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1. Abbott, Ethelyn. FOLK TALES FROM GRIMM: A DRAMATIC READER FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company: 1913. 126 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight soiling to binding. Text block starting to crack in the middle, but holding. With color illustrations. $20.00

2. Alger, Horatio. SLOW AND SURE: FROM THE STREET TO THE SHOP. Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: 1872. 280 pages. Brown pattern-stamped cloth covers with gold decorated spine. There is slight shelf wear only to the spine edges and corners. The pages are browned a bit at the edges. The hinges are sound, with only a hint of cracking. Overall a near very good condition copy of this early Horatio Alger title. The verso of the title page has 1872 as the printing date. $70.00

3. Alger, Horatio. SLOW AND SURE, FROM THE STREET TO THE SHOP. Chicago, M. A. Donohue and Company: Heavy shelf wear to spine extremities. Binding sound. Top edge of front cover has a small insect chew-away spot. Corners bumped. $10.00

4. Alger, Horatio. THE YOUNG EXPLORER: OR, CLAIMING HIS FORTUNE. New York, Hurst & Company: 1915. 250 pages. Shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Scuffing and some discoloration to the binding. Corners are worn and there is slight fraying to the cloth at the bottom of the spine. $10.00

5. Alger, Horatio. ROUGH AND READY: OR, LIFE AMONG THE NEW YORK NEWSBOYS. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company: 1897. 300 pages. Green illustrated cloth covers with spine title in gold. There is shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The front end has been repaired with archival glue. Be clean and tight copy. Above average condition for this early Horatio Alger title. $28.00

6. Alger, Horatio. ANDY GORDON. Cleveland, Goldsmith: ca. 1910. Wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $10.00

7. Alkibe, G.A. PRAIRIE BILL AND THE COVERED WAGON. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1934. 379 pages. Big Little Book edition. Shelf wear to the spine edges and edges of the covers. Some soiling to the binding. Some browning to the pages. $20.00

8. Allen Brothers. SERENA'S THREE TRIALS AND OTHER STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. New York, Allen Brothers: 1869. 128 pages. Small light purple cloth covers. There is discoloration to the spine and discolored spots on the covers. The binding is tiny. Some of the pages have foxing. $18.00

9. Allen, Quincy. THE OUTDOOR CHUMS ON THE GULF: OR, RESCUING THE LOST BALLOONISTS. New York, Goldsmith Publishing Company: 1911. In dust jacket. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $8.00

10. Almond, Linda Stevens. MARY REDDING TAKES CHARGE. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1926. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Some fading to covers $11.00

11. American Tract Society. MEMOIR OF MARY LOTHROP, WHO DIED IN BOSTON, MARCH 18, 1831. New York, American Tract Society: 1832. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are bumped. $15.00

12. American Tract Society. THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK. Boston, American Tract Society: 1874. 96 pages. Green cloth binding shows wear to the spine edges and the corners. Corners are slightly rubbed through. A few scuffed spots to binding. Illustrated with woodcuts on each page. A nice children's book. $35.00

13. Anderson, Hans Christian. THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA. New York, North-South Books: 1985. VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. Illustrated by Dorothee Duntze. A beautiful edition. $30.00

14. Anstey, F. PALEFACE AND REDSKIN AND OTHER STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. New York, P. Appleton: Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else near VG. Beautiful pictorial binding. $20.00

15. Art Institut Orell Fussli. COLLECTION D'IMAGES DESTINEE A L'ENSEIGNEMENT DES LANGUES. Zurich, Switzerland, Art Institut Orell Fussli: 1890. Green paper covers. Some chipping to the edges and a few stains to the covers. Spine paper has some tape repair with archival tape. With 32 pages of woodcut illustrations, followed by 16 pages of text. The woodcuts are detailed and some follow a story in a series of panels. Some bizarre story panels, showing accidents to children not being careful, or children getting the switch because of disobedience. $25.00

16. Bacon, Peggy. THE GOOD AMERICAN WITCH. New York, Franklin Watts: 1957. 1st Edition. 222 pages. First printing. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. This is a very scarce dust jacket. $100.00

17. Bailey, Alice Cooper. KIMO. Illustrated by Lucille Webster Holling. New York, P. F. Volland & Co.: 1928. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Light soiling to the binding. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. $5.25

18. Bailey, Jean. CHEROKEE BILL: OKLAHOMA PACER. New York, Abingdon Press: 1952. 190 pages. Signed by the author. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips to the edges. $4.50

19. Baker & Bennett Company. THE LITTLE MIND BUILDER PRIMER. [n.p.], Baker & Bennett Co. : 1913. First American edition. Small paper booklet. Some soiling to covers. This is a small booklet with an alphabet and a list of spelling words and short sentences. The pamphlet also advertises several educational toys produced by the Little Mind Builder Company, including block letters and sand tracing toys. $7.00

20. Baker, Margaret. PEDLAR'S WARE. New York, Duffield and Company: 1925. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Some soiling to binding. A few pages are starting to loosen. With beautiful silhouette illustrations throughout the book. $20.00

21. Baker, Ray Stannard. BOYS SECOND BOOK OF INVENTIONS. New York, McClure, Phillips & Co.: 1903. 320 pages. Red pictorial covers. Ex-library markings on the spine and inside covers. There is some soiling to the binding. The spine edges and corners are shelf-worn and rubbed. The front hinge has been repaired with archival glue. There is a crack to the text block near the end of the book, with a couple of signatures listening, but still attached. Profusely illustrated throughout. $15.00

22. Ball, Francis. AMERICAN HISTORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS. Boston, Little, Brown: 1918. 138 pages. Some shelf wear. Slight fading to pictorial green cloth covers. Corners bumped, else Good+. $10.00

23. Banta, Alpha. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN AND OTHER STORIES. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company: 1895. Shelf wear and some soiling, else near VG. This is the 1895 edition. Illustrated with woodcuts. $10.00

24. Barr, John T. THE PRODIGAL, OR, WARNINGS TO THE YOUNG. SHOWING THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS HARD. New York, Carlton & Porter: 1854. 128 pages. Small black cloth covers. There is quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, and some rubbed and scuffed spots to the binding. Some foxing to the pages. There is a dampstain to the upper right corner of some of the pages. A good example of didactic religious books for children of the time period. $25.00

25. Barton, May Hollis. CHARLOTTE CROSS AND AUNT DEB. New York, Cupples & Leon Co. : 1931. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Frontispiece loose within book. $5.75

26. Baum, L. Frank. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. Chicago, Reilly & Lee: 1913. 340 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Hinges are taped with binder's reinforcement tape. Shelf wear and rubbing in dust jacket with spine missing and with large chips and tears. Dust jacket is very scarce. Jacket also has some masking tape repair at the bottom and the top. $75.00

27. Benson, Irene Elliott. ETHEL HOLLISTER'S FIRST SUMMER AS A CAMPFIRE GIRL. Chicago, M. A. Donohue & Co. : [n.d.]. In dust jacket. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. Pages browned. $1.20

28. Benson, Irene Elliott. CAMPFIRE GIRLS' RURAL RETREAT, OR THE QUEST OF A SECRET. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 1918. 149 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. $15.00

29. Berkey, Ben. HOPI HOLIDAY. Illustrated by the author. Minneapolis, T. S. Denison: 1967. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners, with light fraying. $2.50

30. Biggers, Earl Derr. INSPECTOR CHARLIE CHAN SOLVES A NEW MYSTERY. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1940. 424 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Corners are slightly bumped. $115.00

31. Blanchard, Lucy M. CARITA AND HOW SHE BECAME A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. Boston, Page: 1918. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Spine is faded. $11.00

32. Blanck, Jacob. PETER PARLEY TO PENROD. A Bibliographical Description of the Best-Loved American Juvenile Books. New York, R.R. Bowker Company: 1956. 153 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. $20.00

33. Bois, Gaylord Du. BUCK JONES AND THE KILLERS OF CROOKED BUTTE. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1940. 424 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. The binding is tight. A Better Little book. $24.50

34. Bonehill, Captain Ralph. FOUR BOY HUNTERS, OR THE OUTING OF THE GUN CLUB. New York, Cupples & Leon Company: 1906. 235 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Nice pictorial binding. $12.50

35. Brill, George Reiter. RHYMES OF THE GOLDEN AGE. Illustrated by George Reiter Brill. Philadelphia, Edward Stern & Company: 1908. 123 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Original verse and beautiful color illustrations throughout by noted illustrator George Reiter Brill. Very scarce title. $125.00

36. Brock, Emma L. SURPRISE BALLOON. Illustrated by the author. New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1949. Ex-library, with internal stamps. Bound in library buckram. $4.95

37. Brown, Abbie Farwell. SONGS OF SIXPENCE. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin: 1914. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with small chips to edges. D.j. also has soiling and a small round chip missing on the front panel. Scarce dust jacket. $40.00

38. Buehrle, Marie Cecilia. KATERI OF THE MOHAWKS. Milwaukee, Bruce Publishing: 1954. Hardback with With dust jacket. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. $1.35

39. Burnett, Alice Hale. THE MERRYVALE GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY. Chicago and New York, M. A. Donohue: 1919. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $9.00

