ILLUSTRATED BOOKS – August 2014
1. Porter, Gene Stratton. MUSIC OF THE WILD. Doubleday Page, Garden City. Second edition, with copyright date 1910, owner inscription with 1914 date. 8vo., stamped green cloth, t.e.g., 429pp., illustrated. Very good, with bottom edge very lightly rubbed, owner inscription on ffep $35.00
2. (Soper, George)illus. THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. Headley Bros., London, 1908. 8vo., 3/4 green calf gilt, 259pp., plus ad, 4 color plates, b/w illustrations. Very minor edge rubs, else Fine. $75.00
3. (Hassam, Childe)illus. ON LAND AND SEA or California in the Years 1843, '44 and '45 by William H. Thomes. [Howes, T-185."...authentic picture of California in the early 'forties comparable to Dana's classic narrative.] DeWolfe, Fiske, Boston, 1884 (1st ed). 12mo., decorated cloth, 351pp., illustrated. Originally published in Ballou's Monthly Magazine. Delicate line drawings as chapter headpieces; very early Hassam. A very nice copy, though lightly rubbed along extremities. $45.00
4. Delstanche, Albert. THE LEGEND OF THE GLORIOUS ADVENTURES OF TYL ULENSPIELGEL IN THE LAND OF FLANDERS AND ELSEWHERE by Charles De Coster. Chatto & Windus, London, 1918. Cloth, 301pp., illustrated with 20 woodcuts by Delstanche. VG $75.00
5. (JOB. Jacques Onfroy de Breville)illus. TROIS COULEURS - France, Son Histoire by G. Montorgueil. Paris, (n.d.) Folio, decorated cloth, narrative history of France with illustrations in delicate color lithography accompanying text on almost every page. One of JOB's masterworks. Covers somewhat rubbed, internally Fine. $125.00
6. (Neill, John R.)illus. THE MAGIC OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chi., 1919 (later printing). Light green cloth, pastedown illustration, 266pp., 12 color plates. Hanff/Greene p. 74. A printing subsequent to State 3; no publishers advertisements, but plates tipped-in, as in the early states, rather than bound-in. There is a 1"x1/2" scraped area on the pastedown, and some very light wear to the corners, else a very good copy. $145.00
7. Leighton, Clare (illus). THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE by Thomas Hardy. Harper & Bros., NY & Lon., 1929. Limited edition of of 1500 copies Signed by Leighton. Cloth-backed boards, 485pp., illustrated. VG $95.00
8. (Neill, John R.)illus. TIK-TOK OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, c. 1925 (dated owner's inscription). Hanff, Greene, p. 66. Blue cloth, pastedown illustration, 272pp., 12 captioned color plates. Wear at spine ends, small chip to pastedown, front hinge open, owner's page creased. $125.00
9. Green, Elizabeth Shippen (Illust). AN OLD COUNTRY HOUSE by Richard Le Gallienne. Harper, NY & Lon, 1902 (1st Ed). 4to, leather backed boards (embossed to look like wood), 144pp., profusely illustrated with monochrome plates, text adornments, head and tailpieces. A Very Good copy of a beautifully produced book, with some wear to the leather spine. $37.50
10. Crowell, E. R (illus). BEHIND THE GARDEN WALL by Robert Wallace. Paul Elder, S.F., 1913. Boards, 65pp., paste-down illustration on front cover, color illustrations throughout. Light wear at corners, else VG. $50.00
11. Renault, Malo. CHANSONS DE FRANCE. Hachette, Paris, 1920s. Quarto, cloth-backed boards with paste-on illustration, 78pp., music and illustrations. Front board with a heavy stain, a one inch break in the cloth at the bottom of the spine, staining to the fore-edge, internals otherwise in good order. $22.50
12. MEMOIR OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. J. H. Coates, Phila., 1876. Leather autograph album with 8 chromolithographed plates of buildings at the Fair. Well rebacked in leather. VG $50.00
13. (Sloan, John)illus. MADRIGALI by T. A. Daly. David McKay, Phila, 1912. This copy a later printing, with Harcourt, Brace imprint. Cloth, 169pp. With an original etched frontispiece and other illustrations by John Sloan, "The Serenade" or "The Laggard in Love," (Morse 159). VG $25.00
Morse ascertained that 3500 copies of the etching were printed, and describes these as being not as well printed as "The Jewelry Store Window," done for Daly's earlier book "Canzoni."
14. (Ricketts, C. S.)illus. POEMS DRAMATIC AND LYRICAL by John Lester Warren, Lord De Tabley. Matthews & Lane, London, 1893. Edition of 600 copies, 8vo., cloth, 212pp., with six etchings by Charles Ricketts. Front hinge reglued with a heavy hand, else VG $125.00
15. (Carr, Hamzeh)illus. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAIYAM, translated from the French of J. B. Nicolas by Frederic, Baron Corvo. Small, Maynard, Boston, 1925. Cloth, DJ, 193pp., text in English and French on facing pages, 16 color plates. VG, DJ has some stains. $95.00
16. (Angelo, Valenti)illus. THE PSALMS OF DAVID. Peter Pauper Press, Mt. Vernon, NY (n.d.). Tall 8vo., slipcase, 125pp., decorations by Valenti Angelo. VG, case shows wear. $20.00
17. (Crane, Walter)illus. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S PICTURE BOOK. John Lane, London; Dodd, Mead NY, n.d. 4to, cloth. Reissue containing three stories originally issued as separate booklets: "Mother Hubbard," The Three Bears," and "The Absurd ABC." Crane did a new illustrated preface and endpapers for this edition, which utilized the original color plates. Some spots and soil to covers, some short tears in the margins of a few plates. The plates very fresh and bright. $75.00
18. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE by Bret Harte. (Schuster 165, 1(e))Chatto & Windus, London, 1886 1st Edition). 8vo, cloth, deep green endpapers, 58pp, illustrated in color throughout. A nice copy showing little wear. $125.00
19. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE by Bret Harte. Warne, London & NY, 1931 (Reissue). Schster 165 (4)(a). 8vo, cloth, DJ, 64pp, illustrated in color throughout. VG, DJ has a few chips along spine. $35.00
20. (Caldecott, Randolph)illus. AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX - MRS. MARY BLAISE by Oliver Goldsmith. Routledge, London, 1885 (1st Ed., listing all 16 titles and the reissues through 1885). Wraps, 8 color plates (incl. cover). VG $45.00
21. (Caldecott, Randolph)illus. SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE. Routledge, London, 1880 (1st Ed, listing 4 prior titles). Wraps, 32pp., 9 color plates, incl. cover. VG but with a small crayon stain upper left corner. $45.00
22. (Carr, Hamzeh)illus. THE LIGHT OF ASIA by Sir Edwin Arnold. John Lane/Dodd Mead, n.d. (c. 1920). Numbered edition of 3000. 4to., pictorial cloth, 177pp., 16 color plates. Repaired split in cloth at spine, else VG. $25.00
23. (Kerr, George F.)illus. THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by Curtis Dunham. Bobbs, Merrill, Indianapolis, 1906. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 190pp., 8 color plates. First edition,with the imprint of Braunworth, the printer, on copyright page. VG $60.00
Another copy, reprint, pictorial boards, only 4 color plates. VG. $25.00
24. Seton-Thompson, Ernest. LIVES OF THE HUNTED. Scribner's, NY. 1901 (1st Pr.). 8vo., cloth, 360pp, 200 illustrations by the author. VG but spine faded. $25.00
25. (Pullman, Margaret MacDonald)illus. SUMMERLAND. Lee & Shepard, Boston, 1891. Oblong 4to., wood engravings after originals by Pullman. This copy very attractively hand colored, probably by an amateur, as was often done at this period (cf. Artists of the Book in Boston, item 34). VG, but with corners torn on two sheets, some watercolor residue in margins. $15.00
26. Pop-Up. (Grooms, Red)illus. RUCKUS RODEO, with text by Barbara Haskell. Abrams, NY, 1988. 4to., boards, 5 pop-up panels, opening theater style, like the Meggendorfer Circus. VG $12.50
27. (Seton, Ernest Thompson)illus. WOODMYTH & FABLE by Ernest Thompson Seton. Century, NY, 1905 (1st Pr.). 8 vo., cloth, 181pp., illustrated and decorated by the author. VG, with front bottom corner bumped and light wear and fraying at the extremities. Old owner's name in pencil on front pastedown. $35.00
28. (Stoecklin, Niklaus)illus. BEAUTIES OF NATURE. Zurich, 1943. Oblong 4to., with 16 plates of plants, insects, birds, etc.,in fine color lithography. VG $37.50
Stoecklin. Swiss painter, (1896-?) known for trompe l'oeil technique, surrealist subjects.
29. (Vallira, Irene B.)illus. MISS TWISTY - Adventures in the Country - Story in Illustrations by Irene B. Valira. Paris/NY, 1948. Lg. 4to., illustrated boards, DJ, 35 satirical drawings. VG/VG $35.00
30. (Schaeffer, Edmund)illus (German, 1880-?). ERZAHLUNGEN AUS DEM ORIENT (Stories From the Orient). Introduction by Emil Waldmann. Volksverband der Bucherfreunde, Berlin, n.d. (c. 1920s). Portfolio, cloth backed boards, text and eight b/w woodblock prints of Oriental scenes, each signed in pencil. VG $150.00
31. (Orlowski, Hans)illus. ORPHEUS UND EURYDICE - Aus dem Zehnten und Elften Buch der Metamorphosen by Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso). Bauersche Giesserei Frankfurt, 1961. Folio, paper-covered boards, verse and 14 powerful woodcut illustrations printed on doubled sheets. A break in the front outer hinge, extending almost half the length of the board, still a Very Good copy with all intenals Fine. $75.00
32. Pop-up, Movable. LITTLE SHOWMAN'S SERIES NO. 2. SPRING. McLaughlin Bros., NY, 1884. 13 1/2" format. Chromolithographed boards showing children on steps feeding crumbs to birds. One movable pop-up: background - children in sitting-room, outdoors visible through cellophane windows; foreground - child rocking baby in cradle (movable) with more children looking on. Edge and corner wear, and some scraped areas to surface at the margins of the cover illustration, not seriously impairing the image, else VG $500.00
33. Pop-Up Movable. THE LITTLE SHOWMAN'S SERIES NO. 2. SUMMER. McLaughlin Bros., NY, 1884. 13 1/" format. Chromolithographed boards showing children riding along the beach in a goat-cart, with one movable pop-up: background of ocean; mid-ground of children playing; foreground of two girls conversing, whose heads bow towards each other when tab is operated. Edge and corner wear, else VG except that tabs need re-connecting. $500.00
34. Pop-Up Movable. LITTLE SHOWMAN'S SERIES NO. 2. WINTER. McLaughlin Bros. NY, 1884. 13 1/2" format. Chromolithographed boards of children sledding, with one movable pop-up showing children playing outdoors; when tab is pulled window opens to reveal family around Christmas tree. Edge and corner wear, and a crease across part of the pop-up, else VG $500.00
35. Pop-Up Movable. THE LITTLE SHOWMAN'S SERIES NO. 2. SUMMER. McLaughlin Bros., NY, 1884. 13 1/" format. Chromolithographed boards showing children riding along the beach in a goat-cart, with one movable pop-up: background of ocean; mid-ground of children playing; foreground of two girls conversing, whose heads bow towards each other when tab is operated. Edge and corner wear, else VG except that tabs need re-connecting. $500.00
36. Pop-Up Movable. LITTLE SHOWMAN'S SERIES NO. 2. WINTER. McLaughlin Bros. NY, 1884. 13 1/2" format. Chromolithographed boards of children sledding, with one movable pop-up showing children playing outdoors; when tab is pulled window opens to reveal family around Christmas tree. Edge and corner wear, and a crease across part of the pop-up, else VG $500.00
37. Gardens. (Vignal, Pierre)illus. THE GARDENS OF ROME by Gabriel Faure. Brentano's, NY, 1926. Lg. 4to, cloth, 100pp., The gardens of Roman villas, etc., illustrated with fine facsimile watercolors and sepia toned photos. Spine a bit faded, front innner hinge starting, else a Very Good, uncut copy. $75.00
38. Cousin Fannie. UNCLE CURIOSO'S TALES FOR YOUTHS AND MAIDENS, Translated from the German of Braun by Cousin Fannie. Boston, 1858. 8 vo.,pictorially embossed cloth, 183pp., plus advertisements and 8 very appealing hancolored lithographed plates. a very fresh and attractive copy. $175.00
39. Theater. (Watts, Arthur)illus. THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH - A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act by Russell Thorndike and Reginald Arkell. Boni and Liveright, NY, 1924. Sm 4to., 61pp., 9 tipped-on color plates. $25.00
40. (Juarez, Roberto)illus. THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD by Alejo Carpentier, with etchings by Roberto Juarez, and an introduction by John Hersey. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1987. Edition of 750 copies, signed by artist and by Hersey (this copy also signed by Bruce Chandler, the printer). Folio, black goatskin and red cloth, black cloth slipcase, 104pp., with seven etchings, chine colle, together with a separate suite of the etchings, in very large Folio format, in a black cloth portfolio, with a red goatskin label, each etching signed and numbered iii/v, and initialed "P/P" (Printer's Proof). This is one of five special sets of the etchings prepared for the collaborators. Fine. $1650.00 Roberto Juarez is an American painter and printmaker. He was born in 1952 in Chicago, studied at the San Francisco Art institute and at UCLA. From the time of his first show at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York he has been a respected and influential presence on the American Art scene. He has had many solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous group shows, and his work is now in many institutional and private collections (see his website for a detailed listing). He lived for many years in Miami, but now resides in New York City.
41. (Caldecott, Randolph)illus. THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN. F. Warne, London, n.d. pictorial boards,cellopahne wraps, 30pp, 9 color plates, incl. cover. VG $12.50
42. Movable. KELLOGG'S FUNNY JUNGLELAND MOVING-PICTURES. W. K. Kellogg, 1909. 8vo., color pictorial wraps, three fold-out sheets illustrating comical animals, each overlaid with a set of "sliced" pictures enablng silly combinations to be made. Great Cornflakes ad on back cover. Probabaly a promotional item included in cereal package. A bit soiled but essentially VG. $25.00
43. (McDaniel, Gertrude)illus. THE DRAGON PAINTER by Mary McNeil Fenollosa. Little, Brown, Boston, 1906. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 262pp., 6 illustrations. A romantic novel set in Japan. Fine $27.50
44. (Stavroulakis, Nikos)illus. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH by Bernard J. Bamberger (introduction). Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1973. A new translation of Jeremiah, illustrated with woodcuts. F/F $45.00
45. Moveable. (Evans, Katherine)illus. CHUGGETY-CHUG by Lucille Pannell and Ralph Henry. Wilcox & Follett Co., Chicago, 1944. Oblong 8vo. Rhymes are read as train is folded out to nine-car length. VG $45.00
46. (Thurston, John)illus. THE MINSTREL; OR THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS by James Beattie. London, 1810 (1st 1771-4). 12mo., boards, 144pp., with illustrations engraved by Luke Clennell (1781-1840) after drawings by Thurston (1774-1822). VG $75.00
Beattie was a Scottish poet and professor, Thurston is best known as an illustrator of books, especially Shakespeare, and Clennell was one of Bewick's students.
47. (Samson, Charles)illus. IMAGES DE PARIS by Pierre MacOrlan. Les Heures Claires, Paris, 1951. Limited Edition. 8vo., wraps, box, 12 drypoint etchings in color of well-known Paris scenes, with descriptive text, plus a separate suite of the etchings in b/w. (No. 15 of a total editon of 312, of which 112 have the separate suite). Executed for the 2000th anniversary of the Paris. VG $175.00
48. Arabian Nights. LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS by Abbe Lejeune. Paris, 1843. 8vo., morocco backed buckram, aeg, 472pp, fine wood-engraved illustrations. VG $45.00
49. (Neill, John R.)illus. THE LOST KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1925 (1st Edition). Hanff, Greene, P.92. 8vo., blue cloth, paste-on illustration, 280pp., 12 color plates, tipped-in and coated on one side only (indicating first printing). Paste-on chipped lower right, and rubbed, interior hinges reglued, else VG $250.00
50. (Detmold, Edward J.)illus. NEWS OF SPRING AND OTHER NATURE STUDIES by Maurice Maeterlinck. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1913 (1st American with Detmold illustrations). 4to., 213pp., 20 tipped-on color plates, t.e.g. VG $100.00
51. (Nicholson, William)illus. POLLY - AN OPERA by John Gay. Heinemann, London, 1923. Limited edition of 380 copies, signed by William Nicholson. 4to., cloth, 106pp., 9 tipped-on color plates. VG, with light edgewear to the cloth, residue on the front pastedown from removal of a bookplate, and a small loss to margin of one plate (Molly Brazen). $175.00
52. (Wells, Audley B.)illus. THE LURE OF SAN FRANCISCO by Elizabeth Gray Potter and Mabel Thayer Gray. 8vo., cloth, 96pp., 8 tipped-on plates. Fine. $12.50
53. (Portinari, Candido)illus. MARIA ROSA - Everyday Fun and Frolic with Children of Brazil by Vera Kelsey. Doubleday, Doran, NY, 1942. Oblong 4to., cloth, illustrated in color. $45.00
Candido Portinari (1903-1962) was one of the best known and highly regarded Brazilian artists of the twentieth century.
