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SUE BARTON SERIES, group of 3 books (Visiting Nurse, Rural Nurse, Neighborhood Nurse)
ABOUT THE BOOKS AND CONDITION:
VISITING NURSE, #3-- Boston: Little, Brown and Company (Stated 13th Printing, November 1949). Hardcover with gray boards and red titles, 244 pages. Very nice dust jacket protected with mylar cover; colors bright; a small amount of wear to corners and edges. Book is clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Endpapers are slightly toned, but text pages are white with no toning. RURAL NURSE, #4--Boston: Little, Brown, and Company (Stated 24th Printing, 1939). Hardcover with gray boards and red titles/decorations, 254 pages. Mylar-protected dust jacket. Ex-school library, with the expected labels and markings. Glue residue inside back cover where card pocket was removed. Toned pages are clean and unmarked. NEIGHBORHOOD NURSE, #6--Boston: Little, Brown and Company (Stated 12th Printing, 1949). Hardcover with gray boards/red titles, 236 pages. Mylar-protected dust jacket. Pages… Leer más

Paris: Librairie Armand Colin (Stated 2nd Printing, Prix 45 cent,1910). Small book with stiff board covers, rust with cream titles and decorations, cream backstrip, 82 pages (pages numbered 74-156). Book is somewhat fragile; pages are toned and brittle. Stitched binding is intact. Edges of covers show wear and front top corner is worn through to the cardboard. Wonderfully illustrated.
This is a beautiful old French grammar book that, although 114 years old (in 2023), is in good vintage condition with no major flaws. This is a rare find--the only other comparable copies ship from Europe and are much later editions.
Translation: Syllabary Langlois Method of Reading and Writing, Bookstore Armand Colin.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (Sleepy-Time Tales, Presumed 1st Edition, 1915). Pictorial hardcover with tan boards, black and red titles and illustration, 112 pages. No dust jacket, if issued. Penciled gift inscription dated Dec 25, 1916 on FFEP. Pages soft and toned. Straight spine; binding and hinges somewhat loose, but text block intact.
Defects: Boards age worn with some discoloration. Spine extremities frayed, with a 1-1/2" split in cloth at bottom front. There are two missing pages: 33/34 and 63/64. Frontispiece is also missing. Green crayon scribble on page 80 (see our photo).
ABOUT THE BOOK: Cuffy Bear is the beginning of Arthur Scott Bailey's animal story series. It is a wonderful beginning to a a delightful series. Cuffy lives in a cave with his father, mother and little sister, Silkie. What follows is a lively little book with animal adventures, scientific realism, and a whole lot of fun. Cuffy is a little bear cub with an endless amount of energy. If he isn't eating the farmer's picnic, he… Leer más

Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company (50th Anniversary Edition, #312-29, R/Revised, 1992). A Little Golden Book with gold foil spine. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight spine. Pages bright white. Covers bright; lightly scuffed. Wonderfully illustrated by Tibor Gerely. (MF)
ABOUT THE BOOK: THE TAXI THAT HURRIED was written by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Irma Simonton Black and Jessie Stanton with illustrations by Tibor Gergely, and originally published by Golden Press in New York, New York, in 1946. This edition celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Little Golden Books.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: Born in Budapest, Hungary into a middle-class Jewish family, Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was captivated by art and culture at a young age. Known as a graphic illustrator and a caricature artist, Gergely's early works documented Jewish life before the rise of Hitler. By 1939 the political situation in Europe was dire, and Gergely and his wife immigrated to America. They settled in New York and his love affair with… Leer más

Chicago: Rand McNally (1st Edition, #8562, 49 cents, 1972). Like new hardcover, unpaginated.
ABOUT THE BOOK: A Start-Right Elf Book: Books in this series are factual, fanciful, humorous, questioning and adventurous. Time is a mystery to a child. Five minutes of time is an eternity. TIME FOR EVERYTHING is a delightful story in rhyme. How long does it take to buckle a shoe? How long does it take to shop for groceries? After reading the story to your child, plan to help him discover how long it takes to do various tasks. Through listening to stories relevant to his experiences he begins to understand his world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Norah Smaridge was born on March 30, 1903 in England. She graduated with honors from the University of London in 1924 and continued to take classes at Columbia University and Hunter College in New York. From 1925-1935 she taught at New York's Marymount High School and Junior College. In 1937 she began working for the St. Anthony Press Guild in New Jersey as an advertising… Leer más

Set of three vintage (1950s) Whitman children's cardboard frame tray puzzles featuring children playing cowgirl, feeding the chickens, and raking the leaves. Large size scroll cut pieces. Original box missing. Puzzles have some wear and tear but are in good shape for their age. See our photos.

Scrapbook containing Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie ephemera from the 1970s through the 1990s (most of items are from the 1980s). Red covers with gilt borders, screw-post binding (very good condition). Construction paper-type pages; age toned. Only about half of the pages have been used. Most clippings are from the Kansas Farmer magazine. Many are from an on-going series of articles called "Laura's Legacy," which were written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" series of children's books, between 1911 and 1924. At the time, she was home editor of Missouri Ruralist, another farm magazine published by The Harvest Publishing Co., which also published the Kansas Farmer. Also included is a brochure for the "Little House on the Prairie" site located in Independence, Kansas; a copy of Missouri Life magazine from 1977, which featured an article with photos on Laura Ingalls Wilder; and various newspaper articles.

Great vintage wooden puzzle featuring a happy Halloween scarecrow with black cat and pumpkins. Colors are vivid.
14"x16" with 10 puzzle pieces.
Appears to be from the 1970s. Possibly homemade using a cardboard decoration widely available at that time. Printed in the U.S.A.

New York: Simon and Schuster (1st Edition/Stated 2nd Printing, 1939). Hardcover, red cloth boards in very good condition, with dust jacket in rough condition, 85 pages. Small address sticker from previous owner inside front cover; book is otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows general age wear: scuffing, edge and corner wear, chipping, closed tears. Binding is square and tight.
About the Book: WACKY, THE SMALL BOY, a best seller in 1939, was an affectionate account of Fred Schwed's role as a stepfather.
About the Author: Fred Schwed, Jr. (d. 1966 at age 64) was an American stockbroker turned author, known for his book on Wall Street, Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Schwed was born in New York. Schwed's father, Frederick Schwed, was a member of the New York Curb Exchange (renamed in 1953 to AMEX). He was a professional trader on Wall Street but lost much of his wealth in the stock market crash of 1929. He subsequently published a children's book, WACKY, THE SMALL BOY, and later, Where Are the… Leer más

New York: Simon and Schuster (1st Edition/Stated 3rd Printing, 1939) Hardcover with red cloth boards, 85 pages. Dust jacket missing. Corners of front cover very lightly bumped. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. Pages lightly toned. A really nice copy!
About the Book: WACKY, THE SMALL BOY, a best seller in 1939, was an affectionate account of Fred Schwed's role as a stepfather.
About the Author: Fred Schwed, Jr. (d. 1966 at age 64) was an American stockbroker turned author, known for his book on Wall Street, Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Schwed was born in New York. Schwed's father, Frederick Schwed, was a member of the New York Curb Exchange (renamed in 1953 to AMEX). He was a professional trader on Wall Street but lost much of his wealth in the stock market crash of 1929. He subsequently published a children's book, WACKY, THE SMALL BOY, and later, Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Published in 1940 by Simon & Schuster (New York), the book is often cited by finance people such as… Leer más