Children's Books-Complete List
Last Updated May 28, 2019
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Last Updated May 28, 2019
To order, call 800-823-9124 office or 435-770-6601 cell
1. Aanrud, Hans. Sidsel Longskirt and Solve Suntrap. Two Children of Norway., John C. Winston, 1935. 257 pages. Bright blue cloth covers show light wear to the edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $11.00
2. 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
3. Bacon, Albion Fellows. The Charm String. L. C. Page, Boston, MA, 1929. 204 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. Purple pictorial cloth binding. A few pages have fingerprint smudges at the edges. Binding is tight. A delightful children's book. $24.00
4. Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (with Lithographs by Ruth Gannett). Miss Hickory. Viking, 1947. 1947 second printing. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. With the Newberry medal award on the front cover of the dust jacket. $10.00
5. Beard, Adelia Belle. The Children's Kraft Shop. Invented, Written and Illustrated by Adelia Belle Beard. Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1914. 64 pages. 1914 printing. Large oblong illustrated paper over board covers with maroon cloth spine. There is shelf wear and rubbing to the board edges, with corners rubbed through. Profusely illustrated. The binding is tight. The last text page is numbered as page 64 and it's hard to tell if there there were originally more pages, but that is the last page in the book. A delightful children's activity book, with chapters on making homemade toys and diaramas, fold-out shapes and animals, and other games and activities. A very scarce and early book in this genre. $75.00
6. Beckwith, M. Helen. Story Telling with the Scissors. Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1926 . 62 pages. Oblong paper over board covers with tan cloth spine. There is quite a bit of wear to the edges of the spine. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. A few scuffs, discolorations and rubbed spots to the spine and covers. The text is tightly bound. There is slight browning around the edges of the pages. One page has a small tear of a couple of inches to the edge. With numerous silhouette illustrations throughout the book. $55.00
7. Bender, Eric J. I Never Knew That Before. Saalfield Pub. Co, 1938. 123 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers with green cloth spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Nicely illustrated in color throughout. $11.00
8. Berke, Helen. DICK TRACY AND THE BICYCLE GANG. Whitman Publishing, 1948. Illustrated flexible board covers show light wear to the edges and corners. A very nice copy. One in the Better Little Book series. $25.00
9. Bond, A. Russell. With the Men Who Do Things. Munn & co., inc, 1913. 275 pages. 1913 first edition. Green cloth covers with color illustration on the front cover. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some pencil squiggles on the edges of the text block. Corners are bumped. The binding is tight. With quite a few photographic illustrations. $15.00
10. 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. $45.00
11. 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
12. Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Flower Book for Children. Little, Brown, 1931. 350 pages. 1931 printing. Green pictorial covers show light wear. The dust jacket has some chips missing to the spine edges and peace missing at the bottom of the front panel. There are a few small tears to the edges of the jacket as well. A nicely preserved copy of this collectible children's book. $45.00
13. Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Seashore Book for Children. Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 336 pages. 1931 printing. Pictorial turquoise covers show light wear. Remarkably well preserved binding. The original dust jacket is present. The jacket has some chips to the paper at the edges of the spine and corners and a few rubbed spots, but the jacket is also nicely preserved is still quite presentable. A beautiful copy overall. $95.00
14. Burt, Olive. The Cave of Shouting Silence. John Day, 1960. 191 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $45.00
15. Burt, Olive W.. Young Jed Smith, Westering Boy. Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. Slight wear to the covers. The dust jacket shows slight wear and rubbing to the edges. $30.00
16. 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. $12.50
17. Carrick, Valery. Picture Tales from the Russian. B H Blackwell, 1913. Oblong red cloth covers show wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The pages are tightly bound. A few small stains to the edges of some of the pages. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts. $20.00
18. Carter, Russell Gordon. The White Plume of Navarre. P. F. Volland Co, 1928. 192 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Beatrice Stephens. $10.00
19. Chalmers, Mary. A Hat for Amy Jean. Illustrated by the author Harper & Brothers, 1956. The spine edges and corners show some wear, with the corners just starting to slightly rubbed through. There is a small darkened strip across the top of the front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The dust jacket has small chips to the edges of the spine and corners and some soiling around the edges. There are a few foxed spots to the front panel of the jacket. A very nice copy of a scarce children's book in jacket. $37.50
20. Church, Alfred J.. The Odyssey for Boys and Girls. Yesterday's Classics, 2006. 180 pages. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. A clean and tight copy. $9.95
21. 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
22. 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
23. Collin, Hedvig. Wind Island. Viking Juvenile, 1945. 96 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the binding. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. $11.50
24. 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
25. Credle, Ellis. Pig-O-Wee: The Story of a Skinny Mountain Pig. Rand McNally, 1936. 1936 printing. Wear and rubbing to the spine edges, with the corners rubbed through. The first blank endpaper has a small piece torn away at the top. The pages are clean. Overall a nice copy of this scarce children's title. $35.00
26. Cunningham, Virginia. Pom-Pom the Fuzzy Dog, a Fuzzy WUZZY Book. Whitman Publishing, Wisconsin, 1947. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. The bottom two inches of the paper spine are missing. The front and back hinges are starting to tear and pull away, but the text block is still attached. Beautifully illustrated by Catherine Barnes $15.00
27. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. George Washington. Doubleday, Doran, 1942. 60 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and wear and rubbing to the folds and creases. The jacket is overall nicely preserved. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the authors in their distinctive style. $20.00
28. 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. $12.50
29. Denslow, W.W. and Dudley A. Bragdon. Billy Bounce. M. A. Donohue & Co., 1906. 1906 first edition. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some fading and discoloration to the binding, along with some soiling. The corners are slightly bumped and starting to rub through. The hinges are repaired with archival glue. The binding is tight. With color plate illustrations by Wizard of Oz series illustrator W. W. Denslow. A scarce first edition. $95.00
30. Derman, Sarah. The Snowman Who Wanted to Stay. Whitman Pub. Co., 1948. 1948 edition. Scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a couple of larger pieces missing from the front panel. $48.00
31. Deucher, Sybil. Edvard Grieg: Boy of the Northland. EP Dutton, 1946. 165 pages. Slight shelf wear and slight color fading to the covers at the edges. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $12.50
32. Deucher, Sybil & Edward F. Godwin & Stephani Allfree Godwin. The Young Brahms. Dutton, 1949. Slight shelf wear to the edges of the book and dust jacket. $20.00
33. Deutsch, Babette. Heroes of the Kalevala. Julian Messner, 1940. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $85.00
34. Disney, Walt & Palmer, H. Marion. Donald Duck Sees South America. D. Heath and Company, 1945. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. A few smudges to the margins of some pages. $17.00
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. Emerson, Alice B. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie: or, Great Times in the Land of Cotton. Cupples & Leon Company, 1916. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips and some soiled and scuffed spots to the front panel. $10.00
39. Emerson, Alice B. & R. Emmett Owen. Ruth Fielding in the Red Cross: or, Doing Her Best for Uncle Sam. Cupples & Leon Company, 1918. 204 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A couple of small stains to the binding. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $10.00
