8299. Adelung, Sophie von, 1850-1927, hrsg. Jugendbühne. Ernste und heitere Theaterstücke für die Jugend. Bd. V. Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1897, [no date - 1897 acc. to Klotz 19/10], 64pp., small red 1/4 cloth with illustrated cover of stage herald and scenery, $22
Contains Sophie von Adelung, "Der verzauberte Königsohn," and two plays by Julius Lohmeyer, and a short instruction: "Etwas über Marionetten.".

8265. Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Eusemia von. Pension Malepartus. Eine ganz verrückte Geschichte. llus. by F. Czabran. Leipzig: Reclam, , 4te Auflage, no date, 157pp., beautifully illustrated gray cloth with gold, red, and black titles, $25
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8269. Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Eusemia von. Komtesse Käthe in der Ehe. Humoresken. Ilustrations by F. Czabran. Leipzig: Reclam, , 6te Auflage, no date, 180pp., very good illustrated brown cloth, $32
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8267. Augusti, Brigitte, 1839-1930. Im Banne der freien Reichsstadt. Kulturgeschichtliche Erzählung aus dem fünfzehnten Jahrhundert. Für das reifere Mädchenalter. Illustrated by Woldemar Friedrich. Leipzig: Hirt, 1896, 3te Auflage, 222pp., light blue cloth with richly illustrated cover in gold and black, $32
Klotz 183/1; 1st ed. was 1886; author noted for reworking German history into readable form for young girls - see Doderer Erg.Bd. Brigitte Augusti [Pseud.= Auguste Plehn (1839-1930)].

4673. Bethers, Ray. Can You Name Them: A Pictorial-Informational Quiz Book. NY: Aladdin, 1948, 48pp., dust-jacket missing small piece and has minor fading, very good green cloth, $19
This quiz book is the outgrowth of the author's experience in naval recognition in World War II and is a visual question-and-answer game. Elaborate illustrations arranged with their informative captions are arranged with informative captions throughout.

23159. Dahl, Roald. Esio Trot. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. NY: Viking, 1990, First American Edition, 62pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $20
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24139. Duncker, Christel. Ein kleiner Sonnenstrahl. Erzählung für Mädchen. Mit Bildern von Else Wenz-Vietor. Reutlingen: Enßlin & Laiblins Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1935, 112pp., good but worn 1/4 yellow cloth with illustrated cover, worn around edges, $20
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8295. Eberhard, C. A. G.. Hannchen und die Küchlein. Halle: Otto Hendel, no date, , 94pp., title illustrated page clipped at top; red decorated and embossed cloth, $30
The main work of Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769-1845); 1st ed. either 1822 or 1823; this edition not listed in Klotz.

25913. Galczynska, Natalia. Iv i Finetta (na motywach ludowych bajek francuskich). Ilustrowal Jozef Wilkon. Warszawa: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch", 1962, unpaginated, 46pp., good illustrated paper-covered boards, hardcover, but with chip at top of spine, worn around edges, INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front endpaper by the illustrator to the Burges, and dated 20.V.1965.. $125
Children's book beautifully illustrated by Wilkon in both muted and then bright watercolors and drawings.

8288. Glass, Luise, 1857-1932. Das Montags-Kränzchen. Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsges, 1900, 5te Auflage, [1900, acc. to Klotz 1923/23], 360pp., Prolific author. Pretty gray cloth with elaborate cover decorations and illustration of a woman sitting at a desk reading and making notes, $25
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17534. Harvard University. Library. Jewish children's literature: proceedings of a conference on April 2, 1984. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Library, 1985, 74pp. : ill. . 23 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $19
Sponsored by the Harvard College Library and by the Gutman Library of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contributors: Hagit Benziman, Havah Yassour, Sandra Parker, Inabeth Miller.

17029. Harvard University. Library. Jewish children's literature: proceedings of a conference on April 2, 1984. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Library, 1985, 74pp. : ill. . 23 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $19
Sponsored by the Harvard College Library and by the Gutman Library of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contributors: Hagit Benziman, Havah Yassour, Sandra Parker, Inabeth Miller.

25843. Hays, Allison. Not in There, Jackie Clare. Drawings by Evelyn Engborg. Blanchard Books, 193, 7pp., very good stapled paperback, with editorial arrow in ink on page 5 suggesting that two paragraphs be switched around, appears to be privately printed, $28
Rear cover photograph of the author and short biography from Stamford, CT to Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. Short, pleasant children's story about the get-in-trouble little girl.

