Early Learning
Native American History
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, 1939. With illustrations by Jane Bateman, "Two Little Navahos Dip Their Sheep" tells young readers the story of a normal day in the life of a Navaho family, with a glossary in the back with Navaho terms. Sheep dipping is shown, the practice of.....
Price: $75.00
Women, Methuselah, Biblical figure, Maxims
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907. 108 pp. with applied litho covers. Illustrations, decorations and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. The book is a humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women. There are four charming color illustrations, along with red.....
Price: $40.00
humor] [advertisements] [entertainment] {juvenile
New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1873. 179 pp, applied cover, collection of dialogues for school children, lists characters and props for each scenario, preface by author, beginning and end pages contain advertisement for publisher's other books. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" binding loosening, cover worn on edges, foxing throughout, faded.....
Price: $20.00
fairy tale, children's books, fairy tales, hans christian andersen
New York: A L Burt Company, 1900. 97 pp. green cloth covers with a stamped illustration of man and cat standing in front of door. A retelling of some of Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tales, such as 'The Fir-Tree' and 'The Little Match Girl'. Illustrated with numerous black and.....
Price: $45.00
fire, fire safety, education, forest fires
Stock Fire Insurance Company, 1929. J. V. Parker. This book tells the story of Old Man Fire, and his friends (ex. Mr. Innocent Looking Match and Mr. Smouldering [sp.] Cigarette). The story starts off saying how Old Man Fire was mankind's friend. He kept them warm and cooked their food.....
Price: $65.00
mother goose songs, nursery songs, mabel hill illustrations
New York: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1915. Unpaginated fully illustrated child's song book with words and music. Illustrated by the author. Charming imagery relevant to each song. Content included familar songs such as Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Measures 10" x 11 1/2"
Price: $55.00
National Child Labor Committee, Child Labor , Education
New York City: National Child Labor Committee, 1920s. A 22 3/4" x 32" printed in black and white. Illustrated by I. Dan Danziger. The illustration on the left is a crossroad for young teens - one leads to school and the other the factory. A billboard in the image reads.....
Price: $550.00
ABCs, alphabet
Akron OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1929. No. 923. Large format ABC picture book with cover illustrations of bookseller with children curiously looking through his wares. Picture book with illustrations K for Kangaroo, S for Seasaw, Z for Zebra. Measures 10" x 14"
Price: $55.00
Juvenile fiction. Conduct of life, Voyages and travels, Adventure, Sisters, National characteristics, world cultures,
Boston: Lee & Shepard Publisher, 1892. A 162 paginated book tells the story of seven young girls, each representing seven different nationalities in order to showcase how different people around the world have different mannerism and customs. The book is divided into six parts: Agoonack, and Her Sail Upon the.....
Price: $20.00
Me and Catherine Susan earns an honest penny.
London, New York: Castell Brothers. Ltd, Frederick A. Stokes, 1907. 24 unnumbered pages with litho card stock covers. Silk string tie binding. Profusely illustrated with captioned full page color imagery. Catharine Susan and her friend are penniless so put out their shingle for a number of jobs they are unqualified.....
Price: $125.00
pianoforte, music, education
1857. A way of learning how to play the piano-forte by L Wardell in which he instructs the player to image a house over the keys. Each key represents a different room or pillar of the house. Wardell claims that "this system has met with astonishing success wherever it has.....
Price: $20.00
Bobbsey Twins, mysteries, juvenile fiction
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. 244 pp. Stamped cloth cover with applied color paper label showing a boy and girl in the meadow with daisies, black and white illustrated frontispiece and 3 plates The adventures of Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie Bobbsey. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4".....
Price: $40.00
Bobbsey Twins, mysteries, juvenile fiction
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. 244 pp. Stamped cloth cover with applied color paper label showing a boy and girl in the meadow with daisies, black and white illustrated frontispiece and 3 plates The adventures of Nan and Bert and Flossie and Freddie Bobbsey as their family travels to.....
Price: $40.00
pigs, I Can Read Book, humor, anthropomorphism
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 64 pp. Printed color cover with matching dust jacket, color illustrations throughout, An I Can Read Book. Mr. Pig gets married to Selma Pig. When she tries to tell him that his son Sonny Pig will have a half baby brother or sister, Mr.....
Price: $35.00
Early Learning, Folk Art, Love and Friendship
Concord, [NH]: Hill and Moore, 1819. 106 pp. paper on board. Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar, with An Appendix, containing exercises in orthography, in parsing, in syntax, and in punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners. The reverse of the title page has a 3" pen and ink and.....
Price: $325.00
children's book, early learning, educational, readers
Philadelphia, PA: B. Warner & William P Bason, 1821. A small book intended for mothers to use while teaching their children how to read. The book was meant as a precursor to Murray's English Spelling Book, and contained short lessons that were both "easy and pleasant" for a young child.....
Price: $125.00
Reward of Merit, Made by Hand, Approbation, Early Learning
c1850s. A 2" x 2 1/4" record of merit that reads "Nethaniel Kimball by excelling those of his class in spelling merits the approbation of his Instructor - M. P. Stickney. Delicate watercolor border decoration with eternal vine and purple and pink flowers.
Price: $250.00
Women Writers, Children's Stories, Chromolithography
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. c1880. A fine, bright example of McLoughlin's children's story "The Little Dog Trusty", adapted from the same story by Maria Edgeworth. Part of McLoughlin's "Uncle Toby's Series", the book teaches children to be truthful and loyal. Square 12mo (5.5" by 4.75"), pp. [12], wrappers.....
Price: $65.00
old mother hubbard, mcloughin,
new York: McLoughlin, 1889. 16pp nursery rhyme picture book. Includes six (6) full page chromolithograph images and numerous in-text three color line drawing. Charming anthropomorphic or humanized dog. Measures 10.25" x 9 1/4"
Price: $85.00
Chap books,Children and Animals
New York, New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837. A children's story about a girl and a cat, first published c.1828. 24mo (4.25" by 2.75"), pp. 26, illus., in original publisher's printed yellow wrps. In-text wood cut images. Early ownership inscription. 4 copies on WorldCat (Jan. 2024).
Price: $50.00
Readers, Children's books, Children, Illustrated
London: Dean and Son, [1850s?]. A charming small format (4.5" by 3") story book for elementary-aged children with hand-colored wood engravings: "It is a sad thing when boys and girls will not learn to read, for all the things that they would like to know, may be found in books.....
Price: $95.00
social & cultural, educational, Russia, Soviet Union, U. S. S. R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, government, public education, propaganda, foreign country, foreign culture
Moscow, Russia: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1939. A propaganda booklet extolling on the increase of public education available to citizens of the Soviet Union, particularly when compared to what was available under "tsarist Russia". "Seventy-three percent of the population of tsarist Russia (exclusive of children under nine years of age).....
Price: $125.00
Early Learning, Socialization, Child Health, Child Welfare
Kingsport, TN: Kingsport City Schools, 1953. This is a brochure prepared for parents of children in public schools in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is directed towards the parents who are sending their kids to school for the first time. The brochure is divided up into categories: Rules & Regulations, Visits &.....
Price: $75.00
astronomy, planets, juvenile education
Boston: Lincoln and Edmands, 1831. 115 pp. Applied illustrated cover over blue cloth, frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Contains lessons in astronomy, including diagrams, descriptions, and accounts of planetary and celestial topics. Dictionary at end. 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" wear through, staining, brittle pages.
Price: $65.00