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Fairy Tales: Or, Interesting Tales, by the Author of Peter Parley

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NY: Cornish, Lamport, & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards worn, owner signature on . front free endpaper, minor foxing and soiling.. N.D.. Hardcover. Circa 1840. Brown blindstamped cloth with "Parley's Select Library" blindstamped on front and rear boards. Gilt title and design of children on spine. Color frontispiece plate with cupids, birds, and floral design with titles "Parley's Library, Fairy Tales by Peter Parley, New York, Nafis & Cornish, lithographed by Benjamin Hecht, of New York. [2], 192 pp. Measures 6 x 4.25 inches. A collection of eleven short stories which have elements of the supernatural and don't seem to have been written for a juvenile audience. They include: The Storm Lights of Anzaska, Monos and Daimones, The Iron Shroud, The Rock of the Candle, The Sisters, Der Frieschutz, The Comet, A Night in a Church, The Dummburg, The Legend of Bethel Rock, and The Oratory. WorldCat shows several variations of this title, many of which attribute authorship of this story collection to popular American children's book author and publisher Samuel G. Goodrich. He did indeed pen many children's books under his pseudonym Peter Parley, but this is probably not one of them and is likely one which Cornish, Lamport & Co/Nafis & Cornish put together to capitalize on Peter Parley's popularity. The second story, for instance, Monos and Daimones, shares both title and summary with Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 ghost story, while the third, The Iron Shroud, is likely the same horror story set in the Castle of the Prince of Tolfi as was written by William Mudford in 1830. Adding another layer of confusion is the fact that this same collection of tales appears to have been packaged as volume I of a two-volume "Tales of Terror", published in Boston by E. Littlefield in 1840, as part of the publisher's "Economical Library". Description of OCLC number 198374154 theorize that Samuel G. Goodrich may have been the editor of this short story anthology, despite specifically denying connection with this title in his 1857 Recollections of a Lifetime. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .
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  • Book Condition Used - Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked, boards worn, owner signature on front free endpaper, minor foxing and soiling.
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  • Publisher Cornish, Lamport, & Co.
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published N.D.
  • Keywords HORROR, FANTASY

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The Sea Dog

by Dennis, Morgan

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Long gift inscription on half-title, boards soiled, jacket tattered and waterstained at spine, w
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NY: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Long gift inscription on half-title, boards soiled, jacket tattered and waterstained at spine, with minor loss at head of spine.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978-0670626090 . Written and illustrated by Morgan DennisGreen illustrated cloth. Vintage children's book about a family that builds a houseboat to live on in Key West, Florida with their Irish water spaniel named Splash. Evocative black and white illustrations throughout. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 42 pages .
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Petit Buffon Illustre

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Paris: Hachette. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards lightly soiled and . worn, hole at tail of spine, spine cracked.. 1928. Hardcover. Yellow cloth spine, color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in French. 31 color plates plus cover illustration by R. De la Neziere, a widely published French illustrator. Unpaginated. Engaging stories of animals and birds, mostly from the farmyard, but some exotics like lions, polar bears, and crocodiles. Thirty-one one page stories each face a full-color plate. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Truant Peter

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NY: McLoughlin Brothers. Very Good; Some light foxing to center leaves.. N.D.. Softcover. Circa 1860s. Pink sewn stiff wrappers printed in red and black. Measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches. [8]pp. Vibrant color printed engravings by Cogger on each page of text. Wrappers and illustrations are remarkably bright and fresh. A title in the Peter Prim's series. Contains two cautionary tales in verse for young children. The first, Truant Peter, tells of a book who skips school to go fishing, only to be pulled into the ocean by a big fish, where he is subsequently rescued by fishermen. The second story relates the story of Idle Frank, an odious boy who pulls his sister's hair, ties a stick to his dog's tail, and grows up to be a homeless beggar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Who's Got Game?  The Ant or the Grasshopper?
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Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?

by Morrison, Toni; Morrison, Slade

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NY: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front free endpaper wrinkled, jacket . lightly worn and has one inch tear at head of spine.. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743222474 . Signed by the late Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, and her late son, Slade Morrison, on the front free endpaper. A frisky graphic novel version of Aesop’s classic fable. Photos of the Morrisons and Lemaitre on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Thumbtown Toad

