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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #180 - Edmund Dulac watercolor from Fairy Tale manuscript

#457 - Charles Robinson’s King Longbeard - Author’s heavily annotated copy with #117 - Nast’s Santa Claus letters from Robinson, John Lane, the Royal family and much more

#311 - Lawson’s Little Prince Toofat Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] FABULOUS ABC MANUSCRIPT CAT ALPHABET SHAPE BOOK 1. ABC. ABC MANUSCRIPT. Offered here is a fabulous original ABC manuscript. 4. ABC. (CATS) PUSSY’S ABC. Lond: There is no attribution or date but it appears to be circa 1915-1930. Bound into a Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, (7.5 x 14.5”), stiff cloth backed board book are 26 fine watercolors for each letter of the alphabet. pictorial wraps, unusually clean and a near All letters are uniform in size at 4 x 4”. “A” is Noah’s Ark with a penciled Fine copy. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and caption, “N” is for Napu and Nilghai, 2 letters have penciled instructions for color illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page otherwise there is no text. All letters have more than one object representing it chromolithographed pages and in brown line on and the letter itself is large and nicely integrated into the picture. This absolutely text pages to accompany a charming cat ABC charming and would be a cornerstone for any ABC collection. $3000.00 book. $350.00

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CHARMING CHRISTMAS ALPHABET 5. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS A-B-C by Rev. Louis Gales. St. Paul, : Guild Associates (1944). 12mo, pictorial wraps, VG+. The Christmas ABC has lovely color lithos by Gladys Allie. The ABC is followed by a few Christmas poems. Scarce. $175.00

#6 CHRISTMAS LINEN ABC 6. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1910. Narrow folio, printed linen, sm. tear near spine of last 2 pages, overall VG+. A super ABC book with a Christmas theme - the cover has a great BEAUTIFUL COLOR Santa and each letter has a picture in color LITHOS BY and rhyme dealing with a different aspect of ERNA PINNER Christmas. $250.00 2. ABC. ANIMALS FROM A TO Z by G.M. Vevers. London: Hammond, Hammond #7 & Co., no date, circa 1940. Folio (8 3/4 x 13 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in soiled dust wrapper with a few pieces off edges. Each page of text faces a beautiful full page color lithograph by Erna Pinner. Vevers, the author, was the Superintendant of London’s Zoological Gardens. Erna Pinner was a noted artist who began her #311 - Lawson’s Little Prince Toofat artistic life in Germany but fled to England during the Third Reich because she was Jewish. The rest of her life was spent in England. This is a beautiful animal alphabet McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS ABC . $600.00 7. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) MERRY CHRISTMAS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, ca 1910. Small 4to, pictorial wraps, fine. Illus. with great color cover of Santa and in 2-color on every page with each letter representing a different Christmas aspect or object. Text by Carolyn Wells. $275.00

DEAN FOLIO BOARD BOOK 8. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) SANTA 3. ABC. (BOARD BOOK) CLAUS ABC. NY: Charles Graham and ANIMAL A.B.C. London: Co., no date circa 1915. Folio (10 x 12”), Dean and Son, no date, pictorial wraps, faint stain on bottom of circa 1915. Folio (9 1/4 x 13 1//4”), cloth backed a few pages, a few small closed tears, pictorial boards, some cover VG. This is an ABC with Christmas theme. and light soil, else VG. Each There is a great full color cover of Santa page is mounted on thick and most letters are represented by boards and has attractive toys a child might want for Christmas. color lithographs of various animals. “V” is for Viper. Illustrated in 3-color by unknown A title in Dean’s Diploma hand. $275.00 Series. $275.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 RARE EULALIE LINEN ABC 9. ABC. (EULALIE) ABC BOOK. NY: Platt and Munk 1929. Folio, pictorial 13. ABC. (MOTHER cloth, Fine. Every page is brightly illustrated with color illustrations by Eulalie, GOOSE) ABC OF NURSERY all in typical 30’s style. “V” is for Velocipede. Printed on linen, the colors are RHYME. NY: Sam. Gabriel vibrant and this copy is nearly as new. $250.00 1911. 4to, (8 1/2 x 11”), pictorial card covers, cover rubbed with some soil else VG. Illustrated with 4 full page full color illustrations and in 3-color on other pages by GORDON ROBINSON. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different nursery rhyme. Quite attractive. $150.00

LINEN ABC 14. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) JINGLE ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1915. 6 x 8 1/2”, cloth, crease in center, name on margin of cover, VG. A Linen ABC where each letter stands for a different Mother Goose rhyme, phrase or character. Printed in full color and 3-color. “R” is Rub A Dub Dub, “Q” is the Queen UNUSUAL CLOTH of Hearts. Charming. FLOWER AND NAME ABC $200.00 10. ABC. (FLOWERS) FAVORITE FLOWERS ABC. NY: Charles Graham (inscribed 1918). 8vo, cloth, some creasing and sl. fraying, VG. Each letter of the ART DECO ABC alphabet is represented by a different 15. ABC. (NAMES) ABC flower and in many cases by a girl’s OF NAMES AND OBJECTS. name as well. There are color and b&w NY: Int’l Paper Goods 1930. illustrations of the girls and the flowers Folio, pictorial wraps, some and a short rhyme about each. “B stands neat archival repairs to for BUTTERCUP. Bertha can show, binding else VG. Brightly If she likes butter, On her chin it will illustrated in full color by glow.” $250.00 Dorothy Buck with great art deco style designs. Each letter is represented by a different name and then with a short list of objects. Striking. $150.00 GREAT GNOME ALPHABET 11. ABC. (GNOMES) ALPHABET PICTURE BOOK. Lond.: Blackie ca 1930. 4to, pictorial card covers, fine. This is a ETHNIC STEREOTYPES wonderful Gnome alphabet illustrated in full by C.E.B. 16. ABC. (NATIONS) CHILDREN Bernard. Although the only text is one word caption per OF MANY NATIONS AND THE letters, the pictures tell the ABC verses by Carolyn Hodgman. stories of these adorable gnomes $250.00 Rochester: Stecher Litho. 1916. Oblong 8vo (7 1/2 x 6 3/4”), pictorial wraps, VG+. Each letter ONE OF FIRST 12 LITTLE GOLDEN of the alphabet is represented by BOOKS IN DUST WRAPPER 12. ABC. (GOLDEN BOOK) ALPHABET a child from a different country” FROM A TO Z by Leah Gale. NY: Simon & “J” - Japan’s little lady is yellow Schuster 1942 (1942). Blue cloth spine, 5 small rubbed areas on endpaper and owner of skin, Korea her playmate, to name on endpaper else a tight clean copy in dust wrapper (dw slightly soiled, light her is her kin.” Illustrated with creasing otherwise VG+). First printing of full color and 2-color lithos by one of the first 12 Little Golden Books (all 12 published simultaneously). Beautifully F. STECHER. Quite a charming illustrated in color by Vivienne Blake. Nice copy, rare in dust wrapper. $800.00 book. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] RARE ANTI-NAZI ALPHABET 20. ABC. (TEMPEST) 17. ABC. (NAZI) HET ABC VAN HET NAZIREGIEM. (Brussels, Leuven 1944). AN ABC FOR YOU AND 12mo, pictorial wraps, slight soil else near Fine. Every page illustrated in full color ME by Margaret Tempest. by Herman A. Vos with each letter ridiculing Nazi party leaders and the movement. “A” is for Adolph. “C” is for Censorship, “T” is for Terror, “U” is for Uncle Sam. (Lond.: Medici Soc.) [1948]. “I is for the Israelite ten doode toe geplaagd” (“I is for the Israelite who was 12mo, cloth backed pictorial haunted to death” - shown in front of barbed wire of a concentration camp is a boards, tips sl. rubbed else stereotypical Jewish man with a gold star on his arm),”F is de Fuhrer, dies ons land heeft leeggegapt” (“F is for Furer who bled our country” - Hitler is shown leaving VG. An alphabet of names the country carrying a huge bag of food over his shoulder). Rare. $850.00 with charming, detailed full color illustrations on every page. $200.00

RARE DEAN ABC WALL HANGING 21. ABC. (TEXTILE) DEAN’S NURSERY ALPHABET. London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., no date, circa 1916. This is a fabulous alphabet textile published by Dean for use as a wall hanging or other decoration. It measures 30” wide x 19” high and except for slight creasing (easily ironed, but not by me) this is in fine condition with the colors rich and the background clean. Each letter has its own square containing a large color letter, one word and a picture. Illustrations are by Edith Sarah Berkeley. Edith was an accomplished animal artist as was her husband Stanley who also worked for Dean. See Cope: Dean’s Rag Books. p.142-3 identical to S118 pictured. Really a wonderful alphabet item, rare in such nice clean condition. $775.00

ABC SEE ALSO – 312, 348, 420, 452, 494 #21

INSCRIBED BY ADDAMS CLEVER ABC NOVELTY BOOK 22. ADDAMS,CHARLES. 18. ABC. (NOVELTY) LITTLE BUILDERS’ ABC: a construction book by Nell THE CHARLES ADDAMS Reppy. NY: Simon & Schuster MOTHER GOOSE. NY: 1943 (1943). 8vo, spiral Windmill Books / Harper backed boards, Fine in dust & Row, (1967). Large thin wrapper with chip on spine. 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), cloth, 1st ed. A clever ABC book Fine in slightly frayed VG+ with each letter presented dust wrapper with price as a large full page figure in not clipped. First edition. bright red. On facing pages This unique Mother Goose is are rhymes for the letters illustrated in color and black plus bright color pictures & white by Addams. This was of a jolly man constructing his first book for children the letter piece by piece. and Windmill Books first In an envelope in the rear offering. THIS COPY IS of the book are die-cut INSCRIBED BY ADAMS on red paper pieces matching the first page under Humpty the size and shapes used Dumpty. $400.00 in the smaller illustrations so that the reader can build each letter himself. $450.00 #19

