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
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
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co., No date [c. 1890-1903]. Boards. 48mo (3 5/8” x 3 ¼”); [12]pp; glazed color pictorial front board of a girl holding mistletoe; red cloth shelf back; blue floral endpapers; stiff paper stock; 4 chromolithographed illustrations; line drawings and text..... More
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co., No date [c. 1890-1903]. Boards. [JUVENILE]. Published by E. Nister at Nuremburg (Bavaria). 48mo (3 5/8” x 3 ¼”); [12]pp; glazed color pictorial front board of a girl holding mistletoe; red cloth shelf back; blue floral endpapers; stiff paper..... More
Poughkeepsie, New York: Artists & Writers Guild, 1940. Oscar HOWARD. Wraps. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. 4to (12 7/8” x 9 ½”); [16]pp; textured linen-like stiff color pictorial wrapper, Eskimos on front and rear; 4 double page color illustrations, b&w illustrations with text; light damp-staining on fore-edge and upper edge, rubbing of edges;..... More
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. Lucie ATTWELL. Wraps. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. 4to (12 ½” x 10”); [8]pp; color pictorial stiff textured wrapper, child shining shoes on the front, crying girl with a boy comforting her on rear; 3 staple binding; 10 full page color illustrations with captions; creasing..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1924. Marion FOSTER. Boards. [RHYMING VERSE] [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Marion FOSTER, illustrator. 12mo; [36]pp; color pictorial boards features children walking in a line, lettering in black; color pictorial endpapers, half-title, fp, and title page; color pictorial illustrations every page with verse; chipping to head &..... More
Boston: James French and Company, 1857. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. also published by Hastings & French, Galesburg, Ill. Printed by George C. Rand & Avery. Stereotyped by J.E. Farwell & Co., 32 Congress Street, Boston. 16mo (6 ½” x 4 7/8”); 79pp; olive ribbed cloth over board, gilt-stamped ornaments and lettering..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., No date [c. 1881]. Randolph CALDECOTT. Boards. [POETRY]. Printed and Copyrighted by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E.1. Randolph CALDECOTT, illustrator. First or early edition. 8vo square (9 ¼” x 8 1/8”); 30, [1]pp; color pictorial front board..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., No date [c. 1930]. Boards. [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS] [RACIAL CARICATURE]. Small 4to; [32]pp, page numbering does not correspond with pages; glazed color pictorial boards, glazed tan shelf back, Thomas Nelson and Son’s Ltd. Imprint on rear board; color halftone plates as pastedowns plus 5 additional..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition. 24mo (6 3/8” x 4 7/8”); [22]pp; color pictorial boards featuring dolls on the front and a clown doll on the rear; color pictorial title page; color illustrations every page with text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1930. Frank VER BECK. Boards. [JUVENILE] [RACIST CARICATURE]. 24mo (5 ½” x 4 ¼”); 60, [2]pp +[4]pp publisher’s ads; purple pictorial boards stamped in green, color half-tone pictorial onlay to front; red cloth spine, black lettering; pictorial endpapers with bookplate; ownership in pencil; fp + 27..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, No date [c. 1900]. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR] [RACIST CARICATURES]. American edition of the Dumpy Book. 24mo (5 ¾” x 4 1/8”); 56pp; illustrated boards, Sambo holding an umbrella inside an oval on front, lettering in black; green cloth shelf back; printer’s error..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. Publishers, No date [c. 1870]. Wraps. [RHYMING VERSE]. 16mo (6 5/8” x 4 ½”); [8]pp; green stiff wrapper, printing in red and dark green, border surrounding lettering and a vignette of Simple Simon on a running mule on front, rear wrapper is publisher’s ad; publisher’s string..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1875]. Wraps. [POETRY]. 4to square (10 5/8” x 9”); stiff color pictorial wrapper, lettering and Rip Van Winkle on the front in a decorative border, publisher’s ad on rear; 6 chromolithographed plates, small b&w illustrations in text; light scuffing to front pictorial, light..... More
Toronto: W.J. Gage & Co., Limited, No date [c. 1957]. Eleanor CAMPBELL. Wraps. [SCHOOL READER]. Eleanor CAMPBELL, illustrator. 12mo; 64pp; stiff pictorial yellow wrapper, title on front in black, 2 vignettes of children at play on front, black cloth shelf back; unused condition; darkened fore edge of front wrapper, small..... More