Children's Books-Complete List
Last Updated April 20, 2022
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Last Updated April 20, 2022
To order, call 800-823-9124 office or 435-770-6601 cell
1. A.L. Bancroft and Company. The Pacific Coast Fourth Reader. Revised Edition. . 1874 edition. Pictorial paper over board covers with black leather spine. Moderate shelf wear to the spine edges, with the corners lightly rubbed through. A few small stains to the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. A nicely preserved early copy of this children's reader. $30.00
2. Andrews, Addison Fletcher & Albert Bigelow Paine. Tiny Tunes for Tiny People. Composed by Addison Fletcher Andrews and Words by Albert Bigelow Paine and others. Illustrated by Stephen Wilson van Schaick. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1907. 69 pages. Signed by the author and dated May 25, 1907 on the front blank endpage. Oblong illustrated hardback covers show wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners bumped and the bottom corners rubbed through. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The book consists of children's songs, with words and music. A delightful vintage children's book. $100.00
3. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy across the North Pole . Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 214 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The pictorial dust jacket has a a couple of old tape strips at the top and bottom of the dust jacket, a few small chips to the edges and some browning and rubbed spots. $20.00
4. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships: Or, Adrift in the Sargasso Sea Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. 214 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The pictorial dust jacket has a a couple of old tape strips at the top and bottom of the dust jacket, a few small chips to the edges and some browning and rubbed spots. $20.00
5. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters: Or, Lost in the Jungles of the Amazon Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 214 pages. Red hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has some wear evident to the edges and folds, and there is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $45.00
6. Avery, Al. A YANKEE FLIER UNDER SECRET ORDERS. Air Combat Stories for Boys #16. Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. 204 pages. Some shelf wear to the spine edges, with rubbing to the corners. Spine has a slight lean. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some rubbing and slight soiling to the spine. Overall a very nice copy of a scarce title in the Yankee Flier series, especially in presentable dust jacket. $42.50
7. Balet, Jan. Joanjo, A Porguguese Tale. Delacorte Press, 1967. Ex-library from an elementary school library. Library buckram binding. There is a large library discard stamp on the front cover, a library label on the spine and small library ink stamps inside the front and back covers. Shelf wear and some rubbing to the spine and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $22.00
8. Bancroft & Company. Tip and Top on the Farm. Pop-ups designed by V. Kubasta. Czechoslovakia: Bancroft & Co. Ltd, 1961. 1961 printing. Illustrated paper over flexible boards. Some wear to the edges and corners. A small tear to the top edge of the front cover which connects to the joint, but not a serious flaw. This book has six beautiful pop-ups which are all in very good working order. Beautifully preserved. $135.00
9. Baum, L. Frank. The New Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1903. 261 pages. 1903 edition. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. A few small chips to the cloth at the spine edges. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. With color illustrations by W.W. Denslow throughout. A beautiful early edition of this classic Oz title. $150.00
10. Bennett, Rowena. Runner for the King. Follett Publishing, 1944. 46 pages. Slight wear to the spine edges, with the corners just starting to rub through. Pictorial paper over board covers with black cloth spine. A bright and clean binding. The pages are clean and tightly bound. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the spine and corners and light soiling. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Fiore Mastri. $25.00
11. Benstead, Vivienne. Chicken Little. A Little Golden Book. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Golden Press, 1960. 24 pages. Little Golden Book "D" printing. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners and a few scuffs to the covers. The title page is partially torn away at the right side, with some text affected. The piece of the page torn away measures about five inches high by about two inches wide. $14.00
12. Bethell,J: . Burr Tillstrom's Ollie Bakes a Cake. Illustrated by Nancy Meyerhoff. Wonder Books, New York, 1964. Illustrated paper over board covers. The paper on the top of the spine was splitting and has been repaired with archival glue. There is wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $12.50
13. Bill, Helen E. The Shoes Fit for a King. Watts, 1956. 36 pages. Illustrated hardcover library binding shows quite a bit of wear to the spine edges, with the corners rubbed through. Library marks on the spine and inside the covers. $10.95
14. Bond, Gladys Baker. Patrick Will Grow. Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966. Large illustrated paper over board covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners with the corners just starting to rub through. The binding is tight the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated by David K. Stone in color. $14.00
15. Borton, Elizabeth. Pollyanna's Door to Happiness. Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. 359 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Slight discoloration to the blue cloth covers. The illustrated color dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some wear and rubbing. $10.50
16. Bowen, R. Sidney. Dave Dawson at Casablanca. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. 250 pages. Green hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly bumped. There is some rubbed and scuffed spots to the top of the spine and some staines spots to the back cover. $16.00
17. Bowen, R. Sidney. Dave Dawson With the Eighth Air Force. Saalfield Publishing Co, 1944. Some shelf wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. Some soiling to the back panel. $59.95
18. Bowen, Robert Sidney. Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers. Crown Publishers, 1943. 250 pages. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners bumped. No dust jacket. $10.75
19. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Anne of Canada. The Children of All Lands Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 174 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a few pieces missing at the edges of the spine and panels. Still a presentable dust jacket. $12.50
20. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Jeanne of France. New York : Grosset and Dunlap, 1920. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. Some soiling to the covers. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and a chunk missing at the bottom of the front flap. $22.00
21. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Philippe of Belgium. Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. 189 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Slight soiling to the covers. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $12.50
22. Brandeis, Madeline. The Wee Scotch Piper. The Children of All Lands Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some old masking tape reinforcement at the edges. There is some wear and slight soiling to the jacket as well. $20.00
23. Bridges, T. C.. Sons of the Air. Frederick Warne, 1929. 1929 first edition. Red hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the covers. $20.00
24. Bridgman, Betty. Lullaby for Eggs: A Poem. MacMillan, 1955. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket with small chips and tears to the spine and edges. $25.00
25. Brock, Emma L.. Little Fat Gretchen. E. M. Hale, 1934. Green buckram library binding. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some stained spots to the covers. The title page is half-way torn away. A few text pages has some pieces missing at the edges, with no text missing. Some pages have fingerprint smudges. $55.00
26. Brown, Marjorie Webber. Pueblo Playmates. A. Whitman, 1938. 61 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Beautifully in color throughout illustrated by Carol Nay. $35.00
27. Buell, Marjorie H.. Marge's Little Lulu: Alvin and Tubby. Whitman Publishing Co., 1947. Illustrated paper over board flexible card covers. There is wear to the edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A solid copy. $48.00
28. Burgess, Thornton W. A Great Joke on Jimmy Skunk. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Whitman Pub. Co, 1927. 29 pages. In the rare original publisher's box. Pictorial paper over board hardback covers show light wear. The original color illustrated publisher's box is present. The box has wear and rubbing to the edges, with a couple of tears and splits to the sides and some soiling, but it is still in presentable condition. $55.00
29. Busoni, Rafaello. Dick Whittington and His Cat. John Martin's House, 1945. Light wear to the edges and corners. Overall very good condition in dust jacket with a few small tears to the edges. Beautifully illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. $11.95
30. Caniff, Milton. Terry Lee, Flight Officer, U.S. A. Whitman, 1944. Illustrated flexible card covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Nicely preserved, with tight binding and clean pages. This is the Better Little Book edition. $15.00
31. Carle, Eric Carle. The Tiny Seed. Oversized teacher classroom edition. Scholastic, 1987. 40 pages. This is the large, oversized classroom edition "Scholastic Big Books" edition. Large glossy softbound covers show some wear to the edges. The corners are bumped. The pages are clean. The book measures 22.5 inches high by just over 16 inches wide. BECAUSE OF SIZE, NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM. $79.50
32. Carlson, Esther. Moon over the Back Fence. Doubleday, 1947. 191 pages. 1947 first edition. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. The illustrated dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some browning on the back panel, but is nicely preserved. $40.00
33. Christiansen, Don. Walt Disney's Goofy in Giant Trouble. Big Little Book Number 2021. Whitman, 1968. Flexible cardboard illustrated covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $12.00
34. Cleaveland, Bess Bruce. Desert Life Panel Posters. Chicago: Ideal School Supply Company, 1930. This is an educational packet with a pictorial paper folder and a series of printed black-and-white sheets of illustrations inside the packet. There is an instruction sheet entitled "Directions for Making Desert Life Panel Posters". An interesting item. $75.00
35. Cleaveland, Bess Bruce. Japanese Life Panel Posters. Chicago: Ideal School Supply Company, 1929. This is an educational packet with a pictorial paper folder and a series of printed black-and-white sheets of illustrations inside the packet. There is an instruction sheet entitled "Directions for Making Japanese Panel Posters" and also an instruction sheet about Japanese life. An interesting item. $75.00
36. Clyne, Geraldine. The Jolly Jump-Ups Mother Goose Book. McLoughlin Bros, 1944. Illustrated paper over flexible card covers. This copy is remarkably preserved, with all pop-ups in perfect working order and an excellent condition. The binding has some wear to the edges and a couple of small rubbed spots on the covers. Really beautiful pop-up book. $45.00
37. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Noble Doll. Illustrated by Leo Politi. Viking Press, 1961. Very good condition with light wear only to the edges. The dust jacket has one repaired tear at the top of the front panel and some edge wear. Illustrated by Leo Politi. $48.00
38. Cobb, Andy. Cowboy Dan. Rand McNally & Co, 1950. Near very good condition. Small paper over board illustrated covers. The edges of the boards show light wear and there are a few small rubbed spots on the covers The pages are clean and tightly bound. This is a Junior Elf Book. Very nice condition for this children's book. $48.00
39. Collyer, Barbara & John R. Foley. Christmas in the Country. Little Golden Book #95. Simon and Schuster, 1950. 28 pages. 1950 first "A" edition. Light wear to the edges of the spine and covers. One text page has a small fingerprint smudge, otherwise a clean and tight copy with no marking or tears to the pages. $22.50
40. Colver, Anne/Palazzo. Old Bet. KNOPF, ALFRED A, 1957. Bound in library buckram. Quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners rubbed through. Some scuffs and rubbed spots to the binding. A few of the text pages have small stains, but overall nicely preserved. $37.50
