Children from

Chicago: A. Flanagan Company. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 70 pages, with study guide and word list, illustrated with black and white plates. A sentimental story of an orphan boy and his beloved dog. Illustrated green cloth binding with darker green titles on front cover. Cover is a little stained and tanned, shows a bit of edge wear,… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1934. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/poor. Unpaginated, illustrated with handsome blue border and black and white photos and drawings. The answer to Virginia O'Hanlon's question in the famous editorial of the New York Sun. Also a foreword by William T. DeWart and a message from Mrs. Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas. Blue paper spine over… Read more about this item

Hattiesburg, Missouri: The American Design Company, 1993. Second edition. Oversized Paperback. Very Good/No jacket. Wyatt, Mildred. Unpaginated, illustrated with color drawings. Beautifully illustrated and charming story about a little girl's journey through a forest in search of friends. Includes a glossary of flowers. Light yellow illustrated wraps with black titles on front cover and spine. Very light wear… Read more about this item

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., Inc., 1945. Third printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Baker, Mary Lee. 146 pages, illustrated with black and white plates. A little girl with a vivid imagination discovers ghostly secrets in her attic. Tan cloth binding with brown titles on spine, illustrated green end papers. Cover soiled and spotted with edge wear, corners and… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 192 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Over twenty stories and poems about horses on the farm, with kids, and on the racetrack. Illustrated boards with yellow and black titles on front cover and spine. A little edge wear, corners and spine ends… Read more about this item

New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1970. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Unnumbered pages, with beautiful water color style illustrations on every page. A fisherman tells a tall tale to a young boy who asks him how his day of fishing went. Blue illustrated binding with titles, dark blue end papers. Light edge wear, cover… Read more about this item

New York: Saml. Gabriel Sons & Company, 1952. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated with two-color drawings. A lively look at American history before the 20th century. All stamps affixed in their proper places. Yellow illustrated boards with red and blue titles on front cover and black titles on spine, green end papers. Cover a bit scrubbed… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 158 pages. Ex-library. One of a series about a young African American woman who is a slave in Revolutionary America. She finds herself in the home of President George Washington during changing times. Red coth spine over black boards, gilt titles on spine. A little spotting of cover, light… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fair/poor. Dennis, Wesley. 143 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. A delightful collection of animal tales set on a beautiful farm nestled in the hills near the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Quarter green cloth over yellow boards with laughing ducks illustration on front cover and green titles… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Bayley, Nicola. Unpaginated, illustrated with beautiful color images and elaborate drawings to frame the text. Talitha, the daughter of the king, sets out to defeat a terrible monster that is threatening the peace of the great garden of the world. Illustrated brown boards with… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1984. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. Helmer, Jean Cassels. Unpaginated pop-up and tab book. Paper engineering by John Strejan. A fascinating description for children of insects and their life cycles. All pop-ups and tabs intact. Green illustrated boards with black titles on front cover and spine. Very minor wear to cover with… Read more about this item

The Symphonette Press and Me-Books Publishing Company, 1974. Not stated, probable first. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Martin, Diane. 30 pgs., color illustrations with typed-style text. One of a kind story written especially for a child, Kenny Vance, that tells how he and his friends helped bring the robin and spring back. Illustrated boards with white titles. … Read more about this item

Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1913. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 251 pages plus advertising, illustrated with black and white frontispiece. A group of Boy Scouts head for the Wild West to help the Secret Service capture a gang of train robbers. Green illustrated cloth binding with black and white titles on front cover and spine, illustrated end papers.… Read more about this item

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1031. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Lathrop, Dorothy P.. 207 pages, illustrated with charming black and white drawings and plates and color frontispiece. The adventures of a small wooden doll. Decorative cloth binding with illustrated title pastedown with black titles. Ink mark on pastedown, wear and spotting of cover, corners and spine ends… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. Baker, Mary. Unpaginated, illustrated with gorgeous silhouette drawings. The adventures of an antique doll that wanted to see the world. Blue cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine, illustrated end papers. Some staining and edge wear to cover, spotting, corners and spine ends… Read more about this item

Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1914 - 1918. First printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Multiple copies of the magazine "The Youth's Companion" dating from 1914 through 1918. bound in a large wrapper with two studded clips holding issues. A few of the magazines have their color covers but most do not. There is a label on the front inner board… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 200 pages plus index. A delightful collection of fairy tales and stories for children for use in schools. Riverside Literature Series, Numbers 47 and 48, price forty cents stamped on cover. Tan cloth binding with burgundy decorations and titles on front cover and spine. Some wear to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Tenggren, Gustaf. 96 pages, illustrated with colorful and beautiful artwork. Delightful stories and poems with some interesting lessons for children. A Giant Golden Book. Illustrated boards with yellow and blue titles on front cover, list of Golden Books on back cover, illustrated end papers. Heavy wear to… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/good. 247 pgs. Two girls spending a summer in Mexico are kidnapped while trying to help their young Mexican friend. Green cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine. Cover boards bent and curved, stains on front cover, light edge wear with bumping of corners and… Read more about this item

Tallinn: Tallinna Pedagoogiline Instituut, 1982. Not stated. Trade Paperback. Good/No jacket. 156 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings on every page. In Estonian, a Judo instruction manual, heavily illustrated showing Judo moves. Whilte illustrated wraps with brown titles on front cover. Signature and date on front cover with inscription, purple stamp on front cover, cover tanned with… Read more about this item