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Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] PUBLISHER’S DELUXE LEATHER BINDING AND BOX 374. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX AND DUST WRAPPER! by . London: George Harrap (1928). 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), 376. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William PUBLISHER’S FULL BROWN LEATHER, TOP EDGE GILT IN ORIGINAL Shakespeare. NY & London: Doubleday Page & William Heinemann, 1908. 4to PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH LABEL (box repaired, with wear). First edition with (73/4 x 10”), cloth backed leaf patterned boards with gilt picture, FINE IN these , illustrated by Rackham with pictorial endpapers plus 8 really ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER PRINTED WITH SPIDER WEB DESIGN AND IN beautiful color plates, as well as many nice black and white drawings throughout PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! (dw chipped with a few mends, box with some the text. This special binding is rare, especially in box. $1250.00 wear). The box has a charming line which does not appear in the text. 1st American edition. Illustrated by Rackham with 40 magnificent tipped-in color plates on heavy paper with lettered guards, plus many lovely black and whites in- text. A great copy, rare with the wrapper and box. $3000.00

BOXED RACKHAM TALES 375. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER by the . NY: Dodd Mead (1917). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), red gilt cloth, tiny margin creases on some plates else FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE ON COVER (box one PORTFOLIO flap repaired). First edition. 40 fairy tales newly illustrated by Rackham with 377. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN PORTFOLIO from Peter Pan In 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates, 43 black and white drawings plus pictorial endpapers. Rare in the box. $1850.00 Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie. NY: Brentano 1914. Folio (16 x 21 ½”), yellow silk moire with tan cloth spine and corners, lacking the ribbon ties on cover edges and very slight cover soil else near Fine condition. LIMITED to ONLY 300 NUMBERED COPIES FOR AMERICA printed on high quality vellum-like paper. Featuring 12 of the most magnificent large color plates mounted in mattes with lettered tissue guards. The detail and colors are breath-taking and the large size of the plates does justice to Rackham’s mastery. The plates are the sizes of the original art and in some cases larger. In fact this was issued so that people could frame the plates for display, thus it is rare to find it complete. A great copy of a beautiful book. Latimore and Haskell p.39. $8000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RACKHAM’S PETER PAN IN ORIGINAL BOX RACKHAM AND POE 378. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS 381. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1912]. Large 4to (9 x by . Philadelphia: Lippincott [1935]. 4to (8 x 10”), red pictorial 11 1/8”), green gilt pictorial cloth, 125 numbered pages, a FINE COPY IN THE cloth, (318)p., old paper clip mark on edge of endpaper else Fine in dust wrapper PUBLISHER’S BOX AND PRINTED GLASSINE WRAPPER WITH A BLIND ( VG dw with “v” shaped piece off top of spine,, frayed at base of spine). First STAMPED DESIGN (dw creased, box dusty with flaps repaired). First edition of American Rackham illustrated edition. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 Rackham’s enlarged edition, first issue with pictorial endpapers. This has a new fine color plates with tissue guards, plus many black and whites. In addition, the color plate done for this edition, plus there are 7 black and whites not in the 1906 fabulous wrapper illustration does not appear in the book. $875.00 edition. In all, illustrated by Rackham with 50 mounted color plates with tissue guards and with 7 full page black and whites. An excellent copy of one of Rackham’s most desired titles, rare in the box. (Latimore/Haskell p.40). $4500.00

SIGNED BY RACKHAM 382. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE by . London: George Harrap (1934). 8vo (6 x 9 1/4”), full limp vellum binding, Fine in fine original slipcase. First edition, Limited to400 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Illustrated with silhouette endpapers, 4 color plates plus lovely line illustrations in-text. A beautiful copy. $2500.00 RACKHAM’S 379. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday Page 1905 with Heinemann on spine. 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), green gilt cloth, small snag at head of spine, text pages foxed else tight and VG+. 1st edition (1st impression). of this masterpiece, featuring 51 magnificent mounted color plates plus several black and whites. This is one of Rackham’s best books with the illustrations particularly well suited to the text. (Latimore / Haskell p. 26). $1350.00

FINE COPY OF RACKHAM’S LIMITED TEMPEST IN DUST WRAPPER 380. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. by . London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday [1926]. 4to (9 1/2 x 11 3/4”), 1/4 vellum, white gilt pictorial boards, top edge gilt. Fine IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER! LIMITED TO ONLY 520 COPIES (260 for U.K.,260 for U.S.) SIGNED BY RACKHAM WITH AN EXTRA COLOR PLATE NOT IN THE TRADE EDITION. Illustrated by Rackham with 21 magnificent tipped-in color plates plus pictorial title page and several black and white devices, printed on hand- made paper. This is a magnificent copy. $3000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected] LIMITED 383. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. London: 387. (ROBINSON,CHARLES) George Harrap (1936). 4to, full vellum decorated in gold, top edge gilt, some illus. MARGARET’S BOOK by H. discoloration of vellum else near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES Fielding Hall. London: Hutchinson, SIGNED BY RACKHAM! Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, no date [1913]. Thick small 4to (6 plus numerous fanciful black and whites. A beautiful copy. $1850.00 3/4 x 9”), red gilt cloth, all edges gilt, near Fine and bright. 1st edition. Illustrated by Robinson with 12 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus a profusion of black and whites in text of and more. This is a beautiful copy of an uncommon and particularly lovely Robinson book. $650.00

WWII SERVICE DOG - MANUSCRIPT - ART & MORE 388. (ROBINSON,IRENE)illus. BIG BOY: MANUSCRIPT AND ART by W.W. Robinson. Published by Macmillan in 1944, this is the WWII story of one of many dogs trained for Army service. It is fictional but based on an actual German Shepherd and Sergeant Robert Pearce who trained him. The Robinsons collaborated on their successful children’s books with Will writing the text and Irene contributing the art. Offered here is a wonderful archive. It includes: 384. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR). ARTHUR RACKHAM: A BIOGRAPHY by James a. 5 wonderfully detailed finished charcoal and ink drawings used in the Hamilton. NY: Arcade / Little Brown (1990). 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), cloth, 199p., book. The images measure 7 x 9” and are reduced in size for publication. Fine in dust wrapper. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. This b. 4 “practice sketches” is the definitive biography of Rackham including critical analysis of his work. c. Typed manuscript of the book with ink corrections Illustrated with a profusion of color and black & whites. $150.00 d. Galley proofs for the book e. Inscribed photo of Sergeant Robert Pearce of the Canine Command with his service German Shepherd on whom the book is based. Dated 1944 it commends the Robinsons on their fine story. f. Inscribed first edition of the book with dust wrapper g. A collection of 17 handwritten, autographed letters from Irene Robinson to Helen Fay the children’s book lecturer and book reviewer. Some envelopes are included dating most of the letters from 1944 to the early 1950’s. They are friendly letters with many referencing some aspect of children’s books including their own. One begins “According to Doris Patee [her editor at Macmillan], today is publication day for Big Boy. Can you believe it? There is mention of the Caldecott and Newbery Award choices - Roger Duvoisin’s White Snow Bright Snow, “I certainly approve of the Prayer For A Child, I haven’t really read Rabbit Hill.” Others mention Dorothy Lathrop, Erick Berry. Several letters mention her editor Doris Petee; one talks about the end of the War. h. Inscribed first edition of their book At the Zoo. Laid in is a carbonofa letter to Ursula Nordstrum, children’s book editor at Harpers referencing Helen Fay’s praise for their books. Signed with a few pencil changes. I. Adventure Trails for Boys, one leaf folded featuring “If skulls Could Talk” 385. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR). ARTHUR RACKHAM: HIS LIFE AND WORK by written by Will Robinson. 3 newspaper clippings. $4500.00 Derek Hudson. NY: Charles Scriber (1960, 1975). 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), cloth, (181)p. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) Fine in dust wrapper slightly worn on corners and spine ends. This is an excellent and very readable reference on the life and work of Rackham. Illustrated with many mounted color plates plus line illustrations. Bibliography. $150.00

RAE, JOHN - 467 READERS - 192, 226

REFERENCE BOOKS - 384, 385, 469 RELIGION - 89, 141, 327, 436

LIMITED TO 100 COPIES SIGNED - P. PARLEY TO PENROD 386. RICHARDS,LAURA. CAPTAIN JANUARY. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1898. 12mo (4 ½ x 7”), 3/4 leather and marbled boards, top edge gilt, 128p., Fine condition. EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY LAURA RICHARDS AND THE PUBLISHER ESTES LAURIAT. Printed on handmade Japanese paper and illustrated with a frontis by Frank T. Merreill engraved AND SIGNED BY W.H.W. BICKNELL. Richards’ mother was Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. Later in life, Richards and her sister wrote the biography of their mother for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Captain January remained popular and was made into an immensely popular movie starring Shirley Temple. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 94 for non deluxe 1891 edition. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 HEATH ROBINSON WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 389. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDY OF THE TWELFTH NIGHT or What You Will by William Shakespeare. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Thick 4to (9 ½ x 11 1/4”), full vellum stamped in gold, new ties, light cover soil else near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON, THIS COPY HAS FANTASTIC, DETAILED FULL PAGE DRAWING OF A JESTER SIGNED BY ROBINSON ON THE VERSO OF THE LIMITATION PAGE. Illustrated by Robinson with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates. This is a beautiful copy of this very scarce limited edition, even more special with the drawing. $5250.00

