A Critical History of Children's Literature
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1953). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 624pp. Some loss at the crown and wear at the foot of the spine and some rubbing to the rear board, about near fine. More
Young Adult
DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
London / New York: DK Publishing, Inc / Oxford University Press, (1998). Hardcover. Second printing. Foreword by Christopher Davis and Frank Abate. Small quarto. 1,008pp. Fine in glazed pictorial boards and very good or better metallic dust jacket with modest rubbing and edgewear. More
Cecilia's Year
El Paso, Texas: Cinco Puntos Press, [2007]. Softcover. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in. More
Gift Book for Young Men; or Familiar Letters on Self-Knowledge, Self-Education, Female Society, Marriage, &c.
New York and Aubern: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. Hardcover. Reprint (stated "Ninth Thousand"). 312, [8]ads pp. Octavo. Brown cloth stamped in blind and nicely illustrated in gilt on the spine. Foxing on first few leaves, spine gilt a little dull, but a pleasing else near fine copy. More
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[The Chronicles of Prydain]: The High King
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1969). Hardcover. Third printing. The final volume only (of five). Dust jacket illustrated by Evaline Ness. Octavo. Helen E. Heinrich's decorative bookplate on front fly, spine ends lightly sunned and bumped, near fine in a very good lightly age-toned dust jacket with bottom corner..... More
Rough And Ready; or, Life Among The New York Newsboys.
Boston: Loring Publisher, (1869). Hardcover. Later printing. Volume four only. 300pp. (no advertisements in rear.) Illustrated with four plates. Blind embossed purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Offsetting on front endpaper from pertinent newspaper clipping, hinges cracked with binding shaky, spine ends frayed, cloth sunned, thus fair to good only. Part..... More
The Chalk Cross
New York: The Seabury Press, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a tear on the front panel and some edgewear. Warmly Inscribed by the author with a card laid in to editor and author, Charlotte Zolotow. A young girl living in nineteenth century New..... More
Secret Lives
Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book/ Little, Brown and Company, (1979). Hardcover. First edition. Slightly cocked spine and some toning on the boards and endpapers thus very good in a very good dust jacket with toning and creasing. Inscribed by Berthe Amoss, to children's book author Alvin Tresselt: "for Alvin..... More
Kofi Mensah
Accra: Ghana Publishing House, (1968). Softcover. First edition. Illustrated by Owusu Banahene. 16mo. 60pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Rear cover modestly rubbed with a tiny price stamp, front cover and several leaves with a very light corner crease, a near fine copy. "The story of how Kofi Mensah went through junior..... More
The Pig Plantagenet
New York: The Viking Press, (1981). Hardcover. First American edition. Drawings by Michael Foreman. Small quarto. Board edges sunned and with a couple of tiny bumps, topedge with a touch of foxing, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a sunned spine and gentle bumping along the edges..... More
Baby of the Family
San Diego: Harvest//HBJ / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991). Softcover. First Harvest / HBJ edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Although not marked in any way, from the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. She is credited for..... More
Tom Swift and His Outpost in Space
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1958). Hardcover. Later printing. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Pictorial boards with blue topstain. Owner name on front pastedown, moderate edgewear, very good, lacking the dust jacket. More
Tom Swift and His Space Solartron
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1958). Hardcover. Later printing. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Pictorial boards with blue topstain. Owner name on front pastedown, moderate edgewear, spotting on topstain, very good, lacking the dust jacket. More
Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1961). Hardcover. Later printing. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Pictorial boards with blue topstain. Light foxing on page edges, rubbing at board edges, small abrasion on front board, very good, lacking the dust jacket. More
Tom Swift in The Race to the Moon
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1958). Hardcover. Later printing. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Pictorial boards with blue topstain. Owner name on front pastedown, moderate edgewear with tiny scratched and abrasions on rear board, very good, lacking the dust jacket. More
Tom Swift In The City Of Gold Or Marvelous Adventures Underground
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1912)[circa1914]. Hardcover. Early printing. 216pp. [4]pp. advertisements. Original illustrated tan "quad cover". Owner name on front pastedown, cloth lightly soiled, small abrasion mid-spine along front fold, spine cocked, else very good lacking the dust jacket. Copyright page listing to the title *Tom Swift And..... More
Captain Hawaii
(New York): HarperCollins, (1994). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author's first novel. Warmly Inscribed by the author to editor and author, Charlotte Zolotow: "To My Dear Charlotte - To say you made this happen is a major understatement. Your care and enthusiasm started me on a...... More
Barefoot in the Grass: The Story of Grandma Moses
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1970). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 96pp. Illustrated with full-page color plates, reproducing art work by Grandma Moses. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. William H. Armstong is the author of *Sounder,* winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal. A biography of Grandma Moses (Anna..... More
Mollie Make-Believe
New York: Harper & Row, (1974). Hardcover. First edition. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and fading on the spine. The Dedication Copy warmly Inscribed by the author to editor and author, Charlotte Zolotow: "It always was your book and always..... More
Stronger Than Hate
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Hardcover. Stated "First Printing." Illustrated by John Gretzer. Boards lightly soiled and bumped, very good or better in a very good dust jacket with moderate wear and rubbing. "Young people and their parents, black and white, struggle to understand a lesson of love and trust..... More
Broken Bridge
New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1994). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with slight edgewear. The sequel to *One More River*. Although not marked in any way, from the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and acclaimed author..... More
The Writing on the Wall
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). Hardcover. First American edition. Slight toning else fine in a very good dust jacket with fading on the sine and some edgewear. A teenage girl takes a journey of self-discovery with her boyfriend, and unwittingly becomes involved in drug smuggling. Although not marked in..... More
For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. Hardcover. First edition. Red cloth lettered in black and white with applied illustration on paper on front board. Front fly neatly excised else a lovely, fine and bright copy. More
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[Salesman's Dummy]: The Story of Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle
Chicago: Marquette Company, (1927). Hardcover. Salesman's dummy. Slim octavo. Illustrated with plates. Publisher's stamp on title page. Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt with the spine decoration stamped on the lower board. Binding spotted with a bump on the lower board edges, two different page spreads with offsetting from..... More