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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #405 - Parker manuscript for Funny Bunnies with 14 original watercolors #338 - Make Way for Ducklings in DW #400 - Outhwaites Fairyland Fine in DW and box

#183 - Dulacs Sindbad the Sailor - Signed / Limited

#374 - Nazi Anti - Semitic Childrens Book

#363 - Early Dean Moveable #80 - Outcaults Pore Lil Mose

Helen & Marc Younger 1. ABC. (ART DECO) ALPHABET BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1934. Folio, (10 x 12), pictorial wraps, light edge wear, VG+. A typical 30s ABC book with striking bright color illustrations on each page in art deco style by CORINNE RINGEL BAILEY. $100.00

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CLARA TICE DOG ALPHABET SIGNED WITH DRAWING 5. ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and a few faint marks on cover else VG+. 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except X are illustrated in color on every page. The text is beneath each drawing. Includes Kerry Blue, Newfoundland, Sealyham, Poodle, Japanese Spaniel and more. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TICE WITH A CHARMING 3 DRAWING OF A SCOTTIE DOG. Artfully done and very scarce, more so with the signature and drawing. $1500.00

RARE TUCK RAG BLACK ABC 2. ABC. (BLACK) MY HONEY ABC. London: Tuck no date, circa 1900. Oblong 8vo (9 x 6), printed cloth, some soil and fraying and staining, overall VG. Printed in full color on cloth, each page portrays grossly stereotypical Blacks for each letter of the alphabet. Naturally, W shows a man weighing a watermelon. A title in Father Tucks Indestructible Calico Book series. Rare. $1850.00

ABCS OF TRADES, NAMES, MOTHER GOOSE 3. ABC. (BOXED LIBRARY) BOX OF ABC BOOKS. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe 1944. Five books in pictorial box, box flaps repaired else fine. Contains: The Object Alphabet Book (which is really an ABC of names), The Alphabet of Things That Grow, The ABC Mother Goose Book (which is actually an ABC of Trades), The Alphabet Book of Flowers and The Alphabet Book of Animals. Illustrated with charming color lithos in every book in typical 40s style (no illustrator named). The box itself can be used to make stand-up toys to cut out. $200.00 NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 4. ABC. (CARDS) ALPHABET CARDS . This is a COMPLETE SET OF 26 ALPHABET CARDS! Circa 1880, each card measures 3 x 4 (blank versos). Each card has gilt background with large letter in red in the upper left corner and stamped in the upper right is advertising for Blakes Piano Palace in Boston. Each card is humorously illustrated in bright colors in a style reminiscent of Crowquill, two thirds of which feature misbehaving, naughty little children. A scarce and charming set. $800.00

6. ABC. (FIREFIGHTING) ABCS OF FOREST FIRE PREVENTION by R.M. Watts. Ottawa: Cloutier, (1950). 8vo, (6 x 7 3/4), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A wonderful ABC with a fire prevention theme published by the Forestry Branch of the Dept. of Resources and Development in Canada. Illustrated in color on every page - D stands for Death, Destruction and Danger. $200.00

RARE AND CHARMING HAWAIIAN ABC 7. ABC. (HAWAII) MENEHUNE ALPHABET BOOK by Betty Allen. (Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific 1949). 14 stiff card pages ring-bound on top edge, one leaf reinforced at rings else VG. There is a legend in the Hawaiian Islands that the first people who lived there were the Menehunes, or pixies. The letters of the Hawaiian alphabet are presented by these little brown Menehunes, illustrated in color and printed on one side of the paper. Each letter is in capital and lower case with simple verse as text. H is for Holoku / Our Sunday best. / Hiamoe / To sleep or to rest. A charming and scarce ABC. $300.00 JOBS ALPHABET 8. ABC. (JOB) ABC PAR JULES LEMAITRE. Tours: Mame (1919). 4to (9 3/4 x 11 3/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips lightly rubbed else near Fine. 1st edition of this beautiful French alphabet book illustrated by JOB with full and partial page color illustrations in his distinctive lavish and style. Each letter has several illustrations of the object accompanied by informational text. (See Mahoney et al. Illus. Child. Bks p.148 - outstanding foreign picture book). $475.00

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NICE McLOUGHLIN ALPHABET 13. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) NURSERY ABC AND SIMPLE SPELLER. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, circa 1870. 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 3/8), pictorial wraps, [12]p. including covers, slight cover wear else near Fine (comes from a 19th century shop whose contents were found untouched). Each letter has a wonderful and large color pictorial initial accompanied by word lists and short sentences. The cover is engraved by Howard. Well printed and with colors vibrant. $350.00

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McGUFFEY PRIMER 9. ABC. (McGUFFEY) McGUFFEYS NEWLY REVISED ECLECTIC PRIMER - Newly Illustrated. NY: American Book Co. (1867). 16mo, (3 7/8 x 6 1/8), pictorial wraps, 34p., Fine. Intended as a first book for children this features a charming pictorial alphabet with a cut for every letter, plus simple words, progressions and spelling, also illustrated with cuts. Well printed. $125.00

DECO LINEN ABC 10. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) A * B * C OF HAPPY PLAYTIME. No place, (McLoughlin 1927). Large 4to, pictorial linen, VGFine. Illustrated in bright color on every page by DOROTHY HOPE SMITH. Each letter shows children engaging in a different pastime - portrayed in typical 20s / flapper style. $150.00

NICE McLOUGHLIN ABC 11. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) AUNT LELYS PICTURE ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (30 Beekman St)., no date circa 1865. 12mo (5 1/4 x 6 ), pictorial wraps, margin soil on a few pages, VG+. Each leaf has a fine 3/4 page engraving with a large red letter superimposed on the picture (signed W.G. MASON). Each page has a 4 line rhyme about the letter beneath the illustration. Well designed and well printed. Scarce. $500.00 MCLOUGHLIN ABC OF CHILDRENS NAMES 12. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) MAJORS ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1870. 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 1/4), pictorial wraps, slight bit of margin soil on rear cover else Fine+ condition (comes from a 19th century shop whose contents were found untouched). This is a charming alphabet of childrens names, illustrated with wonderful chromolithographs on every page with most pages featuring 3 pictures per page. O is Octavius, Q is Quintus, U is Urban. A beautiful copy with vivid colors. $425.00

McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER ALPHABET 14. ABC. (MILITARY) SOLDIER ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. ca 1900. Folio (10 1/4 x 13 1/4), pictorial wraps, a few margin mends and spine mend, VG+. Brightly illustrated with 2 full page chromos and 6 full page brown and whites depicting soldiers from around the world including Rough Riders, Zouave, artilleryman etc. Text for the ABC is inside front and rear covers. Y if for Yataghans, Blades broad and keen; In Eastern lands only, in use they are seen. $400.00 ABC MOTHER GOOSE NOVELTY 15. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE...HER ALPHABET. Akron: Saalfield 1946. Oblong 4to, spiral backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper with a few pieces off back panel and with repairs on verso. Illustrated in full color opposite each rhyme by JANE FRANCES. Individual letters of the alphabet extend over the tops and sides of the pages that disappear as the pages are turned until all letters are used. These can also be used as tabs so that the child can turn directly to a rhyme beginning with a specific letter. $225.00

McLOUGHLIN ABC 16. ABC. (NAMES) BABY BUNTING ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. Inc., circa 1915. 4to (6 3/4 x 9), pictorial wraps, fine. Nearly every letter stands for a different childs name. Illustrated in 3-color on each page to accompany text in verse. C is Clara, kissing her Cat; D is Dans Dog, who at dinner sat. $125.00

Helen & Marc Younger GREAT CLOTH ABC 17. ABC. (NAMES) NURSERY ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1906. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4, some soil, fraying and creasing, G+. This is a wonderful alphabet of names printed on cloth. Illustrated in typical turn of the century style in bright colors. M is for Matthew, Quite fond of his books. N is for Nathan. too vain of his looks. $125.00

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NISTER ABC 18. ABC. (NISTER) ABC FOR THE LITTLE ONES. London: Nister, no date, circa 1890. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards., some soil and wear to covers else VG. This beautiful Victorian ABC is printed on thick card pages. Q is for Queenie, Z is for Zulu Doll. Illustrated in color on every page. $225.00

LARGE WARNE ALPHABET 21. ABC. (OBJECTS) MY ABC BOOK. London: Fred. Warne, no date, circa 1910. Folio (10 x 12 ), cloth backed decorative boards, color pictorial paste-on, name inked out inside cover else VG+. This is a large format alphabet book with every page mounted on linen, printed on rectos only. There are 2 letters per page, each letter printed in color in large font. Each letter is represented by 2 or 3 objects which are illustrated on that page with charming chromos. There is also a nice illustration on the title page and there are 2 pages of the complete alphabet in capital letters and in lover case. This is a basic but lovely ABC. $250.00 22. ABC. TINY TOTS ABC. London: Childrens Press, no date circa 1945. Oblong 4to (10 x 8 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. Brightly illustrated with color lithos by G.I. SMITH done with a broad style and a touch of humor. Printed on blue backgrounds, this is stylishly done. $200.00

NOAH ADVERTISING ALPHABET 19. ABC. (NOAHS ARK) NOAHS ARK PRIMER. Syracuse: Handford Manufacturing 1912. 5 x 7, pictorial wraps, some edge fraying else VG. This is a charming advertising ABC in verse with a Noahs Ark theme. Illustrated in full color on every page. Beneath each rhyme are 2 lines touting the benefit of Hanfords Balsam. B is for The Big Brown Bear can sniff and growl/ And through the woods he likes to prowl / He digs up roots and climbs the trees/ To rob the hives of honey bees. Put Hanfords Balsam on bee stings to stop the itching. Something a bit different. $225.00 26 MINIATURE ABC BOOKS IN A BOX 20. ABC. (NOVELTY) ALPHABLOCK BOOKS by Edward Ernest. NY: Grosset and Dunlap 1943. There are 26 miniature books - each 4 square, housed in the publishers pictorial box measuring 9 square. Books are fine, box is slightly dusty else near Fine. Each book has illustrations and words for a different letter, illustrated in typical 40s style by Lee Morss. The covers of the books have large block letters. Graphically arresting and a great ABC / Miniature item. $450.00

THREE ABCS: TOYS * RHYMES * ANIMALS 23. ABC. (TOYS) WONDER ABC BOOK : THREE JOLLY ALPHABETS. London: Collins ca 1930. 4to, cl. backed pictorial bds, some rubbing, VG+. Featuring ALPHABET OF TOYS, ALPHABET OF ANIMALS AND ALPHABET OF NURSERY RHYMES, wonderfully illustrated in bright colors by CECILY STEAD and E.W.B. Its interesting to note that A is for African rather than N for Negro. $175.00

RARE IDA WAUGH ABC 24. ABC. (WAUGH) IDA WAUGHS ALPHABET BOOK by Amy Blanchard. Phil: Lippincott 1888. 4to,(9 x 10 3/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and edge wear, VG. Printed on heavy paper on rectos only, each leaf has an alphabet pictorial border and there are line illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. The letters are also portrayed in humanized forms being composed of little children in various positions. Rare. $650.00

ABC SEE ALSO 98, 152, 315, 418, 441, 523

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25. (ADAMS,FRANK)illus. THE BABES IN THE WOODS. London: Blackie no date circa 1915. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, VG. Illustrated with 12 fine color plates, 3 full page line illus. and pictorial endpapers all in Adams distinctive style. $200.00
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ADULT (KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) 112, 199, 246, 337, 483, 493, 540 ADVERTISING 19, 153, 531 AESOP - 154, 243, 249 AFRICA 181

30. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. A CHRISTMAS DREAM. Boston: Little Brown (1901). 8vo (5 1/8 x 11 ), green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green, white and gilt, 55p. + 1 leaf of ads, Fine. 1st separate edition from Lulus Library Vol. 1. Illustrated with 3 halftone plates by H. Ireland and with 2 pen and inks done for this edition. BAL 232. $250.00 FIRST APPEARANCE OF ALCOTT STORY 31. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. OLD FASHIONED THANKSGIVING [IN] ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE. This is a bound volume of six issues of St. Nicholas Magazine volume 9, Part 1 November 1881 - May 1882. NY: Century Company. 4to, 7 x 10, 3/4 leather and cloth, near Fine. Pages 8-16 contain the first appearance of this story that was later incorporated into a volume of Aunt Jos Scrap Bag. This volume also contains work by Celia Thaxter, Frank Stockton, Mary Mapes Dodge and is heavily illustrated in black and white. $500.00 32. ALDIN,CECIL. MERRY PUPPY BOOK. London: Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1913. 4to (8 x 9), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest bit of edge rubbing, Fine and bright. 1st edition. A fabulous books of dogs stories including the Mongrel Puppy, The Farmyard Puppy and the White Puppy. Featuring 36 full page color illustrations plus numerous black and whites throughout the text. This is a great copy of a rare Aldin title. $1200.00

STICK DOLLS 26. AINSLEE,KATHLEEN. CATHARINE SUSAN AND ME GOES ABROAD. London & NY: Castell & Stokes, no date (1906). 12mo (4 3/4 x 5 ), stiff pictorial card covers, lacks ties else VG+. Featuring fabulous full page chromolithographs chronicling the travels of these charming stick dolls to Paris, Switzerland and elsewhere. $275.00

27. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. JOS Roberts 3/4), BOYS. Brothers, dark green Boston: 1886 cloth, First

(1886). 12mo, (4 3/4 x 6 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial ads, Fine condition. classic 1 16th 211. copy. (sheets in edition, first state of this measure BAL bulk).

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28. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870 (1870). 12mo (4 x 6 ), terra cotta cloth, 378p. + 8 p. ads. Occasional internal soil, binding slightly leaning, soil on spine affecting a few letters, really a nice clean copy of the first edition second printing mentioning earlier titles on the copyright page and with error on p.159 still present. Illustrated with 4 black and white plates. This is a nice copy of a difficult to find first edition. BAL 163. $475.00

IN RARE DUST WRAPPER 29. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. THE CANDY COUNTRY. Boston: Little Brown (1900). 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 ), tan cloth stamped in pink, green and gilt, 52p. + [1]p. ad, offsetting on endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER! (dw chipped). 1st separate edition of this story extracted from Lulus Library Volume 1. Illustrated with 3 halftone plates and one pen and ink drawing done for this edition. BAL 229. This is an incredible copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $350.00

33. ALDIN,CECIL. PICKLES. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1909]. 4to (10 x 11 ), cloth backed pictorial boards,light corner stain on 2 pages of text, rear free endpaper a copy, edges worn, overall VG condition. This is the tale about the adventures of a mischievous puppy who pulls apart the golliwog doll and generally causes trouble until he is caught. Written by Aldin for his daughter and told from the dogs point of view. Illustrated with 24 fabulous color plates on heavy green paper plus pictorial endpapers. Very scarce. $850.00

Helen & Marc Younger RARE ALDIN TITLE 34. ALDIN,CECIL. PUPPY DOG FROLICS. London & Glasgow: Collins Clear Type Press, no date, circa 1930. Folio (10 1/4 x 13 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed, rear cover soil, VG++. Printed on coated paper there are 16 full page color illustrations of an Aberdeen Scotty dog with one line of text below plus 2 illustrations in black and white. There is also a charming pictorial border on every page. The illustrations are from Gyps Hour of Bliss but the colors used are different from Gyp and the pictorial border is new. This is a rare Aldin picture book. $975.00

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37. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. NY: Nelson, no date, circa 1924. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 180p., near fine in worn, soiled and chipped dw. Illustrated by Anderson with 12 beautiful color plates plus b&ws in text and pictorial endpapers. A beautiful edition of this classic, scarce in the dw. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $475.00

38. ANDERSON,WAYNE. LEPRECHAUN COMPANION: ORIGINAL ART. This is the original drawing that appears on page 40. of Niall Macnamaras book the Leprechaun Companion published in 1999. The image itself is 6 wide x 8 greatly reduced in the book. It is done on tracing paper dry mounted on acid free paper. Executed in color pencil, depicted is a large leprechaun serving a tennis ball with a smaller leprechaun sitting on a toadstool. The tennis net is held up by 2 smaller toadstools. Anderson is a British artist who has previously won the Gold Medal for the best illustrated childrens book (Ratsmagic) and who won the 2001 National Art Library Illustration Award. An absolutely charming image, sold with fine first edition of the book. $1500.00

LOVELY COLOR ORIGINAL ART WITH TENNIS THEME

AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION - 192

TUCK GIFT BOOK 35. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. HANS ANDERSENS FAIRY TALES edited by Edric Vredenburg. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1902. 4to (7 x 10), blue cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, spine end frayed else near Fine. 10 fairy tales including the complete Snow Queen, Little Mermaid, Wild Swans, Tinder Box and more. Illustrated with 8 beautiful chromolithographed plates by E.J. Andrews and with beautiful flowing, art nouveau black and white drawings by S. Jacobs. This is a lovely edition of Andersens favorite stories, one of Tucks lavish gift books. $350.00
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN ALSO 36, 88, 271, 377, 390, 392

39. (ANGELO,VALENTI)illus. ROLLER SKATES by Ruth Sawyer. NY: Viking Press 1936 (Oct. 1936). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4), pictorial cloth, 186p., Fine in slightly worn dw with few small chips. 1st edition. Set in New York City in the 1890s featuring a girl named Lucinda who traveled all over the city on roller skates. Illustrated throughout by Angelo with lovely line drawings. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $200.00 40. (ANNING BELL, ROBERT)illus. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE by Charles & Mary Lamb. NY: Trulove Hanson & Comba, no date [1899]. Thick 8vo, 372p., red gilt pictorial. cloth, teg, VG+. First edition. Illustrated with 10 full page woodcuts by Bell in Art Nouveau style. $225.00
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36. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANDERSENS FAIRY STORIES by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London: Collins Clear Type Press, no date, circa 1915. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4), 160p., blue cloth stamped in gold, pictorial paste-on, slight bit of wear, near Fine. 11 fairy tales are illustrated by Anderson with 8 beautiful color plates plus numerous full and partial page line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. $400.00
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ARMENIA - 499

REVOLT OF THE UMBRELLAS! 41. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. PARAPLYERNES OPROR [THE UMBRELLAS REVOLT] by Kjeld Abell. Copenhagen: William Hansen 1937. 4to, cl. backed pictorial. bds, sl. darkening of cover, else VG+. Each page of text faces an almost surreal full page color illustration by Abell that depicts what happens when umbrellas decide to rebel. Artistically executed and a unique story line. You dont need to read Danish to enjoy this book. $200.00 HUMANIZED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 42. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CHILDREN by Edna Groff Diehl. Chicago: Whitman, 1923. 12mo, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, VG+ in torn and chipped dw. From the Aunt Estes Stories Series. A compilation of stories about humanized fruits and vegetables. Charmingly illustrated in color by Vera Stone. $175.00
ANTHROPOMORPHISM SEE ALSO 45, 211, 226, 329

ART DECO - 1, 95, 96, 219, 269, 276, 403, 404, 486, 487, 509 ART NOUVEAU - 40, 372 ART (ORIGINAL) - 38, 43, 106, 163, 227, 242, 270, 286, 304, 335, 349, 375, 405, 428, 449, 462, 519, 520, 559, 565 ARTHURIAN - 308

SCARCE ATTWELL PICTURE BOOK 44. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCY)illus. BABYS BOOK. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1920. 4to (7 x 10), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG. Pages are mounted on thick boards. Illustrated with pictorial title page, decorative border around each page of text and 16 fine full page color illustrations by Attwell (incl. covers). The illustrations are vivid and beautiful. Scarce. $850.00

AUSTRALIAN INTEREST - 230, 231, 400, 401

43. (APPLETON,HONOR)illus. ORIGINAL ART: JOSEPHINE GOES TRAVELING. This is a wonderful watercolor signed by Appleton that appears on p. 52 of Josephine Goes TRAVELING. The image measures 7 x 9.5 on paper 10x 13. Captioned in pencil But just in time up came Dora this is a charming image with dolls and toys. $2850.00

WONDERFUL HONOR APPLETON ART

HUMANIZED BOWLING PIN 45. AVERILL,ESTHER. ADVENTURES OF JACK NINEPINS. NY: Harp. Bros. (1944). Small 4to, cloth, fine in frayed dw. Stated 1st ed. The successor to Averills Jenny Linsky, Jack Ninepins is a humanized bowling pin that has many adventures. Illus. by Averill in color. This from the library of Bertha Mahoney Miller with her bookplate. $150.00
AVIATION 211, 238, 563 BABY BOOK 411 BAKER,JOSEPHINE 74

FIRST EDITION THUS OF SIX BANNERMAN BOOKS IN ONE 46. BANNERMAN,HELEN. JUMBO SAMBO. Philadelphia: Stokes (various dates 1942). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ), cloth, 223p., two page publisher forward, Fine in VG dust wrapper frayed at spine ends. 1st edition. Containing:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Little Black Sambo Sambo and the Twins Little Black Quasha Little Black Bobtail Story of the Teasing Monkey Story of Little Kettle-Head

This edition done with Bannermans approval includes the complete texts of each story and the original color color lithos on every page. Nice copy, very scarce in the original Stokes edition, more often found as the Lippincott reprint. $750.00 47. BANNERMAN,HELEN. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA. NY: Stokes Sept. 1903. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 142p., edges rubbed and light finger soil else clean, tight, VG. 1st U.S. edition of the third Little Black book by Bannerman, printed on one side of page and with a full page color illustration facing each page of text. $850.00
BARNHART, NANCY 247

Helen & Marc Younger RARE POP-OUT PANORAMA PETER PAN 48. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN I WENDY. Barcelona: Editorial Joventut no date ca 1930. Oblong 4to, pictorial board panels folded accordion style, some cover soil, VG+. Each side of the 12 panels is illustrated in color by A. Salo. There are 3 tab operated moveable pages so that when the tab is pulled, the illustration becomes 3 dimensional. Rare. Barrie see also 473, 554. $1200.00

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51. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton 1904. 4to, red pictorial. cloth, 287p., 6 tiny margin mends, front hinge sl. rubbed but not weak, occasional margin soil and slight cover soil else near FINE AND BRIGHT. 1st ed. FIRST STATE in B binding with red cloth titled in dark blue on spine panel and in blue and silver on front cover, the spine with a decorative image of General Jinjur standing atop an emerald. 1st issue sheets, with no publication date on the copyright page, the illustration on page [4] in large format, illustrations on page [22] and page [27] in reverse order - likewise the tailpieces on pages 82 and 158. Numerous full and partial page black & whites, 16 full-page color plates on glossy stock inserted throughout the text block. by J.R.NEILL and photo-pictorial endpapers.s of Montgomery and Stone. This is a beautiful copy of the rare first/first and in reality, rarer than a first/first of the Wizard. HG II. $12,500.00

BEAUTIFUL COPY OF 1st/1st MARVELOUS LAND

49. (BAUER,JOHN AND EINAR NORELIUS)illus. BLAND TOMTAR OCH TROLL. Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlunds 1945. Sq. 8vo, bds, pictorial. paste-on, 130p., soil on rear leaf, VG+ in chipped dw. Illustrated by Bauer with 3 richly colored tipped in plates (in style of Tenggrens 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

50. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. Hill 1900. Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., Fine and bright clean and tight, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed., second state with no box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads low wail of, p.81 fourth line from bottom spells pieces correctly, p.[227] 1st line reads While the Woodman, colophon in 13 lines with no box, verso title page has copyright, imperfect type on pages 100, 186, color plates perfect on p. 34 and 92. Binding state c with publishers imprint in red serifed type with the o of Co. inside the C. Hanff/Greene I.2 binding state C, Peter Parley To Penrod p. 111-113. Wonderful color illustrations by W.W. Denslow for one of the most famous childrens books of all times. This is a remarkable, beautiful, clean copy of the first edition. $32,500.00

FINE FIRST EDITION OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

52. BAUM,L.FRANK. PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1913). 4to, green pictorial. cloth, 341p. + 5p. of ads. Tiny snag at base of spine and name erased from title edge else VERY FINE and bright! 1st ed. (H/G VII) ( but c in chap. 3 on p. 35 does not overlap text). Illustrated by J.R. Neill with fabulous color pictorial endpapers plus a profusion of color and b&w illus. throughout the text. The 5 pages of ads offer synopses of the previous five titles for those readers new to the series. A wonderful copy of this early Oz title, rare in this condition. $1800.00

IN DUST WRAPPER 53. (BAUM,L.FRANK). PURPLE PRINCE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1932). 4to, deep purple cloth, pictorial. paste-on, tiny rub area on rear corner else fine in VG+ sl. frayed dw ($1.75 price and ads through this title). 1st ed. 1st state, illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates coated on one side plus b&ws intext. A beautiful copy. H-G XXVI. $2000.00

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IN DUST WRAPPER 54. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE WISHING HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1935). 4to, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, corner of cover plate rubbed else fine in VG+ dw (dw correct price and ads through this title, frayed at head of spine). First ed. (H-G XXIX). Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, 12 beautiful color plates plus black and whites in-text (plain endpapers as issued, this being the only Reilly & Lee title not to have pictorial endpapers). A beautiful copy. $1750.00

58. BAUM,L.FRANK. BAUMS AMERICAN FAIRY TALES. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1908). Sm. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [223]p., cover plate ever so slightly soiled else fine and bright. 1st ed. thus. 1st issued in 1901, this edition has 3 additional stories and an authors note written for this edition. It is newly illustrated with 16 color plates by GEORGE KERR. This edition is actually more difficult to find than the 1901 version and this is a beautiful copy. $800.00

55. (BAUM,L.FRANK)

GRAMPA IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago:

Reilly & Lee (1924). 8vo, brick red cloth, pictorial paste-on, occasional finger soil, hinges discreetly strengthened, VG+. 1st ed., 1st state with perfect type on p. 171 numeral,189 last worn penultimate line, (H-G XVIII). Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates (coated 1 side). $600.00

56. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WOGGLE-BUG BOOK. Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1905. Folio, (11x15). Green cloth spine, stiff pictorial card covers with yellow stippled background and the title in yellow on rear cover, [48]p. Covers soiled with a small portion of front bottom corner restored, corner of title a little frayed, else internally VG clean, overall VG. 1st ed. secondary binding (Bibliographia Oziana 1988 ed. p.78). According to the Schiller catalogue (#138) this was most likely issued to increase interest in Reilly & Brittons major publication of the previous season, the Marvelous Land of Oz and possibly also to promote the forthcoming musical comedy, The Woggle Bug. Featuring the most fanciful and fabulous full page and smaller color illustrations by IKE MORGAN to accompany a tale that continues the story line begun in a newspaper series entitled Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land Of Oz. A large, fragile book and consequently very few intact copies have survived. $3000.00 1ST PRINTING BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS 57. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN PANAMA by Floyd Akers (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7), brown cloth stamped in black, cream and white, 310p., VG-Fine (3rd color plate is opposite p.248, cover picture sl. rubbed, small rough area front hinge). 1st edition, 1st printing of the second Boy Fortune Hunters title (open book on title, Chicago printed twice on title, no ads at end, Bienvenue p. 283 variant with last line on p.310 is powerless to control not THE END). Illustrated with 4 color plates by Howard Heath. This is a great copy of a rare series book by Baum writing under his pseudonym of Akers. $1200.00

ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL BAUM BOOKS

59. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ. Salem: Parker Bros. (board copyrighted 1921). This is the original Oz board game in the cardboard box. The box has a gorgeous chromolithographed color plate on the cover showing Dorothy standing in front of the Tin Man and next to the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow is sitting on the back of the Cowardly Lion with Oz in the background. The box flaps neatly repaired and small corner discoloration on board else a bright and near fine example. First edition early issue with the earliest form of the game board that repeats box cover illustration, wooden pieces replace pewter and different rules booklet. Inside the box is a fabulous game board that measures 18 square when opened. Housed in a separate wooden box are 4 wooden markers and 6 wooden dice printed with letters that spell WIZARD. Also present is a 4 page rule booklet with a 1 page printed supplement. This is a great example of this popular game, quite rare. $2250.00 OZ IMITATION THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by Curtis Dunham.

THE WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ

60. BAUM IMITATION. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (Sept. 1906). 4to, grey pictorial boards, sl. wear, near Fine. First edition of this fantasy, and an obvious imitation of the Wizard of Oz. It is illustrated by GEORGE F.KERR with 8 color plates. In addition, literally every page is illustrated with the text being superimposed upon the illustrations. These background illustrations are done in a series of various colors from yellow to blue to green to orange etc. A particularly nice copy of a most attractive and scarce childrens book. $600.00

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Katherine Gibson. Chicago: Robert Smith (1901) 4to, blue pictorial. cloth, FINE. An obvious page as A Oz that the imitation change book with color illustrations on every in nice 458) color

BOOK OF TRADES / SHOPS 65. (BEDFORD,F.D)illus. BOOK OF SHOPS by E.V. Lucas. London: Grant Richards no date circa 1900. Large oblong 4to (12 x 9 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, some soil, two small margin mends, VG+. Probable first edition with ad listing no later titles. This charming Book Of Shops with verses by Lucas has decorations on all text pages and features 24 full page color illustrations (one for each shop) plus 3 additional color illustrations for the half-title, title and contents pages. The pictures are very detailed views of the interiors of various shops or environments of outdoor trades. Includes Bookseller, Baker, Ironmonger, Watch maker, Toy Store, Village Store and more. Extremely scarce. $1200.00

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particularly (Schiller $300.00

BAUM SEE ALSO 380

BAYNES, PAULINE - 322, 323

LARGE McLOUGHLIN TEDDY-BEAR PICTURE BOOK 62. BEARS. THE STORY OF TEDDY THE BEAR by Sarah Noble Ives. Springfield: McLoughlin no date ca 1920. Folio, cl. backed pictorial. bds, tips sl. worn else near Fine. The adventures of a captured teddy bear cub is beautifully illustrated with 5 full page color plates and many 2-color illus. all throughout the text. A great book in excellent condition. $350.00 RARE TEDDY BEAR EDUCATIONAL BOOK 63. BEARS. TEDDY BEARS PAINTING & DRAWING BOOK by F.I. Wetherbee. NY: H.B. Claflin (1907). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and some normal shelf wear, some blank pages already artfully colored, VG. 1st ed. Designed by the author to entertain the child, designed to train the eye and hand and give the little folks a proper idea how to plan out lessons. Containing 24 full page color plates of Teddy Bears with the same illustrations, in line only, that are meant to be colored by the child. Also includes other subject matter as well. A rare early Teddy Bear book. $500.00

BOOK OF TRADES PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 66. (BEDFORD,F.D)illus. FOUR AND TWENTY TOILERS by E.V. Lucas. London: Grant Richards no date [1900]. Large oblong 4to (12 x 9 1/4), 103p., cloth backed pictorial boards, cover scratched some with edge and corner wear, else tight, clean and VG. 1st ed. A charming Book Of Trades with verses by Lucas and featuring 24 full page color illustrations (one for each profession) by Bedford, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Meigs calls this another book ahead of its time (p. 401). $850.00 SCARCE BEMELMANS CHRISTMAS TITLE WITH ENVELOPE 67. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINES CHRISTMAS. [NY]:McCall 1956. 5 1/8 x 7 1/4, pictorial wraps, Fine WITH ORIGINAL PICTORIAL ENVELOPE (rear flap repaired, toned where originally attached to magazine). 1st edition, not published in hardcover form until 1986. Illustrated in color throughout, this is a fragile and very scarce Bemelmans item, especially with the envelope. $400.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER THREE BEARS IN POLISH 64. BEARS. TRZY NIEDZWIEDDZIE W. THE THREE BEARS] by L. Tolstoi. 68. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG.

MADELINES RESCUE. NY: Viking 1953 (1953). Folio (9 x 12 1/4), cloth, 56p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with small chip at head of spine. 1st edition. Madeline is saved from drowning by a dog. Beautiful color illustrations by the author. copy. Nice

Swierszsza: Z. Rosyjskiego, no date, circa 1935. 4to (6 5/8 x 8 ), pictorial wraps, faint edge stain on one leaf else near Fine condition. The story of The 3 bears is $300.00 illustrated with beautiful color lithographs by M. Gluchowa.

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $1000.00

BEARS SEE ALSO 105, 196, 591

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69. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. SUNSHINE: a story about the city of New York. NY: Simon & Schuster. (1950). Folio, bds, near Fine in dw worn on spine. 1st ed. Similar in size and format to Madeline, this is the story of a childrens music school and a housing shortage with a thoroughly New York theme. Great color pictorial. endpaperss plus color illus. on every page. $250.00

74. BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pictorial cloth, ink scribbling on 2 pages else VG. A childrens book written by the famous ex-patriot Black singer Baker featuring her rainbow of children from all races. Wonderfully illustrated in color by PIET WORM. This copy is INSCRIBED BY BAKER and TIPPED IN IS A PHOTO OF BAKER SIGNED BY HER. $1600.00

JOSEPHINE BAKERS CHILDRENS BOOK INSCRIBED

70. BESKOW,ELSA. PETERS VOYAGE. NY: Knopf 1931. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial. boards, faint edge stain on boards else Fine in stained and frayed dw. 1st US edition of Lillebrors Segelfard, trans. with simple text from the Swedish by Rita Sherman. Peter and Teddy Bear set out for adventures in a little boat. Printed in Sweden and illustrated in color on every page by Beskow. $250.00 IN PUBLISHERS BOX 71. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. ONE THOUSAND POEMS FOR CHILDREN edited by Roger Ingpen. Philadelphia: Jacobs (1923). 4to, (7 x 9 ), 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 FINE COPY OF BETTS RAGGEDY MAN 72. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. THE RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907). Large 4to (10 x 11 ), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine. First edition. Printed on coated paper. Illustrated by Betts (a Brandywine artist from Howard Pyles school) with 8 magnificent rich color plates as well as with a lovely decorative border and line illustrations on each page of text. A nice copy of a beautiful book. $400.00
BIRDS - 100, 330, 314, 406

PRE-RAPHAELITE INFLUENCE / BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL 73. BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL. (METEYARD,SIDNEY) GOLDEN LEGEND by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Hodder and Stoughton [1910]. 4to (8 x 10), gilt pictorial cloth, FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX. A sumptuous production, this is illustrated by SIDNEY METEYARD, a Birmingham School stained glass artist, with 25 magnificent tipped-in color plates reminiscent of Brickdale and Burne-Jones. A beauty. $850.00

WITH MOVIE TO BUILD 75. BLACK INTEREST. (BARSKE, CHARLOTTE) KING COTTON by Charlotte Barske. Poughkeepsie: Artists and Writers Guild 1938. Folio, pictorial. wraps, covers frayed on edges else VG. The story of cotton from planting seeds until going to the gin is illustrated with color lithos of Blacks in the fields etc by GEORGE WRIGHT. In the rear of the book are 2 sheets of 18 smaller photos. The reader is instructed to build a small theater and to use the pictures as a movie. $150.00 76. BLACK INTEREST. (BLUMBERG, FANNIE) ROWENA TEENA TOT AND THE RUNAWAY TURKEY by Fannie Blumberg. Chicago: Whitman 1936 (1936). 4to, cloth, 32p., some cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. Rowena, Teena and Tot are three little colored girls from Indiana who visit their grandmother down South for Thanksgiving. Absolutely charming color illustrations throughout by MARY GROSJEAN. $225.00

Helen & Marc Younger KEMBLE ILLUSTRATIONS 77. BLACK FOLKS FROM INTEREST. DIXIE by NY: 8vo (5 (DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE) Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dodd Mead 1898.