40. Eppenstein, Louise. Sally Goes to the Circus Alone. Platt & Munk, 1953. 44 pages. Some shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Dust jacket has some soiling on the covers, and some closed tears and small chips to the edges. $20.00
41. 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
42. Field, Rachel. Polly Patchwork. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1928. 56 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There is some soiling to the yellow cloth covers. Page 27-28 has a cut, half-way into page, all pieces are still there. Former owner's name written inside the front and back covers. $8.95
43. 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
44. Fix, Betty S. The Musical Sea Shell. The Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield. The Crosby House, 1946. 50 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and some pieces missing from the spine and panels. $20.00
45. Fontenot, Mary Alice. Clovis Crawfish and Petit Papillon. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Claitor's Book Store, 1966. Signed by the author. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $30.00
46. Gates, Josephine Scribner. The Live Dolls' Busy Days. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. 105 pages. 1907 first edition. Scarce full blue leather binding with red leather labels on the spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The spine has color fading blue to brown. A few small scuffed and rubbed spots to the leather binding. There is a small dampstain to the upper right corner of a few dozen of the initial pages. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Very scarce in leather binding. $88.00
47. 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. $55.00
48. 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
49. 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
50. Gould, Chester. Dick Tracy Returns. Big Little Book. Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. Illustrated flexible card covers show wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. A small split is starting at the bottom f\of the front joint, but the spine is still sound and the text block is square and tightly bound, with no marks or tears to the pages. A well-preserved copy. $16.50
51. 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
52. Haynes, Louise Marshall & Carmen L. Browne. Over the Rainbow Bridge. P. F. Volland, 1920. 40 pages. Pictorial paper over board illustrated covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. There are a few fingerprint smudges and small soiled spots on the covers, not serious. The rare original publisher's box is present. The box has some tears to the edges and a bit of soiling, but is still complete and has protected the book nicely. $75.00
53. Hekking, Johanna M. Pigtails. Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1937. 112 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Overall nicely preserved. $20.00
54. Hewson, Isabel Manning. The Land of the Lost. Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill Book Company, 1945. 60 pages. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $33.00
55. 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
56. 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
57. Hogan, Inez. Nicodemus and the Goose. E.P. Dutton, 1945. 26 pages. 1945 second printing. Original illustrated paper over board covers. The board edges are quite worn and rubbed through. The paper spine is missing and there is residue from an old strapping tape repair that was over the spine and the inside edges of the boards. The pages are tightly bound and clean. The final text page has a small tear to the upper right corner, with no loss of paper. A very scarce black Americana publication. $62.75
58. 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
59. Holling, Clancy. Paddle-to-the-Sea. HM CO, 1941. Slight wear to the binding. The top of the spine is bumped. The dust jacket has some close to tears and chips to the edges but is still in presentable condition. $15.00
60. Holling, Holling Clancy. Minn of the Mississippi. Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 1951 printing. Some shelf wear and soiling at the edges of the covers. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and a couple of repaired tears, with some soiling on the back panel. $25.00
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. Jacobsen, Virginia & Drew. HITCH-HIKING 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. $150.00
65. Johnson, James Ralph. Utah Lion. Follett Pub. Co, 1962. 160 pages. Some wear to the edges and corners and slight color fading to the light blue covers. The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $22.50
66. 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
67. Judson, Clara Ingram. Bruce Carries the Flag. They Came from Scotland. Follett, 1957. 198 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some rubbing and wear to the edges. $15.00
68. Judson, Clara Ingram. Michael's Victory: They Came from Ireland. Follett, 1946. 192 pages. Pictorial hardback covers in very good condition. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. $35.00
69. 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. $95.00
70. Judson, Clara Ingram. Sod House Winter. They Came From Sweden. Follet, 1957. 213 pages. Slight shelf wear to the edges of the book and dust jacket. $40.00
71. Kennedy, William. Rosie the Elephant At the Portland Zoo. Locale Books, 1954. Some wear to the edges and spine, with a few small discolored and soiled spots to the covers. Corners bumped. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. This title is quite scarce. $85.00
72. Kurtz, Bob. Alvin's Lost Voice. Wonder Books, 1963. Glossy pictorial hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
73. Laskey, Muriel and Illustrated by Doris Stolberg. Aunt Mathilda and the Lost Cheese. NY: Pied Piper Books (1946) , 1946. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Illustrated by Doris Stolberg. $10.00
74. Le Grand. What about Willie? New York: Garden City Publishing, 1939. Some shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Board edges are rubbed. The final text page has a couple of sunspots at the edges, but otherwise the pages are clean and tightly bound. A well-preserved copy. Beautifully illustrated. $19.95
75. Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Doolittle's Zoo, Doctor Doolittle's Caravan, Doctor Doolittle in the Moon, Dr. Doolittle's Return, Doctor Doolittle's Circus, Doctor Doolittle's Garden. Boxed set of six volumes in slipcase. Lippincott, 1953. Boxed set of 6 volumes in slipcase. The books show light wear to the spine edges. A couple of the spines have light soiling. The slipcase show some wear to the edges and some staining to the top edge. A nicely preserved set of this classic work. $95.00
76. 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
77. 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
78. Mallon, Caroline Ill Gehr, Mary. The Story of the Sandman. The Childern's Co. , 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. There are slight tears at the top and bottom of the spine and the edges and corners show shelf wear. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and soiling, but is still nicely preserved. The pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color by Mary Gehr. $11.00
79. Marie, Bertha. STORIES OF WONDERFUL CATS. Geneva, NY: W. F. Humphrey, 1912. Green cloth worn at spine and corners. Some soiling. Scarce title. Woodcut illustrations. $15.00
80. Mason. Susannah the Pioneer Cow. The MacMillan Company, 1956. 1956 printing. Slight wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. A clean and tight copy. The dust jacket has some chips missing from the top and bottom of the spine and edges of the panels. There is also some soiling to the jacket, but it is still in presentable condition. $20.00
81. Mason, Miriam Evangeline. Susannah, The Pioneer Cow. MacMillan Co, 1956. 152 pages. This is a 1956 printing. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and corners, but is still presentable. $20.00
82. Mathews, Vera Laughton. Fanta-Sea Children. Berkeley, California: Guilders Publishing Center, 1938. 8 pages. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $75.00
83. McAnally, Isaac. Gang Busters in Action. Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The bottom corners are slightly bumped. Overall light wear. A clean and tight copy. $17.50
84. McChord, Crothers Samuel. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party. Boston & New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1902. 106 pages. Signed by the author. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The scarce dust jacket is present, but is missing the back panel. The front panel and spine of the dust jacket are intact and protected in a mylar sleeve. Some soiling to the dust jacket. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. A delightful children's book in a very scarce and early dust jacket. $75.00
