Helen's Babies

Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Typical browning apparent to edges. Bookplate inside front cover with no name. Front remains attractive with reasonable wear considering age.

CHICAGO: M.A. DONOHUE & COMPANY, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT, PICTURE ON FRONT OF BABIES, VERY SMALL DOTS DISCOLORED ON PICTURE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. SET IN 1875 AS BOOK STARTS. NO PUBLISHED DATE LISTED, CIRCA 1900. FUNNY AND ENTERTAINING. Toddie and Budge are identified as the two best children in the world. They enjoy a… Read more about this item

Hurst & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1881. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; front free end paper with lengthy gifting dated 1916 and corner clipped. .

Chicago, : Goldsmith Publishing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Nice Copy! Red cloth boards with decorative cover and black titles. Name on front end paper in pencil and remains of sticker on rear end paper stating free library, no other marks or writings, light age toning, pages clean, binding square, tight and sound. light fading to bottom spine, light… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [1924] (c.1908). PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, a nice solid book; jacket has tiny tears and minor paper loss at spine ends, one small chip at bottom of front panel]. (8 B&W film stills, pen & ink drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the ffep by Diana… Read more about this item

[JOHN HABBERTON]. HELEN'S BABIES. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR WAYS INNOCENT, CRAFTY, ANGELIC, IMPISH, WITCHING, AND REPULSIVE. BY THEIR LATEST VICTIM. Loring, Publisher, Boston, 1876. First Edition, early printing. Condition: Good / Fair. In original green cloth, with the original Victorian decorative cloth covers, tooled illustrations and type, black and gilt type with gilt decorations on front cover, spine. Previous… Read more about this item

Boston: Loring. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 206, [2] pages; HELEN'S BABIES : WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR WAYS INNOCENT, CRAFTY, ANGELIC, IMPISH, WITCHING, AND REPULSIVE : ALSO, A PARTIAL RECORD OF THEIR ACTIONS DURING TEN DAYS OF THEIR EXISTENCE...by their latest victim. In original green… Read more about this item

Jamieson Higgins , 1902. Book like new with very slight shelfwear, gift inscription from 1903, delightful illustrations.. Hard Cover. Like New/No Jacket. Illus. by Crosby, Sara.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Habberton's durable humorous novel about a young bachelor who goes to mind his sister's brats, er, little angels, ages 3 & 5; while she and her husband take a brief trip. First published in 1875, this reprint circa 1928, judging by the titles listed inside the jacket. Illustrated by the exuberant Tod… Read more about this item

Chicago: Alexander Belfore & Co, 1899. Illustrated by Miss Sara Crosby. First thus edition. c.1876 Loring; c.1881 Petterson. Decorated mustard cloth, thick paper issue. Cr.4to (22cm). pp. 170. Good/In mylar protector. Board puncture affection first 14 leaves (archival repairs), worn corners with occasional internal light soil. Budge and Toddie uncaged, or, what well bred children should not do..

London: Grant Richards, 1899. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Roos, Eva. Rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Rear board soiled, a few pages lightly foxed, pencil name on front free endpaper. 1899 Large Hardcover. vii, 275 pp. Color frontispiece and 60 illustrations by Eva Roos. "Helen's Babies is a humorous novel by American journalist and author John Habberton, first… Read more about this item

[HABBERTON, John]. Helen's Babies. With Some Account of Their Ways, Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching and Repulsive. Also, A partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence. Original cloth. Boston: Loring, [1876]. Wright III, 2349. J. Blanck, "Peter Parley to Penrod," pp. 45-46. Bookplate. Minor wear to extremities, else very good.

No dust jacket. There is no date of publication listed in this book, but the inscription indicates it was given as a gift in 1938. Some sources show a publication date of 1910, others earlier. There is one 6 mm stain at the edge of some pages in the middle of the book, of unknown origin. … Read more about this item

New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Co., 1881 Book. Good. Hard Cover.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Red and tan cloth on boards. Uncle Harry babysits his two young nephews for two weeks. It is such a memorable experience that he writes a book about it ! Previous owner's name in pencil. Illustration at p. 98 missing. 192… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1908. First Edition, photoplay. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 244 p. ; 20 cm. Notes; 'Baby Peggy edititon: illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay produced by Principal pictures corp.'. … Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co. No date but Copac cite 1914 for this fine illustrated edition; pp.xii, 247, 16 fine tipped-in colour plates and about 40 b/w line drawings. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, and gilt vignette of two children to the front board, generally very good with minimal rubbing, a little spotting/fading to the fore-edge of the front… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers. G/G. (c1908). ........ Cloth w/DJ. 12mo., 244 pp., cover rubbed, dj chipped, frayed, yellowing .

New York: George Sully & Company. Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Edge wear. Spine sunned. Ink to front pastedown. No date indicated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

H. M. Caldwell Co. ,. Good with no dust jacket. 1881. Reprint. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Tape reinforcing to edges of title page and front cover. .

Boston: Loring Pub, 1876 Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Fair, edges rubbed, chipping to spine. Hinges cracked, soiling to pages. 206 pages plus ads. . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.