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80. BLACK INTEREST. (OUTCAULT,R.F.) PORE LIL MOSE HIS LETTERS to his MAMMY by R.F. Outcault. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Grand Union Tea Co. / N.Y. Herald 1902. Oblong folio, (14 3/4 x 10 ), cloth backed pictorial card covers, corners worn and slight cover soil else near FINE! Printed on rectos (one side of the paper) only, each leaf is gloriously illustrated in color showing the exploits of a little Black boy named Mose and his friends as they adventure in Cottonville and New York. Characters are depicted in stereotype and text is in dialect. Very rare in complete condition and rarer still in such clean condition. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $4000.00

MOSE - A 20TH CENTURY RARITY

x 7 3/8), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 263p., top edge gilt, near Fine. 1st ed. Written by Dunbar in dialect and illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE with 2 color plates and 6 b&w plates. $350.00

78. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN). THE CHILDS 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 (4 x 6), brown blind stamped cloth, 158p. + [2] p. ads, some foxing and spine ends worn, VG. The stories are based on real characters but the names have been changed. Following an 8 page impassioned plea to children to end slavery, the stories are titled Little Lewis: the Story of a Slave Boy by Julia Colman, Mark and Hast; or, Slave Life in Missouri by Matilda Thompson, Aunt Judys Story: a Story from Real Life by Matilda Thompson and Me Neber Gib It Up! about a slave who wants to read. Illustrated with 10 engravings - 8 plates and 2 in-text depicting whipping a slave, hunting a runaway slave, the private sale of a slave and more. Very scarce and a nice copy. $1450.00

EARLY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY CHILDS BOOK

PHOTO ILLUSTRATED BLACK READER 81. BLACK INTEREST. (READER) GIFTS by Emma Akin. Oklahoma City: Harlow Pub. 1938. 8vo, red cloth, 184p. title page creased else Fine. This is a fascinating reader for Black children, dedicated to American Negro Boys and Girls. Illustrated with silhouettes and with photos of Black children by the Man Stone Co. Very scarce in such nice condition. $500.00

REVIEW COPY OF HAMILTONS FIRST BOOK 79. BLACK VIRGINIA) INTEREST. (HAMILTON, ZEELY by Virginia Hamilton.

NY: Macmillan (1967). 8vo, cloth, fine in sl. rubbed dw. Stated 1st printing of Hamiltons first book. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP Very LAID-IN. Illus. with striking full page black and whites by SYMEON SHIMIN. scarce. $400.00

82. BLACK INTEREST. (STUART,RUTH McENRY) DADDY DO-FUNNYS WISDOM JINGLES by Ruth McEnry Stuart. NY: Century 1913 (1913). 8vo, cloth, 95p., edges of covers soiled else VG. 1st ed. Black folk poems in dialect as spoken by an ex-slave from a Crepe Myrtle plantation. Illustrated on every page in line in the style of Kemble by G.H. Clements. Very scarce. $225.00

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TEN LITTLE NIGGER RAG BOOK 83. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. London: Dean ca 1904. 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

DENSLOW IMITATION 87. BOYLAN,GRACE. OUR LITTLE HAWAIIAN KIDDIES Volume 4 of KIDS OF MANY COLORS. NY: Hurst (1901). Small 4to, pictorial. cloth, some holes in spine paper else Fine. Text in verse about children from Hawaii, Greece, France, Italy and Holland. Illustrated with stereotypical bold color illustrations by Denslow imitator IKE MORGAN. $200.00

RARE SWEDISH ART DECO EDITION BY NERMAN 84. BLACK INTEREST. (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS)10 SMA NEGERPOJKAR. Stockholm: Ringens Forlag (1932). 5 3/8 x 7 1/4, pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. This traditional counting rhyme has fantastic color illustrations by Swedish artist Einar Nerman in typical Art Deco style. Musical notation is also included. This is a charming and scarce version. $850.00
BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 2, 46, 47, 277, 305, 376, 388, 563

88. (BOYLE,E.V.)illus. FAIRY TALES by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1872. 4to (10 x 12 ), brownish maroon cloth extensively illustrated in black and gold, beveled edges, all edges gilt, 94p. + ads, spine ends inconspicuously strengthened and slight cover soil, near Fine. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press, engraved by the Leighton Brothers, this contains 8 fairy tales including Snow Queen, Wild Swans, Ugly Duckling, Little Mermaid, Thumbkinetta, Fellow Traveller and the Angel. Illustrated with 12 magnificent, and almost indescribably beautiful, large full page chromolithographs done in rich colors. This is very scarce in such nice condition, and arguably the most lovely illustrated version of these fairy tales. $3250.00

BOYLES MASTERPIECE

BLAKE AND YEATS ILLUSTRATED BY CHILD ARTIST 85. BLAKE,WILLIAM. SONGS OF INNOCENCE. London: Medici Soc. (1927). 4to, cloth, 42p., Fine in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition. There is a two page letter by Yeats introducing the illustrator JACYNTH PARSON, a young girl of only 16 who began painting at age 3. Illustrated with 12 magnificent color plates and with a profusion of delicate and lovely black & whites throughout the text. A beautiful copy of a special book. $275.00
BORGES, JORGE LUIS - 324

BRANDYWINE SCHOOL ARTISTS - 71, 72, 256, 395-6, 408-410, 424, 463, 511, 541-2, 574-6, 584, 593-597 BROCK, CHARLES - 384

89. BROOKS,WALTER. FREDDY AND SIMON THE DICTATOR. NY: Knopf 1956 (1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in frayed dw with some neat mends. Stated 1st ed. Illustrated in b&w by KURT WIESE. A nice copy of a very uncommon title. $375.00

IN DUST WRAPPER 86. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M)illus. VIEILLES CHANSONS ET RONDES. Paris: Plon-Nourrit no date, oblong 4to, decorative grey cloth, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. soiled). A companion to Boutet de Monvels Chansons de France. Illustrated with charming color illustrations on every page to accompany musical notation for nearly 30 songs. Nicely printed with rich colors and an outstanding copy rarely found in dw. $375.00

BOWLING - 45

BOXED LIBRARIES - 3, 20, 263, 569

SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER 90. BROWN,MARCIA. ONCE A MOUSE. NY: Charles Scribners Sons (1961 A). Squarish 4to (9 x 9 /34), durable pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper (no medal, price intact). 1st edition. The text is a fable from the Hitopadesa retold by Brown and beautifully illustrated by her with striking color woodcuts. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROWN. Winner of the Caldecott Award and extremely scarce in such nice condition. $1500.00

Helen & Marc Younger SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER - SIGNED 91. (BROWN,MARCIA)illus. CINDERELLA or the little glass slipper freely translated from Perrault. NY: Scribner (1954 A). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4), cloth, corner slightly worn else Fine in VG dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award seal, small chips off spine ends). First edition, first printing. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautifully illustrated in color by Brown. One of the most difficult to find award winners, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BROWN. $1500.00

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MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK 96. BROWNING,ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). Square small 8vo (5 3/4), pictorial boards, owner inscription on copyright page else Fine in lightly soiled and frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. of this title in the MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR SERIES, beautifully illustrated in bold colors by G.M. RICHARDS. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying ... it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of book design were little short of revolutionary. $275.00
BRUNDAGE, FRANCES - 385

SLOBODKINA ILLUSTRATIONS 92. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE LITTLE COWBOY. NY: William Scott 1948. 4to, pictorial. boards, Fine in dw with a few closed tears and spine chip but really very nice. 1st edition, in the same series as the Little Fireman. This is wonderfully illustrated in color by ESPHYR SLOBODKINA. Bader p.216. $400.00 93. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. LITTLE FUR FAMILY. NY :Harper Bros 1946. 16mo, 3x5 BOUND IN REAL FUR, and complete with pictorial box with circular cut-out in the bears stomach through which the fur protrudes. Book is fine, box is lightly browned with some mends and rubbing. First edition. Illustrated by GARTH WILLIAMS with full and partial page color illustrations. $1000.00

97. BURGESS,GELETT. BLUE GOOPS AND RED. NY: Frederick Stokes (Oct. 1909). 4to (8 x 10 1/8), green, red and blue pictorial cloth, 81p., slightest of cover soil else near fine. 1st edition. The most difficult to find Goop title and the most unusual, this is a MOVABLE FLAP book as well. Versos of each page have a Goop poem. Facing each poem is a blue (naughty) Goop illustration. When the flap is turned, the (good) red Goop illustration is revealed, with a short story for each illustration and situation (pictorial endpapers as well). $875.00

BURGESS MOVEABLE FLAP GOOP BOOK

CHRISTMAS AND CATS 94. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. PUSSYCATS CHRISTMAS. Crowell 1949. Square small 4to (7 1/4), cloth, fine condition in dust wrapper (dw VG condition, not price clipped, a few chips). 1st edition, first printing. Christmas as seen through the eyes of a cat, illustrated with lovely full page and smaller color lithographs by Helen Stone. A scarce Brown first edition. $375.00

NY: Thomas

GOOP NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 98. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOP TALES ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. NY: Frederick Stokes (1904). 4to, (8 x 10 1/3), blue pictorial cloth, small spot on rear cover and margin soil on last 2 pages else near Fine. A wonderful ABC book involving Burgesss famous naughty children who just dont 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 great line illustrations. $850.00

ART DECO / IN BOX 95. BROWNING,ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Chicago: Whitman (1927). 4to (7 x 9 1/4), maroon gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER AND ORIGINAL PICTORIAL PUBLISHERS BOX! (box flap repaired). The stunning art deco JAMES McCRACKEN edition featuring bold, stylized color illustrations on nearly every page. An outstanding copy, rare in wrapper and box. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $350.00

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BURGESS / BOXED VOLLAND 99. BURGESS,THORNTON. THE BEDTIME STORY CALENDAR: Enchanting Tales of Field and Forest Playmates for Little People. Chicago: Volland 1915. 5 wide x 11 tall, paper wraps bound with silk tassels, [54]p. including title page plus 1p. ad, slight soil on covers of calendar else near fine in original pictorial box! (box flaps replaced). Printed on rectos only, there are 53 different stories illustrated in blue and black by an unknown hand (initialed D). The cover is in full color in typical Volland style. Very scarce. Wright p.57. $600.00

CABELL, JAMES BRANCH - 463

103. CADY,HARRISON. HARRISON CADY ANIMAL BOOK. Racine: Whitman 1928. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4), linen like flexible pictorial wraps, slight cover soil else VG+. Each page features a large, very brightly colored illustration of a different humanized animal (lion, bear, hippo, kangaroo etc) with 6 lines of text beneath each picture. Very striking. $300.00

104. CADY,HARRISON. HARRISON CADY PICTURE BOOK. Racine: Whitman 1928. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4), stiff pictorial wraps, name erased in margin else VG+. Each page features a large, very brightly colored illustration of a different humanized animal (frog, pelican, owl, etc.) with 6 lines of text beneath each picture. Very striking. $300.00

100. BURGESS,THORNTON. BLACKY THE CROW. Boston: Little Brown 1922 (April 1922). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, near Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. Nice copy of one of the scarcer Burgess 1st editions. $225.00

105. CADY,HARRISON. OL MR. BEARS HONEY HUNT. Racine: Whitman 1928. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4), linen like pictorial wraps. Some cover soil and spine wear, VG condition. A wonderful picture book, written by Cady as well as illustrated by him with full page and smaller vibrant color illustrations. $200.00

INSCRIBED BY BURGESS 101. BURGESS,THORNTON. LITTLE JOE OTTER. Boston: Little Brown 1925 (Oct. 1925). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, slight edgewear to 3 pages else near fine. First edition, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 great color plates. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BURGESS DATED 1925. $450.00

102. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. SECRET GARDEN. NY: Stokes (Aug. 1911). 8vo, blue gilt cloth, 375p., top edge gilt, slightest of rubbing else near fine. 1st ed. published simultaneously with the illustrated edition but considerably more scarce. BAL 2115. $1750.00

SECRET GARDEN FIRST EDITION RARE BLUE CLOTH

106. CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: SEAL HAVING A FEAST FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here is an original finished pen and ink drawing signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The image is much larger than it appears in the book, done on artist board mounted in an acid free matte. Full of much charm and detail, the image depicts the Red Cross Seal and Traffic Carp enjoying a seafood feast under the sea (appears as a half-page illustration on p.34 of the book, colored during printing). Image measures 11 wide by 5 3/4 high on board 15x10. $1500.00

FABULOUS ART FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK

Helen & Marc Younger 107. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6), stiff full color pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Series B-1 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations and 8 full page b&ws designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00
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MINIATURE EDITION 111. (CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH)illus. R. CALDECOTTS London: George Routledge, no date, circa 1885. 12mo, (4 3/4 x 5 ) pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, covers naturally discolored else Fine. Containing: Babes in the Wood, House That Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of Mad Dog and Diverting History of John Gilpin. Illustrated in color and brown line, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Rare. $400.00 112. (CALDER,ALEXANDER)illus. NY: Museum of Modern Art (1944,1946). Large 4to, red cloth, Fine in worn dw. First issued in an edition of 60 copies in 1944, this is the second edition LIMITED TO 3000 copies. A selection of nursery rhymes selected by James Sweeney and illustrated by Calder with numerous black and whites. Printed by the Golden Eagle Press, this is an attractive book, selected by the AIGA for their show of the best childrens books of 19451950. $200.00
CAMPBELL, ELEANOR - 157

THREE YOUNG RATS and other rhymes.

108. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6), stiff full color pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Series B-2 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations and 8 full page b&ws designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00 109. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book. (NY: John Eggars 1922). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6), stiff full color pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Series B-4 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations and 8 full page b&ws designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00
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CARPENTER, JOHN & RUE - 427

113. CARROLL,LEWIS. ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: Macmillan & Co. 1866. 8vo (5 3/8 x 7 5/8), early full polished blue calf with triple gilt rules by Riviere with the original covers and spine bound in at the rear. The spine has raised bands in 6 compartments with a gold flower design, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, a Fine copy. First published edition, with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. The publishing history of this title is now well known. Because Carroll was unhappy with the original printing of Alice he recalled all copies to destroy them. It was re-set by Clay and released in November of 1865 with the 1866 date on the title page. Only a very few copies of this first recalled issue are known to exist. The remainder of the unacceptable first issue sheets were sent to New York and bound by Appleton with a new title page. TIPPEDIN TO THIS COPY IS A QUIRKY 2-SIDED LETTER BY CARROLL USING HIS CHARACTERISTIC PURPLE INK! Dated Feb. 8. 1888 it reads: Dear Steward, I am much obliged for the estimates for the electric bell, and shall be quite willing to bear my share of the expense, under any of the arrangements named, I should want a push in each of my 2 bedrooms - Hadland thought that (as both rooms look out North) the best way to reach them would be to continue the roof cord, & bring it down outside and in at the windows: however, you can arrange it as you think best. Please not to charge further Quarterage, for C.R., to Mr. S. W. Worthington. Very Truly Yours, C. L. Dodgson. $12,500.00

FINE 1st EDITION OF ALICE WITH LETTER FROM CARROLL

110. CADY,HARRISON.

PETER

RABBIT

Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6), stiff full color pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Series B-3 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations and 8 full page b&ws designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00

CADY, HARRISON ALSO 100, 101 CALDECOTT AWARD HONORS - 339, 418, 521 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS - 68, 90, 91, 130, 191, 274, 338, 460, 513, 546

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114. CARROLL,LEWIS. (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Paris: Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong 4to, white wraps, 114p., covers and flyleaves lightly foxed else fine in original slip case and chemise (case scuffed and soiled some). LIMITED TO ONLY 350 COPIES FOR AMERICA PRINTED ON RIVES PAPER. Illustrated by MARIE LAURENCIN with 6 magnificent color plates. Quite scarce. $4000.00

MARIE LAURENCINS BLACK SUN PRESS ALICE

KRAZY KAT * NEMO * KATZENJAMMERS AND ALL THE COMIC CHARACTERS 118. CARTOONS. ALL THE FUNNY FOLKS by Jack Lait. NY: The World Today (1926). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 112p., two tiny margin mends else near Fine. The author has taken all of the leading comic characters from the 1920s and interwoven them into one adventure story. You name them and theyre here: Maggie, Jiggs, Dinty Moore, Tillie the Toiler, Krazy Kat, Barney Google, Happy Holligan, Ignatz, Katzenjammers, Nemo, Slim Pickens and dozens of others. Illustrated in full, bold color on every page. Rare in this condition. $500.00

115. CARROLL,LEWIS. (MARAJA) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. NY: Grosset & Dun. [1957]. Folio, white pictorial. boards, 110p., fine in sl. worn dw. Illus. by MARAJA with wonderful full page color illustrations. WMGC P.246, Lovett 352. $250.00 SCARCE SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED ALICE 116. CARROLL,LEWIS. (SOWERBY) ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Duffield / London: Chatto and Windus 1908. 8vo (6 x 9), rose colored cloth stamped in white, pictorial paste-on, 166p., corner stain on edge of a few leaves else VG+. 1st American edition with these illustrations and the first edition to have new illustrations after the copyright expiration. Illustrated by MILLICENT SOWERBY with 12 beautiful color plates plus illustrated chapter heads in line. An extremely scarce edition (Lovett 218a). $450.00 ALICE PARODY 117. CARROLL INTEREST. ALICE IN WUNDERGROUND AND OTHER BLITS AND PIECES by Michael Barsley. London.: John Murray 1940. 8vo, pictorial. wraps, 48p., cover soiled else VG. 1st ed. A World War II Alice parody with a bombing theme. Illus. in line by the author. Quite scarce. $150.00
CARROLL, LEWIS SEE ALSO 376, 392, 542

OPPERS HAPPY HOOLIGAN 119. CARTOONS. THE STORY OF HAPPY HOOLIGAN by Marion Kinnaird. Springfield: McLoughlin 1932. Folio, pictorial card covers, some cover soil, VG. Illus. in color on every page by Frederick Opper. Quite scarce. $350.00
CARTOONS SEE ALSO 80, 107-110

BEAUTIFUL CAT SILHOUETTES 120. CATS. FLUFFY CATS TAIL by Ann Aliza Sample. Chicago: Whitman (1931). Oblong small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight soil, VG+. 1st edition of this wonderful fairy tale, illustrated by the author with fanciful full page SILHOUETTE SCISSOR CUTS. Unusual. Necker 1719. $125.00

CATS SEE ALSO 94, 131, 199, 212, 216, 266, 267, 272, 413, 423, 442, 489, 518, 581-3 CHAMBERLAIN PRESS - 318 CHARUSHIN, E. - 501 CHAUCER - 130 CHAPBOOKS - 195, 361 CHINA - 274

GERMAN CHRISTMAS SHAPE BOOK 121. CHRISTMAS. LIEBEN (SHAPE BOOK) VOM Nurnburg:U. CHRISTKIND.

Jaser, circa 1930. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, light wear, VG+. The cover depicts an angel holding up a Christmas tree in the night sky and the book is die-cut in the shape of clouds. Inside are Christmas The book is not poems charmingly illustrated in color by CURT JUNGHANDEL. religious in nature and the illustrations are of children and toys and other Christmas scenes. $275.00

Helen & Marc Younger BEAUTIFUL RARE TUCK SHAPE BOOK 122. CHRISTMAS. (SHAPE BOOK) LETTER FROM OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS by E. Lecky. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1890. 4to (7 x 9 3/4), cloth backed pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of Santa, one small corner repaired else near Fine. Each leaf is complete covered with beautiful chromolithographs by Emily Harding, with text inserted on the page. Very fine printing and a beautiful Christmas book. Rare title. $650.00

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125. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Brentanos, no date circa [1923]. Large thick 4to (8 x 10 3/4), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge tinted black, others trimmed, no decoration on spine, 412 numbered pages, black endpapers, slightest bit of fading near Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed). The first edition of this title had no color plates. This is the color plate edition illustrated by Clarke with 8 beautiful tipped-in color plates, 24 detailed black and white plates and 26 other vignettes. Much scarcer than the more commonly found Tudor edition. Clarkes style is perfectly suited to Poes text. $950.00

DEANS FLUFFDOWN RAG BOOK

CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 67, 94, 244 CINDERELLA - 136, 173, 205, 263, 433, 527 CHUKOVSKI - 234, 504

126. CLOTH

BOOK.

ANIMALS

AND

THEIR LITTLE ONES.

London: Deans

Rag Book Co. Ltd., no date, ca 1914. 8vo, (6 GREAT 30S CIRCUS PICTURE BOOK McKEE ILLUS. 123. CIRCUS. Elizabeth Gale. (1930). CIRCUS BABIES by A Chic: Rand. McNally x 8 1/4), pictorial cloth, 14p., As New. Charming color illustrations on every page by Stanley Berkeley of baby animals with their parents. Well printed, this is a Dean Fluffdown Rag Book No. 62. See Cope: p.68. $250.00
CLOTH BOOKS ALSO 2, 17, 83, 209, 219, 342 COCK ROBIN - 185 COATSWORTH, ELIZABETH 583 COLERIDGE, SAMUEL T. - 430

Sq. 4to, cloth, 100p., Fine.

wonderful story book with a circus theme featuring fabulous, bold full page and partial page color illus. by JOHN DUKES McKEE. $200.00

10 MINIATURE BOOKS IN SIMULATED TENT 124. CIRCUS. TEN RING CIRCUS BOOKS (edited by Eva Knox Evans. NY: Capitol Pub 1949). Housed in an oblong pictorial card case simulating a circus tent are 10 miniature books - each with a circus theme. The case and all of the books are illustrated in color by Richard M. Powers, and each book fits into its own slot. Titles include Koko the Clown, Jerry the Juggler, Pedro the Peanut Man and others. A wonderful 40s item in excellent condition. $200.00

127. COLLODI,CARLO. LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO. Firenze: Societa Editrice Toscana no date, circa 1923. 4to, (7 3/4 x 10) cloth, pictorial paste-on, 191p., paper aging on edges, 2 leaves creased, endpapers renewed, G-VG. A wonderful Italian language edition of this classic, illustrated with color cover by C. TOPPI and with 7 color plates, 7 halftone plates and many line illustrations by C. SARRI. Great! $450.00

FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO PRINTED IN AMERICA 128. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIOS ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, cloth blue pictorial cloth, edges and corners rubbed else VG+, clean and tight, 212p., (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). First edition printed in America and very scarce, especially in decent condition. Illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces. $900.00
CIRCUS SEE ALSO 152, 443 CLARK, ANN NOLAN - 432

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129. COLLODI,CARLO. (SARG) PINOCCHIO edited by Watty Piper. NY: Platt & Munk (1940). Offered here is SET OF 6 PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES IN THE ORIGINAL BOX! (published by Platt & Munk). Sold with a copy of the book published in 1940 by Platt and Munk (book spine taped, corner of title page repaired and corner of ep off otherwise tight and clean). The six puzzles inside reproduce the six color plates from the book. The puzzle set is quite rare. Who better than Sarg to illustrate this classic? $500.00

SARG/PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES

133. CRANE,WALTER. FIRST OF MAY: A FAIRY MASQUE. London.: Henry Sotheran 1881. Oblong folio (19 x 15), leather spine, color pictorial fairy motif paste-on with gilt art nouveau design. Some rubbing, foxing in margins, lacks ties, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED INDIA PROOF COPIES SIGNED BY CRANE. A fairy play dedicated to Charles Darwin consisting of 57 folio sheets, each with delicate and intricate photogravures of elves, frogs, flowers and more. The handwritten text is in play format. Spencer notes that much of the art was done during a series of visits to Sherwood Forest (p.82). A lovely and rare Crane work. $1850.00

RARE CRANE FOLIO SIGNED

COLLODI, CARLO ALSO 163

COOKING - 226

SIGNED CALDECOTT AWARD 130. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX adapted by Cooney from Chaucer. NY: Crowell (1958). 4to (8 x 10 1/4), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (not price clipped, no seal, sl. fraying at spine ends else VG+. 1st edition, first printing. Brightly illustrated in color by Cooney. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. THIS COPY SIGNED BY COONEY. $800.00

RARE CRANE TITLE 134. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKESPEARES TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. London: J.M. Dent & Boston: Copeland & Day, 1894. Folio, (11 3/4 x 14 3/4), loose as issued, housed in a two-color cloth box decorated in gold. Some wear to front joint of box else Fine. LIMITED TO 650 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CRANE AND DALLAS who printed the plates using his process called Dallastype. (Dallas certified that the plates were destroyed so no more copies could be made). Containing 8 incredibly beautiful art nouveau plates, executed on tissue then matted with lettered tissue guards. A great copy with none of the foxing that often occurs with this item and a most difficult to find Crane work. $850.00

CORY, FANNY - 536

NISTER FINGER COUNTING GAMES 131. COUNTING BOOK. BABY FINGER PLAY AND STORIES by John Howard Jewett. London & NY: Nister & Dutton nd ca 1900. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG. Almost every page of text (in large type) faces a wonderful full page chromolithograph. The text takes the Ten Little Indian theme using only five numbers and using the hand with painted tips to play the counting game. Five sets of rhymes show how PIGS, KITTENS, DOGS, BUNNIES AND CHICKS play hide and seek with baby fingers and get lost and found again. Counting Books see also 83, 84, 190. $200.00
COWBOYS - 394

BROWNIES IN DUST WRAPPER 132. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century Co. (1894). 4to (8 x 10 1/4), glazed pictorial boards, xi, 144p., edges and extrems lightly rubbed, first 2 leaves scattered foxing else NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (wrapper chip off front panel and soiled). 1st ed. of the 4th Brownie book wherein these little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia and all over the world. A nice copy, rarely found with the DUST WRAPPER. $975.00

135. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD [by Perrault]. London & NY: John Lane The Bodley Head, no date [1898]. 4to (9 x 10 5/8), pictorial wraps, [12]p. including covers and endpapers, Fine condition. Originally published in 1875, this is part of the Large Series for which Crane designed NEW PICTORIAL COVERS AND ENDPAPERS NOT APPEARING IN THE ORIGINAL EDITION. Featuring 8 fine, lush and magnificent full page color illustrations engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. An unusually nice copy. $275.00

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Helen & Marc Younger CINDERELLA * PUSS * JACK & BEANSTALK * HOP O MY THUMB 136. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus. CRUIKSHANK FAIRY BOOK. NY: G.P. Putnam 1897. Tall 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ), blue cloth, 216p., all edges gilt, elaborate gilt pictorial covers and spine signed by FBS, margin repair on page with list of illustrations, occasional finger mark, VG+. Containing PUSS IN BOOTS, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, HOP O MY THUMB and CINDERELLA with 40 black and white plates by Cruikshank that reproduce magnificently in all their grand detail, and with decorative initials and headpieces. The pictorial binding is really a work of art and this, taken with the fine illustrations, make it a wonderful edition of these tales. $350.00 INSCRIBED BY HYMAN & CUSHMAN / NEWBERY WINNER 137. CUSHMAN,KAREN. THE MIDWIFES APPRENTICE. NY: Clarion (1995). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4), cloth, As New in dust wrapper (dw as new with no award medal). 1st edition, 1st printing. This is the story of a homeless waif in the 14th century. Illustrated with a color dust wrapper by TRINA SCHART HYMAN. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Warmly INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND INSCRIBED BY TRINA SCHART HYMAN AS WELL! Scarce in the 1st edition with both signatures. $450.00 FOLK-PEASANT ILLUSTRATIONS 138. CZECHOSLOVAK. FOLK SONGS OF BOHEMIA translated by Raf. Szalatnay. Printed in Prague by Koppe-Bellman. Pub. in NY by Raf. Szalatnay in 1925. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial. boards, sl. cover soil else near Fine. A companion to Rudolf Mates beautiful picture books, this is illustrated with pictorial endpapers and many beautiful full page color illustrations by MARIE FISCHEROVA KVECHOVA to accompany traditional folk songs arranged by Dorothy Cooper. The illustrations are in the folk-peasant style of Mates and are quite lovely. (See Mahoney et al. p.136). $275.00
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GREAT LADA PICTURE BOOK 139. CZECHOSLOVAK. (LADA) SVET ZVIEAT [The World of Animals]. no publication information [Prague: B. Koci] circa 1920. 8vo (6 5/8 x 7 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, VG+. A charming board picture book illustrated by noted artist JOSEPH LADA with pictorial covers plus 20 full page color lithographs of humanized animals. A few lines of verse by Czech poet Petr Kricka are below each picture. Hurlimann (p.226) says his fresh and genuine vision is timeless and notes that Jiri Trnkas work is barely thinkable without the splendid popular tales and drawings of his predecessor Joseph Lada. Very scarce. $750.00
CZECH INTEREST SEE ALSO 336

140. DAHL,ROALD. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. NY: Knopf (1964). 8vo, red cl. blind stamped on cover, [162]p, Fine in price clipped dw with no tears, light creasing. 1st ed. (correct colophon and no isbn #). Illus. in b&w by Joseph Schindelman. Later copies have the same original published price but have the ISBN # on rear cover amongst other indicators that they are not first, thus proving that the price is not the determinant of edition. Even later editions change the nature of the Oompa-Loompas who are portrayed as stereotypical Blacks in the first edition. LAID IN IS A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY DAHL. Done on his personal stationary, dated 1975, written to an American elementary school class. It is a charming and personal 10 line letter boldly signed by him in blue ink (creased on right margin, a closed tear). This is a special copy, scarce. $4000.00

WITH TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY DAHL

WITH A LETTER AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI 141. DE ANGELI,MARGUERITE. THE DOOR IN THE WALL. Garden City: Doubleday & Co. (1949). 8vo (6 x 9), blue cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with closed tear and small chip at corner. Stated First Edition, written and illustrated be her with 1 double page and 2 full page color illustrations and with many full and partial page black and whites. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE to a fan done on a promotional piece from the publisher. The content is wonderful, explaining how she arrived at the title for the book completely by accident when she mis-heard something her husband said. THIS COPY IS ALSO INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI on a tipped-in publishers promotional color illustration from the book. Altogether a very special copy of this wonderful book. $650.00

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142. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. LE ROI BABAR. Paris: Jardins des Modes / Conde Nast (1933). Folio (10 x 14 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of cover scratching else VG+. 1st edition of the third Babar book, full of glorious color illustrations. $700.00

DE LA MARES FIRST BOOK - DOYLE FRONTIS 147. [DE LA MARE,WALTER]. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD by Walter Ramal. London.: Longmans Green 1902. 12mo, blue cloth stamped in gold, parchment spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, 106p., some light soil else near Fine. 1st edition of de la Mares first book using his pen name of Walter Ramal. The poems are for children of all ages, including Dame Hickory, As Lucy Went a Walking, etc. Illustrated with a gravure frontis by RICHARD DOYLE captioned Under the Dock Leaves. It is interesting to read how Doyles illustration came to be used. De la Mares brother in law introduced him to a literary agent who in turn introduced them to Andrew Lang, an advisor to the publisher. When Longman decided to publish de la Mares book, Lang offered his prized Doyle watercolor for the book. De la Mare felt that if the poems were good enough, ones imagination could provide the pictures, but as a newcomer he accepted the offer. $1200.00

143. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. LE VOYAGE DE BABAR. Paris: Jardin des Modes (1932). Folio (10 x 14 ), cloth backed pictorial boards. Light cover scratching as usual, margin soil on a few pages, VG+ and tight. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND BABAR BOOK featuring rich color illustrations on every page. $700.00 144. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. ZEPHIRS HOLIDAYS. NY: Random House (1937). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight rubbing, near Fine in edge frayed and chipped dust wrapper. 1st ed. of the fourth book in the series. This is an entire book devoted to Babars friend Zephir the monkey. With calligraphic text and the same wonderful color illustrations as the Babar books. Nice copy. $600.00

148. DEFOE,DANIEL. LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. London: Printed by T. Cadell & W. Davies 1820. 4to (7 x 10), 2 volumes, v.1 xcii [1] 2-429, v.2 v [1] - 415. Original full calf bound by Reviere with gilt rules on covers and extensive gilt tooling on spines in compartments, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, inconspicious professional strengthening of joints, a near Fine set with the most minimum of spotting. Illustrated by Thomas Stothard with 48 exquisite copper engraved plates which includes a complete second set of plates on India paper before lettering. Volume one has a fascinating 92 page essay on Defoe and his works done for this edition. Although first published earlier with Stothards engravings, the publisher notes: the engravings were executed so inadequately to the present state of the arts it is no wonder the Public shewed little sense of their extraordinary merit. Now at length entire justice has been done to the genius of the celebrated painter who conceived them (p.lxv). Considered one of the best illustrated editions of this classic, rare with the extra suite of plates. $2850.00

RARE LARGE PAPER COPY WITH A SECOND SET OF PLATES

145. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BABAR COMES TO AMERICA. NY: Random House (1965). 4to, glazed pictorial. bds, Fine in sl, worn dw. 1st American ed. (correct price and no ads for later titles). Wonderful color illus. on every page. Quite scarce. $400.00 SIGNED WITH SKETCH 146. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BONHOMME AND THE HUGE BEAST. NY: Pantheon 1974. 4to (8 3/4 x 9), pictorial boards, some natural darkening in gutters from binding glue else VG+ in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition, first printing (correct code). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY DE BRUNHOFF WITH SMALL SKETCH! The story is the second adventure of a little creature named Bonhomme and his playmates Emilie and Huge Frog in the Land of the Pink House. Featuring wonderful full page color illustrations by De Brunhoff and a charming fantasy. $400.00

GREAT McLOUGHLIN EDITION 149. [DEFOE,DANIEL]. ROBINSON CRUSOE. NY: Mcloughlin Bros. ca 1870. 4to, pictorial. wraps, some spine wear and soil, VG. Aunt Louisas Big Picture Series. Story told in verse and illus. with 6 very fine chromos. A great edition. $200.00

Helen & Marc Younger ELEPHANT CRUSOE BY NISTER 150. [DEFOE,DANIEL] (ROBINSONADE). JUMBO CRUSOE by Clifton Bingham. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa 1900. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover scratching else VG+. Featuring 12 fabulous full page chromolithographs depicting Robinson Crusoe as a humanized elephant and Friday as a Bear. Also illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus many full and partial page line illustrations, all by G.H. THOMPSON. A humorous and quite scarce picture book. $1500.00
DENMARK - 41, 271, 389

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154. (DETMOLD,EDWARD)illus. THE FABLES OF AESOP. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Thick folio, white gilt pictorial. cloth, gilt top, bookplate removed from blank endpaper else FINE. LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DETMOLD and illus. with 25 of the most magnificent tipped-in color plates that you will ever see (with lettered paper guards). This is an excellent copy of a beautifully produced and illustrated book, containing 2 extra plates not found in the trade edition. A masterpiece. Scarce in such nice clean condition. $2750.00

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY DETMOLD

HUMPTY DUMPTY 151. DENSLOW,W.W. DENSLOWS HUMPTY DUMPTY and other stories. NY: Dillingham, (1903). 4to, (8 1/2 x 11), green pictorial wraps, 16p. including covers, covers dusty else VG+. A wonderful picture book with text adapted by Denslow and illustrated by him in bold color throughout in Denslows distinctive style. Very scarce. $475.00 6 DENSLOW TOY BOOKS 152. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. DENSLOWS ONE RING CIRCUS AND OTHER STORIES. Chicago: Donohue (Dillingham 1903). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, cloth slightly worn in two areas in gutter else near fine. This is a circa 1910 anthology of 6 picture books originally issued separately. Containing Denslows One Ring Circus, Denslows ABC, Denslows Zoo, 5 Little Pigs, Tom Thumb, and Jack and the Bean-Stalk. Boldly and wonderfully illustrated in full color throughout by Denslow. Quite scarce. $950.00 153. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. FAIRBANKSS JUVENILE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES . (Chicago: Fairbank Co. 1911). Obl. 8vo, pictorial. wraps, 56p., sl. cover soil else near Fine. 1st ed. With 27 wonderful full page color illus. by Denslow. Greene-Hearn 49. $300.00

155. DICK AND JANE. BIG BOOK: THE NEW OUR BIG BOOK: CATHEDRAL EDITION. Chic.: Scott Foresman 1951. This is the giant sized Dick and Jane folio made for teachers to use as display in the class of parochial schools. Bound in black cloth measuring 19 wide x 26 high, sl. rubbing, VG-fine condition. Pages 3-26 are present - each page has a wonderful full color illustration the same as in the regular edition only for this version Dick becomes John, Jane becomes Jean and Sally becomes Judy. Puff and Spot remain their non sectarian selves. The text has the famous Oh, Oh, Look, Look etc. captions beneath the illustrations. The book is designed with easels that extend to make the book its own exhibit piece. Rare. $1850.00

RARE CATHEDRAL ELEPHANT FOLIO BIG BOOK

DICK AND JANE READER 156. DICK AND JANE. THE NEW FUN WITH DICK AND JANE by William S. Gray and May Hill Arbuthnot. Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman and Co. ed. of 1956. 8vo, pictorial. cloth, 160p., some soil, VG. Illus. in color. $250.00
DENSLOW,W.W. SEE ALSO 50, 87

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DICK AND JANE READER 157. DICK AND JANE. THE NEW PRE-PRIMERS (on cover) [TEACHERS EDITION] Guidebook to accompany the Three Pre-Primers by William S. Gray et al. Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman and Co. (1951). 8vo, pictorial. cloth, school stamp on endpapers and sl. rubbing, VG. This is the teachers edition containing teaching lessons plus the full texts of 3 Dick and Jane preprimers: The New We Look and See, The New We Work and Play and The New We Come and Go - each illustrated in color by Eleanor Campbell. Scarce. $450.00
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160. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY EN LAS CARRERAS [MICKEY MOUSE WADDLE BOOK]. Barcelona: Editorial Molino (1935 segunda edicion). 4to, pictorial boards, fine in sl. worn dw. THIS COPY IS ORIGINAL AND INTACT. IT INCLUDES THE 4 WADDLE FIGURES UNPUNCHED, AND THE PICTORIAL BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE COVER! THE ORIGINAL PRINTED PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION ENVELOPE CONTAINS THE RAMP AND THE BRASS FASTENERS. Stamped Archivo on the instruction envelope, this copy is undoubtedly the publishers file copy which would account for its spectacular condition. The American edition published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Press is the first ever waddle title in which die-cut figures can be assembled into full three dimensional color figures. When attached to their legs with the brass pieces included, the figures can actually move down the ramp without contrivances! Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Mickey, Minnie, Pluto (the dog) and Tanglefoot (the horse). The book is illustrated by the Disney Studios with color endpapers, 12 bright full color illustrations and many b&ws. This Spanish edition is identical to the American edition except for the translated text. This is a Disney book of the utmost rarity with few copies surviving complete with all of its original components intact. $8750.00

ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL MOVEABLES COMPLETE WITH UNCUT WADDLES!

