451. The Boys' Life of Kit Carson. New York: Century Company. (1929).
First Edition. Narrative of Kit Carson's life intended for young adults. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12075
First Edition. Narrative of Kit Carson's life intended for young adults. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12075
First Edition. Original stiff illustrated wrappers in the shape of a young boy whistling, with two cut out eyes. Lovely copy, Near Fine with mild creases. Item #14072
First Edition. C. H. Lawrence illustrations and cover art. Quarto, pictorial stiff wrappers. Classic children’s story, an autobiographical memoir told by a horse, illustrated in color throughout. Very Good plus with few inch split to lower spine edge. Item #19452
First Edition. Small format shape book, original illustrated boards featuring a young girl under an umbrella. Very Good plus copy, moderate spine edge wear. Item #12540
First Edition. Original oblong boards shaped like a train, spiral bound. Uncommon children's shape book examining the workings of a train. Very Good, corners worn, rear cover with horizontal crease. Item #12542
First Edition. Donald McKay illustrations. Amusing story of a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with light chipping to spine ends, small chip to top front edge, and general edge wear. Item #15245
First Edition, First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Universal Picture starring Lucille Powers and Fred Kohler. Sextodecimo, original illustrated boards. Formatted like a "Big Little Book". Uncommon. Very Good, some rubbing to boards, one dog-eared page. Item #26250
Early Edition. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer. Small Octavo, in original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. An early dustjacketed copy of this classic dating from 1916 based on the advertisements. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with small edge chips and short closed tears. Item #14074
Early Edition. Signed by Simont on title page. A Caldecott Honor Book, about a stray dog finding a home. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with some waving to front and rear panels. Item #14075
No date, circa 1890's. Original small quarto illustrated boards and illustrated dustjacket. A nicely illustrated children's book about a young girl whose prayers are answered when her father returns from war. Very Good, some soiling to edge of covers, in Good only dustjacket, loss at spine ends, ede chips and closed tears, old inscription at top front panel. Item #41415
Presumed First Edition, despite no statement, same dates at title and copyright. Story of a merry-go-round horse in the park who seeks his freedom. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Slobodkin at front free endpaper with small drawing of horse shoe and a horse head in green ink. Near Fine in the original price-clipped dustjacket with edge wear and moderate chipping. Item #14076
Presumed First Edition, despite no statement, same dates at title and copyright. Story of a merry-go-round horse in the park who seeks his freedom. Near Fine in the original $2.50 priced dustjacket which is in Very Good condition with some nicks and wear to edges. Item #20762
First Edition. Original red cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Story of a military messenger pigeon who is rescued by Cub Scouts. Near Fine in dustjacket with two inch deep chip at lower spine end, top spine end and few flap corners chipped cm deep, few closed tears, partial splitting to flap edges. Item #9753
First Edition stated. Circus themed children's literature. Near Fine, previous owner stamp at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, centimeter sized chip at top spine end, dime sized chip at top front panel, few closed tears and wear to edges. Item #15816
First Edition. Small Quarto, Original illustrated yellow boards and dustjacket. 36 pgs. An obscure Dickens fairy-tale with lovely color illustrations by Slobodkin. Recommendation from FAO Schwarz at front dustjacket flap. Near Fine in Very Good plus price-clipped dustjacket, few small spine end chips. Item #12547
First Edition stated. The third Glad Book. Near Fine but for front endpaper being removed, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #41298
First Edition stated. The fourth Glad Book. Near Fine in Very Good attractive dustjacket. Item #41299
First Edition stated. A non-Pollyanna title intended for young women. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small scotch tape pieces at verso, few dime sized edge chips and some smaller. Item #41295
Advance Review Copy. A humerous story of our country's most important founding fathers as only Lane Smith could tell it. Features stiff paper wrapper of dustjacket mock up, as well as text and illustrations to book. Wonderful story and illustrations from the illustrator of the Stinky Cheese Man, True Story Of The Three Little Pigs, and The Frog Prince Continued. Near Fine. Item #14077
Presumed First Edition. John Filmer engravings. Small volume in original green stamped cloth, with gilt lettering and design at front cover. Uncommon Victorian collection of 63 songs for children, many with accompanying piano notes. Very Good, some modest wear at spine ends, some spotting to spine. Item #9754
First Edition. Original illustrated cloth and dustjacket (designed by 'TBH', Thomas Brown Hapgood). A collection of plays and songs first published in St. Nicholas magazine. Includes Ballad of Mary Modern and Medieval Jane by Henry Baldwin; Acting Ballads by Amy Lovell; The House of Santa Claus by Edward Eggleston; Mother Goose Operetta by G. B. Bartlett; The Land of Nod by E. S. Brooks; The Giant Picture by G. B.Bartlett; Shadow Pantomimes by Herman H. Birney; The Magic Sword by Katharine Pyle; The False Sir Santa Claus by E. S.Brooks; A Sixteenth-Century Christmas by Charles A. Murdock; Christmas Eve at Mother Hubbard's by S. J. D.; A Lawn Dance for Little People by L. A.Bradbury; Dicky Dot and Dotty Dick by E. S. Brooks; An Old English Folk-Song by Edgar S. Kelley; Haydn's "Children's Symphony" by James Judson Lord; A Topsyturvy Concert by George Bradford Bartlett; The Changeling by Harriet Prescott Spofford. Very scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, top spine end lacking perhaps an inch of material. Item #32708
First Edition. Rose wonders who she is, asking herself if she would still be Rose if her name were not Rose, and goes on a journey in search of herself. This copy with original wood block Christmas card by Hurd laid in. Near Fine in nearly Very Good modestly edge worn dustjacket, few short closed tears and nicking. Item #31153
First Edition, Advance Review Copy slip laid in. Illustrated by the author. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with original price. Item #20715
No date but circa 1914. Original blue illustrated cloth, octavo. Collection of fairy tales printed in German with nicely done tinted illustrations. This copy unique for being inscribed and signed by the illustrator, W. Planck, at title page. Very Good, modest wear. Item #20752
First Edition. Uncommon children's anthology, bound issues from Fun and Fiction magazine, includes stories and activities, color plates and complete unclipped cut-outs for a circus. Extremely scarce title. Very Good in Good dustjacket. Item #26240