Search Results: Children's Books from Resource Books, LLC

New York: Golden Press, 1961. First printing [1961]. Exceptionally clean copy. Pictorial laminated boards, pictorial endpapers, 60 pages. Some light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, spine strip just a touch faded, good hinges, sound text block with no loosened pages, pages free from chips, tears, names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1952. Well-kept first edition [1952] of this collection of imaginative ideas for instructing and entertaining elementary age students. Chartreuse cloth with red metallic and black spine lettering, illustrated title spread, 320 pages with extensive index, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with minimal edgewear, including foxed top edge, half inch square foxed area right of center at top quarter of front cover, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., 1939. First edition, 1939. Color illustrated ABC book with additional nursery rhymes. Orange cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, 12" tall, no dustjacket, likely published without. Some wear and light fraying to the extremities, light shelf soil, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a couple of very minor instances of little finger smudges, no chips or tears, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

New York: Sam'l Gabrel Sons & Company, 1947. Revised edition, 1947. Color illustrated alphabet and counting book for young children. Softcover, unpaginated (twelve pages). Some cover wear, mainly edge rubbing, light surface soil, no chips or tears, gift inscription inside front cover, no other markings.. Soft Cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Children's Classics, 1992. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Color illustrated hardcover with leatherette spine, no dustjacket as issued. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1942. Big Little Book - Better Little Book on cover. Murder mystery with black and white illustrations on right-hand pages with vignette at upper right corner of those pages with figures that appear to move when the pages are flipped. Color covers, 4.5 inches tall. Generally good condition with some edgewear and bumping to the extremities, slight lean to binding, good hinges, firm text block, age-toned but clean pages, no internal chips or tears, original ten cent price sticker inside front cover, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

New York: Platt & Munk, 1947. 1947 edition. One of Burgess' classics about the animals living at Laughing Brook, illustrated in both color and in black and white. Bright pictorial boards with red cloth spine, illustrated endpapers, 94 pages. Some light cover wear and rubbing, short closed tear to rear free endpaper, pages free from chips, tears, names or other markings, some widely scattered light finger soil.. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dansville, NY: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1919. Copyright 1919, this copy consistent with date. One in a series of softcover guides for teachers. Features several short shorties about Rabbity Buns illustrated with silhouettes. Softcover, 30 pages. Covers soiled with some edgewear, old transparent staining to most pages which remain readily legible, some edgewear but no significant chips or tears, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1934. 1934 edition. Pocket sized book (6.5 inches tall) with illustrations in both color and black and white. Pictorial hardcover, no dustjacket. Good to very good condition with rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing (age speckling) to endpapers, remains of erased name in pencil at the bottom of the contents page, pages clean with no other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Gaithersburg, Maryland: Flower Valley Press, 1999. Published 1999. Charles is a Teddy Bear sent from the Teddy Bear Planet to help understand why things are deteriorating for both people and Teddy Bears on Earth, and to help do something about it. Peace, truth, justice, brotherhood and non-violence are the lessons taught in this charming tale. Illustrated in both color and in black and white, this is a warm-hearted story told as a set of communcations between Charles and his home planet. Inscribed by the author on the title page: For Love, Esmerelda Little Flame, with a tiny sketch of a lit candle to the right. Softcover with self-flaps, 170 pages. New condition, no other names or markings.. Signed by the Artist. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. Copyright 1938, this book most likely from the early 1940s. Illustrated with a full color frontis and eight additional plates in black and white. Black cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, gilt spine lettering, no dustjacket. Fair to good with some edgewear, spine lettering clearly legible, good hinges, text block sound, pages slightly age-yellowed but clean, gift notation dated 1943 on front free endppaer, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.25] and has considerable wear and chipping, mainly to the top edges and spine foot, fair only.. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1923. First edition with the Milo Winter illustrations, 1923. Six adventures of Brownie and a story of the author's life, illustrated in both color and in black and white. Blue cloth printed in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover, frontis portrait of the author, 128 pages. Light wear to corners and edges, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a few occasional fingerprints in margins, a few pages with closed tears to the margins from little fingers turning the pages just a little too roughly, name and gift note on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922. First printing of the gift edition [1922], containing 14 full color plates by Maria L. Kirk. Lovely copy in light green cloth with color illustration mounted on the front cover, 9.5 inches tall. Very light external wear, very thin and shallow scratch to front cover illustration, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Copyright 1923 but this copy October 1946 based on the K-V code on the copyright page. Black cloth with color illustration on the front cover, color frontis plate, other plates printed in very dark green and white, 312 pages no dustjacket. Good to very good with light fraying to the spine ends, spine title barely readable, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age toned but clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc., 1900. Copyright 1900, later printing, c.1915, forty-fourth thousand. Illustrated with full page black and white line drawings. Green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt with a pictorial design in black, 461 pages, no dustjacket. Clean and attractive copy with minor rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago, Philiadelphia, Toronto : The John C. Winston Co., 1930. Undated, circa 1930s. Very good in good dustjacket. Illustrated with six color plates and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Rust colored cloth, color illustration mounted on front cover, gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers, 250 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, slight uneven darkening to the endpapers, pages clean, personal bookplate on front free endpaper, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has a color-faded but readily legible spine, light shelf soil and edge rubbing, very little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Derrydale Books, 1988. First edition, first printing with the Santore illustrations,1988. Selections from Aesop, color illustrated throughout. Pictorial hardcover with no dustjacket, likely as issued. About fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1900. Undated, ca. 1900. Very good in chipped dustjacket. Illustrated with color plates and engravings. Green cloth with vivit color illustration mounted on the front cover, 87 pages, matching dustjacket. The book has light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some large chips that only barely affect lettering and only a small portion of the cover design, some age-toning and soil to the white background of the rear panel.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The American Tract Society, 1840. Undated, ca. 1840. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Softcover, 4 inches tall, 16 pages. Fair to good condition, contents barely attached to covers, otherwise binding sound, edgewear, occasional foxing, gift notation on title page. . Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: The Dial Press, 1976. First edition, stated first printing, 1976. Hilarous children's book featuring a sneezing elephant, a story in very expressive pictures rather than words (other than Ah-Choo!). Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial hardcover, oblong format, about 5.25" x 6", matching dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with some rubbing to the spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and is in near fine condition, no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 12mo.