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Pg 24 914.764.7410 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 112 REMARKABLE COPY DE BEAUMONT, EDOUARD - 180 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER FOLK TALES FROM FLANDERS 130. D’AULAIRE,INGRI 134. DE BOSSCHERE,JEAN. & EDGAR. ABRAHAM BEASTS AND MEN. LINCOLN. NY: Doubleday London: William Heinemann Doran & Co, 1939 (1939). (1918). 8 1/4 x 10 3/4”, Large 4to, cloth backed green pictorial cloth, [179] pictorial boards, fine in p., few light marks on rear VG+ dust wrapper with just cover else near Fine. 1st a touch of wear on spine ed. The book includes (not price clipped, no award 24 folk tales collected in sticker). Stated 1st edition. Flanders by De Bosschere THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE and featuring 12 fabulous WITH THE ERRATA SLIP p. color plates and many 52. Illustrated with really striking black and whites beautiful full color lithos and pictorial endpapers. A throughout. CALDECOTT nice copy of an uncommon AWARD WINNER. Rare in title. $275.00 this condition. $1750.00 135. DE BOSSCHERE,JEAN. THE CITY CURIOUS. NY & London: Dodd Mead & Heinemann 1920. 8vo (7 x FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER - SIGNED 9”), orange pictorial cloth, 131. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & (179)p, owner bookplate, a EDGAR. CHILDREN OF Fine bright copy. 1st edition THE NORTHLIGHTS. NY: of one of de Bosschere’s Viking, 1935, (Sept. 1935). best books. This a fabulous Large 4to (9 X 12”), cloth fantasy featuring 8 color backed pictorial boards, Fine plates and a profusion of in fine dust wrapper. First odd and intriguing black edition. This copy is SIGNED and whites plus pictorial BY THE D’AULAIRES! This endpapers. Written as beautiful picture book is set well as illustrated by de in Lapland and illustrated Bosschere, this is a great with pictorial endpapers book, rarely found so clean. plus many fine full page (See Peppin: Fantasy p. 182- color and black and white 4). $375.00 lithographs. Signed copies are quite scarce, and copies in such nice condition are rare. $600.00 RARE LIMITED EDITION 136. (DE BOSSCHERE,JEAN)illus. THE GOLDEN ASSE OF LUCIUS RARE EARLY D’AULAIRE APULEIUS translated from 132. (D’AULAIRE,EDGAR PARIN)illus. Latin by William Adlington, and with an intro. by E.B. CHILDREN OF THE SOIL by Nora Osborn. London: John Lane Burglon. NY: Junior Literary Guild and the Bodley Head 1923. Doubleday Doran 1933 (1932). 8vo (6 x 8vo (6 ½ x 9 3/4”), gilt 8”), pictorial cloth, 272p., Fine condition pictorial cloth, top edge in VG dust wrapper with some soil and gilt, 282p. + ads, near Fine. 1st edition, LIMITED TO fraying. Stated first edition of this 3000 NUMBERED COPIES. rare D’Aulaire book, chosen by the Guild Featuring 8 color plates, 8 for January 1933 selection. This is a black & white plates, 35 half Scandinavian story illustrated with color page black and whites plus dust wrapper, color frontis, pictorial other decorations. Striking endpapers and black & whites in-text. work. Rare in this limited edition. $325.00 Collectible copies are rare. Newbery Honor. $200.00 1ST U.K. EDITION OF THE FIRST BABAR BOOK 137. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. THE STORY OF BABAR. London: Methuen 1934. Folio 10 ½ x 14 1/4”, cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge and corner rubbing, WITH A LETTER BY DE ANGELI - NEWBERY AWARD VG+ clean copy. 1st U.K. edition of the 1st Babar book, with an introduction by 133. DE ANGELI,MARGUERITE. THE DOOR IN THE WALL. Garden City: A.A. Milne. Nice clean copies like this are hard to find. $1250.00 Doubleday & Co. (1949). 8vo (6 x 9”), blue cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with a few small chips. Stated First Edition, written and illustrated be her with 1 double page and 2 full page color illustrations and with many full and partial page black and whites. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A WONDERFUL HANDWRITTEN NOTE ABOUT THE BOOK written to a fan and done on a promotional piece from the publisher. It reads in part: “Because of an old friend’s loneliness and his patient acceptance of his disability I thought children might learn courage and self reliance through a story about a boy who had to learn to live with pain and discomfort and deformity.” This is a very special copy of this wonderful book. $600.00 Pg 25 Helen & Marc Younger [email protected] 138. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BABAR’S PICNIC. NY: Random House (1949). IN RARE DUST WRAPPER Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine. 1st ed. of Laurent’s second 142. (DETMOLD,EDMUND)illus. OUR LITTLE NEIGHBOURS animals of book. Because one illustration depicts spear carrying Black natives, this title the farmland and woodland caused some controversy in the United States and it was dropped from Random described by C.J. Kaberry. House’s list until 1991 when it was reissued. Printed in France. Glorious color London: Humphrey Milford illustrations. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $425.00 / Oxford University Press, no date [1921]. 4to (9 BOOK OF PENNY TOYS ½ x 11”), cream colored 139. DEARMER,MABEL. THE BOOK OF PENNY TOYS. London & NY: Macmillan boards, pictorial paste-on, 1899. 8 x 10 1/4”, cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and foxing, VG condition. slight cover soil else Fine 1st and only edition of this striking book, a ballad of penny toys written by Dearmer. in pictorial dust wrapper Each page of verse faces a wonderful full page color illustration done in Dearmer’s (dw repaired with some broad, flat distinctive style. Printed by EDMUND EVANS, there are 20 color pieces off). Illustrated by illustrations in all (with tissue guards). Dearmer illustrated 8 books in her short Detmold with 11 magnificent career (she died at the young age of 43), all of which are avidly sought after by mounted color plates of collectors. This is a rare title. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $1350.00 various animals including cat, foal, goat, squirrel, dog, etc. An uncommon Detmold title, rare in the dw. $650.00 143. DETMOLD,E.J. THE BOOK OF BABY DOGS with descriptions by Charles Kaberry. London: Henry Frowde, no date, [1915], 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth backed boards, round pictorial paste- on, 120p. Corners rubbed else clean, tight and VG+. 1st edition. Illustrated by Detmold with 19 incredible and unusual mounted color plates in his unique style. Each illustration is accompanied by 3 pages of text printed in a large font, Includes the following breeds: Fox Terrier, Bulldog, Pug, St. Bernard, Bloodhound, Dachshund, Spaniel, Mastiff, Toy Spaniel, Collie, Scotch Terrier, (Large) Pomeranian, [Toy] Pomeranian, Chow, DENMARK - 319 Brussels Griffon, Pekingese, Black and Tan Terrier, SIGNED BY DENSLOW IN DUST WRAPPER Samoyed and Whippet. Quite SCHILLER COPY! scarce. $425.00 140. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. DENSLOW’S MOTHER GOOSE. NY: McClure Phillips Co. 1901. 4to (9 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, [96]p., edges and #140 covers rubbed, else a clean, tight and VG+ copy IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (dw chipped at corner folds, missing 1 ½” piece off spine with some other chipping but overall VG). THIS IS THE SCHILLER AUCTION COPY (#128 of Swann’s special Baum auction held in 1978). 1st edition, 2nd issue (4p. of illustrations precede Humpty Dumpty - described as 1st edition variant in the auction catalogue). THIS COPY HAS A LARGE DENSLOW SIGNATURE PLUS DENSLOW HAS DRAWN HIS CHARACTERISTIC SEAHORSE facing the title page. Each left hand page has the text of a nursery rhyme with the text hand lettered by Fred W. Goudy. Facing each rhyme is a fabulous color plate with bold colors printed on a green background. The text pages are also illustrated in color and there are pictorial endpapers as well. In addition to illustrating the book, Denslow also edited the text, eliminating any references to cruelty. This a unique copy of an incredible picture book, one of Denslow’s best, rarely found signed and in the rarest of rare dust wrappers. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $8000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) 141. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. BILLY BOUNCE by W.W. Denslow and Dudley Bragdon. Chicago: Donahue [1913]. 8vo (7 x 9”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 279p., slight cover soil, near Fine. First published in 1906, this is the fantasy adventure with “no deceit or gore in the telling.” It tells the story of a little boy who is given the ability to bounce.” Illustrated with 16 vibrant color plates (including title page) and black & whites in-text by Denslow. A great fantasy. Greene/Hearn 38. $275.00 DENSLOW SEE ALSO 44, 375 Pg 26 914.764.7410 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 112 SIGNED WITH DRAWING * CALDECOTT WINNER 2 BOOKS IN ONE - WOODEN DOLLS 144. (DIAZ,DAVID)illus. 148. DOLLS. THE ADVENTURE BOOK [ON COVER]: THE ADVENTURES SMOKY NIGHT by Eve OF JUNKIE [AND] THE ADVENTURES OF SUSANNAH by Nora Pitt Taylor. Bunting. San Diego: Harcourt London: Dean, no date, circa 1915. 4to (10 x 10 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, Brace (1994). 10 1/4 x 10 some rubbing and finger soil, VG+. The first story is about a little monkey in 1/4”, pictorial boards, as the city that longs new in dust wrapper. Stated to see palm trees 1st edition. The story deals again. Illustrated with the effect riots and with 6 full page color looting have on the small illustrations full page child. Featuring striking 3-color illustrations color illustrations by David and illustrations in Diaz. Opposite the title text by L. Renouf. The page is a bookplate with a second story relates LARGE SIGNED DRAWING the adventures of a BY DIAZ. CALDECOTT humanized STICK- AWARD WINNER.