Category: Children and Young Adult

The Punishment of Children

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY. NY, The Abingdon Press : 1915

Seller ID: 27355

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stapled booklet with beige paper covers. Staples are rusting, front cover has light staining and a few tiny wormholes. Pages are excellent. . Author was a Jewish intellectual, popular lecturer of his time, religious leader and social reformer. This booklet lays out a set of rules for when and how children should be punished, and how to correct their faults. Undated, but around 1915. 38pp. . American Home Series Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 40 pages. S6
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J.M. Barrie & The Lost Boys The Love Story that Gave Birth to Peter Pan

By: Birkin, Andrew

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter : 1979

Seller ID: 31187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Dust jacket is price-clipped and is slightly rubbed, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . This is the First American Edition. A newspaper review of the book is laid in. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 323 pages. T0
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Lewis Cass: Frontier Soldier

By: Burns, Virginia

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bath, MI. Bath, MI, Enterprise Press : 1980

Seller ID: 24361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has small tears and is age-toned at spine and margins, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Book covers are mildly warped, Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. Bright red cloth covers with bright gilt lettering to spine. . A juvenile and quasi-fictional but substantial biography of Lewis Cass's early days. During the War of 1812, Cass served as Brigadier General, and he long served as Governor of Michigan Territory. He later was Secretary of War under Andrew Jackson, a member of the Senate from Michigan, and the Democratic candidate for President, losing...
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Petis Contes Negres Pour Les Enfants Des Blancs

By: Cebdrars, Blaise

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Gallimard : 1995

Seller ID: 27339

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Small high-quality trade paperback, printed on coated paper. Illustrated card covers with small crease to corner of front cover, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . This is a beautiful book with spectacular brilliant full-color illustrations; originally published in 1921, in nearly perfect condition. Contents are in French. . 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 112 pages. S6
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Tonio and the Stranger, A Mexican Adventure,

By: Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane:

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap : 1941

Seller ID: 30969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has light edgewear, now protected with fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects, appears unread. 69p. . Part of the A Story Parade Picture Book series.. This is the first printing. . A Story Parade Adventure Book Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 69 pages. S2
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Puppet Theatre in Performance

By: Cole, Nancy H.

Price: $26.50

Publisher: NY. NY, William Morrow : 1978

Seller ID: 16130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Jacket has light creasing, small tears at head of spine, bright, clean and attractive, now protected with acid-free mylar cover. Book has no defects. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. . Everything you need to know about how to produce puppet plays, including costume design, make-up for puppets, staging performances, choosing scripts, writing scripts, stage design, lighting design, acting, shadow puppets, and more. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 272 pages. K2
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The Children of Dickens

By: Crothers, Samuel McChord & Jessie Willcox Smith, Illus.

Price: $26.50

Publisher: NY. NY, Scribner : 1925

Seller ID: 24912

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Extremities of backstrip are bumped and rubbed, front cover pastedown illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith is rubbed around the frame with two minor scratches and slight rubbing but is still quite attractive. The illustrated endpapers and pages are clean, binding is tight, book has obviously been seldom read. The List of Illustrations page has a hole in the upper margin, approximately 1/4-inch by 1-inch. . The text gives excerps of the relevant Dickens works, 24 chapters in all. The ten plates are all present. Wonderful full color illustrations of the children of Dickens: Tiny Tim, Oliver Twist...
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Children's Books Published by William Darton and His Sons

By: David, Linda

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bloomington. Bloomington, Indiana University Lilly Library : 1992

Seller ID: 33439

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Fine, no defects, As New. Contents are excellent; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Exhibition catalog, for an exhibition at the Lilly Library held April-June, 1992. The bibliography is subdivided by subject, and includes indexes and illustrations, b/w and full-color. One of 750 copies printed. . 88 pages. T0
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The Adolescent in the American Novel Since 1960

By: Demarr, Mary Jean & Jane S. Bakerman

Price: $35.00

Publisher: NY. NY, Ungar : 1986

Seller ID: 24220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

No defects in dust jacket, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Book has no defects. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. This is NOT an ex-library book. . This analysis covered 600 novels published within a 25-year period. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A beautiful, collectible copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 349 pages. Signed by All Authors. C5
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Randolph Caldecott

By: Engen, Rodney K.

