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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #345 - McCloskey Poster for Children’s Spring Book Festival

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#118 - Rarest Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] THE ITEMS IN THIS CATALOGUE WILL NOT BE ON STUNNING COLOR LITHOS 5. ABC. (BIRDS) BIRDIE OUR WEB SITE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS TO A B C by J. Nicolson. Lond.: ENSURE THAT OUR LONG TIME CLIENTS WILL HAVE Blackie & Son circa 1930. THE FIRST CHANCE AT BUYING. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), 24p., cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed, light cover soil, VG+. Printed on french fold paper, WITH GREAT ZEPPELIN each page has a very large block letter in color plus an 1. ABC. ABC ALPHABET BOOK. no pub. info., illustration of a different bird. The text is one line circa 1935. Folio, pictorial wraps, sl. fading of verse. Illustrated by Nicolson with magnificent else Fine. A basic alphabet book with better color lithos - vibrant, bright than usual graphics that are well printed and and striking. “E” is for Eagle, “H” is for Hornbill, “I” is well drawn. There’s a terrific “Z” for Zeppelin for Ibis. The last pages of the book are illus. in b&w and a great “P” for Parrot. Printed on linen like to accompany poems about paper. $150.00 different birds. Absolutely wonderful. $450.00

STARCH ABC RARE CADY ABC 2. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC 6. ABC. (CADY) ANIMAL ALPHABET by BOOK. Kansas City,Mo.: Harrison Cady. Whitman, no date ca 1930. 4to Faultless Starch, no date, (9x12”), pictorial wraps, tiny, nearly invisible circa 1910. 3 1/8 x 5”, pictorial wraps, near fine. repair to top of spine else near Fine. A truly Illustrated in blue, this wonderful alphabet book, this is printed on ABC touts the virtues of a range of brightly colored papers. Each Faultless Starch in many of the rhymes. “U is for page has a large, rich full color illustration Useful,/ A word which by Cady (plus silhouette endpapers) with applies,/ To Faultless a 4 line rhyme above each illustration. Starch / Packages of generous size.” Volume Fanciful and eye-catching and very 19 of the Faultless Starch scarce. $450.00 Library. $125.00

MET LIFE HEALTH ABC COMPLETE WITH INSERT 3. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC. NY: Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. ca 1920. 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4”) pictorial CHELONIIDAE PRESS BIRD ABC wraps, light soil, VG. Every ONE OF 5 ARTIST’S PROOFS letter has a rhyme dealing 7. ABC. (CHELONIIDAE PRESS) A FOWL ALPHABET. Easthampton: with the healthy thing to do Cheloniidae Press 1986. 8vo (5 5/8 x 8 5/8”) bound in full vellum by Gray Parrot. or eat. Illustrated in typical Includes the alphabet bound in full vellum, a separate suite of proof plates and 1920’s style in b&w by M.C. a Blind Alphabet housed in vellum backed chemise folder, all housed in a vellum Phares. “C is for Cough backed cloth case, AS NEW with the Prospectus laid-in. The text for this And its Cousin, the sneeze. alphabet is based on an 1885 volume on Birds from Our Living World by J.G. Cover them both With your Wood. There is an 8 page introduction followed by 26 wood engravings of the handkerchief please.” This various birds by Alan James copy is complete with an Robinson, selected for their insert that has a full color unusual beak formations. copy of the line illustration The lettering is a new that accompanies the letter alphabet designed and hand- “U”. The child is meant lettered in a range of colors to use this as a guide for by Suzanne Moore. This coloring the illustrations in was the 12th book by the the book. The verso of the Cheloniidae Press issued sheet has a quiz on how to eat in a Regular Edition of 150 healthy. $125.00 copies in vellum backed marbled boards, a Deluxe Edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and a Full WITH SEVERAL ABC’S Vellum Edition of 26 copies. THIS IS NUMBER III OF AND COUNTING BOOK ONLY 5 ARTIST PROOF COPIES OF THE FULL 4. ABC. A B C AND 1 2 3 by Mrs. Herbert VELLUM EDITION that has Strang. Lond.: Oxford Univ. Press (1942). 4to, each plate in the extra suite SIGNED BY ROBINSON pictorial cloth, Fine. Containing 8 different AND NUMBERED “AP III”, there is no drawing alphabets and 7 counting rhymes plus a few mentioned in the prospectus. short stories. Illustrated in pen and ink in the Printed on rives paper, french fold, the engravings style of Anne Anderson. A nice ABC / Counting are stunning. This is a magnificent alphabet. book. $125.00 $2500.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CHRISTMAS ABC SET OF 27 ABC ADVERTISING BOOKLETS 8. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS STORIES ABC. Chic: Donohue, nd 13. ABC. (CZECH) PILNACKOVA ABECEDA. J. Pilnacek, Tovarna na Mydla, circa 1915. Small 4to, pictorial wraps, rear blank replaced else VG. Charming Hradec Kralov, no date, circa 1925. This is a complete set of 27 alphabet booklets Christmas ABC with most letters represented by Christmas objects. Illustrated (no Q in the Czech alphabet), with color cover by C.W., 4 full page color illustrations and full page b&w’s by an each 4 pages, measuring unknown hand (Denslow-like style). $150.00 3 3/4” wide x 5 3/” in fine condition. Illustrated with #8 #9 bright colors on every page in the style of Rudolf Mates. Each front cover is the same except for the featured letter which is in red block type and changes with each booklet. Inside the front cover, the text is in rhyme and has a small color illustration. Facing pages feature fanciful full page color illustrations in folk-peasant style. Each rear cover has a rhyme about a different product sold by Pilnacek Parfumerie along with color illustrations (shaving cream, perfume, toothpaste etc). Most UNUSUAL ABC OF CITIES likely issued as a giveaway 9. ABC. (CITIES) ALPHABET STORY OF FAMOUS CITIES. No place, no each time one purchased publisher, copyright 1900 by Horace Fry. Large 4to (9 x 11 1/4”), gilt pictorial a Pilnacek product. It’s cloth with Flags on the cover, some cover soil else VG+. This is an unusual amazing to find a complete alphabet book with 26 different cities represented (incl. X for Xenia, Ohio). set, especially in such nice Illustrated with bright full page color illustrations. “A” is for Atlanta picturing condition. $800.00 Sherman’s March on Atlanta and Black cotton pickers and “V” is for Grant’s siege of Vicksburg. Following the alphabet is the story of “Boy Blue and His Gun”, picture pages for each month of the year, “The Three Bears” plus other nursery rhymes. These pages are printed in red or blue with great, detailed illustrations. GREAT TUCK DOG SHAPE BOOK ALPHABET This is a wonderful American ABC . $600.00 14. ABC. (DOGS) PUPPY DOG’S ABC. London: Tuck no date, circa 1890. Folio (7 3/8 x 14 1/2”), pictorial wraps, die-cut in shape of a dog’s head, one small mend #10 HUMOROUS CLOTH ABC else VG+. Each letter is represented by a different breed of dog: Airedale, 10. ABC. (CLOTH) ABC FOR bull dog, dachshund, Jap dogs, otter hound, poodle, pug, etc. Illustrated with 4 CHILDREN. No pub. info., circa full page chromos and with line illustrations on other pages in additional to color 1910. Oblong, 9 x 7 1/2”, some cover. A great ABC in the Christmas Series. $225.00 soil but VG. Illustrated in full color by an unknown hand with clever illustrations with a touch of #15 humor. $150.00 #14

11. ABC. (CLOTH) OBJECT ABC BOOK. Akron: Saalfield 1926. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4”, sl. fraying and soil, VG+. This is a charming alphabet of objects on cloth. Illustrated in bright colors. “N” is Noah’s Ark and “A” is for Auto. $200.00 #11

COCA COLA ADVERTISING ABC NICE ENGRAVINGS 12. ABC. (COCA-COLA) 15. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) ILLUSTRATED PRIMER; OR, The First ALPHABET BOOK OF COCA Book for Children: Designed for Home or Parental Instruction. NY: George F. COLA. Atlanta: Coca Cola Co. Cooledge, no date, circa 1848, 12mo (4 1/2 x 7 5/8”), pictorial wraps, 47p., neat 1928. Obl. 12mo, (7 1/2 x 5 1/4”) spine strengthening and stain on bottom edge of some pages, VG. Containing 4 pictorial wraps, Fine. Each letter alphabets, one of which is a 3 page pictorial ABC with an illustration for each of the alphabet has a different letter. Another has the letters of the alphabet incorporated into a story titled Coke related rhyme “K is for Idle Tom. Every page has a pictorial border. Also contains letter combinations, Kitchen With ice-box nearby. If easy words and short reading lessons for the beginning reader. Profusely you keep Coca Cola You’ll never illustrated with fine wood (?) engravings on every page of text. This isan go dry. V is for Value, Though attractive, better than average American primer. $150.00 the dollar’s depressed, A nickel still buys The drink that is PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PRIMER best.” Illus. in typical 20’s art 16. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) NEUE ABC UND BUCHSTABIR-BUCH zum deco style in color on every page. gebranch fur Deutsche Boltschulen in Pennsylvanien and andern Staaten fur Rare. $875.00 kinder, welche ansangen zu lernen. Sumnertown, Pa.: E.M. Benner 1861. 12mo, (4 5/8 x 7”), cloth backed printed boards, 47p., covers rubbed, some soil from use, Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] VG. Containing numerous printed alphabets, syllables, short words and ending with simple poems. Illustrated with 6 surprisingly nice large woodcuts including 20. ABC. (FIRE FIGHTING) ABC’S OF a frontis cut of students in a school room, and with many smaller cuts throughout the text. $125.00 FOREST FIRE PREVENTION by R.M. #17 Watts. Ottawa: Cloutier, (1950). 8vo, (6

#16 x 7 3/4”), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A wonderful ABC with a fire prevention theme published by the Forestry Branch of the Dept. of Resources and Development in Canada. Illustrated in color on every page - “D” stands for Death, Destruction and Danger. $200.00

2 ABC’S - CATS & GNOMES 21. ABC. (GNOMES AND CATS) JOLLY ALPHABETS AND PUZZLES. London: Blackie, no date circa 1930. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges sl. rubbed else fine. This book contains 2 alphabets and several puzzles at the end. First is a cat ABC SAMUEL WOOD PUB. illustrated with charming 17. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) NEW YEAR’S #18 3-color cat drawings by GIFT. NY: Samuel Wood & Sons circa 1818. A.E. Kennedy to accompany 2 5/8 x 4 1/8”, plain wraps, light soil, VG+. simple poems about cats Each letter has a different quote from a and their alphabetical psalm and from the Bible, except for “Z” and adventures. There are also “X” : “Xercise your mind and mem’ry, or both 2 full color plates by Albert will quickly lose their power.” Illustrated Kaye. Next is a wonderful with a small woodcut and decorative Gnome alphabet illustrated border. $150.00 in 3-color by C.E.B. Bernard that also includes 2 color 18. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) YOUNG plates by him. The puzzle LEARNER’S PICTORIAL PRIMER OR, First pages have one color plate Lessons in Spelling and Reading Designed by Ruth Cobb. A great ABC for the Earliest Instruction of the Youthful book. $275.00 Mind. NY: George F. Cooledge, no date, circa 1848, 12mo (4 1/2 x 7 5/8”), pictorial wraps, 26p., neat spine strengthening else Fine. Containing 4 alphabets, one of which is a 3 page pictorial ABC with an illustration GREAT GNOME ALPHABET for each letter. Here, “J” is for Jews Harp. Also contains letter combinations, easy 22. ABC. (GNOMES) PIXIE ALPHABET words and lessons for the beginning reader. Profusely illustrated with fine wood (?) BOOK. Lond.: Blackie ca 1930. 4to, cloth engravings on every page of text. This is an attractive, better than average American backed pictorial boards, near fine. This primer. $200.00 is a wonderful Gnome alphabet illustrated

ACKERMANN * 26 HAND COLORED ABC CARDS IN CASE in full color and 3-color by C.E.B. 19. ABC. (EARLY ENGLISH) THE PICTORIAL SCRIPTURE ALPHABET by Miss Schroder. London: Ackermann & Co,. 1851. The original publisher’s brown Bernard. Although the only text is one cloth case measuring 3 3/4 x 5 1/4” with green printed label contains 26 separate alphabet cards. Some normal finger soil, two cards printed in dark blue instead word caption per letters, the pictures of black else VG-Fine. The front of each card has a fine hand-colored illustration tell the stories of these adorable captioned with the name of the object and a citation to a specific book and verse of the Bible. The back of each card has information about the object and then gnomes $300.00 references to where in the Bible the item is mentioned. The printing is high quality and the illustrations are sharp and fine. $750.00

INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR 23. ABC. (JAPAN) A TO ZEN A Book About Japanese Culture by Ruth Wells. (Saxonville, MA): Picture Book Studio (1992). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2”), pictorial boards, As New in dust wrapper. First edition. Designed to be read from back to front like a traditional Japanese book, the text introduces Japanese words from A-Z. Illustrated by Yoshi with wonderful large full color pictures on every page. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY YOSHI. $100.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ANTI-NAZI ALPHABET 29. ABC. (NAZI) HET ABC VAN HET NAZIREGIEM. (Brussels: Leuven 1944). LOVELY COLOR WOODCUTS 12mo, pictorial wraps, slight soil else near Fine. Every page illustrated in full color 24. ABC. (MAYO,EILEEN) NATURE’S ABC. by Herman A. Vos with each letter ridiculing Nazi party leaders and the movement. “A” is for Adolph. “C” is for Censorship, “T” is for Terror, “U” is for Uncle Sam. Lond.: Universal Text Books no date, circa “I is for the Israelite ten doode toe geplaagd” (“I is for the Israelite who was haunted to death” - shown in front of barbed wire of a concentration camp is a 1943. 4to, pictorial cloth, fine. Illustrated stereotypical Jewish man with a gold star on his arm),”F is de Fuhrer, dies ons with fabulous color woodcuts by noted artist land heeft leeggegapt” (“F is for Furer who bled our country” - Hitler is shown leaving the country carrying a huge bag of food over his shoulder). $850.00 Mayo. The text in calligraphy is in simple prose with the letter printed as a prominent red capital when it appears in the text. Really artistically stunning. $100.00

25. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) ALPHABET OF COUNTRY SCENES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1880. Large 4to (9 x 10 1/2”), pictorial wraps with all pages mounted on linen, spine rubbed else VG-Fine. This is a stunning ABC book printed on one side of the page with each page of text facing a rich full page chromolithograph divided 30. ABC. (NISTER) ABC FOR THE into 4 panels. Pictures depict a variety of scenes: V is for LITTLE ONES. Lond: Nister, nd circa Vine and picking grapes, Q is for Quince used to make 1890. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards., pies. $400.00 some soil and wear to covers else VG. This

McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER beautiful Victorian ABC is printed on thick ALPHABET 26. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) card pages. “Q” is for Queenie, “Z” is for LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Zulu Doll. Illustrated in color on every Bros. 1900. 4to, (8 1.2 x 10 2/4”), pictorial wraps, page. $225.00 some shelf wear, VG+. Brightly illustrated with chromolithographs on every NEWBERY HONOR page showing little boys and ANNE PARRISH soldiers including Rough 31. ABC. (PARRISH) Riders, Zouave etc. Last leaf THE STORY OF APPLEBY is a soldier multiplication CAPPLE by Anne Parrish. table. $275.00 NY: Harper & Bros. (1950). 4to (9 x 12”), yellow cloth, 184p., VG+ in dust wrapper WONDERFUL McLOUGHLIN ABC OF NAMES (lightly soiled dw). First 27. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) MY ABC. Springfield: McLoughlin (1938). 12mo, edition. Apple’s search for pictorial boards, VG+. A Little Color Classic illustrated by Dorothy Hope Smith the rare Zebra butterfly with charming color illustrations in typical 30’s style. Each letter represents also presents a nonsense several different children’s name. $125.00 ABC book in 26 chapters, each with a character #27 to represent a letter. #28 Illustrated with color ep’s and more than 50 b&w’s with each letter in a humanized form. An imaginative book. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. $250.00

32. ABC. (PRIMER) PICTORIAL FIRST BOOK FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Phil.: Presbyterian Board of Publication, circa 1870. 12mo, brown embossed cloth, 64p., some wear to spine ends, VG+. This is a charming primer for the young child. The first section is a bible alphabet with fine large engravings for each letter, followed by word lists and easy reading pages. Most 28. ABC. (NAMES) NURSERY ALPHABET by A. Clifton-Shelton. Lond., Nelson pages are illustrated and the pictorial circa 1930. 4to stiff pictorial wraps, fine. Each letter stands for a different title is signed by S. Wallin. A well printed names. Wonderfully illustrated in typical 30’s style with full color illustrations primer. $300.00 on every page by Grace Clifton-Shelton. “U” is Unita. Text is in verse. $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] ABC WITH 8 JIGSAW PUZZLES 33. ABC. (PUZZLES) PICTURE ABC BOOK. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, GREAT TOYS AND GAMES no date, circa 1890. 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/2), patterned box with pictorial paste- ALPHABET on, flaps strengthened and box rubbed else VG-Fine and complete. Housed in the original box are 8 fine 37. ABC. (TOYS) ABC OF GAMES AND chromolithographed pages TOYS. [London]: T. Nelson & Sons, no for an ABC of Objects. There date, circa 1910. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), flexible are also 8 wooden jigsaw puzzles - 4 double-sided pictorial card covers, spine slightly rough, puzzles - that correspond to VG+. Illustrated with wonderful, bright each of the printed sheets color illustrations filling every page (one which are used as guides for completing the puzzles. by Rosa Petherick, most unsigned). The “I” is for Ice Cream, “P” text in verse is printed in blue. “A” is for is for Perambulator, “X” the Ark and “N” is for Noah, “M” is for is for Xmas Tree. The Man o War and “V” is for the Volunteer box cover has a charming chromolithographed plate Army. $275.00 of 2 children playing dress-up done in the style of Maud Humphrey. This is a wonderful alphabet item remarkably 38. ABC. (TOYS) TOY STORE ABC. intact. $875.00 Newark: Charles Graham ca 1900. 12mo,

CHARMING RUSSIAN ABC pictorial cloth, near fine. This is a 34. ABC. (RUSSIAN) ABC. This is charming linen alphabet of toys with a charming early 20th century Russian color pictorial covers, 2 full page color object alphabet. There is no publication illustrations and 4 full pages of brown line information but based upon an image of illustrations. Each page has many objects an old car it appears to be circa 1910. 4to on it - A is for Ark, N is for Nine Pins and (7 1/2 x 10”), stiff pictorial wraps, rear O is for Omnibus depicting a horse drawn cover soiled some else VG+. Illustrated by wagon. $150.00 Vyacheslava Kulikovskoto with 4 pages of chromolithographs and in brown line on other pages. $450.00

THREE ABC’S IN ONE BOOK UNUSED TUCK ABC PAINT BOOK 39. ABC. (TOYS) WONDER 35. ABC. (SHAPE BOOK) THE COMIC ABC PAINTING BOOK. London - Paris -NY: Raphael Tuck ABC BOOK : THREE 1896. Oblong 8vo (8 3/8 x JOLLY ALPHABETS. 7”), pictorial wraps die-cut Lond.: Collins ca 1930. 4to, in the shape of an owl at an cloth backed pictorial easel. One small mend else boards, some rubbing, near Fine and unused. An alphabet of animals in rhyme VG+. Featuring ALPHABET is illustrated in brown line OF TOYS, ALPHABET OF on every page. There are ANIMALS AND ALPHABET 4 fine chromolithographed OF NURSERY RHYMES, pages, each of which faces wonderfully illustrated in the same picture drawn only in line, meant to be bright colors by CECILY painted by the child. “P STEAD and E.W.B. It’s is Puggy his Mistress’s interesting to note that “A” joy / Though sometimes is for African rather than his barks will people Negro. $175.00 annoy.” $400.00

FRENCH ABC 36. ABC. (SUNBONNET) OF TRADES THE SUNBONNET BABIES 40. ABC. (TRADES) MON A-B-C BOOK: A Modern ALPHABET. Paris: B. Sirven, Hornbook by Eulalie Osgood no date, circa 1915. 4to (7 Grover. Chic: Rand. McN. 1/2 x 9 1/2”), pictorial card (1929). 4to, cloth, 64p., covers, spine lightly rubbed pictorial paste-on, some else VG+. Illustrated with cover soil and sl. finger soil, bright colors filling every VG. 1st ed. A charming page by P. Laborde. Most alphabet book, illustrated letters represent various by BERTHA CORBETT trades including Chef, MELCHER with lovely full Shepherd, Tinsmith, Cooper, page color illustrations Juggler, Sailor and more. opposite each page of Quite charming and not a text. Very scarce in the common alphabet. $250.00 1st ed. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 TUCK TRAIN ABC SHAPE BOOK 45. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN HAPPY FAMILY TITLES. The 41. ABC. (TRAINS) RAILROAD ABC. London: Tuck 1903. Narrow folio (7 1/2 following books are uniform in size and binding (7 1/4” wide x 7 7/8” high, boards X 14 1/4”) die-cut in the shape of a train, several margin mends and one chip, with pictorial paste-ons), conditions noted. They were written by May Byron sl. soil, VG. A wonderful ABC where each letter illustrates a different aspect as part of Cecil Aldin’s Happy Family Books. Illustrated by Aldin with 6 color of train travel. Each page beautifully illustrated including 4 pages of detailed plates, one of which is double-page, 8 full page black and whites plus pictorial chromolithographs. $175.00 endpapers. All published in New York by Hodder & Stoughton circa 1912.

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45a. HUMPTY DUMPTY. The story about 2 adorable bunnies, in fine condition. $350.00 45b. HUMPTY DUMPTY. Another copy. Narrow light stain on 2” of spine otherwise VG+. $225.00 45c. MASTER QUACK. The story about ducklings, in fine condition. $350.00 45d. RAGS. The story about a mischievous AUNT LOUISA LONDON TOYBOOK dog. Light narrow stain on 2” of spine else 42. ABC. (TRAINS) RAILWAY A.B.C. Lond.: Warne ca 1870. 4to, pictorial VG+, $225.00 wraps, VG+. An Aunt Louisa London Toybook printed on one side of the paper by 45e. RUFUS The story about a stray cat. Kronheim, featuring six fine full page illustrations for rhymes about the various Narrow spine stain and in margin of one page else letters - all with a railroad theme. $300.00 VG+. $225.00 45f. PETER’S DINNER PARTY. The story about a Pig that was a chef. Neat paper repair WITH THREE ABC’S on rear gutter else Fine condition. A title in 43. ABC. (VICTORIAN) Cecil Aldin’s Merry Party Series - same size MY BOOK OF ALPHABET and format of above but with printed color RHYMES AND JINGLES. cover. $350.00 Boston: De Wolfe Fisk, circa 1880. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, light shelf wear, VG+. A fun book for children containing 3 separate ABC’s and simple stories with short words. Illustrated with 4 charming full page chromolithographs and photogravures. $300.00

ABC SEE ALSO 72, 85, 168, 192M 214M 216, 236, 264, 303, 449, 514, 553, 557

ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS)- 44, 493, 536, 540

ADVERTISING – 2, 3, 12, 13, 201, 225, 293, 336

AESOP – 116 AFRICA – 180, 434 ALL ABOUT PETER PAN * HANSEL & GRETHEL * LITTLE BOY BLUE 46. ALL ABOUT BOOKS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR LITTLE BOY BLUE GIFT BOX. PUSH-PIN STUDIO ARTIST NY: Cupples & Leon (1924, 1917, 44. AIKEN,CONRAD. CATS AND 1924). Offered here are 3 titles in the All About Series: All About BATS AND THINGS WITH Little Boy Blue by Emma Gelders WINGS. NY: Atheneum 1965. 4to Sterne, All About Hansel & (9 3/4 x 10 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Grethel and All About Peter Pan retold by Emma Gelders Sterne Fine in dust wrapper. Stated First after J.M. Barrie, housed in the Edition. Poems by Aiken, wonderfully original red gift box with printed and innovatively illustrated by label. All books are 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2”), pictorial boards with MILTON GLASER, one of the pictorial paste-ons. All are in fine founders of the Push-Pin Studio. condition in fine dust wrappers This copy in INSCRIBED BY AIKEN: and are illustrated with 8 color plates and line drawings in text. “For Phyllis: This product of second Hansel & Grethel is illustrated childhood. With love from Conrad by Johnny Gruelle and the other 1965.” $125.00 two are illustrated by Thelma Gooch. This is a rare boxed set. $800.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] HELEN STRATTON’S ART NOUVEAU ANDERSEN 47. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. #50 HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1899). Thick 4to, blue-gray pictorial cloth elaborately decorated, 320p., near fine. 1st U.S. edition. Introduction by Edward E. Hale. Illustrated by HELEN STRATTON with more than 400 beautifully detailed black and white art nouveau illustrations such that nearly every page has at least one large drawing on it. A lavish and lovely edition in great condition. $400.00

ANDERSEN, HANS C. ALSO – 48, 471, 320, 392 STUNNING COLOR PLATES IN STYLE OF CLARKE 51. ARABIAN NIGHTS. THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS by Ernst Roenau. (Chic: Julius Wisotzki) no date. circa 1920. Folio (9 3/4 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial 48. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. boards, 64p., Fine. Illustrated by ROSA with 10 absolutely stunning mounted ANDERSEN’S FAIRY color plates and with detailed b&w’s in the text - in the style of Clarke and Dulac STORIES by HANS and done with an artistic flair and bold use of color. Truly a beauty. $500.00 CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. ARABIAN NIGHTS ALSO – 187, 208, 210, 211, 339, 340, 443, 490, 542, 546 London: Collins no date, circa 1915. 4to, 160p., blue cloth ARNOUX, GUY – 435, 436 stamped in gold, pictorial ART (ORIGINAL) – 49, 77, 163, 183, 186, 188, 206, 239, 247, 296, 312, 329, 330, paste-on, some foxing, VG+. 331, 441, 486, 502, 517, 518, 554, 555 11 fairy tales are illustrated by Anderson with 8 beautiful GIORGIO SETTALA color plates plus full and JEWISH-ITALIAN ARTIST 52. ART DECO. COME NAPPINO E partial page line illus. and GONNELLINA ATTRAVERSARONO pictorial endpapers. $300.00 L’OCEAN. Milano - Roma: Casa Editrice D’Arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, no date, circa 1930. 8vo ( 6 1/4 x 8”), 20p., pictorial wraps, slight cover soil LOVELY COLOR ORIGINAL ART WITH TENNIS THEME else near fine. Published as a gift to 49. ANDERSON,WAYNE. LEPRECHAUN COMPANION: ORIGINAL ART. This children traveling on the ocean liners is the original drawing that appears on page 40. of Niall Macnamara’s book the of the Italian Navigation General Leprechaun Companion published in 1999. The image itself is 6” wide x 8” greatly Company, the story describes how reduced in the book. It is done on tracing paper dry mounted on acid free much fun children will have with paper. Executed in color pencil, depicted is a large leprechaun serving a tennis all the activities offered on their ball with a smaller leprechaun sitting on a toadstool. The tennis net is held up trip to America. Illustrated with by 2 smaller toadstools. Anderson is a British artist who has previously won the striking art deco color lithographs Gold Medal for the best illustrated children’s book (Ratsmagic) and who won the by the Italian-Jewish artist Giorgio 2001 National Art Library Illustration Award. An absolutely charming image, Settala [Hirsch]. Settala (1895- sold with fine first edition of the book. $1500.00 1960) was a member of the Jewish artists in Trieste, Italy during WWII whose work was temporarily affected by the Nazi racial laws. Quite scarce with classic deco designs. $600.00

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN 53. ART DECO. SING SONG PICTURE BOOK by Heribert and Johannes Gruger, English words by Betty Graham Swing. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1931). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and covers lightly soiled else VG+. This is an English language edition of a popular German music book, printed in Germany and featuring musical notation and fabulous, Art Deco style color illustrations by Gruger ANDRE,R. – 230, 259 with objects artfully arranged on the 50. (ANGEL,MARIE)illus. WE WENT LOOKING by Aileen Fisher. NY: Thomas pages. $350.00 Crowell (1968 1-10 code). Oblong 4to (9 x 8 1/4”), cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. First edition, First printing. A poem by noted poet Fisher, illustrated with exquisite color illustrations on every page by Angel depicting various forest ART DECO ALSO – 140, 236, 243, 400, 568, 572, 592 animals in search of a badger. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $85.00 ART NOUVEAU – 47, 101, 314, 440 ARTHURIAN - 203 ANTHROPOMORPHIC – 59, 233, 259, 313, 337, 496, 579 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE FAIRY TALE KANGAROOS! HANKIES 58. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. HISTORY OF THE HOPPERS by B. Parker. London: W.R. Chambers, no date [1912]. Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12”), pictorial boards, 54. (ATTWELL,MABEL new spine and endpapers, slight edge rubbing else near fine. 1st and probably only LUCIE)illus. FAIRY TALES. edition of this fabulous picture book collaboration of the Parkers. Hoards of No pub. information, circa humanized kangaroos are shown doing a variety of human activities with other 1930. 4to, stiff pictorial Australian animals (dingos, koalas, etc.). Written in verse by B. Parker and wraps, (11 1/4 x 10 1/4”), illustrated with full page and in text color and line illustrations by N. PARKER. color plate on cover, minor This is a nice copy of a great picture book and surprisingly one of only a very shelf wear, near Fine. few devoted entirely to kangaroos. (See Muir bibliog. “5707). Rare. (SEE ALSO There are 8 color pictorial INSIDE REAR COVER) $1500.00 hankies by Attwell (10 1/2 inches square), one for each fairy tale. Includes Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Changeling Baby, Babes in the Wood, Robinson Crusoe, Sleeping Beauty and Jack in the Beanstalk. The color plate on the cover is fabulous. Rare. $2000.00

SCARCE ATTWELL TITLE 55. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. FAIRY-LAND. no place. Nelson, no date, owner dated 1917. 4to (9 x 11”), 32p., cloth backed pictorial boards. Rear board with some soil and light edge rubbing, VG+. Four fairy tales Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Hop O’ My Thumb and AUSTRALIA ALSO 250, 405-7 AUTOS - 400 AVIATION – 313, 401 Tom Thumb are illustrated by Attwell with 8 fantastic THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE color plates plus 19 charming SERIES NO. 10 pen and ink illustrations in- 59. AWDRY,REV. W. FOUR LITTLE text. A scarce Attwell ENGINES. London: Edmund Ward title. $650.00 Ltd. (1955). Oblong 16mo (5 5/8 x 4 1/4”), black cloth, 62 numbered ATTWELL SEE ALSO 71 pages, Fine in slightly edge frayed dust wrapper. 1st edition of the 10th DOLLS * CATS * CHRISTMAS - PRINTED BY KRONHEIM book in the series starring Thomas 56. AUNT LOUISA. AUNT LOUISA’S NURSERY FAVOURITE. London: the Tank Engine. Awdry introduces Warne no date, owner inscribed 1877. 4to (9 1/4 x 10 1/2”), green gilt pictorial 4 new engines looked after by the cloth, light shelf wear else Thin Controller and also includes the bright and clean, near Fat Controller’s engines. Every other Fine. Containing 24 full page has a charming full page color page chromolithographs illustration. $150.00 to accompany Edith and Milly’s House-Keeping BAKER, JOSEPHINE – 103 about dolls and doll houses, Pussy’s London Life in verse by C.E. Bowen, The A SELECTION OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBOS Robin’s Christmas Eve also by C.E. Bowen and Uncle’s 60. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (PEAT, FERN BISEL) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Farmyard. The beautiful Cleveland: Harter (1931). 4to (7 5/8 x 10”), red patterned cloth, circular illustrations are printed pictorial paste-on, near Fine. STATED FIRST EDITION! Boldly and brightly by KRONHEIM on one side illustrated in color by FERN BISEL PEAT with 8 color plates plus 12 full page and of the paper. Scarce in 1 smaller black and whites. Extremely rare in this first edition. $875.00 such nice condition. Aunt Louisa see also 112, 229, 346 $450.00

RARE ABORIGINE FAIRY TITLE 57. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. GULLY FOLK by Minnie Rowe. Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Co., no date circa 1919. 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4”), boards, pictorial paste-on, 77p., VG+ in pictorial dust wrapper (dw with some soil and wear). The story involves Dick and Betty’s encounters with aboriginal people and the various fairies in the Gully. Illustrated by the author with 6 fantastic color plates and many line illustrations. This is a rare Australian fairy book, especially in the dust wrapper. Muir 6494. $975.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] 65. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. no pub. info., Printed in RARE SAMBO NOVELTY U.S.A., ca 1945. 8vo, pictorial wraps, fine. Illus. in color by an unknown hand, BOOK IN SPANISH Sambo and his family are portrayed as Indians in terms of their clothing and skin 61. BANNERMAN,HELEN. tone. No credit is given to Bannerman as the author. $150.00 (THEATRE SHAPED) EL NEGRITO SAMBO. no place #65 [Barcelona]: Libro Escenario Juventud, circa 1940. 4to (9.5 x 8”), cloth backed boards, slightest of cover soil else VG+. This is a theatre novelty panorama book which opens in the center, There are 7 full page color “scenes” in the center with the text, and there are also color illustrations on both side panels. The vibrant color illustrations are by J. Vinals. This is a rare version of this story. $1200.00

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MOVEABLE SAMBO IN DUST WRAPPER 62. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. 66. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (MOVEABLE) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Duenewald (1943). 8vo, spiral backed pictorial boards, slight wear else near (HAYS,ETHEL) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. fine in chipped and sl. worn dw. A MOVEABLE SAMBO illustrated in color by JULIAN WEHR and featuring 6 really terrific moveable plates done in color. Quite difficult to find in the dw and a nice copy. $600.00 Akron: Saalfield 1942. Folio, pictorial wraps, UNCOMMON EDITION 2 margin mends else VG+. Wonderfully 67. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (MOORE,ROBERT) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Gross. & Dun. (1942). Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, VG+ in worn dw. Illus. in color by illustrated in bright colors on every page Robert Moore in an unusual and typical 40’s style. Very scarce. $300.00

by ETHEL HAYS. Cute version, quite #67 #68

scarce. $250.00

4 BOOKS IN PUBLISHER’S BOX INCL. PEAT, THORNE, SCOTT 63. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO [in] HI-HO STORY BOX. Akron: Saalfield ca 1942. There are 4 books, 9 1/4 X 10 1/4” eachin fine condition in the original publisher’s pictorial box. Each of the bookshas a pictorial wrapper duplicating the covers. Sambo is illustrated by FLORENCE WHITE WILLIAMS with 6 color illustrations, 9 b&w’s, pictorial endpapers plus covers in color by Eleanor March. The other titles include Mother Goose by Fern Bisel Peat, One Happy Day by Janet Laura Scott and Baby Animal Stories illustrated by Diana Thorne. Rare and wonderful. $1250.00

68. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. (LAMONT,VIOLET) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Racine: Whitman 1959. Square 12mo, pictorial boards, Fine. A Tell-A-Tale book. Illustrated in color by VIOLET LaMONT depicting a racially “neutral” Sambo with darkish skin but with no distinguishing characteristics of any race - this Sambo can almost be perceived as white. $150.00

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TOY THEATRE WITH 4 BOOKS 64. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO * THREE LITTLE PIGS * RUMPELSTILTSKIN * THREE BEARS [IN] PLAYETTE MOVING PICTURE THEATRE. (NY: Playette Corp. 1942). Housed in the original shipping box are 2 books, each 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 spiral bound on top. Each book has two stories - Sambo is paired with the Three Pigs. Brightly illustrated in bold colors by Dick Briefer. The set comes with a die-cut fold-out stage, removable scenery and text for a play version on separate cards. It also has a few die-cut figures for decoration, admission tickets and instructions. When assembled, the theatre measures 18” wide by 10” deep and 12” high. It is designed so that the books can be inserted into a slot in the rear and the child operates a lever that changes the scene as the play is being read. Extremely rare. $850.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>> 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INCLUDING SAMBO, PETER RABBIT, PETER PAN & GRUELLE PETER PAN ALPHABET BOOK 69. [BANNERMAN,HELEN AND BEATRIX POTTER]. THE ALL ABOUT 72. [BARRIE,J.M.]. PETER PAN ALPHABET by Oliver Herford. NY: Scribner STORY BOOK. NY: Cupples & Leon (1929). 4to, orange cloth, Fine in worn 1907 (1907). 4to, (7x8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil, VG. dw. 12 classic children’s 1st ed. An ABC book with each letter using a character or theme from Peter Pan stories including Peter and with a full page illus. facing each page of verse. Quite scarce. $400.00 Rabbit (Potter piracy illus. by Dick Hartley and Kirby Parrish); Little Black Sambo (illus. by Johnny Gruelle), Little Red Riding Hood; Peter Pan; Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella, Three Pigs, etc. Illustrated in full color by Gruelle, Thelma Gooch and others, (beautiful full color frontis of Hansel & Gretel by Gruelle). Rare in the dw and an interesting version of Sambo. $600.00

BANNERMAN, HELEN SEE ALSO 114 BARRIE ALSO 46, 475 BARUCH, DOROTHY – 146 BATTLEDORE - 214 RARE NEWBERY HONOR 70. (BANNON,LAURA)illus. PECOS BILL, EXTRA FINE FIRST EDITION OF THE WIZARD OF OZ 73. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. Hill THE GREATEST COWBOY OF ALL TIME 1900. Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., Fine and bright - by James Cloyd Bowman. Chic.: Whitman clean and tight, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed., second state with no box around 1937 (1937). Small 4to (6 1/2 x 9”), 296p., ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads “low wail of”, p.81 fourth line from bottom cloth, fine in frayed dust wrapper with spells “pieces” correctly, p.[227] 1st line reads “While the Woodman”, colophon some chipping. 1st edition. The story tells in 13 lines with no box, verso title page has copyright, imperfect type on pages 100, 186, color plates perfect on p. 34 and 92. Binding state “c” with publishers of the exploits of the legendary, larger- imprint in red serifed type with the “o” of “Co.” inside the “C”. Hanff/Greene I.2 than-life cowboy Pecos Bill. Illustrated binding state C, Peter Parley To Penrod p. 111-113. Wonderful color illustrations by Bannon with 6 stunning full page lithos by W.W. Denslow for one of the most famous children’s books of all times. This plus many other striking full and partial is a remarkable, beautiful, clean copy of the first edition. $32,500.00 page b&w lithos. Newbery Honor. Very scarce. $275.00

INSCRIBED BY ATTWELL WITH WATERCOLOR ON ENDPAPER 71. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd ca 1921. Thick 4to, blue. cloth, sl. fade spots on covers else VG+ Illustrated by MABEL LUCY ATTWELL with 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates and many b&w’s 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

ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL MOVEABLES COMPLETE WITH UNCUT WADDLES! 74. BAUM,L.FRANK. WIZARD OF OZ WADDLE BOOK. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 4to, cloth, fine in sl. frayed dw with a few mends. 1st ed., 1st state. Illustrated with 8 color plates (HG p.35-6). THIS COPY INCLUDES THE 6 WADDLE FIGURES ALL OF WHICH ARE UNPUNCHED, THE RAMP AND THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE RAMP! Enclosed in the original pictorial envelope are the ramp and fasteners. A few Waddle pieces are neatly reinforced at creases). The “waddle” book is designed with die-cut figures that can be assembled into full three dimensional color figures. When the figures are assembled using the metal fasteners they can actually move down the ramp without contrivances! Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, TinMan, Wizard and the Lion. The book is illustrated by Denslow. This is a Baum book of the utmost rarity with few copies surviving with the waddles intact and few are known with waddles unpunched. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $28,500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected] NEAR FINE COPY - BAUM AND PARRISH 75. BAUM,L.FRANK. . Chicago: Way & Williams #75 (1897). 4to, 265p., grey pictorial cloth stamped in color on both covers. Name erased from endpaper and slightest soil on covers else a tight near Fine copy. First edition, second issue (all 16-page signatures, terminal leaf concluding on p. [272] - see Schiller catalogue #5). Illustrated by MAXFIELD PARRISH. This is the FIRST BOOK WITH MAXFIELD PARRISH’S ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALSO L. FRANK BAUM’S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK FOR CHILDREN! Illustrated by Parrish with wonderful color pictorial covers, pictorial title page, plus 12 full page black and white plates. For the text, Baum retells many classic nursery rhymes in story format. An unusually nice copy of one of the most desired of all children’s books, rare in this condition. $7500.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>

