New York: Modern Promotions. Hardcover. 6 pp., 4to. Hardcover. A pop-up book. "My Favorite Pop Up Books" series. Slight edgewear & some light soiling to boards & spine. Cocking but binding sturdy. Textblock very clean. Pop-ups functional.
New York and Buffalo: W. B. Perkins & Co., 1895. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 4to. Quarter cloth. Shelfwear and soiling. Rubbing to edges w/ board exposure to corners. Bumping to spine ends. Scratching to rear board. Block-shaped paper letters in little pockets in fpd/rpd, many are missing, tears to little pockets; illustrations.....
Kenosha, WI: John Martin's House, 1949. Cloth. 7 pp., 8vo. Linen cloth bound w/ string. "A Cloth Book" 1940s picture book about animals. Slight soiling & creasing throughout book; light foxing to front cover, a light dampstain to 2nd pg, some fraying to top edges. Binding sturdy. All print still.....
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1950. Authorized edition. Paperback. 12 pp., folio. Stapled paperback. Authorized edition. Some creases, slight chipping & edgewear to covers & spine. Binding holding sturdy. All cut-outs still intact. Pgs clean.
NY: Syndicate Trading Co., 1889. 1/4 Cloth. 8vo. Unpaginated. Light shelf wear to spine ends & cover corners; light rubbing to spine & covers; light soiling to covers; short gift inscription in pencil to ffep dated 1892; spine shaken. Light foxing to page edges; light browning to pages. Fully illustrated.....
Piccadilly: The Religious Tract Society. Cloth. 96 pp. , 16mo. Cloth hardcover. Charming collection of short stories with selected b&w engravings. One signature is loose but others are still tight, covers intact. Water stain, rubbing, & soiling to covers, light sunning to spine, slight edgewear and minor bumping to corner.....
London: R. A. Publishing, Circa 1948. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 8vo. Hardcover. "Story book w/ patterns of Dinah, Jum & Mac to make up out of the rag bag." An adventure featuring Dinah (a little black rag doll), Jum (a blue and white elephant) & Mac (a little brown Scottie dog). Illustrated.....
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1894. Paperback. Unpaginated. Folio. Person-shaped paperback. Die-cut. Shelfwear and soiling. Spine paper mostly missing. Wear to edges, 2 piece missing from lower front edge at spine foot. Yellowed scotch tape used to repair several tears to covers/pages and to reinforce spine. Some hinges repaired. Soiling to.....
London: Dean & Son, Circa 1871-1890. Paperback. Unpaginated, 4to. Paperback. Hexagonal shape when opened. String binding. Dean's "All The Year Round Series" No 3. Some scuffing, creasing, soiling & edgewear to covers. Tears to spine ends but binding holding. Some light creasing & soiling scattered to mostly clean & crisp.....
London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1890. Paperback. 12 pp., squarish 8vo. Paperback. The Forget Me Not Series. Lovely color illustrations of Victorian children playing tennis, violin, etc. Slight edgewear & soiling w/ some light chipping to covers & spine; more noticeable rubbing to rear cover (also peeling to bottom fore.....
New York: Sam Gabriel Sons & Co., 1912. Paperback. 12 pp., 4to. Paperback. Vintage Linen picture book about animals; illustrated mostly w/ full-color drawings. Mild edgewear w/ some chipping, creases, & slight soiling to covers; sm section of peeling (possibly from sticker to rear cover). Spine cover mostly gone. Binding.....
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1894. Paperback. Unpaginated. Folio. Die-cut. Person-shaped paperback. Shelfwear and soiling. Spine paper partially missing. Wear to edges. Some hinges repaired. Soiling to pages. Some creases. Chip to bottom front edge at spine foot.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1853. Paperback. 24 pp., 12mo. Paperback pamphlet. Slight foxing, soiling, discoloration, some sm tears & shelfwear to covers & stapled spine; some faded po pencil inscription to front cover. Slight foxing to pgs.
NY: McLoughlin Brothers, 1889. Booklet. 4to. Unpaginated. (approx. 14 pp.) Single staple binding, loose but holding, center-fold illustration detached b ut present. 5 full-page chromo-lithographs and full-color pictorial wraps. Illustrated poem about a dog saving a man's life on Christmas eve.
New York: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1890. Paperback. Unpaginated, 8vo. Paperback. Die-cut. Illustrated. Slight scuffing, creasing & edgewear to covers. Staple binding is holding. Some light soiling & creasing scattered to mostly clean & crisp textblock.
New York and Buffalo: W.B. Perkins & Co., 1895. Boards. Unpaginated, 8 x 16" (very skinny). Hardcover. Die-cut. Front cover is shaped and illustrated like a boy with long blond hair and a large dog, dog's head and boy's upraised arm are on seperate pieces of cardboard and stick out.....
Holland: Birn Brothers, circa 1950. Paperback. 12 pp., 4to. Stapled softcover. Subtitle: "My eyes move and glow in the dark" Picture book. 6 color plates depicting famous nursery rhyme characters (w/ rhymes) & holes for attached glow-in-the-dark googly eyes. Slight edgewear w/ moderate discoloration & soiling to covers & spine.....
Boston: George W. Briggs, 1847. Cloth. 16mo. 117 pp. Corners bumped and heavily rubbed with board exposure, light rubbing to covers, heavy chipping to spine, lower half of backstrip missing. An illustrated collection of children's stories and poems.
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., circa 1930s. Paperback. Unpaginated, 8vo. Paperback. No. 471. Very light sunning, soiling & shelfwear to covers & stapled spine; po pen inscriptions to cover. Some faint soiling scattered to otherwise clean & crisp textblock.
Kenosha, WI: James & Jonathan Co., 1948. Hardcover. 10 pp., squarish 8vo. Spiral-bound hardcover. Slight soiling & wear to boards. Metal spiral-binding secure. Textblock clean. Colorfully illustrated stories; including Mary's Lamb & Little Bo-Peep.
Minneapolis, MN: Lakeside Toys, 1964. Paperback. Unpaginated, squarish 8vo. Paperback. Containing a coloring book, puzzle & fairy tale; coloring book blank. Some very light soiling & shelfwear to covers & pgs. All puzzle pieces included (puzzle tested by your humble data entry clerk, and quality guaranteed).
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co. Quarter Cloth Over Boards. Thin 8vo. Unpaginated. Green cloth spine with pictorial boards. Soiling, staining, and light scratches to boards, light dampstaining to bottom edge and rear board along spine. Bumping to corners, spine ends with some fraying to.....
New York: Sam'L Gabriel Sons & Co., Early 1900s. Hardcover. Unpaginated, oblong 8vo. Stapled flexible hardcover. Unused image transfer sheets inside (scarce)! Moderate scuffing w/ discoloration & edgewear to boards & spine; spine top & bottom edges split, front board bottom fore corner missing. Discoloration, some light soiling & creases.....
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, presumed 1920s. Cloth. Oblong 32mo - 6 1/2 x 3 1/2". Hardcover. Twenty-four post cards, in color. Spine bumped head & tail, light discoloration & soil to cloth. Gilt cover lettering bright. Edges foxed. Cards attached to muslin bound to cloth. "Oilette" chromo-type color process.....
Cincinnati: Artcraft Paper Products. Pictorial Boards. 8vo. 5 pgs. Back cover dented, bottom two inches of spine missing, inside binding split about three quarters of the way up. All pop-up illustrations in fine working condition, bright, clean. "Slow and steady wins the race."
