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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #405 - Parker manuscript for Funny Bunnies with 14 original watercolors

#338 - Make Way for Ducklings in DW #183 - Dulac’s Sindbad the Sailor - Signed / Limited #400 - Outhwaite’s Fairyland Fine in DW and box

#374 - Nazi Anti - Semitic Children’s Book #363 - Early Dean Moveable

#80 - Outcault’s Pore Lil Mose Helen & Marc Younger Pg 3 [email protected] CLARA TICE DOG ALPHABET SIGNED WITH DRAWING 1. ABC. (ART DECO) 5. ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13”), ALPHABET BOOK. Akron: cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and a few faint marks on cover else VG+. 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except “X” are illustrated in color on every Saalfield 1934. Folio, (10 x page. The text is beneath each drawing. Includes Kerry Blue, Newfoundland, 12”), pictorial wraps, light Sealyham, Poodle, Japanese Spaniel and more. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY TICE edge wear, VG+. A typical WITH A CHARMING 3” DRAWING OF A SCOTTIE DOG. Artfully done and 30’s ABC book with striking very scarce, more so with the signature and drawing. $1500.00 bright color illustrations on each page in art deco style by CORINNE RINGEL BAILEY. $100.00

RARE TUCK RAG “BLACK” ABC 2. ABC. (BLACK) MY HONEY ABC. London: Tuck no date, circa 1900. Oblong 8vo (9 x 6”), printed cloth, some soil and fraying and staining, overall VG. Printed in full color on cloth, each page portrays grossly stereotypical Blacks for each letter of the alphabet. Naturally, “W” shows a man weighing a watermelon. A title in Father Tuck’s Indestructible Calico Book series. Rare. $1850.00

6. ABC. (FIREFIGHTING) ABC’S OF FOREST FIRE PREVENTION by R.M. Watts. Ottawa: Cloutier, (1950). 8vo, (6 x 7 3/4”), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A ABC’S OF TRADES, NAMES, MOTHER GOOSE wonderful ABC with a fire prevention theme published by the Forestry Branch of 3. ABC. (BOXED LIBRARY) BOX OF ABC BOOKS. Kenosha: Samuel Lowe the Dept. of Resources and Development in Canada. Illustrated in color on every 1944. Five books in page - “D” stands for Death, Destruction and Danger. $200.00 pictorial box, box flaps repaired else fine. Contains: The Object Alphabet Book (which is really an ABC of names), The Alphabet of Things That Grow, The ABC Mother Goose Book (which is actually an ABC of Trades), The Alphabet Book of Flowers and The Alphabet Book of Animals. Illustrated with charming color lithos in every book in RARE AND CHARMING HAWAIIAN ABC typical 40’s style (no 7. ABC. (HAWAII) MENEHUNE ALPHABET BOOK by Betty Allen. (Honolulu: illustrator named). Paradise of the Pacific 1949). 14 stiff card pages ring-bound on top edge, one The box itself can leaf reinforced at rings else VG. “There is a legend in the Hawaiian Islands that be used to make the first people who lived there were the Menehunes, or pixies.” The letters stand-up toys to of the Hawaiian alphabet are presented by these little brown Menehunes, cut out. $200.00 illustrated in color and printed on one side of the paper. Each letter is in capital and lower case with simple verse as text. “H is for Holoku / Our Sunday best. / NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC Hiamoe / To sleep or to rest.” A charming and scarce ABC. $300.00 4. ABC. (CARDS) ALPHABET CARDS . This is a COMPLETE SET OF 26 ALPHABET CARDS! Circa 1880, each card measures 3” x 4 ½” (blank versos). JOB’S ALPHABET Each card has gilt background with large letter in red in the upper left corner 8. ABC. (JOB) ABC PAR JULES LEMAITRE. Tours: Mame (1919). 4to and stamped in the upper right is advertising for Blake’s Piano Palace in Boston. (9 3/4 x 11 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips lightly rubbed else near Each card is humorously illustrated in bright colors in a style reminiscent of Fine. 1st edition Crowquill, two thirds of which feature misbehaving, naughty little children. A of this beautiful scarce and charming set. $800.00 French alphabet book illustrated by JOB with full and partial page color illustrations in his distinctive lavish and style. Each letter has several illustrations of the object accompanied by informational text. (See Mahoney et al. Illus. Child. Bks p.148 - outstanding foreign picture book). $475.00 914.764.7410 Pg 4 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 McGUFFEY PRIMER NICE McLOUGHLIN 9. ABC. (McGUFFEY) ALPHABET McGUFFEY’S NEWLY 13. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) REVISED ECLECTIC NURSERY ABC AND PRIMER - Newly Illustrated. SIMPLE SPELLER. NY: NY: American Book Co. McLoughlin Bros. no date, (1867). 16mo, (3 7/8 x circa 1870. 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 6 1/8”), pictorial wraps, 3/8”), pictorial wraps, [12]p. 34p., Fine. Intended as including covers, slight cover a first book for children wear else near Fine (comes this features a charming from a 19th century shop pictorial alphabet with a whose contents were found cut for every letter, plus untouched). Each letter has simple words, progressions a wonderful and large color and spelling, also pictorial initial accompanied illustrated with cuts. Well by word lists and short printed. $125.00 sentences. The cover is engraved by Howard. Well printed and with colors vibrant. $350.00 DECO LINEN ABC 10. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER ALPHABET A * B * C OF HAPPY 14. ABC. (MILITARY) SOLDIER ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. ca 1900. Folio (10 PLAYTIME. No place, 1/4 x 13 1/4”), pictorial (McLoughlin 1927). Large wraps, a few margin 4to, pictorial linen, VG- mends and spine Fine. Illustrated in bright mend, VG+. Brightly color on every page by illustrated with 2 DOROTHY HOPE SMITH. full page chromos Each letter shows children and 6 full page brown engaging in a different and whites depicting pastime - portrayed in soldiers from around typical 20’s / flapper the world including style. $150.00 Rough Riders, Zouave, artilleryman etc. Text for the ABC is inside front and rear covers. NICE McLOUGHLIN ABC “Y if for Yataghans, 11. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) Blades broad and AUNT LELY’S PICTURE keen; In Eastern lands ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin only, in use they are Bros. (30 Beekman St)., seen.” $400.00 no date circa 1865. 12mo (5 1/4 x 6 ½”), pictorial wraps, margin soil on a few ABC MOTHER GOOSE NOVELTY pages, VG+. Each leaf has 15. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE...HER ALPHABET. Akron: a fine 3/4 page engraving Saalfield 1946. Oblong 4to, spiral backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper with a with a large red letter few pieces off back panel and with repairs on verso. Illustrated in full color superimposed on the picture opposite each rhyme by JANE FRANCES. Individual letters of the alphabet (signed W.G. MASON). Each extend over the tops and sides of the pages that disappear as the pages are page has a 4 line rhyme turned until all letters are used. These can also be used as tabs so that the child about the letter beneath can turn directly to a rhyme beginning with a specific letter. $225.00 the illustration. Well designed and well printed. Scarce. $500.00

MCLOUGHLIN ABC OF CHILDREN’S NAMES 12. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) MAJOR’S ALPHABET. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1870. 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 1/4”), pictorial wraps, slight bit of margin soil on rear cover else Fine+ condition (comes from a 19th century shop whose contents were found untouched). This is a charming alphabet of children’s names, illustrated with wonderful chromolithographs on every page with most pages featuring 3 pictures per page. O is Octavius, Q is Quintus, U is Urban. A beautiful copy with vivid colors. $425.00

McLOUGHLIN ABC 16. ABC. (NAMES) BABY BUNTING ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. Inc., circa 1915. 4to (6 3/4 x 9”), pictorial wraps, fine. Nearly every letter stands for a different child’s name. Illustrated in 3-color on each page to accompany text in verse. “C is Clara, kissing her Cat; D is Dan’s Dog, who at dinner sat.” $125.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 5 [email protected] GREAT CLOTH ABC LARGE WARNE ALPHABET 17. ABC. (NAMES) NURSERY ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1906. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4”, some 21. ABC. (OBJECTS) MY ABC BOOK. London: Fred. Warne, no date, circa soil, fraying and creasing, G+. This is a wonderful alphabet of names printed on cloth. 1910. Folio (10 x 12 ½”), cloth backed decorative boards, color pictorial paste-on, Illustrated in typical turn of the century style in bright colors. “M is for Matthew, name inked out inside cover else VG+. This is a large format alphabet book with Quite fond of his books. N is for Nathan. too vain of his looks.” $125.00 every page mounted on linen, printed on rectos only. There are 2 letters per page, each letter printed in color in large font. Each letter is represented by 2 or 3 objects which are illustrated on that page with charming chromos. There is also a nice illustration on the title page and there are 2 pages of the complete NISTER ABC alphabet in capital 18. ABC. (NISTER) ABC letters and in lover case. FOR THE LITTLE ONES. This is a basic but lovely ABC. $250.00 London: Nister, no date, circa 1890. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards., 22. ABC. TINY TOTS’ ABC. some soil and wear to covers London: Children’s Press, else VG. This beautiful no date circa 1945. Oblong 4to (10 x 8 ½”), pictorial Victorian ABC is printed on wraps, Fine. Brightly thick card pages. “Q” is for illustrated with color lithos Queenie, “Z” is for Zulu Doll. by G.I. SMITH done with Illustrated in color on every a broad style and a touch page. $225.00 of humor. Printed on blue backgrounds, this is stylishly done. $200.00

