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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #458 - Tasha Tudor Watercolor of the Frog Prince

#42 - Bemelmans watercolor from The Golden Basket #74 - Inscribed by Dodgson - vellum presentation binding

#39 - Baum & Parrish #58 - by Margaret Wise Brown

#210 - with watercolor in the book by the Haders

#486 - Mussolini WW II propoganda

#130 - A sample from Fuller Paper Doll Helen & Marc Younger Pg 3 [email protected] RARE EARLY FRENCH/POLISH ALPHABET OF TRADES MOTHER GOOSE ABC SHAPE BOOK 1. ABC. (TRADES) ABECEDAIRE UTILE, OU PETIT TABLEAU DES 4. ABC. (FAIRY TALES). RED RIDING HOOD AND NURSERY FRIENDS ARTS ET METIERS / ELEMENTARZ UZYTECZNY CZYLI KROTKI OBRAZ ABC. London: Raphael Tuck, KUNSZTOW I RZEMIOSL. Ouvrage ou les Enfans peuvent en apprenant a no date, circa 1910. Narrow lire puiser quelques idees de la Societe. A. Leipsic au Comptoire d’Industrie, (8 x 15”), pictorial Chez N. Glucksberg, no date, circa 1825. 4” x 6”, blind stamped cloth, [iv] 92p., boards with wrap-around some foxing else near Fine in custom cloth box. Each letter of the alphabet is color covers that are die-cut represented with a different trade or profession. The text in French and Polish in the shape of Red Riding are on opposing pages and explains the nature of the trade, including USERER Hood’s hood. Light edge (Usurier / Lichwiarz) for the letter “U” describing one as “a villainous man with wear and rubbing, VG+. Each a villainous job”. Illustrated with 24 fine hand colored copperplate engravings letter stands for a different on 12 plates each with 2 illustrations. “I” is for “Imprimeur” (printer) and has a great image of the press at work while a man selects type faces. This is an or nursery rhyme unusual , quite rare. $2500.00 (mainly nursery rhymes). Featuring fabulous bright full page color illustrations and large well printed brown illustrations in text by Beatrice Mallet in the style of Attwell. This is a title in Tuck’s “Hurrah” Series. $450.00

5. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) APPLE PIE ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros 1899. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 3/4”), stiff pictorial wraps, FINE. Merry Alphabet Series. Illustrated with 6 really great full page color illustrations plus 6 full page and one double-page 2-color illustrations. Pages are mounted on linen. A beautiful copy. $300.00 2 ABC’S PLUS OF GAMES & HORSE STORY 2. ABC, ALPHABET. This is a curious book with no publication information anywhere. The book measures 4 ½ x 7”, cloth, inconspicuous joint repairs and few pages with old mends neatly done else VG+. Circa 1850-60, printed on one side UNUSUAL MCLOUGHLIN HAND-COLORED ABC of the paper only and illustrated with woodcuts on every page. The first part of 6. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) FUNNY ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (no the book has 2 pictorial alphabets. The first has 8 words for each letter with 3 address), no date circa 1860. 4.5 x 5.5”, pictorial wraps, spine reinforced and pictures per page (J is for Jew). The second is an alphabet in rhyme, mainly of small piece of rear corner off, else VG+. Uncle Frank’s Series. Each letter of the names, with 2 illustrations per page. They are followed by a number of sections alphabet is cleverly formed by people contorted into the shapes of the letters. each one with a half page illustration. Two of these sections deal with more “W Walter and William / Were vex’d,/ X in the Alphabet, / Is sure to stand next” than 20 sports and pastimes There are a few letters per page, each with hand-colored engravings. The text including Football, Hockey, is in verse. $450.00 Tennis, Cricket, Shuttlecock, Trap Bat and Ball and more. There is the story of a horse told from the horse’s point of view. He has a series of miserable owners, is abused and finally finds a master that appreciates him. Other stories are 12 page tributes to relatives in verse like My Mother, My Father, My Grandmother, My Grandfather, My Aunt, My Brother. The illustrations are well printed and this is an interesting mid 19th century children’s McLOUGHLIN ALPHABET BOOK book. $350.00 7. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1884. 8vo (6 x 9 1/4”), pictorial wraps, [12]pp. including covers, old neat ED EMBERLY ABC strengthening inside cover else VG+. A charming alphabet book, this has 8 pages 3. ABC. (EMBERLEY) ED EMBERLEY’S ABC. : Little Brown (1978). of vibrant chromolithographs (each page divided into thirds) and 2 pages of Oblong 4to (10 x 7 3/4”), pictorial rhymes. $225.00 cloth, As New in as new dust wrapper. Stated first . Designed to help the child write as well as to learn the ABC’s, every letter has a 2-page spread with fabulous color illustrations by this Caldecott Award winning illustrator. For something different, Emberley has chosen some letters that appear in the middle of a word instead of the first letter. A scarce ABC in unusually fine condition. $100.00 914.764.7410 Pg 4 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 GREAT MILITARY ALPHABET PRINTED ON CLOTH BY KRONHEIM 8. ABC. (MILITARY) ARMY AND NAVY DROLLERIES by Captain Seccombe. 11. ABC. (PRIMER) ROUTLEDGE’S EVERLASTING ALPHABET AND LITTLE London: Frederick Warne, no date, circa 1870. 4to (9 x 10 ½”), gilt pictorial WORDS. London: George cloth, light normal wear, VG++. First edition (second edition is stated and lists Routledge, no date, circa the author as Major, not Captain). Printed on one side of the paper, every letter is represented by a full page poem dealing with various military themes and 1880, 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/8”), ethnic groups, printed in a large font. Accompanying the verses are fine full page flexible card wraps, slight chromolithographs printed by Kronheim. “D” is for Dragoon, “ “I is for Indian bit of spine wear and soil, Horseman, “Z” is for Zoave. This is a companion to Aunt Louisa’s picture books VG+. There are 6 different for children. First editions are rare and this is a nice copy. $850.00 alphabets in varying fonts and arrangements, plus vowels, dipthongs, 3 letter words, etc. Illustrated with 2 lovely full page chromolithographs. Printed on cloth by Kronheim. $200.00

RARE AND CLEVER VOLLAND ABC 12. ABC. (VOLLAND) ANIMAL ALPHABET by Sybil Rebman. Chicago: Volland (1917). 4to (8 3/4 x 12”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some tip and edge wear, VG+. Full page color illustrations by the author for each letter of the alphabet represent various animals and there silhouette as well. The text is in rhyme. What distinguishes this alphabet is that each picture is actually formed using the letters in the animal’s name. This is one of the rarest Volland titles and a very clever ABC book. $900.00

GERMAN WWII SAILOR’S ALPHABET 9. ABC. (MILITARY) DAS SEEMANNS ABC by Hans Bodenstedt. Leipzig: Alfred Hans [1942]. Oblong 4to, (9 1/4” wide x 7 ½), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges have some wear, front cover scratched otherwise clean, tight and VG+. 1st edition. Each letter represents a different aspect of naval life. Text pages are illustrated in green line. Each page of ABC SEE ALSO 64, 216, 221 text faces a full page color illustration (14 in all) by ADULT (KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) - 296, 429, 443, 450 Karl Nathe, two of which feature the swastika on AESOP - 55 AFRICA - 44, 45 the Nazi flag, another that shows U-boats sinking Allied 13. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. MAY FLOWERS. Boston: Little Brown (1899). Tan ships Scarce. Bilderwelt cloth stamped in black and gold, 56p. + [1]p. ad, offset on else fine. 1st 760. $400.00 separate edition of this story extracted from A Garland for Girls. Illustrated with 4 halftone plates. BAL 227. Beautiful copy. $250.00

WONDERFUL PHOTO ILLUSTRATED ALPHABET OF SAFETY #14 - next page 10. ABC. (PHOTO ILLUSTRATED) ABC DE LA ROUTE by Annie Fournier. Paris: Les Editions Sociales Francaises (1960). 4to (8 ½ x 10 ½”), pictorial boards, Fine condition. The theme is safety, showing the dangers that a child can encounter on the road while riding a bicycle, playing or walking. There are “do’s” and “don’ts”: don’t cross the train tracks, stay on the side of the road to avoid cars, never ride your bike at night, etc. Each page has a fantastic gravure photo by Robert Le Pajolec showing children doing the right thing or the wrong thing. “A” is for Attention, “F” is for Feux (traffic light) - only cross the street when the traffic light is green. Although this was published in 1960 it definitely has the look of the early 1950’s. Really charming. Not in White. $375.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 5 [email protected] ALCOTT, STOWE AND MUCH MORE ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN - 68, 94, 370 14. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. NELLY’S HOSPITAL [IN] OUR YOUNG FOLKS 1. Offered here is the bound volume of the first 12 issues of Our 17. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. Young Folks published in 1865 in Boston by Ticknor and Fields. 8vo (6 x 8 OLD FRENCH NURSERY 3/4”), original publisher’s green cloth with extensive gilt pictorial spine, 808p., SONGS. London: George occasional margin soil else near Fine. The 11 page story of Nelly’s Hospital appears in the April issue and deals with a little girl who, in her quest to Harrap, no date, circa 1915. become a nurse, learns compassion by caring for small wounded animals. Alcott 4to, cloth backed pictorial herself had been a Civil War nurse and no doubt drew upon that experience in boards, fine in slightly worn writing the story. She also champions the idea of a woman taking charge of dust wrapper. 23 songs in her own life independent of a man. The story was published separately and French with musical notation distributed by the U.S. Sanitary Commission some time in 1865. This volume also contains work by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Longfellow and host of other are illustrated by Anderson important American authors and it is profusely illustrated with woodcuts. BAL with 8 beautiful color plates 150. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $400.00 plus many lovely, detailed black and whites throughout. RARE ALDIN TITLE WITH 36 TIPPED-IN COLOR PLATES! A charming, lovely 15. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN’S MERRY PARTY by May Byron. book. $400.00 London: Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton 1913. Thick 4to (9 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, new , blank prelims foxed else VG+. 1st edition of this magnificent book featuring 36 TIPPED IN COLOR PLATES SIX OF WHICH ARE DOUBLE-PAGE plus 36 full page black and SIGNED BOOK WITH 2 FASCINATING LETTERS LAID IN whites - all of pigs, dogs, cats and bunnies. Includes the following stories: 18. (ANGELO,VALENTI)illus. THE SONG OF ROLAND done into English in Forager’s Hunt Breakfast Master Quack’s Water Picnic the original measure by Charles Scott Moncrief with an introduction by Hamish Rags Garden Party Peter’s Dinner Party Miles. NY: Limited Editions Club 1938. 8vo (7 x 10 ½”), vellum backed boards, Tabitha’s Tea Party Humpty & Dumpty’s Fancy Dress Ball spine lightly soiled with some of the gilt rubbed else near Fine in slipcase which is toned on edges and backstrip. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED A companion to Cecil Aldin’s Happy Family, this is Aldin at his very best and this BY ANGELO and illustrated with half page illustrations and pictorial initials all is a scarce Aldin title, essentially 6 books in one. $1850.00 hand-colored and illuminated by Angelo. The poem tells the story about Roland and the peers of Charlemagne who were defeated by the Saracens in 778. LAID IN ARE 2 FASCINATING HANDWRITTEN LETTERS ON ANGELO’S PERSONAL STATIONERY (7 3/4 x 10 ½”) dated Oct. 15, 1937 and March 24, 1938. The first is a full page letter in which he writes in part “I try as hard as I can to be as honest as I can in these days of hectic industrialism, so far I have been fortunate enough to keep myself at a fair distance from the cogs of the machine... am at work on a book I think you will enjoy. It is the Song of Roland for L.E.C. Hand colored and gold, good , good paper and an excellent binding. It is going to be a real book for the Club for once.” The second is a page and a half where he refers to Roland and also refers to having written his first book. In part: “The Song of Roland is almost completed, since undertaking for the first time to hand color the illustrations in three colors and gold illuminated I have come to realize the great amount of work that has gone into this book. 1500 copies hand colored are lots of books. ... The juvenile book... is going to press ... It is my first attempt at writing but have enjoyed every moment of the task...” $850.00

ALDIN FOLIO PICTURE BOOK 16. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. A SPORTING GARLAND. London: Sands, no date, circa 1900. Oblong folio (15x10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers lightly rubbed and tips worn else fine. The text for children is in verse in large type and deals with outdoor sports. Divided into 3 sections, each has a pictorial half- title, frontis and many fabulous, bold full page color illustrations by Aldin. Each page of text also has a color illustration. Printed on heavy coated paper, this is a stunning book. $1750.00 914.764.7410 Pg 6 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH WONDERFUL INSCRIBED DRAWING INSCRIBED BY ARMER - NEWBERY AWARD 19. ANGLUND,JOAN WALSH. COWBOY AND HIS FRIEND. NY: Harcourt 22. ARMER,LAURA ADAMS. WATERLESS MOUNTAIN. NY: Longmans Brace World (1961). 8vo (6 1/4 x 7 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st Green 1931 (1931). 8vo (7 edition. This is the story of a young cowboy and his friend a bear. Wonderfully 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, Fine in illustrated by Anglund. LAID IN IS A MARVELOUS DRAWING OF A LITTLE dust wrapper (some chipping GIRL AND HER CAT, INSCRIBED BY ANGLUND AND ALSO SIGNED BY to corners and spine ends MARGARET McELDERRY, one of the most influential children’s book editors who but VG). 1st edition, 1st was responsible for the success of many notable authors. $400.00 printing. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ARMER on the half title. The story of a Navajo Indian boy has full and partial page illustrations by Ms. Armer and her husband Sidney Armer. $350.00

SIGNED WITH SKETCH POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONS 23. ARNOUX,GUY. 12 CHANSONS by Guy Arnoux. France, No information, no date, circa 1910. Large oblong 4to (13 x 10”), pictorial boards, slight chipping on spine and light cover soil, else an amazingly clean copy. Printed on hand-made paper frenchfold, there are 12 very fine and vibrant full page POCHOIR (hand-colored through stencils) illustrations. Musical notation and verse for children’s folk songs are opposite each picture. THIS COPY IS ANTHROPOMORPHIC - 104, 105, 118, 156, 400 INSCRIBED BY ARNOUX WITH AN INK DRAWING OF AN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR and some instruments. Quite a scarce and beautiful book with ANTI SEMITISM - 234, 235, 315 ARABIAN NIGHTS - 119, 134, 440 the combination of quality paper and hand-coloring resulting in richly produced illustrations. Arnoux’s inscriptions are rare. $1500.00 INSCRIBED BY FARJEON 20.(ARDIZZONE,EDWARD) illus. MRS. MALONE by Eleanor Farjeon. London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 12mo (4 ½ x 5 3/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. First edition. A poem about an old lady and her animals with evocative black and whites by Ardizzone. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FARJEON TO MARC CONNELLY. $175.00

NAVAJO INDIANS WITH LETTER FROM ARMER 21. ARMER,LAURA ADAMS. THE TRADER’S CHILDREN. NY: Longmans Green 1937 (1937). 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, slight bit of cover soil else Fine (no dw). Stated First Edition. This Navajo Indian story is illustrated by with photos by Armer and with pictorial initials and endpapers by Armer’s husband Sidney. 24. (ARNOUX,GUY)illus. TAMBOURS ET TROMPETTES. Paris: Devamber, no SOLD WITH A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM ARMER dated 1963. It is date [1918]. Large folio (13x19”), loose as issued in pictorial portfolio with ribbon written on two sides of paper 6 x 9” and lacks the next page. She discusses the ties. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER. This fact that her husband fabulous item contains 11 absolutely stunning, large POCHOIR PAGES (including and sister in law (Mrs. title page), each of which portray a different historical scene and military figure, Cohn) had both died. either carrying a drum or a horn. Done with much detail and bold, vivid colors The rest of the letter this is a very beautiful book in excellent condition. $1500.00 refers to her books and her life’s work with Indians. In part: “I’m glad Edith gave you In Navaho Land. Let us talk only of those happy days in the Southwest when all of us had the privilege of knowing the Navajos, the Hopi and the Zunie. I have many photographs, precious ones, here in my room...”. Also included is a typed letter dated November 1931 from a teacher to Armer’s sister in law Mrs. Morris Cohn thanking her for sending Waterless Mountain and discussing how inspiring it was. $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 7 [email protected] ART (ORIGINAL) - 42, 71, 118, 182, 191, 248, 250, 263, 278, 388, 404, 458 INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH 6 LETTERS 28. AVERILL,ESTHER. ADVENTURES OF JACK NINEPINS. NY: & ART DECO - 54, 96, 97, 180, 185, 186, 187, 339, 366 Brothers. (1944). 6 1/4 x 8 1/2”, cloth, fine in frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st ART NOUVEAU - 193, 194 ARTHURIAN - 223 edition. The successor to Averill’s Jenny Linsky, Jack Ninepins is a humanized bowling pin that has many adventures. Illustrated by Averill in color. This copy SIGNED BY ARTZYBASHEFF is from the of Bertha Mahony Miller with her bookplate. Miller was a key 25. ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS AND PADRAIC COLUM. CREATURES by Padraic figure in children’s literature and founder of the Horn Book Magazine. Nice 1sts Colum. NY: Macmillan 1927 (1927). 8vo (6 ½ x 9 ½”), cloth backed decorative boards, in dust wrapper are rare.. LAID IN ARE 6 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM near Fine in dust wrapper with some chips and mends on verso. 1st edition. A book of AVERILL TO HELEN FAY [JUNEMAN], BOOK STORE OWNER AND LECTURER creature poems by Colum, illustrated by Artzybasheff with striking, bold woodcuts ON CHILDREN’S BOOKS. BEGINNING IN 1969 AND ENDING IN 1977, (full page and smaller). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY ARTZYBASHEFF. $225.00 SEVERAL OF THE LETTERS REFERENCE THE OTHER TITLES IN THE CAT . In one she writes: “ The Hotel Cat is my first cat book in nine years. It celebrates the old Cat Club crowd, most of whom are no longer with us.” In several others she discusses Jennie Lindquist, children’s book author and editor of Horn Book Magazine. After college, Averill moved to Paris and founded the Domino Press publishing the highest quality children’s books. When she moved back to the states, the press continued for several years and then Averill worked in the children’s department of the New York Public Library. Some time later she began writing her books about a New York City cat named Jenny Linsky. $1200.00

DOROTHY LATHROP’S COPY WITH CARD AND POSTER 26. ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS. AS I SEE. NY: Dodd Mead 1954 (1954). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), tan cloth, VG+ in chipped dust wrapper with some mends on verso. 1st edition. This is a of drawings and paintings by Artzy., half of which were made especially for this book and all of which have to be seen to be believed. At once fantastic and satirical, there are some fabulous humanized machines that defy description. INCLUDED WITH THIS IS A CHRISTMAS GREETING POSTER FROM THE ARTZYBASHEFFS MEASURING 13 ½” WIDE X 12”. TITLED “RETRACTABLE, RADAR CONTROLLED, AUTOMOTIVATED CHRISTMAS TREE” THAT HAS AN INTRICATE AND BIZARRE ILLUSTRATION. ALSO, LAID IN IS A GREETING CARD INSCRIBED TO DOROTHY LATHROP FROM BORIS AND ELISABETH ARTZYBASHEFF WITH AN ILLUSTRATION ON THE COVER. $800.00

AVERILL, ESTHER SEE ALSO 392, 394, 395

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 29. BAILEY,CAROLINE SHERWIN. MISS HICKORY. NY: Viking and Junior Literary Guild 1946 (1946). 8vo, red cloth, 2 edges dusty else Fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly soiled, slightly frayed but VG+). 1st edition, Guild selection. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated with charming lithos by Ruth Gannett. $150.00

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ATLAS - 265

27. ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE. BOO-BOOS AT HONEY SWEET FARM. Dundee, London, Montreal: Valentine, no date, circa 1922. 12mo (4 ½ x 5 3/4”), boards, pictorial paste-on, some foxing and cover soil else VG. Illustrated by Attwell with pictorial endpapers, 14 color plates plus many green line illustrations of Attwell’s little fairies. Very scarce. Attwell see also 31. $1000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

AUSTRALIA - 330 914.764.7410 Pg 8 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 4 BOOKS IN BOX / PEAT, DIANA THORNE, JANET LAURA SCOTT BEAUTIFUL COPY OF 1st/1st MARVELOUS LAND 30. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO [in] HI-HO STORY 33. BAUM,L.FRANK. . Chicago: Reilly & BOX. Akron: Saalfield ca 1942. There are 4 books, 9 1/4 X 10 1/4” eachin Britton 1904. 4to, red pictorial cloth, 287p., 6 tiny margin mends, front hinge fine condition in the original publisher’s pictorial box. Each of the bookshas sightly rubbed but not weak, occasional margin soil and slight cover soil else a pictorial wrapper duplicating the covers. Sambo is illustrated by FLORENCE near FINE AND BRIGHT. FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE in B binding with WHITE WILLIAMS with 6 color illustrations, 9 black & whites, pictorial red cloth titled in dark blue on spine panel and in blue and silver on front cover, endpapers plus covers in color by Eleanor March. The other titles include the spine with a decorative image of General Jinjur standing atop an emerald. Mother Goose by Fern Bisel Peat, One Happy Day by Janet Laura Scott and Baby 1st issue sheets, with no publication date on the copyright page, the illustration Animal Stories illus. by Diana Thorne. Rare and wonderful.. $1250.00 on page [4] in large format, illustrations on page [22] and page [27] in reverse order - likewise the tailpieces on pages 82 and 158. Illustrated with numerous full and partial page black & whites, 16 color plates on glossy stock inserted throughout the text block. by J.R.NEILL and photo-pictorial endpapers of Montgomery and Stone. This is a beautiful copy of the rare first/first and in reality, rarer than a first/first of the Wizard. HG II. $12,500.00

INSCRIBED BY ATTWELL WITH WATERCOLOR 31. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1921. Thick 4to, blue. cloth, slight fade spots on covers else VG+ Illustrated by MABEL LUCY ATTWELL with 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates and many black & whites in-text. This copy is INSCRIBED BY ATTWELL WITH A LOVELY FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR OF A BABY MERMAID PLAYING WITH BUBBLES! A special copy, Attwell’s watercolors in books being exceedingly scarce. $2750.00 34. BAUM, L.FRANK. DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1908). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on with gold background, spine stamped in black and silver with all upper case imprint, ads through John Dough, slight edge and cover rubbing else near Fine and bright with the metallic background of the cover plate in nice shape. 1st edition 1st state in primary binding with longer spine imprint. Hanff Greene IV. Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 16 captioned color plates. A beautiful copy. $2500.00

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BARRIE, JAMES ALSO 377, 378, 449

RARE SET OF HUMANIZED BASEBALL DIE-CUTE BOOKS 32. BASEBALL INTEREST. TRAVEL STORIES OF FAN, FAN-IE, GINGER AND LITTLE STITCHES: THE BASEBALL KIDS the Smallest Baseball Team in the World by Valrie McMahan. Alexandria, VA: Children’s Library 1933. 3 books, volumes One, Two and Three, each die-cut in the shape of a humanized baseball child INCLUDING A BLACK BASEBALL KID. One is slightly out of register else nearly AS NEW CONDITION! First edition (the later have Doll University imprint in Burlingame, CA instead of Virginia). Each book has 6 fine full page color illustrations including the covers plus black & whites in-text. The stories involve simple adventures that these little baseball people have as they go to various places. It is rare to find all three books together in such nice condition. $1200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 9 [email protected] FINE IN DUST WRAPPER 1ST ISSUE BAUM AND PARRISH 35. (BAUM,L.FRANK) JACK PUMPKINHEAD OF OZ by . 39. BAUM,L.FRANK. . Chicago: Way & Williams Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1929). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 252p. + 2 p. ads, (1897). 4to (9 ½ x 11 1/4”, 265p., grey pictorial cloth stamped in color on both FINE+ in dust wrapper (dw with a few tiny closed tears else fine, ads through this covers. Slight cover soil, a few inconspicuous small archival margin mends and title). 1st edition. (HG XXIII) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with pictorial endpapers some wear at inner hinge (not weak), really an excellent, clean copy. First edition, and 12 color plates. A magnificent copy, rarely found so clean in a nice dw. first issue (all 16-page signatures except for the last two gatherings, terminal $2000.00 leaf (not terminal page) concluding on [268], striped headbands. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK WITH ’S ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALSO L. FRANK BAUM’S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK FOR CHILDREN! Illustrated by MAXFIELD PARRISH with wonderful color pictorial covers, pictorial title page, plus 12 black and white plates. For the text, Baum retells many classic nursery rhymes in story format. This is a beautiful copy of one of the most desired of all children’s books. The first issue is extremely hard to find. See catalogue of Schiller auction #4). (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $6,750.00

36. (BAUM,L.FRANK) PIRATES IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1931) 4to, medium green cloth, pictorial paste-on, VG+. 1st ed, 1st state (H-G XXV), illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 12 beautiful color plates (coated one side) plus b&w’s in-text. A nice copy. $850.00

BAUM SEE ALSO 311

BEARS - 19, 98, 209, 254, 277, 331, 404, 453, 454

MOTHER GOOSE PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 40. (BEDFORD,F.D.)illus. BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES. NY: Doubleday McClure 1897. 8vo (7 x 9 7/8”), boards, 91p., light rubbing, Near Fine. First edition. LIMITED TO 1030 NUMBERED COPIES FOR AMERICA. Engraved and 37. BAUM,L.FRANK. . Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1911). 8vo, printed by Edmund Evans. Classic nursery rhymes are illustrated by Bedford green cloth, pictorial label featuring the faces of the three main characters, with 22 rich and beautiful full page color illustrations and with decorations on slight cover rubbing and a few tiny random spots else near fine. 1st edition, 1st text pages as well. A lovely Mother Goose book with charming illustrations. issue in first state binding (with last 2 lines transposed on p.95 & and lines 14 $425.00 & 15 transposed on p. 105) of this non-Oz fantasy. Illustrated by J. R. NEILL with cover label, pictorial endpapers plus 12 duotone plates surrounded by green #40 iridescent pictorial borders plus many full page and partial page black & whites. This is a really nice copy of wonderful fantasy tale. $950.00

38. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BANDIT JIM CROW by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1906). 12mo, pictorial cloth, [63]p., slight shelf wear, VG+. 1st edition of this Twinkle Tale, illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s sister) with 15 full page color illus. plus color title page. Nice copies are hard to find. $700.00

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATED / WRITTEN BY DR. SEUSS’S WIFE 41. BEGINNER BOOK. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO NEXT SATURDAY? by . NY: Beginner Books 1963. 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing, VG-Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with a few small closed tears. 1st edition. A little boy does everything he’s ever wanted to do, Illustrated with exuberant photos by Lynn Fayman. $125.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WONDERFUL BEMELMANS WATERCOLOR HOTTENTOT - SOUTH AFRICAN FABLES USED IN THE GOLDEN BASKET 45. BLACK INTEREST. (AFRICA) REYNARD THE FOX IN SOUTH AFRICA; OR HOTTENTOT FABLES AND TALES trans. from original manuscripts in the 42. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. THE GOLDEN BASKET: ORIGINAL ART. library of Sir George Grey Offered here is a wonderful original watercolor by Bemelmans that appears in by W.H.I. Bleek. London: reduced format on page 81 of the book. Published by Viking in 1936 the story Trubner 1864. 8vo, green is about the adventures of 2 little girls and their father who move into the cloth, xxxi, 94 p. + ads, Fine. Golden Basket Hotel in Bruges, Belgium. The image measures 11” wide by 8” 1st edition. 42 fables divided high, done on artist board and is in very good condition. The background to the into eight sections such image is this: On an outing with the hotel owner and his son, the boat that the as Tortoise fables, Jackal family was on capsized. They managed to crawl into a museum where their wet fables, Lion fables, Sun and clothes were taken. The two little girls settled into a coach but the owner’s Moon fables, Household son was in a sleigh on display. The picture shows two ladies visiting the military tales, Heitsi Eibip and other exhibit in the museum where the sleigh was displayed. They were shocked at legends - all translated from the mysterious noises coming from the sleigh, convinced that a dead person was the original native African in there. The colors are rich and the image quite detailed. The Golden Basket Hottentot. In a most is a Newbery Honor title and is notable also for having the first appearance informative and lengthy of , who is pictured and featured on 6 pages. Bemelmans’ original preface by the translator, art from books is not easily found. This piece comes from the collection of a it is noted that “children... woman well known in the 40’s and 50’s as a graphic designer, art director and whose taste has not been illustrator who was personal friends of Bemelmans. Sold with a copy of the book. spoiled by the poison of (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $8000.00 over-exciting , will always be amused by the quaintly expressed moral lessons...” An unusual and fascinating book in excellent condition. $275.00

46. BLACK INTEREST. (FANTASY) TIGER ISLAND by Margaret Ross. London: Gawthorn no date, circa 1940. Oblong 4to, cloth, VG in dust wrapper (dw worn). 1st edition. The dust wrapper reads that this is: “The story of a Nigger Boy and a Tiger” and their adventures. Wonderfully illustrated with many full page bright color illustrations by the author. $200.00

47. BLACK INTEREST. (FIEDLER,MAGGI) CORKY’S CBS COLOR TELEVISION TIE-IN PET PARADE written and 43. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. A TALE OF TWO GLIMPS. (NY: Columbia illustrated by Maggi Fiedler. Broadcasting System) [1946]. Oblong 4to (9 x 7 7/8”), pictorial boards, slight NY: Pied Piper Books (1946). toning of covers and slight wear to spine ends else near fine with the original 4to, boards, Fine in slightly plain paper dust wrapper. Published by CBS to promote color television, this is worn dust wrapper. This the story of the lives of two creatures called “glimps”, one of which has a color relates the adventures of television and the other has only a black and white set (and guess whose life is a little Black boy, his pet better?). Illustrated in full color and b&w on every page. Laid in is a CBS card chicken and his friends of describing the book. Scarce with the wrapper. $800.00 every race. Illustrated in color throughout. Interesting for its presentation of racial harmony and depiction of Corky as just one of the kids. $200.00

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BERRY, ERICK - 466 BIANCO, PAMELA - 478

BIRCH, REGINALD - 65 BIRDS - 208, 262

STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS 44. BLACK INTEREST. (AFRICA) DAS MAMPAMPEBUCH by H[ermann] Abeking. Leipzig: Abnel & Muller, no date. circa 1921. 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge rubbing and light soil, VG+. Printed on thick board pages on one side of the page only, this is the Sambo like story about a little African boy who disobeys his mother and gets chased up a tree by a lion. The lion meets a gruesome end. Illustrated by Abeking with colorful, stylized and stereotypical drawings on every page. There are fanciful endpapers as well. Great picture book, very uncommon. $1500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected]

48. BLACK INTEREST. BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 122, 172, 210, (MYERS,WALTER DEAN). 214, 215, 320, 339 HARLEM. NY: Scholastic Press (1997). Folio, pictorial boards, new in dust wrapper. BLAKE, QUENTIN - 107 1st edition. The story of Harlem is written by Myers and illustrated by CHRISTOPHER MYERS 52. BOUTET DE MONVEL, M. LA with fabulous color collages. CIVILITE PUERILE ET HONNETE. Caldecott Honor. THIS Paris: Plon Nourrit, no date [1892]. Oblong COPY IS SIGNED BY 10 3/4 x 9”, gold pictorial cloth, slight BOTH MYERS’ AND HAS soil, VG. One of Boutet de Monvel’s most A SIGNED POSTER LAID- sought after titles, each page features IN. $125.00 color illustrationd portraying children whose parents are trying to teach them manners, but who don’t respond quite the way their parents want them REMARKABLE COPY OF RARE VERSION to! $275.00 49. BLACK INTEREST. (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS) DIE ZWOLF NEGERLEIN von F[ritz] Gareis. Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, no date, circa 1927. Oblong narrow 4to (10 x 4 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH dust wrapper. 1st edition. The text is a variation of the traditional 10 Little 53. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M)illus. GIRLS AND BOYS by Anatole France. NY: Niggers rhyme, this being the 12 Little Niggers. Printed on rectos only, each Duffield 1913 (1913). 4to (8 page has a fabulous color illustration by Frtiz Gareis showing the misfortunes of 3/4 x 11 3/8”), cloth backed the little boys that reduces their numbers one by one. This is a fantastic copy yellow pictorial boards. of this title, rare in the dust wrapper. $1350.00 Corners worn, covers lightly soiled, VG condition. First edition in English of M. Boutet de Monvel’s Filles et Garcons. The 12 color plates retain the French captions with the English translation printed on tissue paper facing the plates. Illustrations are also in- text. First editions are quite scarce. $300.00

BOXED LIBRARY - 30, 124

54. BRADLEY,WILL. PETER POODLE: toy maker to the King. NY: Dodd Mead, 1906. (Oct. 1906) 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge, corner & cover wear, neat rear hinge repair, VG. First edition of one of the most DIE-CUT HEADS - SWISS/GERMAN TEXT imaginative children’s 50. BLACK INTEREST. Z’AH CHYLNI NEEGERLI [TEN LITTLE COLORED books. Illustrated by BOYS]. Zurich: Neue Bucher A.G. Verlagsbuchhandlung, no date, circa 1945. Bradley with 26 full Oblong 4to (9 x 8”), pictorial boards, near Fine. The text of this version is in page color illustrations Swiss-German, a dialect of German spoken in the northern parts of Switzerland plus many, many in text that border Germany. Attached to the top of every page is a cardboard cut-out color illustrations. head in color of a little Black boy, so that as each page is turned, the number Written by Bradley as decreases according to the text of the counting rhyme. Illustrated with 8 full well as illustrated by page rich color illustrations by an unknown hand. $475.00 him, this is a fantasy tale set in Toyville. Scarce. $1100.00

BRANDYWINE ARTISTS - 39, 326, 327, 333, 368-9, 432-4, 467, 489 - 495

55. (BRANSOM,PAUL)illus. AN ARGOSY OF FABLES selected & edited by F. T. Cooper. NY: Stokes (1921), not 1st. Thick 4to (8 ½ x 11”), 485p., blue pictorial cloth, name on verso of frontis else Fine condition in dust wrapper (dw has pieces off spine ends and corner of front panel). Arranged in categories, there are hundreds of fables from many eras and many lands including Aesop, Phaedrus, Babrius. Hindoo, Persian, Chinese, Armenian, Turkish, Polish, English, American Indian and more. Illustrated by Bransom with 12 richly colored and very beautiful color plates plus lovely pictorial endpapers. Really a 51. BLACK INTEREST. (TOBAGO) MOUSEKNEES by William White. NY: nice book. (Realms of Gold (1939). 8vo, 144p., cloth, VG+ in frayed dust wrapper. This is the p.105) $250.00 story of a little boy with an inquiring mind, set in Tobago and illustrated by AVERY JOHNSON with stylized almost art deco full page black & whites. $150.00 BRIDGMAN,L.J. - 426 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED BY BROWN CHRISTMAS AND CATS WITH 59. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. PUSSYCAT’S CHRISTMAS. NY: Thomas CHARMING DRAWING Crowell 1949. Square small 4to (7 1/4”), cloth, fine condition in dust wrapper 56. (BROWN,MARCIA)illus. (dw VG condition, not price clipped, a few chips). 1st edition, first printing. DICK WHITTINGTON AND Christmas as seen through the eyes of a cat, illustrated with lovely full page HIS CAT. NY: Scribner and smaller color lithographs by Helen Stone. A scarce Brown first edition. 1950 (1950 A). 4to (8 x 10 $375.00 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in nice dust wrapper rubbed at fold and with a piece missing from spine ends. 1st edition. CALDECOTT HONOR. Illustrated with wonderful linoleum cuts by Brown. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROWN “To Joanna In memory of Lloyd with best wishes from another cat lover - Marcia” next to which she has done an ink drawing of a smiling cat in a cloud. See Bader p. 316-17. $750.00

TYPESCRIPT ANNOTATED BY BROWN FOR GARTH WILLIAMS 57. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. SAILOR WAS A DOG. Offered here is a five page typescript on 8 ½ x 11” paper of Margaret Wise Brown’s book “Scuppers the Sailor Dog” later shortened to “The Sailor Dog” 60. BROWN,PALMER. CHEERFUL. NY: Harper Brothers. (1957). 12mo (4 1/4 first published in 1953. The typescript title here is “ The Sailor Was x 6”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper frayed at top of backstrip else near Fine. 1st A Dog.” Along the top and right wide margins is a fantastic inscription edition of the third of only 4 books by Brown - this is a fairy tale starring a city from Brown to Garth Williams who illustrated the book! It reads: mouse named Cheerful. Illustrated with exquisite full page color illustrations and equally as lovely black and white drawings of the utmost delicacy and refinement. “Dear Garth. Here is an early version of Scuppers the Sailor Dog. It has a lot of See Bader p. 492-3, AIGA best book 1955-57 p.23. $275.00 my changes - the little boy in the front house’s original words / which were S & S’ed out of the final version. But this gives you the gist & drift & flotsam & jetson BROWNING, ROBERT - 382 of the story - I want you to see this version anyway. The final one, however is more of a book - just to show you how hard I work.” Beneath this Brown has INSCRIBED NAVAJO STORY drawn a little rabbit reading a book titled “Books Galore.” Material like this by 61. BUFF,MARY & CONRAD. DANCING CLOUD the Navajo boy. NY: Viking Brown almost never appears on the market. The manuscript is housed in a custom (1957). 8vo (7 ½ x 10 3/4”), cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. First half morocco box along with a later edition of the published book. $3000.00 thus. First published in 1938, for this edition Mary Buff has altered the story and Conrad has drawn additional illustrations. The book describes everyday life of Dancing Cloud and his sister Lost Tooth, members of the Navajo tribe, Illustrated by Conrad Buff with beautiful lithos in shades of gray and black. This copy is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH OF THE BUFFS. It reads: For Mildred - in appreciation of her home-steading pioneer courage - her good humor - her skill with children & books - her cooking - her flute playing & her own good individual self. Mary Marsh Buff, Conrad Buff February 1957. $200.00

