Mark Twain's Works ~  The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

Written by Mark Twain  Published by P.F.Collier  in 1920

The inside pages have no marks, tears or repairs. The pages have started to yellow. The inside binding is giving way  On the cover and fly age , could easily be fixed !

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES 1946

 Illustrated by Anne Elizabeth - 7x9 32 page profusely illustrated (B&W and color) hardcover book (no DJ issued) is in Verty Good+ condition. Tight book with light wear to boards a 3x1 inch clear stain on back board. Clean crisp pages, no writing or marks. Copyright 1946, probably a First Edition, published by JOHN MARTIN'S HOUSE, INC., 

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES Watty Piper.

If you've never owned a Platt and Munk nursery book, you haven't lived!  Platt and Munk mastered the fine art of creating nursery tale books that would delight the eye, excite the mind and nourish the imagination.  This particular book is no exception.  Edited by Watty Piper, and illustraed  by Eulalie and Lois Lenski renowned children’s illustrators . Published by Platt and Munk  in 1951 .

Condition is good plus , has shelf wear to covers ( to big for my scanner ) but still in good condition  with good pages , no tears or marks , may have a couple smudges .

 My First Story Book 1934

1875–1961), U.S. author.Carolyn Sherwin Bailey  wrote more than 60 children's books during her career. In 1947 she was honored with the prestigious Newbery Medal for ‘Miss Hickory'(1946).

Bailey  was born on Oct. 25, 1875, in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. She was educated at home until the age of 12 and then attended Lansingburgh Academy, near Albany. In 1896 she graduated from Teachers College, Columbia University.

This is part of the Little Readers Series Published in 1934 by McLoughlin Bro's Inc. Illustrated by Ruth M. Hallock .

PINOCCHIO THE STORY OF A PUPPET

Written by BY COLLODI

Published by Grosset & Dunlap in the United States

Undated but looked it up looks like the book was from the 20's .

Book is in excellent condition with light wear to the covers . Pages are unmarked and no tears found .

The PICTURE-STORY of ROBINSON CRUSOE by FRANK C. PAPE

brief text by  ramon Coffman

The Reilly & Lee Co. chicago 1932

book is in very good condition for its age-

this book is hard to find in solid condition like this one-most copies have many condition issues.

rare 213 pages with black and white illustrations on each page similar to comic book style.

Condition is Excellent, cover shows light wear , no stamps, inside pages are good also .

No tears or marks !

Sunny Boy and His Playmates

Written by Ramy Allison White

 Illustrations by Howard L. Hastings 

 Copyright 1922 published by Grosset & Dunlap 1922

Condition is excellent cover shows very light wear .

Dust jacket is in excellent condition with no tears or folds .

Inside book is free of marks, tears, fold, stamps or names . 

Written by Mark Twain. Published by Harper and Brothers in 1917.

Full color front cover and inside facing page (same picture.) Rare edition. Has  16 Illustrations , by Worth  Brehm .

Condition : cover has normal wear to corners and edges  , with a paste down on front covers . Has no torn or missing pages, spine is tight, no marks or tears .   Has a sticker with a name inside on the front fly page . Overall this is a Very nice book.

The Aesop For Children 1947 MINT

PUBLISHED BY CHECKERBOARD PRESS IN 1947

classic of the Aesop stories with the inspired full color drawings of the acclaimed artist Milo Winter.

  Hard to find book, now out of print!!

According to Herodotus, Aesop was a slave who lived in Samos in the 6th century B.C. His moral animal fables have delighted young and old for centuries. This fabulous full-color edition of the classic Aesop features the original illustrations of Milo Winter.  Best-loved fables, including such favorites as "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Ants and the Grasshopper," "The Goose and the Golden Egg," "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," and "The Hare and the Tortoise" and all their wonderful and amusing animal characters. Now, with The Aesop for Children, a whole new generation can appreciate and enjoy these whimsical tales. 9 1/2" x 11 3/4". Ages 6-10

CONDITION  VERY LIGHT SHELF WEAR, UNUSED MINT CONDITION !!

The Brimful Book,Mother Goose Rhymes animal Stories 1969 Edited by Watty Piper,With Illustrations by Tasha Tudar, Margot Austin and Welsley Dennis.

Published by The Platt and Munk Co. Inc New York, This is one big book it Measures 12X101/8X1/2.

With the most outstanding pictures you have ever seen , This is one Watty Piper and Platt and Munk are know for . If you have never owned a Watty Piper book this is one to have to pass down !!

Book is in good condition with normal shelve wear , no torn or missing pages, no marks in the pages, just in excellent condition !

VINTAGE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKTHE RUNAWAY TOYS
WRITTEN BY LILLIAN BAKER STURGESPUBLISHED BY RAND McNALLY
1920 EDITION

CONDITION  GOOD WITH NORMAL WEAR TO THE COVERS , WITH  MOST WEAR ARE THE CORNERS ,  BUT FOR THE AGE 1920 GOOD . INSIDE HAS NO TORN OR MISSING PAGES , NO MARKS, NOTHING WRITTEN ALLTHOUGH  IT HAS SOME SMUDGES AND A FEW AGE SPOTS .

The Silly OZbuls of OZ, A trilogy

  By Roger Baum MINT

The Silly OZbuls of OZ, The Silly OZbul of OZ and Toto, The Silly OZbul of OZ and the Magic Merry-Go-Round (three volumes)

California: Yellow Brick Road Publishers, Inc. (1992). Stored in their Original Slip Case  .

 and Mint Dust Jackets !!

