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. Folio. String-bound paperback. Die-cut in the shape of a little girl and a doll. Heavy wear to exterior, with small tears, creasing, and few stains. Spine and top (girl's head) repaired with tape by previous owner. Some mending to interior. Lacking very top section.....
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. Folio. String-bound paperback. Die-cut in the shape of a boy and dog. Shelfwear and soiling to exterior, spine paper partially missing. Creasing and wear, especially at top edge (Fred's head). Some mending to interior. Soiling to text.
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. 8vo. Staple-bound paperback. Die-cut in the shape of a Native American boy in full headress, holding a quiver and bow. Illustrated throughout in black and white with 3 full color plates. Slight scuffing, creasing & edgewear to covers. Binding detached at top staple.....
Zurich: Edition Carlit. Hardcover. Obloong 12mo. Quarter-cloth board book. Unpaginated. Light soil and shelfwear to boards. Text in French. Includes the stories: La Belle au Bois Dormant, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Hansel et Gretel, Blanche-Neige. Colorful illustrations throughout.
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.....
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.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Hard Cover. 8vo. No date, presumed 1880's-1900. Staple-bound paperback. Die-cut in the shape of a young girl holding a kitten. Covers chipped at edges, top edge mended by previous owner with tape to verso. Pencil name of previous owner to first page, foxing to first.....
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: 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."
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., circa 1930s. Paperback. Unpaginated, 8vo. Paperback. No. 475. Very light sunning, soiling & shelfwear to covers & stapled spine; po pen inscriptions to cover. Some very light soiling scattered to otherwise clean & crisp textblock.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., 1900. Cloth. 8 pp., 12mo. Stapled cloth (or "untearable linen"). A small picture book adaption of the classic tale of survival by Daniel Defoe; illustrated w/ b&w & color drawings. Light foxing/soiling, heavy rubbing, & moderate edgewear w/ some fraying to covers. Binding holding.....
Boston: Munroe and Francis. Hard Cover. 12mo. 107 pp. Inscription dated 1825. Collection of toy books. Boards loose and taped together. Foxing throughout. Lettering in ink and pencil to fep and rep. Front end pages are town. Rear end pages are creased. Damp staining to rear end pages. Rubbing and.....
Kenosha: Samuel Lowe Company, 1956. Pictorial Boards. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated boards. Light rubbing to back cover, small pieces missing from spine ends, some wear to corners, some wear to edges of spinwheel, rear hinge and joint amateurishly repaired with masking tape, small closed tear on ffep. A Bonnie Spinwheel Book.....
New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Capetown, Montreal: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., 1880. Paperback. 8vo. Stapled softcover, paper covered linen w/ linen text block. Die-cut in the shape of a family of bears. Father Tuck's "Nursery Friends" Series. Circa 1880. Chipping and wear to wraps and edges, partially affecting title.....
