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#44 - Margot Austin watercolor for Mother Goose #77 Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] READING THIS CATALOGUE YOU WILL SEE MANY NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 5. ABC. (CARDS) ALPHABET CARDS . This is a COMPLETE SET OF 26 BOOKS IN THEIR ORIGINAL BOXES. THEY ALPHABET CARDS! Circa 1880, each card measures 3” x 4 1/2” (blank versos). REPRESENT A SELECTION FROM A RECENTLY Each card has gilt background with large letter in red in the upper left corner and stamped in the upper right is advertising for Blake’s Piano Palace in Boston. PURCHASED COLLECTION AND WE’RE THRILLED Each card is humorously illustrated in bright colors in a style reminiscent of TO OFFER BOOKS IN SUCH AMAZING CONDITION Crowquill, two thirds of which feature misbehaving, naughty little children. A scarce and charming set. $800.00

1. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC JINGLES. Syracuse: Hanford Mfg Co. 1911. 5x7”, pictorial wraps, [16]p. incl. covers, VG. Each letter stands for a different ailment or scenario that can be handled by using Hanford’s Balsam, accompanied by charming color illustrations. For instance T is for the throat that’s sore / Buy Handford’s Balsam at the store / Apply it as directions tell / To CAT ALPHABET make the throat strong and SHAPE BOOK well.” $200.00 6. ABC. (CATS) PUSSY’S ABC. Lond: Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, (7.5 x 14.5”), stiff BAKED BEANS ABC (IT’S A TOOT) pictorial wraps, neat mend 2. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ADVENTUROUS to tip of ear, some light edge BILLY AND BETTY by Edward Carney. wear, VG++. Die-cut in the Van Camp Products 1923. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2”, shape of a cat and illustrated pictorial card covers, [26]p. including covers, with great color cover, 4 full VG+. The text in verse and prose relates the many adventures that Billy Van and Betty Camp page chromolithographed experience. These include meeting the Fairies pages and in brown line on Sing A Ling and Ting A Ling, escaping the text pages to accompany cannibals and more. Featuring wonderful full a charming cat ABC color illustrations throughout by Carl Mueller. book. $300.00 Most letters deal with Van Camp’s Baked Beans: “B is for Beans / And is also for Baked / If KENDREW CHAPBOOK they have Van Camp’s label / There’s no better 7. ABC. (CHAPBOOK) make.” $250.00 MRS. LOVECHILD’S GOLDEN PRESENT FOR ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. York: Kendrew circa 1820. 2 1/2 GREAT ART DECO TOY ABC x 4”, printed wraps, 31p., 3. ABC. (ART DECO) TOYS by C.W. Beaumont. Lond.: C.W. Beaumont 1930. fine. The ABC is followed 4to, cloth, cover faded in spots else Fine in dw. A fabulous ART DECO alphabet by the Lord’s Prayer and of toys, illustrated with 8 color plates and many b&w’s by Eileen Mayo. A stands a story titled the Virtue for Ark. A true Art deco children’s book. $250.00 of a Rod. The alphabet is #3 illustrated with 26 charming woodcuts and the text is in verse. “I” was an Indian Sooty and Dark. There is a full page woodcut frontis and 6 other woodcuts in- text. See Opie Collection Treasures of Childhood p.10. $325.00 #4

5 ABC’S IN BOX – FLOWERS * TRADES * MOTHER GOOSE 4. ABC. (BOXED LIBRARY) BOX OF ABC BOOKS. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe 1944. Five books in pictorial box, box flaps repaired else fine. Contains: The Object Alphabet Book (which is really an ABC of names), The Alphabet of Things That Grow, The ABC Mother Goose Book (which is actually an ABC of Trades), The Alphabet Book of Flowers and The Alphabet Book of Animals. Illustrated with charming color lithos in every book in typical 40’s style (no illustrator named). The box itself can be used to make stand-up toys to cut out. $200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>> 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97

KENDREW CHAPBOOK GREEK READER 8. ABC. (CHAPBOOK) THE SILVER 12. ABC. (GREEK). [GREEK PENNY, FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF GOOD CHILDREN. ABC AND READER]. NY: York: Kendrew no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), heavier tan pictorial wraps, D.C. Divry 1935. Small 4to, [32]p., fine. Illustrated with woodcuts on (6 1/2 x 9 3/4”). pictorial both covers, woodcut frontis plus 26 half- page woodcuts in-text for the letters of cloth, [42]p., covers soiled the alphabet accompanied by verse for each else VG. A Greek ABC printed letter. The last 3 pages have a the story of the Silver Penny or the Fatal Effects in blue and red, including of a Bad Education. well printed. Osborne charming full color half- p. 104. $400.00 page illustrations on every page. $200.00

CLARA TICE DOG ALPHABET SIGNED WITH DRAWING 9. ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13”), RABAN HEBREW ART NOUVEAU ABC cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and a few faint marks on cover else VG+. 13. ABC. (HEBREW) [ALEPH-BET] (in Hebrew on title page). Opposite title 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except “X” are illustrated in color on every page in German: Alphabet: page. The text is beneath each drawing. Includes Kerry Blue, Newfoundland, Zeichnungen von Z. Raban, Sealyham, Poodle, Japanese Spaniel and more. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TICE verse von L. Kipniss. WITH A CHARMING 3” DRAWING OF A SCOTTIE DOG. Artfully done and Jerusalem: Bezalel printed very scarce, more so with the signature and drawing. $1500.00 in Germany 1923. 4to, cloth backed boards, sl. scrape on rear cover and foxing of blank ep’s else fine. Printed on heavy coated paper, each page has a magnificent full color illustration by noted Art Nouveau artist Z’EV RABAN of the BEZALEL SCHOOL, founded by A.M. Lilien. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are presented in gilt, with text on the bottom of the page. A rare and fascinating ABC book. $2000.00

JOB’S ALPHABET 14. ABC. (JOB) ABC PAR JULES LEMAITRE. Tours: Mame (1919). 4to (9 3/4 x 11 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips lightly rubbed else VG-Fine. 1st edition of this beautiful French alphabet book illustrated by JOB with full and partial DEAN RAG BOOK page color illustrations in his 10. ABC. (DOGS) distinctive lavish and style. DOGGIE’S ABC. London: Each letter has several Dean’s Rag Book Co., no illustrations of the object date [1914]. 16mo (4 1/2 accompanied by infor- x 5”), some random spots mational text. (See Mahoney else VG+. Every page has et al. Illus. Child. Bks p.148 - charming color illustrations outstanding foreign picture of different dogs or dog book). $475.00 characteristics by Edith Berkeley. “J” is the Japanese Spaniel, “O” is the Otter Hound. Really wonderful. $250.00 FRENCH MILITARY ABC TUCK ABC OF FLOWERS PANORAMA 11. ABC. (FLOWERS) THE 15. ABC. (MILITARY) LITTLE GARDENER ABC. ALPHABET MILITAIRE. NY, London, Paris: Raphael Pairs: D. Marchand nd, ca Tuck & Sons, no date, circa 1860. 12mo, decorative 1890. 4to (8 1/2 x 10 wraps, fine. Containing 8 7/8”) stiff pictorial wraps, panels opening panorama some cover rubbing, VG+. style. Each panel has 3 Illustrated with 4 lovely illustrations and text in full page chromolithographs English and French. Each and in brown line on other letter is represented by a pages to accompany this different military rank or charming alphabet of type. A charming bi-lingual flowers. A title in Father ABC. $600.00 Tuck’s Little Folks Series A.B.C. $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER ALPHABET 26 MINIATURE ABC BOOKS IN A BOX 16. ABC. (MILITARY) SOLDIER ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. ca 1900. Folio 20. ABC. (NOVELTY) ALPHABLOCK BOOKS by Edward Ernest. NY: Grosset (10 1/4 x 13 1/4”), pictorial and Dunlap 1943. There are 26 miniature books - each 4” square, housed in the wraps, a few margin mends publisher’s pictorial box measuring 9 1/2” square. Books are fine, box is slightly and spine mend, VG+. dusty else near Fine. Each book has illustrations and words for a different letter, Brightly illustrated with 2 illustrated in typical 40’s style by Lee Morss. The covers of the books have large full page chromolithographs block letters. Graphically arresting and a great ABC / Miniature item. $450.00 and 6 full page brown and whites depicting soldiers from around the world including Rough Riders, Zouave, artillery etc. Text for the ABC is inside front and rear covers. “Y if for Yataghans, Blades broad and keen; In Eastern lands only, in use they are seen.” $400.00

