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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #466 - Arthur Rackham original art for Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

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FRENCH ADVERTISING ALPHABET1. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ALPHABET DE LA PHOSPHATINE FALIERES. Paris: Devamber, no date, circa 1890. Oblong 6 x 4 1/8”, pictorial wraps, except for some cover soil, VG+ condition. Inside both covers is a story about a baby who is ill and will not eat. The cure for this and other ailments is to take Phosphatine Falieres which is also featured in 4 of the pictures for letters D, F, and X. Each page has 2 letters with a well executed color illustration and words beginning with that letter. “L” shows a Magic Lantern, “R” is for Raquette and shows children playing badminton. Quite charming. $375.00

2. ABC. (ANGEL,MARIE) A NEW

BESTIARY. Cambridge, MA: Harvard

College 1963. 4 x 4”, pictorial wraps,

Fine. 1st edition. Printed on one side of

the page, each letter has a beautifully

detailed illustration by Angel with the

animals shown interacting with the

letters. $95.00

3. ABC. (ANIMALS) LITTLE TOT’S ABC. Chicago: Madison Book Co., no date, circa 1903. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some finger soil, VG+. This is an ABC of animals with really nice black and white engravings to accompany text in rhyme. Each letter is printed in a large black font and text is also in a large font. For each animal there is also a page of information. The front endpaper has an illustrated version of the Ten Little Nigger Boys. An attractive alphabet book. $275.00

STUNNING ABC INSCRIBED4. ABC. (ART DECO) TODAY’S ABC BOOK by Elizabeth King. NY: Robert M. McBride (1929 second printing). Oblong 4to (11 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil, several inconspicuous margin mends else VG+. Each page of text printed in red faces an amazing, striking full page color illustration of a different motorized machines on land, sea and air from the 1920’s. Z is for Zeppelin This copy is INSCRIBED BY KING who has also written a variation of her description of a Roadster with references to the owner of the book. A stunning book, rare. $750.00

MacKINSTRY’S ARTHURIAN ABC5. ABC. (ARTHURIAN) THE FAIRY ALPHABET:AS USED BY MERLIN by Elizabeth Mackinstry. NY: Viking 1933 (1933). 4to (7 x 9 3/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in VG dust wrapper with small piece off top edge. First edition. One of Mackinstry’s most lovely books, each page is printed on one side only and features a large and intricate black and white drawing - one for each letter of a fairy ABC. Features Merlin, Ariel, Caliban, Puck, Undine and others. Verse written by MacKinstry as well. (Five Years of Childrens Books p.24 &33). Great copy. $375.00

RARE TEDDY BEAR ALPHABET

6. ABC. (BEARS) JOLLY BEARS ABC. NY: Charles Graham ca 1907. Sq. 4to (10 x 10 3/4”), flexible card wraps, sl. creasing of corners, VG+. Each letter of the alphabet features a Teddy Bear with a different name and dressed in character. “A” is Auto Bear Andy, “R” is Rough Rider Teddy, “Q” is Quaker Bear who is quiet and lives on a very plain diet. Illustrated in full color on every page. Rare. $750.00

HAND-COLOREDBIRD ALPHABET

7. ABC. (BIRDS) ALPHABET OF BIRDS. London: Dean & Son (1855). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 5/8”), pictorial wraps, owner name on cover else VG+. Printed on one side of the paper and illustrated with 23 fine hand-colored engravings of various birds. The text is in rhyme. A lovely mid 19th century alphabet. $800.00

CHARMING TUCK BIRD ABC

8. ABC. (BIRDS) DICKY BIRDS ABC. London: Raphael Tuck, no date circa 1890. 8vo (6 1/8 x 8 1/8”), pictorial wraps, pages mounted on linen, VG-Fine. Illustrated with color covers, 4 full page chromolithographed pages and brown line illustrations on other pages. The text is in verse. $300.00

9. ABC. (BROWN,MARCIA) PETER PIPER’S ALPHABET. NY: Scribner (1959 A). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 8 1/4”), two-tone cloth, child’s name on endpaper else Fine in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition The famous 19th century rhyme was adapted for the 20th century by Brown and illustrated by her in color on every page. $150.00

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10. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS A.B.C.. Boston: De Wolfe Fiske, no date, circa 1890. Oblong 4to (10 1/2 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges worn, no free endpapers, a few margin mends, Good condition. Every page has a fabulous full page chromolithograph with letters representing Christmas items. There are 3 or 4 letters per page with text in verse on the illustrated pages and there are other poems on text pages that are illustrated in brown line. $85.00

11. ABC. (CLOTH) DOLLY’A ABC. NY: Charles E. Graham & Co., no date, circa 1915. 12mo (6 x 8 1/8”), printed on cloth, VG-Fine. Illustrated with 6 charming full page color illustrations depicting children engaged in various activities. Also illustrated with 6 full page pen and ink drawings in brown that present the alphabet in a different manner than usual. The child plays Hide and Seek with the Little Letters and is challenged to find a letter within a word of the text in verse. “There’s an m in the motors we see in town, / And an n in the omnibus big and brown. $250.00

TYPICAL 1960’S GRAPHICS12. ABC. (COCKNEY) COCKNEY ALPHABET by Rufus Segar. London: Max Parrish 1965 (1965). 5 1/8” square, pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. The alphabet is really a play- on- words word game with directions found at the back of the book, Illustrated in color by Segar with typical 1960’s graphics. This is a clever, complicated book that reads best if you’re from the U.K. $100.00

CRAWHALL ALPHABET BOOK

LEADENHALL PRESS13. ABC. (CRAWHALL) OLD AUNT ELSPA’S ABC. London: Field & Tuer (1884). Oblong 4to (9 1/4 x 8”), 21p. + [3]p. ads, pictorial wraps. Margin repair of paper on 2 leaves, VG. Printed by the Leadenhalle Presse. Each page features a wonderful WOODCUT by Crawhall, the whole book presented the manner of early chapbooks with old English lettering. See Felver: Joseph Crawhall p. 53 who says: “Crawhall’s work carries the same freshness of colour and boldness and informality of touch that was so much a part of the work of William Nicholson and James Pryde, the Beggarstaff Brothers. They, in turn, derived much of their initial inspiration for working in bold colours and broad lines from Joseph Crawhall.” Includes the postage stamp applied to the easel on the back cover. This is a companion to Old Aunt Elspa’s Spelling Bee. A great ABC and quite scarce. $600.00

MAGNIFICENT ABC INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ELIZABETH MORROW14. ABC. (D’HARNONCOURT,RENE) BEAST, BIRD AND FISH by Elizabeth Morrow. NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1933 (1933). 4to (8 1/4 x 13 3/4”), pictorial cloth, some cover soil else VG+. Stated 1st edition. This is an animal alphabet book with text offered in verse and including musical notation. Every letter has a very beautiful full page color illustration by RENE D’HARNONCOURT in his distinctive folk-peasant style and with his use of flat colors. A perfect alphabet book by the collaborators of the Painted Pig (Morrow was Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s mother and wife of the American ambassador to Mexico). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ELIZABETH MORROW. Bader p.71. Very scarce. $400.00

HAND COLORED15. ABC. (EARLY ENGLISH) ALPHABET OF HISTORY. London: Cowan & Standring, no date, circa 1845. 4to (7 1/8 x 9 3/8”), pictorial wraps, neat spine repair and covers dusty, VG. Illustrated with pictorial cover plus 4 very fine full page hand-colored pages each divided into 6 sections. Each section has a captioned illustration of an important historical event or British monarch appropriate for the letter of the alphabet. The 4 pages of text have the alphabet in verse surrounded by a decorative border. “ I and J together put, and J is bad King John / K for Katherine the Queen, called Kate of Aragon.” Printed on one side of the paper the illustrations are original designs by Barfoot. $875.00

TUCK MOTHER GOOSE & FAIRY TALE ABC16. ABC. (FAIRY TALES) NURSERY LAND ABC. London: Raphael Tuck no date, circa 1910. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), flexible card covers. a few small margin mends and stain on top edge of pages else tight and really G-VG. This ABC book uses classic fairy tale characters and nursery rhymes for the letters. Featuring 4 striking color plates on black backgrounds, color covers and lovely 2-color illustrations covering each page of text. A really nice ABC book. (Incl. Red Riding Hood, Puss, Goldilocks etc). $250.00

EARLY HAND-COLORED FRENCH ABC17. ABC. (FRENCH - EARLY) ABECEDAIRE DES ENFANTS. Paris: Fonteney et Peltier, no date, circa 1840. 12mo (6 3/8 x 4”). pictorial boards, 71p., slightest bit of rubbing else near Fine. Illustrated with 26 lovely hand-colored engravings by M.E. Blanchard. Each letter has a half-page color illustration accompanied by 10 lines of descriptive text. Also included are word lists, syllables. “X” is for “Xyste” (an ancient training ground for atheletes), “M” is for “Mendiant” (beggar). Charming. $875.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>>)


EARLY FRENCH PANORAMA18. ABC. (FRENCH - EARLY) LES ENFANTS DU PERE ADAM. Paris: Magasin de l’Enfance, no date, circa 1850-60. 4 3/4 x 6 1/2”, green cloth stamped in gold, some normal shelf wear, VG+. There are 16 panels that open accordion fashion with information meant to teach the alphabet, different nationalities and counting. Each panel features a lovely hand-colored lithograph of a child of a different nationality dressed in local garb including Iriquois, Persian, Mandarin and more. There are 2 letters of the alphabet per page with 3 additional pictures on pages meant to teach numbers from 1 - 10. $875.00

