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Gall, Alice, and Fleming Crew. The Royal Mimkin. Illustrated by Camille Masline. New York: Oxford University Press, 1934. 1st printing. 128 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Frontispiece. Decorative endpapers. Good hardcover in frayed, chipped and torn dust jacket. Some foxing. #24188. $35
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Gilliat, Rev. E. Forest Outlaws, or Saint Hugh and The King. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1901. New edition. vii, 404 pages. Illustrations. About Hugo of Lincoln. Good pictorial cloth-covered hardcover. #19291. $52.50
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Hall, Rosalys, story. The Merry Miller. Pictures by Kurt Werth. New York: Oxford University Press, 1952. Square small 8vo (regular size). 44, [4] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author, Rosalys Hall. Oxford Books for Boys and Girls. Slightly spotted light blue hardcover in worn, chipped and frayed dust jacket. Bookplate inside front cover. #21097. $20
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Harris, Laura. The Happy Little Choo-Choo. Story by Laura Harris, Animation by Julian Wehr. New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp., 1944. Oblong small 4to (medium-large book). No pagination. 4 pages of animations. Good pictorial hardcover with plastic spiral binding. Edges and corners slightly worn. Dust jacket slightly torn, chipped and worn. #19276. $75
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Heinz, Brian. The Barnyard Cat. Illustrated by June H. Blair. Shoreham, New York: Ballyhoo Books, 2000. 1st printing. Oblong small 4to (medium-large book). No pagination. Illustrations. Drawings of the barnyard inside front and rear covers. Inscribed and signed, with a cat's paw print drawing, by the author. 'Barnabus, a seemingly lazy cat by day, proves himself invaluable to the farm by night as he defends the harvest grain against an army of marauding rats.' -Summary, title page verso. Fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. ISBN 0936335041. #23678. $30
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Henty, G. A. (George Alfred). The Curse of Carne's Hold. Cave Junction, Oregon: Robinson Books, 2002. Facsimile reprint edition. 287 pages. Very good pictorial softcovers. ISBN 1590871162. #24821. $30
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Henty, G. A. (George Alfred). In the Hands of the Malays and Other Stories. Illustrations by J. Jellicoe. Cave Junction, Oregon: Robinson Books, 2002. Facsimile reprint edition. 291 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Very good pictorial softcovers. ISBN 1590872002. #22122. $7.50
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Henty, G. A. (George Alfred). True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence. New York: Mershon Company, No date. v, 311 pages. Frontispiece. Good pictorial hardcover. #24448. $10
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Jolly Playmates. Jolly Playmates: Tales in Prose and Rhyme, Arranged for Boys and Girls. With illustrations from the best artists. No place: Juvenile Publishing Co., 1890? Small 4to (medium-large book). 162 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Color frontispiece. Copyrighted by E. E. Fowler, 1890. Cloth and boards, with color pictorial paste-down on front cover and black and white illustration on rear cover. Cloth spine, worn with a small hole. Edges and corners worn. Bare spot on upper right-hand corner area of front cover. Some foxing and some pages wrinkled. Good copy. #21110. $90
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Keller, Holly. Goodbye, Max. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1987. 1st edition, 1st printing. Small 4to. No pagination. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket; small damp spot along front margin of front flyleaf. ISBN 0688065619. #25792. $25
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Kimball, Mrs. Lou. H. The Tyler Boys. Boston: Colby and Rich, 1874. 16mo (small book). 188 pages. Juvenile fiction about conduct of life. Hardcover. Gilt author and title on front cover. Original maroon cloth. Gift inscription on one of the blank front flyleaves. Covers are damp-stained, rear cover partially discolored, spine wrinkled. Stains inside rear cover and on a number of the blank rear flyleaves. Internally very good. #24749. $50
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Kirkpatrick, Katherine. Keeping the Good Light. New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. 1st printing. x, 224 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author, with a stamp of a lighthouse. Very good hardcover in slightly stained, but very good, dust jacket. ISBN 0385321619. #18278. $20
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Kosanke, Suzanne, and Todd H. Sammons, Assisted by Nancy Alper Mower. Literature and Hawai'i's Children: Values and Traditions from Many Cultures: Children's Tales Told and Retold, 1994 Proceedings. Honolulu: June 9-11, 1994, Hilo: June 14-15, 1994. Honolulu: Children's Literature Hawai'i, 1996. 205 pages. Bibliography. Frontispiece. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #24920. $15
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Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at Night. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. 1st edition, 5th printing. 281 pages. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0060281537. #22962. $12.50
