AT HOME. Sowerby, J.G. London, Belfast: Marcus Wards & Co. Pictorial Boards. First Edition. 56 pp. Color ills. Decorated by Thomas Crane. Nd; gift inscr. dated 1881. Red cloth cover has full-size illus. from book pasted on front and back. Covers are scuffed at edges, with color fading and corners eroding. Hinges soft. Eps are tiny wallpaper-print of gold and cream flowers Ink gift inscr. on ffep. Contents occasionally foxed. Contains 36 rhymes, each illustrated with a vivid chromolithograph. Text pages are decorated with charming borders, vignettes, and frames, all in soft colors. Scattered light fingerprints don't distract from this treasure. Near Very Good
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The Little Keepsake. Charlestown, MA: G. W. Hobbs Hard Cover. As. No date in book, late 19th Century. Gold embossed title on cover boards, blind embossed border around edges of board framing title. Bumping to corners and minor soiling. Interior end papers front and rear have tears and losses, otherwise the book is in very nice shape given its age. Children's verses and wonderful illustrations. Good / No Jacket
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Mother Goose. Siegl, Helen. Newark, VT: The Janus Press 1972. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag. Title page and colophon stiched to outer wrap, pages loose within as designed. Light sunning to edge of heavy blue cover stock. Hand-set in Times New Roman on Mohawk Superfine Vellum paper, the cover is Fabriano. An edition of 200 copies, the first 10 numbered I-X and included an extra set of wood block prints. This is neither of that edition, but a proof copy signed by Helen Siegl at colophon with a presentation note from Janus Press founder Claire Van Vliet that it is a proof copy and signed by her. Rare! Photographs gladly provided. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
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Alexander, Martha. We're in Bid Trouble, Blackboard Bear. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2001. Second Edition. Fine. Dust Jacket is Fine and in mylar cover. Originally published in 1980, newly illustrated in 2001.
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Bailey, Arthur Scott. The Tale of Benny Badger. Peterson, Diane. New York, NY: Grossett & Dunlap 1919. Hard Cover. As. Green cloth cover with printed illustration. Slight soiling from age, bumping to corners. Illustrated endpapers with gift inscription in ink on first free end paper. Very Good / No Jacket
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Baum, Roger S. The Silly OZbul of OZ & Toto. Westlake Village, CA: Yellow Brick Road Publishers, Inc., 1992. First Edition. First Printing. Very Good. Dust Jacket Fine, covered in mylar. Cloth cover has title printed in gold, which has a slight loss at the top of the title, title page has slight tear at bottom along spine for one inch. Gift inscription from author on first free end paper. Illustrated by Lisa Mertins.
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Benziger, Dr. John. THE CORPUSCLES. ADVENTURES IN INNERSPACE. Benziger, John & Mary. Waterville, ME: Corpuscles InterGalactica 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. 60 pp. B/w ills. Gray front cover depicts a hand with cartoon-like corpuscle characters shown under the skin. White spine, black lettering. Inscribed on fpd by author. Ffep shows outline of girl's body with some organs illustrated and named. Clean and tight. A clever and appealing book for children explaining the basic structure of cells (corpuscles) in the human body. No dust jacket as published. Fine / No Jacket
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Boutet de Monvel, M. Joan of Arc. New York: The Century Co. 1926. Hard Cover. First Edition. First American Edition. 47 pp. Obling quarto with light tan cloth covered boards with a green and gold embossed cover title with small fleur de lis decorations. Brown paper endpapers, beautiful color illustrations from the original french version, this English translation matches the text with illustrations perfectly. Photographs gladly provided. Very Good / No Jacket
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Browne, Anthony. Piggybook. Browne, Anthony. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1986. Hard Cover. First Edition. Slight yellowing to edges of dust jacket and text block from age, small tear at bottom of dust jacket spine.. Clean and crisp within. Very Good / Very Good
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Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Bird Book for Children. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company 1919. Hard Cover. First Edition. Slight bumping to corners of cover boards, light blue cover cloth, sunning to spine. First two pages have tear at midcpoint. Very Good / No Jacket
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Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess Flower Book for Children. Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company 1923. Hard Cover. First Edition. Green boards with gold type and flower print applied to front cover board. Beautiful book!. Very Good / No Jacket
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Carroll, Lewis. AVENTURES D'ALICE AU PAYS DES MERVEILLES. Rackham, Arthur. Paris: Hatchette et Cie 1910. Green Cloth. First Edition. First French Edition. 168 pp. Color & b/w ills. Front cover has title block and decorative design in bright gilt; gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Spine has slight wear at head and foot, minor sunning which has darkened it a bit. Decorated eps have Rackham's design from front cover in green on ivory. Intermittent foxing throughout. The 13 full-page color plates have captioned tissue protectors, black and white illustrations throughout. Binding is tight. Very Good / No Jacket
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