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Item # 49: Caldecott Award Winner, They
Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
From Item # 86: Wee Babies
Illustrated by Ida Waugh
From Item # 13: Panama’s Jungle Book
From Item # 55:
Teenie Weenie Man’s Mother
Goose
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5. Babbitt, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting.
New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1975.
First Printing. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine.
Red cloth, foxing to top and bottom edge
of text block, else Near Fine, jacket spine
sunned, original price intact (5.95). The
story of a girl who meets a family who has
found the fountain of youth...will she drink
from the fountain or remain mortal? Made
into a popular film in 2002. While not one
of Babbit's nominated novels, it is the novel that perpetually lands on "Best of Children's Literature" lists by librarians, teachers and readers. First editions are elusive.
$450.00
1. ABC. (Toys). Teach
A Tot Design and Letter Blox. Dayton, OH:
Cappel, MacDonald and
Co, Circa 1950. Good
Set of 19 painted wood
blocks cut in various
shapes for a child to
make letters (enough to
make simple four-letter
words) as well as a few
simple objects. The
original box is quite
worn with a broken corner and old tape repair
to other corners, the
blocks show signs of
use, the instructions were pasted to the inside of the box top.
$45.00
6. Bailey, Bernadine; Illustrated By Kurt
Wiese. Venezuela in Story and Pictures. Chicago: Albert Whitman Co.,
1942. 1st Ed.. Oblong 8vo. Near Fine /
Good to Very Good. Yellow pictorial cloth,
color illustrated dust jacket with a few
small losses, stains, and a long closed
tear near spine. All about Venezuala, told
for children and pictured in color and
b&w by Wiese. $25.00
2. ABC. Smart, Kathie (Auth). Big
ABC Book. ill. Jack Eisner. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1961. Second Printing.
4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Spiral
bound board book with die-cut front
cover. A simple and brightly colored
ABC book. $25.00
7. Barnitz, Elizabeth Downing. Bippy. New York: Thomas Nelson, 1940.
1st Ed. Square 8vo. Very Good /
Good. Pictorial boards with edge
wear, abrasion to endpaper; dust
jacket worn, creased with tears, price
clipped. The story of a little Christmas
elf who takes a boy on a fantastical
journey. Text and artwork printed in
sepia. There was also a Bippy doll
manufactured in conjunction with the
book. $125.00
8. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and
the Gypsies. New York: Viking Press,
1959. 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good + / Very
Good. Bound in green cloth with black
stamped titling and design, light foxing
to fore edge, prev. owner's bookplate,
light rubbing to extrems. Dustjacket
lightly worn with a bit of foxing on rear
panel. Madeline goes off with the gypsies and must find her way back to Miss
Clavel's. What a great adventure she
has, though. $450.00
3. ABC. Text By Marcelle Verite; Illustrated By Josette Boland.
Alphabet Pour Les Tout Petits. Bruges: Desclee De Brouwer,
1947. First Edition. Square 4to. Fine. Illustrated boards with cloth
spine, a nearly mint copy. A beautiful French ABC book, richly
printed in full color throughout with illuminated accents. There is
a poem in French for each letter of the alphabet. $225.00
4. Aldin, Cecil. Rough and Tumble. London:
Henry Frowde/Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. 1st Ed.
Large Square 4to. VG. Boards backed in green
cloth, full color pictorial pastedown, titles stamped
in gilt & black, covers very slightly darkened at edges, foxing to text pages, heavier at beginning and
end, all plates are fine and bright, gift inscription
dated 1910. Brief text all about two very mischievous terriers, illustrated with 24 color plates printed
on tan paper, by Aldin. Wonderful book. $750.00
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9. Bridgman, L. J.. Bridgman's Kewts. Boston: H M Caldwell, (1902). First Edition (No later titles). Small 4to. Very
Good +. Illustrated cloth, minor edge rubbing, front hinge
reinforced, a few signs of use internally but a bright beautiful copy of a very scarce Bridgman title. The Kewts are bald
little fellows in foreign outfits, who have come to see the
United States. Each state is represented by an amusing
verse and a full page duotone illustration done with humor
and delight. Somewhat stereotypical depictions of blacks in
the southern states, and the African Kewt's name is Sambo.
$275.00
12. Brown, Margaret Wise writing as Golden MacDonald; Red
Light Green Light. Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard. Garden City:
Doubleday Doran, 1944. Stated 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. Near Fine /
Very Good. Pictorial boards with light shelf wear, small chip from
FFEP; matching dust jacket with large piece professionally restored,
light wear at folds, semi-circle stain to rear panel, original jacket
price intact and correct for first issue ($2.00). A beautiful book by
the team that brought us the Caldecott Medal winning Little Island
and honor book Little Lost Lamb. "Immediate everyday experiences
set up as word patterns." Bader pgs 227-29. First editions are rare.
$650.00
13. Core, Sue. Panama's Jungle
Book. ill. Anne Cordts McKeown. Dobbs
Ferry, NY: Clermont Press, (1936). 1st
Ed. Square 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Pictorial cloth boards in glassine dust wrapper and illustrated dust jacket with mild
wear. A tale in verse featuring the animals of Panama. Charming b&w artwork on every page. $225.00
14. Dahl, Roald. Gremlins, from
the Walt Disney Production.