40. Burnett, Carolyn Judson. THE BLUE GRASS SEMINARY GIRLS' CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. New York, A. L. Burt Company: 1916. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $7.50

41. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1948. 286 pages. Better Little Book #1442. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $30.00

42. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THIS SON OF TARZAN. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1939. 425 pages. Better Little Book #1477. The front and back hinges are weakening, but still holding. There is some shelf wear to the binding, but not heavy. The corners are slightly bumped. There is Scotch tape repair to the front joint. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $40.00

43. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. TARZAN'S REVENGE: A STORY BASED ON THE MOTION PICTURE. Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Company: 1938. 424 pages. A Big Little book. The paper spine has chips at the edges and splits at the outer joints. The corners are rubbed. There is a small tear to the paper inside the front cover. The binding is tight and the contents are complete. $25.00

44. Bush, Bertha E. INDIAN CHILDREN TALES. Dansville, New York, Hall & Mccreary: 1909. Printed softcover wrappers. Some wear and discoloration. $8.95

45. Byington, Eloise. MOTHER GOOSE FUN. MORE STORIES IN RHYME. Illustrated by Kathllen Stowell Frantz. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Company: 1931. 128 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to edges of covers. Pictorial color illustration on the front cover. Nicely illustrated in color throughout. A scarce Mother Goose title. $45.00

46. Caniff, Milton. Terry and the Pirates Shipwrecked on A Desert Island. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1938. 424 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. $40.00

47. Cardell, William S. THE BOY OF PRINCIPLE, THE MAN OF HONOR: OR, THE STORY OF JACK HALYARD. Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt & Son: 1854. Shelf wear to spine & edges, with small chips & tears at spine. Some fading to spine. Corners slightly bumped. Former Sunday School label inside front cover. Small label remnant on spine. $40.00

48. Carol Press. MOCKING RIMES: SOME PARODIES ON "MOTHER, MAY I GO OUT TO SWIM?" Boston, The Carol Press: 1911. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Some soiling to binding. $25.00

49. Carrick, Carol and Donald. THE OLD BARN. New York, Bobbs-Merrill: 1966. Ex-library sturdy blue library buckram binding. Some wear to spine and corners. Binding tight. $1.85

50. Cavanah, Frances. LOUIS OF NEW ORLEANS. Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Washington, David Mckay: 1941. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. A nice, clean copy. $7.15

51. Cavanah, Frances. ABE LINCOLN GETS HIS CHANCE. Chicago, Illinois, Rand Mcnally: 1959. First American edition. Shelf wear, else VG slightly in edge-worn jacket. $2.25

52. Chaffee, Allen. LOST! TWO BOYS BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS. Springfield, Mcloughlin Brothers: 1930. 233 pages. Shelf wear to spine, corners, and edges. Corners bumped. Blank endpaper and a couple of initial pages have a few insect chew holes. Hinges are repaired with archival glue. Binding is tight. Beautiful pictorial covers. $20.00

53. Champney, Lizzie. THREE VASSAR GIRLS ABROAD RAMBLINGS OF THREE COLLEGE GIRLS ON VACATION. Boston, Estes & Lauriat: 1882. 236 pages. Paper over board binding. Beautiful color illustrated pictorial covers. There is chipping to the paper at the spine edges and along the front and back joints. The corners are rubbed through. The binding is tight. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. $55.00

54. Chardin, Marie. MOI. Illustrated by Bess Bethell. New York, 1936. In nice dust jacket. Some shelf wear, else near VG. Dust jacket has some chipping to edges and some soiling to dust. A French-language learning picture book for American children. $19.50

55. Christ, Katherine D. BOOTS THE FIREMAN'S DOG.BOOTS THE FIREMAN'S DOG. New York, American Book Company: 1936. 56 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are rubbed through. A couple of pages have tears at the bottom, not affecting the text. $4.00

56. Christian, Margaret. CAMP FIRE GIRLS. New York, Samuel Gabriel & Sons: 1917. 32 pages. Shelf wear to covers and corners. Corners are rubbed through. A few pages have fingerprint smudges and a couple of pages have small tears to the edges. Cloth spine and beautiful color lithograph pictorial front cover. There are also three full-page color illustrations in the book and a color illustrated back cover as well. Scarce. A beautifull illustrated book. $55.00

57. Coffin, Charles Carleton. FOLLOWING THE FLAG: FROM AUGUST 1861 TO NOVEMBER 1862 WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. New York, Hurst: ca. 1900. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Front hinge cracked. $7.50

58. Colum, Padraic. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, TALES OF WONDER AND MAGNIFICENCE. Illustrated by Eric Pape. New York, Macmillan: 1923. 371 pages. Slihght shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. Illustrated by Eric Pape. $18.00

59. Comstock, Harriet T. BIBLE STORIES, RETOLD IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE. New York, A. L. Burt Company: 1900. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Rubbing and fading to binding. $10.00

60. Cook, Canfield. SPRINGBOARD TO TOKYO: A LUCKY TERRELL FLYING STORY. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1943. Shelf wear to spine and corners. D.j. worn and chipped at edges. Nice pictorial illustrated dust jacket. $4.95

61. D. Lothrop and Company. SIGHTS WORTH SEEING: BY THOSE WHO SAW THEM. Boston, D. Lothrop and Company: 1886. Some wear to spine and corners. Beautiful pictorial binding. Numerous illustrations. This is a children's book with chapters on England, Venice, Canada, the Swiss Alps, Paris, and other topics. This book also contains the chapter On the Carlisle Indian School, Alaska, and the chapter on the Sissiton- Wahpeton Santa Sioux Indians and their feud with the Chippewas and a Powwow/Peace Convention that was held between the two tribes. A scarce title. $15.00

62. Darlington, Edgar B.P. THE CIRCUS BOYS ACROSS THE CONTINENT, OR WINNING NEW LAURELS ON THE TANBARK. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Co. : 1911. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Soiling to binding. Binding is tight. $3.00

63. David McKay Company. ROBIN HOOD. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Philadelphia, David Mckay: 1917. 362 pages. Title page states 1917 at the bottom. In rare dust jacket. Book has shelf wear to spine edges. Slight fading to the gold on the spine title. The dust jacket has tears to the edges and chips missing from the top of the spine and the back panel. D.j. is also soiled on the white portions of the panels and spine. Nice d..j illustration Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood Forest. $250.00

64. Deming, Edwin Willard & Therese O. Deming. LITTLE INDIAN FOLK. New York, Frederick A. Stokes: 1899. 1st Edition. Oblong illustrated paper-over-boards on front and back covers.. Red cloth spine. Shelf wear to spine edges, corners and edges of boards. Some rubbing to covers. A few small soiled spots to cover. Binding is tight, hinges are sound and pages are clean and free from tears or marks. A very nice copy of a scarce book. With 9 full-page color illustrations and numerous other smaller black-and white illustrations by noted Native American artist E.W. Deming. 10056add. $150.00

65. Dickerson, Fannie M. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB: THE TRUE STORY. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company: 1902. 1st Edition. 96 pages. Green cloth covers with illustration on front cover. The upper left corner of the paper illustration is torn away, a minor flaw. There is some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and the corners, with corners lightly bumped. A bit of darkening to the spine. The hinges are sound and the contents are clean and tight. Overall near very good condition. A scarce title. $165.00

66. Disney, Walt. MICKEY MOUSE, RUNS HIS OWN NEWSPAPER. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1937. 292 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight soiling to the covers. Binding is a bit cocked. Hinges and text block are clean and tight. A solid copy of a scarce Big Little book. $75.00

67. Dodge, Louis. THE SANDMAN'S MOUNTAIN: A STORY FOR LARGE PERSONS TO READ TO SMALL PERSONS. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Paul Bransom. New York, Charles Scribner's: 1920. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine faded. Front hinge glue-repaired. A few smudge stains to edges of pages. $7.50

68. Donaldson, Lois. KARL'S WOODEN HORSE. Illustrated by Annie Bergmann. Chicago, Laidlaw Brothers: 1931. Original blue cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are rubbed. There is a color illustration on the front cover. The cover has some soiling and smudges. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. Scarce title. Beautifully illustrated in color by Annie Bergmann. $85.00

69. Doorly, Eleanor. THE MICROBE MAN: A LIFE OF PASTEUR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. New York, D. Appleton-Century: 1939. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. $3.25

70. Dopp, Katharine Elizabeth. BOBBY AND BETTY ON THE FARM. New York, Rand Mcnally: 1930. 222 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to the covers. Corners bumped and worn. A few pages have small chips to the edges. 10454add $25.00

71. Dubois, Gaylord. TIM MCCOY AND THE SANDY GULCH STAMPEDE. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1939. 424 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A Better Little book. $25.00

72. Eggleston, Margaret W. MORE FIRESIDE STORIES FOR GIRLS IN THEIR TEENS. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc. : 1928. 153 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and corners and slight soiling to covers. Covers slightly bowed. A couple of pages have creases. $4.95

73. Emerson, Alice B. RUTH FIELDING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE, OR THE QUEER OLD MAN OF THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. New York, Cupples & Leon: 1922. 208 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Front cover has a faded and soiled spot at the bottom. Dust jacket has some tears and chips to the edges. $15.00

