See also _CHILDREN’S,_TEENS’_FICTION_and_LITERATURE_ and books files.
Atkins, Elizabeth. THE POT OF GOLD. Frederick A. Stokes 1930. Hardcover. Color and b/w ill. by St. Clair La Dow. Orange cloth over boards with ill. paste-down on cover. Very Good with one corner worn at bottom of spine. $15.
Barr, Jene. LITTLE PRAIRIE DOG, A Read-It-Yourself Story. Albert Whitman 1949. Ill. Kurt Wiese. Ill. endpapers. NOT ex-lib. Very Good; previous owner’s name and repaired tear in half-title page. $10.
Bond, Gladys Baker. THE MAGIC FRIEND-MAKER. Whitman Small World Library Book. Whitman Publishing 1966. Hardcover. Ill. Stina Nagel. Sweet story of a lonely little girl who finds a way to make a friend. NOT ex-lib. Folio. Very Good; immaculate with just a little wear to cover. $9.50.
Boulton, Rudyerd. TRAVELING WITH THE BIRDS, A Book on Bird Migration. M. A. Donohue & Co. 1933. Hardcover. Twelve breathtakingly beautiful full-page color paintings by Walter Alois Weber. 64 pp. Folio size. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial paper over boards cover. Good, solid and clean with corner wear to cover. $8.50.
de Angeli, Marguerite. ELIN’S AMERIKA. Doubleday Doran & Co. 1941, stated first editin. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by de Angeli. When Elin comes to Amerika in 1648 there are only boys, boys, boys! with no little girl for a friend. Her loneliness is resolved in a surprising way. Beautiful copy of this harder-to-find de Angeli title. It is NOT an ex-lib. copy. Book is Very Good, clean and sound. Dust jacket has some wear but is nice in new Bro-dart protective cover. There is a previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. $18.
Dickson, Marguerite. BRAMBLE BUSH. Thomas Nelson & Sons 1945, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Junior Literary Guild Selection for Older Readers. A story of disappointment and heartache and finally deep understanding and caring between two young girls, one of whom is blind. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Fair. $7.50.
Dobbs, Rose. ONCE UPON A TIME, Twenty Cheerful Tales to Read and Tell. Random House 1950. Selected, edited and sometimes retold by Rose Dobbs. Ill. by Flavia Gagg. 116 pp. Very Good. $4.50.
Francis, Sally R. “SCAT, SCAT.” Platt & Munk 1929, 1940. Hardcover. Adorable illustrations by Elizabeth E. Collison. Nobody wants the soft little white kitty until she encounters loveable little Rosy Runabout. Ill. endpapers. NOT ex-lib. Green cloth over boards. Good, corner wear. $7.50.
Hall, William. TELLTIME THE RABBIT. Thomas Y. Crowell 1943. Hardcover. Ill. Charlotte Steiner. The little bunny has one long and one short ear, so his friends say they look like the hands of a clock. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, clean and bright with previous owner’s name. $6.
Hurlbut, Rev. Jessie Lyman, D.D. HURLBUT’S STORY OF THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG AND OLD. Universal Book and Bible House 1904. Hardcover. The complete Bible story, running from Genesis to Revelation, told in the simple language of today for young and old. 168 stories. Profusely illustrated with full-color plates and half-tone engravings. Includes index, questions for each story, and maps in back of book. 757-plus pages. Cover is blue cloth over boards with engraved decoration and lettering. Exceptionally clean, solid, and nice. $8.50.
Kingsley, Florence M. STEPHEN A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS. Henry Altemus 1896. Hardcover. Embossed, decorative cover. Has been reprinted by Lamplighter Printing. Truthquest Grades 7-12. Good. $10.
Kingsley, Florence M. TITUS: A COMRADE OF THE CROSS. David C. Cook 1894, 1897. Hardcover. Has been reprinted by Lamplighter. Truthquest Grades 7-12. Very Good. $10.
Lange, D. THE SHAWNEE’S WARNING, A Story of the Oregon Trail. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1919 first edition. Hardcover. Ill. Rufus Harrington. Cover embossed pictorial cloth over boards. Book bright and clean, showing very little wear. Binding pulling a little at center but still very sound. Out-of-print. Set in 1843, with scenes laid among the Indian tribes and adventurous bands of independent trappers of the plains and the mountains. Written for young boys by a former Minnesota school principal. Very Good. $20.
Masha. A CHILD’S BOOK OF PRAYERS. Random House 1941. Hardcover. Selected by Louise Raymond. Softly tinted, exquisite full-page illustrations and endpapers by Masha. 36 pp. Folio size. Gilt-decorated pictorial cover, paper over boards with tan spine. Very Good, corner wear to cover. $8.50.
Petersham, Maud & Miska, illustrators. THE FOUR AND LENA, by Marie Barringer. Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1938, first edition. Hardcover. Characteristically charming illustrations by the Petershams are in color and b/w. Four children and their goose Lena have numerous adventures when they take a train through the mountains of Germany to spend the summer in the Black Forest with their aunt and uncle. Includes German glossary. Cover is black cloth over boards with green stamped deocoration. Ex-lib. Good with a few spots on first page. $8.50.
Richmond, Leigh. THE DAIRYMAN’S DAUGHTER AND OTHER ANNALS OF THE POOR. London: The Religious Tract Society, no date, ca. 1920. Hardcover. Red embossed decorative cover. Very Good. $3.50.
Sayers, Frances Clarke. BLUEBONNETS FOR LUCINDA. The Viking press 1934. Hardcover. Delightfully illustrated in color and b/w by Helen Sewell. Ill. endpapers. NOT ex-lib. Cover has a little wear; clean, sound. Good+. $6.50.
Stratton-Porter, Gene. THE HARVESTER. Doubleday, Page & Co. 1911, first edition. Hardcover. Some rippling to pages, stain to bottom of cover; solid binding. Yellow cloth over boards. $12.
Stratton-Porter, Gene. LADDIE, A True Blue Story. Grosset & Dunlap 1913. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good+, spine faded. $12.
Stratton-Porter, Gene. THE HARVESTER. Grosset & Dunlap 1911. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Good. $6.50.
Stratton-Porter, Gene. MICHAEL O’HALLORAN. Doubleday, Page & Co. 1916. Hardcover. Color frontispiece by Frances Rogers. Very Good. $9.50.
Terhune, Albert Payson. LAD OF SUNNYBANK. Grosset & Dunlap 1929. Hardcover with dust jacket. Another timeless story of the adventures of the famous collie Lad, at the Terhunes’ country home, Sunnybank. Book Very Good with corner cut from illustrated endpaper; dust jacket Good with small edge tears. $6.50.
Terhune, Albert Payson. WOLF. Grosset & Dunlap 1925. Black cloth over boards hardcover. Frontispiece by Margaret Kirmse. Ill. endpapers. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.
Walsh, Mary. THE WIDOW WOMAN AND HER GOAT. Alfred A. Knopf 1949, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Captivating illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Set in old Ireland and written in Irish dialect, this delightful tale tells how a “blaggard of a goat” and the mischievous fairies brought the widow a much-longed-for fair-haired boy. Illustrated endpapers. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
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