Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] 453. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE FAIRY PRE 1870 IMPRINTS - 9, 78, 113, 148, 181, 193, 194, 195, 229, 249, 341, 344, CARAVAN. Philadelphia: David McKay 361, 363, 402, 527 (1929). 8vo, 225p., green cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER 457. PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A-BOOS AND MR. PLOPPER. London.: Henry (dust wrapper with the most minor edge Frowde: Hodder & Stoughton, no date inscribed 1915. 4to, boards, pictorial paste- wear else Fine). 1st U.S. ed. (probably on, slight soil and rubbing, VG+. The 2 little peek-a-boo children hook up with a preceding the British). After Potter humanized beaver named Mr. Plopper. The book features a world full of humanized finished her Peter Rabbit series it was animals on the order of Beatrix Potter but starring two wide-eyed little children. her intention to stop writing. It was Featuring 8 color plates, many line illus. and pictorial endpapers. $650.00 only with the persuasion of her American publisher, Alexander McKay, that she agreed to write this book meant only for the American market. Illustrated by Potter with 6 color plates and 20 full page and 42 smaller black and white drawings. Linder notes that Potter’s Lakeland friends “were quick to recognize many of the pictures with their local settings” (p.295). See Linder p. 292-5, Quinby 29a. This is a magnificent copy with the dw clean, white and bright, rare thus. $2000.00
454. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING. NY:Warne (1908). 8vo, red cloth stamped in green and gold, beveled edges, [70]p. AS NEW! 1st ed., 3rd printing, same as 1st except for few minor technical changes, ca 1913 (based on Warne’s address of 12 E. 33rd St. and the fact that in 1918 this large format was 458. (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. THE PEEK-A-BOOS AMONG THE BUNNIES published in cloth backed boards). One of Potter’s experiments in large format told by Z.H.. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, ca 1913. Square 4to, pictorial books it was reprinted in 1926 in ordinary small format with the title changed to boards, pictorial paste- on, some foxing and tips rubbed else VG. 1st US ed. The Tale Of Samuel Whiskers (See Linder p.194). With 18 wonderful color plates The little Peek-A-Boos spend time in the rabbit warren. Illustrated by Preston incl. title and 38 b&w drawing by Potter. An extraordinary copy. $750.00 with 8 fine color plates and pictorial endpapers and by George Howard-Vyse with numerous b&w’s. Scarce. $750.00
459. [PRESTON,CHLOE]illus. THE CHUNKIES AT THE SEASIDE [by May Byron]. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., no date ca 1920. 4to, pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, slight rubbing, VG-Fine. The Chunkies are a wide-eyed companion group to Preston’s Peek-a-boos, who have adventures and get into mischief. Illus. by Preston with 8 great color plates, black and whites in-text and pictorial endpapers. Scarce. $500.00
455. POTTER,BEATRIX. WAG BY WALL. Boston.: Horn Book 1944. 12mo, buckram, pictorial. paste-on, fine in DUST WRAPPER. 1st ed. The original version of this story was first done in 1909 but not published. It was later written into The Fairy Caravan but removed before publication and it was finally re-written by Potter in 1940 and 1943 and published here for the first time, shortly after her death. Illustrated with lovely woodcuts by J.J. LANKES. (See Linder p. 276) $475.00
RARE EARLY POTTER GAME PROPAGANDA - 374, 500, 503, 506 456. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. PETER RABBIT PARTY MUSLIN REVIEW COPY OF CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER GAME. Akron: Saalfield 1913. 460. PROVENSEN, ALICE AND MARTIN. GLORIOUS FLIGHT. This is a large poster-sized NY: Viking (1983). Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, AS NEW IN DUST printed muslin “game” board WRAPPER. 1st edition. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP LAID IN. WINNER to be used in a pin-the-tail-on- OF THE CALDECOTT AWARD. Beautifully illus. in color depicting the donkey type of game. Measuring 1901 flight across the English Channel. $200.00 18 x 21” (creased where originally folded, blank corner cut off). There is a large (18”) full color image of Peter in the center, surrounded by 4 smaller brown line vignettes from the book. The blindfolded player is to try to pin the cabbage leaf as close as possible to the outline near Peter’s mouth (included are 9 cabbage leaves). Very scarce. $400.00
POTTER SEE ALSO 376 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 NICE LETTER WITH DRAWING CARNEGIE MEDAL - 464. RACKHAM,ARTHUR. LETTER WITH DRAWING. Offered here is a one SIGNED page handwritten note on 461. PULLMAN,PHILIP. Rackham’s Chalcot Gardens THE GOLDEN COMPASS. stationary, dated 1909. NY: Alfred A. Knopf (1995 Traces of removal from 1-10 code). 8vo (6 x 8 ½”), an album on the verso cloth backed boards, AS and one corner mend. It NEW IN AS NEW DUST reads: Dear Miss Wallis, WRAPPER. 1st U.S. edition. Very many thanks for your 1st printing of the first title letter. I am very sorry I in Pullman’s Dark Materials cannot do you a sketch trilogy. Carnegie Medal though you are so kind as Winner. THIS COPY IS to support a donation to a SIGNED BY PULLMAN charity - but I am so busy on the title page. Great at the present time that I copy. $750.00 cannot satisfy the demand of my own friends, even, in that way. So perhaps this note and this: [drawing] may PUPPETS - 127-9, 163 PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER - 186 find a corner in your album. PUSS IN BOOTS - 136, 272, 442 Arthur Rackham.” The charming drawing is 4” wide by 1 2/” high and shows a stork carrying a baby in its SNOW WHITE mouth. $1350.00 PUZZLE WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR WONDERFUL RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION 462. PUZZLE. SNOW 465. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ALLIES’ FAIRY BOOK with intro. by WHITE AND THE SEVEN Edmund Gosse. London: Heinemann no date [1916]. 4to (8 x 10”), blue gilt cloth, DWARFS CUBE PUZZLE top edge gilt, slightest bit of cover darkening, the usual offsetting on endpaper ART WITH PUZZLE. This is else FINE in custom slip case. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES the original watercolor for SIGNED BY RACKHAM. A collection of fairy tales from various countries (English, the top of a cube puzzle box Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian and more) with lengthy (and also used as one of the and informative introduction by Gosse. Featuring 12 magnificent tipped-in color guide sheets for assembling plates and a profusion of fabulous line illustrations throughout the text that the puzzle). No publication reproduce with superior clarity due to the fine quality paper used in this edition. information, circa 1940. $2500.00 The art measures 6.75 x 5” on board 7.5x6” and is fine condition. Snow White and all 7 of the Dwarfs are pictured in vibrant colors. The actual puzzle lacks one of the cubes otherwise it is in excellent condition with the 3 other guide sheets laid-in the original box and with the artwork reproduced in reduced size on the cover. The puzzle also includes Hansel and Gretel and 2 other stories. $875.00
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463. (PYLE,HOWARD)illus. GALLANTRY by James Branch Cabell. New York: Harper Brother 1907 (Oct. 1907). 8vo (6 x 9”), grey cloth with elaborate silver, gold and white decoration, top edge gilt, Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Pyle with 4 beautiful mounted color plates. A nice copy. $200.00
466. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ARTHUR RACKHAM’S BOOK OF PICTURES with intro by Arthur Quiller Couch. London: William Heinemann (1913). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”) white gilt decorated cloth, top edge gilt, spine slightly toned and light soil on edge of cover else VG-Fine, clean and tight with no spotting or foxing. LIMITED TO 1030 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 44 fantastically beautiful mounted color plates with lettered guards and several charming black and whites. Nice copy - very scarce. $2750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected] FINE COPY OF RARE RACKHAM LIMITED GRIMM 467. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM trans. by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London: Constable 1909. Large thick 4to (10 x 11 3/4”), 325p., full vellum with gilt decorations, top edge gilt, except for a few small spots of natural discoloration of vellum, and some browning on front endpaper, this is in near fine condition with vellum clean and with silk ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites. Because of the high quality of the paper, the black and whites are superb. Arguably his best work and very rare in the limited edition in such fine and bright condition. $11,000.00
SUEDE-BACKED FIRST EDITION OF RACKHAM’S GRIMM 468. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM. NY: Doubleday Page 1909. Thick 4to (8 x 10”), suede backed pictorial boards stamped in black and gold, 325p., edges and corners rubbed, else near Fine. 1st American edition with Rackham illustrations. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers (not found in the limited edition), 40 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards and 55 black and white illustrations to accompany 60 fairy tales from Grimm. (Latimore/Haskell p. 34). Particularly scarce in the American edition as the suede spine is almost always worn and torn. $2500.00
470. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. HAWTHORNE’S WONDER BOOK. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1922]. 4to (8 x 10”), red gilt cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw with margin mends and some soil but VG+). 1st Rackham edition, illustrated with 24 beautiful color plates (16 tipped- in color plates with printed guards plus 8 color-plate drawings) as well as 20 equally as lovely text b&w’s and pictorial WITH EXTRA COLOR PLATE SIGNED BY RACKHAM endpapers. A particularly 469. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER by the nice copy, not often found in Brothers Grimm. London: Constable (1917). Folio (9 ½ x 12”), grey cloth with the dust wrapper. $900.00 pictorial label stamped in gold, top edge gilt, slight bit of rubbing and slight rubbing of spine ends else Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM COMPLETE WITH THE ADDITIONAL SIGNED COLOR PLATE IN THE ENVELOPE! Illustrated by Rackham with 13 beautiful tipped-in color plates (one more than in the trade edition) plus pictorial endpapers and 43 black & whites to accompany 40 fairy tales. This is an exceptional copy of a very hard to find limited edition with great Rackham illustrations, rarely found #469 complete with the extra color plate. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM NEXT COLUMN) $7500.00
#466 previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 FINE COPY 474. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. NY 471. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR) & London: Doubleday Page & William Heinemann 1905. 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/4”), illus. A MIDSUMMER green gilt cloth, closed split at base of spine, articles removed from blank page, NIGHT’S DREAM by slight foxing on text page, really tight and VG+. First US edition. Featuring 51 William Shakespeare. magnificent mounted color plates plus several black and whites. This is one of London & NY: Heinemann & Rackham’s best books with the illustrations particularly well suited to the text. Doubleday, 1908. 4to (7 ½ (Latimore / Haskell p. 26) An excellent copy. $1200.00 x 10”), tan cloth stamped in gold, Fine condition. 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with 40 magnificent tipped-in color plates on heavy paper with lettered guards, plus many lovely black and whites in-text. A great copy of one of Rackhams most sought after titles. $1200.00
MOTHER GOOSE LIMITED EDITION 472. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. MOTHER GOOSE:THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES. London: Heinemann (1913). Large 4to (9 ½ x 11 ½”), original white gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, owner bookplate, light finger soil and spine slightly toned as is common else VG - Fine, tight and clean with not one bit of spotting. 1st edition, LIMITED TO 1130 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 13 fabulous tipped-in color plates mounted on heavy paper plus a profusion of beautiful black and whites throughout the text with reproductions far superior to those in the trade edition. This is a nice copy of a one of Rackham’s most sought after titles. $2950.00 UNCOMMON RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION 475. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE: POEMS OF CHILDHOOD by Algernon Swinburne. London: Heinemann (1918). Large 4to (9 ½ x 11 ½”), vellum backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and covers toned on edges else VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 765 NUMBERED COPIES (100 FOR THE U.S.) SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 8 beautiful color plates and 52 b&w’s by Rackham. A very uncommon limited Rackham. $1450.00
476. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. London: Harrap (1935). LIMITED TO ONLY 460 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Thick 4to, bound in full gilt dec. vellum, small bruise to vellum on edge of spine else fine in original publisher’s slipcase (taped on edges). Illus. with 12 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards plus a profusion of text drawings. A nice copy $3300.00 MINT RACKHAM’S PETER PAN 473. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. NY: Scribner 1906 (Dec. 1906). Large 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 126p., mint. 1st American ed. Featuring 50 magnificent mounted color plates with tissue guards (in rear of book) and with b&w drawing on title. A beautiful copy of a scarce and most desired Rackham book (Latimore/Haskell p.27). $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] RACKHAM AND POE #480 477. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. Philadelphia: Lippincott [1935]. 4to (8 x 10”), red pictorial cloth, (318)p., old paper clip mark on edge on endpaper else Fine in dust wrapper ( VG dw with “v” shaped piece off top of spine,, frayed at base of spine). First American Rackham illustrated edition of one of his most desired titles. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 fine color plates with tissue guards, plus many black and whites. In addition, the fabulous wrapper illustration does not appear in the book. $875.00 481. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame. NY: Heritage Press (1940, no add. printings). 4to (6 ½ x 9 ½”), red cloth spine with blue cloth covers, 190p., spine faded else Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper 478. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR) and pictorial slipcase (case somewhat soiled with light wear). 1st trade edition illus. UNDINE by De la of Rackham’s last work, published posthumously and not published in England until Motte Fouque adapted 1950. The introduction is by Milne and it features 12 wonderful color plates by from the German by W.L. Rackham plus 15 pen and ink drawings that did not appear in the Limited Editions Club Courtney. London & NY: edition. Quite hard to find first printings complete with dw and case $750.00 Heinemann & Doubleday 1909. 4to (7 ½ x 10”), cloth OBSCURE RACKHAM TITLE backed pictorial boards, 482. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE RAINBOW BOOK. Tales of Fun and Fancy edges slightly rubbed, else by Mrs. M.H. Spielmann. near fine in slightly worn London.: Chatto & Windus, dust wrapper. 1st American 1909. 8vo, pink cloth blind edition. Illustrated with 14 stamped, gilt lettering, beautiful tipped-in color 289+[1]p, gilt on spine fade, plates mounted on heavy normal shelfwear, VG. First paper, pictorial endpapers ed., later issue without and with lovely line teg. These stories first illustrations in text. A nice appeared in Little Folks in copy. $600.00 1905 and 1906 with the same illustrations. Illustrated by Rackham, Hugh Thompson, RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION IN BOX Harry Rountree and others. 479. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Rackham contributed a color Goldsmith. London: Harrap, [1929]. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 5/8”) full gilt vellum, top edge frontis, 7 full pages b&w’s gilt, bottom of front cover slightly toned else Fine in publisher’s box (stain on lid and several in-text b&w’s. A of box). LIMITED TO 575 COPIES FOR ENGLAND, NUMBERED AND SIGNED very unusual Rackham. Riall BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 very lovely color plates plus text b&w’s and p. 95. $200.00 pictorial endpapers. Laid in is the 4 page prospectus for the book and a color plate showing the cover of the trade edition. This is a great copy. $2500.00 RAE, JOHN - 256, 574-6, 580
CHILDREN’S BOOK BY ADULT ARTIST 483. (RAND,PAUL)illus. SPARKLE AND SPIN : A BOOK ABOUT WORDS by Ann Rand. NY: Harcourt Brace and World (1957). 4to (8 ½ x 10 1/4”), pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper with a few mends on verso. Stated 1st edition. The simplest of picture books illustrated in bright primary colors by noted artist / designer Rand whose angular and arresting images nearly leap off the page. Bader devotes 5 pages to this book (p.338-342) ending with “Sparkle and Spin succeeds because the pictures have a life of their own.” First editions in dust wrapper are quite scarce. $500.00
480. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith. London: Harrap (1929). 4to, gilt cloth, top edge gilt, Very Fine IN DUST NEWBERY AWARD WINNER - REVIEW COPY WRAPPER (dw sl. worn). 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with wrapper 484. RASKIN,ELLEN. THE WESTING GAME. NY: Dutton (1978). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 design, cover design, pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates plus 22 black and ½”), 1/4 cloth and boards, Fine in near Fine dust wrapper (no award seal, not price whites. A beautiful copy. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $250.00 clipped). Stated 1st edition. 16 people were invited to the reading of Mr. Westing’s will and in order to get any money, they had to solve a puzzle. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. THIS IS A REVIEW COPY WITH THE SLIP LAID-IN. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104
RAWLINGS, MARJORIE KINNAN - 597
READERS - 9, 81, 155-159, 177-8, 257, 524 REFERENCE - 557 RARE ROBINSON CAT BOOK RELIGION - 309 489. (ROBINSON,CHARLES) illus. THE BLACK CAT BOOK FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOX by Charles Copeland. London: 485. (REYNOLDS,FRANK)illus. MR. PICKWICK : Pages from the Pickwick Blackie & Son, no date [1905]. Papers by Charles Dickens. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date, circa 1910. Large 4to (7 1/8 x 10”), pictorial paper 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4”), red cloth stamped in gold, and black, 174p., a few fox spots covered boards, slight rubbing else nearly AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (box flaps repaired). First edition. and spine wear, near Fine. Illustrated by Reynolds with 25 beautiful, rich colored tipped-in color plates (with lettered guards). A sumptuous production and a great copy. $500.00 Illustrated by Robinson with the most striking full page red and black silhouettes and with black silhouettes on every page of text. Artfully arranged and quite wonderful. Rare in such nice condition. $1200.00
