Childrens Books 1901-1950 from Arroyo Seco Books

Caxton, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good + Jacket. Color Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations. 124 Pp. Beige Cloth Printed In Maroon. "First Printing September 1948" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Slight Usage, A Few Long Closed Tears And Short Closed Tearss But Bright And Unfaded.… Read more about this item

New York Ny: Doubleday & Company, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 80 Pp. Black Cloth, Stamped In Gilt. First Edition Stated, Dust Jacket Priced $2.50 (There Was At Least One Later Printing, Without The First Edition Statement, And With Dust Jacket Priced $1.75). Book Near Fine, Slight Usage, Gilt Bright, Gift Inscription Dated December 1951.… Read more about this item

Caxton, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Co,Or Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations. 124 Pp. Beige Cloth Printed In Maroon. "First Printing September 1948" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Some Wear, Small Tears And Losses At Edges But Bright And Unfaded. Wildly Fantastic And Childish Adventures. … Read more about this item

New York : Reynal And Hitchcock , 1943. Early Bookclub Edition . Beige Boards. Fair/Poor. 9 " Tall. 93 Pp. Beige Boards. Early Reprint With Reynal & Hitchcock Names On Spine And Title Page. Same Interior Arrangement As First And Other Reynal Trade Editions, And Arrangement And Colors Different Than Harcourt Reprints 1950'S To Present. Interior… Read more about this item

Wm. R. Scott, Inc., 1942. First Edition . Boards. Poor. Library Buckram With Color Paste-On Illustrations (Probably Panels Of Dust Jacket) On Front And Rear Covers. Trace Of Pocket Removal On Front Pastedown, With Small Library Stamp; Very Faint Discarded Stamp And Small "3" On Title Page. Covers Worn And Entirely Frayed, But Binding Intact. Pages Soiled,… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Companmy, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Xx, 268 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing Stated. Fine In Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket. Small Remainder Dot On Bottom Edge Of Page Block. No Soiling Or Browning. Per Wikipedia, Louise Seaman Bechtel 1894 -1985) Was An American Editor, Critic, Author, And Teacher Of Young Children.… Read more about this item

Moskva / Moscow Leningrad: ????? ? ??????? / Zemli?a? I Fabrika,, 1930. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 191 Pp. Illustrated Boards. Second Edition. Spectacular Color Plates Tipped In. Covers Worn, Spine Half Chipped Away And Remaining Half Mostly Detached, Pages With Some Waviness And 1/2" Deep Dampstain Along Bottom Edges, Not Affecting Text Or Plates. Mstislav Valerianovich… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. First American Edition . Cloth / Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixteen Colored Drawings, + Drawings On Almost Every Page. . 78 Pp. Red Cloth Spine Lettered In Black, Illustrated Boards And Endpapers. Undated But Worldcat Indicates This Was Published In 194. A Few Points Of Rubbing To Covers At Corners,… Read more about this item

New York Ny: Algonquin Publishing Company, 1922. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 35 Pp + 1 Pp Ads At Rear. Illustrated Board And Endpapers. Copyright 1922, Apparently The First Printing; There Is Also A 1923 Algonquin/John Lane, And A Volland Edition Dated 1923. The Book Was Printed By Ferris Printing Company From Plates By Knickerbocker Electrotype On… Read more about this item

Los Angeles Ca: C. Jh. Baker / Bireley & Elson Printers / O. W. Leonard, 1913. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. First And Apparently Only Edition, A Promotional Item For C. H. Baker's Show Stores. Light Usage; Title Changed In Ink To "Mac".

New York Ny: The Boy Scouts Of America / Doubleday, P:Age & Company, 1911. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. Frontispiece, Illustrations In Text. Xiv, 400 Pp + 24 Pp Ads At Rear. Brown Linen Covers Printed In Black (Same Design As The Harcover Issue), Rear Cover With Boy Scout Emblem. Sigmund Eisner Ads On Insides Of Frojnt… Read more about this item

New York Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1910. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 384 Pp. Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Yellow, Green, Gray And Black, Edges Of Page Block With Publisher's Green Stain. All Color Illustrations Present: 7 Plates And Frontispiece. First Edition, No Date But 1910,… Read more about this item

New York London Glasgow Dublin Bombay: Blackie And Son, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Vi, 359 Pp. + 1 P. Ad For "The Lost Explorers" At End. Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Blue, White, And Black. All Illustrations Present: 5 Plates And Frontispiece, + 2 Maps. First Edition,… Read more about this item

New York Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1908. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 283 Pp. . Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Green, Gray And Black. All Illustrations Present: 5 Plates And Frontispiece. First Edition, Copyright 1908, Printed At The Colonial Press, Boston. Lightly Worn, No Marks,… Read more about this item

New York London Glasgow Dublin Bombay: Blackie And Son, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Vi, 359 Pp. + 1 P. Ad For "The Lost Explorers" At End. Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Blue, White, And Black. 3 Plates, Lacking Two Plates And Frontispiece, But With The 2 Maps. First… Read more about this item

New York Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1910. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 360 Pp. . Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Yellow, Gray And Black. All Edges Of Page Block Colored Green. All Illustrations Present: 5 Plates And Frontispiece. First American Edition, Undated But 1910, Printed… Read more about this item

New York London Glasgow Dublin Bombay: Blackie And Son, 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 378 Pp. + 2 P. Ads At End. Red Cloth Spine And Cover Lettered In Gilt (First Printing), And Stamped In Yellow, Green, And Black. 8 Plates Of Which One Is Bound In Front As A Frontispiece. First Edition, Copyright 1906, No Additional… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1915. First Edition, First Printing . Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 7 3/4" Tall. 73 Pp + 4 Pp Catalog At End. Red Cloth Stamped In Black, With Color Paste-On Illustration. First Printing Of The Original Edition, With All Ads For Other Books Being 1914 Rand Mcnally Titles, No Later Books. Wear, Small Frays To Ends… Read more about this item

Constable & Co, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 170 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Endpapers Illustrated, 16 Tissue-Guarded Plates Plus Many B/W Headpieces And Tailpieces. Worn, Spine Cloth Faded, Gilt Bright, No Marks, Front Hinge Cracked After Front Free Endpaper. Tissue Guards Undamaged But Browning. Plates Immaculate And Undamaged.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. B/W Plates And Drawings In Text. Xiv, 393 Pp. Blue Cloth Lkettered In White. Reprint, 1930. Light Usage, No Marks.