Search Results: Children's Books from biblioboy

Springfield: McLoughlin Bros Inc 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Wraparound color pictorial boards with black lettering, 250 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Condition: Good condition with previous owner's name at the top of the first page, wear and rubbing to edges of covers. sunning to spine, toning to pages. Tears and chipping to the paper spine covering. See Photos clphE

Glossy pictorial boards, Each story has 96 pages. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Near Fine copy with upper corner fold to one leaf] in otherwise Near Fine Dust Wrapper with light wear to the rear panel.bx102

"Who would have guessed that Eggy Reardon's whole life would be changed just because his gang, the Grandley Street Baker's Dozen, needed a new clubhouse" . VG or better copy with spine slightly cocked and light bumped at the heel] in VG or better Dust Wrapper with age-toning and a vertical crease to the spine [and a small date stamp at the top of the front flap. bx95E

New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1971 Hardcover. 0060246030. First edition [stated]. "Atop a high mountain, in a little glass box, lived the Blue Butterfly, who loved to go here and there and see the beautiful, odd and curious things of the world". About 6.75" x 9" format, the last numbered page is 57 [followed by a two-page drawing], illustrated with black and white drawings. A very good copy with edge wear, light dust soiling, in a very good dust jacket with small closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, edge wear. See Photobx 265

New York: Vantage Press 1986Hardcover. 0533069386 . First edition. "Squirrels seem to be happy, playful cresatures. They chase each other up, down, and around tree trunks and perform daredevil leaps from branch to twig. Most squirrels do, that is. This is the story of an exception". [28] pages [last numbered page is 27], illustrated with drawings. Near Fine copy in Very good jacket with rubbing, minor rubbing short tear to the spine heel. clphE

London New York Toronto: Abelard-Schuman. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Trade binding with the upper right corner of the Dust Wrapper front flap clipped but with the publisher's $2.95 printed price intact at the lower right corner. Oversize about 7.25" x 10.25" decorated cloth binding, unpaginated, illustrated with drawings. "Seven-year-old Noah Vardi, who lives near Tel Aviv in Israel, has been learning all about 'Noah and his Ark' in school". Using a tin bathtub and his own pets, Noah sets off on a series of misadventures while acting out the voyage of his namesake". Near Fine copy with lightly bumped spine ends in very good dust jacket with tears to spine ends and rear panel, repaired on the reverse. See photos clphOVE

Markham, Ontario Fitzhenry & Whiteside 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 155041531X . "The hero of this farmyard fantasy, Merlin, is not a typical kitten. No one knows who his natural mother is, but Guinevere, the oldest hen in the barn, is perfectly willing to take the frail kitten under her wing". Oversize [about 9.75" x 9.25"] glossy pictorial boards, unpaginated, color illustrated. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper.bx233

North Smithfield, Rhode Island he North Smithfield Historic District Commission. 1992. First Edition. . Magazine. Oversize [about 11" x 8.25"] format, saddle stapled, yellow, pictorial wrappers; unpaginated [28 total pages not counting the cover. Unused fine condition bx268

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1979. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. "Summary: The devils who live in the girls' boarding school attic simply will not be chased away, until the boys from a neighboring school arrive to help". Oversize [about 8.25" x 10.25"] volume, unpaginated, illustrated throughout with watercolors. A near fine book with light wear, in a good to very good dust jacket with edge wear, a small closed tear to the rear panel. See Photobx 104

Boston: Joy Street Books / Little Brown and Company 1988. Hardcover. 0316110760 . First edition. "Summary: Text and illustrations of dinosaur characters discuss the practicalities and pleasures of travel, from packing up and taking off to returning home again". Oversize [about 9.5" x 9"] format, 32 pages. Fine in Near Fine jacket with some spine fading and light wear bx250

[New York]: A [Dell] Young Yearling Book 1988 Trade Paperback. 0440401062 . First edition thus. Pictorial wrappers, unpaginated [32 total pages not counting the cover], color illustrated. Fine copy.bx258

NY: John Lane / The Bodley Head. Title: Dream Days Author: Kenneth Grahame Publisher: John Lane: The Bodley Head Date: 1899 Edition: Sixth Edition Pages: 275 Format: Hardcover Blue Cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Size: small 8vo "Dream Days is a collection of children's fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame. A sequel to the 1895 collection The Golden Age (some of its selections feature the same family of five children), Dream Days was first published in 1898 under the imprint John Lane: The Bodley Head." Condition: Good copy with edgewear, rubbing, and small scratches to covers, tears and light fraying to spine ends. See photos.
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Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. 1914. Hardcover. Later printing. Juvenile fantasy/dream novel not cited in the usual references. Brick red pictorial cloth with black lettering, 211 pages. frontispiece. Good only copy with light soiling/staining to the cloth, light staining to the top edge/upper page margins, lightly bumped, 1915 dated owner's inscription to the front paste-down, 1915 dated Prize Book gift inscription to the same owner on the front free endpaper, page edges tanned and foxed, etc. clphE

[Kearney]: [MP / Morris Publishing 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1575024950 160 pages. Fine. 298E

The gruesome and not o gruesome reality of fairy tales meant to keep your kinds in line and on the straight and narrow. None of the politically correct stuff here. Read them as they were written. Condition: Light wear to covers. Previous owner name top corner front free end paper in pencil. in dust jacket with wear, creasing, chipping and closed tears. See photos.

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New York: Cobblehill Books / Dutton 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525651640 . This copy has been inscribed ["Peace"] and signed by the author [Joseph Bruchac] on the title page. "Summary: Four Abenaki men set out on a difficult journey to ask the great hero Gluskabe to grant each his fondest wish". Oversize [about 11" x 8.5"] glossy pictorial boards, unpaginated, color illustrated. Near Fine copy in jacket with a 3/8" tear to the spine heel rear corner, small tear and shallow crease top edge rear panel. 811E

New York: Orchard Books [ 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0531095118 "Summary: A young boy, raised by his aunt and uncle, shares a special visit with his grandfather and learns about his family's past and the old man's life as a cowboy and raising a family in the Ozark mountains". Oversize [about 9.25" x 10.5"] format, unpaginated, color illustrated. Spine ends lightly bumped in Fine jacket bx249

A Guide to Caper George H. Doran, NY 1924 1st ed. 85 pages. Wonderful story of the town of Caper- inhabited by "Ursors" (bears). Each chapter starts with a little illustration by Eden, and a description by Bodkin, as remembered by them from travelling there many times. Good condition with wear and light chipping to decorated boards, Oswald Train bookplate inside front cover. Spine ends lightly worn. Spine label worn and lightly chipped. clphE

New York: Henry Z. Walck Inc 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0809812304 . Presumed first edition [this publisher was not in the habit of distinguishing its first editions from later printings]. "Summary: How Hullabaloo, the poodle, proved his worth and earned his place with the circus menagerie". Oversize [about 8" x 10.25"], unpaginated [48 total pages not counting the endpapers], illustrated with black-and-white drawings. A very good copy with the spine slightly cocked with a nicking/abrasion to a 1/4" section of the top edge of the rear board and to the upper right corner tip of the front board, in worn, edge-torn, lightly chipped [spine ends], and price clipped jacket. See Photos clphOverE

[New York]: A [Dell] Young Yearling Book 1990. Trade Paperback. 0440403405 . First edition thus. "Greedy Mr. Fox waits and waits and waits for the best meal to come along through the hole in the fence, but when it does he's in for a surprise". Pictorial wrappers [about 5" x 7.5"], unpaginated, color illustrated throughout. Fine copy. bx258