Tuffy by Doyle, Robert J - 1942

NY and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookseller's ticket on front . pastedown endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf, front hinge cracked, a . few pages smudged, shaken.. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding with color illustration of young boy in nightshirt with lit candle on front and rear boards. Decorative endpapers. 44 full-page illustrations in red and black. An antique children's picture book about a group of five Kewts: bald little people (not quite as cute as Palmer Cox's Brownies, but similar) who take a tour, written in verse, of the 48 United States with their tour guide Sammy, a short, bald version of Uncle Sam. There's Kewt Pat (Irish) , Kewt Sandy (Scottish) , Kewt Ah San (Chinese) , Kewt Hans (Dutch) and Kewt Sambo (a fez-wearing African). Sambo suffers the most from stereotypical writing and illustrations and Native Americans of Oklahoma are also slammed. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pages .

Philadelphia: David McKay. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped, tattered, toned, and . has several tears and chips, pages toned.. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers and many other illustrations in color and in black and white by Helen Sewell. Front free endpaper inscribed by the author in both her English name and Chinese name, Mui Lang, and adorned with her chop mark. A story of two Chinese siblings separated from their family and houseboat after a bombing during the Sino-Japanese War and their arduous journey to be reunited with their parents, who are now working with the Generalissimo, believed to refer to Chiang Kai-Shek. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages .

Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, . spine cracked, boards lightly worn, some light finger soiling.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fantastic color and black and white plates by M. T. (Penny) Ross. Red cloth with color illustrated label on front boards. 73pp + [4]pp of publishers ads. Delightful childrens book about a little sick girl named Loraine and the various fairies that come to entertain her, including a water fairy queen, Crest o the Wave, Rain People, flower fairies, Little People of Dreams, Wind People, leaf fairies, Fire People, Mr. Jack Frost, Sun children, and many more. Gordon is best known for her Mother Earths Children and Flower Children titles. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Kingswood, United Kingdom: World's Work Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket soiled and . rubbed.. 1965. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 0437359026 . Charming children's story written and illustrated by the Dutch author about a wood-gnome who foils attempts by three robbers sent by Eucalypta, the witch, to evict him from his gnome-tree home. Color and black and white illustrations. Color illustrated boards. Translated from the original Dutch Paulus en de drie rovers by Marian Powell. Uncommon. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 63 pages .

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards worn,1940 gift inscription on . front flyleaf, jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1939. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Measures 5x4 inches. Color illustrated boards. The journalist relates a beloved Christmas when she was seven years old, living in a Methodist parsonage in Hamburg, New York, and all the holiday preparations, homemade presents, decorating, feasting, and coziness. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

NY and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookseller's ticket on front . pastedown endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf, front hinge cracked, a . few pages smudged, shaken.. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding with color illustration of young boy in nightshirt with lit candle on front and rear boards. Decorative endpapers. 44 full-page illustrations in red and black. An antique children's picture book about a group of five Kewts: bald little people (not quite as cute as Palmer Cox's Brownies, but similar) who take a tour, written in verse, of the 48 United States with their tour guide Sammy, a short, bald version of Uncle Sam. There's Kewt Pat (Irish) , Kewt Sandy (Scottish) , Kewt Ah San (Chinese) , Kewt Hans (Dutch) and Kewt Sambo (a fez-wearing African). Sambo suffers the most from stereotypical writing and illustrations and Native Americans of Oklahoma are also slammed. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 94 pages .

Philadelphia: David McKay. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped, tattered, toned, and . has several tears and chips, pages toned.. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers and many other illustrations in color and in black and white by Helen Sewell. Front free endpaper inscribed by the author in both her English name and Chinese name, Mui Lang, and adorned with her chop mark. A story of two Chinese siblings separated from their family and houseboat after a bombing during the Sino-Japanese War and their arduous journey to be reunited with their parents, who are now working with the Generalissimo, believed to refer to Chiang Kai-Shek. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages .

Chicago: Rand McNally. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gift inscription on front free endpaper, . spine cracked, boards lightly worn, some light finger soiling.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fantastic color and black and white plates by M. T. (Penny) Ross. Red cloth with color illustrated label on front boards. 73pp + [4]pp of publishers ads. Delightful childrens book about a little sick girl named Loraine and the various fairies that come to entertain her, including a water fairy queen, Crest o the Wave, Rain People, flower fairies, Little People of Dreams, Wind People, leaf fairies, Fire People, Mr. Jack Frost, Sun children, and many more. Gordon is best known for her Mother Earths Children and Flower Children titles. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Kingswood, United Kingdom: World's Work Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket soiled and . rubbed.. 1965. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 0437359026 . Charming children's story written and illustrated by the Dutch author about a wood-gnome who foils attempts by three robbers sent by Eucalypta, the witch, to evict him from his gnome-tree home. Color and black and white illustrations. Color illustrated boards. Translated from the original Dutch Paulus en de drie rovers by Marian Powell. Uncommon. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 63 pages .

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards worn,1940 gift inscription on . front flyleaf, jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1939. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Measures 5x4 inches. Color illustrated boards. The journalist relates a beloved Christmas when she was seven years old, living in a Methodist parsonage in Hamburg, New York, and all the holiday preparations, homemade presents, decorating, feasting, and coziness. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .