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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #376 ORIGINAL ART BY GISELLA LOEFFLER

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#291 - German Art Nouveau Picture Book Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] THE ITEMS IN THIS CATALOGUE WILL NOT BE ON TUCK CLOTH BIRD ABC OUR WEB SITE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS TO 5. ABC. (BIRDS) BIRDS ABC [ABC OF BIRDS on title]. London: Raphael Tuck 1899. 160 (4 1/2 x 6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, light shelf wear, VG+. Printed on cloth. ENSURE THAT OUR LONG TIME CLIENTS WILL HAVE Illustrated with 2 full page chromolithographs (plus cover) of birds to accompany text THE FIRST CHANCE AT BUYING. in rhyme by J.W.S. A title in Father Tuck’s Dolly Dear ABC Series. $150.00 #5 #6

GREAT TUCK AUTO ABC 1. ABC. (AUTOMOBILE) OUR AUTO ABC. London et al: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1912. Narrow folio, (7 1/2 x 1 41/2”), pictorial wraps, a few minor margin mends, corner crease and spine wear, overall clean and VG. A lovely ABC book featuring early cars. Illustrated with 5 beautiful full page chromolithographs (including cover) and with illustrations in brown on other pages. $350.00

RARE EARLY TEDDY BEAR ALPHABET 2. ABC. (BEARS) THE TEDDY BEAR ABC by Laura Rinkle Johnson. Boston: H.M. Caldwell (1907). Square 4to, (8 3/4 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, some cover soil and finger soil else really VG+. First edition. Illustrated in color by Margaret Landers Sanford to accompany text in rhyme. Each page of text has a rhyme related to teddy bears with pictures of bears surrounding the CHRISTMAS CLOTH ABC text. Facing pages have charming full page 6. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1910. Narrow color illustrations of the bears. This is a folio, (6 x 12 1/2”), printed cloth, some light normal soil, VG+. A super ABC book nice copy of a rare and very early Teddy Bear with a Christmas theme - the cover has a great Santa and each letter has a picture book. $1250.00 in color and rhyme dealing with a different aspect of Christmas. $250.00

7. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) SANTA CLAUS ABC. NY: Charles Graham and Co., no date circa 1915. Folio (10 x 12”), pictorial wraps, faint stain on bottom of a few pages, a few small closed tears, VG. This is an ABC with Christmas theme. There is a great full color cover of Santa and most letters are represented by toys a child might want for Christmas. Illustrated in 3-color by unknown hand. $275.00

UNUSUAL ABC OF CITIES 8. ABC. (CITIES) ALPHABET STORY OF FAMOUS CITIES. Phil.: National Pub. 1905, new 3. ABC. (BIANCO) BEGINNING WITH A by Pamela Bianco. NY:OUP 1947 edition 1915. Small 4to, (1947). 4to, cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. First edition of this charming alphabet cloth backed pictorial book that has a rhyme and a full page illustration for each letter. Each letter’s boards, some margin soil, VG. rhyme and picture represents a different child’s name. $150.00 #3 An unusual alphabet book with 26 different cities #4 represented (incl. X for Xenia, Ohio) and with many of the cities having military or nationalistic rhymes. Illustrated with bright full page color illus. Following the alphabet are many pages of nursery rhymes with detailed illustrations. A wonderful American picture book. $250.00

FABULOUS SAALFIELD CLOTH BOOK 9. ABC. (CLOTH) BABY’S ABC BOOK. Akron: Saalfield circa 1904. 4to, pictorial cloth, some cover soil and fraying, VG. “B” stands for Baseball, “F” is for the BILINGUAL ABC Fourth of July”. Printed on 4. ABC. (BILINGUAL) ABC BRAINS TRUST by Bruno Frost. Lond.: Conrad cloth in full color on every Press ca 1949. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. An artful ABC page. A great American with each page illustrated in color showing a variety of objects dealing with a turn of the century alphabet particular letter. On the bottom of each page, printed upside down, are words and a fine example of the for the pictures printed in both English and French. $200.00 genre. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 GREAT ABC OF NAMES HAND-COLORED 10. ABC. (CLOTH) MY PLAYMATES ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1906. 8 3/4 x 5 UNCUT AND UNFOLDED 3/4”, sl. fraying, VG+. This is a wonderful alphabet of names printed on cloth. EARLY ABC TOYBOOK Illustrated in typical turn of the century style in bright colors. “M is for Matthew, 15. ABC. (DUTCH) NIEUW Quite fond of his books. N is for Nathan. too vain of his looks.” $300.00 PRENTEBOEKJE VOOR DE LIEVE #11 KLEINEN met bijgevoegde leeslesjes naar hunne vatbaarheid. Eerste stukje, met 7 plaatjes. Te Frankener by G. Ypma. no date, circa 1810. This is a wonderful early Dutch ABC that “escaped” from the printer unfolded and uncut. It comes as one large sheet measuring 19 x 12”, folded in half. Featured are 7 very fine hand colored illustrations (a man making a bonfire, a cat, a sea monster, a boy ice- skating, etc). Faint edge stain else fine and most wonderful. $400.00

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH ABC SCHOOLBOOK 16. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) HOCH-DEUTSCHES LUTHERISCHES ABC UND NAMEN BUCHLEIN FUR KINDER welche #12 anfangen zu lernen. Neue und verbesserte ausgabe. DIANA THORNE DOG ABC Phil.: Schafer und Koradi 11. ABC. (DOGS) A-B-C OF DOGS verse (1832). 12mo, (4 1/4 x 6 by Freeman Lloyd. Chic.: Rand McNally 1938. 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine in chipped dust boards, 35p., sl. cover soil, wrapper. Publisher file copy. Wonderfully VG+. A charming American illustrated in 2-color by noted dog artist abecedarium and easy- DIANA THORNE. Dogs include amongst others: reading German syllabarium. Airedale, Bulldog, Kerry, Mastiff Whippet Front panel has fine woodcut etc. $150.00 of Martin Luthor at his desk and rear panel has an equally fine woodcut of a rooster perched on a fence. 12. ABC. (DOLLS) DOLLY AT PLAY ABC. The front paste-down has a NY: Sam Gabriel, 1912. Large narrow folio, pictorial alphabet of animals pictorial wraps, slight cover wear and hinges with 24 small woodcuts. neatly reinforced, else VG+. A charming ABC After the several woodcuts book featuring Dolly in various activities with and syllabaries there are her friends. Illustrated in line as well as color 4 stories, each with a fine by unknown hand. “S” for little Soldiers, Dolly in woodcut. $325.00 command.” $250.00 1695 ABC 13. ABC. (DUTCH) ABC 17. ABC. (EARLY GERMAN) ABC CUM NOTIS VARIORUM herausgegeben WIE ZOEKT ER MEE. von einem Dessen Nahmen im A.B.C. stehet. Leipzig und Dresden zu finden Netherlands: Alkmaar, no zu Johann Christoph Miethen und Johann Christoph Zimmerman 1695. 16mo date circa 1940. Square (3 7/8 x 6 3/8”), leather over boards, [iv], [1]-210p.[really 212p. because page 6 1/8” square, spiral numbers 172 and 173 are used twice, not repeating the text just repeating page backed boards, Fine. This numbers], lacks spine and leather lacking from half of both covers, half of page is a Dutch alphabet of 197 lacking, fold-out plate between p. 178-9 defective (lacks fold-out and part of objects, illustrated by other page). Front paste-down and free endpaper heavily notated. First edition Rinus Van’twoud with lush (second ed. was 1703). The letters of the alphabet are paired with numbers to full color or brown-tone create a system of writing with numerical significance. Often referred to as lithos covering every a mystical Cabbalistic form this system was also used for poetry, funerals and page. A graphically well wedding compositions. Illustrated with a handsome frontis of a rooster hand- designed and charming colored in red (often lacking) plus decorative hand and tailpiece. Title printed in book. $200.00 black and red followed by a page of the letters of the alphabet. $750.00 HAND-COLORED UNCUT AND UNFOLDED EARLY ABC TOYBOOK 14. ABC. (DUTCH) NIEUW PRENTEBOEKJE VOOR DE LIEVE KLEINEN met bijgevoegde leeslesjes naar derzelyer vatbaarheid. Tweede stukje, met 7 plaatjes. Te Frankener by G. Ypma. no date, circa 1810. This is a wonderful early Dutch ABC that “escaped” from the printer unfolded and uncut. It comes as one large sheet measuring 19 x 12”, folded in half. Featured are 7 very fine hand colored illustrations (a bee-hive, windmill, two children doing their lessons, children in a goat-drawn cart, roosters with chickens, etc.). Faint edge stain else fine and most wonderful. $400.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] ITALIAN 1844 ABC FOLIO Farjeon and INSCRIBED BY #21 18. ABC. (EARLY ITALIAN) ALFABETO DI INIZIALI TRATTE DAI LIBRI FARJEON on the end paper. CORALI DI SIENA, da quelle del Duomo, e della Chiesa di S Marco di The text is hand-set and Firenze / incise da G. mo [Girolamo] Scotto. 1844. Large Folio (14 x 19”), 1/2 printed on hand-made paper. vellum and marbled boards, covers sl. bowed else VG. Featuring 23 leaves plus Illustrated with 11 beautiful pictorial title page, printed on one side only. Each leaf has a very large engraved full and half-page color letter that is beautifully illustrated (no j, w, y in the Italian al[phabet) and pages linoleum cuts by Sheila M. also decorated surrounding the letter. Fine sharp reproductions and a very Thompson. Each letter has beautiful ABC. $2250.00 a poem relating to something in Sussex. The text for “F” begins: The caveman of Sussex he lived on the chalk / And ‘Umph! Umph! Umph! was his manner of talk.” This is a charming and extremely scarce alphabet book. $1500.00