85. McLoughlin Brothers. Little Soldier Boys ABC. New York: Mcloughlin Brothers, 1907. 14 pages. 1907 printing. Very scarce. Printed on heavy glossy paper. Full-color illustrations throughout illustrating each letter of the alphabet. The spine has been repaired many decades ago with stitched thread, actually quite nicely. There is wear and creasing to the front and back covers and a few small tears to the cover edges and a couple of pages, which have been repaired with archival tape. Some soiling and fingerprint smudges to the edges of some of the pages. Overall this is nicely preserved for the ephemeral nature in which it was published. A beautifully illustrated ABC alphabet book. Each illustration has a military theme with children acting the parts as soldiers and sentries. $95.00
86. McLoughlin Brothers. Mother Hubbard's Dog. Illustrated with chromolithograph color plates. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1878. Ca. 1878 printing. Color illustrated heavy paper covers. The binding has been stitch repaired with sewing thread, rather nicely accomplished, and is tight, with no loose pages. There are some small soiled or smudged spots to the edges of some of the pages. The back cover has a few small chips and a tear that is repaired with archival tape. Delightfully illustrated with beautiful full-page chromolithograph color plates throughout the book. A rare and early children's book. There is a former owner's inscription dated 1878 inside the front cover, so this was probably printed at about that time, perhaps a few years earlier. $95.00
87. McNeer, May Yonge. The Story of the Great Plains. Lithographs by C.H. DeWitt. Harper & Brothers, 1943. 32 pages. Beautiful color pictorial paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are just starting to wear through. The binding is tight the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout. $35.00
88. 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. $85.00
89. 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
90. Moon, Grace. The Arrow of Tee May. Doubleday, 1931. Orange cloth covers show wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The color illustrated dust jacket is present. There are some chips at the edges of the spine and rubbed spots along the middle of the spine. A few of the rubbed and chips spots to the edges, but overall the jacket is still quite presentable. $65.00
91. Mulford, Clarence, Jack Crowe, Illustrator. Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at the" Double X" Ranch. Starry William Boyd. Pop-up book. Garden City Publishing Co., 1950. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Previous owner's names written in pencil on first page. A few places on the pop ups are detached or folded over, but they are complete. $12.00
92. Myhre, Ethelyn. Hawaiian Yesterdays. Knopf, 1942. Illustrated paper over board oblong flexible card covers.Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has wear and rubbing to the edges and some soiling at the edges. $15.00
93. 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. $35.00
94. 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
95. O'Donnell, Mabel C-et al. The Companion Book for Friendly Village. Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson & Company, 1941. 128 pages. Larger softbound covers show wear to the edges and some soiling to the covers. A scarce workbook for the Alice and Jerry "Friendly Village" reader. The pages are all clean and there is no marking or previous use to the workbook. $30.00
96. 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
97. 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
98. Owen, Frank. Morris the Midget Moose. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through and the top corners are bumped. The pages are clean. A scarce title. $95.00
99. Pearse, Susan B. Patience Strong's Honey for Tea. Illustrated by Susan B. Pearse. E P Dutton, 1950. 47 pages. Glossy hardback covers. There is some wear to the spine edges and corners, with slight rubbing to the corners. A couple of very small marks on the covers. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Susan B. Pearse. $45.00
100. 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
101. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The Filipino Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. 151 pages. 1923 first edition. Light wear to the binding. A clean and tight copy in very good condition. $14.00
102. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The French Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. 201 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A couple of small discolored spots to the covers. $10.00
103. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The Italian Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. 4 pages. Red cloth covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A few small fingerprint smudges to the covers. The pages are clean. $12.50
104. Petersham, Maud & Miska Petersham. Miki: The Book of Maud and Miska Petersham. Doubleday Doran & Co. , 1929. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners, with the corners rubbed through. Front and back covers have fingerprint smudges and some soiled spots. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated in color by the authors throughout. $17.50
105. Petersham, Maud & Miska Petersham. THE STORY BOOK OF EARTH'S TREASURES. The John C. Winston Co, 1935. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. The binding is tight. $14.00
106. 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
107. 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
108. Potter, Miriam Clark. The Golden Book of Little Verses. Golden Press, 1962. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and starting to rub through. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $45.00
109. Price, Margaret Evans. The Angora Twinnies. Rochester, New York: Stecher Lithograph Co.,, 1919. Large pictorial stiff paper covers. There is some soiling to the covers. The front cover has a small chip missing at the right edge and somewhere and smaller tears to the edges as well. One group of four pages has loosened from the stapled binding and is loose within the book, but still present. Beautifully illustrated throughout. $17.25
110. 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
111. 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
112. Ratzesberger, Anna. Donkey Beads: A Tale of a Persian Donkey. Albert Whitman & Company, 1938. 63 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $17.50
113. Raymond, Alex. Jungle Jim and the Vampire Woman. Whitman, 1937. Wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There are some tears and splits to the covers at the top and bottom of the spine. The board edges are rubbed and worn through in many places. The binding is tight and the pages are square and complete. $18.95
114. 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
115. Roberts, H. Armstrong. Adventures in Babyland: a Book of Nursery Photographs. Philadelphia: Edward Stern, 1935. Flexible card softcovers with stapled binding. There is wear to the edges of the covers and some rubbed spots, but overall near very good condition. With adorable black-and-white photographs of babies with captions underneath. $25.00
116. Robertson, Keith. The Pilgrim Goose. E. M. Hale, 1961. 80 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. The front and back panel of the dust jacket has residue from old tape around the edges. $15.00
117. 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
118. 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
119. 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
120. Scacheri, Mario and Mabel. Winnebago Boy. Harcourt, Brace and Company. NY. 1937. First Edition. , 1937. 183 pages. Pictorial red hardback covers. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. With numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout. A scarce book. $85.00
121. Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe & Florence Choate & Elizabeth Curtis. The Indian Fairy Book, from the Original Legends. With Eight Illustrations in Color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916. 1916 printing. Pictorial illustrated cloth covers show wear to the spine edges and corners. There is one small scuffed spots to the top of the spine. With six of the original seven, color plates present. $25.00
122. Seaman, Hazel & Tony Sarg & Christina de la Motte. Tony Sarg's Magic Movie Book. B. F. Jay & Co., 1943. 1943 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. There is some wear and rubbing to the covers. If you rub spots on the back cover and one small spot where the paper has peeled away from the front cover at the bottom. The pages are tightly bound. All of the movables are present and in good working order. The two original magic lens 3D colored glasses are both present in the pocket inside the front cover. A delightful and scarce children's book, especially complete and in collectible condition. $125.00
