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Mother Goose Puppet Book
New York: Capitol Publishing Company Inc, 139 Fifth Avenue, 1949, Capitol Puppet Books; shaped glossy primary coloured puppet theater book with cut out stage; this opens to inner yellow curtained stage to which is attached a small pulp paper pamphlet of about 22 unnumbered pages; between this stage and the.....
Sidsel Longskirt & Solve Suntrap: Two children of Norway.
Winston, (1935); blue cloth, gilt titles; in jacket with Norwegian landscape on front and title; 8vo; 257 pp. Juvenile hardback. Originally published in this country as two books in 1935 and 1936; illustrated by the d'Aulaires and translated by Margery Williams Bianco and Dagay Mortenson.
Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki, an Ashanti Tale Retold.
NY: Warne, 1979, 1st printing; 9x8.3, ca. 32 pp. Brown cloth stamped with fly. Picture Book hardback. An Ashanti folk tale retold, with full-colour pages and bright illustrations.
Sebgugugu the Glutton: A Bantu Tale from Rwanda.
Grand Rapids: 1993, 1st; 10x9.5, @ 32 pp. Picture Book hardback. A retelling of a folk tale about a greedy villager from Aardema's book, Beyond the Back of the Mountain, brightly and nicely illustrated in bold African colours.
A Franconia Story: Agnes.
Harper, (1853). Red pressed design; 4.3x6.7; 220 pp. Juvenile hardback. The last of ten books about children in and around the White Mountain village of Franconia, New Hampshire. "Humorous and moralistic, these tales were extremely popular in the mid and late nineteenth century. Now, of course, these stories, despite their.....
A Franconia Story: Ellen Linn.
Harper, (1853, 1881) later reprint. Red cloth with gilt and black stamped; 4.3x6.7; 203 pp. Juvenile hardback. The seventh of ten books about children in and around the White Mountain village of Franconia, New Hampshire. "Humorous and moralistic, these tales were extremely popular in the mid and late nineteenth century.....
A Franconia Story: Mary Erskine.
Harper, (1853, 1878) later reprint. Red cloth with gilt and black stamped; 4.3x6.7; 180 pp. Juvenile hardback. The third of ten books about children in and around the White Mountain village of Franconia, New Hampshire. "Humorous and moralistic, these tales were extremely popular in the mid and late nineteenth century.....
Harlie Stories: Wild Peggie, or Charity with Discretion.
NY: Sheldon, 1863 (1862 c.), 1st edition, IV of six in series. Blue pressed boards, 4.2x6; 96 pp. Juvenile hardback. Harlie Stories: Wild Peggie, or Charity with Discretion.
Harper's Picture Books for the Nursery. The Little Learner: Learning About Common Things,
Harper, (1857). Red pressed design; 5.5x6.7; 192 pp. Juvenile hardback. Small pictures and an intelligent dialogue to be read by the adult, with excellent pedagogical preface. Armed with this little book, an older sibling could develop a modern child's perception and impart considerable knowledge.
Harper's Story Books Congo, Viola, Little Paul. Vol 12
Harper, 1857. Dark brown pressed design with gilt, 5.5x6.7; 480 pp. Juvenile hardback. Three Harper stories, Congo or Jasper's Experience in Command, Viola and her little brother Arno, Little Paul or How to be Patient in Sickness and Pain. Like late 20th c How to Survive My Parents' Divorce books.....
Malleville, a Franconia Story
New York: Harper and Brothers (1850) textured ruled red cloth with stamped borders and gilt spine, cream endpapers, frontis and occasional illustrations in text; 8vo; 219 pp. Juvenile hardback. Gentle stories of the winter Malleville, a six year old invalid, spent with her aunt and uncle, her cousin, her brother.....
The Rollo Books Jonas, a Judge; or, Law Among the Boys.
Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1840/1840. Brown pressed design; high rag content paper, 4.3x6.3; 179 pp. Juvenile hardback. .
The Rollo Books: Rollo in Naples.
John Alden, 1883/1858, later reprint of Brown Taggard and Chase publication, Rollo's Tour Series; 4.5x6.25; 219 pp. Juvenile hardback. The ninth of the ten of Rollo's Tour in Europe books. "In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the.....
Vernon or Conversations about old times in England.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers (1854) a Harper's Story Book; red blindstamped boards with gilt title and decoration on spine; thin yellow endpapers, series title page with frontis of "The House Where Vernon Lived", publication data on verso, then individual title page with decorated border and illustration, fine engravings.....
A B C D E (8 alphabets)
Kenosha, WIS.: Samuel Lowe Company, (1943) #1001, Linenette, textured paper. Toploader fabric. 8 alphabets in a linenette book with distinctive, uncredited artwork. There is no title page, the Occupations alphabet takes up the front and back cover. As with all the alphabets, there are rows of 4 or 5 pictures.....
A B C D E (8 alphabets) abcde...
Kenosha, WIS.: Samuel Lowe Company, paper large booklet, (1943) #10011. Toploader large softcover. 8 alphabets in a paper book with distinctive, uncredited artwork. There is no title page, the Occupations alphabet takes up the front and back cover. As with all the alphabets, there are rows of 4 or 5.....
Bilder-ABC No. 42.
No publication data,(c. 1915?) paper cover with illustration of boy teaching a group of children sitting on a log, paper is pasted to stiff card back, 4 folded pages, making 16 interior pages, printed on one side only (8 coloured pages); 4.25"x6.3" German language softcover medium. A little Sunday School.....
In the Garden ABC
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, Father Tuck's "The Field and Farm" Series; 1895-1901, #5518; shiny illustrated WRAPS with little girl watering her flowers, on the back a girl is adorning her donkey with a wreath of flowers, inside, four coloured illustrations and sepia picture in text; oblong 8.5 x 6";.....
In Town ABC.
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, Father Tuck's "The Field and Farm" Series; 1895-1901 #5522,; shiny illustrated WRAPS with boy in a blue suit and his dog looking in a toy store window, on the back a mother rocking her baby; oblong 8.5 x 6"; np. Toploader medium softcover story. Some.....
Little Playmates ABC
Springfield, Mass USA: McLoughlin Bros., Inc. c.1900; glazed linen, 3 sheets forming 10 interior pages; coloured paintings outside; inside, contemporary black and white spreads alternate with full coloured, decorated "old-fashioned" spreads; large 10.25x7" Toploader fabric McLoughlin. The children in the black and white pictures with plain graphics ride bicycles and.....
The Noah's Ark Primer.
Syracuse, New York: G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. Syracuse, NY USA; (1913) yellow cover with Noah hlding a lamb, Mary and Lamb on back, Alphabet on inside front, interesting company history/ad on inside back, 12 interior pages, each alphabet animal has a couplet and also a Hanford's Balsam blurb for.....
The Noah's Ark Primer.
Syracuse, New York: G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. Syracuse, NY USA; (1913) yellow cover with Noah hlding a lamb, Mary and Lamb on back, Alphabet on inside front, interesting company history/ad on inside back, 12 interior pages, each alphabet animal has a couplet and also a Hanford's Balsam blurb for.....
Walt Disney's A B C (ABC)
A Dean's Baby-safe Book, Made in Great Britain, Dean's Rag Book dog logo, no number, copyright Walt Disney Productions, [1963]; bright full colour covers, on front a bright train with characters in the open cars, on back, Y yellow dog, Z zoo yellow giraffe, inside pages are white with coloured.....