New York: Random House, (1943).
1st Ed. 4to. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, corners worn, edges rubbed, small
edge tears at the bottom of a few
pages, the image of the female
gremlin was traced and erased
leaving a faint outline on the verso
of that page. Dahl's first book, fabulous color and b&w artwork by the
D i sn ey S t u dio s t h r ou gh ou t .
$225.00
10. Brock, H. M. (Illus); Nichols, Beverly (Selected by).
Book of Old Ballads. London: Hutchinson & Co, 1934,
(1934). 1st Ed. 4to. Near Fine Light brown cloth boards
pictorially stamped in gilt, one corner bumped, book plate
on flyleaf. A selection of old ballads illustrated by Brock with
16 beautiful color plates. $175.00
11.
Brown, Margaret Wise.
Fish With the Deep Sea
Smile. ill. Roberta (Brown)
Rauch. New York: Dutton,
(1938). Stated 1st Ed. 8vo.
Near Fine / Good. Tan cloth
with shelf wear and small tear
in spine cloth; illustrated dust
jacket with heavy wear to edges
and folds, small losses. This
copy comes from Dorothy Wagstaff Ripley's collection, she
wrote her name in red marker
on the FFEP. An uncommon
early Brown title illustrated in
b&w by her sister, Roberta.
$350.00
15. Daley, Charlotte F.. When Three
Are Company. ill. Annie B. Shepley.
New York: Worthington, [1891). 4to.
Very Good. Pictorial boards with cloth
spine, previous owner's name written
on cover, corner and edge wear, gift
inscription Illustrated in monotone on
poem pages and 6 full page chromolithographs following each page, printed on one side of thick paper stock.
$150.00
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16. Darwin, Bernard & Elinor. Tootleoo Two. New York: Harper
& Brothers, [1928]. Probable First Amer. Edition. Oblong 4to.
Near Fine / No Jacket. Pictorial boards, light wear to corners and
spine ends, else Near Fine. Sequel to Mr. Tootleoo, illustrated with
20 beautifully printed color plates. A wonderful fantasy written for
children by noted golf author, Bernard Darwin. Scarce. $350.00
Newbery Medal Winner
17. De Angeli, Marguerite. Door in
the Wall. Garden City: Doubleday,
1949. Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good /
Very Good. 112 pgs. Blue cloth, bookplate, very slight mustiness, in color
pictorial dust jacket with chipping at
bottom edge of rear panel, NO award
seal. Story of a crippled boy who gains
recognition of the king in medieval
England. Illustrated in color and black
& white throughout. Newbery Medal for
1950. $125.00
20. Dulac, Edmund (Illus). Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales
from the Old French. London: Cassell & Company, 1928. First
Trade. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. 251 pgs. Blue cloth, gilt titling to spine (sl. rubbing to extremities, sl. cocked). 12 wonderful color illustrations by a more mature Dulac whose style underwent subtle changes for this work, becoming more painterly and
less reliant upon lines. Interior clean. Tales by Charles Perrault,
Mme. D'Aulnoy, Ct. Anthony Hamilton. $150.00
18. De Angeli, Marguerite. Ted
and Nina Have a Happy
Rainy Day. Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1936. Stated 1st Ed. Oblong 12mo. Near
Fine / Very Good to Near Fine.
Pictorial boards in matching
dust jacket with a 1/2" chip
from rear panel, else near fine.
The delightful story of Ted &
Nina as they discover all the
magic and mystery of the attic in their own home. Wonderfully
illustrated by the author in color and black and white including a
charming doublepage centerfold of the attic. Uncommon in this
condition. $150.00
21. Dunham, Curtis; Illustrated By George F. Kerr. Golden
Goblin or The Flying Dutchman, Junior. Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1906, September). 1st Ed. Large
8vo. Very Good. 190 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped in
gilt, green & red; Light shelfwear and rubbing to base of
spine. A beautiful copy of a scarce fantasy in the style of
Baum's Oz books. Illustrated with 8 lovely color plates and 39
textual illustrations as well as fabulous color backgrounds to
the text. Lovely book. $250.00
19. Disney. Wise Little Hen. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing,
1935. 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Very Good / Good.
Illustrated boards, with edge rubbing, pages age-toned at edges
(as usual); matching dust jacket frayed, worn, creased front panel. Full page b&w illustrations, color frontis and 6 other illustrations in color by the Walt Disney Studios. Scarce, especially in
dust jacket. $325.00
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22. Early American. Strong's New
Illuminated Cock Robin. ill. HandColored Engravings. 98 Nassau
Street, New York: T. W. Strong, Circa
1860. 8vo. Good. Paper mounted on
board, printed in red & black, ads on
rear board, cloth spine, corners heavily worn, boards rubbed, inner front
hinge broken but holding, finger soil
throughout. Ads for other toy books
on both front and rear endpapers.
Printed on one side of paper only, 8
numbered pages. Engravings on
each page, hand-colored. $150.00
23. Fairy Tales. Arranged By Logan Marshall. White Cat and Other Old
French Fairy Tales. ill. Elizabeth
MacKinstry. New York: Macmillan, 1928.
First Thus. Large 4to. Very Good / Good.
