Children & Young Adult from Old Algonquin Books

Manchester: Manchester Polytechnic Library / Bracken Books, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 203 pages. Books are listed by category: fables, myths, to science and nature and show the changes over time from the moralistic to the imaginative. Color frontis tipped in, and color illustrations of books. Book and dust jacket are both very fine.

New York: Scribners, 1911. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/poor. States "Published October 1911" on copyright page, same year as British edition. Scribners seal on copyright page. The original Peter Pan book with drawings by F.D. Bedford. Olive green boards with gilt stamped decorations on spine and front cover. In scarce fragile dust jacket with same… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Biography of Helen Bannerman (1862-1946) the author of the Little Black Sambo children's books. 194 pages, photos & illustrations. Biography & Autobiography

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The Story of the Remarkable Garis Family. Howard Garis wrote the Uncle Wiggily books and he and his family wrote numerous other books for children: Tom Swift, Motor Boys, Bobbsey Twins, etc. Green boards have tiny rubs on the corners. Stated First Edition but no… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Biography of L. Frank Baum and over 250 color and b/w pictures of the books, art, photos from the productions, Dust jacket has very small wear at the corners.

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. No statement of edition. Partly fictionalized story of the famous race horse for young readers. 326 pages. Illustrated by Angie Draper. Price code on jacket flap 395/395. Bound in dark rose cloth boards. Tiny bump on bottom corner. Dust… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Modern Library Giant G28. Introduction By Alexander Woollcott; illustrations by John Tenniel. Blue tweed binding, 293 numbered pages. Orange dust jacket with no price. No date in book, but ISBN on rear panel of dust jacket and per titles at end of book this is circa… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, 1985. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stated First Modern Library Edition 1985, 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Contains the 174 illustrations drawn by E.W. Kemble for the1884 original. Beige dust jacket has the $8.95 price on the flap. Couple of half-inch tears on jacket and a… Read more about this item

Harper Collins, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Two Mother Goose rhymes, joined and interpreted by Sendak.

New York: Roy, ca 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Book originally published in England in 1952. Library of Congress number 54-10470, so this American edition probably published in 1954. Illustrated by Gifford Ambler. Adventure story of a dog. Fine book. Dust jacket has rubs at corners and light edgewear.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1934. Later printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Fifth and last in series. This printing is approximately 1938 based on list of Bomba books on rear panel of dust jacket. Frontis illustration. Bright red cloth boards with black lettering and bi-plane illustration. Endpapers black & white multi… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Hardcover. New/Very good. Second book in series. Dust jacket front flap copy about this book, top corner P.C.J. and bottom 100-140. Rear flap describes Red Randall over Tokyo; rear panel shows 26 Air Combat books. Green boards, orange picture endpapers. Poor wartime paper resulting in tanned pages.… Read more about this item

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1912. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. First two of this series shown on copyright page--this is the second. "Other Volumes in Preparation". Also on that page are 4 college sports series books. This printing is approximately 1928 based on back of dust jacket which shows just 8 of 9 Boy… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 1a binding with red cloth boards and black lettering & cowboy illustration on front. White & green endpaper illustration. This is last title in the book #9, but dust jacket front flap lists through #13 published in 1933. Dust jacket has a… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Reprint. Fine/Very good. 1959b printing of 1939 book. Beige board, brown multi-picture endpapers. Dust jacket has yellow spine and price code 100100 on flap. 38 titles are listed on front flap, 8 Tom Corbet on rear flap, and 14 Tom Swift on rear panel. Book is fine, clean… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928). Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 1959c printing. Beige boards, brown multi-scene endpapers. Picture on spine shows boys looking toward beach on right. Front flap lists to #38 Mystery at Devil's Paw, rear flap lists 14 Ken Holt books, and rear panel lists 14 Tom Swifts. Small bump on… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1954). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 1960a printing. Beige tweed boards, brown multiscene endpapers, Wrap-around dust jacket, price code 100100. Front flap shows 39 Hardy Boys titles, rear flap has 15 Rick Brant Stories, and rear panel has 15 Tom Swift books. Book is fine, straight and unmarked. … Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1934). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 1957 reprint of 1934 book. Pictorial wrap-around dust jacket front flap lists 37 titles through "Ghost at Skeleton Rock"; back panel lists 11 Tom Swift Jr. titles. Beige boards with brown multiple scene endpapers. Book is fine, clean and unmarked. The bright dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1943). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 1950B reprint of 1943 book. Dust jacket front flap lists 29 titles through "The Secret of the Lost Tunnel"; back flap lists 4 Tom Quest titles, and rear panel has 12 Lone Rangers. Brown boards and orange endpaper illustration. Bright dust jacket illustration and… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924) . Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. Later printing, ca. 1950s. Green tweed boards with black lettering and illustration on front board of Tarzan standing on elephant. Dark green top page edges. White endpapers. Dust jacket illustration on front & spine of Tarzan with bow and arrow. Boards… Read more about this item