PERFECT CHRISTMAS PICTURE
First printing of this "I Can Read" Book on a festive winter theme, wonderfully illustrated in color by Karen Ann Weinhaus.
First printing of this "I Can Read" Book on a festive winter theme, wonderfully illustrated in color by Karen Ann Weinhaus.
Early edition of the book that made the Rollo series big, intended to instruct the novice American reader by combining a mature vocabulary with a lively series of animal metamorphoses and moral lessons.
Beautifully illustrated account of animals in the wild, paired with advice for children to for their domesticated pets.
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.
Signed first printing of this fantastical counting book all about big numbers, as taught by Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician – with original drawing of Marvelosissimo.
Signed first US trade edition of this book of traditional nursery rhymes, newly illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Early revised edition of this attractive illustrated chemistry textbook first published in 1873, one of J. Dorman Steele's famed series of standard texts for the classroom.
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.
First printing of this early guide to Boy Scout skills and values, published only a year after the US branch of the organization was founded – in notably intact condition.
First printing of this fantastic book about the math of saving money featuring Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician.
First printing of this colorful book about the history of Palestine on the eve of the establishment of Israel, with vibrant mid-century modern illustrations.
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.
Inscribed first printing of this delightful book of New York numbers, including such delights as 8 soft pretzels, 14 carousel horses, and 19 pets.
Early edition of this French reader for young US learners, published as the cracks that would lead to the Civil War began to form.
Early Republic era chapbook of this fascinatingly fatalistic little work about aging and death — a rare survival.
Second edition of this little collection of moral advice for children, in a remarkably early US example of a publisher's cloth binding.
True first printing of this reflection on the importance and philosophy of teaching, by a well-traveled professor and author.
Charming set of bedtime stories, packaged together by Whitman with its original box.
The rare large format Dick and Jane book for teachers to display and use in class, over two feet high.
First edition of this small and charming chapbook featuring animal woodcuts and short passages about them.
Philadelphia edition of this immensely popular book of questions and answers based around the teachings of the Reformed Dutch Church.
Third revised edition of this little mathematical text, a beautiful example of the materials used in the binding of 19th-century school books.
First edition of this moralistic chapbook, in eye-catching speckled gilt boards.
First edition of this little chapbook collection of bucolic and moral tales in rhyme, from the third series of the Redfield's Toy Books series.