NOAH ADVERTISING ALPHABET 19. ABC. (NOAH’S ARK) NOAH’S ARK PRIMER. Syracuse: Handford THREE ABC’S: TOYS * RHYMES * ANIMALS Manufacturing 1912. 5 x 7”, pictorial wraps, some edge fraying else VG. This 23. ABC. (TOYS) WONDER ABC BOOK : THREE JOLLY ALPHABETS. London: is a charming advertising Collins ca 1930. 4to, cl. backed pictorial bds, some rubbing, VG+. Featuring ABC in verse with a Noah’s ALPHABET OF TOYS, ALPHABET OF ANIMALS AND ALPHABET OF NURSERY Ark theme. Illustrated in RHYMES, wonderfully illustrated in bright colors by CECILY STEAD and E.W.B. It’s full color on every page. interesting to note that “A” is for African rather than “N” for Negro. $175.00 Beneath each rhyme are 2 lines touting the benefit of Hanford’s Balsam. B is for “The Big Brown Bear can sniff and growl/ And through the woods he likes to prowl / He digs up roots and climbs the trees/ To rob the hives of honey bees. Put Hanford’s Balsam on bee stings to stop the itching.” Something a bit different. $225.00

26 MINIATURE ABC BOOKS IN A BOX 20. ABC. (NOVELTY) ALPHABLOCK BOOKS by Edward Ernest. NY: Grosset and Dunlap 1943. There are 26 miniature books - each 4” square, housed in the publisher’s pictorial box measuring 9 ½” square. Books are fine, box is slightly RARE IDA WAUGH ABC dusty else near Fine. Each book has illustrations and words for a different letter, 24. ABC. (WAUGH) IDA WAUGH’S ALPHABET BOOK by Amy Blanchard. illustrated in typical 40’s style by Lee Morss. The covers of the books have large Phil: Lippincott 1888. block letters. Graphically arresting and a great ABC / Miniature item. $450.00 4to,(9 x 10 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and edge wear, VG. Printed on heavy paper on rectos only, each leaf has an alphabet pictorial border and there are line illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. The letters are also portrayed in humanized forms being composed of little children in various positions. Rare. $650.00

ABC SEE ALSO 98, 152, 315, 418, 441, 523 914.764.7410 Pg 6 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 25. (ADAMS,FRANK)illus. THE BABES IN THE WOODS. London: Blackie no date circa 1915. 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, VG. Illustrated with 12 fine color plates, 3 full page line illus. and pictorial endpapers all inAdam’s dust wrapper distinctive style. $200.00

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30. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. A CHRISTMAS DREAM. Boston: Little Brown (1901). 8vo (5 1/8 x 11 ½”), green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green, white and gilt, 55p. + 1 leaf of ads, Fine. 1st separate edition from Lulu’s Library Vol. 1. Illustrated with 3 halftone plates by H. Ireland and with 2 pen and inks done for this edition. BAL 232. $250.00 ADULT (KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) 112, 199, 246, 337, 483, 493, 540 FIRST APPEARANCE OF ALCOTT STORY ADVERTISING 19, 153, 531 AESOP - 154, 243, 249 AFRICA 181 31. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. OLD FASHIONED STICK DOLLS THANKSGIVING [IN] ST. 26. AINSLEE,KATHLEEN. CATHARINE SUSAN AND ME GOES ABROAD. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE. London & NY: Castell & Stokes, no date (1906). 12mo (4 3/4 x 5 ½”), stiff pictorial This is a bound volume of card covers, lacks ties else VG+. Featuring fabulous full page chromolithographs six issues of St. Nicholas chronicling the travels of these charming stick dolls to Paris, Switzerland and Magazine volume 9, Part 1 - elsewhere. $275.00 November 1881 - May 1882. NY: Century Company. 4to, 7 ½ x 10”, 3/4 leather and 27. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. cloth, near Fine. Pages 8-16 contain the first appearance JO’S BOYS. Boston: of this story that was later Roberts Brothers, 1886 incorporated into a volume (1886). 12mo, (4 3/4 x 6 of Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag. 3/4”), dark green cloth, This volume also contains work by Celia Thaxter, 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial Frank Stockton, Mary ads, Fine condition. First Mapes Dodge and is heavily edition, first state of this illustrated in black and white. $500.00 classic (sheets measure 1 16th” in bulk). BAL 32. ALDIN,CECIL. MERRY PUPPY BOOK. London: Henry Frowde & Hodder & 211. This is a beautiful Stoughton, no date, circa 1913. 4to (8 ½ x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest bit of edge rubbing, Fine and bright. 1st edition. A fabulous books of copy. $475.00 dogs stories including the Mongrel Puppy, The Farmyard Puppy and the White Puppy. Featuring 36 full page color illustrations plus numerous black and whites throughout the text. This is a great copy of a rare Aldin title. $1200.00 28. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870 (1870). 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), terra cotta cloth, 378p. + 8 p. ads. Occasional internal soil, binding slightly leaning, soil on spine affecting a few letters, really a nice clean copy of the first edition second printing mentioning earlier titles on the copyright page and with error on p.159 still present. Illustrated with 4 33. ALDIN,CECIL. PICKLES. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, no black and white plates. This date [1909]. 4to (10 x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards,light corner stain is a nice copy of a difficult on 2 pages of text, rear free to find first edition. BAL endpaper a copy, edges worn, 163. $475.00 overall VG condition. This is the tale about the adventures of a mischievous puppy who pulls apart the golliwog doll IN RARE DUST WRAPPER and generally causes trouble 29. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. THE CANDY COUNTRY. Boston: Little Brown until he is caught. Written (1900). 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 ½”), tan cloth stamped in pink, green and gilt, 52p. + by Aldin for his daughter [1]p. ad, offsetting on endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER! (dw chipped). and told from the dog’s 1st separate edition of this story extracted from Lulu’s Library Volume 1. point of view. Illustrated Illustrated with 3 halftone plates and one pen and ink drawing done for this with 24 fabulous color plates edition. BAL 229. This is an incredible copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $350.00 on heavy green paper plus pictorial endpapers. Very scarce. $850.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 7 [email protected] RARE ALDIN TITLE 37. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. NY: Nelson, 34. ALDIN,CECIL. PUPPY DOG FROLICS. London & Glasgow: Collins Clear no date, circa 1924. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 180p., near fine in worn, Type Press, no date, circa 1930. Folio (10 1/4 x 13 ½”), cloth backed pictorial soiled and chipped dw. Illustrated by Anderson with 12 beautiful color plates boards, tips rubbed, rear cover soil, VG++. Printed on coated paper there are plus b&w’s in text and pictorial endpapers. A beautiful edition of this classic, 16 full page color illustrations of an Aberdeen Scotty dog with one line of text scarce in the dw. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $475.00 below plus 2 illustrations in black and white. There is also a charming pictorial border on every page. The illustrations are from Gyp’s Hour of Bliss but the LOVELY COLOR ORIGINAL ART WITH TENNIS THEME colors used are different from Gyp and the pictorial border is new. This is a rare 38. ANDERSON,WAYNE. LEPRECHAUN COMPANION: ORIGINAL ART. This Aldin picture book. $975.00 is the original drawing that appears on page 40. of Niall Macnamara’s book the Leprechaun Companion published in 1999. The image itself is 6” wide x 8” greatly reduced in the book. It is done on tracing paper dry mounted on acid free paper. Executed in color pencil, depicted is a large leprechaun serving a tennis ball with a smaller leprechaun sitting on a toadstool. The tennis net is held up by 2 smaller toadstools. Anderson is a British artist who has previously won the Gold Medal for the best illustrated children’s book (Ratsmagic) and who won the 2001 National Art Library Illustration Award. An absolutely charming image, sold with fine first edition of the book. $1500.00

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TUCK GIFT BOOK 35. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES edited by Edric Vredenburg. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1902. 4to (7 ½ x 10”), blue cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, spine end frayed else near Fine. 10 fairy tales including the complete Snow Queen, Little Mermaid, Wild Swans, Tinder Box and more. Illustrated with 8 beautiful chromolithographed plates by E.J. Andrews and with 39. (ANGELO,VALENTI)illus. ROLLER beautiful flowing, art SKATES by Ruth Sawyer. NY: Viking Press nouveau black and white 1936 (Oct. 1936). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), drawings by S. Jacobs. pictorial cloth, 186p., Fine in slightly worn This is a lovely edition of dw with few small chips. 1st edition. Set in Andersen’s favorite stories, New York City in the 1890’s featuring a girl one of Tuck’s lavish gift named Lucinda who traveled all over the city books. $350.00 on roller skates. Illustrated throughout by Angelo with lovely line drawings. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $200.00 ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN ALSO 36, 88, 271, 377, 390, 392 40. (ANNING BELL, ROBERT)illus. TALES 36. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANDERSEN’S FAIRY STORIES by HANS FROM SHAKESPEARE by Charles & Mary CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London: Collins Clear Type Press, no date, circa 1915. Lamb. NY: Trulove Hanson & Comba, no date 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4”), 160p., blue cloth stamped in gold, pictorial paste-on, slight [1899]. Thick 8vo, 372p., red gilt pictorial. bit of wear, near Fine. 11 fairy tales are illustrated by Anderson with 8 beautiful cloth, teg, VG+. First edition. Illustrated with color plates plus numerous full and partial page line illustrations and pictorial 10 full page woodcuts by Bell in Art Nouveau endpapers. $400.00 style. $225.00

