An April Shower: Bright Stories and Pictures for Little Ones

Boston, De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. Hardcover. A blue fabric spine with color-illustrated wraps over boards. Unpaginated. Contains many black-and-white illustrations. VG: An old book. Wear to the covers and spine. The spine is peeling in the middle but attached at the top and bottom. The pages are tanned but clear.

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Book no.: 206220

USD 85,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 73.75 | £UK 64.75 | JP¥ 13107]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Children's Literature ; ;

April Showers

New York, Dodd, Mead, & Company, Publishers, 1901. 1901 (?). Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with black cloth spine. Pink end papers. 46 pp. with bw frontis and bw illustrations throughout. Various stories and poems include the Tea Party, The Fall from the Aple Tree, The Little Brother, Mabel\'s School, Come into the Meadows, Fighting for Life, The Petrel, Reynard the Fox, An Indian Camp, Two Wood Scenes, and more. May be the same content originally published individually in Lippincott\'s Magazine and then published together in this volume by Dodd, Mead in 1901. Good- (Text block good, clean, and tight but detached from binding. Free end papers faded at margins and with other general wear. Spine cloth very thin. Covers quite good for age with with some wear to edges and some darkening, but board illustrations still clear.

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Book no.: 157464

USD 50,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 38.25 | JP¥ 7710]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old; Children\'s Books ; Illustrated Children\'s Books ; ; Children\'s Books

The Atlantic Souvenir for 1859

new York, Derby & Jackson, 1859. Hardcover. Leather covered boards with gilt embossed title in design at center of cover, different gilt designed title on spine. 288 pp. 12 steel engravings. A compilation of contributions to the Knickerbocker Gallery including selections from Longfellow, Irving, Stoddard, Street, Eastman, Taylor, Bryant, others. Goo-, light dampstaining to endpapers and foxing to engravings .

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Book no.: 166316

USD 30,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4626]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; 19th Century Writing ; ;

Aucassin Et Nicolette

Paris, L\'Edition d\'Art H. Piazza, 1929. First. Softcover. Slipcase covered with lavender, blue, and brown floral-print paper; Light brown dj. with color illustration; Off-white wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 220 pp.; Profusely decorated in bw and color; 12 color plates. Text in French; A medieval French chante-fable (or chantefable), which is a combination of prose and verse, about a count\'s son, Aucassin, and a Saracen slave girl, Nicolette, who endure great hardship in order to wed; Author unknown; A beautiful edition of this story. VG (Some very light wear to dj. at extremities) .

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Book no.: 122486

USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; French Fables ; ;

Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series: Rip Van-Winkle

New York, McLoughlin Bro's Publishers, 1870. Softcover. A color-illustrated softcover book. [12] pages. VG-: Some wear to the covers, especially around the edges and spine. Tanning and foxing to the pages.

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Book no.: 207088

USD 75,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 11565]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Children's Rhymes ; ;

Boy\'s and Girl\'s Illustrated Olio

New York, New York, S. S. Union, 1856. Hardcover. Green stamped cloth over boards, with gilt titling and illustration at spine and front cover; 180 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Includes a prefatory note by "D. W." dated 1856, the only clue to the publishing date of this book. A collection of stories for children aged ten to fourteen that "a Christian parent may safely place in the hands of his child, with the assurance that while it will amuse his leisure hours and improve his understanding, it will neither deprave his imagination nor corrupt his heart" (from the prefatory note). Fair (Moderate wear to cloth and boards. Corners bumped. FFEP torn out. Foxing and dampstaining throughout but very readable.) .

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Book no.: 145305

USD 35,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 30.5 | £UK 26.75 | JP¥ 5397]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Children\'s Literature ; ;

A Collection of New Poems by Contemporary Poets (in the Monthly Chapbook, No. 7, Vol. 2)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1920. Printed color wraps with printed title. 32 pp. + 4 pp ads. A selection of new poems by John Redwood Anderson, A.E.Coppard and Mary Webster. VG, some browning and soiling at cover edges. Very mild odor of old pipe tobacco .

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Book no.: 100010

USD 29,97 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4621]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; English Poetry ; ;

Ditties for Little Children

New York, McLoughlin Bro's Publishers, 1870. Softcover. A yellow softcover book. Unpaginated, [12]; illustrated in color. VG: Tanning and foxing to the pages.

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Book no.: 207087

USD 70,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 60.75 | £UK 53.25 | JP¥ 10794]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Children's Rhymes ; ;

Everyman: A Dutch Morality Play of the 15th Century Translated Into English

Maastricht, Netherlands, Stols, 1929. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards; 45 pp.; No illustrations. One of 325 copies in this edition. VG- (Some foxing throughout) .

