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A Children's Sampler, Selections form Famous Children's Books, Printed with Car & Solicitude by the Ladies of the Distaff Side
by [Distaff Side] [Jane Grabhorn] Various
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine binding
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 340.90
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Distaff Side, 1950. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. Limited edition, one of 375 copies. Yellow cloth with vignette title in red; in publisher's slipcase. An extremely bright copy with just a trace of sunning to the spine; slipcase is solid with light shelfwear; contents clean.
This is the third book issued by the Distaff Side,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 340.90
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Little Book of Trades: Describing some Plain Things
by [Children's Book]
- Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1840
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 189.69
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New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1840. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 3" x 2." 8 pp., illus. As issued, sewn in printed wrappers. Light to moderate wear and soiling to the wrappers; minimal foxing to the contents. A fantastic children's book with descriptions and engravings of a blacksmith, papermaker, weaver, and the results of the work of each. Publisher's… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 189.69
![Wonder-Tales in Rhyme [10 Volumes in Box]: The 3 Jumpers, The 3 Luck Children, The Crows Revenge, The Minstrel Queen, Minty's Babies, Mr. Hare and Mr. Fox, The Shreds, Cinderella, Teh Rabbit's Bride, and [The Builders]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/771/301/1598301771.0.m.jpg)
Wonder-Tales in Rhyme [10 Volumes in Box]: The 3 Jumpers, The 3 Luck Children, The Crows Revenge, The Minstrel Queen, Minty's Babies, Mr. Hare and Mr. Fox, The Shreds, Cinderella, Teh Rabbit's Bride, and [The Builders]
by [Thompson, Loretta Foy?]
- Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 114.09
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Chicago: American Colortype Co, 1920. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 3" x 2.5." As issued, in self-wrappers and all housed in publisher's lidded box. Each are 12 pages with four color illustrations and an illustrated cover. Generally in very good condition or nearly so, but a few of the title have some pencil scrawl on the backs or in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 114.09
![[Cover Title] Funny Pictures and Stories (Scull's Royal Coffee)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/767/301/1598301767.0.m.jpg)
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[Cover Title] Funny Pictures and Stories (Scull's Royal Coffee)
by William S. Scull & Co. (firm)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1890
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 75.60
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[Camden, NJ]: William S. Scull & Co, 1890. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo. [8] pp., illus. As issued, in chromolithographic wrappers. Light rubbing to the covers; short closed tears to the fore-edge margin of several of the leaves, nevertheless, a well-preserved copy of a scarce firm-issued promotional piece from a Camden, New Jersey business. Boscul Coffee was… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.60
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THE FOUNDLING OF THE WRECK
by Whymper, Elijah (illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1850
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 114.09
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London: Groombridge & Sons, printed by Richard Barrett, 1850. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Small 12mo. 47, [1] pp., frontis., illus. As issued, stapled into striking, turquoise calendared wrappers. Light wear to the wrappers and some discoloration as well; closed tear starting to the bottom of the spine to the first staple, but the covers remains solidly attached;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 114.09
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POEMS OF CHILDHOOD
by Field, Eugene | illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 53.61
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Small quarto. x, [2], 199, [1] pp., plates. In publisher's cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board; vignette title page, illustrated endpapers, and 8 color plates inserted, all present as called for. Light wear to the binding; previous owner name and pencil scrawl on the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 53.61
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GIOTTO TENDED THE SHEEP
by Deucher, Sybil and Opal Wheeler | illustrated by Dorothy Bayley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 114.09
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1938. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Quarto. 96 pp., illus. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Wheeler. In original cloth, lacking the dust jacket. A fairly bright copy with just a trace of sunning at the spine and some minor soiling to the covers; offsetting to rear endpaper. A very nice… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 114.09
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TWO-PART INVENTION: The Story of a Marriage
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 75.60
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 232 pp. First edition, second printing. Signed and inscribed by L'Engle on the title page. As issued, in cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. A bright fresh copy; minor foxing to the fore-edge of the textblock; contents clean but for a previous… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.60
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A WRINKLE IN TIME
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Condition
- Used - Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 680.43
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New York: Ariel Books | Farrar, Straus and Company, 1969. Hard Cover. Good+ binding/Good dust jacket. Octavo. [10], 211 pp. Twenty-fifth printing. Signed and inscribed by L'Engle. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Binding is a bit soiled and with some wear to the extremities including fraying to both bottom corners; contents are generally clean; dust jacket with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 680.43
![THE STORY OF 3 LITTLE PIGS [and] THE FIVE LITTLE PIGS (Little Pigs Series)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/606/047/1577047606.0.m.jpg)
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THE STORY OF 3 LITTLE PIGS [and] THE FIVE LITTLE PIGS (Little Pigs Series)
- Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1890
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 75.60
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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1890. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Quarto [16] pp., illus. As issued, stapled in self-wrappers. Binding is generally worn and the covers are separating at the lower half of the spine, but remain attached. This remains a striking, presentable copy of a scare book. 6 full-page chromolithographic illustrations in addition to both covers being chromolithographs.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.60
![[Cover Title] THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD (Robinson Crusoe Series)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/604/047/1577047604.0.m.jpg)
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[Cover Title] THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD (Robinson Crusoe Series)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1887