54. Lithographs. PERILOUS INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF SAILORS AND TRAVELLERS by P. H. Knelb. Hazard, Philadelphia, 1854. 8vo., cloth, 192pp., with four finely handcolored plates. Wear at spine and corners, Ex Lib, else VG $75.00
55. Pop-Up. (Disney, Walt). THE POP-UP MICKEY MOUSE and THE POP-UP MINNIE MOUSE by Walt Disney. Disney Studios/Blue Ribbon, 1933. 2 volumes, 8vo., pictorial boards, stories with illustrations plus three color "pop-ups" in each book. Both in very good order with only very minor traces of age. Very scarce and desirable separately, and seldon seen together in this condition. The Pair: $1100.00
56. (Kettlewell, John)illus. THE KASIDAH by Sir Richard Burton. Brentano's. NY, 1926. Limited Edition of only 50 copies on large paper (japan vellum), signed by Kettelwell. 4to., handsomely rebacked with 3/4 cloth spine and corners, and a leather label, original paper covered boards with title in Arabic, text and 12 b/w plates in a Bearsdleyan style. Damage to pastedown endpapers, internally Fine, rebacked as noted. $75.00
57. (Grandville)illus. VIE PRIVEE ET PUBLIQUE DES ANIMAUX by Balzac et al. Paris, 1842 (1st ed). 2 vols, 4to., Original pictorial boards, 386 and 390pp., plus tables of contents, 210 illustrations on engraved plates hors texte and 120 vignettes, in-texte. One of the great illustrated books. Social satire in which animals play human roles. Grandville's mastery at presenting animals with convincing human expressions, poses, and costumes has been imitated, but never equalled. Very unusual in the pictorial boards. Light wear to the board edges and hinges, expert repair to inner hinges, else a very nice copy. $975.00
58. LEC. (Ben Sussan, Rene)illus. SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by R. B. Sheridan. LEC, 1934. Edition of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. 4to., paper covered boards, chemise and slipcase. Fine. $50.00
59. ABC. JEU RECREATF DE LA MAISON QUE PIERRE LE GRAND A BATIE. Paris, n.d. (c. 1830-1840). 24mo., wrappers, 34pp., hand-colored engraved frontis, engraved illustrated letters of alphabet four to a page, and illustrated story of House That Jack Built. Wrappers worn, else a beaultiful copy. $125.00
60. Reference. Pitz, Henry C. A TREASURY OF AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATION. Watson-Guptill, NY, 1947. 4to., cloth, 126pp., illustraed in color and b/w. Very good reference on mid-century books illustrators. VG $25.00
61. (De Bosschere, Jean)illus. ALL THE EXTANT WORKS OF FRANCOIS RABELAIS by Francois Rabelais. Covici, Friede, NY, 1929. Edition of 1300 copies. 3 vols, folio, cloth-backed boards. Illustrated in color and b/w. VG $175.00
62. Americana. Richards, T. Addison. AMERICAN SCENERY. NY, 1854. 4to., embossed leather, a.e.g., 310pp., 32 steel engraved plates. 1 1/4" chip at top of spine, else VG. $250.00
63. (Cobb, Ruth)illus. SEA AND SAND. Verses by Edward Shirley. London, n.d. (c.1900). Color illustrations and poems about children's activities at the shore. VG $65.00
64. Pop-Up. ANIMAL LIFE IN FACT FANCY AND FUN by S. Louis Giraud. Daily Sketch, London, n.d. Bookano Living Models Series. Oblong 4to., 8 Pop-Ups. Small chips along spine, internals Near Fine. $225.00
65. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE GOLDEN KEY by George MacDonald. Farrar, Straus, NY, 1976 (2d Ed). Sm. 8vo., cloth, DJ, 86pp., illustrated in b/w. VG/VG $17.50
66. (Olesiewicz, S.)illus. NAPOLEON by Honore de Balzac. Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt, Paris, 1927. Folio, Pictorial Boards, 46pp., illustrated in pochoir throughout with pictures in the manner of 1st Empire. Wear to cloth spine and edges, front inner hinge repaired, else VG $175.00
67. Pre-Columbian Art. Covarrubias, Miguel. THE EAGLE, THE JAGUAR AND THE SERPENT - Indian Art of the Americas by Miguel Covarrubias. Knopf, NY, 1954 (1st Ed). 4to, cloth, DJ, 314pp, + index, 12 color plates & 112 text illustrations. VG/VG $75.00
68. (Segonzac, Andre Dunoyer de)illus. TABLEAU DE LA BOXE by Tristan Bernard. Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francais, Tableaux Contemporains No. 2, Paris, 1922. 8vo. (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., From the regular, numbered edition of 318 copies (there were an additional 15 special copies). 212pp., with 29 etchings, 9 on full sheets, 20 in text. Attractively rebound in 1/2 leather over pictorial boards, with the original wraps bound-in. Light foxing, mostly in margins, not affecting images. $975.00
69. (Covarrubias, Miguel). MEXICO SOUTH - THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC by Miguel Covarrubias. Knopf, NY, 1946 (1st Edition). Cloth, DJ, 427pp., illustrated. VG, no DJ $40.00
70. (Legrand, Edy and Baudier, A. & P.)illus. RABELAIS by Anatole France. Henry Holt, NY, 1929. (Ltd 1st Ed, #203/280). Lg. 8vo., cloth-backed paper-covered boards, t.e.g., 254pp., with wood-engraved illustrations after Edy Legrand by A. & P. Baudier. Slight corner wear, owner name on free endpaper, else a Fine copy. $45.00
71. (Brock, H. M.)illus. A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS by Beverly Nichols. Hutchinson, London, 1934. 4to., cloth, 280pp., 16 color plates. VG $110.00
72. (Stone, Walter King)illus. IN BERKSHIRE FIELDS by Walter Prichard Eaton. Wilde, Boston, 1926. 8vo., cloth, 312pp., illustrated. Essays on nature and wildlife in Western Mass. VG $20.00
73. (Mullock, Dorothy)illus. STUDIO PLAYS by Clifford Bax. Palmer, London, c. 1920s. 4to., pictorial boards, 48pp., illustrated with 10 screenprints in color. VG $145.00
74. French Children's Book. PETITE HISTOIRE NATURELLE EN ESTAMPES DES POISSONS, REPTILES ET INSECTES. Paris, c. 1830. Oblong 8vo., yellow paper-covered pictorial boards, engraved frontis, title and 8 plates. An attractive copy despite a loose front hinge and edge wear to the boards. Scarce. $195.00
75. (Gorey, Edward)illus. CASE RECORD FROM A SONNETORIUM by Merrill Moore. NY, 1951. Sonnets by Moore illustrated by Gorey as "Edward St. John Gorey." Presentation from Moore, a Boston physician, to Professor Theodore Wood of MIT, with a letter and a pamphlet from Moore to Wood laid in. Stain affecting the cover and lower portion of all pages, but not touching the text or illustrations. $75.00
76. (Bennett, Charles H.)illus. FABLES AND FAIRY TALES by Henry Morley. London, 1860. 8vo., Full calf, by Riviere, preserving the original cloth spine and board covers, which are bound-in at the back. 238pp., plus ads, b/w illustrations. Small losses at spine extremities, inner hinges repaired, front free endpaper has a repaired tear, internals very nice. Scarce. $175.00
77. (Brooke, Leslie)illus. THE GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK. Warne, Lon/NY, n.d. Lg. Sq. 8vo., cloth, color plates. Signatures a little loose, else VG. $25.00
78. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE ANIMAL FAMILY by Randall Jarrell. Pantheon, NY, 1965 (1st Ed, Hanrahan A-64). 12mo., blue-green cloth, DJ (price-clipped), 180pp., illustrations. F/VG $25.00
79. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN by Rudolf Tesnohlidek. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, NY, 1985 (1st Ed, Hanrahan A-123). 4to., cloth, DJ, 185pp., illustrated. VG/VG $12.50
80. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES by Frank Corsaro. Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, NY, 1984 (1st Ed, Hanrahan A-117) 4to., cloth, glassine DJ, 119pp., illustrated. VG, glassine lacking a large piece. $25.00
81. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES by Frank Corsaro. Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, NY, 1984 (1st Ed, Hanrahan A-117) 4to., cloth, glassine DJ, 119pp., illustrated. VG, no DJ $25.00
82. (Bianco, Pamela)illus. FLORA by Walter De La Mare. Heineman, London, 1919. 4to., pictorial boards, poems, color and b/w illustrations. Spine replaced, with part salvaged as a label, else VG. $75.00
83. (Lasalle, L.)illus. KEEPSAKE DE LA JEUNESSE. Amadee Bedelet, Paris, c. 1837. 8vo., pictorial boards, 124pp., plus index, 16 lithographed plates. Paper spine expertly replaced, some wear to boards, some foxing, though plates very clean. Overall VG. $125.00
84. (Kredel, Fritz)illus. CANDIDE by J.F.M.A. de Voltaire. Peter Pauper Press, Mt. Vernon, (n.d.) 8vo., cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 156pp., illustrated. F/F $12.50
85. (Frost, A. B.)illus. RHYME AND REASON by Lewis Carroll. Macmillan, NY, 1884. 8vo., gilt pictorial cloth, a.e.g., 214pp., plus ads. Illustrated. Small holes in front e/p from removal of bookplate, else a near fine copy. $50.00
86. Brandywine. THE BRANDYWINE TRADITION by Henry C. Pitz. Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 1969. 4to., cloth, DJ, 252pp., illustrated. VG/VG $15.00
87. (Seton, Ernest Thompson)illus. THE RHYTHM OF THE REDMAN by Julia M. Buttree. Barnes, NY, 1930. 4to., cloth, 280pp., illustrated. VG $75.00
88. Ray, Gordon. THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914. Morgan Library, 1976. 4to., cloth, 336pp., 100 plates. Fine $75.00
89. (Griset, Ernest)illus. LEGENDS OF SAVAGE LIFE by James Greenwood. London, 1867 (1st Ed). Sq. 8vo., maroon cloth, 160pp., illustrated with 36 hand-colored plates. Hinges split along spine (repaired), staining or fading to cloth, evidence of water damage affecting enpapers and frontispiece (minimal). Despite these defects, the internals are clean and tight and the color plates are fresh and bright. $125.00
90. (Pyle, Howard)illus. DOROTHY Q by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1893. 12mo., cloth, 131pp., illust. Fine $27.50
91. (Bicknell, W. H. W.)illus. THE DESERTED VILLAGE by Thomas Goldsmith. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1912. Edition of 469 copies. Leather, slipcase. Title page and text from copperplate engravings by Arthur N. MacDonald. Eight signed etchings by Bicknell. Fine in VG case. $75.00
92. (Brunhoff)illus. THE ART OF BABAR by Nicholas Fox Weber. Abrams, 1989. 4to., cloth, DJ, 191pp., illustrated. F/F $17.50
93. Ray, Gordon. THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914. Morgan Library, 1976. 4to., cloth, 336pp., 100 plates. Fine $125.00
94. (Grosz, George). ECCE HOMO by George Grosz. Jack Brussel, NY, 1965. Folio, boards, DJ, 16 color and 84 b/w illustrations. Fine, DJ Near Fine, with somewhat darkened spine. $55.00
95. (Kataoka, Genjiro)illus. LITTLE SISTER SNOW by Frances Little. Century, NY, 1909. 12mo., cloth, 141pp., 12 color plates. VG $10.00
96. (Crump)illus. BABY NIGHTCAPS by "Aunt Fannie." Appleton, NY, 1860. 12mo., cloth, 140pp., illustrations. VG $25.00
97. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. THE ROYAL PROGRESS OF KING PEPITO by Beatrice F. Cresswell. Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1889 (1st Ed., Schuster & Engen 171 1(a)). 8vo., pictorial boards, 12 color illustrations. Boards rubbed, spine worn, else VG. $50.00
98. (Edwards, M. Ellen)illus. TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT by F. E. Weatherley. Dutton, NY, 1883. 8vo., pictorial boards, 64pp., 27 chromo plates. VG $50.00
99. (Green, Winifred)illus. MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL by Charles & Mary Lamb. Dent, London, 1899. Sq. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 128pp., 20 color plates. VG $40.00
100. Chromos. LITTLE BLOSSOMS. Stokes, White & Allen, NY, 1885. 8vo., pictorial boards, 10 plates. VG $25.00
101. (Brigham, S. J.)illus. UNDER BLUE SKIES by S. J. Brigham. NY, 1886. 4to., illust boards, color lithographed plates printed by Julius Bien & Co. Minor eldgewear, else very fresh. $125.00
102. (Somerset, Lady H.)illus. OUR VILLAGE LIFE by Lady H. Somerset. England, 1884. 4to., cloth-backed boards, 32pp., fine chromolithography. Binding wear, else VG $95.00
103. (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. Constable, Lon. (not 1st). Sq. 8vo., cloth-backed boards, 320pp., illustrated in b/w. VG $37.50
104. L.E.C. (Ayrton, Michael)illus. ORESTEIA by Aeschylus. NY, 1961. Folio, slipcase, cloth w/ leathwer spine, 177pp., color plates. Ed. of 1500 signed by Ayrton. Cracks along spine, else VG $50.00
105. (Mueller, Hans Alexander)illus. WOODCUTS AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS: HOW I MAKE THEM by Hans Alexander Mueller. Pynson Printers, NY, 1939. 4to., cloth, 187pp. VG $50.00
106. (Grandville, J. J.)illus. FABLES ORIGINAL AND SELECTED by G. Moir Bussey. Charles Tilt, London, 1839. 8vo., fine 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, 352pp., 49 "principal" wood engravings after Grandville, plus numerous head- and tail-pieces, initials, etc. The text includes an introduction by Bussey and hundreds of fables by "Eurpoean and Oriental" authors. The illustrations come from Grandville's Fables of La Fontaine, published in France the previous year. Fine. $250.00
107. (Fischl, Eric)illus. ANNIE, GWEN, LILLY, PAM AND TULIP by Jamaica Kincaid. American Livre de Peintre 16. Whitney Museum, NY, 1986. Edition of 145 copies, signed by Fischl and Kincaid. Oversize folio, black cloth, slipcase in green cloth, 28 pp., text and nine lithographs, five in color. Fine throughout. $3500.00 "Fischl's illustrations perfectly match the exotic heat of the tale and its latent sexuality. The prints are variosly folded, tipped-in, and bound to echo the tale's unexpected turnings. He brgins in black and white, presenting the five as if at some camp overnight. He moves on to luxuriant colors and suggestive scenes, showing them tempted to leave each other for the unknown." (The Print Collector's Newsletter.
108. (Benito)illus. REIMS - LA CATHEDRALE by R. Burnand. Paris, 1918. Oblong folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, 42pp. illustrated throughout with pochoir-colored plates. Boards warped and spotted, inner front hinge repaired, internals fine. $75.00
109. SEVEN GERMAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Vienna, 1920-23. 16mo., illustrated boards, illustrated with original lithographs or woodcuts, in color or b/w. VG $125.00
110. (Gulbranson, Olaf)illus. TANTE FRIEDA by Ludwig Thoma. Albert Langen, Munich, 1907 (21st to 30th thousand). 8vo., cloth, 151pp., illustrated in b/w. Fine $12.50
111. (Smith, E. Boyd)illus. THE STORY OF NOAH'S ARK by E. Boyd Smith. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1911. Obl. 4to., 56pp. 26 color plates. VG $50.00
112. (Ricketts, Ella)illus. THE CHILD'S GARDEN OF SONG by William L. Tomlins. McClurg, Chicago, 1895. Sq. 4to., cloth, 72pp., delicate color plates. Very Good, with some wear at the bottom of the spine; a few instances of interior cracking, but the book still solid and tight. $75.00
113. (Gibbings, Robert)illus. THE CHARM OF BIRDS by Viscount Grey of Fallodon. Stokes, NY, 1927 (1st Amer.). 8vo., cloth, 286pp., woodcut illustrations by Gibbings. VG $12.50
114. (Sewell, Helen)illus. MENAGERIE by Mary Britton Miller. Macmilan, NY, 1928. 8vo., cloth, 124pp., colored frontis and title, 8 full page plates, and numerous headpieces in b/w. Near Fine, with two small spots on the front panel. $17.50
115. (Hinds, Helen Maria)illus. SILHOUETTES AND SONG ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MONTHS by Edward E. Hale. Lockwood, Brooks & Co., Boston, 1876. Obl. 4to., gold-stamped cloth, poems by E. Spenser & 19th C. American poets, 12 silhouettes. Some soiling to cloth, spotting to pages, front inner hinge re-glued, still VG. $55.00
116. (Behn, Harry)illus. ALL KINDS OF TIME by Harry Behn. Harcourt, Brace, NY, 1950 (1st Ed.). 12mo., boards, DJ, 61pp., color illustrations. F/F $45.00
117. (Fraser, Claude Lovat)illus. NURSERY RHYMES Jack, London, 1919 (1st Ed.). 4to., pictorial boards, DJ, 46pp., 23 color illustrations. Near Fine, but DJ has a large circle cut out so as to reveal the illustration on the front board. $85.00
118. (Sallenbach, Katerina)illus. DER FEUER VOGEL. The Fire Bird and other Russian tales illustrated with original linoleum cuts by Sallenbach. Zurich, n.d. (c. 1950s-60s). Signed. Numbered limited edition of 100 copies, this with an apparent presentation inscription (signed "Katerina"). Oblong 4to., boards with plastic spiral binder, 15 color linoleum block illustrations. Nr. F. $50.00
119. NEW YORK LANDMARKS - A STUDY AND INDEX OF ARCHITECTURALLY NOTABLE STRUCTURES IN GREATER NEW YORK. Edited by Alan Burnham. Wesleyan U. Pr., Middletown, CT., 1963. 4to., cloth-backed boards, 430pp. Important NYC buildings photographed and commented upon. Fine. $22.50
120. (Da Paola, Tomie)illus. PAGES OF MUSIC by Tony Johnston. Putnam, NY, 1988 (1st Pr.). Signed by Da Paola. 4to., boards, DJ, illustrated in color. F/F $50.00
121. (Da Paola, Tomie)illus. ALICE NIZZY NAZZY by Tony Johnston. Putnam, NY, 1995 (1st Pr.) Signed by Da Paola. 4to., boards, DJ, illustrated in color. F/F $35.00
122. (De Paola, Tomie)illus. THE LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH by Tomie De Paola. Putnam, NY, 1988 (1st Pr.) Signed by De Paola. 4to., boards, color illust. F/F $27.50
123. (Richardson, Frederick)illus. BIG LETTER A-B-C BOOK. McLoughlin Bros., Springfield, 1926. 4to., pictorial boards, each letter with a color illustration of animals. VG $37.50
124. (Soyer, Raphael)illus. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CRACOW and THE MIRROR by Isaac Bashevis Singer. LEC, 1979. Edition of 2000 signed by Singer and Soyer. 4to., cloth, glassine wrapper, slipcase, 60pp., plus section of sketches. F/F $175.00
125. (Greenaway, Kate). AUTOGRAPH ALBUM by Kate Greenaway. No Publisher, place or date, but c. 1883. Schuster & Engen 465 (variant in that they describe binding as calf). 7 x 4.25 in., pictorial cloth, Color title page and six color illustrations by Greenaway. With signatures dated 1888, Schevenius, NY. VG except one signer has autographed one of the illustrations. Scarce. $125.00
126. (Tumiati, Beryl)illus. I GRANDI NAVIGATORI ITALIANI by Giuseppi Fanciulli. Rome, 1931 (Anno IX). 4to., pictorial boards, introduction by Mussolini, 130pp, ten color plates, some double page, plus color, text illustrations and head and tail pieces. Italian text celebrates the voyages and achievements of the great Italian explorer-navigators. Very nice in the manner of Edy Legrand's book on the French explorers. VG $225.00
127. (Legrand, Edy)illus. VOYAGES & GLORIEUSES DECOUVERTES DES GRANDES NAVGATEURS & EXPLORATEUR. Tolmer, Paris, 1921. Folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, illustrated throughout in pochoir. VG, with a small hole in the cloth spine, and minor light rubbing to the pictorial boards. $250.00
Lewis, The Twentieth Century Book, 194-196.
