New York: McLoughlin Bro's. No date [c. 1880-1890s ?]. [JUVENILE] [ABECEDARIAN] [RHYMING VERSE]. Small 4to (9 3/8” x 6”); [8]pp; stiff color lithographed pictorial wrapper, front wrapper features an illustration of two children riding a donkey with a dog running next to them, rear wrapper has no advertisements, pictorial of..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. R. André. [JUVENILE] [POETRY] [RHYMING VERSE]. R. , illustrator. 8vo (8 1/8” x 6”); [12]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper, title on front in red, chromolithograph pictorial of birds on the front and rear; 6 full-page color illustrations with text; 3” split at wrapper fold, staples..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, No date [c. 1881-1895]. E.A.C. illustrator. Fine Art Works, Bavaria, printer. Stiff wraps. 12mo; [12pp]; shaped die-cut, chromolithographed pictorial, glazed stiff-wrapper, 2 staple binding; 6 full-page chromolithographed illustration, one a centerfold; sepia illustrations on text pages; a few light wrapper creases, small chip to front..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1880s]. [RHYMING VERSE]. 4to (11 1/8” x 9 3/16”); [12]pp; stiff glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper, boy with a pan of grain on front, rear wrapper has a pastoral vignette and a boy sawing a board; strong Aesthetic period art influence in the wrapper..... More
No place noted: No maker noted [probably American], No date [c. early 19th c., 1840-1850]. [EPHEMERA] [PRINTED TEXTILE] [KERCHIEF]. (8 ½” x 12” approximately); white or cream linen weave, approx. 24 threads to the cm.; wood block cutting printed in red; design features a central image surrounded by a vine..... More
Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, No date [c. 1950-1960s]. Vera BOCK. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Vera BOCK, illustrator. 12mo (7 3/8” x 4 ½”); 61pp; color pictorial boards printed in red, yellow and green; bright wood-cut style illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with a price of “$1.25” on..... More
London and New York: The Sunshine Publishing Company, No date [c. 1890-1900]. Boards. 4to; 256pp; color pictorial boards; yellow floral and butterfly endpapers; frontispiece of Santa delivering gifts; pictorial titlepage; profusely illustrated; scuffing to board edges with loss, 1” closed tear to bottom first page; very good. OCLC locates this..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, Publishers, No date [c. 1860s]. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE] [POETRY]. Wrapper title: Cinderella or the Glass Slipper 12mo (7 ½” x 4 ½”); [8]pp with pagination 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, 14-15 with no apparent missing leaves or text; yellow wrapper printed in black and red, vignette of Cinderella..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, No date [c. 1880-1900]. [JUVENILE]. Front cover title: Cinderella, Cinderella Series Small 4to (9 3/8” x 6”); [8]pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper featuring a young girl combing the hair of a seated woman, rear wrapper features an illustration of Cinderella and the Prince; two staple binding;..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1903. Patten WILSON. 1/4 Linen. 32mo (4 15/16” x 3 5/16”); [ix], 10-89, [1]pp; re-bound from the publisher’s original by Julie Stackpole of Thomaston, Maine in quarter-bound green linen with block-printed color paper over board, orange label onlay to spine with title; orange and yellow endbands; full..... More
New York: M.S. Publishing Co., Inc., No date [c. 1930]. Kay SWAN. [JUVENILE] [TOY BOOK] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. A.W. NUGENT, wrapper illustrator; Kay SWAN, illustrator. Small 4to oblong (9”x 10 ½”); 6 leaves; stiff brightly colored pictorial wrapper features animals around an artist easel on the front, the rear..... More
