New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Jessie Willcox SMITH. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; [46pp]; dark green ribbed cloth over board with gilt stamped wreath, title and author to front board, color illustrated onlay to wreath center; age toning to endpapers; 10 color illustrations on heavy glazed stock, printed..... More
Sacramento: California State Department of Education, 1946. Gertrude Herrick HOWE. Wraps. 8vo; 48pp [1]; color printed wrapper with title and illustration of children playing on front, title and publisher to back cover, mint cloth spine; 26 full page color illustrations; inside front wrapper sets out books purpose, 3 pages following..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 604 South Washington Square, 1923. Jessie Willcox SMITH. Boards. 4to; 100pp; glazed textured tan paper over board, color pictorial onlay to front featuring characters from Alice in Wonderland; color pictorial frontispiece; 11 color plates on glazed stock; light foxing to a few page tops in the..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1944. Charles ROSNER, August SCHOMBURG. Wraps. 4to; [22pp]; color illustrated wrapper with title on front cover; color illustrations throughout; light damp staining to upper spine on front and back wrapper, crease to front wrapper across middle fore edge and center, small scratch to back wrapper..... 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
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1926. Frances BRUNDAGE. Boards. 8vo; [40pp]; color pictorial boards; vignette illustrations to endpapers; color vignette to title page; color illustrations and b&w line drawing; light glue burn to endpapers, soiling to two pp; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket without price; light soiling; very good..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1934. Pictorial boards. 8vo; 125pp; color pictorial paper over board, world map illustration; color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations in text; light shelf wear to boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket without price, age-toning to paper and light chipping to edges; fine in very good plus..... More
Chicago: Laidlaw Brothers, Publishers, 1930. Stiff wraps. 4to; 32pp; pictorial grey wrapper in black and red; three staple binding; color illustrated; b&w and color illlustrations throughout with text; light age-toning of paper; near fine. Part one of an elementary school instructional series teaching children how to draw. Easy text instruction..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Helen SMITHSON. Cloth. Helen SMITHSON, illustrator. Michael ROSEN, introduction. 8vo; 104, [1]pp; color pictorial cloth over board; pale blue endpapers; color pictorial double title page; illustrations in both b&w and color; publisher’s maroon slipcase; unread; fine in near fine case. Beautiful illustrations for Stevenson’s beloved childhood..... More
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1910. Cloth. Cover title: Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable 8vo; 96pp; illustrated red cloth over board in black and tan; book plateto front paste-down without ownership; printer’s stamp to verso title page “Made by the Werner Company, Akron, Ohio”; full page b&w..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1930. Grace PHILLIPS. wrap. 4to; [22pp]; color illustrated wrappers with three staple binding, title on cover; color illustrations every page; ½” split to head and 1 ½” split to tail of spine, neither affecting the stapled binding, bumping to wrapper corners and scuffing to spine..... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing. 12mo; 123pp; dark red cloth over board with gilt stamped paper onlay to front cover illustrated with ferns and butterfly, title to cover, title author and date gilt stamped to spine; illustrated endpapers and illustrated flyleaf; inscription on printer’s..... More
Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1936. Eleanor CAMPBELL. Wraps. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION] [EPHEMERA]. Eleanor CAMPBELL, cover illustration. Folio (14 7/8” x 10 ¼”); [64]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; color pictorial title page printed in red and black, vignette of 2 children crafting; clear simple printed outlines..... More
Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, 1935. Wraps. [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION] [EPHEMERA]. Folio (14 ¾” x 10 ¼”); [64]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; pictorial title page printed in red and black, vignette of 4 bear cubs; clear simple printed outlines to color, large text; pages unused; edges..... More
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1925. Ruth Elizabeth COLLINGS. Wraps. 8vo; 76pp; tan mottled paper wrapper with color illustration applied and gilt title and decoration; illustrated with a black and white photographic illustration and 15 color illustrations tipped in; untrimmed pages; lacking the presentation box and glassine wrapper; near fine..... More
Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, Publishers, 1926. Frank T MERRILL. Boards. 12mo; 322pp; green cloth over board, pictorial onlay of a dirigible in green and white to front; ownership in pencil dated Sept. 1926 to ffep; frontispiece printed in green; sunning to spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Lewis E...... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888. Maud HUMPHREY. Boards. Square 8vo; [24] pages of text; quarter-bound in cream cloth, chromolithographed pictorial boards; 12 inserted color illustrated plates; illustrations bright; light scuffing to plates, foxing to endpapers, bumped corners; very good. A trip through the year in rhyme beautifully..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1948. Harry LANE. Later printing. Wraps. Later printing, c. 1952. 12mo; 184pp; brown stamped pictorial on tan tweed paper, portrait of Honey Bunch in oval on front; color pictorial endpapers; b&w frontispiece on plain paper; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, “9595” and “70-100” pricing..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1939. Harry LANE. Later printing. Wraps. Later printing, c. 1952. 12mo; 178pp; brown stamped pictorial on tan tweed paper, portrait of Honey Bunch in oval on front; color pictorial endpapers; b&w frontispiece on plain paper; light glue burn to eps; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1941. Harry LANE. Wraps. Later printing, c. 1952. 12mo; 179pp; brown stamped pictorial on tan tweed paper, portrait of Honey Bunch in oval on front; color pictorial endpapers; b&w frontispiece on plain paper; light glue burn to eps; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, “9595”..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Harry LANE. Later printing. Wraps. Later printing, c. 1951. 12mo; 184pp; brown stamped pictorial on tan tweed paper, portrait of Honey Bunch in oval on front; color pictorial endpapers; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, “8585” and “70-100” pricing on front flap, listing of series..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. James THURBER and Don FREEMAN. First Edition. Boards. A Wartime Book. First edition. 8vo; 115pp; white-stamped title and author name on green cloth over board; b&w illustrations in text; 4 color illustrated plates by Don Freeman inserted; age-toning of endpapers; color pictorial dust..... More
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. Mary SHEPARD and Agnes SIMS, illustrators. First edition. 12mo; 239pp; tan cloth over board, navy stamped title and vignette of Mary Poppins on front, lettered spine; pictorial endpapers; copyright page has declaration of wartime Governmental publishing; spotting to upper edge, minimal..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, 1897. Maud HUMPHREY. Boards. 4to; [17 leaves]; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelf-back; thick paper stock printed recto; 6 color plates including frontispiece; line drawings in text; binding tight appearing unread; scuffing to board edges, bumping to corners, spotting to cloth shelf-back; very..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1977. Tasha TUDOR. First Edition. Pictorial boards. First edition, first printing. 4to; [60pp]; glazed color pictorial paper over board; color illustrated endpapers; color illustrations every page with text; gift inscription in green ink to front pastedown; issued without a dust jacket; near fine. HARE T170..... More