First Edition, correct $1.95 price at front flap of jacket. One of the classics of the series: "An I Can Read Book". Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #22493
First Edition, Proof Copy. Octavo, original printed cloth wrappers, 161 pages. "After producing a Scout Handbook during their first year of operation, the BSA began working on a Scoutmaster Handbook almost immediately. They issued about 3 separate printings of an unbound draft edition and an unbound "proof" edition in 1912 and 1913 for evaluation, then released the first official Scoutmaster Handbook edition in 1914." WorldCat lists one library holding for any of the first three proof printings, at the University of Utah. Extremely scarce title, the predecessor to the first official printing of the Handbook for Scout Masters in March of 1914 in which 10,000 copies were produced. According to a Scouting website this is the 2nd of four printings of the "proof" edition, after a first printing with 203 numbered pages. The number of copies produced for the first three proof printings are unknown. A true rarity. Very Good in cloth wrappers, some loss at top spine end. Item #26406
Early Edition. Small quarto, illustrated cloth. Black and white illustrations. A standard and familiar Victorian Era's children's literature title. This copy unique for retaining the turn-of-the-century printed dustjacket. Oversized dustjackets rarely survived the ages, and this one from 1906 is rather remarkable. Near Fine bright copy, in Very Good age toned dustjacket, few small chips at top spine end, lower spine end with few centimeter deep chip, closed tear at lower front flap edge. Item #15803
First Edition. Small oblong octavo, original illustrated boards. Uncommon toy book for children with four stiff board pages, each with a squeeze toy, and cut out in top right corner to reveal a clock on the inside back cover. Front cover with a small window which reveals the same clock. No publisher information other than 'printed in Japan' and 'GA' for the company name. This copy unique for retaining the original illustrated cardboard box to house the book. An unusual survivor of the decades. Very Good, small abrasion at front cover, in Very Good box, general wear to corners and edges. Item #15799
First Edition. February 26, 1938 issue, No. 2. Quarto, original illustrated paper wrappers. Uncommon children's magazine, this issue with complete Biggles story by Johns. Also last page is a photoplay of sorts, a one quarto page story with five stills from the film Windjammer, a George A. Hirliman Productions film starring George O'Brien and Constance Worth. Based on the screenplay by Daniel Jarrett. Very Good. Item #26238
First Edition. February 18, 1933 issue, No. 263, volume 11. Tall octavo, original illustrated paper wrappers. Uncommon children's magazine, this issue with complete Biggles story. Very Good. Item #26235
First Edition. February 19, 1938 issue, No. 1. Quarto, original illustrated paper wrappers. Uncommon children's magazine, this issue with two complete stories by Johns, one a Biggles story. Also last page is a photoplay of sorts, a one quarto page story with five stills from the film Non-Stop New York, a Gaumont British Picture Corp. film of a young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York. Based on the novel by Ken Attiwill and screenplay by Roland Pertwee (starring John Loder and Anna Lee). Very Good. Item #26236
First Edition. Edmund H. Garret dustjacket art. Children's fiction, by author of the "Little Colonel" series which served as the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film, "The Little Colonel." Very Good, slightly soiled with small bookstore sticker to front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, edge-worn with shallow chipping to spine ends and flap corners, inch closed tear to top edge of front panel, discoloring to top rear edge and length of rear panel. Item #24591
Presumed First Edition, no ads for Johnson titles published after 1958. "Reinforced Library Edition", but not ex-library. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, front flap corners rather severely price clipped, small chip at lower spine end, closed tear along 3/4 of front flap. Item #20743
Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. Etheldred B. Barry illustrations. Decorative white cloth. Children's fairy themed novel by the author of "The Little Colonel". This copy in presumed 19th Century illustrated dustjacket. Part of the Cosy Corner Series. Near Fine, 1903 gift inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, coin sized chips at spine ends, splitting at spine edges mended at verso with archival tape. Item #25263
First Edition and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the S. S. Krellberg feature film starring William Boyd, Kane Richmond and Claudia Dell. Sextodecimo, Original illustrated boards. Extremely scarce science-fiction themed photoplay edition published in similar format as the Whitman published 'Big Little Books'. Very Good, bit of cracking at front inner hinge, webbing just showing but not broken, bit of a splash stain at rear cover. Item #41703
First Edition. Edward Shenton dustjacket art and illustrations. Story based on first hand accounts by the author on the horse that became legendary in the Siberian Army. Mr. Kalashnikoff claims there was never was such wisdom, courage, and loyalty displayed by a horse. A remarkable story. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to top spine end and top corners and mild general shelf wear. Item #14010
First Edition, small octavo; 62 pp including numerous color illustrations and frontispiece. Rare children's book including cannibalism subject matter. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, few tiny chips, top rear panel with nickel sized chip. Item #14011
First Edition, with this title the 7th and last listed on front dustjacket panel. Warrne dustjacket art and illustrations. Seventh of the Dana Girls Mystery Stories series, by the author of the Nancy Drew stories. “Mystery surrounds the old country house the school plans to rent for a summer camp, and the Danas follow many strange clues before they find the secret of the locked room.” Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, light edge wear, heavier wear to spine ends and cover corners, some light soiling to lower front panel. Item #26214
Early Edition. Original illustrated wrappers. Octavo. Collection of party activities, songs, acrostics, plays, and recitations in costume for Christmas. Very Good plus. Item #14012
First Edition. Early Kellogg Holloween title. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, minor rubbing at top spine end. Item #9721
First Edition. Octavo, original illustrated boards and dustjacket. Vianna Knowlton dustjacket art and silhouettes. Children's book featuring a chivalrous youth, a maiden, enchanted forests carpeted in flowers, and a quest that carries us through all manner of portents and crouching perils. This copy signed and nicely inscribed by the author at front endpaper. Very Good, few loose illustrations, top spine end material with small chip, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, modest stain to rear panel. Item #22720
First Edition. Michael Perts illustrations. Story of a young boy who "throws himself among the wolf children of Moscow." Bright Very Good plus in Very Good plus price clipped dustjacket with nickel size chip to lower front edge, light chipping to top spine end and rear top edge, short closed tears to rear edges. Uncommon in dustjacket. Item #15291
First Edition. Octavo with pictorial boards and endpapers, in color illustrated dustjacket, illustrated in color throughout. Story of a young boy who lives in China who trades places with another little boy who lives on a boat. Almost Near Fine but for discrete ink inscription to front inside cover, some modest wear to corners and lower edges of boards, front cover with very light creasing, in a Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to spine ends and cover corners, 1 3/4 inch closed tear to top edge of front cover, few shorter closed tears to edges. Item #19469
First Edition. Helen H. Kihn dustjacket art and illustrations. Nicely arranged collection of Greek myths. Near Fine in Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket, some shallow loss at top spine end. Item #22725
Quarto, original green cloth, gilt lettering at spine, with dustjacket. Frontispiece and 11 tipped in plates by Smith with captioned tissue guards, half title, title page and illustrations in the text. A later reprint, in the scarce jacket. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Scarce in such fine condition. Item #32628
Original Signed Limited Print, #205 of 295 printed. 15 by 12.75 inches. Lovely condition. Item #41922
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First Edition. Small oblong octavo, original illustrated boards and dustjacket. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, modest wear. Item #26230
First Edition. Lynd Ward dustjacket art and frontis illustration. A scarcely found Ward title concerning a seeing-eye dog. Attractive copy. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with only mildest signs of wear. Item #14013
First Edition, stated. Small octavo. Illustrated by Abbi Giventer. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with original price. Item #20733