DICK AND JANE SAMPLE BOOK 158. DICK AND JANE. ELSON-GRAY BASIC READERS: SAMPLE PAGES AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chic.: Scott Foresman ca 1937. This is a 16 page oblong 4to sample book folded in half to resemble the early Dick and Jane Elson-Gray pre-primers. The text offers an explanation of the entire Elson Gray series with sample pages and text, including Dick and Jane and ranging up to Book 6 for more proficient readers. Illustrated in color thoughout. Rare. $450.00
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FOLIO BIG BOOK 159. DICK AND JANE (imitation). BIG BOOK. [Boston.]: (Houghton Mifflin) circa 1940. This is a large sized Dick and Jane type folio made for teachers to use as display in the class. Spiral bound in blue boards 19 x 24 with an easel on the rear cover that allows the book to be propped up for display, 32p., edges rubbed else VG. In a direct imitation of Dick and Jane, this reader features Jack, Janet and Tip the dog. Printed on heavy card stock and wonderfully illustrated in bright colors in typical 40s style. Rare. $850.00

SCARCE EARLY DISNEY 161. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE FIRE BRIGADE. Racine: Whitman 1936. 4to (7 x 10), pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (dw slightly frayed). The adventures of Fireman Mickey, illustrated with full page red, pink and black illustrations plus pictorial endpapers and many partial page color and black and whites throughout the text. A beautiful copy of a very scarce Disney title. $875.00

DICKENS, CHARLES - 485

DIEHL, EDNA GROFF - 42, 423

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162. DISNEY,WALT.

MICKEY

MOUSE

STORY BOOK. Philadelphia: McKay (1931). 8vo, variant binding in cloth backed stiff pictorial card covers, 62p., near Fine and bright. Illustrated in black and white on

165. DISNEY,WALT. THREE LITTLE PIGS [and] THE BIG BAD WOLF AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. NY: Blue Ribbon (1933, 1934). 4to, pictorial. bds, tips rubbed else VG. Two books in one, illus. with great covers, color endpapers, full page color illus. and many full page and smaller b&ws by the Disney Studios to accompany this tale from Silly Symphony. Early Disney in nice condition with great color reproductions. $475.00

every page and with the small figure of Mickey in the corner of every page that appears to move when the pages are flipped. Nice copy. $400.00

163. DISNEY,WALT. PINOCCHIO: ORIGINAL DISNEY ILLUSTRATION. Offered here is a wonderful drawing by the Disney Studios for a Pinocchio Birthday card, circa 1945-50. The image is a pen and ink and wash illustration that measures 7 1/4 wide x 5 high done on artist board and nicely matted. The Disney label is in the lower corner of the board reading: By Permission / Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Ltd. #1441. Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, a cat and a fish are all present in this great image. $3200.00

WONDERFUL DISNEY - PINOCCHIO ORIGINAL ART

DISNEY BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER 166. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY ANNUAL. Racine: Whitman (1937). FOLIO, pictorial. bds, , 123p., paper aging and some wear to extrems else Fine in sl. chipped dw. Illustrated with 8 color plates and large half-page b&ws on almost every page of text. A very rare Disney title in the dw. Fabulous bold color cover of Mickey Mouse. $1500.00

164. DISNEY,WALT. SKETCH BOOK (OF SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS). London.: Collins (1938). 4to, tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw has 3 small chips on edges, 2 pieces out of spine, one of which wraps around to top of front cover removing the top part of 2 letters). 1st edition. THIS COPY IS SIGNED AND DATED 1938 BY WALT DISNEY! This book reproduces Disneys original 1934 sketchbook of studies for Snow White, the first cartoon film of feature length (adapted from Grimms fairy tale). Featuring 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates of the dwarves and other characters (with lettered tissue guards) and with many drawings depicting the development of each character. Never published in America, this is an important Disney item, made incredibly special with Disneys signature. $6000.00

SIGNED BY DISNEY - NEVER PUBLISHED IN U.S.

167. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEYS COUNTRY COUSIN. Phil: McKay 1937. Sq. 4to, pictorial bds, tail of spine chipped and edges rubbed else VG in frayed dw. The Country Mouse and the City Mouse, illustrated with great color illustrations by the Disney studios on every page. Quite a scarce Disney title. $250.00 DISNEY WWII GREMLINS 168. DISNEY,WALT. WINTER DRAWS ON - MEET THE SPANDULES prepared by the Safety Education Division, Flight Control Command of the United States Army Air Forces. 1943. Oblong 16mo (6 x 4.5), pictorial wraps, some cover soil, VG+. Spandules are relatives of Gremlins who get pilots in trouble in the air. Illustrated by the Disney Studios with 20 warnings in the form of humorous 3-color lithos showing pilots what to do to prevent encounters with these little fellows. The artwork is attributed to Disney animator Bill Justice who was also the artist responsible for drawing Roald Dahls Gremlins. (This according to an article by Jim Korkis on the never produced Disney Gremlins film). Rare. $850.00

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GYPSY FOLK TALES 169. (DOBIAS,FRANK)illus. THE GYPSY STORY TELLER by Cora Morris. NY: Macmillan 1931 (1931). 4to, cloth, Fine in chipped dw. 1st ed. Illus. with color frontis and many striking full page b&ws by Dobias to accompany folk tales from Roumania, Wales, Poland, Bulgaria, Transylvania, etc. (see Mahoney & Whit. 5 years Child.Bks p.159) $150.00

CINDERELLA PAPER DOLL IN BOX 173. DOLLS. (PAPER) THE FAIRY TALE SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS: CINDERELLA [on cover]. London: Raphael Tuck 1894. This is a lovely 9 paper doll with 4 outfits and 4 hats, housed in the original pictorial embossed folder. All are in fine condition. The doll wears a blue and white chemise. Her 4 dresses represent 2 different fairy tales, three gowns for Cinderella: Cinderella at the Ball, Fairy Godmother, and Cinderella at Home and one for Goody Two Shoes. The clothing is beautifully chromolithographed in a variety of colors with much detail and the four hats match the dresses. See Whitton: Raphael Tuck p.46, 50. Quite wonderful. $800.00

DODGE, MARY MAPES - 31

BULLDOGS 170. DOGS. BULLY BOY: THE STORY OF A BULLDOG AND HIS FRIEND JOCK by Harry Golding. NY: Platt and Peck nd ca 1910. 12mo, pictorial. bds, 96p., fine. A Little Wonder Book with 27 wonderful color plates by ARTHUR COOKE - showing the misadventures of a humanized bull dog and his cohorts. Great. $250.00
DOGS ALSO 5, 32-34, 131, 212, 270, 325, 423, 540

DOLL HOUSE IN A BOOK 171. DOLLS. (NOVELTY) MY DOLLYS HOME (BIDDIES ADVENTURE) by Doris Davey after Helen Waite. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton for Arts and General, (1921). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and list stain on the bottom of a few leaves else tight and VG, complete with the two sheets of paper doll figures uncut. There are 8 pages of text followed by vibrant color lithographed scenes (53) which follow the story. As each different part of the story is described, the reader uses the corresponding paper doll figures to re-enact the scenes as they progress from outside the house into the various rooms of the house. The rooms have doors and cupboards that open up into hiding places for the dolls, and each room is finely detailed with stylish furnishings of the era. A wonderful book, scarce. $850.00

174. DOLLS. (PAPER) LORDLY LIONEL the Prince and Princess Series of Dressing Dolls designed by Marguerite Macdonald. London: Raphael Tuck 1894. This is a handsome 9 paper doll with 4 outfits and 4 hats, housed in the original pictorial embossed folder. Light wear to the folder, dolls and outfits are Fine. The doll wears white underclothes. His elaborate costumes are beautifully chromolithographed in a variety of colors with much detail and the four hats match the clothing. See Whitton: Raphael Tuck p.42, 43. Quite wonderful. $800.00

HANDSOME MALE PAPER DOLL IN BOX

175. DOLLS. (WRIGHT,DARE) LONA: A FAIRY TALE by Dare Wright. London: Oldbourne (1964). Folio, pictorial boards, Fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st U.K. edition, (one year after U.S. ed.). A powerful wizard named Druth raised Lona who grew up to challenge his power and free the imprisoned kingdoms. Illustrated by the author with photos of dolls, this is an appealing original fairy tale with lovely photos throughout. $250.00
DOLLS ALSO 26, 43, 206, 239, 258, 261, 296, 412, 419, 426, 428, 488, 563, 589, 591 #172

WONDERFUL EARLY PAPER DOLL SET 172. DOLLS. (PAPER) BOXED PAPER DOLL SET: CHILDS NURSERY. no publication information except Made in Germany, circa 1870. Box edges show wear otherwise box and contents are in Fine condition. The box measures 11 3/8 wide x 8 1/8 with a large color picture on the cover depicting a childs bedroom, a child, a nanny and toys. Housed inside are dolls and furniture pictured on the cover. There are 2 paper dolls on stands: a 4 high child in a white chemise and the nanny in a hat 11 34 high. The child has 3 changes of clothing with hats. There are also 3 other large pieces with stands including a pram (6 x 5 ), a childs bed (7 x 8) and a bath tub (7 x 5 ) plus there are 6 small childs toys. The clothing and furniture are exquisite with much detail and fine rich color printing. Beautiful and rare. $1000.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 176. DONAHEY,WILLIAM. TEENIE WEENIE TOWN. NY: Whittlesey House (1942). 4to, red cloth, pictorial paste-on, (72)p., Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. These tiny people live in a shoe house under a rose bush and are always getting into trouble in their miniature world. Written by Donahey and illustrated by him with color pictorial endpapers, 10 full page color illustrations plus many black & whites. (Nice color Teenie Weenie bookmark on dw flap). Beautiful copy. $425.00

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DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN - 596

DOYLE, RICHARD SEE ALSO 147 DRAGONS - 260

THE TWO OTTO BOOKS IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX! 180. DU BOIS, WILLIAM PENE. GIANT OTTO [AND] OTTO AT SEA. NY: Viking 1936. 2 books, square 8vo (6 1/4), pictorial boards, light cover soil else near FINE IN DUST WRAPPERS IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX! (dws frayed, box sides repaired). First editions. Otto (a dog) and his master Duke have adventures in Africa and America. Illustrated with fabulous color lithographs (lithod by Glaser). This is a nice set of books, quite rare in the original box. (Bader p.176-7). Du Bois see also 337. $1600.00

FINE COPY OF TEENIE WEENIE READER 177. DONAHEY,WILLIAM. THE TEENIE WEENIES by William Donahey and Effie Baker. Chicago: Beckley - Cardy (1917). 8vo (5 x 7), pictorial cloth, 128p., a Fine copy, clean and bright. The Teenie Weenie story is rendered into reader format and illustrated in color by Donahey including pictorial endpapers as well. Extremely scarce in such fine condition. $375.00 TEENIE WEENIE READER 178. DONAHEY,WILLIAM. TEENIE WEENIE LAND by William Donahey and Effie Baker. Chicago: Beckley - Cardy (1923). 8vo (5 x 7), pictorial cloth, 128p., a Fine copy, clean and bright. The Teenie Weenie story is rendered into reader format and illustrated in color by Donahey including pictorial endpapers as well. Extremely scarce in such fine condition. $375.00

179. (DOYLE,RICHARD)illus. IN FAIRY LAND: a series of pictures from the elfworld with a poem by William Allingham. London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1870. Large folio, green gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 31p., free endpapers replaced with matching paper, 1 tiny mend in title else near fine. 1st ed. Consisting of 16 incredible color engraved plates (done by Edmund Evans) showing the denizens of Doyles fascinating fairy land. Evans earned the accolade of producing one of the 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 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, beautiful and lavish childrens books of any era and is considered to be Doyles best work. (see Osborne p. 619; Engen: Richard Doyle p.155-8...) A great copy. $3600.00

DOYLES MASTERPIECE

WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER - PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 181. DU CHAILLU,PAUL. STORIES OF THE GORILLA COUNTRY NARRATED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. NY: Harper & Brothers 1868. 8vo ( 5 1/4 x 7 ), green cloth with elaborate gilt spine and cover, 292p. + ads, Fine condition. First edition. Tipped-in is a CHARMING 4 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM DU CHAILLU DATED 1868! Written to a young family friend it is somewhat wistful: Since my return, I have wished several times I could be in Waterbury to have some nice fun and to try to be a boy again. Later, Du Chaillu remembers how funny it was when Your cousin seemed to be frightened of me. He thought I was a real cannibal! The text of the book relates the thrilling adventures and hairraising escapes of the author during his early years of exploring the interior of equatorial Africa, encountering animals and sights no white man had seen before. Illustrated in black and white throughout the text. In 1860 du Chaillu brought to the United States the first gorilla ever seen here. He was the first white man to bring back information about pygmies in the remote interior of Africa. His stories were so wild that many disbelieved him but he prevailed when his discoveries were verified. (He was also a member along with a variety of mostly literary figures in J. M. Barries amateur cricket team, the Allahakbarries). This is a special copy in great condition. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 28. $1100.00
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DULACS SIGNED / LIMITED TEMPEST 182. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Large 4to, full gilt vellum binding, silk ties renewed, top edge gilt, near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates on heavy stock. A magnificent copy of a sumptuous book. $2500.00

GREAT COPY IN PUBLISHERS BOX 185. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1915. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4), maroon cloth, elaborate gilt pictorial decoration, plain endpapers, spot on half title else FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX with a double elephant design in green (box flaps repaired, some soil and rubbing). Illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped in color plates with lettered tissue guards (guards have elephant design) mounted on heavier cream stock surrounded by decorative borders in dull gilt over green. Text pages have a green decorative border as well. This is a great copy. Hughey 21 variant. $750.00 SIGNED BY DULAC 186. (DULAC,EDMUND) illus. GOLDEN COCKEREL by Alexander Pushkin. NY: Limited Editions Club, no date [1950]. 4to (8 x 12), cloth with gold plated brass figure on cover, Fine condition in glassine, pictorial chemise and card slipcase (slipcase sl. faded). LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC and beautifully illustrated by him in color. LEC Monthly Letter laid in with interesting biographical material on Dulac. $400.00 SIGNED BY DULAC THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHE by

183. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Hodder & Stoughton nd (1914). Thick large 4to (9 x 11 ), full vellum with elaborate gilt decorations on cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, the most minimal cover soil, a Fine copy with ties renewed. 1st edition, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC (this #19). A most sumptuous and beautiful book, illustrated by Dulac with 23 tipped- in color plates on gilt decorated mounts with lettered guards and with gilt decorations and borders on text pages. This is an outstanding copy of one of Dulacs most lovely and desired books. Very scarce in the limited edition. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $6500.00

MAGNIFICENT DULAC LIMITED EDITION

187.(DULAC,EDMUND)illus. Walter Pater. NY: Limited Editions Club 1951. 4to, full vellum stamped in gold, Fine in fine slipcase. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC. Illustrated with 6 beautifully rich color plates by Dulac. A beautiful copy. $750.00

#184 - dust wrapper

MINT COPY IN DUST WRAPPER AND BOX 184. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. EDMUND DULACS FAIRY BOOK: fairy tales of the allied nations. London et al: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1916]. 4to (9 x 11), gold cloth with extensive decoration, MINT IN DUST WRAPPER AND PUBLISHERS BOX (near fine dw has light wear, box has flaps repaired with some toning). First edition. 14 fairy tales from around the world were written by Dulac with emphasis on nationalism. Illustrated with 15 very beautiful tippedin color plates set within gilt rules plus a pictorial title page. Titles include Snegorotchka, Russia; The Buried Moon, England; Bashtchelik, Serbia; The Serpent Prince, Italy; The Hind of the Wood, France; The Fire Bird, Russia; Urashima Taro, Japan; The Story of the Bird Feng, China and more. There exists confusion about the number of color plates in this title. The first edition has 15 plates and later editions have an additional color plate. This is an amazing copy, rare in the dw and box. $1500.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 188. DUMPY BOOK IMITATION. MONTY THE MONKEY by G. Hall. Bombay: Tahacker 1943. 12mo, 61p., cloth backed pictorial boards, VG. Thackers Dumpy Books No. 6. A Little Black Sambo imitation, each page of text in large type faces a full page illustration in line by G.P. Hall. A curious book. $200.00

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192. EARLY AMERICAN. FLOWERS FOR BUSY BEES TO LIGHT ON. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, no date, circa 1864. 4to, green cloth stamped in gold, 16 leaves printed both sides, slight wear to spine extrems else VG+. An unusually attractive book of short moral tales printed in large block type. Illustrated with 16 very fine engraved plates plus color engraved title page. Engraved by Van Ingen and Snyder (others in Hamilton, not this title). $225.00 18 WOODCUTS FOOTBALL ARCHERY AND MORE 193. EARLY AMERICAN. YOUTHFUL RECREATIONS. Philadelphia: J. Johnson, no date, circa 1805. 2 x 3 3/4, flexible board covers. [32]p + covers, 3 pages have margins trimmed close to text or picture else Fine. The authors promote play to ensure health: For he who sits by the fire all day, And never goes abroad to play, May keep himself from being cold, But may not live till he is old. They even suggest that the POOR need good exercise and if they cant play battledore or shuttlecock, they can play hopscotch. Illustrated with engraved title plus 15 fine full page engravings to accompany brief explanations of games. Illustrations include Football (a manly exercise not proper for girls), I Spie!, Trap Ball, Marbles, Archery, Battledore & Shuttlecock, Hopscotch, Rocking Horse, Trundling a Hoop, Ride in a Chair, Kite Flying, Rope Skipping, Blindmans Buff and Bait the Bear. Very sharp reproductions. Rare. Rosenbach 432, S&S 22130. $1850.00

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RARE PICTURE BOOK IN THE STYLE OF SMITH 189. (DUNLAP,HOPE)illus. RHYMING RING by Louise Ayres Garnett. Chicago: Rand McNally (1919). 4to (9 x 11 3/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and sl. cover soil, 64p., VG+. A companion to The Muffin Shop, this is beautifully illustrated by Dunlap with pictorial endpapers 7 color plates, 7 black and white plates, many lovely text illustrations and decorative borders- all in the style of the Brandywine women. The text contains charming poems for a young child. $400.00 190. DUVOISIN,ROGER. TWO LONELY DUCKS. NY: Knopf (1955). Obl. 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. A counting book for young children, beautifully illustrated in color and line by Duvoisin. $125.00

VERY SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER 191. (DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. WHITE SNOW BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin Tresselt. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1947. 4to (9 x 10 ), pictorial boards, slight rubbing to spine ends else fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, slightly frayed at spine ends, not price clipped, no award seal). 1st edition, 1st printing. Wonderful color illustrations are on every page by Duvoisin. This is an excellent copy of the 1948 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, very difficult to find in any condition. $950.00
#194

194. EARLY EDUCATION. ZEICHEN-MAHLER UND STICKERBUCH zur Selbstbelehrung fur Damen [Self Study Book of Drawing, Painting and Embroidery for Ladies] welche sich mit diesen kusten beschastigen. Mit 48 Kupfertafeln und einum Tasset mit Seide und Gold gestickten Modelltuche. Leipzig: Voss Und Compagnie 1795. First edition. Oblong folio, [1-3] 4-38, I-XXIV leaves in 2 states (i.e.48 leaves) 17 wide x 10 high, contemporary half calf, part of original blue wrapper on edge of title. Tiny hole in last few leaves, fine and unused. Published to teach the art of embroidering to females, old and young alike, each copperplate is present in two states, and is composed of a variety of floral patterns and neo-classical designs. The hand-colored plate is meant to be used as a guide for silk and metal wrapped threads and the black and white plate is the actual sheet to be used for sewing. A thin piece of silk is placed over the black and white copperplate so that the design is still visible. The woman would then sew through both the silk and the paper using threads according to the hand-colored guide sheet. Plate XXI has been completed as a sample for the user, bound in after the title. It has been entirely sewn in colors and is a magnificent piece of handwork. One unnumbered plate of perforated designs is bound in after this plate. In addition to this book, Netto also wrote a book of designs for knitting and another book of household hints. This is a rare museum quality educational work with only 3 other copies in World Cat at the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume History Library (NYC) and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag (Holland). $22,500.00

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COCK ROBIN KENDREW CHAPBOOK 195. EARLY ENGLISH. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AND JENNY WREN. York: Kendrew no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 x 3 7/8), yellow pictorial wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 16 nice woodcuts. See Opie/ Alderson: Treasures of Childhood p.10 (pictured). $150.00 ROOSEVELT BEARS IN DUST WRAPPER 196. EATON,SEYMOUR. THE ROOSEVELT BEARS ABROAD. NY: Stern 1908 (1908). 4to, cloth backed pictorial. bds, 178p., + [8] p. ads, Fine in original dust wrapper (dw very chipped frayed and worn). 1st ed. Illus. by R.K. CULVER with 15 color plates plus many b&ws. The Bears meet King Edward and travel in Europe. Rare in dw. $950.00 WONDERFUL ART DECO CLOCK BOOK IN ORIGINAL BOX 197. EDUCATION. TICKTOCK CLOCK BOOK by Kay Swan. NY; Stoll & Edwards 1929. Large 4to, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (sl. repair to box). Designed to teach the concept of telling time to young children, the cover has a clock with MOVEABLE HANDS. Illustrated in bold colors in typical 20s style by the author. Great! $300.00
EDUCATION ALSO 63, 81, 158, 159, 177, 178, 194, 297, 300, 393, 421, 428, 488, 512

200. ELVES. NIP AND TUCK by Leila Crocheron Freeman. NY: Sears (1926). Large 4to, cloth, pictorial. paste-on, 157p., sl. cover soil else VG+. The adventures of two little elves in the woods, in Candyland, at Halloween and at Christmas, illustrated by the author with 8 great color plates and numerous text illustrations (plus color endpapers). A nice copy. $225.00

201. ESKIMOS. ESKIMO STORIES by Mary Smith. Chic.: Rand McNally (1902). 4to, cloth, pictorial. paste-on, 175p., ep creased else fine in dw (chipped). 1st ed. Printed on coated paper, illustrated by Howard V. Brown with color frontis, 17 b&w plates plus many b&ws in text. Uncommon title. $200.00
ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT - 572 EVANS, EDMUND 66, 111, 135, 179, 252-54, 426 FABLES - 154, 243, 249, 329, 364 ESKIMOS - 201, 589

198. (EISGRUBER,ELSA)illus. DAS HAUSGESINDE. Oldenburg: Stalling 1925 4to (7 1/4 x 9), cloth backed pictorial boards, rear cover slightly soiled, light edge rubbing, VG. 1st edition of this absolutely stunning picture book that is difficult to adequately describe. Printed on one side of paper only, each page is entirely illustrated in color with 1 line of text below. The illustrations of animals and people are unique to Eisgruber, with an Oriental flavor. Nurnburger Bilderbuch 38. A scarce title. $450.00

LOVELY HUMANIZED BUTTERFLIES 202. FAIRIES. BUTTERFLY BABIES by George Butler. Chicago: Magill Weinsheimer [1917]. 16mo (4 1/4 x 6), pictorial boards, light soil and spine rubbing, VG+. Every other page features the most wonderful and unusual humanized butterfly fairies - many representing different nationalities. Includes a Black Pickaninny butterfly eating watermelon, Brown Malays, American Indians, Japanese and more! Text is in verse. Quite unusual. $250.00 203. FAIRIES. LORAINE AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF SUMMER by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Rand McNally (1920). 8vo, green pictorial boards, 64p., fine. First edition. Loraine and the fairies are beautifully illustrated by JAMES McCRACKEN with full page color illustrations plus many detailed black and whites throughout the text. $200.00 BOXED FAIRY POEMS 204. FAIRIES. THE WHO BIRD and other whimsies by Florence Pettee. (Chicago: Whitman 1920). Small 4to (6 3/4 x 9), cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box shows wear with flap repairs). Short fairy poems for the young child, beautifully illustrated by the author in color on every page. Similar to Volland books of the same era and a great copy. $200.00
FAIRIES ALSO 230, 400, 401, 580

199. ELIOT,T.S.

OLD

POSSUMS 8vo (6 5/8 x

BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. London.: Faber and Faber (1939). 8 3/4), pictorial cloth, [51]p., Fine in pictorial dust wrapper with small chip off spine (cuts ol). 1st edition. Poems for young and old, made more famous by the Broadway production. An illustrated edition was published a year later with color illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. See Quayle: Early Childrens Books p.1289. $1350.00

Helen & Marc Younger BEAUTIFUL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS 205. FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA AND THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER. NY: White & Allen (1889). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers scuffed else VG+. Illustrated with 10 magnificent full page chromos (incl. title) plus 14 partial page illustrations. A beautiful edition of this classic. $250.00 RED RIDING HOOD CUT-OUT PAPER DOLLS 206. FAIRY TALES. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD CUTOUTS. Racine: Whitman 1939. Obl. 4to, stiff card wraps, name on cover and slightly dusty else fine and unused. There are 6 pages of die-cut cardboard cut-outs in color (by an unknown hand) for all of the characters and background pieces for this fairy tale. $250.00 McLOUGHLIN PUB. 207. FAIRY TALES. (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD) RED RIDING HOOD. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1880. 4to (7 1/4 x 10 1/4), pictorial wraps, [16]p. including covers, faint crease on rear cover with a few small margin mends, VG. Aunt Kates Series. Illustrated with color cover plus 8 large and very fine chromolithographs. $250.00 208. FAIRY TALES. LONGNOSE THE DWARF AND OTHER FAIRY TALES by W. Hauff. London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen (1881). 8vo, blue dec. gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 303p., near Fine. 6 fairy tales trans. by Percy Pinkerton including the Longnose the Dwarf, Stone-Cold Heart, Story of Little Mook and 3 others. Illus. with 14 charming and detailed full page illus. 1st thus. English language editions of Hauffs fairy tales are quite uncommon. $250.00 MCLOUGHLIN SLEEPING BEAUTY 209. FAIRY TALES. SLEEPING BEAUTY. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1865. 12mo (4 x 6 ), pictorial wraps highlighted in gold, mounted on linen, Fine condition. This title in the Fairy Moonbeam Series features 8 brightly colored half-page illustrations that are well printed. Fairy Moonbeam Series is listed as a new series on the rear cover. This book comes from a 19th century drug store whose contents were found intact which would account for the gilt cover retaining its sparkle. Beautiful copy. $300.00
FAIRY TALES ALSO 35-6, 58, 88, 135-6, 173, 184, 263, 291, 293-5, 311, 313, 342, 365, 376, 378, 389-91, 429, 433, 442, 447, 469, 527, 353

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UNDERWATER FANTASY LIMITED EDITION 210. FANTASY. GREAT SEA HORSE by Isabel Anderson. Boston: Little. Brown. 1909 (Dec. 1909). 4to, gilt pictorial vellum, top edge gilt, slightest of cover soil and dimpling on spine else FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER. Fantasy stories along the line of the Water Babies, with 24 magnificent tipped-in color plates by JOHN ELLIOTT, color endpapers, and decorative chapter heads by Frank Downey. A beautiful water-fairy fantasy. $600.00

EARLY AVIATION FANTASY 211. FANTASY. THE MAGIC AEROPLANE by Mrs. L. R. S. Henderson. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1911). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 96p., slight wear to edge of boards., else VG+ in worn and repaired dust wrapper (back of dw ads for Twinkle and Chubbins, Babes in Birdland and Stories that Never Grow Old). The story is a fantasy adventure taken by two young children who visit the Sun, Mars and Toyland where they meet fairies, humanized Sun-lites and they also visit Santa Claus - all on their bi-plane. Illus. with 6 very fine and imaginative color plates and many full page and smaller b&ws by Emile A. Nelson. Undoubtedly inspired by the publishers success with the Wizard of Oz, this is an unusual and wonderful book in excellent condition. $600.00
FANTASY SEE ALSO BAUM, 200, 226, 230-1, 323, 328, 349, 382, 461, 487, 498

STRIKING PICTURE BOOK 212. FIELD, EUGENE. GINGHAM DOG AND THE CALICO CAT: The Duel and other child verses). Newark: Charles Graham (1926). Folio (10 1/4 x 12 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of edge wear else Fine. A stunning picture book, illustrated by an unnamed hand with beautiful full page color illustrations on every page with text superimposed on a small part of the picture. $275.00 213. FIELD, EUGENE. WYNKEN BLYNKEN AND NOD and other child verses. Newark: Chas. Graham (1925). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards. [32] p., edges sl. rubbed else VG-Fine (part of dust wrapper laid-in). A beautiful, large picture book, wonderfully illustrated by an unknown hand in full color in typical 20s style. Nice. $275.00

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FABULOUS COPY IN BOX 214. (FISHER,HARRISON)illus. A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907 October). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4), tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, nearly As New with original blue ribbon, glassine wrapper and pictorial box (box worn on flaps). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated with 20 beautiful full page color illustrations of women by Fisher. The text is in verse surrounded by lovely art nouveau decorations by E.Stetson Crawford. This is an unusually nice copy. $850.00 IN ORIGINAL BOX 215. (FISHER,HARRISON)illus. HARRISON FISHER GIRLS. NY: Dodd Mead 1914 (1914). 4to, cloth backed boards stamped in gold, pictorial pasteon, top edge gilt, edge of frontis slightly creased else AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE AND PUBLISHERS BOX. 1st ed. of this very scarce Fisher book, illustrated by him with 12 large and beautiful tipped-in color plates of his gorgeous women. Also illus. intext and with pictorial endpapers by Thomas Hapgood. A magnificent copy of a very scarce and lovely Fisher book. $1850.00

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN STYLE OF HUMPHREY - FLOWER THEME 218. FLOWERS. FAIR WOMEN OF TO-DAY by Samuel Peck. NY: Stokes (1895). 4to, 3/4 blue cloth, fine. Poems about various flowers, illustrated with beautiful full page chromolithographs of women by CAROLINE LOVELL, very much in the style of Maud Humphrey. A remarkable copy of a beautiful book. $600.00

FLOWERS ALSO 299, 574

FORD, H.J. - 308 - 313

219. (FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin des Modes no date [1931]. Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4), printed on cloth, slightest of cover soil, near Fine. One of the first BATIK printed books (using vegetable dyes) this features Francoises charming, stylized full color illustrations on every page. Quite scarce and certainly unusual. Bader (p.52) calls this book a minor work of art and adds that Francoises sense of space and composition is strongest in this book. (pictured on Bader p. 53). A nice copy. $1200.00

BATIK CHILDRENS BOOK

RARE ANGUS FIRST EDITION 216. FLACK,MARJORIE. ANGUS AND THE CAT. NY: Doubleday Doran 1931 (1931). Oblong 8vo, pictorial boards, near Fine in dust wrapper with rectangular pieces off blank edge of dw flap. Stated 1st ed. The second of Flacks marvelous picture books about this little Scottie, with bold color illustrations on every page. See Bader p. 61-3. Rare. $850.00

SCARCE EARLY FRANCOISE 220. (FRANCOISE)illus. LITTLE GREEN

CART by Marion McNeil. Akron: Saalfield (1931). 4to, pictorial boards, VG+. Bader

NEWBERY AWARD 217. FLEISCHMAN,SID. THE WHIPPING BOY. NY: Greenwillow (1987). 8vo (6 x 8 3/4), cloth, fine in as new dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award seal, light rubbing on tips). Stated 1st ed. The

points out that the story was actually written around the pictures (p.52) and by looking at the book, it is easy to see why. Bright, bold colors and simple design make Francoises art eye-catching and different. An early American work of hers. $300.00

adventures of a young boy named Jemmy who is named to receive whippings whenever Prince Brat misbehaves. NEWBERY

AWARD WINNER. SIS.