41. Coolidge, Susan. What Katy Did: Retold for Younger Readers. 1950. 78 pages. Pictorial covers show light wear. Very good condition in dust jacket with some wear and light soiling to the edges. $8.00
42. Daly, Eileen. Tubsy and the Picnic Tree. Whitman Pub. Division, 1968. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. There are seven pages of text that have Karen scribbling, some heavy. $13.50
43. Davis, Daphne. Andy Astronaut. Illustrated by Craig Pineo. Golden Press, 1968. Tall board book with illustrated paper over board covers and orange cloth strip spint. There is moderate wear and rubbing to the the edges of the spine and corners. The pages are clean. Overall near Very Good condition. Measures 16" tall. $19.50
44. Davis, Katherine Wallace. Pappina, a Little Italian Girl: A Story of Southern Italy. A. Flanagan Co. , 1928. Red cloth covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. $20.00
45. Deucher, Wheeler and. Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia. DUTTON, 1972. 1972 printing. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $22.50
46. Devine, Louise Lawrence. Mumpsy Goes to Kindergarten. Rand McNally & Company, 1945. 29 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers show quite a bit of wear, rubbing and scuffing. The pages are tightly bound. The first couple of pages, including the title page, are repaired with laminate tape. $8.00
47. Disney, Walt; Werner, Jane. Walt Disney's Cinderella. Golden Press, 1976. Large glossy illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A couple of small scuffed spots on the front cover. Overall near very good condition. $10.00
48. Dixon, Franklin W. Over the Rockies with the Air Mail. Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. 214 pages. Red illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. The dust jacket has chips to the edges of the spine and larger chips at the bottom of the front panel and corner. Some old tape repair along the bottom of the spine and front panel. $15.00
49. Dixon, Franklin W. While the Clock Ticked. The Hardy Boys. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The pictorial dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges of the spine and corners and slight soiling on the back panel. The jacket is nicely preserved. The front flap title list goes to #22 "The Clue of the Broken Blade". $45.00
50. Donaldson, Lois. Greta in Weather Land. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1932. Red cloth covers. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed and slightly bumped. Some soiling to the front and back covers. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Maj Lindman. A scarce title. $45.00
51. Douglas, Amanda M. SHERBURNE GIRLS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1898. 388 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. There is a small stain at the bottom of the front cover. $14.95
52. Eells, Elsie Spicer. The Brazilian Fairy Book. Illustrated by George W. Hood. . Pictorial mustard-yellow covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Includes six beautiful full-page color illustrated plates. A scarce title. $75.00
53. Elrick, George S.. Spider-Man Zaps Mr. Zodiac. (Spiderman). Western Publ. Co., 1976. 248 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $14.50
54. Emerson, Alice B. Ruth Fielding Down East: or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point. Cupples & Leon Company, 1920. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $10.00
55. Falk, Nat & Yes Illustrated. Magic Mother Goose. Vanguard Press, Incorporated, 1933. 1933 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. The edges of the spine and corners show wear, with the corners slightly rubbed through. There are a few small chips to the paper on the spine. Light soiling to the covers. A few of pages have slight soiling or fingerprint smudges in the margins and a few pages have small creases at the top right corner of the pages. The original Mother Goose magic glass is still present inside the back cover and in very good condition. A child has scribbled some pen marks inside the back cover. A delightful children's book, with hidden pictures with riddles in the illustrations that are illuminated by placing the Magic glass over the page to solve the riddle. Very scarce. $150.00
56. Farnsworth, Frances Joyce. Cubby Returns. The Abingdon Press, 1935. 170 pages. Light wear to the red cloth covers. The bottom right corner is slightly bumped. The red paper illustrated dust jacket is present. There are some chips missing from the top of the spine and front panel and some smaller chips and tears to the edges. One spot on the jacket has some repair with archival tape and the small soiled spot on the front panel. $12.00
57. Felton, Harold W.. Deborah Sampson: Soldier of the Revolution. Dodd Mead, 1976. 111 pages. Ex-Library stickers and markings to the book and dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $8.00
58. Fitzhugh Percy Keese 1876-1950. Tom Slade at Temple Camp. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $9.95
59. Fowler, Guy. The Sky Hawk. Grosset Dunlap, 1929, 1929. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The scarce illustrated dust jacket has some chips to the edges and quite a bit of soiling to the spine and back panel. $20.00
60. Freund, Rudolf. The Animals of Farmer Jones. Simon & Schuster, 1942. 1942 "K" (11th) printing. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the edges of the front and back covers. The pages are clean and free from defects. $10.00
61. Garber, Nancy. The Great Fort. Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli. Western Publishing Company, 1970. Pictorial paper over board covers. Some wear to the edges of the spine and covers, but overall near very good condition. The text is clean. $7.50
62. Gates, Josephine Scribner. The Live Dolls' House Party. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. 103 pages. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. The hinges are repaired with archival glue. A few pages have foxing or small fingerprint smudges at the edges. The binding is tight. $35.00
63. Gates, Josephine Scribner. Live Dolls in Wonderland. M A DONOHUE & COMPANY, 1912. 1912 first edition. Heavy shelf wear to the spine extremities. The corners are starting to rub through and the board edges are worn. A few scuffs to the binding. Binding is sound. $18.95
64. Glut, Don . The Incredible Hulk, Lost in Time. A Big Little Book. Whitman Pub, 1980. Flexible illustrated card covers show light wear. $25.00
65. Gordon, Elizabeth. Dolly and Molly and the Farmer Man. Rand McNally & Company, 1914. 1914 printing. Pictorial paper over board covers. There is wear evident to the spine edges and corners, with corners just starting to rub through. One small split to the paper at the bottom of the front joint, measuring about a quarter of an inch. The pages are clean and free from marks or tears. A solid copy, almost at VG-, but I'm calling it G+ because of the wear of the covers. $24.00
66. Gordon, Elizabeth. Watermelon Pete and Others. Gordon's Children's Series. Illustrated by Clara powers Wilson. Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & company, 1914. 71 pages. Scarce 1914 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. The spine has been replaced neatly with recent red cloth. The book has been recased nicely. The corners are rubbed through and the edges show wear and rubbing. The pages are tightly bound and complete. Some of the pages have fingerprint smudges or soiling. A few have creases at the edges. A black Americana title. $75.00
67. Greene, Carla. I Want to Be a Dairy Farmer. Childrens Press, 1957. Ex-library green illustrated buckram library binding. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. $10.00
68. Grimm Brothers [illustrated by Brunhild Schlotter]. Three Tales From Grimm: The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Mother Hulda. MacMillan, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some soiling and discoloration to the covers. The pages are clean. Illustrated by Brunhild Schlotter. $33.50
69. Hader, Berta. Big City. MacMillan Co, 1947. Ex-library copy. The binding shows wear and rubbing to the edges. The dust jacket flaps are taped to the inside of the covers. The hinges are reinforced with strapping tape. The jacket has library labels and some chips and tears, but is covered with a protective plastic cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $33.00
70. Hader, Berta & Elmer Hader. The Skyrocket. MacMillan, 1946. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $15.00
71. Helps, Racey. Mr. Flopears. Rand McNally, 1969. Paper over board covers show shelf wear and rubbing to the edges and corners, with some scuffing to the covers. $7.50
72. Hoff, Syd. Santa's Moose. Harper & Row, 1979. 32 pages. Signed by the author in black Sharpie marker. Light wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Very scarce signed, as the author did not sign many books. $25.00
73. Hoff, Syd. Who Will Be My Friends? HarperColliins, 1960. 32 pages. Signed by the author in black Sharpie marker. Light wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Very scarce signed, as the author did not sign many books. $25.00
74. Holeinone, Peter. The Mini Treasure Chest of Great Fairy Tales. Volume 2. Five books in publisher's enclosure. Tormont Publications Inc., 1998. Set of five books. Very good condition in the illustrated slipcase/box. $20.00
75. Holland, Rupert Sargent. The Pirate of the Gulf. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott company, 1929. 270 pages. Tan cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling and discolored spots to the binding. The binding is tight. The title page has some numbers written on it, but this is not an ex-library copy. $12.50
76. Honsinger, Welthy. Tan and Taro of Japan. New York: Abingdon Press, 1923. 26 pages. Softbound covers with stapled binding. Something print smudges to the front cover. The color cut-outs accompany this book are inserted inside the book. They are in ziploc bags. I'm not sure if the accompaning cut-outs are complete, but probably not as there are not a lot of them. $35.00
77. Honsinger, Welthy. The Travels of Moni and Mani, Indian Twins. New York & Cincinnati: Abingdon Press, 1923. Softbound covers with stapled binding. Little to no wear to the book. With the color cut-out figures and backgrounds inserted inside the front cover of the book. Not sure if the cut-outs are complete publicly appear to be. $35.00
78. House, Wanda Rogers. Peter Goes to School. Illustrated by Hal W. Doremus Wonder/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. 20 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The pages are clean. $23.00
79. Jackson, Linda. Petey. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. 2 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Spine and covers faded at the edges. Binding tight. Cedges. Binding tight. Illustrated by Dorothy Buck. $45.00
80. Jacobsen, Virginia & Drew. Hitchhiking with Jimmy Microbe. Book Two of the Jimmy Microbe Series. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company, 1939. 92 pages. Green illstrated cloth covers. Shelf wear and and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed through. A few rubbed and small scuffed spots to the binding. Slight color fading to the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and free from marks or tears. A very scarce title. $175.00
81. Johnson, James Ralph. Utah Lion. Follett Pub. Co, 1962. 160 pages. Some wear to the edges and corners The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $22.50
82. Jordan, David Starr. Eric's Book of Beasts: Done in Watercolors and Accompanied With Appropriate Jingles. P. Elder and company, 1912. Signed by the author. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Spine faded, with some chipping to the paper at a few spots at the joints. $150.00
83. Judson, Clara Ingram. Pierre's Lucky Pouch. They Came from France. Follett Pub. Co, 1957. 245 pages. Slight wear to the edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges but is still quite presentable. $55.00
84. Kalish, Muriel. Willy's Silly Glasses. Golden Press, 1963. Ex-library copy. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. The corners are reinforced with library tape. Many of the pages have small tears to the bottom of the pages. I've repaired these with archival tape. Some pages have fingerprint smudges at the edges. Binding is tight and the pages are complete. $65.00
85. Kovar, Edith M. Fairy Gold and Others Stories. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1931. 37 pages. 1931 printing. Large hardcover binding, with illustrated paper over boards and paper over the spine. There are some chips and rubbed spots to the paper spine. The edges and corners of the boards are worn, with the corners worn through. Slight soiling to the covers and the front cover is slightly bowed. Beautifully illustrated, with ten pages of color illustrations and other pages with black-and-white illustrations. $30.00
86. Kurtz, Bob-Illustrated. Clyde Crashcup and Leonardo. A Wonder Book. Wonder Books, 1965. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $22.95