HAND-COLORED ABC PANORAMA 19. ABC. (PANORAMA) MY DARLING’S A.B.C.. No publication information, probably Turner & Fisher ca 1840. 2 1/4 x 3 3/4”, orange boards, pictorial paste-on, some general soil and rubbing, VG. Consisting of 26 charming HAND- COLORED PANELS, each with a large decorative letter and an illustration pertaining to the particular letter. $875.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100

ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) – 175, 274, 296, 306, 328, 343, 447, ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN – 374, 377, 412, 462 475, 476, 514, 531 28. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ADVERTISING INTEREST – 137, 349 AESOP - 209 ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK. NY: Nelson, no 23. AINSLEE,KATHLEEN. CATHARINE SUSAN’S LITTLE HOLIDAY. London & date, circa 1915. Folio, cloth, New York: Castell & Stokes, no date, circa 1910. 12mo (4 3/4 x 5 1/2”), stiff pictorial pictorial paste-on, 190p., card covers bound with, silk ties, slightest bit of soil, VG+. Featuring fabulous full FINE IN DUST WRAPPER page chromolithographs showing the mishaps that occurred when a stick doll named (spine of dw missing Catharine Susan took a trip to the sea-side. Scarce title in the series. $300.00 pieces). 1st edition of this wonderful book containing 25 classic tales from various sources. Featuring pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates and many delicate line illustrations by Anderson. Beautiful copy. $400.00

RARE BABY BOOK IN BOX 29. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. BABY’S RECORD. London: George Harrap (1920, 1928). 4to (8 x 10 5/8”), pink moire (silk) stamped in gold and blue, top edge gilt, 63p., FINE AND UNUSED IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! (box flaps repaired). Issued in a deluxe leather edition in 1920, this is 24. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. LITTLE MEN: Life at Penfield with Jo’s Boys. most likely the first cloth Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871 (1871). Small 8vo, (5 x 6 3/4”), green cloth stamped edition. A book to record in gold on front cover and spine, brown coated endpapers, some cover rubbing, tip baby’s “firsts”. The text wear, very small worn area on lower outer hinge (not weak), spine extrems slightly composed of poems by frayed else clean and tight, VG. Illustrated with 4 full page black and whites. 1st George Macdonald, William ed., 1st issue with ad listing “Pink and White Tyranny” as Nearly Ready, signature Blake and other notables. 1 present with no priority. Peter Parley To Penrod p.36, BAL 167. $600.00 Illustrated by Anderson with 6 beautiful color 25. ALCOTT,LOUISA plates plus delicate and MAY. JO’S BOYS. lovely line illustrations in Boston: Roberts Brothers, text. This is a superb copy 1886 (1886). 12mo (5 x of a rare Anne Anderson 7”), brown cloth stamped book. $650.00 in black and gold, 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial ads, owner HUMANIZED TRAFFIC LIGHT - ARNE UNGERMANN signature dated Christmas 30. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. ONKEL FOERDSELS SIGAL [UNCLE TRAFFIC 1886, slightest of soil on LIGHT] by Harald Lund. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen new and enlarged ed. rear cover else near Fine 1939. Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine. A giant humanized in custom cloth box with traffic signal teaches children to be careful in the streets. Illustrated with leather label. First ed., first broad, bold and unusual full page color lithographs by Arne Ungermann. Very state of this classic (sheets unusual and another book where the pictures tell the story. $300.00 measure 1 16th” in bulk) (BAL 211). In this story Alcott continues to follow the lives of the Plumfield boys from Little Men. Beautiful copy. $475.00

FABULOUS ALDIN PICTURE BOOK 26. ALDIN,CECIL. BUNNYBOROUGH. Lond.: Humphrey Milford [1919]. Large 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, rear cover faded else VG+. This is a most fabulous large format picture book about a family of humanized rabbits and their animal friends. Featuring 16 rich color plates on heavy stock, pictorial title and pictorial endpapers. A great picture book, extremely scarce. $1750.00

ANTHROPOMORPHISM ALSO – 197, 243, 399, 428, 468

ARABIAN NIGHTS – 158, 182, 183

ARDIZZONE’S FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK 31. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN. London, NY, & Toronto: Oxford Univ. Press, 1936. Folio, pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else near FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped, frayed). First edition of Ardizzone’s first book for children. Written by Ardizzone with text in calligraphy and with color illustrations on every page (printed on one side of paper only). This is a wonderful story that Eyre calls “one of the most convincing British picture story books yet produced” (p.43). Whalley (p.188-9) notes that 27. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Lond: Jarrolds no this was one of the first books to be printed with photolithography. (Although date [1912].. 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 291p. some scattered foxing, VG+. published in London and New York, the entire edition was actually printed during 1st edition with Aldin illustrations. Illustrated with 18 wonderful color plates by a hot summer in New York. Due to the humidity, it had to be printed on one side Aldin to accompany this classic tale. $400.00 only of each leaf). She adds that “it proved to be a major landmark in the history of the English picture book.” $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] RARE ARTZYBASHEFF WWII BOOK PLUS LITHOGRAPH 32. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. PAUL THE 37. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. AXIS IN AGONY. Offered here is a fabulous lithograph by Artzybasheff along with a copy of the book in which the HERO OF THE FIRE. (England: Penguin litho appears. The book was published in New York by Wickwire Spencer Steel 1948). Square 8vo, pictorial boards, slight Co. 1944. Oblong 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2”), bound in wraps, Fine. Artzyabsheff’s wear to spine paper else VG+ in lightly soiled desire to show the brutishness of the Axis and of all war is evident in this and slightly chipped dust wrapper. 1st compilation of extraordinary caricatures painted expressly for Wickwire Spencer. Every other page features a striking full page black and white with edition of this uncommon Ardizzone title, a short paragraph of text facing it. The litho, dated 1943 is the fifth litho in beautifully illustrated in color on every the book, titled Servant of Freedom. The image measures 18 1/2” wide x 12” page. The story tells the tale of Paul who high, nicely matted and framed. A huge concrete robot looms threateningly over diminutive figures of Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo the Axis leaders. The caption joins the circus to help support his family reads: Servant of Freedom... Mighty servant of all America is the Construction and who then becomes a hero. A Porpoise Industry. Wickwire Spencer is proud to serve this industry with electrically Book. $450.00 welded wire fabric for concrete reinforcement, with wire rope and many other products. Artzybasheff’s painting depicts Construction as a symbolic figure threatening a tiny cowering trio.” A rare offering. $1500.00 ART (ORIGINAL) – 93, 96, 99, 130, 131, 133, 135, 141, 154, 155, 178, 180, 199, 220, 228, 257, 267, 291, 292, 312, 315, 333, 396, 397, 404, 432, 441, 450, 471, 480, 483, 523, 533, 540, 543, 581

ROSE FYLEMAN POEMS 33. ART DECO. FIFTY ONE NEW NURSERY RHYMES by Rose Fyleman. NY:1932, obl. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 100p., VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. First edition. Illustrated with wonderful color lithographs by DOROTHY BURROUGHS in classic Art Deco style somewhat similar to early Lois Lenski or Eliz. MacKinstry. Printed on one side of the page. Nice copy of a nice book. $200.00

DIE-CUT ART DECO TOY SOLDIERS 34. ART DECO. PARADE OF THE TOY SOLDIERS by Peter Mabie. Racine: Whitman 1930. Oblong large 4to (12 x 9”), flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine. Featuring classic art deco bold color illustrations on every page with text on opposite pages which are illustrated in color as well. Each page of text has a large window cut in the page revealing more of the soldiers marching in formation. Really nice. $200.00

35. ART DECO. STEEL by Marguerite Engler Schwarzman. NY: Georges Duplaix 1937. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, near fine in frayed dust wrapper. This is a pictorial history of the uses of steel through the ages. Illustrated by TH. D. LUYKX with striking Art Deco color illustrated on every page. Somewhat similar to the Pere Castor books $150.00

IN RARE PICTORIAL CLOTH 38. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Son, no date, circa 1920. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 7/8”), blue cloth with elaborate pictorial and decorative cover, top edge gilt, Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Attwell with 12 beautiful color plates plus many charming line illustrations throughout the text. This is a great copy in the rare and beautiful pictorial cloth binding. $850.00

