It's Raining Said John Twaining
by Nursery Rhymes; Translated and Illustrated By N. M. Bodecker
London: Macmillan, 1973 Illustrated boards with minor rubbing to extremities, matching dust jacket with light edge wear and three creases to front panel that appear to be a manufacturing defect. A book of Danish nursery rhymes illustrated in full color throughout. Humorous. British and American editions issued simultaneously.. First British Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by N. M. Bodecker. Oblong 4to.
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Schufti!
by Bohatta-Morpurgo, Ida
Munchen: Josef Muller, 1953 1938, [1953]. Date per DNB. Pictorial boards, top corner of pages slightly bumped, two tiny indents along top edge; matching dust jacket with minor wear to extremities. The story of a naughty little schnauzer, illustrated in color on every other page, featuring humanized animals. Text in German.. Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo. Square 16mo..
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Jim, Jock and Jumbo
by Bohman, Nils; Illustrated By Einar Norelius
New York: Dutton, 1946 Illustrated boards with red cloth spine, minor bumping to corners else fine and bright; matching dust jacket with closed edge tears with old tape repair, original price intact ($1.00). The story of Jumbo, a little blue elephant and his jungle friends. Exquisitely lithographed bright color illustrations throughout. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Einar Norelius. 4to.
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Alphabet Pour Les Tout Petits
by ABC. Text By Marcelle Verite; Illustrated By Josette Boland
Bruges: Desclee De Brouwer, 1947 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, mild soil to edges, gift inscription and previous owner's label, else clean and bright. A beautiful French abc book, richly printed in full color throughout with illuminated accents. There is a poem in French for each letter of the alphabet.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Josette Boland. Square 4to.
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Sandy at the Children's Zoo
by Bolliger, Max; Illustrated By Klaus Brunner
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967 Bound in blue cloth in a full color pictorial dust jacket. The story of a young boy's trip to the zoo. Illustrated with brightly colored and energetic drawings throughout. Out of Print.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Klaus Brunner. 4to.
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Paddington Goes to Town
by Bond, Michael
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968 125 pgs. Tan cloth in color pictorial dust jacket with light wear, small stain to front panel, original price intact ($3.25), though crossed out and $1.50 written above it in pen. The seventh Paddington book, illustrated in b&w by Peggy Fortnum. . Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. 8vo.
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More About Paddington
by Bond, Michael; Illustrated By Peggy Fortnum
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962 Pictorial blue cloth; color illustrated dust jacket with wear to extremities, original price intact. Beautiful copy of the third Paddington book.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.
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Contes Par Mendes, Saint Juirs, Pouvillon Copee, Erckmann-Chatrian: Heath-Chicago French Series Vol. 8
by Bond, Otto (Ed.)
Boston: D C Heath and Company, 1940 Code 4D7 on copyright page. Linen covers mounted on card, titled in black ink, occasional notes and underlining in pencil. An intermediate level French reader with exercises and a glossary of words. Illustrated with a full-page b&w frontis.. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.
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Children's Children (Signed Ltd Ed)
by Bone, Muirhead (Illus) & Gertrude Bone (Auth)
London: Duckworth & Co., 1908 Bound in vellum-like paper with elaborate gilt decoration and titles, a few scrapes and light wear, but overall a lovely copy. Illustrated with an etched frontis, full and partial page artwork in line. This copy is signed by Muirhead Bone, but not numbered.. Signed by Artist. First Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to.
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Fun to Do Sticker Fun, Cut out-Stick-Color
by Activitiy Book.
Racine, WI: Whitman, 1960 Color printed card covers, light spine wear else fine and unused. Two sheets of stickers to be cut out and placed throughout the book on un-colored drawings that the child was then meant to color in. Looks like fun to me!. Near Fine. Folio.
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Basket of Mischief
by Shape Book.
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 Unpaginated. Stiff paper covers shaped like a basket, printed in color depicting a basket full of children, small chip from top of cover else, Fine. Opens from top to bottom, 4 full page color chromolithographs and one double page color chromo, all very lovely bright and clean. Also sepia printed illustrations and verse. Illustrations are signed E.A.C. . Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs.... Read More
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Animal Frolics
by Shape Book.
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1910 Circa 1910. Color-printed, die-cut card wraps, edge & spine wear, loss to base of spine and at the edges of a few pages, pages brittle, will need to be handled with care. Illustrated with 6 pages printed in color, the balance in line. Fables and humorous verses about animals. The cover is a pirated version of Louis Wain's Dandy Lion, some of the b&w artwork is by George Henry Thompson. .... Read More
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Birds, Pull-Action Talking Book
by Talking Book.
