New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1927. Julia GREENE. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing. Book 6 in the Brother and Sister Series. 12mo; 128pp + [4]pp publisher’s advertisements; green pictorial cloth; ownership on ffep; 4 color illustrations including frontispiece; very good. Lacking its dust jacket. The author, Josephine Lawrence (1889-1978)..... More
New York: Barse & Co., 1928. Joseph C. CLAGHORN. Later printing. Paper over Board. Later printing. Number 1 of Set 1 of the Toyland Series of books. 16mo (5 ¼” x 4 1/8”); 48pp; tan printed paper over board with color pictorial onlay to front; color pictorial endpapers; 8 full-page..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1944, September. Robert LAWSON. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 127, [1]pp; printed pale green cloth over board, vignette of a rabbit on a background pattern of lilies and leaves in dark green both front and rear, lettering on spine; pictorial endpapers; fp and pictorial..... More
Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley Company, 1919. Pictorial boards. 8vo; 8-124pp; quarter bound dark brown cloth with pictorial paper over board, title to front cover and design of a child at a book shelf; illustrated including some sepia toned photographs of finished projects; light chipping to spine and cover edges, offset..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1917. Cloth. 8vo; 302pp + [12]pp publisher’s ads; color pictorial on grey cloth over board featuring girls in uniform with a basket ball and school pennant; gift inscription dated 1928 on ffep; frontispiece; unclipped unpriced dust jacket, color pictorial front and publisher’s ad to..... More
Austin, Texas: Heidelberg Publishers, 1974. Barbara Mathews BROMHALL. Faux Leather. 4to; [32pp]; brown textured faux-leather, gilt-stamped spine; orange endpapers; wood-cut illustrations reproduced and printed in black and orange; front joint cracked but binding holding; unclipped orange pictorial dust jacket printed in black and red; very good plus in fine dj..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1933. Hugh LOFTING. Cloth. [FICTION]. Hugh LOFTING, illustrator. First edition. 8vo; [vi] vii-viii [iv], [1] 2-273pp; orange ribbed cloth over board, color pictorial onlaid on front, decoration in green and lavender to front, green lettering on spine; green and black pictorial endpapers with author/artist..... More
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, Opposite Gass’ American House, 1847. Wraps. 16mo (6 7/8” x 5 1/8”); 24pp; stiff pale green wrapper, front printed with title in a vignette picturing a girl reading a book, a boy with a hoop, and a globe; publisher’s ad for “School, Classical, and Miscellaneous Books”..... More
New York: Hart Book Company, Inc., 1955. Boards. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Cover title: Teach Me Handwriting, For Boys and Girls from 8-13 8vo; [125]pp; colored pictorial boards, the front board lettering is in yellow on a green background, two children sit and practicing writing; endpapers feature red horizontal lines..... More
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Artists and Writers Guild, Inc., 1935. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Boards. “Authorized Edition”, First American edition thus. 8vo; [20pp]; color pictorial boards; illustrated title page; color illustrations every page except title; light scuffing to boards, light age toning of paper; very good. Story in rhyme by a...... More
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1938. Boards. 4to; [32]pp; color pictorial boards, blue cloth shelf-back; gift inscription dated 1939 on ffep; color pictorial title page; illustrations in black and orange; 14 orange glassine “magic” pages overlay full page illustrations to reveal or accentuate hidden pictures, one glassine page with owner’s..... More
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1874. Cloth. 12mo; 158 [1]pp + 8pp publisher’s ads; blue cloth over board, stamped black decorative borders and designs, title on front and spine in gilt-stamped frame; all edges gilt; glazed yellow endpapers; gift inscription in neat ink dated 1876 for Sunday School attendance on ffep;..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1876. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. One of the Flaxie Frizzle Stories series. 12mo; 182pp; dark green cloth over board, black Aesthetic-style design of flowers stamped in black, gilt-stamped vignette of a girl holding on to her hat in blowing wind to front board; child’s..... 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
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1939. Boards. Corinne [Ringel] BAILEY, illustrator. 8vo square; [28]pp; red pictorial boards featuring a child dressed as cowboy on the front; illustrated in both b&w and color; light shelf wear and age-toning of paper; near fine. Located only 2 in OCLC at the University..... More
Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. Fern Bisel PEAT. Boards. [CHILDRE] [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Fern Bisel PEAT, illustrator. 4to (12” x 9 5/8”); [32]pp; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelf-back; b&w pictorial title page; 8 full-page color half-tone illustrations; light shelf scuff to bottom edges..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, 1919. Maginel WRIGHT ENRIGHT. Boards. Volland “Nature Children” Book. 8vo; [88pp + 3 publisher’s ads]; color pictorial boards and endpapers; ownership in script to ffep; color vignette on title page; color illustrations throughout; light soiling to boards and eps, a few finger marks on pages; very..... More
New York: James G. Gregory, 540 Broadway, 1864. Cloth. [VICTORIANA]. C.A. Alvord, Stereotyped & Printer, New York. 12mo (7 1/8” x 5 ¼”); 95pp + [1] publisher’s ads; green cloth over board, blind stamped borders and floral design, gilt-stamped title and vignette of a girl and dog on front; peach-colored..... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 36 Essex Street, 1928. Ernest H. SHEPARD. Cloth. Ernest H. SHEPARD, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; 178pp; pink cloth over board, gilt-stamped boy in a raincoat and hat and Pooh with Piglet, gilt lettering on spine; black silhouettes on peach endpapers; fp and 6 full-page b&w..... 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
New York and Canada: Stephen Slesinger, Inc., copyright; Victor Talking Machine Co. of Canada, Ltd., records, No date [c. 1931-1934]. Stiff wraps. 12mo (7 3/8” x 8”); three 78 rpm records (most likely a shellac-based limestone or slate material used by Victor at the time), recorded both sides under the..... 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 & Row Publishers, 1961. Maurice SENDAK. Boards. Later printing, after the merger of Harper Bros. with Row, Peterson & Co. in 1962. 8vo; 64pp; color pictorial boards; plain orange rear board without listing of publisher’s books; color pictorial half-title and title page; color illustrations in green and..... 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: Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry Street, No date [c. 1857-1868]. cloth. [HOLIDAY] [CHRISTMAS]. 32mo (4 3/8” x 2 7/8”); 47pp; blind-stamped design to faded red cloth; ownership in light pencil on ffep; engraved frontispiece; 5 historiated caps; fading and shelf-wear to boards, light staining, offsetting of fp to title-page;..... More