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COVER ILLUSTRATION - from #163 - Christmas by the Wiener Werkstatte

#588 - Rare Anti-Hitler Picture Book


#282 - Hader Dummy for Whiffy McMann

#378 - Pirate Twins illus Nicholson - Signed Limited Ed.


#473 - Uncle Lubin illus W. Heath Robinson
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RARE MINIATURE AUTO ABC


1. ABC. (ADVERTISING / AUTO) OAKLAND ABC. (Oakland Motor Car Co.), RYE BREAD
circa 1909. 2 5/8 x 3”, pictorial wraps, Fine. Each letter pertains to a different ABC OF NAMES
aspect of the Oakland automobile, a car manufactured between 1907-1909 by 5. ABC. (ADVERTISING)
the Oakland Motor Car Co. and then by Oakland Motors between 1909-1931. JAEGER’S ABC BOOK. no
Text is in verse and there are charming 3-color illustrations throughout the publication information, circa
text. At the end of the book are photos of 6 models available with prices ranging 1920. 3 1/4” wide x 6 1/4”, small
from $990 to $1490. “C is for Cylinder / The Oakland has six / The power flows edge chip else fine. Every letter
smoothly / Without any kicks.” Rare. $350.00 stands for a different child’s
name. Text is in verse with most
rhymes mentioning the benefits
of eating rye bread. “J is for
Johnny, and Jaeger too,/ Who
makes Butter-Nut Bread for
me and for you! Charming full
color illustrations throughout.
$100.00

6. ABC. ALICE IN
LETTERLAND by Jose De Mers.
Hollywood: Marcel Rodd (1946).
4to, pictorial boards, sl. wear to
spine, else near fine in frayed dust
wrapper. A nice alphabet book
done in typical 40’s style with
2. ABC. (ADVERTISING) cute color lithographs on every
ABC JINGLES. Syracuse: page to accompany simple verse.
Hanford Mfg Co. 1911. 5x7”, The letters of the alphabet
pictorial wraps, [16]p. incl. are presented in humanized
covers, VG. Each letter form. $150.00
stands for a different
ailment or scenario
that can be handled by 7. ABC. (BIRDS / FRENCH) ALPHABET DES OISEAUX. no place: Epinal, no
using Hanford’s Balsam, date circa 1900. small 4to, pictorial wraps, bottom corner creased else VG. This
accompanied by charming is an ABC of birds featuring 24 lovely hand-colored illustrations of various birds
color illustrations. For combined with several alphabets. $85.00
instance “T is for the throat
#7
that’s sore / Buy Handford’s
Balsam at the store / Apply
it as directions tell / To
make the throat strong and
well.” $200.00

BAKED BEANS ABC


3. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ADVENTUROUS BILLY AND BETTY by Edward
Carney. Van Camp Products 1923. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2”, pictorial card covers, [26]p.
including covers, VG+. The text in verse and prose tells of the many adventures
that Billy Van and Betty
Camp experience including
meeting Fairies named Sing
A Ling and Ting A Ling,
#8
escaping the cannibals and
more. Featuring wonderful
full color illustrations
throughout by Carl Mueller. CHARMING TUCK BIRD ABC
The alphabet is in verse 8. ABC. (BIRDS) DICKY BIRDS ABC. London: Tuck ca 1890. 8vo, pictorial
with most letters dealing wraps, VG. Illustrated with color covers, 4 full page chromolithographed pages
with Van Camp’s Baked and other pages illus. in brown line - all of various birds. $150.00
Beans: “B is for Beans /
And is also for Baked / 4 ABC’S IN ONE BOOK
If they have Van Camp’s 9. ABC. BOOK OF PICTURE ALPHABETS. London: T. Nelson and Sons, no date,
label / There’s no better circa 1880. 4to (9x11”), brown cloth stamped in black and gold with color pictorial
make.” $250.00 label, some cover soil and tip rubbing, VG+. Containing 4 alphabets with all pages
mounted on linen, printed on one side of the paper. Each page of text faces a very
fine full page chromolithograph - 16 full pages of illustration in all. Includes the
ALPHABET OF BEASTS, ALPHABET OF BIRDS, ALPHABET OF NATIONS AND
SCRIPTURE ALPHABET. Very high quality printing and a rare title. $1200.00
ABC OF SHERRY
4. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ALPHABET
OF BRISTOL CREAM. Bristol, England:
Harveys (1970). 4 1/8 x 5 3/8”, stiff pictorial
wraps, sl. wear to cover edge else fine. 1st
ed. Each letter refers to a different aspect
of the history of Sherries and of Harveys
Bristol Cream. Informative text goes into
details of the subject. Illus. with color
photos and with one illustration by Edward
Ardizzone. “O is for Oloroso” a type of
sherry. $75.00
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10. ABC. (BROWN,MARCIA) McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS ABC


PETER PIPER’S ALPHABET.
14. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) MERRY
NY: Scribner (1959 A). Obl. 4to,
two-tone cloth, Fine in chipped CHRISTMAS ABC by Carolyn Wells. NY:
and repaired dust wrapper. 1st McLoughlin Bros. no date, ca 1910. Small
ed. The famous 19th century
4to, pictorial wraps, fine. Illus. with great
rhyme was adapted for the
20th century by Brown and color cover of Santa and in 2-color on
illus. by her in color on every every page with each letter representing a
page. $125.00
different Christmas aspect or object.
$275.00
RARE CANADIAN ALPHABET
11. ABC. (CANADA) CANADIAN CHILD’S ABC by R.K. Gordon. Toronto
& Vancouver: Dent (1931).
Small 8vo, (4 3/3 x 7 1/2”) FRITZ EICHENBERG CALDECOTT HONOR
full leather binding with 15. ABC. (EICHENBERG,FRITZ) APE IN A CAPE: an alphabet of odd animals.
elaborate gilt tooling, NY: Harcourt Brace (1952).
inconspicuous repair along 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), boards,
spine and corner of blank near fine in an attractive
endpaper restored else dust that has some rubbing
fine. 1st edition, obviously and chipping. Stated first ed.
a deluxe printing of this Simple nonsense rhymes are
rare ABC. Each page of illustrated with color lithos
text relevant to Canada is on each page. This is the
faced by a beautiful full first book that Eichenberg
page art deco black and both wrote and illustrated.
white woodcut by Thoreau CALDECOTT HONOR.
Macdonald. A stunning book, Firsts in dw are quite
rare. $400.00 scarce. $450.00

NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC


12. ABC. (CARDS) ALPHABET CARDS . This is a COMPLETE SET OF 26
ALPHABET CARDS! Circa 1880, each card measures 3” x 4 1/2” (blank versos).
Each card has gilt background with large letter in red in the upper left corner RARE SRI LANKAN ABC / PRESENTATION COPY
and stamped in the upper right is advertising for Blake’s Piano Palace in Boston. 16. ABC. (ETHNIC) PLATES ABC BOOK OF CEYLON by Violet L. Bawa. Plate
Each card is humorously illustrated in bright colors in a style reminiscent of Ltd., no date, circa 1910. Oblong 4to (9 3/4 x 6 1/4”), wraps with string ties,
Crowquill, two thirds of which feature misbehaving, naughty little children. A color pictorial paste-on, some fraying, VG+. Stereotypical depictions of “Black”
scarce and charming set. $800.00 Sri Lankans, printed on rectos only and illustrated in color on every page. “T is
for Tamby, Whose shop’s in Main Street, He sells damaged groceries, So beware
his tinned meat.” This copy is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR presumably to the
publisher William Heinemann, reading: “To Mr. Heinemann with kindest regards
and my sincere thanks. Violet Loures Bawa. 10.12.13. Very scarce. $1200.00

ABC OF SILVER SPRINGS


17. ABC. (FLORIDA) ANN AND ANDY IN ALPHABET LAND AT FLORIDA’S
SILVER SPRINGS by Carita Doggett Corse. no pub. info., circa 1955. 4to (6
CAT ALPHABET SHAPE BOOK 7/8 x 9 12”), pictorial wraps, fine. Every letter represents a different attraction
that a visitor to Silver Springs can find. “A is for Ross Allen who collects snakes”.
13. ABC. (CATS) PUSSY’S ABC. Lond: Illustrated in full color covering every page by Alice Johnson. Scarce. $150.00

Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, (7.5 x 14.5”), stiff

pictorial wraps, unusually clean and a near

Fine copy. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and

illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page

chromolithographed pages and in brown line on

text pages to accompany a charming cat ABC

book. $350.00
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ABC OF FLORIDA KEYS HAND-COLORED ABC OF TRADES


18. ABC. (FLORIDA) KEY WEST ALPHABET by Barbara Greene. Key West
Press 1950. 16mo (4 3/4 x 6”), spiral backed boards, VG+. Printed on coated paper,
“I” IS FOR ISRAELITE
22. ABC. (HAND-COLORED) AMUSING ALPHABET, OR EASY STEPS TO A,
there is one page of verse for each letter facing a full page pen and ink by Cyril
B, C. Lond.: Dean and Co., no date, circa 1838 (“A” shows Victoria and Albert with a
Marshall. “Q is for Quaint little Lanes with old names / Like Nassau and Curry /
new baby). Brown cloth, 30p., faint age spotting and cover fading else VG+. This is
The folks never hurry / Down Windsor where trees wear the Passion Vines flames.”
a wonderful ABC printed on one side of the paper, featuring 15 fine full page hand-
A scarce little book. $100.00
colored illustrations for the ABC plus a Noah’s Ark counting page. Most letters
portray various trades. “I” stands for Israelite, by which I mean Jew, And this
one brushes up old clothes, To make them look like new.” Very scarce. $1200.00

19. ABC. (GIRLS) SUGAR


AND SPICE: THE ABC OF
RABAN HEBREW ART NOUVEAU ABC
BEING A GIRL by Phyllis
23. ABC. (HEBREW) [ALEPH-BET] (in Hebrew on title page). Opposite title
McGinley. NY: Franklin
page in German: Alphabet:
Watts (1960). 4to (7 1/2
Zeichnungen von Z. Raban,
x 10 1/4”), cloth, fine in
verse von L. Kipniss.
price clipped dust wrapper
Jerusalem: Bezalel printed
chipped at spine ends. 1st
in Germany 1923. 4to, cloth
ed. Poems by McGinley,
backed boards, sl. scrape
better known as an adult
on rear cover and foxing of
author, where most words
blank ep’s else fine. Printed
of each poem begin with the
on heavy coated paper, each
featured letter, but not in a
page has a magnificent full
simplistic way. Illus. in color
color illustration by noted
by Colleen Browning. $125.00
Art Nouveau artist Z’EV
RABAN of the BEZALEL
SCHOOL, founded by
CHARMING GREEK ABC A.M. Lilien. The letters of
the Hebrew alphabet are
20. ABC. (GREEK) ABC IN GREEK. 4to, presented in gilt, with text
on the bottom of the page.
(6 3/4 x 9 1/2”), pictorial wraps, no date
A rare and lovely alphabet
circa 1950, VG+. This is a charming Greek book. $2000.00

ABC with bright color covers, 6 vibrant


UNCOMMON HORSE ALPHABET
full page color illustrations and 8 full
24. ABC. (HORSES) ABC
page brown and white illustrated pages OF HORSES. London: Tuck,
circa 1890. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”),
to accompany a simple object alphabet pictorial wraps, neat spine
repair, a few tiny margin
book. $85.00
mends, VG. Illustrated by
Harry Payne with 10 full
page illustrations 3-color
and with 6 marvelous full
CUNDALL 4 BOOKS IN ONE HAND-COLORED page chromolothographs
21. ABC. (HAND COLORED) MAJA’S LESSON BOOK. London: Cundall and (including covers). The
Addey 1851. 12mo (5 1/4 x 7”), red cloth blind and gilt stamped, all edges gilt, slight text deals with different
cover soil else near fine. 4 separate titles for the youngest child are included, breeds of horses as well as
embellished with nearly one hundred very fine Hand-Colored illustrations. The four different jobs that horses
titles are Maja’s Alphabet, Maja’s Spelling Book, Maja’s Primer and Maja’s Reading do. ABC’s devoted only to
Book. A beautiful education book for a young child, very scarce. $1350.00 horses are not common.
$350.00

BILINGUAL ALPHABET OF OBJECTS


25. ABC. (JAPANESE) ABC. This is a bilingual Japanese and English alphabet
of objects circa 1930 (based on some objects such as the ice-box and telephone).
4to, pictorial boards, edges
rubbed, a few ink names
under objects else VG+.
Pages are on thick board
and every page is chock
full of color illustrations of
objects beginning with that
particular letter. The book
opens from right to left and
was printed in Japan, but it
is arranged according to the
English alphabet. $200.00
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CLOTH BOOK
26. ABC. (KENNEDY,A.E.) FEATHER AND FUR A.B.C.. NY: Sam’l Gabriel McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER ALPHABET
1928. 4to, printed on linen, Fine. Each page features a large fine full color 31. ABC. (MILITARY) SOLDIER ABC. NY:
illustration of a different animal or bird. Nothing exotic but very appealing and
McLoughlin Bros. ca 1900. Folio (10 1/4 x 13
a beautiful copy. $150.00
1/4”), pictorial wraps, a few margin mends
and spine mend, VG+. Brightly illustrated
with 2 full page chromolithographs and 6 full
page brown and whites depicting soldiers
from around the world including Rough
Riders, Zouave, artillerymen etc. Text for
the ABC is inside front and rear covers. “Y
is for Yataghans, Blades broad and keen;
In Eastern lands only, in use they are
seen.” $400.00

RARE MOTHER GOOSE ADVERTISING ABC


32. ABC. (MOTHER
GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE
UP TO DATE. Fremont,
Ohio: Glauss Shear Co., no
date, circa 1905. 8vo (5 1/2
27. ABC. (KIPLING) KIPLING ABC drawn by John Lockwood Kipling for John
x 8 1/2”), pictorial wraps,
Kipling. (Lond.: Macmillan 1979). Oblong 4to, (10 x 7 1/2”). cloth, fine in fine dust
bottom corner stain else
wrapper. 1st ed. Illustrated in full color on every page and with calligraphic
VG+. Every letter stands for
text. This ABC was drawn by Rudyard Kipling’s father John Lockwood Kipling
a different nursery rhyme
around 1903, for Rudyard’s son John but had remained undiscovered until the
that has been “updated”
1970’s when it was found in a Kipling archive. Grandfather John was obviously an
to include the virtues of
accomplished artist as the illustrations are of the highest caliber. Sadly, John
Glauss scissors, razor
was killed in 1915 at the Battle of Loos. $100.00
blades or other cutting
utensils. “ Wonderful
28. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN)
full color illustrations
AUNT MAYFLOWER’S
fill the pages in typical
ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin
turn of the 19th century
Bros., circa 1875. 4to, (6
style. $300.00
7/8 x 10 1/2”), pictorial
wraps, some margin soil,
respined, a few margin AMAZING COPY
mends, G-VG. Illustrated 33. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER
with chromolithographed GOOSE’S ABC. NY: Charles E. Graham,
pages interspersed with
simple word lists. Each no date, circa 1900. Squarish 4to (10 x
letter has a rhyme using 10 1/2”), stiff pictorial card wraps, fine.
words beginning with that Each letter of the alphabet features
letter: “T This, a trim
and turban’d Turk, More a Mother Goose rhyme and a charming
fond of smoking than of full color vignette. Very typical of the
work”. A scarce McLoughlin turn of the 19th century and a great
ABC. $200.00
copy. $350.00

NOAH ADVERTISING ALPHABET


FRENCH MILITARY ABC
34. ABC. (NOAH’S ARK) NOAH’S ARK PRIMER. Syracuse: Handford
PANORAMA
Manufacturing 1912. 5 x 7”, pictorial wraps, some edge fraying else VG. This
29. ABC. (MILITARY) is a charming advertising ABC
ALPHABET MILITAIRE. in verse with a Noah’s Ark
Pairs: D. Marchand nd, ca theme. Illustrated in full
1860. 12mo, decorative color on every page. Beneath
wraps, fine. Containing 8 each rhyme are 2 lines touting
panels opening panorama the benefit of Hanford’s
style. Each panel has 3 Balsam. B is for “The Big
illustrations and text in Brown Bear can sniff and
English and French. Each growl/ And through the woods
letter is represented by a he likes to prowl / He digs up
different military rank or roots and climbs the trees/
To rob the hives of honey
type. A charming bi-lingual
bees.“ Put Hanford’s Balsam
ABC. $600.00
on bee stings to stop the
itching. $225.00
RARE SOLDIER
McLOUGHLIN ALPHABET
35. ABC. (NURSERY
30. ABC. (MILITARY)
RHYMES) ABC BOOK OF
LITTLE SOLDIERS ABC.
NURSERY RHYMES. Lond.:
NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1894.
Ward, Lock & Tyler, circa
Folio, (10 x 12 1/4”) cloth
1875. 4to, pictorial wraps,
backed pictorial boards,
some light cover soil and spine
some edge and corner
wear, VG. Printed on one
wear else VG+. Brightly
side of the paper, there are
illustrated with 12 full page
6 very fine and fanciful full
chromolithographs depicting
page color lithographs with
infantrymen from various
text opposite in verse. Large
guards and battles including
letters are prominent on the
the Civil War. H is for
page and the rhymes relate to
Hussars, K is for Kosacks
objects in the pictures.
Rare. $500.00
$400.00
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CENTENARY EDITION
40. ABC. PETER PIPER’S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN & PERFECT
TUCK PAINTING ABC PRONUNCIATION. NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Co. (1936) 8vo, cloth backed
36. ABC. (PAINTING BOOK) ABC IN MY decorative boards, 99p., near Fine. The text for this unusual book is taken from
the original 1836 edition. To commemorate it’s centenary, each letter was given
GARDEN. Lond.: Tuck no date circa 1910. to a different contemporary
artist, designer or printer
4to, stiff pictorial wraps, fine and unused. who was invited to redesign
Printed on one side of the paper, each color an allotted page in any manner
he pleased. BRUCE ROGERS
illustrated page faces a page in line to be designed the title page and
W.A. DWIGGINS designed
painted by the child. The alphabet letters the binding as well as the
represent fruit, berries, vegetables and letter “D” and there are
wonderful contributions by
more. $150.00 VALENTI ANGELO, BORIS
ARTZYBASHEFF, FRITZ
EICHENBERG and others.
A novel approach to book
UNUSED AMERICAN CHROMO PAINTING BOOK illustration and a great ABC
37. ABC. (PAINTING BOOK) WILD ANIMAL ABC PAINTING BOOK. book. $150.00
Chic.: Sprague, Warner, no
date, circa 1890. Oblong
8vo (8 1/4 x 6”), pictorial
wraps, one leaf with an IGARUSHI’S BI-LINGUAL PHOTO
unobtrusive mend else ILLUSTRATED ABC
fine and unused. This is a 41. ABC. (PHOTO ILLUSTRATED)
charming animal alphabet IGARASHI ALPHABETS From Graphics
illustrated with 4 fine full to Sculptures by Takenobu Igarashi.
page chromolithographs Zurich: ABC Edition (1987). 4to, (10
and with other pages 1/4 x 10”), 152p., pictorial boards, Fine
illustrated in brown line in dust wrapper. 1st ed. An array of
designed to be painted by two and three dimensional alphabets
little hands. Instructions by Igarashi, a graphic designer and
are inside the front sculptor. Illustrated with photos and
cover. $225.00 with the explanatory text in English,
German and French. A fascinating
book. $75.00
LIMITED EDITION
38. ABC. (PARROT PRESS) ADULT ALPHABETS: EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH
PRESS ALPHABET BOOKS FROM THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS with an
Alphabetical description,
ADULT ABC OF WINE
copious illustrations and a
checklist of Press Alphabet 42. ABC. (PHOTO ILLUSTRATED) VIN
Book by David Blamires. RUDE: AN ALCOHOLIC ALPHABET by
(Oxford): Hanborough
Parrot Press 1990. Folio David Thorpe. (Lond.: Macmillan 1980).
(9 x 12 1/2”). decorative 4to, (8 1/2 x 11 1/2”), cloth, fine in dust
cloth, pictorial label,
wrapper. 1st ed. An artful, erotic alphabet
Fine. Informative text
about the many aspects of wine terminology and all things related
of alphabet books is
to wine, illustrated with b&w photos by
arranged alphabetically and
accompanied by illustrations the author. “X” is for Xampan Spanish
from various previously Sparkling Wines.
published ABC’s including
Nicholson, David Jones, $100.00
Enid Marx and many more.
LIMITED TO ONLY 170
NUMBERED COPIES (85
colored), THIS IS NUMBER
72 uncolored. Printed on 43. ABC. (POLITICAL)
mould-made paper by the GLADSTONE A.B.C.. Edinburgh
Didcot Press. This is a & Lond.: William Blackwood and
fascinating and useful ABC Sons, no date, ca 1882. 8vo,
book. $200.00 pictorial wraps, tiny corner chip
and name on cover margin else
fine. Preface by Lord Macauley.
PETER PAN ALPHABET An anti- Gladstone / anti-
39. ABC. (PETER PAN) PETER PAN’S A B C. NY: Hodder & Stoughton
liberal polemic in the form of
[1913]. 4to, (7 1/4 x 9
an alphabet. Each letter has 4
1/4”), cloth backed pictorial
lines of verse followed by quotes
boards, near Fine. 1st
from newspapers confirming
U.S. ed. A most wonderful
the poem’s criticism or quoting
alphabet book starting with
Gladstone himself. For example:
an abridged version of J.M.
“R is RETRENCHMENT, the
Barrie’s Peter Pan (the name
Liberal cry, And it stands for
Barrie curiously enough is
REFORM; yet we’ll see bye and
not mentioned anywhere),
bye That RETRENCHMENT
after which are verses for
means Robbing and Racking
each letter of the alphabet
and screwing, And REFORM
with text that deals with
only Riot, Revolution and Ruin.”
the story. Illustrated by
Wonderfully illustrated with
FLORA WHITE with 26
14 full page very detailed
(including cover) especially
black and whites by an unknown
lovely color plates. $
800.00
hand. $450.00
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ONLY 75 COPIES - PRIVATE PRESSES 1886 CLEVER ABC SPELLING TOY


44. ABC. (PRIVATE PRESS / NEW YORK) NEW YORK CHAPPEL ABC. no 48. ABC. (TOY) ABC TOY. Offered here is a clever wooden toy with moveable
date, circa 1960. 16mo (4 1/2 x 5 3/4”) red wraps, fine. This fascinating ABC pieces meant to teach children the alphabet and spelling. It consists of a carved
is LIMITED TO ONLY 75 COPIES, most likely a keepsake of the New York and painted wooden board measuring 13 1/2” wide x 9” high, decorated with a red
Chappel of Private Presses. 13 different private presses in New York City each floral motif on the top. There are 56 letters of the alphabet painted in black
contributed 2 pages of the alphabet and one contributed the title page and on red wooden discs. The discs, which are not removable, are set into a board
colophon. Printed on one side of the paper, every letter refers to something about that has 3 intersecting grooved tracks that allow the child to maneuver the
New York City. Many pages letters into whatever
are illustrated, all are order the child desires.
graphically well designed Except for part of one
and naturally well printed. letter being chipped
Contributions include and normal rubbing, it is
Fridolf Johnson’s Mermaid in excellent condition.
Press, the Wronkers Ron Probably American,
Press, Herity Press, Ink- there is no production
well Press, Ogham Press, information other than
Press of the Iron Horse, “Pat. Feb. 16, 1886”.
Serendipity Press, Glad This is a clever learning
Hand Press, Press of Travis toy with a concept
Cliett, Powers Private Press, that could easily be
Banter Univ. Press, and Press enjoyed by children
of the Haywoods. $200.00 in this computer
age. $375.00

45. ABC. (RUSSELL,MARY) PLAY & 49. ABC. (TRAINS) RAILWAY A.B.C. NY: Sam. Gabriel 1911. Small 4to,
PLEASURE A B C. NY: Sam’l Gabriel circa pictorial wraps, VG+. A railway ABC featuring 4 fine full page illustrations plus
1930. 4to, pictorial wraps, VG+. An alphabet line illustrations in text to accompany rhymes about the various letters - all with
featuring the pastimes of cherubic little a railroad theme. Illus. by A.E. KENNEDY. $200.00
children. Illustrated in full color and 3-color by
Mary LaFetra Russell. “B” is Baseball and “Q” is
Quoits. $125.00

46. ABC. (SEASIDE) SEASIDE ABC.


Lond.: Dean & Son, ca 1870. 8vo. pictorial
wraps, spine neatly strengthened else near
fine. An alphabet dealing with a family’s stay
at a seaside resort. Illus. with 4 full page
color illus. and in blue on other pages. “G for
the Goat-chaise / promised next morning
/ If all went to bed without / Scolding or
warning.” A title in Dean’s Giant Penny Popular
Series. $275.00

UNUSUAL
50. ABC. (X-RATED) GENTLEMAN’S ALPHABET BOOK limericks by Donald
Hall. NY: Dutton 1972 (1972). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed
boards, fine in sl. frayed, sl. faded dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. In this
unusual ABC, each letter stands for a different x-rated “condition”. E is
Exhibitionist, M is for Masochist. Illustrated with incredibly detailed full page
pen and inks by Harvey Kornberg, reminiscent of Gorey. $125.00

ABC SEE ALSO 87, 101, 126, 187, 220, 277, 365, 372, 467, 471

ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT WORK) 19, 111, 226, 289, 332, 561

ADVERTISING INTEREST – 1-5, 32, 34, 239, 248


ABC BY AMERICAN THEATER ACTOR NEIL BURGESS
47. ABC. (THEATER) CHILDREN’S ABC ALBUM by Neil Burgess. No pub.
AESOP 59, 193, 469 AFRICA – 53 AKIN, EMMA – 102
info., printed by Courier in Buffalo circa 1892. 3 1/2 x 5”, pictorial wraps, hole
punched in margins else VG+. Burgess was an American actor who starred as
Aunt Abigail Prue in the play County Fair in 1891. Many of the rhymes in this ABC
51. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. JO’S BOYS. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886 (1886).
refer to this play. “I is the Interest that appeals to the heart / and gave County
12mo (5 x 7”), brown cloth stamped in black and gold, 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial ads,
Fair its very big start.” “Y is the years the play’s run in the past / and the future
owner signature dated Christmas 1886, slightest of soil on rear cover else near
ones too that its likely to last.” Illustrated with b&w cuts and with large capital
Fine in custom cloth box with leather label. First ed., first state of this classic
letters printed in red. A very unusual ABC. $275.00
(sheets measure 1 16th” in bulk) (BAL 211). In this story Alcott continues to
follow the lives of the Plumfield boys from Little Men. Beautiful copy. $475.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg  helen@alephbet.com

RARE ALDIN TITLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION with text composed of poems by George Macdonald, William Blake and other
52. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN’S HAPPY FAMILY by May Byron. notables. Illustrated by Anderson with 6 beautiful color plates and delicate
London: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Thick 4to (8 3/4 x 9 and lovely line illustrations in text. This is a superb copy of a rare Anne
3/4”), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, slightest of tip Anderson book. $650.00
and edge wear else near Fine. 1st edition of this magnificent picture book
featuring 36 TIPPED IN COLOR PLATES SIX OF WHICH ARE DOUBLE- ANDRE, R. SEE 153

PAGE! There are also 36 full page b&w’s to accompany the following stories: ANGELO, VALENTI - 40

ungry Peter the Pig


H Master Quack, the Duckling 56. (ANNING BELL,
Rufus the Cat Humpty & Dumpty, the Rabbits ROBERT)illus. TALES
Rags, the Dog Forager, the Puppy FROM SHAKESPEARE by
Charles & Mary Lamb. NY:
This is Aldin at his very best and this is a beautiful copy of a scarce Aldin title, Trulove Hanson & Comba,
essentially 6 books in one. $2250.00 no date [1899]. Thick 8vo,
372p., red gilt pictorial
cloth, top edge gilt, VG+.
1st ed. Illus. with 10 full
page woodcuts by Bell in
Art Nouveau style. For
another book by Bell see
237. $225.00

HUMANIZED CANDY
57. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. THE
ADVENTURES OF CHILLEE UM GUM by
Alfred Colle. NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1938).
Sq. 4to pictorial boards, near Fine in sl.
frayed dw. The adventures of a man made
SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY INTEREST - INSCRIBED
53. (AMES,MRS. ERNEST)illus. THE TREMENDOUS TWINS OR HOW THE out of gum drops that come alive. Charming
BOERS WERE BEATEN by Ernest Ames. Lond: Grant Richards 1900. Oblong color illustrations throughout by LOIS VAN
4to (10 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed white pictorial boards, 95p., cover soiled some and ALSTINE. Children are encouraged to make
edges rubbed else amazingly clean, tight, VG+. The story told in verse about how their own candy men using toothpicks and gum
2 little twin boys decide to
drops. $250.00
run the British Army. They
go to South Africa to win
the Boer War. Printed on
one side of the paper, each ANTHROPOMORPHISM (HUMANIZED OBJECTS) SEE ALSO 115, 210, 247, 248, 476,
page of verse is faced with 477, 479, 546, 565
a wonderful full page color
illustration by Mrs. Ames
whose simple and colorful ARABIAN NIGHTS - 423
style is quite distinctive and
appealing. THIS COPY IS
INSCRIBED BY MRS. AMES, 58. ARIS,ERNEST. WILLIE MOUSE.
the author and illustrator.
Akron: Saalfield ca 1915. 4to, stiff pictorial
A great picture book,
rare. $850.00 wraps, near fine. Illus. with 6 great color

HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION BY HOLIDAY HOUSE illustrations, many detailed line illus. and color
54. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. THUMBELINA. Holiday House (1939). Sq.
16mo (3 1/2 x 3 1/2”), cloth covers. $100.00
backed decorative boards,
fine. LIMITED TO 1200
COPIES HAND-COLORED.
Beautifully and delicately
illus. by Hilda Scott with
hand-colored illustrations
throughout. Designed by ART (ORIGINAL) SEE 133, 144, 151, 173, 231, 270, 303, 307, 308, 318, 319, 320,
Helen Gentry (Formerly of 326-329, 388, 404, 419, 443, 484, 540, 551, 600
Grabhorn Press). Perfect
ART DECO – 73, 150, 189, 223, 242, 396, 537, 567
little book. See Bader
p.214. $200.00
ART NOUVEAU – 23, 56, 179, 237, 375, 416 ARTHURIAN – 463, 557, 560

ANDERSEN, HANS SEE ALSO 325, 343, 380

59. (ARTZYBASHEFF,
RARE BABY BOOK BORIS)illus. AESOP’S
IN BOX FABLES. NY: Viking 1933
55. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. (1933). Large 8vo, (6 1/4 x
BABY’S RECORD. London: 9 1/2”), red cloth, pictorial
George Harrap (1920, 1928). paste-on, slightly dusty
4to (8 x 10 5/8”), pink moiré else Fine in dust wrapper
stamped in gold and blue, top (dw 1” piece off spine, edge
edge gilt, 63p., FINE AND chipping, Good). First edition,
UNUSED IN PUBLISHER’S edited by Artzybasheff
PICTORIAL BOX! (box and illustrated by him
flaps repaired). Issued in with pictorial endpapers
a deluxe leather edition plus 20 full and half page
in 1920, this is most likely wood engravings that are
the first cloth edition. A quite striking, detailed and
book to record baby’s firsts beautiful. $250.00
914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 91

60. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS) AVIATION SEE 1 BABY BOOK - 55


illus. THREE AND THE
MOON by Jacques Dore. 65. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Akron: Saalfield nd ca 1928.
NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. Small 4to, pictorial wraps, general wear and some soil, VG. Wonderfully illustrated by
4to, (7 1/2 x 10”), cloth, FLORENCE WHITE WILLIAMS with color covers, 4 color illustrations plus numerous
slight edge fading else fine blue line illustrations on every page of text. A most uncommon edition. $250.00
in frayed and chipped dust
wrapper. 1st ed. French #65 #66
folk and fairy tales and
legends from Brittany,
Normandy and Provence
are accompanied by striking
full page color woodcuts by
Artzybasheff plus equally
as beautiful black and
whites. $150.00

ATTWELL CLOTH BOOK


61. (ATTWELL,MABEL
LUCIE)illus. LUCIE
ATTWELL’S FAIRYLITE
BOOK. no pub. info, ca 1930.
4to, pictorial cloth book,
Folio, pictorial wraps, 16p.,
incl. covers, light soil and
creasing, VG+. Illustrated
with bold and charming
full color illustrations on
every page showing a little SHAPE BOOK
girl with elves, fairies and 66. BANNERMAN,HELEN. EL NEGRITO SAMBO. no pub. info., Barcelona circa
animals. Very scarce and 1950. 4to, die-cut in the shape of Sambo with his umbrella, fine. Illustrated in
far superior to the later color by PRUDENCIA ANTON. Rare. $750.00
paper edition. $350.00

QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
FAIRY TALE RARE SAMBO BLUE RIBBON POP-UP
62. (ATTWELL,MABEL
67. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY
LUCIE)illus. PEEPING
PANSY by MARIE QUEEN OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Blue
OF ROUMANIA. Lond.: Ribbon (1934). 16mo (3 3/4 x 5”), pictorial
Hodder & Stoughton nd
boards, 60p., covers soiled some and paper
[1919]. 4to, orange cloth
pictorially stamped in black, aging as usual, VG+. A title in Blue Ribbon’s
slight wear, near fine. Midget Pop-up Series, this features one
Illustrated by Attwell with double-page color pop-up and 26 full page
8 magnificent mounted color
plates with illustrated tissue black and whites to accompany the story
guards and with 8 full page of Sambo, illustrated by C. CAREY CLOUD.
b&w’s. A nice copy of a very Rare. $750.00
scarce and desirable Attwell
title. $1200.00

ATTWELL, MABEL LUCY SEE ALSO 74, 74A

JOHN AUSTEN’S “HAMLET”


63. (AUSTEN,JOHN)illus. HAMLET by Shakespeare. NY: Dutton nd [1922]. 68. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE
4to, cloth backed gilt pictorial boards, near Fine in chipped dust wrapper with BLACK SAMBO. no publication data,
portions of spine off. 1st U.S. ed. A beautiful edition of Hamlet with many “printed in U.S.A. on bottom right
interesting full page and in text illustrations in Austen’s distinctive style (similar of cover). Obl. 16mo, blue pictorial
to Harry Clarke). $350.00 wraps, (4 1/4 x 3 1/2” high), [12]p.
incl. covers, tiny tear on top edge
of cover, else VG+. Illus. with 6 full
page color illus. (incl. covers) unsigned
but by Margot Voigt (?) A rare
edition. $325.00

AS NEW CONDITION
69. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE
BLACK SAMBO. NY: Gabriel nd ca 1920.
Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, AS NEW! A
great version of this tale, illustrated

DOROTHY WALL ILLUSTRATIONS in full color on every page by MARY


64. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. AUSTRALIANS ALL: BUSH FOLK IN RHYME LAFETRA RUSSELL. A remarkable
by Nelle Grant Cooper. Sydney: Angus Robertson 1934 (1934). Large 8vo,
pictorial boards, slight cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. Australian bush animals presented copy. $300.00
in verse. Illustrated by DOROTHY WALL with marvelous blue illustrations on
every page. Muir p. 210. $325.00

AUSTRALIAN SEE ALSO 64, 258, 390-394, 578 AUTOS – 1


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SAMBO * PIED PIPER * 3 PIGS * JACK & BEANSTALK ATTWELL’S “PETER PAN”
70. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO, PIED IN WRAPPER
PIPER OF HAMELIN, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, THREE LITTLE PIGS 74. BARRIE,J.M. PETER
- JUNIOR COLOR CLASSICS. Springfield, MA: McLoughlin (1931). Offered PAN AND WENDY. NY:
here are 4 books (6x7.5”) in the original pictorial box. Books have pictorial Scribner 1921 (1921). 4to,
board covers and are in fine condition, the box has flaps repaired. The Sambo green gilt pictorial cloth,
has great Art Deco illustrations in bold colors by HILDEGARD LUPPRIAN. Pied endpapers darkened else
Piper and Jack are equally as well illustrated by Jack Perkins and H.G. Nicolas. near fine in ORIGINAL
(Illustrator not named for Three Pigs). Wonderful versions of these classic DUSTWRAPPER (dw with
tales, rare in the pictorial box. $850.00 piece off lower right
corner). 1st U.S. ed. thus.
Illustrated by MABEL LUCY
ATTWELL with 12 beautiful
color plates and many b&w’s
in-text. A nice copy - rare in
the dw. $750.00

INSCRIBED BY
ATTWELL WITH
WATERCOLOR
74A. BARRIE,J.
M. PETER PAN AND
WENDY. Lond:Hodder
& Stoughton nd ca 1921.
Thick 4to, blue. cloth,
sl. fade spots on covers
else VG+ Illustrated by
MABEL LUCY ATTWELL
with 12 beautiful tipped-
in color plates and many
71. BANNERMAN,HELEN. STORY OF LITTLE WHITE SQUIBBA. Lond.: b&w’s in-text. This
Chatto & Windus (1966). 16mo, pictorial boards, 64p., fine in dw. 1st ed. Written copy is INSCRIBED
and illustrated by Bannerman but never before published, this is another in the BY ATTWELL WITH
series of little books to accompany Little Black Sambo. Illus. in color. $200.00 A LOVELY FULL PAGE
WATERCOLOR OF
A BABY MERMAID
PLAYING WITH
BUBBLES! A special copy,
Attwell’s watercolors in
books being exceedingly
scarce. $2750.00

BARRIE SEE ALSO 245

BAUER’S MARVELOUS TROLLS


75. (BAUER,JOHN)illus. JOHN BAUERS BASTA ett urval sagor ur Bland Tomtar
Och Troll aren 1907-1915. (Stockholm): Ahlén and Akerlunds (1931). Folio (12 x
13”), original wraps in contemporary leather backed marbled boards, 73p., offset
on title and frontis else fine. 1st edition. Seven essays by notable Swedes (including
one by Elsa Beskow) on various aspects of Bauer’s work. Featuring 19 fabulous color
plates with Bauer’s incomparable trolls, plus a frontis portrait of him and a few
black and whites. Very scarce and a great collection of his best work. $600.00

72. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO AND THE MONKEY


PEOPLE written and illustrated by FRANK VER BECK. Phil: Altemus (1928).
16mo, cl. backed pictorial boards, color paste-on, fine in dw. Sambo goes to
Monkeytown and has adventures. Illustrated with marvelous color plates on
every other page. An Altemus Wee Book for Wee Folks. $200.00

BANNERMAN SEE ALSO 218

ART DECO PETER PAN


73. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. London: Hodder & Stoughton no
date, circa 1925. Thick 4to (8 1/4 x 10”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, [272]p., spine
slightly faded else near Fine. Illustrated by GWYNNED HUDSON with full page
and many partial page art deco color illustrations with illustrations on almost
every page. This is a great version of this classic. $400.00

75B. (BAUER,JOHN AND EINAR


NORELIUS)illus. BLAND TOMTAR OCH
TROLL. Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlunds
1945. Sq. 8vo, bds, pict. paste-on, 130p.,
soil on rear leaf, VG+ in chipped dw.
Illustrated by Bauer with 3 richly colored
tipped in plates (in style of Tenggren’s
Grimm) and by Norelius with 12 wonderfully
charming tipped in color plates plus color
plate on the cover. There are also b&w
vignettes. A nice copy of this fine Swedish
annual. $225.00
914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 91

INCREDIBLE LETTER
FROM L. FRANK BAUM
TO JOHN R. NEILL
76.BAUM,L.FRANK. SIGNED LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. Offered

here is an incredible Oz related letter from Baum to Neill. Typed on Oz Film

Manufacturing stationary (L. Frank Baum President) with Neill illustration in the

upper corner, the text fills an entire 8/12 x 11 sheet of paper, signed in ink by

Baum. The letter begins: “Dear Johnny Neill: Sharpen your pencil, sip an absinthe

frappe and try to imagine this character in “The Scarecrow of Oz.” It is an Ork,

quite a prominent actor in the story, and I quote this introduction from the text:

[followed by 28 lines of text]... You will observe the Ork is not a water creature,

although it first appeared in a cavern, where it had escaped from the clutches

of a whirlpool, as had Trot and Cap’n Bill. During the story it flies thru the air

with Trot upon its back. There is also the “Bumpy Man” in the story: a fellow

with little bumps all over him.... The principal character [sic] are Trot, Cap’n

Bill, Dorothy, Ozma, Glinda, Wizard, Ork, Bumpy Man, Scarecrow, Button Bright,

King Krawl, of Jinxland; Princess Gloria, his niece; Googly Gee, a wealthy old

courtier; Pen, a gardener’s boy; a Wicked Witch named Blinkie. Warm regards;

congratulations; affection; admiration--to our Johnny from [signed] L. Frank

Baum. Letters such as this with the combination of Oz text and the incredible

association between author and artist, rarely appear on the market.