74. Epworth Press. THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND IN BLACK AND WHITE. London, Epworth Press: 238 pages. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. There is a small chip of cloth missing at the top of the spine. This is an older children's book without copyright date, but it appears to be ca. 1900. Nice pictorial color front cover. Many woodcut illustrations throughout the book. $20.00

75. Evans, C.S. (Illustrated by Rackham, Arthur). THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott and William Heinemann: 1920. 110 pages. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Heavy shelf wear to the spine and corners, with corners rubbed through and some of the cardboard missing on the corners. Spine is faded a bit and there are some scuffs and soiled spots on the binding. The binding is tight and the contents are complete. Beautiful silhouette illustrations throughout the book by Arthur Rackham. There is also a color tipped-in frontispiece. $90.00

76. Famous, Howard B. The Adventures of Bunny Boy. Racine, Wisconsin, Western Printing & Lithographing Co: 1900. 61 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are bumped. A few lightly soiled spots on cover. Binding is tight. Overall a nice copy. $5.00

77. Farjeon, Eleanor. A PRAYER FOR LITTLE THINGS. Boston, Houghton and Mifflin: 1945. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine edges and corners. $3.95

78. Fielding, Jane. JACKIE HIGHTREE: THE ADVENTURES OF A SQUIRREL. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 1913. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to binding. This edition is by M.A. Donohue publisher. $5.00

79. Finley, Martha. ELSIE AT NANTUCKET: A SEQUEL TO "ELSIE'S NEW RELATIONS". New York, Dodd, Mead: ca. 1900. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to binding. $4.95

80. Fish, Eleanor. Tepee and Wigwam in Picture Strip. Chicago, Thomas S. Rockwell: 1931. Oblong red cloth covers. Heavy shelf wear to the spine edges and the edges of the boards and corners. There are some steps and scratches on the covers. The hinges are repaired with archival glue. Some fingerprint smudges to the edges of some pages. Pages are complete. Nicely illustrated. $7.95

81. Fisher, Annie L. LITTLE VERSES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE. Boston, Davis & Bond: 1913. Heavy paper covers and pages. Some soiling to paper. The first text page has a scar across the middle where something that had been affixed to the paper was pulled away. Some pages are loose within the book. A small alphabet book, with nice illustrated decorations $4.75

82. Fisher, Elbert. FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO JAPAN. The Boy Globe Trotters Series. New York, New York Book Company: 1915. 241 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine title is a bit rubbed, but still legible. One illustration is loose within the book. $4.45

83. Fisher, Elbert. FROM NEW YORK TO THE GOLDEN GATE. The Boy Globe Trotters Series. New York, New York Book Company: 1915. 244 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Some rubbing away of the spine title, but still quite legible. Spine slightly cocked. $9.00

84. Fitzhugh, Percy Keese. TOM SLADE AT BLACK LAKE. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1920. 200 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Jacket has some pen scribbling on the front panel. $10.00

85. Foote, Mary Hallcock. THE LITTLE FIG-TREE STORIES. New York, Houghton, Mifflin: 1899. Wear to spine and extremities. Some fading to binding. Corners rubbed through. Some soiling to covers. Binding tight. $12.50

86. Forrest, Hal. TAILSPIN TOMMY AND THE SKY BANDITS. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1938. 424 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. A Big Little Book. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the cover edges and some soiling to the covers. Some scuffs to the covers. Front cover is loosening, but still attached. $14.95

87. Fox, Frances Margaret. NANNETTE. Illustrated Justin C. Gruelle. New York, P. F. Volland: 1929. 80 pages. Slight wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Justic C. Gruelle. $12.00

88. Fox, Frances Margaret. LITTLE BEAR'S PLAYTIME. Chicago, Rand Mcnally: 1922. 64 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips to edges and some soiling. Scarce in dust jacket. $11.00

89. French, Harry W. OUR BOYS IN INDIA. One in the "Roundabout Books" series. Boston, Charles E. Brown & Co. : 1892. Pictorial paper over boards. Wear to spine, corners, & edges. One small tear to top of spine. Corners and edges rubbed. Front hinge starting to crack, but holding. Text block is sound. There are many woodcut illustrations. $17.50

90. Frey, Hildegard G. THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' LARKS AND PRANKS, OR THE HOUSE OF THE OPEN DOOR. New York, A. L. Burt: 1917. 256 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight fraying to the cloth at the spine edges. Corners slightly bumped. $18.00

91. Friskey, Margaret. SEVEN DIVING DUCKS. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, E. M. Hale & Company: 1940. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are rubbed through. $2.25

92. Frommholz, Hilda. SLEEPY TIME STORIES. Illustrated by Hilda Frommholz. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company: 1945. Jacket has soiling, wear and chipping to edges. $4.50

93. Fryer, Jane Eayre. THE MARY FRANCES FIRST AID BOOK. With Ready Reference List of Ordinary Accidents and Illnesses, and Approved Home Remedies. Merchantville, New Jersey, Privately Printed: 1916. 1st Edition. 144 pages. Blue cloth covers with illustrated paper illustration affixed to the front cover. There is some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edgs and the corners. The text block is cracking in one spot, but still holding nicely. The pages are clean. Includes a fold-out insert demonstrating how to make a sanitary drinking cup out of a piece of paper. $80.00

94. Furlong, May. THE LOST LOG CABIN. Illustrated by Elsa Goldy Young. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Company: 1933. Some wear and fading to spine. $9.00

95. George Q. Cannon & Sons. SIMPLE BIBLE STORIES: ADAPTED TO THE CAPACITY OF YOUNG CHILDREN, AND DESIGNED FOR USE IN SABBATH SCHOOLS, PRIMARY ASSOCIATIONS, AND FOR HOME READINGS. Salt Lake City, George Q. Cannon & Sons: 1891. 58 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed and bumped. Hinges cracked. Some chipping to the pictorial paper at the edges of the boards. $20.00

96. Gilbert, Paul T. ELMER BUYS A CIRCUS. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1941. 71 pages. Pictorial paper overs boards. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Some small tears to red cloth spine. $9.75

97. Goldsmith, Milton. DOROTHY'S DOLLS: A NURSERY TALE. New York, Cupples & Leon: 1908. 32 pages. Disbound, with the front and back covers missing. Title page has soiling. Text block is complete. $3.00

98. Gordon, Dorothy. AROUND THE WORLD IN SONG. Illustrated by Alida Van R. Conover. New York, E. P. Dutton: 1938. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. Some browning and light soiling to dust jacket. $2.20

99. Gordon, Grace. PATSY GORDON IN THE GOLDEN WEST. New York, Cupples & Leon Co.: 1920. 308 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Some fading to the covers. $10.00

100. Gould, Chester. DICK TRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1939. 425 pages. Better Little Book #1454. The spine is slightly cocked. There is wear and rubbing to the edges of the spine and the boards. $35.00

101. Gould, Will . RED BARRY, UNDERCOVER MAN. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1939. 424 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped and wear to the edges. $17.50

102. Graham & Matlack. OUR PETS ABC: A PICTURE ALPHABET BOOK FOR LITTLE FOLKS. New York, Graham & Matlack: 40 pages. No date of publication, but appears to be 1890's. Pictorial paper over board covers and cloth spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, with the corners rubbed through and some paper pulled and rubbed away. Woodcut illustrations. $20.00

103. Gray, Harold. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE AND THE $1,000,000 FORMULA. Big Little Book #1186. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1936. 423 pages. Missing title page. There is soiling to the binding. THe paper on the front joint is splitting. The edges of the boards are worn. The binding is tight. $15.00

104. Griffith, Eleanor Glendower. CHO-CHO AND THE HEALTH FAIRY. New York, Child Health Organization: 1919. Some wear and fading to spine. $20.00

105. Grol, Lini R. THE BELLFOUNDER'S SONS. Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush. New York, Bobbs-Merrill: 1971. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn, else near VG dust jacket. Not ex-library. Very nice copy. $4.35

106. Gruskin, Edward I. MICKEY ROONEY AND JUDY GARLAND. THE STORY OF THEIR RISE TO FAME AND FORTUNE IN THE MOVIES. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1941. 424 pages. Heavy wear to the covers. There is some waviness from the book being under something heavy, resulting in the book buckling in the middle, so all pages have the waviness. The bottom right corner is nibbled away by insects, also the bottom right corners of about half of the pages, no text affected. Scarce title. Better Little Book #1493 $15.00

107. Hagedorn, Hermann. THE TEN DREAMS OF ZACH PETERS AND HOW THEY LED HIM THROUGH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Chicago, The John C. Winston Co. : 1927. Some shelf wear, else near VG. $2.25

108. Haines, Gail Kay. EXPLOSIVES. Illustrated by Michael Eagle. New York, William Morrow: 1976. Ex-library, with internal stamps and label on spine. Dust jacket worn at edges and folds and has library labels on cover and spine. $2.50

109. Hale, Edward Everett. BOYS' HEROES. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard: 1885. Some wear to spine and corners. $7.50

110. Hale, Lucretia P. THE LAST OF THE PETERKINS, WITH OTHERS OF THEIR KIN. Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 1926. 263 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $3.95

111. Haley, Gail E. NOAH'S ARK. Illustrated by the author. Signed by the author. New York, Atheneum: 1971. Signed by the author. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Former owner's small ink stamp on the top front of dust jacket. Scarce signed edition. $14.00

