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
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
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1898. Cloth. 12mo; 164pp + 16pp publisher’s advertisements; color pictorial cloth featuring scenes from Holland, title on paper onlay to front; color illustrated frontispiece and one additional plate; b&w relief illustrations; fine. First published in 1875, this edition very nice in color pictorial cloth. More
[New York]: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Maurice SENDAK. Boards. First edition, later printing. 12mo; [48pp]; quarter-bound green cloth, pictorial boards in green, black and sepia; illustrated green endpapers with dancing children; text in sepia, illustrations throughout; light shelf scuffing to edges; unclipped illustrated dust jacket, light foxing and shelf soiling;..... More
Paris: Delarue, No date [c.1860]. First Edition. Paper over Board. First edition. 12mo (21cm); 31pp; color illustrated paper over board with the title, author and publisher in frame on front cover, rear cover lists other publisher’s books with price; pale grey endpapers; 8 hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations including frontispiece, printed recto..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Kurt WIESE. Boards. 8vo; [28pp]; glazed color pictorial on board, blue cloth back strip; pictorial endpapers; color pictorial frontispiece and title page; illustrations in color and b&w; light spotting to cloth back strip; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, one small 1/8” closed tear to..... More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1948. Gladys Rourke BLACKWOOD. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Tall 8vo; [28pp] green cloth over board with color pictorial onlay of two young girls, one an Eskimo; color pictorial endpapers; color pictorial title page, 12 full page color half-tone illustrations including the frontispiece, b&w illustrations..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. N.C. WYETH. Cloth. 8vo; 320 [1]pp; black cloth over board, gilt stamped spine, color pictorial onlay to front; yellow stained top edge; duotone pictorial endpapers, bookseller’s price ticket of $3.50 from The Denver to front pastedown, with ownership in ink; color pictorial half-title; 9..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1922. Julia GREENE. Later printing. Cloth. Later printing. Book 4 in the Brother and Sister Series. 12mo; maroon cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front; 130pp + [2]pp publisher’s advertisement; ownership on ffep; color frontispiece plus 3 additional plates; unclipped color pictorial dust..... More
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
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
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007. Matthew ARMSTRONG. Boards. [POP-UP BOOK] [MOVEABLE BOOK]. Matthew ARMSTRONG, full-color art. 4to; [7] pop-up pages; glazed color pictorial boards, color pictorial pop-ups; never fully opened; fine, as new. Seven complex pop-up scenes each spanning two pages designed by award winning artist and paper engineer..... 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