Pre 1930 Childrens Books
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: LITTLE PLAYFELLOWS for Happy Hours ; 1900 Lothrop Pub Co., Boston,
color illus cover. Illus with engravings. Brittle pages. 8"x10" Cover is
wor n around edges, still G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION
ILLUSTRATED (UR#:9742) US$25.00
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May, Sophie: DOTTY DIMPLE AT SCHOOL ; 1897 Lee and Shepard, Red cover
with black, gold ltg and dec. Illus. Spine color faded, edges slighly
worn. 5" x 6" 168 pgs. NVG, girl's series GIRLS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION
JUVENILE DOTTY DIMPLE (UR#:3160) US$10.00
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel: GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR ; no date The Henneberry co.,
NY circa 1880s, beige cover with white & blue ltg & dec. Glossy illus.
233 pgs 5"x7.5" Near VG, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION
(UR#:9271) US$20.00
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Dixon Franklin: THE HARDY BOYS THE TOWER TREASURE ; 1927 G & D, 214 pgs
5x7.5" tan cover/brown ltg/dec VG/G+ dust jacket illus frontis orange boards,
boy's
series HARDY BOYS CHILDRENS FICTION (UR#:4582) US$20.00
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: LITTLE FOLKS' TREASURE BOOK Stories and Rhymes for Little People ;
1918 Platt & Monk, Co., NY, Color illus cover. Illus including 2
full-page color. 7"x9.5" Some of the dra wings have been colored in.
Corners and edges of cover are worn, torn piece fro m front cover color
illus. Good, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION ILLUSTRATED
(UR#:8960) US$10.00
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Finley, Martha: MILDRED'S MARRIED LIFE ; 1910 A.L. Burt, white cover
with pink & green & black ltg & dec. 314 pgs 5"x7.5" Cover soiled ,
still G+, girl's series GIRLS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE MILDRED
ELSIE (UR#:8986)
US$25.00
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas: POLLY OLIVER'S PROBLEM A Story for Girls ; 1896
Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, beige cover with blue ltg & dec. 8 illus. 212
pgs 5"x7" Cover is soiled, cou ple of loose pages Good., children's
fiction CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE (UR#:8145) US$10.00
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Macdonald, George: AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND ; 1909 Lippincott, ex.
lib., red cover with black, gilt & white ltg & dec. 12 color illus by
Maria L. Kirk. 352 pgs 6"x8" Top outer corner of cover and pages have
water stain, and pgs a re wavy. Some corner and edge frays. Good,
children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION (UR#:6777) US$15.00
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Payson, Lieut. Howard: THE BOY SCOUTS AND THE ARMY AIRSHIP ; 1911 Hurst
& Co., NY, beige cover with green & red ltg & illustration. Illus
frontis. 308 pgs 5"x7. 5" G+, boy's series BOYS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION
JUVENILE BOY SCOUTS (UR#:11453) US$20.00
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Cousin Fannie translated by: UNCLE CURIOSO'S TALES FOR YOUTHS AND
MAIDENS. ; 1858 Phillips, Sampson & Co., red cover with gilt ltg & dec.
6 hand colored illus(1 is ripped) 183 pgs 5.5" x7.5" Cover is poor, with
most of the spine cover missing and corners well worn , contents are
Good, with binding somewhat loose, and a couplis ripped) 183 pgs 5.5"
x7.5" Cover is poor, with most of the spine cover missing and corners
well worn , contents are Goodat US$9.00
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Alger, Horatio, Jr.: ERIE TRAIN BOY ; 1900 M.A. Donohue, NY, green cover
with black ltg & dec and color paste-on. 270 + pgs 5"x7.5" Spione
darkened, still G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE ALGER
(UR#:9787) US$10.00
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Herder, Liebeskind & Krummacher, from the German of: ORIENTAL FAIRY
TALES ; no date circa 1900 Hurst & Co.,Arlington Edition, red cover with
black & gold ltg & dec. Illus with engravings. 300 pgs 5"x7.5" Pages
browned, else is G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION ORIENTAL FAIRY
TALES (UR#:8733)
US$20.00
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Clifton, Oliver Lee: CAMP FIRE BOYS AT SILVER FOX FARM ; 1924 Barse &
Hopkins, NY, mild ex lib, no exterior markings, orange cover with black
ltg & illustration. Illus by Charles Wrenn. 246 pgs 5 "x7.5" Near VG,