112. Hare, Anne. THE WOLLOPORS' FIELD DAY. Illustrated by Harry L. Miller. Chicago, Saalfield: 1910. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Small tear to paper near bottom of spine. Some soiling to covers. Scarce title. $30.00

113. Harris, Leila & Kilroy. BLACKFELLOW BUNDI, A NATIVE THE AUSTRALIAN BOY. Chicago, Albert Whitman: 1939. First American edition. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Small sticker removal scar on front cover, affecting a couple of letters of the title. $2.35

114. Hart, Jane. LET'S THINK ABOUT TIME. New york, Hart Publishing Company: 1965. 32 pages. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Ex-library green buckram binding. Binding tight and pages clean. $2.50

115. Hathaway, Cynthia. THE PRETEND PUPPY. Illustrated by Romney Gay. New York, Garden City Publishing: 1940. First American edition. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Some soiling to binding. Pictorial paper over boards binding. $9.00

116. Hawkinson, John. ROBINS AND RABBITS. Chicago, Illinois, Albert Whitman & Company: 1969. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. Overall a beautiful copy, both book and dust jacket. $10.00

117. Hayden, Gwendolen Lampshire. MARY MARTHA'S REALLY-TRULY STORIES. BOOK NINE (9). Washington, DC, Herald Publishing House: 1954. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. . A nice copy. $9.75

118. Hayden, Gwendolen Lampshire. MARY MARTHA'S REALLY-TRULY STORIES. BOOK EIGHT (8). Washington, DC, Herald Publishing House: 1953. Some shelf wear. Corners slightly bumped. A nice copy. $8.00

119. Hemyng, Bracebridge. JACK HARKAWAY AFTER SCHOOLDAYS. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 295 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners lightly bumped. Nice pictorial binding. $15.00

120. Henderson, Louis T. SHIPS: A CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK ABOUT SHIPS AND STORIES ABOUT THEM. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 1937. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Pictorial paper over boards with photo illustration on front cover. $20.00

121. Henty, G. A. WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN: A TALE OF THE RELIEF OF THE LEGATIONS. [n.p.], Robinson Books: 2002. 353 pages. As new condition. Facsimile reprint. $18.00

122. Henty, G. A. STURDY AND STRONG: HOW GEORGE ANDREWS MADE HIS WAY. New York, A. L. Burt: 1902. 301 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Hinges are starting to crack. Some discoloration to the binding. $10.00

123. Henty, G.A. IN THE HANDS OF THE MALAYS, AND OTHER STORIES. Robinson Books: 2002. 291 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $25.00

124. Henty, G.A. THE CORNET OF HORSE: A TALE OF MARLBOROUGH'S WARS. Robinson Books: 2002. 378 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $10.45

125. Henty, G.A. AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET: A TALE OF THE MAHRATTA WAR. Robinson Books: 2002. 376 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $17.75

126. Henty, G.A. FRIENDS THOUGH DIVIDED: A TALE OF THE CIVIL WAR. Robinson Books: 2002. 384 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $17.00

127. Henty, G.A. THE YOUNG FRANC-TIREURS. Robinson Books: 2002. 330 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $23.50

128. Henty, G.A. A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, AND OTHER STORIES. Robinson Books: 2002. 266 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $19.50

129. Henty, G.A. THE CURSE OF CARNE'S HOLD. Robinson Books: 2002. 261 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $24.00

130. Henty, G.A. BOTH SIDES THE BORDER: A TALE OF HOTSPUR AND GLENDOWER. Robinson Books: 2002. 384 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $24.00

131. Henty, G.A. WITH THE BRITISH LEGION: A STORY OF THE CARLIST WARS. Robinson Books: 2002. 367 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile of original edition. $22.50

132. Henty, G.A. ON THE IRRAWADDY: A STORY OF THE FIRST BURMESE WAR. Robinson Books: 2002. 315 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile of original edition. $24.00

133. Henty, G.A. IN THE HANDS OF THE CAVE-DWELLERS. Robinson Books: 2002. 281 pages. Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of the original edition. Very nicely done. $16.00

134. Hess, Lowell-illustrator. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES: A STORY FROM A THOUSAND AND ONE ARABIAN NIGHTS. New York, Simon & Schuster: 1958. 24 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The binding is slightly warped. The spine paper is peeling off a bit at the bottom half of the front cover. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. This is the first "A" printing of this title. A scarce title in the Little Golden Book series. $15.00

135. Hofland, Mrs. THE AFFECTIONATE BROTHERS. A TALE. Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1831. Red leather spine with marbled paper over board covers. Wear and rubbing to board edges and spine extremities. Slight darkening and a few scuffs to leather. A tight, clean copy. The authoress was a prolific English writer, mostly of didactic children's stories. This particular title is quite didactic and children were sure to get the point quickly. $35.00

136. Hogner, Nils. FARM FOR RENT. New York, Abelard Schuman: 1958. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $3.00

137. Hornibrook, Isabel. GIRLS OF THE MORNING-GLORY CAMP FIRE. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard: 1916. Some shelf wear. Corners slightly bumped. Scarce. A nice pictorial cover. $33.00

138. Hubbard, Eleanore M. PETER PIPERS PLAYMATES. Chicago, Albert Whitman: 1930. 61 pages. Ex-library copy, with library pocket inside front cover quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are rubbed through and there is some fraying the cloth at the edges of the spine. One page has a ca. 2" tear at the bottom with no paper loss. Some pages have fingerprint smudges at the bottom. The binding is tight. Beautifully illustrated by the author. $12.00

139. Hudson, Alma. PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS. New York, Cupples & Leon: 1921. Shelf wear and running to the spine hedges and corners. A few faded spots to the back cover and top of the front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $28.00

140. Humphrey, Frances. DEAN STANLEY WITH THE CHILDREN. Boston, Lothrop: 1884. Shelf wear and fading to spine. $10.00

141. Hunting, Gardner. BARRY DARE AND THE MYSTERIOUS BOX. New York, Saalfield: Note: This is the Saalfield edition, ca. 1920's. Shelf wearand fading to the spine. The dust jacket has slight chipping to edges and some soiling. $3.00

142. Jackson, Gabrielle E. PEGGY STEWART AT SCHOOL. Ohio, The Goldsmith: 1918. Some shelf wear and discoloration to binding. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to edges. $4.00

143. Jackson, Kathryn B. Illustrated By Richard Scarry. THE ANIMALS MERRY CHRISTMAS. A Little Golden Book. New York, Simon & Schuster: 1958. Some wear to the edges of the spine and board edges. First "A" edition. One small tear, about 2-3 inches, to the bottom of the back page. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. An early Richard Scarry work. $15.00

144. Jackson, Margot. FUN FOR STAY IN BED DAYS: GAMES, TRICKS, STUNTS, RIDDLES, TEASERS, MIX-UPS, CIPHERS, ILLUSIONS, MAZES, ANAGRAMS, PUZZLES. Akron, Ohio, Saalfield: 1938. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust jacket with chips & small tears. Page 29 has some coloring. $9.00

145. James, Philip; Edited by Geoffrey C. Holme. CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY. London & New York, The Studio Ltd.: 1933. 128 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. Slight fraying to the cloth at the spine edges. Some darkening to binding in places. An excellent reference book for early published children's books. $10.00

146. Jardim, Luis. THE ARMADILLO AND THE MONKEY. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, E.M. Hale & Company: 1942. 1942 edition. Ex-library copy, with heavy shelf wear to the spine and corners. Corners are rubbed and bumped. There are rubbed and scuffed spots on the covers. One page was ripped away and have been taped back in place with archival, acid-free tape. Contents are complete. Still a serviceable copy. $10.00

147. Jay, B.F. UNCLE BEN JAY'S JUMBLE-JUNGLE: OVER 300,000 COMPOSITE ANIMALS AND JUMBLED JINGLES. New York, B.F. Jay: 1942. This copy has been tape repaired with clear strapping tape on the inner hinges front and back. The spiral wire was broken in one place and it has been glued and taped into position. Tape marks and scars across the edges of the boards near the spine. Shelf wear to the board edges and the corners. Contents complete. Still a very nice item with all movable page sections. A delightful book. Sold as is. $75.00

148. John Martin's House. THE DUCKS COME TO THE FARM. A Bonnie Book. Kenosha, Wisconsin, John Martin's House: 1949. Some wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Some soiling to binding. A pop-up book, with two pop-ups. The first pop-up is incomplete and has some pieces missing. $10.00

149. Johnson, Edwin C. G-MAN VS. THE FIFTH COLUMN AMERICA'S WAR ON SABOTAGE! Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company: 1941. 424 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. Binding is tight. $30.00

150. Jones, Mary Alice. TELL ME ABOUT PRAYER. New York, Rand Mcnally: 1948. 72 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has a few small tears to the edges. Nice pictorial dust jacket. $6.00

151. Judson, Clara Ingram. GARDEN ADVENTURES IN WINTER. Chicago, Rand Mcnally: 1923. 72 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some soiling and has chips and tears to the edges. Scarce in dust jacket. $22.50

