Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] RARE PYLE TITLE inevitable with this type of binding, else near FINE and remarkably sound and 456. PYLE,HOWARD. TWILIGHT LAND. NY: Harper & Brothers 1895 (1894). clean. This is the rare DELUXE AMERICAN LARGE PAPER EDITION SIGNED BY Large 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”), RACKHAM ON THE HALF-TITLE AND LIMITED TO ONLY 50 COPIES. Printed leather spine, green pictorial on fine paper and featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus cloth, leather spine shows a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites. This is the only American wear and scuffing, mend on limited edition of this title, never issued as a typical American limited edition. one page else VG+. First Arguably his best work and very, very rare in this edition in such nice condition. edition. A book of 16 original Not in Larimore / Haskell. Riall p.97, Swann/Sutton sale #112. $6000.00 fairy tales written by Pyle and illustrated by him with a total of 126 illustrations (full page and partial page). It was rare at that time for #460 an artist of Pyle’s caliber to also be able to successfully write the text as well. Because of the fragility of the spine, few copies of this title have survived intact. Morse and Brinckle p.134-5. Rare. $600.00

COUNTERPANE FAIRY HER FIRST BOOK 457. PYLE,KATHARINE. COUNTERPANE FAIRY. NY: Dutton 1898 (1898). 8vo, green cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, 191p., some edge rubbing and finger soil, sl. wear to head of spine, VG+. First edition of this magical fairy tale written by Miss Pyle and illustrated by her with frontis b&w plate plus 10 chapter headings. Her first book, and first editions of this title are rare. $1500.00

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458. PYLE,KATHARINE. FAIRY TALES FROM INDIA. Phil: Lippincott, 1926. 4to, red gilt decorative cloth, Fine. 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. $200.00

RABAN, Z’EV – 13

RABELAIS, FRANCOIS – 148, 223

BEAUTIFUL RACKHAM ORIGINAL ART 459. RACKHAM,ARTHUR. ORIGINAL ART: “THE TREASURE AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW”. This is a beautiful original pen and ink and gouache drawing signed by Rackham and captioned in his hand. Executed on artist’s board measuring 9” wide by 13 1/2” high in fine condition It appears in St. Nicholas Magazine July 1898 to illustrate the story The Treasure at the End of the Rainbow by A.E. Bonser. The image is an art nouveau style drawing of a beautiful lady in her garden and has much detail. Beneath the image in Rackham’s hand is the title of the story and the caption “She had often thought of him & wondered if she should ever see him again.” This is a beautiful example of Rackham’s earlier illustrative style. $5500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>)

RARE SIGNED EDITION OF GRIMM ONLY 50 COPIES 460. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. NY: Doubleday Page 1909. Large thick 4to (10 1/4 x 12 3/4”), 325p., full limp suede binding with yapp edges, top edge gilt, others uncut, moire endpapers, gilt pictorial spine, repair to corner of rear endpaper, faint crease on corner of frontis some wear to suede on edges as is 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 AESOP SIGNED BY RACKHAM IN ORIGINAL BOX! WITH RACKHAM LETTER LAID-IN 461. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. AESOP’S FABLES with a new translation by V.S. 465. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SLEEPING BEAUTY by Charles Perrault. Phil. Vernon Jones and intro by G.K. Chesterton. Lond & NY: Heinemann and Doubleday & Lond.: Lippincott & Heinemann [1920]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine Page 1912. Large 4to, cloth in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. (Lat. / Haskell p.51-2). Illustrated backed pictorial boards, with pictorial endpapers, tipped-in color frontis, plus many full page and in-text VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL magnificent silhouettes and drawings. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN BOX! LIMITED TO 1450 LETTER FROM RACKHAM dated Sept. 8, 1921 on his Houghton House stationery: NUMBERED COPIES “Dear Mr. Purves, I am exceedingly sorry but I am afraid your letter has reached SIGNED BY RACKHAM OF me just too late for us to arrange to see each other. I am writing from my London WHICH 250 ARE FOR THE studio where I have been for a few days, but I return to the country tomorrow U.S. - THIS BEING ONE morning and am not likely to be here again till the 20th. If by any lucky chance OF THE 250. Featuring your wanderings 13 fabulous tipped- in color over here brought plates on brown paper with you anywhere near lettered guards and with Amberley (Sussex) I 53 fine black and white should be most glad drawings that bring these to see you and as fables to life and that this neighbourhood reproduce much finer than is much visited as one in the trade edition. One of of the nearest beauty his best works and a brilliant spots to London, it copy. $4500.00 is perhaps not so unlikely as might at 462. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ALLIES’ FAIRY BOOK with intro. by first be thought. In Edmund Gosse. London: Heinemann no date [1916]. 4to, gilt cloth, top edge any case, I hope we gilt, cloth darkened slightly on edges and some foxing, a miniscule corner shall have better creases else VG. LIMITED luck next time you TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED are over. Sincerely COPIES SIGNED BY Arthur Rackham.” RACKHAM. A collection $1250.00 of fairy tales from various countries (English, Scottish, 466. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION Welsh, Italian, Portuguese, by Edgar Allen Poe. London: Harrap (1935). 4to, grey cloth stamped in gold, Fine Japanese, Russian and more) in slightly chipped dust wrapper. First Rackham illustrated edition of one of his with lengthy and informative most desired titles. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 fine color plates with introduction by Gosse. tissue guards, plus many black & whites. The dust wrapper illustration is not Featuring 12 magnificent repeated in the text. (Riall p. 189). A beautiful copy. $1200.00 tipped-in color plates and a profusion of fabulous line illustrations throughout the text that reproduce with superior clarity due to the fine quality paper used in this edition. $1850.00

463. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. HAWTHORNE’S WONDER BOOK. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1922]. 4to (8 x 10”), red gilt cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw with margin mends and some soil but VG+). 1st Rackham edition, illustrated with 24 beautiful color plates (16 tipped- in color plates with 467. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS by Christopher printed guards plus 8 color- Morley. London & NY: Heinemann & Doubleday Page (1922). 4to, blue gilt plate drawings) as well as 20 cloth, top edge gilt, Fine in chipped and worn dust wrapper. 1st US edition. (1st equally as lovely text b&w’s published without illustrations in 1922). Illustrated with 4 beautiful and unusual and pictorial endpapers. A color plates plus black & whites in text, and pictorial endpapers. $600.00 particularly nice copy, not often found in the dust wrapper. $900.00 RADIO – 527 RAE, JOHN – 118, 577, 579 RAWLINGS, MARJORIE – 596 READERS – 83-4, 145, 161-4, 260, 585 LIMITED NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS RED FAIRY BOOK (2 VERSIONS) 314, 547 464. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE NIGHT BEFORE REFERENCE – 21, 450 RELIGION - 90 CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore. Philadelphia: FABULOUS COPY Lippincott, no date [1932]. 8vo, full limp vellum, top IN PUBLISHER’S edge gilt, owner inscription BOX on blank flyleaf else FINE 468. REMINGTON,FREDERIC. IN SLIP CASE (case very DRAWINGS BY FREDERIC slightly soiled). 1st edition. REMINGTON. New York LIMITED TO 275 COPIES & London: R.H. Russell and FOR ENGLAND AND 275 Lawrence and Bollen 1897 COPIES FOR THE U.S. (1897). Oblong folio (18 X NUMBERED AND SIGNED 12”), half brown cloth and BY RACKHAM. Illustrated pictorial paper-covered by Rackham with pictorial boards, two tips rubbed else endpapers, 4 color plates AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S plus charming black & BOX (flaps repaired). First whites in text. Exceedingly edition. Contains a 2-page scarce. $3000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected] FINE COPY introduction by Owen IN ORIGINAL BOX Wister followed by more 472. (REYNOLDS,FRANK)illus. than 60 half-tone plates MR. PICKWICK : Pages from paintings by Remington from the Pickwick Papers all with a Western theme by Charles Dickens. London: featuring Native Americans Hodder & Stoughton no date, and soldiers. Printed on circa 1910. Large 4to (9 1/4 one side only, on heavy x 11 1/4”), red cloth stamped coated paper. It is rare in gold, and black, 174p., a to find this book in such few fox spots else nearly beautiful condition with the AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S box. $2250.00 BOX (box flaps repaired). First edition. Illustrated by Reynolds with 25 beautiful, rich colored tipped-in REMINGTON PICTURE BOOK - AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX color plates (with lettered 469. REMINGTON,FREDERIC. REMINGTON’S FRONTIER SKETCHES. guards). A sumptuous Chicago, Akron & N.Y.: Werner Company (1898). Large oblong 4to (12 3/4 production and a great x 9 3/4”), white pictorial boards, beveled edges, all edges gilt, AS NEW IN copy. $500.00 PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired). 1st edition of a most rare Remington book, containing 15 half-tone plates with lettered guards featuring Indians and soldiers including Surrender of Chief Joseph, Attacking Crazy Horse, DAVID COPPERFIELD Pursuing Geronimo, Sioux Warriors and more. Rare in this condition. $1500.00 MINT COPY IN BOX 473. (REYNOLDS,FRANK)illus. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1911]. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 11 1/4”), red cloth stamped in gold and black, 572p., MINT COPY IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (box corners neatly repaired). First edition. Illustrated by Reynolds with 20 wonderful tipped-in color plates (with lettered guards) plus pictorial title page. A most wonderful edition of this classic, in excellent condition. $500.00 CURIOUS GEORGE’S ABC 470. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE LEARNS THE INSCRIBED 1ST STATE IN RARE DUST WRAPPER ALPHABET. Bost: Houghton PETER PARLEY TO PENROD Miflin 1963 (1963). Sm. 4to, (7 474. RICHARDS,LAURA. CAPTAIN JANUARY. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1891. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 1/4”), cloth backed boards, 64p., edges worn, some cover soil, 1/4 x 9 1/4”), pictorial cloth, spine toned with ends frayed (all typical for this title), crease on endpaper, child’s name on endpaper else internally fine and clean and overall VG- in dust wrapper with title printed on Fine in dust wrapper with small spine. First edition, 1st state with J.S. Cushing and Berwick & Smith imprints on copyright page. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RICHARDS DATED 1891! piece off corner and a few closed Richards’ mother was Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the tears. 1st ed. The letters are Republic”. Later in life, Richards and her sister wrote the biography of their shown integrated into actual mother for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Captain January remained popular and was made into an immensely popular movie starring Shirley objects and animals, brightly Temple. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 94. This is a special copy of the scarce first illustrated in color on every issue, rare with the dust wrapper. $800.00 page. Extremely scarce in 1st edition. $2000.00

