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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1880. Undated, ca. 1880s. Andersen's classic fairy tales illustrated with black and white engravings. Brick colored cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, 555 pages. Fair to good condition with some wear, mainly rubbing to the extremities, fraying to spine foot and some minor cover soil, good hinges, sound text block, small chip to… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. 1929 edition in a handsome Riviere & Son binding. Illustrated with 50 illustrations by Tenniel. Rich royal blue smooth leather with Queen of Hearts in gilt on front cover, dual spine labels in red, slightly raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, all edges gilt, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, about 6.25 inches tall… Read more about this item

Ticonderoga, New York: The Royal Order of Colonial Guiardsmen, 1987. First edition, with a non-personalized inscription signed by the author on the title page. Bright green hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some light shelf soil and spotting to the white background,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1952. Stated first edition, 1952. Part of the Roundabout America series, this story set in lower Virginia to Edenton, North Carolina. Illustrated by the author in black and white. Ex-library copy in blue cloth printed in yellow, no dustjacket. Covers worn with fraying to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block,… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. First edition, stated first published 1920. Historical fiction, based on a true story, set among the Plains Indians, illustrated with black and white plates from photographs. Tan pictorial hardcover printed in black and green, 114 pages, matching dustjacket. Near very good conditon with some light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, some… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. First edition, title page dated 1927. Illustrated with five color plates including frontis, additional plates in black and white. Orange cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, 119 pages. Good to very good condition, covers rubbed with additional wear to corners and spine ends, a couple of finger smudges to rear… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1940. Undated reprint, post-1935, most likely around 1940 based on other books obtained from the same source. Illustrated in black and white. Blue-gray cloth with brightly colored illustration on the front cover, black and white illustrated endpapers, 313 pages. Some rubbing to the extremities, hinges internally reglued and secure, text block sound, pages clean,… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1940. Undated reprint, post-1935, most likely around 1940 based on other books obtained from the same source. Illustrated in black and white. Blue cloth with brightly colored illustration on the front cover, black and white illustrated endpapers. Lght rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, partially removed child's bookplate on front free… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1940. Undated reprint, post-1935, most likely around 1940 based on other books obtained from the same source. Illustrated in black and white. Tan cloth with brightly colored illustration on the front cover, black and white illustrated endpapers. Very light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, child's bookplate inside front cover, no… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. Copyright 1903, this copy later but still reasonably early. Includes eight color plates, other illustrations in black and white. Green cloth [spine title: The Wizard of Oz] with color illustration of the Scarecrow and Tin Man mounted on the front cover. Shelfwear to covers, spine faded and chipped around the edges but title… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1940. Undated reprint, post-1935, most likely around 1940 based on other books obtained from the same source. Illustrated in black and white. Blue cloth with brightly colored illustration on the front cover, black and white illustrated endpapers. Some rubbing and light fraying to the corners and spine ends, rear cover unevenly faded into a… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1928. 1928 edition. Includes four full page color illustrations and more in black and white. Blue cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, no dustjacket. Good to very good with some light cover wear and rubbing, spine lettering no longer reaily legible, good hinges, sound text block, pages clean with a personal… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1929. 1929 edition. Includes four full page color illustrations and more in black and white. Green cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, no dustjacket. Good to very good with some rubbing to corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. . Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Copyright 1923 but this copy October 1946 based on the K-V code on the copyright page. Black cloth with color illustration on the front cover, color frontis plate, other plates printed in very dark green and white, 312 pages no dustjacket. Good to very good with light fraying to the spine ends, spine title… Read more about this item

New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1936. First edition 1936. Story and illustrations by the author of the Dr. Doolittle books. Light red cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, oblong format, decorative endpapers, story illustrated with line drawings in black and white, printed on right hand pages only. Covers have edgewear and short fabric tears along the… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Early printing, January 1962 based on A-M code on copyright page. Tan cloth printed in black and blue, spiderweb endpapers, with dustjacket. Book is in good to very good condition, covers have foxing (light tan age speckling), otherwise very good with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First edition, 1939, with the numeral I on the copyright page. Juvenile non-fiction with four full color plates and many additional black and white illustrations throughout the text, illustrated by the author. Turquoise cloth, map endpapers, no dustjacket. Fair to good with uneven cover fading, fraying to spine ends, good hinges, sound text… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. 1950 edition. Ten color plates including title page by N. C. Wyeth. Black cloth with a color illustration mounted on the front cover, illustrated endpapers, matching dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a trace of foxing (age speckling) to the endpapers and to the top of the… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1906. First edition, 1906. Olive pictorial cloth printed in yellow, green and black, black and white frontis plate, no dustjacket, possibly as issued. Some modest shelf rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, gift notation dated 1906 on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: The John Day Company, 1946. First ediiton, 1946. Music and lyrics accompanied by illustrations in black and white accented in green. Pictorial softcover with red cloth spine, 32 pages. Very good condition, sound binding, clean pages, no other names or markings.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.