Youth Classics from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Two classic tales in one binding by same author, Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs. Craik). Wonderfully illustrated primarily by Edwin J Prittie. Plates in brilliant full color; others in Pen&Ink;. Cover is decorated with nearly full size Prittie paste-on art with black ink titles, characters from Lame Prince on racing black horse. Text is a generous size. 18 illustrations with Lame… Read more about this item

New York / London.: Harper and Brothers., 1917. "Gift Edition" on title page. Samuel L Clemons ©1889, 1899.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Book Plate, prior owner. minor dampness to lower back left short lower page shadows. No odor.. Pitz, Henry (Illustrated by).. 1 450 p. Includes illustrations. Harpers classic series, early 20th… Read more about this item

Chicago.: E M Hale and Company by arr. w/ Harper & Bros., 1929. Cadmus Books.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Front cover minor scuffing. Sturdy, well-bound book.. Everen, Jay Van (Illustrations by).. 1 133 p. Red cloth over boards. Black titles. Cover drawing: steam shovel in black and yellow. Silhouette art inside (6). 21 cm. Author… Read more about this item

New York.: The Viking Press., 1966. 12th printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor spine end jacket rubbing. Otherwise clean. Light outside page block foxing.. 1 127 p. 24 cm. Dark sepia-toned drawings. Light green decorated cloth over boards, darker green line art. Jacket art: yellow, greens, leaping rabbit. Light green top page block… Read more about this item

Boston.: D. Lothrop & Company., 1886. Hard cover. Good. Signed by previous owner. Mottled wear, scuffing, to spine and covers. Good quality paper. Clean interior.. 1 393 p. Color illustrated paper over boards. B&W artwork. 24 cm. Bound issues for 1886: Variety of Stories, Verse, B&W artwork, for youth. Authors' signatures with titles.

Boston.: Lothrop Publishing., 1900. Economy materials; rough artwork.. Hard cover. Good. Signed by previous owner. Cover corner chips. Edge wear. Age-toning.. Multiple Artists.. 1 Red cloth loosely covering spine. Cardboard, color-illustrated cover (gold-outlined) and frontispiece, pleasant-faced girl and boy. 25 cm. Not paginated; inch thick. "The Little Freighter" by Jennie Stealey, other short stories, verses for young people.

Philadelphia / New York.: J B Lippincott Company., 1959. First edition. Stated 1st edition; no print line.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket: spine ends chipped; front half-inch triangular chip, top center.. Werth, Kurt (Illustrated by).. 1 91 p. Aqua cloth over boards. Black cover and spine titles, w/ castle graphic. Illustrated jacket, pastoral scene… Read more about this item

New York.: Meredith Press., 1967. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket has minor wear, a few short edge tears. Outside page block lower edge soil.. Jaques, Faith (Illustrations by).. 1 Brown illustrated covers, matched by jacket; . xii, 110 p. 21 cm. Pen&Ink artwork. Line art maps. Turquoise top page block… Read more about this item

New York.: Lovell, Adam, Wesson / Lake Champlain Press., 1877. First edition. Likely 1st, not stated.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Inscription on first end paper, very tidy calligraphy variation in purple: "Willard K Webster, Presented by his Aunt Carrie. Dec. 25th 1877". Spine ends, corner bumps minor damage for age. Back cover.... … Read more about this item

Cleveland / New York.: The World Publishing Co., 1965. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.. 1 189 p. Pre-history "Bond of the Fire" is about a boy and his dog, a story from twenty-thousand years earlier until the ending of the last Glacial Age. Also authored "The Prince of Omeya", set in Syria. Connecticut author.

New York.: Harcourt, Brace & World., 1965. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Blemished with single oval stain, near 1 inch, top page block. Minor rubs to extremities. Tight binding, clean interior and covers. Age-toning.. Beck, Charles (Illustrated by).. 1 186 p. Red textured paper over boards, black titles, green and black art: pioneering… Read more about this item

Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company / Sprague Publishing., 1927. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear, and spine serious sun-fade. Front jacket art is striking, with some blemishing; no artist credit. Well-bound. Economy production materials.. 1 390 p. Textured, cloth-like red paper over boards. Black spine title box, red titles. "Young Moderns:… Read more about this item

New York.: Vanguard Press., 1966. Possible 1st, no print line.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Jacket flaps only are gently taped inside covers. Clean discard from Towle School Library, Newport, N.H.. Oakley, Graham (Illustrated by).. 1 Light green cloth over boards. Silver and yellow spine titles. 120 p. 25 cm. Yellow top page block. Fine, detailed… Read more about this item

New York / Kingsport TN.: G. P. Putnam's Sons / Kingsport Press., 1946. Book Club Edition. Likely book club.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Rubbed spine titles, barely readable. Light spine sun-fade. Minor blemishing inside.. McGrath, Raymond (gray & white end paper maps, The Palace of Malplaquet), and Eichenberg, Fritz (Illustrations by).. 1 Red buckram cloth… Read more about this item

London.: The Medici Society / Medici Books for Children., 1982. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Horizontal format. 22x19 cm. Color illustrated front cover, animal and fairy theme. 24 p. Interior art in B&W and full color. Stapled binding. Audience: Children/juvenile. Classic Molly Brett art and storyline. Featured: a magpie and other birds, dragonflies, winged fairy children, a hedgehog, frog,… Read more about this item

New York.: Harper & Row / Weekly Reader Children's Book Club., 1966. Book Club Edition. 1st Weekly Reader edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light wear to spine ends, corners.. Loh, George (Pictures by).. 1 Hardcover. 140 p. 22 cm. Color cover art: boy, dog, seals on ice, masted ship. Charcoal/pencil style Illustrations. Glossary. Audience: Children/juvenile.… Read more about this item

New York / Avenal NJ.: Children's Classics., 1992. 1st 1992 printing. Originally Duffield 1925, different form.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Near fine. Prior owner inscription w/ birthday cake drawing in ink pen.. Smith, Jessie Wilcox (Illustrated in color by).. 1 First edition. Illustrated textured cloth over boards; green over spine w/… Read more about this item

New York.: The Viking Press / R R Heywood Company, printer., 1967. Reissued w/ new plates after 1952 copyright.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Near fine; slight flaws.. Rojankovsky, Feodor (Illustrated by).. 1 80 p. Viking Library Binding; not a library discard. 27 cm. Jacket art duplicated on covers. Illustrated textured cloth… Read more about this item

Philadelphia.: Macrae Smith Company., 1958. 7th printing.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Clean pages w/ library markings where usual. Tightly-bound. Rumpled but clean jacket.. Schule, Clifford (Jacket drawing by).. 1 192 p. Yellow cloth over boards. Brown spine titles. Youth classic fiction tracing the "gentle, often hesitant" transition of a 17-year-old girl into maturity. For… Read more about this item

New York.: The John Day Company., 1966. Stated First American Edition. Author copyright 1964.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Ex-library. Clean pages. Soiled page blocks, top, side. Spine jacket sun-fade.. Smith, Carl (Jacket design by).. 1 First edition. Orange cloth over boards. Black spine and front titles w/ swooping be-spectacled owl. 135p 23… Read more about this item