San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1967. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [ILLUSTRATED]. 8vo; ix, [ix], 109pp; black cloth over board, white stamped pictorial of a dog sitting by traffic signs on front, lettering on spine; 8pp b&w photographic illustrations precede the first page of text; clipped blue pictorial dust jacket, author..... More
New York: Platt & Munk, 1961. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [ILLUSTRATED]. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. 12mo (7 5/8” x 6 1/8”); 84pp; mint green buckram over board, dard green stamped lettering on front and spine; bright yellow eps, ownership on front pastedown; color printed title page with..... More
Chicago: M.A. Dononhue & Co., 1916. Myrtle SHELDON. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Myrtle SHELDON, illustrator. 12mo (7 ½” x 6 1/8”); 96pp; mustard colored cloth over board, front stamped with Art Deco stylized hollyhock flowers in black and orange, lettering in black on front and spine; pictorial title page; b&w..... More
New York: Platt and Munk Co., Inc., 1929. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Eulalie, [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. First edition thus, later printing, dust jacket lists books first published in the 1930s. Small 4to (10 1/2” x 8”); 85, [1]pp +[2]pp glossary of words; blue cloth over..... More
New York: Platt and Munk Co., Inc., 1929. EULALIE [Eulalie Minfred BANKS]. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. EULALIE, [Eulalie Minfred BANKS], illustrator. First edition thus. Small 4to (10 1/2” x 8”); 85, [1]pp +[2]pp glossary of words; blue cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering on front and spine; color pictorial laid..... More
Bath, Maine: Maritime Research Society of Bath, 1973. [STATE OF MAINE]. The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, printers. Two volumes. Small 4to; Vol. I: xviii, [1-2], 3-564pp; Vol. II: viii, [1-2], 565-1160; crisp red cloth over board, gilt lettering on spines; map eps; ship-plans, fold-out maps, b&w illustrations; light pencil marginalia;..... More
Portland, Maine: Lefavor-Tower Company, 1910. [AUTOBIOGRAPHY] [NEW ENGLAND] [SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Spine title: Diary of Sarah Connell Ayer 1805-1835 Small 4to; 404pp; quarter-bound white cloth over specked boards, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; untrimmed bottom edge; lightly foxed edges and age-toned board edges; very good plus..... More
New York: Random House, 1955. Harold ELDRIDGE. First Edition. [JUVENILE]. Harold ELDRIDGE, illustrator. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 256pp; lime green buckram over board, black stamped lettering on spine with a vignette of a running horse; top edge stained red; pictorial title page; b&w illustrations throughout; light shelf rub to..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, No date [c. 1950-1960s]. Vera BOCK. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Vera BOCK, illustrator. 12mo (7 3/8” x 4 ½”); 61pp; color pictorial boards printed in red, yellow and green; bright wood-cut style illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with a price of “$1.25” on..... More
London: Macdonald & Co., 1958. John MINTON. [COOKERY]. John MINTON, illustrator. Second edition with revisions. 8vo; 207 + [1] pp publisher’s ad; pale green cloth over board, brown decoration on spine with gilt lettering; fp and pictorial title page; 9 full page b&w illustrations; acidic browning of eps, light foxing..... More
Westonbrook, Maine: Edwin B. Robertson, 1994. Bill PAXTON. Bill PAXTON, cover illustrator. 8vo oblong; 50pp; glazed color illustrated wrapper with a train on the front and rear; black and white photographic illustrations of trains with text; fine. From the Foreword: "This book is about a unique railroad operation that served..... More
New York City and Rochester, N.Y. [D.D.T. Moore], 1870. [EPHEMERA] [NEWSPAPER]. "Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Life, News, Literature, Science and the Arts.” “A National Illustrated Rural, Literary and Family Newspaper” (19 1/8” x 13 1/3”); [249]-264pp (16 pages); folded without a binding; 5 columns per page; illustrated with line drawings; lightly..... More
New York City and Rochester, N.Y. [D.D.T. Moore], 1870. [EPHEMERA] [NEWSPAPER]. “Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Life, News, Literature, Science and the Arts.” “A National Illustrated Rural, Literary and Family Newspaper” (19 ¼” x 13 ¼”); [185]-200pp (16 pages); folded without a binding; 5 columns per page; illustrated with line drawings; lightly..... More
