Lot of 10 antiquarian and vintage children's books

Description: Greetings! Old Saratoga Books is pleased to offer a selection of antiquarian and vintage children's books for your consideration. The titles are: 1) Round the Mulberry Bush, by Marion L. McNeil, illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat, Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. 4to. Eight short children's stories with eight color plates of girls doing domestic chores by Fern Bisel Peat. Brown cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Good. Boards worn, gift inscription on front free endpaper, some finger soiling. 2) The Brimful Book: A Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes, Animal Stories, ABC, edited by Watty Piper, illustrated by Eulalie, C.M. Burd, and W. Gurney, NY: Platt and Munk Co., 1929, 8th edition. 4to. Brown cloth boards with color illustration affixed to front boards. VG. Boards lightly worn, gift inscription on front flyleaf. 3) Friendly Animals, by Karl Patterson Schmidt, illustrated by Percy Reeves, Chicago: M.A. Donohue and Company, 1947. Brown cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. 4to. VG. Boards worn, owner writing on half-title page. 4) Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine, by William and Brendan Kennedy, illustrated by Glen Baxter, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986, first edition. VG/VG. jacket lightly worn. 40pp. Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy and his son Brendan wrote this imaginative story of a young man and his friends who wake up to find their belly buttons missing because of a diabolical new navel invention by their nemesis. Great color artwork by Glen Baxter reminiscent of vintage cartoons. Authors' and illustrator's photos on rear jacket panel. 5) Chimney Corner Fairy Tales, retold by Veronica S. Hutchinson, illustrated by Lois Lenski, NY: Minton, Balch & Company, 1926. Orange illustrated cloth. 4to.183pp. Good. Boards soiled and worn, gift inscription on half-title. 6) Count Ulrich of Lindburg: A Truthful Story of the Reformation in Germany, by W.H. Kingston, NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1872. Ex-library copy. Good. Library bookplate and numbers on front endpapers, boards worn and scuffed, corners rounded, front and rear flyleaves creased.12mo. 152pp. An historical novel about Martin Luther and the German Reformation, one of the 150 tales for boys spun by William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) . Two engravings. Green decorated cloth binding. 7) Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Boys, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1948. Color illustrated paper-covered boards. Measures 5.5 x 5.5 inches. 96pp. Good. Boards worn, liftoff on top corner of front boards, penciled gift inscription on inside front cover, front free endpaper removed. 8) The Ten Dreams of Zach Peters and How They Led Him through the Constitution of the United States, by Hermann Hagedorn, Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1927. 164pp. Ex-library copy. Good. Boards lightly worn, usual library stamps and markings.Orange decorated cloth with cover design by Decorative Designers. Color frontispiece and many black and white illustrations by Frank Godwin. A novel for young readers which illustrates the articles of the American constitution. 9) Peggy Plays Off-Broadway, by Virginia Hughes, illustrated by Sergio Leone, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1962. Number 2 in the Peggy Lane Theater Stories series. Color illustrated hardcover. VG. 171pp. Boards lightly worn, owner name on front endpapers. 10) The Little Colonel, Shirley Temple Edition, by Annie Fellows Johnston, NY: A. L. Burt, 1935, reprint. 145pp. Good. Boards worn, owner name on verso of front free endpaper and dedication page, crayon scrawl on half-title and three pages of text, pages toned. Blue cloth binding. Photo endpapers and other movie stills featuring Shirley Temple in her starring role in the Fox film version of this book. Thank you for visiting our auctions. Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. We had an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville and now sell books exclusively online. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).

Price: 50 USD

Location: Selkirk, New York

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