128. Limited Editions Club (Cosindas, Marie)illus. OEDIPUS by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Edition of 650 copies signed by Durrenmatt and Cosindas. Folio, leather-backed cloth, cloth slip case, 41pp., 2 photogravures. F/F $300.00
129. (Booth, Franklin)illus. THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT by James Whitcomb Riley. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1913. 4to., cloth-backed boards, 124pp., pictorial e/ps, 16 color plates. Near Fine. $150.00
130. (Price, Margaret Evans)illus. THE BETTY FAIRY BOOK by Helen E. Flint. Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, NY, 1915. Tall 4to., wraps, 12pp., poems and illustrations in color lithography. A small tear to back wrapper, else VG. $75.00
131. (Price, Margaret Evans)illus. THE ANGORA TWINNIES. Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, NY, 1915. Tall 4to., wraps, 12 pages, poems and illustrations in color lithogrpahy. A few small tears and chips at edges of covers and some pages, else VG $65.00
132. (Simmons, St. Clair, and Ernest Wilson)illus. RHYMES AND ROSES by Frederick E. Weatherly. Hildesheiner & Faulkner, London/Geo. C. Whitney, NY, c.1887. 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 32pp., 8 color plates, in fine chromolithography, and many in monotint. Considerable wear to cloth, edges, hinges, but with internals very clean and bright. $50.00
133. (Adams, Alice Wheaton)illus. TOM TUCKER AND LITTLE BO BEEP by Thomas Hood. Cassell, London, 1891. 4to., pictorial boards, 44pp., plus 13 color lithographed plates and numerous illustrations in tint lithography. Front inner hinge reglued, a small chip to title page, lower margin, a closed tear to one text page, else VG $50.00
134. (Lathbury, Mary A.)illus. IDYLS OF THE MONTHS by Mary A. Lathbury. Routledge, Lon. 1885. 4to., pictorial boards, aeg, 14 superb chromolithographed plates and numerous other illustrations. 12 of the plates, and accompanying text devoted to the months of the year. Minor edgewear, front inner hinge cracked about 2 inches from bottom. $150.00
135. (Lovat Fraser, Claud and Nicolson, William)illus. THE BEGGARS OPERA and POLLY by John Gay. Doubleday, Page, 1927 (Beggars Opera) and Heinenman, London, 1923 (Polly). 2 vols., Beggar's Opera illust. by Lovat, Polly by Nicolson. En suite with cloth-backed boards, paste-on labels, color plates. Beggar's Opera VG, Polly with edgewear, small break in cloth, top of spine. Both: $50.00
136. (Daugherty, James)illus. EARLY MOON by Carl Sandburg. Jr. Literary Guild, NY, 1930. 8vo., cloth, DJ, 136pp., illustrated. F/F $25.00
137. (Besnia, Howard John)illus. ON SEVEN SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES by Arthur Kinney. Scarab Press, Sterling Junction, MA., 1969. Copy 69 of an edition of 240. Obl. 4to., paper covered boards, printed on 14 folded sheets of Nideggan paper. Seven wood-engraved tipped-in illustrations printed on Japanese tissue. Signed by the artist. Very attractive private press book. Fine $75.00
138. (Leroy, Leon)illus. LA MARCHE AU SOLIEL - Epopee de la Mission Marchand by Leon Durocher. Flammarion, Paris, 1900. Obl. 4to., 48pp., poem, music, and color lithographed illustrations in the manner of Henri Riviere (This piece was produced by Riviere as a shadow play at Chat Noir). VG, front hinge split, some edgewear, internals fine. Scarce $125.00
139. (Santore, Charles)illus. AESOP'S FABLES by Aesop. Jelly Bean Press, NY, 1988. 4to., boards, DJ, 26 fables each with an illustrations. F/F $7.50
140. (Robinson, Charles)illus. OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN by Agnes and Egerton Castle. Heinemann, London, 1914 (1st ed.). 8vo., green cloth, 304pp., 8 color plates. Gift inscription to William H. Rideing, and signature by Edgerton Castle at the top of the Title page, and with a letter from him laid-in, dated April, 1915, discussing hardships occasioned by the War, as well as the possibility of producing some written work for Rideing, who was an editor. Near Fine. $175.00
Egerton Castle (English, 1858-1920) wrote several novels and other works in collaboration with his wife Agnes, some of which were dramatized for both stage and screen. William Henry Rideing (American,1853-1918) was an author and was editor of "Youth's Companion" and "The North American Review."
141. (Denslow, W. W.)illus. THE NEW WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Bobbs, Merrill, 1939, (Movie Version). (See Hannf, Greene's description, p. 36), 8vo., light blue/gray cloth with lettering in orange, 262pp., sepia movie still e/ps, 8 color plates. Spine darkened and slightly frayed, else VG. $95.00
142. Essex House Press. (Ashbee, C. R.). THE COURTYER OF COUNT BALDESSAR CASTILIO DONE INTO ENGLISH BY THOMAS HOBY. By Baldessare Castiglione. Essex House Press, 1900, oneof 200 numbered copies. Sm. 4to., full vellum gilt, with string ties, 391pp., with initials in the form of flowers ("alphabet of bloomers) by Ashbee, on fine laid paper. Fine. $450.00
143. (Hans)illus. THE CAT AND THE CHERUB by Chester Bailey Fernald. Bentley, Berkeley, 1938. Edition of 150 copies. 8vo., cloth, 28pp., vignettes. Short stories about SF, written in the 1890s, and gathered and reprinted in the year of the author's death. Fine. $75.00
144. (Lenski, Lois)illus. THE GOLDEN AGE by Kenneth Grahame. John Lane, London, 1921. 8vo., full leather by Sangorski and Sutcliff, a.e.g., 199pp., 4 color plates and many in-text illustrations by Lois Lenski. Lenski's First Book. Binding rubbed along hinges, else a Fine copy. $95.00
145. (Pym, T.)illus. ORANGES AND LEMONS. Marcus Ward, Lon., c. 1887. 8vo., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 48pp., illustrated in chromolithography. Signatures loosened, front free endpaper half torn away, else VG $45.00
146. Inscribed by Gnoli. (Gnoli, Domenico)illus. ORESTES OR THE ART OF SMILING by Domenico Gnoli. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1961. Cloth, DJ, 71pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. Fine, DJ has a small tear, top of spine. $75.00
147. L.E.C. (Hogarth, Paul)illus. MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER by Siegfied Sassoon. Limited Editions Club, edition of 2000 copies signed by Hogarth. 4to., cloth, slipcase, 224pp., color plates and b/w line drawings in the text. F/F $75.00
148. (Shaw, Byam)illus. INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS by Lawrence Hope. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1927. Lg. 4to., cloth, 158pp., 24 color plates. An unusually Fine copy. $75.00
149. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN COLORING BOOK by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, 1970. 4to., wraps, 40pp. Fine, except that the stars and the chef's mustache and hair have been colored (yellow and blue, respectively). $10.00
150. (Van Loon, Hendrik Willem)illus. THE SONGS WE SING by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1936. Obl. 8vo., boards, 64pp., text, songs and illustrations. VG, but spine replaced with tape. $25.00
151. (Baskin, Leonard)illus. Bronstein and Friedlander, editors. THE FIVE SCROLLS. NY, 1984. Large 4to., cloth, DJ, 323pp., illustrated in color. The Books of Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations, in English and Hebrew, with color illustrations by Baskin. F/F $50.00
152. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. UNDER THE WINDOW - Pictures and Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway. Warne, n.d, c. 1940s (Schuster 201 (3)(a)). cloth-backed pictorial boards, 58pp., 44 poems, illustrated with color engravings by Edmund Evans after drawings by Greenaway. Very lightly rubbed, library embossed stamp on title page, else Fine. $35.00
153. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. MARIGOLD GARDEN by Kate Greenaway. Warne, London, n.d. (c. 1940s) Schuster 135 2(a), intermediate later edition, omitting "Marigold Garden" in frontispiece border, and omitting "The Ungrateful Lamb," but with colored pictorial e/ps and yellow stained edges. VG, with embossed library stamp on title page. $35.00
154. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS by Jane & Ann Taylor. Wanrne, London & NY (c.1940s). [Schuster 109 (3)]. 8vo., illustrated boards, poems with illustrations in color throughout. Embossed library stamp on title page, else Fine. $45.00
155. (Galizzi, G. B.)illus. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF by George Radford. Dent, London, 1923. 4to., cloth, 14 color plates. Some browning, mostly on verso of plates, else near Fine. $45.00
156. Pitz, Henry C. THE BRANDYWINE TRADITION. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1969 (1st Pr). 4to., cloth, DJ, 252pp., illustrated. Survey of the illustrators of the "Brandywine School" (N. C. Wyeth, et al). VG/VG $22.50
157. (Neill, John R.)illus. GRAMPA IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1924. 1st Edition (heavy stock 1 7/16" thick), not 1st printing (type on pp 171 and 189 is damaged). Hanff, Greene, P.94. 8vo., light brick red cloth, paste-on, 271pp., 12 color plates. Very good, with front hinge reglued. $250.00
158. (Neill, John R.) illust. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, c. 1923-1930. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in red, yellow and green, Woozy in red & black on spine, color pictorial endpapers, color illustrations in text throughout, no advertisments on half-title, five advertisments following page 343. Spine very faded, front hinge reclosed, else VG $125.00
159. (Neill, John R.)illus. KABUMPO IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, 1923 reprint (H/G p.89), with half-title at rear, and "non-standard" ampersand on spine. 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 297pp., 12 color plates. VG, with re-closed rear hinge and with wear or rubbing to paste-on. $175.00
160. (Neill, John R.)illus. CAPTAIN SALT IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1936 (1st Edition) H/G p. 101, with 16 page gatherings. 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 306pp., b/w illustrations as issued. VG with spotting to cloth, faded spine, and rubbing to paste-on. $150.00
161. (Detmold, E. J.)illus. THE BOOK OF BABY BEASTS by Florence E. Dugdale. Hodder & Stoughton, NY, n.d. (1912, 1st publ. simultaneously with Frowde/Hodder London imprint. This copy, however, has a gift inscription dated 1911). 4to, green cloth backed boards covered in green paper, with paste-on illustration. 120pp., 19 color plates. Minor wear at corners and spine ends, gift inscription on front endpaper, else a very nice copy. $175.00
162. (Potter, Beatrix)illus. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT - A PORTFOLIO OF ART PRINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL LINE BLOCKS MADE FOR THE FIRST PRIVATE EDITION. Battledore, Kingston, NY, 1995. Edition of 250 sets. signed by Maurice Sendak. 24mo., cloth clamshell box, introductory brochure by Maurice Sendak, signed by him, and 34 block prints in brown ink on fine paper, each in its own numbered and captioned folder. Fine. $950.00
163. (Floethe, Richard)illus. THE GLORIOUS ADVENTURES OF TYL ULENSPIEGEL by Charles De Coster. LEDC, NY, 1934 (edition of 1500 copies). Folio, cloth, 277pp., color illustrations. Signed by Floethe. Fine, lacks slipcase. $35.00
164. (Hope-Taylor, Brian)illus. THE LAKE AND THE WOODS OR NATURE'S CALENDAR by Mikhail Prishvin. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1951. 8vo., cloth, DJ, 258pp., illustrated with wood-engravings. VG/VG $17.50
165. (Walker, Lula Mae)illus. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME by Lula Mae Walker. Nims & Knight, Troy, NY, 1891. Oblong 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards in color lithography, 22pp. lithographically printed in colors and tint on one side only. Poems, songs and pictures on the title theme. Fine $75.00
166. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. ELEVEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS from A BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN by Kate Greenaway. Sepia ink on paperboard, matted together and framed, each affixed from behind to the mat, which measures 13 x 9 inches. The drawings range in size from 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. down to 7/8 x 7/8 in. Rodney Engen, the author of Printed Kate Greenaway, the catalogue raisonne of the artist's published work, has provided a letter stating "In my opinion the drawings are by Kate Greenaway." He goes on to identify the placement of the drawings in the book. Scattered foxing, else in Fine condition. $4200.00
167. (Adams, Alice Wheaton)illus. TOM TUCKER AND LITTLE BO BEEP by Thomas Hood. Cassell, London, 1891. 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 44pp., plus 13 color lithographed plates and numerous illustrations in tint lithography. Light wear and discoloration to boards, soft creases at top corner of first three pages, else a VG copy of a beautiful book. $35.00
168. (Noble, Edwin)illus. PADS, PAWS AND CLAWS by W. P. Pycraft. Stokes, Ny, c. 1911 (1st Amer.). 4to., boards, 132pp., 32 finely printed tipped-on color plates. VG $65.00
169. (Greenaway, Kate)illus. A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE by Myles B. Foster. Warne reissue, c. 1930s. 4to., green cloth spine, pictorial boards and endpapers, illustrated in color throughout. Nr. fine. $125.00
170. (Jver-Dretler)illus. MON BEAU KRAKOW by Bernard Hamel. Musee d'Art et d'Industrie, Cracovie, Poland, 1938 (edition of 1000 numbered copies). 8vo., boards, poems and 32 wood-engraved plates. Inscribed by Hamel. VG, but spine has a small chip, top, and wear at its edges. Unusual pre-WWII item. $85.00
171. (Potter, Edna)illus. THIS WAY AND THAT by Edna Potter. Oxford Univ. Pr., NY, 1930. Obl. 4to., cloth with front cover paste-on, 24 songs/games (all the children's classics - mulberry bush, tisket-a-tasket, london bridge, etc., with instructions for how to do them), 24 color plates on facing pages. Soft, unusual colors in a near-deco style. Slight fraying to bottom of spine, else a nice copy of an uncommon book. $45.00
172. (Floethe, Richard)illus. PINOCCHIO by C. Collodi. LEC, NY, 1937. Edition of 1500 signed by Floethe. 4to., cloth, 128pp., color lithographed illustrations. Spine faded, no slipcase, else Fine. $55.00
173. (Williams, Garth)illus. STUART LITTLE by E. B. White. Harper, NY,(later printing). 8vo., cloth, DJ, 131pp. Fine, in Fine DJ. $15.00
174. (Benton, Thomas Hart)illus. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Mark Twain. LEC, NY, 1944 (Edition of 1200 copies, signed by Benton. 4to., 1/4 leather over pictorial boards, 418pp., color and sepia plates plus in-text vignettes. Some wear to leather at the spine extremities, else Fine, but lacking slipcase. $150.00
175. (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS by Francois Rabelais. Lippincott, Phila., c. 1920 (later edition). 2 vols., 8vo., red cloth, gilt. t.e.g., 474 and 462pp., profusely illustrated in b/w. Minor sunning of spines, else Fine. $45.00
176. Holscher, Eberhard. DEUTSCHE ILLUSTRATOREN DER GEGENWART. Munich, 1959. 4to., 239pp., examples of the work of 54 German artists active in the 1950s. Spine extremities frayed, else VG. $25.00
177. (Neill, John R.)illus. TIK-TOK OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, after 1920, before 1935. Hanff, Greene, p. 66. Red cloth, pastedown illustration, 272pp., 12 captioned color plates. Wear at edges of pastedown, else VG. $175.00
178. (Neill, John R.)illus. KABUMPO IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, later reprint (H/G p.89), with half-title at rear, but with "standard" ampersand on spine. 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 297pp., 12 color plates, coated on both sides. VG, with re-closed inner hinges, repaired tear to front free endpaper, and with wear or rubbing to paste-on. $150.00
179. (Smith, Charles W.)illus. OLD VIRGINIA IN WOODCUTS by John W. Rixey Smith. Dale Press, Richmond, 1929. Edition of 1000 copies signed by Charles Smith. 4to., cloth-backed decorated boards, 19 woodcuts. News article glued to rear e/p, else a Fine copy. $50.00
180. (Nura)illus. THE SILVER BRIDGE by Nura. NY, 1937 (ediion of 650 copies). 4to., cloth-backed boards, 7 orginal color lithographs. Fine $85.00
181. (Neill, John R.)illus. OZMA OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, c. 1923-28 (H/G pp. 50-52). 8vo., red cloth with paste-on cover illustration, 270pp., color illustrations in text. With no ads, but with pre-1929 cover. Light wear at extremities and around the edges of the paste-on. VG $150.00
182. (Berty, Maurice)illus. CONTES VERTS DE MA MERE-GRAND by Charles Robert-Dumas. Paris, 1926. 4to., gold-decorated green cloth, 158pp., 8 tipped-in color plates, in-text illustrations, letters and vignettes on almost every page. Spine ends frayed, some edgewear at hinges along spine, else a nice copy. VG $250.00
183. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE ANIMAL FAMILY by Randall Jarrell. Pantheon, NY, 1965 (1st Ed, Hanrahan A-64). 12mo., blue-green cloth, DJ with $3.50 price, 180pp., illustrations. A rubber stamped letter "H" on ffep, and a chip and a few small breaks on DJ top edges. VG/VG $27.50
184. Mornand and J.-R. Thome, Pierre. VINGT ARTISTES DU LIVRE. Paris, 1950. One of 1800 numbered copies. 4to., wraps, 307pp., original lithographed cover by Edouard Goerg, profusely illustrated. The sixth in Mornand's series on book illustrators. The book illustrations of the following artists are covered: Berard, Chagall, Cochet, Denis, Falke, Frelaut, Goerg, Humbert, Jacquemin, Jouve, Laurencin, Mahn, Marchand, Masson, Matisse, Picasso, Rouault, Tremois, Van Dongen, Villeboeuf. Some wear to wraps at spine extremities, else near Fine. $145.00
185. (Miro, Joan)illus. A TOUTE EPREUVE by Paul Eluard. Braziller, NY, 1984 (Reprint of 1927 edition). 4to., slipcase, board folder, wrappers, text and reproductions of Miros wood engravings. Fine. $85.00
186. (Smith, Jessie Willcox and Oakley, Violet)illus. EVANGELINE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Houghton-Mifflin, Boston & NY, 1897. 8vo., cloth, 143pp., 10 tissue-guarded plates in color lithography. Some fading to cloth, especially at spine, some holes in the tissue guards, else a Fine copy of a scarce title. $75.00
187. (Bell, R. A.)illus. THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF ART AND SONG by Robert E. Mack. Nister, London & Dutton, NY, 1880s. 4to., decorated cloth. Poems and 18 sensitive chromolithographed plates (16 full page). Some wear at extremities, else VG, all plates Fine. $125.00
188. (Neill, John R.)illus. THE MAGIC OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chi., 1919 (later printing). Blue cloth, pastedown illustration, 266pp., 12 color plates. Hanff/Greene p. 74. A printing subsequent to State 3; no publishers advertisements, but plates tipped-in, as in the early states, rather than bound-in. Pastedown margins lightly worn, a few stains on the rear cover, a small hole in the margin of the half-title, but still a very clean, fresh and attractive copy. $175.00
189. (Francoise.)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Jardin des Modes, Paris (n.d.). Story of the Creation, hand-lettered and charmingly illustrated. Printed on fabric. Very good, but appears to lack the white cloth backstrip. $175.00
190. (Billinghurst, Percy J.)illus. A HUNDRED FABLES OF AESOP by Aesop. John Lane, London & NY, 1899. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 201pp. 100 fables each illustrated in b/w. An unusually attractive copy. Fine. $150.00
191. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. THIS IS MY OWN by Rockwell Kent. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, NY, 1940 (1st edition stated). 4to., cloth, DJ, 393pp., 105 illustrations by Kent. Fine, DJ has some small nicks, and is a bit faded at spine. $55.00
192. (Lear, Edward)illus. TEAPOTS AND QUAILS by Edward Lear. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1953 (1st edition stated). Tall 8vo., pictorial boards, DJ, 64pp., poems and illustrations. Fine, a few small nicks at DJ edges. $27.50
193. Lear, Edward. RHYMES OF NONSENSE - AN ALPHABET. Bertram Rota, London, 1968 (edition of 500 numbered copies, this copy numbered "21"). TAll 8vo., boards, orginal glassine, with price label, drawing and rhyme for each letter, introduction by Philip Hofer. Fine/Fine $45.00
194. Sheridan, Richard Brindsley. THE RIVALS. LEC, 1953. Edition of 1500 copies, signed by illustrator. 4to., cloth, slipcase, 149pp., hand-colored copper engravings. Fine. $45.00
195. (Bradley, Will)illus. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving. R. H. Russell for Will Bradley, NY, 1897. Insribed and signed by Bradley. Slim 8vo., boards, 61pp. Printed by Bradley, and with cover, frontis. and headpiece illustrations by him. A very nice copy with a few losses to the spine label, and a tiny break in the paper at the top of the spine. The last page torn from rough opening. A scarce book, but quite rare with the inscription. $450.00
196. (Bradley, Will)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. R. H. Russell for Will Bradley, NY, 1897. Insribed and signed by Bradley. Slim 8vo., boards, 35pp. Printed by Bradley, and with cover, frontis. and headpiece illustrations by him. A very good copy with losses to the spine label, and chips to the paper at the top and bottom of the spine, the last page torn from rough opening. A scarce book, but quite rare with the inscription. $450.00
197. Crite, Alan Rohan (illus) WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD. Harvard Univ. Pr., Cambridge, 1944 (1st Ed). 4to., black cloth, introduction by Kenneth John Conant, "Apologia" by Crite, music and illustrations. Very minimal fading along spine, neat owners inscription on front free endpaper, no DJ, else a fine copy of this scarce early title by one of America's most respected African American artists. $175.00
198. (Crite, Alan Rohan)illus. THREE SPIRITUALS FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN by Alan Rohan Crite. Harvard Univ. Pr., Cambridge, 1948 (1st Ed). 4to., green cloth, DJ, forward by Roland Hayes, "Apologia" and illustrations by Crite. Inscribed signed, and dated by Crite in 1963. There is a small tear (1/4-1/2 inch) at the bottom of the rear panel of the DJ, else this is a Fine copy of a scarce early title by one of America's most respected African American artists. $275.00
199. (Gill, Eric)illus. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA by Geoffrey Chaucer. Random House, NY, 1932. 8vo., decorated cloth, DJ, 309pp., illustrations and decorative borders by Gill. Book is Fine, DJ in pieces, with significant chips and tears. $12.50
200. (Cox, Kenyon)illus. THE BLESSED DAMOZEL by Dante Gabriel Rosetti. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1886. Folio (12 x 15 in.), gold decorated brown cloth, t.e.g., individually hinged sheets, 20 finely reproduced drawings by Cox, accompanying the text of Rosetti's poem. A masterful production; this copy still very attractive despite a 3" break at the bottom of the front cover hinge, and wear along the edges and corners. $100.00
201. (Vignal, Pierre)illus. MECCAS OF ART IN NORTHERN ITALY by Gabriel Faure. Brentano's, NY, 1927. Lg. 4to, cloth, 100pp., art of Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, and Bassano. illustrated with fine facsimile watercolors and sepia toned photos. Spine lightly frayed at extremities, else a Very Good copy. $150.00
202. (Masson, Leon)illus. STANCES by Francois de Malherbe. Les Editions de la Nouvelle France, Paris, 1944. One of 35 hors commerce copies from a total edition of 395. Quarto, slipcase, chemise of boards, 144pp., poems and decorations (titles, initials, tailpieces, in red and black). Loose as issued, uncut. Fine throughout. $250.00
Francois Malherbe (1555-1628), was the official court poet, and became the "virtual literary dictator of France during the early 17th Century...he advocated of order, rationality and simplicity; opposing all colorful eccentricty in verse, he condemned the affectation, emotionalism, and decorative qualities of the late-baroque poets" (Benet, Reader's Encyclopedia).
