Philadelphia: John C Winston, 1905.
Illustrated by Julian Portch. Reprint. Hardcover. Text tone, cloth light darkening, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Black-and-white frontispiece and four illustration plates by Julian Portch. Lovely color endpapers (golf in front; reading and chess in rear). Decorated book cover. Undated reprint of 1869 Porter..... More
Philadelphia: H C Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1859.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Fore-edge margin of page 143-144 torn out although text present, page edge tears, dampstains, foxing, owner's signature, later owner's emboss on title page, otherwise light wear. Black quarter leather with gilt spine lettering and..... More
Richmond VA: The Hermitage Press, 1912.
Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels, front hinge starting, puncture mark in bottom margin of several text pages, toned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Portrait photographic frontispiece and eight photo illustration plates. Juvenile adventure set during the end of the Civil War, with black dialect, gold treasure..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; Dust Jacket flap bottom clip but flap top priced, sight rub. Crisp hardcover. ; "a revealing story about the bittersweet transition from adolescence to maturity."; 147 pages. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919.
Illustrated by Edward C Caswell. Reprint. Hardcover. Last quarter of book has dampstain in top corner affecting text, dj residue stuck to back cover, light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstained front top corner, rear top corner with about 1/4 of rear panel..... More
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1944.
Illustrated by Rafaello Busoni. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Cover spotted, light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" tears, spine sun, edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Attractive Rafaello Busoni illustrations including dust jacket art. Dust Jacket cover subtitle: "A Story..... More
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1948.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" edge tears with creasing and light chipping, light spine sun, light rub, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Putnam Review Copy slip laid in. A "Career" Novel For Older Girls. Rue..... More
London: Frederick Warne, N.D.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Later Printing. Hardcover. Tone with random foxing, light cock, 1902 Prize label, bookseller's emboss, owner's name stamps, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Chester W Topp; Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks 1849-1905: Volume IV Frederick Warne & Co / Sampson Low & Co; 235. Undated later..... More
New York: Dodd & Mead, 1874.
Illustrated by Frontispiece. First US Edition. Hardcover. Light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. 1877 gift inscriptions on front endpaper. Solid hardcover. ; Undated, but attributed to 1874; has 762 Broadway address used 1870-1875; listed in 1874 publisher's ads in Publishers' Weekly. Gilt "No..... More
Akron OH: Saalfield, 1903.
Hardcover. Amateur reglue of cover to text, cocked, front free endpaper and frontispiece MISSING, title page glued in, worn. Still serviceable hardcover, with solid text block. ; Missing frontispiece, has the three other illustration plates. "Story of a young surveyor who was sent into the mountains..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.
Illustrated by Foster Caddell. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, light cock, light shelfwear, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket front flap bottom corner clipped, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Some of you might have doubts about my coaching because I'm a woman,"..... More
New York: John Day, 1972.
Illustrated by DJ art by John Sergeant. 1st US 1st Pr. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ (2) 1/4" snags. Crisp copy "a complete, hypnotic tale of the anguish this young boy experiences while trying to emerge from adolescence and of the anguish of a different sort..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1903.
Illustrated by Albert P Button illustrations. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, light cock, light wear. Solid hardcover. 1903 Christmas gift inscription. ; Frontispiece and five illustration plates by Albert P Button. High school boy makes good. ; 301, 4 ad pages... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1901.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Reprint. Hardcover. Light tone, light cock, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Turn-of-the-century reprint of boys' sea adventure / lost race story in South Pacific.; Boys' Own Library; 300 pages. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990.
Illustrated by DJ art by Mike Wimmer. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Third book in series focuses on Jonathan Rossi, center on the Wildcats basketball team, and the choices he faces.; The Kids from Kennedy..... More
Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co, 1853.
Illustrated by Frontispiece. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cocked, shaken, 2" and 1" spine edge tears, edgeworn, random foxing, wear. Still serviceable reading copy hardcover. ; "Demonstrates results of lack of parental discipline." - Lyle H Wright; American Fiction 1851-1875: A Contribution toward a...... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870.
Illustrated by John Andrew - Son illustrations. Later Printing. Hardcover. Front free endpaper missing 3" from top corner, cock, cloth discolored, edgewear, light tone. Solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece and two illustration plates marked John Andrew - Son. Third of five B O W C Club..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1943.
Illustrated by Guy de Selincourt illus. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear, gift inscr; DJ dampstain/wrinkling. Solid hardcover. 1943 Christmas gift inscription. ; British wartime first printing. The children build a boat, Tern. "Anthony and Robin, with Anne and Elizabeth, and helped by..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
Illustrated by Paul Laune jacket art. Reprint. Hardcover. Light tone, 1944 gift inscription, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" spine tail edge tear, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Undated World War II-era reprint, with wartime paper conservation notice on title page (which G&D began..... More
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1940.
Illustrated by Flavia Gág [Gag] drawings. 1st Ed 1st Pr. Hardcover. Light cock, lt wear; DJ sp stain, 1/2"chip, light edgewear, rub. Solid copy. Evans' first novel with white children is set in an 1881 Tennessee town. Nice copy of this early work..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Hermann'schen Buchhandlung, 1801.
First Edition. Hardcover. Joints rubbed but firm, edgeworn, some margin dampstaining, foxing, owner's stamp on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper REMOVED, later owner's emboss on title page, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Full marbled paper binding, chipped spine label. German language..... More
New York: Murray Hill Publishing, 1874.
Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Bite marks to rear cover and rear free endpaper, cocked, 1" front hinge tear, tone, wear. Still solid hardcover. ; Volume I ONLY, of five-volume Science In Story series. "Sammy Tubbs, a little African-American boy becomes a doorman to a...... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1887.
Illustrated by Joelson frontispiece. Reprint; Early Printing. Hardcover. 1906 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Reprint of 1852 juvenile adventure by Georgia author. "Servants" speak black dialect. Frontispiece by V? C Joelson; top edge gilt. New introduction by Uncle Remus himself, Joel Chandler..... More
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, 1980.
Illustrated by John Stadler. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; Dust Jacket slight wear, price clip. Crisp hardcover.; Nine (9) Native American legends. "collection that is the right length for reading alone and perfect for reading aloud."; 90pp pages... More
Boston: D Lothrop & Co, 1869.
Illustrated by Kilburn illustrations. Hardcover. Baptist Sunday-School Library labels on both paste-downs, edgeworn, both hinges repaired with Japan tissue, light tone with random foxing, wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece, series illustrated title, and two illustration plates, all by Kilburn. Spine title..... More