Original publisher's pink and gilt marbled boards backed with pink cloth. 6 3/4" x 8 1/2." Ninety-three pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Tipped-in plate on front pastedown shows this book was an ex-library copy of the English Luteran Sunday School ("No. 34, Library of the English Luteran Sunday School"). Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Covers have minimal surface and edge wear. A children's book that centers upon the life of a young Chinese-American boy named Ti who lives in San Francisco's Chinatown. Ti is taken to China for some time, then later f... View More...
Staple bound booklet with red cardstock cover, minor rubbing. 4 1/2 x 6 inches. Collection of cute black and white photographic portraits of infants with amusing captions. Advertisement for Cahoon Transfer & Storage Co. of Salinas, California on back. View More...
205 pages; illustrations; red cloth binding with cover pastedown, gilt lettering. Ralph H. Barbour (1870-1944) was an American novelist, mainly stories of sports fiction for boys. Very good clean copy. View More...
Photo illustrated. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Oval portrait on front cover. Illustrations of roses surrounding text on each page. A lovely book in both binding design and printing. 174 pages. View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt decoration on the front cover shows a scenic garden. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 349 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Very minimal surface and edge wear. A Fine copy. J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish author and playwright best-known for writing the book, Peter Pan (also published under the title, Peter and Wendy). This book, The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens, marks the first appearance of "Peter Pan." View More...
Original publisher's red cloth binding with multicolored illustrated dust wrapper. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 216 pages, complete. One black and white plate, complete. A couple pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall but has small chips along the top edge. This book is third in the Air Service Series. There are six books total in the series. In this book, friends Tom Raymond and Jack Parmly embark on a dangerous mission across German enemy lines. View More...
Cloth backed boards in dust wrapper. Boards illustrated with floral pattern; gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dust wrapper front cover and spine. Two volumes, 729 total pages. No. 910 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. Measures 7 3/4 x 11 3/4. With an Introduction by Frank Swinnerton and a Preface by the Author. The author writes about the England he loved and some of the local characters. View More...
Bradley Quality Books for Children. 351 pages; 14 color illustrations; bound in publisher's cloth with color illustration glued to the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine. Inscribed in the front is 'Happy Birthday to Peggy, from Aunt Frances. March 1922'. Clean copy with sound binding. View More...
Original publisher's beige wrapper with a multicolored illustration showing portraits of Generals Robert E. Lee and George G. Meade and the High Water Mark Monument. Multicolored illustration of the Lincoln Speech Memorial with accompanying reprint of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on back cover. No date, circa 1919. 10 1/2" x 8 3/8." Forty-seven pages, complete. Forty-six black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A fine copy. As the title suggests, this is a picture book that "describes" (with minimal text) the history... View More...
First American Edition with the addition of two stories not in the British Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 106 pages, complete. Black and white plates and illustrations, complete. One additional page in the back advertising another book in the Young People's Library. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. The Pacific Press Publishing Company was established 1874 and is one of two major publishing houses owned by Seventh-day Adventists. "Jack the Conqueror" is a story about perseverance. The two ad... View More...
Original publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards. 11 3/4" x 8 3/4." 123 pages, complete. Thirty illustrations, complete. Illustrations by cartoonist Clare A. Briggs (1875-1930) with accompanying poems by Wilbur D. Nesbit (1871-1927). Pages are intact; binding is tight. A few of the illustrations are colored in crayon by a former owner. View More...
Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Dust wrapper with very light chipping top and bottom of spine. 50 photo illustrations. A very clean and complete copy. 7 x 10 inches. 106 pages, including index. View More...
Publisher's blue cloth with illuistrated front cover. In scarce dust wrapper, chipped along top edge. Price cut out of dust wrapper spine (as usual) leaving a lightened spot on spine of book.Illustrated. Bibliography of American Literature number 2123. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 55 pages, complete. View More...
BAL 2088. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover and spine. Full-page illustrations. 191 pages. Several pages of publisher's advertising. Offsetting to pages 58-59. Orphan twin brother and sister, Meg and Robin, live with their Aunt Matilda on her large Illinois farm. Aunt Matilda's home is cold and austere compared to the loving and cozy home they had shared with their parents. They talk and dream about life beyond the farm, in the City Beautiful. View More...
Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. Illustration on the front cover that shows a boy and a girl traveling somewhere amid a backdrop of thorned scrollwork bordered by decorative seashells. 7" x 8 1/2." 191 pages, complete. Twelve black and white plates, complete. Sixteen additional pages of illustrated advertisements for other children's books in the book. Former ownership inscription in black ink on front free endpaper: "Claire Randall." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Minimal edge and corner wear. A few small,... View More...
Circa 1910). The Laurel Wreath Series. Color illustration front cover. Color illustrations. Pages have black and white floral border. Small tear bottom front cover at spine. Book measures 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. A poem of family in Scotland. View More...
Publisher's full vellum, with gilt letter and illustration on front cover. All edges gilt. Number 27 of 30 copies only and signed by the artist at the colophon. Black and white textural illustrations and purple and white full page illustrations by Carter. Unpaginated but complete. In custom made slipcase. A beautiful book. View More...
Original publisher's gray wrapper with an illustration on the front cover. 5" x 6 3/4." 117 pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A clean, fine copy. Book is divided into two parts: "Rainbow Stories" and "Indian Myths." (The latter of the two comprises stories by the author, so while this part of the book is not a collection of traditional myths, Caldwell looked to Native American culture for inspiration.) Stories in "Rainbow Stories" include: "The Flight to Fairyland"; "The Fairies in the Flowers"; "Sleepy Eyes"; "How the... View More...
Original blue wrappers printed in black. Two page introductory note by Foster original to this edition. The original title for this children's novel is: "Story of Jack Halyard,the sailor boy, or the virtous family, designed for American children, in families and schools." It was first published in the 1820's. The booklet was also printed by Foster, who was director of the fine printing department of Scripps College. Printed in a small edition. 26 pages. View More...