DOMINO PRESS - ESTHER AVERILL WITH LETTER 390. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. BILL THE MINDER. NY: Henry Holt 1912. 4to, 392. (ROJANKOVSKY, FEODOR)illus. ECLAIR by Esther Averill. Paris: Domino olive cloth, pictorial paste-on, gilt cover & spine, slightest of cover soil else near Press (1934). 4to (6 7/8 x 10 Fine. 1st U.S. edition (identical to the U.K. ed.), Written by Heath Robinson and 3/8”), cloth backed pictorial illustrated by him as well with 16 mounted color plates with tissue guards plus boards, Fine condition. 1st 126 black and white illustrations. The story deals with the wanderings of the edition. The story of a horse, King of Troy and his boot-cleaner Bill who becomes the “Minder” (babysitter) to a coach-dog and gypsies, a series of children. The illustrations are wonderful. $750.00 is beautifully illustrated with color lithos by Rojan. Printed on high quality paper. LAID-IN IS A 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM AVERILL ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY. Averill founded the Domino Press while living in Paris. It continued for a short while when she returned to the states. Then many years went by and Averill began her successful series about Jennie the cat. See Bader p. 120-4 for others. $475.00

RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE BY NATALIE CODRAY 393. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. GLOBUSNYI TCHELOVETCHIK [THE SIGNED HEATH ROBINSON / KIPLING BOOK LITTLE MAN IN THE GLOBE] by 391. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Natalya Kodryskaya [Natalie Codray]. Kipling. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1909]. Large 4to, full vellum (Printed in Paris by Ourlot Freres stamped in red gold and green, new ties, light cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO 1954). 4to (8 ½ x 11”), boards, pictorial ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON. Printed in hand-made paper. paste-on, [68]p., Fine. In this fairy Illustrated by Robinson with 30 magnificent tipped-in color plates with tale / fantasy, a little man comes out illustrated / lettered guards and with 59 line illustrations throughout the text of a globe and takes a little girl on that reproduce with much detail due to the high quality of the hand-made paper. adventures. Illustrated by Rojan with A beauty. (Beare 61b). $2200.00 5 full page and 16 partial page beautiful lithographs. Codray, the author was a well respected Russian who left Russia for Europe and then left Europe with her husband for America during WWII (where they changed their last name to Codray). After the war they returned to France where they helped other Russian literary and artist emigres. $300.00

DOMINO PRESS WITH LETTER FROM ESTHER AVERILL 394. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. POUDRE par Esther Averill et Lila Stanley. Paris: Domino Press (1933). 4to (6 5/8 x 10 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. 1st edition. This is the story of a little horse, a duchess and the circus, featuring absolutely beautiful color lithos by Rojan. LAID-IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM AVERILL ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY. Averill began her book career in Paris when she founded the Domino Press which continued for a short while when she returned to the States. Many years went by and then Averill began her successful series about Jennie the cat. See Bader p. 70. A special copy with Averill’s letter. $475.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] DOMINO PRESS / CANADA RARE ROUNTREE FANTASY 395. (ROJANKOVSKY, FEODOR)illus. THE VOYAGES OF JACQUES CARTIER 397. (ROUNTREE,HARRY)illus. BILLY BUNCE OR THE WANDERINGS OF A retold by Esther Averill. NY: Domino Press (1937). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, WHITE RABBIT by Alton Towers. Leeds & London: Alf Cooke, no date [1907]. Fine in dust wrapper (dw 4to (9 x 11 3/8”), pictorial cloth, slight edge rubbing else VG-Fine. Told from the rubbed at folds, piece off rabbit’s point of view, the story tells of the adventures of a gentle white rabbit top of backstrip, VG). 1st separated from its family when it is purchased from a pet store. Unhappy in its edition. LIMITED TO new home, it runs away. Illustrated by Rountree with 20 richly colored, color 3000 COPIES. Averill, who plates and pictorial endpapers. Also illustrated with charming black and whites founded the Domino Press, all throughout the text by F. Stuart. This is a great story and a very rare title retells the story of Cartier’s which if found is often lacking some of the color plates, $1200.00 discoveries in Canada and elsewhere. Beautifully and effectively illustrated with full page and smaller black and white lithographs by Rojan. This title was re- issued later as Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence. A well designed and well printed children’s book. Bader p. 120-3. $200.00

CHILDREN’S STORY BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED BY HER 396. ROOSEVELT,ELEANOR. CHRISTMAS. NY: Alfred Knopf 1940 (1940). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 ½”), pictorial boards, 42p., corner of rear cover discolored else VG+ in dust wrapper with corner chip. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ROOSEVELT ON THE HALF TITLE. She wrote this simple Christmas story with a World War II theme hoping to boost spirits during that difficult time. Featuring full page and smaller in-text pen and ink illustrations and color dust wrapper and endpapers by FRITZ KREDEL. $2850.00

WITH FOLD-OUTS 398. RUSSIAN. (DEINEKO & TROSHIN) TISIACHU PLAT’EV V DEN [A THOUSAND DRESSES A DAY] by Lev Kassil. Moscow: Ogiz 1931. 4to (8 x 8 3/4”), pictorial wraps, Fine. The process of sewing cloth to produce clothing is depicted with great color lithos by the husband and wife team of Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. The center pages fold out to produce a 4 page panoramic view. This one of the “production books” approved by the state to promote the Five Year Plan. See Dictionnarie p. 285. $1200.00

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PROPOGANDA 399. RUSSIAN. (PAKHOMOV) LAGER [CAMP] by E. Shvarc. Leningrad: Giz 1925. 4to (7 5/8 x 10 5/8”), pictorial wraps, fine condition. Illustrated with great color lithographs by Alexi Pakhomov. Pakhomov was a noted Russian artist and illustrator who studied under Lebedev for a few years. Early in the 1920’s he visited several Young Pioneer camps to study the children and their movements which resulted in this book that shows good young Communist children marching, working and exercising at camp. See Dictionnaire for other. $950.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 HUMANIZED SCREW AND MACHINE PARTS GREAT SARG FAIRY TALE ART 400. RUSSIAN. (TVARDOVSKI) VINTIK CHPOUNTIK [THE SMALL SCREW] 404. SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: GOLDILOCKS. Offered here is a by Nikolai Agnivtsev. Leningrad: Radouga 1925. 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), pictorial wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1941 on wraps, slight cover soil else VG-Fine. 1st edition of this popular children’s the back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image is rather book. When a little screw feels unappreciated in the scheme of things he stops large (11” wide x 7”) done with detail and humor. Captioned in pencil “In whose working to teach everyone how useful he really is. Marvelous color illustrations bed did Goldilocks fall asleep?” we see an alarmed bear looking at Goldilocks of humanized machines and parts by V. TVARDOVSKI. See Leveque p. 291. sleeping in its bed.? $850.00 Great copy. $800.00 #401 #400

SIGNED WITH DRAWING 405. SAY,ALLEN. EL CHINO. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1990 (1990). 4to (9 1/4 x 10 ½”), cloth backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw is soiled along edge and slightly frayed at top of spine but still presents well). First printing (1-10 code). This is the true story about Bong Way Billy Wong, the first Chinese bull fighter. Illustrated in color by Say. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED AND DATED 1990 BY SAY WITH A 5” DRAWING OF A CHINESE MAN WEARING ELEPHANTS A HAT AND HOLDING A FISHING POLE. $125.00 401. RUSSIAN. (VATAGIN) SPON VAMBO [VAMBO THE ELEPHANT] by N. Zhbankovoi. Moscow: G. F. Mirimanova, no date ca 1925. Oblong 4to (10 5/8 x 9 ½”), pictorial wraps, slight soil, VG+. The text describes the various jobs that an elephant can perform, from being in the zoo, to the circus, to a pack animal and more. Illustrated by VASILY VATAGIN with 12 fine full page, richly colored lithographs. Vatagin was a well respected artist in the Soviet Union yet not many of his children’s books appear on the market. $850.00

STUNNING LITHOGRAPHS 402. RUSSIAN. (VATAGIN) ZHELEZNAYA DOROGA [RAILROAD] text by M. Sandomirskogo. Moscow: G.F. Mirimanova 1927. Large oblong 4to (11 x 10”), pictorial wraps some cover and internal soil, corner worn, VG. The story is about a railroad run by animals and about the animals a bear meets as he goes for a ride on the train. Illustrated by VASILY VATAGIN with 12 full page stunning, richly colored lithographs (including cover) with 2 lines of text below each picture. Vatagin was a well respected Russian artist whose children’s books do not often appear on the market. This one is wonderful. $850.00

SCOTT, WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER - 58, 411, 468

SCOTT, JANET LAURA - 30, 447, 468 SCRIBNER CLASSICS - 492, 495

SELDEN, GEORGE - 482

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RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 153, 154, 155, 254-5, 336, 393

