Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. cloth. [FICTION] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son. First American edition, first issue. 16mo; [i-viii], [1]-376pp; purple cloth over board, title and author gilt-stamped in a frame on front and spine; brown endpapers; Sig. mark 1; [4]pp publisher’s ads; fp with tissue guard..... More
Columbus, O. Hann & Adair, Printers, 1886. Wraps. [NATURAL HISTORY]. Cover title: Nests and Eggs of North American Birds 8vo; 184pp; green wrapper with printed red decorative border, title and vignette of nest and egg on front; 7 b&w plates including frontispiece with plate guard; Errata list printed on p180;..... More
London and New York: Gill and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Leather bound. [HOME ARTS] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Ernesto JESURUM, supplementary information. London: A L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C., New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 153-157, Fifth Avenue. 4to; [i-ix], x, [ii], [1], 2-245pp; an additional 6 brown shadow-boxed matboard leaves bound..... More
London: Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. George CATLIN. Cloth. [NATIVE AMERICANS] [ILLUSTRATED]. W. and A.K. Johnston, Printers, in Edinburgh and London. Later printing. Quarto; 530pp in 2 volumes; publisher's original gilt-stamped cloth re-backed; gilt tops' fore-edge and bottom untrimmed (deckle); ownership to front pastedowns; one..... More
Brooklyn, New York City: The Ready Auto Supply Co., Bedford at Halsey Street. Wraps. [AUTOMOBILES] [TOOLS]. Phone Bedford 8900-8901. Cover title: The Ready Auto Supply Co. Automobile Supplies and Hardware, Sample Our Service, 1225-1227 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City 8vo (9 ¼” x 6 1/8”); 179pp; brown stiff wrapper..... More
Rochester, N.Y. James Vick's Sons, [1896]. Wraps. [HORTICULTURE / GARDENING] [SALES CATALOG]. Small 4to (10” x 7 7/8”); xxx [ii], 37-112pp, numbering of pages is not continuous although none are missing and collation agrees with those in OCLC institutions; color pictorial stiff wrapper, front printed with a wreath of flowers..... More
[Los Angeles]: [Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press], 1927. Boards. [HOME ARTS] [WOMEN’S HISTORY]. Caro F. Chamberlain, copyright. 12mo; [1-10], 11-160pp; black silhouette-style pictorial of a signpost over a cobbled street on marbled tan boards; quarter-bound navy cloth, blue printed silver label on spine; b&w pictorial title page; text printed..... More
Philadelphia: The Fleisher Yarns, 1913. Wraps. [HOME ARTS] [NEEDLE ARTS] [ILLUSTRATED]. Cover title: Fleisher’s Knitting & Crocheting Manual, Eleventh Edition, Price 25 cents 8vo (9 ¾” x 7”); 206pp; gilt-embossed and grey printed lettering on stiff marbled grey wrapper, vignette of a knitting basket with yarn on front; frontispiece a...... More
Plzen, Czechoslovakia: NAVA [Publishing House]. Vojt ch Kubašta. Boards. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Vojt ch Kubašta, illustrator and paper engineer. English: The Peasant’s Wise Daughter 8vo (8” x 10 ¼”); 5 color pop-up plates with some movable tabs; glazed color pictorial boards; fine. ISBN: 80-85254-03-4. OCLC does not locate any copies..... More
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1945. Vivienne BLAKE. Boards. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Vivienne BLAKE, animations. 8vo oblong (8 ¼” x 10 ½”); [17]pp; green pictorial boards featuring an illustration with 5 yellow ducks; red plastic comb-style binding; color pictorial title page; double title page—one inside..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1950. Jack CROWE. Boards. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Jack CROWE, illustrator. 4to; [24]pp; color pictorial boards, photographic illustration of Hopalong and Lucky on the front, movable wheel with a grommet changes the illustration in the front board window, pictorial rear board; color pictorial..... More
