Pg 70 914.764.7410 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 102 458.POTTER,BEATRIX. GINGER & PICKLES. London: Warne 1909 (1909). JAPANESE INTEREST 8vo, tan boards, pictorial paste-on, covers have some rubbing and slight soil and 463.(PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. THE PEEK-A-BOO JAPS by Tom Preston. bookplate removed from blank verso of endpaper else VG. 1st ed. of this large London: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton no date, circa 1915. Square 4to, format Potter book featuring 10 fine color plates pictorial endpapers plus line pictorial boards, color paste-on, some of the white lettering rubbed on cover, illustrations in-text. Re-issued in 1930 in smaller format. $700.00 inner margin mend on one plate (not noticeable) else near fine. Featuring 12 exceptional color plates plus numerous black and whites depicting these adorable little children as Japanese (pictorial endpapers as well). Hodder & Stoughton’s answer to success of Longman’s Golliwoggs. One of the scarcest titles in the Peek-a-Boo series. $850.00 459.POTTER,BEATRIX. THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET. Warne: NY & Lond. 1906. 24mo WALLET PANORAMA. Grey cloth, pictorial paste-on of cat on 464.[PRESTON,CHLORE]illus. THE flap, small spot and rear cover, light cover soil else VG+. 1st U.S. ed., identical PEEK-A-BOOS AMONG THE BUNNIES. to U.K. except “NY” comes first on back cover. Illustrated with 14 lovely color Springfield: McLoughlin (1929). Small illustrations, cloth backed and folded accordion style. (Quinby 11;Linder p. 4to, pictorial, paste- on, VG+. The little 426). Due to the lack of success of this panorama format, only two Potter titles Peek-a-Boos spend time in the rabbit were published in this form. They were later reissued in regular book format. warren. Illustrated with 6 full page color Increasingly scarce and a nice copy. $1200.00 illustrations, many black & whites and pictorial endpapers. $425.00 460.POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF PIGLING BLAND. London: Warne 1913 (1913). 12mo, green boards, pictorial paste-on, some light wear to spine ends else near fine. 1st ed., illustrated with color plates by Potter. $750.00 PROPAGANDA 583, 587 PUPPETS – 144-5 PUSS IN BOOTS – 156, 210-11, 415 5 CLEVER NISTER PUZZLES IN BOX 465.PUZZLE. (NISTER) CHANGING PICTURE MAKER. London & NY: Nister and Dutton, no date, ca 1910. Housed in the original 9” square box are 5 different chromolithographed puzzles. Each consists of 4 squares 4” square and each square is divided into 4 sections each with parts of different puzzles. The child turns the pieces until a picture is formed in the center by matching up the smaller squares. The child can make 4 different pictures for each puzzle, 20 in all. The cover of the box is die cut with a large cut-out frame designed so that the picture appears MINT LITTLE PIG ROBINSON DUST WRAPPER to be framed when the box top is in place. 461.POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. Philadelphia: This is quite clever and uses a different David McKay Company (1930). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 141p., MINT concept than the usual puzzle. The pictures COPY IN NEAR FINE DUST WRAPPER (dw minor wear to spine ends). 1st U.S. themselves feature great graphics in rich edition. Illustrated with 6 fine color plates plus numerous line illustrations in colors. $450.00 text and pictorial endpapers. This American edition actually appeared before the U.K. ed. and contains 12 more drawings plus 13 head and tailpieces that do RARE McLOUGHLIN CUBE PUZZLE not appear in the British edition. This is an amazing copy, rarely found in such 466.PUZZLE. JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK : AUNT LOUISA’S CUBE nice condition and in the rare variant blue cloth binding. Quinby 30A. $2000.00 PUZZLES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1895. This is a wonderful children’s puzzle in the original wooden box with chromolithographed color plate PRANG PUBLISHER - 523 on the cover, complete with the 30 chromolithographed cubes enabling the child to make 6 complete puzzles. Laid-in are the 6 chromolithographed sheets (9 x 462.PRESTON,CHLOE. THE PEEK-A-BOOS’ HOLIDAY told by Tom Preston. 11”) depicting each finished puzzle that the child can use as a guide (some soil, London: Henry Frowde / repairs and edge wear to sheets). The wooden box made from walnut measures Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. 