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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #281 - Michael Hague Original Art of Gnomes and Fairies

#332 - 1st ed. signed by L’Engle

#276 - Hader dummy for Here Bingo

#154 - Chris Conover Original Art for Mother Goose Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] STEAM LAUNDRY ABC - LOUIS WAIN COVER FRENCH HAND-COLORED ABC PANORAMA 1. ABC. (ADVERTISING) NURSERY RHYMES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. 4. ABC. (BIRDS) ALPHABET DES OISEAUX. France, ca 1860. 8vo, orange Croydon (UK): American Steam cloth, pictorial paste-on, expertly rebacked, Fine. An ABC of birds consisting of 24 Laundry circa 1900. 8vo, (5 panels that open to form a panorama (no “W” as issued, “Y” and “Z” combined). Each 1/4 x 8 1/2”), cloth backed panel contains two or three birds in natural settings with one line of text beneath card covers, near fine. Each each picture. The panels are all finely HAND-COLORED as is the cover plate letter of the alphabet stands which is surrounded by an embossed paper border. Quite wonderful. $1200.00 for a different aspect of doing the laundry as seen #4 through the eyes of 2 little #5 visitors to the laundry. “”I” is the Ironing Room Where All Are So Jolly, W” is For Washing Room, Warm and Clean. Each page has a brown pictorial border and illustrations within are in 3- color with text integrated into the scene. The cover has a great full color lithograph of 7 fine cats by Louis Wain. $475.00

RARE COMIC ALPHABET 2. ABC. ALPHABET ALLEGORICAL AND ALLITERATIVE AMUSING, APPRECIABLE AT ALL AGES. London: Effingham Wilson 1871. Oblong 4to, leather backed pictorial boards, overall cover soil and wear, spine repaired, tight G-VG. Illustrated by an unknown hand with clever and humorous full page illustrations (a few hand-colored). A - “Alderman Artichoke always adjudicated with admirable ability” is illustrated with a humanized artichoke. This is “A Beautiful Delightfully Etched, Finely Grouped, Highly Imaginative, Jestingly Knavish, Ludicrously Mischievous, Notable Odd, Peculiarly Queer, Recreative, Sensational, Tittering, Unquestionably Volatile, Whimsically XYZite.” And Rare. $1200.00

BIRD ABC PANORAMA 5. ABC. (BIRDS) BIRD LAND PANORAMA. no pub. info., owner inscription dated 1933. Narrow 4to, pictorial wraps, (5 1/8 x 9 3/4), fine. Folded accordion style and printed on both sides, each panel has full color inscription of a different bird done on a black background. $150.00

KIGGINS & KELLOGG ABC 6. ABC. (CHAPBOOK) ALPHABET IN RHYME. NY: Kiggins & Kellogg (123- 5 William St. / 88 John St.) ca 1856 based on address of pub.. 2 7/8 x 4 1/2”, 16p., pict. wraps, Fine. Each page has two letters with rhymes for each letter and a b&w illustration. What distinguishes this alphabet are the topics chosen to represent each letter: C was a vain Coxcomb, D was a vile Drunkard, O was an Oculist, P was a Pugilist, X was Xpensive, Z was Zulemia. 1 copy ABC * COUNTING MOTHER GOOSE OCLC. $400.00 3. ABC. BIG BIG PICTURE BOOK FOR TINY TOTS. Racine: Whitman (1940 and 1942). Folio, cloth backed stiff HEALTH ABC pictorial wraps, Fine. This is simply a great 40’s picture 7. ABC. CHILD HEALTH ALPHABET by Mrs. book which includes three Frederick Peterson. NY: Child. Health Org. books in one. The alphabet and 1918. 8vo, pict. wraps, some light creasing else counting books are illustrated with bright colors by Florence VG+. Every letter has a rhyme dealing with Sarah Winship and the Mother the healthy thing to do or eat accompanied by Goose is illus. by Ruth Newton. Printed on linen-like textured color illustrations. “P is for Prunes, potatoes paper which makes the colors and peas, And patriots who will be glad to eat pop. $200.00 these.” $125.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 FABULOUS ABC’S TUCK DOG SHAPE BOOK ALPHABET 8. ABC. COLLINS’ PLAYTIME ABC. Lond.: Collins circa 1925. Thick 4to, 11. ABC. (DOGS) PUPPY DOG’S ABC. Lond: cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. An ABC, Counting and story book featuring Tuck ca 1890. Folio, pict. wraps, SHAPED 2 stunning alphabets; the Tiny Tot’s ABC and the Funny Animal ABC illustrated BOOK, slight edge wear, VG+. Each letter is in bright colors. Also including counting rhymes and poems illustrated in colors represented by a different dog: Airedale, bull and in line. There is a color plate frontis by H.G. C. Marsh Lambert plus other dog, dachshund, Jap dogs, otter hound, poodle, illustrations by Gladys Peto, R. James Williams and more, most in the style of pug, etc. Illus. with 4 full page chromos Mabel Lucie Attwell. A beautiful book in excellent condition. $400.00 and line illustrations on other pages plus color cover. A great ABC in the Christmas Series. $225.00

RARE HAND-COLORED ABC CARDS IN BOX 12. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) CHILD’S PICTURE ALPHABET ON CARDS. no place, undoubtedly American: Published by H.G. Haven circa 1840. The box measure 3 1/4” wide x 3 7/8” high, decorated paper over card, pictorial label, old repairs to sides of box otherwise complete and VG+. Inside the box are 12 cards each divided in half, blank on versos. The letters of the alphabet are offered in 3 versions: fancy hand-colored large capitals, regular type capitals and regular type lower case. Each letter set has a charming hand-colored vignette below which is a single line of text. The top and bottom of each card has a single line of decoration and a double line of this BEAUTIFUL CZECH decoration separates the halves. All but 3 letters are represented by children’s PANORAMA names: Caleb is afraid of the Indians, Laura is looking to see the sun rise. K is Kicking Football. The last 2 cards have 4 letters: Fancy large letter X has no 9. ABC. (CZECH) NASE picture, W shows Walter and his Wheelbarrow. Fancy large letter Y has no ABECEDA. no pub. info., picture and Z has Young Zachary on the sea-shore. This is a rare set, no copies circa 1930. 4to, pictorial located anywhere nor is there any reference to the publisher. $2250.00 boards, covers rubbed, English translation mounted below Czech else VG+. This is a lovely Czech ABC illustrated by R. Sippich similar to the folk-peasant style of Kosicek’s. The panorama measures 7 7/8 x 11” when closed. There are 8 panels, printed on both sides with 2 letters per page. Very scarce and a great ABC book. $650.00

RARE DARTON ABC FOR THE DEAF 10. ABC. (DARTON) INVITED ALPHABET OR, ADDRESS OF A to B; containing his friendly proposal for the Amusement and Instruction of good children by R.R[ansom]. Lond.: W. Darton Junior (58 Holborn Hill), no date, circa 1812, 5 1/4 x 5 3/8”, rust printed wraps, [1-2], 3-8, [24] plates, [1] verse, [9]-11 [12 ads]. Spine repaired, upper margin sl. trimmed, some corners worn, overall tight and VG. Printed on rectos only, the copper engraved plates are of high quality. The letters of the alphabet are printed in 5 different fonts with the centerpiece of a child posed forming that same letter for the deaf alphabet. Several of the children are in Napoleonic garb and there are decorative borders as well, all engraved by Charles Knight. Osborne 687 notes that this was first EARLY AMERICAN PRIMER published by Darton in 1808 and then by Tabart in 1809. Darton H1284 notes 13. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) ILLUMINATED AMERICAN PRIMER being that Tabart first published this alphabet in 1809. Rare. $2000.00 an to Mrs. Sigourney’s Pictorial Reader: for the use of schools. NY: Turner & Hayden 1844 (1844). 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 36p., light cover soil, VG+. This charming American primer contains two pictorial alphabets, word lists, short 1 paragraph stories and ends with Washington at prayer, illustrated with an engraving of George Washington kneeling in the forest. The first alphabet has illustrations within each large block letter which is then enclosed within a floral border. There are also leaf borders on text pages. The second alphabet has one illustration for each letter where A is for Ark. Mrs. Sigourney was a well known American poet, called the Sweet Singer of Hartford. Although very popular in her time, her prolific work was later regarded as too sentimental. This is a lovely American primer in really nice condition. $350.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] GRANDMAMA EASY’S HAND-COLORED AMERICAN ABC 1810 GERMAN HAND COLORED 14. ABC. (EARLY 18. ABC. (GERMAN) GOLDENE ABC FUR KINDER die schon lesen AMERICAN) NEW LITTLE sonnen oder Lehren der STORIES ABOUT THE Sittlichseit und Jugend in ALPHABET. Albany: Wm. kleinen Geschichten und B. Sprague, circa 1850. Erzahlungen fur die Jugend 4to, green pictorial wraps, benderlen Geschlechts von 8p., VG+. Each letter Jacob Glatz. Nurnberg: features a 9-line little story Friedrich Campe 1810. 12mo, accompanied by a nice hand [i-ii] iii-vi, [2]p. publisher’s colored illustration. T is the list of books, frontis, [1]- first letter in Tee-to-tum. 160p., marbled boards, re- Come let us spin it, and play spined, board edges worn this merry game. The Tee- else tight and VG. Housed in to-tum has eight sides, with a custom cloth box. A series a figure on each side. We of short stories arranged will count them: one, two, alphabetically. Illustrated three, four, five six, even with 24 hand colored eight.” Printed on one side copperplate engravings of the paper, this is one of arranged 2 per page Grandmama Easy’s Large Toy (complete as issued with no J, Books. $750.00 X or Y). Jacob Glatz (1776- 1835) was a prolific German author of children’s books. A charming early German juvenile. $2750.00 UNCOMMON BRISTOL IMPRINT 15. ABC. (EARLY ENGLISH) GOOD 2 ABC’S - CATS & GNOMES CHILD’S BOOK OF PICTURES. Bristol: Philip 19. ABC. (GNOMES AND CATS) JOLLY ALPHABETS AND PUZZLES. Rose, circa 1820. 2 5/8 x 4”, brown wraps, sl. Lond.: Blackie ca 1930. 4to, cloth backed pictorial chipping on wrap else fine. This is a charming, boards, edges sl. rubbed simple little alphabet book with a very nice else fine. This book contains 2 alphabets and several woodcut for each letter. Text is only a one puzzles at the end. First word caption. “U” is Unicorn. There is also is a cat ABC illustrated with charming 3-color cat a cut on the and full page frontis drawings by A.E. Kennedy to accompany simple poems of a fisherman. This is an uncommon imprint, about cats and their scarce. $500.00 alphabetical adventures. There are also 2 full color plates by Albert Kaye. Next is a wonderful Gnome RARE FAIRY TALE ABC alphabet illustrated in 3- 16. ABC. (FAIRY TALES) color by C.E.B. Bernard ABC OF FAIRY TALES by that also includes 2 color Dorothy Pailthorpe. Lond.: plates by him. The puzzle Gale & Polden no date, owner pages have one color plate inscribed 1925. Thick square by Ruth Cobb. A great ABC 8vo (7” wide x 6 3/4”), burlap book. $275.00 covered boards with string ties, Fine. Printed on thick STRIKING HEBREW ABC card stock on rectos only, 20. ABC. (HEBREW) each letter of the alphabet ALEPH BET GIMMEL is represented by a different [text by] Rachel Caspi. Tel fairy tale. Illustrated by the Aviv: Da-at ca 1948. Small author with a full page art 4to, pict. wraps, 29p., nouveau style color depiction VG+. A simple picture book of the fairy tale character illustrated with striking and with 4 lines of verse. A full page color illustrations rare and wonderful alphabet. by ZVI MALEVANCHIK (8 $850.00 full page, 2 double-page) and also illus. in line. Style HAND-COLORED is more typical of the 17. ABC. (FRENCH) ABC. Offered here is a wonderful French alphabet 30’s. $450.00 (Epinal 1863). Oblong 16mo blue boards with color plate on the cover, fine. The alphabet begins with the letter “A” on the cover, followed by 24 fine full page hand-colored lithographed plates (litho’d by Pellerin) for the other letters. “D” stands for Danseuse de Corde and shows a girl balancing on the tightrope. All of CHARMING VICTORIAN the scenes are very evocative of the times. $1200.00 INTERIORS 21. ABC. HOME ALPHABET. Lond.: Warne circa 1870. 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”). pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. The various letters of the alphabet deal with everyday objects in the home, illustrated with 8 full page chromolithographed pages showing interiors of a Victorian home. Charming and rare. $675.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 BY NOTED CARTOONIST MINIATURE HAND-COLORED PANORAMA ABC 22. ABC. (HUMOROUS) BAD BOY’S FIRST READER by Frank Bellew. NY: 26. ABC. (MILITARY) PETIT ALPHABET MILITAIRE. Paris: J. Langlume, circa G.W. Carleton (1881). 16mo, printed wraps, 44p. + [2]p. ads, some cover soil and 1830. 2 1/2” square, cloth with color pictorial label, VG+. 26 hand-colored engraved sl. chipping, VG. 1st ed. with ads dated 1881. A satirical alphabet written and military figures in full uniforms opens accordion fashion. Includes B for Bonaparte, illustrated by noted American cartoonist Frank Bellew who was the first artist to N for Napoleon, and W for Wellington. A rare miniature ABC. $2000.00 give human form to Uncle Sam (who had previously only been described but not seen). “V” is for Verily: Verily my son, here is a large fish. Do you think he is a trout? No, I think he must be a smelt, for I smelt him.” Each letter features a half page pen and ink by Bellew. Following the alphabet are short stories in large type with half page b&w illustrations. $200.00

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BABCOCK MINIATURE ABC 27. ABC. (MINIATURE) PICTURE ALPHABET, OR ABC IN RHYME. New Haven: S. Babcock circa 1840. 1 7/8 x 2 7/8”, pictorial green wraps, 8p., fine. Illus. with cut on title page plus 10 #23 cuts for the alphabet whose text is in rhyme. “U For Unhorsed, - one rider here RARE 19TH CENTURY LIMERICK ABC Is just unhorsed, you see” 23. ABC. (LIMERICKS) RUMMICAL RHYMES WITH PICTURES TO MATCH is illustrated with a cut of 3 SET FORTH IN FAYRE PROSPECT ALPHABETICALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY. children on a horse, and one Lond. Dean & Son. (11 Ludgate Hill) circa 1860. 8vo, [24]p. + cover, stiff pictorial is falling off. A charming wraps, old neat re-spining and corner of cover rubbed else VG+. Each letter of true miniature. $250.00 the alphabet has a nonsensical limerick involving the name of a town beginning with the particular letter (I and J, U and V are combined two to a page). “There ABC MOTHER GOOSE was a young lady of Cork, Who declining to eat with a Fork, Her fingers would NOVELTY use, And the feelings abuse, of the delicate people of Cork.” Printed on one side 28. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) of the paper, each page has a large 3-color illustration, signed by JB. $1200.00 MOTHER GOOSE...HER ALPHABET. Akron: Saalfield 1946. Obl. 4to, spiral backed RARE FORMAT bds, Fine in dw with a few pieces off back panel and with repairs 24. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) EVERY BABY’S on verso. Illustrated in full color ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1884. 8vo, (6 opposite each rhyme by JANE FRANCES. Individual letters 1/4 x 9 1/4”), red cloth, pictorial paste- of the alphabet extend over on, near fine. Letters in red are inside the the tops and sides of the pages that disappear as the pages front cover and a cat story in words of one are turned until all letters are syllable are inside rear cover. Text pages used. These can also be used for the child to turn directly to are mounted on card and feature full page a rhyme beginning with a specific chromos in four panels per page. Two words letter. $225.00 for each letter are on the bottom of each page. “J” is for Jew and “Q” is for Quail. RARE ANTI-NAZI ALPHABET 29. ABC. (NAZI) HET ABC VAN HET NAZIREGIEM. (Brussels: Leuven 1944). Very high quality and an unusual 12mo, pictorial wraps, Fine. Every page illustrated in full color by Herman A. format for McLoughlin. $300.00 Vos with each letter ridiculing Nazi party leaders and the movement. I is for the Israelite ten doode toe geplaagd (I is for the Israelite who was haunted to death - a stereotypical Jewish man with a gold star on his arm is shown in front of the barbed wire of a concentration camp), F is de Fuhrer, dies ons land heeft leeggegapt (F is for Furer who bled our country - Hitler is shown leaving the country carrying a huge bag of food over his shoulder). Rare. $2250.00 LARGE FORMAT MCLOUGHLIN ABC 25. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) GIRLS & BOYS NAME ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1889. Folio, cl. backed pict. bds, sl. edge rubbing and wear, VG+. Each letter is brightly illustrated with chromolithographs accompanied by rhymes containing boys and girls names: U is for Una, Q is for Queenie, V is for Vinnie. A very scarce McLoughlin title and a great ABC. $500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] TUCK PAINTING ABC WITH TRANSPORTATION ABC PAINT 34. ABC. (TRANSPORTATION) 30. ABC. (PAINTING BOOK) MY AN ABC ON WHEELS. Lond.: GARDEN ABC PAINTING BOOK. Nelson circa 1925. Large 4to, Lond.: Tuck no date circa 1910. pict. bds, near fine. Printed Narrow 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, on heavy card stock, each fine and unused. There are 4 holes page is hinged into the book. die-cut into the top of the book Every letter of the alphabet through which 4 swatches of paint represents a different wheeled can be accessed. Printed on one side vehicle (from a dog-cart to an of the paper, each color illustrated ice-cream barrow). Illustrated page faces a page in line to be in typical 20’s style in color painted by the child using the paint on every page. Great look at at the top of the book. The alphabet English life at the beginning letters are richly colored flowers and of the century and a beautiful berries. $200.00 copy. $475.00

PETER PAN ALPHABET ADVERTISING ABC 31. ABC. (PETER PAN) PETER PAN’S A B C. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, no 35. ABC. (TRANSPORTATION) YOUR HIGHWAY ABC BOOK. Wash. D.C.: date, circa 1913. 7 1/2” wide x 9 1/4”, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, one Nat’l Highway Users Conference 1935. 4to, pictorial wraps, near fine. Each letter plate with 2 creases and slight foxing on text pages else VG+. A most wonderful relates to some aspect of the benefits that good transportation offers the country alphabet book starting with and urges positive voting on the Progress in Transport legislation. Illus. in color an abridged version of J.M. throughout. “L is for Ladies - they no longer stay / Drudging in kitchens while Barrie’s Peter Pan (whose other folks play. / Ladies with cars are now able to roam / Without being more name curiously enough is not than mere minutes from home.” Rear cover has a Standard Oil ad. $125.00 mentioned anywhere), after which are verses for each letter of the alphabet with text relevant to the story. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated by FLORA WHITE with 26 (inc. cover) especially lovely color plates somewhat reminiscent of Attwell or Anderson. Very scarce, probably due to the construction of the book few copies of this title survive in really nice condition. $800.00

PRINCESS OF WALES ABC 32. ABC. (ROYALTY) ALEXANDRA ALPHABET. Lond.: RARE VOLLAND ABC Warne, no date, ca 1880. 4to (7 36. ABC. (VOLLAND) JOLLY KID ALPHABET by Tom Lamb. (Joliet: Volland) 1/2 x 9 3/4”), pictorial wraps, nd circa 1930. Large oblong 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, slight shelf wear, near light soil and rubbing, VG. An fine. A RARE LARGE FORMAT VOLLAND BOOK printed on thick card stock and alphabet named for Alexandra, with each page featuring fabulous, bold full color illustrations by TOM LAMB the Princess of Wales. Since including marvelous humanized letters of the alphabet (in the comic style of Tony she was from Denmark, all of Sarg). Simply a great book. $750.00 the letters refer to things Danish. “C” is for Army Camp, ABC SEE ALSO 50, 127, 133, 215-17, 232, 331, 413, 467-8 “I” is for Icelanders because Denmark ruled Iceland, “P” is ADULT (KNOWN FOR ADULT WORK) – 92, 475, 497 for the Prince of Wales (the ADVERTISING INTEREST – 1, 35, 157, 473, 510 son of Victoria and Albert). Each letter has a fine full color HAND-COLORED illustration plus various words 37. AESOP. DIE ERNEUERTEN beginning with that letter. The ASEOPISCHEN FABELN. verso pages have a paragraph Munich: Holbein Verlag (1923). of text about the subject of 4to, leather backed boards, each letter. A Warne Excelsior 64p., leather rubbed else VG+. Toy Book and an uncommon Aesop’s fables told anew with ABC. $700.00 suitable morals. Illustrated with 20 beautiful hand-colored woodcuts after Jos. Zainer originals from the 1475 Augsburg SCOUTING ABC . A nice copy of a scarce Aesop. $350.00 33. ABC. (SCOUTING) BOY SCOUT ABC. NY: Sam. Gabriel 1916. 4to, linen pictorial AESOP SEE ALSO 174, 457 wraps, paper on covers worn otherwise AKERS, FLOYD - 73 tight and VG. Illustrated with 4 full page color illustrations and with many 3-color 38. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. A GARLAND FOR GIRLS. Bost: Roberts Bros. 1888 (1887). illustrations in-text signed HK (Harry 8vo, greyish cloth, 258p. + [8]p. ads + [14]p. Kennedy) to accompany verses about the publisher catalogue. Slightest of cover soil else near fine. 1st ed. variant BAL 217. Illustrated letters. T is for Trefoil, the tenderfoot’s pin. with title page vignette and 7 b&w plates. This Rare. $300.00 is a beautiful copy of a lesser known Alcott title. $500.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 39. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. HUMPTY AND DUMPTY by May Byron. NY: Hodder 45. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. TABITHA’S TEA & Stoughton [1912]. Sq. 8vo, boards, pictorial paste-on, narrow cover stain on PARTY by May Byron. Lond.: Henry Frowde lower corner else VG+. Number 3 in Cecil Aldin’s Happy Family books, this is / Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Sq. 8vo, the story about two adorable bunnies. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine. Number 4 double-paged, plus pictorial endpapers. $300.00 in Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party books, this is the story about a stray cat named Tabitha. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is double-paged, and pictorial endpapers. $400.00

ALDIN, CECIL ALSO 124

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN – 158, 246-7 279, 426, 460

46. ANDERSON,ANNE. THE SLEEPY-SONG BOOK, music by H.Campbell, words by Eugene Field, May Byron & Fl. Campbell. Lond: Harrap, CECIL ALDIN’S MERRY PARTY circa 1920. 4to, cloth backed bds, pict. paste-on, Fine in 40. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. MASTER QUACK GIVES A WATER PICNIC by May dw with general shelf-soil Byron. NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, spine paper and a few chips. 1st ed. repaired on rear gutter else, Fine. Number 3 in Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party books, Illustrated. by Anderson this is the story about a water party hosted by Master Quack, a duck. Illus. with with 12 very beautiful 6 color plates, one of which is double-paged, and pictorial endpapers. $350.00 color plates plus lovely art nouveau b&w illustrations 41. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. PETER’S DINNER PARTY by May Byron. NY: Hodder & throughout the text (and Stoughton [1912]. Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, spine paper repaired on rear gutter pictorial endpapers as well). else, Fine. Number 5 in Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party books, this is the story about A great copy of a lovely book a chef Pig named Peter. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is double-paged, and one of her less common and pictorial endpapers. $350.00 titles. $450.00

47. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK. NY: Nelson nd ca 1915. Folio, cloth, pict. paste-on, 190p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (spine of dw missing pieces). 1st ed. of this wonderful book containing 25 classic tales from various sources. Featuring pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates and many delicate line illustrations 42. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. RAGS by May Byron. NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. by Anderson. Beautiful Sq. 8vo, boards, pictorial paste-on, narrow cover stain on lower corner else copy. $400.00 VG+. Number 4 in Cecil Aldin’s Happy Family books, this is the story about a mischievous white dog named Rags. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is ANDERSON, C.W. - 116 double-paged, plus pictorial endpapers. $300.00

TENNIS ANYONE? 43. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. RAG’S GARDEN PARTY by May Byron. NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, spine paper repaired on rear gutter else, Fine. Number 2 in Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party books, this is the story about McLOUGHLIN a tennis party given by Rags the dog. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is TRANSPORTATION BOOK double-paged, and pictorial endpapers. $350.00 48. (ANDRE,R)illus. BY LAND: A TRIP PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY McLOUGHLIN BROS.. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1889. Folio (10x12”), [16]p. incl. covers, pictorial wraps, neat spine strengthening else VG+. This is a wonderful picture book that represents various modes of transportation from around the world. Each leaf is fully illustrated in rich colors by Andre, with a caption describing 44. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. RUFUS by May Byron. NY: Hodder & Stoughton Milford the country portrayed. A scarce [1912]. Sq. 8vo, boards, pictorial paste-on, narrow cover stain on lower corner and on a few inner pages else VG+. Number 2 in Cecil Aldin’s Happy Family books, title. $475.00 this is the story about a stray cat named Rufus. Illus. with 6 color plates, one of which is double-paged, and pictorial endpapers. $275.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] SHAKESPEARE McLOUGHLIN PIRACY WITH GREAT PUNCH AND JUDY 49. (ANDRE,R.)illus. SHAKESPEARIAN TALES IN VERSE FOR CHILDREN 54. AUNT LOUISA. AUNT LOUISA’S NATIONAL ALBUM. Lond.: Warne ca by Mrs. Valentine. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1882. 4to (8 1/2 x 10”), cloth backed 1880. 4to, cloth with extensive decoration in black and gold, edges and spine pictorial board covers, corners rubbed else VG-Fine. Including the Taming of the lightly rubbed, near Fine. There are 4 stories told in verse including Jack and Jill, Shrew, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice and A Winter’s Tale. Illustrated Punch and Judy, My Children and the Faithful Friend. Each story features 6 fine in color on every page of text in shades or red, black and white by R. Andre who full page color lithographs, 24 is not credited for the work. Very scarce. $475.00 in all printed by Kronheim on one side of the paper. Jack and Jill is the traditional rhyme in its full length; Punch and Judy has a fabulous double page color spread; My Children shows the daily lives of happy children busily playing games inside and out. The Faithful Friends tells of 2 unhappy circus orphans who ultimately find a home through the deeds of their beloved dog. This is a great copy of a very uncommon Aunt Louisa title. $450.00

READER FOR BUSH CHILDREN 50. ANGLUND,JOAN WALSH. IN A PUMPKIN SHELL: a Mother Goose ABC. 55. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL’S FIRST BOOK. NY: Harcourt Brace (1960). 4to, orange pictorial cloth, Fine in fine pictorial dust (Brisbane: Dept. of Native Affairs} no date, probably mid 20th century. Oblong wrapper. First edition. A most wonderful ABC book illustrated in color and line pictorial wraps, 7 1/4” x 5”, 24p., VG+. Printed on rectos only, there are 2 pages by Ms. Anglund. Probably her most desirable (and best) book and quite difficult of instruction to teachers followed by one illustration per page with one or two to find in the 1st ed. $150.00 identifying words. Illustrated in red, black and white by “F.D.” “This book has been made for the Aboriginal Children of Australia, especially those of the north ANTHROPOMORPHIC – 259, 488 ARNOUX, GUY – 428-9 and centre who come straight from the bush to the strange world of school.” Muir 270. $850.00 ART (ORIGINAL) – 153-156, 168, 209-211, 241, 254, 281, 306, 316-17, 325, 340-1, 347, 354, 427, 452, 466, 529, 541, 574, 575

51. ART DECO. THE PICTURE BOOK OF RIVERS by Allan McNab. NY: Macmillan. 1932 (1932). 4to, pict. cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. The Amazon, Danube, Rhine, Volga, Hudson and Thames, strikingly illus. by McNab with full page color lithographs in bold flat colors, Art Deco in style. A companion to the Hader’s Book of Travel, Dobias’ Book of Flying and Gimmage’s Book of Ships and an example of fine American book production for children that flourished in the 1930’s. $250.00

AUSTRALIA SEE ALSO 129, 224, 255, 393, 394

SCARCE TITLE IN THE SERIES 56. (AVERILL,NAOMI)illus. STORY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION by Donald Peattie. NY:G&D (1937). Sq. sm 4to, pict. bds, Fine in sl. worn dw. The story of man from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the Caesars of the Roman Empire, simply told and beautifully illus. in bold Art Deco style by Averill. $150.00

AVIATION – 78, 439 ART DECO SEE ALSO 167, 222, 231

ART NOUVEAU SEE 227, 251, 302, 318, 365, 432

52. ARTHURIAN INTEREST. CHILDREN’S KING ARTHUR: STORIES FROM TENNYSON AND MALORY. Lond.: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1915. Small 4to, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, [60]p., sl. stain corner of half-title else VG+. Illustrated by an unknown hand with 8 beautiful color plates plus many lovely illustrations in line and pictorial endpapers. $125.00

ATTWELL MOTHER GOOSE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX 53. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES. Lond. Paris NY: Raphael Tuck 1925. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 140p. + 2p. ads. Paper at top of cover scraped else near Fine in ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS BOX with color plate on cover. 57. BABY BOOK. MOTHER STORK’S BABY BOOK. NY: Dodge (1904). Large Illustrated by Attwell with 12 4to, blue pictorial cloth, as new and unused in original plain box. Illustrated beautiful color plates and with in typical turn of the century art nouveau style by ALBERTINE RANDALL b&w’s on nearly every page WHEELAN with full and partial page full color illustrations. A lovely baby book of text. Rarely found in the and a great copy. $250.00 box. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 WITH LARGE FINISHED DRAWING ON ENDPAPER 4 BOOKS IN PUBLISHER’S BOX INCL. PEAT, THORNE, SCOTT 58. BACON,PEGGY. CAT- 62. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO [in] HI-HO STORY BOX. CALLS. NY: McBride (1935) Akron: Saalfield ca 1942. There are 4 books, 9 1/4 X 10 1/4” each in fine condition 8vo, cloth, Fine in tattered in the original publisher’s pictorial box. Each of the books has a pictorial wrapper dw. Stated first edition. duplicating the covers. 36 poems, illustrated by Sambo is illustrated Bacon with many lovely by FLORENCE WHITE black and white illustrations WILLIAMS with 6 color in text. This copy has a illustrations, 9 b&w’s, FABULOUS HALF-PAGE pictorial endpapers plus DRAWING INSCRIBED covers in color by Eleanor BY BACON. Depicted is March. The other titles a department store aisle. include Mother Goose by Snooty salespeople are Fern Bisel Peat, One Happy standing behind counters. Day by Janet Laura Scott In the center of the aisle and Baby Animal Stories is a heavy-set lady with a illus. by Diana Thorne. young child and another Rare and wonderful.. very distressed young child $1250.00 pulling at his mother’s skirt. Done in Bacon’s distinctive style and very detailed. SAMBO IN BOX WITH 3 PIGS * 3 BEARS * SALLIE MANDIE $650.00 63. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO MAGIC DRAWING BOOK [in] FUN WITH DOTS FOR LITTLE TOTS. Platt & Munk (illus. dated 1928, box SAMBO SHAPE BOOK dated 1940). There are 4, 4to sized books, stiff pict. wraps, each in fine condition 59. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Newark: and UNUSED in the original Charles Graham, ca 1930. 7x5”, pict. wraps with top and side edge cut in shape of pictorial box. The little tiger and trees, banner at base of cover is in black on both covers, VG+. Illus. by an girl on the cover of the box unknown hand in color. “Peter Rabbit Cut Out Series”. A rare version. $450.00 is pictured holding a copy of Little Black Sambo in her arms. This is a “paint by numbers” set including an edition of Sambo with great color covers and with all illustrations (by an unknown hand) portraying a grossly stereotypical American Black family. Also includes Three Little Pigs, Three Bears and Little Sallie Mandie magic drawing books. $600.00

SAMBO * RED HEN * GINGERBREAD BOY * THREE BEARS IN BOX 64. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO * THREE BEARS * GINGERBREAD BOY * LITTLE RED HEN 4 books. Phil.: Winston (1930). Obl. 12mo, (6” wide x 5), pictorial board covers, 4 BOOKS FINE IN DUST WRAPPERS AND IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! The Cheerie Series of Sunshine Books for Little Tots. Sambo is portrayed as a native of INDIA illus. in color by Eunice Stephenson. The other 3 titles are MOVEABLE SAMBO IN DW WITH WIESE ILLUSTRATIONS illustrated in color by FREDERICK RICHARDSON. This is a very scarce version 60. BANNERMAN,HELEN. STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO (ANIMATED of Sambo and a rare set of the Cheerie books. $1200.00 EDITION). NY: Garden City Pub (1933). 4to, cloth, pict. paste- on, fine in dust wrapper with chips. A rare moveable edition of Sambo, this is illustrated with 27 full page color illustrations by KURT WIESE (plus color endpapers), 4 of which are moveable plates (animations by A.V. Warren) with jointed figures operated by tabs. The mechanism is similar to that used by Meggendorfer but slightly more complex. Very scarce in such clean and complete condition, rare in the dw. $1650.00

8 BOOKS IN BOX - SAMBO, POTTER, PAPER DOLLS AND MORE 61. BANNERMAN,HELEN AND BEATRIX POTTER. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT [in] HAPPY BOX. Akron: Saalfield 1938. There are 8 books (6 1/2 x 7 1/2”), each in fine condition in the original publisher’s pictorial box. 4 books are story books and 4 are activity books. All 12 BOOKS IN BOX INCLUDING PETER RABBIT & SAMBO books are pictorial wraps, 65. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. TWELVE TALES WELL TOLD IN 12 BOOKS brightly illustrated in full (INCLUDING LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. no place: Sam. Gabriel ca 1930. housed color by BETTY BELL REA. in a pictorial box measuring The other story besides 11 1/2 x 8” are 12 books - Sambo and Peter Rabbit each measuring 5.5 x 7” and are Three Little Kittens all illustrated in color by and the Little Red Hen. R.A. BURLEY. Aside from The 4 activity books are: Sambo, titles include: Peter Toys To Make and Play Rabbit, Little Red Riding With (directions for making Hood, Jack & Beanstalk, peanut toys), Tagalong (a Mother Hubbard, Three book where pictures replace Billy Goats, Hansel & words), Paper Dolls (Bob Gretel, Three Kittens, and Judy with clothing) and Gingerbread Man, Dick the Runaway Balloon (to Whittington, Three Bears color). This is a fantastic and Henny Penny. The box boxed set in great condition. cover has pictures of each Rare. $850.00 character in color. A great selection. $750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] SAMBO * PETER RABBIT * LITTLE RED HEN BAUM’S 66. [BANNERMAN,HELEN AND BEATRIX POTTER]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO 69. BAUM,L.FRANK. AMERICAN * PETER RABBIT * LITTLE SMALL RED HEN - 3 books in a box titled LITTLE FAIRY TALES. Chic.: George M. Hill PEOPLE’S FAVORITES. Chic: Donohue circa 1920. Each book is 8vo bound in 1901 (1901). 8vo, tan cloth stamped in pictorial boards in fine condition in the pictorial box with Sambo on the cover (box red and green, top edge gilt, [207]p. + with some soil). Sambo and Peter Rabbit are piracies with no author mentioned. [3]p. ads., bottom corners bumped and Each book has 14 full page color illustrations including endpapers - artist unknown. white cloth on rear cover has some finger Sambo is portrayed as an African. This is a rare find in the box. $900.00 soil and a crease otherwise a remarkably clean near Fine copy. 1st ed. with spine flowers in red. 12 original fairy tales by Baum, illustrated with cover, title and borders on text pages by RALPH FLETCHER SEYMOUR and with many full page illustrations by IKE MORGAN, HARRY KENNEDY and N.P. HALL. One of the earliest and most scarce of Baum’s books that if found generally has the colors marked and faded. (Schiller 68). $950.00

SIX BOOKS IN BOX RARE BAUM TITLE 67. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. 70. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. A Novel LITTLE BLACK SAMBO for Young Folks by Suzanne Metcalf. Chic.: and 5 other books in Reilly & Britton (1906). 12mo, gray cloth box. (NY: Samuel Gabriel stamped in gold, color pictorial paste-on of ca 1939). Small 8vo, a girl framed by a bow, [231]p., spine faded pictorial wraps, fine. Each and corner of last blank free endpaper book is illustrated by M. repaired else really near fine. 1st. edition, Burley with 6 full color first printing of this book intended for illustrations and 6 3-color girls (all 16p. signatures except 1st of 8p., illustrations. Also includes spine imprint reads The Reilly & / Britton Three Little Kittens, Little Co. - see Baum Bugle Christmas 1968). Red Riding Hood, Mother Illustrated by H. Putnam Hall with 6 color Hubbard’s Dog, Henny plates. This was the only title for which Penny and Three Billy Baum used his Suzanne Metcalf pseudonym. Goats. $300.00 This is a great copy of a rare Baum title. $2000.00 BARRIE, J.M. SEE 31, 461