UNUSUAL MINIATURE ABC 17. ABC. (MINIATURE) MINIATURE ABC ON RICE. Offered here is a truly unique ABC, commissioned by the original owner in 1935. Housed in a wooden box 2 1/8 x 1 7/8” are SIX GRAINS OF RICE each measuring 4/16 x 1.5 16ths. Four (5 are called for) of the grains are inscribed with the English Alphabet, completed once with a fraction extra; and also there are two grains of rice inscribed “Where there’s a Will there’s a way.” The work was done by LIMITED EDITION Keiichiro Yamamoto at Omi Hachiman, Japan who used no magnifying glass or pen, 21. ABC. (PARROT PRESS) ADULT ALPHABETS: EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH simply the fine brush with which PRESS ALPHABET BOOKS FROM THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS with an the Japanese do their writing. Alphabetical description, copious Over the years, one grain of illustrations and a checklist of the 5 alphabet grains has gone Press Alphabet Book by David missing, but there is still at Blamires. (Oxford): Hanborough least one complete alphabet; Parrot Press 1990. Folio (9 x 12 otherwise it is in perfect 1/2”). decorative cloth, pictorial condition, housed in the original label, Fine. Informative text envelope with the story of the about the many aspects of contents typed on the outside. alphabet books is arranged A great ABC and miniature alphabetically and accompanied item. $200.00 by illustrations from various previously published ABC’s including Nicholson, David Jones, Enid Marx and many MOTHER GOOSE ADVERTISING ABC more. LIMITED TO ONLY 18. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE UP TO DATE. Fremont, 170 NUMBERED COPIES (85 Ohio: Glauss Shear Co., no colored), THIS IS NUMBER 72 date, circa 1905. 8vo (5 1/2 uncolored. Printed on mould-made x 8 1/2”), pictorial wraps, paper by the Didcot Press. This bottom corner stain else is a fascinating and useful ABC VG+. Every letter stands for book. $200.00 a different nursery rhyme that has been “updated” to include the virtues of Glauss scissors, razor blades or BERTRAND RUSSELL ABC other cutting utensils. “B HAND COLORED LIMITED ED. PARROT PRESS Bo-Peep, Bo-Peep had lost 22. ABC. (RUSSELL) GOOD CITIZEN’S ALPHABET by Bertrand Russell. her sheep / And didn’t Oxford.: Hanborough Parrot Press 1989 (1989, 1953). 8vo, (6 x 8 1/2”), color know where to find ‘m./ pictorial boards, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 125 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED And when they appeared / ON MOULD MADE PAPER AND HAND COLORED. Originally published in 1959, They all had been sheared the book greatly benefits from this re-design. Printed on rectos only, each / And carried Glauss shears letter has a humorous, satirical slant. The original illustrations by Franciszka behind them.” Wonderful Themerson have been retained but enhanced with fine hand coloring - POCHOIR full color illustrations (hand-colored with a stencil) illustrations. “A” = ASININE - What you Think.” fill the pages in typical Something different. $250.00 turn of the 19th century style. $300.00

19. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE’S ABC. NY: Charles E. Graham, no date, circa 1900. Squarish 4to (10 x 10 1/2”), stiff pictorial card wraps, fine. Each letter of the alphabet features a Mother Goose rhyme and a charming full color vignette. Very typical of the turn of the 19th century and a great copy. $350.00 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 RICHARD SCARRY AND EDWARD LEAR WONDERFUL ABC OF TRADES AND ARMY 23. ABC. (SCARRY,RICHARD) EDWARD 27. ABC. (TRADES) [ALPHABET]. Kenosha: Sam. Lowe 1943. Folio, pictorial LEAR’S NONSENSE ALPHABET. Garden wraps, light soil, VG+. This is a wonderful alphabet book that is busily illustrated City: Doubleday & Co. 1962. 12mo (5 1/4 in full color on every page (no artist named). It actually consists of 8 separate x 7 1/2”), cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. ABC’s including an ALPHABET OF TRADES, an ALPHABET OF WORLD WAR Stated First Edition. Lear’s nonsense II TRADES, ALPHABET OF NAMES, ALPHABET OF FRUITS, ALPHABET alphabet has wonderful color illustrations OF FLOWERS, ALPHABET OF BUILDINGS, ALPHABET OF ANIMALS AND on every page by Scarry. Quite scarce with ALPHABET OF TITLES. $125.00 dust wrapper. $125.00 #27 #28

24. ABC. (SEASIDE) SEASIDE ABC. Lond.: Dean & Son, ca 1870. 8vo. pictorial wraps, spine neatly strengthened else near fine. This is an alphabet dealing with a family’s stay at a seaside resort. Illustrated with 4 pages in full color and in blue on other pages. “G for the Goat- chaise / promised next morning / If all went to bed without / Scolding or warning.” A title in Dean’s Giant Penny Popular Series. $275.00

ABC ALSO 54, 66, 219, 231, 266, 331, 470, 510

ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT WORK) – 22, 192, 214, 495, 526

ADVERTSING – 1, 2, 18, 210 AESOP – 461 AFRICA – 80, 184

AKIN, EMMA – 83 ALADDIN - 533

28. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. MAY FLOWERS. Bost.: Little Brown (1899). Tan cloth stamped in black and gold, 56p. + [1]p. ad, offset on endpaper else fine. 1st separate edition of this story extracted from A Garland for Girls. Illus. with 4 25. ABC. A TO Z. Kenosha, Wisc.: John Martin’s halftone plates. BAL 227. Beautiful copy. $250.00

House (1948). Large 4to, pictorial boards, slight 29. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. POPPIES AND WHEAT. Bost.: Little Brown (1900). Green pictorial cloth with red poppies and lettering in yellow, 54p. + spine wear else VG+ in frayed dust wrapper. This [1]p. list of Alcott titles, fine. 1st separate edition in variant (later?) binding stamped in yellow instead of gold. Illus. with 3 plates in halftone. A beautiful charming 40’s ABC picture book is illustrated in copy of an uncommon Alcott title. $250.00 color on every page by Elsie Darien featuring over

200 separate pictures. $125.00

1886 CLEVER ABC SPELLING TOY 26. ABC. (TOY) ABC TOY. Offered here is a clever wooden toy with moveable pieces meant to teach children the alphabet and spelling. It consists of a carved and painted wooden board measuring 13 1/2” wide x 9” high, decorated with a red floral motif on the top. There are 56 letters of the alphabet painted in black on red wooden discs. The discs, which are not removable, are set into a board that has 3 intersecting grooved tracks that allow the child to maneuver the letters into whatever order the child desires. Except for part of one letter being chipped and normal rubbing, it is in excellent condition. Although there is no production information printed on the toy other than “Pat. Feb. 16, 1886”, this was actually invented by an American named Alonzo Smith and was sold exclusively through Selchow and Righter Co. in New York. Smith went on to found the Instructive Toy Co. in Milwaukee while other family members founded the A.O. Smith Company which is still in existence today. This is a clever learning toy with a ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY SEE ALSO 564 concept that could easily be enjoyed by children in this computer age. $375.00 30. ALDIN,CECIL. THE RED PUPPY BOOK. London: Humphrey Milford [1910]. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, tips and spine slightly rubbed else VG++. 1st edition. Written by Aldin and illustrated by him with 12 charming full page color illustrations (on tan paper) and with as many wonderful full page illustrations in line. Scarce. $500.00

RARE ALDIN TITLE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION 31. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN’S HAPPY FAMILY by May Byron. London: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton 1912. Thick 4to (8 3/4 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, slightest of tip and edge wear else near Fine. 1st edition of this magnificent picture book featuring 36 TIPPED IN COLOR PLATES SIX OF WHICH ARE DOUBLE- PAGE! There are also 36 full page b&w’s to accompany the following stories: (cont’d) Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] Hungry Peter the Pig Master Quack, the Duckling DUGALD STEWART WALKER’S ANDERSEN INSCRIBED Rufus the Cat Humpty & Dumpty, the Rabbits 35. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. FAIRY TALES FROM HANS CHRISTIAN Rags, the Dog Forager, the Puppy ANDERSEN. NY: Doubleday Page and Co. 1914. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, [268]p., top of rear cover slightly darkened (barely This is Aldin at his very best and this is a beautiful copy of a scarce Aldin title, visible) else near fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by DUGALD STEWART WALKER essentially 6 books in one. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2250.00 with pictorial endpapers, 12 beautiful plates and 20 full page b&w’s plus black and white title page and chapter head and tail pieces to accompany 12 fairy tales. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL INSCRIPTION FROM WALKER: If only human beings weren’t so dignified there are many delightful things they could learn from the fairies. After all is said and done, what the young ones say about it is the all-important matter. [signed] Dugald Stewart Walker” Walker was very involved in the publication of this title and he has provided an interesting paragraph describing 9 of his illustrations. Walker was a native of Virginia who 32. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. illustrated several titles MERRY AND BRIGHT. before his early death at the London: Henry Frowde and age of 54. This is a special Hodder & Stoughton nd ca copy of a scarce book, with 1920. 4to, cloth backed the illustrations reproduced boards, pictorial paste-on, with great care and a few fox spots and slight clarity. $600.00 rubbing else VG-Fine. The adventures of a dachshund and a terrier, illustrated 36. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. THE LITTLE MERMAID AND OTHER by Aldin with 24 fabulous FAIRY TALES with a color plates plus pictorial biography of Andersen by endpapers and title page. Svend Larsen. Odensk, Scarce. $1200.00 Denmark: Flensted Pub. (1960). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 3/4”), pictorial cloth, AS NEW IN VERY FINE COPY PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL IN DUST WRAPPER BOX. Most of the book AND BOX contains the Little Mermaid 33. ALDRICH,THOMAS but also included are The BAILEY. MARJORIE DAW. Emperor’s New Clothes, Boston & NY: Houghton Simple Simon and Its Mifflin 1908 (1908). Large Perfectly True. Illustrated 8vo (6 x 9 1/4”), red gilt by Gustav Hjortlund with a decorated cloth, top edge profusion of charming full gilt, owner inscription on page color lithographs as well endpaper, VERY FINE IN as several line illustrations DUST WRAPPER AND and pictorial endpapers. PUBLISHER’S BOX (name $275.00 on box else VG-Fine). 1st edition. Illustrated by JOHN CECIL CLAY with ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN ALSO 40, 140, 379 lovely color illustrations throughout the text, which FINE COPY IN BOX is printed on heavy coated 37. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. HOP O’ MY THUMB. NY: Nelson 1928. Small paper. This is an amazing 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/8”), 35p., pictorial boards, Fine IN ORIGINAL BOX. Illustrated copy, rare in both the dust by Anderson with full page color illustrations and with large partial page color wrapper and box. BAL illustrations on every page as well as pictorial endpapers, cover and box. Printed 402. $250.00 on coated paper. A beautiful copy, very scarce. $375.00

