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The Springfield Cottage Girl.

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 54793

NY: American Tract Society, [c.1850]. Original decorative wrappers printed in black & brown. Illustrated title page and two other engravings. Some foxing and discoloration, basically very good. Issued as No. 26 in a series, so indicated by a numbered box on the front wrapper. The WorldCat entry associates this book with Emma Sharpington, and with Elias James Whitney, who may have done the engraving. One engraving is also signed: "Childs".
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The Patchwork Girl of OZ. Illustrated by John R. Neill.

By: Baum (L. Frank)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 55470

Green cloth, spine lettered in black, pictorial paper paste-down on front cover. End papers and frontispice are black & white. 341pp. plus three leaves of ads at the rear. Some damage to front paste-down, perhaps from tape removal, in general a clean very good copy, quite decent. A later printing, first issued in 1913. This is post-1935 as all illustrations are black & white.
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Belford's Monthly Magazine. January, 1878. Christmas Number.

By: Belford's Monthly Magazine.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Toronto: Belford Brothers, 1878.:

Seller ID: 56101

Original colour pictorial wrappers. Spine worn, chips to lower corners of front cover, a bright very good copy in general. This magazine contains three full-page chromolithographic ads for Canadian children's books: The Prattler for Boys & Girls / My Pet Book / My Own Book. The chromos are in very nice condition. Also good ads for Mark Twain's Scrap Books, sewing machines and whatnot. Contents include a story by B.L. Farjeon and a long poem by Charles Sangster. A slightly sinister Santa Claus graces the front cover. Uncommon in the original wrappers.
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The Little Villager's Verse Book; Consisting of Short Verses for Children to Learn By Heart .... A New Edition with Additions.

By: Bowles (Rev. W.L.)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54789

London: Published by the Proprietor, 14, Dalston Rise, 1837. New Edition. Original limp green cloth, front cover designed and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Yellow coated end papers. 36pp. plus two leaves of ads at rear. Ex-lib marks from the Malvern Public Library include some pen marks and oval rubber stamps throughout the book. Front hinge loose, some old stains to frontispiece, light edge wear, small sticker on front cover, generally a very good copy. Frontispiece engraved by Posselwhite, after an original by Sir Joshua Reynolds. First published in 1806, according to an entry in ...
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The New Apple Doll Book. Photographs by Mark Bradley.

By: Bradley (Carol W.)

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 53539

San Francisco: Bird in Hand Press, 1976. Cloth spine, decorative boards. A fine copy. Of an edition of 1000 numbered copies, this is one of 100 in hard covers. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, this will teach you how to handcraft apple dolls.
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The History of Marten and His Two Little Scholars At a Sunday-School.

By: Cameron (Mrs. Lucy) [issued anonymously]

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 54788

Wellington, Salop: Printed by and for F. Houlston and Son, 1821. Second Edition. Original tan printed wrappers. Engraved frontispiece. 128 pp., plus one leaf of ads at rear. Much of the spine is chipped away, some old stains to edges and wear to corners, but generally a very good copy. The first edition was published in the same format in 1820. Uncommon in original wrappers.
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The Dinky Ducklings.

By: Campbell (Lang)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY: Algonquin, (1928).:

Seller ID: 51359

Illustrated boards. Issued as Algonquin "Sunny R Book" No. 105. End papers illustrated in color, numerous illustrations in color and b&w. A bit of wear to corners, boards splitting along spine, ownership signature on front end paper dated 1934; a very good copy otherwise. Quite a delightful little duck book.
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The Burro of Angelitos. Illustrated by Gigi Shaule Johnson.

By: Church (Peggy Pond)

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 52535

Los Angeles, etc.: Suttonhouse, (1936). First edition. Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Pictorial end papers. Some shelf wear to edges, spine ends a bit worn, quite an attractive very good copy. Of Tomasito, the burro. A nicely illustrated book.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Torquil Mac Ferron. Thomas Oliphant. Tyranny. [Cover title: Plays For Children]. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.

By: Cummins (S. Lyle)

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 54631

London: Methuen, (1922). First edition. Brown boards, spine and front cover lettered in black, colour pictorial label on front cover. Frontispiece in colour, interior illustrations in b&w. Some light edge wear, light chipping to edges of label, but a clean and attractive very good copy.
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Mickey Mouse Annual. Produced with the Consent of Walter E. Disney. [Annual #4].

By: Disney (Walt)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Toronto: Musson, [1933/34]. First Canadian edition.:

Seller ID: 56091

Colour pictorial boards. Colour frontispiece. Lacking the front blank end paper, inner front hinge cracked, some minor edge wear, a bright and attractive very good copy. Derived from the British edition [Dean, 1933], this is the Canadian edition of Mickey Mouse Annual #4. It includes the first few pages of Little Red Riding Hood at the end (as a tickler), and a publisher's catalogue on the final page. The front cover image is of Mickey swinging a baseball bat with the caption "Out Again!".
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The Dancing Princesses.