123. See, Sam. Sing-A- Song Player Book. McLoughlin Bros, 1938. Illustrated paper over flexible card covers with spiral metal spine binding. There is heavy wear to the edges and corners. The bottom piece of the front cover is missing underneath the xylophone. There are pencil scribblings on the inside back cover. The original xylophone keys are still in place. One is missing one of the rivets, but is still attached by the other rivet. The original mallet is missing. Still a decent copy of a collectible children's book. $25.00
124. Smith, Laura Roundtree. Hans and Hilda of Holland. A. Flanigan Company, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and starting to rub through. $10.00
125. Soglow, O. The Little King. John Martin's House, Inc., 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners rubbed. A few small chips to the paper at the edges of the spine. The scarce dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and a few small soiled spots, but is quite presentable. $15.00
126. Sperry, Armstrong. Little Eagle a Navajo Boy. Junior Literary Guild, 0. Green hardback covers show light wear. The dust jacket has masking tape reinforcement around the edges and a long closed to tear on the front panel. $35.00
127. Sperry, Armstrong. One Day with Jambi in Sumatra. The John C. Winston Company, 1934. Orange hardback covers show quite a bit of wear to the edges. The corners are rubbed through. There is soiling and rubbing to the binding. The pages have some fingerprint smudges at the edges. The binding is tight. Nicely illustrated in color by the author. $15.00
128. 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
129. Stone, Eugenia. Squire for King Arthur. Follett Pub. Co, 1955. 153 pages. Pictorial hardback covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. Overall near very good condition. $17.50
130. 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
131. Striker, Francis Hamilton. The Lone Ranger West of Maverick Pass. Grosset & Dunlap, 1951. 208 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $21.50
132. 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
133. Swanson, Neil H.. The Star-Spangled Banner: The Thrilling Story of a Boy Who Lived the Words of Our National Anthem. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $15.00
134. 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
135. Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Yellow Knight of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1930. 6 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. The scarce dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and one small chip to the bottom of the front panel. The last title listed on the dust jacket flap is #37-"The Shaggy Man of Oz". $60.00
136. 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
137. 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
138. Vardon, Beth. Stevie's Christmas Concert. N/A, 1950. Pictorial flexible card covers with plastic spiral binding. Slight wear to the edges. The bottom front cover has a crease. The original box is present, with a few split set the edges and some wear. There are two pop-up illustrations in good working order inside the book. $25.00
139. 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
140. Wallace, Ivy. Pookie in Wonderland. Harpercollins Distribution Services, 1963. 32 pages. Shelf wear to the edges and corners. There are a couple of inches of the paper spine torn away and missing at the top. $30.00
141. Wallace, Ivy L.. Pookie and the Gypsies. Collins, 1959. Pictorial paper over board hardback covers. Light wear to the edges of the spine. A clean and tight copy in near very good condition. $30.00
142. Wallace, Ivy L.. Pookie and the Swallows. Collins, 1964. Shelf wear to the spine edges. Light soiling to the covers. Glossy hardback pictorial covers. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by the author. $30.00
143. Walsh, Morris. Hesperus. John Martin's House, 1947. 32 pages. The spine edges and edges of the boards and corners are worn. The screen is missing on the front cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $30.00
144. 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
145. Webb, Robert N.. WE WERE THERE WITH ETHAN ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS. Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. 182 pages. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $35.00
146. Weinstein, Elizabeth & Anna Dallam. Shakespeare with Children: Six Scripts For Young Players. Smith & Kraus, 2008. 240 pages. Glossy softbound covers in show light wear to the edges. $13.95
147. 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
148. West, Jerry & Helen S. Hamilton. The Happy Hollisters and the Monster Mystery. Doubleday, 1969. 183 pages. Light shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. $55.00
149. Wheeler, Opal. Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells. E. P. Dutton, 1942. 144 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some soiling, some chips to the edges and a piece about 3 inches missing from the bottom of the spine paper. $12.95
150. Wheeler, Opal. Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 126 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges, with the corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with soiling and spill stain on the edge of the back panel. The jacket is still presentable. $15.00
151. Wheeler, Opal. Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray. E. P. Dutton & Co, 1941. 172 pages. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and slight soiling. $10.00
152. Wheeler, Opal & Sybil Deucher & Mary Greenwalt. EDWARD MACDOWELL AND HIS CABIN IN THE PINES. Dutton, 1940. Shelf wear to the spine edges, with corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and light soiling. $12.50
153. Wheeler, Opal and Sybil Deucher. Mozart the Wonder Boy. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1943. 1943 printing. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. $12.50
154. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By the Shores of Silver Lake. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939. 260 pages. 1939 printing. No dust jacket. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and slightly rubbed through. A few soiled spots to the covers. The binding is tight pages are clean. $28.00
155. 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
156. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little Town on the Prairie. Harper & Brothers, 1941. 288 pages. 1941 edition in scarce dust jacket. Quite a bit of shelf wear, rubbing and scuffing to the boards, spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has quite a few chips and tears and soiling, but is still presentable. The inside of the dust jacket has enforcement with masking tape from the previous owner, not visible from the outside. $200.00
157. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The Long Winter. Harper & Bros. , 1940. 1940 printing in scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears and where along all of the edges and folds. There are a few closed tears and repaired tears with archival tape at the edges as well. The bottom inside edge of the dust jacket has an old masking tape reinforcement, not visible from the outside. A well-preserved early edition of this title in the classic Little House on the Prairie series. $225.00
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, Florence White. THE TADWINKLE TWINS. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1920. A linen book. Light wear only. Overall near very good condition. No date of publication listed, but appears to be 1920's. Ieautiful color illustrations throughout. $35.00
161. Williams, Henry Lionel. Kimbi, Jungle Indian. Random House, 1941. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some pieces missing at the edges of the panels and spine, with a larger piece missing from the back panel. The jacket also has some soiling, wrinkling and tears on the back panel. $15.00
162. Winders, Gertrude Hecker. Jim Bridger. Mountain Boy The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. , 1955. 188 pages. Light wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some wear and rubbing to the edges and a few small stained spots. $25.00
163. 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
164. 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
165. Zolotow, Charlotte; Alexander, Martha G. (illustrator). Big Sister and Little Sister. Harper & Row, 1966. Illustrated paper over board covers with black cloth spine. The book is beautifully preserved, with only light wear. The dust jacket has a couple of tears at the edges and some light soiling, but is also very nicely preserved. A beautiful book by this noted and award-winning children's author. $12.50
2. 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