RARE FRENCH LIMITED EDITION ABC BY ARTIST

19. ABC. (FRENCH) ALPHABET SYMBOLIQUE by Emile Blemont. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1895. 4to (6 1/2 x 10”), stiff pictorial wraps, slight wear to spine else Fine and partially unopened. There are 2 letters per page printed on Japon paper on one side of the page only. Each letter has a charming illustration in red by French artist Auguste Hiolle to accompany text in rhyme. LIMITED TO 500 NUMEBRED COPIES. Quite scarce. $900.00

SCARCE HASSALL ALPHABET20. ABC. (HASSALL) AN A.B.C. OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE good, bad & indifferent by G.E. Farrow. London: Dean & Son, no date [1902]. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil, VG+ Written by the author of the “Wallypug” books, this is stunningly illustrated by JOHN HASSALL in his typical broad style always with a touch of humor. Here, the various letters represent attributes of everyday people (energetic, generous, knavish, lively, etc.). The text by Farrow is amusing as well. “M the Meek: Down-trodden, brow-beaten, meek little M / This torrent of fault-finding nothing can stem. / If her mistress were kinder, no doubt she would find her / The best of good servants, a regular gem.” A great picture book, very scarce. $1200.00

CHARMING HEBREW ALPHABET21. ABC. (HEBREW) ALEPH BET ARTZAH REHD [ALPHABET OF THE RED LAND]. [Jerusalem: Marcus], no date, circa 1950. 8vo (7 1/4 x 8”), red boards, color pictorial paste-on, Fine. Written by Shlomo Skluski and illustrated with charming color lithographs on every page by Mirahlobay (?). Each letter has a large central illustration surrounded with a border of smaller pictures - all richly colored and well printed. Quite scarce. $1200,00

22. ABC. (INDIANS) HIAWATHA ALPHABET by Florence Pohl. Chicago: Rand McNally (1910). Large 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine ends and edges sl. worn else VG. Illustrated by H.D. POHL in full color on every page - one page per letter. Printed on one side of the paper only featuring an Indian motif. Also featuring alphabet and counting endpapers. Very attractive. $250.00

RARE PETER THOMSON ABC23. ABC. (MILITARY) DRILL OF THE ABC ARMY. [Cincinnati: Peter Thomson], no date, circa 1880. 4to (9 x 10 1/2”), 16 pages including covers, inconspicuous spine repair and some soil, VG. Printed on one side of the paper, the 6 pages of fine chromolithographs are divided into 4 sections. The text is in rhyme with 4 lines of verse for each letter. Although not a military themed ABC, “I is for Infantry”. “A is for Architect and “U is for Unicorn”. Very scarce. $950.00

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LINEN SOLDIER ALPHABET BOOK

24. ABC. (MILITARY) LITTLE SOLDIER LINEN ABC. Donohue: 1911. Small 4to (6 1/2 x 8 1/2”), printed on linen, slight cover soil else VG+. Illustrated by “C.W.” with 6 fine full page color illustrations and in brown line on other pages all showing little children dressed as soldiers. $200.00

NURSERY RHYME ABC25. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) NURSERYLAND ABC. NY: Sam’l Gabriel 1918. 8vo (5 5/8 x 7 5/8”), pictorial linen, neat name on cover else VG+. The text for the alphabet is in verse with most letters representing different nursery rhyme figures. Illustrated with 4 charming full page color illustrations each with 2 pictures per page plus pictorial covers. “B” is Little Boy Blue, “L” is Little Polly Flinders, “P” is Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater. $200.00

26. ABC. MR. BIRDIE’S ALPHABET for little Glasgow highbrows. London: Constable & Co. 1934. 8vo (5 x 7 1/2”), cloth, VG+ in chipped dust wrapper. 1st ed. The author was a playwright and author and the text of this book has essays and musings by him in alphabet form. “A” is Thoughts on Asterisks, “C” is on Cruelty to Camels etc. $100.00

RARE ABC OF NAMES PANORAMA27. ABC. (PANORAMA) A*B*C OF CHILDREN’S NAMES by Doris & Mary Ewen. Lond.: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton no date, circa 1915. 5 1/4 x 6 3/4”, pictorial boards, lacks a string tie, inconspicuous archival strengthening at a few fold and back strip, near fine. Bound accordion style, panels are brightly illustrated by Mary Ewan in color to accompany verses about different names by Doris Ewan. The alphabet letters are also presented in large color blocks and there are alphabet endpapers as well. From Andrew to Zoe, this is a wonderful alphabet panorama. Rare. $875.00

HAND-COLORED FRENCH PANORAMA28. ABC. (PANORAMA) ALPHABET PANORAMA. No publishing information, circa 1830. 5” wide x 6 3/8, boards, pictorial paste-on, spine repaired and light soil, VG+. There are 24 panels opening accordion fashion. Each panel has a large and exquisitely hand-colored illustration signed “D.S.” The pictures don’t relate to the letters but have the themes of children’s occupations (gardener, fisherman, hunter, playing with dolls, grape harvest, etc.), the elements, the months of the year, the seasons and the continents. America is represented by a Black Cuban boy from La Havane. Quite magnificent. $1250.00

BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS29. ABC. PAULINE’S PICTURE ALPHABET by Lady Bell. London: A.L. Humphreys 1910. 4to (7 1/2 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of cover soil else near Fine. Printed on one side of the paper only, for each letter there is a short poem surrounded with a decorative border and the top half of every page has a very beautiful color lithograph with a decorative border by Hilda Broughton. Lady Bell is most likely Florence Bell, a British author and playwright, and stepmother of Gertrude Bell, an active member of the Women’s Anti Suffrage League. This is a scarce and special ABC. $475.00

PETER PAN ALPHABET30. ABC. (PETER PAN) PETER PAN’S A B C. NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1913]. 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. 1st U.S. ed. A most wonderful alphabet book starting with an abridged version of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (the name Barrie curiously enough is not mentioned anywhere), after which are verses for each letter of the alphabet with text that deals with the story. Illustrated by FLORA WHITE with 26 (inc. cover) especially lovely color plates. $800.00


ABC WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE31. ABC. (POLITICAL) “O” IS FOR OVERKILL: A SURVIVAL ALPHABET by Merrill Pollack. NY: Gemini Press / Viking (1968). Oblong 4to (8 1/2 x 7”), pictorial wraps, VG-Fine. 1st edition. Each letter is in red in a large font and is accompanied by 3 words that convey a social message. Facing each text page is a full page illustration in line by the author’s brother Reginald Pollack. “ T is for Terror, Tragedy and Tyranny.” Quite unusual. $100.00

POP-UP ABC BOOK32. ABC. (POP-UP BOOKANO) ABC IN LIVING MODELS. [London]: Bookano no date, circa 1935. 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 5/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. A super ABC book featuring 7 color pop-ups plus pictorial endpapers (signed JH). $300.00

33. ABC. (SARG,TONY) TONY SARG’S ALPHABET with verse by Anne Stoddard. NY: Greenberg (1945, rev. ed.). Small 4to, (7 x 9 1/2”) pictorial boards, sl. tip wear and soil, VG+ in dw with a few chips. Illustrated in color on every page by Sarg, including fabulous pictorial endpapers. 12 of the illustrations are entirely new for this edition, offering the “modern” children of the 40’s “U IS FOR UMBRELLA” instead of the original “U IS FOR UNICORN.” (as well as 11 other interesting modernizations). Scarce. $250.00

34. ABC. (VAN LOON, HENDRIK WILLEM) AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE ALPHABET. (NY: Simon & Schuster 1935). Oblong 8vo (9 3/4 x 6 1/2”), pictorial boards, paper spine repaired else VG+. Each letter stands for a different city around the world (D is Delft, E is Eddystone lighthouse, X for Xanadu etc.). Illustrated in bold colors with many full page illustrations and with text appropriate to each city opposite each illustration. Nice! $100.00

WEISSENBORN ILLUSTRATIONS35. ABC. (WEISSENBORN) A PICTURE A B C by D. Eardley-Wilmot. (London: Acorn Press 1945). Oblong 4to (11 x 8 3/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. Printed on a range of colored paper and imaginatively illustrated with striking woodcuts by H. WEISSENBORN to accompany rhymes for each letter. Bold style and artfully arranged. Weissenborn was a German artist who fled Germany in 1938 because his wife was Jewish. He settled in England, taught at the Ravensbourne College of Art and continued his career as an internationally known artist and engraver. This is a charming ABC in great condition. $475.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>>)

WWII PATRIOTIC BLONDIE ABC36. ABC. (WORLD WAR II) BLONDIE FROM A TO Z. Philadelphia: McKay (1943). Small 4to (7 x 8 1/4”), pictorial boards near fine. Printed on rectos only, each page is brightly illustrated in color featuring Blondie and Dagwood. Each letter of the alphabet has a patriotic theme: “B is for Blackout which may come at night; C is for courage which makes a man fight; E is for the enemy who’s our deadly foe, Jap Nazi Italian are there is a row; O is for the oath of allegiance we take” etc. Simply great. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $500.00