22. ABC. (FARJEON, ELEANOR) THE COUNTRY CHILD’S ALPHABET by Eleanor Farjeon. Lond.: Poetry Bookshop 1924. Sm. 4to, pictorial boards, slight wear to paper on spine else near Fine. 1st ed. of this delicate and lovely alphabet, illustrated by WILLIAM MICHAEL ROTHENSTEIN 19. ABC. (EARLY LATIN) CLAVIS DIPLOMATICA Tradens Specimina Veterum with 26 fine full page art Scripturarum, Nimirum Alphabeta Varia, Compendia Scribendi Medii Aevi, deco illustrations, each Notariorum Veterum Signa Nonnulla Curiosa, Una Cum Alphabeto Instrumenti with a country theme. Et Abbreviaturis, Singula Tabulis Aeneis Exhibita: Qvibus Praemittuntur Scarce. $750.00 Introductiones Necessariae, Subiiciuntur Scriptores Rei Diplomaticae Aliaqve Ad Lectionem Et Intelligentiam Veterum Codicum, Chartarum Et Diplomatum FLOWER ABC Facientia, Variis Annotationibus Historico-Literariis Hinc Inde Additis studio 23. ABC. (FLOWERS) et opera Danielis Eberhardi Baringii. Hanoverae: Symptibus B. Nic Fusteri FLOWER GARLAND AND et filii, 1737. 4to, marbled boards, rebacked with later spine and endpapers, ALPHABET by Agnes Swain. few minor edge tears, VG. Illustrated with 3 groups of plates, several fold- London: Selwyn & Blount out and many with illustrations. “Alphabeta varia...” (Tabula alphabetica I-VI); (1926). 4 5/8 x 6 7/8”, “Compendia” scribendi medii aev (plates 1-8); “Notariorum veterum signa” (8 pl., boards, pictorial paste-on, not numbered). $750.00 spine rubbed, some cover soil, VG. 1st ed. Printed on rectos only, every page has a charming color litho by the author, of a different flower accompanied by 2 lines of text in verse. “G is the Gorse, of his prickles be wary. H is the Hareball, so slender and airy. A scarce title. $150.00

STUNNING COLOR LITHOS HUMANIZED LETTERS #20 24. ABC. (FRENCH) IL ETAIT UNE FOIS UN ALPHABET [by] Marcelle Marquet. No publication TUCK FAIRY ABC information, French circa 1950. Oblong 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2”), 20. ABC. (FAIRIES) FAIRYLAND spiral backed wraps, VG+. This ABC by Grace Flloyd. Lond & NY: ABC book has everything. There Tuck, no date (circa 1890). Small 4to, is a fictional narrative that takes pictorial wraps, sl. soil, VG+. Alphabet place in towns where letters rhymes accompany beautifully illustrated come alive. In Vowel Country and Consonant Island the inhabitants fairies, imps and nymphs. Illustrated in are all humanized letters. There brown and white and color by unknown are also pages of humanized hand. $275.00 letters that the child can cut out to play games and to color. Illustrated by Suza Desnoye RARE ABC PEAR TREE PRESS with vibrant color lithographs (10 full page and many partial 21. ABC. (FARJEON,ELEANOR) A page, litho’d by B. Grosser). It SUSSEX ALPHABET by Eleanor Farjeon. is interesting that this book (Flansham, U.K.): Pear Tree Press (1939). was made by the spouses of 4to, (9 x 11 1/2”), pictorial boards, slightest two artists who shared a studio. of edge rubbing else Fine in original plain THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED glassine wrapper. LIMITED TO ONLY BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, 220 NUMBERED COPIES, this copy not SUZA DENOYEZ. Completely numbered but given to the owner by unused and really great ABC. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92

25. ABC. (FRENCH) GREAT GNOME OISEAUX ET FLEURS ALPHABET POUR LES TOUT PETITS 30. ABC. (GNOMES) by Guy Gerard Noel. Lyon: J. Barbe ca 1935. 4to, ALPHABET PICTURE stiff pictorial wraps, VG+. BOOK. Lond.: Blackie ca Charmingly illustrated in 1930. 4to, pictorial card full color in folk peasant covers, fine. This is a style similar to Francoise. wonderful Gnome alphabet Text for the simple alphabets is printed around illustrated in full by C.E.B. the illustrations which Bernard. Although the only are charming and brightly text is one word caption per colored. $225.00 letters, the pictures tell the stories of these adorable gnomes $250.00 26. ABC. (GERMAN) ABC BILDERBUCH text von HAND-COLORED William Hey and Mathilde AMERICAN ABC Coester Cassel. Mainz: 31. ABC. (HAND- Scholz [1905]. Large 4to, COLORED) HOME AND cloth backed pictorial SCHOOL ABC AND PRIMER edited and illustrated by A. boards, some light edge Whitehill. Phil.: Fisher & wear, else near fine. A Brother, no date circa 1860. beautiful turn of the 12mo, pictorial wraps bound century German alphabet into full leather binding illustrated by HANS (complete with covers). Short lessons for the THOMA with 22 full page youngest child, illustrated chromolithographs (including with 500 hand-colored title). $350.00 woodcuts by Whitehill. It is unusual to find an artist attribution in books like PICTORIAL LETTERS this. $600.00 27. ABC. (GERMAN) ABC ZUR ARCHE NOAH geleitwort von STRIKING HEBREW ABC Ida Nather. Zwickau: Johanned 32. ABC. (HEBREW) ALEPH-BET by Elishevah Nadal. Tel Aviv: Chaver Herrmann, no date, owner inscribed V’Tachon Shlomah S., no date, circa 1930. Oblong (9 1/2 x 6 1/2”), stiff pictorial 1933. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, card covers, Fine. Illustrated with bright color lithos where the form of each near fine. This is an alphabet with no letter is as part of a picture - the letter Tet is shown as a snake curled into the text. Each page has 2 beautiful color shape of the letter. Illustrated by B. Barlevi in color and b&w. This is a well printed and charming Hebrew alphabet. $800.00 illustrations of the letters, composed of animals with names beginning with that letter. The letter is formed with trees or branches and the #32 animals are shown interacting with the flora in the vignette. Illustrated by Elena Morosowa-Eckert. The last page has a listing of the names of the animals portrayed. Very lovely. $250.00

GERMAN CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISING ABC 28. ABC. (GERMAN) BAUSPARER ABC GRAZ. Graz (Germany): Vereinigten Alpenlandischen Bausparkassa, #29 no date, circa 1938. 8vo (5 7/8 #29 x 8 1/2”), pictorial wraps, fine. An alphabet of the building trades where each full page illustration for the letter faces a page of advertising for various building trades. The half- tone illustrations are full of humor. $200.00

29. ABC. (GERMAN) MEIN ABC BILDER BUCH verse von K. Kellermann. Nurnberg: J.W. Spear ca 1890. Large 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, offset on two pages and one margin abrasion else near Fine. Each page is printed on thick card on green paper and is busily illustrated in color by FRANZ KUCZERA in typical turn of the century German style. $300.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] 33. ABC. (INDIA) ABC LOVELY COLOR FROM INDIA. This is WOODCUTS an ABC printed in India, 37. ABC. (MAYO,EILEEN) NATURE’S ABC. Lond.: inscribed by the owner 1947 Universal Text Books no but possibly older. 8vo (6 date, circa 1943. 4to, (8 1/2 x 8”), pictorial wraps, x 10 3/4”), pictorial cloth, owner name on title else fine in frayed dust wrapper. VG+. The owner notes that Illustrated with fabulous color woodcuts by noted this was given to her by a artist Mayo. The text friend stationed in Kabul, in calligraphy is in simple Afghanistan, but this is prose with the letter of reader from India (map on the alphabet printed as a last page is map of India). prominent red capital when it appears in the text. Really Illustrated in full color artistically stunning. $275.00 and printed in a range of colors. $275.00

McLOUGHLIN LARGE 34. ABC. (KEPES,JULIET) FORMAT ABC PUPTENTS AND PEBBLES by William Jay Smith. Bost.: 38. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) Lit. Brown (1959). 4to, (7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), pictorial GEM ABC AND PICTURE cloth, fine in dust wrapper. BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Stated 1st edition. Laid-in is the publisher’s pictorial Bros. no date. Folio, pictorial book mark for the book. This nonsense ABC is wraps. VG+. A charming wonderfully illustrated by ABC with 2 full page color Kepes in bright color in her characteristic graphically illustrations plus red and interesting style. “Puptents and Pebbles / Said the King black pictures on other pages to the Queen/ The words to accompany rhymes about go together / But what do they mean?” A clever ABC the letters of the alphabet. book. See Bader p.350-3 for others. $150.00 $100.00

PHIL MAY ABC LIMITED EDITION 35. ABC. (LEADENHALL PRESS) PHIL MAY’S ABC. 39. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) PUMPKIN PIE ABC BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. Lond: Leadenhall Press 1900. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 3/4”), (1897). 4to, (9 x 11 1/4”), pictorial wraps, light soil green cloth stamped in and rubbing, VG. The entire gold, light wear, occasional alphabet in rhyme revolves spot, near Fine. LIMITED around eating a piece of TO 1050 NUMBERED pumpkin pie. “L Longed for COPIES PRINTED ON it so she no longer could wait FINE PAPER AS PROOFS. / But made her appearance 52 original designs - the with knife, fork and plate.” first presenting Phil May’s All pages are mounted on Guttersnipes and the second linen. Featuring 6 fine full half featuring a humorous page chromolithographs alphabet. Printed on rectos plus 2 half-page 3-color only on heavy coated paper. illustrations and color cover. A wonderful alphabet A very uncommon McLoughlin book, hard to find in nice ABC. $350.00 condition.. $350.00