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Book no.: 123009

USD 50,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 38.25 | JP¥ 7710]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Dutch Literature ; ;

Excelsior Diary: Columbian Edition, 1893 [Personal Day Planner]

[Chicago?], 1892. Hardcover. Brown flexible leather, gilt edges all around, 200+ pp. 24 BW illus. pp. A mostly blank pocket-sized day planner, evidently printed in honor of Chicago\'s World Columbian Exposition in 1893. Has the number "163" printed on the front flyleaf. The first section of 24 pages are printed with an 1893 calendar, monthly almanacs, basic U.S. facts, and summaries of the Exposition exhibits. Each of the pages in this section has an engraved border and carries an engraved illustration at the top: of U.S. sites or events, or of Exposition buildings. The remainder of the book is comprised of lined blank sheets for writing daily diary entries, addresses, memoranda, or personal accounts. The user of this book was literate and had a quirky bent to humorous stories and philosophy, but he/she was not an avid recorder. Only 19 pages include handwritten entries on them. Places mentioned in Pennsylvania: Oil City, Franklin, Emlenton, Foxburg, Pittsburgh. In West Virginia: Tyler County, Littleton, Mannington, Wheeling, Monongalia County, Bladesville. Also: Chicago; Washington D.C.; Jamestown, N.Y. ; Detroit; Wyandotte, Mich.; and in Europe, Antwerp, Bremen, and Brussels. People mentioned include: Jessie Ridgeway, Peter Dowd, George Shiras, John Logue, George Knox Jr. then-PA-Gov. [Robert] Pattison, Gen. Wiley of the 16th Regiment PA State Guard, Dr. A. W. Crawford, Frank Dale, D. S. Keffer, Mr. Mead (editor), S. Grover, Capt. J. B. Ford, NY-Gov. Reuben E. Fenton, Dennis Fox, and Denny Tearault. G+ (Moderate wear to spine & edges of cover; interior surfaces pristine once you pass the flyleaves; with some handwritten entries.) .

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Book no.: 141610

USD 45,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 39 | £UK 34.25 | JP¥ 6939]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Diary ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia ; ;

Les Fables de la Fontaine Pour Bebe

Paris, Librairie de Theodore Lefevre et Cie, 1890. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Gilt decoration; All edges gilt; Unpaginated, approx. 48 pp.; 22 color plates. Text in French; A collection of children\'s fables wonderfully illustrated with color plates on every other page. Good (Corners bumped; Cloth worn at extremities; Inscription on title page; First two pages have come loose from binding but are present) .

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Book no.: 121974

USD 100,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 86.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15420]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Fables ; ;

Greek Composition for Schools: With Exercises Based on Anabasis I-III, College Entrance Papers, and Original Selections

Chicago, Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1903. Hardcover. A navy blue casebound book with gilt text on the spine and front cover. viii, 248 pages. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Clean body pages and solid binding.

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Book no.: 209285

USD 30,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 26 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 4626]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Greek Language ; ;

Happy Families

London, Paris, New York, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Sewn Color-lithographed flexible linen covers and pages. 12 color illustrated panels including the covers. No. 6385 on the rear cover. Part of Father Tuck\'s "Indestructible Calico" Series printed on flexible linen cloth that can (could be) cleaned after youngsters got it dirty. A very bright copy with minimal fraying at the edges. Not in Worldcat in this edition or version. The animals illustrated include cats, lions, goats, rabbits, deer, dogs, horses, sheep, pigs, cows, tigers, and then the cows are repeated on the rear cover. VG- inked gift inscription in upper left corner of inside cover .

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Book no.: 167178

USD 125,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 108.5 | £UK 95.25 | JP¥ 19275]

Catalogue: Literature Young and Old

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Henryk Sienkiewicz: Listy

Warsaw, Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 2007. Hardbound. White cloth boards with white pictorial DJ, Vol. I; 596pp, Vol. II; 508pp, Vol. III 684pp, numerous BW plates throughout each volume. Text is in Polish. This is a three-volume set. VG, DJs show light wear .

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Book no.: 127089

USD 75,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 65 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 11565]

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Keywords: Literature Young and Old ; Siekiewicz, Henryk ; ;

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (from the Original Edition)

London, Printed for Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald, 1926. Hardbound. 1/2 brown cloth with gilt title and light rust colored boards. xxxix, [3], 198 pp. with bw frontispiece and 5 other bw plates or illustrations. One of 400 copies printed. VG or better, saving for one very small nick at the lower right base of ront cover, about the size of an ant .

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Book no.: 122384

USD 100,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 86.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15420]

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