HEATH ROBINSON MASTERPIECE 490. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY Brentanos 1902. 8vo, pictorial cloth stamped in blue, green and white, expertly recased else clean and VG+. First US edition of the first book written and illustrated by Robinson (same year as UK ed. and printed in Great Britain). Featuring color box frontis, 55 full page b&w’s and 72 vignettes plus pictorial endpapers. Entirely designed by Robinson, the story is a fantasy tale of Uncle Lubin’s voyages and mishaps taken in balloons, boats, submarines etc., all constructed as Robinson’s famous complicated contraptions. The text is often laid out in irregular format to fit around the vignettes. It was the publication of this book that brought Robinson to commercial success and this first edition is a rarity. $3000.00
RICHARDSON, FREDERICK - 362 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB - 72
RARE TOLMER ART DECO BOOK 486. ROBERTS,JACK. CELESTE L’HIPPOPOTAME ROSE. Paris: Tolmer (1926). 8vo (7 ½ x 7”), color lithographed cover and text mounted on a slightly larger decorative board, fine. Pink and black lithographs are printed on thick grey paper showing the adventures of a charming pink hippo. $1500.00
ART DECO FANTASY 487. ROBERTS,JACK. HISTOIRES SIMPLETTES. #488 Paris: Berger Levrault (1933). 8vo (7 1/8 x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, covers slightly dusty and some edge wear else VG+. The text tells of the fantasy adventure taken by little Clo-Clo. Every page features charming art deco color illustrations by Roberts. $200.00
ROBERTS, KENNETH - 595
ROBIN HOOD PLAYBOOK 488. ROBIN HOOD. PLAYBOOK OF ROBIN HOOD by Susan Meriwether. NY: Harper Brothers 1927 (1927). Folio (10 ½ x 13”), stiff pictorial card covers, corner of one flap frayed a bit else Fine and UNUSED. First edition. The story of Robin Hood is written on the first few pages. The remaining pages are made up of bold color illustrations of the cast of characters and background material that the reader cuts out and uses to play with. The wrap comes off and unfolds to form a 30 inch backdrop. Very well made on stiff paper, and in fine condition. Illustrated by Esther Peck. Realms of Gold p. 153: “Unusually fine and important additions to the play books”. Rare in unused condition. Robin Hood see also 308 $500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] PERE CASTOR 491. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. MY LINE OF LIFE. London: Blackie & Son 495. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR) (1938). 4to (7 ½ x 10”), illus. CALENDRIER DES ENFANTS pictorial cloth, 198p. texte de Y. Lacote. Paris: Flammarion including index, slightest (1936). Oblong 8vo, (7 1/4 x 6 bit of soil to spine ends else ½”) pictorial wraps, paper rubbed Fine in dust wrapper (dw inside covers where wrap had been frayed at spine ends else attached and light edge wear else VG+). 1st edition. This is VG+. First edition of this PERE Robinson’s autobiography CASTOR title with wonderful full with much fascinating page color lithos by ROJAN for each information about his life month of the year. See Bader p. and work. Illustrated with 124-5. $300.00 16 half-tone plates, 11 full page line illustrations and with dozens of pen and 496. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. PICTURES FROM MOTHER GOOSE inks throughout the text. [POSTERS]. This is a portfolio of 8 fine full color prints by Feodor Rojankovsky This is particularly nice featuring Mother Goose characters. Published by Simon & Schuster as copy. $400.00 part of the Golden Book group and printed by the Artists and Writers Guild in 1945. Each measures 14 x 18”, and are housed in the original color RARE CALENDAR IN BOX pictorial folder. The folder is soiled and worn and there are some margin 492. (ROBINSON,W. HEATH)illus. W. HEATH ROBINSON CALENDAR mends on prints with one print discolored. Includes the following characters: 1935. Housed in the publisher’s original pictorial box is a calendar for 1935, Published in London by G. Delgada, it is in Fine condition with the box lightly 1.Little Boy Blue 5. Jack and Jill soiled. The calendar is comprised of 52 leaves measuring 7 X 9 3/4”, and is 2.Pussycat Pussycat 6. Little Tommy Tittlemouse bound with a ribbon tie on the top edge. Printed on one side of the page only, 3.Old Woman In the Shoe 7. Mary Had A Little Lamb each leaf has a wonderful large illustration by Robinson with The days of the 4.Little Miss Muffet 8. Rain Rain Go Away week printed along the bottom margin. Rare. $800.00 Curiously, the images are not the same as in his Tall Book of Mother Goose, although a few are similar. $275.00
MODERN MASTERS SERIES 493. ROETHKE,THEODORE. PARTY AT THE ZOO. NY: Crowell-Collier (1963). 4to, pictorial cloth, slight edge rubbing, VG+. 1st edition. Illustrated in color PERE CASTOR by AL SWILLER. A title in the Modern Masters series of children’s books by 497. (ROJANKOVSKY,FYDOR)illus. QUIPIC par Lida. Paris: Flammarion adult authors. $225.00 1937. 4to (9 x 8”), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A PERE CASTOR book, this with wonderful, brightly colored full page and in-text lithos by Rojan, ONLY 50 COPIES SIGNED WITH EXTRA PLATES depicting a “quizzical hedgehog... (with) a layout that’s a knockout” (Bader p. 124, illustration on p.125) $250.00 494. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEDOR)illus. DANIEL BOONE: LES AVENTURES D’UN CHASSEUR AMERICAIN PARMI LES PEAUX-ROUGES. Paris: Domino Press (1931). Folio, 11 3/4 x 15 1/4”, loose as issued in color pictorial folder, in Fine condition (even includes the original protective glassine wrap which does have some wear). THIS FIRST BOOK DONE BY THE DOMINO PRESS IS ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES IN FRENCH SIGNED BY ROJAN CONTAINING AN EXTRA SUITE OF ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED WITHOUT TEXT. Printed on high quality Velin D’Arches paper, this edition was limited to 50 numbered copies, 25 in French and 25 in English. The beautiful, richly colored lithographs are really individual works of art on every page. Bader calls this “A unique first book in American history” (p. 119). This special edition is ofthe utmost rarity and really quite spectacular. $2500.00
TOYLAND FANTASY 498. (ROSS,M.T.)(PENNY)illus. MAMMA’S ANGEL CHILD IN TOYLAND by Marie Sadler. Chicago: Rand McNally (1915). 8vo, boards, pictorial paste-on, 115p., cover slightly rubbed else VG+. 1st edition. The story is little Esther’s involved fantasy trip to Toyland ruled by King Noah. Illustrated by Ross with 24 fabulous full page color illustrations plus numerous smaller color illustrations and wonderfully detailed black & whites all throughout the text. A very scarce book by Ross who is perhaps best known for his humanized flowers in his Volland work with Elizabeth Gordon. M.T. Ross nicknamed “Penny”, was an illustrator and comic artist in the early twentieth century. He lived in Oak Park, Illinois and had his studio in downtown Chicago. He was one of the first co-workers of Walt Disney, as well as a close friend of R.F. Outcault, with whom he developed ‘Buster Brown’. M.T. “Penny” Ross moved to Southern California in 1926 to work for RKO and other studios as a set designer. $350.00 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA - 278 ROUNTREE, HARRY - 482 KONASHEVICH - MAY DAY 503. RUSSIAN. (KONASHEVICH) PERVOMAI. Detizdat, 1938. Large 4to (8 5/8 RUBAIYATS - 185, 431 x 11 ½”), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. The glory of communism is celebrated with a huge May Day parade featuring the young guard marching with tanks and ARMENIAN the various armed forces. Illustrated in color on every page by V. Konashevich, CHILDREN’S BOOK many pages include Stalin’s image. Nice copy, very scarce. $1200.00 499. RUSSIAN. (ARMENIAN) NAZARE MERXAS by H. Tumanjan. Jerevan: Sewra Ermonistane 1937. 12mo (4 3/8 x 6”), pictorial wraps, 29p., a few corners bent else VG. Illustrated with charming full page and smaller color illustrations by M. Arutcjanjan. This is an unusual book published while Armenia was under the rule of the Soviet Union. $475.00
PROPAGANDA 500. RUSSIAN. (BROUNI) NACHI TROPIKI [OUR TROPICS]. Molodaiya guarda, 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ½”), pictorial wraps, VG- ALMOST BANNED - HUMANIZED INSECTS 504. RUSSIAN. (KONASHEVICH,V.) MUKHA TSOKOTOOKA [THE Fine. The text presents CHATTERING FLY] [by] K. Chukovskii. 1933. Small 4to (7 x 8 5/8”), pictorial life and natural resources wraps, corner creases else VG. 1st edition. This is the story of humanized in the North Sea and the flies and what happens when one is grabbed at her birthday party by a spider. Caspian. It explains how There are wonderful, fanciful black and white illustrations by V. Konashevich on the nomadic Kurds were every page. This title was denounced and almost banned by the government as replaced (driven out) by bourgeois and not suitable for Soviet children who were meant to read books the Bolsheviks who quickly grounded in realism. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p. 114. $1500.00 transformed the natural resources into the best in the world. Featuring striking stylized color illustrations by Brouni ending with a May Day parade. See Leveque p.20. $750.00
501. RUSSIAN. (CHARUSHIN) DETKE V KLETKE [ANIMAL BABIES IN A CAGE - ZOO BABIES] by S. Marshak. Leningrad: Ogiz 1935. 4to (9 x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and cover toned else VG. 1st edition with Charushin’s illustrations having been first published in 1923 with designs by Cecil Aldin. Featuring beautiful color lithographs by the preeminent Russian illustrator of animals, E. Charushin. See Dictionnaire p. 269 for French ed. and Lemmens / Stommels p. 276-7. $800.00