ART DECO SEE ALSO – 15, 212, 213, 264, 265, 266, 328, 474, 551, 562

ART NOUVEAU – 263, 465, 552 ARTHURIAN INTEREST – 434, 443

36. ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS. POOR SHAYDULLAH. NY: Macmillan 1931 (Nov. 1931). Small square 4to, (7 3/4 x 8 3/4”), grey pictorial cloth, cover sl. faded else fine in dust wrapper worn on spine. First edition. The first book written by Artzybasheff, and illustrated by him with wonderful, bold woodcuts. The story is a fable about a poor Moroccan beggar. “A book of talent” (Five Years of Children’s books p. 479). See Bader p. 190-1. $275.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA RARE FIRST EDITION OF “LITTLE BLACK SAMBO” 39. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. PEEPING PANSY by MARIE QUEEN OF 43. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Lond: Grant Richards ROUMANIA. Lond.: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1919]. 4to, red cloth extensively 1899. 16mo (3 1/8 x 5”), green striped cloth, vi-viii, 57p., spine faded and decorated in gold, tiny depression on cover, slightest of edge wear, near fine. very slightly soiled, 2 pages printed close to margin else near fine, tight and 1st ed. Illustrated by Attwell with 8 magnificent mounted color plates with clean. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY A BANNERMAN FAMILY MEMBER, DATED illustrated tissue guards and with 8 full page b&w’s. A beautiful copy of a very NOVMBER 1899! First edition of this fourth title in the Dumpy Book series scarce and desirable Attwell title. $1500.00 with color illustrations engraved on wood and printed by EDMUND EVANS. Written by Bannerman during a long train ride, it was immediately successful and went into several editions within the first year of publication. Aside from creating the now controversial characters of Sambo and his parents, the books was also revolutionary for its small size designed for small hands and may very well have influenced Beatrix Potter in designing her small format books. This is a nice copy of a rare children’s classic. $12,500.00

ATTWELL, MABEL LUCIE ALSO 50 AUNT LOUISA – 117, 171, 273

PHOTO ILLUSTRATED 40. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. THE LITTLE BLACK PRINCESS OF THE NEVER-NEVER by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn. Melbourne: Robertson Mullens Ltd, no date, not 1st, inscribed 1923. 8vo, green cloth stamped in black, 107p., light rubbing, VG. An aboriginal fairy tale illustrated with photos of Black natives posed in various scenarios. A fascinating book. $250.00

AUSTRALIAN INTEREST ALSO – 179, 202, 223, 382-5 AUTOS – 380

AVERILL, ESTHER – 464 AVIATION – 316, 380

44. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Racine: Whitman no LAVISH BABY’S BOOK date ca 1930. Folio (9 x 12 1/2”), stiff linen-like pictorial wraps, [16]p. including 41. BABY BOOK. BABY’S covers, name on edge of cover else VG+. This striking version of Sambo is OWN BOOK. Chicago: illustrated in a broad style by TERRY AND MARY SMITH with bold colors Reilly & Lee (1910). Large printed on various colored papers. Very scarce. $675.00 4to, gilt pictorial cloth, fine and unused in publisher’s #45 pictorial box. Illustrated in typical turn of the century style by CLARA POWERS WILSON with partial page muted color illustrations. Printed on heavy coated stock. A lovely baby book. $400.00

BABY BOOK SEE ALSO 41, 558

BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK - 175

42. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO AND THE MONKEY PEOPLE written and illustrated by FRANK VER BECK. Phil: Altemus (1928). 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, color paste- #44 on, fine in dust wrapper. Sambo goes to SAMBO RECORD AND BOOK Monkeytown and has adventures. Illustrated 45. BANNERMAN,HELEN. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. RCA / with marvelous color plates on every other McKay (1940). Sq. 4to, glazed pictorial boards, light spine wear else fine in worn page. An Altemus Wee Book for Wee dw. Consisting of a full 25 page full color book illustrated with Bannerman’s originals a 78rpm record told by Helen Myers. A “Talking Book”. Rare. $450.00 Folks. $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] ATTWELL’S “PETER PAN” IN WRAPPER BOOK WITH 50. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. NY: Charles Scriber’s Sons SAMBO RECORD 1921 (1921). 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, endpapers toned else near fine in 46. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw with piece off lower right corner). 1st U.S. edition thus. Illustrated by MABEL LUCY ATTWELL with 12 beautiful color LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: plates and many b&w’s in-text. A nice copy - rare in the dw. $750.00 Music You Enjoy 1941. Square 8vo, pictorial wraps, some rubbing else VG and complete with the record. A listen-Look Picture Book featuring a grossly stereotyped Sambo illustrated in full color on every page by Martin Nadle. $400.00

SAMBO RECORDS AND BOOK 47. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. RCA: 1949. Oblong 4to (12 x 10 1/2”), sl. rubbing, near fine. Consisting of a full 23 page color book illustrated in color by an unknown 51. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE DARING hand, depicting Sambo as a native of India (without really TWINS. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1911). appearing to be Indian) plus two 78rpm records narrated by Paul 8vo, pictorial cloth, 317p. + [2]p. ads, Wing. Music by Norman Leyden, FINE. 1st ed. 1st state binding with conducted by Henri Rene. Scarce. $400.00 title people standing in front of the wall. Illustrated with 4 plates by Pauline Batchelder. This title, along with Phoebe SAMBO PUZZLES Daring are the only series titles Baum IN BOX BY PEAT 48. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. wrote using his own name. A beautiful copy, LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. 4 scarce. $500.00 BLACK SAMBO CUT-OUT PUZZLES. Cleveland: Harter 1932. There are 4 wonderful full color jigsaw puzzle illustrated by FERN BISEL PEAT housed in the original pictorial box. Puzzles GNOME KING IN DUST WRAPPER are fine, box has wear on flaps 52. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE GNOME KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. and crayon marks inside cover. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1927). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN DUST The 4 scenes are: The tiger WRAPPER (lightly soiled and chipped and price clipped with ads listing this title is crouched holding the green last on flap). First edition (Hanff-Greene p.73) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 umbrella in his tail and Sambo is color plates (coated on both sides) plus b&w’s. This is a magnificent copy, rarely trying to get it back; Sambo is found so bright and rare in the wrapper. $1500.00 behind the tiger which is wearing Sambo’s shoes on his ears; Jumbo is mixing the pancake batter; Sambo is starting his walk into the forest with his new clothing. Each measures 7 3/8 x 9 3/4”. Rare. $850.00

49. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO IN THE BEARS’ DEN written and illustrated by FRANK VER BECK. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company (1930). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards and pictorial color paste-on, 60p. + ads, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped). Sambo has adventures with bears. Illustrated with marvelous color plates on every other page. A title (BAUM,L.FRANK) KABUMPO IN OZ in Altmeus’ Wee Books for Wee Folks 53. by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1922). 4to, blue-green cloth, slightest of shelf wear else FINE. series. $150.00 1st edition, earliest copy with Princess Dorothy on p. [299] and elephant on half-title. H-G XVI. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and 12 wonderful color plates by J.R. NEILL. A nice copy. $1250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 FABULOUS BAUM TO NEILL LETTER ON “OZCOT” STATIONARY 56. BAUM,L.FRANK. OZMA OF OZ. 54. BAUM,L.FRANK. LETTER. This is a fabulous 1 page typed letter signed Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, tan by Baum dated July 15, 1917, written to John R. Neill on the event of receiving pictorial cloth, 270p. + 1p. ads (front ads Neill’s artwork for the Lost Princess of Oz. The stationary has a wide pictorial list Land of Oz and John Dough, ads in border featuring the covers of Baum’s books. The text reads: “Dear Johnny rear list through Lost Princess). Slightest Neill: I’m just in receipt of “The Lost Princess of Oz” and want to express to you of occasional internal soil else Very Fine. my full appreciation of the good work you have done on this book. The pictures 1st ed. mixed state, front ad listing only are exceptionally clever and attractive and, allowing for the fact that you made John Dough and Land of Oz, 1 1/16” two peaches grow on a tree where there was only one, you have given the text thick, p. 135-6, 153-4, 221-2 integral, full consideration. I’m sorry not to have met you personally for so many recent but with plain endpapers and rear cover, years, as I remember our former foregatherings with real pleasure and think we no “O” in Ozma, p. [11], p. 221 not color, would harmonize if we were jailed together in the same cell. Why not come out secondary binding with lower case spine to California and see me? With sincere regards [signed] L. Frank Baum.” Baum imprint. Illustrated with many full page association letters with Oz content are exceedingly rare. $27,500.00 and smaller color illustrations (no color plates as issued) and with many full page b&w’s. A magnificent copy. (Hanff-Greene III.1&2). $850.00

57. BAUM,L.FRANK. WIZARD OF OZ.

Akron: Saalfield 1944. Small 4to, spiral

backed boards, Fine in chipped dust

wrapper. This is the wonderful animated

edition featuring 6 fine moveable plates

by JULIAN WEHR as well as many

color illus. throughout the text. Scarce

in dw. $400.00

BAUM SNUGGLE TALE

58. BAUM,L.FRANK. YELLOW HEN.

Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1916). Small

4to, pictorial boards, covers soiled and

some spine wear else VG. A Snuggle Tale,

illus. by JOHN R. NEILL with color frontis

and many full page and smaller b&w’s.

