Volume 34 of The Faultless Starch Library series. 36 titles of these children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1930's. Printed in red on cream colored paper. Illustrated front cover showing a couple sitting in front of a house. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon View More...
Very uncommon in dust wrapper. Original publisher's multicolored boards backed with brown cloth. Dust wrapper in mylar. No date, circa 1932. 7 1/2" x 10." 316 pages, complete. Eight color plates and many black and white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are very clean and intact overall but the corners are bumped. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall except for slight chipping at the corners and edges. No remainder marks. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust wrapper. Chatterbox was a British weekly magazine founded in 1866 by clergyman John Erskin... View More...
Volume 8 of The Faultless Starch Libratry series. 36 titles of these children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1`890-'s through the 1930's. Printed in red on cream colored paper. Illusterated front cover showing a Chinese couple standing under a tree. Illustrated with line drawings throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Behman's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
No date, but circa 1910. Color illustration on front cover of Black man with exagerated features, wearing outlandish bow tThe illustration is signed "Ray Gleason." From "The Star Series" by the publisher. Despite the cover, the jokes are of a general nature and par for the course of the time. 4 x 5 1/4 inches. 64 pages, complete. View More...
Volume 26 of The Faultless Starch Library series. 36 titles of this children's chapbook were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1830's. Printed in black ink on white paper. Illustrated front cover showing a child with an arm wrapper around the head of a sheep. Illustarated with line drawings throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Volume 16 of The Faultless Starch Company Library series. 36 titles of these children's chapbooks were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1930's. Illustrated front cover showing Granny leaning on a stick staring at a body of water. Printed in green on cream colored paper. Illustrated with line drawing throughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beaham's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. 15 pages. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Volume 15 of The Faultless Starch Company Library series. 36 titles were published by the company from the 1890's through the 1930's. Printed in green on cream colored paper. Illustrated front cover showing Uncle Ritts holding two boys' hands. Illustrated with line drawings thoughout. 3 x 5 inches. Advertisement for Beahams's Faultless Starch on front inside cover and back cover. Fine copies are uncommon. View More...
Original trade card with a color illustration of young girl depicted in a portrait or mirror and two white roses. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 6" x 4 1/2." Trade card is very clean and intact except for light rippling, a few microscopic surface chips, slight corner and edge wear, and bits of paper stuck to the back (most of the text on back is still readable). A Very Good copy. Trade card for the Youth's Companion, a children's magazine that was published between 1827 and 1929. The magazine began with an emphasis on Christian themes and was aimed toward younger readers. Beginning in the ... View More...
Original illustrated wrapper showing 4 small pictures on the front cover. 6 3/4 X 8 3/4 inches. 24 pages. Copy shows black and white illustrations for a snow scene, spring time, a may-day, morning, hay-time, sheep-washing, harvest scene, apple gathering, autumn, November, winter and the year of a country life. Copy has several pages that are beginning to have foxing. Both covers have small pin holes. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is good. View More...
Original publisher's gray-blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Part of a series. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4." 334 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Two additional pages in back advertising other books in the series and Parley's Magazine. Alphabetical Table of Contents in front. Former owner's inscription in pencil dated 1854 on front pastedown. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Pages are foxed. Covers are dampstained. Some wear to corners and slight chipping at head and tail of spine. A Good copy. An encyclopedic book filled with facts from a ... View More...
Original illustrated wrapper showing Bo Peep and a sheep on the front cover5 1/4 X 6 3/4. 31 pages. Circa 1860's. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page. Small pen holes on the back cover. Previous owner wrote in pencil "Jesse H. Nov. 9th /67. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is good. View More...
No. 920, August 16, 1918. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys' Failure; or, Trying To Catch A Traitor" by Harry Moore, "Assignment 99 or The Startling Adventures Of A Boy Reporter" by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. Top corner has been clipped. Text is not affected. View More...
No. 939 - December 27, 1918. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustration on front. 8 X 11 inches. Some chipping and uncut pages. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys Fighting Ferguson or Leagues With Strange Allies, "Help our country, Assignment 99 or The Startling Adventures of A Boy Reporter" by Ralph Morton, Also includes short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 909, May 31, 1918. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys' Hot Fight; or, Cutting Their Way To Freedom" by Harry Moore, " Steeple Jack, The Boy Of Nerve or The Mystery Of The Old Bell Tower" by Captain George W. Granville and several short news articles and View More...
No. 1002, March 12, 1920. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys And The Masked Duelist; or Running Down The Night Riders" by Harry Moore, "A.D.T. No. 33 or The Boss Of The Messenger Boys" by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 1004, March 26, 1920. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty boys' Invisible Foe; or Fighting Death In The Dark" by Harry Moore, "A.D.T. No. 33 or The boss Of The Messenger Boys" by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 1008. April 23, 1920. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustration on front. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents of this issue: The Liberty Boys on Kettle Green of Routing Boyd's Bandits by Harry Moore, A.D.T. No. 33 or The Boss of the Messenger Boys by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 1009, April 30, 1920. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys' Watch Fire or The Raid At Mile Square" by Harry Moore, "New York to Frisco On A Motorcycle or After The $10,000 Prize" by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 1010, May 7, 1920. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 8 X 11 inches. Chipped and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys Taking Fort George; or Running Out Simcoe's Rangers" by Harry Moore, "New York To Frisco On A Motorcycle or After The $10,000 Prize and several short news articles and various advertisements. View More...
No. 1160, March 23, 1923. Stapled binding, paper cover, color illustrations on front cover. 7 X 9 1/2 inches. Chipping and some uncut pages. Very fragile. Protected in plastic sleeve. Contents in this issue, "The Liberty Boys' March To Death or Escaping A Terrible Fate" by Harry Moore, "Hard To Beat or A Boy Of The Right Kind" by Ralph Morton and several short news articles and various advertisements. Front cover is slightly torn. View More...
