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Water Babies, the : A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

By: Kingsley, Charles

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Henry Altemus Company;: 1899

Seller ID: 17213

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

259 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Small hardcover, gray cloth decorated in red, white, pink and gilt; 259 pages + 16-pg publisher catalog in rear, full-color frontispiece and 7 b/w illustrations on glossy plates. ; Classic literature. Bizarre fairy tale for children of all ages. ; Light exterior wear. Owner name and city stamped on reverse of frontispiece and on reverse of two plates. No other marks. Binding tight. ; Altemus Young People's Library Series
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Image for My Own Fairy Book : Namely, Certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, As, Notably, the Adventures of Prigio, Prince of That Country, and of His Son, Ricardo, with an Excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, As Touching Ker of Fairnilee, His Sojourn with the Queen of Faery

My Own Fairy Book : Namely, Certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, As, Notably, the Adventures of Prigio, Prince of That Country, and of His Son, Ricardo, with an Excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, As Touching Ker of Fairnilee, His Sojourn with the Queen of Faery

By: Lang, Andrew; Illustrated by Gordon Browne

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1895

Seller ID: 17197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

259 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Small hardcover, brown cloth, dark red-brown lettering, green illustrated endpapers, [xiv] + 259 pages, color glossy frontispiece, 18 tales of Prince Prigio, 10 tales of Prince Ricardo, 13 tales of the Gold of Fairnilee, dozens of b/w illustrations in text. ; Book lists to four. ; Illustrated by Gordon Browne, T. Scott and E. A. Lemann. Complete subtitle: 'Namely, Certain Chronicles of Pantouflia, as, Notably, the Adventures of Prigio, Prince of that Country, and of his Son, Ricardo, with an Excerpt from the Annals of Scotland, as Touching Ker of Fairnilee, his S...
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Bedtime Stories, 1940 : Metropolitan Church Association

By: Madison, Marian

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Metropolitan Church Association: 1940

Seller ID: 21867

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

64 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, 64 glossy pages, 3 color photos on covers, 40 b/w photos, 11 short stories for young readers. ; Stories include: Mary Ellen saves work. Knights of the overall. Barefoot boy. Butterfly frolic. Tack and thimble. Peggy's advice. Darlene couldn't whistle. When Alice forgot. More. ; Published by Metropolitan Church Association, part of the Holiness movement. ; Slightly pious but not overbearingly religious stories. ; Item shows only minor edgewear. Scarce.
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Emmy Lou's Road to Grace : Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress

By: Martin, George Madden; Illustrated by G. A. Harker

Price: $15.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company: 1916

Seller ID: 22220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

307 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, steel-blue cloth, gold lettering, color illustrated paste-down on front, [xiv] + 307 pages + 8 b/w illustrations on glossy plates, with captions. ; Published by D. Appleton & Company. Same date. ; Little Emmy, four years old, learns conflicting ideas about right and wrong from everyone around her. ; Light edgewear. Spine dull but readable. Rear endpaper has small string of numbers stamped in old ink. Front endpaper missing. A touch of foxing here and there. Binding tight. Scarce.
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Effie Morison, Or, the Family of Redbraes : A Narrative of Truth

By: Martyn, Sarah Towne; Illustrated by D. B. Waters

Price: $15.00

Publisher: American Tract Society: 1865

Seller ID: 18197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

158 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small hardcover, purple cloth, 158 pages, yellow endpapers, 2 b/w illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, publisher catalog on last page. ; Copyright 1865. We assume a later printing. One volume of many hundreds published in the 19th century for the Christian education of little ones. This one is a rollicking historical adventure set during the Scottish revoluion of 1688, with a woman hero and plenty of wholesome Christian overtones. ; Exterior worn around extremities, spine (which is unlettered) faded. Some light foxing here and there. 'From the ...
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Keep Books : Lot of 14 Books

By: McCarrier, Andrea; Illustrated by Cynthia Mann

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Ohio State University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 21341

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

24mo (5.5") 13 cm; Lot of 14 small softcovers, brightly colored covers, 8 pages per vol, 4 b/w illustrations per vol, various illustrators. Many African American characters featured. ; F*rst-grade readers published by Early Literacy Learning Initiative (ELLI) of Ohio State University, 1995-1996. ; LOT INCLUDES: MA-5, Is It Lunch Time, by Justina Henry. 2-1, Lunch Box, by Henry. 2-5, Max's Birthday, by Rose Mary Estice. 2-8, Party Time, by Susan Gamble Weaver. 3-2, Zoo Trip, by Max Brand. 3-5, Feeding the Birds, by John McCarrier. 3-8, Soccer Game, by McCarrier. 4-2, Burnt Cookies, by McCarrier...
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Doll House : A Rainbow Playbook