Rare. $750.00

MINT MAGIC OF OZ IN DUST WRAPPER 55. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1919). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper (small chip repaired at MINT IN DUST WRAPPER head of spine of dw else VG+). 1st state (no mention of Magic on list of ads), in 59. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE YELLOW KNIGHT OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. first state dw (rear flap blank). Illustrated with 12 fine color plates by JOHN R. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1930). 4to, brick red cloth, pictorial paste- on, MINT in dust NEILL. (Hanff/ Greene XIII). This is a magnificent copy of the 13th Oz title and wrapper (dw 1st state with both flaps listing this title last, very lightly frayed the next to last Oz book written by Baum, rare in the dust wrapper. $9500.00 and price clipped). First ed. 1st state with plates coated both sides and spine imprint in bold face (Hanff - Greene XXIV) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates plus many full page black and whites. This is a magnificent copy of the 24th Oz title. $2500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected]

IN PUBLISHERS BOX RAREST OZ BOOK 63. BEARS. BUNNY BEARSKIN by Guy Winfrey. Springfield: Milton Bradley 1 OF ONLY A FEW KNOWN COPIES (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, slight cover soil else fine in pictorial box (flaps 60. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. OZ TOY BOOK: CUT-OUTS FOR THE KIDDIES. strengthened, some soil on box). 1st ed. The whimsical tale of a bunny that dons Chic.: Reilly and Britton 1915. Oblong 11 1/4 x 8 1/4”. Pictorial cardboard cover, a bearskin and has many ensuing adventures. Wonderfully illustrated in color in green cloth spine, string tie. A few corners repaired, light normal cover soil typical twenties style by LOUISE TESSIN. $250.00 and wear and crease on cover, complete, unused and overall VG-Fine. Consisting of 16 pages with 54 Oz characters designed to be cut out and affixed to wooden stands for play. Directions for making the wooden stands are inside the front cover. Each leaf is printed on one side of the page and illustrated with bold bright colors. See 100 Years of Oz by John Fricke p.43 where he notes “The Oz Toy Book was drawn by the inimitable Neill as a promotion for the series. Baum, who had not been consulted about its publication, was unhappily astounded when he saw the work advertised in the 1915 Reilly & Britton catalogue. Today, few of the fragile Toy books survive intact or complete.” See also Oz Scrapbook by Greene and Martin p.41-3, 47. One of only a few known copies (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $27,500.00

INCREDIBLE COPY 61. BAUM,L.FRANK. LOST PRINCESS OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1917). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [313]p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER, (dw has a 1” oval scrape off top right with no loss of lettering and small narrow strip off the rear top edge otherwise clean and VG). 1st ed. 1st state with ads on verso of ownership leaf listing through this title (H-G XI). Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates and pictorial ep’s. Featuring the Frogman and others, this is a magnificent copy of the 11th Oz title, rare in the wrapper. $9500.00

#62 - book #62 - dust wrapper

TWINKLE TALE IN DUST WRAPPER 62. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. PRAIRIE-DOG TOWN by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1906). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 61p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw lightly soiled and chipped but VG). 1st ed. of this title in the Twinkle Tale Series. A wonderful fantasy written by Baum under his Bancroft pseudonym and illus. in color with 14 full page color illus. plus color pictorial title page and line illustrations by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT. A very scarce title, rare in the dust wrapper. $1750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 LOUIS MOE BEARS BOXED SCRIBNER 64. BEARS. FATTIG-PER med vers af Thorkil Barfod. Kobenhavn: Koppels no date, ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC circa 1930. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG++. This is a stunning Danish 69. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. picture book featuring 10 color plates plus line illustrations on each page by noted THE LITTLE PRINCESS by artist LOUIS MOE - all dealing with marvelous humanized BEARS. $250.00 Frances Hodgson Burnett. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1937 (1905). 4to (7 x 8 BEARS SEE ALSO 49, 157, 179, 192-3, 248, 332, 403, 471, 538 7/8”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, bookplate and owner name on endpaper else FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover. Illustrated by Betts with cover plate plus 9 beautiful color plates. This is a great copy, rare in the box. $300.00

RILEY/BETTS TITLE IN RARE DUST WRAPPER 70. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907). Large 4to (10 1/2 x 11 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (dw pieces off spine and off back panel). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper there are 8 magnificent color plates in rich colors plus there are lovely decorative borders and line illustrations on every page of text. This is an excellent copy of one of her best and most desired books, rare in the pictorial wrapper. $600.00 BEMELMANS “POODLE” TITLE 65. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. FIFI. NY: Simon & Schuster (1940). 4to, (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”) pictorial boards, slightest of edge and tip wear else near Fine in a VG+ #70 dust wrapper (2 chips out of spine, sl. corner wear). 1st ed. A rare Bemelmans dust title, this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample’s poodle that is kidnapped in #70 wrapper Africa by natives but is eventually reunited with its family. Simply told in verse book and marvelously illustrated in bright color on every page. This is a nice copy of a scarce Bemelmans first edition. $1200.00

66. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT. NY: Viking (March 1957). Folio (9 x 12 1/4”), red cloth, Fine in very slightly worn, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st trade edition. Wonderful color illustrations on every page depict the further adventures of Madeline. Nice copy. $600.00

BIANCO, PAMELA – 584 BICKNELL, W.H.W - 432

WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY BIRCH 71. (BIRCH,REGINALD)illus. RAINBOW IN THE SKY by collected and edited by Louis Untermeyer. NY: Harcourt Brace (1935). Small 4to, blue cloth, 498p., VG in custom cloth clamshell box. The book is a collection of 1000’s of nursery rhymes, poems and children’s songs arranged in categories. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and many charming b&w’s by Birch. THIS COPY HAS A FINE 3/4 PAGE WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY BIRCH. The wonderful image shows a boy being given a book by a witch, with two elves and a duck watching. Signed by Birch with a warm presentation, dated 1935. A super book. $2000.00

CBS COLOR TELEVISION TIE-IN 67. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. A TALE OF TWO GLIMPS. (NY: Columbia Broadcasting System) [1946]. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, slightest of spine wear else VG+. Published by CBS to promote color television, this is the story of the lives of two creatures called “glimps”, one of which has a color television and the other has only a black and white set (and guess whose life is better?). Illustrated in full color and b&w on every page. Laid in is a CBS card describing the book. $750.00

68. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. BABES IN TOYLAND by Glen MacDonough and Anna Alice Chapin. NY: Fox Duffield 1904 (Sept. 1904). 4to tan cloth, pictorial paste- on, some light cover soil and occasional finger soil, VG+. First edition. Illustrated by Betts with cover design, color pictorial endpapers, 7 beautiful color plates plus many black and white line illus. in text. The story is about the adventures of little Alan and Jane and their wicked Uncle Barnaby in Mother Goose Land. A charming fantasy with lovely illustrations. Scarce. $350.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected]

BIRDS – 206 #72

BIRNBAUM, URIEL - 285

ANTI SLAVERY RARITY 72. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) NEGRO’S COMPLAINT: A POEM. TO WHICH IS ADDED, PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS by William Cowper. London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1826. 12mo (4 1/4 x 7”), 15 leaves printed on one side only plus 3 leaves printed on both sides, later 1/2 leather and marbled boards lacking wrappers which is not uncommon (Cotsen and BL copies either lack wrappers or rebound). Beautiful gift inscription on title, near Fine. 1st edition for children of these seminal anti-slavery poems by Cowper. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf features an exceptionally fine half-page hand-colored engraving with text below. Cowper was one of the first to publicly condemn slavery. Because his work and views were known, Cowper reluctantly agreed to write a series of anti-slavery ballads. They first appeared in magazines in the late 1700’s and were also meant to be sung in the streets. “After writing five ballads including The Negro’s Complaint and Pity for Poor Africans, he wrote to Lady Hesketh ‘I shall now probably cease to sing of tortured Negroes - a theme which never pleased me, but which, in the hope of doing them some little service, I was not unwilling to handle’ “ (see The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by Davis p. 369). This illustrated edition is rare, especially so in such clean, unfoxed condition. See Darton G202, not in Osborne, Gumuchian or Oppenheimer. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $12,500.00

BLACK FAIRIES EARLY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY 75. BLACK INTEREST. (FAIRIES) LIZA JANE AND THE KINKIES written 73. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) and illustrated by Mary Phipps. NY: Sears (1929) 4to, cloth backed pictorial SORROWS OF YAMBA; OR THE NEGRO boards, slightest of edge rubbing, near fine in soiled and frayed dust wrapper. WOMAN’S LAMENT [TAKEN FROM THE Liza Jane’s Mammy works for the white folk in the Big House and Liza Jane CHEAP REPOSITORY] by [Hannah More]. becomes lonely. From out of nowhere appear little black “kewpie-ish” fairies Boston: Lincoln & Edmands 1819. 2 3/4 x 4 called Kinkies to be her friends. The text is in calligraphy and there are color 1/2”, 8p., wraps rubbed, paper toned, VG and illustrations throughout. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $650.00 complete. The horrors of slavery are vividly told in verse from the view of a woman 76. BLACK INTEREST. FRISKY’S slave. After her child dies aboard ship she JOURNEY IN THE AIR. no publisher, said: “Happy, happy, there she lies; / Thou printed in Holland circa 1960. Square shalt feel the lash no more;/ Thus full many small 4to, pictorial boards, VG. The story a Negro dies,/ Ere we reach the destin’d is about a little dog that wanted to travel shore.” The text is taken from Hannah to “Negro Country” via balloon. When he More’s moralistic Cheap Repository Tracts landed on a roof with a Black chimney sweep, written at the end of the 18th century. he assumed he had reached his destination. Illustrated with 3 cuts, one of a slave ship. Further adventures led him to fall down a This is such an ephemeral chapbook that it chimney and be mistaken for a “nigger- is amazing that it survived intact. Welch puppy”. A peculiar book illustrated in color 1240.4. $1250.00 by Michaelis. $125.00

AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK 77. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN,INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE GANG by 74. BLACK INTEREST. (BRAUNE,ANNA) HONEY CHILE by Anna Braune. NY: Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton (1939). 8vo, pictorial boards, VG+. Stated 1st printing. Doubleday Doran 1937 (1937). 4to, cloth, [153p.], fine in chipped dust wrapper. In this title Nicodemus’ new friends are introduced: Obadiah, Rastus, Clara Stated 1st ed. The story is about a little white girl named Jane who visits Belle and Little Sim. Illustrated with 2-color lithos by Hogan and featuring some her Uncle’s plantation in Alabama where she spends all of her time with the Black dialect throughout. $250.00 Black children. Illustrated with color and black & white lithos by the author and written with much dialect in text. $200.00 #75

78. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN,INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE HOUN’DOG by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton (1933). 8vo, pictorial boards, name inked out on endpaper else fine in frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing. Nicodemus and his sister find a dog and have adventures. Illustrated with color lithos by Hogan and featuring some Black dialect throughout. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 STRIKING SAMBO PICTURE BOOK 83. BLACK INTEREST. (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS) ZEHN KLEINE NEGERBUBEN. 79. BLACK INTEREST. SAMBO AND SUSANNA by May Byron. London: Mainz: Scholz. no date, circa 1930. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Blackie circa 1905. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers rubbed one head repaired and part of window missing, VG. Illustrated by B. BRAUN- some else VG+. Printed on frenchfold paper, each page of text faces a FOCK. A clever book, this features a die-cut head of a Black baby on top of each marvelous full page color illustration by ETHEL PARKINSON. The story is about page. As each page is turned, the heads decrease by one. A variation on the Ten stereotypically portrayed Black children whose relatives are so mean that they Little Indians counting rhyme. $400.00 run away together. Quite scarce and a great picture book. $650.00

RARE STUMP BOOK 80. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS by The Pilgrims (Montague St. Lo and Reginald Rigby). Chicago: M.A. Donohue, no date [1904]. Oblong 32mo (only 1 1/2” tall x 6” wide). Pictorial cloth, slight rubbing, near Fine with ivory clasp intact. This STUMP BOOK, illustrated by THE PILGRIMS 84. BLACK INTEREST. (TOBAGO) MOUSEKNEES by William White. NY: has marvelous full page color illustrations - one opposite each page of text. Random House (1939). 8vo, 144p., cloth, VG+ in frayed dust wrapper. This is the Printed on thick paper on one side of the page only, all pictures depict the story of a little boy with an inquiring mind, set in Tobago and illustrated by AVERY adventures described in this classic rhyme. This is an unusual format fit for JOHNSON with stylized almost art deco full page black & whites. $150.00 little hands and probably the rarest title in the series. $1200.00

BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 10, 40, 42-7, 49, 95, 194, 249, 255, 260-1, 271, 368, 373, 386, 546-7, 582

BLAKE, QUENTIN – 491

BLOCH, LUCIENNE – 476

BONNER, MARY GRAHAM – 428

BONTEMPS, ARNA - 95

BOUTET DE MONVEL 81. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. London: Juvenile DE LUXE ISSUE Productions, no date, circa 1935. Square 4to, pictorial wraps, [24]p. including 85. BOUTET DE MONVEL,M. JEANNE D’ARC. Paris: E. Plon Nourrit, 10 Rue covers, some cover Garanciere, no date [1896]. Oblong folio, (16 1/4 x 13 1/4”) 48 leaves plus extra soil owner name on limitation leaf, loose as issued in the original cloth folder. Folder soiled else fine. upper cover, VG. First edition, DELUXE ISSUE #37 (of an unlisted limitation of probably 200 Illustrated with 9 full copies). Each of the pages page color illustrations of the book were printed plus color covers and on Japon paper and then title page and 10 2- mounted on heavy, stiff color illustrations, all cream colored stock with depicting stereotypical a blind embossed border Black characters in this around each illustration. traditional counting Because the illustrations rhyme. (illus. signed are lithographs, the “EC”). $250.00 colors are much richer and truer to the original watercolors than those in the trade edition which was printed by photo offset. Considered the first modern picture book 82. BLACK INTEREST. TEN for children (Mahoney: LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. Illus. of Child. Books No place, (B.B. Ltd), no date p.132), the illustrations circa 1945. 4to, pictorial are masterpieces of wraps, Fine. Illustrated composition and detail by an unknown hand with that bring 15th century 5 fine full page color France to life. Bader illustrations and 5 half-page calls this work “simple and line illustrations plus color dramatic and majestic” cover. Also includes a few (p.4) and Ray: PML French other nursery rhymes with 3 Illus. Book #365 calls color plates. An interesting this “his outstanding edition. $250.00 achievement”. This is a landmark in children’s literature and very scarce in this special edition. $2500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] RARE BOUTET DE MONVEL TITLE 52 famous women from literature over the ages are represented in verse by 86. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M.)illus. XAVIERE by Ferdinand Fabre. Paris: Shakespeare, Poe, Austen, Byron, Tennyson, Milton, Hawthorne, etc. Illustrated Boussod, Valadon 1890. Large with 16 very beautiful tipped-in color plates in Brickdale’s best richly colored pre- 4to, printed wraps, upper Raphaelite style. Plates are protected with paper guards that are also illustrated. spine frayed and scattered This is an exceptionally nice copy of a lovely and lavish book. $800.00 foxing else VG. LIMITED TO AN UN-NUMBERED SERIES ON VELIN PAPER WITH MOUNTED PLATES PRINTED ON CHINE PAPER. 1st ed. of this scarce title, illustrated with 36 mounted gravure plates, mostly full page, that are striking in their depth and detail. The trade edition of this title has the illustrations printed directly on the paper where this version has them mounted with lettered guards. $850.00

BOXED LIBRARY – 108

WILL BRADLEY CHILDREN’S FANTASY 87. BRADLEY,WILL. WONDER BOX STORIES. NY: Century 1916 (Oct. 1916). 8vo, decorative cloth, 154p., some soil on rear cover, VG+. 1st edition. This fantasy / fairy tale is written by Bradley and wonderfully illustrated by him with many full and partial page illustrations throughout - very much in the style of Parrish. $700.00

90. BRIDGMAN,L.J. FARMER FOX AND OTHER RHYMES. Boston: Caldwell (1900, 1904). 4to, patterned cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine. Verse in the form of limericks accompany great color illustrations in the style of Denslow. “There was a pug dog they called Dennis / Who travelled as far as old Venice / And when they asked How / Do you like it? Bow wow! / Said the pug It’s too wet here for tennis!” A great turn of the last century picture book. $250.00

BRANDYWINE SCHOOL – 68-70, 100, 294, 389-91, 432-4, 449, 507-9, 511, 517, 556-7, 559, 583, 593-9 91. BROOKS,WALTER. COLLECTED POEMS OF FREDDY THE PIG. NY: Knopf (1953). 8vo, green pictorial cloth, inscription on endpaper else VG in frayed dust wrapper with a piece off upper left cover. Stated 1st edition. Poems are BRANSOM, PAUL – 242 BRAUN-FOCK, BEATRICE – 83, 169 accompanied by a profusion of illustrations by KURT WIESE. $350.00

LIMITED EDITION IN SLIP CASE 88. BRAZIL. LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE by Margarida Estrela Bandeira Duarte. NY: Grosset & Dun. (1940) Printed in Brazil. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in original burlap slip case. SPECIAL NUMBERED PRESENTATION COPY. This beautiful picture book is illustrated with bold and striking full page color lithos by PAULO WERNECK. It was selected by the publishers as a fine example of Brazilian children’s book, originally published in Brazil to familiarize native children with their heritage. $300.00

ONLY 100 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM 92. BROOKS,WALTER. FREDDY AND MR. CAMPHOR. NY: Knopf 1944 (1944). 89. (BRICKDALE,ELEANOR FORTESCUE)illus. GOLDEN BOOK OF FAMOUS 8vo, green cloth, cloth faded in spots else VG in frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st WOMEN. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1919]. Large thick 4to (9 x 11 edition. Illustrated by KURT WIESE. $375.00 1/2”), 200p., full vellum binding stamped in gold, top edge gilt, newer silk ties, a few fox spots on preliminary and final pages, a near Fine copy. First Edition, LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 “ARTHUR” ORIGINAL ART B. SEAL FEAST: The Red Cross Seal and the Traffic Carp enjoy a feast. It appears 93. (BROWN,MARC)illus. ORIGINAL ART: APRIL FOOL’S DAY. Offered as a half page illustration on p. 34 of the book (colored during printing). The image here is a great piece of original art by famed Arthur creator and illustrator Marc is oblong and measures 9 x 15¾” on board that measures 15 x 10”. $1500.00 Brown. The illustration itself measures approximately 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches and is composed of watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper. Arthur is depicted walking up the stairs, unable to eat because he is worried about his magic show the next day. 97. (CADY,HARRISON)illus. ANT VENTURES by Blanche Elizabeth Wade. His family is eating dinner in the foreground. The illustration is nicely matted Chicago: Rand McNally and framed. Sold together with a fine first edition of the book. $1250.00 (1924). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green cloth, pictorial paste- on, 246p., Fine condition. 1st ed. The story is about Young Anthony Ant who decides to leave Ant Manor because he doesn’t like to work. After many harrowing “antventures” he finds that home is not such a bad place after all. Illustrated by Cady with 5 vibrant full page color illustrations (including cover illus.) plus wonderful silhouette endpapers and many full page and in- text black and whites. $250.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS – 132, 185, 329, 335, 347, 369, 503, 531

CALDECOTT AWARD HONOR - 220

#96A

BROWNING, ROBERT - 184 BRULLER, JEAN - 328

WITH 20 COLOR PLATES BY HARRISON CADY 94. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE SPRING CLEANING: as told by Queen Crosspatch. NY: Century 1908 (1908). Large 12mo, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [101]p., near Fine. 1st edition. This is a fairy story, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 20 wonderful, fanciful color plates. Uniform with Rackety Packety House, this is a very scarce Burnett title with BAL 2109 unable to locate a copy in the original binding. Burnett see also 69, 543. $225.00

RARE BONTEMPS / BURTON BOOK 95. (BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE)illus. THE FAST SOONER HOUND by Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1942). Oblong 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly #96B worn dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing (breaking the HM rule requiring 1st to have date on title page). The story is about a traveling firefighter and his dog Sooner and is illustrated in color by Burton. Very scarce. $850.00

FABULOUS ART FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK 96. CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here are 2 large original finished pen and ink drawings signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The images are much larger than they appear in the book. Executed on artist board mounted in acid free matte. There is much charm and detail and this is one of Cady’s most popular books.

