76. Bowser the Hound Meets His Match. New York: John H. Eggers, (1928).
First Edition. Small octavo, original illustrated stiff wrappers. Five color illustrations by Harrison Cady. Very Good. Item #26199
Children's Literature
77. Happy Jack Squirrel's Thrift Club. Massachusetts: Massachusetts War Savings Committee, (1918).
First Edition. Harrison Cady illustrations. Children's allegorical story urging the purchase of Thrift and War Saving Stamps for membership in the Club of Loyalty. Very Good but for one page with few inch closed tear mended with scotch tape, some pencil markings to illustrations, discoloration to front cover with four-inch thick shadowing across lower half of front cover. Item #17760
78. Editha's Burglar. Boston: Jordan Marsh, 1900.
Early Edition. A story for children. Near Fine with small book plate to inside front cover in Very Good dustjacket with light chipping to top spine end and wear and short closed tear to top edges. Item #16358
79. In The Closed Room. New York: McClure, Phillips and Co, 1904.
First Edition. Original green decorative cloth, gilt lettering, octavo, in original decorative and printed publisher's dustjacket. Scarce early Burnett title to be found in original dustjacket, with eight full-page colored illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Despite being in the same vein as The Secret Garden, this is a less known title by Burnett, telling the story of a young girl who discovers a mysterious room in a suburban house being taken care of by her father. Includes ghost themes. Near Fine in modestly soiled but nearly Very Good dustjacket, inch chip at lower spine end, shallow chips at top spine end and flap corners, expected edge wear, few short horizontal closed tears a mid-spine. Item #21922
80. Katy and the Big Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1943).
Early or First Edition, no date at title page, $3.25 dustjacket price with [48] beneath, with no ads for books published beyond 1942. Oblong Quarto, Original blue cloth and illustrated dustjacket. A classic children's easy reader by the author best known for her work, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. A lovely Near Fine copy in attractive nearly Near Fine dustjacket, spine ends with surface wear, few inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #12478
81. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, 1939.
First Edition (in 2nd issue dust jacket with $1.75 price). Burton's immortal classic about Mike Mulligan, a steam shovel operator, and his steam shovel Mary Anne. Very Good firmly bound and generally clean volume, hint of crayoning to front panel, in Very Good dustjacket, some loss at spine ends, two inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #32611
82. Humpty and Dumpty. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912].
First Edition. Cecil Aldin cover art and illustrations. Octavo, Black printed tan boards with pictorial paste-on, pictorial endpapers. Number 3 of 6 in the “Happy Family” series. Very Good with front inner hinge cracked to show webbing, top spine end beginning to split, corners and spine ends bumped, some light soiling to boards. Item #19458
83. Puppies And Kittens And Other Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, (1920).
First Edition. Will Cadby photographs. Collection of short animal stories, illustrated throughout by photographs of the animals. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with mild foxing and soiling to panels, inch closed tear to lower front edge, shallow chipping to spine ends, closed tear to mid spine, and general shelf wear. Item #15288
84. Jean Gilpin, L'histoire divertissante de la promenade a cheval. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1925.
First Edition Thus, French Version. Color Caldecott endpapers and dustjacket art. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, spine ends chipped, small chip at lower front panel. Item #9696
85. Patrick Henry; Firebrand Of The Revolution. Boston: Little Brown and Co., (1961).
Stated First Edition. Victor Mays illustrations. Signed and Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper dated 1961. Young adult biographical novel. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with mild wear to top edges including tiny short tear to rear top edge. Item #13952
86. Fun For Juniors. (ACTIVITY BOOK). New York: Platt and Munk Co., (1941).
Presumed First Edition. Colorfully illustrated book of games, puzzles, riddles, mazes, etc. Very Good unused copy, some discoloration to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends. Item #12460
87. Ups and Downs in Picture Town. London and New York: Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton and Co., [1890].
