Helen & Marc Younger Pg 43 [email protected] TOLMER HAND-COLORED HAND-COLORED WWI SONGS COUNTING TOY BOOK 309. HAND COLORED. LES 313. HAND COLORED. MUSIQUES DE LA GUERRE. UNCLE BUNCLE’S 1 2 Hymnes allies. Paris: Tolmer & 3. Lond.: Dean & Munday Cie. (1915). Square 4to (12x12”), (Threadneedle St), circa cloth backed pictorial boards, 1835. 4to, (6 3/8 x 8”), covers finger soiled with small pictorial wraps, VG+. Each crease else tight and VG+. The page of text in a charming text contains Allied anthems primitive large type face with muscial notation from has a poem incorporating France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, numbers from 1 to twenty. England, Japan and Serbia. Illustrated with 6 fine full Illustrated by PAUL THEVANET page hand-colored cuts. A with 14 mounted hand-colored title in Dean’s Uncle Buncles illustrations that are rich and Series of toy books, very vivid plus several black and whites. scarce. $1200.00 $875.00 HAND-COLORED NAUGHTY CHILDREN TOY BOOK MATH - AUNT AFFABLE TOY BOOK 314. HAND COLORED. UNCLE BUNCLE’S YOUNG FRIENDS. Lond.: Dean & 310. HAND COLORED. THE NUMBER CASTLE OR THE FOUR GREAT Munday (Threadneedle St), circa 1835-40. 4to, (6 3/8 x 8”), pictorial wraps, GIANTS. London: Ward & Lock, no date, circa 1850. 4to (6 3/4 x 9 1/2”), VG+. Each page of text in a large type face has a poem about children with pictorial wraps, Printed on one various bad traits and the side of the paper there are consequences they bring: hand-colored illustrations vanity, self-will, impatience on every page to accompany and rudeness. There are a fantasy narrative designed also poems about the virtues to teach simple math. King of having good traits: Arithmatic lived in Number prudence, politeness and Castle. He hired the four industry. Illustrated with great giants named Addition, 6 fine full page hand-colored Subtraction, Division and cuts. “ Martha is vain, and Multipication to teach his thinks of naught / But finery, servants called Numbers. dress, and show./ And is I When some apples went think the greatest dunce / missing everyone went off I ever chanced to know. A to catch the thieves with title in Dean’s Uncle Buncles a math lesson cleverly Series of toy books, very woven into the narrative. scarce. $1200.00 Definitely a far cry from the dull and boring books of previous generations. HAND COLORED SEE ALSO 14, 15, 31, 115, 189, 238, 284, 285, 299, 324, $800.00 329-330, 335, 397, 417-418, 484

HAGUE, MICHAEL – 298 HALE, KATHLEEN - 307 AUNT MAVOR TOY BOOK - EDMUND EVANS MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME HANKIES 315. HANKY BOOK. (MOTHER GOOSE) HAPPY HANKY ANIMAL LAND. no 311. HAND COLORED. OLD WOMAN place: Julian Cohn, no date circa AND HER PIG. London: George 1945. 4to, pict. wraps, Fine in original box (plain). Opening Routledge no date [1858]. 4to (7 x from the center, each side has 9 3/4”), pictorial wraps, slight spine 4 fold-out panorama panels with different nursery rhyme wear, VG+. Printed by Edmund Evans characters. 6 of the panels have on one side of the paper there are REAL HANKIES inserted into 4 full page and 1 double page hand- slots (Three pigs, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Three Bears, Big Bad Wolf colored illustrations - all very fine. etc. Charmingly illustrated in full An Aunt Mavor Toy Book, notable color. $275.00

for being the first title in the series HARBOUR, JENNIE - 263 to have a double-page color spread and the first to have its own picture INSCRIBED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS 316. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND on the cover. See Masaki: History SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1902 (1895). 8vo, red cloth stamped in gold and of Victorian Popular Picture Books black, 265p. + ads, slight stain to lower spine else VG. In 1895, Appleton issued a New & Revised edition. This p.408. $750.00 edition is newly illustrated with 112 illustrations by A.B. FROST (the 1st edition ARABS - GRANDMAMMA EASY is illustrated by Frederick HAND-COLORED DEAN TOY BOOK Church and James Moser). 312. HAND COLORED. PRETTY Harris wrote a preface STORIES ABOUT THE CAMEL. Lond.: for this edition, dedicated Dean & Co. (Threadneedle St), circa 1845. to Frost. THIS COPY IS 4to, (6 3/4 x 9 1/2”), pictorial wraps, VG+. INSCRIBED BY HARRIS Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf on the verso of the frontis, has text about the camel. Illustrated and IT IS ALSO SIGNED with fine full page hand-colored frontis AGAIN BY HARRIS at the plus large half-page colored cuts on end of the preface where he every page. The text includes much has crossed out his printed information on Bedouin / Arab life name. Harris inscriptions and the use of camels for transport. are not common. $2500.00 A title in Dean’s Grandmamma Easy series. $675.00 914.764.7410 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 FABULOUS HAWAII – 127 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - 491 ILLUSTRATIONS BY BULL & ROUNTREE 317. HARRIS,JOEL HEARN’S CREPE PAPER FAIRY TALES CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. Lond: Raithby, 321. HEARN,LAFCADIO. JAPANESE FAIRY Lawrence nd (originally TALE SERIES rendered into English by Hearn. Nelson 1908) ca 1915. Folio, cloth, [111]p., one There are 5 volumes of Japanese fairy tales, each inconspicuous mend else VG+ in dust wrapper with bound with silk ties and printed on crepe paper, mounted color plate. and all published in Tokyo by Hasegawa from 1898 Fabulously illustrated by HARRY ROWNTREE with - 1922. They are all housed in a custom 1/2 leather 12 vibrant, action packed box. The set is in fine condition with delicate silk color plates and by RENE BULL with 84 large pen and ties intact. Each of the 5 volumes is hand-colored inks. A super edition of this with beautiful woodblock illustrations. Included classic. $900.00 are the following titles (all large paper copies): 318. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. The Boy Who Drew Cats; The Goblin Spider; The MINGO AND OTHER Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling; The Fountain SKETCHES IN BLACK AND of Youth and Chin Chin Kobakama. Although not WHITE. Bost.: James R. Osgood first issues, they are a beautiful set of Hearn’s and Co. 1884. Blue cloth stamped in black and gold, spine ends titles which are especially desirable. See BAL sl. worn, spine dulled and some v. 4 p.75 and #’s 7930, 7932. 7937, 7939, cover soil else VG. 1st ed. of 7975. $2000.00 Harris’ third book. Four stories written with much dialect. A nice copy, very scarce. BAL 7112. $300.00

319. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS AND THE LITTLE

BOY. Bost: Small May. (1910). 4to yellow cloth, pict. paste-on, some cover rubbing and soil, VG. 1st ed. Illustrated by J.M. CONDE with 8 fabulous color plates plus over 30 full page b&w’s. Written NOAH’S ARK BY HELLE in dialect throughout, this is a nice 322. HELLE,ANDRE. L’ARCHE DE NOE. Paris: edition. $200.00 Garnier Freres (1926). Large 4to, (9 1/2 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, small mark on 1 page else HARRIS, JOHN (PUBLISHER) 285 Fine. A fabulous Art Deco illustrated on every page by Helle with 320. HARRISON,FLORENCE. MAN IN THE MOON. London: Blackie stylized designs of animals, [1918]. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), cloth backed boards, color pictorial paste-on, some and other objects related soil on boards else tight and VG+. 5 poems written by Harrison are presented to them. Each animal has surrounded by detailed line illustrations. Featuring 12 beautiful color plates, a color illustrations and pictorial endpapers and other lovely text illustrations with elves, fairies and black and whites are on text richly colored scenes. A beautiful an uncommon Harrison title. $800.00 pages. See Mahoney et al p. 148 “Notable Foreign Picture Books”. $1200.00

