Children & Youth from Louise Aird

The Wind in the Willows is a 1908 children's novel by Scottish novelist Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four animals: Mole, Rat (a European water vole), Toad, and Badger, in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of… Read more about this item

This is a First Edition of the Foulsham Henty Library's publication of With Clive in India: The Beginnings of an Empire, written in 1884 by the English novelist and war correspondent George Henty (1832-1902). Henty popularized the genre of Juvenile Adventure Fiction--he was the first to write very successful books about war-time adventures for boys. Through the 1950s, the publisher… Read more about this item

This is an unread First US Edition of I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book, written by the English folklore experts Iona and Peter Opie. It was originally published in 1947. In 1992, it was re-published, this time full of color illustrations by the great American illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, and his many… Read more about this item

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862–63 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. It was meant as part satire in support of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species but became a mainstay of British children's literature. This is a copy… Read more about this item

This is a first edition of Grosset & Dunlap's printing of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the 2nd book of the the classic children's series written and illustrated by the English writer Hugh Lofting (1886-1947). It is about a physician who communicates with animals. This copy was illustrated by the American illustrator Sonja Lamut. There is no evidence that anyone read this… Read more about this item

This is a mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 1993. It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales. Bound in navy blue leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages. 652 pages,… Read more about this item

This is a stated thirteenth printing of the first edition of Dr. Dolittle's Garden, the 8th book of the the classic children's series written and illustrated by the English writer Hugh Lofting (1886-1947). It is about a physician who communicates with animals. This copy was printed in the US. While there is some shelfwear to the dust jacket, there is no evidence… Read more about this item

This is 7 of the 12-book set of The Works of Charles Lamb, published in 1903 by Dent London and then co-published by Dutton New York. This collection was a best-seller and was printed four times. Four of these books are first editions from 1903; three are 1914 reprints. The set was printed in the UK and is of the… Read more about this item

This is a pristine copy of Just So Stories for Little Children, Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of children's stories, all involving animals, first published in 1902. Kipling illustrated the stories himself. This is the Folio Society's edition, which features all of his original illustrations. The Folio Society first published this book in 1991; this is its 10th printing, dated 2005. As you… Read more about this item

This is a luxury edition of Kidnapped, the full title of which is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he… Read more about this item

This is a leather-bound mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 2011. It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales. Bound in burgundy leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages. 652 pages,… Read more about this item

This is a perfect copy of The Story of Dr. Dolittle, the classic children's story written and illustrated by the English writer Hugh Lofting (1886-1947). This book (1920) is the first in the 15-novel series about Dr. Dolittle, a physician who communicates with animals. It is known as the first children's classic following Alice in Wonderland. This copy is a reproduction… Read more about this item

This is a near-perfect copy of a collection of Mark Twain novels, bound in leather. They are: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. Published 2011 Covered in black leather with a bound-in silk bookmark and gold-trimmed pages. Someone cracked the spine at the front… Read more about this item

This is a lovely copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, the famous book, written in 1812, by the German-Swiss writer Johann Wyss. It is about a family of Swiss immigrants who were sailing to Australia when their ship was blown off course and they were stranded in the East Indies. This copy is liberally illustrated by… Read more about this item

This is a lovely copy of The Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales. It is a collection of the famed Arabic folk tales edited by the American authors (and sisters) Nora Archibald Smith (1859-1934) and Kate Douglas Wiggin (1956-1923), author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. It is beautifully illustrated by the American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).

This is a perfect copy of The Children of Dickens, the famous book, written in 1812, by the American minister and essayist Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927). It is beautifully illustrated by the great American illustrator Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 -1935). The book is excerpts from Dickens' works involving children, including Pip, David Copperfield, Micawber Junior, Joe the Fat Boy, Oliver Twist, Sissy… Read more about this item

This is the 1905 Canadian edition of Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out, part of the Little Women series and a sequel to Little Men, by the American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). It was first published in 1886. 358 pages. Blue boards with red print on the cover and spine. Two illustrations by the American artist Ellen Wetherald Ahrens (1859-1935). Someone… Read more about this item

This is an unread, unopened illustrated edition of Treasure Island, the classic tale of cast-aways and pirates by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It was originally published in 1882 and is known as an action-packed coming-of-age story--and for spurring the world's interest in pirates. Long John Silver is still famous. This copy is illustrated by the American artist Scott McKowen. 217… Read more about this item

This is a lovely copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, the famous book, written in 1812, by the German-Swiss writer Johann Wyss. It is about a family of Swiss immigrants who were sailing to Australia when their ship was blown off course and they were stranded in the East Indies. There is an illustration, either a… Read more about this item

This is a first Golden Press edition of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of omitted), written by Mark Twain and first published in 1884. This copy was published in 1965. 254 pages. Illustrated by the prolific American illustrator Betty Fraser (b 1928-). The paper has darkened and the binding is starting to pull away a little at the front. Otherwise fine condition--a nice little vintage… Read more about this item