Illustrated by PETER $250.00

INSCRIBED WITH WATERCOLOR 221. FREEMAN,DON. DANDELION. NY: Viking Press (1964). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 8 1/2), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw has chip on spine and a few closed tears). First edition. This is the story of a lovable lion that gets into trouble, illustrated in color throughout. THIS COPY HAS A FULL PAGE MULTICOLOR DRAWING OF DANDELION INSCRIBED BY FREEMAN on the endpaper. Great copy. $1200.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 222. FREEMAN,DON. THE GUARD MOUSE. NY: Viking Press (1967). 4to (8 x 11 1/4), pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with a few marks on bottom margin. 1st edition The story tells of a humanized mouse that is a guard at Buckingham Palace. Great color illustrations by Freeman who also wrote the story. $300.00

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FABULOUS FROG PICTURE BOOK 225. FROGS. SPORT IN FROGLAND. no author, London: Sandle Bros. (printed in Holland) nd ca 1930. Oblong small 4to, pictorial. wraps, slight soil, VG+. Illustrated by an unknown hand with fabulous full page color illustrations depicting a bevy of humanized frolicking frogs. $125.00
FROGS ALSO 336, 347, 450, 576 FROST, A.B. - 277

223. FRENCH. HISTOIRE DE NAPOLEON par Louis Bertrand. Tours: Alfred Mame, no date circa 1930. 4to (9 x 11 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. The life of Napoleon is vibrantly illustrated by ALBERT URIET with 16 full page richly colored illustrations plus 60 pen and inks throughout the text. This is a nice French picture book. $275.00 MAURICE LELIOR FOLIO PICTURE BOOK 224. FRENCH. LE ROY SOLEIL by Gustave Toudouze. Paris: Boivin 1917. Folio, pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, near Fine. A lavishly produced book, this is printed on heavy paper with each page individually hinged into the book. Illustrated with remarkably detailed and incredibly rich full page color illustrations (some double-paged). Really a beauty. (See Notable Foreign Picture Books- Mahoney et. al p. 148.) Beautiful pictorial cover. $350.00

COOKING FOR CHILDREN 226. FRYER,JANE EAYRE. THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK or Adventures Among the Kitchen People. Phil: John C. Winston (1912). 4to (7 x 9 3/8), blue cloth, pictorial pasteon, 175p., near Fine. The first Mary Frances book. Mary Frances spends 3 magical weeks in fairyland with the Kitchen People (humanized kitchen utensils) including Aunty Rolling Pin and others. By the end of the book, the young reader can cook a variety of dishes. Illustrated by JANE ALLEN BOYER with color frontis plus a profusion of color and line illustrations throughout the text by Margaret Hays. $450.00

227. GAG,WANDA. ORIGINAL ART - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS -SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING. This is a wonderful finished pen and ink study for the illustration appearing of p. 39 of Gags Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Coward McCann. The image measure 7 1/4 s 7 and is archivally matted, framed and glazed. Signed by Gag. Snow White is asleep from eating the poisoned apple - under glass cover in the woods. Prince charming is approaching on the left, a dwarf sleeps in a tree to the right, and forest creatures watch in anticipation. A wonderful image and a chance to an original art by Gag which is quite rare. $18,500.00

WANDA GAG ORIGINAL ART FOR SNOW WHITE

FRENCH ALSO 8, 86, 135, 142-3, 145, 219, 249, 275, 300-1, 329-30, 345, 372, 414-15, 417, 485-7, 494-5, 497

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228. GAG,WANDA.

NY: Coward McCann (1935).

x 6 1/4), green cloth, Fine in lightly soiled and worn dust wrapper. 1st edition of this old Bohemian tale telling of a husband who wanted to do housework. Illustrated by Gag with color frontis plus black and whites on every page. Very scarce and a nice copy. (See Bader p. 37) $450.00

AUSTRALIAN FANTASY 231. GAZE,HAROLD. THE MERRY PIPER; or the magical trip of the sugar bowl ship. Boston: Little Brown 1925. 4to, 247p., yellow pictorial. cloth, sl. soil, VG-Fine. 1st US ed. A fairy-fantasy taken by Turvy Wee, Ruth and Norman in the land of Goodness-KnowsWhere. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and 8 gorgeous color plates of fairies. Many of the faces are hidden in the pictures and the reader is challenged to find them. Also lovely b&w line illus. Gaze was a native New Zealander and a selftaught artist whose art is reminiscent of Rackham and Outhwaite. $250.00 NEWBERY AWARD 232. GEORGE,JEAN CRAIGHEAD. JULIE OF THE WOLVES. NY: Harper. Row (1972). 8vo, pictorial. bds, Fine in sl. worn dw. Stated 1st ed. of this modern classic, and a NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illus. by JOHN SCHOENHERR. Despite its relatively recent date, nice first editions are scarce. $250.00 GREAT GNOMES 233. GERMAN. DAS WIESENMANNCHENS BRAUTFAHRT. Oldenburg: Stalling 1920. 4to, pictorial boards. Slight rubbing else VG+. This is a marvelous picture book illustrated by R. Grosmann with rich color lithographs depicting a world of gnomes and humanized insects. $275.00
#233

229. GAME. PICTURESQUE ROUND GAME OF THE PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. London: Edward Wallis, no date, circa 1830. Consisting of one large hand-colored sheet 20 x 26 cut into sections, mounted on linen and folded together with one instruction booklet, both housed in a gilt stamped slipcase, all in fine condition. The handsome HAND-COLORED lithographed map / game board replaces the conventional map with a pictorial representation of the counties - their produce and commerce as well as important topographical areas. The game begins at the mouth of the Thames and ends 151 stops later at the City of London. See Whitehouse 14 whose copy is contained in folding boards. The 20 page booklet has the rules of the game and an explanation of the various landmarks and counties. This game is important for its innovative pictorial representation of the counties. This is extremely attractive and is in unusually fine condition. $2500.00

FINE WALLIS HAND-COLORED GAME

GAMES ALSO 50, 131, 193, 348, 456

#230

230. GAZE,HAROLD. THE BILLIABONGA BIRD. Melbourne, Aukland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington and London: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. 4to (7 3/4 x 10), [30]p., wraps, color plate on cover, string tie, light foxing, a few marks on rear cover, VG-Fine. Illustrated by Gaze with 2 tipped-in color plates (plus color plate on cover repeated in-text), 1 tipped-in black and white plate and 8 pen and ink drawings in-text all featuring an imaginary bird, a bush fairy and other fanciful characters. The story is told in verse. This is one of 3 titles in the Mite Merry Series. Gaze was born in New Zealand and except for a short stint at art school in London, he was largely self-taught. He eventually moved to Pasadena where he did some work for the Disney Studio. Although didnt illustrate a large number of books his work is distinctive and wonderful. Holden in Golden Age p. 80 notes about the books in this series that by Australian standards these titles were milestones in the history of childrens book production. Their large quarto format and pleasing typography and layout were indicative of the publishers understandable enthusiasm and belief that a major new talent had arrived. Marcie Muir notes that After Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, the artist who dominated the fairy genre in Australian childrens books was Harold Gaze (Hist. Aust. Child. Bks. p77). See Muir Bib. 2699 This is a great copy of a rare book. $1850.00

RARE GAZE FAIRY FANTASY TITLE

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Helen & Marc Younger CHARMING PANORAMA 234. GERMAN. DER BLITZ FFT-PFS-FT with text by Axel von Leskoschek. Nurnberg: Stalling 1926. 16mo (3 3/4 x 6) pictorial boards, slight edge wear, VG-Fine. Inside the pictorial covers is a wonderful 24 panel panorama featuring a little African child chased by an alligator, a lion and a huge fish. Rich color illustrations are by W. Meyer. This is Volume 43 of Nurnberger Bilderbucher, charming and scarce. $600.00

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LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK WITH ASTROJET TO ASSEMBLE 238. GOLDEN BOOK. GORDONS JET FLIGHT by Naomi Glasson. NY: Golden (1961). 8vo, Little Golden Book. Fine. Illustrated in color on every page by MEL CRAWFORD INCLUDING TWO PAGES OF DIE-CUT PIECES TO BE USED TO ASSEMBLE AMERICAN AIRLINES 707 ASTROJET. Completely unused and in wonderful condition. Rare. $275.00

BEAUTIFUL CHILDRENS GERMAN MUSIC BOOK 235. GERMAN. UNSER LIEDERBUCH ausgewahlt von Friederike Merck. Mainz: B. Schotts Sohne 1902. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil, VG+. A beautiful book of childrens songs, this is illustrated with magnificent chromolithographs on nearly every page by LUDWIG VON BUMBUSCH. A beautiful book. $225.00

239. GOLDEN BOOK. HEIDI by Johanna Spyri. NY: Golden Press (1962). Offered here is a rare and fabulous Golden Book item. There is a pictorial box that measure 9 wide, x 16 high x 4 deep. The cover opens like a book. Inside the front cover is affixed a copy of the Little Golden Book version of Heidi, illus. in color by CORINNE MALVERNE. Opposite the book in the deep portion of the box is an original JOLLY DOLL dressed as Heidi appears in the book. The book and doll are in fine condition. In fact the doll still has its original plastic covering. The box is scuffed but very good. This is a rare and wonderful Golden Book item and a charming version of Heidi. $575.00

HEIDI BOOK AND DOLL

236. GERMAN. VOM GANG DER JAHRESZEITEN LAS FROLICH DICH BEGLEITEN! by Karl Hobrecker. Oldenberg: Stalling 1927. 4ot (8 1/4 x 9 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed but VG). 1st edition of this picture book featuring lovely color and sepia lithographs by Hildegard Weinitschke. Stalling Bilderbuch 57. A beautiful copy. $350.00
GERMAN ALSO 121, 194, 198, 208, 256, 282-3, 374, 467, 529 GNOMES = 38, 233

FINE COPY IN RARE DUST WRAPPER - FOLK TALES FROM INDIA 237. (GOBLE, WARWICK) illus. FOLK TALES OF BENGAL by Lal Behari Day. London: MacMillan, 1912. Thick 4to (7 x 9 7/8), 273 [1]p. plus ads. This copy is FINE IN THE RARE DUST WRAPPER (chipped on rear else VG), which has served to preserve the elaborate gilt decorated cover in sparkling condition. First edition. 22 folk and fairy tales are illustrated with 32 magnificent full page color plates with lettered tissue guards. This is a brilliant copy of a beautiful book. rare in the dust wrapper. $900.00
dust wrappper

COMPLETE WITH KLEENEX 240. GOLDEN BOOK. LITTLE LULU AND HER MAGIC TRICKS by Marge. NY: S & S (1954) (A). Fine. 1st edition. Illus. by Marge, and complete with the package of Kleenex tissue on the cover to be used to make the magic tricks with. Rare. $275.00

COMPLETE WITH BAND-AIDS! 241. GOLDEN BOOK. NURSE NANCY by Kathryn Jackson. NY: S&S (1952 A). Fine. Illustrated in color by Corinne Malverne and complete with Bandaids on the title page. This is a companion to Doctor Dan and the Bandage Man. A beautiful copy. Rare. $400.00
GOLDEN BOOKS ALSO 496, 588 GORDON, ELIZABETH - 203, 572, 575, 578 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER 479, 480

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242. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. ORIGINAL ART: [FLYING SAUCER IN THE FIELD]. This is a fabulous watercolor by Gorey. Untitled, it measures 7 x 7 , unsigned. Depicted is a nighttime scene in a field. In the foreground are 2 men (one in a suit and one in a turtleneck sweater) pointing to an object on the ground next to a tree stump. They appear to be oblivious to the flying saucer that is sitting in the field behind them! Done with Goreys characteristic minute detail and quite wonderful. $8500.00

SUE GRAFTONS FIRST BOOK - YOUNG ADULT NOVEL 246. GRAFTON,SUE. KEZIAH DANE. NY: Macmillan (1967). 8vo, cloth, 220p., soil on endpaper else fine in dw that is wrinkled on bottom of front panel. Stated 1st ed. Graftons first book a young adult / adult novel written when she was just 26 years old. $450.00

BOXED EDITION 247. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. NY: Scribner 1925 (1913). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4), blue pictorial cloth, 351p., FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER. Illustrated by NANCY BARNHART with great pictorial endpapers and 12 color plates (later printings have only 8 color plates). This is a scarce title in the Scribner Classic series, smaller in size than the Wyeth titles in the same series. Rare in the box. $375.00 SIGNED BY GRAHAME AND SHEPARD 248. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE DREAM DAYS. London: John Lane Bodley Head (1930). Tall 8vo (6 x 9), vellum backed marbled boards, slight tip rubbing else near Fine. LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 275 COPIES SIGNED BY KENNETH GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. Printed on special rag paper and illustrated by ERNEST H. SHEPARD with beautiful black and whites. $800.00 GOREYS AESOP 243. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. LIONS AND LOBSTERS AND FOXES AND FROGS fables from AESOP by Ennis Rees. (Reading,MA): Young Scott Book (1971). Oblong 4to (9 x 8 1/4), pictorial boards, Fine condition in like dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing. 17 of Aesops fables retold in verse are illustrated in color on every page by Gorey. Nice copy. Toledano B47a. $100.00

GRAHAME, KENNETH ALSO 481

SIGNED GOREY - MERRY CHRISTMAS 244. GOREY,EDWARD. THE HAUNTED TEA COSY: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company (1997). 7 square, pictorial boards, As new in like dust wrapper. First Edition (first printing abcde code). Christmas Eve in Gorey-land. Each page of text faces a full page color illustration. THIS COPY IS SIGNED AND DATED BY GOREY on the title page. $225.00

245. GOREY,EDWARD. THE BLUE ASPIC. NY: Meredith Press (1968). Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 1/4), pictorial boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with small old mend on verso. Stated 1st edition (1st printing). The story about an opera diva and her avid fan. Each page of text faces a full page drawing by Gorey. Toledano A27a. $250.00

FABLES BY GRANDVILLE 249. (GRANDVILLE,J.J.)illus. FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Paris: Garnier Freres, 1868. 4to (7 x 10 3/4), leather spine with gilt decoration in compartments, red cloth, all edges gilt, 667p., 2 volumes in 1, slight foxing on first few pages else near fine. Close to 250 fables by La Fontaine and Aesop are illustrated with a profusion of exquisitely detailed engravings by Grandville. He is in his element fancifully portraying all of the humanized animals and the engravings are quite well printed. The text also includes a 20 page essay on the life of Aesop. $600.00

Helen & Marc Younger LAVISH GIFT BOOK OF POETRY 250. (GRAY,M.ETHELDREDA)illus. THE TREASURE BOOK OF CHILDRENS VERSE arranged by Mabel & Lillian Quiller-Couch. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1910. Very thick 4to (8 x 10 ), 335p., blue cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial design, top edge gilt, Fine condition. This is a lavish book of poems divided into categories and illustrated by Gray with 20 very beautiful mounted color plates. An unusually lovely book in excellent condition. $350.00
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254. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. ALMANACK FOR 1894. [London]: Routledge. 32mo, orange cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards, blue eps, slight bit of cover soil, VG+. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and illus. in color by Greenaway. Schuster 14-12a. $225.00

251. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. KATE GREENAWAY by M.H. Spielmann and G.S. Layard. London: A & C Black 1905. Large thick 4to, white cloth, teg, near FINE!. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JOHN GREENAWAY (Kates brother), AND WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH DONE BY GREENAWAY which is matted and bound in with John Greenaways signature of authenticity. The sketch is of a little girl with long hair standing with her hands behind her back. The book features much text, more than 50 color plates, plus many black and whites. This is a fabulous copy of an important book for any Greenaway collector, rarely found with the white binding so clean. $2000.00

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255. (GREENAWAY, KATE) illus. ALMANACK FOR 1925. (London):Warne 1925. Obl. 16mo, cloth backed glazed pictorial. bds, slightest of cover soil, near Fine IN PRINTED GLASSINE WRAP (chipped). 12 beautiful color illustrations from the 1887 almanack with text for the year 1925 inserted. Delicate and lovely. Schuster 18-16b $250.00 GRIMM ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN RAE 256. GRIMM BROTHERS. GRIMMS ANIMAL STORIES translated by Lucy Crane. NY: Duffield (1909). 4to (8 3/4 x 9), green cloth, pictorial pasteon, some margin finger soil, photo on endpaper else VG+. First edition. Illustrated by JOHN RAE including 9 rich color plates (incl. cover) plus many silhouettes and black and whites in-text to accompany 13 fairy tales. A very uncommon edition of Grimms tales. $475.00
GRIMM ALSO 227, 392, 462, 467-469, 514, 577

SIGNED BY GROVER 257. GROVER,EULALIE OSGOOD. SUNBONNET BABIES IN ITALY. Chic: Rand McNally (1922). 8vo, pictorial cloth, small mend on one page else fine. 1st edition of this charming addition to the Sunbonnet Babies series, illustrated by BERTHA CORBETT MELCHER and JAMES McKRACKEN with pictorial endpapers and lovely color illustrations throughout. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GROVER! Really nice. $400.00 252. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. ALMANACK FOR 1892. London: Routledge. 32mo, blue spine, pictorial boards with gold background, a few spots on half title else near Fine. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and beautifully illustrated in color on every page. Schuster 12 (10a) variant color spine. $225.00

253. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. ALMANACK FOR 1893. London: Routledge (1893), 16mo, yellow cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards, all edges green, blue endpapers, near fine. Illustrated throughout in color by Greenaway, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Schuster 13 (11a). $250.00

258. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE CAMEL WITH THE WRINKLED KNEES. Joliet: Volland (1924, no additional printings, proper ads). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, minimal wear, NEAR FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX (box flap restored). 1st edition, variant. Laid-in is a printed Volland ad announcing this title as the new book but listing Joliet as the city of publication, not Chicago. Most copies without the cloth spine have a Chicago imprint. Since Volland moved to Joliet from Chicago, this title must be a transitional book with first editions having either Chicago or Joliet on the title page. A Volland Happy Children Book, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout by Gruelle. A beautiful copy. $500.00

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259. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. Akron: Saalfield (1947). 8vo, spiral backed boards, corners worn and light cover soil, VG. 1st and only edition, never published by Volland. Written by Gruelle, illustrated in his style in full color and b&w by Ethel Hays. Very scarce. $250.00

MOTHER GOOSE * CINDERELLA * RED RIDING HOOD 263. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY) illus. MOTHER GOOSE GIFT BOX: THREE ALL ABOUT BOOKS BY GRUELLE. NY: Cupples & Leon (1916). The box has a pictorial label and measures 4 x 6 and except for slight soil is in near Fine condition. Inside the box are 3 titles in the All About series bound in pictorial boards with color labels. They are in fine condition, each featuring 8 color plates and pen and ink drawings in text. Titles include All About Old Mother Goose, All About Cinderella and All About Little Red Riding Hood. A wonderful item. $500.00 SCARCE GRUELLE FANTASY 264. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. MAN IN THE MOON STORIES TOLD OVER THE RADIO PHONE by Josephine Lawrence. NY: Cupples and Leon (1922) 4to, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, some shelf wear and rubbing, VG. 18 wonderful stories, illustrated by Gruelle with cover plate, marvelous double-page pictorial endpapers, 8 color plates plus black and whites in-text. $500.00

260. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. THE PAPER DRAGON (A Raggedy Ann Adventure). Joliet: Volland (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, wrap-around paper spine, AS NEW in fine pictorial box. 1st edition, second issue. (1st edition is stated on this title but so is 2nd edition. Since this lists no additional printings, this is presumably a 1st printing, second issue). This VOLLAND HAPPY CHILDREN BOOK has bold and wonderful color illus. on almost every page as well as full page color illustrations and pictorial endpapers. An uncommon title and an incredible copy. $600.00 BOXED EDITION GRUELLE FAIRIES 261. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. FRIENDLY FAIRIES. Chicago :Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, light wear to spine ends, half-title spotted, VG+ in PUBLISHERS BOX (flaps repaired). 1st edition of this Volland Happy Children Book containing 15 fairy stories including the Fairy Ring, The Three Little Gnomes, Mr. & Mrs. Thumbkins and others. Illustrated throughout with bright colors. A nice copy of an uncommon Gruelle title. $675.00

ALL ABOUT BOOK - LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 265. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. ALL ABOUT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD retold and illus. by Gruelle. NY: Cupples & Leon (1916). 16mo, boards, pictorial. paste-on, near fine. Illustrated by Gruelle with 8 wonderful color plates and many b&ws. A nice copy. $200.00
GUERTIK, HELENE - 414 GUTTMANN, BESSIE PEASE - 411

BOXED VOLLAND 262. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. RHYMES

266. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. WHIFFY McMANN - ARTISTS DUMMY written and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1933 by Coward McCann. This is the Haders dummy for this book, used for layout and color direction. The dummy measures 5 square and is completely hand-made by the Haders including painted covers. It contains 27 watercolors and 8 black and whites with text in pencil beneath each piece. All throughout the book are pencilled notations to the printer from the Haders. A fascinating look at the earliest stage pre-production picture book. $4500.00

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FOR KINDLY CHILDREN by Ethel Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1916, later edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, small spine mend else Fine in pictorial box. Illus. by Gruelle with pictorial endpapers plus many, many full page and in-text color illustrations to accompany simple poems. Very scarce and a beautiful copy. $500.00 267. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. CAT AND THE KITTEN. NY: Macmillan

1940 (Oct. 1940). 4to, green pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st edition. The adventures of Minnie and Timmy, written by the Haders and illustrated by them as well with full page color illustrations plus many text illustrations. This is a nice copy of a scarce Hader book. $200.00

Helen & Marc Younger 268. (HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. LION CUB by Hamilton Williamson. (NY: Doubleday Doran 1931). Small 4to, pictorial. bds, near Fine in sl. chipped dw. Stated 1st ed. The book is the charming story of Leo, a baby lion. Illustrated in color and b&w by the Haders, it is one of their most scarce and most charming books. $200.00

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SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION WITH DRAWING 271. (HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. MICHAEL HAGUES FAVORITE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES. NY: Holt Rinehart (1981). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in slip case. 1st ed. LIMITED TO 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HAGUE WITH A LARGE AND DETAILED ORIGINAL DRAWING ON FLYLEAF. Beautiful color plates to accompany 9 fairy tales. $300.00

MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK 269. (HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. CHICKEN LITTLE AND LITTLE HALF CHICK. NY: Macmillan (Aug. 1927). 12mo (6 x 6), pictorial boards, light cover soil and edge rubbing, VG. 1st edition of the title in the Macmillan Happy Hour series. Illustrated by the Haders with bright and bold colors on every page in their art deco 20s style. Scarce. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying ... it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of book design were little short of revolutionary. $200.00

PUSS IN BOOTS CAROUSEL POP-UP 272. (HALE,KATHLEEN)illus. PUSS IN BOOTS. London: Fold. Bks 1951. 8vo, cl. backed pictorial. bds, light edgewear, VG. 1st ed. A wonderful PEEPSHOW BOOK, illus. in color thru- out by Hale (of Orlando the Cat fame). This consists of six 3- dimensional color scenes that form a pentagonal shaped POP-UP display when opened up. The text for the story is beneath each scene. Nice! $350.00

270. HADER,BERTA & ELMER. TIMOTHY HAS IDEAS - ARTISTS DUMMY. This is the Haders artists dummy for the book written by Miriam Mason and published in 1943 by Macmillan. The story tells the adventures of a little cocker spaniel puppy and when published was in black and white. This dummy is a preliminary layout for the book containing 54 pencil drawings. This is an interesting look at the early creative process in producing a picture book. Sold with a first edition of the book INSCRIBED BY THE HADERS. $2500.00
#270

HADERS ARTIST DUMMY - DOG STORY

273. (HALLOCK,RUTH MARY)illus. OTHER RHYMES FOR LITTLE READERS by Wilhelmina Seegmiller. Chic: Rand McNally (1911). Folio, pictorial cloth, pictorial. paste-on, (72)p., Fine. Poems on every page with absolutely beautiful sepia illustrations by Hallock (plus color plate on cover). Printed on heavy coated paper, an altogether beautifully produced book. $250.00
HAMILTON, VIRGINIA - 79 #266 previous page HAND-COLORED 239, 341, 344, 347, 363, 402 HANKY BOOK - 398

SIGNED COPY OF SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 274. HANDFORTH,THOMAS. MEI LI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1938 (1938). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4), orange cloth, some cover soil, VG+ in dust wrapper (VG dw, not price clipped, no medal, sl. frayed at spine ends, a few small closed tears). Stated 1st ed. WINNER OF THE SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD! A Chinese tale written by Handforth and magnificently illustrated in b&w by on every page. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY HANDFORTH. Rare. $1350.00

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275. HANSI. LHISTOIRE DALSACE racontee aux petits enfants. Paris: Floury 1916. Folio, blue pictorial. cloth, (100)p., rebacked with original spine laid down else VG+. A beautiful book full of many full and partial page color illustrations done by HANSI and HUEN. An especially nice copy of a book generally found in poor condition. $400.00

278. (HARRISON,FLORENCE)illus. POEMS BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. London: Blackie & Son, no date [1910]. Thick 4to (8 3/4 x 10 ), white cloth with extensive gilt decoration, top edge gilt, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition, illustrated by Harrison with 36 magnificent mounted color plates (on heavy stock), 34 full page black & white illustrations plus many black and whites in text. all in her best pre-Raphaelite style to accompany Rossettis classic verse. This is a magnificent copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1800.00

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI / FLORENCE HARRISON IN DUST WRAPPER

JENNIE HARBOUR MOTHER GOOSE 276. (HARBOUR,JENNIE) illus. MY BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES ed. by Capt. Edric Vredenburg. London & Philadelphia: Tuck & McKay, no date circa 1925. 4to (7 x 9 3/4), cloth, pictorial paste-on, near Fine. This is a beautiful Mother Goose book illustrated by JENNIE HARBOUR with 12 stunning color plates and a profusion of full and partial page bland and whites in typical 20s Art Deco style. Really a nice one, quite scarce. $675.00

HASSAM, CHILDE 568 HAUFF, WILLIAM 208

HARDING, EMILY - 122

HAWAII - 7, 87, 285 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL 470, 556

277. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1906 (1895). 8vo, red cloth stamped in gold and black, 265p. + ads, some damage to rear cover where cloth is scraped, gilt top dinged in a few spots, VG. In 1895, Appleton issued a New & Revised edition. This edition is newly illustrated with 112 illustrations by A.B. FROST (the 1st edition is illustrated by Frederick Church and James Moser). Harris wrote a preface for this edition, dedicated to Frost. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED AND DATED 1906 BY HARRIS on the free endpaper, and IT IS ALSO SIGNED AGAIN BY HARRIS on the title page where he has crossed out his printed name. Harris inscriptions are not common. $2500.00

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

HERITAGE PRESS 481 HINCHMAN, MARGUERITA 424

279. HOBAN,RUSSELL. THE STONE DOLL OF SISTER BRUTE. NY: Macmillan (1968). 12mo, pictorial. cloth, Fine. Stated 1st ed. of this rare little Hoban collaboration The story of Sister Brute and the doll made of stone that she loved is beautifully written by Hoban and illustrated in color by his wife Lillian. $200.00

280. (HOFFMANN,HEINRICH). STRUWWELPETER PICTURES FOR PAINTING. [London.} Humphrey Milford / Oxford Univ. Press, no date ca 1930. Large 12mo, (6x7), pictorial boards, spine paper chipped, some illus. colored and some soil and wear, really VG. The text of the English Struwwelpeter is printed in full color on coated paper. Facing each colored illustration is the same illustration in line meant to be painted by the child (6 of 24 are neatly painted). The cover illustration is in color signed W.P. A very scarce Struwwelpeter item. $850.00

STRUWWELPETER PAINTING BOOK

1ST ED. IN LATIN OF SLOVENLY PETER 281. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. PETRULUS HIRRUTUS [SLOVENLY PETER] by Henricus Hoffmann. Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening 1956. 4to, cl. backed pictorial. bds, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPPER. 1st Latin ed. of Slovenly Peter. Printed on rectos only, illustrated in bright color. Pamphlet in German in pocket in the rear. $200.00

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Helen & Marc Younger NAUGHTY CHILDREN 282. HOFFMANN,DR. HENRY [HEINRICH]. SLOVENLY BETSY. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, no date, [1911]. 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, 95p. + ads, Fine condition. Revised edition. Every page of text about various naughty girls is faced by a full page color illustration by WALTER HAYN. A nice copy of a very scarce title. Ruhle 593, Baumgartner 126. $450.00 AMERICAN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION 283. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. SLOVENLY PETERS STORY BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date inscribed 1877. 12mo, cloth stamped in black and gold, pictorial paste-on, few minor mends, paper worn on one page and finger soil throughout, tight and overall VG. Containing: Dirty Child, Little Glutton, Tom the Thief, Little Jacob, Sammy Tickletooth, Untidy Tom, Little Suck-a-Thumb, Johnny Sliderlegs, Carrie and the Candle and Rocking Philip. Illustrated with 48 chromolithographs. $1250.00 NAUGHTY CHILDREN 284. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. MISS VANITYS HOLIDAY. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1860-65. 12mo (4 3/4 x 6), pictorial wraps, spot on cover else Fine. Mothers Series (lists only 6 titles in this series). Illustrated with color cover plus 8 half-page color illustrations to accompany clever verse about a very vain little girl. Well printed. Comes from the stock of a 19th century drug store whose contents were found untouched. $300.00

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BOXED VOLLAND 285. (HOLLING,LUCILLE) illus. KIMO. Joliet: Volland (1928 no additional printings). Tall 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in pictorial publishers box. First edition. The story of a Hawaiian boy illustrated by Holling in rich color. Rare in box and a beautiful copy. $375.00
HORSES - 440, 552 HUGHES, ARTHUR - 331

286. (HUMPHREY,MAUD) ORIGINAL ART: GALLANT LITTLE PATRIOTS. This is a charming original watercolor by Maud Humphrey used as a color plate in Gallant Little Patriots published by Frederick Stokes in 1899. The image measures 7 wide x 8 high done on illustration board and is matted, in excellent condition and is signed and dated 1898. The book features little children dressed as real American heroes and heroines. Depicted is little girl dressed as a nurse with a Red Cross arm band. She is leaning over and getting ready to feed a little boy dressed as a wounded soldier with a bandage on his head. Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being HUMPHREY BOGARTS MOTHER (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures). $4750.00

CHARMING PATRIOTIC WATERCOLOR

HOFFMANN, H. ALSO 4, 98 #281 #281

HOLLAND 87

UNCOMMON HUMPHREY TITLE 287. (HUMPHREY,MAUD) illus. LITTLE ROSEBUDS by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: Stokes 1898. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges sl. rubbed else tight VG-Fine. Stories and verses plus border illustrations by Tucker, featuring 6 magnificent full page chromolithograph illustrations by Humphrey depicting children. A very scarce Humphrey title. $850.00

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(HUMPHREY,MAUD)

illus. POEMS BY DOBSON, LOCKER AND PRAED. NY: Stokes 1892. 4to, twotone cloth stamped in gold, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, with artists. sl. 6 cover by soil, VG+. color Illustrated Humphrey

291. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE CUBS TRIUMPH trans. by Mrs. T.H. James. Tokyo: Hasegawa. 12mo, crepe paper with silk ties, fine. No. 12 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, beautifully illustrated with color woodblocks printed by hand. $200.00

beautiful

plates and in b&w by other A rare Humphrey book. $950.00 A HUMPTY-DUMPTY MINIATURE BOOK 289. HUMPTY DUMPTY BOOK. THE FLAP JACK by Jean Archer. London: Treherne no date, circa 1909. Square 16mo (3x3), 99p.. Pictorial tan cloth, very slight cover soil else tight and VG+ Second edition. Printed on heavy paper on one side of the page, each page of text faces a charming full page color illustration by the author to accompany the fairy tale about a Baron, A Baroness, their son Puffin and a Rabbit. Done in the style of the Stump books, only square instead of oblong, and really wonderful. $450.00
HUNGARY - 419, 429 HYMAN, TRINA SCHART 137 INDIA 237 ITALIAN 87, 127-9

292. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE MOUSES WEDDING. Tokyo: Hasegawa no date. 12mo, crepe paper with silk ties, fine. No. 6 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, beautifully illustrated with color woodblocks printed by hand. $200.00 JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES NO. 7 293. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE OLD MAN AND THE DEVILS. Tokyo: Hasegawa. 8vo, crepe paper with silk ties, FINE. No. 7 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, beautifully illus. with color woodblocks printed by hand. $200.00

IRVING, WASHINGTON 392, 474

FINE SCRIBNER CLASSIC IN BOX 290. JAMES,WILL. SMOKY. NY: Charles Scribners Sons (1929). 4to (7 x 9 ) black cloth, pictorial. paste-on, MINT COPY IN PUBLISHERS BOX with mounted color plate on cover. A Scribner Classic, illustrated by James with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page, 6 color plates and 8 black and white plates, several of which were done specifically for this edition. An early copy and certainly in wonderful condition, rare in the box. NEWBERY HONOR title. $450.00
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294. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES: THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE told in English by Kate James. Tokyo: Hasegawa no date. 12mo, crepe paper with silk ties, fine. No. 14 of the Japanese Fairy Tale Series, beautifully illustrated with color woodblocks printed by hand. $200.00 16 CREPE PAPER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES 295. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES. There are 16 of the fabulous Japanese fairy tale books printed on crepe paper from wood blocks with texts by B.H. Chamberlain and Mrs. H.T. James. They are uniformly bound in 4 volumes in contemporary moire. Binding rubbed on joints and lacks end sheet on one volume else VG+ and complete as issued. Although not a complete set of all titles, these volumes are complete as issued with volumes 1-16 of first series. All published by Kobunsha & Griffith and Farran in Tokyo and London circa 1900 with the fairy tales printed french fold and all in Fine cond. See Quayle: Collectors Book of Childrens Books p.80-81 who calls this a rare set. Illustration does not show all titles. Titles as follows: Momotaro (London) * Tongue Cut Sparrow * Battle of Monkey and Crab Old Man Who Made Dead Trees Blossom * Kachi-Kachi Mountain Mouses Wedding * Old Man & The Devils * Fisher Boy Urashima Serpent With 8 Heads * Matsuyama Mirror * Hare of Inaba * Cubs Triumph * Silly Jellyfish * Princes Fireflash & Firefade * My Lords Bag of Rice * The Wooden Bowl. The set of 16 books for $1500.00

Helen & Marc Younger 296. JAPANESE INTEREST. THE JINGLE OF A JAP by Clara Bell Thurston. Boston: Caldwell (1906). Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9), elaborately illustrated pictorial cloth with Oriental design, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box soiled some but sound and VG+). This copy is COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL REAL JAPANESE DOLL IN CLOTH DRESS THAT TIES TO THE COVER OF THE BOOK! (the doll has her feet repaired). The story is about a Japanese doll that falls in love with a flaxen haired wax doll. Printed on very heavy coated paper, on one side of the page only. Illustrated by the author with pictorial endpapers plus many beautiful full page color illustrations (Oriental style) and a profusion of color illustrations in-text. Very rare with the doll and the box and a special book. $975.00

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299. JEWISH TIME.

INTEREST.

SHOVUOS

Cincinnati: Union Amer. Hebrew The story of the Jewish

Congregations (1947). 4to, spiral backed wraps, Fine. child. holiday of Shovuos for the very young Illustrated in color in naive late 40s style including humanized flowers and children who look like Dick and Jane. $100.00
JEWISH ALSO 517, 539

WONDERFUL JOB ILLUSTRATIONS OF TOYS 300. (JOB)illus. JOUONS A LHISTOIRE! par G. Montorguiel. Paris: Boivin (1908). 4to (9 x 12 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. 1st edition The history of France is presented to children with illustrations of toys portraying historical figures. Each page of text faces a most elaborate and colorful full page color illustration by JOB (pages hinged individually into book). One of JOBs less common and more fanciful titles and a nice copy. $800.00

INCREDIBLE 2 VOLUME BI-LINGUAL SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPER 297. JAPANESE INTEREST. NIHON FUZOKU [JAPANESE CUSTOMS]. (Osaka: Printed by Oshima Yosuke for Tsujiko Kumataro 2550). 1890. 2 volumes, 16mo (3 1/4 x 4 1.2), 26p., 27p., frenchfold color pictorial paper with sewn bindings (in the same manner as the crepe paper Japanese fairy tale series). Housed in the original pictorial envelope holder, the set is in Fine condition. The preface reads These books are not only designed to show the manners and customs of the ancient and modern people of Nipon. The fine illustrations afford an important aid in this respect...N.T. Every page has a lovely woodcut, hand-colored or printed color, depicting people of all social classes performing various customs. Text is a simple 2 line identifying caption. Each volume also has a beautiful double-page fold-out illustration. Charming and in incredible condition. $1250.00

NAPOLEON 301. (JOB)illus. QUAND LE GRAND NAPOLEON ETAIT PETIT by Emile Hinzelin. Paris: Delagrave 1932. Large 4to (10 x 12 7/9), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, 44p., near Fine. Illustrated by JOB with 8 fine color plates plus 20 line illustrations throughout the text. The book offers Napoleons life story from his birth on Corsica until his departure to military boarding school at age 9, including an insight to the beginning of his military career. $500.00

YIDDISH CHILDRENS BOOK 298. JEWISH INTEREST. DOS MEIDELE MITN ROITEN KLEIDELE by Nochem Weisman. Brooklyn: Osborn Press 1940. 4to, cloth, near fine. Illustrated by WEISY with 14 full page blue and white illustrations in a charming, primitive style. $125.00
JOB SEE ALSO 8

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302. (JOHNSON,CROCKETT)illus. POSTER: CHILDRENS SPRING BOOK FESTIVAL sponsored by The New York Herald Tribune. 17 x 22, Fine condition, 1958. Done on a tan background, there is a large stack of books reaching into the stars on top of which stands Harold with his purple crayon, drawing a picture of the moon. The Spring Book Festival was established by The Herald Tribune in 1937. Each year they announced the best childrens book of the previous year, vying in prestige with the Newbery Award for many years. Rare. $1200.00

RARE CROCKETT JOHNSON / HAROLD POSTER

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303. (JONES,ELIZABETH illus. LULLABY FOR

ORTON)

EGGS a poem by

Betty Bridgman. (1955). worn dw.