323. HELLE,ANDRE. LE TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 PAGES. Paris: J. Ferenczi et Fils (1927). 4to, (9 x 10 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else near Fine. Written by Helle with a preface by noted French author Gaston Cherau. Around the World in 80 Days via Helle’s art deco designs begins in Japan and ends in a little boy’s bed as he wakes up from his dream trip. Every page has color illustrations of places and things typical of the country visited. Nice one! $775.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 45 [email protected] RARE HELLE TITLE RARE NAUGHTY CHILDREN BOOK 324. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. IN DUSTWRAPPER 72 IMAGES ROUGES 328. [HOFFMAN,HEINRICH]. JAUNES BLEUES ORANGE NAUGHTY CHILDREN by Robert VIOLETTE VERTES A Overton. Lond & NY: Hagelberg, nd COLORIER with explanation ca 1890. Oblong 5x4”, stiff pict. by G.M.. Paris: Librarie wraps, fine in dw! A book of rhymes Larousse, no date, circa about naughty children including The 1920. Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 9 Boy Who Knocked Himself Down and 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial another being a version of the Inky boards, Fine. There are 12 Boys. Not In Ruhle. Rare, particularly full page illustrations, each in dw. $650.00 with 6 pictures colored by hand in one color (red, yellow, 1858 HAND-COLORED STRUWWELPETER IN ENGLISH blue, orange, violet and 329. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER OF PRETTY green). Each colored page STORIES AND FANCY faces a page with the same PICTURES [by William illustrations in line designed Newman]. London: Dean to be colored by the child. & Son (1858 code on back The images are charming cover). 4to (7 1/8 x 9 1/4”), and it is compeletely pictorial wraps, expert unused. A rare Helle spine repair, VG+. Printed title. $1200.00 on one side of the paper, each leaf has a hand-colored 325. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. engraving and rhyme about LES HISTOIRES DE naughty children. Includes PATACHOU par Tristan The Boy Who Cried Upon Dereme. Paris: Emile- Paul All Occasions, The Girl (1932). Large 4To (10 X Who Inked Herself and Her 13”), cloth backed pictorial Books and Throwing Stones. boards, slightest of cover This is a rare title, part of rubbing else VG-Fine. A Dean’s Sixpenny Colored charming French picture Picture Book Series. Ruhle book, illustrated by ANDRE 281a. (SEE ALSO REAR HELLE with art deco style COVER) $1200.00 color illustrations on every page. THIS COPY HAS A IN THE MANNER OF STRUWWELPETER LENGTHY INSCRIPTION 330. HOFFMANN,HEINRICH. BASTIAN DER FAULPELZ. Eine Bildergeschichte FROM THE AUTHOR ON fur kinder verzeichnet und gereimt von dem Versasser des “Struwwelpeter” Dr. THE HALF-TITLE DATED Heinrich Hoffmann. Frankfurt a/M (am Main. Litterarische Anstalt (Rutten und 1932. This is a great Loning), circa 1860 (date on gravestone in back of book 1854). 4to, hand colored copy of a scarce Helle pictorial boards, some wear to spine paper, generally VG+. 24 leaves printed on title. $1250.00 rectos only. The story tells of a naughty boy who won’t go to school and what happens to him in the end. Each page has a fine hand-colored illustration. Early WITH LETTER FROM HENRY and rare Struwwelpeter type book. Rhule 456, possibly 2nd ed.? $1200.00 326. HENRY,MARGUERITE. SEA STAR. Chic: Rand McNally (1949A). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), pictorial cloth, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. with “A” code. The story of an orphan colt of Chincoteague includes familiar characters from Misty of Chincoteague. Beautifully illustrated in full color and b&w by WESLEY DENNIS. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER TO A FAN SIGNED BY HENRY, DONE ON HER STATIONERY ILLUSTRATED WITH HORSES ON THE TOP. The letters refers to King of the Wind and notes that: “Wesley Dennis designed this stationery for me and I thought you might be interested in knowing about the horses “ and she then identifies RARE McLOUGHLIN NAUGHTY CHILDREN each of the 6 horses at 331. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. FREAKS AND FROLICS OF LITTLE the top of her stationery. GIRLS AND BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros.1887. Folio, cloth backed pictorial This is a special Henry boards, paper worn at inner hinge and edges rubbed else tight and VG++. A item. $275.00 book of verses about various nasty little children (Naughty May, Foolish Fanny, Lazy Sam, Whining Willie) every page is brightly illustrated with wonderful chromolithographs. This is an unusual format for McLoughlin books and a rare 327. HOBAN,RUSSELL. THE LITTLE title. $1500.00 BRUTE FAMILY. NY: Macmillan (1966). HOFFMANN, H. SEE ALSO 144, 314 12mo, pict. cloth, Fine in lightly soiled HOGAN, INEZ - 125 sl. worn dw., Stated 1st ed. of this rare RARE BOXED VOLLAND little Hoban collaboration The first story 332. HOLLING,HOLLING C. CHOO-ME- about this family. Beautifully written by SHOO by Holling Holling. Minn.: Volland - Buzza (1928 6th printing). Square 8vo, Hoban and illustrated in color by his wife cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in PUBLISHER’S BOX. An Eskimo story, Lillian. $450.00 illustrated by Lucille Holling with bright and beautiful color illustrations. Great copy. $325.00 914.764.7410 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92

CALDECOTT HONOR RARE MAUD HUMPHREY CALENDAR 333. HOLLING,HOLLING C. PADDLE TO THE 338. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. SEA. Bost:HM 1941 (1941). CALENDAR FOR 1893. This is a 4to, cloth, tiny edge stain on a few pages else VG in calendar published by Stokes in 1892. slightly worn dw. 1st ed. It consists of 6 leaves 9 x 11”, printed Great Lake Indian voyage, on heavy, quality stock, with ribbon tie beautifully illustrated in color. Caldecott on top - in fine condition. The calendar Honor. $450.00 features 6 of the most magnificent, large chromolithographs by Humphrey depicting HORSES – 140, 326 elaborately dresses women. Rare and really beautiful. $750.00

334. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. NY: McLoughlin MAUD HUMPRHEY Bros. nd ca 1875. Oblong FAIRY TALES 4to, pictorial wraps, 2 339. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. minor mends else near Fine. Illustrated with 6 very fine FAVORITE FAIRY TALES chromolithographed plates WITH NEW PICTURES. NY:

on black backgrounds and Stokes 1892. 4to, cloth backed with text printed on one side pict. bds, corners and edges of paper. A nice copy and an worn else VG. 12 abridged fairy example of McLoughlin at its tales including Cinderella; Beauty best. $400.00 and the Beast; Snow White,

Three Bears, Aladdin, Ugly TOY BOOK Duckling and others. Featuring 335. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. NY: Sheldon & Co. pictorial title page, color frontis nd ca 1870. 5 1/4 x 6 3/4”, and 12 pastel color illus. in- pict. wraps, some rear cover soil, VG. Illus. with 10 nicely text. $600.00 executed color illustrations (plus cover) to accompany this most famous nursery HUNTING – 64 INDIA -33, 128, 503 rhyme. An attractive 340. INDIANS. (DEMING) edition. $200.00 INDIANS IN WINTER CAMP by Therese Deming. Chicago: Laidlaw (19316). HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ALSO 545 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2”), pictorial cloth, 126p., fine. A title in TED HUGHES CHILDREN’S BOOK the Deming’s Indian Life 336. HUGHES,TED. MEET MY FOLKS. Series designed for school Lond.: Faber & Faber (1961). 8vo, pictorial children. Printed in a large boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper with price font in blue and illustrated intact. 1st ed. Humorous poems by Hughes, by Edwin Deming with 14 full artfully illustrated with full page b&w’s page and 76 partial page color by George Adamson. Hughes’ third book illustrations. A beautiful and his first children’s book. A beautiful copy. $225.00 copy. $475.00

MAUD HUMPHREY’S MOTHER GOOSE 337. HUMPHREY,MAUD. MAUD HUMPHREY’S MOTHER INDIANS SEE ALSO 217, 333 GOOSE. NY:Stokes 1891. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and corners ORIGINAL CRUIKSHANK DRAWING - INLAID BINDING rubbed, hinges neatly 341. INGOLDSBY,THOMAS. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or myths and marvels. strengthened, VG, tight and London: Richard Bentley & Son 1887. Thick 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”), 546p., the clean. First edition. Each Carmine Edition. Finely bound in full black hard-grain morocco with with seven page is printed on one side characters from the book inlaid in multi-color leather (includes central figure of only, on heavy paper. In a devil, a witch, a friar and others). Raised bands on spine with an additional 4 all there are 24 full page inlaid color pictures in the compartments (witch’s hat, candlestick, urn, miter), color illustrations (including decorative gilt dentelles, silk doublures and endpapers. Illustrated with 20 fine pictorial title) with nursery full page steel engravings and a few smaller woodcuts by Cruikshank, Leech and rhymes in calligraphic script. Barham to accompany the stories from all three series. Laid in is a a FINE A scarce and lovely book ORIGINAL PEN AND INK BY CRUIKSHANK showing an author seated at his by one of America’s first desk with the menacing image of the devil looking at him in the window. Thomas popular women artists (and Ingoldsby see also 277. $3500.00 Humphrey Bogart’s mother as SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>> well). $900.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 47 [email protected] INSECTS–73, 153 IRISH – 492 ITALIAN – 18, 127, 190-4, 270 BIRNBAUM’S CHAD GADYA (A KID, A KID) 345. JEWISH INTEREST. CHAD GADJO zeichnungen con Menachem 342. JACK,MARIAN. BULGY BILLY: a nonsense book. Phil: Jacobs (1920). 8vo, Birnbaum. Berlin: Welt Verlag, 1920. Folio (9 x 11 1/2”), bound in original cloth, pict, paste-on, VG. A nonsense story about hefty Bulgy Billy’s search for vellum boards with the black ties replaced. Except for light soil and toning to the apple of beauty for plump Milllicent Mimwag. Illustrated with 8 wonderful the boards, this is a clean VG-Fine copy. First edition. This famous Passover color plates plus b&w’s. $125.00 song of Chad Gadya that is sung at the end of the Seder is illustrated by Jewish/Austrian artist Menachem Birnbaum and adapted by his younger brother Uriel. There is a color illustration on the cover followed by pictorial endpapers within a blue and yelllow border. The twin title pages are set within the same border and are followed by the text of the song printed in both Hebrew and German. Each page of text (10 pages) faces a striking full page color woodblock illustration, printed on vellum-like parchment. The final images of the Angel of Death foretold the horror of of the Holocaust. Menachem and Uriel Birnbaum were sons of the Jewish philosopher Nathan Birnbaum. Menachem died in Auschwitz in 1944 but Uriel lived until 1956. This is a nice copy of a rare Jewich children’s book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $3500.00

343. JANSSON,TOVE. THE BOOK ABOUT MOOMIN, MYMBLE AND LITTLE MY. London: Ernest Benn, (1953). 4to (8 1/4 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn else VG+. 1st English language edition of this charming Finnish children’s book, with holes and cut-outs on each page that are incorporated into the story. Bold color illustrations throughout accompanied by text in script make this an outstanding picture book. Mahoney and Hurlimann both comment on its originality and appeal. $675.00 JEWISH WWII UNDERGROUND PRESS 346. JEWISH INTEREST. KOM BINNEN (COME IN) in het huis van El FAIRY TALES ON RICE PAPER Pintor. Amsterdam: Uitgave Variete no date [1943]. Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 9 344. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES 4 BOOK SET. 1/2”), pictorial boards, near fine. Illustrated with 5 stylized and striking full Offered here are 4 volumes of Japanese fairy tales by Iwaya Sazanami (the page color lithographs by the underground Jewish artists group called El Pintor. Grimm of Japan). Published in Tokyo by Hokuseido (1938). Printed on rice paper, Desciples of the Nieuwe Kunstschool created in the 1930’s by Paul Citroen along they measure 4 5/8 x 6 1/4”, string bound in near fine condition. Each book has Bauhaus ideals, El Pintor was known for their innovative children’s books and a beautiful double-page fold-out color illustration, color woodblock endpapers games from 1941-1943. Most of the members were Jewish, the Director Jaap plus several full and half-page delicate black and whites. Titles include: Mirror (Jacob) Kloots died in the Sobibor concentration camp. $500.00 of Matsuyama, Tongue-Cut Sparrow, Old Man With the Wen and Hidesato of the Rice Bale. All 4 books for ... $500.00

