Search Results: Children''s Books from DogStar Books

Cincinnati, OH: Jennings & Graham. Very Good-. 1881. Hardcover. Woodcuts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 64 pages; 1881 Jennings & Graham. German language primer and ABC book. Soundly bound and generally neat in original cloth backes spine and pictiral paper covered boards. Light to moderate shelf soiling to boards and light shelf rubbing and furring to paper at board edges. Illustrted with woodcuts. VG- .

Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket. A well conceived alphabet book in which the child is asked to name objects in the image which begin with the appropriate letter. Images in a comination of color and b&w litho designs. A key is provided at rear. Jacket has some moderate dust and shelf soiling to surfaces while the book is NF .

New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company. Near Fine. 1900. Cloth Softcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 10 pages; Circa [1900] Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company. Fabric children's book with color pictorial pages for the alphabet and numbers. A very well preserved copy without fray or damage. Just mild soling to cloth leaves. One of the nices and most well preserved "clotjh" books we have handled. NF .

New York: Neue Galerie New York. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1931794189 . Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages; Oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition. Immaculate copy in perfect dust jacket. Tightly bound and unread. Lavish and striking color illustrated telling of the young Adele Bloch-Bauer, immortalized in Klimt's portrait of her. Fine/Fine. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. Very Good. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Other. 052882239x . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 5 pages; The 1st printing/issue of Tudor's very scarce 24 window Advent Calendar which went throught 3 separate Rand McNally printings. The 1st printing was in 1978 with the title card bearing a price of $2.50, as present in this example. Printed on 5 glossy cardstock panels with an interior printed surface backed with plain paper. When fully opened it measures 11 inches tall by 25 1/2 inches across. There are 24 Advent windows which can be opened to show illustrations within. They are to be opened daily starting on the 1st of December and extending until Christmas Eve. This is an excellent example with no evident wear to any of the movable window panels. The interior illustrated panel is in excellent condition. The printed Title card with $2.50 price has a mild bump to one top corner. The original mailing envelope is bright and clean. There is no… Read More

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. New. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Other. 052882239x . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 5 pages; 1978 Rand McNally. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. The 1st printing/issue of Tudor's very scarce 24 window Advent Calendar which went throught 3 separate Rand McNally printings. The 1st printing was in 1978 with the title card bearing a price of $2.50, as present in this example. Printed on 5 glossy cardstock panels with an interior printed surface backed with plain paper. When fully opened it measures 11 inches tall by 25 1/2 inches across. There are 24 Advent windows which can be opened to show illustrations within. They are to be opened daily starting on the 1st of December and extending until Christmas Eve. 1978 shrinkwrap has contracted a little. These Rand McNally issued calendars are very scarce, with the 1st printing issue especially rare. .

Boston: Little Brown & Co. Good. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 120 pages; 1914 Little Brown & Co. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original pictorial tan cloth. Moderate shelf soiling to cloth boards; titles at spine rubbed and dulled but legible. Damp halo lines to the glossy pictorial plates but not observed on text pages. Some silverfish pitting to page block edges. Good only .

New York: Action Play Books. Good. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1944 Action Play Books. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original color pictorial paper covered boards with red paper backstrip over the side stapled binding. Paper lightly shelf rubbed at board edges; backstrip with shallow chip and loss at crown and a long closed vertical tear to the paper about half the length of the spine. We have archivally mended the tear with japanese paper (kozo) tape. Two prior owner name inside front cover. Expected light toning to the page stock; illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Uncommon, G to G+ only .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. The Bedtime Story-Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 1943 Grosset & Dunlap HC/DJ. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Contents bright and neat with no marks. Bound in that patterned pictorial boards. Pictorial dust jacket price clipped top corner front flap; shelf rubbed and nicked with a few short closed tears at edges. With Cady's b&w illustrations throughout. VG+/VG .

