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COVER ILLUSTRATION - #180 - Edmund Dulac watercolor from Fairy Tale manuscript

#457 - Charles Robinson’s King Longbeard - Author’s heavily annotated copy with letters from Robinson, John Lane, the Royal family and much more

#117 - Nast’s Santa Claus

#311 - Lawson’s Little Prince Toofat

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FABULOUS ABC MANUSCRIPT1. ABC. ABC MANUSCRIPT. Offered here is a fabulous original ABC manuscript. There is no attribution or date but it appears to be circa 1915-1930. Bound into a cloth backed board book are 26 fine watercolors for each letter of the alphabet. All letters are uniform in size at 4 x 4”. “A” is Noah’s Ark with a penciled caption, “N” is for Napu and Nilghai, 2 letters have penciled instructions for color otherwise there is no text. All letters have more than one object representing it and the letter itself is large and nicely integrated into the picture. This absolutely charming and would be a cornerstone for any ABC collection. $3000.00

BEAUTIFUL COLOR LITHOS BY

ERNA PINNER2. ABC. ANIMALS FROM A TO Z by G.M. Vevers. London: Hammond, Hammond & Co., no date, circa 1940. Folio (8 3/4 x 13 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in soiled dust wrapper with a few pieces off edges. Each page of text faces a beautiful full page color lithograph by Erna Pinner. Vevers, the author, was the Superintendant of London’s Zoological Gardens. Erna Pinner was a noted artist who began her artistic life in Germany but fled to England during the Third Reich because she was Jewish. The rest of her life was spent in England. This is a beautiful animal alphabet. $600.00

DEAN FOLIO BOARD BOOK

3. ABC. (BOARD BOOK) ANIMAL A.B.C. London: Dean and Son, no date, circa 1915. Folio (9 1/4 x 13 1//4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover and light soil, else VG. Each page is mounted on thick boards and has attractive color lithographs of various animals. “V” is for Viper. A title in Dean’s Diploma Series. $275.00

CAT ALPHABET SHAPE BOOK4. ABC. (CATS) PUSSY’S ABC. Lond: Tuck nd ca 1890. Folio, (7.5 x 14.5”), stiff pictorial wraps, unusually clean and a near Fine copy. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page chromolithographed pages and in brown line on text pages to accompany a charming cat ABC book. $350.00

CHARMING CHRISTMAS ALPHABET5. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS A-B-C by Rev. Louis Gales. St. Paul, : Guild Associates (1944). 12mo, pictorial wraps, VG+. The Christmas ABC has lovely color lithos by Gladys Allie. The ABC is followed by a few Christmas poems. Scarce. $175.00

CHRISTMAS LINEN ABC6. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1910. Narrow folio, printed linen, sm. tear near spine of last 2 pages, overall VG+. A super ABC book with a Christmas theme - the cover has a great Santa and each letter has a picture in color and rhyme dealing with a different aspect of Christmas. $250.00

McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS ABC7. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) MERRY CHRISTMAS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, ca 1910. Small 4to, pictorial wraps, fine. Illus. with great color cover of Santa and in 2-color on every page with each letter representing a different Christmas aspect or object. Text by Carolyn Wells. $275.00

8. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) SANTA CLAUS ABC. NY: Charles Graham and Co., no date circa 1915. Folio (10 x 12”), pictorial wraps, faint stain on bottom of a few pages, a few small closed tears, VG. This is an ABC with Christmas theme. There is a great full color cover of Santa and most letters are represented by toys a child might want for Christmas. Illustrated in 3-color by unknown hand. $275.00

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#311 - Lawson’s Little Prince Toofat

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RARE EULALIE LINEN ABC9. ABC. (EULALIE) ABC BOOK. NY: Platt and Munk 1929. Folio, pictorial cloth, Fine. Every page is brightly illustrated with color illustrations by Eulalie, all in typical 30’s style. “V” is for Velocipede. Printed on linen, the colors are vibrant and this copy is nearly as new. $250.00

UNUSUAL CLOTH FLOWER AND NAME ABC

10. ABC. (FLOWERS) FAVORITE FLOWERS ABC. NY: Charles Graham (inscribed 1918). 8vo, cloth, some creasing and sl. fraying, VG. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different flower and in many cases by a girl’s name as well. There are color and b&w illustrations of the girls and the flowers and a short rhyme about each. “B stands for BUTTERCUP. Bertha can show, If she likes butter, On her chin it will glow.” $250.00

GREAT GNOME ALPHABET

11. ABC. (GNOMES) ALPHABET PICTURE BOOK. Lond.: Blackie ca 1930. 4to, pictorial card covers, fine. This is a wonderful Gnome alphabet illustrated in full by C.E.B. Bernard. Although the only text is one word caption per letters, the pictures tell the stories of these adorable gnomes $250.00

ONE OF FIRST 12 LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS IN DUST WRAPPER

12. ABC. (GOLDEN BOOK) ALPHABET FROM A TO Z by Leah Gale. NY: Simon & Schuster 1942 (1942). Blue cloth spine, 5 small rubbed areas on endpaper and owner name on endpaper else a tight clean copy in dust wrapper (dw slightly soiled, light creasing otherwise VG+). First printing of one of the first 12 Little Golden Books (all 12 published simultaneously). Beautifully illustrated in color by Vivienne Blake. Nice copy, rare in dust wrapper. $800.00

13. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) ABC OF NURSERY RHYME. NY: Sam. Gabriel 1911. 4to, (8 1/2 x 11”), pictorial card covers, cover rubbed with some soil else VG. Illustrated with 4 full page full color illustrations and in 3-color on other pages by GORDON ROBINSON. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different nursery rhyme. Quite attractive. $150.00

LINEN ABC14. ABC. (MOTHER GOOSE) JINGLE ABC. Akron: Saalfield 1915. 6 x 8 1/2”, cloth, crease in center, name on margin of cover, VG. A Linen ABC where each letter stands for a different Mother Goose rhyme, phrase or character. Printed in full color and 3-color. “R” is Rub A Dub Dub, “Q” is the Queen of Hearts. Charming. $200.00

ART DECO ABC15. ABC. (NAMES) ABC OF NAMES AND OBJECTS. NY: Int’l Paper Goods 1930. Folio, pictorial wraps, some neat archival repairs to binding else VG. Brightly illustrated in full color by Dorothy Buck with great art deco style designs. Each letter is represented by a different name and then with a short list of objects. Striking. $150.00

ETHNIC STEREOTYPES

16. ABC. (NATIONS) CHILDREN

OF MANY NATIONS AND THE

ABC verses by Carolyn Hodgman.

Rochester: Stecher Litho. 1916.