MARGARET WISE BROWN AND H.A. REY 471. (REY,H.A.)illus. THE POLITE PENGUIN by Margaret Wise Brown. NY: Harper & Brother. (1941 K-Q). 4to (9 1/2 x 10 1/2”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some chips and fading but overall VG. Stated 1st edition. A greatly entertaining story about a raccoon that tries to teach manners to a penguin. Illustrated in color by H.A. REY (of Curious George fame). A wonderful collaborative effort, rare. $1200.00 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 BLUE BIRD IN ORIGINAL BOX 478. (ROBINSON,F.CAYLEY)illus. THE BLUE BIRD by Maurice Maeterlinck. 475. (RICHARDSON,FREDERICK)illus. ROAD NY: Dodd Mead 1911 (Oct. TO ENCHANTMENT by Georgene Faulkner. 1911). 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), blue NY: J.H. Sears (1929). 8vo, cloth, pictorial cloth extensively stamped in gold, pink and blue, top paste-on, 312p., near Fine. 27 fairy tales edge gilt, faint crease on 3 from around the world. Illus. by Richardson corners else VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL GALSSINE AND with 8 very beautiful color plates and in line ORIGINAL BOX. First U.S. by Charlotte Becker. (Richardson see also Deluxe Illustrated edition. This is a fairy play in six acts, 205). $250.00 illustrated by Robinson with 25 very beautiful tipped-in RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB – 76 color plates. A beautiful copy! $450.00 ROBERTS, KENNETH - 598

RARE CALENDAR IN BOX RARE OSCAR WILDE 479. (ROBINSON,W. CHARLES ROBINSON LIMITED EDITION HEATH)illus. W. HEATH 476. (ROBINSON,CHARLES)illus. THE HAPPY PRINCE by Oscar Wilde. ROBINSON CALENDAR London: Duckworth (1913). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/2”), gilt pictorial vellum- 1935. Housed in the like boards, top edge gilt, edges and spine toned some else near Fine. First publisher’s original pictorial edition, LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES FOR SALE SIGNED box is a calendar for 1935, BY ROBINSON! Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated by Robinson with Published in London by 12 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards plus numerous black text G. Delgada, it is in Fine drawings and pictorial endpapers and title page. A lovely copy in the original binding condition with the box of Robinson’s only signed book, very rare. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $4000.00 lightly soiled. The calendar is comprised of 52 leaves measuring 7 X 9 3/4”, and is bound with a ribbon tie on the top edge. Printed on one side of the page only, each leaf has a wonderful large illustration by Robinson with the days of the week printed along the bottom margin. Rare. $800.00

480. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin (First published 1915). 4to (7 x 8 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, [320]p., FINE IN PUBLISHER’S SLIPCASE. 1st American edition with these illustrations (printed in U.K.). Illustrated by Robinson with 8 color plates and numerous lovely line illustrations all throughout the text. This is an incredible copy, rare in the slipcase. $850.00

PUBLISHER’S VELLUM AND DUST WRAPPER 477. (ROBINSON,CHARLES)illus. THE SENSITIVE PLANT by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London & Philadelphia: Heinemann & Lippincott, no date [1911] printed in England. 4to (8 x 10 1/2”), FULL PUBLISHER’S VELLUM WITH ELABORATE GILT PICTORIAL DESIGN on cover and spine, top RARE ROBINSON LIMITED EDITION edge gilt, Fine in pictorial 481. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. ABSURDITIES: A BOOK OF COLLECTED dust wrapper (chipped at DRAWINGS. London: spine ends). 1st edition. Hutchinson [1934]. Large Illustrated by Robinson 4to (10 x 12 1/2”), publisher’s with pictorial endpapers, half-leather and gilt 18 tipped-in color plates pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, with tissue guards, plus fade area on rear cover else illustrations on each Fine. Laid-in is a flap from page of text. Printed on the jacket and the original heavy coated stock, this pictorial wrap-around band is a magnificent copy of a announcing the limitation. lavishly produced book. This LIMITED TO ONLY 250 vellum edition is scarce, NUMBERED COPIES most likely done by the SIGNED BY ROBINSON. publisher for presentation. This is a compilation of nearly (Robinson see also 100 of Robinson’s marvelous, 106). $1200.00 humorous illustrations, rare in the limited edition. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY HEATH ROBINSON CALDECOTT WINNER 482. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by 485. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. William Shakespeare. London: Constable 1914. Large 4to, green cloth backed FROG WENT A-COURTIN’ by John boards, (issued both in vellum and boards, the board copies were issued so that Langstaff. NY: Harcourt Brace (1955). the owner could provide their own fancy leather binding) tips rubbed else near 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), boards, fine in VG+ dust Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ROBINSON. wrapper with a few tiny closed edge tears, Illustrated with 12 very beautiful mounted color plates, 32 full page b&w’s, with price intact. Stated 1st edition. pictorial title plus several other black & whites in text. Printed on fine handmade A 400 year old Scottish story-song is paper, the black and whites are clear and detailed and far superior to the here made into a story. Illustrated by reproductions in the trade edition. Rare in this limited edition. $2000.00 Rojan with fabulous lithographs that bring the tale to life. Caldecott Award Winner. This is a beautiful copy of one of the rarest first editions Caldecott winners. $1500.00

ROJANKOVSKY ALSO 432

ROSS,M.T. (PENNY)- 571

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA – 275 ROUNTREE, HARRY – 114

ROYCROFT – 288 RUMANIA – 203, 301 RUSSELL, BERTRAND - 22

NARBUT ILLUSTRATIONS (STUDENT OF BILIBIN) 486. RUSSIAN. (NARBUT) PLYCHI MATVEI, NE ZHALEI LAPTEI [DANCE AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO RUIN YOUR SHOES]. Moscow: Knebel 1910. 4to, (8 1/2 x 11 3/4”), stiff pictorial wraps. neat spine repair else VG-Fine. One of Knebel’s acclaimed gift books, illustrated by GEORGY NARBUT with beautiful chromolithographs of humanized toys, based upon Narbut’s own collection of peasant toys (Rosenfeld: Defining Russian Graphic Arts p.92-3). Narbut was a student of Bilibin and Bakst, but he developed a style of his own. Golynets notes: “ Such outstanding artists as Narbut...passed through Bilibin’s hands. When Narbut saw Bilibin’s works, he fell in love with them and left the Ukraine... to make his dream of studying under Bilibin come true.” (See Golynets p.186-7, 192-3, Bilderwelt 2758, Leveque: Dictionnaire p.188-9). Very scarce. $1500.00

PERRAULT’S FAIRY TALES IN BOX 483. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. OLD-TIME STORIES by Charles Perrault trans. by A.E. Johnson. NY: Dodd Mead (1921). 4to (8 x 10”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [200]p., FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. 1st U.S. edition (printed in U.K.). 11 fairy tales by Perrault (Beauty & Beast; Red Riding Hood; Sleeping Beauty; Cinderella; Puss in Boots etc.) illustrated by Robinson with 6 tipped-in color plates, 26 full page and 24 smaller beautiful line illus. This is a great copy of one of Robinson’s more rare titles, especially in box. $950.00

ONLY 50 COPIES SIGNED WITH EXTRA PLATES 484. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEDOR)illus. DANIEL BOONE: LES AVENTURES D’UN CHASSEUR AMERICAIN PARMI LES PEAUX-ROUGES. Paris: Domino Press (1931). Folio, 11 3/4 x 15 1/4”, loose as issued in color pictorial folder, in Fine condition (even includes the original protective glassine wrap which does have some wear). THIS FIRST BOOK DONE BY THE DOMINO PRESS IS ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES IN FRENCH SIGNED BY ROJAN CONTAINNG AN EXTRA SUITE OF ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED WITHOUT TEXT. Printed on high quality Velin D’Arches paper, this edition was limited to 50 numbered copies, 25 in French and 25 in English. The beautiful, richly colored lithographs are really individual works of art on every page. Bader calls this “A unique first book in American history” (p. 119). This special edition is of the utmost rarity and really quite spectacular. $2500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 STRIKING COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS - TURKISH THEME MINT COPY IN BOX INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH 487. RUSSIAN. KICH KIN MAI (?): TURKMENSKII [by] M. Reikhlin. Moscow, 492. (SCHOONOVER,FRANK)illus. WASHINGTON by Lucy Foster Madison. ZIF ca 1930. Oblong 4to, pictorial wraps, VG+. The daily adventures of a young Philadelphia: Penn 1925 Turkish boy, illustrated by the author with bold, striking colorful pictures on (1925). Thick 4to (7 3/4 every page. Unusual subject matter and incredible illustrations. $850.00 x 9 3/4”), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste- on, 399p., #488 #487 MINT IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover. 1st edition. Illustrated by Brandywine school artist Schoonover with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 8 color plates plus many black and whites in text. This is an amazing copy, rare in the box. (Schoonover see also 597) $500.00

