Books:English Literature:Children from ZH BOOKS

S. l. (Germany [?]): s. n., 1925. Presumed first edition, n. d. (1920s [?]); oblong 5 3/4 x 8 1/4; pp. [14]; illustrated wraps; deckled top edge; light age-toning to margins; chromolithographed illustrations, facing identical ones outlined in black to be colored; very good to near fine condition.A mystery coloring book, with no author, or publisher's information, it was… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. Hardcover. First edition, binding B (BAL 7337); 8 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. [9], 10-58; unbleached linen over boards, ruled and lettered in gilt and black; front board illustration from pp. 13, back board from pp. 16; engraved and printed by Edmund Evans; frontispiece and 27 in-line illustrations in color by Kate Greenaway; slight… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1864. Hardcover. First edition; 8 3/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [9], 10-123, [1]; embossed blue cloth over boards; gilt title and decorations to spine; a bit of wear to tips of spine and corners; minor spotting to boards; some foxing to first and last few leaves only; illustrated with two, full-page, engravings frontis and… Read more about this item

Rochester, NY: Stecher Litho. Co., 1916. Hardcover. First edition; oblong 6 3/4 x 7 1/2; pp. [12]; chromolithographed, stiff wraps; small slit to tail of spine; thin cut to paper by lower staple (leaves still solidly attached); light wear and rubbing along edges; illustrated with chromolithographs and drawings in blue & orange; very good condition.An adorable, whimsical, early-20th century… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: George W. Jakobs & Co., 1910. Hardcover. First edition; 11 x 8 1/2; pp. [76]; cloth-backed, illustrated paper over boards; rubbed spots to corners and edges; some wear to tips of spine; spotting to margins of front board; pages mostly very clean with occasional spots to margins; illustrated with 12 color plates and in-line b & w drawings;… Read more about this item

New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros., 1889. First edition thus; 9 x 6 3/4†; pp. [10]; lithographed wraps; spine and hinges reinforced with thin strips of white linen; small nicks to corners; faint penciled-in name of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; upper part of leaves discolored (not affecting readability); illustrated with 4 full-page chromolithographed plates and… Read more about this item

New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1850. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (ca 1850); 6 x 3 3/4; pp. 24; engraved salmon wraps; two spots to margins of front wrap and small nicks to tips of spine; illustrated with steel engravings; very good or better.Part of Redfield's Toy Books (this one No. 5 in the Fourth Series), the book tells… Read more about this item

Concord, NH: Published by M. G. Atwood, 1832. Second printing (?); 2 1/2 x 4; pp. 16; brown illustrated wraps bound with a string; a bit of age-toning to lower half of front wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along spine; minor foxing to pages; illustrated with woodcuts; very good.An early children's book and number 3 in Atwood's… Read more about this item

New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890. Softcover. First edition thus, n. d. (ca 1890); 5 x 7; pp. 8 + text to covers verso; a bit of wear and fading to spine and corners; a few very small pieces of tape to bottom edges; bright chromolithographed wraps with highly stippled effect (characteristic to McLoughlin publications of the 1890s); stunning chromolithographs… Read more about this item

London: George Gill & Sons, Ltd., 1920. Softcover. First edition, n.d. (ca 1920); 5 1/2 x 7 1/2; pp. [8]; wraps illustrated in black and orange; few faint spots of foxing and some age-toning to wraps; internally mostly clean but for some slight darkening to margins of pages and small rust spots around staples; illustrations in black and orange;… Read more about this item

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1860. Hardcover. First edition thus; 5 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. [7], 8-64; original pictorial cloth-backed boards; frontispiece and numerous full-page hand-colored engraved plates; few small nicks to head and tail of spine and some wear to edges and corners, else covers vibrant and well-preserved; small stamp with previous owner's name to first blank page;… Read more about this item

New York: A. L. Burt, 1916. Hardcover. First edition; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. [4], 3-267, [1] + 4 publisher's advertisement pages; beige cloth over boards illustrated in red, green, and black; some wear and thinning of cloth along edges of spine; few small spots to back cover; hinges slightly weak (not broken-through); minor ink spot to first blank… Read more about this item

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1978. Fern Brown's first three pony books written in the 1970s. All are signed/inscribed by author. Fern Brown was born in 1918 in Chicago. She has written numerous books for children and adults, most featuring horses and ponies, including a biography of infamous female jockey and Fred Astaire's wife Robyn Smith. Many of her… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition (*A*); 6 1/2 x 8; unpaginated (pp. 40); relatively minor wear to corners and edges; pages mostly very clean; very faint mark from erased penciled-in name to front cover verso; very good or better.The first of the Bugs Bunny 'Little Golden Books' and one of the original first 100 of them.

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing (October, 1904); 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"; pp. [8], 5-471, [7] publisher's list; original bright green pictorial boards; gilt title; few minor rubbed spots to head and tail of spine and corners; front cover fine, back cover with faint spotting; small gift inscription to first free… Read more about this item

Excelsior Publishing, 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Subtitled: "A Complete Guide and Reliable Authority Upon All Games of Chance or Skill Now Played in the United States whether of Native Origin or Foreign Introduction. Full Explanations How the Various Games are to be Played, with Diagrams and Illustrations." Condition: Bright green pictorial covers with black lettering and illustrations… Read more about this item