Children's Fiction

Hardcover. Peterborough NH, Noone House/Richard Smith, 1st illust. thus, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 194 pages. B&w drawings by Tasha Tudor. First published in 1902, a fictional account of an 11-year old growing up in Exeter, New Hampshire. His "diry", complete with mis-spellings, newly illustrated by Tudor. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Oliver & Boyd, 1st UK, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 232 pages, illustrated in b&w by Robert Hales, translated by Evelyn Ramsden. Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was a Swedish children's book author and the author of the Pippi Longstocking series. Seacrow Island was published in Sweden in 1964. This volume from 1968 is the stated first English edition by Oliver & Boyd Ltd., London, published before the Viking American edition (Copyright page is at the back of the book). Light yellow cloth binding with illustration of a boy holding a dog on front board and printing on spine. Dust jacket with light edgewear, price-clipped. Binding is tight, square, clean and bright.

Hardcover. New York, Wise-Parslow Company, reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light chipping to cover edges. Corners frayed. Previous owner's markings on front end paper. Color illustrations by author. Light soil.

Softcover. New Haven CT, S. Babcock, reprint, 1845, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, 4 1/2 X 5 1/2", illustrated with b&w engravings. Forward by author dated 1845, noting that this book is a shorter version of a "somewhat larger book" printed several years earlier (1832). Wrapper worn with red design and lettering: "Stories About Whale Catching/Toils and Perils of Whalers". Yellow endpapers. Half of paper on spine missing, light foxing and minor staining to several pages.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Hardcover, pastel peach cloth stamped in dark blue. 175 pages, illustrated with charming b&w drawings by Flavia Gag. Evans' first story about white folks full of the spirit of a vanished era. 12 yr old Emma Belle is in a small Tennessee town in 1881 As the undisputed leader of her two younger sisters she must figure out how to get to Kinfolks Meeting which their mother has opposed. Spine has a small 3/4" tear, otherwise sound, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st US, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, pictorial cloth in a matching bright dust jacket. 223 pages with b&w drawings by Victor Ambrus. Discard stamp to front and rear endpapers but otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. San Antonio TX, The Naylor Company, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A story of a family and their struggle to survive during a harsh drought in Atascosa County, Texas. Several small b&w drawings at chapter headings. Rear fly leaf with residue where envelope was removed. No other library ttraces. name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion Books , 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This copy SIGNED on title page, by Timberlake, with the inscription "Keep loving, keep fighting!/Amy Timberlake"). Pearl and brown boards w/silver spine lettering. A young girl unafraid to fight injustice finds herself in a battle against the richest woman in town. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Books, BC Ed., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Book Club edition, 192 pages. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth boards decorated in darker green and gilt on cover and gilt on spine, top edges gilt, 105 pages. Forty-five children's tales from the prolific Boston author. Light residue to inside rear cover otherwise bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Joyce does not mind living near a garbage dump, except for the incessant teasing from the kids at school, but being different does not bother Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian, who turns out to be the one person who understands what it is like to be an outsider. Previously published in 1980 under the title "Mrs. Fish, Ape, and Me, The Dump Queen". Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 306 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Clean, bright copy. Young Merlin, triumphant after his first encounter with the dreaded Rhita Gawr, has brought new hope to Fincayra, the enchanted isle that lies between earth and sky. Yet when a renewed tide of evil arises, its first victim is Merlin's own mother. To save her, Merlin and the forest girl Rhia must follow the perilous path of Seven Songs of Wizardry that has claimed even the lives of great wizards. Most difficult of all, Merlin must discover the secret of seeing not with his eyes, but with his heart.The eagerly anticipated second book in The Lost Years of Merlin epic combines all the passion, power, and spiritual depth that are T.A. Barron's hallmarks.