Oblong 8vo (7 1/2 x 6 3/4”),

pictorial wraps, VG+. Each letter

of the alphabet is represented by

a child from a different country”

“J” - Japan’s little lady is yellow

of skin, Korea her playmate, to

her is her kin.” Illustrated with

full color and 2-color lithos by

F. STECHER. Quite a charming

book. $150.00

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RARE ANTI-NAZI ALPHABET17. ABC. (NAZI) HET ABC VAN HET NAZIREGIEM. (Brussels, Leuven 1944). 12mo, pictorial wraps, slight soil else near Fine. Every page illustrated in full color 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. “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 stereotypical Jewish man with a gold star on his arm),”F is de Fuhrer, dies ons 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). Rare. $850.00

CLEVER ABC NOVELTY BOOK18. 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

HAND-COLORED ABC PANORAMA 19. ABC. (PANORAMA) MY DARLING’S A.B.C.. No publication information, probably Turner & Fisher ca 1840. 2 1/4 x 3 3/4”, orange boards, pictorial paste-on, some general soil and rubbing, VG. Consisting of 26 charming HAND-COLORED PANELS, each with a large decorative letter and an illustration pertaining to the particular letter. $875.00

20. ABC. (TEMPEST) AN ABC FOR YOU AND ME by Margaret Tempest. (Lond.: Medici Soc.) [1948]. 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, tips sl. rubbed else VG. An alphabet of names with charming, detailed full color illustrations on every page. $200.00

RARE DEAN ABC WALL HANGING21. ABC. (TEXTILE) DEAN’S NURSERY ALPHABET. London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., no date, circa 1916. This is a fabulous alphabet textile published by Dean for use as a wall hanging or other decoration. It measures 30” wide x 19” high and except for slight creasing (easily ironed, but not by me) this is in fine condition with the colors rich and the background clean. Each letter has its own square containing a large color letter, one word and a picture. Illustrations are by Edith Sarah Berkeley. Edith was an accomplished animal artist as was her husband Stanley who also worked for Dean. See Cope: Dean’s Rag Books. p.142-3 identical to S118 pictured. Really a wonderful alphabet item, rare in such nice clean condition. $775.00

ABC SEE ALSO – �12, �48, 420, 452, 494

INSCRIBED BY ADDAMS22. ADDAMS,CHARLES. THE CHARLES ADDAMS MOTHER GOOSE. NY: Windmill Books / Harper & Row, (1967). Large thin 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), cloth, Fine in slightly frayed VG+ dust wrapper with price not clipped. First edition. This unique Mother Goose is illustrated in color and black & white by Addams. This was his first book for children and Windmill Books first offering. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ADAMS on the first page under Humpty Dumpty. $400.00

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ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS) – 175, 274, 296, �06, �28, �4�, 447, 475, 476, 514, 5�1

ADVERTISING INTEREST – 1�7, �49 AESOP - 209

23. AINSLEE,KATHLEEN. CATHARINE SUSAN’S LITTLE HOLIDAY. London & New York: Castell & Stokes, no date, circa 1910. 12mo (4 3/4 x 5 1/2”), stiff pictorial card covers bound with, silk ties, slightest bit of soil, VG+. Featuring fabulous full page chromolithographs showing the mishaps that occurred when a stick doll named Catharine Susan took a trip to the sea-side. Scarce title in the series. $300.00

24. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. LITTLE MEN: Life at Penfield with Jo’s Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871 (1871). Small 8vo, (5 x 6 3/4”), green cloth stamped in gold on front cover and spine, brown coated endpapers, some cover rubbing, tip wear, very small worn area on lower outer hinge (not weak), spine extrems slightly frayed else clean and tight, VG. Illustrated with 4 full page black and whites. 1st ed., 1st issue with ad listing “Pink and White Tyranny” as Nearly Ready, signature 1 present with no priority. Peter Parley To Penrod p.36, BAL 167. $600.00

25. ALCOTT,LOUISA MAY. JO’S BOYS. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886 (1886). 12mo (5 x 7”), brown cloth stamped in black and gold, 365p.+ [18]p. of pictorial ads, owner signature dated Christmas 1886, slightest of soil on rear cover else near Fine in custom cloth box with leather label. First ed., first state of this classic (sheets measure 1 16th” in bulk) (BAL 211). In this story Alcott continues to follow the lives of the Plumfield boys from Little Men. Beautiful copy. $475.00

FABULOUS ALDIN PICTURE BOOK26. ALDIN,CECIL. BUNNYBOROUGH. Lond.: Humphrey Milford [1919]. Large 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, rear cover faded else VG+. This is a most fabulous large format picture book about a family of humanized rabbits and their animal friends. Featuring 16 rich color plates on heavy stock, pictorial title and pictorial endpapers. A great picture book, extremely scarce. $1750.00

27. (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Lond: Jarrolds no date [1912].. 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 291p. some scattered foxing, VG+. 1st edition with Aldin illustrations. Illustrated with 18 wonderful color plates by Aldin to accompany this classic tale. $400.00

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN – �74, �77, 412, 462

28. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK. NY: Nelson, no date, circa 1915. Folio, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 190p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (spine of dw missing pieces). 1st edition of this wonderful book containing 25 classic tales from various sources. Featuring pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates and many delicate line illustrations by Anderson. Beautiful copy. $400.00

RARE BABY BOOK IN BOX29. (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. BABY’S RECORD. London: George Harrap (1920, 1928). 4to (8 x 10 5/8”), pink moire (silk) stamped in gold and blue, top edge gilt, 63p., FINE AND UNUSED IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX! (box flaps repaired). Issued in a deluxe leather edition in 1920, this is most likely the first cloth edition. A book to record baby’s “firsts”. The text composed of poems by George Macdonald, William Blake and other notables. Illustrated by Anderson with 6 beautiful color plates plus delicate and lovely line illustrations in text. This is a superb copy of a rare Anne Anderson book. $650.00

HUMANIZED TRAFFIC LIGHT - ARNE UNGERMANN30. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. ONKEL FOERDSELS SIGAL [UNCLE TRAFFIC LIGHT] by Harald Lund. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen new and enlarged ed. 1939. Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine. A giant humanized traffic signal teaches children to be careful in the streets. Illustrated with broad, bold and unusual full page color lithographs by Arne Ungermann. Very unusual and another book where the pictures tell the story. $300.00

ANTHROPOMORPHISM ALSO – 197, 24�, �99, 428, 468

ARABIAN NIGHTS – 158, 182, 18�

ARDIZZONE’S FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK31. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN. London, NY, & Toronto: Oxford Univ. Press, 1936. Folio, pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else near FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped, frayed). First edition of Ardizzone’s first book for children. Written by Ardizzone with text in calligraphy and with color illustrations on every page (printed on one side of paper only). This is a wonderful story that Eyre calls “one of the most convincing British picture story books yet produced” (p.43). Whalley (p.188-9) notes that this was one of the first books to be printed with photolithography. (Although published in London and New York, the entire edition was actually printed during a hot summer in New York. Due to the humidity, it had to be printed on one side only of each leaf). She adds that “it proved to be a major landmark in the history of the English picture book.” $1200.00


32. ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. PAUL THE HERO OF THE FIRE. (England: Penguin 1948). Square 8vo, pictorial boards, slight wear to spine paper else VG+ in lightly soiled and slightly chipped dust wrapper. 1st edition of this uncommon Ardizzone title, beautifully illustrated in color on every page. The story tells the tale of Paul who joins the circus to help support his family and who then becomes a hero. A Porpoise Book. $450.00

ART (ORIGINAL) – 9�, 96, 99, 1�0, 1�1, 1��, 1�5, 141, 154, 155, 178, 180, 199, 220, 228, 257, 267, 291, 292, �12, �15, ��, �96, �97, 404, 4�2, 441, 450, 471, 480, 48�, 52�, 5��, 540, 54�, 581

ROSE FYLEMAN POEMS33. ART DECO. FIFTY ONE NEW NURSERY RHYMES by Rose Fyleman. NY:1932, obl. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 100p., VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. First edition. Illustrated with wonderful color lithographs by DOROTHY BURROUGHS in classic Art Deco style somewhat similar to early Lois Lenski or Eliz. MacKinstry. Printed on one side of the page. Nice copy of a nice book. $200.00

DIE-CUT ART DECO TOY SOLDIERS34. ART DECO. PARADE OF THE TOY SOLDIERS by Peter Mabie. Racine: Whitman 1930. Oblong large 4to (12 x 9”), flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine. Featuring classic art deco bold color illustrations on every page with text on opposite pages which are illustrated in color as well. Each page of text has a large window cut in the page revealing more of the soldiers marching in formation. Really nice. $200.00