WITH SIGNED MONEY ORDER - PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 34. ALDRICH,THOMAS BAILEY. STORY OF A BAD BOY. Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. 1870. 12mo (4 3/4 x 7 1/4”), green cloth stamped in blind and gold, 261p. + ads, slight rubbing and occasional light soil, near Fine in custom cloth chemise and slip case. First edition, first state with typographical errors on pages 14 & 197. Illustrated with 2 plates and text illustrations. Aldrich’s now classic tale of American childhood first appeared serially in Our Young Folks magazine. Mark Twain, a friend and admirer of Aldrich, later said that the story’s eponymous hero provided him with the inspiration for the character Tom Sawyer. Critics have said that this novel contains the first realistic depiction of childhood in American fiction and prepared the ground for Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. LAID IN IS A MONEY ORDER SIGNED BY ALDRICH FOR $10,000.00 payable to his brother Talbot Aldrich. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 35. Very scarce and a great copy. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 BEAUTIFUL AND UNCOMMON ANDERSON TITLE FINE COPY IN BOX / FRENCH FAIRY TALES 38. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. 42. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. CHILDREN’S STORIES FROM FRENCH TALES FOR TEENY WEE FAIRY TALES by Doris Ashley. London & Paris NY: Raphael Tuck, no date, by Natalie Joan. Racine: circa 1920. 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, [144]p. incl. ads, Whitman, no date, circa 1915. nearly AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (flap repair). 12 French fairy tales are Thick 8vo (7 x 8 1/2”), 248p., illustrated by Attwell with 12 wonderful color plates plus many black and whites paper toning otherwise in-text. Beautiful copy, rare in the box. $800.00 very fine in pictorial dust wrapper. 12 original fairy tales illustrated with 6 beautiful color plates 3 by Anderson and 3 by her husband Alan Wright. There are also many full page and partial page line illustrations mostly by Anderson. This is a remarkable copy of a scarce work by Anderson. $350.00

39. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. NY: Nelson, nd, circa 1924. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 180p., near fine in worn, soiled and chipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by Anderson with 12 beautiful color plates plus b&w’s in text and pictorial endpapers. A beautiful edition of this classic, scarce in the dw. $475.00

#40 ATTWELL MOTHER GOOSE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX 43. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES. London Paris NY: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1925. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 140p. + 2p. ads. Paper rubbed on top edge of cover else near FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover. Illustrated by Attwell with 12 beautiful color plates and with black and whites on nearly every page of text. A great copy, rare in the box. $1000.00

FABULOUS MOTHER GOOSE WATERCOLOR 44. AUSTIN,MARGOT. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. This is a fabulous large watercolor by Austin for Mother Goose. (It comes from a box of Platt and Munk artwork purchased by us). The image measures 16 1/2” wide x 9 1/2” high on paper 20 x 12. It is matted with artist name and title of Mother Goose Picture Book penciled in upper margin. Done with much detail and bright colors, many of the Mother Goose characters are pictured walking across a grassy meadow while little bears, cats and bunnies frolic in the foreground. Mother Goose is there with her goose, Little Bo Peep, Mary and her lamb are also there amongst others. Wonderful. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $875.00

ANDRE, R. – 125 ANTHROPOMORPHIC – 207, 332-3, 449

ARABIAN NIGHTS – 40, 188, 533, 538

SIGNED BY ARDIZZONE 40. (ARDIZZONE,EDWARD)illus. ALI BABA & THE 40 THIEVES * THE UGLY DUCKLING * SLEEPING BEAUTY. NY: Limited Editions Club 1949. 3 volumes, folio, cloth, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSEINES AND FINE SLIPCASE. LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES - ALI BABA SIGNED BY ARDIZZONE; UGLY DUCKLING SIGNED BY EVERETT GEE JACKSON AND INSCRIBED BY JEAN HERSHOLT THE EDITOR. Ali Baba is beautifully illustrated in full color by Ardizzone, The Ugly Duckling has charming color illustrations by EVERETT GEE JACKSON and Sleeping Beauty (trans. from Perrault’s French) is likewise beautifully illustrated in color by SYLVAIN SAUVAGE. $475.00

ARNOUX, GUY – 225

ART (ORIGINAL) – 44, 46, 116, 156, 193, 219, 236, 238, 242, 274, 307, 325, 347, 356-7, 445, 453, 459, 502-506, 561, 569 AUSTRALIA – 233, 237, 390, 394-5 AUTOMOBILES – 298

ART DECO – 3, 100, 194, 204, 226, 402, 424 AVIATION – 207, 567

ART NOUVEAU – 13, 275, 360, 423 REILLY & BRITTON PUBLISHER TUCK GIFT BOOK IN BOX 45. BABY BOOK. BABY’S 41. ARTHURIAN INTEREST. KING CHILDHOOD DAYS: A ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE BIOGRAPHY. Chicago: ROUND TABLE by Doria Ashley. London: Reilly & Britton ca 1908. Raphael Tuck, no date circa 1920. 4to (7 8vo, gilt boards, beveled 1/2 x 9 3/4”), 144p., cloth backed pictorial edges, all edges gilt, light boards, AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX cover soil, VG+ and unused. with color plate on the cover. Illustrated Illus. by Dulah Evans by ARTHUR DIXON with 12 beautiful color Krebbiel with charming full plates, 12 full page pen and ink drawings color illustrations on every and 60 partial page pen and inks. This page, somewhat in the style is an amazing copy of a Tuck gift book, of early Charles Robinson. A rare in the box. (ARTHURIAN see also rare and lovely baby book. 455). $350.00 (BABY BOOK see also 409). $200.00 ARTHURS, STANLEY - 597 Helen & Marc Younger Pg [email protected] PEGGY BACON ART FROM “GHOST OF OPALINA” MOVEABLE SAMBO WITH WIESE ILLUSTRATIONS 46. BACON,PEGGY. ORIGINAL ART: GHOST OF OPALINA. Offered here 48. BANNERMAN,HELEN. STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO (ANIMATED are 3 of the original pen and ink drawings by Bacon used in her 1966 book entitled EDITION). NY: Garden City Pub (1933). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste- on, fine in the Ghost of Opalina. All are done on art paper with publication notes in margins. dust wrapper with chips. A rare moveable edition of Sambo, this is illustrated They appear in the book reduced in size from the originals, described as follows: with 27 full page color illustrations by KURT WIESE (plus color endpapers), 4 of which are moveable plates (animations by A.V. Warren) with jointed figures 1. “Pouring what light I had left into my eyes” - (p.52). A wonderful image of two operated by tabs. The mechanism is similar to that used by Meggendorfer but dueling men in a forest. Hovering over the shoulder of one of the duelers is the ghostly slightly more complex. Very scarce in such clean and complete condition, rare in specter of a cat. Done with minute detail, the image measures 4 1/4” wide x 6” high. the dw. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $1650.00

2. “to enjoy Hominy, the tree house and the pigs” (p.168). Seven children are standing and kneeling in a field. They are looking at an enclosed pen with RARE SAMBO piglets and at bunny in a cage. The image measures 4 1/2” wide x 7” high. BLUE RIBBON POP-UP 3. “They did succeed in finding a few trifles” (p.220). Six teenagers are excavating in 49. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY a cave and a shaft of light shines down through the entry. Image measures 5 “ wide x 7”. OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 16mo (3 3/4 x 5”), pictorial Sold with an ex-lib. copy of the book. All three drawings for... $3500.00 boards, 60p., covers soiled some and paper aging as usual, VG+. A title in Blue Ribbon’s Midget Pop-up Series, this features one double-page color pop-up and 26 full page black and whites to accompany the story of Sambo, illustrated by C. CAREY CLOUD. Rare. $750.00

BANNERMAN AND POTTER 50. [BANNERMAN,HELEN and POTTER,BEATRIX]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO AND PETER RABBIT TURNOVER BOOK. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1910). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER! (dw faded with a few closed tears). Adapted from Reilly & Britton’s Children’s Stories That Never Grow Old Series, half of the book contains Sambo at the end of which you flip over the book and Peter Rabbit begins. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with color covers and with 16 full page color illus. and a few smaller color illustrations for both stories. Neill’s illustrations for Sambo are particularly vicious. Very scarce in dw. $850.00