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Oresko Books : 1976

Seller ID: 31499

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

No defects, book is As New. . Exhibition catalog celebrating the work of Randolph Caldecott' illustrations for children's books. A beautiful copy of the first edition. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 104 pages. B0
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The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Including Little Ragged Blossom and Little Obelia

By: Gibbs, May

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd : 2007

Seller ID: 33693

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Fine book in NF dust jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Wonderful Australian children's book, first published more than a century ago. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 260 pages. U4
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Julia Duckworth Stephen: Stories for Children, Essays for Adults

By: Gillespie, Diane F.; Steele, Elizabeth

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Syracuse University Press : 1987

Seller ID: 23194

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Covers are clean and unworn, binding is tight, pages are crisp and unmarked. Book appears unread. . Author is mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 277 pages. j3
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Voyages en Outremonde

By: Goetz, Georges

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Paris. Paris, L'Ecole Des Loisirs : 1984

Seller ID: 24133

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Jacket is a little rubbed and creased at extremities, now in fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean, book appears unread. . Delightfully illustrated by the author. Text is in French. Fairies, elves and other strange creatures. This is a book for older children, or students of the French language. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 126 pages. C2
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A Portrait of Ollie, from the Wonderful, Imaginative World of Children

By: Harvey, Margaret

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Self Published : 2006

Seller ID: 29595

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Printed on coated paper, pictoral card covers, metal comb binding. Tiny tear to bottom edge of front cover, quarter-inch tear to buttom edge of back cover. No other defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . This book is about teaching are to children, and is told through their own artwork. The art is spectacular, and the many examples are alone worth more the price of the book. In full, gorgeous color. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. G0
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The Bobbsey Twins

By: Hope, Laura Lee

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Saalfield : 1940

Seller ID: 29671

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Dust jacket is a little soiled with minor edgewear, still bright and attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Except for yellowed pages, book has no defects. Bound in gold cloth; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. G3
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So Much in Common

By: Jacobs, Laurie A.

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Honesdale, PA. Honesdale, PA, Boyds Mills Press : 1994

Seller ID: 21735

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Faint vertical crease to back panel of jacket, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. No other defects in jacket or book. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . True friendship between very disparate souls. Pictorial boards. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on preliminary page. Author's first book. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 32 pages. Signed by Author. K7
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Posture Clinics: Organization and Exercises

By: Klein, Armin

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington DC. Washington DC, Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor : 1926

Seller ID: 27678

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Side-stapled booklet with card covers; faint ownership stamp to front cover, a little soil to covers, no other defects. 32p. This is the first edition. It is NOT a modern reprint. . Booklet includes a fold-out posture study form, many line drawings and a page of plates, 27 illustrations in all. . Bureau Publication No. 164 Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 32 pages. T3
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Boga the Elephant

By: Kos (Baroness Dombrowski)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: MacMillan : 1928

Seller ID: 28135

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

For an 80-year-old children's book, this one is in excellent condition, with a slight corner bump to front cover, minor soil to back cover, sunning and rubbing to extremities of spine. Contents are excellent, with bookplate of former owner on front pastedown and first endpaper. A few instances of barely visible smudges to pages. No dust jacket. . Story of Boga the baby elephant. Illustrated with b/w drawings and eight wonderful full-page plates. A solid copy of the first edition. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 96 pages. U5
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Museum ABC

By: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, The (Ny)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers : 2002

Seller ID: 33296

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 60 pages. M5
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Irish Tales and Sagas

By: O'Connor, Ulick

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Dublin. Dublin, Town House : 1993

Seller ID: 15704

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

No defects. Book is As New. . Appears unread. Tight, square, pages clean and bright. This is a beautiful edition, with 35 full-color, glorious and original illustrations (paintings) by Pauline Bewick, alone worth the price of the book. Tales include that of Cuchulain, Children of Lir, Deirdre and the sons of Usna, St. Patrick, The Druid and his Soul, Ossian's Return from Tir na n-Og, and the Countess Cathleen O'Shea. A beautiful copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 96 pages. G3
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Category: Children and Young Adult