Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Blind-stamped decorations on front and back. 4 3/4" x 7." 226 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece, complete. Former owner's inscription in purple ink on front free endpaper: "Wm. E. Dennison, San Francisco, March 15, 1870." Pages are very clean and intact except for age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Bumped corners. Spine slightly faded. Faint marks on front and back. A Very Good copy. The last installment of the series, _Walter's Tour in the East_. T... View More...
245 pages; ads in back; red cloth binding with black lettering; dust jacket under mylar. Minor tape marks on the front cover and back, internal tape on dust jacket. Very good clean copy otherwise. View More...
202 pages; [10] pages of ads for the publisher in the back; frontispiece; tan cloth with illustration on cover (dark blue and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, missing small chips at the top of the spine, fold-tear at the bottom front of the dj. 4th title listed in a listing of 5 titles on the back of the title page in the Ruth Fielding Series. Very good clean copy inside and outside. View More...
204 pages; [8] pages of ads for the publisher in the back; frontpiece; tan cloth with illustration on cover (dark blue and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, chips missing from the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. 5th title of 5 title listed on the back of the title page listing Ruth Fielding Stories. Clean inside and outside. View More...
204 pages; [8] pages of ads for the publisher in the back; frontpiece; tan cloth with illustration on cover (dark blue and orange) and spine. dust jacket under mylar, chips missing at the top and bottom of the spine and on the front cover edges. 3rd title of 5 titles listed in the Ruth Fielding Series on the back of the title page. Clean inside and outside. View More...
208 pages; [4] pages of ads for the publisher in the back; frontpiece; tan cloth with cover illustration (dark blue and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, chipping along the top of the spine and missing piece (1 1/2 x 1/2 inch) at the top of the front cover of the dust jacket. Internally fine clean copy. View More...
206 pages; [6] pages ads for publisher in back; frontispiece; tan cloth with illustrations on cover (black and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, missing moderate chips at the top and bottom of the spine and corners of the boards of the jacket. 17th title listed in a listing of 17 Ruth Fielding Series on the back of the title page. Clean inside and outside of this very good copy. View More...
208 pages; [4] pages of ads for the publisher in the back; frontpiece; tan cloth with illustration (dark blue and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, missing chips at the top and bottom of the spine and a 1/2 x 2 inch section at the base of the front cover of the jacket. Inscription on front flyleaf "To Bertha Dale, From Papa". Else a clean copy. View More...
202 pages; [9] pages of ads in the back for publisher; frontispiece; tan cloth with illustration on cover (dark blue and orange) and spine; dust jacket under mylar, missing small pieces at the top and bottom of the spine and corners of the boards of the dust jacket. The 6th title of 8 listed on the back of the title page. Clean inside and outside of this very good copy. View More...
No. 6 of 30 in the series. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with multicolored illustrated dust wrapper. Illustration on front panel shows a portrait of Ruth Fielding against a collaged background showing scenes from her adventures. 5 3/8" x 7 5/8." 202 pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece, complete. Ten pages of advertisements in back for other books in the Ruth Fielding series and similar titles such as the Betty Gordon series, the Linger-Not series, the Radio Girls series, the Billie Bradley series, the Girl Scout series, the Four Little Blossom series, the Motor G... View More...
Circa 1900. Illustrations. Spine has silver lettering and decoration. Part I contains a dedication to the memory of Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841 -- 1885). The sketch by the author's sister, Horatia K. F. Gatty, describes the author, beginning in her childhood. "Many of the stories she told us in childhood were inspired by some fine woodcuts in a German 'A B C book', that we could none of us read." "It was her energy that established a lending library in 1859, which still remains a flourishing institution." She goes on to describe the author's writings, from short stories to hymns. View More...
viii, 256 pages; drawings; light green cloth binding, dust jacket under mylar. Walter Farley (1915-1989) was an American author of children's horse stories. The 'Black Stallion' was the first and most famous of his works (1941). Very good clean copy. View More...
Original publisher's dark green paper covered boards backed with dark green cloth. Color illustrations on beige background on front and back covers. Black lettering on front cover. No lettering on spine. Part of the "Volland Fairy Children Books" series. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." Ninety-one pages, complete. Many color illustrations, complete. One additional page in back advertising other "Volland Fairy Books." Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Pages have occasional marks. Covers have some wear at the corners and edges. There is some loosening along the gutter, but binding ... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding. 5 1/8" x 7 1/4." 143 pages, complete. Seventy-five illustrations, complete. Pages are clean; binding is tight. A few leaves are uncut. Reference: Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) 5788. First printing of two short stories and F. Opper's illustrations. A reprint, except for "Conky Stiles: A Concordance." The book is organized in the following order: "An Auto-Analysis" by Eugene Field; Opper's drawings with humorous verses; two short stories, "Conky Stiles: A Concordance" and "The Story of the Two Friars"; and another series of humorous ... View More...
Staple bound, textured cardstock cover with a collection of illustrations from children's books on the cover. Minor rubbing, folded lower left corner, otherwise very good condition. Almanac format, with notes on the dates of important events in the history of children's literature, such as the birth dates of authors and dates of publication of famous children's fiction. Small illustrations at the top of each month. View More...
Original card game, Flinch, in a yellow and red cardboard box. Top lid is yellow with black lettering. Box, 150 cards, and eleven-panel paper instructions, complete. Each card shows a number between "1" and "15"; there are ten of these fifteen-card series in this Flinch deck. Red and white pattern on back of cards. Box measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/2." Cards measure 2 1/4" x 3 1/2." Box, instructions and cards are very clean and intact overall. Box has slight rubbing and a few marks on top and bottom. Instructions are clean and intact but one vertical fold is almost split through. Cards have... View More...
Original card game, Flinch, in a dark red cardboard box with one lid. Black lettering on lid. Lid can be placed on one of the open sides of the sleeve to make a card holder. No date, circa 1900s-1910s. Box and 152 cards, complete. 150 playing cards. Two additional cards included, a title card for Flinch and a card advertising another game by the Flinch Card Co., Roodles. Each card shows a number between "1" and "15"; there are ten of these fifteen-card series in this Flinch deck. Red and white pattern on back of cards. Box measures 2 1/2" x 3 3/4." Cards measure 2 1/4" x 3 1/2." Box... View More...
Listed as the sixth book in a series of eleven on the back panel of the dust wrapper. In the Grace Harlowe "College Girl Series," this is Book #2 of 7. Original publisher's green cloth binding with multicolored illustrated dust wrapper. No date, circa 1914. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 212 pages, complete. A few black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers of book and dust wrapper are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. No remainder marks on dust wrapper. Jessie Graham Flower (also known as Josephine Chase; ????-1931) was an American author best-known for her Grace Harlowe book... View More...
Copyright deposit copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with brown dust wrapper. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 239 pages, complete. Sixteen plates, complete (frontispiece is in color; the rest are black and white). Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Deposit slip tipped in on front pastedown and dated 1917. Covers and pages of book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is clean and intact except for a small bit of wear on the spine. Dust wrapper also has a couple advertisements for other publications by James T. Foley. James W. Foley (1874-1939) was an American ... View More...
"First edition published October, 1902", 109 pages, 6 color plates by Howard Chandler Christy, every page with decorated borders, lavender cloth decorated in white and dark grey, 8 3/4 x 5 3.4". Fine copy, clean and bright. View More...