#36 #37 #40 914.764.7410 Pg 8 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 REVOLT OF THE UMBRELLAS! ARABIAN NIGHTS - 183, 332 ARMENIA - 499 41. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. PARAPLYERNES OPROR ART DECO - 1, 95, 96, 219, 269, 276, 403, 404, 486, 487, 509 [THE UMBRELLA’S REVOLT] by Kjeld Abell. ART NOUVEAU - 40, 372 Copenhagen: William ART (ORIGINAL) - 38, 43, 106, 163, 227, 242, 270, 286, 304, 335, 349, 375, 405, Hansen 1937. 4to, cl. 428, 449, 462, 519, 520, 559, 565 backed pictorial. bds, sl. darkening of cover, else ARTHURIAN - 308 VG+. Each page of text faces an almost surreal SCARCE ATTWELL PICTURE BOOK full page color illustration 44. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCY)illus. BABY’S BOOK. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, by Abell that depicts what circa 1920. 4to (7 ½ x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG. happens when umbrellas Pages are mounted on thick boards. Illustrated with pictorial title page, decorative decide to rebel. Artistically border around each page of text and 16 fine full page color illustrations by Attwell executed and a unique story (incl. covers). The illustrations are vivid and beautiful. Scarce. $850.00 line. You don’t need to read Danish to enjoy this book. $200.00

HUMANIZED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 42. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CHILDREN by Edna Groff Diehl. Chicago: Whitman, 1923. 12mo, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, VG+ in torn and chipped dw. From the Aunt Este’s Stories Series. A compilation of stories about humanized fruits and vegetables. Charmingly illustrated in color by Vera Stone. $175.00 AUSTRALIAN INTEREST - 230, 231, 400, 401

ANTHROPOMORPHISM SEE ALSO 45, 211, 226, 329 HUMANIZED BOWLING PIN 45. AVERILL,ESTHER. ADVENTURES OF JACK NINEPINS. NY: Harp. Bros. WONDERFUL HONOR APPLETON ART (1944). Small 4to, cloth, fine in frayed dw. Stated 1st ed. The successor to 43. (APPLETON,HONOR)illus. ORIGINAL ART: JOSEPHINE GOES Averill’s Jenny Linsky, Jack Ninepins is a humanized bowling pin that has many TRAVELING. This is a wonderful watercolor signed by Appleton that appears on adventures. Illus. by Averill in color. This from the library of Bertha Mahoney p. 52 of Josephine Goes TRAVELING. The image measures 7 x 9.5” on paper 10x Miller with her bookplate. $150.00 13”. Captioned in pencil “But just in time up came Dora” this is a charming image AVIATION 211, 238, 563 BABY BOOK 411 BAKER,JOSEPHINE 74 with dolls and toys. $2850.00 FIRST EDITION THUS OF SIX BANNERMAN BOOKS IN ONE 46. BANNERMAN,HELEN. JUMBO SAMBO. Philadelphia: Stokes (various dates 1942). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ½”), cloth, 223p., two page publisher forward, Fine in VG dust wrapper frayed at spine ends. 1st edition. Containing:

1. Little Black Sambo 2. Sambo and the Twins 3. Little Black Quasha 4. Little Black Bobtail 5. Story of the Teasing Monkey 6. Story of Little Kettle-Head

This edition done with Bannerman’s approval includes the complete texts of each story and the original color color lithos on every page. Nice copy, very scarce in the original Stokes edition, more often found as the Lippincott reprint. $750.00

47. BANNERMAN,HELEN. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA. NY: Stokes Sept. 1903. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 142p., edges rubbed and light finger soil else clean, tight, VG. 1st U.S. edition of the third “Little Black” book by Bannerman, printed on one side of page and with a full page color illustration facing each page of text. $850.00

BARNHART, NANCY 247 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 9 [email protected] RARE POP-OUT PANORAMA PETER PAN 48. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN I WENDY. Barcelona: Editorial Joventut no date ca 1930. Oblong 4to, pictorial board panels folded accordion style, some cover BEAUTIFUL COPY OF 1st/1st MARVELOUS LAND 51. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton soil, VG+. Each side of the 12 panels is illustrated in color by A. Salo. There are 1904. 4to, red pictorial. cloth, 287p., 6 tiny margin mends, front hinge sl. rubbed 3 tab operated moveable pages so that when the tab is pulled, the illustration but not weak, occasional margin soil and slight cover soil else near FINE AND becomes 3 dimensional. Rare. Barrie see also 473, 554. $1200.00 BRIGHT. 1st ed. FIRST STATE in B binding with red cloth titled in dark blue on spine panel and in blue and silver on front cover, the spine with a decorative image of General Jinjur standing atop an emerald. 1st issue sheets, with no publication date on the copyright page, the illustration on page [4] in large format, illustrations on page [22] and page [27] in reverse order - likewise the tailpieces on pages 82 and 158. Numerous full and partial page black & whites, 16 full-page color plates on glossy stock inserted throughout the text block. by J.R.NEILL and photo-pictorial endpapers.’s of Montgomery and Stone. This is a beautiful copy of the rare first/first and in reality, rarer than a first/first of the Wizard. HG II. $12,500.00

49. (BAUER,JOHN AND EINAR NORELIUS)illus. BLAND TOMTAR OCH TROLL. Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlunds 1945. Sq. 8vo, bds, pictorial. paste-on, 130p., soil on rear leaf, VG+ in chipped dw. Illustrated by Bauer with 3 richly colored tipped in plates (in style of Tenggren’s Grimm) and by Norelius with 12 wonderfully charming tipped in color plates plus color plate on the cover. There are also b&w vignettes. A nice copy of this fine Swedish annual. $225.00

FINE FIRST EDITION OF THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ 50. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. Hill 1900. Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., Fine and bright - clean and tight, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed., second state with no box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads “low wail of”, p.81 fourth line from bottom spells “pieces” correctly, p.[227] 1st line reads “While the Woodman”, colophon in 13 lines with no box, verso title page has copyright, imperfect type on pages 52. BAUM,L.FRANK. PATCHWORK GIRL 100, 186, color plates perfect on p. 34 and 92. Binding state “c” with publishers OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1913). imprint in red serifed type with the “o” of “Co.” inside the “C”. Hanff/Greene I.2 4to, green pictorial. cloth, 341p. + 5p. of binding state C, Peter Parley To Penrod p. 111-113. Wonderful color illustrations by W.W. Denslow for one of the most famous children’s books of all times. This ads. Tiny snag at base of spine and name is a remarkable, beautiful, clean copy of the first edition. $32,500.00 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

IN DUST WRAPPER 53. (BAUM,L.FRANK). PURPLE PRINCE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1932). 4to, deep purple cloth, pictorial. paste-on, tiny rub area on rear corner else fine in VG+ sl. frayed dw ($1.75 price and ads through this title). 1st ed. 1st state, illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates coated on one side plus b&w’s in- text. A beautiful copy. H-G XXVI. $2000.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 IN DUST WRAPPER BAUM FAIRY TALES 54. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE WISHING HORSE OF OZ by Ruth Plumly 58. BAUM,L.FRANK. Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1935). 4to, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, corner BAUM’S AMERICAN FAIRY of cover plate rubbed else fine in VG+ dw (dw correct price and ads through this TALES. Indianapolis: Bobbs title, frayed at head of spine). First ed. (H-G XXIX). Illustrated by J.R. NEILL Merrill (1908). Sm. 4to, blue with cover plate, 12 beautiful color plates plus black and whites in-text (plain cloth, pictorial paste-on, endpapers as issued, this being the only Reilly & Lee title not to have pictorial [223]p., cover plate ever so endpapers). A beautiful copy. $1750.00 slightly soiled else fine and bright. 1st ed. thus. 1st issued in 1901, this edition has 3 additional stories and an author’s note written for this edition. It is newly illustrated with 16 color plates by GEORGE KERR. This edition is actually more difficult to find than the 1901 version and this is a beautiful copy. $800.00