By: Dixon (R.) and M. Hartwell.

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 54589

NY: Schilling, 1944. First edition. Two 11 x 6 inch booklets, illustrated in color, accordion fold-outs. A children's story of a king and his twelve daughters. A little wrinkling to lower corner, some small scuffs, but about fine. An unusual format, nicely illustrated.
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Fairy Tales From Brazil. How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore. With Illustrations by Helen M. Barton.

By: Eells (Elsie Spicer)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 52872

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1940. Later edition; originally published 1917. Blue pictorial cloth designed and lettered in black & gray. Frontispiece & 7 inserted plates, also illustrated chapter headings. Slight spotting to the spine, but basically a fine copy in the original glasine jacket, which is yellowing and has a few tears; also in a newer glasine jacket. An attractive copy.
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Vglein Roth und Vglein Blau. Dramatisches Mrchen fr kleine und groe Kinder ... Zweite Auflage. Mit vier colorirten Bildern.

By: Hoppe-Seyler (Amanda)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Leipzig: Voigt & Gnther, [nd] (ca. 1860).:

Seller ID: 51406

Disbound. 78pp. Frontispiece & 3 inserted plates in colour. Final blank leaf detached, foxing throughout, wear to edges, very good otherwise. Published anonymously. A juvenile work in verse, a tale of two birdies.
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The Boiled Owl and The Ass's Mouth. Pictures by Roy Meldrum.

By: Housman (Laurence)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [c. 1930].:

Seller ID: 51477

Brown boards lettered in blue, pictorial paper label on front cover. Moderate shelf wear, small paper label on front cover, a very good copy. The verso of the title page contains a list of books in this series, of which this is Volume 30. Uncommon.
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The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea. A Story for Children. Illustrated by William Reeves.

By: Linklater (Eric)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London: Macmillan, 1949. First edition.:

Seller ID: 56162

Blue-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers. Many illustrations, some full-page. A very nice, clean copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, light wrinkling at the base of the spine and some short tears at edges and corners. Really a very nice copy.
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The Cruise of the Dashaway; or, Katie Putnam's Voyage.

By: Mannering (May)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 55050

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. [222]pp. plus one leaf of ads. Reddish-brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Pale yellow end papers. Frontispiece and extra illustrated title page, and two inserted plates. Issued as the third volume in the Helping Hand Series. Some wear to spine ends, clear tape repair to inner front hinge, and glue repairs to both inner hinges, a clean very good copy in general. The frontispiece and two inserted plates are by Thomas Nast; one is of Neptune, God of the Sea, another of a monkey swinging a cat by its tail! The frontispiece depi...
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Heaven on Earth. Adapted from the French Sur La Terre comme au Ciel .... With illustrations by Jeanne Hebbelynck [with] Sur La Terre comme au Ciel. English and French editions.

By: Melloy (Camille) and Joan Windham.

Price: $60.00

Seller ID: 54755

London & NY: Sheed & Ward, (1937). First English edition. Square 8vo., blue (upper, decorative) and cream (lower) boards, cream cloth spine. Printed in Belgium. Five plates in colour. Some light wear to outer page edges, light scattered foxing, but quite a fresh, clean and attractive copy. A brief ownership inscription on the front fly leaf is dated 1940. [with] Sur La Terre Comme au Ciel. Illustrations en Couleurs de Jeanne Hebbelynch. Bruges: Desclee de Brouwer, (1933). First edition. Front fly leaf missing, names in pen on the half-title leaf, some spotting and foxing, a very good copy. A ...
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Timmy's Visit to the Zoo.

By: Pop-up.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: London: Murrays Sales and Service, [nd] 1950s?.:

Seller ID: 50551

Spiral bound, colour pictorial boards. This book opens and clips to itself with a paper clip, making a 4-chambered panorama with 4 pop-up scenes. Very good condition.
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Le Voyageur Europeen ou Abrege Des Meilleurs Voyages Modernes en Europe, A L'Usage de la Jeunesse.

By: Prieur de Sombreuil (Mr. D.)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paris: Librairie Enfantine et Juvenile De P. Maumus, [c.1850].:

Seller ID: 55512

8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, marbled edges and end papers. Extra engraved title page. Frontispiece and two inserted plates, each with 2 vignettes. Table at rear. Spine almost entirely chipped away, foxing to title and early leaves, a clean very good copy in general. Abridged versions of 12 voyages to Sweden, Ireland, Russia, Vienna, Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Italy, Spain and Greece. Nice little illustrations. An uncommon juvenile work; Worldcat gives an incomplete description, and cites no library holdings.
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Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines. With Illustrations by Garth Williams.

By: Sharp (Margery)

Price: $35.00

Seller ID: 55117

London: Heinemann, (1966). First edition. Green boards, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, a couple of small abrasions to the jacket; quite a nice copy. Illustrated title page and numerous drawings throughout by Garth Williams. Miss Bianca's fourth adventure, her first being in the book: The Rescuers (1959).
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