Search Results: Children from Parker's Rare Books

Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Co, 1927. hb. Brown cloth, 8vo., 168pp. Clean tight copy, no markings, but pages brown, as usual with cheaper paper. Corners slightly bumped. Not a bad copy. Book condition VG.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1917. HB. Tan cloth, brown lettering on front cover and spine, paste down color paper illustration of a young girl riding a rabbit on front cover, oblong 8vo, 160 pp. Color frontis illustration plus 2 other color plates within text. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, binding solid. Light foxing to endpapers, pages clean. Covers show edge wear, minor fraying top and bottom of spine. Book condition Good+.

New York: Cupples & Leon, c. 1913. HB. Brown illustrated cloth, 8vo., 248pp + ads. Corners bumped, title page detached but present. Binding tight, text clean. Title last of three of the series listed on copyright page. Book condition Good+.

Racine, Wi: Whitman Publishing Co, c. 1943. HB. Brown simulated leather, orange lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 252 pp. "An original story featuring Betty Grable, famous motion picture star as the heroine". Clean book, no marks, binding solid. Cheap wartime paper browning. In colorful dust jacket that shows minor chipping, 1/4" loss top of spine. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

London: George Routledge, nd [1885]. HB. Brightly illustrated paper covered boards, 8vo, 64 pp. Drawings by Weir, with prose and poetry by Mrs. Sale Barker. Minor foxing to blank endpapers, no marks in book. A few pages detached but present where string binding has come loose. Covers show edge wear. Rear cover is an advertisement for Onfa Congo tea. Book condition Good+.

Calcutta: British Empire Publishing Company, c. 1928. HB. Red simulated leather with embossed lettering and illustration on front cover, 8vo, pp. 169-320. Illustrated color endpapers. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear. Illustrated throughout, some in color. Book condition VG.

Sauk City, Wi: Stanton & Lee, 1947. HB. Blue illustrated cloth, dark blue lettering on front cover and spine , 12 mo., 109pp. Clean, tight book in dust jacket with one 1/8 inch closed tear top front. Not price-clipped, showing original $2.00 price. Illustrations by Clare Victor Dwiggins [Dwig]. Book condition NF in VG+ DJ.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. HB. Brick red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, paper illustration of a rabbit on front cover, 12 mo, 124 pp. Illustrated by the author. Previous owners name marked out on ffep, rabbit drawing on ffep, no marks in book, binding solid. Covers show light edge wear, gilt lettering rubbed but readable. Book condition VG-.

New York: Random House, 1957. HB. Illustrated glossy paper covered boards, 8vo, 61 pp. Third variant of the first edition, with glossy boards, unclipped (195/195) dust jacket with short biography of the author on rear flap. No Beginner Books listed, and no Logo either on covers or dust jacket. Rear panel of dust jacket has blackboard with lettering "Educators hail The Cat in the Hat" at top, with four paragraphs of blurbs below. B-1 at bottom of dust jacket spine, but not on book cover. No marks in book, front hinge cracked but binding tight. Covers show very light edge wear. Dust jacket shows light wear to top and bottom of spine and corners. Book condition VG in VG Dj.

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Co, c. 1911. HB. Green decorative cloth, 12 mo., 212pp. Gift inscription ffep, acidic paper browning, binding tight. Book condition VG-.

New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co, 1862. HB. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, gilt lettering and author's name on spine, 16mo, 180 pp. Frontis drawing and other full-page plates within text. Extra illustrated first title page stating publisher as Clark, Austin and Smith. Previous owner's names on front paste-down and ffep, no other marks in book. Light foxing on several pages. Binding tight, but somewhat cocked, Covers show edge wear, chipping top and bottom of spine, scuffing. Book condition Good+.

Rock Island, Ill: Augustana Book Concern, 1917. HB. Quarter brown cloth and illustrated paper covered boards, red lettering on front cover, 12 mo, 126 pp., two full page color plates. Includes "Kit Carson-Hero" by Everett M'Neil, a 5 page essay, at rear. No marks in book, binding tight. Pages somewhat browned. Covers show minor edge wear, corners worn through to boards. Uncommon children's book, translated from the German by A. W. Kjellstrand. Book condition VG-.

Boston: L. C. Page, 1908. 2nd. imp. HB. Tan illustrated cloth, 8vo., 317pp. Shelf wear, tear at bottom of spine, some soiling to covers. Front hinge weak, but holding. Book condition Good.

Bergen: Tollessens Forlag, 1903. 4th Oplag. HB. Tan paper covered boards with brown cloth backstrip, black lettering on front cover, 12mo, 100 pp. Binding weak but holding at top, ffep detached but present, no marks in text. Pages browning. Covers show considerable soiling. Book condition Fair. Text in Danish.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, No Date. HB. Blue cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, unpaginated. Boys and Girls Classics No. 3. No marks in book, binding tight though front hinge starting to crack, soiling to edges of text block. One spot of insect damage not affecting any text. In a colorful illustrated dust jacket that shows shelf wear, chipping top of spine. Book condition Good in Good+ DJ.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1st Am. HB. Black quarter cloth over blue boards, silver lettering on spine, 8vo., 184 pp. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey. 16 children's stories by Australian authors. First printing of the first American edition. No marks in book, binding solid. Dust jacket unclipped, minor edge chipping, one closed tear bottom rear, sticker residue bottom front. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (c. 1875). HB. Quarter brown leather over green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8 vo, 432 pp. Owners name ffep, writing in pencil rear paste-down, no marks in text. Minor moisture stain to of pages, not affecting text, rear hinge cracked and weak. Covers show edge wear, corners worn through to boards. Book condition Good.

New York: Henry Holt, 1955. 2nd Pr. hb. Blue illustrated cloth, small 8vo., 150pp. Some soiling to top, otherwise clean, unmarked book that doesn't seem to have ever been read. No dust jacket. Book condition VG.

New York: DK Publishing, 1998. Proof. Wraps. Red paper wraps, black lettering on front cover and spine. Uncorrected bound galley. Book condition VG+.

Berlin, Stuttgart, Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, No Date. HB. Quarter red cloth spine over stiff card illustrated boards, 8vo, 48 pp. Each page one or two black & white cartoons, with verso blank. No color illustrations in this edition. Owners name half-title page, no marks in book, binding solid. Covers show edge wear. Each cartoon accompanied by text in German. Book condition VG-.