THE WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ 59. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. WONDERFUL GAME OF OZ. Salem: Parker Bros. (board 55. (BAUM,L.FRANK) GRAMPA IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: copyrighted 1921). This is the original Oz board game in the Reilly & Lee (1924). 8vo, brick red cloth, pictorial paste-on, occasional finger cardboard box. The box has a soil, hinges discreetly strengthened, VG+. 1st ed., 1st state with perfect type on gorgeous chromolithographed p. 171 numeral,189 last worn penultimate line, (H-G XVIII). Illustrated by J.R. color plate on the cover showing NEILL with 12 color plates (coated 1 side). $600.00 Dorothy standing in front of the Tin Man and next to the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow is sitting on the back of the ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL BAUM BOOKS Cowardly Lion with Oz in the 56. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WOGGLE-BUG BOOK. Chicago: Reilly & Britton background. The box flaps 1905. Folio, (11x15”). Green cloth spine, stiff pictorial card covers with yellow neatly repaired and small corner stippled background and the title in yellow on rear cover, [48]p. Covers soiled discoloration on board else a with a small portion of front bright and near fine example. bottom corner restored, First edition early issue with corner of title a little frayed, the earliest form of the game else internally VG clean, board that repeats box cover overall VG. 1st ed. secondary illustration, wooden pieces binding (Bibliographia Oziana replace pewter and different 1988 ed. p.78). According to rules booklet. Inside the box the Schiller catalogue (#138) is a fabulous game board that this was most likely “issued measures 18 ½” square when to increase interest in Reilly opened. Housed in a separate & Britton’s major publication wooden box are 4 wooden of the previous season, the markers and 6 wooden dice Marvelous Land of Oz and printed with letters that spell possibly also to promote the “WIZARD”. Also present is forthcoming musical comedy, a 4 page rule booklet with a The Woggle Bug. Featuring 1 page printed supplement. the most fanciful and This is a great example of fabulous full page and smaller this popular game, quite color illustrations by IKE rare. $2250.00 MORGAN to accompany a tale that continues the story line begun in a newspaper series OZ IMITATION entitled Queer Visitors 60. BAUM IMITATION. THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by Curtis Dunham. from the Marvelous Land Of Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Oz. A large, fragile book (Sept. 1906). 4to, grey and consequently very few pictorial boards, sl. wear, intact copies have survived. near Fine. First edition of $3000.00 this fantasy, and an obvious imitation of the Wizard 1ST PRINTING of Oz. It is illustrated by BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS GEORGE F.KERR with 8 color 57. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE plates. In addition, literally HUNTERS IN PANAMA by Floyd Akers (pseud. every page is illustrated with of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo (5 the text being superimposed 1/4 x 7”), brown cloth stamped in black, cream upon the illustrations. These and white, 310p., VG-Fine (3rd color plate is background illustrations opposite p.248, cover picture sl. rubbed, small are done in a series of rough area front hinge). 1st edition, 1st printing various colors from yellow of the second Boy Fortune Hunters title (open to blue to green to orange book on title, Chicago printed twice on title, no etc. A particularly nice ads at end, Bienvenue p. 283 variant with last copy of a most attractive line on p.310 “is powerless to control” not THE and scarce children’s END). Illustrated with 4 color plates by Howard book. $600.00 Heath. This is a great copy of a rare series book by Baum writing under his pseudonym of Akers. $1200.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] BOOK OF TRADES / SHOPS 65. (BEDFORD,F.D)illus. BOOK OF SHOPS by E.V. Lucas. London: Grant 61. BAUM IMITATION. Richards no date circa 1900. Large oblong 4to (12 ½ x 9 1/4”), cloth backed ZAUBERLINDA THE pictorial boards, some soil, two small margin mends, VG+. Probable first edition WISE WITCH by Eva with ad listing no later titles. This charming Book Of Shops with verses by Lucas has decorations on all text pages and features 24 full page color illustrations (one Katherine Gibson. Chicago: for each shop) plus 3 additional color illustrations for the half-title, title and Robert Smith (1901) 4to, contents pages. The pictures are very detailed views of the interiors of various shops or environments of outdoor trades. Includes Bookseller, Baker, Ironmonger, blue pictorial. cloth, FINE. Watch maker, Toy Store, Village Store and more. Extremely scarce. $1200.00 An obvious Oz imitation with color illustrations on every page that change in color as the book progresses. A particularly nice copy. (Schiller 458) $300.00

BAUM SEE ALSO 380 BAYNES, PAULINE - 322, 323

LARGE McLOUGHLIN TEDDY-BEAR PICTURE BOOK 62. BEARS. THE STORY OF TEDDY THE BEAR by Sarah Noble Ives. Springfield: McLoughlin no date ca 1920. Folio, cl. backed pictorial. bds, tips sl. worn else near Fine. The adventures of a captured teddy BOOK OF TRADES PRINTED BY bear cub is beautifully EDMUND EVANS illustrated with 5 full 66. (BEDFORD,F.D)illus. FOUR AND TWENTY TOILERS by E.V. Lucas. page color plates and London: Grant Richards no date [1900]. Large oblong 4to (12 ½ x 9 1/4”), 103p., many 2-color illus. cloth backed pictorial boards, cover scratched some with edge and corner wear, all throughout the else tight, clean and VG. 1st ed. A charming Book Of Trades with verses by text. A great book Lucas and featuring 24 full page color illustrations (one for each profession) by in excellent condition. Bedford, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Meigs calls this “another book $350.00 ahead of its time” (p. 401). $850.00 RARE TEDDY BEAR EDUCATIONAL BOOK 63. BEARS. TEDDY BEARS PAINTING & DRAWING BOOK by F.I. Wetherbee. SCARCE BEMELMANS CHRISTMAS TITLE WITH ENVELOPE NY: H.B. Claflin (1907). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed 67. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. and some normal shelf wear, MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS. some blank pages already artfully [NY]:McCall 1956. 5 1/8 colored, VG. 1st ed. Designed x 7 1/4”, pictorial wraps, by the author to entertain the Fine WITH ORIGINAL child, “designed to train the PICTORIAL ENVELOPE eye and hand and give the little (rear flap repaired, toned folks a proper idea how to plan where originally attached out lessons.” Containing 24 full to magazine). 1st edition, page color plates of Teddy Bears not published in hardcover with the same illustrations, form until 1986. Illustrated in line only, that are meant to in color throughout, this is be colored by the child. Also a fragile and very scarce includes other subject matter Bemelman’s item, especially as well. A rare early Teddy Bear with the envelope. $400.00 book. $500.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER THREE BEARS IN POLISH 68. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. 64. BEARS. TRZY NIEDZWIEDDZIE MADELINE’S RESCUE. NY: Viking 1953 THE THREE BEARS] by L. Tolstoi. W. Swierszsza: Z. Rosyjskiego, no date, circa (1953). Folio (9 x 12 1/4”), cloth, 56p., 1935. 4to (6 5/8 x 8 ½”), pictorial wraps, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with small chip

faint edge stain on one leaf else near Fine at head of spine. 1st edition. Madeline is condition. The story of The 3 bears is saved from drowning by a dog. Beautiful illustrated with beautiful color lithographs color illustrations by the author. Nice by M. Gluchowa. $300.00 copy. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER.

$1000.00 BEARS SEE ALSO 105, 196, 591 914.764.7410 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 69. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. SUNSHINE: a story about the city of New York. JOSEPHINE BAKER’S CHILDREN’S BOOK INSCRIBED NY: Simon & Schuster. (1950). Folio, bds, near Fine in dw worn on spine. 1st ed. 74. BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL Similar in size and format to Madeline, this is the story of a children’s music by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / school and a housing shortage with a thoroughly New York theme. Great color Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pictorial cloth, ink scribbling on pictorial. endpapers’s plus color illus. on every page. $250.00 2 pages else VG. A children’s book written by the famous ex-patriot Black singer Baker featuring her “rainbow” of children from all races. Wonderfully illustrated in color by PIET WORM. This copy is INSCRIBED BY BAKER and TIPPED IN IS A PHOTO OF BAKER SIGNED BY HER. $1600.00

70. BESKOW,ELSA. PETER’S VOYAGE. NY: Knopf 1931. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pictorial. boards, faint edge stain on boards else Fine in stained and frayed dw. 1st US edition of Lillebrors Segelfard, trans. with simple text from the Swedish by Rita Sherman. Peter and Teddy Bear set out for adventures in a little boat. Printed in Sweden and illustrated in color on every page by Beskow. $250.00

IN PUBLISHER’S BOX 71. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. ONE THOUSAND POEMS FOR CHILDREN edited by Roger Ingpen. Philadelphia: Jacobs (1923). 4to, (7 ½ x 9 ½”), green cloth, pictorial paste- on, AS NEW IN DUST WRAPPER AND BOX! (box sl. worn). 100 poems arranged in categories WITH MOVIE TO BUILD and illustrated by Betts 75. BLACK INTEREST. (BARSKE, CHARLOTTE) KING COTTON by Charlotte with cover plate, pictorial Barske. Poughkeepsie: Artists and Writers Guild 1938. Folio, pictorial. wraps, endpapers plus 8 color plates. (First line, author and covers frayed title indexes). An incredible on edges else copy. $500.00 VG. The story of cotton from FINE COPY OF planting seeds BETTS’ RAGGEDY MAN 72. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. THE until going to the RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb gin is illustrated Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill with color lithos of (1907). Large 4to (10 ½ x 11 ½”), green Blacks in the fields cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine. First etc by GEORGE edition. Printed on coated paper. Illustrated by Betts (a Brandywine WRIGHT. In the artist from Howard Pyle’s school) with rear of the book 8 magnificent rich color plates as well are 2 sheets of as with a lovely decorative border 18 smaller photos. and line illustrations on each page The reader is of text. A nice copy of a beautiful book. $400.00 instructed to build a small theater and to use the BIRDS - 100, 330, 314, 406 pictures as a movie. $150.00 PRE-RAPHAELITE INFLUENCE / BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL 73. BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL. (METEYARD,SIDNEY) GOLDEN LEGEND 76. BLACK INTEREST. by Henry Wadsworth (BLUMBERG, FANNIE) Longfellow. Hodder and ROWENA TEENA TOT Stoughton [1910]. 4to (8 AND THE RUNAWAY x 10”), gilt pictorial cloth, TURKEY by Fannie Blumberg. FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. Chicago: Whitman 1936 A sumptuous production, this (1936). 4to, cloth, 32p., is illustrated by SIDNEY some cover soil, VG+. 1st METEYARD, a Birmingham ed. Rowena, Teena and Tot School stained glass are three little “colored” artist, with 25 magnificent girls from Indiana who visit tipped-in color plates their grandmother down reminiscent of Brickdale South for Thanksgiving. and Burne-Jones. A Absolutely charming color beauty. $850.00 illustrations throughout by MARY GROSJEAN. $225.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 13 [email protected] MOSE - A 20TH CENTURY RARITY KEMBLE 80. BLACK INTEREST. (OUTCAULT,R.F.) PORE LIL MOSE HIS LETTERS to ILLUSTRATIONS his MAMMY by R.F. Outcault. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Grand Union Tea Co. / N.Y. Herald 77. BLACK INTEREST. 1902. Oblong folio, (14 3/4 x 10 ½”), cloth backed pictorial card covers, corners worn and slight cover soil else near FINE! Printed on rectos (one side of the (DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE) paper) only, each leaf is gloriously illustrated in color showing the exploits of a FOLKS FROM DIXIE by little Black boy named Mose and his friends as they adventure in Cottonville and New York. Characters are depicted in stereotype and text is in dialect. Very Paul Laurence Dunbar. NY: rare in complete condition and rarer still in such clean condition. (SEE ALSO Dodd Mead 1898. 8vo (5 INSIDE FRONT COVER) $4000.00 x 7 3/8”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 263p., top edge gilt, near Fine. 1st ed. Written by Dunbar in dialect and illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE with 2 color plates and 6 b&w plates. $350.00