A. CAMEL ON PYRAMID: The image shows Raggedy Camel sliding down the side of a pyramid with natives. It appear as a full page illustration on p. [59] of the book, (colored in printing). Image measures 10 1/4” high x 7 3/4” wide on board 14 x 11 1/4” $1800.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] 98. (CAMERON, UNCOMMON EDITION OF “ALICE” KATHARINE)illus. WATER 101. CARROLL,LEWIS. BABIES by Charles Kingsley. (CLEMENTS) ALICE London: Jack no date, circa IN WONDERLAND and 1915. 4to, blue cloth, THROUGH THE LOOKING pictorial paste-on, top edge GLASS. London: Hutchinson gilt, 246p., some wear to & Co., no date, circa 1934. cover plate else near Fine. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), First edition. Illustrated pictorial boards, 91p, 100p., with 8 truly beautiful corners bumped else Fine mounted color plates by in dust wrapper (dw sl. Cameron, a Glasgow School frayed, a few closed tears artist and associate of but VG+). Illustrated by Jessie King and Charles M. L. Clements with 5 great Rennie Macintosh. $325.00 color plates and 22 black whites throughout the FANCIFUL ORIGINAL ART text. This edition is quite 99. CAMPBELL,LANG. ORIGINAL ART for comic strip. Lang Campbell is scarce. Not in Lovett, WMG the artist best known for drawing the Uncle Wiggily characters as well as for p. 247. $600.00 illustrating for Volland and doing his own books. Offered here is a fabulous 4 panel sequential pen and ink cartoon strip circa 1920. The image measures 12” BESSIE PEASE GUTMANN ILLUSTRATIONS wide by 3” high on high quality paper. Signed in the corner, it is in fine condition. 102. CARROLL,LEWIS. (GUTMANN) ALICE’S The strip features an adorable female mouse in a dress being asked to dance by ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. a humanized insect in a formal jacket. Each panel is remarkably detailed and this London: John Milne 1908. 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), is an altogether charming piece. $650.00 pictorial cloth, 164p., offset on endpapers else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. First British edition. Illus. by BESSIE PEASE GUTMANN with 10 lovely color plates plus pictorial borders on each page of text as well as several other line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. This is an increasingly scarce edition in remarkable condition, ALICE UNDER GROUND rarely found in the dust wrapper. $850.00 100. CARROLL,LEWIS. ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND. This is a copy of the rare PRIVATELY PRINTED COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE edition, printed in 1936 by Max Jaffe in Vienna for ELDRIDGE R. JOHNSON, Camden, N.J. 8vo, (4 7/8 x 7 1/2”), original limp green morocco, all edges gilt, neat owner 103. CARROLL,LEWIS. (HUDSON) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. name on free end paper. Except for spine toning and a bit of wear at front hinge, NY: Dodd Mead (1922). 4to this is in Fine condition in the original green board slip case, complete with the (8 x 10 1/4”), green gilt mounted sepia photograph of Alice at the end of the text and with an extra leaf pictorial cloth, 181p., corner laid-in that has an alternate ending to the story. Illustrated by Carroll. The repaired where 2 pages first 2 leaves are printed in color and initials are printed in red. Because there were opened roughly else is no publication information at all in the book, a bit of explanation is helpful. Fine. 1st American edition Dodgson’s “Alice” began as a hand written version for Alice Liddell which was with these illustrations. illustrated by Dodgson himself. It obviously evolved into book form and was Featuring 12 fine tissue- published in 1865, In 1885, Dodgson proposed the idea of issuing a facsimile of guarded color plates by this original manuscript. After much drama, it was published by Macmillan in 1886 GWYNNED HUDSON (with in an edition limited to 5000 copies. It consisted of the text in Dodgson’s hand illustrations on the tissue plus 37 illustrations, 14 full page. A mounted sepia photo of Alice Liddell appeared guards as well) plus pictorial on the final leaf. A.S.W. Rosenbach purchased the original manuscript at auction endpapers and a profusion in 1928 who then sold it to Eldridge R.Johnson (he was the co-creator of the of wonderful 2-color Victor Talking Machine Company which became the largest producers in America illustrations all throughout of phonographs and phonograph records). In 1936, Johnson decided to have a the text. This is one of the COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE EDITION PRIVATELY PRINTED for presentation to best illustrated editions of his friends. It is believed that only 50 copies were printed. This facsimile is of Alice. $750.00 the highest quality and reproduces in detail not only the binding but also the endpapers as well as the laid paper of the original. “It is not too extravagant to say that this production is as 104. CARROLL,LEWIS. (KIRK) THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. NY: near perfection as is possible Stokes no date [1905]. 8vo, (6x8.5”) grey pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, for a printed facsimile. It 247p., front hinge stiff else near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK has been said that if this with great pictorial cover in orange, yellow and black and with 12 very wonderful facsimile is put beside the color plates (also with b&w’s by John Tenniel). Lovett #205. $450.00 original, the only way that they may be distinguished is that the facsimile is in better condition”. (Selwyn Goodacre & Denis Crutch in “Jabberwocky”, 1978). Following Johnson’s death, the original manuscript was again offered for sale at auction and was again purchased by Rosenbach who arranged for it to be presented to the British nation. Not in Lovett or WMGC. Rare. $2350.00 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 MARIE LAURENCIN’S BLACK SUN PRESS “ALICE” VOLLAND TITLE 105. CARROLL,LEWIS. (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. 109. CARROLL INTEREST. Paris: Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong 4to, white wraps, 114p., covers and flyleaves NEW ADVENTURES OF lightly foxed else fine in original slip case and chemise (case scuffed and soiled ALICE written and some). LIMITED TO ONLY 350 COPIES FOR AMERICA PRINTED ON RIVES illustrated by JOHN RAE. PAPER. Illustrated by MARIE LAURENCIN with 6 magnificent color plates. Chicago: Volland (1917). 4to, Quite scarce. $4000.00 7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, a slight bit of cover fading else near fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Rae with pictorial endpapers plus 12 lovely color plates and many black & whites. This is a nice copy of an uncommon VOLLAND title and an interesting Alice item as well. $450.00

WALLYPUG BIRTHDAY BOOK 110. CARROLL INTEREST. WALLYPUG BIRTHDAY BOOK by G.E. Farrow. Lond.: Routledge 1904. 8vo, gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, some cover rubbing and age toning, VG and unused. This is a charming birthday book with 10 pages of text explaining the world of this “Alice in Wonderland” imitation. Illustrated by ALAN WRIGHT with 12 fanciful and wonderful color plates and with a profusion charming line illustrations on every page of text. Although this copy has the author signature page inserted, it has not been 106. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PAFLIN) ALICE’S signed. $275.00 ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND CARTOONS – 99, 168, 528, 530 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Racine: Whitman (1955). 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 7/8”), CATS – 4, 190, 194, 211, 218, 256, 421, 542, 560, 568-70 glazed pictorial boards with wrap-around WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR picture of Alice and the White Rabbit in the countryside, 284p., paper toning 111. (CHALMERS,MARY)illus. LETITIA else near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by RABBIT’S STRING SONG by Russell Roberta Paflin with blue and black or orange Hoban. NY: Coward McCann & Geoghegan and black illustrations throughout the (1973). Square 8vo (6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, text, as well as with pictorial endpapers. slight spotting on cover else Fine in dust Identical to Lovett 349a except 18 instead of 17 titles listed at the end of the wrapper. 1st edition. The text by Hoban book. $150.00 is a fantasy world of humanized animals. Illustrated with beautiful full page and smaller watercolor drawings. This copy UNCOMMON EDITION has a nearly FULL PAGER WATERCOLOR 107. CARROLL,LEWIS. (RILEY) ALICE’S SIGNED BY CHALMERS featuring all ADVENTURES IN of the characters in the book (on the WONDERLAND. London: copyright page) plus there is an additional Arthur Barron (1945). Small 8vo (5 x 7 3/8”), green cloth, smaller drawing on the opposite page. 159p., Fine in lightly soiled This is a special copy and a fine pairing of dust wrapper. 1st edition. Illustrated by Harry Riley talents. $475.00 with 1 double page color plate illustration, 1 other color plate, 5 full page pen and inks, 8 pen and inks #108 in text and pictorial title page. $450.00