BATTLEDORES SEE 215-217

1ST ISSUE OF RAREST BAUM FANTASY BAUM AS VAN DYNE 68. BAUM,L.FRANK. A NEW WONDERLAND. NY: R.H. Russell 1900. 4to, 71. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. AUNT JANE’S cl. backed pictorial boards, x, 190p., edges rubbed, a few mends on frontis not affecting image, very faint edge stain on a few pages else really a near Fine NIECES by Edith Van Dyne. Chic: Reilly & copy of this title. 1st ed., in the first state binding with pictorial endpapers. Britton (1906). 8vo, green cloth stamped in This is actually the FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITTEN BY BAUM (although gold and purple, color pictorial paste-on, 325p. reached publication before A New Wonderland, this was + [2]p. ads, previous owner blind stamp on written earlier and delayed in publication). This is a marvelous fantasy taking endpaper and margin of frontis) offset from place in Phunnyland inhabited by Princes Zingle and Fiddlecumdoo, Timtom and the Princesses Truella and Pattycake. Illustrated by FRANK VER BECK with 4-leaf clover on 2 pages else clean, bright and pictorial endpapers, 16 2-color plates including title, plus numerous black and near fine copy. 1st edition, first printing of whites. This title, which was an obvious attempt to cash in on the popularity the first in the Aunt Jane series using Edith of Alice In Wonderland, was drastically reworked and later published as The Van Dyne as Baum’s pseudonym. Illustrated Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo. A notoriously rare Baum with 6 plates by E.A. Nelson. This is a great fantasy, that when found is usually lacking the frontis. $7500.00 copy with the lovely art nouveau binding rarely found so bright and unblemished. $500.00

BAUM’S OWN BOOK FOR CHILDREN 72. BAUM,L.FRANK. BAUM’S OWN BOOK FOR CHILDREN: Stories and Verses from the Famous Oz Books, Father Goose: His Book, etc. with many hitherto Unpublished Selections. Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1912). 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, 196p., edges and corners rubbed and soil on a few pages, else VG. A revised version of Baum’s Juvenile Speaker from 1910 with a new introduction by Baum dated 1912 and with some stories revised. Baum selected what he considered some of his best stories and provided introductions for stories that originally formed parts of complete books. Illus. in b&w by Neill and Enright. Includes Prince Marvel, a playlet for children based on the Enchanted Island of Yew. A scarce book. $750.00 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS BAUM AS SCHUYLER STAUNTON 73. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE 78. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. DAUGHTERS OF DESTINY by Schuyler Staunton. HUNTERS IN ALASKA by Floyd Akers Chic.: Reilly and Britton (1906). 8vo, green cloth stamped in gold, pictorial (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton paste-on, 319p., Fine. 1st ed. A novel by Baum using his Schuyler Staunton (1908). 8vo, brown cloth stamped in black pseudonym. Illustrated by Thomas Pierce and Harold DeLay with 8 lovely color and white, 271p., cloth at head of spine plates. This is a great copy. $750.00 repaired, tiny part of bottom corner of some pages worn off else VG. 1st ed. 1st printing of this boy’s adventure series by Baum (open book on title, publisher mistake at foot of title listing twice, p.271 ends with THE END and no see Baum Bugle Autumn 1971). Illus. with 3 half-tone plates by Howard Heath. This first title in the Baum/Akers adventure series originally came out as a title in his Sam Steele series entitled Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea. $700.00

TWINKLE TALE IN DUST WRAPPER 74. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. PRAIRIE-DOG TOWN by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1906). 8vo, pict. 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 BAUM WPA BOOK full page color illus. plus color pict. title page and line illustrations by MAGINEL 79. BAUM,L.FRANK. OUR LANDLADY. (Mitchell, S.D.) Friends of the Middle WRIGHT ENRIGHT. A very scarce title, rare in the dust wrapper. $1750.00 Border 1941. 4to, red stiff pictorial wraps, comer of cover rubbed and some spotting, 46p., VG+. Printed in hand-set type by the Prairie Workshop. A compilation of Baum’s “Our Landlady” column printed in his newspaper the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer from 188-1891. Illus. in b&w by Andre Boratko. This is a rare and obscure Baum book. $1200.00

RARE OZ POSTER 80. (BAUM,L.FRANK). PATCHWORK GIRL AND SCARECROW POSTER. Grand Rapids, MI: American Seating Co., no date circa 1925. This is a charming color poster published as a teaching aide for schools. The Patchwork Girl and Scarecrow are shown depicting the improper way to sit at a desk and a color photo of a prim little girl shows the proper posture. In large print it reads : “When seated at your studies, don’t hump over nor slump down / like the FINE 1st STATE OF “KABUMPO” Patchwork Girl or the Scarecrow, 75. (BAUM,L.FRANK) KABUMPO IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly but / sit erect, like the Universal & Lee (1922). 4to, Blue cloth, pict. paste-on, spine slightly faded, else near Fine. Girl.” There is also a 4 stanza 1st ed., earliest copy with Princess Dorothy on [299] and elephant on half title, poem about proper posture. In tiny H-G XVI. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and 12 wonderful color plates by print below the Oz characters it J.R. NEILL. $1200.00 reads: “These quaint characters are quoted from the famous Oz SILVER PRINCESS IN DUST WRAPPER Books and were created by L. Frank 76. (BAUM,L.FRANK) SILVER PRINCESS OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Baum. Used by permission of Reilly Reilly & Lee (1938). 4to, turquoise cloth, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw frayed & Lee Company, the publishers.” on edges, $1.50 price, ads thru Silver Princess). 1st ed., 1st state with pictorial Rare. $850.00 endpapers, spine illustration and 16p. gathers. (H-G XXXII). Illus. by J.R. NEILL in black and white throughout (as issued). This is a beautiful copy. $1200.00 INCREDIBLE COPY OF A RARE BAUM FIRST EDITION 81. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, [116]p. + [3]p. ads, tips sl. rubbed else FINE. 1st ed. A wonderful fantasy, “often considered one of Baum’s finest” (Schiller cat. #168). This is illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s sister) with 8 color plates plus many black and whites. This title was reprinted as Babes In Birdland which is also scarce, however this first edition is particularly difficult to find and this is an incredible copy $1850.00 #81

NEAR MINT COPY OF EARLY BAUM TITLE 77. BAUM,L.FRANK. DOT AND TOT OF MERRYLAND. Chic: Geo. Hill 1901 (1901). Small 4to, 226p., yellow gilt pictorial cloth stamped in red and brown and gold, near MINT with virtually no wear, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed. Illustrated by W. W. DENSLOW in color throughout. Written to accompany the Wizard of Oz, this was not commercially successful and was ultimately Baum’s and Denslow’s last collaboration. (Greene/Hearne 23, Schiller 70). This is an astounding copy #82 with the gold on the cover as bright as the day it was published. $4000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected] RARE BAUM TITLE OZ IMITATION 82. [BAUM,L. FRANK]. SAM STEELE’S ADVENTURES IN PANAMA by Capt. 86. BAUM IMITATION. THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by Curtis Dunham. Hugh Fitzgerald. Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1907). 8vo, green cloth stamped in gold, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (Sept. 1906). 4to, grey pictorial boards, sl. wear, near blue, red, white and green, 310p., slight cover soil else near Fine. 1st ed. of this Fine. First edition of this fantasy, and an obvious imitation of the Wizard of Oz. rare Baum title and one of only 2 titles written under his Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald It is illustrated by GEORGE pseudonym. Illustrated by Howard Heath with 5 plates. Although not successful, F.KERR with 8 color plates. the publisher’s hoped that by re-issuing the two titles as part of another series In addition, literally every that they might sell after all, so in 1908 this became part of the Boy Fortune page is illustrated with the Hunters series also by Baum using his Floyd Akers name. Because so few copies text being superimposed of the first edition survive, it is speculated that the publisher’s destroyed any upon the illustrations. These extant copies in order to promote the books in the new series. This is a beautiful background illustrations copy of a rare Baum title. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $2000.00 are done in a series of various colors from yellow RARE BAUM TITLE to blue to green to orange 83. [BAUM,L. FRANK]. SAM STEELE’S ADVENTURES ON LAND AND SEA etc. A particularly nice by Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald. Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1906). 8vo, 271p., red cloth copy of a most attractive stamped in gold and black with a ship on the cover, near Fine. 1st edition, first state and scarce children’s (printed on laid paper, correct color and picture on binding, text ends on page 271 book. $600.00 with words “unvarying good fortune THE END”) of this rare Baum title and one of only 2 titles written under his Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald pseudonym. Illustrated by Howard Heath with 5 plates. Although not successful, the publisher’s hoped DOROTHY SHERRILL’S LITTLE WHITE that by re-issuing the two titles as part of another series that they might sell TEDDY after all, so in 1908 this became the first title of the new Boy Fortune Hunters 87. BEARS. THE STORY OF A LITTLE series (titled the Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska) also by Baum using his Floyd WHITE TEDDY BEAR WHO DIDN’T WANT Akers name. Because so few copies of the first edition survive, it is speculated TO GO TO BED by Dorothy Sherrill. NY: that the publisher’s destroyed any extant copies in order to promote the books Farrar Rinehart (1931). 12mo, blue cloth, in the new series. This is a beautiful copy of a rare Baum title. $2000.00 pictorial label, fine in dw with a few small holes and some rubbing. Stated 1st printing of this rare little book with hand lettered text printed in blue. The color illustrations are simple and charming and the story is charmingly simple as well. The star of course is an adorable little white teddy bear. Extremely rare in the first printing. See Bader p.74-5, pictured p.75. $450.00

RARE TEDDY BEAR BOOK 88. BEARS. TEDDY BEARS by Adah Louise Sutton. Akron: Saalfield (1907). 4to, pictorial boards, 154p. + ads, paper spine neatly strengthened else VG+. A family of teddy bears comes alive in the nursery in this detailed fantasy. Illustrated with 6 color plates, many line illustrations and pictorial covers by A.J. Schaffer. An early Teddy Bear book and very scarce. $600.00

84. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TAMAWACA FOLKS by John Estes Cooke. [Macatawa, Michigan]: Tamawaca Press (1907). 8vo, green cloth stamped in blue and white, 185p., FINE. 1st ed. “The title is an anagram for Macatawa, the resort on Lake Michigan where Baum wrote many of his books and serves as the setting for this satire. Baum himself makes a brief appearance in this ‘summer comedy’ as Mr. Wright. The book may have been published by Baum himself, and it was certainly available only at Macatawa and among the small community there” (Swann/Greene 165). Quite scarce and a beautiful copy. $2500.00

MINT TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS IN DUST WRAPPER! 85. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS: their astonishing adventures in Nature Fairyland by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Brit. (1911) 8vo, yellow cloth pictorially stamped in green, red and black, 384p., MINT IN STEIFF BEARS PHOTO ILLUSTRATED DUST WRAPPER (dw with piece off top edge of spine with loss of lettering 89. BEARS. TWO TEDDY BEARS IN TOYLAND by Elizabeth Gordon. NY: and other normal wear, but VG, listing Scarecrow on rear panel). First and only Dodd Mead 1907 (Sept. 1907). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, light edition (Schiller 219, Baughman 74) this reprints all 6 of that cover soil and rubbing, VG+. 1st edition. Printed on coated paper, each page first appeared pseudononymously in 1906: Mr. Woodchuck, Bandit Jim Crow, of text faces a full page photo illustrated picture of the bears in their home Prairie Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Twinkle’s Enchantment and Sugar-Loaf with dolls and toys. The bears used are the Steiff teddy bears with their Mountain. Illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s characteristic humped backs and elongated snouts. Photos are by Charles Wylie. sister) with 94 color illustrations plus several b&w’s. This is an incredible copy of a This is a nice copy of a rare, rare teddy bear book. $1850.00 very scarce Baum title, extremely rare in the pictorial dust wrapper. $4000.00

BEARS ALSO 254, 265, 387, 478, 524 BEES SEE 564 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 90. BIBLE. BIBLE STORIES retold by L.L. Weedon. Lond.: Nister, circa 1915. ANTI-SLAVERY 4to, pictorial cloth, beveled edges on covers, all edges gilt, 168p., light soil on 94. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN) GOSPEL FRUITS by Maria Goddell edge of a few pages else near Fine. A Nister Gift book, illustrated by Ambrose Frost. Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society 1856 (1856). 12mo Dudley with 8 full page chromolithographs, 12 full page half-tones and many line (4 1/4 x 6 1/4”), brown cloth, 188p. + [4]p. covers shelf worn, some internal margin illustrations in text. A lovely book. $150.00 stain, binding tight, overall clean and VG. The reads “ A BENEVOLENT individual, impressed with the necessity of affording more religious Anti-Slavery #90 to children and youth in our Sabbath Schools, authorized the American Reform Tract and Book Society to offer a premium of One Hundred Dollars for the best for a religious Anti-Slavery Sunday School book, showing that American chattel slave-holding is a sin against God, and a crime against man, and that it ought to be immediately repented of and abolished.” Maria Frost’s (Of Janesville Wisconsin) manuscript was selected as the winner. Illustrated with 4 engraved plates with Blacks portrayed as whites with dark skin, and with several other engravings in-text. The fictional narrative deals with freed slaves as well as with the injustices of slavery which was still flourishing when the book was written. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $750.00

95. BLACK INTEREST. FATE’S SHIRT-TAIL by Katharine Hopkins Chapman. (Montgomery Alabama: Paragon Press 1921). 16mo, 18p., wraps, Fine. The story about a Black boy named Marquis de Lafayette Jeeter nicknamed Bulge-Eyed # 91 Fate because his eyes bulged out. Written with dialect. Illustrated with a tipped-in photo on the cover showing Bulge-Eyed Fate. Chapman was a well known BIRDS – 4, 81, 233, 482-3, 486 writer and teacher in Alabama and co-founder of the Alabama Writer’s Conclave, the oldest writers’ organization in continuous existence in the U.S. $225.00 91. BLACK INTEREST. (AFRICA) UTEMBA: A LITTLE BOY OF ZULULAND by Constance and Andrew Burgess. Minneapolis: Augsburg Pub. House (1936). #95 16mo (4 x 5 1/4”), pictorial wraps, 30p., VG+. Set in Africa, the story is ostensibly about the life of a young native boy but in reality it its message was meant to convert natives to Christianity. Using Utemba’s lost lamb as the hook, a converted tribal boy compares Utemba’s lost lamb to the story of the Good Shepard in the bible, encouraging Utemba to learn about Jesus Christ. Illustrated with many full page 2-color illustrations by John L. Ellingboe. This copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $125.00

INSCRIBED BY BONTEMPS 92. BLACK INTEREST. (BONTEMPS,ARNA) SLAPPY HOOPER THE WONDERFUL SIGN PAINTER by Bontemps and Jack Conroy. Bost: HM 1946. Obl. 4to, cloth, VG+ in chipped dw. 1st ed. An American folktale retold by Bontemps and #96 Conroy, illustrated in color by Ursula Koering. This copy has a wonderful 10 line inscription BLACK FOLKTALES FROM THE SOUTHWEST ILLUS. BY WAIN! from Conroy reading: “For Hilda 96. BLACK INTEREST. (FOLK TALES) VOODOO TALES AS TOLD AMONG Rosenberg, in gratitude for her THE NEGROES OF THE SOUTHWEST by Mary Alicia Owen. NY: Putnam 1893. many valuable suggestions for 8vo, pict. cloth, 310p., some cover soil, VG. 1st ed. Traditional Black-Indian “jellable Tales,” and with the folklore gathered by Owen, a Black author, in the tradition of Grimm. Illustrated hope that she, like Mike Flint in in pen and ink by Juliette Owen and by LOUIS WAIN (of cat fame). Most of the book, will be on the side of the stories are written in heavy dialect and are a fascinating group featuring poor ol’ Slappy if folks talk bad sorcerers, rabbits, voodoo and the like. $500.00 about him.” A special copy, very scarce. $650.00 97. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN,INEZ) NICODEMUS AND HIS LITTLE SISTER by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton, (1932). Early with no other listed. 8vo, pict. bds, Fine in dust wrapper. A simple story line with charming black and red BLACK STOCKING DOLLS illustrations on every page featuring a young Black boy and his even younger sister. 93. BLACK INTEREST. (DOLLS) TOPSY TURVY’S PIGTAILS by Bernice Anderson. $300.00 Chic: Rand McNally (1930) sm. 4to, orange cloth, pict. paste-on, 91p., few tiny margin mends else near Fine. 1st ed. The tale of a charming family of BLACK STOCKING DOLLS wonderfully illustrated in color and b&w by ESTHER FRIEND. $225.00

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INSCRIBED BY HUGHES 98. BLACK INTEREST. (HUGHES,LANGSTON) THE FIRST BOOK OF NEGROES. NY: Franklin Watts 1952. Sq. 8vo, gilt cloth, 69p., bottom of spine and on each side of cover lightly stained else Fine in repaired dw. Stated 1st ed. A children’s book by noted poet Hughes and illus. in color by URSULA KOERING. This copy is INSCRIBED BY HUGHES AND DATED 1952 (laid-in). Very scarce, especially inscribed. $475.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] JAMAICA - DEFINITION OF SAMBO 99. BLACK INTEREST. (JAMAICA) MISSIONARY PRESENT ABOUT THE BY ELLEN TARRY NEGRO CHILDREN IN JAMAICA. Lond.: Wesleyan Methodist Missionary 103. BLACK INTEREST. (TARRY,ELLEN) Society [1873]. 16mo, (4 3/4”” x 6), wraps, 32p., owner stamp else fine. The JANIE BELLE by Ellen Tarry. NY: Garden authors take great pains to City 1940. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, Fine in distinguish various shades of sl. soiled dw. A curious story about a “little “Blackness” from Mulatto’s colored baby” that a “strange” man puts in the to Mestees. There is an rubbish and is then adopted by Nurse Moore. actual definition of the word Illus. in brown by MYRTLE SHELDON. “Samboe” as being a person $225.00 with one parent black and the other a mulatto. They also distinguish conditions in Jamaica from Cuba (“a miserable place”) and Hayti (“if possible more miserable still”). The remainder of the book describes various customs of Blacks in Jamaica, frequently using dialect. Illustrated with 5 full page and 5 in-text engravings and pictorial title page. $400.00

JACOB LAWRENCE ILLUSTRATIONS 100. BLACK INTEREST. (LAWRENCE, JACOB) HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND. NY: S & S (1968). 4to, cloth, fine in lightly soiled dw. Stated 1st printing. TEDDY BEARS AND BLACK DOLLS 104. BLACK INTEREST. TEDDY AND SAMBO. Lond.: Bairns Books nd ca 1935. Noted Black artist Lawrence did the Narrow folio, stiff pict. card covers, sl. rubbing, VG+. Teddy and Sambo take a artwork for this masterpiece and the text train trip to the beach. Wonderfully illustrated in bright colors on every page, was added to fit. The illustrations are bold with calligraphic text beneath each illustration. $450.00 and bright and angular. Bader says it is “harsh and loving, rigorous, bold, exultant: RARE VERSION a frenzied affirmation” (p. 382, illus. p. 105. BLACK INTEREST. 381). LAWRENCE’S FIRST BOOK FOR TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. CHILDREN! N.Y. Times Best Illustrated London: Read Brothers circa Book. $600.00 1874. Large 4to, (9 1/2 x 11 3/4”). pictorial wraps, light cover soil and spine wear, VG+. Illustrated with BLACK FAIRIES - INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING great chromolithographs on 101. BLACK INTEREST. (PHIPPS,MARY) LIZA JANE AND THE KINKIES every page by P. Cruikshank, written and illustrated by and also including musical Mary Phipps. NY: Sears notation. “three little (1929) 4to, cloth backed Niggers walking in the zoo, pictorial boards, sl. soil, VG+. A big bear cuddled one and 1st ed., THIS COPY HAS then there were two.” A AN ORIGINAL DRAWING Grandmama Goodsoul Toy OF LIZA JANE WITH Book. $1250.00 A NICE 4-LINE DATED INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR! Liza Jane’s TEN LITTLE NIGGER RAG BOOK Mammy works for the white 106. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. Lond: Dean ca 1900. 8vo, folk in the Big House and printed on cloth, slightly dusty else fine. Publisher’s File Copy of this Dean Rag Liza Jane becomes lonely. Book, illustrated by R.J[AMES] WILLIAMS with great color illustrations on every From out of nowhere appear page to accompany this famous rhyme (music included). Beautiful copy. $850.00 little black “kewpie-ish” fairies (Kinkies) to be her friends. With calligraphic text and color illustrations throughout, this is a wonderful book and a special copy. $850.00

“BLACK” DICK AND JANE READER 102. BLACK INTEREST. (READER) DICK AND JANE. NOW WE READ by Helen Robinson et al. Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman and Co. (1965). Obl. 4to, pict. wraps, 48p., some cover soil, VG+. A Dick and Jane reader SCARCE SEQUEL TO THE TEN LITTLE NIGGERS featuring Black children Mike, Pam 107. BLACK INTEREST. NINE NIGGERS MORE. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no and Penny. Illus. by Bob Childress. date, ca 1870. Sq. 4to, pict. wraps, old stitching removed, binding strengthened $200.00 and spine mended, a few margin mends, VG. A sequel to the Ten Little Niggers in the Warne’s Juvenile Drolleries series featuring 12 full page color illustrations SEE ALSO 190, 191, 194, 195 depicting the Black characters and with musical notation for the song. Printed on one side of the paper. Quite scarce. $1200.00

BLACK INTEREST ALSO 60-7, 178, 190, 191, 194-5, 278, 287-9, 427, 480, 545 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 BONTEMPS, ARNA - 92 111. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. NOON BALLOON. NY: Harp. Bros. 1952. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, Fine in VG+, very sl. worn dw. 1st ed. The story of a cat’s LARGE LAVISH FORMAT BOOK OF HOURS FOR CHILDREN flight in the Noon Balloon. Illus. in color by LEONARD WEISGARD. $450.00 108. BOOK OF HOURS. A CHILD’S BOOK OF HOURS by Constance & W. Noel Irving. Lond: Humphrey Milford nd circa 1910. Folio, cloth backed boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER! (dw soiled some). First and probably only edition. Each hour of a child’s day, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. is represented in verses and illustrations from waking in the morning, to activities in school ending at bedtime at night. All pages are individually hinged into the binding and the whole book is printed on thick, heavy card pages. The text pages, done in rhyme, feature lovely 2-color line illustrations and each page of text is faced by a very beautiful, rich full color lithograph. This is a most unusual and truly beautiful children’s book. When you see the book, the fact that it still has the original pictorial dust wrapper is nothing short of a miracle. $600.00

INSCRIBED BY BROWN AND DOWNEY WITH DRAWING BY BROWN 112. (BROWN,PAUL)illus. DOGS OF DESTINY by Fairfax Downey. NY: Scribner 1949 (A). 8vo, cloth, 186p., fine in frayed dw. The story of famous dogs who made history. Illustrated by Brown in b&w throughout. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED TO SCRIBNER EDITOR WITH A FINE DRAWING OF A DOG AND INSCRIBED BY DOWNEY AS WELL. Scarce title, special copy. $800.00

BOXED LIBRARIES – 61-66, 132, 265, 390, 546

BRANDYWINE ARTISTS – 531, 548-9, 552, 571-3

BROCK, C.E. - 566

WITH A COMPLETE SET OF 57 LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS 109. BROWN,MARCIA. BACKBONE OF THE KING: the story of Paka’a and his son Ku. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press (1966, 1984). 4to, 180p., cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Originally published by Scribner in 1966, this edition is INSCRIBED BY BROWN to a person who helped her with the original edition of the book:”To Margaret, Our old labors in a new color, but looking good because of your lovely work. With much love, Marcia.” SOLD WITH A CLOTH FOLDER HOLDING A COMPLETE SET OF THE LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS USED IN THE BOOK, PULLED ON JAPANESE TISSUE! The inscription to the prints has the title in Marcia Brown’s hand, giving the folder to Margaret A. Evans signed and dated June 1966. The text of the book retells an ancient Hawaiian legend of a brave young boy who endeavors to restore his father to his position of royal guardian to the king. It is based on a 19th century version of the story by Moses Nakuina. Brown discovered the legend on a trip to Hawaii and spent 12 months painting in preparation for the book. The prints are stunning and each one is signed by Brown. This is an amazing offering of work by a great Caldecott Award winning children’s illustrator. $5750.00

110. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. COUNTRY BURGESS MOVEABLE FLAP GOOP BOOK 113. BURGESS,GELETT. BLUE GOOPS AND NOISY BOOK. NY: Wm. R. Scott (1940). RED. NY: Stokes (Oct. 1909). 4to, green pictorial cloth, 81p., slightest of cover soil Sm. 4to, pict. bds, fine in lightly soiled else near fine. 1st ed. The most difficult to find Goop title and the most unusual, being a dw. 1st ed. The second in Brown’s “Noisy MOVABLE FLAP book as well. Versos of each page have a Goop poem. Facing each poem is Book” series with wonderful stylized a blue (naughty) Goop illustration. When the flap is turned, the (good) red Goop illustration color illus. by LEONARD WEISGARD. is revealed, with a short story for each illustration and situation (pictorial endpapers as Rare. $350.00 well). $875.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] RARE CADY BOOK 2 BOOKS IN ORIGINAL 117. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT PAINT BOOK. Racine: Whitman (1937). BOX Folio, color pictorial card covers, Fine and UNUSED. Illustrated by Cady with 114. BURGESS,THORNTON. fabulous color covers plus large half-page black and whites on every page, designed FARMER BROWN’S BOY to be painted in by the owner. Full of Cady’s wonderful animals. $400.00 BECOMES CURIOUS [and] WHAT FARMER BROWN’S #118 BOY DID. Racine: Whitman (1929). 2 BOOKS, oblong 12mo, pictorial boards, fine in original publisher’s printed half-box. Charmingly illustrated in color throughout by NINA JORDAN. Rare in the box. $475.00

GIFT EDITION 115. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. SECRET GARDEN. NY: Stokes (1911). 4to olive gilt cloth, 375p. pictorial paste-on, CALDECOTT HONOR – 241, 342, 413, 434 near Fine. Beautifully illustrated #119 by MARIA KIRK with cover plate KIRK’S FIRST BOOK IN COLOR plus 5 lovely tipped-in color 118. CARROLL,LEWIS. (KIRK) ALICE’S plates. 1st ed. Gift Edition, ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Stokes nd [1904]. 8vo, grey pict. cloth, variant not in BAL 2115. A 247p., endpaper rubbed else near fine. beautiful copy of a very scarce 1st ed. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with book. $750.00 great pictorial cover in orange, yellow and black and with 12 very wonderful color plates (also with b&w’s by John Tenniel). Her first work in color and a most attractive edition of Alice. See Lovett UNIQUE BOOK WITH SIGNATURES AND SKETCHES #204. $500.00 116. BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE AND MORE. OLD CORNER BOOK STORE 119. CARROLL,LEWIS. (KIRK) THROUGH GUEST BOOK. We’re so pleased to be able to offer this truly unique piece of THE LOOKING GLASS. NY: Stokes no book history. This is the guest register book for Boston’s Old Corner Book Store date [1905]. 8vo, (6x8.5”) grey pictorial from 1936-1951. It is a full leather quarto sized book (8x12”), all edges gilt with cloth with gilt lettering, 247p., some many unused pages. Covers have some rubbing and aging but overall in tight clean cover rubbing else near Fine. 1st ed. condition. There are 100’s of entries mainly by children’s authors and illustrators Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with great and several have original sketches. VIRGINIA LEE BURTON has signed at three pictorial cover in orange, yellow and black different times, the last with a 3x2” pen sketch of Mike Mulligan! TASHA and with 12 very wonderful color plates TUDOR has signed twice, once with a small duck and again with a 2x2” duck. P.L. (also with b&w’s by John Tenniel). Lovett TRAVERS [Mary Poppins] signed with stars decorating her space, INEZ HOGAN #205. $450.00 signed with a 1” drawing of Nicodemus, KURT WIESE signed with a great 2” drawing of a moose in a coat and hat, HILDA VAN STOCKUM [Newbery Honor] signed with a 3 x6” drawing of 3 children, CLARE TURLAY NEWBERRY signed with a 3x4” drawing of a cat, C.W. ANDERSON signed with a 3x3” drawing of a horse. Several Newbery Award notables signed: ELIZABETH COATSWORTH, CORNELIA MEIGS, CHARLES FINGER, CAROLYN DALE SNEDEKER, MABEL KEIGH HUNT, CAROLYN SHERWIN BALIEY, NORA UNWIN, ELIZABETH YATES, MARGUERITE DE ANGELI and LOUIS SLOBODKIN. Other children’s literature notables include: MARGERY SHARP (The Rescuers), DOROTHY KUNHARDT (signed twice), RUTH HOLBERG, ELEANOR ABBOTT, BERTHA MAHONEY, ANNE EATON, ROSE WILDER LANE, DOROTHY ALDIS and more. Some notables for adult literature are CARL VAN DOREN, THORNTON WILDER, CORNELIA OTIS SKINNERA.J. CRONIN (Keys of the Kingdom), KENNETH ROBERTS, MERRILL MOORE (Southern poet). Cartoonist GLUYAS WILLIAMS one of the greatest 20th century cartoonists has signed with a sketch of a man. Actors BORIS KARLOFF, PAUL ROBESON and MONTY WOOLLEY (Man Who Came to Dinner) have also signed and there are many more. This is a book where describing it as “unique” would be an understatement. $9500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 120. CARROLL,LEWIS. CARTOONS – 319, 494, 554 CASPARI, GERTRUDE - 242 (McMANUS) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN ALDIN * GOVEY * BRIGGS WONDERLAND & 124. CATS. PUSSY AND HER WAYS. Lond.: Humphrey Milford, no date, circa THROUGH THE LOOKING 1915. 4to, cloth backed flexible pictorial card wraps, light cover soil, VG+. A GLASS. NY: Wessels book of short cat stories, illustrated by CECIL ALDIN with color cover, color (1900). 4to, 7 1/2” wide x frontis, one full page and one double-page color spread plus 1 full page b&w. Also 10”, green cloth with great illus. with full page color illustration by L.A. GOVEY and BARBARA BRIGGS and pictorial cover in red, black with several full page and smaller black and whites. A charming book for the cat and green with gilt lettering, lover. Not in Necker. $300.00 255p., 2 plates have tiny mends in margins, occasional #124 spot, tight and VG+. Illustrated by BLANCHE McMANUS with great cover design and 16 fine color plates (as called for on title page). An unusual, stylized Alice. $450.00

ROUNTREE’S FABULOUS ALICE 121. CARROLL,LEWIS. (ROUNTREE) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Lond., Edin., Dublin & NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons nd [1908]. 4to, green cloth, gilt lettering and gilt pictorial spine, cover pictorially stamped in colors, top edge gilt, beveled edges, [247]p., light cover soil else VG+. 1st ed. with illustrations by HARRY ROUNTREE. Featuring pictorial endpapers and title page, 14 color plates and more than 75 other color illustrations (some nearly full page and some smaller), all printed on coated paper. An inventive and fabulous #125 edition of this classic, very rarely found in the first edition with Greene and Lovett listing only editions with 8 color plates. $1750.00 GREAT CHROMOS 125. CATS. TIT TINY AND TITTENS. NY: R. Worthington ca 1880. 4to, pictorial wraps, spine neatly strengthened, VG+. The story of 3 naughty kittens named Tit, Tiny and Tittens. Printed on one side of the paper it is, wonderfully illustrated with 6 stunning, fine full page chromos of cats on black backgrounds. $375.00

NISTER CAT AND DOG PICTURE BOOK 126. CATS AND DOGS. THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY by M. Morris. Lond & NY: Nister & Dutton nd ca 1910. Large oblong 4to (11.5 x 9”), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine. Really the reign of Terror by an overly rambunctious cat and dog who get into incredible mischief. Illus. by the author in bold flat colors with 8 great color UNCOMMON ALICE plates and with many large 122. CARROLL,LEWIS. (WALSH,DAVID) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN line illus. all throughout the WONDERLAND. Lond.: Blackie, no date [1954]. 12mo, pictorial boards, 132p., text. One the fine picture Fine. Illustrated by David Walsh with 4 great color plates. “Stories Old and books that was produced at New” on upper cover. A great copy of an uncommon Alice. $275.00 the turn of the century. $750.00

#122 CATS ALSO 1, 19, 44-5, 58, 67, 111, 202, 238, 276-7, 337, 343, 350, 418 516, 520, 546, 559-61

PUB. BY BAKER, CRANE, DAY 127. CHAPBOOK. ABC WITH VERSES. NY: Baker, Crane & Day circa 1840. 1 7/8 x 3”, 8p., pictorial wraps, Fine. Each page has a quaint woodcut with 2 line caption. The bottom part of each page has capital letter and small letter alphabets, 2-letter combinations and a few easy words. Not really an ABC but a charming first book for a child. No copy LIMITED TO 125 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED 123. CARROLL INTEREST. LOGICAL NONSENSE. The Works of Lewis OCLC. $200.00 Carroll. Now, for the first time, Complete. Edited by Philip C. Blackburn and Lionel White. With an Introduction, Biography, Notes and A . New H.L. STEPHENS COLOR LITHOS York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, (1934). Large 8vo, full red leather decorated in gold, 128. CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. CHILDREN IN THE WOOD by Richard 582 p., fine. First edition, deluxe issue, limited to 125 NUMBERED COPIES Henry Stoddard. NY: Hurd & Houghton 1866. 4to, pict. wraps, sl. dusty, and SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS and printed on Strathmore rag paper. An excellent sl. cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. (inscribed 1865). The story is told in verse and is Carroll reference book. $750.00 illustrated by H.L. STEPHENS with 4 color plates printed in oil colors by J. Bien. Very scarce. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $350.00 CARROLL & CARROLL INTEREST SEE ALSO 234, 556 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] #128 RARE MCLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS ABC 133. CHRISTMAS. (ABC) CHRISTMAS A.B.C. by Carolyn Wells. NY: McLoughlin Bros., 1900. Folio, pictorial wraps, some cover wear and soil, VG, with all pages mounted on linen. A stunning Christmas alphabet book with 7 wonderful full- page chromolithographs (including cover) and with numerous other in-text illustrations in shades of red and brown with white, all accompanied by an ABC rhyme by Wells. $750.00 #134 #133

#129

AUSTRALIAN INTEREST 129. CHILDREN IN THE WOOD: LOST CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. Lond..: Printed for the Booksellers no date circa 1875. Folio, few margin mends and some foxing, VG. The classic story told in verse but set in Australia, illustrated with 6 fine full page chromolithographs and color cover. An uncommon version and a great toy book. $400.00

UNUSED POSTCARD BOOK 130. CHINESE INTEREST. CHILDREN OF CHINA by Elsie Anna Wood. (Lond.: THINGS ARE BETTER IN CALIFORNIA! Livingston Press, circa 1925. 134. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA by Eleanor M. Tucker. (Sierra Narrow oblong folio (11” wide Madre, CA: F.A. Pagenkopf 1924). 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, small repair to x 5.5” high), pictorial wraps, top of spine else Fine. The text is a message in verse from one little girl to another edge of one page frayed telling how everything is better in California - the birds are always singing and else FINE AND UNUSED. the sun is always shining. Illustrated by the author with 7 tipped-in color plates There are 6 pages each plus a color plate on the cover not repeated in text. There are also pictorial with 3 postcards that are endpapers and line illustrations in designed in black and white text. A most unusual Christmas and meant to be painted by book. $150.00 the child. Each page has a full color illustration to use as a guide. Quite scarce in PICTURE BOOK PUB. BY SCOTT unused condition. $275.00 135. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS STOCKING by Dorothy Baruch. NY: CHINESE HAND-COLORED FAIRY TALE Wm. Scott 1946. Obl. 12mo, spiral PANORAMA backed pictorial wraps, sl. shelf wear else VG+. 1st ed. Written 131. CHINESE INTEREST. THE PICTURE by progressive educator Baruch STORY OF CHENSHAN AND WU NIANG and illustrated by noted artist OF SUNG DYNASTY CHINA. no pub. info, LUCIENNE BLOCH with strikingly ca 1910. 8vo, thick boards with paper label simple full page color illustrations. Rare. $300.00 bound accordion style, tips rubbed else near Fine. Each panel has text in Chinese and EARLY 1840 “NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” English telling this Chinese folk tale with two 136. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) GEMS OF AMERICAN POETRY by distinguished authors [containing THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS]. NY: A. sections per text panel. Opposite each text & C. B. Edwards 1840. Large 8vo, rose colored cloth stamped in gold, all edges panel is a panel of beautiful hand-colored gilt, (v)-x, 254p. Cloth faded on edges, rear outer joint worn on bottom third but illustrations mounted on linen (10 in all). Quite not weak, occasional foxing, really tight, bright and VG. This anthology contains 4 poems by Moore, including an early printing of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” on p. lovely. $400.00 217-219 which first appeared in 1837. Illustrated with 5 engraved plates. The 3 other poems by Moore are: From a Father to his Children... (p.215-16); From a CHINESE SEE ALSO 550 Husband to His Wife (p.221-24); and To a Lady (p.211-13). A nice copy. $850.00 3 “ALL ABOUT” BOOKS WITH SANTA DOLL IN BOX 132. CHRISTMAS. THE SANTA CLAUS GIFT BOX. NY: Cupples & Leon (1918). Housed in the publisher’s red box (7x6”) with pictorial label are three books in dust wrappers plus a 6” celluloid Santa Claus doll. The box is in near fine condition and the label is clean and bright. The books include All About the Night Before Christmas illus. by Gladys Hall, All About Hansel & Gretel illus. by Johnny Gruelle and All About Cinderella also illus. by Johnny Gruelle. Each title has 8 color plates line illustrations in-text. This is an amazing copy of a rare set. $2000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 1837 NIGHT BEFORE SAALFIELD JINGLE BOOK WITH REAL BELLS - IN BOX CHRISTMAS 140. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 137. CHRISTMAS. [by] Clement Moore. Akron: Saalfield 1946. Oblong 4to. This is a rigid box-like (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NEW- book with color illustration on cover in fine condition in the original publisher’s YORK BOOK OF POETRY [THE pictorial box (box repaired). Inside the book, the text of the poem is printed on NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS]. linen-like paper and brightly illustrated in color [by Ethel Hays]. At the foot of NY: George Dearborn 1837. Tall 8vo, the text is a box holding 7 large metal bells that jingle as the book is being read. pinkish-brown cloth blind stamped A Saalfield Jingle Book, rare in the box. $475.00 and stamped in gold with gilt vase on covers, 253p., cloth on spine ends #140 chipped off (1/2” on top and 1/4” on bottom), foxing, front outer joint rubbed, altogether tight and VG. 1st edition, state A (NEW-YORK BOOK in sans-serif type face) of this book and first appearance of this poem with Moore named as the author (previous appearances in the Troy Sentinel and in almanacs had been anonymous). The poem appears on pages 217-219. This anthology also includes 3 other poems by Moore: From a Father of his Children... (p.215-16); From a Husband to His Wife (p.221-24); and #141 To a Lady (p.211-13). (BAL 14347). $2000.00 CHRISTMAS PANORAMA 141. CHRISTMAS. #142 1858 “Night Before: FIRST USE OF THE TITLE THAT WE USE TODAY (MOORE,CLEMENT). THE 138. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS; Or NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Kriss Kringle’s visit by Clement C. Moore WITH OTHER CHRISTMAS POEMS. [by Clement Moore]. Akron: Phil.: Willis P. Hazard [1858]. Large 8vo (7” wide x 10 1/2” high), pictorial wraps, Saalfield 1943. Folio, pictorial [16]p. incl. covers, lacks outer wrap, last leaf has 2 triangular pieces off inner card covers, slight edge wear edges (no loss of text), spine worn, corners rounded, some soil and chipping, G- else Fine. This is a fold-out VG. This edition is important because it marks the first use of the “Night Before die-cut panorama illustrated Christmas” as the title which we’ve all come to use, as opposed to “A Visit From in bright colors by ETHEL St. Nicholas.” It is illustrated by Nick with 3 full page wood engravings plus a HAYS. Printed on both sides, large engraving on the cover that isn’t repeated in the text. The illustration of the panorama opens to 5 feet Santa going down the chimney is a copy by R. Roberts of Charles Ingham’s drawing with the text printed inside the that was first printed in 1841 for the January issue of the New York Mirror. The covers. A great version of this remainder of the book contains 2 Christmas poems: “The Night After Christmas” poem. $300.00 which is a parody of Moore’s poem, illustrated with 2 full page engravings and “Christmas and Children” illustrated with 1 large engraving. Rare. $2750.00 CHRISTMAS HANKIES 142. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS HANKIES. (Hermann Handkerchief Co. 1941). 4to, string tied stiff pictorial wraps, some cover soil and corner wear, VG. Moore’s immortal poem is illustrated in color by MARGOT VOIGT. Each page has a REAL HANKIE with a Christmas theme inserted into a slot (6 in all). Very scarce. $500.00

