New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, [1905]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and black, ivory and pale blue pictorial stamping. 302pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous small line drawings. Very good. Mild bit of binding edgewear, else internally tight and nice;..... More
New York: Barse & Co., [1931]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John M. Foster. Small 8vo. Brown pebble-grain paper over boards with black lettering. 208pp, pp. 7-12. Frontispiece. Near fine. Small non-authorial gift inscription on front pastedown. A tight and handsome first edition of the second title in this 2-title-only juvenile series..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 1980-83. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Each 12pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine. First of these modern facsimile reprints of this pair of 19th century novelty titles, "Magic Windows" first published circa 1897 and "Land of Sweet Surprises" in 1895. Nister (1841-1906) was a...... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1928]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black/orange lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 248pp, (2pp ads). Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and lightly rubbed, with a few tiny corner edge chips. A tight and nice first edition of the first title..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale blue paper over boards with dark blue lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 306pp. Line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with some miniscule edge chips (mainly at spine head/tail). Handsome reprint (undated but circa 1940s) of this 1898..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1911. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Small 8vo. Green cloth with yellow lettering and black, white and orange pictorial stamping. 396pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 full-page called-for plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Very faintest bit of edgewear; front inner hinge starting but expertly, archivally strengthened..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering and black pictorial front board stamping. xiv, 195pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page illustrations, numerous small line drawings. Very good overall. Occasional inoffensive dampstain near gutter near page bottoms; mild binding edgewear, slight fraying at spine head;..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1899. Hardcover. Translation by Alice Lucas. Illustrations by Thomas, Charles and William Robinson. Small 8vo. Pictorial green paper over boards. xiv, 539pp. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, full-page line drawings, pictorial endpapers, sewn-in red satin page marker. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and faintly rubbed..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Illustrations by P.B. Parsons. Small 8vo. Orange mesh cloth with black lettering. 295pp. Frontispiece, 5 called-for full-page plates. Very good. Faint edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine. Quite attractive and scarce first edition of this stand-alone juvenile fiction from this prolific..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1910. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank T. Merrill. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with white and black lettering and white, black and ivory pictorial stamping. 367pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 called-for full-page plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Quite faint binding edgewear only -- internally tight and near fine..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1938]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Johan Bull. 8vo. Brown cloth with yellow lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with a few tiny edge chips at spine head/tail; bookplate on inner flyleaf. Quite..... More