LIMITED EDITION / FANTASY ABC 36. ABC. (LOVECRAFT,H.P.) LETTERS LOVECRAFTIAN by Stephen Fabian. 40. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) JINGLE ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1915. 6 x 8 1/2”, cloth, Saddle River, N.J.: Gerry de la Rue 1974. 4to (8.5 x 11”), spiral backed wraps, crease in center, name on margin of cover, VG. A Linen ABC where each letter stands paper rubbed on lower cover, slight cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED for a different Mother Goose rhyme, phrase or character. Printed in full color and COPIES. This is an amazing Science Fiction alphabet by Fabian based upon the 3-color. “R” is Rub A Dub Dub, “Q” is the Queen of Hearts. Charming. $200.00 work of fantasy master H.P. Lovecraft. Each letter is used as an element of the drawing, all of which are detailed pen and inks. The text is not related to the alphabet but is a quote from one of Lovecraft’s books. Fabian is a self-taught artist who received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2006 and has been nominated many times for the Hugo Award for Best Fantasy Artist. Printed on one side of the paper. Quite scarce. $150.00 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 LARGE ALPHABET BOOK “S” IS FOR SLAVE CLEVER ABC NOVELTY BOOK 41. ABC. THE MOTHER’S PICTURE ALPHABET [by] S.W.P. Lond: S.W. 44. ABC. (NOVELTY) LITTLE BUILDERS’ ABC: a construction book by Nell Partridge, Office of the Children’s Friend no date, [1862]. Folio (10 1/2 x 14 Reppy. NY: Simon & Schuster 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, rear corner restored, edges rubbed, some 1943 (1943). 8vo, spiral cover soil, faint stain, really VG. Featuring engraved title page plus 26 fine full backed boards, Fine in dust page, very detailed engravings, one for each letter of the alphabet. Designed wrapper with chip on spine. by HENRY ANELAY and engraved by JAMES JOHNSTON, each illustration 1st ed. A clever ABC book features a large round illustration with numerous other scenes and decorations with each letter presented surrounding it and each illustration faces a page of text in rhyme using many as a large full page figure in words beginning with the appropriate letter. The text is signed S.W.P. in the bright red. On facing pages rear of the book. The letter “S” features a large engraving of a slave with the are rhymes for the letters poem beginning: “S begins Slave, Who can look, without pain on that agonized plus bright color pictures of face and that whip and that chain.” An elaborate and interesting ABC. Sold with a jolly man constructing the Dover publisher’s reprint with an interesting new introduction. $1200.00 letter piece by piece. In an envelope in the rear of the book are die-cut red paper pieces matching the size and shapes used in the smaller illustrations so that the reader can build each letter himself. $450.00

45. ABC. (OBJECTS) MY A B C BOOK. NY: Sam’l Gabriel 1923. Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, Fine. A well printed alphabet book with bright full page color illustrations in typical 20’s style. A beautiful copy. “M” is Motor car, “I” is ink- stand. $200.00

MARVELOUS PHOTO ILLUSTRATED ABC BOOK 46. ABC. (PHOTO STRIKING FOLIO ABC ILLUSTRATED) ALL AROUND THE ALPHABET 42. ABC. (NATIONS) ABC BOOK OF by Lena Towsley. NY: Farrar Rinehart (1933). 12mo, cloth, ALL NATIONS. Cleveland: World no review mounted on end paper else Fine. Each letter has date. Large folio, stiff pictorial wraps, a marvelous full page photo with minimal text on facing some cover soil and wear to bottom edge, pages, most reminiscent of the Steichen picture books. VG. Illustrated in bright colors on every Very effective and really great. $200.00 page with each letter representing a different a different country. Striking UNUSUAL POST-CARDS 47. ABC. (PHOTO ILLUSTRATED) ALPHABET PHOTO CARDS. Offered here book. $125.00 are 7 unused post cards, circa 1910. Each card is illustrated with a photo of a large letter of the alphabet superimposed by a person on top of the letter. The letters themselves are illustrated within the borders with various buildings in New York. 6 of the cards have a woman in an evening gown dramatically draped over the letter, one has a mustachioed man. Letters include N, E, W, P, Y, R, K. $125.00 43. ABC. (NONSENSE) ALPHABET OF UNNATURAL HISTORY for educating a girl like I by J. L. Scribbler. no publishing information, inscribed by owner 1937. 12mo (4 1/2 x 7”), pictorial wraps, name on title else VG. For each letter there is full page black and white illustration captioned with 2 lines of verse. Each letter represents a different imaginary animal: “C is the CORKLE, lovely thing / Who has four tails and half a wing.” “Illustrations partly by J.L. Scribbler but mostly by A. Boy Friend.” $125.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] RARE AMERICAN SATIRICAL POLITCAL ABC 52. ABC. (TEMPEST) AN ABC FOR YOU AND ME by Margaret Tempest. 48. ABC. (POLITICAL) COMIC ALPHABET. NY: Shugg & Co., (1872). 4to (Lond.: Medici Soc.) [1948]. 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, tipped sl. rubbed (6 3/4 x 10”), pictorial wraps. Spine neatly sewn, finger soil, VG. Printed on one else VG. An alphabet of names with charming, detailed full color illustrations on side of the paper, each page every page. $200.00 is divided into 4 sections. #52 Each section is illustrated in color on a black background #53 with letters representing different people, many of whom are notable. Four lines of rhyming text are beneath each picture. “H” is Horace the printer (Horace Greeley), “P” is the Preacher - Henry Ward Beecher,”T is for Thief, theft, thieving, All kinds of greed - T stands for Tammany, T stands for Tweed.” Other portraits include stereotypical Jewish rag man, King Wilhelm of German, President Grant, etc. UNIQUE NEEDLEPOINT ABC Rare. $600.00 53. ABC. (TEXTILE) ABC BOOK. Oblong 4to (11 x 9 1/2”), cloth, [8]p. including covers, Fine. This is a unique and charming hand-made ABC book. No date, circa ROJAN ABC 1930. Done on tan cloth, for each letter there is a needlepoint picture and a 49. ABC. (ROJANKOVSKY) ALPHABET OF MANY THINGS. NY: Golden Press large capital letter all done with a variety of different colored threads. “S” is 1970. Folio, (9 1/2 x 12 3/4”), glazed pictorial boards, slight tip and spine end for Santa and “Z” is for Zeppelin. One of a kind. $325.00 rubbing else near fine. 1st ed. (correct letter code on rear endpaper). Illustrated by FEODOR ROJANKOVSKY with a profusion of wonderful color illustrations on each page. A Big Golden Book. $225.00 54. ABC. TINY TOTS’ ABC. Lond.:

Children’s Press ca 1945. Oblong 4to,

pictorial wraps, Fine. Brightly illustrated

in color by G.I. SMITH and printed

on blue background, this is stylishly

done. $100.00

FINE ABC BY MUNRO ORR 55. ABC. (TRADES) THE ALPHABET set forth in six & twenty pictures by Monro Orr. Lond: Dent no date [1931]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight soil and corner rubbing else VG+. A stunning alphabet book with bold full page color illustrations for each letter opposite which are pages of minimal text in large type with a black and white vignette. Most letters are of various TRADES. The original art from this book was donated by the Queen to decorate Queen Mary’s GREAT SHIP ALPHABET Hospital for Children. Although Orr studied at the Glasgow School of Art his 50. ABC. (SHIPS) MY ABC OF SHIPS. Akron: Saalfield 1921. 4to, pictorial work is most reminiscent of William Nicholson (See Peppin British Illustrators) wraps, some cover soil, VG. Printed on linen-like paper, illustrated with 4 full page . $450.00 and one double-page color illustration of various ships (incl. covers). $125.00 #56

RARE ABC BOOK WITH SULLIVANT ART #55 51. ABC. (SULLIVANT) SULLIVANT’S ABC ZOO. NY: Old Wine Press 1946. 4to, cloth spine, gold pictorial boards, corner bumped and light edge wear else VG+. First (and probably only) edition of this alphabet. The publishers compiled this alphabet from the artist’s best published work and created a comical ABC. Each page is illustrated in b&w (Sullivant worked in line) accompanied by clever verse by Sullivant: N is for Noah. Thank you Noah for saving the deer’s doe/ Yak, anteater, pig, ARMADILLO,/ Emu, sheep, cow and hen - Yes, and even the men. / But why did you save the MOSQUITO?” Sullivant, who died in 1926 was inspired by A.B. Frost’s work. His work is found in many magazines including Judge 4 ABC’S IN ONE and Life and his comical 56. ABC. (TRADES) FOUR STORY ABC. NY: Garden City Pub. circa 1945. exaggerated drawing style is Tall narrow 4to, pictorial boards, VG+ in chipped dust wrapper. An alphabet of still inspiring artists today. animals, ABC of children, ABC of Trades and an ABC of Buildings illus. in colors Rare. $500.00 on every page by Barry Bart. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 57. ABC, (VAN LOON). AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE ALPHABET by 62. ALDIN,CECIL. THE WHITE KITTEN BOOK. Lond. & NY: Hodder & Hendrik Willem Van Loon. NY: Simon & Schuster (1935). Oblong 10 x 6 1/2”, Stoughton [1909]. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge wear, near pictorial boards, paper on spine ends chipped as usual otherwise VG+ in dust fine. Written by Aldin and illustrated by him with 12 charming color plates (on wrapper (dw repaired, chipped). 1st edition. Each letter stands for a different tan paper) and with many wonderful line illustrations. $750.00 city or monument from around the world (D is Delft, E is the Eddystone lighthouse, X is for Xanadu etc.). Each page of descriptive text faces a full page, bold color illustration. Written to encourage “a healthy distaste for the sugary dishes which our professional child-specialist will place before you.” Very hard to find in decent condition. $275.00

ABC SEE ALSO 144, 459

58. (ADAMS,FRANK)illus. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE. Lond: Blackie, circa 1915. Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil and tips rubbed 63. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN’S HAPPY FAMILY: MASTER QUACK else VG. Illus. with 12 glorious color plates opposite text written in calligraphy by May Byron. Lond.: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton nd [1912]. Square plus pictorial endpapers. Printed on glossy paper. $300.00 small 4to, pictorial boards, slight cover soil, VG-Fine. Featuring 6 wonderful color plates (one of which is double-page) plus b&w’s and pictorial endpapers to accompany the story of adorable ducklings. $350.00

