The Beacon; Or Warnings to Thoughtless Boys
New York: Kiggins & Kellog, Circa 1840s. 3.25 x 2", green printed wrappers, 8 pp, illustrated. Early American miniature chapbook. Some foxing and creasing, pencil doodles to pp. 4-5.
New York: Kiggins & Kellog, Circa 1840s. 3.25 x 2", green printed wrappers, 8 pp, illustrated. Early American miniature chapbook. Some foxing and creasing, pencil doodles to pp. 4-5.
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1881. 10.75 x 9.25", color illustrated wrappers, stitched binding, [10] pp, color illustrated. A wonderfully illustrated McLoughlin production. Slight chipping along spine and to corners, much of front cover detached from binding, lower couple of inches of rear cover detached from binding, mild soiling and staining.....
New York: Leavitt & Allen, Circa 1850s to 1860s. 4 x 2.75", blue cloth, 16, 16 pp, color illustrations. Miniature book printing two charming illustrated stories. Toning to pages, wear to covers, damp staining to upper corner of pages, one gathering sprung.
New York: George F. Cooledge, Circa 1840s. Octavo, tan printed wrappers, 47 pp, illustrated throughout. Chipping to wrappers, damp staining to upper corner of text, creasing to pages, crude hand coloring to illustrations.
New York: Hurst & Company, Publishers, Circa 1900. 6 x 4.5", teal cloth with color pictorial onlay, white lettering and decoration, 198 pp, numerous illustrations. An attractive vintage decorative copy of these classic tales. Foxing to pages, bit of staining to covers with rubbing to spine lettering.
London: A. Park, Circa 1840. 7 x 4.75" (18 x 12 cm), 8 pp, each with a color illustration, stitched binding. Part of the "Park's Tales of Instruction and Amusement" series. Foxing to pages, some creasing, bit of soiling and staining, upper three inches of binding lacking stitching with pages.....
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Circa 1880s. 10.5 x 9", pink illustrated wrappers, [12] pp, six color plates, stitched binding. A lavishly illustrated children's book adapted from the famous nursery rhyme. Part of Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series. A good copy with staining to covers, bit of foxing to pages, slight.....
Rochester: William Alling, 1841. FIfth Edition. 6 x 4", brown cloth with gilt, 130, [2] pp. A 19th century American pictorial bible for children. Wear to corners and spine ends, area of staining to front cover, toning and foxing to pages, early owner inscriptions to front endpaper, half-title, and preface.....
Philadelphia: Griffith & Simon, N.D. (Circa 1850). 6 x 4", brown cloth with gilt spine titles and decoration, 108 pp, plus 24 illustration plates (including frontispiece of children playing hockey). A book consisting of descriptions of children's games, sports and amusements, told via a series of dialogues and letters between.....
New York: McLoughlin Bros, Publishers, [1880s]. 4to, [14] pp, yellow and red pictorial wrappers, hand colored illustrations alongside 18 textual lessons. A bright copy with minor damp staining along fore-edge, few spots of foxing/smudging to pages, cover paper abrading in spots along edges, creased.
New Haven: S. Babcock, Circa 1848. 6 x 3.75", blue printed wrappers, 24 pp, illustrated with engravings. Early American chapbook. Wrappers chipped and attached (front wrap reattached to text block with old pin), foxing and area of staining to pages.
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Circa 1860s. 10.5 x 6.75", pictorial wrappers, [8] pp, color illustrations, stitched binding. A wonderfully illustrated early McLoughlin imprint. Chipping, tearing and creasing to wrappers, tearing and creasing to pages, most of front cover detached from binding, lower half of rear cover detached from binding, fair.....
Paris: Hachette, 1936. 4to, 32pp. "Illustrations de Walt Disney" in comic strip style. Toning to pages, minor wear and rubbing to covers, three small ink stains to rear cover, a very good copy overall.
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Circa 1880s. Quarto, color illustrated boards, 32 pp, b/w illustrations and color illustration plates. A charming collection of illustrated stories about children at work and play. Soiling and wear to covers, lacking spine covering, rear cover detaching, foxing to pages.
Nottingham: Printed for the Running Stationers, [1790]. 6.75 x 4", 12 pp, five woodcut illustrations, bound in antique marbled boards with red morocco spine, gilt spine title. Part two only of this chapbook about Jack the Giant Killer. Toning to paper, small chip to corner of first and last leaves.....
Philadelphia: C.G. Henderson & Co, 1854. 6 x 5", green pictorial boards with brown cloth spine. 24 page leporello, with a hand colored illustration on each page depicting costumed residents of the various nations of Europe, i.e. a Serbian shepherd, English and French peasants, gypsies, etc. Wear and staining to.....
New York: Mahlon Day, 1833. 4.25 x 2.75", yellow printed wrappers, 16 pp, illustrated. Early American chapbook. A nice copy with mild creasing, toning and foxing.
Worcester: Thomas, Son & Thomas, 1796. Second Worcester Edition. 4.5 x 3”, full sheep binding with morocco and gilt spine label, gilt bands to spine, which is in five compartments, 192 pp. Inscribed “Mary Clark’s an esteemed present from her esteemed cousin Hannah Clark” to front endpaper. Three additional inscriptions.....
London: J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House, 1899. 8 x 6.25", color illustrated cloth cover, 539 pp, numerous illustration plates as well as illustrations within text. Translated by Mrs. E-Lucas and illustrated by Thomas, Charles and William Robinson. Rebacked with original spine laid on and new endpapers. Rubbing and.....
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, Circa 1890s. Octavo, green pictorial cloth with gilt, viii, 380 pp, color and b/w illustrations by Helen Stratton. An attractive vintage copy of this classic with wear to covers, staining to rear cover, bookplate and owner inscription to front endpaper.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1879. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and illustration blocked to front cover and spine, brown endpapers. Illustrated by M.L. Stone and V. Pedersen. A truly beautiful vintage edition of this beloved collection of stories including the Princess and the Pea, Little Match Girl.....
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943. Second Printing. 4to, 91, [3] pp, original green cloth. Good plus with mild soiling to covers, couple of ring stains to covers, fading to spine, owner inscription and bookstore stamp to front endpaper.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Octavo, original green cloth, titles in gilt to front cover and spine, illustrated in color by Rackham. A wonderful vintage edition of this title. A good copy lacking front blank endpaper, ex libris bookplate to front pastedown, toning to pages, wear to cloth along.....
Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co, 1902. Illustrated by Mary Cowles Clark. First edition, first printing. Quarto, original red pictorial cloth featuring Santa going down a chimney to front cover, 20 illustrations with 6 in full color and remaining ones two-toned. This copy with correct first issue points with section headings of.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First Edition. 11.25 x 8.25", black paper covered boards, in the scarce original dust jacket. Scarce picture book by the author of "Goodnight Moon." Tells the story of a black man who inhabits a completely black world. Eventually, he meets a white.....