SIGNED-LIMITED EDITION OF “THE LITTLE PRINCE” 403. SAINT-EXUPERY,ANTOINE DE. THE LITTLE PRINCE. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1943). 8vo (7 3/8 x 9”), cloth, [93]p., FINE IN SLIGHTLY TONED DUST WRAPPER with limitation number inked on spine that matches limitation number of book, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed. (published in America first due to Nazi occupation of France). LIMITED TO 525 COPIES SIGNED BY SAINT-EXUPERY! Illustrated in color by the author. The Little Prince was Saint-Exupery’s last book published before he disappeared in a flight over the Mediterranean. The limited edition of this beloved classic is rare and this is an exceptional copy with no chipping at all on the dust wrapper. $22,000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] RAREST SENDAK TITLE LIMITED EDITION WITH EXTRA PLATES - SIGNED INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING 409. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. JUNIPER TREE and other tales from the Brothers Grimm. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1973) translated by Lore Segal. 406. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. POEMS FROM WILLIAM BLAKE’S SONGS OF Small 8vo, 2 volumes, top edges gilt, dust wrappers, Fine in slipcase (case INNOCENCE by William Blake. London: Bodley Head (1967). Narrow 4 1/4 “ x 7 ½”, slightly shelf worn and faded). First issue, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED pictorial wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY TO 275 COPIES FOR PRESENTATION COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK AND SEGAL, containing an EXTRA SUITE OF BY THE PUBLISHER. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK TO PIANIST ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED ON BECKETT PAPER under Sendak’s supervision. ALVIN NOVAK AND WITH A DRAWING. Inscribed by Sendak: “Dec. ‘67 / For A beautiful set, increasingly scarce. $1100.00 Alvin mit liebe! Maurice” The wonderful pen drawing shows a little boy seated on a piano bench playing a baby grand piano out of which flow little hearts. A flower pot sits on the piano top. The Bodley Head wanted to issue a holiday gift for the company’s 80th anniversary and asked Sendak to draw the art. Sendak’s connection with Blake ran deep and Blake was a large influence on his work. Illustrated with pictorial cover and 8 color illustrations to accompany Blake’s poems. This is a great copy of the rarest of all Sendak books. $7500.00

ISAAC BESHAVIS SINGER / SENDAK LIMITED EDITION 410. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. ZLATEH THE GOAT by Isaac Beshavis Singer. NY: Harper & Row (1966). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9”), off white cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine slightly soiled else Fine in original marbleized brown slipcase. LIMITED TO ONY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK AND SINGER. In Singer’s first children’s book there are 7 tales of Jewish folklore with 17 wonderful full page illustrations by Sendak. Printed on Andora paper and specially bound. $750.00

SIGNED BY SENDAK WITH DRAWING 407. SENDAK,MAURICE. MAX EN DE MAXIMONSTERS (WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE). (Rotterdam: Leminscaat 1968,1981). Oblong 10 x 9 1/4”. glazed pictorial boards, Near Fine. THIS DUTCH EDITION IS SIGNED BY SENDAK ACCOMPANIED BY A PEN DRAWING OF A MONSTER from the book. $400.00

SIGNED WITH CHARMING DRAWING 411. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. WHAT DO YOU DO DEAR? by Sesyle Joslyn. NY: Young Scott 1961. Oblong 8 3/4 x 7”, pictorial cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SENDAK WITH A PARTICULARLY CHARMING DRAWING OF THE TWO LITTLE CHILDREN FROM THE BOOK. Illustrated in color by Sendak on every other page. This title follows “What Do You Say, Dear “by Sendak and Joslyn, both books intended to impart the rules of proper conduct. $1500.00

INSCRIBED BY RUTH KRAUSS 408. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Brothers (1955). 12mo (5 1/4 x 6 5/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine condition in near fine dust wrapper with price intact. First edition. Illustrated in color on every page by Sendak. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS whose inscriptions are not common. This is an especially nice copy of an early and scarce Sendak title. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 412. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. THE BIG GREEN BOOK by Robert Graves. NY: Crowell- Collier (1962). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing in new format. THIS COPY HAS A MARVELOUS CALDECOTT HONOR PEN DRAWING OF JACK AS AN OLD MAN WITH A CANDLE, SIGNED BY FINE COPY SENDAK. Featuring wonderfully detailed illustrations on every page. $1200.00 415. SEUSS,DR. IF I RAN THE ZOO. NY: Random House (1950). Folio, red glazed pictorial boards, a Fine copy in near fine dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition. CALDECOTT HONOR book. You’ve never been to a zoo like this one! This is an amazing copy, exceedingly scarce. Younger / Hirsch 44. $2500.00

416. SEUSS,DR. YOU’RE ONLY OLD ONCE. NY: Random House (1986). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, Fine in slipcase (case sl. faded on edge). 1st edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SEUSS. Seuss applies his magic touch to a book for adults, in the same style and colorful format of his children’s books. Anyone who has ever gone for a thorough physical exam can identify with this one. Humorous verse and wonderful illustrations. $650.00

INSCRIBED TO HIS GOOD FRIEND HERBERT HOSMER WITH A DRAWING 413. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper and Row (1952). 12mo (5 ½ x 6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, Harper Crest edition, Fine in fine dust wrapper, Later printing. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO HERBERT HOSMER BY SENDAK: “FOR HERB HOSMER FOR ALL HIS GENEROSITY” WITH A CHARMING DRAWING OF A LITTLE BOY HOLDING A SIGNED THAT SAYS “HI”. Hosmer was an important figure in the world of collectible children’s books. In an article about Hosmer by John Cech he mentions that Hosmer and Sendak were good friends and that “Sendak credits Hosmer with having made him aware of and equally excited about these valuable and elusive artifacts of children’s culture.” A nice association. $850.00

SEWELL, HELEN - 479, 480 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - 135, 182, 376, 389, 380

INSCRIBED NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 417. SHANNON,MONICA. DOBRY. NY: Viking Press 1934 (1934). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, tiny bit of edge soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, no award medal, toned on edges with some edge chipping on rear panel). 1st edition of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER set in Bulgaria. Illustrated with striking color and black & white lithographs by A. KATCHAMAKOFF. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SHANNON, DATED NOVEMBER 1934. Inscribed first editions in dust wrapper are very scarce. $400.00 FINE COPY OF SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN - SIGNED 414. SEUSS,DR. AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET. NY: Vanguard Press (1937 Second printing). 4to (8 ½ x 11”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (Marco’s shorts are blue on dw and book). This is a remarkable copy with none of the edge wear usually found and with just a touch of toning on the white paper spine. The dust wrapper has minimal soil and a few small tears but is one of the nicest we’ve seen. This was Seuss’ first book for children, brightly illustrated in full color and this copy is SIGNED BY SEUSS (on verso of free endpaper). It’s interesting that by the second printing the price on the dust wrapper had already gone up to $1.25 from the original $1.00. If you can’t buy a first printing, this is a great alternative to add to a Seuss collection. $1950.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected] VERY UNUSUAL BOOK IN THE SHAPE OF A MOTORCYCLE (VESPA) SHAPED LIKE AN AX 422. SHAPE BOOK. KLAUS UND LOTTE text und bilder von Juan Ferrandiz. 418. SHAPE BOOK. LITTLE Hamburg: Carlsen Verlag, circa 1950’s. 4to, pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of HEROES. New York, Philadelphia, two children on a motorcycle. Some creasing and a few neat mends, still attractive Chicago et al: International Art Pub. and VG. Two little children have adventures on their Vespa including a run-in with Co., no date, circa 1900. This book a bull. Illus. with charming color lithos on every page by the author. $200.00 is shaped like an ax with a real wood #423 dowel as the handle which also serves as the binding. It measures 11” high #422 at the highest point and 7 1/4” wide with pictorial wrap covers. There is some edge wear and fraying at binding, overall VG+ condition. The text is about world leaders when they were little: Alfred the Great, Queen Matilda of Flanders, Mary Tudor, Prince Philip of France, Queen Elizabeth and others. Illustrated in green line by F. Holms and with 4 chromolithographs. The back cover features little George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. Very scarce and definitely different. $400.00

AFRIKAANSE TEXT NOVELTY BOOK 419. SHAPE BOOK. [BESSIE]. no author, title or date. pub. in Johannesburg (S. Africa) circa 1955. This is a wonderful shape book 14” tall die-cut in the shape of a little blonde girl in a blue coat. When you open the cover, Bessie’s RARE 19TH CENTURY SHAPE BOOK arms and legs can be swivelled out above and below the pages. The full page 423. SHAPE BOOK. LITTLE MARIAN. Philadelphia: American Sunday School color illustrations have different outfits for Bessie so she appears in different Union, no date, ca 1860. 8vo (6 ½ x 2 3/8”), pictorial wraps, neat spine mends, scenarios. She is shown going to school, cooking, gardening and more. Text pages tight and VG+. Diecut in the shape of a little girl and delicately illustrated with are also illustrated in color. Charming and in fine condition. $225.00 color lithos (by F. Moras) with text below each picture. Done in the same size and format of Prang’s shape books of the same era, but this is quite rare. $1200.00

424. SHAPE BOOK. WINGS OF GLORY by Margaret Haycraft. London: Meissner & Buch, circa 1900. Oblong 7” wide x 3 1/4”, pictorial card covers bound with ribbon tie, Fine. Diecut in the shape of a wing and illustrated with 4 lovely chromolithographs plus color cover. $250.00

