Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 234pp. Full-page illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, bowing and age toning; text block lightly age toned as usual. A tight and nice first edition (#1459) of this "Big Little Book" (#1116), a tie-in to the 1936 Western..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., [1938]. Hardcover. 32mo. Pictorial paper over boards. 425pp, (3pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous full-page line drawings. Very good. Mild edgewear; text block lightly age toned as usual and entire book slightly bowed; three small worm tunnels. A tight and nice first edition (#1459) of the popular..... More
London: Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd., 1905. Cloth. Illustrations by Cecil Aldin. 4to. Tan cloth exterior with brown-edged red lettering and white, red and brown pictorial printing and enitre volume of double-fold linen, with red cloth spine replaced with hand-stitching. (20pp). Numerous partly-color illustrations. Good plus. Stitched spine rustic and..... More
New York: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., [1943]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lucille W. Holling and H.C. Holling. 4to. Orange cloth with large front board color plate. (Ca. 100pp). Color frontispiece, 4 full-page color plates, numerous smaller illustrations. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn (mainly at spine head/tail) and rear board faintly..... More
New York: Random House, [1958]. Hardcover. 47oo. Green glossy pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous partly-color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and rubbing. Attractive and tight, this internally fine copy bears all proper first edition points -- but lacking dust jacket cannot conclusively be labeled a first..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1921]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with large front board color plate. 120pp. Color frontispiece, 10 full-page color plates, numerous small line drawings. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed; endpapers a bit age toned, else internally clean and bright, with color..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, [1932]. Hardcover. Illustrations by G.R. Taylor. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. 95pp. Numerous full-page color plates. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; internally tight and near4 fine, with nonauthorial 1935 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Tight and nice first edition of..... More
New York: Sheed and Ward, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra cotta paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 102pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with several small edge chips. A tight and attractive later printing of this young adult biography of the famed French..... More
London: Sampson Low, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red paper over boards with black lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 159pp. Frontispiece, orange pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Quite tight, bright early British edition of the 23rd volume (originally published in 1944) in the popular "Hardy Boys"..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1960]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan paper over boards with brown lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, tan and brown pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear only. Sharp, tight, attractive second printing of the 39th volume in the popular..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1959]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan paper over boards with brown lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 183pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, tan and brown pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mildest of jacket edgewear only. Tight and handsome second printing of the 38th volume in the popular..... More
London: Sampson Low, [1965]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red paper over boards with black lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Frontispiece, 5 line drawings, orange pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Quite tight, lovely early British edition of the 34th volume in the popular "Hardy Boys" series..... More
London: Sampson Low, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red paper over boards with black lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 190pp. Frontispiece, orange pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Super tight and handsome early British edition of the fifteenth volume in the popular "Hardy Boys" series, undated but..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1921]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering and front board color plate, pictorial dust jacket. 246pp, (6pp ads). Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates. Very good/very good. Mildest of binding edgewear, with outer page edges faintly spotted; jacket lightly age toned but free..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Marie Schubert. Small 8vo. Bright green cloth with dark green lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 250pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates, orange pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn only; 1935 nonauthorial gift inscription on "This Book Belongs To"..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale green cloth with dark green lettering and rules and color plate to front board, pictorial dust jacket. 197pp, (6pp ads). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and a bit age toned, with several small edge chips (mainly at spine..... More