SCOTT, JANET LAURA – 553, 575

FINE COPY IN BOX 493. SCRIBNER CLASSIC. PEOPLE FROM DICKENS arranged by Rachel Field. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1935 (1935 A). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), black cloth, RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE pictorial paste-on, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S 488. RUSSIAN. [FATHER FROST BOX with color plate on cover (box flaps AND MOTHER WINTER] by Elena repaired). First edition of this scarce Ivchenko. Printed in Paris by H. Menant title in the series, illustrated by THOMAS circa 1930. 4to, pictorial wraps, VG. FOGARTY with cover plate, pictorial Illustrated by the author with charming endpapers, 8 color plates plus numerous chromolithographs with a folk-peasant black and whites throughout. Rare in the style. $350.00 box. $400.00

LEBEDEV ILLUSTRATIONS 489. RUSSIAN. DE REIS SCRIBNER CLASSICS ALSO 295, 296, 599 DOOR RUSLAND [TRIP TO RUSSIA] by S. Marshak. The Hague: de Baanbreker LIMITED EDITION MICKEY POSTER SIGNED BY SENDAK 1930. 4to (7 `/4 x 8 3/4”), 494. SENDAK,MAURICE. POSTER: [MICKEY AND ME]. This is a fantastic pictorial wraps, some cover full color poster LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK. Issued on the soil and slight crease, VG. 1st occasion of the opening Dutch edition of Lebedev’s of a Sendak exhibition 1926 book entitled Bagazh, at the Rosenbach in translated by L. Dworson and 1978. It measures 17 E. Hessbinger. Illustrated 1/2” x 23”, matted in with wonderful color fine condition. It shows lithographs by VLADIMIR a Sendak self-portrait LEBEDEV. See Dictionnnaire waiving into a mirror in p. 160. $750.00 which Mickey Mouse’s image is reflected SALESMAN’S SAMPLE – 444 SANDHEIM, MAY – 360 waving back. This is a particularly fitting SARG, TONY- 140, 578 depiction as Sendak and Mickey were “born” the TRIER ILLUSTRATIONS - SOCIAL COMMENTARY same year and “Mickey 490. SATIRE. THE ANIMALS’ CONFERENCE by Erich Kastner. NY: McKay Mouse was one of the (1949). 4to (8 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Translated dominant figures of from the German entitled “Die Konferenz der Tiere”. When the disillusioned his childhood” (Lanes animals see what a mess of the world the humans make, they decide to have a p.9). The poster is conference of their own. Wonderfully illustrated by Czech artist Walter Trier reproduced as a full in color throughout. Scarce. $275.00 page color illustration on p.[8] of Lanes book on Sendak. Simply wonderful. $550.00

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491. SATIRE. THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION OF SICILY written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati, translated by F. Lobb. NY: Pantheon (1947). 4to (8 1/2 x 11 1/4”), 147p., orange cloth, light wear, near Fine in VG dust wrapper (dw chipped at bottom of spine and has a few old repairs). A wonderful fantasy tale with an underlying message about human virtues. Illustrated by the author with 16 great full page color illustrations plus many black and whites. Scarce. $400.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] U.S. edition. A book of traditional nursery rhymes first published in 1947 as the NICE INSCRIPTION first book done by the Opies. This new edition has a new introduction by Iona and 495. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. it is newly and wondrously illustrated by Sendak with hundreds of full and partial BAT-POET by Randall page color and brown illustrations done in his “older” style more reminiscent of Jarrell. NY: Macmillan both Really Rosie, and In The Night Kitchen. $450.00 (1964). Large, slim 8vo, pictorial VG in lightly soiled ONE OF THE RAREST SENDAK ITEMS and frayed price clipped dw. 500. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SEVEN LITTLE STORIES ON BIG SUBJECTS Although price clipped, dw by Gladys Baker Bond. NY: Anti Defamation League (1955). 7 volumes, 12mo, conforms to first in all other (4 1/2 x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, neat owner name on covers and box else FINE respects. THIS COPY HAS A IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box slightly soiled). This is a complete set NICE INSCRIPTION FROM of 7 rare booklets published by the Anti Defamation League, each illustrated SENDAK READING “Perhaps by Sendak with cover art and a few b&w’s inside. The stories deal with various my favorite.” Wonderfully conflicts and situations that a young school child might face and how to handle detailed illustrations by them without getting physical. Including: #1 On Your Mark, #2 Jacob’s Sendak throughout the Friendliest Town, #3 The Crankiest Man On Main Street, #4 Down The Old text to accompany poems by Bear Trail, #5 Johnny Red Feather, #6 Lonesome Feet and #7 The Secret. A Jarrell. $475.00 wonderful Sendak item, rare complete in the box. $4500.00

496. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. BEE- MAN OF ORN by Frank Stockton. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1964). Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper with a small hole. Stated 1st edition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SENDAK and illustrated with wonderful full page color illustrations by Sendak. $450.00

INSCRIBED BY SENDAK 497. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. FLY BY NIGHT by Randall Jarrell. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1976). 8vo, cloth, AS NEW IN AS NEW Dust Wrapper. 1st edition. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY SENDAK. Jarrell’s last children’s story before his death with wonderful full page illustrations throughout by Sendak. $225.00 SENDAK SEE ALSO 357

501. SEREDY,KATE. THE WHITE STAG. NY: Viking and Junior Lit. Guild 1937 (1937). 4to, cloth, Fine in Fine dust wrapper. 1st ed. ( Junior Lit. simultaneous with Viking). NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. A Hungarian tale written by Seredy and illustrated by her with full page, powerful lithos. (litho’d by Glaser). A great copy. $375.00

SESAME STREET ORIGINAL ART 502. SESAME STREET. ORIGINAL ART: THE COUNT. This is a marvelous large original watercolor by Michael Smollin for pages 4 and 5 of a Sesame Street 498. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS book. It measures 18” wide x 12” high with the image itself 15” x 10”, signed in TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Bros. the corner. The Count is shown with a small carousel in the foreground and he (1952). Small 8vo, blue cloth backed pictorial appears to be counting the horses on the carousel. Done bright colors. $850.00 boards, VG+ in very slightly worn dust wrapper with price intact. First edition, 1st issue with no “grrr”. Illustrated on every page by Sendak. An especially nice copy of a very early Sendak title. $400.00 SENDAK LIMITED EDITION 499. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. I SAW ESAU: THE SCHOOLCHILD’S POCKET BOOK edited by Iona & Peter Opie. London: Walker Books (1992). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, NEW IN SLIPCASE AND PAPER WRAPPER WITH LIMITATION STICKER. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SENDAK AND IONA OPIE. 1st edition, preceding the 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97

FABULOUS SEUSS PUBLISHED DRAWING RARE SEUSS WATERCOLOR 506. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: NEW DEPARTURE BALL BEARINGS. 503. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: ALL IT NEEDS IS HOLLY SUGAR. This is a wonderful and detailed pen and ink executed by Dr. Seuss for New This is a fabulous, large watercolor done by Seuss as an advertising piece for Departure Ball Bearings. It measures 15 1/2 “ wide by 12” high and is signed. Holly Sugar. The image measures 12 “ high x 27”, and is signed by Seuss and Depicted is a man driving a contraption that resembles a riding mower with a matted. Depicted is a Seussian goat busily eating machine parts with a bag of large treadmill attached to the front. Attached to the treadmill at regular Holly Sugar next to it reading “All it needs is ... Holly Sugar.” Seuss worked on intervals are 9 grinning “Seussian” animals. Affixed to the back of the drawing an ad campaign for Holly Sugar for 3 years designing bill boards, posters and is a label reading: “ Seuss cartoon used in college ad 3059, made by Dr. Seuss, subway cards (See Seuss The Whole Seuss p.318). A wonderful image and a rare, received 1941. Credit line: Drawing by Dr. Seuss for New Departure Ball large watercolor by him. $60,000.00 Bearings.” Finished original art for sale of this size is of the utmost rarity. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $40,000.00

FABULOUS SEUSS DRAWING FOR “FLIT” 504. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART FOR FLIT: BE NICE TO YOUR RICH UNCLE. This is a wonderful and detailed pen and ink executed by Dr. Seuss for Flit, an insecticide manufactured by Standard Oil. Executed on board measuring 16” wide x 12” high and is signed as well as having a 2 line caption in Seuss’s hand. Depicted are 4 Black African natives standing in front of their bamboo and grass hut. Mosquitoes are flying all around. The father is greeting an older man who is carrying a Flit Gun over his shoulder. In the foreground, the mother native is lecturing to her son “Be awfully nice to your rich uncle... and when he dies, he may leave you his flit Gun!” Seuss’s association with the Flit ads was a long and prosperous one, spanning 17 years. Finished original art for sale of this size is of the utmost rarity. $45,000.00

GREAT SEUSS PUBLISHED DRAWING FOR JUDGE MAGAZINE 505. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: JUDGE MAGAZINE. This is a wonderful and detailed pen and ink with blue watercolor wash published in Judge Magazine April 27, 1929. Executed on board the image measures 9 x 9” and is signed as well as having a caption in Seuss’s hand. Depicted is an eccentric looking man in a club chair. He’s tossing his baby into the air and instead of saying “ups-a-daisy” he says “UPS A BELLIS PERENNIS LEUCANTHEMUM”. There are also a book shelf, carpet, picture on the wall and side table in the image. A pencil sketch of the same appears on the verso. Published original art for sale is rare. $45,000.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected]