STRIKING LINOLEUM BLOCK HEBREW PICTURE BOOK 347. JEWISH INTEREST. YELEDIM V’HAGIM B’ISRAEL (CHILDREN AND HOLIDAYS OF ISRAEL) with songs by Avigdor Hamidi. (Tel Aviv: Sinai) no date, circa 1955. 4to (9 x 9 1/2”), pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else Fine. #341 A book of songs for Jewish holidays, each page of text faces a stunning full page color linoleum block print by Miriam Bartov. Done with little fuss and much graphic style. $600.00

JEWISH INTEREST SEE ALSO 32, 59, 278, 301 914.764.7410 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 THE RARE SECOND HAROLD BOOK FAIRY TALLES BY 348. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD’S FAIRY TALE. NY: Harper Bros. WILLIAM DONAHEY’S 1956. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in fine dust wrapper with price WIFE intact. 1st ed. of the second Harold book with a witch, a flying carpet and a good 353. (KAY,GERTRUDE)illus. fairy. Rare. $1500.00 DOWN SPIDER WEB LANE by Mary Donahey. NY: Barse & Hopkins (1909 Stern). 4to, 7 1/2 x 10”, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 130p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw piece off spine end). Charming fairy stories by William Donahey’s wife, illustrated by Kay with 6 lovely color plates plus beautiful line illustrations on almost every page. Kay see also 575 $250.00

NEWBERY AWARD WITH LETTER FROM KELLY 354. KELLY,ERIC. TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW. NY: Macmillan 1928 (1928). 8vo, cloth, slight rubbing, VG+. 1st ed. Set in 15th century Krakow and illustrated by native Polish artist Angela Pruszynska with color frontis and many b&w’s. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY KELLY PLUS A 349. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. WE WONDER WHAT WILL WALTER BE? SIGNED PHOTO OF HIM WHEN HE GROWS UP. NY: Holt, Rine., Winston (1964). 4to, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2”, AS WELL. Written to a fan, pictorial cloth, fine in VG dust wrapper slightly faded on top edge. Stated 1st the letter reads in part: I ed, durable binding. Walter consults members of the animal kingdom to help him wrote the Trumpeter of decide what to be when he grows up. Each page has 6 lines of text beneath a Krakow while I was teaching large color illustration. Beautiful copy, quite scarce. $450.00 in the University of Krakow in 1925-26 ... The University SIGNED CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER is very old and I found in its 350. (JONES,ELIZABETH ORTON)illus. PRAYER FOR A CHILD by Rachel Field. records the stories of magic NY:Macmillan 1944 (1944). 8vo, cloth, fine in dust wrapper with fade area where seal and alchemy that went on was removed . 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER - SIGNED BY JONES. Illus. there in the Middle Ages, with beautiful full page color illus. and pictorial initials by Jones. $350.00 and I also found the old oath which the Trumpeters took.” Signed material by Kelly is rare. $350.00

KEMBLE, E.W. – 316 KENNEDY, A.E. - 176

355. KENT,ROCKWELL. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. NY: American Artists Group (1941). 12mo, decorative boards, Fine in dust wrapper. Illus. with many lovely woodcuts by Kent, most taken from Wilderness. $125.00

SIGNED CALDECOTT HONOR 351. JUSTER,NORTON. HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. NY: Hyperion Books/ Michael de Capua 2005. Large 4to, (10 1/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial boards, As new in dust wrapper. Stated first edition. A picture book by the author ofthe Phantom Tollbooth, with great color illustrations by Chris Raschka. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY JUSTER AND RASCHKA. CALDECOTT HONOR. $200.00

352. KASTNER,ERICH. EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES translated and with a KEPES, JULIET – 34 KINGSLEY, CHARLES – 598 KIRK, MARIA - 149 3 page introduction by . NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1930 (1930). 8vo SCARCE NEWBERY AWARD WINNER (6 1/4 x 8 1/4”), yellow cloth, 224p., fine 356. KRUMGOLD,JOSEPH. ONION JOHN. NY: Thomas Crowell (1959). 8vo, in dust wrapper (dw soiled). Stated 1st cloth, fine in frayed dw. Stated First Printing. The story of a boy’s friendship ed. in English of Kastner’s first children’s with the eccentric Onion John who ate onions the way other people ate apples. book. Illustrated by WALTER TRIER with Illus. in line by Symeon Shimin. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $250.00 18 full page line drawings, some on a yellow LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE - 500 background. Very well known in Europe, Kastner’s book gained popularity in LANG LIMITED EDITION SCOTTISH FAIRY TALE America when Disney made the book into 357. LANG,ANDREW. THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE. Bristol & Lond:Arrowsmith a movie. First editions in dust wrapper are & Simpkin, Marshall, nd ca 1880. 4to, 1/2 parchment paper, brown gilt cloth, top edge gilt. General cover soil and offsetting on blank endpaper else tight and rare. $1250.00 internally fine. NUMBER 41 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION (150 ?), LARGE Helen & Marc Younger Pg 49 [email protected] PAPER COPY. Dedicated to UNICORNS! Jeanie Lang in Australia (the 362. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE COLT FROM MOON MOUNTAIN. NY: dedication ends “are there Macmillan 1941 (1941). 8vo, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story Fairies as well as Bunyips in of a unicorn and the little girl who befriended it. Wondrously illustrated with Australia?”). A fairy story detailed full and partial page illustrations. Very scarce. $400.00 set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. Illustrated with 15 beautiful chromolithographs (frontis by T. SCOTT, other by E.A. LEMANN) and printed on handmade paper. An enchanting story with occasional Scottish dialect. $600.00

GREEN FAIRY BOOK 358. LANG,ANDREW. GREEN FAIRY BOOK.

Lond: Longman’s 1892. 8vo, INSCRIBED green gilt cloth, all edges 363. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE LITTLE WHITE GOAT. NY:Mac. 1933 (1933). Oblong 4to, cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. Written by Lathrop and gilt, half title foxed and illus. by her with color frontis plus 15 full page beautiful b&w’s. One of her most occasional finger soil, VG+. desired books. THIS COPY HAS A 5 LINE INSCRIPTION BY LATHROP DATED 1933. This is a beautiful copy of a special book. $600.00 1st ed. Illustrated by H.J. FORD with 13 plates plus 88 NEWBERY AWARD WINNER WITH LETTER FROM AUTHOR E. GRAY text illustrations. A nice 364. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. ADAM OF THE ROAD by Elizabeth Janet Gray. NY: Viking 1942 (1942). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/4”), cloth, owner name on endpaper, Fine copy. $700.00 in dust wrapper (dw has award seal and is rubbed at joints. 1st ed. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. A story 359. LANG,ANDREW. THE set in 13th century England, OLIVE FAIRY BOOK. Lond: illustrated with Lawson’s wonderful black and whites Longmans 1907. 8vo, green throughout. LAID IN IS cloth, 226p., elaborate gilt A HANDWRITTEN POST cover, all edges gilt, rear CARD FROM THE AUTHOR ELIZABETH GRAY to a fan, hinge neatly strengthened reading in part: “Thank you else VG-Fine. First ed. for your nice letter. I am so Illustrated by H.J. FORD glad you enjoyed Adam of the Road.” She later mentions “ with 8 color plates plus ... I taught the Crown Prince many full page and in-text of Japan from 1946 to black and whites as well 1950” referring to the fact that she tutored Emperor as pictorial endpapers. A Akihito in English while nice copy of the 10th fairy he was the Crown Prince. book. $650.00 Gray’s signature is quite rare, making this a special copy. $450.00 360. LANG,ANDREW. THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK. 365. (LAWSON,ROBERT) illus. GREYLOCK AND THE ROBINS by Tom Lond: Longmans, 1906. 8vo, Robinson. NY: Viking 1946 (Aug. 1946). 4to, (7 7/8 x 10 1/4”), pictorial boards, orange cloth, extensive fine in VG dust wrapper with slight soil. 1st ed. The story of Greylock,a gilt decorations, a few pampered house cat, and his schemes to munch on Robin Junior. Illustrated signatures sprung, slight entirely in color by Lawson, bold and beautiful, and one of his few ventures in cover soil, VG. First edition color illustration. Great book. $250.00 of the 10th color fairy book, illustrated by H.J. FORD with 8 beautiful color plates plus many wonderful full page and in text black and whites. $500.00

RING LARDNER’S 1ST BOOK (PUB. BY VOLLAND!) 361. LARDNER,RING. BIB BALLADS. Chic: Volland (1915). 4to, brown cloth stamped in gold and white, Fine. Lardner’s FIRST BOOK - A CHILDREN’S BOOK OF SORTS being poems about a little baby. RING LARDENER’S SIGNATURE IS LAID IN. Illustrated in RARE EARLY LAWSON color by Fontaine Fox. A nice copy of a scarce 366. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. PEIK by Barbra Ring. Boston: Little Brown 1932 title. $750.00 (1932). 8vo, (5 1/2 x 7 7/8”), cloth, 268p., slight fading on cover else Fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of a poor Norwegian orphan boy, illus. by Lawson with 21 full page and smaller black and whites. An early and rare Lawson. $275.00 914.764.7410 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 LAWSON-FORESTER COLLABORATION 371. (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. 367. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS by C.S. LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO. Forester. Bost: Little Brown 1942 (Aug. 1942). 8vo, green cloth, Fine in sl. frayed Lond & Phil.: Augener & McKay (1912). but VG+ dust wrapper. Stated first edition. The story of a little boy Poo Poo Oblong 4to, gilt cloth, pict. paste- on, (Harold) and how his family’s life changed when he brought home Horatio the endpapers foxed else Fine in frayed dragon to be the family pet. Illustrated by Lawson with pictorial endpapers and pictorial dust wrapper. An early copy title page, plus many fabulous full page and large partial page black and whites. A of this book of nursery rhymes with very nice copy of one of Lawson’s most desired books that is avidly sought after musical notation by Alfred Moffat. by Forester collectors as well. $750.00 Illustrated by Le Mair with 32 full page color illustrations “in delicate #368 pastel colors with a subtle and poetic imaginative quality...” (See Meigs p. 403). A beautiful book in wonderful condition, not often found in dust wrapper. $375.00