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LIMITED TO ONLY 156 COPIES 425. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. LET’S PRETEND by Georgette Agnew. London: SHAPE BOOK J. Saville 1927. 4to (9 x 10 3/4”), vellum backed cloth, Fine in publisher’s 420. SHAPE BOOK. CINDERELLA. (Hamburg: Gustav W. Setiz) circa 1860. slipcase with limitation number on spine (a few neat mends to case). LIMITED 16mo (2 ½ x 7”), pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of Cinderella, Fine. Illustrated TO ONLY 156 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND AGNEW (150 with color lithographs on each page with text in the middle - done in the same for sale). Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard size and format of Prang’s shaped books of the same era. Rare. $800.00 on almost every page with charming and detailed black and whites. Printed on handmade paper. $1275.00 MCLOUGHLIN SHAPE BOOKS IN BOX!! 421. SHAPE BOOK. FOUR TODDLES ANIMALS. Springfield: McLoughlin, (1929). Offered here are 4 McLoughlin shape books in the original pictorial box, all in fine condition. Illustrated with great color covers and in black and white inside - featuring the Toddles animals. Each of the four books measures 8.5 inches by 3 ½ inches bound in brightly colored pictorial boards. Books included are Peter Toddles (rabbit), Jumbo Toddles (elephant), Toddles Tim (dog), and Bruno Toddles (bear). Complete sets in the box are scarce. $400.00

SHEPARD, ERNEST SEE ALSO 204, 292-4 SHULEVITZ, URI - 428 914.764.7410 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED BY MARGARET SIDNEY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS PHOTO 426. SIDNEY,MARGARET. OLD CONCORD HER HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. 429. SINGER,ISAAC BESHAVIS. THE TOPSY-TURVY EMPEROR OF CHINA. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (1888, 1892). 8vo (7 x 9”), green gilt pictorial cloth, NY: Harper & Row 1971. 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 178p., all edges gilt, spine slightly darkened else near Fine. Revised and enlarged 1st edition. This is the story of wicked emperor Cho Cho Shang and his mean wife, edition. Illustrated by Mary Wheeler, A.W. Hosmer, L.J. Bridgman and H.P. illustrated by WILLIAM Barnes. The ins and outs of historical places of Concord, Massachusetts are PENE DU BOIS. LAID-IN described in great detail. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: “THE IS A PHOTO OF DU BOIS BEST WAY TO SEE OLD CONCORD IS TO TAKE A LOW PHAETON AND AN RECEIVING THE NEWBERY EASY GOING HORSE; WITH A SUPERB INDIFFERENCE TO TIME, TO START AWARD FOR 21 BALLOONS WITHOUT THE WORRY OF CHOOSING YOUR ROAD. IN ANY DIRECTION AT THE AWARDS DINNER YOU WILL FIND RICH FIELDS (p.10) - Margaret Sidney, Wayside, November IN 1948. The photo is oblong 29th, 1900.” Margaret Sidney, known for her Five Little Pepper books, was a 8 x 10” (on corner torn off in pseudonym for Harriet Mulford Stone Lothrop. Her husband founded the Lothrop margin) with a 5 line typed Publishing Company which she ran after his death. The “Wayside” where she lived caption. Also in the photo are that is mentioned in her inscription, was the house where Louisa May Alcott and Elizabeth Groves, Frederick had also lived. A special copy of a beautiful book. $750.00 Melcher and Virginia Chase. $90.00

SINGER, ISAAC BESHAVIS SEE ALSO 410

SIGNED WITH SKETCH OF CAT 430. SIS,PETER. THE THREE GOLDEN KEYS. NY: Doubleday (1994). 10 ½ x 12”, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper creased in lower corner. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. An atmospheric story about a man who takes a mysterious trip back to his past. Beautiful color illustrations by Sis fill every page. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SIS WITH A NICE INK SIGNED / LIMITED - 18, 19-1, 23-6, 28, 31, 40, 42, 48, 56-8, 61-5, 68-71, DRAWING OF A STYLIZED 74-80, 82, 85, 86, 88, 94, 98-100, 102-3, 106-9, 111, 113, 115-17, CAT. $200.00 122, 132, 135, 137, 172-6, 179, 181-2, 191, 197-8, 200-3, 205-6, 208-10, 212, 217, 219, 223, 225-6, 228, 237, 240, 244, 247-53, 258, 261, 263-4, 266, 268, 270, 278, 281, 292, 294-5, 318, 320-2, 324, 326, 337, 343, 347-50, 370-2, 377, 380, 382-3, 386, 388-9, 391-6, RARE SMITH 403-414, 416, 417, 425, 427-8, 430, 435-7, 439, 442, 448, 450, 431. SMITH,E.BOYD. THE COUNTRY BOOK. NY: Frederick Stokes 1924 452, 455-8, 460-1, 464, 472-3, 478-9, 481-2, 484-5, 488, 491, 493-500 (1924). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, school stamp on front and rear endpapers (shows no sign of ever having been circulated) else FINE SILHOUETTES - 176, 194 IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, plus numerous black and whites throughout the text. The story is about SIGNED BY FRASCONI all facets of a country, farm life, starring two children named Jack and Fanny. 427. SINGER,ISAAC This is a great copy of a rare Smith title. (Realms of Gold p.49). $500.00 BASHEVIS. ELIJAH THE SLAVE. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1970). 10 3/4 x 10 1/4”, cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition of this Hebrew legend. Fabulously illustrated by ANTONIO FRASCONI with striking color . THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY FRASCONI. Great copy. $400.00

SIGNED BY SINGER AND SHULEVITZ 428. SINGER,ISAAC BESHAVIS. THE GOLUM. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1982). 8 vo (6 ½ x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in slipcase (faded on edges). Stated first SMITH’S MOTHER GOOSE edition. THIS EDITION 432. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. IS LIMITED TO 450 THE NUMBERED COPIES MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Mead Dodd SIGNED BY SINGER (1914). Large oblong 4to (12 1/4 x 8 AND URI SHULEVITZ 3/4”), black cloth, pictorial paste- the illustrator. The on, cover plate with some soil, faint story features a Jewish spotting on first 2 leaves, VG+. 1st mythological creature ed., 1st issue of this fabulous Mother made of clay that helps Goose. Illustrated by Smith with in times of trouble. cover plate, pictorial endpapers and Singer first wrote this title page, 12 color plates, 5 black & story in 1969 in Yiddish white plates, plus many illustrations (as all of his books were throughout the text. It includes written) but this is the 100’s of nursery rhymes and at the first time it appeared time claimed to be the most complete in English. Featuring version of Mother Goose. A nice wonderfully evocative copy. $1350.00 full page illustrations by Shulevitz. $400.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 77 [email protected] INSCRIBED BY SPIER 436. SPIER,PETER. THE 433. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. BOOK OF JONAH. NY: THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN by Doubleday & Co. 1985. George MacDonald. Philadelphia: David Oblong 10 ½ x 8 ½”, pictorial McKay 1920. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge (dw VG+, small closed gilt, light corner stain on the corner tear). Stated first edition. of the rear cover, some small spots on Spier retold the story as foredge and cover rubbing, VG. 1st well as illustrating it with Smith edition. Illustrated with cover full and partial page color plate, fabulous pictorial endpapers and illustrations. THIS COPY IS title page plus 8 color plates. This is a INSCRIBED BY SPIER AND companion to Smith’s edition of At The DATED 1985 on the title Back Of The North Wind, however this page. $125.00 title is considerably more difficult to find. $200.00 STECHER,W. - 92, 166

SIGNED BY STEIG 437. STEIG, WILLIAM. 434. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by BRAVE IRENE. NY: Farrar Betty Sage. NY: Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large square 4to (11x11 3/4”), Straus Giroux (1986). 4to cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge and corner wear else near Fine. 1st (8 3/4 x 10 ½”), red cloth, edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with cover illustration as new in dust wrapper. (front and back), 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial border on every Stated 1st ed. Brave Irene page of text, plus small color illustration on dedication page. This is a nice copy must deliver a special of a scarce and very desired Smith book. $600.00 dress to the Duchess- in the middle of a snowstorm! Illustrated in color in Steig’s distinctive style. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY STEIG. $225.00

438. STEIG,WILLIAM. CALEB AND KATE. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1977). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. When Caleb storms out of the house after a quarrel with his wife, he is turned into a dog by a witch. A wonderful tale with color illustrations on every page. $100.00

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COMPLETE SET 435. SNICKET,LEMONY. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS VOLS. 1-13 [PLUS]: LEMONY SNICKET THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY [PLUS]: THE BABY IN THE MANGER. NY: Harper Trophy 1999-2006. Includes:

The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, SIGNED BY STEIG The Miserable Mill, 439. STEIG,WILLIAM. CDC? NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1984). 8vo (7 ½ The Austere Academy SIGNED WITH DUST WRAPPER! x 9 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. A sequel to CDB! The The Ersatz Elevator SIGNED captions for the Illustrations on every page are strings of letters which, when The Vile Village SIGNED read aloud, make a sentence (sort of). Very clever and scarce. $225.00 The Hostile Hospital SIGNED The Carnivorous Carnival SIGNED The Slippery Slope SIGNED The Grim Grotto. #435 The Penultimate Peril SIGNED The End Lemony Snicket: Unauthorized Autobiography (2002) dust wrapper The Baby In The Manger - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION.

