There's a Decorator in your Doll House
New York: Galahad Books, 1968. Instructional illustrations throughout. 183pp. 4to, red boards, slightly edge worn d.w. New York: Galahad Books, (1968). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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Kantner's Illustrated Book of Objects, Containing Over 2000 Fine Engravings, With Explanations in English and German
Reading: Kantner, 1895. More than 2,000 illustrations of objects and actions. iv + 245pp., tall 8vo, decorative red cloth; corners and spine ends bumped, hinges mended. Reading: W. C. Kantner, 1895. A very good (-) copy. Text in both English and German. More
Tin Tan Tales: A Book for Children
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 13 leaves with poems and text illustrated with color lithographs, printed on heavy boards and hinged with linen. 4to, original cloth-backed pictorial red boards; spine re-backed with plain cloth. London & New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., (no date, circa 1902). A good only copy of this very charming and uncommon book; pages are intact but with wear at corners; some mild toning at margins and two plates have very faint ghosting from erased..... More
Picasso's World of Children
New York: Doubleday, 1978. With an introduction by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiller. Pictorial endpapers. 190 reproductions including 28 in color. 240 pages. Tall 4to, natural cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Doubleday/Windfall, (circa 1978). Reprint. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Picasso's World of Children
New York: Doubleday, 1965. With an introduction by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiller. Pictorial endpapers. 190 reproductions including 28 in color. 242 pages. Tall 4to, yellow cloth. New York: Doubleday/Chanticleer Press, ca. 1970. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Monique's Kingergarten
Nazraeli Press, 1997. Introduction by John Bloom. Illustrated with black and white photographs. slim oblong 8vo, dust wrapper (a bit of sunning affecting wrapper spine and back cover). Nazraeli Press, 1997. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Juvenile Courts: Cases and Materials
Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, 1967. From the University Casebook Series. 558 pages. Small 4to, blue cloth; some underlining in pen. Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, (1967). First edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Yesterday's Children: The Antiques and History of Childcare
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1991. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color and black and white. 4to, grey cloth, dust wrapper. Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, (1991). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Adventures into Childland: Victorians, Fairy Tales, and Femininity
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Illustrated in black and white. 444 pages, 8vo, navy blue cloth, dust wrapper. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1998). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America.
New York: Crown, 1988. ix + 261pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Crown Publishers, (1988). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Perault's Popular Tales
Oxford: Clarendon, 1888. cxv + 153pp., 8vo, vellum backed maroon cloth; cloth beginning to separate where it joins the vellum on the rear cover, minor bumping to corners. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1888. A very good copy. More
The Fabulous Flight
Boston: Little Brown, 1949. Illustrated by the author. 152pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; child's name penciled onto front flap of dust wrapper, d.w. edgeworn, chipped. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1949. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Robbut: A Tale of Tails
New York: Viking, 1948. Illustrated. 94pp., thin 8vo, cloth-backed pictorial boards; lightly edgeworn. New York: The Viking Press, 1948. A very good copy. More
First Children; Growing Up in the White House
New York: Tambourine Books, 1996. Color plates, b/w photo Illus. 4to, 1/2 red cloth, d.w., some top margins very slightly wavy. New York: Tambourine Books, (1996). Juvenile Edition. Very good. More
Mon Petit Trott
Paris: Albin Michel, 1932. Well illustrated by Louis Le Vavasseur. 189pp., 4to, decorative blue cloth, a.e.g. Paris: Albin Michel, n.d. (ca. 1932). A very good (+) copy. More
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr, and The Gingerbread
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1932. Foreword by Alice Dalgiesh. 10 color illustrations. 20 pages. Slim square 8vo, blue cloth with color plate laid down on front cover, corners rubbed, closed tear to lower margin of one page. Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1932. A very good copy. More
Silent Screaming: Rights of the Child.
Queensland: Griffith University, 2010. Numerous color photograhic illustrations by photo journalists. Oblong 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, lower corners bumped slightly affecting pages. (Queensland: Griffith University). 2010. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: Annual Report.
Boston: Wright & Potter Printers, 1883. 46 pages, 8vo, stapled pamphlet, printed blue wrappers (soiled) with small chip at the bottom, but the interior is clean with slight rubbing at the very bottom of some pages. Boston: Wright & Potter Printers, 1883. First Edition. Very good. 2nd published annual report. More
Fairy Tales
Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1920. Illustrations by Paul Scheurich. 96pp., 16mo, boards with front cover illustration; bookplate inside front cover, covers lightly rubbed. Heidelberg: Carl Winter, n.d. (ca. 1920). A very good copy. More
Immediate Family.
New York: Aperture, 1992. Afterword by Reynolds Price. Illustrated with Mann's beautifully printed duotone photographs. Thin oblong 4to, gray cloth, edgeworn d.w. (New York: Aperture, 1992). First edition. Faint but rather sizable dampstain on both covers, causing a slight ripple to top edge of some pages. Overall only in good condition, but an excellent association copy, warmly inscribed by Mann to Joel Conarroe, president of the Guggenheim Foundation, "To Joel - without whom this book might never have happened -..... More
The Mission: Or, Scenes in Africa.
New York: Appleton, 1851. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. Separate pagination and title pages. Frontis for each volume. Thick 12mo, stamped green cloth with gilt-lettering on spine; early ownership signature inside front cover and free endpaper, covers lightly rubbed. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851. A very good copy. More
Comperes & Compagnons
Paris: Plon. In French. 48 pages of color illustrations throughout the text. Slim oblong 4to, beautiful decorative pictorial and silver stamped green cloth (extremities rubbed, repaired hinges). Paris: Plon, n.d. ca. 1890. Very good. More
Jazz ABZ.; A Collection of Jazz Portraits
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2005. Illustrated (color). Slim oblong 4to, pictorial boards with black faux leather spine. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2005). First edition. A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap. More
From the Horn of the Moon
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 255pp., 8vo, blue decorative cloth; spine faded. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. A very good copy. More
Domestic Animals
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1881. 6 full page chromolithograph illustrations. Oblong 4to, printed paper wrappers. New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1881. More