BEAUTIFUL COPY OF SECOND OZ TITLE 76. BAUM,L.FRANK. . Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1904. 4to, green ORIGINAL OZ ART INSCRIBED BY NEILL pictorial cloth, 287p. some 77. (BAUM,L. FRANK - JOHN R. NEILL) ORIGINAL OZ ART: WONDER slight rubbing to outer CITY OF OZ: DRAGON. This is a wonderfully detailed pen and ink by Neill used joints and neat repair to as the half-title for the book of Wonder City of Oz, written and illustrated by front hinge else near FINE Neill (1940). The image measures 10” wide x 7”, matted and framed to 15 x 13. AND BRIGHT! 1st ed. There is a large drawing of the 2-headed dragon below which is the hand lettered second state, “A” binding in half-title as it appears in the book: The Wonder City Of Oz. Beneath that is green with full title on cover a fabulous INSCRIPTION FROM NEILL: “Dear Children: The question is------and all points. Illustrated Were the pictures made for the story, or, was the story made for the pictures? by J.R.NEILL with 16 full J.R.N.” A wonderful Oz-Neill item. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $5500.00 color plates plus b&w’s in text (photo pictorial ep’s of Montgomery and Stone). A beautiful copy of the second Oz book, rarely found in this condition. HG II. $3500.00

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78. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE GNOME KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1927). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight soil and rubbing, near fine. First edition (Hanff-Greene XXI) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates (coated on both sides) plus b&w’s. This is a beautiful copy. $600.00

79. (BAUM,L.FRANK). LUCKY BUCKY IN OZ by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1942). 4to, rose cloth, pictorial paste-on, 289p., near fine. 1st ed. (16 page gathering, pictorial ep’s). An Oz book both written and illustrated by Neill, this was Neill’s last Oz book. $475.00 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95

80. BAUM,L.FRANK. PATCHWORK GIRL #84 OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1913). 4to, green pictorial cloth, 341p. + 5p. of ads. Tiny snag at base of spine and name erased from title edge else VERY FINE and bright! 1st ed. (H/G VII) ( but “c” in chap. 3 on p. 35 does not overlap text). Illustrated by J.R. Neill with fabulous color pictorial endpapers plus a profusion of color and b&w illus. throughout the text. The 5 pages of ads offer synopses of the previous five titles for those readers new to the series. A wonderful copy of this early Oz title, rare in this condition. $1800.00

MINT IN DUST WRAPPER - INSCRIBED 81. (BAUM,L.FRANK) PIRATES IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1931) 4to, blue-green cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT IN DUST WRAPPER (dw not price clipped, frayed with ads through this title). 1st edition, 1st state (H-G XXV), illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, pictorial RARE BAUM ALPHABET BOOK endpapers, 12 beautiful color plates (coated one side) plus b&w’s in-text. THIS 85. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE NAVY ALPHABET. Chicago: George Hill 1900. Folio, COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON on the half-title. This is cloth backed pictorial boards. Slight cover soil, edges rubbed a bit as usual, a beautiful and special copy of the 25th Oz title. $3000.00 corner of blank endpaper repaired else a VG+, nice clean copy. 1st and only edition. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has hand-lettered text below which appear wonderful, rich full color illustrations by HARRY KENNEDY - all with a navy theme. Very scarce, especially in such nice condition. $2750.00

MINT TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS IN DUST WRAPPER! 86. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS: their astonishing adventures in Nature Fairyland by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1911) 8vo, yellow cloth pictorially stamped in green, red and black, 384p., MINT IN DUST WRAPPER (Wrapper has piece off top edge of spine with loss of lettering and other normal wear, but VG). First and only edition (Schiller 219, Baughman 74, dust wrapper is variant 2 - Bienvenue p.291). The text contains all 6 of the Twinkle Tales that first appeared pseudononymously in 1906: Mr. Woodchuck, Bandit Jim Crow, Prairie Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Twinkle’s Enchantment and Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s 82. (BAUM,L.FRANK). SCALAWAGONS OF OZ by John R. Neill. Chicago: sister) with 94 color illustrations plus several b&w’s. This is an incredible copy of a Reilly & Lee (1941). 4to, rose cloth, pictorial paste-on, 309p., VERY FINE IN very scarce Baum title, extremely rare in the pictorial dust wrapper. $4000.00 DUST WRAPPER (dw frayed but VG). 1st ed. in 1st state dw (HG XXXV (16 page gatherings, hyphenated spine, $1.50, mis-spelling Scallywagons on rear flap of dw). Written by Neill and illustrated by him in black and white. This is a particularly nice copy. $975.00

87. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TAMAWACA FOLKS by John Estes Cooke. [Macatawa, Michicagan]: Tamawaca Press (1907). 8vo, green cloth stamped in blue and white, 185p., FINE. 1st ed. “The title is an anagram for Macatawa, the resort on 83. (BAUM,L.FRANK) SILVER PRINCESS IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1938). 4to, red cloth, slight rubbing else near Fine. 1st ed. 1st Lake Michigan where Baum wrote many of state with pictorial endpapers and 16p. gathers. (H-G XXXII). Illus. by J.R. NEILL his books and serves as the setting for in black and white throughout (as issued), this is a beautiful copy. $500.00 this satire. Baum himself makes a brief appearance in this ‘summer comedy’ as 1ST PRINTING - BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS Mr. Wright. The book may have been 84. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN PANAMA by Floyd Akers published by Baum himself, and it was (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7”), brown cloth stamped in black, cream and white, 310p., VG-Fine (3rd color plate is opposite certainly available only at Macatawa and p.248, cover picture sl. rubbed, small rough area front hinge). 1st edition, 1st among the small community there” (Swann/ printing of the second Boy Fortune Hunters title (open book on title, Chicago Greene 165). Quite scarce and a beautiful printed twice on title, no ads at end, Bienvenue p. 283 variant with last line on p.310 “is powerless to control” not THE END). Illustrated with 4 color plates by copy. $2500.00 Howard Heath. This is a great copy of a rare series book by Baum writing under his pseudonym of Akers. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected] INCREDIBLE COPY OF A RARE BAUM FIRST EDITION OZ IMITATION 88. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: 92. BAUM IMITATION. Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, [116]p. + [3]p. ads, tips sl. THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by rubbed else FINE. 1st ed. A wonderful fantasy, “often considered one of Baum’s Curtis Dunham. Indianapolis: finest” (Schiller cat. #168). This is illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT Bobbs Merrill (Sept. 1906). (Frank Lloyd Wright’s sister) with 8 color plates plus many black and whites. This 4to, grey pictorial boards, title was reprinted as Babes In Birdland which is also scarce, however this first sl. wear, near Fine. First edition is particularly difficult to find and this is an incredible copy $1850.00 edition of this fantasy, and an obvious imitation of the Wizard of Oz. It is illustrated by GEORGE F.KERR with 8 color plates. In addition, literally every page is illustrated with the text being superimposed upon the illustrations. These background illustrations are done in a series of various colors from yellow to blue to green to orange etc. A particularly nice copy of a most attractive and scarce children’s book. $600.00

BEARS / MOTHER GOOSE PICTURE BOOK 93. BEARS. FRANK VER BECK’S BEARS IN MOTHER GOOSE LAND, MASTER KEY FANTASY new lines by Hanna Rion, 89. BAUM,L.FRANK. : an electrical fairy tale. Indianapolis: old lines by Mother Goose Bowen Merrill (1901). 8vo, 245p., green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, some herself. NY: Doran, circa cover soil and signatures spring but binding tight and overall VG. 1st ed. 3rd 1910, large 4to, cloth backed state with copyright notice 1 25/32 and all 16 page signatures except the first. pictorial boards, sl. spine Illustrated by FANNY CORY with 12 wonderful color plates plus b&w chapter wear, VG+. Illustrated by heads and tails. A wonderful fantasy written about Baum’s own son. Baum Bugle FRANK VER BECK with color Autumn 1968. $375.00 frontis plus 2-color or b&w’s on each page. (Ver Beck was 90. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND OF YEW. Indianapolis: the illustrator of Baum’s Bobbs Merrill (1903). 4to, tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange and black, New Wonderland and a Joel 242p., near fine. 1st edition, 1st state with title page printed only in orange Chandler Harris Uncle Remus and black, printed by Braunworth., illus. p. 238 printed upside down and pictorial book). Printed on heavy endpapers. Illustrated by FANNY CORY with 8 lovely color plates plus b&w’s in coated paper. Nice and quite text. A beautiful copy. $900.00 scarce! $750.00

RARE TEDDY BEAR BOOK 94. BEARS. TEDDY BEARS by Adah Louise Sutton. Akron: Saalfield (1907). 4to, pictorial boards, 154p. + ads, paper spine neatly strengthened else VG+. A family of teddy bears comes alive in the nursery in this detailed fantasy. Illustrated with 6 color plates, many line illustrations and pictorial covers by A.J. Schaffer. An early Teddy Bear book and very scarce. $600.00

THREE BEARS CUT-OUT PAPER DOLLS 95. BEARS. THE THREE BEARS CUTOUTS. Racine: Whitman 1939. Oblong 4to (9 3/4 x 8 3/4”), stiff pictorial card RARE OZ POSTER wraps, Fine and unused. There 91. (BAUM,L.FRANK). PATCHWORK GIRL AND SCARECROW POSTER. Grand are 6 pages of sturdy, brightly Rapids, MI: American Seating Co., no date circa 1925. This is a charming color colored die-cut cardboard cut- poster published as a teaching aide for schools. The Patchwork Girl and Scarecrow outs in color (by an unknown are shown depicting the improper way to sit at a desk and a color photo of a prim hand) for all of the characters little girl shows the proper posture. In large print it reads: “When seated at your plus background pieces that studies, don’t hump over nor slump down / like the Patchwork Girl or the Scarecrow, the child can use to act out the but / sit erect, like the Universal Girl.” There is also a 4 stanza poem about proper story. $250.00 posture. In tiny print below the Oz characters it reads: “These quaint characters are quoted from the famous Oz Boos and were created by L. Frank Baum. Used by permission of Reilly & Lee Company, the publishers.” Rare. $850.00 BEARS SEE ALSO 64, 202, 267, 567 BEES - 585

BAUM SEE ALSO 114 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE BEMELMANS TITLE NISTER PICTURE BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER 96. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. FIFI. NY: Simon & Schuster (1940). 4to, pictorial GREAT HUMANIZED ANIMALS boards, slightest of edge and tip wear else near Fine in a slightly worn price 100. BINGHAM,CLIFTON. clipped dust wrapper (few closed tears on dw). 1st ed. A rare Bemelmans title, FUNNY DOINGS IN this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample’s poodle that is kidnapped in Africa ANIMAL LAND. London: by natives but is eventually reunited with its family. Simply told in verse and Nister, no date circa 1906. marvelously illustrated in bright color on every page. Rare. $1850.00 Oblong 4to (11 1/2 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed else FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (lacks back strip but has both covers). Bingham’s text in verse featuring a humanized hippo, pig, rhino, lion, bear, and more is brought to life by G.H. THOMPSON with 8 incredible chromolithographed plates, 7 full page and many full and partial page line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. This is a great copy of one of the scarcer titles in their humanized animal series, rare in the dust wrapper. See Peeps Into Nisterland p.104. Bingham 97. BETTINA. COCOLO’S HOME. NY: Harper Bros. 1950. Folio, pictorial boards, see also 144, 432, 457, Fine in dust wrapper. First edition. A beautiful and large picture book written and 583. $1650.00 illustrated by Bettina (Erlich). This is the third book about a donkey and his young Mediterranean master who this time return to Ravaya-Reena, Italy. $150.00 BIRDS – 5, 88, 237, 384

FINE COPY OF STUNNING ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS INSCRIBED TO KALLIR BETTS’ RAGGEDY MAN 101. (BIRNBAUM,URIEL)illus. DER KAISER UND DER ARCHITEKT: ein 98. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. THE marchen in funfzig bildern [THE EMPEROR AND THE ARCHITECT. A Tale of RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb Fifty Pictures] by Uriel Birnbaum. Leipzig und Wien: Thyrsos Verlag 1924. Large Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), blue cloth stamped in gold, 82p., corner of cover faded else (1907). Large 4to (10 1/2 x 11 1/2”), near Fine. 1st edition. The text is a fairy tale about an emperor who had a vision of green cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine. a heavenly city. An architect First edition. Printed on coated paper. worked to build this dream Illustrated by Betts (a Brandywine city but when it was nearing artist from Howard Pyle’s school) with completion it and the 8 magnificent rich color plates as well architect were destroyed as with a lovely decorative border by lightning. Illustrated and line illustrations on each page with 50 fantastic full page of text. A nice copy of a beautiful richly colored illustrations book. $400.00 in an art nouveau style that is unique to Birnbaum. BEWICK – 214 This copy is INSCRIBED BY BIRNBAUM TO OTTO BICYCLES - 561 NIRENSTEIN KALLIR who founded the Viennese AMAZING NISTER modern art Neue Galerie MOUNTAIN CLIMBING PICTURE BOOK in 1923. This is a stunning 99. BINGHAM,CLIFTON. THE ANIMALS’S ALPINE CLUB by Clifton book, quite scarce and with a Bingham. London: Nister, no date circa 1913. Oblong 4to (11 1/2 x9”), cloth nice association inscription. backed pictorial boards, light edge and corner wear and margins toned else VG+. (SEE ALSO REAR Bingham’s humanized hippo, elephant and lion ascend the Alps with ropes and COVER) $800.00 picks and all that mountain climbing entails. Illustrated by G.H. THOMPSON with 8 incredible full page chromolithographs and many full and partial page line 102. BLACK INTEREST. (BAILEY,CAROLYN SHERWIN) LI’L’ HANNIBAL by illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Perhaps the scarcest of their humanized Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. NY: Platt and Munk (1938). Sm. 4to, pictorial cloth, fine animal series. Peeps Into Nisterland p. 238. $1850.00 in repaired dust wrapper. The adventures of a little Black boy down south who runs away to avoid doing his chores. Illus. in color and b&w by George Carlson. $150.00

#103 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] JOSEPHINE BAKER’S CHILDREN’S BOOK RARE MINSTREL PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN 103. BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL 108. BLACK INTEREST. PANTOMIME AND MINSTREL SCENES: A PICTURE by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / CARNIVAL FOR THE YOUNG. London & NY: Geo. Routledge & Sons 1883. Folio Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine. A children’s (10 1/4 x 1 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, two minor margin mends and slight book written by the famous ex-patriot Black singer Baker featuring her tip wear else near Fine. Illustrated with 2 huge double page color spreads, 10 “rainbow” of children from all races. Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by other full page color chromolithographs, plus one double-page brown illustration, PIET WORM. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $850.00 2 full page brown illustrations and illustrations in brown or orange on every page of text which is in verse. Featuring Harlequin, Clown, Columbine, Pantaloon and BILLY WHISKERS grossly stereotypical Black characters. Very rare and a great copy. $2500.00 104. BLACK INTEREST. BILLY WHISKERS IN THE SOUTH by Frances Trego Montgomery. Akron: Saalfield (1917). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 148p. Fine in dust wrapper (dw edge chipping). Probable 1st edition of the 19th title in the series (no page of ads and no later titles on dw flap). Billy goes to Biloxi, Mississippi where he his usual number of misadventures. Featuring a grossly stereotypical Black character and illus. with 6 great color plates and many b&w’s by WILL FITZGERALD. An exceptionally nice copy, scarce in wrapper. $250.00

109. BLACK INTEREST. (STUART,RUTH McENRY) DADDY DO-FUNNY’S WISDOM JINGLES by Ruth McEnry Stuart. NY: Century 1913 (1913). 8vo, cloth, 95p., edges of covers soiled else VG. 1st ed. Black folk poems in dialect as JOHN HENRY spoken by an ex-slave from a Crepe Myrtle plantation. Illustrated on every page 105. BLACK INTEREST. (FOLK TALES) JOHN HENRY by James Cloyd Bowman. in line in the style of Kemble by G.H. Clements. Very scarce. $225.00 Chic.: Whitman 1942 (1942). 8vo, cloth, 288p., Fine in dw. 1st ed. The story of Black American folk hero John Henry, illustrated with striking full color dust wrapper, color pictorial endpapers and color frontis, plus a profusion of strong b&w’s by Roy Lagrone, a member of the Mechanical Department of the Tuskegee Institute. A beautiful copy and a great version of this tale. $250.00

106. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN, INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE NEWBORN BABY by Inez Hogan. NY: E.P. Dutton (1940). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 3/4”), pictorial boards, slight wear to spine ends else Fine in dust wrapper (some soil and rubbing to dw else VG). Stated First Edition, publisher’s Sample Copy with stamp on dedication page. When Nicodemus discovers he has a new baby brother, his grandfather DIE-CUT HEADS helps him to understand 110. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE COLORED BOYS. NY: Howell Soskins where babies come from. 1942. Obl. 4to, spiral backed boards, light soil and wear, VG+. Attached to the Illustrated with color lithos top of every page is a cardboard cut-out head in color of a little Black boy, so by Hogan and featuring Black that as each page is turned, the number decreases according to the text of the dialect throughout. Very counting rhyme. Illustrated in color and b&w by EMERY GONDOR. $400.00 scarce. $400.00 111. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. nd circa 1895. 4to, pictorial wraps, sl. soiling to covers, else VG+. Illustrated with 12 fabulous full page chromolithographed illustrations (one is a double-page spread, BLACK FAIRIES not the same illustrations as in the Aunt Louisa version), and with musical notation 107. BLACK INTEREST. inside both covers. Great color covers as well. A great edition and very scarce. LIZA JANE AND THE $1100.00 KINKIES written and illustrated by Mary Phipps. NY: Sears (1929) 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and edge rubbing, VG. Liza Jane’s Mammy works for the white folk in the Big House and Liza Jane becomes lonely. From out of nowhere appear little black “kewpie-ish” fairies (Kinkies) to be her friends. With calligraphic text and color illustrations throughout, this is a very special and wonderful book. $500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 SCARCE SEQUEL TO THE TEN LITTLE NIGGERS 6 NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX FILE COPY 115. BOXED LIBRARY. (NISTER) MY PET’S LIBRARY. Lond: Nister, no date circa 1895. 24mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL 112. BLACK INTEREST. NINE NIGGERS MORE. London & NY: Frederick PUBLISHER’S BOX (box slightly worn). Includes 6 miniature books (3 x 3 5/8”): Warne & Co., no date ca 1885. Square 4to (9 3/4 x 11 1/4”), pictorial wraps, Sugar and Spice, Playfellows, Kittie, Little Chicks, Miss Mistletoe and Sandcastles slight spine wear else Fine. This is a sequel to the Ten Little Niggers in Warne’s each with simple stories. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus Aunt Louisa’s Toy Book New Series featuring 12 full page color illustrations many in-text illustrations. Rare in the box. $1500.00 depicting the Black characters and with musical notation for the song. Printed by the Dalziels. This is a publisher’s file company stamped in margin. Quite scarce and a beautiful copy. $1250.00

BOXED LIBRARY SEE ALSO 46, 64 DIE-CUT HEADS - SWISS/GERMAN TEXT 113. BLACK INTEREST. Z’AH CHYLNI NEEGERLI [TEN LITTLE COLORED BRANDYWINE ARTISTS – 75, 98, 284, 416, 468-9, 538-9, 573, 576-7, 597-9 BOYS]. Zurich: Neue Bucher A.G. Verlagsbuchhandlung, no date, INSCRIBED BY BRANSOM circa 1945. Oblong 4to (9 x 8”), 116. (BRANSOM,PAUL)illus. AN ARGOSY OF FABLES selected & edited by pictorial boards, near Fine. The F. T. Cooper. NY: Stokes (1921). Large thick 4to, 485p., blue pictorial cloth, sl. text of this version is in Swiss- wear to end of spine else Fine. THIS COPY HAS A GREAT INSCRIPTION FROM German, a dialect of German BRANSOM READING: “With best wishes for the one who receives this book and spoken in the northern parts hoping they may enjoy these tales as much as I did in making the pictures. Sincerely, of that border Paul Bransom March 24, 1937”. Hundreds of fables from many eras and many lands Germany. Attached to the top including Aesop, Phaedrus, Babrius. Hindoo, Persian, Chinese, Armenian, Turkish, of every page is a cardboard Polish, English, American Indian and more. Illustrated by Bransom with 24 richly cut-out head in color of a little colored and very beautiful color plates plus lovely pictorial endpapers. Really a Black boy, so that as each page nice book. (Realms of Gold p.105). Paul Bransom see also 261. $400.00 is turned, the number decreases BROCK, C.E. - 587 according to the text of the counting rhyme. Illustrated with 8 full page rich color illustrations by an unknown hand. $475.00

BLACK INTEREST ALSO 53, 61-9, 202, 274, 279, 561-2

BLOCH, LUCIENNE – 122, 146 BOHNY, NIKOLAUS – 252

BAUM INTRO.: FAIRY TALES * SAMBO * PETER RABBIT & MORE 114. BOXED LIBRARY. (BAUM,L.FRANK) CHRISTMAS STOCKING SERIES with: The Night Before Christmas * Little Black Sambo * Story of Peter Rabbit * Fairy Tales From Grimm * Fairy Tales From Andersen * Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty. Chicago: Reilly & Britton all dated (1905) except Peter Rabbit (1911). 6 volumes, 16mo (3 x 4 1/8”), pictorial boards stamped in green, pictorial paste-on, spine ends worn on a few volumes, overall clean tight and VG+ IN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS STEAMER TRUNK WITH THE LID (lid repaired). 1st edition, 3rd printing of all titles except Peter Rabbit which is a 1st printing. Although not the first printing of this rare set, it is considered by many to be the most desirable in that it includes the three best titles: Sambo, Peter Rabbit and the Night Before Christmas. It also has the first issue of Peter Rabbit (an early Potter piracy) which replaced the Animal A.B.C. of earlier sets. Illustrated in color by JOHN R. NEILL and E.S. Hardy, with the Sambo retaining the original Bannerman HAWAIIAN LEGEND WITH A COMPLETE SET OF illustrations. Each volume features an introduction by L. Frank Baum. In this set, 57 LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS 4 of the titles are printed in black but Peter Rabbit and Sambo are printed in 117. BROWN,MARCIA. BACKBONE OF THE KING: the story of Paka’a and his blue. Nice sets in the complete box are scarce. See Bienvenue p.223 $3250.00 son Ku. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press (1966, 1984). 4to, 180p., cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Originally published by Scribner in 1966, this edition is INSCRIBED BY BROWN to a person who helped her with the original edition of the book:”To Margaret, Our old labors in a new color, but looking good because of your lovely work. With much love, Marcia.” SOLD WITH A CLOTH FOLDER HOLDING A COMPLETE SET OF THE LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS USED IN THE BOOK, PULLED ON JAPANESE TISSUE! The inscription to the prints has the title in ’s hand, giving the folder to Margaret A. Evans signed and dated June 1966. The text of the book retells an ancient Hawaiian legend of a brave young boy who endeavors to restore his father to his position of royal guardian to the king. It is based on a 19th century version of the story by Moses Nakuina. Brown discovered the legend on a trip to Hawaii and spent 12 months painting in preparation for the book. The prints are stunning and each one is signed by Brown. This is an amazing offering of work by a great Caldecott Award winning children’s illustrator. $5750.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>... Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] RAREST MARGARET WISE MARGARET WISE BROWN BROWN TITLE FANTASY 121. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. 118. [BROWN,MARGARET WISE THE STEAMROLLER. NY: and EDITH HURD]. THE MAN IN Walker and Co. (1974). Oblong THE MANHOLE AND THE FIX-IT 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2”), cloth, Fine in MEN by Juniper Sage. NY: William dust wrapper. First edition, first R. Scott 1946. 4to (8 1/4 x 9 3/4”), printing (1-10 code). The story is pictorial cloth. Fine in excellent a fantasy set at Christmas time. dust wrapper with just a few small Illustrated by Evaline Ness with closed tears. 1st edition of this rare fantastic color lithographs, most Brown book written in collaboration of which span the pages. A great with Edith Hurd. One of Scott’s collaboration and quite hard to creative education books, this shows find in fine condition. $275.00 what “fix-it men” do underneath the streets and in the air. Marvelously illustrated in color by Bill Ballantine RARE BROWN TITLE (who went on to become a well 122. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. WILLIE’S WALK TO GRANDMAMA by known professional circus clown). Margaret Wise Brown and Rockbridge Campbell. NY: William R. Scott 1944. Bader p.391 calls this “a lark with a 8vo (6 1/2 x 7 3/4”), pictorial boards, near fine in dust wrapper (dw with some firm superstructure in fact.” Rare. soil). 1st edition. Printed with a large font and illustrated with wonderful color (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT lithographs by LUCIENNE BLOCH. Apart from illustrating books, Bloch was a COVER) $1500.00 noted photographer. sculptor and muralist. She worked for the WPA’s Federal Art Project from 1935-9 and was an associate to Diego Rivera and a close friend RARE 1ST ED. OF THE FIRST NOISY BOOK of Frida Kahlo. Rare. $850.00 119. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE NOISY BOOK. NY: William R. Scott (1939). Small 4to (7 1/2 x 9”), pictorial boards, occasional finger soil else VG-Fine in dust wrapper (some soil and corner wear on dw else VG+). First edition of the first title in the Noisy Book series and the first appearance of Brown’s famous dog Muffin. Artistically illustrated with striking, bold colors by LEONARD WEISGARD. Now a classic, this is a nice copy. (See Bader p.224-226). Rare. $1200.00

123. BROWN,PALMER. HICKORY. NY: Harper & Row (1978). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 RARE BROWN TITLE 3/4”), pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. The story 120. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE POODLE AND THE SHEEP. NY: E.P. about a mouse and a grasshopper is beautifully illustrated in color with Brown’s Dutton 1941 (1941). Oblong 4to (9 1/4 x 6 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, characteristic detail. $85.00 occasional finger soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some soil and chips). Stated First Edition. The story is about a naughty poodle that chases sheep. INSCRIBED BY BROWN AND DOWNEY After much effort it is arrested by the sheriff and jailed where it learned its WITH DRAWING BY BROWN lesson and didn’t chase sheep any more. Illustrated with great full page color 124. (BROWN,PAUL)illus. DOGS OF DESTINY by Fairfax Downey. NY: Scribner illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. This is an early title by Brown and first 1949 (A). 8vo, cloth, 186p., fine in frayed dw. The story of famous dogs that editions in dw are rare. $650.00 #117 - previous page made history. Illustrated by Brown in b&w throughout. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED TO SCRIBNER EDITOR WITH A FINE DRAWING OF A DOG AND INSCRIBED BY DOWNEY AS WELL. Scarce title, special copy. $800.00 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 128. BURGESS,THORNTON. JERRY MUSKRAT AT HOME. Boston: Little Brown CHARMING DUTCH CHILDREN 1926 (Sept 1926). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, some soil on endpapers else VG+. First edition, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. $225.00 125. (BRUNDAGE,FRANCES)illus. LITTLE WOODEN SHOES by Alice Hardwick. Akron: Saalfield 1921. 4to (7 1/2 x 9”), linen-like wraps, slightest bit of cover wear else near Fine. Illustrated by Brundage with color covers plus 2 full page and 2 almost full page color illustrations depicting charming little Dutch children on the Island of Marken. Brundage see also 162. $100.00

BURGESS MOVEABLE FLAP GOOP BOOK 126. BURGESS,GELETT. BLUE GOOPS AND RED. NY: Stokes (Oct. 1909). 4to, green pictorial cloth, 81p., slightest of cover soil else near fine. 1st ed. The most difficult to find Goop title and the most unusual, being a MOVABLE FLAP book as well. Versos of each page have a Goop poem. Facing each poem is a blue (naughty) Goop illustration. When the flap is turned, the (good) red Goop 129. BURGESS,THORNTON. PETER RABBIT PUTS ON AIRS. NY: Eggers 1914- illustration is revealed, with a short story for each illustration and situation 1922- 1928. 4to, 8x11”, stiff pictorial wraps, 12p. incl. covers, near Fine. A very (pictorial endpapers as well). $875.00 stunning and scarce Burgess format, illustrated in bold colors by HARRISON CADY and featuring great silhouette borders on every page. (Wright p. 112). $150.00

BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON – 555 BUTTERFLIES – 531

CADIE, VE ELIZABETH – 140, 568

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS – 179, 289, 369, 426, 534, 563, 564

CADLDECOTT AWARD HONORS – 221, 334, 344

RARE FANNY CORY EDITION 130. CARROLL,LEWIS. (CORY, FANNY) ALICES’ ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Chicago and NY: Rand McNally (1902, 1905). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), green cloth stamped in white and blue, 336p., cover lettering slightly faded else Fine. Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory with 48 black and whites including 8 full page for Alice and 25 black and whites in text for Looking Glass. A biographical sketch is included at the end of the book reproducing some of INSCRIBED BY BURGESS Carroll’s drawings. $400.00 127. BURGESS,THORNTON. LIGHTFOOT THE DEER. Bost: Little Brown 1921 (April 1921). 8vo, blue cloth, sl. rubbing, near fine. 1st ed., illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. THIS COPY HAS A NICE INSCRIPTION FROM BURGESS. $450.00 TOVE JANNSON ILLUSTRATIONS 131. CARROLL,LEWIS. (JANNSON) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Delacorte, no date [1977]. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/4”), brown cloth stamped in gold, fine in dust wrapper. 1st American edition with TOVE JANNSON illustrations having been first published in 1966 in Swedish. Illustrated with great color dust wrapper and in black and white throughout the text. Scarce. $250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] NEWELL’S ALICE MERVYN PEAKE’S ALICE 132. CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. 136. CARROLL,LEWIS. NY: Harper & Bros. 1901 (1901). 8vo (6 x 9”), white imitation vellum boards with (PEAKE) ALICE’S gilt decoration, iii-xvii, 1-192 +[1]p., top edge gilt, fine in original dust wrapper with ADVENTURES IN gilt decoration. A touch of fading on the wrapper else near Fine. 1st ed. of the WONDERLAND AND magnificent PETER NEWELL EDITION illustrated with gravure frontis portrait THROUGH THE LOOKING of Carroll and by Newell with 40 extraordinary plates. Each page of text features GLASS. Stockholm / a green pictorial border by Robert Murray Wright. Introduction by Edward S. London: Continental Book Martin. One of the best editions of this classic and a brilliant copy. $675.00 Company AB (1946). 12mo (4 3/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, 347 [5]p., slightly leaning else near Fine (no wrapper). First edition in English of the Peake edition, not published in England until 1954. Special Volume 67 of the Zephyr Book Series. Illustrated by MERVYN PEAKE 65 imaginative and unique full and partial page black and white drawings. Scarce. $400.00

SIGNED BY “ALICE” 137. CARROLL,LEWIS. (TENNIEL) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN 133. CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK AND WONDERLAND. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1932. 8vo, full red calf with OTHER POEMS. NY: Harper & Bros. 1903 (1903). 8vo (6 x 9”), white imitation extensive gilt decorations, Fine in original slipcase (case browned around edges). vellum boards, gilt decoration, top edge gilt, FINE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH BACKED Printed by Rudge with the beautiful full leather binding by Frederic Warde. DUST WRAPPER (dw with some fading, spine fraying and mends on verso, but This copy is one of approximately 500 copies SIGNED BY WARDE AND really VG+). First edition with Peter Newell’s illustrations. Illustrated by PETER ALICE LIDDELL HARGREAVES, the girl after whom the character of Alice is NEWELL with tissue guarded color frontis plus 39 other fabulous plates done in modeled. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES Illustrated with the original Newell’s uniquely comic style. There is also a lovely pictorial border on each text illustrations by John Tenniel. $2500.00 page done by Robert Murray Wright. A beautiful copy. $500.00

138. CARROLL,LEWIS. THREE SUNSETS AND OTHER POEMS. Lond.: Macmillan 134. CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and what 1898. Sm. 4to, cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, [68]p. + 2p. ads, very sl. spine Alice found there. NY: Harper & Bros. 1902 (Oct. 1902). 8vo (6 x 9”), white faded and sl. wear to spine extrems, VG-Fine. 1st edition. Poems by Carroll, most of imitation vellum boards with gilt decoration, FINE IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH which appeared previously in Phantasmagoria and Sylvie and Bruno, but two of which BACKED WRAPPER AND THE PRINTED INNER GLASSINE WRAPPER AS WELL! appear here for the first time. Beautifully illustrated by E. GERTRUDE THOMSON (green wrapper is slightly faded else near fine, glassine wrapper in chipped). 1st with 12 delicate full page engravings of fairies. See WMG #286. $500.00 edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL with gravure frontis portrait of Peter Newell with facsimile signature, plus 40 full page plates CARTOONS – 382, 464 - wonderful and imaginative. There is also a beautiful pictorial border on each page of text done by Robert Murray Wright. A wonderful copy. $650.00

MERVYN PEAKE’S ALICE 135. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PEAKE) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. London: Allan Wingate (1954). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2”), blue cloth, 264p., slight cover wear else VG+ (no dust wrapper). 1st ed. printed in England of the MERVYN PEAKE Alice, illustrated by him with 65 full and partial page b&w’s plus dw in red. Very scarce. $250.00 FOX HUNTING 139. CATS. THE CAT AND THE FOX by Carolyn Dexter. Rochester: Stecher 1930. Narrow folio (7 5/8 x 13 3/4”), pictorial card covers, near Fine. The story tells of the poor fox’s capture and the lesson Mrs. cat teaches to her kittens. Illustrated with absolutely stunning color lithographs by Byron Culver. Very scarce. $200.00 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BOXED VOLLAND FATHER TUCK’S ART DECO CAT BOOK CATS AND DOGS 140. CATS. THE CAT 144. CATS AND DOGS. WHOSE WHISKERS DOG AND CAT LAND. SLIPPED by Ruth Campbell. London: Raphael Tuck, no Joliet: Volland (1925). 8vo, date, circa 1890. 8vo (6 pictorial boards, FINE IN 5/8 x 8 5/8”), pictorial card PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL covers, rear cover soil and BOX. Stated First light shelf wear, VG. This is Edition of this VOLLAND the story of 3 cats that visit HAPPY CHILDREN Dr. Poodle’s Puppy School. BOOK, illustrated by VE Illustrated with 5 charming ELIZABETH CADIE with full page chromolithographs striking full page and partial and in brown line on page color illustrations in text pages. Father true Art Deco style. This Tuck’s Useful Knowledge is a beautiful copy of a book Series. $250.00 usually found in shabby condition, and one of Volland’s CATS ALSO 21, 56, 175, 229, 245, 265, 276-7, 447, 459, 527, 566, 581-4 best. $400.00 CHAPBOOK – 291 CHELONIIDAE PRESS - 7

ETHNIC STEREOTYPES BOXED VOLLAND 145. CHINESE INTEREST. WAH SING OUR LITTLE CHINESE FRIEND by 141. CATS. TALES OF Helen Campbell. Philadelphia: David McKay (1906). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), pictorial LITTLE CATS by Carrie cloth, bookplate removed from endpaper else Fine and bright. The story of life Jacobs Bond. Chic: Volland in China written for young children, written with ethnic stereotypes common of (1918 no other printings). the era. Illustrated with photos. $125.00 Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in original box (box very sl. worn). 1st ed. A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with beautiful color illustrations throughout by KATHERINE STURGES DODGE. An uncommon Volland title. $350.00

RARE CAT COUNTING SHAPE BOOK 142. CATS. TEN LITTLE PUSSY CATS. No publishing information, circa 1890, small PICTURE BOOK PUBLISHED BY SCOTT 4to (6 1/4 x 9 1/2”), chromolithographed 146. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS STOCKING by Dorothy Baruch. NY: Wm. Scott die-cut covers in a scalloped design, 1946. Oblong 12mo, spiral backed pictorial wraps, sl. shelf wear else VG+. 1st ed. small margin mends and spine slightly Written by progressive educator Baruch and illustrated by noted artist LUCIENNE BLOCH with strikingly simple full page color illustrations. Rare. $300.00 rubbed else VG. This is a rare Victorian counting book illustrated with 4 full page chromolithographed pages and brown line GREAT DUTCH SANTA CLAUS BOOK illustrations on the other pages as well 147. CHRISTMAS. (DUTCH) SINT NICOLAAS EN ZIJN KNECHT door as chromolithographed covers. “Three J. Schenkman. Amsterdam: J. Vlieger little pussy cats / Walking in the Zoo / ca 1900. Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, A bear hugged one / And there were sl. cover and spine rubbing, VG+. Illus. two.” $375.00 by P. v Geldorp with 16 fabulous full page color illustrations to accompany text in verse. Featuring traditional Christmas scenes and with the Dutch NISTER CAT AND DOG PICTURE BOOK traditional Black helper to Saint 143. CATS AND DOGS. THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND Nick. $750.00 MARY by M. Morris. London & NY: Nister & Dutton no date, circa 1910. Large 148. CHRISTMAS. THE oblong 4to (11.5 x 9”), cloth KING’S CHRISTMAS backed boards, pictorial PRESENT by Joan Windham. paste-on, Fine. Really the Lond.: Sheed and Ward, reign of Terror by an overly 1936 (1936), Sq. 4to, 57p., rambunctious cat and dog cl. backed pictorial boards, that get into incredible light wear, VG+. 1st ed. An mischief. Illustrated by the adaptation of a French fairy author in bold flat colors tale beautifully illustrated with 8 great color plates and by JEANNE HEBBELYNCK with many large line illus. with 5 charming color all throughout the text. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR plates highlighted in gold. $200.00 COVER) $750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 [email protected]

GREAT McLOUGHLIN COLORFUL CHRISTMAS BOOK McLOUGHLIN EDITION 149. CHRISTMAS. 154. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: CHRISTMAS. Springfield: McLoughlin Bros. no date McLoughlin no date, circa circa 1900. 4to, green 1925. 10” wide x 12”, cloth pictorial cloth, near Fine. backed pictorial boards, Containing Moore’s The spine faded in spots, sl. Night Before Christmas edge wear, VG+. Illustrated plus Christmas Day and by Frank Lefevre with The Day After Christmas, pictorial title page, 1 illustrated by G.A. DAVIS double-page color spread, 6 with more than 15 full full page color illustrations page chromolithographs and 7 partial page color and with marvelous 3-color illustrations. An uncommon illustrations on every page of edition and an especially nice text. $800.00 one. $400.00

CHRISTMAS IN STYLE OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE 155. CHRISTMAS. (WIENER WERKSTATTE) WEIHNACHT: vierzehn STUNNING McLOUGHLIN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS farbige original steinzeich. Wien: Richter & Zollner 1922. 4to (9 3/4 x 10 3/4”), 150. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges rubbed, some finger soil, VG. An OR A VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS [by Clement Moore]. NY: McLoughlin exceptionally stunning children’s Christmas book consisting of 14 original color Bros. 1888. Folio, (10 x 12 1/8”), stiff pictorial wraps, slight finger soil else stone engravings printed on rectos only plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial cover near fine. Featuring 12 full page, one double page and 2 partial page fabulous designs - done by a variety of student artists under the direction of Franz Cisek chromolithographs plus color covers as well as color illustrations in text. A in the style typical of Vienna in the 1920’s - a very wonderful children’s book. See glorious edition and a beautiful copy. $1275.00 Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #55. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $950.00

#150

CHRISTMAS ALSO 8, 114, 185, 523, 543

CINDERELLA – 55, 114, 175, 228, 397 CINEMA - 290 #151 GREAT 30’S CIRCUS PICTURE BOOK McKEE ILLUS. ALTEMUS WEE BOOK 156. CIRCUS. CIRCUS BABIES by 151. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Elizabeth Gale. Chic: Rand. McNally Philadelphia: Henry Altemus (1918). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial (1930). Sq. 4to, cloth, 100p., Fine. A boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper with a few small wonderful story book with a circus chips. Every other page is a full page color plate - 28 in all. This is an attractive theme featuring fabulous, bold full version. $250.00 page and partial page color illus. by JOHN DUKES McKEE. Circus see also 152. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 309. $200.00 Racine: Whitman 1939. Folio, pictorial linen-like wraps, near fine, [24]p. including CLEMENS, SAMUEL – 559, 560 covers, VG+. Illus. by KEITH WARD with great full and partial page color illustrations. $150.00 CLOTH BOOKS – 10, 11, 38, 264, 294, 348, 370 #152

COATSWORTH, ELIZ. - 584

RARE LARGE PICTURE BOOK VERSION 157. COCK ROBIN. MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN. NY: T. Nelson and Sons, no date, circa 1910. Folio (9 3/4 x 12 1/2”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight edge rubbing and finger soil, VG+. Printed in #153 blue on coated paper, this edition features 12 fine color plates by Scott Rankin (one is by Rosa Petherick). 153. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Racine: Each page of text in a large Whitman 1947. Folio, [12]p. incl. covers, fine. Printed on textured paper, every page font also has a small color has wonderfully colorful illustrations by Hilda Miloche and Wilma Kane. $200.00 illustration. This is a striking version of this classic rhyme. $300.00 914.764.7410 Pg 24 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 WORLD’S FAIR 158. COCK ROBIN. WHO 162. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION WORLD’S FAIR. A PEEP AT THE WORLD’S FAIR. London Paris New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date, circa KILLED COCK ROBIN. 1893. 4to (7 1.2 x 9 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn and London: Tuck, no date, some normal cover rubbing, else tight, clean and VG+. The Chicago World’s Fair, circa 1890. 4to (8 3/8 x 10 also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1893 to commemorate the 400th 3/4”), pictorial wraps, Fine. anniversary of Christopher Illustrated with 6 fine full Columbus’s arrival in the page chromolithographs plus New World. This book for children has 11 fabulous many brown illustrations chromolithographed plates on text pages. A title (including title) depicting in Father Tuck’s Tiny several of the exhibits in Toddles Series. Great great detail and the text pages are illustrated in line copy. $275.00 by Adrien Mriz and Walter Hodgson. The cover is by W. & F. Brundage. A few of the exhibits include Algeria, Japanese Court, FIRST EDITION OF All types of Houses Annam PINOCCHIO PRINTED IN or Chinese , Egypt AMERICA and more. #413 in Tuck’s 159. COLLODI,CARLO. Juvenile Gift and Toy Book PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES Series. $450.00 IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah FABULOUS MOTHER GOOSE WATERCOLOR Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, 1/2 cloth BY CHRIS CONOVER 163. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE AND THE blue pictorial cloth, edges and SLY FOX / VILLAGE SCENE. Offered here is a finished watercolors used in corners rubbed, small hole in Conover’s book published in 1989 entitled Mother Goose and the Sly Fox. The one leaf else VG+, clean and piece is large - image measure 19” wide x 8 1/2” high on artist board 22 x 11 1/2, tight, 212p., (including a 2 signed. It is incredibly wonderful both in imagery and execution. The piece is an page introduction by Hezekiah elaborate rendering of the village with stores, restaurants and even a herring Butterworth). First edition of kiosk for the cats. Across the river we see the “bad” part of town where the this classic printed in America foxes live, practicing 3-card monte. It appears in the book as a double page and very scarce, especially in spread on pages 8-9. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2000.00 decent condition. Illustrated with b&w chapter head and Conover has been illustrating children’s books since 1974. Her work is tailpieces. $700.00 noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers many books.