$39,500.00

FABULOUS OZ LETTER
ON “OZCOT” STATIONARY
FROM L. FRANK BAUM
TO JOHN R. NEILL
77. BAUM,L.FRANK. LETTER. This is a fabulous 1 page typed letter signed

by Baum dated July 15, 1917, written to John R. Neill on the event of receiving

Neill’s artwork for the Lost Princess of Oz. The stationary has a wide pictorial

border featuring the covers of Baum’s books. The text reads: “Dear Johnny

Neill: I’m just in receipt of “The Lost Princess of Oz” and want to express to you

my full appreciation of the good work you have done on this book. The pictures

are exceptionally clever and attractive and, allowing for the fact that you made

two peaches grow on a tree where there was only one, you have given the text

full consideration. I’m sorry not to have met you personally for so many recent

years, as I remember our former foregatherings with real pleasure and think we

would harmonize if we were jailed together in the same cell. Why not come out

to California and see me? With sincere regards [signed] L. Frank Baum.” Baum

association letters with Oz content are exceedingly rare. $27,500.00


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Following are some of the Baum books in rare dust wrappers MINT ROYAL BOOK OF OZ IN DUST WRAPPER
from a collection we recently purchased. In addition to having 81. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
the dw’s, the books themselves are all in remarkable condition. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1921). 8vo, light gray cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT IN
If you don’t see a title you need, please ask, we have others. DUST WRAPPER (dw ads through this title, price clipped, few tiny margin mends
else fine). 1st ed. 1st state (with misprint on plate p. 255). Illus. by JOHN R.
NEILL with 12 color plates (coated both sides) plus pictorial ep’s and b&w’s in
FIRST STATE IN DUST WRAPPER text. Although only Baum’s name appears in the book this is the FIRST OZ
WITH CONTESTANT BLANK! TITLE BY THOMPSON. This is a magnificent copy of the 15th Oz title, rare in
78. BAUM,L.FRANK. JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB. Chic: Reilly & such amazing condition. H/G XV. $6000.00
Britton(1906). 4to, tan cloth stamped in red, black and brown on front and in
black on rear, [315]p. + ads, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw repaired on verso,
some chipping) and WITH CONTESTANT BLANK INTACT! 1st ed, FIRST
STATE without correction line 10 on p.275 (cage instead of cave). A non-Oz
fantasy relating the adventures of John Dough, a gingerbread man who comes
alive, and his comrade Chick the Cherub in the Palace of Romance, the Land of
the Mifkets, etc.. Featuring 40 fantastic full page color illustrations, 20 color
pictorial chapter heads, 100 black and whites in text plus pictorial endpapers and
title by J.R. NEILL (See Baum Bugle Spring 1969). An amazing copy, super rare
with the dust wrapper. $8500.00

MINT 1ST PRINTING IN DUST WRAPPER


82. (BAUM,L.FRANK). GIANT HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thomson. Chic:
Reilly & Lee (1928). 8vo, rust cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper
(dw very sl. worn, price clipped but near fine). 1st ed., 1st issue, (H/G XXII),
earliest copy with the “r” in “morning” p. 116 line 1 not damaged. Illustrated with
12 color plates by J. R.NEILL. This is an outstanding copy of the 22nd Oz title,
rare in this condition with the wrapper. $4000.00

MINT SCARECROW OF OZ IN DUST WRAPPER


79. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE SCARECROW OF OZ. Chic.: Reilly & Britton
(1915). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper (dw with small
pieces of spine ends else VG). 1st ed. 1st state with ads listing this title last in
first state wrapper. Illustrated by JOHN NEILL with 12 color plates, pictorial
endpapers and b&w’s throughout the text. This is a magnificent copy of the 9th
Oz title. Hanff/Greene IX.1. Rare in this condition in the wrapper. $10,000.00

83. (BAUM,L.FRANK) PIRATES IN OZ by


Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee
(1931) 4to, medium green cloth, pictorial
paste-on, VG+. 1st ed, 1st state (H-G XXV),
illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate,
pictorial endpapers, 12 beautiful color plates
(coated one side) plus b&w’s in text. A nice
copy. $850.00

MINT IN DUST WRAPPER


84. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE YELLOW
KNIGHT OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
Chic: Reilly & Lee (1930). 4to, brick red
cloth, pictorial paste- on, MINT in dust
MINT MAGIC OF OZ IN DW wrapper (dw 1st state with both flaps listing
80. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1919). 8vo, green this title last, very lightly frayed and price
cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper (small chip repaired at head of clipped). First ed. 1st state with plates
spine of dw else VG+). 1st state (no mention of Magic on list of ads), in first state coated both sides and spine imprint in bold
dw (rear flap blank). Illustrated with 12 fine color plates by JOHN R. NEILL. face (Hanff - Greene XXIV) illustrated by
(Hanff/ Greene XIII). This is a magnificent copy of the 13th Oz title and the J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates plus many full
next to last Oz book written by Baum, rare in the dust wrapper. $9500.00 page black and whites. This is a magnificent
copy of the 24th Oz title, rarely found in
this condition. $2500.00
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FINE IN DUST WRAPPER #89


85. (BAUM,L.FRANK). HANDY MANDY IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic:
Reilly & Lee (1937). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 246p., VERY FINE IN
DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. frayed, price $1.50 listing this title last on flap). 1st ed.
(H-G XXXI). Illus. in b&w by J.R. NEILL incl. pictorial ep’s. One of the most difficult
to find Thompson titles and an exceptionally nice copy in a beautiful dust wrapper.
$1750.00

BAUM FAIRY TALES


90. BAUM,L.FRANK. BAUM’S AMERICAN FAIRY TALES. Indianapolis: Bobbs
Merrill (1908). Sm. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [223]p., cover plate ever
SIGNED WITH A so slightly soiled else fine and bright. 1st ed. thus. 1st issued in 1901, this edition
DRAWING BY has 3 additional stories and an author’s note written for this edition. It is newly
MICHAEL HAGUE illustrated with 16 color plates by GEORGE KERR. This edition is actually more
86. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE difficult to find than the 1901 version and this is a beautiful copy. $800.00
WIZARD OF OZ. NY: Holt
(1982) 4to, pictorial boards, BEAUTIFUL COPY OF RARE BAUM TITLE
Mint in dw. Illustrated by 91. BAUM,L.FRANK. YELLOW HEN. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1916). Sm. 4to, pictorial
MICHAEL HAGUE with boards, slightest of edge wear else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw with a few tiny
absolutely incredible color edge tears else VG+). A Snuggle Tale, illus. by JOHN R. NEILL with color frontis
illus. throughout. This copy is and many full page and smaller b&w’s. Rare and a beautiful copy. $1000.00
SIGNED BY HAGUE WITH
A WONDERFUL DRAWING
OF AN OZ CHARACTER BY
HAGUE. $325.00

RARE BAUM TITLE


87. BAUM,L.FRANK. ARMY
ALPHABET. Chic: G. Hill
1900. Folio, cloth backed
pictorial boards, some
of the usual edge corner
rubbing, else a remarkably
clean, tight and VG+ copy.
1st (and only) edition of this
rare book by Baum. Printed
on rectos only, each page
features a marvelous full
color illustration by HARRY
KENNEDY (similar in style
to Parrish’s Mother Goose
In Prose). The verse by ROOSEVELT BEARS
Baum for the alphabet is 92. BEARS. MORE ABOUT TEDDY B AND TEDDY G THE ROOSEVELT
integrated into the picture BEARS. by Seymour Eaton. NY: Stern 1907 (Sept. 1907) 4to, cl. backed
with a wide yellow border pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, tips sl. rubbed else fine. 1st edition of the
around each page. The text second Roosevelt Bear book, illustrated by R.K. CULVER with 16 color plates
is hand lettered by Charles including cover plus a profusion of black and whites in text. In this volume, the
Costello. Each letter is Bears come East and visit New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Baltimore and
represented with a picture Washington and naturally they have many adventures. Very Scarce especially in
and rhyme having to do with this bright and clean condition. $650.00
the army. A nice copy of
this most sought after and
finely produced book for RARE EARLY TEDDY BEAR BOOK
children. $2500.00
93. BEARS. MOTHER GOOSE’S
88. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BANDIT JIM TEDDY BEARS by Frederick L. Cavally.
CROW by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill 1907 (1907).
Britton (1906). 12mo, pictorial cloth, [63]p.,
Large 4to, (10 x 11”), red cloth, pictorial
sl. shelf wear, VG+. 1st ed. of this Twinkle
Tale, illus. by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT paste-on, slight wear to paste-on on
(Frank Lloyd Wright’s sister) with 15 full gutter pinholes on top front else, tight
page color illus. plus color title page. Very
and VG+. 1st ed. Illustrated by the author
scarce. $700.00
with 32 color plates plus illustrations
89. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. PRINCE MUD- in brown line on text pages. An early
TURTLE by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: Reilly Teddy Bear book in nice condition. Quite
& Britton (1906). 8vo, pictorial boards, 61p.,
slightest edge soil else fine! 1st ed. of this scarce. $800.00
rare title in the Twinkle Tale Series. A
wonderful fantasy written by Baum under
his Bancroft pseudonym and illus. in color BEARS SEE ALSO 191, 222, 223, 428, 484, 519, 578, 589, 590
by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT. (SEE
ILLUS TOP NEXT |COLUMN) $875.00 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – 119, 331
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BEGINNER BOOK BY DR. SEUSS’S WIFE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX


94. BEGINNER BOOK. I WAS KISSED BY A SEAL AT THE ZOO by Helen 99. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus.
Palmer. NY: Beginner Books 1962. 8vo, glazed pictorial boards, owner’s name on ONE THOUSAND POEMS
dust wrapper else fine. 1st ed., no ads for later titles. Written by Dr. Seuss’ FOR CHILDREN edited by
wife Helen Palmer and illustrated with photos by Lynn Fayman. Scarce. $125.00 Roger Ingpen. Philadelphia:
Jacobs (1923). 4to, (7 1/2 x
9 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial
paste- on, AS NEW IN
DUST WRAPPER AND BOX!
(box sl. worn). 100 poems
arranged in categories
and illustrated by Betts
with cover plate, pictorial
endpapers plus 8 color
plates. (First line, author and
title indexes). An incredible
copy. $500.00

BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY
100. (BICKNELL,W.
H.W.)illus. THE
DESERTED VILLAGE by
Oliver Goldsmith. Bost.:
Bibliophile Soc. 1912.
Large 8vo, full calf ruled
95. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE in gold, spine faded else
AND THE BAD HAT. NY: Viking (March VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY
1957). Folio, red cloth, Fine in very sl. worn, 469 COPIES PRINTED
VG+ dust wrapper. 1st trade ed. Wonderful FOR MEMBERS. Illus. by
color illustrations on every page showing BICKNELL with 6 beautiful
the further adventures of Madeline. Nice copperplate etchings never
copy. $600.00 before published, each
signed by him and the plates
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER destroyed. Printed on vellum
96. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE’S paper. $100.00
RESCUE. NY: Viking 1953 (1953). Folio,
cloth, 56p., Fine in dw with chips all along BIRDS – 7, 8, 9
spine and some tears. 1st ed. Madeline is
saved from drowning by a dog. Beautiful color RARE KEMBLE BLACK ALPHABET
illustrations by the author. CALDECOTT 101. BLACK INTEREST. (ABC) A COON ALPHABET by E. W. Kemble. NY &
AWARD WINNER. $875.00 Lond: Russell & Lane 1898 (1898). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers lightly
soiled and rubbed on edges else tight, clean VG+ copy of this rare title. First
edition of one of the most astounding children’s alphabet books of any era. Printed
on rectos only, each letter uses 2 pages. The first has the letter of the alphabet
RARE BETTS BABES IN TOYLAND CALENDAR in large black type and three lines of verse, illustrated in b&w. The second page
97. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. BABES IN TOYLAND: A CALENDAR. Offered finishes the verse and features another large pen and ink. “J is for Joseph / a
here is a calendar to accompany wicked young lad / He fooled wid his brudder / And made his Ma mad.” It’s quite
the book written by Glen rare to find this title complete and in other than disbound condition. $2750.00
MacDonough and Anna
Alice Chapin published in
1904. There are 7 leaves
printed on one side of the
paper bound with ribbon
tie at the top. There is
some neat reinforcement
at the ties else VG+. Each
leaf including the cover
features a beautiful
mounted color plate by
Betts that appeared in the
book. Days of the month are
printed at the bottom of the
pages. This is a rare Betts
item. $225.00

RARE BETTS MOTHER GOOSE RARE PHOTO


ILLUSTRATED BLACK
98. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. FAVORITE
READER
NURSERY RHYMES. NY: Stokes (1906). 102. BLACK INTEREST.
4to, tan decorated cloth, color illus. on (AKIN,EMMA) GIFTS by
Emma Akin. Oklahoma City:
cover, 47p., VG+. 1st edition of this Harlow Pub. 1938. 8vo,
Mother Goose (preceding the later ed. red cloth, 184p. Title page
creased else Fine. This is
that she did for Stokes). Illustrated with a fascinating reader for
6 stunning color plates, 6 full page b&w’s Black children, dedicated
to American Negro Boys
plus decorative border on text pages.
and Girls. Illustrated with
Some of her most beautiful work and quite silhouettes and with photos
scarce. $600.00 of Black children by the Man
Stone Co. Very scarce in
such nice condition. $500.00
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103. BLACK INTEREST. (BLUMBERG,FANNIE) ROWENA TEENA TOT AND 108. BLACK INTEREST. (FLORIDA)
THE RUNAWAY TURKEY by Fannie Blumberg. Chicago: Whitman 1941 (1936). EZEKIEL by Elvira Garner. NY: Holt (1937)
4to, cloth, 32p., fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. Rowena, Teena and Tot are 4to, cloth backed pictorial bds., Fine in
three little “colored” girls from Indiana who visit their grandmother down South chipped dw. The first Ezekiel book about
for Thanksgiving. Absolutely charming color illustrations throughout by MARY a little boy who lives in Sanford, Florida
GROSJEAN. $200.00 with his Mammy, Pappy, sister Emancipation
and more. Written in Black dialect and
charmingly illustrated in color throughout.
$200.00

BLACK FOLKTALES FROM THE


SOUTHWEST ILLUS. BY WAIN!
109. BLACK INTEREST. (FOLK TALES)
OLD RABBIT THE VOODOO AND OTHER
SORCERERS by Mary Alicia Owen. Lond:
T. Fisher Unwin 1893. 8vo, pictorial cloth,
310p., light soil, VG. 1st ed. Traditional
Black-Indian folklore gathered in the
tradition of Grimm by Owen, a Black herself.
Illustrated in pen and ink by Juliette Owen
and by LOUIS WAIN (of cat fame). Most
of the stories are written in heavy dialect
and are a fascinating group featuring
sorcerers, rabbits, voodoo and the like. Very
104. BLACK INTEREST. (BLUMBERG,FANNIE) ROWENA TEENA TOT AND scarce. $500.00
THE BLACKBERRIES by Fannie Blumberg. Chicago: Whitman 1938 (1934). 4to,
cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine. 2nd printing. Rowena, Teena and Tot are
three little “colored” girls who visit their grandmother down South. Lovely color
illustrations throughout by MARY GROSJEAN. $200.00

BLACK SANTA!
105. BLACK INTEREST. (CHRISTMAS) TURKY TROTT AND THE BLACK SANTA
by Kate Gambold Dyer. NY: Platt & Munk (1942). 4to, orange cloth, VG+ in frayed
and chipped dw. The merry adventures of Turky, a young black boy who finally meets
a Black Santa Claus. Charming 2-color illus. throughout. Scarce. $200.00

RARE URBAN FAIRY TALES


110. BLACK INTEREST. (GHETTO) BEDTIME TALES OF THE GHETTO as
told by people of West Oakland. Published by the Smudge Press in the Ghetto of
West Oakland, California (1971). 8vo, stapled pictorial wraps, 80p. Home-spun
original fairy tales, illustrated with 9 full page line illustrations by an unknown
hand. Some titles include Why the Dog Tucks His Tail, Mean Sam, Big Foot John,
etc. Proceeds from the sale of the book were used to assist vocational, academic
and athletic projects at the West Oakland Community Center. Rare. $350.00

MORMON AUTHOR 111. BLACK INTEREST. (HUGHES,LANGSTON) THE FIRST BOOK OF


106. BLACK INTEREST. (DRIGGS,HOWARD) JACKO AND THE DINGO BOY NEGROES. NY: Franklin Watts 1952. 8vo (7 1/2 x 8 1/2”), gilt cloth, 69p.,
by Howard Driggs. Lincoln (NB): University Pub. Co. 1924. 8vo, pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw sl. worn at top of spine with a few small tears else
109p. + [2]p. ads, fine in frayed dw. The adventures of a “roly-poly little Negro”, VG+). Stated 1st Printing. A children’s book by noted poet Langston Hughes,
illus. in color by Herbert Palmer. The story ends with the “Jungle Lullaby.” Done illustrated in color by URSULA KOERING. This is a nice copy. $275.00
in reader format with large print. Scarce. $500.00

ANTI-SLAVERY CHILD’S BOOK


107. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN). THE CHILD’S ANTI-SLAVERY
BOOK CONTAINING A FEW WORDS ABOUT AMERICAN SLAVE CHILDREN
AND STORIES OF SLAVE LIFE by Julia Colman and Matilda Thompson. NY:
Carlton & Porter (1859). 12mo, brown cloth, 158p., some foxing and spine ends
worn, VG. Containing Little Lewis: the Story of a Slave Boy by Julia Colman,
Mark and Hast;
or, Slave Life
in Missouri
by Matilda
Thompson, Aunt
Judy’s Story: a
Story from Real
Life by Matilda
Thompson and
Me Neber Gib
It Up! about a
slave who wants 112. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. Lond.: Juvenile Productions
to read. Illus. ca 1935. Square 4to, pictorial wraps, [24]p. including covers, some cover soil
with 10 engraved owner name on upper cover, VG. Illus. with 9 full page color illustrations plus
plates. Very color covers and title page and 10 2-color illustrations, all depicting stereotypical
scarce. Black characters in this traditional counting rhyme. (illus. signed “EC”). $250.00
$1200.00
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ART DECO TEN LITTLE NIGGER PANORAMA 117. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M)illus. VIEILLES CHANSONS ET RONDES.
113. BLACK INTEREST. (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS) DIE GESCHISCHTE VON Paris: Plon-Nourrit nd oblong 4to, decorative grey cloth, nearly As New In
DEN 10 KLEINEN NEGERBUBEN. Mainz: Scholz nd ca 1925. 5 x 4 1/2”, Original Dust Wrapper (dw sl. soiled). A companion to Boutet de Monvel’s
pictorial board covers, sl. cover soil else fine. The classic counting rhyme with Chansons de France. Illustrated with charming color illustrations on every page
German text arranged accordion fashion. Illustrated by ADOLF UZARSKI with to accompany musical notation for nearly 30 songs. Nicely printed with rich
art deco stylized color illustrations on each page. $750.00 colors and an outstanding copy rarely found in dw. $375.00

TEN LITTLE NIGGER RAG BOOK


114. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. Lond: Dean ca 1900. 8vo,
printed on cloth, some creasing, soil and discoloration, VG-. Illustrated by
R.J[AMES] WILLIAMS with great color illustrations on every page to accompany
this famous rhyme (music included). #82 Dean Rag Book. Very scarce. $650.00 BOXED LIBRARIES 212, 245, 277, 414, 471

WONDERFUL AMERICAN PICTURE BOOK


118. BRIDGMAN,L.J.
JEST-NUTS. NY & Bost:
Caldwell (1903). 4to (9 X
11”), pictorial boards, paper
flaking on spine and some
tip wear, VG+. Bridgman
takes everyday sayings and
analyzes them in verse.
Opposite each rhyme is a
wonderful full page color
illustration by him. This
is a wonderful American
picture book and a scarce
title. $275.00
BLACK INTEREST ALSO 14, 46, 65-7, 69, 72, 253, 287, 378, 408, 536, 559,
562, 563

BLAKE, QUENTIN - 501 BROCK’S FAIRY TALES


119. (BROCK,H.M)illus. BOOK OF FAIRY
HUMANIZED MAPS TALES: comprising Puss In Boots, Jack
115. BONNER,MARY GRAHAM. MAGIC and the Beanstalk, Hop-O-My-Thumb and
MAP. NY: Macauley (1927). 4to (8 x 9
Beauty and The Beast. Lond: Warne nd
3/4”), 238p., Fine in slightly frayed dust
wrapper. This is imaginative approach [1914]. 4to (9” wide x 11), gilt pictorial
to teaching geography using a fantasy cloth, front endpaper scraped and rear
narrative. Illustrated by LUXOR PRICE
free endpaper blank instead of pictorial
with incredibly fanciful illustrations of
anthropomorphized map people. Cape else VG+. Brock’s tour de force, featuring
Horn and the Great Lakes come alive pictorial endpapers, 24 magnificent color
along with Father Atlas, Mother Earth plates plus a host of black and whites.
and many more, all the while imparting
information on geography. There are One of the best picture books of fairy
15 color illustrations, 20 black & whites tales. $850.00
and pictorial endpapers A great
book. $275.00

SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER


120. (BROWN,MARCIA)illus. CINDERELLA or the little glass slipper freely
translated from Perrault. NY: Scribner (1954 A). 4to, cloth, owner inscription
on title else Fine in dw with chip off bottom corner of front panel (no award seal,
price clipped). 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautifully illustrated in
CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER
color by Brown. One of the most difficult to find award winners. Marcia Brown
116. BOSTON,LUCY. A STRANGER AT see also 10. $1200.00
GREEN KNOWE. NY: Harcourt Brace
(1961). 8vo, 158p., cloth, Fine in dust
wrapper uniformly faded on spine. Stated
1st American ed. of the fourth Green Knowe
fantasy (same year as U.K. ed.). The story
of a Chinese boy named Ping who had lived in
refugee camps and his sympathy for Hanno,
a giant gorilla in the London Zoo. Illus. in
b&w by Peter Boston. A Carnegie Medal
winner. $150.00
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RARE MARGARET WISE BROWN


CLEMENT HURD TITLE GOOP NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC
121. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. BUMBLE BUGS AND ELEPHANTS. NY: William 126. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOP TALES
R. Scott 1938. Sq. 4to, spiral backed boards, pictorial paste-on, fine in dust wrapper. ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. NY: Stokes
1st ed. Text is in large type at the bottom of the page, the rest of each page is (1904) 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), blue pictorial
boldly and broadly illus. in full color by CLEMENT HURD with the effect of almost cloth, cover very slightly dulled else near
being hand-colored. So simple, yet so effective. Rare. Bader p.216. $750.00 Fine. 1st edition of this wonderful ABC
book starring Burgess’s famous naughty
children who just don’t do what they
should. Each letter represents a different
behavior pattern (“L”=LEMEETRI;
“T”=TUCHIM & TAKIM) with a separate
alphabet for boys and girls. Illustrated
with b&w’s throughout. This is a nice
copy. $850.00

RARE BURGESS/CADY BOOK


127. BURGESS,THORNTON. BURGESS ANIMAL PAINT BOOK. Akron:
Saalfield 1925. Oblong folio (13 1/34 x 9 3/4”), stiff pictorial card covers,
near FINE AND UNUSED. Illustrated by HARRISON CADY with great
JEAN CHARLOT - CALDECOTT HONOR pictorial covers, 7 large
122. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. A CHILD’S GOOD NIGHT BOOK. NY: full color illustrations and
Scott 1943, 1950. 4to, (8 1/4 x 10”), pictorial boards, fine in a dust wrapper 29 illustrations in line to
(dw with mild rubbing and sl. fraying at spine ends otherwise a VG+ dw). 1st ed. be colored by the owner, all
thus, of this CALDECOTT apparently drawn specifically
HONOR title and a modern for this book. In the
classic, magnificently illus. introduction by Burgess he
with color lithos by JEAN says “I asked Mr. Cady, who
CHARLOT. First published makes all the pictures for
in small format in 1943, my stories, to make these
this was re-issued in 1950 pictures for you to color.”
with new illustrations by Features Peter Rabbit and
Charlot and in an enlarged many of the Green Meadow
format in response to friends. Rare in such nice
library resistance to the condition. $750.00
small size of the first
edition. Bader p.269-
70. $650.00 MINT BOXED EDITION
128. BURGESS,THORNTON. HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL HELPS UNC’BILLY
123. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THREE LITTLE ANIMALS by Margaret POSSUM. NY: Stoll Edwards (1927). 8vo (5 3/8 x 8”), pictorial boards, as new in
Wise Brown. NY: Harp. Bros. (1956). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, publisher’s pictorial box. Illustrated by HARRISON CADY with wonderful, brightly
Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. A story with a message, featuring colored illustrations on every page. A great copy, rare in the box. $225.00
beautiful color illustrations by GARTH WILLIAMS. (Bader p.261-2). $400.00

124. BUFF,MARY & CONRAD. DANCING CLOUD the Navajo boy. NY: Viking
1937 (1937). 4to, cloth, sl. edge rubbing else fine in worn dw with chips off
edges. 1st ed. Everyday life of Navajo 129. BURGESS,THORNTON. ADVENTURES
children wonderfully illustrated by the OF PADDY THE BEAVER. Bost: Little Brown
Buffs with beautiful color lithographs 1917 (1917). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 118p., sl.
(litho’d by Glaser). Their first wear to corner of few leaves else VG+. 1st
book. $200.00 ed. Illus. by HARRISON CADY with 6 nice
b&w plates. A Bedtime-Story / Quaddie
RENE BULL’S RUBAIYAT Book. $125.00
125. (BULL,RENE)illus. RUBAIYAT OF
OMAR KHAYYAM. Lond: Hodder, nd 130. BURGESS,THORNTON. ADVENTURES
[1913] tan cloth, extensive gilt and blue OF PRICKLY PORKY. Boston: Little Brown 1916
pictorial decoration, slightest of cover (1916). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 120p. name erased
soil, offset browning on endpaper else from endpaper and sl. soil rear cover else VG+.
near Fine. 1st ed., 1st issue. Illustrated 1st ed. Illus. by HARRISON CADY with 6
with 10 full page tipped-in color plates nice b&w plates. A Bedtime-Story / Quaddie
plus 19 other smaller mounted color Book. $125.00
plates in addition to line decorations. A
sumptuous book in nice condition. BURKERT, NANCY - 561
$600.00
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#133F
WITH 20 COLOR PLATES BY
HARRISON CADY e. Raggedy Kangaroo
running down hill with
131. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON.
natives. Appears as a
THE SPRING CLEANING: as told by full page illustration on
Queen Crosspatch. NY: Century 1908 p.[64] of the book. Image
(1908). Large 12mo, blue cloth, pictorial measures 10 1/4” high x 7
paste-on, [101]p., near Fine. 1st ed. A fairy 1/2” wide on board 14” x 11
1/4”. (SEE INSIDE REAR
story, illus. by HARRISON CADY with 20
COVER) $1800.00
wonderful, fanciful color plates. Uniform
with Rackety Packety House, this is a very
scarce Burnett title with BAL 2109 unable f. Raggedy Camel
to locate a copy in the original binding. sliding down the side of
a pyramid with native
$225.00
(appears as a full page
illustration on p. [59]
of the book, colored
in printing). Image
BURNETT CHRISTMAS TITLE
measures 10 1/4” high x 7
132. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE WAY TO THE HOUSE OF SANTA
3/4” wide on board 14 x
CLAUS (a Christmas story for very small boys). NY: Harper Bros. 1916 (1916 k-
11 1/4 $1800.00
q). Oblong large 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover soil else VG+. 1st ed.
(BAL 2124). Every other page features in bold, stylized full page color illus. with
text opposite. Spaces are left blank throughout the text so the reader can
personalize the story and make it his own. Usually found in wretched condition,
this is a nice copy. $500.00
RARE CADY TITLE
134. (CADY,HARRISON)illus.
RAGGEDIES IN FAIRYLAND by Sherman
Ripley. Chic: Rand McNally (1930). 4to,
(8 1/4 x 10 3/4”), black cloth, pictorial
paste-on, 96p., few tiny margin mends,
light cover rubbing, really near Fine.
1st ed. Illustrated with red pictorial
endpapers, 3 full page color plates (incl.
cover which is not repeated inside) plus
many full and partial page black and
whites. Full of action and detail, this is a
very scarce and especially charming Cady
book. $500.00
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE - 426
CADY, HARRISON SEE ALSO 127-131

FABULOUS ART FROM “RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK” CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER – 96, 120,
133. CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. 135, 175, 227, 281, 377, 522-3, 582,
Offered here are 6 original finished pen and ink drawings signed by Cady 586, 598, 599
used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The
images are much larger than they appear in the book, done on artist CALDECOTT AWARD HONOR – 15, 122, 338, 339, 347
board mounted in acid free mattes. All of the pieces have much charm and
detail and this is one of Cady’s most popular books. Priced individually. HERO & THE CROWN + SAINT GEORGE & THE DRAGON
135. CALDECOTT & NEWBERY
Images include: AWARD. AWARD
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES:
a. Red Cross Seal and Traffic Carp enjoying a seafood feast under the sea HYMAN & McKINLEY.
(appears as a half-page illustration on p.34 of the book, colored during printing). Offered here is a cassette
Image measures 11” wide by 5 3/4” high on board 15x10” $1500.00 recording of the acceptance
speeches given at the Awards
Dinner held at the Hyatt
Regency in Chicago July 7,
1985. Trina Schart Hyman won
the Caldecott for Saint George
and the Dragon and Robin
McKinley won the Newbery for
the Hero And The Crown. Also
included is the Award Dinner
Program with 2 illustrations
in color. $50.00

#133C

b. Red Cross Seal and Traffic Carp swimming in the ocean


(appears as a half-page illustration on p.35 in the book, colored
during printing). Image measures 11” wide x 5 3/4” on board 15x10
(SEE INSIDE REAR COVER) $1500.00

c. Raggedy Elephant flying in the air over the head of natives.


Image measures 9 3/4” high x 6” wide on board 12x10 1/2”. Appears as
a half page illustration on p. 91 of the book. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM NEXT
COLUMN) $1800.00

d. Raggedy Goat eating. Image measures 9 1/4” high x 7” wide on


cream colored art paper 9.3/4 x 12.3/4”. Appears as a full page illustration on
p.47 of the book colored in printing. $1800.00
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SET OF CALDECOTT PICTURE BOOKS INSCRIBED BY CARROLL IN SPECIAL BINDING


136. CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH. PICTURE BOOKS. Complete set of 16 of 139. CARROLL,LEWIS. THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK [and] AN EASTER
Caldecott’s picture books, published in London by Routledge beginning in 1878, GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES ALICE. London: Macmillan 1876.
engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Bound in 2 volumes with covers bound 8vo, bright red cloth with extensive gilt pictorial covers, six gilt rules on cover
in. Binding is contemporary half leather ruled in gold with titles in gold on the edges, all edges gilt, 83p. + [1]p.
covers and with elaborate gilt decorated spines, both volumes in fine condition. ad, except for a small pinhole in
Internally, each book is illustrated in color in Caldecott’s landmark style whose front gutter, near Fine and bright.
influence on illustrators is felt to this day. The titles in order of publication First edition, one of 100 copies
date are: The House that Jack Built, John Gilpin, Mad Dog, Babes in the Wood, bound specially for Dodgson (100
Milkmaid, Sing a Song for Sixpence, Queen of Hearts, Farmer’s Boy, Hey Diddle in red and gold, 20 in blue and
Diddle, Three Jovial Huntsmen, Frog he Would a-wooing Go, Fox Jumps over the gold and 20 in white and gold).
Parson’s Gate, Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, Mrs. Mary Blaize and the Binder’s ticket Burn and Co. on
Great Panjandrum. A beautiful set. $1500.00 rear paste-down. Illustrated
with 9 incredibly detailed and
fanciful full page illustrations by
HENRY HOLIDAY (engraved by
Swain). First ed. (WMGC 115).
THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED
BY CARROLL DATED MARCH
29 (the day of publication). In
addition, tipped-in after the
copyright page is a 1ST ISSUE OF
RARE CARROLL BOOKLET: AN
EASTER GREETING TO EVERY
CHILD WHO LOVES ALICE.
[Oxford] (Easter 1876). 4 pages
printed in laid paper. Privately
printed by Carroll for his friends
in a small number, this is the
rare first issue with correct
border size and all points of
WMG 116 (except no watermark
137. CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH. RANDOLPH CALDECOTT’S GRAPHIC discernable). A wonderful Carroll
PICTURES. Lond: Routledge 1883. Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, offering. (SEE ALSO REAR
96p., edges worn, cover soiled, front endpaper frayed else tight and VG. COVER) $11,500.00
Illustrated with a profusion of full page color illustrations, printed on rectos
only. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. $450.00

STEADMAN ILLUSTRATIONS
140. CARROLL,LEWIS. HUNTING OF THE
SNARK AN AGONY IN EIGHT FITS.
London: Michael Dempsey (1975), 4to (10 1/2
x 11 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper with
price intact. First edition thus, illustrated
by RALPH STEADMAN with unusual and
fascinating black and white drawings. Nice
copy. $300.00

FIRST EDITION OF
THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLASS
138. CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH. MORE GRAPHIC PICTURES. Lond: Routledge
141. CARROLL,LEWIS.
1887. Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, 71p., edges and covers rubbed
THROUGH THE LOOKING
with some soil, rear endpaper reinforced, VG. 1st ed. Illustrated with many
GLASS AND WHAT ALICE
nicely printed full page color illustrations, printed on recto’s only. $450.00
FOUND THERE. London:
Macmillan & Co. 1872. 8vo,
red cloth ruled in gold, all
edges gilt, rebacked with
original spine laid-down,
(original endpapers), some
cover soil but not offensive,
tight and clean and generally
a nice copy. First edition,
first issue with “wade” on p.
21, page 95 not numbered,
page 98 numbered.
Featuring 50 illustrations by
JOHN TENNIEL. $1500.00

STEADMAN’S LOOKING GLASS


142. CARROLL,LEWIS. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. London: Macgibbon
& Kee (1972). 4to (8 1/2 x 12 1/2”), cloth, 108p., Fine in dust wrapper with price
intact. 1st edition thus, featuring imaginative and unique illustrations by RALPH
STEADMAN. Despite its relatively late publication date, 1sts of this edition are
not that easy to find. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $275.00
CAMPBELL, LANG – 412 CANADA - 11
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FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF ALICE


#142
145. CARROLL,LEWIS. (ITALIAN) LE AVVENTURE D’ALICE NEL PAESE
DELLE MERAVIGLIE. Londra: Macmillan 1872. 8vo, red cloth, top edge gilt,
near fine. 1st ed. “Another form of the first issue, the covers lack the gold
lines around the border.” (WMGC 85 theorize that 1st issue sheets were bound
at a later time without the gold rule). Trans. by T. Pietrocola - Rossetti and
illus. in b&w. In this edition the tickets on the Mad Hatter’s Hat and the “Drink
me” labels have been translated into Italian (not done on the French or German
editions). Illus. by Tenniel. A beautiful copy. $2500.00

#143

TUCK POP-UP ALICE


143. CARROLL,LEWIS. (BOWLEY) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. London: Tuck
nd ca 1935. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 152p. + [8]p. ads, some cover
scratching and edge wear, VG+. Illus. by A.L. BOWLEY with 2 color plates,
numerous black and whites plus a marvelous double-page color panorama pop-up.
See Lovett 2591 (this copy with no patent notice on pop-up). $500.00 MARIE LAURENCIN’S
BLACK SUN PRESS
“ALICE” ORIGINAL ART “ALICE”
144. [CARROLL,LEWIS]. (DAVIS) ALICE ORIGINAL ART BY J. WATSON 146. CARROLL,LEWIS.
DAVIS. Offered here are two wonderful watercolors by J. Watson Davis that (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN
appeared on page 150 and page 64 of his version of Alice that was published in WONDERLAND. Paris: Black
1905 by Burt. The images measures 6 1/4” wide x 10” high and are signed. A. The Sun Press 1930. Obl. 4to,
caption in pencil reads: Alice in Wonderland - “At this moment the King called white wraps, 114p., covers
out ‘Silence! The King and Queen of Hearts are each seated on their thrones. and flyleaves lightly foxed
At their feet the Knave of Hearts is giving Alice a haughty stare. B. “Alice in else fine in original slip case
Wonderland - An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.” A humanized fish and chemise (case scuffed
and frog have the invitation as Alice looks on. This is a rare opportunity to own and soiled some). LIMITED
early Alice art, especially from such an uncommon edition. Priced individually. TO ONLY 350 COPIES FOR
A. King and Queen and Alice. $1750.00 AMERICA PRINTED ON
B. Invitation to play croquet. $1250.00 RIVES PAPER. Illustrated
by MARIE LAURENCIN
with 6 magnificent
color plates. Quite
scarce. $4000.00

#144B

#144A
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the mountains. This is a double page spread measuring 14 1/2” wide x 7” high.
STEADMAN’S ALICE The chickens are taking their basket up into the air after a successful trip. -
147. CARROLL,LEWIS. e- Lady Bug with the Easter Basket. The Lady Bug is seen enjoying her special
(STEADMAN) ALICE IN Easter basket in the field. The colors and detail are exquisite. Sold with a first
WONDERLAND. Lond: Dobson edition of the book. See Bader p. 487-92 who notes that Chalmers’ work “is
(1967). 4to (9 x 13”), white pictorial always soft, rounded, gentle, and not soft-minded, spineless, mushy, she looks
cloth, 108p., Fine in slightly rubbed you in the eye and smiles.” (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $2000.00
dust wrapper with price clipped. 1st
ed. (preceding the American edition
by 6 years). Featuring imaginative
and unique illustrations by RALPH
STEADMAN. Despite its relatively
late publication date, nice clean
first editions of this edition are not
common. $375.00

CARROLL, LEWIS SEE ALSO 528

UNCOMMON VOLLAND
148. CARROLL INTEREST.
NEW ADVENTURES
OF ALICE written and
illustrated by JOHN RAE.
Chic: Volland (1917). 4to, 7
1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed
pictorial boards, a slight bit
of cover fading else near
fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by
Rae with pictorial endpapers
plus 12 lovely color plates +
many b&w’s. A nice copy of
an uncommon VOLLAND title.
An interesting Alice item CHAPBOOK - 221
as well. $450.00
CHARLIP’S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED
CARTOONS – 196-200, 308, 388, 424-6, 429 152. CHARLIP,REMY.
DRESS UP AND LET’S
IN THE STYLE OF GRACE DRAYTON HAVE A PARTY. NY:
149. CATS. PUSS IN BOOTS. NY: Cupples & Leon 1915. Narrow folio, (8 x 15”), William R. Scott 1956.
pictorial boards, light cover soil, VG. Illustrated with wonderful color covers Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4”),
and 4 full page color illustrations plus line illustrations in text done by EUGENIE pictorial boards, Fine in
RICHARDS in the style of Grace Drayton. $150.00 near fine dust wrapper.
1st ed. of CHARLIP’S
#149 FIRST BOOK, THIS COPY
IS INSCRIBED BY HIM.
Minimal text accompanies
great color illustrations on
every page. Bader p.358,
530. Very scarce and a
special copy of a charming
book. $225.00

CHARLOT, JEAN SEE 122 CHILDREN IN THE WOOD – 413

CHINA – 251, 566, 599

RARE McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS BOOK BY ANDRE


153. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN) AROUND THE WORLD WITH SANTA
CLAUS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1891. Folio, (10 x 12 1/4”), stiff pictorial wraps,
a FINE copy. Featuring 16 (including covers) truly fabulous chromolithographed
pages, each leaf busily illustrated with Santa and Christmas subjects, and one
#150
with Santa and a Native American, all by R. ANDRE. Extremely scarce and a
beautiful copy. $950.00

