Search Results: Titles starting with A from RARE KIDS BOOKS

1938 AIR BABIES by ELVY KALEP ADORABLE CHERUB "AIRPLANES", AMELIA EARHART INTRO!FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FOLIO, 20 FULL COLOR -- AMELIA'S LAST ENDORSEMENT, SIGNED? by AUTHOR!!!A SCARCE, DELIGHTFUL & HISTORICAL BOOK!! Story & Art by Elvy Kalep, a friend of Amelia Earhart's, published by Saalfield in 10" x 13" Folio, Color Pictorial wraps, VERY NICE Condition. Complete in 20 Pages, including covers, all Color Illustrated!! VERY GOOD+++, No Names, Marks or interior Damage, Spine totally in tact, hint of wear only, Some light scuffing on wraps, mostly rear, with one small rear wrap edge piece torn off...very small, see 3rd to last image. A marvelous picture book depicting charming little creatures who are half-cherub and half airplane. ****** Includes a Rare Introduction by none other than AMELIA EARHART -- the last she ever endorsed before her fateful 1937 circumnavigation flight! (The book was already in publication before she ventured upon that fateful voyage). The story tells of their… Read More

TRUE FIRST & ONLY PRINTING, FIRST SERIES (CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT NEVER GROW OLD) ! -- REILLY & BRITTON -- RELEASED JUST BEFORE THE 2-STORY RED-BOOK SERIES... WIZARD of OZ ILLUSTRATOR, REILLY & BRITTON , FIRST EDITION / ONLY PRINTING!! .................................................. Very Delicate Book, Nice cover surround, with Circular inset of Alice & the Rabbit -- Very Good++ Condition, small dark area on rear bottom, with slight edge and corner wear & a bit of spine cover paper loss, but Stapled Binder holding well. Complete in 29 pages plus those wonderful Full Color illustrated end papers, with several Fairy Tale & Nursery Rhyme characters, even Little Black Sambo. ( Belongs too block completed with faint inscription -- only Marks). NO DAMAGE, NO REPAIRS! .......................... Reilly & Britton's FIRST & ONLY PRINTING, having 8 Full page Color Illustrations, plus Color Illustrated Title page. . TRULY RARE in this First SINGLE TITLE Series / FIRST & ONLY PRINTING!! No Examples that I could… Read More

FREE U.S. SHIPPING! Lewis Carroll's ALICE'S ADVENTURES in WONDERLAND -- An EXCELLENT Example of the ORIGINAL First Altemus Edition, with 31 Color Plates, published Ca. 1910 (nd) by Altemus for their WEE BOOKS for WEE FOLKS Series, Abridged for Children, in ORIGINAL DUST JACKET!NEAR FINE + CONDITION, with BURGUNDY Cloth Spine, with Full Spine Title in black. Bold as New. Cover Color is Excellent, as is the Color Illustrated Paste-on, literally No Wear. Interior Complete in 126 numbered pages, colophon page & NO ADV. PAGES!! LOVELY ILLUSTRATED PASTEL AQUA end papers present, with NO MARKS, or DAMAGE -- Only a Small Bookseller sticker at bottom.Binder Tight, Hinges Strong. No Names in Belongs to block on the Front or Rear Color Illustrated end papers .Interior is Bright & Near White!!But as if that were not enough, This book still has the ORIGINAL COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. It is in VERY GOOD+++ condition, Complete and in tact. A NEAR FINE+ example - with VERY GOOD+++ Original DJ --… Read More

SCARCE -- 1914 "All About Peter Rabbit", attributed to Beatrix Potter, but Illustrations by Dick Hartley & L. Kirby-Parrish -- RARE in Original Illustrated Dust Jacket It is the First (listed) Title in the Cupples & Leon Popular "All About..." Series, which included Little Black Sambo, Mother Goose, Peter Pan and many other titles, several illustrated by John B. Gruelle. The Covers are NEARLY PERFECT, binder strong, Complete with original end papers, all pages in tact, not loose. NO NAMES, MARKS or DAMAGE. RARE for this EARLY TITLE to have the Original Dust Jacket at all!! It is in tact with both flaps present, some overall soil/dusting, and some spine end chipping.