RARE MARGARET WISE BROWN PSEUDONYM / INSCRIBED BY ILLUS. 58. [BROWN,MARGARET WISE]. THE MAN IN THE MANHOLE AND THE FIX-IT MEN by Juniper Sage. NY: William R. Scott 1946. 4to (8 x 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, corners worn and slight chipping to spine paper, overall VG. 1st edition of this rare Brown book written with Edith Hurd. One of Scott’s creative education books, this shows what “fix-it men” do underneath the streets and in the air. Marvelously illustrated by Bill Ballantine in color, this copy is also INSCRIBED BY BALLANTINE! Apart from being an illustrator, Ballantine’s fascination with the circus led him to becoming a professional clown along with Emmett Kelley for Ringling Brother’s Barnum and Bailey Circus. See Bader p.391 who calls this “a lark with a firm superstructure in fact.” Rare. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1850.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected] INSCRIBED BY BURNETT INSCRIBED BY THE WITH WATERCOLOR BY BIRCH BUFFS 65. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. 62. BUFF,MARY & CONRAD. NY: Charles Scribner 1911 (1911). 8vo (6 3/4 x 9”), blue cloth, pictorial HURRY, SKURRY, & paste-on, top edge gilt, corner of blank endpaper clipped else near FLURRY. NY: Viking 1954 Fine. 1st edition with illustrations in color, illustrated by REGINALD (1954). 8vo (7 x 10 1/4”), BIRCH with 12 color plates and with pen and inks throughout. cloth, Fine in slightly worn This copy is INSCRIBED BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT to Robert Newell dust wrapper. 1st ed. THIS Reid on the free endpaper. Then on the half title is a LENGTHY INSCRIPTION COPY HAS A LOVELY FROM REGINALD BIRCH presenting a humorous fictional interchange between INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY characters from Little Lord Fauntleroy and the recipient of the book. Below the BOTH CONRAD AND MARY inscription is A CHARMING WATERCOLOR BY BIRCH DEPICTING SIX OF THE BUFF. The story involves 3 CHARACTERS FROM THE BOOK! This is a super copy of this Peter Parley To baby squirrels, beautifully Penrod title. $1500.00 illustrated with full page and smaller lithographs in brown tones. $150.00

INSCRIBED BY THE BUFFS 63. BUFF,MARY AND CONRAD. HAH-NEE OF THE CLIFF DWELLERS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1956 (1956). 8vo (7 3/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth, Fine in a VG dust wrapper with a small piece off backstrip, slight fraying. 1st ed. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED BY EACH OF THE BUFFS. This is an Indian tale set in the 13th century in the Four Corners Area where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. Beautifully illustrated with full color and black and white lithos. $150.00

BULL, RENE - 215

INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING - GOOP NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 66. BURNINGHAM,JOHN. GRANPA. 64. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOP TALES ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. NY: Frederick NY: Crown Pub. (1984). Oblong 11 x 9”, Stokes (1904). 4to, (8 x 10 1/3”), blue pictorial cloth, Fine. This is a wonderful Pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. ABC book involving Burgess’s famous naughty children who just don’t do what they First American edition with 1-10 should. Each letter represents a different behavior pattern ( “L”=LEMEETRI; code. The story is about a little girl’s “T”=TUCHIM & TAKIM) with a separate alphabet for boys and girls. Illustrated relationship with her grandfather. with great line illustrations. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BURGESS “DON’T Lovely color illustrations throughout. BE A GOOP!” SIGNED BY HIM WITH DRAWINGS OF 3 GOOPS $1200.00 $75.00 MODERN RARITY 67. BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE. MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1939 (1939). Oblong 4to (9 ½ x 8 ½”), pictorial cloth, a few tiny margin mends and hinge wear else near fine in an amazingly bright price clipped dust wrapper with only a few tiny closed edge tears and 1/4” chip off top of spine. First edition, first printing of this classic, illustrated with rich colors by the author to accompany the wonderful story of an Irish steam shovel operator and his beloved steam shovel Mary Anne. Burton, along with Sendak and McCloskey is among the handful of author/illustrators of picture books whose talents were equally accomplished in both aspects of creating a successful children’s book. Bader (p.199-201) says that “Burton knew exactly what she wanted in a picture book, hers or another’s, and she wanted a good deal - information and significant detail as well as the accustomed clarity, humor and imagination. The wonder is that she achieved what she wanted without losing the spontaneity...” The result is that her books were read to tatters so not many collectible 1st editions of this title exist. This is a nice copy. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $8000.00

BURGESS, THORNTON - 71 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED AND DATED BY BURTON WONDERFUL HARRISON CADY ART 68. (BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE)illus. THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES by 71. (CADY,HARRISON)illus. ORIGINAL ART Offered here is a selection of . Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1949 (1949). Small 4to (7 wonderful original pen and ink drawings by Cady all of which appeared in the New x 9”), cloth, slight bit of cover soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG-Fine, not York Herald Tribune in 1955 to illustrate Thornton Burgess’ Bedtime Stories. price clipped, very slight wear to spine). 1st edition. Each page is illustrated in All of Burgess’ beloved characters are represented in fine detail. The images color to accompany Andersen’s classic fairy tale. THIS COPY HAS A WARM measures 5 x 6” and are signed by Cady. All are captioned in Cady’s hand. A INSCRIPTION BY BURTON ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE, DATED AUGUST 1949. photocopy of the published image with story is also provided for all but one. Inscribed copies of this title are rare and this is a beautiful copy. $850.00 Priced individually each $850.00

A. Peter Rabbit and Honey Bee. The caption reads: “That was your cousin, Honey Bee, said Peter”. Appeared March 28, 1955. B A

INSCRIBED BY BURTON 69. BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE. CALICO THE WONDER HORSE :or the saga of Stewy Stinker. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1950 (1941,1950). Oblong 8 ½ x 6”, B. Snowfoot the Woodmouse and a Turtle. Two mice are adrift at sea in a tomato pictorial cloth, light spotting else VG+ in dust wrapper with 2 old tape marks, a can. The caption reads: “He saw that little mouse”. Appeared August 19, 1955. few very small chips but still attractive and VG. Originally published in 1941, this new edition was redesigned and this is a 1st edition. Printed on 8 different C. Hooty Owl. The owl sits on a branch. The caption reads: “Hooty the Owl had colors of paper and wonderfully illustrated on every page to accompany the heard those two drumming.” Appeared April 19, 1955. zany adventures of this horse from Cactus County. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED D BY BURTON, DATED 1950. (See Bader p. 202-3). Firsts in dust wrapper are C extremely scarce, inscribed copies are rare. $1500.00

D. Peter Rabbit. Peter is walking in a field. The caption reads: “It is! It is a dandelion!” Appeared March 23, 1955.

E. Grandfather Frog. The caption reads: “ Grandfather Frog doesn’t believe in working.” Appeared May 27, 1955. F

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SIGNED BY BURTON 70. BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE. MAYBELLE THE CABLE CAR. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952 (1952). Oblong 9 ½ x 9”, pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ price clipped dust wrapper. First edition. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY VIRGINIA LEE BURTON ON THE TITLE PAGE. When the city of San Francisco wanted to discontinue using cable cars, the people rose up and succeeded in keeping them in use. Illustrated in color F. Paddy the Beaver. Paddy builds a dam. The caption reads: “It could be worse, said on each page by this award Paddy. Yes sir, it could be worse.” Appeared March 14, 1955. winning illustrator. $1200.00 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER - 138, 213, 450, 499

CALDECOTT AWARD HONOR - 48, 56, 190, 415 CALIFORNIA - 70 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] GLASGOW SCHOOL OF 1ST ED. INSCRIBED BY CARROLL TO HIS SISTER ART 75. CARROLL,LEWIS. PHANTASMAGORIA AND OTHER POEMS. London: 72.(CAMERON,KATHERINE) Macmillan 1869. 8vo (5 x 7”), 202p., blue cloth with gilt decorations, all edges gilt. illus. LEGENDS AND Two signatures sprung, light fraying to spine ends, spine and covers darkened a STORIES OF ITALY bit, VG condition in a custom cloth clamshell box. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED ON FOR CHILDREN by Amy THE HALF-TITLE BY DODGSON TO HIS SISTER, MARY DODGSON! It reads: Steedman. NY & London: “Mary C. Dodgson with the author’s love, Jan. 1869.” According to his diary, he Putnam & Jack, (1909). 8vo sent out 28 copies on January 7, 1869 to his friends and family so presumably (7 x 9 ½”), cloth backed gilt this is one of those copies. Judging from his letters, he and his sister Mary were decorative boards, top edge very close. She got married a few months after Phantasmagoria was published gilt, Fine. 1st U.S. edition. and it was her son Stuart who wrote the first biography of Carroll published in 6 stories and 10 legends 1898. This is a special . $7500.00 are accompanied by 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates by Cameron (whose work is reminiscent of Jesse King.) $250.00

CANADA - 395

EARLY ERIC CARLE 73. (CARLE,ERIC)illus. THE BOASTFUL FISHERMAN by William Knowlton. NY: Alfred Knopf (1970). Oblong 10 1/4 x 8 1/4”, cloth, light soil on inner edges else VG in dust wrapper (price clipped, faded on edge, slight fraying, VG). The village fishermen compete to see who is the best fisherman. Illustrated with wonderful color linoleum blocks on every page. $150.00

CARTOONS - 184, 329

INSCRIBED BY DODGSON * IN RARE BINDING * WITH AN ACROSTIC 74. CARROLL,LEWIS. RHYME? AND REASON? London: Macmillan 1893. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4”), white vellum stamped in gold with picture of the ghost on the cover, 214p., all edges gilt, minor insect damage on hinges else clean, tight and VG+ in custom clamshell box. 1st edition and in the RARE PUBLISHER’S VELLUM BINDING for presentation. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED 1ST ED. INSCRIBED BY CARROLL ARTIST / FRIEND BY CARROLL IN PURPLE INK TO A DEAR FRIEND: “Emmie Wyper [Drury] THOMAS HEAPHY With the affectionate regards of her old friend the Author November 14, 76. CARROLL,LEWIS. PHANTASMAGORIA AND OTHER POEMS. London: 1885”. Emmie (Emily) Drury (her married name was Wyper), her 2 sisters Minnie Macmillan 1869. 8vo (5 x 7”), 202p., blue cloth with gilt decorations, all edges gilt. and Ella and their parents met Carroll on a train and began a close friendship Except for light fraying to spine ends, this is in near Fine condition in a custom that lasted for 25 years. There are several notes about them in the Letters cloth clamshell box. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY of Lewis Carroll. On the free endpaper, Emmie has re-written in beautiful DODGSON TO THE ARTIST THOMAS HEAPHY THE YOUNGER. It reads: “T. calligraphy, an acrostic that had been written for one of the sisters on Aril 6, Heaphy, Esq. With the author’s kind regards, Jan. 1869.” According to his diary, 1876 in her copy of the Snark. Since the acrostic features all of them, Emmie he sent out 28 copies on January 7, 1869 to his friends and family so presumably apparently wanted the acrostic in a book she owned. The first letters of each this is one of those copies. Thomas Heaphy the Younger was a well regarded artist line spell out their names. It begins with “Maidens if you love the tale...”. The whose name figures heavily in Dodgson’s journal entries for late 1868 and 1869 and text of Rhyme and Reason? contains poems, several of which appear here for who appears sporadically in his letters. During this time Dodgson was negotiating the first time, and others of which are reprinted from Phantasmagoria and the purchase of Heaphy’s painting “Dreaming of Fairyland” in which the depiction Snark. Illustrated in black and white by A.B. FROST and HENRY HOLIDAY. of young girls appealed to him. This is a super association copy. $5000.00 See WMGC 160 who do not cite this binding”. This is an interesting copy. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $7500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 1ST ED. INSCRIBED BY CARROLL INSCRIBED BY DODGSON TO ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY 78. CARROLL,LEWIS. SYLVIE AND BRUNO. London: Macmillan 1889. 8vo 77. CARROLL,LEWIS. PHANTASMAGORIA AND OTHER POEMS. London: (5 ½ x 7 3/8”), bound by Reviere in full blue calf with extensive tooling on the Macmillan 1869. 8vo (5 x 7”), 202p., beautifully bound by Riviere in full blue calf spine, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and with the original covers bound in the back. with extensive gilt tooling on spine, gilt rules on covers, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt First edition, xiv, 400p. + ads, except for a few tiny marks on cover this is in and with the original covers bound in. First edition, first issue with p.94 printed Fine, bright condition. 1st edition. (WMG 217). INSCRIBED BY DODGSON IN correctly, in Fine condition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DODGSON ON THE PURPLE INK ON THE HALF-TITLE: “Lady Harrington with the kindest regards FLYLEAF: “To the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster with the author’s kind from the Author. December 12, 1889.” (Lady Harrington was most likely married regards, Jan. 1869.” Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was a noted scholar, author and Dean to Charles W. Stanhope from the line of Earls of Harrington). This is a fairy of Westminster from 1864 until his death in 1881. Dodgson and Stanley were story based on characters from a story that Carroll wrote for Aunt Judy’s acquaintances at Oxford and later were mutually friendly with Henry Liddell, the magazine in 1874. Wonderfully illustrated by HARRY FURNISS with full and father of Alice Liddell for whom Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written. partial page drawings (using his daughter Dorothy as the model for Sylvie). This, Although Stanley was a controversial figure, he was close to members of the with Sylvie and Bruno Concluded is considered by WMG “the last considerable royal family and his wife was closely associated with Queen Victoria. Dodgson work issued by Dodgson.” (p.164). This is a bright and beautiful copy made extra photographed Stanley and that photo is now in the National Portrait Gallery (UK). special by the inscription. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $3500.00 This is a beautiful copy of a solid association copy. $6500.00 INSCRIBED BY DODGSON 79. CARROLL,LEWIS. SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED. London: Macmillan 1893. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ½”), red cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, offsetting on half-title and tissue guard foxed else near Fine and bright. First edition (contents lists 8 on p.110, preface p.1 line 4 lists Locket on p. 405). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DODGSON IN BROWN INK ON THE HALF- TITLE: “Mrs. Dubourg, With the Author’s sincere regards. Dec. 27, 1893.” The Dubourgs’s name comes up more than several times in the Journals and Letters of Lewis Carroll. Mr. Dubourg was an author and playwright who tried to get “Alice” produced on the stage. Carroll seemed especially interested in their daughter Evelyn who was either 10 or 12 when they first met. He stayed with the family and continued to see them over the years. Sylvie And Bruno Concluded is the sequel to Sylvie And Bruno published in 1889. It is a fairy story based on characters from a story that Carroll wrote for Aunt Judy’s magazine in 1874. Wonderfully illustrated by HARRY FURNISS with full and partial page drawings (using his daughter Dorothy as the model for Sylvie). This, with Sylvie and Bruno is considered by WMG “the last considerable work issued by Dodgson.” (p.164). This is an excellent copy with an interesting association. $3750.00

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INSCRIBED BY DODGSON 80. CARROLL,LEWIS. SYLVIE AND BRUNO. London: Macmillan 1889. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ½”), red cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, front gutter and right edge have small holes, rear corner soft, spine gilt dulled, preliminary pages foxed, overall really VG in custom chemise and ½ leather slipcase. First edition, xiv, 400p. + ads. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DODGSON IN PURPLE INK ON THE HALF-TITLE: “Mrs. Dubourg, With sincere regards from the Author. December 12, 1889.” The Dubourgs’s name comes up more than several times in the Journals and Letters of Lewis Carroll. Mr. Dubourg was an author and playwright who tried to get “Alice” produced on the stage. Carroll seemed especially interested in their daughter Evelyn who was either 10 or 12 when they first met. He stayed with the family and continued to see them over the years. Sylvie And Bruno is a fairy story based on characters from a story that Carroll wrote for Aunt Judy’s magazine in 1874. Wonderfully illustrated by HARRY FURNISS with full and partial page drawings (using his daughter Dorothy as the model for Sylvie). This, with Sylvie and Bruno Concluded is considered by WMG “the last considerable work issued by Dodgson.” (p.164). This is a nice copy with an interesting association. $3250.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] BOXED EDITION OF “ALICE” 83. CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK AND OTHER 81. CARROLL,LEWIS. (HUDSON) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. POEMS. NY: Harper & Bros 1903 (1903). 8vo (6 x 9”), white imitation vellum NY: Dial (1935). 8vo (7 ½ x 9 ½”), green cloth, color plate on cover, 181p., fine stamped in gold, light cover rubbing, near fine. First Newell edition. Illustrated condition IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER AND BOX (both show by PETER NEWELL with tissue guarded color frontis plus 39 other fabulous some minor wear). A new edition with these illustrations, featuring 12 fine color plates done in Newell’s uniquely comic style. There is also a lovely pictorial border plates by GWYNNED HUDSON and with a profusion of wonderful black & whites on each text page done by Robert Murray Wright. A beautiful copy. $350.00 all throughout the text. One of the best illustrated editions of this classic, rarely found with the dw and box. $400.00

TRUE 1946 FIRST OF ’S ALICE 84. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PEAKE) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Stockholm / London: Continental MOSER’S ALICE Book Co. Zephyr Books 82. CARROLL,LEWIS. (MOSER) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. (1946). 12mo (4 3/4 x Berkeley: Univ. California 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, Press (1982). 4to (9 x 13 347p., [2] plus Contents ½”), red cloth, 146p., top page. Fine condition in dust edge red, Fine, no slipcase. wrapper that is slightly frayed at top of spine. Deluxe issue of the first First edition in English of trade edition, one of 750 the MERVYN PEAKE Alice, copies with an extra WOOD illustrated by him with 66 ENGRAVING SIGNED BY full and partial page black MOSER housed in a separate and whites. Peake’s version red slipcase. This engraving was not published in London was done just for this deluxe until 1954 (using 65 of edition and does not appear the 66 illustrations with in the Pennyroyal Press several redrawn or altered). edition. Printed on fine paper Rare. $1500.00 and featuring wonderful engravings by Moser CASPARI, GERTRUDE - 192 (one fold-out). A great CATS - 15, 28, 56, 59, 165, 169, 178, 338, 430, 470, 471, 482 edition. $400.00 CHAPBOOKS - 147, 150, 151

INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING BY CHAPPELL #80 - previous page & WITH LETTER LAID-IN 85. (CHAPPELL,WARREN)illus. PETER AND THE WOLF by Serge Prokofieff. NY: Alfred Knopf (1940). Oblong 4to (10 x 7 3/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in faded dust wrapper with a few mends. Stated 1st edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY CHAPPELL WITH A LOVELY DRAWING OF PETER. LAID IN IS NOTE SIGNED BY CHAPPELL ON HIS PERSONAL STATIONERY WITH MAILING ENVELOPE Illustrated with bright full page color illustrations and black & whites by Chappell. The text is in calligraphy and there is musical notation as well. Super copy. $400.00

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY - 443 CHINA - 96, 213, 348, 365, 429 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 LIMITED / EDITION WITH CARD LAID-IN 86. (CHARLOT,JEAN)illus. CARMEN by Prosper Merimee. NY: Limited Editions 90. CHRISTMAS. Club 1941. 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/8”), buckram spine and stunning marbleized silk (McLOUGHLIN) NELLIE’S cloth, near Fine in slipcase with some soil and short splitting. LIMITED TO CHRISTMAS EVE by 1500 COPIES. Translated from the French, this is a Gypsy story by Merimee, Miss Fanny Wight. NY: not based on the opera. Illustrated with 37 stunning color lithographs drawn on McLoughlin Bros. 1908. the plates by Charlot. LAID IN IS THE CHARLOT’S PERSONAL CHRISTMAS 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, CARD WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY CHARLOT ON THE FRONT. On the other some spine rubbing else side is a typed personal note mentioning Jean, signed by Charlot’s wife Zohmah. VG+. Each page is mounted This is a beautiful book from cover to cover. $450.00 on linen. This Christmas story is told in verse in the cadence of the Night Before Christmas and is illustrated with full and partial page chromolithographs. $275.00

RARE RAG BOOK 91. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Akron: Saalfield no date circa 1910. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 ½”), cloth, [18]p. including covers, slight bit of fraying, VG+. Illustrated in color on every page in typical turn of the century style and printed 87. (CHARLOT, JEAN)illus. THE BOOK OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS by entirely on cloth. (“They may Paul Clandel. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1930 (1930). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4”), be washed And the colors cloth, Fine in worn dust wrapper with mends and chips. 1st edition. Illustrated will not run, A child can chew by Charlot with more than 100 color drawings and stunning deco endpapers. An them And have lots of fun”). early work by him. See Bader p.265. $300.00 Rare. $600.00

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GREAT SANTA STECHER LITHOGRAPHS 92. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE IMITATION) HOW SANTA FILLED THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS by Carolyn Hodgman. Rochester: Stecher Lith. Co. 1916. Folio (7 5/8 x 13 3/4”), flexible pictorial card covers, VG- Fine. The text in verse is an imitation of Moore’s Twas Night Before Christmas. Illustrated with beautiful color lithos by W.F. Stecher. SIGNED BY CHARLOT WITH CARD FROM FAMILY 88. (CHARLOT,JEAN)illus. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton $200.00 Wilder. NY: Limited Editions Club 1962. 4to (7 x 11”), morocco backed buckram, Fine in slip case (case is soiled on top edge 2inches on side panel with some scraping of paper. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CHARLOT. CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 59, 116, 121, 169, 237, 258, 281, 349, 352, 396 Illustrated by him with striking full page color lithographs drawn the plate by Charlot. LAID IN IS A PERSONAL CHRISTMAS CARD FROM THE CHARLOTS CINDERELLA - 164, 169, 420, 472, 475 SIGNED BY JEAN CHARLOT with a printed illustration by him. Inside there is a typed Christmas message signed by Zomah, Charlot’s wife. $175.00 CIRCUS - 132, 277, 338, 356, 394, 453 CIZEK, F. - 193, 194

AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING - XYLOGRAPHY 89. CHRISTMAS. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS for our dear little ones by Miss 93. CLARK,ANN NOLAN. Rosa Mulholland. Ratisbon, LITTLE NAVAJO BLUEBIRD. New York Cincinnati: NY: Viking 1943 (1943). 8vo Frederick Pustet (1875). 4to, cloth backed pictorial (7 x 9”), cloth, narrow fade boards, edges rubbed else spot on spine else near Fine in VG+. Printed on rectos dust wrapper (dw frayed some only, there are 15 very at spine ends and corners, fine and beautiful full page VG). Stated first edition. color illustrations by L. This fictional story is based Diefenbach richly executed on Clark’s close association in Xylography by H. Knoefler. with Indians. Illustrated in Text of a religious nature is brown tones by PAUL LANTZ. integrated into the picture. A beautiful and unusual Firsts in dw are very scarce. book. $400.00 ANNE CLARK SEE ALSO 226. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] RARE VELLUM LIMITED EDITION OF CLARKE’S ANDERSEN 94. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London: George Harrap, no date, [1916]. Tall thick 4to (8 1/4 x 11 ½”), FULL VELLUM WITH GILT COVER, top edge gilt, slight spotting on bottom edge and endpaper, near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 125 NUMBERED COPIES FOR ENGLAND AND AMERICA, SIGNED BY CLARKE AND HIS FIRST ILLUSTRATED BOOK! It is lavishly illustrated with 16 incredible color plates mounted on heavy stock (with lettered tissue guards), 24 full page black and white plates plus many decorative tailpieces. The illustrations are magnificent with detail unique to Clarke. This is a beautiful copy of an exceptionally rare book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $7500.00

95. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Brentanos, no date circa [1923]. Large thick 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge tinted black, others trimmed, no decoration on spine, 412 numbered pages, black endpapers, slightest bit of fading near Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed). The first edition of this title had no color plates. This is the color plate edition illustrated by Clarke with 8 beautiful tipped-in color plates, 24 detailed black and white plates and 26 other vignettes. Much scarcer than the more commonly found Tudor edition. Clarke’s style is perfectly suited to Poe’s text. $950.00

CLAY, JOHN CECIL - 201 CLOTH BOOKS - 91, 164, 274, 299-301

COCK ROBIN - 396 COLE, HERBERT - 161

ART DECO PINOCCHIO SEQUEL IN SPANISH 96. (COLLODI,CARLO). PINOCHO EMPERADOR. Madrid: Saturnino Calleja 1923. 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), stiff pictorial wraps, some soil, VG+. This is part of a series of sequels to Pinocchio. In this adventure he is captured by a tribe of Black natives and during his COONEY AND JEWETT WITH COONEY LETTER LAID IN escape, he impresses them 99. (COONEY,BARBARA) so much that they name him illus. THE WHITE HERON as their leader. Featuring by Sarah Orne Jewett. NY: bright Art Deco illustrations Crowell (1963 1-10 code). 6 by BARTOLOZZI. $125.00 3/4 “ x 9 ½”, cloth, fine in VG+ dust wrapper darkened ART DECO PINOCCHIO on edge of rear panel with SEQUEL IN SPANISH price intact. 1st edition, 97. (COLLODI,CARLO). first printing. A story of PINOCHO EN BABIA. Maine beautifully illustrated Madrid: Saturnino Calleja, in color by Cooney. LAID circa 1923. 4to (8 3/4 x IN IS A SIGNED CARD 11”), stiff pictorial wraps, WRITTEN BY COONEY light rear cover soil, VG+. responding to a collector’s This is part of a series of request to sign an exhibition sequels to Pinocchio. In this catalogue, giving the adventure he is oblivious collector her address. to the dangers that can $150.00 befall him. Featuring bright Art Deco illustrations by BARTOLOZZI. $125.00 #98 COLLODI, C. ALSO 125 COLUM, PADRAIC - 25, 472

WITH LOVELY LETTER FROM CONOVER 98. (CONOVER,CHRIS)illus. THE BEAR AND THE KINGBIRD translated from the Grimm Brothers by Lore Segal. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1979). 8vo (8 x 9 ½”), cloth, soil along inner edge of rear cover, VG in dust wrapper (soil on rear cover). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with absolutely wonderful color illustrations by Conover - full page, double page and partial page. LAID IN IS A CHARMING LETTER FROM CONOVER DISCUSSING HER BOOK “SIMPLE SIMON”, THANKING THE RECIPIENT FOR HER KIND WORDS AND WITH A LITTLE INK DRAWING. $125.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED BY COOPER CRANE’S HUMANIZED 100. COOPER,SUSAN. SILVER ON THE TREE. NY: Atheneum 1977 (1977). FLOWERS 8vo (6 x 9 ½”), cloth, 271p., 104. CRANE,WALTER. FLORA’S FEAST. London: Fine in dust wrapper with Cassell 1889. 4to (7 ½ x small closed tear and tiny bit 10”), cloth backed pictorial of wear to top if spine, price boards, 40p. + ads, tips worn intact. Stated 1st edition. else VG+. 1st ed. Written The fifth and final volume of and illustrated by Crane, there are beautiful color the acclaimed Dark Is Rising illustrations on every page fantasy series in which Will - all portraying humanized and Bran search for Eiras and flowers. Printed on one the Drews meet King Arthur side of paper (frenchfold), and prepare for battle. and a very lovely book. $400.00 THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY COOPER ON THE HALF- TITLE. $200.00 105. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. QUEEN SUMMER or the Journey of the Lily and COUNTING BOOKS - 49, 50 the Rose. London Paris Melbourne: Cassell 1891. BROWNIES IN DUST WRAPPER 4to, (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth 101. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century backed pictorial boards, Co. (1894). 4to (8 ½ x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, xi, 144p., edges and 40p., some mild edge extrems lightly rubbed, first 2 leaves scattered foxing else NEAR FINE IN rubbing, slight toning on ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (wrapper chip off front panel and edges, VG+. 1st edition. soiled). 1st ed. of the 4th Brownie book wherein these little imps travel to Printed on one side of the Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia and all over the world. A nice copy, rarely found paper frenchfold, each with the dust wrapper. $975.00 page features a beautifully intricate color illustration by Crane depicting humanized flowers. The calligraphic text is enclosed within a banner. A beauty. $475.00

INSCRIBED BY CUNNINGHAM WITH A POEM LAID-IN SIGNED BY NESS 106. CUNNINGHAM,JULIA and EVALINE NESS. MACAROON by Julia Cunningham. NY: Pantheon (1962). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, 64p., Fine in dust wrapper. First edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY CUNNINGHAM, SIGNED BY NESS AND HAS A SIGNED POEM BY CUNNIMGHAM LAID- IN. The story is about a raccoon and his adopted WITH COX SIGNATURE human friend. Beautifully 102. COX,PALMER. QUEER PEOPLE SUCH AS GOBLINS, GIANTS, MERRY- illustrated in color MEN AND MONARCHS AND THEIR KWEER KAPERS. Edgewood Pub. Co. throughout by Eveline Ness. (1888). 8 1/4 X 9 3/4”, pictorial boards, some edge wear and nice leather label on Cunningham had a traumatic spine, VG. Profusely illustrated on every page with Cox’s imaginative and detailed childhood that took her far creatures. THIS COPY HAS COX’S SIGNATURE ON THE FLYLEAF. $475.00 into adulthood before she could deal with the emotion. RARE CRANE FOLIO SIGNED She wrote 20 children’s 103. CRANE,WALTER. THE FIRST OF MAY: A FAIRY MASQUE. London: Henry books and one book of Sotheran 1881. Oblong folio (15 1/4 x 13 1/4”), margins trimmed and attractively poems. $300.00 rebound in cloth with cloth label and decorations from the original folder laid down, marbled endpaper, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED INDIA PROOF COPIES SIGNED BY CRANE (this is number 180). This is a fairy play dedicated to Charles Darwin consisting of 57 mounted folio sheets, each with delicate and SIGNED BY DAHL intricate photogravures of elves, frogs, flowers and more. The handwritten text AND BLAKE is in play format. Spencer notes that much of the art was done during a series 107. DAHL,ROALD. THE of visits to Sherwood Forest (p.82). A lovely and rare Crane work. $900.00 BFG. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1982). 8vo (6 ½ x 9 ½”), red cloth stamped in gold, As New In Original Cloth Slipcase. First edition. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ROALD DAHL AND THE ILLUSTRATOR QUENTIN BLAKE. The Big Friendly Giant takes Sophie to . Illustrated in black and white by Quentin Blake. $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] DAHL SIGNED / LIMITED VERY SCARCE D’AULAIRE EDITION 112. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. TOO 108. DAHL,ROALD. BOY: BIG. NY: Doubleday Doran 1945. 8vo (7 Tales of childhood. NY: Farrar x 7 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest bit of soil and edge rubbing else Straus Giroux (1984). 8vo VG+ in dust wrapper with a few archival (6 1/4 x 9 ½”), cloth, narrow mends on verso. Stated first edition. The flaw line in cloth on front story is based upon a letter written by cover else Fine in slipcase. their uncle to their son Ola. Its their first NUMBER 61 OF A LIMITED book for the very young child and a very scarce D’Aulaire title. Featuring beautiful EDITION OF ONLY 200 color lithos on every page (drawn on stone NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED by the artists and lithographed by Miller). BY DAHL . Stories from Dahl’s $400.00 childhood, illustrated with photos. $1000.00 INSCRIBED WITH FULL PAGE DRAWING 113. D’AULAIRE,INGRI AND EDGAR PARIN. THE TERRIBLE TROLL BIRD. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED WITH SKETCH BY LANE SMITH NY: Doubleday & Company (1976). Large 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in very 109. DAHL,ROALD. JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH retold by Karey Kirkpatrick. slightly worn dust wrapper. Stated first edition. This Norwegian folkloric NY: Co. (1996). Oblong 11 1/4” X 8 1/4”, brown cloth with tale was originally written in 1933 under the title Ola and Blaaken. Forty elaborate gilt pictorial design, As New in publisher’s cloth slipcase. First edition, years later the D’Aulaires published an entirely new version with the text re- Special limited edition of 1000 numbered copies signed by Lane Smith, written and with new illustrations in color and black and white. THIS COPY IS the illustrator, and Karey Fitzpatrick who adapted the text. It has a INSCRIBED BY THE D’AULAIRES WITH A FULL PAGE PEN DRAWING OF wonderful color lithograph that does not appear in the trade edition and TWO TROLL BIRDS on the free endpaper. $650.00 this copy also has a pen sketch signed by Smth on the half-title. Featuring quite fantastic full page color illustrations by Lane Smith who was the conceptual artist for the Disney film. The text was adapted by Karey Kirkpatrick who was the film’s screenwriter. $200.00

NEWBERY WINNER 110. DAUGHERTY,JAMES. DANIEL BOONE. NY: Viking Press 1939 (1939). 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), brown cloth, slightest bit of soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, no award seal, some edge and corner chips). 1st edition, (1st printing). Written by Daugherty and wonderfully illustrated by him with striking color 114. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BABAR’S VISIT TO BIRD ISLAND. NY: lithographs throughout. NEWBERY Random House (1952). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper AWARD WINNER. $400.00 chipped on edges. 1st edition. Babar, Celeste and the children visit the Island of Birds and have adventures. Wonderful, vibrant color illustrations on every page by de Brunhoff. Nice copy. $850.00

INSCRIBED BY D’AULAIRES WITH SKETCH 111. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. COLUMBUS. NY: Doubleday & Co., 1955. Tall 4to (9 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper (price clipped). Stated first edition. Illustrated with beautiful full page color lithographs throughout that are well printed. This copy is inscribed by the D’Aulaire’s with a pen sketch of Columbus.. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 DE LA MARE’S 1st BOOK INSCRIBED & WITH LETTER INDIAN FOLKLORE DOYLE FRONTIS INSCRIBED BY THE DEMINGS 115. [DE LA MARE,WALTER]. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD by Walter Ramal. 117. (DEMING,EDWIN)illus. RED London: Longmans Green 1902. 12mo, blue cloth stamped in gold, parchment FOLK AND WILD FOLK with Indian spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, 106p., Fine in custom cloth case. 1st folk lore stories by Therese Deming. edition of de la Mare’s first book using his pen name of Walter Ramal. The poems NY: Frederick Stokes (Sept. 1902). are for children of all ages, including Dame Hickory, As Lucy Went a Walking, 4to (8 x 10”), yellow cloth, pictorial etc. Illustrated with a gravure frontis by RICHARD DOYLE captioned “Under The Dock Leaves”. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DE LA MARE AND ALSO paste-on, slight soil else FINE. 1st HAS A 1 PAGE HAND-WRITTEN LETTER FROM DE LA MARE LAID-IN. The edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED book is inscribed by de la Mare to his friend J.N. Hart dated Jan 1942 and he AND SIGNED BY BOTH OF THE has written 12 lines of verse from his poem “Gone” which appeared in Bells and DEMINGS! Indian folklore stories Grass published the previous year. PLUS: Laid in is a handwritten letter on 2 for children are illustrated by sides of an 8vo sheet of paper that came to Hart with the book. It reads in part: “Dear Hart, “With you away this brightest day” - are you oft reminded of the noted Indian artist Deming with 12 old song? Of course it is a joy to scribble my name in the book and I’ve added color plates plus many half-tones the last rhyme in Bells and Grass just to bring things full circle as it were.... Its in text. Printed on coated paper. been ages since we met and I feasted my eyes on your gardens, etc.... It would Inscribed items by this pair are quite be delightful to come and lunch with you at the Constitutional, may I let you rare. $400.00 have a word when the chance offers.” and he ends “With all my good wishes for 1942, Your (?) W.J. de la Mare.” It is interesting to read how Doyle’s illustration came to be used. De la Mare’s brother in law introduced him to a literary agent DENMARK - 322, 334 who in turn introduced them to Andrew Lang, an advisor to the publisher. When Longmans decided to publish de la Mare’s book, Lang offered his prized Doyle watercolor for the book. De la Mare felt that if the poems were good enough, one’s imagination could provide the pictures, but as a newcomer he accepted the FANTASTIC DENSLOW ART offer. This is a special copy of a rare book. $1850.00 118. DENSLOW,W.W.. ORIGINAL ART: THE CORN DODGER FROM “THE PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN”. Offered here is the original pen and ink drawing by Denslow that appears as a chapter heading for Chapter 6 of The Pearl and the Pumpkin by Paul West, published in 1904 by Dillingham. The original is done on art paper measuring 9 1/4” wide x 12” high and is nicely framed to 14 x 16 ½”. There are pencilled production notes in margins and the piece is in Fine condition, signed by Denslow including his characteristic sea-horse. The image is the Corn Dodger, a humanized ear of corn that is wearing a crown and holding a strand of corn silk in his hand. It is much larger than it appears in the book and is a wonderful, fanciful image. $4000.00