SAMBO * PIED PIPER * 3 PIGS * JACK & BEANSTALK 51. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO, PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, THREE LITTLE PIGS - JUNIOR COLOR CLASSICS. Springfield, MA: McLoughlin (1931). Offered here are 4 books (6x7.5”) in the original pictorial box. Books have pictorial board covers and are in fine condition, the box has flaps repaired. The Sambo has great Art Deco illustrations in bold colors by HILDEGARD LUPPRIAN. Pied Piper and Jack are equally as well illustrated by Jack Perkins and H.G. Nicolas. (Illustrator not named for Three Pigs). Wonderful versions of these classic 47. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Chic: Donohue ca 1919. tales, rare in the pictorial box. $850.00 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. Illustrated with 24 full page color illus. by an unknown hand (one opposite every page of text) depicting an African Sambo. (Advertised as a title in the Peter Rabbit Series). An uncommon edition. $450.00 #47 #48 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER’S MAILING BOX 52. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. 56. BAUM,L.FRANK. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO THE NEW WIZARD (A NEW STORY). Racine: OF OZ. Indianap: Whitman 1926. 16mo, Bobbs Merrill (1939). pictorial boards, Fine in 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), slightly worn dust wrapper. green pictorial cloth, A Sambo piracy, illustrated FINE IN DUST in full color throughout by WRAPPER AND CLARA BELL THURSTON MAILING BOX from and with text hand- lettered Charles Scribner. in blue and with text illus. 1st ed. of the Movie both by EARNEST VETCH. Edition with half- tone $225.00 ep’s of Judy Garland, Bert Lahr etc plus 8 color plates and black and whites by 53. BANNERMAN,HELEN. W.W. DENSLOW. THE STORY OF LITTLE Nice copies are BLACK QUIBBA. NY: increasingly scarce Stokes Sept. 1903. 16mo, with dw. $1500.00 cloth backed pictorial boards, 142p., edges rubbed and light finger soil else clean, tight, VG. 1st U.S. BEAUTIFUL COPY OF 1st/1st MARVELOUS LAND 57. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MARVELOUS edition of the third “Little LAND OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton 1904. Black” book by Bannerman, 4to, red pictorial cloth, 287p., corner sl. printed on one side of page bumped else FINE AND BRIGHT. 1st ed. and with a full page color FIRST STATE with all points in B binding illus. facing each page of with red cloth titled in dark blue on spine text. $850.00 panel and in blue and silver on front cover, BANNERMAN, HELEN SEE the spine with a decorative image of ALSO 410, 535 General Jinjur standing atop an emerald. 1st issue sheets, with no publication date on the copyright page, the illustration on PETER PAN page [4] in large format, illustrations on ALPHABET BOOK page [22] and page [27] in reverse order 54. [BARRIE,J.M.]. PETER - likewise the tailpieces on pages 82 and PAN ALPHABET by Oliver 158. Numerous full and partial page black Herford. NY: Charles & whites, 16 full-page color plates on glossy Scribner’s Sons 1907 stock inserted throughout the text block. (1907). 4to, cloth backed by J.R.NEILL and photo-pictorial ep’s of pictorial boards, cover edges Montgomery and Stone. This is a beautiful browned, VG+. 1st edition. An copy of the rare first/first and in reality, ABC book with each letter rarer than a first/first of the Wizard. using a character or theme HG II. $15,000.00 from Peter Pan and with a full page illustration facing each page of verse. Quite 58. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE EMERALD scarce. (BARRIE see also 555). $300.00 CITY OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton.

BATTEN, JOHN - 199 (1910). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, some mild rubbing of cloth, THE WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ near fine. 1st ed., 1st state, H-G VI.1. 55. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. WONDERFUL Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover GAME OF OZ. Salem: Parker Bros. (board copyrighted 1921). This is plate, 2-color pictorial endpapers, 16 the original Oz board game in the color plates plus many black and whites cardboard box. The box has a gorgeous chromolithographed color plate on the in-text. A nice copy of an early Oz cover showing Dorothy standing in front of the Tin Man and next to the title. $1750.00 Scarecrow. The Scarecrow is sitting on the back of the Cowardly Lion with Oz in the background. The box flaps neatly repaired and small corner discoloration 59. BAUM,L.FRANK. GLINDA OF OZ. on board else a bright and near fine example. First edition early issue with Chicago :Reilly & Lee (1920). 4to, tan the earliest form of the game board that repeats box cover illustration, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 279p. + 1p. ads., wooden pieces replace pewter and slightest of soil on rear cover else near different rules booklet. Inside the box a fabulous game board that measures fine. 1st ed., 1st state (H-G XIV) with 18 1/2” square when opened. Housed in a separate wooden box are 4 wooden proper ads. The last book to be written markers and 6 wooden dice printed with by Baum, and published after his death. letters that spell “WIZARD”. Also present is a 4 page rule booklet with a 1 Illustrated by J. R. NEILL with 12 color page printed supplement. This is a great example of this popular game, quite plates plus many b&w’s. An especially nice rare. $2250.00 copy. $1250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] BEAUTIFUL FIRST STATE OF OZMA 64. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE SHAGGY MAN OF OZ by Jack Snow. Chic: Reilly 60. BAUM,L.FRANK. OZMA OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, tan & Lee (1949). 4to, blue cl., pictorial paste-on, [255]p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER pictorial cloth, 270p. + 1p. ads (Land of Oz and John Dough). Small mend to paste- (dw 1st state with slight tiny chipping on edges else VG+). 1st edition (pictorial down (creased) and a miniscule amount of cover soil else Fine and beautiful. 1st ed. endpapers and 32 page gathers). Illustrated in black and white by FRANK 1st state with pictorial ep’s, pictorial rear cover, front ad listing only John Dough KRAMER. HG xxxviii. $750.00 and Land of Oz, “O” in Ozma, p. [11], p. 221 in color. Illustrated with many full page and smaller color illustrations (no color plates as issued) and with many full page b&w’s. A lovely copy of the rare 1st state third Oz book. (Hanff-Greene III.1). $5500.00

65. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE PURPLE

PRINCE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson.

Chic: Reilly & Lee (1932). Dark purple 61. (BAUM,L.FRANK). GIANT HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thomson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1928). 8vo, rust cloth, pictorial paste-on, cover plate very cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE. 1st sl. rubbed else fine. 1st ed., 1st issue, (H/G xxii). This copy has the “r”in “morning” p. 116 line 1 in perfect type which H/G says may indicate the earliest edition. 2nd state binding with spine copies. Illustrated with 12 color plates by J. R.NEILL. Nice copy. $800.00 imprint in semi-script fancy letters (H/

G XXVI). Illus. by J.R.NEILL with 12

color plates coated on 1 side. Beautiful

copy. $300.00

BAUM ALPHABET 66. BAUM,L.FRANK. ARMY ALPHABET. Chicago: George Hill 1900. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, less than usual edge and corner rubbing, else a remarkably clean, tight and VG+ copy. 1st (and only) edition of this rare book by Baum. Printed on one side of the paper only, each page features a marvelous full color illustration by HARRY KENNEDY (similar in style to Parrish’s Mother Goose In Prose). The verse by Baum for the alphabet is integrated into the 62. (BAUM,L.FRANK) LOST KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: picture and there is Reilly & Lee (1925). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, light flecked discoloration a wide yellow border on rear cover else fine. 1st ed., 1st printing with plates coated one side (p. 193 around each page. The line 4 “k” is imperfect). H-G XIX. Illustrated with 12 color plates plus pictorial text is hand-lettered by ep’s and black &whites throughout by J.R. NEILL. $550.00 Charles Costello. Each letter is represented IN DUST WRAPPER with a picture and rhyme 63. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE WISHING HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly having to do with the Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1935). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, corner army. A nice copy of of cover plate rubbed else fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw correct price and this most sought after ads through this title, frayed at head of spine). First edition. (H-G XXIX). and finely produced book Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, 12 beautiful color plates plus black for children. $2500.00 and whites in-text (plain endpapers as issued, this being the only Reilly & Lee title not to have pictorial endpapers). A beautiful copy. $1750.00

BAUM FAIRY TALES 67. BAUM,L.FRANK. BAUM’S AMERICAN FAIRY TALES. Indianap: Bobbs Merrill (1908). Sm. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste- on, [223]p., cover plate ever so slightly soiled else fine and bright. 1st ed. thus. 1st issued in 1901, this edition has 3 additional stories and an author’s note written for this edition. It is newly illustrated with 16 color plates by GEORGE KERR. This edition is actually more difficult to find than the 1901 version and this is a beautiful copy. $800.00 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS - ALASKA BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – 93, 201 BECKETT, SAMUEL - 243 68. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN ALASKA by Floyd Akers (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo, brown cloth stamped in black BOOK OF TRADES and white, 271p., cloth at head of spine repaired, tiny part of bottom corner of PRINTED BY some pages worn off else VG. 1st ed. 1st printing of this boy’s adventure series EDMUND EVANS by Baum (open book on title, publisher mistake at foot of title listing Chicago 72. (BEDFORD,F.D)illus. twice, p.271 ends with THE END and no blurb see Baum Bugle Autumn 1971). FOUR AND TWENTY Illus. with 3 half-tone plates by Howard Heath. This first title in the Baum/ TOILERS by E.V. Lucas. Akers adventure series was originally came out as a title in his Sam Steele series London: Grant Richards no titles Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea. $700.00 date [1900]. Large oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/4”), 103p., cloth backed pictorial boards, cover scratched some with edge and corner wear, else tight, clean and VG. 1st ed. A charming Book Of Trades with verses by Lucas and featuring 24 full page color illustrations (one for each profession) by Bedford, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Meigs calls this “another book ahead of its time” (p. 401). $850.00

73. BEGINNER BOOK. THE BEARS’ PICNIC by Stan and Jan Berenstain. NY: Random House / Beginner Book (1966). 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS - EGYPT edition. Illustrated in color by the authors, 69. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN EGYPT by Floyd Akers this is the fourth book about the Berenstain (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1909). 8vo, brown cloth stamped in Bears. $175.00 black and white, 291p., + [2]p. ads, slight rubbing else near fine. 1st ed. of this boy’s adventure series by Baum. (open book device on title, verso of half-title lists 3 including this, text ends “in the Boy Fortune Hunters of China” ). Illus. 74. BENNETT,CHARLES. PROVERBS WITH with half-tone frontis by E.A. Nelson. A beautiful copy. $800.00 PICTURES. Lond: Wm. Tegg 1877. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 48p., foxing BAYNES, PAULINE – 327-330 else VG. 1st published in 1859. Printed on rectos only, each of the 48 plates features ROOSEVELT BEARS common proverbs accompanied by clever and 70. BEARS. MORE ABOUT TEDDY B AND TEDDY G THE ROOSEVELT enormously witty engravings by Bennett. BEARS. by Seymour Eaton. $300.00 NY: Stern 1907 (Sept. 1907). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, tips slightly rubbed else fine. 1st edition of the second Roosevelt Bear book, illustrated by R.K. CULVER with 16 color plates including cover plus a profusion of black and whites in-text. In this volume, the Bears come East and visit New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Baltimore and Washington and naturally they have many adventures. Very Scarce especially in this bright and clean condition. $650.00

RARE EARLY TEDDY BEAR BOOK 71. BEARS. MOTHER GOOSE’S TEDDY BEARS BERKOWITZ, JEANETTE – 143, 204 by Frederick L. Cavally. Indianap.: Bobbs Merrill RARE BETTS 1907 (1907). Large 4to, MOTHER GOOSE (q0 x 11”), red cloth, 75. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. pictorial paste-on, slight FAVORITE NURSERY wear to paste-on on gutter RHYMES. NY: Stokes pinholes on top front else, (1906). 4to, tan decorated tight and VG+. 1st ed. cloth, color illus. on cover, Illustrated by the author 47p., VG+. 1st edition of this with 32 color plates plus Mother Goose (preceding illustrations in brown the later ed. that she did line on text pages. An for Stokes). Illustrated early Teddy Bear book with 6 stunning color plates, in nice condition. Quite 6 full page b&w’s plus scarce. $800.00 decorative border on text pages. Some of her most BEARS ALSO 73, 94, 103, 153, 236, 491, 524 beautiful work and quite scarce. $600.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected]

MINT COPY IN BOX #80 76. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. #81 WHILE THE HEART BEATS YOUNG by James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, various dates (1906). Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX (flaps repaired else VG). First edition. Illustrated by Betts with 15 beautiful color plates plus numerous smaller text illustrations. Printed on heavy, glossy paper, this is an amazing copy, rare in the box. $650.00

BEWICK, JOHN – 202 BICYCLES - 568 MORMON AUTHOR - UNUSUAL PUBLISHER 81. BLACK INTEREST. (DRIGGS,HOWARD) JACKO AND THE DINGO BOY GREAT NISTER PICTURE by Howard Driggs. Lincoln (NB): University Pub. Co. 1924. 8vo, pictorial cloth, BOOK OF 109p. + [2]p. ads, two margin mends else VG. The adventures of a “roly-poly HUMANIZED ANIMALS little Negro”, illus. in color by Herbert Palmer. The story ends with the “Jungle 77. BINGHAM,CLIFTON. THE Lullaby.” Scarce. $400.00 ANIMALS’ PICNIC by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister, no date, circa 1900. Oblong large KEMBLE ILLUSTRATIONS 4to (12 1/2 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards. Except for 82. BLACK INTEREST. slight edge wear and slight (DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE) toning, this is in near Fine condition. Bingham’s text in verse FOLKS FROM DIXIE by (featuring a humanized hippo, elephant and lion and more) is Paul Laurence Dunbar. NY: brought to life with 8 incredible Dodd Mead 1898. 8vo (5 x 7 full page chromolithographs, 12 full page illustrations in 3/8”), cloth, pictorial paste- line and many partial page line illustrations. This is a great on, 263p., top edge gilt, early 20th century picture book near Fine. 1st ed. Written in especially nice condition. Peeps Into Nisterland p.238. by Dunbar in dialect and (BINGHAM see also 580). (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE COVER) $1250.00 with 2 color plates and 6 b&w BIRDS – 323, 404, 411, 571 plates. $350.00

PRE-RAPHAELITE INFLUENCE BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL RARE PHOTO 78. BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL. ILLUSTRATED (METEYARD,SIDNEY) BLACK READER GOLDEN LEGEND by Henry 83. BLACK INTEREST. Wadsworth Longfellow. (READER) GIFTS by Emma Hodder and Stoughton Akin. Oklahoma City: Harlow [1910]. 4to (8 x 10”), gilt Pub. 1938. 8vo, red cloth, pictorial cloth, FINE IN 184p. title page creased else PUBLISHER’S BOX. A Fine. This is a fascinating sumptuous production, this reader for Black children, is illustrated by SIDNEY dedicated to American METEYARD, a Birmingham Negro Boys and Girls. School stained glass artist, Illustrated with silhouettes with 25 magnificent tipped- and with photos of Black in color plates reminiscent of children by the Man Stone Brickdale and Burne-Jones. A Co. Very scarce in such nice beauty. $850.00 condition. $500.00

79. BLACK INTEREST. (BONTEMPS,ARNA) LONESOME BOY. Bost.: HM 1955. 8vo, 84. BLACK INTEREST. cloth, 28p., Fine in dw. The story of a lonely (READER) PLAY WITH boy and a silver trumpet. Lovely illus. by JIMMY by the Writers’ FELIX TOPOLSKI. Beautiful copy. Selected Committee of the Great by the AIGA as a notable book of the Cities School Improvement year. $225.00 Program of the Detroit Public Schools. Chic.: Follett 80. BLACK INTEREST. (DILLON,LEO (1962). 4to, pictorial wraps,. AND DIANE) ASHANTI TO ZULU: covers rubbed and soiled, AFRICAN TRADITIONS by Margaret G-VG. This is a wonderful Musgrove. NY: Dial (1976). Large 4to Dick and Jane type reader (10 1/4 x 12 3/4”), cloth, Fine in fine dust with all Black characters, wrapper. 1st edition. CALDECOTT AWARD illus. in full color by Ruth WINNER. Beautiful color illustrations on Ives. $200.00 every page by the Dillons. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $375.00 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 MINT COPY IN BOX 85. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE 89. BLYTON,ENID. BOYS’ NIGGER BOYS. (Lond.: BB Ltd.) ca 1950. & GIRLS’ STORY BOOK 8vo, stiff pictorial wraps, fine. A jolly, non- NO. 3. London: News stereotypical portrayal of this group of Chronicle, no date, circa Black boys brightly illustrated with 4 full 1935. Thick 4to (7 1/2 x 9 page color illustrations, color covers plus 3/4”), 256p., AS NEW IN 6 b&w’s. $225.00 PUBLISHER’S MAILING BOX and glassine wrapper. RAG BOOK A wonderful anthology of 86. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE stories and fairy tales, NIGGERS. Lond: Dean ca 1904. 8vo, illustrated by Ernest Aris printed on cloth, some creasing, soil and and Sylvia Venus with 3 discoloration, VG. Illustrated by R.J[AMES] charming color plates and WILLIAMS with great color illustrations on with a profusion of full page every page to accompany this famous rhyme and smaller black and whites (music included). #82 Dean Rag Book. Very by Hilda McGavin. Great scarce. $650.00 copy. $200.00

#86 BONNER, MARY GRAHAM – 449 BONTEMPS, ARNA - 79

MINT COPY IN BOX 90. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M.)illus. BROTHER OF THE BIRDS: a little history of Saint Francis of Assisi by Louisa Meigs Green. Philadelphia: McKay (1929). 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4”), purple cloth, nearly AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER AND PUBLISHER’S BOX (box slightly rubbed). Illustrated by de Monvel with 21 tipped in gravure-like plates that 87. BLACK INTEREST. THE TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. London & NY: Warne are truly wonderful. This & Scribner Welford Armstrong no date, circa 1870. 4to, blue pictorial wraps, is an amazing copy of a (12)p., near Fine. A toy book in Warne’s Juvenile Drolleries Series. Each page scarce Boutet de Monvel (printed on one side only) features a fine chromolithograph to illustrate the Ten Little Niggers rhyme, including the men lined up to form the written numbers 1-10. title. $475.00 (Musical notation as well). A nice copy of a scarce and fascinating children’s item. $1250.00

IN DUST WRAPPER 91. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M)illus. VIEILLES CHANSONS ET RONDES. Paris: Plon – Nourrit, no date, circa 1900. Oblong 4to, decorative grey cloth, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. soiled). A companion to Boutet de Monvel’s Chansons de France. Illustrated with charming color illustrations on every page to accompany musical notation for nearly 30 songs. Nicely printed with rich colors and an outstanding copy rarely found in dw. $375.00

BOXED LIBRARIES – 4, 20, 51, 101, 266, 323, 411, 570

BOYLE, MILDRED – 588

BRANDYWINE ARTISTS – 75-6, 118, 193, 256, 277-8, 308, 405-407, 453-458, 492, 528-531, 577, 586, 593-599 PANORAMA 88. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. This is a CLEVER NOVELTY BOOK miniature panorama 92. BRIDGMAN,L.J. SEEM-SO’S. NY: version of the Ten Little Niggers with no Caldwell (1906). 8vo, cloth, pictorial publishing information paste-on, VG-Fine. Each recto has an illus. except Made in in silhouette of a particular object. On Germany, circa 1910, minor edge mends the verso is a color illus. using the same else fine. Oblong, outline of the silhouette but portraying a pictorial covers are 3 completely different scene. For instance 1/4 x 2 5/8”. Inside the first illus. shows a “Russian soldier with are 10 panels folded accordion fashion a stern and warlike look” but when you turn and each is printed the page you see it as “old familiar Santa in a different color. Claus who brings to you this book.” Very Rare. $350.00 clever, along the line of Newell’s novelty BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 24, 48-53, 214, 229, 272-3, 382, 410, 414, 535, 565, books. $200.00 567-8 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] BROCK’S FAIRY TALES SIGNED WITH SKETCH 93. (BROCK,H.M)illus. THE BOOK OF NURSERY TALES With Introduction 98. BROWN,PALMER. CHEERFUL. NY: Harper Brothers. (1957). 12mo (4 1/4 by Compton Mackenzie. London & NY: Frederick Warne (1934). 8vo (6 x 8 x 6”), cloth, Fine in dust 1/4”)green pictorial cloth, [1-iv] v-xx, 1-268p., Fine in slightly worn pictorial dust wrapper with small chip at wrapper. 1st edition thus. 12 fairy tales: comprising Puss In Boots, Tom Thumb, base of spine. 1st ed. of Cinderella, Snow Drop, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack the Giant Killer, Sleeping the third of only 4 books Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Dick Whittington, Hop-O-My-Thumb, Beauty and by Brown - this a fairy tale The Beast, Valentine and Orson. Illustrated by Brock with 8 wonderful color starring a city mouse named plates plus 89 fine full page and in-text pen and ink drawings. Mackenzie’s Cheerful. Illustrated with introduction is unusual in that it is directed toward the children and written at exquisite color and line their level. (BROCK see also 294) $450.00 drawings of the utmost delicacy and refinement. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BROWN WITH A SMALL SKETCH OF CHEERFUL HOLDING A FLOWER. See Bader p. 492-3, AIGA best book 1955-57 p.23. Very scarce, especially signed. $475.00