New York: Doubleday & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385050283 . Color Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 48 pages; 1970 Doubleday & Company. Smaller format HC/DJ 1st edition, stated. Tightly bound, unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright color photo illustrated dust jacket with publisher's $3.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Bound in full photo pictorial color cloth matching the jacket design and bound in a reinforced fashion with linen reinforced hinges. Publisher's gold metallic wraparound spine label identifies this example as intended for the library and institutional marketplace. From collection of a private collector, this copy is superb, unread and crisp. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket extremities. Charminly illustrated with rear color photos arranged with a collage sensibility featuring the little white bear, Alfred. F/NF .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. reprint. Hardcover. 0448060043 . Illustrated Junior Library; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 307 pages; 2005 Grosset & Dunlap. HC in glossy color pictorial boards and publisher's clear mylar dust jacket. Tightly bound and fresh; feels and appears unread. Features the colored and b&w original illustrations by Tenniel. About as new. NF/NF .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 068982842X . Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages; 2000 Simon & Schuster. Oversize oblong format HC/DJ 1st printing of this new edition. Tightly bound, bright and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Feels and appears unread and as new. F/Fj .

New York: Atheneum. Very Good. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689300735 . Color Illustrations; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 32 pages; 1973 Atheneum. Square format HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and clean in original pale green cloth with titles in dark green to cover and spine. Wersba's spare, fantastical prose on verso and Mayer's dreamscape color plates on each facing recto. Solid clean copy with no marks but lacking dst wrapper. Hard to find title. VG .

New York: Random House. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679868453 . Color illlustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages; 1996 Random House. HC in glossy color pictorial boards. 1st edition, 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line. Bright, tight and fresh with no marks. Feels and appears generally unread and about as new. NF to F .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671759116 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 48 pages; [SIGNED] HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Inscribed and signed on the front dlyleaf by Hopkins and on the title page by illustrator, Barry Root. Tightly bound and expetionally fresh; an unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket. As new F/F; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. Second Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 64 pages; 1935 Simon and Schuster. Oblong format HC/DJ. 2nd printing. Snugly bound and neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $1.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Bound in cream paper covered boards with 4 color pictorial design; dust jacket with a different pictorial design is lightly shelf soiled to surfaces with shelf rubbing and a few small chips and short teears at edges. Small drip spot top edge. Charmingly illustrated by Van Loon and written as a sort of simultaneous guide to the world and to the tools we use to describe it. VG+/VG .

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780439895293 . Sepia toned graphic drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages; 2007 Arthur A. Levine Books. Oversize HC in original glazed color pictorial boards. 1st edition, 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line on copyright page. Binding is solid and contents fresh; no marks. Superficial shelf tapping to corner and spine tips; spine perhaps a trifle out of square. Tan's wordless graphic tale in the true 1st edition. Published without dust wrapper. VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Tilton, NH: Hillside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1973. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Hand colored illustrations; Miniature Less than 3" tall; 48 pages; [MINIATURE] 1973 Hillside Press. HC tightly bound in pale yellow cloth with pictorial design and titles in black. Sized 2 1/2 x 2 inches. Limited edition of 250 copies, this copy numbered 180 and signed by the illustration colorist, Eleanor Orwin, on the limitation leaf. Astrologer's Niece reprinted from a collection of stories by Tudor Jenks published by the Century Company in 1894. Reproduces the original illustrations, here hand colored by Irwin. "The text for this book was set by hand in 6 pt. Bulmer Roman type and printed at The Hillside Press in the month of June, 1973." Bright, tight and fresh. NF .

NY: International Paper Goods Co. Very Good. 1930. Paperback. Color Lithographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages; 1930 International Paper Goods Co. Oversize quarto paperback in glazed color lithograph illustrated covers with saddle stapled binding. Presumably published and distributed to department stores and small retail shops as a premium. A very large ABC book with charming color lithograph illustrations by Buck throughout. Typically there are 2 letters of the alphabet per page with examples of words often of products or items that would correspond to a child's items of interest such as toys, games and clothes. Though a Worldcat search finds no copies held in any library or special collection, the 2 or 3 copies located with a google image search generally feature a store stamp to the cover. In this case the store that distributed the book as a premium was the multi generational Shaub's Shoe Shop of Lancaster PA; their square ink stamp centered on the front cover. . Mild… Read More

Gweru: Mambo Press. Very Good+. 1995. Third Printing. Paperback. 0869222376 . Dandaro Reader; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 64 pages; 1995 Mambo Press. Paperback in glossy color pictorial covers with saddle stapled binding. 3rd printing. Snugly bound and clean with no marks. Illustrated with some full page b&w drawings by Dain Reynolds. Just trace shelf evidence to cover edges. Uncommon. VG++ .