McLOUGHLIN EDITION 143. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Springfield: McLoughlin no date, circa 1925. 10” wide x 12”, cloth backed pictorial boards, spine faded in spots, sl. edge wear, VG+. Illustrated by Frank Lefevre with pictorial title page, 1 double-page color spread, 6 full page color illustrations and 7 partial page color illustrations. An uncommon edition and an especially nice one. $400.00

GREAT McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS BOOK #143 139. CHRISTMAS. [MOORE,CLEMENT]. THE CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. nd ca 1900. 4to, green pict. cloth, near Fine. Containing Moore’s The Night Before Christmas plus Christmas Day and The Day After Christmas, illustrated by G.A. DAVIS with more than 15 full page chromolithographs #144 and with marvelous 3-color illustrations on every page of text. $800.00 RARE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - SCATTERGOOD ILLUSTRATIONS 144. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS by Clement C. Moore. 4to (6 7/8 x 8 7/8”), pictorial wraps, 8 p. not including cover, lacks decorative front outer wrap else VG, laid into a contemporary paper folder Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] titled Christmas Roses. The front outer wrap had the publisher’s imprint, either MAGNIFICENT CINDERELLA Boston or Philadelphia, circa 1866. The rear outer wrap is printed in red and 148. CINDERELLA. CENDRILLON ET LES FEES [CINDERELLA]. Paris: Boussod, green with a vignette of the Holy Family surrounded by a holly wreath, matching Valadon 1887. Folio, loose as issued in folding case, case soiled and rubbed Marshall 50 who dates it at circa 1860. She notes that this version was used else Fine. Illustrated by as a promotional booklet by merchants along the east coast. Despite lacking the EDOUARD DE BEAUMONT front wrapper, this copy stands alone because the front wrapper was present with 33 magnificent only to be able to have the imprint changed depending upon which location it was aquarelles, color illustrations distributed from. The front cover is printed with decorative type with the title in printed integrally with the two parts (A Visit From / picture / Santa Claus) surrounding a large engraving of text. Printed on heavy wove Santa with his bag of toys on the roof, signed Scattergood. The verso of the title velin, the quality of the color is blank and the first page of text has another engraving of two children carrying printing is so superb that their Christmas tree home. There are 2 large, nearly full page wonderful tinted it appears hand-done. De engravings full of detail and one other smaller engraving of Santa on his sleigh Beaumont was a noted Belle waving goodbye. Rare. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $1850.00 Epoch artist who founded the Societe des Aquarellistes MINT IN 19th CENTURY DUST WRAPPER / NESBIT POEMS (See Dictionnaire des 145. CHRISTMAS. (NESBIT,E.) CHRISTMAS DREAMS by E. Nesbit and illustrateurs p.103, Ray: Art others. Lond. & NY: W. Hagelberg circa 1890. 12mo (5” wide x 6 1/2), stiff of the French Illustrated pictorial wraps, AS NEW IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (few repairs on dw). Book for other mention of De A book of Christmas poems, 4 of which are by E. Nesbit. Beautifully illustrated Beaumont and full page illus. with chromolithographs on every page. A spectacular copy in the rare 19th Quayle: Collector’s Book of century pictorial dust wrapper that features Santa. Rare. $1200.00 Children’s Books p. 96). This work is a masterpiece. $2000.00

CINDERELLA ALSO 227, 230, 437, 512, 521, 537

FINE PICTURE BOOK IN 1882 DUST WRAPPER! 149. CIRCUS. CHILDREN’S CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE PICTURE BOOK. Lond. & NY: Routledge 1882. Folio, cl. backed pict. bds, 64p., slightest of edge rubbing else FINE+ IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (few repairs and sl. fraying to dw). Featuring 15 fabulous full page and 4 great double-page chromolithographs plus 22 full page and 3 double-page b&w’s, several of which are signed “Kelly”. This is an incredible copy of a great picture book, exceedingly rare in dust wrapper. $1850.00

WITH ORIGINAL RUDOLPH TOY 146. CHRISTMAS. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER by Robert May. N.p., Montgomery Ward:1939. 4to, green cloth spine, red pictorial boards, top edge of pages cropped in binding affecting top of illustration on preliminary pages else fine. A circa 1948 printing of this famous song (plane with 4 engines), written as a Christmas give-away for the department store and illus. in color on every page by DENVER GILLEN. This copy has the ORIGINAL RUDOLPH TOY IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE! Puzzle pieces punch out of the card and by pushing slots together, you can make a three dimensional Rudolph that comes apart for storage in the pictorial envelope that matches the book. $600.00

RARE GERMAN PANORAMA BY ZWEYBRUCK 147. CHRISTMAS. WEIHNACHTSBUCH by Emmy Zweybrück-Prochaska. no pub. info., Vienna circa 1918. Square 4 3/4”, 8 panels folded accordion CIRCUS SEE ALSO 383-4, 551 style, Fine condition in original slip case. Featuring eight original Christmas themed woodcuts printed in red on mounted japanese paper with the reverse side covered in ornamental gilt paper. Emmy Zweybrück-Prochaska (1890- 1956) attended courses at the ‘Kunstgewerbeschule’ in Vienna under Franz CLARKE’S PERRAULT Cizek and Kolo Moser. In 1915 she founded an arts and craft school, the ‘Kunstgewerbliche Privatlehranstalt Emmy Zweybrück-Prochaska’, in which she 150. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. FAIRY taught various arts-and-crafts, especially textile and toy design. In 1939 she TALES OF PERRAULT with intro by had to emigrate to the USA. This lovely children’s book is not described in any of the standard reference works. It was purchased directly from her family in Thomas Bodkin. NY: Dodge [1922]. Vienna by the Vienna-based antiquarian booksellers Deuticke. $1500.00 4to, (8x10 1/2”) blue gilt cloth, 160p., pictorial paste-on, near fine and bright. First U.S. edition to feature Clarke’s illustrations. Illustrated by Clarke with 12 color plates, 12 b&w plates and numerous text illus. (See Bowe- Burns p.149,151). A particularly nice copy. $1200.00

CHRISTMAS ALSO 155, 160, 172, 306, 508

CLEARY, BEVERLY – 574, 575 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH FABULOUS WATERCOLORS BY CHRIS CONOVER BRADLEY MARTIN COPY 154. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY 151. COLLODI,C.[ARLO]. STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF FOX. Offered here is a finished watercolor used in Conover’s book published in PINOCCHIO. NY: Cassell 1892. 12mo, decorative cloth with design repeated on 1989 entitled Mother Goose and the Sly Fox. The piece is large - images measure edges, 232p., cloth age toned as usual, name erased from endpaper, tiny stain on 19” wide x 8 1/2” high on artist board 22 x 11 1/2, signed. We see Mother edge of title, small inner hinge mend else really a VG+ copy in marbled slip case, the Goose and her brood of little goslings going for a swim. There are birds and 6 Bradley Martin copy with Mildred Greenhill’s . 1st edition of Pinocchio beautiful bird houses in the background. It appears in the books as a double page in English, simultaneous with the British edition and bound in the U.S. from British spread on pages 26-7 and is incredibly wonderful both in imagery and execution. sheets. A title in the Children’s Library. The story first appeared serially in a (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $3500.00 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 extremely rare. $9500.00

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SCARCE COONEY TITLE 155. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. AMERICAN FOLK SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS by Ruth Crawford Seeger. NY: Doubleday & Co. (1953). 4to, 80p., gilt cloth, near fine in sl. worn dust wrapper. Songs are arranged in 3 sections and include simple arrangements of musical notation. Illustrated by Cooney with charming detailed black and SARG/PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES AND BOOK whites. $150.00 152. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO edited by Watty Piper. NY:Platt & Munk (1940). 4to, Offered here is SET OF 2 EARLY COONEY ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES IN 156. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. TWO WATER COLORS FROM “THE MAN THE ORIGINAL BOX! (published by Platt WHO DIDN’T WASH HIS DISHES” by Phyllis Krasilovsky. (pub. by Doub. & Munk). Sold with a copy of the book in 1950). Offered here are 2 charming watercolors used in Krasilovsky’s first published in 1940 by Platt and Munk (book book, purchased from Krasilovsky with her provenance on a slip of paper. The spine taped, corner of title page repaired first image measures 5 1/2 x 8” on board 8 x 11 1/2”. A blank corner is restored, and corner of ep off otherwise tight and there is some crackling to the paper and old paper backing on the back. The clean). The six puzzles inside reproduce the image shows the man at his dining room table full of food with a cat in the six color plates from the book. The puzzle foreground. The second piece has an image size of 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 on board 7 set is quite rare. Who better than Sarg to x 10 1/4”. Penciled in the margin is “P.24 o p. 25”. There is some crackling to illustrate this classic? $500.00 the paper and old paper backing on the back. Depicted is the old man next to his empty dish cupboard, surrounded by stacks and stacks of unwashed dishes, CLOTH BOOKS – 106, 450 pots and pans. The story is about a man who was too lazy to wash his dishes and who eventually ran out of eating implements; he then resorted to using the soap STUNNING WATERCOLOR dish, ashtrays and flower pots! He solves his problem and vows never to put off 153. CONOVER,CHRIS). ORIGINAL ART - ADVENTURES OF SIMPLE washing the dishes again. These are 2 great images from the book, both with SIMON. Offered here is an original watercolors from Conover’s Simple Simon much detail. Early Cooney and Krasilovsky’s first book. $1000.00 published by Ferrar Strauss Giroux in 1987 for which Conover has re-told the text as well as illustrating the story. The piece is double-page in size (18” x 8”), larger than in the printed book and is signed. It appears as a double page illustration on page 9-10 with Three Blind Mice as the Hidden Nursery Rhyme. All of the characters of the book are present and every inch of the paper is covered. 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 many books. Simple Simon is one of her best books. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $3500.00

COUNTING BOOKS – 3, 8, 105, 107, 256, 269 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 [email protected] RARE COX ADVERTISING BOOKLET SONG OF SIXPENCE * WADDLING FROG 157. COX,PALMER. RHYME & REASON. (Clark’s Spool Cotton) circa 1890’s. OLD COURTIER *MULTIPLICATION 3.25 x 4.75”, pictorial wraps, 12p. incl. covers, VG. Each page has a full page 162. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. illustration of different scenarios where Clark’s thread is saving the day. 4 lines SONG OF SIXPENCE of text in verse accompany the scenes where royalty, natives, Indians and more PICTURE BOOK. Lond.: use Clark’s thread. Rare. $250.00 Routledge nd ca 1867. 4to, brown cloth pictorially stamped in white, Fine. Containing 4 Sixpenny Toy books by Crane, each wonderfully illustrated by him in color and printed by Edmund Evans: Gaping Wide Mouth Waddling Frog [1866], Old Courtier [1867], Sing a Song of Sixpence [1866] and The Multiplication Table in Verse [1867]. There are 32 full page color illustrations in all to accompany some of the rarest and earliest of Crane’s toy books. This appears to be the first of the hard cover compilations of Crane’s toy books. Rare and not in Spencer. $1850.00 BEAUTIFUL EDITION OF ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES 158. (CRAMER,RIE AND LILIAN GOVEY)illus. HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY CRUIKSHANK, PERCY - 105 TALES. Lond: Humph. Milf. OUP, ca 1936. Sm. 4to, pictorial cloth extensively decorated in color and gold, fine. 32 fairy tales, illustrated with 17 magnificent SCARCE UNUSED CRANE PAINTING BOOK tipped-in color plates by Cramer and with many two-color and line illustrations all 163. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. WALTER CRANE’S PAINTING BOOK. Lond: throughout the text by both Cramer and Govey. A lovely book. $450.00 Fred. Warne & Co. nd ca 1900 (back wrapper ads for Baby’s Opera, Bouquet, Aesop and Pan Pipes). Sq. 4to, pict. wraps, near fine and UNUSED. Consisting 1 OF 20 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM of pictorial title page plus 12 full page color illustrations by Crane, each faced by the same illustration uncolored (in brown line), designed to be painted by the 159. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. TRIPLETS. COMPRISING: BABY’S OPERA, owner. Completely unused. Engraved and printed by EDMUND EVANS. Very BABY’S BOUQUET AND THE BABY’S OWN AESOP. Lond.: Routledge 1899. scarce (not in Spencer or Massé). $350.00 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 RARE AND FABULOUS LADA CZECH PICTURE BOOK 160. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. CHRISTMAS POSY by Mrs. Molesworth. Lond: Mac. 164. CZECHOSLOVAK. HALECKY NASI KACKY (by) Joseph Lada. Praze: 1888. 8vo, green gilt cloth stamped in black, 215p., slight cover rubbing else near Melantricha (1932). 4to, stiff pict. wraps, sl. wear to spine paper, VG-Fine. An fine. 1st ed.. Illus. by Crane with 8 full page and one half page b&w art nouveau absolutely stunning picture book illustrated by the pre-eminent Czech artist illustrations to accompany Christmas stories by Mrs. Molesworth. $200.00 JOSEPH LADA with 24 fabulous, bold full page color illustrations (including title). Hurlimann (p.226) says his “fresh and genuine vision is timeless” and notes that Jiri Trnka’s work is “barely thinkable without the splendid popular tales and drawings of his predecessor Joseph Lada.” Rare. $1500.00

RARE AND FABULOUS LADA PICTURE BOOK 165. CZECHOSLOVAK. LADOVY VESELE UCEBNICE BROUCI A HMYZ III [poems by Joseph Foltyn, text by Prof. V. Jedlicka]. Praze: Melantrich (1932). 4to, (8 1/2” x 11), stiff pict. wraps, slightest of cover soil else fine. 1st ed. An absolutely stunning picture book illustrated by the pre- eminent Czech artist JOSEPH LADA with 24 fabulous, bold full color illustrations (including title) depicting humanized insects. Hurlimann (p.226) says his “fresh and genuine vision is timeless” and notes that Jiri Trnka’s work is “barely thinkable without the splendid popular 161. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. RUMBO RHYMES by Alfred Calmour. Lond. & NY: tales and drawings of his Harper 1911. Small 4to, green pict. cloth, 99p., Fine. 1st ed. Printed on heavy predecessor Joseph Lada.” coated paper there are 24 fabulous full color plates by Crane plus several smaller Rare. $1500.00 illustrations - full of humor and whimsy. $750.00 CZECH INTEREST ALSO 109 914.764.7410 Pg 24 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 DANISH INTEREST – 32, 247, 365 DARLEY, F.O.C. - 290 170. (DEMING,E.W.)illus. INDIAN CHILD LIFE by Therese Deming. NY: Stokes 1899. Obl. 4to, cl. 166. (D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR)illus. BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS. NY: Doub. backed pict.bds, tips worn and (1962). Large 4to, cloth, 192p., Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. Nearly light cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. 50 myths adapted by the D’Aulaires and profusely illus. in color and monotone by Illustrated with 18 wonderful them. A very readable and lovely book. $175.00 color plates on heavy coated stock (bibliography cites only 16) and with many b&w’s by noted Indian artist Deming - text and illus. printed on one side only (reprints are printed on thinner paper and on both sides). See Dykes p.77. One if his earliest, if not his first books for children and a beautiful production. $200.00

INSCRIBED BY DENSLOW! 171. (DENSLOW,W. W)illus. THE PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN by Paul West. NY: Dillingham (1904). 4to, green cloth 167. (DE BOSSCHERE,JEAN)illus. THE FAIRIES UP TO DATE by Edward & stamped in dark green, pict. Joseph Anthony. Bost: Little Brown 1923 (1923). Sm. 4to, red cloth, pict. paste- paste-on, 240p., very slight on, 189p., sl. soil on cover plate else Fine. 1st ed. (preceding the British edition). cover soil, near fine. First In a novel approach to old classics, 11 fairy tales (Red Riding Hood, Hansel & edition, earliest issue with Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Cinderella, Puss In Boots etc) have been blue endpapers. Illustrated retold in verse with a modern revamping of text. Each tale is done in a different by Denslow with 16 bold color with decorative border around text pages and many wonderful Art Deco full color plates plus a profusion page illustrations by De Bosschere. Nice copy of a very scarce book. $325.00 of color illustrations in- text. THIS COPY IS DE LA MARE, WALTER - 326 INSCRIBED BY DENSLOW ON THE ENDPAPER! (see BEAUTIFUL WATERCOLOR FROM PUBLISHED BOOK Greene/Hearn #35.). This 168. DE PAOLA,TOMIE. ORIGINAL ART: HUNTER AND THE ANIMALS. is a great copy, rare with Offered here is the original double-page color spread by De Paola used in his the inscription - Denslow wordless picture book Hunter and the Animals published in 1981 by Holiday did not inscribe many House. The image measures 16 1/2” wide x 9” high done on art paper, signed. It books. $3500.00 appears on page 24/25 of the book. The combination of the rich lush color with De Paola’s simple style make this a most effective and lovely piece. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2750.00

172. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. DENSLOW’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore. NY: Dillingham 1902 (1902). 4to, tan cloth, pict. paste-on, slightest of wear to spine else near fine. 1st ed. (earliest copies are bound in paper boards, this version has the color plate on the cover which does not appear in the board-bound edition. Illustrated with marvelous and rich full page color illustrations plus color illustrations on every page of text and pictorial endpapers by Denslow. An outstanding copy of one of his most desired works, and one of the greatest versions of this classic. Greene/Hearn 26. $1200.00

RARE MCLOUGHLIN “ROBINSONADE” 169. [DEFOE,DANIEL]. ROBINSONADE. MASTER J. STRAGGLES - HIS VERSION OF ROBINSON CRUSOE as narrated & depicted to his School Fellows at Dr. Tickeltoby’s RARE DENSLOW FANTASY Academy. NY: McLoughlin 173. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. THE Bros. circa 1867. 4to, (7 1/4 JEWELED TOAD by Isabel Johnston. x 9 1/2”), pictorial wraps, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907). 8vo, 26p., light cover soil, owner’s tan pictorial boards, 211p., edges and name on cover, VG+. Since corners lightly rubbed and sl. wear to base Dr. Tickletoby’s Academy of spine, sl. internal soil, else tight and lost its last copy of Robinson VG+. 1st and only edition of this fantasy, Crusoe, J. Straggles retells featuring 11 bright color plates plus color the story from memory. plate title and many color illustrations Illustrated with 12 full throughout the text. Very reminiscent of page illustrations in white the Wizard in style and a wonderful story, on a black background based on a five act musical play that was simulating a chalk-board. never produced. Green/Hearn 39. Very Rare. $875.00 rare, particularly in such nice condition. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 25 [email protected] DICK AND JANE READER 179. DICK AND JANE. THE NEW FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS by 174. (DETMOLD,EDMUND)illus. William S. Gray and . Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman THE FABLES OF AESOP. NY: and Co. (1952). 8vo, pict. cloth, 272p., vg+. Dick and Jane and the Gang plus fairy tales and stories. Illus. in color. Nice copy. $175.00 Hodder & Stought. nd, circa 1910. Small 4to, green gilt and pict. #180 #179 cloth, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). 1st ed. printed in US. More than 250 fables, illustrated by Detmold with 23 utterly magnificent tipped in colored plates mounted on heavy stock, plus black and whites in- READER FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED text. $1000.00 180. DICK AND JANE. NEW FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS: LARGE TYPE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED by William Gray, Monroe, Artley & Arbuthnot. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind by permission of 1955. 4to, 272p., pict. cloth, covers soiled some (not offensively) else 175. (DETMOLD,EDWARD)illus. VG. This is one of Foresman’s readers from the Dick and Jane series, this for slightly older children. There are a few Dick and Jane stories, then stories FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS about new friends followed by simple fairy tales. Illus. in b&w by Keith Ward, retold by Mrs. Randolph Stawell. Ellen Segner, Walter Ohlson, Marilou Wise and others. $325.00 Lond: Hodder & Stoughton nd EXAMINATION COPY [1921]. Thick 4to, blue decorated 181. DICK AND JANE. WE LOOK AND SEE by William S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott cloth, Very Fine in dust wrapper Foresman 1940. 8vo, cl. backed pict. wraps, 48p., light cover soil and 2 ink marks on rear cover else VG. This is the RARE EXAMINATION COPY sent to teacher’s for with mounted color plate. their consideration in ordering. Inside the front cover is printed the philosophy Illustrated by Detmold with 12 behind the pre-primers and inside the rear cover is a price list of books available. The text is a pre-primer with Dick and Jane, and Baby (Sally’s name before she magnificent tipped-in color plates became Sally) and Spot, illus. in color by Eleanor Campbell. Scarce. $375.00 with lettered tissue guards. A beautiful copy, scarce in #181 #182 the dw. $650.00

EARLY DICK AND JANE EXAMINATION COPY 176. DICK AND JANE. DICK AND JANE Basic Pre-Primer by Elson-Gray. Chic.: Scott, Foresman (1936). 8vo, pict. wraps, 40p., sl. wear, near fine. One of the earliest Dick and Jane readers with Dick, Jane, Baby Spot and the crew. “For Examination” stamped into rear cover. Illus. in color on every page. Scarce. $400.00

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182. DICK AND JANE. NEW WE LOOK AND SEE by William S. Gray. Chic.: Scott Foresman 1956.. 8vo, cloth backed pict. wraps, AS NEW! A remarkably fine copy of this scarce Dick and Jane pre primer. $350.00

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EARLY DICK AND JANE READER 177. DICK AND JANE. MORE DICK AND JANE STORIES by Elson-Gray. Chic.: Scott, Foresman (1934). 8vo, pict. wraps, 48p., near fine. One of the earliest Dick and Jane readers with Dick, Jane, Spot and the crew. Illus. in color on every page. Scarce. $300.00

WITH BLACK CHARACTERS 178. DICK AND JANE. FUN WHEREVER WE ARE by Helen Robinson et al. Chic: Scott Foresman 1965. 8vo, cl. backed pict. wraps, light RARE DICK AND JANE ACTIVITY BOOK soil, 79p., VG. Dick and Jane, Sally and 183. DICK AND JANE. THINK-AND-DO BOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE NEW Spot, illus. in color by Bob Childress WE LOOK AND SEE, WE WORK AND PLAY, WE COME AND GO (on cover) by with Black characters Pam , Penny and William Gray and Marion Monroe. Toronto: Gage [1951]. 4to, wraps, [81]p., near Mike. $300.00 fine. Every page is illustrated in b&w with instructions in the rear for the teacher on how to engage the children in further educational activity. Scarce. $275.00 914.764.7410 Pg 26 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 184. DICK AND JANE. WE WORK AND PLAY by William S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott 192. DICK AND JANE. NEW WE COME AND GO by William S. Gray. Chic.: Foresman 1946-7 ed. 8vo, cl. backed pict. wraps, finger soil on covers else VG+. Dick and Scott Foresman (1951). 8vo, cloth backed pict. wraps, 72p., sl. soil, VG+. A Dick Jane, Baby (Sally) and Spot, illus. in color by Eleanor Campbell. Scarce. $300.00 and Jane pre primer with great color illustrations and a scarce title. $250.00

185. DICK AND JANE. WE WORK AND PLAY by William S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott #192 Foresman (1940). 8vo, cl. backed pict. wraps, cover soiled some else VG. Dick and Jane, Baby (Sally) and Spot, illus. in color by Eleanor Campbell. Scarce. $200.00

186. DICK AND JANE. THE NEW WE WORK AND PLAY by William S. Gray et al. Chic: Scott Foresman 1956. 8vo, cl. backed pict. wraps, light cover soil, VG+. Dick and Jane, Sally and Spot, illus. in color by Eleanor Campbell. $250.00

187. DICK AND JANE. NEW WE WORK AND PLAY by William S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman 1956 ed.. 8vo, pictorial library binding with pictorial wraps bound-in, 64p., covers finger soiled and pocket removed from blank endpapers else VG. Dick and Jane, Sally and Spot, illus. in color by Eleanor Campbell. Scarce, especially in this variant binding. $300.00 #184 #185 #193

CANADIAN IMPRINT DICK AND JANE READER 193. DICK AND JANE. NEW WE COME AND GO by William S. Gray. Toronto: W.J. Gage, ca 1955.. 8vo, cloth backed pict. wraps, sl. edge wear, near fine. A Dick and Jane pre primer in unusually nice condition. $250.00

194. DICK AND JANE. FUN WITH OUR FRIENDS by Helen Robinson et al. Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman and Co. (1962). 8vo, pict. cloth, 160p., school stamps else fine. The all “white” version, illus. in color by Bob Childress and Jack White. $150.00 #187 #186 #194

188. DICK AND JANE. GUESS WHO by William Gray et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman (1951). 8vo, pict. cloth, 95p., occasional red underline, school stamp on endpapers, G- VG. A junior primer with Dick, Jane and the gang, designed to give extra help before beginning the primer New Fun with Dick and Jane. Uncommon title. $150.00 #195

189. DICK AND JANE. GUESS WHO - CATHEDRAL EDITION by William Gray et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman (1951). 8vo, pict. cloth, 95p., light cover soil 195. DICK AND JANE. FUN WITH OUR FRIENDS by Helen Robinson et al. Chic. et al: and child’s name on endpaper with school stamp, VG. A Catholic version of this Scott, Foresman and Co. (1965). 8vo, pict. cloth, 160p., some soil and rubbing, VG. A Dick junior primer with Dick, Jane and Sally replaced by John, Jean and Judy (Spot and Jane reader that includes Black characters Mike, Pam and Penny. $150.00 and Puff remain the same). Designed to give extra help before beginning the primer New Fun with Dick and Jane. Nice copy. $250.00 EXAMINATION COPY 196. DICK AND JANE. OUR NEW FRIENDS - EXAMINATION COPY by DICK AND JANE READER WITH BLACKS William S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman (1940). 8vo, pict. cloth 191p., ink 190. DICK AND JANE. THE NEW GUESS WHO by Helen Robinson et al. Chic. marks in margin of rear endpaper else VG+. This is the RARE EXAMINATION et al: Scott, Foresman and Co. (1965). 8vo, pict. cloth, 96p., some soil, VG. 1st ed. COPY sent to teacher’s for their consideration in ordering. Inside the front of the new version of this title which added Black characters Mike, Pam, Penny cover and on the front free endpaper is printed the philosophy behind the and their parents. $200.00 readers. The rear free endpaper and paste-down gives additional information on the other books in the series and there is a price list of books available. The RARE DICK AND JANE ACTIVITY BOOK text features Dick, Jane, and Sally and introduces new friends as well. Illus. in 191. DICK AND JANE. THINK-AND-DO BOOK FOR USE WITH THE NEW color by Keith Ward. Scarce. $350.00 GUESS WHO by Helen Robinson et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman (1965). 4to, [49]p., fine. Every page is illustrated in b&w with Dick, Jane and the gang- 197. DICK AND #196 #197 #198 this edition includes the Black characters Mike, Penny, Pam and their parents. JANE. OUR NEW Instructions are in the rear for the teacher on how to engage the children in FRIENDS by William further educational activity. Scarce. $250.00 S. Gray and May Hill Arbuthnot. Chic. et al: Scott, Foresman #190 #191 and Co. ed. of 1946-7. 8vo, pict. cloth, 191p., some cover fading, VG. Illus. in color by KEITH WARD. $150.00

TEACHER’S EDITION 198. DICK AND JANE. GUIDEBOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE NEW OUR NEW FRIENDS 1956 EDITION by William #189 S. Gray and May Hill #188 Arbuthnot. Chic. et #199 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 27 [email protected] al: Scott, Foresman and Co. ed. of (1956). 8vo, pict. cloth, Very Fine. The first #204 half of the book is an illustrated guidebook for the teacher and the second part of the book contains the entire reader, illustrated in color. $200.00

DICK AND JANE ACTIVITY BOOK 199. DICK AND JANE. THINK-AND-DO BOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE NEW OUR NEW FRIENDS by Wm. S. Gray et al. Chic.: Scott Foresman 1952. 4to, [80]p., fine. Nearly every page is illustrated in b&w. Instructions are inside the covers for the teacher on how to engage the children in further educational activity. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $200.00

FOLIO BIG BOOK 200. DICK AND JANE (imitation). BIG BOOK. [Bost.]: (Houghton Mifflin ca 1940. This #205 is a large sized Dick and Jane type folio made for teachers to use as display in the class. COMPLETE WITH DISNEY HANKIES Spiral bound in blue boards 205. DISNEY,WALT. HANKYVENTURES. Walt Disney Productions 1939. 4to, 19 1/2 x 24 1/2” with an easel pict. wraps, sl. soil rear cover and lacks string tie else, FINE AND COMPLETE on the rear cover that allows WITH SIX HANDKERCHIEFS, each embroidered with a different Disney the book to be propped up for character (Donald, Pluto, Porky, Mickey, Minnie and Dopey). Illus. in full color on display, 32p., edges rubbed else every page by the Disney Studios. Very scarce. $750.00 VG. In a direct imitation of Dick and Jane, this reader features RARE DISNEY HANKIE BOOK Jack, Janet and Tip the dog. 206. DISNEY,WALT. BAMBI HANKIES. Walt Disney Productions: 1942. 4to, Printed on heavy card stock and stiff pict. wraps, string bound, Fine. The story of Bambi is illustrated in color wonderfully illustrated in bright on every page by the Disney Studios. Tucked into slits on four of the pages are colors in typical 40’s style. Rare. color printed handkerchiefs - each with a different character. Rare. $750.00 $850.00 FOLIO BIG BOOK 201. DICK AND JANE TYPE. OUR PICTURE BOOK by Gertrude Hildreth and others. no place: Winston (1940). This is a large sized Dick and Jane type folio made for teachers to use as display in the class. Spiral bound in red boards 12 1/2 x 18”, 30p. + 2 p. direction for teaching. Light shelfwear else VG+. In a direct imitation of Dick and Jane, this reader is not quite as large as the Dick and Jane Big Books. This title features Bob, Nancy, 207. (DISNEY,WALT)illus. BAMBI father, mother, baby sister CUT-OUT BOOK. Racine: Whitman and the pets Mac and Muff. 1942. Large folio, stiff pictorial Printed on heavy card stock and wonderfully illustrated in card covers, FINE AND UNUSED. bright colors in typical 40’s Perforated cut-out figures for all the style by Corinne Waterall. Bambi characters and background Rare. $600.00 scenes. Great color illustrations by the DICK AND JANE SEE ALSO 102 Disney Studios. $475.00

WARNE TOY BOOK DISNEY SEE ALSO 499 202. DICK WHITTINGTON. THE OLD BALLAD OF DICK DODGE, KATHERINE STURGES – 550 WHITTINGTON. Lond.: Warne ca 1870. 4to, wraps, DOGS – 11, 42, 43, 112, 126, 212, 276, sl. offsetting on text pages 324, 336, 345, 350, 418, 479, 546, 554 else near fine. Each page mounted on linen. Illustrated with 6 very fine full page DUMPY BOOK chromolithographs printed by 208. DOLLS. MORE DOLLIES by Kronheim. $300.00 Richard Hunter. Lond: Grant Richards 203. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE 1903. 16mo, tan striped cloth, 95p., BOOK NO. 3. Phil.: David McKay (1932- light shelf wear, VG. 1st ed. of DUMPY 3). Sq. 4to, 48p. cl. backed stiff pictorial BOOK no. 25 in the same series as Little card covers, slight wear to edges else Fine. Illustrated in color with 4 comic style panels Black Sambo. Printed on only one side of on every page. A beautiful copy - quite the paper, each page of text features a rare. $850.00 poem about a doll and each page faces 204. DISNEY,WALT. DONALD DUCK. a wonderful full page color illustration NY: Grosset and Dunlap (1936). 4to, of a different doll, done by RUTH pictorial boards, VG+ in soiled and frayed COBB. $250.00 dw. Illustrated with glorious and bright full color illustrations plus b&w’s and pictorial endpapers. Rare early Donald. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $600.00 DOLLS SEE ALSO 93, 258, 270, 273, 320, 344, 392, 400, 540, 545 914.764.7410 Pg 28 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 LOVELY DU BOIS WATERCOLOR THREE PIGS ORIGINAL ART 209. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. NIGHT BOOK by Mark Strand. Offered here 211. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. ORIGINAL ART: THREE LITTLE PIGS. is a very beautiful watercolor by Du Bois for the book by Strand published in Offered here is a charming pen and ink drawing for the book, retold in verse 1985 by Crown. The image measures 7” wide x 4 3/4” high. A beautiful night and published by Viking in 1962. The image measures 4 1/4” wide x 4 1/2” high, scene has the moon and stars shining over a boat with one man seated at the end. signed. In this picture the wolf is running after the pig and almost catches it by It appears on the page with text beginning: “A man on a yacht was drinking a the tail. A great image. $1200.00 nightcap, which is a bedtime drink for grown-ups.” The colors in the original art are much less garish than in the printed book. To help a little girl who is afraid of the dark, the moon sends down a special moonbeam to show her the many wondrous things to see at night. This is a lovely image. $2000.00

ORIGINAL ART - NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 210. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. ORIGINAL ART: THE 21 BALLOONS. Offered here is an original pen and ink with wash drawing that appears as a full page illustration on p[112] of the book. The image measures 4 3/4 x 6”, signed and matted. The 21 Balloons was the winner of the 1949 Newbery Award. The story is a fantasy adventure full of fabulous inventions, starring Professor William Waterman Sherman whose hot-air balloon journey gets sidetracked in Krakatoa. The Professor crash lands in the ocean while trying to escape but he is eventually rescued and returns home a hero. The image offered here has the Professor in bed with a balloon at the head and he is being tended to by SIGNED WITH DRAWING 2 nurses, the mayor and the chief surgeon. Original art from Du Bois’ award winners is very hard to find. The actual art is much more vivid and detailed than 212. DU BOIS,WILLIAM the reproduction in the book. See Bader p.178. $6500.00 PENE. OTTO IN AFRICA. NY: Viking (1961). 4to, yellow cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. Du Bois has rewritten and re- illustrated his first Otto book - Giant Otto, wherein Duke and Otto fight off marauding Arabs in Africa. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY DU BOIS WITH A PEN DRAWING. (See Bader p. 182) $850.00

FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOX 213. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1909]. 4to (9x11”) white cloth, elaborate gilt pictorial decoration, fine in original box (worn with soil). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 20 beautiful tipped in color illustrations (with tissue guards) mounted on heavy stock with decorative border plus decorative border on text pages as well. A great copy of a beautiful book. Hughey 21a. $850.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 29 [email protected] SCARCE SAMBO IMITATION HAND-COLORED AMERICAN DUMPY BOOK MATH TOY BOOK 214. DUMPY BOOK. LITTLE 218. EARLY AMERICAN. WHITE BARBARA by Eleanor MERRY MULTIPLICATION. March. Lond: Grant Richards Baltimore: J.B. Keller, no date, 1902. 16mo, green striped cloth, owner inscription 1848. 4to, 95p., spine aged else, near fine. green wraps with 2 cuts on front 1st ed. of No. 18 of the Dumpy cover, 8p., near Fine. Printed on series (of which Little Black one side of the paper, each leaf Sambo was No.4). The story of has text of the multiplication a little girl who gets whiter and tables accompanied by fine thinner day by day. Printed on one page hand-colored frontis side of paper only with each page plus large hand colored cuts of text facing a full page color on every page. A title in the illustration by the author. Quite publisher’s Colored Toy Book scarce. Dumpy Book see also series. $850.00 208. $450.00 1794 WOODCUTS - AMERICAN 215. EARLY AMERICAN. 219. EARLY AMERICAN. NEW HIEROGLYPHICAL BIBLE FOR THE (BATTLEDORE) BATTLEDORE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN; Being A Selection of the - MONKEY TURNED COOK. most useful Lessons; and most interesting Narratives; (scripturally arranged) Offered here is a charming from Genesis to the Revelations. Embellished with Familiar Figures & Striking early 19th century battledore Emblems Neatly Engraved To the whole is Added a Sketch of the life of Our circa 1820 with no publication Blessed Saviour, the Holy Apostles etc. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland information at all other than Hill, M.A. Boston: Printed for W. Norman Book & Chartseller (1794). 12mo, the printed price of one penny. The story of contemporary full leather over boards, engraved fold-out frontis, title (iii), iv the Monkey Turned Cook with a large woodcut blank [i]-iii preface, [4] 5-144. Leather scuffed and sewing visible inside cover, is on lower cover and the Fallow Deer with a scattered soil, title creased, frontis archival reinforce at fold, really Good-VG. large cut is on the upper cover. 2 alphabets First American edition of this completely original work intended to compete with are on the outer flap and simple words of 2 the then popular 1783 Curious Hieroglyphic Bible. The preface is by Rowland or three letters are on the inner flap. Inside Hill, chairman of the Religious Tract Society and a philanthropist and advocate the upper cover are short paragraphs about for vaccination. Every page is full of fine woodcuts (British edition attributed to the horse and the elephant, each with cuts THOMAS BEWICK) with the pictures replacing the words. There is a wonderful and there are 2 alphabets in upper and lower fold-out double page frontis engraving plus 21 other large half-page engravings case inside the lower cover. Battledores were in addition to the numerous engravings on every page of text that replace words. learning devices that served double duty. Welch 513.1o copy on OCLC and only 2 other complete copies in NUC, RLIN Inside the classroom they were for learning and ESTC combined and it is doubtful that they are in the original pictorial the ABC’s but at recess they could be used to boards). Rare. $2500.00 play a pre- baseball type game of battledore and shuttlecock. This example is in excellent condition. Not in Welch, Rosenbach or Osborne. $300.00

216. EARLY AMERICAN. (BATTLEDORE) BATTLEDORE - THE GOOD BOY. Offered here is a charming early 19th century battledore circa 1820 with no publication information at all other than the printed price of one penny. The story of the Good Boy with a large woodcut is on lower cover and Chairs To Mend with a large cut is on the upper cover. The outer flap has the alphabet with 2 words for each letter and 2 alphabets are on the inner flap. Inside the upper cover are 2 alphabets and inside the lower cover are 2 cuts of a CAT and the ARK with simple phrases on the top . Battledores were learning devices that served double duty. Inside the classroom they were for learning the ABC’s but at recess they could be used to play a pre- baseball type game of battledore and shuttlecock. This example is in excellent condition. Not in Welch, Rosenbach or Osborne. DARTON 1817 - HAND-COLORED COPPERPLATES $300.00 220. EARLY ENGLISH. GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT; BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD; WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS INHABITANTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COSTUMES 217. EARLY AMERICAN. (BATTLEDORE) NEW BATTLEDORE No. 7. London: [by Mary Anne Venning]. London: J. and C. Mozley circa 1830. The upper cover has the first half of the alphabet Darton Harvey and Darton 1817. in upper and lower cases within 12 compartments and the lower cover finishes 1st ed. 12mo (4” wide x 6), original in 12 compartments. The outer flap has 3 woodcuts for An owl, a hare and a road backed boards, 120p., linnet while the inner flap has one cut of 2 dogs with simple word lists. Inside edges worn and spine rubbed, the upper cover are short words and an alphabet and inside the lower cover VG+. Each country represented are 3 alphabets. Battledores has informative text - countries were learning devices that worldwide are included from served double duty. Inside America to the Island of Nio to the classroom they were for the Land of Natal. Illustrated learning the ABC’s but at recess with 60 fine hand-colored they could be used to play a pre- copperplate engravings depicting baseball type game of battledore costumes of the inhabitants and shuttlecock. This example of the various nations. A is printed on green paper and is fascinating book. Darton in fine condition. See Osborne G975. $1200.00 p.695 for Number 4 in this series. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 30 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 EDUCATION – 180, 183, 191, 199-201, 218-20, 222, 242, 456, 496 illustrated by M.T. (PENNY) ROSS (who also did Volland’s Mother Earth, Flower, Animal Children books) with pictorial ep’s and title page plus more than 40 full EGYPT – 56 ELDER, PAUL (PUBLISHER)- 234 color plates of beautiful fairies. $600.00 UNCOMMON TITLE 221. (EISGRUBER,ELSA)illus. LIEBE SONNE, LIEBE ERDE [by] Christian Morgenstern. Oldenburg: Stalling [1943], 66 tausand. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Illus. in color on every page by Eisgruber in her distinctive style using pastel colors and with an Oriental influence clearly discernable. Beautiful. $325.00

FAIRIES SEE ALSO 281, 393, 563

GREAT PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 226. FAIRY TALES. BLUE BEARD. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson circa 1880. Sq. 4to, pictorial wraps, neat spine and margin repairs, VG+. Illus. with 6 fine full page chromolithographs by J.B. Geyser plus great color cover. $300.00 ART DECO TOYS 222. (ENRIGHT,ELIZABETH)illus. TOYS AND TOY MAKERS by James ART NOUVEAU FAIRY TALE POSTCARD BOOK S. Tippett. NY: Harper, 1931 (1931). 8vo, cloth, fine in slightly frayed dust 227. FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA / HANSEL AND GRETTEL. No pub. info., printed wrapper. Stated 1st edition. A collection of stories for children about how real in Switzerland circa 1905. Narrow 4to, pictorial wraps, sl. spine repair else fine. toys are made. Illus. in art deco style by Enrich with 14 color plates, many b&w’s Inside each cover is the text of each story. There are 4 full page color art nouveau and pictorial endpapers. A very scarce and charming book. $350.00 illustrations - each with 3 postcards. Opposite each illustrated page of postcards is the same illustration in line designed to be painted by the child. The illustrator ENRIGHT, MAGINEL – 74,81, 85 ESKIMOS – 301 isn’t named but the initials W inside an M is in the corner of the images. The art is quite lovely and it is amazing that this survived in unused condition. $350.00 EVANS, EDMUND – 162-3 FABLES -37, 159, 174, 292, 457, 470

LILIAN GOVEY COLOR PLATES 223. FAIRIES. ADVENTURES OF BE-WEE THE GNOME AND TALES OF HAPPY COMMON by Agnes Herbertson. NY: Cup. & Leon (1921) 8vo, cloth backed bds, pict. paste-on, 116p., tips worn else VG. The little gnome- like Creepie Man is led by the talking Punker Tree into a fairy land. Illustrated with 20 beautiful color plates, many line illus. and pictorial endpapers all with fairy theme, in the style of Harold Gaze and Anne Anderson. Lovely book. $250.00 AMERICAN FAIRY TALES AUSTRALIAN PLAYS AND 228. FAIRY TALES. (EARLY AMERICAN) A CHILD’S BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. FAIRY TALES Phil.: G.G. Evans 1860. 8vo, cloth, 223p. + 22 p. publisher’s catalogue. Tips and 224. FAIRIES. HERE IS edges slightly worn else VG+. A wonderful book of fanciful fairy tales including: FAERY [by Furnley Maurice Little tom Grubb and his Wonderful Dog, Magic Tea Pump of the Island of the pseud. Frank Wilmot and by Manahattoes, Patty and her Pitcher, Tiny and her Vanity, The Giant and the W. Graham Robertson and R.L. Dwarf, the Selfish Man, Peter and His Goose and The Giant Hands. Illus. with Newmarch]. Melbourne: George 10 fine hand-colored plates including extra illustrated title called the Fairies in Robertson [1915]. 4to, cloth Council. A lovely American fairy tale book. $450.00 backed pictorial boards, 112p., scattered light foxing else CIGARETTE BOOK fine in dust wrapper (frayed). 229. FAIRY TALES. (GERMAN) 1st ed. Two fairy plays and 5 MARCHEN DER VOLKER. fairy tales by Robertson and (Hamburg: Cigaretten Newmarch plus 7 fairy poems Bilderdienst 1933, 236 tausend). by Furnley, a noted Australian 4to, 118p., cloth backed pictorial modernist poet. Illus. by Percy boards, fine. Each time a special Leason with 5 lovely tipped in package of cigarettes was color plates and with delicate purchased it came with a 4 x 2 art nouveau text borders and 1/2” color illustration that would devices. $350.00 fit into one of the fairy tales in the book. By smoking a lot of STUNNING VOLLAND FAIRY BOOK! cigarettes, the book could be 225. FAIRIES. A YEAR WITH THE FAIRIES by Anna M. Scott. Chic: Volland completed. Complete with all 150 (1914). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, finger soil on cover, some edge of the color plates and also illus. wear, 2 small margin mends, VG+. An uncommon Volland title in large format, in b&w. $350.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 31 [email protected] JENNIE HARBOUR FAIRY TALE PANORAMA IN BOX #233 230. FAIRY TALES. (HARBOUR,JENNIE) FAIRYTALE GEMS. (Lond): Raphael Tuck nd ca 1910. 16mo, pictorial boards with silk ties, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box shows wear). Opening to 29”, printed on both sides there are classic fairy tales (Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White and 3 others) with verses by Hilda Hart (calligraphic text). Featuring 9 very beautiful full page color illustrations by JENNIE HARBOUR. A charming item in excellent cond. $850.00

PAUL ELDER FANTASY / MERLE JOHNSON ILLUS. 234. FANTASY. REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE BOY PIP by Francis W. Philip. San Francisco & NY: Paul Elder 1907. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 66p., front paste-down scraped and some edge wear, VG. The “Alice” SWEDISH TALES IN PUBLISHER’S BOX type fantasy trip of a little boy named Pip who travels to an enchanted swamp 231. FAIRY TALES. (SWEDISH) OLD where everything comes alive. Pip is accompanied by the Welsh Rabbit and a little SWEDISH FAIRY TALES by A. Wahlenberg. man. Illustrated with 5 great color plates and numerous line drawings throughout the text by MERLE JOHNSON. by J.H. Nash. Quite unusual. Phil: Penn 1925. 4to, blue gilt cloth, pict. $450.00 paste-on, 296p,, as new IN ORIGINAL BOX FANTASY SEE ALSO 81, 86, 173, 259, 267, 315-16, 333-4, 338, 376, (box sl. worn). 1st ed. 18 Swedish fairy tales 424, 436, 489 trans. from the Danish of Frede Thomsen FIELD, EUGENE – 46 FIRE FIGHTING - 392 by A. de Coursey Patterson and illus. by JEANETTE BERKOWITZ with 8 beautiful, 235. (FISHER,HARRISON)illus. BACHELOR BELLES. NY: Dodd Mead 1908. 4to, cloth, pict. paste-on, fine IN ORIGINAL BOX (flaps repaired). 1st ed. stylized color plates plus pictorial endpapers Illus. with 22 beautiful color plates by Fisher and decorations by Theodore and many b&w’s in- text. A beautiful Hapgood. Rare. $1500.00 copy. $350.00

FAIRY TALES SEE ALSO 16, 47, 64-7, 69, 128, 131, 158, 162, 167, 202, 236, 246-8, 250, 252, 257, 263, 291, 302, 318, 323, 328, 341, 387, 389, 401, 403, 426, 431, 437, 459, 460, 512, 514, 519, 521-2, 532-3, 537, 549, 559

A RARE AND GREAT AMERICAN ABC BOOK 232. (FALLS,C.B.)illus. ABC BOOK. NY: John Day 1930 (1930). 4to, cloth, small repairs to paper on spine else fine in dw with some fraying and 1 piece restored. 1st edition. This is the second of Falls’ stunning alphabet books with each page boldly and brightly illustrated with full color art deco woodblocks. In this version, A is for Airplane rather than Antelope; S is for Skyscraper rather than Swan and Z is for Zeppelin rather than Zebra. See Bader p. 24-5 for his 1st book, and comments on the obvious influence of Nicholson on Falls. This is a beautiful copy of an incredibly rare book, especially in dust wrapper. $2500.00

FLOWERS – 488, 552

236. (FOLKARD,CHARLES)illus. GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES. Lond.: A & C Black (1911). Thick 8vo, pict. cloth, 331p. + ads, VG. 1st ed. 56 fairy tales illus. with 8 delightful color plates plus many b&w’s throughout the text by Folkard. $400.00

237. (FOLKARD,CHARLES)illus. THE LAND OF NURSERY RHYME as seen by Alice Daglish and Ernest Rhys. NY: Dutton (1932). 4to, blue pict. cloth, 240p., cover faded a bit else near Fine. 1st edition. 100’s of nursery rhymes, illus. by Folkard with 8 fabulous color plates GOOGLE BIRDS! and on almost every page of 233. FANTASY. GOOGLE BOOK by V.C.V[icars]. Lond: Medici Society (1931, text in b&w or two-colors first published only in a limited edition in 1913). 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, 53p., sl. edge wear, near Fine. First trade edition. “Far, far away the Google lives plus pictorial endpapers. in a land which only children can go to.” Featuring 24 fabulous full color plates Imaginative and fanciful (printed on coated paper) depicting a variety of phantasmagorical birds and one illustrations. rare in the first strange monster - full of detail and quite wonderful. Very scarce. (SEE ILLUS edition. $500.00 TOP NEXT COLUMN) $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 32 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 CASPARI READER 242. GERMAN. CASPARI FIBEL: ein lesebuch mit vielen bunten bildern fur CATS die esrste schulzeit [by] Gertrude Caspari. Stuttgart: Volkskunst Rich. Keutel 238. (FOUJITA)illus.. NIGHT AND ca 1910. 8vo, pictorial cloth, 76p., sl. cover soil, VG+. A wonderful early reader for the young child, illustrated in bright colors by GERTRUD CASPARI. $350.00 THE CAT by Elizabeth Coatsworth. NY: #242 #243 Macmillan 1950, 4to, cloth, sl. fading on rear cover else Fine in dust wrapper with small chips off spine ends and a few neat repairs (archival). Stated 1st printing. Featuring 12 beautiful full page lithographs of cats by FOUJITA, the noted Japanese artist. $750.00

FREES, HARRY – 418, 420

STUNNING FOLIO PICTURE BOOK CHILDREN ACTING LIKE ADULTS - PANORAMA 239. FRENCH. FRANCOIS I by 243. GERMAN. DAS VATERLE UND’S MUTTERLE text by Norika Roesch. Gustave Toudouze. Paris: Boivin Nurnburg: Theo Stroefer ca 1920. Oblong 4to, bound accordion fashion, some 1909. Folio, pictorial cloth, all edges cover soil and sl. wear at folds, VG+. This is a charming German picture book with each page showing children pretending to be adults. Illus. in color on every page gilt, corners bumped and sl. cover by Asta Drucker - reminiscent of Gertrud Caspari’s books. $350.00 soil, VG. 1st ed. A lavishly produced book printed on heavy paper with HAND-COLORED PICTURE BOOK each page individually hinged into the 244. GERMAN. DER GUTE book. Illustrated with remarkably DOKTOR von Max Nassauer. detailed and incredibly rich full page Munchen: Braun & Schneider ca 1885. Folio, cl. backed color illustrations (some double- pictorial boards, VG. The paged) by ROBIDA. Really a beauty story of 14 different sick with a magnificent pictorial cover. or injured little children and One of the scarcest titles in this how the wonderful doctor helped every one of them. series. $600.00 Each page of text in verse faces a fine full page hand- colored illustration showing FRENCH SEE ALSO 4, 17, 148, 285, 292, 313, 397-8, 403-412, 428-30, several different scenes - 438, 477-487, 492, 502, 533, 537, 549 the child ill or how the child got ill and then the child cured. $450.00 TOM SEIDMANN FREUD (SIGMUND FREUD’S NIECE) 240. (FREUD,TOM [SEIDMANN])illus. DAVID THE DREAMER by Ralph Bergengren. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press (1922). Obl. 4to, green gilt cloth, #241 pict. paste-on, 67p., corners of front free ep torn off else VG+. An unusual fantasy about a young boy and his adventures in his dreams, magnificently illustrated by Freud with stylized color plates that are aesthetically pleasing and artistically Art Deco in style. Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was a German children’s book illustrator who was one of the pioneers of the avant garde art movement “neue sachlichkeit” in post WWI Germany that coincided with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations in children’s books were felt the world over. This book marks her first American appearance and some of her books are now being reprinted in the U.S. This is a scarce American edition. $900.00

FROST, A.B. – 287, 289

GAG ART FOR CALDECOTT HONOR 241. (GAG,WANDA)illus. ORIGINAL ART - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS -THE POISONED APPLE. This is a fabulous finished pen and ink drawing - a detailed study for page 32 of Gag’s Caldecott Honor version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs published by Coward McCann. The image measures 7 x 9” and is archivally matted, framed and glazed to 15 x 17” and is signed by Gag. In the wicked witch’s room full of cauldrons of poison and instructions on casting spells, the witch is preparing the poisoned apple. Full of background detail, this is an exquisite piece of Gag original work which is quite rare. $15,500.00 SEE ILLUSTRATION DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT --->>

GAMES – 404, 410, 412, 456, 540 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 33 [email protected]

245. GERMAN. EIO POPEIO.

Mainz: Scholz [1900]. 4to, cl. #250 #251 backed pict. bds, near fine. A marvelous book of simple rhymes with pages on thick boards. Illustrated in typical German turn of the century style by ARPAD SCHMIDHAMMER with artful color illustrations on every page. A great picture book. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch for others by Schmidhammer. 251. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) GEDICHTE von Josef $450.00 Freiherr von Eichendorff. Wien & Leipzig:Gerlach nd ca 1907, sq. 12mo, pict. bds, 96p., edges rubbed, VG. Volume 7 in Gerlach’s Jugenbucherei series, illustrated in Art Nouveau style by HORST SCHULZE with cover design, pictorial ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES endpapers plus many beautiful full page color illustrations and many wonderful 246. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) ANDERSEN’S MARCHEN [by] black and whites. $225.00 Hans Christian Andersen. Wien & Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling nd ca 1912. Sq. 12mo, cloth, fine. Volume 25 of GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI. Fairy tales are illustrated 252. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI). GOCKEL, HINKEL UND by Austrian artist FRANZ WACIK with wonderful full page color illus. plus many GACKELEIA von Klemens Brentano. Wien und Leipzig:Gerlach und Wiedling ca illus. throughout the text. (See Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p.1110) $225.00 1910. Sq. 8vo, pictorial cloth, fine. Volume 20 of this children’s series with #246 wonderful color illustrations by FRANZ WACIK. $250.00

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247. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) ANDERSEN’S MARCHEN [by] Hans Christian Andersen. Wien & Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling 253. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI.) MARCHEN SAMMLUNG nd ca 1906. Sq. 12mo, pict. cloth, 142p., fine. Volume 15 of GERLACH’S by Ludwig Bechstein. Wien & Leipzig:Gerlach & Wiedling, nd ca 1901. Sq. 12mo, JUGENDBUCHEREI. Fairy tales are illustrated by HUGO STEINER-PRAG with cloth, 98p., edges faded else VG+. Volume 2 of GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI a profusion of full page and textual illustrations in color and line. $225.00 series, with detailed and lovely color and line illustrations throughout by KARL FAHRINGER. $250.00 248. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) BERGKRISTALL by Adelbert Stifter. Wien & Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling nd ca 1912. Sq. 12mo, pict. cloth, 77p., fine. GERMAN SEE ALSO 18, 37, 147, 221, 229, 236, 240, 256, 262-4, 282, 293-4, Volume 17 of GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI with extremely lovely color and b&w 298-9, 310-11, 318, 347-51, 363, 385, 442-3, 470, 511, 514, 525, 565, 569 illustrations by OTTO BAURIEDL to accompany a fairy tale. Nice! $200.00 ORIGINAL ART - TOY BEARS! 254. GERRARD,ROY. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: FROM “A POCKET FULL OF POSIES”. This is the original watercolor used in Gerrard’s book A Pocket #249 Full of Posies published in 1991. It appears opposite the poem “Oh, rare Harry #248 Parry,/ When will you marry?/ When apples and pears are ripe./ I’ll come to your wedding/ Without any bidding, And dance and sing all the night.” Featured is a BEAR WEDDING PARTY with the bride and the groom surrounded by two other adult bears and 4 baby bears, all dressed to the nines in fancy dresses, suits and hats. Done with exquisite detail and much color. It is signed and titled, the image measuring 5 x 3 1/4” on board 7 1/4 x 5”, and accompanied by a 1st U.S. ed. of the book. Gerrard’s books have garnered praise and awards from the beginning of his career. His first book, Matilda Jane was a runner up for the Mother Goose Award which is presented annually to the most promising newcomer to children’s illustrations. His second book, The Favershams, won the Bologna Book Fair Graphic Prize for Children and other notices include awards from the Royal Academy of Arts, Parents Choice Awards and several appearances on the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books list. His LOVELY SILHOUETTES work has been shown in solo exhibitions in London, New Orleans and Atlanta and 249. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) DEUTSCHE GEDICHTE mit has been exhibited at the Bologna Book Fair as well. $850.00 schattenbildern ed. by Hans Fraungruber. Wein & Leip: Gerlach & Wiedling, nd ca 1908. Sq. 12mo, cloth backed pict. bds, 102p., paper rubbed on edge of covers else VG. Volume 21 of the noted GERLACH’S JUGENBUCHEREI series, this has a profusion of beautiful SILHOUETTES by FERDINAND STAEGER, noted Czech artist. (See Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 1006, Hofstatter:Art Nouveau p.192) $300.00

BARON MUNCHHAUSEN - GERLACH JUGENDBUCHEREI 250. GERMAN. (GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI) FAHRTEN UND ABENTEUER DES FREIHERRN VON MUNCHHAUSEN Deutsch von G.A. Burger, text gesichtet von Hans Fraungruber. Wien & Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling, nd ca 1913. Sq. 12mo, cloth backed pict. bds, 1177p., sl. edge rubbing, VG+. Volume 19 of GERLACH’S JUGENDBUCHEREI with wonderful full and partial page color and b&w’s by FRANZ WACIK. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $350.00 914.764.7410 Pg 34 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 GUM-NUT BABIES HUMANIZED CANDIES WITH RECIPES IN BOX! 255. GIBBS,MAY. GUMNUT BABIES. Sydney: Angus Robertson [1916]. Tall 8vo, 259. GORDON,ELIZABETH. KING GUM DROP: Neddie’s visit to Candyland. brown wraps, brown string ties, color paste-on, 28 leaves, near fine. (printed by Racine: Whitman (1917). 4to, orange cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN W.C. Penfold). Illus. with 2 color plates (color plate on cover, color frontis which is PICTORIAL BOX (box repaired). A fabulous fantasy trip taken by a little boy to different from cover) and 11 sepia plates - all depicting adorable humanized gumnut Candyland, full of humanized “sweets” (Grandfather Peppermint Stick, Doctor children. Text is in verse. A scarce and fragile item. Muir p.328. $350.00 Hoarhound etc). Illustrated by HAZEL FRAZEE with 8 great color plates plus numerous full and partial page black and whites. Also includes 4 pages of recipes for making candy. A special book. Elizabeth Gordon see also 89.$425.00 #256

GNOMES 256. GNOMES. DIE HEINZELMANNCHEN von August Kopisch. Mainz: Jos. Scholz, nd circa 1930. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. A wonderful counting book along the lines of the Ten Little Indians. The cover IN THEY STYLE OF ANNE ANDERSON of the books has a die-cut hole through which the heads of 10 little gnomes 260. (GOVEY,LILIAN)illus. LITTLE SONGS: A Book of Poems With Music For are visible - one on each page. As each page is turned, the number of heads The Nursery by Tom Pierce Cowling. London: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton, decreases by one. Wonderful color lithos on every other page by B. BRAUN- no date, circa 1915. Large 4to, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, corners FOCK. Gnomes see also 19, 347. $400.00 rubbed else fine. 20 simple poems are set to music. Illustrated by Govey with color plate frontis, 2 full page black and whites and numerous other line JAPANESE FAIRY TALES illustrations on other text pages. The art has the detail and flowing artistry very 257. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. reminiscent of Anne Anderson’s work. Govey see also 124, 158, 223. $125.00 GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES by SIGNED BY GRAHAME AND SHEPARD Grace James. Lond: Macmillan 261. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE DREAM DAYS. Lond: John Lane Bodley 1910. Large thick 4to, blue gilt (1930). Tall 8vo, vellum backed marbled boards, FINE IN SLIP CASE. LARGE pictorial cloth, [281]p., slight PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 275 COPIES SIGNED BY KENNETH cover soil else near Fine. 1st GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. Printed on special rag paper and illustrated ed. 38 Japanese fairy tales, by ERNEST H. SHEPARD with beautiful black and whites. $1200.00 illustrated by Goble with 40 magnificent tipped-in color plates mounted on heavy stock with guards. A beautiful book with some of Goble’s finest work. $600.00

BOOK AND DOLL 258. GOLDEN BOOK. HEIDI by Johanna Spyri. NY: Golden Press (1962). Offered here is a rare and fabulous Golden Book item. There is a pictorial box that measure 9 1/2” wide, x 16” high x 4” deep. The cover opens like a book. Inside the front cover is affixed a copy of the Little Golden Book version of Heidi, illus. in color by CORINNE MALVERNE. Opposite the book in the deep portion of the box is an original JOLLY DOLL dressed as Heidi appears in the book. The book and doll are in fine condition. In fact the doll still has its original plastic covering. The box is scuffed but very good. This is a rare and wonderful Golden Book item and a charming version of Heidi. $575.00

262. GRAHAME,KENNETH. [WIND IN THE WILLOWS] - CHRISTOPH, GROSMAUL UND CORNELIUS translated into German by Else Steup. Stuttgart: D. Gundert (1929). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 158p. + [2]p. ads, 5 3/4 x 7 3/4”, fine. 1st ed. with these illustrations and apparently first German edition of the text. Featuring 6 fine color plates by Ilse Stams Nitzschte. $400.00

GREEK - 166

FROG PRINCE SCHOLZ DEUTSCH BILDERBUCH #8 263. GRIMM BROTHERS. DER FROSCHKONIG. Mainz: Scholz nd ca 1907. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, VG+. Grimm’s fairy tale about the Frog Prince, illustrated by ERNST LIEBERMANN with 8 very beautiful full page, color illustrations plus other line illustrations. Number 8 in Scholz’s series of GOLF - 494 Grimm. $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 35 [email protected] SCHOLZ DEUTSCH #268 BILDERBUCH #7 264. GRIMM BROTHERS. FRAU HOLLE. Mainz: Scholz nd ca 1905. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, VG. Illustrated by FRITZ KUNZ with 8 very beautiful full page, art nouveau color illustrations plus other line illustrations. Number 7 in Scholz’s series of Grimm’s stories. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch # 1655. $200.00

GRIMM SEE ALSO 227, 236, 241, 514 GROPPER, WILLIAM - 497

LITTLE RED HEN TOY WITH BOOKS IN BOX 265. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. THE LITTLE RED HEN GIFT BOX. This is a boxed set of 3 books published by Cupples & Leon (1917). Box has normal shelf soil, sl. repair, VG, The books are each 12mo, boards, pict. paste-on, Fine, in dust wrappers (wrappers chipped). Each is illus. in color as follows: ALL ABOUT THE RARE GRUELLE-VOLLAND CLOTH BOOK LITTLE SMALL RED HEN and illus. by Johnny Gruelle with 8 color plates; ALL 269. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANDY’S NUMBER BOOK. np: Volland ABOUT THE THREE BEARS illus. by Dick Hartley and L. Kirby Parris and ALL ABOUT 1924. 8vo, printed on linen, a few black ink splotches on front cover and inside THE THREE LITTLE PIGS also illus. by Hartley and Parrish. The three books are front cover else VG. A very rare Gruelle item and an equally as rare VOLLAND in their ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX ALONG WITH A 6 INCH CELLULOID CLOTH-ART TOY BOOK, brightly illus. in color on each page to accompany a LITTLE RED HEN TOY! A wonderful item, extremely rare. $1500.00 counting rhyme written by Gruelle. $375.00

RAGGEDY ANN PAPER DOLLS 270. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY PAPER DOLLS AND COLORING BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1944. Folio, pict. wraps, VERY FINE AND UNUSED. Authorized edition. Featuring 4 pages of uncut paper dolls and clothing. The rest of the book is a coloring book, completely unused. $300.00

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266. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. EDDIE ELEPHANT. Joliet: Volland (1921, 25th ed). 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, fine in box. Illustrated with great full color illustrations by Gruelle throughout including pictorial endpapers. A scarce VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK and a flawless copy. $450.00 COMPLETE IN ORIGINAL BOX 271. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN PICTURE PUZZLES. Springfield: Milton Bradley, 1944. Three colorful jigsaw puzzles, complete and AS NEW in original box (box shows some wear). Puzzles depict Raggedy Ann and friends in various activities. Rare. $325.00

BOXED GRUELLE 272. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN’S MAGICAL WISHES. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, fine in publisher’s box (flaps repaired). No other printings listed Illus. in color on every page by Gruelle. Great copy. $450.00

NOOM MINT IN BOX 267. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. THE MAGICAL LAND OF NOOM. Chic: Volland (1922). 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, MINT IN BOX! (box only slightest of wear). 1st ed. of this desirable and scarce Gruelle book. Johnny and Janey fly to the moon and have many other fantastic adventures. Illus. with 12 full page color plates plus a profusion of black and whites in text and pict. ep’s. A superb copy, rare in this condition. $1500.00

1ST RAGGEDY ANDY IN BOX - VOLLAND 268. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANDY STORIES. Chicago: Volland (1920, no additional printings). 8vo, pict. bds, some cover soil else VG+ in PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX (box slightly faded but VG+). 1st ed. of this 273. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN’S WISHING PEBBLE. Chic: Volland VOLLAND HAPPY CHILDREN BOOK illus. by Gruelle with pict. ep’s and many (1925, 9th ed.). 8vo, pict. bds, fine IN PICTORIAL BOX. A VOLLAND HAPPY sharply reproduced color illustrations throughout the text. Scarce and a nice CHILDREN BOOK with vibrant color illustrations by Gruelle. A great copy, copy. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $850.00 scarce in the box. $425.00 914.764.7410 Pg 36 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 INSCRIBED TO BERTA’S SISTER WITH A WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS 274. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. MAN IN 278. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan 1935 THE MOON STORIES TOLD OVER THE (Oct. 1935). Sq. 4to, green pict. cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. The story RADIO PHONE by Josephine Lawrence. of a little Black boy set in Jamaica. Illustrated by the Haders with wonderful full page color illustrations. NY: Cupples and Leon (1922) 4to, blue THIS COPY HAS A SMALL cloth, pict. paste-on, sl. fading to spine, WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A WOMAN IN A near fine. 18 wonderful stories, illustrated JAMAICAN HAT AND A by Gruelle with cover plate, marvelous MAN IN A HAT AS WELL (Berta and Elmer). THERE IS double-page pictorial endpapers, 8 color A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION plates plus black and whites in-text. This TO ELMER’S SISTER (HER is a nice copy of a very scarce Gruelle BOOK) WHICH READS: Dear Sister Leota: Jamaica title. $600.00 Johnny is just off the press and I am sending him off again on a journey to the coast and you. We hope you like him. He carries a lot of love ARTIST’S DUMMY FOR HADER’S FIRST BOOK to you from us both. Berta 275. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. TWO FUNNY CLOWNS - ARTIST’S and Elmer.”. A special copy DUMMY written and illustrated by the Haders, done in 1929. This is the of one of their most desired Haders’ dummy for THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY titles. $500.00 THEM TOGETHER, used for layout and color direction. The dummy measures oblong 9” wide x 7” and is completely hand-made by the Haders including painted covers. It contains color cover, front of color dw, color endpapers, half-title and 47 other color illustrations. The text is typed and glued in place and heavily MACMILLAN HAPPY notated in pencil. Laid-in are 9 typed pages of the text for the story. This is a HOUR BOOK fascinating look at the earliest stage pre-production picture book. This is also a rare and important Hader title. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $4500.00 279. (HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. UGLY DUCKLING by Hans Andersen. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). 6” wide x 5 3/4”, pictorial boards, Fine (no dw). 1st ed. A Happy Hour Book with wonderful, bold, Art Deco style color lithographs throughout by the Haders. See Bader p.29. $175.00

ARTIST’S DUMMY FOR HADER BOOK 276. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. HERE BINGO - ARTIST’S DUMMY written by Anne Stoddard and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1932 by the Century MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK Co. This is the Haders’ dummy for a book about a little dog named Bingo, used for layout and color direction. The dummy measures 7 1/4 x 8 1/2”. It is completely 280. (HADER,BERTA AND ELMER)illus. hand-made by the Haders. It includes water color covers with the title Doggie WEE WILLIE WINKIE and some other Doggie, color endpapers, 16 other color illustrations and 42 pencil drawings. One boys and girls from Mother Goose. NY: line of text beneath each illustration is in pencil. This is a charming book, chock full of art and a fascinating look at the early pre-production stage of a picture book. Mac. 1927. 6” wide x 5 3/4”, pictorial Sold with a copy of the book. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER). $4000.00 boards, near fine (no dw). 1st ed. of this scarce title in Macmillan’s Happy Hour Series, illus. with bold color lithos by the Haders. $175.00

ARTIST’S DUMMY FOR RARE HADER CAT TITLE 277. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. WHIFFY McMANN - ARTIST’S DUMMY written and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1933 by Coward McCann. This is the Haders’ dummy for this book, used for layout and color direction. The dummy measures 5 1/2” square and is completely hand-made by the Haders including painted covers. It contains 27 watercolors and 8 black and whites with text in pencil beneath each piece. All throughout the book are pencil notations to the printer from the Haders. A fascinating look at the earliest stage pre-production picture book. $4500.00 (SEE ILLUSTRATION DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT -->>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 37 [email protected] RARE EARLY AND FANTASTIC HAGUE ART 281. HAGUE,MICHAEL. ORIGINAL ART: GNOMES AND FAIRIES. Offered PAGANINI’S VIOLIN here is a most wonderful watercolor by Hague. Depicted in a dense forest are 283. HAND-COLORED. gnomes, fairies, a young girl and a forest baby. The image measures 10 1/4” wide x 15” high on artist board 15x20”, signed by Hague. According to Hague himself, this COMICAL ADVENTURES was a very early portfolio piece of his dating from 1973, The colors are rich and OF LITTLE PETER the incredible detail draws the eye in to make sure to see every little fairy, frog PAGANINI. Lond.: Dean and gnome. This is a fantastic piece. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $6000.00 and Son, no date, owner inscribed 1854. 4to, (6.5 x 9.5”), pictorial wraps, a few minor mends, VG+. The story in verse about Paganini’s son who is given his father’s “magic fiddle” which he plays around the world. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf has a fine hand-colored illustration. An Aunt Busy Bee Toy Book and a rare title. $850.00

HAND-COLORED SEE ALSO 14, 17, 18, 26, 37, 131, 218, 220, 244, 292, 298, 377, 428-30, 547

NURSERY RHYME HANKIES 284. HANKY BOOK. WEE KIDDIES HANDKERCHIEF BOOK. no pub. information, circa 1915. 4to (10 1/4 x 11 1/4”), orange pictorial wraps, fine. There are 4 fine nursery rhymes hankies inside: Roses Are Red, I Love Little Pussy, Ride a Cock Horse and Bob and His Dog. Each is busily illustrated in full color in a style very like Grace Drayton’s. The pictorial cover features the King of Hearts. Quite charming. Hanky Book see also 142, 205, 206. $300.00

