Vintage Playskool Puzzles (Set of 3)
Golden Press, Inc., circa 1955. Trade Paperback. Lot of 3 vintage Playskool puzzles, numbered 80-5A, 80-5B and 80-5C. 8 by 10 inches each. 3 puzzles in very good condition.
Golden Press, Inc., circa 1955. Trade Paperback. Lot of 3 vintage Playskool puzzles, numbered 80-5A, 80-5B and 80-5C. 8 by 10 inches each. 3 puzzles in very good condition.
American Colortype Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. A children's book of stories about a young African American boy, his mother and their pets. The stories were first published in The Household Magazine before released in book form. Written and illustrated in a stereotypical and derogatory way, leading to.....
Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 128 pages. A novel for young readers, but the author and illustrator who won both the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal for his books for children. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a dust jacket with a short closed.....
The Macmillan Company, 1939. Hardcover. Unpaginated, but about 72 pages. 12-3/4 by 9-1/2 inches. A children's picture book. Bound in orange cloth with illustrated paper jacket. Illustrated from black and white drawings by the author, with end papers illustrated in color. Very good in a dust jacket with closed tears.....
Heritage Press. Hardcover. A very good hardcover copy in a very good slipcase. No dust jacket as printed.
Rand McNally & Company, 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition.
James Miller, n.d. but 1868? Hardcover. [56] pages. 5-1/4 by 6-3/4 inches. An ABC book for children, which runs through the alphabet twice, with each set brightly illustrated in color chromolithographs with text in verse. Publisher James Miller was located at 522 Broadway, New York, between 1861 and 1868. Blue.....
Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Hardcover. 123 pages followed by ads. 4-1/4 by 6-1/2 inches. First published in 1871. Tan cloth with design in black and purple on the cover, and gilt lettering on the spine. Corners bumped. A very good copy with no dust jacket. Foxed.
Harper & Brothers, 1908. Hardcover. The third book in the (Harper's Practical Books for Boys series. Illustrated in black-and-white. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Edge wear.
Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. A children's novel. Winner of the Newbery Medal. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Believing that her French guardian is about to abandon her to an orphanage in the city, ten-year-old Lucky runs away from her small.....
Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. A novel for children ages 8 to 12. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a scuffed and price-clipped dust jacket. Association copy. Acquired from the estate of the singer, songwriter, and poet Rod McKuen, who sold millions of.....
Random House, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. [48] pages. 10-1/4 by 7-1/4 inches. The prolific children's author's first book. 'A brighty-yellow flower leads to new friendships on a busy city block' -- from the jacket cover. Illustrations in color. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good.....
Peter F. Cunningham, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 122 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in gold-brown cloth covers with embossed ruling and embossed gilt insignia of the publishing house on front cover. Title and decorations in gilt on spine. No dust jacket.
Little, brown and Company, 1930. Hardcover. 332 pages. 4 full-page color illustrations. A very good copy in black cloth covers with pasted color illustration on front cover.
Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. Hardcover. 319 pages. The second of two books by Baum written under this pen name. Second binding; in red cloth with white lettering. Spine fading with lettering rubbed. Inserted frontispiece chipped with short tears to the edges. Former owner's illustrated bookplate on front free endpaper.....
Aberdeen, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 31 pages. Printed in black-and-orange. One of four children's books by Middleton. First edition (first printing). Brown paper over boards stamped in black and gold on the cover; paper torn at spine. Endpapers a bit wavy at the edges.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. 416 pages. 7-3/4 by 9-1/4 inches. Teacher's edition of a children's textbook. With a 17-page retelling of Rumpelstiltskin with color illustrations by Edward Gorey. A near fine copy; no dust jacket as issued. Minor edge wear. With publisher's review slip tipped in to front.....
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. The third book in the series featuring a watchmaker turned detective. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. This book comes from a very large collection of hypermodern first editions, most purchased at the time.....
Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 247 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth covers. The dust jacket front panel has been glued to the front cover. Black lettering on spine.
Hachette, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 48 pages. 12 full-page color illustrations and additional B/W full- and partial-page illustrations. Color illustrated endpapers. Text in French. First French edition (first printing). A very good copy in color illustrated paper over board covers. Covers with wear and scuffing with small chips missing along.....
Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. Hardcover.
Brimax Books, (n.d. but 1960s). Hardcover. 8 by 10-3/4 inches. 18 stiff-paper pages ('Strong leaves Large print series'). Full color throughout. A children's book about dwarves. Very good. Undated. Clean, solid copy.
Walker & Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. The fifth Norby novel. First edition, trade issue (number line ending in one; $11.95 price on jacket). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket clipped at the bottom by the publisher to remove the library binding price. This book comes from a......
W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd, (n.d. but 1930s?). Hardcover. 160 pages. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a moderately sun-faded spine. Uncommon in jacket.
Whitman. Hardcover. Big Little Book 734.