Blue paper boards with yellow cloth
spine pastedown title label, shelfwear
and slight sunning at board edges, color
pictorial dust jacket is age-toned with
edge chips. A collection of French fairy
tales illustrated with graphically interesting art deco color lithos as well as b&w
artwork throughout. $125.00
24. Fairy Tales. Grimm Bros Rhymed By Josephine Pollard. Tales
of the Fairy World: Bonnybelle, Brave Little Tailor and
Snow White. New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1883. 4to. Good / No
Jacket. Color printed paper over boards, paper flaking along spine
edges and at ends, edge and corner wear, 2 chromos with a few
small losses, gift inscription dated 1885. Fairy tales rendered into
verse as well as fairy poems, illustrated with 18 full page color
chromolithographs. $225.00
25. Farmiloe, Edith. Piccallili. London: Edwin Dalton, 1908. Later Printing. Large Oblong 4to. Very Good - 127 pgs. Clothbacked, oblong illustrated boards, mild damp stain to edge of
front and rear covers, pages slightly age-toned. A collection of
beautifully printed lithographs of children, 30 in all, with corresponding brief text opposite each drawing. Printed on one side
only. Lovely and very scarce. $175.00
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26. Freeman, Don. Pocket for
Corduroy. New York: Viking,
(1978). 1st Ed. Small Oblong 4to.
Fine / Very Good. Pictorial boards
in lightly worn matching dust
jacket with price intact. The
charming and hard to find sequel
to Corduroy, in this book Corduroy is dismayed to learn that he
doesn't have any pockets, so he
goes on the search to find one!
$650.00
27. Gibbs, May. Story of Nuttybub and Nittersing.
Melbourne, Australia: Osboldstone & Co, (1923). 1st
Ed. Small 4to. Very Good + / Fair. 86 pgs. Illustrated
boards with die-cut, color pictorial pastedown, slight
wear to extremities else a clean, tight copy; illustrated
dust jacket chipped at spine edges and missing 2" at
top of spine and 1/2" at base of spine, but the fragile
dust jacket is rarely found at all. Color frontis and 20
monotone plates featuring Gibbs' famous gumnut babies. Beautiful copy, and rare in the dust jacket.
$1,250.00
28. Gray, Elizabeth Janet; Illustrated By
Robert Lawson. Adam of the Road. New
York: Viking, 1942. 1st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / Good. Green cloth with light shelf
wear; color illustrated dust jacket is worn
with small losses at extremities and chips
along front fold. The story of a boy and
his dog set against the backdrop of 14th
Century England. Jacket art, map endpapers and full page b&w drawings by Robert Lawson. Newbery Award winner.
$175.00
33.
Handforth, Thomas. Mei Li
(Caldecott Medal). New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1938. Stated 1st Ed.
4to. Pictorial Cover. Very Good / Good.
Orange cloth with gilt titling and Chinese characters on front cover,
sunned area at top of spine and along
tope edge, internally bright and clean;
color pictorial dust jacket is missing a
1.5" piece at top of spine, and at front
fold, smaller edge chips. The story of
a little Chinese girl and her experiences at the New Year's Fair. Marvelous b&w illustrations throughout give the reader a good sense of fun and offer a glimpse
into Chinese culture as it was perceived at that time. Peterson
& Solt C4 and Bader pg. 57. Caldecott Award Winner. $375.00
29. Gruelle, Johnny (Illus); Lawrence, Josephine (Auth). Man in
the Moon Stories, Told Over the Radio-Phone. New York:
Cupples & Leon Company, (1922). 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good +.
Blue cloth with color pastedown, mild corner wear, gilt slightly
dulled. Fantasy stories with 8 full page color plates done with a
touch of humor, smaller line art throughout. An uncommon Gruelle illustrated book. Hall pg. 106. $500.00
30. Gugu (Countess Rasponi). Mother Duck's Children. New
York: Robert H. Russell, 1900. First American Edition. 4to.
Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards worn along edge and corners,
bottom corner bumped, pen mark to first page, other light internal soil, binding shaken. Rhymes for the nursery with delicate
color or b&w artwork on every page. Rare. $225.00
31. Hader, Berta and Elmer. Wish on
the Moon. New York: Macmillan, 1954.
Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Very
Good. Pictorial green cloth, small bit of
residue on FFEP else near fine in a color
pictorial dust jacket minor wear and a
closed tear on front panel. Delicate
watercolor illustrations throughout.
$125.00
32. Hall, Ellyn. Miss Browne, the Story of a
Superior Mouse. ill. Madeline Hall. London: Ernest Nister, ND, circa 1885. Square 8vo. Very Good
+ VG+. Brown cloth-backed illustrated boards, lt.
corner wear, some shelfwear to rear board, 2 gift
inscrips. Hand-lettered verse tells the story of a
city mouse visiting her country cousin, unfortunately, the tale does not end well for the city
mouse. Illustrated by 12 striking chromolithographs. All pages are stiff board. An exceptional
copy of a scarce book. $350.00
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34. Harrison, Edith Ogden. Glittering Festival. ill. Clara Powers Wilson. Chicago: A C
McClurg, 1911. 1st Ed. Royal
8vo. Very Good / Fair. 176 pgs.
