Juvenile Poetry
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Moonsong Lullaby
by Native American. Highwater, Jamake (Auth)
New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1981 Hard cover, previous owner's name on endpaper, foxing to endpapers and occasionally throughout; dust jacket foxed on verso, light wear along edges, no printed price on jacket. As the moon traverses the sky it observes the activities of an Indian tribe. Illustrated with color photographs.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Marcia Keegan (Photographer). Small Oblong 4to.
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CA$48.40
Valentine & Orson (Father's Series)
by McLoughlin Bros
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1887 6.25 x 4.75 inches (Approx). Circa 1887. Pictorial paper wraps, fine and clean inside and out. The tale, told in verse, of two brothers separated at birth, one raised as a prince, the other by a bear. Illustrated with 7 colored engravings. Rare in such beautiful condition. . Pictorial Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 16mo.
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CA$207.45
Little Book of Old Rhymes
by Barker, Cicely Mary
London: Blackie & Sons Ltd., 1959 48 pgs. Small hardcover with pictorial pastedown, gift inscription in pencil, one page with tiny closed tear, in a pictorial dust jacket with edge tears, sticker over most of price sticker, but price visible (3 / ) Illustrated endpapers and 12 glorious full page color plates by Barker. An uncommon Barker title. No date, circa 1959 based on inscription. . Later Printing. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Cicely Mary Barker. 16mo.
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CA$62.24
Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow, 1998 Hard cover with gift inscription to half-title, one page with a corner bend; dust jacket with a faint crease to front panel, original price intact ($18.00). Lovely color artwork to accompany Stevenson's classic verse.. First Printing Thus. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Diane Goode. Small Thick 4to..
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CA$34.58
Romaunt of Lady Helen Clyde
by Smith, Abram Lent
New York: Charles T Dillingham, 1882 AEG. Green cloth pictorially stamped in black & gilt, minor exterior rubbing, occasional foxing and soil, gift inscription. A tragic, epic poem illustrated with full-page b&w plates and other line art decorations throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Henderson Peters, and Others. Square 8vo.
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CA$207.45
Off the Weather-Bow on Life's Voyage
by Little, Elisabeth A
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1889 Illustrated boards with brown cloth spine, light edge wear, front and rear hinges reinforced. Inspirational verses and quotes illustrated with lovely duotone chromolithographs featuring oceanic imagery.. First American Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Narrow Oblong Folio.
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CA$207.45
Anne Sexton, A Biography
by Sexton, Anne (Subj); Middlebrook, Diane Wood (Auth)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991 Mustard boards with green cloth spine, corners bumped; dust jacket with light creasing around edges, slightly age-toned, original price intact ($24.95). A detailed biography of famed poet, Anne Sexton.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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CA$34.58
Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Kenosha, WI: John Martin's House, 1945 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear, else fine; dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and edge tears. Adorable color artwork on nearly every page. . First Thus. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Peter Mabie. Small Square 4to.
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CA$89.90
Child's Garland of Songs, Selections from Child's Garden of Verses, Set to Music By Dr C Villiers Stanford
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1892 AEG. 33 pgs. Red cloth pictorially stamped in black, titled in gilt, beveled edges, corners and spine ends rubbed, cover soil, endpapers soiled, else clean inside. A selection of verses from Child's Garden of Verses set to music by Dr. C Villiers Stanford. Each song with a partial page b&w illustration; the artist isn't credited. Uncommon.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 4to.
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CA$207.45
Hiawatha
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1909 208 pgs. TEG. Green cloth with full color pastedown, light rubbing to pastedown, slight spine lean. Longfellow's epic poem illustrated with a decorative border, 2-color frontis and 12 other 2-color plates by John R. Neill plus the full color cover plate. Rare in such lovely condition.. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by John R. Neill. 8vo.
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CA$172.88
Christmas Lights
by Christmas. Burnside, Helen Marion
London Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 [1890] per Nat. Lib. Scotland. AEG. [24 pgs]. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, surface, edge and corner wear, light foxing throughout. The poem "Christmas Lights," illustrated on every page, 12 chromolithographs in color the balance in sepia. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by J Pauline Sunter. Oblong 12mo.
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CA$117.56
Three Jovial Huntsmen, A Mother Goose Rhyme (Caldecott Honor)
by Jeffers, Susan (illus); Mother Goose
Scarsdale: Bradbury Press, 1973 Pictorial cloth, base of spine and bottom corner bumped, gift inscription to endpaper else clean; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, small edge tear to front panel, sunned area on rear panel, abrasion to front flap where price would have been. The familiar rhyme adapted and illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Caldecott Honor.. First Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Susan Jeffers. 4to.
