New York: McLoughlin Bro's. ca. 1860s. 8vo, pp. 8; illustrations throughout, later hand-coloring; original yellow pictorial wrappers (a bit soiled) printed in red and black, re-bound upside-down; a few shallow losses to edges not affecting text; publisher's advertisements printed on back wrapper. Heading title: "The history of Aladdin, or the... More
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1812. 16mo, pp. 36; engraved title page, illustrations throughout; original stiff tan pictorial wrappers depicting on man on his horse, a shepherd tending his sheep in the background; fine. Shaw & Shoemaker 24883; Welch 104.1. More
New Haven: S. Babcock, ca. 1840s. Juvenile chapbook, 4¼ inches, pp. 16; engraved title page vignette, illustrations throughout; original blue pictorial wrappers, lacking bottom half of front wrapper, small tear on back wrapper affecting decorative border around publisher's advertisements; a few shallow tears to title page not affecting text. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1927. 12mo, pp. 15; 4 facsimiles; a very good copy in original brown printed wrappers. More
London: Griffith and Farran, 1857. First edition, 16mo, pp. [4], 26, [2]; wood-engraved frontispiece; original decorative green printed wrappers; some rubbing, and mildd staining on the lower cover; all else very good. Seven short instructional texts for children on the pronunciation of the letter H: "How high His Highness holds... More
London: John Marshall, ca. 1808. Miniature book (51 x 45 mm.), pp. 63; woodcut illustrations; printed self wrappers (upper cover unevenly darkened); top edge closely trimmed occasionally affecting running title and page number, else very good and sound. The first of a series of 16 volumes, this consisting of an... More
London: William Pickering, 1849. First edition, small, slim 8vo, pp. 111; engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces; title page printed in red and black; original red moire cloth (soiled) lettered in gilt on upper cover, unadorned spine, a.e.g., violet glazed endpapers; spine ends chipped, joints starting to crack, extremities rubbed;... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ca. 1880s. 16mo, unpaged; frontispiece, illustrations, many full-paged, throughout; original green decorative cloth stamped in black, color plate mounted to upper cover; edges a bit rubbed, front hinge cracked; contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1887; textblock very good and sound. More
Dundee, London, and Montreal: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., n.d., ca. early 1900s. Shaped book, top and fore edges cut to follow outline of car on covers, approx. 5¾" x 3¾", pp. [24]; 12 illustrations (3 in black & white, 9 in color and 1 double-page); lightly rubbed; near fine. OCLC... More
Boston: G. W. Cottrell, [ca. late 1850s]. 32mo (approx. 3" x 2¾"), pp, x, [1], 12-191, [1]; 46 full-page wood engravings; near fine in original blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Includes at the back an account of the cruise of the Essex. More
Toronto: Public Library, [1975]. Reprint (and best) edition with additional corrections of vol. I; first edition of vol. II; 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxiv, [2], 561, [1]; xii, [2], 563-1138; generally a fine set in green cloth-backed illustrated boards, gilt lettering directly on spine. More
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1936. 8vo, pp. 99; 2-toned illustrations throughout; original yellow pictorial wrappers (light soiling at bottom right-hand corner of upper cover) printed in red, French flaps; edge wear with shallow tears along edges not affecting text, bottom half of spine cracked, head chipped, small loss to foot... More
Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, ca. 1812. Thin 24mo, pp. [24];engraved title page, woodcut illustrations; original stiff tan wrappers (minor soiling to back cover), a few short chips, last quire partially unopened; about fine. The illustrations are redrawn cuts with a similar design to The Wonderful Life and Adventures of Robinson... More
London: Religious Tract Society, ca. 1860s. Bifolium, 16mo; illustration, p. [1] printed within green decorative borders; heavy spotting, else fine. "Little Messengers No. 2" printed at bottom of p. [1]. Religious tract concerning the piety of Josiah, the "Jewish prince" More
London: R. Snagg, 1774. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], viii, [4], 247; full contemporary blind-ruled calf, rubbed and worn with spine ends chipped away and corners showing; the spine in six compartments with raised bands, the leather flaking; the joints and hinges cracked and tender, with boards holding by threads... More
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, [ca. 1850s]. Juvenile chapbook, 3¼ inches, pp. 8; 6 woodcut illustrations; original pictorial wraps; a fine copy. No. 3 of the first series of Redfield's Toy Books. Publisher's advertisements printed on back wrapper. More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. Small 4to, pp. 362; color illustrated title page, 8 leaves of plates, illustrated endpapers; original green cloth stamped in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, color plate mounted to upper cover; some shelf wear, upper cover gilt a bit rubbed affecting the "Ho" of "Hood"'; front hinge starting, title... More
New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1840s]. 32mo, pp. 16; engraved illustrations throughout; bound with: Memoir of little George; or, "It is very mean to tell lies". New York: American Tract Society, [ca. 1850s]. Together in red cloth over marble boards, gilt spine, some shelf wear, edges rubbed, a bit... More
Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1861. 12mo, pp. 124; original orange printed paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine; a very good example of a Civil War-era American spelling book, each page bearing a title such as "A good boy is a public good," "Beware of bad books," and "Is Heaven to be your... More
New York: International Art Publishing Co. Ltd., ca. 1897. 12mo, unpaged; color and black and white chromolithographs; original stiff pictorial wrappers; spine ends starting to crack, else a very good, bright copy. Nursery rhymes. Sunshine Series no. 5. Not in OCLC. More
Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Square 16mo, pp. 16; metal engraving frontispiece mounted to front pastedown, 7 plates, the last mounted to back pastedown; original stiff pink wrappers; half title detached but present, pages uniformly browned; a very good copy in fine binding. Osborne, p. 92; see Welch 215 for the 1811 edition. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. 56; color illustrations throughout, decorative endpapers by the artist; original blue cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards by Crane, edges rather scuffed with boards occasionally exposed, textblock fine. Text based on W. J. Linton's manuscript "The Wisdom of Aesop." Osborne I, p. 2. More
n.p. Meiji 10, [1877]. Color woodblock diptych of children playing at Tug o' War, notable for the inclusion of two western children, each part of the dyptich approximately 14½ x 9¾ inches (14½ x 19½ overall), printed in red, yellow, green, blue, gray and black, showing 5 figures on each... More
London: Seeley, Service & Co., [n.d.]. First published 1861, 8vo, 320pp., frontis. illus. in color & 8 plates, all after illustrations by H.M. Brock; a bright, near fine copy in original red cloth decorated with a floral trellis design in white, green, black, and gilt, negligible wear to extremities and... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. Edition de luxe limited to 500 copies signed by Thomson (this, no. 117); large 4to, pp. 234, [1]; mounted color frontispiece and 19 plates, additional black & white text illustrations throughout; original full vellum, upper cover ruled in gilt and green with elaborate gilt-tooling within... More
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