152. Kennedy, Florence. POLAR BOY: BEING THE STORY OF ARKLIO, A LITTLE ESKIMO BOY WHO LIVES IN GREENLAND. New York, Saalfield: This edition is undated, but appears to be ca. 1930's. Some shelf wear. Corners rubbed. $8.00

153. Kennedy, William J. Bobbys' and Timmys' Visit to Rosie the Elephant at the Portland Zoo. Portland, Oregon, Van Gorder Printing: 1954. Paper spine has some chipping. The back cover is about halfway detached, but still holding. There is rubbing to the edges and corners of the boards. Nice pictorial illustrated front cover. A scarce title. $30.00

154. Ketchum, Irma A. THE LAND OF PLAY. Boston, Ginn: 1926. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Some stains to pages. A couple of pages have tears at the bottom, affecting some text. $10.00

155. King, Dorothy N. HELP THE FARMER. [n.p.], Privately Printed: 1949. Spiral binding. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the boards. Some scuffed spots to binding. The punch-out animals are missing. A few pages have pen scribbles. $6.00

156. Knapp, George L.. THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN CITIES. New York, Dodd, Mead: 1924. That pages. Signed by the author. Slight shelf wear and a couple of faded spots to front covers. The dust jacket has some soiling and chips and tears around the edges. $25.00

157. Kovar, Edith M. BUSY DAYS WITH BOBBY AND BETTY. Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman: 1928. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine paper is chipped and torn. Text block is taped to hinges with Scotch tape. $5.95

158. Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve. TINY NONSENSE STORIES . Complete set of twelve story books. New York, Simon and Schuster: 1949. This is the complete set of 12 pitcher volumes. They are housed in the original publisher's box, but the folding half of the boxes missing. The box has heavy wear and some chips and tears. The books have wear to the spines and covers, but are tightly bound and overall the books are in nice condition. A scarce set in the Tiny Golden Books series. $75.00

159. Laing, Mary E. & Andrew W. Edson. Edson-Laing Readers, The Chicago, Benjamin H. Sanborn: 1923. 192 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. There is a crease to the front top corner from the cover being bent backwards. $8.00

160. Langley, John Prentice. DESERT HAWKS ON THE WING: OR HEADED SOUTH, ALGIERS TO CAPE TOWN. New York, Barse & Co. : 1929. Some wear and fading to spine. $2.95

161. Lantz, Walter. ANDY PANDA IN THE CITY OF ICE. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1948. Better Little Book #1441. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The last text page has a strip from the top torn away. The binding is clean and tight. $30.00

162. Lee, Edgar. BLACK BEAUTY, IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE. AN ADAPTATION FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS OF ANNA SEWELL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE. Akron, Ohio, Saalfield: 1905. 96 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. A few stains to the edges of the covers. $12.50

163. Loomis, Rex. ZIP SAUNDERS, KING OF THE SPEEDWAY: AN AUTO RACING STORY. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1939. 424 pages. Spine cocked. Wear and some creases to flexible board covers. Pages show usual browning. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. One in the Better Little Book series. $20.00

164. Lowe, Samuel E. A NEW STORY OF PETER RABBIT. Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman: 1926. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. A couple of scuffs and stains to the covers. Paper peeled away in a couple of spots on front cover. With a nice silhouette front cover illustration. $8.00

165. Lystad, Mary H. FROM DR. MATHER TO DR. SEUSS: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. Boston, G. K. Hall: 1980. 264 pages. A clean, tight copy. Near fine condition. $7.75

166. Maloy, Lois. ARABELLA OF THE MERRY-GO-ROUND. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, E. M. Hale & Company: 1935. Ex-library, bound in red library pictorial buckram. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed. Binding is tight. $145.00

167. Maple, Peter K. BOB STONE THE YOUNG DETECTIVE. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1937. 237 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and edges of the covers. Some soiling to the binding. Some browning to the pages. There are a few pages loose at the end of the book. $20.00

168. Marie, Bertha. STORIES OF WONDERFUL CATS. Geneva, NY, W. F. Humphrey: 1912. Green cloth worn at spine and corners. Some soiling. Scarce title. Woodcut illustrations. $18.00

169. Marsh, Norman. DAN DUNN, SECRET OPERATIVE 48, AND THE DOPE RING. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1940. 425 pages. Better Little Book #1492. Overall a clean, tight and square copy. Light shelf wear to the edges of the spine and the corners. Slight soiling. The spine has a couple of small pencil marks. $45.00

170. Marshall, Logan. FAMOUS TALES OF FACT AND FANCY: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD RETOLD FOY BOYS AND GIRLS. Philadelphia, John C. Winston: 1914. 272 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Title on cover and spine is a bit rubbed and faded on a couple of letters. $8.50

171. Marshall, Robert. BILLY OF BAR-ZERO. New York, Saalfield: 1935. 392 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A few slight soiled spots. Overall clean and tight and nice copy. $15.00

172. Martin, John. TELL ME A STORY. SELECTED FROM JOHN MARTIN'S BOOK. New York, Platt & Munk: 1923. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. Dust jacket is also missing the front flap, and has some chips missing from spine edges. Scarce jacket. $5.95

173. Martin, John. TELL ME A STORY. SELECTED FROM JOHN MARTIN'S BOOK. New York, Platt & Munk: 1932. Some wear and fading to spine. $5.25

174. Martinek, Frank V. DON WINSLOW, U.S.N. Big Little Book #1107. Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman: 1935. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners Small tears at top of spine. Binding is flexible illustrated cardboard. Browning to page edge. Binding tight. $20.00

175. May, Robert L. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. New York, Maxton Publishers: 1939. This is the 1939 second edition of this classic Christmas story. The spine has tape over it and the corners and the edges of the boards are quite shelf worn. The binding is tight in the pages are complete and clean. Nicely illustrated in color throughout. $20.00

176. McCloskey, Robert. TIME OF WONDER. Illustrated by the author. Signed by the author. New York, Viking: 1957. This copy is signed by the author on the title page. Shelf wear and some discoloration to the edges of the binding. The top right front corner is bumped. The dust jacket has some older Scotch tape repairs along the top and bottom panels, and some on the spine. There are a few chips missing from the jacket edges, and a skinny length of jacket missing (about 5" long by 1/2" to 1" wide) and a few closed tears. Jacket is also worn at the folds. The Caldecott medal is on the front cover. Rare signed first edition. A wonderful children's book. $375.00

177. McCloskey, Robert. LENTIL. New York, Viking Press: 1961. Red buckram binding shows slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few tears and chips, and has old tape reinforcement on the top and bottom panels, but is overall very presentable. Scarce in nice jacket. $15.00

178. McClusky, Thorp. CHUCK MALLOY, RAILROAD DETECTIVE ON THE STREAMLINER. Racine, WI, Whitman Pub Co., Racine: 1938. 293 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. Spine slightly cocked. There is a Scotch tape repair at the bottom of the spine. $25.00

179. McGuffey, Alexander H. MCGUFFEY'S NEW ECLECTIC SPELLING BOOK, EMBRACING A PROGRESSIVE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH ORTHOGRAPHY AND ORTHOEPY; INCLUDING DICTATION EXERCISES. Cincinnati & New York, Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co: 1865. 144 pages. Pictorial paper over boards. Heavy shelf wear to the spine and corners. There is sorting and routing to the covers. Cloth back strip has chipping. The text block is tightly bound. A few pages have creases at the bottom corners from being folded over. In early McGuffey's reader. $15.00

180. McGuffey, William H. MCGUFFEY'S NEWLY REVISED ECLECTIC FOURTH READER. Cincinnati, Sargent, Wilson & Hinkle: 1853. `Leather spine with cloth covers. Heavy wear to edges & corners. Spine leather scuffed. Corners worn through. Hinge starting to crack, but holding. Missing front endpaper. Binding sound. $25.00

181. McKenna, Dolores. THE ADVENTURES OF THE BUNNY BOYS, A PICTURE STORYBOOK FOR CHILDREN. New York, Frederick A. Stokes: 1921. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $8.50

182. Miller, Albert G. SILVER CHIEF'S BIG GAME TRAIL. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1961. 191 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has small chips to the edges. $6.00

183. Miller, Snowden. ROY ROGERS AND THE OUTLAWS OF SUNDOWN VALLEY. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1950. 250 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has some tears and chips to the edges. $10.00

184. Millis, Mark. COWBOY MALLOY, A WESTERN.COWBOY MALLOY, A WESTERN. Akron, Ohio, Saalfield: 1940. 392 pages. This is a Big Little Book #1171. This is in very nice condition, with only slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. Corners have a bit of rubbing. There is slight soiling to the binding. The book is square and tightly bound in the pages are clean. $65.00

185. Milton, Uncle. JINGLES OF THE ZOO. New York, Cupples & Leon: 1908. 34 pages. Softcovers. There is soiling and wear to the paper. Some long repaired tears to the front cover. With silhouette illustrations and some color illustrations. One of the illustrations is Little Black Sambo. $15.00

186. Moore, Isabel-editor. THE EATON READERS. FIFTH READERS. Chicago, Eaton & Company: 1906. 352 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. $10.00

187. Moore, Isabel-editor. THE EASTON READERS. SECOND READER. Chicago, Eaton & Company: 1906. 160 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $10.00

188. Morgan, Leon. SHOOTING SHERIFFS OF THE WILD WEST. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1936. 422 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $20.00