INSCRIBED BY DE PAOLA 116. DE PAOLA,TOMIE. MERRY CHRISTMAS, STREGA NONA. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1986 BCDE). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Second printing. The second Strego Nona book with the old characters and some new ones as well. Illustrated by DETMOLD’S ARABIAN NIGHTS 119. (DETMOLD,EDMUND)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS. NY: Dodd Mead (1925). De Paola in bright colors. THIS COPY IS Thick 4to (8 X 10 1/4”), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 297p., offsetting INSCRIBED BY DE PAOLA ON THE TITLE on front endpapers and small corner of one tissue guard torn else near Fine. PAGE. $100.00 1st American edition of this masterful work, illustrated by Detmold with 12 incredibly beautiful mounted color plates with tissue guards plus pictorial title page and black and whites in-text. It is interesting to note that the black and white illustrations do not appear in the U.K. edition. $1100.00 DEFOE, DANIEL - 490 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 [email protected] ONE OF THE RAREST MOVEABLES COMPLETE WITH UNCUT WADDLES! 120. (DETMOLD,EDWARD) 123. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY EN LAS CARRERAS [ WADDLE illus. FABRE’S BOOK OF BOOK]. Barcelona: Editorial Molino (1935 segunda edicion). 4to, pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. THIS COPY IS ORIGINAL AND INTACT. INSECTS retold by Mrs. IT INCLUDES THE 4 WADDLE FIGURES UNPUNCHED, AND THE PICTORIAL Randolph Stawell. London: BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE COVER! THE ORIGINAL PRINTED Hodder & Stoughton, no PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION ENVELOPE CONTAINS THE RAMP AND THE date [1921]. Thick 4to, (9 x BRASS FASTENERS. Stamped “Archivo” on the instruction envelope, this copy is undoubtedly the publisher’s file copy which would account for its spectacular 11”), white cloth pictorially condition. The American edition published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Press is the stamped in gold, fore first ever “waddle” title in which die-cut figures can be assembled into full three edge has a few spots else dimensional color figures. When attached to their legs with the brass pieces included, the figures can actually move down the ramp without contrivances! Fine in dust wrapper with Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Mickey, mounted color plate (dw is Minnie, (the dog) and Tanglefoot (the horse). The book is illustrated by frayed with a 2x3” piece the Disney Studios with color endpapers, 12 bright full color illustrations and many b&w’s. This Spanish edition is identical to the American edition except for off corner). Illustrated by the translated text. This is a Disney book of the utmost rarity with few copies Detmold with 12 magnificent surviving complete with all of its original components intact. $8750.00 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards. A beautiful copy, scarce in the dw. $600.00

LOVELY EDITION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” 121. DICKENS,CHARLES. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. London, New York, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, no date (owner pencilled date of 1912). 4to (7 ½ x 9 3/8”), red cloth with extensive gilt decoration and pictorial paste-on, some fraying at spine ends and spine slightly toned else VG. This edition is illustrated by A.C. Michael with 13 full page illustrations including 8 tipped-in color plates, 5 full page pen and inks plus smaller illustrations in text as well as pictorial endpapers. This is a lovely book. $225.00

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED 122. (DILLON,LEO AND DIANE) AIDA told by 5 BOOKS IN ORIGINAL COLOR PICTORIAL BOX Leontyne Price based 124. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE BOX: FIVE BOOKS OF ADVENTURE on Verdi’s opera. San STORIES WITH MICKEY AND HIS FRIENDS. Racine: Whitman 1939. Diego: Harcourt Brace Housed in a box measuring 10 ½” wide x 10” are 5 books oblong 5 ½ x 5”. The Jovanovich (1990). 4to books have cloth spines and brightly colored pictorial covers, front and back. (10 1/4 x 11 1/4”), purple The books are in as new condition, the box has neat small repair on flap and is gilt cloth, Fine in slipcase. slightly dusty else near Fine. The titles include The Brave Little Tailor, The Ugly LIMITED TO ONLY 250 Duckling, , Mother Pluto and The Farmyard Symphony. Each COPIES SPECIALLY page of text faces a full page black and white illustration by the Disney Studios. BOUND AND SIGNED This is an amazing set of Disney books, rare in the box. $1250.00 BY PRICE AND THE DILLONS. Magnificently illustrated in color by the Dillons. . $200.00

#119 previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 24 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 6 MINT PINOCCHIO BOOKS IN BOX BULLDOGS BY VERNON STOKES 125. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY’S BOX OF SIX PINOCCHIO BOOKS. 129. DOGS. A TOWN DOG IN THE COUNTRY by Vernon Stokes. (London: Racine: Whitman Publishing Co. 1939, 1940. This is a group of 6 story / paint Chambers), no date, circa books, one for each character from Carlo Collodi’s classic book, all housed in 1924. Folio (10 x 12”), the original pictorial box. The books measure 8 ½ x 11 ½” and are in fine, unused pictorial boards, narrow condition. Titles include: Pinocchio, Figaro and Cleo, Geppetto, J. Worthington 1/16th inch strip of Foulfellow, Gideon the Blue Fairy and . The child can read the darkening on corner of story and color the black and white pictures if he/she so chooses. A beautiful some pages else Fine in dust set, rarely found complete in the box. $875.00 wrapper. The adventures in the country of a wonderful “city” bulldog named Blobbs is told in verse. Illustrated by Stokes with 10 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with more full page black and whites. This is an outstanding copy rarely found so intact with the dust wrapper. $800.00

DOGS SEE ALSO 15, 247, 338, 388, 457

BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED FULLER PAPER DOLLS 130. DOLLS. (PAPER) PHOEBE, THE COTTAGE MAID. London: S. and J. Fuller 1811 (dated 1811 on cover of book and on slipcase, 1812 on title page). 16mo (4 x 5”), printed wraps, FINE in original slipcase with edges strengthened. Containing 7 very fine aquatinted and hand-colored figures, one head and two 126. DISNEY,WALT. ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1. hats. The story relates the daily life of a peasant girl. She reappears in the : McKay (1931). 8vo, cloth backed stiff pictorial card covers, slight next title in the Fuller series by becoming the wife of Hubert, The Cottage cover soil, near FINE AND BRIGHT! An early Disney item with fabulous color Youth. See Osborne p.1053, Gumuchian 2024-5, NBL 789 and Haining p.14-15 illustrations on every page of text. $1000.00 who notes that these Fuller books “were expensive even for the period ... are now exceedingly difficult to find.” A scarce title in this prized series. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $3850.00

DOLL HOUSE IN A BOOK 131. DOLLS. (NOVELTY) MY DOLLY’S HOME (BIDDIE’S ADVENTURE) by Doris Davey after Helen Waite. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton for Arts EARLY DISNEY IN DUST WRAPPER and General, (1921). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 127. DISNEY,WALT. THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK some cover soil and light stain on the bottom of a few leaves else tight and VG, NUMBER 2. Philadelphia: McKay (1932). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN DUST complete with the two sheets of paper doll figures uncut. There are 8 pages WRAPPER (dw neatly repaired). Illustrated with color pictorial endpapers and of text followed by vibrant color lithographed scenes (53) which follow the color illustrations by the Disney Studios on every page. This is a really nice copy story. As each different part of the story is described, the reader uses the of a very scarce and early Disney book, rare in the dw. $1800.00 corresponding paper doll figures to re-enact the scenes as they progress from outside the house into the various rooms of the house. The rooms have doors and DISNEY SEE ALSO 353 cupboards that open up into hiding places for the dolls, and each room is finely detailed with stylish furnishings of the era. A wonderful book, scarce. $850.00 BULLDOG ILLUSTRATED BY B. PARKER 128. DOGS. BLOBBS AT THE FAIR by Vernon Stokes and B. Parker. London: Chambers, no date, circa 1920. Folio (10 x 12”), pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing else Fine in dust wrapper. The misadventures of a wonderful bulldog named Blobbs at the fair are told in verse. Illustrated by Stokes and B. Parker with 11 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with more than 12 full page black & whites. This is a fantastic picture book, rarely found in such bright condition with dust wrapper. $800.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 25 [email protected] DOLLS SEE ALSO 130-1, 207, 266, 339, 342, 419, 470 DULAC’S SIGNED / LIMITED “TEMPEST” 135. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE TEMPEST by . DOYLE, RICHARD - 115 London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Large 4to, full gilt vellum binding, silk ties renewed, top edge gilt, near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED WITH INTERESTING LETTER FROM DU BOIS COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates 132. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. THE GREAT GEPPY. NY: Viking 1940 (1940). on heavy stock. A magnificent copy of a sumptuous book. $2500.00 4to (7 ½ x 10”), striped cloth, 92p., VG+ in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is a circus- detective story illustrated with 22 color drawings and 48 black and whites by Du Bois. LAID-IN IS AN INTERESTING 1 1/3 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM DU BOIS DATED JULY 10, 1939: “When I last saw you, you said something about a letter from a child who objected to the fact that Geppy only had one eye. You said you had sent that letter to my New York address. I haven’t received it yet and I am quite worried about it because I would like to answer the child’s letter and also because you might have enclosed my check for the second installment. Would you please look it up and let me know about it. If you sent me the name and address of the child I could answer him, or her without seeing the letter. Sincerely yours, Bill Pene du Bois. P.S. Also I have much need for the check.” See Bader p.176. DU BOIS SEE ALSO 429. $600.00

DUMMIES ( BOOK MOCK-UPS) - 182, 263, 278, 388

RARE DUPLAIX PICTURE BOOK WITH HUMANIZED PIGS 136. DUPLAIX,GEORGES. GASTON AND JOSEPHINE IN AMERICA. NY: Oxford University Press (1934). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), pictorial boards, small spot on cover else Fine in VG++ dust wrapper. First edition. These wonderful French pigs take a trip to America. Because they spend all of their money on Fifth Avenue in New York City they must find work to support themselves. They travel out West where they become movie stars and take all of the prizes in a Wild West Rodeo. Written and illustrated by Duplaix with the text in calligraphy and featuring full page and large partial page color illustrations throughout. Printed by Rudge. This is an unusually fine copy in a scarce dw. 133. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE DREAMER OF DREAMS by The Queen of First editions in this condition are rare. See Bader p. 278. $950.00 Roumania. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1915]. 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), grey gilt cloth stamped in blue, circular fade spot on rear cover (not visible with dust wrapper on) else Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw frayed with some soil but VG). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 6 beautiful tipped-in color plates with tissue guards to accompany a magical fairy tale. Quite scarce in dw. $750.00

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DULAC IN DUST WRAPPER 134. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold by L. Housman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1907]. Thick large 4to (9 x 11”), gilt decorated cloth, xvi, 133p., Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper with mounted color plate (soiled area on dw). First edition in this preferred format, illustrated with the 50 beautiful tipped in color plates with guards interspersed throughout the text instead of all together at the back of the book. This is a beautiful copy of an increasingly scarce book, rarely found with the dust wrapper. $2200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 26 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 DUTCH INTEREST - 146, 407, 488 HAND COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS 140. EARLY AMERICAN. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INSCRIBED AND WITH LETTER CORONATION REGALIA OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND; WITH THE 137. DUVOISIN,ROGER. THE HOUSE OF FOUR SEASONS. NY: Lothrop DEGREES AND COSTUME OF DIFFERENT RANKS. Philadelphia: Morgan and Lee and Shepard (1956, Yeager, no date, circa 1825. Printed wraps 4 1/4 x 7”, some offsetting and slight 11th printing). 4to (8 1/4 x foxing, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 12 very fine hand colored 10”), pictorial cloth, durable copperplate engravings full of detail. Rosenbach 665. Very scarce. $1500.00 binding for library use, Fine in dust wrapper with a few small edge chips. Artfully illustrated by Duvoisin in bright colors on every page. This copy is inscribed by Duvoisin plus laid-on is a handwritten letter to a fan and an unused greeting card with an original design of 2 penguins on the cover. This is a special copy of a very scarce Duvoisin title. $200.00

VERY SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER 138. (DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. WHITE SNOW BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin Tresselt. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1947. 4to (9 x 10 ½”), pictorial boards, Fine condition in nice dust wrapper with a few small closed tears, not price clipped, award seal). 1st edition, 1st printing. Wonderful color illustrations are on every page by Duvoisin. This is an excellent copy of the 1948 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, very difficult to find in any condition. $950.00 NEWBURYPORT 1797 141. EARLY AMERICAN. DR. WATTS’S PLAIN AND EASY CATECHISMS FOR CHILDREN AND PRESERVATIVE FROM THE SINS AND FOLLIES OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH: To which is added the SHORTER 1787 ISAIAH THOMAS AMERICAN CATECHISM with EXPLANATORY NOTES: NAUGHTY CHILDREN also, some short PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN. 139. EARLY AMERICAN. THE JUVENILE BIOGRAPHER; containing the Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt 1797. 16mo lives of little masters and misses; including a variety of good and bad (3 1/4 x 5 ½”), leather backed wooden boards characters. By a little biographer. The First Worcester Edition [attributed covered with paper, iv, [5]. 6-154p., lacks to Richard Johnson by Welch]. Worcester, Massachusetts. Isaiah Thomas ..., free endpapers, paper on boards worn off Sold also by. ; E. Battelle, Boston 1787. 32mo, (2 ½ x 3 7/8”), viii [9] 10-119 on corner of front cover, spine ends chipped, [120], [4]p. ads, [4]p. blank. Two faint blind stamps on title, occasional spot some foxing, tight and VG. First edition, else VG in (later?) floral patterned paper wraps, housed in custom cloth box. meant “to furnish some introductory easy and First American edition from British John Newbery title. Fictitious biographies concise forms of knowledge... upon the minds of various naughty and good children meant to teach morals. Illustrated with of children in a way more suited to their 20 woodcuts, tailpieces & ornamental rules including a frontis cut titled “The feeble capacities.” Evans 33167, not in Welch Bust of the Little Author”. The stories include: Miss Betsey Allgood -- Master or Rosenbach. $1200.00 Bill Bad-enough -- Miss Nancy Careful -- Master Sammy Careful -- Miss Fanny Daudle – Master Billy Easy -- Miss Polly Charity -- Master Simon Lovepenny – Miss Betsey Pert -- Master Dickey Sprightly -- Miss Charlotte Thoughtful -- Master Jenny Studious -- Miss Amelia Lovebook – Master Isaac Curious -- Miss Fiddle Faddle – Master Billy Bashful -- Miss Fanny Squeamish -- Master Tommy ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NAUGHTY BOYS Prudence -- Miss Polly Honeycomb -- Master Francis Bacon. See Rosenbach 119, 142. EARLY AMERICAN. LITTLE PRATTLE OVER A BOOK OF PRINTS, Evans 20440, Welch 680.1. Quite scarce. $1950.00 WITH EASY TALES FOR CHILDREN. Philadelphia: J. Johnson 1808. 3” x 5 1/4”, marbled wraps, 60p.. some chipping and a few tiny mends, light soil, VG+. First American edition. The text is composed of short cautionary stories, many about cruelty to animals and naughty boys. Illustrated with fine woodcuts throughout the text. The text is taken from Darton and Harvey’s 1804 edition, however there is a change for the American edition referring to the Fourth of July in the story about Playing With Gunpowder. Rosenbach 372, Shaw and Shoemaker series 2 () 15439. Quite scarce. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 27 [email protected] CHAPBOOK - CUT OF “A MUSIC AND EXERCISE JEW” ON REAR COVER 143. EARLY AMERICAN. CALISTHENIC SONGS ILLUSTRATED. FOR THE 147. EARLY ENGLISH. THE USE OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS by Flora Parsons. NY: HISTORY OF THE HOUSE Ivison, Blakeman Taylor (1869), Oblong 7 x 5”, gilt lettered cloth, 68p. plus THAT JACK BUILT. index, light shelf wear, VG+. Nearly every page of musical notation faces an London: Houlston & Son, illustrated page of calisthenics with detailed directions. The author explains no date, circa 1820. 24mo that the music, the lyrics and the calisthenics were all original done specifically (2 ½ x 4), pictorial wraps, for this book. $200.00 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The traditional nursery rhyme is illustrated with woodcuts on each page plus cuts on both covers. The rear cover has a cut titled “A Jew” showing a stereotypical Jewish man with beard and hat carrying a box of wares for sale. $350.00

HAND-COLORED MOTHER GOOSE 148. EARLY ENGLISH. BYSH’S EDITION OF NURSERY RHYMES. London: Printed by T. Richardson for J. Bysh, no date but owner inscribed 1828. 3 ½ x 5 ½”, pictorial wraps, 36p., bound in later marbled boards, top and bottom margins 1797 BALTIMORE of front cover trimmed, final leaf 144. EARLY AMERICAN. DAS KLEINE DAVIDSCHE PSALTERSPIEL DER lacking a piece from the bottom KINDERS ZIONS, von alten und neuen Auserlesenen geists Gesängen, allen resulting in the loss of a few lines wahren Heilsbegierigen Säuglingen der Weisheit, insonderheit aber denen of text on each side, housed in a Gemeinden des Herrn, zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen custom cloth clamshell box. 52 in gegenwärtigbeliebiger nursery rhymes are illustrated Form und Ordnung. Nebst with 6 fanciful full page hand- einem dreyfachen, darzu colored engravings, each page nützlichen und der Materien with 2 pictures. Most of the halben nöthigen Register. rhymes although familiar are Zweyte verbesserte auflage, definitely different from the Baltimore: Samuel Saur versions we know today. The 1797. 8vo, full leather, metal final 10 pages have select pieces clasps, 572p. [+ register], such as My Mother, My Sister, bound with Die Kleine Harpe etc. $275.00 dated 1792. Normal rubbing and wear, VG. A popular book 1808 FLOWER FAIRIES - HARRIS PUBLICATION first published in Germany 149. EARLY ENGLISH. FLORA’S GALA. London: J. Harris 1808. 4 x 5”, bound in 1791, “ The American without wrappers in later full leather binding with gilt design, leather slightly edition also became quite bowed else Fine. 4 lines from Darwin’s Botanic Garden are on the title. The popular with some sects, text in verse tells about the flower fairies’ gala. Illustrated with 6 fine hand- Dunkers, Mennonites, etc.” colored copperplate engravings, well printed by H. Bryer. Scarce and quite Curiously, although the book lovely. See Moon 291. $1200.00 is dated 1797, the second section is dated 1792 and the owner inscription is dated 1792 as well. Evans 31815. $1500.00

145. EARLY AMERICAN. PORTFOLIO FOR YOUTH by Robert Ramble [John Frost]. Philadelphia: J. Crissy 1835. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), leather backed boards, xvi, 17-352p., ink from owners name bled through to 2 leaves, spine ends worn, edges rubbed, some foxing, tight and VG. First edition (and probably only edition). Written as a series of stories and fables by Captain Ramble for his nephew Frank Hearty and illustrated with numerous engravings. Robert Ramble was the pseudonym of John Frost, a prolific author in the mid 1800s. $300.00

KENDREW CHAPBOOK 150. EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK [by Richard Johnson]. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 7/8”), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 14 woodcuts to accompany this tale of a worthy orphan, also includes Little Boy Blue rhyme integrated HAND-COLORED WITH NAUGHTY BOY BEING SPANKED into the story. Osborne 146. EARLY DUTCH. PRENTENBOEK [by] H.J. T. Matveld. Leyden ca 1840. p.270. See Opie Collection 16mo, printed wraps, fine. A nice hand-colored Dutch picture book for children Treasures of Childhood with each page featuring a fine illustration with a caption. One in particular p. 10 for others in this shows a bare bottomed boy being hit with a broom by his mother. $300.00 series. $175.00 914.764.7410 Pg 28 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 #153 KENDREW “JACK DANDY” CHAPBOOK 151. EARLY ENGLISH. JACK DANDY’S DELIGHT OR THE HISTORY OF BIRDS AND BEASTS; IN PROSE AND VERSE. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 4”), yellow wraps, 16p., Fine. Illustrated with 13 woodcuts to accompany text. “Handy spandy, Jacky Dandy, Loves plum-cake and sugar candy, He bought some at the Grocer’s shop, And pleas’d, away went hop, hop, hop.” Osborne p.98. See Opie Collection Treasures of Childhood p.10 for others in the series. $175.00

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3 ALEXANDRA EXTER PERE CASTOR PANORAMAS EXTER,ALEXANDRA. PANORAMAS. Offered here are 3 Pere Castor RARE EARLY AUSTRIAN PICTURE BOOK panoramas illustrated by Russian emigré artist ALEXANDRA EXTER and ENGRAVED BY NEIDL published in Paris by Flammarion. All have text by Marie Colmont. The panoramas 152. EARLY GERMAN. NEUESTE KLEINIGKEITEN FUR LIEBE JUGEND EIN measure 9 3/4” square bound in pictorial card covers, opening to 8 feet. One side BILDERBUCH ZUM NUZEN UND BERGNUGEN. Vienna: Johann Neidl, no of the panorama has a striking full color illustration. The other side has the text date, circa 1810. Oblong 8 ½” x 6 3/4”, original marbled wraps with printed label, and is illustrated in black & white. In his article on Russian emigré artists (DAPA title page plus 6 leaves, near Fine condition. Each of the 6 pages printed on one Winter 1989), A. L. de Saint-Rat comments about Pere Castor books: “If a break side, has 20 fine hand colored engravings of a wide variety of things: children was to be made in format and style, Exter was to make it in the grandest manner... playing different games, animals, musical instruments, clocks, weapons, flowers [the panoramas] are masterpieces of graphic design unsurpassed to this day.” and more. There is short text in verse at the bottom of each page. Johann Neidl, Priced individually at $525.00 who published this book, was also a highly regarded engraver best known for his portraits of Beethoven and Haydn. He also engraved the illustrations for this 153. PANORAMA DE LA COTE. (THE COAST) 1938. slight soil VG+. book. Rare. $2000.00 154. PANORAMA DE LA MONTAGNE (MOUNTAIN) 1938. Slight soil, VG+.

155. PANORAMA DU FLEUVE (RIVER) 1937. Slight soil VG.

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CHEWING GUM PIXIES 156. FAIRIES. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TEABERRY. Pittsburgh: Clark Chewing Gum Co. (1944). 4to (8 X 10 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of tip wear else fine in dust wrapper with corner chip. The story tells of a little boy who meets a family of pixies in the woods. Teaberry- Ticklebeard is the King of the Pixies and he, along with Chicle, Tickle, Nickle, Dixie, Rixie and Nixie, take the little boy on a guided tour of how they produce Clark chewing gum in Teaberry Town. Illustrated in typical 40’s style in bright full colors by Ben Jorj Harris. LAID IN IS AN INTERESTING EDUCATION - 11. 143. 192 EICHENBERG, FRITZ - 169 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER explaining “This book was prepared.. before the paper ELEPHANTS - 356, 401 EMBERLEY, ED - 3 shortage became acute and we subsequently stopped production on it so that we ENGLEBRECHT - 335 ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT - 38 only have a limited supply now.” Great ESKIMO 171 EVANS, EDMUND - 40 copy. $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 29 [email protected] LOVELY HUMANIZED HERBERT COLE ILLUSTRATIONS BUTTERFLIES 161. FAIRY TALES. FAIRY GOLD: A BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH FAIRY 157. FAIRIES. BUTTERFLY TALES ed. by Ernest BABIES by George Butler. Rhys. London & NY: Dent & Chicago: Magill Weinsheimer Dutton 1906. Thick 8vo (6 x [1917]. 16mo (4 1/4 x 6”), 8”), gilt pictorial cloth, top pictorial boards, light soil edge gilt, 474p., light cover and spine rubbing, VG+. rubbing else VG+. First Every other page features edition of this outstanding the most wonderful and book of nearly 70 fairy unusual humanized butterfly tales of English origin. fairies - many representing Illustrated by HERBERT different nationalities. COLE with 12 color plates Includes a Black Pickaninny and 70 beautiful drawings butterfly eating watermelon, with the color work Brown Malays, American similar to Walter Crane Indians, Japanese and more! and the line illustrations Text is in verse. Quite reminiscent of Burne unusual. $250.00 Jones and Robert Anning Bell. First editions are rare. $450.00 NEW ZEALAND FAIRIES 158. FAIRIES. MAORI MOTHS by Margaret Wells. Wellington, N.Z.: Harry Tombs, no BEAUTIFUL TRADE BINDING date. 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, [27] 162. FAIRY TALES. HOUSEHOLD TALES AND FAIRY STORIES. London, p., VG+. The story told in verse and prose New York and Manchester: is about tiny fairies of Aotearoa who battle George Routledge 1893 dragons that live in volcanos, and giants. (1893). Thick 8vo (6 ½ x Wonderfully illustrated. by EDNA KUALA 8 ½”), brown cloth with with 1 color plate, 4 black & white plates plus beautiful gilt pictorial cover numerous black & whites in text. A lovely fairy and spine, 567p., VG-Fine. book. $275.00 Nearly 50 fairy tales are included - traditional and 159. FAIRIES. ROSE FYLEMAN FAIRY lesser known. Illustrated BOOK. London: Methuen (1923). 4to, blue with over 100 very fine cloth, VG+. 1st edition. A book of fairy engravings by F.A. Fraser, J. poetry, illustrated by HILDA MILLER D. Watson, Alfred Croquill, with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates, J. Absolon, Harrison Weir, 12 delicate black and whites in text and H.K. Browne, John Gilbert pictorial endpapers. (See Meigs p.592 and others including 6 lovely and Realms of Gold p. 77). A lovely fairy full page chromolithographs. book. $475.00 Well printed and a fine example of a turn of the 19th century book of fairy tales. $300.00

FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES 163. FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES by Olivia McCabe. Chicago: Rand McNally (1911). Small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 133p., slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st edition. Six original fairy stories including the title, The White Cock of the Enchanted Palace, The Shoes of Silence, Fairy Twilight and the Princess, Prince of the Sun Bright Isle and The Little Girl and the Crow in Fairyland. Illustrated by HOPE DUNLOP with 12 beautiful color plates plus black & whites in-text and pictorial endpapers. $275.00 GERMAN BOOK OF FLOWER FAIRIES 160. FAIRIES. VOM ELFLEIN DAS SIENEN NAMEN VERGAS [THE ELF THAT FORGOT HIS NAME] von L. Schultz - Kunstmann. Dresden: Walter Flechsig (1936). 8vo (5 ½ x 7 3/4”), MCLOUGHLIN CINDERELLA boards, pictorial paste-on, 164. FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER. (book 31p., boards lightly toned cover reads “and”, first page reads “or”). NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa else VG+. 1st edition. The 1865. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), text is a fantasy taking place pictorial wraps highlighted in the forest where flowers in gold, mounted on linen, come alive. Illustrated Fine condition. This title in by Mathilde Ritter with 4 the Fairy Moonbeam Series beautiful color plates and 22 features 8 brightly colored charming color illustrations half-page illustrations that in-text showing a host of are well printed. Listed as humanized flowers, insects a “New Series” on the rear and more. Delicate and well cover. This book comes printed. $250.00 from a 19th century drug store whose contents were found intact which accounts FAIRIES SEE ALSO 27, 149, for the gilt cover retaining 163, 330, 344 its sparkle. Beautiful copy. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 30 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 HOLIDAY HOUSE BOXED SET WARNE INCLUDING NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 165. FAIRY TALES. (DICK 169. FAIRY TALES. A PRESENT FOR GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. WHITTINGTON) THE NY: Holiday House (1937). This is a set of 4 “stocking stuffer” books in the OLD BALLAD OF DICK original slip case. Titles include: The Night Before Christmas (illus. by Ilse WHITTINGTON. London: Bischoff), Old Woman and Her Pig / Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse (illus. by Warne, no date, circa Jack Tinker), Cinderella (illus. by Hilda Scott) and Dick Whittington and His 1870. 4to, wraps, slight Cat (illus. by Fritz Eichenberg). They measure 3 ½” wide x 5” high, cloth backed offsetting on text pages pictorial boards, except for edge toning on one book, all are in Fine condition else near fine. Each page is in the publisher’s pictorial slip case (small stain on case). Designed by Helen mounted on linen. Illustrated Gentry (formerly of the Grabhorn Press) and printed by Rudge, they are all with 6 very fine full page illustrated with charming color woodcuts. Little books for little hands that chromolithographs printed children find irresistible. This boxed set is rare. See Bader p.212 who describes by Kronheim. $300.00 the books in this series as “revolutionary little revivals.” $375.00

JACK & THE BEANSTALK STECHER LITHOS 166. FAIRY TALES. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. NY: George Sully (1920). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 1/4”), pictorial boards, slight spine wear else Fine IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX. Illustrated by W. Stecher with beautiful full page and smaller color lithographs including pictorial endpapers. Done in the same style and format of the Volland Sunny Books series, this is a great version of a classic. $125.00

1861 HAND-COLORED 167. FAIRY TALES. (THREE LITTLE PIGS) THREE TINY PIGS. London: Dean & Son, 1861. 4to (6 ½ x 9 7/8”), pictorial wraps, small part of spine rubbed else near Fine. Papa Please- Well Series. The traditional fairy tale about the 3 little pigs who leave home to build their own houses and their encounters with the WELSH FAIRY TALES Wolf. Printed on one side 170. FAIRY TALES. of the paper, there are 8 (WALES) WONDER TALES large 3/4 page hand-colored OF ANCIENT WALES by illustrations with the text Bernard Henderson. Boston: of the story below each Small Maynard [1921]. 4to, picture. The illustrations blue pictorial cloth, top used here are the same edge gilt, 166p., slightest as those in McLoughlin’s cover soil, VG+. 13 Welsh Three Tiny Pigs from the Mama Lovechild Series fairy tales, illustrated by with a different cover. DORIS WILLIAMSON Scarce. $500.00 with 8 wonderful color plates reminiscent of Anne H.J. FORD Anderson plus black & whites ILLUSTRATIONS in text. $250.00 168. FAIRY TALES. OLD FRIENDS AMONG THE FAIRIES: selected and edited by Andrew Lang. FAIRY TALES - 4, 60, 68, 94, 98, 133, 161-70, 197, 211-12, 236, 239, 241, London et al: Longmans Green 243-5, 249, 259, 274-6, 280, 322-4, 369-9, 375, 393, 404, 1926. 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 ½”), 420, 458, 472, 475 green pictorial cloth, VG+. 1st edition. 23 fairy tales from traditional to those RARE ESKIMO POLAR FANTASY - ANIMAL RIGHTS less known, are illustrated 171. FANTASY. ICE KIDS by Constance White. Chicago: M.A. Donohue (1910). by H.J. Ford with 4 beautiful 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges worn, some cover soil, tipped-in color plates, lovely overall VG condition with strong binding and internally Fine. This is the adventure dragon motif cover design of 2 Eskimo boys named Abba and Babba who are taken to the magical City of and pictorial endpapers. Rainbows under the sea ruled by the Great Walrus. In exchange for their lifelong Also featuring a profusion of safety the Walrus demands that they stop killing all animals and to eat only full page and smaller black vegetables and eggs which the Walrus would provide. Surviving many harrowing and whites by Ford, G.P. adventures the boys eventually arrive home. Printed on heavy coated paper, Jacomb Hood and Lanceclot there are many brightly colored full page and smaller illustrations by White done Speed. An interesting with a fanciful flair. This is a great American picture book, Rare. $600.00 and uncommon book of (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) tales. $175.00 FANTASY - 100, 160, 228, 246, 257 291, 296, 397, 435, 444, 451, 484

FARJEON, ELEANOR - 20 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 31 [email protected] SIGNED INSCRIBED BY FIELD 172. (FEELINGS,TOM)illus. SOUL LOOKS BACK IN WONDER. NY: Dial 175. FIELD,RACHEL. A LITTLE BOOK OF DAYS. NY: Doubleday Page 1927 Books (1993). Oblong (1927). 4 ½ x 5 3/4”, green 10 3/4 x 9 3/4”0, cloth cloth, fine in dust wrapper backed boards, As new (dw worn, ½” piece off in as new dust wrapper. backstrip, soiled, Good First printing (1-10 code). condition). Stated first Feelings compiled poems edition. A charming book, by 13 major Black poets each page of text faces which he illustrated with a wonderful full page striking color illustrations on illustration by Field. The every page. Includes Maya text in verse presents short Anjelou, Lucille Clifton, poems about different Langston Hughes, Mari holidays and significant Evans and more. THIS COPY days in a child’s life. THIS HAS TOM FEELINGS’ BOLD COPY IS INSCRIBED AND SIGNATURE laid-in on Dial DATED 1927 BY FIELD. See stationery. $100.00 Realms of Gold p. 45. Quite scarce with dust wrapper FELLOWS, MURIEL - 225 and inscription. $225.00

INSCRIBED BY FIELD * ELVES AND FAIRIES 173. FIELD,RACHEL. ELIZA AND THE ELVES. NY: Macmillan 1926 (1926). 8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, 96p., Fine in dust INSCRIBED WITH wrapper (dw nickel size SKETCH / SILHOUETTES piece off upper corner 176. FIELD,RACHEL. THE a few other chips, VG). POINTED PEOPLE. New 1st edition. All you ever wanted to know about Haven: Yale Univ. Press elfland is told in prose 1924 (1924). 8vo (5 1/4 x and verse. Illustrated 7 ½”), cloth, spine faded by ELIZABETH else VG+. 1st edition. Field MACKINSTRY with wrote a book of poems color wrapper, pictorial endpapers, 2 color plates arranged in categories and a profusion of black and also illustrated it and whites throughout with 17 full page and many the text. THIS COPY IS smaller silhouettes. THIS INSCRIBED BY FIELD, COPY IS INSCRIBED DATED SEPTEMBER 19th, 1926. Quite WITH A SKETCH “For scarce in the wrapper my distinguished “Twin” and a wonderful from Rachel Lyman Field. book. $400.00 September 19, 1924. Below the inscription Field drew INSCRIBED BY FIELD a sailboat on the water. A 174. FIELD,RACHEL. special copy of a charming HEPATICA HAWKS. NY: book. $300.00 Macmillan 1932 (Oct. 1932). 8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, 239p., VG-Fine in dust wrapper (few archival mends on verso). 1st printing. The story FABULOUS COPY IN BOX is set in a traveling freak 177. (FISHER,HARRISON)illus. A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. Indianapolis: show and Hepatica is part Bobbs Merrill (1907 October). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, of the show. Illustrated by nearly As New with original blue ribbon, glassine wrapper and pictorial box (box Allen Lewis with woodcuts. worn on flaps). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated with THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED 20 beautiful full page color illustrations of women by Fisher. The text is in verse BY FIELD: “For Louise - surrounded by lovely art nouveau decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. This is an One of Hepatica’s earliest unusually nice copy. $850.00 friends and well wishers - with love in October 1932. Rachel” $275.00

#171 previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 32 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RARE ANGUS -- LAUREN FORD’S CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead (1963). FIRST EDITION Oblong 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. LAID IN ARE 178. FLACK,MARJORIE. THREE WOODCUTS on Japan paper for the illustrations in the book. ANGUS AND THE CAT. NY: Doubleday Doran 1931 -- COPIES OF AN APPRECIATION of Ford published the year (1931). Oblong 8vo, pictorial of her death providing biographical and bibliographical information. boards, near Fine in dust wrapper with rectangular INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING pieces off blank edge of dw -- ORIGINAL DRAWING AND AN ARRAY OF 21 ETCHINGS OR flap. Stated 1st ed. The WOODCUTS AND 7 CARDS WITH ENGRAVINGS BY FORD. Many second of Flack’s marvelous signed, and several possibly used for some of the many beautiful greeting picture books about this cards Ford did. Included is an original signed pencil drawing 4 ½” wide x 7 “ little Scottie, with bold high. It is a most beautiful and detailed pencil drawing of a nativity scene color illustrations on every with Mary holding Baby Jesus, a man by her side, a young boy seated looking page. See Bader p. 61-3. up at all of them. They are surrounded by a donkey, a bull and 2 lambs. Rare. $850.00 The collection. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $5500.00 FLOWERS - 104, 105, 149, 160, 34, 467 FORD, H.J. 168, 243

LAUREN FORD COLLECTION 179. FORD,LAUREN. COLLECTION. We are pleased to be able to offer this interesting collection of Lauren Ford material including special copies of books, original art and more. Lauren Ford (1891-1973) was not only an award winning illustrator of children’s books but she wrote them as well. According to her mother, she began to draw at the age of only four and eventually studied with F.V. du Mond and George Bridgman. She began professionally by illustrating her mother’s books and dust wrappers (her mother was noted children’s author Julia Ellsworth Ford). She first collaborated with her mother on Imagina which was illustrated by . In 1923 she illustrated entirely on her own, her mother’s book Pan and Santa Claus. In 1926 she held her first one man show at the Feragil Gallery in New York which sold-out.