EARLY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY CHILD’S BOOK 78. BLACK INTEREST. (EARLY AMERICAN). THE CHILD’S ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK CONTAINING A FEW WORDS ABOUT AMERICAN SLAVE CHILDREN AND STORIES OF SLAVE LIFE by Julia Colman and Matilda Thompson. NY: Carlton & Porter (1859). 12mo (4 x 6”), brown blind stamped cloth, 158p. + [2] p. ads, some foxing and spine ends worn, VG. The stories are based on real characters but the names have been changed. Following an 8 page impassioned plea to children to end slavery, the stories are titled Little Lewis: the Story of a Slave Boy by Julia Colman, Mark and Hast; or, Slave Life in Missouri by Matilda Thompson, Aunt Judy’s Story: a Story from Real Life by Matilda Thompson and Me Neber Gib It Up! about a slave who wants to read. Illustrated with 10 engravings - 8 plates and 2 in-text depicting whipping a slave, hunting a runaway slave, the private sale of a slave and more. Very scarce and a nice copy. $1450.00

PHOTO ILLUSTRATED BLACK READER 81. BLACK INTEREST. (READER) GIFTS by Emma Akin. Oklahoma City: Harlow Pub. 1938. 8vo, red cloth, 184p. title page creased else Fine. This is a fascinating reader for Black children, dedicated to American Negro Boys and Girls. Illustrated with silhouettes and with photos of Black children by the Man Stone Co. Very scarce in such nice condition. $500.00

REVIEW COPY OF 82. BLACK INTEREST. HAMILTON’S FIRST BOOK (STUART,RUTH McENRY) DADDY DO-FUNNY’S 79. BLACK INTEREST. (HAMILTON, WISDOM JINGLES by VIRGINIA) ZEELY by Virginia Hamilton. Ruth McEnry Stuart. NY: Century 1913 (1913). 8vo, NY: Macmillan (1967). 8vo, cloth, fine in sl. cloth, 95p., edges of covers soiled else VG. 1st ed. Black rubbed dw. Stated 1st printing of Hamilton’s folk poems in dialect as first book. REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP spoken by an ex-slave from a Crepe Myrtle plantation. LAID-IN. Illus. with striking full page black Illustrated on every page in and whites by SYMEON SHIMIN. Very line in the style of Kemble by G.H. Clements. Very scarce. $400.00 scarce. $225.00 914.764.7410 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 TEN LITTLE NIGGER RAG BOOK DENSLOW IMITATION 83. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. London: Dean ca 1904. 8vo, 87. BOYLAN,GRACE. OUR printed on cloth, some creasing, soil and discoloration, VG. Illustrated by LITTLE HAWAIIAN R.J[AMES] WILLIAMS with great color illustrations on every page to accompany KIDDIES Volume 4 of this famous rhyme (music included). #82 Dean Rag Book. Very scarce. $650.00 KIDS OF MANY COLORS. NY: Hurst (1901). Small 4to, pictorial. cloth, some holes in spine paper else Fine. Text in verse about children from Hawaii, Greece, France, Italy and Holland. Illustrated with stereotypical bold color illustrations by Denslow imitator IKE MORGAN. $200.00

BOYLE’S MASTERPIECE 88. (BOYLE,E.V.)illus. FAIRY TALES by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1872. 4to (10 x 12 ½”), brownish maroon cloth extensively illustrated in black and gold, beveled edges, all edges RARE SWEDISH ART DECO EDITION BY NERMAN gilt, 94p. + ads, spine ends inconspicuously strengthened and slight cover 84. BLACK INTEREST. soil, near Fine. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press, engraved by the (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS)10 Leighton Brothers, this contains 8 fairy tales including Snow Queen, Wild Swans, SMA NEGERPOJKAR. Ugly Duckling, Little Mermaid, Thumbkinetta, Fellow Traveller and the Angel. Stockholm: Ringens Forlag Illustrated with 12 magnificent, and almost indescribably beautiful, large full page (1932). 5 3/8 x 7 1/4”, chromolithographs done in rich colors. This is very scarce in such nice condition, pictorial wraps, light cover and arguably the most lovely illustrated version of these fairy tales. $3250.00 soil, VG+. This traditional counting rhyme has fantastic color illustrations by Swedish artist Einar Nerman in typical Art Deco style. Musical notation is also included. This is a charming and scarce version. $850.00

BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 2, 46, 47, 277, 305, 376, 388, 563

BLAKE AND YEATS ILLUSTRATED BY CHILD ARTIST 85. BLAKE,WILLIAM. SONGS OF INNOCENCE. London: Medici Soc. (1927). 4to, cloth, 42p., Fine in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition. There is a two page letter by Yeats introducing the illustrator JACYNTH PARSON, a young girl of only 16 who began painting at age 3. Illustrated with 12 BRANDYWINE SCHOOL ARTISTS - 71, 72, 256, 395-6, 408-410, 424, 463, 511, magnificent color plates and 541-2, 574-6, 584, 593-597 with a profusion of delicate and lovely black & whites BROCK, CHARLES - 384 throughout the text. A beautiful copy of a special 89. BROOKS,WALTER. FREDDY AND SIMON THE DICTATOR. NY: Knopf 1956 book. $275.00 (1956). 8vo, cloth, Fine in frayed dw with some neat mends. Stated 1st ed. Illustrated in b&w by KURT WIESE. A nice copy of a very uncommon title. $375.00 BORGES, JORGE LUIS - 324

IN DUST WRAPPER 86. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M)illus. VIEILLES CHANSONS ET RONDES. Paris: Plon-Nourrit no date, oblong 4to, decorative grey cloth, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw sl. soiled). A companion to Boutet de Monvel’s Chansons de France. Illustrated with charming color illustrations on every page to accompany musical notation for nearly 30 songs. Nicely printed with rich colors and an outstanding copy rarely found in dw. $375.00

SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER 90. BROWN,MARCIA. ONCE A MOUSE. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons (1961 A). Squarish 4to (9 ½ x 9 /34”), durable pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper (no medal, price intact). 1st edition. The text is a fable from the Hitopadesa retold by Brown and beautifully illustrated by her with striking color woodcuts. BOWLING - 45 BOXED LIBRARIES - 3, 20, 263, 569 THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROWN. Winner of the Caldecott Award and extremely scarce in such nice condition. $1500.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 [email protected]

SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER - SIGNED #95 91. (BROWN,MARCIA)illus. CINDERELLA or the little glass slipper freely translated from Perrault. NY: Scribner (1954 A). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, corner slightly worn else Fine in VG dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award seal, small chips off spine ends). First edition, first printing. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautifully illustrated in color by Brown. One of the most difficult to find award winners, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BROWN. $1500.00

MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR BOOK 96. BROWNING,ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). Square small 8vo (5 3/4”), pictorial boards, owner inscription on copyright page else Fine in lightly soiled and frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. of this title in the MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR SERIES, beautifully illustrated in bold colors by G.M. RICHARDS. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying “ ... it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of book design were little short of revolutionary.” $275.00

BRUNDAGE, FRANCES - 385

SLOBODKINA ILLUSTRATIONS BURGESS MOVEABLE FLAP GOOP BOOK 92. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE LITTLE COWBOY. NY: William Scott 1948. 97. BURGESS,GELETT. BLUE GOOPS AND RED. NY: Frederick Stokes (Oct. 4to, pictorial. boards, Fine in dw with a few closed tears and spine chip but really 1909). 4to (8 x 10 1/8”), green, red and blue pictorial cloth, 81p., slightest of very nice. 1st edition, in the same series as the Little Fireman. This is wonderfully cover soil else near fine. 1st edition. The most difficult to find Goop title and the illustrated in color by ESPHYR SLOBODKINA. Bader p.216. $400.00 most unusual, this is 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 93. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. LITTLE FUR FAMILY. NY :Harper Bros flap is turned, the (good) red Goop illustration is revealed, with a short story for 1946. 16mo, 3x5” BOUND IN REAL FUR, and complete with pictorial box with each illustration and situation (pictorial endpapers as well). $875.00 circular cut-out in the bear’s stomach through which the fur protrudes. Book is fine, box is lightly browned with some mends and rubbing. First edition. Illustrated by GARTH WILLIAMS with full and partial page color illustrations. $1000.00