ABC ALSO 124, 173, 218, 250, 266, 293, 368, 413

JEWISH STEREOTYPES 37. (ADAMS,FRANK)illus. THE STORY OF MOTHER GOOSE. Lond & NY: Blackie & Dodge ca 1920. 4to, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, front board discolored some and tips rubbed else VG. Adams has provided the verse for the Mother Goose rhyme about Mother Goose’s son Jack whose goose lays a golden egg. Jack then: “Sold his gold egg to a rogue of a Jew who cheated him out of the half of his due.” It goes on to show the stereotypical Jewish man beating Jack and stealing the goose. Featuring 12 bold color plates by Adams plus line illustrations in-text and pictorial endpapers. Printed on frenchfold paper. $300.00

SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS AND JOHN LAWRENCE38. ADAMS,RICHARD. WATERSHIP DOWN. [Great Britain], Penguin / Kestrel Books (1976). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”). brown cloth spine and tan boards, tiny blemish that seems to have occurred in binding, FINE CONDTION IN DUST WRAPPER AND PICTORIAL SLIP CASE. First published without illustrations in 1972, this is the First Illustrated Edition, illustrated by John Lawrence with wonderful full page and smaller drawings that really bring this fantasy adventure to life. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RICHARD ADAMS AND SIGNED BY JOHN LAWRENCE. In addition there is a letter from Adams’ secretary on Adams’ personal stationery guaranteeing the authenticity of the signature. Great copy. $1500.00

ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) – 282, 476

ADVERTISING INTEREST – 1, 485 AESOP - 167

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39. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. JO’S BOYS. Bost: Roberts, 1886 (1886). 12mo, brown cloth, 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial ads, slight wear to spine ends and corner bumped else VG+. First ed., first state of this classic (sheets measure 1 16th” in bulk) (BAL 211). Beautiful copy. $325.00

ALDIN FOLIO PICTURE BOOK40. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. A SPORTING GARLAND. Lond: Sands ca 1900. Oblong folio (15x10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers lightly rubbed and tips worn else fine. The text for children is in verse in large type and deals with outdoor sports. Divided into 3 sections, each has a pictorial half-title, frontis and many fabulous, bold full page color illustrations by Aldin. Each page of text also has a color illustration. Printed on heavy coated paper, this is a stunning book showing Aldin at his best. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $1750.00

41. ALDIN,CECIL. THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK. NY: Oxford Univ. Press circa 1920. Square 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, blank endpaper foxed else near fine. Written by Aldin and illustrated by him with 12 charming full page color illustrations (on green paper) and with as many wonderful full page illustrations in line. Nice copy. $500.00

42. ALDIN,CECIL. THE WHITE KITTEN BOOK. Lond. & NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1909]. Sq. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, sl. edge wear, near fine. Written by Aldin and illustrated by him with 12 charming color plates (on tan paper) and with many wonderful line illustrations. $750.00

SCARCE NEWBERY WINNER SIGNED43. ALEXANDER,LLOYD. THE HIGH KING. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1968). Large 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, not price clipped, one closed tear, no sear). 1st edition, second printing. SIGNED BY ALEXANDER. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The finale to the highly acclaimed fantasy chronicles of Prydain. Quite scarce and a nice copy, especially signed. $200.00

ALLINGHAM, W.– 185

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN -138, 190, 272, 384, 470

GRIMM AND ANDERSEN IN BOX44. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. FAIRY TALES OF GRIMM & ANDERSEN. London: Collins Clear Type Press, no date, circa 1925. Thick 4to (9 1/2 x 11”), blue simulated leather stamped in gold, 256, 159p. FINE IN DUST WRAPPER AND PUBLISHER’S BOX! The dw has a mounted color plate surrounded by blue line illustrations. 1st combined edition. Containing 49 stories from Grimm and 18 by Andersen in two parts with separate title pages. Illustrated by Anderson with 12 color plates plus many full and partial page line illustrations in her art nouveau, intricate style. This is a scarce title, rare in the dw and box and a beautiful book of fairy tales. $1250.00

ANDRE, RICHARD – 126 ANGEL, MARIE - 2

HUMANIZED VEGGIES45. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. FUNNY FOLKS FROM GARDENTOWN by Tony Fraioli. Whitman 1935. Folio (9 1/2 x 12”), pictorial wraps, some cover wear VG. Lester Lemon, Casper Carrot and a host of other humanized veggies are wonderfully illustrated in color by the author. Illustrations are accompanied by short rhymes. Printed on black paper, unusual and quite charming. $200.00

EIFFEL TOWER COMES ALIVE

46. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. LE MARIAGE DE LA TOUR EIFFEL par J. Roche-Mazon. Paris: Boivin (1931). Tall 4to (9 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed metallic silver pictorial boards, VG+. The story tells the adventures of a female humanized Eiffel Tower that eventually meets, falls in love and marries a giant sea serpent. Illustrated in color in art deco style by V. Le Campion. Fantastic! $600.00

ANTHROPOMORPHISM SEE ALSO 133

ARABIAN NIGHTS – 189

ARCTIC INTEREST – 246, 401 436

ARDIZZONE’S THIRD LARGE FORMAT PICTURE BOOK

47. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. TIM AND LUCY GO TO SEA. Lond., NY & Toronto: Oxford [1938]. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and tips mildly worn else VG+ in somewhat worn but good dust wrapper. 1st U.S. ed. (printed in Great Britain) of the 3rd Little Tim book (Hornbook Jan.-Feb. 1939 p.34). Printed on one side of the page with color illus. and calligraphic text on every page. Very scarce. $1000.00

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48. (ARDIZZONE,EDWARD)illus. TITUS IN TROUBLE by James Reeves. Lond.: Bodley Head (1959). Large 4to, pictorial boards, slightest of wear to spine extrems else VG+ in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. Wonderful color illustrations on every page by Ardizzone and a nice copy. $250.00

NEWBERY AWARD49. ARMER,LAURA ADAMS. WATERLESS MOUNTAIN. NY: Longmans Green 1931 (1931). 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly later, no award seal, some chipping but VG). 1st edition, 1st printing. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The story of a Navajo Indian boy is illustrated by Ms. Armer and her husband Sidney Armer. Nice copy. $225.00

ART (ORIGINAL) – 148, 187, 203, 204, 235, 317, 339, 348, 409, 411, 426, 463, 466, 471, 508

ART DECO – 4, 46, 164, 177, 285, 400, 425, 490, 499, 551

ART NOUVEAU – 244, 307 ARTHURIAN – 5, 95, 310, 434-5

SIGNED NEWBERY AWARD50. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. GAY NECK: the story of a pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. NY: Dutton (1927). 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), 1/2 parchment backed decorative boards, boards faded at top edges and mild scattered spotting on first few leaves else VG+. This is the John Newbery Medal Edition LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY ARTZYBASHEFF AND MUKERJI. Winner of the 1928 NEWBERY AWARD. Illustrated by Artzybasheff with pictorial endpapers plus beautiful and striking full and partial page black and white woodcuts. This is a tale of a carrier pigeon trained to deliver messages of courage in France during World War I. $250.00

FINE COPY IN BOX / FRENCH FAIRY TALES51. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. CHILDREN’S STORIES FROM FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Doris Ashley. London & Paris: Raphael Tuck & Philadelphia: David McKay, no date, circa 1920. 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), blue cloth stamped in gold, [144]p. incl. ads, nearly AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER WITH SPIDER WEB DESIGN AND PUBLISHER’S BOX (flap repair). 12 French fairy tales are illustrated by Attwell with 12 wonderful color plates plus many black and whites in-text. Beautiful copy, rare in the box. $800.00

SCARCE ATTWELL PICTURE BOOK

52. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCY)illus. BABY’S BOOK. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1920. 4to (7 1/2 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

IN THE MANNER OF CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES53. AULT,NORMAN. DREAMLAND SHORES. London: Humphrey Milford (1920). 4to (8 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edge running else near FINE IN DUST WRAPPER WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE. 1st edition. This is a book of poems for children very similar in style to a Child’s Garden of Verses. Illustrated by the author with 6 beautiful tipped-in color plates, black and whites throughout the text and pictorial map endpapers. $450.00

PUNCH & JUDY * COCK ROBIN * DAME TROT54. AUNT LOUISA. AUNT LOUISA’S OUR FAVOURITES. London: Warne, no date, circa 1885. 4to (9 x 10 1/2”), blue cloth elaborately stamped in black and gold, color paste-on, VG-Fine. Containing the Courtship, Marriage, Death and Burial of Cock Robin illustrated by Henry Stannard; Punch & Judy; and Dame Trot and Her Cat. Featuring 12 full page chromolithographs a three glorious double page chromos all printed by Kronheim. Fine artwork and a beautiful book. $750.00

AUSTRALIA – 99, 237, 238, 304, 395-6, 586 AUTOS - 235

4 STORY BOOKS BY AVERILL55. (AVERILL,NAOMI)illus. A CHILD’S STORY OF AMERICA, OF THE FIRST MEN, OF THE NEW LANDS, OF THE MIDDLE AGES all by Donald Peattie. Offered here are 4 separate titles in this story book series. All were published in 1937 in New York by Grosset & Dunlap. Small 4to’s (8 1/4 x 8 1/2”), pictorial boards, all in fine condition with slightly worn dust wrappers. They are illustrated by Averill with full page and partial page striking color lithographs in bold, flat designs more typical of the late 20’s. Bader (p.95) notes that these were done with “variety, imagination and much flair.” Each priced... $125.00

A. STORY OF AMERICA. Publisher’s File Copy.B. STORY OF THE FIRST MEN. Publisher’s File Copy.C. STORY OF THE NEW LANDS.D. STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES

AVIATION – 177, 220


BALFOUR, RONALD – 490 BALLOONS – 187, 195

RARE GERMAN SAMBO56. BANNERMAN,HELEN. DER KLEINE SCHWARZE SAMBO. Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling (1928). 4to (9 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. Printed on good quality heavy paper and illustrated with bright colors by Helmut Skarbina depicting a grossly stereotypical Sambo and family. Stalling picture book #69. Rare, especially in the dust wrapper and a particularly well executed and well printed edition. $1500.00

SAMBO SHAPE BOOK

57. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY

OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Newark:

Charles Graham, ca 1930. 7x5”, pictorial

wraps with top and side edge cut in shape

of tiger and trees, banner at base of cover

is in black on both covers, VG+. Illus. by an

unknown hand in color. “Peter Rabbit Cut

Out Series”. A rare version. $450.00

BANNERMAN AND POTTER - FILE COPY58. [BANNERMAN,HELEN and POTTER,BEATRIX]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO AND PETER RABBIT TURNOVER BOOK. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1910). 8vo, (5 3/4 x 7 1/2”), pictorial boards, slightest of cover rubbing else Fine. Publisher’s FILE COPY stamped on endpaper. Adapted from Reilly & Britton’s Children’s Stories That Never Grow Old Series, half of the book contains Sambo at the end of which you flip over the book and Peter Rabbit begins. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with color covers and with 16 full page color illus. and a few smaller color illus. for both stories. Neill’s illustrations for Sambo are particularly vicious. An especially nice copy. $850.00

PETER PAN CELLULOID TOY WITH BOOKS IN BOX59. BARRIE,J.M.. THE PETER PAN GIFT BOX. This is a boxed set of 3 books published by Cupples & Leon (1924). Each is 12mo, boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrappers (dw’s sl. frayed). Each is illus. in color as follows:

ALL ABOUT PETER PAN by J.M. Barrie, retold by Emma Sterne and illus. by Thelma Gooch; ALL ABOUT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD illus. by Johnny Gruelle and ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT illus. by Dick Hartley. The three books are in their ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX ALONG WITH A 6 INCH CELLULOID PETER PAN TOY! (box is sl. rubbed). A wonderful Barrie item, extremely rare in this complete condition. Barrie see also 30, 472. $1200.00

BATTEN, JOHN - 212

FIRST EDITION 1ST STATE OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

60. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. Hill 1900. Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., hinges professionally strengthened, spine ends reinforced, some fading and a few faint soil areas on covers. Internally, small margin repair to 1 plate (p.80), otherwise clean tight and VG+. 1st ed., 1st state of the text, with the following points: box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads “low wail on”, p.81 fourth line from bottom spells “peices” incorrectly, p.[227] 1st line reads “While Tin Woodman”, colophon in 11 lines with box, verso title page has no copyright, perfect type on pages 100, 186 (this last point is associated with the earliest sheets off the press), color plate incorrect on page 34, with red in the horizon on page 92. Binding state “B” , identical to “A” but stamped in red. Hanff/Greene I.1, Peter Parley To Penrod p. 111-113. Wonderful color illustrations by W.W. Denslow for one of the most famous children’s books of all times. This is a nice bright copy of the first state of an iconic children’s book. $32,000.00


MINT 1ST PRINTING IN DUST WRAPPER61. (BAUM,L.FRANK). GIANT HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thomson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1928). 8vo, rust cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper (dw very sl. worn, price clipped but near fine). 1st ed., 1st issue, (H/G XXII), earliest copy with the “r” in “morning” p. 116 line 1 not damaged. Illustrated with 12 color plates by J. R.NEILL. This is an outstanding copy of the 22nd Oz title, rare in this condition with the wrapper. $4000.00

BEAUTIFUL COPY62. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE ROAD TO OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton. (1909). 8vo, green pictorial cloth stamped in black, green tan and red, a fine, bright copy (there is a charming Oz related owner inscription on ownership page and half-title with a mounted poem from a newspaper by Grif Alexander titled the “Road to Oz”). 1st edition 1st state with paper colors in order, earliest copy with no type damage on p. 34, 121, caption and numeral on p. 129, Reilly & Brit. on spine in upper and lower cases. No color plates as issued, but pictorial endpapers and a profusion of black and whites throughout by J.R. NEILL. A beautiful bright copy. Hanff Green V. $3000.00

63. (BAUM,L.FRANK) PIRATES IN OZ

by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly

& Lee (1931) 4to, medium green cloth,

pictorial paste-on, VG+. 1st ed, 1st state

(H-G XXV), illustrated by J.R. NEILL

with cover plate, pictorial endpapers,

12 beautiful color plates (coated

one side) plus b&w’s in-text. A nice

copy. $850.00

64. (BAUM,L.FRANK). HUNGRY TIGER OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic.:

Reilly & Lee (1926). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 261p., fine in frayed dw. 1st

ed. 1st state (plates coated 1 side) H-G XX, earliest copy with perfect type p. 21 & 252.

Illustrated with 12 color plates done by J.R. NEILL. Great copy. $1750.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>>)

65. (BAUM,L.FRANK). SPEEDY IN OZ by

Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee

(1934). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on,

298p., light shelf wear, fox spots on bottom

of a few pages else VG+. 1st ed. Illustrated

by JOHN R.NEILL with 12 color plates plus

pictorial ep’s and many b&w’s. A nice copy

of one of the most uncommon Oz titles. H-

G XXVIII. $750.00

FIRST STATE IN DUST WRAPPER WITH CONTESTANT BLANK!

66. BAUM,L.FRANK. JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1906). 4to, tan cloth stamped in red, black and brown on front and in black on rear, [315]p. + ads, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw repaired on verso, some chipping) and WITH CONTESTANT BLANK INTACT! 1st ed, FIRST STATE without correction line 10 on p.275 (cage instead of cave). A non-Oz fantasy relating the adventures of John Dough, a gingerbread man who comes alive, and his comrade Chick the Cherub in the Palace of Romance, the Land of the Mifkets, etc.. Featuring 40 fantastic full page color illustrations, 20 color pictorial chapter heads, 100 black and whites in text plus pictorial endpapers and title by J.R. NEILL (See Baum Bugle Spring 1969). An amazing copy, super rare with the dust wrapper. $8500.00

67. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. THE LAST EGYPTIAN: a romance of the Nile. Phil.: E. Stern 1908 (May 1st 1908). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, corner bumped else, near Fine. 1st ed. of this adventure novel (second state with Press statement on copyright page else identical to the 1st state). Illus. by FRANCIS WIGHTMAN with 8 color plates. Baum didn’t want to have his name associated with an adult book so this was published with no author at all. Very scarce. $275.00

#64


STEIFF BEARS PHOTO ILLUSTRATED68. BEARS. TWO TEDDY BEARS IN TOYLAND by Elizabeth Gordon. NY: Dodd Mead 1907 (Sept. 1907). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 8 3/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil and some edge and tip wear, VG+. 1st edition. Printed on coated paper, each page of text faces a full page photo illustrated picture of the bears in their home along with dolls and toys. The bears used are the Steiff teddy bears with their characteristic humped backs and elongated snouts. Photos are by Charles Wylie. This is a nice copy of a rare, rare teddy bear book. Not in White. $1850.00

SATIRE69. BEARS. BEAR THAT WASN’T by Frank Tashlin. NY:Dutton 1946 (1946). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dw with pieces missing off edge. Stated 1st. When a factory is built around a hibernating bear and the bear is discovered, all of the humans insist he isn’t a bear at all but a “silly man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat”! Wonderful illus. on every page and a charming book. Tashlin was a noted cartoonist, animator at various studios and script writer for the Marx Brothers and Bob Hope. $175.00

LARGE McLOUGHLIN TEDDY-BEAR PICTURE

BOOK70. BEARS. THE STORY OF TEDDY THE BEAR by Sarah Noble Ives. Springfield: McLoughlin nd ca 1920. Folio, cl. backed pictorial boards, tips sl. worn else VG-Fine. The adventures of a captured teddy bear cub. 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

BEARS SEE ALSO 6, 156, 186, 230, 374, 401, 430, 505-6, 562, 575, 586, 594

BEES – 168, 210

71. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE IN LONDON, NY: Viking (1961). Folio, red cloth, 56p., Fine in dust wrapper with some fraying. 1st ed. London will never be the same after Madeline’s visit! Great color illustrations on every page. $500.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER

72. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG.

MADELINE’S RESCUE. NY: Viking 1953

(1953). Folio (9 x 12 1/4”), cloth, 56p.,

Fine in dust wrapper lightly frayed at

spine ends. First Edition. Madeline is

saved from drowning by a dog, beautifully

illustrated in color by the author. This is an

unusually nice copy, rare in this condition.

