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SOLD BOOKS

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The Teddy Bears on a Toboggan
by Robert D. Town

FIRST EDITION! Published by The Reilly & Britton Co., copyright 1907.


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FIRST DELIGHTS
by Tasha Tudor


SIGNED by author and illustrator Tasha Tudor! 1ST EDITION. Platt & Munk, copyright 1966. No printing date listed. 



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My Book House: From the Tower Window 
Olive Beaupre Miller


Published 1937. Number 10 in the My Book House set.

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Littlejim's Gift: An Appalachian Christmas Story
by Gloria Houston

SIGNED FIRST EDITION in DUST JACKET!

Published by Philomel Books, copyright 1994.


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Under the Window
by Kate Greenaway


FIRST EDITION. Possibly FIRST PRINTING. Published by George Rutledge, 1879.

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Humphrey: 100 Years Along the Wayside with a Box Turtle
by Majorie Flack Larsson


FIRST EDITION published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934.

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Flop Ear the Funny Rabbit
by Richard Barnum

Part of the Kneetime Animal Stories series. Published by Barse & Hopkins.

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The Sunbonnet Twins
Painting & Drawing Book


Published by Cupples & Leon Company, copyright 1917.

$
15.00    
 
 
Bob, Son of Battle
by Alfred Ollivant

Lovely gift for a dog lover!  This attractive, large hardcover book has its original dust jacket. 

Illustrated in color and black and white by Marguerite Kirmse. Published by Garden City Publishing Co., circa 1930's. Copyright Doubleday, Page and Company, 1898. 

VERY GOOD condition! Dust jacket in fair condition with some tatters and tears.  SOLD

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12.00    
 
 
Editha's Burglar 
by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Cute book with sentimental story of Editha and a would-be burglar by the author of The Secret Garden. 

Early reprint published 1891 by Jordan, Marsh & Company. 

Many full-page illustrations by Henry Sandham plus a photograph of Elsie Leslie, who played Editha on stage. There is also a facsimile of a letter from Leslie to Burnett. 
SOLD
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14.00    
 
 
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson


FIRST PLATT & MUNK EDITION, 1929! Extensively illustrated by Eulalie Banks. Full of fanciful black and white illustrations as well as eleven color plates! Interior condition is very good. There are a few bends and light marks. The cover is rough, with much bumping and fraying.

$
6.00    
 
 
Good Times on the Farm

by E. Ethel Cox Dietz

Old primer with adorable illustrations! SOLD
$
10.00    
 
 
Under the Sun

by Eunice K. Crabtree, etc.

Cute vintage reader! FIRST EDITION Third Reader in the Crabtree Basic Series reader! Published 1941 by University Publishing Company. Former library book in good condition. There is one page torn out. SOLD
$
10.00    
 
 
Stories about Sally 
by Eleanor Thomas

Great vintage "Dick & Jane" style illustrations! Published by Ginn and Company, 1954. Copyright 1949. Former library book with library markings and wear.  SOLD

$
10.00    
 
 
White Stallion of Lipizza
by Maurgerite Henry

FIRST EDITION! Stated "First Printing, November 1964." Library binding, library markings. Otherwise in very good condition. SOLD
$
15.00    
 
 
The Country Bunny and the Golden Shoes 
by DuBose Heyward

1939 FIRST EDITION of this beloved children's Easter classic! Former library book with library markings. Tape along spine. BEAUTIFUL illustrations by Marjorie Flack. SOLD


$
12.00    
 
 
Rhymes About the City
by Marchette Chute


Super cute book of poems about New York City. Adorable text font and silouette illustrations by the author! Good condition overall. Binding a little weak. Rubbing on cover and spine. Some water damage on cover. First Edition published by The Macmillan company, 1946. SOLD

$
5.00    
 
 
Lost and Found

Vintage reader. SOLD
$
10.00    
 
 
Billy Whiskers Jr.
by Frances Trego Montgomery

Six bright color plates, plus other black and white drawings by W.H. Fry!  Published by Saalfield Publishing Company. The copyright date is 1904.  I would date this printing to 1909 or later. Pages are very bright and clean. Edges and corners of cover are worn. There are small tears at the bottom of the spine. Otherwise, very good. SOLD

$
10.00    
 
 
Dicken's Stories about Children
by Samuel McChord Crothers

Decorative FIRST EDITION hardback in VERY GOOD condition!!!! Beautifully illustrated by Clara M. Burd. There are four lovely color plates plus several other full-page black and white illustrations. Copyright 1929 by the John C. Winston Company. SOLD

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