87. Leaf, Munro. The Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior. FREDERICK WARNE & CO. , LTD., 1939. 1939 first printing. Red hardback covers are worn and rubbed at the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and slightly rubbed through. Slight soiling to the edges of the binding and some discoloration on the back cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. The illustrated dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with some repaired tears to the folds (with archival tape) and soiling on the back panel. Scarce in first edition with dust jacket. $78.00
88. Liffring, Joan. Dee and Curtis on a Dairy Farm. Follett Pub. Co, 1957. 64 pages. Pictorial sturdy library binding, with ex-library ink stamps inside the front cover and library ink marks at the bottom of the spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly bumped. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $33.00
89. Lobel, Arnold. A Zoo for Mister Muster. 1962. Oblong illustrated white cloth covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $8.00
90. Lofting, Hugh. The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle: A Pop-Up Book. Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Random House, 1967. 24 pages. Slight wear and slight soiling to the binding. The pop-ups and movables are all in very good working order. $40.00
91. Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Doolittle and the Secret Lake. Lippincott, 1948. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges, with a few small pieces chipped away on the spine. $145.00
92. Mabry, Caroline. Castles in Spain. Albert Whitman & Co. , 1933. 127 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $20.00
93. Malcolmson, Anne & Virginia Lee Burton. Song of Robin Hood. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. 1947 First Edition. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. Scarce in dust jacket. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton. A beautiful book. $65.00
94. Mathews, Vera Laughton. Fanta-Sea Children. Berkeley, California: Guilders Publishing Center, 1938. 8 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $75.00
95. McCrady, Elizabeth F.. Children of Foreign Lands. The Platt & Munk Co. , Inc, 1937. 96 pages. Green hardback covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The illustrated dust jacket has chips to the edges of the spine and a few small chips and tears to the edges, but is still in good condition. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout. $24.00
96. Meek, Pauline Palmer. Just-Alike Princes. Whitman Pub. Co, 1966. Large illustrated paper over board covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners just starting to rub through. A few small soiled spots to the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $38.00
97. Metzger, Berta. Tales Told in Hawaii. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. 116 pages. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and light soiling. The dust jacket is in nice condition and is scarce on this title. $75.00
98. Montgomery, Frances Trego. BILLY WHISKERS STOWAWAY. Continuing the famous Billy Whiskers series Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co, 1930. 146 pages. Shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. The pages are still tightly bound. $14.50
99. Nolan, Jeannette Covert. The Story of Martha Washington. Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, with slight discoloration to the color covers at the edges. The illustrated dust jacket has edge-where and a few small chips, with some soiling on the back panel. $25.00
100. Nordell, Julia. Little Faces from Far Places. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. 76 pages. 1933 first edition. Pictorial paper over board covers with black cloth strip spine. There is wear and rubbing to the edges and the corners are worn through. The pages are tightly bound. There are a few fingerprint smudges to some of the page edges. This book has a series of paper doll pages to be cut out and assembled. All of the pages are uncut and complete and in very good condition. $24.00
101. O'Dea, James. Jingleman Jack: His Pictures and Rhymes of the Callings, the Crafts and the Trades of the Times. Saalfield Publishing Company, 1901. 1901 first edition. Heavy wear to the edges of the spine, boards, and corners. There is some rubbing and scuffing to the covers. Original paper over board color illustrated covers are still in decent shape. The hinges have been repaired with archival glue. The binding is tight and the pages are complete. Some of the pages have fingerprint smudges to the edges. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Harry Kennedy. Still a solid copy of this delightful early children's book. $55.00
102. Opper, Emma A. Slate and Pencil People. White, Stokes & Allen, 1885. 1885 first edition. Spine edges and board edges show quite a bit of wear, with the corners rubbed through. There are some rubbed and scuffed spots and light soiling to the front and back covers. The binding is tight the pages are complete. Many of the pages have fingerprint smudges or small stains to the edges. Whimsically illustrated throughout by J. Opper. $55.00
103. Optic, Oliver. The Casket of Diamonds. Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1902. 336 pages. 1902 first edition. Pictorial cloth covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. The spine is rubbed and the lettering is faded. Binding is tight. $75.00
104. Owen, Russell. The Conquest of the North and South Poles. Random House, 1952. 181 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. $15.00
105. Palmer, Robin. Mickey Never Fails. D. C. Heath and Company, 1939. 3 pages. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $15.00
106. Pease, Josephine Van Dolzen. Safe All Day With the Happies: Simple Stories of Safety at Home and Outdoors. Rand McNally, 1940. Illustrated paper over board covers. The corners are slightly worn through and there is some wear to the spine edges. Overall a clean and tight copy. $35.00
107. Pillsbury Company. How Freckle Face Strawberry Got His Freckles. A Funny Face Book. The Pillsbury Company, 1965. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the covers. The pages are clean and free from defects. $41.50
108. Piper, Watty. The Bumper Book: A Harvest of Stories and Verses. Price Stern Sloan, 1979. This is the 1966 edition. Large illustrated hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. $25.00
109. Politi, Leo. The Poinsettia. Best-West Publications, 1967. Large light blue hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. Near very good condition. The illustrated dust jacket has wear and a few small tears to the edges. A beautiful copy. $45.00
110. Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Signed by the author and dated 1970. VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket with a few very small tears to the edges. With Caldecott Medal on the front cover. This book also includes a clipped newspaper article showing the author at a book signing at a California elementary school, where this copy was probably signed. $85.00
111. Porter, Horace. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Russia: or, Lost On the Frozen Steppes. A. L. Burt Co., 1915. Light wear to the spine edges and corners, with the top corners lightly bumped. A beautifully-preserved copy. Nice pictorial illustrated binding. The dust jacket has a chip to the bottom of the spine and diffuse Mueller chips to the edges. Light soiling to the back panel of the jacket. A very nice copy in an above-average dust jacket. $30.00
112. Potter, Miriam Clark. The Animals' Train Ride. Rand McNally, 1953. 32 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers show some wear the edges and some rubbing to the covers. Overall near very good condition. $9.00
113. Prince, Helen Albee. Grandma's Album Quilt. Falmouth Book House, 1936. Some shelf wear to the binding. Dust jacket has some chipping to the edges and folds and a larger piece missing from the top of the front panel. $14.50
114. Pyne, Mable. The Little Geography Of The United States. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. 36 pages. Large illustrated hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. No dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated by Mable Pyne. $11.50
115. Quirk, Leslie W. The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High. Little, Brown, 1920. Red cloth covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. $15.00
116. Raphael Tuck & Sons Company. Cats and Kittens ABC. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Company, 1900. This is an original Raphael Tuck & Sons Company publication. The cover and pages are printed on softbound untearable linen. This is part of the Father Tuck's Nursery Tales Series ABC. No date of publication listed, but probably ca. 1900. Some wear to the edges of the covers. With a beautiful color illustrated cover and numerous illustrations in the book, including four full-page color illustrated pages. Measures just under 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. A beautiful vintage children's book. $85.00
117. Ritchie, Rita. Bugs Bunny the Last Crusader. [Big Little Book]. Whitman, 1975. 248 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $15.00
118. Roberts Brothers. Boasting Hector. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. 1868 printing. Flexible maroon cloth covers show quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. There are a few small chips spots to the cloth on the spine. Some fading and discoloration to the covers. Many of the text pages have fingerprint smudges to the margins. A few of the text pages have small tears to the edges. The binding is tight. Pages are clean. This is actually a very nice condition for the children's book of this time period. $45.00
119. Rockwood, Roy. Through the Air to the North Pole, or the Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch. Cupples & Leon Co. , 1906. Reddish-brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has a few small tears to the edges and some wear evident to the edges and folds. There is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. Assault Z is eight to click $75.00
120. Rojanovsky, Feodor, Illustrator. Mother Goose Rhymes, 154 Childhood Favorites. Simon & Schuster, 1958. 1958 first "A" Giant Golden Book printing. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Feodor Rojankovsky. $25.00
121. Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. The Boy With the U.S. Trappers. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1919. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $11.50
122. Rolt-Wheeler, Francis William. The Wreck Hunters. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1922. 359 pages. Pictorial blue cloth covers. The spine edges and corners show wear and rubbing. The corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight. A few pages have small brown spot at the edges, but are generally clean. With quite a few illustrations and some photographs of shipwrecks and treasure hunting. $90.00
123. Russell, C.D. Pete the Tramp. John Martin's House, 1945. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket a few chips and tears and some rubbed spots. $15.00
124. Sand, Helen. Deputy Dawg and the Space Man. Wonder, 1961. Glossy illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
125. Sanderson, Margaret Love. The Camp Fire Girls in Old Kentucky. Reilly & Lee, 1919. 224 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some color fading to the covers. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some browning, but is otherwise in near very good condition. Scarce in dust jacket. $53.95
126. Scarry, Patsy. Danny Beaver's Secret. Little Golden Book. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Simon & Schuster, 1953. 24 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers show light wear to the edges and corners. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Overall near very good condition. $32.00
127. Searle, Ronald (Drawings) , Richardson, Bill and Andrews, Allen, Illustrated by Ronald Searle. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes. Dennis Dobson, 1965. Slight wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some soiling to the panels and a few small closed tears to the edges. $50.00
128. Seignobosc, Francoise. Jeanne-Marie at the Fair. Omnibus Publishing, 2004. 34 pages. Ex-library from an elementary school library. Library buckram binding. There is a large library discard stamp on the front cover and small library ink stamps inside the front and back covers. Quite a bit of wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $45.00
129. Seton, Ernest Thompson. Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived As Indians and What They Learned. Grossett & Dunlap, 1911. 1911 edition. Blue illustrated hardback covers show wear to the spine edges, with the corners bumped. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $15.00
130. Seuss, Dr.. I Can Draw It Myself . By Me, Myself. Golden Books, 1975. 36 pages. 1975 printing. Large oversized flexible card covers with Doctor Seuss illustration on the front cover. The binding is a plastic comb spiral binding. Some wear to the edges and corners and a few small fingerprint smudges to one of the initial pages, but overall this is near very good condition. Beautifully preserved and unmarked, unused. A scarce Dr. Seuss title. Measures 12 inches high by 16 inches wide. $350.00
