Children from DJ Ernst-Books

Platt & Munk, 1939. Yellow pictorial glossy paper-covered boards hardcover with green cloth spine, copyright MCMXXXIX, no other printings listed, nice color illustrations on hard board pages, letters and words in cursive script, "NO 850" at bottom of front cover along with "MADE IN U.S.A." and "THE PLATT MUNK CO., INC.," showing very light wear to covers mainly at… Read more about this item

New York: Robin Corey Books, 2007. Glossy pictorial hardcover, color illustrated, some fold-out pages, inscribed and autographed by the author-illustrator at top inside front cover in ink, "To -- enjoy the show! John Stadler 2007," very minor bump to lower outer corners, clean tight and square, I suspect that there was no dust jacket published with this book but I'm… Read more about this item

London and New York: Ernest Nister and E. P. Dutton Hardcover with plain teal cloth spine and paper-covered boards, front board is illustrated, 12 color chromolithograph plates by Harriett M. Bennett are tipped-in and every page contains illustrations, pages not numbered, about same format as Chatterbox, covers show scratches rub marks and some slight soiling, corners rubbed, edges rubbed, cloth… Read more about this item

The Taunton Press, 1998. Glossy pictorial hardcover, 167 pages, profusely illustrated, lower outer corners bumped, generally a decent clean tight copy.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1992. Glossy pictorial hardcover with matching dust jacket, told and illustrated by Victor Ambrus, a very nice clean tight copy with very good dust jacket.. First American Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1950. Blue hardcover pictorial paper-covered boards with red sailboat smiling on front cover, copyright 1950 on title page and no other dates listed, staple-bound, green pictorial endpapers, color illustrated, light rubbing at edges, not bad, ink inscription on front endpage "From Miss Manhart Christmas 1950," (she taught elementary school in Selinsgrove Pa.), slight browning of… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2003. Pictorial hardcover oblong, pages not numbered, color illustrated, green endpapers, fine condition, dust jacket fine, E. B. White Read Aloud Award, autographed in black felt-tip on front green endpage including drawing of cat face by author-illustrator, no inscription, just autograph and drawing, thus it is perfect for a gift, my image shows the drawing… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1992. Hardcover with black cloth spine with silver lettering and with green boards, 122 pages, illustrated in black and white and with color illustrated dust jacket by Brian Pinkney, with Newberry award and Coretta Scott King award stickers neatly on front of dust jacket (easily removable), book and unclipped dust jacket are very good, inscribed… Read more about this item

New York: Hurst and Company Hardcover, red cloth spine, chromolithographed front cover depicts girl with dogs cats ducks birds, rear cover light blue (and surface-rubbed), staple-bound, nice chromo frontis showing two girls with cat, profusely illustrated in poor quality black and white on yellowing stiff paper, mark on front cover where sticker was removed, board edges rubbed, especially at corners,… Read more about this item

London: The Juvenile Publishers Gray-green cloth hardcover with red white and black pictorial front cover showing children with goat pulling cart with American flag on it, red rabbit design on endpapers, illustrations on every page in reddish-brown or blue, no date but appears to be circa 1895, rear cover shows slight damp stain near spine extending out about 2 inches,… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943 Blue cloth hardcover with orang and black pictorial design and black blue and orange lettering, pictorial design on endpapers, 126 pages, profusely illustrated in color by beatrice Edgerly, copyright is 1930, 1943 printing, a decent copy with clean square cover with very light wear at corners (see image), owner's name in pencil inside front… Read more about this item

The Author, 1936 Black cloth at spine and white paper covered boards with black illustrations on covers, hardcover, illustrated in black, pages not numbered, boards very slightly warped, very light cover soil, no dust jacket, generally clean and tight.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frances W Delehanty. Oblong 12mo.

Harper & Brothers, (1918), 1918. according to publisher's code "F-U" this book was published June 1920, illus. by Rhoda Chase, with all 3 records present, 15 p., pictorial paper covered boards, very slight damp stains, clean and tight, light edge wear, decent (see image), #4 in the "Bubble Book" series.. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None Issued. Illus. by Rhoda… Read more about this item

New York: American Tract Society, 1860 Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped design on covers, yellow endpapers, 122 p. plus ads, illus., copyright 1860, owner's name in ink and pencil and dated 1885 on front end page, some foxing on pages, light cover soil, light surface rubbing and light bumping to edges, generally a decent… Read more about this item

New York: North-South Books, 1991 Pictorial glossy paper covered boards hardcover, color illustrated, exceptionally nice clean and tight, dust jacket has price sticker on rear and is otherwise fine, children's Christmas story.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jozef Wilkon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Stevens Point: Artex Publishing Inc., 1990 Artex Publishing Inc., (Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 1990), 102 p., pictorial paper covers showing grasshopper hanging up shorts with a story title on each pair of shorts, very good, signed, autographed by author on title page, I believe this was a university student's published writing project of five stories for young adults, children's literature.. Signed… Read more about this item

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948 Gray cloth hardcover with blue lettering design on spine, 224 p., very slight fade at bottom of spine, generally a nice clean tight book, all corners sharp, dust jacket shows light wear at spine ends, generally attractive and presentable, "a mother talks to her daughter about sex." (see scan for front cover dust jacket appearance).… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1922 366 p., illus. by Henry C Pitz, green ribbed cloth with gilt lettering and paste on color illus., short minor marginal tear p. 96, partly uncut, near very good, historical fiction, juvenile Americana.. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 Oxford University Press, 1st edition, 32 p., illustrated in color by Barry Castle, color pictorial boards, fine, matching dust jacket fine, nearly as new, a presentable copy for gift, children's literature.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Barry Castle. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Allyn and Bacon, 1928 Dark blue cloth with yellow and green lettering and design, vii p., 428 p., illustrated, light brown newsclipping stain on pages 202-203, few barely perceptible black (on dark blue) ink (?) stains on rear cover, three tiny brown specks on top edges, quite nice actually, clean and tight showing nearly no wear, a very good… Read more about this item