ART DECO LEONARD WEISGARD


150. CATS. SUKI: THE SIAMESE PUSSY by Leonard Weisgard. NY: Nelson
1937 (1937). 4to, (8 1/4 x 10 1/2”), cloth, Fine in soiled chipped and rubbed
dust wrapper. 1st ed. The adventures of a Siamese cat who tried to travel to
Paris, illustrated in true Art Deco style with fabulous color lithos by Leonard
Weisgard. A striking book. $250.00

CATS SEE ALSO 13, 52, 119, 150, 226, 282, 331, 406, 412, 433, 445, 569, 573-5

5 WATERCOLORS - EASTER THEME


151. CHALMERS,MARY. ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS: EASTER PARADE.
Offered here are 5 wonderful signed watercolors from Chalmers’ book entitled
Easter Parade published in 1988. All are 6 1/4 x 7 1/2” except for the one
double page spread. -a- First is a fabulous picture of Easter Chickens coming
in from the mountains in a flying wagon surrounded by balloons. -b- Easter
Bunnies and Chickens are leaving an Easter basket in the grass for Lady Bug.
-c- Easter Rabbits go back to the woods. Their work is done and there is a
procession of bunnies with their empty wagon. -d- Easter Chickens return to
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 helen@alephbet.com

154. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CELEMENT). THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SANTA SHAPE BOOK
NY: Hurst & Co. (copyright 1908 by Selden Anderson). 4to (8 x 8 3/4”), pictorial 159. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS:
wraps, 16p. including covers. Light cover soil and small piece of corner repaired SANTA CLAUS BOOK by Clement Moore. NY: Capitol Pub 1947. Obl. 4to, the
else VG+. Every page features bright, vibrant full color illustrations to accompany covers are die-cut in the shape of Santa (with cotton beard) on a sleigh, some cover
Moore’s classic poem. An uncommon edition. $250.00 rubbing else VG. Illus. in color by FLORENCE KENT. Quite scarce. $400.00

#160
#154

#159

#155

RARE HARRY ROUNTREE DEAN RAG BOOK


155. CHRISTMAS. [MOORE,CLEMENT]. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 160. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) SANTA CLAUS. London: Dean’s Rag
Akron: Saalfield 1941. Folio, pictorial wraps, sl. wear to extrems else VG+. Book, circa 1910, 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 1/2”), printed cloth, faint edge discoloring else
Illustrated in bright colors by ETHEL HAYS. $200.00 Fine. The text of Moore’s Night Before Christmas is brightly illustrated in full
color by Harry Rountree. Dean’s Rag Book 208. Marshall 184. Rare in such clean
DENSLOW IMITATION /NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS / MCLOUGHLIN condition. $875.00
156. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
[by Clement Moore]. NY: 1ST BOOK APPEARANCE OF
McLoughlin Bros. no
date ca 1903. 4to, stiff
THOMAS NAST’S SANTA CLAUS
161. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS BY
pictorial wraps, pinhole in
CLEMENT C. MOORE [IN] CHRISTMAS POEMS AND PICTURES. NY: James
upper corner and slight
Gregory 1864. 8vo (7 x 9 1/4”), full leather with elaborate embossed border and
soil, near fine. Illustrated
decorations in gold on both covers, all edges gilt, 95p., There are 2 stains, one in
in bright colors on every
upper center and one bottom corner that decrease in visibility as the pages are
page signed by F.J.E.
turned, base of spine and one corner worn, a bit fragile still quite presentable,
directly imitating Denslow’s
G+ to VG. Printed on 2-tone coated paper with text block on the tan area
edition of this classic. A
surrounded by wide white borders. The text is an anthology of Christmas poetry
rare version. Marshall
and carols by Wordsworth, Scott, Thackary, Shakespeare, Jonson, Coleridge,
156. $650.00
Milton, Longfellow, Tennyson, and others. Illustrated from drawings by noted
artists with several images of Santa. Apart from Nast, some illustrators included
HOLIDAY HOUSE
are John Gilbert, Birket Foster. Nast’s illustration for the poem shows Santa
CHRISTMAS “STOCKING
descending a chimney and was the first book appearance of Nast’s Santa. This is
BOOK” BY RUDGE
quite a scarce title and even scarcer in this leather binding which was probably
157. CHRISTMAS.
done as a gift binding for presentation. Marshall 58, not seen by her. $1500.00
(MOORE,CLEMENT)
THE NIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS. NY: Holiday
House no date [1937].
16mo (3 1/2 x 5”), cloth
backed pictorial boards,
slight rub area on cover
else VG+. Designed by
Helen Gentry (Of Grabhorn
Press), printed by Rudge,
and charmingly illus. in
color by ILSE BISCHOFF.
Informative “Story of the
Poem” is in the introduction
by Vernon Ives. Simply a
wonderful little book. Bader
p.212. $250.00
NASTS’S WONDERFUL McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS TITLE
162. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT). VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS (on cover,
inside title reads A Visit From St. Nicholas). NY: McLoughlin Brothers, nd ca
LOVELY 19th CENTURY
1875 (Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Series). 4to (9 1/8 x 10
158. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) 1/2”), yellow pictorial wraps,
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Phil.: binding inconspicuously
Porter & Coates (1883). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 7 strengthened and some
cover soil else clean and VG+.
3/4”), full brown alligator, title stamped Illustrated with 6 fabulous
in gold, some edge and cover wear, else full page chromolithographs
VG+. Illustrated with engravings by and with wonderfully
detailed b&w’s on text
William Smedley, Frederic Schell, Alfred pages by THOMAS NAST
Fredericks and Henry Poore (engraved by (printed on one side of
James Lauderbach). This is a beautiful 19th paper only). A great version,
extremely scarce. Marshall
century version of this poem in an unusual
73 $850.00
binding. $750.00
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CHRISTMAS BY THE WIENER WERKSTATTE


163. CHRISTMAS. (WIENER WERKSTATTE) WEIHNACHT: vierzehn DEAN RAG BOOK
farbige original steinzeich. Wien: Richter & Zollner 1922. 4to (9 3/4 x 10 3/4”), TOYS FROM MANY ERAS
cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges rubbed, some finger soil, VG. An 167. CLOTH BOOK. PLAYTIME BOOK.
exceptionally stunning children’s Christmas book consisting of 14 original color London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., no date, circa
stone engravings printed on rectos only plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial 1927. 4to (7 3/4 x 10 3/4”), all cloth printed
cover designs – all done by student artists under the direction of Franz Cisek in in color, Fine. Children’s games and toys from
the style typical of Vienna in the 1920’s - a very wonderful children’s book. See various eras are illustrated with bright full
Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #55. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $950.00 color designs by Herouard. A Punch puppet
is on the cover. Other toys are identified
by the era from which they first appeared:
Knuckle Bones from pre historic times,
Spelicans from Tudor era, Kite Flying from
Regency era, Peg Ball from Shakespeare’s
day, Wooden Soldiers from “when grandpa
was a little boy”, and more. A beautiful
copy of a charming book. Dean Rag Book
254. $375.00

DEAN RAG BOOK


DUTCH INTEREST
168. CLOTH BOOK. WINDMILL
LAND. London: Dean Rag
Book Co. no date, circa 1914.
Oblong 8vo (9 x 5”), pictorial
cloth, near Fine. Each page
CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 14, 105, 132, 180, 191, 241, 462, 518, 543, 555 has a different Dutch scene all
featuring a little boy and girl.
CINDERELLA – 120, 198, 240, 427, 439, 581 Printed on cloth, the charming
full color illustrations are by R.
GREAT CIRCUS PANORAMA James Williams. Dean Rag Book
164. CIRCUS. CIRCUS PANORAMA. NY: J.L. Schilling (1946). Oblong 10 x B154. $300.00
8 1/2” when closed, pictorial boards, paper worn off in a few areas else VG+.
Brightly illustrated with bold colors by Bill Bailey, this opens to become a 10 CLOTH BOOKS SEE ALSO 26, 114, 385, 548
foot panorama illustrated on both sides with the top of most pages die-cut in
various shapes. The entertainment of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and HAND-COLORED
Bailey Circus is brought to life with the clowns, elephants etc. $350.00 169. COCK ROBIN. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN. Phil:
Davis, Porter & Coates ca 1865 (30 Beekman St). 4to, pictorial wraps, some
normal soil, VG. Indestructible pages mounted on linen. Featuring 8 fine hand-
colored woodcuts plus color cover. $250.00
#170

#169

CIRCUS SEE ALSO 192, 201,


213, 371, 403, 421, 425,
436, 490

165. (CLARKE, HARRY)illus.


SELECTED POEMS OF
ALGERNON CHARLES
WARNE TOY BOOK
SWINBURNE. Lond &
170. COCK ROBIN. MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN & JENNY WREN. Lond.: Warne
NY: John Lane & Dodd
circa 1870. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps mounted on linen, some wear to paper on rear
(1928). 4to, black gilt
cover and spine, VG. Illustrated with 8 very fine full page chromolithographs. Printed
cloth, near Fine. First U.S.
on one side of the page by the Dalziels. A Warne Excelsior Toy Book. $275.00
ed., illus. by Clarke with 10
wonderful black and white
EARLY AMERICAN
gravure plates on heavy
171. COCK ROBIN. TRAGI-COMIC HISTORY OF THE BURIAL OF COCK
paper. $350.00
ROBIN; with the lamentation of Jenny Wren; the Sparrow’s Apprehension; and the
Cuckoo’s Punishment. Being
a sequel to the Courtship,
Marriage and Pic-nic dinner
CLEMENS, SAMUEL SEE 291, 556-560
of Robin Red-Breast and
Jenny Wren. Philadelphia:
RARE ELESKA CLOTH BOOK
Printed by S. Probasco for
166. CLOTH BOOK. I SEE by ELESKA.
Benj. Warner, 1821. 12mo
No pub. info. ca 1940. 8 1/2 x 8”, near
(4x5”), 16p., plain paper
fine. With no text at all, bold simple color
over boards, some browning
illustrations fill each page. See Bader
of paper as usual else Fine.,
p.238 who notes that for Eleska, “the
16p. Illustrated with 8 fine
making of cloth books was her own and only
engraved plates. A beautiful
business, and she developed it further
copy. (See Rosenbach
than it had been before.... [adding that]
616). $325.00
Eleska was a widely traveled artist...who
withdrew herself from the field in 1952.”
Rare. $500.00
COCK ROBIN SEE ALSO 471
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PINOCCHIO DELUXE INSCRIBED CALDECOTT WINNER


EDITION IN BOX 175. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus.
172. COLLODI,CARLO. OX-CART MAN by Donald Hall.
(KIRK) PINOCCHIO. NY: Viking (1979). Oblong 4to
Philadelphia: Lippincott (10 3/4 x 8 1/2”), cloth backed
(1920). 4to, blue & tan boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper
cloth, 234p., Fine IN (dw price intact, no award
ORIGINAL PICTORIAL seal). Stated 1st ed. A gentle
BOX (box rubbed and sl. story set in New England of
soiled). First edition of years ago. Beautifully illus. in
the DELUXE EDITION color by Cooney. CALDECOTT
featuring 14 beautiful tipped AWARD WINNER. THIS
in color plates by MARIA COPY IS INSCRIBED BY
KIRK plus illustrations on THE AUTHOR DONALD
text pages and pictorial HALL. $350.00
endpapers. An enchanting
version of this favorite
tale. $500.00

2 EARLY COONEY TRUE 1ST OF SUNBONNET BABIES


176. CORBETT,BERTHA L. THE SUNBONNET BABIES. Minneapolis: no
ORIGINAL publisher, 1900 (1900). Square small 4to (7 3/4 x 7 3/4”), green pictorial boards.
WATERCOLORS Some cover soil and wear to spine, overall tight, clean and VG+. This is the
173. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SUNBONNET BABIES BOOK written
TWO WATER COLORS by Corbett and illustrated by her with color cover, color title page and in b&w on
FROM “THE MAN WHO every page. Printed on rectos only, pages alternate between text and illustrations.
DIDN’T WASH HIS This first edition of the Sunbonnet Babies is extremely rare and no doubt part of
DISHES” by Phyllis a very limited printing. When it became evident that these little children were a
Krasilovsky. (pub. by hit, Rand McNally stepped in and published The Sunbonnet Babies’ Book in 1902
Doubleday in 1950). adding musical endpapers by W.H. Neidlinger and with Eulalie Osgood Grover
Offered here are 2 listed as author. This is a rare and wonderful children’s book. $850.00
charming watercolors used
in Krasilovsky’s first book,
purchased from Krasilovsky
with her provenance on a
slip of paper. The first
image measures 5 1/2 x 8” on
board 8 x 11 1/2”. A blank
corner is restored, there is
some crackling to the paper
and old paper backing on the
back. The image shows the
man at his dining room table
full of food with a cat in the
foreground. The second
piece has an image size of 6
1/2 x 5 1/4 on board 7 x 10
1/4”. Penciled in the margin
is “P.24 o p. 25”. There is
some crackling to the paper
and old paper backing on
the back. Depicted is the 177. CORY,FANNY. SONNY
old man next to his empty SAYINGS. NY: Dutton (1929).
dish cupboard, surrounded Oblong 4to, cloth backed
by stacks and stacks of pictorial boards, near Fine in
unwashed dishes, pots and sl. soiled and frayed dw. The
pans. The story is about a life of a little boy as only Cory
man who was too lazy to wash can portray it, with humor and
his dishes and who eventually charm. Each page illustrated
ran out of eating implements; with wonderful black and whites
he then resorted to using below which are a few lines of
the soap dish, ashtrays and text (written in “baby” dialect)
flower pots! He solves his $225.00
problem and vows never to
put off washing the dishes
again. These are 2 great COUNTING BOOKS – 112, 113
images from the book, both
with much detail. Early
Cooney and Krasilovsky’s first
178. COX,PALMER. BROWNIES AT
book. $1000.00
HOME. Lond.: T Fisher Unwin 1893.

MOTHER GOOSE IN FRENCH 4to, pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, slight
174. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. MOTHER cover soil else near fine. 1st U.K. ed. of
GOOSE IN FRENCH translated by Hugh the 3rd Brownie book (same year as U.S.
Latham. NY: Thomas Crowell (1968). 4to
ed.) which takes the reader through the
(7 3/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, owner name erased
lives of these tiny creatures month by
on endpaper else near Fine in slightly frayed
dust wrapper. 1st edition. Classic Mother month. Featuring a profusion of charming
Goose rhymes with French text featuring illustrations throughout. Beautiful
lovely full color plus black and white copy. $500.00
illustrations by Cooney. Uncommon Cooney
title. $100.00
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FINE COPY OF CRANE’S MASTERPIECE CRANE LARGE PAPER COPY


179. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. SPENSER’S FAERIE QUEEN by Edmund Spenser 182. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. HOUSEHOLD STORIES FROM THE BROTHERS
edited by Thomas Wise. Lond: George Allen Ruskin House 1897. 4to (9 x 11”), GRIMM. Lond: Macmillan, 1882. 4to, blue cloth, 269p., sl. cover soil and wear
6 volumes, white cloth, gilt pictorial panels, top edges gilt, FINE condition to spine ends, VG+. First edition, LARGE PAPER COPY. 52 of Grimm’s fairy
with original wrappers bound in as issued. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES ON tales newly translated from the German by Crane’s sister Lucy. Illustrated by
HANDMADE PAPER. Crane’s tour de force featuring 88 full page plates plus Walter Crane with 11 fine and detailed full page drawings plus 108 decorative
numerous partial page illustrations that are magnificently detailed. Printed on head and tail pieces. This edition quite hard to find. $800.00
fine hand-made paper that enhances Crane’s designs, this set is a perfect blend
of art, text and book design. Printed one year after the Kelmscott Chaucer,
Crane’s work reflects his interest in Art Nouveau (Crane illustrated the first
Kelmscott book). A magnificent set, scarce in such nice condition. (See Taylor:
Art Nouveau p.64-66. Harvard: Turn of the Century Cat. #2) $4200.00

RARE CRANE TITLE


180. (CRANE, WALTER)illus. 183. (CRANE,WALTER)illus.
A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS ROBIN HOOD retold by
VERSE selected by H. Henry Gilbert. NY: Fred.
Beeching. Lond: Methuen Stokes [1912]. 4to, (6 3/4
1895. 8vo, [174]p. + publisher x 9 1/2”), 360p., green cloth
catalogue, pictorial cloth, top with elaborate gilt pictorial
edge gilt, other edges uncut, cover, top edge gilt,
sl. soil, near Fine. First ed. FINE. 1st Crane edition,
Verses arranged by category illustrated with decorative
such as Latin hymns, early endpapers plus 16 beautiful
carols and Christmas color plates. A beautiful
merrymaking. Illustrated copy. $650.00
by Crane with beautiful
cover design by Crane plus 5
full page and 5 half page art CUBA -451

nouveau line illustrations. CZECHOSLOVKIA -454-5
Includes an early poem by
Gerrard Hopkins, Christina
Rossetti and much more. A
lovely book from cover to DAHL SIGN/LIMITED EDITION
cover. $325.00 184. DAHL,ROALD. BOY: Tales of childhood. NY: FSG (1984). 8vo, cloth, Fine in
slipcase. NUMBER 82 OF A LIMITED ED. OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED
BY DAHL . Stories from Dahl’s childhood, illustrated with photos. $1000.00
WITH LETTER FROM CRANE
181. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. DON QUIXOTE OF THE MANCHA retold by
Judge Parry. Lond: Blackie
1900. Sm. 4to, (6 3/4 x 9
1/4”), pictorial cloth, 245p.
+ [2]p. ads. near Fine.
First edition. Illustrated
by Crane with 11 wonderful
color plates plus many half
page black and whites.
Mounted on the endpaper is
a 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN
LETTER BY CRANE dated
1911. Written to George
Fothergill, Crane writes:
Many thanks for yours -
but, alas! My memory won’t
serve me as to the amount?
Might I trouble you to put
a memo---- of a post card
& I will send cheque by
return.” This is a special
copy of an uncommon Crane
title. $650.00
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CHARLIE SIGNED BY DAHL! STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS


185. DAHL,ROALD. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. NY: Knopf 189. DE LA MARE,WALTER.
(1964). 8vo, red cl. blind stamped on cover, [162]p, Fine in near fine dust wrapper STORIES FROM THE
only slightly creased at top of spine. 1st ed. (correct printing info). Illus. in b&w BIBLE (Old Testament).
by Joseph Schindelman. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY DAHL on the endpaper! An NY: Cosmopolitan Book
outstanding copy. $17,500.00 Co. 1929 (1929). 4to (76
1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, 393p.,
some fading on cover else
fine in dust wrapper (dw
very chipped along edges).
Stated 1st edition. Stories
from the Old Testament
were rewritten for children
by De La Mare. Illustrated
by THEODORE NADEJEAN
with 9 color plates in pure
Art Deco design. Deco
pictorial endpapers and
deco dust wrappers as well.
This is a well written and
nicely produced book of
Bible stories for children.
Walter de la Mare see also
322-3. $125.00

DEFOE, DANIEL - 435

190. (DENSLOW,W.W)illus. PEARL


AND THE PUMPKIN by Paul West.
NY: Dillingham (1904). 4to, green cloth
186. DE ANGELI,MARGUERITE. JUST LIKE DAVID. NY: Doubleday & Co. stamped in dark green, pictorial paste-
(1951). 8vo, (6 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. on, 240p., spine sl. faded, else a very
Stated 1st ed. A realistic family story and one of her more difficult to find first
clean, near fine copy. 1st ed. probably
editions. Illustrated with color dust wrapper, 2 full page color illustrations plus
numerous full and half page black and whites by her. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY earlier issue (priority uncertain) with blue
DE ANGELI DATED 1951. $150.00 endpapers. Illustrated by Denslow with 16
bold color plates plus a profusion of color
illustrations in- text. A particularly bright
copy. $850.00

RARE DENSLOW CHRISTMAS TOYBOOK


191. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. TEDDY BEAR’S CHRISTMAS. Buffalo Book
Co. 1908. Small 8vo (5 1/4
x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps,
rear cover soiled else VG+.
Illustrated with 6 almost
full page full color lithos and
in b&w. Text is a charming
fantasy about Bobby, Bess
and Teddy who go in search
of Santa. Done as an
advertising giveaway but with
the only ad material printed
RARE BABAR ABC on the rear cover - the text
187. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. ABC DE BABAR. Paris: Jardins Des Modes (1934). is pure fairy tale. Greene/
8vo (6 5/8 x 8 3/8”), thick pictorial board covers, slightest of edge rubbing else Hearn 40 who say that this
Fine. 1st ed. One of the most charming ABC books of any era, this has few words is Denslow’s earliest known
and many rich color illustrations on every page. Extremely rare. $2500.00 work for the firm (p.159).
Rare. (SEE ALSO REAR
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY DE BRUNHOFF COVER) $875.00
188. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT.
MEMOIRES. NY: 2005. Folio (11 1/4 x
14 3/4”), pictorial cloth, As New. This
is Laurent de Brunhoff’s autobiography
written between June 1989 and May
2005. The text is in English and 3 PICTURE BOOKS
French. The French text is printed in IN ONE
the familiar script used in the Babar 192. (DENSLOW,W.
books. There are many illustrations W.)illus. MY FAVORITE
on every page of Babar and the de CIRCUS BOOK. Chic.:
Brunhoff family, interspersed within Donohue ca 1920. Folio, new
the text. The English translation is cloth spine, pictorial boards,
by Phyllis Rose, Laurent’s wife who edges rubbed with some
also published the book to celebrate cover soil, VG-. Containing
Laurent’s 80th birthday, Babar’s 75th complete reprints of
birthday and the 15th anniversary Denslow’s One Ring Circus,
of her marriage to Laurent. This is Denslow’s Zoo and the
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED Animal Fair. Greene / Hearn
BY LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF. This 50. $450.00
would be a wonderful addition to any
De Brunhoff collection.
$1275.00
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DISNEY
DETMOLD’S AESOP CINDERELLA
193. (DETMOLD,EDWARD J.)illus. THE PAPER DOLL
FABLES OF AESOP. London, NY & Toronto: HANKIE BOOK
198. DISNEY,WALT.
Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1909[. Large CINDERELLA HANKY
thick 4to, (8 3/4 x 11”) tan cloth, extensive BOOK. (Walt Disney
Productions [AND] Hermann
gilt pictorial cover, slightest of cover soil
Hdkf. Corp, 1949). 4to (8 1/2
else near fine. 1st trade edition, illustrated x 11”), stiff pictorial wraps,
by Detmold with pictorial endpapers plus slight edge soil else Fine.
29 Characters and items
23 of the most magnificent tipped-in color from the story of Cinderella
plates that you will ever see (with lettered are meant to be cut out
and folded at the bottom
tissue guards) as well as many beautiful b&w’s so that they can stand and
in text. $875.00 be played with by the child.
Tucked into slits on one page
are 4 color printed pictorial
color handkerchiefs - each
194. (DETMOLD,EDWARD)illus. FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS retold by with a different Cinderella
Mrs. Randolph Stawell. character. Rare. (SEE
Lond: Hodder & Stoughton ALSO INSIDE REAR
nd [1921]. Thick 4to, (9 x COVER) $875.00
11”), white cloth pictorially
stamped in gold, fore 199. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY STORY BOOKS. The following titles
edge has a few spots else were all published 1939-1945 in Boston by D.C. Heath & Co. 8vo ((6 1/4 x 8 1/2”),
Fine in dust wrapper with pictorial cloth, illustrated in full color with pictorial endpapers by the Disney
mounted color plate (dw is Studios. The stories by various authors were written with varying degrees of
frayed with a 2x3” piece difficulty for younger readers and are printed in larger type. Some have very
off corner). Illustrated by slight rubbing otherwise in near Fine condition. Each priced... $85.00
Detmold with 12 magnificent
tipped-in color plates with A. DONALD DUCK SEES SOUTH AMERICA by Helen Palmer, 1945. Author was
Dr. Seuss’s wife).
lettered tissue guards. A
B. DONALD DUCK AND HIS FRIENDS by Jean Ayer, 1939.
beautiful copy, scarce in C. DONALD DUCK AND HIS NEPHEWS by Florence Brumbaugh, 1940.
the dw. $600.00 D. MICKEY NEVER FAILS by Robin Palmer, 1939.
E. MICKEY SEES THE U.S.A. by Caroline D. Emerson, 1944.
EARLY F. HERE THEY ARE by Ardra Wavle, 1940.
DICK AND JANE G. SCHOOL DAYS IN DISNEYVILLE by Caroline D. Emerson, 1939.
H. LITTLE PIG’S PICNIC and other stories by Margaret Wise Brown, (1939).
READER
I. WATER BABIES’ CIRCUS and other stories by Georgiana Browne, 1940.
195. DICK AND JANE. J. BAMBI by Idella Purnell, 1944.
MORE DICK AND JANE
STORIES by Elson-Gray.
Chic.: Scott, Foresman
(1934). 8vo, pictorial warps,
48p., nearly as new! One of
the earliest Dick and Jane
readers with Dick, Jane,
Spot and the crew. Illus.
in color on every pages. A
remarkable copy, Scarce.
$400.00

196. DISNEY,WALT. ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1. Phil: McKay


(1931). 8vo, red cloth, pictorial paste-on, fine. 1st ed. of this early Disney item
with fabulous color illustrations on every page of text and with color pictorial
endpapers. Nice copy! $1800.00
#196

#197 RARE DISNEY FERDINAND CUT-OUTS


200. (DISNEY,WALT)illus. FERDINAND THE BULL CUT-OUTS (based on Munro
Leaf’s book). Racine: Whitman / Walt Disney Enterprises 1938. Folio (10.5 x 16”)
197. DISNEY,WALT. ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK NUMBER 2. cloth backed flexible card covers, FINE AND UNUSED. Consisting of 5 leaves,
Phil :McKay (1932). 8vo, pictorial boards, edges sl. rubbed else fine in dw (dw 4 of which have cardboard die-cut color illustrated characters from the Disney
with a few pieces off edges). 1st ed. Illustrated with color pictorial endpapers production of Ferdinand. Due to its large size, very few of these can have survived
and color illustrations by the Disney Studios on every page. This is a really nice intact in such nice condition. Rare. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $750.00
copy of a very scarce and early Disney book. $1500.00
DOBIAS, FRANK – 343 DOGS – 52, 321, 406, 412, 573
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 29 helen@alephbet.com
#200

#205

CIRCUS PAPER DOLL NOVELTY BOOK


201. DOLLS. CLOWNS FROM CIRCUS-LAND designed and illustrated by
Florence M. Pettee. Chicago: Alb. Whitman, (1922). Oblong 4to, pictorial wraps,
covers dusty else fine and unused. There is a great full page color illustration of
2 clowns followed by 12 plates with directions for coloring. After coloring, the #206
child cuts out the characters and creates 12 different paper doll clowns with
inter-changeable heads and assorted hats and other items. $275.00
VICTORIAN SHAPE BOOK
206. DOLLS. DOLLY IN TOWN.
Lond: Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, stiff
PHOTO ILLUSTRATED DOLLS
pictorial wraps, sl. creasing on cover
202. DOLLS. DELICIA AND ADOLPHUS and spine neatly strengthened
by Gertrude Newman. Chic: Rand McNally VG+. Die cut in the shape of a
doll, and illus. with 4 charming
(1938). Sq. small 4to, pictorial boards, VG+ full page chromolithographed
in worn dw. The story of 2 rag dolls with pages and in brown line on verse
pages. $150.00
each page of text facing a charming photo
of the dolls and humans posed in various DUMPY BOOK
207. DOLLS. MORE DOLLIES
activities (photos by RUSSELL BENSON.
by Richard Hunter. Lond: Grant
$150.00 Richards 1903. 16mo, tan striped
cloth, 95p., light shelf wear, VG.
1st ed. of Dumpy Book no. 25 in the
same series as Little Black Sambo.
Printed on only one side of the paper,
PHOTO ILLUSTRATED each page of text features a poem
RAG DOLL about a doll and each page faces a
203. DOLLS. THE STORY wonderful full page color illustration
OF DELICIA: a rag doll, of a different doll, done by RUTH
written by Gertrude COBB. $250.00
Newman. Chic: Rand McNally
(1935). Sm. 4to, pictorial 1930’S HOUSE PAPER DOLL
boards, sl. rubbing, VG+. 1st
FURNITURE
ed. Written in the form of
a daily diary from the point 208. DOLLS. (PAPER) KITCHEN *
of view of the doll, and LIVING ROOM AND BATH by Robert
illustrated with many full Bazucha. Racine: Whitman 1932. Giant
page photos showing the life folio (12 1/2 x 19 1/2”), pictorial wraps,
of the doll with her little FINE AND UNUSED! This is a fabulous
girl. $125.00
paper doll book of rooms and furnishings
for the Kitchen, Living Room and Bath of
a typical 30’s house. Featuring 250 pieces
GERMAN DOLLS on 6 card stock pages (including covers) and
204. DOLLS. DIE PUPPE with die-cuts of the three rooms as well.
PIMPERNELL von Beatrice
Rare. $800.00
Braun-Fock. Munchen:
Schreiber nd ca 1940.
4to, pictorial boards,
paper sl. aging else Fine. McLOUGHLIN SUFFRAGETTE
The adventures of a doll PAPER DOLL
in a land of humanized 209. DOLLS. (PAPER) SUFFRAGETTE
toys (with an evil King PAPER DOLL. This is a wonderful sheet of
Nutcracker). Charming uncut paper dolls published by McLoughlin
illus. in color by Braun- Bros. circa 1915. On a sheet measuring
Fock. $225.00 10 1/2” square there are 2 paper dolls
with 6 outfits plus hats. All of the outfits
are classic period dresses and one has a
CHARMING DOLL SHAPE BOOK banner reading VOTES FOR WOMEN. In
205. DOLLS. DOLLS OF MANY LANDS. Chic.: Donohue circa 1915. Folio, her hand she holds a flier also reading
stiff pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of a doll, VG+. Illustrated by an VOTES FOR WOMEN. A wonderful
unknown hand in the style of Grace Drayton with 4 full color pages and other example of how movement for social
pages illus. in line. Features Japanese dolls, Russian, English and more. (SEE change emerged in material for children.
ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $175.00 $150.00
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DOYLE’S MASTERPIECE
214. (DOYLE,RICHARD)illus. IN FAIRY LAND: a series of pictures from
HUMANIZED DRUMS
the elf world with a poem by William Allingham. Lond: Longmans, Green 1875.
210. DOLLS. RUNAWAY DOLL & DRUM Large folio, green gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 31p. 6 pages with light stain in
corner, hinges strengthened and some finger soil, really a VG+ copy. 2nd ed.
by Bert Delevy. NY:Int’l Paper Goods nd ca Virtually identical to the first in size and content. Consisting of 16 incredible
color engraved plates (done by Edmund Evans) showing the denizens of Doyle’s
1925. Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, [16]p., incl.
fascinating fairy land. Evans “earned the accolade of producing one of the
covers, VG. A little doll and a humanized largest color printed books of the period - a landmark in the art of color printing
from wood blocks.” (Richard Doyle by Rodney Engen p.155) Allingham was
drum run away from the ungrateful commissioned to write the poem to accompany the illustrations, but it is clearly
the illustrations that make the book. It remains one of the most desirable,
children who own them. Great full color
beautiful and lavish children’s books of any era and is considered to be Doyle’s
illus. in typical 20’s style by DOROTHY best work. See Osborne p. 619; Engen: Richard Doyle p.155-8. $2750.00

BUCK. $150.00

E. NESBIT / NISTER BOOK


211. DOLLS. THE STORY OF THE FIVE REBELLIOUS DOLLS by E. NESBIT.
Lond: Nister [1904]. Oblong
folio, cl. backed pictorial
boards, covers rubbed, end
papers creased and some
finger soil, VG. A marvelous,
large VICTORIAN COLOR-
PLATE doll fantasy featuring
a Dutch doll, a Chinese doll,
a toys soldier and 2 French
dolls who leave their owner
named Eva. Illustrated by
E. STUART HARDY with
8 fabulous and detailed
color plates plus other
illus. in brown line (full and
partial page) and pictorial
DRAGONS - 332
endpapers. $500.00
SIGNED BY DULAC
215. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus.
4 MISS DOLLIKIN BOOKS IN BOX THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID
212. DOLLS. STORY OF MISS DOLLIKINS by Mrs. George Cupples. London, AND PSYCHE by Walter
Edinburgh and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, no date, circa 1870. 4 little books Pater. NY: Limited Editions
of 32 pages, each measuring 4 7/8 x 3 1/8”, pictorial wraps, Fine in box (plain Club 1951. 4to, full vellum
box soiled). Titled the Dollikins Library, each book relates a different adventure stamped in gold, Fine in
taken by Miss Dollikins. Each book is illustrated with 6 fine full page woodcuts fine slipcase. LIMITED
by R. Paterson. The Parts are subtitled: I - Her Outset in the world; her illness TO 1500 NUMBERED
and recovery. II - Her visit to the sea-side and what came of it. III - Returns COPIES SIGNED BY
from the seaside to her old life in the nursery. IV - Showing how she learned to DULAC. Illustrated with
become a young lady. Although Mrs. Cupples was a prolific author, this title in 6 beautifully rich color
separate parts is rare and was purportedly the model for actual dolls produced plates by Dulac. A beautiful
in the 1950’s to rival Madame Alexander by Uneeda Doll Company. $750.00 copy. $750.00

216. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE


RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
rendered into English verse by
Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder
& Stoughton no date, circa 1920. 4to
(9x11”), red cloth, elaborate gilt
pictorial decoration, slight fading on
WITH REAL CLOTH CLOWN DOLL
lower corners else fine. Illus. with
213. DOLLS. TUCKY THE TINY CLOWN 20 beautiful tipped in color plates
by Jean Bell. (Cove Golly Farm Studio: (with tissue guards) mounted on
tan stock, with decorative borders
1951). 8vo, pictorial boards, VG+. The
in green plus decorative border
story of a small toy clown doll in a circus
on text pages as well. Hughey
setting, illustrated in color by Brook White. 21p-q. $350.00
Inserted into a slot in the front cover is

a REAL CLOTH CLOWN DOLL (5 1/2”). FINE COPY OF DULAC’S SIGNED / LIMITED “TEMPEST”
217. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. Lond:
Nice! $300.00 Hodder & Stoughton. [1908]. Large 4to, full gilt vellum binding, silk ties, top
edge gilt, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY
DULAC. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates on heavy stock. A
beautiful copy of a sumptuous book. $2500.00
DOLLS SEE ALSO 198, 253,-5, 405, 409, (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>
511-13, 521, 539, 545, 562-3, 589, 590
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SCARCE SAMBO 221. EARLY AMERICAN.