The books are all in the original laminated paper boards, pictorial cover designs, paper spines in various colors. All are first printings with proper number codes and all in fine condition. Volume 5 has the RARE DUST WRAPPER (several but not all of the titles were available in wrapper only if ordered directly from the publisher) very few were printed. 8 ARE SIGNED AND STAMPED BY DANIEL HANDLER (the author). The books chronicle the fantastic adventures of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. Sold with “Lemony Snicket The Unauthorized Autobiography”. Also sold with the “Baby In The Manger” by Snicket which is not part of the fantasy series. It is a nativity story for the small child that raised controversies due to its secular view of the Nativity story, and was viewed by some as anti-family. Illustrated in line by Lisa Brown and LIMITED TO ONLY 65 NUMBERED SIGNED COPIES printed by the Monotreme Press in 2002. This is a super set. $2850.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

SPANISH - 96, 97, 123 914.764.7410 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 STERRETT’S BOXED EDITION OF ARABIAN NIGHTS 440. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS edited by Hildegarde 443. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF) Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co. (1928). Large thick 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), illus. THE CANTERBURY dark blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer. AND ORIGINAL BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER. (some wear at NY: Golden Press (1961). 8 box flaps). 1st Sterrett edition. Illustrated by Sterrett in a style similar ½ x 11 1/4”, pictorial boards, to Nielsen and Dulac with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page, 16 some edge wear, VG+. First magnificent color plates with guards plus many partial page black and whites. edition of this De Luxe This is an outstanding copy of Sterrett’s most difficult to find title. $1250.00 Golden Book (A/A code on paste-down) with text adapted for young readers. There are many full and partial page, richly colored illustrations throughout the book. $125.00

TENGGREN’S DICKEY BIRD IN RARE DUST WRAPPER! 444. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. DICKEY BIRD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley (1928). Large 4to (9 1/4 X 12”), black imitation leather stamped in yellow. FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw VG, lightly frayed. ½ piece off top of backstrip). First edition of one of the scarcest and loveliest of Tenggren’s books. This is illustrated with 6 large and magnificent tipped-in color plates. There are also many charming full-page and in-text illustrations by Carl Wehde plus pictorial endpapers and dw. The story is a fantasy about a boy named Dickey Bird and what happens when his toy menagerie and toy soldiers come alive. Beautiful copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1500.00

441. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. TANGLEWOOD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co. (1921). Large 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, slightest bit of cover rubbing else Fine. First Sterrett edition, illustrated with 10 beautiful and striking color plates with tissue guards plus color pictorial title page and many beautiful half-page black and whites. $700.00

445. THOMPSON,KAY. ELOISE. NY: Simon & Schuster 1955 (1955). 4to, white cloth, slight offset on front paste-down else near Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with light soil and a few small STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS - 492 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER - 14 chips. Stated first printing of the INDIAN STORY INSCRIBED BY STRATTON-PORTER of the first Eloise book, illustrated 442. STRATTON-PORTER, GENE. THE FIRE BIRD. by HILARY KNIGHT with pictorial NY: Doubleday Page 1922 endpapers plus color illustrations (1922). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, on every page including one fold-out tips worn else VG+. Stated illustration. Great copy, increasingly 1st edition. This Indian poem scarce. $2500.00 is illustrated by GORDON GRANT with 3 color plates and by LEE THAYER with color pictorial endpapers and many other detailed full page RARE THOMPSON / VOLLAND TITLE and partial page decorations. 446. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. THE PERHAPPSY CHAPS. Chicago: Volland THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED (1918). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, spine ends chipped and corners BY STRATTON-PORTER: FOR lightly worn else a VG+ copy of the first edition of this VOLLAND HAPPY ____ A FEARLESS BRAVE / CHILDREN BOOK. The story is a fairy-fantasy written in verse. Illustrated by A SHELTERED CAMPFIRE ARTHUR HENDERSON with beautiful pictorial covers, pictorial. endpapers plus / FULL BERRY BASKETS - many lovely full and partial page color illustrations throughout the text. This is GENE STRATTON-PORTER. an excellent copy, usually found in poor condition. $800.00 $750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 [email protected] FINE COPY IN BOX BOXED VOLLAND 449. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. QUALITY STREET by J.M. Barrie. [London]: BY “OZ” AUTHOR Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1913]. Large thick 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), [198] 447. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. THE p, purple cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover and spine. AS NEW IN PRINCESS OF COZY TOWN. Chicago: ORIGINAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE and plain paper wrapper (repair to box flaps). First edition. Illustrated with 22 beautiful tipped-in color Volland (1922). 8vo, pictorial boards, offset plates with pictorial, lettered guards plus a few line illus. in-text and pictorial on backstrip else near FINE IN ORIGINAL endpapers. The text is presented in play format. This is an incredible copy with PICTORIAL BOX (box VG with flap repair). the ornate binding in pristine condition. $600.00 1st edition of this Volland Fairy Children, illustrated with striking full page and in- text color illustrations throughout by JANET LAURA SCOTT to accompany 6 original fairy tales. (See Schiller auction 365). A beautiful copy, especially so in the box. $800.00

LIMITED EDITION WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING BY THOMSON 448. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by . (London): Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1912]. Large thick 4to (10 ½ x 12 ½”), full vellum elaborately stamped in gold, top edge gilt, ties renewed, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THOMSON. THIS COPY NOT NUMBERED FOR PRESENTATION WITH AN ORIGINAL THORNE, DIANA - 30 DRAWING SIGNED BY THOMSON on the recto of the limitation page. The drawing is a detailed pen and ink image measuring 7” square. Thomson has drawn RARE COPY INSCRIBED BY THURBER the figure of a man in period dress celebrating by kicking up his heels, taking off his hat and waving a whip in the air. The man is Tony Lumpkin, a character CALDECOTT AWARD 450. THURBER,JAMES. MANY MOONS. NY: Harcourt Brace (1943 I). 4to (8 from the play. Thomson captioned the piece: “And Tony Lumpkin is his own man ½ x 10”), red cloth, Fine in price clipped dust wrapper frayed at spine ends, short again” p.197” and he has signed it “With Hugh Thomson’s kind regards December tear on rear panel, overall bright and VG+. First edition of THURBER’S FIRST 1912”. The book is illustrated with 26 beautiful tipped-in color plates plus many BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND A CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER! THIS COPY IS illustrations in-text which is presented in play format. This is an incredible and INSCRIBED BY THURBER: “FOR PERRY AND / RUTH / WITH LOVE AND KISSES unique copy with the ornate binding in beautiful condition. $3750.00 / JIM / JAMES THURBER.” This is the story of a little princess who wanted the moon and how she got it. Illustrated in color throughout by LOUIS SLOBODKIN. This a rare and amazing copy, the first we’ve ever seen inscribed $6500.00

TIMLIN’S FANTASY 451. TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, spine darkened along rear joint, some tip and edge wear, a clean and VG+ copy. An incredible fantasy - science fiction tale. Every page of calligraphic text is individually mounted on heavy gray paper (47 pages of text). There are 48 mounted color plates by Timlin that are really magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. A most fabulous and desired book. $2500.00 #446 previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 TRADES - 1 TRAINS - 291 INSCRIBED WITH WATERCOLOR 455. TROY,HUGH. THE CHIPPENDALE DAM. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1941). FANTASTIC FIRST OF MARY POPPINS 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with narrow chip off rear panel. INSCRIPTION LAID-IN 1st edition. This is the charming story of a widow who lived with her two pet beavers and rare Chippindale 452. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1934). 8vo (5 1/4 furniture. Disaster was x 7 5/8”), blue cloth, 206p., Very Fine+ in a beautiful dust wrapper. First American averted when the beavers edition (the same year as the U.K. edition). Illustrated by MARY SHEPARD with contained a deluge by using pictorial endpapers plus many charming full page and smaller black and whites the furniture to make a dam. throughout the text. LAID-IN IS A 3 LINE INSCRIPTION BY TRAVERS: “The Illustrated by Troy with 8 Best Book Shop I know - that is why I came back to it today (27 August ‘64. P.L. full page color illustrations, Travers”. This comes from an autograph book from Campbell’s Book Store in Los 8 full page black and whites Angeles with part of another inscription on verso. This is an excellent copy of and 8 half page black the book, rarely found with such a nice dust wrapper. $3000.00 and whites. This copy has a FINE INSCRIBED WATERCOLOR of one of the beavers on the endpaper. Troy was an American illustrator from Ithaca N.Y. who is remembered for the many pranks he pulled white attending Cornell. A nice item. $375.00

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INSCRIBED DEDICATION COPY OF TUDOR’S 1ST BOOK WITH 2 LETTERS 456. TUDOR,TASHA. PUMPKIN MOONSHINE. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1938). 16mo (4 x 4 3/4”), polka-dot patterned boards, edges and joints faded else near Fine in beautiful, clean dust wrapper with no fraying or tears, with only light browning on edge of inner flaps and small abrasion on backstrip effecting the “x” in Oxford. First edition, first printing of Tudor’s first book and the first of the Calico books. Beautifully illustrated in sharp colors and with text hand- lettered. Sylvie Ann is the name of the little girl in the book. THIS IS THE DEDICATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TUDOR ON THE DEDICATION PAGE AND GIVEN BY TUDOR TO HER NIECE SYLVIE ANN, THE MODEL FOR AND NAMESAKE OF SYLVIE ANN IN THE BOOK. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY 2 AMAZING LETTERS. FIRST IS A 2 PAGE LETTER BY TUDOR TO SYLVIE ANN REFERRING TO THE BOOK AND THAT SYLVIE ANN WAS THE MODEL. SECOND IS A LETTER, 5 PAGES WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, FROM SYLVIE ANN’S MOTHER TO TUDOR TELLING HER HOW DELIGHTED SYLVIE ANN WAS WITH THE BOOK (this includes authentication and transcription of the letter by Tudor’s biographer Harry Davis).

