Category: Children's Fiction

Doll House : A Rainbow Playbook

By: Moss, Marion; Illustrated by Lisl Weil

Price: $48.00

Publisher: World Publishing Company : 1946

Seller ID: 20675

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: $17.00

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: $50.00

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 Hubbard's Melodies : A Book for Nurseries

By: Mother Goose

Price: $34.00

Publisher: William L. Allison : 1906

Seller ID: 22592

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

190 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Square hardcover, brown cloth, silver lettering, black decor, 190 pages, over 200 rhymes and over 200 b/w illustrations (every page has at least one rhyme and at least one illustration; some have two or three) ; Some uncommon nursery rhymes here. Warning: some might be offensive. ; We have graded this item Fair. Cloth worn and spotted. Pages yellowed from age. Title page has two closed tears, and two other leaves have small closed tears. Silver lettering a little worn but quite bright and readable. Textblock intact and tight. Hinges have a little play but are hold...
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Old Mother Goose, the Only Complete Collection : All of Her Memorable Writings, Melodies, Alphabets, Tales, Jingles and Rhymes, Lavishly Illustrated

By: Mother Goose

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Homewood Publishing Company : 1905

Seller ID: 22591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor with no dust jacket

214 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth over spine, full-color chromolithograph on front board depicting bearded Father Goose, 214 pages numbered 15 to 228, full-color chromolithograph frontispiece, over 150 rhymes, over 200 b/w illustrations. Illustrator uncredited but resembles art of John Tenniel, famed for Alice on Wonderland. ; Title on front: Mother Goose Rhyme Book. Title page says "complete" but this is just marketing hyperbole, though the book does include some obscure rhymes. Also, there are no tunes or melodies. ; We have graded this item Poor. Exterior quite worn, board ...
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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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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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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. ; A children's classic. 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 t...
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Story of Peter Pan, the : Retold in Verse

By: Munson, Marion Ott

Price: $32.00

Publisher: E. M. Leavens Company : 1921

Seller ID: 23920

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

16 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall softcover, self-wraps, 16 pages, of which 8 are illustrated in full color, 8 in black and red. ; These beautiful chromolithographs are uncredited. ; Worn and sunned, with small smudges to margins, staples rusty but intact. All pages turn, everything attached. No marks or scribbles. Scarce. ; Wearever Toy Books Series
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Hoggee : (Signed First Edition)

By: Myers, Anna

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Walker & Company : 2004

Seller ID: 20835

ISBN-13: 9780802789266

Binding: 20484

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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Jesse Willcox Smith Mother Goose, the : A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes, with Numerous Illustrations in Full Color and Black and White

By: Nash, Corey, with Katherine Gridley Buddy; Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Derrydale Books : 1986

Seller ID: 22596

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

173 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Large oblong hardcover, slick black boards, pale orange illustrated endpapers, 173 pages, over 750 beloved nursery rhymes, dozens of b/w illustrations in text, 17 full-page full-color plates. ; Foreword by Corey Nash. Historical note by Katherine Gridley Buddy. Originally published 1914. This edition 1986. ; Subtitle on jacket: 750 Nursery Rhymes Illustrated in Full Color and Black & White. Subtitle on title page: A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes, with Numerous Illustrations in Full Color and Black & White. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or major ...
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Tail Feathers from Mother Goose : The Opie Rhyme Book

By: Opie, Peter, and Iona A. Opie; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company : 1988

Seller ID: 23399

ISBN-13: 9780316650816

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

124 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Square hardcover, brown boards, color-illustrated pastedown on front, 124 glossy pages, tons of unusual nursery rhymes, wonderful full-color illustrations throughout. No tunes. ; Authentic children's folk rhymes collected in UK by world-renown folklorists Iona and Peter Opie. Cover art by Maurice Sendak, endpapers illustrated by Janet Ahlberg, other illustrations by Helen Craig, Martin Baynton, Babette Cole, Quentin Blake, Sarah Fox-Davies, many more. ; No defects to book or jacket.
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Place Called Home, a : Michigan's Mill Creek Story (Signed)

By: Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn; Illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press : 2001

Seller ID: 23870

ISBN-13: 9781585360543

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

48 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large tan hardcover, endpaper map, 48 pages, glossary, timeline of local events from 11,000 years ago to 1984, 24 wonderful full-color illustrations, many full spread. ; Sub-subtitle: "The history of the inhabitants of the Straits of Mackinac." Co-published by Mackinac State Historic Parks. A picture book for children, historical fiction about pioneer settlers in the colonial era, based on true places and events, suitable for all ages. ; Front blank page SIGNED in a large hand by illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen. Jacket shows just a touch of shelfwear. Other...
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Little Engine That Could, the : Complete Edition