SEUSS’ FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN 507. SEUSS,DR. AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET. NY: Vanguard Press 1937 (1937). 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), pictorial boards, white spine, owner bookplate on endpaper, except for a touch of soil on the top of the spine, this is a Fine copy in a great dust wrapper with a 1/4” chip off top edge and two inconspicuous closed margin tears. FIRST EDITION OF SEUSS’S FIRST BOOK FOR CHILDREN! First state with boy’s shorts white instead of blue on dust wrapper Brightly illustrated in color throughout. This is a great copy of a high spot in 512. SEUSS,DR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! NY: Random House(1959). 4to, children’s literature. $11,000.00 glazed pictorial boards, near Fine in lightly worn and soiled dw with price intact. 1st ed. (no ads for later books, correct price). The first Dr. Seuss book printed in full color. $750.00 2 SCARCE SEUSS BOOKS SIGNED 508. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP [and] SECRETS OF THE DEEP 513. SEUSS,DR. I CAN LICK 30 TIGERS TODAY. NY: Random House (1969). VOLUME II by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1935, 1936. 2 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial cloth, near fine. 1st ed. Starring the Cat In The volumes, 8vo, pictorial wraps, 34p., small margin mend and crease to volume 2 else Hat and brightly illustrated in color on every page. A very scarce Seuss 1st. both VG+. A humorous look at yachting, illustrated in color by Seuss with large Younger / Hirsch 38. $875.00 red, white and blue aquatints and featuring a sea creature whose face appears years later as the Cat In The Hat. BOTH VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED BY SEUSS! Quite rare as a signed pair. See Younger/Hirsch #’s 69-70. $2700.00

INSCRIBED BY SEUSS 514. SEUSS,DR. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. NY: Random (1939). 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), pictorial cloth, slightest of wear else near Fine in frayed dust wrapper. Stated first edition. THIS COPY HAS A FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM SEUSS. Illustrated with wonderful color illustrations throughout. A 509. [SEUSS,DR]. COME OVER TO MY HOUSE by Theo Le Seig. NY: Random special copy. Younger / Hirsch 71. $2000.00 House (1966). Sm. 4to, glazed pictorial boards, fine in very sl. worn dw with a few margin mends. 1st ed. (based on price and ads). Written by Seuss as Le Seig, 515. SEUSS,DR. THIDWICK THE BIG-HEARTED MOOSE. NY: Random illustrated in color by Richard Erdoes. Rare. $1200.00 House (1948). 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in dw with chip at head of spine, with Junior Literary Guild on spine of dw and book and with price intact. Despite the Junior Literary Guild imprint, this is the First Issue of the First Edition with 8 line copyright notice that includes the lithographer’s name and with the background of the dust wrapper done in a striped design as opposed to solid blue. A beautiful copy of an early Seuss title in excellent condition and with great color illus. on every page. Younger/Hirsch 77 variant. Rare. $2500.00

510. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS’S ABC. NY: Random House 1963. 8vo, glazed pictorial boards, 63p., Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. (based on ads and price). A Beginner Book with bold and nonsensical full color illustrations on every page. Surely one of the most original ABC books ever done. Younger / Hirsch 19. $850.00

511. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS’S SLEEP BOOK. NY: Random House (1962). 516. SEUSS,DR. YERTLE THE TURTLE and other stories. NY: Random House, 4to, glazed pictorial boards, soiled area on 4 pages else VG+ in lightly soiled dw (1958). 4to, glazed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper with creased on rear panel. 1st ed. (no ads for later titles, correct price). Illustrated price intact. First edition Younger/Hirsch 92. Includes Yertle, Gertrude McFuzz in full color on every page. Scarce. $600.00 and the Big Brag. A nice copy. $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 RARE AND CHARMING PICTURE BOOK OF PROVERBS 517. SEWELL,HELEN. WORDS TO THE WISE: A BOOK OF PROVERBS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS selected by Helen Sewell. NY: Dodd Mead (1932). 4to (8 3/4 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. First edition. 28 proverbs were selected by #521 Sewell to include only those readily understandable to the young child. In true picture book form, each proverb has a double page spread of the most wonderful full page red woodcuts, with one line of text printed in green spanning the pages. Bader devotes six pages to Sewell (p. 81-6), this title being most reminiscent of her other early work “A Head For Happy.” Rare and RARE SHAPE BOOK one of the great American 522. SHAPE BOOK. KING WINTER. picture books of the Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz circa 1860. 12mo, 1930’s. (Sewell see also pictorial wraps, near fine. Die cut in the 588). $500.00 shape of Old Man Winter every page is delicately illustrated in color with text in the GREAT 50’S SEWING middle of each page. In the same size and BOOK FOR CHILDREN format of Prang’s shape books, this is very 518. SEWING. CHILD’S scarce. $850.00 BOOK OF SEWING by Jane Chapman. NY: Greenberg Pub. (1951). 8vo (5 1/4 x UNUSUAL MOTHER GOOSE STAMP BOOK 8 3/4”), pictorial boards, 523. SHAPE BOOK. MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. NY: E.P. Dutton (1916). Oblong near Fine in dust wrapper. (7x6”) pictorial wraps, die-cut in the shape of Mother Goose on a goose-drawn Written in words that a wagon, some rubbing, VG. Each page features a different rhyme with a large little girl could understand pictorial border - 12 in all. In the center of each page is a color pictorial stamp of the and printed in a large easily main character in the rhyme (issued separately but already affixed in this copy). readable font. Every page No illustrator is named. This is a charming and scarce Mother Goose. $300.00 has great color illustrations in typical 50’s style by Jeva Cralick. Helpful diagrams by Walter Chapman are plentiful. Sewing see also 190. $200.00

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AFRIKAANSE TEXT 519. 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. The text is revealed when you open up the coat with Bessie’s hand and legs extending above and below the text. By turning the pages she appears in different outfits. She is shown going to school, cooking, TEDDY BEAR gardening and more. Text pages are illus. in color. Charming. $225.00 EMBOSSED COVER 524. SHAPE BOOK. TEDDY eine lustige Barengeschichte. Verse and illustrations by Karl Rohr. Esslingen und Munchen: J.F. Schreiber, no date, circa 1910. 4to (7 1/2 x 11 1/2”), pictorial boards, some margin soil and rubbing, VG. Die cut in the shape of a toy bear with a blue ribbon around its neck. The front cover is embossed giving it a three - dimensional effect. Illustrated by Rohr with 8 full page color illustrations and 8 full pages in various shades of brown depicting Teddy getting into all kinds of mischief. Text is in verse. Great bear book. $600.00 IN THE SHAPE OF A BOAT 520. SHAPE BOOK. THE BOAT BOOK verses by Margaret Otto . NY: Capitol SHAPE BOOKS ALSO 6, 132, 287, 340, 380, 412, 433, 543 Pub. Co. 1948. Oblong 4to, spiral backed pictorial boards, die-cut in the shape of a boat, fine. Illustrated with great color lithos by Norman Reeves showing different SHEPARD, E.H.– 347-9, 351 boats from a steamship to a fire boat. A great 40’s picture book. $150.00 SHEPARD, MARY 559-60 SHINN, EVERETT – 130, 167 MARCUS WARD BOOK 521. SHAPE BOOK. (FROG WHO WOULD A WOOING GO). THE FROG’S SIGNED / LIMITED ITEMS – 17, 22, 34-5, 40, 46, 94, 98, 109-111, 123, 135-6, WOOING. London: Marcus Ward, no date, circa 1890. 8vo, stiff pictorial wraps 141-2, 144, 148, 152, 156, 167, 184, 186-88, 194-5, 199, 208, 218-220, 236, die-cut in the shape of a frog sitting on a chair, near fine. Illustrated with 238, 242-252, 257, 260, 277-78, 280, 307, 310, 315-17, 320, 325, 347-48, 356-7, 375, 382, 385, 390, 424, 427, 445, 453, 459-62, 464-5, 474, 476, charming chromos on every page by E. Caldwell to accompany the classic nursery 481-2, 484, 494-97, 499, 502-6, 508, 514, 525, 537-9, 548, 551-2, 561, rhyme. Rare. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $275.00 563-4, 569, 583-4, 587-8, 591-2, 595-6, 598

SILHOUETTE – 229 SIMONT, MARC - 96 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 77 [email protected] SIGNED BY 530. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK SINGER & SAWYER by Anna Alice Chapin. NY: Dodd Mead (Oct. 1911). Large 4to (9 x 12”), brown WITH EXTRA PLATE cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine extrems with some fraying and cover plate worn 525. SINGER,ISAAC at edges VG. First edition of a difficult to find Smith book, this is illustrated by BASHEVIS. A YOUNG Smith with 6 very large and beautiful color plates to accompany the text of fairy MAN IN SEARCH OF tales from standards like Beauty and the Beast to original fantasies. Simply LOVE. NY: Doubleday wonderful. $325.00 1978. 8vo, cloth, Fine in slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SINGER AND CONTAINING AN EXTRA COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. A wonderful story by Singer, magnificently illustrated with color ep’s and the color plate and with full page b&w’s in-text by Soyer. $400.00

MODERN CLASSIC 526. SMITH,DODIE. THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS. Lond.: Heinemann (1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly frayed, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition of Smith’s first children’s book, that was later turned into a Disney classic. Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone with color dw, pictorial endpapers plus 58 other b&w’s. Quite scarce. $950.00

531. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. RHYMES OF REAL CHILDREN by Betty Sage. NY: Fox Duffield 1903 (Oct. 1903). Large 4to (11x11 3/4”) cloth backed pictorial boards, tips end edges with some rubbing else near Fine and bright. 1st edition of this magnificent book, illustrated by Smith with cover illustration (front and back), 6 large color plates, orange and black pictorial border on every page of text, plus small color illustration on dedication page. This is a nice copy of a scarce and very desired Smith book. $600.00

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BOXED EDITION OF SOWERBY’S “CINDERELLA” 532. (SOWERBY,MILLICENT)illus. CINDERELLA told by Githa Sowerby. London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, no date, circa 1915. 4to (8 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial boards, nearly 527. SMITH, E.BOYD. FUN IN THE RADIO WORLD. NY: Frederick Stokes, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX 1923 (1923). Oblong 4to (11 1/8 x 8 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, (box soiled). Quite an elaborately produced AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped along bottom edge). First edition. book, printed on heavy paper. Illustrated Written by Smith and illustrated by him as well with 12 color plates plus pictorial with 12 wonderful mounted color plates endpapers and pen and ink drawings in text. This is a great copy of a difficult to plus a lovely pictorial border on each page find title, rare in the dw. (See Bader p.22). $575.00 of text, pictorial chapter headpieces and gilt pictorial endpapers. An amazing copy. $1200.00

528. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. AT THE BACK OF THE #529 NORTH WIND by George MacDonald. Phil: McKay 1919, 4to, tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, gilt lettering on spine, light soil else VG+. First ed. 1st issue. Illustrated by Smith with pictorial endpapers and title page plus 8 other beautiful color plates. $200.00

COMPLETE SET OF 12 MOTHER GOOSE TOYBOOKS 529. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. MOTHER GOOSE TOYBOOKS. This is a complete set of 12 Mother Goose toybooks. Published in 1914, the same year as her famous Mother Goose, all are published by Good Housekeeping: Dodd Mead 1914. Each measures 5 1/4” wide x 3 1/2” high, color pictorial covers, a few have spine rubbing otherwise a VG or better set. Each cover is a different Mother Goose character, a reduced version of one of the color plates from the book. However due to the high quality of the paper used, the colors are particularly rich and they are also highlighted in gold. There are also black and white illustrations by Smith in-text. Verses inside are from Mother Goose. This is a lovely and rarely found complete set. Nudelman A40. $750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 FINE ARABIAN NIGHTS LARGE PAPER 1 OF 100 PROOF COPIES IN ORIGINAL BOX 537. (STEPHENS,H.L.)illus. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. (NY: Hurd & Houghton 533. (SOWERBY,MILLICEN 1865). Folio (11 x 13 1/4”), brown cloth with gilt vignette of a dog in military T)illus. LITTLE STORIES dress on the cover, all edges gilt, near fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 100 PROOF FOR LITTLE PEOPLE told by COPIES printed for subscribers by Julius Bien, lithographer. Each leaf, printed Githa Sowerby. NY: Hodder on rectos only, is individually hinged into the book. In the center of each page and Stoughton, no date, circa is a mounted lithograph by Stephens with text below. The illustrations are 1910. 8vo (6 1/4 x 8”) cloth magnificent in their detailed portrayals of a host of HUMANIZED ANIMALS backed boards, color paste- - most reminiscent of Grandville. This title was later issued in small format for on, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S wide distribution, with the resultant loss of quality and detail. Quite wonderful BOX (flap repaired). The and extremely scarce. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2250.00 stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and Sindbad the Sailor are illustrated by Sowerby with 12 very beautiful color plates. A great copy of a scarce title. $400.00

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BOXED DELUXE EDITION BY KIRK 534. SPYRI,JOHANNA. HEIDI by Johanna Spyri. Phil: Lippincott (1919). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2”), 2-tone cloth, (319)p., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX (box rubbed). This is the DELUXE EDITION, illustrated by MARIA KIRK with 14 beautiful mounted color plates plus pictorial borders on every page of text. One of the most lovely editions of this tale and an excellent copy. (SPYRI see also 240). $500.00

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SIX FAIRY TALE PLAYS WITH THEATRE INCLUDING SAMBO 535. STEINER,CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE STEINER’S STORY BOOK THEATRE. NY: Sam’l Gabriel 1944. Housed in the publisher’s pictorial box are 6 books and a theatre proscenium. Each book is 4to (7 x 10 1/4”), pictorial wraps and except for slight wear to box, everything is in Fine condition. The text of each of the 6 stories is presented in play format and illustrated with 5 charming full page color #535 illustrations by Steiner. The books are designed so that each color illustration can be inserted into the theatre for scene changes at the same time the child can read the text. Includes Little Black Sambo, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel & WITH SIGNED CARDS FROM STERRETT Gretel, The Gingerbread Man, The Three Bears and Snow White. Rare. $450.00 BOXED EDITION (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) 538. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS edited by Hildegarde Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn (1928). Large, thick 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), blue cloth, pictorial paste- on, 308p., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S RARE STEINER BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER! First edition. Aladdin, Ali Baba, CHRISTMAS PANORAMA Scheherazade, Sindbad and more tales from the Thousand and One Nights 536. (STEINER, are illustrated by Sterrett with 16 truly magnificent color plates (with tissue CHARLOTTE)illus. THE guards), color pictorial title page and with 21 partial page black and whites as CLIMBING BOOK by Mary well as pictorial endpapers. Often called the “female Kay Nielsen” this book Burlingham. NY: Vanguard was published when she was only 28. It was her third and last book. After Press, 1943. 5 7/8 x 6 Tanglewood Tales came out, Sterrett became gravely ill and was forced to give 1/4”, pictorial boards, up illustrating. Arabian Nights came out after her recuperation. LAID IN IS A crease on first panel else CHRISTMAS CARD DESIGNED BY STERRETT AND SIGNED BY HER PLUS A Fine. The story has little NOTE INSCRIBED BY HER! The card has a beautiful large Christmas themed Bobby answering the illustration by her. Also laid-in is a newspaper review of the Arabian Nights question of what is on top and a tear-sheet print ad from Penn Publishing featuring the Arabian Nights. of the Christmas tree by Signatures and autograph material by Sterrett are almost non-existent making climbing up limb by limb this an important copy as well as a magnificent one. $1850.00 and describing it to his sister Betsy as he goes. On top Santa gives him a red stocking for Betsy and he climbs down, again describing what he sees. Bound as one long sheet folded accordion style with the trip up on one side and the trip down on the other side. Illustrated by Steiner with charming color lithographs on each panel. Wonderful and rare. $325.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 [email protected] WITH LETTER FROM STERRETT - BOXED EDITION RARE BOXED GIFT EDITION 539. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Comtesse 541. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: de Segur. Philadelphia: Penn (1920). Large, thick 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), blue cloth, Collins, no date, circa 1925. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), full leather with round gilt pictorial pictorial paste- on, 279p., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH vignette on cover, top edge gilt, [192]p., FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color COLOR PLATE ON COVER! (and with original glassine as well). First edition. plate on cover (some fading to box). Illustrated by KATE ELIZABETH OLVER Forty French fairy tales are illustrated by Sterrett with 8 truly magnificent with color pictorial endpapers, 4 color plates plus numerous full and partial page color plates (with tissue guards) and with many lovely b&w’s as well as yellow black and whites. There is also a 14 page introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. pictorial endpapers. Done when she was only 19 years of age, this was Sterrett’s This is a very scarce edition of these classic poems, rare in the box. $675.00 (Chicago born) first book. She is often referred to as the “female Kay Nielsen”! LAID IN IS THE PICTORIAL BROCHURE FROM THE LITTLE SUDIO GALLERY box EXHIBITING STERRETT’S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. ALSO LAID-IN IS A 4 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM STERRETT. Written to Anne Stryke it discusses a previous visit and an upcoming one as well, mentioning her mother’s and her own bad health: “I couldn’t do much house work and illustrating too, and the latter was truly most important... Please do not worry about it breaking in upon my work or rest... I would gladly give up a day of work for the privilege of attending the gathering and occasionally I have missed my rest.” Sterrett became seriously ill and was forced to stop illustrating for several years. Signatures and autograph material by Sterrett are almost non- existent making this an important copy as well as a magnificent one. $1850.00

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542. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. Chicago: Merrill Publishing 1929. Folio (9 3/4 x 12 3/4”), pictorial wraps, 16p. including covers, light cover rubbing, VG+. Featuring charming color illustrations on every page by George Trimmer. This is a rather uncommon edition of these poems. $150.00

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UNUSUALLY FINE COPY OF A CHILDREN’S HIGH SPOT 540. STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. STEVENSON SEE ALSO 411 STOCKTON, FRANK - 496 London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. Small 8vo (4 1/2 x 6 1/2”), blue cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., except for the usual offsetting on UNRECORDED STOWE SHAPE BOOK BY TUCK endpaper, clean, bright and Fine, housed in a beautiful custom 1/2 leather box. 543. [STOWE,MRS. H.B.] ALONE WITH THEE by Mrs. H. B. Stone. London: 1st ed. 1st printing (of 1000 copies) with apostrophe on spine shaped like the Raphael Tuck and Sons, no date, circa 1900. 3 3/4 x 4 1/2”, die-cut in the shape number 7, the word “OF” in smaller type on spine and with no mention of “Two of a star surrounded by flowers, string bound, fine. The title page lists H.B. Series” in the list of other works by the author. Many of these poems for Stone as the author but the last page of text lists Mrs. H.B. Stowe. Inspirational children were written by Stevenson when he was ill in bed, and are dedicated poems are illustrated by Annie and Bessie Simpson with 5 very beautiful full to his nurse from childhood, Alison Cunningham. This first edition was printed page chromolithographs, 1 smaller chromo plus delicate line illustrations on other on fine quality paper but is unusual in that it was not illustrated until the 1896 pages. Not in BAL or Hildreth. $750.00 edition, published two years after Stevenson’s death. This is an especially fine copy of this most important book of poems for children. $6000.00 STRATTON, HELEN – 203 SWEDISH - 204

FIRST ISSUE PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 544. TARKINGTON,BOOTH. PENROD. Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1914 (1914). 8vo, (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), blue cloth, light cover soil and rubbing, VG+. 1st ed., 1st state (“viii” present on that page, p.19 “sense mis-spelled as “sence”). Illustrated by GORDON GRANT with full and partial page black and whites. PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 132- 3. A nice copy of a classic. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 FINE COPY IN BOX 549. THOMPSON,KAY. ELOISE IN MOSCOW. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959, 545. TARRANT,MARGARET. MARGARET TARRANT’S CHRISTMAS GARLAND. 4to, boards, inscription on endpaper erased else VG in very slightly soiled and Boston: Hale Cushman and Flint (1942). 4to (7 x 8 1/2”), blue cloth stamped in silver, worn dust wrapper. Illustrated with charming color illustrations by HILARY pictorial paste-on, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX. An anthology of Christmas poems, KNIGHT. Stated first edition. $650.00 prayers and stories, illustrated by Tarrant with 19 tipped-in color plates plus b&w’s in text. An excellent copy of a very attractive book, rare in the box. $275.00