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 118 pages. Illustrated in b&w and color by Tony James Chance. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 150 pages. A young adult mystery. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with cover label, gilt lettering and design faded. This is a American Indian legend called Lost Indian Magic, a mystery story of the Red Man as he lived before the White Man came, Eight color plates by Carl Moon, the one opposite page 70 is loose and laid in. Covers worn, hinges cracked, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with $1 on flap. No. 20 in The Bedtime Story Book series (per the number on the spine). 192 pages, b&w drawings by Harrison Cady. Copyright 1947 but a later reprint. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Akron OH, Saalfield Publishing, reprint, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated paper covered boards. Brown cloth spine. Color frontispiece. Illustrations in color and black and white in text. This is a reprint, the first printing had 6 color plates. Frances Trego Montgomery (February 18, 1858 - April 5, 1925) was a prolific writer of children's stories during the early twentieth century. She is best known for her popular "Billy Whiskers" series, which were about the misadventures of a mischievous but somewhat short-tempered goat. Many children loved the books--twenty-five in all--and couldn't get enough of them. Fair condition only, front and rear hinges cracked.

Hardcover. NY, Trumpet Club, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy boards, 179 pages, b&w illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run. And because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, reprint, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth decorated in black and white, 139 pages, illustrated by Robert Lawson in two-colors and b&w. Short inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange boards with orange cloth spine, 166 pages. Inscription on inside front cover. Otherwise clean. Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of Peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all Sheila Tubman in Judy Blume's five Fudge books.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 134 pages, b&w art by Matt Phelan. Newbery Medal sticker on front cover.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 36 pages. B&w illustrations by Donna Diamond. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Page & Co., reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt design on cover faded. 235 pages, 100 b&w drawings by Seton. Shelf-worn, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 40 pages illustrated in color by Berthe Amoss. Ex-lib with light stamp on front and rear fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. An I CAN READ Mystery. When Mama Cluck loses Arthur, her baby chick, the owl detective fights a fox, harasses a pack rat, and finally finds the best clue, a colored Easter Egg. Clean copy.

Softcover. Boston, The Horn Book, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled, b&w illustrations. Reviews of current children's book, articles on their creators, publisher's ads. Articles include: What Is a Juvenile Book by John Tunis, Mystery by Edward Fenton, Ian Serraillier and the Golden World (about Robin Hood), A Romance of the Round Table by Priscilla Moulton. 111 pages. Light stamp to cover, interior bright and clean.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Company, Book Club Ed., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 187 pages, Illustrations by Shane Miler. Exciting adventure of Peter the Hermit's squire, Bennet and the story of the First Crusade in 1099 Europe. Endpapers map.

Hardcover. New York , Century Co., reprint, 1907, Book: Good, 236 pages, b&w line illustrations by Reginald Birch (not credited). Green cloth with gilt, silver and plum decoration. Previous owner's decorative bookplate on front fly leaf otherwise clean with light foxing. Gutter crack on page 48.

New York, Dodd Mead , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 109 pages. Black & white illustrations by Ted Lewin. Dust jacket with edgewear, light soiling. Conrad, the boy who gave Annie a willow whistle, improves her father's opinion of him when he helps save his classmates stranded in the schoolhouse by an early blizzard.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild, Book Club, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with black design. Color frontispiece and black & white drawings by Wilfred Jones. Published simultaneously with the Little Brown trade edition. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations before each story by Richard Egieski. Light edge wear.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 2nd pr., 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this story in verse, Godden has created a new & delightful myth out of the story of the Flood. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Cassell and Company, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with color pastedown of stagecoach on cover, black lettering and design. Gilt title on spine. 232 pages, 4 color plates including frontis of airships, many b&w illustrations throughout. Inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Franklin Watts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, colorful wraparound dust jacket, price-clipped. 192 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Charles Mozley.