160. COLLODI,CARLO. ANIMATED PINOCCHIO by Marion Merrill. NY: Citadel (1945). 4to, spiral backed boards, Fine in sl. worn dw. A wonderful pop-up and moveable edition of Collodi’s classic featuring 3 tab - operated moveable plates with pop-up segments and moveable pieces. Illustrated in color throughout. $300.00 COOKING - 244

WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM COONEY 164. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. THE LITTLE JUGGLER adapted from an old French legend and RARE DISNEY NOVELTY illustrated by . NY: IN ITALIAN Hastings House, (1961). 8vo (6 1/4 161. COLLODI,CARLO. x 9 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper PINOCCHIO: ALBUM DI slightly frayed at spine ends. First COSTRUZIONE. Milano: edition. Illustrated in color by Carroccio, no date, ca 1940. Cooney who for inspiration, went to Sq. folio, (13 1/8 x 12 3/4”), Paris to examine the 13th century stiff pictorial wraps, slight manuscript that was the basis for bit of soil else VG+ AND the story. Laid-in is a TWO PAGE UNUSED. There are 6 leaves HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM of characters, furniture, etc. COONEY in appreciation for that for the reader to cut out and person’s enthusiasm for Cooney’s use to construct Gepetto’s book. $350.00 studio in intricate detail. Based upon the Disney illustrations, rare. $600.00 CORY, FANNY – 89, 90, 130, 225

COLLODI, CARLO ALSO 456 COUNTING BOOKS – 4, 110-13, 142, 308 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 25 [email protected] IN THE STYLE OF ATTWELL IN RARE DUST WRAPPER TUCK GIFT BOOK 169. COX,PALMER. ANOTHER BROWNIE BOOK. NY: Century Co. (1890). 165. (COWHAM,HILDA)illus. CURLY 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and HEADS AND LONG LEGS. Lond: Raphael front hinge (not weak) else Fine IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw with pieces Tuck nd [1914]. 4to, maroon cloth stamped off at folds and bottom edge). 1st ed. of the second famous Brownie book with in black and gold, color plate on cover, every page covered with Cox’s wonderful, humorous illustrations. Rare in the all edges gilt. Margins of 2 plates neatly dust wrapper. $2000.00 repaired else VG+. Stories and verses by Eric Vredenberg and others. Illus. by Cowham with 12 wonderful, bright color plates, pictorial endpapers and b&w’s on nearly every page of text. Cowham was one of the first women illustrators for Punch magazine. Similar in style to Mabel Lucy Attwell and really charming and scarce. $800.00

RARE COX McLOUGHLIN CUBE PUZZLE 166. COX,PALMER. BROWNIE BLOCKS : McLOUGHLIN CUBE PUZZLE IN BOX. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1891. This is a wonderful and rare Cox item consisting of the original wooden box with chromolithographed color plate on cover and 20 chromolithographed cubes. The booklet with the 6 separate guide illustrations to the completed puzzles is present in a copy. The box measures 13 1/2 x 11 inches and shows some soil and rubbing, a few old repairs on edges but is sound and tight. The cubes are in very good condition with some rubbing. BROWNIE BOOK - FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER The twenty cubes can be turned to form 6 great chromolithographed scenes 170. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AT HOME. NY: Century Co. (1893). of the Brownies: Eating Christmas Dinner, Bringing Home the Yule Log, Playing 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST Blindman’s Buff, At A Dance, Ice Skating, and Snow Balling! A fabulous item, WRAPPER. 1st edition of the Brownies third book. Illustrated on every page, rarely found complete. $2500.00 this title takes the reader into the doings of these tiny creatures month by month. A beautiful copy, rare in such a nice dust wrapper. $2500.00

171. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES LATEST ADVENTURES. NY: Century Co. (1910). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, 144p., slightest bit of rubbing and cover soil else tight, near FINE! 1st edition. Cummins, p. 82 of Humorous But Wholesome says about this title: “ An unusual feature...is that all the stories present the Brownies doing good deeds for others; in none do they simply amuse themselves. Charity had always been their hallmark, and it was now more prominent than ever.” First editions of this title are very scarce in nice condition. $1500.00

BROWNIES IN DUST WRAPPER 167. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES FINE COPY AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century 172. COX,PALMER. BROWNIES MANY MORE NIGHTS. NY: Century Co. Co. (1894). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed (Sept. 1913). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial boards, 144p., endpaper pictorial boards, xi, 144p., some mild rubbed else Fine. The lessons of altruism and helping others is evident in the wonderful stories of the Brownies working on the railroad, in the grist mill, for rubbing to spine ends and edges else a near the vet and other places. Despite it being the 9th Brownie title, it is one of the Fine copy IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL scarcest in really excellent condition. $1500.00 DUST WRAPPER (wrapper lacks a flap and is chipped with only 2-3 tiny chips). 1st ed. of the 4th Brownie book wherein these little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia and all over the world. This #168 is a nice copy, not often found with a dust wrapper. $1000.00

RAREST BROWNIE TITLE WITH ABC 168. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIE PRIMER together with Queerie Queers. Chicago: George M. Hill (1901). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 7/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover rubbing and soil, VG. Featuring 12 full page chromlithographed color illustrations of the various letters in the alphabet with each letter involving the Brownies in some action. Also including a profusion of marvelous nonsense rhymes featuring a host humanized animals illustrated in detailed line. A very rare Cox title. $1200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 26 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95

CZECH PANORAMA 173. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. 176. CZECHOSLOVAK. JEN VESELE!. RUMBO RHYMES by Alfred (Prague: Alois Hynek ca 1925. 4to, pictorial Calmour. Lond. & NY: Harper boards, folded accordion style, near fine. 1911. Small 4to, green This is a most charming Czech panorama with pictorial cloth, 99p., Fine. 18 panels illustrated in color in folk-peasant style M. FISCHEROVA-KVECHOVA (similar 1st ed. Printed on heavy to Mates). See Mahoney et al Notable coated paper there are 24 Foreign Picture Books p.145 for other title fabulous full color plates by by Fischeriva-Kvechova, a noted Czech artist. Crane plus several smaller Scarce. $450.00 illustrations - full of humor and whimsy. $750.00 #176

CRUIKSHANK HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION 174. (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE)illus. CRUIKSHANKIAN MOMUS: Pictorial broadsides and humorous song- headings. Lond.: John Nimmo 1892. 4to, gilt cloth, 136p., top edge gilt, corner bumped else fine. LIMITED TO 520 NUMBERED COPIES for England and America with the type CHARMING LADA PICTURE BOOK distributed. Poems and stories, 177. CZECHOSLOVAK. (LADA) LADOVY VESELE UCEBNICE [Lada’s Merry illustrated with 52 HAND-COLORED Textbook], Dil I. Ssavci. Prague: Nakladatel Melantrich, 1925. Square 8vo (6 PLATES after GEORGE, ROBERT AND 7/8 x 7 7/8”), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. A charming picture ISAAC CRUIKSHANK. Very scarce. book illustrated by the $1200.00 pre-eminent Czech artist JOSEPH LADA with 12 fabulous, bold full color CINDERELLA * PUSS * illustrations depicting HOP ‘O MY THUMB humanized animals, with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK 4 lines of verse below. 175. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus Hurlimann (p.226) says his “fresh and genuine vision . THE FAIRY LIBRARY. Offered is timeless” and notes here is a beautiful set of the 4 that Jiri Trnka’s work is “barely thinkable without volumes of Cruikshank’s Fairy the splendid popular Library: Hop O’ My Thumb and tales and drawings of his predecessor Joseph Lada.” the Seven League Boots, Jack and Rare. $750.00 the Bean Stalk, Cinderella and Puss CZECH SEE ALSO 13, 302 in Boots. The first 3 published in London by David Bogue, the last BEAUTIFUL ROALD DAHL FIRST EDITION 178. DAHL,ROALD. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. NY: Knopf by Routledge Warne & Routledge (1964). 8vo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2”, red cloth blind stamped on cover, [162]p, Fine in near fine dust wrapper with slight wear at spine ends. 1st ed. (correct colophon and no isbn [1853-1864]. Individually and #). Illustrated in b&w by Joseph Schindelman. Later copies have the same original uniformly bound in contemporary published price but have the ISBN # on rear cover amongst other indicators that they are not first, thus proving that the price is not the determinant of edition. red morocco without wrappers, Even later editions change the nature of the Oompa-Loompas who are portrayed (few labels lacking and two with as stereotypical Blacks in the first edition. This is a beautiful copy. $5500.00 small head chips), VG+. Variants #179 of 1st editions Cohn 196-199 with some 1st issue points (i.e. Jack has 1st issue plate placement but later issue plate list on separate page, Puss has no plate list.) Each volume has A DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES THAT ARE HAND- COLORED with the etched plates in plain state facing the hand- colored etchings (24 plates in all)! A wonderful offering. $2500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 27 [email protected] CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER RARE MCLOUGHLIN “ROBINSONADE” 179. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. NY: 184. [DEFOE,DANIEL]. ROBINSONADE. MASTER J. STRAGGLES - HIS Doran & Co, 1939 (1939). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust VERSION OF ROBINSON CRUSOE as narrated & depicted to his School wrapper worn at folds, chipped at spine ends. Stated 1st ed. FIRST ISSUE Fellows at Dr. Tickeltoby’s Academy. NY: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1867. 4to, (7 WITH THE ERRATA SLIP p. 52. Illustrated with really beautiful full color lithos 1/4 x 9 1/2”), pictorial wraps, 26p., light cover soil, owner’s name on cover, VG+. throughout. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Rare. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM Since Dr. Tickletoby’s Academy lost its last copy of Robinson Crusoe, J. Straggles PRIOR PAGE) $1500.00 retells the story from memory. Illustrated with 12 full page illustrations in white on a black background simulating a chalk-board. Rare. $875.00 D’AULAIRE’S RARE FIRST BOOK 180. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. THE MAGIC RUG. NY: Doubleday Doran 1931 (1931). Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with an unobtrusive mend on rear panel. Stated FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK DONE BY THE D’AULAIRE’S TOGETHER. Set in Africa, the story is a fantasy tale about a magic Oriental rug. Illustrated with magnificent color lithographs throughout for which the pair spent a winter in Africa. This is a gorgeous copy of a rare book. $1200.00

RARE D’AULAIRE PANORAMA 181. D’AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. ANIMALS EVERYWHERE. NY: Doubleday Doran 1940. Large 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4”), cloth, slight fading else Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped all along bottom edge with 2” piece off spine). Stated 1st edition On one side of the large accordion - DENSLOW’S “NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” folded sheet are beautiful full color lithographs 185. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. DENSLOW’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by of more than 50 animals. On the other side, Clement Moore. NY: Dillingham, 1902 (Sept. 1902). 4to, orange pictorial boards, the same animals appear in the same setting usual edge wear and paper rubbing at joints else a clean and tight, VG++ copy. but with their backs turned and done in one First edition, FIRST ISSUE (the cloth binding came later- Greene/Hearn p. 182). color. This is a very scarce D’Aulaire picture Moore’s classic poem never had more wonderful or appropriate illustrations. book rarely found with the dust wrapper and The text is done in calligraphy with each page of text illustrated in color. In featuring some of their best work. See Bader addition, there are many wonderfully vibrant full page color illustrations. Due to p.222. $600.00 the nature of the binding, this book is usually found in poor condition. $2000.00

182. D’AULAIRE,INGRI AND EDGAR. DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKS. NY: Doubleday Doran 1943 (1943). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw very slightly worn but also near fine). Stated first edition. A modern American folktale, this is illustrated with beautiful color lithos #183 throughout. This is a beautiful copy of one of their harder to find first editions . See AIGA Best of Children’s Books 1920-1952 #69. $425.00

DE LA MARE, WALTER – 319, 320

BEAUTIFUL DE PAOLA WATERCOLOR FROM PUBLISHED BOOK 183. DE PAOLA,TOMIE. ORIGINAL ART: HUNTER AND THE ANIMALS. Offered here is the original double-page color spread by De Paola used in his wordless picture book Hunter and the Animals published in 1981 by Holiday House. The image measures 16 1/2” wide x 9” high done on art paper, signed. It appears on page 24/25 of the book. The combination of the rich lush color with De Paola’s simple style make this a most effective and lovely piece. $2750.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>) 914.764.7410 Pg 28 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 WONDERFUL DENSLOW MOTHER GOOSE ART 186. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: THE MAN IN THE MOON FROM MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a large and wonderful finished pen and ink drawing for Ye Old Time Nursery Rhymes by Mother Goose. Although the book with this title was actually published in 1939 by Baldwin & Strachan in Buffalo when the art was re- discovered (after Denslow’s death), the art itself was most likely executed circa 1910 when Denslow was actively illustrating advertising booklets. In their bibliography of Denslow, Greene and Hearn write about this art as follows: “The drawings were discovered in 1939 in the scrapbook of one William W. Reed. Since a man named Horace Reed was connected with Niagara Lithograph Company, it is likely that Denslow drew the pictures for one of his advertising pamphlets. The pictures first appeared in Youth Magazine, a hand-out to patrons of Dodd’s Dairy in Buffalo. In issue eleven, this pamphlet was announced as available from Dodd’s milkmen for ten cents.” Executed on Strathmore drawing board measuring 19 1/2” wide x 14 1/2” high, the image nearly fills the entire space, signed by Denslow with his characteristic seahorse design. This is a rare opportunity to own very fine published work by Denslow. $6000.00

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DICK AND JANE CALENDAR, PLAY AND CHART DETMOLD’S 189. DICK AND JANE. (EPHEMERA) DICK AND JANE EPHEMERA. Offered here ARABIAN NIGHTS are 4 rare and interesting items of Dick and Jane / Scott Foresman ephemera as follows: 187. (DETMOLD,EDMUND)illus. a. Calendar. This is a Dick and Jane 12 month calendar for primary grades ARABIAN NIGHTS. NY: for the school year 1959-60. Folio folded to 4to, pictorial wraps, fine. Dodd Mead (1925). Thick Each month has a full page color illustration from a Scott Foresman pre- 4to (8 X 10 1/4”), blue gilt primer, several of which are Dick and Jane. There are also instructions cloth, pictorial paste-on, to the teacher for each month that guides them in discussions that are 297p., near Fine. 1st US relevant to the monthly illustrations. A combination book and calendar. ed. of this masterful work, b. Funny, Funny Sally: A First-Grade Play. Oblong 8vo, pictorial illustrated by Detmold wraps, fine. A play in 4 acts, illus. with Sally and Tim on the front cover with 12 incredibly beautiful and with photos of children performing the play in Ohio in the text. mounted color plates with c. Health Chart - This is an accordion folded chart illus. with Dick, tissue guards plus pictorial Jane and Sally and giving the teacher an abbreviated listing of title page and b&w’s in-text. health needs and characteristics of children 6, 7 and 8 year of age. It is interesting to note d. Cumulative Individual Record for the New Basic Reading that the black and white Test. This is an 8 1/2 x 11 oblong score sheet that the teacher illustrations do not appear in would use to rate the student in 7 categories for 15 readers. the U.K. edition. $1250.00 These three items are all rare. $500.00

188. DICK AND JANE. (ART) ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a charming original watercolor by BOB CHILDRESS that appears on page 71 of the 1962 edition of Fun With Our Friends. The image measures 9” wide x 6” high. Jane and her friend Susan are playing with a toy dog and a toy horse. Vibrant colors. $1500.00

DICK AND JANE 1947 FIGURES 190. DICK AND JANE. (FIGURES) DICK AND JANE FIGURES - SALLY AND HER PLAYTMATES. Offered here are 6 Dick and Jane figures in the original Scott Foresman envelope, with a 4 page pictorial brochure enclosed, ca 1947. Each figure is in color on printed cardboard with stands with printed flaps indicating that they are to be used with the Basic Readers. All are brightly illustrated in color including Dick (9 1/2”), Jane (8 1/2”), Sally (7”), and Spot (the dog 5”), Tim (the bear 6”) and Puff (the cat 5 1/2”) in near fine condition. The 4 page printed brochure gives instructions to the teachers on how to help pupils read, has suggestions on how the figures can be used as puppets and lists titles in the series. $600.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) Helen & Marc Younger Pg 29 [email protected] DICK AND JANE 1963 FIGURES RARE FANTASIA CUT-OUT BOOK 191. DICK AND JANE. (FIGURES) DICK AND JANE FIGURES. Offered 194. (DISNEY,WALT). WALT DISNEY’S FANTASIA CUT-OUT BOOK. Racine: here is a complete set as issued of 3 large Dick and Jane figures plus Puff and Whitman (1940). Square folio (13”), pictorial card covers, one blank margin piece Spot accompanied by a 4 page pictorial brochure enclosed (which indicates that repaired else Fine and Unused. There are 6 leaves of die-cut figures of characters these figures were issued in 1963 as a set). Dick, Jane and Sally are unpunched and objects from Disney’s full length animated movie including a double-page and in color on die-cut sheets. Dick is 10 1/2”, Jane is 9”, Sally is 7), and there are color back drop scene. The back drop has slots used to attach some figures to accompanying smaller figures of a Raggedy Ann doll, Puff, Spot, books and toys. it. Instruction for assembly and play are on both covers. When completed the The 4 page printed brochure gives instructions to the teachers on how to help scene constructed is Mickey’s Orchestra and the Ballet of Comic Dancers. This pupils read, has suggestions on how the figures can be used as puppets. $750.00 is a rare Disney item. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1200.00

#191 #191

MICKEY MOUSE ALPHABET BOOK 192. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE ABC STORY. Racine: Whitman (1936). 4to, (7 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, some edge and tip wear, VG. Each page features a fabulous color illus. done in shades of orange and black by the Disney WITH WALT DISNEY Studios - 1 letter per page with all the Disney characters and an ABC song at the SIGNATURE end. An early Disney book. $400.00 195. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS adapted from Grimm’s Fairy Tales. NY: Harper Bros. 1937 (1937). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, 79p., FINE in worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with 32 color illustrations and many b&w’s by the Disney Studios - the first book adaptation of the first full length animation by Disney and the only complete story of the movie version. THIS COPY HAS A BOLD WALT DISNEY SIGNATURE - A STUDIO SIGNATURE BY ONE OF THOSE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN. $750.00

DISNEY ALSO 161, 290 (DISNEY,WALT). WALT DISNEY’S FANTASIA 193. by Deems Taylor. NY: Simon & Schuster 1940 (1940). Folio, tan cloth, 158p., a few light marks on cover DODGE, KATHERINE STURGES - 141 else fine in frayed but VG+ dust wrapper. 1st ed. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus many tipped-in color plates in addition to illustrations throughout the text in color and black & white. Based on Disney’s now classic full length CUTE DOG NOVELTY animated movie (recently re-released) for which KAY NIELSEN did the Bald 196. DOGS. PUPPY PLAY HOUSE no place: Polygraphic Co. 1951. Spiral backed Mountain sequence. Sold with the movie program booklet which has photos of pictorial boards, oblong 9 the production plus color illustrations. $2250.00 1/2 x 7 1/2”), Fine condition. When the pet store owner #190 - previous page leaves his door open, all of the dogs run away. He asks all over town but nobody has seen them. At the end of the story the dogs are all caught and brought to the fire house. When the child opens the fire house doors, there are separate die-cut dogs that the child must find the correct page in the book to put the dog into the correct slot with the dog’s name. Includes, collie, terrier, poodle, Scottie, spaniel and dachshund. Illustrated with charming color lithos, and amazingly complete with all dogs. $150.00

DOGS ALSO 14, 35, 45, 96, 120, 124, 143-4, 276, 316, 427, 566, 596 914.764.7410 Pg 30 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR RARE ADVERTISING PAPER DOLLS 197. DOLLS. THE DOLL THAT WAS 201. DOLLS. (PAPER) MUNSINGER FAMILY CUT-OUTS. Minneapolis: LOST AND FOUND by Josephine Scribner Munsing Wear no date circa 1910. There are 8 pictorial panels folded accordion style to 3 1/2 x 6 1/4”, fine and uncut. The front side of each panel hasa Gates. Toledo: Franklin Pub. Co. (1903). 8vo different paper doll for family members: grandma, grandpa, mother, father and (6 1/2 x 9”), half cloth and patterned paper, 4 children. Each figure is dressed in different Munsing Wear underwear and pictorial paste-on, 137p., near fine. This is designed to be cut out and dressed in one of 2 outfits and accessories for each the story of a rich little girl whose doll figure. The back sides of the panels have advertising information aboutthe was taken by a dog owned by a poor little company. “Don’t say underwear, say Munsingwear”. $250.00 girl. Both were miserable until their doctor solved everything with much time and effort. Printed on coated paper and illustrated in black and white by Helen J. Niles. This copy IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A charming story and quite a scarce title. $300.00

MINIATURE PAPER DOLLS IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE 198. DOLLS. (PAPER - GROCER’S) MY SMALLEST DOLL’S ROOM: Furnished Grocer’s Shop. No publishing information except “Made in Germany”. Housed in the original pictorial envelope measuring 5 1/4 x 3 1/2” is one folded card sheet containing 3 uncut paper dolls, 3 outfits and 3 accessories plus a folding color scene that shows 3 walls of a grocery store. The dolls are 2” high and there are barrels, bottles, and baskets as accessories. Amazingly complete and very scarce. $225.00

TEDDY BEAR AND GOLLIWOGG 202. DOLLS. TEDDY TAR AND DAISY a cut out and story book. (London: L. Miller), no date, circa 1950. 4to (7 5/8 x 9 7/8”), stiff pictorial card covers, fine. The story is about Daisy Doll’s birthday party and the bear and Goliwogg that attend. Illustrated in black and white in text and featuring 4 pages of charming brightly colored figures of Teddy Bears, Golliwog and others MINIATURE PAPER DOLLS IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE designed to be cut out and 199. DOLLS. (PAPER - NURSERY) MY SMALLEST DOLL’S ROOM: Furnished played with along with the Nursery. No publishing information except “Made in Germany”. Housed in the story. $100.00 original pictorial envelope measuring 5 1/4 x 3 1/2” is one folded card sheet containing 3 uncut paper dolls, 3 outfits and 3 accessories plus a folding color DOLLS SEE ALSO 56, 95, 194, 212, 271, 277, 306, 311, 342, 376, 400, 419, 487, scene that shows 3 walls of nursery with children playing with dolls and toys. 561-2 Two dolls are 2 1/4” high and one is 1 7/8” high, and there are balls, rackets, DONAHEY, WILLIAM - 549 dolls and toys as accessories. Amazingly complete and very scarce. $225.00 DORE ARTHURIAN FOLIO 203. (DORE,GUSTAVE)illus. GUINEVERE by Alfred Lord Tennyson. NY: Geo. Routledge 1868. Large folio (12x17”). Green gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt. sl. wear to tips and spine ends, hinges neatly strengthened, VG+. Illus. with 9 exquisitely detailed engraved plates. Rare and an excellent copy. $800.00

DORSET, CATHERINE ANN – 280 DRAGONS – 77, 270

#200 #203

HUGE PAPER DOLL BOOK 200. DOLLS. (PAPER) LET’S PLAY HOUSE: 3 ROOMS WITH COMPLETE FURNISHINGS by Robert Bazucha. Racine: Whitman 1932. Giant folio (12 1/2 x 19 12/”), pictorial wraps, some rubbing, UNUSED! This is a fabulous paper doll book of rooms and furnishings for the Playroom, Bed Room and Dining Room of a typical 30’s house. Featuring 250 pieces on 6 card stock pages (including covers) and with die-cuts of the three rooms as well. Rare. $800.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 31 [email protected]

204. (DRAYTON,[WIEDERSAM] #207 GRACE)illus. KIDDIE-LAND. Phil.: Geo. Jacobs (1910). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed with slight cover soil else VG+. Illustrated with 12 glorious color plates plus line illustrations on every page and pictorial endpapers. Text in verse is written in baby dialect by Drayton’s sister Margaret Hays. The vibrant color plates of cherubic little children are wonderful. Very scarce. $600.00

BOXED DULAC EDITION OF PRINCESS BADOURA 208. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. PRINCESS BADOURA: A TALE FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold by Laurence Housman. Hodder & Stoughton, NEWBERY AWARD WINNER nd (1913). 4to, white cloth pictorially stamped in blue and gold, FINE IN 205. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. THE 21 PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER (box soiled, sl. worn). First ed. Illustrated by Dulac with cover design plus 10 magnificent tipped-in color BALLOONS. NY: Viking 1947 (1947). Tall plates with pictorial guards. A lavishly produced and beautiful book in excellent condition, rare in the box. $1200.00 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”), cloth backed patterned FINE COPY OF RUBIAYAT IN ORIGINAL BOX boards, fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw very 209. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR slightly rubbed). First edition. This is KHAYYAM rendered into a fabulous adventure tale, written and English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder illustrated by Du Bois with many full page & Stoughton nd [1909]. 4to (9x11”) white cloth, and in text illustrations. NEWBERY AWARD elaborate gilt pictorial decoration, fine in original WINNER. (See Bader p.178). $475.00 box (worn with soil). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 20 beautiful tipped in color illustrations DU BOIS THREE PIGS ORIGINAL ART (with tissue guards) 206. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. ORIGINAL ART: THREE LITTLE PIGS. mounted on heavy stock Offered here is a charming pen and ink drawing for the book, retold in verse with decorative border plus and published by Viking in 1962. The image measures 4 1/4” wide x 4 1/2” high, decorative border on text signed. In this picture the wolf is running after the pig and almost catches it by pages as well. A great copy the tail. A great image. $1200.00 of a beautiful book. Hughey 21a. $850.00

RARE DULAC LIMITED EDITION SINDBAD 210. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Hodder & Stoughton nd (1914). Thick large 4to, full vellum with elaborate gilt decorations on cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, small area of front and rear lower corners discolored else VG-Fine with original silk ties. 1st ed., LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC (this not numbered). A most sumptuous and beautiful book, illustrated by Dulac with 23 tipped- in color plates on gilt decorated mounts with lettered guards and with gilt decorations and borders on text pages. One of Dulac’s most lovely and desired books and very scarce in the limited edition. $6500.00

SCARCE DU BOIS TITLE 207. (DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE)illus. THREE LITTLE PIGS in verse. NY: Viking (1962). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4”), brick patterned cloth, 32p., Fine in dust wrapper (small edge chip). 1st ed. Wonderfully illustrated in color on every page by Du Bois. Quite scarce. $225.00 914.764.7410 Pg 32 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ARABIAN NIGHTS FIRST EDITION 214. EARLY AMERICAN. (BATTLEDORE) THE UNCLE’S PRESENT, A 211. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS NEW BATTLEDOOR. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson (147 Market St.) (on flap), retold by L. Housman. NY & Philadelphia: Sold by Benjamin Warner (on rear cover), no date circa 1810. 3 London: Charles Scribner’s 3/4 x 6 1/2”, brown pictorial wrappers, near fine. The front and back covers Sons & Hodder and have woodcuts attributed to Wm. Mason on the front and A. Anderson on rear. Stoughton, (1907). Thick The front cover heeds “Read and be Wise” and the flap adds “Come, read and 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), gilt learn.” The inside is composed entirely of an alphabet. Unlike most battledores, decorated cloth, 133p., this has an extra leaf inside allowing for one large illustration for each letter slight bit of rear cover soil of the ABC. The woodcuts are particularly charming depicting various Cries and front endpaper rubbed of London and with word examples for the particular letter. Rosenbach says at hinge (not weak) else near “The Cries illustrating the alphabet are a very pretty set, and are probably an Fine. First American edition early set of Newcastle or York Cries by BEWICK.... The letters J and U are (identical to the British omitted in order to have 24 letters for 24 compartments.” Battledores were except for publisher’s learning vehicles that served double duty. Inside the classroom they were for imprint). Illustrated with learning the ABC’s but at recess they could be used in pre-baseball type game of 50 tipped in color plates battledore and shuttlecock. This is one of the best examples of a battledore. mounted on dark paper at Welch 1363. Rosenbach 428 (also pictured). $1200.00 the back of the book as issued. This is a nice copy of an increasingly scarce book with some of Dulac’s finest work. $1500.00

DUTCH INTEREST – 28, 125, 147, 233

WITH EXTRA BOOK FOR LITTLE HANDS 212. (DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. DOLL FOR MARIE by Louise Fatio. NY: Whittlesey House (1957). 4to (7 1/2 x 10”), cloth, Fine in slightly soiled dust wrapper. First edition. This is the story of an antique doll that finds a home with a lonely girl. Wonderfully illustrated in WITH 6 PAGE LIST OF LONG ISLAND SUBSCRIBER’S NAMES color by Duvoisin. Inserted into 215. EARLY AMERICAN. NEW GRAMMATICAL SPELLING BOOK; being an a pocket in the rear of the book Easy Introduction to the English Language, Teaching the different parts of is a SMALLER VERSION OF THE speech, and definitions of all the Words Contained in the Tables of Spelling, from BOOK (4 x 5 1/2”) so that the Two to Six Syllables. also, A Synopsis of English Grammar, with an easy Praxis on owner can either give the book some Passages in Scripture, to Practice the Learner in the Rules of Reading and to her doll, or she can turn the Punctuation, &c. -- the Whole Adapted to the Capacity of Youth, and Composed pages as the story is being read for the Use of Schools by Platt Kennedy (Late Instructor at Huntington, Long to her. $250.00 Island. New York: Printed by David Denniston 1801. 12mo, leather backed, paper over wooden boards, 175p. G.S. PETERS PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN COLOR + 6 page list of subscribers, 1 BROADSHEET page of errata. Lacks half of free endpaper, endpapers with 213. EARLY AMERICAN. DIE WEGE ZUM EWIGEN LEBEN, ODER ZUM inked word lists, edges worn, EWIGEN VERDERBEN [THE PATHS TO HEAVEN AND HELL]. Harrisburg, some fraying, overall tight and PA: G.S. Peters, no date, circa 1835. One sheet 13 3/4” wide x 10 1/4” high, light in typical condition for this stain on one corner and a few old mends on verso, VG. Broadsheets were a form type of book. 1st and probably of wall art as well as having the educational use of teaching the moral and ethical only edition of this speller. The right way to live. Sub-titled the New Jerusalem, the very detailed image shows text lists hundreds of words, three pathways to the afterlife; one leads to heaven and the other two lead to syllables and includes a section the Devil and a burning Hell. One of the two small text blocks in Pennsylvania on grammar. Only one illustration German begins: “Hier is die Pforte gross und weit, die stehet offen alle Zeit; present being a tailpiece. What da kannst du durch mit Sack und Pack, man ist allda nicht so exakt - Here is the is most interesting are the 6 entrance great and wide, it stays open at all times; pass ye through with sack pages of names of subscribers and pack, one is not all so exact.” The image likely derives from an earlier Swiss who essentially underwrote the picture and was one of Peters’ most popular offerings. $1500.00 cost of the book. In most cases it lists the buyer’s town and number of copies purchased. A great bit of local Long Island history. $450.00

CINCINNATI 1834 216. EARLY AMERICAN. WESTERN PRIMER, or introduction to Webster’s Spelling Book. Cincinnati: Corey and Fairbank 1834 (1833). 3 1/2 x 5 1/2”, 35p., cloth on spine, occasional fox spot, VG+. Fifty progressive lessons illustrated with 77 woodcuts throughout the text. The ad on the verso of the title emphasizes that “much pains have been taken to arrange the lessons in such a manner as to make them plain and the same time interesting to children.” $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 33 [email protected] 1785 FAIRY TALE - WOMAN AUTHOR & SHOP OWNER REWARDS OF MERIT BOOK WITH STAMPS 217. EARLY ENGLISH. (PEACOCK,LUCY) THE ADVENTURES OF THE SIX 220. ETIQUETTE. THE FUN OF BEING GOOD: a record to encourage right PRINCESSES OF BABYLON, IN THEIR TRAVELS TO THE TEMPLE OF habits of conduct and manners by Elizabeth Herbert Childs. NY: Sam Gabriel, VIRTUE: AN ALLEGORY. Lond: Printed for the author by T. Bensley 1785. 1918. Oblong 4to, cloth-backed xxi, 131p., 4to (6 3/4 x 9”), 1/2 leather, marbled boards, covers strengthened, pictorial boards., sl. cover soil, later endpapers, VG. First else NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL edition of the author’s first PICTORIAL BOX (flap repaired), book, SIGNED IN FULL ON For every good deed the child does in THE LAST PAGE. This is a a day, he earns a stamp to place in the fairy allegory written for book. Contains national flags, state children with inspiration insignias and shields, as well as coats- drawn from Spencer’s Faerie of-arms and signal flags. Text is in Queen. Dedicated to Princess verse and illustrated in style of Jessie Mary with an impressive list Willcox Smith in line. Some stamps of 1250 list of subscribers. already pasted down. A “modern” Osborne p.286-7 explains adaptation of an 18th century that “the author was also a idea. $250.00 bookseller who kept a shop at Oxford Street. This was ETIQUETTE SEE ALSO 91, 126 her first book, written at an early age.” Quayle (Coll. Bk. of MARIE ETS RARE CALDECOTT HONOR TITLE Child. Bks p.32) also remarks 221. ETS, MARIE HALL. PLAY WITH ME. NY: Viking 1955 (1955). 4to (7 7/8 that this book is unusual x 10 1/8”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some soil and a few edge chips. First because of its quarto size edition. CALDECOTT HONOR. This is a lovely picture book with only 2 lines of (most children’s books of the text per page, set in a large font. Illustrated with charming color lithographs on era were much smaller) and each page. This was Ets’ first book in color. See Bader p.172-3. Rare. $600.00 its price of 3s6d (42 cents) compared to the usual price of 6 cents. See also Gumuchian 4392. A wonderful early fairy tale. $1200.00

EARLY ENGLISH SEE ALSO 280

FANTASTIC BOOK ON MAKING CHILDREN’S FURNITURE & TOYS 218. EDUCATION. HELEN SPEER BOOK OF CHILDREN’S WHITE PINE TOYS & FURNITURE. Published in 1915 by Helen Speer, seller of children’s toys and furniture, 8 West 47th Street, New York, NY. Oblong 8vo (6” x 9”), pictorial wraps, 24p., Fine. Illustrated with 4 full pages in color and others in line. As a manual the catalog presents models and instructions for home workshop construction of children’s toys and animals in white pine. For those disinclined to build their own, there is a price list in the back with over 40 finished pieces to order (priced up to $25!) from Helen Speer’s business in Manhattan. Topical subjects or items to be constructed covered in the catalog are: the boy’s workshop, the bob-sled, animal furniture, nursery tables EVANS, EDMUND – 263, 442, 458 chairs and screen, nursery toys, doll house, combination bedroom BEAUTIFUL ART and nursery, playroom furniture, NOUVEAU BINDING bedroom furniture, the nursery, 222. FABLES. FABLES OF open-air play porch, toys for the AESOP. NY & Boston: H.M. sandbox, playground furniture, Caldwell. no date, circa 1905. sand animals, garden toys, and 8vo (5 x 7 3/4”). green cloth stenciling. The book beings with with beautiful gold and black a message to children and before classic art nouveau design on the price list in the back, the cover and spine, top edge book concludes with a message to gilt, 255p. corner of rear parents extolling the merits of cover darkened else fine. pine wood in children’s furniture Illustrated by R.H. with from the White Pine Bureau 7 black and white plates. (a trade association based in This is a lovely edition of Saint Paul, Minnesota). Scarce. Aesop. Fables see also $200.00 116, 229, 278, 337, 488-9. $225.00 EDUCATION SEE ALSO 15, 18, 32, 43, 220, 226, 252, 303, 307, 398, 425, 569

ELEPHANTS – 414

ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT – 86, 88, 575 SCARCE VOLLAND TITLE ETHNIC STEREOTYPES – 145, 291, 306, 308, 223. FAIRIES. ADVENTURES OF NIP 386 Black Interest and Bannerman AND TUCK by Muriel Moscrip Mitchell. Joliet: Volland (1927 3rd edition). 8vo, MANNERS FOR CHILDREN pictorial boards, sl. rubbing else near FINE 219. ETIQUETTE. ANIMAL ETIQUETTE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (box with some soil BOOK by Helen Cowles LeCron. NY: and flap repair). This is a charming story Frederick Stokes 1926 (1926). 8vo (6 1/4 x of 2 little tree fairies named Nip and Tuck 8 1/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 95p., title and what happens to them when Nip is and frontis foxed else VG. 1st edition. The accidently captured by humans. Illustrated text teaches proper manners through clever by MARY ELLSWORTH with beautiful color and humorous poems about various naughty illustrations throughout. Very scarce Volland animals. Illustrated by Maurice Day with title. $300.00 full color frontis plus 24 full page wonderful black and white line illustrations. $150.00 914.764.7410 Pg 34 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 STUNNING CINDERELLA BY HILDA LANGEN WITH NOVELTY DOORS 224. FAIRIES. A FAIRY 228. FAIRY TALES. (CINDERELLA) ASCHENBRODEL by Marta Strachwitz. Basel, NIGHT’S DREAM OR Switzerland: Benno Schwab (1941). Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, THE HORN OF OBERON. covers dusty else fine. Illustrated by Hilda Langen on every page with beautiful Chicago: Laird & Lee (1900). rich lithographs in color or brown. Many of the pages have doors with clasps that 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth open to reveal color lithos below. A very unusual and beautiful book. $475.00 backed pictorial boards, 95p., light cover rubbing else VG+. This is a wonderful fairy story featuring Titania, Oberon, Christoph and his love Gertrude plus a host of other fairies. Illustrated by Gwynne Price with lovely color frontis, 10 nearly full page half-tones plus chapter tail pieces. A lovely book/ $200.00

