Boys Magazine
1863. VG. 1863, VOl II. Half lether with marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Many illustrations.
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Boys Magazine
1864. VG. 1864, Vol III. Half leather with marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Many illustrations. All edges marbled.
The Old Shepherd
Edinburgh: William Nimmo, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good. A lovely copy for this title save for a previous owner, a young child obviously, attempting to color in some of the illustrations. Not as bad as it sounds. The color frontis is fine. Illustrated paper on boards.
Rollo in Rome
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1868. NF. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Extremely well preserved.
Rollo in Switzerland
Boston: W. J. Reynolds and CO., 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Patterned pressed plum boards. Illustrations plus a small map of Interlachen. 12.mo. A very nice copy.
War Wings
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. FIRST. VG. Green cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. A clean, bright and solid copy.
The Pony Express
Random House, 1950. NF / NF. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. The sixth printing. Not a book club. The original 150/150 price is present.
The Clearing
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. FIRST. F / NF. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine.
The Kidnapped King
London: Blackie & Sons, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Cover art shows a boy looking up from his position in the forest, at a low-flying plane. Black and white frontis. Some very minor edge-wear, a shallow closed tear with a little crease.
Celandine
Oxford: David Fickling, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on opposite the title page. The second volume in this new highly collectible series.
The Various
London: David Fickling Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The true first edition and first volume in the trilogy. A fine copy in all respects.
On Our Hill
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. FIRST. VG. A very nice tight copy. Color frontispiece with tissue guard present. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers.
Chasing Vermeer
London: Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by both the author and the illustrator on the title page. No jacket as issued but with wrap-around promotional band.
Under the Shadow of Wings
New York: Anne Schwartz, 1997. FIRST. NF / F. Remainder mark on top edge.
The Egyptian Jukebox
New York: The Viking Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. The book is just a bit too large for my scanner.
Animalia
New York: Henry N. Abrams, 1987. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Folio. A stunning copy. 32 pages in full color.
The Eleventh Hour A Curious Mystery
New York: Abrams, 1989. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. The seal remains intact. 32 pages illustrated in full color.
Ozma of Oz
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. No date, circa 1950. Tan boards with illustration of long haired girl on the spine. White endpapers. Cover art shows girl in lilac gown with purple borders. Some minor edgewear to the jacket. Rear flap shows Oz titles up to The Hidden Valley of Oz...
On the Air A Story of Television
New York: Dutton, 1950. FIRST. NF / NF. A very attractive copy of this story of teenagers putting on a television variety program. One small rub at the bottom edge of the spine.
New Feathers for the Old Goose
New York: Pantheon, 1956. FIRST. F / F. A lovely copy. Illustrations by Virginia Campbell.
A Moral Alphabet
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by B.T.B. Illustrated paper on boards. Front board clean. Rear board with some foxing along the edges. A nice copy of this reprint edition.
Pagan the Black
New York: Pantheon, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Author's first book. Illustrated by John Groth. A fine copy in all respects.
Bennett's Fables
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. From Aesop and Others.
The Real Book about Ships
New York: Garden City, 1953. NF / VG. Book club.
Puff The Gnome & The Little Down Cushion
New York: Derrydale Books, 1985. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A perfect copy. Illustrated by Rene Cloke. Illustrated boards.