LEBEDEV / MARSHAK 502. RUSSIAN. (CHIFRIN,N.) NEFT [OIL] by E. Khazin. Moscow: Ogiz 505. RUSSIAN. (LEBEDEV,V) DOSKA SOREVNOVANIYA [BOARD OF 1931. 4to, (8 ½ x 11 3/8”), SOVIET COMPETITION] by S. Marshak. Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya 1931. pictorial wraps, light cover Small 4to (6 7/8 x 8 soil, VG+. The text is a 3/4”), pictorial wraps, pictorial explanation of the VG-Fine. 1st and only process of extracting and edition. Brilliantly shipping oil. Illustrated illustrated in black by Nisson Abramovitch and white by Lebedev Chifrin with great color with nationalistic lithos. Chifrin was a noted themes. Because of theatre designer and with its impressionistic his wife, he joined Alexandra style, it was Exter’s studio. See Leveque: denounced by the Dictionnaire p.26-9 for Russian government others, Kuznecov #139 who sanctioned only p. 109. $975.00 realism in their books for children. See Leveque p.164. $2000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected] FIVE YEAR PLAN UNCOMMON SARG TITLE 506. RUSSIAN. (MAVRINA & BARTO,A.) PESN O STROIKE [SONG OF 510. (SARG,TONY)illus. MAXIMS TO MUSIC CONSTRUCTION] by A. Barto. Moscow, Ogiz, Molodai Gvardia (State Publishers) by Sigmund Spaeth. NY: McBride (1939). 1932. 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, spine and edge mends, VG. The book 4to, cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. depicts the changes Russia underwent during the first 5-Year plan. Illustrated Stated 1st edition of this very scarce Sarg by Tatiana Mavrina, every book. Traditional proverbs and mottoes are page is in color showing explained for the child (i.e. A stitch in time men and women busy saves nine) and are then set to music as doing construction jobs: an aid in remembering them. Illus. in color building bridges, laying throughout by Sarg with a touch of humor. Laid bricks, paving roads, in is a card from the publisher. Sarg see also building tractors, working 129. $300.00 in mines etc. Printed #511 on orange paper, every inch of the page is full of color illustrations demonstrating for children the virtues of hard work and comradeship. See Lemmens / Stommels Russian Artists p. 373-4 (pictured). $600.00
STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETROVA 507. RUSSIAN. (PETROVA) OT MOSKEVYE DO BUKHARYE. (FROM MOSCOW TO BUKHARA) Ogiz, Molodaiya SATIRE - 373 SAWYER, RUTH - 39 Gvardia 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ½”), pictorial FINE COPY IN BOX wraps, some cover soil and wear, VG+. 511. (SCHOONOVER,FRANK)illus. WASHINGTON by Lucy Foster Madison. 5 Young Pioneers leave the city travel Philadelphia: Penn 1925 (1925). Thick 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), blue gilt cloth, from Moscow to Bucharest going through pictorial paste- on, 399p., MINT IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on Kazakstan, Samarkand and Tashkent. cover. 1st edition. Illustrated by Brandywine school artist Schoonover with They learn about construction, farming, cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 8 color plates plus many black and whites in text. transportation and a different way of life. This is an amazing copy, rare in the box. Schoonover see also 594. $500.00 Illustrated by A. Petrova with striking color lithographs filling every page. See SCOTLAND - 310 SCOTT, JANET LAURA - 578 Leveque: Dictionnaire p. 213 for other. Scarce. $975.00 512. SCOTT,WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER. LET’S FIND OUT by Herman and Nina TURKISTAN Schneider. NY: William. Scott (1946). 508. RUSSIAN. (RANKOVA AND RODOVA) TURKESTANSKII XALOPOK. 4to, pictorial boards, VG in chipped dust (TURKISTAN COTTON) wrapper with piece out of spine. A simple Molodaya Guardia (State try-it-yourself elementary science book for Publishing Office), children introducing the scientific method at 1931. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 ½”), an early age. Illus. by Jeanne Bendick with pictorial wraps, Fine. This wonderful two-color illustrations throughout picture book shows cotton the text. Well designed as are all the Scott production from sowing books, and quite scarce. (Bader p, 392-3, the seeds to transporting pictured). $150.00 cotton to market. Set in rural Turkistan, The natives SCOTT, WILLIAM PUBLISHER ALSO 92, 243 are in Arab garb with women SCRIBNER CLASSICS - 247, 290, 597, 598 picking the cotton and men transporting the goods by camel. Vividly illustrated in color by M. Rankova and E. INSCRIBED WITH GREAT DRAWING Rodova filling the entire page 513. SENDAK,MAURICE. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. NY: Harper & with pictures. $600.00 Row, 1963. Oblong 4to (10 1/8 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with $4.95 price, rear flap notes that this edition was reprinted from new engravings made from the original art. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH A WONDERFUL 4 ½” PEN DRAWING OF A WILD THING, STRIKING ART DECO DATED 1975. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER.. $1750.00 PLATES 509. RUSSIAN. SKAZKI: TALES AND LEGENDS OF OLD RUSSIA told by Ida Zeitlin. NY: Doran (1926). 4to, blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 335p., Fine. Thirteen Russian tales and legends, illustrated by THEODORE NADEJEN with pictorial endpapers plus 24 magnificent and striking tipped-in color plates plus b&w’s in-text- very appropriate to the text. $125.00
RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 186, 403-4, 495 914.764.7410 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 ORIGINAL SESAME STREET ART 514. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. 519. SESAME STREET. ORIGINAL ART: THE COUNT. This is a marvelous DEAR MILI by Wilhelm Grimm. large original watercolor by Michael Smollin for pages 4 and 5 of a Sesame Street book. It measures 18” wide x 12” high with the image itself 15” x 10”, signed in NY: Farrar Strauss & Giroux 1988. the corner. The Count is shown with a small carousel in the foreground and he Oblong 4to (10 x 9 1/4”), cloth, as appears to be counting the horses on the carousel. Done bright colors. $850.00 new in as new dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. The text of this newly discovered Grimm fairy tale is illustrated with magnificent, rich and detailed full page color illustrations by Sendak. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SENDAK. $125.00
INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS 515. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper Bros. (1952). Small 8vo, blue cloth backed pictorial. boards, Fine in dw frayed at top of spine, with price intact. First edition (later printing with “grrr” present). This copy is INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS. Illus. on every page by Sendak. An especially nice copy of a very early Sendak title. $350.00
RARE SEUSS PUBLISHED ART USED IN THE KING’S STILTS 520. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: KING’S STILTS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK USED IN SEUSS’S SECOND CHILDREN’S BOOK THE KING’S STILTS! The image measures 9.25 high x 14.25”, executed in carbon pencil, India ink wash and white guache on illustration board, signed lower left (after publication). It is in fine condition, matted and framed. The image illustrates the moment when Eric (the Everyboy of the story) reluctantly digs a hole and buries the King’s beloved stilts on the orders of the solemn and self important Lord Droon. Since very few published pieces of Seuss’s art from his children’s books have ever been available for sale, this is indeed a rarity. $60,000.00
SCARCE SENDAK TITLE The drawings for this book were reproduced by drop-out halftone and the edges 516. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. PLEASANT FIELDMOUSE by Jan Wahl. NY: of the light greys came out somewhat raggedy in the first edition. Sometime down HARPER. Row (1964). 4to, pictorial. bds, fine in price clipped dw. Prob. 1st ed. but the line when the printers went to re-photograph the original art to improve upon need price for definitive determination. Lovely color pictorial cover (repeated on this raggedy quality they discovered that Seuss had given away the original. Having dw) and intricate b&w’s on every page by Sendak. A nice copy of a very scarce lost contact with the recipient Geisel drew another picture for later editions. Sendak title. $200.00 (SEE ILLUS FOR KING’S STILTS TOP NEXT PAGE)
HARD TO FIND SENDAK ITEM #517 517. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SEVEN LITTLE STORIES ON BIG SUBJECTS by Gladys Baker Bond. NY: Anti Defamation League (1955). 7 volumes, 12mo, (4 ½ x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, neat owner name on covers and box else FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box slightly soiled). This is a complete set of 7 rare booklets published by the Anti Defamation League, each illustrated by Sendak with cover art and a few b&w’s inside. The stories deal with various conflicts and situations that a young school child might face and how to handle them without getting physical. Including: #1 On Your Mark, #2 Jacob’s Friendliest Town, #3 The Crankiest Man On Main Street, #4 Down the Old Bear Trail, #5 Johnny Red Feather, #6 Lonesome Feet and #7 The Secret. A wonderful Sendak item, not often found complete in the box. $4500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)
MAGNIFICENT CAT LITHOS
518. SEREDY,KATE. GYPSY. NY: VIKING
1951 (Sept. 1951). Large 4to, cloth, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition.
This is the story of a cat written by Seredy and illustrated by her with powerful and beautiful full page lithos throughout.
$225.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 77 [email protected]
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521. SEUSS,DR. IF I RAN THE 523. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS’S ABC.