Ford is perhaps best known for two books, the Ageless Story, which was a Caldecott Honor title in 1940, and the Little Book About God about which Mahoney and Whitney wrote: “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and the book has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages” (See 5 Years of Children’s Books p.18, 148-9). In Illustrator’s of Children’s books p. 242, Mahoney and Whitney comment that with the publication of the last mentioned books “it is as if Botticelli’s angels found themselves dressed in blue gingham in a Connecticut farmhouse and feeling perfectly at home there. And with it they have lost none of their beauty though translated into a homely modern setting.” Her art hangs at the Metropolitan in New York, Washington’s Corcoran, Art Institute of Chicago and other major museums. Following are the details:

-- A BOOK OF FUNNY ONES - AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. This item features 38 watercolor illustrations plus text done for an unpublished book by Ford (possibly not complete). Oblong 8vo on paper, penciled title page dated 1908, reading “Pictured by L.F., versified by S.F.” (most likely Ford’s father whose name was Simeon). The illustrations themselves are signed by Lauren and many are dated 1897 which would represent her earliest work! According to the dust wrapper blurb from Lauren Ford’s Christmas Book “her mother is the authority for the statement that Ford began to draw at the age of four.” They are necessarily rather childish - she was only 4 years old - yet they are all the more remarkable for that.

-- PAN AND SANTA CLAUS by Julia Ellsworth Ford. NY: Dutton (1923). Slim 12mo, cloth, fine in frayed dw. 1st ed. Illus. with lovely color dust wrapper repeated as color frontis.

ONE OF TWO COPIES WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR -- THE LITTLE BOOK ABOUT GOD. NY: Doubleday Doran 1934 (1934). 8vo, full red leather binding with gilt decorations (by the French Binders), Fine. Stated 1st edition. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER WITH AN EXQUISITE ORIGINAL SIGNED WATERCOLOR BY FORD BOUND IN. Laid in is a letter from the original owner (who was Ford’s editor at Doubleday) discussing the production process and the difficulty and expense of printing in 7 colors. She notes: “ The text was scrawled in ink by Lauren...Marguerite hand-lettered the whole thing for me as a work of love because she had always admired Lauren’s paintings and wanted to help me to make this little book a possibility.” With hand- lettered text, this is magnificently illustrated in color on every page (litho’d by Glaser). Cited as a Notable Picture Book in 5 Yrs. of Children’s Books (p.18, 148-9) it says “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and the book has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages.” A special copy.

LIMITED EDITION INCLUDING 4 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS -- AGELESS STORY. NY: Dodd Mead 1939 (1939). 4to, 1/4 cloth, Fine in worn slipcase. 1st edition. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES, this with AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING ON ENDPAPER! (drawing of an angel). Magnificently illustrated in rich colors with gold highlights. LAID IN ARE4 OF THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS used for the illuminated pictorial initials next to which is Ford’s hand-done musical notation for the Gregorian songs.

SIGNED WITH A DRAWING -- OUR LADY’S BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead 1962. 8vo, cloth, Fine in worn dust FORD, LAUREN SEE ALSO 371 wrapper. 1st edition. Signed by Ford with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color. Helen & Marc Younger Pg 33 [email protected] BATIK CHILDREN’S BOOK FOLIO PICTURE BOOK 180. (FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin 183. FRENCH. FRANCOIS I by Gustave Toudouze. Paris: Boivin 1909. Folio, des Modes no date [1931]. pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, corners bumped and slight cover soil, VG. 1st Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4”), edition. This is a lavishly produced book printed on heavy paper with each page printed on cloth, slightest individually hinged into the book. Illustrated with remarkably detailed and vivid of cover soil, near Fine. One full page color illustrations (some double-paged) by ROBIDA. Really a beauty with of the first BATIK printed a magnificent pictorial cover. One of the scarcest titles in this series. $600.00 books (using vegetable dyes) this features Francoise’s charming, stylized full color illustrations on every page. Quite scarce and certainly unusual. Bader (p.52) calls this book “a minor work of art” and adds that Francoise’s sense of space and composition is strongest in this book. (pictured on Bader p. 53). A nice copy. $1200.00

FRASCONI & PABLO NERUDA WITH SIGNED WOODCUT 181. (FRASCONI,ANTONIO)illus. BESTIARY by Pablo Neruda. NY: Harcourt Brace World (1965). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in glassine and slipcase with printed label. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED BY FRASCONI AND THE PRINTER (JOSEPH BLUEMTHAL), THIS IS PART OF A SPECIAL UNSTATED LIMITATION WITH AN ORIGINAL 3-COLOR WOODCUT SIGNED BY FRASCONI. Printed on Rives mouldmade paper and illustrated by Fransconi with striking woodcuts done in orange and black printed from the original blocks. Neruda’s text is in both English and Spanish. $850.00

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3 WATERCOLOR MOCK-UPS / SHAKESPEARE 182. FREEMAN,DON. WILL’S QUILL. Offered here are 3 progressive mock ups plus separate watercolor designs for the title page by Freeman for his highly regarded book Will’s Quill published by Viking in 1975. The story is about a country goose in England named Willoughby Waddle and how he changes history when he meets, is befriended by and ultimately helps William Shakespeare.

1. The first mock up is in a large oblong artist pad (17 x11”) with a fabulous watercolor of Willoughby and his quill filling the entire cover. Inside are 11 watercolors for the book and one pencil sketch, all in preliminary form with no text other than the title. (There are also 2 pen sketches of D. Bronkowski).

2. The second mock up is in a plain folder 8 ½ x 11 3/4” that includes 28 pages of typed text, each page with a watercolor, plus a double page title illustration, a half title watercolor and a copyright page watercolor. On some pages you can see several versions of the text and there are pen corrections.

3. The third mock up is 9 x 12” and has 30 pages of typed text in more finished state with fewer corrections. There are many changes from mock up 2. There are 31 watercolors plus cover.

4. Also included are 6 different watercolor ideas for the cover, a watercolor concept for one of the text illustrations, one pen drawing and a page of text with a rough concept for one of the pages, written in ink by Freeman with an ink sketch.

Taken together, this really demonstrates the creative process involved in writing a picture book. It is rare to have 3 mock ups and art for one book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $7500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 34 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 COMIC ARTIST ARSENE BRIVOT FRENCH SEE ALSO 1, 10, 1, 23-4, 52-3, 114, 153-5, 180, 216-18, 256, 278, 184. FRENCH. JOJO RICHISSIME by Arsene Brivot. Paris: Editions Prima 283-90, 307, 326, 329, 336, 339-40, 342, 353, 394 (1930. Large 4to (9 x 12 GERMAN MOVEABLE 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial 188. FREUD,TOM SEIDMANN. DAS ZAUBERBOOT. Berlin: Stuffer 1930 boards, edges worn, some (1929 7-11 tausand). 4to (8 x 9 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil cover soil, VG. Jojo, an and a few internal spots else VG-fine and complete. This is a very rare MOVEABLE orphan, discovers he has BOOK done by the niece of Sigmund Freud. Her moveable books were immediately inherited millions of dollars hailed for their innovations, but because of her Jewish heritage, most copies of her books were destroyed and very few remain intact today. In this book, there but he must travel to are a variety of moveable pages including a revolving wheel and a Punch and Judy Australia to claim it. He theatre. There is also a grid with cut-outs that enables the reader to develop goes with his “Uncle” and 4 different stories from one page, and a clever tale that lets the reader make they have adventure after part of the illustrations disappear using special red paper. Hurlimann (p. 216-17) adventure. Written comic mentions these innovative books, remarkable not only for their moveable parts but for their integration of suitable text with artistic achievement. $2000.00 book style each page is divided into panels with vivid color illustrations by the author. $150.00

STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 185. FRENCH. PIAF LE CHEVAL ENCHANTE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1936. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear, near Fine condition. This story about an enchanted horse is illustrated by Rene Gabriel with the most striking art deco illustrations on every page. Printed on good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Rene Gabriel is best known as a noted furniture designer. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00

STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS TOM SEIDMANN FREUD (SIGMUND FREUD’S NIECE) 186. FRENCH. PIPHAGNE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 189. (FREUD,TOM [SEIDMANN])illus. DAVID THE DREAMER by Ralph 1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear Bergengren. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press (1922). Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/2”), and soil, near Fine condition. green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 67p., Fine condition in the rare dust wrapper This story is about a man (dw chipped and mended on verso). The story is an unusual fantasy about a young named Piphagne who creates boy and his dream adventures, magnificently illustrated by Freud with stylized a group of automatons, and color plates that are aesthetically pleasing and artistically Art Deco in style. his adventures with them. Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was a German children’s book illustrator who was Illustrated by Turenne one of the pioneers of the avant garde art movement “neue sachlichkeit” in post Chevallereau with truly WWI Germany that coincided with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations striking art deco illustrations in children’s books were felt the world over. This book marks her first American on every page. Printed on appearance, rare in the dust wrapper. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2500.00 good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00

STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 187. FRENCH. SYLVESTRE LE SALTIMBANQUE: PRINCE DES 4 CHEMINS by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear and soil, near Fine condition. This story tells about the life and adventures of a man named Sylvestre who can magically change his appearance. Illustrated by Turenne Chevallereau with truly striking art deco illustrations on every page. Printed on good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 35 [email protected]

FROST, A.B. - 74, 214 FULLER PAPER DOLLS - 130 GERMAN ART NOUVEAU FURNISS, HARRY - 78-80 FYLEMAN, ROSE - 159 STUDENT ARTIST 193. GERMAN. KINDERSOMMER SCARCE GAG CALDECOTT HONOR TITLE bilder und verse von Ilse Breit. 190. GAG,WANDA. NOTHING AT ALL. NY: Coward-McCann (1941). Oblong 9 3/4 x 6 3/4”, orange pictorial boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with 1 small Leipzig: F. Hirt & Sohn (1924). edge chip. 1st edition Large oblong 4to (13 x 10”), (correct price, no add. cloth backed pictorial boards, printings listed). This light cover soil and faint scratch story of an invisible dog else a clean and tight VG+ has hand-lettered text and copy. Featuring 6 magnificent beautiful color lithographs full page color illustrations by on nearly every page (litho’d Ilse Breit in the style of the by GLASER). Despite its Wiener Werkstatte, this being relatively late date, this WIENER JUGENDKUNST- is an incredibly scarce BILDERBUCHER No. 3. Breit title and this is a beautiful was a student of Franz Cizek, copy. See Bader p.37. a controversial figure in art CALDECOTT HONOR. education whose arts and $750.00 crafts style school in Vienna produced illustrators of several striking picture books. He WANDA GAG ORIGINAL ART wrote the introduction to the 191. GAG,WANDA. ORIGINAL ART - AND THE SEVEN book. $600.00 DWARFS -SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING. This is a wonderful finished pen and ink study for the illustration appearing of p. 39 of Gag’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” published by Coward McCann. The image measure 7 1/4 s 7 ½” and is archivally matted, framed and glazed. Signed by Gag. Snow CIZEK STUDENT - White has fallen asleep after eating the poisoned apple and lays under glass SILHOUETTES cover in the woods. Prince charming is approaching on the left, a dwarf sleeps in a tree to the right, and forest creatures watch in anticipation. A wonderful 194. GERMAN. HEI VON image and a chance to an original art by Gag which is quite rare. $18,500.00 ALLERLEI verse and pictures by Adele Bailer. Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn (1924). Oblong 13 x 10 1/4”, cloth backed white pictorial boards, small scrape on cover else near Fine. Illustrated with magnificent silhouettes by Bailer, a student of Cizek who has written the introduction. This is a great copy of a beautiful book. Heller #774. $650.00

195. GERMAN. LUTTJEMANN UND PUTTJERINCHEN marchen von Hermann Lons. Hanover (Germany): Sponholtz 1924. Small 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Illustrated by FRITZ HANS EGGERS with wonderful, and fanciful color lithos. $225.00

GAMES - 2 GANNETT, RUTH - 464 UNUSUAL LARGE GERMAN PICTURE BOOK ON CHINA CASPARI READER 196. GERMAN. VOM 192. GERMAN. (CASPARI, KAISER HUANG-LI by GERTRUDE) CASPARI Furstin Marie Thurn Taxis FIBEL: ein lesebuch mit Hohenlohe. Berlin: Carl vielen bunten bildern Chryseliusscher 1922 fur die esrste schulzeit (1922). Oblong large 4to [by] Gertrude Caspari. (12 3/4 x 10”), cloth backed Stuttgart: Volkskunst Rich. decorative boards, Fine. 1st Keutel, no date, circa 1910. edition of this unusual fairy 8vo, pictorial cloth, 76p., tale set in China. Illustrated slight cover soil, VG+. A with lovely full page and wonderful early reader for smaller color lithographs. the young child, illustrated $250.00 in bright colors by GERTRUD CASPARI. $350.00 GERMAN ALSO 9, 44, 50, 98, 152, 160, 188-9, 191, 234-5, 242, 279, 315, 351, 365, 422 914.764.7410 Pg 36 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RARE WARWICK GOBLE 200. GOREY,EDWARD. LARGE PAPER LIMITED EDITION THE GREEN BEADS. NY: Albondocani Press 1978. 197. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), FAIRY TALES by James Grace. London: Macmillan & Co. 1910. Large, thick pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st 4to (9 ½ x 11 ½”), publishers full vellum binding, silk ties, top edge gilt, 281p., edition. LIMITED TO some soil and rubbing to vellum, internally clean and fine and overall VG+. DE 400 NUMBERED COPIES LUXE LARGE PAPER EDITION (LIMITED TO 500 COPIES). Featuring 40 SIGNED BY GOREY. magnificent tipped-in color plates with printed guards by Goble. The illustrations Printed on fine paper on are mounted on heavy stock brown paper and are perfectly suited to the tales. one side of the page and This limited edition is rare. $2000.00 handsewn. Each page has a full page illustration with no text. Toledano A71b. $500.00

SCARCE LIMITED EDITION 201. GOREY,EDWARD. LOATHSOME COUPLE. NY: Dodd Mead (1977). Oblong 7 1/4 x 6 3/4”. pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper and slipcase. 1st ed. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Very scarce in the limited edition. Toledano A67b. $1200.00

GOBLE’S LIMITED EDITION WATER BABIES 198. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan 1909. Thick 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), bound in full vellum with gilt pictorial 1 OF ONLY 26 cover top edge gilt, silk ties, slight spotting on cover edge and endpaper and LETTERED COPIES cover very slightly bowed, VG+ clean and fresh copy. This is the magnificent 202. GOREY,EDWARD. THE RAGING DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 260 COPIES printed on hand-made TIDE: or The Black Doll’s Imbroglio. paper and illustrated by Goble with 32 mounted color plates with lettered tissue NY: Beaufort Books (1987). Oblong guards. This is one of the most if not the most beautiful edition of this classic 8 3/4 x 6 3/4”, boards, Fine in fine story. In his book “Early Children’s Books” (p.80), Eric Quayle comments on all dust wrapper. 1st ed. LIMITED TO the various editions of Water Babies and adds: “None of these in either artistic 200 NUMBERED COPIES AND 26 or financial terms approaches the sumptuous edition of 1909” (this edition). LETTERED COPIES RESERVED FOR Very scarce. $2500.00 THE AUTHOR AND DISTRIBUTOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED BY GOREY. The reader can create various stories by following a choice of directions at the bottom of each page. Each page of text faces a full page illustrations. Rare. A93a. $2000.00

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199. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan, 1909 (1909). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, spine faded and offsetting on endpapers else Fine. First Goble edition, illustrated by him with 32 magnificent tipped in color plates, mounted on heavy stock with lettered tissue guards. This is undoubtedly the most beautiful edition of this classic story featuring some of Goble’s best work. Nice clean copies are not easy to find. $1200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

GOETHE, J. - 322 GOLDEN BOOKS - 367, 443

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER - 448 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 37 [email protected] BOXED EDITION GRUELLE FAIRIES 3 SIGNED BOOKS 207. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. FRIENDLY FAIRIES. Chicago: Volland (1919 no 203. GOREY,EDWARD. THREE additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, light wear to spine ends, half-title spotted, VG+ in PUBLISHER’S BOX (flaps repaired). 1st edition of this Volland BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD Happy Children Book containing 15 fairy stories including the Fairy Ring, The PRESS: THE DERANGED Three Little Gnomes, Mr. & Mrs. Thumbkins and others. Illustrated throughout COUSINS, THE ELEVENTH with bright colors. A nice copy of an uncommon Gruelle title. $675.00 EPISODE, [THE UNTITLED BOOK]. Fantod Press (1971). 3 books, pictorial wraps, faint crease on one cover else Fine in publisher’s VG+ tan printed envelope. Fine. Limited to 500 sets printed by Gorey’s press, each of these books is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A42b. $1200.00

FIRST SHEPARD EDITION IN DUST WRAPPER 204. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. London: Methuen (1931). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green gilt cloth, book has an ever so slight lean, light foxing else Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at spine ends, spine slightly toned). First edition with illustrations by E.H. SHEPARD including wrapper design, pictorial endpapers and numerous illustrations throughout the text. Because the first edition was barely illustrated, this GUERTIK, HELENE - 336 edition is most sought after for the perfect marriage of illustrations and text. Nice copies in dust wrapper are not easy to find. $2000.00 INSCRIBED TO SISTER WITH WATERCOLOR 208. HADER,BERTA & ELMER. THE FRIENDLY PHOEBE. NY: Macmillan 1953 (1953). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some fraying. Stated 1st printing. This is a lovely story about how the McGintey’s saved a little bird’s life. Illustrated by the Haders in color and black & white. THIS COPY HAS A LOVELY NEARLY FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR OF A BIRD ON A BRANCH OVERLOOKING A RIVER, WITH MOUNTAINS AND BOATS IN THE BACKGROUND. INSCRIBED TO BERTA’S SISTER “A special page for Leota with love from Berta and Elmer.” $850.00

SIGNED WITH SKETCH 205. GRAMATKY,HARDIE. BOLIVAR. NY: G. P. Putnam (1961). 8vo (7 ½ x 9 ½”), cloth, Fine condition in near fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of an adorable burro in Quito, Ecuador, wonderfully illustrated with full page color illustrations #206 by Gramatky. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED ON THE ENDPAPER BY GRAMATKY WITH A SKETCH OF BOLIVAR. A great copy of a charming book. $325.00

GRANT, GORDON - 442 GRAVES, ROBERT - 412

WITH PENCIL SKETCH BY GREENAWAY 206. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. by M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard. London: A & C Black 1905. Large thick 4to, white cloth, top edge gilt, FINE!. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JOHN GREENAWAY (Kate’s brother), AND WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH DONE BY GREENAWAY which is matted and bound in with John Greenaway’s signature of authenticity (background of sketch is foxed). The sketch is of a little girl wearing a hat, and gazing over her shoulder. The book features much text, more than 50 color plates, plus many b&w’s. This is a fabulous copy of an important book for any Greenaway collector, rarely found with the white binding so clean. $2250.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

GRIMM BROTHERS - 98, 191, 211, 375, 409 914.764.7410 Pg 38 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED WITH WONDERFUL WATERCOLOR #211 BY THE HADERS 209. (HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. BABY BEAR by Hamilton Williamson. (NY: Doubleday Doran & Co.. 1930). 8vo (7 x 8 1/4”), pictorial boards, spine bottom chipped, ½ split at joint, slightly dusty, really VG+ in dust wrapper with several pieces off, worn at folds. Stated First Edition. THIS COPY HAS A FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR, INSCRIBED BY THE HADERS. DEPICTED ARE A MAN WITH A CAN AND A YOUNG GIRL BOTH STANDING NEXT TO BABY BEAR, EACH HOLDING ONE OF ITS PAWS. The book is the charming story of Bimba, a baby bear in the jungle. Illustrated with striking color plus black & white lithographs by the Haders. First editions of this book are very hard to find, this is made extra special by the inscription and super watercolor. $1000.00

ONLY 50 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 212. (HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK classic fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang. NY: William Morrow (1993). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine faded else Fine condition in a cloth slip case which is faded on edges. 1st edition, 1st printing (1-10 code). LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HAGUE AND WITH A 4” DRAWING OF A WIZARD. 30 fairy tales from Grimm, Perrault and around the world, beautifully illustrated by Hague. This limited edition is rare. HAGUE SEE ALSO 498. $350.00

HAND COLORED - 1, 6, 23, 130, 140, 146, 148,152, 167, 217, 236, 265-6, 273, 276, 279, 282, 306, 339

FINE COPY OF SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 213. HANDFORTH,THOMAS. MEI LI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1938 (1938). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), orange cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper without medal and not price clipped. Stated 1st edition and WINNER OF THE SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD! This is a Chinese tale written by Handforth and magnificently WITH A FANTASTIC WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS illustrated by him with black and white 210. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan lithos on every page. Rare in this 1935 (Oct. 1935). 8 3/4” square, green pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust condition. $1250.00 wrapper with a few chips and small closed tears. 1st edition. This is the story set in Jamaica about a little Black boy named Johnny. The Haders went to the tropics to research the culture. Illustrated by them with wonderful full page color lithographs and smaller black and white lithos. THIS COPY HANKIES - 328 HAS A FABULOUS FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR SIGNED BY EACH OF THE HARRIS, JOHN PUBLISHER - 149 HADERS on the endpaper. A special copy of one of their most desired titles. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1500.00 GIFT EDITION 214. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton Century 1935 (1920). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green gilt cloth, 265p., cloth ever so slightly darkened on top edge of covers else bright and VG+. This is a deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE with 12 color plates, in-text illustrations and with pictorial borders on each page of text as well. This is a beautiful edition of this classic. $400.00

MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR 211. (HADER,BERTA AND ELMER)illus. HANSEL AND GRETEL by Grimm Brothers. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). 8vo, (6” x 6), pictorial boards, minor shelf wear VG-Fine. 1st edition of this Macmillan Happy Hour Book featuring many full and partial page color lithographs in the bold, flat style of the 20’s. Artfully arranged and very scarce. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying “ ... it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of were little short of revolutionary.” Very hard to find. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 39 [email protected] FABULOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY BULL & ROUNTREE 218. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LE LIVRE DES ENFANTS poesies de Marceline 215. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. London: Raithby, Lawrence, Desbordes Valmore. Paris: Garnier Freres (1924). Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 ½”), no date (originally cloth backed pictorial boards, 47p., a Fine copy. First edition. Beautifully illustrated in color on nearly every page in Helle’s distinctive 1920’s style. Nelson 1908) circa Printed on good quality, heavy paper that enhances the colors. This is a charming 1915. Folio, cloth, [111] French picture book and a less common Helle title. $525.00 p., one inconspicuous mend else VG+ in dust wrapper with mounted color plate. Fabulously illustrated by HARRY ROWNTREE with 12 vibrant, action packed color plates and by RENE BULL with 84 large pen and inks. A super edition of this classic. $900.00

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - 441

SCARCE HELLE PATRIOTIC

WWI MILITARY ALPHABET BOOK HENDERSON, ARTHUR - 446 216. HELLE,ANDRE. ALPHABET DE LA GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1916. Paris: Berger-Levrault [1915]. 4to (10 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS dusty and slightly soiled else clean, tight and a VG+. Each page features a large, 219. HOBAN,RUSSELL. MOUSE AND HIS CHILD. NY: Harper & Row (1967). stylized full color illustration (one for each letter), each with a World War 6 ½ x 9 ½”, pictorial cloth, 182p., Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (dw I theme. The text in rhyme by Helle is aimed to give children pride in their rubbed on corners, light soil rear panel, VG). 1st edition (correct price, which country. There are also color pictorial endpapers showing the flags of the Allies. must be present to determine edition). The “philosophical fantasy” (Bader p. Very scarce. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $1500.00 477) about 2 mechanical toy mice - a father and son and his son who are rescued from the trash but can no longer dance. Beautifully written by Hoban and illustrated by his wife Lillian. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS. Nice copies of firsts are quite scarce. $600.00

HELLE HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION 217. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LA MAISON DES AIEULES by Pierre Loti. Paris: HOLIDAY HOUSE - 169, 223 HOLIDAY, HENRY - 74 Henri Floury (1927). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), pictorial wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO 302 NUMBERED COPIES printed on velin d’Arches. Illustrated with 77 fabulous CHIPPEWA AND SIOUX pochoir illustrations (hand-colored by Saude) to accompany the charming story 220. HOLLING,HOLLING C. CLAWS OF THE THUNDERBIRD by Holling C. about Mademoiselle Anna, a poor rag doll. Based upon an actual doll, Loti had the Holling. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo (6 ½ x 8 ½”), cloth, rear cover faded, slight doll buried with him when he died. Scarce and wonderful. $1200.00 wear to spine ends, VG+. 1st edition of this VOLLAND ADVENTURE SERIES BOOK illustrated by Holling with bold full page and in-text color illustrations plus black and whites. Text deals with Chippewa & Sioux Indians. $150.00 914.764.7410 Pg 40 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 ABC - UNUSUAL LARGE LEATHER HORNBOOK 221. HORNBOOK. LEATHER HORNBOOK. Offered here is a very large, early leather hornbook. It measures 12 ½” high x 6” wide with carved extensions on either side of the handle, housed in a custom velvet lined box with a sculpted insert in the shape of the hornbook to hold it in place. The printed text which would have been under the horn is lacking and the horn covering is cracked in several pieces. There are traces of gilt embellishment on the side with the horn that also has numbers written along the edges by an early owner. On the reverse side there is an elaborate gilt decorative diamond shaped panel 3 ½” wide x 5 1/4” high with the figures of a little boy and a little girl on opposite ends of the diamond. The handle is curved and comes to a point and there is a large red cross running down the length of the handle. Hornbooks were early ABC learning devices for children. They usually consisted of a sheet of parchment or paper containing the alphabet and other simple words, numbers or prayers. This was then mounted on leather, wood or bone and covered with a thin sheet of horn for protection. A hole in the handle was used for a piece of string that would be tied to the child’s clothing - this example has no hole. Wealthier families might have had hornbooks made of silver or ivory. Early hornbooks have become quite scarce and this larger size example is quite unusual. $3750.00 INDIA - 368

HORSES - 2, 69, 185, 229, 283, 285-7, 289, 353, 392, 394, 488 HOPI INDIANS - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 225. INDIANS. THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN by Muriel Fellows. Philadelphia, HUDSON, GWYNNED - 81 Toronto, Chicago: John C. Winston (1936). 8vo (6 1/4 MAUD HUMPHREY CALENDAR x 9”), decorative cloth, Fine 222. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. CALENDAR FOR 1893. This is a calendar in dust wrapper (dw frayed, rubbed at fold, light soil, VG). published by Stokes in 1892. First edition. This is a story It consists of 6 leaves 9 about Hopi Indian children x 11”, printed on heavy, named Sah-mee and Moho quality stock, with ribbon who live with their family on tie on top - in fine condition. a mesa in the Land of Little Rain. Illustrated by the The calendar features 6 author with 47 illustrations, of the most magnificent, many in 5 colors that bring large chromolithographs alive the daily activities of by Humphrey depicting Hopi life. THIS COPY IS elaborately dressed women. INSCRIBED BY FELLOWS. $750.00 $225.00

HUNTING - 16 INDIAN READER INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST 226. INDIANS. (READER) THE LITTLE HERDER IN SUMMER by Ann Clark. SIGNED BY HYMAN U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1942). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial cloth, 223. (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. THE KITCHEN KNIGHT: A TALE 126p., slight soil, near Fine. Written in English and NAVAJO and wonderfully OF KING ARTHUR retold by Margaret Hodges. NY: Holiday House (1990). illustrated in brown line by native American artist Hoke Denetsosie, a full blooded Oblong 10 1/4 x 9 3/4”, cloth backed boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Navajo who depicts life of the Navajos in the 1940’s. This copy inscriberd by the Stated first edition. The text retells the first part of The TaleofSir artist. Fascinating. See Bader p.161-3. Inscribed copies are rare. $475.00 Gareth of Orkney from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur. Featuring beautiful color illustrations by Hyman. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY HYMAN the free endpaper. $275.00

INDIANS - 21-2, 61, 63, 93, 117, 220, 225-6, 442

INGELOW, JEAN 249

IRISH EPIC 227. IRISH INTEREST. THE ANCIENT IRISH EPIC TALE TAIN BO CUALNGE “THE CUALNGE CATTLE RAID” by Joseph Dunn. London: David 224. (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS by Jean Nutt 1914. 6 3/4 x 10 ½”, green cloth, xxxvi, 382p., light normal wear, VG+. Fritz. NY: G.P. Putnam (1981). Oblong 9 1/4 x 7 1/4”),, cloth, Fine in near fine 1st edition. The saga is about the Brown Bull of Cualnge. In the informative dust wrapper with a tiny closed tear. Stated first impression. This is the story preface, Dunn notes: “...the composition of the Tain Bo Cualnge antedates by a of Saint Columbia, the patron saint of book lovers. Beautifully illustrated in full considerable margin the epic tales of the Anglo Saxons, the Scandinavians, The color on every page by Hyman. $100.00 Franks and the Germans”. He also refers to it as the Iliad of Ireland. IRISH SEE ALSO 25. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 41 [email protected] #227 - previous page IN ORIGINAL CASE 232. JAPANESE INTEREST. POETICAL GREETINGS FROM THE FAR EAST: JAPANESE POEMS adapted from the German of Dr. Karl Florenz by A. Lloyd. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa (1896). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 5/8”), silk ties, light crease on first two leaves else Fine in pictorial case with ivory clasps (case is unobtrusively re-lined with restored spine and original laid-down). The text is an anthology of Japanese poems for any age, mainly from the 8th century. Bound with frenchfold pages, every page is completely illustrated with beautiful color woodblock prints by Japanese artists SHOSO, KWA-SON, YOSHIMUNO, HANKO and SADAHIKO. IRVING, WASHINGTON - 374, 379 $450.00 ITALIAN - 72, 87, 96-7, 125, 314, 347, 366, 486

SIGNED 228. JACQUES,BRIAN. OUTCAST OF REDWALL. NY: Philomel (1996). 8vo (6 ½ x 9 1/4”), cloth backed boards, As CHARMING MINIATURE ALMANAC new in as new dust wrapper. Stated 233. JAPANESE INTEREST. ROUTLEDGE’S JAPANESE ALMANAC. Boston: first American edition, first printing W.B. Clark & Curruth (1-10 code). This is the 8th title in (1886). Printed in New York, Jacques fantasy series, illustrated copyright by Joseph Blamire. with chapter headpieces by Allan 24mo (3 1/8 x 4”), cloth Curtiss. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY backed pictorial boards, Fine. BRIAN JACQUES. $100.00 Illlustrated with 8 beautiful full page chromolithographs JAMAICA - 210 and with smaller chromos on every text page, all in 229. JAMES,WILL. YOUNG Japanese style. The text COWBOY. NY: Charles Scribner’s has sunrise, sunset and Sons 1935 (1935 A). Oblong 4to (9 moon phase for each day 3/4 x 7 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, of the month followed Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some by illustrations of the 4 soil and fraying but overall VG). 1st seasons and ending with a edition. The text is arranged for short poem. Very lovely and young readers from Big Enough and unusual. $325.00 Sun Up. Illustrated by James with 5 color plates plus many full page and smaller black and whites. This is a great copy, rare in the dust wrapper. JAPANESE SEE ALSO 197, 465, 487, 496, 497 $1200.00

LARGE FORMAT JAPANESE CREPE PAPER BOOK RARE NAZI ANTI SEMITIC EDUCATIONAL POSTER 230. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. 234. JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI SEMITISM) LEHRSCHAU-BOGEN: DIE Tokyo: T. Haswgawa, (1929 3rd ed.). 8vo (5 3/4 X 7 ½”), crepe paper, silk ties, JUDEN IN DER WELT [JEWS AROUND THE WORLD]. Berlin: Reichswaltung As New condition. The book illustrates daily scenes of Japanese life including des Nationalsozialistischen Leherbundes [1940]. One folio sheet oblong 23 street scenes, firemen, marriage ceremony, carpenters, wrestling match and 1/x x 16 1/2”, small margin mend else VG+ condition. This is a 2 sided poster more. This is a large format crepe paper book, beautifully illustrated on every printed on behalf of the Teacher’s Association of the Reich Government for page by Y. Arai with hand printed color woodblocks. A scarce large format crepe use in schools. Illustrated with anti Semitic photos and drawings and with text paper book. $850.00 by Prof. Johann von Leers, a Waffen SS officer who was an important figure in developing Nazi ideology. Questions for the students to answer are in the corner (translated): How did the Jews come here? What does the Talmud say? Why are we opponents of Jews? Why is this a war about Jews? Rare. $1850.00

LARGE FORMAT CREPE PAPER BOOK - STORY TELLERS 231. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE STORY - TELLERS from the French of Jules Adam by Osman Edwards. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, no date. 8vo (5 ½ x 7 ½”), crepe paper bound with silk ties, Fine condition. The text describes what to expect and how to act when going to see a public story teller called a hanashika. Told from the perspective of a European visiting Japan. Illustrated with lovely hand printed color woodcuts. A very scarce title. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg 42 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RARE ANTI SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK KEMBLE, E.W. 150, 151 KENDREW PUB. - 150, 151 235. JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI-SEMITISM) DAS LIED VOM LEVI [THE SONG OF LEVI] by Eduard Schwechten. Koln: Verlag der Antisemitischen KINGSLEY, CHARLES - 198, 199 Buchhandlung (Eduard Hentel) 1895. 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 3/4”, pictorial wraps, 46, 238. KIPLING,RUDYARD. JUST SO STORIES. London: Macmillan 1913 [1]p., some cover soil, corners chipped and one edge mend on rear cover, spine (1913). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 249p. VG+. First edition with 12 reinforced, stamp on title page, really sound and VG. Rare first edition of this color plates by Joseph M. Gleeson. Also illustrated in black and white from the anti-Semitic story for children told in verse. It features nearly 50 disgusting first edition. A beautiful gift type version of these classic stories. KIPLING full and partial page anti Semitic half tone illustrations by Siegfried Horn. First SEE ALSO 391. $250.00 editions of this book are rare. $2000.00

KIRK, MARIA - 297, 298 KNIGHT, HILARY - 445

NORSE FAIRY TALES & LEGENDS 239. (KNOWLES,REGINALD & HORACE J.)illus. NORSE FAIRY TALES selected and adapted by Sir George Webb Dasent. London & Philadelphia: George Routledge & Lippincott, no date, circa 1912. Thick 8vo (6 x 7 ½”), 463p., elaborate pictorial boards, some edge and hinge rubbing, VG+. Illustrated by the Knowles Brothers with magnificent color pictorial covers and spine, pictorial JEWISH INTEREST - 147, 234-5, 315, 410, 427-8 endpapers, fantastic color frontis and title page, 6 color plates plus a profusion of full page and in-text line illustrations that are detailed and fantastic. See FAIRY TALE BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA Peppin: Fantasy p. 108-11 for reproductions. One of the best designed and 236. (JOB)illus. THE STORY OF NAUGHTY KILDEEN by Marie, Queen of executed books of fairy tales. $600.00 Roumania. London et al: Oxford Univ. Press 1922. Folio (10 3/4 x 13 1/4”), gilt pictorial cloth, near Fine condition with minor tip and edge wear. 1st edition Featuring magnificent HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS plus detailed black and whites on almost every page, with the text superimposed on the illustration #239 in some cases. This is a fabulous picture book in especially bright condition in a beautiful pictorial trade binding. $1850.00

RARE NEWBERY TITLE INSCRIBED 240. KONIGSBURG,E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. NY: Atheneum 1967. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 SIGNED 8vo (5 1/8 x 8 ½”), cloth, COPIES - WITH SKETCH half-titled toned else 237. JOYCE,WILLIAM. SANTA fine in fine dust wrapper CALLS. NY: Harper Collins (1993). (price clipped). Stated 11 1’4” square, cloth, pictorial paste- 1st edition. NEWBERY on, As new in slipcase (case sl. faded AWARD WINNER. The on edge). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 story is about Claudia’s NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY adventure in New York JOYCE this also has a small pen City’s Metropolitan drawing of Santa. 1st edition. Three Museum of Art, written and children take a fantasy voyage to illustrated by Konigsburg. toyland where they save Santa THIS COPY HAS A WARM from the Dark Elves. Rich color INSCRIPTION DATED illustrations by Joyce who dedicates 1967 BY KONIGSBURG this book to Winsor McCay. ON THE HALF-TITLE! This limited edition is very hard Nice 1st’s in dust wrapper to find. $400.00 are rare, inscribed copies even rarer. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 43 [email protected] KOREAN FOLK AND FAIRY TALES 241. KOREAN INTEREST. OMJEE THE WIZARD by Homer Hulbert. 245. LANG,ANDREW. THE Springfield, MA: Milton RED BOOK OF HEROES by Bradley (1925). 4to (7 Mrs. Lang, edited by Andrew 1/4 x 9 ½”), black pictorial Lang. London: Longmans cloth, 156p., Fine in frayed Green 1909. 8vo, red gilt dust wrapper. First edition. cloth, all edges gilt, spine Korean folk and fairy tales very slightly dull else Fine taken directly from Korean with beautiful and elaborate folklore by Hulbert who gilt cover design. 1st lived there for twenty years. edition, 1st printing. Stories Illustrated by HILDEGARD of heroes from Hannibal to LUPPRIAN with full page Father Damian, illustrated color illustrations, pictorial by A. Wallis Mills with 8 borders on text pages lovely color plates 17 black printed in a range of colors and white plates, 23 black and a fantastic . and whites in text and A scarce title, rare in the pictorial endpapers. $300.00 dust wrapper. $275.00

KRAUSS, RUTH - 408, 413 LANG, ANDREW SEE ALSO 168, 212

KREDEL, FRITZ - 396 LATHROP FANTASY 246. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE LOST MERRY-GO-ROUND. NY: Macmillan 242. (KREIDOLF,ERNST) 1934 (Oct. 1934). 8vo (7 ½ x 8 3/4”), red pictorial cloth, 104p., cover faded along illus. TRAUMGESTALTEN bottom and side edge else VG+ in dust wrapper (dw G-VG with some soil, worn on [THE DREAM GARDEN] corners with small pieces off backstrip). 1st edition. This is a wonderful fantasy by Leopold Weber. Zurich about little children who are swept away on adventures when they discover a und Leipzig: Rotapfelverlag magic merry go round in the woods. Written by Lathrop and illustrated by her (1922). 4to (8 x 10 ½”), with pictorial endpapers, color frontis plus 10 very beautiful full page black and pictorial cloth, 144p., whites. A rare Lathrop title, especially in dust wrapper. $750.00 light cover soil, VG+. First edition. Illustrated by Kreidolf with 10 eerie color plates, 3 full page black and whites and pictorial endpapers to accompany 16 stories in 3 sections by Weber. $300.00

BLUE FAIRY BOOK FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY SERIES 243. LANG,ANDREW. THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans 1889. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover, all edges gilt, binding leaning, spine faded a bit, slightly soiled. VG. . FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES! Illustrated by H.J. FORD and G.P.J. HOOD with full page and in-text black and whites. This is a nice copy of the very elusive first edition. $3500.00

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LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION EDITION 244. LANG,ANDREW. PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA: BEING THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PRINCE PRIGIO’S SON. Bristol: Arrowsmith, no date, [1893]. 4to, 3/4 vellum and brown cloth, 204p., vellum slightly age toned else fine. 1st edition. LARGE PAPER (so stamped). This original fairy tale by Lang is a sequel to Prince Prigio. Rare in this edition. Illustrated by Gordon Browne with 12 plates plus 12 illus. in text. $500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 LAWSON ART WITH 2 LETTERS SIGNED BY LATHROP 250. LAWSON,ROBERT. ORIGINAL ART: COUNTRY COLIC. Offered 247. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE here is an original pen and ink drawing that appeared greatly reduced opposite the Contents page of Country Colic, published by Little Brown in 1944, both SKITTLE-SKATTLE MONKEY. NY: written and illustrated by Lawson. The caption (written on an overlay in Macmillan 1945 (Oct. 1945). 8vo Lawson’s hand) reads: “When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the (7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), red boards, VG+ laundryman?” The image is 6” wide x 4” high on board that measures 8 x in dust wrapper (dw soiled, a few 10”. Done with his characteristic detail there is a caterpillar walking across a clothes line where 2 leaves are hanging attached by clothes pins. Subtle closed tears, better than good). 1st humor, signed with initials on the right. SOLD WITH 2 HANDWRITTEN edition. SIGNED BY DOROTHY LETTERS from Lawson to a noted book collector named William Easton Louttit. LATHROP. Written by Lathrop In the first letter dated May 15 [1944], Lawson responds to Mr. Louttit’s request for this drawing. It reads in full: as well as illustrated by her there are beautiful full page illustrations “Dear Mr. Louttit: Thank you so much for your delightful letter of May 4th. I throughout featuring Jasmine the am so glad that you enjoyed Country Colic and would be very happy to tender the Adam and Eve drawing, but, as you perhaps know, getting original drawings monkey, a Pekingese and other animals. back from the publisher is a rather long drawn out process. They are usually This is one of her less common sent out for exhibition in book shops, libraries, etc. and used in various ways titles. $200.00 for publicity purposes. I will write Little Brown about this particular drawing, but fear it may be quite a long time before it is returned. With many thanks for your interest, I am Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill May 15.

