Thursday, September 22, 2016

Fall Sale Highlights: Special Children's Books Now on Display

Delightful children's books are now on display!
Special selections from the children's books available for the Fall 2016 Book Sale are now on display

They will go on sale starting at 3 pm on Thursday, September 29. Below is a list of titles and prices for a selection of lovely children's books. Not all are on display -- please ask at the sale to see them. The information here may be revised or updated, and items in the case are subject to change.

at George Mason Library in the glass case on the right side of the lobby as you enter.

 

First Editions

Selection in the 2016 Fall Sale display case.

A Treasury of Illustrated Children’s Books ― $15
Leonard de Vries   
Abbeville Press, 1989
1st edition

Dinosaurs ― $10
Sabuda and Reinhart   
Candlewick Press, 2005
Pop-up, 1st edition

The Magic Butterfly ― $10

George Obligado
Golden Press, 1963
1st edition

MOI ― $10
Marie Chardin, Bess Bethell Illus.   
Mae Carden, 1936
1st edition, in French

There is a Dragon in my Bed ― $15
Sesyle Joslin   
Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1961   
1st edition

Beloved Classics


Endpapers, The Patchwork Girl of Oz.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz ― $50L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill illus.   
Reilly & Britton, 1913
Beautiful endpapers

The Magic of Oz ― $8
L. Frank Baum, John R. Neill illus.   
Reilly & Lee, Later printing of 1919 edition

Robin Hood ― $10
Louis Rhead, Author and illustrator
Harper & Brothers, 1912

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court ― $10

Mark Twain
Harper & Bros, 1917

McElligot’s Pool ― $20

Dr. Seuss   
Random House, 1947
Unpaginated

Pop Up and Novelty Books

Pop-up spread from Leonardo Da Vinci.

Leonardo Da Vinci ― $10  Provensen
Viking, 1984
Pop-up

A Walk in Monet’s Garden ― $10
Francesca Crespi   
Bulfinch Press, 1965
Pop-up diorama

Merry Christmas ― $4
Music Box Diorama in the shape of a book

Bible Stories from the Old Testament ― $10
Christos Kondeatis
Simon & Schuster, 1993
Pop-up

Sailing Ships ― $10
Van der Meer & McGowan
Viking, 1984
Pop-up

The Pop-up Action Circus Book ― $10
Tim & Greg Hildebrandt   
Questor Ed., undated

Winter in White ― $10
Robert Sabuda
Little Simon, 2007
Mini pop-up, 1st edition


Vintage Treasures

Uncle Wiggily's Travels.
Book Trails for Baby Feet, vol. 1 ― $10
Child Development
Child Development Inc., 1946

Uncle Wiggily’s Travels ― $10
Howard R. Garis   
Platt & Munk, 1939

The Funny Bunny Factory ― $10
Adam Green
Grosset & Dunlap, 1950

Champions of the Industry; Achievements in the Future ― $10
Mauguil   
Chaulde Laurent, 1969



   

Wonderful Illustrations


Old French Fairy Tales ― $15
Comtesse De Segur   
Hampton Pub., 1920
Note: Missing 1 illustration

d’Aulaires’ Trolls ― $10
by ingri & edgar d'aulaire
Doubleday, 1972

From Mother Goose to Dr. Seuss: Book Covers 1860-1960 ― $8

Harold Darling
Chronicle Books, 1999

Stories from Around the World


The Adventures of Remi ― $10
Hector Malot, Mead Schaeffer (Illus.), Philip Schuyler Allen (Trans.)
Rand McNally, 1927

Folk Tales from the Soviet Union: The Caucasus ― $8
Raduga Publishers, 1987

Folk Tales from the Soviet Union, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldavia ― $8
Raduga Publishers, 1986

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