Search Results: Childrens from Book Happy Booksellers

San Francisco: Eugene Maclean, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 110pp; Light blue cloth boards with color illustration panel on front, child's scribbles to front illustration & rear board, corners rubbed, gift inscr. & previous owner's name to FFEP, text & interior illustrations unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Illustrated children's story about the adventures of a princess. Illustrated by Joe King.

New York: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; 138pp; DJ creased, scuffed & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Vintage children's science book about sound and ultrasonics. Illustrated with drawings & diagrams by Irving Geis & with photographs. All About Books No. 37.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1901. New and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 193pp; DJ slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright with slightly bumped corners, reinforced binding, frontispiece tissue guard intact, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG/VG- condition. Antique children's book of nature stories. Illustrated.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 96pp; DJ clean & bright with a few tears & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, endpapers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Scarce, vintage World War Two era book for young people about military plans, strategy and battles. Maps and illustrations by Jeanne Bendick. A Junior Literary Guild book.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Cloth in DJ; 243pp; Clean, tight copy, Fine/Near Fine condition. Discussion of various ethnic groups for young people emphasizes the unity of mankind & brotherhood.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 64pp; DJ price-clipped, slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG/VG- condition. Scarce, vintage children's science book about bones by popular author of science books for young people. Illustrated with drawings by Rene Martin.

New York: Cub Section Boy Scouts of America, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Fair. 136pp; Covers worn with dogeared corners, underlining & marginalia to several pages, some pages dogeared, corner of one page torn off (affects small amount of text), binding is tight, Fair condition. Original Cub Scouts handbook, for the Bear Rank. Illustrated.

Paris, France: Librairie Plon, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good-. 10-1/2" x 9" Cloth; 48pp; Boards clean with gilt illustration & black titling to front, fading to rear board, front hinge repaired, color illustrations bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage children's book containing illustrated French songs. Text in French.

Nairobi: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1990. Softcover. Very Good+. Wraps; 74pp; Slight wear to base of spine, clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Stories from Kenya intended to impart wisdom to children. Partial Contents: The Lazy Boy; The Undecided Man; The Hare and the Chameleon; Mrs. Hare and Mrs. Crocodile; The Hen and the Hawk; The Greedy Hyena; more. Illustrated.

Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson & Co., 1852. Hardcover. Good. 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" Cloth; 128pp; Original red cloth boards with gilt illustration to front, gilt lettering to spine, some chipping to spine, wear to spine ends, corners of boards rubbed, original yellow endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, ownership marks to FFEP, minor foxing and a few smudges in text, otherwise text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Children's book contains 25 hand-colored engravings, illustrating costumes of Europe, with descriptions of various national and ethnic groups including: Russians, Hungarians, Germans, Bavarians, Dutch, English Peasants, Turks, Spaniards and more. Also includes 8-page catalog of publisher's juvenile titles, including companion volume, "Costumes of America.

New York: Desmond FitzGerald, Inc., 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 7" x 10" Cloth; First Edition; 95pp; Green buckram boards with illustrated paste-down to front, minor discoloration to front board, slight wear to corners of boards, gift inscr. to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage story for children. Illustrated by the Author. Translated from the French.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good+. Clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Donald Duck story, illustrated with cartoons. Story Hour Series. No. 800.

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Co., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Cloth in DJ; DJ price-clipped and edgeworn with moderate chipping & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, gift inscr., pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good condition. Children's story about a 20th century cowboy on a dude ranch in Montana. Illustrated with photos.

New York: Roy Publishers, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 70pp; Short tear to DJ at spine, DJ slightly edgeworn, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. History of England's seafaring during the Elizabethan era, for young people. Illustrated with maps & diagrams.

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10" x 8-1/2" Cloth in DJ; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine/Fine condition. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Children's story about a fishing adventure. Illustrated by Dennis Cunningham.

Boring, OR: Quality Paper Backs, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Spiral-Bound Softcover; First Edition; 40pp; Covers clean & bright, pages unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Coloring book adapted from "Escape from Scrooby," by Mabel M. Johnson, about the struggle of pilgrims from the village of Scrooby, England in 1607-1608. Illustrations by S. J. Nieminen.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 218pp; Orange cloth boards with titling & illustration to front & spine, Ex-Library: only marks are 3 Chicago Board of Eduction stamps to front endpaper, small bump/tear to spine, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Vintage school reader about health and safety in everyday situations. Illustrated with color drawings by Martha E. Miller & black & white photos.

London, UK: Ginn and Company Ltd., 1961. Softcover. Good+. Wraps; 64pp; Flexible cloth covers, foxing to back cover, school stamp to title page ("Property of Yokohama International School"), text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Vintage primary school reader. Illustrated.

New York: Abingdon Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 96pp; No DJ, light green/blue cloth boards with black titling to front & spine, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage guide to making puppets for folk plays including The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Princess Who Could Not Cry, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Simpleton, and The Little Red Hen. Illustrated with drawings.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 277pp; DJ slightly edgeworn with penciled price to front flap & protected by mylar cover, "editorial copy" label to front pastedown, bright green boards, clean, tight copy, Near Fine/VG condition. Historical novel of frontier Pennsylvania of the late 17th century, for children. Illustrated.