189. Morse, Willard S. & Gertrude Brinkle-compilers. Howard Pyle, A Record of His Illustrations and Writings. Detroit, Singing Tree Press: 1969. 242 pages. Like new condition. This is the 1969 reprint of the 1921 edition. $20.00

190. Murstad, Tomm. PA SKI MED PER O KARI. Oslo, Norway, Grondahl & Sons: ca. 1940. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. A large children's book with text in Norwegian. Illustrated by Christian Kittelsen. $25.00

191. Myrtle, Harriet. ROSE BUD STORIES. New York, Sheldon & Company: 1866. 63 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Gold on spine. Some scuffs to binding. Small blue cloth covers. With woodcut illustrations. This book contains a nice 19th-century inscription from a teacher awarding the book to a student for good deportment. $37.50

192. Nesbit, Wilbur. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND. Chicago, P. F. Volland: 1914. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to binding and a couple of pages loosening, but contents complete. $15.00

193. Neuburg, Victor E. THE PENNY HISTORIES; A STUDY OF CHAPBOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS OVER TWO CENTURIES. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World: 1969. 227 pages. Like new condition, both book and dust jacket. $6.00

194. Newberry, John. A LITTLE PRETTY POCKET-BOOK. New York, Harcourt Brace: 1967. 184 pages. Near new condition, both book and dust jacket. $17.50

195. Optic, Oliver. THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF AN ARMY OFFICER A STORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. Boston, Lee and Shepard Publishers: 1893. 373 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Text block cracking in the middle, but still holding. Spine slightly cocked. Nice pictorial illustrated cover. $10.00

196. Otis, James. THE WRECK OF THE CIRCUS. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1897. Pictorial blue cloth with gilt cover. Wear and slight soiling. Overall near VG. A nice copy. $6.25

197. Overton, Mark. JACK WINTER'S BASEBALL TEAM OR, THE RIVALS OF THE DIAMOND. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 1919. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. THE LAND OF PLAY. Some fading to covers. $5.50

198. Palazzo, Tony. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS. Illustrated by Tony Palazzo. Garden City, New York, Garden City Books: 1959. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $10.00

199. Payne, Joan Balfour. PANGUR BAN. New York, Hasting House: 1967. Slight Shelf wear, else VG in lightly edge-worn dust jacket. $7.00

200. Penrose, Margaret. THE MOTOR GIRLS AT CAMP SURPRISE; OR CAVE IN THE MOUNTAINS. New York, Goldsmith Publishing: 1916. 244 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly rubbed. Some fading to binding. Dust jacket has some tears and small pieces missing from the edges. Scarce dust jacket. $15.00

201. Perrault, Charles. PERRAULT'S FAIRY TALES. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London, Folio Society: 2001. 185 pages. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Near new condition in very good slipcase. Beautifully decorated front cover and spine. $30.00

202. Perry, Stella George Stern. THE KIND ADVENTURE. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. New York, Frederick A. Stokes: 1914. 318 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some scuffing to pictorial front cover illustration. The front hinge is cracked, but the binding is still holding. A couple of pages have a couple of lines of black crayon marking. As is. Scarce. $20.00

203. Persons, Helen M. FINDING THE LOST TREASURE. Akron, Ohio, Saalfield Publishing: 248 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $8.00

204. Poignant, Axel. PICCANINNY WALKABOUT: A STORY OF TWO ABORIGINAL CHILDREN. Sydney, Australia, Angus and Robertson: 1968. 49 pages. Black cloth cover shows shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, with very slight fraying to the cloth at the top of the spine. Numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout. $20.00

205. Powell, Van. THE MYSTERY BOYS AND THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN SUN. Cleveland, Ohio, World Syndicate Publishing Company: 1931. With scarce dust jacket. Wear to binding. Dust jacket has slight chipping to edges. Pages browned. $3.65

206. Price, Christine. TALKING DRUMS OF AFRICA. Illustrated by the author. New York, Atheneum: 1973. 1st Edition. 48 pages. First edition in dust jacket. The book and jacket have slight shelf wear to the edges. There are a couple of small chips to the edge of the dust jacket. Overall a beautiful copy of this important children's book. $100.00

207. Putnam, Nina Wilcox. SUNNY BUNNY. New York, Algonquin Publishing: 1918. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There is a chip to the paper at the bottom of the spine. Corners rubbed through. $20.00

208. Pyle, Katharine . THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL. Boston, Little Brown, and Company: 1900. 136 pages. Overall in beautiful condition. Clean and tight. Light shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. One scuffed spot on front cover. Woodcut illustrations. Nice pictorial illustrated front cover. $40.00

209. Rackham, Arthur. THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK. London, George G. Harrap: 1933. 1st Edition. 287 pages. This is the signed, limited edition of 460 copies, of which this is #358. Signed in ink by Arthur Rackham. White vellum binding. The vellum shows some soiling, as is common with most vellum bindings. The spine has a small repaired crack at the bottom. No chips or pieces missing from the spine or covers. There is moderate shelf wear to the spine edges. The binding is clean and tight. A very sound copy. With all 8 color illustrations and many black-and-white and silhouette illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham. A wonderful children's illustrated book. $1500.00

210. Radford, Maude L. KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. New York, Rand, Mcnally: 1905. 272 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners, with some fraying to the cloth to edges. Nice red pictorial binding. $10.00

211. Rae, John. WHY. REFLECTIONS FOR CHILDREN. Verse and pictures by John Rae. New York, Dodd, Mead: 1910. First American edition. Binding shows wear to spine & corners. Some scuffing to covers. Complete with original mirror in front pocket inside front cover. A delightful and quite rare children's book. The text is written in the form of a question on one page and the answer written in mirror-image on the opposite page. The mirror is then held up to the backwards print and the answer can be deciphered. This book is complete. A few pages have fingerprint smudges and some soiling. The instructions on the back of the mirror state "The reversed pages in this book can be read by reflecting them in the mirror which can be removed by pressing the finger through the question mark in the front of the cover. $150.00

212. Rand, Edward A. FIFER-BOY OF THE BOSTON SIEGE. Boston, A. I. Bradley: 1900. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Binding darkened and soiled, with scuffing and rubbing to edges and corners. Binding tight. Very scarce children's series title. Condition noted in pricing. $10.00

213. Randall, Homer. ARMY BOYS ON GERMAN SOIL, OUR DOUGHBOYS QUELLING THE MOBS. Cleveland, Ohio, World Syndicate: 1920. 214 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There is a small white staying at the bottom of the spine. Corners bumped. $7.50

214. Randall, Homer. ARMY BOYS IN FRANCE: OR FROM TRAINING CAMP TO TRENCHES. New York, World Syndicate: 1919. 216 pages. Some shelf wear to spine edges. In edge-worn d.j. with a few small tears. Nice pictorial dust jacket. $10.00

215. Randall, Homer. ARMY BOYS IN THE BIG DRIVE, OR SMASHING FORWARD TO VICTORY. New York, The World Syndicate: 1919. 216 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has one long tear of about 3 inches on the front, and some smaller tears and chipping to edges. $10.00

216. Randolph, Althea. A BOUQUET OF RHYMES FOR CHILDREN: VERSES BY RANDOLPH. Illustrated by Isabel Whitney. New York, Bonnell Silver & Company: 1909. First American edition. Large pictorial binding. Wear to spine and board edges. Some soiling to binding and discoloration. Binding is tight and contents complete. With beautiful full-page illustrations in color. A wonderful children's book. $75.00

217. Renick, Marion. CHAMPION CADDY. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1943. 131 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Scarce in dust jacket. $12.00

218. Rhodes, Bertha M. JUST TOM. Illustrated by Eleanore M. Hubbard. Chicago, The Reilly & Lee Co. : 1927. Shelf wear. Dust jacket has a couple of pieces missing from spine and chips to edges. Slight red bleed-through to back panel of jacket and a few scribble marks on jacket as well. Jacket is scarce. $25.00

219. Richards, Milton. DICK KENT WITH THE MALEMUTE MAIL. New York, Saalfield: 1927. Shelf wear, else near VG in a nice dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $10.00

220. Richards, Milton. DICK KENT WITH THE ESKIMOS. New York, Saalfield: 227 pages. Slight shelf wear. Dust jacket has some chipping to the top of the spine and light soiling, otherwise very presentable. $10.00

221. Richards. Milton. DICK KENT IN THE FAR NORTH. New York, Saalfield: 1927. Nice dust jacket. Shelf wear, else near VG in d.j. with chips & tears to edges. $7.50

222. Ripman, Constance. JOCK AND JUDY IN SECRETS LAND. England, Franklyn Ward and Wheeler: 24 pages. Oblong paper over board binding with blue cloth spine. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed. The text block has been reattached to the hinges with archival binding tape. Pages are complete. $12.95

223. Robinson, Timothy M. A NIGHT WITHOUT DARKNESS: A NEPHITE CHRISTMAS STORY. Illustrated by Jim Madsen. Salt Lake City, Deseret Book Co: 1999. Beautifully illustrated. $34.00

224. Rounds, Glen. WHITEY'S SUNDAY HORSE. Illustrated by the author. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1943. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $2.95

