Friday, April 12, 2013

Spring 2013 Sale - Children's Display Case

The right side display case in the lobby of the Library is now full of special finds of children's books which will be for sale at the book sale starting April 18.
Warning: we reserve the right to correct any mistakes we have made in the prices or descriptions being published here. We may remove a book if we detect a mistake and we may add books without updating the list.
 
 
Glenda of Oz         $5 each  
The Magic of Oz
Ozma of Oz      
L. Frank Baum    Rand McNally
A collection of large size textural paperback reprints, sold individually

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz    $10
L. Frank Baum, black and white i
llus. by John R. Neill  
White cover edition, Reilly and Lee, 1960’s printing
Color pictorial front, no jacket
 
The Scarecrow of Oz    $10
 
L. Frank Baum, black and white illus by John R. Neill  
White cover edition, Reilly and Lee, 1960’s printing
Color pictorial front, no jacket

The Emerald City of Oz    $8
 
L. Frank Baum, illus by John R. Neill   
White cover edition, Reilly and Lee, 1960’s printing
Spine has darkened, name and inscription
   
The Patchwork Girl of Oz    $8 
 
L. Frank Baum, illus by John R. Neill   
White cover edition, Reilly and Lee, 1960’s printing
Spine has darkened, name pasted in

Kees and Kleintje    $10
Marian King,
Illus by Elizabeth Enright    
Albert Whitman 1934
No jacket, illus in vivid primary colors, bright paste down on front

Walt Disney’s Johnny Appleseed    $10
Adapted by Ted Parmalee from movie “Melody Time”    
Simon and Schuster,1st edition “A”, Little Golden Book

The Lego Book (by
Lipkowitz) and      $20
Standing Small (by Martel)     
2 books in slipcase
DK Publishing, 2009
Books like new, some wrinkles on edges of slipcase
 
Robot    $10
Jan Pienkowski    
Dell 1981 1st edition pop-up
One pop-up neatly mended

The Gingerbread Boy    $10
Child Guidance    
1st edition Action Book
No jacket, all 5 moveables work

1 is One    $5
Tasha Tudor    
Rand McNally, 1956
Soft cover, name inside cover

A is for Annabelle    $10
Tasha Tudor    
Rand McNally, 1954
Soft cover
 
The Gateway to Storyland    $10
Watty Piper, Pictures by Eulalie 
Platt and Munk, 1925
25th edition includes story Little Black Sambo, cover in Fair condition
 
What is So Important About Joy    $10 
Grosset and Dunlap, 1975
Shiny picture cover

Dr. Seuss from Then to Now    $5
San Diego Museum of Art, 
Random House, 1986
Jacket Good minus, a catalogue of the retrospective exhibition

Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature    $15
Editor Martignoni    
Grosset and Dunlap, 1955
Fair jacket, some tears

Best Word Book Ever    $20
Richard Scarry    
Golden Press, 9th printing, 1969
Shiny pictoral cover, not abridged

A Day at the County Fair            $5 each
Merryvale Girls at the Seaside
Merryvale Girls in the Country
Mary Entertains the Sewing Club
Alice Burnett    
Donahue, 1916 and 1919
Four books with jackets, sold individually

Once A Mouse                $20
Marcia Brown    
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1961
Caldecott Medal 1962, no jacket, beautiful endpapers, wood cuts

The Doubtful Guest    $10
Edward Gorey    
Weed Books, 1957
With jacket

More and More Ant and Bee    $10
Angela Banner    
Kay and Ward Ltd
Book 5, very good decorative orange boards

Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office    $15
Hugh Lofting   
 Frederick Stokes, 1940, 13th printing
Good jacket, picture front, bright end papers

William the Conquerer    $10
Thomas B. Costain    
Landmark Book, Random House, 1959, 1st printing
Very good jacket
 
Emile    $20
Tomi Ungerer    
Harper and Brothers, 1960 reprint
Jacket good minus

The Iliad and the Odyssey    $10
 Adapted by J.W. Watson, illus by A and M Provensen 
 Golden Press, 1964 Edition
Grimm’s Fairy Tales    $10
Edited by F.J. Olcott, illus by Rie Cramer    
Hampton, 1922
6 color plates plus paste down intact

Pony School    $10
Paul Brown    
Charles Scribners’ Sons, 1950
With jacket, pencil drawings from author, lovely end papers
   
The New Mother Goose    $10
Ben Aronin, illus Fridolf Johnson
Hamilton Ross, 1943-44
With jacket
 
Wicked, the Musical    $15
Moerbeek and Attenberg    
Melcher Media, 2009 pop-up
All pop-ups work

Mrs. Goose and Three Ducks    $10
Miriam Potter   
J.B. Lippincott, 1936, 9th impression
No jacket, school book

Adventures of the Runaway Rocking Chair    $10
Howard R. Garis    
Grosset and Dunlap, 1926, Early edition
In “Happy Home” series, fair jacket, bookplate with name

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