New York City and Rochester, N.Y. [D.D.T. Moore], 1859. [EPHEMERA] [NEWSPAPER]. “Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Life, News, Literature, Science, Arts, News.” “Progress and Improvement” (19 5/8” x 13 5/8); [125]-132pp (8 pages); folded without a binding; 5 columns per page, illustrated with wood engravings; split at fold, edges and folds lightly..... More
Dansville, N.Y. F.A. Owen Company, 1946. Priscilla PERLEY, Bess Bruce CLEAVELAND, Mabel Betsy HILL. [EPHEMERA] [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS]. Priscilla PERLEY, Bess Bruce CLEAVELAND, Mabel Betsy HILL, illustrators. 4to (10 ¾” x 8 ½”); 24pp printed recto only; stiff yellow wrapper printed in bright blue on front, rear panel..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940. [EPHEMERA] [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. 4to (11 ¼” x 8 ½”); [24]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper picturing a horse, cow and pig looking over the fence at an anthropomorphic rabbit drawing their portrait; number “1072” on wrapper; titled pictures to color; small chip to front..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928, September. Baroness DOMBROWSKI. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR]. Baroness DOMBROWSKI, illustrator. 4to; vii, [i], 1-3], 3-96pp; gray linen over board, lettering stamped in black on front board with a vignette of an elephant under an orange sky; lettering on spine; orange eps with a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1937, November. Ludwig BEMELMANS. [JUVENILE]. Small 4to; [44]pp; mint green cloth over board, gilt-stamped castle with grillwork on front, gilt-stamped letters on spine; color pictorial endpapers; flyleaf pictures a castle with grillwork on a yellow background; title page printed in red and black lettering on..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, No date [c.1900]. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Small 4to; 109pp; tan cloth over board, gilt-stamped title on front and spine, color stamped pictorial of a man standing in water with his arms stretched out; gift inscription on ffep dated “Christmas 1903”; color fp and 5 additional..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1963. Mart SHEPARD. [JUVENILE]. Mary SHEPARD, illustrator. Small 4to; 350pp; pale blue cloth over board, portrait of Mary Poppins stamped in black on front with title, lettering in black on spine; color pictorial endpapers; color fp + 16 full-page color illustrations, small vignettes..... More
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2004. Harold JONES. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Harold JONES, illustrator. Second printing of this re-issued 2004 50th anniversary edition. Small 4to; 180pp; quarter bound in white cloth with color pictorial boards; color pictorial endpapers; reproduction pictorial title page from 1954; color and b&w illustrations throughout text; unclipped..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT. [JUVENILE]. Nancy Ekholm BURKERT, illustrator. First edition, Second state. SBN 394-81282-4 on rear dust jacket panel, "The Book Press" imprint on colophon page. 4to; 118, [2]pp; red cloth over board, blind-stamped wreath around a portrait of a boy on front, gilt-stamped..... More
New York City: C.R. Gibson & Company, 1921. Mabel Betsy HILL. [ALBUM] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. Unused Album. 12mo oblong (7 13/16” x 9 7/16”); [70]pp; textured cloth over board, gilt stamped lettering and vignette of a diploma, mortar board and book on front; light gray endpapers; bookseller’s ticket on..... More
Garden City [New York}: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. Gene STRATTON-PORTER. First Edition. [JUVENILE FICTION: NATURE] [POETRY] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [WOMAN AUTHOR and ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition. 4to; 130pp; gilt stamped decorated blue cloth over board with title and author on front cover, and spine which also includes publisher; black and white photographic..... More
Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. First American Edition. [POETRY]. First American edition, later printing. 12mo (7 ¼” x 5”); 209pp + [11]pp publisher’s ads; bright red cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and author on front with a gilt-ruled border, gilt vining and lettering on spine; top edge..... More