IMITATION A PICTURE BOOK FOR
DUMPY BOOK LITTLE CHILDREN. Phil:
218. DUMPY BOOK. LITTLE Kimber and Conrad, nd, ca
WHITE BARBARA by 1812. Narrow 12mo (2 1/2
Eleanor March. Lond: Grant x 5 1/2”), yellow wraps, Fine.
Richards 1902. 16mo, green This is a series of 20 woodcut
striped cloth, 95p., spine illustrations of a variety of
aged else, near fine. 1st subjects (nine pins, Swedes
ed. of No. 18 of the Dumpy Church etc)with captions
series (of which Little Black below (2 cuts per page)
Sambo was No.4). The plus a cut and an alphabet
story of a little girl who on title and verso. Very
gets whiter and thinner attractive little book. See
day by day. Printed on one Rosenbach 466, Welch
side of paper only with each 993. $300.00
page of text facing a full
page color illustration by EASTER – 151, 337
the author. Quite scarce.
Dumpy Book see also
207. $450.00 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST
ROOSEVELT BEAR BOOK
DUTCH PICTURE BOOK OF FRENCH SONGS BY BODENHEIM
222. EATON, SEYMOUR. THE
219. DUTCH INTEREST. FRANCHE LIEDJES. Amsterdam: Spieghel 1928.
Oblong large 4to, boards, sl. soil, near fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by with by NELLY ROOSEVELT BEARS: THEIR
BODENHEIM with magnificent silhouettes on every page. This copy from the TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES by
library of Bertha Mahoney Miller with her bookplate. A charming Dutch picture Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper). Phil:
book. Dutch see also 334, 481 $350.00 Edward Stern, 1906 (1906). 4to, green
cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-
on, corners very sl. rubbed else VG-
Fine. 1st ed. of the 1st Roosevelt Bear
book. The two Roosevelt Bears- Teddy
B. and Teddy G. leave their home out
West to set off on many adventures.
Illustrated by V. FLOYD CAMPBELL
with 16 full page color plates plus a
profusion of black and whites in text.
Nice copy, quite scarce. $650.00

1820 AMERICAN BOOK


220. EARLY AMERICAN. DAS KLEINE ABC-BUCH, ODER, ERSTE GREAT ART DECO BOOK
ANFANGS-BUCHLEIN mit schonen Bildern und deren Namen, nach dem ABC um 223. EDUCATION. NOW
den Kindern das Buchstabiren leichter zu machen von Ambrosius Henkel. Neu- AND THEN: HERE AND
Market, Shenandoah County, THERE: around the states
Virginia. Gedruckt in with Johnny Bear by Janet
Salomon Henkel’s Druckery Smalley. NY: William
1820 (1818). Zweite auflage. Morrow (1931). 8vo, cl.
3 1/2 x 5 5/8”, 36p., boards, backed pictorial boards,
old cloth spine worn, corner VG+. Another in Smalley’s
stain, some expected well made books for children
soil and wear overall VG. in the same format as Rice
Contains 2 alphabets with To Rice Pudding. Stylized
letters only, one alphabet color illustrations in color
with 24 cuts plus letter on every page. Johnny
combinations and word lists. Bear goes from state to
Apart from the 24 ABC state. Great! (Bader
cuts, there are 25 other p. 93 for others). Very
cuts plus 4 cuts on covers. scarce. $200.00
Shoemaker 1570. Others
by this printer in Rosenbach EDUCATION SEE ALSO 48, 102, 115, 351, 515, 545
who notes that Henkel was
the first German printer EICHENBERG, FRITZ SEE 15, 40, 543
south of the Mason Dixon
line. $450.00
224. (EISGRUBER,ELSA)illus. SAUSE,

#217
KREISEL,SAUSE. Berlin: Stuffer (1926).
4to (8 1/8 x 10 7/8”), cloth backed pictorial
boards, top and bottom edge of covers toned
else Fine. 1st ed, illustrated throughout by
ELSA EISGRUBER with unique and wonderful
full page color illustrations. Hurlimann
remarks upon the “fineness and precision...
and her very individual presentation” (p.220).
This is really a lovely book. See Bilderwelt
651. $300.00
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UNUSUAL PAUL ELDER STORY BOOK SCARCE ENRIGHT TITLE


225. ELDER,PAUL (publisher). HUMP TREE STORIES by Mary Joss Jones. San 230. (ENRIGHT,MAGINEL
Francisco: Paul Elder (1910). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 79p., light cover WRIGHT)illus. MERRY
soil else near fine. Printed on heavy brown paper and containing the fanciful TALES by E.L. AND A.M.
stories: High-Hopper Grasshopper, Bill Brown Bird, Bumble Buster, Dickey Skinner. NY, Cincinnati &
Swift, Black Brother and Winky Pink. Illus. by R.L. HUDSON with extremely fine Chicago: American Book
and detailed 2-color lithographs. $200.00 Co. (1915). 8vo (6 x 7.5”),
pictorial cloth, 232p., VG-
Fine. Traditional fairy tales
#225 and legends from around
the world were adapted
for 20th century children.
Illustrated by Enright with
12 lovely color plates plus
dozens of delicate pen
and inks throughout the
text. $200.00

ENRIGHT, MAGINEL SEE ALSO 88, 89, 571 EULALIE – 238, 245

FABLES – 59, 193, 468, 469, 570

FABULOUS FAIRY WATERCOLOR


231. FAIRIES. ORIGINAL ART: BETTY FAIRY BOOK. This is a fabulous
watercolor by Price for the Betty Fairy Book published in 1915. The image
measures 9 x 12.5” matted and framed to 17 x 21” in fine condition, signed.
ELEPHANTS 298, 425 Captioned in the book “Two hungry turtles swimming there came swiftly at the
sight”, this is a vividly colored fairy watercolor. A cherubic little girl has fallen
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION into a pond and is being helped out by 2 fairies. Two turtles have come up
226. ELIOT,T.S. OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. Lond.: Faber to investigate. There are flowers in the background and the entire image is
and Faber (1940). 8vo (6 5/8 x 8 3/4”), cloth, [51]p., Fine in pictorial dust decorated with vivid colors. A beautiful piece. $3900.00
wrapper with small chip off spine (cuts “ol”). 1st illustrated edition (published
in 1939 without illustrations). Poems for young and old, made more famous by
the Broadway production. Illustrated with great full page color illustrations by
Nicolas Bentley. See Quayle: Early Children’s Books p.128-9. $1350.00

FINE COPY OF A RARE


CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER
227. (EMBERLEY,ED)illus.
DRUMMER HOFF by adapted by
Barbara Emberley. Englewood
Cliffs: Prentice Hall (1967).
Oblong 4to (10 1/2 x 8”), durable
red cloth, Fine in fine dust
wrapper (no award seal, not price
clipped). 1st ed. CALDECOTT
AWARD WINNER. Illustrated
with striking bold colors woodcuts
by Emberley to accompany
folk verse about the building
of a cannon. Great copy, quite
scarce. $850.00

228. ENRIGHT,ELIZABETH. THE SEA


IS ALL AROUND. NY: Farrar Rinehart
1940 (1940 with colophon). 4to, (7 1/4 x 8
1/2”), cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with
closed tear on rear panel. 1st ed. A story
set on the New England island of Pokenick.
Illustrated with 6 full page color lithos plus
numerous black and whites. Quite scarce.
This was Enright’s first book after her
Newbery Award winning Thimble Summer.
$250.00

FAIRY COLOR PLATES


229. (ENRIGHT,MAGINEL 232. FAIRIES. DREAM
WRIGHT)illus. GARDEN GIRL’S GARDEN by Edith
OF HEART’S DELIGHT: Howes. London & Melbourne:
A FAIRY TALE by Ida Ward Lock and Cp. 1923.
Huntington. Chicago: Rand Thick small 8vo (5 1/4 x 7
McNally (1911). 4to, (6 1/2”), 241p. + [14p. ads], tan
3/4 x 9 1/4”), green cloth, cloth, pictorial paste-on,
167p., pictorial paste-on, occasional spot else VG+, 1st
occasional spot else VG+. 1st edition of this original fairy
edition. A wonderful fairy- tale about a little girl who
fantasy story, illustrated lives in a dream world with
by Enright with 15 really the fairies that live in her
beautiful color plates. garden. Illustrated by D.
Quite an uncommon Enright Osborne with 6 lovely color
title. $350.00 plates. $225.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 33 helen@alephbet.com

SIGNED 238. FAIRY TALES. THE BUMPER BOOK edited by Watty Piper. NY: Platt
233. FAIRIES. FAIRIES’ WEDDING by Bassett Green. Coventry: Mercian Pub. ca & Munk (1946). Folio, cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover soil and rubbing to
1940. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine in frayed dw. A fairy story illustrated cover plate else VG+. An anthology of poems and stories by Lear, Milne, Field
in color by Ray Foster. This cop is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $175.00 and others with ABC’s, COUNTING RHYMES, etc. Illus. throughout in color (full
page & smaller) with great illustrations by Eulalie. Nice copy. $250.00

234. FAIRIES. SEVEN PEAS IN THE POD by Margery Bailey. Boston: Little
Brown 1919 (1919). 8vo, (5 3/4 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, 201p., near fine. 1st ed. BON-AMI ADVERTISING FAIRY TALE
Seven original fairy stories - a fairy tale for each day of the week. Illustrated 239. FAIRY TALES. CHICK THAT NEVER GREW UP by George Davey. 12mo,
by ALICE BOLAM PRESTON with 8 color plates and with many wonderful line pictorial wraps, 16p., fine. This is a story told in verse about 2 bunnies’ quest
illustrations very much in the style of Dugald Stewart Walker. $275.00 to please Princess Bon Ami by cleaning her castle with Bon Ami. Charming color
illustrations on every page by an unknown hand. $100.00
WONDERFUL ELVES - RARE TITLE
235. FAIRIES. TWINKIE TOWN TALES BOOK NO. 2 by Carlyle Emery. STUNNING CINDERELLA BY HILDA LANGEN WITH NOVELTY DOORS
St. Louis: Hamilton Brown Co. (1927). 8vo, pictorial boards, slight spine wear, 240. FAIRY TALES. (CINDERELLA) ASCHENBRODEL by Marta Strachwitz.
VG+. The story of these little elves called Twinkies and of their town full of Basel, Switzerland: Benno Schwab (1941). Obl. folio, cl. backed pictorial boards,
humanized insects and animals. Marvelously illustrated in detail and in bright covers dusty else fine. Illustrated by Hilda Langen on every page with beautiful
colors by ARTHUR HENDERSON. Very scarce and a beautiful copy. $350.00 rich lithographs in color or brown. Many of the pages have doors with clasps that
open to reveal color lithos below. A very unusual and beautiful book. $475.00
#235

#236

#237
WONDERFUL ELVES
236. FAIRIES. TWINKIE TOWN TALES BOOK NO. 3 by Carlyle Emery. St.
Louis: Hamilton Brown Co. (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine. The story of little
elves called Twinkies and of their town full of humanized insects and animals.
Marvelously illustrated in detail and in bright colors by ARTHUR HENDERSON.
Very scarce and a beautiful copy. $350.00

FAIRIES SEE ALSO 243, 283, 312, 314, 391, 577

12 BOOK BANBURY CROSS SET


ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS
237. FAIRY TALES. BANBURY CROSS SERIES - COMPLETE SET. Offered
here is a complete 12 volume set of the Banbury Cross Series of books edited
by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890’s. All are slim 12mo
(3 3/4 x 5 7/8”), uniformly bound in maroon gilt pictorial cloth, top edges gilt,
each with the original ties. Some slight fraying or soil, overall VG+. Beautifully
illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in classic Art
Nouveau style by leading artists of the era including CHARLES ROBINSON,
ALICE B. WOODWARD, ROBERT HEIGHWAY, SIDNEY HEATH, ROBERT
ANNING BELL (2 TITLES), H. GRANVILLE FELL (2 TITLES), ISABEL ADAMS,
ALICE MITCHELL AND VIOLET & EVELYN HOLDEN. Titles include: ‘Jack The
Giant-Killer and Beauty & the Beast’; ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’; ‘The Fairy
Gifts & Tom Hickathrift’; ‘Blue Beard & Puss In Boots’; ‘The House That Jack
Built and Other Nursery Rhymes’; ‘Aesop’s Fables’; ‘Cinderella & Jack & The
Beanstalk’; ‘Fireside Stories’; ‘Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp’; ‘Sleeping Beauty
and Dick Whittington and His Cat’; ‘Banbury Cross and other Nursery Rhymes’
and ‘Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb.’ This is a wonderful set rarely found
complete is such nice condition. $1200.00
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241. FAIRY TALES. MR. PUNCH’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT edited and including Three Bears, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Puss In
illustrated by Olga Morgan. Lond.: Punch ca 1915. 4to, pictorial cloth, 95p., Boots, and Tom Thumb. The 10th book is the Tale of Peter Rabbit illustrated
sl. cover soil else VG+. An anthology of stories, one by E. Nesbit titled The after Potter’s originals with no mention of her name, All of the books are well
Enchanceried House, accompanied by wonderful color illustrations throughout printed and beautifully illustrated in color in typical 20’s style. $650.00
the text by Olga Morgan - similar to Boutet de Monvel in style. Other stories
include What Amelia Used to Think, Fairies Writing Fairy Tales, Merula - A Tale
of the Sea Fairies and much more. A charming Christmas gift book. $200.00

#242

ART DECO SWEDISH FAIRY TALES


242. FAIRY TALES. OLD SWEDISH #243
FAIRY TALES by A. Wahlenberg. Phil.: Penn
1925. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, sl.
fading to spine, else fine. 18 Swedish fairy
tales, illus. by JEANETTE BERKOWITZ
with 7 beautiful ART-DECO color plates
plus b&w’s in-text and pictorial endpapers.
$200.00
FAIRY TALES SEE ALSO 60, 70, 90, 110, 149, 182, 198, 229, 230, 234, 315, 316,
FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES 331, 340, 343, 379, 380, 427, 433, 458, 470, 483-4, 528, 531, 541, 574, 576
243. FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES
by Olivia McCabe. Chic.: Rand McNally 246. FANTASY. JAM
(1911). Small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, MAKERS by Florence Hoare.
133p., slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st ed. no publisher, printed in
Six original fairy stories including the title, Germany, circa 1910. 4to (8
The White Cock of the Enchanted Palace, 3/4 x 11 1/2”), stiff pictorial
The Shoes of Silence, Fairy Twilight and the wraps, light edge wear VG.
Princess, Prince of the Sun Bright Isle and The story told in verse tells
The Little Girl and the Crow in Fairyland. how all of the children in
Illus. by HOPE DUNLOP with 12 beautiful the village lost their shoes
color plates plus b&w’s in-text and pictorial when they got stuck in
endpapers. $275.00 the jam. Illustrated with
fine chromolithographs by
INSCRIBED BY KNATCHBULL-HUGESSON W. Gibbons including one
244. FAIRY TALES. TALES AT TEA-TIME by E.H. Knatchbull-Hugessen. striking page of air ships
London: Macmillan and Co. 1872. 8vo (5 x 7 1/4”), blue cloth stamped in gold transporting sugar for making
and black, 357p. + 59p. Macmillan catalogue, some wear to spine ends and some the jam. $250.00
cover rubbing, VG. 1st edition of the author’s 4th book of fairy tales. 8 fanciful
and involved fairy-fantasies are included, illustrated by William Brunton with 6 AMAZING FANTASY
marvelous black and white plates. Titles include The Pea Green Nose, War in 247. FANTASY. THE QUOKS by Luxor Price. NY: Stokes 1924 (1924). Large
Dolldom, River Kings, Story of a Horse, Sybil’s Vision, Boy with a Tail, Search 4to, (9 1/4 x 12”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover end edge soil, VG+. 1st
After Happiness and the Man Who Made the Best of Everything. Written by ed. The story of a round creature named Bumpy that lives on Cookie Island, and
the grand-nephew of Jane Austen, the author wrote this batch of fantasy-fairy what happens when the Quoks leave their home in Balloon Town to come to Cookie
stories based on actual stories he told at tea-time. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED Island. Illustrated by Price with pictorial borders on each page of text, ABC
BY KNATCHBULL HUGESSEON! Many other of his titles are in Osborne but not endpapers, plus the most absolutely incredible full page color illustrations and
this one. $350.00 full page black and whites - rich in detail and depicting very strange creatures.
This is certainly one of the most original and fancifully illustrated children’s
books and very scarce. $400.00

LOIS LENSKI * EULALIE * POTTER - 10 BOOKS IN BOX


245. FAIRY TALES. TREASURE BOX OF CHILDREN’S STORIES. Platt
& Munk (1922, 1929). There are 10 books bound in pictorial wraps housed in
the original colorful pictorial box (5 1/4 x 6 1/4”), all in Fine condition. Three
of the books are illustrated by Lois Lenski including Jack and the Beanstalk,
Mother Goose Rhymes and Cinderella. Six of the books are illustrated by Eulalie
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 35 helen@alephbet.com

TOOTHPASTE PEOPLE - ADVERTISING FANTASY


FLYING TOOTHPASTE TUBES McLOUGHLIN PUBLISHER
248. FANTASY. THE TINIES THAT LIVE IN A TUBE. NY: Squibb & Sons 1924. 252. FROGS. FROG HE WOULD A
16mo (4 1/4 x 6”), pictorial wraps, [16]p. including covers, Fine. This is the strange WOO-ING GO. Lond. & NY: Warne
voyage on a flying tube of toothpaste taken by two little children to Squibb Town & Scribner Welford Armstrong nd ca
ruled by General Dentist. The General makes war against the Germiesaided by 1875. 4to, pictorial wraps, some spine
Mightiness the Magnesia Bird and the Denti-Oodle Bird. Illustrated throughout rubbing, VG+. A title in Warne’s Juvenile
in full color in typical 20’s style. This is one of the most imaginative pieces of Drolleries Series. Featuring the most
advertising ephemera, promoting Squibb’s Toothpaste. Scarce. $100.00 spectacular chromolithographs printed on
one side of the paper, depicting humanized
frogs, mice and cats to accompany this
famous nursery rhyme that is set to
music. $600.00

FROGS SEE ALSO 319, 446

COMPLETE WITH PAPER DOLLS AND FURNITURE


253. FRYER,JANE EAYRE. THE MARY FRANCES HOUSEKEEPER:
ADVENTURES AMONG THE DOLL PEOPLE. Phil: Winston (1914). 4to, cloth,
pictorial paste- on, a few minor margin mends else fine. One of the nicest volumes
in Fryer’s series and the rarest in complete condition. This teaches good little
girls how to grow up to be good little house- keepers, told through the lives of
a family of dolls. Illustrated
with silhouettes by JULIA
GREENE, and with the
frontispiece plus all furniture
by ALBERT MOWITZ.
This copy is COMPLETE
FANTASY SEE ALS0 89, 258, 261, 308-9, 317M 478, 544, 580, 584
WITH ALL FURNITURE
AND THE 9 PAPER DOLLS
FEIFFER, JULES - 309
(including Lucinda a Black
doll). Presented in the form
249. FISHER,HARRISON. AMERICAN BEAUTIES. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill
of a fantasy narrative, all
(1909). 4to, gilt cloth, sl. edge wear, else near fine in dw (dw chipped and worn).
aspects of housekeeping are
1st ed. Illus. by Fisher with 21 color plates of his beautiful women (printed on
covered here, from sweeping
one side of page) and by WILL CRAWFORD with Art Nouveau pictorial boarders
and dusting to afternoon
on text pages. Printed on heavy coated paper. Rare in dust wrapper. $850.00
tea - lovingly told without
preaching, and charmingly
IN BOX illustrated. Rare in complete
250. FISHER,HARRISON. A GARDEN OF GIRLS. NY: Dodd, 1910. Folio, condition. $800.00
cloth backed boards with large pictorial paste-on of a woman, top edge gilt, 2 tiny
corner creases else FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX! (corners reinforced). 254. FYLEMAN,ROSE. THE KATY KRUSE DOLLY BOOK. NY: Doubleday
1st ed. Lovely page decorations by Theodore Hapgood and featuring 16 large Doran (1927 A). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in worn dw.
tipped-in plates of Fisher’s famous women (plus one portrait of Fisher). A Verses by Fyleman, illustrated with 12 color plates of real dolls posed in various
beautiful copy of a scarce book, rarely found in the box. $1750.00 positions, plus many b&w’ s in text by R.M.H. Nice copy. $300.00

255. GAG,WANDA. THE FUNNY THING by Wanda Gag. NY: Coward McCann,
1929. Obl. 8vo, yellow pictorial boards, Fine in very sl. soiled dw. First edition
STORY ABOUT PING of Gag’s second children’s book, illustrated with many wonderful full page and in
251. FLACK,MARJORIE. THE STORY ABOUT PING. NY: Viking 1933. Small text black and white lithos in Gag’s distinctive style. This is the story of a little
4to (7 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of tip wear else Fine in VG+ man named Bobo and how he saved the dolls. Beautiful copy. $600.00
dust wrapper with two small areas repaired (not price clipped). 1st ed. The
now classic story of a little Chinese duckling who lives on a houseboat in Peking.
Illus. with wonderful color lithos by KURT WIESE. Bader says this, with Honk
are “probably his best work in color.” She also notes that “this was one of the
first instances in picture books proper of a story being written by one person
to be pictured by another and as the first notable instance... it was bound to be
influential”p.66-7. Very scarce. $750.00

FLOWERS – 476 FREES, HARRY – 406

FRENCH – 7, 29, 60, 117, 174, 187-8, 271, 290, 342, 351, 375, 396, 411,
531, 588
914.764.7410 Pg 36 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 91

SCARCE GAG TITLE INCREDIBLE AUSTRIAN FANTASY


256. GAG,WANDA. WANDA GAG’S STORY BOOK. NY: Coward McCann 261. GERMAN. HATSCHI BRATSCHI’S LUFTBALLON text by Franz Ginzkey.
(various dates 1932). Salzburg: Anton Pustet, no date circa 1920. 4to ((7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), cloth backed
Obl. 4to, pictorial cloth, pictorial boards, 49p., some cover soil else tight and VG. The story features
slightest of cover soil a little boy’s adventures when he is kidnapped by an evil man in a balloon. He
else Fine in poor dw. 1st manages to kick out the man but then goes on to escape witches, cannibals and
collected edition, with NEW more. Wonderfully illustrated by Ernst Dombrowski with 6 color plates (including
COVER, NEW ENDPAPERS cover not repeated in-text and fabulous intricate black and whites. $450.00
AND PICTORIAL TITLE
BY GAG done just for this
edition. Containing Millions
Of Cats, The Funny Thing
and Snippy and Snappy in
their entirety, The Funny
Thing and Snippy are both
first edition sheets. Quite
scarce. $350.00

257. GAMES. MERRIE GAMES IN RHYME by Emmeline M. Plunket. Lond:


Wells Gardner, Darton, nd
[1886]. 4to, 64p. incl. ads,
pictorial cloth, blank leaf
soiled else VG+. A collection
of singing games with music,
all presented in a most
artful format with each
page extensively decorated CHARMING MATH
and illustrated and with text PICTURE BOOK
printed in a large variety of 262. GERMAN. HOR ZU,
types. There are virtually DAS GANZE 1X1 IM NU!
no blank areas on any page no publication information,
and the effect is striking. German, circa 1890. Folio, (9
Quite unusual. Osborne 852. 3/4 x 13”), pictorial wraps,
$300.00 spine mend, some corner
wear VG. Designed to teach
multiplication with numbers
FANTASY SIGNED BY GAZE 1-8, each page is divided into
258. GAZE,HAROLD. THE MERRY 9 sections. Each section
PIPER; or the magical trip of the sugar has a charming full color
bowl ship. Bost: Little Brown 1925. 4to, illustration showing the
247p., grey pictorial cloth, Fine in sl. result of multiplying using
worn dw. 1st US ed. A fairy-fantasy various numbers. Great
taken by Turvy Wee, Ruth and Norman color illustrations in typical
in the land of Goodness - Knows - Where. turn of the 19th century
Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and style. $150.00
8 gorgeous color plates of fairies. Many
of the faces are hidden in the pictures 263. GERMAN. LUTTJEMANN UND PUTTJERINCHEN marchen von Hermann
and the reader is challenged to find Lons. Hanover (Germany): Sponholtz 1924. q. small 4to, cl. backed pictorial
them. Also lovely b&w line illus. Gaze boards, near Fine. Illus. by FRITZ HANS EGGERS with wonderful, and fanciful
was a native New Zealander and a self- color lithos. $225.00
taught artist whose art is reminiscent
of Rackham and Outhwaite. THIS COPY
IS SIGNED AND DATED BY GAZE!
$450.00

HUMANIZED RABBITS
259. GERMAN. DER HASLEIN ZEITVERTREIB. Esslingen: Schreiber ca 1930.
4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, VG+. The story of a bevy of humanized bunnies,
wonderfully illustrated in color by K. RUHR, with a hole cut in the cover so the
reader can see through to the first page. $200.00
#259

BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN’S
GERMAN MUSIC BOOK
264. GERMAN. UNSER
LIEDERBUCH ausgewahlt
von Friederike Merck.
Mainz: B. Schott’s Sohne
1902. Oblong 4to, cloth
backed pictorial boards, sl.
cover soil, VG+. A beautiful
#260 books of children’s songs,
illustrated with magnificent
chromolithographs on nearly
every page by LUDWIG VON
260. GERMAN. DIE WUNDERBURG IM MEER vom verfasser der BUMBUSCH. A beautiful
sonnenkinderstuben. Oldenburg: Stalling 1929. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, book. $225.00
Fine in sl. worn dust wrapper. Undersea flora, fauna and a few shipwrecks,
gloriously illustrated in rich colors by HELMUT SKARBINA with 7 full page color
illustrations and numerous black and whites. Done with typical German quality GERMAN SEE ALSO 41, 113, 182, 204, 220, 224, 295-6, 314, 340, 349-51, 468,
494, 591
color printing and a lovely copy. $250.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 37 helen@alephbet.com
GOETHE, JOHANN – 379, 468 HAND-COLORED GRANDVILLE
271. GRANDVILLE,J.J. CENT PROVERBES texte par Trois Tetes Dans Un
LITTLE GOLDEN PICTURE PUZZLE - SCARRY Bonnet. Paris: Garnier Freres, no date, circa 1865. 4to, 554p., contemporary
265. GOLDEN BOOK. BRAVE COWBOY BILL after the book by Kathryn and 1/4 leather, marbled boards,
Byron Jackson. Whitman and Simon and Schuster (1950). Housed in the original near Fine. Nouvelle edition
box is a color jigsaw puzzle by Richard Scarry. $125.00 revue et augmente pour
le texte par M. Quitard.
Featuring 50 wonderful
hand-colored plates plus
numerous other vignettes
throughout the text. Each
well known proverb has a
humorous story in prose.
The coloring of the plates
is vibrant. This is a very
scarce Grandville title and is
a beautiful copy of a scarce
masterpiece by this French
genius. $2500.00

272. GRANT,VERNON. TINKER TIM THE TOY MAKER. Racine: Whit (1934)
4to, pict.bds, sl. edge and tip wear else VG. Illustrated by Grant with bright, full
page color illus and pictorial ep’s, done in his unique style. Buzz travels to “Behind
JIGSAW PUZZLE The Clouds Town”- a charming fantasy by the creator of that famous Kellogg trio
266. GOLDEN BOOK. DOCTOR DAN THE BANDAGE MAN [by Helen Gaspard]. Snap, Crackle and Pop. $150.00
NY: Simon and Shuster / Whitman 1950. This is a Little Golden Picture Puzzle
in original box. 2 small snags on box edge else Fine. Illus. with a charming color
picture by Corinne Malverne. $160.00

LITTLE GOLDEN PICTURE PUZZLE - GERGELY


267. GOLDEN BOOK. JOLLY BARNYARD after the book by Annie Bedford.
Whitman and Simon and Schuster (1950). Housed in the original box is a color
jigsaw puzzle by Tibor Gergely. $125.00

273. GREENAWAY,KATE. A DAY IN A CHILD’S LIFE with music by Myles


Foster. Lond Rout. nd (1881). 4to, cloth backed glazed pictorial boards, beveled
edges, bottom edge and tips rubbed else near FINE IN PICTORIAL WRAPPER
(wrapper lacking spine, chipped and frayed). First ed. 1st issue (Schuster 66-
LITTLE GOLDEN PICTURE PUZZLE 1a, DPL #31) with beautiful color illustrations throughout, engraved by Edmund
268. GOLDEN BOOK. LIVELY LITTLE RABBIT by Gustaf Tenggren. Whitman Evans. Rarely found in dw. $850.00
and Simon and Schuster (1943), Fine. Housed in the original box is a color jigsaw
puzzle by GUSTAF TENGGREN. $125.00 RARE KATE GREENAWAY
274. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus.A
GOLF – 479
CRUISE IN THE ACORN by

GORDON, ELIZABETH - 477 Mrs. Alice Jerrold. London:
Marcus Ward 1875. 8vo,
green gilt and black cloth,
TWO FIRST EDITIONS pictorial paste-on, 140p. +
269. GRAHAME,KENNETH. FIRST 4p. ads, sl. edge wear, near
WHISPER OF “THE WIND IN THE Fine. 1st ed. of this rare
WILLOWS”. Phil.: Lipp. (1945). 8vo, cloth, Greenaway work featuring
[94]p. fine in sl. chipped dw. Stated 1st 6 unsigned mounted
ed. The story of how Grahame’s classic color illustrations on gilt
children’s masterpiece came into being, backgrounds to accompany
also including facsimile pages in Grahames’ a charming fantasy tale. A
hand from Wind and Bertie’s Escapade. beautiful copy. Schuster
Illus. with photos and edited with an 63-1 (a) but this copy has
intro. by Elspeth Grahame. Sold together a date on title page, green
with a first UK edition of this title that cloth. $1500.00
came out in 1944 (without the wrapper).
Both.. $275.00
#270
GRAHAME, K. SEE ALSO 466

WITH GREAT DRAWING OF LITTLE TOOT


270. GRAMATKY, HARDIE. LITTLE TOOT. NY: Putnam (1939). Sq. 8vo, cloth,
Fine in near fine dist wrapper. Early impression of this modern classic. The
story of a frivolous little tugboat, written by Gramatky (Disney/Mickey Mouse
animation artist) and illus. by him with full color and 2-color lithos. LAID IN IA A
CHARMING PEN DRAWING (DRAWING IS 5” WIDE X 3 1/2” HIGH) OF LITTLE
TOOT SIGNED BY GRAMATKY. Bader p. 203-4. A special copy. $450.00
(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>>>>
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ASSOCIATION COPY VIOLET SEVERN/RUSKIN FAMILY RARE SET OF 4 VOLLAND SUNNY BOOKS IN BOX
277. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. MY OWN SET OF SUNNY BOOKS. Chicago:
COPY FROM MUIR COLLECTION Donohue (Volland), various dates, circa 1930. 4 books (each 6 x 7 1/2”), each
275. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. KATE GREENAWAY by M.H. Spielmann and
bound in red cloth, each in dust wrapper, housed in publisher’s pictorial box.
G.S. Layard. London: A & C Black 1905. Large thick 4to, white cloth, teg, verso
Slightest of wear to box otherwise nearly AS NEW. The four Sunny books that
of frontis foxed else near FINE!. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES,
Gruelle did for Volland are: Raggedy Ann’s Alphabet Book, Little Sunny Stories,
THIS IS ONE OF 50 UNNUMBERED FOR PRESENTATION. THIS COPY IS
Cheery Scarecrow and The Funny Little Book - all illustrated in color by Gruelle.
ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY VIOLET SEVERN WHOSE MOTHER WAS THE
Rare. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $1200.00
ADOPTED DAUGHTED OF JOHN RUSKIN. ON PAGE 140 IS A FACSIMILE OF
A STORY WRITTEN BY GREENAWAY FOR SEVERN WHICH SHE ALLOWED
278. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AND THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY.
TO BE REPODUCED FOR THIS EDITION. THIS BOOK IS ALSO SIGNED
NY: Johnny Gruelle Company (1940). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, light
BY JOHN GREENAWAY (Kate’s brother), AND WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL
edge wear, VG+ in sl. worn dw. Written and by Gruelle and illustrated by his son
SKETCH DONE BY KATE GREENAWAY which is matted and bound in with John
Justin with wonderful full page color illus. + b&w’s. $200.00
Greenaway’s signature of authenticity. The sketch is of a little girl wearing a
hat, and gazing down. The book features much text, more than 50 color plates,
plus many b&w’s. This is a special association copy of an important book for any
Greenaway collector. $2500.00

279. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN IN THE MAGIC BOOK. NY: Johnny


Gruelle Co. (1939). 8vo, cl. backed pictorial boards, fine in frayed dw. 1st ed.
Stories written by Gruelle and wonderfully illus. in full color by his son WORTH
GRUELLE carrying on his father’s tradition. A beautiful copy of an uncommon
Gruelle item. $250.00
GRIMM BROTHERS - 182
280. (GUTMANN,BESSIE
276. (GRISET,ERNEST)illus. PEASE)illus. DIARY OF A
GRISET’S GROTESQUES: MOUSE by Edith Dunham.
or jokes drawn on wood NY: Dodge (1907). 8vo, red
with rhymes by Tom Hood. cloth, pictorial paste-on,
Lond: Routledge 1867. 4to, writing on cover faded else
cloth, all edges gilt, gilt VG. Illustrated by Gutmann
medallion on cover, 151p., with pictorial endpapers
edges rubbed and some and adorable full page
wear to spine extrems, color illustrations on every
VG. 1st ed. Written by the other page, all chronicling
son of Thomas Hood and one month in the life of a
engraved by the DALZIEL mouse. A rare Gutmann
BROTHERS. Illustrated book. $400.00
with wonderfully detailed
b&w’s throughout by Griset
and featuring a beautiful
Victorian binding. (Osborne CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER
p.66) $400.00 281. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. BIG SNOW. NY: Macmillan 1948 (1948). 4to,
#277
(8 3/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (no award seal, not price clipped, spine
ends chipped and some wear at folds otherwise nice). 1st edition (1st printing).
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, illustrated in color and b&w by the Haders and
written by them. Nice first editions of this title are very scarce. $1200.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 39 helen@alephbet.com

ARTIST’S DUMMY FOR RARE HADER CAT TITLE NURSERY RHYME HANKIES
282. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. WHIFFY McMANN - ARTIST’S DUMMY 285. HANKY BOOK. MOTHER GOOSE HANKIES. Hermann Hdkf. 1948. 4to,
written and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1933 by Coward McCann. pictorial wraps, slight cover
This is the Haders’ dummy for this book, used for layout and color direction. soil, near Fine. Each page has
The dummy measures 5 1/2” square and is completely hand-made by the Haders a different Mother Goose
including painted covers. It contains 27 watercolors and 8 black and whites with rhyme. 5 of the pages have
text in pencil beneath each piece. All throughout the book are penciled notations REAL HANKIES inserted into
to the printer from the Haders. A fascinating look at the earliest stage pre- slots (Little Miss Muffet,
production picture book. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $4500.00 Banbury Cross, Bobby
Shaftoe, Mother Hubbard,
To Market To Market).
Charmingly illustrated in full
color by an unknown hand
(similar in style to Eloise
Wilkin). $275.00

WITH 7 REAL HANKIES


286. HANKY BOOK. PICK-
A-HANKY EVERY DAY.
(H.H. Co. 1940). 4to,
pictorial wraps, some rubbing
and margin mends, VG. The
daily activities of a very
40’s little boy. Each day of
the week has a different
pictorial hanky inserted into
a slot. $275.00

HANKY BOOK SEE ALSO 198

FINE COPY IN
HADER, BERTA & ELMER SEE ALSO 343 HAGUE, MICHAEL - 86 RARE DUST WRAPPER
287. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER.
FAIRIES - UNUSUAL PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT DADDY JAKE THE RUNAWAY and short
283. HAND-COLORED. LITTLE MARY & THE FAIRY by Harriet B. McKeever. stories told after dark by Uncle Remus.
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger (1870). Small 8vo (6 1/2 x 8”), NY: Century (1889). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”),
brown cloth stamped in gold, 40p., some soil, VG+. The story of a good little girl glazed pictorial boards, 145p., VERY
and her nasty sister and their encounters with a fairy disguised as an old woman. FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER!
Written in rhyme and in prose. Illustrated with 9 fine full page hand-colored (dw chipped on all edges). 1st edition 14
illustrations. This title is second in a series, following the author’s Jackie and stories set in the deep south, many with
Flora or the Pigeons Wedding $450.00 Black dialect. Illustrated throughout in
line by E.W. KEMBLE. BAL 7117. This
is a remarkable copy, rare in the dust
wrapper. $2800.00

DELUXE FLORENCE HARRISON BOOK


288. (HARRISON,FLORENCE)illus. POEMS BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI.
Lond: Blackie, 1910. Thick
4to, (8 1/2 x 10 1/2”) white
cloth with extensive gilt
decoration, top edge gilt,
slightest of cover soil else
Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated
by Harrison with 36
magnificent mounted color
plates (on heavy stock), 34
full page b&w illus. plus many
b&w text illus. all in her
best pre-Raphaelite style to
PIGS AND MICE HAND-COLORED accompany Rossetti’s classic
284. HAND-COLORED. SURPRISING STORIES ABOUT THE MOUSE AND verse. A lavish production,
HER SONS AND THE FUNNY PIGS. (Dean’s Coloured Picture Book printed on beautifully illustrated.
cover). London: Dean and Son, circa 1860. Small 8vo ( 5 1/2 x 7”), cloth stamped $1350.00
in gold and blind, cover faded in a few areas, a few small old margin repairs
else VG++. Containing 3 stories: The Little Pig’s Ramble, Little Pig’s Tale and CHILDE HASSAM
The Mouse and Her Sons. Illustrated with 26 wonderful full page hand-colored CHILDREN’S BOOK
engravings. A charming picture book, quite a scarce title. $700.00 289. (HASSAM,CHILDE)illus.
BYE-O-BABY BALLADS
by Charles Stuart Pratt.
Boston: D. Lothrop (1886).
4to, sm. 4to, cloyh backed
pictorial boards, some edge
rubbing else VG+. Illustrated
with very beautiful full
page color illustrations
(chromolithographs) and
with smaller lithographed
decorations on text page
- all by Hassam, America’s
foremost Impressionist,
in his distinctive, delicate
style. Very lovely and
HAND-COLORED SEE ALSO 7, 21, 22, 54, 169, 271, 292, 349, 365, 384
scarce. $600.00
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RARE HELLE PICTURE BOOK #293


290. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LES BETES PARLENT by Isabelle Schreiber.
Paris: Delagrave [1935]. 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), spiral backed boards, some cover
soil otherwise VG+. Illustrated with 11 full page full color illustrations of
various common animals or insects (plus full color cover). Includes images of
dog, duck, pig, cow, frog, cat, rooster, mosquito, etc. Each illustration faces a
page of text in verse that also has smaller 3-color illustrations. The full page
illustrations have colors completely covering the paper. The graphic images
combined with the bold rich colors have a striking effect. This is a rare Helle
title. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $1250.00

GRUESOME McLOUGHLIN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION


294. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. HEEDLESS HARRY AND OTHER TALES.
NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1890. Chimney Corner Series. 4to (7 1/2 x
9 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, [32]p. + covers, paper aging, some cover
rubbing and soil, VG. Illustrated with color cover plus numerous b&w’s on every
HENDERSON, ARTHUR – 235, 236 page to accompany verses about Heedless Harry, Mischievous Fingers, Boy Who
Cried Upon Occasions, The Dainty Little Boy, The Little Boy Who Would Not Be
MARK TWAIN FIRST Washed, Little Girl Who Sucked Her Fingers, The Naughty Boy Who Destroyed
FRITZ KREDEL ILLUSTRATIONS His Books and more. Ruhle 281q. Rare. $1200.00
291. HOFFMANN,HEINRICH.
SLOVENLY PETER translated by MARK 295. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. STRUWWELHITLER: A NAZI STORY
TWAIN. NY: Harper Bros. 1935 (1935). BOOK by Doktor Schrecklichkeit. A parody on the original Struwwelpeter by
4to, pictorial boards, slight soil on bottom Robert and Philip Spence.
corner else Fine in dust wrapper soiled London: Haycock Press), no
along right edge and with small piece off date [1941]. 8vo, (5 1/2 x 6
bottom corner. Stated first printing of 3/4”), pictorial wraps, (25)p.,
the Twain translation, with illustrations slightest of cover soil else
redrawn from Hoffmann’s originals by near fine. 1st edition, (first
FRITZ KREDEL. Printed on fine quality state with Hitler wearing 2
paper with hand-set text. An increasingly arm bands on cover and no
scarce edition of this children’s classic distribution notice on title).
and beautifully done. McBride Bibliog. Done in the pictorial style and
p274. $400.00 versification of Hoffmann’s
classic children’s book, but
featuring Cruel Adolf, Flying
Hermann, Little Musso and
RARE EARLY STRUWWLPETER IMITATION others. Printed on rectos
292. (HOFFMANN,HEINRICH). AUNT ODDEMADODD’S WHISPERS ABOUT only and illustrated in color
CERTAIN LITTLE PEOPLE First Series by W. Newman, Late one of the Punch throughout. $325.00
artists. Lond.: Dean & Son, no
date [1857]. Small 4to, cloth 296. (HOFFMANN,HEINRICH).
backed pictorial boards, covers SWOLLEN HEADED
worn and edge of some pages WILLIAM verses adapted
archivally strengthened and by E.V. Lucas and drawings
tear in one leaf mended, pages adapted by George Morrow.
soiled, printed paste-downs list Lond.: Methuen ca 1914.
other Dean titles (lacks free 4to, stiff pictorial boards,
ends papers), a Good tight copy. covers somewhat discolored
Printed on one side of the paper, else VG. Modeled after
almost every page has hand- the Struwellpeter, the
colored engravings showing the verses deal with World
result of being a naughty child War I Germany and are
(including hand-colored title quite stinging in nature.
page). Contains the following Illustrated in line on
stories: The Dainty Little every page, this is a clever
Boy, The Little Girl Who Made parody. $300.00
Faces, The Little Boy Who Bit
His Nails, The Boy Who Never HOFFMANN, HEINRICH & NAUGHTY CHILDREN SEE ALSO 12, 126
Looked Where He Was Going
To, Little Lie A-bed, Little Girl HOLIDAY HOUSE – 54, 157
Who Would Not Go to Bed, Little
Boy Who Would Not Be Washed 297. HOLLING,HOLLING C. LITTLE BIG-
and Tasting. This is a rare and
early imitation of Hoffmann’s BYE-AND-BYE written and illustrated by
Struwwelpeter. Ruhle 281m, TPL Holling. Chicago: VOLLAND (1926 later ed.)
p.73. $1250.00
pictorial boards, light cover soil, VG+. A
VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK. An Indian story
McLOUGHLIN PUBLICATION
set in the pueblos, illustrated with magnificent
293. (HOFFMANN HEINRICH). CRUEL BOY AND THE MAGPIE. NY:
McLoughlin Brothers, no date. ca 1880. 16mo, (3 3/4 x 6”), pictorial wraps, 8p. and stunning color illustrations throughout.
including covers, near Fine. Little Pleasewell’s Series. The gruesome tale of a boy This is a nice copy of a scarce Volland
who is cruel to a bird and is then attacked by a monstrous bird that pecks out all
of his hair and leaves him bleeding. The boy is found and saved, but his hair never title. $250.00
grew back. Illustrated in b&w. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $200.00
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HURD, CLEMENT – 121 HYMAN, TRINA SCHART – 135
SCARCE HOLLING TITLE
298. HOLLING,HOLLING C. RUM-TUM- INDIA – 16, 539 INDIANS – 124, 297, 376, 418
TUMMY: the elephant who ate. Minneapolis:
INSECTS – 194, 225, 342 IRISH – 330
Gordon Volland (1927). Square 8vo (6 3/8 x 6
7/8”), pictorial boards, Fine with 3 pictorial
IRVING, WASHINGTON – 461 ITALIAN – 145, 399
ads laid-in. A most wonderful book in the
style of Volland Sunny Books. The story of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK – 70, 119
an elephant and his friends is illustrated
in bold color throughout by Holling. Quite CHARMING ART
scarce. $250.00 303. JACOBS,HELEN. ORIGINAL ART. Offered here are 2 beautiful large
finished pen and ink drawings by Jacobs to accompany a poem entitled Sea Song,
a typed copy of which is included. The first picture measures 10” wide x 12”,
HUGHES, LANGSTON SEE 111
second measures 10 x 8, each signed. The first picture shows a little girl sitting
on a rock overlooking the ocean with birds flying in the background. The second
shows 3 seagulls which have landed on the shore. Much detail and a charming
group of drawings by the British illustrator (sister of W.W. Jacobs). $750.00
SCARCE MAUD
HUMPHREY BOOK
299. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus.
CHILDREN OF SPRING by
Edith Thomas. NY: Stokes,
1888. 4to, stiff blue wraps
with an unusual embossed
pictorial celluloid medallion
tied on. Bound with silk
ties, light cover soil,
VG+. Consisting of 3 large
chromolithograph plates
(printed on one side) by
Humphrey, each depicting an
adorable young child and done
in vivid colors. Poems are on
other leaves. A very scarce
book. $450.00

RARE LARGE FORMAT


MAUD HUMPHREY BOOK
300. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus.
TINY TODDLERS by Helen
Cone. NY: Stokes 1890.
Folio, loose as issued in
pictorial boards with ribbon
ties. Slight margin wear to
2 leaves else VG+. Printed
on rectos only, there are
6 magnificent full page
chromolithographs of little
children, alternating with
verses illustrated in line.
Rare. $1500.00

