Search Results: Children's Reference from Abstract Books

Washington DC: Libray of Congress, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. Ex lib. (vii) 316 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography; 8vo, red/white illustrated cloth. Includes many foreign authors. Number spine, pocket front endpaper, library stamps, good+; contents very good, no dust jacket.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 501 pages, numerous b/w illustratrions, a few color plates, index; 4to, white cloth, pictorial front cover. Name top and bottom edges and front endpapers, some pencil underlining early chapters, good.

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 310 pages b/w illustrations, indices, cumulative index to vols. 1-4; 4to, blue cloth. Light spotting half title, Very good+, no dust jacket.

New York: Atheneum, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. 427 pages, bibliography, index,8vo, blue boards. Near fine; dust jacket very good.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reading Circle Edition. 319 + pages of book ads, 12mo, very good; no dust jacket.

New York: Athenaeum Publishers, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd printing. Ex lib. (xv) 240 pages appendix, index, b/w illustrations of works from children's literarure; 8vo, blue boards/olive cloth. Tape marks cover, a few library stamps, back endpaper removed, good; contents fine; dust jacket very good-, number spine.

NY: Holt Peterson Press, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. Fine; very good dust jacket with wear top front.. 4to. 175 pp. Appendices, index, numerous b/w & color photos in text, lavendar paper-backed boards, coated paper; 1st printing. A good introduction to children's books written by Australians. Stated First American Edition..

New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1978. Book. Good. Hardcover. Ex lib. 370 pages small b/w photos of authors and illustrators, picture credits, index; 4to, blure cloth. Spine ends bumped, library number, back endpaper removed, very good-, contents very good+; no dust jacket.

California Library Association, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 43 pages, printed by Ritchie Press, Los Angelos, b/w illustrations from children's books, brief biography of Gladys English, essays; 8vo, yellow wraps. Very good, Dallas, Texas, Public Library stamp front cover, light cover soil, no other marks.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 316 pages + book ads, appendix notes, b/w illustrations; 12mo, black cloth. Mother communings and mottoes rendered into English verse by Henrieta R. Eliot; prose commentaries translated and accompanied wih an introduction treating of the philosophy of Froebel by Susan E. Blow. Small chapter heads illustrate hand gestures such as egg in a nest & pigeon houses to teach children's play. International Education Series.Cover spine ends/corner tips worn, inner hinges badly broken, names front endpaper, red underling, 5 chapter headings have extensive ink notes and activities written. fair , no dust jacket. This is the book that gave us Patty Cake, 5 little pigs, etc., to play with young children.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Fine; dust jacket fine. 8vo. (viii) 386 pp. Notes, index. Tan boards/cloth..

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. 140 pages, frontis, chronology, appendix, notes and references, selected bibliography; 8vo, red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket..

NY: Springer, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fine; near fine dust jacket. 8 vo. 216 pp. Translated & adapted Susan Hecker Ray, glossary, select bibliography, index, red boards. Originally published 1974 by Econ Verlag, Dusseldorf..

Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1953. Book. Illus. by Rainey Bennett. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. 397 pages, b/w illustrations by Rainey Bennett, bibliography, index, illustrated endpaperrs; 4to, red cloth. Very good, light wear spine ends and corner tips, name front endpaper; no dust jacket.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Ex lib.. 399 pages, illustrations of beloved characters from children's literarure, a few color plates, acknowledgments, indices, illustrated endpapers; 4to, red cloth. Cover edges slightly rubbed, library reference number spine, back endpaper removed, a few library stamps, very good-, contents very good+; no dust jacket.

NY & London: Thomas Crowell, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Printing. Fine; near fine dust jacket. 4to. 467 pp. Bibliography, index, numerous b/w drawings, few full-page color illustrations, red cloth. First printing..

New York: R. R. Bowker, 1989. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Ex lib. 939 pages, includes bibliographic guide and titles and illustrator indices; 4to, yellow coated boards. Neatly printed notes in pencil inside front cover, front endpapers and some pages of additional authors and titles, light wear, number spine; good+; no dust jacket.