Garden City, N.Y. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1942. First edition thus. Boards. F. ROJANKOVSKY, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; [26]pp; color pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers in black and yellow; color pictorial title page; illustrations throughout, both in b&w and color; light edge scuffing of boards; unclipped color pictorial dust..... More
Garden City, N.Y. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1942. F. Rojankovsky. First edition thus. Boards. [RACIST BLACK CHARICATURE] [RACIST LANGUAGE]. F. ROJANKOVSKY, illustrator. First edition thus. 8vo; [26]pp; color pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers in black and yellow; color pictorial title page; illustrations throughout, both in b&w and color; light edge..... 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
London: Thomas Murby, 3, Ludgate Circus Buildings, No date [c. 1880]. Cloth. Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works Frome and London. Cover title: The Merry-Go-Round or Rhymes, Jingles & Songs, Thomas Murby. 24mo oblong (5 ½” x 7 ¼”); 62pp; gilt-stamped lettering on green cloth over board, blind-stamped decorative..... 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
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., 1951. MARIANA. First Edition. Boards. [CHILDREN]. First edition. 16mo square (6 5/8” x 5 5/8”); [38]pp; color pictorial boards showing Miss Flora and a bunny on the front; ownership stamped and in pencil on ffep; color vignette on title page; illustrations in..... 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
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
Akron, Ohio and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. Fern Bisel PEAT. Boards. [CHILDRE] [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Fern Bisel PEAT, illustrator. 4to (12” x 9 5/8”); [32]pp; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelf-back; b&w pictorial title page; 8 full-page color half-tone illustrations; light shelf scuff to bottom edges..... More