CHILDREN’S BOOKS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ALEPH-BET BOOKS, INC. 85 OLD MILL RIVER RD. POUND RIDGE, NY 10576 (914) 764 - 7410 CATALOGUE 114 ALEPH - BET BOOKS - TERMS OF SALE Helen and Marc Younger 85 Old Mill River Rd. Pound Ridge, NY 10576 phone 914-764-7410 fax 914-764-1356 www.alephbet.com Email - [email protected] POSTAGE: UNITED STATES. 1st book $8.00, $2.00 for each additional book. OVERSEAS shipped by air at cost. PAYMENTS: Due with order. Libraries and those known to us will be billed. PHONE orders 9am to 10pm e.s.t. Phone Machine orders are secure. CREDIT CARDS: VISA, Mastercard, American Express. Please provide billing address & security code. RETURNS - Returnable for any reason within 1 week of receipt for refund less shipping costs provided prior notice is received and items are shipped fastest method insured VISITS welcome by appointment. We are 1 hour north of New York City near New Canaan, CT. Our full stock of 8000 collectible and rare books is on view and available. Not all of our stock is on our web site COVER ILLUSTRATION - #397 - W. Heath Robinson original artwork from Old Time Stories #175 - Lily Hildebrandt inscribed Klein-Raniers Weltreise #312 - First ed. in DW #65 - First issue in DW inscribed #111 - First Mickey Mouse book #236 - First issue Pat the Bunny in original box #228 - First ed. in dw #73 - Fine set first Appleton Alice 1866 & Macmillan Looking Glass #232 - Jessie King & Oscar Wilde #438 - JW Smith & E.S. Green Pg 3 Helen & Marc Younger [email protected] CLARA TICE DOG ALPHABET RABAN’S STUNNING HEBREW ABC 1. ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13”), cloth 5. ABC. (HEBREW) [ALEPH-BET] (in Hebrew on title page). Opposite title page backed pictorial boards, tips worn and some marks and rubbing on rear cover in German: Alphabet: Zeichnungen von Z. Raban, verse von L. Kipniss. Jerusalem: else VG, tight and internally fine. 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except Bezalel printed in Germany 1923. 4to (7 X 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, “X” are illustrated in color on every page. The text is beneath each drawing. covers soiled, corners rubbed, clean, tight and VG. Printed on heavy coated paper, Includes Kerry Blue, Newfoundland, Sealyham, Poodle, Japanese Spaniel and each page has a magnificent full color illustration by noted Art Nouveau artist more. Artfully done. $500.00 Z’EV RABAN of the BEZALEL SCHOOL of art founded by Boris Schatz and E.M. Lilien. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are presented in gilt, with text on the bottom of the page. A scarce and beautiful Hebrew alphabet book. $1850.00 COOPERSTOWN CHAPBOOK 2. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) HISTORY OF BEASTS & BIRDS. Cooperstown [New York]: Printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney 1834 (1836 on cover). Pictorial wraps, (2 3/8 x 3 7/8”), 30p., neat old strengthening of spine, bottom edge of cover frayed, VG+. Each letter of the alphabet has a half page engraving CLEVER ABC WHERE PICTURES FORM LETTERS of a different animal, 6. ABC. (HEBREW) SAVA ALEPH-BET [GRANDPA’S ALPHABET] by under which is a paragraph Shlomo Yedidia. Tel Aviv: Difus Dvar [1945]. Oblong 8 1/4 x 7 1/4”, cloth describing the animal. “X” backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Next to a large picture of each letter is is for Xacca-Cockatoo, “N” an animal or an object formed in the shape of the letter next to it. There is is for Nyl-Ghau and “Y” a short story for each letter beneath which is a series of 20 squares with an is for Yarwelp. Covers interesting pictorial history showing how the letter evolved from a pictograph to and title also illustrated the current usage. Unusual. $600.00 with engravings. Well printed. $350.00 CLEVER ABC NOVELTY BOOK 3. ABC. (NOVELTY) LITTLE BUILDERS’ ABC: a construction book by Nell Reppy. NY: Simon & Schuster 1943 (1943). 8vo, spiral backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper with chip on spine. 1st ed. A clever ABC book with each letter presented as a large full page figure in bright red. On facing pages are rhymes for the letters plus bright color pictures of a jolly man constructing the letter piece by piece. In an envelope in the rear of the book are die-cut red paper pieces matching the size and shapes used in the smaller illustrations so that the reader can build each letter himself. $450.00 #4 #4 BEAUTIFUL FLOWER ALPHABET 4. ABC. (FLOWERS) PRINSARNES BLOMSTERALFABET ritat av Ottilia Adelborg. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, no date, circa 1910. 