boy's series BOYS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE CAMP FIRE BOYS
(UR#:11670) at US$12.00
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Finley, martha: ELSIE'S WOMANHOOD Elsie Dinsmore ; 1875 Dodd, Mead, NY,
maroon cover with gold ltg & pansy on spine. Illus frontis. 406 pgs
5"x7" Co rners and edges are worn, inner hinges are cracked, G+, girl's
series GIRLS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION ELSIE DINSMORE JUVENILE
(UR#:9785) at US$15.00
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Crane, Laura Dent: THE AUTOMOBILE GIRLS AT CHICAGO ; 1912 Henry Altemus,
1st edition, beige cover with bue ltg & dec. Illus. 254 pgs 5"x7.5"
Slightly cocked, G+, girl's series AUTOMOBILE CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE
(UR#:5173) US$10.00
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Whitehill, Dorothy: JOY AND HER CHUMS ; 1928 Whitman, tan cover with
brown ltg. 214 pgs 5.5"x8" G+ in G+ dj, girl's series GIRLS SERIES
CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE JOY (UR#:8589) US$20.00
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Carr, Francis: LEFT ALONE: or The Fortunes of Phillis Maitland. A Story
; circa 1888 Dutton & co., NY, red cover with black & green & gilt ltg
& decoration. Illus frontis. 309 pgs 5 "x7.5" Tear at spine edge, rear
top, book is slightly cocked, Good+, children's fiction CHILDRENS
FICTION JUVENILE ILLUSTRATED ANTIQUARIAN (UR#:11138) at US$20.00
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Brooks, Amy: PRUE'S LITTLE FRIENDS ; 1912 Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1st
edition, light gren cover with green, white & yellow ltg & dec. 6 illus
by author. 235 pgs 5.5"x7.5" cover stained, still G+, girl's series
GIRLS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE PRUE (UR#:9966) at US$10.00
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Finley, Martha: ELSIE AT HOME ; 1897 Dodd, Mead, color illus cover. 247
pgs 5.5"x8" VGmaroon cover with gold ltg & dec. Pansy on spine. 295 pgs
5"x7.5" G+, girl's series CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE ELSIE GIRLS SERIES
(UR#:5621) at US$25.00
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Humphreys Mrs. Phebe Westcott: OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS IN THEIR NATIVE HOMES
; 1900 Phebe Westcott Humphreys, 272 pgs 7x9" color illus cover G+
illus engrvings color plates, children's reference CHILDRENS REFERENCE
NATURAL HISTORY (UR#:3282) US$20.00
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Newell, Martha Skinner: WILLIE AND HIS PONY IN CALIFORNIA ; 1915 Arthur
H. Crist Co., Cooperstown, NY, green cover with black ltg & dec. Illus
with drawings by Josephine Bruce. 167 pgs 5"x7" Near VG, children's
fiction CHILDRENS FICTION ILLUSTRATED (UR#:8953) at US$10.00
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Hancock, H. Irving: THE YOUNG ENGINEERS IN MEXICO ; 1913 Saafield, brown
cover with black ltg & dec. Illus. 247 pgs 5"x7.5" Near VG, boy's series
BOYS SERIES CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE YOUNG ENGINEERS (UR#:9220)
US$10.00
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Sturges, Lilliam Baker: THE RUNAWAY TOYS ; 1920 Rand McNally, color
illus cover. Color illus. 5.5"x6.5" Corners and spine ends worn, else i
s G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION STORY BOOK ILLUSTRATED
(UR#:c-79) at US$18.00
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Alcott, Louisa May: LITTLE MEN ; 1910 Little, Brown, brown cover with
black & gold ltg & dec. Illus. 376 pgs 5"x7.5" Wear at corne rs and
spine ends, G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION JUVENILE
(UR#:8333) at US$20.00
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Bourhill, Mrs. E.J. and Mrs. J.B. Drake: FAIRY TALES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Collected from original native sources ; 1908 Macmillan, NY, blue cover
with gilt ltg & decoration. Illus by W. Herbert Holloway. 250 pgs 5
"x7.5" A-E-G Spine cover is torn at back hinge, corners show minor wear.
Inne r hinges cracked, front endpaper is gone, G+, black studies BLACK
STUDIES CHILDRENS FICTION BLACK LITERATURE ILLUSTRATED FAIRY TALES
(UR#:11859) at US$20.00
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Otis, James: CHRISTMAS AT DEACON HACKETT'S A Sequel to How Tommy Saved
the Barn ; 1899 Thomas Crowell, NY, yellow cover with green & blue ltg &
illustration. Illus frontis. 105 pgs 5.5 "x7.5" Cover is soiled, still
G+, children's fiction CHILDRENS FICTION CHRISTMAS (UR#:11705)
US$17.50
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