Childrens from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: The Century Co., 1886. Book. Illus. by profuse illustrations . Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A splendid copy in the original beige cloth with bright gilt title on the front and unfaded spine.Only a hint of edge wear. Fishing tackle and sailboat in darker brown on the pictorial front board. … Read more about this item

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1887. Book. Illus. by Harriett M. Bennett chromolithograph plates and Title page. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original illustrated paper on boards, 3 children watchint a cuckoo clock about to strike. No date, but a gift inscription of 1888 on inside of the front board. Edgewear minimal at… Read more about this item

Chicago: Reilly and Britton, 1913. Book. Illus. by all 22 color plates by John Neill with lots of black & white text drawings. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A lovely and solid copy of the lime green cloth, a bright red and green patchwork girl and title on the front board, the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 2873. Book. Illus. by frontispiece drawing of boys on ice, unusual colored illustration on front board. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A lad cooking on a campfire in color on the front yellow board, titles on the front and unfaded spine in black. Inside, very clean and tight with… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin , 1894. Book. Illus. by Oliver Herford 32 full page plates. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "What the Children Saw and Heard There". A very nice copy in the original light green cloth, with wolf and rabbit on the front cover, Title… Read more about this item

New York: Garden Cit Publishing, 1939. Book. Illus. by Everett Shinn, both color plates and large green margin drawings. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original green cloth spine with Shinn illustration of Rip and elves on the front of the book as well as the dust jacket. Slight edge wear. … Read more about this item

Worthington Co. , 1887. Book. Illus. by Walter, Crane, Balziel, Gilbert, Tenniel, Harrison Weir & others. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. Scarce, with no other copies on the interbnet at this writing. Paper covers in color illustrations, a flying goose with a mother riding on the front. solid but rubbed green cloth spine. No copyright… Read more about this item

New York : Worthington Co. , 1888. Book. Illus. by 13 full page chromolithographs from water colors by Mary Lathbury. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A celebration of childhood, each plate accompanied by an appropriate poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chyarles Swinburne and others.Pictorial paaper covers with portrait of a girl and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1881. Book. Illus. by color frontispiece with tissue guard, profuse black/white text illustrations. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarce, no other copies on the internet at this writing. Seelctions chosen by Scudder, a Boston literary giant of his time, best known for his children's works. Dark… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Book. Illus. by Mary Azarian Color Woodcuts, and SIGNED by her. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Illustrator(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Mary Azarian, who won the Caldecott Award for her wonderful color woodcuts in 1999. She deserves it for this book too, a fine Norwegian tale based… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Book. Illus. by Sixty original illustrations. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A classuic, printed by Scribner's over and over again in the 1880s , 1890s and later. This is a very nice copy in orignal brown cloth with a pair of young skaters in red… Read more about this item

New York: Ariel Books, 1964. Book. Illus. by Inga. Very Good Plus. Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A scarce book, by a Newberry Award winner (the previous year). Nice copy, very clean and tight. Dustjacket is price clipped. Protected in a clear, mylar sleeve..

NY: Harper & Bros, 1908. Book. Illus. by 26 Pages Sepia, Old Photos. Very Good. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An old, photographic travel book, more than half in Norway and the remainder in Russia. Delightful old photos. Slight edgewear, but clean and tight inside. Decorated lime cloth, with a… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Book. Illus. by also Gramatky, delightful color lithographs of the famous little tug boat. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition, with no later printings mentioned, and definitely NOT the common Weekly Reader Book Club edition. Original ble cloth binding, protected in a clear,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, New York: Suttonhouse, 1936. Book. Illus. by Erwin R.F. Neumann mostly color or color accented very nice illustrations. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An historical novel of the second Century G.C. Said to be for children, but the format would now better be labeled young adult. And the themes on honor… Read more about this item

New York: MacMillan, 1924. Book. Illus. by Boris Artzybasheff 12 Full Page Plates, One in Color, Plus Chapter Headings. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is sought after for the delightfdul Artzybasheff illustrations, the frontispiece in color. It is a tale of Norway, in a decorated blue cloth binding with… Read more about this item