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 75.60
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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1887. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Quarto. [16] pp., illus. As issued, in stapled self-wrappers. Light rubbing to the covers, but generally quite a bright copy with limited wear. 4 full-page chromolitholgraphic illustrations, 1 double-page chromolithograph, as well as the chromolithographic covers; the other eight pages each have two tone, in-text illustrations. A vibrant… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.60
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DIE GESCHICHTE JOSEPH'S UND SEINER BRUDER. EINE BIBLISCHE ERZAHLUNG. MIT VIELEN BUNTEN BILDERN GEZIERT
- Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1837
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 756.03
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Harrisburg, PA: G. S. Peters, 1837. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 18mo. 18 leaves, illus. As issued, in original printed wrappers; printed only on one side of each leaf such that the book alternates between printed and then blank page-spreads. Wrappers rubbed with some creasing; contents a bit toned; two leaves with very small loss in the middle touching… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 756.03
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BOOK OF 50 PICTURES
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1854
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- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 189.69
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Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1854. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. 4" x 2.5." 16 pp., illus. As issued, sewn into original printed wrappers. Closed tear to the top edge of the front wrapper at the spine with transparent tape mend to the verso; light and scattered toning throughout. A charming book filled with wood-engravings--50 in fact. all… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 189.69
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DIE GEFAHR IN DEN STRASSEN. NEBST EINIGEN ANDERN ERZALUNGEN
by [Anderson, Alexander (illus.)]
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1810
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 226.81
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Philadelphia: printed by Jacob Meyer for Johnson and Warner, 1810. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Small 12mo. 32 pp., illus. As issued, in salmon-colored paper over thin board. Light rubbing to the covers; minor toning throughout. A remarkably well preserved copy of this the first German-American edition and first German-language edition of "The Dangers of the Streets and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 226.81
![[Cover Title] LITTLE A B C BOOK, Printed on Linen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/249/236/1573236249.0.m.jpg)
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[Cover Title] LITTLE A B C BOOK, Printed on Linen
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1884
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 75.60
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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1884. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. [12] pp., illus. Stapled, as issued. Light wear, but largely well preserved; minor soiling throughout. A beautifully printed abecedary on sized linen. Covers printed in red, yellow, green, blue, and black. The contents are printed in black with red alphabet. A very nice example or a book… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 75.60
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COLUMBUS AND THE EGG AND OTHER STORIES (From My Box of Books)
- Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1865
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 114.09
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New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1865. Soft Cover. Good binding. 4.25" x 2.75." 16 pp., illus. Lacking original wrappers. Light soiling to the exterior. One of 12 chapbooks issued in the Appleton series, My Box of Books. A remarkably uncommon collection. This title with 7 full page, hand colored illustrations in addition to a hand colored vignette on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 114.09
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THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK; OR, THE THREE WISHES. A TALE
by [Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner] | [Charles, William (engravings)]
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1810
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 144.33
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Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner | printed by J. Bouvier, 1810. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. 16mo 32 pp., frontis, plates. Early reprint. As issued, stitched into stiff paper covers with frontispiece and 5 additional inserted plates. Cover is light rubbed; some separation where the cover hinges at the stitching, but the cover remains fairly stable; light foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 144.33
![[Cover Title] CHICK-A-BIDDIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/239/236/1573236239.0.m.jpg)
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[Cover Title] CHICK-A-BIDDIES
by Hurlbut, Carl (illus)
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 226.81
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Akron, OH: Kohler & Co, 1900. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. 12mo. [12] pp., illus. As issued, printed on felt and center sewn. Some pilling and rubbing to the covers, occasional crayoning to the contents but a fairly presentable copy of an uncommon felt book. While printed name of the illustrator is difficult to make out, what… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 226.81
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VILLAGE ANNALS, CONTAINING AUSTERUS AND HUMANUS. A SYMPATHETIC TALE
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1814
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 90.72
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Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner | printed by Griggs & Dickinsons, 1814. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Small 12mo. [2]-35 pp., illus. First American edition. As issued, in original stiff decorative paper over boards. Spine has been repaired with transparent tape, otherwise only light wear to the covers; contents are generally clean.
Originally issued in London… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 90.72
![[Lydia Bailey] THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS: A PASTORAL DRAMA. TO WHICH IS ADDED, JOSEPH MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN: A SACRED DRAMA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/227/236/1573236227.0.m.jpg)
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[Lydia Bailey] THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS: A PASTORAL DRAMA. TO WHICH IS ADDED, JOSEPH MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN: A SACRED DRAMA
by [More, Hannah]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1811
- Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 265.30
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Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia Bailey for Jonson and Warner, 1811. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Small 12mo. 72 pp., frontis. First authorized American edition. As issued, in stiff speckled wrappers. One page shows minor loss to the margin because it was printed on an imperfect sheet--no loss of text; some ink smearing to that leaf only. Generally, this… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 265.30
