New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday S. Union and Church Book Society, Depository—762 Broadway, 1868. A. DONLEVY. Wraps. A. DONLEVY, illustrator, and L.E. BOWER, engraver, front wrapper. 16mo (6 ½” x 4 3/16”); blue wrapper, front wrapper finely illustrated with church symbols and ornate vines, rear wrapper publisher’s ad; publisher’s..... More
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1944. First edition thus. Cloth. [CHILDREN'S] [BIOGRAPHY]. First edition thus. 8vo; 258pp; tan buckram over board, gilt lettering on spine; pictorial endpapers; ownership on front pastedown; “A Wartime Book”; b&w photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chipping to edges and creasing; near fine in very..... More
Paris: Brentano's, Inc., No date [c. 1930]. Cloth. [FRENCH LANGUAGE]. 32nd edition. 8vo; 132pp; rust-colored cloth over board, vignette of a boy and girl; color frontispiece; illustrations in b&w; marginalia in pencil; light rubbing to head and tail of spine; near fine. Lessons in French for children ages five to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Oliver HERFORD. Later printing. Boards. Later printing. 12mo; 59pp + [3pp one with publisher’s colophon]; gilt-stamped title and vignette to blue board; bookseller’s ticket to ffep; 25 full page illustrations in pale color and poem on facing page; light sunning of spine, small tear..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1954. Jean MICHENER. Third Printing. Cloth. Third printing. 8vo; [40pp]; pale blue glazed buckram, title printed on front and spine; color illustrated endpapers advertise other doll related books; b&w illustrated title page; both color and b&w illustrations; light sunning to board bottom edge; unclipped color..... More
New York: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. Richard Holberg. Boards. 8vo; [32pp]; color pictorial board with illustration of Wee Brigit to front and shamrock to rear, black cloth spine; pencil presentation to ffep; illustrations in both color and b&w within text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, matching..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Tasha TUDOR. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. First edition, first printing. 12mo oblong; [28pp], color pictorial boards with a vignette of a girl and goose to front, flying goose to rear; color pictorial title page; color illustrations throughout; light shelf wear to bottom..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1924. Howard CONNOLLY. Stiff boards. Later reprint, c. 1950. 12mo; 244pp; bright green textured paper over board printed with flowers within crosshatching, vignette of the twins and their dog on the front, title to spine and plain rear board; patterned endpapers; tiny scuff to head..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; 215pp; mint green cloth over board, stamped in dark green with a vignette of children reading to front; bright orange and white endpapers with children and a dog; ownership in pencil to fpd; b&w illustrated frontispiece and one..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1950. Howard CONNOLLY. Later printing. Stiff boards. Later printing. 12mo; 244pp; green tweed textured paper over board printed with flowers within crosshatching, vignette of the twins and their dog on the front, title to spine and plain rear board; patterned endpapers; unclipped color pictorial dust..... More
Chicago: Perks Publishing Co., (Not Inc.), No date [c. 1940s]. Unauthorized printing (pirated). Cloth. Unauthorized printing (pirated). 12mo; 252pp; bright blue buckram over board, title and author in black with a vignette of the twins as older children to the front; age-toning of paper; unclipped without price color illustrated dust..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1919. Walter S. ROGERS and Florence England NOSWORTHY. Later printing. Stiff wraps. Later printing. 12mo; 247pp + [4pp] advertisements; green buckram with color pictorial onlay; presentation inscription to ffep; 4 b&w illustrations inserted; light shelf rubbing to boards; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, printed on..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1943. Elizabeth Orton JONES. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 8vo square; [27pp]; coral colored paper with vignette of children looking at a clock to front board; blue illustrated endpapers; color and b&w illustrations; light shelf scuffing to edges; color pictorial dust jacket with price of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. Charles MIKALAYCAK, dust jacket illustration. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. 8vo; 222pp; quarter-bound grey cloth with green boards, gilt-stamped spine; author’s signature to ffep; price clipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine clipped dj. ISBN: 0-670-25659-5. Written..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1965. Dahlov IPCAR. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED. First edition. 4to; 59 [2]pp; terracotta colored cloth over board, gilt printed horsehead to front; color pictorial endpapers of horses in terracotta, black and white; color pictorial title pages, author signed, “Best wishes—Dahlov Ipcar”; color..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Dahlov IPCAR. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED. First edition. 8vo oblong; [34pp]; color printed pictorial of animals on green cloth; color pictorial endpapers; two-page color pictorial title page; author’s inscription and signature to title page; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping and small closed..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946, January. Gustav TENGGREN. First Printing. Boards. First printing. 4to; 91 [1]pp; color pictorial boards; color pictorial endpapers and title page; both b&w and color illustrations; light scuffing to edges, bumping to corners; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear panel publisher’s ad for The Golden..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1918. Blanche Fisher WRIGHT and Milo WINTER. First Edition. Cloth over board. [POETRY / RHYMES] [RACIST CARICATURE]. Blanche Fisher WRIGHT, illustrator. Milo WINTER cover and endpapers. First edition, later printing. 4to (12 1/8” x 10”); [104]pp; blue cloth over board, color pictorial..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1965. Maurice SENDAK. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 12mo; 179 [1]pp; floral design stamped on front in silver to blue buckram over board, title on spine; cream endpapers; vignette to title page; 7 full-page illustrations; tail-piece to each chapter; light sunning to board edges; unclipped pictorial..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1898. Maragaret JOHNSON. Cloth. 12mo oblong; 81pp; black and red illustrations on yellow cloth over board; ownership in ink to free front endpaper; chipping of paper at front hinge where it appears the free endpaper was tipped back in; small hole in cloth at spine..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, 1966. Maurice SENDAK. First Edition in Spanish. Cloth. First edition in Spanish. 12mo oblong; [48pp]; color pictorial cloth over board; illustrations in black and green throughout text; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear flap has brief bios of author and artist, chipping to head and..... More
Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1938. Elvy KALEP. Second Edition. Wraps. [CHILDREN] [AERONOTICS] [PICTURE BOOK]. Forward by Amelia EARHART. Elvy KALEP, illustrator. Second issue. 4to (12 7/16” x 9 7/16”); [16]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper; “Approved by United Airlines” printed on the front wrapper in a...... More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1915. A.E. KENNEDY. Boards. [CHILDREN] [ANIMALS]. A.E. KENNEDY [Albert Ernest], illustrator. 8vo (10 ¾” x 8 3/8”); 32pp; color pictorial boards, two dogs running on the front and a sitting dog on the rear; red cloth shelf-back; 3 color plates on glazed paper;..... More
Boston: Thompson Brown Company, 1908, September. Ada BUDELL. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Ada BUDELL, illustrator. First edition thus. 12mo; 128 [1]pp; tan cloth over board, vignette of a boy with books printed in color on front; color illustrated frontispiece and one additional plate; b&w illustrations in text; light fraying..... More
Eau Claire, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, 1943. Theresa KALAB. Revised Edition. Wraps. Theresa KALAB, illustrator. 4to; 96pp; stiff pictorial color printed wrapper, vignette of two children reading on front; three staple binding; illustrations every page; binding tight and book unused; light shelf soiling to wrapper; near fine. Teacher’s instructional..... More