3. Bacon, Albion Fellows. The Charm String. L. C. Page, Boston, MA, 1929. 204 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners rubbed through. Purple pictorial cloth binding. A few pages have fingerprint smudges at the edges. Binding is tight. A delightful children's book. $24.00
4. Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (with Lithographs by Ruth Gannett). Miss Hickory. Viking, 1947. 1947 second printing. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. With the Newberry medal award on the front cover of the dust jacket. $10.00
5. Beard, Adelia Belle. The Children's Kraft Shop. Invented, Written and Illustrated by Adelia Belle Beard. Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1914. 64 pages. 1914 printing. Large oblong illustrated paper over board covers with maroon cloth spine. There is shelf wear and rubbing to the board edges, with corners rubbed through. Profusely illustrated. The binding is tight. The last text page is numbered as page 64 and it's hard to tell if there there were originally more pages, but that is the last page in the book. A delightful children's activity book, with chapters on making homemade toys and diaramas, fold-out shapes and animals, and other games and activities. A very scarce and early book in this genre. $75.00
6. Beckwith, M. Helen. Story Telling with the Scissors. Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1926 . 62 pages. Oblong paper over board covers with tan cloth spine. There is quite a bit of wear to the edges of the spine. The corners are bumped and rubbed through. A few scuffs, discolorations and rubbed spots to the spine and covers. The text is tightly bound. There is slight browning around the edges of the pages. One page has a small tear of a couple of inches to the edge. With numerous silhouette illustrations throughout the book. $55.00
7. Bender, Eric J. I Never Knew That Before. Saalfield Pub. Co, 1938. 123 pages. Pictorial paper over board covers with green cloth spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Nicely illustrated in color throughout. $11.00
8. Berke, Helen. DICK TRACY AND THE BICYCLE GANG. Whitman Publishing, 1948. Illustrated flexible board covers show light wear to the edges and corners. A very nice copy. One in the Better Little Book series. $25.00
9. Bond, A. Russell. With the Men Who Do Things. Munn & co., inc, 1913. 275 pages. 1913 first edition. Green cloth covers with color illustration on the front cover. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some pencil squiggles on the edges of the text block. Corners are bumped. The binding is tight. With quite a few photographic illustrations. $15.00
10. 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. $45.00
11. 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
12. Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Flower Book for Children. Little, Brown, 1931. 350 pages. 1931 printing. Green pictorial covers show light wear. The dust jacket has some chips missing to the spine edges and peace missing at the bottom of the front panel. There are a few small tears to the edges of the jacket as well. A nicely preserved copy of this collectible children's book. $45.00
13. Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Seashore Book for Children. Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 336 pages. 1931 printing. Pictorial turquoise covers show light wear. Remarkably well preserved binding. The original dust jacket is present. The jacket has some chips to the paper at the edges of the spine and corners and a few rubbed spots, but the jacket is also nicely preserved is still quite presentable. A beautiful copy overall. $95.00
14. Burt, Olive. The Cave of Shouting Silence. John Day, 1960. 191 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $45.00
15. Burt, Olive W.. Young Jed Smith, Westering Boy. Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. Slight wear to the covers. The dust jacket shows slight wear and rubbing to the edges. $30.00
16. 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. $12.50
17. Carrick, Valery. Picture Tales from the Russian. B H Blackwell, 1913. Oblong red cloth covers show wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly rubbed through. The pages are tightly bound. A few small stains to the edges of some of the pages. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts. $20.00
18. Carter, Russell Gordon. The White Plume of Navarre. P. F. Volland Co, 1928. 192 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Beatrice Stephens. $10.00
19. Chalmers, Mary. A Hat for Amy Jean. Illustrated by the author Harper & Brothers, 1956. The spine edges and corners show some wear, with the corners just starting to slightly rubbed through. There is a small darkened strip across the top of the front cover. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The dust jacket has small chips to the edges of the spine and corners and some soiling around the edges. There are a few foxed spots to the front panel of the jacket. A very nice copy of a scarce children's book in jacket. $37.50
20. Church, Alfred J.. The Odyssey for Boys and Girls. Yesterday's Classics, 2006. 180 pages. Glossy softbound covers in very good condition. A clean and tight copy. $9.95
21. 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
22. 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
23. Collin, Hedvig. Wind Island. Viking Juvenile, 1945. 96 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Light soiling to the binding. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. $11.50
24. 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
25. Credle, Ellis. Pig-O-Wee: The Story of a Skinny Mountain Pig. Rand McNally, 1936. 1936 printing. Wear and rubbing to the spine edges, with the corners rubbed through. The first blank endpaper has a small piece torn away at the top. The pages are clean. Overall a nice copy of this scarce children's title. $35.00
26. Cunningham, Virginia. Pom-Pom the Fuzzy Dog, a Fuzzy WUZZY Book. Whitman Publishing, Wisconsin, 1947. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. The bottom two inches of the paper spine are missing. The front and back hinges are starting to tear and pull away, but the text block is still attached. Beautifully illustrated by Catherine Barnes $15.00
27. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. George Washington. Doubleday, Doran, 1942. 60 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and wear and rubbing to the folds and creases. The jacket is overall nicely preserved. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the authors in their distinctive style. $20.00
28. 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. $12.50
29. Denslow, W.W. and Dudley A. Bragdon. Billy Bounce. M. A. Donohue & Co., 1906. 1906 first edition. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. Some fading and discoloration to the binding, along with some soiling. The corners are slightly bumped and starting to rub through. The hinges are repaired with archival glue. The binding is tight. With color plate illustrations by Wizard of Oz series illustrator W. W. Denslow. A scarce first edition. $95.00
30. Derman, Sarah. The Snowman Who Wanted to Stay. Whitman Pub. Co., 1948. 1948 edition. Scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a couple of larger pieces missing from the front panel. $48.00
31. Deucher, Sybil. Edvard Grieg: Boy of the Northland. EP Dutton, 1946. 165 pages. Slight shelf wear and slight color fading to the covers at the edges. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $12.50
32. Deucher, Sybil & Edward F. Godwin & Stephani Allfree Godwin. The Young Brahms. Dutton, 1949. Slight shelf wear to the edges of the book and dust jacket. $20.00
33. Deutsch, Babette. Heroes of the Kalevala. Julian Messner, 1940. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $85.00
34. Disney, Walt & Palmer, H. Marion. Donald Duck Sees South America. D. Heath and Company, 1945. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Some soiling to the covers. A few smudges to the margins of some pages. $17.00
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. Emerson, Alice B. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie: or, Great Times in the Land of Cotton. Cupples & Leon Company, 1916. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips and some soiled and scuffed spots to the front panel. $10.00
39. Emerson, Alice B. & R. Emmett Owen. Ruth Fielding in the Red Cross: or, Doing Her Best for Uncle Sam. Cupples & Leon Company, 1918. 204 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A couple of small stains to the binding. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $10.00
40. Eppenstein, Louise. Sally Goes to the Circus Alone. Platt & Munk, 1953. 44 pages. Some shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. Dust jacket has some soiling on the covers, and some closed tears and small chips to the edges. $20.00
41. 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
