Rare And Antiquarian Books:Children's from Lake Country Books and More

M. A. Donohue & Company, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Good/None. 8x0x10. Charming vintage book with beautiful full-page, full-color illustrations throughout. Pages are clean and unmarked. Vintage child's bookplate is taped to the front free endpaper. Cover surface is in very good condition, edges are worn and corners are worn through. Binding is solid; some wear and a little… Read more about this item

Golden Press, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Good +/None as issued. 9x6x1. Believed to be a first printing; no statement of later printings on copyright page. I100100 printed on bottom left corners of end papers. Clean, solid copy with previous owner's name penned on title page, otherwise unmarked text. No tears, but first two pages have small creases at bottom corners.… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover. Good/None as issued. 9x6x0. Carl Hauge; Mary Hauge. Solid, unmarked copy except for an erased but still visible penciled name of "Mary" on first page. No tears or marks on pages. Faint foxing (spotting) on closed page edges. Cover corners are bumped. Cover has a small area of surface loss across the "Y"… Read more about this item

Little Golden Books / Simon and Schuster, 1941. Hardcover. Good/None as issued. Vintage Little Golden Book first (A) printing. Child's name penned on inside front cover. Some breakage on inside front cover on hinge, but cover is still securely fastened. Someone neatly put two quarter-sized Reader's Digest stickers on title page. Pages are age toned with small tears… Read more about this item

Wonder Books, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/None as issued. Clean, solid copy with unmarked pages. Age toning on page edges. Cover is glossy with mild surface and corner wear; bottom corner tips are barely worn through and there's a tiny edge chip missing from the surface at top of spine. Binding is firm and square. Charming vintage children's book.… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1911-01-01. Hardcover. Good +/Good. 0x0x0. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Original department store price sticker on front free endpaper. Brown cover has blue embossed title on front and spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Binding is tight and square. Jacket has multiple edge tears and chips. Chip at top of spine has most… Read more about this item

Golden Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good +/None as issued. A" first printing, designated on last page next to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked with age toning. Cover has moderate surface and edge wear, including some tiny chips at spine ends. Overall in very good condition for a vintage children's book. Books that sell for $9 or more… Read more about this item

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good -/None as issued. Solid copy, 1st edition thus. No writing or marks to text; foxing on fore edge side of closed page edges. Includes 12 full-color plates, tipped in on gray base pages. Green cloth cover with circular color paste down of two water babies playing in a foamy wave.… Read more about this item

Reilly & Lee, 1942-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1st edition/1st state with jacket containing a letter on the back flap to encourage the purchase of war bonds. Condition: Gift inscription on inside front cover and name written in pencil on ownership page. Text is otherwise clean. Binding is solid with hinges intact. Green cloth cover has color… Read more about this item

Reilly & Britton, 1907. Hardcover. Good/None. 1st edition, 4th state, circa 1917, with ad in back listing titles through The Lost Princess of Oz. Blank endpapers. Color plates with captions. Condition: Previous owner's name penned on inside front cover and ownership page. First page of first chapter and facing page have a large dirt smear. Small chip from… Read more about this item

Reilly & Lee, 1904. Hardcover. Good/None. 6th state, 1917. Includes 12 color plates. Black and white pictorial endpapers. Black and silver design stamped on cover, bound in tan cloth. Blank back cover. Condition: Generally a clean, solid copy. Previous owner numbered the List of Chapters; no other writing or marks found. Binding is solid; one of the… Read more about this item

Reilly & Lee, 1908. Hardcover. Fair/None. Late form of the third state, circa 1916. Text has been reimposed. 16 color plates without captions. Reilly & Lee printed on spine, but Reilly & Britton printed on title page. Yellow background on cover pictorial label. Condition: Previous owner's name penned on inside front cover and ownership page. Last two color… Read more about this item

M.A. Donohue & Co, circa 1913. Third. Hardcover. Fair/None. Third edition, second state, with reset type on pages 14, 68 and 89 and the crying Lion illustration on page 68. No color plates. Black and white line illustrations throughout, embellished with various single colors. Tipped in two color double-sided frontis and title page. Green and red printed endpapers… Read more about this item

David McKay Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/None. Nice copy of this vintage title. Previous owner's name and address penciled on front free end paper (FFEP); old bookseller's inventory information in pencil on inside front cover. Separation between FFEP and back of frontis exposing binding cloth and making front hinge somewhat loose. Wear to edge of… Read more about this item

E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1946-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/None as issued. 0x0x0. Solid vintage children's book in very good condition given its age. Previous owner's name neatly penned on first page; no other writing, marks or tears to text. Pages have light age toning and some scattered light smudges, but overall look very good.… Read more about this item