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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's"...
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894. First edition. Read More about A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated...
Price: $200
BRILLIANT COPY
Rollo's Experiments.
Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Company, 1839. First Edition. BRILLIANT COPY. The seventh Rollo book. Read More about Rollo's Experiments
Price: $500
Rollo in Europe--First Editions
Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic (1853); Rollo in Paris (1854); Rollo in Switzerland (1854); Rollo on the...
Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 1853-55. First Editions. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott (1803-79), an American congregational minister and educator, wrote the famous Rollo series of books (Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, etc.) to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books, following the..... Read More about Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic (1853); Rollo in Paris (1854); Rollo in Switzerland...
Price: $750
Caleb in the Country. A Story for Children. By the Author of the Rollo Books.
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. First Edition. Read More about Caleb in the Country. A Story for Children. By the Author of the Rollo Books
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The Rollo Philosophy. Part IV. The Sky.
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co, 1843. First edition. Read More about The Rollo Philosophy. Part IV. The Sky
Price: $50
Artist’s Copy
The Twelve Dancing Pricesses.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. First edition. Artist’s Copy. Read More about The Twelve Dancing Pricesses
Price: $150
Addams to a Little Admirer
Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block).
[New York]: 27 October 1954. Addams to a Little Admirer. The great American cartoonist of the macabre writes: “Dear Robert, Thanks for your very kind letter. I’m glad that you like my pictures and I will try to do more of them. They’re all so special, that it isn’t easy to..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block
Price: $400
The Mother Goose.
New York: Published by Windmill Books, Inc Distributed by Harper & Row, [1967]. Addams, Charles. First edition. Addams' first book aimed at children and the first publication of Windmill Books. Read More about The Mother Goose
Price: $175
Aesop in Rhyme, with some originals.
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. Read More about Aesop in Rhyme, with some originals
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Fabulae Æsopi Select or Select Fables of Æsop; with English Translation. More Literal than any yet extant, designed for the...
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, [1760?]. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. Read More about Fabulae Æsopi Select or Select Fables of Æsop; with English Translation. More Literal than any...
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The Story of a Bad Boy.
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1870. First edition, first state with “scattered” on page 14 line 20 and “The Uncle Sam Series” on the first leaf of advertisements at the back. Read More about The Story of a Bad Boy
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The Story of a Bad Boy.
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1870. First edition, First state. Read More about The Story of a Bad Boy
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RareIn Dust Jacket
Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [n.d., ca. 1907]. Early reprint. RareIn Dust Jacket. Read More about Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune
Price: $350
The Nightingale. Translation by H.W. Dulcken.
Boston: Berkley Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1896. French-fold. Read More about The Nightingale. Translation by H.W. Dulcken
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The Snow Queen. A Tale of Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel. Postscript by Erik...
Herning, Denmark: Poul Kristensen, 1986. One of 26 copies (none for sale, signed by the artist.) Printed in linophoto Baskerville. Read More about The Snow Queen. A Tale of Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel....
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Tolv med Posten.
Copenhagen: Andreasen & Lachmann, 1940. Number 668 of 800 copies, signed by Grosserer Marius Maurinen on colophon, and by Andreasen on preface. With 12 wonderful illustrations, by Anton Hansen, Thor Bógelünd, Erik Stockmarr, Magnüs Bengtsson, Sikker Hansen, V. Steoft, Carl Jensen, Ebbe Sadolin, Albert Naür, Harald Hansen, Arne Ungermann, Herlief..... Read More about Tolv med Posten
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Contes d'Andersen. Traduit du Danois par D. Soldi.
Paris: Hachette, 1905. Read More about Contes d'Andersen. Traduit du Danois par D. Soldi
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Arabella, or "I Won't!"
Boston: Sabbath School Society Depository, No. 13 Cornhill, 1847. Read More about Arabella, or "I Won't!"
Price: $75
Young boy, barefoot, with stick on stair. Full Figure.
[probably German]: [c. 1880?]. Read More about Young boy, barefoot, with stick on stair. Full Figure
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Seven Simeons.
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Second printing, July 1937. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons
Price: $200
Seven Simeons.
New York: Cassell and Company Limited, (1947). Second English Edition. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons
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Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English).
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Published April 1937. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English
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The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteenas Plan. Preface by J.M. Barrie.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1919. First edition. Written by Ashford (1881-1972) when she was 9 in 1890, here published for the first time. It was so successful that it was reprinted 19 times in 1919. Read More about The Young Visiters or Mr. Salteenas Plan. Preface by J.M. Barrie
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Serious Advice, from a Father to his Children, Respecting Their Conduct in the World; Civil, Moral, and Religious ... Recommended...
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by J.H. Cunningham, no. 70, South Third-street, 1819. Early edition. Oft-reprinted booklet detailing the proper way to raise modest and good Christian children. "I acknowledge my obligations for some of the sentiments contained in the following work to a small treatise ... by ... William Penn..... Read More about Serious Advice, from a Father to his Children, Respecting Their Conduct in the World; Civil,...
Price: $300