225. Rowland, T.J.S. EVERYDAY THINGS FOR LIVELY YOUNGSTERS. London, Cassell and Co. : 1941. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. There is some wear and scuffing to the spine cloth. There are a couple of small gouges to the bottom of the spine as well. $8.00

226. Rue, Flora C. THE COCOA DANCER. Illustrated by Gladys Rourke Blackwood. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Co. : 1945. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Corners rubbed. Some scuffing to binding. The binding is tight and contents complete. One page has quite a bit of tape repair with Scotch tape. Crayon scribbles to back endpages, but not affecting the text. Scarce children's book. $20.00

227. Salisbury, Kent. ASK A SILLY QUESTION. Illustrated by Joan Allen. Racine, Wisconsin, Western Publishing Co. : ca. 1970's. Some wear and rubbing to spine. A couple of small soiled spots to covers. A delightful book with changeable flaps to create nonsense stories. A cute book. Tall spiral binding. All illustrations are intact and in very good condition. The book overall is very nice. 5446add. $20.00

228. Sampson, Emma Speed. MISS MINERVA'S VACATION. Chicago, Reilly and Lee: 1939. 333 pages. Red pictorial cloth covers show slight shelf wear to the extremities. Dust jacket has small chips to the edges, but is very present. $40.00

229. Samuel Gabriel & Sons. TICK TOCK ALL AROUND THE CLOCK. (Linen book). New York, Samuel Gabriel & Sons: 1917. 12 pages. This is a larger children's linen book. There are 10 full-page color illustrations, showing different hours on the clock and the activities of the children for that hour. There is wear and some fraying to the edges of the covers. The front cover has quite a bit of soiling. Some of the pages have soiled spots at the edges. Measures 12 inches tall by 10 inches wide. A beautiful children's book. $45.00

230. Samuel Lowe Company. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Kenosha, Wisconsin, Samuel Lowe Company: 1944. Large softcover book. There is a tear running about 1/3 of the way up the spine, but it is still in nice condition. With 10 full-color page illustrations and color front and back cover. $12.50

231. Samuel Lowe Company. MERRY-GO-RHYMES. A Bonnie Book. Kenosha, Wisconsin, Samuel Lowe Company: 1956. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else near very good. Front cover paper cutout illustration has the illustrated head of the child missing. A scarce title in the "Bonnie Book" series. $12.00

232. Sankey, Alice. MARCUS, THE TALE OF A MONKEY. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1950. The text block is loose inside the covers, but tight and pages complete. Browning to the edges of the pages. Spine and corners are worn. Nicely illustrated by Rosemary Buehring. $9.75

233. Savage, Blake. RIP FOSTER, RIDES THE GRAY PLANET. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1952. 250 pages. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket with a few small chips to edges. $10.00

234. Saxton, Steve. JIM CRAIG STATE TROOPER AND THE KIDNAPPED GOVERNOR. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1938. 425 pages. Missing title page. Heavy shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed and bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $15.00

235. Sayler, H.L. THE AIRSHIP BOYS ADRIFT, OR, SAVED BY AN AIRPLANE. Chicago, The Reilly & Britton Co.: 1910. Third edition. 312 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Nice pictorial illustrated front cover. There is a spill stain to the bottom right-hand corners of about 15 pages. $14.00

236. Scantlebury, Elizabeth Ellis. HOMES OF THE WORLD'S BABIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH PAPER CUTTINGS IN SILHOUETTE. Chicago, A. Flanagan: 1910. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some scuffs to covers. A few illustrations have pencil marks. $15.00

237. Scarry, Richard. NURSERY TALES. FIVE STORIES WITH PICTURES. Illustrated By Richard Scarry. A Giant Little Golden Book. New York, Simon & Schuster: 1958. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Some rubbing to the covers. A Giant Little Golden Book. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. $25.00

238. Schwarz, Sylvia W. A WINDOW BOX OF VERSE. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. New York, Samuel Gabriel & Company: 1930. First American edition. Some wear to spine and corners, else near VG. Slight soiling to covers. $35.00

239. Scott, Florence E. THROUGH THE YELLOWSTONE WITH PAUL AND PEGGY. New York, Hurst: 1916. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Front hinge slightly cracked. There is a small tear to the green cloth on the spine. $13.50

240. Segar, E. C. POPEYE'S ARK. ADAPTED FROM THE FAMOUS NEWSPAPER COMIC SERIES. New York, Saalfield: 1936. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine is missing. Covers are loosening a bit, but still firmly attached. Some soiled spots. A very scarce book. Written with a utopian theme using Popeye as a Biblical Noah character. Rare, condition noted. $55.00

241. Sherman, V. T. THE PERILS OF AN AIR-SHIP, OR BOY SCOUTS IN THE SKY. Chicago, M. A. Donohue: 1915. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. A couple of long closed tears to dust jacket. A few small chips missing from jacket edges. $8.00

242. Skinner, Eleanor L, and Ada M. Skinner. CHILDREN'S PLAYS. New York, D. Appleton: 1918. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Front hinge cracked. Back hinge is starting to crack. Binding is tight. $15.00

243. Smith, F.B. MAY AND TOM STORIES, THE OLD MARKET-CART. Boston, D. Lothrop & Company: 1870. 164 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. One small group of pages has come loose in the middle of the book, but it still present. $15.00

244. Speyer, Wilhelm. GALAHADS AND PUSSY-CATS. New York, Jonathan Cape and Harrison: 1929. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. Scarce dust jacket. D.j. also has some soiling. $5.00

245. Stamm, Russell. INVISIBLE SCARLET O'NEIL VERSUS THE KING OF THE SLUMS. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1946. 347 pages. Better Little Book #1406. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. There is a small scuff on the spine, where a small strip of paper has been torn away, affecting part of the spine title. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Overall a very nice copy. $30.00

246. Standish, Burt L. LEFTY O' THE TRAINING CAMP. New York, Barse & Company: 1914. 295 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine slightly cocked. $5.25

247. Steedman, Amy. LITTLE PICTURES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE. New York , Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1927. 95 pages. Paper spine is missing, but binding is tight. Quite a bit of wear to covers. Some soiling. Scarce title. $35.00

248. Steiner, Charlotte. LULU MEETS PETER. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran: 1942. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Edges of boards are rubbed through the paper. Binding is tight and the contents are clean. $32.00

249. Sterne, Emma Gelders. WATCHTOWERS AND DRUMS. New York, Aladdin Books: 1953. 234 pages. Scarce dust jacket is present. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has small chips to the edges. $4.95

250. Striker, Fran. THE LONE RANGE ON THE BARBARY COAST. A Better Little book. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1942. 423 pages. Better Little book #1421. This copy is missing the title page. This has a war bonds ad at the book, so was probably published in the early 1940's. The spine has been glued to the backstrip and the front cover is partially loose, but still attached. There is quite a bit of wear to the edges of the covers and the pages are browned. The spine is cocked. This copy is sold in as is condition. This is a very scarce title. $20.00

251. Sullivan, Eddie and Charlie Schmidt. Radio Patrol Outwitting The Gang Chief. Better Little Book #1496 Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1939. 424 pages. Better Little book edition. Heavy wear and rubbing to the edges of the corners and spine. Tape over spine. Binding is tight. $15.00

252. Sullivan, Edward Dean. I'LL TELL MY BIG BROTHER. New York, The Vanguard Press: 1930. 63 pages. Paper over boards with pictorial front cover illustration. There is shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The bottom of the spine is bumped. $10.00

253. Taggart, Marion Ames. AT GREENACRES. Jack-in-the-Box Books. New York, Taggart, Marion Ames: 1921. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with some chips and tears to edges. D.j. also has some soiling. $4.00

254. Taggart, Marion Ames. NANCY PORTER'S OPPORTUNITY. Boston, L. C. Page & Company: 1912. 314 pages. Shelf wear to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. A clean and bright copy. $35.00

255. Tappan, Beth-compiler. CHILDREN'S BOOKS AROUND THE YEAR: A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND BOOKSELLERS. [n.p.], Children's Book Council: 1945. 128 pages. Softcover.Slight wear and light discoloration to the covers. $15.00

256. Tazewell, Charles. CHARLES TAZEWELL'S LITTLEST STORIES. New York, Rolton House: 1962. Shelf wear to spine and corners. $4.95

257. Thackson, Millard. DETECTIVE HIGGINS OF THE RACKET SQUAD. Better Little Book 1484. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1938. 425 pages. There is a tear to the top of the spine, a couple of inches long. Binding is slightly cocked. The edges of the covers and corners are worn. The binding is tight. $12.50

258. Thampi, Parvathi. GEETA AND THE VILLAGE SCHOOL. Illustrated by Ronni Solbert. New York, Doubleday: 1960. X-lib. w/card pocket, but minimal x-lib. wear. Label on d.j. Light library wear. $2.95

259. Theiss, Lewis E. THE FLYING REPORTER. Chicago, Wilcox & Follett: 1946. 312 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges. The dust jacket has a couple of small red spill stains on the back cover, not extensive. There is a slight amount of red stain also on the fore-edge of the text block. $20.00

260. Thomas, H.C. GENE AUTRY IN SPECIAL RANGER RULE. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1945. 346 pages. Better Little Book number 1456. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. There is a small tear to the top of the spine. The binding is tight. $37.50