42. Field, Rachel. Polly Patchwork. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1928. 56 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There is some soiling to the yellow cloth covers. Page 27-28 has a cut, half-way into page, all pieces are still there. Former owner's name written inside the front and back covers. $8.95
43. 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
44. Fix, Betty S. The Musical Sea Shell. The Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield. The Crosby House, 1946. 50 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and some pieces missing from the spine and panels. $20.00
45. Fontenot, Mary Alice. Clovis Crawfish and Petit Papillon. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Claitor's Book Store, 1966. Signed by the author. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $30.00
46. Gates, Josephine Scribner. The Live Dolls' Busy Days. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. 105 pages. 1907 first edition. Scarce full blue leather binding with red leather labels on the spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The spine has color fading blue to brown. A few small scuffed and rubbed spots to the leather binding. There is a small dampstain to the upper right corner of a few dozen of the initial pages. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Very scarce in leather binding. $88.00
47. 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. $55.00
48. 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
49. 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
50. Gould, Chester. Dick Tracy Returns. Big Little Book. Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. Illustrated flexible card covers show wear to the spine edges and corners. Corners are slightly bumped. A small split is starting at the bottom f\of the front joint, but the spine is still sound and the text block is square and tightly bound, with no marks or tears to the pages. A well-preserved copy. $16.50
51. 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
52. Haynes, Louise Marshall & Carmen L. Browne. Over the Rainbow Bridge. P. F. Volland, 1920. 40 pages. Pictorial paper over board illustrated covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. There are a few fingerprint smudges and small soiled spots on the covers, not serious. The rare original publisher's box is present. The box has some tears to the edges and a bit of soiling, but is still complete and has protected the book nicely. $75.00
53. Hekking, Johanna M. Pigtails. Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1937. 112 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. Overall nicely preserved. $20.00
54. Hewson, Isabel Manning. The Land of the Lost. Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill Book Company, 1945. 60 pages. Blue hardback covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. $33.00
55. 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
56. 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
57. Hogan, Inez. Nicodemus and the Goose. E.P. Dutton, 1945. 26 pages. 1945 second printing. Original illustrated paper over board covers. The board edges are quite worn and rubbed through. The paper spine is missing and there is residue from an old strapping tape repair that was over the spine and the inside edges of the boards. The pages are tightly bound and clean. The final text page has a small tear to the upper right corner, with no loss of paper. A very scarce black Americana publication. $62.75
58. 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
59. Holling, Clancy. Paddle-to-the-Sea. HM CO, 1941. Slight wear to the binding. The top of the spine is bumped. The dust jacket has some close to tears and chips to the edges but is still in presentable condition. $15.00
60. Holling, Holling Clancy. Minn of the Mississippi. Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 1951 printing. Some shelf wear and soiling at the edges of the covers. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and a couple of repaired tears, with some soiling on the back panel. $25.00
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. Jacobsen, Virginia & Drew. HITCH-HIKING 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. $150.00
65. Johnson, James Ralph. Utah Lion. Follett Pub. Co, 1962. 160 pages. Some wear to the edges and corners and slight color fading to the light blue covers. The dust jacket has a few small chips and tears to the edges. $22.50
66. 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
67. Judson, Clara Ingram. Bruce Carries the Flag. They Came from Scotland. Follett, 1957. 198 pages. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some rubbing and wear to the edges. $15.00
68. Judson, Clara Ingram. Michael's Victory: They Came from Ireland. Follett, 1946. 192 pages. Pictorial hardback covers in very good condition. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. $35.00
69. 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. $95.00
70. Judson, Clara Ingram. Sod House Winter. They Came From Sweden. Follet, 1957. 213 pages. Slight shelf wear to the edges of the book and dust jacket. $40.00
71. Kennedy, William. Rosie the Elephant At the Portland Zoo. Locale Books, 1954. Some wear to the edges and spine, with a few small discolored and soiled spots to the covers. Corners bumped. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. This title is quite scarce. $85.00
72. Kurtz, Bob. Alvin's Lost Voice. Wonder Books, 1963. Glossy pictorial hardback covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $9.50
73. Laskey, Muriel and Illustrated by Doris Stolberg. Aunt Mathilda and the Lost Cheese. NY: Pied Piper Books (1946) , 1946. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Illustrated by Doris Stolberg. $10.00
74. Le Grand. What about Willie? New York: Garden City Publishing, 1939. Some shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Board edges are rubbed. The final text page has a couple of sunspots at the edges, but otherwise the pages are clean and tightly bound. A well-preserved copy. Beautifully illustrated. $19.95
75. Lofting, Hugh. Dr. Doolittle's Zoo, Doctor Doolittle's Caravan, Doctor Doolittle in the Moon, Dr. Doolittle's Return, Doctor Doolittle's Circus, Doctor Doolittle's Garden. Boxed set of six volumes in slipcase. Lippincott, 1953. Boxed set of 6 volumes in slipcase. The books show light wear to the spine edges. A couple of the spines have light soiling. The slipcase show some wear to the edges and some staining to the top edge. A nicely preserved set of this classic work. $95.00
76. 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
77. 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
78. Mallon, Caroline Ill Gehr, Mary. The Story of the Sandman. The Childern's Co. , 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. There are slight tears at the top and bottom of the spine and the edges and corners show shelf wear. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and soiling, but is still nicely preserved. The pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color by Mary Gehr. $11.00
79. Marie, Bertha. STORIES OF WONDERFUL CATS. Geneva, NY: W. F. Humphrey, 1912. Green cloth worn at spine and corners. Some soiling. Scarce title. Woodcut illustrations. $15.00
80. Mason. Susannah the Pioneer Cow. The MacMillan Company, 1956. 1956 printing. Slight wear to the spine edges. The corners are lightly bumped. A clean and tight copy. The dust jacket has some chips missing from the top and bottom of the spine and edges of the panels. There is also some soiling to the jacket, but it is still in presentable condition. $20.00
81. Mason, Miriam Evangeline. Susannah, The Pioneer Cow. MacMillan Co, 1956. 152 pages. This is a 1956 printing. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and corners, but is still presentable. $20.00
82. Mathews, Vera Laughton. Fanta-Sea Children. Berkeley, California: Guilders Publishing Center, 1938. 8 pages. Slight wear to the spine edges and corners. A clean and tight copy. $75.00
83. McAnally, Isaac. Gang Busters in Action. Whitman Publishing Company, 1938. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The bottom corners are slightly bumped. Overall light wear. A clean and tight copy. $17.50
84. McChord, Crothers Samuel. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party. Boston & New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1902. 106 pages. Signed by the author. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. The scarce dust jacket is present, but is missing the back panel. The front panel and spine of the dust jacket are intact and protected in a mylar sleeve. Some soiling to the dust jacket. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. A delightful children's book in a very scarce and early dust jacket. $75.00