It would appear that Lawson was successful in retrieving the drawing, because it accompanies this letter to Louttit. He must have been grateful to receive the RARE LATHROP INSCRIBED WOOD ENGRAVING drawing as can be seen in the next letter. Written on August 15th, the day after V-J 248. LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOOD ENGRAVING: JASPA AND ME. The Day when the Japanese surrendered in WWII (this is referred to in the letter): image measures 8” x 10” and is matted and attractively framed (with acrylic, not glass) to 17 ½ x 20”. Depicted is a detailed portrait of Lathrop with Jaspa, her pet “Dear Mr. Louttit: May I thank you for your overgenerous liquid token, which monkey that is perched upon her shoulder. It is signed and titled, with an additional arrived most opportunely yesterday afternoon, barely two hours before the inscription from Lathrop to a previous owner. This self-portrait was done in 1949 glorious news was given us. Nothing could have been more timely nor more for the National Academy of Design when she was elected an Associate of that appreciated by myself, my family and neighbors. We all thank you most heartily organization. This is a wonderful Lathrop item of exceptional rarity. $1500.00 and wish you the best of everything at this happy time to which you have added so considerably. Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill Aug. 15th 1945.””

A wonderful item with fine art and the letters showing the interaction between an illustrator and a collector. Lawson’s original published art is generally unavailable. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $6000.00

FIRST BOOK WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY LAWSON - INSCRIBED 251. LAWSON,ROBERT. BEN AND ME: an astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin written by Robert Lawson. Boston: Little Brown 1939 (1939). 8vo (6 5/8 x 8 ½”), brown cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly faded on edge with one small closed tear otherwise beautiful and much nicer than is usually found). Stated 1st edition of the first book both written and illustrated by Lawson, this is the story of Benjamin Franklin told from the perspective of his mouse Amos. Printed in brown and featuring many wonderful full and partial page illustrations plus pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY LAWSON on the half- title. Fine first editions of this book are rare, and the inscription is the cherry on the cake. $1500.00

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FAIRY TALE ILLUSTRATED BY LATHROP 249. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. MOPSA THE FAIRY by Jean Ingelow. NY: Harper & Bros. 1927 (1927 I-B). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”), maroon cloth, pictorial paste-on, 259p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (wrapper frayed, light soil). FIRST EDITION. . One of the scarcest Lathrop titles, this is illustrated by her with color frontis, 12 full page black and whites plus numerous half-page black & whites and pictorial endpapers to accompany this classic fairy tale. Rare in the dust wrapper. $750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 45 [email protected] RARE LEBEDEV FIRST EDITION 254. LEBEDEV,VLADIMIR). MEDVED [BEAR]. Moscow & Petrograd: Misl 1923. 4to (7 5/8 x 10 5/8”), pictorial wraps, slight bit of rear cover soil, slim chip on cover corner, near Fine. 1st and probably only edition. Four folk tales written by Lebedev are illustrated by him with color cover and striking black and white lithographs on every page. To insure the quality, Lebedev prepared the lithographs himself. Beautiful copy. $2750.00

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Robert Lawson original art

LEBEDEV AND MARSHAK 255. (LEBEDEV,VLADIMIR)illus. VCHERA I SEGODNIA [YESTERDAY AND TODAY] by S. Marshak. Leningrad: Guiz 1928 (3rd printing 1928). 4to (8 7/8 x 11 3/8”), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, almost invisible spine repair, VG+. Technological advances are compared to the “old” ways of doing things (electricity vs. oil lamp, typewriter vs. plume, indoor faucets vs. well water). Featuring striking color illustrations by Lebedev. See Dictionnaire p. 162, Bilderwelt #2804, Kuznecov #29 p.40, Musee Imaginaire 7#2p.12. $1200.00

BEAUTIFUL ETCHING BY LAWSON 252. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. IN A SALEM GARDEN (THE STRAYED CENTAUR). This is a wonderful signed etching by Robert Lawson from an edition of 100, circa 1933. It measures 7 x 4 3/4”. The image is of a centaur (half man, half horse) standing amongst flowers in a wood. A woman stands on the other side of a stone wall, unaware of the presence of the pagan centaur. Quite unusual and a striking image. $1500.00

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1st PRINTING OF FERDINAND WITH 3 CARDS FROM LEAF 253. LEAF,MUNRO. THE STORY OF FERDINAND. NY: Viking 1936 (1936). 8vo, (7 1/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn, covers and spine lightly soiled, VG in dust wrapper (dw is from a later printing, spine faded, some closed tears and soil, Good condition) with $1.00 price intact. 1st printing of one of the most popular and enduring children’s books ever written. Illustrated in incomparable style by ROBERT LAWSON. THIS COPY HAS 3 CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM THE LEAF FAMILY LAID IN. Each card has an illustration by Leaf done just for the card. One has an extra pen note and ink doodle by Leaf with a long note on the verso from Leaf’s wife. Another is inscribed by Leaf. Bader notes: “It is dynamic text and no less vital picturization” (p. 145). Amazingly enough, Little Brown turned down the offer to publish Ferdinand, which Viking accepted after much persuasion! Rare and even more special with the cards. $2500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 FROM THIS BOOK, but they had all been purchased by the author Dorothy 256. (LEGRAND,EDY) illus. LA Thompson for her son. Lenski explained that very little of her early original work NUIT DE LA ST. SYLVAIN by was available, writing that the art from Skipping Village and Little Girl of 1900 Madeleine Ley. Paris: Calmann- Levy had been presented to a library in Columbus, Ohio and added in part: “ So I hardly know what to suggest or how to proceed from here. How would it be for me to (1935). Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 3/4”), send you a boxful of books at random ... and let you look them over?” She also pictorial boards, slight edge wear described her own children’s book collection and collecting in general. In part: and rear cover soil, really VG+ to Fine “You need not be bashful about collecting children’s books! I too, am a devotee in dust wrapper (dw frayed, some - altho I own no John Newbery’s and have only one real treasure: A Little Pretty chips but VG+). 1st edition. This Pocket Book - a gem!” Really a special offer and a lovely little book. $450.00 is the touching story about a child who cannot walk except on one day per year on the night of St. Sylvain. Printed on colored paper, every page has wonderful color illustrations by Legrand that span the pages. A lovely French picture book. $250.00

FANTASTIC COPY OF RARE FANTASY 257. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. A WRINKLE IN TIME. (NY): Ariel Books Farrar Strauss & Cudahy (1962). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”), 1/4 cloth, 211p., faint fading on edge of boards as usual else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. The dust wrapper (illustrated by Ellen Raskin), is in beautiful condition with no fraying or tears. It is price clipped but the price is not a factor in determining edition. Stated 1st edition 1st printing of this time travel fantasy that has become a modern classic. In the stranger than fiction category, A Wrinkle In Time had a difficult time getting published. According to “A Special Message from Madeline L’Engle” on the Random House web site: “After trying forty-odd” publishers (L’Engle later said “twenty-six rejections”), L’Engle’s agent returned the manuscript to her. Then at Christmas, L’Engle threw a tea party for her mother. One of the guests happened to know John Farrar of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and insisted that L’Engle should meet with him. Although the publisher did not at the time publish a line of children’s books, Farrar met L’Engle, liked the and ultimately published it. A Wrinkle In Time is the winner of the NEWBERY AWARD and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This is an exceptionally nice copy. $9,000.00 EARLY LENSKI 259. (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. CHIMNEY CORNER FAIRY TALES retold by Veronica Hutchinson. NY: Minton Balch 1926 (1926). 4to (8 1/4 x 10”) , orange cloth, 183p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper lightly worn at spine ends and corners. First edition. One of Lenski’s earliest books, this contains 13 favorite fairy tales and features pictorial endpapers, 6 wonderful color plates plus numerous black & whites throughout by Lenski. Includes Snowdrop, Snow White, Briar Rose, Tom Tit- tot, Fisherman and His Wife etc. See Realms of Gold p.87. Beautiful copy, quite scarce in such a nice dust wrapper. $450.00

260. LENSKI,LOIS. COAL CAMP GIRL. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1959). 8vo (7 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust w rapper (small chip, slight fraying and slight soil, VG+). Stated 1st ed. Written by Lenski and illustrated by her. This one of her regional story books, set in West Virginia. $200.00

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WITH FASCINATING 3 PAGE LETTER FROM LENSKI 258. (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. ONCE ON CHRISTMAS by Dorothy Thompson. NY: Oxford University Press (Oct. 1938, 4th printing November 1938). A small book 4 1/4 x 5 1/8”, pictorial boards, 2 tips worn else VG+ in dust wrapper that is dusty with some mends on verso. Illustrated by Lenski with charming full and partial page pen and ink drawings that bring to life Christmas of the past. Sold with a REMARKABLE 3 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER WRITTEN TO A CHILDREN’S LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB - 18, 86, 88 BOOK COLLECTOR WHO HAD INQUIRED ABOUT BUYING AN ORIGINAL Helen & Marc Younger Pg 47 [email protected] SIGNED BY LIONNI WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LOVELACE 261. LIONNI,LEO. FREDERICKS’S FABLES. NY: Pantheon 1985. 4to (9 1/4 x 264. LOVELACE,MAUD HART. BETSY’S WEDDING. NY: Crowell (1955). 11 1/4”), cloth, a touch of soil on corner else Fine in cloth slipcase (case darkened 8vo (5 1/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth, on part of rear cover and edge else VG). 1st edition (1-0 number code) LIMITED owner name on endpaper, Fine TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY LIONNI. This is a treasury of Lionni’s in VG dust wrapper with a favorite stories, illustrated by him in color throughout. This limoited edition is few closed tears. Stated 1st very scarce. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $300.00 printing. In this Betsy-Tacy story, Betsy marries her high school sweetheart. Illustrated 262. LIONNI,LEO. TICO AND THE by Vera Neville. LAID IN IS A HANDWRITTEN GOLDEN WINGS. NY: Pantheon (1964). LETTER FROM LOVELACE Cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine in TO A FRIEND DATED 1973. lightly soiled dust wrapper. This is the THE ENVELOPE IS ALSO PRESENT. Very scarce with the story about a little bird who was born letter. $575.00 without arms. Illustrated in color by Lionni. $150.00 MACDONALD, GEORGE - 433

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MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR - 211 MALLET, BEATRICE - 4 - 358 LITTLE BOOK CIRCA 1750 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH - 316 WITH 29 HAND-COLORED MAPS 265. MAPS. (EARLY) ATLAS GEOGRAPHICUS PORTABILIS: XXIX MAPPIS ORBIS HABITABILIS REGNA EXHIBENS. Augsburg: Vendit inejus aedib. FANTASTIC ARTIST’S MANUSCRIPT in suburb. Jocobaeo, in reg. Paradisi, s.a., no date, circa 1750. Caelo accurate 263. LOOMIS,ANDREW. JINGLETOWN: A BOOK IN PICTURE AND VERSE expressit Tobias Conradus Lotterus, delineavit et excudit Tobias Lobeck. 16mo FOR LITTLE FOLK. 1941. 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), boards, some cover soil and (2 3/4 x 4 1/4”), contemporary and probably original blind stamped calf housed wear, VG. This is the manuscript for a never published children’s book by Loomis. in a custom cloth box, Lacks free endpapers, covers rubbed, generally Very Good Loomis was an American illustrator, commercial artist and author best known and clean. Featuring fine copper plate engravings that include a double-page for his instructional books. He was born in Syracuse, New York but studied at engraved frontis and double page engraved pictorial title by Eichler followed by the Art Student’s League in New York City and the Art Institute of Chicago. 29 hand-colored double page maps of Europe, America and Africa. Also included His books are still used world over and his early prints are sought after. This are a double page hemisphere map of the world and a double page planisphere work contains 32 pages, each with large half page pencil drawing, many quite map of the heavens. There is a 2 page index at the rear of the book. $2500.00 finished. The text is typed below each picture with pencil notes and corrections. A charming book. $4000.00

LOTI, PIERRE - 217 914.764.7410 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 LIMITED SIGNED EDITION - POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONS 269. (MARSHALL,JAMES)illus. ALL 266. MARIANA. P’SICH. (F.A.R. Gallery) no date circa 1945. 8vo (5 5/8 x THE WAY HOME by Lore Segal. NY: 7 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 53p., tiny bit of toning on bottom edge else VERY FINE IN SLIP CASE with mounted color plate (slip case soiled). Farrar Straus Giroux (1973). Oblong LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MARIANA (most copies 8vo (8 1/4 x 7 1/4”), cloth, fine in fine are neither signed nor numbered). This is the story of an old forgotten dust wrapper. Stated first edition. doll and how she finally found happiness. The text is done in script andthe This is the humorous story about a girl illustrations are absolutely charming hand-colored (pochoir method) throughout the text. A beautiful copy of a special little children’s book. $375.00 who falls down at the park and wails all the way home while she is mimicked by a cat, a dog and a bird. Great color illustrated by Marshall. $150.00

INSCRIBED TO HIS PARTNER WITH DRAWING 270. (MARSHALL,JAMES)illus. FOUR ON THE SHORE by Edward Marshall. NY: Dial Books (1985). 8vo (6 x 8 3/4”), pictorial boards, As New in as new dust wrapper. 1st printing (1-10 code). The threesome first introduced in Three by the Sea are joined by an annoying little brother Willie. Wonderful color illustrations by Marshall on every page. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO JOSEPH BRYANS, JAMES MARSHALL’S LIFE PARTNER AND DEDICEE OF THE BOOK: “For Joe Bryans to whom this book is dedicated. James Marshall” AND THERE IS A CHARMING LARGE INK DRAWING OF WILLIE. This is beautiful and special copy of a book that is surprisingly scarce in 1st ed. with dw. $1000.00

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267. MARSHALL,JAMES. THE CUT- UPS. NY: Viking Kestrel (1984). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), pictorial boards, As New in as new dust wrapper. 1st printing (1-5 code). A story about mischievous boys named Spud and Joe with great color illustrations by Marshall. Outstanding copy. $100.00

FANTASTIC INSCRIPTION TO MARSHALL’S PARTNER MAYAN FOLK TALES WITH DRAWING 271. MAYAN INTEREST. BRIGHT FEATHER AND OTHER MAYA TALES by 268. MARSHALL,JAMES. SPEEDBOAT. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1976 (1976 Dorothy Rhoads. NY: Doubleday Doran and Co. 1932 (1932). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/4”), 1-10 code). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in very slightly soiled dust wrapper. cloth, 196p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped, few closed tears). Stated First First edition, first printing (1-10 code). This is the story of a dognamed edition. Text offers Mayan folk tales obtained from Mayan Indians in Guatamala Jasper Raisintoast’s adventures in his speedboat and his friend Tweedy Jones’ and the Yucatan. Illustrated by Lowell Houser with color frontis, 8 full page adventures at home. An easy reader illustrated in color throughout. THIS COPY black and whites plus color dust wrapper and endpapers - all strongly resembling IS INSCRIBED TO MARSHALL’S LIFE PARTNER “ FOR DARLING JOE - THIS the work of Jean Charlot. Scarce and an example of the many quality books UNWHOLESOME LITTLE BOOK. ALL MY UNWHOLESOME LOVE - J”. THIS produced in the 1930’s. $150.00 IS ACCOMPANIED BY A 3/4 PAGE DRAWING OF JASPER IN HIS LIVING ROOM, ASLEEP IN AN ARMCHAIR WHILE HOLDING A BOOK. Unique and very special. $1200.00

McCLOSKEY’S 1ST BOOK 272. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. LENTIL. NY: Junior Literary Guild and Viking 1940 (1940). Large 4to, cloth, Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper slightly frayed on edges. Guild FIRST EDITION OF McCLOSKEY’S FIRST BOOK! The story of a little boy who was very happy except he couldn’t sing a note. Small town life in 1940’s America with great illus. Bader p.154-5. Rare. $1250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 49 [email protected] HAND-COLORED 2 “DUMMIES” FOR DEVIL”S TAIL 273. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. 278. McPHAIL,DAVID. THE DEVIL’S TAIL by Nanine Valen. Offered here LITTLE BO PEEP. NY: are two of the illustrator’s dummies for this book published in 1978 by Scribner. McLoughlin Brothers, no The story itself is a strange tale based upon an old French legend about three date, circa 1865 based on children who bring a frozen man into their home to thaw out. Each dummy 30 Beekman address. 4to measures 7 x 8 ½”, some margin soil and stains, really VG+. Both have the text (6 3/4 x 10 1/2”), pictorial typewritten and pasted in with many corrections and changes in one of the wraps, small chip off upper dummies. Each also has a profusion of full and partial page pen and ink drawings corner else fine condition. by McPhail and the illustrations for both dummies are decidedly different. One Aunt Jenny’s Series. This is clearly earlier with less detail but more pages (61). On the cover of the other is a combined prose and McPhail has inscribed “Best Wishes from David McPhail” with an illustration and rhymed version of the title of The Devil’s Tale under which he wrote (Bastard title). This mock-up has nursery rhyme, illustrated 55 pages. You don’t often get to see more than one dummy for the same book. with 7 fine hand-colored These allow you to really appreciate the process. $1750.00 illustrations. Printed on one side of the paper. Scarce and McPhail was born in Newburyport, Mass.. He has illustrated the work of others, nice. $600.00 notably ’s Sailing To Cythera which was one of AIGA’s 50 Books of the Year in 1974, and he has authored and illustrated a profusion of books 274. McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE OLD WOMAN. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (30 on his own. His Captain Toad and the Motorbike was likewise included in AIGA’s Beekman), no date, circa 1865. 12mo (4 1/2 x 6 1/2”), pictorial wraps highlighted 1979 show of 50 Best Books. McPhail belongs to the new breed of children’s in gold, mounted on linen, book illustrators, along with James Marshall, Trina Schart Hyman and others Fine condition. This title - who bring a fresh originality to children’s literature. McPhail’s style ranges in the Susie Sunshine broadly from intricate detail reminiscent of Sendak’s and E.H. Shepard’s line Series features a full page illustrations to the broad strokes of William Steig. See Hornbook Illustrators color pictorial title plus 8 of Children’s Books vol. 4 p. 4-5, 143. brightly colored 3/4 page illustrations that are well printed. Susie Sunshine Series is listed as a “new series” on the rear cover. This book comes from a 19th century drug store whose contents were found intact which would account for the gilt cover retaining its sparkle. Nice copy. Beautiful copy. $300.00

SHAPE BOOK 275. McLOUGHLIN PUB. STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. NY: McLoughlin Bros., 1892. 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/2”), pictorial wraps, 2 tiny edge mends, spine slightly rough else VG+. Die-cut on the top edge in the shape of a pig’s head. Illustrated with 6 fine full page, full color chromolithographs plus color covers, six 4-color lithos and 1 double page 4-color litho. Well printed and a great version of this fairy tale. A title in McLoughlin’s Little Kitten Series. $325.00

THREE LITTLE PIGS HAND-COLORED 276. McLOUGHLIN PUB. THREE TINY PIGS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (30 Beekman St.), no date, circa 1864. 4to (6 3/4 x 10 ½”), pictorial wraps, some scattered internal soil else VG+. Mama Lovechild’s Series. The traditional fairy tale about the 3 little pigs who leave home to build their own houses and their encounters with the Wolf. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 8 large 3/4 page hand-colored illustrations with the text of the story below each picture. The #277 illustrations used here are the same as those in Dean’s Three Tiny Pigs from the Papa Please-Well Series. The color cover is by Momberger. Scarce. $600.00

BEARS / CIRCUS TITLE 277. McLOUGHLIN PUB. A VERY SMALL TALE OF TWO VERY SMALL BEARS by Fredrika Grosvenor. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1905. Folio (10 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil and corners worn else VG+. This is the story about some humanized bears who run away from the circus. Featuring many wonderful, fine chromolithographs portraying the bears and other humanized animals in all their glory. Quite a scarce McLoughlin title. $350.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

McLOUGHLIN SEE ALSO 5- 7, 90, 164, 303, 421 McMAHAN, VALRIE - 32 914.764.7410 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 NICE MEGGENDORFER MOVEABLE 279. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. CURIOUS CREATURES: a new moveable toy HAND COLORED book. London: H. Grevel, no date, circa 1892. Folio (9 1/4 x 12 3/4”), cloth WAR SCENES backed pictorial boards, some soil, cover corners a bit worn, metal pieces rusty, 282. MILITARY INTEREST. really VG+ and fully operational. This is the first English edition of the German SCENES FROM THE WAR. Allerlei Thiere. Featuring 8 fine hand-colored, tab operated hinged plates London: Dean & Son, no showing a variety of animals (treefrog eating insect, hedgehog, lobster, snail, date (1859). 4to (9 3/4 x weasel, bird in birdhouse, cockroach and squirrel). See Haining p. 129-135 who 6 3/4”), 8 leaves with the reproduces several of the plates. $3250.00 first mounted inside front cover, pictorial wraps, spine has some wear, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, there are fine large hand colored illustrations of soldiers in battle on each page with the text in verse. A title in Dean’s Miss Mary Merryheart’s Series. Quite scarce. $750.00

19TH CENTURY FRENCH ARMY PANORAMAS MILITARY INTEREST. EIGHT 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ARMY PANORAMAS. The following 8 items are uniform, published in Paris by Librarie Theodore Lefevre, Emile Guerin, Editeur. No date, circa 1890. Oblong 8 3/4 x 8” when closed, 42 1/2” when opened, pictorial wraps, Fine condition. Inside each has 5 panes featuring very fine and detailed chromolithographs of French soldiers in uniform. Well printed and striking. (SEE TOP OF NEXT PAGE FOR A SAMPLE OF THE PANORAMA)

283. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: CHASSEURS A CHEVAL French soldiers on horseback. $225.00

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MEXICAN FAIRY TALES 284. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: CHASSEURS A PIED. 280. (MERIDA,CARLOS)illus. THE French foot soldiers in uniform. $225.00 HUNGRY MOON: MEXICAN NURSERY #281 TALES by Patricia Ross. NY: Alfred Knopf 1946 (1946). 4to (7 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, small stain bottom edge of front cover else VG in dust wrapper (dw with small pieces of spine ends). Stated 1st edition. Original fairy tales based authentic Mexican tales, brightly illustrated in full colors in simple folk -art style by noted Mexican artist Merida. (Bader p.266). $150.00

MEXICO - 271, 280 MICE - 60, 219, 251, 482

INSCRIBED WITH COLOR DRAWING & LETTERS 281. MILHOUS,KATHERINE. WITH BELLS ON story and pictures by Milhous. NY: Charles Scribner (1955 A). 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), aqua pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with piece out of corner. 1st edition. This is a Christmas story set in and illustrated with many full page color illustrations by the Milhous (who won the Caldecott Award for The Egg Tree a few years earlier). This copy is INSCRIBED BY MILHOUS TO THE AUTHOR RUTH HUTCHISON WITH A COLOR PENCIL DRAWING OF AN ANGEL. IT IS ALSO SIGNED BY HER ON THE TITLE PAGE. LAID IN ARE TWO HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM MILHOUS TO HUTCHISON. This is a special book by this Caldecott Award winning author/illustrator. $450.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 [email protected]

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285. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: CUIRASSIERS. French 290. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: ZOUAVES. French Zouave soldiers in uniform and wearing armor on horseback. $225.00 soldiers (originally Algerian recruits) in their distinctive exotic uniforms of baggy trousers and head gear. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $225.00

MILITARY INTEREST SEE ALSO 8, 9, 24, 216, 388, 396, 477

FANTASY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MILLAR 291. MILLAR,H.R. THE DREAMLAND EXPRESS. NY: Dodd Mead / London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press (1927). Oblong 4to (11 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 94p., edges rubbed, some light cover soil, clean, tight and VG. This is the wonderful fantasy adventure of 3 young boys whose magic train takes them to imaginary lands. Illustrated by Millar, best known for his work on Edith Nesbit books, with 13 wonderfully detailed full page color illustrations, 1 double page color spread, 5 full page black and whites and many line illustrations that bring the story to life. Written by Millar because “when I was a little boy I wished for a book something like this.” $1250.00

286. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: DRAGONS. Members of the Dragons - a light cavalry unit carrying swords on horseback. $225.00

287. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: HUSSARDS. French soldiers in elaborate uniform (originally Hungarian) on horseback. $225.00

288. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: MUSIQUE DE LA GARDE. Members of a French military band with each of their instruments. $225.00

289. MILITARY INTEREST. ARMEE FRANCAISE: SPAHIS ALGERIENS. Spahis - native Algerian soldiers on horseback fighting for France wearing elaborate native uniforms.. $225.00 914.764.7410 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 ONE OF 20 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM 292. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. London: Methuen (1926). 4to, FULL VELLUM BINDING, very light soil else fine. 1st edition. ONE OF ONLY 20 SIGNED BY MILNE COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM AND SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Rare in this extremely limited version. $57,500.00 295. MILNE,A.A. THE SECRET AND OTHER STORIES. NY:

Fountain Press 1929. Slim 8vo, red

cloth, paper spine label, 70p., Fine.

LIMITED TO 700 COPIES FOR

SALE SIGNED BY MILNE (400 for

US, 300 for England) 4 stories by

Milne. 1st collected edition. Beautiful

copy. $750.00

EARLY AMERICAN FANTASY 296. [MITCHELL,S. WEIR]. THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUZ-BUZ THE FLY AND MOTHER GRABEM. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1867 (1866). 12mo, green cloth, gilt cover, beveled edges 79p., some foxing VG++. 1st edition. BAL 14065 intermediate, binding c (no priority). This copy is inscribed Dec. 25th 1866. BAL describes it as having been listed as “just published Dec. 15, 1866”. This is a marvelous fairy fantasy written by a famous physician-author. Fuz Buz must tell a different story each night to Mother Grabem’s children in order to be safe. Illustrated with 9 plates plus 1 black & white by Henry C. Bispham. This state of the book is quite rare, having all of the illustrations found in the large paper edition. Most smaller paper formats have only 2 plates. $1200.00

DELUXE EDITION LEATHER BOUND MILNE IN ORIGINAL BOX 293. MILNE,A.A. NOW WE ARE SIX. London: Methuen (1927). 8vo, (5 1/8 x 7 3/8”), full publisher’s morocco, gilt pictorial cover with extensive gilt pictorial spine, all edges gilt, 103p., FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX with printed labels on cover and flap, (box with some soil and flap mends). First edition, DELUXE EDITION. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPHARD and not common in this condition and binding. $2850.00

FINE LIMITED WINNIE SIGNED BY MILNE

294. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. London: Methuen (1926).

4to, cloth backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, some toning with small repair to chips at folds). Housed in custom chemise and

1/4 leather case. 1st ed. LARGE PAPER COPY LIMITED TO 350

NUMBERED COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER SIGNED BY MILNE

AND SHEPARD! Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. $16,500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 53 [email protected] IN DUST WRAPPER 297. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS. NY: Stokes (1917). GREAT SAALFIELD 8vo, lavender cloth, pictorial paste-on, fine in dust wrapper (dw with some CLOTH BOOK chips and creases). 1st edition of the 5th book about Anne where she marries 301. MOTHER GOOSE. Dr. Gilbert Blythe. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with tissue-guarded frontis (CLOTH) MOTHER repeated on cover. Nice copy, rare in dw. $2000.00 GOOSE. Akron: Saalfield #297 - dust wrapper 1910. Narrow 4to, cloth, cover margin crease else VG-Fine. A great turn of the 19th century mother goose illustrated in bright colors on every page and printed on cloth. Nice copy. $275.00

MOTHER GOOSE - MINT IN BOX 302. MOTHER GOOSE. THE LOVER’S MOTHER GOOSE by John Cecil Clay. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1905). 4to (9 x 11 3/8”), pictorial cloth stamped in gold and green, pictorial paste-on, 92p., MINT IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (boxed soiled with some wear). Classic Mother Goose rhymes are adapted for adults. Illustrated in typical turn of the 19th century style with 8 beautiful color plates 298. MONTGOMERY,L.M. RAINBOW VALLEY. NY: Frederick Stokes (1919). and many full page 3-color 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dust wrapper illustrations plus there are chipped with some soil). 1st ed. The next to last “Anne” story, featuring Anne’s decorations on text pages. six children and their neighbors. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with tissue Printed on heavy coated guarded frontis repeated on cover. Scarce in dust wrapper. $1000.00 paper, this is a beautiful copy of a charming Mother Goose. $450.00

McLOUGHLIN MOTHER GOOSE SHAPE BOOK 303. MOTHER GOOSE. (McLOUGHLIN) MOTHER GOOSE. New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1895. Folio (7 3/4 x 16”), pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of Mother Goose, slight spine rubbing else VG+. Illustrated with fabulous color cover, 4 pages have great chromolithographs and MOORE, CLEMENT CLARK - 91, 169 MOSER ,BARRY - 82 the 10 remaining pages have charming line illustrations FINE DEAN CLOTH BOOK all to accompany traditional 299. MOTHER GOOSE. BO-PEEP RHYMES. London: Dean, circa 1938. 4 ½ x nursery rhymes. Good 5 ½”, pictorial cloth, 10p., As New. Dean’s Rag Book 336 with charming color quality printing and artful illustrations of Mother Goose characters by Margaret Ethel Banks including pictures make this a stand Little Tommy Tucker, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Miss Muffet and more. Well out. $325.00 printed and a great copy. See Cope: p.114 $150.00 RICHARDSON / VOLLAND MOTHER GOOSE IN BOX 304. MOTHER GOOSE. (VOLLAND) MOTHER GOOSE arranged by Eulalie Grover. Chicago: Volland (1915). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX! (box flaps repaired else VG+). 1st ed. of one of the most lavish productions done by Volland. Magnificently illustrated by FREDERICK RICHARDSON, each page is a richly colored full page illustration with the rhyme inserted into a box within the picture, This is a wonderful copy of one of the best 20th century Mother Goose books. $1200.00

FINE DEAN CLOTH BOOK 300. MOTHER GOOSE. (CLOTH ) MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. London: Dean, circa 1915. 3 5/8 x 5 1/4”, pictorial cloth, 10p., As New. Dean’s Rag Book 118 with charming color illustrations of Mother Goose rhymes by Dorothy Goddard (cover by Elizabeth Travis). Includes Simple Simon, Tom the Piper’s Son, Pat-a-Cake and more. Well printed and a great copy. See Cope: p.76. $150.00

MOTHER GOOSE SEE ALSO 4, 30, 39, 40, 148, 273, 345, 432, 461 914.764.7410 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RARE VICTORIAN SPEAKING CUBE PUZZLE 308. MOVEABLE. 305. MOVEABLE. SPEAKING PUZZLE BOX. No pub. information, circa 1880. ANIMATED THREE LITTLE This is a Victorian cube puzzle in the original box - but this puzzle is different. PIGS by Marion Merrill. NY: Each of the 6 cubes makes a different sound when a string is pulled. The box is Citadel Press (1946). 4to (8 very large, measuring 16 ½” wide x 11 3/4 “ deep and 6 “ high - in fine condition ½ x 10 1/4”), spiral backed with metal clasps. The box is covered with printed chromolithographed paper pictorial boards, slight joint and the top of the box features a brightly colored rooster and other chickens and edge rubbing name on the farm. Inside the box are six large cubes - each is 5” on a side. Like on title, else VG+ in dust other cube puzzles of the era, the child can make 6 different scenes. Unlike wrapper (dw with a few any other puzzle, EACH OF THE CUBES MAKES A DIFFERENT SOUND when closed tears). Featuring 4 the string on each of the cubes is pulled (one string is missing) Laid-in are adorable moveable plates (in the six original large chromolithographed scenes that the child uses as guide the style of Wehr) plus color to assemble the puzzles (the plate on the cover is the sixth scene). This is a lithographs in text. Includes glorious puzzle, extraordinarily rare. $4500.00 a song with musical notation. $225.00

CHARMING 19TH CENTURY MOVEABLE - FEMINISM 309. MOVEABLE. A MAKE-BELIEF OF FUNNY BEASTS. NY: New York Book Co., no date, circa 1890. 7 1/4 x 9 1/4”, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine condition. There are 4 chromolithographed tab operated moveable plates featuring humanized elephants riding bicycles, pigs using larger pigs for transportation etc. The moveable pages have a color pictorial border and there are half page brown illustrations on every page of text. Apparently written by a woman, the text of one page showing 2 rabbits running a race while connected at the legs reads in part “What idiots men are! They keep saying that union makes strong. All I can say is that they are silly and cannot be trusted... I bet we are going to lose the race just because we believed in men’s superior wisdom.” $800.00

RARE DARTON MOVEABLE COCK ROBIN 306. MOVEABLE. (DARTON, HAND-COLORED) POOR COCK ROBIN. London: Darton & Co. Holborn Hill, no date, circa 1859. 4to (7 ½ x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some soil, spotting on blank pages and normal wear, this is an excellent copy, better than VG condition. Similar to Dean’s early moveables in style and format, this features 6 fine hand-colored moveable plates operated with tabs, plus pictorial title page and frontis signed “Calvert”. When the tab is pulled, several pieces move simultaneously. The text of the poem is beneath each illustration as well as on the rear cover. This is a Darton Two Shilling moveable book, extremely rare. Montanaro v.1 p.231. Not in Schiffren or Darton . (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $3500.00

RARE DOUBLE ACTION NISTER FAIRY TALE MOVEABLE 310. MOVEABLE. (NISTER) SURPRISE PICTURES FROM FAIRY LAND by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister, no date, circa 1907. 4to (7 ½ x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near FINE condition. Featuring 6 moveable tab-operated plates with double action. When the tab is pulled once, one flap flips over and if it is pulled twice, a second flap flips over the first! The moveables illustrate various fairy tales and nursery rhymes including Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, Hey Diddle Diddle and Mother Hubbard. Illustrations are by E. S. Hardy, J. Lawson and G.H. Thompson. This is an outstanding copy of an unusual mechanical, rare in this condition. See Peeps Into Nisterland p. 335. $1600.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