261. Thomas, H.C. GENE AUTRY, SPECIAL RANGER. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1941. 425 pages. Better Little Book #1428. The hinges are shaken, with the text block protruding out from the binding a bit. Slight soiling to the covers and general shelf where to the edges of the boards and the spine. The binding is tight. Some of the illustrations on the pages have been colored. $25.00

262. Thomas, Lowell. THE BOYS' LIFE OF COLONEL LAWRENCE. New York, Century: 1927. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. $2.25

263. Thompson, Edith M. PUTNAM'S JUNIOR QUESTION BOOK: ENTERTAINING QUERIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS WITH A PRIZE OFFER FOR CORRECT ANSWERS. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1927. Slight shelf wear, else near VG in edge-worn, else near VG dust jacket. D.j. also has some soiling. $20.00

264. Thompson, Ruth Plumly. PIRATES IN OZ. Chicago, Reilly & Lee: 1931. 280 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners, with fraying to edges. Some scuffing to the illustration on the front cover. $50.00

265. Tippett, James S. CHRISTMAS MAGIC. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1942. Pictorial paper over boards. Shelf wear and rubbed corners. A few scuffs to the binding. $9.50

266. Tomlinson, Everett T. FOUR BOYS AND A FORTUNE: WHY THEY WENT TO ENGLAND AND WHAT THEY FOUND. Boston, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard: 1910. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $9.00

267. Topelius, Zach.. STORIES FOR CHILDREN. VI. Translated from the Swedish. Rock Island, Illinois, Augustana Book Concern: 132 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers, with cloth spine. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners.This is book #6 in the series by the publisher. Interesting Swedish stories and fables. No date of publication is listed, but it appears to be 1910's or 1920's. $15.00

268. Trento, Florence. THE GEESE THAT SANG. New York, William Morrow: 1960. Slight shelf wear, else near VG in edge-worn else near VG dust jacket. Publisher's review slip laid in. $4.60

269. Turner, Mina. U.S. MEANS US. Illustrated by Lloyd Coe. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin: 1947. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $7.50

270. Twain, Mark & Paramount Pictures.. The Movie Story of Tom Sawyer. Racine, Wisconsin, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1931. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A few scuffs and rubbed spots to the pictorial covers. Illustrated with color photographs taken from scenes from the Paramount Picture "Tom Sawyer". $10.00

271. Victor, Ralph. COMRADES WITH THE WINTON CADETS: OR, LEADING THE YEARLINGS AGAINST THE PLEBES. New York, A. L. Chatterton: 1911. 260 pages. Slight wear and rubbing to spine and corners. A small red stain on the front cover. Nice pictorial binding. $11.50

272. Wagstaff, Dorothy. THE LITTLE HORSE THAT NEVER GREW UP. New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1947. Ex-library, bound in brown library buckram binding. Some shelf wear. Library check-out slip inside front cover. Binding and pages clean and tightly bound. $7.50

273. Wallace, Edgar. TAM O ' THE SCOOTS. New York, A.L. Burt: 1919. 246 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Dust jacket has chips and tears to edges and soiling. There is a circa two inch piece missing from the bottom of the dust jacket spine. $20.00

274. Walsh, George Ethelbert. BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT IN THE WOODS. Chicago, The John C. Winston Company: 1922. 112 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed. $6.00

275. Walt Disney Studios. WALT DISNEY'S COME PLAY WITH THE SEVEN DWARFS. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1948. Some wear to the spine edges and corners. No chips or tears to the pictorial paper over board covers. The pages are clean and free from defects. Overall a very nice copy. $40.00

276. Warde, Margaret. BETTY WALES DECIDES, A STORY FOR GIRLS. Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company: 1911. 357 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine cocked. Nice pictorial binding. $4.00

277. Warde, Margaret. BETTY WALES, B.A.: A STORY FOR GIRLS. Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company: 1908. 345 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine is cocked. Nice pictorial binding. $5.00

278. Watson, J. Madison. INDEPENDENT CHILD'S SPELLER: PRINTED IN IMITATION OF WRITING; WITH ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF WORDS, FORMATIONS OF COLUMNS, AND EXERCISES FOR READING, WRITING, ETC. New York, A. S. Barnes and Company: 1873. 80 pages. Heavy shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Scattered pencil markings to some pages. The binding is faded and heavily worn. Paper over board covers. Binding is tight. An early child's speller, with woodcut illustrations and nice cursive letter and word examples for children to copy. $15.00

279. Wells, Roscoe G. BOYS' DRILL REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL FIRST AID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Boston, Roscoe G. Wells: 1906. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Slight soiling to covers. Slight soiling to covers. Small red hardbound book. $15.00

280. Wersba, Barbara. THE BOY WHO LOVED THE SEA. Illustrated by Margot Tomes. New York, Coward-Mccann: 1961. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $6.00

281. Whitman Publishing Company. CHESTER GUMP IN THE POLE-TO-POLE FLIGHT. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1937. 425 pages. Big Little Book #1402. There is a small strip missing along the front joint. The edges of the covers and the corners are worn and rubbed. The binding is tight and the pages clean. $25.00

282. Whitman Publishing Company. EIGHT STORIES OF THE FIFTEEN LITTLE BUNNY TAILS AND THEIR ANIMAL FRIENDS. Racine, WI, Whitman: ca. 1900. Some wear and rubbing to spine and board edges. Corners worn through. Pictorial color illustration on front cover and black-and-white woodcut illustrations throughout. Back hinge is pulling away from text block. Cloth backstrip spine. $5.00

283. Whitman Publishing Company. INSPECTOR WADE OF SCOTLAND YARD IN THE MYSTERY OF THE RED ACES. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Co.: 1937. 424 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. Binding tight. $18.00

284. Wickes, Frances Gillespy. STORIES TO ACT. Dramatic Reader Series: Book 2. Illustrated by Maud Hunt Squire. New York, Rand Mcnally: 1915. Some wear to spine and corners. Slight soiling to covers. $4.00

285. Wiley, Belle. MEWANEE, A LITTLE INDIAN BOY. illustrated by Charles D. Hubbard. Boston, Silver Burdett Co. : 1912. Some wear and fading to spine Soiled covers. $3.50

286. Wilkin, Esther. SO BIG. Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. New York, Golden Press: 1968. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are rubbed through. Pages have some usage and an occasional fingerprint smudge. $15.00

287. Wilkins, W.J. HARRY'S TRIP TO INDIA. New York, American Tract Society: ca. 1890's. Some wear to spine and corners. Beautiful pictorial red cloth binding. $12.00

288. Williams, Florence White. THE TADWINKLE TWINS. Akron, Ohio, Saalfield: 1920. A linen book. Light wear only. Overall near very good condition. No date of publication listed, but appears to be 1920's. Beautiful color illustrations throughout. $40.00

289. Williams-Ellis, Virginia. NOAH'S ARK. London, Hamlyn Publishing: 1984. Slight shelf wear. Bottom corners rubbed through. A large and beautifully illustrated children's picture book. $10.00

290. Wilson, Theodora Wilson. WHAT HAPPENED TO KITTY: A STORY FOR CHILDREN. London, Blackie and Son Limited: ca. 1910. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Beautiful pictorial binding. Fraying to cloth at spine edges. $20.00

291. Windsor, Mary. ABOUT THINGS. Illustrated by Charlotte Stone. New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1935. 51 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Corners rubbed through. Binding is tight. Beautiful color illustrations. $20.00

292. Winterbotham, R. R. KEEP 'EM FLYING, U. S. A.FOR AMERICA'S VICTORY Racine, WI, Whitman: 1943. 425 pages. A couple of tears to the covers. The front hinge is shaken and pulling away from the text block. The binding is tight and the pages are white and clean. $25.00

293. Winterbotham, R.R. Maximo The Amazing Superman And The Supermachine. Better Little Book #1445 Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1941. 425 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped. The hinges have started to tear and crack, but are holding. $25.00

294. Wright, Anna Potter. THE "TRUE" MYSTERY SOLVED. Chicago, Moody Press: 1939. 128 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has chips to the edges and some soiling. $66.00

295. Wright, Dare. EDITH AND BIG BAD BILL: A LONELY DOLL STORY. New York, Random House: 1968. Large photo-illustrated hardback covers. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. Overall a nice copy. Binding is tight and the pages are clean and free from defects. A scarce title in the Edith the Doll series. $125.00

296. Wyckoff, Peter A.; Hickey, Thomas. Wings of the U.S.A. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing: 1940. 421 pages. Better Little Book #1407. There is where and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the binding. Binding is tight. $20.00

297. Young, Chic. BLONDIE, COOKIE AND DAISY'S PUPS. Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing Company: 1943. 350 pages. Better Little Book #1491. The spine has Scotch tape repair. Hinges are cracked. The spine is held in place with Scotch tape. The binding is tight. $22.50

298. Young, Chic. BLONDIE, LIFE AMONG THE BUMSTEADS. Racine, WI, Whitman: 1944. 346 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Binding is tight. $25.00

299. Zechlin, Ruth. BED-TIME FUN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. New York, Loring & Mussey: 1934. Wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else Good+. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to edges, with several large chips missing. $12.50

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