Children Books - 19thc (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Children Books - 19thc:

(anon). THE WORKINGMAN AND HIS FRIENDS OR THE STORY OF ARCHIE TYNDAL AND JAMES COLLINS
Philadelphia n.d (c.1850) American Sunday-School Union. Hardcover 12mo. Uplifiting fiction for older children. 8vo., 276pp., original cloth. Owner signed. Good, cover faded, corners worn. Front free endpaper is detached but present and is chipped on edges. Text clean; no foxing , no spots. Binding very secure. (a16664)
$30.00 (american tract society) . PICTORIAL NARRATIVES
c. 1850 American Tract Society. 24 separate moral and uplifting stories, paginated individually. 12mo., about 200pp., illustrations, original brown pressed cloth with gilt trim on spine. Good, some foxing, corner a but worn. (a58267)
$25.00Alger, Horatio Jr.. THE YOUNG SALESMAN
Philadelphia 1896 1st edition. Winston. Octavo, 352pp., illustrated hardcover (attractive chromolithograph of newpaper boy selling his papers on the front). Good, cover lightly soiled, light wear, leaves a bit browned.Hinges not cracked in or out. No owner marks. Nice antique look. no dj. Pictures available on request. (a69799)
$35.00 A. G. R. . THE SISTERS CLARE PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION
NY 1860 (1859) General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union. 12mo. (4x6 inches), 34pp., original printed dark purple-black shiny wraps. Owner signed (Helen Wheeler) Good plus, light foxing. (a73397)
$50.00 Author of the Rollo Books (Abbott, Jacob) . JONAS A JUDGE; OR, LAW AMONG THE BOYS (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
Boston 1840 1st Ticknor. Hardcover. 12mo., 179pp., hadcolored frontis, one full page illustration, original pressed maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Bookplate (handwritten) of R. Judson. Contemporary ink note signed by Emily Judson. Good, some light foxing throughout, small chip at heel of spine. (a80367)
$44.00 Abbott, Rev. John S. C. . THE MOTHER AT HOME; OR PRINCIPLES OF MATERNAL DUTY FAMILIARLY ILLUSTRATED
New York 1833 1st American Tract Society. 16mo., 177pp., frontis, purple cloth-covered boards with gilt printed leather spine. Good, occasional soiling in text, light water stain on about half pages, chip in paper inside front board . (a81102)
$29.00 Babcock, S. . COLLECTION OF THREE PRINTED CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1840: LITTLE HELEN OR A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NAUGHTY GIRL; FLOCK OF SHEEP OR FAMILIAR EXPLANATIONS OF SIMPLE FACTS; CHILD'S OWN SUNDAY BOOK
New Haven 1840 Babcock. The Tale of Little Helen and Why Her Parents Lock Her Dinner-less in a Closet is quite interesting. Each 4-1/2 x 3 inches, numerous small woodcut illustrations, in original stringbound color wraps (2 green, one yellow). All VG. Set of 3. (a81924)
$90.00 American Sunday School Union . JANE HUDSON; OR, THE SECRET OF GETTING ON IN THE WORLD
Philadelphia and NY 1853 American Sunday-School Union. Hardcover. 12mo., 160pp., frontis woodcut, original blue cloth with bright gilt decorated spine. Owner signed (presented to Sarah Caroline Gerrish by her Aunt Mrs. Wm. Havin). Lacks front blank. Good, text has some spotting and soiling, rear cover a bit discolored and puckered. (a81949)
$22.00 Barth, Dr. Chr. G. . DAS BILD IN DEINACH, EINE ERZAHLUNG FUR DIE JUGEND.
NY n.d. (c 1850) Americansichen Tract-Gesellschaft. In German. 12mo., 180pp., original boards. Near Good, cover worn, cracking along outer hinges, some foxing and spotting in text. Scarce. (ac26)
$35.00