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

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#118 - Rarest Margaret Wise Brown 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,.: 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 73. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL . 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, , , 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. THE MARVELOUS . 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. #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 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 Marcia Brown’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