New York: Adventure, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. This is a set of 4 Adventure Magazines, an American pulp magazine which ran from 1910-1973. Adventure was published twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. The issues contained in this lot are all from 1929, during the tenure of famed editor..... More

Hurst and Co., 1900. Cloth. Spine cracked at back page. Binding is quote scuffed and damaged at corners. Water damage on cover and a bit along bottom edge. Title page is loose and laid in. An early edition of Alger's classic melodrama that shows its age. More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1925. 3rd printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Green cloth with gilt lettering and and illustration on front cover. Several illustrated plates. 392 pp. Edges and corners rather scuffed. Hinges overopened. Owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Minor soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a...... More

New York: Scribner's, 1886. 1st edition, 2nd issue. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x7". Brown decorative cloth with red and gilt lettering and embossments. Illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. 209 pp. plus advertisements. Ex library. Withdrawal stamp on top block edge and inside front cover. Header and footer of spine scuffed. Corners rubbed. Discoloration..... More

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1903. Cloth. Small 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth with gilt and stamped decorations on spine and cover. Frontispiece, photographic and text illustrations. 141 pp. Touch of rubbing to spine header. Gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. This is an attractive early printing of..... More

Random House, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. No dust jacket as issued. This is a set of both volumes of the St. Nicholas Anthology of classic Christmas tales and illustrations, many by the great Arthur Rackham. Authors include Kipling, London, Alcott, and many more. There are even games and riddles in..... More

Henry Altemus Company, 1911. Cloth. Both hinges cracked, and quite a bit of wear around the edges. Interior has a lot of foxing and some stains. This illustrated old children's story is the third in the Circus Boys series. More

Scribner's, 1925. Smith, Jessie Willcox. Cloth. Edges are slightly worn. Small stain through first few pages, with previous owner's name and inscription on flyleaf and title page. This is a nice illustrated edition of Crothers' child-friendly retellings of the children characters in the works of Charles Dickens. More

Viking Press, 1951. Du Bois, William Pene. Cloth. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Sticker residue on back cover, and corners are a bit bumped. This is an odd little illustrated book for young children about koala bears who throw a masquerade. More

New Haven: Yale, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red decorative cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. With illustrations by Lathrop. 118 pp. Jacket has some chips and small, closed tears around edges. 1" closed tear bottom left front jacket cover. 2.5" tear bottom of rear jacket flap, resulting in a large crease on..... More

Ernst Kaufmann, 1905. Boards. In German. This is a juvenile novel with bright full color illustrations. Has never been translated into English. This is quite a rare book with few copies found outside Europe. Spine is cracked, but pages are nicely sound. Corners are quite chipped. More

Chicago: John C. Winston, 1930. 2nd printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, as well as illustrated paste-down. Blue stained top edge. With maps and illustrations in color and black and white. 409 pp. Some shelf wear, and a bit of the gilt..... More

American Sunday-School Union, 1861. Cloth. Flyleaf is inscribed to the recipient as a gift, Christmas, 1875. This is an 1861 edition of the Christian juvenile fiction novel. Curiously, the author's name does not appear in the book, though other editions of the book are attributed to the "author of 'Twenty..... More