Children's Nonfiction from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

New York : Harcourt Brace, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Daugherty, James. A collection of Sandburg's poetry, per the flap, "gathered for young readers." Book is as-new with blue cloth boards and illustrated endpapers. Yellow jacket is price-clipped and shows wear along the spine, especially at the top and bottom. Small closed tear to the back of the… Read more about this item

Standard Publishers, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. McCallum, Jodie. Very clean book with minimal wear--small scuff to bottom right corner of glossy pictorial boards, else fine. Internally clean and unmarked, with charming illustrations of Christmas traditions from around the world.

National Wildlife Federation, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thompson, Lorin, Hyman, Trina, and others. A picture book-sized hardcover, VG with some scuffing to pictorial boards - no jacket, likely as issued. The paper of the front board has a crack/separation of the top 3 inches, but it's visually not distracting, does not… Read more about this item

Delacorte, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. From the former children's book editor of Booklist, this is a helpful guide to both what books you might pick for children of different ages, and how you might do it. First printing, VG in a Good jacket, with assorted small tears and… Read more about this item

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A nice copy in a worn jacket. Bright picture cover of this chilrden's book about music and sound. Very clean internally, with a little wear to board edges. Jacket is present but has several significant tears and chips, but is bright. Price clipped.… Read more about this item

New York: Crowell, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A fine first printing of this fascinating non-fiction picture book about the importance of windows through history. Illustrated profusely with prints and photos. A lovely copy

New York: Maxton Publishers, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Quaint book about the instruments of the orchestra and their history. Unpaginated (26 pp) with many b&w and color illustrations. Hardcover in laminated binding, which is starting to to loosen just a bit on rear cover.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Lovely, copy of this oversize picture book on Christopher Columbus. Outstanding illustrations. First printing, fine in a fine jacket. No markings, just a bit of wear to jacket at top front near flap.

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Later printing of this helpful guide to making doll houses and very small furniture. Ex-library with usual markings, looks like the front endpaper that would have had the card pocket has been removed. Larger than usual price-clip to front flap. Internally clean, no… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First printing, nice copy of this humorous book to help kids deal with the difficulties of everyday life. Near fine with no marking internally, in a VG jacket with some wear and a 1 inch tear at top front corner.… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Kessler, Leonard. Kids nature title about ducks. A bit of soil to front boards, light wear to lower corner, otherwise NF. No jacket.

New York: R&S Books, 1988. First U.S. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Anderson, Lena. Lovely children's nature title with great watercolor illustrations throughout. VG to VG+ in a like jacket. Jacket has no tears, but does have surface scratches front and rear. Book would be fine but for neatly filled in… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A teen/young adult look look at the Mercury program. The Right Stuff is one thing, but this has more of the flavor of the period, let's say. VG in pictorial wraps, with some rubbing to boards, slight lean to book, small spot… Read more about this item

New York: American Book Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice clean copy of this weird 70's primer. Second printing, with typical school stamp (typical of the front of textbooks) inside front cover, but totally unmarked internally. Ding to rear board near spine, a little wear, overall VG+. Seriously pretty odd--someone must… Read more about this item

Waco, Texas: Word Incorporated, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Hergie. Nice copy of this educational title for young readers about how to stay healthy (eat right, exercise, get some sleep, so forth) with very, very 70's illustrations. A couple of page corners bent, a little wear to rear pictorial board.

New York: Scholastic, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fine copy, as-new, of this large format children's reference book, with biographical sketches of significant American Women. Divided into chronological sections, with sketches and b&w photos throughout. Lovely copy. First printing.

New York: Gramercy, 1965. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very good to VG+ copy of this book about doll houses and furniture, with 67 b&w photos. Interior very clean, but jacket only fair, with chips, tears, rubbing, soil.

Northbrook, IL: Hubbard Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. A totally groovy psychedelic hardcover collection of sheet music for children's songs. NOT a comb binding but a standard hardcover. It's all about smiles and friendship and rainbows and all that other great stuff that made the 70's such a happy time. Fully illustrated by the author in the colors… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Wonderful introduction to chess for children. Illustrated throughout, with inlaid 4 page pamphlet on basic rules. Reinforced library bound edition, NF in a VG jacket--jacket has small closed tear to bottom front panel, price sticker, some rubbing to front and… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Very nice copy of this book from popular children's science educator and TV personality Don Herbert. Dated 1959 w/no statement of edition. No markings, binding perfect, pages unmarked, diagrams and two color illustrations throughout. Jacket has some wear to extremeties and rubbing, but no… Read more about this item