Saturday, April 18, 2015

Notable Children’s Books at the Spring 2015 Book Sale

The unusual or collectible children's books available or the Spring 2015 book sale are now on display at George Mason Library in the display case on the right side of the lobby as you enter. They will go on sale at 3 pm on Thursday, April 23. 

Below is a list of titles and prices. We reserve the right to correct any mistakes in the prices or descriptions published here. Books may be removed or added without updating the list.

All will become available when the sale opens on April 23 at 3 pm. 




Early Learning Picture Puzzles
Early Learning Picture Puzzles     $15
Published by Spicebox
Boxed set of puzzles featuring ABCs, opposites, numbers

The Ted and Nina Storybook      $10
Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday, 1965

The Glass Harmonica      $10
Barbara Byfield, MacMillan, 1967
1st printing

Struwwelpeter   $5
Dr Heinrich Hoffman, Routledge & Kegan Paul
No date

The Private World of Tasha Tudor            $10
Tudor and Richard Brown, Little, Brown; 1992
1st edition

Beauty and the Beast     $25
Disney DVD, 2002
2 Discs Platinum Edition

A Little Princess $10
Frances H. Burnett, Lippincott, 1963
Illus by Tasha Tudor

Best-Loved Dog Stories
Best-Loved Dog Stories  $10
Albert Terhune, Grosset & Dunlap, 1937

Mother Goose in Prose  $8
L. Frank Baum, Bounty Books
Illus by Maxfield Parish

Mega Beasts      $15
Sabuda & Reinhart, Candlewick Press, 2007
1st edition pop-up book

Gods and Heroes             $10
Sabuda & Reinhart, Candlewick Press
1st edition

In Fairyland        $10
Richard Doyle, Viking Press, 1979

Here We Are Three Years Old      $5
The Dionne “Quins,” Whitman, 1937

History Decoded              $10
Brad Meltzer, Workman
1st Printing

Tarzan classics by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes/Return of Tarzan   $15
Edgar Rice Burroughs, BMOC, 1995
2 novels in 1 volume

Tarzan of the Apes $5
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Avenel 1988

Four volumes in one

Katie County Mouse Goes to London      $10
Fleetway, 1962

Cautionary Tales for Children      $10
Hilaire Belloc, Harcourt, 2002
Illus by Edward Gorey     
1st Edition

Butt’ry Shelf Almanac    $10
Mary Mason Campbell, Crowell, 1970
Illus by Tasha Tudor

Three adventures of Edith, the Lonely Doll.
The Lonely Doll $10
Dare Wright, Doubleday, 1950

Edith and Big Bad Bill      $10
Dare Wright, Random House, 1968

Edith and Mr. Bear          $10
Dare Wright, Random House, 1964






Giorgio’s Village                              $10
Tomie de Paola  Putnam, 1982
Pop-up book

The Night Before Christmas         $10
Clement Moore Metropolitan Museum, 1998
Illus by Arthur Rackham

Mommy? by M. Sendak
Mommy?            $15
Sendak and Reinhart, Scholastic, 2006
1st edition pop-up book

Mommy? First edition in beautiful condition.




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