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The American Classic: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
This copy was published by Doubleday in 1985. Only the cover is illustrated.
It includes the omitted long raft chapter, with the final Tom Sawyer section.
It is 295 pages, all clean and clear. The spine is not cracked. This book has not been read. The jacket has a tiny bit of shelfwear; the book is mint.
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This is a lovely copy of The Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales. It is a collection of the famed Arabic folk tales edited by the American authors (and sisters) Nora Archibald Smith (1859-1934) and Kate Douglas Wiggin (1956-1923), author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. It is beautifully illustrated by the American artist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).

Note: I have two of these. Both are unread. One is in pristine condition. The other has a slight crease, which will press out.
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This book has not been opened or read. There are no marks of any kind in or on it.
It is bright blue with plain covers and black design and lettering on the spine.
The dust jacket is clean and clear with minor shelf wear at the edges and a 1/2" tear on the back.
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
The Hunting of the Snark
A Tangled Tale
Phantasmagoria
Nonsense from Letters
Original black and white illustrations by John Tenniel and Henry Holiday
439 pages
Large type
9 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Published by Castle, New Jersey. Undated; probably 2011.

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This is a first edition (1994) of the Reader's Digest edition of Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks, by the English writer Rudyard Kipling. It is about a boy who is rescued from drowning off Newfoundland's Grand Banks, and how he survives trials and adventures.

It was originally published in installments in 1896-1897 and is the only Kipling novel set in North America. It was originally illustrated by the American daguerreotypist Isaiah West Taber, and all of his illustrations are in this book.

164 pages. It never had a dust jacket--it's pale green boards with gilt lettering and a gilt design on the cover.
The original owner read to page 25, dog-eared it, and didn't return to it. So near-mint condition. No shelfwear, no other marks in or on it. Lovely book.

This is a perfect copy of The Children of Dickens, the famous book, written in 1812, by the American minister and essayist Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927).
It is beautifully illustrated by the great American illustrator Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 -1935).
The book is excerpts from Dickens' works involving children, including Pip, David Copperfield, Micawber Junior, Joe the Fat Boy, Oliver Twist, Sissy Jupe, the Cratchits, the Jellyby chidren, Jenny Wren, Little Nell, The Kenwidges, Bailey the Todgers boy, the Dombey children, Jemmy and Alice Watkins, with short chapters on London and Dickens.
On the cover, and on 9 pages inside, there are color plates signed by Wilcox. 7" x 9 1/3" x 1 1/4".
259 pages.
Aside from a couple of tiny spots on the upper right-hand corner, and a faint bump to the back cover, this book is in mint condition. No dogears, no shelfwear, no evidence that anyone read it. It's perfect. It includes an ancient pressed rose, whose stem has been wrapped in cord (see photo).

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848) was a Royal Navy officer and novelist--a pioneer of the sea story. He is best known for Mr. Midshipman Easy and The Children of the New Forest (and for creating the maritime signaling system, Marryat's Code). The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel, published in 1847 and set in the time of the English Civil War. It is about four orphaned children who must hide from the Roundheads; they live in the New Forest and learn to live off the land.This copy is undated. I'm going by someone else's estimate of 1962. It is part of the Children's Illustrated Classics series, which began in 1948. From the look of it though, 1962 seems correct.It is in mint condition; 325 clean, creamy white pages. The only marking on it is the original owner/child's name written on the front endpaper (very small). There are also 7 colour plates, and 16 black and white illustrations, by Lionel Edwards, the English artist so well-known for his paintings of horses and country life… Read More

This is a first edition of The Collected Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated, published by Avenel in 1982. It is 1000 pages, and includes his best-known works: Captains Courageous, Kim, The Jungle Books, Just So Stories for Little Children, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky & Co., and Plain Tales from the Hills. It then adds 11 short stories. See photo of that list.It doesn't say who the illustrators are but Kipling did a lot of his own illustrations, so I assume that some of the images are his. There are some photos too.This book does not appear to have been read.The paper has darkened at the edges. Other than that, and a tiny bit of shelfwear to the back of the dust jacket, it's in absolutely mint condition.PLEASE NOTE: THE STATED EXPECTED SHIPPING DATE APPLIES ONLY WITHIN NORTH AMERICA. THE SHIPPING CHARGE APPLIES TO NORTH AMERICAN BUYERS, OR TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WHO ACCEPT SURFACE MAIL. DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED SHIPPING ISSUES, UNLESS YOU PAY TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DELIVERED BY AIR, OR BY A PRIVATE CARRIER,… Read More

This is a stated thirteenth printing of the first edition of Dr. Dolittle's Garden, the 8th book of the the classic children's series written and illustrated by the English writer Hugh Lofting (1886-1947). It is about a physician who communicates with animals.
This copy was printed in the US.While there is some shelfwear to the dust jacket, there is no evidence that anyone read the book. It is in mint condition.
Note: I also have Dr Dolittle's Zoo, and The Story of Dr Dolittle listed here. If you'd like all three, I can reduce the prices and combine shipping.