Beautiful art nouveau pictorial
covers with gilt accents, blue
cloth spine lettered in silver, thin
line of sunning to bottom front
cover and top rear cover, internally pristine, dust jacket is
worn, rubbed, soiled, stained &
chipped. Edith Ogden Harrison's
fifth book of fairy tales, this illustrated with color frontis and
three other full page plates, also
decorated throughout with beautiful art nouveau line art.
$150.00
39.
Hopkins, Williams J.. Air-Ship
Dragon-Fly. ill. Ruth Mary Hallock. New
York: Doubleday Page, 1906. 1st Ed.
8vo. Near Fine / No Jacket. Blue cloth
pictorially stamped in black and white,
minor rubbing to extremities, gift inscription, offsetting from dust jacket to endpapers (jacket not present). A flight fantasy set in New England. Illustrated with
8 b&w plates. Rarely found in such excellent condition. $150.00
35. Harrison, Florence. Rhyme of a Run. London: Blackie &
Sons Ltd., 1907. 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. Near Fine Green cloth pictorially stamped in green, black, red and gilt, slight cover soil, book
plate and gift inscription dated 1907. An extremely scarce and
marvelous book by Florence Harrison, about whom very little is
known. A collection of charming rhymes by Harrison, illustrated
with 22 beautiful tipped in color plates (a few ripples and small
edge tears as is common with this book) as well as full page line
drawings printed on green paper. This by far one of the nicest
copies of the book we've had. $1,100.00
40. Humphrey, Maud (Illus); Cone, Helen Gray. One Two
Three Four. New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1889. 1st Ed.
Small 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated
boards with pale green cloth backstrip, some lt. rubbing to
covers, edges & lt. corner wear. Interior is very clean, modest browning at page edges though not brittle. Sweet verse
illustrated with 4 charming color plates from watercolors by
Maud Humphrey as well as smaller monotints. Nice copy of
an early Humphrey title. $275.00
36. Hodgman, Carolyn Stecher; Illustrated By Will F. Stecher.
Clown-Land. Rochester: Stecher Litho Co., 1916. Square 8vo. .
Very Good. Color printed stiff card covers, spine rubbed, a few
creases to front and rear cvrs. Verses all revolving around the
circus. 6 gorgeous and richly colored illustrations of circus animals, clowns and other cirucs acts, many other drawings printed
in navy and red. $75.00
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37. Hogan, Inez (Illus); Christopher, Anne (Auth). Monkey
Twins. Racine, WI: Whitman, (1935). Oblong 12mo. Near Fine /
No Jacket. Pictorial boards with light wear to extremities.
Mischeivous monkey twins! Illustrated in black and green
throughout. $75.00
38. Hood, Thomas. Tom Tucker and Little Bo-Peep.
ill. Alice Wheaton Adams. New York: Cassell, 1891. First
Thus. 4to. Very Good to Near Fine / No Jacket. Pictorial
boards with cloth spine, light wear to corners and spine
ends, gift inscription and some creasing to endpaper, internally clean and bright. Hood's famous poem illustrated
with lovely sepia artwork throughout as well as full page
color artwork. Beautiful book. $150.00
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41. Insects. Bronson, Wilfrid S. (Auth). Grasshopper Book
(With Original Endpaper printing plate). New York: Harcourt Brace, (1943). First Edition. 8vo. Very Good / Good -.
Green pictorial cloth, wear at spine ends and corners, a bit
shaken; pictorial dust jacket with closed tears, chips along
edges and large tears and wear at base of spine. A fascinating look at grasshoppers and their relations, ie, crickets, cicadas, walking sticks and roaches (eeeek!). Detailed drawings
throughout. Sold with the book is the original etched plate
with the design of the endpapers. $125.00
46. Kipling, Rudyard. Tales of India. ill.
Paul Strayer. New York: Rand McNally &
Company, (1935, 1937). Later Edition. Tall
8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Black cloth titled in silver, full color pastedown, gift inscription, pages age-toned; illustrated dust
jacket light wear, a few small old mends to
verso. Illustrated with a color frontis and 4
other color plates. $35.00
44. Kubasta. How Columbus Discovered America.
London: Bancroft, [1961].
Folio. Near Fine Full color
stiff card covers with slight
corner wear and slight wear
to wheel nubs on rear cover. Brief text about how
Columbus sailed to America
followed by a wildly elaborate pop-up of the Nina,
Pinta and Santa Maria,
complete with string attached to the sails. Also a
moveable ship's wheel on
the rear cover which, when
turned reveals portions of a
map. Rubin #70. $300.00
42. Johnstone, Janet & Anne Grahame (IIllus). Dean's Gift
Book of Fairy Tales. London: Dean & Son, 1967. First Thus.
4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Faux white leather titled in gilt,
color illustrated dust jacket, book and jacket slightly darkened
at top edge else fine. Fairy Tales include: Cinderella, Babes in
the Wood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Tom Thumb, Hansel
and Gretel, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. Beautifully illustrated in color on every page. $125.00
43. Jones, Elizabeth Orton
(Illus); Adshead, Gladys L.
(Auth). What
Miranda
Knew. New York: OUP,
(1944). 1st Ed. 12mo. Fine /
Near Fine. Brown cloth in
color illustrated dust jacket
with minor wear. The story
of an older couple and their
wise old cat who wake one
morning to find two little
babies in a basket. Sweet
color artwork by Jones
throughout. Scarce Jones
title. $150.00
45. Kay, Gertrude Alice (Illus); Bernard, Florence Scott (Auth).
Through the Cloud Mountain. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
1922. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. Near Fine / No Jacket. Burgundy cloth
blocked in gilt with full color pastedown, minor wear at corner,
else Near Fine. A story that incorporates different characters
from fairy tales and other popular stories, such as Alice in Wonderland. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Gertrude Kay which
are, as always, very charming. $125.00
47.
L'Engle, Madeleine. Wind in the
Door. New York: FSG, (1973). Stated 1st
Ed. 8vo. Fine / Very Good. Green cloth in
color illustrated dust jacket, very slightly
worn and rubbed. The second book in the
trilogy that began with A Wrinkle in Time.
$125.00
48. Lathrop, Dorothy. Kou Hsiung. Alexandria, VA: Woodcut
Society, 1944. Fine. Image measures: 6"H x 7"W, still in original
folder, which is titled on the front in red and black, opposite the
wood-engraving is brief text written by Lathrop, describing the
image. The image is of one of Lathrop's own little Pekingese,
surrounded by flowers and with a grasshopper in the foreground. A lovely image done with amazing and precise detail.
This print was produced for the members of the Woodcut Society and is limited to 200 copies, signed by Lathrop beneath
woodcut. $550.00
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Caldecott Medal Winner
49. Lawson, Robert. They Were Strong and Good. New
York: Viking, 1940, (1940). 1st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Very Good.
Pictorially stamped buff cloth, small dent to rear board, no writing and no foxing; in a pictorial dust jacket with a slightly
sunned spine, professional restoration to rear panel and spine
ends, price clipped, no award seal. Lawson's very scarce
Caldecott Medal winning book about his ancestors. The text and
pictures depict black slaves in a way that is completely unacceptable by today's standards; however his mastery as an artist
should not be over-looked. The text, while very simple, still
gives the reader a glimpse into American History as experienced by Lawson's family. $600.00
50. Lawson, Robert (Illus); Leaf,
Munro (Auth). Wee Gillis. New
York: Viking Press, 1938. First Limited Edition. Small 4to. Near Fine
Rought textured cloth boards with
green and gilt pastedown title label,
spine slightly darkened, else fine.
Original pictorial slipcase is present
with some light wear to bottom
panel. Signed by both Leaf and
Lawson and limited to 525 copies.
Story of a Scottish lad who must
choose between being a highlander
and a lowlander. Lawson's illustrations are pure magic. 1939
Caldecott Honor. $500.00
53. Mates, Rudolf (Illus); Kozisek: Josef (Auth). Forest Story.
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First American Edition. 4to. Near Fine / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light shelfwear. A
companion to the Magic Flutes, beautifully illustrated in color
throughout featuring humanized animals. $150.00
Caldecott Medal Winner
54. Milhous, Katherine. Egg Tree.
New York: Charles Scribners Sons,
1950. First Edition (A). 4to. Very
Good / Good Minus. ("A" on copyright page). 4to. Unpaginated. Bound
in blue cloth with black titling, bottom of spine bumped; DJ worn with
a few small losses, edge tears, darkened areas from old tape repairs,
price-clipped, Spring Book Festival
sticker to front panel. Wonderful
story set in Pennsylvania Dutch country, about making Egg Trees at Easter. Beautiful illustrations and page decorations in Pennsylvania
Dutch style. Awarded the 1951 Caldecott Medal. $75.00
51. Lent, Blair (Illus); Mosel, Arlene
(Auth). Funny Little Woman. New
York: Dutton, 1972. Stated 1st Ed.
Square 4to. Fine / Very Good. Pictorially stamped green cloth boards; in
a color pictorial dust jacket with one
closed tear and light rubbing at edges, award seal affixed to front panel,
price intact. Retold from an old Japanese tale. Fantastic, japanese inspired drawings illustrate the story, done by Blair Lent.
Caldecott Medal winner. $325.00
55. Mother Goose; Illustrated
By William Donahey. Teenie
Weenie Man's Mother Goose.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1921).
Early Edition. 4to. Very Good +.
Green cloth with full color pictorial pastedown, light rubbing to
extremities, "belongs to" filled in
last name whited-out, a few very
minor edge tears. An extensive
collection of Mother Goose
rhymes. Illustrated with comical
b&w textual art as well as 12
vivid color plates by the creator
of the Teenie Weenies. $650.00
52. Low, Loretta (Illus); Hawley, Harriet Eunice;
(Auth).. Woodland Party. New York: Cupples &
Leon Company, (1913). 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good -.
49 pgs. Green cloth with color pictorial pastedown,
chip at head of spine, surface and edgewear to
pastedown, light internal foxing and a few smudge
marks, some pages thumbed. A fairy story told in
verse with 13 beautiful color plates and a color
title page as well as lovely line art throughout that
bears similarities to Jessie Willcox Smith. $100.00
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59. Paull, Grace (Illus); Vance,
Marguerite (Auth). Star for
Hansi. New York: Harper &
Brothers, 1936. 1st Ed. 12mo.
Near Fine / Good to Very Good.
Illustrated boards with cloth
spine, light wear to spine ends;
matching dust jacket with soil,
abrasions to front panel and
light chipping to spine ends,
price clipped. A German Christmas stories illustrated in red
and gold. First editions are uncommon. $125.00
56. Mother Goose; Moveable, Illustrated By Hank Hart. Mother
Goose Magic Window. New York: Animated Book Co, 1943.