RARE ALDIN PICTURE BOOK OF OUTDOOR SPORTS 64. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. A SPORTING GARLAND. Lond: Sands ca 1900. Oblong folio (15x10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers lightly rubbed and tips worn else fine. The text for children is in verse in large type and deals with outdoor sports. Divided into 3 sections, each has a pictorial half-title, frontis and many fabulous, bold full page color illustrations by Aldin. Each page of text also has a color illustration. Printed on heavy coated paper, this is a stunning book showing Aldin at his best. $1750.00

JEWISH STEREOTYPES 59. (ADAMS,FRANK)illus. THE STORY OF MOTHER GOOSE. Lond & NY: Blackie & Dodge ca 1920. 4to, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, front board discolored some and tips rubbed else VG. Adams has provided the verse for the Mother Goose rhyme about Mother Goose’s son Jack whose goose lays a golden egg. Jack then: “Sold his gold egg to a rogue of a Jew who cheated him out of the ARMFIELD COLOR half of his due.” It goes on to show the stereotypical Jewish man beating Jack and PLATES stealing the goose. Featuring 12 bold color plates by Adams plus line illustrations 65. ANDERSEN,HANS in-text and pictorial endpapers. Printed on frenchfold paper. $300.00 CHRISTIAN. FAIRY TALES FROM HANS ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) – 114, 336, 361, 367, 396, 559, 571 ANDERSEN trans. by Mrs. ADVERTISING INTEREST – 28, 72, 48 AESOP – 500 Edgar Lucas. Lond & NY: Dent & Dutton 1910. 4to, gilt AFRICA – 120, 121, 124 pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, 329p., slightest of cover soil, 60. ALDIN,CECIL. FARM BABIES. Lond: Henry Frowde [1911]. 4to, pictorial near fine. 1st ed. with these boards, small repairs to paper at spine extrems else fine. 24 fabulous, bold color illustrations. Illustrated by plates by Aldin plus pictorial ep’s and title page, showing adorable animal babies MAXWELL ARMFIELD with from pigs to puppies. A nice one. $850.00 24 beautiful color plates plus pictorial chapter head and tail pieces and pictorial endpapers. Includes 41 fairy tales. Armfield was a British artist and poet who studied at the Birmingham School of Art under Arthur Gaskin. Very lovely and hard to find version of these tales. $600.00

ANDERSEN, HANS ALSO 82, 426, 502

66. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK. NY: Nelson nd ca 1915. Folio, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 190p., light soil, VG+. 1st ed. of 61. ALDIN,CECIL. THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK. NY: Oxford Univ. Press circa this wonderful book containing 25 classic 1920. Square 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, blank endpaper foxed else near tales from various sources. Featuring fine. Written by Aldin and illustrated by him with 12 charming full page color pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates and illustrations (on green paper) and with as many wonderful full page illustrations many delicate line illustrations by Anderson. in line. Nice copy. $500.00 $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] BEAUTIFUL AND UNCOMMON ANDERSON TITLE household objects :”Militant Cornelia Cobb” is made from a corn cob; Mandy, a 67. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. Mammy is made from an eggplant, a lemon becomes a pig etc. Printed on heavy TALES FOR TEENY WEE coated paper, there is calligraphic text with drawings on all text pages along by Natalie Joan. Racine: with a full page color illustration opposite each page of text by PAUL BROWN. Whitman, no date, circa 1915. A beautiful copy of an unusual American picture book. $400.00 Thick 8vo (7 x 8 1/2”), 248p., paper toning otherwise HUMANIZED MILK BOTTLES! very fine in pictorial dust 72. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. MR. MILK wrapper. 12 original fairy BOTTLE AND HIS TRIP AROUND THE tales illustrated with 6 WORLD. (Wilkes- Barre, PA: Brown Wright beautiful color plates 3 Dairy 1925). 8vo, pictorial wraps, 47p., fine. by Anderson and 3 by her Mr. Quart Milkbottle, Mrs. Pint and their 2 husband Alan Wright. There little Half-Pints learn about various places are also many full page and in the world as they fly around in their partial page line illustrations milk-o-plane. Each page of text faces a mostly by Anderson. This fanciful full page illustration by an unknown is a remarkable copy of a hand. $125.00 scarce work by Anderson. $350.00 ANTHROPOMORPHISM ALSO 94, 260, 288, ANDRE,R. SEE 178 299, 481, 482

HUMANIZED BROOMS 68. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. BROOM HUMANIZED ANTS CLOSET FAMILY by Isabel Proudfit. Phil: AUSTRALIAN BOOK McKay (1938). Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine 73. ANTS. ANTICS OF ALGY by dust wrapper. The happy life of a family Musette Morell. Sydney & Lond.: Angus of humanized brooms, with charming full and Robertson 1946 (1946). 4to, cloth page color lithos throughout by CAROLINE backed pictorial boards, some cover soil, MATSON. $125.00 VG. The life and adventures of a group of wonderful humanized ants. Illus. by HARTMUT LAHM with 4 great color plates 69. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. DIE TANZENDE UHR von plus many b&w’s. A nice Australian picture Johannes Thiel. Munchen: book. $125.00 Jos. Kosel & Fr. Bustet (1928). 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, sl. soil on 74. (APPLETON,HONOR)illus. CHILDREN title page else fine in frayed dust wrapper. A little boy IN VERSE: FIFTY SONGS OF PLAYFUL dreams that the figures CHILDHOOD collected and edited by on his clock come alive and they lead him into a world Thomas Burke. Bost.: Little Brown where all inanimate objects (1914). 8vo, gilt pictorial cloth, top edge come alive, dance and have fun. Illustrated with 100 gilt, 135p., edges sl. worn else VG+. 1st color illustrations by the U.S. ed. Poems by Blake, Riley, Hood author. $250.00 and others are beautifully illustrated by Appleton with pictorial endpapers, HUMANIZED NUTS - RARE GORDON TITLE 8 tipped-in color plates plus many 70. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. GRANDAD COCO NUT’S PARTY by Elizabeth Gordon. Chic.: Rand McNally (1914). Small 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, cover lovely black and whites throughout the rubbed with some soil else VG. 1st ed. The story told in verse about what text. $275.00 happens when Grandad Coco Nut invites nuts from all the world over to his birthday party. Illus. by FRANCES BEEM with great depictions of all sorts of ARAB INTEREST – 128, 312 humanized nuts - Pea Nut Sisters, the Green Almonds, etc. Rare. $200.00 TUCK GIFT BOOK 75. ARABIAN NIGHTS. CHILDREN’S STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS by Rose Woolf. Lond: Tuck ca 1915. 4to, blue cloth with extensive gilt decoration, all edges gilt, near fine. Arabian Night tales illus. by HARRY THEAKER with 12 beautiful color plates and many lovely b&w’s. A particularly nice copy. $275.00

HUMANIZED VEGETABLE KITCHEN KRITTERS BY PAUL BROWN 71. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. KRITTERS OF THE KITCHEN KINGDOM by Aunt Jo and Uncle George. Bost: Little Brown 1922. 4to, (8x10”), 39p., cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in rare dust wrapper (dw soiled). A unique book that demonstrates how to create animals using vegetables combined with ordinary 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 ARDIZZONE’S RARE SECOND BOOK 80. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. THE 76. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES. Lond. NY. FAIRY SHOEMAKER and other fairy Toronto: Oxford University Press, no date, [1937]. Folio, cloth backed pictorial poems. NY: Macmillan 1928 (Oct. 1928). boards, tips rubbed, occasional spot, mend in one leaf, really VG+ in chipped and Square small 4to, (7 5/8 x 8 3/4”), cloth somewhat worn dust wrapper. First U.S. edition of Ardizzone’s 2nd book (printed backed boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper in Great Britain) - a companion in size and format to his Little Tim. Done with with 3 small edge chips and a few small calligraphic text and bright color illustrations throughout that are printed on tears. First edition of the book that Lynd one side of page only. This is the story of a lonely little girl and an ugly man- Mr. Ward called “an enchanting and perfectly Grimes- who become friends. Extremely scarce. $800.00 made picture book “ (See the third Three Owls Book p. 398, Bader p. 189-190). There are five fairy poems by Walter de la Mare, William Allingham and Matthew Arnold. Illustrated with absolutely wonderful full page and partial page black and white woodcuts in Artzybasheff’s unique style. This is one of his best books, rarely found in such nice condition. $400.00

SIGNED NEWBERY AWARD 81. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. GAY NECK: the story of a pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. NY: Dutton (1927) 8vo, imitation vellum backed cloth, vellum tips, cover soiled some else VG+. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTZYBASHEFF AND MUKERJI. The library convention edition, winner of the 1928 NEWBERY AWARD. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus beautiful full and partial page black and 77. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. TIM AND LUCY GO TO SEA. Lond., NY & whites. $250.00 Toronto: Oxford [1938]. Folio, cl. backed pictorial boards, edges and tips mildly worn else VG+ in somewhat worn but good dust wrapper. 1st U.S. ed. (printed ATTWELL’S ANDERSEN in Great Britain) of the 3rd Little Tim book (Hornbook Jan.-Feb. 1939 p.34). 82. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. Printed on one side of the page with color illus. and calligraphic text on every HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. page. Very scarce. $1000.00 Lond: Tuck nd [1914]. 4to, 140p. + [4]p. ads, green cloth stamped in gold, all ARMFIELD, MAXWELL - 65 edges gilt, some cover and spine wear, VG. 1st ed. 12 fairy tales illustrated CLASSIC ART DECO WITH LETTER FROM COATSWORTH with 12 beautiful color plates by Attwell 78. ART DECO. THE SUN’S DIARY by Elizabeth Coatsworth. NY: Macmillan plus many charming black and whites and 1929. 4to (8 x 8 3/4”), cloth pictorial endpapers. Scarce in this deluxe backed pictorial boards, cloth binding. $600.00 FINE in worn dust wrapper with large chips out on edges. First edition of a very early Coatsworth book, featuring striking Deco color #82 covers and black and whites on every page in classic Art Deco style by FRANK McINTOSH. LAID-IN IS A HANDWRITTEN CARD FROM COATSWORTH. This is an interesting book, beautifully designed. See AIGA Best of Children’s Books 1920-1952 #10. $450.00