 Full of Beautiful Pictures !

What a teasures this would be To Save For or the first child or grand child .

Baum is a former resident of Los Angeles and the vicinity of Las Vegas. He also tours the country, reading from and signing his children's books. Baum is the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum, the original creator of the "Oz" series, and grandson of Frank Joslyn Baum, who published The Laughing Dragon of Oz in 1935. Many of Roger S. Baum's children's books are set in the same world.

Baum had written short stories and another children's book, entitled Long Ears and Tailspin, before being approached by the International Wizard of Oz Club in 1987 to write original "Oz" stories. The success of his "Oz" books allowed him to leave his banking job in 1990, and become a full-time children's author. Sometimes Baum's earlier material is reworked in his later books; Long Ears and Tailspin's "Candy Land" reappears in his 2000 Toto book, for example.

One of Baum's books was made into the movie, Lion of Oz, and a film adaptation of Dorothy of Oz is planned by Alpine Pictures in association with Box Office Productions III. Dorothy of Oz is slated for a 2012 theatrical release.

All books are in mint condition, Slip case has storage wear .

Vintage Copy of
The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Written by Hugh Lofting
 Published by 1948, by Joesphine Lofting
Printed in the United States of America 

Condition is very good , cover shows normal wear , inside covers are free of stamps, names or marks. Inside pages are excellent CLEAN AND WHITE , with no marks, tears , dog-ears .

 THROUGH FAIRY HALLS MY BOOK CLUB 1965

THROUGH FAIRY HALLS

OF

MY BOOK HOUSE

Edited by

Olive Beaupre’ Miller

Published by The Book House for Children, 1965

Preface:

            “Through Fairy Halls” is intended for boys and girls who have reached the age when, with ever expanding imagination, they are most interested in the fantastic adventures of wonder tales.  And the boys in particular have a still stronger need for some stories with quick, dramatic, violent action, such as the English folk tale “Jack the Giant-Killer”.

            So this volume abounds in adventurous folk tales from many different countries, like “The Princess on the Glass Hill” from the Norse; “The Twelve Months” from the Czechoslovakian; “The Lost Spear” from South Africa; and “The Strong Boy” from Canadian Indian folklore.  It has humorous tales as well, such as “The Squire’s Bride” from the Norse; “The Three Wishes” from the Spanish; and “The Three Sillies” and “The Wise Men of Gotham” from the English.  And it also includes a few of the more poetic tales like “The Sleeping Beauty” from the French and “The Moon Maiden” from the Japanese.

            The Bible is represented in this volume by the adventurous story of “Daniel in the Lion’s Den”.  And here for the first time you will find one of Shakespeare’s plays retold.  Since boys and girls are now in the fairy tale age, the play selected is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, which centers on Oberon, Titania and all their following of elves and fairies.  Naturally Shakespeare belongs in the literary background of every child, since he will meet references to Shakespeare all his life.  In various volumes of MY BOOK HOUSE we have four of Shakespeare’s plays retold – “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Tempest”, “The Winter’s Tale”, and “As You Like It” in addition to a number of rhymes and verses from Shakespeare.

            Tied up with fairy tales in Volume Six is “The Fairyland of Science”, which tells the story of how Jean Henri Fabre, the great French naturalist, discovered in the lives of the little jeweled insects of his garden, the Fairyland of Science.

            Here, too, the theme of art and music is carried on as it has been in all the books.  In “The Wonderland of an Artist’s Workshop” Leonardo da Vinci is presented, not only in his capacity as an artist, but with his studio full of noisy apprentice boys all eagerly interested in trying out the new flying machine Da Vinci has just invented.  And in “The Boy Who Made a Dream Come True”, a boyhood incident from the life of Titian is given.

            As to music, we have in this volume “A Musical Visit to Fairyland”, which tells how Felix Mendelssohn wrote the music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, and “The Duty That Was Not Paid”, a story of Mozart in childhood.

            Thus the stories in “Through Fairy Halls” relate music, art and science to literature in the period when boys and girls are of an age to wander freely in any sort of Wonderland

Book is in excellent conditon with white , crispt clean, no tears or repairs !

The covers are in excellent condition, corners and spine ends are lightly bumped. No other flaws. Book is sound, binding is tight. Pages are off-white with no writing, no tears, no stains. 

Dickens' Stories about Children

Introduction by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant

Illustrated by Clara M. Burd

1929

Hardcover Published by John C. Winston in 1929, Color plates and b/w illustrations. lIlustrated endpapers.

Condition is good plus cover shows normal wear with bumpped edges and corners. Inside pages are in good condition , no tears or marks .

Dickens' Stories about Children

Introduction by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant

Illustrated by Clara M. Burd

1929

Hardcover (6 1/4 x 8 3/4), Winston, copyright 1929, no other printing stated. 274 pages. Color plates and b/w illustrations. lIlustrated endpapers.

Condition is good plus cover shows normal wear with bumpped edges and corners. Inside pages are in good condition , no tears or marks , first few pages have age spots from age after that they are pretty much clean      .

The Complete Original Edition of The Little  Engine That Could
Written by Watty Piper ,Illustrated by George and Doris Hauman
Platt & Munk, Publishers, New York in 1961

Condition is excellent with no writing or marks 

 anywhere in the book. Has no torn or missing pages . 

Wonderful little book for

 your child or grand child .