On the dedication page the printed text reads “A wee story for a very sweet wee person.” This is continued in Tudor’s hand “called Sylvie Ann, with just no end of WONDERFUL COLOR LITHOS BY TRNKA - CIRCUS love from her Aunt Tasha. This book was supposed to be your Christmas present 453. (TRNKA,JIRI)illus. BRUIN FURRYBALL IN THE CIRCUS by Josef for last year, but I couldn’t send it ‘till now as it had to be printed. 1938”. In Menzel. (Prague: Artia 1954). 9 3/4 x 10”, cloth backed pictorial boards, light the printed “This Book Belongs To” box on the front paste down, Sylvie Ann tip wear, VG+. Illustrated has written her name in childish script. The letter from Tudor to Sylvie Ann is with fantastic full page and written on a 2 page printed card with a lovely color illustration of a little girl. smaller color lithographs Dated Dec. 6, 1942 it reads: “Happy Birthday Dearest Sylvie! I am afraid this throughout the book will not reach you on December 12th but we will all be thinking of you. I wish that are well printed. In we could send more than a card but the mailing problem is difficult. Seth and addition to illustrating Bethany send thier love to their cousin Sylvie Ann. Seth weighs 13 ½ pounds and children’s books, Trnka was is very sweet. Bethany is such a big girl, it is hard to realize that she will soon a successful puppeteer and be the age and size that you were when first I met you and drew pictures for animator. He was known as Pumpkin Moonshine. How time flies! To think you are a whole year older! Kiss the “Walt Disney of Eastern your Mommy for us all, Much love and the best of wishes, Your Tasha, Bethany Europe. In 1968 he was and Seth.” The second letter reads in part: “Dearest Tasha, How delighted we awarded the Hans Christian are to have that charming book of yours dedicated to ‘a very sweet wee person’ Andersen medal for his called Sylvie Ann. It is absolutely the most touchingly simple and quaint little body of work in children’s creation... Sylvie is quite too thrilled over it. She reads it out loud, re-reads books. This title is very it, re-reads passages out loud shouting them gleefully. No matter where I am scarce. $250.00 wherever I am in the house she reads her book to every single soul she can catch long enough to read to!” This is a unique and remarkable copy. $15,850.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) WONDERFUL COLOR LITHOS BY TRNKA 454. (TRNKA,JIRI)illus. BRUIN SIGNED BY TUDOR - CORGIES FURRYBALL IN THE ZOO by Josef 457. TUDOR,TASHA. THE GREAT CORGIVILLE KIDNAPPING. Boston et al: Menzel. (Prague: Artia 1954). 9 3/4 Little Brown (1997). Oblong 12 x x 10”, cloth backed pictorial boards, 9 1/4”, pictorial boards, Fine in light tip wear, VG+. Illustrated with fine dust wrapper. Stated first fantastic full page and smaller color edition, first printing with 1-10 lithographs throughout the book number code. When raccoons that are well printed. In addition to came to town, the rooster illustrating children’s books, Trnka disappeared. Vowing to find it was a successful puppeteer and film was Caleb Corgi, student and animator. He was known as the “Walt part time investigator. Fantastic Disney of Eastern Europe. In 1968 full page and smaller color he was awarded the Hans Christian illustrations really bring the story Andersen medal for his body of work to life. THIS COPY IS SIGNED in children’s books. This title is very BY TUDOR ON THE FRONT FREE scarce. $250.00 ENDPAPER. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 [email protected] BEAUTIFUL TUDOR WATERCOLOR EARLY TUDOR BOOK 458. TUDOR,TASHA. ORIGINAL ART: FROG PRINCE. Offered here is a 459. TUDOR,TASHA. beautiful watercolor signed by Tudor that appears as a full page illustration in ALEXANDER THE Tasha Tudor’s Bedtime Book published by Platt & Munk in 1977. It accompanies GANDER. NY: Oxford the fairy tale of the Frog Prince. The image measures 8” wide x 10”, attractively Univ. Press (1939). 4 x matted to 14 x 17”. Done with a muted blue pallette for a night time scene, 4 3/4”, green patterned there is a beautiful princess with flowing long blonde hair talking to a frog cloth, no dust wrapper, sitting on a stone wall (frog wears a crown). A large tree and flowers are in the slight edge rubbing background. This is a lovely image, sold with a copy of the book. (SEE ALSO else near Fine. 1st FRONT COVER) $5000.00 edition. Illustrated by Tudor with color endpapers and charming color illustrations throughout the text. $375.00

WITH 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM TUDOR 460. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. JACKANAPES by Juliana Horatio Ewing. NY: Oxford University Press, 1948. Slim 8vo (5 ½ X 8”), green cloth, 62p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, one small closed tear, one corner chipped). 1st issue, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, full page color illustrations plus black and whites throughout. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER (AND ENVELOPE) FROM TUDOR. It is a most gracious letter to a collector whom she never met in person. She invites the collector to her house for lunch in a few months It begins: “Thank you for your enthusiastic note and for those of your friends. I assure you I felt very humbled, as well as pleased.” A good part of the letter are the directions to her house which are almost comical. A nice early Tudor title with a letter that really show the kind of person Tudor was. $875.00

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TASHA TUDOR’S MOTHER GOOSE - LIMITED SIGNED EDITION 461. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Oxford University. Press (1944). 7 x 7 3/4”, cloth, 87p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw chips of spine ends else VG). LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION SIGNED BY TUDOR. This copy comes with a letter laid in from the publisher presenting the book to the owner. Illustrated on every page by Tudor, most in full color, with verse below. One of the most lovely editions of Mother Goose and a special copy, quite scarce in this special edition. $1500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 462. UNGERER,TOMI. I AM PAPA SNAP AND THESE ARE MY FAVORITE RARE BOXED VOLLAND NO SUCH STORIES. NY: Harper & Row (1971). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), 466. VOLLAND. ONCE UPON A MONDAY by Dixie Willson. Joliet: Volland (1931 no cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. Written and illustrated in additional printings). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil else FINE color by Ungerer. Simple stories about some amazing “made-up” creatures. IN BOX (cover soil on box). 1st edition. The story features Dr. Thingumy Thratchet Beautiful copy. $200.00 of Troogsbury Lane, Piggoty the grocer and others, all illustrated in bold color by ERICK BERRY. A rare Volland title in the SUNNY BOOK series. $450.00

463. UNGERER,TOMI. ZERALDA’S OGRE. NY: Harper & Row (1967). Folio (9 ½ x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE Bright color illustrations on every page by Ungerer to accompany the story about 467. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. an ogre who loves to eat children. $200.00 Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG * DILLONS * COONEY * AND MORE Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page 464. (VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS)illus and others. THE BIG BOOK FOR OUR color illustrations. $350.00 PLANET edited by Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson and Ann Durrell. NY: Dutton (1993). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), boards, 136p., Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. More than 40 of the best known (and many award winning) illustrators and authors of children’s books pooled their talents for this book, the proceeds of which benefit environmental organizations. Illustrated by (who also designed the cover art), ALIKI, QUENTIN BLAKE, BARBARA COONEY, THE DILLONS, STEVEN KELLOGG, DAVID MCPHAIL, and more. Written by JEAN GEORGE, LOIS LOWRY, PATRICIA MACLACHLAN, WILLIAM SLEATOR, JANE YOLEN, JACK PRELUTSKY and more. This copy is SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG, ROSEMARY WELLS, SUSAN JEFFERS, DE PAOLA, STEVE KELLOGG, THE DILLONS, PINKNEY, PAUL ZELINSKY JANET LAURA SCOTT ILLUSTRATIONS & JANE YOLEN. Also laid 468. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) THE TURNED INTO’S by Elizabeth in is a bookplate reproducing Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1920, no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, the cover, designed by Van FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box with light soil and some repair on flaps). 1st Allsburg that is signed edition. Elizabeth Jane meets the humanized inhabitants of the insect world. by BARBARA COONEY Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott with pictorial endpapers plus many full page and NATALIE BABBITT. and in-text bold and beautiful color illustrations. Volland ad laid-in. This is a nice $200.00 copy of a scarce title. $350.00

VICTORIAN - 8, 222, 303, 305, 310, 317, 423, 471

BOXED JAPANESE FAIRY TALES 465. VOLLAND. LITTLE PEACHLING by Georgene Faulkner. Joliet: Volland (1928 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box sl. soiled). 1st edition of this VOLLAND FAIRY CHILDREN BOOK. Eleven tales from old Japan are beautifully illustrated by Frederick Richardson with many rich full page color illustrations plus many partial page as well. Nice copy. $300.00

RARE FULL COLOR VOLLAND CATALOGUE 469. VOLLAND. VOLLAND BOOK CATALOGUE: BOOKS GOOD FOR CHILDREN. no date, circa 1928. 6 x 9 1/4”), pictorial wraps, 16p., near Fine. This is an annotated and illustrated catalogue of more than 150 Volland books arranged in categories according to Volland series. Includes the Volland Mother Goose, Jolly Kid Alphabet, Beloved Belindy and much more. The cover of every title is illustrated in color and there is a great color covers by Johnny Gruelle. Rare. $450.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

