New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library. Place Published: New Castle, Delaware Publisher: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library Date Published: 2006 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850. 9 x 12 inches. xvi, 318pp, (2). Illustrated..... 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
Date Published: 1966-1967 Binding: No binding Ursula Harvey Bloom was a British novelist, journalist, biographer and TV personality. She was a prolific author, writing over 500 books, an achievement that earned her recognition in the 1975 edition of Guinness World Records. Many of her novels were written under various pen..... 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, non-fiction 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
Boston: The Horn Book Inc. Place Published: Boston Publisher: The Horn Book Inc. Date Published: 1968 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 8 x 10-1/2 inches. xvii(1),[1]-295pp.(1). Hardcover with worn dustwrapper with some marks and tears, good condition otherwise. Inside Exlibrary markings on both front paper removed left..... More
Boston: Horn Book. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Horn Book Date Published: [1965] Edition: 1st, 3rd issue Binding: Hard Cover Third printing. 8 x 10-1/2 inches. xvi,(3),[4]-527pp.(1). Hardcover with worn dustwrapper with marks and tears, good condition otherwise. Inside Exlibrary markings on both front and back end papers otherwise good condition..... 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
London: Aurthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 25 Paternoster. Place Published: London Publisher: Aurthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 25 Paternoster Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover WITHOUT PLATES, STILL A FIRST EDITION OF AN UNCOMMON TRAILL BOOK First edition. 4-1/2 x 6-7/8 inches, [6], xi [3 list of illustration]..... More
Boston: Hall and Whiting. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Hall and Whiting Date Published: 1881 Edition: Later edition Binding: Hard Cover UNCOMMON LATER EDITION OF THIS TITLE 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 inches, (6), [7]-356, [357]-376 appendix) Rebacked, red cloth with gilt title and elaborate black decorations with very minor wrinkling of cloth..... 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
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