Sarastota, Florida: Carey-Swain, Inc., No date [c. 1970s]. Austin GILMORE. [JUVENILE] [SOUVENIR] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [EDUCATION]. Gulf Coast Printing, No date [c. 1970s]. Austin GILMORE, illustrator. 4to (11” x 8 ½”); [16]pp; stiff, glazed, color pictorial wrapper with an illustration of a river, a large white bird on a limb, and..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1940. [EPHEMERA] [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. 4to (11 ¼” x 8 ½”); [24]pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper picturing a horse, cow and pig looking over the fence at an anthropomorphic rabbit drawing their portrait; number “1072” on wrapper; titled pictures to color; small chip to front..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1890]. [RHYMING VERSE]. 12mo oblong; [8pp]; chromolithographed stiff wrapper; 2 staple binding; ownership in pencil on rear wrapper; text printed in sepia with accompanying illustrations; 4pp color illustrations; light rubbing of wrapper, front bottom corner has light crease, 1” split at bottom of..... More
New Haven: Printed and Published by S. [Sidney] Babcock`, No date [c. 1840s]. Wraps. [JUVENILE] [CHAPBOOK]. 32mo (4 3/8” x 2 ¾”); 16pp; pale pink or light tan wrapper, decorative borders and wood-engraved vignette of a mother and child on front, rear wrapper publisher’s ad for “Toy Books, Beautifully Embellished..... More
London & Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons, No date [c. 1870]. [CHAPBOOK] [JUVENILE]. 24mo (5 5/16” x 3 ½”); 16pp; yellow wrapper, front engraved pictorial of a boy reading to two girls with a dog in the foreground, the rear wrapper a “List of the Series”; publisher’s string binding; ownership..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., No date [c. 1930]. Boards. [WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS] [RACIAL CARICATURE]. Small 4to; [32]pp, page numbering does not correspond with pages; glazed color pictorial boards, glazed tan shelf back, Thomas Nelson and Son’s Ltd. Imprint on rear board; color halftone plates as pastedowns plus 5 additional..... More
Atlanta: State of Georgia, Department of Public Health, 1947. Vera NEVILLE. Wraps. [HEALTH] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Distributed by the American Dental Association. Vera NEVILLE, illustrator. Atlanta Lithograph Company. 8vo oblong; 19pp; stiff color pictorial wrapper picturing three children looking at a whiteboard on the front, rear wrapper pictures 4 children carrying..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1962. The Myers. Staplebound. [EPHEMERA] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. The Myers, illustrators of the front wrapper. Folio (13 7/8” x 9 7/8”); 6 complete and unpunched stiff leaves; color pictorial stiff glazed wrapper, 2 children and a hat rack on front, 2 hats to punch out on..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1898. [RHYMING VERSE]. Gems From Mother Goose: Jack and Jill, New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1898. 4to (10 5/8” x 8 ¼”); [12]pp; stiff glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper, the front features a boy and girl with a water pail, the rear wrapper pictures a man dressed in..... More
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, No date [c. 1850]. [POETRY]. Wrapper title: Merrill’s Pictorial Gallery. Gems of Poetry for Girls and Boys, Beautifully Illustrated, Concord, N.H.: Rufus Merrill 12mo (7 ¼” x 5 1/2”); 24pp; yellow pictorial wrappers, wood engraved illustration of a girl and boy with a globe surrounded by..... More
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Book Society, No. 1224 Chestnut Street, No date [c. 1861-1874]. Wraps. [CHAPBOOK] [RELIGION]. 32mo (4 3/16” x 2 13/16”); 16pp; blue wrapper, lettering printed inside a decorative border on the front, rear wrapper reads “Presented by the / United States Christian Commission, / Central Office, / No..... More
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, No date [c. 1950s]. Boards. 8vo; [70pp]; color pictorial boards, red cloth spine-back; color pictorial endpapers; 4 color pictorial plates; b&w photographic illustrations throughout; scuffing to edges, crack at head and tail of front hinge paper but binding holding tight; very good..... More
London: Dean & Co., Threadneedle Street, No date [c. 1851-1860]. [JUVENILE] [GEOGRAPHY] [GREAT BRITAIN]. Later edition featuring the Crystal Palace as the frontispiece. Small 4to (9 5/8” x 6 ½”); 15pp; pictorial green wrapper printed with the title and publisher on the front, decorative framing around a vignette at the..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1891. [JUVENILE] [PERIODICAL] [EPHEMERA] [HOLIDAY]. Frank VerBECK, illustrator front wrapper. Small 4to (11 ¾” x 8 ¼”); [57]-80pp; pale green wrapper printed in orange, pictorial of animals reading a book and a Jack-O-Lantern shakes hands with a turkey; rear wrapper features advertisements; publisher’s string binding;..... More