Japan: Uncredited Pictorial boards with mild wear, slip case is worn and creased. A simple book about birds featuring a pull-action squeaker plus two additional squeakers concealed in the pages, all working. No date, circa 1950s.. Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo.
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I'll Draw a Meadow
by Bornstein, Ruth Lercher
New York: Harper & Row (1979). Reinforced pictorial cloth in matching dust jacket with two tiny edge tears. A haunting poem about finding peace with equally haunting and dream-like artwork. Library binding but NOT x-lib.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ruth Lercher Bornstein. Square 12mo.
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If You're Not From the Prairie...
by Bouchard, David
New York: Atheneum, 1995 Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket. A poem about living in the prairie with really beautiful, Andrew Wyeth-esque color artwork throughout.. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Henry Ribblinger. Oblong 4to.
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Kids of Many Colors
by Boylan, Grace Duffie & Ike Morgan
New York: Hurst & Company, 1909 Yellow cloth pictorially stamped in red, green & black, cover soil and mild bumping to corners, binding slightly shaken, gift inscription. Verses about children from all around the world from France, to China, Canada to the Philippines, etc... Illustrated in color throughout. The book is full of racial and cultural stereotypes, in both word and image, that represent an antiquated world view that would be offensive to most modern readers.... Read More
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Boris Orloff
by Bradford, Edwin Emmanuel, Rev.
Norfolk : Daedalus Press for Timothy D'Arch Smith, 1968 9 pgs. Mustard paper wraps printed in black bound with string, light soil, else fine. A story by "Uranian" author, Bradford, originally published in Boy's Own Paper in 1893, here printed as a Christmas greeting by Timothy D'Arch Smith, limited to 200 copies. The cover illustration is by H M Brock, from 1919. This copy is inscribed, "Happy Christmas Jack & Paddy / Love / Tim & Michael / *to whom... Read More
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Miss Carter Came with Us
by Bradley, Helen
London: Jonathan Cape (1973). Purple cloth, top corner bumped; Illustrated dust jacket age-toned, and we believe it was laminated by a previous owner. A charming picture book by Helen Bradley whose artistic career didn't begin until she was in her sixties. . Stated First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Helen Bradley. Large Oblong 4to.
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In the Beginning, Said Great-Aunt Jane
by Bradley, Helen
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975 Gilt stamped blue cloth, light shelf wear; illustrated dust jacket sunned along bottom edge and spine. Wonderful folk-art style paintings depicting Edwardian England. . First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Oblong 4to.
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Peter Poodle, Toy Maker to the King
by Bradley, Will
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906 (1906). Illustrated boards with cloth spine,corners worn, head of spine rubbed, small closed tear to FFEP, gift inscription, a few finger marks but overall clean. Full color frontis, full page lithographs in limited color as well as color textual elements and chapter heads. Rare in this condition.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Will Bradley. 4to.
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Little Indian Weaver (Children of All Lands Series)
by Brandeis, Madeline
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928 134 pgs. Pictorial boards with wear to extremities, gift inscription to endpaper; pictorial dust jacket with archival mends on verso. Photo illustrations by the author. Children of All Lands Series.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Madeline Brandeis. 8vo.
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Girl and the Faun
by Brangwyn, Frank (Illus); Phillpotts, Eden (Auth)
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1917 Orange cloth stamped in navy ink with paper spine labels, wear to extremities, pages slightly age-toned. A tale, based in Western mythology, illustrated with four, full-page, tissue-guarded color plates and decorative borders by Frank Brangwyn, a Welsh artist who apprenticed with William Morris. . First Trade Edition, American Issue. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Brangwyn. Small 4to.
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Book of Planets for You, Revised Edition (Let's Read and Find Out Science Book)
by Branley, Franklyn, M.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1966 Mustard cloth pictorially stamped & titled in black; color pictorial dust jacket with wear and losses, insect damage, a pen mark, original price intact ($3.95). All about how the planets were discovered and what we know about their composition and atmospheres. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout.. 6th Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Good. Illus. by Leonard Kessler. Small Oblong 4to.
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Robin Des Bois
by Robin Hood. Illustrated By Roger Brard
Paris: Editions Bias, 1957 (1965) Pictorial boards, award bookplate on endpaper.. A retelling of Robin Hood with energetic color artwork appearing as dual-page, full page and partial page. . Later Printing. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Roger Brard. 4to.
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Three Terms at Uplands
by Brazil, Angela
London: Blackie & Son 223 pgs. Grey cloth titled in red ink, foxing to prelims, pages age-toned but clean; color pictorial dust jacket with wear, small losses and foxing, original price intact (3/6). Brazil's penultimate novel, illustrated with a b&w frontispiece. No date.. Reprint. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good. Illus. by D L Mays. 8vo.
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