LE MAIR, H.W. SEE ALSO 404 LEADENHALL PRESS - 35

FERDINAND 372. LEAF,MUNRO. THE STORY OF FERDINAND. NY: Viking 1936 (1936). Sq. 8vo, (7 1/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE in dust wrapper with price intact (dw beautiful except for two small chips and piece cut off blank edge of flap). 1st edition of one of the most popular and enduring 368. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by . Phil children’s books ever written. et al; John C. Winston (1937). 4to, (7 x 9 1/8”), 274p., red cloth stamped in black Illustrated in incomparable and gold with a lion and a unicorn holding a gold shield printed with the title, Fine style by ROBERT LAWSON. condition. 1st Lawson edition including a forward by him. Illustrated with full “It is dynamic text and no less color frontis, color plate title, pictorial endpapers in 2 shades of blue showing vital picturization” (Bader p. a scene of the city, frontis plus 10 full page 2-color illus. in brown and black as 145). Amazingly enough, Little well as numerous b&w’s throughout the text. This is the true first of this edition Brown turned down the offer to more commonly found in the Winston Junior Illustrated Bookshelf version. This publish Ferdinand, which Viking 1st is 1/2” wider and a 1/4” taller and the color plate that appears on the cover on accepted after much persuasion! the later edition appears here as the color Rare and a great copy. Leaf see plate frontis. In addition, the illustration also 369. (SEE ALSO REAR used for the endpapers of the first edition COVER) $8500.00 does not appear in the later edition. Early Lawson, quite hard to find as a first 373. [LEAR,EDWARD]. A LYTTEL BOOKE edition. $250.00 OF NONSENSE by R[andall] D[avies]. London: Macmillan 1912 (1912). 8vo (6 369. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. THE x 8 1/4”), 153p., cloth backed boards, STORY OF SIMPSON AND SAMPSON light cover soil, sl. foxing on endpapers, by Munro Leaf. NY: Viking 1941 (Oct. 1941). VG+. 1st edition. Each page features a 4to, (8 3/8 x 10 1/4”), red cloth, fine in humorous nonsense rhyme facing a full frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of page woodcut. Davies notes that few of twin boys in the days of old. Illustrated the woodcuts are less than 400 years by Lawson with pictorial endpapers, plus old and they are cleverly matched with fabulous full page and partial page b&w’s. orginal limericks in the manner of Edward A very scarce Lawson 1st edition and Lear. “There was a young fellow of Sark,/ another great collaborative effort from Who wandered about in the Park; / When the creators of Ferdinand. $350.00 the constable said / he’d be better in bed, / he replied, “I’m afraid of the dark.” $250.00

RARE LE MAIR BOOK LEECH, JOHN - 341 370. (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. BABY’S DIARY. Lond.: Augener no date ca 1921. 4to, white cloth stamped in gold, round pictorial paste-on, Fine and unused. WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LENSKI - NEWBERY AWARD A book to be used to enter milestones of a baby’s life, this is illustrated by Le 374. LENSKI,LOIS. STRAWBERRY GIRL. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1945). 8vo Mair with 4 beautiful full page color illustrations (plus one repeated on cover) and (7 x 8 3/4”), green cloth, fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper with small piece off with beautiful and delicate floral borders on all other pages. Rare. $1500.00 lower corner, irregular chip across top of spine, overall Very Good. Stated First Edition. The story of a little girl named Birdie, set in Florida in the early 1900’s. Illustrated with 84 black and whites by Lenski. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM LENSKI ON HER PERSONAL PICTORIAL STATIONERY. Written to a fan in which she discusses this title and more, it reads in part: “ All my regional books are true stories of real people who live in different parts of our country. I go to the region, live with the people, make sketches and hear about their adventures before I write the book. This is a special copy of a rare dust wrappered Newbery winner. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 [email protected] SIGNED WITH SKETCH – 1ST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK SIGNED BY LENSKI 378. LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY:Stokes 375. LENSKI,LOIS. TEXAS TOMBOY. 1920 (1920). 8vo, orange Phil.: Lippincott (1950). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 cloth, pictorial paste-on, 3/4”), cloth, Fine in sl. chipped dust wrapper. 180p., lettering faded, Stated 1st edition. A regional story about tips rubbed, a few pages a girl named Charlie Boy on a Texas ranch. dogeared else VG. 1st Illustrated with 39 drawings by Lenski. edition, first printing of the THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LENSKI. FIRST DOCTOR DOLITTLE $275.00 BOOK, THIS COPY IS SIGNED “SINCERELY YOURS, HUGH LOFTING” LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB – 554 WITH A CHARMING PEN LIMERICKS – 131, 373 DRAWING OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. Illustrated LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – 92, 237, 263 with pictorial endpapers, color frontis, blakc and RARE LOEFFLER FAIRY WATERCOLOR white plates plus many 376. LOEFFLER,GISELLA. ORIGINAL ART: DREAMING. Offered here is a full page line illustrations fabulous original watercolor and guache painting entitled Dreaming. The image by Lofting. Peter Parley measures 13 x 17” matted framed and glazed to 21 x 25”. In is in fine condition, To Penrod p.138. This is signed and dated April 1924. Done by Gisella Loeffler in her folk peasant style, a special copy of a scarce depicted is a little girl asleep in the woods. She is surrounded by fairies and title. $1850.00 a fairy princess who are guarding her as she dreams. The entire surface of the page is painted and it is a most magnificent image. Loeffler was born in PUSS IN BOOTS * CINDERELLA * TOM THUMB BY PERRAULT Austria but schooled at Washington University in St. Louis. She spent most of 379. (LORIOUX, FELIX) illus. LE PETIT POUCET. Paris: Hachette (1926). her creative life in New Mexico and is well known as a Taos artist. Rare. (SEE Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, (72)p., edges lightly ALSO FRONT COVER) $2850.00 rubbed else VG+. 1st edition. Containing PERRAULT’S Puss In Boots, Tom Thumb and Cinderella . Magnificently illustrated in bright colors with 32 full page color illustrations and many smaller illustrations in-text with Lorioux’s characteristic flair and humor. $650.00 #379 #379

380. LOVELACE,MAUD HART. BETSY AND THE GREAT WORLD. NY: Crowell (1952). 8vo, cloth, Fine in frayed and chipped dust wrapper with several mends. Stated 1st edition. Betsy sails to Europe to see the world. Illus. by Vera Neville. Very scarce. $425.00

PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP 377. LOFTING,HUGH. DOCTOR DOLITTLE’S CARAVAN. NY:Stokes (Oct. 1926) 8vo, blue pictorial cloth, pict. paste- on, near Fine. Stated 1st edition, illustrated by Lofting with beautiful color frontis, color pict. endpapers, plus a profusion of black and whites in text. THIS IS A SCARCE FIRST EDITION 381. MacDONALD,BETTY. NANCY AND PLUM. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1952). PRE-PUBLICATION COPY REVIEW COPY 8vo, cloth, 190p., sl. soil in gutter else Fine in dust wrapper with light rubbing and with the publisher’s slip mounted on half- wear to spine ends. Stated 1st. A wonderful Christmas story by the author of the “Egg And I” and the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books. Illustrated by HILDEGARDE title. $325.00 HOPKINS with color frontis plus b&w’s. Very scarce. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 382. MACDONALD,GEORGE. PHANTASTES: a faerie romance. Offered MALORY, THOMAS 497 MARSHAK, S. – 510 MATH – 200, 201, 310, 313 here are two 1st editions “thus” of Phantastes which was Macdonald’s first book originally published in 1858. The first copy was published by Chatto and Windus DANISH ARTIST - UNCOMMON PUBLISHER in 1894: 8vo, blue pict. cloth, fine cond. illustrated by JOHN BELL. Apparently, 385. MATHIESEN,EGON. OSWALD THE MONKEY written and illustrated this was an unauthorized edition and one that displeased the family so much by Mathiesen and adapted from the Danish by Nancy and Edward Maze. NY: that they destroyed all extant copies. The second copy is an entirely new edition McDowell, Obolensky [Danish 1st 1947, American 1st 1959]. Oblong 4to (10 x published by Arthur Fifield in 1905: 8vo, blue cloth, VG, illustrated by ARTHUR 9”), cloth, VG in soiled dust HUGHES and EDITED BY GREVILLE MACDONALD, George Macdonald’s son. In wrapper. Stated 1st edition. the preface to the Hughes edition, Greville refers to his extreme displeasure Known for writing children’s with the Bell illustrated edition and writes: “For offering this new edition of books with a message, this my father’s Phantastes, my reasons are three. The first is to rescue the work title by Mathiesen features from an edition illustrated without the author’s sanction, and so unsuitably that Oswald, a money that starts all lovers of the book must have experienced some real grief in turning its pages. a revolution in the forest With the copyright, I secured also the whole of that edition and turned it into when he stands up to an pulp.” The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature notes about this book: abusive bully. Each page of “Though not written for children, the book contains many of the elements that text faces a charming full Macdonald was later to work into his children’s novels and fairy stories and it page color illustration. This exercised a great influence over the young C.S. LEWIS.” (p.409). $450.00 is a scarce book published by an uncommon publisher. $150.00