1st Ed. 4to. Very Good + / No Jacket. Illustrated boards with red
plastic comb binding, minor rubbing to corners and spine tips,
minor marginal soil to two pages and one non-moveable page
bound in upside-down (publisher flaw?). A colorful and fun Mother Goose with 8 pages of pull-tab transformations all in fine
working order. Really beautiful condition. $300.00
57. Moveable; Meggendorfer,
Lothar with an Appreciation
By Maurice Sendak and Intro
By Waldo Hunt. Genius of
Lothar Meggendorfer. London: Intervisual Communications / Jonathan Cape, 1985.
1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / No
Jacket. Glossy pictorial
boards, minor scuffing and
light signs of use, no writing,
all moveables in working order, tabs creased. Excerpts
and moveables reproduced
from pre-1900 Meggendorfer
books. $45.00
60. Perrault, Charles; Illustrated By Jean-Marc Rochette.
Petit Poucet Paris: Casterman, 2001. 1st Ed. Oblong
4to. Illustrated Boards. Signed
by Illustrator. Fine / No Jacket
As Issued. ISBN: 2203142952.
Illustrated boards with red
cloth spine. Famous fairy tale
illustrated with full color plates
by Jean-Marc Rochette. This
special copy has been inscribed by Rochette with a full page
color drawing of the character from the book. $125.00
61. Peters, Julie Anne. Between Mom and
Jo. New York: Little Brown and Company,
2006. First Printing. 8vo. Fine / Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket, original price intact ($16.99).
The story of a young boy with same sex parents who are in the midst of a break-up. A
touching story sure to spark discussion.
$35.00
58. Oakley, Violet. Westchester
County Historical Pageant: The
Book of the Words. Westchester
County, NY: 1909. 8vo. Very Good.
Grey paper wraps printed in two
colors, the paper covers extend beyond text block causing the edges to crease, a few edge tears,
half-title with browned section, pages mostly un-opened. Designed and printed as a program for a four-day-long pageant to
raise funds for what would become the Lawrence Hospital. Contains the text for the historical plays as well as a list of patrons
and organizers. Violet Oakley, a Brandywine artists, wrote much
of the text and provided the cover art, chapter heads, and decorative elements, however the title page was designed by Pauline
Jenks. Uncommon. $175.00
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62. Pogany, Willy
(Illus); Fable, Leonard (Auth). Gingerbread
Man. ill.
Willy Pogany. New
York: McBride Nast,
1915. 1st Ed. Am.
Issue. 4to. Very
Good. Paper boards
with cloth spine,
color
paper
pastedown to front board, corner wear, gift inscription, slight
internal signs of use but clean. Everyone wants the gingerbread man, but no one can catch him except the slyest (hint,
hint). Delightfully pictured with 8 doublepage color spreads
which have great energy and a sense of urgency. An uncommon Pogany title. $350.00
63. Pogany, Elaine; Illustrated By Willy Pogany. Peterkin. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1940. 1st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine.
Illustrated boards with black cloth spine, light shelf wear, slight
darkening at board edges; matching pictorial dust jacket with a
few small edge tears and slight darkening. An amusing story
about a faun who plays a prank on the birds of the forests by
switching around all of their eggs. Pogany's style is very different
for this book, more cartoon-like than we are used to seeing. A
very nice copy. $250.00
67. Pop-Up. Silly Symphonies Babes in The Woods, King
Neptune. ill. Walt Disney Studio. New York: Blue Ribbon
Books, (1933). Large 8vo. Near Fine / No Jacket. Illustrated
boards, gift inscription else fine. A very tight, clean copy of a
wonderful Disney item that features four large, double-page
pop-ups. Color illustrated endpapers as well as b&w artwork
throughout. $950.00
64. Pop-up. Bookano Zoo. ill. S. Louis Giraud. London: Strand
Publications, Oblong 4to. Very Good Illustrated boards with slight
wear at spine edges and corners and spotting to cover. Educational and fun, the book contains text all about different animals
from around the world. 5 wonderful full color pop-ups in perfect
condition. $275.00
65. Pop-up. Bookano Stories 17. ill. S.
Louis Giraud. London: Strand Publications,
Circa 1930s. 8vo. Very Good Illustrated
boards with very slight wear at spine ends,
2 tape repairs to one pop-up, but it still
presents well. This was the last Bookano
annual and one of the best, with five intricate pop-ups including a fabulous Tower of
London scene and a mammoth Christmas
pudding! $325.00
68.
Richardson, Frederick
(Illus); Firman, Sidney &
Maltby, Ethel (Auths). Winston Readers: Second
Reader. Philadelphia: John
C. Winston, 8vo. VG. 1918,
(but 1925 based on code)
Pictorial grey cloth with light
wear to extremities, pages
slightly thumbed, occasional
soil. A selection of simple
reading including fairy tales,
poetry, folk tales and fables
illustrated in color throughout. $25.00
69. Rojankovsky, Feodor (Illus). Tall Book
of Nursery Tales. New York: Artist & Writers/Harper & Brothers, (1944). 1st Ed. Slim
Folio. Very Good / Good. Illustrated glazed
boards, shelf wear and crease to bottom
corner; color pictorial dust jacket creased,
edge tears and a few tiny losses, price intact ($1.00) and an ad for Tall Book of
Mother Goose. Wonderful illustrations in
color and b&w throughout. Scarce in the 1st
Ed. Allen AB.5. $165.00
66. Pop-up. Collodi, C.: Illustrated By Harold Lentz. Pop-Up Pinocchio. New York:
Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). Thick 8vo.