35. ART DECO. STEEL by Marguerite Engler Schwarzman. NY: Georges Duplaix 1937. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, near fine in frayed dust wrapper. This is a pictorial history of the uses of steel through the ages. Illustrated by TH. D. LUYKX with striking Art Deco color illustrated on every page. Somewhat similar to the Pere Castor books $150.00

ART DECO SEE ALSO – 15, 212, 21�, 264, 265, 266, �28, 474, 551, 562

ART NOUVEAU – 26�, 465, 552 ARTHURIAN INTEREST – 4�4, 44�

36. ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS. POOR SHAYDULLAH. NY: Macmillan 1931 (Nov. 1931). Small square 4to, (7 3/4 x 8 3/4”), grey pictorial cloth, cover sl. faded else fine in dust wrapper worn on spine. First edition. The first book written by Artzybasheff, and illustrated by him with wonderful, bold woodcuts. The story is a fable about a poor Moroccan beggar. “A book of talent” (Five Years of Children’s books p. 479). See Bader p. 190-1. $275.00

RARE ARTZYBASHEFF WWII BOOK PLUS LITHOGRAPH37. (ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. AXIS IN AGONY. Offered here is a fabulous lithograph by Artzybasheff along with a copy of the book in which the litho appears. The book was published in New York by Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. 1944. Oblong 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2”), bound in wraps, Fine. Artzyabsheff’s desire to show the brutishness of the Axis and of all war is evident in this compilation of extraordinary caricatures painted expressly for Wickwire Spencer. Every other page features a striking full page black and white with a short paragraph of text facing it. The litho, dated 1943 is the fifth litho in the book, titled Servant of Freedom. The image measures 18 1/2” wide x 12” high, nicely matted and framed. A huge concrete robot looms threateningly over diminutive figures of Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo the Axis leaders. The caption reads: Servant of Freedom... Mighty servant of all America is the Construction Industry. Wickwire Spencer is proud to serve this industry with electrically welded wire fabric for concrete reinforcement, with wire rope and many other products. Artzybasheff’s painting depicts Construction as a symbolic figure threatening a tiny cowering trio.” A rare offering. $1500.00

IN RARE PICTORIAL CLOTH�8. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Son, no date, circa 1920. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 7/8”), blue cloth with elaborate pictorial and decorative cover, top edge gilt, Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Attwell with 12 beautiful color plates plus many charming line illustrations throughout the text. This is a great copy in the rare and beautiful pictorial cloth binding. $850.00


BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA39. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. PEEPING PANSY by MARIE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA. Lond.: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1919]. 4to, red cloth extensively decorated in gold, tiny depression on cover, slightest of edge wear, near fine. 1st ed. Illustrated by Attwell with 8 magnificent mounted color plates with illustrated tissue guards and with 8 full page b&w’s. A beautiful copy of a very scarce and desirable Attwell title. $1500.00

ATTWELL, MABEL LUCIE ALSO 50 AUNT LOUISA – 117, 171, 27�

PHOTO ILLUSTRATED40. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. THE LITTLE BLACK PRINCESS OF THE NEVER-NEVER by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn. Melbourne: Robertson Mullens Ltd, no date, not 1st, inscribed 1923. 8vo, green cloth stamped in black, 107p., light rubbing, VG. An aboriginal fairy tale illustrated with photos of Black natives posed in various scenarios. A fascinating book. $250.00

AUSTRALIAN INTEREST ALSO – 179, 202, 22�, �82-5 AUTOS – �80

AVERILL, ESTHER – 464 AVIATION – �16, �80

LAVISH BABY’S BOOK41. BABY BOOK. BABY’S OWN BOOK. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1910). Large 4to, gilt pictorial cloth, fine and unused in publisher’s pictorial box. Illustrated in typical turn of the century style by CLARA POWERS WILSON with partial page muted color illustrations. Printed on heavy coated stock. A lovely baby book. $400.00

BABY BOOK SEE ALSO 41, 558

BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK - 175

42. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO AND THE MONKEY PEOPLE written and illustrated by FRANK VER BECK. Phil: Altemus (1928). 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, color paste-on, fine in dust wrapper. Sambo goes to Monkeytown and has adventures. Illustrated with marvelous color plates on every other page. An Altemus Wee Book for Wee Folks. $200.00

RARE FIRST EDITION OF “LITTLE BLACK SAMBO”43. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Lond: Grant Richards 1899. 16mo (3 1/8 x 5”), green striped cloth, vi-viii, 57p., spine faded and very slightly soiled, 2 pages printed close to margin else near fine, tight and clean. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY A BANNERMAN FAMILY MEMBER, DATED NOVMBER 1899! First edition of this fourth title in the Dumpy Book series with color illustrations engraved on wood and printed by EDMUND EVANS. Written by Bannerman during a long train ride, it was immediately successful and went into several editions within the first year of publication. Aside from creating the now controversial characters of Sambo and his parents, the books was also revolutionary for its small size designed for small hands and may very well have influenced Beatrix Potter in designing her small format books. This is a nice copy of a rare children’s classic. $12,500.00

44. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Racine: Whitman no date ca 1930. Folio (9 x 12 1/2”), stiff linen-like pictorial wraps, [16]p. including covers, name on edge of cover else VG+. This striking version of Sambo is illustrated in a broad style by TERRY AND MARY SMITH with bold colors printed on various colored papers. Very scarce. $675.00

SAMBO RECORD AND BOOK45. BANNERMAN,HELEN. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. RCA / McKay (1940). Sq. 4to, glazed pictorial boards, light spine wear else fine in worn dw. Consisting of a full 25 page full color book illustrated with Bannerman’s originals a 78rpm record told by Helen Myers. A “Talking Book”. Rare. $450.00

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BOOK WITH SAMBO RECORD

46. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Music You Enjoy 1941. Square 8vo, pictorial wraps, some rubbing else VG and complete with the record. A listen-Look Picture Book featuring a grossly stereotyped Sambo illustrated in full color on every page by Martin Nadle. $400.00

SAMBO RECORDS AND BOOK

47. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. RCA: 1949. Oblong 4to (12 x 10 1/2”), sl. rubbing, near fine. Consisting of a full 23 page color book illustrated in color by an unknown hand, depicting Sambo as a native of India (without really appearing to be Indian) plus two 78rpm records narrated by Paul Wing. Music by Norman Leyden, conducted by Henri Rene. Scarce. $400.00

SAMBO PUZZLES IN BOX BY PEAT

48. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. 4 BLACK SAMBO CUT-OUT PUZZLES. Cleveland: Harter 1932. There are 4 wonderful full color jigsaw puzzle illustrated by FERN BISEL PEAT housed in the original pictorial box. Puzzles are fine, box has wear on flaps and crayon marks inside cover. The 4 scenes are: The tiger is crouched holding the green umbrella in his tail and Sambo is trying to get it back; Sambo is behind the tiger which is wearing Sambo’s shoes on his ears; Jumbo is mixing the pancake batter; Sambo is starting his walk into the forest with his new clothing. Each measures 7 3/8 x 9 3/4”. Rare. $850.00

49. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO IN THE BEARS’ DEN written and illustrated by FRANK VER BECK. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company (1930). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2”), cloth backed pictorial boards and pictorial color paste-on, 60p. + ads, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped). Sambo has adventures with bears. Illustrated with marvelous color plates on every other page. A title in Altmeus’ Wee Books for Wee Folks series. $150.00

ATTWELL’S “PETER PAN” IN WRAPPER50. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. NY: Charles Scriber’s Sons 1921 (1921). 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, endpapers toned else near fine in ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw with piece off lower right corner). 1st U.S. edition thus. Illustrated by MABEL LUCY ATTWELL with 12 beautiful color plates and many b&w’s in-text. A nice copy - rare in the dw. $750.00

51. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE DARING

TWINS. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1911).