RARE DEAN TRANSFORMATION BOOK 307. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) TRIPLES CHANGEMENTS MERVEILLEUX [WALTER WONDERMENT’S WONDERFUL TREBLE CHANGES TO EACH PICTURE]. Paris: Guerin - Muller (London: Dean with imprint on rear cover), no date, circa 1859. 4to (6 3/4 x 9 7/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light soil and rubbing, VG+. There are 8 fantastic moveable pages with hand colored illustrations. Each page has two flaps allowing the child to make 3 different pictures with different texts by folding each flap up or down (similar to Harlequinades). The first two transformations deal with magic tricks, the 6 others all show the consequences of naughty children’s misbehavior. This is the French version of Dean’s Walter Wonderment’s Wonderful Treble Changes. Quite clever and extremely rare. $3750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 55 [email protected] MOVEABLE ITALIAN NOVELTY WIZARD OF OZ 314. MUNARI,BRUNO. 311. MOVEABLE. WIZARD WHO’S THERE? OPEN OF OZ by L. Frank THE DOOR!. Cleveland: World (1957). Folio, cloth Baum. Akron: Saalfield backed pictorial boards, 1944. Small 4to, spiral slight cover soil, margin mend backed bds, Fine in chipped on one leaf, VG+. Among dust wrapper. This is the the first American editions wonderful animated edition of Munari’s works. With an innovative approach to design, featuring 6 fine moveable each page gets successively plates by JULIAN WEHR smaller. Featuring bright full as well as many color illus. color illustrations and minimal throughout the text. Scarce text. $500.00 in dw. $400.00 MUSIC SEE 27, 23, 87, 122, 143, 288, 485

MYTH & LEGEND - 45, 72, 197, 239, 241, 271, 278, 321, 326, 428, 494

NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK 315. NAZI. (ANTI-SEMITISM) EIN BILDERBUCH FUR GROSS UND 312. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) KLEIN (on title page) TRAU KEINEM FUCHS AUF GRUENER HEID’ UND FUN WITH FACES by KEINEM JUD’ BEI SEINEM EID [TRUST NO FOX ON THE GREEN HEATH Van. Garden City: Garden AND NO JEW BY HIS OATH] Ein Bilderbuch fur Gross und Klein von Elvira City Books 1950. 4to, Bauer. Nurnburg: Sturmer Verlag, (1936 no additional printings). Oblong 4to spiral backed bds, tiny bit (9 5/8 x 7 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing else of rubbing else near fine. fine. Perhaps the most virulently anti-Semitic children’s book ever printed, this Limerick style verses by is illustrated in bright colors with the fine German color printing typical of the Van are illustrated in bright era. Jews are depicted as the most base and vile beings that exist - unshaven, color throughout by Julian dirty, leering, nasty and monstrous. The Germans are of course angelic, strong, Wehr. Featuring 6 comical clean and brave. The accompanying text, written by a kindergarten teacher, color plates operated with is full of hate for the Jews and it is horrifying to think that this is what little tabs letting the reader children grew up learning as fact in their classrooms. It is not necessary to make comical faces. read German to understand the message of this book. The publisher Sturmer Rare. $450.00 under the direction of Julius Streicher also published the virulently anti Semitic newspaper Der Sturmer. $3000.00

313. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) GINGERBREAD BOY. NY: Dutton (1943). 8vo (7 x 8 3/4”), spiral backed bds, light edge wear, VG+. Featuring 6 fine moveable plates and other color illustrations by JULIAN WEHR. $200.00

MOVEABLE SEE ALSO 106, 123, 188, 279, 342, 355

NAZI - 9, 234, 315 #310 - previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 ONE OF ONLY 60 316. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. SIGNED/LIMITED COPIES OF PIRATE TWINS EVANGELINE by Henry 320. NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. THE PIRATE TWINS. London: Faber and Faber Wadsworth Longfellow. [1929]. Oblong 8vo (10 x 7 3/8”), pictorial boards, covers very slightly dusty else Chicago: Reilly & Britton fine. SPECIAL EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 60 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED (1909). 8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, BY NICHOLSON! This is now a classic book about which Eyre says “a gay, witty, pictorial paste-on, top edge imaginative effort that was one of the most successful British children’s books gilt, 172p., slight cover soil printed in color”(p.41). It was also successful in the United States with the striking else VG+. Illustrated by Neill color lithographs capturing the fancy of young and old alike. (See also Bader with pictorial endpapers, p.60- 61). This is a beautiful copy of the very rare limited edition. $6500.00 elaborate pictorial borders on all pages of text and with many full page illustrations as well. A beautiful copy and a beautiful edition of this classic. NEILL SEE ALSO 33-7. $150.00

NERUDA, PABLO - 181

RARE NESBIT BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER 317. NESBIT,E[DITH]. THE PILOT. London: von Portheim & Co., no date, circa 1892. 8vo (6 x 6 3/4”), flexible pictorial card covers, string binding, a Fine copy in the original dust NIELSEN LIMITED EDITION wrapper (dw chipped). The 321. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON. story is about a ship’s pilot [London] Hodder & Stoughton [1914]. Large 4to, (9x11 ½”), FULL VELLUM told in verse. Illustrated with BINDING stamped in blue and gold, top edge gilt, light cover soil and some rubbing gorgeous chromolithographs, else VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY NIELSEN. full page and in text. This is Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and featuring 25 magnificent tipped-in a remarkable copy, rare in a color plates with lettered guards as well as numerous detailed black and whites dust wrapper. $275.00 throughout the text. This is nice copy of the RARE limited edition. $12,750.00

NESS, EVELINE - 106 NEW ZEALAND - 158

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER - 22, 29, 110, 240, 257, 417

NEWBERY AWARD HONOR - 476

MINT COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 318. NEWELL,PETER. THE HOLE BOOK. NY: Harper & Bros. (October 1908). 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), blue cloth, pictorial paste- on, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw VG- with pieces off spine ends and rear cover, a few closed tears). First edition. Each page has a hole in the center caused by little Tom Potts’ pistol, and the story revolves around how the bullet affects everyone as it travels. Illustrated with marvelous full page illustrations by Newell. It is said to have been Dr. Seuss’ favorite childhood book. This is a fabulous copy, rare in the dust wrapper. Peter Parley To Penrod p.125. $2750.00

NEWELL’S SLANT BOOK IN RARE DUST WRAPPER 319. NEWELL,PETER. THE SLANT BOOK. NY: Harper (November,1910). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, tips and edges slightly rubbed else Fine IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (wrapper VG+ lightly soiled and chipped). Housed in a custom cloth box. 1st edition. One of Newell’s trick books (companion to the Hole and Rocket books). The shape of the book itself, the text and the illustrations are all slanted. The story tells the tale of a baby in a runaway carriage who has all sorts of adventures as his vehicle slides into trouble in his slanted world. Wonderful full page color illustrations throughout. A real rarity in the fragile dust wrapper. $3000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

NEWELL, PETER SEE ALSO 83 NEW ZEALAND 158 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 57 [email protected] RARE NIELSEN BOOK 322. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EVENTYRET: DAS MARCHEN [FAIRY TALES] by #322 Johann Goethe. Kobenhavn: Forlaget Kronos (1949). 4to, 63p., loose as issued in decorative boards and slipcase, fine. Introduction and translation into Norwegian by Ernst Sorensen. LIMITED TO 350 NUMBERED COPIES. Illustrated by Nielsen with 2 full page and one almost full page black and white in his typical style. The book consists of an 11 page introduction followed by Goethe’s fairy tale of transformation [The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily]. Rare. $1500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

BOXED NIELSEN IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE 323. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE: fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1913]. 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), lavender pictorial cloth, AS NEW IN PLAIN PAPER WRAPPER IN BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE. 1st trade edition. (second issue bound all in cloth instead of cloth backed boards). Illustrated by Nielsen with 24 tipped-in color plates with pictorial tissue guards, pictorial endpapers plus text decorations. This is an incredible copy of a really magnificent book, rarely found with the original box. $2500.00

325. NORTON,MARY. THE BORROWERS. NY: Harcourt Brace (1953). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8”), blue pictorial cloth, 180p., slight cover fading and mark on endpaper else near Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st US edition, first printing. (The U.K. edition came out a year earlier but with different illustrations. This is the 1st edition with these illustrations). Winner of Carnegie Medal. The first story about these miniature people who must live by INSCRIBED BY NIELSEN TO SARAH LATIMORE borrowing from humans, the story tells 324. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES and other what happens when their daughter becomes fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. NY: George H. Doran, no date, circa friendly with a human boy. Illustrated 1915. 8vo (6 ½ x 9 1/4”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG-Fine in black and white by BETH AND JOE with minor wear). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY NIELSEN TO SARAH BRIGGS KRUSH. See Lynn p.157. Nice bright LATIMORE who wrote the first of Arthur Rackham’s books. This copy. $500.00 is the first edition of the smaller format of In Powder and Crinoline. Illustrated by Nielsen with 16 magnificent tipped-in color plates, black and whites in text, pictorial endpapers, cover and dust wrapper design. It is rare to find a non-limited NORWAY - 239, 321 edition signed or inscribed by Nielsen. This is a beautiful copy. $2000.00 NOVELTY - 305, 314, 339, 342

FRENCH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH 326. (OAKLEY,THORNTON)illus. FOLK TALES OF BRITTANY by Elsie Masson. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith (1929). 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corner rubbed else Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, has a few mends on verso and ½” piece off top of backstrip). First edition. 15 folk / fairy tales, some of which appear here for the first time are illustrated by ’s student, Oakley, with pictorial endpapers, 15 full page illustrations plus many partial page illustrations and striking color wrapper. This copy has a lovely DATED INSCRIPTION FROM OAKLEY WITH A DETAILED SKETCH OF A PEASANT GIRL. $450.00

NISTER PUB. - 310, 341, 471 NOAH’S ARK - 341 914.764.7410 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 327. (OAKLEY,VIOLET)illus. CHRIST MY REFUGE: one of seven hymns by OUTHWAITE’S FAIRYLAND IN DUST WRAPPER! Mary Baker Eddy. Boston: 330. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. FAIRYLAND with verses by Annie R. Pub. by the Trustees under Rentoul and stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. NY: Frederick A. the Will of Mary Baker Eddy Stokes 1929. Folio (10 1/4 x 13 1/4”), red gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, [166] p., (1939). 7” x 9 3/4”), white light fading on spine else FINE CONDITION IN DUST WRAPPER (dust wrapper cloth, gilt pictorial cover, has large piece off top edge of front cover, 2 pieces off spine, archival mends on VG-Fine. Printed on one side verso). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION which precedes the U.K. edition by 2 years of the page, the calligraphic and which includes 2 stories and 4 color plates not in the U.K. edition. Three text is done in 4 colors with fairy stories and 23 fairy poems are illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 19 pictorial and illuminated magnificent, large color plates, 32 large and incredibly detailed black and white initials, pictorial headpiece plates, plus drawings in-text. This is one of the most sought after children’s and tailpiece (half-page), books and certainly one of the most beautiful. (See Muir’s Bibliography p.644). title and cover illustrations Nice copy. $3250.00 plus full page color illustrations all beautifully illuminated by Oakley. This is a beautiful book by this Brandywine School artist. $75.00

SCARCE KEWPIE BOOK WITH BOXED KEWPIE HANKIES 328. O’NEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES THEIR BOOK written and illustrated by Rose O’Neill. NY: Frederick Stokes (Nov. 1913). 4to (8 1/4 x 11”), boards, pictorial paste-on, slightest bit of rubbing else near Fine condition. 1st edition of this early Kewpie book. Illustrated by O’Neill with pictorial endpapers, cover plate, plus numerous 2-color illustrations on every page depicting the adventures of the Kewpies. Sold with the book is a BOXED SET OF 3 KEWPIE HANDKERCHIEFS! The hankies measure 10 3/4” square and are silk screened with color images of the Kewpies and their friends. The publisher’s box, which has flaps strengthened, has a great pictorial cover of the Kewpies. Nice copies of the book are quite scarce and the boxed hankies are rare. $2200.00

GLORIOUS POLAR BEARS 331. PARKER,B. AND N. ARCTIC ORPHANS. London & Edinburgh.: W. & R. Chambers, no date, circa 1920. Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 ½”), pictorial boards, slight tip rubbing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped with a few mends). The adventures of three young polar bears that lose their parents is told in verse by B. Parker. Illustrated by N. Parker with 13 incredible full page full color illustrations plus illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers and striking color covers. One of the rarest of the Parkers’ fine picture books and a beautiful copy BUSTER BROWN FOLIO in the rare dust wrapper. 329. (OUTCAULT,R.F.) BUSTER BROWN SON CHIEN TIGER ET LEURS $2000.00 AVENTURES [BUSTER BROWN HIS DOG TIGE AND THEIR ADVENTURES]. Paris / New York Herald 1903, 1904. Oblong folio (16 x 11 ½”), PARKER PICTURE BOOK IN RARE DUST WRAPPER! cloth backed pictorial card 332. PARKER,B. and N. THE HOLE AND CORNER BOOK verses by B. Parker. covers. Corners worn, London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers no date ca 1910. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 9”), rear corner lacks a bit of pictorial boards, a Fine copy in ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (minor wear to dw else paper, and normal soil, VG. VG-Fine). Full page poems about baby animals of various kinds are accompanied There is a pictorial title by marvelous full page color lithographed plates plus illustrations in brown line on page followed by 30 folio text pages by N[ancy] PARKER. Lots of bunnies, otters, chicks and more. A very leaves printed on rectos scarce and terrific picture book, rarely found with the dust wrapper. $1850.00 only, each leaf consisting (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) of color cartoon panels featuring Buster Brown PARLEY, PETER - PETER PARLEY TO PENROD - 318, 386 and his misadventures. $500.00 PANORAMA - 153-5, 283-90, 363, 398, 470 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 59 [email protected]

KNAVE OF HEARTS IN BOX 333. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. KNAVE OF HEARTS by Louise Saunders. NY: Scribner 1925 (1925) folio, black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX! (box restored as usual). An incredibly beautiful copy of the first edition of Parrish’s masterwork. Illustrated with glorious pictorial endpapers plus really magnificent full page color illustrations (printed on rectos only) and numerous rich color illustrations in-text, all printed on thick, heavy coated paper. $4000.00

PARRISH, MAXFIELD SEE ALSO 39

PEAKE, MERVYN - 84

PEEPSHOW FROM DENMARK 334. PEEPSHOW. DEN NORDISK IDUSTRI - LANDBRUGS OG KUNST - UDSTILLING (PEEPSHOW OF THE NORDIK EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY 1888). Kobenhavn: Otto B. Wroblewski Forlag, 1888. When closed the peepshow measures 4 3/4” wide x 5 7/8” opening to approximately 13 ½”. One bellow replaced else near Fine condition in pictorial slip case (case soiled, chipped on upper sides). When extended, the 5 color lithographed scenes (including back panel) offer a detailed three dimensional view of the rotunda and nave of the entrance hall of the Exhibition. The Nordik Exposition of Industry organized by Philip Schou, opened in 1888 after much turmoil about the direction and philosophy of the show. Ultimately it was meant to showcase the human aspect of industry. Countries from all over Europe participated. See #18 of Gestetner Catalogue. $1750.00

#335

WATER JOUSTING 18th CENTURY ENGELBRECHT PEEPSHOW 335. PEEPSHOW. PRESENTATION EINES FISCHERSTECHENS [WATER JOUSTING] by Martin Engelbrecht. Augsburg, Germany, no date, circa 1780. There are 6 hand-colored panels with margins untrimmed, each 10 1/4” wide X 7 3/4” high (regular trimmed sets measure approximately 8” wide x 6 1/4” high). Except for a stain in the corner of 1 panel, this is in Fine condition with the original label on the back of the last panel. Each panel has cut-out hand colored scenes which, when viewed at spaced intervals, provide a three dimensional view of a river jousting outing. Men and even women in boats try to send their opponents overboard as they come near until only 1 boat is left and that is the winner. Dozens of men and women in fancy clothing are watching from the riverbank. Sold with a modern folding wooden stand used for display, allowing the full 3 dimensional effect to be seen. Martin Engelbrecht and his brother began their publishing house in Augsburg, Germany in 1719. Amongst other items, they produced the first peep shows, an early form of family entertainment. Engelbrecht peep shows were not bound together like their 19th century offspring, but were meant to be viewed on wooden frames with slats so that a family could have several different peep shows and view them interchangeably. This is a larger format, early peep show with unusual subject matter $3500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) HELENE GUERTIK ILLUSTRATIONS 336. PERE CASTOR. LES BETES QUE J’AIME #332 - previous page [ANIMALS I LIKE] by Louv’a. Paris: Flammarion 1934. 8 1/4” square, flexible pictorial wraps, VG. First edition. Illustrated with wonderful bold and stylized color lithos by HELENE GUERTIK. $150.00

PERE CASTOR SEE ALSO 153-5 914.764.7410 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 ORIGINAL DRAWING PLUS COLOR SEPARATIONS which fit 8 HAND COLORED FIGURES, some of which stand. There is also an 337. (PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA)illus. SILVER MACE: alligator hinged into the rear cover that can swivel over the top of the cover, ORIGINAL ARTWORK. The Silver Mace is a picture story book making it appear as if the boat is capsizing with the children in it. This book is about Williamsburg Virginia from its beginning as a colony. Published quite something, with a little bit of everything for the collector of paper dolls, in New York by Macmillan in 1956 Offered here are the following: pochoir, Art Deco or Black interest. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #1928 with illus. on p. 251. Rarely found complete in such nice condition. $2500.00 a. ORIGINAL FULL PAGE DRAWING SIGNED BY THE PETERSHAMS that appears on page 32 of their book about Williamsburg, Virginia. This is matted and framed with

b. ORIGINAL PROOF in color for the same page, captioned by the Petershams in pencil.

c. SIX SHEETS OF COLOR SEPARATIONS for the final 4-color lithograph (yellow, red, blue and black) captioned in Petersham’s hand

d. FIRST EDITION OF THE SILVER MACE, stated first printing in dust wrapper. 4to, (8 1/4 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards.

Most of the art for the Petersham’s books (and for many other illustrators as well) was done in black and white and the color was applied in the printing, one color at a time. All the progressive color work was done and approved by the Petershams themselves to ensure that it met their standards, something rarely done by today’s artists. This offers fascinating insight into the publishing process and features a nice original drawing. $875.00

SATIRICAL FRENCH PICTURE BOOK - LOUIS BAILLY ART 340. PICTURE BOOK. RESSEMBLANCES texte de Clement Vautel, illustrations by Louis Bailly. Paris: B. Sirven, no date, circa 1925. 4to (9 ½ x 12 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light edge rubbing and slight rear cover soil, VG+. There are 9 animals featured. Each has a page of text that describes its nature and then relates that to human characteristics, types of people or societal problems. There is a small color litho of the animal on the text page. Opposite each page of text is a full page, richly colored lithograph of a human who resembles the animal both in looks and personality. It includes a monkey, giraffe, beaver, duck, parakeet, owl, marabout (cousin of a stork) and a vulture. For example the predatory nature of a vulture is compared to a userer and on a grander scale to an animal waiting to pounce on the weak in society or those fallen in war. Rare and visually arresting. $1375.00

PHOTOS OF PETS DRESSED AS HUMANS 338. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. THE POT OF GOLD AT RAINBOW’S END by Harry Frees. Chicago: Manning 1932. 4to (6 3/4 x 10”), stiff pictorial card covers, covers slightly dusty else Fine. This is the story about a naughty kitten named Tommy Toddles and about all of the mischief he gets into. Illustrated with large photos on every page of real cats dressed as humans and posed in a variety of circumstances. There is also a pictorial border on every page. Frees notes that his animal subjects were treated with the utmost respect. A nice copy of a very scarce Frees title. $250.00 NOAH’S ARK THEME 341. PICTURE BOOK. THE TOY VILLAGE by Georgia Roberts. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa 1906. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed PHOTO ILLUSTRATED SEE ALSO 10, 41 pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG+. This is a fabulous picture book with text in rhyme relating the tale of Noah and his crew after they came off of the Ark. Illustrated by Katharine Greenland with 20 full page chromolithographs STUNNING JACK ROBERTS portraying all of the characters as toys. See Peeps Into Nisterland p.281. This is a charming picture book. $500.00 ART DECO PICTURE BOOK WITH INSERTS 339. PICTURE BOOK. LA CROISIERE BLANCHE OU L’EXPEDITION MOKO- (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) MOKA KOKOLA texte et images par Jack Roberts. Paris: Tolmer (1928). Oblong small 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest bit of dustiness on the cover else Fine. The story follows the adventures of 3 little Black children PIGS - 15, 136, 167, 275-6, 308, 360-1, 476 at sea, trying to make it to America. Illustrated with absolutely striking color illustrations on each page in true Art Deco style. 8 of the pages have slits into PINKNEY, JERRY - 464 PIRATES - 320 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 61 [email protected] FRENCH ART DECO DOLL HOUSE PLAY BOOK POGANY’S FAIRY FLOWERS 342. PLAY BOOK. LA MAISON QUE PIERRE A MEUBLE avec personnages 344. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. FAIRY FLOWERS: nature legends of facts and et sujets mobiles. Paris: Fernand Nathan 1925. Oblong folio (13 1/4 x 11 1’4”) fantasy by Isidora Newman. cloth backed pictorial boards, a Fine copy in the original box with printed label. NY: Henry Holt (1926). 4to Printed on heavy card pages, there are 6 double page scenes and 2 single page (7 3/4 x 10”), cloth backed rooms of a French house including: foyer, kitchen, pantry, master bedroom, boards with a floral design, child’s bedroom, dining room, bathroom plus the garden. Slits are placed FINE IN ORIGINAL DUST strategically around the rooms into which the reader can insert various people, WRAPPER. Illustrated toys, furniture and other figures. Includes 60 color figures of members of the with 15 beautiful tipped-in family, pets, toys, clothing, implements, etc. The entire book is illustrated by color plates (2 with slight French artist / illustrator Pierre Rousseau. Quite scarce with so many figures, corner crease) and 15 lovely rare in this condition with the box. $1350.00 full page black & whites to accompany the fantasy tales of flower fairies and princesses. Beautiful copy! $475.00

RARE POGANY MOTHER GOOSE IN DUST WRAPPER 345. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE. NY: McBride Nast 1915. 4to (7 1/4 x 10”), boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in the rare pictorial dust wrapper (dw chipped, missing a large piece off front panel). The first title in a new series that was intended by the publisher to conform to the high standards of books by Crane and Caldecott. Illus. with 16 color plates by Pogany (8 double-page) and in brown line on every page of text all done in a style different from any of his other books (except for the companion titles in this series). Not related at all to his later Art Deco Mother Goose, this has charming, realistic illustrations with each page of illustration individually hinged into the binding. The dust wrapper illustration is not duplicated in the text. A very scarce Pogany title, incredibly rare in the dw. $900.00

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INSCRIBED BY POGANY 343. POGANY,WILLY. PETERKIN by Elaine and Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: McKay 1940. 4to (8 3/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial 346. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. A TREASURY OF VERSE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN boards, slightest bit of edge selected by M.G. Edgar. NY: Thomas Crowell, no date [1908]. 4to, (7 x 9”). green rubbing else Fine in VG+ dust pictorial cloth, 256p., slight cover soil else near Fine. An anthology of poetry wrapper lightly frayed at for children by noted authors and poets is illustrated by Pogany with pictorial spine ends, slightly rubbed endpapers, 8 color plates and a profusion of very beautiful full page and partial at folds. 1st edition. THIS page black & whites all throughout the text. Nice copy. $300.00 COPY IS INSCRIBED BY POGANY Illustrated by Willy Pogany with 15 full page and smaller color illustrations and many black and whites done in a unique Disneyesque style that is not found in any of his other books. Peterkin is a cute faun who gets into mischief in the forest. Nice copy! $350.00

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POLAR INTEREST - 171 POLISH INTEREST - 1 914.764.7410 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH INCREDIBLE WATERCOLOR WITH LARGE FINISHED WATERCOLOR ON ENDPAPER FILLING ENTIRE ENDPAPER 349. POLITI,LEO. THE POINSETTIA. Best-West Pub. (1967). Folio (9 ½ x 12 ½”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. THIS COPY HAS A 347. POLITI,LEO. A BOAT FOR PEPPE. NY: Charles Scribner 1950 (A). 4to LARGE FINISHED WATERCOLOR ON A BLANK PRELIMINARY PAGE, SIGNED (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with wear at folds and frayed. First “SEASONS GREETINGS LEO POLITI”. A young boy and girl are standing edition. The story is about Peppe, the son of a Sicilian fisherman and has brightly between 2 trees on a blue background. There are flowers, bells and a butterfly colored illustrations throughout. THIS COPY HAS A FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR on the branches. The book contains Christmas customs from various lands, FILLING THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER depicting Peppe holding a boat and explained by Politi and beautifully illustrated in full color throughout. Books by seated under a tree next to his sister. Inscribed by Politi. Full page drawing like Politi with large finished watercolors like this are rare. $1500.00 this are rare for Politi to have done and this one is really charming. $1500.00

WITH CHARMING WATERCOLOR 350. (POLITI,LEO)illus. THE THREE MIRACLES by Catherine Blanton. NY: John Day (1946). 8vo (7 ½ SCARCE TITLE INSCRIBED x 9”), Fine in dust wrapper. 348. POLITI,LEO. MR. FONG’S TOY SHOP. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1st edition. A story set in (1978). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), pictorial sturdy cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. First Mexico and illustrated in edition, first printing with number beginning with 1. This lovely story setin color throughout. THIS Chinatown features a toy store owner and little children who love to hear his COPY IS INSCRIBED stories. Illustrated with full page pen ink drawings plus illustrations on all text BY POLITI WITH A pages. THIS COPY IS ORNATELY INSCRIBED BY POLITI. This is a scarce CHARMING WATERCOLOR Politi title in excellent condition. $500.00 OF JUAN, A CHARACTER FROM THE BOOK. He cleverly includes the half- title in the picture and makes the boy interactive with the recipients name below. This is an especially nice copy of a scarce Politi book. $700.00

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RARE 19TH CENTURY BUFFALO BILL POP-UP 351. POP-UP. (PANORAMA) BUFFALO BILL’S WILDER WESTEN [BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST]. Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber (1891). 4to, (9 3/4 x 13”), pictorial boards, normal light shelf wear and slight creasing, VG+. This is a fabulous, lavish pop-up panorama in the same style and format of Meggendorfer’s Circus. The panorama opens up accordion fashion to reveal six pop-up scenes. Each of the six panels features an elaborate three tiered pop-out showing different aspects of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. An exquisite and rare pop- up in excellent condition. $5750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 63 [email protected] 352. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO. 4 ed. by S. Louis RARE KUBASTA POP-UP Giraud. London: Strand no date, circa 1937. 8vo (7 x 8 ½”), pictorial boards, 355. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TIP AND TOP AND TAP LOOK AT SHIPS. slight rubbing, near FINE. Featuring 5 action packed double page color pop-ups (London: Bancroft 1964). Large square 4to, stiff pictorial card covers, near Fine. including: Pipes of Pan, Enchanted Horse, Hound of Hide-Oh, Prehistoric man and This is a fabulous action book featuring 6 double-page pop-up pages - all showing beast, Father Christmas and his Tree. Illustrated in color and black & white to the sea adventures of Tip and Top. Illustrations in color and pop-ups designed accompany a variety of stories. Beautiful copy! $350.00 by V. KUBASTA. $475.00

MICKEY PLAYS POLO IN HOLLYWOOD 353. POP-UP. (DISNEY,WALT). MICKEY HOP-LA! UNE PARTIE DE POLO. Paris: Hachette (1936). 4to (7 ½ x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, fine condition in lightly frayed dust wrapper. Mickey and the gang play in a polo match against Hollywood stars including Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and Harpo Marx. Clark Gable and POP-UP ORPHAN ANNIE Mae West are spectators. Featuring 3 vibrantly colored pop-ups plus color pictorial 356. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE endpapers and many line illustrations throughout the text. Never published in AND JUMBO THE CIRCUS ELEPHANT by Harold Gray. Chicago: Pleasure Books America, this is an amusing Disney pop-up, rare in the dust wrapper. $1250.00 (1935). Square 4to, pictorial boards, covers lightly soiled else near Fine. Featuring 3 marvelous double page color pop-ups and many b&w’s in-text. $525.00

357. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) JACK THE GIANT KILLER and other tales. NY: Blue Ribbon (1932). Thick 4to, pictorial boards, usual hinge strains else unusually FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER. Containing the title story as well as Little Red Riding Hood and . Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ with color endpapers, many black and whites and 4 fabulous double page color pop- ups. Due to the thickness of the pages few copies of this title survive in nice condition. This is the nicest copy you’re likely to find. $900.00 UNIQUE POP-UP PANORAMA WITH MIRRORS 354. POP-UP. (PANORAMA) PETIT POUCET [TOM THUMB] created by Robert de Longchamp. Paris: Editions Bias (1951). This is 4 panel double-sided panorama that measures 9 x 11 3/4” when closed and is in Fine condition. When opened, the inside panels have a unique mechanism. Each panel has two color illustrated flaps that are to be lifted up and joined in the center of the page using the slots in one panel to remain erect, essentially creating a triangle. On the bottom section there is a full color scene that appears to become 3 dimensional by using reflections from a mirror like surface that reflects the pictures from inside the 2 flaps to complete the scene. There is text below each image. The back sides of 2 panels have illustrations with text of the story, the other two panels are full page color illustrations forming the front and back covers. Clever and rare and really a unique treatment. $975.00

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358. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 4to, pictorial boards, VG+. Illustrated in black and white by C. Carey Cloud and with 3 wonderful double page color pop-ups by HAROLD LENTZ. A particularly nice copy. $300.00

IN RARE PRINTED DUST WRAPPER 359. POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. London: Warne 1911 SCARCE BLUE RIBBON (1911). 12mo (4 1/4 x 5 3/4”), dark green boards, pictorial paste-on, small owner “MIDGET” POP-UP inscription else Fine IN ORIGINAL PRINTED GLASSINE WRAPPER which lists 362. [POTTER,BEATRIX]. THE TALE this title last on the rear panel, lists Roly Poly, Pie, and Ginger on front flap and OF PETER RABBIT. NY: Blue Ribbon Fierce Bad Rabbit and Miss Moppet on rear flap. (wrapper has ½” chip top of (1934). 16mo (3 3/4 x 5”), pictorial spine, base of spine has “1-net” price, a few smaller chips elsewhere but overall boards, 60p., rubbing on edges and spine VG). 1st ed. Illustrated with color frontis plus 26 color plates and pictorial ends else VG+ condition. This is a title endpapers (plate X, Quinby 20). Exceptional copy, rare in wrapper. $3250.00 in Blue Ribbon’s Midget Pop-up Series. Featuring one double-page color pop- up and 26 full page black and whites to accompany the story of Peter Rabbit, illustrated by C. CAREY CLOUD. Very scarce. $650.00

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360. POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF PIGLING BLAND. London: Warne 1913 (1913). 12mo, green boards, pictorial paste-on, some light wear to spine ends else near fine. 1st ed., illustrated with color plates by Potter. $750.00

363. PRESTON,CHLOE. CUDDLY KIDDIES. London: Tuck, no date, circa 1915. 4to (8 x 10”), pictorial boards, some cover rubbing else VG+. This is a double- sided 8 section panorama with 16 fabulous color plates (including covers) of delightful wide-eyed children. This can be read as a book or opened up for display. Scarce. $1200.00

364. (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. BARBARA PEEK-A-BOOS HOLIDAY. London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, no date, circa 1915. Square 4to, pictorial boards, color paste-on, slight wear to paper and sl. soil, VG+. Featuring 8 fine color plates plus numerous black and whites showing the trials and tribulations of Barbara with adorable humanized bunnies. $500.00

FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 361. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. London: Frederick Warne (1930). 8vo (6 ½ x 8”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 141p., slight wear, Fine condition in Fine dust wrapper with mounted color plate. 1st edition. Illustrated with 6 fine color plates plus numerous line illustrations in text and pictorial endpapers. A beautiful copy. Quinby 30. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 65 [email protected]

CHINESE COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA 365. PROPAGANDA. MIN UND GO: EIN BRIEF AUS CHINA verse by Paul Wiens. Berlin: Der Kinderbuchverlag (1952). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light edge wear slight soil, near Fine. 1st edition. This is an East German communist children’s book extolling the virtues of Mao’s Communist Chinese ideologies through a picture book starring 2 Chinese brothers named Min and Go. Each page of text in rhyme faces a fantastic full page color lithograph illustration (14 full page plus one partial page) showing how wonderful life is in China since the Communists have come to power. Everyone is happily working, shops are full of produce and whatever anyone needs is available to them. One scene shows Stalin bringing a delegation to see how wonderful things are under Communism. Another shows a group of angry children trying to beat a monster waving an American flag. Really remarkable and quite scarce. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $1200.00

#367 ITALIAN FASCIST PROPAGANDA READER 366. PROPAGANDA. SILLABARIO E PICCOLE LETTURE by Dina Bucciarelli Belardinelli. Libreria Dello Stato (1930). 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 ½”), cloth backed stiff pictorial wraps, 95 [2]p., covers dusty else VG+. A stunning reader for young children, this is has wonderful art deco color illustrations on every page by A. DELLA TORRE. Several of the illustrations are political or militaristic including a young girl saluting the image of Mussolini entitled “Viva la Duce! $900.00

INDIA FAIRY TALES 368. PYLE,KATHARINE. FAIRY TALES FROM INDIA. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1926 (1926). 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), red gilt decorated. cloth, near fine in dust wrapper with color plate on the cover (dw old reinforcement on verso). 1st edition. 12 fairy tales from India edited by Ms. Pyle and illustrated by her as well with 12 color plates, 2 pictorial headpieces and pictorial title page. Scarce in dust wrapper. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $225.00

369. PYLE,KATHARINE. IN THE GREEN FOREST by Katharine Pyle. Boston: Little Brown, 1902 (Oct.1902). 8vo (6 3/4 x 9”), green pictorial cloth, rear cover has some inoffensive but visible stains, faint corner stain, actually looks much better than it sounds, VG. 1st PROPAGANDA SEE ALSO 234, 399, 486 edition. This is magical fairy story of elves in 367. PROVENSEN,ALICE AND MARTIN. WHO’S IN THE EGG? A Big Golden the forest, illustrated Book. Western Pub. Co. 1970. 4to (9 3/4 x 12 3/4”), pictorial boards, near Fine by Miss Pyle with 5 in a VG-Fine price clipped dust wrapper. Presumable first edition. A gentle introduction to the beginning of life for the young child with charming color full page half-tone lithographs filling nearly every page. (SEE ILLUS NEXT COLUMN) $200.00 plates plus many lively black and whites in text. $200.00 PUPPETS - 96, 97, 125 PUZZLE - 305 914.764.7410 Pg 66 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111

1 OF 25 COPIES WITH DRAWING SIGNED BY RACKHAM 370. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. London: Harrap (1932). 4to (8 ½ x 10 ½”), publisher’s special full green morocco with triple gilt fillet border and pictorial gold design on front cover after Rackham. Spine slightly toned else Fine. ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES OF A TOTAL LIMITED EDITION OF 525 COPIES (OF WHICH 500 WERE FOR SALE). THIS COPY IS MARKED PRESENTATION IN RACKHAM’S HAND AND SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and 59 wonderful black and whites. This copy has an ORIGINAL DRAWING BY RACKHAM, SIGNED AND DATED BY HIM ON AN INTEGRAL BLANK. TITLED “THE UGLY DUCKLING” (in Rackham’s hand). This is a charming drawing of Mother and Father Duck with 3 baby ducklings between them - the Ugly duckling stands alone. A truly special book. Rare. $18,500.00

PRESENTATION COPY TO SARAH LATIMORE IN RARE PUBLISHER’S MOROCCO BINDING 371. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. IMAGINA by Julia Ellsworth Ford. 373. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER by Izaak Walton. NY: Duffield 1914 (1914). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), cloth, slight fadingon London: George Harrap (1931). 4to (8 x 10”), PUBLISHER’S FULL GREEN rear cover else Fine, curiously in a Dodd Mead dust wrapper with MOROCCO BINDING STAMPED IN GOLD AND BLIND, top edge gilt, spine small hole, some fraying. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY very slightly faded else fine in custom cloth slipcase. Illustrated with pictorial JULIA FORD TO SARAH LATIMORE, RACKHAM’S BIBLIOGRAPHER: endpapers, 12 color plates and numerous black and whites. This publisher’s binding is rare. See Riall p. 175. $1250.00 “ To Miss Latimore with the author’s best wishes. My daughter Lauren Ford illustrated this book in black and white when she was 17 years old. She is now a celebrated artist. One of her pictures was accepted by the Metropolitan Museum in N.Y. Julia Ellsworth Ford.”

