Suzie a Shy Little Mouse.
A little mouse named Suzie who lives with her parents “in an old wooden box in a corner of the garden,” with toadstool “trees” outside..... Read More
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![Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator]. Jessie Hailstalk Roy, Geneva Calcier Turner.](/pictures/thumb/3728182_1.jpg?v=1545174819)
Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator]
With compelling illustrations by Lois Mailou Jones, an American history book for African American youth, written by two African American women from Washington, D.C. Each..... Read More
![Abraham Lincoln. [Inscribed by the Author]. James Daugherty, 1889–1974, James Harry Daugherty.](/pictures/thumb/3728011_1.jpg?v=1545068127)
Abraham Lincoln. [Inscribed by the Author]
Juvenile biography of Abraham Lincoln written and illustrated by Newbery Medalist and Caldecott Honoree, James Daugherty (1889–1974). Numerous full page illustrations. Warm inscription by Daugherty... Read More
![[Young Pennsylvania German Girl’s c.1938–1940 Cartoon Drawing and Story Book with Text and Dialog in Pennsylfawnish Dialect]. Catherine M. Weaver.](/pictures/thumb/3727775.jpg?v=1542302133)
[Young Pennsylvania German Girl’s c.1938–1940 Cartoon Drawing and Story Book with Text and Dialog in Pennsylfawnish Dialect].
Pennsylvania German girl’s cartoon drawing book capturing daily life and humorous childhood foibles in and around Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The folk art manuscript was..... Read More
The Picture-Poetry Book.
Lovely copy of this charming little book of poetry by this African American author and noted African American illustratror Lois Mailou Jones. Washington, D.C.: Associated..... Read More
Talking Animals.
A collection of African folk tales for a children’s audience brought about from the author’s expertise in Africana, especially the cultures of Sudan, Angola and..... Read More
Fun to Cook Book.
C.1955 Children’s cook book with easy, child-friendly recipes issued by the Carnation Company, cheerfully illustrated. While the company’s evaporated milk is not featured in every..... Read More
When Roggie And Reggie Were Five.
Children’s book about the adventures of 5-year-old twins Roggie and Reggie who leave their home in California to go to Washington, D.C. with their father..... Read More
The Original Chatterbox Picture Gallery, Pictures and Verse for Little Folks.
Very scarce heavily illustrated Victorian children’s picture book issued for the Christmas holiday trade. A three-quarter-page engraving illustrates each page, beneath which is a poetical..... Read More
Chatterbox for 1913.
Juvenile book or annual—Chatterbox for 1913—seen here in a brightly gilt American publisher’s trade cloth binding with color onlay and binder’s cancel on upper cover..... Read More
![Westward Ho. [Autograph Edition]. Charles Kingsley.](/pictures/thumb/3727297_1.jpg?v=1536172149)
Westward Ho. [Autograph Edition]
A lavishly-illustrated edition of Kinglsey’s Westward Ho. American artist Thornton Oakley (1881–1953) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was familiar with its railroad factories and..... Read More
Augustus Caesar’s World: A Story of Ideas and Events from B.C. 44 to 14 A.D.
Inscribed and signed by the author, thus: “For Kenneth who shared my desire for another kind of history.” (Kenneth M. Kolb’s bookplate neatly affixed inside..... Read More
The Mystery of the Pharaoh’s Treasure.
An Egyptian boy must solve the mystery of who stole the Pharaoh’s treasure or his brother, who stands falsely accused of the crime, must die..... Read More
Amusing Pictures from Typ to Adorn the Nursery. First Series.
“To Adorn the Nursery” This amusing portfolio of 9 color prints offers a humorous look at childhood. Intended as decorations for the nursery, the prints..... Read More
[Three double-sided Flip Books presenting Six Animated Vignettes featuring Bimbo the Cartoon Dog, Betty Boop’s Boyfriend].
Bimbo, a cartoon dog, made his screen debut in 1930 as the animated star of Fleischer Studios’ Hot Dog. The career of a hot dog... Read More
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