VOLLAND SEE ALSO 12, 207, 220, 304, 446, 447 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 83 [email protected]

WAIN CAT PANORAMA COMPLETE WITH 14 FIGURES INSCRIBED AND SIGNED 473. (WARD,LYND)illus. 470. WAIN,LOUIS. DAYS IN CATLAND. FATHER TUCK’S PANORAMA. THE WOLF OF LAMB’S London: Raphael Tuck no date, ca 1900. Large 4to 12 x 10 ½” opening to 4 times LANE by May McNeer. that size. Small repair on blank part of rear cover else near fine and COMPLETE Boston: Houghton Mifflin WITH ALL 14 PAPER FIGURES! (2 figures strengthened on versos). Featuring 4 1967 (1967). 8vo (7 x 9 panels, each showing the interior of a different room in the cats’ house with Wains 1/2”0, cloth, near fine in dust humanized cats and furniture illustrated with chromolithographs. Throughout the wrapper (dw has some soil). panels, there are 14 numbered slots into which the reader inserts the corresponding First edition, stated first figure to complete the scene. There are 14 fabulous color cat cut-outs by Wain printing. An imaginative showing this family of cats playing, eating, cooking, fighting etc., plus there is story with wonderful full an amazing chromolithographed cover. A truly wonderful item. (See Haining: page and smaller color Moveable Books p. 86-87 for other in series). Not in Necker. $3200.00 illustrations throughout the book by Ward. THIS WAIN’S CATS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY 471. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. McNEER AND SIGNED BY ALL SORTS OF COMICAL WARD. $200.00 CATS by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister [1902]. Small 4to, cloth backed 474. WEBER,LENORA MATTINGLY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BEANY. NY: pictorial boards, covers Thomas Crowell (1957). 8vo (5 5/8 x 8 1/4”), A FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE lightly soiled and bottom of DUST WRAPPER (price clipped, one tiny closed tear). Stated first printing of inner hinge bumped else VG+. the 6th book about Beany Malone and her family. This is a remarkable copy, Illustrated by Wain with rarely found in such beautiful condition. $250.00 great color cover, fabulous mounted chromolithographed frontis plus marvelous 2-color and line illus. throughout the text. Very scarce. $700.00

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WONDERFUL INSCRIPTION BY WALKER / PADRAIC COLUM TALE 472. (WALKER,DUGALD STEWART)illus. THE GIRL WHO SAT BY THE ASHES by Padraic Colum. NY: Macmillan 1919 (Dec. 1919). 8vo (6 x 7 ½”) pictorial cloth, [176]p., Fine IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped and soiled some). 1st edition. Another of Colum’s magical fairy tales, this being a variant of CINDERELLA. Illustrated with color frontis plus numerous full and partial page pen and inks by Walker that are full of detail. This copy has a wonderful INSCRIPTION FROM W A L K E R r e a d i n g : “Mary V Potter Her Book [decorative lettering] - With this circle of magic [with a drawing WEISGARD’S CINDERELLA of a circle with a dot 475. (WEISGARD,LEONARD)illus. CINDERELLA [by Perrault] retold by Leonard in the middle] I have Weisgard. NY: Garden City Pub. 1938. placed a river of good 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in fortune for you from dust wrapper. 1st edition. Wonderfully the fairies. Faithfully, illustrated with stylized and artful color Dugald Stewart Walker, lithos. An early work by Weisgard. Bader Christmas 1919”. A p. 226. $250.00 special copy of a scarce WEST INDIES - 51 Walker title, rare in the dw. $450.00 BEAUTIFUL CHARLOTTE’S WEB #469 476. WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB. previous NY: Harper Bros. (1952). 5 1/2 x 8 1/8”, page tan cloth, Fine in near fine dw with slight wear to spine ends. Stated 1st edition. The story of Charlotte, a spider and her friend Wilbur a pig is illustrated by GARTH WILLIAMS with more than 40 black and whites plus color wrapper. This is a most sought after modern classic and a particularly beautiful copy. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. $2250.00

WALTON, IZAAK - 373 WAR - 8, 9, 24, 216, 388, 396 , 477, 487 914.764.7410 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH DRAWING BY WILDSMITH LAID-IN WORLD WAR II 481. WILDSMITH,BRIAN. CAROUSEL. NY: Alfred Knopf (1988). Folio (9 477. (WIESE,KURT)illus. CENSORED THE 3/4 x 12 1/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+ with a few small GOAT by Phil Stong. NY: Dodd Mead 1945 closed tears). 1st edition, 1st printing. (1-10 code). When Rosie gets sick, her (1945). 4to (8 x 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, brother buys her a toy carousel because she loves them so much. Wonderful Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edititon. This is color illustrations on every page by Wildsmith. LAID IN IS A CHARMING PEN the story of a young goat inducted into the DRAWING OF 2 LIONS INSCRIBED BY HIM AND SIGNED TWICE. The lions Navy as a mascot. He started on a PT boat are mirror images. One is drawn with blue ink and signed, next to it is the same but caused havoc so he went to destroyer, a lion in black ink and Wildsmith has signed his name backwards! $200.00 cruiser and a battleship before they decided to send him home to Iowa. Illustrated by Wiese with great full and partial page color lithos and black and white lithos. Another great collaboration of Wiese and Stong in particularly nice condition. $150.00

OSCAR WILDE LTD ED. WITH BIANCO LETTER TO VALENTI ANGELO 478. WILDE,OSCAR. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA by Oscar Wilde. NY: Macmillan 1929 (Oct. 1929). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”), cloth backed boards, Fine in slip case (case just slightly worn at corners). 1st ed. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY PAMELA BIANCO. Printed on fine paper and illustrated with beautiful double-page color illustrations as well as black & whites in Bianco’s distinctive and delicate style. LAID IN IS A GREAT 1 ½ PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM BIANCO ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY GARTH WILLIAMS LETTER & SIGNED BY GEORGE SELDEN TO THE ARTIST VALENTI ANGELO. IT READS IN PART: “Thank you for your 482. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George most lovely letter and for your good wishes. I am so very happy that you and Selden. NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy (1960). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ½”), pink cloth, Maxine like my paintings. Your letter meant a very great deal to me - more than 151p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper (price clipped, no award seal). Stated 1st printing I can say because I have such a profound respect for your opinion and such great of this modern classic starring a Connecticut cricket, a city mouse and a city cat. admiration for you as an artist and as a writer...” $400.00 Illustrated with color wrapper and many detailed line illustrations that perfectly suit the text by Williams, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SELDEN AND HAS A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GARTH WILLIAMS LAID-IN. Although not his first book, it is certainly the title that brought Selden fame and it is very scarce in the first edition. This is a great copy. $750.00

SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER 479. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. NY: Harper Bros. (1941), not 1st edition. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ½”), pictorial cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw with old tape mends and 3 pieces out of backstrip). Illustrated with color dust wrapper and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED BOYLE. In this next to last Little House book, Laura turns 15 and gets her teaching certificate. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER on the half title. The owner’s grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book #479 which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

480. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. THE LONG WINTER. NY: Harper & Brothers (1940). 8vo (6 X 8 1/4”), tan pictorial cloth, neat name on free endpaper barely visible else Fine condition in beautiful price clipped dust wrapper with just a bit if rubbing on spine ends and edges. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL and MILDRED BOYLE with color frontis plus lovely black and whites throughout the text. Fearing a harsh winter, Pa moves the family into town. The sixth Little House book. Especially nice copy, rarely found so. $2500.00

WILDER, THORNTON - 88 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 85 [email protected] RARE MUSSOLINI PICTURE BOOK PROPAGANDA SCARCE GARTH WILLIAMS TITLE 486. WORLD WAR II. UNA FAVOLA VERA [A TRUE STORY] by F. Hardouin 483. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. OVER AND di Belmonte. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli (1933). 4to (8 ½ x 11 1/4”), flexible pictorial OVER by Charlotte Zolotow. NY: Harper card covers, cloth spine, VG+ condition. First edition of this life of Mussolini Bros. (1957). 4to (8 x 11”), cloth backed for children. The text describes Mussolini’s life from the modest conditions of his childhood and youth through his rise to power, fascism and dominance pictorial boards, near fine in dust wrapper as Il Duce. Printed on good quality paper and illustrated with striking and worn at spine ends with some fraying and a artistic art deco color lithographs by Anna Tommasini, some of which span the few closed tears. 1st edition. This is a simple pages (pictorial endpapers as well). The simple text in calligraphy is printed in book teaching about the various holidays. several different colors. This is a prime of example of the use of propaganda Each page of text faces a lovely full page color to shape the impressionable minds of children. No first editions on OCLC. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2200.00 illustration by Williams - one of his scarcer titles. $200.00

WILLIAMS, GARTH SEE ALSO 57, 476

MILO WINTER FANTASY WITH RARE PUBLISHER’S PROSPECTUS 484. WINTER,MILO. BILLY POPGUN. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1912 (Oct 1912). 4to, vellum backed boards, gilt cover, top edge gilt. Spine soiled with light edge rubbing else near fine. First edition of Winter’s best and scarcest book, LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE PAPER WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS MOUNTED ON JAPANESE PAPER WITH A BORDER IN GOLD FROM A SPECIAL DESIGN BY THE ARTIST! Written by Winter and illustrated by him as well with pictorial endpapers, 8 fabulous tipped-in plates, plus line illustrations in-text. The story is a fantasy about a trip taken by little Billy (who had a pop-gun). Laid-in is the PUBLISHER’S 4 PAGE PROSPECTUS AND ORDER BLANK illustrated on the outside duplicating the endpapers and with publisher’s information on the book with an order form inside. A nice copy of a wonderful fantasy and very, very scarce. $1200.00