550. THOMPSON,KAY. ELOISE IN PARIS. NY: Simon & Schuster 1957 (1957). 4to, boards, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing. Wonderfully TEASDALE, SARA- 317 illustrated in color on every page by HILARY KNIGHT. $650.00

546. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. DICKEY BYRD by Elizabeth Woodruff. WONDERFUL RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON LETTER & MAP OF OZ Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley (1928). Folio, black imitation leather 551. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. LETTER. This is a full page typed letter stamped in yellow, VG+. First edition of one of the scarcest and most lovely signed by Thompson, dated April 28 1962. It is done on pictorial Royal Historian of Tenggren’s books, this is illustrated with 6 large and magnificent tipped-in of Oz stationary that has 3 Oz illustrations on the front and printed with a list color plates. There are also many charming full-page and in-text illustrations by of 36 printed Oz titles on the back (with some ink corrections in Thompson’s Carl Wehde plus pictorial endpapers. The story is a fantasy about a boy named hand). The text of the letter deals with the Oz books and reveals what a nice Dickey Bird and his elephant, the gnomes and person she was - taking the time to respond to a young fan. It reads: Dear elves. $875.00 Connie, I enjoyed your letter as much as you enjoy my Oz books and it was so nice to have a picture of you and that wonderful dog. This map [referring to the Land LANG FAIRY BOOK of Oz map sold with the letter] needs 547. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. THE RED some of the new countries added but FAIRY BOOK by Andrew Lang. Philadelphia: may amuse you anyway. I never did McKay (1924). 4to, red cloth, pictorial paste- meet Frank Baum, though I read all on, top edge gilt, 285p., repair to corner of of his books when I was a little girl half-title and corner bumped else near Fine. so that writing the new adventures First edition thus, illustrated by Tenggren seemed just like visiting the merry with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and old country. I may write another title, plus 8 beautiful color plates. This is a book or two, so many boys and girls nice copy of a VERY difficult to find Tenggren have written begging me to return to title, illustrated in his early fantasy Oz. Have been doing stories for Jack style. $400.00 & Jill and many other interesting things. So lovely out today, I just THEAKER, HARRY – 292 cannot stay indoors another minute. So with a big hug and thank you will THEATRE - 535 wind up this little note. A happy spring time to you and many merry wishes from Oz and Yours Cheerfully, ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES ME” Signed. The letter is even in WITH EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES the original Reilly & Lee envelope! 548. THOMAS,DYLAN. A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES. New York: New Sold with the map of Oz 10 x 15” Directions (1969). 2 volumes. Text in leather backed buckram, plates in folio printed on both sides (repaired at cloth portfolio. LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES printed at the folds). $500.00 Thistle Press, SIGNED BY FRITZ EICHEBERG the illustrator. The book features 5 fabulous full page wood engravings by Eichenberg. The portfolio contains a RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL separate suite of the plates in larger format, each signed by Eichenberg. The 552. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. This is a one book was first published in 1954 and is an account of Thomas’s own Christmas page typed letter signed by Thompson with handwritten notes, dated January experience that has become a classic. This special edition is rare. $2500.00 17, 1936. It is done on pictorial Royal Historian of Oz stationary that has 2 Oz illustrations on the front (bottom edge trimmed). The text of the letter deals with the Oz books and Thompson’s relationship with the Baum family. It reads in part: “ I feel terribly sorry and disgusted to have the Oz books fade out like they are doing. I tried awfully hard with the one you have now to illustrate. Let’s make it a corker! With times getting better I believe the books will sell again (if those birds in Chicago would only do a bit of advertising or publicity!)... I stopped in to see Mr. Wish but he did not want to handle the Oz stuff unless we could get Mrs. Baum to combine with me which is very unlikely.” $950.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 [email protected] BOXED VOLLAND BY “OZ” AUTHOR SCHOOL DAYS - KRONHEIM LITHOS 553. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. THE PRINCESS OF COZY TOWN. Chic: 557. TOY BOOK. WILLIE Volland (1922). 8vo, pictorial boards, offset on back strip else near FINE IN AND MARY’S FIRST DAY ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box VG with flap repair). 1st edition, a VOLLAND AT SCHOOL. London: FAIRY CHILDREN book, illustrated with striking full page and in- text color Religious Tract Society, illustrations throughout by JANET LAURA SCOTT to accompany 6 original no date, circa 1870. 4to, fairy tales. (See Schiller auction 365). A beautiful copy, especially desirable in pictorial wraps, neat spine the box. $800.00 strengthening, VG+. The full day of activities at #554 school, including recess, is presented in rhyme, accompanied by 6 fine full page chromolithographs by Kronheim. Some pages are divided into sections, illustrations done on black background. $250.00

TOYS – 3, 26, 194, 412

WONDERFUL WARNE NOVELTY 558. TRADES. BOOK OF TRADES PICTURE PUZZLE TOY BOOK. Lond. & NY: Warne no date, ca 1880. 4to, (9 x 10 1/2”), pictorial wraps, slight spine and corner wear else near fine AND UNUSED. There are 6 very fine full page chromolithographed illustrations for six different trades. Many areas in each illustration have been left blank. There are 2 sheets of dozens of figures and objects that the reader must cut out and glue into THREE FINE HUGH THOMPSON TITLES EACH IN BOX the appropriate space. When completed there 554. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR by William are six scenes depicting Shakespeare. NY: Frederick Stokes 1910. Thick 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), green gilt pictorial the daily duties of: cloth, owner inscription else AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with printed label carpenter, bricklayer, (box rubbed, flaps repaired). 1st U.S. edition. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped- miller, watchmaker, in color plates (with guards) that really bring the story to life. An uncommon title carriage builder and some really beautiful work by Thomson. Great copy, rare in box. $600.00 and the shipwright. Trades see also 27, 555.(THOMSON,HUGH)illus. QUALITY STREET by J.M. Barrie. [London]: 72). $650.00 Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1913]. Large thick 4to (8 1/2 x 10 3/4”), [198]p, purple cloth with elaborate NICE FIRST OF MARY POPPINS gilt pictorial cover and spine. 559. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS. NY: Reynal & Hitchcock (1934). 8vo AS NEW IN ORIGINAL (5 1/4 x 7 5/8”), blue cloth, 206p., spine slightly faded as is common with this BOX WITH MOUNTED title else Fine in beautiful dust wrapper with a few very unobtrusive old edge COLOR PLATE and plain repairs. First American edition (the same year as the U.K. edition). Illustrated paper wrapper (repair to by MARY SHEPARD with pictorial endpapers plus many charming full page and box flaps). First edition. smaller black and whites throughout the text. This is a beautiful copy, rarely Illustrated with 22 beautiful found with such a nice dust wrapper. $1200.00 tipped-in color plates with pictorial, lettered guards plus a few line illus. in-text and pictorial endpapers. The text is in play format. This is an incredible copy with the ornate binding in pristine condition. $600.00

556. (THOMSON,HUGH)illus. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1912]. Thick 4to (8 1/2 x 10 3/4”) blue cloth with extensive gilt decoration, nearly AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover. 1st U.S. edition. Illustrated with 26 beautiful tipped- in color plates plus many 560. TRAVERS,P.L. MARY POPPINS IN THE PARK. NY: Harcourt Brace (1952). illustrations in-text. The 8vo, blue cloth, 206p., owner inscription, FINE in slightly worn dust wrapper. Stated text is presented in play 1st American edition. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP TIPPED-IN. Illustrated format. This is an incredible by MARY SHEPARD with pictorial endpapers plus many charming full page and copy with the ornate binding smaller b&w’s throughout. A nice copy of the 4th Mary Poppins story. $325.00 in beautiful condition. $600.00 TRIER, WALTER – 490

TUCK PUBLISHER – 6, 11, 41, 132, 176, 179, 292, 294, 380, 396-7, 399, 401, THOREAU, HENRY – 593 543, 582

TICE, CLARA – 9 914.764.7410 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 TUDOR WATERCOLOR - NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS #564 561. TUDOR,TASHA. ORIGINAL ART:THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore. This is the original watercolor signed by Tudor that appears on the rear cover of the 1975 Rand McNally version of Moore’s poem. It measures 4 1/2 x 4 3/4” rounded on top, in fine condition. The little doll is #565 seated on the toy horse surrounded by presents. The colors are rich and there is much detail - a fine image. $6000.00

565. TWAIN,MARK. PUDD’NHEAD WILSON a Tale. London: Chatto & Windus 1894. 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), red cloth stamped in black, 246p. + 32 page publisher’s catalogue. A few tiny black dots on cover, else VG+. 1st English edition (catalogue in rear dated September 1894), actually published slightly before the American edition. Illustrated by James Mapes Dodge with a photo frontis of Twain and with 6 black and white plates by Louis Loeb. The theme of slavery is prominent in this story about Roxy, a slave woman who switches her son with the child of her white master to prevent him from ever being sold. BAL 344. $1500.00

TWAIN SEE ALSO 280 UPDIKE, JOHN - 252

RARE BOOK BY UPTONS PRINTED BY EDMUND EVANS 566. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. LITTLE HEARTS by Bertha Upton. London: George Routledge 1897. 4to (8 x 9 3/9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge wear and slight bit of cover soil, VG+. 1st edition. 562. TUDOR,TASHA. BOOK OF CHRISTMAS: A THREE DIMENSIONAL BOOK. Simple rhyming verses NY & Cleveland: Collins (1979). 4to, pictorial boards, Fine. Illustrated in color with about the everyday life of 6 fine pop-up double-page plates with moveable mechanisms as well. $200.00 little children, illustrated in color by Florence Upton. Printed by Edmund Evans. Rare. $1500.00

567. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG’S AIR-SHIP. Lond: Longmans 1902. Oblong 4to cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed, slight cover soil and a few inconspicuous archival margin mends else clean, tight VG+. 1st ed. The Golliwoggs become aeronauts in a hot air balloon! The full page color illus. are really superb. Verse by Bertha Upton (Florence’s mother). $900.00

568. UPTON,FLORENCE. THE GOLLIWOGG’S BICYCLE CLUB. Lond: Longmans 1896. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, corners and edges rubbed, endpapers trimmed on edges else tight and VG. 1st edition. Wonderfully SIGNED BY TUDOR AND McCREADY illustrated in color. $600.00 563. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. BIGGITY BANTAM by T.L. McCready. NY: Ariel (1954). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8”), yellow pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper repaired on verso and with 1/2” piece off spine. 1st edition (1st printing). Illustrated by Tudor with dust wrapper design, color endpapers, plus lovely color and black & whites throughout. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH TUDOR AND McCREADY. Tom McCready was Tudor’s husband at that time and this is his first book - a special copy not often found with both signatures. $950.00

564. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. A ROUND DOZEN by Louisa May Alcott. NY: Viking (1963). 8vo, cloth, 256p., fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition of this rare Tudor title being a selection of Alcott’s short stories made by Anne Thaxter Eaton and illustrated in black & white by Tudor. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TUDOR. $750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 83 [email protected] STUNNING VAN ALLSBURG COLOR ART HUMANIZED BIRDS FROM “THE STRANGER” 571. VOLLAND. BIRD CHILDREN: the little playmates of the flower children by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1912 4th ed). 8vo, brown pictorial 569. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: THE STRANGER. Offered boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box slight wear else VG+). Illustrated by here is stunning color artwork by Van Allsburg used in The Stranger published by M.T. (Penny) ROSS with pictorial endpapers plus more than 80 wonderful color Houghton Mifflin in 1986. It appears as the second full page illustration opposite illustrations of her humanized birds. A beautiful copy of a scarce Volland title, text that begins “But it wasn’t a deer”. The image measures 13 1/2” wide x 10 especially in a box. $300.00 3/4” high, matted and signed. Although the illustration in the book is beautiful, the original art is breathtaking. The depth of color and level of detail combine to make this a truly wonderful work of art. $27,500.00

572. VOLLAND. JUST FOR YOU by Pauline Croll. Chic: Volland (1918 no additional printings). Square 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in box. A Volland Sunny Book of rhymes with lovely color illustrations by MARY BASSETT. $350.00

PICTURES REPLACE WORDS 573. VOLLAND. KATHERINE THE KOMICAL KOW by June Norris. Chic: Volland (1926, early edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, slight cover soil else FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX. A Sunny Book. Wonderfully illustrated in bold colors by LEW TOWER, many words in the text have been replaced with pictures. $300.00

VAN ALLSBURG SEE ALSO 357

6 NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX 570. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. DOLLY’S LIBRARY. Lond: Nister, no date, circa 1895. 24mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX (box slightly worn). Six miniature books (3 x 3 5/8”): Miss Mistletoe, Kittie, Sugar and Spice, Playfellows, Sandcastles and Snapdragon each with simple stories. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus many in-text illustrations. Rare in the box. $1200.00

INCLUDING ALICE IN WONDERLAND - SCARCE VOLLAND 574. VOLLAND. LET’S PRETEND by William Mac Harg. Chicago: Volland (1914, 2nd ed.). 8vo, pictorial boards, slight rubbing, near fine. The author takes many childhood classics and rewrites the text in verse (one page per title). Each main character is represented with a lovely full page color illustration by BONNIBEL BUTLER. (Includes Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel and many others). $300.00

VOLLAND CIRCUS CLOTH BOOK JANET LAURA SCOTT ILLUSTRATOR 575. VOLLAND. LITTLE BIM THE CIRCUS BOY by Gladys Nelson Muter. Chicago: Volland (1924). Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/2”), cloth, cover faded and some finger soil else VG. A VOLLAND CLOTH-ART BOOK, this is printed on cloth and illustrated by JANET LAURA SCOTT in bright colors on every page. Rare. $300.00

VICTORIAN ALSO 6, 19, 77, 124, 132, 176, 180, 232, 289, 290, 366, 397, 420, 434-5, 522, 558, 586 914.764.7410 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 576. VOLLAND. OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE by Louise Marshall Haynes. 580. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. MIXED PICKLES by Clifton Bingham. London: Tuck Chicago: Volland (1920, no additional printings). 12mo, pictorial boards, slight no date, circa 1910. 4to, green pictorial cloth, cloth soiled with spine neatly wear to covers, else near Fine. 1st edition. A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with repaired else G+ to VG. Poems by Bingham illustrated by Wain on every page with great color illus. by CARMEN BROWNE. A very scarce Volland title. $350.00 cats. Featuring color plate frontis, seven 2-color illustrations and the rest of the illustrations in line. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $600.00

RARE WAIN TITLE 581. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. STORY OF TABBYKIN TOWN IN SCHOOL AND PLAY. London: Faulkner [1920]. 4to, wraps, color pictorial paste-on, minor wear, near fine. Illus. with 13 3/4 page illustrations in text, 5 of which are in color - all of cats. A great copy of a rare Wain title. $1500.00

JOHN RAE - REYNARD AND OTHER FABLES - BOXED 577. VOLLAND. REYNARD THE FOX & OTHER FABLES adapted from the French of La Fontaine by W.T. Larned. Chicago: Volland (1925). Small 4to, pictorial boards, near fine IN BOX which has light soil and wear. 1st edition of this VOLLAND NATURE CHILDREN BOOK (no other printings listed). Beautifully illustrated by JOHN RAE with pictorial endpapers and many rich color illustrations throughout the text. $300.00

578. VOLLAND. A SUNNY YEAR BOOK FOR SUNNY CHILDREN. Chicago: Volland circa 1920. Narrow 4to, (11” x 5 1/2”), pictorial wraps bound with silk cord at top, FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps repaired and box soiled). Volland issued this gift book with excerpts from the best books in the SUNNY BOOK series, including some notoriously scarce titles. 582. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. TO NURSERYLAND WITH LOUIS WAIN edited There is an intro by Elizabeth by Edric Vredenburg with stories and verses by Clifton Bingham, S.K. Cowan and Gordon followed by many pages others. London: Tuck no date, circa 1911. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, of text and color illustrations edges rubbed and some cover and finger soil, VG. Illustrated by Wain with by JOHNNY GRUELLE, glorious color covers, full color frontis plus a profusion of 2-color and b&w illus. MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT, of cats portraying traditional nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters. A title in KATHARINE STURGES, TONY Father Tuck’s Golden Gift Series. $750.00 SARG, JOHN RAE and others for such stories as The Funny Little Book, Sunny Bunny, Gigglequicks, Little Babs, Lovely Garden, Sunny Rhymes for Happy Children, Tales of Little Cats, Peeps the Really Truly Sunshine Fairy, Wise Gray Cat, Myself and I, Come Play With Me and more. Printed on one side of the paper only. $650.00

VOLLAND CLOTH BOOK / RAE FAIRY TITLE 579. VOLLAND. TOY ANIMALS AND TINKLE THE TIRED FAIRY. [Chic.]: Volland (1922). Oblong folio, limp pictorial cloth, some soil, VG+. One of Volland’s few large format cloth books, this tells the story of a tiny fairy named Tinkle who longs to return to Fairyland. Illus. with rich colors on every page by JOHN WALES – 199, 548 RAE. Rare. $400.00 #580 INSCRIBED 583. (WALKER,DUGALD STEWART)illus. THE GENTLEST GIANT by Anna Bird Stewart. NY: McBride 1929 (Wayne Pub. Co. 1915). 8vo, cloth, Fine in very slightly worn dust wrapper. A reprint of these wonderful fairy poems illustrated with many intricate black and whites by Walker. THIS COPY HAS A LOVELY ONE PAGE INSCRIPTION ON THE ENDPAPER FROM THE AUTHOR. Also, laid in is brochure about the author with her photo. (Walker see also VOLLAND ALSO 118, 205, 261-2, 264-7, 369, 553 35). $250.00

WAGNER, RICHARD - 423 WAR – 16, 27, 174, 434 WARD, KEITH - 211 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 85 [email protected] LIMITED EDITION IN RARE DUST WRAPPER WITH LETTER LAID-IN WOODCUT BOOK 587. WIGGIN,KATE DOUGLAS. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1903 (1903). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), green pictorial cloth, Fine SIGNED BY WARD IN DUST WRAPPER (some old mends and chipping else VG). 1st edition, 1st issue 584. WARD,LYND. with the type at the base of spine 1/16” high. Wiggin’s book is acclaimed for its PRELUDE TO A MILLION authentic portrayal of rural Maine, its people and culture. Mark Twain said it YEARS: A BOOK OF was “beautiful and moving and satisfying.” The enduring classic was translated WOOD ENGRAVINGS. NY: into many languages and adapted for the stage and screen. Wiggin co-wrote the Equinox 1933 (1933). 8vo play with Charlotte Thompson that was produced for Broadway 1909. The story (5 1/2 x 8 3/4”), copper was also made into a film starring Shirley Temple. After Wiggin married George spine with black stitching Christopher Riggs, their social life revolved around leading authors of the era and gilt decorated boards, including Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain. LAID IN IS A 2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN VG-Fine. LIMITED TO LETTER FROM WIGGIN (using her married name Kate Douglas Riggs). The text 920 NUMBERED COPIES of the letter discusses some of her work and the apparent return of work that SIGNED BY WARD. the recipient did not want to publish, ending: “So do not be embarrassed at Designed by Lewis F. White, sending the Mss flying back to me; I shall still be yours faithfully”. This is a printed by woodblocks on special copy in the rare dust wrapper. Peter Parley To Penrod p. 121. $1250.00 velin paper and bound by hand. Every page has a striking woodcut by Ward, printed on one side of the paper. Nice copy, very scarce. $750.00

