Childrens from LostLoves Books

Clean copy, no marks, soft cover edition.

Very early edition of this book could use a book doctor. The gold foil is nearly worn off spine and the cover has been bumped, scratched, and worn on the corners. But the text is clean and tight in binding. If you love the story of Doctor Squash, this is the original.

A Captain Midnight Adventure. Photo of actress who voiced Joyce on the front cover. Tie-in with radio series. Pink airplane (very pink! ) shown on dust jacket. DJ very ripped: bottom and top of spine missing, back corner missing. DJ now protected in Brodart. Paper browning as typical of period but tight in binding. Some red crayon marks on… Read more about this item

Illustrated endpapers show map of author's misadventures growing up at sea. Although later revealed as a fraud, this "autobiography" of a girl raised at sea was hugely popular in the 1920s. And it is still a wonderful YA adventure story. This copy notes it is the third printing (1929) and 125, 000 copies have been printed to date. Charmingly illustrated… Read more about this item

Clean paperback, no marks on text.

Clean hardcover. DJ has chips missing from top and bottom of spine, now protected in Brodart.

Has price label of $2.50 stuck on front cover. Small picture book in softcover retelling of Dorothy's encounter with the Wicked Witch.

Clean hardcover, pages slightly browned as typical of this period. Nice bright dust jacket showing girl on overturned sailboat and another jumping off water plane.

No dust jacket. Red cloth hardcover, illustrated in black&white. Children's series book by one of the original authors of Nancy Drew, released under her own name.

Dark green cloth, color paste down on front very scratched but Neill's drawing of boy, clown, and lion still visible. Cloth on spine shows rippilng and feels puckered. Interior clean with black-and-white illustrations and color plates by John R Neill. Illustrated endpapers, front hinge starting to break. Owner's address label pasted in top corner of endpaper.

The Pennyroyal Press edition as stated on front of dust jacket. Striking woodcut illustrations by the artist Barry Moser. DJ in excellent condition with bright Oz in green metallic ink.

No dust jacket. Ex-library. One of the last Oz hardcovers published by Reilly & Lee. This ex-library edition is only in fair condition. Missing dust jacket, front flyleaf loose in binding, considerable wear on cover. It's not pretty but if you're an Oz completist, here's a readable copy of the story. Orange cloth cover. Black-and-white illustrations by Dirk have… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Corners of cover worn as is the top and bottom edges of pictorial cover. Gift inscription neatly written on front flyleaf with date of 1947. Interior text clean and bright. Final page has a handwritten objection to the Gruelle ideal of never condoning cruelty--the snarky reader has written "how about cruelty to grammar + decent prose." We… Read more about this item

Clean trade paperback, no marks on text, cover bright and no signs of wear. Original text by Thompson, who continued the Oz series after L. Frank Baum's death. Illustrations by John R Neill.

Clean copy, signed by Roger Baum on title page. Color frontispeace and black-and-white illustrations. Oz story by the great-grandson of Frank L Baum. Some creases on the back of DJ, otherwise clean and unclipped.

No dust jacket. Brown cloth hardcover. Clean copy, no marks on text, of Sendak dog story. Classic Sendak pair of brother and sister gain a puppy and lessons on how to care for it from mysterious hooded figure. Early edition, no ISBN noted on copyright page, just LOC number.

Nice clean copy. No marks on text. Lovely pictorial endpapers. Corners bumped on pictorial hardcover but wear minimal. Lists copyright date of 1968 on copyright page, but also lists ISBN so this is a later printing. Classic humorous fairy tale by Stockton enhanced by Sendak's charming full color pictures.

Child has signed name on inside front cover with flourishes, otherwise clean text. Top and bottom of spine show signs of wear. Matte pictorial cover very nice. Marked A Children's Choice Book Club Edition.

Matte pictorial boards with series I CAN READ BOOK listed on front. Clean interior, no marks on text. Minor corner wear on boards.

Glossy pictorial boards. Charming full color pictures by Maurice Sendak present tale as a play acted out by children. No marks on text, pictorial boards in excellent condition. Early edition or possibly first.