8vo, pictorial cloth, 317p. + [2]p. ads,

FINE. 1st ed. 1st state binding with

title people standing in front of the

wall. Illustrated with 4 plates by Pauline

Batchelder. This title, along with Phoebe

Daring are the only series titles Baum

wrote using his own name. A beautiful copy,

scarce. $500.00

GNOME KING IN DUST WRAPPER52. (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE GNOME KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1927). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (lightly soiled and chipped and price clipped with ads listing this title last on flap). First edition (Hanff-Greene p.73) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates (coated on both sides) plus b&w’s. This is a magnificent copy, rarely found so bright and rare in the wrapper. $1500.00

53. (BAUM,L.FRANK) KABUMPO IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1922). 4to, blue-green cloth, slightest of shelf wear else FINE. 1st edition, earliest copy with Princess Dorothy on p. [299] and elephant on half-title. H-G XVI. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and 12 wonderful color plates by J.R. NEILL. A nice copy. $1250.00


FABULOUS BAUM TO NEILL LETTER ON “OZCOT” STATIONARY

54. BAUM,L.FRANK. LETTER. This is a fabulous 1 page typed letter signed by Baum dated July 15, 1917, written to John R. Neill on the event of receiving Neill’s artwork for the Lost Princess of Oz. The stationary has a wide pictorial border featuring the covers of Baum’s books. The text reads: “Dear Johnny Neill: I’m just in receipt of “The Lost Princess of Oz” and want to express to you my full appreciation of the good work you have done on this book. The pictures are exceptionally clever and attractive and, allowing for the fact that you made two peaches grow on a tree where there was only one, you have given the text full consideration. I’m sorry not to have met you personally for so many recent years, as I remember our former foregatherings with real pleasure and think we would harmonize if we were jailed together in the same cell. Why not come out to California and see me? With sincere regards [signed] L. Frank Baum.” Baum association letters with Oz content are exceedingly rare. $27,500.00

MINT MAGIC OF OZ IN DUST WRAPPER55. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MAGIC OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1919). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT in dust wrapper (small chip repaired at head of spine of dw else VG+). 1st state (no mention of Magic on list of ads), in first state dw (rear flap blank). Illustrated with 12 fine color plates by JOHN R. NEILL. (Hanff/ Greene XIII). This is a magnificent copy of the 13th Oz title and the next to last Oz book written by Baum, rare in the dust wrapper. $9500.00

56. BAUM,L.FRANK. OZMA OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, tan pictorial cloth, 270p. + 1p. ads (front ads list Land of Oz and John Dough, ads in rear list through Lost Princess). Slightest of occasional internal soil else Very Fine. 1st ed. mixed state, front ad listing only John Dough and Land of Oz, 1 1/16” thick, p. 135-6, 153-4, 221-2 integral, but with plain endpapers and rear cover, no “O” in Ozma, p. [11], p. 221 not color, secondary binding with lower case spine imprint. Illustrated with many full page and smaller color illustrations (no color plates as issued) and with many full page b&w’s. A magnificent copy. (Hanff-Greene III.1&2). $850.00

57. BAUM,L.FRANK. WIZARD OF OZ.

Akron: Saalfield 1944. Small 4to, spiral

backed boards, Fine in chipped dust

wrapper. This is the wonderful animated

edition featuring 6 fine moveable plates

by JULIAN WEHR as well as many

color illus. throughout the text. Scarce

in dw. $400.00

BAUM SNUGGLE TALE

58. BAUM,L.FRANK. YELLOW HEN.

Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1916). Small

4to, pictorial boards, covers soiled and

some spine wear else VG. A Snuggle Tale,

illus. by JOHN R. NEILL with color frontis

and many full page and smaller b&w’s.

Rare. $750.00

MINT IN DUST WRAPPER59. (BAUM,L.FRANK). THE YELLOW KNIGHT OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1930). 4to, brick red cloth, pictorial paste- on, MINT in dust wrapper (dw 1st state with both flaps listing this title last, very lightly frayed and price clipped). First ed. 1st state with plates coated both sides and spine imprint in bold face (Hanff - Greene XXIV) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates plus many full page black and whites. This is a magnificent copy of the 24th Oz title. $2500.00


RAREST OZ BOOK1 OF ONLY A FEW KNOWN COPIES

60. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. OZ TOY BOOK: CUT-OUTS FOR THE KIDDIES. Chic.: Reilly and Britton 1915. Oblong 11 1/4 x 8 1/4”. Pictorial cardboard cover, green cloth spine, string tie. A few corners repaired, light normal cover soil and wear and crease on cover, complete, unused and overall VG-Fine. Consisting of 16 pages with 54 Oz characters designed to be cut out and affixed to wooden stands for play. Directions for making the wooden stands are inside the front cover. Each leaf is printed on one side of the page and illustrated with bold bright colors. See 100 Years of Oz by John Fricke p.43 where he notes “The Oz Toy Book was drawn by the inimitable Neill as a promotion for the series. Baum, who had not been consulted about its publication, was unhappily astounded when he saw the work advertised in the 1915 Reilly & Britton catalogue. Today, few of the fragile Toy books survive intact or complete.” See also Oz Scrapbook by Greene and Martin p.41-3, 47. One of only a few known copies (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $27,500.00

INCREDIBLE COPY61. BAUM,L.FRANK. LOST PRINCESS OF OZ. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1917). 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [313]p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER, (dw has a 1” oval scrape off top right with no loss of lettering and small narrow strip off the rear top edge otherwise clean and VG). 1st ed. 1st state with ads on verso of ownership leaf listing through this title (H-G XI). Illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates and pictorial ep’s. Featuring the Frogman and others, this is a magnificent copy of the 11th Oz title, rare in the wrapper. $9500.00

TWINKLE TALE IN DUST WRAPPER62. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. PRAIRIE-DOG TOWN by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Britton (1906). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 61p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw lightly soiled and chipped but VG). 1st ed. of this title in the Twinkle Tale Series. A wonderful fantasy written by Baum under his Bancroft pseudonym and illus. in color with 14 full page color illus. plus color pictorial title page and line illustrations by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT. A very scarce title, rare in the dust wrapper. $1750.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>)

IN PUBLISHERS BOX63. BEARS. BUNNY BEARSKIN by Guy Winfrey. Springfield: Milton Bradley (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, slight cover soil else fine in pictorial box (flaps strengthened, some soil on box). 1st ed. The whimsical tale of a bunny that dons a bearskin and has many ensuing adventures. Wonderfully illustrated in color in typical twenties style by LOUISE TESSIN. $250.00

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LOUIS MOE BEARS64. BEARS. FATTIG-PER med vers af Thorkil Barfod. Kobenhavn: Koppels no date, circa 1930. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG++. This is a stunning Danish picture book featuring 10 color plates plus line illustrations on each page by noted artist LOUIS MOE - all dealing with marvelous humanized BEARS. $250.00

BEARS SEE ALSO 49, 157, 179, 192-�, 248, ��2, 40�, 471, 5�8

BEMELMANS “POODLE” TITLE65. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. FIFI. NY: Simon & Schuster (1940). 4to, (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”) pictorial boards, slightest of edge and tip wear else near Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper (2 chips out of spine, sl. corner wear). 1st ed. A rare Bemelmans title, this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample’s poodle that is kidnapped in Africa by natives but is eventually reunited with its family. Simply told in verse and marvelously illustrated in bright color on every page. This is a nice copy of a scarce Bemelmans first edition. $1200.00

66. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT. NY: Viking (March 1957). Folio (9 x 12 1/4”), red cloth, Fine in very slightly worn, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st trade edition. Wonderful color illustrations on every page depict the further adventures of Madeline. Nice copy. $600.00

CBS COLOR TELEVISION TIE-IN67. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. A TALE OF TWO GLIMPS. (NY: Columbia Broadcasting System) [1946]. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, slightest of spine wear else VG+. Published by CBS to promote color television, this is the story of the lives of two creatures called “glimps”, one of which has a color television and the other has only a black and white set (and guess whose life is better?). Illustrated in full color and b&w on every page. Laid in is a CBS card describing the book. $750.00

68. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. BABES IN TOYLAND by Glen MacDonough and Anna Alice Chapin. NY: Fox Duffield 1904 (Sept. 1904). 4to tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, some light cover soil and occasional finger soil, VG+. First edition. Illustrated by Betts with cover design, color pictorial endpapers, 7 beautiful color plates plus many black and white line illus. in text. The story is about the adventures of little Alan and Jane and their wicked Uncle Barnaby in Mother Goose Land. A charming fantasy with lovely illustrations. Scarce. $350.00

BOXED SCRIBNER ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC

69. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. THE LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnett. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1937 (1905). 4to (7 x 8 7/8”), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, bookplate and owner name on endpaper else FINE IN PUBLISHER’S BOX with color plate on cover. Illustrated by Betts with cover plate plus 9 beautiful color plates. This is a great copy, rare in the box. $300.00

RILEY/BETTS TITLE IN RARE DUST WRAPPER70. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907). Large 4to (10 1/2 x 11 1/2”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (dw pieces off spine and off back panel). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper there are 8 magnificent color plates in rich colors plus there are lovely decorative borders and line illustrations on every page of text. This is an excellent copy of one of her best and most desired books, rare in the pictorial wrapper. $600.00

BIANCO, PAMELA – 584 BICKNELL, W.H.W - 4�2

WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY BIRCH71. (BIRCH,REGINALD)illus. RAINBOW IN THE SKY by collected and edited by Louis Untermeyer. NY: Harcourt Brace (1935). Small 4to, blue cloth, 498p., VG in custom cloth clamshell box. The book is a collection of 1000’s of nursery rhymes, poems and children’s songs arranged in categories. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and many charming b&w’s by Birch. THIS COPY HAS A FINE 3/4 PAGE WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY BIRCH. The wonderful image shows a boy being given a book by a witch, with two elves and a duck watching. Signed by Birch with a warm presentation, dated 1935. A super book. $2000.00

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BIRDS – 206 BIRNBAUM, URIEL - 285

ANTI SLAVERY RARITY72. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) NEGRO’S COMPLAINT: A POEM. TO WHICH IS ADDED, PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS by William Cowper. London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1826. 12mo (4 1/4 x 7”), 15 leaves printed on one side only plus 3 leaves printed on both sides, later 1/2 leather and marbled boards lacking wrappers which is not uncommon (Cotsen and BL copies either lack wrappers or rebound). Beautiful gift inscription on title, near Fine. 1st edition for children of these seminal anti-slavery poems by Cowper. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf features an exceptionally fine half-page hand-colored engraving with text below. Cowper was one of the first to publicly condemn slavery. Because his work and views were known, Cowper reluctantly agreed to write a series of anti-slavery ballads. They first appeared in magazines in the late 1700’s and were also meant to be sung in the streets. “After writing five ballads including The Negro’s Complaint and Pity for Poor Africans, he wrote to Lady Hesketh ‘I shall now probably cease to sing of tortured Negroes - a theme which never pleased me, but which, in the hope of doing them some little service, I was not unwilling to handle’ “ (see The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by Davis p. 369). This illustrated edition is rare, especially so in such clean, unfoxed condition. See Darton G202, not in Osborne, Gumuchian or Oppenheimer. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $12,500.00

EARLY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY73. BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) SORROWS OF YAMBA; OR THE NEGRO WOMAN’S LAMENT [TAKEN FROM THE CHEAP REPOSITORY] by [Hannah More]. Boston: Lincoln & Edmands 1819. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2”, 8p., wraps rubbed, paper toned, VG and complete. The horrors of slavery are vividly told in verse from the view of a woman slave. After her child dies aboard ship she said: “Happy, happy, there she lies; / Thou shalt feel the lash no more;/ Thus full many a Negro dies,/ Ere we reach the destin’d shore.” The text is taken from Hannah More’s moralistic Cheap Repository Tracts written at the end of the 18th century. Illustrated with 3 cuts, one of a slave ship. This is such an ephemeral chapbook that it is amazing that it survived intact. Welch 1240.4. $1250.00

AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK74. BLACK INTEREST. (BRAUNE,ANNA) HONEY CHILE by Anna Braune. NY: Doubleday Doran 1937 (1937). 4to, cloth, [153p.], fine in chipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. The story is about a little white girl named Jane who visits her Uncle’s plantation in Alabama where she spends all of her time with the Black children. Illustrated with color and black & white lithos by the author and written with much dialect in text. $200.00

BLACK FAIRIES75. BLACK INTEREST. (FAIRIES) LIZA JANE AND THE KINKIES written and illustrated by Mary Phipps. NY: Sears (1929) 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of edge rubbing, near fine in soiled and frayed dust wrapper. 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 called Kinkies to be her friends. The text is in calligraphy and there are color illustrations throughout. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $650.00

76. BLACK INTEREST. FRISKY’S JOURNEY IN THE AIR. no publisher, printed in Holland circa 1960. Square small 4to, pictorial boards, VG. The story is about a little dog that wanted to travel to “Negro Country” via balloon. When he landed on a roof with a Black chimney sweep, he assumed he had reached his destination. Further adventures led him to fall down a chimney and be mistaken for a “nigger-puppy”. A peculiar book illustrated in color by Michaelis. $125.00

77. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN,INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE GANG by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton (1939). 8vo, pictorial boards, VG+. Stated 1st printing. In this title Nicodemus’ new friends are introduced: Obadiah, Rastus, Clara Belle and Little Sim. Illustrated with 2-color lithos by Hogan and featuring some Black dialect throughout. $250.00

78. BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN,INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE HOUN’DOG by Inez Hogan. NY: Dutton (1933). 8vo, pictorial boards, name inked out on endpaper else fine in frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st printing. Nicodemus and his sister find a dog and have adventures. Illustrated with color lithos by Hogan and featuring some Black dialect throughout. $400.00

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STRIKING SAMBO PICTURE BOOK79. BLACK INTEREST. SAMBO AND SUSANNA by May Byron. London: Blackie circa 1905. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers rubbed some else VG+. Printed on frenchfold paper, each page of text faces a marvelous full page color illustration by ETHEL PARKINSON. The story is about stereotypically portrayed Black children whose relatives are so mean that they run away together. Quite scarce and a great picture book. $650.00

RARE STUMP BOOK80. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS by The Pilgrims (Montague St. Lo and Reginald Rigby). Chicago: M.A. Donohue, no date [1904]. Oblong 32mo (only 1 1/2” tall x 6” wide). Pictorial cloth, slight rubbing, near Fine with ivory clasp intact. This STUMP BOOK, illustrated by THE PILGRIMS has marvelous full page color illustrations - one opposite each page of text. Printed on thick paper on one side of the page only, all pictures depict the adventures described in this classic rhyme. This is an unusual format fit for little hands and probably the rarest title in the series. $1200.00

81. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. London: Juvenile Productions, no date, circa 1935. Square 4to, pictorial wraps, [24]p. including covers, some cover soil owner name on upper cover, VG. Illustrated with 9 full page color illustrations plus color covers and title page and 10 2-color illustrations, all depicting stereotypical Black characters in this traditional counting rhyme. (illus. signed “EC”). $250.00

82. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGER BOYS. No place, (B.B. Ltd), no date circa 1945. 4to, pictorial wraps, Fine. Illustrated by an unknown hand with 5 fine full page color illustrations and 5 half-page line illustrations plus color cover. Also includes a few other nursery rhymes with 3 color plates. An interesting edition. $250.00

83. BLACK INTEREST. (TEN LITTLE NIGGERS) ZEHN KLEINE NEGERBUBEN. Mainz: Scholz. no date, circa 1930. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, one head repaired and part of window missing, VG. Illustrated by B. BRAUN-FOCK. A clever book, this features a die-cut head of a Black baby on top of each page. As each page is turned, the heads decrease by one. A variation on the Ten Little Indians counting rhyme. $400.00

84. BLACK INTEREST. (TOBAGO) MOUSEKNEES by William White. NY: Random House (1939). 8vo, 144p., cloth, VG+ in frayed dust wrapper. This is the story of a little boy with an inquiring mind, set in Tobago and illustrated by AVERY JOHNSON with stylized almost art deco full page black & whites. $150.00

BLACK INTEREST SEE ALSO 10, 40, 42-7, 49, 95, 194, 249, 255, 260-1, 271, �68, �7�, �86, 546-7, 582

BLAKE, QUENTIN – 491

BLOCH, LUCIENNE – 476

BONNER, MARY GRAHAM – 428

BONTEMPS, ARNA - 95

BOUTET DE MONVEL DE LUXE ISSUE

85. BOUTET DE MONVEL,M. JEANNE D’ARC. Paris: E. Plon Nourrit, 10 Rue Garanciere, no date [1896]. Oblong folio, (16 1/4 x 13 1/4”) 48 leaves plus extra limitation leaf, loose as issued in the original cloth folder. Folder soiled else fine. First edition, DELUXE ISSUE #37 (of an unlisted limitation of probably 200 copies). Each of the pages of the book were printed on Japon paper and then mounted on heavy, stiff cream colored stock with a blind embossed border around each illustration. Because the illustrations are lithographs, the colors are much richer and truer to the original watercolors than those in the trade edition which was printed by photo offset. Considered the first modern picture book for children (Mahoney: Illus. of Child. Books p.132), the illustrations are masterpieces of composition and detail that bring 15th century France to life. Bader calls this work “simple and dramatic and majestic” (p.4) and Ray: PML French Illus. Book #365 calls this “his outstanding achievement”. This is a landmark in children’s literature and very scarce in this special edition. $2500.00


RARE BOUTET DE MONVEL TITLE86. (BOUTET DE MONVEL,M.)illus. XAVIERE by Ferdinand Fabre. Paris: Boussod, Valadon 1890. Large 4to, printed wraps, upper spine frayed and scattered foxing else VG. LIMITED TO AN UN-NUMBERED SERIES ON VELIN PAPER WITH MOUNTED PLATES PRINTED ON CHINE PAPER. 1st ed. of this scarce title, illustrated with 36 mounted gravure plates, mostly full page, that are striking in their depth and detail. The trade edition of this title has the illustrations printed directly on the paper where this version has them mounted with lettered guards. $850.00

BOXED LIBRARY – 108

WILL BRADLEY CHILDREN’S FANTASY87. BRADLEY,WILL. WONDER BOX STORIES. NY: Century 1916 (Oct. 1916). 8vo, decorative cloth, 154p., some soil on rear cover, VG+. 1st edition. This fantasy / fairy tale is written by Bradley and wonderfully illustrated by him with many full and partial page illustrations throughout - very much in the style of Parrish. $700.00

BRANDYWINE SCHOOL – 68-70, 100, 294, �89-91, 4�2-4, 449, 507-9, 511, 517, 556-7, 559, 58�, 59�-9

BRANSOM, PAUL – 242 BRAUN-FOCK, BEATRICE – 8�, 169

LIMITED EDITION IN SLIP CASE88. BRAZIL. LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE by Margarida Estrela Bandeira Duarte. NY: Grosset & Dun. (1940) Printed in Brazil. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in original burlap slip case. SPECIAL NUMBERED PRESENTATION COPY. This beautiful picture book is illustrated with bold and striking full page color lithos by PAULO WERNECK. It was selected by the publishers as a fine example of Brazilian children’s book, originally published in Brazil to familiarize native children with their heritage. $300.00

ONLY 100 COPIES BOUND IN VELLUM89. (BRICKDALE,ELEANOR FORTESCUE)illus. GOLDEN BOOK OF FAMOUS WOMEN. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1919]. Large thick 4to (9 x 11 1/2”), 200p., full vellum binding stamped in gold, top edge gilt, newer silk ties, a few fox spots on preliminary and final pages, a near Fine copy. First Edition, LIMITED TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER.

52 famous women from literature over the ages are represented in verse by Shakespeare, Poe, Austen, Byron, Tennyson, Milton, Hawthorne, etc. Illustrated with 16 very beautiful tipped-in color plates in Brickdale’s best richly colored pre-Raphaelite style. Plates are protected with paper guards that are also illustrated. This is an exceptionally nice copy of a lovely and lavish book. $800.00

90. BRIDGMAN,L.J. FARMER FOX AND OTHER RHYMES. Boston: Caldwell (1900, 1904). 4to, patterned cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine. Verse in the form of limericks accompany great color illustrations in the style of Denslow. “There was a pug dog they called Dennis / Who travelled as far as old Venice / And when they asked How / Do you like it? Bow wow! / Said the pug It’s too wet here for tennis!” A great turn of the last century picture book. $250.00

91. BROOKS,WALTER. COLLECTED POEMS OF FREDDY THE PIG. NY: Knopf (1953). 8vo, green pictorial cloth, inscription on endpaper else VG in frayed dust wrapper with a piece off upper left cover. Stated 1st edition. Poems are accompanied by a profusion of illustrations by KURT WIESE. $350.00

92. BROOKS,WALTER. FREDDY AND MR. CAMPHOR. NY: Knopf 1944 (1944). 8vo, green cloth, cloth faded in spots else VG in frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by KURT WIESE. $375.00


“ARTHUR” ORIGINAL ART9�. (BROWN,MARC)illus. ORIGINAL ART: APRIL FOOL’S DAY. Offered here is a great piece of original art by famed Arthur creator and illustrator Marc Brown. The illustration itself measures approximately 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches and is composed of watercolor, pastel and pencil on paper. Arthur is depicted walking up the stairs, unable to eat because he is worried about his magic show the next day. His family is eating dinner in the foreground. The illustration is nicely matted and framed. Sold together with a fine first edition of the book. $1250.00

BROWNING, ROBERT - 184 BRULLER, JEAN - �28

WITH 20 COLOR PLATES BY HARRISON CADY94. BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. THE SPRING CLEANING: as told by Queen Crosspatch. NY: Century 1908 (1908). Large 12mo, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, [101]p., near Fine. 1st edition. This is a fairy story, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 20 wonderful, fanciful color plates. Uniform with Rackety Packety House, this is a very scarce Burnett title with BAL 2109 unable to locate a copy in the original binding. Burnett see also 69, 54�. $225.00

RARE BONTEMPS / BURTON BOOK95. (BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE)illus. THE FAST SOONER HOUND by Arna Bontemps and Jack Conroy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1942). Oblong 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing (breaking the HM rule requiring 1st to have date on title page). The story is about a traveling firefighter and his dog Sooner and is illustrated in color by Burton. Very scarce. $850.00

FABULOUS ART FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK

96. CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here are 2 large original finished pen and ink drawings signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The images are much larger than they appear in the book. Executed on artist board mounted in acid free matte. There is much charm and detail and this is one of Cady’s most popular books.

