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
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 & Roy Publishers, 1963. Hilary KNIGHT. Cloth. [HOLIDAY: CHISTMAS]. 48mo (3 11/16” x 2 9/16”); 4 small books with dust jackets; pink buckram over board, lettering in black on spine, vignette of a candy cane with holly to the front; color illustration in red & green throughout..... More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, and Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1871. Paul Konewka. 8vo; 20pp; tan boards, border, lettering and silhouette vignette in black on front, maroon cloth shelf back; pale yellow end papers, calligraphic and illustrated gift inscription on ffep, banner with name and roses; silhouette vignette of a beggar..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Phyllis ROWAND. Boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR]. ROWAND, illustrator. Later printing. Small 4to; [21]pp; pictorial boards in cream and brown, bears on front and rear; pictorial title page; illustrations of bears throughout in brown and black; stray red mark across back, light damp staining..... 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
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954. Maurice SENDAK. First Edition. Pictorial boards. [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator. First edition. 8vo (9 1/8” x 7 5/8”); [38]pp; pink and green pictorial boards, lettering in black, small vignette on rear board; black cloth shelf back; color pictorial endpapers; pictorial title..... 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
New York: The Viking Press, 1944, September. Robert LAWSON. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 127, [1]pp; printed pale green cloth over board, vignette of a rabbit on a background pattern of lilies and leaves in dark green both front and rear, lettering on spine; pictorial endpapers; fp and pictorial..... 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
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