HANSEL & GRETEL – 227, 401

285. HANSI. LE PARADIS TRICOLORE par Oncle Hansi. Paris: Floury 1918. 4to, dec. cloth, Fine. One of Hansi’s patriotic picture books for children, this TRI-LINGUAL CHILDREN’S PASTIMES has 8 very beautiful full page color plates plus color illustrations on every page of 282. HAND-COLORED. [CHILDREN’S PASTIMES]. This is a beautiful little book text - all portraying cities and villages in Alsace, many with soldiers. $400.00 that has no title page but appears to be as issued. It measures 4x4”, plain blue paper boards in near fine condition. Printed in Nurnberg Bei Gebruder Schmitt, inscribed by owner 1848. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 12 very fine hand-colored engraving of children engaging in different past-times. There is a one-word identifier in English, German and French plus a 2-line caption in German. Includes paper dragon (kite flying), racing, tree climbing, wearing masks, fencing, throwing snowballs, throwing arrows at a target (no bows), boating, taking bird’s nests, shooting birds, playing knights and blind man’s bluff. $1200.00

HARBOUR, JENNIE - 230 914.764.7410 Pg 38 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 RARE 1772 HARLEQUINADE HAWAII - 109 286. HARLEQUINADE. COMICAL TRICKS OF JACK THE PIPER. London: H. Roberts & L. Tomlinson, July 30, 1772. Original plain blue wraps frayed on DARLEY FOLIO edges and sl. normal wear else Fine. Consisting of 4 large sections, each folded 290. HAWTHORNE,NATHANIEL. over at the top and bottom, splitting in half in the middle. Each section has 4 THE SCARLET LETTER. Bost.: fine engraved illustrations, and by lifting the flaps the reader reveals anew Houghton Mifflin 1884. Obl. illustration below. The featured character is Jack whose magic pipe playing large folio, imitation leather, silk causes anyone within earshot to dance. Of course Jack uses his power on the ties, some soil and edge wear to least likely to dance prospects such as nuns, friars. When he is brought to fragile binding else an amazingly justice, he escapes punishment by causing everyone in the court to dance. This nice copy. Illus. with 12 very type of moveable represents the earliest form of action book and became an fine and detailed wood engraved immediate success with children. See Gumuchian 2948 and NBL 823 for this plates that capture the essence title and Haining p. 10-11, Whitton p. 56-7 for others. $6250.00 of this classic which, considering its enduring popularity, exists in surprisingly few illustrated versions. This is extremely scarce. $750.00

JAPANESE FAIRY TALE IN BOX 291. HEARN,LAFCADIO. CHIN CHIN KOBAYAMA -JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES No. 25. Tokyo: Hasegawa no date [1903]. 8vo, crepe paper with silk ties, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX (sl. repair to box). 1st edition of this fairy tale beautifully illustrated in color (BAL 7939 state A with earliest publisher’s address). Rare in the box. $750.00

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FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 287. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. TAR BABY & OTHER RHYMES OF UNCLE REMUS by Joel Chandler Harris. NY: D. Appleton 1904 (Sept. 1904) 8vo, peach colored cloth, (191)p. teg, Very Fine IN ORIGINAL DW (dw chipped, LA FONTAINE’S FABLES - HAND COLORED tape repairs inside). 1st ed. 292. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Nancy :Berger, circa (BAL 7154) Illustrated by A.B. 1925, folio, cloth backed pict. bds, slight edge rubbing else near fine. Illustrated FROST and E.W. KEMBLE with by ANDRE HELLE with vibrant pochoir color illustrations throughout (hand- great full page plates and line colored through a stencil). This is a lovely version of these classic fables (See illustrations on every page of Mahoney et al, v.1-p.135). Beautiful copy. $600.00 text. An incredible copy, rare in dw. $1000.00 FIRST EDITION OF STRUWWELPETER IN ENGLISH! 293. HOFFMANN,HEINRICH. ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children. Leipsic: Friedrich Volckmar, 1848. 4to, FINE COPY - UNCOMMON original decorative boards with vignette on rear cover, 24p., recased with new PICTURE BOOK EDITION spine, old endpapers, tear on title page repaired, some soiling throughout, 288. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. paper covers worn off on corners and edges, overall a Very Good copy. FIRST UNCLE REMUS AND BRER EDITION IN ENGLISH OF THIS FAMOUS CHILDREN’S BOOK that is still in RABBIT. NY: Stokes 1907. print today. Taken from the 6th German edition. Printed on rectos only, each Oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial paste- leaf is hand-colored showing the fate of these now famous naughty children. on, fine in custom chemise and Originally published in Germany in 1845 as Lustige Geschichten und drollige cloth slip case. Printed on rectos Bilder, with only 15 pages, the book was expanded and renamed Struwwelpeter only, each leaf has a full page color in 1847. As an early example of planned obsolescence, Hoffmann reportedly illus. by J.M. Conde with text instructed his publishers to issue the book in strong boards but with a frail below. BAL 7160. A beautiful paper spine in the hope that children would quickly read the book to pieces; their copy. $700.00 parents would be forced to buy another copy. This accounts for the unbelievable rarity of both the first German and first English editions. PML 131. Amongst the rarest of all children’s books. $25,000.00 GIFT EDITION 289. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: Appleton (1920). Large thick 4to, green gilt cloth, 265p., VG+. A deluxe gift edition, with an intro by Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE 12 plates and with pictorial borders on each page of text as well as illus. in- text. A beautiful edition of this classic. $400.00

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER SEE ALSO 427

HASSALL, JOHN – 536 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 39 [email protected] 294. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. DER & Loening, ca 1870. Oblong 4to, printed boards, spine repaired and normal wear, VG+. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a rhyme about a different naughty KRIEGS STRUWWELPETER lustige child embellished with 2 very fine hand-colored engravings. Includes: Bertha and bilder und verse von Karl Ewald Olszewski. the Greedy Boys, Little Chinaman, Inquisitive Susan, Little Trespasser, Freddy Munchen: Holbein 1915. 4to, pict. bds, and the Fire and more. Not in Baumgartner, Ruhle 301a. Rare. $1750.00 edges and spine extrems rubbed else VG+. A marvelous Struwwelpeter parody with a militaristic / World War I theme. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a warlike motif (Der Bombenpeter, Kaiser Wilhelm, Der Japs etc). Very scarce. $600.00

RARE AND GRUESOME McLOUGHLIN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION 295. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. HEEDLESS HARRY AND OTHER NAUGHTY CHILDREN STORIES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., 1905. 4to, pict. wraps, [32]p. + covers, 299. HOFFMANN,HEINRICH. JIMMY SLIDERLEGS. NY: Sully (inscribed paper aging, some finger soil, VG+. Illustrated with color cover plus 1898). 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, sl. cover soil and very faint edge stain else numerous b&w’s on every page accompany verse about Heedless Harry, remarkably clean and tight and VG+. Illus. in color on every page to accompany Little Lie Abed, The Naughty Boy Who Destroyed His Books, The Dainty the rhymes about Cruel Paul, Tom Bogus, Dr. Wango Tango, Discontented Lucy, Boy, The Little Boy Who Would Not Be Washed and more. The last page Slovenly Betsy and others. A scarce title. $500.00 has a frightful of the Old Man That Draws the Teeth of Children Who Bite: $1200.00

UNCOMMON McLOUGHLIN TITLE RARE STRUWWELPETER PAINTING BOOK 300. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. TOM TEARABOUT. NY: McLoughlin Bros. ca 296. (HOFFMANN,HEINRICH). STRUWWELPETER PICTURES FOR 1880. 5x6”, pictorial wraps, fine. “I’ll tell you about Tom Tearabout, The boy no PAINTING. [Lond.} Humphrey Milford / Oxford Univ. Press, no date ca 1930. man could tame; No less than sixteen nurseries, Did tremble at his name”. Illus. Large 12mo, (6x7”), pictorial boards, spine paper chipped, some illus. colored and with 8 half page full color lithos. Father’s Series. $200.00 some soil and wear, really VG. The text of the English Struwwelpeter is printed in HOFFMANN, HEINRICH ALSO 244 HOGAN, INEZ – 97, 570 full color on coated paper. Facing each colored illustration is the same illustration in line meant to be painted by the child (6 of 24 are neatly painted). The cover illustration is in color signed W.P. A very scarce Struwwelpeter item. $850.00 RARE BOXED VOLLAND/HOLLING TITLE RARE EARLY STRUWWLPETER IMITATION 301. HOLLING,HOLLING C. CHOO-ME- 297. (HOFFMANN,HEINRICH). AUNT ODDEMADODD’S WHISPERS ABOUT SHOO by Holling Holling. Minn.: Volland CERTAIN LITTLE PEOPLE First Series by W. Newman, Late one of the Punch - Buzza (1928 6th printing). Square 8vo, artists. Lond.: Dean & Son, no date [1857]. Small 4to, cloth backed pictorial cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in boards, edges worn, hinges strengthened else, VG. Printed on one side of the PUBLISHER’S BOX. An Eskimo story, paper, almost every page has illustrated by Lucille Holling with bright detailed engravings showing and beautiful color illustrations. Great the result of being a naughty copy. $325.00 child (including pictorial title HORSES – 384, 438 page). The book contains the following stories: The Dainty Little Boy, The Little HOUSMAN’S FIRST BOOK Girl Who Made Faces, The 302. HOUSMAN,LAURENCE. Little Boy Who Bit His Nails, A FARM IN FAIRYLAND. The Boy Who Never Looked Lond: Kegan Paul, Trench, Where He Was Going To, Trübner 1894. 8vo, green Little Lie A-bed, Little Girl pictorial cloth stamped in green Who Would Not Go to Bed, and gold, sl. bubble to cloth on Little Boy Who Would Not rear cover, a few pages opened Be Washed and Tasting. roughly, VG. First edition of the This is a rare and early first book written by Housman. imitation of Hoffmann’s Fairy tales written by Housman Struwwelpeter. Ruhle 281m, and illustrated by him with 13 TPL p.73, not in Baumgartner beautiful full page Art Nouveau who lists the Second Series. illustrations as well as lovely Rare. $1500.00 pictorial title page and cover design. The book is noted not only for the illustrations, but for RARE EARLY NAUGHTY CHILDREN BOOK the high quality of the stories 298. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. FUNNY PICTURE BOOK OR 25 FUNNY as well. (See Engen’s Artist LITTLE LESSONS: A FREE TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN OF DER & the Critic: Housman p. 116- KLEINE A-B-C SCHUTZ. Frankfort on the Main: Literarische Anstalt Rutten 117) $425.00 914.764.7410 Pg 40 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 RARE BOOK BY NATIVE STUDENTS 307. INDIANS. THE NEW TRAIL: BOOK OF CREATIVE BY INDIAN STUDENTS - 2 volumes (1941 plus the 1953 revision). Phoenix: Printed at 303. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. the Phoenix School. The first edition was printed in 1941. 4to, pict. wraps, 158p., BABES OF THE NATIONS first signature strengthened and paper aging with some chipping on edges else VG. by Edith Thomas. NY: Stokes Edited by Ann Nolan Clark. Conceived and printed as the yearbook by students 1889. Small 4to, cl. backed of the Phoenix Indian School with the intention of depicting contemporary Indian pict. bds, edges and corners life in the southwest. The text is comprised of poems, songs, games, legends rubbed else clean and fresh. and essays on native life of by students. The essays describe pottery making, Illustrated by Humphrey basketry etc. of the Papago, Pima, Maricopa, Apache, Hopi and other southwest with 12 magnificent full tribes. One essay describes and depicts childbirth. Some of the pages are page chromolithographs printed on colored papers meant to indicate tribal relationships (desert tribes are of little children dressed on “warm” yellow paper, “virile” Apaches are on green paper). Illustrated by the in the national costumes students in b&w and in full color including 8 removable double-pages illustrations of various nations from which appear to be original colored woodblocks. This 1941 edition is inscribed Russia to Africa. Printed by Martha Refsland, Supervisor of Elementary Education. The preface to the on heavy stock, the colors revised edition indicates that only a limited number of copies were printed and of are beautiful. One page of these, there is little doubt that very few copies of this book would have survived. verse for each illus. (with line illustrations). $950.00 It is sold together with the 1953 revised edition in fine condition (one cancelled blind embossed library stamp). This edition is longer with 182 pages which includes a section on the Navajo Indians that is not in the first edition. The HUGHES, LANGSTON - 98 papers colors have been changed as well. The first edition has a colored map of the Hopi Reservation and a wonderful double-page color illus. of Katchina Corn Grinders, neither of which are in the revised edition. There are numerous other RARE HUMPHREY TITLE curious changes, for instance one double-paged print in the first edition was 304. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BOOK captioned Apache Sunrise Dance and the same illustration has been renamed the Apache Wedding Ceremony. The fact that the revised edition is printed OF PETS by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: on better paper serves to highlight the charm of the original in comparison. A Stokes 1893. 4to, cloth backed pictorial special and rare American Indian offering. $1200.00 boards, edges and corners rubbed else tight VG-Fine. Featuring 12 fine full page chromolithographs of little children with their pets. These are inter-leaved poems about the pets embellished with full page color chromos also by Tucker. Printed on one side of the paper, there are a total of 24 full page illustrations including title. A very scarce Humphrey title. $1000.00

305. HUMPTY DUMPTY BOOK. THE EGGS-TRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF THE HUMPTY DUMPTY FAMILY. Lond: Treherne nd ca 1905. Sq. 16mo (3x3”). Pict. cloth, some shelf wear, VG. A marvelous continuation of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme INDIANS SEE ALSO 170 INSECTS – 165, 175, 407, 564-5 featuring the entire Dumpty family. Printed on heavy paper on one side of the page, each IRISH – 566 IRVING, WASHINGTON – 462, 573 page of text faces a charming full page color illustration signed E.E.M. In the style of a Stump book, only square instead of oblong. Very. $750.00 RARE CREPE PAPER CALENDAR 308. JAPANESE INTEREST. CALENDAR HUNGARY – 415, 431 1906. (Tokyo: Hasegawa) 1906. 12mo, LOVELY CHRISTMAS ART crepe paper bound frenchfold with silk 306. HYMAN,TRINA SCHART. ORIGINAL ART FROM CHRISTMAS POEMS a book of poems selected by Myra Cohn Livingston and published by Holiday House ties, fine. Similar to the Japanese fairy in 1984. The piece offered here is a charming double-page spread appearing on tale series published by Hasegawa, this is pages 24 and 25 of the book. The image measures 16” wide x 9” high and is nicely matted. The scene is viewed through a window from the inside, executed in pen a calendar for 1906. Every page has very and ink with a wash. A fanciful gingerbread house sits on a snowy mountain. A beautiful color woodblock illustrations. teddy bear peers over the hill. In front of the house are 5 little children playing with a cleverly drawn acorn-man. This is a lovely, detailed piece. $2000.00 This is a rare title in crepe paper series. $225.00

PANORAMA 309. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE CHILDREN, THE TOYODO. Tokyo: Torishinkokuycho no date, owner inscription 1908. 4to (7 x 9 1/2”), pictorial cloth, fine. There are 10 wonderful double-page color prints depicting Japanese children enjoying various activities. There are also 10 pages of text describing each illustration. Folded accordion style, it opens into a panorama. Includes wrestling, playing soldiers, walking on bamboo stilts, kite flying, girls playing battledore and shuttlecock and more. A wonderfully evocative piece. $2250.00 (SEE ILLUSTRATION DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT --->)

JAPANESE SEE ALSO 238, 257, 291, 536 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 41 [email protected] RARE ANTI-SEMITIC BOOK RARE CONCENTRATION CAMP COUNTING BOOK 310. JEWISH ANTI-SEMITIC INTEREST. ANTI SEMITISM. SCHWARZ 312. JEWISH INTEREST. ZEHN KLEINE MERCKERLEIN [TEN LITTLE ROT GOLDNE ZEIT Humoristisch - Satirische Zeit Bilder und Reime von Otto NUISANCES]. 5 x 6”. Pink printed wrap folder with red and green woodcuts Palmer. Stuttgart: Herbert Ferber [1927]. 8vo, (6 1/4” wide x 9 1/4), stiff containing 9 green and red engraved plates, listed as “nr. 5”. Because this was pictorial wraps, light shelf wear, VG+. Told in rhyme and veiled in humor, the a clandestine concentration camp publication, there is no publisher information text tells how the Jews are manipulating Germany by holding the purse strings printed in the book, but here is what is known. When Germany invaded Holland, and controlling money. The stereotypes of Jews as rats, devils and mongrel the Nazis controlled all printing even to the extent of registering owners of mutt dogs prevail throughout the text which is illustrated on every page by the various typefaces. Underground printing continued with books issued in very author. Laid-in is a color anti-Semitic post card showing 5 stereotypical Jewish small numbers. One of most well known of the underground printers was A. A. men captioned “Die funf Frankfurter!”. This is a very rare anti-semitic book Balkema, a bookseller from Amsterdam. This counting book, a parody of the 10 coinciding exactly with the publication of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. $4500.00 Little Niggers, is known to have been printed in an edition of forty copies from text smuggled out of the Orianienburg concentration camp. In this book, the 10 Little Nuisances (Jews) will die after various events; they play Mendelsshon on the piano (he was Jewish); they will die after seeing Robert Ley (a notorious Nazi and an alcoholic symbolized here by a glass). The final lone survivor will not die. By listening to the rhyme smuggled out from the camp one lone “nuisance” will be turned into ten again. (the reason that there are 9 leaves instead of 10 is that 2 people are removed at once in number 3). The rear cover has the name of the engraver: “The eleventh little nuisance / Made this joyful poetry / He issued 40 copies / and his name is HAAS” - a red hare is printed under the verse (Haas is German for Hare). Because the style and form of the booklet bear so much resemblance to other work of the Dutch printer Nicolaas Werkman, it has been suggested that Haas was indeed Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, a noted Dutch printer, typographer, artist, and that the name used here as Haas was taken from letters in Werkman’s full name: H endrik nicolAAS werkman. Werkman was arrested in April 1945 and excuted on the morning of April 10th. More than half ANTI-SEMITISM of his life’s work was seized and destroyed by the Nazis. (See Alston Purvis: 311. JEWISH ANTI-SEMITIC INTEREST. DER FRUSLING UND ANDERES Dutch Graphic Design 1918 - 1945). (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $10,000.00 GEPFEFFERTES von Otto Holl. Neudamm: J. Neumann, no date, circa 1930. Large 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 68p. + 2 p. ads, sl. cover soil else VG- Fine. A group of stories told in verse about things that can go wrong between men and women, illustrated in color throughout. One 15 page story involves a stereotypical Jewish couple named the Zeilchenbloms and relates what happens when Isidor cheats on his wife with an Aryan blonde haired woman. Without even reading the text, the disgusting depictions tell the story. Rare. $2500.00

JEWISH INTEREST SEE ALSO 20, 385

FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY 313. (JOB)illus. LES TROIS COULEURS by G. Montorgueil. Paris: Charavay Martin nd ca 1900. Folio, gilt pictorial cloth, near fine. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by JOB with text focusing on French military history (Algeria, Crimea, Etc..) A beautiful copy, quite scarce.. $400.00

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THE RARE THIRD HAROLD BOOK 314. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD’S TRIP TO THE SKY. NY: Harper Bros. 1957. 16mo, cl. backed pict. bds, AS NEW IN LIKE DUST WRAPPER! (dw with price intact). 1st ed. of the third Harold book wherein Harold and his Purple Crayon go to Mars. Extremely rare. $1200.00

FANTASY 315. (JOHNSON,MERLE)illus. PINKEY AND THE PLUMED KNIGHT by Frederick Chapin. Akron: Saalfield (1909). 4to, pict. cloth, some normal shelf wear, VG+. The fantasy story of a knight who comes alive in the 20th century and has adventures and unusual encounters. Illus. by Merle Johnson with 8 color plates, pictorial endpapers and many b&w’s. Johnson, Merle see also 234. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 42 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 GEORGE SHRINKS FABULOUS WATERCOLORS STUNNING VIENNESE SECESSION ILLUSTRATIONS (LATER ANIMATED) 318. JUGENDSTIL. DER KLEINE KONIG [told by] 316. JOYCE,WILLIAM. GEORGE SHRINKS - ORIGINAL ART. Offered here Fritz von Ostini. Munchen: is an original watercolor by award winning children’s book artist Joyce used in his Georg W. Dietrich nd ca 1910. charming fantasy George Shrinks (published by Harper Collins). Done on artist Large sq. 4to, cl. backed board measuring 15” wide x 10”, with the actual image measuring 9 3/4” x 6 3/4”, pict. bds, blind embossed signed. The image appears in the middle of the book with the text “and play stamp on title and sl. soil quietly”. Little George is sitting on his baby brother’s hat, scaring both the cat bottom edge of few leaves and the mouse. Done with Joyce’s meticulous attention to detail and really simply else VG+. An absolutely wonderful. George Shrinks was later animated for a PBS Saturday morning show. stunning children’s book In an online interview from the publisher’s home page, Joyce offers this insight written to accompany the when asked where the idea for George came from: “ Ever since I was a little kid, illustrations. Featuring I have loved stories about people who were the wrong size. King Kong was too 12 fine and detailed color big for everything, and Stuart Little was way too small. One day I found some of plates highlighted in gold, my old toys in a box. Mixed up with all the dinosaurs and army men was a little done by HANNS PELLAR airplane that had a tiny pilot, and that got me thinking. What if a boy named in typical Jugenstil style George shrank one day while his parents were away? What would he do? Would reminiscent of Gustav Klimt. it be fun? Would it be scary? What would he eat? So that’s what I made George A scarce and beautiful Shrinks about -- how neat it would be if, just for one day, you were the same book. $900.00 size as your toys. And of course I had George fly in that toy airplane.” $9500.00 KEMBLE, E.W. – 287, 289

DENNIS THE MENACE / INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH 319. KETCHAM,HANK. DENNIS THE MENACE. NY: Henry Holt (1952). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, some cover soil else VG+. Illustrated with one large black and white cartoon on every page. This copy is INSCRIBED BY KETCHAM WITH A GREAT PEN AND INK DRAWING OF DENNIS’ FATHER ON THE FLYLEAF! $450.00

320. KING,JESSIE. LITTLE WHITE TOWN OF NEVER WEARY. Lond: GREAT JOYCE WATERCOLOR Harrap nd [1917]. 4to, tan pict. cloth, 155p., sl. soil, near Fine. 1st ed. A fantasy 317. JOYCE,WILLIAM. ORIGINAL ART: SOME OF THE ADVENTURES OF tale made of a little girl’s dreams, illustrated with 4 tipped-in color plates, b&w RHODE ISLAND RED by Stephen Manes. Offered here is a wonderful watercolor drawings and diagrams by King and 16 photos by J. Bruce Cameron that all bring by Joyce for the book by Manes published in 1989 by Dial. It appears as the dust the fairy town and people to life with detailed instructions for creating a real wrapper illustration which is the only color piece for the book. The story tells of doll’s town. One of her most fanciful and desired books. $525.00 a folk hero named Rhode Island Red who is a boy born into a family of chickens. The image measures 5 3/4” wide x 6”, matted. “Red” has just hatched out of the egg to the amazement of the on looking chickens. A great image. $5000.00

321. (KING,JESSIE)illus. THE ENCHANTED CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND by Isobel Steele. Edinburgh: Plaid Pub. [1945]. 4to, gilt cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. A story written for children and illus. by King with color wrapper, 4 double page color illus. and many lovely line illus. throughout the text. $575.00

KIPLING, RUDYARD – 474 KIRK, MARIA – 115, 118, 119, 371

RARE TITLE BY AUTHOR OF “JUNKET IS NICE” 322. KUNHARDT,DOROTHY. BRAVE MR. BUCKINGHAM. NY: Harcourt Brace & Co. (1935). Sq. 8vo, red cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with one letter repaired on title and sl. fraying else VG dw. 1st ed. A nonsense story told to Billy by his uncle to boost his courage (THAT DIDN’T HURT!). Each page of text faces a full page color illustration in Kunhardt’s bold, distinctive style. Rare. See Bader p.72. $475.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 43 [email protected]

LADA, JOSEPH – 164, 165 328. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. PRINCE PRIGIO by Andrew Lang. Bost: Lit. RED FAIRY McLOUGHLIN IN BOX Brown 1942 (1942). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly frayed dw. Stated 1st ed. A 323. LANG,ANDREW. clever fairy tale by Lang with wonderful, detailed b&w’s and color dw by Lawson. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. A very scarce Lawson title and a fine combination of talents. $250.00 Springfield: McLoughlin Bros. ca 1920. 4to, red gilt cloth, 274p., Fine IN ORIGINAL BOX! An uncommon edition of the second fairy book. Illustrated by H.J. FORD and Lancelot Speed with chromolithographed frontis and many b&w’s. An uncommon edition of this classic, rare in the box. Lang see also 328. $300.00

INSCRIBED BY LATHROP 324. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE SKITTLE-SKATTLE MONKEY. NY: Macmillan 1945 (1945). 4to, red cloth, small mark on front cover else fine (no dw). 1st ed. Written by Lathrop as well as VERY SCARCE LAWSON TITLE illustrated by her with extremely 329. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. THE ROVING LOBSTER by Arthur Mason. beautiful full page illustrations NY: Doub. Doran 1931. 8vo, 131p., cloth, Fine in very nice, slightly frayed dust throughout (also featuring a wrapper with small mend. Stated 1st ed. Illustrated by Lawson with 10 full page PEKE). THIS COPY HAS A 5 LINE b&w’s and numerous text illustrations and color wrapper. The story takes place INSCRIPTION FROM LATHROP in a world of humanized animals and sea denizens and tells of a lobster that is DATED 1945. This is a special copy unhappy with life in the ocean. It leaves to live on land only to return to the sea of one of her more difficult to find again. An early Lawson title and very scarce. $400.00 titles. $250.00 330. (LE MAIR,H. WILLEBEEK)illus. OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES BEAUTIFUL LIMITED EDITION SIGNED WOODCUT by Alfred Moffat. Lond: Augener, 325. LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOODCUT: GHOST FLOWERS. Offered here is a Phil: McKay (1911). Oblong 4to, lovely woodcut by Lathrop. LIMITED TO ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY LATHROP. blue cloth, pict. paste-on, FINE IN The image measures 5” wide by 8” and is matted. Depicted are large flowers with DUSTWRAPPER (dw sl. chipped). a snail and leaves in the foreground on a black background. Done with Lathrop’s Printed on heavy coated stock, every sharp eye for detail, this is a lovely piece in fine condition. Nice! $250.00 other page of musical notation with lyrics faces a beautiful full page color illustration by Le Mair (30 in all plus 1 on copyright page). A beautiful copy, scarce in a dw. Le Mair see also 358 $475.00

MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR ABC 331. LEAR,EDWARD. THE NONSENSE ABC: the original verses and pictures with a new alphabet by Arthur Leon Moore. NY: Macmillan 1928. Sq. 12mo, pict. bds, slight cover soil else VG+. First ed. of the Macmillan Happy Hour Book with Lear’s verse opposite full page, brightly colored illustrations. The other alphabet appears on endpapers. Attractive book and one of the hardest to find of the Happy Hour titles. $175.00

326. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. MR. BUMPS AND HIS MONKEY by Walter de la Mare. Phil: Winston (1942). 4to, pict. RARE INSCRIBED “WRINKLE” 1ST EDITION cloth, VG+ in dw with small holes and wear 332. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. along spine. 1st ed. Illustrated by Lathrop A WRINKLE IN TIME. with magical, detailed full page color lithos (NY): Ariel Books, Ferrar, plus beautiful b&w’s throughout depicting Strauss & Cudahy (1962). a humanized monkey. Some of her finest 8vo, 1/4 cloth, 211p., work. $200.00 spine faded else Fine in dust wrapper (dw spine LAWRENCE, JACOB SEE 100 frayed on bottom and chipped on top otherwise SIGNED BY LAWSON WITH EXTRA quite clean and nice and SUITE OF PLATES not price-clipped). 1st 327. LAWSON,ROBERT. MR. REVERE ed. The fantasy that has AND I. Bost: Lit. Brown (1953). 4to, blue become a modern classic, cloth dec. in gold, 152p., Fine in slipcase winner of the NEWBERY with pictorial label. Stated first edition. AWARD. THIS COPY LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY IS INSCRIBED ON THE LAWSON INCLUDING AN EXTRA SUITE TITLE PAGE BY L’ENGLE! OF PLATES in an envelope. Illustrated by First editions of this title Lawson with blue silhouette ep’s, many are extremely rare and detailed b&w’s. A beautiful copy usually this is a special copy. (SEE found lacking the extra illustrations. ALSO INSIDE FRONT $450.00 COVER) $14,500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 INSCRIBED BY L’ENGLE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – 230, 381, 387, 521, 522 333. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. INCREDIBLE COPY IN A SWIFTLY TILTING DUST WRAPPER PLANET. NY:FSG (1978). 338. LOFTING,HUGH. 8vo, cloth, 278p., fine in DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON. NY: dust wrapper (not price Stokes (1928). 8vo, purple clipped, tiny 1/16th” repair decorated cloth, pict. paste- at spine ends). Stated 1st on, 307p., Fine and bright in dust wrapper (small chips printing of this third title in on rear panel). 1st ed. Illus. her series that began with by the author with pict. A Wrinkle In Time. THIS endpapers, color frontis plus a profusion of full COPY IS INSCRIBED BY page illus. throughout the L’ENGLE on title page: “For text. A beautifully bright ____ - Madeline L’Engle.” copy of a scarce Dolittle title. $600.00 $275.00 MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK 339. MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK. SEQUEL TO WRINKLE IN GOLDEN GOOSE. NY: Mac. (Aug. 1928). TIME - INSCRIBED Sq. 12mo, pict. bds, Fine in dw (dw chip 334. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. A out of back edge). 1st ed. Absolutely WIND IN THE DOOR. NY: wonderful, bold color Art Deco illus. by FSG (1973). 8vo, cloth, Fine Mary Lott Seaman. Bader says that this in dust wrapper (dw nice book is “aesthetically the star of the Happy and clean, not price clipped, Hour Series.” (p.29-30 with photos). head of spine has a small $250.00 piece 1/8” x 1/2” restored). Stated 1st printing of the MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOKS SEE ALSO second title in L’Engle’s “A 279, 280, 331 Wrinkle In Time” series, this copy is INSCRIBED BY L’ENGLE on the title page: “For ___ Be a namer CHARMING WATERCOLOR FOR FRANK ASCH BOOK 340. MARSHALL,JAMES. ORIGINAL ART: MACGOOSE’S GROCERY by Frank - Madeline L’Engle.” This is a Asch. Offered here is a charming finished watercolor for Macgoose’s Grocery nice copy of very hard to find published by Dial in 1978. The image measures 4” wide x 5” high, matted and signed. title, $1200.00 Although this image was not used, a similar version appears on page 2 of the text. Depicted are 2 geese seated and talking to each other. The female goose is sitting on her egg, knitting for her impending baby. On the back of the piece in Marshall’s 335. LENSKI,LOIS. LITTLE FARM. NY:OUP (1942). Obl. 8vo, pict. cloth, hand he has dated the piece Sept. `8 ‘77. This is a charming image. $1650.00 near fine in sl. worn dw with tape mends on verso. 1st ed. Mr. Small becomes a farmer. Charming b&w illus. on almost every page, with minimal text. Lenski at her best. $400.00

336. (LEWITT-HIM)illus. BLUE PETER by Alina Lewitt. Lond.: Faber & Faber (1943). 4to, (8 1/2 x 10 1/2”) cloth backed pictorial board covers, fine in slightly worn dw. 1st ed. Because Peter, a dog, was born blue, he was kicked out of his house. The story tells how he finally finds a home. Illustrated by Lewitt and Him with charming full page and partial page color illustrations. A rare title by this talented pair. $475.00

LEWITT-HIM CAT BOOK 337. (LEWITT-HIM)illus. FIVE SILLY CATS by Alina Lewitt. (Lond.): Minerva Pub. [1944]. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 1/2”), pictorial boards, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of Black Cat, Yellow Cat and Three Ginger Cats who go wishing without knowing how. Illustrated by Lewitt and Him with stunning full page color lithos that are unique in style. This is a rare and wonderful title by this talented pair. $525.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 45 [email protected] FABULOUS WATERCOLOR DOGS 341. MARSHALL,JAMES. ORIGINAL ART: THREE LITTLE PIGS. Offered here 345. McLOUGHLIN PUB. WONDERFUL is a really great watercolor Marshall did for his version of the Three Little Pigs PERFORMING DOGS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. published in 1989 by Dial. The image measures 7 1/2” wide x 9 1/2”, nicely matted and signed. On the verso in Marshall’s hand it is noted that this was meant for use on 1883. 4to, [16]p. + covers, fine. Every page the dust wrapper - dated October 1988. It was not the image eventually used but has great chromolithographs showing dogs it so perfectly conveys the spirit of Marshall’s vision for the book. $2800.00 performing human activities including being soldiers, playing lawyer and client, dancing to the bag pipes and more. A beautiful copy. $400.00

McLOUGHLIN SEE ALSO 24-5, 48-9, 107, 133, 139, 143, 169, 295, 300, 323, 456, 520, 527

MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL AND ART FOR AIGA BEST BOOK 346. McPHAIL,DAVID. CAPTAIN TOAD AND THE MOTORBIKE. This is a collection of pre-publication material for McPhail’s wonderful picture book published in 1978 by Atheneum. Taken together, they are a fascinating look at how a book becomes published from concept to realization. The story tells of Captain Toad, a retired Navy hero, who inadvertently saves his little village from the noisy motorbikes. The characters are all marvelously detailed humanized animals depicted in full color. Included are:

1. Early text of the story in typed pages with many handwritten changes, plus one page entirely in McPhail’s hand.

2. A wonderful double-page detailed drawing used on p. 16-17 of the book. The mole is asleep by the fireplace and Captain Toad is sneaking out through the window. All of the original artwork for this book was in black and white with color added in the printing.

3. 5 finished pen and ink studies of Captain Toad by McPhail.

4. Artist’s dummy for Captain Toad done after the finished art was completed, used as a guide for the art director and printer. Each of the pages is sketched in showing the layout of the artwork.

342. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. ONE MORNING IN MAINE. NY: Viking & Jr. Lit. 5. Two early proof copies from the publisher with extensive annotations by McPhail and his 1952 (1952). Folio, pict. cloth, 64p., fine in frayed but VG dw. 1st ed. of this editor. wonderful CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK. Illustrated on every page with McCloskey’s eye for detail. 1st editions of this title are extremely scarce. $600.00 McPhail was born in Newburyport, Mass.. He has illustrated the work of others, notably Nancy Willard’s Sailing To Cythera which was one of MATHEMATICS – 162, 218 AIGA’s 50 Books of the Year in 1974, and he has authored and illustrated a profusion of books on his own. This book, 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. $3200.00

343. McLOUGHLIN PUB. HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE. NY: McLoughlin Bros. nd ca 1875. 4to, 9x10 1/2”, light spine wear and soil else VG+. The classic nursery rhyme about the cat and the fiddle etc, featuring 6 very fine full page chromolithographs (printed on one side of the paper) with 2 especially nice illustrations - one of a white poodle and the other of the dish running away with the spoon. $275.00

MCLOUGHLIN PAPER DOLL 344. McLOUGHLIN PUB. MCLOUGHLIN PAPER DOLL: LITTLE LADY. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (24 Beekman St.), no date, 1850’s. Offered here is a McLoughlin paper doll in the original pictorial envelope with directions for making the dolls on the inside. There is a doll, an extra head with hat, another hat and 3 fine dresses. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 MEGGENDORFER GNOME WATERCOLOR AND BOOK RARE MEGGENDORFER TITLE 347. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: GNOMES AND 350. (MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR)illus. ARTISTIC PUSSY AND HER STUDIO DRAGONFLIES. Offered here is a wonderful watercolor by Meggendorfer from moving pictures with other tales. Chic.: Thompson & Thomas ca 1890. 4to, cloth his book entitled Die Wichtelmannchen published by Braun & Schneider. The backed pictorial boards, some general soil and some archival mends to margins image measures 9 x 6.5” on board with a matte glued to the edges. Signed in else tight and VG++ in good working order. Features 7 tab operated plates with the lower right corner. Pictured are 2 gnomes doing battle with two dragonflies jointed parts and with a few illustrations in brown. Great images (2 feature a that are attacking them. Sold with a copy of the book, ca 1880, 3 auflage. Obl. cat painting a portrait of a dog, a monkey feeding a baby, a fox stealing geese, a large 4to, cl. backed pict.bds, last leaf repaired, some wear from reading, overall mother hen rocking her chicks to sleep and a dog hunting rabbits in the cabbage VG-. A great image. $5000.00 patch.) Rare. $2500.00

MEGGENDORFER’S FIRST MOVEABLE 348. MEGGENDORFER, LOTHAR. LEBENDE BILDER. Munchen: Braun & Schneider [1878], (elste RARE MEGGENDORFER PICTURE BOOK auflage). 4to, cl. backed pict. 351. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. DER SONNENSCHEIN ein humoristischer bds, spine cloth shows some hausfreund. Berlin & Stuttgart: W. Spemann circa 1890. Folio (9 1/2 x 14 1/2”), sl. wear and fraying and metal cloth backed pictorial boards, 74p., some cover soil else Fine. Every page is grommets rusting else near illustrated in full, rich color full of Meggendorfer’s charm and humor. A rare fine and a beautiful, tight picture book. $1850.00 copy. Illus. with 6 fabulous hand-colored tab operated moveable pages including: Herr Staberl (with a bow in his hair); a woman chopping food on a woodblock; the piano player; a teacher chastising a little child; the Tyroleon guitar player; a boy and his parrot; and a woman with a candle finding her cat in the cupboard. This was Meggendorfer’s first mechanical and is extremely scarce. $3200.00

RARE MEGGENDORFER MILITARY MOVEABLE 349. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. MILITARISCHES ZIEHBILDERBUCH. MINIATURE MILITARY PANORAMA SHAPE BOOK Munchen: Braun und Schneider nd ca 1895. Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial 352. MILITARY INTEREST. 12 BATTLE SCENES OF DIFFERENT boards, four professional mends on text pages else Fine, completely operational COUNTRIES. [Holburn: W. Sutton], circa 1860. 2 1/4” round, 12 round pages and unrestored. Featuring 8 fabulous tab operated plates, each one with a plus printed cover opening panorama style into a round box base. The front military theme: soldiers marching in a line, grooming a horse, rating the troops, of each page has a color illustration of the battle scene and the versos have fencing and other scenes. Each page has many pieces moving simultaneously. informative text about the battle. Includes Crimean and Chinese Wars, and Very rare and a brilliant copy. $4000.00 battles featuring Napoleon and Garibaldi. Rare. $1375.00

MILITARY INTEREST SEE ALSO 26, 285, 313, 349, 428, 429, 570 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 47 [email protected]

RARE HOUSE WITH BOOK #355 353. MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE. MY BOOKHOUSE - MINIATURE HOUSE WITH BOOK. Offered here is a rare miniature version of the wooden Book House that was offered to owners of the 9 volume Book House set in the 1920’s. The Book House for children was the brainchild of Olive Beaupre Miller who began her venture in 1920 by selling subscriptions to a six volume set, sold door to door by the Bookhouse Ladies one volume at a time. By the end of 1921, the 6th volume was completed and the set was offered in a cardboard house. The 3 other volumes of My Travelship were added in 1926 and a red and grey wooden book house was offered as an incentive to complete the set. “The utilization of women in all phases of its business activity was one of the unique aspects of the Book House For Children. Not only was there an all woman sales force but the majority of the employees were women (Taylor: Olive Beaupre Miller p.30). The miniature house offered here is not mentioned in the bibliography. It is an all metal version of the wooden house, measuring 3 1/4” wide x 5” high and 2 1/2” deep. The bottom has the Bookhouse information stamped in black. Included is a miniature book measuring 2 1/8 x 2 1/2” entitled The Little Brown Duck Shingebiss, a Chippewa Indian tale from Volume 1 of the Book House. It is bound in flexible leatherette. The last page notes that this is the second Tiny Book. (We are offering separately another miniature book - the Little Engine That SCARCE MILNE / SHEPARD “POOH” LIMITED EDITION Could). Both the book and the house are in fine condition. This is a rare piece of 356. MILNE,A.A. THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK. NY: Dutton American for children. $1200.00 (1929). 4to, green cloth spine and tips, pink pictorial boards, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box lightly soiled). The LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Illustrated throughout in black and white by E.H. Shepard, this is a beautiful copy and very scarce. $3500.00

WITH 10 LINE INSCRIPTION BY MILNE

357. MILNE,A.A. FOUR DAYS WONDER. Lond: Methuen (1933). 8vo, orange cl., 319p., binding sl. leaning else fine in sl. frayed dw. 1st ed. A novel by Milne. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL 10 LINE ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING INSCRIPTION FROM MILNE 354. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is an ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING OF WINNIE THE POOH AND PIGLET. Done referring to the price of the book on white paper (7. x 8”), the image measures 5.5” wide x 5” high, signed and most likely done in the 1960’s. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are sitting on a bench, Piglet and how little of it trickles down is looking up at Winnie. A similar image appears on page 94 of the book without to him. $2000.00 Rabbit. The piece is in fine condition and it is a wonderful image. $25,500.00 LIMITED EDITION BY LE MAIR & MILNE 358. MILNE,A.A. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Lond: Stanley Paul (1925). Folio, blue cloth (McKay on spine), minimal wear, near Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY MILNE. Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR with 12 large and magnificent color plates. A beautiful and desirable book. Scarce. $1750.00

UNCOMMON POOH BOOK 355. MILNE,A.A. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BIRTHDAY BOOK. Lond.: Methuen (1930). 12mo, cloth, 215p., fine in slightly soiled, near fine dw. 1st ed. A birthday book compiled by Milne from his 4 “Pooh” books and illus. by E. H. SHEPARD. Includes a new 3 page intro. by Milne and color dw by Shepard. Quite uncommon and a great copy. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $1500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 LIMITED/SIGNED POOH BOOK PIGS 359. MILNE,A.A. THE 364. (MOE,LOUIS)illus. HOUSE AT POOH ADVENTURES OF THREE LITTLE CORNER. London: Methuen PIGS translated from the Danish of (1928). 4to, cloth backed Georg Kalkar by Anna Reque and made boards Fine in dust wrapper into verse by Frank Hill. NY et al: (dw only very slightly worn), Longmans, Green & Co. 1929. 4to, (11” housed in custom chemise wide x 10”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, and leather backed slip case. near fine. Illustrated with 10 fabulous 1st ed. LIMITED TO ONLY color plates and in black and white on 350 NUMBERED COPIES text pages. A scarce picture book SIGNED BY MILNE AND by Moe. $300.00 SHEPARD. Printed on hand made paper resulting in very sharp reproductions of Shepard’s perfect BEAUTIFUL illustrations. $7500.00 ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS 365. (MOE,LOUIS)illus. SIGNED BY MILNE KAREN alle smaapigers, 360. MILNE,A.A. NOT THAT IT MATTERS. Lond.: Methuen (1919). 12mo, red tekst af Ellen Reumert. cloth, [240]p., spine sl. faded else fine. 1st ed. A collection of essays on various Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): subjects including The Charm of Golf, My Library and Lunch. THIS COPY IS Carl Larsens Forlag circa SIGNED BY MILNE on the title page. $500.00 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

A GREAT RARITY 366. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. Bost: L.C. Page & Co. MDCCCCVIII (April 1908). 8vo, 361. MILNE,A.A. THE SECRET AND OTHER STORIES. NY: Fountain Press pale green cloth stamped in gold, 1929. Slim 8vo, red cloth, paper spine label, 70p., Fine. LIMITED TO 700 pictorial paste-on, [i-vi], vii-viii, [ix- COPIES FOR SALE SIGNED BY MILNE (400 for US, 300 for England) 4 stories by Milne. 1st collected ed. Beautiful copy. $750.00 x], 1-420 + ads. cloth slightly soiled, cover plate rubbed, a few scattered FIRST PRINTING IN THIS PARTICULAR PUBLISHER’S BINDING pale spots else VG+ in custom slip 362. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. case. Stated FIRST IMPRESSION Lond.: Methuen, sixth edition (printed on of this beloved classic, illustrated title) (various dates, sixth edition 1928). 8vo, bound in publisher’s full tan calf, all edges with 8 plates by M.A. and W.A.J. gilt, elaborate gilt pictorial design on spine, Claus. This is a nice copy of one decorative device with “AAM” in the center. Except for small split at base of spine, near of the rarest of all children’s fine. In 1928 the publisher decided to issue books. Peter Parley to Penrod the Pooh books in newly designed leather bindings and continued to issue these special p. 124. $22,500.00 bindings over the years, changing the dates on the copyright pages to correspond. INSCRIBED BY MONTGOMERY This is the first edition of Winnie in this 367. MONTGOMERY,L.M. MISTRESS PAT A Novel of Silverbush. Toronto: binding. $1500.00 McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (1935). 8vo, green cloth, 338p., fine in dust wrapper chipped at spine ends. 1st ed., unknown printing. No BEAUTIFUL 1830’s MINIATURE later title listed on dw or 363. MINIATURE. WEIHGESCHENT FUR JEDER ECHTER PREUSSEN. no pub. in book, but title page does info., German, circa 1830. 2 x 2 5/8”, painted floral boards, all edges gilt, fine in not call for a frontis, and pictorial slipcase. A little book there is none that does of Prussian royalty featuring appear in other copies which 1 page of text followed by 11 do call for it on the title very fine engraved portraits page. In this is the second with captions of Prussian novel about Pat, she fulfills royalty, printed on rectos her dream of finding love. only. Begins with Friedrich THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED Wilhelm III who reigned from “YOURS CORDIALLY L.M. 1797-1840 and lists his son as MONTGOMERY” on the free crown prince (who ascended endpaper. On the corner of to the throne in 1840), thus the rear free endpaper is dating the book to circa written” Autographed at the 1830). $500.00 home of the authoress, July 7th, 1938.) This is a special MINIATURE SEE ALSO 26-7, copy. $3500.00 127, 305, 352-3, 390, 517, 546 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 49 [email protected] THE THIRD “ANNE” TITLE 16” wide x 20” tall, green pictorial cloth, some edge wear and one plate neatly 368. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. Bost: Page Co.1915 (1915). mended, VG+. Done in the same format as the Dick and Jane Big Books, this 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 326p. + 16p.ads, light rear cover soil else has a stand that allows the teacher to prop the book up and open. There are near Fine. Stated 1st impression (printing). Illustrated with color frontis by H. 8 nursery rhymes presented as pictures only. Two rhymes have 2 illustrations. Weston Taylor. Anne leaves Avonlea for 4 years of college and realizes that she Rhymes include: Little Boy Blue, Jack and Jill (2), Little Miss Muffet (2), Jack and Gilbert Blythe were meant for each other. Extremely scarce. $1200.00 Be Nimble, Diddle Diddle Dumpling, Hey Diddle Diddle, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty. The illustration by an unnamed artist are charming, reminiscent of Barbara Cooney. This is a rare and creative use of traditional Mother Goose favorites. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $325.00

RARE MOTHER GOOSE FOLIO NOVELTY 373. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE PARADE by Anita de Campi. Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1914). Oblong folio (16” wide x 10.5”), cloth backed pictorial card covers, some cover soil, corner crease else amazingly complete and VG. There are 24 full page illustrations - 12 large and wonderful color plates for different Mother Goose rhymes that are meant to be guides for the child to use to color the 12 pages that are present only in outline. (The coloring pages have some areas with light pastel shading). Once colored, the pages are meant to be removed to be used as nursery borders. This is a rare Mother Goose. $400.00

369. MONTGOMERY,L.M. FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA. Boston: Page Co. 1920 (1920). 8vo, tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, xi, 301p. + ads, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped at spine ends). Stated 1st impression. 15 additional stories about the characters of Avonlea, several including Anne. Illustrated with b&w plates by John Goss. This is a super copy of a rare title, even more rare in the dust wrapper. $2250.00

RARE MONTGOMERY TITLE 370. MONTGOMERY,L.M. THE BLUE CASTLE. Toronto: McLelland & Stewart (1926 printed Hunter-Rose Co.). 8vo, (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), grey cloth stamped in blue, [310]p., castle illustration on half-title, near fine in dust wrapper (dw has 1” piece off top of spine otherwise nice). 1st edition. When Doss, a 29 year old woman suddenly finds she has only 1 year to live, she becomes determined to reverse her previous RARE MOTHER GOOSE NOVELTY mouse-like existence. The story is set in Muskoka, Ontario where Montgomery 374. MOTHER GOOSE. NEW MOTHER GOOSE text by Howard S.F. Randolph. had once happily vacationed. This is a rare title in dust wrapper. $4500.00 NY: Stokes 1907. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn else VG+. Each of the eight Mother Goose rhymes are offered in 1 page story format. For each rhyme, there is a full page of color pieces designed to be cut-out and assembled to make the rhyme come to life. For instance for Jack and Jill the child can make a covered well, a bucket and the two children. The 8 cut- outs are designed by L.H. Glazier and drawn in color by Elisabeth Bliss. There are also other color illustrations throughout the text. A rare American Mother Goose. $600.00

BRILLIANT COPY IN DUST BOOK WITH PIANO BUILT IN! WRAPPER 375. MOTHER GOOSE. TUNES FROM MOTHER GOOSE. Schoenhut Mfg Co., 371. MONTGOMERY,L.M. no date, circa 1945-50. Thick 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine. When you open the EMILY’S QUEST. NY: Stokes front cover (which opens in the middle), there is a spiral backed book attached 1927 (1927). 8vo, green cloth, inside the cover. The book pict. paste-on, fine and bright IN contains 18 Mother Goose rhymes DUST WRAPPER (dw with a few with musical notation and color closed tears else VG+). 1st ed. The illustrations. Attached inside the third (and final) book in the Emily rear cover is a xylophone plus black series. Illus. by MARIA KIRK with and white keyboard used to strike color frontis. that is repeated on the xylophone keys. If the child can cover which is highlighted with read the letters of the alphabet, silver. A beautiful copy, rare they can easily play the simple tunes. in dw. $950.00 Really a wonderful item. The spine indicates that this is Volume 1 of a MOORE, CLEMENT – 136-144, 172 planned series. The charming color covers are illustrated by M. deV RARE MOTHER GOOSE Lee. $225.00 INSTRUCTIONAL BIG BOOK 372. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE SEE ALSO 3, 28, FAVORITE NURSERY RHYMES. 53, 62, 153-4, 237, 284. no place: Instructo Corp. (1967). 343, 426, 433, 523, 530 914.764.7410 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 RARE AMERICAN FANTASY MOVEABLE RARE EARLY MOVEABLE SLICE TYPE MECHANICAL 376. MOVEABLE. (AMERICAN) A TRIP 380. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) A HUNDRED PICTURES * EIN HUNDERT BILDER TO THE MOON by J.R. Pepper. Chic.: L.W. * CENT TABLEAUX. No publication information, circa 1845. 4to, (8 1/2 x 11”), pictorial boards, near fine. There are six leaves, each with 6 hand-colored Walter, no date ca 1910. 4to, cl. backed pict. lithographed transformation pictures and one hand-colored background scene. bds, title page edges restored, text paper Each of the leaves can be lifted and combined with each other leaf to create aging else near Fine. The nonsensical story many different scenes and no matter which leaf you lift, there is always one of Mr. Tramontane and Mr. Giggins who cohesive picture that emerges. Rare. $4250.00 travel to the moon in a special automobile. When they arrive, they immediately return because the people on the moon were too blasé about their unusual vehicle. Illustrated in brown line on text pages and featuring 5 fantastic and brightly colored tab-operated moveable plates. Rare. $1750.00

DEAN MOVEABLE COCK ROBIN 377. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) DEAN’S MOVEBLE COCK ROBIN. Lond: Dean & Son (1859 code on rear cover). 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, slight cover soil and minor MOVING PICTURES mends at tab areas else VG- RED RIDING HOOD Fine. Featuring 8 fine hand- 381. MOVEABLE. colored moveable plates with (THEATER) LITTLE RED metal grommets on hinged RIDING HOOD IN EIGHT mechanisms operated by REELS. Milwaukee: Craft levers, with text beneath Novelty Makers, 1921. 4to, each illustration. Each pict. bds, cover soil, else leaf has a verse from this VG+. There is a full page classic book. A rare title depiction of a movie theatre in Dean’s mechanical book and where the stage would series. $3200.00 be is a die-cut hole. There is a moveable wheel below that tells the story of Little Red as it is turned to show AMERICAN MOVEABLE - DENSLOW IMITATION 8 different scenes of the 378. MOVEABLE. Red Riding Hood Story. (MOTHER GOOSE) THE The text for each scene MAGIC PICTURE BOOK in on the opposite page. OF MOTHER GOOSE Rare. $600.00 RHYMES AND MELODIES. NY: Dillingham (1908) 4to, cloth, pict. paste-on, some FINE VOLLAND NOVELTY BOOK IN BOX! cover soil and grubbiness, 382. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) MY PEEK-A-BOO SHOW BOOK by Carrie tight and VG. 1st edition. Dudley. Minneapolis: Buzza, a Gordon Volland Book 1928. Large oblong 4to, cloth Illustrated by ROBERT H. backed pict. bds, Very Fine IN ORIGINAL BOX (box flaps repaired). Written PORTEOUS in an obvious and illustrated by Dudley. There are 8 thick cardboard scenes with holes cut out DENSLOW IMITATION,. in various places. Any one of Every other page is really these scenes can be placed a flap that features a bold, over any one of 6 paper pages vibrant color illustration so the reader can change with the beginning of a the text and illustrations Mother Goose rhyme. When to create a number of the flap is lifted, it reveals stories (very similar to Tom a different but related Seidmann Freud’s grids picture beneath it related to on her famous toy-books). the end of the rhyme. Text Illustrated in bright Volland pages are also illustrated style, this is a scarce and in color. Bound in the same interesting book, rare in the format as Denslow’s Humpty box. $500.00 Dumpty and others, this is really a nice Mother Goose and a rare moveable flap UNNCOMMON WEHR book. $1250.00 TITLE 383. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) ANIMATED CIRCUS BOOK 379. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) by Edward Ernest. Akron: Saalfield (1943). Oblong 4to, TWINKLING PICTURES by Weedon. spiral bound pictorial boards, Lond: Nister 1899. 8vo, cl. backed pict. sl. rubbing to spine else fine in frayed dw (mended on bds, near Fine. Featuring 5 beautiful verso). Illustrated in color mechanical plates that dissolve to reveal and animated by JULIAN WEHR with 4 wonderful different illustrations below (ribbon ties). moveables operated with tabs, that have several Illus. by POPGUN and a beautiful copy. pieces in motion at once. $1600.00 This is a very scarce Wehr title. $400.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 [email protected] BOBO THE CLOWN * HI-HO THE HORSE *LU-LU THE DUCK humor the interest and the zip of the book makes me think it one of the very 384. MOVEABLE. WIGGILY BOOKS: 3 MOVEABLE BOOKS IN BOX. Offered best Oz books so far. Sincerely Jno R. Neill.” Reilly writes a typed response here are 3 books written by dated March 4th 1922: “ Dear John, Packages of drawings for Children’s Poems Porter housed in the original received O.K. They are satisfactory although I think they are uneven in merit; publisher’s box in fine condition some are much better than others. Send in your bill and we we’ll take care of (box scuffed). Published by you. With best regards, Very cordially, F.K. Reilly.” $4500.00 Capitol Pub. Co. in 1948. Each book measures 5” wide x 9” bound RED RIDING HOOD AND THE in thick pictorial card covers. THREE BEARS Attached to the cover of each 387. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. book is a thick three dimensional LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD action figure with hinges so that AND THE THREE BEARS it moves in several different TURNOVER BOOK. Chic: Reilly directions as the book is shaken & Lee (1910). 8vo, pict. boards, (designed by Plowitz). The tips sl. rubbed else fine in books are brightly illustrated chipped dw. Adapted from Reilly with color lithos throughout by & Britton’s Children’s Stories Chollick. Bo-Bo the clown is a That Never Grow Old Series, circus story, Hi-Ho is the story half of the book contains Little of a merry-go-round horse and Red Riding Hood at the end of Lu-Lu features an adorable duck. which you flip over the book This is a wonderful 1940’s novelty and the Three Bears begins. piece. $300.00 Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with color covers and with 16 full page color illus. and a few smaller MOVEABLE SEE ALSO 60, 113, 286, 348-50, 439 color illus. for both stories. An especially nice copy, rare in MUSIC SEE 46, 155, 159, 260, 283, 330, 375, 405, 463, 471 the dw. $475.00

MYTH & LEGEND – 96, 109, 166, 231, 389, 394, 431, 459 562 NEILL, JOHN SEE ALSO 72, 74-6, 538

388. NEVILLE,EMILY. IT’S LIKE THIS, CAT. NY: Harp. Row (1963). Pict. NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK cloth, Fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. A boy’s journey to adulthood set in New York 385. NAZI INTEREST. City. Illus. by Emil Weiss. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Very scarce. $400.00 DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938). 4to, cloth and pictorial boards, some internal margin soil, sl. spine wear, VG+. Illustrated in full color by Fips featuring grossly stereotypical depictions of Jewish men and women. The Jews are portrayed as dirty and conniving and the German youth as wholesome and clean. This title, along with Elvira Bauer’s “Trau Keinem Fuchs” remains one of the most striking examples of the power of propaganda in children’s literature, however this title is more difficult NEWBERY AWARD – WINNERS 210, 332, 388, 464 HONOR- 568 to find. NAZI SEE ALSO 29. $3750.00 NIELSEN’S “EAST OF THE SUN” 389. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON NEILL/ REILLY LETTER REGARDING KABUMPO IN OZ . [Lond] Hodder & Stoughton [1914]. Large 4to, (9x11 1/2”), blue cloth, extensive 386. NEILL,JOHN R. LETTER FROM NEILL TO REILLY & LEE WITH gilt decoration, slightest of soil on rear cover else Fine. 1st ed of Nielsen’s most RESPONSE. This is a desired book, illustrated with pictorial endpapers and featuring 25 magnificent wonderful handwritten tipped-in color plates with lettered guards as well as numerous detailed black and letter to Mr. Reilly of Reilly whites throughout the text. A beautiful copy of the 1st ed. $4750.00 and Lee with Reilly’s response typed on the side. Neill’s 6 NISTER BOOKS IN letter is dated Jan. 12, 1922 ORIGINAL BOX and reads: Dear F.K. Reilly 390. NISTER PUB. MY - Am sending today the last PET’S LIBRARY. Lond: lot of drawings, completing Nister, nd circa 1895. 24mo, the illustrations for cloth-backed pict. bds., Kabumpo in Oz. Incidentally AS NEW IN ORIGINAL I would like to tell you how PUBLISHER’S BOX (box much I enjoyed reading slightly worn). Six miniature the mss. and making the books (3 x 3 5/8”): Sugar pictures. After illustrating and Spice, Playfellows, about seventeen Oz books Kittie, Little Chicks, Miss I think it worthwhile to Mistletoe and Sandcastles let you know this with my each with simple stories. congratulations on having Every book has 4 fine full secured an author of such page chromolithographs superior qualifications plus many in-text to continue the work of illustrations. Rare in the supplying the Oz books. box. $1500.00 Every feature of the child appeal is handled with the NISTER PUB. SEE ALSO 90, 126, 379, 440-1, 515, 517, 521, 546 greatest skill. The whimsical 914.764.7410 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 NOAH’S ARK - 528 10 POSTERS PROMOTING WORLD PEACE 395. PACIFISM. [POSTERS FOR PEACE]. This is a folder of 10 color posters STRIKING PICTURE BOOK published jointly by the National Council for Prevention of War and the National 391. (NOBLE,EDWIN)illus. HELPERS WITHOUT HANDS by Gladys Davidson. Child Welfare Association in 1923. Each poster measures 11 x 14”, printed on NY: Frederick Stokes circa one side of the paper with a pictorial cover sheet. Each leaf features a beautiful 1910. 4to, (9“ wide x 11), color scene by F.L. Warren showing children from different countries: China, cloth backed decorated Russia, Italy, France, England, Germany, America, Spain, Japan and Holland. The boards, pictorial paste-on, hand lettered text in verse is meant to show that all children are good and nearly as new IN DUST all are alike despite physical WRAPPER! The text differences. The first leaf describes how trained contains the following verse: animals help man all over the “In hearts too young for world. Arranged according enmity / There lies the way to type of animal, it includes to make men free;/ When truffle-hunting pigs, camels, children’s friendships are polar dogs, police dogs, world-wide, / New ages will etc. Illustrated with 32 be glorified. / Let child love tipped in illustrations on child and strife will cease 16 pages - each page with / Disarm the hearts, for 2 separate illustrations. that is Peace.” The National Printed with rich colors in a Council for Prevention of style somewhat reminiscent War was founded in 1921 by of Nicholson with heavy Quaker pacifist Frederick outlines. A stunning book in J. Libby with the purposes incredible condition. $500.00 of reducing armaments worldwide and to become the NORWAY - 389 center for the distribution of peace information. DIRIGIBLE, STEAM ENGINE, $1200.00 FIRE ENGINE - HUGE PAPER TOY BOOK PAINTING BOOK – 163 392. NOVELTY. BOY’S CUT-OUT BOOK. Racine: Whitman 1932. Giant folio (12 1/2 x 19 12/”), pictorial wraps, fine and FABULOUS FOLIO TRAIN PANORAMA UNUSED! This is a fabulous paper toy book 396. PANORAMA. RAILWAY PICTURE BOOK. Lond.: Dean & Son, circa 1890. Oblong folio, 14 1/2” wide x 9 3/4”, 10 large hinged leaves opening accordion of die-cut pieces to construct a Dirigible, style, VG-Fine. Mounted on thick card pages, each leaf has incredible full page Fire Engine, Prairie Schooner, Motor chromolithographs depicting train travel at the turn of the 19th century starting Transport Truck and Airplane Carrier. with buying a ticket at the booking office, to interiors of drawing room and sleeper cars to arriving at the destination. The colors are rich and images are Rare. $750.00 quite detailed, signed by F. Moore. The front panel is embossed adding additional NOVELTIES SEE ALSO 30, 61, 130, 132, 140, depth of illustration. This is a rare and wonderful children’s panorama. (SEE 142, 146, 205, 373-5, 381-2, ALSO REAR COVER) $2500.00 392, 403-4, 406, 408, 410, 493, 537, 540 PANORAMAS – 4, 5, 9, 131, 141, 147, 230, 243, 309, 352, 496

OUTHWAITE’S FIRST BOOK 393. ([OUTHWAITE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. MOLLIE’S BUNYIP by A.R. RENTOUL and I.S. RENTOUL. Melbourne: Robert Jolley 1904. Oblong 4to, string bound pictorial wraps, [48]p., edges frayed with some mends, last leaf restored (all blank except for the last two letters of the word “end”) else really VG+. FIRST EDITION OF OUTHWAITE’S FIRST BOOK done when she was only 16 years old and written by her older sister Ida who was then 22. Illustrated with 11 full page black and whites and 11 pages of text in calligraphy. Text pages have delicate illustrations in sepia. The story tells about little Mollie who wanders into the woods and gets lost. She meets fairies and is protected by the Bunyip and then returns home. Extremely scarce. $4000.00

RARE AND EARLY OUTHWAITE #394 394. [OUTHWIATE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. GUM TREE BROWNIE and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never by Tarella Quin. Melbourne etc.: George Robertson & Co. nd [1907]. Oblong small 4to, green pictorial cloth, beveled edges, marbled endpapers, 184p., slight tip and edge wear else VG+. 1st ed. of Outhwaite’s third book, illustrated with 31 beautiful full page and numerous partial page black and whites that were executed when she was just 19 years old. Although Outhwaite’s work had appeared in magazines and in two previous books, this work is important as marking “Ida’s first major mature work” (Fairy World of I.R.O. p.105). It was also Tarella Quin’s first book and it’s text is important for setting the “modern” emergence of Australian folklore separate from the English stories that Australian children had been accustomed to reading. See Fairy World of I.R. Outhwaite esp p.38-40, also Muir: History of Aust. Child. Book illus. 70-71. $1350.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 53 [email protected] PERE CASTOR PEEPSHOW 397. (PARAIN,NATHALIE)illus. LE BEAU CHARDON D’ALI BORON texte de 402. PEEPSHOW. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE THAMES TUNNEL. no imprint, May d’Alencon. Paris: Flammarion 1940. Obl. 8vo, pict. wraps, covers sl. dusty Azulay, Printer, Thames Tunnel, ca 1855. 6 x 4 1/2”, cl. backed marbled boards else near Fine. 1st ed. of this scarce PERE CASTOR title with beautiful full page opening like a book with one page of text pasted inside the cover. Some rubbing, color lithos. by Parain. $275.00 VG. The top section depicting the Wapping station is not hand-colored, the remaining 4 panels are. This is a nice peepshow depicting the pedestrian and carriage tunnel under the Thames which was completed in 1843. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $1000.00

FAIRY TALES WITH “MAGIC GLASSES” 403. PERE CASTOR. ALBUM FEE textes de Rose Celli et Marguerite Reynier. Paris: Flammarion 1933 (1950). 4to, flexible pictorial wraps, Fine and complete with anaglyph glasses. 12 fairy tales are included. Each page of text faces a full page 2- color illustration printed in red and blue but which cannot be clearly seen. When the child wears the “magic glasses” provided, they can see 2 pictures - one in red and one in blue. Illustrated by Russian émigrés artist Helene Guertik. Rare. $275.00

PERE CASTOR 398. (PARAIN,NATHALIE)illus. NOIX DE COCO ET SOM AMI texte de Marie Colmont. Paris: Flammarion 1940. Obl. 8vo, pict. wraps, near fine. 1st ed. of this scarce PERE CASTOR title with beautiful full page color lithos. by Parain. The story of a little dog in the forest. $275.00

399. PEAKE,MERVYN. CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR. Lond.: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1945. 4to, cloth, fine in dw. 1st ed. with color illustrations, being first published with plain line illustrations in 1939. This 1939 edition was destroyed by enemy action during the war, after which Peake colored the plates for the 1945 edition. The illustrations for this pirate tale are both surreal and real - full of action and humor as only Peake can do. See Whalley/ Chester History of Children’s p.202 where they refer to this title as “one of the most astonishing picture books of the period.” $700.00

RARE PERE CASTOR GAME 404. PERE CASTOR. CHACUN SA MAISON par G. Deffontaines et P. Faucher [Pere Castor]. Paris: Flammarion, 1933. Square 4to, pictorial wraps, edge of cover faded and some spine rubbing, VG+ and unused. 1st ed. There are 2 pages of text describing the game followed by 36 cards with bright color lithos by Russian Émigré artist CHEM [Pavlovitch Chemetov] on one side, and with 8-10 lines of text on the verso. The cards are divided into groups of 4 from which each player creates a story about one of 4 characters: Eskimos, Native Americans, Africans, Arabs. Rare. $400.00

MUSIC 405. PERE CASTOR. CHANSONS DE JEUX recueillies par S. Sestier. Paris: Flammarion [1933]. 4to, pictorial wraps, small corner and spine repair, VG. 1st ed. 16 children’s singing games are presented with musical notation. Illustrated with charming color and b&w lithos by Russian émigré artist Georges Tcherkessoff. $250.00

PEAT PAPER DOLLS 400. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. LET’S PLAY STORE. Akron: Saalfield 1933. Oblong folio, stiff wraps, Fine. A fabulous book of PAPER DOLLS with 4 humans plus furniture and merchandise including cabinets, stands and dozens of grocery items to be assembled by the user - all brightly illustrated in Peat’s distinctive style. Very scarce. $500.00

PEAT FAIRY TALE SHAPE BOOK 401. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. PICTURE STORY BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1933. Folio, pictorial wraps, 2 minor margin mends, near Fine. A beautiful SHAPE BOOK with the Three Bears on the cover. Inside there are short versions of 9 classic fairy tales including Puss In Boots, Snow White, Hansel & Gretel, Three Pigs etc. Illustrated by Peat with bold and beautiful full page color illustrations (11 incl. covers) Scarce. $200.00

#402

STAINED GLASS NOVELTY 406. PERE CASTOR. CHATEAUX FORTS. Paris: Flammarion 1950. Sq. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, Fine and unused. 1st ed. There are 12 lovely full page illustrations in silhouette with thick frames around the edges all printed in blue. Each illustration represents a different aspect of a French chateau (castle) to be used as a design for a stained glass window The child is to cut out the white sections of the illustration. Then by cutting out pieces of various colored papers provided in the book, and pasting them into open sections of the full page illustration, the readers can make their own stained glass windows. The effect is most effective when held to the light. Designed by Pierre Belves, this is one the most unusual of the Pere Castor titles. Rare. $225.00 914.764.7410 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 DRAGONFLY ZODIAC / STAINED GLASS 407. PERE CASTOR. DEMOISELLE LIBELLLULE raconte par A. Telier. Paris: NOVELTY Flammarion 1949. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. A story featuring 412. PERE CASTOR. LES 12 SIGNES dragonflies. Beautifully illustrated with color lithos by Michel Deleau and DU ZODIAQUE. Paris: Flammarion Andre Pec. $100.00 (1934). Sq. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, Fine and unused. Each of the 12 signs of the zodiac is represented with a full page illustration done in stylized, broad black outline. By cutting out the designs and using the thin colored papers provided in the book, the readers can make their own stained glass windows for the various signs. Designed by KATE WOLFF, this is one the most unusual of the Pere Castor titles. Rare. $500.00

PERE CASTOR ALSO 397-8, 477-87, 492, 537

PERRAULT, CHARLES – 148, 150, 181, 387, 437, 512, 522, 532, 537

UNUSUAL PERE CASTOR STAINED GLASS NOVELTY BOOK PETER PARLEY TO PENROD – 366 408. PERE CASTOR. ILLUMINATED PICTURES by Kate Wolff. NY: Artists 413. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. AN AMERICAN ABC. NY: Macmillan. and Writers Guild 1935. Sq. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, light foxing else Fine. Each 1941 (Sept. 1941). 4to, cloth, near fine in slightly aged, VG+ dust wrapper. leaf features an illustration in blue silhouette line with designs in typical angular First ed. Illustrated in color (litho’d by GLASER) with each letter of the 30’s style. In a pocket at the front of the book are many pieces of colored paper. alphabet represented by a patriotic picture. A most attractive ABC book and a The reader is directed to cut out the white areas in each illustration, paste the CALDECOTT HONOR winner. $325.00 colored paper over these holes, and then hold the completed picture up to the light giving a stained glass effect. Completely unused and very scarce. $350.00

UNCOMMON AND LOVELY PERE CASTOR TITLE 409. PERE CASTOR. JEUX DE NOURRICES. Paris: Flammarion 1936. Ob. 8vo, pictorial wraps, near fine. 1st ed. A book of nursery rhymes, some with music. Illustrated with perfectly lovely color lithos by Francoise Estachy. An uncommon title. $200.00

MINT COPY 414. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS. NY: Macmillan 1938 (1938). 4to, cloth, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition. The story of Joseph from the Old Testament, beautifully illustrated with rich color lithos by the Petershams. A great copy. $150.00 RARE PERE CASTOR NOVELTY RARE PETERSHAM FIRST EDITION 410. PERE CASTOR. LANTERNE MAGIQUE. Paris: Flammarion (1935). Sq. 4to, 415. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. MIKI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1929 (1929), stiff pict. wraps, one illustration colored else near Fine. Each of the illustrations 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, VG+ in sl. worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. A is done in stylized, broad black outline by LALOUVE [Kate Wolff]. By cutting out gorgeous picture book set in Hungary, the “first of the international picture the designs and using the thin colored papers provided in the book, the readers books” (Bader p.39). Very scarce in the 1st ed. $350.00 can make their own illustrations to hold in front of the light. There is also a game that can be played, the instructions for which are in the back of the book. Designed by Lalouve [Kate Wolff], this is one the more unusual of the Pere Castor titles. $500.00

UNUSUAL PERE CASTOR COLLAGE NOVELTY 411. PERE CASTOR. L’ATELIER D’ARLEQUIN. Paris: Flammarion 1937. 4to, pictorial wraps, small repair blank corner rear cover, some spine rubbing, VG+ and unused. 1st ed. Illustrated in color and line by C. BELLENFANT. There are several full page color photo illustrations where the colors are comprised of different pieces of fabrics cut and pasted to fit the forms of the characters. The other pages are 416. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. THE SILVER MACE: a story of illus. in yellow line with directions Williamsburg. NY: Macmillan (1956). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in for the reader to cut their own dust wrapper (dw as a few small closed tears). Stated 1st ed., written and illus. fabrics and apply them to the by the Petershams this is a picture-story book about Williamsburg Virginia in pictures to finish them in color. colonial times. Lovely full page color illus. $125.00 Scarce. $600.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 55 [email protected] SCARCE PETERSHAM TITLE SIGNED STUNNING MARCUS WARD BOOK - DECORATIVE BINDING 417. PETERSHAM,MAUD AND MISKA. STORY OF THE AMERICAN 422. PICTURE BOOK. MARCUS WARD’S PICTURE LIBRARY OF ANIMALS PRESIDENTS. NY: Macmillan (1953). 4to, cloth, fine in sl. worn dw. Stated 1st - Cows, Horses, Poultry, Rabbits. Lond.: Marcus Ward, no date, owner inscribed printing. Biographies of the presidents from Washington to Eisenhower. Illus. 1881. Large 4to, green cloth with elaborate gold, red and black pictorial with 2-color lithos by the Petershams. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH MAUD cover, near fine. Stories for the youngest child accompanied by 20fine AND MISKA PETERSHAM. $300.00 chromolithographed plates and many detailed woodcuts throughout the text. The stories are for the most part engaging except for the last which deals with hunters killing human-like bunnies. This is a high quality, well printed picture book that Marcus Ward is known for. $450.00

FIRST EDITION IN PETO, GLADYS - 8 RARE DUST WRAPPER PHOTOS OF PETS DRESSED AS HUMANS 423. PICTURE BOOK. THE PETER PATTER 418. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. PUPPY AND PUSSY BOOK by Harry Frees. BOOK. Chic: Rand McNally (1918). Folio, Chic.: Rand McNally 1936. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, some cover soil else VG. The life of humanized cats and dogs portrayed through full page photos of green cloth, pict. paste-on, FINE IN DUST real cats and dogs dressed as humans and posed in a variety of circumstances. WRAPPER ((dw frayed with some pieces of Frees notes that his animal subjects were treated with the utmost respect. edges). 1st edition of this large picture A scarce Frees title. $200.00 book. A wonderful anthology of rhymes 419. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. REALLY BABIES by Elizabeth Brownell. Chic: with beautiful full page and in text color Rand McNally 1908. 4to, gilt cloth, photo paste-on, 63p., fine in worn and chipped illustrations by BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHT dw. Rhymes for children, one per page, with each rhyme facing a full page photo of posed children and with photos on text pages as well. Typical turn of the 20th as well as cover, title and endpapers by century and quite charming and scarce. $450.00 MILO WINTER. A beautiful copy, rare #419 in dw. $400.00