A. CAMEL ON PYRAMID: The image shows Raggedy Camel sliding down the side of a pyramid with natives. It appear as a full page illustration on p. [59] of the book, (colored in printing). Image measures 10 1/4” high x 7 3/4” wide on board 14 x 11 1/4” $1800.00

B. SEAL FEAST: The Red Cross Seal and the Traffic Carp enjoy a feast. It appears as a half page illustration on p. 34 of the book (colored during printing). The image is oblong and measures 9 x 15¾” on board that measures 15 x 10”. $1500.00

97. (CADY,HARRISON)illus. ANT VENTURES by Blanche Elizabeth Wade. Chicago: Rand McNally (1924). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 246p., Fine condition. 1st ed. The story is about Young Anthony Ant who decides to leave Ant Manor because he doesn’t like to work. After many harrowing “antventures” he finds that home is not such a bad place after all. Illustrated by Cady with 5 vibrant full page color illustrations (including cover illus.) plus wonderful silhouette endpapers and many full page and in- text black and whites. $250.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS – 1�2, 185, �29, ��5, �47, �69, 50�, 5�1

CALDECOTT AWARD HONOR - 220

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98. (CAMERON, KATHARINE)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Jack no date, circa 1915. 4to, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, 246p., some wear to cover plate else near Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 8 truly beautiful mounted color plates by Cameron, a Glasgow School artist and associate of Jessie King and Charles Rennie Macintosh. $325.00

FANCIFUL ORIGINAL ART99. CAMPBELL,LANG. ORIGINAL ART for comic strip. Lang Campbell is the artist best known for drawing the Uncle Wiggily characters as well as for illustrating for Volland and doing his own books. Offered here is a fabulous 4 panel sequential pen and ink cartoon strip circa 1920. The image measures 12” wide by 3” high on high quality paper. Signed in the corner, it is in fine condition. The strip features an adorable female mouse in a dress being asked to dance by a humanized insect in a formal jacket. Each panel is remarkably detailed and this is an altogether charming piece. $650.00

ALICE UNDER GROUND100. CARROLL,LEWIS. ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND. This is a copy of the rare PRIVATELY PRINTED COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE edition, printed in 1936 by Max Jaffe in Vienna for ELDRIDGE R. JOHNSON, Camden, N.J. 8vo, (4 7/8 x 7 1/2”), original limp green morocco, all edges gilt, neat owner name on free end paper. Except for spine toning and a bit of wear at front hinge, this is in Fine condition in the original green board slip case, complete with the mounted sepia photograph of Alice at the end of the text and with an extra leaf laid-in that has an alternate ending to the story. Illustrated by Carroll. The first 2 leaves are printed in color and initials are printed in red. Because there is no publication information at all in the book, a bit of explanation is helpful.Dodgson’s “Alice” began as a hand written version for Alice Liddell which was illustrated by Dodgson himself. It obviously evolved into book form and was published in 1865, In 1885, Dodgson proposed the idea of issuing a facsimile of this original manuscript. After much drama, it was published by Macmillan in 1886 in an edition limited to 5000 copies. It consisted of the text in Dodgson’s hand plus 37 illustrations, 14 full page. A mounted sepia photo of Alice Liddell appeared on the final leaf. A.S.W. Rosenbach purchased the original manuscript at auction in 1928 who then sold it to Eldridge R.Johnson (he was the co-creator of the Victor Talking Machine Company which became the largest producers in America of phonographs and phonograph records). In 1936, Johnson decided to have a COLLOTYPE FACSIMILE EDITION PRIVATELY PRINTED for presentation to his friends. It is believed that only 50 copies were printed. This facsimile is of the highest quality and reproduces in detail not only the binding but also the endpapers as well as the laid paper of the original. “It is not too extravagant to say that this production is as near perfection as is possible for a printed facsimile. It has been said that if this facsimile is put beside the original, the only way that they may be distinguished is that the facsimile is in better condition”. (Selwyn Goodacre & Denis Crutch in “Jabberwocky”, 1978). Following Johnson’s death, the original manuscript was again offered for sale at auction and was again purchased by Rosenbach who arranged for it to be presented to the British nation. Not in Lovett or WMGC. Rare. $2350.00

UNCOMMON EDITION OF “ALICE”101. CARROLL,LEWIS. (CLEMENTS) ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. London: Hutchinson & Co., no date, circa 1934. 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2”), pictorial boards, 91p, 100p., corners bumped else Fine in dust wrapper (dw sl. frayed, a few closed tears but VG+). Illustrated by M. L. Clements with 5 great color plates and 22 black whites throughout the text. This edition is quite scarce. Not in Lovett, WMG p. 247. $600.00

BESSIE PEASE GUTMANN ILLUSTRATIONS102. CARROLL,LEWIS. (GUTMANN) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: John Milne 1908. 8vo (6 x 8 1/2”), pictorial cloth, 164p., offset on endpapers

else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. First British edition. Illus.by BESSIE PEASE GUTMANN with 10 lovely color plates plus pictorial borders on each page of text as well as several other line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. This is an increasingly scarce edition in remarkable condition,

rarely found in the dust wrapper. $850.00

103. CARROLL,LEWIS. (HUDSON) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Dodd Mead (1922). 4to (8 x 10 1/4”), green gilt pictorial cloth, 181p., corner repaired where 2 pages were opened roughly else Fine. 1st American edition with these illustrations. Featuring 12 fine tissue-guarded color plates by GWYNNED HUDSON (with illustrations on the tissue guards as well) plus pictorial endpapers and a profusion of wonderful 2-color illustrations all throughout the text. This is one of the best illustrated editions of Alice. $750.00

104. CARROLL,LEWIS. (KIRK) THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. NY: Stokes no date [1905]. 8vo, (6x8.5”) grey pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 247p., front hinge stiff else near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with great pictorial cover in orange, yellow and black and with 12 very wonderful color plates (also with b&w’s by John Tenniel). Lovett #205. $450.00


MARIE LAURENCIN’S BLACK SUN PRESS “ALICE”105. CARROLL,LEWIS. (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Paris: Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong 4to, white wraps, 114p., covers and flyleaves lightly foxed else fine in original slip case and chemise (case scuffed and soiled some). LIMITED TO ONLY 350 COPIES FOR AMERICA PRINTED ON RIVES PAPER. Illustrated by MARIE LAURENCIN with 6 magnificent color plates. Quite scarce. $4000.00

106. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PAFLIN) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Racine: Whitman (1955). 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 7/8”), glazed pictorial boards with wrap-around picture of Alice and the White Rabbit in the countryside, 284p., paper toning else near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Roberta Paflin with blue and black or orange and black illustrations throughout the text, as well as with pictorial endpapers. Identical to Lovett 349a except 18 instead of 17 titles listed at the end of the book. $150.00

UNCOMMON EDITION107. CARROLL,LEWIS. (RILEY) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London: Arthur Barron (1945). Small 8vo (5 x 7 3/8”), green cloth, 159p., Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition. Illustrated by Harry Riley with 1 double page color plate illustration, 1 other color plate, 5 full page pen and inks, 8 pen and inks in text and pictorial title page. $450.00