203. (Low and Maud West, Marie)illus. THROUGH WOODLAND AND MEADOW and Other Poems With Sketches From Nature. Ernest Nister, London, and E. P. Dutton & Co, NY. No date, but c. 1880s. Large 4to, decorated cloth, gold patterned endpapers. Poetry and illustrations in fine chromolithography and in b/w. One loose signature, with one page detached and frayed along its bottom, rear inner hinge open, extremities of covers a bit rubbed, some lights spotting throughout. Nevertheless an attractive copy of an uncommon, and beautifully executed book. $75.00
204. (Siegel, William)illus. THE ROAD TO CATHAY by Merriam Sherwood and Elmer Mantz. Macmillan, NY, 1928 (1st Ed). 8vo., cloth, pictorial endpapers, 251pp., 2 double page maps in color, 46 b/w illustrations. Fading to gold decoration and lettering of cloth, else Fine. $25.00
205. (Pitts, J. Martin (illus). THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Robert Buchanan. Old Stile Press, London, 1982. 4to., cloth over paper covered boards, slipcase, 32 pp., 15 linocuts by Pitts. No. 63 of 100 copies signed by Pitts. This was the first bound book of the Old Stile Press, printed by Nicholas McDowall in December, 1981. Fine in Fine slipcase. $150.00
206. (Fairleigh, John)illus. THE MAN WHO DIED by D. H. Lawrence. Heinemann, London, 1935. 4to., cloth-backed marbled boards, 67pp., 10 wood-engraved illustrations in red and black. Some edgewear at spine and corners, overall Very Good. No DJ. $45.00
207. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. THE BAT-POET by Randall Jarrell. Macmillan, NY, 1964 (7th Pr.). 8vo., cloth, DJ, 43pp., illustrated. F/F $7.50
208. (Cochin, Charles Nicholas)illus. THE ORIGIN OF THE GRACES by Mlle. Dionis Dusejour. Vizetelly, London, n.d. (c. 1900). Out-of-series copy from a stated edition of 300 regular and 50 special copies printed for the U. S.). Tall 8vo., cloth-backed patterned-paper covered boards, 63pp., 6 copperplate engravings printed from the original plates. Two repaired breaks in the cloth along the spine, else VG. $35.00
209. France, Anatole. PENGUIN ISLAND. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1927 (later reprint). 4to., cloth, pictorial endpapers, 345pp., 12 plates and many in-text illustrations. VG except for a two short tears in the cloth at the top of the spine. $10.00
210. (Sidjakov, Nicolas)illus. L'EMPEREUR ET LE TAMBOUR by Ruth Robbins. Parnassus Press, Berkeley, 1962. 4to., cloth, DJ, text in French, color illustrations thoughout. F/F $15.00
211. (Young, Roland)illus. NOT FOR CHILDREN Pictures and Verse by Roland Young. Doubleday, NY, 1930. 4to., cloth, DJ, poems and illustrations, introduction by Ring Lardner. VG/VG $17.50
212. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. OUTSIDE OVER THERE by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, NY, 1981 (2d Printing, and with Caldcott Medal label on jacket). Oblong 4to., cloth, DJ, illustrated in color. Fine, DJ has a small clean tear at bottom of front panel. $17.50
213. (Grandville)illus. LES METAMORPHOSES DU JOUR. The book together with AN ORIGINAL PREPARATORY DRAWING FOR PLATE III. Texts by various writers. Paris, 1869 (1st was 1829). 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, with the original wraps bound-in, t.e.g., lxiii + 480pp., 71 hand-colored lithographed plates (Title + 70 plates), plus a profusion of wood-engraved in-text illustrations. Near Fine, inside and out, with the plates very fresh. Offered together with an original preparatory drawing for Plate III "Tu t'entetes a jouer avec Monsieur, tu vois bien qu'il retourne le roi a chaque coup." Pen & Ink over Black Chalk. 5 x 7 1/8 in.; 127 x 182 mm Signed, lower right, "Grandville." The drawing shows the left two thirds of the published plate (the two figures conversing, the fox playing cards, and the table with the cloth and the lamp) in finished form; a female figure is drawn lightly in pencil, seated on the other side of the table, playing cards with the fox. In the published drawing, this figure has been changed, and a fifth figure, to the right, has been added. The design of the lamp has also been modified. In Fine condition. Original artwork by Grandville is uncommon, and a piece showing a stage in the creative development of a work of such fame and importance as Les Metamorphoses is particularly interesting and appealing. $3500.00
Grandville (JEAN-IGNACE-ISIDORE GÉRARD), 1803-1847, was a caricaturist best known for presenting animals in human form and using them to satirize the French social and political milieu of his period. His reputation was established with Metamorphoses du Jour in 1829, and he went on to illustrate numerous other satirical books, as well as literary classics. He also drew for the humor magazines of the period "Charivari" and "Caricature." His work has continued to influence artists down to the present day.
214. (Avati, Mario)illus. I VIAGGI DI GULLIVER (GULLIVER'S TRAVELS) by Jonathan Swift. Fogola, Turin, 1973. Number 4 of 10 special copies reserved for the artist of an edtion of 300 copies numbered 1-300, 75 copies on "Rives" paper numbered i-lxxv for subscribers, 26 copies numbered A-Z reserved for collaborators, and the 10 copies numbered 1-10. 4to. (12 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.), boards, covered in red paper, slipcase also covered in red paper, red paper DJ, 354pp., Italian text, illustrated with 42 small mezzotints in b/w, each about 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches, each signed in pencil for this special copy. Printed by Atelier Rigal, Fontenay-aux Roses. Uncut. Fine throughout. $2750.00
215. (Fraser, Betty)illus. MY LITTLE LIBRARY: A CHRISTMAS GARLAND OF CAROLS, HOLIDAY RHYMES, PRAYERS AND GRACES. Rutledge, 1964. 16mo., slipcase with three books. Pictorial paper covered boards, ilustrated in color. Slipcase lightly rubbed, else a Fine set. $10.00
216. (Neill, John R.)illus. THE LOST KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, c. 1927 (1st was 1925), with DJ titles through "Gnome King in Oz," and DJ price of $1.60. Hanff, Greene, P.92. 8vo., deep blue cloth, DJ, paste-on illustration, 280pp., 12 color plates, tipped-in and coated on both sides, indicating early reprint, as first issue had plates coated on one side, and later issues had plates bound-in. The book Fine, the DJ with tears and chips, but intact and bright, still making a very nice appearance. Scarce thus. $375.00
217. OZ. (Neill, John R.)illus. GRAMPA IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1924 (1st Edition) Hanff, Greene, P.94. 8vo., light brick red cloth, paste-on, 271pp. (heavy stock, book 1 7/16 in. thick), perfect type on pp. 171 and 189, indicating a first printing, 12 color plates. About Fine. $350.00
218. (Neill, John R.) illust. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, c.1923 (Hanff, Greene, p. 66). 8vo., blue cloth stamped in red and yellow, Woozy in red on spine, pictorial endpapers, color illustrations in text throughout, advertisments on half-title through Cowardly Lion, five advertisments following page 343. A very attractive copy, but with faint residue of crayon coloring to a few of the illustrations, and owners name in ink on the owners page. VG. $150.00
219. (Austen, John)illus. SOUTH WIND by Norman Douglas. Argus Books, Chicago, 1929. 2 vols., 8vo., cloth, DJs, slipcase, tissue-guarded color plates. Books Fine, DJs have a few small chips, slipcase has some edgewear. $60.00
220. (Bone, Muirhead)illus. THE LONDON PERAMBULATOR by James Bone. Knopf, NY, 1925. 4to., cloth, 195pp., 16 plates. VG $10.00
221. Lang, Jean. A BOOK OF MYTHS. T. C. & E. C. Jack, London, 1914 (1st edition). 8vo., cloth, 340pp., 20 color plates. Very Good, except spine slightly faded and edges, corners, lightly rubbed. $35.00
222. (Cook, Beryl)illus. BERYL COOK'S NEW YORK by Beryl Cook. Knopf, NY, 1985. 4to., cloth, DJ, humorous comentary and illustrations. Fine/Fine. $15.00
223. BOKEN SOM KUNST. National Museum, Sweden, 1983. Sq. 8vo., boards, 96pp. Catalogue of illustrated books from the 15th Century to present. VG $7.50
224. Kramer, J. H. AFBILDNINGAR AF NORDISKA DRAGTER (Scandinavian National Costumes). Stockholm, 1895. Illustrations by H. Thulstrup. Oblong 4to., cloth with paste-on illustration. Text in Swedish and French and 14 fine chromolithographed plates. VG $65.00
225. (Vimar, A.)illus. LA POULE A POILS. Text and illustrations by A. Vimar. Paris, n.d. (c. 1914, as there exists an American version in English translation, "The Curly Haired Hen" published 1914). 8vo., Blue pictorial cloth, 98pp., 4 color plates and b/w line illustrations on virtually every page. A very bright and atractive copy; about Fine. $37.50
226. (Ben Sussan)illus. LE LIVRE DES REVES by Rainer Maria Rilke. Editions de la Pleiade, Paris, 1928. This is number 587, on Velin du Marais, from a total edition of 1340 copies. Head- and tail-pieces by Ben Sussan. 8vo., wraps, 99pp., translation into French by Maurice Betz. VG $45.00
227. Bangs, John Kendrick. MR. MUNCHAUSEN - AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF HIS RECENT ADVENTURES. Noyes, Platt & Co., Boston, 1901. First edition, second state, with the Small, Maynard copyright crossed out, and the Noyes, Platt copyright printed below, and no publisher's ads at end. 8vo., tan pictorial cloth, 180pp., 15 color plates by Newell. A very attractive copy. VG. $35.00
228. Pennell, Joseph. THE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS - A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1896 (1st Ed.). 8vo., cloth, 166pp., plus publisher's ads. VG $27.50
229. LITTLE DAISY - A STORY AND PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE FOLKS. Syndicate Trading Co., NY, 1889. 8vo. cloth-backed boards with chromolithographed illustration, 48pp., stories with b/w illustrations. Edgewear, else VG $12.50
230. Sendak, Maurice. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN. Harper & Row, NY, 1970 (later printing with Caldecott medal on DJ. 4to., cloth, DJ, illustrated in color. Fine, DJ has a few small tears, one with scotch tape. $17.50
231. Bradley, Will (illust). FRINGILLA. by R. D. Blackmore. Burrows Bros., Cleveland, 1895. Boards,125 pp.,plus ads. With 10 plates, 25 decorative borders, 16 initials and a title page, all designed by Bradley. Edition limited to 600 copies (there was a special edition of 40 signed copies). One of the great books of the Art Nouveau movement in the U.S. Externals very nice, internals foxed throughout. Still an attractive copy of a scarce book. $1000.00
232. Oz. (Neill, John R.) illust. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1919 or 1920. 8vo., light tan cloth stamped in red and black, Woozy in red & black on spine, pictorial endpapers, color illustrations in text throughout, advertisments on half-title through Magic of OZ, five advertisments following page 343. Fine throughout, a very attractive copy. VG $275.00
Hanff, Greene, page 63ff., considers the tan cloth to a be the secondary binding of the Reilly & Britton first edition, and describes early Reilly & Lee printings as being in this binding, and as being otherwise nearly identical to the secondary issues of the first edition. The fact that this copy has advertisements on the half-title though Magic of OZ, implies the 1919-1920 date, making it the earliest reprint. "Magic of Oz" 1919, was the first Oz book published under the Reilly and Lee imprint, and "Glinda of OZ" was the next, in 1920. The fact that Magic is the last in the list of advertized books, dates it as being issued prior to the publication of Glinda. The binding, however, tan, colored in red and black, varies from the secondary first edition binding which was tan, colored in red, green and yellow. Nevertheless, I base the dating on the publisher's usual practice of adding the newly published books to the list of advertisements on the half-title. Patchwork Girl, unlike most of the Oz books had no inserted color plates in any of the editions.