BOXCAR CHILDREN IN BOX! 585. WARNER,GERTRUDE CHANDLER. BOX-CAR CHILDREN. Chicago & NY: Rand McNally ((1924). 8vo (6 x 8”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! First edition. The story tells about the adventures of 4 orphaned children who run away and live in the forest in an abandoned boxcar. Illustrated by Dorothy Lake Gregory with 4 color plates in typical 20’s style. This is a great copy of a classic. $875.00

WAUGH, FREDERICK - 209 WILDE, OSCAR – 309, 476 IDA WAUGH & JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH’S 1ST BOOK APPEARANCE ARTIST’S COPY WAUGH,IDA. IDEAL HEADS 586. . Phil.: Sunshine Pub. Co. 1890. Folio, gold INSCRIBED cloth stamped in gold and colors, all edges gilt, [92]p., light cover soil and several 588. WILDER,LAURA insignificant archival margin mends else VG. Printed on heavy paper and illustrated INGALLS. BY THE SHORES by Waugh with 20 magnificent color lithographs of little babies in the style of Maud OF SILVER LAKE. NY: Humphrey. Also illustrated with numerous full and partial page b&w’s by various Harper & Bros. 1939 (1939). artists, notably one by JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH representing her FIRST BOOK 8vo, pictorial cloth, Fine ILLUSTRATION (Five Maidens all in a row p. [3]). This is a nice copy of a very in very slightly worn dust scarce book that is usually found in wretched shape. Nudelman A1. $1200.00 wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with color dust wrapper and frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED BOYLE. The Ingalls family moves to the Dakota Territory. The fifth Little House book. This copy was purchased from Mildred Boyle’s family and THIS WAS BOYLE’S OWN COPY INSCRIBED BY HER TO HER NIECE. $3500.00

589. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. BEDTIME FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban. NY: Harper Brothers (1960). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with 1/2” strip off rear top edge and smaller chips on spine. First edition (correct price and no ads for later titles). Frances (a baby badger) uses various methods to prolong bedtime. Illustrated with charming color lithos on every page. See Bader p.472-3 who calls this “a charmer.” WEISGARD, LEONARD – 95, 97, 115 WHARTON, EDITH – 407 First editions of this title are quite scarce. $325.00 WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF – 378 WIESE, KURT – 48, 94 914.764.7410 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 97 DOROTHY KUNHARDT AND GARTH WILLIAMS FOLLOWING ARE 7 590. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. TINY NONSENSE STORIES by Dorothy REMARKABLY FINE Kunhardt. NY: Simon & Schuster (1949). This is a wonderful set of 12 miniature books (2” wide x 3 1/16” high) each bound in thick pictorial boards and housed N.C WYETH TITLES in a color pictorial slipcase that simulates a room of a house. The case has a removable IN DUST WRAPPER AND BOX sliding cover. Box shows sl. wear else books 593. (WYETH,N.C. and ANDREW WYETH)illus. MEN OF CONCORD by Henry and box are in VG cond. Each of the 12 Thoreau. Bost: Houghton Mifflin 1936 (1936). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 5/8”), green cloth, books is wonderfully illustrated with color 255p., index, VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER AND PICTORIAL BOX (box flaps lithos by GARTH WILLIAMS. It is very faded). 1st edition. Illustrated by Wyeth with box and wrapper illustrations unusual to find all 12 books with the little not repeated in the book, pictorial endpapers plus 10 color plates. There are house, all in such nice condition.(See Bader also 24 pen and ink drawings attributed to N.C. in the book, but actually done p. 292-3). Contains the following titles: by ANDREW WYETH under his father’s supervision (Allen p.220). This is an Little Squirrel; Happy Valentine; April Fool; exceptionally fine copy, rare in the box. $875.00 Easter Bunny; Cowboy Kitten; Naughty Little Guest; Uncle Quack; Silly Picnic; Mr. Pig; Two Snowbulls; Little Lamb; Roger Mouse. Really Nice! $350.00

WILLIAMS, GARTH ALSO 313

MILO WINTER FANTASY WITH RARE PUBLISHER’S PROSPECTUS 591. WINTER,MILO. BILLY POPGUN. Bost: 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 PROSEPCTUS AND IN ULTRA-RARE PUBLISHER’S BOX ORDER BLANK illustrated 594. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE PIKE COUNTY BALLADS by John Hay. Boston: on the outside duplicating Houghton Mifflin (Oct. 1912). 8vo (6 3/4 x 9”), tan buckram, AS NEWIN the endpapers and with ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE AND PLAIN publisher’s information on PAPER WRAPPER. Printed on coated paper and illustrated by Wyeth with cover the book with an order form plate, pictorial endpapers, 6 color plates plus many smaller text illus. Preface by inside. A nice copy of a Wyeth as well. One of only a very few copies known to survive in the box and of wonderful fantasy and very, the utmost rarity in this condition. $1850.00 very scarce. $1200.00

WOODCUTS – 325, 546, 584

RARE DELUXE EDITION PINAFORE 592. (WOODWARD,ALICE B.)illus. THE PINAFORE PICTURE BOOK: The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore told by Sir W. S. Gilbert. London: George Bell and Sons 1908. 4to (8 x 10 1/4”) white cloth with pictorial gilt covers, top edge gilt, Fine condition. The play format of the H.M.S. Pinafore has been re-written for children in story format by W.S. Gilbert. Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated by Woodward with 16 wonderful mounted color plates, 2-color pictorial title page pictorial endpapers and 12 very fine pen and inks in the text in Woodward’s art nouveau style. This deluxe edition is rare. $850.00

INSCRIBED BY WYETH 595. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE by Washington Irving. Phil: McKay (1921). 4to (7 1/2 x 10”), brown cloth, pictorial paste-on, very slightly rubbed else Fine. 1st ed. 1st issue. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 8 color plates and line illustrations in-text. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY WYETH DATED 1922! This is a special copy of one of WORLD WAR II – 174 Wyeth’s most beautiful books. $3200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 87 [email protected] SIGNED BY WYETH AND RAWLINGS LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WYETH & ROBERTS 596. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE YEARLING by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. NY: 598. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Charles Scribner’s Sons 1939 (1939 A). 4to, bluish-green cloth, top edge gilt, Boston: Little Brown 1938 Fine condition in matching chemise with leather label and publisher’s blue slip (May 1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 case (case slightly rubbed on edges else sound and VG+). LIMITED TO ONLY 3/4”), white cloth spine, blue 750 COPIES FOR SALE-SIGNED BY BOTH WYETH AND RAWLINGS. Two cloth, FINE IN ORIGINAL interesting facts have emerged about this edition. First, although 750 copies PLAIN PAPER WRAPPER were printed, only 520 copies were actually bound and sent out with the binding, AND SLIPCASE WITH chemise and slip case of this version. The remaining 250 copies were bound in dark PAPER LABEL (case toned on blue cloth with a darker blue slipcase and were distributed in the early 1950’s. backstrip with a few spots Secondly, according to letters from Rawlings to her editor, as the limited edition else tight and VG+). First sheets were being printed she discovered that there was a line missing on page Wyeth edition LIMITED TO 196 (between lines 5 and 6). A new signature with the correction was inserted 1075 NUMBERED COPIES but not before some sheets were distributed. This copy has the corrected SIGNED BY WYETH AND pages. (We also have had a copy of the later binding with the earlier mis-printed ROBERTS! Illustrated sheets so there is no rhyme or reason as to how they managed this error). with 15 beautiful color Illustrated by Wyeth with pictorial endpapers, 14 full page color illustrations, plates including endpapers title page decoration, plus 2 special charcoal and wash full page illustrations and complete with an done for this limited edition. Also included is a facsimile of a 2 page letter by EXTRA SUITE OF COLOR Wyeth discussing the book (not present in the trade edition). Wyeth reportedly PLATES IN ORIGINAL traveled to Cross Creek, Rawlings’ home, before beginning the artwork, in order ENVELOPE. This is an to capture the essence of the area. Very scarce. Allen p. 216. $4250.00 excellent copy, increasingly scarce with extra suite of plates. $2500.00

JINGLEBOB IN FINE DUST WRAPPER 599. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. JINGLEBOB by Philip Rollins. NY: Scribner 1930 (1930). 4to, black cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine IN FINE DUST WRAPPER WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE. 1st ed. of this Scribner Classic, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers plus 4 other plates (wrapper plate duplicates the illus. on p. 32). A MAGNIFICENT copy, rare in the wrapper, especially such a nice one. Allen p.217. $1800.00

MINT COPY IN BOX 597. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. DEEP WATER DAYS by Oliver Swan. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith (1929). 4to (7 1/2 x 10”), green pictorial cloth, top edge blue, MINT IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box sl. rubbed but VG+). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with 1 color plate by Wyeth, 2 color plates by FRANK CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER SCHOONOVER, 2 color plates by STANLEY ARTHURS plus other color plates by Manning Lee and Charles Hargens to accompany an anthology of stories about 600. ZEMACH,HARVE & MARGOT. American ships from 1700-1860. This is an extraordinary copy of an attractive DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. NY:FSG book, rare in this condition. $600.00 (1973). 4to, blue cloth, Fine in dust

wrapper slightly worn where seal was

removed. Stated 1st edition. An English

folk tale with wonderful color illustrations

throughout. Winner of the Caldecott

Award. $250.00

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