ART (ORIGINAL) – 191, 219, 220, 223, 228, 259, 286, 301, 341, 376, 384, 393, 401, 488, 515, 555

ART DECO ALSO 118, 190, 263, 322-3, 325

ART NOUVEAU – 142, 172, 203, 291-2, 405, 474 83. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. MAGIC WINNER OF FIRST CALDECOTT HONOR AUSTRALIA by Nuri Mass. 79. ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS. Sydney: Angus & Robertson SEVEN SIMEONS. NY: 1943 (1943). 4to, cloth, Viking /Jr. Lit 1937 (April 164p., fine in sl. worn dw. 1st 1937). Large 4to, green ed. Little Del and Bushbo pictorial cloth, near Fine travel throughout Australia in sl. soiled dw. 1st ed. and encounter sprites, Coral Perhaps Artzybasheff’s Spirit, Desert Pea “the little most famous book, this red nigger” etc. while at Russian tale is beautifully the same time they learn all printed and illustrated with about their country. Illus. full and partial page color by Celeste Mass with 4 color illustrations throughout. plates, 4 full page b&w’s Bader (p. 192-6) calls it a plus text illustrations. Muir “delicately beautiful big book 564. $300.00 and a narrative spectacle and there is nothing really like it.”(p.196). Winner of 1st CALDECOTT HONOR. AUSTRALIA ALSO 73, 128, 442-3 AUTOMOBILE – 1, 286 $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected] 84. (AVERILL,NAOMI)illus. STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES by Donald Peattie. 89. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1937). Square small 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in slightly Chic: Reilly & Britton 1905. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, light worn dust wrapper. The story of man in the Middle Ages, simply told and soil and edge rubbing, VG. 1st ed. of this volume in the Christmas beautifully illus. in bold Art Deco style by Averill. $150.00 Stocking Series with an introduction by L. FRANK BAUM and illustrated in color by Bannerman. An early American printing of this classic. $600.00

AVIATION - 267

LAVISH BABY’S BOOK 85. BABY BOOK. BABY’S OWN BOOK. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1910). Large 4to, 90. BARKER,CICELY. FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE WAYSIDE. Lond: Blackie gilt pictorial cloth, fine and unused in publisher’s pictorial box. Illustrated in typical [1938]. 12mo, brown patterned boards with mounted color plate, Fine in dust turn of the century style by CLARA POWERS WILSON with partial page muted wrapper. 1st ed. with no ad for later titles. Illustrated with 24 beautiful color color illustrations. Printed on heavy coated stock. A lovely baby book. $400.00 plates plus b&w’s and pictorial endpapers. Nice copy. $300.00

BABY BOOKS ALSO 370, 446, 512 GREAT CHROMOS BY BICHARD NEWBERY AWARD WINNER WITH LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR 91. BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 86. BAILEY,CAROLINE ADVENTURES OF BARON SHERWIN. MISS MUNCHAUSEN by Raspe. HICKORY. NY: Viking / Lond: Warne, no date circa Junior Literary Guild 1946 1886. 4to, 104p., blue gilt (1946). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9”), pictorial cloth, bookplate cloth, rub spot on endpaper removed from endpaper, sl. else VG+ in frayed but cover soil, blind embossed VG dust wrapper. 1st stamp on a few pages edition. NEWBERY AWARD (almost invisible), VG+. WINNER. Illustrated with Illustrated with 18 fabulous charming lithos by Ruth chromolithographed plates Gannett. LAID IN IS A by Bichard and well printed ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER by the Dalziels. Probably SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, the best version of this BAILEY written to a fan, classic. $600.00 discussing this book and the award. Letters from Bailey are rare making this PETER PAN CELLULOID TOY WITH BOOKS IN BOX 92. BARRIE,J.M.. THE PETER PAN GIFT BOX. This is a boxed set of 3 a special copy of this award books published by Cupples & Leon (1924). Each is 12mo, boards, pictorial paste- winner. $375.00 ons, Fine in dust wrappers (dw’s sl. frayed). Each is illus. in color as follows: ALL ABOUT PETER PAN by J.M. Barrie, retold by Emma Sterne and illus. by 87. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Akron: Saalfield 1938. Thelma Gooch; ALL ABOUT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD illus. by Johnny Gruelle Small 4to, pictorial wraps, [12]p. incl. covers, slight soil, near fine. Illus. by and ALL ABOUT PETER RABBIT illus. by Dick Hartley. The three books are in BETTY BELL REA in full color and b&w. Most uncommon. $200.00 their ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX ALONG WITH A 6 INCH CELLULOID #87 #88 PETER PAN TOY! (box is sl. rubbed). A wonderful Barrie item, extremely rare in this complete condition. $1200.00

3 SAMBO JIGSAW PUZZLES IN BOX BY HAYS 88. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO PICTURE PUZZLES. Akron: Saalfield 1942. There are 3 full color jigsaw puzzles in the original publisher’s pictorial box, all illustrated by ETHEL HAYS. Box flaps repaired else near fine and complete. Each one measures 9 1/2 x 9 1/4”. The first shows the tiger crouched holding the green umbrella in his tail and Sambo is crying. The second show Sambo holding his umbrella walking along next to the tiger and the last has Sambo with his parents. Rare. $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 RARE POP-OUT THE FOLLOWING SELECTION OF BAUM BOOKS FROM PANORAMA EDITION A RECENTLY ACQUIRED COLLECTION REPRESENT 93. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN I WENDY. Barcelona: Editorial SOME OF THE RAREST CHILDREN’S BOOKS Joventut nd ca 1930. Oblong OF ANY ERA 4to, pictorial board panels folded accordion style, some cover soil, FIRST EDITION 1ST STATE OF VG+. Each side of the 12 panels is illustrated in color by A. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ Salo. There are 3 tab operated 95. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. moveable pages so that when Hill 1900. Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., hinges the tab is pulled, the illustration professionally strengthened, spine ends reinforced, some fading and a few faint becomes 3 dimensional. soil areas on covers. Internally, small margin repair to 1 plate (p.80), otherwise Rare. $1200.00 clean tight and VG+. 1st ed., 1st state of the text, with the following points: box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads “low wail on”, p.81 fourth line from BARRIE, J.M. SEE ALSO 495 bottom spells “peices” incorrectly, p.[227] 1st line reads “While Tin Woodman”, colophon in 11 lines with box, verso title page has no copyright, perfect type on BASEBALL BOOK WITH HUMANIZED BLACK BASEBALLS pages 100, 186 (this last point is associated with the earliest sheets off the 94. BASEBALL INTEREST. FAN AND FANNIE THE BASE BALL TWINS by press), color plate incorrect on page 34, with red in the horizon on page 92. Valerie McMahan. NY & Newark: Barse and Co. (1928). 8vo, pictorial boards, Binding state “B” , identical to “A” but stamped in red. Hanff/Greene I.1, Peter 62p., bottom third of cover faded and Parley To Penrod p. 111-113. Wonderful color illustrations by W.W. Denslow for rubbed else tight clean and VG+. Once one of the most famous children’s books of all time. This is a nice bright copy upon a time, some white boys were on of the very rare first state of an iconic children’s book. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM one side of a fence and some “colored” PRIOR COLUMN) $32,000.00 boys were on the other side and both groups were playing baseball. The Black ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL MOVEABLES boys lost one of their black balls and COMPLETE WITH UNCUT WADDLES! the white boys lost 2 of their white 96. BAUM,L.FRANK. WIZARD OF OZ WADDLE BOOK. NY: Blue Ribbon balls. The good fairy came along and (1934). 4to, cloth, fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper with a few mends. 1st ed., transformed the balls into humanized 1st state. Illustrated with 8 color plates (HG p.35-6). THIS COPY INCLUDES baseball children - Fan, Fannie and Ginger! THE 6 WADDLE FIGURES FOUR OF WHICH ARE UNPUNCHED, THE RAMP They learn about life from Mother Glove AND THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE RAMP! (humanized baseball mitt) and then (Tin Woodman and Toto are complete but punched out (not assembled). Enclosed venture into Flowerland. Illustrated in the original pictorial envelope are the ramp and fastener replacements. A few by the author with 15 nearly full page Waddle pieces are neatly reinforced at creases). The “waddle” book is designed color illustrations, color endpapers and with die-cut figures that can be assembled into full three dimensional color color covers. Charming and very scarce figures. Using the fasteners attached to their legs, the figures can actually (by the author of Bumps the Golf Ball move down the ramp without contrivances! Instructions for assembling the Kid). $850.00 figures are in the rear. Included are Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Wizard and the Lion. The book is illustrated by Denslow. This is a Baum book of the utmost rarity with few copies surviving with the waddles intact and few are known with waddles unpunched. $16,000.00

