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The Magic Spectacles by Giles, Chauncey - 1868

The Magic Spectacles

by Giles, Chauncey

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Burgundy ruled beveled boards with gilt title and spectacles design on front boards. Extra illustrated title page and frontispiece illustration by Chapman. Green coated endpapers. Bookbinder's ticket on rear pastedown (Geo. W. Alexander of New York). Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned and some soiling. The minister author's morally improving tale of a brother and sister who purchase a pair of magic spectacles from a kindly, elderly vendor and learn to love doing arithmetic, sewing, and singing.
  • Bookseller Old Saratoga Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Burgundy cloth
  • Book Condition Used - Good
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  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Joseph R. Putnam
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published 1868
  • Pages 180
  • Size 8vo
  • Keywords BIBLIO-LIVE-2, antiquarian children's books
  • Size 8vo

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Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

by Humphrey, Mabel; Humphrey, Maud

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Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip split and reglued, boards heavily worn, pages toned, water spots on front and rear boards.
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NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip split and reglued, boards heavily . worn, pages toned, water spots on front and rear boards.. 1900. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover with blue cloth spine. Stories and verse about various figures in American Revolutionary War history and black and white illustrations by Mabel Humphrey of children dressing up and reenacting these scenes. Twelve full-page chromolithograph plates by Maud Humphrey (Mabel's sister and Humphrey Bogart's mother). Scenes and stories include Martha Washington pouring tea, the surrender of Cornwallis, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Lafayette dancing the Minuet, Moll Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere's ride, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Jones, the Battle of Bunker Hill, Ben Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, and the courtship of George Washington. The children depicted in these illustrations are plump and rosy-cheeked and have meticulous costuming. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

by Seuss, Dr. ; Geisel, Theodore

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, gift inscription on front free endpaper, jacket lightly soiled and rubbed.
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NY: Beginnner. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, gift inscription on front . free endpaper, jacket lightly soiled and rubbed.. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial glazed boards. Dr. Seuss' classic easy reader. Contains all the first printing points as per Younger/Hirsch 64. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 62 pages .
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The Singing Tree
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The Singing Tree

by Seredy, Kate

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NY: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, price-clipped and . moderately worn.. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated with color frontispiece and numerous other black and white illustrations by the author. A Newbery honor book. Signed by Seredy on the half-title. Gray illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers. The sequel to the author's The Good Master, continuing the story about two Hungarian children between the World Wars. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages .
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The Sea Dog
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The Sea Dog

by Dennis, Morgan

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NY: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Long gift inscription on half-title, boards soiled, jacket tattered and waterstained at spine, with minor loss at head of spine.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978-0670626090 . Written and illustrated by Morgan DennisGreen illustrated cloth. Vintage children's book about a family that builds a houseboat to live on in Key West, Florida with their Irish water spaniel named Splash. Evocative black and white illustrations throughout. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 42 pages .
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The Wild Swans

The Wild Swans

by Morris, Jackie

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1847805361
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London: Frances Lincoln Children's Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2015. First Printing. Hardcover. 1847805361 . The British author-illustrator's story of an enchanted king and his brave daughter who seeks to break the spell that has turned her eleven brothers into swans, inspired by the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Luminous watercolor illustrations throughout by the Kate Greenaway Medalist. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages .
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Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

by Humphrey, Mabel; Humphrey, Maud

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NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip split and reglued, boards heavily . worn, pages toned, water spots on front and rear boards.. 1900. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover with blue cloth spine. Stories and verse about various figures in American Revolutionary War history and black and white illustrations by Mabel Humphrey of children dressing up and reenacting these scenes. Twelve full-page chromolithograph plates by Maud Humphrey (Mabel's sister and Humphrey Bogart's mother). Scenes and stories include Martha Washington pouring tea, the surrender of Cornwallis, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Lafayette dancing the Minuet, Moll Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere's ride, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Jones, the Battle of Bunker Hill, Ben Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, and the courtship of George Washington. The children depicted in these illustrations are plump and rosy-cheeked and have meticulous costuming. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

by Seuss, Dr. ; Geisel, Theodore

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NY: Beginnner. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, gift inscription on front . free endpaper, jacket lightly soiled and rubbed.. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial glazed boards. Dr. Seuss' classic easy reader. Contains all the first printing points as per Younger/Hirsch 64. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 62 pages .
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Strawberry Girl