131. Seuss, Dr.. Six by Seuss: A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics. Random House, 1991. 345 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $35.00
132. Steiner, Charlotte. Happy Birthday Book. An Anthology of Verses and Stories. Illustrated by the author. Garden City, 1953. Large illustrated paper over board covers with black cloth strip binding. Beautifully preserved. The corners are slightly rubbed through and there are a few rubbed spots on the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $18.00
133. Stickland, Paul and Henrietta. Dinosaur Roar! Scholastic Big Book. Scholastic, 1994. This is the Big Book edition, meant for teachers to read in the classroom to children. Measures 15.5 inches tall by 19 inches wide. Glossy softbound covers show slight wear to the edges and corners, but overall this is in very good condition. $27.50
134. Stone, Richard H. Sky Riders of the Atlantic: Or, Slim Tyler's First Trip in the Clouds. Cupples & Leon Co., 1936. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few small tears and chips to the edges. Jacket also has soiling on the back cover. The dust jacket is scarce and is overall in nice condition. $20.00
135. Striker, Fran. The Green Hornet Cracks down. Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. Pictorial flexible card binding. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The upper corners of a few pages have chipped away, not obtrusive. A clean and tight copy in near very good condition. $65.00
136. Swan, Kay & Gertrude Crownfield & Merriman Peck. Time in Rime. Swan Book. Designed by Kay Swan. Rime by Gertrude Crownfield. Illustrated by Anne Merriman. New York: Platt & Munk, 1929. Note: This is the 1929 second printing, after the rare 1926 first printing This printing is also quite rare. Green paper over board hardback covers with multi-color illustration of a large frog behind a clock in the front cover. There is wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners started to rub through. A couple of very small chips to the illustrated paper paste-down on the front cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Delightfully illustrated in color throughout. An exceptional children's book that does not surface often. $250.00
137. Tate, Sally. The Gingerbread Man. A Fuzzy Wuzzy Book. Illustrated by Sally Tate. Whitman Publishing Co, 1944. Pictorial paper over boards covers. There is wear to the spine edges and corners, with a small crack to the paper at the top of the spine, but it is not split or torn. The dust jacket is remarkably preserved, with light wear to the edges and light soiling visible. Overall a very nice copy. This is a delightful fuzzy wuzzy book and the pages are in very good condition, with no marks or tears. $25.00
138. Taylor, Paul. Alice in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Classic. Random House, 1970. Illustrated hardback covers show light wear. All of the pop-ups and movables are in very good working condition. $49.95
139. Temple, Shirley. Shirley Temple's Nursery Tales. Random House, 1961. Large glossy illustrated paper over board covers show light wear only. Overall a beautiful copy in very good condition. $15.00
140. Terhune, Albert Payson. Real Tales of Real Dogs. Illustrated by Diana Thorne. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935. 92 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers with brown cloth spine. The corners are quite rubbed through, as are many spots on the edges of the boards. Slight soiling to the covers. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated throughout by noted animal artist Diana Thorne. $20.00
141. Tierney, Tom. Little Women Paper Dolls. Dover Publications, 1994. 24 pages. Glossy softbound covers show light wear. $7.95
142. Tudor, Tasha. First Delights. Platt & Munk, 1966. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly rubbed through. $15.00
143. Tudor, Tasha. Thistly B. Oxford Univ. Press, 1949. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges. Overall nicely preserved dust jacket. $40.00
144. Tudor, Tasha. The White Goose. Oxford University Press, 1943. 1943 first edition. Illustrated paper label on the front cover. Blue-grey boards show light wear. The dust jacket shows light wear and light soiling, but is overall near very good condition. A beautiful copy. $70.00
145. Unknown. Dolly Takes a Trip. A Bonnie Book. Samuel Lowe Co. , 1952. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. The moveable doll is complete with all parts inside the front cover. The legs have creases in the middle which have been reinforced with archival tape. $20.00
146. Upham, Elizabeth Norine & Marjorie Hartwell. Little Brown Bear Goes to School. Platt & Munk Co, 1955. 56 pages. 1955 printing. Red illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy, with no marking or tears to the pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color by Marjorie Hartwell. $24.00
147. Upton, Florence K. & Bertha Upton. The Golliwogg's Auto-Go-Cart. London: Longmans, Green & Company, 1901. 66 pages. 1901 first edition. Oblong color illustrated paper over board covers with green cloth spine. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners rubbed through. There is slight soiling and if you scuffed and rough spots to the binding. Some staining and discoloration, more to the back cover than the front cover. A couple of pages have small tears to the edges or light fingerprint smudges. The front free endpaper is missing. The binding is tight and the pages are complete. Beautifully illustrated throughout. A rare children's book. $395.00
148. Valentine, L.. Hector the Dog. Snowflake Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1889. Pictorial paper covers. There is an old homemade repair to the spine. There are holes punched in the spine for insertion into a binder. The front cover has chips to the edges and a large crease in the upper right corner. The back cover has a small piece missing in the lower left corner. Some browning to the pages around the edges. Beautifully illustrated in color. $15.00
149. Voss, Jay G. Just A Rimey Few. Cleveland: David Gibson Co, 1914. 98 pages. 1914 printing. Vellum spine with paper over board covers. Color illustration on the front cover. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed. Slight fading to the front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. With three beautiful color plate illustrations and other black-and-white illustrations. $18.00
150. Walt Disney Company. Donald Duck in Volcano Valley. Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1973. 249 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $7.50
151. Waring, Gilchrist & Elmo Jones. Three Ships Come Sailing: A Child's Story of Our Country's Birthplace Jamestown In Virginia. Dietz Press, 1954. 35 pages. Color pictorial illustrated front cover shows slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Overall this has been preserved beautifully. The dust jacket is also nicely preserved, with just a few small chips to the edges and a few lightly soiled spots. $15.00
152. Watts, Mabel. Daniel, the Cocker Spaniel. Illustrated by Dorothy Grider. Rand McNally, 1955. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $22.00
153. Webb, Clifford. A Jungle Picnic. Frederick Warne & Company, 1934. Pictorial White cloth covers show quite a bit of wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly rubbed through. There is some soiling to the front and back covers. The binding is tight. Some pages have fingerprint smudges in the margins. Still a solid copy. $28.00
154. Weiner, Gina Ingoglia. Marge's Little Lulu. Little Golden Book. Little Golden Book, 1974. 24 pages. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
155. Weisgard, Leonard. Down Huckleberry Hill. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Oblong brown hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated by the author. $15.00
156. Wells, Carolyn & Oliver Herford. A Phenomenal Fauna. R. H. Russell, 1902. 1902 first edition. Pictorial paper over board covers with cloth spine. The corners are rubbed through and there is some soiling to the covers. A few fingerprint smudges to some pages edges, not extensive. The binding is tight. A sound copy overall of this whimsical children's book of imaginary beasts and animals, with accompanying verse. $55.00
157. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Farmer Boy. 1933. 1933 printing in scarce original dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The bottom corners are starting to rub through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and most of the spine paper gone. There is some soiling to the jacket as well. The former owner had placed masking tape reinforcement on the inside edges of the jacket, which has been removed, leaving a residue. There is also some of this residue of the spine area of the jacket. Overall the scarce dust jacket is still nicely preserved. $95.00
158. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. 299 pages. 1943 edition, first year of publication in scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges. The spine has a slight lean. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some tape repair residue on the back panel. I removed the old acidic tape and replaced it with archival tape on the tears. The inside flaps and edges of the jacket have older masking tape reinforcement from the inside, not visible on the outside. The original owner was an elementary school teacher and read this book to her school class. She marked the pages in pencil and there's some underlining and small margin marks to about 100 pages in all. These are mostly light and scattered. The pencil marks could easily be erased, if desired, by the next owner. $150.00
159. Wilhoite, Mariel. Bobra of Bali. Rand, McNally & company, 1936. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners are slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket is present. There are some chips and tears to the edges of the dust jacket, with the couple of small pieces missing at the top and bottom of the spine. The jacket also has some rubbing and slight soiling, but is still presentable. $19.50
160. Williams, Archibald. How to Make Things: Describing in Simple Language the Making of Objects of More or Less Useful Character. Sully and Kleinteich, 1913. Green pictorial illustrated cloth covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. There is some rubbing to the spine title. The pages are tightly bound and free from defects. With numerous illustrations. A delightful early book on the topic, probably geared towards boys and their younger teenage years. $40.00
161. Winter, Milo. The Jinkle-bell Book. Reuben H. Lilja & Co., 1946. Pictorial illustrated paper covers show light wear. The original bell is present. I had to reinforce the bell being attached to the back page by using archival tape, so there is some archival tape repair. A clean and tight copy of a delightful children's. The illustrated dog on the front cover also has protruding googly eyes that move. $22.00
162. Wright, Betty Ren. Good Morning, Farm. Golden Press, 1971. Pictorial paper over board covers. Quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners, but this is still nicely preserved. The corners are rubbed through. The pages are clean. $18.00
163. Wright, Blanche Fisher. Jack and Jill and Other Mother Goose Rhymes. The Bye-Lo Series. Rand McNally, 1960. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. There is some soiling, rubbing and scuffing to the covers. The binding is tight. Some of the pages have soiled or foxed spots at the edges. $11.00
164. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys across the Plains. Cupples & Leon, 1907. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $25.00
165. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys in Mexico or the Secret of the Buried City . Cupples & Leon, 1906. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $20.00
166. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys in the Clouds. CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, 1910. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has some wear evident to the edges and folds, and there is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $45.00
167. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys on the Atlantic: or the Mystery of the Lighthouse. Cupples & Leon Company, 1908. $25.00
168. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys on the Pacific, or the Young Derelict Hunters. Cupples & Leon Co. , 1909. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has a few small tears to the edges and some wear evident to the edges and folds. There is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $33.00
169. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys Overland. CUPPLES & LEON, 1906. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $20.00