FAIRY SOAP FAIRY TALE ILLUS. BY FANNY CORY 225. FAIRIES. FAIRY PUSS * JACK * WHITE CAT * HARE & TORTOISE TALES Third Series. 229. FAIRY TALES. (McLOUGHLIN) AUNT LOUISA’S FAIRY LEGENDS. Chicago: N.K. Fairbank NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date (inscribed 1875). 4to (9 1/2 x 10 3/4”), brown Co., Makers of Fairy Soap cloth stamped in black and gold, pictorial paste-on, slight fading on rear (1903). 12mo (5 x 7 1/4”), cover else near fine. This is a super book of fairy tales containing PUSS IN string bound pictorial BOOTS, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, the WHITE CAT and the HARE & THE wraps, slightest bit of spine TORTOISE. Featuring 24 very fine full page chromolithographs (6 per story) rubbing else Fine. This is an with text and illustrations printed on one side of the page. This title was also advertising fairy story told in published with a different selection of fairy tales. A particularly lovely book of verse integrating Fairy Soap fairy tales and fable in great condition. $500.00 into the text. Illustrated by Fanny Cory with 10 full #229 page and 1 double page color lithographs highlighted in gold and in 3-color on every page of text. The drawings are delicate and absolutely lovely. $250.00

TEXT BY SCHOOL CHILDREN - RICHARDSON ILLUS. 226. FAIRIES. JACK O’HEALTH AND PEG O’JOY: A FAIRY TALE FOR CHILDREN by Beatrice Herben. NY: Scribner (1921 B). 8vo, pictorial cloth, VG. These are #229 fairy stories with health themes based upon jingles written by the children of public school 15 in N.Y.C. The Good Fairy teaches Peggy and Jack never to eat a ANDRE’S lollipop that someone has eaten before you, eat vegetables, eat PUSS IN BOOTS clean food and more. Illustrated 230. FAIRY TALES. PUSS by Frederick Richardson with IN BOOTS. NY: McLoughlin 10 full page color illustrations Bros. 1897. 4to (8 3/8 x 10 and several smaller color illus. in-text. Intro. by Anne Carroll 5/8”), pictorial wraps, near Moore. $125.00 fine. Illustrated by R. Andre with 6 stunning full page chromolithographs and with GERMAN FLOWER color cover as well. A title FAIRIES in McLoughlin’s Cinderella 227. FAIRIES. LUFTIBUS LOWENZAHN: EIN Series. $350.00 BLUMENMARCHEN by Harry Maasz-Lubeck. Lahr in Baden: Richard Keutel (1928). Folio (9 1/2 x 13 1/2”), FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES pictorial cloth [81]p., Fine In 231. FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES Dust Wrapper. 1st edition. by Olivia McCabe. Chic.: Rand McNally The text of this flower- fairy fantasy is illustrated (1911). Small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, by Franziska Schenkel with 133p., slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st ed. 12 fabulous color plates Six original fairy stories including the title, and numerous detailed pen The White Cock of the Enchanted Palace, and inks all throughout the text showing the denizens The Shoes of Silence, Fairy Twilight and the of this fairy forest. This is Princess, Prince of the Sun Bright Isle and a beautiful copy of a scarce The Little Girl and the Crow in Fairyland. Weimar Republic children’s book. $400.00 Illus. by HOPE DUNLOP with 12 beautiful color plates plus b&w’s in-text and pictorial endpapers. $275.00 FAIRIES SEE ALSO 22, 54, 57, 138, 231, 250, 268, 406, 407, 579 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 35 [email protected] GNOMES GREAT ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS / WITH 3 ABC’S 232. FAIRY TALES. ZWULF 236. FARJEON,ELEANOR. NUTS AND MAY: A MEDLEY FOR CHILDREN. Lond: Collins no date circa 1929. Thick 4to, (8x10”), 264p., cloth, pictorial paste- ZWERGE UND IHR KONIG on, Fine in slightly frayed geschichten fur grosse und dust wrapper. This is an kleine kinder von Udalbert anthology of poems, plays and stories by Farjeon with Zoellner. Munchen: Braun the first section devoted to & Schneider 1926. 8vo, Italy and with 3 wonderful cloth, pictorial paste-on, theme alphabets, each with 1 page devoted to each letter. 70p., VG+. 12 fairy tales Illustrated in classic Art featuring gnomes - one for Deco style by ROSALIND each month of the year. THORNYCROFT with Illus. by PAUL LOTHAR pictorial endpapers, many full page bold color illus. MULLER with 12 fine color and a profusion of black plates. $300.00 &whites. A fine example of children’s literature FAIRY TALES SEE ALSO – 47, 54-5, 69, 101, 175, 195, 217, 225, 257, 266, 302, and illustration from that 318, 338, 351, 387, 392, 397, 413, 418, 420, 446, 450, 468, era. $375.00 470-1, 480, 502, 575 FIREFIGHTING - 301 FLOWER CHILDREN ANNOTATED MANUSCRIPTS 233. FANTASY. JANJTE IN 237. FLACK,MARJORIE. BLOEMBOLLENLAND door Freddie THE RESTLESS ROBIN - Langeler. Alkmaar [Holland]: Kluitman, MANUSCRIPTS. Offered here are no date, circa 1931. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 two typed manuscripts for Flack’s x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, book The Restless Robin published tips worn else VG+. The story is a by Houghton Mifflin in 1937. Each is fantasy adventure of a little boy who in a black paper folder with the label becomes small and visits a land of flower of Harold Ober, her literary agent, on the cover. The 9 page copy is children. Illustrated by Langeler with heavily notated and revised in pencil 10 charming full page color illustrations with many changes to the text. The plus pictorial endpapers. Langeler 8 page copy has pencil notations as was a self-taught woman illustrator well and also has descriptions of of many Dutch picture books. This is the pictures and where to place lovely. $450.00 them. It is always interesting to follow the process of writing a ALICE-LIKE FANTASY - HAND-COLORED children’s book and to compare 234. FANTASY. LUSOTTE ET LES HISTOIRES QU’ON LUI RACONTE texte early versions with the published et dessins par M.J. Taupenot. Preface de la Princesse Lucien Murat. Paris: A La book. Sold with an early printing in Belle Edition (1917). Folio (11 1/2 x 14”). pictorial wraps, covers slightly dusty else dust wrapper of the book. This is Fine. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON VERGE PAPER in a large, readable font. When Lusotte refuses to do her home work, she is punished a special item by the award winning by not being allowed to play and decides to run away. She goes outside in the rain Flack, probably best known for her and suddenly falls down a basin Story About Ping and her Angus into the water where she books. $650.00 discovers she can live without breathing air. She and her FLAGS – 9, 220, 350 pet elephant then embark upon many adventures in a red city, in a land where red fish 96 PRANG COLOR PLATES rule and more. Her guardian 238. FLOWERS. NATIVE FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES angel protects her. In the IN THEIR BOTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL AND POPULAR ASPECTS by end, she awakes in her bed Thomas Meehan. Boston: Prang 1878. 2 volumes, original 3/4 leather, all edges and it appears that it all was a gilt, 192, 200p., some rubbing dream until she sees her wet and very occasional soil, VG+. dress in the corner dripping 1st ed. of the first series of onto the floor. Featuring 10 this acclaimed set by well known full page and more than 50 botanist Meehan (published in smaller charming hand-colored 2 series of 2 volumes each). illustrations by the author. Illustrated with 96 magnificent This is a wonderful fantasy. chromolithographs of flowers (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR after paintings by Alois Lunzer. COVER) $1350.00 See McClinton: Prang p. 133 where she notes that “the MERLE JOHNSON ILLUSTRATIONS lithographs in these volumes 235. FANTASY. PINKEY AND THE PLUMED are of excellent color and KNIGHT by Frederick Chapin. Akron: composition and suitable for Saalfield (1909). 4to, pictorial cloth, some framing. However, the books normal shelf wear, VG+. The fantasy story of themselves are also a collector’s a knight who comes alive in the 20th century item for anyone interested in and has adventures and unusual encounters. American botanical books, a field Illustrated by Merle Johnson with 8 largely neglected by collectors” color plates, pictorial endpapers and many $850.00 b&w’s. $300.00

FLOWERS SEE ALSO 227, 233, 249, 496, 575, 577, 579 FANTASY SEE ALSO Baum, 121, 250, 408, 504, 552 914.764.7410 Pg 36 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 FABULOUS MANUSCRIPT WITH 42 WATERCOLORS! 239. FREEMAN,DON. GAYLORD THE GAY GOAT [THE GOAT OF MANY 241. (FREEMAN,DON)illus. PET OF COLORS]. This is a remarkable manuscript for an apparently unpublished book THE MET by Lydia Freeman. NY: by Freeman. It is in a large format spiral backed artist’s sketch book 12 1/4” Viking 1953 (1953). Oblong 4to (10 wide x 10” high. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a fine finished watercolor x 8 1/4”), cloth, Fine in slightly worn with typewritten text mounted on the page. The story is about a naughty goat dust wrapper. 1st edition, A musical named Gaylord that eats Otto’s the artist paint palette and then runs away with mouse works at the Metropolitan Otto’s painting. When he awakes the next day, Gaylord finds that his coat has Opera House! Wonderful color become the many colors of the palette. He flees in distress and goes to the city lithos on every page by Don Freeman where the next part of his adventure begins. The story is as charming as the with an equally wonderful story line illustrations. A wonderful manuscript. $6000.00 by his wife. His most desired title and quite scarce. See Bader p.206- 208. $400.00

WITH 20 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS 242. FRENCH. (BARBIZON SCHOOL) LE PAYSAGISTE AUX CHAMPS by Frederic Henriet. Paris: A. Levy 1876. 4to (7 1/4 x 10 3/4”), original blue cloth with elaborate gilt design and black stamping, all edges gilt, 142p., Fine. LIMITED TO 135 COPIES. Illustrated with 20 original etchings and 2 etched reproductions by the leading members of the Barbizon school including works by Daubigny (Le Botin a Conflans), Corot (Solitude), Pequegnot, Lhermitte, Lalanne, Cassagne, Desbrosses, Delauney (Le Pont Neuf), Taiee, Portier, Veyrassat (Cour de Ferme) and a few others. A beautiful copy of a beautiful book. $1850.00

FRENCH SEE ALSO 40, 103, 234, 290, 337, 375, 377, 412, 422-4, 434-8, 489, 592, 593

RARE PICTURE BOOK BY SIGMUND FREUD’S NIECE 243. FREUD,TOM SEIDMANN. DAS BUCH DER DINGE: Ein Bilderbuch fur OIL SLICK ENVIRONMENTALISM ganz kleine kinder [A Book of Things: A Picture Book for Very Young Children]. Berlin: Mauritius 1922. Oblong 4to (9 1/2 x 8 1/4”), cloth backed INSCRIBED WITH COLOR DRAWING pictorial boards. Corners worn, binding strengthened, some edge chipping and 240. FREEMAN,DON. THE SEAL AND THE SLICK. NY: Viking Press (1974 a few mends. Due to the paper used, all copies of this title have some edge 1-5 code). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn chipping; this is a VG copy. First edition. Illustrated with 16 striking and stylized near fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. The story is about a baby seal that swims hand-colored full page illustrations printed on one side of the paper only. The through an off-shore oil spill slick and then, unable to swim, it gets washed on only text is a caption identifying each picture. Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was shore. It is found by some children, cleaned up and sent back to sea. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL FULL PAGE FULL COLOR DRAWING OF THE SEAL SITTING ON A ROCK WITH WATER, TREES AND MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND, INSCRIBED BY FREEMAN. The story was inspired by an actual disastrous oil spill resulting from off shore drilling off Santa Barbara in 1969 that Freeman witnessed. It prompted him to join an organization devoted to preventing offshore oil drilling called GOO (Get Oil Out). Sadly, the topic could not be more relevant today. $1250.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 37 [email protected] a German children’s book illustrator who was one of the pioneers of the avant GAG LITHOGRAPH garde art movement “neue sachlichkeit” in post WWI Germany that coincided 247. GAG,WANDA. SPINNING WHEEL LITHOGRAPH. This is a lovely stone with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations in children’s books were felt the lithograph by Wanda Gag signed and dated by her 1927 and limited to 100 copies. world over. Tom was also a niece of Sigmund Freud. She emigrated to Israel to The image consists of a spinning wheel, a large wooden counter and several glass escape the Nazi’s and unfortunately died a tragic death. Rare. $3500.00 bottles in various places. Done on Arches buff wove paper, the image measures 10” wide x 7 3/4” high, on paper 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 and is attractively matted and FROGS – 254, 352, 379, 576 FROST, A.B. - 279 framed to 17 1/2 x 15 1/2” (archival framing). Lovely and very scarce. $1200.00 FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 244. FRYER,JANE EAYRE. THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK or Adventures Among the Kitchen People. Phil: John C. Winston (1912). 4to, (7 x 9 1/2”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 175p., Fine in dust wrapper (edges frayed, 1” piece off spine). Mary Frances spends 3 magical weeks in fairyland with the Kitchen People (humanized kitchen utensils) including Aunty Rolling Pin and others. By the end of the book, the young reader can cook a variety of dishes from toast to banana bread pudding. Illustrated by JANE ALLEN BOYER with color frontis plus a profusion of full page and in-text color illustrations throughout the text by Margaret Hays. A 248. GAG,WANDA. GONE IS GONE. NY: Coward McCann (1935). 12mo (4 1/2 great copy, rare in the dust x 6 1/4”), green cloth, Fine in lightly soiled and worn dust wrapper. 1st edition wrapper. $600.00 of this old Bohemian tale telling of a husband who wanted to do housework. Illustrated by Gag with color frontis plus black and whites on every page. Very LIMITED EDITION scarce and a nice copy. (See Bader p. 37) $450.00 SIGNED BY GAG GAG, WANDA SEE ALSO 569 GAMES – 37, 346, 422, 467 WITH WOOD ENGRAVING 245. GAG,WANDA. MILLIONS OF CATS. NY: Coward McCann 1928 (1928). #249 Oblong small 4to, (9 7/8” wide x 6 3/4), pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S SLIP CASE with pictorial label (edges neatly reinforced). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GAG AND CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING ALSO SIGNED BY GAG! A high spot of children’s literature and one of the best books for children of all time, this is beautifully illustrated and has hand-lettered text. See Bader p.34 who describes this classic as “form and character fused ... [where] words and pictures reinforce one another.” Rare in the limited edition especially with the wood engraving. $7500.00

GARDENING FOR CHILDREN 249. GARDENING. CHILDREN’S BOOK OF GARDENING by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick and Mrs. Paynter. London: Adam and Charles Black 1909. 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 1/2”), gilt decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, 235p. + ads, top edge gilt, near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated with 12 beautiful color plates by Mrs. Cayley-Robinson. Contains: 1. The Situation and Soil. 2. Annuals. 3. Hardy Perennials. 4. Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers. 5. Biennials. 6. Bedding Plants. 7. Roses. 8. Carnations and Pinks. 10. Rock and Wall Gardens. 11. Difficult and Shady Gardens. 12. Some Hardy Climbers. 13. Fruit and Vegetables. 14. Window, Room, and Japanese Gardens. 15. A Calendar of Work. Great copy, quite scarce. Gardening see also 577. $325.00

UNUSUAL GAG EPHEMERA 250. GAZE,HAROLD. COPPER TOP. NY: Harper Brothers (1924 B-Y). Thick 246. (GAG,WANDA)illus. CHECKERBOARD. NY: Weyhe Gallery (1930). 8vo (6 x 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), 338p., blue cloth stamped in gold. Last illustration slightly 9”) pictorial wraps, [16]p. including covers, Very Good condition. LIMITED TO 5000 out of register else Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped spine ends). First American COPIES. The Checkerboard was a 1930 a publication from the Weyhe Gallery in edition of this marvelous fantasy New York. This issue is devoted entirely to the work of Wanda Gag. In addition adventure written by Gaze as well to biographical material, as illustrated by him. The story there is a chronological list is about a little girl who meets of her etchings, lithographs all manner of strange gnomes, and woodcuts plus a list fairies and creatures after she of her books to date. It goes to sleep at night. Illustrated features 4 full page and 3 by Gaze with 12 beautiful color partial page illustrations - plates plus many full and partial wood engravings or linoleum page fanciful line illustrations. cuts printed directly from Gaze was a New Zealand artist the blocks. The cover was who “dominated the fairy genre lettered by Howard Gag. in Australian children’s books Also included is an invitation “ after Ida Rentoul Outhwaite to the Weyhe Gallery’s 1940 (See Muir History of Australian retrospective show of Gag’s Children’s Book Illus. p.77). work with a charming woodcut Scarce in dust wrapper. $650.00 by Gag. $750.00 914.764.7410 Pg 38 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 KANGAROO TEACHER ELSE WENZ-VIETOR 251. GERMAN. BEI TANTE INSECTS AND ANIMALS GRUH von C. O. Petersen. 255. GERMAN. VOM HIMMEL DER TIERE Mainz: Scholz no date, owner inscribed 1932. Square 4to von Sophie Reinheimer. Oldenburg: Stalling (8 1/2 x 9”), cloth backed 1930. Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial pictorial boards. Edge of endpaper faded else VG. boards, VG+. Fabulously illustrated in color This is a charming picture by ELSE WENZ-VIETOR with all manner of book about a school led by humanized insects and animals. Beautifully a Kangaroo with an elephant, frog, cat, tiger, dog and bear printed. $300.00 for students. Beautifully printed with 12 full page color illustrations and with STUNNING COLOR WOODCUTS - GNOMES smaller color drawings 256. GERMAN. WUNDERFITCHEN ein Waldmarchen [by] Wera Niethammer. on text pages by the Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, no date [1914]. Oblong 4to (9 1/2 x 7”), author. $200.00 pictorial cloth, 83p. + 1p. ad, slight darkening of cloth else BOHNY’S PICTURE BOOK NEW EDITION near Fine. 1st edition. Life 252. GERMAN. BOHNY’S NEUES in the forest is shown from BILDERBUCH Anleitung zum the perspective of a little Anschauen, Denken, Rechnen und gnome. Illustrated by Fritz Sprechen fur Kinder von 2 1/2 bis Lang with 14 incredible full 7 Jahren. [The New Picture Book page color woodcut plates Being Pictorial Lessons on Form, and with many color cuts Comparison, and Number for Children in-text. Fine color printing from 2 1/2 - 7 Years]. Esslingen: and vivid colors make this Schreiber, dreizehnte, ganzlich neu a great book. Bilderwelt gezeichnete auflage (1892). Oblong 487. $750.00 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, sl. cover soil else VG+. New edition. GERMAN ALSO – 16, 53, 101, 113, 195, 213, 227, 232, 243, 248, 266, 278, First published in Germany circa 285-6, 341, 353-6, 375, 377, 386, 408, 418, 420, 450, 472, 488, 512 1848, Bohny’s book was the outcome of the educational reform that had GNOMES – 21-2, 49, 232, 250, 256 been occurring in Europe beginning with Pestalozzi and continued by 257. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. Froebel. Bohny, also an educator, THE FAIRY BOOK by John believed that rote learning was Fairfax. London: Macmillan ineffective. His picture book offered 1913 (1913). Large thick 4to images of hundreds of everyday (7 1/2 x 10”), [379]p., green objects presented in an order of cloth with extensive and increasing complexity from which beautiful gilt decoration on the child could learn simple and more cover and spine, top edge complicated concepts. This edition is gilt. Tiny split at head of in the same format as the original but spine and a few spots on the figures in the illustrations have title else near Fine. First been updated to reflect contemporary edition. This marvelous modes of fashion, toys, utensils etc. collection of 36 classic fairy Featuring 36 chromolithographed tales by Grimm, Perrault, plates with nearly 400 Mme. D’Aulnois and more, objects. $850.00 is illustrated by Goble with 32 absolutely beautiful STUNNING SILHOUETTES color plates with lettered (SWISS GERMAN PICTURE BOOK) tissue guards. Scarce in 253. GERMAN. LUEGINSLAND with text such clean bright condition! by Elisabeth Muller. Aarau [Switzerland]: $975.00 H.R. Sauerlander (1948). Oblong 4to (11 ONLY 150 COPIES EDITION DELUXE 3/4 x 8 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 258. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. STORIES FROM THE PENTAMERONE by Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Illustrated Giambattista Basile. Lond: Macmillan 1911. Large 4to, [304]p., original full vellum by Bernhard Wyss with 22 wonderful full stamped in gold, top edge gilt, sl. toning to covers, some occasional foxing (worse page silhouettes - one opposite each page on non-pictorial endpapers), near Fine in original dust wrapper with silk ties of text. The text is arranged by month renewed. ONE OF ONLY 150 COPIES OF THE EDITION DELUXE. Illustrated by Goble with 32 magnificent tissue-guarded color plates. A sumptuous production beginning with May and the pictures show and rare title. $2250.00 activities in a village that would occur during that month. The verso of the dust wrapper has an additional fabulous double page silhouette illustration. $250.00

HUMANIZED FROGS AND INSECTS 254. GERMAN. PUCK DER AUSREISSER verse von Hans Watzlik. Koln: Schaffstein 1928. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9 /12”), cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in sl. frayed dust wrapper. Every page of text in verse faces a very fine full page color lithograph by Mathilde Ritter. The book features a group of tiny forest elves and their humanized forest denizen friends (frogs, bees, mice etc). GOETHE, W. – 488 GOLDEN BOOKS - 523 Great! $450.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 39 [email protected] RARE GOLF TITLE ILLUSTRATED BY R. ANDRE SIGNED BY 259. GOLF. COLONEL BOGEY’S SKETCH BOOK by R. Andre. Lond.: Longmans, GRAHAME AND SHEPARD Green & Co. 1897. Oblong 4to, 11” wide x 8 1/2”. Cloth backed pictorial boards, 262. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE 44p., covers a little scratched, hinges neatly strengthened, VG+. 1st edition. A DREAM DAYS. Lond: John Lane tongue and cheek history of golf begins with the prehistoric Golfosaurian and moves on to the missing “link” the Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus. Andre’s text Bodley (1930). Tall 8vo, vellum backed on “Modern” golf proves that the golf widow was not a 20th century phenomenon marbled boards, FINE IN SLIP CASE. with his assertion that “golf is antagonistic to domestic happiness.” There LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED are humorous parodies about golf (A Lay of Link Lunacy) and depictions of golfing animals including the Putting Pachyderm. The illustrations throughout TO ONLY 275 COPIES SIGNED BY the text are detailed and clever. Andre is best known for his children’s book KENNETH GRAHAME AND ERNEST illustrations, but he was also an avid golfer, even one of the founders of the SHEPARD. Printed on special rag West Herts Golf Club. This is a wonderful and rare golf book. $2750.00 paper and illustrated by ERNEST H. SHEPARD with beautiful black and whites. $1200.00

GRAHAME, KENNETH SEE ALSO 364

SET OF ALMANACKS IN CUSTOM LEATHER CASE 263. GREENAWAY,KATE. KATE GREENAWAY ALMANACKS - A COMPLETE SET. Offered here is a complete set of 14 Almanacks (including the rare 1897 Almanack) plus an extra 1892 Almanack. They are dated 1893-1897 with 1896 never issued. All published by Routledge except 1897 which was published by Dent. All but one are in unusually FINE CONDITION (one has neat hinge repair) INCLUDING 6 IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED MAILERS / DUST WRAPPERS AND ALL BUT ONE OF THE OTHERS ARE IN ORIGINAL GLASSINES! The illustrations by Greenaway are particularly charming with colors richly printed by Edmund Evans. This set INCLUDES A FABULOUS ASSOCIATION ITEM: THERE IS A HAND-WRITTEN RECEIPT BY GREENAWAY DATED 1892 GIVEN TO EDMUND EVANS acknowledging that Evans had paid Greenaway 25 pounds on account for the 1892 Almanac. All are creatively housed in a beautiful custom box with leather spine printed in gold. Bindings as follows: 1883 - Schuster 3-1a 1891 - Schuster 11-9a GORDON, ELIZABETH – 570, 579 1884 - Schuster 4-2a 1892 - Schuster 12-10b 1885 - Schuster 5-3a 1893 - Schuster 13-11a (dw) LIMITED EDITION 1886 - Schuster 6-4c (dw) 1894 - Schuster 14-12a (dw) 1887 - Schuster 7-5a 1895 - Schuster 15-13a “WIND IN THE 1888 - Schuster 8-6b (dw) 1897 - Schuster 16-14a WILLOWS” 1889 - Schuster 9-7a (dw) 1890 - Schuster 10-8a (dw) 260. GRAHAME,KENNETH. A magnificent set, rarely found in such fine condition. $5500.00 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Lond: Methuen (1931). 4to, cloth backed boards, 312p., very slight cover soil else VG-Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. Illustrated by Shepard and printed on hand-made paper. Rare. $9500.00

PAUL BRANSOM’S ILLUSTRATIONS 261. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. London: Methuen (1913). 8vo (6 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green pictorial cloth, slight spotting on foredge else near Fine In Dust Wrapper with mounted color plate (dw 1/4 chip across head of spine and a few mends else VG+). First edition with Bransom illustrations issued in the U.S. the same year (7th overall edition of this title). Illustrated by PAUL BRANSOM with pictorial cover design, pictorial endpapers , tinted pen and ink on the title, plus 10 very lovely color plates. Bransom is in his element with animals, making this a wonderful edition of this classic. Nice copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 40 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GREENAWAY PIRACY GROVER, EULALIE - 36 264. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. A APPLE PIE. Akron: Saalfield 1907. 12mo (5 x 6 1/2”), bottom edge cropped unevenly else VG+. This is a Saalfield Muslin book PERHAPS THE RAREST printed on cloth and illustrated on every page in color by Greenaway. $250.00 GRUELLE BOOK 267. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. QUACKY #265 DOODLES’ AND DANNY DADDLES’ BOOK by Rose String Hubbell. Chicago: Volland (1916, printing statement not legible). 8vo (6 x 9 1/8”), pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX! The story of the toy duck named Quacky Doodles and his friend Teddy Bear and his other toy friends, illustrated in color on every page by Gruelle and with silhouette endpapers. This is an amazing copy of perhaps the rarest Gruelle book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $1850.00

RARE LARGE PAPER LIMITED EDITION BOXED VOLLAND 265. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN 268. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. MY VERY OWN FAIRY STORIES. Chic: Volland WONDERFUL CATS by John Ruskin. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: Geo. Allen 1885. (1917). 4to, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (light wear to flaps). 4to, brown gilt pictorial cloth, 20p., Fine. 1st ed. with Greenaway illustrations, 1st. edition of this Volland book, illustrated by Gruelle with pictorial endpapers LARGE PAPER COPY LIMITED TO 400 COPIES issued on fine Whatman paper. plus many wonderful full page and in-text color illustrations throughout. A Featuring charming woodcuts (not all by her) to accompany this classic children’s magnificent copy of one of the scarcer Gruelle titles. $600.00 poem. Printed on one side of the paper. Due to the high quality of the paper, the illustrations are quite remarkable. Schuster 61-1e. Rare $1000.00

GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES WITH LETTER FROM JACOB GRIMM! 266. GRIMM BROTHERS. GERMAN POPULAR STORIES trans. from Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm from oral tradition. London & Dublin: James Robins and Joseph Robins. 2 volumes, [i-iv] v-xii [1] 2-240, [i-iii] iv [1],2-256 [2]p. (1p. ads). Original pink boards and green cloth spines, boards rubbed, cloth split at joints and at intervals on spine, labels chipped and rubbed, some foxing, 1 plate in vol. 1 trimmed in margins, really overall clean, tight and VG. Volume 1 is dated 1827 (1st issue was 1823) and volume 2 is 1826 (1826). Although volume 2 bears the 1826 date, it was reissued with no bibliographic changes in 1827 retaining the 1826 date on the title but with the words “second Edition” on the label. Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK with 22 etched plates including 2 etched title pages. LAID-IN IS A ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY JACOB GRIMM! Written To Mrs. Austin in 1843 in brown ink on paper 8 1/2 x 5 1/2” with integral address leaf reading “Mistress Austin Neue Kirchestrasse.” The renowned author of these classic fairy tales warmly thanks Mrs. Austin for lending him some books and articles and he offers his opinion on them, sometimes unfavorable. “The essay on the Aurch songs tired me with its excessive learnedness, but I was better pleased with Lewis on the rom. 269. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. ORPHANT ANNIE STORY BOOK. Indianapolis: language and with the glossary of Herefordshire.” Recovering from a cold, he Bobbs Merrill (1921). Tall 8vo (6 1/8 x 9 1/8”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, [86]p., feels guilty about depriving Mrs. Austin of her only copies of these books and near fine. 1st edition. Dedicated to James Whitcomb Riley who created the notes “How embarrassed I am by your friendly goodness.” Jacob Grimm was a Orphan Annie character and with the text of Riley’s poem preceding the book (Ef professor and author or several scholarly books in addition to his most famous You Don’t Watch Out!). Gruelle’s text is a marvelous, involved fantasy starring collaboration with his brother on these fairy tales. $5000.00 Annie - recounting her adventures with all sorts of unusual characters that are depicted in great detail with many full and partial page color illustrations (pictorial endpapers as well). A scarce Gruelle book. $450.00

270. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. THE PAPER DRAGON (A Raggedy Ann Adventure). Joliet: Volland (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, wrap-around paper spine, AS NEW in fine pictorial box. 1st edition, second issue. (1st edition is stated on this title but so is 2nd edition. Since this lists no additional printings, this is presumably a 1st printing, second issue). This VOLLAND HAPPY CHILDREN BOOK has bold and wonderful color illus. on almost every page as well as full page color illustrations and pictorial endpapers. An uncommon title and an incredible copy. $600.00

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GRIMM SEE ALSO 195, 387, 418, 420, 450, 472, 502 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 41 [email protected] BOXED VOLLAND 276. HALE,KATHLEEN. ORLANDO THE MARMELADE CAT KEEPS A DOG. 271. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE CAMEL Lond: Country Life nd, ca 1944. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of WITH THE WRINKLED KNEES. Joliet: Volland (1924, no additional printings, edge wear else Fine frayed dw. First ed. Orlando and his wife advertise for a proper ads). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, minimal wear, NEAR FINE pet with adventures resulting. Finally, Bill The Poodle is adopted. Illustrated IN PUBLISHER’S BOX (box flap restored). 1st edition, variant. Laid-in isa with beautiful color lithographs throughout by Hale. An nice copy of this very printed Volland ad announcing this title as the “new book” but listing Joliet as collectible book. Increasingly scarce. $350.00 the city of publication, not Chicago. Most copies without the cloth spine have a Chicago imprint. Since Volland moved to Joliet from Chicago, this title must be a transitional book with first editions having either Chicago or Joliet on the title page. A Volland Happy Children Book, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout by Gruelle. A beautiful copy. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $500.00

BOXED GRUELLE 272. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN’S MAGICAL WISHES. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX. First Edition Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and in color throughout by Gruelle. This is an unusually fine copy. $600.00

RARE & FANTASTIC PICTURE BOOK - CATS * DOGS * DOLLS 277. HAND-COLORED. CHILDREN’S PICTURE PLAY BOOK. London: George Routledge and Sons 1866. 4to (7 1/4 x 10”), red cloth stamped in blind and gold, 64p., light cover soil, rear cover crease else VG+. Includes: When The Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play, Baby’s Birthday and How It Was Spent, Mary’s New Doll and the Mischievous Puppy. Illustrated by J[ohann] B[aptist] Zwecker and A[lfred] W[alter] Bays with 32 fabulous full page color lithographs with incredible detail and vivid colors. Zwecker was a popular mid-19th century artist and Bayes a prolific illustrator. This is a rare and amazing picture book. $1500.00

HAND-COLORED GERMAN ANIMAL FABLES 278. HAND-COLORED. LUSTIGE TIERFABELN [FUNNY ANIMAL FABLES]. BOXED VOLLAND Munchen: Braun & Schneider, no date. circa 1900. Oblong folio (14 x 9 3/8”), 273. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. RHYMES FOR KINDLY CHILDREN by Ethel cloth backed flexible card covers, pictorial paste-on, 42p., VG+. Humorous animal Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1916, later edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, small spine fables by various authors are illustrated by Ed. Ille with wonderful hand-colored mend else Fine in pictorial box. Illus. by Gruelle with pictorial endpapers plus engravings, much in the manner of Grandville. Some fables include: When the many, many full page and in-text color illustrations to accompany simple poems. Cat’s Away the Mice Will Play, The Rabbits and the Frogs, The Country Mouse Very scarce and a beautiful copy. $500.00 and the Town Mouse, the Fox and the Stork and more. $450.00

GRUELLE, JOHNNY SEE ALSO 46, 69 GUERTIK, HELENE - 423

INSCRIBED TO BERTA’S SISTER WITH A WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS 274. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan 1935 (Oct. 1935). 4to, green pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of a little Black boy set in Jamaica. Illustrated by the Haders with wonderful full page color illustrations. THIS COPY HAS A SMALL WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A WOMAN IN A JAMAICAN HAT AND A MAN IN A HAT AS WELL (Berta and Elmer). THERE IS A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION TO ELMER’S SISTER (HER BOOK) WHICH READS: Dear Sister Leota: Jamaica Johnny is just off the press HAND-COLORED SEE ALSO 19, 174-5, 234, 243, 292, 434, 435, 436 and I am sending him off again on a journey to the HANKY BOOK – 54, 381, 538 coast and you. We hope you like him. He carries a lot of love to you from us both. Berta and Elmer.” This is a special copy of one of their most desired titles. $750.00

#275 ARTIST’S DUMMY FOR SCARCE HADER BOOK 275. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. STOP LOOK LISTEN - ARTIST’S DUMMY written and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1936 by Longman’s Green. This is the Haders’ dummy used for layout and color direction on their book. The dummy measures 7” square and contains the text typed and glued in place and it is heavily notated in pencil. Interspersed throughout are 20 pencil drawings used for layout. The text deals with teaching children to be careful in potentially dangerous situations including handling guns, swimming, riding bikes and a host of other “perils”. This is an interesting look at the pre-production stage of a picture book. Sold with a copy of the book which is a rare early title by them. $1500.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>> 914.764.7410 Pg 42 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GIFT EDITION HAWAII - 117 279. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE 283. HAWTHORNE,NATHANIEL. REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE: BEING THE Appleton (1920). Large SECOND EPOCH OF GRANDFATHER’S thick 4to, green gilt cloth, 265p., VG+. This is a CHAIR. Bost.: E.P. Peabody 1841. 12mo deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Thomas (3 1/2 x 4 15/16”), vii, 158p., cloth, paper Nelson Page. Illustrated label on front cover, neat owner inscription by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE with 12 plates, in- dated 1841, gilt worn off label, corner text illustrations and with one page torn off else VG+. 1st edition of pictorial borders on each page of text as well. This Hawthorne’s second book for children after is a beautiful edition of this Grandfather’s chair, quite scarce. BAL classic. $400.00 7591. $700.00 EARLY 19th CENTURY WOMAN AUTHOR 280. HARRIS,JOHN - PUBLISHER. [DORSET,CATHERINE ANN]. THE PEACOCK AT HOME written by a Lady. London: Harris 1808. Sq. 16mo, tan pictorial wraps, 16p., VG+. A new edition with new plates (on cover). Illustrated with 6 fine copperplate engravings by W. MULREADY which were re-engraved INSCRIBED TO VIOLET OAKLEY AND EDITH EMERSON for this printing. Rear cover lists 6 other Harris titles. Moon 215 (3). A nice 284. HAYWOOD,CAROLYN. HERE’S A PENNY. NY: Harcourt Brace and early juvenile. $600.00 Company (1944 I). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9”), pictorial cloth, 158p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition of the first “Penny” book, this tells the adventures of a 6 year old boy nicknamed “Penny” so called because when his adoptive father first saw him, his red hair reminded his father of a bright copper Penny. Written as well as illustrated by Haywood with full page and half-page pen and ink drawings and pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO FELLOW BRANDYWINE ARTISTS VIOLET OAKLEY AND EDITH EMERSON: “WITH LOVE TO VIOLET AND EDITH FROM CAROLYN, CHRISTMAS 1944”. Haywood was a Philadelphia artist and author who studied with Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green. She was also Violet Oakley’s studio assistant and she 281. HARRISON,FLORENCE. worked with Edith Emerson, ELFIN SONG. NY: H.M. the fourth member of the Caldwell no date [1912]. Brandywine women’s team. Small 4to (7 x 9”), grey gilt She wrote more than 30 pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, children’s books, many still 142p., scattered foxing else in print. In addition to near fine. 1st U.S. edition. her books, Haywood was This is a book of verse a mural artist as well as a written by Harrison and portrait painter specializing illustrated by her as well in children’s portraits. This with pictorial endpapers, is a great association copy in 12 magnificent tipped-in excellent condition. $350.00 color plates plus numerous full page and smaller HERFORD, OLIVER – 72 HOBAN, RUSSELL - 590 black and whites full of charm and detail. A lovely book. $850.00 MOVEABLE FLAP STRUWWELLPETER IMITATION 285. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (MOVEABLE FLAP) NEUES VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH: zur Unterhaltung und Belustigung der heiteren Jugend by Wilhelm HASSALL, JOHN - 308 Carl von Breitschwert. Esslingun: J.F. Schreiber, no date, owner inscription CELIA THAXTER AND CHILDE HASSAM 1879. 4to (8 5/8 x 10 1.2”), cloth 282. (HASSAM,CHILDE)illus. AN ISLAND GARDEN BY Celia Thaxter. Boston: backed pictorial boards, writing Houghton Mifflin 1894 (1894). 4to (7 x 9 1/4”), white cloth with extensive, on top margin of cover and some gilt Art Nouveau design, 126p., top edge gilt, slightest of toning on spine ends cover soil and edge rubbing else VG. else Fine with original plain Printed on rectos only, each page has paper wrapper (tattered). a full page color lithographed scene First edition of this of a child behaving badly. There is wonderful book, illustrated an extra flap that when lifted and with beautiful full page folded over, the consequence of chromolithographs and the bad behavior is revealed. The chapter heads in color by flap matches both pictures so that Hassam who used Thaxter’s illustrations are seamless in the garden on Appledore Island “before” and “after” positions. One for inspiration. The striking page shows a naughty boy pulling the stylized poppie design on hair on a goat’s chin. When the flap the cover by Sarah Wyman is lifted and folded over, the new Whitman is also a work picture shows the boy thrown into of art. An Island Garden the air by the angry goat. Each leaf was Thaxter’s last book. has 4 lines of text in rhyme at the This is a particularly nice bottom of the page. Rare. See Ruhle copy of a very desirable 302. $1500.00 and scarce book. (See SEE ADDTL ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT -->>>>>>> Harvard’s Artists of the Book in Boston p.8-11, BAL 19923). $3750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 43 [email protected] RARE AMERICAN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION CALDECOTT AWARD - SCOTTISH STORY 286. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. SLOVENLY PETER’S STORY BOOK. NY: 289. (HOGROGIAN, NONNY)illus. McLoughlin Bros. no date ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE inscribed 1877. 12mo, MORE by Sorche Nic Leodhas. cloth stamped in black and NY: Holt Rinehart Winston gold, pictorial paste-on, (1965). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 7 3/8”)., pictorial boards, neat few minor mends, paper owner inscription, Fine in dust worn on one page and finger wrapper with faint ghost of medal. soil throughout, tight and Stated 1st edition, first printing. overall VG. Containing: CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Dirty Child, Little Glutton, The story is derived from an old Tom the Thief, Little Scottish nursery story, beautifully Jacob, Sammy Tickletooth, illustrated in color by Hogrogian. Untidy Tom, Little Suck-a- Scarce. $750.00 Thumb, Johnny Sliderlegs, Carrie and the Candle and HOLLAND SEE DUTCH INTEREST Rocking Philip. Illustrated with 48 chromolithographs. CHARLIE CHAPLAIN * MICKEY MOUSE * FELIX THE CAT 290. HOLLYWOOD. MADEMOISELLE TARLATANE AU PAYS DU CINEMA Rare. $1750.00 texte de Simonne Ratel. Paris: Librarie Plon (1934). Oblong 4to (11 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 30p., light cover wear, VG+. 1st ed. A little red- headed girl named Tarlatane and her dog Radis-Noir fly to the Country of Movies and have fabulous adventures. NAUGHTY CHILDREN PICTURE BOOK They are kidnapped by a giant 287. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (IMITATION) IMPROVING SONGS FOR orang-outang (King Kong), ANXIOUS CHILDREN by John & Rue Carpenter. NY: Schirmer (1913). Oblong freed by a tiger, go to the folio (14 1/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth frozen north and eventually backed decorative boards, are back in bed and awake 50p., corners worn VG. Songs from their dream adventure. with musical notation about Along the way they meet various naughty children Felix The Cat, Mickey Mouse are charmingly illustrated and his family and Charlie in color by the authors Chaplain. Illustrated by in the style of Boutet de Jacqueline Dusche with Monvel. Some titles are: charming color illustration A Wicked Child, The Liar, in typical 1930’s style. Stout, Maria Glutton, Good The author was a French Ellen, War, Vanity and author better known for more. Quite scarce. Ruhle her adult work. A charming 1311. $450.00 book. $325.00

