BLACKBIRD'S NEST, A TALE FOR YOUTH
First edition of this moralistic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations.
First edition of this moralistic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations.
First edition of this brightly illustrated collection of poems and short stories, many focused on animals.
Gilded Age McLoughlin Brothers publication of the traditional rhyme "This Little Pig Went to Market" from Aunt Mary's Little Series.
Winter and Christmas-themed picture book from the McLoughlin Brothers, featuring rhymes for young children illustrated with chromolothographs with little children at play.
McLoughlin Primer, including illustrated alphabets and simple word lessons with large illustrations.
Late 19th-century McLoughlin Brothers publication with their characteristic bright chromolithographs.
First edition of a sweet little alphabet reader with hand-colored illustrations.
Second American edition of the popular English nursery rhyme about bird-based crime and justice.
Uncommon American moral story for children, loosely modeled on Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER.
First edition of this book of games for American boys in the 19th century, with an early description of baseball.
First edition of this collection of stories and little verses, illustrated in a style strongly influenced by Maud Humphrey.
Gilded Age philosophical poem illustrated with striking late-19th century American chromolithographs.
Gilded Age fantasy verses with a beautiful 19th-century American trade binding, illustrated with chromolithographs reminiscent of E.V. Boyle, some with an eerie quality.
Early Boston piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first US edition – but also the first known version published in the US with color plates.
Scarce color McLoughlin Brothers Brownies production featuring author-illustrator Palmer Cox's ingenious adaptation of Scottish folklore, an attractive copy.
First edition of the 4th Brownie book, wherein the little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia, and more, in the rare original dust jacket.
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 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.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.
First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, in the scarce yellow binding, and rarely seen in this condition.
First edition of this McLoughlin Brothers STRUWWELPETER-esque title, describing children of different temperaments.
First edition of this STRUWWELPETER-esque story of a very naughty boy and the consequences of his actions.
Rare first edition of this exciting McLoughlin title, in which a steam train and its passengers experience increasingly unlikely adventures.