GREAT BRITISH FANTASY PICTURE BOOK #420 424. PICTURE BOOK. THE PICKLETONS by Ingles Rhode. Lond: Dean nd [1897]. Large obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, some edge and cover wear and some margin fraying else, mend on rear endpaper, VG. Told and drawn by Rhode who has a unique style and sense of humor. Each page of calligraphic text faces full page chromolithograph of the Pickletons- 3 boys who run away from home and embark upon a fantasy trip. There is even a family motto “Perservere=Pykelton. FREES PHOTO ILLUSTRATED BUNNIES - RARE TITLE Terrific $600.00 420. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. THE SANDMAN: HIS BUNNY STORIES by Harry W. Frees. Bost: Page 1918 (1st impression Sept. 1918). 8vo, grey pict. cloth, 274p. + 18p. publisher catalogue, near Fine. 1st ed. 23 stories starring puppies, featuring 32 amazing full page PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS of real bunnies dressed up and posed performing various activities that match the stories (pictorial GREAT TUCK endpapers as well). A great copy of a charming and rare title. $650.00 VICTORIAN PICTURE BOOK

PHOTO ILLUSTRATED SEE ALSO 89, 95, 320, 425. PICTURE BOOK. PROVERBS OLD NEWLY TOLD by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: BLACKIE PICTURE BOOK BY DERRICK OF THE “ARK BOOK” 421. PICTURE BOOK. A DAY Tuck nd ca 1900. Folio, cl. backed pict. IN ANIMAL TOWN by Freda bds, 2 archival margin mends, some cover Derrick. Lond.: Blackie no date. rubbing and paper toning, VG+. All the Obl. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, fine in dust wrapper with large standard proverbs are offered - Better piece off cover. Life in a town Late Than Never, A Bird In The Hand populated by humanized animals, illustrated by Derrick with etc., illustrated with 12 fabulous full page striking and bold full page color chromolithographs much in the style of John illustrations opposite each page of text. In the same size and Hassall, plus in b&w on all the other pages. format of her famous Ark Book Great! $400.00 but considerably less common. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 UGLY DUCKLING * COCK John Henry has shown me an important link between pivotal and opposite ROBIN * MOTHER HUBBARD African American folk heroes. Brer Rabbit, the sly trickster, originated AND MORE during slavery and was the first African American folk hero. Slaves who 426. PICTURE BOOK. SNOW- wanted to get the better of their masters needed to be cunning and sly -- WHITE AND ROSE-RED hence the trickster role.’ “ (from Penguin web site). The pieces offered are: PICTURE BOOK containing Little Snow White, the Ugly a. “Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion” watercolor appears as a double page Duckling, Cock Robin, Mother spread on p.6-7. The image is 17” wide x 10 1/2” high on art paper 18 1/2” Hubbard and other nursery x 11 1/2” signed. Rabbit is seen emerging from his house in the tree trunk tales. Lond.: Geo. Routledge, no and he is talking to a yellow, red and black bird on a branch.$9,500.00 date, owner inscription dated 1870. 4to, pictorial cloth, b. Rabbit and Fox on roof – a detailed pen and ink that appears on page 5. The near fine. Illustrated with 24 image measures 6 1/2” wide x 7” high on art paper 7 1/2 x 11 ¼. beautifully composed full page $2000.00 color lithographs printed on one side of the paper by the Leighton #427b Brothers. This is a beautiful copy of a very uncommon picture book. $600.00

PIGS – 41, 63, 211, 265, 341, 364, 449

BEAUTIFUL PINKNEY ART 427. PINKNEY,JERRY (HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER)illus. ORIGINAL ART: MORE TALES OF UNCLE REMUS by Joel Chandler Harris. We are pleased to offer 2 pieces of art by Pinkney used in his edition of More Tales of Uncle Remus published in 1988 by Dial (1 watercolor and one pen and ink). “Jerry Pinkney has been illustrating children’s books since 1964 and has the rare distinction of being the recipient of three Caldecott Honor Medals -- in 1995 for John Henry by Julius Lester (Dial), in 1990 for The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci (Dial) and in 1989 for Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf). He has won the Coretta Scott King Award three times and a Coretta Scott King Honor twice. Mr. Pinkney has received four awards for his body of work: the Drexel Citation for Children’s Literature, the David McCord Award , the Philadelphia School of Art and Design Alumni Award, and the Keene State College Children’s Literature Festival Award. In addition to his work on children’s books, he is an extremely successful artist who has had eleven one-man retrospectives at venues ranging from the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists to the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Pinkney has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, including National Geographic , the National Parks Service, the U.S. Postal Service, the American Library Association and the Association of Booksellers for Children.... Many of Mr. Pinkney’s children’s books celebrate multicultural and African American themes. ‘Working on both the Uncle Remus tales and

#427a Helen & Marc Younger Pg 57 [email protected] PIRATES - 399 SIGNED BY POGANY 432. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel GUY ARNOUX Taylor Coleridge. NY: Crowell (1910). Folio, LIMITED EDITION green gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others trimmed, gilt on spine dulled else 428. POCHOIR. HISTOIRE DE Fine. First U.S. edition (same year as UK LA RAMEE: SOLDAT FRANCAIS ed.). A magnificent production illustrated by Pogany with pictorial endpapers and title by Guy Arnoux. Paris: Devambez page, tipped-in color illustrations, full page 1918. Folio, pict. wraps, light color illustrations, calligraphic text enclosed in pictorial borders with decorative initials, cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO 325 plus smaller black and whites in-text - all NUMBERED COPIES. Illus. with 15 ART NOUVEAU IN STYLE. Produced by Vincent Brooks and B. Dalziel, THIS COPY beautiful hand-colored POCHOIR IS SIGNED BY POGANY. This is a special illustrations. $400.00 copy of one of Pogany’s most desired & lavish books. $1600.00

RARE POGANY BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER GUY ARNOUX’S BEAUTIFUL 433. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE. NY: McBride Nast 1915. POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONS 4to, bds, pict. paste-on, Fine IN THE RARE PICTORIAL 429. POCHOIR. LE SOLDAT FRANCAIS DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. DANS LES GUERRES (FRENCH SOLDIERS frayed). The first in a new series intended by the AT WAR) by GUY ARNOUX. Paris: Societe publisher to conform to the Litteraire de France (1916). Large 4to, high standards of books by cloth, pict. pate-on, some cover soil else Crane and Caldecott. Illus. with 16 color plates by Pogany near FINE. A very beautiful book, with (8 double-page) and in brown vibrant pochoir illustrations on every page line on every page of text all done in a style different (printed on rectos only) that accompany from any of his other books minimal text which is printed on tissue (except for the companion titles in this series). Not guards. $400.00 related at all to his later Art Deco Mother Goose, 430. POCHOIR. REIMS, LA this has charming, realistic CATHEDRALE texte de R. illustrations with each page of illustration individually Burnand. Paris: Berger Levrault, hinged into the binding. The nd circa 1920. Large oblong 4to, dust wrapper illustration cloth backed pictorial boards, is not duplicated in the some soil and bowing of covers text. A very scarce Pogany else tight, clean and Very title, incredibly rare in the dw. $1200.00 Good+ condition. A magnificent children’s book, illustrated by BENITO (Edouard Garcia) with CALDECOTT HONOR 3 double-page, 11 full page and INSCRIBED WITH 8 in-text vibrant and striking SUPERB WATERCOLOR hand-colored illustrations. A 434. POLITI,LEO. beauty. $475.00 JUANITA. NY: Scribner 1948. 4to, 1/4 cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. (“A” on title page). The story of a WITH 2 ORIGINALS FROM THE BOOK BY POGANY little girl, set in Mexico and 431. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. TISZA TALES by Rosika Schwimmer. NY: Doub. wonderfully illustrated with Doran (1928). 4to, blue cloth, 225p., FINE in slightly worn, VG+ dust wrapper. bright colors throughout. This Stated 1st ed. Tales and legends from HUNGARY, are beautifully illustrated by copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED Pogany with color dust wrapper, pictorial endpapers and title, 8 color plates and BY POLITI TO HIS COUSIN many beautiful b&w’s. THIS COPY HAS 2 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS THAT APPEAR IN THE BOOK opposite pages 58 and 178. The images are the same size as published with a fine and magnificent (4 1/4 x 5 3/4”) and they are signed. Both are finished watercolors that omit white watercolor holding a dove. and black that were probably used to check colors with the printer. The pieces CALDECOTT HONOR. are very detailed and heavily decorated. This copy has a nice INSCRIPTION $800.00 FROM THE AUTHOR. What a great copy of this book! $2750.00 POLO - 438

RARE BLUE RIBBON MIDGET POP-UP 435. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) BUCK ROGERS IN THE DANGEROUS MISSION by Lt. Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). 16mo, pict. bds, light wear, VG+. A rare Blue Ribbon Midget pop-up with a center double- page color pop-up and b&w’s in-text. See Whitten: Paper Toys of the World. Quite scarce. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 FLASH GORDON POP-UP A WONDERFUL NISTER FAIRY TALE POP-UP 440. POP-UP. (NISTER) THE LAND OF LONG AGO: A VISIT TO FAIRYLAND 436. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) FLASH WITH HUMPTY DUMPTY by L.L. Weedon. Lond: Nister ca 1890. Obl. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, minor corner creasing, else an amazingly clean near fine copy. GORDON: THE TOURNAMENT OF Humpty Dumpty takes 2 little children into fairyland where they meet their favorite DEATH by Alex Raymond. Chic: Pleasure characters. Featuring the stories accompanied by 6 magnificent color pop-ups of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss In Boots, the Old Woman Books (1935). Sq. 4to, pict. bds, near Fine. Who Lived In A Shoe and Beauty and The Beast. Illustrated in brown line by E. Stuart Hardy. Magnificent and very scarce in such nice condition. $2000.00 Science fiction tale featuring 3 fine full color pop-ups. See Whitten: Paper Toys of the World color photo 11. Great copy, quite scarce. $600.00

CREPE PAPER POP-UP 437. POP-UP. (CREPE PAPER) CINDERELLA. Phil.: B. Wilmsen ca 1900. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, some cover soil, VG+. Illus. with 5 BEAUTIFUL NISTER POP-UP double-page chromolithographed 441. POP-UP. (NISTER) PET’S PANORAMA with text by Lifton Bingham and scenes onto which are applied others. Lond: Nister ca 1900. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, normal light edge wear and some finger smudging in margins else a beautiful VG+ copy. Featuring 4 folded crepe-paper pop-ups magnificent double-page chromolithographed pop-ups (of little children at play) that replace part of the picture and with brown illus. in-text by E. STUART HARDY. See Whitten: Paper Toys of and pop-up as the page is the World p.65-6. A beautiful copy. $950.00 opened. $450.00

MICKEY PLAYS POLO IN HOLLYWOOD 438. POP-UP. (DISNEY,WALT). MICKEY HOP-LA! UNE PARTIE DE POLO. Paris: Hachette (1936). 4to, pictorial boards, fine. Mickey and the gang play in a polo match against Hollywood stars including Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and Harpo Marx. Clark Gable and Mae West are spectators. Featuring 3 vibrantly colored pop-ups plus color pictorial endpapers and many line illustrations throughout the text. Never published in America, this is a rare and amusing Disney RARE 19TH CENTURY pop-up. $1250.00 BUFFALO BILL POP-UP 442. POP-UP. (PANORAMA) BUFFALO BILL’S WILDER WESTEN [BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST]. Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber (1891). 4to, (9 3/4 x 13”), pictorial boards, normal light shelf wear, VG+. This is a fabulous, lavish pop-up panorama in the same style and format of Meggendorfer’s Circus. The panorama opens up accordion fashion to reveal six pop-up scenes. Each of the six panels features an elaborate three tiered pop-out showing different aspects of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. An exquisite and rare pop-up in excellent condition. $7500.00

RAREST TIP AND TOP TITLE 439. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TIP AND TOP GO FLYING. (Lond: Bancroft) no date circa 1962. Large 4to, stiff pictorial card, small snag repaired to cloth backstrip else near Fine. A fabulous action book featuring 6 double-page pop-up pages that also have moveable tab- operated parts. Features hot air balloons, jet fighters, planes and helicopters. Illustrations in color and moveables designed by V. KUBASTA. The rarest in the Tip and Top series. $500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 59 [email protected] RARE 3 PANEL POP-UP SHAPE BOOK 443. POP-UP. (PANORAMA) DER KRIPPE. Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber, no 445. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. PETER date, circa 1880. Folio (10 3/4 x 14”) RABBIT. Cleveland,: Goldsmith no date ca color pictorial board cover plus two other panels connected to each other with 1915 (No. 504 Series on cover). Small 8vo, cloth hinges. Some edge wear, soil, a few old neat strengthening’s on verso, VG. stiff pictorial card covers die-cut in the This is a 3-panel popup in the format of Meggendorfer’s Circus. Each panel has a shape of Peter reading a book (6 1/2” high x wonderful full color background. When opened, each panel unfolds to present a 4 3/4”), VG. Illus. by an unknown hand with three-dimensional detailed 4 tiered scene color covers and in either red and black or with a Nativity theme. The colors are rich and vibrant and there is incredible black and white illustration on every page. detail and activity in each section. Rare. $1750.00 Scarce. $300.00

SIGNED BY POTTER 446. POTTER,BEATRIX. ROLY-POLY PUDDING. Lond: Warne 1908 (1908). 8vo, cloth, [70]p., VG. 1st ed. SIGNED BY POTTER ON THE HALF-TITLE. One of Potter’s experiments in large format books. In 1926 it was reprinted in ordinary small format with the title changed to The Tale Of Samuel POSTERS – 80, 395, 499, 503 Whiskers (See Linder p.194). RARE DELUXE CLOTH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER! Wonderful color illustrations 444. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT. Lond: Fred. Warne by Potter and a very special no date [1911]. 12mo, 85p., pale pink cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, pictorial copy. $7500.00 paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL PRINTED GLASSENE WRAPPER (back panel of wrapper has several large edge chips and is archivally mended, small chip off edge of rear panel). This edition has the leaf patterned endpapers of the first 4 printings replaced with pictorial endpapers and also has the re-engraved SHAPE BOOK illustrations on pages 68 and 81 (Linder p. 422 notes that in 1907 a new set of printing blocks was made and these two illustrations were improved. These new 447. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. STORY OF blocks were used for only 6 or 7 years and then the old blocks were used). This is a beautiful copy of the rare Peter Rabbit publisher’s deluxe cloth binding, not PETER RABBIT. Newark: Charles Graham, in Quinby. A copy was in the Frohsndorff auction 3 years ago, but WITHOUT no date ca 1915. 12mo, pictorial wraps die- the almost unheard of dustwrapper which really enables one to accurately date this edition by the ads which list Timmy Tiptoes. $16,000.00 cut in the shape of Peter’s head (6 3/4” high

x 5”), Fine. Illus. by an unknown hand with

color covers and in either orange and black

or black and white illustration on every page.

Scarce. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 448. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER. Lond: Warne 1903 (1903). 12mo, dark greyish-green boards, light external rubbing, VG++. 1st ed. 453. PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A- 1st issue with same endpapers repeated four times. A nice copy. $2000.00 BOOS AND MR. PLOPPER. NY: Hodder & Stought. nd ca 1920. 4to, bds, pict. paste-on, sl. soil rear cover and rubbing to paper on spine, VG+. The 2 little peek- a-boo children hook up with a humanized beaver named Mr. Plopper. A world full of humanized animals on the order of Beatrix Potter but starring two wide-eyed little children. 8 color plates and many line illus. $500.00

SCARCE LARGE FORMAT PRESTON BOOK 454. PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A-BOOS’ HOLIDAY. Lond: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Oblong folio, cloth backed pict. bds, corner crease on rear board, light cover soil and edge rubbing, a few tiny margin mends, really VG+ - near Fine. The book tells of 449. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. Phil: McKay the travels and adventures of (1930). 8vo, green cloth, pict. paste-on, 141p., FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. 1st Paul, Peter, Plantagenet and U.S. ed. Illus. with 6 fine color plates plus numerous line illustrations in text and Cassandra, four adorable, pictorial endpapers. This American edition actually appeared before the U.K. ed. large-eyed children. Their and contains 12 more drawings, 13 head and tailpieces that do not appear in the story is presented in rhyme British edition. A beautiful copy, scarce in wrapper. Quinby 30A. $2000.00 and there are 18 fabulous, bold color plates. This is a nice copy of a large format PETER RABBIT CLOTH FORMAT picture book which is rarely found in such nice condition 450. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. PETER due to the size of the book. $1200.00 RABBIT. NY: Hurst & Co. 1906, PROPAGANDA – 310, 311, 385, 395, 490 copyright by Selden Anderson. 4to (8 x 10 1/2”), [16]p. incl. covers, INCREDIBLE CATALOGUE 455. PUBLISHER’S CATALOGUE. printed on cloth, some creasing and GATEWAY TO BOOKLAND 1927-1928 - a selection of the best books for boys and girls light soil, VG+. Hurst Limp Cloth Book of all ages. NY: F.A.O. Schwarz. 4to, pictorial No. 13. Illus. in full color on every wraps, 60p., near Fine. This annotated list of hundreds of new children’s books from page. $400.00 the 1920’s is arranged in categories and includes books from all publishers with prices. It is profusely illustrated in full color including a great wrap around color cover by John Rae and there is an . Includes 3 EARLY PETER RABBIT PUZZLES Volland, Lenski, Baum, Petersham, Lathrop, IN BOX Wyeth etc. Excellent reference source. Rare. $250.00 451. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. PETER RABBIT PUZZLE BOX. Springfield, PUNCH AND JUDY – 54 Ma: Milton Bradley nd ca 1915. PUPPETS – 54, 151-2 There are 3 complete cardboard jigsaw puzzles in pictorial box (box flaps neatly repaired). Each puzzle measures 8 3/4 x 12” done in bright colors and captioned as follows: Last Instructions, Peter Rabbit’s Adventures and In The Carrot Patch. The story plus b&w illustrations of the puzzles are inside the box lid. Very scarce. $875.00

PRE 1870 IMPRINTS – 6, 10, 12-15, 18, 23, 26-7, 94, 127-8, 136-8, 144, 202, 215-220, 228, 282-3, 286, 293, 297-8, 344, 380, 402, 470, 512, 539

WONDERFUL PRESTON WATERCOLOR 452. PRESTON,CHLOE. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: CHUNKY ON A HORSE. This is a charming original watercolor by Chloe Preston. The image measures approx. 7x7” done on art paper measuring 9.5 x 12”, signed. There is a grey-violet watercolor wash covering the entire background. Depicted is one of Preston’s Chunkies in riding cap and riding boots with crop, sitting astride a jointed, polka-dotted horse. The Chunky is shown against a blue background with the resulting contrasts very striking. Done with rich and vivid colors, this is a most charming piece. $1950.00 (SEE ILLUSTRATION DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT --->>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 61 [email protected] PUSS IN BOOTS - 401 RARE LIMITED RACKHAM IN PUBLISHER’S LEATHER McLOUGHLIN DISSECTED 459. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PUZZLE GAME ENGLISH FAIRY TALES by retold 456. PUZZLE. CRISS CROSS by F.A. Steel. NY: Macmillan 1918. SPELLING SLIPS: SET TWO. NY: Large thick 4to, full white calf McLoughlin Bros. ca 1880. Housed in the original wooden box (9 x 10”) stamped in gold, calf lightly soiled with color pictorial paste-on are 48 else Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY narrow chromolithographed cards. 250 NUMBERED LARGE PAPER On either end of each card are COPIES FOR THE U.S.. Featuring 16 letters and sections of illustrations beautiful tipped-in color plates, 41 are in the middle. The cards can be used to play a spelling game, to form b&w drawings and pictorial endpapers 6 puzzles that each measure 11x9” to accompany 41 classic fairy tales. and to form words. The cover has a This American edition is quite marvelous illus. showing 2 children rare. $3000.00 playing the game (illus. by Howard) and the set is in excellent condition. A fine example of a 19th century AS NEW COPY educational game and remarkably 460. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond: complete. $975.00 Harrap (1932) 4to, full vellum, VERY FINE IN CUSTOM BOX! LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES FOR SALE, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 PUZZLES SEE ALSO 152, 271, 451 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and 59 wonderful black and whites. This is an exceptionally fine copy of a truly beautiful book, rare in this condition. AESOP SIGNED BY RACKHAM IN ORIGINAL BOX! $4500.00 457. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. AESOP’S FABLES with a new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones and intro by G.K. Chesterton. Lond & NY: Heinemann and Doub. Page 1912. Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX! LIMITED TO 1450 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM OF WHICH 250 ARE FOR THE U.S. - THIS BEING ONE OF THE 250. Featuring 13 fabulous tipped- in color plates on brown paper with lettered guards and with 53 fine black and white drawings that bring these fables to life and that reproduce much finer than in the trade edition. One of his best works and a brilliant copy. $4500.00

MINT RACKHAM’S PETER PAN 461. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. NY: Scribner 1906 (Dec. 1906). Large 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 126p., mint. 1st American ed. Featuring 50 magnificent mounted color plates with tissue guards (in rear of book) and with b&w drawing on title. A beautiful copy of a scarce and most desired Rackham book (Latimore/Haskell p.27). $1500.00

458. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ARTHUR RACKHAM’S BOOK OF

PICTURES with intro by Arthur Quiller Couch. NY: Century [1913]. 4to, gilt dec. cloth, slightest of cover soil else near Fine. Illustrated with 44 fantastically beautiful mounted color plates with lettered guards and several charming black and whites. Nice copy. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 SIGNED BY RACKHAM - CURIOUS GEORGE ORIGINAL ART! WITH 51 COLOR PLATES 466. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a 462. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. marvelous large drawing of Curious George. It is executed on white paper (11 RIP VAN WINKLE by x 13 1/4”) in chalk, signed. The image is large measuring 8” wide x 10” high in Washington Irving. Lond: fine condition. George is grinning with pride as he balances in a large beach ball. Heinemann 1905. 4to, (7 There is a bird flying next to him. Simply a great piece by a beloved children’s 1/x” Wide x 10”), green gilt book artist whose original work is rare. $15,500.00 cloth, prelims with a few fox spots else Fine. First edition. Featuring 51 magnificent color plates (in the rear of the book as issued) plus several black and whites. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY RACKHAM ON THE TITLE PAGE! This is a great copy of one of Rackham’s best books with the illustrations particularly well suited to the text. (Latimore / Haskell p. 26). $1500.00

SCARCE RACKHAM / OSCAR WILDE TITLE 463. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SNICKERTY NICK AND THE GIANT by Julia Ellsworth Ford. Los Angeles: Suttonhouse (1935 3rd printing). 4to, pict. cloth, 132p., Fine in sl. worn dw. Based on Oscar Wilde’s Selfish Giant, this is a fairy play illustrated by Rackham with 3 plates and 10 full page b&w’s. First published in 1919, there was no British edition of this title, nor was there a limited edition. This edition has the nearly 50 page music section added at the end of the book that was not included in the 1919 edition and this copy is SIGNED BY FORD ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE. Riall p. 180. $450.00 CURIOUS GEORGE’S ABC RAE, JOHN ALSO 548-9, 552 467. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER LEARNS THE ALPHABET. Bost: HM 1963 464. RASKIN,ELLEN. THE WESTING (1963). Sm. 4to, pict. cloth, Fine in dust GAME. NY: Dutton (1978). 8vo, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (no price clipped, no award seal). wrapper with 2 small chips. 1st ed. The Stated 1st ed. 16 people are invited to the letters are shown integrated into actual reading of Mr. Westing’s will and in order to get any money, they must solve a puzzle. Made objects and animals, brightly illustrated in into a movie in 1997. NEWBERY AWARD color on every page. Extremely scarce in WINNER. Nice copy of a hard to find first edition. $325.00 1st ed. $2250.00

READERS – 55, 102, 176-201, 242

REFERENCE – 123, 455

RELIGION – 90-1, 94, 99, 219, 414, 443 #465

REMINGTON IN BOX 465. (REMINGTON,FREDERIC)illus. DONE IN THE OPEN: drawings by Frederick Remington with introduction and verses by Owen Wister. NY: R.H. Russell 1902. Large folio (11 1/2 x 16 1/2”). Cloth backed pictorial boards. Tips sl. worn and light rubbing else near FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX (box scuffed but VG). Printed on heavy coated paper 1st trade edition. Copiously illustrated with 12 double page plates (one double-page spread in color), 29 full page half-tone plates and many line illustrations depicting life in the western United States as only Remington could do. Although both Remington and Wister were raised on the East Coast, they were attracted to the freedom and excitement of the Wild West. The two met at Harvard where Remington was editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Wister went on to get a law degree but made his name when his novel The Virginian was released (the same year as Done in the Open which was his only book of poetry). Due to the large size, few copies of this first printing have survived intact in the box. This edition is quite different from the cheap reprint version that can be found from time to time. $1500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT --->>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 63 [email protected] RARE REY ABC BOOK RAREST ROBINSON BOOK 468. REY,H.A. LOOK FOR 472. (ROBINSON,CHARLES)illus. NONSENSE NONSENSE by Walter Jerrold. THE LETTERS: A HIDE Lond.: Blackie 1902. 4to (8 AND SEEK ALPHABET. 1/2 x 10 1/2”), cloth backed NY: Harper Bros. (1945). pictorial boards, light edge Obl. 4to, cloth backed and corner rubbing, one pictorial boards, fine in VG minor margin mend else dust wrapper with a few Fine. Printed on one side margin mends on verso. 1st of the paper, each page of ed. A charming ABC book by text in limerick verse faces the author of the Curious a full page color illustration George stories, each letter by Robinson. “There was a is illustrated in full color, great big Kangaroo, Who embedded and “hidden” didn’t know quite what to in an illustration for the do. So he stood on his reader to find. Text pages head, In a gardener’s bed, show the letter becoming a And I hope you admire the human form making it easier view.” There are nearly 30 for the child to remember. rich and stunning full page Rare. $800.00 stylized color illustrations plus numerous smaller color illustrations and pictorial 469. (REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE endpapers. The cover is a great art nouveau design. FLIES A KITE by Margret Rey. Bost: HM This a probably the rarest 1958 (1958). 4to, 80p., pict. cloth, Fine in Robinson title and a perfect picture book from cover to price clipped dw frayed at spine ends but cover. $2000.00 VG. 1st ed. Illus. in color by the author. This story was specifically written with only 218 words, designed so that first graders could read it themselves. 1st eds. of Curious George books in collectible condition are RARE HEATH ROBINSON WORK rare. $2250.00 473. (ROBINSON,W. HEATH)illus. HEATH ROBINSON ON LEATHER KAULBACH ILLUSTRATIONS 470. REYNARD THE FOX. REINEKE FUCHS von Wilhelm von Goethe. collected edition. Lond: Connolly Stuttgart: J.G. Cottascher 1857. 4to, publisher’s brown embossed cloth with Bros. nd. Folio, grey simulated extensive gilt pictorial cover leather wraps, pictorial covers, and spine, 212p., sl. wear to head of spine, scattered 48p., some cover soil and foxing, a VG bright copy. wear, VG. Page after page of Goethe’s translation of Heath Robinson’s wonderful, this fable first appeared in 1794 and with Kaulbach’s humorous drawings. Rare (not in illustrations in 1846. Beare). $700.00 Illustrated by Wilhelm von Kaulbach with 36 large and very fine half-page SIGNED HEATH ROBINSON / KIPLING BOOK engravings, pictorial title 474. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard page, plus pictorial head and Kipling. Lond: Hodder & Stought. nd 1909. Large 4to, full vellum stamped in red gold tailpieces to accompany this and green, new ties, light cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED medieval fable populated BY ROBINSON. Printed in hand-made paper. Illustrated by Robinson with 30 by a variety of humanized magnificent tipped-in color plates with illustrated/lettered guards and with 59 line animals. The fine engravings illustrations throughout the text that reproduce with much detail due to the high are exquisitely detailed quality of the hand-made paper. Exceptionally scarce. (Beare 61b). $2200.00 with a touch of humor, very reminiscent of Grandville. $700.00

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BY THE ILLUSTRATOR OF “WIND IN THE WILLOWS” 471. (ROBERTSON,W. GRAHAM)illus. NURSERY GARLAND woven by Kitty Cheatham. NY: Schirmer (1917). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 171p., tips worn and some cover soil else VG+. 1st ed. More than 100 songs and games for children are arranged in categories. Illustrated by Robertson with beautiful color cover plus 13 lovely color plates and there is a color frontis portrait of Kitty Cheatham by Ira Hill. An uncommon Robertson title and lovely work by him. Robertson see also 224. $200.00 914.764.7410 Pg 64 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 RARE EARLY ROCKWELL CHILDREN’S BOOK (LITTLE) PETITS PERE CASTOR BOOK #10 475. (ROCKWELL,NORMAN)illus. TELL ME WHY STORIES by C.H. Claudy. 480. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. HISTOIRE DU NEGRE ZO’HIO ET DE NY: McBride Nast 1912 (1912). Tall 8vo, pict. cloth, 154p. VG-Fine. 1st ed. L’OISEAU MOQUEUR by Marie Colmont. Paris: Flammarion 1942. 5x6”, pictorial Original fairy stories, illus. by Rockwell with 8 color plates. Very early Rockwell wraps, fine. 1st ed. of the 10th title from a series of smaller sized Pere Castor books (if not his first), and a rare title. $850.00 called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated with great color lithos by Rojan. The story deals with an African jungle boy and a bird that teases him. Scarce. $150.00 #475

FIRST BOOK OF THE DOMINO PRESS (LITTLE) PETITS PERE CASTOR BOOK #2 476. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEDOR)illus. DANIEL BOONE:HISTORIC 481. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. LES ANIMAUX DU ZOO by Lida. Paris: ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER AMONG THE INDIANS. Flammarion 1941. 5x6”, pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. of the 2nd title from a Paris: Domino Press (1931). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE. First series of smaller sized Pere Castor books called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated English language edition of this landmark book. Edited by Esther Averill and with great color lithos by Rojan. Scarce. $150.00 Lila Stanley, this was the first children’s book produced by the Domino Press. Illustrated with beautiful color lithographs throughout, this is “ a unique first (LITTLE) PETITS PERE CASTOR BOOK #6 book in American history” (Bader p. 119). A beautiful copy. $550.00 482. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. MAISON DES OISEAUX by Paul Francois. Paris: Flammarion 1942. 5x6”, pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. of the 6th title from a series of smaller sized Pere Castor books called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated with great color lithos of birds by Rojan. Scarce. $150.00 PERE CASTOR 477. (ROJAN)illus. PLOUF Canard Sauvage [Plouf the little wild duck] par Lida. Paris: Flammarion 1936. 4to, pictorial wraps, cover sl. dusty else fine. 1st ed.,Illustrated by Rojankovsky with lovely color lithos plus b&w’s throughout. $200.00

PERE CASTOR 478. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR

)illus. BOURRU L’OURS BRUN PERE CASTOR [Bourru the brown bear]by Lida. 483. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. MARTIN PECHEUR [THE Paris: Flammarion 1936. 4to, pict. KINGFISHER] par LIDA. Paris: Flamarion 1938. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, near Fine. A PERE CASTOR BOOK with beautiful color lithos by Rojankovsky. wraps, near Fine. 1st ed. A PERE $250.00 CASTOR book, beautifully illus. with rich color lithos by Rojan to (LITTLE) PETITS PERE CASTOR BOOK #1 484. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. MES AMIS by Paul Francois. Paris: accompany the story about a brown Flammarion 1941. 5x6”, pictorial wraps, some cover soil else fine. 1st ed. of the bear. $200.00 first title from a series of smaller sized Pere Castor books called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated with great color lithos of animals by Rojan. Scarce. $150.00

(LITTLE) PETITS PERE CASTOR BOOK #9 479. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. HISTOIRE DU CHIEN DE BRISQUET by Charles Nodier. Paris: Flammarion 1942. 5x6”, pictorial wraps, some cover soil and rubbing, VG. 1st ed. of the 9th title from a series of smaller sized Pere Castor books called Petits Pere Castor, illustrated with great color lithos by Rojan. The story 485. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. PIC ET PIC ET COLEGRAM by MARIE tells of a dog’s encounter with a wolf. Colmont. Paris: Flammarion 1941. Sq. 8vo, pict. wraps, Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated Scarce. $125.00 on every page with either color lithos or b&w’s by Rojan. An uncommon Rojan title. $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 65 [email protected]

PERE CASTOR UNUSUAL RUSSIAN 486. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)il PICTURE BOOK lus. SCAF [THE SEAL] par LIDA. 491. RUSSIAN. Paris: Flammarion 1936. 4to, stiff SHAKHMATI risuki M. pict. wraps, light spine/hinge wear, Yezuchevskogo i V. Vatagina. rear corner mend, VG. 1st ed. of this Moscow 1929. 4to, pict. PERE CASTOR BOOK with beautiful wraps, light soil, VG+. A picture book with a chess color lithos by Rojankovsky. A scarce theme about poor, starving title. $225.00 peasants who win riches when one of their own defeats the fat ruler at chess. Illus. in PERE CASTOR color with a far eastern 487. (ROJANKOVSKY,FYDOR)illus. feel. $600.00 QUIPIC par Lida. Paris: Flammarion 1937. Sq. 4to, pictorial wraps, Fine. A

PERE CASTOR book, with wonderful, RUSSIAN ALSO 398, 403-5, 477-85 SALTEN, FELIX (BAMBI) – 206-7 brightly colored full page and in-text lithos by Rojan, depicting a “quizzical PERE CASTOR hedgehog... (with) a layout that’s a 492. SAMIVEL. MERLIN knockout” (Bader p. 124, illustration on MERLOT [story by Samivel p.125) $250.00 after a 13th century tale]. Paris: Flammarion 1942. Sq. 8vo, pict. wraps, FINE. 1st ed. WONDERFUL HUMANIZED FLOWERS Wonderfully illustrated with 11 488. (ROSS,PENNY)illus. THE FLOWER BABIES’BOOK by Anna M. Scott. full page and several smaller rich Chic: Rand (1914). Moire backed pict. bds, As New in publisher’s pictorial box color illustrations by SAMIVEL (flaps repaired). 1st ed. Illus. by Ross with incredible color, anthropomorphized (plus b&w’s). A most uncommon cherubs - flowers dressed as humans but with a touch of humor as well.A title in the Pere Castor beautiful book and another successful collaboration of these two who also did series and a particularly nice Volland’s A Year With The Fairies. Very Scarce, especially in the box.. $500.00 one. $300.00

INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING AND WITH POSTER IN REAR POCKET 493. SARG,TONY. TONY SARG’S BOOK OF TRICKS. NY: Greenberg, nd (1928) 4to, cloth backed thick pictorial boards, Fine. Illustrated on every page in bright colors by Sarg, THIS COPY HAS A FINE DRAWING OF A DOG AND CHRISTMAS TREE SIGNED BY SARG and is complete with the POSTER SIZED COLOR ILLUSTRATED SHEET IN THE REAR POCKET designed to be cut- out by the reader. The front cover also has a hole cut out for the reader to stick his finger through appearing as a nose of the little gnome on the cover. A special copy. $750.00

ROSS, M.T. (PENNY) SEE ALSO 225

UNCORRECTED PROOF OF 2nd HARRY POTTER BOOK 489. ROWLING,J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. (NY): Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press (1998 illus. 1999). 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers as issued, Fine. Uncorrected proof of the 2nd Harry Potter book. The rear wrapper gives publication information including mention that the first printing would consist of 250,000 copies. $1200.00

ROYALTY SEE 32, 363 RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM - 213

GREAT 1970’S RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA 490. RUSSIAN. BITCHIZNA V NAS ODNA [by] Gritsbo Boiko. [USSR] 1974. Small 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/4”), pictorial wraps [32]p. including covers, VG+. Creatively illustrated in full color by M. Nechiporenko with many propaganda themed images. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg 66 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 SIGNED WITH DRAWING OF GOLFING SNOOPY 498. SCOTT (WILLIAM R.) - 494. SCHULZ,CHARLES. SNOOPY’S GRAND SLAM. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston PUBLISHER. SATURDAY RIDE / Creative Development Corporation (1972). 7 1/4” Square, pictorial boards, by Ethel Wright and Richard slight finger soil else near fine. Stated 1st edition. Snoopy’ dreams of playing Rose. NY: William R. Scott golf in the Open, the Masters and the Bing Crosby pro-am where he competes with Nicklaus, Trevino, Palmer and others (Schulz has dedicated the book to 1942. Oblong 4to, spiral backed Bing Crosby). Printed on green and yellow paper. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED thick card covers, VG+. A simple BY SCHULZ WITH A GREAT LARGE PEN DRAWING OF SNOOPY WEARING A picture book about an overnight HAT AND HOLDING A GOLF CLUB! $2250.00 ride on a train, strikingly illustrated in color by Richard Rose - done in similar format to Bumble Bugs and Elephants and Pitter Patter. Bader p.230. $300.00

