FS: Children's Books H - Z (Long)
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[4039] Hagedorn, Herman. THE BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Harpers & Bros: 1922, 389 pp. Green cloth: stamped gold lettering,
small oval picture label. Profusely illustrated with black and white
plates, line drawings, etc. An excellent copy. Near Fine $15
[4631] Henderson, Le Grand. AUGUSTUS SAVES A SHIP. Grosset & Dunlap:
1945, 126 pp. Cloth bound, darkened and browned from age, wear to tips
of corners. Illustrated endpapers with evidence of light water stains.
Clean illustrations and text. Good $16
[5220] Henry, Marguerite. ALBUM OF HORSES. Rand McNally: 1960
edition. 113 pp. Brown cloth. Endpapers illustrated in color. Pictures
in color by Wersley Dennis. Very Good $15
[5131] Henry, Marguerite. MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE. Rand McNally: 1953
edition. 173 pp. Good dust jacket, in mylar. Color pictorial
endpapers. Illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Owner's information in
pencil to half-title page. A bright, sound book. Very Good $12
[5144] Henry, O. THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. Picture Book Studios: 1981,
1st thus. Very good dust jacket. Glossy, folio-sized color pictorial
binding. Wonderfully illustrated in color by Lisbeth Zwerger, an
internationally-acclaimed artist. Fine $15
[5476] Hillyer, VM. A CHILD'S GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD. Appleton
Century Crofts: 1951 edition. 451 pages. Tan cloth; tiny tear to crown
of spine. About fifteen pages with old crease lines. Illustrated.
Binding sound. Good $14
[4929] Hoffmann, ETA. NUTCRACKER. Crown: 1984, 5th printing. Color
pictorial dust jacket near fine. Maurice Sendak illustrates,
delightful color pictures. Cloth. An excellent copy. A "rich and
tantalizing treasure." Fine $20
[5238] Holling, Holling Clancy. RUM-TUM-TUMMY: THE ELEPHANT WHO ATE.
Saalfield: 1936, unpaged. Square 12mo 1st edition. Charming color
pictorial boards with some soil, hairline split to spine. Endpapers
clean, hinges sound. Pages thumbed, with occ. smudging. Beautiful
illustrations in color by the author. Uncommon. Good $30
[5422] Hopkins, Lee Bennett. RING OUT, WILD BELLS: POEMS ABOUT
HOLIDAYS AND SEASONS. Harcourt, Brace: 1992, 80 pages. Dust jacket
fine, in protective mylar wrapper. Slim 4to Glossy pictorial boards.
Charming color illustrations by Karen Baumann. Poems of Thanksgiving,
Christmas other holidays by well-known poets such as e.e. cummings,
Rachel Field as well as a selection of new voices. Near Fine $15
[5132] Hunt, W. Ben INDIAN CRAFTS AND LORE. Golden Book: 1970, 22nd
prtg. 104 pp. Color pictorial binding. Extremely colorful and festive.
Gift inscription to front endpaper, very light wear along edges of
boards. Very Good $15
[4883] Irving, Washington. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. Saalfield:
1926, unpaged. Cloth spine lightly faded near heel. Color pictorial
boards, quite enchanting depiction of Headless Horseman, Ichabod
chase. Drawings in black and white by Frances Brundage. Boards and
corners worn, chipped along edges. Occ. smudge to pages, sound in
binding. A pleasing interpretation. Good $16
[5248] Jukes, Mavis. BLACKBERRIES IN THE DARK. Knopf: 1985, unpaged.
5th prtg. Dust jacket fine in protective mylar wrapper. Illustrated
with drawings. Hardbound. Newberry honor author tells a tale of
fishing traditions and a special relationship that develops between a
boy and his grandmother. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Fine $14
[5210] Kawaguchi, Sanae. TARO'S FESTIVAL DAY. Little, Brown: 1957,
41 pp. 1st edition. Drawings in color, black and white. Orange
pictorial cloth. Two Japanese boys have adventures on Festival Day and
with dragonflies, charming. Small label shadow to front, else Very
Good $15
[5536] King, Robin. PIONEERS: A BADGER BOOK. Whitman: 1959, 92
pages. Glossy color pictorial binding extremely clean. Pictorial
endpapers, illustrations in color by Charles Beck. Tales of heroes
from the Old West, days of exploration. Daniel Boone, Kit Carson,
Buffalo Bill, etc. Slightly leaned spine, else Near Fine $16
[5494] Krauss, Ruth. A HOLE IS TO DIG: A FIRST BOOK OF FIRST
DEFINITIONS. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Bros: 1952, unpaged.
Cloth spine, pictorial boards and endpapers. Binding with moderate
foxing. A few pages with soil, slight fading. Overall, contents bright
and clean. Good $38
[5342] Lambert, Janet. MISS TIPPY. Grosset & Dunlap: (1948), 192 pp.
Tweed-like binding. Spine darkened, binding slightly skewed. Hinges
sound, clean text. Good $12
[5343] Lambert, Janet. GLORY BE! Grosset & Dunlap: (1943), 207 pp.
Tweed-like binding. Hinges sound, clean text. Spine slightly leaned;
otherwise Very Good $14
[4238] Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. MOLLY IN THE MIDDLE. Morrow:
1956, 127 pp. Red cloth. Spine cocked, sm. date stamp to top edge,
owner's name to front endpaper. Illustrated endpapers. Binding and
text clean with light wear. Good $11
[4910] Lenski, Lois. LOIS LENSKI'S CHRISTMAS STORIES. Lippincott:
1968, 152 pp. Stated 1st edition. Dust jacket good- , in protective
mylar wrapper. Red cloth binding very bright and clean, front board
with mild bow. Illustrated endpapers bright and clean with no
ownership markings. Text likewise bright and clean. Very Good+ $65
[4807] Low, Alice. THE MACMILLAN BOOK OF GREEK GODS AND HEROES.