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383. (MACKINSTRY, ELIZABETH)illus. THE WHITE CAT AND OTHER OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Mme. D’Aulnoy. NY:Macmillan 1928 (1928). 4to, cloth backed boards. Boards faded some else fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. The book consists of 5 fairy tales arranged and edited by Rachel Field. Illustrated by MacKinstry with full page color illustrations plus black and whites- all in her distinctive style with bright colors. (Realms of Gold p.197) $125.00 #384 #384 LOVELY WATERCOLORS FROM “WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND” 384. (MACKNIGHT,NINON)illus. WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND: ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS. Offered are 4 beautiful watercolors used in this picture book published by Platt & Munk in 1936. The book is part of a boxed 8 book set entitled Children of Foreign Lands which is sold with the art. The actual pieces comprise all of the full page color illustrations in the book but are larger than the printed versions. Each image measures 8” wide x 8 1/2” high. They are painted on artist board, signed and have printing notes pencilled in the margins. The colors are vibrant and the pictures of Dutch scenes have a definite 1930’s feel with an art deco flair. Ninon MacKnight was born in Australia in 1908. Some of her work was done in Australia but most was done in the United States where she illustrated many books and wrote several as well. She died in 1969. The work for this book is particularly charming. The boxed set of 8 books and all 4 watercolors... $1500.00

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#384 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 53 [email protected] LITTLE NEMO RARITY 389. McLOUGHLIN PUB. FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO. NY: 386. McCAY,WINSOR. LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: PRINTER PROOF. McLoughlin Bros. no dated ca 1900. Sunshine Series. 8vo, pictorial wraps. slight Offered here is a POSTER SIZED FULL COLOR PRINTER PROOF for McCay’s soil, VG+. Illustrated with color cover, 4 full page color illus. plus 3 large illus. in weekly appearance in the New York Herald in 1909. It measures 18” wide by brown line. $125.00 25” high printed on coated paper in fine condition suitable for framing. Widely #389 regarded as the first great comic strip artist, McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland #390 introduced thousands of children to the world of fantasy. His bold use of a wide range of colors grabbed the attention of the young (and older) reader. Each week, Nemo would have fabulously active dreams - (nightmares) traveling to the North Pole, flying in an airship, flying to the moon etc., at the end of which he would wake up in his own bed. In this piece the 12 panels of various size follow the trip to Mars where they visit all types of unusual animals at the zoo. Rare. $2000.00

BENNETT PIRACY 390. McLOUGHLIN PUB. FROG WHO WOULD A WOOING GO. NY: McLoughlin, circa 1870. 12mo (4x6”) pictorial wraps, normal wear, VG. Illustrated with chromolithographs on all but 1 page - pirated from Charles Bennett’s English edition. Fairy Moonbeam Series. $250.00

LARGE FORMAT CIRCUS TITLE 391. McLOUGHLIN PUB. GREAT AMERICAN MENAGERIE. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, 1889. 4to (10 x 12”), stiff pictorial card covers, 3 small edge chips and spine inconspicously reinforced else really a bright VG+ copy. Inside are circus scenes including educated pigs, clown bears, bedouins, Algerian dancing girls and more. Illustrated with 7 full page, one double page, numerous partial page chromolithographs plus great pictorial covers. This title is identical to “A Visit to P.T. Barnum’s Menagerie” published by Perry & Co. in London (See #181). Very scarce and quite wonderful. $600.00

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 387. (McCLOSKEY,ROBERT)illus. TRIGGER JOHN’S SON by Tom Robinson. NY: Viking 1949. 8vo, (6 x 8 1/2”), pictorial cloth, 284p., fine in dust wrapper with small chip off rear panel. 1st ed. with McCloskey illustrations, profusely illus. in line throughout. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Tom Robinson. A nice copy. $300.00

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MCLOUGHLIN CIRCUS PANORAMA 388. McLOUGHLIN PUB. CIRCUS PANORAMA. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1888. Oblong 392. McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE FROG AND PRETTY MOUSE. NY: 4to, two hinges neatly repaired, McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1875. VG+. A scarce MCLOUGHLIN 16mo (3 1/2 x 4 3/8”), pictorial wraps, PANORAMA that opens VG+. Illustrated with 4 charming full accordion style to produce a page color illustrations to accompany continuous 8 foot panorama the story in verse about a frog and showing the various acts in a mouse that fall in love and eventually get married. A Little Pleasewell circus from humanized elephants book. $200.00 boxing, pigs riding bicycles, clowns, horses etc. Illustrated in bright chromlithographs on McLOUGHLIN ALSO – 38, 39, 110, 178, 182, 216, 232, 264, 331, 334, 455, every panel and really wonderful. 466-8, 480, 536 See Blair Whitten:Paper Toys p. 55 $800.00 McMAHON, VALERIE - 94 914.764.7410 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 #393 6 FABULOUS WATERCOLORS 393. McPHAIL,DAVID. PIG PIG RIDES. Offered here are 6 FABULOUS WATERCOLORS used for McPhail’s wonderful picture book published by Dutton in 1982 that features an adorable character named Pig Pig. Two pieces are large measuring 20” wide x 15” high. The other four are 11 x 11”, 10 x 11”, 9 x 11” and 5 x 11”. All depict a glorious humanized Pig Pig. McPhail was born in Newburyport, Mass.. He has illustrated the work of others, notably Nancy Willard’s Sailing To Cythera which was one of AIGA’s 50 Books of the Year in 1974, and he has authored and illustrated a profusion of books on his own. His Captain Toad and the Motorbike was likewise included in AIGA’s 1979 show of 50 Best Books. McPhail belongs to the new breed of children’s book illustrators, along with James Marshall, Trina Schart Hyman and others - who bring a fresh originality to children’s literature. McPhail’s style ranges broadly from intricate detail reminiscent of Sendak’s and E.H. Shepard’s line illustrations to the broad strokes of William Steig. See Hornbook Illustrators of Children’s Books vol. 4 p. 4-5, 143. $2250.00

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#393 RARE AND WONDERFUL MEGGENDORFER PICTURE BOOK 394. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. GUTE BEKANNTE. Stuttgart: W. Nitzschke, no date, circa 1875. Folio (10 1 /2 x 14”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge rubbing and light soil, VG+. A true picture book, this features 26 large full page full color illustrations (including cover) done on a tan background so that every inch of the page is covered. Four short lines in rhyme by Meggendorefer are at the bottom of each page. Several of the images are reminiscent of pictures in his moveable books. This is a wonderful and rare Meggendorfer title. $3250.00

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#393 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 55 [email protected] MEGGENDORFER CIRCUS PANORAMA AMERICAN REVOLUTION / PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 395. MEGGENDORFER.LOTHAR. AFFENTHEATER. Munchen: Braun & 399. MILITARY INTEREST. Schneider nd ca 1890, BOYS OF ‘76 by Charles vierzehnte auflage. Oblong Carlton Coffin. NY: Harper 4to, boards, hinges repaired Brothers (1876). 4to with some wear to image at (6 3/4 x 9 1/8”), brown turns else VG. This is a 12 cloth stamped in black and section panorama that forms gold, 398p., FINE. 1st a continuous pictorial scene edition. The story of the when opened. Featuring American Revolutionary War fabulous and vibrant hand- illustrated with many full colored illustrations depicting page and smaller engravings. all the activities of trained Coffin was a noted war animals in the circus. Quite correspondent. THIS scarce. $1850.00 COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, COFFIN giving this book to his nephew. A brilliant copy. Peter Parley to Penrod 396. MENCKEN,H.L. CHRISTMAS p.47. $300.00 STORY. NY: Knopf 1946 (1946). 12mo, MILITARY INTEREST ALSO 168, 309, 406, 589-592 cloth, pictorial paste-on, cloth slightly darkened else fine in dust wrapper lightly MY BOOKHOUSE IN ORIGINAL WOODEN HOUSE worn at spine ends. Stated 1st edition. 400. (MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE)editor. MY BOOKHOUSE * MY TRAVELSHIP IN ORIGINAL WOODEN HOUSE. Chicago: Bookhouse for Illus. in color by Bill Crawford. This copy Children (1920,1925) 9 volumes: 6 books 4to, green white-washed clothes, is INSSCRIBED BY HUMORIST H. ALLEN a few margin mends and erasure marks in volume 1 else near fine. Included are the 3 volumes of the Travelship: Little Pictures of Japan, Tales Told In SMITH. $150.00 Holland and Nursery Friends From France illustrated by Katherine Sturges and the Petershams (corner of cover of Japan is worn off else all are VG), all of which are HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BOOKHOUSE! The MEXICO – 128, 169, 171, 456, 587 house measures 13” wide, 11” deep and is 22 inches tall to the tops of the chimneys. It is painted orange and grey with blue windows, with the interior PATRIOTIC HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS on two levels, stepping down to accomodate the large size of the 3 Travelship 397. MILITARY INTEREST. LES OCCUPATIONS DE TOTO ET DE LILY titles. There is some normal wear else overall in bright and sound condition. PENDANT LA GUERRE (TOTO AND LILY’S WORK DURING THE WAR) by Jean Ray. Paris: Editions Devambez, no date, circa 1916. Oblong folio (15 x 10 Each volume of the Bookhouse is devoted to a different form of literature & 1/2”), pictorial wraps, loose as issued, Fine. Containing 4 stunning hand-colored is profusely illustrated by many artists including Willy Pogany, Johnny Gruelle, illustrations depicting how Maginel Wright Enright, Maud and Miska Petersham, Milo Winter etc. In 2 little children prepare addition, volume 4 features the first published appearance of a color plate by for the war effort: making N.C. WYETH (on cover) and other covers are by KATHERINE PYLE and MILO gloves for the soldiers, WINTER. The text offers a marvelous selection of fiction, folklore and history learning to become a good with the color illustrations interspersed throughout the text. Detailed index citizen, training to be a good included. This set is rarely found with the house. $1750.00 soldier, preparing packages for the front. Jean Ray was in charge of Russian refugee children during the war. He work was frequently in the newspapers and he helped disabled servicemen to make toys for Parisian department stores. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, this is an excellent copy of a rare item. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $2200.00