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MacDonald, George. At the Back of the North Wind. Illustration by Frank Pape and Arthur Hughes. London: Blackie and Son Limited, No date. Reprint edition. 12mo (small book). iv, 264 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. First published around 1925. The complete text of MacDonald's enduring masterpiece of juvenile fantasy is vividly illustrated with Hughes' memorable black-and-white pictures, as well as Pape's four color plates. Very good hardcover. Decoratively stamped green cloth with gilt cover and spine titles. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, endpapers lightly browned. #25581. $25
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McKeever, Harriet B. Mary Leslie's Trials. Illustrated by Schell. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Copyright 1867. 16mo (small book). 301 p. Illustrations. Slightly worn and rubbed pictorial cloth hardcover. Lacks front free endpaper; lacks top of rear free endpaper. Gift inscription on blank front flyleaf; some foxing on plates. #21659. $22.50
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Martin, Ann M., and Laura Godwin. The Doll People. Pictures by Brian Selznick. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000. 1st printing. 256 pages. Illustrations. Signed by both authors on a Hyperion label attached to verso of the front illustrated endpaper. Summary: A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor. - Title page verso. Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0786803614. #22141. $30
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Martin, William, editor. Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas & New Year's Present for Young People. 1867. London: Darton and Co., 1867. 12mo (small book). 320 pages. Illustrations. 8 chromolithographs, including frontispiece and title page. The leaf of pages 51/2 is bound between pages 36 and 37. Lacks chromolithograph facing page 50. Library stamps on many pages, including some of the chromolithographs and illustrations. Light foxing and soiling throughout. Rebound in library buckram, but no external library markings. Very good binding, with incorrect date on spine (1866). #21815. $60
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Mateaux, C. L. (Clara L.). Peeps Abroad for Folks at Home. London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1880? 9th edition. Square 8vo. viii, 256 pages. Illustrations. First published in 1873 according to the British Library. Quarter leather and color pictorial paper labels. Edges rubbed and worn. Some stains in gutters from leaves that were pressed. Some soiling on blank front flyleaf. #21643. $35
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Mathiews, Franklin K., editor. The Boy Scouts Year Book of Wild-Animal Stories. Illustrations by Enos B. Comstock and A. Conway Peyton. Frontispiece by Charles Livingston Bull. Introduction by James E. West. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1940. 1st printing. xii, 295 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. Good hardcover, edges and corners slightly rubbed and worn. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #24758. $35
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Moses, Horace S. Here Comes the Circus. Illustrated by Susanne Suba. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 47, [1] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the illustrator. Inscription on front free endpaper reads: 'For Henriette, with the good wishes of Suzanne, 1941'. Fair hardcover in fair dust jacket. The pictorial yellow covers are soiled and have some stains; the endpapers are somewhat stained; the dust jacket is complete, but is worn with some fraying along the corners and edges. #25565. $40
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Murray, Anthony, Introduction. The Thirteen Days of Yule. Pictures by Nonny Hogrogian. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. [31] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by Anthony Murray. 'In medieval Scotland the winters were long, dark, and cold. The only relief came at Yuletide when all work was put aside and the people gave themselves over to feasts, songs, games, dances, and the exchange of gifts for many days on end.' - Front jacket panel. Good hardcover in worn dust jacket with a dampstain along lower spine and front and rear sides, and rubbing along front and rear front jacket edges. #25195. $25
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A New Hieroglyphical, or Picture Bible. A New Hieroglyphical, or Picture Bible, Containing Four Hundred Cuts, By Adams. New York: Mahlon Day & Co, and Baker, Crane & Co. James Egbert, printer, 183-? Square 12mo (small book). 209 pages. [See note on pagination]. Illustrations. The last page number is 209, but on the verso of the title page is this 'Note to the Reader: In the paging, please observe that the figures over the pages, miss every other one.' Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt device and title on front cover. Top of backstrip partially peeled away, edges worn, dampstain along top edge of front cover. Front hinge starting. May lack a front free endpaper. Water stains, foxing, and some soiling on pages, including title page. Ink notation on rear free endpaper. With all its faults, still an interesting and usable copy. #21692. $75
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Nister, Ernest. Our Farmyard. London: Ernest Nister & New York: E. P. Dutton, 1909? 4to (large book). Color illustrations. On front cover: Printed in Bavaria, 841a. Untearable. This is a picture book, not a pop-up book. Good pictorial stiff wrappers; professional repairs to spine; edges and corners slightly worn and rubbed; small gift inscription along top edge inside front cover. #17898. $240
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Children's Books & Literature Authors G - O

Children's Books & Literature
Authors G - O