GOOP NAUGHTY CHILDREN ABC 98. BURGESS,GELETT. GOOP TALES ALPHABETICALLY TOLD. NY: Frederick Stokes (1904). 4to, (8 x 10 1/3”), blue pictorial cloth, small spot on rear cover and margin soil on last 2 pages else near Fine. A wonderful ABC book involving Burgess’s famous naughty children who just don’t do what they should. Each letter represents a different behavior pattern ( “L”=LEMEETRI; “T”=TUCHIM & TAKIM) with a separate alphabet for boys and girls. Illustrated CHRISTMAS AND CATS with great line illustrations. $850.00 94. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. PUSSYCAT’S CHRISTMAS. NY: Thomas Crowell 1949. Square small 4to (7 1/4”), cloth, fine condition in dust wrapper (dw VG condition, not price clipped, a few chips). 1st edition, first printing. Christmas as seen through the eyes of a cat, illustrated with lovely full page and smaller color lithographs by Helen Stone. A scarce Brown first edition. $375.00

ART DECO / IN BOX 95. BROWNING,ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Chicago: Whitman (1927). 4to (7 x 9 1/4”), maroon gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, VERY FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER AND ORIGINAL PICTORIAL PUBLISHERS BOX! (box flap repaired). The stunning art deco JAMES McCRACKEN edition featuring bold, stylized color illustrations on nearly every page. An outstanding copy, rare in wrapper and box. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $350.00 914.764.7410 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 BURGESS / BOXED VOLLAND CABELL, JAMES BRANCH - 463 99. BURGESS,THORNTON. THE BEDTIME STORY CALENDAR: Enchanting Tales of Field and Forest Playmates for Little People. Chicago: Volland 1915. 5 103. CADY,HARRISON. HARRISON CADY ANIMAL BOOK. Racine: Whitman ½ “ wide x 11” tall, paper wraps bound with silk tassels, [54]p. including title page 1928. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”), linen like flexible pictorial wraps, slight cover soil else plus 1p. ad, slight soil on covers of calendar else near fine in original pictorial VG+. Each page features a large, very brightly colored illustration of a different box! (box flaps replaced). Printed on rectos only, there are 53 different stories humanized animal (lion, bear, hippo, kangaroo etc) with 6 lines of text beneath illustrated in blue and black by an unknown hand (initialed “D”). The cover is in each picture. Very striking. $300.00 full color in typical Volland style. Very scarce. Wright p.57. $600.00

104. CADY,HARRISON. HARRISON CADY PICTURE BOOK. Racine: Whitman 1928. 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”), stiff pictorial wraps, name erased in margin else VG+. Each page features a large, very brightly colored illustration of a different humanized animal (frog, pelican, owl, etc.) with 6 lines of text beneath each picture. Very striking. $300.00

100. BURGESS,THORNTON. BLACKY THE CROW. Boston: Little Brown 1922 105. CADY,HARRISON. OL’ MR. BEAR’S (April 1922). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial. paste-on, near Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. Nice copy of one of the scarcer Burgess HONEY HUNT. Racine: Whitman 1928. 1st editions. $225.00 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”), linen like pictorial wraps. Some cover soil and spine wear, INSCRIBED BY BURGESS 101. BURGESS,THORNTON. LITTLE VG condition. A wonderful picture book, JOE OTTER. Boston: Little Brown written by Cady as well as illustrated by 1925 (Oct. 1925). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial. paste-on, slight edgewear to him with full page and smaller vibrant 3 pages else near fine. First edition, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with color illustrations. $200.00 8 great color plates. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BURGESS DATED 1925. $450.00

SECRET GARDEN FIRST EDITION FABULOUS ART FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK RARE BLUE CLOTH 106. CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: SEAL HAVING A FEAST FROM 102. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here is an original finished pen and ink SECRET GARDEN. NY: Stokes (Aug. drawing signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand 1911). 8vo, blue gilt cloth, 375p., top McNally in 1928. The image is much larger than it appears in the book, done on edge gilt, slightest of rubbing else near artist board mounted in an acid free matte. Full of much charm and detail, the fine. 1st ed. published simultaneously image depicts the Red Cross Seal and Traffic Carp enjoying a seafood feast under with the illustrated edition but the sea (appears as a half-page illustration on p.34 of the book, colored during considerably more scarce. BAL 2115. printing). Image measures 11” wide by 5 3/4” high on board 15x10”. $1500.00 $1750.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 17 [email protected] 4 RARE CADY BOOKS MINIATURE EDITION 107. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon 111. (CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH)illus. R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOK. Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6”), stiff full color pictorial London: George Routledge, wraps, fine and unused. Series B-1 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book no date, circa 1885. 12mo, series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations (4 3/4 x 5 ½”) pictorial and 8 full page b&w’s designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00 cloth, all edges gilt, covers #107 #108 naturally discolored else Fine. Containing: Babes in the Wood, House That Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of Mad Dog and Diverting History of John Gilpin. Illustrated in color and brown line, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Rare. $400.00

112. (CALDER,ALEXANDER)illus. THREE YOUNG RATS and other rhymes. NY: Museum of Modern Art (1944,1946). Large 4to, red cloth, Fine in worn dw. First issued in an edition of 60 copies in 1944, this is the second edition LIMITED TO 3000 copies. A selection of nursery rhymes selected by James Sweeney and 108. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon illustrated by Calder with Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6”), stiff full color pictorial numerous black and whites. wraps, fine and unused. Series B-2 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book Printed by the Golden Eagle series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations Press, this is an attractive and 8 full page b&w’s designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00 book, selected by the AIGA for their show of the best 109. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon children’s books of 1945- Book. (NY: John Eggars 1922). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6”), stiff full color pictorial 1950. $200.00 wraps, fine and unused. Series B-4 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations CAMPBELL, ELEANOR - 157 CARPENTER, JOHN & RUE - 427 and 8 full page b&w’s designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00 #109 #110 FINE 1st EDITION OF “ALICE” WITH LETTER FROM CARROLL 113. CARROLL,LEWIS. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: Macmillan & Co. 1866. 8vo (5 3/8 x 7 5/8”), early full polished blue calf with triple gilt rules by Riviere with the original covers and spine bound in at the rear. The spine has raised bands in 6 compartments with a gold flower design, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, a Fine copy. First published edition, with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. The publishing history of this title is now well known. Because Carroll was unhappy with the original printing of “Alice” he recalled all copies to destroy them. It was re-set by Clay and released in November of 1865 with the 1866 date on the title page. Only a very few copies of this first recalled issue are known to exist. The remainder of the unacceptable first issue sheets were sent to New York and bound by Appleton with a new title page. TIPPED- IN TO THIS COPY IS A QUIRKY 2-SIDED LETTER BY CARROLL USING HIS CHARACTERISTIC PURPLE INK! Dated Feb. 8. 1888 it reads: Dear Steward, I am much obliged for the estimates for the electric bell, and shall be quite willing to bear my share of the expense, under any of the arrangements named, I should want a ‘push’ in each of my 2 bedrooms - Hadland thought that (as both rooms look out North) the best way to reach them would be to continue the roof cord, & bring it down outside and in at the windows: however, you can arrange it as you think best. Please not to charge further Quarterage, for C.R., to Mr. S. W. Worthington. Very Truly Yours, C. L. Dodgson.” $12,500.00

110. CADY,HARRISON. PETER RABBIT Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book. (NY: John Eggars 1923). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6”), stiff full color pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Series B-3 of the Picture, Story, Painting and Crayon Book series, presented in comic format. Featuring 2 full page full color illustrations and 8 full page b&w’s designed to be colored. Rare. $400.00

CADY, HARRISON ALSO 100, 101

CALDECOTT AWARD HONORS - 339, 418, 521

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS - 68, 90, 91, 130, 191, 274, 338, 460, 513, 546 914.764.7410 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 MARIE LAURENCIN’S BLACK SUN PRESS “ALICE” KRAZY KAT * NEMO * KATZENJAMMERS 114. CARROLL,LEWIS. (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Paris: Black AND ALL THE COMIC CHARACTERS Sun Press 1930. Oblong 4to, white wraps, 114p., covers and flyleaves lightly foxed 118. CARTOONS. ALL THE FUNNY FOLKS by Jack Lait. NY: The World else fine in original slip case and chemise (case scuffed and soiled some). LIMITED Today (1926). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 3/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 112p., two TO ONLY 350 COPIES FOR AMERICA PRINTED ON RIVES PAPER. Illustrated by tiny margin mends else near Fine. The author has taken all of the leading comic MARIE LAURENCIN with 6 magnificent color plates. Quite scarce. $4000.00 characters from the 1920s and interwoven them into one adventure story. You name them and they’re here: Maggie, Jiggs, Dinty Moore, Tillie the Toiler, Krazy Kat, Barney Google, Happy Holligan, Ignatz, Katzenjammers, Nemo, Slim Pickens and dozens of others. Illustrated in full, bold color on every page. Rare in this condition. $500.00

