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
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
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc., 1949. Marian Foster CURTISS. First Edition. Boards. [JUVENILE]. First edition. 16mo (6 7/8” x 5 ¾”); [36pp]; color pictorial boards; color vignette on title page; illustrations in both b&w and color throughout; light shelf scuffing to bottom edge; unclipped color pictorial dust..... More
New York: John Martin, and Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Herman DRUCKLIEB. Cloth. 8vo; [4][108]; quarter bound red cloth with illustrated paper over board; illustrated blue endpapers; profusely illustrated throughout text; scuffing to corners and edges of cover with paper loss; a few small stains; very good minus. Playful illustrations..... More
New York: John Martin's House, Inc., 1918, December. Stiff wraps. [PERIODICAL: JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY] [HOLIDAY]. 8vo; [98pp]; advertisements plus back wrapper; color illustrated heavy card stock wrapper; card stock leaves illustrated in black and red; illustrated throughout; age toning of paper, chipping to spine with loss; very good. Monthly children’s magazine..... 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
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
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
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 & Row, Publishers, 1959. Maurice SENDAK. Later printing. Boards. Later printing, probably between 1960 and 1961. 8vo; 62pp; pictorial glazed paper over board; color illustrated title page; single border with corner ornament around text on each page; color illustrations; price clipped color pictorial dust jacket, inside flap..... 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
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1847. Paper over Board. 18mo: 178pp; last 2 pages advertisements; illustrated paper over board with gilt striped leather spine; engraved illustrations and 14 hand-colored maps; cover corners bumped, light soiling to cover, endpapers and some pages, a few pages with heavier soiling; very good. More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1902, September. First Edition, later printing. Cloth over board. [HOLIDAY]. W.W. [William Wallace] DENSLOW, illustrator. Grace Duffie BOYLAN, introduction. Later printing. 4to; [64]pp tan cloth over board, lettering stamped in brown on front and spine, color pictorial pastedown of Santa in a circle, in a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Boards. 4to; 72pp; salmon-colored pictorial boards, black leather gilt-banded back-strip; publisher’s ads to rear board; 53 hand-colored maps; many b&w wood-cut illustrations in text, a few with coloring; scuffing to edges, splitting of leather at spine but binding holding tight, damp-staining to front board..... More
New York: Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry Street, No date [c. 1857-1868]. Cloth. [HOLIDAY]. 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; very..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, No date. Wraps. 48mo (3 11/16” x 2 ¼”); 16pp; stiff yellow wrapper, decorative borders and pictorial vignette titled “Lazarus raised to life.” on front, publisher’s ad for Toy Books on rear; pictorial vignette titled “The crucifixion of Christ.” on title page; 7 wood engraved illustrations;..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, 1839. Cloth. 32mo (4 ½” x 3 ¼”); 64pp; brown ribbed cloth over board, blind stamped borders and ornaments, gilt stamped cherub with a titled banner, decorated front and rear; tan endpapers; ink ownership with inscription on front flyleaf dated 1841; engraved..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. & Co, Publishers, No date [c. 1881]. String-tied Cloth over Board. 12mo; 8pp; yellow pictorial wrapper printed in red, green, and black; publisher’s ads for “Beautiful Picture Books for the Young” including “Half Hours with the Bible, Mrs. Hale’s Library. And Pleasure Books.” on rear wrapper;..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., No date [c.1860s]. String-tied Cloth over Board. 8vo; [6] leaves; stiff lavender pictorial wrapper printed in blue and red, a horse with harness reins featured on the front; the rear wrapper contains publisher’s ads for Warne’s Nursery Literature; string binding; 8 color plates with titles..... More
New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, No date [c. 1840]. String-tied Cloth over Board. 24mo (5 ¾” x 3 ¾”); 24pp; blue wrapper illustrated with small vignettes of children involved in various games of play and sports, rear wrapper lists publisher’s “New And Beautiful Toy and Juvenile Books;”..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 1992. Maurice SENDAK. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, first printing. 12mo; 160pp; dark green and black mottled paper over board, gilt stamped spine; brown endpapers; color illustrated half-title and frontispiece; color illustrations throughout; color pictorial unclipped dust jacket, 1” closed tear to bottom front, light rubbing..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1936. Staplebound wraps. 8vo; 32pp; color illustrated stiff wrapper with Jane Withers’ portrait to cover; 3 staple binding tight; black and white photographic illustrations with text; light shelf scuffing, chip to top front wrapper, scratch to back wrapper and creases at spine with color loss;..... More