233. (Neill, John R.)illus. SKY ISLAND by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee (c1920s). Later reprint with color-plate frontispiece only (earlier printings had 12 color plates). 8vo., red cloth, paste-on color illustration, color frontis, 288pp., b/w illustrations. Very light edgewear, else a Near Fine copy. $150.00
234. (Neill, John R.)illus. JOHN DOUGH AND THE CHERUB by L. Frank Baum. Reilly & Lee (c. 1920s) Later reprint with color frontispiece only (earlier printings had 12 color plates). 8vo., cloth, paste-on illustration, pictorial endpapers, 315pp., color frontis and b/w illustrtions. Extremties very lightly rubbed, else a Near Fine copy. $150.00
235. (Quackenbush, Paschal)illus. EVOLUTION OF FLIGHT by Nolie Mumey. Knedrick-Bellamy, Denver, 1931. Edition of 200 signed copies. 8vo., cloth-backed boards with pictorial embossed in silver, 123 pp., illustrated. In addition to the limitation signature, this copy also is inscribed and signed on the front endpaper. Fine. $125.00
236. (Clerici, Fabrizio)illus. DIE REISEN DES MARCO POLO by Ottimo. Propylaen Verlag, Frankfort-am-Main, 1971. Large 4to., cloth, slipcase, 158+pp., illustrated in color and b/w. This copy one of 900 from Series A-4, with one color lithograph signed in pencil by Clerici (there were 5 limited series marked "A-1 through A-5, in descending order of luxury, but each with some kind of original print or prints, and signature or signatures, for a total of 1500 copies, and a regular edition, marked "B" of 510 copies, for a grand total of 2010 copies). This copy Fine thoughout. $75.00
237. (Neill, John R.)illus. KABUMPO IN OZ by Ruth Plumley Thompson. Reilly & Lee, 1922 (1st Printing; see H/G p.89), with half-title following owner's page, and standard ampersand on spine. 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 297pp., 12 color plates. VG, with re-closed hinges and with wear and rubbing to paste-on. $225.00
238. (Grandville)illus. FABLES OF LA FONTAINE by Jean de La Fontaine. Sanborn, Carter, Bazin & Co., Boston, c.1842. (5th edition). 2vols in one, cloth, 247 + 290pp., headpiece illustraions by Grandville. Occasional foxing, minor edgewear, but overall Very Good. $75.00
239. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. OUTSIDE OVER THERE by Maurice Sendak. Hanrahan A110. Harper & Row, NY, 1981 (ist Printing, without "2" at bottom of copyright page, and without Caldecott Medal label on jacket). Oblong 4to., cloth, DJ, illustrated in color. Fine, DJ has a small clean tear at bottom of back panel, and a few very small nicks at top and bottom edges. $50.00
240. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. ZLATEH THE GOAT by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Hanrahan A66. Harper & Row, NY, 1966 (first trade edition). 8vo., cloth, DJ, xi+90pp. Fine in VG DJ with some nicks, small tears and edgewear. DJ price clipped, else all Hanrahan's points. $37.50
241. (Benito)illus. REIMS - LA CATHEDRALE by R. Burnand. Paris, 1918. Oblong folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, 42pp. illustrated throughout with pochoir-colored plates. Near Fine, despite some darkening of boards and a stained area on the rear panel. $75.00
242. (Neill, John R.)illus. THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ by L. Frank Baum. H/G pp. 63-65. Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1913. First edition. 8vo., 340pp., in-text illustrations in color and b/w. This is a second state of the first printing, with "CHAP. THREE" on page 35 reset so as not to overlap the text, and in the scarcer secondary light tan binding. All other H/G points as called for. Slight darkening near the bottom of a spine, a few unobtrusive spots of soiling, front and back, else a very nice copy. $850.00
243. (Korab, Karl). DAS WALDVIERTEL by Karl Korab. Molden, Vienna, 1974. 1st edition of 2000 copies (there was a reprint in 1978). Square 4to., cloth-backed boards with paste-on illustration, text in German, 30 illustrations after drawings by Korab, and 57 color photos. Top edges rubbed, else Fine. $25.00
244. (Cornwell, Dean)illus. THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING by William Lyon Phelps. Cosmopolitan Book Co., NY, 1926. 4to., Cloth-backed boards, DJ, 116pp., 10 full-page color illustrations. Fine, DJ has tears, chips, soiling. $125.00
245. (Miro, Joan). JOAN MIRO: PLENITUDE - DIBUIXOS, GOUACHES, MONOTIPS by Pere Gimferrer. Maeght, Barcelona, 1978. 4to., wraps, Spanish text, illustrated. With two original double-page lithographs, one the cover and the other also, like the cover, wrapping around the text. Fine. Uncommon $195.00
246. Kramer, Frank (illus). THE MAGICAL MIMICS IN OZ by Jack Snow. H/G 114. Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1946. First edition. 8vo., gray cloth with pictorial paste-on 242pp., b/w illustrations, 16 page gatherings printed on white paper, inserted endpapers in green on pale yellow paper, etc., all as called for in H/G. Fine except for a liquid stain on the bottom edge of the text block which has left its mark at the bottom of many pages, often just a speck, but sometimes a spot or spots extending not more than 1/4" above the bottom edge of the sheet. No DJ $350.00
247. (Eichenberg, Fritz)illus. TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by Edgar Allan Poe. Random House, NY, 1944. 8vo., cloth, slipcase, 562pp., illustratins after woodcuts by Eichenberg. Very Good, but with wear to the spine lettering and to the slipcase. $22.50
248. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP! OR THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, NY, 1967 (1st edition, with $4.95 price and "1067" on the DJ front flap). Square 8vo., cloth, DJ, 69pp., illustrated in b/w. A Fine copy in a DJ which has some darkening to the spine and to the first 1" of the panels, and rubbing along the rear panel near the spine. $55.00
249. (Ardizzone, Edward)illus. DING DONG BELL - A FIRST BOOK OF NURSERY SONGS by Percy Young. Dobson, London, 1957 (First edition. Dover sticker on DJ flap indicates they were the US distributor). Small 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, DJ, 143pp., illustrated. Gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper, else Fine; DJ has a few short tears and small chips. $27.50
250. (Brande, Marlie)illus. TALES THE MOON CAN TELL by Hans Christian Andersen. Copenhagen, 1955. Edition of 1000 copies in English. 4to., slipcase, wrappers, 82pp., illustrated. $55.00
251. (Eichenberg, Fritz)illus. THE WITCH OF RAMOTH AND OTHER TALES by Mark Van Doren. Maple Press, York, PA., 1950. Tall 4to., cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 95pp., gilt-edges, illustrated. Edition of 1700 numbered copies, this copy signed by Eichenberg on the limitation page, and also inscribed and signed by him on the title page. Fine in Fine slipcase. $55.00
252. (Eichenberg, Fritz)illus. RESURRECTION by Leo Tolstoy. Heritage Press, NY, 1963. 4to., cloth, slipcase, 403pp., illustrated. Inscribed by Eichenberg on the half-title. Fine in Fine slipcase. $40.00
253. (Bramer, Leonhard). QUEVEDOS WUNDERLICHE TRAUME by Francesco Gomez de Quevedo. Hugo Schmidt, Munich, 1919. Large 4to., gold-tooled dark brown morocco, 66pp. text in German, plus 61 plates reproducing drawings by Bramers. Fine, except spine faded and lightly rubbed along the hinges, edges and raised bands. $250.00
Quevedo (1580-1645), Spanish satirist, moralist and poet. Bramer (1596-1674), painter and graphic artist, born in Holland, worked in France and Italy.
254. Illustration - Reference. AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS by Susan E. Meyer. Abrams, NY, 1978. Folio, cloth, DJ, 311pp., 417 illustrations, 186 in color. A good survey of the work of the "biggies," Pyle, Lyendecker, Parrish, Remington, Gibson, Rockwell, etc. F/F $45.00
255. Sendak, Maurice. NUTCRACKER by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Crown, NY, 1984 (1st Ed), 102pp, illustraions in color by Sendak. VG with remainder mark and some color bleeding affecting the bottom edge of some sheets; DJ has a1 1/2" clean tear on front panel. $12.50
256. (Domjan, Joseph). HENRY HUDSON OF THE RIVER by Joseph Domjan. Art Edge, River Efge, NJ, 1959. Large folio (21 x 14 inches), stiff paper covered wrappers, edition of 450 copies, signed and inscribed by Domjan. Described on the title page as "A one-man limited edition for booklovers, designed, cut in wood and printed by hand on handmade rice paper by the author." Title page and preliminaries, and 8 plates all with woodcut decoration and calligraphic text, and 8 plates with full sheet woodcut illustrations. Original prospectus from Kennedy Galleries, NY, showing a publication price of $150.00, laid in. In Fine condition. $150.00 Joseph Domjan, American, born Hungary, 1907-1992, was a painter, printmaker and book illustrator. He came to the U.S. in 1956, following the Hungarian uprising of that year. The Henry Hudosn project was undertaken to fulfill his desire to do a book on an American theme.
257. (Frampton, David)illus. A GUIDE TO THE IMAGINARY BIRDS OF THE WORLD by Joe Nigg. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. 4to., cloth, DJ, 160pp., 30 woodcut illustrations. Fine/Fine. $7.50
258. (Cole, Timothy et al)illus. ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. Harper and Brothers, N. Y. 1887. Folio, cloth, DJ, slipcase. 25 plates printed from blocks by Victor Bernstrom, W.B. Closson (2), Timothy Cole, John P. Davis, Frank French (2), T. Johnson, F.S. King (2), Elbridge Kingsley (2), G. Kruell (2), R.A. Muller, C.A. Powell (2), S.G. Putnam (2), John Tinkey, F.H. Wellington (2) and Henry Wolf (2). Reproductive wood-engravings after works by Inness, Blakelock, R.Swain Gifford, Eastman Johnson, LaFarge, A.P. Ryder, etc. $225.00
259. (Hnizdovsky, Jacques)illus. SIGNUM ET VERBUM by Alexis Rannit. Elizabeth Press, New Rochelle, NY, 1981. Tall 8vo., cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 44pp. plus notes and colophon. Translations from the Estonian by Henry Lyman. Edition of 32 copies, of which this is copy "X" of 26 lettered copies "A-Z;" there were also six "ad personam" copies for the collaborators. Each copy is signed by the designer Martino Mardersteig, the illustrator Jacques Hnizdovsky, the translator Henry Lyman, and the poet, Alexis Rannit. Fine. $575.00
Alexis Rannit is an Estonian emigre who is a professor at Yale.
Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1915-1985, was born in the Ukraine and moved to the US in 1949. He was a master at both the artistic design and technical execution of the woodcut, producing over 350 prints during his career. He was also a designer and illustrator of books. He has long been a leading cultural figure in the Ukranian-American community, but is work is also avidly sought by print collectors and connoiseurs.
James L. Weil began editing and publishing for his Elizabeth Press in 1961. Printing contemporary poetry, some of the authors published by Elizabeth Press besides its editor include Cid Corman, Paul Blackburn, Theodore Eslin , and Robert Creeley among others. Weil had the printing of his books completed elsewhere, often by the Italian printer, Stamperia Valdonega. Elizabeth Press continued its mission printing poetry for twenty years, ending operation in 1981. The Private Press Collection of Northern Illinois University contains nearly fifty works by this small poetry press.
260. (Hnizdovsky, Jacques)illus. SIGNUM ET VERBUM by Alexis Rannit. Elizabeth Press, New Rochelle, NY, 1981. Tall 8vo., cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 44pp. plus notes and colophon. Translations from the Estonian by Henry Lyman. Edition of 32 copies, of which this is copy "X" of 26 lettered copies "A-Z;" there were also six "ad personam" copies for the collaborators. Each copy is signed by the designer Martino Mardersteig, the illustrator Jacques Hnizdovsky, the translator Henry Lyman, and the poet, Alexis Rannit. Fine.
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(Hnizdovsky, Jacques)illus. SIGNUM ET VERBUM by Alexis Rannit. Elizabeth Press, New Rochelle, NY, 1981. 8vo., three sets of corrected proofs, loose sheets in brown paper wrappers. Poems translated from Estonian by Henry Lyman, woodcut decorations by Hnizdovsky. Designed and printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. One set of the corrected proofs has comments and instructions by Hnizdovsky on the wrapper, with his initials JHn, and the date 9/25/81; also initialled "MM" by Mardersteig and "SV" for the printer. The second corrected set is initialed and dated "HL-10/16" by Henry Lyman on the front wrapper, and the third corrected set is initialed "EP" for the Elizabeth Press. The book was published in a limited edition of only 32 copies, plus a regular trade edition. These corrected proofs are likely unique. Fine Together: $1500.00
Alexis Rannit is an Estonian emigre who is a professor at Yale.
Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1915-1985, was born in the Ukraine and moved to the US in 1949. He was a master at both the artistic design and technical execution of the woodcut, producing over 350 prints during his career. He was also a designer and illustrator of books. He has long been a leading cultural figure in the Ukranian-American community, but is work is also avidly sought by print collectors and connoiseurs.
James L. Weil began editing and publishing for his Elizabeth Press in 1961. Printing contemporary poetry, some of the authors published by Elizabeth Press besides its editor include Cid Corman, Paul Blackburn, Theodore Eslin , and Robert Creeley among others. Weil had the printing of his books completed elsewhere, often by the Italian printer, Stamperia Valdonega. Elizabeth Press continued its mission printing poetry for twenty years, ending operation in 1981. The Private Press Collection of Northern Illinois University contains nearly fifty works by this small poetry press.
261. (Hnizdovsky, Jacques)illus. THE VIOLIN OF MONSIEUR INGRES - SOME HIERATIC AND SOME ERRATIC ESTONIAN LINES IN ENGLISH by Aleksis Rannit. Edition Adolf Hurlimann, Zurich, 1983. Edition of 120 copies, of which this is copy No. 120, each signed by Rannit, Hnizdovsky and Hurlimann, the printer. 8vo., wraps with glassine jacket, 56pp. + 8pp. notes and colophon in 8 loose gatherings (as issued), with three woodcuts by Hnizdovsky in-text, unsigned, and a separate suite of the three on Japanese rice paper, each signed. A fourth woodcut, the monogram "AR" serves as the cover illustration. Fine throughout. $425.00
262. (Green, Elizabeth Shippen)illus. THE SUITABLE CHILD by Norman Duncan. Reyell, NY, 1909. 8vo., cloth-backed gold-stamped pictorial boards, 96pp., 5 tipped-on plates. Very Good, with some wear to the boards. $25.00
263. (Hinzdovsky, Jacques)illus. THE TRAVELER'S TREE by William Jay Smith. Persea Press, NY, 1980 (1st trade edition). 4to., cloth, DJ, 167pp., 3 woodcut illustrations. Fine in Fine DJ. $25.00
264. (John Andrew and A. C. Warren)illus. FLOWERS FOR PARLOR AND GARDEN by Edward Sprague Rand Jr. J. E. Tilton, Boston, 1864 (1st edition). 8vo., gold-decorated green cloth, 411pp. + ads, illustrated. Very Good, with small nicks to the cloth at the spine ends. $37.50
265. (Maude Alice and Genevieve Cowles)illus. MY STUDY FIRE by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Dodd, Meade, NY 1901 (not 1st). 8vo., green cloth with gold-decoration by Maude Alice, 288pp., 60 illustrations in b/w. Nice copy, with slight fading of spine.. $12.50
266. (Cooke, Edna)illus. STORIES BY MRS. MOLESWORTH by Sydney Baldwin. Duffield, NY, 1922 (1st American edition). 4to., cloth with paste-on illustration, 353pp., 8 color plates. Repaired tears to cloth along spine, else Very Good. $15.00
267. Bell, Lady. LILLIBURLERO. Oxford University Press, 1933 (1st printing). Oblong 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 43pp. Children's songs, with the music and lyrics, and with a color illustration at the top of each sheet. A small scratch to the cloth on the spine, owner inscription dated 1933 on front endpaper, else about Fine. $22.50
268. (McDaniel, Gertrude)illus. THE DRAGON PAINTER by Mary McNeil Fenollosa. Little, Brown, Boston, 1906. 8vo., pictorial cloth, 262pp., 6 illustrations. A romantic novel set in Japan. Some soil to covers, short tear to page opposite half-title. $7.50
269. FitzGerald, Edward. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Roycroft, East Aurora, 1899 The First edition, limited to 920 copies, numbered and signed by Elbert Hubbard. Oblong 8vo., limp suede with embossed design, red silk endpapers, 67pp + preliminaries and colophon, hand colored decorations and initials throughout. The suede with a tear about 1 1/2 inches long at the top of the spine, somewhat faded, and with some edgewear; the internals Fine and uncut, but the sewing quite fragile; housed in a cloth clamshell box on which the embossed illustration of the front cover has been reproduced as a label. $150.00
270. (Erni, Hans)illus. MODERN LOVE POEMS. D. J. Klemer, editor. Doubleday, NY, 1961. Tall 8vo., pictorial boards, DJ, 109pp., color plates by Erni. Fine in DJ with soiling and small tears. $7.50
271. Raynolds, James. BAROQUE SPLENDOR. Creative Age, 1950. 4to., cloth, DJ, 271pp., illustrated by the author with drawings in sanguine. Fine, DJ has a chip at the bottom of the spine. $10.00
272. HALL & CARPENTER CALENDAR FOR 1888. Printed by Kellerman, Philadelphia, 1888. Hanging calendar, 5 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches. 12 sheets printed in fine chromolithography on heavy card, each with a month's calendar, an illustration and other decorative elements on the recto, and an advertisement for Hall & Carpenter roofing tin on the verso. Fine. $275.00
273. (Macaulay, David)illus. UNBUILDING by David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1980 (3rd Pr). 4to., cloth, DJ, 80pp., illust. Fine, DJ has a few nicks. $7.50
274. (Chappel, Alonzo)illus. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS by E. A. Duyckinck. Johnson, Fry & Co., NY, 1862. 2 vols., 4to., 3/4 brown morocco over brick-red pebbled cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 119 steel engraved plates after paintings by Chappel. A superb set, unusually fresh inside and out. $350.00
275. (Dine, Jim)illus. THE POET ASSASSINATED by Guillaume Apollinaire. Translated by Ron Padgett. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1968. 4to, cloth, DJ, 128pp., illustrations by Dine. Fine; DJ price clipped, else Fine. $37.50
276. (Bloom, Lloyd)illus. WE BE WARM TILL SPRINGTIME COMES by Lillie D. Chaffin. Macmillan, NY, 1980 (1st Printing). 4to., pictorial cloth, DJ, unpaginated, illustrated. Fine in Fine DJ. $12.50
277. (Rouveyre, Andre)illus. PARISIENNES by Andre Rouveyre. Ernst Rowohlt, Leipzig, 1912 (1st edition). Preface by Remy de Gourmont. 4to., cloth, ribbon marker, unpaginated, with 33 illustrations after line drawings. Edition of 300, of which this is number 200, printed on Strathmore paper. Fine throughout. $125.00
278. (Vincenzo)illus. WHO SHED THIS PRICELESS BLOOD by Vincenzo. Harris-Wolfe, 1967. 4to., cloth, unpaginated, 31 illustrations each with text on opposite page in calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong. VG, no DJ. $7.50
279. Kingsley, Charles. SONG OF THE RIVER. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 1887. 4to., pictorial cloth, unpaginated, 16 fullpage illustrations each opposite lines of the poem. Fine. $12.50