By: Moss, Marion; Illustrated by Lisl Weil

Price: $54.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company: 1946

Seller ID: 20675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

12 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Hardcover with green plastic comb binding. 12 unnumbered pages illustrated throughout in three colors. Not just a storybook but a dollhouse: some pages fold out to become rooms, some pages have cupboards that open or other movable features. ; This book was used by a child and shows moderate wear. Covers lightly foxed. Part of front joint split but front cover still attached. 'Ann F' penciled her name on title page and also on envelope, laid in, containing: paper dolls of little girl and little boy plus 25 paper dollhouse accessories such as stove, refrigerator, tab...
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Ding Dong Dell and Other Rhymes, 1942

By: Mother Goose

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company: 1942

Seller ID: 18803

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

12 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover booklet, self-wraps, 12 pages including covers, coated linen-textured pages throughout, full-color illustration on each page, ten popular nursery rhymes illustrated. ; Contents: I had a little pony. Jack and Jill. Ding dong dell. Dame Trot. Doodle doodle doo. Hush-a-bye baby. To market to market. Sulky Sue. Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks. Tattle tale tit. ; Almost no visible wear. Remarkable condition for a children's book. ; Linenette Series; Vol. 476
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Hanky Mother Goose Book, The

By: Mother Goose

Price: $56.00

Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company: 1950

Seller ID: 17811

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

12 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Blue softcover booklet, 12 unnumbered pages, 15 beloved Mother Goose rhymes, 12 full-color illustrations including covers. Affixed to center page are three different-colored hankies (handkerchiefs) made of real cloth, with actual embroidered decorations in five colors, attached with a straight pin and a small ribbon, as issued. Each hanky's embroidery is of a differently designed boy in a corner by a window. ; Almost no wear. Defects: very small area of discoloration to heel. 'This Book Belongs To' page has a name and address neatly written in fountain pen. Light ...
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Mother Goose, Illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa : Abridged Edition, 1982

By: Mother Goose; Illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1982

Seller ID: 20233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

76 pages; Folio (12.75") 33 cm; Tall hardcover, pictorial boards, 76 glossy pages, illustrated throughout with full-color pages (including endpapers) alternating with b/w pages. ; Grosset 1810 on lower spine. Copyright 1968. This is abridged edition, 1982. ; Light wear to tips. Boards show light sunning across upper edge. No jacket, as issued. Name penned on belongs-to page. No other marks. Binding tight. ; Originally published with 125 pages. This is abridged edition with 76 pages.
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Little Mother Goose, the : With Numerous Illustrations in Full Color and Black and White

By: Mother Goose; Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1954

Seller ID: 21999

ISBN: 1354432835

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

176 pages; 24mo (5.75") 15 cm; Ex-Library; Oblong hardcover, red buckram cloth, 176 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, 12 full-color illustrations on glossy plates. ; Copyright 1918. This edition 1954. ; This is an actual hardcover book from 1954, not a cheap crappy reprint. ; We have graded this item Fair. It has seen some use. Cloth worn at tips, frayed at heel and crown. Old marks, stamps, and pocket residue from library use. Small taped tears to several leaves. A few spotted pages here and there. No missing pages. Everything is readable. Binding intact. Sold as is.
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Nursery Rhymes : Honey Bear Edition, 1991

By: Mother Goose; Illustrated by Karen Rissing

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Modern Publishing: 1991

Seller ID: 20107

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

20 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Tall red hardcover, 20 unnumbered pages, about 40 popular nursery rhymes, lively color illustrations throughout including endpapers. ; Isbn 0874494990. ; No marks. Small ding to lower front board, otherwise appears unused. ; Honey Bear Books Series
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Parade of Fairy Tales : Famous Tales Selected from the Folk Lore of the World

By: Muir, Kirby; Illustrated by Paul Busch, Edward Dugmore

Price: $44.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company: 1945

Seller ID: 16172

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

22 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Hardcover, very large format (12 x 16 inches) 31 x 41 cm, dark blue-black cloth over spine, full-color illustrated boards, 22 pages, 20 full color illustrations by ten different illustrators, two for each tale. ; Published October, 1945, stated. Edited by Mary S. Child. Book designed by Michael M. Brook. Contents: Golden touch, illus by Violet Lamont. Magic horse, illus by Judith Epstein. Two presents for Chan, illus by Honore Yalincourt. Little Grushenka, illus by Edward Newman. Shoemaker who wanted to be a mule, illus by Salvatore Lodico. Running Deer and Fleet Win...
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Adventures of a Brownie, the : As Told to My Child, with Eighteen Illustrations

By: Mulock, Dinah Maria (Mrs Craik)

