New York: Leavitt & Allen, circa 1850s. Paperback. An admittedly worn but solid and readable collection of 11 illustrated chapbooks for children from the 1850s published by Leavitt & Allen. 3 5/8" X 2 1/4" each. 16pp each. Bound in sewn printed wraps with vignette illustration to upper wrap. Moderate..... More

New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1902. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning, creasing, rubbing, and surface paper loss to covers, corners, and edges. Foxing, toning, and pencil marks to linen pages. Black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Binding is sound. An admittedly worn, but..... More

A nice collection of 15 cat related books and ephemera. See pics for additional condition information. The collection includes: -Die cut Victorian era pop-up cat greeting card valentine : Overall very good, with one cat ear glue showing evidence of repair (see pictures) -The Mysterious Half-Cat by Margaret Sutton (A..... More

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. 10" X 8". Unpaginated. Wear to paper over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Boards are exposed at corners and along edges. Tears to fabric at spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Penciled notation at front free endpaper..... More

Boston: American Tract Society, circa 1860. Hardcover. 6" X 4". 110pp. Embossed blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with corners turned itn, small tears to head and tail of spine, and heavy scattered rubbing. Front free endpaper torn out. Previous owner's inscription to..... More

Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1908. Hardcover. 8" X 6 1/2". 92pp. Rather heacy wear to price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, chipping, and tears to covers, corners, and edges. Previous owner's name and "1924" written in ink at front of jacket. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and..... More

Akron: The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1938. Paperback. 7 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Pencil marks to second page--pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this 1938 collection of..... More

New York: Merrimack Publishing Corp. N.D. Paperback. 9 7/8" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. No Date, but circa late 20th century. Heavy edgewear, bumping, and creasing to wraps, with price sticker to front cover. Foxing to interior. A children's game book with two spinning wheels of letters and 14 pages of..... More

New York: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1875. Wraps. 6" X 4". Unpaginated, eight pages. Sewn printed wraps with spine backed in patterned cloth. Moderate wear to wraps, with small tears to edges and extremities, foxing, and soiling. Previous owner's name to verso of upper wrap. Foxing to pages throughout. Illustrated in..... More

New York: Esso Standard, Humble Oil & Refining Company, 1958. Staplebound wraps. 10 1/2" X 8". 15pp. Mild wear to staplebound printed wraps, with creasing to corners and light toning to rear wrap. Binding is sound. Pages are musty, but clean and unmarked. A delightful copy of this 1950s guide..... More

Child's Play, 1988. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to pictorial paper over boards with light rubbing to covers and bumps to head and tail of spine. Spots of light rubbing to pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. All 10 blocks are present, clean, and..... More

London: James Nisbet & Co., Limited, circa 1912. Hardcover. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," so Jo proclaims in the very first line of Louisa May Alcott's beloved book Little Women, which is here brilliantly bound in full scarlet cloth, decorated in blue blossoms and bright gilt, looking ever..... More

New York: Balzer + Bray, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author in ink to front endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 423pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over..... More