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.
Gilded Age small-format McLoughlin Brothers publication with a cute pet dog theme.
Illustrated gift book extolling the virtues of the independent grocery store via adventurous fairies – a charming piece of 1920s US advertising.
First edition of this brightly illustrated collection of poems and short stories, many focused on animals.
Winter and Christmas-themed picture book from the McLoughlin Brothers, featuring rhymes for young children illustrated with chromolothographs with little children at play.
German oblong board book of children traveling and engaging in vacation activities.
Scarce first edition of this vibrant book with cloth-mounted leaves, featuring animals rendered in their natural colors and in rainbow.
Late 19th-century McLoughlin Brothers publication with their characteristic bright chromolithographs.
First edition of a beautiful and bright unused 19th-century coloring book.
Little book of pig mischief, apparently an advertising giveaway for Jelloids, with maze at rear.
Utterly disarming handmade children's book, detailing the story of the titular monkeys.
First edition of this colorful book of animals, with descriptions by "Uncle Ted."
Scarce first printing of the book that won the Dillons their first Caldecott award – and the first of two that would make them the only illustrators to be awarded the Caldecott in consecutive years.
First printing of this adaptation of an Swahili folktale about animal escapades in pursuit of honey, with lush illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney
First edition of the charming story of Kewpie-esque Pohutukawa flower fairies HUTU AND KAWA as they cheer up a lonely reptile.
Clever 1920s educational adventure book, in which little Mimi and Robin learn grammar with the help of humanized grammar terms.
First edition, in which the cat Miranda saves the day, an uncommon and lovely Elizabeth Orton Jones title.
First printing of this beautifully-illustrated collection of sixty of Aesop's beloved fables, from the Tortoise and the Hare to The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and beyond.
First edition of this scarce and fabulous large-format picture book, about a family of humanized rabbits and their animal friends.
First edition of a rare Aldin title, THE MERRY PUPPY BOOK follows the spirited exploits of a variety of puppies in a variety of settings. Aldin at his best.
A dog's life, versified and illustrated by the author, rare in this condition.
First edition of this puppy picture book, charmingly illustrated by the author.
A rare Aldin work, all about little Pat and her new black Scotch terrier Smut. Although Pat treats him like her baby, Smut shows himself to be quite a brave boy in a pinch!
Beautiful first US edition, a departure from Aldin's usual canine subjects.
First edition, first printing of this classic nineteenth century hymn adapted by Leo Politi.