HORSES – 530 HOUGHTON, ELLEN - 430 RARE STRUWWELPETER PARODY 288. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (PARODY) CHAPBOOK THE EGYPTIAN STRUWWELPETER CUT OF “A JEW” being the Struwwelpeter papyrus with ON REAR COVER full text and original vignettes from the 291. HOUSE THAT JACK Vienna papyri, dedicated to children of BUILT. (CHAPBOOK) THE all ages. NY: Stokes, no date, inscribed HISTORY OF THE HOUSE 1897. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, THAT JACK BUILT. title plus [16] leaves, light rubbing and London: Houlston & Son, soil, VG+. Printed on rectos only, each leaf no date, ca 1820. 24mo (2 simulates aged paper and is illustrated in 1/2 x 4), pictorial wraps, color. Hoffmann’s original German rhymes 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The are adapted for naughty ancient Egyptian traditional nursery rhyme is children (Story of Flying Amenhotep, illustrated with woodcuts on Of Sneferu Who Waltzed Not, etc.). each page plus cuts on both Rare. $1875.00 covers. The rear cover has a cut titled “A Jew” showing a stereotypical Jewish HOGAN, INEZ see 106 man with beard and hat carrying a box of wares for sale. $350.00 #285 - previous page #285 - previous page

HAND-COLORED McLOUGHLIN

292. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

(McLOUGHLIN) NY: McLoughlin Bros. (24

Beekman), no date, circa 1860. 12mo, (4.5 x

5.75”), pictorial wraps, near fine. A title in

Uncle Franks’ Series, illustrated with color

cover plus 8 nice half-page hand-colored

illustrations to accompany the classic nursery

rhyme. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE ADVERTISING RARE HUMPHREY TITLE PARODY 297. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BABY FOLK by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: Frederick 293. HOUSE THAT JACK Stokes 1898. 4to (9 x 11 BUILT. (PARODY) PARODY 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial ON THE HOUSE THAT boards, edges rubbed, margin JACK BUILT. Leeds,MA: of one plate strengthened Corticelli Silk Thread (1882) else tight and VG+. Stories fourth edition revised. and verses about a baby’s 16mo (3 5/8 x 5 5/8”), life from birth to one year pictorial wraps, Fine. The of age were written by classic rhyme is used to tout Elizabeth Tucker who also the virtues of Corticelli Silk did the pictorial borders Thread: “These are the mills on text pages. Featuring Corticelli built. This is the 6 especially magnificent thread / The silken thread full page chromolithograph / That ev’ry one said / Was illustrations by Humphrey worth the Mills / Corticelli depicting her trademark built, etc.” Illustrated with cherubic children. 6 full page and 4 half page A rare Humphrey color lithographs showing title. $950.00 elves busily working to at producing the thread. Rare. $225.00

FOLIO FORMAT MAUD HUMPHREY BOOK CHARLES ROBINSON McLOUGHLIN PIRACY 298. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BONNIE

294. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. LITTLE PEOPLE by Helen Cone. NY:

(ROBINSON,CHARLES) NY: McLoughlin Stokes 1890. Folio, cloth backed

Brothers, no date, circa 1910. 8vo, (5 1/2 x pictorial boards, light cover soil, edge of

8”), pictorial cloth, some cover wear and soil, frontis creased, VG+. Printed on rectos

VG. This is a CLOTH BOOK with full color and only, there are 6 magnificent full page 2-color illustrations on each page by Charles chromolithographs of little children, Robinson (not signed by him, but definitely alternating with verses illustrated in line. his work). A charming version of this Rare. $1200.00 rhyme. $125.00

#296 RARE STUMP BOOK 295. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (STUMP BOOK) London: Treherne no date, circa 1900. Oblong (only 1 1/2” tall). Pictorial cloth, VG+ with ivory clasp. Illustrated by THE PILGRIMS with marvelous full page color illustrations (one opposite each page of text) printed on thick paper on one side of the page only, all depicting the adventures described in this classic rhyme. An unusual format fit for little hands and quite scarce. $750.00

HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ALSO 467, 498 HOUSMAN, LAURANCE - 208

CHARMING PATRIOTIC WATERCOLOR 296. (HUMPHREY,MAUD) ORIGINAL ART: GALLANT LITTLE PATRIOTS. This is a charming original watercolor by Maud Humphrey used as a color plate in Gallant Little Patriots published by Frederick Stokes in 1899. The image measures 7 1/2 wide x 8 1/2” high done on illustration board and is matted, in excellent condition and is signed and dated 1898. The book features little children dressed as real American heroes and heroines. Depicted is little girl dressed as a nurse with a Red Cross arm band. She is leaning over and getting ready to feed a little boy dressed as a wounded soldier with a bandage on his head. Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being HUMPHREY BOGART’S MOTHER (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures). $4750.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 45 [email protected] 299. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BOOK OF PETS by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: IBSEN, HENRICK -481 INDIANS – 329, 425 Stokes 1893. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and corners rubbed else tight VG-Fine. Featuring 12 fine full page chomolithographs by Humphrey of INSECTS – 255, 531, 585 IRISH – 587 IRVING, – 474,478 little children with their pets. These are inter-leaved with poems about the pets embellished with full page color chromos by Tucker. Printed on one side of the CHARMING ITALIAN PRIMER WITH ABC paper, there are a total of 24 full page illustrations including title. A very scarce 303. ITALIAN. IL PRIMO LIBRO DEL BAMBINO - LETTURA E SCRITTURA Humphrey title. $1000.00 by Elisa Cappelli. Firenze: Adriano Salani 1916. 4to, cloth backed boards, 80p., sl. cover soil else near fine. A charming first book for Italian children including #299 #299 an alphabet, syllables, word lists and short stories. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of engravings and in color and with 2 color plates. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $150.00

ITALIAN SEE ALSO 52, 97, 159-61, 236, 258, 323, 383-5, 456

RARE SIGNED WILL JAMES COPY IN DUST WRAPPER NEWBERY AWARD 304. JAMES,WILL. SMOKY. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1926 (1926). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”), green cloth, slight soil and spine slightly faded, else near fine in pictorial dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at spine ends with a few mends on verso). 1st edition. Profusely illustrated in black and white by James. THIS COPY IS SIGNED “WILL JAMES” WITH THE RECIPIENTS NAME FOLLOWED BY “FROM THE AUTHOR” AND DATED 1926. First editions of this title in the dust wrapper are rarer and signed copies are rare still. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $4200.00

300. HUNT,IRENE. UP A ROAD SLOWLY. Chicago: Follett (1966). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 7/8”), pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with small closed tear). Stated 1st printing. This is the story of a 7 year old girl who is sent to live with her austere aunt when her mother dies. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Quite scarce. $400.00

HUNTING - 139

305. JAMES,WILL. HOME RANCH. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1935 (1935 A). Thick 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), 346p., some toning on endpapers else Fine with none of the fading that is common with this title, in great color dust wrapper (dw not price clipped, lightly soiled and frayed at spine ends but VG+). First edition. This is the story of life on the Mitchell family ranch called the Seven X. Illustrated by James with great color dust wrapper and 48 full page and half- page black and white drawings. Nice copy. $650.00

JANNSON, TOVE - 131 301. (HURD,CLEMENT)illus. MR. CHARLIE, THE FIREMAN’S FRIEND by . Phil.: J.B. Lippincott (1956). 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), pictorial cloth, COMPLETE WITH A REAL JAPANESE DOLL! Fine in very slightly soiled dust wrapper. One of several books about an everyday 306. JAPANESE INTEREST. THE JINGLE OF A JAP by Clara Bell Thurston. man named Charlie who has various adventures. In this title he helps out at a Boston: Caldwell (1906). Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9”), elaborately illustrated pictorial fire. Illustrated by Hurd with charming color lithographs on every page. Text is cloth with Oriental design, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box soiled some but sound printed in blue on yellow paper. Great copy. Hurd see also 540, $125.00 and VG+). This copy is COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL REAL JAPANESE DOLL IN CLOTH DRESS THAT TIES TO THE COVER OF THE BOOK! The 302. (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. FAVORITE FAIRY TALES TOLD IN story tells of a Japanese doll that falls in love with a flaxen haired wax doll. CZECHOSLOVOKIA retold by . Boston: Little Brown (1966). Printed on very heavy coated paper, on one side of page only. Illustrated by the 4to (7 x 9 1/2”), cloth, 90p., Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Five Czech author with pictorial endpapers plus many beautiful full page color illustrations fairy tales are beautifully illustrated with full page and smaller color illustrations (Oriental style) and a profusion of color illustrations in-text. Very rare with the as well as black and whites. First edition in dw’s are scarce. $200.00 doll and the box and a special book. $1250.00

#303 914.764.7410 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INCREDIBLE 2 VOLUME BI-LINGUAL SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPER 307. JAPANESE INTEREST. NIHON FUZOKU [JAPANESE CUSTOMS]. 311. JONES,ELIZABETH ORTON. BIG (Osaka: Printed by Oshima Yosuke for Tsujiko Kumataro 2550). SUSAN. NY: Macmillan 1947 (1947). 8vo 1890. 2 volumes, 16mo (3 1/4 x 4 1.2”), 26p., 27p., frenchfold (7 x 8”), 82 [1]p., fine in slightly frayed color pictorial paper with sewn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This fantasy bindings (in the same manner as the crepe paper Japanese story about how the DOLLS come alive fairy tale series). Housed in the was both written by Jones and illustrated original pictorial envelope holder, the set is in Fine condition. The by her in color throughout. Very scarce preface reads” These books and one of her most sought after are not only designed to show the manners and customs of books. $400.00 the ancient and modern people of Nipon. The fine illustrations afford an important aid in this respect...N.T.” Every page has a CHARMING “THREE PIGS” JOYCE WATERCOLOR lovely woodcut, hand-colored or 312. JOYCE,WILLIAM. THREE LITTLE PIGS - ORIGINAL ART. Offered here printed color, depicting people is a charming finished watercolor by award winning children’s book artist Joyce, of all social classes performing used on page 43 of his book My First Book of Nursery Tales. Done on art paper, various customs. Text is a the image measures 6 1/2” x 8”, signed. The image shows a cutaway view of the simple 2 line indentifying pigs’ in their house with the wolf about to jump down the chimney. Joyce’s style caption. Each volume also has features meticulous attention to detail and this is fantastic piece. Joyce is well a beautiful double-page fold- known for many of his books like Santa Calls, the Leaf Men and George Shrinks, out illustration. Charming some of which have been made into animated movies. In addition to his children’s and in incredible condition. art, Joyce has also illustrated the cover of the New Yorker Magazine. $2000.00 $1250.00

ETHNIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN HASSALL 308. JAPANESE INTEREST. WHAT HAPPENED TO TEN LITTLE JAPPY CHAPS by G. E. Farrow. Chicago: Donohue no date, circa 1908. 8vo (6 1/2 x 11 3/4”), pictorial cloth, slight wear, near Fine. First published as a Stump Book, this is part of the Pixie Series in regular book format. Illustrated with 3 full page color illustrations original to this printing and by John Hassall with bright pictorial covers and in color on every page, all depicting the misfortunes of little Japanese children in a Japanese version of the Ten Little Niggers. Really great and quite scarce. $350.00

JAPANESE SEE ALSO 23, 439, 600 JEWISH – 52, 243, 291

RARE “HAROLD’S CIRCUS” 309. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD’S CIRCUS. NY: Harper & Bros. 1959. 16mo (4 7/8 x 5 7/8”), plain black cloth spine and pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price (dw VG frayed at spine ends, worn along joints and small rub spot on cover). First edition of the 5th Harold title (no mention of later titles). Harold’s purple crayon adventures take him to the circus. A rare title. $1500.00

AMELIA EARHART INTRODUCTION HUMANIZED PLANES - INSCRIBED 313. KALEP,ELVY. AIR BABIES. Denver: Bradford Robinson (1936). Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4”), new cloth spine, printed boards, some edge and tip wear else VG+. 1st edition of this marvelous picture book with a full page color litho facing every page of text - all depicting charming little figures that are half cherub and half airplane. The story tells of their adventures in the air, and includes an INTRODUCTION BY AMELIA EARHART who was a personal friend of Kalep’s. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY KALEP ON THE ENDPAPER PLUS THERE IS AN 8 LINE INSCRIPTION FROM HER SIGNED “FROM THE AIR BABIES AND THEIR MOTHER ELVY KALEP 1937”. Kalep was an Estonian born aviator RUTH KRAUSS AND CROCKETT JOHNSON (1899-1989) who was also an accomplished author and illustrator. She was 310. (JOHNSON, CROCKETT)illus. IS THIS YOU? by Ruth Krauss. NY: William involved in the promotion of aviation during the 1930’s and joined 98 other women Scott 1955. 8vo, (6 1/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial boards, slight tip wear else VG+ in to form a group called the Ninety - Nines, now an international organization for dust wrapper with light soil and a few small edge mends. 1st ed. Designed to women pilots. This is a special copy of the very scarce first edition which has help a child define his world, it is a companion to Krauss’ A Hole Is To Dig and is many more illustrations than the more common 1938 edition. $475.00 wonderfully illustrated by Johnson (Krauss’ husband.) Bader p. 435. AIGA Best Children’s Books 1955-1957 #59. Very scarce. $600.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>)

KANGAROOS – 251 KAULBACH, WILHELM – 488 KAY, GERTRUDE – 573 JOHNSON, MERLE – 235, 469 KEMBLE, E.W. – 279, 559 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 47 [email protected] WITH SMALL JESSIE KING WATERCOLOR 314. KING,JESSIE. SEVEN HAPPY DAYS. Lond: The International Studio FINE FIRST EDITION Supp. New Year 1914. 4to, wraps, some cover soil and tears, VG. A series of OF LASSIE magnificent color illustrations heightened with gold and silver, with 7 smaller 316. (KIRMSE,MARGUERITE)illus. black and white illustrations, Art Nouveau style. Some of her most beautiful LASSIE COME HOME by Eric Knight. work. Laid in is an ORIGINAL WATER COLOR plus a handwritten letter with Philadelphia: John C. Winston (1940). a sketch housed in the original mailing envelope. The letter is one 4to sheet of 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 3/4”), orange pictorial King’s embossed Greengate stationary. Dated 1947 King writes: “Dear [picture of a zebra with a green circle around its head]- Thank you so much for the gift cloth, 248p., Fine in near Fine dust o’ sox. As they were not nylons I know you were thinking of Erne’s [her husband wrapper with a touch of fraying, corner E.A. Taylor] feet but I write for him as we are one. It was very thoughtful of of rear flap clipped. 1st ed. of this you to send us such appreciation and I hope you will accept this queer coat of classic children’s story and the basis arms in retaliation! [signed by Jessie with E.A.T’s initials below]. On the bottom for the 1943 movie starring Elizabeth left of the letter is the key to reading the coat of arms and she has added “I hope you like it”. On a separate sheet of art paper folded in half is a lovely Taylor. Illustrated by Kirmse watercolor drawing of the coat of arms referred to in the letter. The image with color dust wrapper, pictorial measures 3.5 x3”. Depicted is a zebra standing over a small cottage with a green endpapers, color frontis plus 6 full page gate out front. Riding on the zebra’s back is a bird with a yellow halo around and several partial page very detailed its head. On top of the bird is a pair of scissors and a pair of patterned socks. b&w’s. A beautiful copy, exceedingly It is inscribed “Good Greeting to A.J. Bennett from E.A.T. & J.M.K.” This is a wonderful item showing the personal side of King. $4250.00 scarce. $1250.00

RARE NEWBERY FIRST EDITION 317. KONIGSBURG,E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. NY: Atheneum 1967. 8vo (5 1/8 x 8 1/2”), cloth, fine in fine dust wrapper (dw frayed but VG). Stated First Edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The story relates Claudia’s adventure in ’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, written and illustrated by Konigsburg. Rare. $600.00

KRAUSS, RUTH – 310, 508, 511 LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE – 337

315. (KING,JESSIE)illus. THE RED FAIRY BOOK 1ST EDITION ENCHANTED CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND 318. LANG,ANDREW. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. Lond: Longmans 1890. 8vo, by Isobel Steele. Edinburgh: Plaid Pub. red gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, some cover soil, one leaf frayed and worn [1945]. 4to, gilt cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. on edges else tight and VG. 1st ed. of the second fairy book. Illustrated by H.J. 1st edition. A story written for children FORD in b&w. A nice copy of arguably the rarest title in the series. $975.00 and illustrated by King with color wrapper, 4 double page color illustrations and many LANGEN, HILDA - 228 lovely line illustrations throughout the text. $575.00 DOROTHY LATHROP LIMITED EDITION 319. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY by Walter de la Mare. London: Constable (1922). 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/2”), full vellum-like paper KINGSLEY, CHARLES – 539 over boards, top edge gilt, slightest of cover soil else fine with little of the usual

KIPLING, RUDYARD – 492, 494 darkening that seems to affect this title. LIMITED TO ONLY 325 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DE LA MARE. Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated KIRK, MARIA - 368 by Lathrop with 3 magnificent color plates with guards plus a profusion of truly beautiful black and whites that reproduce with much detail and clarity on the fine quality paper. A nice copy of a very scarce book. $850.00 #313 - previous page 914.764.7410 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 LATHROP’S LITTLE MERMAID COMPLETE WITH RARE 320. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. WWII STAMP BOOKLET THE LITTLE MERMAID by 325. LEAF,MUNRO. MY Hans Christian Andersen. BOOK TO HELP AMERICA. NY: Macmillan 1939 (Oct. Racine: Whitman (1942). 1939). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/8”), 4to (7 7/8 x 10 1/4”), blue gilt cloth, dedication pictorial card covers, VG- page sl. rubbed else Fine in Fine. Designed to involve dust wrapper (dw with a few children in the war effort small edge chips else VG+). by promoting the saving of First edition of this elusive U.S. War Stamps. There is Lathrop book. Illustrated a removable stamp booklet by her with 14 full page, book in a pocket in the hauntingly beautiful rear that the child can illustrations - 6 in full color, use for the stamps. Each plus pictorial endpapers, all page is illustrated in line of which match the magic or 2-color by Leaf. This of this fairy tale - Miss is rare with the booklet Lathrop’s favorite. $400.00 intact. LEAF see also 322. $400.00

321. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. MR. BUMPS AND HIS MONKEY by Walter LEAR, EDWARD - 462 de la Mare. Philadelphia: John C. Winston (1942). 4to (7 1/2 x 9”), pictorial cloth, Fine in nice dust wrapper (dw frayed at spine ends with a few closed FANTASTIC COPY OF RARE FANTASY tears). 1st edition. Illustrated by Lathrop with magical, detailed full page color 326. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. A WRINKLE IN TIME. (NY): Ariel (1962). 8vo, lithos plus beautiful b&w’s throughout depicting a humanized monkey. Some of 1/4 cloth, 211p., extremely faint soil on rear cover, small spot on endpaper else her finest work. $200.00 FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. The dust wrapper (illustrated by Ellen Raskin), is in beautiful condition with the price intact (a small amount of soil on the rear panel and a touch of rubbing at base of spine but no fraying or tears). 1st edition 1st printing of this 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 SIGNED BY LEAF insisted that L’Engle should 322. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. THE STORY OF SIMPSON AND SAMPSON meet with him. Although the by Munro Leaf. NY: Viking 1941 (Oct. 1941). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4”), red cloth, near publisher did not at the time Fine in slightly worn, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition. SIGNED BY MUNRO LEAF. publish a line of children’s The story of twin boys in the days of old. Illustrated by Lawson with pictorial books, Farrar met L’Engle, endpapers, plus fabulous full page and partial page b&w’s. A very scarce Lawson liked the novel and ultimately 1st edition and a special copy of another great collaborative effort from the published it. A Wrinkle creators of Ferdinand. $450.00 In Time is the winner of the NEWBERY AWARD SCARCE LAWSON TITLE and the Lewis Carroll 323. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. SWORDS AND STATUES by Clarence Stratton, Shelf Award. This is an intro. by Samuel Rogers. Phil.: John C. Winston (1937). 8vo, (6 x 8 5/8”), blue exceptionally nice copy, ultra cloth stamped in gold, 254p., offsetting on title else Fine in slightly worn dust rare. $15,500.00 wrapper. 1st ed. of this uncommon Lawson title, illustrated with color wrapper, color frontis plus several full and partial page b&w’s to accompany a story set in 16th century Italy. $175.00 L’ENGLE’S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED 327. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. SMALL RAIN. NY: Vanguard Press (1945). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), cloth, 371p., a very small strip of fading on spine else Fine in Fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. of L’Engle’s first book, a young adult novel (she did have a play published in an anthology the previous year). THIS COPY HAS A ONE PAGE INSCRIPTION BY L’ENGLE. First she has written a ten line excerpt from the book, followed by her bold signature and: “I started this book in college & finished / it in New York when I was working in the / theatre. In it I was asking 324.(LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. CHILDREN’S CORNER by R.H. Elkin. London my own / questions about & Philadelphia: Augener & McKay no date [1914]. Oblong 4to, gilt cloth, pictorial life for the artist.” This is a paste-on, Fine in repaired dw with 2 pieces off rear panel. Illustrated by Le beautiful copy with a superb Mair with 16 magnificent color plates to accompany rhymes by Elkin. Some of her inscription. $1850.00 most beautiful work and a very scarce book, especially in dust wrapper. $550.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 49 [email protected] STRIKING BLOCK PRINTS BY LENSKI RARE L’ENGLE 331. LENSKI,LOIS. LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS. The following pieces are wonderful signed, limited edition linoleum block prints done by Lenski in FIRST EDITION the early 1920’s. They are all on high quality paper, signed and titled by WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE Lenski in pencil below the images. Her talent as an artist speaks for itself. 328. L’ENGLE,MADELEINE. AND BOTH WERE YOUNG. NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard 331a. THE EMPTY HOUSE. The image measures 5” wide x 7” high with a (1949). 8vo (5 7/8 x 8 5/8”), green and thick border. $250.00 yellow cloth, 232p., Fine in dust wrapper #331A (dw slightly soiled, price clipped). First edition of L’Engle’s first novel for girls, this #331B is the story of a girl at boarding school in Switzerland and her relationship with a boy she meets there. This copy has a ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN CARD BY L’ENGLE LAID-IN. Done on her personal card printed “Crosswicks, Goshen ”, she writes: “Sorry to have been so slow in getting this to you. I’ve been first- drafting a new fantasy & everything else has been pushed aside. Back to New York tomorrow - so I’ve had to come up for air! Madeleine.” First editions of this early work by her are super rare and this is a special copy. $950.00

LENSKI ART FOR LITTLE SIOUX GIRL 329. LENSKI,LOIS. LITTLE SIOUX GIRL: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is the dust wrapper drawing for her book Little Sioux Girl, a title in the Roundabout America Series published in 1958. A note in the margin indicates that the 331b. THE CROOKED STREET. The image measures 6” square with a thick illustration is also to be used as the frontispiece / title page spread (this was border. Lenski has also written her name and address on the back of the done by using two small strips of paper that cover the small area that has original matte. $275.00 lettering so that just the art is visible). The original art was drawn only in black in white with color applied during printing to her specifications. Also included is 331c. MAN WITH HAT. The image measures 3 1/2” wide x 5” high with thick the artist’s color overlay measuring 20” wide by 13 high showing the printer the border, in a new matte. $200.00 color scheme, (2 pieces off edge). The original dust wrapper art is a wrap-around #331D image that measures 20” wide by 13”. Pencil notations to the printer are in the #331C margins, two small areas where there is no picture are rubbed. The right side of the piece is the front panel of the jacket showing a little Sioux girl carrying a baby and a pail of water. Clothing hangs on the line and a dog trots alongside them. The girl’s log house, mountains and farm buildings are on the left side of the piece. Down the middle is the lettering for the spine (lettering by Lenski). The entire piece is bordered with an Indian type graphic design. $1000.00

331d. GIRL WITH SHORT HAIR. The image measures 3 1/2” wide x 5” high with a thick border, in a new matte. $200.00

331e. ORCHARD BEACH. The image measures 7” wide x 5” high with a thick CHARMING LENSKI DRAWING border, in a new matte. (MORE NEXT PAGE) $250.00 330. LENSKI,LOIS. ON A SUMMER DAY: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is the original pen and ink drawing by Lenski used as the endpaper design of her #331E 1953 small format book On A Summer Day. The image measures 8 1/2” wide x 6 1/2” high and is matted and signed. The matte is also notated in Lenski’s hand with the title “Original Endpaper On A Summer Day”. The picture features little boys and girls running and playing with dogs and dolls with flowers decorating the entire page. The little children are just like her Little Family children, simple in style but loaded with action and charm. $1250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 331f. MY SEWING ROOM. The image measures 5” wide x 7” high with a thick NEWBERY AWARD WINNER IN RARE DUST WRAPPER border, in a new matte. $250.00 335. LOFTING,HUGH. VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY: Fred. Stokes #331F #331G 1922 (1922). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4”), decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dw mended, chipped at spine ends and corners, 1” triangular piece off rear panel). First edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by Lofting with color pictorial endpapers, guarded color frontis, one other color plate plus charming b&w’s. This is the second title in the Doctor Dolittle series and also the second book to win the Newbery Award. Scarce first edition but rare in the dust wrapper. $1850.00

336. LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF ZINGO THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Jersey City: Colgate 1924. 16mo (3 7/8 x 5 3/4”), pictorial wraps, 331g. THE CHINA SHOP. The image Fine. This is a wonderful advertising booklet with a dental theme. The story, measures 5” wide x 7 1/8” high with a thick written by Lofting, stars a monkey named Zingo that meets a traveler at the black border, matted. Lenski’s note on Edge of Civilization. Zingo gets the idea to raise money by trying to find anyone back indicates that there were a limited who doesn’t use Colgate dental cream and sell it to them. Illustrated by Lofting number of prints issued. $250.00 with 2 full page color illustrations, 5 half page color illustrations, plus one full page and one half page drawings in line. $150.00

332. (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. FIVE AND TEN by Roberta Whitehead. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1943 (1943). 8vo (6 x 8 1/8”), red pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper mended on verso. 1st ed. A simple story has wonderful, bright full page color illustrations by Lenski. Quite an uncommon Lenski title. $250.00

STRIKING GEOMETRICS BY SOL LEWITT 333. (LEWITT,SOL)illus. FICCIONES by Jorge Luis Borges. NY: Limited Editions Club (1984). Square 4to, full black cowhide, Fine in slip case (Monthly Newsletter laid in). LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SOL LEWITT. Featuring 22 geometric LA FONTAINE’S FABLES ILLUSTRATED BY LORIOUX illustrations (silk screens) 337. (LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. FONTAINE’S FABLES. Racine: Whitman 1934. by Lewitt whose work has Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, several dedication signatures on endpaper been exhibited at the (plain endpapers) some edge rubbing else near fine in dust wrapper (dw soiled). Museum of Modern Art. One of the most marvelous and imaginative editions of these fables, this is The Monthly Newsletter illustrated by FELIX LORIOUX in bold, full color and in line with his wonderful quote’s Robert Rosenblum humanized insects and animals and with a few lines of text for each illustration. describing Lewitt’s art ‘as Full of humor and style and beautifully printed. Containing: The Town Rat & The the work of a New Sorcerer’s Country Rat, The Grasshopper & The Ant, The Wolf & The Lamb, The Crow & The Apprentice’ adding that his Fox, The Fox & The Stork and The Heron. $500.00 art “like that of Borges, is an art of infinite allusion.” FIRST EDITION OF MACDONALD’S FAIRY TALES A strikingly beautiful 338. MACDONALD,GEORGE. DEALINGS WITH THE FAIRIES. Lond: Arthur book. $650.00 Strahan 1867. 12mo, green gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 308p. + 4p. ads, expertly rebacked with original spine preserved, few mends and light soil, VG+ in cloth LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB – 137, 333 slipcase. 1st ed. Containing: The Golden Key; The Light Princess; The Giant’s Heart; 334. LIONNI,LEO. SWIMMY. NY: The Shadows; and Cross Purposes and with 12 fine full page illustrations by ARTHUR Pantheon (1963). 4to (9 1/4 x 10 7/8”), HUGHES. Darton (Child. Books in England pictorial boards. boards, fine in VG+ slightly rev.ed. p. 263) comments on Macdonald’s influence with Lewis Carroll in publishing soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition. (correct dw Alice and he adds: “His contribution to the price, no listing of later titles). Beautifully ‘invented fairy tale’... was something which was not there before. More than any other illustrated in color to accompany the simple prose story teller for children at that story of a little black fish left alone in period, he brought serious imagination into the water. CALDECOTT HONOR. Quite the fabric of his tales.” And the fact that many of his works are still in print today scarce. $300.00 (including 2 from this book illustrated by Sendak) attests to his enduring quality. Very scarce and an important book. $1750.00 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – 55, 378, 446 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 [email protected] MACKENZIE’S ALADDIN 343. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. HOMER PRICE. NY: Viking 1943 (1943). 4to, cloth, 339. (MACKENZIE,THOM 149p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw light soil and fraying at spine ends but overall AS)illus. ALADDIN AND VG+). 1st edition. 6 preposterous tales written by McCloskey are illustrated by HIS WONDERFUL LAMP in him as well with full and partial page drawings. $750.00 rhyme by Arthur Ransome. London: Nisbet no date [1919]. 4to, (7 1/2 x 10”), pictorial cloth, near fine. 1st edition. Mackenzie’s most desired and best work featuring 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates with tissue guards and with a profusion of stunning black and whites on every page of text (nice silhouette ep’s as well). A beautiful book. $600.00

ARABIAN NIGHTS 340. (MACKENZIE,THOMAS)illus. ALADDIN or the Wonderful Lamp and ALI-BABA and the Forty Thieves. 344. McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. ONE MORNING IN MAINE. NY: Viking 1952 (1952). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), pictorial cloth, 64p., fine in VG dust wrapper Chicago: Albert Whitman (1929). 4to (7 missing 1” at base of spine. 1st edition of this wonderful CALDECOTT HONOR 1/2 x 9 5/8”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, BOOK. Illustrated on every page with McCloskey’s eye for detail. 1st editions of this title in nice dust wrappers are hard to find. $850.00 128p., near Fine. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie with 8 stunning color plates and FABULOUS RARE MCCLOSKEY POSTER 345. MCCLOSKEY,ROBERT. POSTER: CHILDREN’S SPRING BOOK with 1 full page and 6 smaller b&w’s that are FESTIVAL. Offered here is the circa 1950 poster for the festival sponsored unsigned. Quite scarce and an attractive by the New York Herald Tribune. It measures 18.5 x 21.5” and is brightly edition. $225.00 illustrated in full colors showing a typical McCloskey boy relaxing in the grass and reading a book. Rare. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $1850.00

LIMITED EDITION INSCRIBED BY THOMAS MANN 341. MANN,THOMAS. HERR UND HUND [Man and his Dog] ein idyll. Munchen 1919. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9”), marbled boards with leather spine label, 93p., Fine. LIMITED TO 120 COPIES SIGNED BY MANN, printed for the German Writer’s Association with the revenue to benefit needy writers. Printed on Zanders handmade paper. The story is a narrative describing the author’s life with his dog Bashan. Illustrated by Emil Preetorius with full page frontis woodcut and with 8 smaller woodcuts in-text. THIS COPY IS ALSO HAS A FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM MANN ON THE ENDPAPER. A remarkable copy. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $4000.00 RARE McLOUGHLIN GAMES FOR BOYS 346. McLOUGHLIN PUB. HOME GAMES FOR LITTLE BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date circa 1870. Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 9”), pictorial wraps, covers soiled some else VG++. One of Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series, this is a rare and interesting 342. MARIANA. MISS FLORA McLoughlin item. Each of the 6 stiff color plates represents a different board game with the rules for playing each game printed inside the front cover. Games McFLIMSEY AND THE LITTLE RED include: Game of Quoits; Game of Bear Hunt; Game of Duck Shooting; Game of SCHOOLHOUSE. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard Rabbit Hunt; Game of Leap Frog and the Game of Tightrope. $600.00 (1957). 8vo (5 1/2 x 6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. This forgotten little doll goes to school and meets many new characters. Charmingly illustrated in color by Mariana and quite scarce. $200.00

MARSHAK, S. - 498 914.764.7410 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CONEY ISLAND CHILDREN’S BOOK MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL AND ART 347. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. JOHNNY HEADSTRONG’S TRIP TO CONEY ISLAND. FOR AIGA BEST BOOK NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1882. Large square 4to, pictorial wraps, [20]p. including 352. McPHAIL,DAVID. CAPTAIN TOAD AND THE MOTORBIKE. This covers, light spine and cover wear and soil, VG. The adventures and tales of woe is a collection of pre-publication material for McPhail’s wonderful picture of mischievous Johnny with his family at Coney Island. Marvelous full page color book published in 1978 by Atheneum. Taken together, they are a fascinating illustrations and numerous illus. in brown line by W. BRUTON. Rare. $800.00 look at how a book becomes published from concept to realization. The story tells of Captain Toad, a retired Navy hero, who inadvertently saves his little village from the noisy motorbikes. The characters are all marvelously detailed humanized animals depicted in full color. Included are:

A. Early Text of the story in typed pages with many handwritten changes, plus one page entirely in McPhail’s hand. B. Wonderful Double-Page Detailed Drawing used on p. 16-17 of the book. The mole is asleep by the fireplace and Captain Toad is sneaking out through the window. All of the original artwork for this book was in black and white with color added in the printing. C. 5 Finished Pen And Ink studies of Captain Toad by McPhail. D. Artist’s Dummy for Captain Toad done after the finished art was completed, used as a guide for the art director and printer. Each of the pages is sketched in showing the layout of the artwork. E. Two Early Proof Copies from the publisher with extensive annotations by McPhail and his editor.

McPhail was born in Newburyport, Mass.. He has illustrated the work of others, notably Nancy Willard’s Sailing To Cythera which was one of AIGA’s 50 Books of 348. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE BO PEEP. NY: McLoughlin Bros,, no date the Year in 1974, and he has authored and illustrated a profusion of books on his circa 1870. 8vo, (5 3/4 x 7 1/4”)”, pictorial wraps, Fine. Little Folks Series, own. This book, Captain Toad and the Motorbike was likewise included in AIGA’s printed on linen. This is a prose version of the nursery rhyme, illustrated with 6 1979 show of 50 Best Books. McPhail belongs to the new breed of children’s full page chromolithographs. A great copy. $250.00 book illustrators, along with James Marshall, Trina Schart Hyman and others - who bring a fresh originality to children’s literature. McPhail’s style ranges MCLOUGHLIN MILITARY INTEREST broadly from intricate detail reminiscent of Sendak’s and E.H. Shepard’s line 349. McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE DESERTER. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date illustrations to the broad strokes of William Steig. See Hornbook Illustrators circa 1880. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 5/8”), pictorial wraps, 12p., neat spine mend and one of Children’s Books vol. 4 p. 4-5, 143. $3200.00 closed tear, VG+, bright and clean. The story involves three brothers who decide to play war. Their father MEDICINE - 485 outfits them with guns, swords, a drum and military uniforms. They erect a tent, establish posts and proceed to play. One of the brothers isn’t very war-like and he deserts for which is he ridiculed, bound up and held prisoner until the game ends. Illustrated with 6 very fine full page chromos on black backgrounds engraved by Cogger. A title in the Aunt Matilda Series. $475.00

SOLDIERS 350. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1899. 4to (9 1/4 x 10 5/8”), pictorial wraps, some wear to rear cover, VG+. Stories and poems glorifying the life of a soldier (including a young Rough Rider) are illustrated with 6 brilliant full page chromolithographs and with 2-color illustrations in text. $375.00

MEGGENDORFER SLICE TRANSFORMATION BOOK 353. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. DER FIDELE ONKEL. Esslingen: Schreiber no date, circa 1910. 8vo (5 3/8 x 7 5/8”), cloth backed flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine. 14 full page full color illustrations of male figures are each sliced in thirds enabling the reader to make more than 2000 different and often humorous illustrations. The first edition of this title appeared in 1891 with 351. McLOUGHLIN PUB. YELLOW DWARF. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no 12 pictures. In 1908 2 more date, circa 1880. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4”), pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated by pictures were added and HOWARD with 4 full page and 1 double page chromolithographs and with great the dimensions of the book pictorial cover. A title in the Yellow Dwarf Series. $300.00 were reduced An uncommon format for Meggendorfer McLOUGHLIN SEE ALSO 25-27, 111, 149, 150, 154, 166, 184, 229, 230, 286, and quite scarce. (SEE 292, 294 ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 53 [email protected] 354. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. IMMER LUSTIG! Munchen: Braun & FINE LIMITED/SIGNED POOH BOOK Schneider no date circa 1890. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge WITH GREAT MILNE LETTER wear, new spine matching the original, tabs extended, VG+ in custom clamshell 359. MILNE,A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen box. Featuring 8 fabulous hand-colored moveable plates: musical conductor, (1928). 4to, cloth backed boards Fine in dust wrapper (dw only very slightly drummer, man swatting a fly, hunter chasing a rabbit, a gnome with a jack-in-the- worn), housed in custom 1/4 leather box. 1st ed. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 box, a man spanking his son, a fisherman, and a Black child with a turtle. Great NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Printed on hand made movements and altogether wonderful. $3200.00 paper resulting in very sharp reproductions of Shepard’s perfect illustrations. LAID-IN IS A 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED 1926 FROM MILNE PRESENTING A MILNE BOOK TO THE OWNER. The content of the letter is wonderful, reading: Dear Darthanda, Here is your book. I am so glad you like it. First editions of When We Very Young are rather difficult and rather expensive to get, but if you asked a good bookseller in Oxford Street to try and get one for you, I dare say he would be able to. Christopher Robin thinks you have the most exciting name he ever heard, and he goes about singing it to himself. He and Pooh send their love, and so do I. Your Friend, A.A. Milne”. This is a special copy and in great condition. $11,500.00

HUMANIZED MICE - TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN 355. MICE. IN THE MOUSE’S HOUSE arranged from a German picture book by Lois Donaldson. Chicago: Laidlaw 1930. Printed in Germany. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth, pictorial paste- on, near Fine. Each page of text faces a full page, richly colored illustration and there are 3- color pictures on text pages as well all by MATHILDE RITTER showing the everyday life of these most charming humanized mice. $200.00

LIFE OF A GERMAN SOLDIER 356. MILITARY INTEREST. DELUXE FIRST EDITION FELD-POST VOM VATER PUBLISHER’S LEATHER WINNIE bilder und versli vom Art. Beobachter Bume. Aarau: 360. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. A Trub, no date, circa 1940. Oblong 12mo (7 x 4 London: Methuen (1926). 8vo, full green /58”), cloth backed pictorial publisher’s morocco, gilt pictorial cover boards, Fine. This is a book of short poems for children with extensive gilt pictorial spine, all of soldiers to show them what their fathers do while edges gilt, 103p., Fine. First edition, away at war. Illustrated DELUXE EDITION bound by the publisher by the author with 9 full page color lithos depicting a in leather. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPARD. soldier’s day from morning to night. $150.00 $4500.00

MILITARY INTEREST ALSO – 85, 325, 349 , 350, 436, 545, 592, 594-6

MILLER, OLIVE BEAUPRE – 574, 575 #358 UNCOMMON POOH BOOK 357. MILNE,A.A. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BIRTHDAY BOOK. Lond.: Methuen (1930). 12mo, cloth, 215p., fine in slightly soiled, near fine dw. 1st ed. A birthday book compiled by Milne from his 4 “Pooh” books and illus. by E. H. SHEPARD. Includes a new 3 page intro. by Milne and new art for a color dust wrapper by Shepard. Quite uncommon and a great copy. $1500.00

