Children's And Juvenile Books from The Owl at the Bridge

Bookseller's catalog; 64 pages, 138 items, illus.; printed paper covers; some marking; Good. Stock#ofc0217.

"Copyright 1903 by Kate Douglas Riggs" on verso of title-page. x, 327 pages; 19 cm. Ink owner name of Maude L. Ingraham. Green pictorial cloth; corners bumped, 2cm. closed tear at top of spine, bottom of spine chipped; Good. Stock#ofc0178.

105 pages, 2 plates incl. portrait frontispiece; 19 cm. Grayish boards decorated in silver; edges & corners worn, spine darkened; Good+. Stock#ofc0176.

xxiii, 251 pages; ex-library with release stamps; corner torn from last page; withal good+. Stock#ofc0117.

Originally published in Italian in 1882; this translation originally published in Australia by Consolidated Press, 1944. "Showing unerring sympathy for the original, unsentimental spirit of Collodi's tale, Innocenti's exquisite paintings endow Pinocchio with fresh life-- and the power to enthrall many generations to come." -- dust jacket. 142 p., color illus.; 30 cm. Color pictorial dj price-clipped,… Read more about this item

A charming poetic story. The World Cat lists but one copy. 58, [6] pages, 27 color plates, 14 cm. Stock#48083.

La Différence [c1993; Arte Grafiche Motta, Arese]]. Hard Cover. In this colorful modern fable the giant Méchant-Méchant steals toys from a village whose children find his hiding place and invite him to join them in play. [41] pages, color illus. throughout, 27 cm.; color pictorial boards; fine. Stock#35675.

Barnes & Noble, NY [1993]. First published in this format by Checkerboard Press, Inc., 1919. 146 fables, mostly about animals. Hard Cover. 112 pages, color illus. throughout; 28.5 cm. Green cloth, color pictorial front-cover label; minor wear; near fine. Stock#24090.

LeRoy Phillips, Boston [c1899] [Athenaeum Press]. Hard Cover. 'Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre' and 'Heidi Kann Brauchen, Was es Gelernt Hat' (both first published 1881) joined to form the well-known 'Heidi'. viii, 363 p., illus., 6 color plates; 21 cm.; black cloth, spine stamped in gold, color front-cover paste-on picture; minor wear, front cover picture a bit scuffed, ink… Read more about this item

NY, Benziger Bros., c1897. Hard Cover. 154 p., frontis.; 17 cm. Prolific author of Catholic children's books, poetry, and various other Catholic literature. Stock#45951. Vg / bound in white cloth with green lettering and decoration.

New York, Knopf [1969]. Hard Cover. 88 pages, illus., 23.5 cm. Photos Peter Neide. Children's story set in Porto Ercole, Tuscany. Stock#40198, Vg, yellow cloth/ no dj.

NY, Burt [191-?]. Hard Cover. "In the following pages I have endeavored to give you a vivid picture of the wonderful events of the ten years which at their commencement saw Madras in the hands of the French-- Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal-- and English influence apparently at the point of extinction in India-- and… Read more about this item

NY, Random House [1962?]. Hard Cover. 10 leaves; 23.5 cm. 13 limericks for third graders, the punch lines revealed in pullouts. A book in three dimensions. Stock#36441. Vg/ illustrated boards.

Methuen, London [1959]. Hard Cover. x, 100 p., illus.; dj chipped, torn, grease stain on rear corner intrudes to p. 99, back of dj & rear cover waterstained; good. stock#23811b.

Dial Books for Young Readers, NY [c1995]. "First Edition". Hard Cover. [32] pages, color illus. throughout, 27.5 cm. Set in Victorian London. An orphan girl, disguises herself as a boy to work in Professor Malefetta's flea circus in the hope of a better life, and is offered a home on a farm. Color pictorial boards; matching… Read more about this item

NY, Burt [191-?]. Hard Cover. With Eight Page Illustrations by Gordon Browne. Contents include A Fishing Excursion; A Rising Tide; Alone in the World; To the Dark Continent; Lost in the Forest; A Hostile Tribe; A Negro's Story; A Fugitive Slave; A Christian Town; Amazons of Dahomey; Captive in Coomassie; Invasion of Fanti Land; Attack on Elmina; White… Read more about this item

N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Hard Cover. 203 p., 16 pp. of publisher's adverts., 16 plates incl. front.; 21.5 cm. BAL 2086. Two Days in the Life of Piccino; Captain's Youngest; Little Betty's Kitten Tells Her Story; How Fauntleroy Occurred. Bound in pictorial covers on grey-green cloth; some soiling, minor tears, pencil inscription; VG. Stock#24892.

Harper & Row, NY [c1990]. "First Edition". Hard Cover. [32] p., color illus. throughout, 26 cm. Edwin, youngest member of an acting bear family, is given his first important role in the family theatre production but is struck with stage fright on opening night. Green boards & purple cloth spine stamped in silver; color pictorial dj; near… Read more about this item

A Picture Yearling Book [Bantam Doubleday Dell [1995]. Soft Cover. First pub. 1961 in Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba. Her little ones learn the hard way to listen to Maman. 32 p., color illus. throughout; 25.5 cm.; color paper covers; VG+. Stock#35340.

Harper & Row [c1945]. Hard Cover. 131 p., illus., 21 cm. First children's book by this New Yorker writer, about a mouse's (unresolved) search for his bird friend Margalo. Later edition, coded "M-Q" and published by Harper & Row. Front dj flap is stamped $3.95 with $3.50 blanked out. Color pictorial boards; identical dj clipped,… Read more about this item