8298. Helm, Clementine. Backfischchen's Leiden und Freuden. Eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen. Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1897, 57. Auflage, [no date, 1897 acc. to Klotz 2506/2], 232pp., 6 illustrations by W. Zehme. Muted green cloth with gold titles, black and gold flower motif and a portrait on cover, $30
First published in 1863. On Helm see Doderer Bd.I: 537-8.

8297. Helm, Clementine. Klein Dinas Lehrjahr. Erzählung für jüngere Mädchen. Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klasing, 1896, Zweite Auflage, 320pp., very good decorated red cloth with bird and flower motif, $24
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23590. Meter, Leo. Letters to Barbara. With an afterword by Barbara Meter ; translated by James Agee. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 1995, stated First American Edition, unpaginated, 56pp., very good dust-jacket, very good tan half-cloth, $14
Facsimiles of the German letters with their illustrations, on facing page the English translation. Letters from a father forced into the German army in the Ukraine to his daughter back in Holland.

17664. Morris, Mary. Vanishing animals & other stories. With drawings by Abigail Rorer. Boston: D. R. Godine, 1979, 176pp. : ill. . 24 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good gray cloth, $12
Degree of difficulty. -- Charity. -- The glass wall. -- The mark of the Tartars. -- Idaho as it seemed. -- Foolish pleasure. -- The other moon. -- The salesman. -- Holland. -- Vanishing animals. -- On borrowed time. -- Among the Cuban refugees.

18178. Reinheimer, Sophie, 1874-1935. Von Sonne, Regen, Schnee und Wind und anderen guten Freunden. Schwarzweißzeichnungen von Adolf Amberg. Die farbigen Vollbilder entwarf Carl Alexander Brendel. Leipzig: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1926, 187. - 188. Tausend, 111pp., very good orange 1/4 cloth, but with some foxing, $25
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4690. Richards, Laura E., 1850-1943. Glimpses of the French Court. Cambridge, U.S.A.: John Wilson and Son, 1893, 203pp., very good ornate decorated gray cloth, previous owner's inscription, $35
With chapters on Corneille, Jean Baptiste Lully, Saint Simon, Turenne, the French navy. The author was born in Boston in 1850 and lived in Gardiner, Maine: "She helped establish the town library, organized children's reading clubs, supported public health projects, and served as president of the Maine Consumers' League (1905-11). In 1900 she and her husband founded Camp Merryweather, one of the first summer camps for boys" (DAB, 1973). Famous daughter of Julia Ward Howe and winner of Pulitzer Prize for a biography of her mother. Author of historical fiction and children's books.

25558. Samuels, Ruth. Bible stories for Jewish children, from Joshua to Queen Esther. Illustrated by Laszlo Matulay. NY: Ktav, 1973, 72pp., very good illustrated hardcover, , slight wear, black and white and color illustrations throughout, $19
Deisign and art supervision by Ezekiel Schloss. .

16748. Stacey, Robert. "Under some malignant star." The Strange Adventures of Uncle Jim's Canadian Nursery Rhymes by David Boyle and C. W. Jefferys. A Lecture given at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 14 November 1991. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1992, 55pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $40
Edition of 1500 copies. With numerous color illustrations.

8290. Stellanus, Georg. Weihnachten auf Wildegg. Erzählung. Leipzig: Fr. Wilh. Grunow, 1899, 558pp., previous owner's inscription. Woven green cloth cover with gold ornament frame around title, spine scuffed but still legible, $25
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15281. Weeks, Sara. Tales of a Common Pigeon. Illustrated by Eric von Schmidt. Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1960, 121pp., dust-jacket worn around edges with a few minor tears, very good illustrated gray cloth, some foxing, INSCRIBED by the author for Mary Lib and Freddy, Ricky and Jimmy with much love from Sara.. $45
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8291. Wildermuth, Adelheid. Wollt ihr's hören? Erzählungen für junge Mädchen. Stuttgart: Carl Krabbe, , 3te Auflage, no date, 245pp., elaborately decorated red cloth with gold, red, silver ornamentation on front cover, $25
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8289. Zettel, Karl, hrsg. Heidenröslein. Lieder von Liebeslust und Frühlingsfreud'.. Stuttgart: Greiner & Pfeiffer, , 95.-100.Taus., no date, 155pp., llus. von R.E. Kepler und Anderen. Red and flower illustrated cover, gold page edges, a pretty volume but with one page loose and laid in, $28
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