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CA$117.56
There Are Two Lives: Poems By Children of Japan
by Poetry. Lewis, Richard (Ed.) & Kimura, Haruna (Trans.)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970 Hard cover, foxing to edge of text block; dust jacket with foxing to verso, light wear, original price intact ($4.95). Poems by 68 children ranging in age from 6 to 11 years old.. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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CA$48.40
Pet Lamb and Other Stories for Our Little Friends at Home
by Early American
New York: James G Gregory, 1860 Circa 1860. Green cloth decoratively stamped in blind, titled in gilt, light external wear, some foxing internally, offsetting from color plates, period foil sticker affixed to endpaper, previous owner's name. Illustrated with small b&w engravings plus a color frontis and title page. A selection of poems about nature, religious themes and morality. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by N Orr Co & Phineas Annin (attrib). 12mo.
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CA$82.98
Six Spanish Nursery Rhymes
by Frasconi, Antonio
South Norwalk, CT: Antonio Frasconi, 1960 Tan card covers pictorially printed in orange and black, some offsetting inside covers, tiny stains in gutter from string binding. Six Spanish nursery rhymes printed in orange ink, each accompanied by a woodcut by Frasconi, printed in black ink. Scarce item published by the artist.. Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Antonio Frasconi. 24mo.
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CA$172.88
Farmer's Boy
by Bloomfield, Robert
New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1870 AEG. 74 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in black & gilt, corners and spine ends worn, else clean and bright. A long, four-part pastoral poem which makes observations about rural life throughout the seasons. Illustrated with engravings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir and G E Hicks. Publisher was at this address from 1869-76. . Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir & G E Hicks. 12mo.
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CA$89.90
Watt's Songs Against Faults (Divine and Moral Songs)
by Watts, Isaac, Dr
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1870 5.75in x 3.75in (15cm x 10cm) approx. Yellow paper wraps printed in red & black, top of spine split, finger soil and light foxing throughout. A selection of verses from Watt's Divine and Moral Songs illustrated with four engravings in color. Date, 1870, per AAS. . Pictorial Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Color Engravings. 24mo.
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CA$89.90
Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children
by Hudson, Wade (Selected By)
New York: Scholastic Inc, 1993 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light wear, damp stain visible on verso, original price intact ($14.95). An illustrated collection of poetry including Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovani, Eloise Greenfield, Lucille Clifton, etc... Beautiful color artwork by Floyd Cooper. Scholastic teacher's guide included.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. 4to.
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CA$62.24
Tempest, The
by Woodroffe, Paul (Illus); Shakespeare, William (Auth)
London: Chapman & Hall, 1908 130 pgs. Green cloth, pictorially gilt-stamped cover and spine, mild oxidation to gilt, bookplate to endpaper, occasional foxing and binding mildly shaken. 17 beautiful tipped-in color plates, guarded by captioned tissue. Including 3 double page plates. Decorative endpapers.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Woodroffe. 4to.
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CA$345.75
Her Letter, His Answer & Her Last Letter
by Harte, Bret
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905 TEG. 100 pgs.. Pictorial boards with illuminated pastedown, a few spots to spine and minor bowing to boards, other wise it appears untouched, plain glassene wrapper with a few nicks and spots, original box is worn, unevenly darkened with small losses and splits. Three romantic letters in verse. This is quite a production with 9 color plates with lettered tissue guards and a color title page, 30 plates in yellow and black and 6 b&w plates. Every other page is adorned...
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CA$380.32
Basket of Mischief
by Shape Book
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 Unpaginated. Stiff paper covers shaped like a basket, printed in color depicting a basket full of children, small chip from top of cover else, Fine. Opens from top to bottom, 4 full page color chromolithographs and one double page color chromo, all very lovely bright and clean. Also sepia printed illustrations and verse. Illustrations are signed E.A.C. . Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs.
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CA$242.02
Painted Houses (aka Malowane Domy)
by Borudzka, Wanda (Translated By Margaret Sperry)
Copenhagen: Golden Mill Press, 1961 79 pgs. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light edge wear and cover soil, previoius owner's name, pages slightly age-toned. Poems about the handicrafts of Poland illustrated with examples and scenes done in a folk-peasant style, plus photos of lace and fabrics. Just lovely. . First English Language Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Zofia Czasenicka and Henryk Gaczynski. Oblong 4to.
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CA$172.88
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose
by Mother Goose
New York: HarperCollins, 2005 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, dust jacket with light edge wear, slightly sunned spine. Adorable color artwork to accompany familiar Mother Goose Rhymes. . First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Square 4to.
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CA$34.58
Book of Old Ballads
by Nichols, Beverly (Selected by); Illustrated By H M Brock
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1934 (1934). Light brown cloth boards pictorially stamped in gilt, one corner bumped, book plate on flyleaf. A selection of old ballads illustrated by Brock with 16 beautiful color plates. . First Edition. Near Fine. Illus. by H M Brock. 4to.
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CA$242.02
Bronwen, the Traw, and the Shape-Shifter
by Watson, Richard Jesse (Illus): Dickey, James (Auth)
San Diego: Bruccoli Clark Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1986). Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. A fantastical poem in four parts with stunningly detailed artwork by Watson.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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CA$34.58
