London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 160a Fleet St. E.C. Place Published: London Publisher: Dean & Son, Ltd., 160a Fleet St. E.C. Date Published: [1894] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover A SCARCE JUVENILE BOOK IN ANY CONDITION First edition. 9-3/8 x 7 inches, 48 unnumbered pages, 7 pages of ads..... More
London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Place Published: London Publisher: Hildesheimer & Faulkner Date Published: [1892] Edition: Early edition Binding: Hard Cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" . 18pp. Solied covers, inside end papers reinforced, new end paper at back and agetoned paper, otherwise good condition overall. Short collection of mostly..... More
London: Thomas Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street. Place Published: London Publisher: Thomas Dean & Son, Threadneedle Street Date Published: [1847] Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE JUVENILE STORY BOOK WITH 7 COLOUR PLATES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION Later UK edition. 14.5cm x 11.5cm, (5 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches)..... More
Date Published: [1955] to 1977 Binding: No binding Susan Cheever is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, literary historian, teacher, and biographer. Cheever was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983. She graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University. Her father was a celebrated American novelist and short story writer. This collection contains..... More
Date Published: 1866-1902 Binding: No binding & hard cover Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer best known for her story Hans Brinker (1865). She was also editor of the illustrated magazine Hearth and Home and the phenomenally successful children's periodical, St. Nicholas Magazine. This collection includes 16 items..... More
Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Place Published: Halifax Publisher: Milner & Sowerby Date Published: 1859 Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE 1859 EDITION OF THREE OF EDGEWORTH'S STORIES Later UK edition. 5 x 3 inces, frontis, 6, [7]-154pp. (6pp ads) original soiled red cloth with elaborate gilt type on spine..... More
Date Published: 1866 to 1904 Binding: No binding Aimé Giron was a French lawyer, editor, journalist, children’s author, and poet. One of the most prolific writers of his time, he began his literary career by publishing poems that appeared in La Revue de Paris. In 1863, he published Le Sabot..... More
Date Published: 1844 to 188? Binding: No binding & hard cover Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novels and for his children's novels. He..... More
Toronto, London UK: Printed for Wm. Warwick & Son, by Dudley & Burns. Place Published: Toronto, London UK Publisher: Printed for Wm. Warwick & Son, by Dudley & Burns Date Published: 1888 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Soft Cover SCARCE COLOUR PLATE OF SIR JOHN MOORE'S RETREAT TO CORUNNA (Sir John..... More
Date Published: 1950 to 1980 Binding: No binding Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow was an English physical chemist, a civil servant, government advisor, novelist, and social critic. He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for The Two Cultures. In 1950 he..... More
Date Published: [1876] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover MANUSCRIPT (NOT COMPLETE) OF A RARE POETRY BOOK Charlotte Aurelia Townsend (née Winder), the daughter of General William Winder and Gertrude Polk of Maryland, was born at Rewastico, Somerset, Maryland, in 1806. Her brother, General John Winder (1800-1865), was the Confederate..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row Date Published: 1873 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 2nd UK edition. Original decorative blue cloth boards re-backed with new endpapers. Embossed border in black to the front board, surrounding a gilt design..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York Date Published: 1873 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 4 5/8” x 6 3/4”. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated. Rebacked..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York Date Published: 1873 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. 207pp. Rebacked. Inside the front and..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row ; Edinburgh ; and New York Date Published: 1873 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: 2nd edition,. 4 1/4” x 6 5/8”. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row Date Published: 1876 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 3rd edition. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated. Green cloth covers with black decorative double border and gold gilt seal..... More
Boston: Hall & Whiting. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Hall & Whiting Date Published: 1881 Edition: 5th Edition or later edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE LATER EDITION ON THIS TITLE Later US edition. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, Rebacked preserving original brown cloth spine, front and back boards. Black and..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row. Place Published: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons, Patterson Row Date Published: 1876 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 3rd edition. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. viii, [9]-207p. including 3pp. appendix. Illustrated. Blue cloth covers with black decorative double border and gold gilt seal..... More
London: Thomas Dean and Son. Place Published: London Publisher: Thomas Dean and Son Date Published: [1854] Edition: 4th Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE TRAILL JUVENILE 4th edition. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. , [3]-72pp. (6pp. with 2 leaves of B&W plates [front and added title page], Circa 1854. Chromolithographed pictorial top..... More
Date Published: 1925 to 1942 Binding: Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, illustrator, and award-winning children’s book author winning the first Newberry Medal in 1922 for “The Story of Mankind”. In 1942 he was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina for his contribution to the Dutch resistance..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1842 to 1982 Binding: No binding & hard cover 14 authors are represented in this collection including 33 items dating from 1842 to 1982 specifically 19 letters, 6 photos, 6 books, 1 note, and 1 brochure. BENCHLY, Nathaniel (American novelist, humorist..... More
Date Published: 1900 to 1938 Binding: No binding & hard cover Kate Douglas Wiggin was the author of numerous children's books, notably, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; she also founded the first free kindergarten in San Francisco, and devoted much of her working life to children's welfare and charities. While Wiggin’s..... More