SCARCE MILNE / SHEPARD “POOH” LIMITED EDITION 358. MILNE,A.A. THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK. NY: Dutton (1929). 4to, green cloth spine and tips, pink pictorial boards, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box lightly soiled). The LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Illustrated throughout in black and white by E.H. Shepard, this is a beautiful copy and very scarce. $3500.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>> 914.764.7410 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 1ST “POOH” BOOK 365. MONTGOMERY,FRANCES TREGO. BILLY WHISKERS OUT WEST. LIMITED TO ONLY 100 SIGNED COPIES Akron: Saalfield (1916). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 182p. plus ads, tips rubbed else near fine in DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). 361. MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Lond: Methuen (1924). Probable 1st edition of the 18th Billy Whiskers book (no later titles on title 4to (7 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed boards, except for a few faint oxidation marks, page or dw flap). Billy makes his way home after visiting the very fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw spine sunned and with two small chipsoff Exposition and has many adventures. Illustrated with 6 color plates by F.J. top of spine). Housed in custom 1/4 leather box. #36 OF TO ONLY 100 Murch. Nice copy. See 104 for another Billy Whiskers title. $250.00 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD! 1st ed. of the first Pooh book, printed on hand-made paper. Rare and a beautiful copy. $24,000.00 #366

1st DELUXE LEATHER EDITION THE SECOND “ANNE” TITLE 362. MILNE,A.A. WHEN 366. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF AVONLEA. Boston: L.C. Page & Co. 1909 WE WERE VERY YOUNG. (1909). 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4”) green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 367p. + [8]p.ads, Lond: Methuen (1924 7th FINE. Stated 1st impression of the second Anne book. Illus. with color frontis by George Gibbs. Extremely scarce and a beautiful copy. $1100.00 printing). 8vo, PUBLISHER’S FULL BLUE LEATHER THE THIRD “ANNE” TITLE DELUXE BINDING, spine 367. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. Bost: L.C. Page Co. 1915 (1915). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 326p. + 16p. ads, light rear cover soil ends rubbed and spine else near Fine. Stated 1st impression (printing). Illustrated with color frontis by slightly faded, owner name H. Weston Taylor. Anne leaves Avonlea for 4 years of college and realizes that on verso of free endpaper, she and Gilbert Blythe were meant for each other. $1200.00 VG-Fine. 1st. edition of this #367 title in the deluxe binding. Rare. $1850.00

DELUXE EDITION LEATHER BOUND IN BOX 363. MILNE,A.A. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen (1928). 8vo, full calf with gilt vignettes and floral decoration, all edges gilt, 103p., Fine in original publisher’s box with printed label (box rubbed with light soil). 1st edition, DELUXE #368 EDITION. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPHARD. Scarce in this binding and a beautiful copy. $2700.00 368. MONTGOMERY,L.M. RILLA OF INGLESIDE. NY: Frederick Stokes (1921). 8vo, purple cloth, pictorial paste-on, sl. foxing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw has 1” piece off top of spine and 1/2” off bottom of spine). 1st ed. SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME Set on Prince Edward Island, this is a continuation of the Anne of Green Gables 364. MILNE,A.A. TOAD OF TOAD HALL: a play from Kenneth Grahame’s “The saga telling of Anne’s daughter Rilla. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with color Wind In The Willows”. Lond: frontis. that is repeated on dust wrapper and cover of book. $900.00 Methuen (1929). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9”), cloth backed boards, fine in dust wrapper and CALDECOTT AWARD custom 1/4 leather box (dw 369. (MONTRESOR,BENI)illus. MAY lightly soiled with narrow I BRING A FRIEND? by Beatrice 1” chip off front panel and Schenk de Regniers. NY: Atheneum sl. frayed and spine ends) 1964 (1964). 4to (8 x 9 3/4”), cloth, LIMITED TO ONLY 200 Fine in dust wrapper (dw faint corner COPIES NUMBERED AND stain, price clipped). Stated 1st edition. SIGNED BY MILNE AND Illustrated with bright color illustrations KENNETH GRAHAME! A and with detailed black and whites in beautiful copy of a very Montresor’s distinctive style. CALDECOTT scarce book, generally found AWARD WINNER. Beautiful copy, very in grubby condition. $3500.00 scarce. $600.00

MINIATURE – 115, 198, 199 MOORE, CLEMENT – 114, 149-154, 185 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 55 [email protected] CHARLOTTE STEINER CLOTH MOTHER GOOSE GREAT LATE 19TH CENTURY SLICE BOOK 370. MOTHER GOOSE. BABY’S MOTHER GOOSE. no place: Peggy Cloth 375. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) NOVELTY METAMORPHOSES PICTURE BOOK Books 1947. Oblong (8 1/2 x 7 1/4”), pictorial cloth, some soil and fraying else * NEUESTES VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH * NOUVEAUTE LIVRE DE VG. Illustrated by Charlotte Steiner with charming color illustrations on every METAMORPHOSES. No publishing information except Made in Germany, circa page. Scarce. $200.00 1895. 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2”), pictorial wraps, faint crease else VG+. There are 6 pages in 3 sections folded to size. All feature humorous chromolithographs of all kinds of people and animals. Two of the leaves are sliced into 6 pieces horizontally enabling the reader to make hundreds of combinations of comical figures. Quite wonderful. $600.00

PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 371. MOTHER GOOSE. HOP O’ MY THUMB. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date circa 1890. 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated with 4 charming full page chromolithographs. Mary Bell Series. Scarce. $200.00 RARE TOY SLICE BOOK 376. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) TOYLAND AND DOLLDOM MOVING PICTURES RARE VOLLAND CLOTH by R.H. Garman. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas 1907. 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”), stiff MOTHER GOOSE pictorial wraps, stain on edge of rear cover else VG+. Two of the pages are 372. MOTHER GOOSE. divided into 6 sections (sliced horizontally) allowing the reader to form hundreds MOTHER GOOSE AND HER of different combinations of pictures using the color backdrops of the other 4 FRIENDS by Gladys Nelson pages. The illustrations are all teddy bears, toys and dolls. The text is in rhyme Muter. Volland 1923. Oblong at the bottom of the pictures. $300.00 small folio (12 1/8 x 9 1/2”), limp pictorial cloth, slight bit of cover fading and rubbing else VG+. This rare Volland Mother Goose is printed on cloth and illustrated in color in art deco style by Marion Foster. $500.00

MAINE POLITICAL SATIRE 373. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE COMES TO PORTLAND by Frederic Freeman. Portland, Maine: Southworth Print. Co. (1918). 12mo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, nearly As New is original onion skin wrapper. Traditional Mother Goose characters and rhymes are adapted to Maine political figures of the era. Each #374 figure is identified by name and position and is illustrated in line by the author. Florence Brooks Whitehouse, the Chairman for Maine of the National Woman’s Party is pictured as Mrs. Pieman. When Simple Simon asks to taste her ware she replies “Advance my measure” of Justice to Women and Simon replies “If that’s the price - with pleasure.”. A clever little book. $200.00

MOTHER GOOSE ALSO 64, 75, 93, 163, 186, 426, 454, 547, 554

RARE AMERICAN MOVEABLE - DENSLOW IMITATION 374. MOVEABLE. (MOTHER GOOSE) THE MAGIC PICTURE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES AND MELODIES. NY: Dillingham (1908) 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover soil and grubbiness, tight and VG. 1st edition. Illustrated by ROBERT H. PORTEOUS in an obvious DENSLOW IMITATION,. Every other page is really a flap that features a bold, vibrant color illustration with the beginning of a Mother Goose rhyme. When the flap is lifted, it reveals a different but related picture beneath it. Text pages are also illustrated in color. Bound in the same format as Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty and others, this is really a nice Mother Goose and a rare moveable flap book. $1250.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>> 914.764.7410 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GREAT LATE 19TH CENTURY SLICE BOOK PETER RABBIT HANKY MOVEABLE 377. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH * 381. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) PETER RABBIT HANKIES. Duenewald: 1950. 8vo, METAMORPHOSES PICTURE BOOK. No publishing information except Made in pictorial wraps, slight cover rubbing else fine. Text for the story is printed on Germany, circa 1895. 12mo (5 1/2 x 6 1/4”), pictorial wraps, inconspicuous repair rear panel. Inside are 2 full page color lithographed pages by JULIAN WEHR at fold else VG+. There are 6 pages in 3 sections folded to size. All feature - one has a tab operated moveable, and the other has 2 COLOR ILLUSTRATED humorous chromolithographs of all kinds of people including a stereotypical Black HANKIES tucked into slots in the illustrations. Rare. $1200.00 man. Two of the leaves are sliced into 3 pieces horizontally enabling the reader to make numerous of combinations of comical figures. Quite wonderful. $500.00

RARE MOVING PICTURES RED RIDING HOOD 378. MOVEABLE. MOVEABLE POPEYE (THEATER) LITTLE RED 382. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) POPEYE RIDING HOOD IN EIGHT REELS. Milwaukee: Craft AND THE PIRATES. NY: Duenewald Novelty Makers, 1921. 4to, (1945). 4to (8 3/4 x 8 3/8”), pictorial pictorial boards, cover soil, boards, near Fine. Illustrated in full else VG+. There is a full page depiction of a movie color by SAGENDORF and featuring 4 theatre and where the color moveable plates by JULIAN WEHR. stage would be is a die-cut One of Wehr’s scarcer titles and a great hole. There is a moveable wheel beneath the hole that copy. $250.00 tells the story of Little Red as it is turned. There are 8 different scenes of MOVEABLES SEE ALSO 66, 74, 126, 160, 285, 353-4, 452, 453 the Red Riding Hood Story. The text for each scene in on the opposite page. 383. MUNARI,BRUNO. GIGI CERCA IL SUO BERRETTO. Mondadori:1945. 4to, Rare. $600.00 pictorial boards, VG. Featuring wonderful, bold color lithographed illustrations, each of which has a moveable flap that reveals a new picture below. $600.00 RARE VOLLAND MOVEABLE 379. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) [DOWN NEAR THE LILY POND]. [Chicago]: Volland 1931. This is a MAGIC ROUNDABOUT BOOK with the text and illustrations of a story printed on 4 color illustrated wheels attached to a wooden paddle. The wheels are 9 3/8” in diameter and it is 12” from the bottom of the wooden handle to the top of the wheel. Three of the wheels are tab operated. There is a triangular window cut into the top wheel so that the reader can create different versions of the text depending upon which wheel is turned. The story tells of 384. MUNARI,BRUNO. STORIE DI TRE UCCELLINI [TIC TAC AND the adventures and mishaps TOC]. Veronase: Mondadori (1945). Folio, edges of cover toned else Fine. of a family of frogs that One of Munari’s famous cut-out books with minimal text and brightly colored picnic near the lily pond. This illustrations. There are smaller books within the large book plus a circular cut- is a very rare moveable book. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT out on the bottom of each page. Unique and appealing. $600.00 COVER) $1500.00

FINE VOLLAND NOVELTY BOOK IN BOX! 380. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) MY PEEK-A-BOO SHOW BOOK by Carrie Dudley. Minneapolis: Buzza, a Gordon Volland Book 1928. Large oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Very Fine IN ORIGINAL BOX (box flaps repaired). Written and illustrated by Dudley. There are 8 thick cardboard scenes with holes cut out in various places. Any one of these scenes can be placed over any one of 6 paper pages so the reader can change the text and illustrations to create a number of stories (very similar to Tom Seidmann Freud’s grids on her famous toy books). Illustrated in bright Volland style, this is a scarce and interesting book, rare in the box. $500.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 57 [email protected] 388. NEVILLE,EMILY. IT’S LIKE THIS, CAT. NY: Harper & Row (1963). 8vo (6 385. MUNARI,BRUNO. WHAT I’D LIKE x 8 1/4”). Pictorial cloth, Fine in VG dust wrapper with light edge fraying, no award TO BE. (London): Harvill Press (1945). seal. Stated First Edition. The story is about a boy’s journey to adulthood set in Folio (9 1/2 x 12 3/8”, flexible card covers, New York City. Illustrated by Emil Weiss. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Very slightly dusty else near Fine. 1st edition. scarce. Neville’s first book. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $425.00 Among the first English language editions of Munari’s works, this is the third Bruno NEWBERY AWARD WINNER – 2-5, 300, 304, 317, 326, 335, 388, 402, 482, 584 Book. With an innovative approach to design, each page has a separate little book NEWBERY AWARD HONOR – 31, 70, 245, 586, 591 integrated into the picture. Featuring bright full color illustrations and minimal INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR - ALICE DALGLIESH text. $600.00 389. [NEWBURY,JOHN] A BOOK FOR JENNIFER by Alice Dalgliesh. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1941 (1940). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”). decorative cloth, 114p., Fine in rubbed and frayed dust wrapper. The book MUSIC – 53, 287 relates the life and times

of John Newbury and his MYTH & LEGEND – 105, 117, 203, 392, 418, 597 Juvenile Library bringing alive the world of children’s books in the 18th century. Illustrated by Katharine NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK Milhous with 10 charming 386. NAZI INTEREST. DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by full page color illustrations Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938). 4to, cloth and pictorial boards, some and with 11 cuts taken internal margin soil, sl. spine wear, VG+. Published by Der Sturmer under the from old books. Dalgliesh direction of the notorious Julius Streicher. Illustrated in full color by Fips used Wilbur Macy Stone’s featuring grossly stereotypical depictions of Jewish men and women. The Jews collection for reference are portrayed as dirty and conniving and the German youth as wholesome and clean. and the design of the book This title, along with Elvira Bauer’s “Trau Keinem Fuchs” remains one of the most cover and jacket reproduces striking examples of the power of propaganda in children’s literature, however paper used on an actual 18th this title is more difficult to find. Nazi interest see also 29, $3750.00 century book of Stone’s. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DALGIESH. $175.00

390. NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. CLEVER BILL. no place (New York): (Doubleday, Page) no date [1927]. Oblong small 4to, yellow pictorial boards, 23p., sl. rubbing, near fine in chipped dust wrapper. First U.S. edition. Printed on rectos only, featuring wonderful color lithographs that fill the page, with one line of calligraphic text beneath each picture. “If, by a true picture book one means a book in which pictures tell a story with little need of text, there can be no doubt that William Nicholson had accomplished this in Clever Bill.” (Meigs’: Critical History p. 582). See also Bader p.61-1 who cites Nicholson’s innovative oblong format “for which CHILDREN’S RED BOOK there is no true precedent.” 387. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. HANSEL AND GRETHEL & SNOW WHITE AND This is an excellent copy ROSE RED by the Brothers Grimm. Chicago: Reilly and Britton, 1908. 12mo (5 1/4 of a very scarce children’s x 7”), 58p., red cloth stamped in yellow and black, round pictorial paste-on, Fine. book. $3500.00 The two title fairy tales are illustrated with 8 full page color illustrations, a few smaller illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Volume XII of the Children’s Red Book Series. A great copy. Neill, see also 76-83 including original art. $275.00

391. NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. BOOK #388 OF BLOKES. [London] (Faber & Faber [1929]. 12mo (5 x 7 3/8”), white boards, green pictorial labels on both covers, Fine. 1st edition. Printed on one side of the paper, each page has a line illustration of a different English man (bloke), originating from sketches Nicholson did to amuse his children. There is no text and the drawings are impressionistic in style, executed in a variety of colors. $500.00

NESS, EVALINE - 121 914.764.7410 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BRILLIANT COPY IN DUST WRAPPER WITH INTERESTING LETTER 392. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond: Hodder 396. NORTON,MARY. THE BORROWERS. NY: Harcourt Brace (1953). 8vo & Stoughton no date [1924]. Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/2”), elaborate gilt pictorial (5 3/4 x 8 1/2”), blue pictorial cloth, 180p., slight fading on perimeter else Fine green moire (silk), FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (dw sl. frayed). 1st in a near Fine dust wrapper. There is an extra dust wrapper that is slightly ed. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates plus many frayed at spine ends. Stated First Edition. The British edition was published a full page black and whites to accompany 16 fairy tales. This is a beautiful copy year earlier, but with completely different illustrations by another illustrator. with the gilt binding quite bright, scarce in the dust wrapper.. $2500.00 This is the first story in the series about the miniature people who existby borrowing from humans. The story tells what happens when their daughter becomes friendly with a human boy. Illustrated by BETH AND JOE KRUSH with color wrapper and delightful pen and ink drawings throughout. Laid-in is a letter to a friend from legendary children’s book editor Margaret McElderry that explains why this copy has two dust wrappers: “Surprise, Surprise! The friend who stayed on in our Sullivan St. apartment after I married died fairly recently, and in the process of sorting out my books and pictures that were still there, I discovered a first edition of The Borrowers and double-jacketed to boot (which HB [Harcourt Brace] did on all office distribution copies). So here it is....” See Lynn p.157, Carnegie Medal winner. A special bright copy. $600.00

#397

BOXED NIELSEN IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE 393. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE: fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1913]. 4to, lavender pictorial cloth, some light foxing throughout else really NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE (box soiled, corners strengthened). 1st trade ed. (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 a beautiful copy of a really magnificent book, rarely found with the original box. $1950.00 FAIRY TALE POSTER BOOK INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR 397. NOVELTY. FAIRY POSTER BOOK. Racine: Whitman 1929. Oblong 4to (12 x 9:), stiff pictorial wraps, some cover wear else near Fine and unused. The characters from The Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Kittens, Goldilocks, Old Mother Hubbard and Cinderella are included. Each story has a full page color illustration to be used as a guide to color the full page black and white illustration that it faces. Each story also has a full page of character pieces meant to be cut out and pasted into the blank areas of another partially illustrated full page illustration. The illustrator was M.E. Stout who has inscribed the book to someone involved with publishing it: “To Henry:- This is the book we worked on together! M.E. Stout”. The color cover by Stout is particularly charming. $250.00

WITH DETACHABLE PHONE AND DIAL 398. NOVELTY. PLAYETTE PHONE BOOK by Larry Wise and M. Goldsmith. NY: Playette Corp. 1945. 4to (8 1/4 x 11”), spiral backed boards, covers rubbed else VG+. NIELSEN, KAY SEE ALSO 193-4 Through a circle cut into all pages and front cover emerges a metal phone dial. Attached NISTER PUBLISHER – 30, 33, 99-100, 115, 143, 455, 465, 528, 583 by a string is a removable phone cradle. Each text page offers a different scenario for CUTE NOAH SHAPE BOOK using a telephone. Illustrated with bright NOVELTY color lithos in typical 40’s style by Dick 394. NOAH’S ARK. ARK FULL Briefer. Really a great educational novelty OF ANIMALS by Tessa Colina. book. $275.00 Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Foundation 1945. Oblong 8vo, spiral backed card covers die- cut in the shape of the Ark, #395 Fine. Illustrated in full color on every other page Vera Gohman. Cut into the illustrations are 40 die-cut windows with surprise pictures underneath. $100.00

FABULOUS ART DECO NOAH’S ARK PLAY BOOK 395. NOAH’S ARK. NOAH’S ARK AND ALL THAT WERE THEREIN by Charlotte Wilkinson. Cleveland: Harter 1935. Large oblong folio (17 x 11 3/4”), pictorial card covers, FINE AND UNUSED. There are 8 leaves of die-cut figures illustrated with rich color lithographs by Ruth C. Williams. They include 110 pieces to punch out and use to assemble the Ark, Noah, his wife and sons and their wives plus all of the animals. Each animal has a stand printed with the name of the animal and the country where it can be found. Very scarce. $1200.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 59 [email protected] NOVELTY BOOK / NEWELL IMITATION WITH REAL STRING RARE PETER PARLEY TITLE 399. NOVELTY. THE STORY OF THE STRING AND HOW IT GREW by MASS MARKET ADVENTURE BOOK Sam Plank. NY: Artemus Ward (1916). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4”), cloth backed 404. OPTIC,OLIVER. BOAT CLUB; OR, THE BUNKERS OF RIPPLETON. A pictorial boards, slightly dusty and tips rubbed else VG+. Employing a novel Tale for Boys. Boston: Brown, Bazin and Company 1855 (1855). 12mo, (4 3/4 x 6 approach (reminiscent of Newell’s Hole Book), there is an actual piece of string 3/4”), brown pictorial cloth with front cover and spine stamped in gold, all edges threaded through a hole in the center of each page. As you turn the pages, the gilt, spine ends frayed, light oval stain on endpaper and next 2 leaves, tight, clean string appears in various situations depending upon the illustrations. Illustrated and overall VG+. 1st edition, presumable publisher’s presentation binding. Peter in color on every page by CRAWFORD YOUNG. $400.00 Parley To Penrod p. 12 calls for blind stamped covers with only an ornamental panel and publisher’s monogram and no gilt edges. This copy has all edges gilt and the front cover has a gilt vignette of 3 boys on a boat repeated on rear cover in blind stamping. Illustrated with 4 plates. This was only the third book written by the prolific William Taylor Adams (here using his Oliver Optic pseudonym). Before the “Boat Club” American children had few adventure stories available to them. Although not without a moral message, imparting morality was not the main message in this book. This title was a marked change from Sunday School stories GREAT ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS or Jacob Abbott’s books. 400. NOVELTY. TRAILOR FAMILY CUT-OUTS by Dotty Downs. Akron: Saalfield It was so successful that Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 10”), pictorial wraps, covers dusty and pinhole in corner of Adams wrote 5 more Boat pages else VG+ and unused. All pages have color lithographed illustrations meant to Club titles creating the first be cut-out to assemble the 4 members of the Trailer family, their auto, their trailer of his prolific adventure and furniture for the trailer. Very scarce and a great period piece. $475.00 tale series and also creating a “first” in mass market publishing for boys. Rare. $1200.00

MAGNIFICENT COPY OF OUTHWAITE’S LTD. ED. FAIRYLAND 405. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. FAIRYLAND with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. Melbourne: Ramsay Pub. 1926. Folio (11 1/4 x 15”), blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 166 p. including subscriber list, corner of frontis small crease else Fine and bright. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE on the limitation page. The text consists of three fairy stories and 23 fairy poems and features pictorial endpapers and 51 mounted plates with tissue guards - 19 plates in color plates and 32 in black and white. There are also drawings in-text. Due to the integrity of the printing plates and the quality of the paper, the illustrations pop with detail that inevitably lessened as more copies NOVELTY BOOKS SEE ALSO 61, 64, 95, 161, 194, 195, 220, 228, 285, 378-80, were printed. This is an especially nice copy of one of the scarcest and most sought 383-5, 394-5, 423, 487, 523, 525 after children’s books of all time. It is the ultimate fairy book and quite possibly BEAUTIFUL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS the most beautiful children’s book as well. (See Muir’s 5600). Rare. $7950.00 401. NURA. ALL ABOARD WE ARE OFF. NY: The Studio Publications and Junior Literary Guild (1944). 4to (9 1/4 x 11”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, rubbed at folds and frayed at spine ends). This is the story of The Little Old Apple Lady who takes children on magic trips. Written by Nura and illustrated by her with beautiful color and black & white art deco style color lithographs, litho’d directly on stone by Nura and printed in four colors. $200.00

NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 402. O’DELL,SCOTT. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960 (1960). 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper (slight chipping to head of spine, no award seal). First edition. This is the story of an Indian girl who lived alone for 18 years on an island in the Pacific in the 1800’s. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Scarce in the 1st ed. $400.00

SCARCE KEWPIE BOOK 403. O’NEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES THEIR BOOK written and illustrated by Rose O’Neill. NY: Stokes (Nov. 1913). 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, fine in tattered and worn dw with some pieces off. 1st edition of this early Kewpie book. Illustrated by O’Neill with pictorial endpapers, cover plate, plus numerous color illustrations on every page depicting the adventures of the Kewpies. A beautiful copy, rare in dust wrapper. $1500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 OUTHWAITE’S FIRST BOOK WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 16 10 POSTERS PROMOTING WORLD PEACE 406. ([OUTHWAITE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. MOLLIE’S BUNYIP by A.R. 409. PACIFISM. [POSTERS FOR PEACE]. This is a folder of 10 color posters RENTOUL and I.S. RENTOUL. Melbourne: Robert Jolley 1904. Oblong 4to, published jointly by the National Council for Prevention of War and the National string bound pictorial wraps, [48]p., edges frayed with some mends, last leaf Child Welfare Association in 1923. Each poster measures 11 x 14”, printed on restored (all blank except for the last two letters of the word “end”) else really one side of the paper with a pictorial cover sheet. Each leaf features a beautiful VG+. FIRST EDITION OF OUTHWAITE’S FIRST BOOK done when she was only color scene by F.L. Warren showing children from different countries: China, 16 years old and written by her older sister Ida who was then 22. Illustrated Russia, Italy, , England, Germany, America, Spain, Japan and Holland. The with 11 full page black and whites and 11 pages of text in calligraphy. Text hand lettered text in verse is meant to show that all children are good and pages have delicate illustrations in sepia. The story tells about little Mollie who all are alike despite physical differences. The first leaf contains the following wanders into the woods and gets lost. She meets fairies and is protected by the verse: “In hearts too young for enmity / There lies the way to make men free;/ Bunyip and then returns home. Extremely scarce. $4000.00 When children’s friendships are world-wide, / New ages will be glorified. / Let child love child and strife will cease / Disarm the hearts, for that is Peace.” The National Council for Prevention of War was founded in 1921 by Quaker pacifist Frederick J. Libby with the purposes of reducing armaments worldwide and to become the center for the distribution of peace information. $1200.00

FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER! 407. OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL. BLOSSOM: A FAIRY STORY written and illus. by Outhwaite. Lond.: A & C Black (1928). 4to, cloth backed patterned boards, 94p. + 2 p. ads, slightest of rear cover soil else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (wrapper some soil and some mends). 1st U.K. ed. Illustrated by Outhwaite with pictorial ep’s, 8 beautiful color plates, 8 detailed and lovely b&w plates plus drawings in-text. A beautiful copy. $2750.00

PAINTING BOOKS – 35, 397, 461 PANAMA - 84

AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING PRANG PANORAMA STRIKING BI-LINGUAL PACIFIST THEME FANTASY 410. PANORAMA. (PRANG) FARM YARD STORY. Boston: L. Prang 1865. 2 408. PACIFISM. DAS ZAUBERSCHIFF / THE MAGIC SHOP by Hans Leip. 1/2 x 4 1/2”, pictorial wraps, slight edge wear. Printed on one side and folded Hamburg: Hammerich u. Lesser (1947). 4to (10 x 10 7/8”), stiff pictorial card accordion style, each of the 12 pages has a charming chromolithograph with covers, small corner repair on back cover else near Fine. 1st edition (1st printing text below. The story relates the life of various farm yard animals and the - later printings are stated) of this rare picture book with text printed in both sad fate of a little chick that strayed from its mother and was taken by a night German and English. Illustrated by Hans Leip with bold and unusual expressionistic hawk. This is one of several panoramas published by Prang and very scarce. See color lithographs. (Leip was the author of the song “Lily Marlene”). The text McClinton/Prang p.49. $400.00 describes a fantasy trip in SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>> a magic ship taking little children all over the world, UNUSUAL SKI THEME PANORAMA but it’s theme has political 411. PANORAMA. (SKIING) THE MERRY SKIBOOK by Franziska. NY: overtones of socialism and Transatlantic Arts 1939. 4to, (7 1/2 x 8 1/2”), boards, light edge soil else fine pacifism. One segment in soiled dust wrapper. Consisting of 17 panels that open to nearly 10 feet, each about the rich and the poor panel is brightly illustrated in color by Franzisca showing a day in the life of a ends “One is given much and skier. Very unusual theme and done in a style more typical of the 20’s. $475.00 another little. It would be better to divide it all fairly, so that each would have what he needs.” It ends with: “So trade and commerce blossomed again and the stupidity of the war was at an end. May this become a reality in the world for the joy of Everyman.” Bilderwelt 785. Fascinating and quite scarce. $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 61 [email protected] WINE-MAKING 48 PANEL PANORAMA CINDERELLA PANTOMIME PLAY 412. PANORAMA. (WINE) ALBUM OFFICIEL DE LA FETE DES VIGNERONS 413. PARKER,B. CINDERELLA AT THE ZOO. London & Edinburgh: W. & R. VEVEY 1889. & Vevey: F. Payot & Loertscher, Jacot Guillarmod 1889. Chambers, no date, circa 1915. Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12”), pictorial boards, slightest Printed wrap covers, 5 1/4 x 6 7/8” when closed, scattered foxing, VG+. This is a bit of rubbing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). The text in souvenir of the wine harvesting festival held in Vevey Switzerland. The festival verse tells how the animals at the zoo put on a pantomime “Cinderella”. The 16 full originated in the 1700’s honoring Bacchus and the 1889 procession had more than page chromolithographs portray each animal in its role, dressed accordingly. The 1300 costumed participants. The panorama consist of 48 panels (plus covers). Bear is Prince Charming, the Parrot is the Prompter, the Cassowary is the Stage Some participants (including many women) included: floats honoring Ceres and Pales, Manager etc. The full color illustrations are striking. Rare in dw. $1650.00 Roman goddesses of the harvest, floats honoring Bacchus, fauns wearing vines and #413 skins, satyrs, groups representing all aspects of wine making from grape growers and pickers to wine merchants, musicians, yodelers, representatives of 22 Swiss Cantons in local dress, members of the Swiss Guards and ending with a wedding procession (many women) participants are all colorfully costumed. Lithographed by S. Krakow in Paris. Scarce. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2000,00

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HUMANIZED ELEPHANTS BY THE PARKERS! 414. PARKER,B. THE LAYS OF THE GRAYS. London & Edinburgh.: W. & R. Chambers, no date circa 1910. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 9”), pictorial boards, light cover rubbing, near fine. One of the greatest of the Parker’s picture books, this PARAIN, NATHALIE see 423 tells of the lives of a group of humanized elephants. Each page of text in verse is faced by a #410 stupendous FULL PAGE COLOR illustration by N. Parker (12 in all). There are also pictorial endpapers and line illustrations on text pages. Has to be seen to be appreciated - a great picture book. $1200.00

415. PARKER,B. OUT IN THE WOOD. London: W. & R. Chambers, no date circa 1910. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 9”), pictorial boards, slightest bit of rubbing else Fine. When humans are asleep, the forest comes alive with humanized bunnies, moles and frogs. Their frolics are told in verse by B. Parker. Illustrated by N. Parker with 14 incredible full page color illustrations plus illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers and striking color covers. One of the rarest of the Parkers’ fine picture books especially in such nice condition. $1500.00

PARKER, N. & B. SEE ALSO 58

PARODIES – 184, 288, 293, 373 914.764.7410 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE PARRISH PORTFOLIO RARE PEAT TITLE 416. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. MAXFIELD PARRISH’S FOUR BEST 420. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. TOM THUMB by the Brothers Grimm. Akron: PAINTINGS. NY: P.F. Collier no date ca 1910. Oblong folio (19x14”). Black boards Saalfield (1929). Small 4to (7 x 9 1/4”), pictorial boards, some wear to gutters with printed label, sl. edge rubbing else fine. Inside are 4 matted color illustrations and fraying of spine ends else tight, clean and VG+. The classic children’s story by Parrish, 3 of which have a printed label describing them as the De Luxe is wonderfully illustrated with bold colors and in line by Peat including 4 full page Edition and describing the setting of the art (from Arabian Nights). The prints color illustrations. Rare. $250.00 themselves are 8 3/4 x 11”. Incredibly rare. Parrish see also 75. $1600.00

PEAT, FERN BISEL SEE ALSO 60, 63

RARE TUCK PEEPSHOW 421. PEEPSHOW. CINDERELLA. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date, circa 1880. 5 x 6 1/8”, Fine condition. This is a three tiered peepshow extending 7” back, depicting the story of Cinderella. Illustrated with delicate and lovely chromolithographs. Rare. See Whitton: Tuck p.32. $600.00

EXTREMELY RARE PEACOCK, LUCY - 217 PERE CASTOR GAME OF TRANSPORTATION 417. PEAKE,MERVYN. CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR. Lond.: 422. PERE CASTOR. CIRCULEZ! Eyre & Spottiswoode 1945. 4to, cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. with color Invente par Nelly-Roussel, mise illustrations, being first published with plain line illustrations in 1939. The 1939 en images par Angele Malcles. edition was destroyed by enemy action during the war, after which Peake colored Paris: Flammarion 1935. 11 1/4” the plates for the 1945 edition. The illustrations for this pirate tale are both square, pictorial wraps house a surreal and real - full of action and humor as only Peake can do. See Whalley/ thick card game board folded Chester History of Children’s Book Illustration p.202 where they refer to this to fit. Slight cover wear else title as “one of the most astonishing picture books of the period.” $700.00 Fine and UNUSED! This is a game of transportation that the child creates by cutting out the brightly colored figures inside the wraps. The instructions for preparing the game are printed on the verso of the game board. The child makes various modes of transportation including bicycle, truck, bus, auto, train, scooter and more. When assembled, the pieces are 3 dimensional color figures with built in stands. In the center of the wraps are rules for playing the game. The game board itself opens to 22 1/4 square and features large art deco color lithographs in each corner and colored squares for playing GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES the game. Illustrations are by 418. (PEAKE,MERVYN)illus. GRIMM’S HOUSEHOLD TALES. London: French artist Angele Malcles. Eyre & Spottiswoode. (1946). Small 4to (7 x 8 1/2”), yellow cloth, 303p., Fine Intact copies of early Pere in dust wrapper (dw very slightly frayed). 1st Peake edition. More than 75 Castor novelty books are rare fairy tales including many less common titles are illustrated by Peake with 6 and this is one of rarest of them full page color illustrations (including title-frontis spread) plus full page and in- all. $1875.00 text black and whites. Eyre (p.44) calls Peake’s illustrations the “finest set of drawings for Grimm’s Household Tales since Cruikshank.” These definitely are WITH “MAGIC GLASSES” not your typical fairy tale illustrations. $300.00 423. PERE CASTOR. ALBUM MAGIQUE textes de Rose Celli. Paris: Flammarion 1932 (1950). 4to (8 1/2 x 9 1/8”), flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine and PEAKE, MERVYN SEE ALSO 135, 136 complete with anaglyph glasses. Not 1st ed. Each PEAT PAPER DOLLS page of text faces a full 419. (PEAT,FERN page 2-color illustration BISEL)illus. GROCERY printed in red and blue but STORE TO SET UP. Akron: which cannot be clearly seen. Saalfield 1937. Oblong folio When the child wears the (13 1/2 x 10”), stiff pictorial “magic glasses” provided, wraps, Fine and Unused. This they can see 2 pictures - is a fabulous book of PAPER one in red and one in blue. DOLLS with cabinets, stands Illustrated by Russian and dozens of grocery items emigres artists Nathalie to be assembled by the user Parain and Helene Guertik. - all brightly illustrated in Rare. $275.00 Peat’s distinctive style. Very scarce. $450.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 63 [email protected] MAGNIFICENT GILT BINDING 424. PERRAULT,CHARLES. FLYING POODLES! CONTES DE PERRAULT. 427. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. THE FLYING Paris: Theofore Lefevre ca 1910. 4to, red cloth with POODLE by Roland Collins. London: Harvill elaborate gold and black Press no date, circa 1940. 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), decorative binding, all boards, VG+ in dust wrapper with piece off edges gilt, 217p., near fine. backstrip. This is the story of a Poodle 11 favorite fairy tales are offered with text pages named Mandy that is determined to find surrounded by an elaborate the kitten she grew up with. When her pictorial border by G. owners go away, she takes to the air for her FRAIPOINT printed in a range of colors. In addition search. Illustrated by W. SUSCHITZKY there are wonderful steel with incredible photos of the poodle and her engravings by LEFRANCQ friends. Certainly different. $125.00 after DESANDRE and wood engravings by FATH and others.. There is also a 14 page preface by A.J. St. Germain. A beautiful edition. Perrault see also 378, 413, 476 $175.00 428. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. REALLY PETERS, G.S. PRINTER – 213 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD - 535 BABIES by Elizabeth SET OF PETERSHAM STORY BOOKS Brownell. Chic: Rand McNally 425. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. PETERSHAM STORY BOOKS. Offered 1908. 4to, gilt cloth, photo here is a set of the first 12 picture books by the Petershams published in Philadelphia by Winston 1933-1937. They are uniformly square small 4to, various colors of paste-on, 63p., fine in worn cloth with color plates on covers. Books are generally in near fine condition in nice and chipped dust wrapper. dust wrappers that show varying degrees of fraying and wear. The history of all Rhymes for children (one things that affect a child’s life are broken down into categories and presented in per page), with each rhyme simple language. The books are illustrated with beautiful 5-color and black & white lithographs throughout. Laid-in is publisher’s information advertising the series. facing a full page photo of Titles include the Story Books of Wheels, Ships, Trains, Aircraft, Gold, Iron & a real posed child and with Steel, Coal, Oil, Houses, Clothes, Food and Transportation. All 12 for: $700.00 photos on text pages as well. Typical turn of the 19th century and scarce in the dust wrapper. $450.00

HUMANIZED APPLES AND PEARS 429. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. TOMMY APPLE AND PEGGY PEAR by James Laver. London: Jonathan Cape (1936). 4to, cloth, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear have encounters with Mr. Potato, Mother Cabbage, Lady Leek, Mr. Onion and others. Illustrated with full page color and b&w photos of fruits and vegetables dressed as humans - done by Henry Rox. This is something quite different, to say the least. $150.00

#430

426. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. THE ROOSTER CROWS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN RHYMES AND JINGLES. NY: Macmillan 1945 (1945). 4to (8 1/4 x PHOTO ILLUSTRATED ALSO 145 10 1/2”), tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped, triangular piece off top of spine, CHARMING BOOK BY ELLEN HOUGHTON not price clipped, no award medal). First 430. PICTURE BOOK. ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MAN CHESTER or edition. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Recollections of the ROYAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION. (Manchester: Abel An American Mother Goose with beautiful Heywood 1887). Sq. 4to, (10” sq.), pictorial wraps, Fine. The story relates the color and black and white lithos throughout. adventure of little Chester as he wanders the streets of a strange city. When $600.00 Chester awakes he realizes that the adventure was really a dream. Illustrated with 8 fabulous full page color illustrations and in brown line on other pages. There is minimal text and much detail in the pictures by Houghton showing the PETHERICK, ROSA - 157 influence of Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane. This is a remarkable copy of a scarce and charming book. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 64 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95

SOLDIERS - GUY ARNOUX BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN LIMITED EDITION PICTURE BOOK 435. POCHOIR. (ARNOUX,GUY) PICTURE BOOK. MY PICTURE 431. HISTOIRE DE LA RAMEE: BOOK. NY: Gabriel 1914. Large 4to, stiff SOLDAT FRANCAIS by Guy linenette pictorial wraps, VG+. This is a Arnoux. Paris: Devambez 1918. picture book for the youngest child with Folio, pictorial wraps, light cover soil, beautiful color illustrations of animals and VG+. LIMITED TO 325 NUMBERED simple word lists in both block letters and COPIES. Illustrated with 15 script. $225.00 beautiful hand-colored POCHOIR illustrations by Arnoux. $600.00

GREAT TUCK VICTORIAN FRENCH NAVAL HEROS PICTURE BOOK LIMITED TO 470 432. PICTURE BOOK. POCHOIR COPIES PROVERBS OLD NEWLY 436. POCHOIR. TOLD by Clifton Bingham. (ARNOUX,GUY) LES London: Raphael Tuck, no MARINS: 6 Images de Guy date, circa 1900. Folio, Arnoux. Paris: Devambez cloth backed pictorial no date ca 1920. Folio (10 boards, 2 archival margin x 13”), pictorial wraps, near mends, some cover rubbing Fine. Featuring 6 magnificent and paper toning, VG+. All hand-colored leaves printed of the standard proverbs on one side, loose in a hand- are offered - Better Late colored pictorial folder. Than Never, A Bird In All are images of French The Hand etc., illustrated naval heroes in battle. The with 12 fabulous full page colors are rich and vibrant. chromolithographs much in This set is LIMITED TO the style of John Hassall. ONLY 470 NUMBERED Also illustrated in black and COPIES ON VERGE white on the other pages. PAPER. $550.00 Great! $400.00 STRIKING ART DECO LARGE 20’S PICTURE BOOK POCHOIR PLATES 433. PICTURE BOOK. 437. POCHOIR. CANDIDE Ou l’Optimisme; RIMSKITTLE’S BOOK by LeRoy Jackson. Chicago: ZADIG; JEANNOT ET COLIN par Voltaire. Rand McNally (1926). Folio (Paris: Editions Nilsson) no date [1928]. 4to (10 x 12”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, corner bumped, (6 3/4 x 9 1/4”), 217p., pictorial wraps. owner names on endpaper, near Fine. 1st. ed. One of Spine ends frayed else fine and partially Rand McNally’s wonderful unopened. Featuring 6 stunning mounted large nursery picture books for children, this pochoir plates highlighted in metallic silver is profusely illustrated by ROBERT POLACK - very stylized and very with full page and in text color illustrations by RUTH “20’s”. $200.00 CAROLINE EGER (pictorial endpapers by MILO WINTER) to accompany TOLMER ART DECO HAND-COLORED PICTURE BOOK poems for children. 438. POCHOIR. THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF LUDO THE LITTLE Scarce and a beautiful GREEN DUCK by Jack Roberts. Paris: Tolmer 1924. Square small 8vo (7 1/4”), copy. $275.00 pictorial boards, slightest but of rubbing else near Fine. Convinced that because he is green, he is meant for better things, Ludo the little green duck leaves PIGS – 45, 64, 206-7, 312, 397, 460, 525, 586 PIRATES – 417 home for adventure. He travels the world over only to discover there’s “no place like home.” Illustrated by Roberts with 1 double page and 6 full page PLAYS – 64, 413 absolutely stunning hand-colored pages and illustrated in green and black on virtually every other page. Text is done in calligraphy and the overall style is classic Art Deco. A wonderful, wonderful book and very scarce. $600.00