New York: Random House, 1982. Edward GOREY. First Edition. Boards. [MOVEABLE BOOK] [HUMOR] [RHYMING VERSE]. Edward GOREY, illustrations. Ib PENICK, paper engineering. First edition. 4to; [10]pp; glazed color pictorial boards; 6 pop-up, pull-tab, and wheel moveable double page color scenes with text; pop-ups tight; near fine. A moveable book, with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Maurice SENDAK. First Edition. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 62pp; blue illustrated boards with a pictorial of a bear fishing on the front, black cloth shelf back; color pictorial title page; illustrated throughout; interior bright and binding tight and appears..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Phyllis ROWAND. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR]. ROWAND, illustrator. Later printing. Small 4to; [21]pp; pictorial boards in cream and brown, bears on front and rear; pictorial title page; illustrations of bears throughout in brown and black; stray red mark across back, light damp staining..... More
Kenosha, Wis. Samuel Lowe Co., No date [c. 1950]. Boards. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Put-Put, Wheel Toy Books, 1262-15 16mo (6” x 8 3/16”); [12]pp; color pictorial boards; farm tractor shapebook, tires for tractor on grommets; rear board publisher’s ad for Wheel Toy Books; staple binding; color illustrations with text; chipping..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1946, May. Beatrice TOBIAS. First Edition. Cloth. [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Beatrice TOBIAS, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; 188pp; tan cloth over board, red lettering on spine; fp + 15 full-page b&w illustrations; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, author portrait with bio on rear panel, old repairs of closed..... More
Boston and New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 2009. Axel SCHEFFLER. First American Edition. Boards. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Axel SCHEFFLER, illustrator. First American edition. 8vo; 64pp; gilt-stamped blue boards, vignette of 3 cats on the front under a smiling sun, gilt lettering on spine; cat patterned endpapers; pictorial title page; color..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. First Edition. Boards. First printing. 24mo (5 ¾” x 4 7/8’); [30]pp; color pictorial boards in green and black; olive green endpapers; vignette of a front on title page; pictorial story without words; light stain to top corner front board; unclipped color pictorial dust..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Cloth. 12mo; xii, 474pp + [8pp] publisher’s advertisements; umber cloth over board, black-stamped pictorial to front and spine, gilt title on spine; ownership in ink to ffep dated 1898; frontispiece and advertisement for a companion volume written for boys; pictorial title page; illustrated with..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1882. Miss Ida WAUGH. Wraps. [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Miss Ida WAUGH, illustrator. 8vo; [8]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper, boy playing the flute on front, publisher’s ads for “Picture Books for Little Children.” on rear within a decorative red border; ownership in pencil on verso front wrapper;..... More
London and Philadelphia: Augener Ltd., 1912. H. Willebeek LE MAIR. Cloth. [MUSIC] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 604-8 So. Washington Square, 1912. H. Willebeek LE MAIR, illustrator. Printed in England. 8vo oblong (8 5/8” x 11 ¼”); 63 [1]pp; ochre cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. Kurt WIESE. Boards. Kurt WIESE, illustrator. First edition. Small 4to; 80pp; color pictorial boards of a moose and 2 boys in the snow, black cloth shelf back; color pictorial endpapers; gift inscription dated “Xmas 1935;” bookseller’s ticket on half-title; color fp; b&w moose..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Ilse BISCHOFF. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Ilse BISCHOFF, illustrator. 8vo; 118pp; glazed blue cloth over board, vignette of a horsehead in navy over the title on the front, navy lettering on the spine; b&w pictorial endpapers; color frontispiece of a carousel horse; decorated title..... More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1942. Marjorie HARTWELL. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Marjorie HARTWELL, illustrator. Later printing, first had price of $1.00. Small 4to; [52]pp; orange boards, black-stamped lettering and vignette of a bear holding a candle; pictorial endpapers printed in red and black; color fp;..... More
Cranberry Isles, Maine: The Tidal Press, 1978. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. INSCRIBED, SIGNED & ILLUSTRATED with 2 mouse drawings at the colophon. 24mo oblong (5 5/8” x 11 ½”); [42]pp; orange cloth over board, gilt lettering on front and spine; b&w mice in checkerboard endpapers; vignette of mice on..... More