Cinderella; Or, the Little Glass Slipper
London: The Scolar Press, 1977. Facsimile reprint of the ca. 1860 edition. Stapled wrappers (7” x 4 ¼”), 16 p., illus. A fine copy. More
Juvenilia
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A scrapbook documenting the activities of girl scout troop number 582 in Thornburg, Pennsylvania
Thornburg, PA: 1948-1951. This scrapbook documents the activities of a girl scout troop in the Pittsburgh borough of Thornburg and appears to have been compiled by troop leader Mrs. Richard C. "Betty" Woodruff. It includes meeting minutes ("scribes report") from 1948-1950, troop and community correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera..... More
Det Utroligste
København: Rasmus Navers Forlag, 1940. Card stock wrappers (10 ½” x 8 ¼”), [20] p., illus. In Danish. More
Karl Kiegler; Or, The Fortunes of a Foundling
Boston: Lee and Shepard. [HOPPIN, Augustus (1828-1896)]. Later edition? The only date is 1858, which is the date of copyright. Sixteenmo (17.5 cm); 104, [4] pp.; illustrations by Augustus Hoppin. Purple, blind-stamped cloth decorated in gilt to spine. Cloth is rubbed, including gilt; spine ends worn; browning to pale yellow..... More
The Davy Project
New York: Vantage Press, ©1981. First Edition. Children’s book from vanity press. Boards, 40 p., illustrated, dust jacket. More
Our Fellows; Or, Skirmishes with the Swamp Dragoons
Philadelphia: Henry To. Coates & Co., n/d. Later edition. Octavo (20 cm); 305 pp.; frontispiece; illus. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in black, red, gilt and white; illustrated endpapers. Cloth is rubbed with minimal edgewear; owner's name in pencil to endpaper and blank flyleaf; tissue guard missing from frontis; hinges starting;..... More
Letters to Hetty Heedless and Others
Hollywood: Hollycrofters, 1939. A facsimile reprint of the original 1880 edition. Small, perfect-bound wrappers (5 ¾” x 4 ¼”), red-stained page edges, 73 p. Faint dampstaining to front wrapper. More
![Item #11153 Rumpelstiltskin [with] The Sleeping Beauty [with] Hansel and Gretel [with] Five...](https://davidanthembookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/11153.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692202881)
Rumpelstiltskin [with] The Sleeping Beauty [with] Hansel and Gretel [with] Five Little Peppers
Anchorage, Kentucky: The Anchorage Press ; The Children's Theatre Press, 1944; 1940; 1951; 1947. Four plays adapted from classic children’s stories by Children’s Theatre (later Anchorage) Press. Children’s Theatre Press was founded by Sara Spencer to produce children’s plays that could be licensed for production. Stapled blue wrappers (9” x...... More
Heathen Children and Heathen Sacrifices
Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society, 1845. A scarce Sabbath School book on the inherent cruelty of some heathen parents and children. The auther recounts anecdotes from India and Africa about children who leave their parents to die and child sacrifice in India as a part of Hindoo pagan rituals. Other..... More
Tal, His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1929. First Edition. Uncommon first edition of this children's fantasy novel by the great-grandson of acclaimed American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The story features an orphan who goes on a quest to the land of Troom with a wise storyteller, Noom-Zo-Noom, and his talking..... More
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James and the Giant Peach [INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. A later printing of Dahl's classic children's book INSCRIBED by him to three children. 8vo. Blind-stamped paper over navy blue cloth boards, 118, [1] p., color illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Some very faint moisture spotting along the cloth spine, foxing to paper at board..... More
We Go to the Western Isles
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1959. First edition. Small octavo (19 cm); 175 pp.; photographic frontispiece; 2 page map; photographs; dust jacket. Green paper boards stamped in blue. A near fine or better copy with some darkening to bottom board edges and a faint pink stain to bottom..... More
The Pennsylvania Child Labor Act and Continuation Schools (Bulletin 5)
Harrisburg, PA: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1915. "This bulletin has been prepared to make clear the provisions of Act No. 177, Session of 1915, commonly known as the Child Labor Act, which becomes operative the first day of January, 1916. In this bulletin will be found an explanation of..... More
Secret Code Book for Boys and Girls
Pelham / New York: The Seahorse Press, ©1950. Stapled wrappers, 47, [1] p., illustrated. Child's penciled name and address written inside the front wrapper; some penciled decoding on pages 7, 9, and 11, all others unmarked. More
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Children and Their Books [INSCRIBED]
Syracuse, N. Y. C. W. Barden, Publisher, ©1921. Thin 12mo., decorative cloth boards, 45 p. INSCRIBED by the author to the ffep and dated the year of publication. More
Jack Straw (A Story Book with Action Puppet)
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, ©1954. Die cut front board with moveable scarecrow, [12] p., full page color illustrations. A beautifully preserved, near fine copy. More
Secret Bulletin
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1965. Chinese propaganda for children. A story of two children who joined the Young Pioneers, mimeographed secret bulletins about the People's Liberation Army, and distributed them around Shanghai under the noses of the police and spies. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8" x 7"), [30] pp., watercolor illustrations..... More
Huang Chi-kuang: A Hero to Remember
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. An English language account of the heroic life of Chinese Communist soldier Huang Chi-kuang (1930-1952) who sacrificed himself during the Korean War by blocking a machine gun with his body. Heavily illustrated and targeted at children. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (8" x 7"), [28] pp., illustrations..... More
The Burro's Moneybag
New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1947. First published in 1931. Octavo (21 cm); 128 pp.; illus.; dust jacket. Red cloth, pictorially stamped boards; illustrated endpapers. Near Fine. In a rubbed, unclipped, Very Good+ pictorial dust jacket. With illustrations by Alice Carsey. More
The Story of Serapina
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First edition ~ First printing. The scarce first printing of this beloved children's book about a cat named Serapina who adopted the Salinus family. 8vo. Orange cloth boards with illustration of a cat printed to the front board, 128 p., illustrations by Tony Polazzo..... More
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