1930’S ALGERIA HAND-COLORED 434. POCHOIR. ALGERIE by Louis Cheronnet. Paris: Duchartre (1930). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and toning of paper, VG. The history of Algeria is presented in large type. Each page is illustrated in typical 1930’s style by MAURICE POE, EDGAR ALLAN - 477 TRANCHANT with charming hand-colored (pochoir) 439. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE CHILDREN IN JAPAN by Grace Bartruse. illustrations. This is one of NY: McBride Nast 1915. 4to, boards, sl. cover soil, VG+. Illus. with 16 fine color the few picture books about plates by Pogany (8 double-page) and 16 b&w’s in a style different from any of Algeria. $750.00 his other books (naturally with a Japanese flair to fit the text). Illustrations are individually hinged into to binding. Quite a scarce Pogany title. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $350.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 65 [email protected] #439 ARABIAN NIGHTS POP-UP BY JEWISH UNDERGROUND PRESS 443. POP-UP. (ARABIAN NIGHTS) ZAUBER BUCH VON 1001 NACHT by El Pintor. No publishing information, circa 1943. 4to (7 1/2 x 10 3/4”), pictorial card covers, some cover creasing, VG+. Printed on both sides, this opens accordion style. The text for Aladdin, Ali Baba and Sindbad are on one side. The other side features 3 charming pop-up scenes. El Pintor was an underground Jewish artists group whose members were disciples of the Nieuwe Kunstschool created in the 1930’s by Paul Citroen along Bauhaus ideals. They were known for their innovative children’s books and games from 1941-1943. Most of the members SIGNED BY POGANY were Jewish, the Director Jaap (Jacob) 440. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Kloots died in the Sobibor concentration Samuel Taylor Coleridge. NY: Crowell (1910). Folio, green gilt pictorial cloth, camp. $600.00 top edge gilt, others trimmed, gilt on spine dulled else Fine. First U.S. edition (same year as UK ed.). This is a magnificent production illustrated by Pogany 444. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) DICK TRACY: THE with pictorial endpapers and title page, tipped-in color illustrations, and full page CAPTURE OF BORIS ARSON by Chester Gould. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). color illustrations. The calligraphic text is enclosed within pictorial borders with 4to, pictorial boards, covers lightly soiled else Fine. Illustrated with 3 great decorative initials and there are smaller black and whites illustrations in-text - color pop-ups and many b&w illustrations all throughout the text. One of the all ART NOUVEAU IN STYLE. Produced by Vincent Brooks and B. Dalziel, THIS scarcest titles in this series. Whitten: Paper Toys of the World p. 76. $650.00 COPY IS SIGNED BY POGANY. This is a special copy of one of Pogany’s most desired & lavish books. $1600.00

STRIKING POLITI WATERCOLOR 441. POLITI,LEO. WATERCOLOR OF A WOMAN. This is an early and beautiful large original watercolor signed by Leo Politi and dated 1937. It measures 12 x 13 1/4” (done on art paper). A young Mexican woman is depicted in rich colors with the entire surface of the paper covered. This is a particularly striking image. $2000.00

445. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS). TERRY AND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKED by Milton Caniff. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). 4to, pictorial boards, clean and near FINE. Featuring 3 fabulous color pop-ups and b&w’s throughout the text. A really nice copy. $475.00

446. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. NY: Blue Ribbon (1935). 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine. Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ with pictorial endpapers, full page and in-text black and whites, plus one wonderful double- page pop-up in vibrant color. $300.00

442. POLITICAL SATIRE. GREAT MEN by Harold Begbie. Lond.: Grant Richards 1901. 4to, 51p., cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil, else VG and clean. 1st ed. This is a satirical look at famous historical figures including Shylock, George Washington, Napoleon, King Arthur and more. Each page of text faces a wonderful full page color 447. POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) PUSS IN BOOTS. Illustrated Pop-up edition illustration by F. Carruthers by C.Carey Cloud and Harold B. Lentz. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 4to, pictorial Gould, printed by Edmund boards, some cover soil else VG+. Illus. with 3 fabulous double-page color pop- Evans. $200.00 ups and with several b&w’s in-text. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 66 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 448. POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO.1 ed. by S. Louis Giraud. 453. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TIP AND TOP AND TAP LOOK AT SHIPS. Lond: Strand no date ca 1935. 4to, pictorial boards, sl. wear to spine, VG+. (London: Bancroft 1964). Large square 4to, stiff pictorial card covers, near Fine. Featuring 5 particularly wonderful double page color pop-ups, full of action and This is a fabulous action book featuring 6 double page pop-up pages - all showing detail including a gorgeous butterfly in an orchid, Maypole dance and more. Illus. the sea adventures of Tip and Top. Illustrations in color and pop-ups designed in b&w to accompany a variety of stories. Nice! $350.00 by V. KUBASTA. $475.00

JOLLY JUMP-UP ABC BOOK 8 POP-UPS BY GERALDINE CLYNE 449. POP-UP. (JOLLY JUMP- IN ORIGINAL POP-UP BOX. UP) THE JOLLY JUMP-UPS 454. POP-UP. (MOTHER ABC BOOK by Geraldine Clyne. GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE Springfield: McLoughlin 1948. PLAYHOUSE. NY: J.S. Pub Co. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, no date, circa 1945. There is a large size pictorial box with slight edge wear, else VG+. a great, elaborate pop-up that Illustrated with 6 wonderful emerges when the cover is double page pop-ups that also opened (box with normal wear have some moveable pieces. Nice and rubbing). Inside are 8 book! $200.00 pop-up Mother Goose rhymes, each in its own color pictorial booklet, with illustrations by GERALDINE CLYNE. Quite rare and a wonderful pop-up 450. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) item. $750.00 HANSEL AND GRETEL. London: Bancroft 1961. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Titles include: near fine. Featuring 8 very fine double-page color pop-ups 1. Old King Cole by KUBASTA (a few of which 2. Baa Baa Black Sheep 3. Sing a Song of Sixpence also have moveable parts as 4. Hey Diddle Diddle well). $200.00 5. There Was An Old Woman 6. Mary’s Lamb 7. Mistress Mary 8. Ding Dong Bell 451. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) MOKO AND KOKO IN THE JUNGLE. London: Bancroft, no date, circa 1962. Folio, cloth backed pictorial card covers, Fine. Illus. in color by KUBASTA and featuring an absolutely stunning, large pop-up of an elaborate jungle scene with moveable pieces as well. $325.00

455. POP-UP. (NISTER) WHAT THE CHILDREN LIKE intro. by F.E. Weatherly. London: Nister no date, circa 1897. Folio (10 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, margins of a few pages repaired, neat strengthening else VG+. Illustrated with 5 very fine, large, double-page chromolithographed pop- ups, all but one of which show little children playing: in a boat on the river, playing blind-man’s buff, at the farm, racing bicycles and the last - a beautiful 452. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) SNOW WHITE. London: Bancroft 1960. Oblong forest scene with deer. A 4to, cloth backed pictorial card covers, FINE. Featuring 8 fabulous and detailed nice copy with gorgeous pop-up scenes, one of which has a moveable tab part and with a moveable cover, pop-up illustrations. all by KUBASTA. $200.00 Peeps Into Nisterland p.343. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 [email protected] MARVELOUS POP-UP PINOCCHIO 459. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN. London: Warne 1907 456. POP-UP. (PINOCCHIO) THE POP-UP PINOCCHIO by Harold Lentz. NY: (1907). 12mo, boards, slightest bit of edge wear else Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated Blue Ribbon (1932). Thick 8vo, pictorial boards, normal light cover wear and with color plates by Potter. An especially nice copy. Quinby 13. $1200.00 some spine creasing, VG+, clean and tight. Illustrated by Harold Lentz with 4 marvelous double-page color pop-ups plus numerous b&w text illustrations and color endpapers. $500.00

460. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. Philadelphia: McKay (1930). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 141p., FINE IN DUST TUCK POP-UP WRAPPER. (dw discolored on part of edges). 1st U.S. edition. Illustrated 457. POP-UP. (TUCK) WITH FATHER TUCK IN PLAYTIME. Lond.: Tuck ca with 6 fine color plates plus numerous line illustrations in text and pictorial 1900. Father Tuck’s Mechanical Series with Movable Figures. 4to, pictorial endpapers. This American edition actually appeared before the U.K. ed. and boards, neat spine repair, light cover rubbing, VG+. There are 4 charming fold- contains 12 more drawings, 13 head and tailpieces that do not appear in the down scenes that each erect a three dimensional tableau, all depicting children British edition. A beautiful copy, scarce in wrapper. Quinby 30A. $2000.00 playing with dolls and toys, taking tea, blowing bubbles etc. Illustrated in brown line in-text by M. Bowley and with rhymes by Clifton Bingham. The color cover POTTER UNUSED shows a little girl demonstrating the pop-up in the book to a little boy. $900.00 PAINTING BOOK 461. POTTER,BEATRIX. PAINTING AND DRAWING BOOK WITH TALE OF PETER RABBIT. NY: Platt & Munk (Hurst 1915). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 7 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corner repair to title else Fine and unused. Each page of text with a printed color illustration is faced with an illustration in line for the reader to paint. Very scarce. $400.00

STUNNING PICTURE BOOK INCLUDING OWL & PUSSYCAT 462. POTTER,BEATRIX. CHILD’S FIRST PETER RABBIT BOOK [on cover] PETER RABBIT * THE LITTLE RED HEN * AND THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. Newark: Charles Graham no date circa 1920. Large 4to, cloth backed POP-UP SEE ALSO 160 POSTERS – 91, 345, 409 pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on of Peter, VG- FINE FIRST EDITION OF PETER RABBIT Fine. The three stories are 458. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE illustrated (by an unknown TALE OF PETER RABBIT. hand) with 16 fabulous, bold London: Frederick Warne [1902]. full page chromolithographs 12mo, brown boards, 97p., 1/4” plus numerous full page and rub spot on blank corner of partial page illustrations 2 pages, binding tight, clean, and pictorial endpapers. FINE copy housed in a beautiful This is a great picture custom clam-shell box with book and a scarce Potter leather spine and raised bands. piracy. $375.00 1st trade edition, after the privately printed edition. This POTTER SEE ALSO 69, 114, 381 copy has the white dot in the PRANG PUBLISHER – 238, 410, 526 “o’s” on the cover, leaf patterned endpapers, the word “wept” PRE 1870 IMPRINTS – 15, 17-19, 175, 203, on p. 51 and all other points 213-217, 277, 280, 283, 291-2, 410, 488 of first printing per Quinby 2. The text and illustrations were 463. (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. BARBARA engraved and printed by Edmund PEEK-A-BOOS HOLIDAY. Lond: Humphrey Evans and this first edition Milford / OUP no date, circa 1915. Square contains four color plates that 4to, pictorial boards, color paste-on, slight do not appear after the fourth wear to paper and sl. soil, VG+. Featuring impression. This is a beautiful 8 fine color plates plus numerous black and first edition of one of the most whites showing the trials and tribulations famous and important children’s of Barbara with adorable humanized books and very rare in such bunnies. $500.00 fresh condition. $16,500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ART YOUNG SOCIALIST x 14 3/4” when completed. Inside a tray in the box are 10 chromolithographed 464. PROPAGANDA. THE pictures of the characters in the poem, numbered on the back. The child is to SOCIALIST PRIMER by Art Read Part 1 of the poem and at the same time place the Card Number 1 where it Young. Chicago: Socialist fits into the picture. It will appear as if you had opened the door and shown the Party of America (1930). Malt in the room. One continues to take up each card in order, each time reading 12mo (5 1/4 x 8 1/4”), the corresponding line of the poem. When completed all of the characters from pictorial wraps, normal shelf the poem will be placed to form the final scene of the rhyme. There is one wear, paper toning on edges additional piece with the title of the rhyme in large letters. Something out of VG+. Using the format of the ordinary and quite wonderful. $950.00 a child’s beginning reader, Young points out in the most basic way the inequalities in the world and the need for socialism. Illustrated by him with graphic black and white cartoons on every page. Young was a famous cartoonist whose anti-war and socialistic views caused him much trouble. He is best known for his cartoons that appeared in the Masses between 1911 and 1917. Quite scarce. $275.00

PROPAGANDA SEE ALSO 386, 409, 595

LOVELY NISTER CALENDAR OF PROVERBS 465. PROVERBS. CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR 1910. London: Nister 1910. 12mo (4 5/8 x 7 1/4”) decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, tips slightly rubbed else near fine. Each month of the year has a great, bright chromolithograph illustrating a particular proverb. The text pages are also illustrated in brown and there are pictorial endpapers, all in the style of Attwell. HOWARD PYLE’S FIRST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES See Peeps into Nisterland 468. PYLE,HOWARD. PEPPER AND SALT: OR SEASONING FOR YOUNG p.64. $250.00 FOLK. NY: Harper and Brothers 1886. Large 4to, (9 x 11 1/2”), brown pictorial cloth, slightest of wear to spine ends and tips, slight cover soil, tight, clean PROVERBS SEE ALSO 433 VG+. 1st ed. of Pyle’s first book of fairy tales. Written by Pyle and wonderfully illustrated by him with many full page and in-text illustrations. Meigs (p.302) MARCUS WARD PUNCH & JUDY says: “The stories in Pepper and Salt and The Wonder Clock show how complete 466. PUNCH AND JUDY. PUNCH & JUDY AND SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS was Pyle’s mastery of the form and structure of the folk tale.” Due to the by Frederic Weatherley. Lond.: Marcus Ward ca 1880. Square 8vo, cloth high quality vellum-like paper used in the first edition, there is a very definite backed pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else VG+. Fancifully and beautifully difference in quality of printing between the first edition and later printings of illustrated with chromolithographs on every by PATTY TOWNSEND depicting this title. It is very scarce, particularly, in this condition. $650.00 the adventures of Punch and Judy. Also featuring the King of Hearts and other humanized playing cards and kitchen utensils. $600.00

PUPPETS SEE 159-161, 456, 466 PUSS IN BOOTS – 175, 229, 230

RARE JIGSAW PUZZLE & GAME 469. PYLE,HOWARD. HOWARD PYLE’S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT FOR HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT compiled by Merle Johnson. NY: Harper Bros. 1923 (1923 b-x). Large thick 4to, 467. PUZZLE. (JIGSAW) THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Housed in the cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, fine in dust wrapper with mounted color original wooden box is a wooden jigsaw puzzle that forms the House That Jack plate (dw chipped at spine ends). Stated 1st edition, illustrated with more 22 Built. Published in New York by C.C. Shepherd in 1881. The box measures 12 color plates plus a profusion of black and whites. A beautiful copy. $750.00 3/4” wide x 11” and is 2” deep. There is a large chromolithographed color plate on the cover. Except for some scuffing of the box it is complete and in VG to (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>)>>>> Fine condition. The text of the poem plus instructions for play are inside the RABIER, BENJAMIN - 489 box cover. First the child is to assemble the puzzle which measures 19 “ wide Helen & Marc Younger Pg 69 [email protected] 470. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LIMITED TO ONLY 560 COPIES THE ARTHUR RACKHAM THIS WITH WATERCOLOR BY RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK: a book of 473. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS by Thomas Ingoldsby. old favorites with new Lond: Dent 1907. Large thick 4to, full gilt pictorial vellum, fine with new ties. illustrations. Lond: Harrap LIMITED TO ONLY 560 SIGNED BY RACKHAM (500 for sale). Featuring 24 (1933). Small 4to, full beautiful tipped-in color plates mounted on dark paper, 12 full page tinted illus. vellum stamped in gold, top and 66 b&w drawings plus pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY FEATURES A FINE edge gilt, tiny rub spot on HALF PAGE WATERCOLOR DRAWING SIGNED BY RACKHAM! The image cover and owner inscription depicts a witch-like old woman and her black cat standing near her cottage - a on endpaper else near Fine. version of the color plate on page 26 of the book depicting the old woman who 23 fairy tales selected dwells upon Tappington Moor. This is a special copy. $13,500.00 by Rackham from Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, Arabian Nights and the traditional English. LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES (450 FOR SALE) SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 8 beautiful color plates plus 60 wonderful black and whites. $2500.00

BOXED EDITION OF RACKHAM’S ANDERSEN 471. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond.: Harrap (Mckay on spine) [1932]. 4to, 288p., red gilt cloth, top edge gilt, lettering dulled else, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER AND PICTORIAL BOX! (box neatly strengthened). 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, and a profusion of black and whites in-text. The mounted color plate on the wrapper that is repeated on the box does not appear in-text. This is an extraordinary copy of a truly beautiful book. $1500.00

FINE COPY OF RARE RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION GRIMM 472. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM trans. by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Lond: Constable 1909. Large thick 4to, 325p., bound in full green morocco with gilt pictorial cover and with spine in compartments with gilt decorations. All edges gilt, original cover and spine bound- in, VERY FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus a profusion of AMAZING COPY IN BOX - SIGNED BY RACKHAM full page and smaller black and 474. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington whites. Because of the high Irving. Lond: Harrap (1928). 4to, FULL GILT VELLUM [103]p. virtually MINT quality of the paper, the black IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS BOX (box sl. scuffed). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 and whites are superb. One NUMBERED COPIES FOR U.K. (125 copies for U.S) SIGNED BY RACKHAM! of his best books and very Illus. with pictorial endpapers, 8 tipped-in color plates and numerous wonderful rare in the limited edition black and whites, this is an exceptionally fine copy of one of Rackham’s scarcest in such very fine and bright limited editions, rare in the box. $5500.00 condition. $8000.00 RACKHAM’S PETER PAN #469 - previous page #472 914.764.7410 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 475. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FINE RACKHAM PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON LIMITED EDITION GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. Lond: 479. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus.THE Hodder & Stoughton nd [1912]. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Large 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, Oliver Goldsmith. Lond: 125 numbered pages, slightest of Harrap, [1929]. 4to full gilt rubbing to spine extrems else FINE vellum, top edge gilt, fine. IN DUST WRAPPER with mounted LIMITED TO 575 COPIES color plate. The dw is chipped FOR ENGLAND NUMBERED and repaired on verso. 1st ed. of AND SIGNED BY Rackham’s enlarged edition (second RACKHAM. Illustrated with issue with plain endpapers). This has 12 very lovely color plates a new color plate and 7 b&w illus. not plus text b&w’s and pictorial in the 1906 ed. In all, illustrated endpapers. A beautiful by Rackham with 50 mounted color copy. $2700.00 plates with tissue guards and with 7 full page b&w’s. A magnificent copy of one of Rackham’s most desired titles. (Latimore/Haskell SIGNED WITH p.40). $2750.00 DRAWING BY RACKHAM 480. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES retold by F.A. Steel. #475 NY: Macmillan 1918 (1918). Thick 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 1/4”), red cloth, 363p. + ads, neat hinge strengthening, edge soil on endpaper and some finger soil on cover, VG+ in beautiful custom 1/2 leather box with raised bands. 1st American edition, later issue with top edge plain instead of gilt. 41 fairy tales are illustrated by Rackham with 16 magnificent color plates plus 41 black and whites and pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY HAS A CHARMING 3” PEN DRAWING OF A CROW SIGNED AND DATED 1919 BY RACKHAM. This is a special copy of one of Rackham’s more difficult to find titles. $2750.00 476. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SLEEPING BEAUTY by Charles Perrault. Phil. & Lond.: Lippincott & Heinemann [1920]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. (Lat. / Hask p.51-2). Illustrated LIMITED ED. IN with pictorial endpapers, tipped-in color frontis, plus many full page and in-text ORIGINAL SLIPCASE beautiful silhouettes and drawings. A nice copy. $750.00 481. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ‘ PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. Lond: Harrap (1936). 477. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. 4to, full vellum decorated TALES OF MYSTERY AND in gold, top edge gilt, some IMAGINATION by Edgar natural discoloration of Allan Poe. London: Harrap vellum, small areas on ep (1935). LIMITED TO ONLY darkened from offsetting 460 NUMBERED COPIES else VERY FINE IN SIGNED BY RACKHAM. ORIGINAL SLIPCASE Thick 4to, bound in full gilt (case soiled and rubbed decorated vellum, some sl. some). LIMITED TO ONLY rubbing and minimal soil, 460 COPIES SIGNED BY Near Fine in ORIGINAL RACKHAM! Illustrated SLIPCASE (case worn and with pictorial endpapers, 12 scuffed). Illus. with 12 color plates, plus numerous mounted color plates with fanciful black and whites. lettered tissue guards A beautiful copy of a very plus a profusion of text scarce Rackham limited drawings. A beautiful edition. $1850.00 copy $3650.00 RAE, JOHN see 576, 577

RANSOME, ARTHUR - 339

BRILLIANT DECORATIVE NEWBERY AWARD WINNER PUBLISHER’S BINDINGS 482. RASKIN,ELLEN. THE WESTING GAME 478. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES . NY: Dutton (1978). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 OF A TRAVELLER by Washington Irving. 1/2”), 1/4 cloth and boards, Fine in VG+ dust NY: Putnam 1895 (1895). 2 volumes, large wrapper (dw sl. wear to spine ends, price 8vo, white cloth with extensive gilt pictorial clipped). Stated 1st edition. 16 people were bindings signed GWE (George Wharton invited to the reading of Mr. Westing’s will Edwards), top edges gilt, Fine in original and in order to get any money, they had printed cloth dust wrappers. 1st ed. The to solve a puzzle. NEWBERY AWARD Buckthorne edition with 5 illus. in half-tone WINNER. $350.00 by Rackham (and also illustrated by others). An early and uncommon Rackham item rarely READERS – 15, 16, 18. 32, 188, 190-2, 226 found in such lovely condition with the wrappers. $450.00 REFERENCE – 218, 246, 389, 495, 522

RELIGION – 32, 394 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 71 [email protected] H.A. REY MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLORS 483. REY,H.A. OLIVER: THE YOUNG CANADA GOOSE OF A CONTRARY DISPOSTION. no place, Christmas 1959. This is a fabulous original manuscript by Rey (the creator of Curious George). Contained in a sketchbook 5 x 7 3/4” (oblong). Oliver was a wayward and contrary goose who was shunned by the other geese. He decided to go against the crowd flying southward, and he traveled northward around the world visiting Moscow, Amsterdam, Africa etc.. He finally gained recognition by being different and by following his heart. The text in Rey’s hand is interleaved with finished watercolors (15 in all) and is signed in the back of the book. The signature cleverly appears as a formation of geese. The dedication leaf before the title page reads: “For Harriette who has stood on the bridge with me and heard the wild geese honking high in among the stars at night, and seen the great undulating V’s against gray snow clouds. CHRISTMAS 1959.” Original manuscript material by Rey is of the utmost rarity and this is a particularly wonderful piece. $28,000.00

CURIOUS GEORGE ORIGINAL ART! 486. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a marvelous large drawing of Curious George. It is executed on white paper(ii x 13 1/4”) in chalk, signed. The image is large measuring 8” wide x 10” high in fine condition. George is grinning with pride as he balances in a large beach ball. There is a bird flying next to him. Simply a great piece by a beloved children’s book artist whose original work is rare. $15,500.00

484. (REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE FLIES A KITE by Margret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958 (1958). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), 80p., pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (3/4” wraparound piece off bottom of spine, fraying at top of spine, some fading of color and spine toned, overall really a VG dw, not price clipped). First edition. Illustrated in color by the author. This story was specifically written with only 218 words, designed so that first graders could read it themselves. 1st editions of the early Curious George books in collectible condition are rare. $2250.00

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#485

FINE 1st EDITIION OF CURIOUS GEORGE TITLE 485. (REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL by Margret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966 (1966). 8vo, cloth, FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER. Stated 1st printing. When George had to have an operation the hospital was never to be the same. Great color illustrations. This is an exceptionally nice copy, quite scarce. $2000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE H.A. REY NOVELTY RICHARDSON, FREDERICK – 226 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB – 98, 269 487. (REY,H.A.) UNCLE GUS’S FARM. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942. Oblong folio (14 x 11”), cloth backed pictorial wraps, small closed margin tear else near Fine and UNUSED. This is a cut-out and play book with PAPER DOLLS and ARABIAN NIGHTS BY farm machinery that require no pasting to use. Including a pig pen, pigs, chicks, CHARLES ROBINSON tractor, Farmer Jones, farm cart and much more. The entire book is finely 490. (ROBINSON,CHARL printed with rich color lithographs. Done by Rey in his Uncle Gus guise, this is an ES)illus. PRINCE AHMED unusually fine copy of a rare item. (See Bader p. 240). $1750.00 AND THE FAIRY PERIE BANOU from the Arabian Nights. Lond.: Gay & Hancock no date, circa 1916. 8vo, brown boards, pictorial paste-on, 118p., sl. spotting, VG+. Illustrated by Robinson with 5 lovely color plates (frontis repeated on cover) and a few line illus. in red and black. A most uncommon Robinson title. $200.00

HEATH ROBINSON FANTASY 491. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY Brentanos 1902. 8vo, pictorial cloth stamped in blue, green and white, expertly recased else clean and VG+. First US edition of the first book written and illustrated by Robinson (same year as UK ed. and printed in Great Britain). Featuring color frontis, 55 full page b&w’s and 72 vignettes plus pictorial endpapers. Entirely designed by Robinson, the story is a fantasy tale of Uncle Lubin’s voyages and mishaps taken in balloons, boats, submarines etc., all constructed as Robinson’s famous complicated contraptions. The text is often laid out in irregular format to fit around the vignettes. It was the publication of this book that brought Robinson to commercial success and this first edition is a rarity. $3000.00

WONDERFUL FIRST EDITION OF KAULBACH’S REYNARD 488. REYNARD THE FOX. REINEKE FUCHS [REYNARD THE FOX] von Wolfgang von Goethe. Stuttgart and Tubingen: Gottascher 1846. Folio (11 1/2 x 13 1/2”), 257p., all edges gilt. Bound in a lovely contemporary binding by J. Wright in full crimson morocco with double gilt decorative rules surrounding an elaborate gilt panel on cover, raised bands on spine with beautiful gilt decorations in the compartments, gilt dentelles. Spine slightly toned with a few spots on cover else Fine and clean and most importantly, free of the foxing that is generally found. First edition. Illustrated by Kaulbach with pictorial title page and 36 plates on paper de chine, plus 24 smaller pictorial head and tailpieces. The first American edition of this work was not published until 1860 and it omits the plate on page 43 due to its controversial nature. The fine quality of the printing presents Kaulbach’s images in glorious detail. A great book. $3250.00

RARE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING 492. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. COLLECTED VERSE OF RUDYARD KIPLING. NY: Doubleday Page & Co. 1910 (1910). 4to (8 x 10”), 1/4 vellum, grey boards, top edge gilt, 392p., slight bit of finger soil on covers else Fine. First edition, LIMITED TO ONLY 125 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING AND PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER. Illustrated by Robinson with 8 magnificent mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards plus many full page black and whites. This book was NEVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND and this limited edition is not listed in Beare. Rare. $1950.00

FABLES OF REYNARD BY RABIER 489. REYNARD THE FOX. LE ROMAN DU RENARD adapted by J. Leroy - Allais. Paris: Jules Tallandier (1909). Folio (10 x 12 3/4”), red cloth with beveled edges, stamped in black and gold, pictorial paste- on, top edge gilt, 167p., slightest of shelf wear, near Fine and bright. 1st edition. This is a most wonderful edition of these fables illustrated by BENJAMIN RABIER with 305 comical illustrations - 25 full page color illustrations, 15 full page black and whites, plus hundreds of line illustrations on text pages printed in a variety of colors. Very scarce in such nice clean condition. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 [email protected] RARE EARLY ROCKWELL 497. RUBAIYAT. FOURTEEN CHILDREN’S BOOK DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING 493. (ROCKWELL,NORMAN)illus. EDWARD FITZGERALD’S TRANSLATION OF THE TELL ME WHY STORIES by RUBAIYAT OF OMAR C.H. Claudy. NY: McBride KHAYYAM BY GILBERT Nast 1912 (1912). Tall JAMES. London: Leonard Smithers & Co. 1898. 4to (9 x 8vo, pictorial cloth, 154p. 11 1/2”), grey cloth pictorially VG-Fine. 1st ed. Original stamped in gold, beveled fairy stories, illustrated edges, very slight cover soil and endpapers toned else by Rockwell with 8 color VG+. 1st edition. Printed on plates. Very early Rockwell coated paper on one side of (if not his first), and a rare the paper, each verse of text title. $850.00 is followed by a beautiful full page half-tone plate (shades of black and white) by Gilbert James. Rubaiyats see also SIGNED BY ROJANKOVSKY 209. $150.00 494. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD by Rudyard HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - MARSHAK / KONASCHEVICH Kipling. NY: Garden City Pub. Co. (1942). 4to (7 x 9 3/8”), pictorial boards, Fine RUSSIAN. DOM in slightly worn dust wrapper. This is a “Just So Story Book” produced by the 498. KOTORYI POSTROIL Artists and Writers Guild and wonderfully illustrated throughout with color and DZHEK [THE HOUSE black and white lithos. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ROJANKOVSKY who THAT JACK BUILT] signed very few books during his career. $225.00 by S. Marschak. Leningrad: Giz, 1925. 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4”), pictorial wraps, Fine. Illustrated with striking color illustrations #495 by Vladimir Konaschevich. Marshak reportedly became acquainted with Mother Goose rhymes when he lived in England just before the Russian Revolution. Rare. $1200.00

499. RUSSIAN. OT KAUCHUKA DO KALOSHI [FROM RUBBER PLANTS TO RUBBERS] by Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. Moscow: Ogiz 1931. 4to, (7 3/4 x 9”), pictorial wraps, cover soil, faint margin stain, VG. The process of making rubber boots is shown from its African origins in the trees, through the factory process to the final product. Illus. in color in typical 30’s style by Deineko and Troshin who were the husband and wife team who also collaborated on “USSR in Construction” (he was the artistic LIMITED EDITION IN SLIP CASE director throughout 495. ROSENBACH,A.S.W. EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Portland: its run, she designed Southworth Press 1933. Large 4to, (7 3/4 x 10 1/2”), leather backed pictorial the magazine’s first boards, 354p., Fine in slip case (case solid but shows signs or wear, overall VG). and recurring cover LIMITED TO ONLY 585 COPIES SIGNED BY ROSENBACH. Detailed bibliography graphic). Their of Rosenbach’s personal collection that is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia, contributions to the with several illustrations hand-colored after the originals. Beautiful copy and an scientific movement essential reference book for collectors of earlier children’s books. $650.00 in Russian children’s books is important. See WONDERFUL Leveque: Dictionnaire HUMANIZED FLOWERS p. 294. $1000.00 496. (ROSS,PENNY)illus. THE FLOWER BABIES’ BOOK by Anna M.Scott. Chicago: Rand McNally (1914). Moire backed UNUSUAL RUSSIAN pictorial boards, As New PICTURE BOOK in publisher’s pictorial box RUSSIAN. (light shelf wear to box). 500. SHAKHMATI 1st edition. Illustrated by risuki M. Ross with incredible color, Yezuchevskogo i V. Vatagina. anthropomorphized cherubs Moscow 1929. 4to, pictorial - flowers portrayed as wraps, light soil, VG+. A humans and with a touch of picture book with a chess humor as well. This beautiful theme about poor, starving book is another successful peasants who win riches when collaboration of Scott and one of their own defeats the Ross who also did Volland’s A fat ruler at chess. Illus. in Year With The Fairies. Very color with a far eastern Scarce, especially in the box. feel. $600.00 Penny (M.T.)Ross see also 578. $600.00 RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 34, 423 914.764.7410 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 501. SALINGER,J.D. CATCHER IN THE RYE. Boston: Little Brown 1951. Black SCOTLAND – 289, 315, 587 cloth, bookplate removed from endpaper else fine in dust wrapper (dw with some expert restoration at base of spine and at folds). Stated 1st edition. of this BOXED VOLLAND landmark coming of age novel, 1st issue dust wrapper with Salinger’s photo on 505. SCOTT,JANET LAURA. rear panel. This is a nice copy of his first book. $9,500.00 ROUND THE WORLD WE SAIL. Minneapolis: Gordon VOLLAND / BUZZA no date, circa 1930. Oblong. 4to, cloth backed thick boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX (box flaps neatly repaired). Each page is mounted on thick boards and features stunning, full color illustrations on every page in Scott’s bold ART DECO STYLE. Rare in the GREAT SARG FAIRY TALE ART - HANSEL & GRETEL box. Janet Laura Scott see also 63, 502. SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: HANSEL AND GRETEL. Offered here is a 579. wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1939 on the $500.00 back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image of the witch in front of her cottage is rather large (10” wide x 9”) done with much detail. $850.00

506. SCOTT (WILLIAM R.) PUBLISHER. SATURDAY WALK by Ethel Wright and Richard Rose. NY: William R. Scott (1941, 1954). Oblong 4to (8 1/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Scott first published this title in 1941. This is the first edition of the revised version for which Richard Rose, who illustrated the first, has done completely new illustrations and Wright has updated the text. The text is a simple picture book for 2 and 3 year olds about what a little child sees on a walk with daddy. Typical of Scott’s emphasis on simplicity and quality. Scarce. $200.00

SCOTT, WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER ALSO 118, 119, 122, 146, 310, 540

SCRIBNER CLASSIC - 598

507. SENDAK,MAURICE. HECTOR PROTECTOR. NY: Harper & Row (1965). Oblong 4to (8 1/8 x 7 3/8”), green cloth spine, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition Nursery rhymes from Mother Goose are interpreted by Sendak with minimal text and fabulous large color illustrations on 503. SARG,TONY. WHO’S WHO IN TONY SARG’S ZOO. Springfield: every page. Hanrahan A65. $200.00 McLoughlin (1937). 4to, cloth backed glazed pictorial boards, slight edge wear else Fine in frayed dust wrapper. Every page of text in rhyme is faced #508 by a marvelous full page color illustration by Sarg portraying various animals in #507 humanized forms. Scarce and wonderful. $275.00

508. (SENDAK, MAURICE)illus. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Bros. (1955). 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact and 1.5” piece off top edge. First edition. Illustrated in color on every page by Sendak. An early and scarce Sendak title. $500.00

GREAT 1950’S SCIENCE FICTION INSCRIBED BY SENDAK 504. SCIENCE FICTION. ZIP-ZIP GOES TO VENUS by John M. Schealer. 509. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANNON by NY: Dutton 1958 (1958). 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 1/8”), yellow cloth, 125p., fine in dust Frank Stockton. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1963). 4to, cloth backed boards, wrapper with a few small chips. Stated 1st edition. The story relates the fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated in color by adventures of Zip-Zip, a Martian, who takes the Riddle children to Venus to Sendak throughout, this copy is also INSCRIBED AND DATED 1963 BY SENDAK search for his lost father. Illustrated in b&w by Hans Helweg. This is a sequel AND INCLUDES A COLOR ILLUSTRATED GREETING CARD BY SENDAK. An to Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer. $150.00 uncommon Sendak title. $500.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 75 [email protected] 510. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. NO FIGHTING, NO BITING! by Else Holmelund Minarik. NY: Harper Brothers (1958). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, (63)p., Fine in dust wrapper with slight soil and slight INSCRIBED BY SEUSS fraying at spine ends. 1st edition of this I Can Read Book, (review only for Little Bear, correct price) illustrated in color by Sendak on almost every page. Quite 514. SEUSS,DR. ON BEYOND scarce. Hanrahan A33. $375.00 ZEBRA. NY: Random (1950). 4to,

glazed pictorial boards, a touch of

rubbing else Fine in dust wrapper

with price intact. 1st edition. This

copy is INSCRIBED BY SEUSS with

his characteristic “squiggle”. Dr.