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, small edge chip and edges a bit worn else tight, clean and VG. This is a stunning FLOWER ALPHABET with 30 full page color illustrations by Ottilia Adelborg (one for each letter plus 3 for vowels and 1 for numbers). The illustrations are well printed, richly colored and have the look of hand coloring. They feature humanized flowers in the style of Walter Crane. A beautiful book. $400.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>) Pg 4 914.764.7410 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 114 NAVY ALPHABET RARE AND CLEVER VOLLAND ABC 7. ABC. (MILITARY) NAVAL ALPHABET by M. Berkeley. London: A. & C. Black, 11. ABC. (VOLLAND) ANIMAL ALPHABET by Sybil Rebman. Chicago: Volland no date, circa 1915. 4to, (8 (1917). 4to (8 3/4 x 12”), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn and some 1/2 x 11”), cloth, pictorial tip and edge wear, VG. Featuring full page color illustrations by the author. The paste-on, light rubbing, VG+. letters of the alphabet represent various animals. What distinguishes this Each letter of the alphabet alphabet is that each picture is formed using the letters in the animal’s name. pertains to the Navy or There are pictorial silhouette borders on every page and the text is in rhyme. the ship. Text is in rhyme This is one of the rarest Volland titles and a very clever ABC book. $850.00 followed by a descriptive paragraph, and text pages have pictorial borders and vignettes in brown line. Each page of text faces a full page color plate, also with a pictorial border. “T is for Torpedo-tubes, What are they for? / To blow enemy warships to Jigger-um- pore.” Illustrated by J.H. Hartley, this is a well made ABC. $400.00 GREAT 19TH CENTURY ABC PANORAMA 8. ABC. (PANORAMA) PANORAMA PUZZLE. Offered here is a rare 19th century ABC panorama. No publication information, French circa 1870. 3 1/4 x 4 1/2”, 24 panels (no W or Z) mounted on boards, bound accordion fashion with the first and last panels backed with leather. Covers rubbed else VG+. Each letter has a very detailed chromolithograph scene with a large capital letter superimposed. At the bottom of each illustration is a number which represents the number of objects within the picture that begin with the featured letter and the child is challenged to find all of the objects. Quite unusual. $1500.00 ABC ALSO 35, 59, 124, 134, 223, 392, 493 ADELBORG, OTTILA - 4 ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) - 185, 387, 412 AESOP - 46, 394 12. AINSLIE,KATHLEEN. ME AND CATHARINE SUSAN. London: Castell Brothers, no date, circa 1906. 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 ½”), flexible pictorial card covers, silk tie, some light cover soil and faint crease else VG+. Featuring fabulous full page chromolithographs introducing these charming stick dolls, showing them in their daily activities (tea party, singing lessons, and more). $275.00 PETER PAN ALPHABET 9. ABC. (PETER PAN) PETER PAN’S A B C. NY: Hodder & Stoughton [1913]. 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. 1st U.S. edition. A most wonderful alphabet book starting with an abridged version of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (the name Barrie curiously enough is not mentioned anywhere), after which are verses for each letter of the alphabet with text that deals with the story. Illustrated by FLORA WHITE with 26 (inc. cover) especially lovely color plates. $800.00 #9 STICK DOLLS 13. AINSLIE,KATHLEEN. ME AND CATHERINE SUSAN EARNS AN HONEST PENNY. London & N.Y.: Castell and stokes, no date, circa 1908. 12mo (4 3/4 x 5 ½”), flexible pictorial card covers, silk ties, very slight cover soil, near Fine. The story shows the trials and tribulations that ensue when the two little stick dolls set out to earn some money. Great full page chromolithographs with simple text in script. $250.00 #10 #13 ABC OF NAMES / RAG TOY CHARACTERS 10. ABC. (RAG TOYS) RAGLAND. (London: Bairn Books), no date, circa 1920. 8vo (5 x 7 1/4”), pictorial wraps, VG. Each letter features a different character portrayed as a stuffed rag toy. Illustrated in shades of blue and red on each page with 2 lines of text in rhyme beneath each picture. “K”: “Kitty is flying her kite today, I hope she won’t be swept away.” “C”: “Cuthbert the clown is so vain, here he swaggers with his candy cane.” $125.00 Pg 5 Helen & Marc Younger [email protected] UNCOMMON AINSLIE TITLE ALDIN FOLIO 14. AINSLIE,KATHLEEN. MOTHER’S CHERUB. London: Castell Brothers, 18. ALDIN,CECIL. THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD. London & NY: Eyre & no date, owner inscribed 1908. Oblong 6 3/4 x 5 1/8”, flexible pictorial card Spottiswoode & Charles Scribner 1928. Folio (10 ½ x 14”), black cloth, white covers with ties, slight browning on a few pages else VG+. Mother thinks her lettering, top edge gilt, slight rubbing to spine ends and tips, VG++.