toned thin glossy stock has reproduction pages from encyclopedia with their original pages numbers. Illustrated throughout with sepia and black and white photographs. No independant pagination - about 40 pages is our estimate. Covers are… Read more

New York: Henry S. Goodspeed & Co., 1873. Illustrated. Every page has a beautifully decorated border: angels, cheribim, seraphim at the top and open bible centered among flourishes at the bottom. There are also full page black and white engraved illustrations. Covers are brown cloth decorated with gilt titles and illustrations and bevelled edges. … Read more

New York: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1922. The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long Knife who first blazed the Wilderness Trail though the Indian's Country to Kentucky. Glossy fold out two-page color frontispiece and glorious black and white woodcuts as decorations and illustrations. Navy blue cloth cover with yellow border and full color… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Illustrated cover has much rubbing wear. Cloth spine over boards is chipped at head and heel. Corners are quite worn. Pasted inside front cover is a rotogravure of Reginald de Koven who did most of the music for this volume. Pasted opposite on fep is a brief article on de… Read more

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1910. Circa 1910. Copyright 1899, an early, but not a First Edition. Books published by the author in 1909 are listed in an advertisement in the back of the book. As a collector, you know that the copyright date does not always match the publication date. The original copyright date doesn't… Read more

New York: Macmillan, 1927. One of several works of historical fiction by the authors. 276 pages. Blue cloth covers have sunned spine, bumped head and heel of spine and a bump to top back, scratch on front cover and two small spots on back. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports… Read more

New York: American Book Company, 1929. Red titles along with great red illustration on front cover. 136 glossy pages with black and white illustrations and some color illustrations throughout. A well, written geography primer. Some soil to cloth covers, bumped head and heel of spine. We noted a pencilled word on one page. Thanks for… Read more

Boston: Little Brown, 1925. (copyright 1916) 8vo size pictorial blue clothbound hardcover with two color illustration on cover. 115 pages with brilliant color illustrations. Rare original volume. Some fingermarks and handling wear in margins. Edgewear, bumped top corners and head and heel of spine, light wear to tips. Lovely bookplate inside front cover. … Read more

New York: American Book Company, 1936. Two volume set in a marbled paper slipcase. Brown leather embossed spine with black and white illustration on cover. Old Favorites from the McGuffey Readers has a sunned spine with wear to head and heel cracks and large chips. Gilt titles on spine are bright. 482 creamy pages red borders… Read more

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. Blue cloth cover with color illustration laid in. Bright gilt titles on cover. 321 creamy pages with color frontispiece on glossy stock, black and white full page illustrations on glossy stock and black and white decorations. Originally written in 1850, this volume, edited by Margaret Armstong in 1923 has been… Read more

New York: Charles E. Graham & Co. Color pictorial cover. Unnumbered pages about 30. All puzzles completed in pencil. Stapled binding. Half inch tear to top seam. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more

New York: Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1927. Color pictorial cover over over green cloth spine. Unnumbered pages, about 150. This is kind of like a hardcover coloring book interspersed with glossy color artwork to inspire children to draw. No text at all. Some of the drawings are filled in the pencil or crayon. The… Read more

London: Sands & Co., 1914. Red cloth with black titles on cover and spine and large color illustration laid in. Small chips to cover illustration edges and rubbing. Soil to covers. Worn corners and stain or fading to right margin of cover. Unpaginated, but about 200 pages. Full color illustrations are pasted on a black… Read more

New York: P.F. Volland Company, 1926. Color illustrated cover has wear and soil. Color illustrations and decorations by the author throughout. One of the publisher's Volland Company's adventure series. Unpaginated, about 100 pages. Name inside front cover; bookplate and pencilled price on title page; name and address on page preceeding rear endpage. Worn corners, much wear… Read more

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. Combined in one volume: the Boys of Dickens Retold and the Girls of Dickens retold. Green cloth with dull gilt titles on spine and front cover. Worn corners and head and heel of spine. Edgewear. 139 pages to "boys" and 126 pages to Girls." Last page of girls is… Read more

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Red cloth with gilt bands on cover with black titles and decorations. Sunned spine. 262 toned pages. Full page black and white illustrations by Walter Crane. Cocked spine. Inscription on inside front cover. Looks like fep has been torn out. Pencilled price on half title page. Illustration… Read more