Search Results: Childrens Books 1600 - 1850 from Arroyo Seco Books

New York: Mahlon Day, 1832. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Fair/Slipcase. 18 Pp. Yellow Printed Covers, Illustrated Front Cover With "No. 7" At Top, Chapbook 4 1/8" X 2 5/8", Yellow Wrappers. Frontispiece On Inside Of Front Cover; Illustrated Title Page Dated 1832; Preface; "The Babes In The Wood (4) - 18 Pp With 9 Wood Block Illustrations, Page 18 Being The Inside Of The Rear Cover; Rear Cover With Catalog Of 12 Mahlon Day Two Cent Publications And Ad For "The Mother And Her Children" And "The Alphabet, Or Child's First Instructor". First Published In 1825, This 1832 Edition With Additional Text "Lines Addressed...", 32 Pp; First Published In This Format 1827 Of Which One Copy At Yale. Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holdings Of This 1832 Edition. Tears On Front Cover Repaired With Very Old Thread, 1/2" Chipped Away Across Entire Front Cover, 3/4" Corner Chip On Rear Cover. In A Well Made Book-Like Slipcase, Red Cloth Spine Over Paper… Read More

Bristol / London 1839 1840 1841: J. Wright's Steam Press / Wright and Albright / Wiliam Tyler, 1841. Early Editions . Quarter Morocco. Good. 4" Tall. Plate. Group Of 14 Stories And Articles From The "Cheap Repository", Most Published By Wright Or By Wright And Albright, A Few By Other Publishers And Some Without Title Pages. Many Or Most Titles Appear To Be First Printings Of The Texts, All Scarce With No Copies In Worldcat For Many Titles And Only 1 To 3 Copies Of The Others Noted In Institutional Holdings. Binding Worn, Some Title Pages Lacking, Texts Complete, Binding Worn And Frayed But Intact.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. Early Edition . Original Embossed Cloth, Gilt. Fair. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/2. Illustrations Throughout. 120,128, 124,124 Pp. Publisher's Embossed Cloth, Ornate Gilt And Blind Stamped Cover. Very Worn, Spine Cloth Lacking, Sections Loose With A Few Disbound, But Complete, Original Yellow Endpapers. Gift Inscription To "Horatio Seymour From His Uncle Lincklaen October 10, 1853"; Lincklaen Was A Brother-In-Law Of American Politician Horatio Seymour, Later Governor Of Ny State And Candidate For U S President Against U S Grant [ And Who Would Have Made An Incomparably Better President]. Erased, Possibly Recoverable Large Pencil Inscription On Front Free Endpaper, Of Similar Age, With Later But Quite Old Pencil Note "Gov Seymour's Book". We Have Handled Seymour's Copy Of Smith's Wealth Of Nations", Which He Signed Twice In Each Volume, And, Oddly, The Inscription "Horatio Seymour Etc." In This Book May Well… Read More

London: G. Robinson, 1784. First English Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Xxiv, (Iv), 98, (66). In French, Published In 1784 For Robinson In London, Of This Collection Of Fables For Children, With French-English Dictionary At End, And Scarce Thus; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holdings That I Can Identify. This Copy Quite Worn, Frayed, Spine Perished, Front Board Loose, Front And Rear Free Endpapers Missing, And Probably Lacking The Last Page Of The "Alphabetical Index Of Words At End" As It Ends In "Yeux" And The Last Page Has Been Cut Away. Ownership Name Of "Lawrence Johnston" Dated 1790, And Another Ownership Signature Of Robert Freeman Of Comparable Age.

Hartford Cn: Hudson & Goodwin, 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 173 Pp. Calf Spine, Gilt, Over Boards. First Edition. Worn, Frayed, Binding Intact. Small Name Label Handwritten On Front Pastedown, Another Name In Pencil On Rear Pastedown.

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1846. First Edition . Decorated Boards. Fair. 6 9/16" x 5 3/8. Color Frontispiece, 3 Color Plates, Litho By Dacre and Printed By P S Duval of Philadelphia. 31 Pp. Probable First Ediiton, Strong Type, Illustrations Bright And Well Executed. A Well-Produced Toy-Book In Paper-Covered Boards, Front And Back Covers Identical With Title And Publisher With Their No. 146 Chestnut Street Address, Spine Lacking. Boards Loose, Held Only By Cords, Covers Worn With Loss Of Paper Just At Edges Of Corners. No Names Or Marks, Contents Clean Except For A Few Small Light Foxing Marks. Scarce, Only Four Copies Showing In Institutional Holdings Indexed By Worldcat.