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Henry Altemus Company: 1914

Seller ID: 20609

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

161 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Small hardcover, pale green cloth, 161 pages + 16-page publisher catalog in rear, front cover illustrated in black and green, b/w portrait photo of author on glossy frontispiece, 18 very nice b/w illustrations. ; Copyright 1898. This printing 1914. ; Adventures of tiny fairy who makes friends with two little children and their cat. ; Cloth worn at heel, frayed at crown. Gift note, very faded, penned on front endpaper, owner name penned very small on title page, both in old ink. Small old sticker on rear endpaper dated 1914 and making fun of the Kaiser. Pages a bit...
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Timber Trail Riders Series : The Mystery of the Hollywood Horse, the Luck of Black Diamond, the Mysterious Dude

By: Murray, Michael

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company: 1963

Seller ID: 21369

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Lot of 3 hardcover young adult western mystery novels, full-color illustrated boards, tan pictorial endpapers, about 280 pages and several monochrome illustrations per vol. ; Lot includes vols 3, 4, 5 in series. 3) The Luck of Black Diamond : A Sunny Saunders Story, illustrated by Olindo Giacomini and Arnie Kohn, 1963, 282 pages. 4) The Mystery of the Hollywood Horse : A Peggy Lewis Story, illus by Jim Tadych, 1964, 280 pgs. 5) The Mysterious Dude : A Dave Talbot Story, illus by Wilbur A. Howe, 1964, 280 pgs. ; Vol-3 very light bump to heel. Vol-4, crown wrinkled and worn. ...
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Hoggee : (Signed First Edition)

By: Myers, Anna

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Walker & Company: 2004

Seller ID: 20835

ISBN: 0802789269

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

162 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, brown boards, 162 pages. Title page inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; Wonderful historical fiction featuring young man who guides mule that pulls barge on Erie canal. ; No defects to book apart from autograph. Jacket shows a touch of edgewear.
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Sleep, Baby, Sleep : An Old Cradle Song

By: Oberhansli, Trudi; Illustrated by Trudi Oberhansli

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Atheneum: 1967

Seller ID: 18762

ISBN: 0689203225

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

16 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Tall hardcover, black cloth over spine, full-color illustrated front board, 16 unnumbered pages, 8 beautiful full-page full-color illustrations. Last page includes complete song with tune. ; Well-known lullaby illustrated by Swiss artist as gift for her godchild. ; Book shows no defects apart from a touch of shelfwear. Jacket lightly sunned, with light edgewear, one small closed tear.
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Land of Really True, the : Being the Everyday Life of Great-A, Little-A and Bouncing-B

By: Olmsted, Millicent; Illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott

Price: $48.00

Publisher: George W. Jacobs & Company: 1909

Seller ID: 20700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

187 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black cloth, gold spine title, two-color paste-down illustration on front, 187 pages, monochrome illustrated endpapers, several b/w illustrations in text, 12 full-page plates illustrated in two colors (yellow and red) with captions. ; Copyright 1909. Published September, 1909. NAP. Illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott and Helen Alden Knipe (Helen Knipe Carpenter). ; This is the second volume in the Land of Never Was series that competed with the famed Oz Books. ; Cloth shows light edgewear. Front pastedown sunned and lightly rubbed. A few pages...
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Jim Curious : A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea in 3-D Vision (With Glasses)

By: Picard, Matthias

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams: 2014

Seller ID: 18396

ISBN: 1419710435

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

52 pages; Folio (13.25") 34 cm; Tall hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w and red-blue (3-D) illustrations. No text. Two pairs of anaglyph (red and blue) 3-D glasses in rear pocket, as issued. Twist ending and a large gate-fold illustration at the end. ; Stunningly illustrated throughout in linoleum-cuts, all in 3-D apart from front two pages, before our hero goes into the ocean. Amazing images of fish, coral reefs, sharks, octopus, giant squid, wrecked aircraft, ancient ruins, underwater caves, much more. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Lacks jacket. Both glasses are pristine. Sca...
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Little Engine That Could, the : Complete Edition

By: Piper, Watty; Illustrated by George & Doris Hauman

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Platt & Munk Company;: 1954

Seller ID: 20484

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

38 pages; 12mo (7.25") 18 cm; Oblong hardcover, blue cloth, blue and yellow illustrated pastedown on front, reinforced binding as issued, 38 unnumbered glossy pages, color illustrations throughout. ; Platt & Munk 520. Originally published 1930. This edition 1954. Silver Anniversary Edition stated. ; Light wear to tips, small ding to spine. Rear endpaper chipped at corners. Otherwise book shows little wear. No marks or scribbles, no tears or creases. Binding tight. ; Star Books for Children Series
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Category: Children's Fiction