ZOO. NY: RANDOM (1950). Folio, NY: Random House 1963. 8vo, glazed red glazed pictorial boards, a Fine pictorial boards, 63p., VG-Fine in a VG dust wrapper with some soiling copy in near fine dust wrapper with and with price intact. 1st edition. A price intact. 1st edition. CALDECOTT Beginner Book with bold and nonsensical HONOR book. You’ve never been to a zoo full color illustrations on every page. like this one! This is an amazing copy, Surely one of the most original ABC exceedingly scarce. Younger / Hirsch books ever done. Younger / Hirsch 44. $2500.00 19. $850.00
522. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS’S SLEEP 524. SEUSS,DR. THE CAT IN THE HAT
BOOK. NY: RANDOM House (1962). 4to, COMES BACK. Beginner Books (Random fine in sl. worn dw with small chip on front House) (1958). Small 4to, glazed pictorial panel. 1st ed. (no ads for later titles, boards, near Fine in lightly worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing, illustrated correct price). Illustrated in full color in color on every page. Younger/Hirsch on every page. Scarce. Younger / Hirsch 11. $500.00 20. $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 525. SEUSS,DR. MARVIN K. MOONEY RARE SHAPE BOOK 528. SHAPE BOOK. KING WINTER. WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW! NY: RANDOM Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz circa 1860. House (1972). 8vo, name on endpaper else 12mo, pictorial wraps, near fine. Diecut in fine in dw with a few closed tears. 1st ed. the shape of Old Man Winter every page is delicately illustrated in color with text in the in curious variant 1st ed. DUST WRAPPER middle of each page. In the same size and that has no printed price at all and has 2025 format of Prang’s shape books, this is very scarce. $850.00 on rear corner of dw instead of ISBN#. A Bright and Early Book for Beginning Readers. A very scarce Seuss title. BRIGHT & EARLY BEGINNER BOOK #13. Younger / Hirsch 51. $1750.00
2 RARE SEUSS BOOKS SIGNED 526. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP [and] SECRETS OF THE DEEP VOLUME II by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1935, 1936. 2 volumes, 8vo, pictorial. wraps, 34p., small margin mend and crease to volume 2 else both VG+. A humorous look at yachting, illustrated in color by Seuss with large red, white and blue aquatints and featuring a sea creature whose face appears years later as the Cat In the Hat. BOTH VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED BY SEUSS! Quite rare. See Younger/Hirsch #’s 69-70. $2700.00
IN THE SHAPE OF A MOTORCYCLE (VESPA) 529. SHAPE BOOK. KLAUS UND LOTTE text und bilder von Juan Ferrandiz. Hamburg: Carlsen Verlag, circa 1950’s. 4to, pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of two children on a motorcycle. Some creasing and a few neat mends, still attractive and VG. Two little children have adventures on their Vespa including a run-in with a bull. Illus. with charming color lithos on every page by the author. $200.00
McLOUGHLIN MONKEY 530. SHAPE BOOK. MONKEY TRICKS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1894. 6” wide x 9 ½” die- cut in the shape of a monkey. Inconspicuous mend on one page, minimal soil, VG+. Illustrated with 6 chromolithographed pages and other pages illustrated in brown line to accompany poems about SEWELL, HELEN 585-6 SHAKESPEARE, WM. - 40, 134, 182, 471 monkeys, cats and other animals. A scarce title. $275.00
CINDERELLA SHAPE BOOK COAL ADVERTISING SHAPE BOOK 527. SHAPE BOOK. CINDERELLA. (Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz) circa 1860. WITH MOVEABLE WHEELS 16mo (2 ½ x 7”), pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of Cinderella, Fine. Illustrated 531. SHAPE BOOK. OL’ KING COAL. with color lithographs on each page with text in the middle - done in the same Kenosha: Samuel Lowe circa 1950. Oblong size and format of Prang’s shaped books of the same era. Rare. $800.00 8 x 6”, pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of a coal truck, fine. The text deals with the virtues of coal heating and how exciting it is when the coal man delivers his goods. Illus. in color on every page in typical 50’s style. The bottom of the cover has 2 wheels for the truck that actually rotate. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 [email protected] UNUSUAL SHAPE BOOK 535. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. MODERN
532. SHAPE BOOK. THE OLD FAIRY STORIES edited by Roger Lancelyn WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. Green. London: J.M. Dent (1955). 8vo (5 3/4 Racine: Whitman 1931. 4to, stiff pictorial. wraps, Fine. Die-cut in the x 8 3/4”), pictorial. cloth, 270p., fine in dust shape of a large shoe-house with a wrapper (VG+ dw lightly worn at spine ends). moveable roof. Internally, The pages 1st edition. Fairy tales by Grahame, Carroll, are also die-cut in varying widths and Kipling, Lang, and Macdonald were selected heights so that there is a three- dimensional effect. Illustrated in by Green. Illustrated by Shepard with 8 typical 30’s style by ETHEL BONNEY color plates and many black and whites. Nice
TAYLOR. $200.00 first editions are not common. $125.00
SHEPARD,E.H. ALSO 248, 350-6
TEDDY BEAR FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS 536. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD by Margaret EMBOSSED COVER Sidney. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (May 1902). 8vo (5 ½ x 7 1/4”), green pictorial 533. SHAPE BOOK. TEDDY eine lustige cloth with gilt lettering, 449p., FINE condition. First edition. This is the Barengeschichte. Verse and illustrations seventh Five Little Pepper book, illustrated in black & white by Fanny Cory. This by Karl Rohr. Esslingen und Munchen: J.F. is a great copy, rarely found so bright. $275.00 Schreiber, no date, circa 1910. 4to (7 ½ x 11 ½”), pictorial boards, some margin soil and rubbing, VG. Die cut in the shape of a toy bear with a blue ribbon around its neck. The front cover is embossed giving it a three - dimensional effect. Illustrated by Rohr with 8 full page color illustrations and 8 full pages in various shades of brown depicting Teddy getting into all kinds of mischief. Text is in verse. Great bear book. $600.00
SHAPE BOOKS ALSO 122, 413
LIMITED TO ONLY 156 COPIES 534. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. LET’S PRETEND by Georgette Agnew. London: J. Saville 1927. 4to (9 x 10 3/4”), vellum backed cloth, Fine in publisher’s slipcase with limitation number on spine (a few neat mends to case). LIMITED TO ONLY 156 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND AGNEW (150 for sale). Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard on almost every page with charming and detailed black and whites. Printed on handmade paper. Simply a wonderful book and quite uncommon. $1275.00 FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS 537. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS by Margaret Sidney. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (Oct. 1904). 8vo (5 ½ x 7 1/4”), green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 471p., FINE condition. First edition. This is the ninth Five Little Pepper book, illustrated in black & white by Eugenie Wireman. This is a great copy, rarely found so bright. $275.00
SIGNED AND/OR LIMITED EDITIONS - 43, 74, 90-1, 101, 106, 113-14, 130, 133-4, 137, 140-1, 146, 154, 164, 181-3, 186-7, 210, 221, 227, 242, 244, 248, 251, 257, 266, 270-1, 274, 277, 286, 304, 307, 310, 318-20, 324, 332, 335, 351, 356, 375, 380, 388-9, 395, 405, 418, 432,449, 461, 464-7, 469, 472, 475-6, 479, 494, 513-15, 519-20, 526, 534, 538-9, 541. 553.565. 585-6, 595
SILHOUETTES - 120, 489
SIGNED WITH DRAWING 538. SILVERSTEIN,SHEL. THE MISSING PIECE. NY: Harper & Row (1976). 4to (7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. A companion to The Missing Piece. Black & white drawings by Silverstein tell the story of the search for a missing piece that results in the realization that the quest was more satisfying than the discovery itself. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SILVERSTEIN WITH A DRAWING OF THE “PIECE”. $1200.00 914.764.7410 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104
SIGNED BY #542 SINGER & SAWYER WITH EXTRA PLATE 539. SINGER,ISAAC BASHEVIS. A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF LOVE. NY: Doubleday 1978. 8vo, cloth, Fine in slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SINGER AND CONTAINING AN EXTRA COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. A wonderful story by Singer, magnificently illustrated with color endpapers and the cover plate and with full page black & whites in-text by Soyer. $400.00 IN THE STYLE OF LE MAIR 543. (SOWERBY,MILLICENT)illus. CHILDHOOD verses by Githa Sowerby. NY SIS, PETER - 217 & London.: Duffield & Chatto and Windus 1907 (1907). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste- on, 46p., VG. Simple poems for the young child are illustrated by Sowerby with 12 MODERN CLASSIC lovely color plates in the style of Le Mair and with line illustrations throughout the text. Sowerby see also 116. $250.00 540. SMITH,DODIE. THE HUNDRED AND SPANISH SEE 48 ONE DALMATIONS. London.: Heinemann
(1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly frayed, NEWBERY AWARD 544. SPEARE,ELIZABETH GEORGE. BRONZE BOW. Boston: Houghton Mifflin VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition of Smith’s first 1961 (1961). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ½”), cloth, 255p., owner name on endpaper, Fine in Fine dust wrapper (price clipped). 1st edition. This is the story of Daniel who children’s book, that was later turned into a was determined to drive the Romans from Israel. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Nice copy. $250.00 Disney classic. Illustrated by Janet and Anne
Grahame-Johnstone with color dw, pictorial
endpapers plus 58 other b&w’s. Quite
scarce. $950.00