A HUMPTY-DUMPTY MINIATURE BOOK


301. HUMPTY-DUMPTY BOOK. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS BOOK by Lily Schofield.
London: Treherne no date, circa 1908. Square 16mo (3x3”), 83p.. Pictorial blue
cloth, slightest of cover else tight and VG+. Printed on heavy paper on one side
of the page, each page of text faces a charming full page color illustration by the
author accompanying the tale of a fat hippo that lived on the Nile. Done in the
style of the Stump books, only square instead of oblong. Quite scarce, and really
wonderful. $750.00

HUNGARY 405

302. HUNT,IRENE. UP A ROAD SLOWLY. Chic: Follett (1966). 8vo, cloth, JEWISH INTEREST – 22, 23, 366, 492, 495
Fine in fine dust wrapper (no award medal, not price clipped). Stated 1st printing.
The story of a 7 year old girl who is sent to live with her austere aunt when her
mother dies. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Quite scarce. $400.00
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GEORGE SHRINKS FABULOUS WATERCOLORS


MODERN RARITY 308. JOYCE,WILLIAM. GEORGE SHRINKS - ORIGINAL ART. Offered
here are original watercolors by award winning children’s book artist
304. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. Joyce, all used in his charming fantasy George Shrinks (published by Harper
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE Collins). All are on artist board measuring 15” wide x 10”, with the actual
images measuring 9 3/4” x 6 3/4”. All are signed and in acid free mattes.
CRAYON. NY: Harper Brothers
The pieces feature little George, his airplane along with a cat and toys. Joyce’s
1955. 16mo, (4 3/4 x 5 7/8”),
style features meticulous attention to detail and these pieces are simply
cloth backed pictorial boards, wonderful. George Shrinks was later animated for a PBS Saturday morning
show. In an online interview from the publisher’s home page, Joyce offers this
spine stamped in white, Fine in
insight when asked where the idea for George came from: “ Ever since I was a
Fine dust wrapper with price little kid, I have loved stories about people who were the wrong size. King Kong
was too big for everything, and Stuart Little was way too small. One day I found
intact. 1st ed. This is Johnson’s some of my old toys in a box. Mixed up with all the dinosaurs and army men was
first Purple Crayon title, rare in a little airplane that had a tiny pilot, and that got me thinking. What if a boy
named George shrank one day while his parents were away? What would he do?
any condition, super rare in such Would it be fun? Would it be scary? What would he eat? So that’s what I made
fine condition. $7500.00 George Shrinks about -- how neat it would be if, just for one day, you were
the same size as your toys. And of course I had George fly in that toy airplane

Page 4 (His parents had left him a note). $7500.00

RARE FOURTH HAROLD BOOK


305. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD
AT THE NORTH POLE. NY: Harper
Brothers, 1958. 16mo, (4 3/4 x 5 7/8”),
cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in VG+
dust wrapper with some wear at spine ends.
1st ed., of the fourth Harold book wherein
Harold travels to the North Pole for a
Christmas Tree. Extremely rare and a nice
copy. $1500.00

306. JOHNSON,CROCKETT.
TERRIBLE TERRIFYING
Page 15 (and play quietly), $9,500.00
TOBY. NY: Harper Brothers
(1957). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4”),
plain black cloth spine,
pictorial boards, Fine in fine
price clipped dust wrapper.
1st edition with no ads for
later titles and inscribed by
previous owner 1957. The
story of a loveable puppy
that wants to become fierce.
Every page has a fabulous
full color illustration with
only one or two lines of text
below. See Bader p. 440-441.
Rare. $1200.00

HAROLD JONES ORIGINAL DRAWING FOR KIPLING


307. (JONES,HAROLD)illus. ORIGINAL ART: A RING OF TALES by Kathleen
Lines. This is an original pen and ink drawing by Jones that was used in the
book of fairy tales entitled A Ring of Tales. The drawing appears on page 110
of the book to accompany a Rudyard Kipling story entitled The Beginning of the
Page 23 (opposite Try to stay out of trouble). $8,500.00
Armadilloes. Depicted are a leopard, a turtle and an armadillo in the jungle with
trees, rocks and foliage in the background. Done with Jones’ characteristic
cross-hatch detail, it is extremely appealing. Peppin notes that most of Jones’
work was in pen and ink. “His drawings are both decorative and spatially
well ordered. He has been widely recognized as one of the most interesting
professional illustrators of the 20th century. (Book illus. of the 20th Century
p.165) Sold with a fine first edition of the book in dw. $850.00
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ONE OF THE FINEST FAIRY BOOKS


312. KNOWLES,HORACE. PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND. Lond.: Thornton
MODERN CHILDREN’S CLASSIC Butterworth (1924). Large 4to, gold cloth, [92]p., slight cover soil margin of one
309. JUSTER,NORTON. THE pate trimmed else VG-Fine. A fabulous book of fairy fantasy, illus. by Knowles
PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH. NY: with pictorial endpapers, 6 color plates and magnificent line illustrations on every
page of text. A nice copy of a scarce book, and one of the finest and most
Epstein & Carroll (1961). 4to, blue
detailed books of fairies. $1650.00
cloth, [256]p., Fine in dust wrapper
(dw with some edge rubbing but no
tears). 1st edition, (1st printing) of
this now classic fantasy, illustrated
by JULES FEIFFER, his first
children’s book. 1sts of this title
are quite scarce in dust wrappers
-especially in such nice condition.
$2200.00

KAULBACH, WILHELM - 468

KEMBLE, E.W. – 101, 287, 556



KENNEDY, A.E. – 26, 49, 87

SUPERB SET OF THE JUNGLE BOOKS


310. KIPLING,RUDYARD. THE JUNGLE BOOK [AND] THE SECOND JUNGLE AD REINHARDT INSCRIBED BY RUTH KRAUSS
BOOK. Lond: Macmillan 1894, 1895. 8vo, blue gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, 313. KRAUSS,RUTH. A GOOD MAN AND HIS GOOD WIFE. NY: Harper
212, 238p. + 2p. ads, owner name on endpaper in one volume else Very Fine with Brothers 1944. 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, covers soiled else VG without dust
the gilt shiny and bright and with none of the foxing that is usually present. wrapper. Probably a first edition. This is a marvelous nonsense story about a man
House in a handsome 3/4 leather drop back box with raised bands and gilt who’s wife constantly changed things around so he never knew where anything
designs on the spine. 1st edition of both volumes. Wonderfully illustrated with might be. Cleverly illustrated by AD REINHARDT in deceptively simple two colors
detailed b&w’s by J. LOCKWOOD KIPLING and others. This is a remarkably on every page such that the child’s eye is immediately drawn to the pictures.
beautiful set of an important children’s classic that despite its age, continues to THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED
remain immensely readable. $7500.00 BY KRAUSS presenting the
book to its owner, a neighbor
of hers in Connecticut. This
was Krauss’ first book and
likewise Reinhardt’s (it was
his last children’s books
as well). Krauss went on
to be one of the most
successful children’s book
authors often collaborating
with her husband Crockett
Johnson and her friend
Maurice Sendak. Ad
Reinhardt went on to
become a “leading abstract
painter” and Bader devotes
3 pages to this wonderful
rare picture book. (p.417-
19). Ruth Krauss see also
493. $525.00

KREIDEL, FRITZ - 291

GNOMES AND FAIRIES - RARE KREIDOLF TITLE


314. KREIDOLF,ERNST.
BEI DEN GNOMEN UND
ELFEN. Zurich / Leipzig:
KIRK, MARIA – 172, 361, 362 Totapfel Verlag [1929].
4to, cloth backed pictorial
311. (KNIGHT,HILARY)illus. WHEN I HAVE A SON by Charlotte Zolotow. NY: boards, fine in original
Harper and Row, 1967. Oblong 12mo, (6 1/4 x 5 1/2”) pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed
dust wrapper. 1st ed. A charming picture book told from a boy’s point of view on edges). A world of
about what the rules will be when he has his own son. Illustrated in black, white gnomes and humanized
and blue by Hilary Knight. $200.00 flowers, all depicted with
12 magnificent color plates
that are full of detail and
emotion (pictorial ep’s as
well). An outstanding copy
of a lovely children’s books
and a rare Kreidolf title.
(See Hurlimann p.203-
7). $1200.00

LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE – 469, 570


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BLUE FAIRY BOOK MAGNIFICENT FAIRY TALE ART BY LATHROP


315. LANG,ANDREW. THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans 1889. 8vo, 318. LATHROP,DOROTHY. ORIGINAL ART: THE LADY OF THE STARS.
blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover, all edges gilt, binding ever so slightly cocked else This is an ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING SIGNED BY LATHROP. The
fine. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES! drawing itself measure 8 1/4 x 10” on a board 13 1/2 x 15” and is matted, framed
Illustrated by H.J. FORD and G.P.J. HOOD with full page and in-text black and and glazed. The drawing is utterly magnificent and incredibly detailed. It
whites. A beautiful copy of the very elusive first edition. $6000.00 features a small prince raising the veil of a small princess, both of whom are
standing on an oriental rug upon a table top. Behind them is a full-size woman
holding up the veil. The background is completely covered with a floral pattern so
that the entire surface is finely illustrated. The verso has a label with the title
and a caption reading “He raised the veil and gazed upon her countenance for the
first time Manuscript p.10”. It appeared as a full page illustration on page 198 of
the March 1921 issue of Asia Magazine to illustrate a story entitled The Lady of
the Stars by Demetra Vaka. A copy of that issue is included. This is a rare and
very early Lathrop piece and a very beautiful work of fairy tale art. $5000.00

RARE LARGE PAPER


PRESENTATION EDITION
316. LANG,ANDREW. PRINCE
RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA: BEING
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF
PRINCE PRIGIO’S SON. Bristol:
Arrowsmith nd [1893]. 4to, 3/4
vellum and brown cloth, 204p., vellum
slightly age toned else fine. 1st ed.
LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION
COPY (so stamped). An original
fairy tale by Lang being a sequel
to Prince Prigio. Rare in this
edition. Illustrated by Gordon
Browne with 12 plates plus 12 illus.
in text. $500.00

LANGEN, HILDA - 240

FANTASY BY WRITER IF WIZARD OF OZ SCREENPLAY


317. LANGLEY,NOEL. TALE OF THE LAND OF GREEN GINGER. NY: William
Morrow 1938. 4to, (8 1/4 x 11 1/2”), cloth, 143p., near Fine IN DUST WRAPPER (dw
VG, frayed with a few closed tears). 1st U.S. edition. The text is a very involved
fantasy about Abu Ali, Aladdin’s son and his quest for the Land of Green Ginger.
Illustrated by the author with many rich, full color illustrations throughout the text.
Langley was a noted novelist and screen writer. He was one of the screen writers BEAUTIFUL LIMITED EDITION SIGNED WOODCUT
for the Wizard Of Oz movie, chosen for the job based on his authorship of the 319. LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOODCUT: LEOPARD FROG. Offered here is a
Land of Green Ginger. This is a nice copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $600.00 lovely woodcut by Lathrop. LIMITED TO ONLY 50 COPIES SIGNED BY LATHROP.
The image measures 6” wide by 5” and is matted. Depicted is leopard frog sitting on
a rock in a pool with aquatic flowers in the background. Done with Lathrop’s sharp
eye for detail, this is an absolutely lovely piece in fine condition. Nice! $300.00
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BEAUTIFUL LIMITED EDITION SIGNED WOODCUT


320. LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOODCUT: SPRING OF THE YEAR. Offered
here is a lovely woodcut by Lathrop. LIMITED TO ONLY 75 COPIES SIGNED
BY LATHROP. The image measures 6” wide by 5” and is matted. Depicted is #323
an adorable little lamb standing in the forest (similar to the lamb in Bouncing
Betsy). Done with Lathrop’s sharp eye for detail, this is an absolutely lovely
piece in fine condition. Nice! $350.00

NEWBERY HONOR / SCARCE LATHROP TITLE


324. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. THE FORGOTTEN DAUGHTER by Caroline D.
Snedeker. NY: Doubleday Doran and Co. and Junior Literary Guild, 1933 (1933). 8vo,
green cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some soil, a closed tear and corner chip).
Stated first edition. The story of Chloe, a slave girl in Roman times. Illustrated by
Lathrop with pictorial endpapers and title page, color frontis (also reproduced on
dw), 3 full page black and whites, plus numerous black and white text decorations.
Very scarce, particularly in wrapper. NEWBERY HONOR. $200.00

SIGNED BY LATHROP
321. LATHROP,DOROTHY.
PUPPIES FOR KEEPS. NY:
Macmillan (1943, 6th printing).
oblong 4to, brown cloth, VG
in sl. frayed dw. The story of 325. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. THE LITTLE MERMAID by Hans Christian
PEKINGESE puppies written by Andersen. NY: Macmillan 1939 (Oct. 1939). 4to, blue gilt cloth, Fine in dw worn
Lathrop and illustrated by her at spine ends and along spine edge. First edition of this elusive Lathrop book.
with beautifully detailed full Illustrated by her with 14 full page, hauntingly beautiful illustrations - 6 in full
color, plus pictorial endpapers and dw all of which match the magic of this fairy
page and in text drawings. This
tale - Miss Lathrop’s favorite. Very scarce and a nice copy. $400.00
copy is SIGNED BY LATHROP.
$125.00
4 RARE SIGNED/LIMITED ETCHINGS BY LAWSON
LAWSON,ROBERT. ETCHINGS. HAPPY VALLEY Offered here is a
complete series of 4 etchings done by Lawson from 1930-1932. Each is
from an EDITION LIMITED TO 100 COPIES. THREE ARE SIGNED
BY LAWSON (although the fourth is not signed, the limitation number and
322. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. recipient’s name are pencilled on the verso in matching hand that is found
CROSSINGS: A FAIRY on the three others). Done on high quality paper measuring 11 /2” wide x 14
3/4” high, matted. The amount of detail is extraordinary. Although Lawson
PLAY by Walter de la Mare.
is known today for his children’s books, his artistic career actually began with
NY: Knopf 1923 (Oct. 1923). his etchings. Between 1929 and 1933 he produced 31 etchings which were both
Sm. 4to, blue gilt cl., teg, published and exhibited. He showed at the Smithsonian and participated in a
[170]p., Fine. 1st ed. Illus. traveling exhibit to Italy organized by the American Federation of the Arts. He
also had several one-man shows and he won the John Taylor Arms Award from
by Lathrop with beautiful the Society of American Etchers. Although critically acclaimed, Lawson could
color frontis and with many not support himself on his etching income and he reportedly actually sold very
full and partial page b&w’s few of them. Although his print runs on most of his pieces were usually limited
to 100 copies or less, it is doubtful that he actually printed the maximum on
to accompany the play with most of his pieces. Because of this, his etchings are extremely hard to find.
music. $250.00
326. HAPPY VALLEY - AUTUMN. Dated 1930. (7 men and women in a forest).
Image measures 8” wide x 12” high, in fine condition. $1950.00

327. HAPPY VALLEY - SPRING. (3 men in forest with bows and arrows).
RARE DOROTHY LATHROP LIMITED EDITION Image measures 7 7/8” wide x 11 7/8” high, in fine condition. $1950.00
323. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY by Walter de la
Mare. Lond: Constable (1922). 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/2”), full vellum-like paper over 328. HAPPY VALLEY - SUMMER. Dated 1932. (16 men and women on a sailboat).
boards, top edge gilt, slightest of cover soil else fine with little of the usual Image measures 7 7/8” wide x 9 7/8” high, in fine condition. $1950.00
darkening that seems to affect this title. LIMITED TO ONLY 325 NUMBERED
COPIES SIGNED BY DE LA MARE. Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated 329. HAPPY VALLEY - WINTER. (7 men and women in winter clothing). Image
by Lathrop with 3 magnificent color plates with guards plus a profusion of truly measures 7 7/8” wide x 9 7/8” high. There is a tiny printing flaw with 2 dots
beautiful black and whites that reproduce with much detail and clarity on the outside the image border otherwise in fine condition. $1650.00
fine quality paper. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $850.00
SEE NEXT PAGE FOR IMAGES OF ALL FOUR ETCHINGS
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#326 #327

#329 #328
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IRISH FAIRY TALE - SIGNED BY LAWSON #333


330. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. CROCK OF GOLD by James Stephens. NY:
Limited Editions Club 1942. 4to, (8 1/4 x 11 1/2”), green cloth, Fine in publisher’s #334
slip case (slight wear to edges of case). LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES
SIGNED BY LAWSON.
Stephen’s classic Irish
fantasy tale, wonderfully
illustrated in much detail by
Lawson. Arthur Rackham had
originally been commissioned
to illustrate this book after
his successful LEC version
of the Wind In The Willows.
Unfortunately, he died
before he could accomplish
this. The LEC then went
to Robert Lawson as a
direct result of Lawson’s 334. (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES. Lond
having reviewed Rackham’s & Phil.: Augener & McKay (1917). Large oblong 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on,
work in the Horn Book in fine in dw with some mends. 15 tunes with musical notation, illustrated by Le Mair
which he wrote that he with cover plate plus 16 very beautiful full page color illus. $425.00
regretted that Rackham
had never illustrated this UNITED NATIONS FOR TODDLERS-INSCRIBED
tale and furthermore how 335. LEAF,MUNRO. THREE
he himself had always PROMISES TO YOU.
wanted to illustrate the Philadelphia: Lippincott
story. $300.00 (1957). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2
x 6 3/4”), pictorial cloth,
DICK WHITTINGTON Fine in slightly worn dust
331. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. DICK wrapper. 1st edition. An
WHITTINGTON & HIS CAT * BEAUTY explanation about peace
& THE BEAST * SAINT GEORGE & THE and the United Nations
DRAGON. NY: Limited Editions Club 1949. for the youngest reader.
3 volumes, folio, (8 x 12”), cloth, Fine in Illustrated with Leaf’s
original slip case (case with a few neat trademark stick figures and
mends). LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED with a few photos. This copy
COPIES, DICK WHITTINGTON IS is INSCRIBED BY LEAF
SIGNED BY LAWSON AND INSCRIBED WITH 2 SKETCHES of a
BY JEAN HERSHOLT, THE EDITOR. little girl and a smiling face.
“Dick” is wonderfully illustrated by Lawson Scarce. Munro Leaf see also
in full color. “Saint George” is illustrated 200. $450.00
in color by EDWARD SHENTON and
“Beauty and the Beast” is illustrated LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR - 481
in color by EDY LEGRAND with 12
mounted color plates. Great work by LENSKI’S “NOAH’S ARK”
Lawson. $350.00 336. LENSKI,LOIS. MR. AND MRS.
NOAH. NY: Crowell (1948). Oblong
INSCRIBED BY FORESTER! 12mo (5 3/4 x 5”), cloth, Fine in
332. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS by C.S. lightly frayed and worn dust wrapper.
Forester. Boston: Little Brown 1942 (Aug. 1942) 8vo, (6 1/2 x 8 1/2”), green 1st ed. (correct code). The story of
cloth, a touch of wear to tips else Fine in a dust wrapper with some soil, spine Noah is retold for the very young. E
chipping and a closed tear but still nice. Stated first edition. The story of a little each page of text faces a bright and
boy Poo Poo (Harold) and how his family’s life changed when he brought home bold full page color illustration by
Horatio the dragon for a pet. Illustrated by Lawson with pictorial endpapers and Kenski. There are also color pictorial
title page, plus many fabulous full page and large partial page black and whites. endpapers and dw by Lenski. Very
THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FORESTER DATED AUGUST 1942. This is a scarce. $325.00
special copy of one of Lawson’s most desired books that is also avidly sought
after by Forester collectors as well. $1200.00

LAWSON, ROBERT SEE ALSO 200 RARE LENSKI PICTURE BOOK OF WASHINGTON D.C.
337. LENSKI,LOIS. THE WASHINGTON PICTURE BOOK. NY; Coward McCann
1930 (1930). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper
(dw has 2 large pieces off front, tape repairs on verso). Jimmy and Joan visit
Washington D.C. where they dine with President and Mrs. Hoover, roll Easter eggs
on the White House lawn and more. Illustrated with classic full page art deco
color illustrations by Lenski. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO THE OWNER
BY MRS. HOOVER AND
HAS THE INSCRIPTION:
“Presented by Mrs. Herbert
Hoover to Dwight Locke
Wilbur III on his visit to
the White House December
16, 1932.” (Dwight Wilbur
was a grandson of Ray
Lyman Wilbur who was
Hoover’s personal friend and
Secretary of the Interior as
well as the third president
of Stanford University).
SCARCE LE MAIR TITLE
This is a fabulous copy,
333. (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. LITTLE PEOPLE by R.H. Elkin. Phil. & Lond
exceedingly rare in the
McKay & Augener, nd ca 1917, printed in England. Oblong 4to, red cloth, pictorial
dw and a nice association
paste-on, near fine. Illustrated by Le Mair with 15 beautiful full page color
copy. $1100.00
illustrations plus pictorial title page and cover plate. Printed on coated paper.
A lovely book and one of Le Mair’s most scarce and most charming titles. (SEE
ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $500.00 LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB – 215, 330, 331, 466
914.764.7410 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 91

SCARCE LIONNI FIRST EDITION - CALDECOTT HONOR HADER & DOBIAS ILLUSTRATIONS
338. LIONNI,LEO. ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE. NY: Pantheon 343. MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOKS. Offered here are first editions from
1969. 4to, cloth, fine in dw. A companion to Frederick, this is the story of Alexander, the Macmillan Happy Hour Series published in the 1920-1930’s. They measure 6”
a city mouse and his friend the wind-up mouse. Beautifully designed and illustrated square and are vibrantly and artfully illustrated in color. According to a Macmillan
in color. Caldecott Honor. Very hard to find in the first edition. $275.00 catalogue of the era, the artists were chosen by competition for their special
ability to interest and amuse small children. See Bader p.27-33 who discusses the
series saying “it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of book design
were little short of revolutionary.” Always well loved, it is increasingly difficult
to find them in collectible condition. Dust wrappers noted. Priced individually:

a. LITTLE RED HEN. 1928. Illus. BERTA AND ELMER HADER. Slight soil else
near fine. $200.00

b. HANSEL AND GRETEL 1927. Illus. by BERTA AND ELMER HADER. Near
fine in chipped dust wrapper. $250.00

c. WEE WILLIE WINKIE and other boys and girls from Mother Goose. 1927.
Illus. by BERTA AND ELMER HADER. Near fine. $200.00

d. CHICKEN LITTLE and little Half Chick. 1927. Illus. by BERTA AND ELMER
HADER. Light cover soil else near fine. $200.00

CALDECOTT HONOR e. UGLY DUCKLING. 1927. Light cover soil else near fine. Illus. by BERTA AND
339. LIONNI, LEO. FREDERICK. NY: Rand.(1967). 4to,cloth, Fine in dust ELMER HADER. $200.00
wrapper with one closed tear. 1st ed. CALDECOTT HONOR. A charming book,
illustrated in color on each page by Lionni to accompany a mouse story. Bader f. GOLDEN GOOSE. 1928, near fine. Illustrated by MARY LOTT SEAMAN.
devotes 6 pages to his artistry. A wonderful picture book. $300.00 Bader calls this “aesthetically the star of the Series.” $200.00

SCHOLZ DEUTSCH BILDERBUCH IN DUST WRAPPER g. THREE LITTLE PIGS. 1927. Illus. by G.M. RICHARDS. Slight soil else
340. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. ROTKAPPCHEN [LITTLE RED RIDING near fine. $200.00
HOOD]. Mainz: Scholz nd ca 1904. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards,
corner rubbed else fine IN h. THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF. 1927. Illus. by FRANK DOBIAS. Light cover
ORIGINAL PICTORIAL soil else near fine. $200.00
DUST WRAPPER.
Illustrated by ARPAD i. BREMEN BAND. 1927. Illus. by FRANK DOBIAS. Fine. $250.00
SCHMIDHAMMER with 8
very beautiful full page, art j. NONSENSE ABC by Edward Lear. 1928. Slight cover soil else VG+
nouveau color illustrations $200.00
plus other line illustrations.
Number 4 in Scholz’s k. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN 1927. Illus. by G.M. RICHARDS. Near Fine in
series of Grimm’s stories dust wrapper. $275.00
by various illustrators and
a great version of this
tale. See Bilderwelt im
Kinderbuch #1713. Rare in
the dw. Little Red Riding
Hood see also 340, 367,
599. $500.00

INSCRIBED BY
CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW
341. (LOBEL,ARNOLD)illus.
SOMEDAY by Charlotte
Zolotow. NY: Harper & Row
(1965). Oblong 8 3/4 x 6 1/4”,
pictorial cloth - Harpercrest,
Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition.
Illustrated by Lobel with lovely
color illustrations on every page.
THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY
ZOLOTOW to children’s book
author / illustrator Crosby
Bonsall. $200.00

342. (LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. LE
MARCUS WARD PUBLISHER - 457
BUFFON DES ENFANTS - LES
INSECTES CHEZ NOUS [by]
Bernard Roy. Paris: Marcus (1946). SIGNED
Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, covers 344. MARSHALL,JAMES.
lightly soiled else VG. Featuring MERRY CHRISTMAS SPACE
stunning full page color illustrations CASE. NY: Dial (1986 1-10 code).
by Lorioux of a variety of insects Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, fine
(bee, spider, cricket etc) including in dw. 1st ed. The thing from
humorous humanized insects. A outer space visits Bobby McGee
companion to his Buffon des for Christmas. Illustrated in
oiseaux which followed in 1948. color by Marshall, this copy is
Beautifully printed with rich also SIGNED BY MARSHALL.
colors. $325.00 $160.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 49 helen@alephbet.com

1. A dog wagging his tail and moving his eyes and tongue. 2. Chicken, geese and
EARLY TITLE duck feeding in the water 3. A horse eating hay while birds play on the roof 4.
INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING A flock of sheep all moving at once 5. Four cows eating from a trough 6. A goat
eating with a cat licking and two bunnies moving 7. A deer feeding while a squirrel
345. MARSHALL,JAMES. SUMMER feeds in a tree 8. An owl moving in a tree. This is Meggendorfer at his best with
each moveable page featuring many parts operating simultaneously. $2850.00
IN THE SOUTH. Bost.: HM 1977

(1977 1-10 code). 8vo, cloth, 97p.,

fine in dw. 1st ed. Marshall’s first

novel for children, illus. in shades

of black on almost every page. An

uncommon Marshall title, this is

SIGNED BY MARSHALL WITH A

DRAWING. $200.00

MASHA - 442

McCLOSKEY’S 1ST BOOK


346. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. LENTIL. NY: Junior Literary Guild and Viking 1940
(1940). Large 4to, cloth, Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper slightly frayed on
edges. FIRST EDITION OF McCLOSKEY’S FIRST BOOK! The story of a little
boy who was very happy except that he couldn’t sing a note. Small town life in 350. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. NAH UND FERN. Munchen: Braun und
1940’s America with great illus. Bader p.154-5. Rare. $1250.00 Schneider, no date ca 1890. Folio (9 1/4 x 12 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial
boards, spine strengthened, corners worn else near Fine. Featuring 8 really
wonderful and complex hand-colored moveable plates, all in working order
including a lion, women feeding many swans, a giraffe, a parrot on a swing, a man
with his cow, two black boys on a camel, a man with two pigs and a black man with
an elephant. Nice copy. $2750.00

347. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. ONE MORNING IN MAINE. NY: Viking 1952


(1952). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), pictorial cloth, 64p., owner gift inscription on
endpaper else fine in very lightly soiled price clipped dust wrapper. 1st ed. of
this wonderful CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK. Illustrated on every page with
McCloskey’s eye for detail. 1st editions of this title in nice dust wrappers are
extremely scarce. $850.00
IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH
STUNNING LARGE FORMAT McLOUGHLIN MOTHER GOOSE 351. (MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR)illus. ICH KANN SCHON FRANZOSISCH
348. McLOUGHLIN PUB. MOTHER GOOSE IN A NEW DRESS; CURLY LOCKS - JE SAIS FRANCAIS DRUM BIN ICH SO LUSTIG - POUR CELA JE
AND OTHER RHYMES. NY: SUIS GAI! by Helene Schaupp-Horn. Esslingen: Schreiber, no date, circa 1920,
McLoughlin Brothers 1886. sechste auflage. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 32p., covers soiled, some
Folio, (11 1/8 x 13 1/2”) spine wear, VG. A wonderful bi-lingual reader in French and German with great
stiff pictorial wraps, light color illustrations by Meggendorfer. $275.00
cover soil else near fine.
Containing 4 very fine full
page chromolithographs,
a double page 2-color
spread and illustrations
on all text pages in shades
of red and brown (cover
illustration signed W.B.).
This is a beautiful copy
of a striking McLoughlin
title. $600.00

McLOUGHLIN PUBLISHER SEE ALSO – 14, 28, 30, 31, 70, 153, 156, 162, 209, 293,
294, 395, 471

SCARCE MEGGENDORFER MOVEABLE


349. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. ALL ALIVE (English language edition of Lebende
Thierbilder). London: H. Grevel no date ca 1885. Folio, (9 1/2 x 13”), cloth backed
pictorial boards, neat hinge strengthening, mends to paper near tabs otherwise
VG+. A fabulous moveable plate book featuring 8 FINE HAND-COLORED PLATES,
EACH WITH HINGED MOVEABLE PARTS OPERATED BY TABS as follows: MEXICO - 421
914.764.7410 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 91

352. MILITARY INTEREST. TOM AND DICK WITH THE PARACHUTES. NICE COPY OF RARE
This is a charming little booklet with no publication or authorship other than MILNE ITEM
Printed in U.S.A, circa 1940. 3 x 5 1/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine. The text deals 357. MILNE,A.A. THE
with little boys playing soldier during WWII, illustrated with 6 charming full CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
page color illustrations. $50.00 CALENDAR 1929. Lond:
Methuen. 4to, (8 x 10”),
12 heavy card sheets loose
as issued and tied at the
top with red silk ribbon.
Slightest hint of cover soil
else FINE. Printed on rectos
only in a range of colors with
and wonderfully illustrated
by E.H. SHEPARD in line to
accompany hand-lettered
text and small calendar for
each month. A beautiful
copy of a rare Milne
item. $900.00

INSCRIBED BY MILNE

358. MILNE,A.A. HOLIDAY ROUND.


353. MILITARY INTEREST. WE’RE IN THE ARMY NOW. This is a charming
little booklet with no publication or authorship other than Printed in U.S.A, circa
1940. 3 x 5 1/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine. The text deals with little boys playing soldier Lond.: Methuen (1912). 8vo, cloth, 312p.
during WWII, illustrated with 6 charming full page color illustrations. $50.00
+ ads, near fine (no dw). 1st ed. THIS
354. MILITARY INTEREST. WE’RE IN THE NAVY NOW. This is a charming
little booklet with no publication or authorship other than Printed in U.S.A, circa
1940. 3 x 5 1/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine. The text deals with little boys playing soldier COPY IS INSCRIBED BY MILNE DATED
during WWII, illustrated with 6 charming full page color illustrations. $50.00
1912. $500.00

FINE LIMITED/SIGNED POOH BOOK


WITH GREAT MILNE LETTER
359. MILNE,A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen
(1928). 4to, cloth backed boards Fine in dust wrapper (dw only very slightly
worn), housed in custom 1/4 leather box. 1st ed. LIMITED TO ONLY 350
NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Printed on hand made
paper resulting in very sharp reproductions of Shepard’s perfect illustrations.
LAID-IN IS A 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED 1926 FROM MILNE
PRESENTING A MILNE BOOK TO THE OWNER. The content of the letter
is wonderful, reading: Dear Darthanda, Here is your book. I am so glad you
like it. First editions of When We Very Young are rather difficult and rather
expensive to get, but if you asked a good bookseller in Oxford Street to try
and get one for you, I dare say he would be able to. Christopher Robin thinks
you have the most exciting name he ever heard, and he goes about singing it to
355. MILITARY INTEREST. WORK AND PLAY IN AN ARMY CAMP. This is himself. He and Pooh send their love, and so do I. Your Friend, A.A. Milne”. This
a charming little booklet with no publication or authorship other than Printed in is a special copy and in great condition. $11,500.00
U.S.A, circa 1940. 3 x 5 1/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine. The text deals with little
boys playing soldier during WWII, illustrated with 6 charming full page color
illustrations. $50.00

MILITARY INTEREST SEE ALSO 29-31, 53, 87, 440, 452, 488

RARE “MY BOOKHOUSE” ITEM


356. MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE. MY
BOOKHOUSE PROMOTIONAL PRINT.
Offered here is a framed color print by
Maud and Miska Petersham that appears
to be from Tales Told in Holland. The
image measures 5 3/4 x 8” in the original
1920’s wooden frame that measures 9 x
11”, in excellent condition. The printed
label on the back reads: “This Picture is
Taken from The Bookhouse Group of Right
Reading for Children. The Book House for
Children 360 Michigan Blvd, Chicago.” Quite
rare. $85.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 helen@alephbet.com

360. MILNE,A.A. THE VERY YOUNG CALENDAR. NY: Dutton, 1930. 12 heavy
pictorial card sheets loose as issued and tied at the top with blue silk ribbon. RARE VOLLAND CLOTH
Covers sl. soiled and scuffed, some internal soil, VG+. Printed on rectos only MOTHER GOOSE
in full color and wonderfully illustrated by E.H. SHEPARD to accompany hand- 364. MOTHER GOOSE.
lettered text and small calendar for each month. A rare Milne item. $800.00 MOTHER GOOSE AND HER
FRIENDS by Gladys Nelson
Muter. Volland 1923. Oblong
small folio, limp pictorial
cloth, VG+. A rare Volland
Mother Goose printed on
cloth and illus. in color in
art deco style by Marion
Foster. $500.00

MOTHER GOOSE SEE ALSO 32, 33, 93, 98, 136, 174, 285, 348, 374, 404, 406,
471, 538, 540, 542

RARE HAND-COLORED
MOVEABLE ABC
365. MOVEABLE. (ABC)
IMPROVED MOVEABLE
ALPHABET. no pub. info.,
MINIATURE – 1, 301 circa 1840. There is a
charming (7 1/2 x 6”) hand
FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER colored illustration showing
361. MONTGOMERY,L.M. EMILY CLIMBS. NY: Stokes 1925 (1925). 8vo, green a mid-19th century family
cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (a few closed tears on dw else VG+). together in their game
1st ed. of the second novel about Emily Illus. by MARIA KIRK with color frontis. room. There is a small
that is repeated on cover. A beautiful copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1250.00 window in the picture so
that when the wheel is
INSCRIBED BY turned, different letters
of the alphabet appear.
MONTGOMERY!
Rare. $1200.00
362. MONTGOMERY,L.M.
RILLA OF INGLESIDE.
Toronto: McClelland and
MOVEABLE HAGGADAH
Stewart Ltd (1921 printed
366. MOVEABLE. (JEWISH) CHILDREN’S HAGGADAH by Dr. A.M. Silbermann.
at the Press of the Hunter
Lond.: Shapiro, Valentine
Rose Co.). 8vo, blue cloth,
1942. 4to, pictorial boards,
pictorial paste-on, fine. 1st
slightest of edge wear else
Canadian ed. (simultaneous
near Fine. Translated in
with U.S.). Set on Prince
prose and verse by Isidore
Edward Island, this is a
Wartski. This delightful
continuation of the Anne of
Haggadah retells the story
Green Gables saga telling
of the Jewish Exodus told
of Anne’s daughter Rilla.
during Passover and has
Illus. by MARIA KIRK
4 color moveable plates:
with color frontis. that is
Moses floats down the river
repeated on cover. THIS
among the bulrushes, the
COPY IS INSCRIBED:
ten plagues appear, the
YOURS SINCERELY
“afikomen” is hidden and
L.M. MONTGOMERY
found and the Red Sea parts
NOV. 20 1921. Books
for the crossing. Mechanicals
inscribed by Montgomery
and other color and b&w
are of the utmost rarity
illustrations by ERWIN
and almost unheard
SINGER. A marvelous
of. $5500.00
book. $900.00

367. MOVEABLE. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. NY: Sully and Kleinteich.,
nd ca 1910. Small 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers soiled some, VG+.
SCARCE L.M. MONTGOMERY TITLE
Featuring 4 brightly colored tab operated movable pages similar to the early
363. MONTGOMERY,L.M. THE STORY Dean mechanisms and illustrated in colored line on text pages. Scarce. $750.00
GIRL. Bost.: L.C. Page 1911 (May 1911).
8vo, tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, 365p. +
ads, FINE. 1st impression (printing). The
story of Sara Stanley and other Prince
Edward Island children who get together
to hear tantalizing stories. Said to be
Montgomery’s favorite book. Illus. with
color frontis by George Gibbs. The first of
two “Story Girl” stories and very scarce in
such fine condition. $650.00

MOORE, CLEMENT SEE 154-162, 462 MORMON – 106


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EARLY POTTER ILLUSTRATION ON COVER CLEVER MOVEABLE SLICE ABC BOOK


368. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) CHANGING PICTURES: A BOOK OF 372. MOVEABLE. (SLICE BOOK) UNCLE BEN JAY’S JUMBLE-JUNGLE.
TRANSFORMATION PICTURES. Lond. & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date [1893]. NY: B.F. Jay Co. 1942. 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), spiral backed pictorial boards, slight
4to (7 7/8 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some finger soil, edges rubbed rubbing else near fine. Each page is printed on rectos only and is divided into
and the usual wear to paper near tabs, VG+. Featuring 6 slatted transformation 4 sections (slices) arranged
plates where one picture dissolves into another by pulling a tab. Illustrated in alphabetically. The child can
brown line on text pages. The cover of this book has one of the earliest published create more than 300,000
illustrations by Beatrix Potter (preceded only by A Happy Pair see Linder p.175 different illustrations
). The image shows a little rabbit peeking around its front door to retrieve a by interchanging sliced
basket of vegetables. Quite hard to find. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $1350.00 sections. Each section also
has short rhyme. Aside
from randomly changing
slices, the child can also
practice spelling by making
pictures according to
letters of the alphabet.
Illustrated with charming,
bright full color lithos.
Scarce. $400.00

UNUSUAL TUCK CLOWN NOVELTY


373. MOVEABLE. (TUCK) TA RA RA BOOM DE AY. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons
ca 1890. 4 x 6”, pictorial wraps, fine. There are 4 full page chromolithographed
pages printed on one side of the page only. Each page is folded so that part of
WONDERFUL VICTORIAN MOVEABLE the illustration is hidden. The illustration before opening has one scene and a
369. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) HERE AND THERE: A BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION related scene can be revealed by pulling the page completely open. Featuring a
PICTURES circa 1890. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, hinges and binding clown, stereotypical banjo playing Black -A - Moors, Policeman, Pantomime actors
strengthened, some finger soil and margin mends and one tab extended, overall and more. Text consists of 2 lines in riddle format. $500.00
bright and VG. A wonderful TRANSFORMATION with 6 fine chromolithographed
tab operated plates. When the reader pulls the tab, the slatted illustration
dissolves to reveal another illus. below (done by an un-named artist). Each plate
faces a page of verse with charming illus. in line as decoration. $750.00