Philadelphia / New York (1839): George S. Appleton / D. Appleton, 1850. First American Edition . Green Cloth. Good. Hand Colored Plates By Herrick and Others. 318 Pp. + Long George Appleton Catalog Of Children's Books At End. Front Blank Lacking, Rear Blank Missing Upper Foredge Corner, Otherwise Complete. Green Cloth, Same Elaborately Blindstamped Design On Front And Rear Covers, With Angels In Gilt On Front Cover, Elaborate Gilt Floral And Abstract Design On Spine. Ownership Signature Of Edward W. Izard On Front Pastedown And Again On Recto Of Frontispiece, Dated 1869. Cloth Fading And Frayed Away At Tips And At Top And Bottom Of Spine, But Underlying Boards Still Present.

Madrid: Don Ignacio Boix 1842, 1841, 1842, 1841. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece, Folding Map. Frontispiece, 114 Pp, 2Pp Table Of Contents; 306 Pp =5 Pp Contents; 71 Pp + 1 Pp Table Of Contents; Folding Map Of Spain, Portugal, And Balearic And Canary Islandsfull Leather, Black Morocco Spine Label, Marbled Endpapers. Quite Worn But Binding Intact And Solid, Rear Free Endpaper Lacking. Three Volumes In One; Volume I Dated 1842, Volume Ii Dated 1841, Volume Iii Dated 1842. Bookplate Of Editor Angel Caffavena Of Malaga, With Sun Ocean, "Malaga" And "Caffavena".

New Haven: S [Sidney] Babcock, 1841. First Edition 1st Printing. Original Pink Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 6 " Tall. Woodcuts. 24 Pp. 6" Tall. Complete In Original Light Pink Printed Wrappers. 1841 Date On Cover And Title Page; This Title In List Of Books At One Cent To Six Cents On Back Cover; There Was Also An 1840 Edition Of This Book. This Printing With 11 Illustrations Of Children's Activities On Front Wrapper, Including Small Illustration Of Three Boys Playing Baseball, Two Girls Playing Badminton, Two Boys Flying Kites, Children With Hoops, Etc. Minute Losses At Edges, Long Tear On Front Cover Neatly Repaired Using Extremely Thin Thread. Original Owner's Inscription On Title Page. This First Edition Is Quite Scarce.

Philadelphia / New York: George S. Appleton / D. Appleton & Co, 1850. First Edition . Ribbed Cloth, Gilt. Good. 5 3/4 " Tall. Frontispiece and One Plate. 64 pp + 16 pp Geoprge S Appleton illustrated catalogue at rear. Worn, frayed at tips and part of bottom of spine, cover gilt strong but not brilliant.. Yelow endpapers, inscription dated 1851 on front free endpaper, ownership info on facing page [noting it was a gift from the original recipient] Vertical cut on first three pages including frontispiece, shorter vetical cut on frontispiece, neither intrudes on the frontispiece illustration.; bindingbroken between frontispiece and title but binding intact, held by cords; last two blank endpoapers mostly torn away.

Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1849. First Edition . Red Cloth. Good. 6 " Tall. Color Frontispiece; Two Engraved Pictures. 60 pp + 2 pp catalog at end. worn and frayed at corners; front spine edge very worn and frayed at top, bottom, and front edges , lower spine cloth partly loosened at fdront edge..Cover gilt strong with slight loss of color. Foxing on all pages but hand colored frontispiece illustration is clean and bright.

Pittsburgh / Louvain: Luke Loomis, 1828. Early Edition . Marbled Paper Wrappers. Good. 7 Woodcuts + Page of 7 Woodcuts at End. 1828, Published By Luke Loomis, One Of A Very Large Number Of Printings From Various Early Nineteenth Century Printers; Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holding Of This 1828 Printing, But Does Show 10 Holdings Of A Similar But Longer Title, Undated, From This Printer/Publisher. Bound In Marbled Paper Over Flexible Card, Nineteenth Century; Book Begins With Title Page And Tiny Stub Of Preceding Page Or Cover. Text With 7 Woodcuts: One On Page Facing Title Page, With Text Beginning "See The Good And Dutiful Dog"; Five Alphabet Woodcut Pages, William Rogers Burning At The Stake; Seven Small Woodcuts On Last Page. A Well-Used Example, Worn, Browned, Foxed, Traces Of Water Staining. Nineteenth Century Ownership Signature Of "John D. Tyson, Baltimore, Md., '47".