WW1 PATRIOTIC ADVERTISING BOOK WITH STAMPS 398. MILITARY INTEREST. CAPTAIN TICK- MOUSE AND HIS ADVENTURES IN THE SECRET SERVICE by Roy Rutherford Bailey. No publisher named [Chicago: Elgin National Watch Co.], 1917. 16mo (4 x 5”), stiff pictorial card covers,[22]p. VG+. The text consisting of three stories is meant to foster patriotism in the young child through a narrative featuring a magical mouse with special powers. Captain Tick-Mouse and Uncle Sam encourage children to be fit, clean, obedient and to stay in school. By spotting “slackers” the children can work for the Secret Service. Elgin watches appear throughout the story. Illustrated by Tingle with black and whites. There are spaces on a few pages for the child to paste on color pictorial stamps, including a spot on the cover (already pasted on). The three other stamps are unused. There is even a Tick Mouse Post Card that the child can send in to join the Tick Mouse Club (addressed to Tick-Mouse in care of Elgin Watch Co.). This is a rare little book, especially with stamps and card intact. $450.00 914.764.7410 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING 404. MILNE,A.A. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Phil: McKay (1925). Folio, blue OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE cloth, pict. paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw soiled and repaired). 1st trade ed. Illustrated by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR with pictorial title page + 12 beautiful 401. MILNE,A.A. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is and delicate color plate. A beautiful copy, scarce in dw. $650.00 an ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE. Done on white paper (7.25 x 9”), the image measures 5” wide x 7” high, signed and most likely done in the 1960’s. Christopher Robin is holding a stick out to Winnie who is in front of him. The image appears on page 176 of the House at Pooh Corner. The piece is in fine condition and it is a wonderful image. $26,500.00

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BEAUTIFUL JUGENDSTIL ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS 405. (MOE,LOUIS)illus. KAREN alle smaapigers, tekst af Ellen Reumert. Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Carl Larsens Forlag circa 1905. 4to, (10 x 11”). cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else VG-Fine. Illustrated with 8 fine full page color illustrations and in line on every page of text in verse in Danish. Deep rich colors in typical turn of the 19th century style depict a day in the life of a little girl. A lovely and scarce book. $750.00

406. MONTGOMERY,FRANCES TREGO. BILLY WHISKERS IN FRANCE. Akron: Saalfield (1919). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 173p., tips worn else near fine in DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). Probable 1st edition of the 21st Billy Whiskers book (no ads in back, no later titles on dw flap or on title page). Billy is in France where his master was stationed during the war. With his master injured, Billy gets homesick and wants to return to the U.S. Naturally he has many adventures. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Florence White Williams. Nice copy, hard to find in dust wrapper. $250.00

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SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME 402. MILNE,A.A. TOAD OF TOAD HALL: a play from Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind In The Willows”. Lond:M ethuen (1929). 4to, cloth backed boards, fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly soiled and frayed with a few tiny closed tears). LIMITED TO ONLY 200 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME! This is a nice copy of a book generally found in grubby 407. MONTGOMERY,L.M. CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA. Bost:L.C. Page condition. $3500.00 1912 (1912). 8vo, green cloth, pict. paste-on, 306p. + ads, FINE and bright. Stated 1st impression. Illustrated with color frontis by George Gibbs. This is a beautiful copy. $1000.00

403. MILNE,A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH MONTGOMERY’S SIXTH CORNER. Lond: Methuen (1928). 8vo, salmon BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER! colored gilt cloth, 178p., Fine in dust wrapper 408. MONTGOMERY,L.M. THE GOLDEN ROAD. Bost: (this is a great dw with minor faults, slight Page 1913 (1913). 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 369p. + wear to top of spine, one small inconspicuous ads, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped on edges but no loss mend), 1st edition, first printing of the of lettering). Stated 1st 4th book in the Pooh series. Illustrated by impression. The adventures of the King family on E.H. SHEPARD. A particularly nice bright Prince Edward Island, illus. with color frontis by copy. $1500.00 George Gibbs. Her 6th book and very scarce, rare in dw. $2000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 57 [email protected] 409. MONTGOMERY,L.M. KILEMNY OF THE ORCHARD. Bost:Page 1910 413. MOTHER GOOSE. CUTTING AND PASTING BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE. (1910). 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 256p.+ 6p. ads, slight front cover soil else Akron: Saalfield, (1927). Oblong folio (15 x 10 1/2”), pictorial wraps, slightest FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw with chips off spine ends and other edge chips). of wear to covers, else VERY FINE and unused. A great Mother Goose coloring 1st ed. Illustrated with 4 color plates by GEORGE GIBBS. This rare title by book. There are 4 pages of color figures to cut out and arrange on the black and Montgomery tells of a young man named Eris who goes to PEI and meets a mute white illustrated background sheets as well as 14 full page illustrations in line girl with perfect hearing who he falls in love with. A rare title, even more so with meant to be colored by the child. Illustrated by Helen Nyce in the style of Peat dust wrapper. $1500.00 and a great Mother Goose novelty in unused condition. $450.00

410. MONTGOMERY,L.M. RAINBOW VALLEY. NY:Stokes (1919). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dust wrapper chipped with WITH TEN LITTLE NIGGER STORY some soil). 1st ed. The next to last “Anne” story, featuring Anne’s six children 414. MOTHER GOOSE. TALES TOLD and their neighbors. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with tissue guarded frontis BY THE GANDER by Maud Warren & Eve repeated on cover. Quite scarce, especially in dust wrapper. $1000.00 Davenport. NY: George Doran (1922). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/4”), 305p. green cloth, pictorial paste-on, top of spine sl. frayed else VG+. 1st ed.. Mother Goose and her gander go traveling and have adventures in this narrative that relates the lives of the actual Mother Goose characters. Included is a 50 pages story version of how the TEN LITTLE NIGGERS came to England. Illustrated by CHARLES FEDERER with 12 lovely tipped-in color plates, black and white text illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Definitely an interesting approach to Mother Goose. $200.00

MOTHER GOOSE ALSO 40, 59, 109, 185, 219-20, 240, 265, 282, 315, 337, 485, 537, 541, 547, 549 MOORE, CLEMENT – 175-7, 218 IKE MORGAN – 127-8 RARE VICTORIAN SPEAKING CUBE PUZZLE STUNNING MOTHER 415. MOVEABLE. SPEAKING PUZZLE BOX. No pub. information, circa 1880. GOOSE FOLIO This is a Victorian cube puzzle in the original box - but this puzzle is different. 411. MOTHER GOOSE. Each of the 6 cubes makes a different sound when a string is pulled. The box MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES is very large, measuring 16 1/2” wide x 11 3/4 “ deep and 6 “ high - 2 small splits arranged by Aunt Louisa. on cover else near fine condition with metal clasps. The box is covered with London: Fred. Warne, no printed chromolithographed paper and the top of the box features a brightly date, circa 1890. Folio, (10 colored rooster with chickens on the farm. Inside the box are six large cubes x 13”), cloth backed pictorial - each is 5” on a side. Like other cube puzzles of the era, the child can make boards, edges rubbed 6 different scenes. Unlike any other puzzle, EACH OF THE CUBES MAKES A else VG+. Illustrated DIFFERENT SOUND when the string on each of the cubes is pulled. Laid- with 12 very fine full in are the six original large chromolithogrphed scenes that the child uses as page chromolithographed guide to assmble the puzzles (the plate on the cover is the sixth scene). This plates and in line on every is a glorious puzzle, extraordinarily rare. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $4500.00 page of text. Printed on good quality paper and a particularly beautiful turn of the 19th century Mother Goose. $600.00

MOTHER GOOSE UNCUT PAPER DOLLS 412. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE LIFE- LIKE STAND UP CUT-OUT DOLLS. Racine: Whitman 1937. Folio (9 1/2 x 13 1/4”), stiff pictorial card covers, Fine and unused. 5 leaves of colorful die-cut pages of Mother Goose characters with paper stands for the child to play with. Includes figures of Humpty Dumpty, Jack Sprat, Little Bo Peep, Puss In Boots, Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue, Mary and her Lamb and Baby Bunting. Very scarce. $425.00 914.764.7410 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 RARE EARLY AMERICAN MOVEABLE MOTHER GOOSE 416. MOVEABLE. (AMERICAN) OLD FASHIONED MOTHER GOOSE 419. MOVEABLE. HIDE AND SEEK RIDDLE MELODIES COMPLETE WITH MAGIC PICTURES. G.W. Carlton Publishers, BOOK by Carlyle Leech and John McKenna. Donaldson Brothers Designers and Printers, 1879. 8vo,(6 x 7 1/2”), pictorial cloth NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1943. 4to (7 3/4 x stamped in black and gold, brown mark on a few leaves else VG+. A very rare American moveable flap mother goose with a profusion of rhymes, some continuing 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in sl. worn for many pages. For each page of text there is a color lithographed illustration dust wrapper. A fantasy narrative includes and an overleaf that the reader lifts to reveal the surprise picture below (all a jumble of riddles that involve pulling tabs, signed W.L.S.). 48 moveables in all. Some startling images. Rare. $1400.00 turning wheels and opening doors in order to find the answers. The last page has a miniature book of riddles, the answers for which are written in invisible ink. Illustrated in color on every page, this is a clever book. $150.00

