Children's Literature from Bygone Books

Frederick Warne, 1992. Soft cover. As New. The Original Peter Rabbit Calendar 1993. "The World of Peter Rabbit" celebrating 100 years of Peter Rabbit, from the original and authorized stories by Beatrix Potter. F. Warne & Co. 1992. 11x12" - brand new in original plastic wraps, unopened. "Each month tells the tale in pictures of one of the… Read more about this item

[Akron, OH]: Saalfield Publishing, 1919. Soft cover. Good. Frances Brundage. Goldilocks. Illustrations by Frances Brundage. Saalfield Publishing Co, 1919 # 1150-D. Folio [7 ¾ x 13 ¾"], stapled wraps, 15 cloth-like pages including inside covers, binding has been stitched, color and 3-tone illustrations throughout. Condition is GOOD- : creasing to at edges, clean throughout excepting a few faint… Read more about this item

Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. Palm Desert, CA: Dean Publications, 1974. 4to, stapled wraps, 49 pages, 3-color illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with little wear, clean and tight. Includes the Park history, information on hiking, camping, geology, plants, animals, fishing and boating, seasons, facts of life, a road guide and park map, family… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Capendu, Editeur / Emrik and Binger, 1890. Soft cover. VG. Une Soirée au Cirque ABC, "Volume indéchirable sur toile." No publications date noted, but WorldCat says two editions were published in 1890 in France. 4to, stiff illustrated wraps, French text, [12] pages, linen cloth, illustrations by color lithography, front endpapers the alphabet A-Z in capital letters,… Read more about this item

Westminster London: Bancroft & Co, 1960. Hardcover. VG-. Vojtech Kubasta. Circus pop-up book illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta, no date but circa 1960. 4to, stiff front illustrated cardboard, stiffer rear board opens up to the pop-up, story inside "Tony and the Circus Boy" has 8 pages and 2 b/w text illustrations. Condition: VERY GOOD - : light rubbing all… Read more about this item

Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1918. Soft cover. G-. Various. Folio, stapled color illustrated wraps, [8] pages, 2 and 3-color illustrations inside by various artists [ CW, Bonnifel Butler, and 2 others ]. Condition: GOOD - : edgewear of small chips and tears, soiling, one signature is detached from the staples and other is hanging on for dear life,… Read more about this item

Chevy Chase, MD: National Story League, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. Lloyd Dotterer (cover). 8vo, stapled wraps, b/w illustration on front cover by Lloyd Dotterer, 12 pages, bibliography on last page lists stories for certain occasions and where the stories can be found. Condition: VERY GOOD with slight toning to covers at bottom edge, erased penciled owner's name… Read more about this item

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1949. Soft cover. Good. A Fuzzy Wuzzy Book, Whitman No. 908. Almost square 8vo (9 ¾ x 10"), illustrated stapled wraps, [10] pages, color illustrations, Lion is "fuzzy." Condition: GOOD: light edgewear all around, spotting to front cover and some staining to rear cover, internally clean. A tale of the Circus that… Read more about this item

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good. Gertrude Alice Kay. No. 860. Oblong 4to, illustrated stapled stiff wraps, [16] pages, color illustrations throughout by Gertrude Alice Kay. Condition: VERY GOOD with slight edgewear, 1" closed tear to first page top edge, some spotting to rear cover, otherwise clean and tight and filled with Kay's delightful circus… Read more about this item

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing, 1926. Soft cover. Very Good. The covers title reads: "The Circus Drawing and Painting Book." Folio, stapled pictorial stiff paper wraps, [24] pages, b/w drawings to be colored in, color illustrations as examples. Condition: VERY GOOD: light edgewear to covers, rubbing to spine, internally clean and tight excepting a slight toning to pages, and… Read more about this item

New York: Merrimack Publishing. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1880 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1844S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD: slight edgewear, faint crease and… Read more about this item

New York: Merrimack Publishing. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Undated reproduction of the original Randolph Caldecott published by George Routledge in 1881 - this reprint by Merrimack Publishing, printed in Hong Kong, is numbered 1849-S. 8vo, illustrated stiff wraps, 32 pages, full page color illustrations and b/w drawings. Condition: VERY GOOD: slight edgewear, crease to bottom… Read more about this item

London; New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. "Printed in Great Britain" is added at bottom of title page. Reprint edition by Warne circa 1900, originally published by George Routledge in 1877. Square 12mo, illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth… Read more about this item

Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, Inc., 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no printing statement), small 4to, navy cloth, 93 pages, color and b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliography. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: like new, jacket is clipped at the top, but price is at the bottom unclipped. Offers brief profiles of famous circus… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: A. D. Maclachlan. Soft cover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Printed by Kaufmann Lehr Baden, part of the Victoria Series of R. J. Masters in London. No date noted, but there is an inscription dated 1927 on verso of title page. 32mo (4 ½" x 3 5/8"), illustrated stapled wraps, 16 pages,… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Maud and Miska Petersham. 1st edition (no additional printings), INSCRIBED by the compiler on fep,12mo, green cloth with black titles, 328 pages, b/w full-page illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham. Condition: VERY GOOD- book / no jacket: light rubbing to extremities, soiling to page… Read more about this item

New York: Michael di Capua / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Maurice Sendak. 1st edition (stated), oblong 8vo, unpaginated, color illustrations on every page. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: tiny spot on front endpaper, otherwise, no visible wear; the jacket is price-clipped. A lovely copy. An old tale… Read more about this item

Chicago: John C. Winston Company, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Robert Lawson. Not the Winston edition with the pictorial paste-on, this is copyright 1937 with no additional printings noted. 8vo, red cloth with black illustration and gold shield with black titles, repeated on spine, blue and turquoise illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, 10 other 2-color full-page illustrations and additional… Read more about this item

Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf / Heritage Press, no date., 1937. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Richard Floethe. C. Collodi. Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Marionette. Translated from the Italian by Walter S. Cramp. With an introduction by Carl Van Doren and Illustrations by Richard Floethe. Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf / Heritage Press,… Read more about this item

Princeton: D. Van Nostrand,, 1965. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gwen Raverat. Henry Allen Wedgwood. The Bird Talisman: An Eastern Tale. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, no date. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1939 by Faber and Faber, when Gwen Raverat, great grand-niece of the author, illustrated it with color and black and… Read more about this item