WITH ORIGINAL POEM BY WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, JR. 541. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by Betty Sage. NY:Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large square 4to (11x11 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips and edges lightly rubbed else Fine. 1st edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial borders on each page of text, plus small color illustration on the dedication page and pictorial covers (front and back). Mounted on the front endpaper is a charming 2 page typed poem signed by William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., dedicating the book and the poem to the recipient Garrison Hadley. Garrison, Jr. was the son of famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, Sr. Junior was a prominent advocate of woman’s suffrage and other causes. This is a great copy of a beautiful picture book. $675.00 NEWBERY WINNER 545. SPEARE,ELIZABETH GEORGE. WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958 (1958). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth, near fine in VG dust wrapper (price clipped, no award seal, some closed tears). 1st edition of this very scarce NEWBERY AWARD WINNER about a young girl in Connecticut in the 1600’s. $375.00
SPYRI, JOHANNA - 239 STAMPS - 392
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 546. STEIG,WILLIAM. SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE. NY: Simon & Schuster / Windmill (1969). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), green cloth, edges faded else fine in dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award medal, light stain on upper corner). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by Steig in color on every WITH “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” page. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. 542. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. BOYS AND GIRLS OF BOOKLAND by Nora Arch. Smith. Philadelphia: McKay (1923 Cosmopolitan). Large 4to, Bader (p.562-3) says “Sylvester is the brown cloth, pictorial paste-on, paper sl. aging else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER rare book that merits the accolade ‘a (dw chipped and lightly soiled). Illustrated by Smith with cover plate plus born classic’...it is also a great picture 11 large color plates, each portraying a different hero or heroine from a book.” Quite hard to find in the first classical children’s story the text of which is synopsized. Included are Alice in edition. $1500.00 Wonderland; Little Nell; Heidi, Little Women and more. This is an unusually nice copy with sharp reproductions. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 [email protected] UNUSUALLY FINE COPY OF A CHILDREN’S HIGH SPOT UNCOMMON TARRANT BOOK 547. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. Small 8vo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), blue cloth stamped 550. (TARRANT,MARGARET) in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., except for the usual offsetting on endpaper, illus. ZOO DAYS by Harry clean, bright and Fine, housed in a beautiful custom ½ leather box. 1st ed. 1st Golding. London.: Ward printing (of 1000 copies) with apostrophe on spine shaped like the number 7, Lock 1919. 8vo, cloth, the word “OF” in smaller type on spine and with no mention of “Two Series” pictorial. paste-on, 344p., in the list of other works by the author. Many of these poems for children were written by Stevenson when he was ill in bed, and are dedicated to his some foxing and rubbing nurse from childhood, Alison Cunningham. This first edition was printed on fine to joints, VG. Illus. by quality paper but is unusual in that it was not illustrated until the 1896 edition, Tarrant with pictorial published two years after Stevenson’s death. This is an especially fine copy of endpapers, 48 color plates. this most important book of poems for children. $6000.00 In the same format as her Alice. $225.00
551. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. DICKEY BYRD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley (1928). Folio, black imitation leather stamped in yellow, VG+. First edition of one of the scarcest and loveliest of Tenggren’s books, this is illustrated with 6 large and magnificent tipped-in color plates. There are also many charming full-page and in-text illustrations by Carl Wehde plus pictorial endpapers. The story is a fantasy about a boy named Dickey Bird and his elephant, the gnomes and elves. $875.00
RARE BOXED GIFT EDITION 548. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Collins, no date, circa 1925. 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), full leather with round gilt pictorial vignette on cover, top edge gilt, [192]p., FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover (some fading to box). Illustrated by KATE ELIZABETH OLVER with color pictorial endpapers, 4 color plates plus numerous full and partial page black and whites. There is also a 14 page introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. This is a very scarce edition of these classic poems, rare in the box. $675.00 SCARCE VOLLAND FANTASY 552. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. STOCKTON, FRANK - 31 SMALL FRY AND THE WINGED HORSE by Ruth Campbell. Chic: Volland (1927). SCARCE FIRST IN DUST WRAPPER 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine 549. STREATFEILD,NOEL. SKATING SHOES. NY: Random House (1951). 8vo, in dust wrapper with a few pieces off pictorial cloth, 245p., Fine in chipped edges. Stated First edition. Illustrated and frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st by Tenggren with beautiful pictorial edition. Fourth in Streatfeild’s popular endpapers plus many full page and partial “Shoes” series, here we follow two girls page color illustrations to accompany from different backgrounds who become this fantasy. A VOLLAND GOLDEN friends through skating. Black and white YOUTH book. Quite scarce, especially color illustrations by RICHARD FLOETHE. in dw. $375.00 (See Arbuthnot: Child. & Books p. 374.). $275.00
TENNIS - 38 THAXTER, CELIA - 31 SWEDISH - 49, 70, 84 914.764.7410 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL Featuring 31 beautiful tipped- in color plates on heavier stock which has 6 553. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. This is a one decorative rules surrounding each plate and with lettered guards. There are page typed letter signed by Thompson with handwritten notes, dated January also detailed pen and ink drawings throughout the text. This is an amazing copy 17, 1936. It is done on pictorial Royal Historian of Oz stationary that has 2 not often found with the box. $475.00 Oz illustrations on the front (bottom edge trimmed). The TICE, CLARA - 5 text of the letter deals with the Oz books and 557. TOYS. AUTOMATA: Thompson’s relationship with A HISTORICAL AND the Baum family. It reads in TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY part: “ I feel terribly sorry by Alfred Chapuis and and disgusted to have the Edmond Droz trans. by Oz books fade out like they Alec Reid. NY: Central are doing. I tried awfully Book Co. 1958 (1958). 4to hard with the one you have (8 ½ x 11”), cloth, [410] now to illustrate. Let’s make p., slight wear, near Fine. it a corker! With times This is an exhaustive work getting better I believe on all forms of automata the books will sell again (if from watches and clocks those birds in Chicago would to toys to ROBOTS, only do a bit of advertising profusely illustrated or publicity!)... I stopped in with photos and color to see Mr. Wish but he did plates. $275.00 not want to handle the Oz TOYS ALSO 23, 300, 413, 419, 426, 498, 557, 579 stuff unless we could get Mrs. Baum to combine with TRADES - 65, 66 TRAINS - 371 me which is very unlikely.” $950.00
MAGNIFICENT GILT PICTORIAL BINDING 554. (THOMSON,HUGH) FANTASTIC FIRST OF illus. THE ADMIRABLE MARY POPPINS CRICHTON by J.M. Barrie. 558. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date, [1914]. Large thick NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1934). 8vo (5 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), [235] 1/4 x 7 5/8”), blue cloth, 206p., Very p, red cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover. nearly Fine+ in a beautiful dust wrapper with As New. First edition. a few tiny closed edge tears. First Illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped-in color plates with American edition (the same year as pictorial, lettered guards the U.K. edition). Illustrated by MARY plus a few line illustrations SHEPARD with pictorial endpapers plus in-text. Text presented in play-form. An incredible many charming full page and smaller copy with the ornate black and whites throughout the binding in pristine condition. $300.00 text. This is an excellent copy, rarely found with such a nice dust wrapper. IN DUST WRAPPER 555. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. OUR VILLAGE by Mary Russell Mitford, with $1200.00 a 46 page introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. TUCK PUBLISHER - 2, 35, 122, 173, 174 London: Macmillan 1910. 4to (8 x 10”), green gilt cloth, cloth bubbled in a few places else Fine in dust wrapper LOVELY TUDOR DRAWING FROM MOTHER GOOSE (dw frayed). First color 559. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here plate edition. Illustrated is a lovely pencil drawing that appears on page 64 of her Caldecott Award winning by Thomson with 100 black Mother Goose. There are a few faint marks on bottom margin barely visible and white drawings and by when not matted and not visible at all when matted. The image measures 5 1/4 Alfred Rawlings with 16 inches wide by 3 ½ inches high and is signed. Depicted are 6 delightful little beautiful tipped-in color children playing London Bridge is Falling Down. Original art from Tudor’s Mother plates to accompany text Goose is scarce. $2850.00 describing life in an English village in the 19th century. A nice copy - scarce in the dust wrapper. $400.00
FINE COPY IN BOX 556. (THOMSON,HUGH) illus. SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel Hawthorne. London: Methuen, no date [1920]. Large thick 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), blue cloth with extensive gilt decoration, top edge gilt, offsetting on half-title else VERY FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on the cover (box in very good condition with some scuffing, soil and repairs to flaps). First Hugh Thomson edition. (cont’d next column) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 83 [email protected] RARE BOOK BY UPTONS #560 PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 564. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. LITTLE HEARTS by Bertha Upton. London: George Routledge 1897. 4to (8 x 9 3/9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge wear and slight bit of cover soil, VG+. 1st edition. Simple rhyming verses about the every day life of little children, illustrated in color by Florence Upton. Printed by Edmund Evans. Rare. $1500.00
