PATTY AND HER PITCHER
First edition of this Cinderella-like tale of a poor girl and the enchanted pitcher who helps her attain a better life.
First edition of this Cinderella-like tale of a poor girl and the enchanted pitcher who helps her attain a better life.
Third revised edition of "the most popular arithmetic in America" prior to 1800, which had gone through 57 editions by 1832 (Karpinski, 16).
First edition of this satire of high society using humanized birds – with bright hand-colored illustrations featuring a rooster in purple, an owl in teal, and more.
Beautiful copy of the Doyle-illustrated fairy tale, with 35 wood-engraved plates by the Brothers Dalziel.
First edition of this little collection of moral tales by Mrs. Fenwick, an early number in the DUMPY BOOK series — a beautiful copy.
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
First edition of the first book in the Elsie Dinsmore series, a major precursor to the Nancy Drew books.
Four original fairy tales about pigs. A charming book.
First edition of this moralizing chapbook about the merits to be earned with good behavior – a remarkably scarce title.
First edition of this anthology of stories for German-speaking children in the US, published in St. Louis.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
First edition of Greenaway's first foray into almanack illustrating, with lovely seasonal pictures.
First edition of Kate Greenaway's second illustrated almanack for children.
First edition of this almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this deluxe variation (in white imitation goatskin) of an almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this Victorian almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this Victorian almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
Collection of first editions of 15 almanacks illustrated by Golden Age trailblazer Kate Greenaway, one volume signed by her.
First edition of this miniature alphabet book illustrated by Golden Age great Kate Greenaway.
First edition, first issue, of the famous "designer picture book" (Brian Alderson).
Charming 1880s autograph book, with illustrations in the style of Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this near-miniature collection of 12 short stories with illustrations attributed to Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
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 early short story for young readers about the first American spy, Nathan Hale, who is said to have declared "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before his execution by the British in 1776.