Macmillan: 1985, 184 pp. 1st edition. 4to Dust jacket good, in
protective mylar wrapper. Cloth bound. Binding slightly leaned and
with some soil. Delightful color illustrations by Arvis Stewart. Good+
$14
[4882] Lyons, Dorothy. GOLDEN SOVEREIGN. Harcourt, Brace: 1946, 259
pp. Dust jacket poor, price is not clipped, in protective mylar
wrapper. Cloth bound. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Small ink marks to
front free endpaper else an outstanding copy. Near Fine $25
[5474] MacDonald, Betty. MRS. PIGGLE-WIGGLE. Lippincott: 1947.
Stated 1st edition. Cloth bound with light fading some soil.
Illustrated with drawings. Owner's name to front free endpaper.
Between the covers, bright and clean. Good $15
[5164] Matschat, Cecile Hulse. LADD OF THE BIG SWAMP. Winston: 1954,
179 pp. 1st edition. Dust jacket fair to good, in protective mylar
wrapper. Cloth bound, patterned, attractive. Map endpapers.
Illustrated by Alexander Key. A story of the Okefenokke Settlement
after the Civil War. Near Fine $15
[4819] McGinley, Phyllis. THE MOST WONDERFUL DOLL IN THE WORLD.
Lippincott: 1950, 63 pp. Cloth bound. Illustrated with charming black
and white and color pictures by Helen Stone. Binding with moderate
soil. Good $14
[4954] McNaughton, Colin. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF WEIRDOS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. Simon & Schuster: 1987, 93 pp. 1st edition. Dust jacket
very good, in protective mylar wrapper. Illustrations in color by the
author. Endpapers illustrated. Sixty outrageous poems for children by
the master of wicked wit and introducing a wacky gallery of
characters. Near Fine $25
[4660] Milhous, Katherine. THE EGG TREE. Scribner's: 1950. 1st
edition. Cloth binding with moderate soil, sound hinges. Some foxing,
occ. smudge, a few pages thumbed. No ownership markings. Good $18
[5390] Milhous, Katherine. THROUGH THESE ARCHES: THE STORY OF
INDEPENDENCE HALL. Lippincott: 1964, 96 pp. Oblong. Dust jacket good+,
in protective mylar wrapper, quite presentable. SIGNED and with
enjoyable illustrations in color by the author. A well-preserved book
with a slightly-leaned spine. Very Good $35
[5174] Miller, Eugenia. THE SIGN OF THE SALAMANDER. Holt, Rinehart:
1967, 223 pp. Dust jacket very good+, in protective mylar wrapper. 1st
edition. Cloth bound. Drawings. SIGNED by the author. Historical
juvenile fantasy. A young boy travels back in time to assist Da Vinci.
Uncommon. Fine $30
[5524] Molarsky, Osmond.THE PEASANT AND THE FLY. Harcourt, Brace:
1980, unpaged. Stated 1st edition. Dust jacket very good, in
protective mylar wrapper. Blue cloth. One corner lightly bumped.
Katherine Coville illustrates, colorful and humorous. The Tsar orders
the execution of a pesky fly, but none can offer relief until the
arrival of a clever peasant. Very Good $14
[5077] Montgomery, LM ANNE OF WINDY POPLARS. Grosset & Dunlap:
(1936) 301 pp. Orange cloth, mildly soiled. Presentable and very
sound. Very Good $15
[5418] Nesbit, Wilbur D. FRIEND O'MINE. Wise-Parslow/Volland: 1925,
unpaged. 16mo Good dust jacket. Color pictorial boards. Gift
inscription, some unopened pages. Delightful illustrated endpapers and
color illustrations by Maria Honre Meyers. Volland "Greetings Books"
series. Very Good $15
[5165] Norton, Mary. THE BORROWERS. Harcourt, Brace: 1953, 180 pp.,
early printing. Dust jacket very good, in protective mylar wrapper.
Cloth bound. Drawings. An excellent copy. Near Fine $25
[5487] O'Dell, Scott. JOURNEY TO JERICHO. Houghton, Mifflin: 1969,
41 pages. Stated 2nd printing, possible BCE. Dust jacket good with
some soil, in protective mylar wrapper. Cloth. Black endpapers.
Illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. Fine $14
[5241] Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar. POCAHONTAS. Doubleday: 1946,
unpaged. Slim 4to 1st edition. Dust jacket good, colorful and
presentable, in clear mylar wrapper. Red cloth spine, color pictorial
binding in excellent condition save for four small, clear tape
remnants. Illustrated endpapers in color, color pictures throughout. A
delightful book. Very Good $45
[5294] Raymond, Margaret Thomsen. ROBERTA GOES ADVENTURING. Volland:
1931, 96 pp. 1st edition. Cloth spine, color pictorial boards with
some soil, marginal fading. Between the covers, bright and clean with
delightful illustrations in color, black and white, silhouettes by
Eleanor Campbell. Endpapers illustrated in color with no ownership
markings whatsoever. Charming. Good+ $25
[5471] Rees, Ennis. MORE OF BRER RABBIT'S TRICKS. Young Scott Books:
1968, unpaged. X-libris, endpapers with markings, rear pocket removed,
several thumbed pages. Oblong. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Very good
dust jacket, lightly soiled. Color pictorial binding bright and clean,
and presentable as such. Good $15
[4444] Zolotow, Charlotte. MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT. Harper
& Row: 1962. Color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. With a
price-clipped else otherwise near fine dust jacket. An outstanding
copy. Fine $26
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