Search Results: Children's Books from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications Inc., 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 292 pages. Hardcover with a blue and gold dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket, Book is sound and clean.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Cady, Harrison . 12mo. 120 pages. Hardcover bound in illustrated gray cloth. Binding is somewhat worn and bumped along the edges. Several of the rear pages are bent or creased, with one small tear to page 107. Contains original illustrations. Text is clean and sound.

New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Katharine Sturges Dodge. 8vo. 126 pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth with cover designs in blue. The binding is rubbed and bumped but sound. Bottom corners abraded. Prior owner's name on the front flyleaf and some other names are ink-stamped on the rear flyleaf. Text is clean. Illustrated in color.

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1932. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 245 pages. Hardcover in colour illustrated dust jacket. DJ foxed, has edge-wear, tears and chipping. Corners are bumped. Fore-edge of half title page is torn. Text is toned.

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1909. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. F. R. Harper. 12mo. 315 pages. Hardcover bound in blue pictorial cloth with cover designs embossed in black and white. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean.

Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Piblishing Co. , 1930. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 245 pages. Hardcover in an illustrated gold dust jacket. There is considerable wear to the dust jacket, which is heavily rubbed along the spine and torn in several places along the edges. The text is toned but clean and sound.

New York: The Unicorn Press, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 106 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth. The cloth has some soiling from handling and some dull spotting near the bottom of the front cover. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Spine is dulled. A sound copy with secure inner hinges Early owner's 1927 signature and date on the second front flyleaf. The endpapers are toned; the text is generally clean. Illustrated with small black and white drawings.

Boston, New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Perkins, Lucy Fitch . 8vo. 211 pages. Hardcover bound in illustrated blue cloth. Binding is rubbed and worn and bumped along the edges. Previous owner's name inscribed in blue ink on front end paper. Homemade library card affixed to front end paper. Contains original illustrations. Text is clean and sound.

New York: Viking Childrens Books, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Helen Craig. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Hardcover with a white and peach pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar. SIGNED by the author on the title page, "Love, Katharine Holabird". A sound, clean copy.

Middleton, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Pleasant Co Pubns, 2002. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Helen Craig. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Hardcover with a green pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar. Earlier pencil price erased from front flyleaf. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf, "xx, Katharine Holabird". A sound, clean copy.

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Dorothy Lake Gregory. 12mo. 256 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth with a pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Moderate wear to the binding; the lettering on the front cover is a little rubbed. A sound copy. Early owner's 1933 inscription on the front flyleaf. Otherwise clean within. Illustrated wit black and white drawings as well as some color plates.

New York: Viking, 1994. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Barry Moser. 4to. 74 pages. SIGNED by Barry Moser on the title page. Hardcover with a dark grey and tan dust jacket, now in mylar. A little wear to the mylar.

Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 216 pages. Hardcover with gold/pictorial dust jacket now in mylar. Spine and corners are lightly bumped. Jacket has small chips and tears on edges. Hinges sound, nice copy.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott and Co. , 1909. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 352 pages. Hardcover in red cloth with black illustrations on front board. EX -LIBRARY copy with full markings. Binding is scuffed, rubbed. Spine is sunned, has a white label at the foot. Illustrated endpapers. Gutter is broken between half title page band frontispiece. Cords show. Text is toned. Collates complete with all 12 color plates.

New York: Home Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo. 147 pages. Hardcover in grey cloth with front cover designs embossed in dark brown and gilt. The binding is quite rubbed and worn. The front board has damping. Rear board has smudges and scuffs. Some pages are damped have smudging. Text is foxed. No copyright date, but the book was published in 1903. An early owner's inscription on front flyleaf reads, "To Thomas (?) from Katherine Kelby. / Feb. 19, 1905." We have found a listing of this book for sale in the December, 1903 advertisements of "The Theosophical Forum." The advertisement in that journal of this book states, "The dawn of a new day in the intellectual and spiritual development of the child. These stories, which embody the higher laws of being, are so simply told that the youthful mind can easily comprehend them. Between each story is an exquisite 'Moonlight Lullaby.'" (The "Moonlight Lullaby" is a poem… Read More

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1940. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Le Grand [Henderson]. Quarto. 128 pages. Hardcover in blue cloth. Binding is foxed, has damp spot near spine on front cover. There are smudges and scuffs. Illustrated endpapers, which are toned. Text is toned, with occasional foxing. Illustrations throughout.

Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Le Grand [Henderson]. Quarto. 158 pages. Hardcover in white, blue and green illustrated dust jacket, now in mylar. The jacket is toned and has some soiling from handling. Binding is foxed. Illustrated endpapers, which are toned. Prior owner's name written at top of front pastedown. Text is toned. Illustrations throughout.

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1942. Hardcover. Good/Good. Le Grand [Henderson]. Quarto. 128 pages. Hardcover in tan and blue illustrated dust jacket. DJ is toned, has smudges, edge-wear, chipping. DJ is not price clipped. Cloth binding has a lot of pale spotting. Illustrated endpapers, which are toned. Author has SIGNED the half title page. Text is toned, with occasional foxing. Illustrations throughout. This is not a First Edition.

New York: Philomel Books, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. Unpaginated. Hardcover with a white pictorial dust jacket, now in mylar. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The front panel of the jacket has a 1996 30th Anniversary "Reading is Fundamental" sticker. A sound, clean copy.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Co, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Edgard Cirlin. Octavo. 39 pages. SIGNED hardcover quarter bound in brown cloth and green cloth covered boards. No dust jacket. Binding has wear, some damp spots on front board, rubbing/scuffs on rear board. Splitting/fraying at headcap/foot of spine. Some darkening of cloth in hinge of spine. Inscription written by author on front flyleaf. "Honorable mention in the contest held during April 1952 "Why I like Austrian Colt", at the Prescot Junior High School Oakland, California. Dorothy Marie Beck." Inscription is written in MS. Rowland's hand and signed by her. Text has occasional smudges.