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $1200.00

73. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. PARSLEY. NY: Harper Brothers (1955). Oblong folio, pictorial cloth, [47]p., Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. Illustrated with magnificent, rich full page color illustrations opposite each page of minimal text. See AIGA cat. 1955-57 #31. A nice copy. $275.00

NEWBERY HONOR74. BENNETT,JOHN. THE PIGTAIL OF AH LEE BEN LOO. NY & London: Longmans Green 1928 (1928). Thick 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), orange pictorial cloth, slightest bit of cover soil else VG+. Stated First edition, first printing. Illustrated by the author with 200 fabulous SILHOUETTES - full page and in-text, to accompany 18 tales. NEWBERY HONOR. $200.00

BERRY, ERICK – 134, 579

IN PUBLISHER’S BOX75. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. ONE THOUSAND POEMS FOR CHILDREN edited by Roger Ingpen. Philadelphia: Jacobs (1923). 4to, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste- on, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER AND BOX! (box sl. worn). 100 poems arranged in categories and illustrated by Betts with cover plate, pictorial endpapers plus 8 color plates. (First line, author and title indexes). $500.00

BINGHAM, CLIFTON – 165, 196, 584 BIRDS – 7, 8, 574

76. BLACK INTEREST. BLACK BABIES ON HOLIDAY by Joanda Monti. Milan: Piccolo, 1949. 4to (7 x 9”), pictorial boards, VG. The story is about the daily life of 2 cherubic Black babies in Africa who have adventures and capture a crocodile. Each page of text faces a charming full page color illustration by Mariapia (9 in all). Scarce. $225.00


CALDECOTT HONOR - SIGNED77. BLACK INTEREST. (CREWS,DONALD) FREIGHT TRAIN by Donald Crews. NY: Greenwillow (1978). Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper rubbed a bit where seal removed. Stated 1st edition, first printing with number code 1-10. Beautifully illustrated in color by Crews. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO FELLOW ILLUSTRATOR GEORGE BONSALL. CALDECOTT HONOR. First printings are scarce, signed copies even more so. $275.00

ANTI-SLAVERY CHILD’S BOOK78. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN). THE CHILD’S ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK CONTAINING A FEW WORDS ABOUT AMERICAN SLAVE CHILDREN AND STORIES OF SLAVE LIFE by Julia Colman and Matilda Thompson. NY: Carlton & Porter (1859). 12mo, brown cloth, 158p., some foxing and spine ends worn, VG. Containing Little Lewis: the Story of a Slave Boy by Julia Colman, Mark and Hast; or, Slave Life in Missouri by Matilda Thompson, Aunt Judy’s Story: a Story from Real Life by Matilda Thompson and Me Neber Gib It Up! about a slave who wants to read. Illus. with 10 engraved plates. Very scarce. $1200.00

ANTI-SLAVERY79. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN) A HOME IN THE SOUTH, OR TWO YEARS AT UNCLE WARREN’S by A Lady. Cincinnati: American Reform Book and Tract Society (1857). 12mo (4 x 6”), 134p., blind stamped cloth, foxed throughout else tight and VG. When 3 little children lose both of their parents they are sent to live in the south with a relative. They were warned that they might see “many negro slaves... poor degraded half brutalized creatures” and told they should “do the them all the good you can.” They witness all manner of degradation and violence on the plantation and see for themselves the horrors of slavery. Illustrated with 2 engraved plates and with several smaller engraving in-text, one of which shows a man whipping a Black woman on the “whipping place on the square.” By the end of the story, after several years the Uncle realizes the brutality of slavery and frees all of his slaves. Scarce title. $1200,00

RARE TITLE80. BLACK INTEREST. (McLOUGHLIN) THE FUNNY LITTLE DARKIES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., circa 1870. 4to (9 x 10 1/4”), pictorial wraps, inconspicuous spine strengthening else near fine. Printed on one side of the paper, and illustrated with 6 full page brightly colored lithographs that have to be seen to be believed. The text is in verse and text pages also have wonderful black and white illustrations. This is a great copy of a rare title. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $1500.00

STRIKING McLOUGHLIN BOOK WITH SIMPLE ADDITION BY A NIGGER

81. BLACK INTEREST. (McLOUGHLIN) SIMPLE ADDITION AND NURSERY JINGLES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1870. 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/2”), brown-red gilt cloth stamped in black, pictorial paste-on. Light fraying to spine ends and corners rubbed else clean, tight and VG-Fine. This is an absolutely stunning and scarce book of nursery rhymes, including SIMPLE ADDITION BY A LITTLE NIGGER: “One little nigger feeling rather blue, whistled out another nig and that made two” and so on. The rest of the book is composed of many traditional nursery rhymes, some common, some uncommon. Illustrated with 30 incredible full page color lithograph illustrations (4 are double-page) with intense colors and printed with care. A great copy of a rare book. $2000.00

TRINIDADIAN BLACK MOTHER GOOSE

82. BLACK INTEREST. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE IN CALYPSO-LAND by Thelma Norrie. Port of Spain, Trinidad: Guardian Commercial Printery (1955). 8vo, [28]p. stiff pictorial card wraps, fine. Mother Goose rhymes from Trinidad using West Indian vocabulary for which there is a glossary in the rear. Illus. in brown by the author. Unusual. $225.00

MOSEA 20TH CENTURY

RARITY83. 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 1/2”), 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 REAR COVER) $4000.00


84. BLACK INTEREST. THE SLAVE DANCER by Paula Fox Scarsdale: Bradbury Press (1973). 8vo, cloth, Fine in dw. Stated 1st printing. With b&w illus. by EROS KEITH, winner of the NEWBERY AWARD. $250.00

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER - REVIEW COPY85. BLACK INTEREST. (TAYLOR,MILDRED) ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred Taylor. NY: Dial Press (1976). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/2”), cloth, 276p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw Fine with no award seal, not price clipped). Stated 1st edition. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP LAID-IN. This is a novel set in Mississippi at the height of the depression written by Black author Taylor. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney with frontis and color dw. Newbery Award Winner. $300.00

SWISS PICTURE BOOK86. BLACK INTEREST. 10 KLEINE NEGERLEIN verse von Walter Widmer. Zurich: Edition Carlit (1950). Large 4to (10 1/4 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. 1st edition. The traditional counting rhyme of the Ten Little Niggers is re-written by Widmer and set in Africa. Musical notation for a song is also included. The rich color lithographs by Heinrich Strub have a light humorous touch but they are still stereotypical in their portrayal of the Black boys. 1950 is rather late for this type of portrayal in the United States but it was obviously not so in Switzerland. $750.00

RARE BLACK INTEREST TEXTILE

87. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS TEXTILE. Printed on cloth measuring 11 3/4 x 13” are two verses from the counting rhyme of the Ten Little Niggers. Illustrated with 2 large full color scenes with text beneath each picture are the rhymes for Six Little Nigger Boys and Five Little Nigger Boys. Rare. $400.00

88. BLACK INTEREST. THE STRANGE TALE OF TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. Chicago: M.A. Donohue (1908). 8vo (6 1/2 x 7 3/4”), pictorial boards, Fine condition. The text is based on the London Stump Book version of this rhyme. Illustrated in color on every page by THE PILGRIMS. A title in the Pixie Series. Rare. $750.00

DIE-CUT HEADS - SWISS/GERMAN TEXT89. BLACK INTEREST. Z’AH CHYLNI NEEGERLI [TEN LITTLE COLORED BOYS] verse vom Gobi Waloder. Zurich: Neue Bucher A.G. Abt. Schweizer Bilderbucher Verlag, no date, circa 1948. Oblong 4to (9 x 8”), pictorial boards, Fine. The text of this version is in Swiss-German, a dialect of German spoken in the northern parts of Switzerland that border Germany. Attached to the top of every page is a cardboard cut-out head in color of a little Black boy, so that as each page is turned, the number decreases according to the text of the counting rhyme. Illustrated with 8 full page rich color illustrations by Vreneli Grossenbacher. $500.00

LYND WARD ILLUSTRATIONS

90. BLACK INTEREST. (WARD,LYND) NORTH STAR SHINING: a Pictorial History of the American Negro by Hildegard Swift. NY: William Morrow (1945). 4to, cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Illustrated by LYND WARD with magnificent color and b&w full page lithos. A scarce Ward title. $150.00

BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 3, 56-8, 279, 280, 573

BLAKE AND YEATS ILLUSTRATED BY CHILD ARTIST

91. BLAKE,WILLIAM. SONGS OF INNOCENCE. Lond: Medici Soc. (1927). 4to, cloth, 42p., Fine in chipped dw. 1st ed. 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 b&w’s throughout the text. A beautiful copy of a special book. $275.00

INSCRIBED NEWBERY HONOR92. BOND,NANCY. A STRING IN THE HARP by Nancy Bond. NY: Atheneum (1976). 6 x 9 1/2”, cloth, FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER (no award seal, not price clipped). Stated First edition (first printing). A time travel novel of a young boy in Wales. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, her first book. NEWBERY HONOR. Scarce in such nice condition with inscription. $100.00

BOWLEY,A.L. - 109


FAIRY TALES, FABLES & MOTHER GOOSE93. BOXED LIBRARY. LITTLE FOLK’S LIBRARY second series. NY & Chic.: Newson and Co. (1928). Housed in the original publisher’s slipcase are 12 books. Each book measures 5.75 x 4”, stiff pictorial wraps, all are fine, box is scuffed. Titles include: Little Red Riding Hood & Tom Thumb, Aesop and His Fables, Dame Wiggins of Lee, Rabbit Tales, Friends from Mother Goose, Hiawatha, Book of Giants, Elf Book, Friends and No Friends, Funny Stories Riddle to Guess and the King’s Bell. Illustrated with full page color illustrations - each book by a different artist including Inez Hogan, Constance Whittemore, C.T. Nightingale, Edna Potter and Florence Hoopes. Rare complete in the box. $350.00