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Facsimile: 1 Preliminary Leaf, 15 Leaves Illustrations 11 X 9 Cm. The Author's Original Manuscript Of Text With Finely Drawn Illustrations, Printed On One Side Of Leaf Only, Bound In Marbled Papers. Dedication To J-B., Esq., M.P. [I.E. John Bastard] Signed: S.C.M. Facsimile Of The Original Manuscript, Reproduced By Collotype At The University Press, Oxford, And Published In An Edition Of One Thousand Copies. In Cloth Folding Chemise, In Slipcase (With Portrait And Sketch Of Author On Cover). Fine.

Circa 1810: W. Wells, and T. B. Wait and Co., Boston; Eastburn, Kirk and Co. New York; M. Carey, Moses Thomas, and Edward Parker, Philadelphia, 1810. First American Edition . Leather.. Fair. 5 3/4 " Tall. Wood-Cut Plates. 374 Pp. Volume 2 Only. 5 3/4" Mx 3 1/2". Probable First American Edition, Published By A Syndicate Of Early American Publishers. Spine Ruled Into Compartments, Morocco Label With Title, Gilt "2" In A Lower Compartment. Handwritten Notation Lancaster School, Louisville, On Front Blank, No Other Marks Or Writing. Binding Worn, Front And Rear Boards Detached But Present.

Boston: Lilly, Wait & Co 1834 - 1835, 1834. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Engravings Throughout. 3-112 Pp., + Pp 5-212 + Pp 5-100, Calf Over Boards With Calf Tips, Spine Gilt With Volume Number 2. Covers Detached, Pages Clean With Slight Foxing On Pages, Half Of P. 45-46 Of First Part Has Been Torn Away.

London [about 1842]: T. Allman, 1842. Early English Edition . Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 5" Tall. Frontispiece And Illustrated Title Page. 184 pp. Original blue boards, stamped with gilt lettering and ornate design on spine, stamped in blind on covers, yellow endpapers. No names or marks, light rubbing at corners, gilt with light rubbing but all there, contents clean, some foxing to edges of page block.

Praha / Prague: Statni Nakladatestvi, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 677 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Maroon, Bound In Book Mark. One Of 25,000 Copies. First Edition Thus. Very Good, Pages Clean./ Light Foxing To Covers.,

New York City: Mark H. Newman & Co, 1843. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Good. Stereotype Illustrations Throughout. 120 Pp. Calf Spine Over Green Boards. Early Printing, Copyright 1840 But Reviews At Front Are Dated 1840 To 1843. Very Worn, Rounding To Corners, Some Rounding To Page Block, Rear Pastedown Partly Perished, But Contents Complete; Some Foxing Or Light Stains.

Philadelphia / London: M. Carey, Isaac Peirce, Johnson & Warner, Kimber and Richardson, B. C. Busby, Emmor Kimber, Bennett & Walton, Edward Parker; Printed By Griggs & Dickinson, 1815. New Edition Corrected and Improved . Original Leather / Boards. Fair. 5 3/4 " Tall. 8 Plates at End. 377 Pp + Glossary And Index To Vols I Ii And Iii At End, Followed By 8 Plates. Philadelphia Publishers' Names Shown On Title Page, London Printer's Name Shown On Verso Of That Page. Quite Worn, Front Cover And Two Endpapers Detached, Binding Split In Two Near Center But Still Holding, Morocco / Gilt Spine Label Mostly Chipped Away, A Few Letters Remaining. Basic Scientific Facts In 1815, But There Is No Evidence That Even Half Of High School Graduates In 2023 In The U.S.A Could Pass A Test On Them Without Use Of Their I-Phones. Public Education Is Ill-Defined If Not An Oxymoron, Being A Selective Tool For Promotion Of The Best But Utterly Failing The Rest. The Aberage Graduate Can't Locate… Read More

[1847 or 1848]: Wm J Reynolds and Co, 1847. First Or Early Edition . Orange Wrappers. Fair. 7 " Tall. Engravings Throughout. Rebound By Stitching In Fine Thread. Front Cover Lacking, Book Begins With Illustrated Half Title "Stories And Rhymes And Picture Alphabet", The Four Full Page Illustrations, Then Frontispiece, Then Title Page With Illustration On Verso, Then Begins Immediately With P. 11 With Illustration "Rebecca Drawing Water" At Top, Continues To P. 70 Which Is The End Of The Alphabet Pages At Rear, Then The Orange Cover With An Intricate Design; No Date, But Apparently Published Only 1847 - 1848. Interesting For Copious Illustrations Of Children At Play And Other Illustrations Taken From The Stories In Verse And Text, And The Illustrated Catalogue At End. Quite Scarce, Only A Few Institutional Copies Identified In Worldcat.