99. BROWN,PAUL. 3 RINGS: A CIRCUS BOOK. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1938 (1938 A). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG+ in repaired and chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition. Illustrated on every page by Brown in line and with bold and wonderful full color illustrations as well (featuring circus animals and of course his famous horses). A scarce title. $500.00

EARLY WALTER BROOKS - INSCRIBED 94. BROOKS,WALTER. STORY OF FREGINALD. NY: Knopf 1942 (1936). Large 8vo, pictorial cloth, 249p., near fine in chipped dust wrapper with 2 pieces restored. Second printing. The story of a bear named Freginald and his adventures when he joins the circus. Illustrated by KURT WIESE in 2-color and line throughout. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROOKS! Quite scarce. $750.00

95. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. DARK WOOD OF THE GOLDEN BIRDS. NY: Harper Bros. (1950). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper worn on spine. 1st edition. An allegorical poem, illustrated in color by LEONARD WEISGARD with pictorial endpapers and full page illustrations opposite each page of text. Dedicated to Michael Strange. Very scarce. $250.00

ART DECO / IN BOX 100. BROWNING,ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Chicago: Whitman (1927). 4to (7 x 9 1/4”), maroon gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER AND ORIGINAL PICTORIAL PUBLISHERS BOX! (box flap repaired). The stunning art deco JAMES McCRACKEN edition featuring bold, stylized color illustrations on nearly every page. An outstanding copy, rare in wrapper and box. $350.00

6 BOOKS IN BOX 101. (BULL,CHARLES LIVINGSTON)illus. OUR YOUNG FOLKS ANIMAL STORY LIBRARY by Charles G.D. Roberts. Boston: Page (various dates ca 1918). Consisting of 6 books each 5 x 7 1/4” bound in pictorial cloth in their dust wrappers, housed in the original 96. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE pictorial box. All are FIRST STORY. NY: Harper & Brothers in Fine condition. The (1947). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed text offers authentic pictorial boards, Fine in excellent dust adventure stories set in wrapper (dw has 3 small ink letters in upper the wild, each featuring corner else fine). 1st edition. Illustrated with a different wild animal. pictorial ep’s and lovely full page illustrations Includes: Haunters of the by MARC SIMONT. This is a gentle and Pine Gloom - Lynx, Return lovely story “about a time in the world to the Trails - Bear, before anyone knew anyone else”. (See Bader King of the Mamozekel p. 264). $450.00 - Moose, Little People of the Sycamore - Raccoon, 97. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. NOON Lord of the Air - Eagle and BALLOON. NY: Harper & Bros. 1952. 4to, Watchers of the Campfire cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in VG+, - Panther. Each book is very sl. worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. illustrated by Bull with The story of a cat’s flight in the Noon beautiful and evocative Balloon. Illustrated in color by LEONARD half-tone plates. This WEISGARD. $450.00 is a great set, rare in this condition with the BROWN, MARGARET WISE ALSO 471 box. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 BURD, CLARA - 411 CHARLES ROBINSON’S SECRET GARDEN 106. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE SECRET GARDEN. Lond: Heinemann 1911. 8vo (6 FIRST GOOPS BOOK 1/4 x 8 1/4”), green cloth 102. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM. NY: Stokes decorated in gold, 306p.+ (1900). 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), red pictorial cloth, [88]p., slightest bit of cover soil 6p. ads, some edge rubbing else Fine. 1st edition of the first Goop book. Each recto has a poem about how a and foxing, VG nice copy. 1st good Goop should behave. Facing each poem is a full page illustration - ninety in edition, illustrated by Charles all. Nice copy, quite scarce. $800.00 Robinson with pictorial endpapers and 8 beautiful tissue-guarded color plates. Using an unusual publishing strategy, this title was issued simultaneously in England and the U.S. with two different illustrators; Robinson illustrated the British version and the U.S. edition was illustrated by Maria Kirk. $1500.00

BURNETT CHRISTMAS TITLE 107. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE WAY TO THE HOUSE OF SANTA CLAUS (a Christmas story for very small boys). NY: Harper Bros. 1916 (1916 k-q). Oblong large 4to, cloth, pictorial paste- on, some cover soil else VG+. 1st ed. (BAL 2124). Every other page features in bold, stylized full page color illus. with text opposite. Spaces are left blank throughout the text so the reader can personalize the story and make it his own. Usually found in wretched condition, this is a nice 2 BOOKS copy. $500.00 IN ORIGINAL BOX 103. BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE – 429 BURGESS,THORNTON. A FRIGHTENED BABY [and] BURTON, SIR RICHARD – 425 CUBBY IN MOTHER CADY, HARRISON – 104-5 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER – 80, 319, 326, 485, 600 BROWN’S PANTRY. Racine: Whitman (1927). Oblong MINIATURE EDITION 12mo (5 x 4 3/4”), pictorial 108. (CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH)illus. R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOK. boards, Fine in PUBLISHER’S London: George Routledge, no date, circa 1885. 12mo, (4 3/4 x 5 1/2”) pictorial PICTORIAL BOX-HOLDER. cloth, all edges gilt, covers Charmingly illustrated in naturally discolored else color throughout by NINA Fine. Containing: Babes JORDAN. Rare in the in the Wood, House That box. $475.00 Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of Mad Dog and Diverting History of John MINT BOXED EDITION Gilpin. Illustrated in color 104. BURGESS,THORNTON. HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL HELPS UNC’BILLY and brown line, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. POSSUM. NY: Stoll Edwards (1927). 8vo (5 3/8 x 8”), pictorial boards, as new in Rare. $600.00 publisher’s pictorial box. Illustrated by HARRISON CADY with wonderful, brightly colored illustrations on every page. A great copy, rare in the box. $225.00 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 109. CANFIELD,DOROTHY. UNDERSTOOD BETSY. NY: Henry Holt 1917 (1917). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 5/8”), green pictorial cloth, 272p. + ads, Fine IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw slightly worn, near Fine). 1st edition of this elusive Peter Parley to Penrod title. This is the story of a sickly little girl who makes a recovery on a farm in Vermont. Illustrated with black and white plates by Ada Williamson. LAID IN IS A 1 PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED AND ANNOTED FROM CANFIELD dated 1920 written to a poet, Mr. Underwood. It’s a thoughtful letter ending “I SCARCE BURGESS / CADY BOOK am beginning to have the desire to write again and am 105. BURGESS,THORNTON. MRS. PETER RABBIT. Boston: Little Brown 1919 very thankful for it.” This (1919). 8vo, pictorial cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by is a magnificent copy, rare HARRISON CADY with 8 great color plates. A scarce Burgess title. $250.00 in the dust wrapper, extra special with the letter. Peter Parley to Penrod p.137. $750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] PRESENTATION BOOK 3. There is also 4 page letter from Dodgson dated July 1891 which appears to be WITH 4 LEWIS CARROLL RARITIES unrecorded. It reads: “Dear Mrs. Stevens, Here are the prices at which you can buy for yourself further prints of Enid. Silver Platinum cartes 1 - 1/6 Cabinets 1/6 - 2/ 110. CARROLL,LEWIS. BOUND VOLUME:WITH 2 DODGSON PHOTOS, The large mounts (such as I have given you) will be the same price as cabinets, and 4 PAGE LETTER & AN EASTER GREETING. The volume is 6 3/4” there will be no extra charge for vignetting. I had half a mind to ask you, viva voce, wide x 7 1/2, bound in full blue polished calf by Reviere, raised bands the question I am going to write: but, on second thoughts, I adhered to my rule, on the spine with floral design in the compartments, gilt dentelles, all which is, ‘when you make a request which perhaps your friend may not grant, do it edges gilt, in Fine condition. Inside are 4 window mounts on thick leaves: in writing, so as to give him time to choose a form of words for the purpose: it is sometimes a difficult thing to express it as one would like to do’ My question is ‘may 1. First is a photograph (carte de visite) by Dodgson of Beatrice Hatch, I regard it as a possibility that Winnie might be allowed to come to Eastbourne titled in the lower blank margin by Dodgson in purple ink “The Little Acrobat” for a few days?” As I have told you, I am used, now, to having lady-guests: & and also inscribed by him on the verso: “Miss Effie Neef from the Artist they don’t find it uncomfortable! I suppose she could come as far as Paddington Nov.11/79”. Beatrice Hatch was the oldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Hatch. alone? If she went by the 10:57, she would reach Paddington at 12:15,& I would Together with her sisters Ethel and Evelyn, she was a long term ‘favorite” of meet her there. The train runs the whole way without a pause. And, when she Dodgson, her parents raising no objection to their posing nude for his camera. returned, I would see her off by a similar train, the 4:45, which wd land her at Oxford at 6:30 (of course I would pay her whole RW fair. She wouldn’t object to 2. The second photo of a young girl is titled by Dodgson in purple ink “XIE” on second class, I suppose? ) If I may assume such a plan is possible I would look out the front margin and inscribed “Miss Effie Neef from the Artist Nov. 11/79”. It for a convenient opportunity. Very sincerely yours C.L. Dodgson. The recipient also bears the image number 2476 in his hand. The girl in the photo is Alexandra of the letter, Mrs. Stevens, was the mother of Winifred (Winnie) Stevens and Kitchin, nicknamed Xie. She was the daughter of a senior colleague of Dodgson’s Enid Stevens (referred to in the letter). Dodgson met Winnie while lecturing at Christ Church, G,W, Kitchin. Xie was a strikingly beautiful young girl and in logic at Oxford High School and they became lifelong friends. When he met the subject of many of Dodgson’s finest portraits and possibly his all time her younger sister Enid he wrote to her mother that he had ‘lost considerable ‘favorite’ model, photographed by him from her childhood to her adult life. We fraction (say 25) of my heart to your little daughter and I hope you will allow have been unable to find any biographical information as to the identity of the me further opportunities to trying whether or no we can become real friends.’ dedicatee of the two photos, Effie Neef, but there is a photograph by Dodgson of John Ruskin in the Berol Collection of Carroll material at NYU’s Bobst Library 4. Lastly there is a fine copy of the first printing of An Easter Greeting. with the identical inscription on the reverse and bearing the exact same date, This is a wonderful Dodgson offering beautifully presented. $35,000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 FINE 1st EDITION OF “ALICE” WITH LETTER FROM CARROLL 115. CARROLL,LEWIS. (WEISGARD) 111. CARROLL,LEWIS [CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON]. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: Macmillan & Co. 1866. 8vo (5 3/8 ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND x 7 5/8”), early full polished blue calf with triple gilt rules by Riviere with the AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. original covers and spine bound in at the rear. The spine has raised bands in 6 compartments with a gold flower design, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, a Fine copy. NY: Harper & Bros (1949). 4to, pictorial First published edition, with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. The publishing history of this title is now well known. Because Carroll was unhappy with the boards, most minor edge wear else Fine original printing of “Alice” he recalled all copies to destroy them. It was re- in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition. set by Clay and released in November of 1865 with the 1866 date on the title page. Only a very few copies of this first recalled issue are known to exist. Illustrated by LEONARD WEISGARD with The remainder of the unacceptable first issue sheets were sent to New York and bound by Appleton with a new title page. TIPPED-IN TO THIS COPY IS many beautiful full page color illustrations A QUIRKY 2-SIDED LETTER BY CARROLL USING HIS CHARACTERISTIC portraying a more modern Alice. A bit PURPLE INK! Dated Feb. 8. 1888 it reads: Dear Steward, I am much obliged for the estimates for the electric bell, and shall be quite willing to bear my share different and certainly interesting. $150.00 of the expense, under any of the arrangements named, I should want a ‘push’ in each of my 2 bedrooms - Hadland thought that (as both rooms look out North) the best way to reach them would be to continue the roof cord, & bring it down ALICE AND CHESHIRE CAT WATERCOLOR outside and in at the windows: however, you can arrange it as you think best. 116. CARROLL,LEWIS. ALICE IN WONDERLAND ART. Offered here is a Please not to charge further Quarterage, for C.R., to Mr. S. W. Worthington. lovely original watercolor by Willy Schermele used in an edition of Alice published Very Truly Yours, C. L. Dodgson.” $12,500.00 in 1952 by Juvenile Productions. The illustration is done on stiff artist card (8.5 x 10.5”) and the text block is mounted on the side. 1 The actual image is 6x8” and shows Alice being startled by the Cheshire Cat sitting up in a tree. Done with bright colors and a charming image. $600.00

