Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Unpaginated, oblong 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. Wonderfully illustrated w/ b&w; line drawings by the author. Light cocking/shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Some light soiling, wear & sunning to dj.
London, Paris and New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, c. 1880. Hardcover. 34 pp, 4to. Hardcover. Rebacked, w/ new endpapers. Original boards are edgeworn, scuffed, & soiled, mild soiling throughout textblock, light chipping/tearing to some margins. One pg is missing the lower corner & was repaired at the edge w/.....
M. Donohue, 1913. Stapled. 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Unpaginated. Illustrations and brief comments on the animals we live with and near. Some full-color illustrations. Light creasing and other typical wear to covers.
New York: Samuel Gabriel Songs and Company. Wraps. 8vo (skinny). 10 pp. Corners very lightly bumped and rubbed. 10 page paperback booklet, fully illustrated in color.
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company. Linenette. Folio. 10 pp. Covers are detached from interior and repaired with scotch tape that is now beginning to split. Spine is lightly bumped and chipped. Edges are rubbed, and covers are lightly creased. Leaves are black linenette with colorful illustrations.
Newark, N.J. and New York: Charles E. Graham & Co. Paperback Booklet. 4to. Unpaginated. Thin colorful booklet. Both covers are nearly detached. 3 inch tear to front cover at spine. Edges are rubbed and lightly chipped. Consists of color chromolithographs and b&w; illustrations of children and dogs with cute captions.....
New York: Sam Gabriel Sons & Company, 1918. Wraps. 4to. Unpagintated. Linen pages and covers. Illustrated covers and illustrated throughout. Spine split. Rubbing to edges, spine, corners and covers. Creasing and light soiling to covers. Loose threads hanging from spine foot. Some light pencil scibbling to back cover. Soiling to.....
New York: Charles E. Graham & Co. Stiff Wraps. Unpaginated, 8vo. Stiff wraps. Soiling, edgewear, & foxing to covers, light rubbing, light wear to corners and spine ends.Chipping to spine cover. Binding sturdy. Former owner's inscription to inside front cover. Some light soiling scattered to mostly clean interior. Collection of.....
New York, NY: McLoughlin Bros. Linen Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrinkling to cover, spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed, soil to pages, shaken. Color illustrations to cover with two color plates, with two-tone illustrations throughout. "Curly Locks! Curly Locks! Wilt thou be mine. Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor.....
New York: Leavitt & Allen. Cloth. 16mo. (n.d. ca 1870) 223 pp. "Santa Claus Gift Story Books" in gilt lettering on spine. Spine and corners frayed, spine cloth sunned. Covers decorated in blind. Ffep removed. Light foxing to interior. Contents in front. Annotated by the editor: "J. N." Engravings throughout.....
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940. Linen wraps. 4to. 14 pp. Covers rubbed, sl. edgewear, pencil scrawl on rear cover. Spine split 1" at bottom edge. One-page versions of common (and uncommon: One Eye, Two Eyes and Three Eyes) fairy tales with color illustrations. Paper-coated linen pages. Whitman No. 896.....
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. Booklet. Folio. unpaginated. Light edgewear, soiling, pencil lettering to front cover. Pages partially colored in, tissue paper traced on.
No Place: No Publisher, 1950. Boards. 8vo. Unpaginated. Crca 1950s. 10 illustrated boards, with jungle animals that variously make noise, pop-up, move, etc. Covers and interior boards are lightly rubbed, edges worn. Tiger and lion have trouble sliding back and forth, crocodile is detached from his swamp but present.
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. 1953. Paperback. Square octavo, unfolds to reveal single pop-up w/ nursery rhyme. Small crease to upper corner, v. faint soil to nursery rhyme. Pop-up crisp and in nice shape. Illustrated by Geraldine Clyne.
New York: George Routledge and Sons. Hard Cover. 12mo. 48 pp. Wear to edges, corners bumped and worn, wear to spine ends, bottom corner of paper missing to rear cover, rubbing to spine, soiling. Hinge lightly split to fpd, frep removed, light soiling to pages. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes with.....
New York: George F. Coolidge & Brother. Cloth. 12mo. 48 pp. Corners worn, covers rubbed, fraying to spine ends, staining to rear cover. Foxing to pages, creasing to last page, small hole to center of last page. "Designed for home or parental instruction. Embellished with numberous engravings, and pretty stories.....
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. Hard Cover. 4to. Unpaginated, no date but c. 1880s. Pictorial cover soiled, worn at edges; interior sunned at edges, with soil on title page, several closed tears, lightly foxed endpapers. Cover illustration of children on fence still bright, as is color frontis. Black and white.....
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, ca 1890. Wraps. 14 pp., 4to. Heavy paper mounted on linen. Scotch tape length of spine. Owner's gift inscription "New Year 1901. Mother." Front lower corner damaged. Children's counting/multiplying picture book. Covers have gilt detailing as ornament around illustrations. Color illustrations.
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, 1940. Wraps. Folio. (18 pp.) No. L1003. Heavy coated paper has creased top front corner, slight soil to back cover, light finger soil on a few interior pages. Closed 1/4" tear to fore-edge of front cover. Bright color illustrations. One rhyme per page.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Hard Cover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Die-cut. Light wear to edges, paper chipped at bound edge and at top right edge, bound edge and top right edge mended with tape (to inside cover). Former owner's name to first page, foxing to first page. Collection of poems.
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1943. Linen wraps. Folio. 14 pp. Brightly colored linen-like wraps with sl. edgewear. Bottom of spine split 1/2". Back cover and pp. 10-11 have 1/4" closed tear at fore-edge. Front cover has sl. label remnant over the word "tell." Slight finger soil, light thumb creasing to.....
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co. Booklets in Box. 4to. unpaginated. 4 volumes. Box has edgewear, corners mended with adhesive tape. Animals on the Farm, Puppy Dog Number Book for Tiny Tots by Blanche Butler, illustrated by Grace Mallon, Wynken Blynken and Nod and other verses by Eugene Field, and Alphabet.....
London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1961. Cloth. 12mo. 110 pp. Corners and spine ends bumped, light wear to edges, spine sunned, few spotty stains. Former owner's inscription to ffep, light foxing to pages, occasional finger soil.
New York: McLoughlin Bros. Booklet. 8vo. Unpaginated. Wear to edges, joint and tear to front cover sewn by former owner, foxing and some staining to covers. Foxing to pages. Cinderella Series. With color illustrations.
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1881. Cloth Hard Cover. 24mo. 46 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light soil to cover edges, former owners name to ffep dated 1885. Blind-stamped cloth binding, with lovely color illustration of a demure lady in a flowery hat. Book is whimsically.....
