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

N.P. Electra Publishing Association, 1966. S. N. Cartwright. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 6 1/2". 188pp. Heavy edgewear to dust jacket, with chipping to head of spine, no losses, open tears at edges, dust soiling, and small paint stains. Rear panel states "De Luxe Edition, Hand Bound -- Title Engravings, 24... More about Detour on Cloud Nine

New York: Carleton, 1898. Hardcover. 7 3/8" X 5". 232pp, plus 8pp ads. Embossed red-purple boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Very heavy wear to binding, with heavy edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed to boards, heavy scattered rubbing and soiling, heavy sunning to spine, with chipping to head and tail... More about Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings

New York: D. Appleton & Co., Circa 1880. Hardcover. 8 1/8" X 5 1/2". 68pp. Embossed blue cloth over bevelled boards, with upper board elaborately lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to cloth, with scattered rubbing, edgewear, light soiling, and bumping and small tears to extremities. Text block separating, with most... More about The Farmer's Boy

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 5 3/8". 64pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities, mild dust soiling, and faint pencilled marks to rear. Binding is firm, sound, and tight. Tear to top corners of leaf containing pages 15... More about A Merry Scout

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 6 3/4". 88pp. Signed & Inscribed by Author to front free endpaper. Mild wear to green cloth covered boards, with rubbing to edges and soiling to cloth. Binding is tight and sound. Contents are clean, bright, and unmarked. Heavily illustrated... More about The Genie and the Word: Electricity and Communication

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. Harrison Cady. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 6 7/8". 94pp. Heavy rubbing to edges of quarter-cloth hardcover binding, through to boards at corners, with heavy dust soiling to covers. Both hinges cracking. Binding remains sound. Dust soiling to edges of text block. Contents are clean... More about The Adventures of Reddy Fox (The Bedtime Story-Books