OPPER’S HAPPY HOOLIGAN 115. CARROLL,LEWIS. 119. CARTOONS. THE STORY OF HAPPY HOOLIGAN by Marion Kinnaird. (MARAJA) ALICE IN Springfield: McLoughlin 1932. Folio, pictorial card covers, some cover soil, VG. WONDERLAND. NY: Illus. in color on every page by Frederick Opper. Quite scarce. $350.00 Grosset & Dun. [1957]. Folio, white pictorial. boards, 110p., CARTOONS SEE ALSO 80, 107-110 fine in sl. worn dw. Illus. by MARAJA with wonderful BEAUTIFUL CAT SILHOUETTES full page color illustrations. 120. CATS. FLUFFY CAT’S TAIL by Ann Aliza Sample. Chicago: Whitman WMGC P.246, Lovett (1931). Oblong small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight soil, VG+. 1st edition 352. $250.00 of this wonderful fairy tale, illustrated by the author with fanciful full page SILHOUETTE SCISSOR CUTS. Unusual. Necker 1719. $125.00

SCARCE SOWERBY ILLUSTRATED ALICE 116. CARROLL,LEWIS. (SOWERBY) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Duffield / London: Chatto and Windus 1908. 8vo (6 x 9”), rose colored cloth stamped in white, pictorial paste-on, 166p., corner stain on edge of a few leaves else VG+. 1st American edition with these illustrations and the first edition to CATS SEE ALSO 94, 131, 199, 212, 216, 266, 267, 272, 413, 423, 442, 489, 518, have new illustrations 581-3 after the copyright expiration. Illustrated by CHAMBERLAIN PRESS - 318 CHAPBOOKS - 195, 361 MILLICENT SOWERBY with 12 beautiful color plates CHARUSHIN, E. - 501 CHAUCER - 130 CHINA - 274 plus illustrated chapter heads in line. An extremely scarce edition (Lovett GERMAN CHRISTMAS SHAPE BOOK 218a). $450.00 121. CHRISTMAS. (SHAPE BOOK) VOM LIEBEN CHRISTKIND. Nurnburg:U. ALICE PARODY 117. CARROLL Jaser, circa 1930. 4to, cl. backed pictorial INTEREST. ALICE IN boards, light wear, VG+. The cover depicts WUNDERGROUND AND OTHER BLITS AND an angel holding up a Christmas tree in the PIECES by Michael Barsley. night sky and the book is die-cut in the London.: John Murray 1940. 8vo, pictorial. wraps, shape of clouds. Inside are Christmas 48p., cover soiled else poems charmingly illustrated in color by VG. 1st ed. A World War CURT JUNGHANDEL. The book is not II Alice parody with a “bombing” theme. Illus. in religious in nature and the illustrations are line by the author. Quite of children and toys and other Christmas scarce. $150.00 scenes. $275.00 CARROLL, LEWIS SEE ALSO 376, 392, 542 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 19 [email protected] BEAUTIFUL RARE TUCK SHAPE BOOK 125. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by 122. CHRISTMAS. (SHAPE BOOK) LETTER FROM OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Brentanos, no date circa [1923]. Large thick 4to by E. Lecky. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1890. 4to (7 x 9 3/4”), (8 ½ x 10 3/4”), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge tinted black, others cloth backed pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of Santa, one small trimmed, no decoration on corner repaired else near Fine. Each leaf is complete covered with beautiful spine, 412 numbered pages, chromolithographs by Emily Harding, with text inserted on the page. Very fine black endpapers, slightest printing and a beautiful Christmas book. Rare title. $650.00 bit of fading near Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed). The first edition of this title had no color plates. This is the color plate edition illustrated by Clarke with 8 beautiful tipped-in color plates, 24 detailed black and white plates and 26 other vignettes. Much scarcer than the more commonly found Tudor edition. Clarke’s style is perfectly suited to Poe’s text. $950.00

DEAN’S FLUFFDOWN RAG BOOK CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 67, 94, 244 CHUKOVSKI - 234, 504 126. CLOTH BOOK. ANIMALS AND CINDERELLA - 136, 173, 205, 263, 433, 527 THEIR LITTLE ONES. London: Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd., no date, ca 1914. 8vo, (6 ½ x 8 1/”4), pictorial cloth, 14p., As New. GREAT 30’S CIRCUS PICTURE BOOK McKEE ILLUS. Charming color illustrations on every page 123. CIRCUS. CIRCUS BABIES by by Stanley Berkeley of baby animals with Elizabeth Gale. Chic: Rand. McNally their parents. Well printed, this is a Dean (1930). Sq. 4to, cloth, 100p., Fine. A Fluffdown Rag Book No. 62. See Cope: wonderful story book with a circus theme p.68. $250.00 featuring fabulous, bold full page and CLOTH BOOKS ALSO 2, 17, 83, 209, 219, 342 COATSWORTH, ELIZABETH 583 partial page color illus. by JOHN DUKES COCK ROBIN - 185 COLERIDGE, SAMUEL T. - 430 McKEE. $200.00 127. COLLODI,CARLO. LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO. Firenze: 10 MINIATURE BOOKS IN SIMULATED TENT Societa Editrice Toscana 124. CIRCUS. TEN RING CIRCUS BOOKS (edited by Eva Knox Evans. NY: no date, circa 1923. 4to, (7 Capitol Pub 1949). Housed in an oblong pictorial card case simulating a circus 3/4 x 10”) cloth, pictorial tent are 10 miniature books - each with a circus theme. The case and all of paste-on, 191p., paper aging the books are illustrated in color by Richard M. Powers, and each book fits on edges, 2 leaves creased, into it’s own slot. Titles include Koko the Clown, Jerry the Juggler, Pedro endpapers renewed, the Peanut Man and others. A wonderful 40’s item in excellent condition. G-VG. A wonderful Italian $200.00 language edition of this classic, illustrated with color cover by C. TOPPI and with 7 color plates, 7 halftone plates and many line illustrations by C. SARRI. Great! $450.00

FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO PRINTED IN AMERICA 128. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, ½ cloth blue pictorial cloth, edges and corners rubbed else VG+, clean and tight, 212p., (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). First edition printed in America and very scarce, especially in decent condition. Illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces. $900.00 CIRCUS SEE ALSO 152, 443 CLARK, ANN NOLAN - 432 914.764.7410 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 SARG/PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES RARE CRANE FOLIO SIGNED 129. COLLODI,CARLO. (SARG) PINOCCHIO edited by Watty Piper. NY: Platt 133. CRANE,WALTER. FIRST OF MAY: A FAIRY MASQUE. London.: Henry & Munk (1940). Offered here is SET OF 6 PINOCCHIO JIGSAW PUZZLES Sotheran 1881. Oblong folio (19 x 15”), leather spine, color pictorial fairy IN THE ORIGINAL BOX! (published by Platt & Munk). Sold with a copy of the motif paste-on with gilt art nouveau design. Some rubbing, foxing in margins, book published in 1940 by Platt and Munk (book spine taped, corner of title page lacks ties, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED INDIA PROOF COPIES repaired and corner of ep off otherwise tight and clean). The six puzzles inside SIGNED BY CRANE. A fairy play dedicated to Charles Darwin consisting of reproduce the six color plates from the book. The puzzle set is quite rare. Who 57 folio sheets, each with delicate and intricate photogravures of elves, frogs, better than Sarg to illustrate this classic? $500.00 flowers and more. The handwritten text is in play format. Spencer notes that much of the art was done during a series of visits to Sherwood Forest (p.82). A lovely and rare Crane work. $1850.00

COLLODI, CARLO ALSO 163 COOKING - 226 RARE CRANE TITLE 134. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKESPEARE’S SIGNED CALDECOTT AWARD TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. London: J.M. Dent & Boston: Copeland & Day, 130. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX adapted by 1894. Folio, (11 3/4 x 14 3/4”), loose as issued, housed in a two-color cloth box Cooney from Chaucer. NY: Crowell (1958). 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), cloth, Fine in dust decorated in gold. Some wear to front joint of box else Fine. LIMITED TO wrapper (not price clipped, no seal, sl. fraying at spine ends else VG+. 1st edition, 650 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY CRANE AND DALLAS who printed the first printing. Brightly illustrated in color by Cooney. CALDECOTT AWARD plates using his process called Dallastype. (Dallas certified that the plates were WINNER. THIS COPY SIGNED BY COONEY. $800.00 destroyed so no more copies could be made). Containing 8 incredibly beautiful art nouveau plates, executed on tissue then matted with lettered tissue guards. A great copy with none of the foxing that often occurs with this item and a most difficult to find Crane work. $850.00

CORY, FANNY - 536

NISTER FINGER COUNTING GAMES 131. COUNTING BOOK. BABY FINGER PLAY AND STORIES by John Howard Jewett. London & NY: Nister & Dutton nd ca 1900. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG. Almost every page of text (in large type) faces a wonderful full page chromolithograph. The text takes the “Ten Little Indian” theme using only five numbers and using the hand with painted tips to play the counting game. Five sets of rhymes show how PIGS, KITTENS, DOGS, BUNNIES AND CHICKS play hide and seek with baby fingers and get lost and found again. Counting Books see also 83, 84, 190. $200.00

