The Young Pilgrim: A Tale
London: Nelson, 1869. Illustrated. 286pp., 12mo, green cloth with gilt-decorated spine and medallion on front cover; corners and spine ends bumped, rubbed. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. A very good copy. More
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Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare.
New York: Donald Hutter, 1990. Prefaces by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 192pp. Wide 4to, grey boards, d.w. New York: Donald Hutter, (1990). First edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Kingdoms for Horses
London: Gollancz, 1936. Decorations by Rex Whistler. 150pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; old price sticker inside front cover, dust wrapper chipped soiled. London: Victor Gollancz, 1936. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
The Sleigh Ride
New York: Gates, Stedman, 1847. 4 illustrations, 64pp., 12mo, blind-stamped brown cloth; heavily foxed, covers lightly worn, small tear to rear cover. New York: Gates, Stedman, 1847. First edition. A very good copy. More
Contes D'Andersen
Paris: Flammarion, 1947. Illustrations by De Davanzo. 132pp., 4to, patterned orange cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Paris: Flammarion, (1947). A very good (+) copy in a very good dustw rapper. 10 Tales by Andersen. More
Darger: The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum
New York: Abrams, 2001. 114 illustrations in full color. 128pp with an essay by Michel Thevoz. Slim oblong 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: American Folk Art Museum in association with Harry Abrams, (2001). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper An excellent copy of this uncommon and unusual book, signed by the author on the half title. More
Children of China; Voices from Recent Years.
8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y.: knopf, 1988. Near fine. More
The Magic Touch
Boston: Little Brown, 1968. Illustrated throughout in b/w by the author. 112pp. Short slim 8vo, red-stamped beige cloth, edge-worn pictorial d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1968). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
American Picturebooks from Noah's Art to the Beast Within
New York: Macmillan, 1976. Almost 700 illustrations, 130 in color. 615pp., thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., (1976). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
100 Nineteenth-Century Rhyming Alphabets in English; From the Library of Ruth M. Baldwin
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. Profusely illustrated with black and white 296pp. 4to, blue cloth (spine ends lightly bumped) dust wrapper (surface rubbing to wrapper). Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. Illustrations by the author. Introduction by George C. Harvey. 59pp., 12mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards; rear free endpaper torn out, several pages with closed tears, boards quite edgeworn. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. A very good (-) copy. More
Ten Little Brownie Men
Chicago: Flanagan, 1922. Illustrated. 128pp., 12mo, decorative cloth; lightly rubbed, inscription on front flyleaf.. Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, 1922. A very good (+) copy. More
Candidate for the Line
New York: Appleton, 1930. Frontis. plus three black & white plates by A. O. Scott. vi + 273pp., 8vo, orange cloth, d.w.; edges heavily spotted, dust wrapper worn and torn. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Forget-Me-Not and Lily of the Valley
London: Heinemann, 1928. Illustrated in color by S.B. xii, 83pp. Slim oblong 12mo, original pale green cloth with inset pictorial label (covers worn and frayed at extremities; edges quite discolored; 2 pages with short tears at bottom margin). London: Wm. Heinemann, (1928). Reprint of the 1909 original. A good only copy of this uncommon book. More
Louisa Alcott's People
New York: Scribner, 1936. Arranged by May Lamberton Becker From the Books of Louisa Alcott. 4 color and 8 black-and-white illustrations by Thomas Fogarty. 211pp., 8vo, black cloth, with inlaid color illustration. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First edition. A very good (+) copy. More
Transcending Boundaries: Writing For a Dual Audience of Children and Adults
New York: Garland, 1999. xx + 286pp., 8vo, cloth-backed pictorial boards. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1999. A fine copy. Chapters by various authors. Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper. More
The Children You Gave Us: A History of 150 Years of Service to Children.
New York: Jewish Child Care Association, 1973. With a memoir by Art Buchwald. Foreword by Joseph L. Reid. Illustrated. viii + 186pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; pastedown on front free end-paper, dust wrapper lightly worn. New York: Jewish Child Care Association, 1973. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Lost Children of Wilder; The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care.
482pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (inner hinge weak). N.Y.: Pantheon, (2001). More
Humbo the Hippo and Little-Boy-Bumbo
New York: Harper, 1932. 40pp., each with a color illustration, 8vo, pictorial boards; cover quite edgeworn, with some loss of material at the spine ends. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First edition. A very good (-) copy. More
Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender
New York: Harper, 1930. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow. 15pp., oblong 8vo, green cloth-bound pictorial boards. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. A very good copy. More
More Mother Goose Village Stories
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1922. Profusely illustrated throughout by Emma Brock including full-page and in-text figures, most with spot color. 274 pages. Short square 8vo, original beige cloth with black & red-stamped pictorial covers; pictorial endpapers. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1922). Several pages are just a bit dog-eared, still a very good copy of this uncommon book. More
How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books
New York: Viking, 1965. 276 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly dust-stained. New York: Viking Press, (1965). A very good (+) copy. More
The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance.
New York: Pantheon, 1988. Illustrated. 488pp.Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon Books, (1988). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Prince Tip-Top: A Fairy Tale
Chicago: McClurg, 1892. Illustrated. 134pp., thin 12mo, decorative green cloth; lightly rubbed. Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1892. A very good copy. More