SCOTT, WILLIAM R. PUB. ALSO 110, 135 SCOUTING - 33

LIMITED EDITION MICKEY POSTER SIGNED BY SENDAK 499. SENDAK,MAURICE. POSTER: [MICKEY AND ME]. This is a fantastic full color poster LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK. Issued on the occasion of the opening of a Sendak exhibition at the Rosenbach in 1978. It measures 17 1/2” x 23”, matted in fine condition. It shows a Sendak self- portrait waiving into a mirror in which Mickey Mouse’s image is reflected waving back. This is a particularly fitting depiction as Sendak and Mickey were “born” the same year and “Mickey Mouse was one of the dominant figures of his childhood” (Lanes p.9). The poster is reproduced as a full page color illustration on p.[8] of Lanes book on Sendak. Simply wonderful. $550.00

SCOTLAND – 321, 566

RARE VOLLAND TITLE 495. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA)illus. DADDY DOMINO by Mildred Merryman. Minneap.: Volland Buzza (1929). Sq. 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, near fine. Stated 1st ed.. A beautiful VOLLAND publication, illustrated in vibrant colors plus silhouettes by Scott with text dealing with a clown named Daddy Domino who lived in Tucket. Scott See Also 62, 551 $300.00

SCARCE EARLY SENDAK 496. SCOTT,WILLIAM R. - PUBLISHER. EVERYBODY HAS A HOUSE by Mary McBurney Green. NY: Young Scott 1944. 4to, spiral backed pict. bds, VG+. 500. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. HAPPY A simple, repetitive picture book, illustrated by JEANNE BENDICK with bold full RAIN by Jack Sendak. NY: Harp. Bros. page color illustrations opposite each page of text. See Bader p.230. $200.00 (1956). 4to, blue cl. stamped in yellow, some GROPPER ILLUSTRATIONS fading in areas of cover else fine in VG+ dw 497. SCOTT,WILLIAM R. - with small chip. 1st ed. (correct price). PUBLISHER. HERE COMES The first collaboration between the Sendak DADDY by Gale Parks. NY: William Scott 1951. Obl. 4to, cl. backed pict. brothers, wonderfully illustrated with bds, VG+. 1st ed. A simple, basic color dust wrapper and with full page and picture book made outstanding by smaller b&w’s to accompany a story about WILLIAM GROPPER’S bold colors and flair. Gropper was a noted the people of Troekan and what happens artist “best known for his sharp when the rain stopped falling. Very, very social criticism”. (Bader p.365.) but scarce. $800.00 surprisingly, this is a prime example of a typical 50’s “benign” picture book. $225.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] 501. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. THE HOUSE OF SIXTY FATHERS by Meindert Dejong. NY: Harper Bros. (1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in fine dw. 1st ed. Set in China during the Japanese occupation and illus. in b&w. A rare Sendak title. $500.00 RARE EARLY SENDAK

505. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. VERY FAR

AWAY. NY: Harp. Bros. (1957). 8vo, blue

pict. cloth, Fine in very sl. worn dw with price

intact. 1st ed. Each page of text faced with

wonderful full page color illus. Written by

Sendak as well as illustrated by him and a rare

title. $1200.00

INSCRIBED BY SEUSS 506. SEUSS,DR. THE

502. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. MAGIC PICTURES: MORE ABOUT THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK. WONDERFUL FARM by Marcel Ayme. NY: Harper Bros. (1954 c-d). 8vo, blue NY: Random (1984). 4to, cloth, 117p., Fine in dw (dw slightly frayed at spine extrems and with a few closed tears but still VG++). Stated 1st ed. An early Sendak book, illustrated by him in glazed pict. bds, Fine (no black and white throughout. Extremely scarce. $850.00 dw). 1st ed. (correct code). SCARCE SENDAK POSTER INSCRIBED BY SEUSS “And 503. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. a Happy Birthday to You ! REALLY ROSIE POSTER. This is a cardboard Dr. Seuss”. Bright full color poster for the theatrical production of Really Rosie illus. on every page by Seuss. at the Chelsea Theater A special copy. Younger Center in NYC. [1980]. It measures 13 3/4” wide by 6. $1500.00 22” high in fine condition. Rosie is posing in her red dress and hat with the city as background and details 507. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS’S SLEEP BOOK. NY: Random Hse (1962). 4to, fine of the production are in in sl. worn dw with small chip on front panel. 1st ed. (no ads for later titles, correct the bottom margin. A great price). Illustrated in full color on every page. Scarce. Younger 20. $650.00 image. $475.00

INSCRIBED BY ORGEL WITH SENDAK DRAWING 504. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SARAH’S ROOM by Doris Orgel. NY: Harp. Row (1963). 12mo, (4x6”), pictorial boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (price clipped, a few tiny edge tears). 1st ed. variant binding. This copy IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH A DRAWING OF A DOG AND INSCRIBED BY ORGEL DATED 1963! Wonderfully illustrated in color by Sendak, this is a special copy of a very hard-to-find first edition. $1275.00

508. SEUSS,DR. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! NY: Random Hse (1957). 4to, glazed pict. bds, small label removed from half-title else fine in very sl. worn, near fine dw. 1st ed. The price of the book is not the determinant of edition in this title. It must have the correct listing of books on rear flap and correct price of Cat In The Hat on rear of dw. Younger 33. $1250.00

509. SEUSS,DR. THE LORAX. NY: Random House (1971). 4to, pict. cloth, light rubbing, VG-Fine. 1st ed. A book warning of the perils of polluting the environment. Extremely scarce and a nice clean copy. Younger 49. $1000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 2 RARE SEUSS BOOKS PLUS BROCHURE HANSEL & GRETEL SHAPE BOOK 510. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP [and] SECRETS OF THE DEEP 514. SHAPE BOOK. HANSEL UND GRETEL. Esslingen und Munchen: J.F. VOLUME II by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1935, 1936. 2 Schreiber, circa 1910. 4to, pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of the candy volumes, 8vo, pict. wraps, 34p., spine repaired on volume 2 else VG+. A humorous look house, slight edge wear, near fine. Illustrated with great embossed color cover at yachting, illustrated in color by Seuss with large red, white and blue aquatints and wonderful full page color lithographs facing each page of text. In this version, and featuring a sea creature whose face appears years later as . it is a bear, not a witch that lures Hansel and Gretel into the cottage. $600.00 Included is tri-fold advertising brochure for Essomarine that is illustrated by Seuss with 2 illustrations. Quite rare. See Younger/Hirsch #’s 69-70. $1500.00

#514 #515

SEWELL, HELEN – 567 SHAKESPEARE - 49 ROUND MINIATURE NISTER BOOK 515. SHAPE BOOK. JINKS AND JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. Lond.: Nister 511. SHAPE BOOK. [ARTIST]. no title or pub. #511 ca 1900. 3.5” round, stiff pictorial wraps with ribbon tie, fine. Illustrated with info., German, circa 1930. Narrow folio (6 1/4 x 4 charming chromolithographs to accompany short poems. $275.00 15”). pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of a little boy, faint color on a few line illus. else VG. CATS! A story in verse about a little boy who wants to 516. SHAPE BOOK. AN OLD become an artist Cherubic little girls are watching CAT’S STORY by Isa Postgate. him. Illustrated by an unknown hand with 6 large (NY & Lond.: Art Litho. Pub. Co.,) color lithos and in line on other pages. Really circa 1890. 4 x 4”, stiff card cute. $200.00 wraps, fine. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and 4 adorable kittens #512 looking over a fence. Illus. with pictorial title and 4 lovely chromos. $200.00

NISTER MINIATURE SHAPE BOOK 517. SHAPE BOOK. OUR FAITH. Lond.: Nister ca 1890. 2 1/4 x 2 1/4”, stiff pictorial wraps, owner notes inside covers, fine. Illus. with lovely chromo covers and 4 chromos of flowers inside. A tiny little book in remarkable nice condition. $200.00

RARE CINDERELLA SHAPE BOOK 512. SHAPE BOOK. CINDERELLA. (Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz) circa 1860. SHAPE BOOK. POSTMAN’S KNOCK #518 16mo, pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of Cinderella, Fine. Illustrated with 518. . no color lithographs on each page with text in the middle - done in the same size and publication information, probably British, circa format of Prang’s shaped books of the same era. Rare. $800.00 1915. Narrow 8vo (3 1/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial wraps, light soil and wear, VG+. Die-cut in the 513. SHAPE BOOK. GALLOPING HORSE. Buffalo: Koerner & Hayes 1895. 4to, cloth spine, book die-cut in the shape of a rocker, slight edge wear , VG+. shape of a mailman in uniform. Illustrated Contains the Twelfth Night Cake, Cock Robin and other poems. Illus. with 4 with 6 full page color illustrations and in blue lovely full page chromolithographs and in brown line on every page of text. Great line on other pages in the style of Mabel Lucie color cover of children on a rocking horse carrying the American flag. $300.00 Attwell, The full color covers show the front and back of the postman. $150.00

PUSS IN BOOTS - TUCK 519. SHAPE BOOK. PUSS IN BOOTS. Lond.: Tuck, circa 1900. Folio, pictorial wraps, tiny piece of ear strengthened else Fine. The story of Puss is retold in rhyme by Grave Floyd. Illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page chromolithographs plus 10 illustrations in brown on text pages. A title in Father Tuck’s Happy Hour Series. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $275.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected]

#519 TEDDY BEAR SHAPE BOOK 524. SHAPE BOOK. TEDDY BEAR. Dundee, London, Montreal: Valentine & Sons, circa 1907. 3 3/4” wide x 6” high, pictorial card covers, slight edge wear, VG+. Die-cut in the shape of an adorable teddy bear. Illustrated inside with 11 full #520 page 3-color illustrations and one full page illustration in line. $200.00

#524

MARVELOUS McLOUGHLIN CAT SHAPE BOOK WITH WAIN 520. SHAPE BOOK. PUSSY CAT CAPERS. Springfield: McLoughlin ca 1905. Folio, pict. wraps cut in the shape of a cat in a top hat, light spine wear, VG+. Illustrated with 4 fine full page chromolithographs of cats and with others leaves illustrated in red and black most of which are by Louis Wain to accompany verse about cat antics. Featuring some marvelous cats and a great dandy cat on the cover. $500.00 TENNIS 525. SHAPE BOOK. TENNIS: EIN SOMMERSPIEL. no pub. info., German, RED RIDING HOOD * 3 KITTENS * CINDERELLA * JACK circa 1930. Narrow folio (6 1/4 x 15”). pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape 521. SHAPE BOOK. RED of a little girl with a tennis racquet, VG. Cherubic little children are shown RIDING HOOD COTTAGE learning how to play tennis. Illustrated by an unknown hand with 6 large color (on cover). Lond. & NY: Nister lithos and in line on other pages. Really cute. $275.00 & Dutton, circa 1890. Oblong large 4to, pictorial wraps die cut 526. SHAPE BOOK. WINGS OF GLORY by Margaret Haycraft. London: in the shape of a cottage, near Meissner & Buch, circa 1900. Oblong 7” wide x 3 1/4”, pictorial card covers fine. Includes Red Riding Hood, bound with ribbon tie, Fine. Die cut in the shape of a wing and illustrated with 4 Cinderella, Three Kittens, Jack lovely chromolithographs plus color cover. $250.00 the Giant Killer, Old Mother Hubbard and a few other retold in verse and prose. Illustrated with 8 very fine full page chromolithographs surrounded by smaller delicate chromos and with 2-color illus. on text pages. The wrap around color covers are fabulous. $650.00

522. SHAPE BOOK. RED RIDING HOOD. #522 no publication information, probably British, circa 1915. Narrow 8vo (3 1/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial wraps, light soil and wear, VG+. Die-cut in the shape of Red in her cape and hat. Illustrated with 6 full page color illustrations and in blue line on other pages in the style of Mabel Lucie Attwell, The full MCLOUGHLIN SHAPE color covers show the front and back of Little BOOKS IN BOX!! Red. $150.00 527. SHAPE BOOK. TODDLE GIRLS. Springfield: McLoughlin, (1927). Offered here are 4 McLoughlin shape books featuring the Toddles girls in the original pictorial box. Each of the four books measures 9 inches by 3 1/2 inches with pict. bds., sl. edge wear, else near fine in box with box flaps repaired neatly. Books included are Tiny Toddles, Peek-A-Boo Pam, Tabitha MOTHER GOOSE 523. SHAPE BOOK. SHOE MOTHER Toddles, and the Toddles GOOSE. Grand Rapids: Fideler Co. (1946). Twins. Scarce, especially 4to, pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of in box. $500.00 a shoe and with hole for a shoe-lace, near fine. 25 popular Mother Goose rhymes are illustrated by DIRK in full color or half- SHAPE BOOKS SEE ALSO 11, tone on every page. A charming 40’s shape 352, 401, 445, 447, 534, book. $150.00 561 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 SIGNED / LIMITED – 58, 91-2, 101, 109, 112, 116, 153-4, 156, 159, 168, 171, 531. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. 209-12, 241, 254, 261, 275-8, 281, 306, 316-17, 319, 324-5, 327, 332-4, 340-1, 346, 354, 356-61, 367, 386, 417, 427, 431-2, 434, DREAM BLOCKS by Aileen Higgens. NY: 444, 446, 452, 457, 459-60, 462-3, 466, 474, 493-4, 499, 504, 506, 538, 545, 550, 554, 558, 562, 566-7, 571, 574-5 Duffield 1908. 4to, tan cloth, large pict.

paste-on on cover, near Fine. Illustrated 528. SMITH,E.BOYD. AFTER THEY CAME OUT by Smith with color pictorial endpapers, OF THE ARK. NY: Putnam (1918). Oblong 4to, cloth pictorial title page plus 14 beautiful color backed pict. bds, (47)p., slight edge wear and a few plates (printed on heavy coated stock). marks on cover else VG-Fine. There are also red and black illustrations 1st edition of the sequel to Smith’s Noah’s Ark, done in-text. An extremely scarce Smith in the same format. Illus. with 22 great color plates book. $1200.00 and pictorial endpapers. Printed on heavy coated SOWERBY’S paper. A very scarce Smith “CINDERELLA” title. $350.00 532. (SOWERBY,MILLIC ENT)illus. CINDERELLA told by Githa Sowerby. NY: Ox. Univ. Press, nd, circa 1915. 4to, white E. BOYD SMITH WATERCOLOR cloth spine, cream colored 529. SMITH,E.BOYD. ORIGINAL ART: INTRODUCTION OF FIRE (FROM pictorial boards, some finger “THE EARLY LIFE OF MR. MAN”). This is the original watercolor by Smith smudging on covers and used in his picture book The Early Life of Mr. Man published by Houghton Mifflin corners rubbed else near in 1914. The image measures 10 3/4 x 8 1/4” matted and framed to 18 x 15. It fine. 1st edition. Quite appears opposite page 3 and depicts early man’s discovery of fire. The striking an elaborately produced scenery and animals in the background make this a wonderful image from one of book, printed on heavy Smith’s early picture books. $2800.00 paper with lovely pictorial border on each page of text, pictorial pages, gilt pictorial endpapers, plus 12 wonderful mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards. Really a beauty! $500.00

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BOXED EDITION 533. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Comtesse de Segur. Phil: Penn (1920). Large, thick 4to, blue cloth, pict. paste- on, 279p., NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER! (flaps repaired). 1st ed. Forty French fairy tales, illustrated by Sterrett with 8 truly magnificent color plates (with tissue guards) and with many lovely b&w’s as well as yellow pict. ep’s. Done when she was only 19 years of age, this was Sterrett’s (Chicago born) first book. She is often referred to as the “female Kay Nielsen”! A beautiful copy. $950.00

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS - 544

RARE MOTHER GOOSE BY E. BOYD SMITH 530. (SMITH,E.BOYD)illus. BOYD SMITH MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Putnam (1919). Large 4to, red cloth stamped in gold, 223p., tiny margin mend on one plate and cover lightly faded, VG+. 1st ed. Nearly 200 Mother Goose rhymes with text collated and verified by Lawrence Elmendorf, featuring 20 color plates by Smith as well as illustrations in line on nearly every page of text. The last section of the book includes an interesting supplement reproducing UNRECORDED STOWE SHAPE BOOK BY TUCK the text of Little Jack 534. [STOWE,MRS. H.B.] ALONE WITH THEE by Mrs. H. B. Stone. London: Horner and Tom Thumb and Raphael Tuck and Sons, no date, circa 1900. 3 3/4 x 4 1/2”, die-cut in the shape the Newbury-Goldsmith of a star surrounded by flowers, string bound, fine. The title page lists H.B. Mother Goose as well as a Stone as the author but the last page of text lists Mrs. H.B. Stowe. Inspirational section of historical notes poems are illustrated by Annie and Bessie Simpson with 5 very beautiful full on the verses. A very rare page chromolithographs, 1 smaller chromo plus delicate line illustrations on Smith book, featuring some other pages. $750.00 wonderful work in color and line. $850.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] STUMP BOOK 539. TOM THUMB. THE 535. STUMP BOOK. THE RABBIT BOOK. Chicago: Donohue [1904]. Obl. 32mo LIFE AND TRAVELS OF (1 1/2 x 6”) pict. cloth, edge of title page frayed else VG WITH ORIGINAL THOMAS THUMB, in the IVORY CLASP INTACT. A story about various humanized animals, illus. in bold United States, England, colors by MARY TOURTEL and printed on thick pages on one side of the page. France and Belgium. Phil.: Charming and scarce. $650.00 Lindsay and Blakiston (1849). 12mo, brown cloth stamped in gold, 144p., some signatures sl. sprung else VG+. 1st and only edition of this book for children on Tom Thumb. Illus. with 6 fine full page engraved plates plus engraved extra title. Scarce. $500.00

UNUSED TOY CONSTRUCTION BOOK MARVELOUS COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN HASSALL 540. TOYS. 45 TOYS I CAN MAKE. 536. STUMP BOOK. TEN LITTLE JAPPY CHAPS by G. E. Farrow. Lond: Akron: Saalfield 1934. Folio 10 1/2 X 15”, Treherne circa 1900. Obl. 8vo (only 1 1/2” tall, 6” wide). Pictorial cloth, near fine Fine and unused. 14 large leaves illustrated with ivory clasp intact. Illustrated by JOHN HASSALL with marvelous full page in full color by Corinne Bailey to be cut color illus. (one opposite each page of text) printed on one side of page only, all out and used to assemble ships, masks, depicting the misfortunes of little Japanese children in a Japanese version of games, paper dolls, dolls house and more. the Ten Little Niggers. Rare. $900.00 A great activity book amazingly never used. $275.00

TOYS SEE ALSO 104, 222

TRAINS – 396, 498

TRANSPORTATION – 34, 35, 48, 78, 392, 396, 439, 498

TUCK PUB. – 11, 30, 425, 519, 534, 559-61

TENNIS – 43, 525 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR USED IN PUMPKIN MOONSHINE RARE PERE CASTOR SHADOW PLAY THEATER 541. TUDOR,TASHA. ORIGINAL ART: PUMPKIN MOONSHINE. Offered CINDERELLA & SLEEPING BEAUTY here is the original watercolor used in Tudor’s first book, Pumpkin Moonshine 537. THEATER. (SHADOW) THEATRE D’OMBRES DU PERE CASTOR - published in 1938 by Oxford Univ. Press. It accompanies the text “When they NOUVEAU PROGRAMME. Paris: Flammarion 1936. Oblong folio (13 x 11”). reached the field, Sylvie looked among the shucks of corn for the very fattest pictorial wraps, sl. cover fading else fine, complete and unused. Everything a child pumpkin”. Sylvie is standing in a field, shielding her eyes from the sun, corn shuck would need to put on his/her own shadow theater is included here. There are and pumpkin on her left, Wiggie the dog on her right. The verso of the watercolor 8 sheets of blue cardboard contains Tudor’s hand-lettered text for the page preceding the illustration in that contain 40 cut-outs of the book. The capital letter T is in red figures and costumes to be and decorated with reeds. The text mounted on handles. The begins: The cornfield was on top of cover is also used for a the hill, quite a ways from the house, backdrop and an additional so Sylvie took Wiggy for company...” piece is in the rear of the The art measures 4 1/4 x 3 3/8”, not book. The presentations signed, two barely visible pin holes consist of two Perrault fairy in margin else Fine. It is matted so tales: Cendrillon (Cinderella) that both sides of the piece, both and La Belle au Bois (Sleeping the illustration and the text can be Beauty). Decorations and seen. Original art from Tudor’s first costumes are by Lalouve. book is rare and especially sought This is the second Shadow after. $20,000.00 Theater published by Pere Castor. A rare and wonderful Pere Castor item. $900.00

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538. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. This is typed letter from Thompson to Neill 5/24/1936 in original envelope. She writes in part: “R & L [Reilly & Lee publishers] certainly are the limit about letters or telling one anything. I was going to write you in a few days anyway to tell you how much I liked the ship pictures. Too bad they left out the color pages, but I suppose they’re trying to save money? There will be another Oz book and I’m working on it now ... I’ve about given up hope of ever making any money on Oz.” $700.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 542. TUDOR,TASHA. THISTLY B. NY:OUP 1949 (1949) sq. 8vo, red boards, EARLIEST PUBLICATION BY VOLLAND pict. paste-on, near FINE in dw (dw sl. soiled with a few margin rips). 1st edition HAND COLORED of this rare Tudor title. The story of a canary, written by Tudor and illustrated 547. VOLLAND. A FRIEND by her in color on every other page. $500.00 OR TWO by Wilbur D. Nesbit. Chic.: Designed and done in colors by hand in the Shop of P.F. Volland & Co. (1907, 1908). Narrow 4to, [16]p. incl. covers, pictorial wraps string bound, As New in Original Envelope! This is one of the earliest Volland publications. Printed on high quality untrimmed paper on rectos only, each page of text in verse features a lovely hand-colored illustration; pictorial initials are surrounded by hand-colored decorations. The Volland Company was founded in SCARCE TUDOR TITLE 1908 and the fact that this 543. TUDOR,TASHA. WHITE GOOSE. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1943). Sq. is hand-colored indicates 8vo, grey cloth, near Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. Beautiful full page illus. opposite that it must have been one each page of text (calligraphy by Hilda Scott). A nice copy of a rare Tudor title of the earliest, if not the in great demand. $500.00 earliest publication of the company. This title was 544. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES by Robert Louis later re-issued in hard cover. Stevenson. NY:OUP 1947 (1947). 8vo, green cloth, 118p., Fine in very sl. soiled Rare. $1250.00 dw. 1st Tudor edition, delicately illustrated in color and b&w throughout. A beautiful copy of an early Tudor title. $450.00 RARE VOLLAND BOOK 548. VOLLAND. CHILDREN AT PLAY IN MANY LANDS by JOHN RAE. np [Chicago]: Volland 1922. Oblong folio, (12x9”) [16]p. incl. cover, light cover creasing and rubbing else VG+ A VOLLAND FLAXTEX BOOK printed on cloth and wonderfully illustrated in full color on each page by John Rae showing children from a variety of countries. A rare Volland title and an unusual format for them. $400.00

545. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG IN HOLLAND by Bertha Upton. Lond: Longmans FRENCH FAIRY TALES - RAE ILLUSTRATIONS 1904. Oblong 4to, cloth backed 549. VOLLAND. FAIRY TALES FROM FRANCE pict. boards, slightest of rubbing adapted by W.T. Larned. Chic: Volland (1920, 19th ed.). and cover soil else clean and near 4to, pictorial boards, FINE IN BOX. A VOLLAND HAPPY Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated with 31 CHILDREN BOOK with seven fairy tales, beautifully great full page color illustrations. illustrated by Rae including pictorial endpapers plus many Mounted on title is a piece of a full page and in-text color illustrations as well. This is a SIGNED NOTE FROM UPTON. beautiful copy. $300.00 $1500.00

6 NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX 546. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. DOLLY’S LIBRARY. Lond: Nister, nd circa 1895. 24mo, cloth-backed pict. bds., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX (box flaps repaired). Six miniature books (3 x 3 5/8”): Cat’s Concert, Rabbit’s Tale, Tale of a Dog, Birthday Present, Three Little Maids from School and Miss Mistletoe with stories by various authors. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus many in- text illustrations. Rare in the box. $1200.00

VICTORIAN COLORPLATES ALSO 11, 149, 303-4, 379, 390, 422, 425-6, 440-1, 513 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] ILLUS. BY DODGE / SIGNED BY RARE BOXED VOLLAND JANET LAURA SCOTT 555. VOLLAND. ONCE UPON A 550. VOLLAND. HOW SING FOUND MONDAY by Dixie Willson. Joliet: THE WORLD IS ROUND by Sidney Reid. Volland (1931 no additional printings). Chic: Volland (1920). Sm. 8vo, pict. bds, 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil, spine end chip else VG+. 1st some cover soil else FINE IN BOX ed. Illus. with beautiful full page color illus. (cover soil on box). A story featuring by KATHERINE STURGES DODGE (Hilary Dr. Thingumy Thratchet of Troogsbury Knight’s mother). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY JANET LAURA SCOTT - noted illustrator Lane, Piggoty the grocer and others, all and illustrator of many Volland titles. A illustrated in bold color by ERICK BERRY. special copy of a very uncommon Volland A rare Volland title in the SUNNY BOOK title. $275.00 series. $450.00

RARE VOLLAND CIRCUS BOOK 551. VOLLAND. LITTLE INCLUDING ALICE IN WONDERLAND BIM THE CIRCUS BOY by - RARE VOLLAND IN BOX Gladys Nelson Muter. Chic: 556. VOLLAND PUB. LET’S PRETEND Volland (1924). Obl. folio, cloth, spine reinforced, small by William Mac Harg. Chic: Volland (1914, repair on rear corner else 5th ed.). 8vo, pict. bds, slightest of wear to VG. A VOLLAND CLOTH- spine paper FINE IN BOX (flaps repaired). ART BOOK this is printed A rare Volland title in which the author on cloth and illustrated by takes many childhood classics and rewrites JANET LAURA SCOTT in bright colors on every page. the text in verse (one page per title). Each Rare. $300.00 main character is represented with a lovely full page color illustration by BONNIBEL BUTLER. (Includes Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel RARE VOLLAND TITLE 552. VOLLAND. THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. Chic: Volland (1919 and many others). A rare Volland title in no add. printings). 8vo, pict. bds, FINE. 1st ed. A lovely fantasy about Queen exceptionally nice condition. $300.00 Yolande of the Island of Can-be-done, illustrated by Rae with lovely full page color illustrations. A rare Volland title. $250.00

BY ILLUS. OF DICK AND JANE BOOKS - BOXED VOLLAND 557. VOLLAND. ROBERTA GOES ADVENTURING by Margaret Raymond. Chic: Volland (1931). Small 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, FINE IN BOX (box very slightly worn). A rare title in the Volland HAPPY CHILDREN , illustrated in bold colors by ELEANOR CAMPBELL who is best known for illustrating Dick and Jane readers. $400.00 BY HILARY KNIGHT’S MOTHER 553. VOLLAND. MIMI, MOMO AND MISS TABBY TIBBS by Katharine Sturges. Minneapolis: Gordon Volland (1927). Sq. 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, VG-Fine. Stated 1st printing. The story of toys in the attic that come alive, written by Sturges and illus. by her in color. Dedicated to Hilary Knight (Sturges was his mother) and a very scarce item. $250.00 SIGNED BY OLIVE BEAUPRE MILLER 558. VOLLAND. SUNNY RHYMES FOR RARE VOLLAND INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH BY BRIGGS HAPPY CHILDREN. Chic: Volland (1917 554. VOLLAND. OH SKIN-NAY! THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT with verses by Wilbur Nesbit. Chic: Volland (1913). Oblong folio, cloth backed pict. bds, 36h ed). 8vo, pict. bds, some edge and light edge wear and cover soil, a few tiny margin mends, VG+. A very scarce and spine rubbing, a few tiny margin mends, unusual VOLLAND BOOK, every other page is illustrated with 3-color cartoon-like illustrations by [Clare] Briggs VG. Poems by Olive Beaupre Miller (of with verses by WILBUR My Bookhouse fame), illustrated with NESBIT opposite. Text and illustration deal with the full page and in-text color illustrations mis-adventures of typical done by Carmen L. Browne in the style of middle-America children Janet Laura Scott. A Volland Sunny Book. - Skinnay and his friends. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY OLIVE BY BRIGGS AND “SKIN- BEAUPRE MILLER. $175.00 NAY” WITH A 3 INCH PEN DRAWING OF SKINNAY. This is Briggs’s first book and a rare and early Volland VOLLAND SEE ALSO 36, 225, 266-9, 272-3, 301, 382, 495 title. $500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 88 FABULOUS WAIN FAIRY TALE TITLE DUGALD STEWART WALKER FAIRIES 559. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. FAIRY TALES by Grace Floyd. Lond.: Tuck circa 563. (WALKER,DUGALD STEWART)illus. WISHING FAIRY’S ANIMAL 1905. 4to, stiff pictorial card covers, sl. corner wear, near fine. This is a FRIENDS by Corinne Ingraham. NY: Brentano (1921). 4to, orange cloth, pict. paste- fabulous Wain book wherein abbreviated text of favorite fairy tale characters on, 141p., Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated with 8 color plates, plus fabulously detailed are portrayed by his cats. Featuring 4 full page color plates plus color cover - line illustrations on every page of text depicting gnomes and fairies. This is one of (the front cover illustration is not repeated in the text) and 10 line illustrations. Walker’s finest works and an especially fine copy of his scarcest book. $450.00 Included are: Puss In Boots, Goose Girl, Yellow Dwarf, Snow White and Rose Red, Tinder Box, Hans In Luck, Little Red Shoes, Hansel and Gretel and Cat and Mouse In Partnership. $800.00

560. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. WAR – 29, 294, 395, 429, 569-70 WEISGARD, LEONARD – 110-11 SUCH FUN stories written by Norman Gale, Grace HUMANIZED BEES AND INSECTS Floyd and others. Lond.: 564. (WEISSENBORN,HELLMUTH)illus. BILLY THE BUMBLEBEE by Victor Tuck nd ca 1925. 4to, Bonham-Carter. Lond: Hammond Hammond Co nd ca 1940. Obl. 4to, pictorial cl. backed pict. bds, not boards, Fine in sl. worn dw. The story of a homely bee named Billy that falls in love paginated, edges rubbed, with a beautiful lady bumblebee named Milly. When they marry, all of their friends light wear, VG. Illustrated attend - humanized beetles, grasshoppers and more. Lovely full page and smaller by Wain with 2 fabulous color illus. by Hellmuth Weissenborn. $125.00 color plates, full color covers with illustrations HUMANIZED INSECTS that are not repeated in- 565. (WENZ-VIETOR,ELSE)illus. text and in bright 2-colors SONNENKINDERSTUBEN von M. Dingler. on every page of text. A Oldenberg: Stalling 1925. Sq. sm. 4to, cl. scarce Wain title in the backed pict. bds, Fine in soiled and frayed Father Tuck’s Children’s dw. Nurnburger Bilderbucher No. 36. Own Library Series. Nice Featuring 11 full page and 2 partial page fine copy. $800.00 and fabulous full page color illustrations depicting a variety of humanized insects (butterflies, ants, etc) and humanized mice. Beautiful color printing. $300.00 RARE WAIN SHAPE CAT BOOK 561. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. WITH LOUIS WIESE, KURT - 60 WAIN IN PUSSYLAND by Norman Gale. 3 VOLUMES EACH Lond. : Tuck no date, ca 1919. Folio, stiff INSCRIBED BY WIGGIN pictorial card covers with top cut in a 566. WIGGIN,KATE DOUGLAS. PENELOPE’S cat shape. Small rubbing to covers else EXPERIENCES IN VG+. Illus. by Wain with color covers, ENGLAND * PENELOPE’S PROGRESS [IN SCOTLAND] 4 large and incredible full page color * AND PENELOPE’S IRISH illustrations of cats at play and with EXPERIENCES. Bost: HM, 1901, 1902. Three volumes, great line illustrations on all other pages. 8vo, green cloth elaborately A nice copy of a rare and fragile Wain stamped in gold, top edges gilt, fine. Each volume is book. $1650.00 illustrated with beautiful black and white illustrations WAIN SEE ALSO 1, 96, 520 by C.E. BROCK, and there is a LENGTHY INSCRIPTION FROM WIGGIN TO IRISH RARE WALKER TITLE SINGER TOM DOBSON INSCRIBED - MYTH IN EACH OF THE THREE 562. (WALKER,DUGALD BOOKS! A marvelous STEWART)illus. ORPHEUS set. $650.00 WITH HIS LUTE by W.M.L. Hutchinson. NY: Longmans Green WILDE, OSCAR - 463 1926 (1926). 8vo, black decorated cloth, 300p., VG+. 1st ed. Greek ARTIST’S COPY INSCRIBED mythological stories, illustrated 567. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. BY THE SHORES OF SILVER LAKE by Walker with pictorial . NY: endpaper’s, color frontis plus 11 Harp. Bros. 1939 (1939). 8vo, pict. cloth, Fine in very sl. worn dw. Stated 1st full page b&w’s in his beautifully ed. Illus. with color dw and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED detailed style. THIS COPY IS BOYLE. The Ingalls family moves to the Dakota Territory. The fifth Little INSCRIBED BY WALKER. A House book. This copy was purchased from Mildred Boyle’s family and THIS (SEE ILLUS special copy of a rare Walker WAS BOYLE’S OWN COPY INSCRIBED BY HER TO HER NIECE. TOP NEXT COLUMN) title. $275.00 $3500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected] RARE WYETH EPHEMERA #567 572. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. HARDPAN & CO. by Roy Norton. Wyeth illustrated this story which appeared in Tribune syndicated newspapers in 1913. This is the Detroit News Tribune Sunday Magazine issue for August 3, 1913 in fine condition. The issue has a full color cover by Wyeth plus a large half-tone inside. The subsequent issues continue the story but this is the only issue with a color illustration. Rare. Allen p.282. $200.00

568. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George Selden. NY: Ferrar Strauss (1960). 8vo, pink cloth, 151p., Fine in dw frayed at top of spine. Stated 1st printing of this modern classic, with color wrapper and many detailed b&w’s by GARTH WILLIAMS. Although not his first book, it is certainly the title that brought Selden fame and it is very scarce in the first edition. NEWBERY HONOR. $600.00

569. WORLD WAR I. VATER IST IM KRIEGE [FATHER IS IN WAR]by 573. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. Phil: McKay Rudolf Presber. Berlin: Hermann Hillger [1915]. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, VG+. (1921). 4to, cloth, pict. paste-on, FINE in sl. worn dw. 1st Wyeth ed. 1st issue with A children’s World War I picture book glorifying the war. Illus. with 24 color top edge gold. Illus. by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial ep’s, illustrated title and plates by Ludwig Berwald. WWI See also 294, 428, 429 $350.00 8 magnificent color plates reminiscent of Parrish. A beautiful copy. $1200.00

ART FOR CLEARY’S MOUSE & THE MOTORCYCLE TRILOGY 574. ZELINSKY,PAUL. ORIGINAL ART: RALPH S. MOUSE by Beverly Cleary. Offered here is a charming pen and ink drawing used in Cleary’s book Ralph S. Mouse published in 1982 by William Morrow. The image measures 2.5” wide x 2” high, signed and matted, appearing as a half-page illustration on p.78 of the book. The picture shows Ralph struggling to get free from a scotch tape dispenser. In this title of Cleary’s Mouse and the Motorcycle trilogy, Ralph gives up his motorcycle and goes to school. This is a charming picture with much detail by the award winning Zelinsky. $450.00

WORLD WAR II GREMLINS 570. WORLD WAR II. LISTEN HITLER! THE GREMLINS ARE COMING by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton 1943. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, near fine in dw with a few closed tears. Stated 1st ed. The story of Widgets and Gremlins who decide to stop hindering the people fighting for freedom and to go after the “Germans, Japs and Italians.” Wonderfully illustrated on every page by Hogan. A great World War II piece. WWII See also 29. $525.00

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INSCRIBED BY WYETH AND THE AUTHOR! 571. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ANTHONY ADVERSE by Hervey Allen. NY: Ferr. Rine. ART FOR CLEARY’S MOUSE & THE MOTORCYCLE TRILOGY 1934 (1933,1934). 4to, 2 575. ZELINSKY,PAUL. ORIGINAL ART: RALPH S. MOUSE by Beverly vols., green gilt cloth, spines Cleary. Offered here is a charming pen and ink drawing used in Cleary’s book very sl. faded else AS NEW Ralph S. Mouse published IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL in 1982 by William Morrow. SLIPCASE. 1st Wyeth ed., The image measures 3.5” SIGNED BY BOTH WYETH wide x 3” high, signed and AND BY THE AUTHOR matted, appearing as a half- HERVEY ALLEN! Illustrated page illustration on p.[67] by Wyeth with color illus. of the book. The picture on covers and spine of case, shows Ralph precariously color pictorial endpapers in investigating an open jar of each volume (different illus.), white paste. In this title plus color frontispieces in of Cleary’s Mouse and the each volume. A special copy Motorcycle trilogy, Ralph of a beautiful work and a gives up his motorcycle and very uncommon Wyeth item goes to school. This is a - especially in slip case. charming picture with much $2500.00 detail by the award winning Zelinsky. $475.00 #153 - Chris Conover Original Art for Simple Simon #168 - Tomie DePaola watercolor

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