Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, Brandywine Conservancy, 1989. Paperback. 10" X 9". 80pp. Pictorial paper wraps featuring Justin H. Howard's "The Doings of the Alphabet." Mild wear to wraps, with sticker to rear and light shelfwear. Binding is sound and firm. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A very... More about A Child's Garden of Dreams: An Exhibition of Children's Books and their Original Illustrations,...

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887. Hardcover. 8 3/8" X 10 3/8". 64pp. Green cloth over bevelled boards, with front cover stamped in black and gilt. Moderate edgewear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, moderate scattered rubbing, and small tears to head and tail of spine. All... More about The Good Things of Life, Fourth Series

n.p. Henry Hoyt, Circa 1875. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 5 1/8". 6-319pp. Half-title present, but no title or copyright information, appears complete. Bound in full green cloth, with pictorial label to upper board and upper board and spine beautifully stamped in red, black, and gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with... More about The New Picture Reading-Book

New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co., N.D. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". 290pp, plus ads. No copyright date, circa 1880s. Mild edgewear to dark purple cloth over boards, with gilt label and black stamped decorations to cover and spine. Lean to spine, bumping to corners, light soiling to cloth... More about The Story of Cecil and His Dog; Or The Reward of Virtue

London: Charles H. Kelly, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/4". 349pp, plus one leaf of ads. Dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Heavy edgewear and scattered rubbing to cloth, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards and light soiling. Top edge gilt... More about Doxie Dent: A Clog-Shop Chronicle

London: The Folio Society, 2015. Hardcover. 9" X 5 7/8". xiv, 185pp. Pictorial silver buckram over boards, blocked in black and blue with the artwork of illustrator Bill Bragg, with spine lettered in black. A fine copy in very good + publisher's slipcase, which shows minor edgewear and dust spotting... More about The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 6" X 9". Unpaginated. Pictorial paper over boards with spine backed in yellow cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with heavy scattered rubbing to boards, heavy edgewear, bumping and rubbing to corners, and light sunning. Hinges tender, with rear hinge... More about Young Ern

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Louis Betts. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/2". 455pp. Blue cloth over boards, with front board stamped in white and gilt and spine lettered in gilt. Very mild edgewear to binding. Text block just starting to separate at a few pages, binding remains sound... More about A Friend with the Countersign

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1898. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/8". vi, 512pp, plus three leaves of ads. Tan cloth over boards, with arcadian scene stamped in dark greens and gilt to upper board with lettering in black, and spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with... More about Wild Eelin: Her Escapades, Adventures, & Bitter Sorrows

New York: Eugene Warner Fund of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith for the Jonathan Institute, 1989. Martin Silverman. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Unpaginated. Edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 140 and signed by illustrator Martin Silverman on limitation page. Mild wear... More about Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron

New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 7 1/4". Unpaginated. Signed by Mahogany L. Browne at dedication page. A touch of shelfwear to dust jacket and binding, else fine. A very nice signed first printing of Mahogany L. Browne's powerful poem, with striking artwork by... More about Black Girl Magic

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Will Vawter. Hardcover. 8" X 5 5/8". ix, 180pp. Green cloth over boards stamped in bright green to front cover and spine. Heavy sunning, with fading to spine. Moderate edgewear to binding, with chipping to head and tail of spine, no losses. Previous owner's name... More about Smiles Yoked with Sighs

London / New York: John Lane / The Merriam Company, 1895. F.H. Townsend. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 7/8" X 4 1/4". 125pp, plus 16pp ads. Presumed first, with 1895 date to title page and ads. Olive green ribbed moire cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Scattered rubbing and... More about The Joneses and the Asterisks: A Story in Monologue