85. McLoughlin Brothers. Little Soldier Boys ABC. New York: Mcloughlin Brothers, 1907. 14 pages. 1907 printing. Very scarce. Printed on heavy glossy paper. Full-color illustrations throughout illustrating each letter of the alphabet. The spine has been repaired many decades ago with stitched thread, actually quite nicely. There is wear and creasing to the front and back covers and a few small tears to the cover edges and a couple of pages, which have been repaired with archival tape. Some soiling and fingerprint smudges to the edges of some of the pages. Overall this is nicely preserved for the ephemeral nature in which it was published. A beautifully illustrated ABC alphabet book. Each illustration has a military theme with children acting the parts as soldiers and sentries. $95.00
86. McLoughlin Brothers. Mother Hubbard's Dog. Illustrated with chromolithograph color plates. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1878. Ca. 1878 printing. Color illustrated heavy paper covers. The binding has been stitch repaired with sewing thread, rather nicely accomplished, and is tight, with no loose pages. There are some small soiled or smudged spots to the edges of some of the pages. The back cover has a few small chips and a tear that is repaired with archival tape. Delightfully illustrated with beautiful full-page chromolithograph color plates throughout the book. A rare and early children's book. There is a former owner's inscription dated 1878 inside the front cover, so this was probably printed at about that time, perhaps a few years earlier. $95.00
87. McNeer, May Yonge. The Story of the Great Plains. Lithographs by C.H. DeWitt. Harper & Brothers, 1943. 32 pages. Beautiful color pictorial paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are just starting to wear through. The binding is tight the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout. $35.00
88. 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. $85.00
89. 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
90. Moon, Grace. The Arrow of Tee May. Doubleday, 1931. Orange cloth covers show wear to the spine edges. The corners are slightly bumped. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The color illustrated dust jacket is present. There are some chips at the edges of the spine and rubbed spots along the middle of the spine. A few of the rubbed and chips spots to the edges, but overall the jacket is still quite presentable. $65.00
91. Mulford, Clarence, Jack Crowe, Illustrator. Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at the" Double X" Ranch. Starry William Boyd. Pop-up book. Garden City Publishing Co., 1950. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped and rubbed through. Previous owner's names written in pencil on first page. A few places on the pop ups are detached or folded over, but they are complete. $12.00
92. Myhre, Ethelyn. Hawaiian Yesterdays. Knopf, 1942. Illustrated paper over board oblong flexible card covers.Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has wear and rubbing to the edges and some soiling at the edges. $15.00
93. 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. $35.00
94. 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
95. O'Donnell, Mabel C-et al. The Companion Book for Friendly Village. Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson & Company, 1941. 128 pages. Larger softbound covers show wear to the edges and some soiling to the covers. A scarce workbook for the Alice and Jerry "Friendly Village" reader. The pages are all clean and there is no marking or previous use to the workbook. $30.00
96. 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
97. 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
98. Owen, Frank. Morris the Midget Moose. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are slightly rubbed through and the top corners are bumped. The pages are clean. A scarce title. $95.00
99. Pearse, Susan B. Patience Strong's Honey for Tea. Illustrated by Susan B. Pearse. E P Dutton, 1950. 47 pages. Glossy hardback covers. There is some wear to the spine edges and corners, with slight rubbing to the corners. A couple of very small marks on the covers. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Susan B. Pearse. $45.00
100. 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
101. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The Filipino Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. 151 pages. 1923 first edition. Light wear to the binding. A clean and tight copy in very good condition. $14.00
102. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The French Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. 201 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A couple of small discolored spots to the covers. $10.00
103. Perkins, Lucy Fitch. The Italian Twins. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. 4 pages. Red cloth covers show some wear to the spine edges and corners. A few small fingerprint smudges to the covers. The pages are clean. $12.50
104. Petersham, Maud & Miska Petersham. Miki: The Book of Maud and Miska Petersham. Doubleday Doran & Co. , 1929. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners, with the corners rubbed through. Front and back covers have fingerprint smudges and some soiled spots. The pages are clean and tightly bound. Beautifully illustrated in color by the authors throughout. $17.50
105. Petersham, Maud & Miska Petersham. THE STORY BOOK OF EARTH'S TREASURES. The John C. Winston Co, 1935. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The corners are rubbed through. The binding is tight. $14.00
106. 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
107. 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
108. Potter, Miriam Clark. The Golden Book of Little Verses. Golden Press, 1962. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and starting to rub through. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $45.00
109. Price, Margaret Evans. The Angora Twinnies. Rochester, New York: Stecher Lithograph Co.,, 1919. Large pictorial stiff paper covers. There is some soiling to the covers. The front cover has a small chip missing at the right edge and somewhere and smaller tears to the edges as well. One group of four pages has loosened from the stapled binding and is loose within the book, but still present. Beautifully illustrated throughout. $17.25
110. 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
111. 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
112. Ratzesberger, Anna. Donkey Beads: A Tale of a Persian Donkey. Albert Whitman & Company, 1938. 63 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. A few small soiled spots to the covers. $17.50
113. Raymond, Alex. Jungle Jim and the Vampire Woman. Whitman, 1937. Wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. There are some tears and splits to the covers at the top and bottom of the spine. The board edges are rubbed and worn through in many places. The binding is tight and the pages are square and complete. $18.95
114. 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
115. Roberts, H. Armstrong. Adventures in Babyland: a Book of Nursery Photographs. Philadelphia: Edward Stern, 1935. Flexible card softcovers with stapled binding. There is wear to the edges of the covers and some rubbed spots, but overall near very good condition. With adorable black-and-white photographs of babies with captions underneath. $25.00
116. Robertson, Keith. The Pilgrim Goose. E. M. Hale, 1961. 80 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges. The front and back panel of the dust jacket has residue from old tape around the edges. $15.00
117. 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
118. 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
119. 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
120. Scacheri, Mario and Mabel. Winnebago Boy. Harcourt, Brace and Company. NY. 1937. First Edition. , 1937. 183 pages. Pictorial red hardback covers. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. With numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout. A scarce book. $85.00
121. Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe & Florence Choate & Elizabeth Curtis. The Indian Fairy Book, from the Original Legends. With Eight Illustrations in Color by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. New York Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1916. 1916 printing. Pictorial illustrated cloth covers show wear to the spine edges and corners. There is one small scuffed spots to the top of the spine. With six of the original seven, color plates present. $25.00
122. Seaman, Hazel & Tony Sarg & Christina de la Motte. Tony Sarg's Magic Movie Book. B. F. Jay & Co., 1943. 1943 first edition. Illustrated paper over board covers. There is some wear and rubbing to the covers. If you rub spots on the back cover and one small spot where the paper has peeled away from the front cover at the bottom. The pages are tightly bound. All of the movables are present and in good working order. The two original magic lens 3D colored glasses are both present in the pocket inside the front cover. A delightful and scarce children's book, especially complete and in collectible condition. $125.00