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112. CARROLL,LEWIS. (CLOKE) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Lond: Gawthorn, no date, [1943]. 4to, 104p., red cloth, Fine in frayed dust wrapper. Illustrated by RENE CLOKE with 8 great color plates plus many, many color illustrations in text. $150.00

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113. CARROLL,LEWIS. (MARAJA) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. NY: Grosset & Dunlap [1957]. Folio, white pictorial boards, 110p., tips slightly rubbed else fine. Illus. by MARAJA with wonderful full page color illustrations. WMGC P.246, Lovett 352. $200.00

ROUNTREE’S FABULOUS ALICE 114. CARROLL,LEWIS. (ROUNTREE) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London, Edinburgh., Dublin & NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons no date [1908]. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), green cloth, gilt lettering and gilt pictorial spine, cover pictorially stamped in colors, top edge gilt, beveled edges, [247]p., Fine. 1st edition with illustrations by HARRY ROUNTREE. Featuring pictorial endpapers and title page, 14 color plates and more than 75 other color illustrations (some nearly full page and some smaller), all printed on coated paper. An inventive and fabulous edition of this classic, first editions of this edition are rarely found in such nice condition. $2500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] 117. CARROLL,LEWIS. FEEDING THE MIND. Lond.: Chatto and Windus 1907. 8vo, cloth backed boards, 31p., slight soil, VG+. 1st separate edition (written in KENDREW CHAPBOOK 1884) of a pamphlet written to compare feeding the mind with feeding the body. 121. CHAPBOOK. THE HISTORY OF TOMMY WMGC 290-1. $250.00 AND HARRY. York: Kendrew no date, circa #117 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), green paper #118 wraps, [30]p., Fine. Illustrated with 8 nice woodcuts to accompany a story about the lives of 2 brothers: sullen, naughty Harry who “lived a wretched life and died a miserable death” and his brother good natured Tommy who lived a pattern of virtue and goodness. Osborne p.260. $250.00

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SLEEPING BEAUTY WITH WATERCOLOR LAID-IN 122. (CHAPPELL,WARREN)illus. SLEEPING BEAUTY adapted by Chappell from Perrault. NY: Knopf (1961). Oblong 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. The text of Perrault’s fairy BOXED VOLLAND “ALICE” BY RAE tale was adapted by Chappell 118. CARROLL INTEREST. NEW ADVENTURES OF ALICE written and who has also illustrated illustrated by JOHN RAE. Chicago: Volland (1917). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), 1/4 the book with beautiful cloth, gilt boards with oval pictorial paste-on, covers faded in areas else FINE IN color lithos throughout. ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition of this very desirable VOLLAND BOOK. Includes musical notation Illustrated by Rae (Pyle student) with gilt pictorial endpapers, beautiful full page by Tchaikovsky. Laid-in is color illustrations plus many black and whites in-text, all to accompany this Alice a charming postcard with a parody. A little something for everyone in this title, rare in the box. $800.00 WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A LITTLE GIRL 119. CARROLL INTEREST. LOST IN SLEEPING WITH A BOOK BLUNDERLAND by Caroline Lewis. Lond.: OPEN ON HER LAP. Sent Heinemann 1903. Sm. 8vo, green pictorial cloth, to Chappell’s editor upon VG. 1st ed. A political parody of “Alice” and hearing that a publication companion to the author’s “Clara In Blunderland”, date had been set for the cleverly illustrated in b&w by S.R. Lovett book, he inscribes : “And 1083. $250.00 a happy publication day to you!” $650.00

CARROLL, LEWIS SEE ALSO 574 NEWBERY AWARD - INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH 123. (CHARLOT,JEAN)illus. AND NOW MIGUEL by 120. CARTOONS. THE MUTT AND JEFF Joseph Krumgold. NY: CARTOONS BOOK 2 by Bud Fisher. Boston: Ball Crowell (1953). 8vo, cloth, Pub. Co. 1911. Narrow oblong folio, cloth backed 245p., Fine in sl. worn pictorial boards, edges rubbed, VG+. Each page dw. Stated 1st printing. has 6 cartoon panels of this famous duo. Nice NEWBERY AWARD copy. $250.00 WINNER. Striking color endpapers and wrapper plus full and partial page b&w’s by Charlot to accompany a Mexican story. This copy is INSCRIBED BY CHARLOT AND HAS A CARD FROM CHARLOT WITH A PEN SKETCH ON IT. $600.00

CHINESE STEREOTYPES 124. CHINESE INTEREST. JOHN CHINAMAN by Rowe Lingstone. Lond: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh no date [1891]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge wear else VG+. A stereotypical view of China, told in verse and illustrated with vibrant chromolithographs highlighted in gold on every page. “Their faces yellow as CARTOONS SEE ALSO 428, 429, 430, 437 a guinea, grin ever in a way unpleasant. No nose have they, or scarcely any, eye- CATS – 6, 31, 93, 97, 153, 165, 192, 215, 318, 363, 400, 411, 412, 415, 417, 439, 442, 580-582 slits that slope to where it isn’t.” Unusual. $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 GREAT McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS BOOK BY ANDRE 129. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. NY: 125. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN - ANDRE) AROUND THE WORLD Sam. Gabriel no date, circa 1930. 4to, pictorial wraps, a few margin mends and WITH SANTA CLAUS. some soil, VG. A great version of this classic illustrated with full page full color NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1891. illustrations plus 2-color illus. on other pages by AEK (A.E. KENNEDY). $150.00 Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, neat mend #129 to margin of one page and spine, edges and corners worn else tight and VG. Pages mounted on thick board. Featuring 14 truly fabulous chromolithographed pages (plus title), each page busily illustrated with Santa and Christmas subjects, and one with Santa and a Native American, all by R. ANDRE. Rare. $1200.00