170. Young, Goldy. Our Childhood Prayers. Whitman Publishing, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Slight soiling to the edges of the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated. $20.00
2. Andrews, Addison Fletcher & Albert Bigelow Paine. Tiny Tunes for Tiny People. Composed by Addison Fletcher Andrews and Words by Albert Bigelow Paine and others. Illustrated by Stephen Wilson van Schaick. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1907. 69 pages. Signed by the author and dated May 25, 1907 on the front blank endpage. Oblong illustrated hardback covers show wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners bumped and the bottom corners rubbed through. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The book consists of children's songs, with words and music. A delightful vintage children's book. $100.00
3. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy across the North Pole . Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 214 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The pictorial dust jacket has a a couple of old tape strips at the top and bottom of the dust jacket, a few small chips to the edges and some browning and rubbed spots. $20.00
4. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships: Or, Adrift in the Sargasso Sea Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. 214 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The pictorial dust jacket has a a couple of old tape strips at the top and bottom of the dust jacket, a few small chips to the edges and some browning and rubbed spots. $20.00
5. Appleton, Victor. Don Sturdy with the Big Snake Hunters: Or, Lost in the Jungles of the Amazon Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 214 pages. Red hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has some wear evident to the edges and folds, and there is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $45.00
6. Avery, Al. A YANKEE FLIER UNDER SECRET ORDERS. Air Combat Stories for Boys #16. Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. 204 pages. Some shelf wear to the spine edges, with rubbing to the corners. Spine has a slight lean. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some rubbing and slight soiling to the spine. Overall a very nice copy of a scarce title in the Yankee Flier series, especially in presentable dust jacket. $42.50
7. Balet, Jan. Joanjo, A Porguguese Tale. Delacorte Press, 1967. Ex-library from an elementary school library. Library buckram binding. There is a large library discard stamp on the front cover, a library label on the spine and small library ink stamps inside the front and back covers. Shelf wear and some rubbing to the spine and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $22.00
8. Bancroft & Company. Tip and Top on the Farm. Pop-ups designed by V. Kubasta. Czechoslovakia: Bancroft & Co. Ltd, 1961. 1961 printing. Illustrated paper over flexible boards. Some wear to the edges and corners. A small tear to the top edge of the front cover which connects to the joint, but not a serious flaw. This book has six beautiful pop-ups which are all in very good working order. Beautifully preserved. $135.00
9. Baum, L. Frank. The New Wizard of Oz. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1903. 261 pages. 1903 edition. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. A few small chips to the cloth at the spine edges. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. With color illustrations by W.W. Denslow throughout. A beautiful early edition of this classic Oz title. $150.00
10. Bennett, Rowena. Runner for the King. Follett Publishing, 1944. 46 pages. Slight wear to the spine edges, with the corners just starting to rub through. Pictorial paper over board covers with black cloth spine. A bright and clean binding. The pages are clean and tightly bound. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the spine and corners and light soiling. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Fiore Mastri. $25.00
11. Benstead, Vivienne. Chicken Little. A Little Golden Book. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Golden Press, 1960. 24 pages. Little Golden Book "D" printing. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners and a few scuffs to the covers. The title page is partially torn away at the right side, with some text affected. The piece of the page torn away measures about five inches high by about two inches wide. $14.00
12. Bethell,J: . Burr Tillstrom's Ollie Bakes a Cake. Illustrated by Nancy Meyerhoff. Wonder Books, New York, 1964. Illustrated paper over board covers. The paper on the top of the spine was splitting and has been repaired with archival glue. There is wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $12.50
13. Bill, Helen E. The Shoes Fit for a King. Watts, 1956. 36 pages. Illustrated hardcover library binding shows quite a bit of wear to the spine edges, with the corners rubbed through. Library marks on the spine and inside the covers. $10.95
14. Bond, Gladys Baker. Patrick Will Grow. Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966. Large illustrated paper over board covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners with the corners just starting to rub through. The binding is tight the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated by David K. Stone in color. $14.00
15. Borton, Elizabeth. Pollyanna's Door to Happiness. Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. 359 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Slight discoloration to the blue cloth covers. The illustrated color dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some wear and rubbing. $10.50
16. Bowen, R. Sidney. Dave Dawson at Casablanca. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1944. 250 pages. Green hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly bumped. There is some rubbed and scuffed spots to the top of the spine and some staines spots to the back cover. $16.00
17. Bowen, R. Sidney. Dave Dawson With the Eighth Air Force. Saalfield Publishing Co, 1944. Some shelf wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. Some soiling to the back panel. $59.95
18. Bowen, Robert Sidney. Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers. Crown Publishers, 1943. 250 pages. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners bumped. No dust jacket. $10.75
19. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Anne of Canada. The Children of All Lands Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 174 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a few pieces missing at the edges of the spine and panels. Still a presentable dust jacket. $12.50
20. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Jeanne of France. New York : Grosset and Dunlap, 1920. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. Some soiling to the covers. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and a chunk missing at the bottom of the front flap. $22.00
21. Brandeis, Madeline. Little Philippe of Belgium. Grosset and Dunlap, 1930. 189 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Slight soiling to the covers. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $12.50
22. Brandeis, Madeline. The Wee Scotch Piper. The Children of All Lands Stories. Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some old masking tape reinforcement at the edges. There is some wear and slight soiling to the jacket as well. $20.00
23. Bridges, T. C.. Sons of the Air. Frederick Warne, 1929. 1929 first edition. Red hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the covers. $20.00
24. Bridgman, Betty. Lullaby for Eggs: A Poem. MacMillan, 1955. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn dust jacket with small chips and tears to the spine and edges. $25.00
25. Brock, Emma L.. Little Fat Gretchen. E. M. Hale, 1934. Green buckram library binding. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some stained spots to the covers. The title page is half-way torn away. A few text pages has some pieces missing at the edges, with no text missing. Some pages have fingerprint smudges. $55.00
26. Brown, Marjorie Webber. Pueblo Playmates. A. Whitman, 1938. 61 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Beautifully in color throughout illustrated by Carol Nay. $35.00
27. Buell, Marjorie H.. Marge's Little Lulu: Alvin and Tubby. Whitman Publishing Co., 1947. Illustrated paper over board flexible card covers. There is wear to the edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A solid copy. $48.00
28. Burgess, Thornton W. A Great Joke on Jimmy Skunk. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. Whitman Pub. Co, 1927. 29 pages. In the rare original publisher's box. Pictorial paper over board hardback covers show light wear. The original color illustrated publisher's box is present. The box has wear and rubbing to the edges, with a couple of tears and splits to the sides and some soiling, but it is still in presentable condition. $55.00
29. Busoni, Rafaello. Dick Whittington and His Cat. John Martin's House, 1945. Light wear to the edges and corners. Overall very good condition in dust jacket with a few small tears to the edges. Beautifully illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. $11.95
30. Caniff, Milton. Terry Lee, Flight Officer, U.S. A. Whitman, 1944. Illustrated flexible card covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Nicely preserved, with tight binding and clean pages. This is the Better Little Book edition. $15.00
31. Carle, Eric Carle. The Tiny Seed. Oversized teacher classroom edition. Scholastic, 1987. 40 pages. This is the large, oversized classroom edition "Scholastic Big Books" edition. Large glossy softbound covers show some wear to the edges. The corners are bumped. The pages are clean. The book measures 22.5 inches high by just over 16 inches wide. BECAUSE OF SIZE, NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM. $79.50
32. Carlson, Esther. Moon over the Back Fence. Doubleday, 1947. 191 pages. 1947 first edition. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. The illustrated dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and some browning on the back panel, but is nicely preserved. $40.00
33. Christiansen, Don. Walt Disney's Goofy in Giant Trouble. Big Little Book Number 2021. Whitman, 1968. Flexible cardboard illustrated covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $12.00
34. Cleaveland, Bess Bruce. Desert Life Panel Posters. Chicago: Ideal School Supply Company, 1930. This is an educational packet with a pictorial paper folder and a series of printed black-and-white sheets of illustrations inside the packet. There is an instruction sheet entitled "Directions for Making Desert Life Panel Posters". An interesting item. $75.00
35. Cleaveland, Bess Bruce. Japanese Life Panel Posters. Chicago: Ideal School Supply Company, 1929. This is an educational packet with a pictorial paper folder and a series of printed black-and-white sheets of illustrations inside the packet. There is an instruction sheet entitled "Directions for Making Japanese Panel Posters" and also an instruction sheet about Japanese life. An interesting item. $75.00
36. Clyne, Geraldine. The Jolly Jump-Ups Mother Goose Book. McLoughlin Bros, 1944. Illustrated paper over flexible card covers. This copy is remarkably preserved, with all pop-ups in perfect working order and an excellent condition. The binding has some wear to the edges and a couple of small rubbed spots on the covers. Really beautiful pop-up book. $45.00
37. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The Noble Doll. Illustrated by Leo Politi. Viking Press, 1961. Very good condition with light wear only to the edges. The dust jacket has one repaired tear at the top of the front panel and some edge wear. Illustrated by Leo Politi. $48.00
38. Cobb, Andy. Cowboy Dan. Rand McNally & Co, 1950. Near very good condition. Small paper over board illustrated covers. The edges of the boards show light wear and there are a few small rubbed spots on the covers The pages are clean and tightly bound. This is a Junior Elf Book. Very nice condition for this children's book. $48.00
39. Collyer, Barbara & John R. Foley. Christmas in the Country. Little Golden Book #95. Simon and Schuster, 1950. 28 pages. 1950 first "A" edition. Light wear to the edges of the spine and covers. One text page has a small fingerprint smudge, otherwise a clean and tight copy with no marking or tears to the pages. $22.50
40. Colver, Anne/Palazzo. Old Bet. KNOPF, ALFRED A, 1957. Bound in library buckram. Quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners rubbed through. Some scuffs and rubbed spots to the binding. A few of the text pages have small stains, but overall nicely preserved. $37.50
41. Coolidge, Susan. What Katy Did: Retold for Younger Readers. 1950. 78 pages. Pictorial covers show light wear. Very good condition in dust jacket with some wear and light soiling to the edges. $8.00
42. Daly, Eileen. Tubsy and the Picnic Tree. Whitman Pub. Division, 1968. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. There are seven pages of text that have Karen scribbling, some heavy. $13.50