280. (Edwards, George Wharton)illus. CERTAIN SONNETS FROM THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S ARCADIA by Philip Sidney. Burrows Bros., Cleveland, 1890. 4to., cloth, 25pp., 15 full page illustrations. Some wear to the cloth, and occasional spots of light foxing, still Very Good. $15.00
281. (Edwards, Evelyn)illus. THE MARRIAGE OF THE MONTHS by Evelyn Edwards. Jackson, n.p., 1898. 4to., gold decorated pictorial cloth, 50pp, printed on one side only, with a poem and an illustration for each month. Apparently recased, with guards for each page. Scarce. Very Good. $45.00
282. (Shahn, Ben)illus. NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE. Poem by Wendell Berry. Braziller, NY, 1964. Oblong 8vo., cloth, cloth slipcase, unpaginated (32pp), illustrated with color and b/w illustrations by Shahn, and with text hand-lettered by him. With an introduction by Shahn recounting how his reaction to the poem when he read it in The Nation impelled him to create the book. Limited edition of unstated size, signed on Justification page by Shahn and Berry. Fine throughout. $175.00
283. Illustration - Reference. AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS by Susan E. Meyer. Galahad Books, NY, 1982 (reprint of Abrams, NY, 1978). Folio, cloth, DJ, 311pp., 417 illustrations, 186 in color. A good survey of the work of the "biggies," Pyle, Lyendecker, Parrish, Remington, Gibson, Rockwell, etc. F/F $22.50
284. (Crane, Walter) illus. THE GOLDEN PRIMER, PARTS I & II, by J. M. D. Meiklejohn. Meiklejohn and Holden, n.d., c. 1890s. The reissue combining the two volumes of the 1884 edition into one. 8vo., gold-decorated pictorial white cloth, 62pp, Title page and 26 color illustrations by Crane, printed by Edmund Evans. A very nice copy, although with occasional light foxing, mostly to the preliminary pages, the spine somewhat darkened, and very light wear to the corners. Scarce $125.00
285. (Shaw, Byam)illus. INDIA'S LOVE LYRICS by Lawrence Hope. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1927. Lg. 4to., cloth, 158pp., 24 color plates. Wear and soil to covers, internals sound. $25.00
286. (Rhead, George, Frederick, and Louis)illus. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by John Bunyan. Century, NY, 1898. 4to., pictorial cloth, 184pp., illustrated. Inner hinge opening at pp. 88-89, else a very nice copy. $45.00
287. (Sasek, Miroslav)illus. THIS IS LONDON by Miroslav Sasek. Macmillan, NY. Apparent 1960 or 1961 reprint (titles listed through This is New York, 1960). 4to., pictorial boards, DJ, 60pp., illustrated. Fine in Fine DJ. $75.00
288. (Holden, Constance W.)illus. HELLAS by Constance W. Holden. Boston, 1969. Folio, cloth, DJ, 62pp, 31 drawings by Holden, each accompanied by a quotation from classic Greek literature on the facing page. Edition of 300 signed copies, this being copy 60. Invitation to a showing of the book at the Cambridge Boat Club laid in. Fine except for some losses to the Dust Jacket, top and bottom of the front panel. $45.00
289. (Reiss, Winold)illus. BLACKFEET INDIANS by Frank B. Linderman. Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, 1935. First edition, published to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park. Cloth-backed red boards with the title in blue art deco letters on the front and back boards, DJ with art deco design suggesting an Indian blanket pattern, with the art deco lettering carried to the dedication and title pages, and to the epigraph on the last page, 65pp., plus biographical info about the writer and the illustrator, and an index. The illustrations by Reiss, all portraits of Blackfeet Indians, are in a traditional illustrationist style, not in keeping with the tenor of Reiss's usual modernist approach, but are distinguished by a dazzling use of color, particularly in the fabrics and jewelry worn by the subjects. This copy is Fine, exceptionally fresh, though there is a bit of darkening to the DJ spine, as well as a very small loss at the top of the spine of the DJ. $350.00
290. (Wuthenau, Raquel Bevilacqua)illus. FIESTA EN TASCO by Raquel Bevilacqua Wuthenau. Editorial Fotocolor Mexico, 1942. 8vo., cloth, DJ, 42pp., color illustrations from woodcuts by the author. Edition of 75 copies, inscribed and signed by Wuthenau. Very Good, dust jacket has a number of chips, most along its spine, but its decorative front panel is essentially intact. $125.00
291. (Chagall and Soulages). XXe SIECLE - PANORAMA 70. Various Authors. Paris, 1970. The French edition of XXth Century for 1970. 4to., illustrated boards, 150+ pages, with original lithographs by Chagall and Soulages, and a profusion of other illustrations. Articles translated into English in a supplement at the end. Fine. $300.00
292. (Tegetmeier, Denis)illus. A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY by Laurence Sterne. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1936. Edition of 1500 copies, signed by Tegetmeier and by Eric Gill, the printer. 4to., decorated cloth, 136pp. Fine, except with spine darkened; lacking the slipcase. $75.00
293. (Thoma, Hans)illus. FEDERSPIELE by Hans Thoma and Henry Thode. Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt, n.d., but 1892. (A likely first printing, as later printings were dated). Tall quarto, cloth-backed boards, 68pp., poems in German with b/w illustrations by Thoma. Boards slightly warped and darkenend, spine ends frayed, internals nice. Scarce. $95.00
Henry Thode, 1857-1920, was an art historian who did several books on the work of Hans Thoma. Hans Thoma (1839-1924) was one of Germany's most highly regarded artists in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
294. Kronhausen, Phyllis and Eberhard. EROTIC ART. Grove Press, NY, 1968 (4th Printing). 2 volumes, cloth, DJs, text and 41 color and 400 b&w plates. VG in VG DJs $45.00
295. (Yunge-Bateman, J.)illus. VENUS AND ADONIS by William Shakespeare. Winchester, London, 1948. 4to., cloth, DJ, 88pp., illustrated in b/w. Fine, DJ has some tears and small losses. $22.50
296. (Lewin, Ted)illus. WORLD WITHIN A WORLD: PRIBILOFS by Ted Lewin. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1980 (1st Pr). Oblong 8vo., cloth, DJ, 78pp. Text and exquisite drawings of the wildlife of the Pribilof Islands. Fine in VG DJ. $10.00
297. (Diaz de Soria, Robert)illus. THREE TALES by Gustave Flaubert. A translation of "Trois Contes" by A. McDowell. Green cloth over boards covered with a patterned cloth, 118pp., twelve tipped-on color plates, and the remnant of the scarce Dust Jacket (the front panel and front flap, and a pice of the spine). A Very Good copy very lightly rubbed along the spine. $35.00
298. Illustration - Reference. AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS by Susan E. Meyer. Galahad Books, NY, 1982 (reprint of Abrams, NY, 1978). Folio, cloth, DJ, 311pp., 417 illustrations, 186 in color. A good survey of the work of the "biggies," Pyle, Lyendecker, Parrish, Remington, Gibson, Rockwell, etc. F/F $22.50
299. Illustration - Reference. AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS by Susan E. Meyer. Galahad Books, NY, 1982 (reprint of Abrams, NY, 1978). Folio, cloth, 311pp., 417 illustrations, 186 in color. A good survey of the work of the "biggies," Pyle, Lyendecker, Parrish, Remington, Gibson, Rockwell, etc. Fine, lacks DJ $20.00
300. (Remington, Frederic)illus. REMINGTON'S FRONTIER SKETCHES by Frederic Remington. Werner Company, Chicago, 1898. Oblong 4to., white paper covered pictorial boards, a.e.g., 15 plates with titled tissue guards. Front board darkened, and with an abraded area on the outer bevel, rear board with a few small liquid stain spots, internals Fine. Overall a Very Good copy of this scarce title. $150.00
301. (Detmold, E. J.)illus. FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. Tudor NY, 1936 (4th Pr.). 4to., cloth, DJ, 271pp., 12 tipped-on color plates. Fine, DJ has a few chips and nicks. $35.00
302. Crothers, Samuel McChord. THE CHILDREN OF DICKENS. Scribners, NY, 1925 (1st printing). 4to., cloth with paste-on illustration, pictorial endpapers, 259pp., 10 color plates. Very Good, with slight fading to the spine, an owner's inscription of the front pastedown, and with a spot of wear at the bottom corner of the paste-on. $35.00
303. (Webb, Margaret Ely)illus. OLD FASHIONED FAIRY TALES by Marion Foster Washburne. Rand, McNally, Chicago, 1909. Sq. 8vo., 102pp., 3 color plates, plus head and tail pieces. Cloth faded and with a stain, some ink scribbles in the margin of page 15, owner inscription on front pastedown, else VG. $37.50
304. (Fujita, Yasumasa)illus. KWAIDAN by Lafcadio Hearn. Limited Editions Club (L.E.C.), NY, 1932. 8vo., decorated silk, Japanese style sewn biding, silk chemise with ivory clasps, 238pp., color and b/w illustrations. Fine, chemise has a small chip at the top of its spine, and wear to its labels. $175.00
305. (Benton, Thomas Hart)illus. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck. LEC, NY, 1940. Edition of 1146 copies signed by Benton. 2 vols., 4to., rawhide over grasscloth, slipcase. Illustrated with lithographs in 2 colors. A Fine set in a Near Fine slipcase. $1200.00
306. (Ogawa, Sanchi)illus. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES by Patricia Peirce Williston. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1904 (1st edition). 8vo., pictorial cloth, 74pp. + 6pp. ads, color illustrations. Very light rubbing at edges, owner name on front pastedown, else Fine. $25.00
307. (Dean, Mallette)illus. MLISS by Bret Harte. Grabhorn Press, SF, 1948. Edition of 300 copies. Folio, cloth backed boards covered with a hand-printed paper with a floral design, printed label on spine 45pp. + a 2 page bibliography of the various other published appearances of Mliss, four full page illustrations and four chapter head initials in color, printed from blocks made of textiles, sandpaper, leather and other non-traditional printmaking materials. The text and illustraions are on thick, heavily textured hand-made paper. Fine. $125.00
308. (Orlowski, Hans)illus. DER PSALTER. The Book of Psalms in the translation of Martin Luther. Kathe Vogt Verlag, Berlin, 1961. 4to., linen, DJ, 77 pages, 150 psalms, 29 original woodcut illustrations by Orlowski. The total edition was 2000 copies, of which 200 were leatherbound, 300 were bound in half-parchment, and 1500 were bound in linen. The first 500 were signed. Although this is one of the linen copies, it is signed on the justification page; in lieu of a printed number, it is inscribed "HO xi/xv," clearly by Orlowski,indicating, we believe, that it was one of 15 copies given to Orlowski his own use. Fine, DJ has two very small nicks, and its spine is darkened. $50.00 Hans Orlowski, 1994-1967, was a German artist, who started as a follower of the Secessionists and worked in an expressionist manner until the mid-1920s, when he developed a style of his own, unrelated to any movement. He was an influetial teacher, had many exhibitions, and, working in woodcut, illustrated several books and livres d'artiste.
309. (Leithauser Mark)illus. LETTERED CREATURES by Brad Leithauser. David Godine, Jaffrey, NH, 2004. Limited Edition of 300 copies, numbered 168 and signed by author and artist. 4to., gold-decorated cloth, slipcase, unpaginated, with a poem and an illustration for each letter of the alphabet. Issued without DJ. Fine in Fine slipcase. $25.00
310. (Szyk, Arthur)illus. ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES by Hans Christian Andersen. Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 343pp., color illustrations. Very Good, no DJ. $25.00
311. (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. BILL THE MINDER by W. Heath Robinson. George Doran, NY, n.d. (1st Amer. was Holt, 1912). 8vo., red cloth, no DJ, 254pp., 16 tipped-on color plates. Very Good with intermittant light foxing. $150.00
312. (Smith, Jessie Willcox)illus. A CHILD'S BOOK OF COUNTRY STORIES by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner. Duffield, New York, 1925 (1st edition). 4to., cloth with paste-on, 265pp., color frontis. and 3 color plates. Fading and light wear to the cloth, wear to the paste-on, spotting and darkening to the title page from offsetting from the frontispieces, and other occasional minor internal spotting. Overall still a Very Good copy. $65.00
313. (Politi, Leo)illus. ROSA by Leo Politi. Scribners, 1963 (probable later printing - rear DJ flap marked: "D-9.71 (CZ)"). Inscribed, signed, dated and with a drawing integral to the inscription, "To my friend/ Rosalie/ with all best wishes/ Leo Politi/ 1975" all in black ink. The book about Fine except for a small circular spot, about 1/4 inch in diameter, probably a liquid stain, affecting the top of the front pastedown, front free endpaper, title page and the first page of text; the DJ with very light wear. $125.00
314. (Baskin, Leonard)illus. CREATURES OF DARKNESS by Esther Baskin. Atlantic/Little Brown, Boston, 1962 (1st edition stated). 4to., cloth, DJ, unpaginated, b/w illustrations after ink and wash drawings. Fine, DJ has a small chip. $15.00
315. (Sterrett, Virginia Frances)illus. TANGLEWOOD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1921. A variant, possibly later printing. 4to., cloth, 261pp., 8 color plates, including frontispiece, and 14 in-text illustrations in b/w. This copy varies from the one usually seen in the following respects: 1. There is no pictorial paste-on on this copy, and there clearly seems not to have been one, or the intention to have one, as this copy does not have the embossed gold square which frames the paste-on the other issue (and on the companion volume "Old French Fairy Tales"). 2. The cloth is different. The usually seen issue has cloth with narrow parallel vertical lines; this cloth has both horizontal and vertical lines. 3. Both have a copyright date of 1921, with no publication date stated. 4. The usually seen issue has the Penn Publishing logo in a horizontal oval format at the bottom of the spine; on this copy the format of the oval is vertical. On this copy the logo is less elaborate and more modern in appearance, rather Art Deco versus the other, which is more Art Nouveau. 5. The usually seen issue has a Greek Key pattern surrounding the copyright notice; this copy has a pattern of "curlicues." 6. Unless I have missed something, the books are otherwise identical. I have obtained and laid in a copy of the paste-on to accompany this copy, in the event I am wrong about it not being called for with this issue. Owner's name on front pastedown, else Fine. $250.00
316. (Flint, Russell)illus. MODELS OF PROPRIETY by Russell Flint. London, 1951 (2d Pr.). 4to., cloth, DJ, 75pp., illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Flint. Light foxing to endpapers, else Fine, DJ with a few small nicks. $25.00
317. (Bedford, F. D.)illus. THE "ORIGINAL POEMS" AND OTHERS by Ann and Jane Taylor and Adelaide O'Keefe. Stokes, NY, 1905 (2d edition). 8vo., gilt pictorial cloth, 415pp., profusely illustrated by Bedford. Very Good, with some slight puckering of the cloth along the spine. $45.00
318. (Du Cane, Ella)illus. THE FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF JAPAN by Florence Du Cane. A & C Black, London, 1908. 8vo., green pictorial cloth, 249pp., 50 color plates. Fine. $75.00
319. (Stephens, Henry L.)illus. Aesop. FABLES OF AESOP. Edward H. Weed, NY, 1867. Large 4to., green cloth, 65pp. text and 56 plates lithographed by Julius Bien (known for his lithographs of Audubon's birds). Some foxing, mostly marginal, with only a few spots actually on images, some wear at corners; an old reback of the spine, with the original spine laid on, also shows light wear. This is, withal, a very nice copy of a book with extraordinary illustrations of anthropomophicized animals, somewhat reminiscent of the manner of Grandville. $175.00
320. (Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse). YVETTE GUILBERT by Gustave Geffroy. Walker, NY, 1968. Square 4to., boards, DJ, unpaginated. Facsimile of 1894 edition, with a translation of the text by Barbara Sessions at the end, and an introduction by Peter Wick. Fine, DJ has a tear on back panel. $12.50
321. (Borges, Jose Francisco)illus. WALKING WORDS by Eduardo Galeano. Norton, NY, 1993 (1st printing). Samll 8vo., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 328pp., illustrated throughout with woodcuts by Borges. Tiny area of wear at the spine ends, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped DJ. $10.00
322. (Opper, A)illus. SLATE AND PENCIL PEOPLE by Emma A. Opper. White, Stokes and Allen, NY, 1885. Square 4to., pictorial boards, unpaginated. Poems and illustrations. Very Good, with some edge and corner wear, gift inscription on front endpaper, some browning to endpapers. $150.00
323. (Flack, Marjorie)illus. THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLD SHOES by Du Bose Heyward. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1939. 4to. cloth with red lettering, DJ, unpaginated, text and color illustrations. Fine, DJ somewhat faded and soiled and with small losses at the spine ends. $65.00
324. (Nissen, Brian)illus. VOLUPTURARIO by Carlos Fuentes. St. Martins, NY, 1996. Square 4to., cloth, DJ, 126pp., illustrated with the artist's erotic drawings. Fine in Fine DJ. $15.00
325. Eaton, Elon Howard. BIRDS OF NEW YORK. University of the State of New York/New York State Museum, Albany, 1910 and 1914. 2 volumes, green cloth. Volume 1, 501pp., Volume 2, 719pp., with a total of 106 color plates after paintings by Fuertes. Wear to the bindings, faint waterstaining at the bottoms of the sheet edges, not affecting text or plates; much better than Good, not quite Very Good. $50.00
326. (Pitts, J. Martin)illus. GYMNOPEAEDIAE. Old Stile Press, England, 1989. Limited edition of 220 copies, signed by Pitts. 4to., linen slipcase, cloth backed boards, 68 linocuts. F/F $175.00
327. (Pozzatti, Rudy)illus. PHYSIOLOGUS THEOBALDI EPISCOPI DE NATURIS DUODECIM ANIMALIUM (BISHOP THEOBALD'S BESTIARY OF TWELVE ANIMALS). Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1964. Large folio, clamshell shell box in dark green morocco-backed gray-green cloth, with 42 pages of loose sheets containing Bishop Theobald's original text in Latin, and an English translation by Willis Barnstone, and twelve original lithographs, hors texte (10 of which are on double sheets) and ten original wood cuts, in-texte, by Rudy Pozzatti. Number 4 of 20 "Preferred Copies" of a total of edition of 350 copies (325 numbered, and 25 copies unnumbered for presentation). For the Preferred Copies, which each contain an ORIGINAL DRAWING (with this copy, a study for the Centaur) by Pozzatti housed in a separate folder. The lithographs, pulled at 11 Torcoliere in Rome, are printed on Inomachi Nacre Parchment (for the regular edition they are on Cartiere Enrico Magnani Pescia). The book was designed by George Sadek. The text was hand set in Emerson type and printed with the woodcuts from the original blocks on Rives paper by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press, New York. All illustrations are in black and white. The orginal version of this work is an incunable published in 1494. A handsome livre d'artiste, Fine throughout, except for a small abrasion to the cloth on the front panel of the box. $750.00 Rudy Pozzatti is an American artist born in Colorado in 1925. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Hope School of Fine Arts of the University of Indiana. He is an internationally known printmaker, whose work is in many institutional and private collections.