Fine / Very Good. Illustrated boards in
matching dust jacket with wear and edge
tears. A beautiful copy of this fabulous pop
-up book. Text printed on thick stock with
wonderful b&w artwork and FOUR fine and
beautiful color pop-ups. The first pop-up
even has a little ABC book with pages that
turn. $600.00
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70. Sendak, Maurice (Illus); Segal,
Lore & Jarrell, Randall (Auth). Juniper Tree and Other Tales
from Grimm. New York: Farrar
Strauss Giroux, 1973. Stated 1st
Ed. Small 8vo. Fine / Fine. Two
volumes, bound in brown cloth in
dust jackets. Orange paper slip
case is about fine, as well.. A really
nice set of this popular Sendak
work; 27 wonderful b&w illustrations. $150.00
71.
Sendak, Maurice (Illus); Udry,
Janice May (Auth). Let's Be Enemies.
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1961).
Probable 1st Ed. Square 12mo. Very
Good / Very Good. Illustrated boards
with light shelf wear in matching dust
jacket with light wear at extremities
and small stain on front panel. The
price is clipped but the copy is consistent with Hanrahan's description in
all other respects (Hanrahan A 46). It was published just before
Harper merged with Row, Peterson, so it is plausible that there
would not have been later printings issued by Harper & Brothers. Extremely difficult to find in the first edition, illustrated by
Sendak in color throughout. Very cute book. $450.00
72. Shakespeare, William. Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from
Shakespeare. ill. Norman Mills Price. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, [1905]. 1st Am. Ed. 8vo. VG. TEG. Brown cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, shelf wear, foxing to text pages, heavier at
beginning and end. The Lambs' famous book with 20 really marvelous and masterful color plates. $150.00
73. Smith, Jessie Willcox (Illus); Sage,
Betty (Auth). Rhymes of Real Children. New York: Fox Duffield & Co,
1903. 1st Ed. Large Square 4to. Near
Fine / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with
cloth spine, edge and corner wear,
scratch on rear cover, gift inscription.
Illustrated in color by Smith with 6 full
page plates, color illustration on dedication page, decorative borders in orange
and black. Beautiful book. Nudelman
A18. $650.00
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74. Smith, Jessie Willcox (Illus); Various Authors. A Child's
Book of Old Verses. New York: Dial Books, 1935. Reprint.
Small 4to. Very Good / Very Good. 124 pgs. Top edge stained
red. Light blue cloth with gilt titling, full color pictorial
pastedown, light spotting to cloth, 2 pages with marginal soil,
a few faint fox spots; pictorial dust jacket with soil and wear at
folds. House in the original publisher's box which is worn, box
top is missing one side panel. A collection of old verses for
children, illustrated by Smith with 10 full page color plates.
Originally published in 1910 this reprint is part of the Child's
Own Library Series. Scarce with jacket and box. $225.00
75. Spyri, Johanna; Illustrated By Maria L. Kirk. Heidi (De
Luxe Edition in Original Box). Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1915,
1919). First Edition Thus. 8vo. Near Fine Blue & cream cloth
titled in gilt, gift inscription, slight bump to bottom corner of
front board, small spot of soil on front cover; glassine dust
jacket tattered but present, housed in original box, slightly
scuffed. A beautiful edition of this juvenile classic, the Kirk illustrated edition was originally published in 1915 with 8 color
plates; additional artwork added for the 1919 gift and de luxe
editions. 14 tipped in color plates. $425.00
76. Steptoe, John. Birthday. New York: Holt,
Rinehart & Winston, 1972.
Stated 1st Ed. Oblong
8vo. Near Fine / Very
Good. Violet boards with
minor wear, previous
owner's name; illustrated
dust jacket with edge
wear and one long closed
tear. A young boy's happiest day, set in a fantasied
black community. Brilliant color artwork. First editions are
scarce. $125.00
77. Sutton, Adah Louise. Teddy Bears. ill. A J Schaeffer. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, (1907) but later. Later
Edition. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Pictorial boards, gift inscription dated 1929; matching dust jacket worn with a few
chips and small losses. A cute and early book about teddy bears
with a wonderful color frontis, other artwrok in b&w. Previoiusly
issued in a larger format and with six color plates. $125.00
78. Tarrant, Margaret (Illus); Adcock,
Marion St. John. Littlest One. New York:
Frederick A Stokes, [1914]. First American
Edition. Small 4to. Near Fine / No Jacket.