CLEVER MOVEABLE SLICE BOOK 420. MOVEABLE. (SLICE BOOK) 1000 SCRAMBLE-MEN by Hans Goldschmidt and Stanley Vasche. NY: Animated Book Co. 1946. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2”), spiral backed pictorial boards, some cover soil else VG. Each page is printed on EARLY DEAN MOVEABLE BOOK OF TRADES rectos only and is divided 417. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) THE HISTORY OF HOW NED NIMBLE BUILT into 3 sections (slices). The HIS COTTAGE. Lond: Dean & Son (1859 code in rear). 4to, cloth backed child can create pictures of pictorial boards, some cover and internal soil and wear else VG. Featuring 8 more than 1000 different fine hand-colored moveable plates operated by levers, with text beneath each men by interchanging illustration. Each leaf shows a different trade at work building the house sliced sections. The text including bricklayer, sawyer, carpenter, plasterer, painter, wall paper hanger etc. introduces some of the Scarce and one of Dean’s nicest mechanicals. $3000.00 characters that can be scrambled: a pirate, an Indian, Ivan the Cossack, Old Black Joe, Willie the Cop, Charlie from China and more. Illustrated with charming, color lithographs. Scarce. $300.00

FABULOUS MOVEABLE BEARS 421. MOVEABLE. (TUCK) OUR FRIENDS THE BEARS: FATHER TUCK’S MARIONETTES by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: Tuck ca 1890. This is a magnificent chromolithgraphed bear 11” high. By pulling the string, you can move the hinged arms which are holding 2 little bears. The back side of the doll has the verse to the poem. $275.00

EARLY DEAN “PUNCH AND JUDY” HAND-COLORED MOVEABLE 418. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) PUNCH AND JUDY (on cover: The Royal Punch & Judy as played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & The Crystal Palace). Lond: Dean & Son 11 Ludgate Hill (1859 code on rear cover). 4to, (7 1/4 x 11 1/4”), stiff pict. wraps, edges frayed light soil, a few tabs extended, VG. Featuring 8 fabulous HAND-COLORED MOVEABLE PLATES, 6 of which also have moveable figures on the bottom halves of the page. Very scarce. $3500.00

422. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) ANIMATED ANIMALS by Edward Ernest. Akron: Saalfield 1943. Oblong 4to, spiral bound pictorial boards, FINE in soiled dust wrapper. Illustrated in color and animated by JULIAN WEHR with 4 wonderful moveables operated with tabs, that have several pieces in motion at once. This is an especially nice, clean copy not often seen in dw. $275.00

423. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) HANSEL AND GRETEL by the Brothers Grimm. NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1944). Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with tears. One of JULIAN WEHR’S imaginative moveable books featuring 4 intricate color moveable plates plus color illus. in- text. $275.00

MOVEABLE SEE ALSO 93, 96, 119, 226

MUSIC – 166, 202, 265, 302, 347, 371, 481, 571, 574

MYTH & LEGEND – 120, 250, 270, 300, 503, 511 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 59 [email protected] NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK THREE OZ WATERCOLOR STUDIES 424. NAZI INTEREST. DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by 425. [NEILL,JOHN R.]. ORIGINAL OZ ART, LETTERS AND CARD Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938, 31-60 Tausand). 4to, (8 1/4 x 10 5/8”), cloth spine and cloth on front edges, near fine. Published by Der Sturmer DESIGNED BY NEILL FOR LUFKIN FAMILY. Beginning in 1935, a fan of under the direction of the notorious Julius Streicher. Illustrated in full color by Neill’s work started writing to him in admiration - telling him how much she Fips featuring grossly stereotypical depictions of Jewish men and women. The loved the Oz books and how much she especially loved his artwork, adding Jews are portrayed as dirty and conniving and the German youth as wholesome that his work is what brings the Oz books to life for her. She persistently and clean. This title, along with Elvira Bauer’s “Trau Keinem Fuchs” remain the most insidious examples of the power of propaganda in children’s literature. asked Neill to buy some of his Oz paintings. Over the years, they eventually $3500.00 became good friends and Neill actually dedicated the first Oz book that he #424 wrote - Wonder City of Oz - to them (the Lufkin Family). There are 10 letters through 1943 (the last written to Mrs. Neill on the event of John R.’s death) detailing their growing friendship and outlining business transactions. One letter contains a receipt for $150.00 for a piece of art they bought from Neill.

The family had Neill design a bookplate for them and they commissioned him to paint a large (6’ x 4’) Oz mural to go over their fireplace in the Connecticut home they called the Land of Oz. Included here are 3 watercolor studies for this mural, each one more detailed than the next. All feature the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy, Toto, Glinda, the Wizard and more.

a. The first image measures 13” wide x 9.5” high (matted larger)

b. The second image measures 7 x 3/4 x 4 1/2 signed (matted larger)

c. The last measures 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 (matted larger). Each piece is #425A progressively more detailed.

d.There is a large (8 1/2 x 11) Lufkin family Christmas card designed by Neill in which he actually draws their living room depicting the finished mural - with the addition of all of the Oz characters running out of the fireplace.

e. Includes the letters, 2 Christmas cards to Neill, one of which is a photo portrait of the family. $25,000.00

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#425E (partial) 914.764.7410 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES NEW ZEALAND PICTURE BOOK 426. (NEILL,J.R.)illus. ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. NY: Cupples & Leon 429. NEW ZEALAND. HUTU AND KAWA FIND AN ISLAND by Avis Acres. (1923). 4to, blue gilt cloth, color pictorial paste-on, 180p., Fine and bright. Wellington N.Z.: A.H. & A.W. Reed (1957). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”). stiff pictorial Illustrated by Neill with 3 beautiful color plates (including cover) and with a card covers, Fine. Stated 1st edition. The adventures of 2 little bush babies profusion of black and whites throughout the text. 13 stories included including and other humanized forest creatures and fairies at a bird sanctuary island, the 7 stories of the Snow Queen. This is a beautioful copy. $275.00 Illustrated by the author with full page color illustrations and in black and white on every page of text. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $125.00 NEILL, JOHN R. ALSO 97-108

430. NEW ZEALAND. HUTU AND KAWA MEET TUATARA by Avis Acres. Wellington N.Z.: A.H. & A.W. Reed (1956). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”). stiff pictorial card covers, Fine. Stated 1st edition. The adventures of 2 little bush babies and other humanized forest creatures with a lizard named Tuatara, Illustrated RARE NESBIT TUCK SHAPE BOOK by the author with full page color illustrations and in black and white on every 427. NESBIT,E. SONGS OF THE CORNFIELD. Lond.: Tuck circa 1890. 8vo page of text. $125.00 (8 1/2 x 6”), round pictorial wraps diecut in the shape of a hat, slight rubbing else near fine. Each page is beautifully embellished with chromolithographs to accompany poems by Nesbit. Rare. $850.00 NEWBERY AWARD – 81, 86, 130, 209, 241, 253, 255, 354, 356, 364, 374, 534

NESBIT FOLIO WITH BRUNDAGE ILLUSTRATIONS NEWBERY, JOHN (PUBLISHER) - 250 428. NESBIT,EDITH. VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS DISCOVERY OF AMERICA by E. Nesbit. London: Tuck 1892. Very large folio (14x17”), grey pictorial cloth with beveled edges, all edges gilt. Some cover soil, hinge strengthening, a few PETER NEWELL TRICK BOOK margin mends and some rubbing. Overall a clean, tight, VG+ copy of this large 431. NEWELL,PETER. TOPSYS & TURVYS. NY: Century 1893. Oblong small and beautiful book which when found is usually dis- bound due to its size. Printed 4to (9 x 6 3/4”), pictorial boards, usual spine flecking of paper and edges show by the “Rafolith” process with beautiful full page chromolithographs and other wear, otherwise tight, clean and VG. 1st ed. An ingenious book of pictures that full page illustrations by Frances and Will Brundage and J. Pauline Sunter. can be viewed from two directions revealing two completely different pictures. The pictures document Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America but portray Featuring 31 wonderful full page chromolithographed illustrations (printed on Columbus and the Indians as children! Text is printed in calligraphy and text rectos only). Very scarce. $650.00 pages are decorated with lovely line illustrations. Printed on one side of the paper. Although Nesbit is best known today for her fairy fantasy books (Railway Children, Magic City, etc.) she was also a prolific poet. Politically she was an active Socialist and a strong advocate of women’s rights. This is a rare title. $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 61 [email protected] A RARITY: VELVETEEN RABBIT - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY NIELSEN 432. (NICHOLSON, WILLIAM)illus. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery 434. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. Williams [Bianco]. NY: George H. Doran and Lond: Heinemann 1922. 4to, (7 1/2 IN POWDER AND x 9 1/2”) 19p., pictorial boards. Paper at base of spine worn, faint narrow edge CRINOLINE retold by soil on rear cover, light corner wear, bright, tight and VG++, housed in custom Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. cloth box. First U.S. edition (same year as UK) of one of the most enduring and (Lond) Hodder & Stoughton rare children’s books ever written. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR nd (1913). Folio, full green ON THE TITLE PAGE AND ALSO HAS A BIANCO FAMILY “BEST WISHES” vellum with extensive gilt CARD ON THE BLANK FREE ENDPAPER. The card is illustrated by Margery decoration, 164p., some Williams Bianco’s daughter Pamela Bianco, also an illustrator. The story is marks on the vellum as is illustrated by Nicholson with color pictorial endpapers plus 7 richly colored full common in this edition, new page lithographs (several are double-page spreads). “One of the first modern ties, endpapers foxed else picture books, a perfect combination of story and pictures” (Illus. of Child. Books near FINE. LIMITED TO p. 234). See Bader p.25. Rare and a great copy. $15,000.00 ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY NIELSEN and illustrated by him with 26 magnificent color plates (2 more than in the trade edition) with pictorial lettered tissue guards, plus decorations throughout the text. A lavishly produced book in nice condition and a very, very scarce book. $4500.00