328. (Ward, Marcus)illus. THE ROYAL ILLUMINATED BOOK OF LEGENDS NARRATED IN ANCIENT BALLAD FORM. WITH APPROPRIATE MUSIC. Second Series. Nimmo, Edinburgh, n.d. (1880s-90s). Oblong 4to., stamped cloth with paste-ons, rhymed text, musical scores and 16 plates in fine chromolithography. The four Legends are Pochahantas, King Alfred and Othere, The Marquis of Carabas, and The Hind of the Forest. Very skillfully rebacked, some spotting to the endpapers, the internals all Fine. $275.00
329. (Oldenburg, Claes). MULTIPLES IN RETROSPECT - 1964-1990, WITH THE MULTIPLE "THE SOAP AT BATON ROUGE" by Claes Oldenburg. Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, 1990. Limited edition of 250 copies, signed by CLaes Oldenburg and numbered 216/250. Folio, cloth covered box, with title and stylized Mickey Mouse figures on cover, containing the book, 4to., cloth, 160pp., text and 142 illustrations, 94 in color, describing and illustrating all of Oldenburg's multiples, and a multiple created especially for the city of Cincinnati (see the artist's statement about this work, below), consisting of a cast resin sculpture in the form of a bar of Ivory Soap, 7/16 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches, 1.1 x 12.1 x 7 cm., incised with the artist's initialed and numbered to correspond with each book. The multiple rests on a plastic padding, designed to resemble the river, and is covered with a sheet of clear plastc adorned with materials designed to resemble river detritus. The actual project which inspired this multiple was not carried out. Prospectus and Artist's Statement laid in. Exceptionally Fine throughout. $2000.00
Artist's Statement: THE SOAP AT BATON ROUGE When Carl Solway called me in May 1972 and asked if I would be interested in proposing a large-scale work for Cincinnati, he mentioned that partial funding for such a work might be sought from the Proctor & Gamble Corporation, whose world headquarters are in that city. The most familiar product of that company is the bar of pure white soap we all grew up with - IVORY - embossed with its name on top. Its slogan - "it floats- advertises one of its unique properties, a property it has in common with balloons and ships. What sprang to mind almost immediately, given the location of Cincinnati on the Ohio River, was the combination of a floating soap bar and an old-fashioned, paddle-wheel riverboat - in other words, a colossal bar of Ivory soap.
I proposed to Carl that a colossal soap be made by Proctor & Gamble and launched in Cincinnati with appropriate ceremony. It would thereafter float down the Ohio River, stopping at towns along the way. Carl thought the event could be coordinated with celebrations of the Bicentennial in 1976. Another property of Ivory soap, however, had to be taken into account: its tendency to dissolve, which it does rather more quickly than other soaps. As the colossal soap moved from town to town, it would grow smaller, like the icebergs which, I read soemwhere, were going to be towed from the arctic to Arabia in order to provide fresh water.
At Cairo, Illinois, the now somewhat-less-than colossal soap would slip into the Mississippi. From there on, it would become more and more difficult to gather people to celebrate the visit of the soap. By the time the soap reached Baton Rouge, it would be the right size for a multiple. Thouhg it seems small, one must remember that in the not-so-distant past, it would have made a very imposing sight, especially coming around the bend in the morning fog.
Claes Oldenburg
330. (Vawter, Will)illus. CHILD RHYMES WITH HOOSIER PICTURES by James Whitcomb Riley. Bobbs, Merrill, Indianapolis, 1914 (later printing). 8vo., gold-decorated green cloth, 188pp., profusely illustrated. Very Good, with light wear at the extremities, and owner name on front endpaper. $17.50
331. (Rosse, Hermann)illus. THE CANTERBURY TALES - THE PROLOGUE AND FOUR TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer. Longmans, Green, London/NY, 1939 (First Edition stated). 8vo., cloth, 190pp., translation into modern English by Frank Ernest Hill, full page, head & tail pieces and in-text vignettes all in b/w by Rosse. Very Good with a small nick to cloth on the spine. $15.00
332. (De Armond, Dale)illus. BERRY WOMAN'S CHILDREN by Dale De Armond. Greenwillow Books, NY, 1985 (1st printing). 4to., boards, DJ, 40pp., illustrated with the artist's wood-engravings. Signed by De Armond on the front endpaper (there is also an unrelated gift inscription). Fine, but for the gift inscription, DJ is price-clipped, and has a short tear at the bottom of the front panel. Beautiful Natural History artwork by this Alaska artist. $55.00
333. (Burkert, Nancy Ekholm)illus. VALENTINE AND ORSON by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, NY, 1989. Oblong 4to., cloth, DJ, poster laid-in, as issued, unpaginated, profusely illustrated in color. Fine in Fine DJ. $35.00
334. (Bradley, Will)illus. BRADLEY HIS BOOK: VOLUME I, NOS. 2 & 4; VOLUME II, NOS. 1-4. by Will Bradley. Wayside Press, Springfield, MA, 1896-7. Six Numbers (of the eight published), bound together in one volume, in what appears to be a special binding of the Wayside Press. The binding, 4to., paper covered boards, rebacked preserving the original spine, the two numbers of Volume I, tall, narrow 8vo., the four numbers of Volume II, 4to., the contents about Fine. Bradley, His Book was a personal effort by Will Bradley, published on his own press, designed throughout by him, and filled with his own work illustrating stories and advertisements. Scarce in this condition. $1500.00
335. (Robinson, W. Heath)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Kipling. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1909. De Luxe Limited Edition of 500 copies signed by Robinson. 4to., gold-decorated pictorial vellum, t.e.g., pages untrimmed, unpaginated, 29 tipped-on tissue-guarded color plates, numerous in-text illustrations in black-and-white. Very Good to Near Fine, with the vellum slightly bowed, the silk ties lacking (one present but detached), a small stain on the rear board, minor light soiling, bookplate of Walter Horridge on the front paste-down, lightly offset onto the front free endpaper. $1750.00
336. (Moser, Barry)illus. BILLY RAY'S FARM by Larry Brown. Wisteria Press, Decatur, GA., 1997. 8vo., cloth, glassine DJ, 40pp., two wood-engravings. Copy 20 of the edition of 250 numbered copies (there were also 26 copies lettered from A-Z). Signed on the colophon page by Brown and Moser. $175.00
337. (Moseley, Keith)illus. FLIGHT - GREAT PLANES OF THE CENTURY by Donald S. Lopez. Viking, NY, 1985. 4to., pictorial boards, 8 pop-ups. Fine, with all pop-ups in perfect condition. $15.00
338. (Marx, Enid)illus. AN ABC OF BIRDS AND BEASTS by Enid Marx. Clover Hill Editions, London, 1985. No. 119 of the regular edition of 300 (there were 75 on special paper). Oblong 12mo., cloth, unpaginated. An animal for each letter, with a woodcut illudtration and the foods eaten by each. Fine. $95.00
339. (Hirschfeld, Al). MANHATTAN OASES: NEW YORK'S 1932 SPEAKEASIES by Al Hirschfeld. Dutton, NY, 1932 (1st edition). 4to., cloth, labels on spine and front panel. 82pp., 36 caricatures by Hirschfeld. Covers soiled and faded, spine label a bit frayed, endpapers somewhat discolored, internals Fine, DJ lacking. A scarce, early and interesting title by Hirschfeld. $650.00
340. (Matsubara, Naoko)illus. TU TZE-CHUN by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Kodansha, 1965 (1st Ed). Sq. 8vo., boards, slipcase, text and woodcuts. Modern Japanese fiction, illustrated by a contemporary woodcut master. Fine in Fine slipcase. $27.50
341. (Frasconi, Antonio). 12 FABLES OF AESOP by Aesop. MOMA, 1964 (2d printing, after the limited edition of 1954). 8vo., wraps, fables and woodcuts. Fine $10.00
342. (Wells, Rosemary)illus. THE DUKE OF PLAZA TORO by W. S. Gilbert. Macmillan, London & NY, 1969 (1st printing). 8vo., pictorial boards, DJ, unpaginated, illustrated. Fine, DJ with a small closed tear and some soiling. $25.00
343. (Cejka, Jozef)illus. DVANACT MESICKU by Jozef Cejka. Prague, 1928. Pictures in color lithography, accompanied by rhymes. Edgewear, brown paper tape repairs to both inner hinges, last page pasted to rear free endpaper; nevertheless, still an appealing copy of a scarce title. $50.00
344. (Hasse, Elisabeth)illus. DEUTSCHE KINDERLIEDER - EIN BILDERBUCH by Elisabeth Hasse. Hendel, Leipzig, n.d., but about 1930. 3 volumes, 4to., cloth-backed pictorial boards, with cloth at corners, texts in German, color illustrations. Volume I: Spring and Summer Songs, Volume II: Play and Game Songs, Volume III: Christmas Songs. All in Fine condition throughout. $375.00
345. (Crandall, C. Leslie)illus. THE TRUANT TRICYCLE by Francis Marion. Hollow Tree House, Chicago, 1948. 4to., boards, DJ, unpaginated, text and color lithographed illustrations. Fine, DJ has a few short, clean tears and nicks. $50.00
346. De Vries, Leonard. A TREASURY OF ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS - EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY. Abbeville, NY, 1989. 4to., cloth, DJ, 285pp., illustrated. Fine in Fine DJ. $25.00
347. Vigny, Alfred de. CINQ-MARS. Little, Brown, Boston, 1889. Limited edition of 200 copies (this is copy 161). 2 vols, gold-decorated white cloth, 245 & 291 pp., Light spotting to the cloth, else fine. $35.00
348. (Denslow, W. W.)illus. DENSLOW'S ONE RING CIRCUS AND OTHER STORIES by W. W. Denslow. Donohue, Chicago, 1903. 4to., red cloth, with paste-on illustration, 74 pp. with color illustrations. A nice copy of this scarce title, with a gift inscriptionon the front endpaper, a little rubbing at the edges and corners, and on the paste-on, and with the front inner hinge exposed. $850.00
349. (Mapplethorpe, Robert)illus. A SEASON IN HELL by Arthur Rimbaud. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1986. 4to., red goatskin, black cloth slipcase, 88pp. and eight photogravures by Mapplethorpe. Number 88 of the edition of 1000 copies, signed on the colophon page by Robert Mapplethorpe and by Paul Schmidt, the translator. The whole Fine throughout. $1500.00
350. Conners, Gerome (St. Gerome) illus. DREAMS by Olive Schreiner. Roycroft, 1901 (first edition). Suede-backed boards, 82pp., exceptional Art Nouveau woodblock frontis. and title page, signed "St. Gerome" in the block, plus several borders, initials, etc. Printed on handmade paper watermarked "Roycroft." Soiling to the boards, wear to the suede, remnants of an old bookplate on front pastedown, internals else Fine; overall still a Very Good copy of one of the most attractive books of the Roycroft Press. $65.00
351. (Parrish, Maxfield, et al)illus. THIRTY FAVORITE PAINTINGS BY LEADING AMERICAN ARTISTS. Russell, NY, 1908. Oblong folio, with 30 plates in color and b/w, including, Parrish, Remington, Gibson, H. Fisher, J. W. Smith, etc. Wear to cloth at spine else a very nice copy. $95.00
352. (Matisse, Henri). JAZZ by Henri Matisse. Braziller, NY, 1983 (3rd Pr). Folio, cloth, DJ, text and color facsimile's after the original edition of 1947. Fine, DJ is Very Good with a few tears at the top and bottom edges, but no chips or losses. $195.00
353. (Matisse, Derain, Berard, Van Dongen)illus. PARFUMS by Paul Valery et al. Michel de Brunhoff, Sainte Catherine, 1945. Number 704 of the editon of 1000. 4to., glassine covered wraps, loose sheets as issued. Title, table of contents and text and illustrations as follows: Paul Valery, "Puissance des Parfums," with 4 in-text head-and-tail pieces in color, and one full page color illustration after designs by Matisse; "Philosophie des Parfums" by Jacques de Lacretelle, with one full page color plate and six other illustrations after Andre Derain (including the cover and the Title page; "Le Choix d'un Parfum" by Louise de Vilmorin, with one full page color plate and five other illustrations after Christian Berard; and "Connaissance des Parfums" by Colette, with a full page color plate and three illustrations after Kees Van Dongen, plus a Justification Page. Fine, except glassine torn and chipped. Scarce. $1750.00
354. (Hajdu, Etienne)illus. LE CORPS CLAIRVOYANT. Poems by Jacques Dupin with gauffraged (embossed without inking) abstract prints by Hajdu. copyrighted and published by the collaborators, Paris, 1963. Number 26 of the edition of 65 (there were also 10 copies hors de commerce). Signed by Hajdu and Dupin on the colophon, and also with a presentation inscription on the final blank page to Duncan Philips by Hajdu ("Hommage, Remerciements a/Monsieur et Madame/ Duncan Philips/Etienne Hajdu/Bagneux le 9 Oct. 1964"). Large 4to., red-orange soft morocco folder with one of Hajdu's designs embossed on the front cover, lined with red cloth, containing 20 loose sheets folded in half, with the sheets numbered 1, 2, 3 and 16, 17 and 18 being printed with Dupin's poems, and the sheets numbered 4 through 15 with Hajdu's abstract prints (each print is on the full sheet, and can be apprehended as either an embossment, standing up from the surface, or as impressed into the surface, depending on which side of the sheet is being viewed. Sheets 19 and 20 are un-numbered; the 19th sheet is the Colophon; the 20th sheet is blank, except for the inscription noted above. The title sheet and the final blank are browned from exposure to the cloth lining of the folder; the leather is faded and worn at the spine, and there is a 4 inch tear at the bottom where the spine meets the front cover. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare and interesting. $1500.00
355. (Leighton, Clare)illus. SOUTHERN HARVEST by Clare Leighton. Macmillan, NY, 1942 (1st Printing stated). 4to., cloth, DJ, 157pp., with full page plates, in-text illustrations, vignettes, head- and tail-pieces, and initals. A near-Fine copy in a Very Good Dust Jacket which has a clean tear and a few small chips at the top and bottom. $85.00
356. (Schaldach, William J.)illus. FISHING MEMORIES by Dorothy Noyes Arms. Macmillan, NY, 1938 (First Printing). 8vo., cloth, DJ, 184pp., illustrated with 16 full page drawings and many head- and tail-pieces. The author, and her husband, the etcher John Taylor Arms, to whom the book is dedicated, were ardent fishermen. The book is a memoir of their many fishing trips. Fine, DJ has losses along its top. $55.00
357. (Edwards, George Wharton)illus SUNDAY RHYMES FROM THE DAYS OF OUR GRANDMOTHERS by George Wharton Edwards. Tall 4to., gold-decorated cloth, 109pp., poems and illustrations. A fresh attractive copy, with just a bit of wear at the bottom of the spine. $95.00
358. (Bradley, Will). THE AMERICAN CHAP-BOOK by Will Bradley. March, 1905 issue. American Type Founders, Jersey City, 1905. Small 8vo., paper covered boards with Bradley design of Gryphon and leaves wrapping around both boards and the spine, and with a paper label on the front board, decorative endpapers, designs by Bradley throughout. A small discreet owner's stamp at the upper corner of the Title page, else Fine. $125.00
359. (Bartlett, Mrs. N. Gray). OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. Rhymes illustrated with photographs by Mrs. N. Bartlett. Joseph Knight, Boston, 1892. Oblong 4to., decorative cloth, ten pages printed on thin japanese tissue, tipped to heavier paper. Stapled text block detached from binding, a few of the sheets with breaks at adhesive points, some uneven darkening of the cloth. Still a Very Good copy of a very scarce book. $195.00 The Palmquist Library's Women In Photography International Archive lists the following titles for Mrs. Mary A. N. Gray Bartlett, of which this is the earliest: Old Friends with New Faces. Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1892. Mother Goose of '93. Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1893. A Girl I Know. Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1894.
360. (Barnet, Will)illus. THE WORLD IN A FRAME by Emily Dickinson. Braziller, NY, 1989. 4to., cloth, DJ, 108pp., 24 illustrations after drawings by Will Barnet. Fine in Fine DJ. $20.00
361. (Kent, Corita)illus. CITY, UNCITY by Gerald Huckaby. Doubleday, NY, 1969 (1st trade edition). 4to., boards, DJ, unpaginated, poems and illustrations. Some pages detached. $7.50
362. (Daglish, Eric)illus. WALDEN OR LIFE IN THE WOODS by Henry David Thoreau. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1927. Edition of 500 copies. 8vo., cloth-backed boards, 289 pp., 16 tipped-on wood-engraved illustrations. Boards lightly rubbed along edges, else a Fine copy. $225.00
363. (Rose, Robert T.)illus. THE BOOK OF JOB. George Bell, London; Abbey Press, Edinburgh, 1902. Number 411 if the edition of 750 numbered copies. 8vo., gold-decorated full vellum, 99pp., profusely illustrated in b/w. Silk ties gone, else Fine. $250.00
364. (Goodwin, Caroline Love)illus. NIGHTMARE LAND by G. Orr Clark. R. H. Russell, NY., 1901. 4to. cloth backed pictorial boards, 100+/- pp., poems and illustrations in color. Cloth spine replaced, gatherings re-sewn and re-cased. Scuffing loss across "MARE" in title; rear endpaper lacking (though it doesn't seem to exist in the few other copies we have seen). Some light spotting to front endpapers, else the internals very clean and bright. Rare. $650.00 Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day, 1875 (or 1869)-1943, was born in Georgia, studied art in New York, and had a career as an artist and illustrator before marrying in 1900. After her husband died in 1916 she became an activist for women's suffrage and other social justice causes. She was an early and ardent supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, and with the backing of Eleanor and FDR, she was elected to Congress from New York state, where she served until forced to retire shortly before her death.