32 LITTLE BOOKS IN A BOX SHAPED LIKE A BOOK94. BOXED LIBRARY. THE LITTLE LIBRARY. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, no date, owner inscribed 1886. Housed in a box shaped like a book are 32 little books. The box measures 3 1/4 x 4” high and 1 1/4” thick. There is extensive gilt decoration on both covers and spine of the book-box. Inside, each of the books has a different color wrapper and contains an 8 page long story. All books are illustrated with a nice half-page woodcut, and each has a different theme. Some titles include: “Peep Into A School” (which describes a school for the Arab or Turk, the “olive colored children of the East”), “Nayah, the Little Hindoo Convert”, “The Unhappy Boy Made Happy”, “The Gold Mine”, etc. - all conveying a moral, religious lesson and several mentioning how little girls from other countries rarely get an education. This is a novel way to present and protect a group of books. $850.00

BOXED LIBRARIES SEE ALSO 104, 182, 186

BRANDYWINE ARTISTS – 75, 283, 284, 309, 311, 392, 393, 404, 416, 463-5, 482, 537-8, 577, 595-600

FINE IN BOX - ARTHURIAN INTEREST 95. (BRICKDALE,ELEANOR FORTISCUE)illus. IDYLLS OF THE KING by Alfred Lord Tennyson. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1911]. 4to (8 1/2 x 10 3/4”), blue cloth with extensive gilt decorated cover and spine, (174)p., near FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S DECORATIVE BOX (box lightly scuffed). 1st trade edition of this Arthurian tale told in verse. A lavish, sumptuous production beginning with the beautiful gilt binding and continuing with the 21 exquisite mounted color plates in Brickdale’s best Pre-Raphaelite style. Each plate is surrounded with a gilt border and protected with lettered tissue guards. A gorgeous copy, rare in the box. $750.00

BRIGGS, CLARE - 578

INSCRIBED96. BROOKS,WALTER. THE CLOCKWORK TWIN. NY: Knopf 1947 (1937, 1947). 8vo, orange pictorial cloth, (242)p., Fine in VG+ dw. Third printing. The adventures of Adoniram R. Smith with Freddy The Pig Detective and others. Illustrated throughout by KURT WIESE. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROOKS! $425.00

SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER97. (BROWN,MARCIA)illus. CINDERELLA or the little glass slipper freely translated from Perrault. NY: Scribner (1954 A). 4to, cloth, owner inscription on title else Fine in dw with chip off bottom corner of front panel (no award seal, price clipped). 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautifully illustrated in color by Brown. One of the most difficult to find award winners. Marcia Brown see also 9. $1200.00

JEAN CHARLOT - CALDECOTT HONOR98. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. A CHILD’S GOOD NIGHT BOOK. NY: Scott 1943, 1950. 4to, (8 1/4 x 10”), pictorial boards, fine in a dust wrapper (dw with mild rubbing and sl. fraying at spine ends otherwise a VG+ dw). 1st ed. thus, of this CALDECOTT HONOR title and a modern classic, magnificently illus. with color lithos by JEAN CHARLOT. First published in small format in 1943, this was re-issued in 1950 with new illustrations by Charlot and in an enlarged format in response to library resistance to the small size of the first edition. Bader p.269-70. $650.00

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KANGAROOS!99. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. YOUNG KANGAROO. NY: Wm. Scott (1955). 4to, cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. of this scarce Brown title, published after her death and magnificently illus. in color by SYMEON SHIMIN. Selected by AIGA as a notable book of the year. $250.00

100. BROWN,PAUL. BLACK & WHITE BY BROWN: SIMPLIFIED DRAWING. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1939 (1939 A). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with a few archival mends on verso. 1st edition. Illustrated by Brown on nearly every page explaining how Brown draws his famous horses and other subjects. Scarce. $250.00

BROWNE, GORDON - 316

101. BUFF,MARY AND CONRAD. THE

APPLE AND THE ARROW. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin 1951 (1951). 4to (7 3/4 x

10 3/4”), cloth, Fine in minimally worn dust

wrapper (not price clipped, no award seal).

1st edition. NEWBERY HONOR. The story

of William Tell’s daring deed, beautifully

illustrated with rich colors. Great

copy. $150.00

RENE BULL’S RUBAIYAT IN PUBLISHER’S BOX!102. (BULL,RENE)illus. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1913]. 4to, tan cloth with extensive gilt and blue pictorial decoration, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLSHER’S BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER, AND GLASSENE WRAP (box lightly soiled, wrap frayed). 1st edition, 1st issue. Illustrated with 10 full page tipped-in color plates plus 19 other smaller mounted color plates in addition to line decorations. This is a sumptuous book, rare in such spectacular condition with the box. Rene Bull see also 568. $1500.00

IN DUST WRAPPER

103. BURGESS,THORNTON. BOWSER THE

HOUND. Boston: Little Brown 1920 (April

1920). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on,

Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped and frayed).

1st ed. illustrated with 8 great color plates

by HARRISON CADY. Great copy, rare in

wrapper. $350.00

8 MINIATURE BOOKS IN ORIGINAL BOX104. BURGESS,THORNTON. LITTLE ANIMAL BOOKS. NY: Eggers (1917). There are 8 THORNTON BURGESS MINIATURE BOOKS IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box soiled with some wear). Each measures 2 3/16 x 2 7/8 and are in near Fine condition. Illustrated in color by HARRISON CADY, titles include: Johnny Chuck Loses His Temper; Important Meeting at the Smiling Pool; Busy Folks and Sleepy Folks; 4 Little Mice at School & Play; Paddy the Beaver Gives Warning; Peter Rabbit Introduces Big Cousin; Peter Rabbit Learns From Striped Chipmunk; Striped Chipmunk Has A Secret. (See Burgess Bibliography p.110 C) $375.00

INSCRIBED BY BURGESS105. BURGESS,THORNTON. LITTLE JOE OTTER. Bost: Little Brown 1925 (Oct. 1925). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight edge wear 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

106. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE SECRET GARDEN. NY: Frederick Stokes (Aug. 1911). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 375p., very small tear on one corner of one page else VG+. 1st ed. illustrated by MARIA KIRK with 4 color plates. BAL 2115. Quite scarce and a nice copy. $1350.00

107. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. EDITHA’S BURGLAR: A Story for Children. Boston: Jordan Marsh 1888 (1888). 8vo, (6 x 7 3/8”), grey cloth stamped in black and gold, slight bit of cover soil else near Fine. 1st edition, first state with frontis showing Editha crouching beside the chair (instead of sitting on it) and with Rand Avery imprint on copyright page. Illus. in b&w with frontis of Elsie Leslie Lyde playing Editha, and in b&w by Henry Sandham. Peter Parley to Penrod p. 88. Beautiful copy. $225.00

BURKERT, NANCY - 157

108. CADY,HARRISON. WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. Racine: Whitman 1928. Folio, linen-like pictorial wraps, light wear, VG+. Written by Cady and marvelously illustrated by him in full, bold color on every page with great humanized insects and animals. Cady see also 103-5. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $150.00

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CALDECOTT AWARD (WINNERS) – 72, 97, 276, 502

CALDECOTT AWARD – (HONORS) – 77, 98, 413, 565

CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH – 259 CARLSON, GEORGE -235, 236

TUCK POP-UP ALICE109. CARROLL,LEWIS. (BOWLEY) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1935. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 152p. + [8]p. ads, some cover scratching and edge wear, VG+. Illustrated by A.L. BOWLEY with 2 color plates, numerous black and whites plus a marvelous double-page color panorama pop-up. See Lovett 2591 (this copy with no patent notice on pop-up). $500.00

INSCRIBED BY CARROLL IN SPECIAL PUBLISHER’S BINDING

110. CARROLL,LEWIS. THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK [and] AN EASTER GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES ALICE. London: Macmillan 1876. 8vo, bright red cloth with extensive gilt pictorial covers, six gilt rules on cover edges, all edges gilt, 83p. + [1]p. ad, except for a small pinhole in front gutter, near Fine and bright. First edition, one of 100 copies bound specially for Dodgson (100 in red and gold, 20 in blue and gold and 20 in white and gold). Binder’s ticket Burn and Co. on rear paste-down. Illustrated with 9 incredibly detailed and fanciful full page illustrations by HENRY HOLIDAY (engraved by Swain). First ed. (WMGC 115). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY CARROLL DATED MARCH 29 (the day of publication). In addition, tipped-in after the copyright page is a 1ST ISSUE OF RARE CARROLL BOOKLET: AN EASTER GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES ALICE.[Oxford] (Easter 1876). Privately printed on laid paper by Carroll for his friends in a small number, this is the rare first issue with the correct border size and all points of WMG 116 (except no watermark is discernable). This is wonderful Carroll offering. $11,500.00

ONE OF ONLY 60 PEAKE DELUXE COPIES111. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PEAKE) PEAKE’S ALICE: MERVYN PEAKE’S DRAWINGS FOR ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Marlborough: Libanus Press 2001. First edition, DELUXE ISSUE ONE OF ONLY 60 NUMBERED COPIES. Includes 2 books each 8 3/4 x 13”: one with selections of the text with Peake’s illustrations and the other with a separate set of the illustrations, both housed in a blue solander box in AS NEW condition. Peake’s Alice was first published in 1945. Printed on poor quality paper, the detail of Peake’s amazing drawings was really lost. The 4 page color illustrated supplement describes the publisher’s process of restoring the illustrations to their intended state together with memories of the model for Alice who sat for Peake. Printed letterpress on high quality mould made paper, the illustrations are reproduced in full size and this is an impressive production. $900.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>>)

FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF ALICE

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

MOVEABLE ALICE113. CARROLL,LEWIS. (MCKEAN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Springfield: McLoughlin 1943. Large oblong 4to, spiral backed boards, some edge rubbing, VG+. A marvelous moveable edition in the Magic Fairy Tale series. Illustrated in color by EMMA McKEAN featuring 6 tab operated plates that move from side to side and reveal new illustrations below giving the illusion of motion. Lovett 301. $400.00

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114. CARROLL,LEWIS. (SOPER) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: George Allen & Unwin, no date, circa 1930. 8vo (7 x 8 1/4”), red pictorial cloth, Fine. Illustrated by GEORGE SOPER with pictorial endpapers, 6 beautiful color plates plus full page and in-text pen and ink illustrations throughout. A nice edition of Alice. $250.00

115. CARROLL,LEWIS. (TARRANT) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: Ward Lock, no date, circa 1924. 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and corners with some wear else VG+. Sunshine Series. Illustrated by MARGARET TARRANT with 24 fabulous color plates. $300.00

116. CARROLL,LEWIS. (TORREY) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. NY: Random House 1955. 4to (8 1/4 x 11”), green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly soiled, sl. frayed but VG). First edition of this lovely Alice illustrated by MARJORIE TORREY with cover plate, dust wrapper, pictorial endpapers, 15 full page color illustrations plus many smaller color illustrations all showing us a traditional yet original Alice. 1sts in dw’s are quite uncommon. $200.00

RARE UB IWERKS ANNUAL117. CARTOONS. FLIP THE FROG ANNUAL. Lond.: Dean [1931]. Thick 8vo, pictorial boards, some edge and spine rubbing, one illus. neatly tinted else VG+. Based on Ub Iwerks cartoon, this is illustrated in black and white on every page and with 4 color plates, all featuring a humanized frog and his friends. Iwerks is most famous for his association with the Disney Studios and his work on early Mickey Mouse. He left Disney in 1929 to work for Pat Powers where Flip the Frog came into being. Rare. $900.00

118. CARTOONS. POPEYE. no author or illus. named, King Feature Syndicate 1937. Folio, stiff linen-like pictorial wraps, near fine. Illus. on every page with large bright, vibrant colors with 7 lines of text beneath each picture - with all the familiar characters. A beautiful copy, very scarce. $275.00

CARTOONS ALSO 36, 83, 150, 235, 578

CHARMING FRENCH CAT BOOK119. CATS. LES AVENTURES DE CHARLOCHAT by Janser. no publication information, French, circa 1930. Large 4to (10 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil and rubbing, VG+. The story of a super cat that comes

alive from the artist’s canvas and causes problems wherever he goes (similar to Curious George). He becomes a barber, a singer and a painter and then builds a flying contraption and flies into another adventure. Illustrated with wonderful color lithographs filling every page and with text interwoven between the pictures. A charming picture book. $300.00

IN PUBLISHERS BOX120. CATS. PUSSY PURR-MEW by Guy Winfrey. Springfield: Milton Bradley (1927). 8vo, pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX. 1st ed. The diary of a kitten, told from the cat’s point of view. Wonderfully illustrated in color in typical twenties style by LOUISE TESSIN. A wonderful book. See Necker 2237. $250.00

GREAT CHROMOS121. CATS. TIT TINY AND TITTENS. NY: R. Worthington ca 1880. 4to, pictorial wraps, spine neatly strengthened, VG+. The story of 3 naughty kittens named Tit, Tiny and Tittens. Printed on one side of the paper it is, wonderfully illustrated with 6 stunning, fine full page chromos of cats on black backgrounds. $375.00

CATS ALSO – 42, 54, 204, 216, 274-5, 374, 380, 449, 532, 583-4, 588, 594

CHAPBOOKS – 193, 196

122. (CHARLOT,JEAN)illus. THE CORN GROWS RIPE by Dorothy Rhoads. NY: Viking 1956 (1956). 8vo (6 3/4 x 10”), cloth, Fine in price clipped dust wrapper with small piece off top of spine. 1st edition, 1st printing. This is the Mayan story of a little boy yearning to become a man. Illustrated with wonderful color illustrations in Charlot’s stylized form. Newbery Honor. $200.00

123. (CHARLOT,JEAN)illus. KITTENS, CUBS AND BABIES by Miriam Schlein. NY: Wm. Scott (1959). 4to, reinforced cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. Illustrated by Charlot in color throughout with striking, stylized bold designs. A beautiful copy . See Bader p.276. $450.00

CHARLOT, JEAN SEE ALSO 98

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CHESS – 196 CHINESE INTEREST – 74, 224, 276, 412, 589

RARE MCLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS ABC124. CHRISTMAS. (ABC) CHRISTMAS A.B.C. by Carolyn Wells. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, 1900. Folio (10 x 12 1/4”), pictorial wraps, corner of rear cover paper worn, slight spine wear, tight and VG+ with all pages mounted on linen. This is a stunning Christmas alphabet book with 7 wonderful full-page chromolithographs (including cover) and with numerous other in-text illustrations in shades of red and brown with white, all accompanied by an ABC rhyme by Wells. This is a nice copy and a great American ABC. $750.00

JOINTED CUT-OUTS125. CHRISTMAS. (CUT-OUT DOLLS) CHRISTMAS TWINS IN SANTA CLAUS LAND by Clara G. Dennis. No publisher, 1920. Oblong 4to, (11 x 8 1//2”), string bound, Fine and UNUSED. Inside the front cover is the fantasy tale of Carol and Christopher, followed by 8 leaves of black and white figures in pieces. The instructions inside the back cover tell the child to color the pieces, cut them out and assemble with fasteners to make jointed dolls of Santa, Christopher, Carol, a monkey, an elephant, a jack in the box and more. An unusual book, rare in complete, unused condition.

$250.00

McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS BOOK BY ANDRE126. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN) AROUND THE WORLD WITH SANTA CLAUS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1896. Folio, (10 x 12 1/4”), stiff pictorial wraps, spine rubbed else Fine. Featuring 16 (including covers) truly fabulous chromolithographed pages, each leaf busily illustrated with Santa and Christmas subjects, and one with Santa and a Native American, all by R. ANDRE. Extremely scarce and a beautiful copy. $950.00

PICTURE BOOK BY J. PAGET FREDERICKS

127. CHRISTMAS. MISS PERT’S CHRISTMAS TREE by J. Paget Fredericks. NY: Macmillan 1929 (1929). Folio, cloth, near Fine in soiled dw. 1st ed. A Christmas fantasy set in England, written and illustrated by 24 year old Fredericks with fanciful and colorful full page color illustrations and detailed b&w’s. $150.00

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS & MOTHER GOOSE BY NEILL128. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS [and] MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES AND JINGLES. Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo, red boards ruled in black, pictorial paste-on, 57p. + [3]p. ads, spine ends chipped and tips worn else VG. A title in the Children’s Red Book series, illustrated in full color by JOHN R. NEILL. Also includes Mother Goose. Very scarce. $400.00

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS / MCLOUGHLIN ON LINEN129. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT). THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR A VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS [by Clement Moore]. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, ca 1895. Folio (9 5/8 x 11 5/8”), blue stiff wraps, Fine. Featuring 7 full page, one double page and numerous partial page chromolithographs plus color covers and color illustrations in text. All pages are mounted on linen. A great copy of a glorious edition. $650.00

RARE HARRY ROUNTREE DEAN RAG BOOK

130. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT) SANTA CLAUS. London: Dean’s Rag Book, circa 1910, 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 1/2”), printed cloth, faint edge discoloring else Fine. The text of Moore’s Night Before Christmas is brightly illustrated in full color by Harry Rountree. Dean’s Rag Book 208. Marshall 184. Rare in such clean condition. $875.00

RARE 19TH CENTURY EDITION131. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) SANTA CLAUS; OR THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS NY: Wemple & Kronheim 1879. 4to, (9 x 10 3/4”), pictorial wraps, spine repaired some soil and several margin mends, tight and VG. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 6 fine full page chromolithographs plus color cover, plus line illustrations on every page of text. This is a rare version of this poem. Marshall 89. $875.00


RARE 1864 PRANG NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PANORAMA

132. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. Bost.: L. Prang & Co. 1864. 2 5/8” wide by 4 1/4” high, folded accordion style, complete with printed covers, minor archival reinforcement on verso at folds else Fine+. Consisting of one large accordion folded strip illustrating Moore’s famous poem with lithographs “thought to be by Nast”( McKlinton: Chromolithographs of Louis Prang p.48). A rare and early version of this poem not often found complete with outer wrap. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2750.00

LARGE HUMANIZED CHRISTMAS TREE BOOK133. CHRISTMAS. THE WEE TREE’S CHRISTMAS by James Hatch. (New York), Cromwell Printery 1956. Large folio (14 5/8 x 18”), 39p., spiral backed thick pictorial board covers bound at the top edge, near Fine. Each page of text faces an artfully designed full page color lithograph by E. Austin. The story, told in verse, tells how a humanized baby Christmas tree goes down to be with orphans who would not otherwise have a Christmas tree. This is an unusual book, probably designed to be used with groups of children who can look at the pictures while the text is being read to them. Rare. $275.00

CHRISTMAS ALSO 10, 59, 228, 528 CINDERELLA – 156, 408, 525

CIRCUS BOOK BY DIXIE WILLSON

IN BOX134. CIRCUS. CLOWN TOWN by Dixie Willson. NY: Doubleday Page 1924. 4to, pictorial boards, near fine in original box (box flaps repaired.) Stated 1st ed. Illustrated in full color and line in typical 20’s style by ERICK BERRY. $300.00