MOVEABLE MOTHER GOOSE


374. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) ANIMATED
RARE UNCUT PUFFIN MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Grosset & Dun.
SLICE BOOK (1942). Obl. 4to, spiral backed pictorial
370. MOVEABLE. (SLICE boards, FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER
BOOK) HEADS BODIES (dw sl. soiled). Illustrated in color
LEGS by Denis Wirth- by JULIAN WEHR including 4
Miller and Richard Chopping. fabulous tab-operated moveable
(Penguin: Middlesex 1946). plates. A great copy of a scarce Wehr
A Puffin Picture Book. 4 “ x title. $325.00
7”, pictorial wraps, 32 pages
including wraps, Fine and uncut.
Intended to have the pages MUCHA & ORAZI
each cut twice horizontally & SARAH BERNHARDT
in order to flip the heads/ 375. (MUCHA,ALPHONSE)illus. ALBUM LEFEVRE-UTILE: LES
bodies/legs of each image to CONTEMPORAINS CELEBRES. Paris: Octave Beauchamp circa 1905. Large 4to,
make a host of personalities. cloth spine, painted wooden covers with circular cut-out into which is inserted
This one is in exceptional, un- a CARVED MEDALLION OF SARAH BERNHARDT BY MUCHA, Fine. This is a
cut condition with no markings and just a hint of lavish book showcasing 28 celebrities of the era including Sarah Bernhardt, Jules
rubbing to the spine. A two-page introduction Massenet, F.A. Bartholdi, Anatole France, La Reine Ranavalo and others. Each
sets the scene which is about a magician on person is presented in a photo with facsimiles of their signatures - all surrounded
holiday. He heads to the Queen Witch to by very beautiful classic art
help him unravel all of his mixed up spells, nouveau color decorations
ultimately ending up with cutting up the images by ORAZI and FRAIKIN
to get the right bodies with the right heads and with other illustrations
and legs. The color lithographed illustrations by VOGEL. This copy does
are wonderful and it is rare to find this not have extra plates after
uncut. $300.00 each illus. This is a lovely
and lavish art nouveau
CIRCUS “SLICE BOOK” MOVEABLE book. $575.00
371. MOVEABLE. (SLICE BOOK) MOVING
PICTURE CIRCUS by GAR (R.H. Garman). MYTH & LEGEND – 60, 90,
Chicago: Ideal Book (various dates, 1914). 109, 380, 401, 539
Narrow 4to, stiff pictorial glazed wraps
DIE CUT IN SHAPE OF ELEPHANT, NARBUT, GEORGY – 480
Fine. Each page is cut into slats that the
NASH, OGDEN – 496
reader can combine, move and change to
form over 120 funny picture with a circus NAST, THOMAS – 161-2
theme. $200.00
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 53 helen@alephbet.com

NICE TUCK CHROMOS 380. (NIELSEN, KAY)illus. FAIRY


376. NATIVE AMERICANS. FROM MANY LANDS: AMERICA. London et al:
Raphael Tuck & Sons, circa TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond:
1900. 4to (8 1/2 x 10 3/4”), Hodder & Stoughton no date [1924]. 4to
pictorial wraps, small stain
on blank rear cover else VG+. (9 x 11 1/4”), elaborate gilt pictorial
A survey of North and South
American native populations moire (silk), FINE! 1st ed. Illustrated
done for British children. by Kay Nielsen with 12 beautiful tipped in
Illustrated with 4 full page
chromolithographs and in color plates plus many full page black and
brown on every text page.
Simple text centers on the whites to accompany 16 fairy tales. A
Indian populations of North beautiful copy with the gilt binding quite
America, Chile, Mexico,
Venezuela, Eskimos and bright. $1500.00
more. $325.00
#380
NEILL, JOHN – 78, 79-84, 91

NESBIT, E.- 211, 437

377. NESS,EVALINE. SAM,BANGS


AND MOONSHINE. NY: Holt Rinehart
(1966). 4to, boards, fine in slightly worn
dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. The
story of a little girl named Sam and
her lovely dreams called “moonshines”.
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER.
Scarce. $500.00

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER – 135, 302, 386,


529
NEWBERY HONOR – 324 #380

RARE SIGNED/
LIMITED EDITION NISTER PUBLISHER – 211, 368-9, 437, 439-40, 575
OF PIRATE TWINS
378. NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. NOAH’S ARK – 34, 336
THE PIRATE TWINS. Lond:
Faber and Faber [1929]. UNIQUE NOVELTY BOOK
Oblong 8vo (10 x 7 3/8”), 381. NOVELTY BOOK. FUN FACES by K.E. Garman. Chicago: Ideal Book Builders
pictorial boards, covers 1914. Oblong 4to, (11 x 8”), thick pictorial boards covers, some foxing else VG+
very slightly dusty else IN ORIGINAL BOX. The 7 interior pages are printed on thick board stock,
fine. SPECIAL EDITION printed on one side only. Each page has color illustrations of 2 large heads with
LIMITED TO ONLY 60 cut-outs where the eyes, nose and mouth would be. The child can select from
NUMBERED COPIES nearly 50 little pieces in an attached envelope, and can complete the pictures by
SIGNED BY NICHOLSON! inserting different features into any picture. The subjects include an Indian,
A now classic book about Clown, Jack in the Box, Asian person and more. When finished, the pieces can be
which Eyre says “a gay, witty, returned to the envelope for use at another time. A clever book. $350.00
imaginative effort that was
one of the most successful
British children’s books
printed in color”(p.41). It was
also successful in the United
States with the striking color
lithographs capturing the
fancy of young and old alike.
(See also Bader p.60- 61).
This is a beautiful copy of
the very rare limited edition.
(SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT
COVER) $7500.00

RARE NIELSEN BOOK


379. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EVENTYRET: DAS MARCHEN [FAIRY TALES] by
Johann Goethe. Kobenhavn: BOOK THAT OPENS INTO A STREET BLOCK
Forlaget Kronos (1949). 382. NOVELTY BOOK. OUR BLOCK by Laszlo. Crown:1951. 4to, pictorial boards,
4to, 63p., loose as issued light spine wear, VG+. This is a fascinating book that can be read as a book, but
in decorative boards and that also sets up to form a three dimensional street with stores, punch-out die cut
slipcase, fine. Introduction people and objects to complete the scene. Unused and really great. $200.00
and translation into
Norwegian by Ernst
Sorensen. LIMITED TO
350 NUMBERED COPIES.
Illustrated by Nielsen with
2 full page and one almost
full page black and white
in his typical style. The
book is comprised of an 11
page introduction followed
by Goethe’s fairy tale of
transformation [The Green
Snake and the Beautiful Lily].
Rare. $1500.00
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FABULOUS FOLIO SHIP NOVELTY BOOK RARE NEWBERY WINNER


383. NOVELTY BOOK. SHIP AHOY: A CONSTRUCTION BOOK FOR FIRESIDE 386. O’BRIEN,ROBERT. MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH. NY:
SAILORS by Gordon Grand and Harold Platt. Garden City: Doubleday Doran Atheneum 1971 (1971). 8vo, grey cloth, 233p., fine in dw (dw with light stain
1934. Oblong large folio (19” wide x 12 1/2”), spiral backed thick cardboard in lower corner and small chips on spine). Stated 1st ed. A story about animal
cover, some edge rubbing and sl. soil else VG+ AND COMPLETELY UNUSED. testing told from the animal’s point of view. Illustrated by Zena Bernstein.
Stated 1st ed. There are large full color illustrations of 5 famous ships and NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Made into a successful animated movie. Rare.
backgrounds by Gordon Grant, including the Santa Maria, the Mayflower, the (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $1250.00
Constitution, a New Bedford Whaler and the Flying Cloud. There are a few pages
of text about each vessel and there are pages to be cut out and pasted to each
ship to complete each picture. Rare. $850.00 387. O’NEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES
AND DOTTY DARLING written and
illustrated by Rose O’Neill. NY: Geo.
Doran (1912). 4to, tan boards, pictorial
paste-on, slightest of edge wear, else
crisp and fine. Illustrated by O’Neill
with pictorial endpapers, color cover
plate, a Kewpie border on every page plus
numerous full page and in-text 2-color
illustrations as well as black and whites.
This is a nice copy of quite a scarce
book. $1200.00

KEWPIE ORIGINAL ART BY ROSE O’NEILL


WONDERFUL HAND-COLORED VICTORIAN NOVELTY 388. (O’NEILL,ROSE)illus. ORIGINAL ART. This is 2 pages of original art by
384. NOVELTY BOOK. UPSIDE DOWN; or turnover traits from original sketches O’Neill done for a Kewpie spread in a magazine. Dated Dec. 14, 1935 in O’Neill’s hand.
by the Late William McConnell. [UPSIDE DOWN AND DOWNSIDE UP on cover]. Each page measures 22” wide x 15” high and is divided into 5 large panels. When
Lond.: Griffith & Farran 1868. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, 37p., normal soil Scootles goes sailing on Buzzer’s Bay, Uncle Hob Goblin takes the little Kewpies on
and edge wear, VG. There are 15 hand-colored plates with captions above and an adventurous canoe ride. He steals a frog’s canoe and in the frog’s attempt to
below. When viewed in one direction, one image appears and when turned upside recover it, he capsizes the boat. Luckily, everything turns out fine. A few of the
down, another picture is seen that relates to the first - as in Newell’s Topsy figures are cut out and attached to the page, otherwise they are drawn directly
Turvy books. Included is a plate turning a “nigger” into a white, a man becoming a on the paper. A wonderful item. (2 panels shown, others on request) $1500.00
sly old fox etc. Each plate is faced by one page of text in verse by TOM HOOD.
In the preface by the artist’s sister, she explains that William McConnell died
suddenly at age 34, before the book could be completed. Very scarce. $1200.00

389. (O’NEILL,ROSE)illus. SCOOTLES IN KEWPIEVILLE COLOR BOOK


WITH SPECIAL DRAWING LESSONS BY THE ARTIST by Rose O’Neill.
Akron: Saalfield 1936. Folio, yellow pictorial wraps, [32]p. incl. covers, faint neat
coloring on 7 of the 21 the designated pages, covers strengthened and chipped,
NOVELTY BOOKS SEE ALSO 36, 127, 198, 200, 201, 240, 285-6, 485, some soil, overall G+ to VG. A story book featuring Scootles and the Kewpies,
538, 545, 547 designed to teach children to color. For each full page color illustration there is
a corresponding illustration in line to be colored by the child. There are also 2
CHARMING CLOTH OBJECT BOOK pages of a drawing lesson that teaches the child in a step by step method how to
385. OBJECT BOOK. MY BOOK OF OBJECTS. NY: Sam. Gabriel, no date, draw Kewpies. This is a rare Kewpie book. $600.00
circa 1915. 4to, cloth, AS NEW with washing instructions laid-in. Every page is
printed with brightly colored objects that a little child was likely to encounter.
There is more than the usual attention to detail and includes period pieces (early
automobile and telephone) and with a great Santa with Christmas tree as well.
Nicely presented and an incredibly copy. $400.00

#386
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EARLY OUTHWAITE 394. [OUTHWAITE] RENTOUL,IDA S.)illus. MORE AUSTRALIAN SONGS


390. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. BUSH SONGS OF AUSTRALIA FOR FOR YOUNG AND OLD by Annie Rentoul. Melbourne Sydney Adelaide: Allan
YOUNG AND OLD by Annie Rentoul. Melbourne, Adelaide, Bendigo: Allan & Co. & Co. ca 1915?. Obl. 4to, pictorial wraps, 36p., previous owners stamp on some
nd [1910]. Obl. 4to, pictorial wraps, 36p., covers sl. darkened else VG+. Imperial pages, VG. Featuring pictorial cover and 8 wonderfully detailed full page
edition no. 336. A fragile book featuring pictorial cover, 8 wonderfully detailed black and whites and 9 smaller b&w’s depicting various aspects of Australian
full page and 13 smaller black and whites depicting various aspects of Australian lore, fairies, aborigines, koalas etc. Musical notation by Georgette Peterson
lore, fairies, aborigines, koalas etc. Musical notation by Georgette Peterson accompanies Annie Rentoul’s verse. Very scarce. See Muir: Bibliography of
accompanies Annie Rentoul’s verse. Very scarce. See Muir: Bibliography of Australian Children’s Books p.738. $1200.00
Australian Children’s Books p.738, Fairy World of Outhwaite p.30. $1200.00

McLOUGHLIN PANORAMA
OUTHWAITE’S SECOND BOOK
395. PANORAMA. AUTUMN SPORTS. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date but
391. ([OUTHWAITE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. MOLLIE’S STAIRCASE by A.I.
owner inscription dated 1886. Oblong 4to, (11 3/4 x 7 3/4”) less than normal
RENTOUL and I.S. RENTOUL. Melbourne: M.L. Hutchinson [1906]. Oblong 4to
edge and hinge wear, near VG+ to Fine. A scarce McLOUGHLIN PANORAMA
(10 x 8”), string bound printed wraps, [52]p., title page foxed, scattered foxing
that opens up to 12 feet bound accordion style to produce a continuous panorama
and faint crease on other pages otherwise remarkably intact and VG+. FIRST
of 12 scenes featuring children’s games and sports including MARBLES,
EDITION OF OUTHWAITE’S SECOND BOOK (following Molly’s Bunnyip from
HUNTING, ARCHERY, BIRD SHOOTING, FOX CHASING and more. Each panel
1904), done when she was only 18 years old. Illustrated with 12 full page black
is illustrated in bright color with verse below. Scarce and nice. $750.00
and whites and printed on one side of the paper plus several smaller illustrations
in test. The text written in
verse by Outhwaite’s mother,
continues the tale about little
Mollie at home and with the
fairies. In comparing this title
with Molly’s Bunnyip, Marcie
Muir notes that this title “shows
a considerable technical advance,
with drawings of toys, groups
of figures, and the interior of
Molly’s house. The illustrations
have more assurance and the
artists scope has widened
(History of Aus. Book Illus. p.
69), Muir Bibliography 6333.
Rare. $2500.00 PAINTING BOOKS – 36, 37, 127, 515

UNCOMMON OUTHWAITE NURSERY RHYME BOOK PANORAMA – 29, 113, 164, 395, 445
392. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. MUSICAL NURSERY RHYMES
PICTURE BOOK to Sing & Play with the Watcher Bird. Melbourne: Murfett
(1945). 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), spiral backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else VG+. SCARCE PARAIN PICTURE BOOK
Deluxe Edition. 8 nursery rhymes with musical adaptation and arrangement by 396. (PARAIN,NATHALIE)illus.
Bob & Voc. Rees and David Dixon. Illustrated by Outhwaite with 8 wonderful
FRIGOULET AU PAYS DES CHIFFRES
full page color illustrations plus several little black and whites. A wonderful and
uncommon Outwaite title. $950.00 by Jean Francois-Primo. Paris: Editions
Excelsior [1933]. Large 4to, (10” wide x 12
#392 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 36p.,
boards sl. toned, tips rubbed, VG+. The
adventure of a young boy named Frigoulet,
his cat Praline, his dog Croquignole and his
donkey Mistoufle. Illustrated with 1 full
page and dozens of in text color lithographs
in Parain’s art deco style. A scarce Parain
title. $800.00

#393

#392

393. [OUTHWAITE] RENTOUL,IDA S.)illus. AUSTRALIAN SONGS FOR


YOUNG AND OLD by Annie Rentoul. Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane:
George Robertson nd [1907]. Obl. 4to, pictorial wraps, 32p., some cover fraying,
mind on one leaf, VG. 1st ed. Featuring pictorial dedication page, pictorial cover
and 9 wonderfully detailed full page black and whites depicting various aspects
of Australian lore, fairies, aborigines, koalas etc. Musical notation by Georgette
Peterson accompanies Annie Rentoul’s verse. Very scarce. See Muir: Bibliography
of Australian Children’s Books p.736. $1200.00
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397. PARKER,B. AND N. 400. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)


LARDER LODGE. Lond: illus. GOLDEN TREASURY
Chambers ca 1910. Large OF SONGS AND LYRICS
by Francis Palgrave. NY:
oblong 4to (13 x 9 1/4”),
Duffield 1911 (1911) 4to, blue
pictorial boards, some gilt cloth, pictorial paste on,
chipping to spine paper, 373p., two pages opened
slight edge rubbing, tight roughly else near fine. First
and VG+. Another in ed. Illustrated with cover
plate, pictorial endpapers
the Parker’s imaginative
plus 8 beautiful color plates
picture books, this involves with tissue guards. Beautiful
a family of 3 humanized copy. $500.00
foxes that decide to open
PARROT PRESS - 38
a boarding house by the
sea. They’re soon joined by
all varieties of humanized
animals and naturally STRIKING LINOLEUM CUTS
have many adventures. 401. PAUL BUNYAN. PAUL BUNYAN
Illustrated with 14 fine
COMES WEST by Ida Virginia Turney.
full page color illustrations
Bost.: Houghton Mifflin 1928. 8vo, cloth
to accompany clever text
done entirely in verse. A backed boards, 45p., fine in chipped
really great book, very dw. The Paul Bunyan legend adapted
scarce. $1200.00 by Univ. of Oregon professor Turney.
Illustrated with striking, stylized full
page and smaller linoleum cuts by HELEN
WONDERFUL RHODES. A beautifully designed children’s
HUMANIZED PIGS book. $300.00
398. PARKER, B. FROLIC
FARM. London: Chambers
Pub., no date, circa ca RAREST PEAKE BOOK
402. (PEAKE,MERVYN)illus. ALL THIS AND BEVIN TOO by Quentin Crisp.
1910. Oblong 4to (13 x 9”), London: Nicholson & Watson (1943). 8vo. pictorial wraps, slight cover soil else
pictorial boards, slightest VG+. 1st edition of this rare wartime book. The text is a humorous nonsensical
rhyme about a kangaroo’s futile quest to join the zoo. Illustrated with 8 fabulously
of edge wear else VG-
detailed full page illustrations by Peake (including cover). Rare. $1750.00
Fine. Life in the farmyard
featuring all manner of
marvelous humanized
animals from plump pigs to
cats and geese. Illustrated
with beautifully printed
full page color lithographs
and brown illustrations
in line by N. PARKER.
Rare. $1200.00

PARODY – 295, 296, 588

FINE COPY - EDITH WHARTON AND PARRISH


399. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD) illus. ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS
by Edith Wharton. NY: Century, 1904. 4to, gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt,
except for light corner bump and a very few fox spots on tissue guards, a Fine
bright copy. 1st edition. Beautiful cover by Parrish plus 26 stunning full page
color and black and whites by him as well. A lovely copy of book that is collected
for Wharton’s text as well as for the illustrations. $2500.00
403. (PEARSE,SUSAN)illus. AMELIARANNE

AT THE CIRCUS by Margaret Gilmour.

Phil: McKay (1931) 12mo, cloth, pictorial

paste-on, near Fine. Charming story with

equally as charming color illus. throughout

by Pearse including pictorial ep’s. Nice

copy. $200.00

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WONDERFUL LUCY FITCH PERKINS #407 #408

MOTHER GOOSE WATERCOLOR


404. PERKINS,LUCY FITCH. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. Offered
here is a wonderful large original watercolor by Lucy Fitch Perkins. It
measures 18” wide by 13 3/4”, signed. The image depicts a young girl holding
a baby on a fence with another child standing in front of the fence - all
watching a windmill. Flowers and fields are in the background. The text in
a box reads “Blow wind blow! And go mill go! That the miller may grind his
corn, And the baker may take it, And into rolls make it, And bring us some
hot in the morn! Perkins original art is quite scarce and this is a lovely piece.
$1350.00

RARE PHOTOS OF BLACK CHILDREN


408. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED.
MAGIC LOLLIPOP by Ellen
Koshland. NY: Alfred A. Knopf
(1971). Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4”),
pictorial cloth, Fine condition.
1st edition. The story involves a
lollipop that produces whatever
a little boy named Reggie wants
every time he licks it. Every
page of simple text in large
type faces a charming black
and white photo of a real little
boy and his friends. This is
Koshland’s first book written
while she was studying for her
Masters degree. Charming and
rare. $200.00

409. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. TOYS AT PLAY by Carol McMillan Reid. Racine:


Whitman, 1937. Folio (10 1/8 x 12 1/4”), pictorial wraps, near Fine. The text
PERRAULT, CHARLES – 120, 427, 581 tells of the adventures of dolls and other toys in Toyland. Featuring great color
photo-illustrations of many real toys posed within detailed backdrops by George
PETER PARLEY TO PENROD - 556 L. Waite. $200.00

405. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. GET-


A-WAY AND HARY JANOS. NY: Viking,
1933. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards,
fine in dw with some chips and mends. 1st
edition of one of the most desirable and
(arguably the best) books illustrated by
the Petershams. This is the story of an
old worn out horse and an old Hungarian toy
soldier and their adventures in a far-away
toyland. Illustrated with incredible full
page color lithos plus full page and in text
lithos. A most beautiful and enchanting
book in nice condition, increasingly
scarce. (5 Years of Children’s Books
p. 59). $375.00

CATS - DOGS MOTHER GOOSE PHOTOS


406. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. THE ANIMAL MOTHER GOOSE by Harry
PHOTO ILLUSTRATED SEE ALSO 41, 42, 102, 202, 203, 589, 590
Whittier Frees. Bost: Lothrop Lee Shepard (Sept. 1921). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8
1/2”), pictorial cloth, 168p., some finger soil else VG+. 1st edition Traditional
HUMANIZED MICE
Mother Goose rhymes
410. PICTURE BOOK. ADVENTURES OF SILVERSUIT by Jessie Pope. NY:
accompany dozens of full
Dodge ca 1910. Sm. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, paper along spine chipped
page photographs of various
and edges rubbed else tight and clean. A wonderful picture book featuring a
animals (Cats, Dogs and
family of humanized mice and what happens when one of them flies away on a kite
Pigs) clothed and posed to
and gets lost. Each page of text faces a great full page color illustrations in bold
illustrate the rhymes. The
flat colors by AUGUSTINE MacGREGOR. A charming picture book. $275.00
introduction explains that
Frees (whose studio was
in Pennsylvania) took great
BILINGUAL PICTURE BOOK
pains to be kind to the animals
IN STYLE OF BABAR
who were not mistreated in
411. PICTURE BOOK. DOUDOU FLIES
any way. There are pictorial
AWAY by A. Boursier-Mougenot. NY:
borders on all text pages
Grosset & Dun. (1937). Folio, cloth backed
plus photo endpapers. The
pictorial boards, near fine in sl. soiled dw.
photos have to be seen
Translated by Georges Duplaix, every other
to be believed! Quite
page is illustrated with simple and charming,
scarce. $500.00
brightly colored illustrations in the style of
De Brunhoff, with text in French below. On
facing pages appears the text in English.
407.PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. A CHILD’S GRACE. NY: Dutton 1938. Sq. 4to,
The story of a little girl who is transported
cloth backed photo illustrated boards, sl. tip wear else near fine. 1st ed. Each line
to the jungle and charms the animals. Very
of a child’s grace faces a charming full page photo by Harold Burdekin showing
lovely. $250.00
real children. Quite scarce. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN). $125.00
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GREAT CATS AND DOGS CLASSIC ART NOUVEAU BY POGANY


412. PICTURE BOOK. FOL-DE-ROL IN 416. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. PARSIFAL
ANIMAL LAND. Newark: Charles Graham KALENDAR FUR 1920 by Richard
1927. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, Wagner, verse von Richard Specht.
fine in frayed dw. A lovely 20’s picture Vienna: Munk 1918. Folio, stiff pictorial
book for the youngest child with realistic wraps, Fine. Printed on coated paper,
full page color illustrations of a variety of there are 12 color plates, 12 color
animals and great fanciful full page brown illustrations in text, decorative borders
line illus. by Lang Campbell (unsigned). and other text illustrations (plus pictorial
$200.00 cover). The reproductions are sharp and
this is a beautiful art nouveau book, very
scarce. $850.00
STUNNING PICTURE BOOK WITH
TOM THUMB,
CHILDREN IN THE WOOD
RARE POGANY LIMITED EDITION
413. PICTURE BOOK. HOME
417. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
KINDNESS SUNNY DAYS AND
London: Harrap (1910). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 3/4”), publisher’s original full brown
CHILDREN’S WAYS A PICTURE
calf pictorially stamped in gold, top edge gilt. Leather scuffed on corners of
BOOK FOR THE NURSERY. London:
front and along left side of rear cover, joints rubbed but not weak, internally
Nelson & Sons, circa 1880. Large 4to
Fine in a VG scuffed binding. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES
(8 3/4 x 11 1/4”),blue cloth stamped
PRINTED ON JAPAN VELLUM AND SIGNED BY POGANY. Illustrated with 20
in gold and black, pictorial inset on
tipped-in color plates, calligraphic text, pictorial endpapers, decorative borders
cover, rear cover sl. faded else Fine
plus a profusion of stunning line and color illustrations all throughout the text.
condition. This is a stunning book
Pogany’s masterpiece, quite hard to find in the limited edition. $2750.00
in 3 sections containing History
of Tom Thumb, Children in the
Wood and child pastimes. There
are 16 outstanding full page color
illustrations with some striking
images (also with brown and whites
in text). Well printed and a beautiful
copy. $500.00

12 BOOKS IN SLIP CASE


414. PICTURE BOOK. PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Lond.:
Religious Tract Society circa 1860. 12 books, pictorial wraps housed in the
original embossed publisher’s slipcase with red and gilt appliqué surrounding an
oval color plate. 1 of the books
has small repairs else VG.
Each book is illustrated with
charming woodcuts on every
page to accompany stories
about honesty, Australian
emu, making bread, Bible
pictures and more. Although 418. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. WIMP AND
published in London, three of THE WOODLE AND OTHER STORIES.
the books are set in America Los Angeles: Sutton House 1935 (1935).
and the set is packaged for
the American market with Large 4to, blue cloth, (181)p., Fine in sl. worn
a color lithograph on the dust wrapper. 1st ed. 7 unusual stories
back cover of a coastal selected as award winners by the Julia
scene and an American
flag. $800.00 Ellsworth Ford Foundation. Illustrated by
Pogany with 7 color plates plus a profusion
PIENKOWSKI, JAN – 441 of marvelous full and partial page b&w’s,
PIGS – 52, 70, 210, 284, 343, 398, 406, 540 pictorial endpapers and color dw. An
imaginatively done and uncommon Pogany
PINKNEY, JERRY – 564 PIRATES - 378
title in nice condition. $450.00

SCARCE POGANY TITLE


415. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. GEORGE BEAUTIFUL POLITI WATERCOLOR
419. POLITI,LEO. WATERCOLOR. This is a beautiful large original watercolor
WASHINGTON LINCOLN GOES AROUND signed by Leo Politi. It measures 15 “ wide x 20” high, a few areas where paint
THE WORLD by Margaret Loring Thomas. is cracking else fine. Captioned on the back in Politi’s hand: “Mother combing
girl’s hair,” depicted is an Asian woman seated on a stool. Between her knees
NY: Thos. Nelson (1927). 8vo, cloth, is a little girl whose hair is being combed by her mother. The background is
pictorial paste-on, 205p., fine in chipped dw. completely painted in greens and blues making the entire surface of the image
quite vibrant and rich. $2500.00
The story of a little boy who travels around
SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT --------->>>>>>
the world and sees no national boundaries.
Illustrated by Pogany with color frontis
420. POLITI,LEO. BUNKER HILL LOS ANGELES. (Palm Desert, CA: Desert
plus numerous full and partial page
Southwest Pub. 1964). Large 4to, pictorial gilt cloth, fine in dw. 1st ed. SIGNED
illustrations in his Art Deco style. Quite BY POLITI WITH WATERCOLOR EMBELLISHMENTS. Featuring many
scarce. $275.00 beautiful full page color illustrations depicting Los Angeles as it once was. (SEE
ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $400.00
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#420
#421
IN THE STYLE OF KUBASTA
423. POP-UP. ADVENTURES
OF SINBAD THE SAILOR.
(Lond: Bancroft 1960). Obl.
4to, cl. backed pictorial boards,
sl. rubbing, VG+. Containing
2 fine pop-up pages with
moveable mechanisms as
well. Text is also wonderfully
illustrated in line by an unknown
artist. $200.00

424. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) DICK TRACY: THE


CAPTURE OF BORIS ARSON by Chester Gould. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935).
Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, covers soiled some else VG+. Illustrated with 3 great
INSCRIBED BY POLITI WITH COLOR color pop-ups and many b&w illustrations all throughout the text. One of the
421. POLITI,LEO. LITO AND THE CLOWN. NY: Scribner(1964 A). scarcest titles in this series. Whitten: Paper Toys of the World p. 76. $600.00
4to, cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. INSCRIBED TO HIS COUSIN AND
EMBELLISHED WITH WATERCOLORS OF BALLOOONS. Lito could not be
happy until he found his kitten. Brightly illus. in color on every page. $550.00

INSCRIBED TO
HIS COUSIN WITH
WATERCOLOR
422. POLITI,LEO. LITTLE
LEO. NY: Scribner 1951.
4to, boards, Fine in near fine
dw sl. worn at spine ends.
1st ed. (“A” on title page).
INSCRIBED IN SPANISH
TO HIS COUSIN, with
Watercolor embellishments.
DATED 1951. Politi’s own
life story, illustrated in
color throughout. See Bader
p. 59. $550.00

#419 POP-UP ORPHAN ANNIE


425. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
AND JUMBO THE CIRCUS ELEPHANT by Harold Gray. Chic: Pleasure Books
(1935). Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, covers lightly soiled else near Fine. Featuring
3 marvelous double page color pop-ups and many b&w’s in text. $525.00

POP-UP TARZAN
426. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) NEW ADVENTURES OF
TARZAN “POP-UP” by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Chic: Pleasure Books/Blue Ribbon
(1935). Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, fine. A fabulous pop-up Tarzan book with 3
double- page pop-ups by STEPHEN SLESINGER and with 2 b&w’s on each page
of text. A nice copy. $875.00
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BLUE RIBBON POP-UP CINDERELLA HORSE POP-UP


427. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) CINDERELLA and other tales. NY: Blue Ribbon 431. POP-UP. (HORSES) GINGER AND BROWNIE. (Racine: Whitman 1936). 4to,
(1933). Thick 4to, pictorial boards, spine creased and slightly cocked else VG+. stiff pictorial wraps, paper sl. browning else VG-Fine. A Magic-Action book. The
Containing CINDERELLA, HANSEL & GRETEL, GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS story of horses illus. in two-color and black and whites throughout the text and with
AND PUSS IN BOOTS. Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ with color endpapers, 3 particularly great, brightly colored, double-page pop-ups. Scarce. $200.00
many black and whites and 4 fabulous double page color pop-ups. Because of the
thickness of the pages few copies of this title have survived at all. $750.00

428. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS.


NY: Blue Ribbon (1934), 4to, pictorial boards, VG+. The great HAROLD LENTZ
edition with 3 wonderful double-page pop-ups and with b&w illustrations. by C. 432. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA. Lond:
Carey Cloud. $300.00 Bancroft, (1960). Folio, cloth backed pictorial card covers, fine. Illustrated
in color by KUBASTA and featuring a moveable ships wheel on the cover and
an absolutely stunning, large pop-up scene of Columbus’s three ships (with real
string on the sails). $350.00

433. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) PUSS IN BOOTS. Lond.: Bancroft 1961. Obl. 4to,
cl. backed pictorial boards, light tip wear, VG+. Illus. by KUBASTA with 8 fine
pop-up scenes, several of which have moveable tabs as well. $225.00

429. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) TERRY AND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKED


by Milton Caniff. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, business
name stamped on cover else fine. With 3 great color pop-ups and b&w’s throughout
the text. One of the scarcest titles in the series. $475.00

434. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) RICKY THE RABBIT. Lond: Bancroft (1961). Folio,
cloth backed pictorial boards, VG+. Illus. in color by KUBASTA and featuring
an absolutely stunning, large pop-up scene of an elaborate picnic with a host of
humanized animals. One of his scarcest pop-ups. $300.00

SPORTS POP-UP
BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, HORSE RACING ETC.
430. POP-UP. FROM THE BOTTOM UP. No place or date, pub. by Mutual
Broadcasting Co, ca 1945. Folio, pictorial boards, small repair on edge of spine
and some soil, VG. Apparently done to toot their own horns, this book features
the story in verse of how wonderfully Mutual covers various sporting events. It
features 4 large, great pop-ups, each showing a different sport in action (football
tackle, horse racing, baseball catcher throwing a man out and a boxing match).
Illustrations by SCOTT JOHNSTON. Most likely issued in a very small quantity,
it is one of the few (if not the only) pop-ups dealing with sports. $1500.00

SCARCE KUBASTA POP-UP SHAPE BOOK


435. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) ROBINSON CRUSOE [by Daniel Defoe]. (London:
Bancroft, no date, circa 1957). 4to (8 1/2 x 12 3/4”), pictorial boards die-cue with
a curved top and the shape of a parrot’s wings, almost invisible mend on cover else
Fine with original glassine window intact. There are 16 pages containing the text
of the story, each page with a nice large color lithograph by Kubasta on top. The
covers are illustrated in rich color and there are 2 pop-ups; one simple one inside
the front cover and one more intricate inside the rear cover. This is a great copy
of scarce Kubasta title with some of his best color illustration. $350.00
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NISTER MILITARY POP-UP


440. POP-UP. (NISTER) A SOLDIER PANORAMA BOOK with intro. by Clifton
436. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TONY AND Bingham. Lond: Nister nd ca 1890. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, rear
cover soil and a few tiny margin text mends else fine. Featuring 5 very fine
THE CIRCUS BOY. (Lond: Bancroft) double-page chromolithographed pop-ups of realistic battle scenes and with
brown illus. in line throughout the text by E.S. HARDY. Very scarce. $2000.00
[1960]. Large 4to (9 1/8 x 12 7/8”), cloth

backed pictorial card covers, near Fine.

Folded in thirds, there are 8 pages of text,

and featuring a fabulous large and detailed

double-page pop-up circus scene with 2

moveable pieces, by KUBASTA. $300.00

437. POP-UP. (NISTER) PANTOMIME PICTURES. Lond: Nister 1895. Folio, cloth
backed pictorial boards, edges worn, corners chipped and hinges strengthened
else VG. Illustrated with 5 beautiful double-page chromolithographed pop-outs
that emerge as the page is turned including a circus scene and great family of cats. PEEPSHOW - CAROUSEL POP-UP
Text contains 2 poems by Weatherley, story by E. Nesbit and others. $550.00 441. POP-UP. (PIENKOWSKI) BOTTICELLI’S BED & BREAKFAST. (NY: Simon
& Schuster 1996). Narrow folio (7 7/8 x 14 1/4”), pictorial boards with cloth ties,
As New. Stated First Edition, First Printing with 1-10 number code. By opening the
book until both covers meet, you form a circular peepshow book that can be held in
place with the cloth ties attached to the binding. The book then reveals a 10 room
house full of secrets that can be revealed by using the tiny Guidebook secured
behind the first pop-up. Each room features a different artist’s work including
Botticelli’s Venus, Michelangelo’s David, Whistler’s Mother and more. Fabulous
pop-ups with paper engineering by Rodger Smith and Helen Balmer. $150.00

POP-UP WITH PUNCH & JUDY / CATS / SOLDIERS


438. POP-UP. (NISTER) PEEPSHOW PICTURES. Lond: Nister nd ca
1880. Small 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, some normal edge rubbing,
finger soil, few old tape marks, really a VG+ copy. Featuring 4 magnificent
chromolithographed pop-out scenes including a Punch And Judy Stage, Toy
Soldiers, a family of Humanized Cats etc. Also including lovely brown illus. in line
on every page. A nice copy of a charming Victorian pop-up. $1500.00

POP-UPS SEE ALSO 67, 143, 555

MASHA POSTER
442. POSTER. (MASHA) CHILDREN’S SPRING BOOK FESTIVAL. Offered
here is the circa 1950 poster for the festival sponsored by the New York Herald
Tribune. It measures 18.5 x 21.5” and is brightly illustrated in full color by
Masha. Depicted are a little boy and girl sitting in a field and being read to by
a bird. A cheerful scarecrow is in the background. A charming image. $275.00

#392

FINE NISTER POP-UP WITH CINDERELLA


439. POP-UP. (NISTER) PRETTY POLLY intro and some verses by F.E. Weatherly.
Lond: Nister ca 1890. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Featuring 4
very fine and detailed double-page pop-outs: Polly the parrot has trapped the cats
in the cage, Cinderella (a coach and horses in the woods), children in a boat on the
water, children playing parlor game, plus line illus. in-text. A beauty. $1200.00
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POTTER PETER RABBIT WATERCOLOR 445. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET. Warne: NY & Lond.
443. POTTER,BEATRIX. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: TALE OF PETER RABBIT. 1906. 24mo,, wallet panorama. Grey cloth, pictorial paste-on of cat on flap, slightest
This is a charming watercolor SIGNED AND CAPTIONED IN INK BY POTTER of cover soil else near fine. 1st U.S. ed., identical to U.K. except “NY” comes first on
and dated August 1927. It was executed on paper measuring 5 1/4” wide x 7 1/4” back cover. Illustrated with 14 lovely color illustrations, cloth backed and folded
high and is in fine condition mounted and hinged on acid free board. The signature accordion style. (Quinby 11;Linder p. 426). Due to the lack of success of this
is lightly faded else fine. The image shows the surprised meeting of Peter and panorama format, only two Potter titles were published in this form. They were later
Mr. McGregor in the garden with Peter’s back to the reader and Mr. McGregor’s reissued in regular book format. Increasingly scarce and a nice copy. $1200.00
startled expression on his bearded face. The actual image measures 3 “ wide
by 2 1/2 “ high, and appears on page 38 of the first edition of the book. 1 inch
below the image in Potter’s hand is written “Round the end of a cucumber frame
/ whom should he meet but Mr. McGregor! Beatrix Potter / Aug/ 1927”. Judy
Taylor explains in her book Beatrix Potter (p. 167-8) that Potter did a series of
watercolors to raise money to ‘raise a fund to save a strip of foreshore woodland
and meadow, near Windermere Ferry, from imminent risk of disfigurement by
extensive building and town extension.’ Taylor adds that “Many of these pictures
were sold in America...and within a year enough money had been raised.” She
quotes Potter: ‘It was a great satisfaction to me to have been able to help the
fund through the kindness of my friends in America... Whenever I cross the ferry
and look at the pleasant green banks I will think of the good friends across a wider
stretch of water.’ This is undoubtedly one of these watercolors done by Potter
specially to be sold to help this fund, a few of which are in the V&A collection. It is
a charming piece of original Potter artwork featuring Peter Rabbit. $22,500.00

DELUXE BINDING JEREMY FISHER


446. POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF MR.
JEREMY FISHER. Lond & NY: Warne
1906 (1906). 12mo, lavender cloth, gilt
lettering and decorations, pictorial paste-
on, all edges gilt, paste-on scraped, some
rear cover soil, hinge rubbing, VG. 1st ed.
(Quinby 10), DELUXE BINDING (this not
in Quinby) with 26 color illustrations and
text all relating the mis-adventures of
this wonderful humanized frog. Rare in
this binding. $3500.00

RARE POTTER PIRACY


447. [POTTER,BEATRIX].
FUNNY BUNNY. Akron:
Saalfied, no date, circa
1905. A small all cloth book
measuring 3 1/2 x 4 3/4”
high, some soil and fading
else VG. The publisher
SIGNED BY POTTER has taken Potter’s original
444. POTTER,BEATRIX. ROLY-POLY PUDDING. Lond: Warne (1908). 8vo, cl. illustrations for Peter Rabbit
backed pictorial boards, [70]p., edges rubbed and some cover soil, VG. SIGNED and supplied their own text
TWICE BY POTTER ON THE HALF-TITLE (the ink on the top signature having that has nothing to do with
been smudged, Potter signed it again)! One of Potter’s experiments in large format Peter Rabbit. A Tiny Muslin
books, this is the “cheaper” edition ca 1918. In 1926 it was reprinted in ordinary small Book. $125.00
format with the title changed to The Tale Of Samuel Whiskers (See Linder p.194).
Wonderful color illustrations by Potter and a very special copy. $3000.00
POTTER, BEATRIX SEE ALSO
245, 368

PRE 1870 SEE 21, 22, 107, 161, 171, 220, 221, 271, 283-4, 292, 365, 414,
468, 536

RARE PRESTON TITLE IN DUST WRAPPER


448. (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. BUSY BO-PEEPS by Grace Draydon. Phil.: David
McKay circa 1915. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards - a Fine copy in the dust
wrapper. The wrapper is chipped with piece off rear panel but rare. The story
of Carl, Betsy, Babykins and their dog Buzzy. Text in verse accompanies 12
incredible color plates plus many 3-color illustrations in text. A rare Preston
title, ultra rare in the dust wrapper. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $1500.00
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MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CATALOGUE


