New York: G. Howard Watt, Publisher, 1934. Josephine Z. RINE, illustrations and R.W.TAUSKEY, photographs. Cloth. [NATURAL WORLD] [ANIMALS]. Josephine Z. RINE, illustrations. R. W. TAUSKEY, photographs. 8vo; 191pp; brown glazed cloth over board, gilt stamped title and author, fox terrier portrait vignette to front; red stained top; 16 b&w photographic..... More
[New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. Mary ENGLEBREIT. First Edition. Boards. [HOLIDAY] [ABECEDARIAN]. First edition, first printing. 4to; [30pp]; color pictorial boards, color pictorial endpapers with a blank ownership bookplate; color pictorial title page; every page color illustrated; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with price of US $16.99 on rear..... More
New York: Argosy Book Stores, Inc., 116 E. 59th Street, New York 22, N.Y., No date [mid-20th century]. Wraps. [BOOKS ON BOOKS]. 8vo; 75pp; pictorial vignette to front wrap; damp-staining, scuffing and small hole to front wrap, rear wrap has mailing address in Maine; good. Only 2 listed in OCLC..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hilary KNIGHT. First Edition. Boards. First edition, first printing. 4to; [66pp] with 2 fold-out leaves with the Ancient Kremlin Medieval Citadel in a colored illustration; orange boards, title and 3 vignettes of Eloise by a lamppost stamped in black to front; color pictorial endpapers;..... More
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hilary KNIGHT. First Edition. Boards. First edition, first printing. 4to; [66pp] with 2 fold-out leaves with the Ancient Kremlin Medieval Citadel in a colored illustration; orange boards, title and 3 vignettes of Eloise by a lamppost stamped in black to front; color pictorial endpapers;..... More
Paris: Martial Ardant Frères, Hautefeuille, 14, and Limoges : Martial Ardant Frères, rue des Taules, 1844. First Edition. Leather bound. [RELIGION] [FRENCH LANGUAGE] [BINDING]. First edition. (4 5/8” x 3 1/8”) ; 287pp ; green Morocco, gilt-ruled blind-stamped double border, scrolling gilt frame to front and rear boards; gilt decorated spine with title..... More
New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 131 Nassau Street, 1858. Washington FRIEND. Cloth. 12mo; 64pp; red cloth over board, blind stamped borders and design, gilt-stamped floral wreath surrounding title; ownership to front pastedown; 12 Nelson plates on thick stock with tissue guards; light wear to boards, scattered foxing; custom slipcase..... More
No date [c. 1890-1910]. Leather bound. [EPHEMERA] [SCRAPBOOK] [TRAVEL]. 12mo; 63 leaves; red padded leather journal with brass lock, flap missing; all edges gilt; white moire satin doublures; 54 leaves with stationery scrap mounted, recto only; a dozen or more small scrap clippings laid in; handling wear to cover, else..... More
Both in Amsterdam: Chez Daniel Elsevier and H. Wetstein & H. Desbordes, 1679 and 1684. Vellum. [CHILD EDUCATION] [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. 12mo; 262 + 407; contemporary vellum covered boards; title inked on spine; ffep and flyleaf have owner’s notes; light soiling to boards, front board lightly bowed, vellum curling on rear..... More
Conway, Massachusetts: [Robert L. Merriam], 1982. Melinda T. MERRIAM. Limited Edition. Slipcase. [MINIATURE] [FINE BINDING]. E.A. Hall Company, Greenfield, Massachusetts, printers. Limited edition, number 1/350. (2 ¾” x 2 ½”); 34 [2]pp; green Morocco boards, title on label; bookplate on front pastedown, ‘Robert E. Massmann’; 11 line drawings printed in..... More
[New York]: American Tract Society, No date [c. 1850s]. Wraps. [CHAPBOOK] [RELIGION]. (4” x 2 5/8”); 15pp; chapbook; printed vignette within a border to front wrapper, rear wrapper a vignette and poem within a border; string tied binding; 16 engraved illustrations; ¼” split at bottom fold; near fine. Small religious..... More
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, No date [c. 1910]. J. R. SINCLAIR. First Edition. Boards. The Acme Tone Engraving and Printing Co., Watford [England], printers. First edition. 8vo; [52pp]; color pictorial front board with a Golliwog and Teddy bear on a plane, line-drawing on rear; blue cloth back-strip;..... More
Fort Worth, Texas: Mary Daggett Lake and Wm. J. Marsh, 1936. Limited Edition. Sheet Music. [SHEET MUSIC] [BLACK AMERICANA] [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]. Limited edition: No. 91/300. SIGNED and numbered by the publishers on the rear wrapper. 4to; 5pp; cream colored stiff stock; original title and credits set within a decorative..... More