RAREST OZ BOOK - 1 of ONLY A FEW KNOWN COPIES 97. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. OZ TOY BOOK: CUT-OUTS FOR THE KIDDIES. Chic.: Reilly and Britton 1915. Oblong 11 1/4 x 8 1/4”. Pictorial cardboard cover, green cloth spine, string tie. A few corners repaired, light normal cover soil and wear and crease on cover, else complete, unused and overall VG-Fine. Consisting of 16 pages with 54 Oz characters designed to be cut out and affixed to wooden stands for play. Directions for making the wooden stands are inside the front cover. Each leaf is printed on one side of the page and illustrated with bold bright colors. See 100 Years of Oz by John Fricke p.43 where he notes “The Oz Toy Book was drawn by the inimitable Neill as a promotion for the series. Baum, who had not been consulted about its publication, was unhappily astounded when he saw the work advertised in the 1915 Reilly & Britton catalogue. Today, few of the fragile Toy books survive intact or complete.” See also Oz Scrapbook by Greene and Martin p.41-3, 47. One of only a few known copies, the others reside in private collections. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $27,500.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL 1ST STATE OF MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ 100. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE ROAD TO OZ. Chic: Reilly & Brit. (1909). 8vo, 98. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & green pictorial cloth stamped in black, green tan and red, a fine, bright copy Britton 1904. 4to, red pictorial cloth, 287p. corner bumped else FINE AND (there is a charming Oz related owner inscription on ownership page and half- BRIGHT! 1st ed. FIRST STATE with all points, B binding in red with full title with a mounted poem from a newspaper by Grif Alexander titled the “Road title on cover (B binding identical to A except lettering is outlined in silver). to Oz”). 1st edition 1st state Illustrated by J.R.NEILL with 16 full color plates plus b&w’s in text (photo- with paper colors in order, pictorial ep’s of Montgomery and Stone). A beautiful copy of the second Oz earliest copy with no type book, rarely found in this condition. HG II. $15,000.00 damage on p. 34, 121, caption and numeral on p. 129, Reilly & Brit. on spine in upper and lower cases. No color plates as issued, but pictorial endpapers and a profusion of black and whites throughout by J.R. NEILL. A beautiful bright copy. Hanff Green V. $3000.00

BEAUTIFUL FIRST STATE OF OZMA 101. BAUM,L.FRANK. OZMA OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, tan pictorial cloth, 270p. + 1p. ads (Land of Oz and John Dough). Small mend to paste- down (creased) and a miniscule amount of cover soil else Fine and beautiful. 1st ed. 1st state with pictorial ep’s, pictorial rear cover, front ad listing only John Dough and Land of Oz, “O” in Ozma, p. [11], p. 221 in color. Illustrated with many full page and smaller color illustrations (no color FINE TIN WOODMAN IN WRAPPER plates as issued) and with 99. BAUM,L.FRANK. TIN WOODMAN OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1918). many full page b&w’s. A 4to, red cloth, pictorial paste-on, [288]p., sl. soil to cover plate else fine IN lovely copy of the rare DUST WRAPPER (dw with 2 1/2” piece off bottom of spine, 1/2” off top of spine 1st state third Oz book. piece off lower corner of rear panel and archival tape mends on verso), housed (Hanff-Greene III.1). in custom cloth box. 1st ed.. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates plus $5500.00 many b&w’s throughout. Rare in the wrapper. $4750.00

102. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Brit. (1910). 4to, dark blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, faint mark on paste-on, small margin mend on one plate and slight rubbing, near fine. 1st ed., 1st state, H-G VI.1. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, 2-color pictorial endpapers, 16 color plates plus many black and whites in-text. A beautiful copy of an early Oz title in the rarer dark blue binding. $2000.00

#97 on previous page GNOME KING IN DUST WRAPPER 103. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE GNOME KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1927). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, cloth darkened in a few areas of gutters else Fine and bright in fine dust wrapper with ads listing this title last on flap). First edition (Hanff-Greene p.73) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates (coated on both sides) plus b&w’s. This is a magnificent copy, rarely found so bright and rare in the wrapper. $2000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 108. (BAUM,L.FRANK). WHO’S WHO IN OZ by Jack Snow in collaboration with Professor H.M. Wogglebug. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1954). 4to, cloth, 277p., sl. fading 104. (BAUM,L.FRANK) HIDDEN VALLEY to cloth else fine in fine dust wrapper (not price clipped). 1st and only edition. OF OZ by Rachel R. Cosgrove. Chic: Reilly An Oz encyclopedia synopsizing the first 39 Oz books and including biographies. Illustrated with more than 500 illus. by J.R. NEILL, FRANK KRAMER and “DIRK”. & Lee (1951). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial An indispensable title for the Oz collector and a beautiful copy. $500.00 paste-on, 313p., FINE and bright in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. 1st state H-G XXXIX, illustrated by DIRK with color cover, pictorial endpapers and many b&w’s in text. Surprisingly scarce in the dw. $750.00

MINT COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 105. (BAUM,L.FRANK). LUCKY BUCKY IN OZ by John R. Neill. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1942). 4to, bright blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 289p., MINT IN DUST WRAPPER (dw 1st state with $1.50 price, 2 tiny edge mends else Fine). 1st ed. 1st issue of the 36th Oz title. H-G XXXVI (16 page gathering, pictorial ep’s). An Oz book both written and illustrated by Neill, this was Neill’s last Oz book. A beautiful copy in the scarce dust wrapper. $1500.00 BAUM AND PARRISH COLLABORATION 109. BAUM,L. FRANK AND MAXFIELD PARRISH. MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1905). 4to, green cloth, full color plate on cover, 265p., inconspicuous erasure on title and spine sl. worn else near fine! Fourth ed. (originally published by Way & Willams in 1897 with the second ed. by Geo. Hill in 1901). Featuring 12 plates by Parrish plus pictorial title page which is printed in red on a cream colored background and with new cover design reprinting the frontis (also with several b&w illus. in-text). The text retells Mother Goose stories in story format. Very scarce. A nice copy. $1750.00

RARE McLOUGHLIN TITLE 110. BEARS. OLD MOTHER BRUIN AND HER FOOLISH CUBS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. nd ca 1880. Obl. 4to (10 5/8 x 9”), NEARLY MINT IN DUST WRAPPER pictorial wraps, spine slightly 106. (BAUM,L.FRANK). OJO IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & rough, owner stamp on rear Lee (1933). 4to, tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, 304p., near MINT in dust wrapper cover, few faint spots on blank (dw not price clipped with listings through this title, it is very slightly frayed verso of a page, a clean, bright with a few tiny closed tears). 1st ed. H-G XXVII. Illustrated by JOHN R. and VG+ copy. Printed on one side NEILL with 12 color plates coated both sides plus numerous black and whites. of the paper. Featuring 6 very This is a beautiful copy of the 27th Oz title, rare in this condition. $2500.00 fine full page chromolithographs depicting the adventures and misadventures of these three bears. A rare McLoughlin title. $400.00

BEARS ALSO 2, 148, 279, 296, 421, 593 BEAUTY & THE BEAST – 264, 339, 535

COMPANION TO SEUSS FOOT BOOK & EYE BOOK 111. BEGINNER BOOK. (BRIGHT AND EARLY BOOK). THE EAR BOOK by Al Perkins. NY: Random House (1968). 8vo, glazed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. of the first book in the Bright and Early Book series. All 4 titles were issued simultaneously (Foot Book, Eye Book, Ear Book and Inside Outside Upside Down). Written by Perkins and illus. by William O’Brian in color. Rare. $200.00

MINT IN DUST WRAPPER 107. (BAUM,L.FRANK). SCALAWAGONS OF OZ by John R. Neill. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1941). 4to, pale green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 309p., MINT IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st ed. 1st issue of the 35th Oz title (16 page gatherings, hyphenated spine, misprint on dw flap). Written by Neill and illustrated by him in black and white. This is an uncommonly fine copy and quite difficult to find despite its late date. $1800.00

112. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE IN LONDON, NY: Viking (1961). Folio, red cloth, 56p., Fine in dust wrapper with some fraying. 1st ed. London will never be the same after Madeline’s visit! Great color illustrations on every page. $500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] RARE BEMELMANS TITLE ANTI-SLAVERY 113. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. A TALE OF TWO GLIMPS. (NY: Columbia WOMAN AUTHOR Broadcasting System) [1946]. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, slightest of spine wear 116. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) else VG+. Published by CBS to promote color television, this is the story of the lives JEMMY AND HIS MOTHER, A TALE FOR of two creatures called “glimps”, one of which has a color television and the other has CHILDREN AND LUCY, OR THE SLAVE only a black and white set (and guess whose life is better). Illustrated in full color GIRL OF KENTUCKY. Cincinnati: American and b&w on every page. Laid in is a CBS card describing the book. $750.00 Reform Tract and Book Society 1858. 12mo (4 x 6”), brown blind stamped cloth, 64p., some random spotting otherwise a nice tight VG+ copy. Illustrated with 2 full page and 5 in-text engravings by Henri Lovie engraved by Grosvenor. Two stories written by an anonymous woman (which is revealed on page 37 where the narrator is referred to as “madam”) about the horrors and tragedies of slavery. At the ends of both stories the author urges little children to spread the word amongst all of their friends that slavery must end. “The little girls must talk to their little brothers and the brothers must talk to other boys... about these matters,, and you must pass resolutions condemning such great wickedness.” A scarce title. $750.00