Strawberry Girl

by Lenski, Lois

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, endpapers toned, Christmas 1945 gift inscription on verso of frontispiece. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Newbery Award-winning novel about an itinerant Florida family of strawberry pickers. Graced with Lenski's winsome illustrations. Green and red strawberry endpapers. Green pictorial cloth. xii, 194 pp.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Sendak at the Rosenbach:  An Exhibition Held at the Rosenbach Museum and  Library April 28 -...
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Sendak at the Rosenbach: An Exhibition Held at the Rosenbach Museum and Library April 28 - October 30, 1995

by Sendak, Maurice; Giroud, Vincent

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9780939084272
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0939084279
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Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum and Library. Very Good; Wraps lightly rubbed.. 1995. Softcover. 0939084279 . Signed by the late Maurice Sendak on the title page. Curated and with an introduction by Maurice Sendak and Vincent Giroud. Color illustrated stiff wraps with French flaps. Illustrations, catalogue of the exhibition, bibliography. Foreword by Stephen K. Urice. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .
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I Met a Penguin

I Met a Penguin

by Asch, Frank

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9780070024007
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0070024006
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NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Gift inscription on half-title, jacket lightly worn and toned at spine.. 1972. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0070024006 . An early title by the prolific children's author and illustrator best known for his Moonbear picture books, like Milk and Cookies and Mooncake. Intricate black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. A story about a lion who lives on an island with various human and animal friends. After they criticize him, he sails away and meets a penguin at the South Pole and falls in love. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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9780766187313
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0766187314
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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004-03-19. Paperback. Used:Good.
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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1162632798
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Giles, Chauncey

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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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1497971470
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story
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The Magic Spectacles: A Fairy Story

by Chauncey Giles

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1169275559
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The Magic Spectacles
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The Magic Spectacles

by Giles, Chauncey

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Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned and some soiling.
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NY: Joseph R. Putnam. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, pages toned . and some soiling.. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Burgundy ruled beveled boards with gilt title and spectacles design on front boards. Extra illustrated title page and frontispiece illustration by Chapman. Green coated endpapers. Bookbinder's ticket on rear pastedown (Geo. W. Alexander of New York). The minister author's morally improving tale of a brother and sister who purchase a pair of magic spectacles from a kindly, elderly vendor and learn to love doing arithmetic, sewing, and singing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .
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Bob Son of Battle
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force.
Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories
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Bedtime Stories

by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by

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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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9780394856438
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0394856430
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig

by Rodney Peppe

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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann

by Gruelle, Johnny

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1988 - includes 7" high raggedy Ann and Andy dolls - Raggedy certainly doesn't act her age (she's well over half a century) as she is tied to the trail of a kite, or her yarn hair is being used to line a robin's nest,..." Book: very good dj: very good - 2 small tears repaired with some fading on the spine - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Foreign Agent
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Foreign Agent

by Thor, Brad

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9781501147494
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1501147498
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with… Read More
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Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons
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Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons

by Anonymous

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Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Coates. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 8pp. No date circa 1860s. Yellow pictorial wraps, stitched spine. LIght cover soil, contents mostly clean. A 2 line verse describes the hand-colored illustration for each month of the year. A well-preserved little book.
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Maya's Children: The Story of LA Llorana
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Maya's Children: The Story of LA Llorana

by Anaya, Rudolfo

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9780786821242
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0786821248
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Hyperion, 1997 Hard Cover. New/No DJ Issued. Illus. by Baca, Maria. 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 Inches. Library Binding.
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