43. Davis, Daphne. Andy Astronaut. Illustrated by Craig Pineo. Golden Press, 1968. Tall board book with illustrated paper over board covers and orange cloth strip spint. There is moderate wear and rubbing to the the edges of the spine and corners. The pages are clean. Overall near Very Good condition. Measures 16" tall. $19.50
44. Davis, Katherine Wallace. Pappina, a Little Italian Girl: A Story of Southern Italy. A. Flanagan Co. , 1928. Red cloth covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. $20.00
45. Deucher, Wheeler and. Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia. DUTTON, 1972. 1972 printing. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $22.50
46. Devine, Louise Lawrence. Mumpsy Goes to Kindergarten. Rand McNally & Company, 1945. 29 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers show quite a bit of wear, rubbing and scuffing. The pages are tightly bound. The first couple of pages, including the title page, are repaired with laminate tape. $8.00
47. Disney, Walt; Werner, Jane. Walt Disney's Cinderella. Golden Press, 1976. Large glossy illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. A couple of small scuffed spots on the front cover. Overall near very good condition. $10.00
48. Dixon, Franklin W. Over the Rockies with the Air Mail. Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. 214 pages. Red illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. The dust jacket has chips to the edges of the spine and larger chips at the bottom of the front panel and corner. Some old tape repair along the bottom of the spine and front panel. $15.00
49. Dixon, Franklin W. While the Clock Ticked. The Hardy Boys. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The pictorial dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges of the spine and corners and slight soiling on the back panel. The jacket is nicely preserved. The front flap title list goes to #22 "The Clue of the Broken Blade". $45.00
50. Donaldson, Lois. Greta in Weather Land. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1932. Red cloth covers. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed and slightly bumped. Some soiling to the front and back covers. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Maj Lindman. A scarce title. $45.00
51. Douglas, Amanda M. SHERBURNE GIRLS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1898. 388 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. There is a small stain at the bottom of the front cover. $14.95
52. Eells, Elsie Spicer. The Brazilian Fairy Book. Illustrated by George W. Hood. . Pictorial mustard-yellow covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Includes six beautiful full-page color illustrated plates. A scarce title. $75.00
53. Elrick, George S.. Spider-Man Zaps Mr. Zodiac. (Spiderman). Western Publ. Co., 1976. 248 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $14.50
54. Emerson, Alice B. Ruth Fielding Down East: or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point. Cupples & Leon Company, 1920. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $10.00
55. Falk, Nat & Yes Illustrated. Magic Mother Goose. Vanguard Press, Incorporated, 1933. 1933 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. The edges of the spine and corners show wear, with the corners slightly rubbed through. There are a few small chips to the paper on the spine. Light soiling to the covers. A few of pages have slight soiling or fingerprint smudges in the margins and a few pages have small creases at the top right corner of the pages. The original Mother Goose magic glass is still present inside the back cover and in very good condition. A child has scribbled some pen marks inside the back cover. A delightful children's book, with hidden pictures with riddles in the illustrations that are illuminated by placing the Magic glass over the page to solve the riddle. Very scarce. $150.00
56. Farnsworth, Frances Joyce. Cubby Returns. The Abingdon Press, 1935. 170 pages. Light wear to the red cloth covers. The bottom right corner is slightly bumped. The red paper illustrated dust jacket is present. There are some chips missing from the top of the spine and front panel and some smaller chips and tears to the edges. One spot on the jacket has some repair with archival tape and the small soiled spot on the front panel. $12.00
57. Felton, Harold W.. Deborah Sampson: Soldier of the Revolution. Dodd Mead, 1976. 111 pages. Ex-Library stickers and markings to the book and dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $8.00
58. Fitzhugh Percy Keese 1876-1950. Tom Slade at Temple Camp. New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $9.95
59. Fowler, Guy. The Sky Hawk. Grosset Dunlap, 1929, 1929. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The scarce illustrated dust jacket has some chips to the edges and quite a bit of soiling to the spine and back panel. $20.00
60. Freund, Rudolf. The Animals of Farmer Jones. Simon & Schuster, 1942. 1942 "K" (11th) printing. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the edges of the front and back covers. The pages are clean and free from defects. $10.00
61. Garber, Nancy. The Great Fort. Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli. Western Publishing Company, 1970. Pictorial paper over board covers. Some wear to the edges of the spine and covers, but overall near very good condition. The text is clean. $7.50
62. Gates, Josephine Scribner. The Live Dolls' House Party. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. 103 pages. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. The hinges are repaired with archival glue. A few pages have foxing or small fingerprint smudges at the edges. The binding is tight. $35.00
63. Gates, Josephine Scribner. Live Dolls in Wonderland. M A DONOHUE & COMPANY, 1912. 1912 first edition. Heavy shelf wear to the spine extremities. The corners are starting to rub through and the board edges are worn. A few scuffs to the binding. Binding is sound. $18.95
64. Glut, Don . The Incredible Hulk, Lost in Time. A Big Little Book. Whitman Pub, 1980. Flexible illustrated card covers show light wear. $25.00
65. Gordon, Elizabeth. Dolly and Molly and the Farmer Man. Rand McNally & Company, 1914. 1914 printing. Pictorial paper over board covers. There is wear evident to the spine edges and corners, with corners just starting to rub through. One small split to the paper at the bottom of the front joint, measuring about a quarter of an inch. The pages are clean and free from marks or tears. A solid copy, almost at VG-, but I'm calling it G+ because of the wear of the covers. $24.00
66. Gordon, Elizabeth. Watermelon Pete and Others. Gordon's Children's Series. Illustrated by Clara powers Wilson. Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & company, 1914. 71 pages. Scarce 1914 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. The spine has been replaced neatly with recent red cloth. The book has been recased nicely. The corners are rubbed through and the edges show wear and rubbing. The pages are tightly bound and complete. Some of the pages have fingerprint smudges or soiling. A few have creases at the edges. A black Americana title. $75.00
67. Greene, Carla. I Want to Be a Dairy Farmer. Childrens Press, 1957. Ex-library green illustrated buckram library binding. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. $10.00
68. Grimm Brothers [illustrated by Brunhild Schlotter]. Three Tales From Grimm: The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Mother Hulda. MacMillan, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some soiling and discoloration to the covers. The pages are clean. Illustrated by Brunhild Schlotter. $33.50
69. Hader, Berta. Big City. MacMillan Co, 1947. Ex-library copy. The binding shows wear and rubbing to the edges. The dust jacket flaps are taped to the inside of the covers. The hinges are reinforced with strapping tape. The jacket has library labels and some chips and tears, but is covered with a protective plastic cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $33.00
70. Hader, Berta & Elmer Hader. The Skyrocket. MacMillan, 1946. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $15.00
71. Helps, Racey. Mr. Flopears. Rand McNally, 1969. Paper over board covers show shelf wear and rubbing to the edges and corners, with some scuffing to the covers. $7.50
72. Hoff, Syd. Santa's Moose. Harper & Row, 1979. 32 pages. Signed by the author in black Sharpie marker. Light wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Very scarce signed, as the author did not sign many books. $25.00
73. Hoff, Syd. Who Will Be My Friends? HarperColliins, 1960. 32 pages. Signed by the author in black Sharpie marker. Light wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Very scarce signed, as the author did not sign many books. $25.00
74. Holeinone, Peter. The Mini Treasure Chest of Great Fairy Tales. Volume 2. Five books in publisher's enclosure. Tormont Publications Inc., 1998. Set of five books. Very good condition in the illustrated slipcase/box. $20.00
75. Holland, Rupert Sargent. The Pirate of the Gulf. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott company, 1929. 270 pages. Tan cloth covers show shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling and discolored spots to the binding. The binding is tight. The title page has some numbers written on it, but this is not an ex-library copy. $12.50
76. Honsinger, Welthy. Tan and Taro of Japan. New York: Abingdon Press, 1923. 26 pages. Softbound covers with stapled binding. Something print smudges to the front cover. The color cut-outs accompany this book are inserted inside the book. They are in ziploc bags. I'm not sure if the accompaning cut-outs are complete, but probably not as there are not a lot of them. $35.00
77. Honsinger, Welthy. The Travels of Moni and Mani, Indian Twins. New York & Cincinnati: Abingdon Press, 1923. Softbound covers with stapled binding. Little to no wear to the book. With the color cut-out figures and backgrounds inserted inside the front cover of the book. Not sure if the cut-outs are complete publicly appear to be. $35.00
78. House, Wanda Rogers. Peter Goes to School. Illustrated by Hal W. Doremus Wonder/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. 20 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The pages are clean. $23.00
79. Jackson, Linda. Petey. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. 2 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Spine and covers faded at the edges. Binding tight. Cedges. Binding tight. Illustrated by Dorothy Buck. $45.00
80. Jacobsen, Virginia & Drew. Hitchhiking with Jimmy Microbe. Book Two of the Jimmy Microbe Series. Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company, 1939. 92 pages. Green illstrated cloth covers. Shelf wear and and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed through. A few rubbed and small scuffed spots to the binding. Slight color fading to the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and free from marks or tears. A very scarce title. $175.00
81. Johnson, James Ralph. Utah Lion. Follett Pub. Co, 1962. 160 pages. Some wear to the edges and corners The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $22.50
82. Jordan, David Starr. Eric's Book of Beasts: Done in Watercolors and Accompanied With Appropriate Jingles. P. Elder and company, 1912. Signed by the author. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Spine faded, with some chipping to the paper at a few spots at the joints. $150.00
83. Judson, Clara Ingram. Pierre's Lucky Pouch. They Came from France. Follett Pub. Co, 1957. 245 pages. Slight wear to the edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges but is still quite presentable. $55.00
84. Kalish, Muriel. Willy's Silly Glasses. Golden Press, 1963. Ex-library copy. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. The corners are reinforced with library tape. Many of the pages have small tears to the bottom of the pages. I've repaired these with archival tape. Some pages have fingerprint smudges at the edges. Binding is tight and the pages are complete. $65.00
85. Kovar, Edith M. Fairy Gold and Others Stories. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1931. 37 pages. 1931 printing. Large hardcover binding, with illustrated paper over boards and paper over the spine. There are some chips and rubbed spots to the paper spine. The edges and corners of the boards are worn, with the corners worn through. Slight soiling to the covers and the front cover is slightly bowed. Beautifully illustrated, with ten pages of color illustrations and other pages with black-and-white illustrations. $30.00
86. Kurtz, Bob-Illustrated. Clyde Crashcup and Leonardo. A Wonder Book. Wonder Books, 1965. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $22.95
87. Leaf, Munro. The Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior. FREDERICK WARNE & CO. , LTD., 1939. 1939 first printing. Red hardback covers are worn and rubbed at the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and slightly rubbed through. Slight soiling to the edges of the binding and some discoloration on the back cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. The illustrated dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with some repaired tears to the folds (with archival tape) and soiling on the back panel. Scarce in first edition with dust jacket. $78.00