NY: Macmillan 1955

Sq. 8vo, cloth, near fine in sl. Stated first ed., a lovely

picture book with delicate pastel illus. by Jones. $200.00

304. JOYCE,WILLIAM. THREE LITTLE PIGS - ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a charming finished watercolor by award winning childrens book artist Joyce, used on page 43 of his book My First Book of Nursery Tales. Done on art paper, The image measures 6 x 8, signed. The image shows a cutaway view of the pigs in their house with the wolf about to jump down the chimney. Joyces style features meticulous attention to detail and this is fantastic piece. Joyce is well known for many of his books like Santa Calls, The Leaf Men and George Shrinks, some of which have been made into animated movies. In addition to his childrens art, Joyce has also illustrated the cover of The New Yorker Magazine. $2000.00

CHARMING WILLIAM JOYCE WATERCOLOR

SCARCE KIRK FAIRY TALES 306. (KIRK,MARIA)illus. CHRONICLES OF FAIRY LAND by Fergus Hume. Phil: Lippincott 1911 (1911). 8vo, red gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 191p., covers sl. dull else VG+. 1st ed. Containing the original fairy tales of King Oberons Library and The Enchanted Forest. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Kirk and with line illus. in-text by M. Dunlop (plus pictorial endpapers). A scarce Kirk title, companion in size and format to her Macdonald titles. Kirk see also 358, 360. $225.00

INSCRIBED NEWBERY WINNER 307. KONIGSBURG,E.L. VIEW FROM SATURDAY. NY: Atheneum, (1996). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ), 1/4 cloth, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUST WRAPPER (no award seal, 305. KEATS,EZRA JACK. JOHN HENRY an American Legend. NY: Pantheon 1965. 4to, cloth, fine in dw. 1st ed. Pre-publication copy with publisher sheet laid-in. The first childrens book about John Henry, this is written by Keats and beautifully illus. by him in color. $200.00 not price clipped). Stated 1st edition, first printing. This copy is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. late A scarce book considering its relatively publication date. $200.00

KEMBLE, E.W. 77, 277 KINGSLEY, CHARLES - 37

KRAUSS, RUTH - 515 LA FONTAINE, JEAN - 249, 329, 364

KUNHARDT, DOROTHY - 588 LADA, JOSEPH - 139

Helen & Marc Younger KING ARTHUR AND ROBIN HOOD 308. LANG,ANDREW. BOOK OF ROMANCE. London: Longmans Green 1902. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ), blue gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, Fine and bright. 1st edition, first printing. Written by Mrs. Lang, this volume contains stories about King Arthur, Robin Hood, The Story of Roland and The story of Wayland the Smith. Illustrated with 8 color plates, 35 beautiful black and white plates, smaller black and whites in text and pictorial endpapers. A great copy. $425.00 FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 309. LANG,ANDREW. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND HEROES by Mrs. Lang, edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans Green 1912. 8vo (6 x 8 ), blue pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, toning on endpaper from dust wrapper else Fine condition IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition, first printing. There are 23 stories about different Saints written by Mrs. Lang in which she emphasizes the fairy and mythical qualities of the stories more than the religious aspects. Illustrated by H.J. Ford with 12 color plates, 18 black and white plates and many smaller illustrations throughout the text. This is a great copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $300.00 LANG LIMITED EDITION SCOTTISH FAIRY TALE 310. LANG,ANDREW. THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE. Bristol & London: Arrowsmith & Simpkin, Marshall, nd ca 1880. 4to, parchment paper, brown gilt cloth, top edge gilt. General cover soil and offsetting on blank endpaper else tight and internally fine. NUMBER 41 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION (150 ?), LARGE PAPER COPY. Dedicated to Jeanie Lang in Australia (the dedication ends are there Fairies as well as Bunyips in Australia?). A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. Illustrated with 15 beautiful chromolithographs (frontis by T. SCOTT, other by E.A. LEMANN) and printed on handmade paper. An enchanting story with occasional Scottish dialect. $600.00

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312. LANG,ANDREW. THE RED ROMANCE BOOK. London: Longmans Green 1905. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ), red gilt cloth, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded else near Fine with beautiful and elaborate gilt cover design. 1st edition, first printing. Stories about wizards, werewolves and dragons selected by Mrs. Lang. Illustrated with 8 color plates, 28 beautiful black and white plates, smaller black and whites in text and pictorial endpapers. This is a nice copy of one of the less common titles in Langs series. $300.00 LAST TITLE IN THE FAIRY TALE SERIES 313. LANG,MRS. THE STRANGE STORY BOOK by Mrs. Lang edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans Green 1913. 8vo (6 x 8 ), pink cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, 312p., spine slightly faded else near Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing of the last book in Langs Fairy Tale. The 5 page preface by Mrs. Lang is somewhat of an homage to Andrew that ends with a poem by Andrew that was intended for the first volume in the series but never published. Fairy tales from Africa, India and other exotic places are illustrated by H.J. Ford with 12 color plates and 18 black and white plates. The frontis is a photogravure of a dashing Andrew Lang. $325.00 STUNNING OVERSIZED PICTURE BOOK 314. (LANGEN,HILDA)illus. DIE SIEBEN RABEN by Marta Strachwitz. Dornach near Basel, Switzerland: Pub. by The Workshop Zu den sieben Zwergen (1939). Obl. folio, cl. backed pictorial. bds, spine rubbed and light cover soil, VG. The tale, told in verse, of 7 brothers who were cursed and turned into 7 ravens and how their sister traveled all over to find them. Illus. with quite stunning and imaginative full page color illus. opposite each page of text, printed on heavy paper in rich colors. A very unusual and beautiful book. $300.00

LAURENCIN, MARIE - 114

311. LANG,ANDREW. THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans Green 1892. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4), green gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, rear hinge a bit rubbed but not weak, scattered foxing, bright and VG+. 1st edition, 1st printing of the 3rd fairy book. Illustrated by H.J. FORD with 101 beautiful black and whites to accompany fairy tales (Osborne p.35). $800.00

LAWSON ABC BOOK 315. LAWSON,ROBERT. COUNTRY COLIC: The weeders digest. Boston: Little Brown. 1944 (March 1944). 8vo, (6 x 8 ), tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper frayed at spine ends. 1st ed. The headaches of country living, humorously presented by Lawson in ABC format (with one headache for each letter) and illustrated with a profusion of detailed and wonderful b&ws throughout. $100.00

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NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 316. LAWSON,ROBERT. RABBIT HILL. NY: Viking 1944 (Sept. 1944). Tall 8vo, pictorial. cloth, Fine in dw with a few very small chips. First edition, winner of the NEWBERY AWARD. The world as seen through the eyes of rabbits, with very beautiful full and partial page illustrations throughout. Lawsons own home in Westport, Connecticut was the original home in the story. A nice copy with price intact and without the medal. $275.00

321. LENSKI,LOIS. WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1960 (1960). 8vo, 127p., Fine in rubbed dw. Stated 1st ed. 3 short stories about life in rural Georgia, Connecticut, Texas and Louisiana, all illus. by Lenski. Roundabout America series. $100.00

317. LAWSON,ROBERT. SMELLER MARTIN. NY:Viking,1950 (1950). 4to, (6 3/4 x 9 ) green cloth, 157p., Fine in very sl. frayed dw. 1st ed. The story of Davey, aka Smeller and his wonderful nose. Written by Lawson and illustrated by him as well with lovely full page in partial page black and whites. $150.00 318. (LAWSON,ROBERT) illus. WEE GILLIS by Munro Leaf. NY: Viking 1938. 4to, cl. backed pictorial. bds, Fine in dw. 1st ed., this is INSCRIBED BY MUNRO LEAF WITH TWO SKETCHES. Wonderfully illustrated in b&w (and green endpapers) by Lawson. This is a special copy. $425.00
LEAF, MUNRO 318

322. LEWIS,C.S. THE LAST BATTLE. London: Bodley Head 1956 (1956). 8vo, blue cloth, 184p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at top of spine else nice and free of tears). 1st ed. of the seventh and last Narnia tale, illus. by PAULINE BAYNES, winner of the Carnegie Medal. A nice copy. $2400.00 323. LEWIS,C.S. THE SILVER CHAIR. London: Geoffrey Bles (1953). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8), navy blue cloth, 217p., a Fine copy in a nice dust wrapper with price intact (dw has a few soil marks on front panel, frayed at corners and spine ends, a few small closed tears). 1st edition 1st printing of the 4th Narnia fantasy, where the children follow hidden clues to free the prince and return him to Narnia. Illustrated by PAULINE BAYNES with black and white frontis, pictorial endpapers and black and white throughout the text. $3850.00

CHAMBERLAIN PRESS LIMITED EDITION 319. LEAR,EDWARD. THE NEW VESTMENTS. no place: Chamberlain Press (1978). 8vo, wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SARAH CHAMBERLAIN, printed on very fine Kitakata paper, and illustrated by Sarah Chamberlain with 2 wonderful wood engravings. $250.00
LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR - 505

STRIKING GEOMETRICS BY SOL LEWITT 324. (LEWITT,SOL)illus. FICCIONES by Jorge Luis Borges. NY: Limited Editions Club (1984). Square 4to, full black cowhide, Fine in slip case (Monthly Newsletter laid in). LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SOL LEWITT. Featuring 22 geometric illustrations (silkscreens) by Lewitt whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. The Monthly Newsletter quotes Robert Rosenblum describing Lewitts art as the work of a New Sorcerers Apprentice adding that his art like that of Borges, is an art of infinite allusion. A strikingly beautiful book. $650.00
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320. LENSKI,LOIS. STRAWBERRY GIRL. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1945). 8vo (7 x 8 3/4), green cloth, fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper with small piece off lower corner, irregular chip across top of spine, overall Very Good. Stated First Edition. The story of a little girl named Birdie, set in Florida in the early 1900s. Illustrated with 84 black and whites by Lenski. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM LENSKI ON HER PERSONAL PICTORIAL STATIONERY. Written to a fan in which she discusses this title and more, it reads in part: All my regional books are true stories of real people who live in different parts of our country. I go to the region, live with the people, make sketches and hear about their adventures before I write the book. This is a special copy of a rare dust wrappered Newbery winner. $1200.00

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Helen & Marc Younger RARE LEWITT-HIM BOOK 325. (LEWITT-HIM)illus. BLUE PETER by Alina Lewitt. London.: Faber & Faber (1943). 4to, (8 x 10 ) cloth backed pictorial board covers, fine in slightly worn dw. 1st ed. Because Peter, a dog, was born blue, he was kicked out of his house. The story tells how he finally finds a home. Illustrated by Lewitt and Him with charming full page and partial page color illustrations. A rare title by this talented pair. $475.00

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330. (LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. LE BUFFON DES ENFANTS: LES OISEAUX EXOTIQUES by Bernard Roy. Paris: Marcus (1948). Square 4to (10 x 10), pictorial boards, near fine. Featuring the most absolutely stunning full page color illustrations of exotic birds by Lorioux (toucan, parrot, condor, ostrich, albatross and others) accompanied by his detailed and humorous humanized animals and insects. Beautifully printed with rich colors. 1st ed. $400.00

LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB - 186, 187, 324

326. LINDMAN,MAJ. FLICKA, RICKA, DICKA BAKE A CAKE. Chicago: Whitman (1955). 4to (8 x 10), cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine condition in Fine+ dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing. Many lovely full page color lithos throughout by the author accompany the story of how the surprise cake for the girls mother gets ruined. Scarce in such nice condition. $225.00
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD - 135, 206, 207, 263, 265, 376

PETER PARLEY TO PENROD TITLE 327. LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY: Stokes 1920 (1920). 8vo, orange cloth, color plate on cover, 180p., fine. 1st ed. of the FIRST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK (PETER PARLEY TO PENROD P. 138). Illus. with pictorial. eps, color frontis, b&w plates plus many full page line illus. by Lofting. Very scarce. $1000.00

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 331. MACDONALD,GEORGE. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. NY: George Routledge & Sons 1871. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/8), blue cloth stamped in gold and black, all edges gilt, 378p., chip at head of spine, binding lightly rubbed, really a nice bright VG+ copy. 1st American edition, printed from British sheets with the same dates on both title pages, this is one of a few copies sent to the U.S. to secure copyright. The story was serialized beginning in 1868 in a childrens magazine Good Words For the Young. It is a fantasy adventure about a young boy named Diamond who flies to another country on the back of the lady North Wind. Illustrated by ARTHUR HUGHES with many detailed line illustrations throughout the text. Considered a masterpiece of childrens literature, this first edition is quite scarce. $2100.00

328. LOFTING,HUGH. DOCTOR DOLITTLES CARAVAN. NY: FREDERICK STOKES (Oct. 1926) 8vo, blue pictorial. cloth, pictorial. paste-on, near Fine. Stated 1st edition, illustrated by Lofting with beautiful color frontis, color pictorial. endpapers, plus a profusion of black and whites in text. $225.00
LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. - 73, 593

332. (MACKENZIE,THOMAS)illus. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP in rhyme by Arthur Ransome. London: Nisbet no date [1919]. Large 4to (10 3/4 x 13 1/4), white cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover, top edge gilt, others edges uncut, slightest of fading to spine else Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MACKENZIE. Mackenzies most desired and best work featuring 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates with tissue guards, decorative initials and text borders and with a profusion of stunning black and whites on every page of text (nice silhouette endpapers as well). Due to the high quality of the paper, the black and whites are beautifully reproduced. This is a lavish and arguably the best illustrated version of Aladdin, rare in this limited format. $6250.00

MACKENZIES LIMITED EDITION OF ALADDIN

FABLES WITH LORIOUXS ILLUSTRATIONS 329. (LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. FABLES DE LA FONTAINE presentees par Jean de la Varende. Paris: Marcus (1949). Large 4to (9 x 12 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. One the most marvelous and imaginative editions of these fables, this is illustrated by FELIX LORIOUX in bold, full color on every page with his wonderful humanized insects and animals and with a few lines of text for each illustration - pictorial endpapers as well. Full of humor and fancy The colors are so vivid they have the appearance of being hand colored. $500.00

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(MACKINSTRY,ELIZABETH)illus. AND THE WONDERFUL 4to, NY: Mac. 1935 (1935). 1st ed.

ALADDIN

cloth, edges sl. faded else VG+ in chipped and frayed dw. Illustrated with incredibly rich and detailed full page and partial page color illustrations unlike any of her other books. Meigs (p. 584) calls it a brilliant, rich picture book and Bader (p.314) remarks on its beauty as well. $200.00

MacMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOKS - 96, 269

MAGIC - 240

MALAYAN NURSERY RHYMES AND MUSIC 334. MALAYAN INTEREST. HAJIS BOOK OF MALAYAN NURSERY RHYMES by A.W. Hamilton. Sydney: Australasian Pub. Co. MATES MAGIC FLUTES IN BOX 336. (MATES,RUDOLF)illus. THE MAGIC FLUTES by Josef Kozisek. NY London & Toronto: Longmans Green and Co. 1929. Oblong large 4to (12 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine and bright IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE with color plate on cover (box with some chips and sl. soil but VG). The story is a tale about a family of poor, humanized mice whose father teaches each of his 8 sons how to play the magic flute made of maple and then sends them out into the world to spread happiness. There is a colorful border on each page of text and many, many strikingly colored, vibrant full page + in-text color illustrations that almost seem to be hand-done. A superb copy of one of the best picture books for children. See Mahoney et.al p.136 and Five Years of Childrens Books p.76. $600.00

(1947). 4to, cloth, pictorial. paste-on, fine in dw torn on rear panel. 1st ed. of this

unusual book of nursery rhymes from Malaya -offered in Malay and English. Illus. with wonderful color and b&ws by Nora Hamerton and with musical notation for songs by H.A. Courtney. $200.00
MAP - 229 MARSHAK, S. - 501, 505

335. MARSHALL,JAMES. SKETCHBOOK. Offered here is James Marshalls sketchbook with illustrations in color and pen and ink. It is a 40 page spiral bound Strathmore drawing pad measuring 18 1/4 wide and 24 high, lacking rear cover. The illustrations include pictures for Three Up A Tree (1986), Yummers Too: The Second Course (1986) and two unpublished picture books Lollys Picture Book and The Hoovers. The pages are full of wonderful work in watercolor, colored pencil and pen & ink and are generously annotated with captions and ideas. They offer an interesting look into Marshalls creative process. All together there are 40 huge pages chock full of art and ideas. Marshalls untimely death in 1992 was a great loss to the world of childrens books and this book offers rare insight into the mind of an artist. $5000.00
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337. MATTHIESSEN,PETER. NY: Doubleday. (1972).

SEAL POOL. 8vo, pictorial.

cloth, fine in sl. soiled and price clipped dw. 1st ed. of this childrens book by

Matthiessen, illustrated in color by WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS. A fine combination of

talent. $375.00

338. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. NY: Viking 1941 (1st published August 1941). 4to (9 1/4 x 12), cloth, Fine in VG++ dust wrapper (dw spine slightly faded and some fraying to spine ends, no tears). 1st edition of this modern classic, winner of the CALDECOTT AWARD. Because every child who read this book, read it to death, first editions in dust wrappers are notoriously rare, and ardently sought after. This copy is a prize. See Bader p. 155-6. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $18,500.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 339. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. ONE MORNING IN MAINE. NY: Viking 1952 (1952). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4), pictorial cloth, 64p., fine in VG dust wrapper with a few mends on verso, chips on spine ends. 1st edition of this wonderful CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK. Illustrated on every page with McCloskeys eye for detail. 1st editions of this title in nice dust wrappers are hard to find. $850.00

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342. McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE OLD WOMAN. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (30 Beekman), no date, circa 1865. 12mo (4 x 6 ), pictorial wraps highlighted in gold, mounted on linen, Fine condition. This title in the Susie Sunshine Series features a full page color pictorial title plus 8 brightly colored 3/4 page illustrations that are well printed. Susie Sunshine Series is listed as a new series on the rear cover. This book comes from a 19th century drug store whose contents were found intact which would account for the gilt cover retaining its sparkle. Nice copy. Beautiful copy. $300.00

AMERICAN FOLKLORE 340. (McCLOSKEY,ROBERT)illus. YANKEE DOODLES COUSINS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1941 (1941). 4to (7 x 9 3/4), [268]p., red cloth, Fine in nice dust wrapper with 1 piece off spine. 1st edition. 27 stories about all of the immortal American folk heros are arranged geographically, including a section on Black Americans. Wonderfully illustrated by McCloskey with pictorial endpapers and a profusion of full page and smaller illustrations throughout the text. $425.00
McCRACKEN, JAMES - 95, 203, 257

343. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros circa 1870. 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, edges rubbed, VG+. 16 stories and poems including Little Man and His Gun, How Lady Butterfly Spent the Day, Waste-not Want Not, Dollie and more. Illus. with 16 full page chromolithographs. An uncommon McLoughlin title. $400.00

HAND-COLORED McLOUGHLIN 341. McLOUGHLIN PUB. HISTORY OF JACKEY JINGLE AND SUKEY SINGLE. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (24 Beekman), circa 1860. 12mo, (4.5 x 5.75) pictorial. wraps, inconspicuous spine repair, sl. soil, near fine. Uncle Franks Series, illus. with color cover plus 8 nice half-page hand-colored illustrations to accompany The story told in verse about two children who grow up and then marry. $300.00 UNCOMMON TRANSITIONAL PUBLICATION 344. McLOUGHLIN PUB. THE STORY OF THE CHARMED FAWN. The title page reads NY: Elton & Co.. The front and rear covers read NY: John McLoughlin Publisher, no date, circa 1858. 12mo (5 1/8 x 6 ), blue pictorial wraps, [24]p., nearly As New. Illustrated by Harrison Wier with 6 full page hand colored wood engravings, this was a title in the Pleasure Book series. John McLoughlin, Jr. had worked for R.H. Elton as a young man and he went on to work for his father, John Sr.. By then, John Sr. was in business with Elton. After a major fire, John Jr. set out on his own. When he did he also bought out the stock, wood blocks and other materials of the firm Robert Elton.... Under the imprint of Elton & Company he [Elton] and McLoughlin began issuing toy books for children... (from a thesis on McLoughlin Brothers written by Julian Lapides). So this title is an example of the transitional books published before 1855 when Johns brother came into the firm with name changing to McLoughlin Brothers. This copy comes from a 19th century shop whose contents were found intact. Rarely found in this condition. $800.00

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345. (MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR)illus. HISTOIRES POUR RIRE par Adeline Reynard. no imprint, circa 1905. Folio (9 3/4 x 14 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, tiny mends to paper next to tabs else Fine. Featuring 6 moveable plates operated by pull tabs, all with humorous images like a monkey feeding a baby, a cat painting a portrait of a cigar smoking dog, a mother hen rocking her chicks in a cradle and more. Also illustrated with 7 large half page drawings in text. This is a nice copy of an uncommon Meggendorfer. $3500.00

349. MILLAR,H.R. (illustrator) ORIGINAL ART: THE MAGIC CITY. Offered here is H.R. Millars original drawing used in Edith Nesbits fantasy The Magic City published in 1910. The image is much larger than the printed version, measuring 6 wide x 9 1/4 high, signed and dated, matted and framed in fine condition. The caption is: On the top of a very large and wobbly camel. It depicts in amazing detail two children riding a camel through a crowded street. Millar, who studied at the Birmingham School of Art, was a popular Scottish artist working from the late 19th century though the first part of the twentieth century. He illustrated many of Edith Nesbits books, numerous other fairy tales and fantasies as well as his own fantastic fantasy The Dreamland Express which he wrote as well as illustrated. His original art rarely appears on the market and this is a great piece. Millar see also 382, 384. $2750.00

MILLARS ORIGINAL ART FOR NESBITS MAGIC CITY

MEXICAN FANTASY 346. (MERIDA,CARLOS)illus. THE MAGIC FOREST by Patricia Ross. NY: Knopf 1948. 8vo, (5 3/4 x 8 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 128p., Fine in dw. Stated 1st edition. This fantasy set in Mexico City is brightly illustrated in full colors in a simple folk -art style by noted Mexican artist Merida. (Bader p.266). $275.00

#347

DELUXE FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS LEATHER WINNIE

350. MILNE,A.A. POOH. GREAT MEXICAN PICTURE BOOK 347. MEXICO. RIN-RIN RENACUAJO text by Rafael Pombo. Mexico: Ediciones de la Secretaria de Education Publica 1942. Folio (9 x 12 1/4), pictorial wraps, covers slightly toned else near Fine. 1st edition. The story features a humanized frog and mice that are brought to life with great hand-colored illustrations by Jose Chavez Morado. $200.00 TOY SOLDIERS IN BOX McLOUGHLIN 348. MILITARY INTEREST. 25 SOLDIERS ON PARADE. NY: McLoughlin Bros. ca 1890. Housed in the original box measuring 9x11 are 25 toy soldiers with stands and one army tent. The soldiers are from various branches of the army. The cover of the box has a great chromolithographed plate pasted on. $600.00
MILITARY INTEREST ALSO 14, 168, 223, 301, 590

WINNIE

THE

London: Methuen (1926). 8vo, publishers with morocco, extensive gilt gilt

full

green

pictorial.

cover

pictorial spine, all edges gilt, 103p., Fine. First edition, DELUXE EDITION bound by the publisher in leather. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPARD. $4500.00

351. MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. London: Methuen (1924). 4to (7 1/4 x 9), cloth backed boards, except for a few faint oxidation marks, very fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw spine sunned and with two small chips off top of spine). Housed in custom 1/4 leather box. #36 OF TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD! 1st ed. of the first Pooh book, printed on hand-made paper. Rare and a beautiful copy. $24,000.00

1ST POOH BOOK LIMITED TO ONLY 100 SIGNED COPIES

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Helen & Marc Younger 1st DELUXE LEATHER EDITION 352. MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. London: Methuen (1924 7th printing). 8vo, PUBLISHERS FULL DELUXE ends BLUE rubbed LEATHER spine spine and BINDING,

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355. MILNE,A.A. ROBIN BIRTHDAY

Methuen (1930). 12mo (5 x 6 5/8), cloth, 215p., fine and unused in dust wrapper (nice dw back strip toned, slight wear to head of back strip). 1st edition. A birthday book compiled by Milne from his 4 Pooh books and illustrated by E. H. SHEPARD. Includes a new 3 page intro. by Milne and new art for a color dust wrapper by Shepard. Quite uncommon and a great copy. $1200.00 SIGNED BY MILNE LIMITED EDITION 356. MILNE,A.A. WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG. NY: Fountain Press 1930. Slim 4to, pictorial cloth, [27] p., Fine in slightly worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 603 COPIES FOR AMERICA SIGNED BY MILNE (842 copies in all). Printed on hand-made paper and featuring the most beautiful illustrations by ERNEST SHEPARD that reproduce with much clarity on the fine paper. $750.00
MINIATURE - 20, 124, 289, 588

sl. faded, owner name on verso of free endpaper, VG condition. 1st edition of this title in the deluxe binding. Rare. $1850.00

DELUXE EDITION LEATHER BOUND IN BOX 353. MILNE,A.A. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen (1928). 8vo, full calf with gilt vignettes and floral decoration, all edges gilt, 103p., Fine in original publishers box with printed label (box rubbed with light soil). 1st edition, DELUXE EDITION. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPHARD. Scarce in this binding and a beautiful copy. $2700.00

354. MILNE,A.A. MORE VERY YOUNG SONGS. London: Methuen (1928). Folio (10 x 12 1/4), cloth backed boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (just slight soil and wear on dw else VG+). First edition. Illustrated by ERNEST SHEPARD, with music by H. FRASER SIMSON. Musical notation for 10 charming songs. Beautifully illustrated in black and white by Shepard. Great copy. $300.00

FINE COPY THE SECOND ANNE TITLE 357. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF AVONLEA. Boston: L.C. Page & Co. 1909 (1909). 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4) tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, 367p. + [8]p.ads, FINE. Stated 1st impression of the second Anne book. Illustrated with color frontis by George Gibbs. Extremely scarce and a beautiful copy. $1500.00

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358. MONTGOMERY,L.M. EMILY OF NEW MOON. NY: Frederick Stokes, 1923 (1923). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw heavily worn with old tape repairs). 1st ed. Illus. by MARIA KIRK with color frontis. that is repeated on cover. The first of three Emily books, this tells of Emilys life when she is transplanted to a huge gloomy house in the care of 2 frigid aunts. $850.00 359. MONTGOMERY,L.M. JANE OF LANTERN HILL. NY: Fred. A. Stokes 1937 (1937). 8vo (5 x 7 ). green cloth stamped in gold, 297p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. chipped at head of spine). 1st edition of this uncommon Montgomery title about Jane, a young girl who escapes to the Island when she is repressed by her wealthy grandmother. Illus. with color frontis repeated on dw by Louise Costello. Very scarce. $850.00

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360. MONTGOMERY,L.M. RAINBOW VALLEY. NY: FREDERICK STOKES (1919). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dust wrapper with old restoration on top edge. 1st ed. The next to last Anne story, featuring the six children of Anne and their neighbors. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with tissue guarded frontis repeated on cover. Quite scarce. $750.00

19TH CENTURY MOVEABLE EDITION OF LA FONTAINES FABLES 364. MOVEABLE. (FABLES) FABLES OF LA FONTAINE by Jean de la Fontaine. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date, circa 1880. 4to (9 x 11 ) cloth. backed pictorial boards, light edgewear and few minor mends at tabs else VG+. Featuring 6 wonderful moveable plates in full color featuring humanized animals to accompany the fables. By pulling the tab, several pieces move at once. A clever and very scarce book in excellent condition. $875.00

KENDREW CHAPBOOK 361. MOTHER GOOSE. THE COMIC ADVENTURES OF OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG. Part I. York: Kendrew no date, ca 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 3/4), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 15 fine and well printed half-page woodcuts to accompany this famous childrens rhyme. See Opie Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes p.321. $300.00 VOLLANDS MOTHER GOOSE IN BOX 362. MOTHER GOOSE. (VOLLAND) MOTHER GOOSE arranged by Eulalie Grover. Chicago: Volland (1915). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX! (box flaps repaired else VG+). 1st ed. of one of the most lavish productions done by Volland. Magnificently illustrated by FREDERICK RICHARDSON, each page is a richly colored full page illustration with the rhyme inserted into a box within the picture, This is a wonderful copy of one of the best 20th century Mother Goose books. $1200.00
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RARE NISTER WITH UNUSUAL MECHANISM 365. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) COME AND GO IN FAIRYLAND! London.: Nister no date, circa 1890. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover rubbing and normal wear, VG+. Sleeping Beauty, Golidlocks, Cinderella, Babes in the Wood and Red Riding Hood are rendered into verse by L.L. Weedon. Featuring 5 beautiful mechanical plates that feature a rarely seen mechanism. There are 2 slender ribbons attached to each side of the plate. As the ribbon is pulled, part of the illustrations revolves 180 degrees to reveal a another illustrations below that relates to the verse. Text pages are illus. in line. Rare. $2750.00

MOTHER GOOSE ALSO 15, 263, 276, 472, 496, 559

363. MOVEABLE. (DEAN HAND-COLORED) THE OLD WOMAN AND HER SILVER PENNY. London: Dean & Son 11 Ludgate Hill (1858 code on rear cover). 4to (7 x 10), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing else really near fine. Featuring 8 fine hand-colored moveable plates operated by tabs with several pieces moving simultaneously. The text is beneath each illustration. Scarce and a beautiful copy. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $3250.00

EARLY HAND-COLORED DEAN MOVEABLE

MAGNIFICENT NISTER MOVEABLE IN DUST WRAPPER! 366. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) THE FAIRY PICTURE BOOK with verses by Clifton Bingham. London.: Nister ca 1895. Sq. 4to (10 ), cl. backed pictorial. boards, a few margin mends else Fine IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! Featuring 7 round mechanical plates - by pulling a ribbon the picture on top dissolves to reveal a new picture below. The illustrations are particularly beautiful, enclosed within chromolithographed borders. Illustrations are by E.S. Hardy. This is an unusually fine copy of one of Nisters scarcer and most lovely mechanical books. $3500.00

Helen & Marc Younger SLICE BOOK MOVEABLE 367. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) ALL KINDS OF KIDS by R.H. Garman. Chic: Thompson & Thomas 1907. Sm 4to, stiff pictorial. wraps light normal wear, VG. Two of the pages are cut into slats that the reader can combine, move and change to form over 120 pictures, interchanging faces and costumes of children from various nations. $225.00

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370. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) GINGERBREAD BOY. NY: Dutton (1943). 8vo (7 x 8 3/4), spiral backed bds, light edge wear, VG+. Featuring 6 fine moveable plates and other color illustrations by JULIAN WEHR. $200.00

368. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) MY WHIRLIGIG FAIR BOOK by Ruth Stemm Morgan. Minneapolis: Gordon VOLLAND (Buzza), 1929. Folio (11 x 12 3/8), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of cover soil else Fine. Each page is completely and brightly illustrated in typical Volland colors in a style identical to Janet Laura Scotts or Gertrude Kays. There are 8 moveable pages operated with notched wheels with GEAR MECHANISMS so that turning one wheel causes another wheel to turn and 2 pieces move. This is an unusual mechanism and a rare Volland book. $1250.00

RARE VOLLAND GEAR MECHANISM MOVEABLE

371. MOVEABLE. (ZAFFO) TOMMY ON THE TRAIN by Garn. Akron: Saalfield 1946. Obl. 4to, cl. backed spiral bds, sl. edgewear else VG-Fine in worn and torn dw. Featuring 4 great tab operated moveable plates and with color and b&w illus. in typical 40s style by ZAFFO. A real period piece. $200.00

MOVEABLE SEE ALSO 97, 160, 345

MUCHA & ORAZI & SARAH BERNHARDT 372. (MUCHA,ALPHONSE)illus. ALBUM LEFEVRE-UTILE: LES CONTEMPORAINS CELEBRES. Paris: Octave Beauchamp circa 1905. Large 4to, cloth spine, painted wooden covers with circular cut-out into which is inserted a CARVED MEDALLION OF SARAH BERNHARDT BY MUCHA, Fine. This is a lavish book showcasing 28 celebraties of the era including Sarah Bernhardt, Jules Massenet, F.A. Bartholdi, Anatole France, La Reine Ranavalo and others. Each person is presented in a photo with facsimiles of their signatures - all surrounded by very beautiful classic art nouveau color decorations by ORAZI and FRAIKIN and other illustrations by VOGEL. This copy does not have extra plates after each illus. This is a lovely and lavish art nouveau book. $575.00

RARE WEHR MOVEABLE 369. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) FUN WITH FACES by Van. Garden City: Garden City Books 1950. 4to, spiral backed bds, tiny bit of rubbing else near fine. Limerick style verses by Van are illustrated in bright color throughout by Julian Wehr. Featuring 6 comical color plates operated with tabs letting the reader make comical faces. Rare. $450.00

MUSIC - 86, 138, 235, 334, 354, 427, 510 MYTH & LEGEND - 58, 169, 237, 340, 429, 509 NAPOLEON - 223, 301

FANCIFUL NAST POLITICAL SATIRE 373. (NAST,THOMAS) illus. MISS COLUMBIAS PUBLIC SCHOOL OR WILL IT BLOW OVER by A. Cosmopolitan. NY: Francis B. Felt 1871. 8vo, 82p. + [2] p. ads, brown cloth stamped in gold, edge faded else VG+. A satire on ethnic and regional stereotypes and church interference in the state, fancifully illustrated by Nast with 72 illustrations both full and partial page. Scarce. $325.00

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374. NAZI CHILDRENS BOOK. DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938 31-60 tausand). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 ), cloth spine and edges, pictorial boards, near Fine. Published by Der Sturmer under the direction of the notorious Julius Streicher. Illustrated in full color by Fips featuring grossly stereotypical depictions of Jewish men and women. The Jews are portrayed as dirty and conniving and the German youth as wholesome and clean. This title, along with Elvira Bauers Trau Keinem Fuchs remains one of the most striking examples of the power of propaganda in childrens literature, however this title is more difficult to find. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $6000.00