BENCHLEY’S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED “TEN LITTLE NIGGERS” 1ST EDITION! 114. BENCHLEY,PETER. JONATHAN VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE. NY: 117. BLACK INTEREST. [TEN LITTLE NIGGERS] AUS KAMERUN. EIN McGraw Hill (1964). 4to, cloth, fine in sl. worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. Benchley’s BILDERBUCH FUR KLEINE UND GROSE KINDER von F.H. Benary und first book - a children’s book about how a little boy managed to smuggle in his C[hristian]. W[ilhelm] Allers. Munchen: Braun & Schneider, no date [1885]. Folio puppy in order to visit the president. Illustrated in color by Richard Bergere. (9 3/4 x 14”), cloth backed pictorial boards, hinges professionally strengthened THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BENCHLEY. $400.00 and slight edge rubbing else near Fine. First edition and likely the first separate book edition in German of this classic counting rhyme, Printed on good quality BENNETT, CHARLES – 390 BERMUDA - 305 BIANCO,PAMELA – 3 paper on one side of the page. There are 10 full page color lithographed leaves (plus title page with a color vignette) detailing the step by step demise of ten BIRDS – 5, 25, 222, 256, 297, 429 BIRNBAUM, URIEL – 345 Black Africans. The first rhyme shows 10 natives killing a pig, one stabs himself and then there are 9. “Zehn kleine Negerknaben / schlachteten ein Schwein / ANTI-SLAVERY HAND COLORED RARITY Einer stach sich selber todt / Da blieben nur noch neun. Ries S.398, Klotz 365/2. Rare. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $3000.00 115. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) NEGRO’S COMPLAINT: A POEM. TO WHICH IS ADDED, PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS by William Cowper. London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1826. 12mo (4 1/4 x 7”), 15 leaves printed on one side only plus 3 leaves printed on both sides, later 1/2 leather and marbled boards lacking wrappers which is not uncommon (Cotsen and BL copies either lack wrappers or rebound). Beautiful gift inscription on title, near Fine. 1st edition for children of these seminal anti-slavery poems by Cowper. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf features an exceptionally fine half-page hand-colored engraving with text below. Cowper was one of the first to publicly condemn slavery. Because his work and views were known, Cowper (reluctantly) agreed to write a series of anti-slavery ballads. They first appeared in magazines in the late 1700’s and were also meant to be sung in the streets. “After writing five ballads including The Negro’s Complaint and Pity for Poor Africans, he wrote to Lady Hesketh ‘I shall now probably cease to sing of tortured Negroes - a theme which never pleased me, but which, in the hope of doing them some little service, I was not unwilling to handle’ “ (see The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by Davis p. 369). This illustrated edition is rare, especially so in such clean, unfoxed condition. See Darton G202, not in Osborne, Gumuchian or Oppenheimer. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $12,500.00

HAND-COLORED ART DECO BI-LINGUAL LIMITED EDITION 118. BLACK INTEREST. LES DIX PETITS NEGRES [THE TEN LITTLE NIGGERS]. (Paris) Editions Chantal (1945). 4to (9 1/4 x 10 1/2”), loose as issued in paper wrappers, cover spotted else VG-Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED COPIES OF WHICH 25 ARE NOT FOR SALE. The text for this famous nursery rhyme is in both English and French, and is printed on arches paper. Each page of text faces an incredible, fabulous, stylized and brightly HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATION BY GUY ROCCA (11 individual plates in all). “Ten little niggers / Going out to dine; / One choked his little self, / and then there were nine.” An imaginative and very scarce edition of this rhyme. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 GREAT ‘20’S MOVEABLE FLAP VERSION BLACK AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR 119. BLACK INTEREST. 10 KLEINE NIKKERTJES. No publishing information, 123. BLACK INTEREST. (DEVEAUX,ALEXIS) NA-NI by Alexis Deveaux. NY: circa 1920, Dutch. Oblong 4to Harper & Row (1973). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, fine in dw. Stated (9 1/4 x 7”), stiff pictorial 1st edition with correct number line on last page). A picture book that is difficult wraps, VG+. Text for the classic to describe, this tells of an ordinary day in Na-Ni’s life that ends quite suddenly counting rhyme is on left hand in violence. The text is poetic and the abstract style illustrations are unique. pages. Each text page faces This is the first book by African American author/artist Deveaux who has gone a brightly colored illustration on to become a major poet and artist. $125.00 printed on a range of different colors. The edge of the page has a fold over flap so that when reader lifts the flap he sees how one figure has been eliminated. The picture makes sense with the flap closed or open. This is a scarce and great version of this counting rhyme. $875.00

TEN LITTLE NIGGERS SEE ALSO 414

HOTTENTOT SOUTH AFRICAN FABLES 120. BLACK INTEREST. (AFRICA) REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA; OR HOTTENTOT FABLES AND TALES trans. from original manuscripts in the library of Sir George Grey by W.H.I. Bleek. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER Lond: Trubner 1864. 8vo, green cloth, 124. BLACK INTEREST. (DILLON,LEO AND DIANE) ASHANTI TO ZULU: xxxi, 94 p. + ads, Fine. 1st ed. 42 fables AFRICAN TRADITIONS by Margaret Musgrove. NY: Dial (1976). Large 4to, divided into eight sections such as Tortoise (10 1/4 x 12 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (price clipped, owner name on fables, Jackal fables, Lion fables, Sun and endpaper). 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautiful color illustrations Moon fables, Household tales, Heitsi Eibip on every page by the Dillons. $375.00 and other legends - all translated from the original native African Hottentot. In a most WORLD WAR II - COMPLETE WITH STAMP BOOKLET informative and lengthy preface by the 125. BLACK INTEREST. translator, it is noted that “children...whose (HOGAN, INEZ) NICO- taste has not been spoiled by the poison of DEMUS HELPS UNCLE SAM over-exciting reading, will always be amused by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton by the quaintly expressed moral lessons...” (1943, 2nd printing). 8vo, (5 An unusual and fascinating book in excellent 1/2 x 7 3/4”), pictorial boards, condition. $800.00 some cover soil, 1 illus. faint neat tint, VG. A World War II patriotic theme with Nicodemus EAST AFRICA and his friends helping Uncle Sam by collecting scrap 121. BLACK INTEREST. (AFRICA) metal and buying war stamps. KENYA KIDDIES by May Baldwin. Illustrated with color lithos by London: W & R Chambers Ltd. no date Hogan, COMPLETE WITH THE circa 1910. 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 1/2”), 284p., SAVINGS STAMP BOOKLET the rear pocket. Very VG condition. The text describes daily scarce. $350.00 life of settlers’ children in East Africa BLACK INTEREST ALSO 87, 89, 94, 128, 151, 305, 316-19, 328, 414, 457, 572 which also included resentment that the natives received free schooling BONTEMPS, ARNA – 122, 151 and other benefits. Illustrated with 126. (BOUTET DE MONVEL)illus. OUR CHILDREN by Anatole France. NY: 4 half-tone plates by Nina Brisley. Duffield 1917 (1917). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight tip wear else VG+. 1st This is a Presentation Copy from the ed. of this English language edition of Boutet de Monvels Nos Enfants, beautifully publisher with their blind stamp on title illustrated with 12 full page color plates and in pen and ink. Nice copy. $275.00 page. $150.00

RARE BONTEMPS - VIRGINIA LEE BURTON BOOK 122. BLACK INTEREST. (BONTEMPS,ARNA) THE SAD-FACED BOY by Arna Bontemps. Bost.: Houghton Mifflin 1937 (1937). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly short else near fine). 1st ed. of Bontemps’ third book for children. The story tells of a Black boy from Alabama who goes to Harlem to form a band. Illustrated with color dust wrapper plus full and partial page black and white lithos by VIRGINIA LEE BURTON. This copy is signed by Eulah Pharr who was the longtime housekeeper of Noel Sullivan, ETHNIC STEREOTYPES - DENSLOW IMITATION a friend and supporter of 127. BOYLAN,GRACE. OUR LITTLE HAWAIIAN KIDDIES Volume 4 of KIDS OF Langston Hughes and other MANY COLORS. NY: Hurst (1901). Small 4to, pictorial cloth, neat repair to spine American artists, This ends else Fine IN DUST WRAPPER! Text in verse about children from Hawaii, Greece, is an especially nice copy France, Italy and Holland. Illustrated with stereotypical bold color illustrations of the rare first edition by Denslow imitator IKE MORGAN. Incredible copy, rare in dw. $275.00 in dw. $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] ETHNIC STEREOTYPES (PHILIPPINES/PYGMIES/ARABS) 128. BOYLAN,GRACE. OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE KIDDIES Volume 6 of KIDS OF MANY COLORS. NY: Hurst (1901). Small 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine in dust 132. (BROCK,H.M.)illus. JACK THE wrapper! Text in verse about children from Philippines, Pickaninnies in U.S., Pygmies, Arabs, Mexicans and Indians. Illustrated with stereotypical bold color GIANT KILLER. Lond: Warne, circa illustrations by Denslow imitator IKE MORGAN. $300.00 1910. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, some #129 rubbing to spine, VG+. Illustrated

by Brock with 8 fantastic color

plates printed on glossy paper plus

black and whites in text. A beautiful

book. $375.00

133. BROOKE,L.LESLIE. JOHNNY CROW’S

NEW GARDEN. Lond: Warne 1935 (1935).