“ALICE” IN “MY FAIRY TALE LIBRARY” 108. CARROLL,LEWIS. (ROBINSON) ALICE IN WONDERLAND [in] MY FAIRY TALE LIBRARY. NY: Sam’l Gabriel, no date, circa 1911. There are 8 books each measuring 7 1/4 x 8 1/2”, pictorial linen-like wraps housed in the publisher’s pictorial box (books fine condition, box with light wear and small mend). All of the books are illustrated by GORDON ROBINSON. Alice has five great full page full color illustrations (incl. cover) plus 6 half page 3-color illustrations, The other titles are: Cinderella, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Snow Drop, Sleeping Beauty and Mother Goose. This is a great edition of Alice and a nice boxed library. $375.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] KENDREW “JACK DANDY” CHAPBOOK LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK 116. CHAPBOOK. JACK DANDY’S DELIGHT OR THE HISTORY OF BIRDS WITH RED ETCHINGS AND BEASTS; IN PROSE 112. CHAPBOOK. AND VERSE. York: Kendrew, ABRIDGMENT OF THE no date, circa 1820. 16mo NEW TESTAMENT; OR (2 5/8 x 4”), yellow wraps, THE LIFE, MIRACLES 16p., Fine. Illustrated with AND DEATH OF OUR 13 woodcuts to accompany LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS text. “Handy spandy, Jacky CHRIST. Glasgow: Lumsden Dandy, Loves plum-cake ca 1815. 24mo, salmon and sugar candy, He bought wraps, 47p., top edge gilded some at the Grocer’s shop, and sl. spine wear else And pleas’d, away went fine. Featuring 8 full page hop, hop, hop.” Osborne illustrations containing 16 p.98. See Opie Collection very fine etchings printed in Treasures of Childhood red. Beautiful copy. Roscoe p.10 for others in the 32. $250.00 series. $175.00

CHAPBOOKS ALSO 73, 280 CHAPPELL, WARREN – 393 OPIE’S INSPIRATION - KENDREW SONG BOOK 113. CHAPBOOK. THE CHEERFUL WARBLER, or Juvenile Song Book. York: Kendrew CHAUCER, GEOFFREY – 132 CHINESE INTEREST - 574 no date, ca 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), yellow pictorial wraps, 16p., Fine. Songs and nursery rhymes are illustrated with 14 woodcuts. See Opie / Alderson: Treasures NASTS’S WONDERFUL McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS TITLE of Childhood p.9 where it is explained that it was Peter Opie’s purchase of this 117. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT). A VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS modest chapbook that sent him and Iona upon their collecting course. $200.00 (Inside title reads A Visit FROM St. Nicholas). NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no date circa 1875 (Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series). 4to (9 1/8 x 10 1/2”), yellow pictorial wraps, binding inconspicuously strengthened and Some cover soil else clean and VG+. Illustrated with 6 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with wonderfully detailed b&w’s on text pages by THOMAS NAST (printed on one side of paper only). A great version, extremely scarce. Marshall 73. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $850.00

LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK 114. CHAPBOOK. COTTAGE TALES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE; OR, THE AMUSING REPOSITORY FOR ALL GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, printed white wraps with square woodcut view of city, 32p., near FINE. Featuring 9 woodcuts to accompany 8 stories such as the Sly Child, The Untidy Girls, etc. Roscoe 59 mentions that several of the illustrations are after JOHN 118. CHRISTMAS. BEWICK. $350.00 (McLOUGHLIN) NELLIE’S CHRISTMAS EVE by KENDREW CHAPBOOK BY “TOM TRIP” Miss Fanny Wight. NY: 115. CHAPBOOK. THE HISTORY OF GILES GINGERBREAD, A LITTLE BOY McLoughlin Bros. 1908. WHO LIVED UPON LEARNING by Tom Trip. York: Kendrew no date, circa 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), gold paper wraps, [321]p., Fine. Illustrated with 12 some spine rubbing else nice woodcuts to accompany text about the virtues of reading. Osborne p.314 VG+. Each page is mounted notes that this text was probably originally by John Newbery but has also been on linen. This Christmas attributed to Oliver Goldsmith and Giles Jones. See Opie/Alderson: Treasures of story is told in verse in the Childhood p.10 (pictured), Osborne p.314. “Old Gingerbread, with wisdom sound, cadence of the Night Before Sells useful knowledge by the pound, And feeds the little folks, who’re good, At Christmas and is illustrated once with learning and with food. What say you, friends, Shall we go buy? Aye with full and partial page Aye! - Who’s first then, you or I? And away they ran for a book.” $300.00 chromolithographs. $275.00

119. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN) THREE CHRISTMAS BOXES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., circa 1880. 4to, pictorial wraps, sl. spine rubbing else fine. The story told in verse is about 3 brothers - Frank Best, Harry Good and Tommy Reckless - and what Santa does to teach Tommy a lesson. Illustrated with 6 fine full page chromolithographs. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 SARG’S MOVEABLE CLARKE’S PERRAULT NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 124. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. FAIRY TALES OF PERRAULT with intro by Thomas 120. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) Bodkin. NY: Dodge [1922]. 4to, (8x10 1/2”) blue gilt cloth, 160p., pictorial paste- NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement on, near fine and bright. First U.S. edition to feature Clarke’s illustrations. Moore as interpreted by Tony Sarg. Jay Illustrated by Clarke with 12 color plates, 12 b&w plates and numerous text illus. Pub: 1941. Folio, FINE IN ORIGINAL (See Bowe- Burns p.149,151). This is a particularly nice copy. $1200.00 PICTORIAL ENVELOPE (envelope worn on edges). This is another of Sarg’s clever moveable novelties. As a wheel is turned, the text of the poem is seen through 2 cut-out windows (one on each side) and the pictures change as seen through another cut-out window with shudder flaps that open and close. Each side is completely illustrated in color as is the large envelope. Very Scarce. $400.00

RARE 19TH CENTURY EDITION 121. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT) SANTA CLAUS; OR THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS NY: Wemple & Kronheim 1879. 4to, (9 x 10 3/4”), pictorial wraps, CLOTH BOOKS – 9, 10, 14, 268, 278, 353 COATSWORTH, ELIZ. - 211 spine repaired some soil and several margin mends, tight HAND-COLORED and VG. Printed on one side 125. COCK ROBIN. COCK ROBIN: A PRETTY PAINTED TOY FOR EITHER of the paper, there are 6 fine GIRL OR BOY. Lond.: Griffith and Farran circa 1845. 12mo, printed wraps, full page chromolithographs 16p., fine. Printed on one side of the page, each leaf has a fine hand-colored plus color cover and line illustration. Pages mounted on cloth. Cock Robin see also 189. $450.00 illustrations on every page of text. This is a rare version of this poem. Marshall 89. $875.00

“NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” SHAPED LIKE A STOCKING 122. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. (Chicago: David C. Cook), no date, owner inscribed 1892. Pictorial wraps (8 leaves plus covers) cut in the shape of a Christmas stocking 6” high, bound with original pink ribbon. Except for small mend on rear this is in VG+ condition. The text consists of Moore’s classic poem plus a few other poems with Christmas themes (one by LENSKI’S PINOCCHIO Phoebe Cary) with brown page decorations. 126. COLLODI,CARLO. (LENSKI) PINOCCHIO adapted by Allen Chaffee. NY: This is a charming and scarce little Random House (1946). 4to, pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else Fine in book. $425.00 slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition thus, illustrated by LOIS LENSKI with wonderful full page and smaller color lithos plus many black & whites throughout the text. (also color pictorial endpapers). Very scarce in the dw as a 1st. $275.00

CHRISTMAS IN STYLE OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO 123. CHRISTMAS. (WIENER WERKSTATTE) WEIHNACHT: vierzehn 127. COLLODI,CARLO. [PINOCCHIO] LA STORIA DI UN BURATTINO. farbige original steinzeich. Wien: Richter & Zollner 1922. 4to (9 3/4 x 10 3/4”), Offered here are all of the original issues of the Italian children’s magazine cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges rubbed, some finger soil, VG. This is GIORNALE PER I BAMBINI in which the story of Pinocchio first appeared an exceptionally stunning children’s Christmas book consisting of 14 original color in serialized form from 1881-1883. The magazines are 4to, pictorial wraps stone engravings printed on rectos only plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial with a few issues having some minor restoration otherwise cover designs. All of the art was done by a variety of student artists under generally in VG condition housed in a red cloth folder made from the direction of Franz Cisek in the style typical of Vienna in the 1920’s. See an original cloth cover of an old bound set of the magazines. Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #55. $950.00 As an adult, Collodi (born in 1836 Carlo Lorenzini began using the name Collodi in honor of his mother’s home town) was an avid spender and gambler who was always involved with writing for adults. It wasn’t until the late 1870’s that he turned to writing for children with an attempt to translate Perrault’s Mother Goose. This was followed in the 1870’s by a popular series of moralistic stories about a boy named Giannettino. When the Giornale Per I Bambini was conceived as Italy’s FIRST CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE, the first issue of July 7, 1881 contained the FIRST INSTALLMENT OF PINOCCHIO which was then called La Storia Di Un Burattino. It was immediately met with much enthusiasm, especially because it was the first Italian children’s story to veer away from pure moralism (although there was a moral to the story, the fantasy was the main appeal). Despite its popularity, Collodi reportedly had to be coaxed to continue it and this explains its intermittent appearance in installments over two years. It was renamed Le Avventure di Pinocchio in 1882 and the CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 5-8, 148, 157, 257, 327, 367, 411, 426, 460, 493, 518, final installment appeared in 1883. After this, the first edition in book form 527, 539-41, 583 was published in Florence in 1883. However, there are textual changes and illustrations in the magazine edition that did not appear in the book. A complete CINDERELLA – 253, 578 CIRCUS – 32, 177, 179, 213, 406, 484, 546 set of the magazine appearances of this beloved classic is rare. $25,000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] “FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING” 128. COLLODI,CARLO. WATERCOLORS BY CHRIS CONOVER PINOCCHIO. Philadelphia: 130. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING]. Lippincott. (1920). 4to, blue Offered here are two watercolors used in Conover’s Froggie Went A-Courting & tan cloth, 234p., Fine. published by Farrar Strauss Giroux in 1986. It is the story of a handsome First edition of the DELUXE humanized, seafaring frog’s wooing of Miss Mousie. An entire world of EDITION featuring 14 humanized creatures is created around this traditional song with text beautiful tipped in color retold by Conover. Reviewed by School Library Journal as a ‘tour de force. plates by MARIA KIRK ’. plus illustrations on A. CHASED INTO THE LAKE. This double-page illustration measures 15 text pages and pictorial 1/2” wide x 9 1/2”, signed. The scene shows all of the wedding party in the endpapers. This is a lovely water after being chased by Tom Cat. Froggie has saved the day by capturing version of this favorite the cat in a net. Found on pages 19-20. $2000.00 tale. $225.00

FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH BRADLEY MARTIN COPY 129. COLLODI,C.[ARLO]. STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. NY: Cassell 1892. 12mo, decorative cloth with design repeated on edges, 232p., cloth age toned as usual, name erased from endpaper, tiny stain on edge of title, small inner hinge mend else really a VG+ copy in marbled slip case, the Bradley Martin copy with Mildred Greenhill’s bookplate. 1st edition of Pinocchio in English, simultaneous with the British edition and bound in the U.S. from British sheets. A title in the Children’s Library. The story first appeared serially in a children’s magazine in Italy from July 7, 1881 to January 1883 and first published in book form in Italy in 1883. Charmingly illustrated by C. Mazzanti, the illustrator of the Italian 1883 edition. This Cassell imprint is hard to find. $9500.00

B. MISS MOUSIE DRESSES FOR WEDDING p. [9]]. This full page watercolor is used opposite the third page of verse in the book. It measures 7” wide x 9 1/4”, signed. Miss Mousie is looking at her reflection in the mirror. She’s wearing an elaborate wedding dress that is being altered by rabbits. Froggie sits behind a screen having some ice-cream. Absolutely beautiful. $1200.00

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True 1st appearance of Pinocchio

Conover has been illustrating children’s books since 1974. Her work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers so many modern children’s books.

COOKE, EDNA - 346 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 100 2 EARLY COONEY ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS 131. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. TWO WATER COLORS FROM “THE MAN WHO DIDN’T WASH HIS DISHES” by Phyllis Krasilovsky. (pub. by Doubleday IN THE STYLE OF ATTWELL in 1950). Offered here are 2 charming watercolors used in Krasilovsky’s first MINT COPY IN BOX book, purchased from Krasilovsky with her provenance on a slip of paper. The 134. (COWHAM,HILDA)illus. CURLY first image measures 5 1/2 x 8” on board 8 x 11 1/2”. A blank corner is restored, HEADS AND LONG LEGS. Lond: Raphael there is some crackling to the paper and old paper backing on the back. The Tuck no date [1914]. 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), image shows the man at his dining room table full of food with a cat in the cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial foreground. The second piece paste-on, AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. has an image size of 6 1/2 x Stories and verses by Eric Vredenberg and 5 1/4 on board 7 x 10 1/4”. others are illustrated by Cowham with 12 Penciled in the margin is wonderful, bright color plates plus black and “P.24 o p. 25”. There is some whites on nearly every page of text. Cowham crackling to the paper and old was one of the first women illustrators for paper backing on the back. Punch magazine with her style similar to Depicted is the old man next Mabel Lucy Attwell. This is an outstanding to his empty dish cupboard, copy. $1200.00 surrounded by stacks and stacks of unwashed dishes, pots and pans. The story is about a man who was GREAT BROWNIE ART 135. COX,PALMER. BROWNIE ORIGINAL ART. This is a great drawing too lazy to wash his dishes captioned in pencil “At the Zoo”. The image measures 5 1/2” wide x 4” high, and who eventually ran out signed and in Fine condition. Six Brownies are riding on an ostrich and three of eating implements; he other brownies give directions on the ground. Directions to the printer are in the then resorted to using the margin. There is incredible detail in the piece and the expressions of trepidation soap dish, ashtrays and that the Brownies show are charming. It is very similar to the illustration on p. flower pots! He solves his 101 of The Brownies Around the World who ride an ostrich in Arabia. $4250.00 problem and vows to never again put off washing the dishes. These are 2 great images from the book, both with much detail. Early Cooney and Krasilovsky’s first book. Sold with a clean ex-lib copy of the book. $1000.00 #131

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CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 132. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX adapted by Cooney from Chaucer. NY: Crowell (1958). 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. (correct issue price). Brightly illustrated in color by Cooney. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $400.00

LOVELY FAIRY DRAWINGS 133. CORY,FANNY. ORIGINAL ART: FAIRY DRAWINGS. Offered here are 3 beautiful finished, signed pen and ink drawings of fairies as described below. Each is captioned in pencil. There is some finger soil in margins else all are very good. Cory was a prolific illustrator from the turn of the 19th century until her retirement in 1956 at age 79. She illustrated Baum’s Master Key, a wonderful Mother Goose and a syndicated newspaper cartoon amongst many other works. Sold separately, priced per piece at $350.00

A. Wake Robin. 5 x 5” A male flower fairy with a walking stick. B. Quaker Fairies. 5.5 x 3”. A fairy girl with flowers in apron. C. Day Dream. 5.5 x 5.5”. A fairy girl with a ribbon. (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>)

COUNTING BOOKS – 81-3, 348 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 [email protected] PUBLISHED BY WALTER CRANE - LARGE PAPER COPY McLOUGHLIN 140. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. THE ART OF WALTER CRANE by P.G. Konody. 136. COX,PALMER. London: George Bell & Sons 1902. Folio (10 x 14”), blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover THE BROWNIE and spine, top edge gilt, [148]p., very slight cover soil else near fine. 1st edition. YEARBOOK. NY: LARGE PAPER COPY PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS. This is a critical McLoughlin Bros. analysis of Crane’s work published during Crane’s prime. Tracing it from his (1895). Folio, cloth earliest years, the text is divided into sections that include Art & Socialism, Art backed pictorial for the Nursery, Book Illustration, Walter Crane the painter and more. Illustrated boards, edges rubbed with pictorial design for the else VG+. Illustrated cover, endpaper design and with fabulous full title page design all done page chromos showing specifically for this book. the doings of the Featuring 24 color plates, Brownies in full 8 gravure plates and more color, and with line than 100 black and white in- illustrations on text text illustrations. There is pages. A nice copy. a helpful index plus lists of $500.00 Crane’s wallpaper designs, published books and more. This is an essential and RARE COX ADVERTISING very readable reference BOOKLET work on Crane, quite scarce 137. COX,PALMER. RHYME in such nice condition & REASON. (Clark’s Spool for the large paper Cotton) circa 1890’s. 3.25 edition. $950.00 x 4.75”, pictorial wraps, 12p. including covers, VG. Each page has a full page illustration of a different WITH ORIGINAL CRUIKSHANK DRAWING - INLAID BINDING scenario where Clark’s 141. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or myths and marvels thread is saving the day. by Thomas Ingoldsby. London: Richard Bentley & Son 1887. Thick 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 4 lines of text in verse 1/2”), 546p., the Carmine Edition. Finely bound in full black hard-grain morocco accompany the scenes where with seven characters from the book inlaid in multi-color leather (includes central royalty, natives, Indians and figure of a devil, a witch, a friar and others). Raised bands on spine withan more use Clark’s thread. additional 4 inlaid color pictures in the compartments (witch’s hat, candlestick, Rare. $250.00 urn, miter), decorative gilt dentelles, silk doublures and endpapers. Illustrated with 20 fine full page steel engravings and a few smaller woodcuts by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham to accompany the stories from all three series. Laid in is a FINE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK BY CRUIKSHANK showing an author seated at his desk with the menacing image of the devil looking at him in the window. $3500.00 CRANE PICTURE BOOK 138. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. CHATTERING JACK’S PICTURE BOOK. London: George Routledge & Sons, no date [1876]. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, slight spine rubbing else Fine. Containing 4 of Crane’s early toybooks bound with new cover design by Crane - Chattering Jack, How Jessie Was Lost, Grammar in Rhyme and Annie and Jack in London. Illustrated in color on every page in Crane’s early style including 32 full page illustrations printed on one side of the paper. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Rare and a great copy. $1500.00

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1 OF 20 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM 139. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. TRIPLETS. COMPRISING: BABY’S OPERA, BABY’S BOUQUET AND THE BABY’S OWN AESOP. Lond.: Routledge 1899. Sq. 4to, (12 1/2” wide x 12” high) original buckram, spine label, covers soiled, interior tight and Fine. NUMBER 17 OF ONLY 20 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN VELLUM, printed by Edmund Evans. Containing the three books by Crane printed in full color on vellum with wide margins. Crane wrote a new preface for this edition which also has new illustrations on the title and preface pages. Because the paper quality is so fine, the color reproductions are particularly beautiful. The book was most likely issued in this plain binding so that the owner would have his or her own custom (probably leather) binding done. Rare. $1500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)