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SAMBO * ALICE * PETER RABBIT & MORE 376. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. CHILDRENS STORIES THAT NEVER GROW OLD adapted by Mary Stone. Chicago: Reilly & Britt on(1908). 8vo (6 x 7 3/4), yellow pictorial cloth, 312p. + ads, near Fine. 1st edition. A selection of 19 childrens classics including LITTLE BLACK SAMBO, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE STORY OF PETER RABBIT, TOPSY FROM UNCLE TOMS CABIN, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, BLACK BEAUTY, RIP VAN WINKLE, HANSEL & GRETHEL and others. Illustrated by Neill with over 70 full page color illustrations plus several black and whites. This includes an early Potter piracy, a wicked looking Sambo, and an interesting Alice among all the other wonderful tales. Nice copies of the first printing are rare and this is a beauty. (See Schiller 403 for later printing). $750.00

375. NEILL,JOHN R. ORIGINAL SIGNED ART FOR 2 WORLD WAR I POSTERS WITH GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE. Offered here are the original paintings for two posters Neill did for the war effort. The genesis of the art is explained in a series of 12 letters to Neill from the governments Treasury Department in which they encourage him as an artist to help promote the war effort by publicizing the need for donations to Liberty Loans. The first piece has an image size of 27 wide x 34 high (framed to larger, repair in lower corner). It is a strikingly graphic image of a large black bird representing Germany. The bird is clutching struggling defenseless people in both claws. But the bird is being killed by donations that patriotic Americans make for Liberty Loans that are depicted as arrows piercing the heart of the bird. The second posters image measures 25 x 36 (framed to larger). It is a portrait of 2 men identified in one of the letters as Treasury Speaker with another man looming large behind him. Both for $6500.00

ORIGINAL ART FOR 2 WWI POSTERS

377. (NEILL, JOHN R.) illus. ANDERSENS FAIRY TALES. NY: CUPPLES & Leon (1923). 4to, blue gilt cloth, color pictorial pasteon, 180p., VG+. Illustrated by Neill with 3 beautiful color plates including the plate on the cover and with a profusion of black and whites throughout the text by an unknown hand. 13 stories included including the 7 stories of the Snow Queen. $200.00

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Helen & Marc Younger ALTEMUS WEE BOOK 378. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES. Phil: Altemus, no date, ca 1924. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial pasteon, fine. A title in the Altemus Wee Book for Wee Folks series, illustrated by Neill with 45 color and b&w illustrations - both full page and in-text. Contains The Frog Prince, Hop O My Thumb and Little Two Eyes. Scarce. $225.00

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LOVELY COPY 381. NESBIT,EDITH. FIVE OF US AND MADELINE. London: T. Fisher Unwin (1925). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ), red cloth, 310p., neat owner inscription, slight foxing else near Fine. 1st edition. Illus. by NORA UNWIN with color frontis and b&w plates. The story tells what happens to 3 little children who are sent to live with a spinster relative when their father loses the family money and possessions. $400.00

TIME TRAVEL FANTASY 382. NESBIT,EDITH. HARDINGS LUCK. 8vo (5 London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. NEILL ILLUSTRATIONS IN ORIGINAL BOX 379. (NEILL,JOHN R)illus. SNOW-BOUND by John Greenleaf Whittier. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1909). 8vo (5 x 8), cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, 123p., VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX and plain paper wrapper (neat flap mend on box). Illustrated by Neill with pictorial endpapers, beautiful color pictorial border on every page of text and lovely color plates. Interesting biographical preface of Whittier and a beautiful presentation of this poem, in excellent condition. $350.00

x 8), red gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 281p., slight darkening on bottom edge of front cover and very occasional foxing, a tight and near Fine copy. 1st edition. Illustrated by H.R. Millar with 16 plates - pen and ink drawings on yellow backgrounds. A companion to The House of Arden, this is a time travel fantasy that even has a magical Star of David. Nice first editions of this title are rare. $750.00

380. NEILL,JOHN R. LETTER FROM NEILL TO REILLY & LEE WITH RESPONSE. This is a wonderful handwritten letter to Mr. Reilly of Reilly and Lee with Reillys response typed on the side. Neills letter is dated Jan. 12, 1922 and reads: Dear F.K. Reilly - Am sending today the last lot of drawings, completing the illustrations for Kabumpo in Oz. Incidentally I would like to tell you how much I enjoyed reading the mss. and making the pictures. After illustrating about seventeen Oz books I think it worthwhile to let you know this with my congratulations on having secured an author of such superior qualifications to continue the work of supplying the Oz books. Every feature of the child appeal is handled with the greatest skill. The whimsical humor the interest and the zip of the book makes me think it one of the very best Oz books so far. Sincerely Jno R. Neill. Reilly writes a typed response dated March 4th 1922: Dear John, Packages of drawings for Childrens Poems received O.K. They are satisfactory although I think they are uneven in merit; some are much better than others. Send in your bill and we well take care of you. With best regards, Very cordially, F.K. Reilly. $2500.00

NEILL/ REILLY LETTER REGARDING KABUMPO IN OZ

UNCOMMON NESBIT TITLE 383. NESBIT,EDITH. IN HOMESPUN. London: John Lane, Boston: Roberts Brothers 1896. 8vo (5 x 8), pictorial cloth, 189p. + publishers catalogues, Fine condition. 1st edition. A collection of 10 stories set mostly in South Kent and written in an English dialect. Illustrated with beautiful pictorial title page. This is an uncommon Nesbit title and a beautiful copy. $325.00

384. NESBIT,EDITH. OSWALD BASTABLE AND OTHERS. London: Wells Gardner Darton (1905). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4), maroon cloth, top edge gilt, small blemish on cover and foredge soil, VG-Fine. 1st edition, 1st issue with p. 96 mistakenly printed as 69. Contains 15 short stories, 4 about The Bastables, and also the last book to be written about the Bastable family. Illustrated by C.E. Brock and H.R. Millar with 22 black and white plates plus pictorial title page. See Osborne p. 970. $400.00

NEILL SEE ALSO 51-5

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FRANCIS BRUNDAGE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS 385. NESBIT,EDITH. ROYAL CHILDREN OF ENGLISH HISTORY. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1896. 4to (7 3/4 x 10), blue cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, 94p., slight edge wear and toning to some pages, near Fine. The lives of British royals as children is described from the childs perspective. Beautifully illustrated by FRANCIS BRUNDAGE with 10 fine chromolithograph plates and by M. BOWLEY with many black and white drawings and half-tones throughout the text. Rare in such nice condition. $200.00
NESBIT, EDITH ALSO 349 NEW YORK - 39, 69

388. NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. THE PIRATE TWINS. London: Faber and Faber [1929]. Oblong 8vo, pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE (glassine torn). SPECIAL EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 60 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY NICHOLSON! A now classic book about which Eyre says a gay, witty, imaginative effort that was one of the most successful British childrens 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 magnificent copy of the very rare limited edition. $6500.00

SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION OF PIRATE TWINS

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER - 39, 137, 141, 217, 232, 307, 316, 320, 484, 544, 545, 583 NEWBERY AWARD HONOR - 290, 397

386. [NEWELL,PETER] - IMITATION. TURN-AROUND BOOK by Alice Beardsley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1914). Sm. 4to, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, some soil, VG. Printed on heavy coated paper on rectos only. Each page features a full page illustration with a caption. When the book is turned and viewed from a different perspective, each illustration turns into a completely different composition. A bit difficult to describe, but exceedingly clever using the same approach as Newells Topsy Turvys. $450.00

RARE NIELSEN BOOK 389. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EVENTYRET: DAS MARCHEN [FAIRY TALES] by Johann Goethe. Kobenhavn: Forlaget Kronos (1949). 4to, 63p., loose as issued in decorative boards and slipcase, fine. Introduction 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 Goethes fairy tale of transformation [The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily]. Rare. $1500.00 FINE BOXED NIELSEN 390. (NIELSEN, KAY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. NY: George Doran (1924). Large 4to (9 x 11 ), black cloth with elaborate silver pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN PUBLISHERS BOX. (few neat repairs to box). 1st U.S. trade edition. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates plus many full page black and whites to accompany 16 fairy tales. A great copy, rare in the box. $1875.00

387. NEWELL,PETER. THE ROCKET BOOK. NY: Harper & Bros (Oct. 1912). 8vo (7 1/4 x 9), cloth, pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw VG with some old tape mends on verso else VG). 1st edition. Fritz, the janitors naughty son, launches a rocket and the book follows the trail of destruction that results, with a hole in each full page illustration where the rocket has gone through. The text is in verse. This is a companion to Newells Hole and Slant Books. For a book that is difficult to find in great condition, this is amazing and rare in the dust wrapper. $3000.00
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ROCKET BOOK IN RARE DUST WRAPPER!

Helen & Marc Younger 391. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE: fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1913]. 4to (8 x 10 3/4), lavender pictorial cloth, AS NEW IN PLAIN PAPER WRAPPER IN BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE. 1st trade edition. (second issue bound all in cloth instead of cloth backed boards). Illustrated by Nielsen with 24 tipped-in color plates with pictorial tissue guards, pictorial endpapers plus text decorations. This is an incredible copy of a really magnificent book, rarely found with the original box. $2500.00
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RARE WILD WEST PANORAMA WITH DIE-CUT FIGURES 394. NOVELTY. WILD WEST PUT TOGETHER BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1933. Oblong folio (13 x 10 3/4), Fine and unused. There is a 3 panel panoramic backdrop of a western scene that has numbered slits. Complete with 23 figures to be punched out and inserted into the slits (each figure has 2 numbers so there are 46 numbered slits). Very scarce. $600.00

NOVELTY SEE ALSO 75, 126, 197, 206, 238, 420, 421, 428, 447, 488 NISTER PUBLISHER - 18, 131, 150, 365-6, 444, 569, 581 NOAHS ARK - 19

392. NOVELTY. BOOK OF SOMETHING TO DO * RHYMES & STORIES. NY: United Art Pub. Co. (1916). Oblong FOLIO (14 X 11 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE AND UNUSED AND COMPLETE WITH 72 PICTORIAL STAMPS IN THE UNOPENED GLASSINE ENVELOPES! (because the envelopes has never been unsealed, it is possible that the stamps may adhere to each other). The stories include Puss In Boots, Mother Goose Rhymes, Three Bears, Farmyard Friends, Three Little Pigs, Twelve Wild Animals, Peter Rabbit, Jack & the Bean Stalk, Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe and Rip Van Winkle. Interspersed throughout the text are blank rectangles in the center of which the reader is to affix the corresponding 72 color pictorial stamps. It is also wonderfully illustrated by an unknown hand with the black and whites throughout the text. Very rare in any condition but especially so in such nice unused condition. $750.00 WITH REAL PHONE HANDSET AND MOVEABLE DIAL IN BOX 393. NOVELTY. PLAYETTE PHONE BOOK by Larry Wise and M. Goldsmith. NY: Playette Corp. 1945. 4to (8 x 11), spiral backed pictorial boards, As New in original pictorial box (flaps repaired). There is a rotary phone dial cut into a hole on the cover that extends through a hole in each page. Attached by a string is a real telephone handset that hooks onto the cover. Every other page is brightly illustrated in color by Dick Briefer in typical 40s style. Text pages help to teach the child how to use the telephone. Simply a great item in fantastic condition. $275.00

FINE COPY OF STAMPCRAFT FAIRY TALES INCLUDING ALICE

395. OAKLEY,VIOLET. THE LAW TRIUMPHANT: The opening of the Book of Law and the Miracle of Geneva. 1932 (Published by Oakley). Large Folio (12 3/4 x 16) full leather, embossed and gilt stamped, metallic endpapers, closed with 2 brass clasp. Leather is very slightly spotted in places else FINE in ORIGINAL PLAIN BOX. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY VIOLET OAKLEY. This is one of the most beautiful and extravagant productions of any of the Brandywine artists. Oakley was a woman ahead of her time. She was a highly acclaimed muralist, a feminist, a socialist and a pacifist. It was her pacifism that prompted her to move to Geneva as an artistic ambassador to the League of Nations. The Law Triumphant was created to commemorate this visit and the Disarmament Conference held in Geneva. The book also celebrates the 250th anniversary of the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn (his Holy Experiment) and the bi-centennial of George Washingtons birth. The pages are loose, laid into sections with printed covers. The first part of the book contains the text, with typography done with the help of fellow Brandywine artist HARVEY DUNN. It is set in Garamond type and printed on high quality San Marco paper. The second part of the book contains the illustrations - 71 tipped in plates in color and black and white. The text describes the color illustrations used in The Law Triumphant and explains Oakleys philosophy on the importance of world peace - especially relevant today. Rare. $2250.00

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RARE OAKLEY POSTER 396. (OAKLEY,VIOLET)illus. WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL PAGEANT: JONAS BRONCK. Offered here is a large poster announcing a pageant held May 29-31, 1909 celebrating early Westchester County, New York settlers. The proceeds of the pageant were to go to Lawrence Hospital. The poster measures 20 wide by 30 high done on brown paper printed in black and red. Except for 2 margin mends and a fold mark it is in very good condition. The middle of the poster has an 11 x 9 picture of Joseph Bronck who, in 1639 became the first recorded white resident in Westchester. (The Bronx is named after him). The poster is also decorated with coats of arms and the lettering is undoubtedly by her as well. Oakley was a star student of Howard Pyle who distinguished herself not only with her art and her large murals but also with her active commitment to world peace and human rights. This is a scarce item. $1200.00

OPPER, FREDERICK - 118, 119

BLACKIE PICTURE BOOK 399. (ORR,STEWART)illus. TWO JOLLY MARINERS. date, circa 1918. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edgewear, VG+. The book tells about the adventures of a little boy and his humanized rabbit friend when they run away from home. They end up in the land of Gander the Great where they help defeat the Ogre. Printed on one side of the page and featuring 24 fabulous bold full page color illustrations by Orr in the broad style of John Hassall (plus b&ws). A great childrens fantasy. $225.00
OUTCAULT, R.F. - 80

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397. ODELL,SCOTT. THE KINGS FIFTH. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966 (1966). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4), cloth, neat owner inscription on endpaper else Fine in very nice dust wrapper (no award seal, price clipped). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by Samuel Bryant. An adventure story set in the American Southwest during the time of Coronado. NEWBERY HONOR. Nice first editions such as this are quite scarce. $275.00 SCARCE KEWPIE BOOK WITH BOXED KEWPIE HANKIES 398. ONEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES THEIR BOOK written and illustrated by Rose ONeill. NY: Frederick Stokes (Nov. 1913). 4to (8 1/4 x 11), boards, pictorial paste-on, slightest bit of rubbing else near Fine condition. 1st edition of this early Kewpie book. Illustrated by ONeill with pictorial endpapers, cover plate, plus numerous 2-color illustrations on every page depicting the adventures of the Kewpies. Sold with the book is a BOXED SET OF 3 KEWPIE HANDKERCHIEFS! The hankies measure 10 3/4 square and are silk screened with color images of the Kewpies and their friends. The publishers box, which has flaps strengthened, has a great pictorial cover of the Kewpies. Nice copies of the book are quite scarce and the boxed hankies are rare. $2200.00
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400. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. FAIRYLAND with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. NY: Frederick A. Stokes 1929. Folio (10 1/4 x 13 1/4), red gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, [166] p., AS NEW IN FINE PICTORIAL box DUST WRAPPER WITH LARGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS BOX (flaps repaired) WITH A LARGE COLOR PLATE MOUNTED ON THE COVER (The Fairy Ring). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION which precedes the U.K. edition by 2 years and which includes 2 stories and 4 color plates not in the U.K. edition. Three fairy stories and 23 fairy poems are illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 19 magnificent, large color plates, 32 large and incredibly detailed black and white plates, plus drawings in-text. This is one of the most sought after childrens books and certainly one of the most beautiful. This copy is magnificent and truly rare with the wrapper and the box. (See Muirs Bibliography p.644). (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $6000.00
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OUTHWAITES FAIRYLAND IN RARE BOX & DUST WRAPPER!

Helen & Marc Younger 401. ([OUTHWAITE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. MOLLIES STAIRCASE by A.I. RENTOUL and I.S. RENTOUL. Melbourne: M.L. Hutchinson [1906]. Oblong 4to (10 x 8), string bound printed wraps, [52]p., title page foxed, scattered foxing and faint crease on other pages otherwise remarkably intact and VG+. FIRST EDITION OF OUTHWAITES SECOND BOOK (following Mollys Bunnyip from 1904), done when she was only 18 years old. Illustrated with 12 full page black and whites and printed on one side of the paper plus several smaller illustrations in test. The text written in verse by Outhwaites mother, continues the tale about little Mollie at home and with the fairies. In comparing this title with Mollys Bunnyip, Marcie Muir notes that this title shows a considerable technical advance, with drawings of toys, groups of figures, and the interior of Mollys 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
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HAND-COLORED PANORAMA 402. PANORAMA. PANORAMA OF MONKS. no pub. info., Italian circa 1850. 2 3/4 x 4, boards, spine repaired else VG in plain slipcase (chipped). There are 36 very fine hand-colored illustrations of various monks with identification of each on the bottom. Opening accordion style. $700.00
PANORAMA SEE ALSO 48, 234, 394

STUNNING RUSSIAN PICTURE BOOK 403. (PARAIN, NATHALIE)illus. BABA YAGA edited by N.A. Teffi. Paris: YMCA Press 1932. Folio (11 1/4 x 12 3/4), pictorial wraps, slightest of cover soil else near fine. 1st edition of this stunning picture book, published simultaneously with the French Pere Castor version (published in America in 1935). Featuring striking and stylized Art Deco color lithographs by Parain to company the Russian folk tale about a clever cat and a little girl. A beautiful copy, quite uncommon in the Russian language version. $650.00

PERE CASTOR 404. (PARAIN, NATHALIE)illus. BABA YAGA:a popular Russian tale retold by Rose Celli. NY: Artists & Writers Guild, 1935. Folio (11 x 12 3/4), flexible card covers, small piece of corner nipped and slight edge wear else VG. Authorized American edition of a large format PERE CASTOR book, featuring striking and stylized Art Deco color lithographs by Parain. $225.00

405. PARKER,N. AND B. FUNNY BUNNIES: ARTISTS MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLORS. This is the rare original manuscript for the Parkers book Funny Bunnies published in London by W. & R. Chambers circa 1905. This original is comprised of a ring bound sketch book containing all of the original watercolors used in the book (including the covers), as well as paste-ups for each text page that are also generously illustrated in line. The art for the covers has been mounted onto a single sheet of grey paper to form the covers of the manuscript. Like the published book, it is oblong measuring 14 wide by 10 inches, slightly larger than the published book and except for a short crease on the cover it is in fine condition. The text in verse tells about the daily doings of a family of humanized bunnies that are portrayed in great detail with humor and affection. Aside from the text drawings and interesting publishing notations, there are 14 fabulous full page finished watercolors that if sold separately would amount to much more than the price of the entire manuscript. Original work by the Parkers is ultra rare and this is a wonderful opportunity to own the complete work for a picture book by them. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $22,000.00

FANTASTIC MANUSCRIPT WITH 14 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS

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SCARCE BIRD BOOK BY PARKERS 406. PARKER,B. BOOK OF BABY BIRDS. NY: Frederick Stokes 1905. Large 4to (9 x 11 3/4). pictorial boards, 54p., covers and edges worn, else tight, clean and VG. The text is simple informative poems about the habits of 12 different baby birds. Illustrated with 12 fine full page illustrations and line illustrations in text by N. Parker. This is a scarce early title by the Parkers with charming work. Includes swallows, thrushes, ducks, cuckoos, nightingales, owls and more. $600.00 407. PARKER,B. AND N. LARDER LODGE. London: Chambers ca 1910. Large oblong 4to (13 x 9 1/4), pictorial boards, some chipping to spine paper, slight edge rubbing, tight and VG+. Another in the Parkers imaginative picture books, this involves a family of 3 humanized foxes that decide to open a boarding house by the sea. Theyre soon joined by all varieties of humanized animals and naturally have many adventures. Illustrated with 14 fine full page color illustrations to accompany clever text done entirely in verse. A really great book, very scarce. $1200.00

PARRISH CALENDAR IN BOX 410. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. CALENDAR: BUSINESS MANS CALENDAR 1926. NY: Dodge 1925. The calendar measures 6 x 8 with 5 pages per month attached at the top with ribbon tie. There are a few notations else FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX. The cover plate is a beautiful full color illustration by Parrish. The calendar pages all feature quotes from notable people embellished with lovely decorative pictorial borders. Scarce. $600.00

UNUSED BABY BOOK 411. (PEASE [GUTTMAN],BESSIE COLLINS)illus. THE BIOGRAPHY OF OUR BABY by Edmund Vance Cooke. NY: Dodge (1906). 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/4), white gilt and pictorial cloth, VERY FINE AND UNUSED IN ORIGINAL BOX. Used to record milestones of a newborns life, this has poems with spaces to insert information. Illustrated by Bessie Collins Pease [later Guttman] with 20 color illustrations (some full page, many in-text). Really beautiful. $450.00

PEAT PAPER DOLLS 408. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. KNAVE OF HEARTS by Louise Saunders. NY: Scribner 1925 (1925) folio, black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX! (box restored as usual). An incredibly beautiful copy of the first edition of Parrishs masterwork. Illustrated with glorious pictorial endpapers plus really magnificent full page color illustrations (printed on rectos only) and numerous rich color illustrations in-text, all printed on thick, heavy coated paper. $4000.00

KNAVE OF HEARTS IN BOX

412. (PEAT,FERN

BISEL)illus.

GROCERY STORE TO SET UP. Akron: Saalfield 1937. Oblong folio (13 x

10), stiff pictorial wraps, Fine and Unused. This is a fabulous book of

PAPER DOLLS with cabinets, stands and dozens of grocery items to be assembled by the user - all brightly illustrated in Peats distinctive style. Very $450.00

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PARRISH AND WHARTON 409. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS by Edith Wharton. NY: Century 1910 (1904). 4to (7 x 10 3/4), green gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, some wear to spine ends else VG+. Illustrated by Parrish with cover design plus 26 color and black and white illustrations. This is a nice copy of a title collected by Edith Wharton fans as well as by Parrish collectors. $1200.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 413. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. POLKA-DOT CAT by Frank Leet. Akron: Saalfield 1930. Oblong 4to (13 x 9 ), diecut in the shape of a toy gingham cat on wheels. Fine and unread. The front and back covers illustrate the front and back of a toy cat sitting on a wheeled base. To read, The cover lifts up from the bottom. Illustrated in two colors inside by Peat and featuring with great full color covers. Rare. $375.00

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PERRAULT, CHARLES ALSO 91, 135, 205-6, 263,433, 527 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD - 181, 327

SIGNED BY BOTH PETERSHAMS 418. PETERSHAM,MAUD AN AMERICAN ABC. & MISKA.

NY: Macmillan

1941 (Sept. 1941). 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with

charming color lithographs with each letter of the alphabet represented by a patriotic picture. A most attractive ABC book and a CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH PETERSHAMS. $450.00

HELENE GUERTIK ILLUSTRATIONS 414. PERE CASTOR. IMAGES A COLORIER: DES LEGUMES. Paris: Flammarion (1935). Oblong 4to (9 x 8 ) pictorial wraps, upper corner chip else VG and unused. 1st ed. Printed on black paper, each lovely bold full page color litho faces an uncolored page to be colored by owner. Illustrated by Russian emigre artist HELENE GUERTIK. $225.00

PERE CASTOR SEE ALSO 403, 404, 495, 497

419. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. GETA-WAY AND HARY JANOS. NY: Viking, 1933. 4to, cloth backed pictorial. bds, 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 Childrens Books p. 59). $375.00

415. PERE CASTOR IMITATION. LOEUF MAGIQUE [THE MAGIC EGG] [by] Rose Celli. Paris: Gallimard (1937). 4to (7 x 9), stiff pictorial wraps, VG+. A blatant Pere Castor imitation, this is illustrated with beautiful color lithos by Lalande to accompany an homage to the egg! $175.00 416. (PERKINS,LUCY FITCH) illus. NEWS FROM NOTOWN by Eleanor Ellis Perkins. Boston: HM 1919 (1919). 4to, pictorial. cloth, [108]p., fine in worn dw missing most of back panel. 1st ed. A marvelous book retelling the news of a fictional town in verse for children. Featuring many fine full page illus. by Perkins as well as decorative initials in-text. A most uncommon Perkins item, written by Lucy Fitch Perkins daughter. $200.00 MAGNIFICENT BINDING 417. PERRAULT,CHARLES. CONTES DE PERRAULT. Paris: Theofore Lefevre ca 1910. 4to, red cloth with elaborate gold and black decorative binding, all edges gilt, 217p., near fine. 11 favorite fairy tales are offered with text pages surrounded by an elaborate pictorial border by G. FRAIPOINT printed in a range of colors. In addition there are wonderful steel engravings by LEFRANCQ after DESANDRE and wood engravings by FATH and others.. There is also a 14 page preface by A.J. St. Germain. A beautiful edition. $175.00

3-D 420. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. LIVING PICTURE BOOK WITH THE WONDER SPECTACLES. London.: W. Walker no date, circa 1930. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, fine. 15 pages of photos can only be seen by using the 3-d glasses provided in the front pocket. When viewed through the glasses, the child sees cities and countries and famous people of the world. Illustrated in blue on the bottom of each page. $225.00

EDUCATIONAL NOVELTY BOOK 421. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. RAINY DAY SCRAP BOOK by E.L. & E.T. Shuman. Chic: Reilly & Britton, (1910). Narrow 4to, pictorial. cloth, near fine in chipped dw. In an envelope in the front of the book are half-tone illustrations of all types of historic places, people and important events. The child is to cut out the photo illustrations and paste them with their proper description (some already done). It was designed to teach them to recognize places and monuments by name and description both of which are beneath each frame. $200.00
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HUMANIZED MICE 422. PICTURE BOOK. ADVENTURES OF SILVERSUIT by Jessie Pope. NY: Dodge ca 1910. Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed boards, pictorial pasteon, small chip of paper in corner and edges rubbed else tight, clean and VG. A wonderful picture book featuring a family of humanized mice and relating what happens when one of them flies away on a kite and gets lost. Each page of text faces a great full page color illustration in bold flat colors by AUGUSTINE MacGREGOR. A charming picture book. $325.00

RARE GRANT RICHARDS TOYLAND FANTASY PICTURE BOOK 426. PICTURE BOOK. A TRIP TO TOYLAND by Henry Mayer. London: Grant Richards 1900. Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, tips sl. rubbed and very slight cover soil, VG-Fine. 1st ed. Every other page has a vivid full page color illus. (printed on one side of page). The story tells the fantasy adventures of Dumpy Babe who visits Toyland where toys come alive. Due to its large size, few copies of this title survive intact. A fantastic book, engraved and printed by EDMUND EVANS. $1200.00 IN THE STYLE OF BOUTET DE MONVEL - WITH MUSIC 427. PICTURE BOOK. WHEN LITTLE BOYS SING by John and Rue Carpenter. Chicago: Mc Clurg (Oct. 29th 1904). Oblong folio (14 x 10 3/4), patterned cloth, spine slightly soiled else VG-Fine. 1st edition, printed on coated paper. Original poems for little boys accompanied by musical notation and featuring wonderful color illustrations much in the style of Boutet de Monvel. Just think of little heathen boys/ With all the clothes and all the toys/ That Sunday scholars give!/ They dwell on islands far away/ And never do one thing but play/ A pleasant way to live! A charming turn of the century childrens book. $400.00
PIGS - 89, 131, 165, 304, 392, 423, 546, 579 PIRATES - 388, 435

CHARMING AMERICAN PICTURE BOOK - 6 BOOKS IN ONE 423. PICTURE BOOK. THE LITTLE WOULD-NOTS. NY: Samuel Gabriel Sons & Co., 1922-1925. 4to, (9 x 10 ), cloth with pictorial paste-on, corner of one page repaired else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER with mounted color plate. Containing 6 stories about naughty little animals, illustrated by MARY La FETRA RUSSELL with wonderful full page and half page color illustrations throughout. Printed on coated paper, every page is illustrated in color and the simple text is in large type. Titles include: Teddy Bear That Prowled At Night, Little Kitten that Would Not Wash Its Face, Little Dog That Would Not Wag Its Tail, Little Chick That Would Not Go To Bed, Little Rabbit That Would Not Eat and Little Pig That Would Not Get Up. A beautiful copy of a scarce and charming American picture book. $750.00 RARE BRANDYWINE PICTURE BOOK 424. PICTURE BOOK. MY BUSY DAYS by Edith Sturgis. NY: D Appleton 1908 (Oct. 1908). Folio (10 x 14), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge wear and cover rubbing else VG+. First edition. This is a stunning book of poems for children, illustrated by Brandywine artist MARGARETTA HINCHMAN with 8 particularly lovely color plates (very similar to Green and Betts) plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial borders on text pages. Hinchman studied with Howard Pyle 1895-99 and was the fourth musketeer of the Green, Oakley and Smith Brandywine group. She went on to become a landscape painter and muralist as well as being a founding member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance. This is incredibly difficult to find this book in collectible condition. $1350.00

428. PLAY BOOK. PLAYBOOK OF TROY - ORIGINAL ART. Offered here are all of the original color drawings by Esther Peck for the Playbook of Troy written by Susan Meriwether and published by Harper Brothers in 1927. Includes 13 large folio drawings on thick boards and 8 pages of pictures for the cutouts (images are 12 x 15 on board 15.5 x 23) plus 6 proof sheets. There are production notes in pencil in margins and some soil from normal use otherwise VG+. The published book has little text with most of the book filled with color figures and objects to cut out and used for play. The cover is removable and is used as the large backdrop scene. The Playbook of Troy was one of 5 titles in a series designed to teach in an entertaining way. Realms of Gold p.153 notes These books are unusually fine and important additions to the play books.. $1850.00

PUBLISHER DUMMY ORIGINAL ART FOR PLAYBOOK OF TROY

425. PICTURE BOOK. THE RABBITS DAY IN TOWN by E.H. Procter. London: Blackie no date ca 1905. 4to, (7 x 10), cloth backed pictorial boards, light edge rubbing, VG+. The story in verse, relates the busy day the rabbits have when they come to town. Wonderfully illustrated in bold colors with more than 20 fine full page colored illustrations by WALTON CORBOULD depicting a bevy of humanized rabbits. One of Blackies fine picture books. $400.00

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SCARCE POGANY HUNGARIAN FAIRY TALES 429. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. HUNGARIAN FAIRY BOOK by Nandor Pogany. NY: Frederick Stokes, no date, circa 1913. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/8), blue pictorial cloth, 287p., slightest bit of soil else near fine condition. 26 Hungarian fairy tales are illustrated by Pogany with color frontis plus a profusion of full and partial page black and whites in Poganys Art Nouveau style. A very scarce and lovely Pogany item and an interesting collection of fairy tales as well. $500.00

WITH WATERCOLOR OF BURRO AND EMBELLISHED INSCRIPTION 432. (POLITI,LEO)illus. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING by Ann Nolan Clark. NY: Viking 1952 (1952). 8vo (7 x 9), cloth, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of a burro from Ecuador, beautifully illustrated in color by Politi. This copy is inscribed by Politi with a fine large watercolor drawing of gray burro with the inscription embellished with watercolor decorations! A special copy of a charming book. $400.00 VERY SCARCE BLUE RIBBON POP-UP CINDERELLA 433. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) CINDERELLA and other tales. NY: Blue Ribbon (1933). Thick 4to, pictorial boards, spine creased and slightly cocked else VG+. Containing CINDERELLA, HANSEL & GRETEL, GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE BEARS AND PUSS IN BOOTS. Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ with color endpapers, 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

430. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: Harrap (1910). Folio (9 x 12 ), green gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others trimmed, small faded area top rear corner (barely visible) else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw with a few edge chips. First edition. This is a magnificent production illustrated by Pogany with pictorial endpapers and title page, 20 tipped-in color illustrations, full page color illustrations, calligraphic text enclosed within pictorial borders with decorative initials, plus smaller black and whites in-text - all ART NOUVEAU IN STYLE. Produced by Vincent Brooks and B. Dalziel, this is a beautiful copy of one of Poganys most desired & lavish books, rare in the dust wrapper. $1400.00

POGANYS ANCIENT MARINER IN DUST WRAPPER

434. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) JACK THE GIANT KILLER and other tales. NY: Blue Ribbon (1932). Thick 4to, pictorial boards, usual hinge strains else unusually FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER. Containing the title story as well as Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ LENTZ with color endpapers, 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. The nicest copy youre likely to find of a marvelous pop-up. $900.00

POGANYS RUBAIYAT IN LIMP SUEDE AND BOX 431. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. London: Harrap [1909]. 4to (8 1/4 x 11 ), full limp brown suede binding stamped in gold, top edge gilt, except for a few scattered oxidation spots on first few pages this is VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (flaps repaired). First edition. This is a lavish production, lithographed by Vincent Day and illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 24 tipped-in color plates, and decorative text-pages with calligraphy by Pogany. Magnificent copy, rare in this binding and with the box. $1200.00
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435. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) TERRY AND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKED by Milton Caniff. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). Sq. 4to, pictorial. bds, business name stamped on cover else fine. With 3 great color pop-ups and b&ws throughout the text. One of the scarcest titles in the series. $475.00

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436. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO. 3 ed. by S. Louis Giraud. London: Strand, no date circa 1936. 4to (7 x 8 ), pictorial boards, slight spine wear, near Fine. Featuring 6 wonderful double page color pop-ups, full of action and detail including The Minuet, Melody Maker, Village Blacksmith, Certain Winner, Drummer Boy, Fairy City. Illustrated in color and b&w to accompany a variety of stories. One of the scarcer titles in the series. $450.00

HORSE POP-UP 440. POP-UP. (HORSES) GINGER AND BROWNIE. (Racine: Whitman 1936). 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, paper sl. browning else VG-Fine. A Magic-Action book. The story of horses illus. in two-color and black and whites throughout the text and with 3 particularly great, brightly colored, double-page pop-ups. Scarce. $200.00

437. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO. 6 ed. by S. Louis Giraud. London: Strand, no date [1939]. 4to (7 x 8 ), pictorial boards, near Fine. Featuring 5 particularly wonderful double page color pop-ups, full of action and detail including The Santa at North Pole, Indians and log cabin, Clown, Boating on the river, Lighthouse. Illustrated in color and b&w to accompany a variety of stories. One of the scarcer titles in the series. $400.00

JOLLY JUMP-UP ABC BOOK 441. POP-UP. (JOLLY JUMP-UP) THE JOLLY JUMP-UPS ABC BOOK by Geraldine Clyne. Springfield: McLoughlin 1948. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, slight edge wear, else VG+. Illustrated with 6 wonderful double-page pop-ups that also have some moveable pieces. Nice book! $200.00

WITH POP-UP TOWER OF LONDON 438. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO.17 edited by S. Louis Giraud. London: Strand, no date [1948]. 8vo (7 x 8 ), pictorial boards, Fine and bright. Featuring 5 wonderful double page color pop-ups including: a detailed Tower of London scene, Gnome Carpenters whose saws move back and forth as the image pops-up, a Magic House with a fairy princess who disappears when viewed from certain angles, Christmas Pudding and a striking Toucan whose beak moves as it emerges. Illustrated in color and black and white to accompany a variety of stories. This is the last pop-up in the series, rarely found so clean. $425.00
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442. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) PUSS IN BOOTS. London: Bancroft 1961. Oblong 4to (10 x 8), cloth 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

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439. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO.5 ed. by S. Louis Giraud. London: Strand, no date, circa 1938. 8vo (7 x 8 ), pictorial boards, Fine and bright. Featuring 5 particularly wonderful double page color pop-ups full of action and detail including: a Woodcutter whose saw moves back and forth, a Conductor whose arms move around, The Seven Dwarfs, The Thieves Cave and The Chalet. Illustrated throughout the text in color and black and white to accompany a variety of stories. A beautiful copy of one of the more difficult to find Bookanos. $425.00