No date, circa 1890, printed in Bavaria. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, red cloth spine. Rare Nister toy book with six chromolithograph plates that flip up or down to reveal another picture underneath. Includes images of cats, dogs, children and farm animals. A Very Good attractive volume with only modest wear, one illustration page almost loose. Item #20739
88. Too Many Cherries. New York: Viking Press. 1949.
First Edition. Illustrations by Jay Hyde Barnum. Young adult's story of a farmer's son who travels 300 miles in a pickup truck to sell cherries. This copy inscribed and signed by Carmer. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, modest wear. Item #9697
89. Little Fur The Legend Begins. New York: Random House, (2005).
First Edition, Advance Review Copy. Story of a half-elf half-troll girl that sets out to save her beloved trees after an evil force poses them a threat. Near Fine Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. Item #15243
90. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1901.
First Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Peter Newell. Original publisher's cream-colored paper-covered boards and green woven paper dustjacket. Very Good attractive copy in Good dustjacket, darkened at spine and panel edges, partial splitting at front spine edge, dime sized chip at upper front panel, small chips at flap corners. Item #32389
91. The Picnic Bear. New York: Henry C. Walck. 1966.
First Edition. Ruth Carroll illustrations. Story about Fuzzy, a little Black Bear, that goes in search of the biggest Picnic he can find. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with 3.95 price at lower front flap, half inch closed tear to front top edge and top corner clipped to inside front flap. Item #13953
92. The Admiral's Caravan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1892).
Seventh Impression. A fantastical children's adventure. This copy inscribed and signed by Carryl as 'the author' at front end paper. Carryl inscriptions are rarely encountered. Scarce. Very Good, red spine cloth faded, rear cover with some mottling. Item #11539
93. The Admiral's Caravan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1892).
First Edition. A fantastical children's adventure. Very Good firmly bound volume, darkening to spine, cloth with modest wear and spotting. Item #19641
94. The Jolly Kid Book. Chicago: P. F. Volland and Co., 1920.
First Edition. Octavo, oblong illustrate boards. No date but circa 1920's. Uncommon Caspari illustrated children's book which was also published in Germany by Alfred Hahn, in Leipzig. Includes eighteen illustrations including two on inside covers, printed on paper mounted on board-like pages. A Good volume, binding complete but detached from 'pages', inside edge of 'pages' with abrasions from detachment from one another, few pages with creases or small edge chips, covers with wear. Item #15999
95. Penelope and the Golden Orchard. Boston: L. C. Page and Company, (1925).
Second Impression. Novel intended for young adults, in the vein of Pollyanna. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41297
96. Care and Training of Boys and Girls, From Birth to Adolescence. Boston: Boston Cooking-School Magazine Co, 1930.
Later Printing. Octavo, original cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Uncommon child rearing title. Near Fine but for some light stains to page fore-edges, in Very Good but modestly foxed and soiled dustjacket. Item #26203
97. Three Vassar Girls On the Rhine. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, Publishers, 1887.
Presumed First Edition, 1886 copyright date. Original illustrated pink boards and publisher's dustjacket. Illustrated by Champ. A holiday trip of three college girls through Germany, by way of this celebrated river. Uncommon in dustjacket. Very Good in Good dustjacket, shallow loss along top edge of jacket and at lower spine end, flap edges show loss, front flap detached but present, some staining to front panel. Item #34905
98. Joseph and His Brethren, Sixpenny Coloured Nursery Picture Sunday Books. London: Dean and Son, 1850.
No date, but circa 1850's. Rare color children's chap book, small octavo, original illustrated wrappers, nine hand colored plates. Very Good, few tiny chips along rear spine end, wrapper's spine edge partially split. Item #20691
99. Park's History of William the Conqueror, King of England. London: John Fairburn, 1840.
No date but circa 1840 according to The British Library (who holds the only listed copy on WorldCat). Scarce small octavo format chapbook, original yellow illustrated wrappers. 8 folded leaves or 16 unnumbered pages, with the first folded leaf serving as the wrapper, and 8 engraved illustrations with bold hand coloration. Printing appears to be engraved, with use of several water colors for the illustrations. Very Good with some light stains and expected wear, pages generally clean. Item #20767
100. Silver Pete, The Story of a Naughty Little Star. New York: No Publisher, (1921).
First Edition. 24mo, 8pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Short children's story listed only in the Library of Congress copyright entries for pamphlets. The last page of this pamphlet asks children to help "Devastated France". Very Good in wraps. Item #20766
