BIBLIYNA HISTORYA
First edition of an unusual copy of this Polish Bible story reader, with an imprint altered by an early owner to read a century earlier than it was actually published.
First edition of an unusual copy of this Polish Bible story reader, with an imprint altered by an early owner to read a century earlier than it was actually published.
A beautifully illustrated edition of Bohny's impactful BILDERBUCH, using everyday objects to teach children new concepts.
Scarce Boston chapbook teaching chess to beginners, measuring only 4 inches high.
First US edition of this chapbook poem about the sights and sounds (and smells) of the UK's capitol city.
First German translation, printed in Philadelphia, of LITTLE PRATTLE OVER A BOOK OF PRINTS, a book of moralistic tales and the alphabet.
Second edition of this little collection of moral advice for children, in a remarkably early US example of a publisher's cloth binding.
First US edition of this collection of short moral stories from English polymath John Bowring.
Early edition of this French reader for young US learners, published as the cracks that would lead to the Civil War began to form.
First edition of this moralizing chapbook about the merits to be earned with good behavior – a remarkably scarce title.
First edition of this miniature volume of two moralistic stories, part of the CABINET OF LILLIPUT series published by Newbery's successor.
First edition thus, from York publisher J. Kendrew, of the story of a little boy learning to read with the help of a molded alphabet book made of gingerbread.
Early edition of the book that made the Rollo series big, intended to instruct the novice American reader by combining a mature vocabulary with a lively series of animal metamorphoses and moral lessons.
Second revised edition of one of the most popular mathematical textbooks in the early United States, with extensive contemporary figuring.
Rare two-volume set of Hadley's Victorian retellings of the two testaments' greatest hits, for the young and young at heart.
First edition of this moralistic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations.
Modern facsimile edition of this collection of the 36 little promotional titles published by the Kansas City-based Faultless Starch Company, first published in 1889, an example of popular literacy tools in early Oklahoma and Texas.
Exceptional linen alphabet book that uses a fun searching game to teach early readers letters and numbers.
First edition of this little moral tale of the theft of a melon and the resulting punishment for the thief, published by active abolitionist Charles Whipple.
First edition of this moralistic chapbook, in eye-catching speckled gilt boards.
First edition of Kate Greenaway's second illustrated almanack for children.
First edition of this gothic-tinged chapbook on the death of a moral young woman, told partially through correspondence.
First edition of this small and charming chapbook featuring animal woodcuts and short passages about them.
First edition of a sweet little alphabet reader with hand-colored illustrations.
First Appleton edition of this moralistic story of a young boy and his virtuous father figure.
Philadelphia edition of this immensely popular book of questions and answers based around the teachings of the Reformed Dutch Church.