Helen & Marc Younger 443. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TONY AND THE CIRCUS BOY. London: Bancroft (1960). Folio, cl. backed pictorial. bds, covers sl. wavy else VG+. Illus. with a huge double-page color pop-up by KUBASTA. $300.00

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SPORTS POP-UP - BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, HORSE RACING ETC. 446. POP-UP. (SPORTS) FROM THE BOTTOM UP. No place or date, pub. by Mutual Broadcasting Co, ca 1945. Folio, pictorial boards, edges and covers rubbed some else tight and 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 rare and happens to be one of the few (if not the only) pop-ups dealing with sports. $2000.00

WONDERFUL LARGE NISTER POP-UP 444. POP-UP. (NISTER) MODEL MENAGERIE with natural history stories by L.L. Weedon, Evelyn Fletcher and others. London: Nister no date ca 1895. Large oblong 4to, (14x10 3/4) cloth backed pictorial boards, lacks rear blank endpaper and front endpaper chipped else VG+. This is a beautiful pop-up book with 6 full page chromolithographed pages of animals in cages that emerge when the page is turned. The scenes are very detailed, many have animals decorating the cage bars. Includes lion with cubs, deer with fawns, tiger with cubs, a cage full of monkeys, brown bear and elephant. Text pages are illustrated in brown. See Whitton: Paper Toys of the World p. 68, 70. Quite often found with the bars of the cage detached or missing, this copy is in nice condition. $900.00

447. POP-UP. TALES FROM FAIRYLAND WITH CUT-OUT AND STAND-UP PICTURES. Akron: Saalfield, no date, circa 1905. 4to (8 x 10 3/4), pictorial wraps, light cover rubbing else near Fine and unused. There are 8 fairy tales with the text for each story complete on one page. Opposite each story is a full page of die-cut chromolithographs illustrating 4 scenes from the story. The child is meant to remove the characters from each die-cut and stand them up for play using the die-cut stands provided. The colors are rich, the illustrations lovely and it is completely used. Contains: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sugar House in the Wood, Snow White and Rose Red, Sleeping Beauty, Frog Prince, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Snow White. Rarely found intact. $1250.00

FAIRY TALES WITH DIE-CUTS THAT STAND

445. POP-UP. (NISTER) PEEPSHOW PICTURES. London: Nister no date, circa 1890. Small 4to (8 x 9 3/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, some normal edge rubbing, else VG+. 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 illustrations in line on every page. Text is by E. Nesbit, C. Bingham and others. A nice copy of a charming Victorian pop-up. Peeps into Nisterland p. 316. $1350.00

POP-UP WITH PUNCH & JUDY / CATS / SOLDIERS

WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPO POP-UP 448. POP-UP. WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893. 4to (12 wide x 10 1/4 high). Cloth spine, slight edge wear else Fine. The chomolithographed covers open to reveal a multi-dimensional popup depicting the various buildings of the expo (Electrical Building, Hall of Mines and Wisconsin State Building). Quite wonderful. $675.00

POP-UP ALSO 272 POSTERS - 302, 375, 396, 456, 496, 567

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449. POTTER,BEATRIX. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: TALE OF PETER RABBIT. This is a charming watercolor SIGNED AND CAPTIONED IN INK BY POTTER and dated August 1927. It was executed on paper measuring 5 1/4 wide x 7 1/4 high and is in fine condition mounted and hinged on acid free board. The signature is lightly faded else fine. The image shows the surprised meeting of Peter and Mr. McGregor in the garden with Peters back to the reader and Mr. McGregors startled expression on his bearded face. The actual image measures 3 wide by 2 high, and appears on page 38 of the first edition of the book. 1 inch below the image in Potters 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. 1678) 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

450. POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER. London & 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

DELUXE BINDING JEREMY FISHER

451. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE. London: Warne 1910 (1910). 12mo, blue boards, pictorial. paste-on, rub marks on corner of halftitle else near Fine. 1st ed. $1000.00

452. POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. London: Warne 1911 (1911). 12mo (4 1/4 x 5 3/4), dark green boards, pictorial paste-on, small owner inscription else Fine IN ORIGINAL PRINTED GLASSINE WRAPPER which lists this title last on the rear panel, lists Roly Poly, Pie, and Ginger on front flap and Fierce Bad Rabbit and Miss Moppet on rear flap. (wrapper has chip top of spine, base of spine has 1-net price, a few smaller chips elsewhere but overall VG). 1st ed. Illustrated with color frontis plus 26 color plates and pictorial endpapers (plate X, Quinby 20). Exceptional copy, rare in wrapper. $3250.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 453. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE FAIRY CARAVAN. Philadelphia: David McKay (1929). 8vo, 225p., green cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER (dust wrapper with the most minor edge wear else Fine). 1st U.S. ed. (probably preceding the British). After Potter finished her Peter Rabbit series it was her intention to stop writing. It was only with the persuasion of her American publisher, Alexander McKay, that she agreed to write this book meant only for the American market. Illustrated by Potter with 6 color plates and 20 full page and 42 smaller black and white drawings. Linder notes that Potters Lakeland friends were quick to recognize many of the pictures with their local settings (p.295). See Linder p. 292-5, Quinby 29a. This is a magnificent copy with the dw clean, white and bright, rare thus. $2000.00 454. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING. NY:Warne (1908). 8vo, red cloth stamped in green and gold, beveled edges, [70]p. AS NEW! 1st ed., 3rd printing, same as 1st except for few minor technical changes, ca 1913 (based on Warnes address of 12 E. 33rd St. and the fact that in 1918 this large format was published in cloth backed boards). One of Potters experiments in large format books it was reprinted in 1926 in ordinary small format with the title changed to The Tale Of Samuel Whiskers (See Linder p.194). With 18 wonderful color plates incl. title and 38 b&w drawing by Potter. An extraordinary copy. $750.00

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457. PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A-BOOS AND MR. PLOPPER. London.: Henry Frowde: Hodder & Stoughton, no date inscribed 1915. 4to, boards, pictorial pasteon, slight soil and rubbing, VG+. The 2 little peek-a-boo children hook up with a humanized beaver named Mr. Plopper. The book features a world full of humanized animals on the order of Beatrix Potter but starring two wide-eyed little children. Featuring 8 color plates, many line illus. and pictorial endpapers. $650.00

458. (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. THE PEEK-A-BOOS AMONG THE BUNNIES told by Z.H.. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, ca 1913. Square 4to, pictorial boards, pictorial paste- on, some foxing and tips rubbed else VG. 1st US ed. The little Peek-A-Boos spend time in the rabbit warren. Illustrated by Preston with 8 fine color plates and pictorial endpapers and by George Howard-Vyse with numerous b&ws. Scarce. $750.00 459. [PRESTON,CHLOE]illus. THE CHUNKIES AT THE SEASIDE [by May Byron]. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., no date ca 1920. 4to, pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, slight rubbing, VG-Fine. The Chunkies are a wide-eyed companion group to Prestons Peek-a-boos, who have adventures and get into mischief. Illus. by Preston with 8 great color plates, black and whites in-text and pictorial endpapers. Scarce. $500.00

455. POTTER,BEATRIX. WAG BY WALL. Boston.: Horn Book 1944. 12mo, buckram, pictorial. paste-on, fine in DUST WRAPPER. 1st ed. The original version of this story was first done in 1909 but not published. It was later written into The Fairy Caravan but removed before publication and it was finally re-written by Potter in 1940 and 1943 and published here for the first time, shortly after her death. Illustrated with lovely woodcuts by J.J. LANKES. (See Linder p. 276) $475.00

RARE EARLY POTTER GAME 456. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. PETER RABBIT PARTY MUSLIN GAME. Akron: Saalfield 1913. This is a large poster-sized printed muslin game board to be used in a pin-the-tail-ondonkey type of game. Measuring 18 x 21 (creased where originally folded, blank corner cut off). There is a large (18) full color image of Peter in the center, surrounded by 4 smaller brown line vignettes from the book. The blindfolded player is to try to pin the cabbage leaf as close as possible to the outline near Peters mouth (included are 9 cabbage leaves). Very scarce. $400.00

PROPAGANDA - 374, 500, 503, 506

REVIEW COPY OF CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 460. PROVENSEN, ALICE AND MARTIN. GLORIOUS FLIGHT. NY: Viking (1983). Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP LAID IN. WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT AWARD. Beautifully illus. in color depicting the 1901 flight across the English Channel. $200.00

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CARNEGIE MEDAL SIGNED 461. PULLMAN,PHILIP. THE GOLDEN COMPASS. NY: Alfred A. Knopf (1995 1-10 code). 8vo (6 x 8 ), cloth backed boards, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUST WRAPPER. 1st U.S. edition. 1st printing of the first title in Pullmans Dark Materials trilogy. Carnegie Medal Winner. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY PULLMAN on the title page. Great copy. $750.00

PUPPETS - 127-9, 163 PUSS IN BOOTS - 136, 272, 442

PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER - 186

462. PUZZLE. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS CUBE PUZZLE ART WITH PUZZLE. This is the original watercolor for the top of a cube puzzle box (and also used as one of the guide sheets for assembling the puzzle). No publication information, circa 1940. The art measures 6.75 x 5 on board 7.5x6 and is fine condition. Snow White and all 7 of the Dwarfs are pictured in vibrant colors. The actual puzzle lacks one of the cubes otherwise it is in excellent condition with the 3 other guide sheets laid-in the original box and with the artwork reproduced in reduced size on the cover. The puzzle also includes Hansel and Gretel and 2 other stories. $875.00
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SNOW WHITE PUZZLE WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR

NICE LETTER WITH DRAWING 464. RACKHAM,ARTHUR. LETTER WITH DRAWING. Offered here is a one page handwritten note on Rackhams Chalcot Gardens stationary, dated 1909. Traces of removal from an album on the verso and one corner mend. It reads: Dear Miss Wallis, Very many thanks for your letter. I am very sorry I cannot do you a sketch though you are so kind as to support a donation to a charity - but I am so busy at the present time that I cannot satisfy the demand of my own friends, even, in that way. So perhaps this note and this: [drawing] may find a corner in your album. Arthur Rackham. The charming drawing is 4 wide by 1 2/ high and shows a stork carrying a baby in its mouth. $1350.00

WONDERFUL RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION 465. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ALLIES FAIRY BOOK with intro. by Edmund Gosse. London: Heinemann no date [1916]. 4to (8 x 10), blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, slightest bit of cover darkening, the usual offsetting on endpaper else FINE in custom slip case. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. A collection of fairy tales from various countries (English, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian and more) with lengthy and informative introduction by Gosse. Featuring 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates and a profusion of fabulous line illustrations throughout the text that reproduce with superior clarity due to the fine quality paper used in this edition. $2500.00

463. (PYLE,HOWARD)illus. GALLANTRY by James Branch Cabell. New York: Harper Brother 1907 (Oct. 1907). 8vo (6 x 9), grey cloth with elaborate silver, gold and white decoration, top edge gilt, Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Pyle with 4 beautiful mounted color plates. A nice copy. $200.00

466. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ARTHUR RACKHAMS BOOK OF PICTURES with intro by Arthur Quiller Couch. London: William Heinemann (1913). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4) white gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt, spine slightly toned and light soil on edge of cover else VG-Fine, clean and tight with no spotting or foxing. LIMITED TO 1030 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 44 fantastically beautiful mounted color plates with lettered guards and several charming black and whites. Nice copy - very scarce. $2750.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 467. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM trans. by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London: Constable 1909. Large thick 4to (10 x 11 3/4), 325p., full vellum with gilt decorations, top edge gilt, except for a few small spots of natural discoloration of vellum, and some browning on front endpaper, this is in near fine condition with vellum clean and with silk ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites. Because of the high quality of the paper, the black and whites are superb. Arguably his best work and very rare in the limited edition in such fine and bright condition. $11,000.00 SUEDE-BACKED FIRST EDITION OF RACKHAMS GRIMM 468. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM. NY: Doubleday Page 1909. Thick 4to (8 x 10), suede backed pictorial boards stamped in black and gold, 325p., edges and corners rubbed, else near Fine. 1st American edition with Rackham illustrations. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers (not found in the limited edition), 40 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards and 55 black and white illustrations to accompany 60 fairy tales from Grimm. (Latimore/Haskell p. 34). Particularly scarce in the American edition as the suede spine is almost always worn and torn. $2500.00

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469. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER by the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable (1917). Folio (9 x 12), grey cloth with pictorial label stamped in gold, top edge gilt, slight bit of rubbing and slight rubbing of spine ends else Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM COMPLETE WITH THE ADDITIONAL SIGNED COLOR PLATE IN THE ENVELOPE! Illustrated by Rackham with 13 beautiful tipped-in color plates (one more than in the trade edition) plus pictorial endpapers and 43 black & whites to accompany 40 fairy tales. This is an exceptional copy of a very hard to find limited edition with great Rackham illustrations, rarely found complete with the extra color plate. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM NEXT COLUMN) $7500.00
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470. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1922]. 4to (8 x 10), red gilt cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw with margin mends and some soil but VG+). 1st Rackham edition, illustrated with 24 beautiful color plates (16 tipped- in color plates with printed guards plus 8 color-plate drawings) as well as 20 equally as lovely text b&ws and pictorial endpapers. A particularly nice copy, not often found in the dust wrapper. $900.00

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FINE COPY 471. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR) illus. A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM by William Shakespeare. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday, 1908. 4to (7 x 10), tan cloth stamped in gold, Fine condition. 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with 40 magnificent tipped-in color plates on heavy paper with lettered guards, plus many lovely black and whites in-text. A great copy of one of Rackhams most sought after titles. $1200.00

474. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. NY & London: Doubleday Page & William Heinemann 1905. 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/4), green gilt cloth, closed split at base of spine, articles removed from blank page, slight foxing on text page, really tight and VG+. First US edition. Featuring 51 magnificent mounted color plates plus several black and whites. This is one of Rackhams best books with the illustrations particularly well suited to the text. (Latimore / Haskell p. 26) An excellent copy. $1200.00

MOTHER GOOSE LIMITED EDITION 472. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. MOTHER GOOSE:THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES. London: Heinemann (1913). Large 4to (9 x 11 ), original white gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, owner bookplate, light finger soil and spine slightly toned as is common else VG - Fine, tight and clean with not one bit of spotting. 1st edition, LIMITED TO 1130 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 13 fabulous tipped-in color plates mounted on heavy paper plus a profusion of beautiful black and whites throughout the text with reproductions far superior to those in the trade edition. This is a nice copy of a one of Rackhams most sought after titles. $2950.00

UNCOMMON RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION 475. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE: POEMS OF CHILDHOOD by Algernon Swinburne. London: Heinemann (1918). Large 4to (9 x 11 ), vellum backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and covers toned on edges else VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 765 NUMBERED COPIES (100 FOR THE U.S.) SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 8 beautiful color plates and 52 b&ws by Rackham. A very uncommon limited Rackham. $1450.00

MINT RACKHAMS PETER PAN 473. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. NY: Scribner 1906 (Dec. 1906). Large 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 126p., mint. 1st American ed. Featuring 50 magnificent mounted color plates with tissue guards (in rear of book) and with b&w drawing on title. A beautiful copy of a scarce and most desired Rackham book (Latimore/Haskell p.27). $1500.00

476. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. London: Harrap (1935). LIMITED TO ONLY 460 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Thick 4to, bound in full gilt dec. vellum, small bruise to vellum on edge of spine else fine in original publishers slipcase (taped on edges). Illus. with 12 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards plus a profusion of text drawings. A nice copy $3300.00

Helen & Marc Younger RACKHAM AND POE 477. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. Philadelphia: Lippincott [1935]. 4to (8 x 10), red pictorial cloth, (318)p., old paper clip mark on edge on endpaper else Fine in dust wrapper ( VG dw with v shaped piece off top of spine,, frayed at base of spine). First American Rackham illustrated edition of one of his most desired titles. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 fine color plates with tissue guards, plus many black and whites. In addition, the fabulous wrapper illustration does not appear in the book. $875.00

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478. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR) illus. UNDINE by De la Motte Fouque adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday 1909. 4to (7 x 10), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges slightly rubbed, else near fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st American edition. Illustrated with 14 beautiful tipped-in color plates mounted on heavy paper, pictorial endpapers and with lovely line illustrations in text. A nice copy. $600.00 RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION IN BOX 479. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith. London: Harrap, [1929]. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 5/8) full gilt vellum, top edge gilt, bottom of front cover slightly toned else Fine in publishers box (stain on lid of box). LIMITED TO 575 COPIES FOR ENGLAND, NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 very lovely color plates plus text b&ws and pictorial endpapers. Laid in is the 4 page prospectus for the book and a color plate showing the cover of the trade edition. This is a great copy. $2500.00

481. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame. NY: Heritage Press (1940, no add. printings). 4to (6 x 9 ), red cloth spine with blue cloth covers, 190p., spine faded else Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper and pictorial slipcase (case somewhat soiled with light wear). 1st trade edition of Rackhams last work, published posthumously and not published in England until 1950. The introduction is by Milne and it features 12 wonderful color plates by Rackham plus 15 pen and ink drawings that did not appear in the Limited Editions Club edition. Quite hard to find first printings complete with dw and case $750.00 OBSCURE RACKHAM TITLE 482. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE RAINBOW BOOK. Tales of Fun and Fancy by Mrs. M.H. Spielmann. London.: Chatto & Windus, 1909. 8vo, pink cloth blind stamped, gilt lettering, 289+[1]p, gilt on spine fade, normal shelfwear, VG. First ed., later issue without teg. These stories first appeared in Little Folks in 1905 and 1906 with the same illustrations. Illustrated by Rackham, Hugh Thompson, Harry Rountree and others. Rackham contributed a color frontis, 7 full pages b&ws and several in-text b&ws. A very unusual Rackham. Riall p. 95. $200.00
RAE, JOHN - 256, 574-6, 580

CHILDRENS BOOK BY ADULT ARTIST 483. (RAND,PAUL)illus. SPARKLE AND SPIN : A BOOK ABOUT WORDS by Ann Rand. NY: Harcourt Brace and World (1957). 4to (8 x 10 1/4), pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper with a few mends on verso. Stated 1st edition. The simplest of picture books illustrated in bright primary colors by noted artist / designer Rand whose angular and arresting images nearly leap off the page. Bader devotes 5 pages to this book (p.338-342) ending with Sparkle and Spin succeeds because the pictures have a life of their own. First editions in dust wrapper are quite scarce. $500.00

480. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith. London: Harrap (1929). 4to, gilt cloth, top edge gilt, Very Fine IN DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. worn). 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with wrapper design, cover design, pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates plus 22 black and whites. A beautiful copy. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $250.00

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER - REVIEW COPY 484. RASKIN,ELLEN. THE WESTING GAME. NY: Dutton (1978). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 ), 1/4 cloth and boards, Fine in near Fine dust wrapper (no award seal, not price clipped). Stated 1st edition. 16 people were invited to the reading of Mr. Westings will and in order to get any money, they had to solve a puzzle. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. THIS IS A REVIEW COPY WITH THE SLIP LAID-IN. $400.00

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RAWLINGS, MARJORIE KINNAN - 597 READERS - 9, 81, 155-159, 177-8, 257, 524 RELIGION - 309

FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOX 485. (REYNOLDS,FRANK)illus. MR. PICKWICK : Pages from the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date, circa 1910. Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4), red cloth stamped in gold, and black, 174p., a few fox spots else nearly AS NEW IN PUBLISHERS BOX (box flaps repaired). First edition. Illustrated by Reynolds with 25 beautiful, rich colored tipped-in color plates (with lettered guards). A sumptuous production and a great copy. $500.00

489. (ROBINSON,CHARLES) illus. THE BLACK CAT BOOK by Charles Copeland. London: Blackie & Son, no date [1905]. 4to (7 1/8 x 10), pictorial paper covered boards, slight rubbing and spine wear, near Fine. Illustrated by Robinson with the most striking full page red and black silhouettes and with black silhouettes on every page of text. Artfully arranged and quite wonderful. Rare in such nice condition. $1200.00

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490. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY Brentanos 1902. 8vo, pictorial cloth stamped in blue, green and white, expertly recased else clean and VG+. First US edition of the first book written and illustrated by Robinson (same year as UK ed. and printed in Great Britain). Featuring color frontis, 55 full page b&ws and 72 vignettes plus pictorial endpapers. Entirely designed by Robinson, the story is a fantasy tale of Uncle Lubins voyages and mishaps taken in balloons, boats, submarines etc., all constructed as Robinsons famous complicated contraptions. The text is often laid out in irregular format to fit around the vignettes. It was the publication of this book that brought Robinson to commercial success and this first edition is a rarity. $3000.00
RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB - 72

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RICHARDSON, FREDERICK - 362

RARE TOLMER ART DECO BOOK 486. ROBERTS,JACK. CELESTE LHIPPOPOTAME ROSE. Paris: Tolmer (1926). 8vo (7 x 7), color lithographed cover and text mounted on a slightly larger decorative board, fine. Pink and black lithographs are printed on thick grey paper showing the adventures of a charming pink hippo. $1500.00

ART DECO FANTASY 487. ROBERTS,JACK. HISTOIRES SIMPLETTES. Paris: Berger Levrault (1933). 8vo (7 1/8 x 7 1/4), pictorial wraps, covers slightly dusty and some edge wear else VG+. The text tells of the fantasy adventure taken by little Clo-Clo. Every page features charming art deco color illustrations by Roberts. $200.00
ROBERTS, KENNETH - 595

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488. ROBIN HOOD. PLAYBOOK OF ROBIN HOOD by Susan Meriwether. NY: Harper Brothers 1927 (1927). Folio (10 x 13), stiff pictorial card covers, corner of one flap frayed a bit else Fine and UNUSED. First edition. The story of Robin Hood is written on the first few pages. The remaining pages are made up of bold color illustrations of the cast of characters and background material that the reader cuts out and uses to play with. The wrap comes off and unfolds to form a 30 inch backdrop. Very well made on stiff paper, and in fine condition. Illustrated by Esther Peck. Realms of Gold p. 153: Unusually fine and important additions to the play books. Rare in unused condition. Robin Hood see also 308 $500.00

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Helen & Marc Younger 491. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. (1938). 4to (7 x 10), pictorial cloth, 198p. including index, slightest bit of soil to spine ends else Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed at spine ends else VG+). 1st edition. This is Robinsons autobiography with much fascinating information about his life and work. Illustrated with 16 half-tone plates, 11 full page line illustrations and with dozens of pen and inks throughout the text. This is particularly nice copy. $400.00 MY LINE OF LIFE. London: Blackie & Son

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PERE CASTOR 495. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR) illus. CALENDRIER DES ENFANTS texte de Y. Lacote. Paris: Flammarion (1936). Oblong 8vo, (7 1/4 x 6 ) pictorial wraps, paper rubbed inside covers where wrap had been attached and light edge wear else VG+. First edition of this PERE CASTOR title with wonderful full page color lithos by ROJAN for each month of the year. See Bader p. 124-5. $300.00 496. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. PICTURES FROM MOTHER GOOSE [POSTERS]. This is a portfolio of 8 fine full color prints by Feodor Rojankovsky featuring Mother Goose characters. Published by Simon & Schuster as part of the Golden Book group and printed by the Artists and Writers Guild in 1945. Each measures 14 x 18, and are housed in the original color pictorial folder. The folder is soiled and worn and there are some margin mends on prints with one print discolored. Includes the following characters: 1.Little Boy Blue 2.Pussycat Pussycat 3.Old Woman In the Shoe 4.Little Miss Muffet 5. 6. 7. 8. Jack and Jill Little Tommy Tittlemouse Mary Had A Little Lamb Rain Rain Go Away

RARE CALENDAR IN BOX 492. (ROBINSON,W. HEATH)illus. W. HEATH ROBINSON CALENDAR 1935. Housed in the publishers original pictorial box is a calendar for 1935, Published in London by G. Delgada, it is in Fine condition with the box lightly soiled. The calendar is comprised of 52 leaves measuring 7 X 9 3/4, and is bound with a ribbon tie on the top edge. Printed on one side of the page only, each leaf has a wonderful large illustration by Robinson with The days of the week printed along the bottom margin. Rare. $800.00

Curiously, the images are not the same as in his Tall Book of Mother Goose, although a few are similar. $275.00

MODERN MASTERS SERIES 493. ROETHKE,THEODORE. PARTY AT THE ZOO. NY: Crowell-Collier (1963). 4to, pictorial cloth, slight edge rubbing, VG+. 1st edition. Illustrated in color by AL SWILLER. A title in the Modern Masters series of childrens books by adult authors. $225.00

494. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEDOR)illus. DANIEL BOONE: LES AVENTURES DUN CHASSEUR AMERICAIN PARMI LES PEAUX-ROUGES. Paris: Domino Press (1931). Folio, 11 3/4 x 15 1/4, loose as issued in color pictorial folder, in Fine condition (even includes the original protective glassine wrap which does have some wear). THIS FIRST BOOK DONE BY THE DOMINO PRESS IS ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES IN FRENCH SIGNED BY ROJAN CONTAINING AN EXTRA SUITE OF ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED WITHOUT TEXT. Printed on high quality Velin DArches paper, this edition was limited to 50 numbered copies, 25 in French and 25 in English. The beautiful, richly colored lithographs are really individual works of art on every page. Bader calls this A unique first book in American history (p. 119). This special edition is of the utmost rarity and really quite spectacular. $2500.00

ONLY 50 COPIES SIGNED WITH EXTRA PLATES

PERE CASTOR 497. (ROJANKOVSKY,FYDOR)illus. QUIPIC par Lida. Paris: Flammarion 1937. 4to (9 x 8), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A PERE CASTOR book, this with wonderful, brightly colored full page and in-text lithos by Rojan, depicting a quizzical hedgehog... (with) a layout thats a knockout (Bader p. 124, illustration on p.125) $250.00

TOYLAND FANTASY 498. (ROSS,M.T.)(PENNY)illus. MAMMAS ANGEL CHILD IN TOYLAND by Marie Sadler. Chicago: Rand McNally (1915). 8vo, boards, pictorial paste-on, 115p., cover slightly rubbed else VG+. 1st edition. The story is little Esthers involved fantasy trip to Toyland ruled by King Noah. Illustrated by Ross with 24 fabulous full page color illustrations plus numerous smaller color illustrations and wonderfully detailed black & whites all throughout the text. A very scarce book by Ross who is perhaps best known for his humanized flowers in his Volland work with Elizabeth Gordon. M.T. Ross nicknamed Penny, was an illustrator and comic artist in the early twentieth century. He lived in Oak Park, Illinois and had his studio in downtown Chicago. He was one of the first co-workers of Walt Disney, as well as a close friend of R.F. Outcault, with whom he developed Buster Brown. M.T. Penny Ross moved to Southern California in 1926 to work for RKO and other studios as a set designer. $350.00

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ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA - 278 RUBAIYATS - 185, 431

499. RUSSIAN. (ARMENIAN) NAZARE MERXAS by H. Tumanjan. Jerevan: Sewra Ermonistane 1937. 12mo (4 3/8 x 6), pictorial wraps, 29p., a few corners bent else VG. Illustrated with charming full page and smaller color illustrations by M. Arutcjanjan. This is an unusual book published while Armenia was under the rule of the Soviet Union. $475.00

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KONASHEVICH - MAY DAY 503. RUSSIAN. (KONASHEVICH) PERVOMAI. Detizdat, 1938. Large 4to (8 5/8 x 11 ), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. The glory of communism is celebrated with a huge May Day parade featuring the young guard marching with tanks and the various armed forces. Illustrated in color on every page by V. Konashevich, many pages include Stalins image. Nice copy, very scarce. $1200.00

PROPAGANDA 500. RUSSIAN. (BROUNI) NACHI TROPIKI [OUR TROPICS]. Molodaiya guarda, 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ), pictorial wraps, VGFine. The text presents life and natural resources in the North Sea and the Caspian. It explains how the nomadic Kurds were replaced (driven out) by the Bolsheviks who quickly transformed the natural resources into the best in the world. Featuring striking stylized color illustrations by Brouni ending with a May Day parade. See Leveque p.20. $750.00 501. RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) DETKE V KLETKE [ANIMAL BABIES IN A CAGE - ZOO BABIES] by S. Marshak. Leningrad: Ogiz 1935. 4to (9 x 11 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and cover toned else VG. 1st edition with Charushins illustrations having been first published in 1923 with designs by Cecil Aldin. Featuring beautiful color lithographs by the preeminent Russian illustrator of animals, E. Charushin. See Dictionnaire p. 269 for French ed. and Lemmens / Stommels p. 276-7. $800.00 502. RUSSIAN. (CHIFRIN,N.) NEFT [OIL] by E. Khazin. 1931. 4to, (8 x 11 3/8), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. The text is a pictorial explanation of the process of extracting and shipping oil. Illustrated by Nisson Abramovitch Chifrin with great color lithos. Chifrin was a noted theatre designer and with his wife, he joined Alexandra Exters studio. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p.26-9 for others, Kuznecov #139 p. 109. $975.00 Moscow: Ogiz

504. RUSSIAN. (KONASHEVICH,V.) MUKHA TSOKOTOOKA [THE CHATTERING FLY] [by] K. Chukovskii. 1933. Small 4to (7 x 8 5/8), pictorial wraps, corner creases else VG. 1st edition. This is the story of humanized flies and what happens when one is grabbed at her birthday party by a spider. There are wonderful, fanciful black and white illustrations by V. Konashevich on every page. This title was denounced and almost banned by the government as bourgeois and not suitable for Soviet children who were meant to read books grounded in realism. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p. 114. $1500.00

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LEBEDEV / MARSHAK 505. RUSSIAN. (LEBEDEV,V) DOSKA SOREVNOVANIYA [BOARD OF SOVIET COMPETITION] by S. Marshak. Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya 1931. Small 4to (6 7/8 x 8 3/4), pictorial wraps, VG-Fine. 1st and only edition. Brilliantly illustrated in black and white by Lebedev with nationalistic themes. Because of its impressionistic style, it was denounced by the Russian government who sanctioned only realism in their books for children. See Leveque p.164. $2000.00

Helen & Marc Younger FIVE YEAR PLAN 506. RUSSIAN. (MAVRINA & BARTO,A.) PESN O STROIKE [SONG OF CONSTRUCTION] by A. Barto. Moscow, Ogiz, Molodai Gvardia (State Publishers) 1932. 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 1/4), pictorial wraps, spine and edge mends, VG. The book depicts the changes Russia underwent during the first 5-Year plan. Illustrated by Tatiana Mavrina, every page is in color showing men and women busy doing construction jobs: building bridges, laying bricks, paving roads, building tractors, working in mines etc. Printed on orange paper, every inch of the page is full of color illustrations demonstrating for children the virtues of hard work and comradeship. See Lemmens / Stommels Russian Artists p. 373-4 (pictured). $600.00

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UNCOMMON SARG TITLE 510. (SARG,TONY)illus. MAXIMS TO MUSIC by Sigmund Spaeth. NY: McBride (1939). 4to, cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition of this very scarce Sarg book. Traditional proverbs and mottoes are explained for the child (i.e. A stitch in time saves nine) and are then set to music as an aid in remembering them. Illus. in color throughout by Sarg with a touch of humor. Laid in is a card from the publisher. Sarg see also 129. $300.00
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STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETROVA 507. RUSSIAN. (PETROVA) OT MOSKEVYE DO BUKHARYE. (FROM MOSCOW TO BUKHARA) Ogiz, Molodaiya Gvardia 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ), pictorial wraps, some cover soil and wear, VG+. 5 Young Pioneers leave the city travel from Moscow to Bucharest going through Kazakstan, Samarkand and Tashkent. They learn about construction, farming, transportation and a different way of life. Illustrated by A. Petrova with striking color lithographs filling every page. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p. 213 for other. Scarce. $975.00 TURKISTAN 508. RUSSIAN. (RANKOVA AND RODOVA) TURKESTANSKII XALOPOK. (TURKISTAN COTTON) Molodaya Guardia (State Publishing Office), 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. This picture book shows cotton production from sowing the seeds to transporting cotton to market. Set in rural Turkistan, The natives are in Arab garb with women picking the cotton and men transporting the goods by camel. Vividly illustrated in color by M. Rankova and E. Rodova filling the entire page with pictures. $600.00

SATIRE - 373

SAWYER, RUTH - 39

FINE COPY IN BOX 511. (SCHOONOVER,FRANK)illus. WASHINGTON by Lucy Foster Madison. Philadelphia: Penn 1925 (1925). Thick 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste- on, 399p., MINT IN PUBLISHERS BOX with color plate on cover. 1st edition. Illustrated by Brandywine school artist Schoonover with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 8 color plates plus many black and whites in text. This is an amazing copy, rare in the box. Schoonover see also 594. $500.00
SCOTLAND - 310 SCOTT, JANET LAURA - 578

512. SCOTT,WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER. LETS FIND OUT by Herman and Nina Schneider. NY: William. Scott (1946). 4to, pictorial boards, VG in chipped dust wrapper with piece out of spine. A simple try-it-yourself elementary science book for children introducing the scientific method at an early age. Illus. by Jeanne Bendick with wonderful two-color illustrations throughout the text. Well designed as are all the Scott books, and quite scarce. (Bader p, 392-3, pictured). $150.00
SCOTT, WILLIAM PUBLISHER ALSO 92, 243 SCRIBNER CLASSICS - 247, 290, 597, 598

STRIKING ART DECO PLATES 509. RUSSIAN. SKAZKI: TALES AND LEGENDS OF OLD RUSSIA told by Ida Zeitlin. NY: Doran (1926). 4to, blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 335p., Fine. Thirteen Russian tales and legends, illustrated by THEODORE NADEJEN with pictorial endpapers plus 24 magnificent and striking tipped-in color plates plus b&ws in-textvery appropriate to the text. $125.00
RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 186, 403-4, 495

513. SENDAK,MAURICE. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. NY: Harper & Row, 1963. Oblong 4to (10 1/8 x 9 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with $4.95 price, rear flap notes that this edition was reprinted from new engravings made from the original art. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH A WONDERFUL 4 PEN DRAWING OF A WILD THING, DATED 1975. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER.. $1750.00

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514. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. DEAR MILI by Wilhelm Grimm. NY: Farrar Strauss & Giroux 1988. Oblong 4to (10 x 9 1/4), cloth, as new in as new dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. The text of this newly discovered Grimm fairy tale is illustrated with magnificent, rich and detailed full page color illustrations by Sendak. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SENDAK. $125.00

ORIGINAL SESAME STREET ART 519. SESAME STREET. ORIGINAL ART: THE COUNT. This is a marvelous large original watercolor by Michael Smollin for pages 4 and 5 of a Sesame Street book. It measures 18 wide x 12 high with the image itself 15 x 10, signed in the corner. The Count is shown with a small carousel in the foreground and he appears to be counting the horses on the carousel. Done bright colors. $850.00

INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS 515. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper Bros. (1952). Small 8vo, blue cloth backed pictorial. boards, Fine in dw frayed at top of spine, with price intact. First edition (later printing with grrr present). This copy is INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS. Illus. on every page by Sendak. An especially nice copy of a very early Sendak title. $350.00

520. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: KINGS STILTS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK USED IN SEUSSS SECOND CHILDRENS BOOK THE KINGS STILTS! The image measures 9.25 high x 14.25, executed in carbon pencil, India ink wash and white guache on illustration board, signed lower left (after publication). It is in fine condition, matted and framed. The image illustrates the moment when Eric (the Everyboy of the story) reluctantly digs a hole and buries the Kings beloved stilts on the orders of the solemn and self important Lord Droon. Since very few published pieces of Seusss art from his childrens books have ever been available for sale, this is indeed a rarity. $60,000.00 SCARCE SENDAK TITLE 516. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. PLEASANT FIELDMOUSE by Jan Wahl. NY: HARPER. Row (1964). 4to, pictorial. bds, fine in price clipped dw. Prob. 1st ed. but need price for definitive determination. Lovely color pictorial cover (repeated on dw) and intricate b&ws on every page by Sendak. A nice copy of a very scarce Sendak title. $200.00 The drawings for this book were reproduced by drop-out halftone and the edges of the light greys came out somewhat raggedy in the first edition. Sometime down the line when the printers went to re-photograph the original art to improve upon this raggedy quality they discovered that Seuss had given away the original. Having lost contact with the recipient Geisel drew another picture for later editions.