88. Liffring, Joan. Dee and Curtis on a Dairy Farm. Follett Pub. Co, 1957. 64 pages. Pictorial sturdy library binding, with ex-library ink stamps inside the front cover and library ink marks at the bottom of the spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly bumped. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $33.00
89. Lobel, Arnold. A Zoo for Mister Muster. 1962. Oblong illustrated white cloth covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $8.00
90. Lofting, Hugh. The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle: A Pop-Up Book. Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Random House, 1967. 24 pages. Slight wear and slight soiling to the binding. The pop-ups and movables are all in very good working order. $40.00
91. Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Doolittle and the Secret Lake. Lippincott, 1948. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges, with a few small pieces chipped away on the spine. $145.00
92. Mabry, Caroline. Castles in Spain. Albert Whitman & Co. , 1933. 127 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $20.00
93. Malcolmson, Anne & Virginia Lee Burton. Song of Robin Hood. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. 1947 First Edition. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. Scarce in dust jacket. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton. A beautiful book. $65.00
94. Mathews, Vera Laughton. Fanta-Sea Children. Berkeley, California: Guilders Publishing Center, 1938. 8 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $75.00
95. McCrady, Elizabeth F.. Children of Foreign Lands. The Platt & Munk Co. , Inc, 1937. 96 pages. Green hardback covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The illustrated dust jacket has chips to the edges of the spine and a few small chips and tears to the edges, but is still in good condition. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout. $24.00
96. Meek, Pauline Palmer. Just-Alike Princes. Whitman Pub. Co, 1966. Large illustrated paper over board covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners just starting to rub through. A few small soiled spots to the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $38.00
97. Metzger, Berta. Tales Told in Hawaii. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. 116 pages. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and light soiling. The dust jacket is in nice condition and is scarce on this title. $75.00
98. Montgomery, Frances Trego. BILLY WHISKERS STOWAWAY. Continuing the famous Billy Whiskers series Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Pub. Co, 1930. 146 pages. Shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. The pages are still tightly bound. $14.50
99. Nolan, Jeannette Covert. The Story of Martha Washington. Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, with slight discoloration to the color covers at the edges. The illustrated dust jacket has edge-where and a few small chips, with some soiling on the back panel. $25.00
100. Nordell, Julia. Little Faces from Far Places. Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. 76 pages. 1933 first edition. Pictorial paper over board covers with black cloth strip spine. There is wear and rubbing to the edges and the corners are worn through. The pages are tightly bound. There are a few fingerprint smudges to some of the page edges. This book has a series of paper doll pages to be cut out and assembled. All of the pages are uncut and complete and in very good condition. $24.00
101. O'Dea, James. Jingleman Jack: His Pictures and Rhymes of the Callings, the Crafts and the Trades of the Times. Saalfield Publishing Company, 1901. 1901 first edition. Heavy wear to the edges of the spine, boards, and corners. There is some rubbing and scuffing to the covers. Original paper over board color illustrated covers are still in decent shape. The hinges have been repaired with archival glue. The binding is tight and the pages are complete. Some of the pages have fingerprint smudges to the edges. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Harry Kennedy. Still a solid copy of this delightful early children's book. $55.00
102. Opper, Emma A. Slate and Pencil People. White, Stokes & Allen, 1885. 1885 first edition. Spine edges and board edges show quite a bit of wear, with the corners rubbed through. There are some rubbed and scuffed spots and light soiling to the front and back covers. The binding is tight the pages are complete. Many of the pages have fingerprint smudges or small stains to the edges. Whimsically illustrated throughout by J. Opper. $55.00
103. Optic, Oliver. The Casket of Diamonds. Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1902. 336 pages. 1902 first edition. Pictorial cloth covers show some wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. The spine is rubbed and the lettering is faded. Binding is tight. $75.00
104. Owen, Russell. The Conquest of the North and South Poles. Random House, 1952. 181 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. $15.00
105. Palmer, Robin. Mickey Never Fails. D. C. Heath and Company, 1939. 3 pages. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $15.00
106. Pease, Josephine Van Dolzen. Safe All Day With the Happies: Simple Stories of Safety at Home and Outdoors. Rand McNally, 1940. Illustrated paper over board covers. The corners are slightly worn through and there is some wear to the spine edges. Overall a clean and tight copy. $35.00
107. Pillsbury Company. How Freckle Face Strawberry Got His Freckles. A Funny Face Book. The Pillsbury Company, 1965. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the covers. The pages are clean and free from defects. $41.50
108. Piper, Watty. The Bumper Book: A Harvest of Stories and Verses. Price Stern Sloan, 1979. This is the 1966 edition. Large illustrated hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. $25.00
109. Politi, Leo. The Poinsettia. Best-West Publications, 1967. Large light blue hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. Near very good condition. The illustrated dust jacket has wear and a few small tears to the edges. A beautiful copy. $45.00
110. Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Signed by the author and dated 1970. VG in slightly edge-worn dust jacket with a few very small tears to the edges. With Caldecott Medal on the front cover. This book also includes a clipped newspaper article showing the author at a book signing at a California elementary school, where this copy was probably signed. $85.00
111. Porter, Horace. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Russia: or, Lost On the Frozen Steppes. A. L. Burt Co., 1915. Light wear to the spine edges and corners, with the top corners lightly bumped. A beautifully-preserved copy. Nice pictorial illustrated binding. The dust jacket has a chip to the bottom of the spine and diffuse Mueller chips to the edges. Light soiling to the back panel of the jacket. A very nice copy in an above-average dust jacket. $30.00
112. Potter, Miriam Clark. The Animals' Train Ride. Rand McNally, 1953. 32 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers show some wear the edges and some rubbing to the covers. Overall near very good condition. $9.00
113. Prince, Helen Albee. Grandma's Album Quilt. Falmouth Book House, 1936. Some shelf wear to the binding. Dust jacket has some chipping to the edges and folds and a larger piece missing from the top of the front panel. $14.50
114. Pyne, Mable. The Little Geography Of The United States. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. 36 pages. Large illustrated hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. No dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated by Mable Pyne. $11.50
115. Quirk, Leslie W. The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High. Little, Brown, 1920. Red cloth covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. $15.00
116. Raphael Tuck & Sons Company. Cats and Kittens ABC. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Company, 1900. This is an original Raphael Tuck & Sons Company publication. The cover and pages are printed on softbound untearable linen. This is part of the Father Tuck's Nursery Tales Series ABC. No date of publication listed, but probably ca. 1900. Some wear to the edges of the covers. With a beautiful color illustrated cover and numerous illustrations in the book, including four full-page color illustrated pages. Measures just under 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. A beautiful vintage children's book. $85.00
117. Ritchie, Rita. Bugs Bunny the Last Crusader. [Big Little Book]. Whitman, 1975. 248 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $15.00
118. Roberts Brothers. Boasting Hector. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. 1868 printing. Flexible maroon cloth covers show quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. There are a few small chips spots to the cloth on the spine. Some fading and discoloration to the covers. Many of the text pages have fingerprint smudges to the margins. A few of the text pages have small tears to the edges. The binding is tight. Pages are clean. This is actually a very nice condition for the children's book of this time period. $45.00
119. Rockwood, Roy. Through the Air to the North Pole, or the Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch. Cupples & Leon Co. , 1906. Reddish-brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has a few small tears to the edges and some wear evident to the edges and folds. There is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. Assault Z is eight to click $75.00
120. Rojanovsky, Feodor, Illustrator. Mother Goose Rhymes, 154 Childhood Favorites. Simon & Schuster, 1958. 1958 first "A" Giant Golden Book printing. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Feodor Rojankovsky. $25.00
121. Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. The Boy With the U.S. Trappers. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1919. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $11.50
122. Rolt-Wheeler, Francis William. The Wreck Hunters. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1922. 359 pages. Pictorial blue cloth covers. The spine edges and corners show wear and rubbing. The corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight. A few pages have small brown spot at the edges, but are generally clean. With quite a few illustrations and some photographs of shipwrecks and treasure hunting. $90.00
123. Russell, C.D. Pete the Tramp. John Martin's House, 1945. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket a few chips and tears and some rubbed spots. $15.00
124. Sand, Helen. Deputy Dawg and the Space Man. Wonder, 1961. Glossy illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
125. Sanderson, Margaret Love. The Camp Fire Girls in Old Kentucky. Reilly & Lee, 1919. 224 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Some color fading to the covers. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some browning, but is otherwise in near very good condition. Scarce in dust jacket. $53.95
126. Scarry, Patsy. Danny Beaver's Secret. Little Golden Book. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Simon & Schuster, 1953. 24 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers show light wear to the edges and corners. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Overall near very good condition. $32.00
127. Searle, Ronald (Drawings) , Richardson, Bill and Andrews, Allen, Illustrated by Ronald Searle. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes. Dennis Dobson, 1965. Slight wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The dust jacket has some soiling to the panels and a few small closed tears to the edges. $50.00
128. Seignobosc, Francoise. Jeanne-Marie at the Fair. Omnibus Publishing, 2004. 34 pages. Ex-library from an elementary school library. Library buckram binding. There is a large library discard stamp on the front cover and small library ink stamps inside the front and back covers. Quite a bit of wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. $45.00
129. Seton, Ernest Thompson. Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived As Indians and What They Learned. Grossett & Dunlap, 1911. 1911 edition. Blue illustrated hardback covers show wear to the spine edges, with the corners bumped. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $15.00
130. Seuss, Dr.. I Can Draw It Myself . By Me, Myself. Golden Books, 1975. 36 pages. 1975 printing. Large oversized flexible card covers with Doctor Seuss illustration on the front cover. The binding is a plastic comb spiral binding. Some wear to the edges and corners and a few small fingerprint smudges to one of the initial pages, but overall this is near very good condition. Beautifully preserved and unmarked, unused. A scarce Dr. Seuss title. Measures 12 inches high by 16 inches wide. $350.00
131. Seuss, Dr.. Six by Seuss: A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics. Random House, 1991. 345 pages. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has slight edge-wear. $35.00
