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Smith, Nora Archibald; Illustrated By Jessie Wilcox Smith. Boys and Girls of Bookland Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1923, First Edition thus ed, Hardcover, illus: Jessie Wilcox Smith, Condition: Very Good, Eleven stories of famous childhood characters in literary children's fiction; illustrated with 11 full page color beautiful plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Stories with full page illustration as follows: David Copperfield (frontispiece); Little Women; Jackanapes; Tiny Tim; Hans Brinker; Alice in Wonderland; The Little Lame Prince; Heidi; The Alpine Rose; Mowgli; Little Nell; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Binding deep green cloth boards and spine, gilt lettering, large pastedown color illustration of Alice and characters of Wonderland. Mild rubbing of pastedown; minimal small fade spots to boards, rear board 2 inch scratch. Spine faded, spine ends and board edges rubbed. Upper and lower spine frayed, also 1 1/2 inch area of lower board edge. Orange end papers, now writing, clean, clear text. Hinges cracked, text block sound in covers. 4 to, 100 pp. (Boys, And Girls, Of, Bookland, Jessie, Wilcox, Smith, Illustrations, Children, S, Classics, Illustrated, Rebecca, Of, Sunnybrook, Farm, Heidi, The Alpine, Rose, Little, Women) Cat No. 4108. 80.00
Milhous, Katerine. Appolonia's Valentine New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Katherine Milous, Condition: Very Good, Signed by Author Sweet story about two Amish, (Dan and Applonia) children who go to a one room school house. Near Valentine's Day, the teacher taught the class how to make cut out Valentine's in Pennsylvania Dutch design. Although Apple (Dan's name for his sister) could paint, she was not good with a sissors. Illustrated throughout in color in Pennsylvania Dutch designs, with many Valentine examples. Illustrated title page. Signed above publishers name by Author. Page facing title page has neat caligraphy lettering inscription. Copyright page "A", first edition. Facing page is a open design for a dedication, which reads: "To Margaret M. Seylar Elementary Supervisor of 22 one room school in Bucks Co. Pa. and to the 1200 children who attend all these schools", 1954. Very clean, tightly bound, not paginated. Orange cloth, mildly faded, white lettering, and illustration of Pennsylvania Dutch designed Valentine. sm 4 to (Pennsylvania, Dutch, Designs, Amish, Designs, Pennsylvania, Dutch, Folk, Art, Amish, Children, S, Stories, Appolonia, S, Valentine, First, Edition, Appolonia, S, Valentine, Signed, By, Katherine, Milhous, Valentine, Story, For, Children, First, Edition, Children, S, Books, Signed, Children, S, Books, Bucks, County, Pa, Pennsylvania, Dutch) Cat No. 4109. 30.00
Milhous, Katerine. Appolonia's Valentine New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Katherine Milous, Condition: Very Good, Signed by Author Sweet story about two Amish, (Dan and Applonia) children who go to a one room school house. Near Valentine's Day, the teacher taught the class how to make cut out Valentine's in Pennsylvania Dutch design. Although Apple (Dan's name for his sister) could paint, she was not good with a sissors. Illustrated throughout in color in Pennsylvania Dutch designs, with many Valentine examples. Illustrated title page. Signed above publishers name by Author. Page facing title page has neat caligraphy lettering inscription. Copyright page "A", first edition. Facing page is a open design for a dedication, which reads: "To Margaret M. Seylar Elementary Supervisor of 22 one room school in Bucks Co. Pa. and to the 1200 children who attend all these schools", 1954. Very clean, tightly bound, not paginated. Orange cloth, mildly faded, white lettering, and illustration of Pennsylvania Dutch designed Valentine. sm 4 to (Pennsylvania, Dutch, Designs, Amish, Designs, Pennsylvania, Dutch, Folk, Art, Amish, Children, S, Stories, Appolonia, S, Valentine, First, Edition, Appolonia, S, Valentine, Signed, By, Katherine, Milhous, Valentine, Story, For, Children, First, Edition, Children, S, Books, Signed, Children, S, Books, Bucks, County, Pa, Pennsylvania, Dutch) Cat No. 4109. 30.00
Milhous, Katerine. Appolonia's Valentine New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Katherine Milous, Condition: Very Good, Signed by Author Sweet story about two Amish, (Dan and Applonia) children who go to a one room school house. Near Valentine's Day, the teacher taught the class how to make cut out Valentine's in Pennsylvania Dutch design. Although Apple (Dan's name for his sister) could paint, she was not good with a sissors. Illustrated throughout in color in Pennsylvania Dutch designs, with many Valentine examples. Illustrated title page. Signed above publishers name by Author. Page facing title page has neat caligraphy lettering inscription. Copyright page "A", first edition. Facing page is a open design for a dedication, which reads: "To Margaret M. Seylar Elementary Supervisor of 22 one room school in Bucks Co. Pa. and to the 1200 children who attend all these schools", 1954. Very clean, tightly bound, not paginated. Orange cloth, mildly faded, white lettering, and illustration of Pennsylvania Dutch designed Valentine. sm 4 to (Pennsylvania, Dutch, Designs, Amish, Designs, Pennsylvania, Dutch, Folk, Art, Amish, Children, S, Stories, Appolonia, S, Valentine, First, Edition, Appolonia, S, Valentine, Signed, By, Katherine, Milhous, Valentine, Story, For, Children, First, Edition, Children, S, Books, Signed, Children, S, Books, Bucks, County, Pa, Pennsylvania, Dutch) Cat No. 4109. 30.00
Milhous, Katerine. Appolonia's Valentine New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Katherine Milous, Condition: Very Good, Signed by Author Sweet story about two Amish, (Dan and Applonia) children who go to a one room school house. Near Valentine's Day, the teacher taught the class how to make cut out Valentine's in Pennsylvania Dutch design. Although Apple (Dan's name for his sister) could paint, she was not good with a sissors. Illustrated throughout in color in Pennsylvania Dutch designs, with many Valentine examples. Illustrated title page. Signed above publishers name by Author. Page facing title page has neat caligraphy lettering inscription. Copyright page "A", first edition. Facing page is a open design for a dedication, which reads: "To Margaret M. Seylar Elementary Supervisor of 22 one room school in Bucks Co. Pa. and to the 1200 children who attend all these schools", 1954. Very clean, tightly bound, not paginated. Orange cloth, mildly faded, white lettering, and illustration of Pennsylvania Dutch designed Valentine. sm 4 to (Pennsylvania, Dutch, Designs, Amish, Designs, Pennsylvania, Dutch, Folk, Art, Amish, Children, S, Stories, Appolonia, S, Valentine, First, Edition, Appolonia, S, Valentine, Signed, By, Katherine, Milhous, Valentine, Story, For, Children, First, Edition, Children, S, Books, Signed, Children, S, Books, Bucks, County, Pa, Pennsylvania, Dutch) Cat No. 4109. 30.00

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