CHILDREN'S from Anglophile Books

NY: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper c1975,2002. First US Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 167 pages; A new book in lovely condition.; <b>Another wonderful fantasy from Eva Ibbotson originally published in the UK in 1975. When your father is the legless ghost of a fierce Scottish soldier and your mother is a malodorous hag,… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good c1962, 1986. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; 156 pages; Faint cover creases and edgewear, no spine creases, remainder mark on bottom edge, page edges lightly yellowed. A nice copy.; <b>This magical adventure for the five children (Barnaby, John, Susan, Abbie, and Fredrika) begins when Susan checks out an… Read more about this item

London: Dean. Near Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper 2006. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 221 pages; A lovely new oversized book.; <b>Selected tales and poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Christopher Robin, and all the other inhabitants of the One Hundred Acre Woods (Ashdown Forest). Beautifully illustrated in colour by E.H. Shepard.</b>… Read more about this item

NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated pages. Signed by Author; A very nice copy signed and inscribed by the author "To B- May you slay all your dragons!" Spine head slightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper with creased flaps has faint edgewear and a tiny skinned area… Read more about this item

London: Mammoth. Very Good. c1990,1999. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0749707968. 176 pages; A nice copy. Light cover creases and edgewear, no spine creases, pages clean and bright.; A young boy loses his home and his family during the Blitz. He can't bear to be given to Cousin Elsie, who'd make such a fuss- so he goes away, where nobody… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1952, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 015201716X. B&W Illustrations; 265 pages; A new book with bumped spine ends and an unclipped dust wrapper with very light edgewear and rubbing. ; The fourth book in this beloved series. It features six adventures that occured during the magical nanny's first… Read more about this item

NY: Scholastic. Very Good. c1944, 1999. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 059044767X. B&W Illustrations; 188 pages; Child's name in ink on inside front cover, faint spine creases, light cover creases and edgewear, page edges very lightly yellowed. ; This biography tells how Elizabeth Blackwell pursued her dream and became the first woman doctor in the US. In 1840 there were no… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+. c1938,1988. Reprint. Softcover; Trade PB. 139 pages. No spine or cover creases, very light edgewear and rubbing; book looks unread. ; A delightful story with wonderful illustrations for ages 9 and up. 'The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr.… Read more about this item

New York: Dell Yearling Books. Very Good. (1960) 1987. Softcover; Trade PB. ISBN: 0440439884. 184 pages; Edgeworn and rubbed, no spine creases. ; The story of Karana, an Indian girl that lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. This is a fictional retelling of an actual 19th century event. A Newbery Award winner; highly recommended. .… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1939,1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213156. 277 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The sixth book in the Anne series but written several years later,( just a few years before LMM's death) at the urging of her… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press. Very Good-. 1975. Hardcover. 47 pages; Decorated mustard cloth binding has two small areas on front cover that look insect damaged, showing the boards and one small soiled area (price tag residue?); otherwise book is in very nice condition. No dust wrapper. ; A young orphan returns to the village of Swinfield, England where he was… Read more about this item

NY: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. 106 pages. Signed by Author; A lovely book. No remainder mark, not an ex-library book. Signed and inscribed by the author 'best wishes for happy reading'. Dust wrapper, unclipped, has faint edgewear and rubbing.; <b>Leona and her best friend Eddie have… Read more about this item

Toronto: Scholastic Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1996. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0590247581. 116 pages; Spine foot lightly bumped. Covers and pages clean and bright. Dust wrapper, price cut, is faintly edgeworn and lightly rubbed. A very nice copy. ; At the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old Ruth Mendenberg is released from Buchenwald.… Read more about this item

New York: Tor. Very Good. c1908,1995. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0812551524. 307 pages; Light spine and cover creases, a bit of edgewear and rubbing, pages clean and bright. Odd cover illustration but a nice copy. ; The first book in the series. 'As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew… Read more about this item

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1943, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0152017208. B&W Illustrations; 255 pages; A new book with bumped spine ends and a dust wrapper with very light edgewear and rubbing. ; Mary Poppins returns to Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, London in a fireworks rocket during the Guy Fawkes' celebration.… Read more about this item

Mahwah, NJ: Watermill Press. Very Good. 1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0816714738. 219 pages; Faint spine and cover creases and very light edgewear. Clean pages a bit browned, not brittle or loose. ; The delightful sequel to Five Children and It and basis for the fim and mini-seriesof the same name. Of course, the carpet in the title is… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books. Good+. c1936, 1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. ISBN: 0553213164. 258 pages; Spine and cover creases, edgewear, inside covers just beginning to brown, text block edges yellowing. Interior pages clean, none loose. ; The fourth book in the Anne series timeline although LMM wrote it later. 'Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a… Read more about this item