453. PUBLISHER CATALOGUES. MACMILLAN BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
449. PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A-BOOS AND MR. PLOPPER. Lond.: 1927. Offered here is the catalogue Macmillan’s children’s books for the year
Henry Frowde: Hodder & Stoughton nd inscribed 1915. 4to, boards, pictorial 1927 during which time Macmillan’s children list flourished under the direction
paste-on, sl. soil and rubbing, VG+. The 2 little peek-a-boo children hook up with of Louise Seaman (Bechtel). This is not the typical publisher catalogue but is
a humanized beaver named Mr. Plopper. A world full of humanized animals on the really a [58] page reference book unto itself. There are informative annotations
order of Beatrix Potter but starring two wide-eyed little children. 8 color plates on the books, background material and photos of the authors and illustrators as
and many line illus. plus pictorial endpapers. $650.00 well as published prices of every book - arranged in categories and indexed. It
includes illustrated by the Haders, Dorothy Lathrop, Artzybasheff, Warwick
Goble, Dugald Stuart Walker and more with several pages about the Macmillan
450. [PRESTON,CHLOE]illus. THE Happy Hour books. Illustrated in full color and with many pen and ink drawings in
CHUNKIES AT THE SEASIDE [by May text. The ephemeral nature of these catalogues has made them rare. $200.00
Byron]. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., no
CZECH TOY PUPPET THEATRE UNUSED
date ca 1920. Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, 454. PUPPETS. LOUTKOVE DIVADELKO: DOBRODRUZSTVI KUKA
pictorial paste-on, sl. rubbing, VG-Fine. VSUDYBYLA V POHADCE (FAIRY TALE PUPPET THEATRE) with text by an
The Chunkies are a wide-eyed companion Madra Slamova. Praze (Prague): B. Koci, no date, circa 1935. 4to (8 3/4 x 12”),
pictorial card covers, fine and unused. This is a puppet play with 4 pages of
group to Preston’s Peek-a-boos, who have
dialogue. The front and rear covers fold out to become the backdrop and the
adventures and get into mischief. Illus. stage. There are 2 pages of characters printed on both sides, meant to be cut
by Preston with 8 great color plates, black out and mounted on the child’s own hand-made stand. There are also 3 pages of
objects to be used for the sets. The figures are brightly illustrated in color by
and whites in-text and pictorial endpapers.
an unknown hand. The story for this play takes place in a castle and a cottage.
Scarce. $500.00 The castle characters are a king, a princess and a knight in armor, a court
jester, and a dragon. The cottage has a crone, a boy, and Bealzibub (devil). No
PRICE, LUXOR SEE 115, 247 illustrator is named. This is an unusual and charming book. $300.00

CUBAN REVOLUTION / FIDEL AND CHE


451. PROPAGANDA. LIBERTAD O’ MEURTE! Episodios de la Revolution textos
Raul Quintana Suarez. Habana, Cuba: Dibujos Publicitarious Luque circa 1960.
4to, (8 3/4 x 12”), pictorial wraps, 40p., some cover soil, VG+ and complete. This
album contains a complete set of 325 numbered picture cards. Each card is
mounted in a numbered space with a printed caption. When complete, it offers
the child the Communist version of Cuban history picturing the early battles of
Fidel, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Raul Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, Hubert Matos and
the other revolutionaries and ending with Fidel’s triumphant return to Havana
in 1959. This is a very rare and fascinating bit of children’s propaganda. (SEE
ALSO REAR COVER) $6000.00

CZECH TOY PUPPET THEATRE UNUSED


455. PUPPETS. LOUTKOVE DIVADELKO: KUK VSUDYBYL U PTACNIKA
(FAIRY TALE PUPPET THEATRE) with text by Madra Slamova. Praze (Prague):
B. Koci, no date, circa 1935. 4to (8 3/4 x 12”), pictorial card covers, fine and
unused. This is a puppet play with 4 pages of dialogue. The front and rear covers
fold out to become the backdrop and the stage. There are 2 pages of characters
printed on both sides, meant to be cut out and mounted on the child’s own hand-
made stand. There are also 3
pages of objects to be used
for the sets. The figures
are brightly illustrated in
WORLD WAR II ANTI-NAZI CHILDREN’S BOOK color by an unknown hand.
452. PROPAGANDA. YUSSUF THE OSTRICH by Emery Kelen. NY: Hyperion The story for this play
Press / G.P. Putman (1943). 4to (7 1/2” wide x 11), cloth backed pictorial boards, takes place in a pet or bird
near fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st ed. Set in North Africa, Yussuf store and the characters
the ostrich is scorned when he appears to be helping the Nazis. In reality are various humanized
he became a double agent. When he was released from prison by German birds and animals, a store
dachshunds (who were really not Nazis) and saved the Americans, he became owner and 2 disagreeable
a hero. Illustrated with 24 pages of color lithos and 24 pages with b&w lithos looking children. No
(using the Gloeckner process). Rare in nice condition with the dust wrapper. illustrator is named. This
(SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $400.00 is an unusual and charming
book. $300.00
PROPAGANDA SEE ALSO 528
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456. PUPPETS. PUNCH & JUDY: a play for SCARCE RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION
puppets. Boston: Little Brown (1965). 4to, 461. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington
cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. Stated 1st ed. A Irving. Philadelphia: McKay (1928). 4to, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2”, FULL GILT VELLUM
puppet play featuring these most famous [103]p. Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES FOR THE U.K
puppets, wonderfully illus. in detailed color by and 125 FOR AMERICA SIGNED BY RACKHAM! Illustrated with pictorial
ED EMBERLEY. $150.00 endpapers, 8 tipped-in color plates and numerous wonderful black and whites.
This is a nice copy of one of Rackham’s scarcest limited editions. $4000.00

PUSS IN BOOTS – 119, 443 PUZZLES – 265-8, 547

MARCUS WARD PICTURE BOOK


457. (PYM,T.)illus. ORANGES AND LEMONS. London: Marcus Ward ca 1885. 8vo,
(6 1/2 x 8 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn and some soil, overall
tight, clean and VG. Pastimes of little children are described in rhyme and beautifully
illustrated with 12 full page chromolithographs, 10 half page chromos plus delicate
red line illustrations on text pages. Includes playing Battledore & Shuttlecock,
Cat’s Cradle, Hide & Seek, Puss In the Corner, Horsemanship and many more. One NIGHT BEFORE
of Marcus Ward’s fine books for children and particularly charming. $275.00
CHRISTMAS
RABAN, Z’EV - 23 462. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus.
THE NIGHT BEFORE
WONDERFUL RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION CHRISTMAS by Clement
458. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ALLIES’ FAIRY BOOK with intro. by Moore. London: Harrap
Edmund Gosse. Lond: Heinemann nd [1916]. 4to, gilt cloth, teg, a few almost (1932). 8vo (6 x 9 1/4”),
invisible corner creases full limp vellum, top edge
else FINE. LIMITED TO gilt, FINE IN SLIP CASE
ONLY 525 NUMBERED (case edges repaired). 1st
COPIES SIGNED BY edition LIMITED TO 275
RACKHAM. A collection COPIES FOR ENGLAND
of fairy tales from various AND 275 COPIES FOR
countries (English, Scottish, THE U.S. NUMBERED AND
Welsh, Italian, Portuguese, SIGNED BY RACKHAM.
Japanese, Russian and more) Illus. by Rackham with
with lengthy and informative pictorial endpapers, 4
introduction by Gosse. color plates plus charming
Featuring 12 magnificent b&w’s in text. Exceedingly
tipped-in color plates and scarce. $3000.00
a profusion of fabulous line
illustrations throughout the 463. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus.
text that reproduce with ROMANCE OF KING
superior clarity due to the ARTHUR AND HIS
fine quality paper used in this KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND
edition. $2500.00 TABLE abridged from
Malory. NY: Macmillan
1917. Thick 8vo, 517p. +
ads, green gilt cloth, neat
459. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. HANSEL & archival strengthening of
front hinge else fine. 1st
GRETHEL and other tales by the Brothers U. S. ed., illustrated by
Rackham with 16 beautiful
Grimm. NY: Dutton (1920). 4to, blue gilt color plates plus lovely black
and whites as well. Great
cloth, 159 + [1]p., tiny spot on front cover and
copy. $600.00
corner crease on frontis else near Fine. 1st

separate edition. Illustrated by Rackham


#460
with 20 magnificent color plates plus 28

b&w’s. $400.00

460. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS by Thomas


Ingoldsby. Lond & NY: Dent & Dutton, 1907. Thick 4to, green gilt cloth, some
fading of covers else VG+. First edition. Illustrated by Rackham with 24
mounted color plates, 12 full page tinted illustrations plus 66 b&w’s and pictorial
endpapers. A beautiful book. $650.00
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FINE COPY OF RACKHAM’S LIMITED TEMPEST


464. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. Lond. CURIOUS GEORGE ABC
& NY: Heinemann & Doubleday [1926]. 4to, 1/4 vellum, white gilt pictorial
boards, top edge gilt. Fine IN ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPER! LIMITED TO ONLY 467. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE
520 COPIES (260 for U.K.,260 for U.S.) SIGNED BY RACKHAM WITH AN LEARNS THE ALPHABET. Bost: Houghton
EXTRA COLOR PLATE NOT IN THE TRADE EDITION. Illustrated by Rackham Miflin 1963 (1963). Sm. 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”),
with 21 magnificent tipped-in color plates plus pictorial title page and several
pictorial cloth, child’s name on endpaper
black and white devices, printed on hand-made paper. This is a magnificent copy.
$3000.00 else Fine in dust wrapper with small piece
off corner and a few closed tears. 1st ed.
The letters are shown integrated into actual
objects and animals, brightly illustrated in
color on every page. Extremely scarce in
1st ed. $2000.00

KAULBACH ILLUSTRATIONS
468. REYNARD THE FOX. REINEKE FUCHS von Wilhelm von Goethe. Stuttgart:
J.G. Cottascher 1857. 4to, publisher’s brown embossed cloth with extensive gilt
pictorial cover and spine, 212p., slight wear to head of spine, scattered foxing,
a VG bright copy. Goethe’s translation of this fable first appeared in 1794 and
with Kaulbach’s illustrations in 1846. Illustrated by Wilhelm von Kaulbach with
36 large and very fine half-page engravings, pictorial title page, plus pictorial
head and tailpieces to accompany this medieval fable populated by a variety of
humanized animals. The fine engravings are exquisitely detailed with a touch of
humor, very reminiscent of Grandville. $700.00

465. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. UNDINE by La Motte Fouque, adapted from


the German by W.L. Courtney. London: Heinemann 1909. 4to, (9 1/2 x 11 3/4”),
full vellum stamped in gold, slightest of cover rubbing else Fine with original silk
ties intact. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM.
One of Rackham’s less common titles, this features 15 very beautiful tipped-
in color plates (with printed guards) plus numerous text illustrations in line.
The story is based on the German myth of Ondine, a water nymph who will lose
immortality if she falls in love with a mortal man. A lovely copy. $2500.00

ROBERTS, KENNETH – 551 ROBIN HOOD – 183, 595

STUNNING BOOK OF FABLES


469. (ROBINSON,CHARLES)illus. BIG BOOK OF FABLES edited by Walter
Jerrold. NY: Dodge [1912].
Thick 4to (8x10”), red
cloth with elaborate gilt
pictorial design on cover and
spine, inconspicuous hinge
strengthening else Fine
and bright. 100’s of fables
of Aesop, La Fontaine and
Bidpai, lavishly and profusely
illustrated by Robinson with
28 color plates, 100 full
page black and whites, plus
numerous smaller b&w’s
in text. A nice copy of
one of the best books of
fables. $800.00

WIND IN THE WILLOWS


466. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth 470. (ROBINSON,CHARLES)illus. THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES ed. by
Grahame. NY: LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1940. 4to (8 1/4 x 11 3/4”), cloth Walter Jerrold. NY: Dodge ,nd [1911]. Thick 4to, blue cloth with extensive gilt
backed patterned boards, FINE IN SLIP CASE (case repaired on joints). 1st decoration on cover and spine, top edge gilt, corners and edges of spine rubbed,
Rackham edition, LIMITED TO 2020 COPIES SIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS (the else VG+. 1st U.S. ed. of one of Robinson’s most lavish and wonderful books,
designer). There is a 3 page illustrated with 12 beautiful full color plates, 16 2-color plates and 6 full page
introduction by A.A. Milne. b&w’s as well as a profusion of illustrations throughout the text and pictorial
Illustrated by Rackham with endpapers. $600.00
16 magnificent mounted color
plates. This was Rackham’s
final book and because it was
published after his death, it
is only signed by Rogers, the
designer. A nice copy and
a masterful edition of this
classic. $1650.00

RAE, JOHN – 148, 570



RELIGION – 9, 189, 407, 472
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McLOUGHLIN BOXED
LIBRARY 475. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. TALL
471. (ROBINSON,CHARL BOOK OF NURSERY TALES. NY: Harper
ES)illus. SANTA’S BOX Brothers Bros (1944). Tall narrow 4to, pictorial
OF BOOKS. Springfield, bds. lower front cover creased and sl. edge wear,
Ma: McLoughlin Bros., no else near Fine in lightly worn dw with mend.
date ca 1910. Housed in 1st ed. (with ads only for Mother Goose, $1.00
the publisher’s pictorial price, inscribed 1944). Featuring great color
box (oblong 8 1/4 x 6”) are lithos throughout to accompany favorite fairy
3 books in as new condition. tales including Little Red Riding Hood, Three
Bound in pictorial wraps, Bears, Three Pigs and more than 20 others. Nice
the titles are: A Was an copy. $225.00
Archer, Little Boy Blue and
The Death and Burial of
Cock Robin. The box is only
very slightly rubbed and WONDERFUL HUMANIZED FLOWERS
the cover has a great image 476. (ROSS,PENNY)illus. THE FLOWER
of Santa in his sleigh. Each BABIES’BOOK by Anna M. Scott. Chic: Rand
of the books is illustrated (1914). Moiré backed pictorial boards, As New
by Charles Robinson with in publisher’s pictorial box (flaps repaired).
color cover plus full color 1st ed. Illus. by Ross with incredible color,
and 2-color illustrations in- anthropomorphized cherubs - flowers dressed
text to accompany Mother as humans but with a touch of humor as well. A
Goose Rhymes. No credit beautiful book and another successful collaboration
is given to Robinson as the of these two who also did Volland’s A Year With
illustrator. $250.00 The Fairies. Very Scarce, especially in the
box.. $500.00
ROBINSON, CHARLES SEE ALSO 237

RICCARDI PRESS LIMITED EDITION


472. (ROBINSON,F.
CAYLEY)illus. BOOK OF
GENESIS. London: Philip
Lee Warner 1914. 4to (8
x 10 3/4”) full limp vellum,
cloth ties, Fine. LIMITED
TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES
PRINTED ON HANDMADE
PAPER. Illustrated by
Robinson with 10 hauntingly
beautiful tipped-in color
plates with lettered tissue
guards to accompany the text
of the first Book of Moses
called Genesis. A beautiful
book. $600.00

1st EDITION OF HEATH ROBINSON MASTERPIECE


473. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY: HUMANIZED BUTTERFLIES
Brentanos 1902. 8vo, (6 1/2 x 8”), green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green 477. (ROSS,PENNY) illus. THE BUTTERFLY BABIES’ BOOK by Elizabeth
and white, rear cover lightly soiled, binding very tight, paper at hinges neatly Gordon. Chicago: Rand McNally (1914 ed of 1925). 4to, cloth backed pictorial
repaired, margin of tissue guard and frontis narrow light brown discoloration, boards, 80p.,minimal edge wear else near Fine. Each page features a wonderfully
really a clean and VG+ copy. First US edition of the first book written and drawn full color illustration by M.T. (Penny) Ross of a different species of
illustrated by Robinson (same year as UK ed. and printed in Great Britain). butterfly depicted as a little child - vivid and really special. Descriptive verses
Featuring color frontis, 55 full page b&w’s and 72 vignettes plus pictorial appear beneath illustrations. Charming and scarce. $125.00
endpapers. Entirely designed by Robinson, the story is a fantasy tale of
Uncle Lubin’s voyages and mishaps taken in balloons, boats, submarines etc., all ROSS, M.T. SEE ALSO 565 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA - 288
constructed as Robinson’s famous complicated contraptions. The text is often
laid out in irregular format to fit around the vignettes. It was the publication of RARE ROUNTREE FANTASY
this book that brought Robinson to commercial success and this first edition is a 478. (ROUNTREE,HARRY)illus. BILLY BUNCE OR THE WANDERINGS OF A
rarity. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2850.00 WHITE RABBIT by Alton Towers. Leeds & Lond.: Alf Cooke, no date [1907].
4to (9 x 11 3/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and margins of 2
illustrations with minor mends else tight and VG+. Told from the rabbit’s point
of view, the story tells of the adventures of a gentle white rabbit separated
from its family when it is purchased from a pet store. Unhappy in its new
home, it runs away. Illustrated by Rountree with 20 richly colored, color plates
and pictorial endpapers. Also illustrated with charming black and whites all
throughout the text by F. Stuart. This is a great story and a very rare title
which if found usually does not have all 20 of the color plates. Harry Rountree
see also 160. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $1200.00

REMARKABLE SET
474. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND by
Roland Carse. Leeds: Alf Cook, no date [1907]. 2 large 4to volumes, (9x 11 1/2”),
red cloth spines and pictorial boards, except for a small amount of wear to tips
and spine ends, this is a fine, bright set. 1st edition. A humorous look at British
royalty, illustrated with 20 fantastic color plates, numerous b&w’s throughout
the text and pictorial endpapers. This is a beautiful set which is normally found
worn with frayed or missing plates. See Beare 51a. Very scarce. $1250.00
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#478
482. RUSSIAN. KAK KOMAN
VYKOMARMARIVEL by
S. Fedorchenko. State
Publishing Office 1930.
8vo (6 x 7 1/2”), pictorial
wraps, Fine. The story of a
dragonfly and its interaction
with various animals and
birds. Very beautiful
color illustrations by A.
Brey. See Dictionairre/
Leveque p. 18, 19, 30 for
others. $500.00

STUNNING COLOR PLATES - BULGARIAN FAIRY TALES


483. RUSSIAN. NERODNIA MOMA [FAIRY TALES]. Published in Sofia,
Bulgaria 1932 printed using the Cyrillic alphabet. Square 4to (8 1/2 x 9”), cloth
backed pictorial boards, 44p., slight cover soil and edge rubbing else VG+. This
is a book of classic Russian fairy tales including the Frog Prince, the Golden
Cockerel and more. Featuring 17 mounted color illustrations highlighted in gold
RARE GOLF JUVENILE PUBLISHED BY ROYCROFTERS done by GEORGI ATANASSOV. Although published in 1932, the pictures have
479. ROYCROFTERS. BUMPS THE GOLFBALL KID AND LITTLE CADDIE by the unmistakable look of the Russian books published at the turn of the century.
Valerie McMahan. East Aurora, N.Y.: The Roycrofters (1929). 4to, pictorial The colors are rich and the artwork extraordinary. $650.00
cloth, [89]p., sl. cover soil and sl.
wear to spine extrems else VG+. 1st
edition (book came out in 2 formats
red cloth with pictorial dust wrapper
and pictorial boards). The story tells
the tale Freckles, a mean young boy
who is a caddie, and what happens
when he encounters the Good Fairy
and the BUMPSIES WHO ARE
HUMANIZED GOLFBALLS who set
out to teach him a lesson. Fabulously
illustrated by the author with 12
full page and 5 half-page color
illustrations plus 9 full page b&w’s as
well as smaller b&’w in text and bold
full color endpapers mounted on linen.
An imaginative and unique treatment
of a children’s tale and very, very
scarce - avidly sought after by golf GREAT SARG FAIRY TALE ART
collectors, Roycrofters collectors 484. SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: GOLDILOCKS. Offered here is a
and children’s books collectors wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1941 on
as well. $1250.00 the back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image is rather
large (11” wide x 7”) done with detail and humor. Captioned in pencil “In whose
RUBAIYATS – 125, 216 RUMANIA – 62 bed did Goldilocks fall asleep?” Pictured is an alarmed bear looking at Goldilocks
sleeping in its bed. $850.00
RUSSELL, MARY L. – 45, 69

NARBUT ILLUSTRATIONS (STUDENT OF BILIBIN)


480. RUSSIAN. (NARBUT) PLYCHI MATVEI, NE ZHALEI LAPTEI [DANCE
AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO RUIN YOUR SHOES]. Moscow: Knebel 1910.
4to, (8 1/2 x 11 3/4”), stiff pictorial wraps. neat spine repair else VG-Fine. One
of Knebel’s acclaimed gift books, illustrated by GEORGY NARBUT with beautiful
chromolithographs of humanized toys, based upon Narbut’s own collection of
peasant toys (Rosenfeld:
Defining Russian Graphic
Arts p.92-3). Narbut was a
student of Bilibin and Bakst,
but he developed a style
unique to him. Golynets
notes: “ Such outstanding
artists as Narbut...passed
through Bilibin’s hands.
When Narbut saw Bilibin’s
works, he fell in love with
them and left the Ukraine... #481
to make his dream of studying
under Bilibin come true.”
(See Golynets p.186-7, 192-
3, Bilderwelt 2758, Leveque:
Dictionnaire p.188-9). Very
scarce. $1500.00

LEBEDEV ILLUSTRATIONS
481. RUSSIAN. DE REIS DOOR RUSLAND [TRIP TO RUSSIA] by S. Marshak.
The Hague: de Baanbreker 1930. 4to (7 `/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial wraps, some cover
soil and slight crease, VG. 1st Dutch edition of Lebedev’s 1926 book entitled
Bagazh, translated by L. Dworson and E. Hessbinger. Illustrated with wonderful
color lithographs by VLADIMIR LEBEDEV. See Dictionnnaire p. 160. $750.00
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485. SARG,TONY. TONY SARG’S SAVINGS BOOK. Cleveland: World (1946). RARE TITLE WRITTEN BY SENDAK’S BROTHER
Obl. large 4to, spiral backed boards, sl. foxing else fine in sl. frayed dw. 1st ed. 490. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. CIRCUS GIRL by Jack Sendak. NY: Harper &
There is a fantasy narrative Brothers 1957. 4to, (7 1/2 x 10”), pictorial cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper
brightly and wonderful with price intact. 1st edition of one of the rarest Sendak titles. Written by
illustrated in full color by Sendak’s brother Jack and, wonderfully illustrated in color and line by Maurice.
Sarg. Each illustration has Hanrahan A27. This is the bibliographer’s copy with her slip laid-in. $1250.00
several slots into which the
owner can insert coins. Sarg
has ingeniously designed
the illustrations so that the
coins complete the pictures
i.e. they are the wheels on
a bike, the portholes of a
ship etc. There’s even room
for paper money used to
create a flag. Very scarce
and with text by Sarg as
well. $225.00

RARE BOXED SARG/VOLLAND TITLE


486. (SARG,TONY)illus. THE
GIGGLEQUICKS by Miriam Clark Potter.
Chic.: Volland (1918). 8vo, pictorial
RARE SENDAK TITLE
boards, As New IN ORIGINAL BOX (sl. 491. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. THE GIANT STORY by Beatrice Schenk de
wear to box). 1st ed. of this Sunny Book, Regniers. NY: Harper & Brothers (1953). 4to, (8 1/4 x 11”), pictorial cloth, Fine
in dust wrapper with price intact. 1st ed. The story, de Regniers’ first book,
fancifully illus. in color by Sarg. Very tells of a little boy who decides to become a giant for a day. Broadly and boldly
hard to find in any condition, rare in the illustrated in color by Sendak on every page. This copy has the signature of Olha
Vekassy, the head of the Early Childhood Kindergarten Project, Puerto Project
box. $650.00 in New York. Hanrahan A9. This is the bibliographer’s copy with her slip laid-in.
This is an excellent copy of one of the rarest Sendak first editions. $1450.00

ONE OF THE RAREST SENDAK TITLES


SIGNED WITH DRAWING 492. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. HAPPY HANUKAH EVERYBODY by Hyman
487. (SARG,TONY)illus. TONY SARG’S NEW YORK. NY: Greenberg 1927. and Alice Chanover. no place: United Synagogue Commission of America, no
Folio, cloth, pictorial paste- date [1955]. 4to, (8 1/4 x 10 3/4”) pictorial boards, light cover soil with light
on, corner of paste-on rubbing, blind library stamp on title, endpapers rubbed else clean and tight
rubbed else Fine. 1st ed. with all of the original spine paper which is usually damaged. 1st edition, 1st
of this very scarce Sarg printing. Wonderfully illustrated in color on almost every page by Sendak. This
book consisting of a series is a great copy of an exceedingly rare title, especially in collectible condition and
of 24 color plates, each it is a fine example of his early work. Hanrahan A16. $2200.00
depicting a different view or
aspect of New York. Done
with Sarg’s characteristic
styles and colors. This
copy is SIGNED BY SARG
WITH A WONDERFUL
5” DRAWING OF A NEW
YORK POLICEMAN. A very
scarce title, extra special
with the drawing. $750.00

SARG, TONY ALSO 571 SCARRY, RICHARD - 265

488. SCOTT (WILLIAM R.) PUBLISHER. SATURDAY WALK by Ethel Wright


and Richard Rose. NY: William R.
Scott (1941). Oblong 4to (9 1/4
x 8 7/8”), spiral backed thick
#493
card covers, Fine (including the
publisher’s typed promotional
sheet). First edition. A simple
picture book for 2 and 3 year 493. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. I WANT TO PAINT MY BATHROOM BLUE
olds about what a little child sees by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Brothers 1956. 4to, (7 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed
on a walk with daddy. Strikingly pictorial boards, slightest of edge rubbing else fine in VG dust wrapper with price
illustrated - done in similar format intact (some rubbing to edges of wrapper, 1” split with a touch of loss at base of
to Bumble Bugs and Elephants spine, fraying at top of spine - overall very bright and clean and much nicer than is
and Pitter Patter. Bader p.230. normally found). 1st ed. One of Sendak’s most difficult to find titles, this features
The best of the 40’s, typical of charming color
Scott’s emphasis on simplicity illustrations.
and quality. Scarce. For other Hanrahan A22.
Scott books see 121, 122, This is the
152. $250.00 bibliographer’s copy
#489 with her slip laid-in
SCRIBNER CLASSIC – 593, 594 and also with a note
describing that this
INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH BY SENDAK copy comes from
489. SENDAK,MAURICE. HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP! or there must be more children’s book
to life. NY: Harper & Row (1967). Sq. 8vo, brown cloth, paste-on, Fine in dw. illustrator Remy
First ed. (correct dw price). SIGNED BY SENDAK WITH A DRAWING OF THE Charlip’s personal
CAT MILKMAN. The story by Sendak is based on an old Mother Goose rhyme library. $1200.00
and features extremely fine full page illustrations. $1500.00
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LIMITED ED. WITH BEAUTIFUL SEUSS’ FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN


SIGNED LITHOGRAPH 497. SEUSS,DR. AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY
STREET. NY: Vanguard Press 1937 (1937). 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in better
494. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. than good dust wrapper (edge toning on cover, a few old mends on verso and
with small 1” triangular piece off edge). (Boy’s shorts on cover of book blue
NUTCRACKER by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
and white on dust wrapper). FIRST EDITION OF SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK FOR
NY: Crown (1984). Sq. 4to, cloth, CHILDREN! Brightly illustrated in color throughout. Rarely found so nice with
the white paper spine clean and intact. $7500.00
Fine in slipcase. LIMITED TO ONLY
250 NUMBERED SIGNED COPIES
WITH A SIGNED/LIMITED
ETCHING BY SENDAK. Printed
on paper made especially for this
edition and beautifully illustrated in
full color by Sendak. With this is
a beautiful signed/numbered hand
drawn lithograph by Sendak entitled
“Faithful Nutcracker.” Quite
scarce. $2000.00

ONE OF THE RAREST SENDAK ITEMS


495. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SEVEN LITTLE STORIES ON BIG SUBJECTS
by Gladys Baker Bond. NY: Anti Defamation League (1955). 7 volumes, 12mo,
pictorial wraps, FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (sl. repair to box flaps).
This is a complete set of 7 rare booklets published by the Anti Defamation League,
each illustrated by Sendak with cover art and a few b&w’s inside. The stories deal RARE SEUSS
with various conflicts and situations that a young school child might face and how 498. [SEUSS,DR]. COME OVER TO MY HOUSE by Theo Le Seig. NY: Random
to handle them without getting physical. Including: #1 On Your Mark, #2 Jacob’s House (1966). Sm. 4to, glazed pictorial boards, fine in dw with small rub spot
Friendliest Town, #3 The Crankiest Man On Main Street, #4 Down The Old Bear and name erased on top edge. 1st ed. Written by Seuss as Le Seig, illustrated
Trail, #5 Johnny Red Feather, #6 Lonesome Feet and #7 The Secret. LAID IN in color by Richard Erdoes. Rare. $1200.00
IS THE ORIGINAL BOOKLET entitled Suggestions to Teachers for the use of
Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects by Gertrude Noar (4p. with illustrations) A
wonderful Sendak item of the utmost rarity and in excellent condition. $4500.00

499. SEUSS,DR. DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW LUCKY YOU ARE? NY: Random
House (1973). 4to, (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), 48p., glazed pictorial boards, some light cover
soil else VG+. First edition with no ads for later titles. One of Seuss’s more fanciful
books and a hard to find Seuss first edition. Younger/Hirsch 16. $750.00

INSCRIBED BY OGDEN NASH SCARCE TITLE


WITH A POEM 500. SEUSS,DR. THE FOOT BOOK. NY:
496. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. Random House (1968). 8vo, glazed boards,
YOU CAN’T GET THERE
FROM HERE BY OGDEN fine dust wrapper (dw very slightly frayed
NASH. Boston: Little Brown at spine ends else near fine with price
(1957). 8vo, cloth, Fine in intact). 1st ed. of the first book in the
dust wrapper. Stated 1st
Bright and Early Book series. All 4 titles
ed. Illustrated by Sendak
in b&w inside and with great were issued simultaneously (Foot Book,
color dust wrapper. This copy Eye Book, Ear Book and Inside Outside
is INSCRIBED BY NASH
Upside Down). Written by Seuss and illus.
WITH A CUTE POEM: “THE
COW IS OF THE BOVINE by him in color. Rare. Younger/Hirsch
ILK - ONE END IS MOO, 23. $1250.00
THE OTHER MILK!” A
great copy of an obscure
Sendak book. Hanrahan
A29, $400.00
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506. SEUSS,DR. SCRAMBLED EGGS SUPER! NY: Random House (1953). Large
4to, pictorial boards, fine in dw with small triangular piece off bottom of rear
501. SEUSS,DR. GREAT DAY FOR UP. panel and some chips. 1st ed. Peter T. Hooper decides to jazz up his scrambled
eggs and creates scrambled-eggs-super-dee-dooper-dee booper! Great color
NY: Random House (1974). 8vo, glazed illustrations and a really nice copy of a rare Seuss title. $875.00

pictorial boards, some wear at gutter ends

else VG+. 1st ed. (code 1-0). A Bright and

Early Beginner Book, written by Seuss

and illustrated by QUENTIN BLAKE - a

great combination. Very scarce. Younger

26 $900.00

WITH LETTER ON SEUSS STATIONARY


502. SEUSS,DR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! NY: Random (1959). 4to, glazed
pictorial boards, near Fine in dw with price intact (piece off front panel of dw).
Despite the correct price, this is an early but not first edition as the rear flap
lists Seuss’s ABC from 1963. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED
BY SEUSS ON HIS DR.
SEUSS STATIONARY. It LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY SEUSS WITH PROOF COPY
reads: Dear Larry, I am 507. SEUSS,DR. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. NY: Random House (1987).
tremendously flattered 4to, cloth, Fine in slipcase. First edition of the Commemorative Edition,
to think that you, way out LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND AND SIGNED BY SEUSS. Sold
there in Bucknell, should with a fine copy of the ADVANCE PROOF (uncorrected) with publisher’s slip laid-
bother about me, way bacy in. Illustrated with wonderful color illustrations throughout. $1500.00
[sic] in California. From
your letter, I see that you 508. SEUSS,DR. YERTLE THE TURTLE and other stories. NY: Random House
have gone into really serious (1958). 4to, glazed pictorial boards, fine in dw with 2 tape repairs (with price
research in collecting your intact). 1st ed. $550.00
exhibit. All I can say is this:
I hope I’m worthy of the
time you have expended on
me. Thanks and good luck.”
Signed boldly with a great
Seuss “squiggle.” $600.00

503. SEUSS,DR. HOP ON POP. NY: Random House 1963. Sm. 4to, glazed pictorial
boards, 64p., sl. rubbing else near Fine in soiled dw. 1st ed. (1.95 price and no ads for
later titles). The simplest Seuss for Youngest use. A scarce 1st ed. $875.00

1ST ED OF SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK


509. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. BONERS: being a collection of schoolboy wisdom.
NY: Viking 1931 (1931). Sq. 12mo, red cloth, 102p., fine in chipped dw with a
closed tear. First edition of SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK! Illustrated with many
humorous black and whites by Seuss to accompany humorous mistakes made in
the classroom by aspiring scholars. $500.00

UNCOMMON EDITION
SIGNED BY SEUSS
510. [SEWELL,ANNA]. BLACK BEAUTY
504. SEUSS,DR. I CAN LICK 30 TIGERS TODAY. NY: Random House (1969).
4to, (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial cloth, slightest PICTURE BOOK. NY: Charles E. Graham
of cover soil else near Fine. 1st ed. SIGNED 1913. Narrow folio (7 1/2 x 13 1/2”),
BY SEUSS! Starring the Cat In The Hat and
pictorial card covers, clean punch hole in
brightly illustrated in color on every page.
A very scarce Seuss 1st. Younger/Hirsch upper corner (probably used for some kind
38. $1500.00 of display) else fine. Illustrated with 4
fine chromolithographed pages and 4 pages
SCARCE SEUSS illustrated in brown line in typical turn of
505. [SEUSS,DR]. I WISH THAT I HAD
DUCK FEET by Theo LeSieg. NY: Random the 19th century style. Because it is a true
House / Beginner 1965. 8vo, glazed pictorial picture book version, the text, (with is greatly
boards, near fine is dust wrapper frayed at abridged. $350.00
spine ends and closed tear on front edge. 1st
ed. (correct price and ads). Illus. in color by
B. Tobey. One of his most difficult to find
books and the first book where he used the SEWELL, HELEN – 583
LeSieg pseudonym. Younger / Hirsch 42.
$1200.00 SHAKESPEARE, W.- 56, 63, 217, 464
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 helen@alephbet.com

FLAPPER DOLL SHAPE BOOK CHICKEN LITTLE


511. SHAPE BOOK. DOLLIE: A SPLASHME DOLL BOOK by Gene George. NY: 516. SHAPE BOOK. HENNY PENNY. Newark: Charles Graham ca 1915. 12mo,
Stokes 1920. 4to, pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of the doll, spine die-cut in the shape of the chickens, VG. The classic Chicken Little story, illus.
repaired and some shelf wear, VG. The story in verse of a group of “Splashme” with full color covers and in 2-color in typical turn of the century style. $75.00
dolls. Illustrated by the author with double page color spread and in line on
every page - all showing real flapper-type dolls. $250.00

#511

#512

AMERICAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED SHAPE BOOK


517. SHAPE BOOK. LIKE GRANDMAMMA. Buffalo, N.Y.: Koerner & Hayes no
date ca 1900. 4to. Cl. backed pictorial boards cut in a semi-circular shape,
FINE! Illustrated with 4 fine chromolithographs plus brown illustrations in text
to accompany poems and stories. A particularly charming book. $300.00

518. SHAPE BOOK. MERRY CHRISTMAS. no pub. info., made in the USA ca
1900. 6” high die-cut in the shape of a Christmas tree, fine. Illus. with great
TUCK DOLL SHAPE BOOK color covers and in line on the 4 pages of text. $200.00
512. SHAPE BOOK. DOLLY IN THE COUNTRY. Lond.: Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio,
stiff pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of a doll, FINE! A title in Father Tuck’s
Doll Series, illustrated with 4 full pages of chromolithographs and other pages
illus. in brown line to accompany simple rhymes. See Whitten: Raphael Tuck p.101
(photo) and 102-3. A magnificent copy. $250.00

513. SHAPE BOOK. DOLLY SNOWFLAKE by Grace Floyd. Lond.: Tuck (1900).
16mo, pictorial die-cut wraps, fine. Cut in the shape of a doll. Illus. with 4 nice
half page chromolithographs and 4 half page brown line illus. $200.00

#513

TEDDY BEAR SLICE BOOK


519. SHAPE BOOK. (SLICE) MOVING PICTURE TEDDIES by K.E. Garman.
Chic.: Ideal Books 1907, 4to, (5 3/4 x 11”), stiff pictorial wraps, fine. The book
#514 is die-cut in the shape of a Teddy Bear. Every other page is divided into sections
(sliced) allowing the reader to form many different combinations of pictures, all
in full color. This copy is in unusually nice condition. $350.00

520. SHAPE BOOK. WINGS OF GLORY by Margaret Haycraft. London:


514. SHAPE BOOK. FROM SUNNY LANDS. Lond.: Tuck (1895). narrow 8vo, Meissner & Buch, circa 1900. Oblong 7” wide x 3 1/4”, pictorial card covers
pictorial wraps, VG+. Die-cut in the shape of a young girl in native costume bound with ribbon tie, Fine. Die cut in the shape of a wing and illustrated with 4
holding a tambourine. Illus. with 4 chromolithographed pages and other pages lovely chromolithographs plus color cover. $250.00
illus. in brown line. $200.00

515. SHAPE BOOK. HAPPY


HOUR PAINT BOOK by A.J.
Schaefer. Akron: Saalfield
1909. 4to, die-cut in the shape
of a painter’s palette. A book to
teach shapes and other manual
artistic skills to a young child.
There are many illus. in color
with duplicates in line to be
copied and many line illustrations
facing blank pages for practice.
Only one illus. neatly done else
unused. $125.00
SHAPE BOOKS SEE ALSO 13, 159, 205, 206, 435
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525. (SMITH,JESSIE
WILLCOX)illus. A CHILD’S
RARE DOROTHY SHERRILL DOLL BOOK
BOOK OF MODERN
521. SHERRILL,DOROTHY. THE STORY STORIES comp. by A & E.
Skinner. NY: Duffield 1920
OF SLEEPY SALLY by Dorothy Sherrill. NY: (1920). Thick 4to, blue gilt
Greenberg (1933). 12mo, green cloth, pictorial cloth, pictorial paste-on,
spine faded else near Fine.
label, VG+ in soiled and chipped dw. 1st ed. 1st ed. Dozens of stories
of this rare little book with hand lettered arranged in categories
and illustrated by Smith
text. The color illustrations are simple and with cover plate plus 8
charming and the story is charmingly simple as beautiful color plates. This
is a nice copy of one of the
well. The star is a doll in search of a playmate. scarcest to find 1st eds. by
Smith. $350.00
Extremely rare. See Bader p.74-5 for
other. $300.00
526. (SMITH,JESSIE
WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF
REAL CHILDREN by Betty
CALDECOTT Sage. NY: Fox Duffield 1903
AWARD WINNER (Oct. 1903). Large sq. 4to
522. (SHULEVITZ,URI)illus. (11x11 3/4”) cl. backed pictorial
FOOL OF THE WORLD AND boards, slight edge and corner
THE FLYING SHIP retold by wear else near Fine. 1st edition
A. Ransome. NY: Farrar Strauss of this magnificent book,
Giroux (1968). Obl. 4to, (10 1/2 illustrated by Smith with cover
x 9 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust illustration (front and back),
wrapper with price intact (spine 6 large color plates, orange
ends chipped, a few closed tears, and black pictorial border on
VG). 1st ed. of this CALDECOTT every page of text, plus small
AWARD WINNER. A Russian color illustration on dedication
folk tale beautifully illustrated page. This is a nice copy of a
in color by Shulevitz. $600.00 scarce and very desired Smith
book. $600.00