365. (Parrish, Maxfield)illus. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK by Washington Irving. Russell, NY, 1900 (1st Edition; there was a reprint in 1915). 4to., cloth-backed paper-covered boards, with paste-on illustration, 299pp., top edge gilt, 8 b/w plates. Light edge and corner wear, light soiling to the paste-on, a short, clean marginal tear to the frontispiece, not touching the image, else a very nice copy of this early Parrish work, now hard to find in collectible condition. Together with Mother Goose in Prose and Knave of Hearts, Knickerbocker's History forms the "triple crown" of most desirable books illustrated by Parrish. $750.00
366. (James, Gilbert)illus. TRISTAN AND ISEULT - AN ANCIENT TALE OF LOVE AND FATE by Anonymous. Dana & Estes, Boston, c. 1919. "World's Romances" series. 8vo., cloth, with paste-on illust., 95pp., 8 color plates. Very Good. $15.00
367. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. GABRIEL - A POEM IN ONE SONG by Alexander Pushkin. Translated by Max Eastman. Number 288 of an edition of 750 copies. Covici, Friede, NY, 1929. Tall 8vo., Bound in Pergament Sheepskin Parchment at American Book Bindery, NY, with paper wrapper (DJ), 33pp., 3 illustrations and a tailpiece by Kent. Some wrinkling to the parchment (usual with this title), some light spotting to some leaves, else a Fine copy. Stephen Etnier's copy, housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $200.00
368. (Kent Rockwell)illus. WILDERNESS - A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE IN ALASKA by Rockwell Kent. Putnam's NY, 1920 (1st edition). 4to., cloth, 217pp. Inscribed by Kent on the dedication page "and to Stephen Etnier/ this, my personal copy/ is, with affectionate regards/ inscribed/ Rockwell Kent/ 1929." Rockwell Kent's self-described "personal copy" of one of his most significant books, inscribed and presented to Stephen Etnier, then his apprentice, in 1929. Housed in Etnier's custom made chemise and slipcase. The front inner hinge reclosed, the gilt lettering dulled, else a very nice copy, with an extraodinary association. $2250.00
369. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. WILDNIS (WILDERNESS) by Rockwell Kent. Translated into German by Rickmer Rickmers. Angelsachsen Verlag, Bremen, n.d. (the first American edition was 1920). 4to., cloth, 187pp., illustrated. Inscribed by Kent to his then apprentice, Stephen Etnier, in 1929, "An meinen guten freund/ Stephen Etnier/ von Rockwell Kent 1929." Housed in Etniers custom chemise and slipcase. Fine. $350.00
370. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. VOYAGING SOUTHWARD FROM THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN by Rockwell Kent. Putnam's, NY, 1924 ("Author's Autograph Edition" of 110 copies (this copy numbered 19). 4to., 1/4 vellum over paper-covered boards, 184pp., signed chiaroscuro wood-engraving in two colors, frontispiece and 70 illustrations. Laid-in is the preparatory drawing for the musical notation and lyrics of "Mein hut der hat drei ecken" which appears on page 128, with the pencilled notation in Kent's hand, "Chapter 17 - as noted in text." The drawing measures 2 /34 x 8 3/4 inches, and is affixed to a card measuring 4 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; there is an instruction for the printer to reduce the drawing to 5 3/4 inches across, which is the size at which it appears in the book. Additionally the book is inscribed by Kent on the blank page between the front free endpaper and the half-title to his then apprentice Stephen Etnier, "To my friend Stephen Etnier/ Rockwell Kent 1929," so that there are three Kent signatures in the book. The wood-engraving is Burne-Jones 3, titled variously "self-Portrait" and "The Wayfarer," of which 185 copies were printed, 75 for the artist, and 110 for inclusion in this edition. Both the book and the separate plate are rare. An exceptionally Fine copy. Housed in Etniers custom chemise and slipcase. $3750.00
371. Syndicate Publishing Co. CIRCUS ACTS-16 SHAPED, DOUBLE-SIDED CARDS EACH DEPICTING A CIRCUS ACT. Syndicate Publishing Co., NY, 1913. 16 cards, doubled and glued together (as issued), each with an act of the circus. Designed to be propped open at the bottom so as to stand with a support. Nicely drawn and printed. Probably part or all of a game. All in Very Good condition, though with an occasional minor crease, break or chip. Highly decorative renditions. $160.00
372. (Bradley, Will)illus. WAR IS KIND by Stephen Crane. (Artists of the Book in Boston 1890-1910, #54). Frederick Stokes, NY 1899 (1st Ed). Paper covered boards, 96pp., cover, title page, six full page illustrations and numerous vignettes by Bradley, who also printed the book. Although criticised as "weird" at the time of its publication, War Is Kind is now recognized as a Bradley masterpiece, and one of the most beautiful books of the Art Nouveau movement in America. Very Good, with a Reference Library label on the front pastedown, and the spine showing light wear, including a small chip at its top. With a pencilled inventory number from Heritage Book Shop, LA, on the rear free endpaper. $950.00
373. Ernst, Max (illus). LA BREBIS GALANTE by Benjamin Peret. Artist and the Book, 100. Edition Premieres, Paris, 1949. Number 74 of an edition of 300 numbered copies; this copy enhanced with the signature of Max Ernst on the Justifiction page below the numbers. Small 4to., pictorial wraps in color lithography over stiff boards with glassine jacket, 119pp., 3 etchings in color aquatint, and 22 illustrations, of which 18 are colored in pochoir, plus 11 decorative capital letters, one at the head of each each chapter. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. A repair to the glassine at the spine, else Fine throughout. $6500.00
This is consdiered one of major books of the Surrealist movement, of which both Peret and Ernst were leading members.
374. (Therrien, Robert)illus. MESA VERDE by Evan S. Connell. Whitney Museum, NY, 1992. Edition of 150. 4to., slipcased, bound in vellum by Claudia Cohen, 24 pages plus an original watercolor and an etching by Therrien. Numbered 36/150, initialed "R.T." in pencil and signed "Evan S. Connell" in pencil on the Justification page. Slipcase cloth faded and with some wear at the top of its spine, else a Fine copy. $975.00
375. (Hanna, Boyd)illus. LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman. Peter Pauper Press, Mt. Vernon, NY. Not dated, but 1950. Folio, Brown morocco over paper-covered boards with grass pattern, with gilt-lettered spine slipcase, 400pp., illustrated with 16 full-page color wood-engravings by Boyd Hanna. An unnumbered (out of series) copy from the edition of 1100. A luxuriously produced edition, printed on fine paper, and with handsome typography. Perhaps the most beautiful of the many editions of Whitman's book. Fine, slipcase shows some edgewear, but still Very Good. $975.00 Boyd Hanna, 1907-1987, was born in Pennsylvania and studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
376. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. N. BY E. by Rockwell Kent. Random House, 1930. Edition of 900 copies, signed by Kent, this being copy 325. Quarto, Gray-green cloth stamped in silver, slipcase, 245pp., illustrated throughout with chapter heads, letters, and full page illustrations, printed, in this edition in a soft silver/gray. Elegant and subtle. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. $450.00
377. (Matisse, Henri). JAZZ by Henri Matisse. Braziller, NY, 1983 (3rd Pr). Folio, cloth, DJ, text and color facsimile's after the original edition of 1947. Fine, DJ is Very Good with a few tears at the top and bottom edges, but no chips or losses. $195.00
378. (Hui-Ming, Wang)illus. THE BIRDS AND THE ANIMALS by Wang Hui-Ming. Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA, 1969. 8vo. Edition of 200 copies. Unbound sheets in a folding box of morocco backed red cloth. Title page, etc., plus 21 signed woodblock illustrations. Printed by Harold McGrath. Fine. $375.00
379. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman. Nonesuch/Heritage, 1936. Edition of 1000 copies signed by Kent. 4to., green morocco, cloth slipcase, 527pp., color frontispiece and many b/w illustrations by Kent. Stain on Front Pastedown apparently from removal of a bookplate, else Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. $350.00
380. Beaumarchais, Pierre de. LA FOLLE JOURNEE OU LE MARIAGE DE FIGARO. Paris, 1785. 1st edition with engraved plates, 1st issue before the reworking of Plate V to cover Rosina's breasts, and before the inclusion of the portrait frontispiece. (The first edition had no plates, but almost immediately it was issued with five plates drawn by St Quentin, of which the first four were engraved by Malapeau and the fifth by Roi). Tall 8vo., Preface of Li (51) pages, plus 199pp., plus "approbations" and errata sheet, five engraved plates after St. Quentin. Rebound in a period-appropriate binding of full gilt panel calf by Donna Starr of Starr Bookworks. A few light spots of foxing to the Half-title at the front, and the Errata sheet at the back, the plates with foxing, else Fine throughout. $1250.00
381. Ray, Gordon. THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914. Morgan Library, 1976. 4to., wraps, 336pp., 100 plates. Fine $20.00
382. (Kent, Rockwell)illus. VOYAGING by Rockwell Kent. Grosset & Dunlap, NY 1968 (1st revised edition). 4to., cloth, DJ, 184pp., illustrated. Fine, DJ has one tiny nick at top of spine. $25.00
383. Bradley, Will (illust). FRINGILLA by R. D. Blackmore. Burrows Bros., Cleveland, 1895. 8vo., linen-backed pictorial boards, with the title and publisher's name gilded on the spine, and the top edge gilt, 125 pp.,plus ads. With 10 plates, 25 decorative borders, 16 initials and a title page, all designed by Bradley. The publisher's prospectus is laid in, and the miniature version of the poster for the book is pasted to the front pastedown. Edition limited to 600 copies (there was a special edition of 40 signed copies). An exceptionally fresh copy, Fine throughout. One of the great books of the Art Nouveau movement in the U.S. $1500.00
384. (Erni, Hans)illus. THE ILIAD - HOMER by Robert Fitzgerald (Translator). Anchor Press/Doubleday, Garden City, 1974 (First Edition stated (thus)). 8vo., cloth, DJ, 594pp., illustrated. Fine, DJ has losses and tears. $18.00
385. (Dore, Gustave)illus. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. Giuseppe Massani, Edizione de l'art FELIX, Milan, 1966. Folio, red silk moire cloth, introduction by Anthony Burgess, poem and 39 full page wood-engraved plates, all on heavy wove paper, with Caedmon recording of Coleridge's poetry read by Ralph Ridchardson laid in, as called for. Near Fine, with very minor bowing of front board; record appears to have possibly not been played, or played only on one side, but Near Fine. $75.00
386. (Gallagher, J. L. (J.L.G.))illus. WHEN PETER RABBIT WENT TO SCHOOL by Linda Stevens Almond. Altemus, 1921, but c.1925. 12mo., cloth-backed pictorial boards with paste-on, 58pp., 21 color illustrations and four pages of ads. This title is the sixth in the Wee Folks Peter Rabbit series, which comprises 20 titles published between 1917 and 1931. This copy lists titles through "Peter Rabbit and the Two Terrible Foxes, the sixteenth in the series, published in 1925. The next book was issued in 1927, so that this copy dates between 1925 and 1927. A nearly Fine copy, with the owner's name and a 1930 date in the front free endpaper, and a small triangular chip at the top of the free endpaper. $25.00
387. (Jordan, Nina R.)illus. WHAT FARMER BROWN'S BOY DID by Thornton W. Burgess. Whitman, Racine, 1929. 12mo., Pictorial paper-covered boards, staple bound, unpaginated, illustrated in color. One of eight "Cubby Bear" books published between 1927 and 1929, this is the sixth title in the series. The ad lists all eight, so that this copy is likely 1929. Lightly rubbed along the spine, else a fine copy. $25.00
388. (Jordan, Nina R.)illus. FARMER BROWN'S BOY BECOMES CURIOUS by Thornton W. Burgess. Whitman, Racine, 1929. 12mo., Pictorial paper-covered boards, staple bound, unpaginated, illustrated in color. One of eight "Cubby Bear" books published between 1927 and 1929, this is the sixth title in the series. The ad lists all eight, so that this copy is likely 1929. Lightly rubbed along the spine, else a fine copy. $25.00
389. (Campbell, Lang)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY'S WOODLAND GAMES by Howard R. Garis. Charles E. Graham, NY, 1927 (1st was 1922). Square 8vo., cloth with paste-on, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Some spotting on the rear cover, owner's name filled in on front pastedown, else a nearly Fine copy. $25.00
390. (Campbell, Lang)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY'S ICE BOAT by Howard R. Garis. Charles E. Graham, NY, 1929 (1st was 1919). Square 8vo., cloth with paste-on, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Owner's name filled in on front pastedown, else a Fine copy. $25.00
391. (Campbell, Lang)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY'S JUMPING BOOTS by Howard R. Garis. Charles E. Graham, NY, 1931 (1st was 1919). Square 8vo., cloth with paste-on, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Owner's name filled in on front pastedown, else a Fine copy. $25.00
392. (Indiana, Robert)illus. NUMBERS by Roberrt Creeley. Edition Domberger Stuttgart-Schmela Dusseldorf, 1968. (1st edition of 2500 copies). 4to., wraps with mylar jacket, printed paper-covered slipcase, poems by Creeley and ten silk-screened numbers (0-9) by Indiana. Signed by Creeley and Indiana on the front free endpaper (signatures are not called for as part of the edition, and despite the size of the edition, copies are not common, and signed copies are rare). An exqusite copy, Fine throughout. $1100.00
393. (Parrish, Maxfield)illus. MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE by L. Frank Baum. Way & Williams, Chicago, 1897 (1st edition, 1st state). 4to., pictorial gray-white cloth, 265pp., 12 plates. The illustration on the front cover is somewhat rubbed and scratched, and there are spots of light foxing to the cloth. A bookplate has been pasted to the ownership box on the title page, with glue residue visible around it, but the bookplate is that of R. H. Ives Gammell (Master Robert Hale Ives Gammell). The internals are otherwise in remarkably Fine condition, and of the several copies we have had over the years of this scarce and desirable title, Frank Baum's first book for children, and Maxfield Parrish's first illustrated book, this is, overall, the best. $3500.00
R. H. Ives Gammell (1893-1981), was a painter and art historian, who considered himself the last classically trained artist in America. His first book, "The Twilight of Painting," undertaken after he suffered a breakdown upon realization that as an artist, he was out of step with the times, laments what he saw as the end of 500 years of tradition, and deplores modern and abstract art. His later book, "The Boston Painters," is a history of the group of American painters known as "The Boston School."
394. Grimm, Brothers. GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES. Grosset & Dunlap reprint of LEC, c. 1955. 8vo., pictorial cloth, printed glassine slipcase. Fine. $12.50
395. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Maurice Sendak. Harper, NY, 1952 (1st printing). 12mo., cloth-backed pictorial boards, unclipped DJ with $1.50 price, unpaginated, illustrated. Fine, DJ has wear, including small holes, along its folds. $125.00
396. Wehr, Julian. SNOW WHITE. Dunewald, 1949. 8vo., pictorial boards, spiral binding, four moveable illustrations. Spiral chipped at bottom hole, light wear at edges, two moveables with defects. $20.00
397. (Robinson, Mary Y.)illus. THE SONGS OF THE TREES - PICTURES, RHYMES AND TREE BIOGRAPHIES by Mary Y. Robinson. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1903 (1st edition). Pictorial boards, 126pp., color illustrations, music. Wear to covers at corners, edges, and spine, internals very nice. $25.00
398. (Rackham, Arthur)illus. AESOP'S FABLES by Aesop. Garden City Publishing Co., NY, 1939 (reprint edition). 8vo., cloth, with paste-on illustration, 224pp., introduction by G. K. Chesterton, 13 color pplates including the frontispiece, plus a profusion of line drawings. Slight fading to spine, and a gift inscription on the the front pastedown, else a Fine copy. $25.00
399. (Coburn, Frederick Simpson)illus. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith. G. P. Putnam's Sons, London and NY (Knickerbocker Press), no date by c. 1910. 8vo., elaborately god-stamped white cloth with paste-on, top edge gilt, silk ribbon place mark, 122pp., color plates. Fine. $45.00
400. (Sendak, Maurice)illus. SEVEN LITTLE MONSTERS by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, 1977 (1st American Edition stated). Oblong 8vo., pictorial boards, DJ, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Fine, DJ has a closed tear lower center of the front panei, a few stains, and is price-clipped. $48.00
401. Sendak, Maurice. NUTCRACKER by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Crown, NY, 1984 (1st Ed), 102pp, illustraions in color by Sendak. Remainder mark lower edge, DJ has some small nicks to edges, top and bottome, else a very nice copy. $20.00
402. (Baskin, Leonard)illus. HOSIE'S ZOO by Tobias, Lucretia and Lisa Baskin. Viking Press, NY, 1981 (1st Pr.). 4to., cloth-backed boards, DJ, unpaginated. Fine, DJ has small losses at top edge. $10.00
403. (Caldecott, Randolph). THE QUEEN OF HEARTS by Randolph Caldecott. Edmund Evans, London, c. 1913-20. Small sqaure 4to., self-wraps, 32pp., 16 illustrations. Separating along the spine, light soiling, else Very Good. $25.00
404. (Kemble, E. W.)illus. MANY CARGOES by W. W. Jacobs. Stokes, NY, 1903 (not first). 8vo., cloth with paste-on illustration, 285pp., 8 color plates and 32 b/w illustrations. Front inner hinge weak, else a very good copy. $15.00
405. (Anthony, A.V.S.)illus. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL by Sir Walter Scott. Ticknor & Co., Boston, 1887. Tall 8vo., decorative cloth, a.e.g., 204pp., illustrated. Very Good except the first three leaves are detached, though present. $15.00
406. (Dufy, Raoul)illus. THE BESTIARE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE by Guillaume Apoloinaire. MMA, NY, 1977 (reprint of 1911 edition). 4to., cloth, slipcase, unpaginated, with woodcut illustrations by Dufy. Fine in Fine slipcase. $25.00
407. (Montresor, Beni)illus. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA AND OTHER TALES by Oscar Wilde. Atheneum, 1982 (1st American Edition). 4to., cloth, DJ, 73pp., illustrated. Fine, DJ has a few small nicks. $10.00
408. (Costume). NORDISKA DRAGTER by H. Thulstrup and J. H. Kramer. Stockholm, 1895. Oblong 4to., decorated cloth with paste-on illustration, unpaginated text and 14 plates in chromolithography. Some wear at edges, internals and plates fine. $95.00
409. (Nelson, Harold)illus. EARLY ENGLISH PROSE ROMANCES: ROBERT THE DEUYLL, ROBIN HOOD, FRYER BACON by William J. Thoms. Otto Schulze & Co. Edinburgh, 1904, edition of 500 copies (First thus. The first editions, without the Nelson illustrations were published in 1827 and 1828, and a revised edition was published in 1858). Three volumes (Parts I, II and III, quarto, cloth-backed, gold-stamped boards, 150pp, elaborate decorative elements, typography and illustrations, printed on Unbleached Arnold paper by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh. Thoms, 1803-1885, is credited with coining the term "Folklore," and he collected and wrote down many of the classic English folk stories and tales in these and other books. Nelson, 1871-1948 was very much influenced by the work of William Morris and Albrecht Durer, and these influences can be seen in the work he did for these books, and in their production. All Very Good with some darkening from exposure to light, and with light rubbing to the cloth. $225.00
410. (Keller, Ronald). THREE POEMS BY HART CRANE FROM THE BRIDGE by Hart Crane. Red Angel Press, Bremen, Maine, 1904. Designed and printed by Ronald Keller. Number 15 of the edition of 100 copies. Oblong quarto, cloth with line decorations suggestive of the bridge's cables, 32pp., six full page illustrations, each in six colors,qq on Sekishu tissue, and three poems, Cutty Sark, Atlantis, and To Brooklyn Bridge, printed on Saunders Waterford paper. and a four page paper "pop-up" sculpture, 42 inches in length when opened. The prospectus for the book is laid in. Fine throughout. $1500.00
411. (Christy, Harrison Fisher et al, Howard Chandler)illus. LOVELY WOMAN PICTURED BY FAMOUS AMERICAN ARTISTS INCLUDING Harrison Fisher, Howard Chandler Christy etc. Bobbs-Merrill, 1910. 4to., cloth, with pictorial paste-on, decorations, illustrations and verses throughout. An usually attractive copy, with light foxing to the paste-on, but without fraying to the cloth or any internal foxing, tears, or other defects. Hard to find in this condition. $175.00