New York and London: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, 1895. Newton A. WELLS. 1/4 cloth. [ILLUSTRATED] [GARDENING / HORTICULTURE]. 4to (12” x 10 ¼”); [20pp]; quarter-bound tan gilt-stamped buckram, iridescent green textured paper with roses, gilt-stamped title to cloth label; ownership dated “Christmas 1897” to ffep; 6 color lithograph illustrated..... More
Santa Anna, Calif. Log-Anne Press, 1983. Anne S. LOGAN. Limited Edition. Cloth. [MINIATURE]. Limited edition, number 1 of 50. Miniature (2 7/8” x 2 ½”); [28pp] French fold to top edge; red rosebud on yellow cotton fabric over board, title printed in red on front board label; red endpapers; red..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bro's. 1893. Wraps. 8vo; [8pp]; glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper, 2 staple binding; number “33” on front wrapper; 4 full-page chromolithographed illustrations with titles; light finger soiling, 1/4” split at head and tail of fold; very good. A very traditional version of Robert Southey’s original story, with a...... More
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1893. Cloth. [ANIMALS]. 12mo; [4pp] of text about The American Humane Education Society precede the frontispiece, iv [i], 6-245pp + [15] information from the American Humane Society; gilt-stamped spine and front board, brown cloth over board, small vignette of a horse’s head to front; gift inscription..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. Beatrix POTTER. First Edition. Boards. Edmund Evans, The Racquet Court Press, Swan Street, London S.E., [printer.] First edition, Hofer variant boards. 12mo (7 1/8” x 5 ½”); 51 [1]pp; brownish maroon boards, stamped-white border and title, color portrait of a cat onlaid to front..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36, Essex Street, W.C., 1926. E. H. SHEPARD. First Edition. Boards. [MUSIC]. H. FRASER-SIMSON, music. E.H. [Ernest Howard] SHEPARD, illustrator. First edition. Folio; 43pp; brown boards, cream cloth shelf-back, printed label on front with a vignette of Pooh; illustrated title page; 14 musical scores with..... More
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1894, Feb. 20. Stiff wraps. [PAPER DOLLS]. Complete paper doll set. 9 5/8” x 6” stiff board envelope printed in blue with gilt accents; separation at folds, heavy soiling; good. One 9” paper doll and 4 chromolithographed dress costumes all of stiff..... More
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[Venice]: No date [c. 1755]. Rudolph STORKLIN. Print no binding. Leaf size: 13 1/2" x 8 3/4"; hand-colored copper plate engraving, 12 1/8" x 7 3/4" within the plate impression; coloring appears to have been added at a later date; light soiling, color bleed through to verso; very good minus..... More
London: Charles Griffin and Company, No date [c. 1890]. 35th Edition. Full leather. [FORE-EDGE PAINTING] [BINDING]. Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, printer. D. [David] Weinstein, binder. 8vo; 682pp; red pebbled leather blind-stamped boards, gilt-stamped title to 4 raised band spine; tri-color headbands; gilt edges; double vertical fore-edge painting; gilt-stamped dentelles; marbled endpapers;..... More
Washington [D.C.]: United States Government Printing Office, 1928. Cloth. [GOVERNMENTAL REPORT] [NATIVE AMERICANS] [INDIANS] [STATE OF MAINE]. First edition. 4to; 828pp; olive cloth over board, blind stamped borders, vignette portrait gilt-stamped to front; 24 b&w photographic illustrated plates; binding tight; a few scuffs to boards, light foxing on a few..... More
Bindlach [Germany]: Gondrum Verlag, 1990. Boards. [JUVENILE] [MECHANICAL BOOK] [POP-UP] [GERMAN LANGUAGE]. V. [Vojt ch] KUBAŠTA, illustrator and paper engineer. 8vo; red color pictorial glazed boards; 6 color pictorial pop-up scenes, all 6 have pull-tab features; fine. The story of 7 little goats and the wolf as illustrated by renowned..... More
New York, Evanston and London: Harper & Row Publishers, 1970. Tomi UNGERER. First Edition. Boards. Tomi UNGERER, illustrator. First edition. 12mo square; [32pp]; color pictorial boards; date written in ink to front pastedown; color pictorial half-title and title page; color illustrations throughout; sewn binding starting at head of hinge; clipped..... More