Literature and Genre
ABC BUCH UND LESE UND DENK-UEBUNGEN BEI DEM ERSTEN UNTERRICHT DER KINDER: NACH DEN BESTEN MUSTENR VON PESTALOZZI, STEPHANI UND ANDERN BEARBEITET. ERSTES BUCH.
New York: H. Ludwig, 1871. Hard Cover. An ABC book in German, with charming woodcut illustrations. In printed paper-covered boards, backed in blue cloth. More
AMAZING DETECTIVE CASES. VOL. 15, NO. 2. APRIL 1960
New York: Foto Parade Inc., 1960. Includes James Collier’s “Doomed Dolls of the Sex-Mad Doctor” and Oscar Fraley’s “Blonde Alibi of Machine-Gun McGurn”, and a number of other sensational stories. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Cadavers All Over Indiana’s... More
AVENTURES DE JEANNOT L’INTREPIDE
Paris: Editions Casterman. In original pictorial wrappers. More
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BABY'S PLAYMATES [Untearable]
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Hard Cover. Lovely color illustrations [chromolithographs] on linenette pages; a bit shaken in the binding but holding. More
THE BABY’S BLACK BEAUTY: HURST’S LIMP CLOTH BOOKS, NO. 14
New York: Anderson & Stoner // Hurst & Company, 1908. Quarto. Soft Cover. Fantastic limp cloth book of a dozen-odd pages; a bit of fraying at the top and bottom edges; some soiling to the pages, but largely in nice... More
BEADLE'S DIME DIALOGUES NO. 23
New York: Beadle and Adams, 1878. Original Wrappers. Some corner loss to front panel and first few pages; digital photos available upon request. More
BIBLIA SACRA VULGATAE EDITIONIS, SIXTI V. PONTIFICIS MAX. IUSSU RECOGNITA, ET CLEMENTIS VIII. AUCTORITATE EDITA; VERSICULIS DISTINCTA, ET AD SINGULA CAPITA ARGUMENTIS AUCTA; PLURIBUSQUE IMAGINIBUS, AD HISTORIARUM NOTITIAM POLITISSIME ELABORATIS, ORNATA; INICEQUE EPISTOLARUM, & EVANGELIORUM LOCUPLETATA.
Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1737. Full Leather. A Vulgate Bible, published by Nicolaum Pezzana in 1737, Venice. Text in Latin. Collates complete; [24], 924, [52] pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and 22 full page engraved illustrations preceding some of the... More
THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Havana, Cuba: Tabasco Publishing Co., c. 1930’s. Stapled Pamphlet. A ribald (maybe even raunchy) joke book published in Havana. 8 pages of riddles. Cover is creased as if folded in someone’s pocket. More
BOOK OF SHIPS
Saml. Gabriel. Quarto. Soft Cover. “Linenette”; edgeworn, but a sound copy. More
THE BOUQUET, OR SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH ANNUALS, FOR 1835.
Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash, 1835. 32mo. Full Leather. A gift book from 1835. The Bouquet, or Spirit of the English Annuals. Frontispiece. Lacking endpapers; scattered foxing; personal inscription on the recto of the frontispiece. Embossed calf, with a chipped leather... More
BRAVE LITTLE BOYS. (THE TINY LIBRARY)
London: S. W. Partridge & Co. 32mo. Hard Cover. A copy of Brave Little Boys, a collection of moral stories for children. Black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper; minor shelfwear. 64, 16 pp. Publisher’s... More
BRIGHT PICTURES FOR DULL DAYS
New York | London: Thomas Nelson and Sons | S. W. Partridge and Co., c. 1880. 16mo. Hard Cover. Delightful glazed chromolithographic boards backed in maroon cloth. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved images on the rectos of each... More
THE CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR 1910
London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton, 1910. Hard Cover. A charming item, with colored illustrations for each month, and the calendars and proverbs printed in red and black. Bound in patterned cloth, with a colored pictorial... More
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[CHAP-BOOK] THE PENNY-WORTH OF WIT’S GARLAND, IN THREE PARTS
Glasgow, Scotland: Printed for the Booksellers, c, 1850. Sheet folded in quarters, with illustration of a schooner on the front. A story in verse, told in three parts. Some separation at one of the folds. More
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CHAPBOOK] FANNY'S RETURN TO SCHOOL.
New York: Sunday-School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner's name written inside front cover, at top of first page, and on front cover. Foxing in text but no pencil or ink markings in text. Blue paper covers. Closed tear along... More
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CHAPBOOK] TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner's name written inside front cover, at top of title page, and on front cover. No other pencil or ink markings in text. Paper covers; Not Ex-Libary. More
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CHAPBOOK] VAIN LITTLE LAURA
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Soft Cover. Chapbook. Previous owner' name written inside front cover and on first page. No other pencil markings in text. Brown stain on side edge of rear cover and last 3 or 4 pages; Not Ex-Libary. More
CHILDREN’S BEDTIME STORIES: IN THREE PARTS
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Company, 1916, 1917. Octavo. Hard Cover. Binding sound; light to moderate rubbing to extremities. Even toning and no markings to text. More
COLORING BIRDS: STORY RHYME WITH EACH PICTURE! TRIPLE THRILL: MAGIC PICTURE DIAL, COLORING GUIDE AND PICTURES TO COLOR AND COPY
Chicago: Whitehall Publishing Company, 1947. Quarto. In pristine condition, with only the lightest of edgewear. Previous owner name neatly penned to front cover otherwise no markings of any kind. In remarkable shape! Complete with removable wheel. More
COUNTRY SCENES; AND OTHER STORIES. | THE GOOD SHEPHERD: AND OTHER STORIES. | THE CHILD’S BOOK OF TRUE STORIES. (UNCLE GEORGE’S JUVENILES)
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854. Hard Cover. Three collections of juvenile short stories, all published by Leavitt & Allen in 1854, bound together. From the ‘Uncle George’s Juvenile’ series. Country Scenes, The Good Shepherd, and The Child’s Book of... More
CURLYHEAD’S ROCK-A-BYES
Philadelphia: John Wanamaker, [1899]. Hard Cover. First Edition. In pictorial paper-covered boards, backed in red cloth. The cloth spine, has some wear, especially the at the bottom; the boards to have rubbing and wear. Previous owner name on the front... More
A DOLL'S HOUSE
London: Brimax Books. Hard Cover. Wear to the extremities; front hinge weak. More
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DOLLIE’S SEWING BEE [SAALFIELD’S MUSLIN CUT-OUT BOOK]
Akron, O. Saalfield Pub Co., [1908]. A Saalfield Muslin Cut-out Book, consisting of 16 unnumbered leaves of butterfly-folded linen, with a color cover illustration; side-stitched. With color outlines of two dolls and their wardrobes with instructions for cutting out an... More
FAMOUS MEN OF BRITAIN.
Boston: G. W. Cottrell, n.d. 48mo. Hard Cover. A pocket book of the Famous Men of Britain, written for children. Black and white illustrations throughout. Lacking front endpaper; blindstamp on the front flyleaf; minor foxing. Green pebbled cloth with lettering... More