10” wide, 11 1/2” tall and is 2 1/2” deep and the wooden cover slides off. The box Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 8 is in excellent condition, the lid has 2 creases and the cubes are slightly rubbed 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial on edges but in overall excellent condition. This is a wonderful item, rarely found boards, some cover soil and complete and in such nice condition. $1200.00 edge wear esp. to right edge of cover, minor margin mend to one page otherwise clean, solid and VG. The book tells of the travels and adventures of Paul, Peter, Plantagenet and Cassandra, four adorable, large-eyed children. Their story is presented in rhyme and there are 18 fabulous, bold color plates. This is a nice copy of a large format picture book which is rarely found in such nice condition due to the size of the book. $1000.00 Pg 71 Helen & Marc Younger [email protected] PUZZLE SEE ALSO 31, 518 471. PYLE,KATHARINE. TALES OF FOLK AND SCARCE SIGNED ETCHING BY PYLE FAIRIES written and 467.PYLE,HOWARD. ETCHING: RICHARD DE BURY AND WILLIAM III. illustrated by Pyle. Boston: This is a large and wonderful etching by W.H.W. Bicknell after an original by Little Brown 1919 (Oct. Pyle. The Bibliophile Society had commissioned Pyle to 1919). 8vo, blue pictorial create a series of paintings of cloth, 288p., covers lightly famous authors and bibliophiles soiled, VG. 1st edition. for a four volume set of books Fairy tales from various by Thomas Frognall Dibden nations re-written by Pyle titled “Bibliomania or Book Madness.” The work was so and illustrated by her with successful that it was decided 6 color plates. Scarce to have Bicknell create etchings title. $200.00 of them. The five painting / etching subjects are Roger RABAN, ZE’EV - 297 Bacon, Erasmus, Isaac Walton, Richard de Bury, and Caxton. Printed by the Bibliophile Society in Boston, LIMITED RACKHAM /GRIMM LIMITED EDITION TO 302 COPIES SIGNED BY WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING! PYLE AND BICKNELL. In this 472.(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM etching, Richard de Bury is translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London: Constable 1909. Large thick 4to (9 tutoring a young Edward III, 1/2 x 12”), 325p., full vellum with gilt decorations, slight bit of rubbing and de Bury is standing over William soil else near FINE with silk ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES SIGNED who is seated at a school desk BY RACKHAM. Featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus a doing his studies. The image profusion of full page and smaller black and whites. Because of the high quality measures 10 1/2 x 18 (17 1/2 of the paper, the black and whites are superb. THIS COPY HAS A FANTASTIC x 24 1/2”) with borders), Fine 5” PEN DRAWING OF A GNOME SITTING ON A BIRD, SIGNED BY RACKHAM condition. Pitz notes that “the on the half-title. This is not the quick sketch that is sometimes found in his Albrecht Durer influence, so books but a nice finished drawing. Grimm is arguably his best work and nice copies apparent in the drawings from of the limited edition are rare, however those with drawings are extremely rare Otto of the Silver Hand, crept making this is very special copy. $17,000.00 back into this later Bibliophile series.” (Howard Pyle p.187- 188). Executed with beautiful detail. (See Morse & Brinckle p.201. $1350.00 468.PYLE,HOWARD. PRICE OF BLOOD: AN EXTRAVAGANZA OF NEW YORK LIFE IN 1807 written and illustrated by Pyle. NY: Richard Badger 1899 (1899). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 8 1/8”), red cloth spine, pictorial boards, all edges red, edges rubbed and white pictorial boards show soil as usual else tight and VG+. 1st ed. Illustrated by Pyle with 6 tissue guarded color plates. This is a very scarce Pyle title. $250.00 ORIGINAL RACKHAM DRAWING PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 469.(PYLE,HOWARD)illus. THE STORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE by James #470 Baldwin. NY: Scribner 1887 (1887). 8vo, (5 1/2 x 7 1/2”), brown cloth stamped in silver, green, black and gold, very slight spine and shelf wear, VG++. 1st ed. Illus. by Pyle with 12 b&w plates. Peter Parley to Penrod p. 85. Very scarce. $225.00 PYLE, HOWARD ALSO 262 COUNTERPANE FAIRY – K. PYLE’S FIRST BOOK 470.PYLE,KATHARINE. COUNTERPANE FAIRY. NY: Dutton 1898 (1898). 8vo, green cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, 191p., a few tiny margin mends, endpapers foxed and repair at hinges (neat) else VG. First edition of this magical fairy tale written by Miss Pyle and illustrated by her with frontis b&w plate plus 10 chapter headings. Her first book, and first editions of this title are rare. $1200.00 (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>) Pg 72 914.764.7410 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 102 RACKHAM’S ANDERSEN IN DUST WRAPPER AND BOX RACKHAM’S PETER PAN 473.(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. 476.(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS Philadelphia: McKay (1932). 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), rose cloth, FINE IN DUST by J.M.