NASTS’S WONDERFUL #130 McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS TITLE 126. CHRISTMAS. [MOORE,CLEMENT]. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. EVERETT SHINN ILLUSTRATIONS no date, circa 1870 130. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. (listing Humpty Dumpty Philadelphia: Winston (1942). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and spine as issued Fall 1869). sl. rubbed else VG+. Wonderful color illus. on every page by EVERETT SHINN. 4to (9 1/4 x 10 3/4”), $125.00 decorative wraps, slight soil, near Fine. 131. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT). #131 Illustrated with 12 TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. fabulous illustrations by Chicago: Merrill 1941. Folio (9 3/4 x 13”), THOMAS NAST - 6 full pictorial linen-like wraps, covers slightly page chromolithographs dusty else VG+. Illustrated with great 40’s and 6 very detailed style color illustrations covering each page black and whites by Florence Salter and G. Trimmer. $200.00 (printed on one side of paper only). A great TUCK CHRISTMAS SHAPE BOOK version, extremely 132. CHRISTMAS. (TUCK) FATHER scarce in such nice CHRISTMAS. Lond: Raphael Tuck, no date, condition. $1200.00 circa 1900. Folio, stiff pictorial wraps die- cut on the side in the shape of Santa and LOVELY 19th CENTURY 2 young children, near fine. Illustrated NIGHT BEFORE with 4 full page chromolithographs and CHRISTMAS with brown illustrations in-text. Text 127. CHRISTMAS. is in verse by Clifton Bingham. Father (MOORE,CLEMENT) Tuck Happy Hour Series. Great color THE NIGHT BEFORE cover. $500.00 CHRISTMAS. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates (1883). CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 107, 167, 252, 464, 536, 545, 548, 561-2 8vo, (6 1/4 x 7 3/4”), full brown leather elaborately #132 embossed with a leaf and acorn motif, all edges gilt. Some toning to leather else really near Fine. Illustrated with engravings by William Smedley, Frederic Schell, Alfred Fredericks and Henry Poore (engraved by James Lauderbach). This is a beautiful 19th century version of this poem in an unusual binding. $750.00

PLAYBOOK WITH PAPER DOLLS 128. CHRISTMAS. [MOORE,CLEMENT]. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PLAYBOOK. Racine: Whitman 1960. Folio (10 x 14”), flexible pictorial card covers, Fine and unused. This is a push- out and put-together book with 3 paper CHWAST, SEYMOUR – 357 CINDERELLA -176, 201, 431, 532 dolls, furniture, rooms and accessories to build a Night Before Christmas 133. CIRCUS. JINGLEMAN JACK CIRCUS MAN by Marion McNeil. Akron: Saalfield (1930). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN BOX (box scuffed and sl. worn). scene. $150.00 Illustrated in typical 20’s style by CORINNE BAILEY with wonderful full page color and b&w illustrations. $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] GREAT CLOWN BOOK IN BOX KENDREW CHAPBOOK 134. CIRCUS. JOEY THE 137. COCK ROBIN. THE LITTLEST CLOWN by Quin COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE A. Ryan. Chicago: Children’s AND PIC NIC DINNER Press 1928. 4to (7 x 9 OF COCK ROBIN AND 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial JENNY WREN. York: boards, nearly AS NEW IN Kendrew no date, circa ORIGINAL PICTORIAL 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 BOX (box VG+ lightly rubbed 7/8”), pictorial wraps, 16p., with small flap repair). This is a great clown-circus story fine. Illustrated with 30 wonderfully illustrated woodcuts. See Opie: Oxford in typical 20’s style with Dict. Nursery Rhymes p.318 rich full page and double- for illustration. $225.00 page color lithographs by A. RAYMOND KATZ. The author Quin Ryan was also Uncle Quin the Bedtime KENDREW CHAPBOOK Story Man on WGN 138. COCK ROBIN. AN radio. $325.00 ELEGY ON THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN. York: Kendrew no STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS / date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 3/4 x 3 3/4”), pictorial SIGNED BY AUTHOR wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated 135. CIRCUS. THIS WAY TO THE with 14 fine woodcuts. See CIRCUS by Emilia Hodel and Franz Opie: Oxford Dict. of Bergmann. (Bost.): Hale Cushman and Flint Nursery Rhymes p. 318 (1938). Oblong 4to, cloth, fine in chipped for other and Treasures dust wrapper. A little boys gets lost of the Opie Collection p.10. $225.00 behind the scenes at the circus. Minimal text with striking and boldly colored full page illustrations by the authors. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR - 182 THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH PINOCCHIO DELUXE EDITION IN BOX AUTHORS ON THE TITLE PAGE. An 139. COLLODI,CARLO. (KIRK) PINOCCHIO. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1920). uncommon circus book and a great picture 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), blue & book. $250.00 tan cloth, 234p., Fine IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box rubbed and sl. CIRCUS ALSO 94, 99, 158, 323, 369, 417, 428, 57 soiled). First edition of the DELUXE EDITION RARE HARRY CLARKE / POE featuring 14 beautiful LIMITED TO ONLY 170 COPIES tipped in color plates by MARIA KIRK plus 136. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar illustrations on text pages Allan Poe. London :Harrap 1919. Thick 4to, FULL GILT VELLUM BINDING, top and pictorial endpapers. An edge gilt, light cover soil and wear else FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 170 NUMBERED enchanting version of this COPIES SIGNED BY CLARKE! 1st edition of arguably Clarke’s best work, this favorite tale, scarce in the is printed on handmade paper that greatly enhances the detail and sharpness of box. $500.00 Clarke’s full page illustrations that are so appropriate to the text. A beautiful book, very rare due to the small number of copies in this edition. $7000.00 SARG/PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES AND BOOK 140. COLLODI,CARLO. (SARG) PINOCCHIO edited by Watty Piper. NY: Platt & Munk (1940). 4to, Offered here is SET OF 6 PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES IN THE ORIGINAL BOX! (published by Platt & Munk). Sold with a copy of the book published in 1940 by Platt and Munk (book spine taped, corner of title page repaired and corner of ep off otherwise tight and clean). The six puzzles inside reproduce the six color plates from the book. The puzzle set is quite rare. Who better than Sarg to illustrate this classic? $500.00

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CLOTH BOOK – 10, 86 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 CONDE,J.M. – 23 COOKE, EDNA - 196 RARE CRANE FOLIO SIGNED 144. CRANE,WALTER. FIRST OF MAY: A FAIRY MASQUE. Lond.: Henry WITH NOTE LAID-IN PETER PARLEY TO PENROD Sotheran 1881. Oblong folio (19 x 15”), leather spine, color pictorial fairy 141. COOLIDGE,SUSAN. motif paste-on with gilt art nouveau design. Some rubbing, foxing in margins, WHAT KATY DID. Boston: lacks ties, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED INDIA PROOF COPIES Roberts Bros. 1873 (1872). 8vo, SIGNED BY CRANE. A fairy play dedicated to Charles Darwin consisting of blue cloth stamped in blind and 57 folio sheets, each with delicate and intricate photogravures of elves, frogs, gold, 274p. + ads, slight lean flowers and more. The handwritten text is in play format. Spencer notes that else near Fine. 1st edition. much of the art was done during a series of visits to Sherwood Forest (p.82). A Illustrated in black and white by lovely and rare Crane work. $1850.00 Addie Ledyard. Susan Coolidge followed Louisa May Alcott in writing realistic stories about 19th century American family life and like Alcott, Coolidge heightened the realism of her novel by drawing on her own childhood memories. However, What Katy Did was to offer a glimpse into the treatment of paraplegics in the 19th century, a theme not tackled in children’s books. LAID-IN IS A HANDWRITTEN NOTE “ Yours Faithfully, Susan Coolidge, Newport, Rhode Island March 30, 1887.” This is a great copy of a Peter Parley to Penrod title (p. 39) that is difficult to find in decent condition. $900.00

COPPING, HAROLD – 166 COUNTING BOOK – 85-88 COWBOYS - 295 CRANE PRIMERS PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 145. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. LIMITED ED. SIGNED IN BOX THE GOLDEN PRIMER. FAIRY TALES FROM INDIA Parts I and II by Prof. 142. (CRAMER,RIE)illus. HET LAND VAN DE LOTUS VAN DE ZON: Een J.M.D Meiklejohn. Lond: Hindoesche Liefdes Geschiedenis [THE DESCENT OF THE SUN]. Utrecht: W de Meiklejohn and Holden, no Haan (1919). 4to (8 x 8 3/4”), white cloth decorated in black and gold, AS NEW IN date ca 1890, large thin 8vo, PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX. LIMITED TO ONLY 200 NUMBERED COPIES cloth, sl. cover soil else near SIGNED BY CRAMER. The text features legends from India translated from the fine. Two volumes in one, Sanscrit. Illustrated with an art nouveau flavor by Cramer with 6 beautiful tipped- engraved by Edmund Evans. A in color plates, 6 full page black and whites plus other smaller text illustrations and very scarce Crane title, this beautiful border on title page. Printed on very high quality paper. This is a great is illustrated with pictorial copy of a very beautiful book, rare in the limited edition with the box. $1200.00 endpapers, color pictorial title page, plus beautiful full page color illustrations on every other page. Really a wonderful children’s book and a beautiful copy. $750.00

CZECH FAIRY TALE ILLUS. BY MATES 146. CZECHOSLOVAK. POHADKA O CESKYCH MUZIKANTECH [THE CZECH MUSICIANS FAIRY TALE] (by) Marie Calma. Prague: Melantrich no date, circa 1920. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers slightly dusty else VG+. A lovely picture book illustrated by noted Czech illustrator RUDOLF MATES with 7 rich color plates. $350.00

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MINT COPY IN BOX 143. (CRAMER,RIE AND JEANNETTE BERKOWITZ)illus. FAVORITE FAIRY TALES edited by Margherita Osborne. Philadelphia: Penn Pub. (1930). 4to (7 3/4 x 9 1/2”), gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 365p., AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX FROM LOUISE SEAMAN BECHTEL’S (box scuffed, VG+). First edition. A book LIBRARY of 20 fairy tales ranging from Bluebeard 147. CZECHOSLOVAK. SKRIVANCI and Cinderella to Princess Mayblossom PISNE by J. Sladek. Prague: J. Otty and Prince Cherry, illustrated with 20 [1925]. Sq. 8vo, 4to, cloth backed pictorial lovely color plates by Cramer and pictorial boards with cloth ties, VG+. A most endpapers and black and whites throughout charming book of poems about children the text by Jeanette Berkowitz. Rare in and their pastimes, illustrated in color in this condition. $800.00 folk - peasant style by M. FISCHEROVA- KVECHOVA. Formerly owned by Louis Seaman Bechtel with her bookplate. $300.00