STRIKING GERMAN CIRCUS PICTURE BOOK135. CIRCUS. FIPS ABENTEUER IM ZIRKUS FIRLEFANZKY by W.H. Bartmes. Heidelberg: Lambert Schneider (1948). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil, VG+. The adventures of a little boy who runs away and joins the circus. Each page of text in verse faces a full page color litho (13 in all) by the author whose work is clearly influenced by the Soviet artists of the 1920’s. A nice post WWII German picture book. $350.00

CIRCUS CUT-OUT BOOK

136. CIRCUS. PLAY TIME CIRCUS by Henry Charak. Springfield: McLoughlin 1932. Folio, pictorial wraps, VG+. Color illustrated pages designed to be cut out to assemble a three dimensional circus including a tent, giraffe, lion, clown, elephant and more. Completely uncut. $250.00

CIRCUS CUT-OUT BOOK137. CIRCUS. SWINGING CIRCUS by Grace Schauffler. NY: Citadel Press 1945. 4to, spiral backed pictorial boards, Fine and unused. There are 16 large circus figures illustrated in color, ready to be punched out of the page. The reader then bends back the flaps and hangs the figures over a string suspended between two chairs and the figures appear to do acrobatics. Each of the 16 figures also has a corresponding illustration done only in line and designed to be colored by the reader. Verses for each figure are on the uncolored pages. See Whitton: Paper Toys photo p. 174. $250.00

CIRCUS SEE ALSO 108, 183,343, 344, 350, 451 CLARK, ANN NOLAN - 429

CLARKE’S ANDERSEN138. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. NY: Brentanos, (printed at Complete Press in England), nd [1916]. Tall thick 4to, grey cloth with black and white oval paste-on surrounded by intricate cloth decoration in black, top edge gilt, 320p., spine slightly sunned else Fine. 1st American edition of Clarke’s first illustrated book (identical to British edition except for substitution of Brentano’s name on title). It is lavishly illustrated with 16 color plates mounted on heavy stock, with lettered tissue guards, 24 full page black and white plates plus many decorative tailpieces. The illustrations are magnificent. An increasingly scarce book. $2950.00

SIGNED BY HARRY CLARKE139. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. YEARS AT THE SPRING: an anthology of recent poetry compiled by L.D. O’Walters. Lond: Harrap [1920] 4to, full vellum, gilt pictorial cover, teg, slightest of cover soil, some light foxing, near FINE. First ed., LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CLARKE. Illustrated with 12 color plates, 12 black and white plates, plus 22 detailed illustrations throughout the text. A beautiful copy of the very scarce limited edition. $2000.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>>)


INSCRIBED NEWBERY WINNER

140. CLEARY,BEVERLY. DEAR MR. HENSHAW. NY: William Morrow 1983 (1983). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUST WRAPPER (not price clipped, no award sticker). 1st edition, 1st printing with correct number code. Illustrated with Color dw plus black and whites PAUL ZELINSKY. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY CLEARY. $475.00

CLEMENS, SAMUEL SEE 465 564 CLOTH BOOKS – 11, 124, 130, 343

McLOUGHLIN TOYBOOK

141. COCK ROBIN. POOR COCK ROBIN. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no date, circa 1870. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4”), pictorial wraps, cover rubbed, inconspicuous margin mend, VG. Illustrated with 6 fine full page chromolithographs and with a small black and white. A title in Aunt Friendly’s Colored Picture Books series. Cock Robin see also 54, 369. $200.00

FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO PRINTED IN AMERICA142. COLLODI,C. PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, 212p., 1/2 cloth, decorative boards, tips sl. rubbed else near fine (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). First edition of this classic printed in America and very scarce, especially in such beautiful condition. Illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces. $1200.00

RARE RIE CRAMER PINOCCHIO

143. COLLODI,C[ARLO]. (CRAMER) DE AVONTUREN VAN PINOKKIO. Gravenhage: G.B. van Goor Zonen, nd ca 1930. 4to, pictorial cloth, 174p., some foxing else VG+ in frayed dw. Retold by Louise J. van Everdingen and illustrated by RIE CRAMER with 4 color plates and 36 black and whites. Very scarce. $400.00

ILLUSTRATED BY AUTHOR OF TEENIE WEENIES144. [COLLODI,CARLO]. (DONAHEY,WILLIAM) HI! HO! PINOCCHIO! by Josef Marino. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1940). 4to, cloth, 127p., owners name stamped on ep else FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER (dw lightly frayed). In the foreword the author explains that Pinocchio came to him in a dream and told him of his adventures in America. Illustrated by WILLIAM DONAHEY (of Teenie Weenie fame) with color frontis and many marvelous b&w’s both full and partial page. See Wunderlich 1940-m, p.122-3 who calls it “a telling gem of the period that warrants rediscovery.” Scarce. $250.00

145. COLLODI,CARLO. (FOLKARD) PINOCCHIO. Philadelphia: McKay no date, circa 1915. 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 258p., paste-on sl. worn in upper corner else near fine. Illus. by CHARLES FOLKARD with 8 fabulous color plates plus a profusion of black and whites. One of the most enchanting versions of this classic. $175.00

WONDERFUL ITALIAN EDITION

OF PINOCCHIO146. COLLODI,CARLO. (ITALIAN) PINOCCHIO - LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO. Firenze:A. Salani (1925). 8vo, red gilt cloth, 279p., paper aged on edges else near Fine. A wonderful Art Deco Pinocchio with 8 fabulous color plates, 32 full page b&w’s a profusion of b&w’s in text and pictorial endpapers by LUIGI AND AUGUSTA CAVALIERE. A wonderful and imaginative edition of this classic. $225.00

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FIRST AMERICAN COLOR PLATE EDITION147. COLLODI,CARLO. (QUENTIN) PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898). 8vo, green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, 212 p., spine faded else VG+. (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). The first edition of this classic printed in America was published by Jordan Marsh in 1898. This edition features 4 color plates by RENE QUENTIN that did not appear in the 1898 edition (they are dated 1899) and this edition is the first edition with these illustrations, and more importantly according to Wunderlich, this is the first known Pinocchio with color plates in the U.S. (p.49 1899?a). Also illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces. $1200.00

COLLODI, CARLO SEE ALSO 169

FABULOUS WATERCOLOR BY CHRIS CONOVER148. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE AND GOSLINGS GO FOR A SWIM. Offered here is a finished watercolor used in Conover’s book published in 1989 entitled Mother Goose and the Sly Fox. The piece is large - image measure 19” wide x 8 1/2” high on artist board 22 x 11 1/2, signed. It is incredibly wonderful both in imagery and execution. The piece shows Mother Goose and her brood of little goslings going for a swim. Six beautiful bird houses and birds are in the background. It appears in the book as a double page spread on pages 26-7. $1950.00

Conover has been illustrating children’s books since 1974. Her work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers many books.

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BY WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE ADVOCATE149. COONLEY,LYDIA AVERY. SINGING VERSES FOR CHILDREN by Lydia Avery Coonley [Ward]. NY: Macmillan 1897 (1897). Oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine. 1st ed. 18 songs for children are accompanied by musical notation by Frederic Root, Eleanor Smith, Jessie Gaynor and Frank Atkinson, Jr. Printed on heavy coated paper, each page is individually hinged into the book preventing the pages from separating at the spine. Each page of verse has the words embedded into a very beautiful full color illustration. The author Lydia Coonley [Ward} was a wealthy patron of the woman’s Suffrage movement and a good friend of Susan B. Anthony. Facing each page of verse is the musical notation surrounded by a delicate color pictorial border. There are also lovely brown illustrations throughout the text. The illustrations are by Alice Kellogg Tyler, a young artist who studied and exhibited in Paris. She was later based in Chicago where she taught at the Chicago Art Institute until her untimely death at 38. This is a brilliant copy of a rare and lovely children’s book. $400.00

150. CORY,FANNY. SONNY SAYINGS. NY: Dutton (1929). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine in slightly soiled and frayed dust wrapper. The life of a little boy as only Cory can portray it, with humor and charm. Each page illustrated with wonderful black and whites below which are a few lines of text (written in “baby” dialect) $225.00

COUNTING BOOKS – 81, 86-89, 221, 559 COWBOYS - 329

FIRST BROWNIE BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER 151. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES: THEIR BOOK. NY: Century Co. (1887). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, paper at front joint partially split in 2 places (no loss of paper, not weak), spine ends a bit worn, else a lovely copy in the pictorial DUST WRAPPER (dw with a few chips). First edition of the first title in the Brownie series (second state with DeVinne device 2 1/2” from bottom of the copyright page instead of directly below the date). The wonderful illustrations on every page show the busy little Brownie men getting into mischief. First editions of this title in the dust wrapper are rare. Peter Parley To Penrod p. 84. $1750.00

COX BROWNIE PLAY152. COX,PALMER. BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND. NY: Century (1925). Cloth, 118p., fine in chipped dw with partial spine. Originally published by T.B. Harms in 1894 as a 42 page booklet, this is a Brownie play for children, written by Cox and also with a one page preface by him explaining that “any bright, intelligent body of children can successfully engage in the presentation.” There is an additional two page detailed description by Cox of all of the costumes. Included in this book, and not in the 1894 version, are 40 pages of musical notation and lyrics by Malcolm Douglas. Illustrated with Brownies throughout. $300.00

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