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, circa 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a chunk gone from top of spine, 365 pages. First published in 1911 this reprint is from mid-40s with Wartime notation on title page. Set on Prince Edward Island, Sara Stanley has the ability to delight and thrill listeners with her tales, many interwoven in this story. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, Algonquin Young Readers, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 124 pages illustrated in b& w and color by Jon Klassen. Badger is a quiet, solitary geologist intent on his important rock work. Skunk is an outgoing, friendly, unwelcome new roommate. They have nothing in common. Aunt Lula must have been crazy to suggest it-this is never going to work out. But, the more time they spend together, the more they learn about each other. Maybe they have more in common than they realized, and maybe being roommates is just what they both needed. And who knew chickens were such conversationalists and story lovers? In a classic odd-couple pairing, Badger and Skunk show how opposites attract and that making friends means opening yourself up to possibilities.

Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 332 pages, tissue guard frontis, and b/w plates by A. B. Shute. Red cloth, gilt title front and spine, pictorial front cover with flag and man on horse. #4 in Old Glory Series. Front and rear hinges cracked, inscription on front

Hardcover. Detroit MI, Gale Research Co., 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes with orange cloth covers. 275, 335 pages. Biographical data are interspersed with autobiographical and critical excerpts from the writings of nineteenth and twentieth-century authors and illustrators. B&w illustrations throughout. Name on front fly leafs, otherwise clean. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. $3.50 on flap, no date on title page, so assumed reprint. B&w illustrations by W.T. Mars. Short repaired tear, light chipping to dust jacket, clean copy. Newbery Award-winning author Elizabeth George Speare adapted the true account by Charlestown NH colonial settlers for this youth historical fiction. The lead character was developed from the imagined adventures of Miriam Willard, younger sister to Susanna Johnson. Set on the brink of the French & Indian War, the Johnson family was captured and marched to the French enclave in Montreal, where they were sold. Susanna wrote her account when she was 70.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton & Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. The Complete Winnie-The-Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner in one volume. 314 pages, beige cloth boards, titles in dark green on spine, illustrated scene on front board in dark green as well. Map endpapers in color, decorations and new color illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Dj price-clipped. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with a 3-color design on the front cover. 344 pages, b&w frontispiece illustration. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 170 pages with b&w drawings by George. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. All numbers including 1 on copyright page. A like-new signed copy of the sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning, My Side of the Mountain. This time, Sam must save both his younger sister and his trusty falcon, Frightful. Dust jacket art by Ted Rand.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st Ed., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth with dark blue lettering and decoration, 235 pages. Mary Shepard's map of Miss Poppins' "Long Walk" and b&w drawings throughout by Shepard. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1890, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 12 issues bound in hardcovers, black calf spines with gilt lettering, light scuffing. 1,072 pages. The top juvenile writers and artists of the day. Clean, tight condition. No library markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. First published in 1928, The Missing Chums is the fourth book in the Hardy Boys series. This appears to be a 1950s reprint. Follow Frank and Joe Hardy as they grapple with the unexplained disappearance of their closest friends, Chet and Biff, during a motorboat trip. The stakes are high, as Baldy Turk's gang think they've kidnapped Frank and Joe and, in a letter received by the Hardy Boys' Aunt Gertrude, are demanding ransom for their return. An investigation leads them to the mysterious Blacksnake Island, where they, too, are captured by the gang of criminals. Not only is the local bank robbed, but two of the Hardy boys' pals mysteriously disappear after a masquerade party. Are the events related? How the Hardy boys use all their courage and skill to outwit the criminals provides an exciting climax to one of the most baffling mysteries the young detectives have ever encountered. Clean copy, paper tanning.

Hardcover. NY, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with silver lettering, 217 pages with b&w illustrations by Hodges. Endpapers map in blue. Previous owner's bookplate and name. Otherwise a clean copy.

Softcover. Syracuse NY, Syracuse University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 270 pages. Originally published in 1975. The classic tale of a young man attempts to claim ownership of an old barn rumored to contain a hidden treasure. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket, 267 pages, includes glossary and notes. 50th Anniversary Edition with b&w drawings by Ed Young. Gilt Newbery Medal on front of dust jacket. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Dover, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 424 pages. B&w illustrations by H. J. Ford. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards with a young Shirley Temple on cover. 250 pages with several b&w photos from the movie. Paper tanning. Clean copy.