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

Price: $15.00

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. Scarce in better than usual condition. ; Star Books for Children Series
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Narratives of Little Henry and His Bearer : The Amiable Louisa, and Ann Eliza Williams, 1847

By: Plumer, William S. (Rev)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: American Tract Society : 1847

Seller ID: 12642

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

106 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small hardcover (4 x 6.25 inches) 102 x 157 mm. Dark brown cloth, gilt spine lettering and decor, 61 + 17 + 25 + 3 pages, 106 total pages, three moral tales for young readers plus publisher catalog in rear, 3 b/w illustrations with captions. ; One volume of many published in 19th century for Christian education of little ones. ; Little Henry is set in India and his story has many explanatory footnotes. Ann Eliza Williams is subtitled The Child An Hundred Years Old, and was written by the Rev. William S. Plumer, DD. Other stories not credited. ; Moderate exterior ...
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Happy Children : Illustrated

By: Pratt, Ella Farman

Price: $33.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company : 1896

Seller ID: 24478

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

64 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover; pale gray cloth illustrated in yellow, brown and green; 64 pages; 8 stories, each with three short chapters; over 60 small b/w illustrations in text, 6 beautiful color glossy plates printed one side only. ; Stories for little girls. First edition, 1896. ; Contents: Little Miss Christmas. The Doll's Sister. The Birds that Went to Church. Dorothy's Picnic. The Little Wild-Flower Club. The Little Girl that was Lost. Little Hope's Country Summer. Little Esther Court, S. P. C. A. (This book has no subtitle but later editions were subtitled A Book of Bed...
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Favorite Tales : Linenette

By: Prendergast, Katie; Illustrated by Mary Lafetra Russell

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Samuel Gabriel & Sons : 1918

Seller ID: 23540

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

16 pages; 4to (12") 31 cm; Tall softcover, 16 pages including covers, pages made of stiff flexible cardstock with linen finish, 5 beloved folk tales simplified for younger readers, 8 illustrations in orange and gray, 8 full color illustrations. ; Gabriel Number 735. ; Contents: Three little kittens. Jack the giant killer. Little red riding hood. Puss in boots. Cinderella. ; We have graded this item Fair. Covers are worn, with small creases, small chips, and rear cover is partly discolored along edges, none of this affecting any text or pictures. There are no marks or scribbles in or out but so...
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Walt Disney's Bambi : A Fuzzy Golden Book

By: Salten, Felix; Illustrated by Melvin Shaw

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1949

Seller ID: 17090

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket

28 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, 28 pages, full-color illustrations throughout, including boards and endpapers. Front cover and 12 pages (all the illustrations of Bambi) have 'furry touch-me' material, fuzzy to the touch, as issued. ; Adapted from the original story by Felix Salton. Illustrations adapted from the Disney film. ; Book shows moderate wear to extremities. No marks, no tears, no other defects. Jacket has several chips, the largest at crown, but is all readable and still fuzzy. ; Fuzzy Golden Book Series
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Punch's Secret : (Signed by Howard Knotts)

By: Sarton, May; Illustrated by Howard Knotts

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Harper & Row : 1974

Seller ID: 17470

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

32 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, tan illustrated boards, 32 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings in which everything is b/w but the parrot is green. Front cover and jacket are in full color. Front free endpaper inscribed and dated 1974 and SIGNED by illustrator Howard Knotts. ; 1st edition, published by Harper & Row, 1974. (We are sorry that amazon forces us to list it under the wrong isbn) 'Punch wakes up in a dark world. No one can see him until kind hands uncover his cage.' 'This is the first children's book by the distinguished poet and novelist May Sart...
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Happy Hours, a Book of Finger Plays, Songs and Stories for Children, Book 2 : With Pictures for Colouring

By: Scarlett, Leda Ferguson, with Joanne Scarlett; Illustrated by James Thurlow

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Frederick Harris Music Company : 1951

Seller ID: 20713

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

47 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Pale yellow softcover, 47 pages, 29 line illustrations suitable for coloring, 8 original stories, 8 original finger plays, 8 original songs with tunes, lyrics, and easy piano. ; (Front cover says Book 2, rear cover says Book 1). Finger plays, songs, stories featuring elves, mice, teddy bears, etc, used by Leda Ferguson Scarlett on her program, The Children's Hour, originating in the studios of radio station CHLO, St. Thomas, Ontario. Music arranged by Ruth Joanne Scarlett. Foreword by Clara Le Hauquet Brenton. ; Owner name in ballpoint on front cover in a small ha...
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Category: Children's Fiction