COWBOYS - 394

BROWNIES IN DUST WRAPPER 132. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century Co. (1894). 4to (8 ½ x 10 1/4”), glazed pictorial 135. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD [by Perrault]. London boards, xi, 144p., edges and extrems lightly & NY: John Lane The Bodley Head, no date [1898]. 4to (9 x 10 5/8”), pictorial rubbed, first 2 leaves scattered foxing else wraps, [12]p. including covers and endpapers, Fine condition. Originally published NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL in 1875, this is part of the “Large Series” for which Crane designed NEW DUST WRAPPER (wrapper chip off front PICTORIAL COVERS AND ENDPAPERS NOT APPEARING IN THE ORIGINAL panel and soiled). 1st ed. of the 4th Brownie EDITION. Featuring 8 fine, lush and magnificent full page color illustrations book wherein these little imps travel to engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. An unusually nice copy. $275.00 Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia and all over the world. A nice copy, rarely found with the (SEE ILLUS DIECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>) DUST WRAPPER. $975.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 [email protected] CINDERELLA * PUSS * JACK & BEANSTALK * HOP O” MY THUMB GREAT LADA PICTURE BOOK 136. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus. CRUIKSHANK FAIRY BOOK. NY: G.P. 139. CZECHOSLOVAK. (LADA) SVET ZVIEAT [The World of Animals]. no Putnam 1897. Tall 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 ½”), blue cloth, 216p., all edges gilt, elaborate publication information [Prague: B. Koci] circa 1920. 8vo (6 5/8 x 7 ½”), cloth gilt pictorial covers and backed pictorial boards, VG+. A charming board picture book illustrated by noted spine signed by FBS, artist JOSEPH LADA with margin repair on page pictorial covers plus 20 full with list of illustrations, page color lithographs of occasional finger mark, humanized animals. A few VG+. Containing PUSS IN lines of verse by Czech poet BOOTS, JACK AND THE Petr Kricka are below each BEANSTALK, HOP O MY picture. Hurlimann (p.226) THUMB and CINDERELLA says his “fresh and genuine with 40 black and white vision is timeless” and notes plates by Cruikshank that that Jiri Trnka’s work is reproduce magnificently in “barely thinkable without the all their grand detail, and splendid popular tales and with decorative initials and drawings of his predecessor headpieces. The pictorial Joseph Lada.” Very binding is really a work of scarce. $750.00 art and this, taken with the fine illustrations, make it a CZECH INTEREST SEE ALSO 336 wonderful edition of these tales. $350.00 WITH TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY DAHL 140. DAHL,ROALD. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. NY: Knopf INSCRIBED BY HYMAN & CUSHMAN / NEWBERY WINNER (1964). 8vo, red cl. blind stamped on cover, [162]p, Fine in price clipped dw with 137. CUSHMAN,KAREN. no tears, light creasing. 1st ed. (correct colophon and no isbn #). Illus. in b&w by THE MIDWIFE’S Joseph Schindelman. Later copies have the same original published price but have APPRENTICE. NY: Clarion the ISBN # on rear cover amongst other indicators that they are not first, thus (1995). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 proving that the price is not the determinant of edition. Even later editions change 1/4”), cloth, As New in the nature of the Oompa-Loompas who are portrayed as stereotypical Blacks in dust wrapper (dw as new the first edition. LAID IN IS A TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY DAHL. Done on his with no award medal). 1st personal stationary, dated 1975, written to an American elementary school class. edition, 1st printing. This It is a charming and personal 10 line letter boldly signed by him in blue ink (creased is the story of a homeless on right margin, a closed tear). This is a special copy, scarce. $4000.00 waif in the 14th century. Illustrated with a color dust wrapper by TRINA SCHART HYMAN. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Warmly INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND INSCRIBED BY TRINA SCHART HYMAN AS WELL! Scarce in the 1st edition with both signatures. $450.00

FOLK-PEASANT ILLUSTRATIONS 138. CZECHOSLOVAK. FOLK SONGS OF BOHEMIA translated by Raf. Szalatnay. Printed in Prague by Koppe-Bellman. Pub. in NY by Raf. Szalatnay in 1925. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial. boards, sl. cover soil else near Fine. A companion to Rudolf Mates beautiful picture books, this is illustrated with pictorial endpapers and many beautiful full page color illustrations by MARIE FISCHEROVA - KVECHOVA to accompany traditional folk songs arranged by Dorothy Cooper. The illustrations WITH A LETTER AND ALSO INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI are in the folk-peasant 141. DE ANGELI,MARGUERITE. THE DOOR IN THE WALL. Garden City: style of Mates and are quite Doubleday & Co. (1949). 8vo (6 x 9”), blue cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with closed lovely. (See Mahoney et al. tear and small chip at corner. Stated First Edition, written and illustrated be p.136). $275.00 her with 1 double page and 2 full page color illustrations and with many full and partial page black and whites. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A #135 HANDWRITTEN NOTE to a fan done on a promotional piece from the publisher. The content is wonderful, explaining how she arrived at the title for the book completely by accident when she mis-heard something her husband said. THIS COPY IS ALSO INSCRIBED BY DE ANGELI on a tipped-in publisher’s promotional color illustration from the book. Altogether a very special copy of this wonderful book. $650.00 914.764.7410 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 104 142. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. LE ROI BABAR. Paris: Jardins des Modes / Conde DE LA MARE’S FIRST BOOK - DOYLE FRONTIS Nast (1933). Folio (10 ½ x 14 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of 147. [DE LA MARE,WALTER]. SONGS OF CHILDHOOD by Walter Ramal. cover scratching else VG+. 1st edition of the third Babar book, full of glorious London.: Longmans Green 1902. 12mo, blue cloth stamped in gold, parchment color illustrations. $700.00 spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, 106p., some light soil else near Fine. 1st edition of de la Mare’s first book using his pen name of Walter Ramal. The poems are for children of all ages, including Dame Hickory, As Lucy Went a Walking, etc. Illustrated with a gravure frontis by RICHARD DOYLE captioned Under the Dock Leaves. It is interesting to read how Doyle’s illustration came to be used. De la Mare’s brother in law introduced him to a literary agent who in turn introduced them to Andrew Lang, an advisor to the publisher. When Longman decided to publish de la Mare’s book, Lang offered his prized Doyle watercolor for the book. De la Mare felt that if the poems were good enough, one’s imagination could provide the pictures, but as a newcomer he accepted the offer. $1200.00

143. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. LE VOYAGE DE BABAR. Paris: Jardin des Modes RARE LARGE PAPER COPY (1932). Folio (10 ½ x 14 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards. Light cover scratching as WITH A SECOND SET OF PLATES usual, margin soil on a few pages, VG+ and tight. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND 148. DEFOE,DANIEL. LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON BABAR BOOK featuring rich color illustrations on every page. $700.00 CRUSOE. London: Printed by T. Cadell & W. Davies 1820. 4to (7 x 10”), 2 volumes, v.1 xcii [1] 2-429, v.2 v [1] - 415. Original full calf bound by Reviere with gilt rules 144. DE BRUNHOFF,JEAN. ZEPHIR’S HOLIDAYS. NY: Random House (1937). on covers and extensive gilt tooling on spines in compartments, gilt dentelles, Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight rubbing, near Fine in edge frayed and top edges gilt, inconspicious professional strengthening of joints, a near Fine chipped dust wrapper. 1st ed. of the fourth book in the series. This is an entire set with the most minimum of spotting. Illustrated by Thomas Stothard with book devoted to Babar’s friend Zephir the monkey. With calligraphic text and 48 exquisite copper engraved plates which includes a complete second set of the same wonderful color illustrations as the Babar books. Nice copy. $600.00 plates on India paper before lettering. Volume one has a fascinating 92 page essay on Defoe and his works done for this edition. Although first published earlier with Stothard’s engravings, the publisher notes: “the engravings were executed so inadequately to the present state of the arts it is no wonder the Public shewed little sense of their extraordinary merit. Now at length entire justice has been done to the genius of the celebrated painter who conceived them” (p.lxv). Considered one of the best illustrated editions of this classic, rare with the extra suite of plates. $2850.00

145. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BABAR COMES TO AMERICA. NY: Random House (1965). 4to, glazed pictorial. bds, Fine in sl, worn dw. 1st American ed. (correct price and no ads for later titles). Wonderful color illus. on every page. Quite scarce. $400.00

SIGNED WITH SKETCH 146. DE BRUNHOFF,LAURENT. BONHOMME AND THE HUGE BEAST. NY: Pantheon 1974. 4to (8 3/4 x 9”), pictorial boards, some natural darkening in gutters from binding glue else VG+ in chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition, first printing (correct code). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY DE BRUNHOFF WITH SMALL SKETCH! The story is the second adventure of a little creature named Bonhomme and his playmates Emilie and Huge Frog in the Land of the Pink House. Featuring wonderful full page color illustrations by De Brunhoff and a charming fantasy. $400.00

GREAT McLOUGHLIN EDITION 149. [DEFOE,DANIEL]. ROBINSON CRUSOE. NY: Mcloughlin Bros. ca 1870. 4to, pictorial. wraps, some spine wear and soil, VG. Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series. Story told in verse and illus. with 6 very fine chromos. A great edition. $200.00