A fanciful tale, illustrated by Rackham with 2 beautiful color plates, one of which is repeated on the dust wrapper and pictorial endpapers. Also illustrated by the authors daughter, LAUREN FORD in black and white. A special copy. $950.00

LIMITED TO ONLY 560 COPIES THIS WITH WATERCOLOR BY RACKHAM 372. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS by Thomas Ingoldsby. London: Dent 1907. Large thick 4to, full gilt pictorial vellum, inconspicuous mend on 2 text pages else fine with new ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 560 SIGNED BY RACKHAM (500 for sale). Featuring 24 beautiful tipped-in color plates mounted on dark paper, 12 full page tinted illus. and 66 b&w drawings plus pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY FEATURES A FINE HALF PAGE WATERCOLOR DRAWING SIGNED BY RACKHAM! The image depicts a witch-like old woman and her black cat standing near her cottage - a version of the color plate on page 26 of the book depicting the old woman who dwells upon Tappington Moor. This is a special copy. $13,500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] PUBLISHER’S DELUXE LEATHER BINDING AND BOX 374. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX AND DUST WRAPPER! by Washington Irving. London: George Harrap (1928). 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), 376. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William PUBLISHER’S FULL BROWN LEATHER, TOP EDGE GILT IN ORIGINAL Shakespeare. NY & London: Doubleday Page & William Heinemann, 1908. 4to PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH LABEL (box repaired, with wear). First edition with (73/4 x 10”), cloth backed leaf patterned boards with gilt picture, FINE IN these illustrations, illustrated by Rackham with pictorial endpapers plus 8 really ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER PRINTED WITH SPIDER WEB DESIGN AND IN beautiful color plates, as well as many nice black and white drawings throughout PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! (dw chipped with a few mends, box with some the text. This special binding is rare, especially in box. $1250.00 wear). The box has a charming line illustration which does not appear in the text. 1st American 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, rare with the wrapper and box. $3000.00

BOXED RACKHAM FAIRY TALES 375. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER by the . NY: Dodd Mead (1917). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), red gilt cloth, tiny margin creases on some plates else FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE ON COVER (box one PETER PAN PORTFOLIO flap repaired). First edition. 40 fairy tales newly illustrated by Rackham with 377. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN PORTFOLIO from Peter Pan In 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates, 43 black and white drawings plus pictorial endpapers. Rare in the box. $1850.00 Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie. NY: Brentano 1914. Folio (16 x 21 ½”), yellow silk moire with tan cloth spine and corners, lacking the ribbon ties on cover edges and very slight cover soil else near Fine condition. LIMITED to ONLY 300 NUMBERED COPIES FOR AMERICA printed on high quality vellum-like paper. Featuring 12 of the most magnificent large color plates mounted in mattes with lettered tissue guards. The detail and colors are breath-taking and the large size of the plates does justice to Rackham’s mastery. The plates are the sizes of the original art and in some cases larger. In fact this was issued so that people could frame the plates for display, thus it is rare to find it complete. A great copy of a beautiful book. Latimore and Haskell p.39. $8000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 RACKHAM’S PETER PAN IN ORIGINAL BOX RACKHAM AND POE 378. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS 381. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1912]. Large 4to (9 x by Edgar Allan Poe. Philadelphia: Lippincott [1935]. 4to (8 x 10”), red pictorial 11 1/8”), green gilt pictorial cloth, 125 numbered pages, a FINE COPY IN THE cloth, (318)p., old paper clip mark on edge of endpaper else Fine in dust wrapper PUBLISHER’S BOX AND PRINTED GLASSINE WRAPPER WITH A BLIND ( VG dw with “v” shaped piece off top of spine,, frayed at base of spine). First STAMPED DESIGN (dw creased, box dusty with flaps repaired). First edition of American Rackham illustrated edition. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 Rackham’s enlarged edition, first issue with pictorial endpapers. This has a new fine color plates with tissue guards, plus many black and whites. In addition, the color plate done for this edition, plus there are 7 black and whites not in the 1906 fabulous wrapper illustration does not appear in the book. $875.00 edition. In all, illustrated by Rackham with 50 mounted color plates with tissue guards and with 7 full page black and whites. An excellent copy of one of Rackham’s most desired titles, rare in the box. (Latimore/Haskell p.40). $4500.00

SIGNED BY RACKHAM 382. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN by Robert Browning. London: George Harrap (1934). 8vo (6 x 9 1/4”), full limp vellum binding, Fine in fine original slipcase. First edition, Limited to400 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Illustrated with silhouette endpapers, 4 color plates plus lovely line illustrations in-text. A beautiful copy. $2500.00 RACKHAM’S RIP VAN WINKLE 379. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday Page 1905 with Heinemann on spine. 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), green gilt cloth, small snag at head of spine, text pages foxed else tight and VG+. 1st edition (1st impression). of this masterpiece, featuring 51 magnificent mounted color plates plus several black and whites. This is one of Rackham’s best books with the illustrations particularly well suited to the text. (Latimore / Haskell p. 26). $1350.00

FINE COPY OF RACKHAM’S LIMITED TEMPEST IN DUST WRAPPER 380. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday [1926]. 4to (9 1/2 x 11 3/4”), 1/4 vellum, white gilt pictorial boards, top edge gilt. Fine IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER! LIMITED TO ONLY 520 COPIES (260 for U.K.,260 for U.S.) SIGNED BY RACKHAM WITH AN EXTRA COLOR PLATE NOT IN THE TRADE EDITION. Illustrated by Rackham with 21 magnificent tipped-in color plates plus pictorial title page and several black and white devices, printed on hand- made paper. This is a magnificent copy. $3000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected] LIMITED PEER GYNT 383. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. London: 387. (ROBINSON,CHARLES) George Harrap (1936). 4to, full vellum decorated in gold, top edge gilt, some illus. MARGARET’S BOOK by H. discoloration of vellum else near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES Fielding Hall. London: Hutchinson, SIGNED BY RACKHAM! Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, no date [1913]. Thick small 4to (6 plus numerous fanciful black and whites. A beautiful copy. $1850.00 3/4 x 9”), red gilt cloth, all edges gilt, near Fine and bright. 1st edition. Illustrated by Robinson with 12 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus a profusion of black and whites in text of fairies and more. This is a beautiful copy of an uncommon and particularly lovely Robinson book. $650.00

WWII SERVICE DOG - MANUSCRIPT - ART & MORE 388. (ROBINSON,IRENE)illus. BIG BOY: MANUSCRIPT AND ART by W.W. Robinson. Published by Macmillan in 1944, this is the WWII story of one of many dogs trained for Army service. It is fictional but based on an actual German Shepherd and Sergeant Robert Pearce who trained him. The Robinsons collaborated on their successful children’s books with Will writing the text and Irene contributing the art. Offered here is a wonderful archive. It includes: 384. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR). ARTHUR RACKHAM: A BIOGRAPHY by James a. 5 wonderfully detailed finished charcoal and ink drawings used in the Hamilton. NY: Arcade / Little Brown (1990). 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), cloth, 199p., book. The images measure 7 x 9” and are reduced in size for publication. Fine in dust wrapper. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. This b. 4 “practice sketches” is the definitive biography of Rackham including critical analysis of his work. c. Typed manuscript of the book with ink corrections Illustrated with a profusion of color and black & whites. $150.00 d. Galley proofs for the book e. Inscribed photo of Sergeant Robert Pearce of the Canine Command with his service German Shepherd on whom the book is based. Dated 1944 it commends the Robinsons on their fine story. f. Inscribed first edition of the book with dust wrapper g. A collection of 17 handwritten, autographed letters from Irene Robinson to Helen Fay the children’s book lecturer and book reviewer. Some envelopes are included dating most of the letters from 1944 to the early 1950’s. They are friendly letters with many referencing some aspect of children’s books including their own. One begins “According to Doris Patee [her editor at Macmillan], today is publication day for Big Boy. Can you believe it? There is mention of the Caldecott and Newbery Award choices - Roger Duvoisin’s White Snow Bright Snow, “I certainly approve of the Prayer For A Child, I haven’t really read Rabbit Hill.” Others mention Dorothy Lathrop, Erick Berry. Several letters mention her editor Doris Petee; one talks about the end of the War. h. Inscribed first edition of their book At the Zoo. Laid in is a carbonofa letter to Ursula Nordstrum, children’s book editor at Harpers referencing Helen Fay’s praise for their books. Signed with a few pencil changes. I. Adventure Trails for Boys, one leaf folded featuring “If skulls Could Talk” 385. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR). ARTHUR RACKHAM: HIS LIFE AND WORK by written by Will Robinson. 3 newspaper clippings. $4500.00 Derek Hudson. NY: Charles Scriber (1960, 1975). 4to (8 3/4 x 11”), cloth, (181)p. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) Fine in dust wrapper slightly worn on corners and spine ends. This is an excellent and very readable reference on the life and work of Rackham. Illustrated with many mounted color plates plus line illustrations. Bibliography. $150.00

RAE, JOHN - 467 READERS - 192, 226

REFERENCE BOOKS - 384, 385, 469 RELIGION - 89, 141, 327, 436

LIMITED TO 100 COPIES SIGNED - P. PARLEY TO PENROD 386. RICHARDS,LAURA. CAPTAIN JANUARY. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1898. 12mo (4 ½ x 7”), 3/4 leather and marbled boards, top edge gilt, 128p., Fine condition. EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY LAURA RICHARDS AND THE PUBLISHER ESTES LAURIAT. Printed on handmade Japanese paper and illustrated with a frontis by Frank T. Merreill engraved AND SIGNED BY W.H.W. BICKNELL. Richards’ mother was Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. Later in life, Richards and her sister wrote the biography of their mother for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Captain January remained popular and was made into an immensely popular movie starring Shirley Temple. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 94 for non deluxe 1891 edition. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 HEATH ROBINSON WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 389. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDY OF THE TWELFTH NIGHT or What You Will by William Shakespeare. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Thick 4to (9 ½ x 11 1/4”), full vellum stamped in gold, new ties, light cover soil else near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON, THIS COPY HAS FANTASTIC, DETAILED FULL PAGE DRAWING OF A JESTER SIGNED BY ROBINSON ON THE VERSO OF THE LIMITATION PAGE. Illustrated by Robinson with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates. This is a beautiful copy of this very scarce limited edition, even more special with the drawing. $5250.00

DOMINO PRESS - ESTHER AVERILL WITH LETTER 390. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. BILL THE MINDER. NY: Henry Holt 1912. 4to, 392. (ROJANKOVSKY, FEODOR)illus. ECLAIR by Esther Averill. Paris: Domino olive cloth, pictorial paste-on, gilt cover & spine, slightest of cover soil else near Press (1934). 4to (6 7/8 x 10 Fine. 1st U.S. edition (identical to the U.K. ed.), Written by Heath Robinson and 3/8”), cloth backed pictorial illustrated by him as well with 16 mounted color plates with tissue guards plus boards, Fine condition. 1st 126 black and white illustrations. The story deals with the wanderings of the edition. The story of a horse, King of Troy and his boot-cleaner Bill who becomes the “Minder” (babysitter) to a coach-dog and gypsies, a series of children. The illustrations are wonderful. $750.00 is beautifully illustrated with color lithos by Rojan. Printed on high quality paper. LAID-IN IS A 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM AVERILL ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY. Averill founded the Domino Press while living in Paris. It continued for a short while when she returned to the states. Then many years went by and Averill began her successful series about Jennie the cat. See Bader p. 120-4 for others. $475.00

RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE BY NATALIE CODRAY 393. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. GLOBUSNYI TCHELOVETCHIK [THE SIGNED HEATH ROBINSON / KIPLING BOOK LITTLE MAN IN THE GLOBE] by 391. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Natalya Kodryskaya [Natalie Codray]. Kipling. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1909]. Large 4to, full vellum (Printed in Paris by Ourlot Freres stamped in red gold and green, new ties, light cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO 1954). 4to (8 ½ x 11”), boards, pictorial ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON. Printed in hand-made paper. paste-on, [68]p., Fine. In this fairy Illustrated by Robinson with 30 magnificent tipped-in color plates with tale / fantasy, a little man comes out illustrated / lettered guards and with 59 line illustrations throughout the text of a globe and takes a little girl on that reproduce with much detail due to the high quality of the hand-made paper. adventures. Illustrated by Rojan with A beauty. (Beare 61b). $2200.00 5 full page and 16 partial page beautiful lithographs. Codray, the author was a well respected Russian who left Russia for Europe and then left Europe with her husband for America during WWII (where they changed their last name to Codray). After the war they returned to France where they helped other Russian literary and artist emigres. $300.00

DOMINO PRESS WITH LETTER FROM ESTHER AVERILL 394. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. POUDRE par Esther Averill et Lila Stanley. Paris: Domino Press (1933). 4to (6 5/8 x 10 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. 1st edition. This is the story of a little horse, a duchess and the circus, featuring absolutely beautiful color lithos by Rojan. LAID-IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM AVERILL ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY. Averill began her book career in Paris when she founded the Domino Press which continued for a short while when she returned to the States. Many years went by and then Averill began her successful series about Jennie the cat. See Bader p. 70. A special copy with Averill’s letter. $475.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] DOMINO PRESS / CANADA RARE ROUNTREE FANTASY 395. (ROJANKOVSKY, FEODOR)illus. THE VOYAGES OF JACQUES CARTIER 397. (ROUNTREE,HARRY)illus. BILLY BUNCE OR THE WANDERINGS OF A retold by Esther Averill. NY: Domino Press (1937). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, WHITE RABBIT by Alton Towers. Leeds & London: Alf Cooke, no date [1907]. Fine in dust wrapper (dw 4to (9 x 11 3/8”), pictorial cloth, slight edge rubbing else VG-Fine. Told from the rubbed at folds, piece off rabbit’s point of view, the story tells of the adventures of a gentle white rabbit top of backstrip, VG). 1st separated from its family when it is purchased from a pet store. Unhappy in its edition. LIMITED TO new home, it runs away. Illustrated by Rountree with 20 richly colored, color 3000 COPIES. Averill, who plates and pictorial endpapers. Also illustrated with charming black and whites founded the Domino Press, all throughout the text by F. Stuart. This is a great story and a very rare title retells the story of Cartier’s which if found is often lacking some of the color plates, $1200.00 discoveries in Canada and elsewhere. Beautifully and effectively illustrated with full page and smaller black and white lithographs by Rojan. This title was re- issued later as Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence. A well designed and well printed children’s book. Bader p. 120-3. $200.00

CHILDREN’S STORY BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED BY HER 396. ROOSEVELT,ELEANOR. CHRISTMAS. NY: Alfred Knopf 1940 (1940). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 ½”), pictorial boards, 42p., corner of rear cover discolored else VG+ in dust wrapper with corner chip. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ROOSEVELT ON THE HALF TITLE. She wrote this simple Christmas story with a World War II theme hoping to boost spirits during that difficult time. Featuring full page and smaller in-text pen and ink illustrations and color dust wrapper and endpapers by FRITZ KREDEL. $2850.00

WITH FOLD-OUTS 398. RUSSIAN. (DEINEKO & TROSHIN) TISIACHU PLAT’EV V DEN [A THOUSAND DRESSES A DAY] by Lev Kassil. Moscow: Ogiz 1931. 4to (8 x 8 3/4”), pictorial wraps, Fine. The process of sewing cloth to produce clothing is depicted with great color lithos by the husband and wife team of Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. The center pages fold out to produce a 4 page panoramic view. This one of the “production books” approved by the state to promote the Five Year Plan. See Dictionnarie p. 285. $1200.00

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PROPOGANDA 399. RUSSIAN. (PAKHOMOV) LAGER [CAMP] by E. Shvarc. Leningrad: Giz 1925. 4to (7 5/8 x 10 5/8”), pictorial wraps, fine condition. Illustrated with great color lithographs by Alexi Pakhomov. Pakhomov was a noted Russian artist and illustrator who studied under Lebedev for a few years. Early in the 1920’s he visited several Young Pioneer camps to study the children and their movements which resulted in this book that shows good young Communist children marching, working and exercising at camp. See Dictionnaire for other. $950.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 HUMANIZED SCREW AND MACHINE PARTS GREAT SARG FAIRY TALE ART 400. RUSSIAN. (TVARDOVSKI) VINTIK CHPOUNTIK [THE SMALL SCREW] 404. SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: GOLDILOCKS. Offered here is a by Nikolai Agnivtsev. Leningrad: Radouga 1925. 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), pictorial wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1941 on wraps, slight cover soil else VG-Fine. 1st edition of this popular children’s the back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image is rather book. When a little screw feels unappreciated in the scheme of things he stops large (11” wide x 7”) done with detail and humor. Captioned in pencil “In whose working to teach everyone how useful he really is. Marvelous color illustrations bed did Goldilocks fall asleep?” we see an alarmed bear looking at Goldilocks of humanized machines and parts by V. TVARDOVSKI. See Leveque p. 291. sleeping in its bed.? $850.00 Great copy. $800.00 #401 #400

SIGNED WITH DRAWING 405. SAY,ALLEN. EL CHINO. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1990 (1990). 4to (9 1/4 x 10 ½”), cloth backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw is soiled along edge and slightly frayed at top of spine but still presents well). First printing (1-10 code). This is the true story about Bong Way Billy Wong, the first Chinese bull fighter. Illustrated in color by Say. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED AND DATED 1990 BY SAY WITH A 5” DRAWING OF A CHINESE MAN WEARING ELEPHANTS A HAT AND HOLDING A FISHING POLE. $125.00 401. RUSSIAN. (VATAGIN) SPON VAMBO [VAMBO THE ELEPHANT] by N. Zhbankovoi. Moscow: G. F. Mirimanova, no date ca 1925. Oblong 4to (10 5/8 x 9 ½”), pictorial wraps, slight soil, VG+. The text describes the various jobs that an elephant can perform, from being in the zoo, to the circus, to a pack animal and more. Illustrated by VASILY VATAGIN with 12 fine full page, richly colored lithographs. Vatagin was a well respected artist in the Soviet Union yet not many of his children’s books appear on the market. $850.00

STUNNING LITHOGRAPHS 402. RUSSIAN. (VATAGIN) ZHELEZNAYA DOROGA [RAILROAD] text by M. Sandomirskogo. Moscow: G.F. Mirimanova 1927. Large oblong 4to (11 x 10”), pictorial wraps some cover and internal soil, corner worn, VG. The story is about a railroad run by animals and about the animals a bear meets as he goes for a ride on the train. Illustrated by VASILY VATAGIN with 12 full page stunning, richly colored lithographs (including cover) with 2 lines of text below each picture. Vatagin was a well respected Russian artist whose children’s books do not often appear on the market. This one is wonderful. $850.00

SCOTT, WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER - 58, 411, 468

SCOTT, JANET LAURA - 30, 447, 468 SCRIBNER CLASSICS - 492, 495

SELDEN, GEORGE - 482

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RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 153, 154, 155, 254-5, 336, 393

SIGNED-LIMITED EDITION OF “THE LITTLE PRINCE” 403. SAINT-EXUPERY,ANTOINE DE. THE LITTLE PRINCE. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1943). 8vo (7 3/8 x 9”), cloth, [93]p., FINE IN SLIGHTLY TONED DUST WRAPPER with limitation number inked on spine that matches limitation number of book, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed. (published in America first due to Nazi occupation of France). LIMITED TO 525 COPIES SIGNED BY SAINT-EXUPERY! Illustrated in color by the author. The Little Prince was Saint-Exupery’s last book published before he disappeared in a flight over the Mediterranean. The limited edition of this beloved classic is rare and this is an exceptional copy with no chipping at all on the dust wrapper. $22,000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] RAREST SENDAK TITLE LIMITED EDITION WITH EXTRA PLATES - SIGNED INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING 409. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. JUNIPER TREE and other tales from the Brothers Grimm. NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1973) translated by Lore Segal. 406. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. POEMS FROM WILLIAM BLAKE’S SONGS OF Small 8vo, 2 volumes, top edges gilt, dust wrappers, Fine in slipcase (case INNOCENCE by William Blake. London: Bodley Head (1967). Narrow 4 1/4 “ x 7 ½”, slightly shelf worn and faded). First issue, LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED pictorial wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY TO 275 COPIES FOR PRESENTATION COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK AND SEGAL, containing an EXTRA SUITE OF BY THE PUBLISHER. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK TO PIANIST ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED ON BECKETT PAPER under Sendak’s supervision. ALVIN NOVAK AND WITH A DRAWING. Inscribed by Sendak: “Dec. ‘67 / For A beautiful set, increasingly scarce. $1100.00 Alvin mit liebe! Maurice” The wonderful pen drawing shows a little boy seated on a piano bench playing a baby grand piano out of which flow little hearts. A flower pot sits on the piano top. The Bodley Head wanted to issue a holiday gift for the company’s 80th anniversary and asked Sendak to draw the art. Sendak’s connection with Blake ran deep and Blake was a large influence on his work. Illustrated with pictorial cover and 8 color illustrations to accompany Blake’s poems. This is a great copy of the rarest of all Sendak books. $7500.00

ISAAC BESHAVIS SINGER / SENDAK LIMITED EDITION 410. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. ZLATEH THE GOAT by Isaac Beshavis Singer. NY: Harper & Row (1966). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9”), off white cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine slightly soiled else Fine in original marbleized brown slipcase. LIMITED TO ONY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK AND SINGER. In Singer’s first children’s book there are 7 tales of Jewish folklore with 17 wonderful full page illustrations by Sendak. Printed on Andora paper and specially bound. $750.00

SIGNED BY SENDAK WITH DRAWING 407. SENDAK,MAURICE. MAX EN DE MAXIMONSTERS (WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE). (Rotterdam: Leminscaat 1968,1981). Oblong 10 x 9 1/4”. glazed pictorial boards, Near Fine. THIS DUTCH EDITION IS SIGNED BY SENDAK ACCOMPANIED BY A PEN DRAWING OF A MONSTER from the book. $400.00

SIGNED WITH CHARMING DRAWING 411. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. WHAT DO YOU DO DEAR? by Sesyle Joslyn. NY: Young Scott 1961. Oblong 8 3/4 x 7”, pictorial cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SENDAK WITH A PARTICULARLY CHARMING DRAWING OF THE TWO LITTLE CHILDREN FROM THE BOOK. Illustrated in color by Sendak on every other page. This title follows “What Do You Say, Dear “by Sendak and Joslyn, both books intended to impart the rules of proper conduct. $1500.00

INSCRIBED BY RUTH KRAUSS 408. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Brothers (1955). 12mo (5 1/4 x 6 5/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine condition in near fine dust wrapper with price intact. First edition. Illustrated in color on every page by Sendak. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS whose inscriptions are not common. This is an especially nice copy of an early and scarce Sendak title. $850.00 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 412. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. THE BIG GREEN BOOK by Robert Graves. NY: Crowell- Collier (1962). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing in new format. THIS COPY HAS A MARVELOUS CALDECOTT HONOR PEN DRAWING OF JACK AS AN OLD MAN WITH A CANDLE, SIGNED BY FINE COPY SENDAK. Featuring wonderfully detailed illustrations on every page. $1200.00 415. SEUSS,DR. IF I RAN THE ZOO. NY: Random House (1950). Folio, red glazed pictorial boards, a Fine copy in near fine dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition. CALDECOTT HONOR book. You’ve never been to a zoo like this one! This is an amazing copy, exceedingly scarce. Younger / Hirsch 44. $2500.00

416. SEUSS,DR. YOU’RE ONLY OLD ONCE. NY: Random House (1986). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, Fine in slipcase (case sl. faded on edge). 1st edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SEUSS. Seuss applies his magic touch to a book for adults, in the same style and colorful format of his children’s books. Anyone who has ever gone for a thorough physical exam can identify with this one. Humorous verse and wonderful illustrations. $650.00

INSCRIBED TO HIS GOOD FRIEND HERBERT HOSMER WITH A DRAWING 413. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper and Row (1952). 12mo (5 ½ x 6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, Harper Crest edition, Fine in fine dust wrapper, Later printing. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO HERBERT HOSMER BY SENDAK: “FOR HERB HOSMER FOR ALL HIS GENEROSITY” WITH A CHARMING DRAWING OF A LITTLE BOY HOLDING A SIGNED THAT SAYS “HI”. Hosmer was an important figure in the world of collectible children’s books. In an article about Hosmer by John Cech he mentions that Hosmer and Sendak were good friends and that “Sendak credits Hosmer with having made him aware of and equally excited about these valuable and elusive artifacts of children’s culture.” A nice association. $850.00

SEWELL, HELEN - 479, 480 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM - 135, 182, 376, 389, 380

INSCRIBED NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 417. SHANNON,MONICA. DOBRY. NY: Viking Press 1934 (1934). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, tiny bit of edge soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, no award medal, toned on edges with some edge chipping on rear panel). 1st edition of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER set in Bulgaria. Illustrated with striking color and black & white lithographs by A. KATCHAMAKOFF. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SHANNON, DATED NOVEMBER 1934. Inscribed first editions in dust wrapper are very scarce. $400.00 FINE COPY OF SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN - SIGNED 414. SEUSS,DR. AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET. NY: Vanguard Press (1937 Second printing). 4to (8 ½ x 11”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (Marco’s shorts are blue on dw and book). This is a remarkable copy with none of the edge wear usually found and with just a touch of toning on the white paper spine. The dust wrapper has minimal soil and a few small tears but is one of the nicest we’ve seen. This was Seuss’ first book for children, brightly illustrated in full color and this copy is SIGNED BY SEUSS (on verso of free endpaper). It’s interesting that by the second printing the price on the dust wrapper had already gone up to $1.25 from the original $1.00. If you can’t buy a first printing, this is a great alternative to add to a Seuss collection. $1950.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected] VERY UNUSUAL BOOK IN THE SHAPE OF A MOTORCYCLE (VESPA) SHAPED LIKE AN AX 422. SHAPE BOOK. KLAUS UND LOTTE text und bilder von Juan Ferrandiz. 418. SHAPE BOOK. LITTLE Hamburg: Carlsen Verlag, circa 1950’s. 4to, pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of HEROES. New York, Philadelphia, two children on a motorcycle. Some creasing and a few neat mends, still attractive Chicago et al: International Art Pub. and VG. Two little children have adventures on their Vespa including a run-in with Co., no date, circa 1900. This book a bull. Illus. with charming color lithos on every page by the author. $200.00 is shaped like an ax with a real wood #423 dowel as the handle which also serves as the binding. It measures 11” high #422 at the highest point and 7 1/4” wide with pictorial wrap covers. There is some edge wear and fraying at binding, overall VG+ condition. The text is about world leaders when they were little: Alfred the Great, Queen Matilda of Flanders, Mary Tudor, Prince Philip of France, Queen Elizabeth and others. Illustrated in green line by F. Holms and with 4 chromolithographs. The back cover features little George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. Very scarce and definitely different. $400.00

AFRIKAANSE TEXT NOVELTY BOOK 419. SHAPE BOOK. [BESSIE]. no author, title or date. pub. in Johannesburg (S. Africa) circa 1955. This is a wonderful shape book 14” tall die-cut in the shape of a little blonde girl in a blue coat. When you open the cover, Bessie’s RARE 19TH CENTURY SHAPE BOOK arms and legs can be swivelled out above and below the pages. The full page 423. SHAPE BOOK. LITTLE MARIAN. Philadelphia: American Sunday School color illustrations have different outfits for Bessie so she appears in different Union, no date, ca 1860. 8vo (6 ½ x 2 3/8”), pictorial wraps, neat spine mends, scenarios. She is shown going to school, cooking, gardening and more. Text pages tight and VG+. Diecut in the shape of a little girl and delicately illustrated with are also illustrated in color. Charming and in fine condition. $225.00 color lithos (by F. Moras) with text below each picture. Done in the same size and format of Prang’s shape books of the same era, but this is quite rare. $1200.00

424. SHAPE BOOK. WINGS OF GLORY by Margaret Haycraft. London: Meissner & Buch, circa 1900. Oblong 7” wide x 3 1/4”, pictorial card covers bound with ribbon tie, Fine. Diecut in the shape of a wing and illustrated with 4 lovely chromolithographs plus color cover. $250.00

SHAPE BOOK SEE ALSO 32, 275, 393

LIMITED TO ONLY 156 COPIES 425. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. LET’S PRETEND by Georgette Agnew. London: CINDERELLA SHAPE BOOK J. Saville 1927. 4to (9 x 10 3/4”), vellum backed cloth, Fine in publisher’s 420. SHAPE BOOK. CINDERELLA. (Hamburg: Gustav W. Setiz) circa 1860. slipcase with limitation number on spine (a few neat mends to case). LIMITED 16mo (2 ½ x 7”), pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of Cinderella, Fine. Illustrated TO ONLY 156 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND AGNEW (150 with color lithographs on each page with text in the middle - done in the same for sale). Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard size and format of Prang’s shaped books of the same era. Rare. $800.00 on almost every page with charming and detailed black and whites. Printed on handmade paper. $1275.00 MCLOUGHLIN SHAPE BOOKS IN BOX!! 421. SHAPE BOOK. FOUR TODDLES ANIMALS. Springfield: McLoughlin, (1929). Offered here are 4 McLoughlin shape books in the original pictorial box, all in fine condition. Illustrated with great color covers and in black and white inside - featuring the Toddles animals. Each of the four books measures 8.5 inches by 3 ½ inches bound in brightly colored pictorial boards. Books included are Peter Toddles (rabbit), Jumbo Toddles (elephant), Toddles Tim (dog), and Bruno Toddles (bear). Complete sets in the box are scarce. $400.00

SHEPARD, ERNEST SEE ALSO 204, 292-4 SHULEVITZ, URI - 428 914.764.7410 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 INSCRIBED BY MARGARET SIDNEY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS PHOTO 426. SIDNEY,MARGARET. OLD CONCORD HER HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. 429. SINGER,ISAAC BESHAVIS. THE TOPSY-TURVY EMPEROR OF CHINA. Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co. (1888, 1892). 8vo (7 x 9”), green gilt pictorial cloth, NY: Harper & Row 1971. 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 178p., all edges gilt, spine slightly darkened else near Fine. Revised and enlarged 1st edition. This is the story of wicked emperor Cho Cho Shang and his mean wife, edition. Illustrated by Mary Wheeler, A.W. Hosmer, L.J. Bridgman and H.P. illustrated by WILLIAM Barnes. The ins and outs of historical places of Concord, Massachusetts are PENE DU BOIS. LAID-IN described in great detail. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: “THE IS A PHOTO OF DU BOIS BEST WAY TO SEE OLD CONCORD IS TO TAKE A LOW PHAETON AND AN RECEIVING THE NEWBERY EASY GOING HORSE; WITH A SUPERB INDIFFERENCE TO TIME, TO START AWARD FOR 21 BALLOONS WITHOUT THE WORRY OF CHOOSING YOUR ROAD. IN ANY DIRECTION AT THE AWARDS DINNER YOU WILL FIND RICH FIELDS (p.10) - Margaret Sidney, Wayside, November IN 1948. The photo is oblong 29th, 1900.” Margaret Sidney, known for her Five Little Pepper books, was a 8 x 10” (on corner torn off in pseudonym for Harriet Mulford Stone Lothrop. Her husband founded the Lothrop margin) with a 5 line typed Publishing Company which she ran after his death. The “Wayside” where she lived caption. Also in the photo are that is mentioned in her inscription, was the house where Louisa May Alcott and Elizabeth Groves, Frederick Nathaniel Hawthorne had also lived. A special copy of a beautiful book. $750.00 Melcher and Virginia Chase. $90.00

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SIGNED WITH SKETCH OF CAT 430. SIS,PETER. THE THREE GOLDEN KEYS. NY: Doubleday (1994). 10 ½ x 12”, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper creased in lower corner. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. An atmospheric story about a man who takes a mysterious trip back to his past. Beautiful color illustrations by Sis fill every page. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SIS WITH A NICE INK SIGNED / LIMITED - 18, 19-1, 23-6, 28, 31, 40, 42, 48, 56-8, 61-5, 68-71, DRAWING OF A STYLIZED 74-80, 82, 85, 86, 88, 94, 98-100, 102-3, 106-9, 111, 113, 115-17, CAT. $200.00 122, 132, 135, 137, 172-6, 179, 181-2, 191, 197-8, 200-3, 205-6, 208-10, 212, 217, 219, 223, 225-6, 228, 237, 240, 244, 247-53, 258, 261, 263-4, 266, 268, 270, 278, 281, 292, 294-5, 318, 320-2, 324, 326, 337, 343, 347-50, 370-2, 377, 380, 382-3, 386, 388-9, 391-6, RARE SMITH PICTURE BOOK 403-414, 416, 417, 425, 427-8, 430, 435-7, 439, 442, 448, 450, 431. SMITH,E.BOYD. THE COUNTRY BOOK. NY: Frederick Stokes 1924 452, 455-8, 460-1, 464, 472-3, 478-9, 481-2, 484-5, 488, 491, 493-500 (1924). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, school stamp on front and rear endpapers (shows no sign of ever having been circulated) else FINE SILHOUETTES - 176, 194 IN DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, plus numerous black and whites throughout the text. The story is about SIGNED BY FRASCONI all facets of a country, farm life, starring two children named Jack and Fanny. 427. SINGER,ISAAC This is a great copy of a rare Smith title. (Realms of Gold p.49). $500.00 BASHEVIS. ELIJAH THE SLAVE. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1970). 10 3/4 x 10 1/4”, cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition of this Hebrew legend. Fabulously illustrated by ANTONIO FRASCONI with striking color woodcuts. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY FRASCONI. Great copy. $400.00

SIGNED BY SINGER AND SHULEVITZ 428. SINGER,ISAAC BESHAVIS. THE GOLUM. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1982). 8 vo (6 ½ x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in slipcase (faded on edges). Stated first SMITH’S MOTHER GOOSE edition. THIS EDITION 432. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. IS LIMITED TO 450 THE NUMBERED COPIES MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Mead Dodd SIGNED BY SINGER (1914). Large oblong 4to (12 1/4 x 8 AND URI SHULEVITZ 3/4”), black cloth, pictorial paste- the illustrator. The on, cover plate with some soil, faint story features a Jewish spotting on first 2 leaves, VG+. 1st mythological creature ed., 1st issue of this fabulous Mother made of clay that helps Goose. Illustrated by Smith with in times of trouble. cover plate, pictorial endpapers and Singer first wrote this title page, 12 color plates, 5 black & story in 1969 in Yiddish white plates, plus many illustrations (as all of his books were throughout the text. It includes written) but this is the 100’s of nursery rhymes and at the first time it appeared time claimed to be the most complete in English. Featuring version of Mother Goose. A nice wonderfully evocative copy. $1350.00 full page illustrations by Shulevitz. $400.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 77 [email protected] INSCRIBED BY SPIER 436. SPIER,PETER. THE 433. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. BOOK OF JONAH. NY: THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN by Doubleday & Co. 1985. George MacDonald. Philadelphia: David Oblong 10 ½ x 8 ½”, pictorial McKay 1920. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge (dw VG+, small closed gilt, light corner stain on the corner tear). Stated first edition. of the rear cover, some small spots on Spier retold the story as foredge and cover rubbing, VG. 1st well as illustrating it with Smith edition. Illustrated with cover full and partial page color plate, fabulous pictorial endpapers and illustrations. THIS COPY IS title page plus 8 color plates. This is a INSCRIBED BY SPIER AND companion to Smith’s edition of At The DATED 1985 on the title Back Of The North Wind, however this page. $125.00 title is considerably more difficult to find. $200.00 STECHER,W. - 92, 166

SIGNED BY STEIG 437. STEIG, WILLIAM. 434. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by BRAVE IRENE. NY: Farrar Betty Sage. NY: Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large square 4to (11x11 3/4”), Straus Giroux (1986). 4to cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge and corner wear else near Fine. 1st (8 3/4 x 10 ½”), red cloth, edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with cover illustration as new in dust wrapper. (front and back), 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial border on every Stated 1st ed. Brave Irene page of text, plus small color illustration on dedication page. This is a nice copy must deliver a special of a scarce and very desired Smith book. $600.00 dress to the Duchess- in the middle of a snowstorm! Illustrated in color in Steig’s distinctive style. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY STEIG. $225.00

438. STEIG,WILLIAM. CALEB AND KATE. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1977). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. When Caleb storms out of the house after a quarrel with his wife, he is turned into a dog by a witch. A wonderful tale with color illustrations on every page. $100.00

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COMPLETE SET 435. SNICKET,LEMONY. A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS VOLS. 1-13 [PLUS]: LEMONY SNICKET THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY [PLUS]: THE BABY IN THE MANGER. NY: Harper Trophy 1999-2006. Includes:

The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, SIGNED BY STEIG The Miserable Mill, 439. STEIG,WILLIAM. CDC? NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1984). 8vo (7 ½ The Austere Academy SIGNED WITH DUST WRAPPER! x 9 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. A sequel to CDB! The The Ersatz Elevator SIGNED captions for the Illustrations on every page are strings of letters which, when The Vile Village SIGNED read aloud, make a sentence (sort of). Very clever and scarce. $225.00 The Hostile Hospital SIGNED The Carnivorous Carnival SIGNED The Slippery Slope SIGNED The Grim Grotto. #435 The Penultimate Peril SIGNED The End Lemony Snicket: Unauthorized Autobiography (2002) dust wrapper The Baby In The Manger - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION.