RARE SEUSS PUBLISHED ART USED IN THE KINGS STILTS

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517. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SEVEN LITTLE STORIES ON BIG SUBJECTS by Gladys Baker Bond. NY: Anti Defamation League (1955). 7 volumes, 12mo, (4 x 7 1/4), pictorial wraps, neat owner name on covers and box else FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box slightly soiled). 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&ws inside. The stories deal with various conflicts and situations that a young school child might face and how to handle them without getting physical. Including: #1 On Your Mark, #2 Jacobs Friendliest Town, #3 The Crankiest Man On Main Street, #4 Down the Old Bear Trail, #5 Johnny Red Feather, #6 Lonesome Feet and #7 The Secret. A wonderful Sendak item, not often found complete in the box. $4500.00

HARD TO FIND SENDAK ITEM

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MAGNIFICENT CAT LITHOS 518. SEREDY,KATE. GYPSY. NY: VIKING 1951 (Sept. 1951). Large 4to, cloth, Fine

in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of a cat written by Seredy and illustrated by her with powerful and beautiful full page lithos throughout. $225.00

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521. SEUSS,DR. ZOO.

IF

RAN

THE Folio,

523. SEUSS,DR.

DR. SEUSSS ABC. 8vo, glazed

NY: RANDOM (1950).

NY: Random House 1963.

red glazed pictorial boards, a Fine copy in near fine dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition. CALDECOTT

pictorial boards, 63p., VG-Fine in a VG dust wrapper with some soiling and with price intact. 1st edition. A Beginner Book with bold and nonsensical full color illustrations on every page. Surely one of the most original ABC books ever done. Younger / Hirsch 19. $850.00

HONOR book. Youve never been to a zoo like this one! This is an amazing copy, Younger / Hirsch $2500.00

exceedingly scarce. 44.

522. SEUSS,DR.

DR. SEUSSS SLEEP

524. SEUSS,DR. THE CAT IN THE HAT COMES BACK. Beginner Books (Random House) (1958). Small 4to, glazed pictorial boards, near Fine in lightly worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing, illustrated in color on every page. Younger/Hirsch 11. $500.00

BOOK. NY: RANDOM House (1962). 4to, fine in sl. worn dw with small chip on front panel. 1st ed. (no ads for later titles,

correct price). Illustrated in full color on every page. Scarce. Younger / Hirsch 20. $650.00

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525. SEUSS,DR.

WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW! NY: RANDOM House (1972). 8vo, name on endpaper else fine in dw with a few closed tears. 1st ed. in curious variant 1st ed. DUST WRAPPER that has no printed price at all and has 2025 on rear corner of dw instead of ISBN#. A Bright and Early Book for Beginning Readers. A very scarce Seuss title. BRIGHT & EARLY BEGINNER BOOK #13. Younger / Hirsch 51. $1750.00

RARE SHAPE BOOK 528. SHAPE BOOK. KING WINTER. Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz circa 1860. 12mo, pictorial wraps, near fine. Diecut in the shape of Old Man Winter every page is delicately illustrated in color with text in the middle of each page. In the same size and format of Prangs shape books, this is very scarce. $850.00

526. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP [and] SECRETS OF THE DEEP VOLUME II by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1935, 1936. 2 volumes, 8vo, pictorial. wraps, 34p., small margin mend and crease to volume 2 else both VG+. A humorous look at yachting, illustrated in color by Seuss with large red, white and blue aquatints and featuring a sea creature whose face appears years later as the Cat In the Hat. BOTH VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED BY SEUSS! Quite rare. See Younger/Hirsch #s 69-70. $2700.00

2 RARE SEUSS BOOKS SIGNED

IN THE SHAPE OF A MOTORCYCLE (VESPA) 529. SHAPE BOOK. KLAUS UND LOTTE text und bilder von Juan Ferrandiz. Hamburg: Carlsen Verlag, circa 1950s. 4to, pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of two children on a motorcycle. Some creasing and a few neat mends, still attractive and VG. Two little children have adventures on their Vespa including a run-in with a bull. Illus. with charming color lithos on every page by the author. $200.00 McLOUGHLIN MONKEY 530. SHAPE BOOK. MONKEY TRICKS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1894. 6 wide x 9 diecut in the shape of a monkey. Inconspicuous mend on one page, minimal soil, VG+. Illustrated with 6 chromolithographed pages and other pages illustrated in brown line to accompany poems about monkeys, cats and other animals. A scarce title. $275.00 COAL ADVERTISING SHAPE BOOK WITH MOVEABLE WHEELS 531. SHAPE BOOK. OL KING COAL. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe circa 1950. Oblong 8 x 6, pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of a coal truck, fine. The text deals with the virtues of coal heating and how exciting it is when the coal man delivers his goods. Illus. in color on every page in typical 50s style. The bottom of the cover has 2 wheels for the truck that actually rotate. $150.00

SEWELL, HELEN 585-6

SHAKESPEARE, WM. - 40, 134, 182, 471

CINDERELLA SHAPE BOOK 527. SHAPE BOOK. CINDERELLA. (Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz) circa 1860. 16mo (2 x 7), pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of Cinderella, Fine. Illustrated with color lithographs on each page with text in the middle - done in the same size and format of Prangs shaped books of the same era. Rare. $800.00

Helen & Marc Younger UNUSUAL SHAPE BOOK 532. SHAPE BOOK. THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. Racine: Whitman 1931. 4to, stiff pictorial. wraps, Fine. Die-cut in the shape of a large shoe-house with a moveable roof. Internally, The pages are also die-cut in varying widths and heights so that there is a threedimensional effect. Illustrated in typical 30s style by ETHEL BONNEY TAYLOR. $200.00

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FAIRY STORIES edited by Roger Lancelyn Green. London: J.M. Dent (1955). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 3/4), pictorial. cloth, 270p., fine in dust wrapper (VG+ dw lightly worn at spine ends). 1st edition. Fairy tales by Grahame, Carroll, Kipling, Lang, and Macdonald were selected by Green. Illustrated by Shepard with 8

color plates and many black and whites. Nice first editions are not common.
SHEPARD,E.H. ALSO 248, 350-6

$125.00

533. SHAPE BOOK. TEDDY eine lustige Barengeschichte. Verse and illustrations by Karl Rohr. Esslingen und Munchen: J.F. Schreiber, no date, circa 1910. 4to (7 x 11 ), pictorial boards, some margin soil and rubbing, VG. Die cut in the shape of a toy bear with a blue ribbon around its neck. The front cover is embossed giving it a three - dimensional effect. Illustrated by Rohr with 8 full page color illustrations and 8 full pages in various shades of brown depicting Teddy getting into all kinds of mischief. Text is in verse. Great bear book. $600.00
SHAPE BOOKS ALSO 122, 413

TEDDY BEAR EMBOSSED COVER

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS 536. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD by Margaret Sidney. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (May 1902). 8vo (5 x 7 1/4), green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 449p., FINE condition. First edition. This is the seventh Five Little Pepper book, illustrated in black & white by Fanny Cory. This is a great copy, rarely found so bright. $275.00

LIMITED TO ONLY 156 COPIES 534. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. LETS PRETEND by Georgette Agnew. London: J. Saville 1927. 4to (9 x 10 3/4), vellum backed cloth, Fine in publishers slipcase with limitation number on spine (a few neat mends to case). LIMITED TO ONLY 156 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND AGNEW (150 for sale). Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard on almost every page with charming and detailed black and whites. Printed on handmade paper. Simply a wonderful book and quite uncommon. $1275.00

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS 537. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS by Margaret Sidney. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (Oct. 1904). 8vo (5 x 7 1/4), green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 471p., FINE condition. First edition. This is the ninth Five Little Pepper book, illustrated in black & white by Eugenie Wireman. This is a great copy, rarely found so bright. $275.00
SIGNED AND/OR LIMITED EDITIONS - 43, 74, 90-1, 101, 106, 113-14, 130, 133-4, 137, 140-1, 146, 154, 164, 181-3, 186-7, 210, 221, 227, 242, 244, 248, 251, 257, 266, 270-1, 274, 277, 286, 304, 307, 310, 318-20, 324, 332, 335, 351, 356, 375, 380, 388-9, 395, 405, 418, 432,449, 461, 464-7, 469, 472, 475-6, 479, 494, 513-15, 519-20, 526, 534, 538-9, 541. 553.565. 585-6, 595 SILHOUETTES - 120, 489

SIGNED WITH DRAWING

538. SILVERSTEIN,SHEL. MISSING PIECE. in dust wrapper. THE NY: Harper & Row A

(1976). 4to (7 1/4 x 8 3/4), cloth, Fine Stated 1st edition. companion to The Missing Piece. Black

& white drawings by Silverstein tell the story of the search for a missing piece that results in the realization that the quest was more satisfying than the discovery itself. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SILVERSTEIN WITH A DRAWING OF THE PIECE. $1200.00

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SIGNED BY SINGER & SAWYER WITH EXTRA PLATE 539. SINGER,ISAAC BASHEVIS. A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF LOVE. NY: Doubleday 1978. 8vo, cloth, Fine in slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SINGER AND CONTAINING AN EXTRA COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. A wonderful story by Singer, magnificently illustrated with color endpapers and the cover plate and with full page black & whites in-text by Soyer. $400.00
SIS, PETER - 217

MODERN CLASSIC 540. SMITH,DODIE. THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS. London.: Heinemann (1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly frayed, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition of Smiths first childrens book, that was later turned into a Disney classic. Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone with color dw, pictorial endpapers plus 58 other b&ws. Quite

IN THE STYLE OF LE MAIR 543. (SOWERBY,MILLICENT)illus. CHILDHOOD verses by Githa Sowerby. NY & London.: Duffield & Chatto and Windus 1907 (1907). 4to, cloth, pictorial pasteon, 46p., VG. Simple poems for the young child are illustrated by Sowerby with 12 lovely color plates in the style of Le Mair and with line illustrations throughout the text. Sowerby see also 116. $250.00
SPANISH SEE 48

NEWBERY AWARD 544. SPEARE,ELIZABETH GEORGE. BRONZE BOW. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1961 (1961). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ), cloth, 255p., owner name on endpaper, Fine in Fine dust wrapper (price clipped). 1st edition. This is the story of Daniel who was determined to drive the Romans from Israel. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Nice copy. $250.00

scarce. $950.00

WITH ORIGINAL POEM BY WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, JR. 541. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by Betty Sage. NY:Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large square 4to (11x11 3/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips and edges lightly rubbed else Fine. 1st edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial borders on each page of text, plus small color illustration on the dedication page and pictorial covers (front and back). Mounted on the front endpaper is a charming 2 page typed poem signed by William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., dedicating the book and the poem to the recipient Garrison Hadley. Garrison, Jr. was the son of famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, Sr. Junior was a prominent advocate of womans suffrage and other causes. This is a great copy of a beautiful picture book. $675.00

NEWBERY WINNER 545. SPEARE,ELIZABETH GEORGE. WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958 (1958). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4), cloth, near fine in VG dust wrapper (price clipped, no award seal, some closed tears). 1st edition of this very scarce NEWBERY AWARD WINNER about a young girl in Connecticut in the 1600s. $375.00
SPYRI, JOHANNA - 239 STAMPS - 392

WITH ALICE IN WONDERLAND 542. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. BOYS AND GIRLS OF BOOKLAND by Nora Arch. Smith. Philadelphia: McKay (1923 Cosmopolitan). Large 4to, brown cloth, pictorial paste-on, paper sl. aging else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped and lightly soiled). Illustrated by Smith with cover plate plus 11 large color plates, each portraying a different hero or heroine from a classical childrens story the text of which is synopsized. Included are Alice in Wonderland; Little Nell; Heidi, Little Women and more. This is an unusually nice copy with sharp reproductions. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $200.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 546. STEIG,WILLIAM. SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE. NY: Simon & Schuster / Windmill (1969). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4), green cloth, edges faded else fine in dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award medal, light stain on upper corner). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by Steig in color on every page. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Bader (p.562-3) says Sylvester is the rare book that merits the accolade a born classic...it is also a great picture book. Quite hard to find in the first edition. $1500.00

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547. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILDS GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. Small 8vo (4 x 6 ), 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 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 Stevensons death. This is an especially fine copy of this most important book of poems for children. $6000.00

UNUSUALLY FINE COPY OF A CHILDRENS HIGH SPOT

UNCOMMON TARRANT BOOK 550. (TARRANT,MARGARET) illus. ZOO DAYS by Harry Golding. London.: Ward Lock 1919. 8vo, cloth, pictorial. paste-on, 344p., some foxing and rubbing to joints, VG. Illus. by Tarrant with pictorial endpapers, 48 color plates. In the same format as her Alice. $225.00

551. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. DICKEY BYRD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley (1928). Folio, black imitation leather stamped in yellow, VG+. First edition of one of the scarcest and loveliest of Tenggrens books, this is illustrated with 6 large and magnificent tipped-in color plates. There are also many charming full-page and in-text illustrations by Carl Wehde plus pictorial endpapers. The story is a fantasy about a boy named Dickey Bird and his elephant, the gnomes and elves. $875.00

RARE BOXED GIFT EDITION 548. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILDS GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Collins, no date, circa 1925. 4to (7 x 9 ), full leather with round gilt pictorial vignette on cover, top edge gilt, [192]p., FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX with color plate on cover (some fading to box). Illustrated by KATE ELIZABETH OLVER with color pictorial endpapers, 4 color plates plus numerous full and partial page black and whites. There is also a 14 page introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. This is a very scarce edition of these classic poems, rare in the box. $675.00
STOCKTON, FRANK - 31

SCARCE VOLLAND FANTASY 552. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. SMALL FRY AND THE WINGED HORSE by Ruth Campbell. Chic: Volland (1927). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper with a few pieces off edges. Stated First edition. Illustrated by Tenggren with beautiful pictorial endpapers plus many full page and partial page color illustrations to accompany this fantasy. YOUTH book. in dw. A VOLLAND GOLDEN Quite scarce, especially $375.00

SCARCE FIRST IN DUST WRAPPER 549. STREATFEILD,NOEL. pictorial cloth, 245p., edition. SKATING SHOES. NY: Random House (1951). 8vo, Fine in chipped Stated 1st and frayed dust wrapper.

Fourth in Streatfeilds popular

Shoes series, here we follow two girls from different backgrounds who become friends through skating. (See Arbuthnot: Child. Black and white & Books p. color illustrations by RICHARD FLOETHE. 374.).
SWEDISH - 49, 70, 84

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553. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. This is a one page typed letter signed by Thompson with handwritten notes, dated January 17, 1936. It is done on pictorial Royal Historian of Oz stationary that has 2 Oz illustrations on the front (bottom edge trimmed). The text of the letter deals with the Oz books and Thompsons relationship with the Baum family. It reads in part: I feel terribly sorry and disgusted to have the Oz books fade out like they are doing. I tried awfully hard with the one you have now to illustrate. Lets make it a corker! With times getting better I believe the books will sell again (if those birds in Chicago would only do a bit of advertising or publicity!)... I stopped in to see Mr. Wish but he did not want to handle the Oz stuff unless we could get Mrs. Baum to combine with me which is very unlikely. $950.00 MAGNIFICENT GILT PICTORIAL BINDING 554. (THOMSON,HUGH) illus. THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date, [1914]. Large thick 4to (8 x 10 3/4), [235] p, red cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover. nearly As New. First edition. Illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped-in color plates with pictorial, lettered guards plus a few line illustrations in-text. Text presented in play-form. An incredible copy with the ornate binding in pristine condition. $300.00 IN DUST WRAPPER 555. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. OUR VILLAGE by Mary Russell Mitford, with a 46 page introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. London: Macmillan 1910. 4to (8 x 10), green gilt cloth, cloth bubbled in a few places else Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed). First color plate edition. Illustrated by Thomson with 100 black and white drawings and by Alfred Rawlings with 16 beautiful tipped-in color plates to accompany text describing life in an English village in the 19th century. A nice copy - scarce in the dust wrapper. $400.00 FINE COPY IN BOX 556. (THOMSON,HUGH) illus. SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel Hawthorne. London: Methuen, no date [1920]. Large thick 4to (8 x 10 3/4), blue cloth with extensive gilt decoration, top edge gilt, offsetting on half-title else VERY FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX with color plate on the cover (box in very good condition with some scuffing, soil and repairs to flaps). First Hugh Thomson edition. (contd next column)

RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL

Featuring 31 beautiful tipped- in color plates on heavier stock which has 6 decorative rules surrounding each plate and with lettered guards. There are also detailed pen and ink drawings throughout the text. This is an amazing copy not often found with the box. $475.00
TICE, CLARA - 5

557. TOYS. AUTOMATA: A HISTORICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY by Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz trans. by Alec Reid. NY: Central Book Co. 1958 (1958). 4to (8 x 11), cloth, [410] p., slight wear, near Fine. This is an exhaustive work on all forms of automata from watches and clocks to toys to ROBOTS, profusely illustrated with photos and color plates. $275.00
TOYS ALSO 23, 300, 413, 419, 426, 498, 557, 579 TRADES - 65, 66 TRAINS - 371

FANTASTIC FIRST OF MARY POPPINS

558. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1934). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 5/8), blue cloth, 206p., Very Fine+ in a beautiful dust wrapper with a few tiny closed edge tears. First American edition (the same year as the U.K. edition). Illustrated by MARY SHEPARD with pictorial endpapers plus many charming full page and smaller black and whites throughout the text. This is an excellent copy, rarely found with such a nice dust wrapper. $1200.00
TUCK PUBLISHER - 2, 35, 122, 173, 174

559. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a lovely pencil drawing that appears on page 64 of her Caldecott Award winning Mother Goose. There are a few faint marks on bottom margin barely visible when not matted and not visible at all when matted. The image measures 5 1/4 inches wide by 3 inches high and is signed. Depicted are 6 delightful little children playing London Bridge is Falling Down. Original art from Tudors Mother Goose is scarce. $2850.00

LOVELY TUDOR DRAWING FROM MOTHER GOOSE

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RARE BOOK BY UPTONS PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 564. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. LITTLE HEARTS by Bertha Upton. London: George Routledge 1897. 4to (8 x 9 3/9), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge wear and slight bit of cover soil, VG+. 1st edition. Simple rhyming verses about the every day life of little children, illustrated in color by Florence Upton. Printed by Edmund Evans. Rare. $1500.00

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565. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: THE STRANGER. Offered here is stunning color artwork by Van Allsburg used in The Stranger published by Houghton Mifflin in 1986. It appears as the second full page illustration opposite text that begins But it wasnt a deer. The image measures 13 wide x 10 3/4 high, matted and signed. Although the illustration in the book is beautiful, the original art is breathtaking. The depth of color and level of detail combine to make this a truly wonderful work of art. $27,500.00

560. TUDOR,TASHA. LINSEY WOOLSEY. NY: Oxford University Press 1946 (1946). 16mo, yellow polka-dotted cloth, Fine in slightly soiled, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st ed. of this rare little Calico book, illustrated by Tudor with full page color illustrations opposite each page of text and with pictorial initials. Text done in calligraphy by Hilda Scott. A nice copy of a very scarce and early Tudor book. $650.00 561. TUDOR,TASHA. A TALE FOR EASTER. NY: Oxford University Press (1941). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4), cloth, near Fine in very lightly soiled dust wrapper. First edition (1st printing). Calligraphic text by Hilda Scott. Beautiful color illustrations on each page by Tudor. $500.00 562. TUDOR,TASHA. WHITE GOOSE. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1943). Square 8vo, grey cloth, near Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Beautiful full page illustrations opposite each page of text (calligraphy by Hilda Scott). A nice copy of a Tudor title in great demand. $500.00 563. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGGS AIR-SHIP. London: Longmans 1902. Oblong 4to cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed, slight cover soil and a few inconspicuous archival margin mends else clean, tight VG+. 1st ed. The Golliwoggs become aeronauts in a hot air balloon! The full page color illus. are really superb. Verse by Bertha Upton (Florences mother). $900.00

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POSTER FOR VAN ALLSBURGS FIRST BOOK 566. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI POSTER. This is a beautiful publicity poster issued by Houghton Mifflin in 1979 to accompany Van Allsburgs FIRST BOOK of the same title. Measuring 23 x 19 in fine condition, it is a haunting and detailed vision of the young boy walking through the arch into the garden with statues on either side. Rare. $1200.00

6 NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX 569. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. DOLLYS LIBRARY. London: Nister, no date, circa 1895. 24mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS BOX (box slightly worn). Six miniature books (3 x 3 5/8): Miss Mistletoe, Kittie, Sugar and Spice, Playfellows, Sandcastles and Snapdragon each with simple stories. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus many in-text illustrations. Rare in the box. $1200.00

567. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. POSTER: JUMANJI. This is a wonderful poster for Van Allsburgs CALDECOTT AWARD winning book published by Houghton Mifflin in 1981. Measuring 20 x 22 in near fine condition save for faint marks where folded. Full of detail, this is Van Allsburg at this best. $375.00

MAUD HUMPHREY IMITATION 570. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. LITTLE LADS AND LASSIES by Florence Howe Hall. Boston: Lothrop (1898). 4to, cl. backed pictorial. bds, edges rubbed and rear cover soil else VG+. Illustrated by P.K. with 6 fine full page chromolithographs (rich colors) of young children, in the style of Maud Humphrey. Brown line illustrations adorn the text. $375.00
VICTORIAN SEE ALSO 24, 88, 150, 173-4, 205, 218, 253, 287, 365, 385, 444-5, 528, 581, 584

VOLLAND IN BOX 571. VOLLAND. BUNNIE BEAR by John Gee. Gordon Volland (1928 2nd printing). Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in original box. Story by Gee and illustrated by him with great color illustrations in typical Volland style. Very scarce. $350.00

AMERICAN PICTURE BOOK WITH HASSAM ILLUS. 568. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. THE CHILDS DELIGHT. Philadelphia: Sunshine nd ca 1890. Large 4to, blue pictorial. cloth, some cover soil and sl. soil on one page else VG. A marvelous anthology of nursery rhymes, fables and stories, many versified by Clara Doty Bates. Printed on coated paper, every page of text has a color border and each page is wonderfully illustrated by a variety of artists from CHILDE HASSAM to BOZ to J.G. FRANCIS plus there are 3 fine full page chromolithographs. Some intriguing artwork. $225.00

ELIZABETH GORDON / MAGINEL ENRIGHT 572. VOLLAND. (ENRIGHT,MAGINEL WRIGHT) TALE OF JOHNNY MOUSE by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1920, later printing). 8vo, pictorial. bds, near FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK, beautifully illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wrights sister) with bold colors. A very scarce Volland title. $300.00

Helen & Marc Younger 573. VOLLAND. PRINCESS FINDS A PLAYMATE by Caroline Hofman. Chic: Volland (1918, no add. printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX (flap repaired), with Volland flyer laid-in. 1st ed. of a very uncommon Volland Sunny Book illustrated with wonderful color illustrations throughout by RACHAEL ELMER. $250.00

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JANET LAURA SCOTT ILLUSTRATIONS 578. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) THE TURNED INTOS by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1920, no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box with light soil and some repair on flaps). 1st edition. Elizabeth Jane meets the humanized inhabitants of the insect world. Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott with pictorial endpapers plus many full page and intext bold and beautiful color illustrations. Volland ad laid-in. This is a nice copy of a scarce title. $350.00

RARE VOLLAND GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE 574. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page color illustrations. A rare Volland title. $350.00 575. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) REALLY SO STORIES by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1924, no add. printings). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). Illustrated in color throughout by JOHN RAE, including pictorial endpapers. A Volland Happy Children Book. A beautiful copy. $300.00

RARE VOLLAND CLOTH BOOK 579. VOLLAND. TALE OF PATCHY PIG. Volland (1927). Squarish 8vo (7 x 8 1/4), cloth, some cover rubbing, VG. Illustrated with charming, stylized color illustrations by an unknown hand to accompany a story about toys that come alive. This is a title is Vollands Cloth Art Toy Book series. $200.00 RARE VOLLAND / RAE FAIRY TITLE 580. VOLLAND. TOY ANIMALS AND TINKLE THE TIRED FAIRY. [Chic.]: Volland (1922). Oblong folio, limp pictorial cloth, some soil, VG+. One of Vollands few large format cloth books, this tells the story of a tiny fairy named Tinkle who longs to return to Fairyland. Illus. with rich colors on every page by JOHN RAE. Rare. $400.00

JOHN RAE ILLUSTRATIONS 576. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE THREE LITTLE FROGS by John Mee. Chicago: Volland (1924 no additional printings). 8vo, (6 x 7 ), pictorial boards, VG+ IN PICTORIAL BOX. First edition of this Volland Sunny Book, illustrated by JOHN RAE with pictorial endpapers plus full page and in-text color illustrations. $325.00

VOLLAND SEE ALSO 99, 258, 260-2, 285, 362, 368, 552

577. VOLLAND. READ ME A STORY BOOKS BOXED SET. Joliet: Volland, (1928). Housed in the publishers box with color plate on the cover are 5 Volland picture books (5 1/4 x 7), all in fine condition in dust wrappers, all illustrated in bold colors art deco style. They are from the Volland Read Me A Story Book series and include the following: Bearskin by Grimm Brothers illustrated by MARIE HONRE MYERS; Cap That Mother Made illus. by ELEANORE MINEAH HUBBARD, The Real Princess illustrated by ALEXANDER KEY, Three Little Pigs by Clara Doty Bates illustrated by PAMELA MORI TIGHE and Three Wise Old Couples by Mrs. E.T. Corbett illus. by FLETCHER RANSOM. This is a super, ultra rare Volland item. $1500.00

ULTRA RARE BOXED VOLLAND SET

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WAINS CATS 581. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. ALL SORTS OF COMICAL CATS by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister [1902]. Small 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers lightly soiled and bottom of inner hinge bumped else VG+. Illustrated by Wain with great color cover, fabulous mounted chromolithographed frontis plus marvelous 2-color and line illus. throughout the text. Very scarce. $700.00

several insignificant archival margin mends else VG. Printed on heavy paper and illustrated by Waugh with 20 magnificent color lithographs of little babies in the style of Maud Humphrey. Also illustrated with numerous full and partial page b&ws by various artists, notably one by JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH representing her FIRST BOOK ILLUSTRATION (Five Maidens all in a row p. [3]). This is a nice copy of a very scarce book that is usually found in wretched shape. Nudelman A1. Waugh see also 24. $1200.00
WHARTON, EDITH - 409 WIESE, KURT - 89 WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF - 379

582. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. MORE JINGLES, JOKES, AND FUNNY FOLKS written by Clifton Bingham. NY: McLoughlin nd circa 1910. 4to, pictorial. wraps, small mend on cover margin else VG+. Illus. with great color cover by Wain plus each page features Wains humorous illustrations, all but 2 of which feature cats. Very scarce. $400.00

585. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. FARMER BOY. NY: Harper Bros (1933), not 1st ed.. 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 , pictorial cloth, Fine with front flap and part of front panel of the dust wrapper. In the third Little House title, The story revolves around Almonzo Wilders life in New York. Illustrated with color frontis and in black & white by HELEN SEWELL. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER on the half title. The owners grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00

WITH RARE LAURA INGALLS WILDER SIGNATURE

CATS - NEWBERY WINNER 583. (WARD,LYND)illus. THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth Coatsworth. NY: Macmillan 1930 (1930). 4to (8 x 9 1/4), cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw mended on back with light stain on joints). First Edition, first printing of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by LYND WARD with very beautiful full page wash drawings. The text is a fable about a starving Japanese artist who experiences a miracle when he inserts his cat into a painting. Quite scarce in the dw. $700.00 IDA WAUGH & JESSIE WILLCOX SMITHS 1ST BOOK APPEARANCE 584. WAUGH,IDA. IDEAL HEADS. Phil.: Sunshine Pub. Co. 1890. Folio, gold cloth stamped in gold and colors, all edges gilt, [92]p., light cover soil and (continued next column)

586. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. NY: Harper Bros. (1941), not 1st edition. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ), pictorial cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw with old tape mends and 3 pieces out of back strip). Illustrated with color dust wrapper and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED BOYLE. In this next to last Little House book, Laura turns 15 and gets her teaching certificate. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER on the half title. The owners grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00

SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER

Helen & Marc Younger 587. WILLIAMS,GARTH. THE RABBITS WEDDING. NY: Harper & Brothers (1958). Large 4to (9 x 12 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine condition in dust wrapper with price intact (dw VG+ lightly worn on spine ends with a few small closed tears). First edition. Written by Williams, this is the gentle story of a black rabbit and a white rabbit who get married. Illustrated with very beautiful illustrations in color on every page. This book caused quite a controversy because of its inter-racial marriage overtones. First editions are very scarce. $600.00

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EDITH AND THE BEARS. NY: Doubleday (1958), folio, cloth backed photographic boards, slight edgewear 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. Dare Wright see also 175. $300.00

DOROTHY KUNHARDT AND GARTH WILLIAMS 588. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. TINY NONSENSE STORIES by Dorothy Kunhardt. NY: Simon & Schuster (1949). This is a wonderful set of 12 miniature books (2 wide x 3 1/16 high) each bound in thick pictorial boards and housed in a color pictorial slipcase that simulates a room of a house. The case has a removable sliding cover. Box shows sl. wear else books and box are in VG cond. Each of the 12 books is wonderfully illustrated with color lithos by GARTH WILLIAMS. It is very unusual to find all 12 books with the little house, all in such nice condition.(See Bader p. 292-3). Contains the following titles: Little Squirrel; Happy Valentine; April Fool; Easter Bunny; Cowboy Kitten; Naughty Little Guest; Uncle Quack; Silly Picnic; Mr. Pig; Two Snowbulls; Little Lamb; Roger Mouse. Really Nice! $350.00
WILLIAMS, GARTH ALSO 93

592. (WULFING,SULAMITH). SULAMITH WULFING BAND I: EIN ART MONOGRAPHIE IN 45 BILDERN by Otto Schulze. Elberfeld: Wuppertal 1932 (4th auflage inscribed 1934). 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, some cover soil, VG+. Introductory text in German followed by reproductions of 45 of Wulfings unusual and enchanting drawings. $225.00

ESKIMO PAPER DOLL CUT OUT 589. (WINTER,MILO)illus. ESKIMO CUT-OUTS. Racine: Whitman 1938. Obl. 4to, stiff wraps, VG+ and unused. Consisting of 6 pages of color die-cut figures that the reader can punch out to assemble an Eskimo igloo village. Quite an unusual Winter title. $225.00

WIREMAN, EUGENIE - 537

WORLD WAR I - 375

593. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1920 (1920). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ), green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw spine darkened else near fine). 1st Wyeth edition, Illustrated by him with cover plate, 8 color plates plus several smaller black and whites and pictorial endpapers. This is an exceptionally nice copy, rare in such a nice wrapper. $850.00 MINT COPY IN BOX / BRANDYWINE ARTISTS 594. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. DEEP WATER DAYS by Oliver Swan. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith (1929). 4to box (7 x 10), green pictorial cloth, top edge blue, MINT IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box sl. rubbed but VG+). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with 1 color plate by Wyeth, 2 color plates by FRANK SCHOONOVER, 2 color plates by STANLEY ARTHURS plus other color plates by Manning Lee and Charles Hargens to accompany an anthology of stories about American ships from 1700-1860. This is an extraordinary copy of an attractive book, rare in this condition. $600.00

WORLD WAR II BOOK FOR CHILDREN 590. WORLD WAR II. SOLDIERS, SAILORS, FLIERS AND MARINES by Mary Elting and Robert Weaver. NY: Doubleday Doran 1943. 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else fine in worn dust wrapper with smallish pieces off corners. Stated First Edition. A picture book to help the young child understand the various branches of the armed services, illustrated in color on very page in art deco style by Jeanne Bendick. $125.00
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595. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Boston: Little Brown 1938 (May 1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4), white cloth spine, blue cloth, FINE IN ORIGINAL PLAIN PAPER WRAPPER AND SLIPCASE WITH PAPER LABEL (case toned on back strip with a few spots else tight and VG+). First Wyeth edition LIMITED TO 1075 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY WYETH AND ROBERTS! Illustrated with 15 beautiful color plates including endpapers and complete with an EXTRA SUITE OF COLOR PLATES IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. This is an excellent copy, increasingly scarce with extra suite of plates. $2500.00

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WYETH & ROBERTS

WYETH SCRIBNER CLASSIC IN BOX 598. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME by John Fox, Jr. NY: Charles Scribners Sons 1931 (1931 A). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, 322p., owner name and bookplate else FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE (flap repaired)! First edition. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page, + 14 color plates. A superb copy of this SCRIBNER CLASSIC, scarce in the box. $1200.00

IN RARE DUST WRAPPER 596. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. WHITE COMPANY by A. Conan Doyle. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Co. 1922. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ), maroon gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, very FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (white paper wrapper has a quarter size piece off mid spine, 3 small chips off bottom edges else VG). Rear panel with correct 1st edition ads for only Robinson Crusoe and A Tale of Two Cities). First Wyeth edition. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial paste-on, pictorial endpapers and title page plus thirteen color plates. This is a fantastic copy, rare in such a nice dust wrapper. Allen p.204-5. $1350.00
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RARE WYETH TITLE IN DUST WRAPPER 599. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ANTHOLOGY OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE edited by Edna Johnson, C. Scott and E. Sickels. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1940). Thick small 4to (6 3/4 x 9 1/2), 917P., pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed on edges and rubbed). First Wyeth edition, second issue without the date on the title page but also without any later date which appears on later printings. Featuring 15 magnificent color plates plus glorious pictorial endpapers and an illustration on the title page as well as color pictorial dust wrapper. The text is an exhaustive compendium of fairy tales, myths, legends and the best of childrens literature. Wyeths illustrations reveal his fanciful fairy-tale side with illustrations for Jack the Giant Killer, Thumbelisa and others. Its also interesting to note that his illustrations for Robin Hood are different from his work in his 1917 Robin Hood pub. by McKay. Quite rare in this condition and printing. $750.00

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WYETHS YEARLING IN PUBLISHERS BOX 597. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. NY: Scribner 1940 (1939,1938) 4to, black cloth, color plate on cover, fine IN PUBLISHERS BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER! (box flap replaced). 1st Scribner Classic edition, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial. endpapers 12 color plates plus pictorial title page. Despite the relatively late publication date, this is not an easy Wyeth item to find in nice condition and it is particularly scarce in the box. $950.00
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BY THE HARRY THE DIRTY DOG TEAM 600.. ZION,GENE. HIDE AND SEEK DAY. NY: Harp. Bros. (1954). 4to, cl. backed boards, sl. soil else near fine in dw with a few chips. 1st ed. (correct price and ads for no later titles). The second collaboration between and Zion and his wife, is another simple picture book based upon playing Hide and Seek all day. Illustrated in soft pastel color by Margaret Bloy Graham. See Bader p. 467. Scarce. $250.00