132. Steiner, Charlotte. Happy Birthday Book. An Anthology of Verses and Stories. Illustrated by the author. Garden City, 1953. Large illustrated paper over board covers with black cloth strip binding. Beautifully preserved. The corners are slightly rubbed through and there are a few rubbed spots on the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $18.00
133. Stickland, Paul and Henrietta. Dinosaur Roar! Scholastic Big Book. Scholastic, 1994. This is the Big Book edition, meant for teachers to read in the classroom to children. Measures 15.5 inches tall by 19 inches wide. Glossy softbound covers show slight wear to the edges and corners, but overall this is in very good condition. $27.50
134. Stone, Richard H. Sky Riders of the Atlantic: Or, Slim Tyler's First Trip in the Clouds. Cupples & Leon Co., 1936. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few small tears and chips to the edges. Jacket also has soiling on the back cover. The dust jacket is scarce and is overall in nice condition. $20.00
135. Striker, Fran. The Green Hornet Cracks down. Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. Pictorial flexible card binding. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The upper corners of a few pages have chipped away, not obtrusive. A clean and tight copy in near very good condition. $65.00
136. Swan, Kay & Gertrude Crownfield & Merriman Peck. Time in Rime. Swan Book. Designed by Kay Swan. Rime by Gertrude Crownfield. Illustrated by Anne Merriman. New York: Platt & Munk, 1929. Note: This is the 1929 second printing, after the rare 1926 first printing This printing is also quite rare. Green paper over board hardback covers with multi-color illustration of a large frog behind a clock in the front cover. There is wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners started to rub through. A couple of very small chips to the illustrated paper paste-down on the front cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Delightfully illustrated in color throughout. An exceptional children's book that does not surface often. $250.00
137. Tate, Sally. The Gingerbread Man. A Fuzzy Wuzzy Book. Illustrated by Sally Tate. Whitman Publishing Co, 1944. Pictorial paper over boards covers. There is wear to the spine edges and corners, with a small crack to the paper at the top of the spine, but it is not split or torn. The dust jacket is remarkably preserved, with light wear to the edges and light soiling visible. Overall a very nice copy. This is a delightful fuzzy wuzzy book and the pages are in very good condition, with no marks or tears. $25.00
138. Taylor, Paul. Alice in Wonderland: A Pop-Up Classic. Random House, 1970. Illustrated hardback covers show light wear. All of the pop-ups and movables are in very good working condition. $49.95
139. Temple, Shirley. Shirley Temple's Nursery Tales. Random House, 1961. Large glossy illustrated paper over board covers show light wear only. Overall a beautiful copy in very good condition. $15.00
140. Terhune, Albert Payson. Real Tales of Real Dogs. Illustrated by Diana Thorne. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935. 92 pages. Illustrated paper over board covers with brown cloth spine. The corners are quite rubbed through, as are many spots on the edges of the boards. Slight soiling to the covers. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated throughout by noted animal artist Diana Thorne. $20.00
141. Tierney, Tom. Little Women Paper Dolls. Dover Publications, 1994. 24 pages. Glossy softbound covers show light wear. $7.95
142. Tudor, Tasha. First Delights. Platt & Munk, 1966. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly rubbed through. $15.00
143. Tudor, Tasha. Thistly B. Oxford Univ. Press, 1949. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges. Overall nicely preserved dust jacket. $40.00
144. Tudor, Tasha. The White Goose. Oxford University Press, 1943. 1943 first edition. Illustrated paper label on the front cover. Blue-grey boards show light wear. The dust jacket shows light wear and light soiling, but is overall near very good condition. A beautiful copy. $70.00
145. Unknown. Dolly Takes a Trip. A Bonnie Book. Samuel Lowe Co. , 1952. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. The moveable doll is complete with all parts inside the front cover. The legs have creases in the middle which have been reinforced with archival tape. $20.00
146. Upham, Elizabeth Norine & Marjorie Hartwell. Little Brown Bear Goes to School. Platt & Munk Co, 1955. 56 pages. 1955 printing. Red illustrated hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy, with no marking or tears to the pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color by Marjorie Hartwell. $24.00
147. Upton, Florence K. & Bertha Upton. The Golliwogg's Auto-Go-Cart. London: Longmans, Green & Company, 1901. 66 pages. 1901 first edition. Oblong color illustrated paper over board covers with green cloth spine. There is wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners rubbed through. There is slight soiling and if you scuffed and rough spots to the binding. Some staining and discoloration, more to the back cover than the front cover. A couple of pages have small tears to the edges or light fingerprint smudges. The front free endpaper is missing. The binding is tight and the pages are complete. Beautifully illustrated throughout. A rare children's book. $395.00
148. Valentine, L.. Hector the Dog. Snowflake Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1889. Pictorial paper covers. There is an old homemade repair to the spine. There are holes punched in the spine for insertion into a binder. The front cover has chips to the edges and a large crease in the upper right corner. The back cover has a small piece missing in the lower left corner. Some browning to the pages around the edges. Beautifully illustrated in color. $15.00
149. Voss, Jay G. Just A Rimey Few. Cleveland: David Gibson Co, 1914. 98 pages. 1914 printing. Vellum spine with paper over board covers. Color illustration on the front cover. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed. Slight fading to the front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. With three beautiful color plate illustrations and other black-and-white illustrations. $18.00
150. Walt Disney Company. Donald Duck in Volcano Valley. Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1973. 249 pages. Illustrated flexible card covers show light wear. $7.50
151. Waring, Gilchrist & Elmo Jones. Three Ships Come Sailing: A Child's Story of Our Country's Birthplace Jamestown In Virginia. Dietz Press, 1954. 35 pages. Color pictorial illustrated front cover shows slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Overall this has been preserved beautifully. The dust jacket is also nicely preserved, with just a few small chips to the edges and a few lightly soiled spots. $15.00
152. Watts, Mabel. Daniel, the Cocker Spaniel. Illustrated by Dorothy Grider. Rand McNally, 1955. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $22.00
153. Webb, Clifford. A Jungle Picnic. Frederick Warne & Company, 1934. Pictorial White cloth covers show quite a bit of wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly rubbed through. There is some soiling to the front and back covers. The binding is tight. Some pages have fingerprint smudges in the margins. Still a solid copy. $28.00
154. Weiner, Gina Ingoglia. Marge's Little Lulu. Little Golden Book. Little Golden Book, 1974. 24 pages. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
155. Weisgard, Leonard. Down Huckleberry Hill. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Oblong brown hardback covers show wear and rubbing to the edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated by the author. $15.00
156. Wells, Carolyn & Oliver Herford. A Phenomenal Fauna. R. H. Russell, 1902. 1902 first edition. Pictorial paper over board covers with cloth spine. The corners are rubbed through and there is some soiling to the covers. A few fingerprint smudges to some pages edges, not extensive. The binding is tight. A sound copy overall of this whimsical children's book of imaginary beasts and animals, with accompanying verse. $55.00
157. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Farmer Boy. 1933. 1933 printing in scarce original dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The bottom corners are starting to rub through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and most of the spine paper gone. There is some soiling to the jacket as well. The former owner had placed masking tape reinforcement on the inside edges of the jacket, which has been removed, leaving a residue. There is also some of this residue of the spine area of the jacket. Overall the scarce dust jacket is still nicely preserved. $95.00
158. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. 299 pages. 1943 edition, first year of publication in scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges. The spine has a slight lean. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges and some tape repair residue on the back panel. I removed the old acidic tape and replaced it with archival tape on the tears. The inside flaps and edges of the jacket have older masking tape reinforcement from the inside, not visible on the outside. The original owner was an elementary school teacher and read this book to her school class. She marked the pages in pencil and there's some underlining and small margin marks to about 100 pages in all. These are mostly light and scattered. The pencil marks could easily be erased, if desired, by the next owner. $150.00
159. Wilhoite, Mariel. Bobra of Bali. Rand, McNally & company, 1936. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners are slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket is present. There are some chips and tears to the edges of the dust jacket, with the couple of small pieces missing at the top and bottom of the spine. The jacket also has some rubbing and slight soiling, but is still presentable. $19.50
160. Williams, Archibald. How to Make Things: Describing in Simple Language the Making of Objects of More or Less Useful Character. Sully and Kleinteich, 1913. Green pictorial illustrated cloth covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through. There is some rubbing to the spine title. The pages are tightly bound and free from defects. With numerous illustrations. A delightful early book on the topic, probably geared towards boys and their younger teenage years. $40.00
161. Winter, Milo. The Jinkle-bell Book. Reuben H. Lilja & Co., 1946. Pictorial illustrated paper covers show light wear. The original bell is present. I had to reinforce the bell being attached to the back page by using archival tape, so there is some archival tape repair. A clean and tight copy of a delightful children's. The illustrated dog on the front cover also has protruding googly eyes that move. $22.00
162. Wright, Betty Ren. Good Morning, Farm. Golden Press, 1971. Pictorial paper over board covers. Quite a bit of wear to the spine edges and corners, but this is still nicely preserved. The corners are rubbed through. The pages are clean. $18.00
163. Wright, Blanche Fisher. Jack and Jill and Other Mother Goose Rhymes. The Bye-Lo Series. Rand McNally, 1960. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. There is some soiling, rubbing and scuffing to the covers. The binding is tight. Some of the pages have soiled or foxed spots at the edges. $11.00
164. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys across the Plains. Cupples & Leon, 1907. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $25.00
165. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys in Mexico or the Secret of the Buried City . Cupples & Leon, 1906. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $20.00
166. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys in the Clouds. CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, 1910. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has some wear evident to the edges and folds, and there is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $45.00
167. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys on the Atlantic: or the Mystery of the Lighthouse. Cupples & Leon Company, 1908. $25.00
168. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys on the Pacific, or the Young Derelict Hunters. Cupples & Leon Co. , 1909. Brown hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. A clean copy. The original pictorial dust jacket is present. The jacket has a few small tears to the edges and some wear evident to the edges and folds. There is a small strip of older clear tape across the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket. A scarce jacket still in collectible condition. $33.00
169. Young, Clarence. The Motor Boys Overland. CUPPLES & LEON, 1906. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Jacket also has a couple of old clear tape strips at the top and bottom of the spine. $20.00
170. Young, Goldy. Our Childhood Prayers. Whitman Publishing, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Slight soiling to the edges of the covers. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated. $20.00