Search Results: Children's Literature from SmarterRat Books

Playland Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1988 Playland Books. Pop-up book. First Edition. First printing. Full number letter line in publication information. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Book consists of five pop-up double pages with color illustrations and minimal text. Written by Bob Sheffels. Paper engineering by Linda Costello. Illustrations by Melanie Milkie. Printed and bound in Seoul, Korea. All pop-ups are clean and functional, but one has some light creases which seems to be caused by a manufacturing defect. Binding tight. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

A. L. Burt Company, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1925 A. L. Burt Company. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering and decorations. Top page edges are red. Orange and white illustrated endpapers depict adventurous vignettes. Black and white frontispiece. 256 pages, plus ads. NOT ex-library. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Spine lightly faded; lettering still clear. Front cover has some sparse light spotting; covers faded towards edges. Page edges lightly soiled. Name in ink on front endpaper. Light binding crack near center of book. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. A few pages have a light handling smudge in the margin. Dust jacket is missing. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

A. L. Burt, 1932. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Fair ; Fair Jacket. 1932 A. L. Burt. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering. Orange and white illustrated endpapers depict adventurous vignettes. Black and white frontispiece. 248 pages. NOT ex-library. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding cracked and partially broken at the title page. Covers have significant moisture damage to the top and bottom edges, with discoloration extending nearly an inch at the top of the front cover. This damage does not affect the interior of the book. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, with some fraying at spine ends. Name in ink on front free endpaper, crossed out; another on the front endpaper in pencil. Page edges lightly soiled. Pages lightly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Color illustrated dust jacket has tattered top and bottom edges, with several pieces missing from edges, as well as several tears. Tears have been repaired on the interior of the jacket with archival tape;… Read More

Rondy Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good+ ; Good Jacket. 1985 Rondy Publications, Edina, Minnesota. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has textured pictorial paper-covered boards; covers have wrap-around color illustration of a deer and trees near a log cabin.. Black and white illustrations by Christopher Kuehn. 148 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition, with only very light shelf wear at tips.. Long gift inscription on second blank page, signed only "Fast Freddie", which may or may not be the author. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has color illustration that matches book covers and has light edge and surface wear. There is a wavy area on the bottom quarter of the back jacket panel, but no staining. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1907. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1907 Houghton Mifflin Company. The Children's Hour, Volume 8. NOT ex-library. This is an early hardcover edition half-bound in green leather over brown and green marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands with gilt titles on two panels. Three spine panels have tooled gilt design of diamonds, dots and circles in ruled borders. Marbled endpapers match covers. Top page edges gilt. Color frontispiece of Washington crossing the Delaware has tissue guard. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends rubbed, with boards exposed at some tips. Leather is rubbed at edges but in good condition overall; spine color has faded to light brown. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages have light handling smudges. A few pages has small tears at bottom edge. Five pages are dog eared. 495 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good+ ; Very Good Jacket. 1967 United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription, dated Jan. 8, 1968. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by Paul Sharon. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is in very good condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends and corners. One page has a small black dot in the margin. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. 135 pages. Dust jacket has light surface wear, with small chips at the corners and spine ends. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1962 Random House. Revised Edition. SIGNED by author on half-title page. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has cloth-covered boards with color photo of a rocket launch on front cover. Back cover is light blue. Pictorial endpapers. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Child's name in pencil on dedication page. Pages clean and unmarked. 137 + appendix and index pages. Series: All About Books, no. 28. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Morrow Junior Books, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Near Fine ; Fine Jacket. 1997 Morrow Junior Books. Hardcover has yellow paper-covered boards with red cloth-covered spine and metallic green spine and cover lettering and decorations. Black and white illustrations by Debbie Tilley. 112 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with the only flaw being a paper clip dent on the top edge of the front free endpaper and the first five leaves. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is like new. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1933 Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering, and "Young Moderns" logo on spine. Binding tight. Deckle fore edges. Top page edges are colored red. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Pages clean and unmarked. Introduction by Griffith Ogden Ellis. 390 pages. No dust jacket. Doubleday "Young Moderns Books" series; "Junior Books".

Hurst & Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Hurst & Company. No date. Circa 1908. Small hardcover, 4.3 x 6.2 inches, has olive green cloth-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering and decorations; color paste-on illustration on the front cover depicts a boy sitting on a rug in front of a fireplace, reading a book. 256 pages. Dust jacket is missing. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine lettering and decorations are missing the white color, but they are still visible, as they are deeply stamped. Pages clean and unmarked. One page has a small nick at the bottom corner and one pages has a small tear at the bottom edge. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Editions Nathan, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1991 Editions Nathan, Paris, France. Text in French. Oversize hardcover, 10 x 13 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Frank Merlier. Index with short descriptions of animals at rear. Unpaginated (30 pages). Printed in Spain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Lane & Scott, 1852. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1852 Lane & Scott. Small (4" x 6") hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards. Covers have impressed stamped floral design with straight borders and central medallion. Spine has floral and vine design in gilt. Spine also has title 'Anecdotes for the Young' in gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped, rounded and frayed. Hinge cloth torn at top front and bottom rear of spine. Covers stained. Hinges NOT cracked. All pages have foxing throughout. Some pages have moisture stains at corners. A few pages are dog eared. Name in pencil on first page after front endpaper. 436 pages. Compiled by Rev. Daniel Smith. Joseph Longking, Printer.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1969 Grosset & Dunlap. Animals at Home series. Oblong hardcover has textured pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations and idea by Iliane Roels. Translated by Marion Koenig, Unpaginated (22 pages). Printed in Belgium. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1969 Grosset & Dunlap. Animals at Home series. Oblong hardcover has textured pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations and idea by Iliane Roels. Translated by Marion Koenig, Unpaginated (20 pages). Printed in Belgium. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Corners rubbed. Name in ink on title page. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1969 Grosset & Dunlap. Animals at Home series. Oblong hardcover has textured pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations and idea by Iliane Roels. Translated by Marion Koenig, Unpaginated (22 pages). Printed in Belgium. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Back cover is lightly soiled. Corners rubbed. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1973 William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., London. An Armada Lions book, C736. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black & white illustrations by Quentin Blake. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 96 pages. Printed in Great Britain. Spine title: Young Verse.

Philomel Books, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1980 Philomel Books, New York. Brambly Hedge Books. Small hardcover, 5.7 x 7 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Brown endpapers. Color illustrations. Unpaginated (32 pages). Printed in Great Britain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have very light surface and edge wear. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with minor wrinkling to the front inner flap. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Dover Publications Inc., 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1972 Dover Publications Inc. Trade paperback. Text in French. Translated by Henri Bue. Black and white illustrations by John Tenniel. 196 pages. New introduction by Morton N. Cohen. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked.

Reilly & Britton Co., 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1916 Reilly & Britton Co. No edition stated. Hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Black and white illustrations by John R Neill. Unpaginated. Binding loosening, but intact. Front hinge a little pulled, with small holes at the binding thread positions and a one inch tear at the bottom. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing; boards exposed at tips. Covers lightly soiled and scuffed. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. One page has a small tear at the fore edge and some creasing, two others have a small tear at the bottom gutter corner. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Dial Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1973 Dial Press. SIGNED by both author and illustrator on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. First printing, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oblong hardcover, 9.25 x 8.75 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Donald Carrick. Unpaginated (32 pages). Binding tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. One-inch split in spine covering at top back edge of spine. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, next to and touching signatures. Pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.