The Thumbtown Toad

by Mendoza, George

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned.. 1971. Hardcover. 0139206035 . Red library reinforced cloth binding, but not an ex-library copy. Very Seventies nonsense verse by the artist-author about the Thumbtown Toad, a wicked woman who grows poison ivy and laughed so hard she burst into fire. Trippy two-color illustrations by Beisner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Sea Dog

by Dennis, Morgan

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NY: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Long gift inscription on half-title, boards soiled, jacket tattered and waterstained at spine, with minor loss at head of spine.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 978-0670626090 . Written and illustrated by Morgan DennisGreen illustrated cloth. Vintage children's book about a family that builds a houseboat to live on in Key West, Florida with their Irish water spaniel named Splash. Evocative black and white illustrations throughout. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 42 pages .
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Petit Buffon Illustre

Petit Buffon Illustre

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Paris: Hachette. Very Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards lightly soiled and . worn, hole at tail of spine, spine cracked.. 1928. Hardcover. Yellow cloth spine, color illustrated paper-covered boards. Text in French. 31 color plates plus cover illustration by R. De la Neziere, a widely published French illustrator. Unpaginated. Engaging stories of animals and birds, mostly from the farmyard, but some exotics like lions, polar bears, and crocodiles. Thirty-one one page stories each face a full-color plate. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Truant Peter

Truant Peter

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NY: McLoughlin Brothers. Very Good; Some light foxing to center leaves.. N.D.. Softcover. Circa 1860s. Pink sewn stiff wrappers printed in red and black. Measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches. [8]pp. Vibrant color printed engravings by Cogger on each page of text. Wrappers and illustrations are remarkably bright and fresh. A title in the Peter Prim's series. Contains two cautionary tales in verse for young children. The first, Truant Peter, tells of a book who skips school to go fishing, only to be pulled into the ocean by a big fish, where he is subsequently rescued by fishermen. The second story relates the story of Idle Frank, an odious boy who pulls his sister's hair, ties a stick to his dog's tail, and grows up to be a homeless beggar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Who's Got Game?  The Ant or the Grasshopper?
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Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?

by Morrison, Toni; Morrison, Slade

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NY: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front free endpaper wrinkled, jacket . lightly worn and has one inch tear at head of spine.. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743222474 . Signed by the late Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, and her late son, Slade Morrison, on the front free endpaper. A frisky graphic novel version of Aesop’s classic fable. Photos of the Morrisons and Lemaitre on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Thumbtown Toad

The Thumbtown Toad

by Mendoza, George

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned.. 1971. Hardcover. 0139206035 . Red library reinforced cloth binding, but not an ex-library copy. Very Seventies nonsense verse by the artist-author about the Thumbtown Toad, a wicked woman who grows poison ivy and laughed so hard she burst into fire. Trippy two-color illustrations by Beisner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Fairy Tales: or, Interesting Tales.

by [GOODRICH, Samuel Griswold]

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St. Louis:: Nafis, Cornish & Co.,, no date [19th c.]. publisher's embossed red cloth; gilt spine and vignette on front cover; a.e.g. . Lacking the front free endpaper; blank flyleaf following defective; light soiling to cloth; tight and sound.. 16mo,. Added lithographic title page elaborately printed in gold and colors. . By the Author of Peter Parley. Peter Parley's Select Library.
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Bob Son of Battle
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Bob Son of Battle

by Alfred Oliphant

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The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force.
Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus
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Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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Bedtime Stories

by Tenggren, Gustaf: Illustrated by

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1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince
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El Principe Picenin – The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built: The Old Woman and Her Pig

by Rodney Peppe

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Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann
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Adventures of Raggedy Ann

by Gruelle, Johnny

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1988 - includes 7" high raggedy Ann and Andy dolls - Raggedy certainly doesn't act her age (she's well over half a century) as she is tied to the trail of a kite, or her yarn hair is being used to line a robin's nest,..." Book: very good dj: very good - 2 small tears repaired with some fading on the spine - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Foreign Agent
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Foreign Agent

by Thor, Brad

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9781501147494
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New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with… Read More
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Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons
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Little Brighthope's Stories : Months and Seasons

by Anonymous

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Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Coates. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 8pp. No date circa 1860s. Yellow pictorial wraps, stitched spine. LIght cover soil, contents mostly clean. A 2 line verse describes the hand-colored illustration for each month of the year. A well-preserved little book.
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Maya's Children: The Story of LA Llorana
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Maya's Children: The Story of LA Llorana

by Anaya, Rudolfo

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Hyperion, 1997 Hard Cover. New/No DJ Issued. Illus. by Baca, Maria. 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 Inches. Library Binding.
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