HIROSHIMA PICTURE BOOK FROM THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE 487. WORLD WAR II. HIROSHIMA NO PIKA by Toshi Maruki, NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard (1980). 9 3/4 x 9 1/4”, pictorial boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. The author tells the story of the bomb being dropped on Hiroshima through the eyes of 7 year old Mii and her parents. Illustrated with lovely, sensitive, almost primitive color illustrations throughout. $125.00

WORLD WAR II SEE ALSO 366, 388, 396, 477

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WITH 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM WOLO 485. (WOLO)illus. CHILDREN’S MUSIC BOX lyrics by Paul Webster, music by Frank Churchill. NY: William Morrow 1945 (1945). 4to (8 3/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth, VG+ in dust wrapper with some closed tears. First edition. The twenty songs were composed by the man who wrote Disney’s “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” and “Heigh-Ho”. They are accompanied by delightful color illustrations by Wolo. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER IN WOLO’S DISTINCTIVE HAND ASKING THE RECIPIENT TO WRITE A LETTER TO HER PUBLISHER AND ALSO MENTIONING HER BOOK “SIR ARCHIBALD.” $275.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

WORLD WAR I - 216 914.764.7410 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH 9 LETTERS FROM PIET WORM HORSE PICTURE BOOK 490. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ROBINSON CRUSOE 488. WORM,PIET. THREE LITTLE HORSES: Blackie, and Whitey. by Daniel Defoe. NY: NY: Random House (1958). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial boards, slight edge Cosmopolitan 1920. 4to rubbing else Fine. The first edition was published in Holland with calligraphic (7 ½ x 9 ½”), blue gilt text. This edition has typeset text in a large font and is probably the first cloth, pictorial paste-on, edition printed in America. The charming story was inspired by actual horses top edge gilt, gilt slightly that lived next to Worm. Featuring lively, bright color illustrations on every page dulled else near Fine. 1st by Worm, a Dutch illustrator, painter and book binding designer. Sold with this edition. Illustrated by are 9 LETTERS FROM WORM TO A TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA WHO EACH Wyeth with cover plate, YEAR HAD HER CLASS DRAW PICTURES ABOUT THE BOOK THAT SHE THEN pictorial endpapers, pictorial SENT TO WORM. The correspondence begins in 1959 and ends in 1963. Four title page plus 13 color letters are hand written, 5 are typed and all are very long; all but 2 are double plates. The preface is sided on 8 ½ x 11” paper. The tone is chatty, much is written about his work, his by Wyeth as well. A nice new projects, his difficulties with his publisher, etc. He must have been a special copy. $225.00 man to take the time to write such detailed letters over the years. A wonderful offering. $600.00

SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS - IN BOX 491. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Boston: Little Brown 1938 (June 1938). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9”), tan stamped cloth, Fine in dust wrapper and publisher’s pictorial box. First edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with 15 color illustrations including endpapers plus several line illustrations in- text, and dust wrapper. According to Allen (p.217) only 2500 copies of this 1st edition were published. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS. Great copy. $1200.00

ONE OF THE RAREST WYETH ITEMS 489. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. CHRISTMAS CARDS BOXED SET. There are 12 cards and 12 envelopes in the original box with a label reading “Religious Folders, Six Designs #s2449” The cards and envelopes are in fine, unused condition, the box has a few repairs but is VG. Each card is one sheet 8 1/4 x 12” folded to card size 6 x 8 1/4”. The front of each card has a Christmas sentiment illustrated with a colored, gilt floral decoration by T.B. Hapgood who did all of the decorations on the card. When the card is opened, on the right side FINE EARLY WYETH there is a magnificent full page color lithograph by Wyeth with a captioned SCRIBNER CLASSIC floral border. The left side has the text in calligraphy for a parable, lavishly 492. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. BLACK ARROW decorated with a gilt floral border. Each card has a different Wyeth illustration and a different parable. The art was commissioned by the Unitarian Laymen’s by . NY: Scribner League of Boston in the early 1920’s (cards are dated 1923) originally to be 1916 (Oct. 1916). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), black used in a book. When that fell through the cards were published instead. The illustrations were eventually published in 1931 by Mckay in The Parables of cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, near Jesus. Complete sets in the box are of the utmost rarity. $2500.00 Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 14 beautiful color plates. A beautiful copy of this Scribner Classic. $600.00

SIGNED BY N.C.WYETH PLUS ANDREW WYETH ART 493. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. MEN OF CONCORD by Henry Thoreau. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1936 (1936). 4to (6 ½ x 9 ½”), green cloth, 255p., index, small erasure mark on endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw small archival mend at spine end else VG+). 1st edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with wrapper illus. (not repeated in book), pictorial endpapers plus 10 color plates. There are also 24 pen and ink drawings attributed to N.C. in the book, but actually done by ANDREW WYETH under his father’s supervision (Allen p.220). THIS COPY IS SIGNED AND DATED 1936 BY WYETH ON THE TITLE PAGE! This is a great copy, not often found signed. $2500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 87 [email protected] SIGNED/LIMITED WYETH INSCRIBED WITH 494. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER trans. by G.H. Palmer. WATERCOLOR Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. 4to (8 x 10 ½”), blue gilt pictorial cloth backed with 496. YASHIMA,TARO. pig-skin and leather label, 314p., spine with some soil else near Fine (no extra plates). SEASHORE STORY. NY: LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY WYETH AND PALMER! Viking (1967). Oblong 11 x 9 Illustrated by Wyeth with pictorial endpapers and 16 magnificent mounted color 1/4”, cloth, Fine in slightly worn plates. Also features a 1 page facsimile letter from Palmer to the publishers, dust wrapper. First edition. and a note on the book by Wyeth. One of the scarcest Wyeth books. $2000.00 Yashima retells the ancient tale of a Japanese fisherman, with beautiful illustrations in color. THIS COPY IN INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA ACCOMPANIED BY A 6” HIGH COLOR DRAWING OF THE FISHERMAN FROM THE STORY. $275.00

INSCRIBED 497. YASHIMA,TARO. THE VILLAGE TREE. NY: Viking 1953 (1953). 4to (7 7/8” x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in VG-Fine dust wrapper with 2 tiny closed tears. 1st edition. The book is about the wonder of being young in Japan. Beautifully illustrated in color by the author. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA: To -- Hoping this book has something to strengthen our friendship” signed in English and Japanese. $350.00

FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER’S BOX OF WYETH LIMITED EDITION #495 495. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM

COME by John Fox Jr. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1931 (1931).

Large 4to (8 ½ x 11 1/4”), 1/4 vellum, blue cloth, top edge gilt, AS

NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE IN PUBLISHER’S BLUE BOX

(slight tip rubbing on one corner of box else Fine). LIMITED TO

500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY WYETH. Illustrated

with 16 mounted color illustrations (including frontis and title page)

surrounded by boxed borders in gold, with tissue guards as well. A great

copy. $3850.00

#493 - previous page

INSCRIBED BY YOLEN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY HAGUE 498. YOLEN,JANE. DREAM WEAVER. Collins (Cleveland and New York 1979). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), cloth backed boards, as new in as new dust wrapper. First edition. There are seven fantasy stories featuring a blind gypsy storyteller, with wonderful full page color illustrations by MICHAEL HAGUE. THIS COPY HAS A WARM INSCRIPTION FROM YOLEN DATED 1979 AND A FANTASTIC PEN DRAWING OF A TROLL (6 ½ x 3 ½”) BY HAGUE, INSCRIBED BY HIM. $350.00 WITH INSCRIBED CALDECOTT AWARD DINNER BOOKLET 499. ZEMACH,HARVE & MARGOT. DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. NY: Farrar INSCRIBED Straus Giroux (1973). 4to (9 x 10 ½”), blue cloth, Fine in VG-Fine dust wrapper 500. (ZEMACH,MARGOT)illus. A PENNY A LOOK retold by Harve Zemach. with a little rubbing, no award NY: Farrar Straus Giroux medal. Stated 1st edition. (1971). Oblong 9 x 8”, The text is an old English cloth, Fine in near fine dust folk tale featuring wonderful wrapper with light rubbing. color illustrations throughout. Stated 1st edition. The CALDECOTT AWARD story is based on a WINNER. LAID IN IS traditional but little known THE 1974 AWARD DINNER tale rewritten by Harve BOOKLET FOR THE YEAR Zemach and wonderfully THAT DUFFY AND THE illustrated in color by DEVIL WON THE AWARD. Margot. THIS COPY HAS THE COVER IS ONE OF A WARM INSCRIPTION MARGO’S PRELIMINARY WITH 2 PEN DRAWINGS DRAWING FOR DUFFY. OF THE BIRDS PRINTED THIS IS INSCRIBED BY ON THE PAGE. See Bader MARGO ZEMACH. Great p. 572. $225.00 copy. $400.00

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