AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW, ETC.
First edition of the third volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
First edition of the third volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
First edition thus, in which the evocative Macedonian leader from antiquity receives a late Victorian update in this children's telling, beautifully illustrated by Mason with a consciously antiquarian flair.
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.
Four original fairy tales about pigs from the great turn-of-the-century children's publisher Nister: a charming book.
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
Charming McLoughlin ABC with carefree illustrations of children at play, accompanying rhymes about the letters of the alphabet.
First edition of these Irish verses about fairies, with beautiful Art Nouveau designs by Housman carrying distinct notes of Beardsley's style.
Scarce Regency-era history of ancient Greece, "now part of Turkey," adapted from Herodotus for young readers in England.
First edition of the second volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
Wonderful large-format shape book full of classic nursery rhymes and vibrant chromolithographs.
First appearance, in ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, of Alcott's story about a less common holiday seen in literature, and later incorporated into AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG.
First edition of this charming insect adaptation of the 1001 Nights, in which Fuz-Buz the fly buys himself time after being caught in Mother Grabem's web.
First printing of this colorful Christmas gift book filled with seasonal poems and bright color plates, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Charming American schoolbook for German speakers, featuring an inspirational woodcut image of Martin Luther at his writing desk on the front cover.
Uncommon chromolithographic picture book detailing little Dicky's return to England from South Africa, revealing Victorian-era colonialist culture and racism.
First edition of this 19th century do-it-yourself shadow puppet theater, beautifully intact and unused, with 16 articulated puppet figures and two dramatic stage sets.
First edition of Hawthorne's second book for children, an introduction to the history of colonial New England presented in a dialogue between children and their grandfather.
Darling Czech children's book, with vibrant chromolithographs of well-to-do children engaging in various activities including going to the zoo, going sailing, and buying new toys.
Signed limited first edition of the classic work in the field of children's book collecting, one of only 585 copies signed by the great 20th-century bookseller Rosenbach.
First printing of this landmark bibliography of the earliest years of children's books printing in the US.
Limited edition bibliographical checklist, a follow-up and companion reference to Heartman's bibliography of New England Primers.
Third revised edition of this important bibliographical reference work on the "greatest little book" in the history of American early childhood education.
Stylish signed limited first edition bibliography of Boreman's landmark early children's books.
McLoughlin edition of this vibrantly illustrated nursery rhyme set to music, featuring humanized frogs, rats, and cats, part of their Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.
First edition of this informational chapbook of various examples of hats and shoes from history and around the world.