The books are all in the original laminated paper boards, pictorial cover designs, paper spines in various colors. All are first printings with proper number codes and all in fine condition. Volume 5 has the RARE DUST WRAPPER (several but not all of the titles were available in wrapper only if ordered directly from the publisher) very few were printed. 8 ARE SIGNED AND STAMPED BY DANIEL HANDLER (the author). The books chronicle the fantastic adventures of Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire. Sold with “Lemony Snicket The Unauthorized Autobiography”. Also sold with the “Baby In The Manger” by Snicket which is not part of the fantasy series. It is a nativity story for the small child that raised controversies due to its secular view of the Nativity story, and was viewed by some as anti-family. Illustrated in line by Lisa Brown and LIMITED TO ONLY 65 NUMBERED SIGNED COPIES printed by the Monotreme Press in 2002. This is a super set. $2850.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

SPANISH - 96, 97, 123 914.764.7410 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 STERRETT’S BOXED EDITION OF ARABIAN NIGHTS 440. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS edited by Hildegarde 443. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF) Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co. (1928). Large thick 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), illus. THE CANTERBURY dark blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer. AND ORIGINAL BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER. (some wear at NY: Golden Press (1961). 8 box flaps). 1st Sterrett edition. Illustrated by Sterrett in a style similar ½ x 11 1/4”, pictorial boards, to Nielsen and Dulac with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page, 16 some edge wear, VG+. First magnificent color plates with guards plus many partial page black and whites. edition of this De Luxe This is an outstanding copy of Sterrett’s most difficult to find title. $1250.00 Golden Book (A/A code on paste-down) with text adapted for young readers. There are many full and partial page, richly colored illustrations throughout the book. $125.00

TENGGREN’S DICKEY BIRD IN RARE DUST WRAPPER! 444. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. DICKEY BIRD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley (1928). Large 4to (9 1/4 X 12”), black imitation leather stamped in yellow. FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw VG, lightly frayed. ½ piece off top of backstrip). 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 and dw. The story is a fantasy about a boy named Dickey Bird and what happens when his toy menagerie and toy soldiers come alive. Beautiful copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1500.00

441. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. TANGLEWOOD TALES by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co. (1921). Large 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, slightest bit of cover rubbing else Fine. First Sterrett edition, illustrated with 10 beautiful and striking color plates with tissue guards plus color pictorial title page and many beautiful half-page black and whites. $700.00

445. THOMPSON,KAY. ELOISE. NY: Simon & Schuster 1955 (1955). 4to, white cloth, slight offset on front paste-down else near Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with light soil and a few small STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS - 492 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER - 14 chips. Stated first printing of the INDIAN STORY INSCRIBED BY STRATTON-PORTER of the first Eloise book, illustrated 442. STRATTON-PORTER, GENE. THE FIRE BIRD. by HILARY KNIGHT with pictorial NY: Doubleday Page 1922 endpapers plus color illustrations (1922). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, on every page including one fold-out tips worn else VG+. Stated illustration. Great copy, increasingly 1st edition. This Indian poem scarce. $2500.00 is illustrated by GORDON GRANT with 3 color plates and by LEE THAYER with color pictorial endpapers and many other detailed full page RARE THOMPSON / VOLLAND TITLE and partial page decorations. 446. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. THE PERHAPPSY CHAPS. Chicago: Volland THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED (1918). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, spine ends chipped and corners BY STRATTON-PORTER: FOR lightly worn else a VG+ copy of the first edition of this VOLLAND HAPPY ____ A FEARLESS BRAVE / CHILDREN BOOK. The story is a fairy-fantasy written in verse. Illustrated by A SHELTERED CAMPFIRE ARTHUR HENDERSON with beautiful pictorial covers, pictorial. endpapers plus / FULL BERRY BASKETS - many lovely full and partial page color illustrations throughout the text. This is GENE STRATTON-PORTER. an excellent copy, usually found in poor condition. $800.00 $750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 [email protected] FINE COPY IN BOX BOXED VOLLAND 449. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. QUALITY STREET by J.M. Barrie. [London]: BY “OZ” AUTHOR Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1913]. Large thick 4to (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), [198] 447. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. THE p, purple cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover and spine. AS NEW IN PRINCESS OF COZY TOWN. Chicago: ORIGINAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE and plain paper wrapper (repair to box flaps). First edition. Illustrated with 22 beautiful tipped-in color Volland (1922). 8vo, pictorial boards, offset plates with pictorial, lettered guards plus a few line illus. in-text and pictorial on backstrip else near FINE IN ORIGINAL endpapers. The text is presented in play format. This is an incredible copy with PICTORIAL BOX (box VG with flap repair). the ornate binding in pristine condition. $600.00 1st edition of this Volland Fairy Children, illustrated with striking full page and in- text color illustrations throughout by JANET LAURA SCOTT to accompany 6 original fairy tales. (See Schiller auction 365). A beautiful copy, especially so in the box. $800.00

LIMITED EDITION WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING BY THOMSON 448. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith. (London): Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1912]. Large thick 4to (10 ½ x 12 ½”), full vellum elaborately stamped in gold, top edge gilt, ties renewed, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THOMSON. THIS COPY NOT NUMBERED FOR PRESENTATION WITH AN ORIGINAL THORNE, DIANA - 30 DRAWING SIGNED BY THOMSON on the recto of the limitation page. The drawing is a detailed pen and ink image measuring 7” square. Thomson has drawn RARE COPY INSCRIBED BY THURBER the figure of a man in period dress celebrating by kicking up his heels, taking off his hat and waving a whip in the air. The man is Tony Lumpkin, a character CALDECOTT AWARD 450. THURBER,JAMES. MANY MOONS. NY: Harcourt Brace (1943 I). 4to (8 from the play. Thomson captioned the piece: “And Tony Lumpkin is his own man ½ x 10”), red cloth, Fine in price clipped dust wrapper frayed at spine ends, short again” p.197” and he has signed it “With Hugh Thomson’s kind regards December tear on rear panel, overall bright and VG+. First edition of THURBER’S FIRST 1912”. The book is illustrated with 26 beautiful tipped-in color plates plus many BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND A CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER! THIS COPY IS illustrations in-text which is presented in play format. This is an incredible and INSCRIBED BY THURBER: “FOR PERRY AND / RUTH / WITH LOVE AND KISSES unique copy with the ornate binding in beautiful condition. $3750.00 / JIM / JAMES THURBER.” This is the story of a little princess who wanted the moon and how she got it. Illustrated in color throughout by LOUIS SLOBODKIN. This a rare and amazing copy, the first we’ve ever seen inscribed $6500.00

TIMLIN’S FANTASY 451. TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, spine darkened along rear joint, some tip and edge wear, a clean and VG+ copy. An incredible fantasy - science fiction tale. Every page of calligraphic text is individually mounted on heavy gray paper (47 pages of text). There are 48 mounted color plates by Timlin that are really magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. A most fabulous and desired book. $2500.00 #446 previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 TRADES - 1 TRAINS - 291 INSCRIBED WITH WATERCOLOR 455. TROY,HUGH. THE CHIPPENDALE DAM. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1941). FANTASTIC FIRST OF MARY POPPINS 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with narrow chip off rear panel. INSCRIPTION LAID-IN 1st edition. This is the charming story of a widow who lived with her two pet beavers and rare Chippindale 452. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1934). 8vo (5 1/4 furniture. Disaster was x 7 5/8”), blue cloth, 206p., Very Fine+ in a beautiful dust wrapper. First American averted when the beavers edition (the same year as the U.K. edition). Illustrated by MARY SHEPARD with contained a deluge by using pictorial endpapers plus many charming full page and smaller black and whites the furniture to make a dam. throughout the text. LAID-IN IS A 3 LINE INSCRIPTION BY TRAVERS: “The Illustrated by Troy with 8 Best Book Shop I know - that is why I came back to it today (27 August ‘64. P.L. full page color illustrations, Travers”. This comes from an autograph book from Campbell’s Book Store in Los 8 full page black and whites Angeles with part of another inscription on verso. This is an excellent copy of and 8 half page black the book, rarely found with such a nice dust wrapper. $3000.00 and whites. This copy has a FINE INSCRIBED WATERCOLOR of one of the beavers on the endpaper. Troy was an American illustrator from Ithaca N.Y. who is remembered for the many pranks he pulled white attending Cornell. A nice item. $375.00

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INSCRIBED DEDICATION COPY OF TUDOR’S 1ST BOOK WITH 2 LETTERS 456. TUDOR,TASHA. PUMPKIN MOONSHINE. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1938). 16mo (4 x 4 3/4”), polka-dot patterned boards, edges and joints faded else near Fine in beautiful, clean dust wrapper with no fraying or tears, with only light browning on edge of inner flaps and small abrasion on backstrip effecting the “x” in Oxford. First edition, first printing of Tudor’s first book and the first of the Calico books. Beautifully illustrated in sharp colors and with text hand- lettered. Sylvie Ann is the name of the little girl in the book. THIS IS THE DEDICATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TUDOR ON THE DEDICATION PAGE AND GIVEN BY TUDOR TO HER NIECE SYLVIE ANN, THE MODEL FOR AND NAMESAKE OF SYLVIE ANN IN THE BOOK. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY 2 AMAZING LETTERS. FIRST IS A 2 PAGE LETTER BY TUDOR TO SYLVIE ANN REFERRING TO THE BOOK AND THAT SYLVIE ANN WAS THE MODEL. SECOND IS A LETTER, 5 PAGES WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, FROM SYLVIE ANN’S MOTHER TO TUDOR TELLING HER HOW DELIGHTED SYLVIE ANN WAS WITH THE BOOK (this includes authentication and transcription of the letter by Tudor’s biographer Harry Davis).

On the dedication page the printed text reads “A wee story for a very sweet wee person.” This is continued in Tudor’s hand “called Sylvie Ann, with just no end of WONDERFUL COLOR LITHOS BY TRNKA - CIRCUS love from her Aunt Tasha. This book was supposed to be your Christmas present 453. (TRNKA,JIRI)illus. BRUIN FURRYBALL IN THE CIRCUS by Josef for last year, but I couldn’t send it ‘till now as it had to be printed. 1938”. In Menzel. (Prague: Artia 1954). 9 3/4 x 10”, cloth backed pictorial boards, light the printed “This Book Belongs To” box on the front paste down, Sylvie Ann tip wear, VG+. Illustrated has written her name in childish script. The letter from Tudor to Sylvie Ann is with fantastic full page and written on a 2 page printed card with a lovely color illustration of a little girl. smaller color lithographs Dated Dec. 6, 1942 it reads: “Happy Birthday Dearest Sylvie! I am afraid this throughout the book will not reach you on December 12th but we will all be thinking of you. I wish that are well printed. In we could send more than a card but the mailing problem is difficult. Seth and addition to illustrating Bethany send thier love to their cousin Sylvie Ann. Seth weighs 13 ½ pounds and children’s books, Trnka was is very sweet. Bethany is such a big girl, it is hard to realize that she will soon a successful puppeteer and be the age and size that you were when first I met you and drew pictures for animator. He was known as Pumpkin Moonshine. How time flies! To think you are a whole year older! Kiss the “Walt Disney of Eastern your Mommy for us all, Much love and the best of wishes, Your Tasha, Bethany Europe. In 1968 he was and Seth.” The second letter reads in part: “Dearest Tasha, How delighted we awarded the Hans Christian are to have that charming book of yours dedicated to ‘a very sweet wee person’ Andersen medal for his called Sylvie Ann. It is absolutely the most touchingly simple and quaint little body of work in children’s creation... Sylvie is quite too thrilled over it. She reads it out loud, re-reads books. This title is very it, re-reads passages out loud shouting them gleefully. No matter where I am scarce. $250.00 wherever I am in the house she reads her book to every single soul she can catch long enough to read to!” This is a unique and remarkable copy. $15,850.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) WONDERFUL COLOR LITHOS BY TRNKA 454. (TRNKA,JIRI)illus. BRUIN SIGNED BY TUDOR - CORGIES FURRYBALL IN THE ZOO by Josef 457. TUDOR,TASHA. THE GREAT CORGIVILLE KIDNAPPING. Boston et al: Menzel. (Prague: Artia 1954). 9 3/4 Little Brown (1997). Oblong 12 x x 10”, cloth backed pictorial boards, 9 1/4”, pictorial boards, Fine in light tip wear, VG+. Illustrated with fine dust wrapper. Stated first fantastic full page and smaller color edition, first printing with 1-10 lithographs throughout the book number code. When raccoons that are well printed. In addition to came to town, the rooster illustrating children’s books, Trnka disappeared. Vowing to find it was a successful puppeteer and film was Caleb Corgi, student and animator. He was known as the “Walt part time investigator. Fantastic Disney of Eastern Europe. In 1968 full page and smaller color he was awarded the Hans Christian illustrations really bring the story Andersen medal for his body of work to life. THIS COPY IS SIGNED in children’s books. This title is very BY TUDOR ON THE FRONT FREE scarce. $250.00 ENDPAPER. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 [email protected] BEAUTIFUL TUDOR WATERCOLOR EARLY TUDOR BOOK 458. TUDOR,TASHA. ORIGINAL ART: FROG PRINCE. Offered here is a 459. TUDOR,TASHA. beautiful watercolor signed by Tudor that appears as a full page illustration in ALEXANDER THE Tasha Tudor’s Bedtime Book published by Platt & Munk in 1977. It accompanies GANDER. NY: Oxford the fairy tale of the Frog Prince. The image measures 8” wide x 10”, attractively Univ. Press (1939). 4 x matted to 14 x 17”. Done with a muted blue pallette for a night time scene, 4 3/4”, green patterned there is a beautiful princess with flowing long blonde hair talking to a frog cloth, no dust wrapper, sitting on a stone wall (frog wears a crown). A large tree and flowers are in the slight edge rubbing background. This is a lovely image, sold with a copy of the book. (SEE ALSO else near Fine. 1st FRONT COVER) $5000.00 edition. Illustrated by Tudor with color endpapers and charming color illustrations throughout the text. $375.00

WITH 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM TUDOR 460. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. JACKANAPES by Juliana Horatio Ewing. NY: Oxford University Press, 1948. Slim 8vo (5 ½ X 8”), green cloth, 62p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, one small closed tear, one corner chipped). 1st issue, illustrated with pictorial endpapers, full page color illustrations plus black and whites throughout. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER (AND ENVELOPE) FROM TUDOR. It is a most gracious letter to a collector whom she never met in person. She invites the collector to her house for lunch in a few months It begins: “Thank you for your enthusiastic note and for those of your friends. I assure you I felt very humbled, as well as pleased.” A good part of the letter are the directions to her house which are almost comical. A nice early Tudor title with a letter that really show the kind of person Tudor was. $875.00

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TASHA TUDOR’S MOTHER GOOSE - LIMITED SIGNED EDITION 461. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Oxford University. Press (1944). 7 x 7 3/4”, cloth, 87p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw chips of spine ends else VG). LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION SIGNED BY TUDOR. This copy comes with a letter laid in from the publisher presenting the book to the owner. Illustrated on every page by Tudor, most in full color, with verse below. One of the most lovely editions of Mother Goose and a special copy, quite scarce in this special edition. $1500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 462. UNGERER,TOMI. I AM PAPA SNAP AND THESE ARE MY FAVORITE RARE BOXED VOLLAND NO SUCH STORIES. NY: Harper & Row (1971). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), 466. VOLLAND. ONCE UPON A MONDAY by Dixie Willson. Joliet: Volland (1931 no cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. Written and illustrated in additional printings). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil else FINE color by Ungerer. Simple stories about some amazing “made-up” creatures. IN BOX (cover soil on box). 1st edition. The story features Dr. Thingumy Thratchet Beautiful copy. $200.00 of Troogsbury Lane, Piggoty the grocer and others, all illustrated in bold color by ERICK BERRY. A rare Volland title in the SUNNY BOOK series. $450.00

463. UNGERER,TOMI. ZERALDA’S OGRE. NY: Harper & Row (1967). Folio (9 ½ x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE Bright color illustrations on every page by Ungerer to accompany the story about 467. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. an ogre who loves to eat children. $200.00 Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG * DILLONS * COONEY * AND MORE Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page 464. (VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS)illus and others. THE BIG BOOK FOR OUR color illustrations. $350.00 PLANET edited by Jean Craighead George, Katherine Paterson and Ann Durrell. NY: Dutton (1993). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), boards, 136p., Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. More than 40 of the best known (and many award winning) illustrators and authors of children’s books pooled their talents for this book, the proceeds of which benefit environmental organizations. Illustrated by (who also designed the cover art), ALIKI, QUENTIN BLAKE, BARBARA COONEY, THE DILLONS, STEVEN KELLOGG, DAVID MCPHAIL, JERRY PINKNEY and more. Written by JEAN GEORGE, , PATRICIA MACLACHLAN, , JANE YOLEN, JACK PRELUTSKY and more. This copy is SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG, ROSEMARY WELLS, SUSAN JEFFERS, DE PAOLA, STEVE KELLOGG, THE DILLONS, PINKNEY, PAUL ZELINSKY JANET LAURA SCOTT ILLUSTRATIONS & JANE YOLEN. Also laid 468. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) THE TURNED INTO’S by Elizabeth in is a bookplate reproducing Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1920, no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, the cover, designed by Van FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box with light soil and some repair on flaps). 1st Allsburg that is signed edition. Elizabeth Jane meets the humanized inhabitants of the insect world. by BARBARA COONEY Illustrated by Janet Laura Scott with pictorial endpapers plus many full page and NATALIE BABBITT. and in-text bold and beautiful color illustrations. Volland ad laid-in. This is a nice $200.00 copy of a scarce title. $350.00

VICTORIAN - 8, 222, 303, 305, 310, 317, 423, 471

BOXED JAPANESE FAIRY TALES 465. VOLLAND. LITTLE PEACHLING by Georgene Faulkner. Joliet: Volland (1928 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box sl. soiled). 1st edition of this VOLLAND FAIRY CHILDREN BOOK. Eleven tales from old Japan are beautifully illustrated by Frederick Richardson with many rich full page color illustrations plus many partial page as well. Nice copy. $300.00

RARE FULL COLOR VOLLAND CATALOGUE 469. VOLLAND. VOLLAND BOOK CATALOGUE: BOOKS GOOD FOR CHILDREN. no date, circa 1928. 6 x 9 1/4”), pictorial wraps, 16p., near Fine. This is an annotated and illustrated catalogue of more than 150 Volland books arranged in categories according to Volland series. Includes the Volland Mother Goose, Jolly Kid Alphabet, Beloved Belindy and much more. The cover of every title is illustrated in color and there is a great color covers by Johnny Gruelle. Rare. $450.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

VOLLAND SEE ALSO 12, 207, 220, 304, 446, 447 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 83 [email protected]

WAIN CAT PANORAMA COMPLETE WITH 14 FIGURES INSCRIBED AND SIGNED 473. (WARD,LYND)illus. 470. WAIN,LOUIS. DAYS IN CATLAND. FATHER TUCK’S PANORAMA. THE WOLF OF LAMB’S London: Raphael Tuck no date, ca 1900. Large 4to 12 x 10 ½” opening to 4 times LANE by May McNeer. that size. Small repair on blank part of rear cover else near fine and COMPLETE Boston: Houghton Mifflin WITH ALL 14 PAPER FIGURES! (2 figures strengthened on versos). Featuring 4 1967 (1967). 8vo (7 x 9 panels, each showing the interior of a different room in the cats’ house with Wains 1/2”0, cloth, near fine in dust humanized cats and furniture illustrated with chromolithographs. Throughout the wrapper (dw has some soil). panels, there are 14 numbered slots into which the reader inserts the corresponding First edition, stated first figure to complete the scene. There are 14 fabulous color cat cut-outs by Wain printing. An imaginative showing this family of cats playing, eating, cooking, fighting etc., plus there is story with wonderful full an amazing chromolithographed cover. A truly wonderful item. (See Haining: page and smaller color Moveable Books p. 86-87 for other in series). Not in Necker. $3200.00 illustrations throughout the book by Ward. THIS WAIN’S CATS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY 471. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. McNEER AND SIGNED BY ALL SORTS OF COMICAL WARD. $200.00 CATS by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister [1902]. Small 4to, cloth backed 474. WEBER,LENORA MATTINGLY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BEANY. NY: pictorial boards, covers Thomas Crowell (1957). 8vo (5 5/8 x 8 1/4”), A FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE lightly soiled and bottom of DUST WRAPPER (price clipped, one tiny closed tear). Stated first printing of inner hinge bumped else VG+. the 6th book about Beany Malone and her family. This is a remarkable copy, Illustrated by Wain with rarely found in such beautiful condition. $250.00 great color cover, fabulous mounted chromolithographed frontis plus marvelous 2-color and line illus. throughout the text. Very scarce. $700.00

WALES - 170

WONDERFUL INSCRIPTION BY WALKER / PADRAIC COLUM TALE 472. (WALKER,DUGALD STEWART)illus. THE GIRL WHO SAT BY THE ASHES by Padraic Colum. NY: Macmillan 1919 (Dec. 1919). 8vo (6 x 7 ½”) pictorial cloth, [176]p., Fine IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped and soiled some). 1st edition. Another of Colum’s magical fairy tales, this being a variant of CINDERELLA. Illustrated with color frontis plus numerous full and partial page pen and inks by Walker that are full of detail. This copy has a wonderful INSCRIPTION FROM WALKER reading: “Mary V Potter Her Book [decorative lettering] - With this circle of magic [with a drawing WEISGARD’S CINDERELLA of a circle with a dot 475. (WEISGARD,LEONARD)illus. CINDERELLA [by Perrault] retold by Leonard in the middle] I have Weisgard. NY: Garden City Pub. 1938. placed a river of good 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in fortune for you from dust wrapper. 1st edition. Wonderfully the fairies. Faithfully, illustrated with stylized and artful color Dugald Stewart Walker, lithos. An early work by Weisgard. Bader Christmas 1919”. A p. 226. $250.00 special copy of a scarce WEST INDIES - 51 Walker title, rare in the dw. $450.00 BEAUTIFUL CHARLOTTE’S WEB #469 476. WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB. previous NY: Harper Bros. (1952). 5 1/2 x 8 1/8”, page tan cloth, Fine in near fine dw with slight wear to spine ends. Stated 1st edition. The story of Charlotte, a spider and her friend Wilbur a pig is illustrated by GARTH WILLIAMS with more than 40 black and whites plus color wrapper. This is a most sought after modern classic and a particularly beautiful copy. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. $2250.00

WALTON, IZAAK - 373 WAR - 8, 9, 24, 216, 388, 396 , 477, 487 914.764.7410 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH DRAWING BY WILDSMITH LAID-IN WORLD WAR II 481. WILDSMITH,BRIAN. CAROUSEL. NY: Alfred Knopf (1988). Folio (9 477. (WIESE,KURT)illus. CENSORED THE 3/4 x 12 1/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+ with a few small GOAT by Phil Stong. NY: Dodd Mead 1945 closed tears). 1st edition, 1st printing. (1-10 code). When Rosie gets sick, her (1945). 4to (8 x 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, brother buys her a toy carousel because she loves them so much. Wonderful Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edititon. This is color illustrations on every page by Wildsmith. LAID IN IS A CHARMING PEN the story of a young goat inducted into the DRAWING OF 2 LIONS INSCRIBED BY HIM AND SIGNED TWICE. The lions Navy as a mascot. He started on a PT boat are mirror images. One is drawn with blue ink and signed, next to it is the same but caused havoc so he went to destroyer, a lion in black ink and Wildsmith has signed his name backwards! $200.00 cruiser and a battleship before they decided to send him home to Iowa. Illustrated by Wiese with great full and partial page color lithos and black and white lithos. Another great collaboration of Wiese and Stong in particularly nice condition. $150.00

OSCAR WILDE LTD ED. WITH BIANCO LETTER TO VALENTI ANGELO 478. WILDE,OSCAR. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA by . NY: Macmillan 1929 (Oct. 1929). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”), cloth backed boards, Fine in slip case (case just slightly worn at corners). 1st ed. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY PAMELA BIANCO. Printed on fine paper and illustrated with beautiful double-page color illustrations as well as black & whites in Bianco’s distinctive and delicate style. LAID IN IS A GREAT 1 ½ PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM BIANCO ON HER PERSONAL STATIONERY GARTH WILLIAMS LETTER & SIGNED BY GEORGE SELDEN TO THE ARTIST VALENTI ANGELO. IT READS IN PART: “Thank you for your 482. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George most lovely letter and for your good wishes. I am so very happy that you and Selden. NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy (1960). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ½”), pink cloth, Maxine like my paintings. Your letter meant a very great deal to me - more than 151p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper (price clipped, no award seal). Stated 1st printing I can say because I have such a profound respect for your opinion and such great of this modern classic starring a Connecticut cricket, a city mouse and a city cat. admiration for you as an artist and as a writer...” $400.00 Illustrated with color wrapper and many detailed line illustrations that perfectly suit the text by Williams, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SELDEN AND HAS A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GARTH WILLIAMS LAID-IN. Although not his first book, it is certainly the title that brought Selden fame and it is very scarce in the first edition. This is a great copy. $750.00

SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER 479. 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 backstrip). Illustrated with color dust wrapper and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED BOYLE. In this next to last Little House book, Laura turns 15 and gets her teaching certificate. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER on the half title. The owner’s grandparents knew Wilder and had her sign this book #479 which they also inscribed to him. Books signed by Wilder are rare. $4000.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

480. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. THE LONG WINTER. NY: Harper & Brothers (1940). 8vo (6 X 8 1/4”), tan pictorial cloth, neat name on free endpaper barely visible else Fine condition in beautiful price clipped dust wrapper with just a bit if rubbing on spine ends and edges. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL and MILDRED BOYLE with color frontis plus lovely black and whites throughout the text. Fearing a harsh winter, Pa moves the family into town. The sixth Little House book. Especially nice copy, rarely found so. $2500.00

WILDER, THORNTON - 88 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 85 [email protected] RARE MUSSOLINI PICTURE BOOK PROPAGANDA SCARCE GARTH WILLIAMS TITLE 486. WORLD WAR II. UNA FAVOLA VERA [A TRUE STORY] by F. Hardouin 483. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. OVER AND di Belmonte. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli (1933). 4to (8 ½ x 11 1/4”), flexible pictorial OVER by . NY: Harper card covers, cloth spine, VG+ condition. First edition of this life of Mussolini Bros. (1957). 4to (8 x 11”), cloth backed for children. The text describes Mussolini’s life from the modest conditions of his childhood and youth through his rise to power, fascism and dominance pictorial boards, near fine in dust wrapper as Il Duce. Printed on good quality paper and illustrated with striking and worn at spine ends with some fraying and a artistic art deco color lithographs by Anna Tommasini, some of which span the few closed tears. 1st edition. This is a simple pages (pictorial endpapers as well). The simple text in calligraphy is printed in book teaching about the various holidays. several different colors. This is a prime of example of the use of propaganda Each page of text faces a lovely full page color to shape the impressionable minds of children. No first editions on OCLC. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2200.00 illustration by Williams - one of his scarcer titles. $200.00

WILLIAMS, GARTH SEE ALSO 57, 476

MILO WINTER FANTASY WITH RARE PUBLISHER’S 484. WINTER,MILO. BILLY POPGUN. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1912 (Oct 1912). 4to, vellum backed boards, gilt cover, top edge gilt. Spine soiled with light edge rubbing else near fine. First edition of Winter’s best and scarcest book, LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE PAPER WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS MOUNTED ON JAPANESE PAPER WITH A BORDER IN GOLD FROM A SPECIAL DESIGN BY THE ARTIST! Written by Winter and illustrated by him as well with pictorial endpapers, 8 fabulous tipped-in plates, plus line illustrations in-text. The story is a fantasy about a trip taken by little Billy (who had a pop-gun). Laid-in is the PUBLISHER’S 4 PAGE PROSPECTUS AND ORDER BLANK illustrated on the outside duplicating the endpapers and with publisher’s information on the book with an order form inside. A nice copy of a wonderful fantasy and very, very scarce. $1200.00

HIROSHIMA PICTURE BOOK FROM THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE 487. WORLD WAR II. HIROSHIMA NO PIKA by Toshi Maruki, NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard (1980). 9 3/4 x 9 1/4”, pictorial boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated first edition, first printing with 1-10 code. The author tells the story of the bomb being dropped on Hiroshima through the eyes of 7 year old Mii and her parents. Illustrated with lovely, sensitive, almost primitive color illustrations throughout. $125.00

WORLD WAR II SEE ALSO 366, 388, 396, 477

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WITH 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM WOLO 485. (WOLO)illus. CHILDREN’S MUSIC BOX lyrics by Paul Webster, music by Frank Churchill. NY: William Morrow 1945 (1945). 4to (8 3/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth, VG+ in dust wrapper with some closed tears. First edition. The twenty songs were composed by the man who wrote Disney’s “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” and “Heigh-Ho”. They are accompanied by delightful color illustrations by Wolo. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER IN WOLO’S DISTINCTIVE HAND ASKING THE RECIPIENT TO WRITE A LETTER TO HER PUBLISHER AND ALSO MENTIONING HER BOOK “SIR ARCHIBALD.” $275.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)

WORLD WAR I - 216 914.764.7410 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111 WITH 9 LETTERS FROM PIET WORM HORSE PICTURE BOOK 490. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. ROBINSON CRUSOE 488. WORM,PIET. THREE LITTLE HORSES: Blackie, Brownie and Whitey. by Daniel Defoe. NY: NY: Random House (1958). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial boards, slight edge Cosmopolitan 1920. 4to rubbing else Fine. The first edition was published in Holland with calligraphic (7 ½ x 9 ½”), blue gilt text. This edition has typeset text in a large font and is probably the first cloth, pictorial paste-on, edition printed in America. The charming story was inspired by actual horses top edge gilt, gilt slightly that lived next to Worm. Featuring lively, bright color illustrations on every page dulled else near Fine. 1st by Worm, a Dutch illustrator, painter and book binding designer. Sold with this edition. Illustrated by are 9 LETTERS FROM WORM TO A TEACHER IN CALIFORNIA WHO EACH Wyeth with cover plate, YEAR HAD HER CLASS DRAW PICTURES ABOUT THE BOOK THAT SHE THEN pictorial endpapers, pictorial SENT TO WORM. The correspondence begins in 1959 and ends in 1963. Four title page plus 13 color letters are hand written, 5 are typed and all are very long; all but 2 are double plates. The preface is sided on 8 ½ x 11” paper. The tone is chatty, much is written about his work, his by Wyeth as well. A nice new projects, his difficulties with his publisher, etc. He must have been a special copy. $225.00 man to take the time to write such detailed letters over the years. A wonderful offering. $600.00

SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS - IN BOX 491. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Boston: Little Brown 1938 (June 1938). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9”), tan stamped cloth, Fine in dust wrapper and publisher’s pictorial box. First edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with 15 color illustrations including endpapers plus several line illustrations in- text, and dust wrapper. According to Allen (p.217) only 2500 copies of this 1st edition were published. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS. Great copy. $1200.00

ONE OF THE RAREST WYETH ITEMS 489. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. CHRISTMAS CARDS BOXED SET. There are 12 cards and 12 envelopes in the original box with a label reading “Religious Folders, Six Designs #s2449” The cards and envelopes are in fine, unused condition, the box has a few repairs but is VG. Each card is one sheet 8 1/4 x 12” folded to card size 6 x 8 1/4”. The front of each card has a Christmas sentiment illustrated with a colored, gilt floral decoration by T.B. Hapgood who did all of the decorations on the card. When the card is opened, on the right side FINE EARLY WYETH there is a magnificent full page color lithograph by Wyeth with a captioned SCRIBNER CLASSIC floral border. The left side has the text in calligraphy for a parable, lavishly 492. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. BLACK ARROW decorated with a gilt floral border. Each card has a different Wyeth illustration and a different parable. The art was commissioned by the Unitarian Laymen’s by . NY: Scribner League of Boston in the early 1920’s (cards are dated 1923) originally to be 1916 (Oct. 1916). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), black used in a book. When that fell through the cards were published instead. The illustrations were eventually published in 1931 by Mckay in The Parables of cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, near Jesus. Complete sets in the box are of the utmost rarity. $2500.00 Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 14 beautiful color plates. A beautiful copy of this Scribner Classic. $600.00

SIGNED BY N.C.WYETH PLUS ANDREW WYETH ART 493. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. MEN OF CONCORD by Henry Thoreau. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1936 (1936). 4to (6 ½ x 9 ½”), green cloth, 255p., index, small erasure mark on endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw small archival mend at spine end else VG+). 1st edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with wrapper illus. (not repeated in book), pictorial endpapers plus 10 color plates. There are also 24 pen and ink drawings attributed to N.C. in the book, but actually done by ANDREW WYETH under his father’s supervision (Allen p.220). THIS COPY IS SIGNED AND DATED 1936 BY WYETH ON THE TITLE PAGE! This is a great copy, not often found signed. $2500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 87 [email protected] SIGNED/LIMITED WYETH INSCRIBED WITH 494. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER trans. by G.H. Palmer. WATERCOLOR Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. 4to (8 x 10 ½”), blue gilt pictorial cloth backed with 496. YASHIMA,TARO. pig-skin and leather label, 314p., spine with some soil else near Fine (no extra plates). SEASHORE STORY. NY: LIMITED TO 550 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY WYETH AND PALMER! Viking (1967). Oblong 11 x 9 Illustrated by Wyeth with pictorial endpapers and 16 magnificent mounted color 1/4”, cloth, Fine in slightly worn plates. Also features a 1 page facsimile letter from Palmer to the publishers, dust wrapper. First edition. and a note on the book by Wyeth. One of the scarcest Wyeth books. $2000.00 Yashima retells the ancient tale of a Japanese fisherman, with beautiful illustrations in color. THIS COPY IN INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA ACCOMPANIED BY A 6” HIGH COLOR DRAWING OF THE FISHERMAN FROM THE STORY. $275.00

INSCRIBED 497. YASHIMA,TARO. THE VILLAGE TREE. NY: Viking 1953 (1953). 4to (7 7/8” x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in VG-Fine dust wrapper with 2 tiny closed tears. 1st edition. The book is about the wonder of being young in Japan. Beautifully illustrated in color by the author. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA: To -- Hoping this book has something to strengthen our friendship” signed in English and Japanese. $350.00

FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER’S BOX OF WYETH LIMITED EDITION #495 495. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM

COME by John Fox Jr. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1931 (1931).

Large 4to (8 ½ x 11 1/4”), 1/4 vellum, blue cloth, top edge gilt, AS

NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSINE IN PUBLISHER’S BLUE BOX

(slight tip rubbing on one corner of box else Fine). LIMITED TO

500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY WYETH. Illustrated

with 16 mounted color illustrations (including frontis and title page)

surrounded by boxed borders in gold, with tissue guards as well. A great

copy. $3850.00

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INSCRIBED BY YOLEN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY HAGUE 498. YOLEN,JANE. DREAM WEAVER. Collins (Cleveland and New York 1979). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), cloth backed boards, as new in as new dust wrapper. First edition. There are seven fantasy stories featuring a blind gypsy storyteller, with wonderful full page color illustrations by MICHAEL HAGUE. THIS COPY HAS A WARM INSCRIPTION FROM YOLEN DATED 1979 AND A FANTASTIC PEN DRAWING OF A TROLL (6 ½ x 3 ½”) BY HAGUE, INSCRIBED BY HIM. $350.00 WITH INSCRIBED CALDECOTT AWARD DINNER BOOKLET 499. ZEMACH,HARVE & MARGOT. DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. NY: Farrar INSCRIBED Straus Giroux (1973). 4to (9 x 10 ½”), blue cloth, Fine in VG-Fine dust wrapper 500. (ZEMACH,MARGOT)illus. A PENNY A LOOK retold by Harve Zemach. with a little rubbing, no award NY: Farrar Straus Giroux medal. Stated 1st edition. (1971). Oblong 9 x 8”, The text is an old English cloth, Fine in near fine dust folk tale featuring wonderful wrapper with light rubbing. color illustrations throughout. Stated 1st edition. The CALDECOTT AWARD story is based on a WINNER. LAID IN IS traditional but little known THE 1974 AWARD DINNER tale rewritten by Harve BOOKLET FOR THE YEAR Zemach and wonderfully THAT DUFFY AND THE illustrated in color by DEVIL WON THE AWARD. Margot. THIS COPY HAS THE COVER IS ONE OF A WARM INSCRIPTION MARGO’S PRELIMINARY WITH 2 PEN DRAWINGS DRAWING FOR DUFFY. OF THE BIRDS PRINTED THIS IS INSCRIBED BY ON THE PAGE. See Bader MARGO ZEMACH. Great p. 572. $225.00 copy. $400.00

#388 - sample from WW II service dog mss #94 - Harry Clarke/s Ltd Andersen with original art #365 - Chinese propaganda

#216 - Andre Helle WW I Alphabet

#179 - sample from Lauren Ford collection #189 - Tom Seidmann Freud 1 of only 2 copies

#306 - rare Darton moveable #182 - Don Freeman - part of 3 dummies #67 - nice 1st edition of Mike Mulligan for Will’s Quill