SIGNED / LIMITED BOOKS – 16, 44, 53-4, 76-7, 86, 100, 133, 139, 146, 152,
174, 175, 179, 181, 184-6, 188, 215, 217, 233, 244, 258, 270, 275, 282, 307-8, 527. (SMITH,JESSIE
313, 316, 318-21, 323, 326-332, 335, 337, 341, 344-5, 358-9, 362, 378-9, 388,
WILLCOX)illus. SEVEN
404, 417, 419-22, 443-4, 458, 461-2, 464-6, 472, 484, 487, 489, 494, 496,
502, 504, 507, 536, 540, 543, 551-3, 558, 561, 564, 579, 583-4, 592-3, 596-7, AGES OF CHILDHOOD
600 by Carolyn Wells. NY:
Moffat Yard 1909 (1909)
SILHOUETTES – 219, 253 4to, tan gilt cloth, round
pictorial paste-on, 56p.,
SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER some cover soil and rubbing,
523. (SIMONT,MARC)illus. TREE IS NICE by Janice Udry. NY: Harper Bros. 1956. VG+. First edition of one of
Narrow 4to (6 1/2 x 11 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in near fine dust Smith’s most desired and
wrapper with sl. rubbing where seal may have been. 1st ed. (correct price and dw most elusive titles. This is
blurb). A simple picture book brightly illustrated by Simont in color. CALDECOTT illustrated with cover plate,
AWARD WINNER. Scarce in such nice condition. Bader p.470-2. $650.00 pictorial endpapers and title
page, color frontis plus 6
other truly beautiful color
plates as well as a profusion
of illustrations throughout
the text. Printed on heavy
paper. $750.00

SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA
528. SOCIALISM. ALICE AND THE STORK:
A Fairy Tale for Workingmen’s Children
by Henry T. Schnittkind (Henry Thomas).
Boston: Richard G. Badger (1915). 12mo (5
x 7 1/8”), wraps, 95p., cover edge chipped
else VG. The story follows the adventures
of Alice, a little girl from a wealthy
family that had contempt for those not as
fortunate as they were. Through a series
of fantasy travels (loosely using the Alice in
Wonderland theme), Alice learns about the
inequities of life in America and becomes a
more compassionate person. The socialist
ideals run throughout the book including a
strong pro-women’s suffrage message. The
author was Harvard educated who used the
RARE E. BOYD SMITH TITLE name Henry Thomas on many of his books.
524. SMITH, E.BOYD. CHICKEN WORLD. NY: Putnam 1910. Oblong 4to, Unusual. $450.00
cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and small corner off one leaf else
VG. 1st ed. of the rarest E Boyd Smith title. Printed on very heavy coated RARE NEWBERY AWARD
stock. Featuring fabulous color illustrations on every page with text beneath 529. SORENSEN,VIRGINIA. MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL. NY: Harcourt
and borders around the pictures as well. Bader p.20-2 says “a chapter could be Brace (1956). 8vo, cloth, fine in dw with a few neat mends and small piece off
written about Chicken World.” A wonderful picture book. $450.00 top edge. Stated 1st ed. An unhappy family experiences a miracle tied to the
changing seasons. Illus. by Beth and Joe Krush. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER.
A rare title. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $400.00
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#529 UNUSUALLY FINE COPY OF


A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES
533. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES.
London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. Small 8vo (4 1/2 x 6 1/2”), blue cloth
stamped in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., except for the usual offsetting on
endpaper, clean, bright and Fine, housed in a beautiful custom 1/2 leather box.
1st ed. 1st printing (of 1000 copies) with apostrophe on spine shaped like the
number 7, the word “OF” in smaller type on spine and with no mention of “Two
Series” in the list of other works by the author. Many of these poems for
children were written by Stevenson when he was ill in bed, and are dedicated
to his nurse from childhood, Alison Cunningham. This first edition was printed
on fine quality paper but is unusual in that it was not illustrated until the 1896
edition, published two years after Stevenson’s death. This is an especially fine
copy of this most important book of poems for children. $6000.00

SPANISH – 66 STEADMAN, RALPH – 140, 142, 147

530. STEINER,CHARLOTTE. KIKI GOES TO CAMP. NY: Doubleday & Co. 1953.
4to, pictorial boards, fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. The story of little Kiki’s first summer
at camp. Wonderful color lithos on every page by the author. A most charming
picture book. The fourth Kiki book, quite scarce in such nice condition. $250.00

BOXED EDITION
531. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA
)illus. OLD FRENCH FAIRY
TALES by Comtesse de Segur.
Phil: Penn (1920). Large,
thick 4to, blue cloth, pictorial
paste- on, 279p., NEAR FINE
IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S
BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON
COVER! (flaps repaired). 1st
ed. Forty French fairy tales,
illustrated by Sterrett with 8
truly magnificent color plates
(with tissue guards) and with
many lovely b&w’s as well as
yellow pictorial ep’s. Done when
she was only 19 years of age,
this was Sterrett’s (Chicago
born) first book. She is often 534. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A
referred to as the “female
CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. Akron:
Kay Nielsen”! A beautiful
copy. $950.00 Saalfield (1943). Folio, pictorial boards,

VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw


TREASURE ISLAND TRUE FIRST slightly worn). A beautiful version of
532. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. TREASURE ISLAND. London: Cassell &
Co. 1883. 8vo (5 3/8 x 7 5/8”), brown cloth, gold lettering on spine, 292 + 4p. ads these poems, illus. by FERN BISEL
dated 5g-783 (July 1983), binding slightly leaning, tiny bit of wear to spine ends
and slightest of finger soil to covers else a fine copy with no restoration, housed in PEAT with bright full color illustrations
custom full leather box. 1st edition, 1st issue with all points except p.40 last line is
vain (not rain). Points: “dead man’s chest” not capitalized on p. 2 & p.7, p.63 no “a” on every page. Not 1st but a beautiful
line 6, p. 83 lacks “8”, p.127 “7” is slightly raised, p. 178 no period after “opportunity”
copy. $85.00
in line 20, p. 197 reads “worse” instead of “worst”. While the sheets with July
ads were printed first, copies with October ads were bound first. Illustrated
with a frontis map printed in three colors. Stevenson would read each chapter
as it was finished to his family for their reactions and critique. It is interesting
that the first chapters of Treasure Island, which appeared weekly in Young Folks
RARE BRANDYWINE BOOK
Magazine, attracted little attention, but when it was published in book form it
535. (STILWELL (WEBER),SARAH)illus. KIDDIE-KAR BOOK by Richard
was immediately popular. This is an unusually nice copy of a classic. $12,500.00
Welsh. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1920). Large oblong 4to (11 1/2 x 9 1/2”), cloth
backed boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed). 1st
and probably only edition of
this charming picture book
comprised of a series of
nine poems meant to be read
out loud to children. Each
page of verse has a lovely
detailed pictorial border by
Stilwell and there are 9 fine
color plates plus pictorial
endpapers and other
smaller line illustrations -
all featuring small children
and most with the theme of
the child’s kiddie-kar rider
as well. A rare children’s
book by this Brandywine
artist, especially in the dust
wrapper. $875.00
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UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY


WITH 100 WATERCOLORS!
536. STOWE,HARRIET BEECHER. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, or Life
among the Lowly. London: Sampson Low Son and Co. 1853. Large thick
8vo, 560p., full green leather with elaborate gilt design on covers and gilt
panels on spine. One margin mend else fine. 2 volumes in 1. Illustrated with
designs by Billings engraved by Baker, Smith and Andrew. THIS SPECIAL
COPY IS EMBELLISHED WITH 100 VERY FINE WATERCOLORS signed
by what appears to be Eugene Bauer (last name is difficult to decipher).
What the artist has done is to decorate the pages with characters or
objects discussed on that page. The watercolors are superimposed upon
the text in such a way that the text is still legible. They are executed in
exquisite detail. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first introduced to the public in
serial format but before the serialization was complete, it was published
in book form in 1852 by Jewett in 2 volumes. Billings illustrated the first
edition with only 6 engraved plates. He was commissioned by the publisher
to re-illustrate this edition which includes 117 new pictures: 45 chapter
heads, 45 tailpieces, 27 illustrations in text plus decorative initials. Stowe
was inspired to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin by the passage of the Fugitive
Slave Law in 1850 and it was an immediate sensation. This is a remarkable
copy. $12,500.00

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CHARMING ART DECO IN STYLE OF HADERS


537. SWEDISH INTEREST.
541. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus.
OLA AND THE RUN-A-WAY
BREAD by Vera Himes. NY: D’AULNOY’S FAIRY TALES. Phil: McKay
Thomas Crowell (1932). Oblong
4to (8 3/4 x 8”), pictorial 1923. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, top
boards, near fine in dust wrapper edge gilt, 457p., light rubbing, near Fine in
(dw soiled). The story of a little
boy in Sweden with repetitive frayed dust wrapper. 1st Tenggren edition.
text. Lettering is large Illustrated by him with fabulous pictorial
calligraphic style. Illustrated
with 30 color lithographs by endpapers, cover plate, pictorial title page
Katharine Dewey. Very similar plus 8 beautiful color plates and text b&w’s to
to Hader books of the same
era and a charming children’s accompany 22 fairy tales. Tenggren see also
book. $125.00
268. $475.00
SWEDISH SEE ALSO 75, 242

STUNNING VICTORIAN
PICTURE BOOK
538. SWIFT,JONATHAN. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS * OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WONDERFUL MOTHER GOOSE
* JACK THE GIANT KILLER. London: Nelson & Sons, circa 1880. Large 4to (8 542. TEXTILE. SEE-SAW [MARGERY DAW]. This is a charming children’s
3/4 x 11 1/4”),green cloth stamped in gold and black, pictorial inset on cover, textile featuring a large central illustration for Mother Goose’s See Saw
Fine condition. This is a stunning book containing Gulliver’s Travels, Old Mother Margery Daw. In each corner there are smaller illustrations of boys playing
Hubbard and Jack the Giant Killer. Each page has been mounted on linen, and there various sports including baseball, soccer, marbles and kite flying. Done in red,
are 16 outstanding full page color illustrations with some striking images (also brown and white, it measures 12 1/2 x 10”. Except for one browned area, it is in
with brown and whites in text). Well printed and a beautiful copy. $600.00 excellent condition. An attractive child’s textile. $300.00

#540

FOLK TALE FROM INDIA


PRINTED IN BOMBAY
539. TAGORE,ABANINDRANATH. CARAMEL
DOLL. Bombay: Kutub (1946). 4to, cloth backed
pictorial boards, VG. An Indian folk-tale
retold by artist/author Tagore and illustrated
with unusual color woodblock prints by Sheila
Auden. $300.00

TARRANT MOTHER GOOSE


WATERCOLOR
540. (TARRANT,MARGARET)illus. THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET:
ORIGINAL ART. This is a wonderful original gouache done on illustration board
that appears in Margaret Tarrant’s Nursery Rhyme Book published by Collins in
1944. The image measures 10” wide x 13” high and is matted. It is signed with initials
in the lower left corner as it appears in the book. The image, which is larger than it
appears in the book, has the entire rhyme with 4 different illustrations and the text
lettered by Tarrant. Sold with a copy of the book. Quite charming. $2750.00
(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>
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THEATRE – 454-5 #546

ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES


WITH EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES
543. THOMAS,DYLAN. A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES. New York: New
Directions (1969). 2 volumes. Text in leather backed buckram, plates in folio
cloth portfolio. LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES printed at the
Thistle Press, SIGNED BY FRITZ EICHEBERG the illustrator. The book features
5 fabulous full page wood engravings by Eichenberg. The portfolio contains a
separate suite of the plates in larger format, each signed by Eichenberg. The
book was first published in 1954 and is an account of Thomas’s own Christmas
experience that has become a classic. This special edition is rare. $2500.00

#547

TOYS SEE ALSO 48, 97, 167. 272, 405, 409

BOOK OF TRADES NOVELTY


547. TRADES. BOOK OF TRADES:
WARNE’S PICTURE PUZZLE TOY
BOOKS. London: F. Warne & Co. & NY:
Warne no date (owner inscribed 1871).
4to, (9 x 10 1/2”), pictorial wraps, near
Fine AND UNUSED. There are 6 very fine
full page chromolithographed illustrations
for six different trades. Many areas in
each illustration have been left blank.
There are 2 sheets containing dozens of
figures and objects that the reader must
FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER cut out and glue into the appropriate
544. TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London:
Harrap, nd. Large 4to, gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, FINE IN DUST spaces. When completed there are six
WRAPPER (dw chipped at spine ends with a few closed tears). An incredible scenes depicting the daily duties of:
fantasy- science fiction book. Each page of calligraphic text is individually carpenter, bricklayer, miller, watchmaker,
mounted on heavy paper (47p. of text). The 48 mounted color plates by Timlin
are magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. carriage builder and the shipwright. Color
Altogether a beautiful book, scarce in this condition. $5750.00 illustrations printed by Kronheim. Rare
in unused condition. Trades see also
22. $850.00

DEAN RAG BOOK


548. TRAINS. THE EXPRESS.
Lond.: Dean ca 1910. Oblong
small 8vo, cloth, some foxing, VG.
Wonderful color illustrations
by Eliz. Travis of trains from
around the world with a great
period view of train travel.
$150.00

545. TOY (PAPER). PLAYBOOK OF TROY by Susan Meriwether. NY: Harper 549. TRAINS. PUFFER, MUFFER AND PIP-PIP by P.J. Thornwall. Lond:
1927. Large 4to, stiff Harrap (1943), 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG-Fine. First edition. The
pictorial wraps, near Fine. text, done in calligraphy, tells the story of 3 trains- father Puffer, mother
Stated 1st ed. The first Muffer and child Pip-Pip and is illustrated with very brightly colored full page
few pages tell the story of and in text illustrations by the author. Cute book. $100.00
Troy. The remaining pages
are filled with color figures
#550
and objects to cut out
and assemble to be used
to play with against a the
large backdrop that comes
off the cover. Printed on
heavy paper and wonderfully
illustrated by ESTHER
PECK. (See Realms of
Gold p.153). Completely
unused. $400.00

TINKER TOY PEOPLE


546. TOYS. TINKER TOWN TOM by Esther Ames. Chic: Rand McNally (1924 ed.
of ‘26). Small 4to, 95p., red cloth, pictorial paste-on, VG. Imaginatively illus. by
ARNOLD HICKS with a full page color illustration facing each page of text - showing
tinker toy figures coming to life. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $150.00
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BEAUTIFUL TUCK CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS OF RAILWAYS


#554
550. TRAINS. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD. Lond: Tuck nd ca 1900. Obl. folio,
pictorial wraps, faint margin stain else near Fine. Featuring beautiful color covers
plus 6 full page color illustrations and 12 full page 2-color illustrations of railways
from all over the world. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $200.00

TRAINS SEE ALSO 49

TUCK PUBLISHER – 8, 13, 24, 36, 143, 206, 373, 376, 512-4, 550, 573

BEAUTIFUL TUDOR ART


551. TUDOR,TASHA. ORIGINAL ART: WINGS FROM THE WIND. Offered
here is the original drawing by Tudor that appears on page 97 of Wings from the
Wind to accompany a poem by Elizabeth Madox Roberts. The image measures 6
x 8” on artist board 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, signed. It is a detailed pencil drawing showing
a little girl in a bonnet standing in a barn and looking at hens sitting on a bench.
The text of the poem is at the bottom, in Tudor’s hand. This is a particularly
#555
charming drawing. $1600.00

555. TUDOR,TASHA. BOOK OF CHRISTMAS: A THREE DIMENSIONAL


BOOK. NY & Cleve: Collins (1979). 4to, pictorial boards, Fine. Illustrated in color
with 6 fine pop-up double-page plates with moveable mechanisms as well. $200.00

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION - PRECEDES AMERICAN


556. TWAIN,MARK. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark
Twain. London: Chatto & Windus 1884. 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), red cloth stamped
in black with gold lettering, xvi, 438p. plus publisher’s device + 32p. catalogue
dated May 1886, front hinge inconspicuously strengthened and paste-down worn
where bookplate has been removed, 1 leaf opened poorly with part of blank
margin torn, very narrow faint red color on bottom edge of some pages, spine
ends frayed, rear cover some soil (really sounds worse than it is), clean and
tight, VG. First English edition issued several days before the American edition.
Gatherings sewn, not stapled
(Blank assigns no priority),
presumable third issue
with catalogue dated May
1886 (first issue catalogue
dated Oct. 1884, second
dated April 1885, this third
issue seems to be quite
scarce). Illustrated by E.W.
KEMBLE with frontispiece
with tissue guard and 173
black and white drawings
throughout the text.
Peter Parley To Penrod
p.75 for U.S. edition, BAL
3414. $950.00
552. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. A ROUND DOZEN by Louisa May Alcott. NY:
Viking (1963). 8vo, cloth, 256p., fine in dw. 1st ed. of this rare Tudor title being
a selection of Alcott’s short stories made by Anne Thaxter Eaton and illus. in TIME TRAVEL
b&w by Tudor. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TUDOR. $750.00 557. TWAIN,MARK. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S
COURT. NY: Charles L. Webster & Co. 1889. 4to (7 x 8 1/2”), green cloth
stamped in green, black and gold, [i]-xvi, 17-575p. + 2p. ads. Owner name on
endpaper, slight rubbing on edges, VG++, housed in custom cloth box with leather
label. 1st edition, 1st issue with “s” shaped device on picture caption p.[59], p.[i]
not printed. The story is a great time travel tale about Hank Morgan, a “modern
day” 19th century man who travels back to AD 528, medieval England at the time
of King Arthur. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Dan Beard. BAL
3429. A really nice copy. $2350.00

553. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. BIGGITY BANTAM by T.L. McCready. NY: Ariel


(1954) slim 8vo, yellow pictorial cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. SIGNED BY
McCREADY. Illustrated by Tudor with dw, color endpapers, plus lovely color and
black & whites throughout. McCready’s first book. Beautiful copy of a difficult
to acquire Tudor title. $700.00

554. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. BETTY CROCKER’S KITCHEN GARDENS by Mary


Mason Campbell. NY: Universal Pub./Scribner (1971). 8vo, pictorial boards,
170p., Fine in dw. 1st ed. Illus. by Tudor with color wrapper, color covers, 8 full
page color illus. plus a profusion of b&w’s. Quite difficult to find. (SEE ILLUS
TOP NEXT COLUMN) $100.00
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SIGNED TWICE BY TWAIN


558. TWAIN,MARK. LOVE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN edited and with an 562. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus.
introduction by Dixon Wheeler, Literary Editor of the Mark Twain estate. NY: GOLLIWOGG’S AIR-SHIP.
Harper & Brothers 1949 (1949). Tall 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 5/8”), 374p., black cloth, As Lond: Longmans 1902. Obl.
New in green dust wrapper. Stated first edition illustrated with a photo frontis
4to cloth backed pictorial
of Twain. The 15 page
introduction and editorial bds., corners worn and edges
material accompanying each rubbed, 3 tiny margin mends
letter help put each letter else clean, tight VG. The
into context. This edition Golliwoggs become aeronauts!
is LIMITED TO ONLY 155 The full page color illus.
NUBERED COPIES SIGNED
TWICE BY TWAIN, first are really superb. Verse by
as S.L. Clemens and next as Bertha Upton (Florence’s
Mark Twain. Although this mother). $750.00
was published after Twain’s
death, the information on
the limitation explains: 563. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus.
“These signatures of Mark THE GOLLIWOGG’S
Twain have been in the POLAR ADVENTURES.
possession of Harper & Lond: Longmans, 1900.
Brothers for fifty years. Oblong 4to, cloth backed
There are no more.” pictorial boards, endpapers
This is a beautiful copy.
replaced and some cover
Rare. $5000.00
soil. VG,. First edition.
The Golliwoggs go to the
559. TWAIN,MARK. PUDD’NHEAD WILSON a Tale. London: Chatto & Windus North Pole. Illustrated
1894. 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), red cloth stamped in black, 246p. + 32 page publisher’s with fantastic full page
catalogue. A few tiny black color illustrations opposite
dots on cover, else VG+. 1st each page of text. Nice
English edition (catalogue copy. $600.00
in rear dated September
1894), actually published
slightly before the American VICTORIAN COLORPLATES – 13, 33, 206, 211, 257, 289, 299, 300, 369, 376, 384,
edition. Illustrated by 413, 437-40, 457, 512, 517, 538, 547, 550
James Mapes Dodge with a
photo frontis of Twain and SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG * DILLONS * COONEY * AND OTHERS
with 6 black and white plates 564. (VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS)illus and others. THE BIG BOOK FOR OUR
by Louis Loeb. The theme of PLANET edited by Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson and Ann Durrell.
slavery is prominent in this NY: Dutton (1993). 4to, boards, 136p., as new in dw. 1st ed. More than 40 of the
story about Roxy, a slave best known (and many award winning) illustrators and authors of children’s books
woman who switches her pooled their talents for this book, the proceeds of which benefit environmental
son with the child of her organizations. Illustrated by CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG, ALIKI, QUENTIN BLAKE,
white master to prevent him BARBARA COONEY, THE DILLONS, STEVEN KELLOGG, DAVID MCPHAIL,
from ever being sold. BAL JERRY PINKNEY and more. Written by JEAN GEORGE, LOIS LOWRY, PATRICIA
3441 $500.00 MACLACHLAN, WILLIAM
SLEATOR, JANE YOLEN,
560. TWAIN,MARK. A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. London: JACK PRELUTSKY and
Chatto & Windus 1889. 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), red cloth stamped in black with gold more. This copy is SIGNED
lettering, xvi, 525p. + illus. BY VAN ALLSBURG,
+ publisher device, 32 page ROSEMARY WELLS, SUSAN
publisher catalogue dated JEFFERS, DE PAOLA,
January 1890. Minor cover STEVE KELLOGG, THE
soil and spine ever so slightly DILLONS, PINKNEY, PAUL
faded else VG+. 1st English ZELINSKY & JANE YOLEN.
edition of A Connecticut Also laid in is a bookplate
Yankee in King Arthur’s signed by BARBARA
Court. The story is a great COONEY and NATALIE
time travel tale about Hank BABBITT. A special
Morgan, a “modern day” 19th copy. $250.00
century man who travels
back to AD 528, medieval
England at the time of
King Arthur. Illustrated
throughout in black and
white by Dan Beard. BOXED EDITION OF
BAL 3429. A really nice ANIMAL CHILDREN
copy. $500.00
565. VOLLAND. ANIMAL CHILDREN
SIGNED BY UPDIKE by Edith Kirkwood. Chic: Volland (1913
561. UPDIKE,JOHN. A CHILD’S CALENDER 25th ed.). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE
by JOHN UPDIKE. NY: Knopf (1965). 8vo, (6
1/2 x 9 1/2”), red cloth, Fine in dust wrapper IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (minor
with price intact. (The dw has a narrow 1/8” flap mends). A Volland Nature Children
strip off of the rear fold and a small piece off
front fold, however in the Brodart is it not Book with fabulous color illustrations on
noticeable and is otherwise in nice condition). every page by PENNY ROSS depicting a
1st ed. A poem for each month of the year
variety of humanized animals (plus pictorial
for children, with lovely full page color
illustrations by Nancy Burkert. THIS COPY endpapers). Fine sharp reproductions. A
IS SIGNED BY UPDIKE ON THE HALF-TITLE great copy of a scarce and desirable Volland
(just his signature). This is a special copy of
a lovely children’s book by an author of adult title. $350.00
novels. $400.00
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566. VOLLAND. HOW SING FOUND THE WORLD IS ROUND by Sidney Reid.
Chic: Volland (1920). Sm. 8vo, pictorial boards, slightest of cover soil else near 571. VOLLAND. A SUNNY YEAR BOOK FOR
Fine. 1st ed. Illus. with beautiful full page color illus. by KATHERINE STURGES SUNNY CHILDREN. Chicago: Volland circa
DODGE (Hilary Knight’s mother). A very uncommon Volland title. $225.00 1920. Narrow 4to (11” x 5 1/2”), pictorial
wraps bound with silk cord at top, covers with
a few sm. mends else fine. Volland issued this
gift book with excerpts from the best books
in the SUNNY BOOK series, including some
notoriously scarce titles. There is an intro
by Elizabeth Gordon followed by many pages
of text and color illustrations by JOHNNY
GRUELLE, MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT,
KATHARINE STURGES, TONY SARG, JOHN
RAE and others for such stories as The Funny
Little Book, Sunny Bunny, Gigglequicks, Little
Babs, Lovely Garden, Sunny Rhymes for Happy
Children, Tales of Little Cats, Peeps the Really
Truly Sunshine Fairy, Wise Gray Cat, Myself
and I, Come Play With Me and more. Printed
on one side of the paper only. A Volland
rarity. $550.00

RARE VOLLAND ART DECO TITLE SCARCE VOLLAND TITLE


567. VOLLAND. MR. MOGO MOUSE by Jane Ort. Joliet: Volland (1930). 572. VOLLAND. THE TALE OF BINGO by Tom Lamb. Chic: Gordon Volland
Sm. 8vo, cl. backed pictorial boards, near fine. The story of a little mouse in (1927, no add. printings). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 120p., light wear,
Czechoslovakia, with great Art Deco full page and smaller color illustrations by the VG+. A strange fantasy tale of the adventures of Bingo - a humanized monkey
author, similar in style to Janet Laura Scott. A rare SUNNY BOOK. $250.00 with a big swastika affixed to his bowtie. Written and illustrated in color and
b&w by Lamb. One of the scarcer Volland titles. $225.00

CALENDAR
568. VOLLAND. NEW CALENDAR OF
SALADS compiled by Elizabeth O. Hiller. Chic.:
Volland nd circa 1910. Narrow folio (5 1.2 x 11’),
sheets tied at top with silk cord, Mint In Box.
Illustrated with art deco color cover and with
decorative border on all text pages. There are
recipes for every day of the year. Incredible
copy. $150.00
#569

VOLLAND SEE ALSO 148, 277, 297, 364, 486

RARE WAIN TITLE


573. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. BIG DOGS LITTLE DOGS CATS AND KITTENS
by Louis Wain. Lond.: Tuck, owner inscription 1906. Folio, cloth backed pictorial
boards, corners rubbed and some cover soil, VG to Fine. Featuring 12 full page
chromos plus 24 illustrations in blue line of dogs and cats. A super picture book
and a rare Wain book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2200.00

RARE AND FABULOUS WAIN FAIRY TALE TITLE


3 VOLLAND BOOKS IN BOX 574. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. FROLICS IN FAIRYLAND by Grace Floyd. Lond.:
569. VOLLAND. PUNKY DUNK. Chic: Volland, (1912). Offered here are three Tuck circa 1905. Folio, stiff pictorial card covers, spine and hinges neatly
books featuring Punky Dunk the cat and his friends: Punky Dunk and the Goldfish, strengthened and neat corner repairs, really clean, bright and VG+. This is a
Punky Dunk and the Spotted Pup and Punky Dunk and the Mouse. 3 hard covers fabulous Wain book wherein 12 favorite fairy tale characters are portrayed by
in fine condition in sl. worn ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX. Illustrated in color his cats. Featuring 12 full page color plates plus color covers - (the front cover
(illustrator not named) and printed on rectos only. Very scarce in box. $600.00 illustration is not repeated in the text) and 2 line illustrations. Included are:
Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Bluebeard, Robin Hood, Sindbad,
Aladdin, Robinson Crusoe, Forty Thieves, Cinderella, Babes in the Wood, Sleeping
Beauty and Jack the Giant Killer. Incredible! $2200.00
JOHN RAE
REYNARD AND OTHER FABLES
BOXED
570. VOLLAND. REYNARD THE FOX &
OTHER FABLES adapted from the French
of La Fontaine by W.T. Larned. Chic: Volland
(1925). Small 4to, pictorial boards, near fine
IN BOX which has light soil and wear. 1st ed. of
this VOLLAND NATURE CHILDREN BOOK (no
other printings listed). Beautifully illustrated
by JOHN RAE with pictorial endpapers and
many rich color illustrations throughout the
text. $300.00
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575. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. FUN AND #579

FROLIC by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: Nister


[1902]. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards,
144p., spine extrems frayed, light wear, VG+.
Illustrated by Wain with 6 fabulous color
plates (the cat judge, lecturer, scientist
etc.) and with marvelous b&w’s on every page
of text - 9 of which are double-page and
95% of which are of cats. A great book, very
scarce. $1200.00

WAIN, LOUIS SEE ALSO 109

WALKER FAIRY TALE


576. (WALKER,DUGALD
STEWART)illus. SQUIFFER
CHARMING FANTASY FOR THE YOUNG CHILD
by Hal Garrott. NY: McBride
580. (WEIL,LISL)illus. BACK IN TIME FOR SUPPER by Dori Furth. Phil:
1924 (1924). 8vo, gilt cloth,
McKay 1947. Obl. 4to, cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. A wonderful fantasy for the
226p., slight rubbing else
young child about how two little children in San Francisco cross the country to
near fine. The adventures
see their grandparents in New York and are “back in time for supper”. Illus. in
of squirrel that wants to
bright colors by Weil. A lovely book and a scarce title. $125.00
be a boy and its strange
adventures with Red Fairy
WEISGARD’S CINDERELLA
Hot and the Candy Princess.
581. (WEISGARD,LEONARD)illus. CINDERELLA [by Perrault] retold by
Beautiful pictorial endpapers,
Leonard Weisgard. NY: Garden City Pub. 1938. 4to, cloth backed pictorial
4 color plates and a profusion
boards, fine in dw. 1st ed. Wonderfully illustrated with stylized and artful color
of full and partial page
lithos (litho’d by Glaser). An early work by Weisgard. Bader p. 226. Leonard
b&w’s in Walker’s detailed
Weisgard see also 150. $250.00
style. A very scarce Walker
book. $225.00

DUGALD STEWART
WALKER FAIRIES
577. (WALKER,DUGALD
STEWART)illus. WISHING
FAIRY’S ANIMAL FRIENDS
by Corinne Ingraham. NY:
Brentano (1921). 4to,
orange cloth, pictorial
paste-on, 141p., Fine. 1st
edition. Illustrated with 8
color plates, plus fabulously
detailed line illustrations on
every page of text depicting
gnomes and fairies. This
is one of Walker’s finest
works and an especially
WHARTON, EDITH SEE 399 WIESE, KURT - 251
fine copy of his scarcest
book. $450.00
582. WIESNER,DAVID. TUESDAY. NY: Clarion (1991). Obl. 4to, 1/2 cloth, as
new in dw. 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER FOR 1992. Illus. by Wiesner
AUSTRALIAN INTEREST
with fabulous color illustrations and no text at all! $100.00
578. WALL,DOROTHY. BLINKY BILL GROWS UP. Sydney: Angus Robertson
1934 (1934). 4to, pictorial boards, [84]p., fine. 1st ed. Bill the Koala Bear grows
up. Illus. by Wall with 16 plates and with detailed line illustrations on nearly
every page of text. Wall see also 64. $400.00
ILLUSTRATOR’S COPY
SIGNED BY HER
583. WILDER,LAURA
INGALLS. THESE HAPPY
GOLDEN YEARS. NY:
Harper Brothers Bros
(1943). 8vo, pictorial cloth,
299p., slight cover soil,
VG+. Stated 1st ed. Illus.
by HELEN SEWELL AND
MILDRED BOYLE with color
dw, color frontis plus full
page b&w’s. Laura is almost
16 and teaching school. The
WAR – 30, 31, 53, 295, 296, 352-5, 440, 452, 588 last of the Little House
books. This copy was
SIGNED BY WARD purchased from Boyle’s
579. (WARD,LYND)illus. POEM UPON THE LISBON DISASTER by Voltaire. family and was BOYLE’S
Lincoln: Penmaen Press 1977. 4to, 1/4 cloth and marbled boards, Fine in slipcase.
COPY INSCRIBED HER TO
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION SIGNED BY WARD,
ANTHONY HECHT (the translator) AND ARTHUR WILSON (who wrote the HER SISTER! $1500.00
introduction). Illustrated by Ward with 6 beautiful woodcuts. (SEE ILLIS TOP
NEXT COLUMN) $200.00 WILLIAMS, GARTH - 123
Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 helen@alephbet.com

MILO WINTER FANTASY LIMITED EDITION PHOTO DOLL ILLUSTRATIONS


584. WINTER,MILO. BILLY POPGUN. Bost: HM 1912 (Oct 1912). 4to, vellum 589. WRIGHT,DARE. EDITH AND MIDNIGHT. NY: Doubleday (1978), folio,
backed boards, gilt cover and (9 x 12 1/2”), photographic illustrated boards, near Fine in sl. worn dw. Stated
teg, spine sl. soiled else 1st edition. The story of a little doll named Edith and her adventures with Little
near fine. First ed. of Bear and Mr. Bear and a horse. Illustrated with “on-site” photos by the author,
Winter’s best and scarcest who also wrote the Lonely Doll. $300.00
book, LIMITED TO ONLY
350 NUMBERED COPIES
PRINTED ON JAPAN PAPER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
SURROUNDED IN A GILT
DESIGN BY THE ARTIST!
Written by Winter and
illustrated by him as well
with pictorial endpapers, 8
fabulous tipped-in plates,
plus line illustrations in-text.
A fantasy trip taken by little
Billy (who had a pop-gun). A
wonderful fantasy and very,
very scarce. $850.00

585. (WINTER,MILO)illus. TANGLEWOOD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne.


Chic: Rand (1913). 4to, green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, near Fine. 1st ed. thus
of this title in the Windermere series. Illustrated by Winter with 10 lovely full
page color plates plus 5 full page black and whites. $175.00
590. WRIGHT,DARE. HOLIDAY FOR EDITH AND THE BEARS. NY:
Doubleday (1958), folio, cloth backed photographic boards, slight edge wear else
VG+ in sl. worn dw. Stated 1st edition. The story of a little doll named Edith and
her adventures with Little Bear and Mr. Bear. Illustrated with “on-site” photos
by the author, who also wrote the Lonely Doll. $300.00

591. (WULFING,
SULAMITH)illus. SULAMITH
WULFING BAND IV: DIE
KRONE vom geschehen
einer erfullung. Elberfeld:
Wuppertal 1934. 4to, stiff
pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed.
Illustrated With 12 magnificent
full page illustrations by
Wulfing in her eerie, distinctive
style. $250.00

586. WISNIEWSKI,DAVID. GOLEM. Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin (1996).


4to, glazed boards, new in dw. 1st ed. (code 1-10). A story from Jewish legend,
magnificently illus. in color by Wisniewski. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER.
Because it was not anticipated that this would win the award, there was not a huge
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
first printing and first editions are already extremely hard to find. $125.00
592. (WYETH,N.C.)illus.
ANTHONY ADVERSE by Hervey
Allen. NY: Ferrar Rinehart 1934
587. WOOD,LAWSON. LAWSON (1933, 1934). 4to, 2 vols., green
WOOD’S FUN FAIR . Lond: Arundel gilt cloth, FINE IN ORIGINAL
PICTORIAL SLIPCASE (case
Prints nd ca 1930. 4to, cl. backed boards,
only very slightly worn). 1st
pictorial paste-on, spine snagged in 2 Wyeth ed., SIGNED BY THE
places and few minor margin creases else AUTHOR HERVEY ALLEN!
Fine. Featuring 12 marvelous mounted Illustrated by Wyeth with
color illustrations on covers and
color plates of Wood’s animals, portrayed spine of case, color pictorial
in his unique style. Text by Wood endpapers in each volume
as well. $450.00 (different illus.), plus color
frontispieces in each volume. A
special copy of a beautiful work
and a very uncommon Wyeth item
- especially in slipcase. Allen
WOODCUTS – 319, 320, 401 p. [97]. $1200.00

FRENCH ANTI-HITLER PICTURE BOOKS


588. WORLD WAR II. LA BETE EST MORTE [by] Victor Dancette. Paris:
Editions G.P. (1946,1945). 2 volumes, large thin 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/4”), cloth
backed pictorial boards, 30p, 48p., light cover soil else VG+. Second printing
of the first volume, first printing of volume two (issued separately). Published
to celebrate the end of the Nazi occupation of France, these two volumes (the
first subtitled “Quand la bete est dechaunee” and the second “ Quand la bete
est terrassee”) are boldly and quite fantastically illustrated in full color on every
page by CALVO in almost a Disney like style with Hitler and the Nazi’s portrayed
as wolves with devil ears. The history of the French in World War II is presented
in allegorical form through a world of humanized animals. Much action and detail
and quite amazing. Both ... (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $950.00
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ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES FOR PRESENTATION SIGNED LIMITED SIGNED BY WYETH AND RAWLINGS
593. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. DRUMS by James Boyd. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 597. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
(1925,1928). 4to (7 1/2 x 10”), orange cloth, pictorial paste-on, ABSOLUTELY NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1939 (1939 A). 4to, (7 1/2 x 9 3/8”), dark blue
AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE AND PUBLISHER’S BOX! (box VG+ lightly cloth (buckram) with deer head in gold on cover, spine stamped in gold with no
soiled with lightest chipping on sides, glassine mend on rear panel) FROM A ornaments, top edge plain, Fine condition in publisher’s blue slipcase with a deer
LIMITATION OF 500 COPIES, THIS COPY IS ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES NOT head on white printed paper label (case slightly rubbed on edges else sound and
FOR SALE AND SO MARKED FOR PRESENTATION SIGNED BY WYETH AND VG+). LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES FOR SALE-SIGNED BY BOTH WYETH
BOYD. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial ep’s and title, 14 color plates plus AND RAWLINGS. Illustrated by Wyeth with pictorial endpapers, 14 full page
47 pen & inks. Also included are letters in facsimile from Wyeth to Boyd written color illustrations, title page
when Wyeth was gathering information for his illustrations (not included in the decoration, plus 2 special
trade edition.) Drum’s is one of the most difficult to find of Wyeth’s limited charcoal and wash full
editions and is almost never found with the box. This copy being one of twenty- page illustrations done for
five is especially desirable. $3750.00 this limited edition. Also
included is a facsimile of
a 2 page letter by Wyeth
discussing the book (not
present in the trade edition).
Wyeth reportedly traveled
to Cross Creek, Rawlings’
home, before beginning the
artwork, in order to capture
the essence of the area.
This binding not in Allen p.
216. $4250.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER WITH REVIEW PROOF COPY


598. YORINKS,ARTHUR. HEY, AL. NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1986. 4to, (9
1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw sl. frayed at spine ends with a few
margin mends). Stated 1st ed. Great illustrations by Richard Egielski. This copy
SOLD WITH REVIEW PROOF COPY WITH REVIEW SLIP LAID-IN. The proof
is loose in dust wrapper as sent for review. Of interest is the that the price
WYETH FIRST EDITION IN BOX on the review copy is $12.95 but the published price when issued was $13.95.
594. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $300.00
by John Fox Jr. NY: Scribner 1931 (1931 A) 4to, black cloth, top edge tinted,
FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX . 1st ed. of this Scribner Classic, illustrated by Wyeth
with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 14 other beautiful color
plates. This is an outstanding copy, extremely scarce in the box. (Plate on the
box is the same as plate on the cover). $1500.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER


599. YOUNG,ED. LON PO PO: A RED RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA.
NY: Philomel (1989). 4to, cloth, bookplate, Fine in dw. Stated 1st impression. A
Chinese tale translated by Young and illus. by him in color. CALDECOTT AWARD
WINNER. $125.00

WITH DRAWING LAID-IN


600. (ZEMACH,MARGOT)illus. HARLEQUIN by Rose Laura Mincieli. NY: Knopf
MINT IN DUST WRAPPER 1968 (1968). 4to, cloth, 75p., fine in sl. chipped dw. 1st ed. The classic love
595. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ROBIN HOOD. story between Harlequin and Columbine, set in Venice. Marvelously illustrated in
Phil.: McKay 1917. 4to, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), 2-color by Zemach. LAID-IN IS A WONDERFUL PEN AND INK STUDY OF DR.
PANTALOON. (From the collection of the editor). $400.00
green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, top
edge gilt, 362p., Mint IN DUST WRAPPER
(dw has 2 chips off bottom spine and 1 #596
chip off top otherwise intact and clean
and VG+). 1st Wyeth illustrated edition.
Illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate,
pictorial endpapers and title page plus 8
beautiful color plates. One of Wyeth’s
most popular & well executed books. Due to
the fragility of the dust wrapper, not many
copies survive in nice shape. Allen p.202-
3. $1000.00

SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS


596. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts.
Boston: Little Brown 1938 (June 1938). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9”), tan stamped cloth, Fine
in dust wrapper and publisher’s pictorial. First edition. Illustrated by Wyeth
with 15 color illustrations including endpapers plus several line illustrations in-
text, and dust wrapper. According to Allen (p.217) only 2500 copies of this 1st
edition were published. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS. Great
copy. (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT) $1200.00
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