Beige boards stamped in gilt, blue and
white, minor rubbing to extremities, gift
inscription. Nursery poetry with 4 pretty,
mounted color plates. $150.00
79. Tenggren, Gustaf (Illus). Farm Stories, A Giant Golden
Book. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. Stated 1st Ed. Large
4to. Very Good / Very Good. Illustrated boards with wear and
small chip at top of spine, otherwise and a nice clean copy;
matching dust jacket with some wear and small chips, hard to
find with the very fragile jacket. A collection of stories all about
the goings on at a farm. Wonderfully illustrated in full color by
Tenggren. $175.00
81. Tudor, Tasha. Linsey Woolsey. New York: Oxford University Press, 1946, (1946). 1st Ed. 24mo.. Very Good / Very
Good. Illustrated paper over boards, slight crack at title page;
pictorial dust jacket is a bit age-toned with a few very small
chips at extremities, but perfectly respectable. Illustrated in
color throughout, one of Tudor's very lovely Calico Books.
$500.00
82. Valentine, Laura; Illustrated By M. Tilsley. Aunt Louisa's
Golden Gift. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Circa 1870.
4to. Very Good - / No Jacket. Maroon color cloth elaborately
stamped in black and gilt, wear to extremities, FFEP & flyleaf
loose, else a clean and lovely copy. Contains Little Dame
Crump, Childhood's Delight, Hush-A-Bye Baby and Tottie's
Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated with 24 full-page color plates with
gold backgrounds and accents. A most attractive 19th Century
gift book. $200.00
80. Tenggren, Gustaf (Illus). Red Fairy
Book. Philadelphia: David McKay, (1924).
First Thus. Large 8vo. Very Good TEG. Red
cloth with pictorial pastedown, light wear at
edge of pastedown, cloth darkened and
rubbed at extremeties, faint stain to rear
board, front hinge tender. Fairy tales from
around the world, here illustrated by
Tenggren with cover plate, endpapers and
8 full page color plates. Very scarce
Tenggren title. $325.00
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Signed by Van Allsburg
83. Van Allsburg, Chris (Illus) Helprin,
Mark (Auth). Swan Lake. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1989. 1st Ed. 4to.
Signed by Illustrator. Fine / Fine.
80pgs. Blue cloth in color illustrated
dust jacket. The first collaboration by
Helprin & Van Allsburg that would be
followed by two others. Remarkable
color plates by Van Allsburg and he has
also signed by the book on the fly leaf.
$150.00
88. Wiles, Deborah (Jacket Art By Marla
Frazee). Aurora County All-Stars. New
York: Harcourt , 2007. First Printing. 8vo.
Fine / Fine. Hard cover in illustrated dust
jacket, first printing with correct code,
original dj price intact ($16.00). Wiles'
third book set in Aurora County. Favorable
and starred reviews for this "boy friendly"
title. Wiles was a National Book Award
finalist for Each Little Bird That Sings.
$25.00
89.
Williston, Teresa Pierce.
Japanese Fairy Tales, First
Series. ill. Sanchi Ogawa. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1904, 1928) . Square 8vo.
Good. 74 pgs (Unpaginated).
Illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth
with light wear and dust soil,
FFEP excised, internallly clean.
Every page with green floral
border. 8 color plates by Ogawa
as well as other color and line
art in text and as chapter
heads. Fairy tales retold by Williston include: Wonderful Teakettle, Wood-cutter's Sake, Mirror of Matsuyama, Eight-Headed
Serpent, Stolen Charm, Urashima, Tongue-Cut Sparrow and
Shippeitaro. $30.00
84. Ward, Dudley. Dingbats:Original Watercolor signed
and dated 1926. Dudley Ward (William Dudley Burnett Ward)
was a British / Canadian illustrator and cartoonist noted for
creating the Dingbat characters which were used in advertising
and published as one-off cartoons. $1,500.00
85. Washburne, Heluiz; Illustrated By Jean McConnell.
Little Elephant Visits the
Farm. Racine, WI: Albert
Whitman Co., 1941. 1st Ed.
8vo. Fine / Very Good. First
edition based on jacket price
and no later titles. Pink cloth
with
color
pictorial
pastedown; illustrate dust
jacket with wear at folds and
small chips from spine ends.
The fourth "Little Elephant"
book, in this story the little
elephant visits his uncle's
farm. Charming duotone plate
throughout. $150.00
86. Waugh, Ida (Illus); Blanchard,
Amy E (Auth). Wee Babies. New
York & London: E P Dutton / Griffith
Farran, 1882. 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good /
No Jacket. Pictorial boards with a few
abrasions, corner wear, light internal
soil and gift inscription. A collection of
verses with delightful color artwork on
every page. Printed on thick, quality
paper. $225.00
87. Wiese, Kurt (Illus); Robinson, Tom
(Auth). Mr. Red Squirrel. New York:
Viking, 1943. 1st Ed. Small 4to. Very
Good / Good. Pictorial boards with cloth
spine, edge wear, spine slightly cocked,
faint stain at base of spine, internally
clean; matching dust jacket with wear to
spine folds and closed tears, original
price ($1.50) intact.Story of a little girl
and rather bold little squirrel. Lovely color lithos on every page. $60.00
90. Wilson, Clara Powers and Morrison, Jewel Lendrum (Illus);
Peltier, Florence (Auth). Through the Rainbow. New York:
Fleming H. Revell, 1917. 1st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / No Jacket. Blue
cloth with pictorial pastedown, gift inscription, else Near Fine.
Juvenile fantasy illustrated with 7 color plates by Wilson and b&w
artwork, both full and partial page, by Morrison featuring fairies.
$125.00
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