Search Results: Children's Classics from Honest Dog Books

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First Edition. Black cloth with full front paste down paper illustrations on front and back covers. Scuffs wear on both covers. Two small pencil markings on the front cover. Slight staining and discoloration on interior, no other markings. No DJ. Fair condition. Children's in Lair

New York: The John Day Company, 1944. First Edition, Seventh Impression. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Margaret Ayer. The John Day Company. 1944. Green covered boards. Spine stamped in gold, faded. Clean copy with illustrations. DJ in poor condition, now wrapped in mylar. First Edition. Seventh Impression. Children

Cambridge, MA: Ginn and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Cambridge Massachusetts. Ginn and Company. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Fair/No dust jacket. Ex-Library. Original cloth cover is stained dark. Title and bird illustration still visible and mostly unworn on front cover. Edges are soft and worn. Spine intact, but stained and worn. Text pages are stained and worn throughout. Stamp for library on title page. Shelf 2

Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. Chicago, IL: Popular Mechanics Press, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. The cover is falling apart and in poor condition. The back side is disconnected from the book and binding is loose. Major rips to the cloth especially along the bottom of the spine. Cloth is missing from the bottom of the spine. Dedication written in pen on the inside page otherwise inside pages are unmarked and undamaged. Book includes 800 illustrated instructions on different mechanical projects for boys. Shelf 2

New York: Atheneum, 1980. First. Hardcover. Good +/Fair. Very good, clean copy. Dust jacket shows wear. Spotting along top pages. May 2023 box 2

Chicago: Benefic Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Jack Boyd. 1961 reprint. Decorated cloth boards with minimal scuffing, no staining. Interior is clean with minimal yellowing, no foxing or staining. There are some pen marks opposite the title page only. After-basic readers, button family adventures. Lots of color illustrations. 6.25''x8''. DH Children

New York: Random House, 1939. First. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Covers have some marks. Some foxing to edges. Interior is clean and unmarked save bookplate on front endpage. Dustjacket has some tears and scuffs as well as chips to the spine and minor staining/foxing. Author of Ballet Shoes. Shelf 2

Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishingn Company, 1983. first. Hardcover. Very Good. Western Publishing Company, 1983. Hardcover. Very good condition. No marks. Children

New York: Lothrop, Lee and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Elva Sophronia Smith. Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company. 1947. First edition. Seventeenth edition. Green covered boards. Very tight, clean copy. Text body has some foxing. has Beautiful illustrations throughout. Jacket has some foxing and slightly worn along top edge. Now in mylar. Children

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Carol Rogers. Light blue cloth over boards, some staining to front cover only. Interior is clean, pages have no marks or staining. There are a few ex-library marks: Public School paste down to front end page, date due slip pasted to back endpage, and residue on the pack endpage from a pasted envelope. No other ex-library markings. dh Children

Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Presumed First Edition. Pictoral boards with cloth over the spine. Boards have some rubbing and wear. Binding is damaged but fully intact. Pages are very yellowed with some minor rips. The back endpage has a much larger rip. No marks, stains, or foxing. Includes The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Aladdin, among others. dh Children

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Third Printing, 1963. 1960c. Light blue cloth over boards, some small wear/chips to covers. Black mark on spine from school library. Interior is clean. Ex- school library markings: Paste down to the ffep and due date slips to the back inside cover. No other markings. Very scarce book by a well known children's author. dh children

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Good -. Ethel Franklin Betts. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, not dated. Hardcover. 11.25"/8.5. Paper boards with red cloth binding. Edges and corners are frayed, color on image is beginning to show spots of white, back is lightly soiled, cloth covering the binding is beginning to fray towards the bottom. Some pages have some very slight staining, appears to have been a well-loved book. Beautiful, full page, b/w and full color illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts. Condition GOOD-. lair, children's classics

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1963. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Jo Polseno. First Printing. Franklin Watts, Inc. 1963. 5.5” X 8.5”. No Dust Jacket. Pictorial binding with some small chipping to cover illustration and corners. Back cover green-colored paper board with white spots where the green has been faded through. Lightly edgeworn. White tape on spine. Binding tight. Name “Pam Pearson” written on pastedown interior front cover. Pages unmarked aside from one single underline on the table of contents. Age tanning of pages present. This somewhat rare children's book from the 1960s is complete with B&W illustrations by Jo Polseno throughout the text. Children's

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company. Hardcover. Poor. W. W. Denslow. Chicago. M. A. Donohue & Company. No date. Circa 1900. Ownership dated 1916. Hardcover. Poor. Cover intact with significant flaws. Spine is tearing. Covers worn, but pictures are intact. Binding loose. Text pages loose, some are falling out. Text pages have writing on them from the previous owner and tears throughout. Illustrations are intact for the most part. Shelf 2

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Poor. Tomi Ungerer. FIRST EDITION, in poor condition. Spine is almost completely detached from the binding, thin plastic covering over the paper boards is peeling in places on the front and back. Copy is lightly soiled with wear to edges and corners. Pages are foxed throughout. Strong "old book smell". A poor condition copy of this beloved first edition, could be a wonderful addition to a collection if given some rehabilitation. May 2023 box 4

New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Fair. New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1953. Fair condition, no dust jacket. Gray cloth covered boards. Some wear to edges. Staining and fading to spine. Minimal scratching/staining to covers. Binding is intact. Pages are unmarked and clean but yellowed and slightly warped from water damage. No warping or typical water damage staining to the spine or covers. Shelf 1

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good -. Grosset and Dunlap, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Typical shelf wear. Yellowing and light staining on fore-edge. Staining on the edge of loose end paper through page 4. Binding tight. No marks on interior pages. "Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay -- David M. Hartfords Production. A First National Attraction." Children

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. Hardcover. Good. New York; Dodd, Mead & Company. 1959 first edition second printing. Good condition. Gray cloth boards with some sunfading and minimal staining/scratching. The spine is covered with yellow paper. It likely could be removed without damaging the book, but may leave residue. Tight binding. Pages are yellowed but otherwise clean with no staining or marks save the first endpage which has a sticker with the previous owner's information. Shelf 1

Chicago: Albert Whitman Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Mildred Lyon. Albert Whitman Company. Chicago. 1923. Presumed First Edition. Delightful book in wonderful condition. No tears, no underlining, or smudges. Beautiful illustrations by Mildred Lyon. Cover has slight smudging. Children