Surprisingly difficult to find in suitable, collectible condition. A children’s story on the life of African-American astronomer Benjamin Banneker. Nashville: Abingdon, (1978). Second Printing. Hardcover..... Read More about Benjamin Banneker, Genius of Early America
Children’s poems by Margaret Arndt written for her two daughters, here collected and illustrated with line drawings by Edith Calvert. As an introduction, the book..... Read More about The Meadows of Play. [introduction by G.K. Chesterton
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 about Suzie a Shy Little Mouse
![Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator]. Jessie Hailstalk Roy, Geneva Calcier Turner](/pictures/thumb/3728182_1.jpg?v=1545174819)
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 about Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator
![Abraham Lincoln. [Inscribed by the Author]. James Daugherty, 1889–1974, James Harry Daugherty](/pictures/thumb/3728011_1.jpg?v=1545068127)
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 about Abraham Lincoln. [Inscribed by the Author
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 about Young Pennsylvania German Girl’s c.1938–1940 Cartoon Drawing and Story Book with Text and...
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 about The Picture-Poetry Book
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 about Talking Animals
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 about Fun to Cook Book
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 about The Original Chatterbox Picture Gallery, Pictures and Verse for Little Folks
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 about Chatterbox for 1913
![Westward Ho. [Autograph Edition]. Charles Kingsley](/pictures/thumb/3727297_1.jpg?v=1536172149)
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 about Westward Ho. [Autograph Edition
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 about The Mystery of the Pharaoh’s Treasure
“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 about Amusing Pictures from Typ to Adorn the Nursery. First Series
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 about Three double-sided Flip Books presenting Six Animated Vignettes featuring Bimbo the Cartoon Dog,...