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#563 STUNNING VAN ALLSBURG ORIGINAL ART
565. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: THE STRANGER. Offered
here is stunning color artwork by Van Allsburg used in The Stranger published by
Houghton Mifflin in 1986. It appears as the second full page illustration opposite
text that begins “But it wasn’t a deer”. The image measures 13 ½” wide x 10 3/4”
high, matted and signed. Although the illustration in the book is beautiful, the
original art is breathtaking. The depth of color and level of detail combine to
make this a truly wonderful work of art. $27,500.00
560. TUDOR,TASHA. LINSEY WOOLSEY. NY: Oxford University Press 1946 (1946). 16mo, yellow polka-dotted cloth, Fine in slightly soiled, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st ed. of this rare little Calico book, illustrated by Tudor with full page color illustrations opposite each page of text and with pictorial initials. Text done in calligraphy by Hilda Scott. A nice copy of a very scarce and early Tudor book. $650.00
561. TUDOR,TASHA. A TALE FOR EASTER. NY: Oxford University Press (1941). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4), cloth, near Fine in very lightly soiled dust wrapper. First edition (1st printing). Calligraphic text by Hilda Scott. Beautiful color illustrations on each page by Tudor. $500.00
562. TUDOR,TASHA. WHITE GOOSE. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1943). Square 8vo, grey cloth, near Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Beautiful full page illustrations opposite each page of text (calligraphy by Hilda Scott). A nice copy of a Tudor title in great demand. $500.00
563. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG’S AIR-SHIP. London: Longmans 1902. Oblong 4to cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed, slight cover soil and a few inconspicuous archival margin mends else clean, tight VG+. 1st ed. The Golliwoggs become aeronauts in a hot air balloon! The full page color illus. are really superb. Verse by Bertha Upton (Florence’s mother). $900.00 914.764.7410 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 POSTER FOR VAN ALLSBURG’S FIRST BOOK 6 NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX 566. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI POSTER. 569. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. DOLLY’S LIBRARY. London: Nister, no date, This is a beautiful publicity poster issued by Houghton Mifflin in 1979 to circa 1895. 24mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL accompany Van Allsburg’s FIRST BOOK of the same title. Measuring 23 x 19” PUBLISHER’S BOX (box slightly worn). Six miniature books (3 x 3 5/8”): Miss in fine condition, it is a haunting and detailed vision of the young boy walking Mistletoe, Kittie, Sugar and Spice, Playfellows, Sandcastles and Snapdragon through the arch into the garden with statues on either side. Rare. $1200.00 each with simple stories. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus many in-text illustrations. Rare in the box. $1200.00
567. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. POSTER: JUMANJI. This is a wonderful poster for Van Allsburg’s CALDECOTT AWARD winning book published by Houghton Mifflin in 1981. Measuring 20 ½ x 22 in near fine condition save for faint marks where folded. Full of detail, this is Van Allsburg at this best. $375.00
MAUD HUMPHREY IMITATION 570. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. LITTLE LADS AND LASSIES by Florence Howe Hall. Boston: Lothrop (1898). 4to, cl. backed pictorial. bds, edges rubbed and rear cover soil else VG+. Illustrated by “P.K.” with 6 fine full page chromolithographs (rich colors) of young children, in the style of Maud Humphrey. Brown line illustrations adorn the text. $375.00
VICTORIAN SEE ALSO 24, 88, 150, 173-4, 205, 218, 253, 287, 365, 385, 444-5, 528, 581, 584
VOLLAND IN BOX 571. VOLLAND. BUNNIE BEAR by John Gee. Gordon Volland (1928 2nd printing). Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in original box. Story by Gee and illustrated by him with great color illustrations in typical Volland style. Very scarce. $350.00
AMERICAN PICTURE BOOK WITH HASSAM ILLUS. 568. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. THE CHILD’S DELIGHT. Philadelphia: Sunshine nd ca 1890. Large 4to, blue pictorial. cloth, some cover soil and sl. soil on one page else VG. A marvelous anthology of nursery rhymes, fables and stories, many versified by Clara Doty Bates. Printed on coated paper, every page of text has a color border and each page is wonderfully illustrated by a variety of artists from CHILDE HASSAM to BOZ to J.G. FRANCIS plus there are 3 fine full page ELIZABETH GORDON / MAGINEL ENRIGHT chromolithographs. Some 572. VOLLAND. (ENRIGHT,MAGINEL WRIGHT) TALE OF JOHNNY MOUSE intriguing artwork. $225.00 by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1920, later printing). 8vo, pictorial. bds, near FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK, beautifully illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s sister) with bold colors. A very scarce Volland title. $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 85 [email protected] 573. VOLLAND. PRINCESS FINDS A PLAYMATE by Caroline Hofman. Chic: JANET LAURA SCOTT ILLUSTRATIONS Volland (1918, no add. printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX 578. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) THE TURNED INTO’S by Elizabeth (flap repaired), with Volland flyer laid-in. 1st ed. of a very uncommon Volland Sunny Gordon. Chicago: Volland Book illustrated with wonderful color illustrations throughout by RACHAEL ELMER. (1920, no additional printings). $250.00 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box with light soil and some repair on flaps). 1st edition. Elizabeth Jane meets the humanized inhabitants of the insect world. Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott with pictorial endpapers plus many full page and in- text bold and beautiful color illustrations. Volland ad laid-in. This is a nice copy of a scarce title. $350.00
RARE VOLLAND CLOTH BOOK RARE VOLLAND GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE 579. VOLLAND. TALE 574. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. OF PATCHY PIG. Volland Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN (1927). Squarish 8vo (7 x PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of 8 1/4”), cloth, some cover Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page rubbing, VG. Illustrated color illustrations. A rare Volland title. $350.00 with charming, stylized color illustrations by an 575. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) REALLY SO STORIES by Elizabeth Gordon. unknown hand to accompany Chicago: Volland (1924, no add. printings). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, a story about toys that AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). Illustrated in come alive. This is a title is color throughout by JOHN RAE, including pictorial endpapers. A Volland Happy Volland’s Cloth Art Toy Book Children Book. A beautiful copy. $300.00 series. $200.00
RARE VOLLAND / RAE FAIRY TITLE 580. VOLLAND. TOY ANIMALS AND TINKLE THE TIRED FAIRY. [Chic.]: Volland (1922). Oblong folio, limp pictorial cloth, some soil, VG+. One of Volland’s few large format cloth books, this tells the story of a tiny fairy named Tinkle who longs to return to Fairyland. Illus. with rich colors on every page by JOHN RAE. Rare. $400.00
JOHN RAE ILLUSTRATIONS 576. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE THREE LITTLE FROGS by John Mee. Chicago: VOLLAND SEE ALSO 99, 258, 260-2, 285, 362, 368, 552 Volland (1924 no additional printings). 8vo, (6 x 7 ½”), pictorial boards, VG+ IN PICTORIAL BOX. First edition of this Volland Sunny Book, illustrated by JOHN RAE with pictorial endpapers plus full page and in-text color illustrations. $325.00
ULTRA RARE BOXED VOLLAND SET 577. VOLLAND. “READ ME A STORY BOOKS” BOXED SET. Joliet: Volland, (1928). Housed in the publisher’s box with color plate on the cover are 5 Volland picture books (5 1/4 x 7”), all in fine condition in dust wrappers, all illustrated in bold colors art deco style. They are from the Volland “Read Me A Story Book” series and include the following: Bearskin by Grimm Brothers illustrated by MARIE HONRE MYERS; Cap That Mother Made illus. by ELEANORE MINEAH HUBBARD, The Real Princess illustrated by ALEXANDER KEY, Three Little Pigs by Clara Doty Bates illustrated by PAMELA MORI TIGHE and Three Wise Old Couples by Mrs. E.T. Corbett illus. by FLETCHER RANSOM. This is a super, ultra rare Volland item. $1500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 WAIN’S CATS several insignificant archival margin mends else VG. Printed on heavy paper and 581. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. illustrated by Waugh with 20 magnificent color lithographs of little babies in the ALL SORTS OF COMICAL style of Maud Humphrey. Also illustrated with numerous full and partial page CATS by Clifton Bingham. b&w’s by various artists, notably one by JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH representing London: Nister [1902]. her FIRST BOOK ILLUSTRATION (Five Maidens all in a row p. [3]). This is a nice Small 4to, cloth backed copy of a very scarce book that is usually found in wretched shape. Nudelman A1. pictorial boards, covers Waugh see also 24. $1200.00 lightly soiled and bottom of inner hinge bumped else VG+. WHARTON, EDITH - 409 WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF - 379 Illustrated by Wain with great color cover, fabulous WIESE, KURT - 89 mounted chromolithographed frontis plus marvelous 2-color and line illus. WITH RARE LAURA INGALLS WILDER SIGNATURE throughout the text. Very 585. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. FARMER BOY. NY: Harper Bros (1933), not scarce. $700.00 1st ed.. 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 ½”, pictorial cloth, Fine with front flap and part of front panel of the dust wrapper. In the third Little House title, The story revolves around Almonzo Wilder’s life in New York. Illustrated with color frontis and in black & white by HELEN SEWELL. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER 582. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. MORE JINGLES, JOKES, AND FUNNY FOLKS on the half title. The owner’s grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book written by Clifton Bingham. NY: McLoughlin nd circa 1910. 4to, pictorial. wraps, which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00 small mend on cover margin else VG+. Illus. with great color cover by Wain plus each page features Wain’s humorous illustrations, all but 2 of which feature cats. Very scarce. $400.00
SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER 586. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. NY: Harper Bros. (1941), not 1st edition. 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 ½”), pictorial cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw with old tape mends and 3 pieces out of back strip). Illustrated CATS - NEWBERY WINNER with color dust wrapper and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED 583. (WARD,LYND)illus. THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth BOYLE. In this next to last Little House book, Laura turns 15 and gets her Coatsworth. NY: Macmillan 1930 (1930). 4to (8 x 9 1/4”), cloth, near Fine in teaching certificate. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER on dust wrapper (dw mended on back with light stain on joints). First Edition, first the half title. The owner’s grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book printing of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by LYND WARD with which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00 very beautiful full page wash drawings. The text is a fable about a starving Japanese artist who experiences a miracle when he inserts his cat into a painting. Quite scarce in the dw. $700.00
IDA WAUGH & JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH’S 1ST BOOK APPEARANCE 584. WAUGH,IDA. IDEAL HEADS. Phil.: Sunshine Pub. Co. 1890. Folio, gold cloth stamped in gold and colors, all edges gilt, [92]p., light cover soil and (continued next column) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 87 [email protected]
587. WILLIAMS,GARTH. THE PHOTO DOLL ILLUSTRATIONS RABBITS’ WEDDING. NY: Harper & 591. WRIGHT,DARE. HOLIDAY FOR Brothers (1958). Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 EDITH AND THE BEARS. NY: Doubleday 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine condition in dust wrapper with price intact (1958), folio, cloth backed photographic (dw VG+ lightly worn on spine ends with boards, slight edgewear else VG+ in sl. worn a few small closed tears). First edition. Written by Williams, this is the gentle dw. Stated 1st edition. The story of a little story of a black rabbit and a white rabbit doll named Edith and her adventures with who get married. Illustrated with very Little Bear and Mr. Bear. Illustrated with beautiful illustrations in color on every page. This book caused quite a controversy “on-site” photos by the author, who also because of its inter-racial marriage wrote The Lonely Doll. Dare Wright see also overtones. First editions are very scarce. $600.00 175. $300.00
DOROTHY KUNHARDT AND GARTH WILLIAMS 592. (WULFING,SULAMITH). SULAMITH WULFING BAND I: EIN ART 588. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. TINY NONSENSE STORIES by Dorothy MONOGRAPHIE IN 45 BILDERN by Otto Schulze. Elberfeld: Wuppertal Kunhardt. NY: Simon & Schuster (1949). This is a wonderful set of 12 miniature 1932 (4th auflage inscribed 1934). 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, some cover soil, books (2” wide x 3 1/16” high) each bound in thick pictorial boards and housed VG+. Introductory text in German followed by reproductions of 45 of Wulfings in a color pictorial slipcase that unusual and enchanting drawings. $225.00 simulates a room of a house. The case has a removable sliding cover. Box shows sl. wear else books and box are in VG cond. Each of the 12 books is wonderfully illustrated with color lithos by GARTH WILLIAMS. It is very unusual to find all 12 books with the little house, all in such nice condition.(See Bader p. 292-3). Contains the following titles: Little Squirrel; Happy Valentine; April Fool; Easter Bunny; Cowboy Kitten; Naughty Little Guest; Uncle Quack; Silly Picnic; Mr. Pig; Two Snowbulls; Little Lamb; Roger Mouse. Really Nice! $350.00 593. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. WILLIAMS, GARTH ALSO 93 COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH by Henry ESKIMO PAPER DOLL CUT OUT Wadsworth Longfellow. 589. (WINTER,MILO)illus. ESKIMO CUT-OUTS. Racine: Whitman 1938. Obl. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 4to, stiff wraps, VG+ and unused. Consisting of 6 pages of color die-cut figures 1920 (1920). 4to (7 1/4 that the reader can punch out to assemble an Eskimo igloo village. Quite an x 9 ½”), green gilt cloth, unusual Winter title. $225.00 pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw spine darkened else near fine). 1st Wyeth edition, Illustrated by him with cover plate, 8 color plates plus several smaller black and whites and pictorial endpapers. This is an exceptionally nice copy, rare in such a nice wrapper. $850.00 WIREMAN, EUGENIE - 537 WORLD WAR I - 375 MINT COPY IN BOX / BRANDYWINE ARTISTS WORLD WAR II BOOK FOR CHILDREN 594. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. DEEP WATER DAYS by Oliver Swan. Philadelphia: WORLD WAR II. 590. Macrae Smith (1929). 4to box SOLDIERS, SAILORS, (7 ½ x 10”), green pictorial FLIERS AND MARINES cloth, top edge blue, MINT by Mary Elting and Robert IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL Weaver. NY: Doubleday Doran BOX (box sl. rubbed but 1943. 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth VG+). Stated 1st edition. backed pictorial boards, tips Illustrated with 1 color plate rubbed else fine in worn dust by Wyeth, 2 color plates by wrapper with smallish pieces FRANK SCHOONOVER, 2 off corners. Stated First color plates by STANLEY Edition. A picture book to help ARTHURS plus other color the young child understand plates by Manning Lee the various branches of the and Charles Hargens to armed services, illustrated accompany an anthology of in color on very page in art stories about American ships deco style by Jeanne Bendick. from 1700-1860. This is an $125.00 extraordinary copy of an attractive book, rare in this WORLD WAR II ALSO 117, 168 condition. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 88 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WYETH & ROBERTS 595. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. WYETH SCRIBNER CLASSIC Boston: Little Brown 1938 IN BOX (May 1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 598. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. 3/4”), white cloth spine, blue LITTLE SHEPHERD OF cloth, FINE IN ORIGINAL KINGDOM COME by John Fox, PLAIN PAPER WRAPPER Jr. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons AND SLIPCASE WITH PAPER LABEL (case toned on 1931 (1931 A). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), back strip with a few spots black cloth, pictorial paste-on, else tight and VG+). First 322p., owner name and bookplate Wyeth edition LIMITED TO else FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX 1075 NUMBERED COPIES WITH MOUNTED COLOR SIGNED BY WYETH AND ROBERTS! Illustrated PLATE (flap repaired)! First with 15 beautiful color edition. Illustrated with cover plates including endpapers plate, pictorial endpapers and and complete with an title page, + 14 color plates. A EXTRA SUITE OF COLOR superb copy of this SCRIBNER PLATES IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. This is an CLASSIC, scarce in the excellent copy, increasingly box. $1200.00 scarce with extra suite of plates. $2500.00
RARE WYETH TITLE IN DUST WRAPPER 599. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ANTHOLOGY OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE edited IN RARE DUST WRAPPER by Edna Johnson, C. Scott and E. Sickels. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1940). Thick 596. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. WHITE COMPANY by A. Conan Doyle. NY: small 4to (6 3/4 x 9 1/2”), 917P., pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed on Cosmopolitan Book Co. 1922. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), maroon gilt cloth, pictorial edges and rubbed). First Wyeth edition, second issue without the date on the title paste-on, top edge gilt, very FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (white paper wrapper page but also without any later date which appears on later printings. Featuring has a quarter size piece off mid spine, 3 small chips off bottom edges else VG). 15 magnificent color plates plus glorious pictorial endpapers and an illustration on Rear panel with correct 1st edition ads for only Robinson Crusoe and A Tale of the title page as well as color pictorial dust wrapper. The text is an exhaustive Two Cities). First Wyeth edition. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial paste-on, compendium of fairy tales, myths, legends and the best of children’s literature. pictorial endpapers and title page plus thirteen color plates. This is a fantastic Wyeth’s illustrations reveal his fanciful “fairy-tale” side with illustrations for copy, rare in such a nice dust wrapper. Allen p.204-5. $1350.00 Jack the Giant Killer, Thumbelisa and others. Its also interesting to note that dust wrapper his illustrations for Robin Hood are different from his work in his 1917 Robin Hood pub. by McKay. Quite rare in this condition and printing. $750.00
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WYETH’S YEARLING IN PUBLISHERS BOX BY THE “HARRY THE DIRTY DOG” TEAM 597. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. NY: Scribner 600.. ZION,GENE. HIDE AND SEEK DAY. NY: Harp. Bros. (1954). 4to, cl. backed 1940 (1939,1938) 4to, black cloth, color plate on cover, fine IN PUBLISHERS boards, sl. soil else near fine in dw with a few chips. 1st ed. (correct price and ads BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER! (box flap replaced). 1st Scribner Classic for no later titles). The second collaboration between and Zion and his wife, is edition, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial. endpapers 12 color another simple picture book based upon playing Hide and Seek all day. Illustrated in plates plus pictorial title page. Despite the relatively late publication date, this soft pastel color by Margaret Bloy Graham. See Bader p. 467. Scarce. $250.00 is not an easy Wyeth item to find in nice condition and it is particularly scarce in the box. $950.00 box