CAMPFIRE GIRLS
A short story of the Campfire Girls, a popular fiction series from the early 20th century based upon a girls' club very similar to the Girl Scouts.
A short story of the Campfire Girls, a popular fiction series from the early 20th century based upon a girls' club very similar to the Girl Scouts.
Scarce trade catalogue for children's books, toys, games, and educational novelties meant for the Christmas market.
Clever 1920s educational adventure book, in which little Mimi and Robin learn grammar with the help of humanized grammar terms.
Pre-war reader devoted to health and cleanliness for children.
First edition of this collection of stories themed around the values of the Girl Guides/Girl Scouts, in the rare original dust jacket.
First edition of this rare Margaret Wise Brown pseudonymous title, inscribed by illustrator Bill Ballantine, who he gave up his career to join the circus in 1947.
First edition of this stylish mid-century modern beginner's sewing book, full of simple projects and instruction.
First printing of this I Can Read Book about adorable brother and sister pigs wonderfully illustrated in color by the author.
First edition of this delightfully optimistic pre-WWI book about "the mechanical triumphs of the modern world," with illustrations of many of these "triumphs" in action – an uncommon title, especially so in dust jacket.
First edition of this reader for German-Jewish children that reflects their rapidly changing cultural status, published the year Hitler declared himself Führer.
WWI-era history of the British flag through the importance of its use in battles over the years, using the term "ABC" to suggest the basics of the topic, rather than a literal alphabet.
First edition, in the variant bright white binding, of this beautifully illustrated book about our six-legged neighbors – with the scarce original dust jacket.
First printing of this history of African Americans for young people, profiling prominent figures such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass – with striking black-and-white illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon.
First edition of this 1960s instructional book for parents advocating reading education for toddlers.
Set of the landmark 1930 editions of the classic readers – the two first editions to include the characters of Dick and Jane.
Foundational revised Elson-Gray reader: the first edition to include the characters of Dick and Jane.
First edition of this lovely large illustrated book about ships, published on the heels of World War I.
Dick and Jane reader, with stories by a variety of authors and illustrated in color on every page.
Exceptional copy of this Dick and Jane primer, rarely found with so little use and no library stamps of any kind.
The rare large Dick and Jane book for teachers to display and use in class, over two feet high.
First editions of various Austrian lesson books for blind children from a single turn-of-the-century publisher, in both Braille and an embossed Latin alphabet, showing the field's move toward the Braille system.
First printing, the tale of an adorable chimp in an "I Can Read Book," with simple sentences and large spaces between lines to assist very young readers.
First edition, fourth impression of this book of hand-sewing projects, targeted at young girls.
Inscribed first edition of the best known book by the first woman and first Swedish person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, beating out fellow nominees Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, and Mark Twain.
First edition of this economically minded craft book for children that "shows how many things lying around the house [...] can, with proper application, be made into things of beauty and usefulness."