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..... 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
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: 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: 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
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, Congress Street, 1847, May. Wraps. 16mo (6 1/8” x 3 13/16”); 17, [1]pp; plain green wrapper; border and vignette on title page; one additional engraved vignette.; light wear to wrapper else fine. This small pamphlet was produced by the teachers at the Warren Street Chapel..... 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: 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
Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. Diana THORNE. Wraps. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS] [PICTURE BOOK]. Diana THORNE, illustrator. 4to (12 ½” x 10 ½”); [12]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 3 staple binding; 12 full-page color illustrations with text; light scuffing and wear to edges, ¼” closed tear and..... More
Racine, Wis. Whitman Publishing Co., 1941. Diana THORNE. Wraps. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS] [PICTURE BOOK]. Diana THORNE, illustrator. 4to (12 7/8” x 9 ½”); [12]pp; color pictorial wrapper on textured stock; “923” on upper front wrapper; 14 large color illustrations with simple text all on textured stock; small closed 1/8” cut to..... 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: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Mary SHEPARD. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. [CHILDREN] [WOMEN AUTHORS]. Mary SHEPARD, illustrator. First American edition. Duodecimo (12mo); xii [iiii], 235pp; pale blue buckram over board, vignette portrait of Mary Poppins and lettering stamped in dark blue to front, blue lettering on..... 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
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1997. Tasha TUDOR. First Edition. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. First edition, first printing. 8vo oblong; [38]pp; glazed color pictorial boards; color pictorial endpapers and title page; color illustrations throughout; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. One of Tasha Tudor’s (1915-2008) books..... 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
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921. Winifred BROMHALL. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 131pp; gilt-stamped navy cloth over board, vignette of children reading a book to front; pictorial endpapers in navy; 13 full-page b&w illustrations; small vignettes in text and as head-pieces; light age-toning of paper, light rub to..... More