Children and Young Adult
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; Retold by May Bryon for Little People with the Permission of the Author
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1929]. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. Octavo size, 123 pp. With Ex-Libris of J.M. Barrie which apparently is not unique, there being one other copy online as of this writing with the same plate. The ink looks genuine but the signatures are the same; interestingly, the library..... More
Cautionary Tales for Children; Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years
London: Eveleigh Nash, [1907]. B. T. B. [Lord Basil Temple Blackwood]. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 80 pp. This collection of verses, intended as a parody of cautionary tales written for children, was written by Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), a prolific writer and poet as well as an avid..... More
Buddy's Adventures in the Blueberry Patch
New York: Harper and Brothers [printed in Sweden by Centraltryckeriet, Stockholm], [1931]. Beskow, Elsa. Hardcover. Oblong folio, 34 pp. A lovely children's picture book about a young boy who went out into the forest to pick blueberries ("and whortleberries") as a name-day present for his mother, and his adventures after..... More
Children's Literature Review, Excerpts from Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People (Volumes 1 - 48)
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. Hardcover. Forty-eight consecutive volumes, published between 1976 and 1998, large quarto size, approximately 9600 pp. An "ongoing series", published to fill "a need for a digest of comment concerning children’s literature…in which excerpts of recent reviews of both fiction and nonfiction for children and young..... More
Giovanni and the Other Children Who Have Made Stories
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Birch, Reginald B. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, octavo size, 224 pp. The work of Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) captured the imaginations of readers, with her enduring novels such as "The Secret Garden" and "Sara Crewe"; this collection of stories for children demonstrates..... More
The Peek-A-Boos In Winter
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, n.d. Hardcover. Oblong folio, [80] pp. Information on Chloe Preston (1887-1969) seems a bit elusive; from various online sources we gleen that she was born in Britain in 1887, "in a gentrified English country environment". Her charming illustrations of the Peek-a-Boos have "clear..... More
Somebody's Darlings
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., n.d. Boards. Quarto size, [24] pp. "Somebody's Darlings" is a delightful board book for very young children, with the charming illustrations by Chloe Preston in the style of the "Peek-A-Boos". Information on Chloe Preston (1887-1969) is a bit elusive; from various online sources we..... More
The Peek-A-Boos In Camp Play Book
London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, [1937]. Preston, Chloe. Pictorial boards. Large octavo size, [12] pp. Chloe Preston provided the illustrations for twelve "Peek-A-Boo" books (per Baumgarten); interestingly, this title not listed. A scarce book, as of this writing there is one copy online of "The Peek-A-Boos In Camp"..... More
The Peek-A-Boos and Mr. Plopper
London: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. Preston, Chloe; Howard-Vyse, George. Hardcover. Large octavo size, [52] pp. Chloe Preston provided the illustrations for twelve "Peek-A-Boo" books (per Baumgarten); interestingly, this title not listed. With the introduction of anthropomorphised animals Preston seems to have been inspired by Beatrix Potter, whose..... More
The Jolly Jump-Ups and Their New House
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1939. Clyne, Geraldine. Hardcover. Quarto size (oblong), [7] pp. "The Jolly Jump-Ups" is a pop-up book by Geraldine Clyne featuring the Jump-Up family and their escapades as they move to a new house. Showcasing charming illustrations by Clyne, each page contains a full-colour pop-up scene..... More
St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Volume XXIX Part II, May 1902 To October 1902 [Includes first appearance of "The Cruise of the Dazzler" and "To Repel Boarders" by Jack London]
New York: The Century Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size , 582 pp. This volume includes six months of the wonderful St. Nicholas children's magazine, with the July issue containing the first published appearance of the short story "The Cruise of the Dazzler" (pp. 784-812). ___DESCRIPTION: Decorated red cloth..... More
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
New York: The Vanguard Press, c. 1938. Hardcover. Mixed state, folio size, 47 pp., with dust jacket. "The first hat was old and battered, but it had a fine feather stuck in it of which any little boy would be proud..." A favourite Dr. Seuss story, which, of course, "turned..... More
Pocket-Handkerchief Park
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1929. Field, Rachel. First Edition. Hardcover. 24mo size, 67 pp. Rachel Lyman Field (1894-1942) was a well-loved children's author, as well as a novelist and poet; she is best known for her Newbery Award-winning "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years". She was also..... More
Hitty; Her First Hundred Years
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Lathrop, Dorothy P. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 219 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. A delightful children's book which tells the tale of a hand-carved wooden doll and her many adventures. "As far as I can learn, I must have been made..... More
Munchkin's OZ Coloring Book; by Nordmann
(Sacramento): Munchkin's (Nordmann), (1977). Wraps. Octavo size, [24] pp. plus the wraps, with related promotional letter and "Munchkin's Savings Club" card. The "Munchkin's OZ Coloring Book" was designed to encourage young children to open educational savings accounts. Per the promotional letter loosely laid in, "The purpose of this savings account..... More
The Chewg-um-blewg-um; The Mite Merry Series
Melbourne, Auckland et al: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. Gaze, Harold. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, [32] pp. A book of poetry about the chewg-um-glewg-um, which "has an Emu's body / And a smiling Camel's head", written and illustrated by Harold Gaze (1885-1963). Gaze is known for his colourful elvish..... More
What We Saw at Madame World's Fair; Being a Series of Letters from the Twins at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to Their Cousins at Home
San Francisco: Samuel Levinson, 1915. Corbett, Bertha. Hardcover. Octavo size, 99 pp., in dust jacket. "What We Saw at Madame World's Fair" is the story of two sisters at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. This world's fair was held in San Francisco, California, and featured such dazzling attractions as..... More
Cyclone on the Prairies: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Arts & Crafts of Publishing in Chicago, 1900 [with] A Bookbinder's Analysis of the First Edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Peter R. Koch], 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300, folio size, 143 and 49 pp. respectively. From prospectus: "The chief aim of Peter Hanff's study and analysis of 'America's most famous fantasy' is to explore some of the particular facts..... More
Prinz Grunewald und Perlenfein mit ihrem lieben Eselein [Prince Grunewald and Perlenfein with their Dear Little Donkey]
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, ca. 1905. Cardboard covers. 15th edition, quarto size, 24 pp., all text in German. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) although a successful psychiatrist, is remembered primarily for his children's stories - Struwwelpeter, his first book, being one of the most famous. While the stories may strike us today..... More
Animated Nursery Tales; The Three Bears - The Three Little Pigs - The Three Little Kittens
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1943. Comb binding. Quarto size, [22] pp., with dust jacket. Three favourite children's stories with the imaginative paper engineering of Julian Wehr (1898–1970), who was known as the "American Master of Animated Books" (n.b., quote from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Illustrated paper-covered boards with a red..... More
DickyDidos
London: Grant Richards, [1903]. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, folio size, 94 pp. A charming story of a fantasy trip taken by two little children to the land beyond the rainbow called Dickydidos, where all the children were neat and tidy, with a goose as the magistrate and a prim-looking..... More
I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Sendak, Maurice. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, large octavo size, [22] pp., with dust jacket. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and..... More
Somebody Else's Nut Tree; And Other Tales From Children
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Library Edition, quarto size, 43 pp. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and "A Hole..... More
Two Nonsense Stories: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World [and] The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 1990. Martin, Gillian. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letter "P" of 26 special copies, quarto size, 67 pp., signed by Gillian Martin, with a separate insert. The two stories collected here are little-known works of prose by English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812-1888), best known for..... More