Seuss invents a new alphabet that

Conrad Cornelius o’Donald o’Dell uses

for the strange animals that come

after Z-is-for-zebra. A beautiful

and special copy. Younger / Hirsch

63. $3000.00 511. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. OPEN HOUSE FOR BUTTERFLIES by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Bros. (1960). 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. A companion in format to A Hole Is To Dig, this is equally as wonderful but considerably more scarce. Nice copy. $500.00

VERY SCARCE SENDAK INSCRIBED TO BLAIR LENT SIGNED / LIMITED EDITION 512. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SCHOOLMASTER WHACKWELL’S 515. SEUSS,DR. YOU’RE ONLY OLD ONCE. NY: Random House (1986). WONDERFUL SONS by Clemens Brentano trans. from German by Doris Orgel. 4to, cloth, AS NEW IN SLIP CASE. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES NY: Random House (1962). 8vo, SIGNED BY SEUSS. Seuss applies his magic touch to a book for adults, in the (6 1/4 x 9 1/2”), 1/4 cloth, same style and colorful format of his children’s books. Anyone who has ever [88]p., Fine in dust wrapper had a thorough physical exam can identify with this one. Humorous verse and with price intact (a few edge wonderful illustrations. Younger / Hirsch 83. $850.00 chips and some rubbing). 1st edition. This is a humorous fairy tale, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout by Sendak. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL 8 LINE INSCRIPTION FROM SENDAK TO FELLOW CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR AND CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER BLAIR LENT. This is a very scarce Sendak title and really a wonderful association copy. $1250.00

513. SEUSS,DR. THE LORAX. NY: Random House (1971). 4to, pictorial cloth, light rubbing, VG-Fine. 1st ed. This book warns about the perils of polluting the environment. Illustrated by Seuss in color. Younger/Hirsch 49. $1000.00

#509 #513

516. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP or the perfect yachtsman by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1934. 8vo, pictorial wraps, 34p., spine slightly soiled else VG+. This humorous look at yachting is illustrated in color by Seuss with large red, white and blue drawings that feature a sea creature whose face appears years later as the Cat In The Hat. Younger / Hirsch 69. $600.00 914.764.7410 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CAT IN THE HAT DRAWING ULTRA RARE 517. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING: CAT IN THE HAT “500 HATS” FIRST WITH A LITTLE GIRL. This is an original drawing of “The Cat In The Hat” 519. SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS executed in black, red and yellow on paper. The image is 7 1/2 “ high by 5 OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: 1/4” wide, matted and signed “Best Wishes Dr. Seuss” with his characteristic Vanguard (1938). Large 4to (9 X 12”), squiggle. The Cat has his arm around a little girl with blonde hair who is looking cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in up at him and smiling. Cat In The Hat drawings rarely include other figures, and dust wrapper with correct $1.50 price this is a great image. $4000.00 (dw is frayed at spine ends and has a few closed tears otherwise this is a beautiful example of the dw for this book). 1st ed. of Dr. Seuss’s second book with correct endpaper configuration. Illustrated throughout in black and white with Bartholomew’s red hat being the only color (besides the red pictorial endpapers). Bader (p. 304) calls it “folkloric fantasy of a spoofing sort with a happy open end.” One of the rarest Seuss first editions in excellent condition. See Younger/Hirsch 22. $7850.00

520. SEUSS,DR. THE CAT’S QUIZZER.

NY: Beginner Books / Random House

1976. 4to, glazed pictorial boards, slight

rubbing to bottom of spine else VG+. 1st

edition (correct code 1-0). The text

consists of riddles and puzzles in rhyme all

starring the Cat in the Hat and illustrated

by Seuss in color. Younger/Hirsch

13. $275.00

FIRST EDITION OF SEUSS’S SECOND BOOK ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR OF THE LORAX 521. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. 518. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: THE LORAX. This is an MORE BONERS. NY: Viking original watercolor of the Lorax. Executed in brown, orange, yellow and green 1932 (1932). Square 12mo watercolor on paper. The image measures 4 1/4” wide by 7 1/2” high, matted (5 1/8 x 6 1/8”), green blind and signed “Dr. Seuss” with his characteristic squiggle. The orange Lorax with stamped cloth, 89p., near yellow moustache is standing on a tree stump with green background. Drawings Fine in lightly rubbed dust of the Lorax are very scarce, and this is a great image. $5200.00 wrapper. First edition of SEUSS’S SECOND BOOK. LAID IN IS A BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY SEUSS. Illustrated with many humorous black and whites by Seuss to accompany humorous mistakes made in the classroom by aspiring scholars. Rare in the pictorial dw. Younger/Hirsch 55. $700.00

HOW TO DETERMINE SEUSS 1ST EDITIONS 522. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS: A GUIDE TO FIRST EDITIONS by Helen and Marc Younger and Daniel Hirsch. NY: 2002. 8vo, pictorial boards, 200p, index. Only 1000 copies printed, signed by 2 of the authors, Helen & Marc Younger. After 7 years of research the definitive guide to determining first American editions of Dr. Seuss’s books is here. Each entry has detailed bibliographical information with a separate field telling what determines a first edition. Illustrated with more than 200 full color reproductions of dust wrappers and other keys for identification. $150.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 77 [email protected] RARE UNUSED RARE PRANG SHAPE BOOK GOLDEN CHRISTMAS 526. SHAPE BOOK. GOODY TWO SHOES designed by Lydia L. Very. Boston: L. Prang, no date, circa 1863. 12mo (2 1/2 x 6 3/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine condition. MANGER NOVELTY Die-cut in the shape of Little Goody Two Shoes every page is delicately illustrated 523. SEWELL,HELEN. GOLDEN in color by Lydia Very with text in the middle of each page. Rare. $750.00 CHRISTMAS MANGER. NY: Simon and Schuster (1948). Two items are housed in the original pictorial box 9 1/4 x 10 3/4”. First is a complete fold- out manger that can be erected without paste. Second is a book containing the story of Christmas plus 9 pages of 32 color lithographed Bible characters to cut out and arrange on the manger to make a Crèche. The box and flaps have some wear otherwise this is in Fine unused condition. Designed as well as illustrated by Sewell for Golden Books, the color lithographs in the book are highlighted in gold and are simply magnificent. A double page color spread and another full page color illustration are provided to suggest ways of arranging the figures. This is a rare and wonderful book and novelty. See Bader p.87. $750.00

CAT SHAPE BOOK 527. SHAPE BOOK. KITTY’S CAPERS. Boston: De Wolfe Fisk, no date, circa 1890. Folio, (7 3/4 x 13 1/2”), stiff pictorial wraps, slight creasing on cover else 524. (SEWELL,HELEN)illus. THE BLUE- Fine. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and illustrated with great color cover, 4 full EYED LADY by Ferenc Molnar. NY: Viking page chromolithographed pages and in brown line on text pages to accompany and Junior Literary Guild 1942 (1942). 4to charming poems about cats. $275.00 (7 1/2 x 10 1/4”), 46p. blue cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (some small chips else VG). 528. SHAPE BOOK. MASTER 1st edition. This is the story of 2 little QUACK AND MISS DUCK. children whose mother has died and they London & NY: Nister & Dutton, believe that they see her come alive as a no date, circa 1890. Measuring 3 3/4” wide x 2 5/8” high, die- store window mannequin. Illustrated by cut in the shape of ducklings, in Sewell with lovely full page and smaller Fine condition. Illustrated with color lithographs. A scarce Sewell 4 wonderful chromolithographs title. $150.00 plus great cover to accompany a story in rhyme. (Not in Nister bibliography). $225.00

SEWELL, HELEN ALSO 588, 589 RAILWAY SOUVENIR 529. SHAPE BOOK. ORANGE. This book is die- cut in the shape of an orange (3 3/4” wide x 3 1/2”) in fine CUT IN THE SHAPE OF A PUG condition. It was issued as a souvenir by the San Pedro, AND WITH CUT-OUTS INSIDE Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad circa 1909. Every 525. SHAPE BOOK. 5 LITTLE PIGS. other page has a photograph NY- Akron- Chicago: Saalfield 1910. of a site seen by train in the Orange District and Narrow 4to (6 x 11”), pictorial card covers West. $250.00 die-cut in the shape of a pig, near Fine. The text is the classic “This Little Piggy IN THE SHAPE OF A ROCKING HORSE Went to Market. Printed on stiff card 530. SHAPE BOOK. RIDE A COCK HORSE. Kenosha: with color covering the entire surface Abbott Publishing Co., no of each page. The interior pages have date, circa 1925. Oblong (11 1/2 x 9”), stiff pictorial wrap large holes where the face would be, but covers die-cut in the shape of a rocking horse, slight the face that can be seen is inside each edge wear, VG+. Illustrated cover - either a smiling pig or a crying by Winifred Pleninger with striking color covers in the pig. $250.00 style of Fern Bisel Peat and in full color on every page. (in a different style from the covers) $150.00 914.764.7410 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ANIMAL CRUELTY CALDECOTT AWARD IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY! 534. (SIDJAKOV,NICOLAS)illus. BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS by Ruth Robbins. Berkeley: Parnassus Press (1960). Oblong 8vo, pictorial cloth, 531. SHAPE BOOK. SWEET-GIRL GOLDIE: a wonder story of butterfly time Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. (correct dw price). A Russian story beautifully by L.B. Humphrey. NY: Spinney illustrated in primitive style with color lithographs by Sidjakov. CALDECOTT & Perkins, 1884. 4to (7 x 10”), AWARD. Rare. $800.00 stiff pictorial card covers bound with silk ties and die-cut entirely in the shape of a butterfly, small piece repaired else near Fine. This is a children’s book with a curious story about a little girl named Goldie who, upon seeing a butterfly, decides to “release” the specimen butterflies preserved by her uncle. When the live butterfly sees all of the preserved butterflies, it becomes angry and summons its friends. Each butterfly takes a strand of little Goldie’s hair and they try to lift her off of the ground. She is saved by her uncle who tells the butterflies that it was he who had caught their unfortunate friends, not Goldie. Illustrated with beautiful chromolithographs PETER PARLEY TO PENROD throughout. A very, very unusual 535. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW. book. $475.00 Bost.: D. Lothrop and Co. (1880). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 410p. + [4]p. ads, some SHAPE BOOK SEE ALSO 14, 35, 41, 142, 376, 394, 582 cover soil and scattered foxing, light shelf wear, a VG+ copy. 1st ed., first issue of this children’s classic - all points Peter Parley to Penrod p.54. This is a nice copy, quite scarce. $750.00

532. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. FUN SIGNED AND/OR LIMITED EDITIONS – 7, 23, 44, 71, 77, 81, 116-17, 124, 127, 137, 163-4, 174, 183, 186, 188, 195, 197, 206, 210, 237, 239-40, 242, AND FANTASY: a book of drawings with 245, 247, 258, 260, 262, 274-5, 284, 296, 304, 312-14, 319, 322, 327-31, 333, 341, 352, 358-9, 361, 364, 389, 396-7, 405, 436, 440-1, an introduction by A.A. MILNE. London: 470, 473-4, 477, 479-81, 483, 486, 492, 494-5, 502, 509, 512, 514-15, 521, 532-3, 545-7, 555, 558, 560, 587, 599, 600 Methuen (1927). Folio, cloth backed SILHOUETTES – 253 SKIING - 411 decorative boards, Fine. LIMITED TO UPTON SINCLAIR’S ONLY 150 NUMBERED COPIES-ONLY 50 ONLY JUVENILE FOR AMERICA (this being #27) SIGNED 536. SINCLAIR,UPTON. THE GNOMOBILE: a BY SHEPARD. Printed on handmade paper. Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense but Illustrated with 8 lovely color plates plus Gnothing Gnaughty. NY: Farrar Rinehart (1936 with a profusion of wonderful black and whites colophon). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 with Shepard’s characteristic eye for detail. 1/4”), tan cloth stamped in red, 181p., Fine in dust This is a nice copy of a rarely seen Shepard wrapper (dw chipped at spine end and top of rear panel). item. $850.00 First edition of Sinclair’s only juvenile, written for his granddaughter (copies also bound for distribution LIMITED TO ONLY by the author). Illustrated 156 COPIES in black and white by J. O’H. 533. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. Cosgrave II. This is a very LET’S PRETEND by scarce first edition, rare in Georgette Agnew. Lond.: the fragile dust wrapper. J. Saville 1927. 4to, $275.00 vellum backed cloth, vellum slight soiled else near fine. LIMITED TO ONLY SCARCE E. BOYD SMITH TITLE 156 NUMBERED COPIES 537. SMITH, E.BOYD. CHICKEN WORLD. NY: G.P. Putnam 1910. Oblong 4to SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND (11 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed AGNEW (150 for sale). pictorial boards, tips rubbed Simple poems for young else near Fine. First edition children, magnificently of the a scarce E. Boyd illustrated by Shepard on Smith picture book. Printed almost every page with on very heavy coated stock. charming and detailed Featuring fabulous color black and whites. Printed illustrations on every page on handmade paper. Simply with text beneath and with a wonderful book and quite pictorial borders around uncommon. $1250.00 the pictures as well. Bader p.20-2 says “a chapter could be written about Chicken World.” A great copy. $475.00 SHEPARD, E.H. SEE ALSO 357, 363 SHIPS – 52, 453 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 [email protected] SCARCE SMITH HANDKERCHIEF IN THE STYLE OF NIELSEN 538. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. HANKY. Offered here is a charming 542. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. color handkerchief with an ARABIAN NIGHTS edited by Hildegarde image from her 1903 book Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Rhymes of Real Children Co. (1928). Large thick 4to (9 1/4 x 11 published by Fox Duffield. 1/4”), 308p.,blue gilt cloth, pictorial It measures 12 x 12 3/4”, paste-on, 1” rubbed area on gutter slight soil and creased at else Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by folds else VG+. There is Sterrett in a style similar to Nielsen a large image of a little and Dulac with cover plate, pictorial girl seated on a bench endpapers and title page, 16 magnificent surrounded with a beautiful color plates and 20 partial page black pictorial border (this and whites. Arabian Nights proved to appears on the cover of the be Sterrett’s last book, done while she book). The accompanying was in a sanatorium for her tuberculosis. text from page 10 reads: Although she recovered from this When mother’s dining out at bout, it recurred and she died in 1931 eight / I often ask if I may at the age of 31. This is an attractive wait / To watch her dress./ copy of Sterrett’s most difficult to find Marie, the maid, sometimes title. $950.00 says No! / For little girls do bother so/ I ask mamma if STOCKTON, FRANK – 509 STRATTON, HELEN - 47 I must go / And she says “Yes”. $275.00 ELVES 543. STUMP BOOK. FIVE LITTLE PIXIES [NO. 1 & THE OTHERS] by J.H. 539. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. Irvine. Chic.: Donohue ca 1900. Obl. 8vo (only 1 1/2” tall). Pictorial cloth, 42p., London: Hodder & Stoughton near fine with the original ivory clasp. Illustrated by JEAN ARCHER with 20 no date [1919]. Large thick marvelous full page color illustrations (one opposite each page of text) printed 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), blue cloth on one side of page only, all depicting the adventures of elves at Christmas time. with lovely gold illustrated Published in U.K. as No. 1 And the Others. Quite scarce. $850.00 cover and spine, small rub area on spine and light cover soil, VG+. First English ed., PUBLISHER’S FILE COPY, so stamped on endpaper and corner of title. Illustrated by Smith with 12 truly beautiful tipped-in color plates plus many lovely green line illustrations throughout the text. This is a nice copy of one of Smith’s 544. STUMP BOOK. THE RABBIT BOOK. Chicago: Donohue [1904]. Obl. 32mo most famous and lovely (1 1/2 x 6”) pictorial cloth, edge of title page rubbed else VG WITH ORIGINAL books. $600.00 IVORY CLASP INTACT. A story about various humanized animals, illustrated in bold colors by MARY TOURTEL and printed on thick pages on one side of the page. Charming and scarce. $850.00 SOCIALISM – 464 SPANISH – 61

A ROSE IS A ROSE 540. STEIN,GERTRUDE. THE WORLD IS ROUND. NY: William Scott (1939). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Printed on rose colored paper “at Stein’s insistence” (Bader p.223), Rose Is A Rose. Stein’s first children’s book, written at the suggestion of Margaret Wise Brown. A book meant to be enjoyed by children with wonderful illustrations by . A nice copy of an increasingly scarce classic. $850.00

STUMP BOOK SEE ALSO 295 SWISS INTEREST – 228

SIGNED BY SZYK 545. (SZYK,ARTHUR)illus. INK AND BLOOD. NY: Heritage Press 1946. 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), full publisher’s black morocco, top edge gilt, Fine in publisher’s batik slip case (case also fine). LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES, SZYK HAS INSCRIBED EACH COPY TO THE SUBSCRIBER BY NAME. 19 pages of explanatory material by Struthers Burt accompanies satirical military portraits - a mounted color frontis and 74 plates, 7 of which are in full color. ‘Ink and Blood ... words and pictures are bullets whose flight never ends.” (p.7). This is a beautiful copy with none of the scuffing that usually occurs with this binding. $2000.00

#545

541. STEINER,CHARLOTTE. BIRTHDAYS ARE FOR EVERYONE. Garden City: Doubleday & Co. (1964). 12mo (6 1/4 x 7 5/8”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly rubbed). Stated First Edition. This is a simple picture book about birthdays for the young child, illustrated with extremely charming color illustrations by Steiner. $125.00

STEINER, CHARLOTTE - see also 370

STEREOTYPES SEE 145, 291, 306, 308, 386, Black Interest, Bannerman #545 914.764.7410 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INSCRIBED BY TENGGREN PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 546. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS (GOLDEN TALES 550. THOMSON,PETER PUBLISHER. OUR FOUR FOOTED FRIENDS. Cincinnati: FROM) told by M. Soifer & Peter G. Thomson, no date, circa 1880. 8vo (6 x 8 7/8”), pictorial wraps, 14p., near Fine. Text about cows, cats, sheep, dogs, squirrels and rabbits is accompanied by Irwin Shapiro. NY: Simon & 4 lovely full page chromolithographs. Aunt Laura’s Series. $200.00 Schuster (1957). Folio (10 1/4 x 13”), pictorial boards, 96p., Fine. 1st edition (“A” code on end paper), featuring many wonderful full page and smaller color lithographs by Tenggren all throughout the text. This copy is INSCRIBED AND DATED 1957 BY TENGGREN! This is a beautiful version of the Arabian Nights with a rare Tenggren inscription. $1200.00

INSCRIBED BY TENGGREN - MOTHER GOOSE 547. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. MOTHER GOOSE. Boston: PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK Little Brown 1940 (Nov. 551. THOMSON,PETER PUBLISHER. THE TAILOR AND THE ELEPHANT. 1940). 4to (8 1/2 x 11”), Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1882. 12mo (5 x 7 1/2”), pictorial wraps, light edge pictorial cloth, (136)p., wear, VG+. Illustrated with 4 charming full page color illustrations to accompany FINE in slightly rubbed text in verse, Aunt Rhoda’s Series. Scarce. $175.00 dust wrapper. 1st edition. A wide selection of poems PETER THOMSON PUB. ALSO 371 THORNE, DIANA - 63 and music, accompanied by Tenggren’s wonderful full FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER page and partial page color 552. TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: illustrations all throughout Harrap, no date. Large 4to, gilt decorated vellum backed boards, FINE IN DUST the text. (Cover and pictorial WRAPPER (dw chipped at spine ends with a few closed tears). An incredible ep’s also by him). THIS fantasy- science fiction book. Each page of calligraphic text is individually COPY IS INSCRIBED AND mounted on heavy paper (47p. of text). The 48 mounted color plates by Timlin DATED 1940 BY TENGGREN! are magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. Tenggren’s signatures are Altogether a beautiful book, scarce in this condition. $5750.00 not common. This is a special copy of a super Mother Goose. $1500.00

548. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. STORIES FROM A MAGIC WORLD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield: McLoughlin (1938). Large 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight tip and spine end wear, VG-Fine. Originally published by Milton Bradley under the title of The Dickey Bird, this is an attractive and scarce edition, printed on coated paper and illustrated by Tenggren with 5 incredible color plates, plus 13 full page b&w’s by another artist. The story is a magical fantasy, and these are some of Tenggren’s most beautiful illustrations. $600.00

#548

#549

TENNIS SEE 49 TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD – 203 THAXTER, CELIA - 282

RARE THOMPSON TITLE ILLUS. BY DONAHEY TOURTEL, MARY – 544 TOYS – 37-9, 218, 267, 376, 569, 590 592 549. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. WONDER BOOK. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1929). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 217p., cover plate rubbed else VG+. A book of TRADES – 40, 581 TRAINS – 41-2, 59, 519 stories, puzzles and games, illustrated by William Donahey (of Teenie Weenie fame) with 8 bold color plates (including cover not repeated in text) and with TRANSPORTATION – 41-2, 52, 59, 313, 400, 401, 422, 425, 453, 529 hundreds of full and partial page b&w’s by Hammond. A great book. Ruth Thompson see also 78, 81, 83 $850.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 [email protected] 556. TUDOR,TASHA. EDGAR ALLAN CROW. NY: Oxford University Press MARY POPPINS ABC 1953 (1953). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4”), cloth, paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly toned). 1st edition (1st printing) of one the most elusive Tudor books, 553. TRAVERS,P.L.. MARY POPPINS illustrated in color throughout. A particularly nice copy. $975.00 FROM A-Z. Lond.: Collins (1963). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st U.K. edition. 26 short episodes about Mary Poppins (one for each letter of alphabet). Illustrated by MARY SHEPARD with nice full page line illus. printed on blue and orange paper. $250.00

TUCK PUBLISHER – 14, 35, 41, 144, 158, 162, 165, 421, 432, 457, 565, 581-2

LOVELY DRAWING FROM MOTHER GOOSE 554. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a lovely pencil drawing that appears on page 64 of her Caldecott Award winning TUDOR,TASHA. A IS FOR ANNABELLE. Mother Goose. There are a few faint marks on bottom margin barely visible 557. NY: Oxford University Press when not matted and not visible at all when matted. The image measures 5 1/4 1954 (1954). Oblong 4to, green cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some soil and sl. inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high and is signed. Depicted are 6 delightful little fraying to spine ends. First ed. of this charming ABC book featuring a doll and children playing London Bridge is Falling Down. Original art from Tudor’s Mother illustrated in color and b&w on each page. $375.00 Goose is scarce. $2850.00 SIGNED 558. TUDOR,TASHA. WHITE GOOSE. NY: Oxford University Press (1943). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4”), blue cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition (1st printing). SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR. Illustrated by Tudor with very beautiful full page color illustrations opposite each page of text, and with small text decorations. Text in calligraphy by Hilda Scott. A great copy. $850.00

FINE COPY HUCKLEBERRY FINN 559. TWAIN,MARK [CLEMENS,SAMUEL]. THE ADVENTURES OF TUDOR DRAWING FROM “THE SECRET GARDEN” HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark 555. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: THE SECRET GARDEN. This Twain. NY: Charles Webster is a lovely, detailed signed pencil drawing that was used for the headpiece for 1885 (1884). 4to, dark green chapter XVIII on page 158 of Tudor’s edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s cloth stamped in gold and black, Secret Garden published by Lippincott in 1962. Depicted are Mary and Colin. Colin is ill in bed and Mary is standing next to him and they are holding hands. owner name on endpaper, a very The image measures 5 x 4 1/2” and is attractively matted and framed to 11 Fine copy housed in custom inches square. (The image as it appears in the book is reduced to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2”). leather slip case. 1st edition Included with the art is FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT’S SIGNATURE on a of this most famous American piece of paper. It reads “Yours Sincerely Frances Hodgson Burnett Author ‘97.” novel for children and adults This is a lovely Tudor drawing from one of her most popular books. $1500.00 alike. Points include: title leaf is bound in with copyright 1884 (C), frontis 1st state with cloth visible and Heliotype, (A) page 13 1st state incorrectly listing “Him and another man” on p.88 (A), p. 9 decided (later decides) (A), p.57 1st state “with the was” (A), p. 143 1st state missing “l” (A), p.155 1st state with final 5 absent (A), p.161 1st state with signature mark absent (A), p.283 engraving redone and bound in (D). Illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE with 174 black and white drawings. A beautiful copy. BAL 3415, McBride p.92-3 (not matching any copies). $18,500.00 914.764.7410 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 SIGNED TWICE BY TWAIN 560. TWAIN,MARK. LOVE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN edited and with an 563. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. introduction by Dixon Wheeler, Literary Editor of the Mark Twain estate. NY: JUMANJI. Boston: Harper & Brothers 1949 (1949). Tall 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 5/8”), 374p., black cloth, As Houghton Mifflin 1981 New in green dust wrapper. Stated first edition illustrated with a photo frontis (1981). Oblong 4to, cloth, of Twain. The 15 page introduction and editorial Fine in fine dust wrapper. material accompanying each 1st edition, 1st printing. letter help put each letter CALDECOTT AWARD into context. This edition WINNER. Hauntingly and is LIMITED TO ONLY magnificently illustrated 155 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED TWICE BY in Van Allsburg’s unique, TWAIN, first as S.L. Clemens detailed style to accompany and next as Mark Twain. a story written by him Although this was published as well. $850.00 after Twain’s death, the information on the limitation explains: “These signatures of Mark Twain have been WITH POLAR EXPRESS CARD FROM PUBLISHER LAID-IN in the possession of Harper 564. VAN ALLSBURG, & Brothers for fifty CHRIS. POLAR EXPRESS. years. There are no more.” Boston: Houghton Mifflin This is a beautiful copy. 1985 (1985). Oblong 4to, Rare. $5000.00 cloth, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition, first printing. Magnificent color illustrations on each page, CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. This copy has Houghton Mifflin’s 1985 561. UPTON,FLORENCE. THE Season’s Greetings card in the envelope laid in. The GOLLIWOGG’S BICYCLE CLUB. card features a beautiful color illustration from Lond: Longmans 1896. Oblong 4to, the Polar Express on the cover. $650.00 cloth backed pictorial boards, corner bumped, edges rubbed and VER BECK, FRANK – 93 usual cover rubbing, tight and VG. VERNE, JULES - 598

1st ed. of the second Golliwogg BEAUTIFUL TUCK BOOK MOUNTED ON LINEN title. Wonderfully illustrated 565. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. COUNTRY FRIENDS. London: Tuck, no in color. $900.00 date, circa 1890. Folio, stiff pictorial boards, near Fine. Father Tuck’s Holiday Series. Featuring 16 pages of very fine chromolithographed illustrations of various country animals and related scenes. Each page mounted on linen. Nice copy. $250.00

562. (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus.

ADVENTURES OF TWO CLOWNS * PUGS AND CATS - ANIMAL CRUELTY DUTCH DOLLS AND A 566. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. MERRY WORDS FOR MERRY CHILDREN by A. Hoatson. London & New York: W. Hagelberg, no date, circa 1890. Oblong 16mo GOLLIWOGG by Bertha Upton. (5 x 3 7/8”), stiff pictorial card covers, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL Boston: De Wolfe Fiske, no date DUST WRAPPER! Contains two separate stories told in verse. The first titled Jim’s Dream tells of a boy dressed as a clown who dreams he is training geese [1895]. Oblong 4to, cloth backed to do tricks. In the process he abuses them so the geese decide to rebel. They tie him on a spit and begin pictorial boards, 68p., edges and to roast him over open flames corners worn, a few archival at which time the boy wakes up and vows not to be cruel. margin mends, VG. 1st American The second story is The Race edition of the first Golliwogg - about a bicycle race between frogs, greyhounds, rabbits and title, featuring many fabulous cats with 4 Pugs as the judges. full page chromolithographs Illustrated with 11 fabulous full page chromolithographs and one plus brown illustrations in- full page drawing in brown line. text. $700.00 This is a remarkable copy of a charming little book, rare in the dust wrapper. $450.00

VICTORIAN COLOPLATES ALSO 14, 43, 56, 99, 100, 115, 142, 297-99, 432, 455, 466, 526-7, 531, 583 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 83 [email protected] 567. VOLLAND. BUNNIE BEAR by John Gee. Minneapolis: Gordon Volland / Buzza RARE VOLLAND (1928, Fifth edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. The story TITLE by Gee relates the adventures of a fluffy white baby bear and is also illustrated 570. VOLLAND. HAPPY by him with great color illustrations in Volland style. Great copy. $300.00 HOME CHILDREN by Elizabeth Gordon. Chic: Volland (1924 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. First edition of this VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with great art deco illustrations in bright colors by MARION FOSTER. Nice copy of a rare title. $375.00

UNCOMMON LARGE FORMAT VOLLAND TITLE IN BOX 571. VOLLAND. JOLLY JUNGLE JINGLES by Ottlile Amend. Joliet: Volland (1929). Large oblong ART DECO 4to (11 3/4 x 9 3/8”), cloth 568. VOLLAND. (CADIE,VE ELIZABETH) DADDY GANDER by Maude McGehee backed pictorial boards, Hankins. (Joliet: Volland 1928). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX ORIGINAL BOX (box rubbed on edges). 1st edition of this Volland Sunny Book. One (color unevenly faded). of the most striking Volland publication of all, this is illustrated by VE ELIZABETH One of Volland’s scarce CADIE with fine, bold color designs in her unique, Art Deco style. $375.00 large format books, this is beautifully illustrated with bold full color drawings on every page by ELEANORE WANDA GAG COLOR COVER BARTE. Really nice, rare RARE BOXED VOLLAND TOY in box. $475.00 569. VOLLAND. (GAG,WANDA) HAPPIWORK PACKAGE: KRINKLE CHAINS. Chicago: Volland (1922). This is one of a series of 5 rare educational items published by Volland. Housed in the original pictorial box (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”) is a printed glassine BOXED ART DECO LARGE bag containing a printed envelope of beads (“from across the ocean to bring you FORMAT VOLLAND BOOK happiness”), dozens of strips of colored paper of various widths and a packet of 572. VOLLAND. JOLLY KID Happiwork Paste, Also included is a pictorial direction booklet in the form of a BOOK verses by Wilbur Nesbit. story that tells children what they can make. The cover of the box and the cover [Joliet]: (Volland) no date ca of the booklet feature an amazing full color illustration by WANDA GAG. This 1920. Large oblong 4to (10 5/8 is one the of the rarest Volland items, especially in unused and fine condition. x 7 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial $1200.00 boards, As New IN ORIGNAL BOX! (box flaps rubbed with some wear). Printed on thick card stock and featuring stunning full color illustrations in true Art Deco style by MARIE HONRE MEYERS. A VOLLAND JOLLY KID BOOK, rare in the box. $650.00

BOXED VOLLAND BY GERTRUDE KAY 573. VOLLAND. (KAY,GERTRUDE) THE JOLLY OLD SHADOW MAN written and illustrated by Gertrude Kay. Chic: Volland (1920 16th edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (light rubbing and else VG+ box). A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK, illustrated by Kay with bright color cover, The story tells of a naughty boy who is sent by the Shadow Man to a land where everyone is grumpy and rude. When he realizes how lucky he had been at home he asks to return. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus full page and in-text color illustrations. $250.00

VOLLAND BY “MY BOOKHOUSE” AUTHOR 574. VOLLAND. (MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE) COME PLAY WITH ME by Olive Beaupre Miller. Chicago: Volland (1918, 8th ed.). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box flap mends). A Sunny Book with great Art Deco color illustrations by CARMEN BROWNE in the style of Janet Laura Scott. Very scarce. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BOXED VOLLAND VERY SCARCE VOLLAND FLOWER FAIRIES FLOWER FAIRIES BY 579. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) WILD FLOWER CHILDREN: The Little Playmates of the Fairies by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1918 no “MY BOOKHOUSE” AUTHOR additional printings). 8vo, green pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX. 575. VOLLAND. (MILLER,OLIVE This is a Volland Nature Children Book and companion to Mother Earth’s Children BEAUPRE) WHISK AWAY ON A etc. Illustrated by JANET LAURA SCOTT with pictorial endpapers plus color SUNBEAM by Olive Beaupre Miller. illustrations on every page depicting wonderful humanized wildflowers. This is Chicago: Volland (1919, no additional a beautiful copy of an extremely scarce Volland title. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, nearly AS PRIOR COLUMN) $600.00 NEW IN PICTORIAL BOX with the Volland pictorial ad announcing this title laid-in. 1st ed. of this VOLLAND NATURE CHILDREN 580. VOLLAND. TREASURE THINGS by BOOK (listing no other printings). 14 Annette Wynne. Chicago: Volland (1922, original flower-fairy tales by the editor no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial of My Bookhouse relate the adventures boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. A of Queen Lady Slipper, Little Goatsbeard, Volland Sunny Book of poems for children, Wild Snap Dragon and others. Beautifully illustrated by EDNA MERRITT with bold illustrated in full color by MAGINEL color illustrations throughout, very similar WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright’s in style to Janet Laura Scott. A rare Volland sister). This is a remarkable copy of a title in excellent condition. $300.00 scarce Volland title rarely found in the box. $550.00

VOLLAND SEE ALSO 140, 141, 223, 267-8, 270-3, 372, 379-80, 505 VOLLAND BOXED SUNNY BOOK BY RAE 576. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) GRASSHOPPER GREEN AND THE MEADOW VOLTAIRE - 437 MICE written and illus. by John Rae. Joliet: Volland (1922, no additional printings). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! SCARCE WAIN BOOK OF TRADES This is the story about what happened to the grasshopper from the fable of the 581. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. TINKER, TAILOR by Edric Vredenburg. Lond: Tuck Grasshopper And The Ant. Illustrated by Rae with pictorial endpapers plus many [1914]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, [144]p. including color other charming illustrations. A beautiful copy. $300.00 ads, tips rubbed else near fine. A variety of trades are integrated into a story featuring humanized cats. Illustrated by Wain with 12 fabulous color plates plus hundred’s of b&w’s and pictorial endpapers. Very scarce and some great Wain work. $1875.00

RARE VOLLAND GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE 577. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page color illustrations. A rare Volland title. $350.00 RARE WAIN SHAPE CAT BOOK 578. VOLLAND. (ROSS,M.T.) ANIMAL CHILDREN by Edith Kirkwood. Chic: 582. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. WITH LOUIS WAIN IN PUSSYLAND by Norman Volland (1913 later printing). 8vo, pictorial boards, light soil and wear to spine Gale. Lond. : Tuck else near fine. This Volland Nature Children Book has fabulous color illustrations no date, circa 1919. on every page by M.T. Ross depicting a variety of humanized animals (plus pictorial endpapers). Fine sharp reproductions. This is a beautiful copy of a Folio, stiff pictorial scarce and desirable Volland title, companion to Bird Children etc. $175.00 card covers with top die-cut in a cat #579 shape. Small rubbing areas to covers else VG+. Illus. by Wain with color covers, 4 large and incredible full page color illustrations of cats at play and with great line illustrations on all other pages. A nice copy of a rare and fragile Wain book. $1650.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 85 [email protected] 583. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. DANDY LION by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: Nister 3 VOLUMES EACH INSCRIBED BY WIGGIN [1900]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and covers lightly 587. WIGGIN,KATE DOUGLAS. PENELOPE’S EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND scratched else VG+. Illustrated by Wain with mounted color frontis and with * PENELOPE’S PROGRESS [IN SCOTLAND] * AND PENELOPE’S IRISH wonderful black and whites on every page, mostly of cats. Fanciful and very EXPERIENCES. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901, 1902. Three volumes, 8vo, scarce. Necker 2073. $750.00 green cloth elaborately stamped in gold, top edges gilt, fine. Each volume is illustrated with beautiful black and white illustrations by C.E. BROCK, and there is a LENGTHY INSCRIPTION FROM WIGGIN TO IRISH SINGER TOM DOBSON IN EACH OF THE THREE BOOKS! A marvelous set. $650.00

WAR – 26, 325, 409, 436, 592-6 WARD, KEITH - 152

CATS - NEWERY AWARD WINNER 584. (WARD,LYND)illus. THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth Coatsworth. NY: Macmillan 1930 (1930). 4to (8 x 9 1/4”), cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw mended on back with light stain on joints). First Edition, first printing of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by LYND WARD with very beautiful full page wash drawings. Quite scarce in the dw. $700.00

WEISGARD, LEONARD – 119, 120

HUMANIZED BEES AND INSECTS 585. (WEISSENBORN,HELLMUTH)illus. BILLY THE BUMBLEBEE by Victor Bonham-Carter. Lond: Hammond Hammond Co no date, circa 1940. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. The story of a homely bee named Billy that falls in love with a beautiful lady bumblebee named Milly. When they marry, all of their friends attend - humanized beetles, grasshoppers and more. Lovely full page and smaller color illus. by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Weissenborn was a German artist who fled Germany in 1938 because his wife was Jewish. He settled 588. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. NY: in England, taught at the Harper Brothers (1941). 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), pictorial cloth, 288p., Fine in nice, VG+ Ravensbourne College of dust wrapper which is slightly frayed at spine ends. Stated 1st ed. Illustrated Art and continued his with color dust wrapper and color frontis by and in line by career as an internationally MILDRED BOYLE. In this book Laura turns 15 and gets her teaching certificate. known artist and engraver. Nice copy, very scarce. $2250.00 This is a charming book. $200.00

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MINT CHARLOTTE’S WEB 586. WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB. NY: Harper Brothers (1952). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4”), tan cloth, Fine in FINE DUST WRAPPER. Stated First Edition. The story of Charlotte, a spider and her friend Wilbur a pig. Illustrated by with more than 40 black and whites plus color wrapper. This is a magnificent copy of a modern 589. WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS. NY: Harper & Bros (1943). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 299p., slight cover soil, near Fine in slightly frayed classic. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. and soiled dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL AND $2250.00 MILDRED BOYLE with color dw, color frontis plus full page b&w’s. Laura is almost 16 and teaching school. Rare. The last of the Little House books. $1750.00 914.764.7410 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 590. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. BEDTIME FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban. WORLD WAR II PATRIOTIC FRENCH FANTASY NY: Harper Brothers (1960). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/8”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 594. WORLD WAR II. PICHENETTE: OU LES AVENTURES Fine in dust wrapper with 1/2” strip off rear top edge and smaller chips on spine. EXTRAORDINAIRES D’UN ENFANT DE CHEZ NOUS by Max Francois. Paris: First edition (correct price and no ads for later titles). Frances (a baby badger) Editions Raynaud Zurfluh, no date, circa 1945. 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/2”), cloth backed uses various methods to prolong bedtime. Illustrated with charming color lithos pictorial card covers, Fine. The story on every page. See Bader p.472-3 who calls this “a charmer.” First editions of relates the adventures of a little this title are quite scarce. $325.00 boy with his accordion whose father is in the army and who is separated from his mother while escaping from Paris. He meets a French soldier who helps him but then gets separated from the soldier during a torpedo raid. He lands amongst natives in Africa who want to harm him. He escapes them by dazzling them with his accordion. He encounters a stranded American soldier who he befriends and helps to fly back to Paris just before liberation. All along he has been saved by playing his accordion. As the war ends he miraculously finds his father and then his mother and everyone lives happily ever after. Illustrated with great full color illustrations by Guy G. Noel. Includes musical notation for some of Pichenette’s songs. A great French patriotic WWII story. $325.00

VICHY FRANCE PROPAGANDA - PETAIN 595. WORLD WAR II. POURQUOI AIMEZ-VOUS LE MARECHAL PETAIN? 591. (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George Question Posee aux Ecoliers de France. Paris: Editions M.D., no date, circa 1942. Selden. NY: Ferrar Strauss (1960). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”), pink cloth, 151p., Fine Oblong 4to (11 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 12p., some cover soil, VG+. in dust wrapper frayed at spine ends and corners. Stated 1st printing of this Ten pages of supposed love sentiments for Petain from French children. Each child modern classic, illustrated with color wrapper and many detailed b&w’s by GARTH has a small photo next to his or her words of praise. Illustrated with charming WILLIAMS. Although not his first book, it is certainly the title that brought Selden color vignettes on each page by various artists. The cover features Petain kissing fame and it is very scarce in the first edition. NEWBERY HONOR. $550.00 a child, much the same way the Nazi children’s books showed Hitler petting the heads of little children. The last page can be filled out by the child who receives WILLIAMS, GARTH SEE ALSO 586 WINE 412 the book. This is a prime example of propaganda aimed at children. $500.00

WOODCUTS – 24, 117, 256, 331

FRENCH NATIONALISM GREAT ART DECO TOY SOLDIERS 592. WORLD WAR I. HISTOIRE D’UN BRAVE PETIT SOLDAT text and drawings by Charlotte Schaller. Paris: Berger-Levrault, (1915). Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers and inside with some finger soil else VG+. The story of a brave toy soldier injured in the war, illustrated with stunning full and partial page color art deco illustrations. Meant to show the superiority of French soldiers, the text has a nationalistic theme, ending “Vive la France, Vivent les Allies, Vivent tous nos braves petits soldats!” A wonderful picture book. $800.00

RARE WORLD WAR II BOOK BY CHILDREN 593. WORLD WAR II. LE MERVEILLEUSE DE LA VOYAGE GOUTTE DE VITAMINE - THE MARVELOUS VOYAGE OF A DROP OF VITAMIN. New York: Published by the Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies (1942). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2”), spiral backed pictorial wraps, VG. Forward by Andre Maurois. The story was written by a group of young school children in #593 Unoccupied France to thank American relief agencies for sending vitamins to help French children. There are 7 pages of handwritten text in French with English translation below, illustrated with 7 full page hand-colored illustrations also done by the children. The story tells the tale of Little Drop - a vitamin drop that crosses the ocean to find needy children. At the end of the book are 3 pages of 32, printed handwritten signatures of actual children giving thanks “Mercies” for the aid. Laid in is a contemporary newspaper clipping describing the genesis of this book. Due to its fragility, few copies could have survived. Rare. $1200.00 SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>> Helen & Marc Younger Pg 87 [email protected] 596.WORLD WAR II. FLAK: THE STORY OF A CANINE HERO OF THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WYETH WAR by Shirley Goulden. London: W.H. Allen, no date circa 1943. 8vo (5 1/8 x 599. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO 8 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine (no dw). This is the heartwarming MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Boston: Little story of a large Alsatian dog named Flak and his owner Squadron Leader Leeson, Brown 1938 (May 1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), a member of Britain’s RAF during WWII. Flak’s heroic deeds helped save his white cloth spine, blue cloth, spine slightly master and other members of the squadron. Illustrated by J. Abbey with great toned else Fine in publisher’s slip case (slip full page and smaller lithographs throughout the text. $90.00 case has a few small, neat repairs on edge). First Wyeth edition LIMITED TO 1075 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY WYETH AND ROBERTS! Illustrated with 15 beautiful color plates including endpapers and complete with an EXTRA SUITE OF COLOR PLATES IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. A great copy, increasingly scarce with extra suite of plates. $2500.00

#599

WORLD WAR II SEE ALSO 29, 325, 356, 545 WORLD’S FAIR - 162

597. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE by Thomas Bulfinch. NY: Cosmopolitan Book 1924. 4to, maroon cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw soiled and chipped). First Wyeth edition, second issue with top edge plain. Illustrated by him with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 8 really beautiful color plates. A beautiful copy. $875.00

BOXED WYETH 598. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. MICHAEL STROGOFF by Jules Verne. NY: Scribner (1927). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX WITH PICTORIAL LABEL PASTED ON (box slightly rubbed else near INSCRIBED WITH WATERCOLOR Fine). 1st edition of this Scribner Classic illustrated by Wyeth with cover label 600. YASHIMA,TARO. THE YOUNGEST ONE. NY: Viking 1962. Oblong 4to (repeated on box) pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 color plates. This is (9 1/2 x 8 1/4”), cloth, edge a magnificent copy, rarely found in the publishers box. $1350.00 of one page creased else fine in dust wrapper. This #598 is a lovely picture book box about Momo and Bobby, two little children who became friends. Illustrated with beautiful color lithographs by Yashima. This copy is INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA WITH A WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A SPECKELED EGG IN A NEST WITH BIRDS IN THE SKY. Scarce title. $600.00

YOUNG, ART - 464 END

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