NISTER (PUBLISHER) – 200, 214, 470 NOAH’S ARK – 322, 460

NONSENSE RHYMES – 43, 131, 145, 342, 373 NORWAY – 207, 366

UNUSED DOLL HOUSE TO ASSEMBLE 435. NOVELTY. (DOLLS). PEEK-A-BOO PLAY HOUSE by Eleanore Barte. Chicago: Whitman 1933. Oblong folio (13 x 12 1/4”), pictorial wraps, Fine and unused (pieces on rear corner secured to prevent detaching). Inside the front cover are instructions, followed by 7 leaves of die-cut objects that the child can punch out and fold to assemble a large doll house with 4 rooms of furniture and 3 paper dolls on stands (Mother, Father and Baby). The rooms are: bedroom, nursery, dining room and living room decorated in typical 30’s style. Rare and very evocative of the era. $525.00

NEWELL IMITATION INK- BLOT NOVELTY 436. NOVELTY. GOBOLINKS: 433. NICHOLSON, WILLIAM. THE SQUARE BOOK OF ANIMALS. Lond: or shadow- pictures for young Heinemann 1900. 4to, cloth backed bds, covers sl. darkened and tips rubbed and old by Ruth Stuart and else Fine. 1st edition of a beautiful Nicholson book, featuring 12 magnificent full Albert Bigelow Paine. NY: page color woodblock illustrations portraying a bull dog, cat, pig, swan and more Century 1896 (1896), oblong accompanied by verse. It is in this book that one most clearly sees the influence 8vo, slight rubbing, near Fine. that Nicholson had on C.B. Falls, and it is an artistic masterpiece rarely matched 1st edition. This is a most by any other children’s book. See Bader p.24. $2000.00 unusal book. Each page (printed on one side only) features a 2- tone ink-blot illustration (like a Rorschach) with poems about each likeness - all related to creatures of Gobolink- land. $225.00

GREAT 1920’s NOVELTY BOOK 437. NOVELTY. THE PATCHWORK POSTER BOOK OF EVERYDAY SIGHTS to cut and paste. Akron: Saalfield 1927. 8.5 x 12.5”, stiff pictorial wraps, near fine. Sheets of colored pictures are to be cut out and pasted intheir proper positions on the outlined poster pages (one neatly done). Great 1920’s illustrations in color and line by Helene Nyce in the style of Peat. Laid in is the contest sheet that children could use to submit their work for competition. Images include the Grocery Store, Fire Engine, a Bridge, a House with garden, Busy Streets and the Park. Poems accompany the pictures. A great look at city life in the 1920’s. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $300.00

NOVELTY SEE ALSO – 44, 97, 185-7, 215, 230, 257, 315, 343, 415, 478, 486, 544, 560, 585 914.764.7410 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 but no trade edition was issued. The limited edition remained on the market #437 until it sold out. Because of its success and importance to the Australian book trade in general, the publishers decided to issue this smaller 1919 edition which has fewer illustrations and less text. Verses about various and sundry fairies were written by Ida’s sister Annie and illustrated by Outhwaite with pictorial endpapers, 6 large color plates and 15 large black and white plates, plus a profusion of beautiful drawings in- text. This copy is SIGNED BY JEAN RENTOUL (Ida and Annie’s niece). $1500.00

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438. NURA. NURA’S CHILDREN GO VISITING. NY & Lond: Studio (1943). Large 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Grandfather Brown is saved from lonliness by the visiting children. Illustrated by Nura with very wonderful full page lithographs (16) done directly on the stone by Nura in her distinctive and artistic style (full color and b&w). $225.00

NUTT PUBLISHER – 300 NYCE, HELENE – 413, 437

INSCRIBED BY ROSE O’NEILL WITH SKETCH 439. O’NEILL,ROSE. KEWPIES AND THE RUNAWAY BABY. NY:Doub. Doran 1928 (1928). 8vo, cloth, spine ends rubbed, neat repairs to splits in endpaper else VG+. Stated 1st ed. 443. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. INSCRIBED AND DATED LITTLE FAIRY SISTER by Grenbry 1928 BY O’NEILL WITH A ONE PAGE SIGNED Outhwaite. Lond.: A & C Black (1923). INSCRIPTION IN HER 4to, blue cloth, 91p. + ads, spine faded FANCY SIGNATURE PLUS and discolored somewhat else fine in dust A SMALL THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF A WING. wrapper with piece off spine. An early Written by O’Neill, this edition of this rare Outhwaite title (with is another Kewpie fantasy adventure, illus. in color ad on dw for Blossom). The story of a by her on every page. An little girl who travels to fairyland to find uncommon title made extra special by the inscription. her twin sister features 8 magnificent $1200.00 color plates, 8 beautiful b&w plates by Outhwaite plus pictorial endpapers. 440. O’NEILL,ROSE. ADVENTURES OF THE KEWPIES: A COLORING BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1962. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Authorized $1600.00 edition. Nearly 100 pages of full page drawings of Kewpies by O’Neill designed to be colored by the child. Quite uncommon and amazingly unused. $200.00

ORR, MUNRO - 55 TUCK FAIRY TALE PANORAMA 444. PANORAMA. IN FAIRYLAND. London: Tuck, no date circa 1910. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2”, 12 heavy card leaves folded accordion style, slight edge rubbing else VG+. This wonderful panorama of fariy tales is printed on both sides, each panel featuring a full page color illustration with a few lines of text at the bottom. Contains Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Three Little Kittens, Three Bears, Sleeping Beauty, Hop o’ My Thumb and Puss In Boots. A title in Father Tuck’s Panorama Series. Rare, $1200.00

441. OUTCAULT,R.F. TIGE: HIS STORY. NY: Stokes (1905). 4to, tan pictorial cloth, pictorial paste-on, 61p., some cover soil and fraying to spine ends else VG. First edition. Written as a personal narrative from the dog’s point of view, and illustrated throughout by Outcault (the creator of Buster Brown) $200.00

OUTHWAITE’S LANDMARK BOOK HER NIECE’S COPY SIGNED BY HER 442. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. ELVES & FAIRIES with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and edited by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. Melbourne: Lothian (1919). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil and rubbing, near fine. Stated second edition although effectively the first trade edition. Elves & Fairies was first published in 1916 as a limited edition large format book PANORAMAS ALSO 93, 175, 176, 258, 263, 388, 395 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 63 [email protected] RARE PARRISH PORTFOLIO 449. (PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA)illus. A BIRD IN THE HAND from the 445. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. COLLECTION OF COLOUR PRINTS BY sayings of Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanack. NY: Macmillan (1951). JULES GUERIN AND MAXFIELD PARRISH: Second Series. Cleveland: 4to, cloth, Fine in sl. chipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated Jansen no date, ca 1917. Folio, 3/4 cloth portfolio, case sl. soiled and lacks ties with many wonderful full page color and black and white lithographs (litho’d by else near fine. A very rare GLASER). A truly American picture book. $200.00 Parrish item, this consists of 20 color plates on mats mounted in the corners, each with printed captions, 5 are by Parrish and 15 by Guerin. Those by Parrish are: Gardens of Vicobello, Siena; Villa Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore; Gardens of Villa Gori; and Villa Camberaia near Florence. Those by Guerin are also very beautiful, mainly scenes of the Middle East. A beautiful and rare Parrish item. Parrish see also 109. $750.00

BABY BOOK 446. (PEASE,BESSIE COLLINS)illus. THE 450. (PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA)illus. MAGIC DOLL OF ROUMANIA BIOGRAPHY OF OUR by Queen Marie of Roumania. NY: Stokes 1929 (1929). 8vo, yellow cloth, BABY by Edmund Vance pictorial paste-on, 319p. slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st edition. The story of Cooke. NY: Dodge (1906). a little American girl who takes a fantasy trip to Roumania with her magic doll. 4to, pink pictorial cloth Illustrated by the Petershams with 10 color plates plus many lovely b&w’s. See 5 stamped in gold, the last Years of Child. Books p.54. $275.00 section of Notes lists names else fine and the rest unused. A baby’s book with RARE PETERSHAM TITLE SIGNED poems and spaces to insert 451. PETERSHAM,MAUD AND MISKA. milestones in baby’s life. OFF TO BED. NY: Macmillan (1954). Printed on heavy coated 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust paper and illustrated by wrapper. Stated first printing. 7 stories Bessie Collins Pease with meant to be read outloud at bedtime with 20 color illustrations (some charming color illustrations throughout. full page, many in-text). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH MAUD Heppner p.86-7. Really AND MISKA PETERSHAM. Despite its beautiful. $300.00 relatively late date, this is a rare Petersham title. $300.00 CINDERELLA & HANSEL AND GRETEL WITH PUZZLES 447. (PEAT,FERN BISEL). CINDERELLA AND HANSEL AND GRETEL. Sandusky: American Crayon Co. (1943, Harter: 1931). There are two folio sized books, in Fine condition plus two complete color jigsaw puzzles, all in the original PETERSHAMS SEE ALSO 193

box. Each book has bold and brightly colored illustrations by FERN BISEL PEAT PHILIPPINES - 128 Quite a special item, scarce in complete condition with the box. $600.00

TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY - FANTASY STORY 452. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. SECRET DES DEUX PLUMES by Ivo Duka [Ivo Duchacek] and Helena Kolda. Lausanne: Guilde du Livre (1956). 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 3/4”), pictorial boards, 96p., near fine. 1st French edition. Translated from the English edition of 1954 by Dominique Aury. The story involves a young boy named Martin who has a feather with magical powers. Illustrated with striking photo montages, trick photographic images that transform the boy into different sizes. One photo even shows his pet poodle Wanda with two heads. Despite its relatively late date, this is a very scarce and wonderfully unusual book. $450.00

PERE CASTOR – 258

PERRAULT,CHARLES – 230, 237, 264, 339, 379, 447

PETER PARLEY TO PENROD – 378, 399

448. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. AUNTIE AND CELIA JANE AND MIKI. NY: Doubleday 1932. Square 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed.. Illustrated by the Petershams with many beautiful full page and partial page color illustrations. (litho’d by GLASER) See 5 Years Child. Books p. 49). An incredible copy, PHOTO ILLUSTRATED SEE ALSO 46, 552, 593 rare. $400.00