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Garden City: Garden City Pub. Co, 1945. Hardcover. fine/near fine. Overszied hardcover in color illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated (48 pp.) Illustrated in color and black and white. A tight, bright example, 1947 ownership signature on title page. In the original color illustratd dust jacket (dupkicating the cover illustrations) bright anbd with minor wear at the extremities. A nice example indeed.

Macmillan, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition in a near fine dustjacket with small stain at foot of spine.

New York: Crowell, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Slim moblonf hardcover in illustrated boards. Generally fine, touch of foxing to the inner edges of the covers. In bright, crisp dust jacket with a hint of toning to the top edges. One of Japan's leading illustrators and book designers here extends his creativity to the children's book field in the follow up to his award winning "Anno's Alphabet". Herr it's numbers 1 through 12, each illustrated with double-page color paintings.

Cleveland: World, 1919. Hardcover. Fine/fair. Hardcover in mustard colored cloth. Early reprint (1920) with this title third of six "Army Boys" on the front jacket flap ("On German Soil" is last). 216 pp. A tight, fine example. In the original color illustrated dust jacket, bright but with signifcant damage to the rear panel including a largevertical area of loss.

Cleveland: World, 1919. Hardcover. Fine/good. children, juvenile, military, boys, series books, world war I. Hardcover in orange cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 214 pp. A tight, bright example. In original color illustrated dust jacket, mostly bright but with a long closed tear front panel left side and a small chip above foot of spine and also at head of spine. An early reprint (1920) with this title listed second of six "Army Boys" books on front flap of jacket ("On German Soil" is last).

Cleveland: World, 1919. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover in olive green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 216 pp. A tight, bright, fine example. In the original color illustrated dust jacket, bright, very good or somewhat better, with minor wear at the sopine ends and a very small nick near spine center. The first book in this series of World War I boys adventure novels. this copy apparently a very early reprint (probably 1920) with this title first in the list of six "Army Boys" books on the front jacket flap ("On German Soil" is last).

New York: Smithmark, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Oversized hardcover. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. 128 pp. with illustration credits, index. Profusely illustrated throughout with vintage and modern artwork reproductions. A lavish look at century plus of art work interpretations of Alice and the many characters she encounters in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Chicago: Scott, Forsman, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Color illustrated hardcovers. 72 pp. plus vocabulary list and teacher's guide. Illustrated in color by Beatrice and Leonard Derwinski. Very good, small inevitable elementary school stamp lower corner of front free endpaper. A beginner's reader of the "Dick and Jane" era.

Chicago, IL: Wright Group/McGraw, 2001. Softcover. Near fine. Near fine, with faintly bumped tips. Softcover. 32 pp (w/ index). Fun and fascinating stories about bears, sharks, piranhas in lakes, locust swarms, and more animals attacking people and terrorizing towns. Includes tips on how to stay safe and survive attacks. With brightly colored full-page illustrations and photographs. Approx ages 3-10.

Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, later issue (with adverts on verso of half title listing "The Rogue Elephant" last in "The Boy's Big Game Series" . Only the 1906 date appears on the copyright page. Octavo in light tan cloth lettyrede abd decorated in green and violet and with oval tipped on color illustration of the title characters at ship's rail. 347 pp. two pp. of adverts at rear including one for two L. Frank Baum titles "Books for Older Children". A tight , very good or a bit better example, minor wear at the head edge of the spine. "Edith Van Dyne" was one of the pseudonyms (in this case used for the "Aunt Jane" series) used by L. Frank Baum for his non-Oz books.

Akron: Saalfield, 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover in green cloth decorated and lettered in black. 251 pp. Later printing, carrying the 1927 Saalfield imprint only though the first was 1913. A tight, bright example, pages embrowned as usual iwth these more cheaply produced reprints. In color illustrated dust jacket, some wear about the tips and spine extremities.

Manuscript. Holograph transcription of two stanzas of Van Dyke's famous patriotic poem "America For Me", in ink on recto only of a single sheet and signed in full by Van Dyke at the bottom. Consists of the third and sixth (and final) stanzas, beginning "Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair...". The famed final verse reads "Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me!/ I want a ship that's westward bound to plow the rolling sea/ To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars/ Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars." According to Van Dyke's biography by his son Tertius Van Dyke, the poet, growing homesick after a year in Europe, composed the piece while vacationing in Gstaad. The final stanza appears on p.296 of the biography. Slight wrinkling to the single sheet, center fold from mailing, a bit of very minor chipping at the corners… Leer más

St. Martin's Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Overszied in glossy color illustrated hardcovers, lime green ribbon tie. A fine, apparently unused copy. A fold-out, pop-up play book featuring Babe, the loveable talking pig, and his friends. In addition to the three-dimensional Hoggett's Farm barnyard, it features seven free-standing characters and a farmouse with moving parts.

Bristol, PA: Little Tiger Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. Gavin Rowe. Fine. No dust jacket. Hardcover. A picture book about a baby seal who played all alone in the water every day. There were plenty of other exciting animals around, but each time she tried to play with them, her mother would warn her "Be careful! They are so BIG and you are so small." Would Baby Seal ever find a friend her own size? A gentle tale about growing up set amidst full-color seas and snowy landscapes.

New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Color illustrated hardcovers. Signed by the author and with a character drawing on the front free endpaper. 150 pp. A title in the New York Times best seling "Bad Kitty" series. A bright fresh example, previous owner's name top edge of the front pastedown and a light crease to the contents page.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in olive gren cloth lettered in gilt and with patrioting design of marching scouts with an American flag. First edition (this and "Banner Boy Scouts On A Tour" both published in 1912 and are the only "Banner Boy Scouts" titles to appear on the list facing the title page. 310 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads at rear for other juvenile series. Good to very good, biumped at the tips and some rubbing to the spine strip. Christmas 1913 gift inscription front free endpaper. No jacket.

New York: Golden Books, 2002. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine, clean, and intact. First edition. Softcover. Unpaginated. A fun story about Barbie's trip to Paris, where she goes to find inspiration and creativity. Can she also fulfill her dream of becoming a fashion designer? Features a full page of stickers, and 8 passports for the reader to fill out when they take a trip of their own.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Later printing. Hardcover. fine/very good. Hardcover. Copyright page bears only the original 1938 copyright date but this edition from the 1950s. Tan cloth stamped in darker brown; illustrated endpapers. 242 pp. A tight, generally fine example, previous young adult owner's name (interestingly his name was also "Barry") and address front free endpaper. In bright crisp dust jacket, "150150" code on front flap, shallow wear at the spine ends. When he was a small gray furry ball onltwo weeks old, a young pup was tossed into a river. Saved by a young boy, mJim Williams, and his own dog, Barry grew to a 150-pound, pointed-ear, grey animal who was ofter misaken for a wolf. When a real wolf pack endangers his boy, Barry rushes in to save Jim.

New York: Walden Pond Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 176 pp. Illustrations by Charlles Santoso. For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great--he's the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world and an older sister who babysits them both. But when sister Jamie is cast in the school play and starts having sleep-overs with her firends Bat just wants everything to go back to normal.

New York: Landmark/ Random House, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing. Color illustrated hardcovers. (Issued without dust jacket). Photographic endpapers, 178 pp. Illustrated with photographs and maps by Jerome Kuhl. One of the scarcest of the Landmark series. A tight copy, light toning to the covers and spine.