8vo, cl. backed blue boards, pictorial paste- BRANDYWINE ARTISTS – 109, 353, 400, 445, 487, 547-9, 575-6, 595-7 on, 46p., Fine in sl. worn dw. with mounted

LIMITED EDITION IN SLIPCASE color plate. 1st ed. Featuring 8 fine color 129. BRAZIL. LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE by Margarida Estrela Bandeira Duarte. NY: Grosset & Dun. (1940) Printed in Brazil. Folio, cloth backed plates plus pictorial endpapers and many pictorial boards, Fine in original burlap slip case. SPECIAL NUMBERED PRESENTATION COPY. A beautiful picture book, illustrated with bold and wonderful line illustrations portraying striking full page color lithos by PAULO WERNECK. This work was selected by the publishers as a fine example of Brazilian children’s book, originally published Brooke’s marvelous animals. Beautiful in Brazil to familiarize native children with their heritage. $300.00 copy. $425.00 RARE NEWBERY AWARD WINNER WITH LETTER 130. BRINK,CAROL. CADDIE WOODLAWN by Carol Brink. NY: Macmillan 134. BROOKS,WALTER. FREDDY PLAYS FOOTBALL. NY: Knopf 1949 (1949). 1935 (April 1935). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”) , green cloth, 270p., spine and edge 8vo, tan cloth, near fine in slightly rubbed and very slightly frayed, but VG++ dw. faded else VG in dust wrapper (dw overall attractive with a small irregular piece Stated 1st ed., illus. by KURT WIESE. Scarce title and a nice copy. $450.00 off top of spine and similar shaped piece missing near the bottom of spine with end frayed). 1st ed. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The life story of a family in Wisconsin in Civil War times is illustrated by KATE SEREDY with many lovely full & partial page black and white illustrations plus lovely color wrapper. LAID IN IS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM BRINK ABOUT THIS BOOK, written to a fan (with a photo of Brink on the front page). It reads in part: “As you probably know the real Caddie was my grandmother. Her name was Caddie Woodhouse but authors usually change the names of real people a little when they put them in books.” This is a special copy of this title rarely found in the dust wrapper and even rarer with a letter from the author. $850.00 135. BROWN,MARCIA. SHADOW. NY: Scribner (1982). 4to, 1/4 cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. (correct code). Illus. with magnificent color collage illustrations. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $225.00 SCARCE LIMERICK BOOK SIGNED BY BROCK RARE JEAN CHARLOT BOOK (BROCK,C.E.)illus. THE PARACHUTE 131. 136. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. A CHILD’S GOOD NIGHT BOOK. NY: Scott AND OTHER BAD SHOTS by J.R. 1943. 12mo (5 1/2 x 6 3/4”), pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper that is lightly Johnson. Lond.: George Routledge, no worn at spine ends and corners. 1st ed. of this CALDECOTT HONOR title and date circa 1900. 4to, (8 1/2 x 11”), cloth a modern classic, illustrated with magnificent color lithos by JEAN CHARLOT. backed pictorial boards, paper worn on This title was re-issued in 1950 with new illustrations by Charlot due to library edges, some cover soil, VG. The text is resistance to the small size of the first edition. Bader p.269-70. Rare, especially entirely in limerick verse. Half of the in dw. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $1500.00 book has the humorous story of a young boy who skips school to work in the circus and ends up as part of the show when he is hoisted through the top of the tent by a parachute. Featuring very detailed pen and inks by Brock that cover every page including many clever large capital letters made using human forms. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. This copy is SIGNED “Charles E. Brock Cambridge” . $450.00 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 RARE TITLE WITH SLOBODKINA ILLUSTRATIONS BRUNDAGE, FRANCES - 428 137. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE LITTLE COWBOY. NY: Wm. Scott 1948. 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in dw with a few closed tears and spine chip but really FAIRY TALES PLUS SALESMAN’S SAMPLE very nice. 1st edition, in the same series as the Little Fireman. This is wonderfully WITH DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES illustrated in color by ESPHYR SLOBODKINA. Bader p.216. $400.00 142. (BRUNELLESCHI,U.)illus. CONTES DU TEMPS JADIS (FAIRY TALES OF YESTERYEAR). Paris: Edition d’Art (1912). 4to, pictorial wraps, covers soiled and spine creased with ends repaired, interior tight, clean and VG. 1st edition. 4 French fairy tales illustrated by Brunellischi with 20 magnificent art nouveau mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards. SOLD TOGETHER WITH RARE SALESMAN’S SAMPLE of the English language edition entitled Fairy Tales of Yesteryear. 4to, bound in full vellum with cloth ties. This volume contains the complete tale of The Princess of the Golden Hair plus 40 blank pages and ALL 20 of the color plates found in the finished work! Rare. $1500.00

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138. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THREE LITTLE ANIMALS by Margaret Wise Brown. NY: Harper Brothers. (1956). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG in dust wrapper with some closed tears. 1st ed. A story with a message, featuring beautiful color illustrations by GARTH WILLIAMS. (Bader p.261-2). $400.00

139. BROWN,PALMER. CHEERFUL. NY: Harper Bros. (1957). 12mo, cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. of the third of only 4 books by Brown - this a fairy tale starring a city mouse named Cheerful. Illustrated with exquisite color and line drawings of the utmost delicacy and refinement. See Bader p. 492-3, AIGA best book 1955-57 p.23. Very scarce. $250.00

GREAT WILD WEST PICTURE BOOK 143. BUFFALO BILL. BUFFALO BILL. London: Dean & Sons, no date, circa 1880. Folio (10 x 12”), stiff pictorial wraps, [16] pages including covers, covers dusty else fine. Illustrated with great chromolithographs on every page bringing the frontier to life. Cowboys and Indians at their best and a beautiful copy. $600.00

BULL, RENE – 317

GOOP NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 144. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOP TALES ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. NY: Stokes (1904). 4to, (8 x 10 1/3”), blue pictorial cloth, faint trace of color on a few illustrations else VG+. 1st RARE BROWN TITLE ed. A wonderful ABC book 140. (BROWN,PAUL)illus. SHOW PONY by Nancy Caffrey. NY: Dutton 1954 involving Burgess’s famous (1954). 8vo, cloth, fine in lightly soiled dw. Stated 1st ed. Jay and Jan are naughty children who just determined to turn their formerly abused pony into a show horse. Illus. in b&w don’t do what they should. by Brown. Uncommon title. Paul Brown see also 140. $300.00 Each letter represents a different behavior 141. BROWNIES. ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE by the author of John pattern ( “L”=LEMEETRI; Halifax, gentleman [Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik]. NY: Harper Bros. 1872. 12mo, “T”=TUCHIM & TAKIM) purple cloth stamped in gold and black, 139p. + 4p. ads, near fine. 1st American with a separate alphabet for edition (listing this “just ready”). Written by the author for her adopted boys and girls. Illustrated daughter, illus. with numerous wood engravings by Helen Paterson Allingham. A with great line illustrations beautiful copy. Osborne p.977. $450.00 and pictorial endpapers. $650.00

PURPLE COW FIRST STATE 145. BURGESS,GELETT. THE PURPLE COW. San Francisco: William Doxey 1895. 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 1/2”), pictorial wraps, [16]p., two clean margin mends and edge chipping, still a better than good copy of this fragile book. This is the first separate edition of Burgess’ first published book and is the 1st state which is printed on rough textured paper on both sides of the page. Because the textured paper was difficult to print on, later copies were printed on smooth paper on one side of the page only. Illustrated in black to accompany nonsense rhymes including the now famous Purple Cow. Although Burgess is well known for his Goop series of children’s books, he was also a dedicated avant guard figure of his time. Amongst other accomplishments, he was the first to introduce Cubism to the United States in an article he wrote about his interviews with Matisse, Picasso and Braque. He is also responsible for coining the word “blurb”. A scarce item. $475.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] G. WHAT FARMER BROWN’S BOY DID no dw. $150.00 SALESMAN’S SAMPLE H. AN IMP OF MISCHIEF no dw. $150.00 146. BURGESS,THORNTON. THE BURGESS ANIMAL BOOK FOR CHILDREN. Bost: Little Brown 1920 (1920). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, VG. This is G H a Salesman’s Sample Book. Pasted on front endpaper is a label reading “Advance orders for this book received here to be forwarded on publication day” Below that is a stamp “To be published November 20. Containing a sample of the many beautiful color plates by LOUIS AGISSIZ FUERTES and a few pages of text, followed by blank pages. Rare. $250.00

I. A WOE-BEGONE LITTLE BEAR no dust wrapper. $150.00 J. A FRIGHTENED BABY hinge wear but tight, no dw. $150.00

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147. BURGESS,THORNTON. GRANDFATHER FROG STAYS IN THE SMILING POOL. NY: Eggers 1914- 1922- 1928. 4to, 8x11”, stiff pictorial wraps, 12p. incl. covers, VG. A very stunning and scarce Burgess format, illustrated in bold colors by HARRISON CADY and featuring great silhouette borders on every page. (Wright p. 112). $150.00 149. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON.

148. BURGESS,THORNTON. THORNTON BURGESS STORY BOOKS. THE SECRET GARDEN. NY: Stokes (Aug. Offered here is a group of small hard cover story books published in Racine by Whitman with copyrights of 1927 or 1927,1929. Each is oblong 1911). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste- 12mo (5 1/2 x 4 5/8”), color pictorial boards, light shelf wear otherwise at least in Very Good or better condition. Those with dust wrappers are noted. Charmingly illustrated in color throughout by NINA JORDAN. on, 375p., cover plate lightly rubbed else A. CUBBY BEAR HAS A MIND OF HIS OWN in dust wrapper. $175.00 B. CUBBY BEAR HAS A MIND OF HIS OWN no dw. $150.00 VG++. 1st ed. illustrated by MARIA KIRK C. CUBBY GETS A BATH no dw. $150.00 A C with 4 color plates. BAL 2115. Quite B scarce. $1500.00

MODERN RARITY 150. BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE. MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL. Bost: Houghton Mifflin 1939 (1939). Oblong 4to, pictorial cloth, a few tiny margin mends and hinge wear else near fine in an amazingly bright price clipped dust wrapper with only a few tiny closed edge tears and 1/4” piece off top of D. CUBBY FINDS AN OPEN DOOR no dw. $150.00 spine. 1st edition of this classic, illustrated with great color illus. by the author E. CUBBY IN MOTHER BROWN’S PANTRY (1927,1929) in dw. $175.00 to accompany the wonderful story of an Irish steam shovel operator and his F. CUBBY IN MOTHER BROWN’S PANTRY no dw. $150.00 beloved steam shovel Mary Anne. Burton, along with Sendak and McCloskey is among the handful of author/illustrators of picture books whose talents were D E equally accomplished in both aspects of creating a successful children’s book. F Bader (p.199-201) says that “Burton knew exactly what she wanted in a picture book, hers or another’s, and she wanted a good deal - information and significant detail as well as the accustomed clarity, humor and imagination. The wonder is that she achieved what she wanted without losing the spontaneity...” The result is that her books were read to tatters so very few collectible 1st editions of this title exist. This is a nice copy. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $8000.00

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