Worchester: Hamilton, ca. 1858. Paperback. ca. 1858. Paperback pamphlet, measuring 3 by 4 in. in yellow wraps. 23pp. Good, lacks rear wrap, with some soiling to front wrap. An early American version of "Mad-Libs", where one fills in the blanks to compose a humorous and nonsensical story. RARE, with only.....
Northampton: E. Turner, ca. 1840. Paperback. ca. 1840. Paperback pamphlet, measuring 3 by 5 in. in yellow engraved wraps. 18pp. with woodcut engravings throughout. Very good, with light soil only. A series of moral tales for children told in verse and accompanied by lovely engravings. OCLC lists only 7 copies.....
New York: Merrimack Publishing Corp, ca. 1900s. Paperback. ca. 1900s. Paperback, in illustrated wraps. Children's game book with two turning wheels of letters used to spell out three to six letter words. Overall in very good condition, with minor shelf wear and one internal marking in a childish hand. Housed.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1906). Hardcover. 9.25 x 6.75 inches, elaborately gilt decorated green cloth, gold gilt endpapers, good plus copy with light wear to binding, two pages with child's pencil scribbles (erasable), some other pages with light spots, smudges or some kind of wear, all plates collated.....
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1825. Paperback. 1825. Paperback, measures 4 by 2.5 inches, in illustrated wraps. 8pp. Very good. Former owner's signature on front wrap. Wraps begining to sepertae from pages but currently still intact.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1820s. Hardcover. ca. 1820s. Hardcover, 12mo. 105pp. with engraved frontis. Good. Rubbing and discoloration to boards. Loss to front and rear endpapers. Drawing in pencil on rear endpaper. Contents otherwise clean and readable.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1850. Paperback. ca. 1850. Paperback, measures 4 by 3 in. 16pp. with woodcut frontis. Very good. Light wear to wraps. Only six listed on OCLC.
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Mt. Lebanon, PA: Christy Enterprises, 1976. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Christy! White stamped red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has edgewear to spine ends and corners that have.....
Chicago: Popular Mechanics, 1925. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1925. Cloth hardcover, illustrated, 475 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, ink-inscription and label on the front flyeaf, minor age-toning to the pages and page-edges, minor fading to the title on the spine, rubbing and minor wear to the tips.....
New York: Puffin, 2006. First paperback edition. Paperback. Signed on the title page by Andrew Clements. 2006. First paperback edition. Paperback, 8vo. 167pp. Fine.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Andrew Clements on the title page. 2007. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in pictorial boards, dust jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated by Tim Bowers. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1967. Cloth hardcover, 118 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a faint mustiness to the book, some soiling or discoloration to the covers, minor rubbing or bumping to the tips and edges of the covers, no dust jacket.....
New York: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2000. Hardcover. 4to, pictorial hardcover in dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color. Book is signed and insceribed by both author and illustrator on front flyleaf. Inscription dated 2002. Book is bright and handome, with a few minor abrasions to front and.....
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1931. Bailey, Bill. Hardcover. Published in 1931 by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Very good hard back book with no dust jacket. Clean boards with bumping and rubbing, especially to edges. Front flyleaf marked with white paint. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked. Tight spine.....
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1931. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, large octavo, unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. Book has wear to edges and corners, mild rubbing, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ has edgewear that includes many.....
New York: Macmillan, 1951. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, book about fine, toning to pages, jacket good plus or better, light wear and soil and a couple short tears. Uncommon in jacket. Coatsworth won the Newberry Award in 1931. Story of Lydia Ten Eyck, a girl in New.....
New York: Pantheon, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, illustrated, clean unmarked text, very good in good dust jacket, faint coffeemug stain to the cloth of the front cover, soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket including what look like coffee-stains to front panel, wear to the dust.....
New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1947. Hardcover. Gilt stamped red cloth boards, small square quarto, 128pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows rubbing and general soil to boards and spine, edge wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's plate to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked.....
New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Cohen on the verso of the front flyleaf. First edition, 1982. Pictorial hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, small erasure mark on the front.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1945, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, square octavo, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Book VG+ with mild shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with rubbing to hinges, spine heel missing, edgewear that.....
New York: Harper and Row, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1970, hardcover, octavo, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Book near fine with some light edge wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with some light edge wear that includes a very small.....
New York: The John Day Company, 1931. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1931. Oblong cloth hardcover with titles in red, 71 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, off-setting or age-toning to some pages, wear to the edges of some pages including some closed tearing, rubbing and light wear to.....
New York: Howe & Ferry, 1864. Hardcover. RARE! Red cloth boards, 16mo. (4 1/4" x 5"), 96pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good with crack to front joint, title gilt on spine has been rubbed away, spine ends and corners worn through, inner hinges cracked, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown.....
Cape Cod, Mass. Colonna Crafters, 1954. Paperback. ALL TITLES SIGNED BY DOROTHY COLONNA. Five books from The Little Cape Codder Series. Softcover. Staple-Bound. 8vo. Illus. Very Good / Very Good+. Light shelfwear, occasional light soil / tanning to wraps.
New York: Random House, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 1950, First Edition. 586 pp. Hardcover, green cloth, illustrated. Previous owner's gift inscription on the half-title, otherwise a Fine, square, clean copy, in the original glassine jacket; although the jacket does have some chips along the edges.