Children from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

New York: Scholastic, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good +. Isadore Seltzer. Fine in very good + dust jacket, with small chip off the front right tip. Hardcover with glossy goose emblem on front cover. 32 pp. The hilarious Grimm's fairy tale about poor Simpleton, who never had much luck. But he has his chance at winning the… Read more about this item

Orchard Books/ Schlostic, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Fine, fresh unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Slim, oblong oversized hardcover in glossy color illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated (26 pp.) Illustrated in color by S.D. Schindler. Very uncommon. One of the grande dames of fantasy/sci fi here offers a charming work for beginning readers (and… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic, 1980. First printing. Softcover. Near fine. Near fine, with sticker bookplate on inner front panel. First printing. Softcover. Unpaginated. An interpretation of the classic story about an old lady who swallows a fly, then a cat, then a goat...all while a boy spies on her crazy appetite. With charming full-page, full-color illustrations that harken to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in pale green cloth lettered in black and with color litho illustration featuring the title character and the Brooklyn Bridge tipped onto front board. 335 pp. Carries only the 1896 copyright date but this edition presumed to be somewhat later (late 19th century?); we have also seen a similarly… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover (5 1/2" x 6 1/2") in decorated green cloth. Patterned endpapers. 184 pp. plus 12 page publisher's catalog. Color litho frontispiece plue 70 full and partical page black and white engravings. Very good. Classic tale of shipwrecked, marooned Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday re-written for younger readers in worlds… Read more about this item

New York: Landmark/ Random House, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing. Color illustrated hardcovers. (Issued without dust jacket). Photographic endpapers, 178 pp. Illustrated with photographs and maps by Jerome Kuhl. One of the scarcest of the Landmark series. A tight copy, light toning to the covers and spine.

Leeds, UK: Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2008. Presumed first printing. Softcover. Very Good. Very good. Presumed first printing. Softcover. Unpaginated. An uplifting coloring and activity book with a story about staying positive and happy during tough times. With fun animals to color. Printed by the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation.

New York: Random House Children's Books, 1993. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine. Fine. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Later printing of the 1965 publication. Unpaginated. A carefree young critter has his first bought with troubles when he stubs his toe and ends up somewhere else. He finds out there are even more kinds of troubles as he tries to find… Read more about this item

Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1937. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine. One of 1100 unnumbered copies. Hardcover in checkerboard patterned paper covered boards over brick colored cloth spine, illustrated paper lable front cover and paper title label on spine. 135 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Eichenberg. A fine, bright copy, a handsome little example of a deco-period binding.… Read more about this item

New York: Rolton House, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Joyce Langelier. First edition. Very good clean, tight copy in blue cloth. Light fade and wear to the edges. No dust jacket. Oversized hardcover. Unpaginated. The story of a pinecone-sized pixie at the North Pole, whose task as a master decorator is to make a brand new snowlake.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Slim oversized volume in illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated (32 pp.) illustrated with color drawings. Very good, internally clean, some rubbing about the edges of the covers. One of the most charming feline-related books of the mid-20th century, an alphabet book for children with ache letter page featuring stylish… Read more about this item

Australia: Knee-High Publications/Brolly Books, 2003. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine/Generally fine. Garry Fleming. Fine in generally fine dust jacket, small bump lower back flap. A bright, tight copy. Reissue. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Calvin the cassowary is left to mind the nest when his partner Carla goes away. Carla rules the roost, being much bigger and more tempermental than Calvin, but he… Read more about this item

New York: Scholastic/Knopf Books For Young Readers, 1998. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Lane Smith. Near fine, with previous owner signature inner front cover. Very good dust jacket. Later printing/first Scholastic printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. A children's book credited to Dr. Seuss "with some help from Jack Prelutsky & Lane Smith". The book is based on verses and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in color illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. 176 pp. Illustrations by Harry Kane. Tight, very good example. Issued without dust jacket. Carries only the 1967 copyright date but this edition 1971 with Hitchcock titles to "Nervous Lion" on rear cover.

Newark, NJ: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1922. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Decorated hardcover in blue cloth, 188 pp. With 60 line drawing illustrations. Fine (some ofsetting to the free endpapers. In the rather uncommon full color illustrated dust wrapper, corner chip top front panel and a couple other tiny edge chips . "Uncle Wiggily" books on front flap… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Louise Mansfield. First edition. Blue cloth. In good condition, with some edgewear and fading to the spine. Some foxing to the perimeter and the pages from front free-end to the dedication page. Non-author gift inscription on front free end. Clean, tight interior, with full-color plate opposite the title… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1924. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine/poor. Hardcover in navy blue linen cloth stamped in gilt. 231 pp. Frontispiece illustration. Reissue of the original 1913 edition. Generally fine, gilt lettering bright, previous young person's notation nd address front free endpaper. In the very scarce illustrated dust jacket that is, unfortuately, well tattered with waer and chipping. Nine new… Read more about this item

Mankato, Minnesota: Blue Earth Books/Capstone Press, 1998. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tim Rummelhoff. Fine. No dust jacket. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 32 pp. This charming book takes the reader through day-to-day activities of pioneer life in the 19th century. Chapters include getting dressed, feeding the farm animals, wash day, threshing season, dinner, churning, husking, preparing for winter,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. First edition with correct number line with "1". Hardcover in color illustrated boards. 152 pp. Illustrations by Jack Hearne. very good, some rubbing to the edges of the boards (NOT a Gibraltar issue).

New York: Platt & Munk, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in red cloth lettered and decorated in black with image of title character front cover. Reiisue of the original 1915 edition. 183 pp. Color frontispiece illustration by Elmer Rache. Very good, small nick rear gutter, more recent child's ownership signatures front pastedown and ffep. No dust jacket. Collection… Read more about this item