This is a companion book to the Time-Life TV Series Wild, Wild World of Animals.
This one is Elephants & Other Land Giants: African and Asiatic Elephants, Hippopotamuses, Giraffes, Rhonoceroses, Big Birds and Giant Reptiles.
128 pages, including loads of photos.
Well-reviewed.
Never Read but there is an attractive bookplate at the front and some waving to the first few pages.
Otherwise perfect condition.
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Gene Autry was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Whitman Publishing published many books for young people based on, and authorized by, various TV series of the day.
Erwin L Hess was a comic book artist for Dell Publications from 1939 through the 1940s, as well as an illustrator for Whitman Publishing. This book has not been read and is in pristine condition. The paper has darkened but there are no marks of any kind in or on it. The dust jacket shows heavy wear, but colours are bright and clear.NOTE: My quoted price for shipping OUTSIDE of North America is for surface mail without tracking. For other shipping options, please contact me.

This is a mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 1993.
It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales.
Bound in navy blue leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages.
652 pages, with no adornment.
This book does not appear to have been read; it's in perfect condition.

This is a leather-bound mint-condition copy of Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales, published in 2011.
It is the 201 fairy tales and 10 legends written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German academics and folklore collectors who, from 1812 to 1857, published the world's most famous fairy tales.
Bound in burgundy leather with an inlaid foil design. Bound-in silk bookmark, gold-trimmed pages.
652 pages, with no adornment, other than one portrait of the brothers.
This book is brand new and has not been read; I don't think it's ever been opened. Its flawless--pristine.

Hans Brinker, or TheSilver Skates: A Story of Life in Hollandis a novel by American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The story takes place in the Netherlands and is a colorful fictional portrait of early 19th-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor.
The book's title refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of Dutch speed skating to Americans, and Hans Brinker is still considered the prototypical speedskater. The book also gave us the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger.
I have looked everywhere and can't find an identical copy of this book.
It is undated but, because of the style of illustrations and type, I'm dating it at 1925. Published by Grosset & Dunlap as part of the Companion Library.
It is blue boards heavily etched with a black design—on both covers and the spine. 336 pages, all clean and clear, although starting to darken.… Read More

This is a first edition (UK) of Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a children's novel written in 1990 by the British writer Salman Rushdie. After Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni issued a fatwa against Rushdie over The Satanic Verses
two years earlier, Rushdie was in hiding, and under protection. This meant that he was separated from his son, and he wrote these stories for him. The boy was 12 at the time. It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name, and it is an allegory for problems that exist in society, from the viewpoint of the young Haroun. The dust jacket (unclipped) of this copy has minor shelfwear, mostly yellowing of the white corners on the inside flaps and back. The book itself (218 pages) does not appear to have been read. There is a faint mark on the front cover--it's not a scratch and may come off. The outside of the pages edges have darkened a little. Otherwise perfect.

This is a first Golden Press edition of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of omitted), written by Mark Twain and first published in 1884. This copy was published in 1965.
254 pages. Illustrated by the prolific American illustrator Betty Fraser (b 1928-).
The paper has darkened and the binding is starting to pull away a little at the front.
Otherwise fine condition--a nice little vintage book.

This is an unread First US Edition of I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book, written by the English folklore experts Iona and Peter Opie. It was originally published in 1947. In 1992, it was re-published, this time full of color illustrations by the great American illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for Where the Wild Things Are, and his many cartoons for the New Yorker.
Collected in this invaluable book are the wit and wisdom of generations of schoolchildren—more than one 170 rhymes ranging from insults and riddles to tongue twisters, jeers and jump-rope rhymes. With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures—vignettes, sequences, and full-page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad—this book offers knowledge and entertainment to readers of all ages.
This copy's dust jacket, though unclipped, is a little battered. The book itself is perfect. The spine has not been cracked; there is no indication that anyone ever opened it.

This is the 1905 Canadian edition of Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out, part of the Little Women series and a sequel to Little Men, by the American author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888). It was first published in 1886.358 pages.Blue boards with red print on the cover and spine. Two illustrations by the American artist Ellen Wetherald Ahrens (1859-1935).Someone wrote 'Xmas 1911' on the front endpaper.Minor shelfwear.Minor soiling/darkening to the spine and back cover.Inside, the spine is nice and tight. There are a couple of little spots.But the pages are all creamy and clear.Overall superb condition.

This is a pristine copy of Just So Stories for Little Children, Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of children's stories, all involving animals, first published in 1902.
Kipling illustrated the stories himself. This is the Folio Society's edition, which features all of his original illustrations.
The Folio Society first published this book in 1991; this is its 10th printing, dated 2005. As you would expect from the Folio Society, it is a beautiful book.
There is talcum powder on the back cover; I've removed most of it. Other than that, it's in mint condition.

This is a luxury edition of Kidnapped, the full title of which is Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; His Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson.
It was written by the great Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. This is a replica of the 1911 edition, including the color illustrations by the American artist N.C. Wyeth.
This is a gorgeous book.
7 1/3" x 9 1/3", 272 pages. Unclipped dust jacket. Beautiful paper.
This copy has not been read. There is a child's inscription on the front endpaper. Very minor wear to the dust jacket. Otherwise mint condition.