123. See, Sam. Sing-A- Song Player Book. McLoughlin Bros, 1938. Illustrated paper over flexible card covers with spiral metal spine binding. There is heavy wear to the edges and corners. The bottom piece of the front cover is missing underneath the xylophone. There are pencil scribblings on the inside back cover. The original xylophone keys are still in place. One is missing one of the rivets, but is still attached by the other rivet. The original mallet is missing. Still a decent copy of a collectible children's book. $25.00
124. Smith, Laura Roundtree. Hans and Hilda of Holland. A. Flanigan Company, 1938. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped and starting to rub through. $10.00
125. Soglow, O. The Little King. John Martin's House, Inc., 1945. Illustrated paper over board covers. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners rubbed. A few small chips to the paper at the edges of the spine. The scarce dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and a few small soiled spots, but is quite presentable. $15.00
126. Sperry, Armstrong. Little Eagle a Navajo Boy. Junior Literary Guild, 0. Green hardback covers show light wear. The dust jacket has masking tape reinforcement around the edges and a long closed to tear on the front panel. $35.00
127. Sperry, Armstrong. One Day with Jambi in Sumatra. The John C. Winston Company, 1934. Orange hardback covers show quite a bit of wear to the edges. The corners are rubbed through. There is soiling and rubbing to the binding. The pages have some fingerprint smudges at the edges. The binding is tight. Nicely illustrated in color by the author. $15.00
128. 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
129. Stone, Eugenia. Squire for King Arthur. Follett Pub. Co, 1955. 153 pages. Pictorial hardback covers show light wear to the spine edges and corners. Overall near very good condition. $17.50
130. 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
131. Striker, Francis Hamilton. The Lone Ranger West of Maverick Pass. Grosset & Dunlap, 1951. 208 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. Corners slightly bumped. $21.50
132. 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
133. Swanson, Neil H.. The Star-Spangled Banner: The Thrilling Story of a Boy Who Lived the Words of Our National Anthem. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965. Slight shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges. $15.00
134. 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
135. Thompson, Ruth Plumly. The Yellow Knight of Oz. The Reilly & Lee Co, 1930. 6 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A clean and tight copy. The scarce dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and one small chip to the bottom of the front panel. The last title listed on the dust jacket flap is #37-"The Shaggy Man of Oz". $60.00
136. 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
137. 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
138. Vardon, Beth. Stevie's Christmas Concert. N/A, 1950. Pictorial flexible card covers with plastic spiral binding. Slight wear to the edges. The bottom front cover has a crease. The original box is present, with a few split set the edges and some wear. There are two pop-up illustrations in good working order inside the book. $25.00
139. 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
140. Wallace, Ivy. Pookie in Wonderland. Harpercollins Distribution Services, 1963. 32 pages. Shelf wear to the edges and corners. There are a couple of inches of the paper spine torn away and missing at the top. $30.00
141. Wallace, Ivy L.. Pookie and the Gypsies. Collins, 1959. Pictorial paper over board hardback covers. Light wear to the edges of the spine. A clean and tight copy in near very good condition. $30.00
142. Wallace, Ivy L.. Pookie and the Swallows. Collins, 1964. Shelf wear to the spine edges. Light soiling to the covers. Glossy hardback pictorial covers. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by the author. $30.00
143. Walsh, Morris. Hesperus. John Martin's House, 1947. 32 pages. The spine edges and edges of the boards and corners are worn. The screen is missing on the front cover. The pages are clean and tightly bound. $30.00
144. 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
145. Webb, Robert N.. WE WERE THERE WITH ETHAN ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS. Grosset & Dunlap, 1956. 182 pages. Some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $35.00
146. Weinstein, Elizabeth & Anna Dallam. Shakespeare with Children: Six Scripts For Young Players. Smith & Kraus, 2008. 240 pages. Glossy softbound covers in show light wear to the edges. $13.95
147. 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
148. West, Jerry & Helen S. Hamilton. The Happy Hollisters and the Monster Mystery. Doubleday, 1969. 183 pages. Light shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. $55.00
149. Wheeler, Opal. Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells. E. P. Dutton, 1942. 144 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some soiling, some chips to the edges and a piece about 3 inches missing from the bottom of the spine paper. $12.95
150. Wheeler, Opal. Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 126 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges, with the corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with soiling and spill stain on the edge of the back panel. The jacket is still presentable. $15.00
151. Wheeler, Opal. Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray. E. P. Dutton & Co, 1941. 172 pages. Shelf wear to the binding. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and slight soiling. $10.00
152. Wheeler, Opal & Sybil Deucher & Mary Greenwalt. EDWARD MACDOWELL AND HIS CABIN IN THE PINES. Dutton, 1940. Shelf wear to the spine edges, with corners slightly bumped. The dust jacket has a few chips and tears to the edges and light soiling. $12.50
153. Wheeler, Opal and Sybil Deucher. Mozart the Wonder Boy. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1943. 1943 printing. Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. $12.50
154. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By the Shores of Silver Lake. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939. 260 pages. 1939 printing. No dust jacket. Quite a bit of shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The corners are bumped and slightly rubbed through. A few soiled spots to the covers. The binding is tight pages are clean. $28.00
155. 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
156. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little Town on the Prairie. Harper & Brothers, 1941. 288 pages. 1941 edition in scarce dust jacket. Quite a bit of shelf wear, rubbing and scuffing to the boards, spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has quite a few chips and tears and soiling, but is still presentable. The inside of the dust jacket has enforcement with masking tape from the previous owner, not visible from the outside. $200.00
157. Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The Long Winter. Harper & Bros. , 1940. 1940 printing in scarce dust jacket. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears and where along all of the edges and folds. There are a few closed tears and repaired tears with archival tape at the edges as well. The bottom inside edge of the dust jacket has an old masking tape reinforcement, not visible from the outside. A well-preserved early edition of this title in the classic Little House on the Prairie series. $225.00
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, Florence White. THE TADWINKLE TWINS. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1920. A linen book. Light wear only. Overall near very good condition. No date of publication listed, but appears to be 1920's. Ieautiful color illustrations throughout. $35.00
161. Williams, Henry Lionel. Kimbi, Jungle Indian. Random House, 1941. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some pieces missing at the edges of the panels and spine, with a larger piece missing from the back panel. The jacket also has some soiling, wrinkling and tears on the back panel. $15.00
162. Winders, Gertrude Hecker. Jim Bridger. Mountain Boy The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. , 1955. 188 pages. Light wear to the binding. The dust jacket has some wear and rubbing to the edges and a few small stained spots. $25.00
163. 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
164. 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
165. Zolotow, Charlotte; Alexander, Martha G. (illustrator). Big Sister and Little Sister. Harper & Row, 1966. Illustrated paper over board covers with black cloth spine. The book is beautifully preserved, with only light wear. The dust jacket has a couple of tears at the edges and some light soiling, but is also very nicely preserved. A beautiful book by this noted and award-winning children's author. $12.50