“ALICE” IN “MY FAIRY TALE LIBRARY”108. CARROLL,LEWIS. (ROBINSON) ALICE IN WONDERLAND [in] MY FAIRY TALE LIBRARY. NY: Sam’l Gabriel, no date, circa 1911. There are 8 books each measuring 7 1/4 x 8 1/2”, pictorial linen-like wraps housed in the publisher’s pictorial box (books fine condition, box with light wear and small mend). All of the books are illustrated by GORDON ROBINSON. Alice has five great full page full color illustrations (incl. cover) plus 6 half page 3-color illustrations, The other titles are: Cinderella, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Snow Drop, Sleeping Beauty and Mother Goose. This is a great edition of Alice and a nice boxed library. $375.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>>>)

VOLLAND TITLE109. CARROLL INTEREST. NEW ADVENTURES OF ALICE written and illustrated by JOHN RAE. Chicago: Volland (1917). 4to, 7 1/2 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, a slight bit of cover fading else near fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Rae with pictorial endpapers plus 12 lovely color plates and many black & whites. This is a nice copy of an uncommon VOLLAND title and an interesting Alice item as well. $450.00

WALLYPUG BIRTHDAY BOOK 110. CARROLL INTEREST. WALLYPUG BIRTHDAY BOOK by G.E. Farrow. Lond.: Routledge 1904. 8vo, gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, some cover rubbing and age toning, VG and unused. This is a charming birthday book with 10 pages of text explaining the world of this “Alice in Wonderland” imitation. Illustrated by ALAN WRIGHT with 12 fanciful and wonderful color plates and with a profusion charming line illustrations on every page of text. Although this copy has the author signature page inserted, it has not been signed. $275.00

CARTOONS – 99, 168, 528, 5�0

CATS – 4, 190, 194, 211, 218, 256, 421, 542, 560, 568-70

WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR111. (CHALMERS,MARY)illus. LETITIA RABBIT’S STRING SONG by Russell Hoban. NY: Coward McCann & Geoghegan (1973). Square 8vo (6 3/4”), pictorial cloth, slight spotting on cover else Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. The text by Hoban is a fantasy world of humanized animals. Illustrated with beautiful full page and smaller watercolor drawings. This copy has a nearly FULL PAGER WATERCOLOR SIGNED BY CHALMERS featuring all of the characters in the book (on the copyright page) plus there is an additional smaller drawing on the opposite page. This is a special copy and a fine pairing of talents. $475.00

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LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK WITH RED ETCHINGS

112. CHAPBOOK. ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF OUR LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, salmon wraps, 47p., top edge gilded and sl. spine wear else fine. Featuring 8 full page illustrations containing 16 very fine etchings printed in red. Beautiful copy. Roscoe 32. $250.00

OPIE’S INSPIRATION - KENDREW SONG BOOK113. CHAPBOOK. THE CHEERFUL WARBLER, or Juvenile Song Book. York: Kendrew no date, ca 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), yellow pictorial wraps, 16p., Fine. Songs and nursery rhymes are illustrated with 14 woodcuts. See Opie / Alderson: Treasures of Childhood p.9 where it is explained that it was Peter Opie’s purchase of this modest chapbook that sent him and Iona upon their collecting course. $200.00

LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK 114. CHAPBOOK. COTTAGE TALES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE; OR, THE AMUSING REPOSITORY FOR ALL GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, printed white wraps with square woodcut view of city, 32p., near FINE. Featuring 9 woodcuts to accompany 8 stories such as the Sly Child, The Untidy Girls, etc. Roscoe 59 mentions that several of the illustrations are after JOHN BEWICK. $350.00

KENDREW CHAPBOOK BY “TOM TRIP”115. CHAPBOOK. THE HISTORY OF GILES GINGERBREAD, A LITTLE BOY WHO LIVED UPON LEARNING by Tom Trip. York: Kendrew no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8”), gold paper wraps, [321]p., Fine. Illustrated with 12 nice woodcuts to accompany text about the virtues of reading. Osborne p.314 notes that this text was probably originally by John Newbery but has also been attributed to Oliver Goldsmith and Giles Jones. See Opie/Alderson: Treasures of Childhood p.10 (pictured), Osborne p.314. “Old Gingerbread, with wisdom sound, Sells useful knowledge by the pound, And feeds the little folks, who’re good, At once with learning and with food. What say you, friends, Shall we go buy? Aye Aye! - Who’s first then, you or I? And away they ran for a book.” $300.00

KENDREW “JACK DANDY” CHAPBOOK 116. CHAPBOOK. JACK DANDY’S DELIGHT OR THE HISTORY OF BIRDS AND BEASTS; IN PROSE AND VERSE. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 4”), yellow wraps, 16p., Fine. Illustrated with 13 woodcuts to accompany text. “Handy spandy, Jacky Dandy, Loves plum-cake and sugar candy, He bought some at the Grocer’s shop, And pleas’d, away went hop, hop, hop.” Osborne p.98. See Opie Collection Treasures of Childhood p.10 for others in the series. $175.00

CHAPBOOKS ALSO 7�, 280 CHAPPELL, WARREN – �9�

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY – 1�2 CHINESE INTEREST - 574

NASTS’S WONDERFUL McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS TITLE117. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT). A VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS (Inside title reads A Visit FROM St. Nicholas). NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no date circa 1875 (Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series). 4to (9 1/8 x 10 1/2”), yellow pictorial wraps, binding inconspicuously strengthened and Some cover soil else clean and VG+. Illustrated with 6 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with wonderfully detailed b&w’s on text pages by THOMAS NAST (printed on one side of paper only). A great version, extremely scarce. Marshall 73. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $850.00

118. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN) NELLIE’S CHRISTMAS EVE by Miss Fanny Wight. NY: McLoughlin Bros. 1908. 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, some spine rubbing else VG+. Each page is mounted on linen. This Christmas story is told in verse in the cadence of the Night Before Christmas and is illustrated with full and partial page chromolithographs. $275.00

119. CHRISTMAS. (McLOUGHLIN) THREE CHRISTMAS BOXES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., circa 1880. 4to, pictorial wraps, sl. spine rubbing else fine. The story told in verse is about 3 brothers - Frank Best, Harry Good and Tommy Reckless - and what Santa does to teach Tommy a lesson. Illustrated with 6 fine full page chromolithographs. $300.00


SARG’S MOVEABLE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

120. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore as interpreted by Tony Sarg. Jay Pub: 1941. Folio, FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL ENVELOPE (envelope worn on edges). This is another of Sarg’s clever moveable novelties. As a wheel is turned, the text of the poem is seen through 2 cut-out windows (one on each side) and the pictures change as seen through another cut-out window with shudder flaps that open and close. Each side is completely illustrated in color as is the large envelope. Very Scarce. $400.00

RARE 19TH CENTURY EDITION

121. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT) SANTA CLAUS; OR THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS NY: Wemple & Kronheim 1879. 4to, (9 x 10 3/4”), pictorial wraps, spine repaired some soil and several margin mends, tight and VG. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 6 fine full page chromolithographs plus color cover and line illustrations on every page of text. This is a rare version of this poem. Marshall 89. $875.00

“NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” SHAPED LIKE A STOCKING

122. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS. (Chicago: David C. Cook), no date, owner inscribed 1892. Pictorial wraps (8 leaves plus covers) cut in the shape of a Christmas stocking 6” high, bound with original pink ribbon. Except for small mend on rear this is in VG+ condition. The text consists of Moore’s classic poem plus a few other poems with Christmas themes (one by Phoebe Cary) with brown page decorations. This is a charming and scarce little book. $425.00

CHRISTMAS IN STYLE OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE12�. CHRISTMAS. (WIENER WERKSTATTE) WEIHNACHT: vierzehn farbige original steinzeich. Wien: Richter & Zollner 1922. 4to (9 3/4 x 10 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges rubbed, some finger soil, VG. This is an exceptionally stunning children’s Christmas book consisting of 14 original color stone engravings printed on rectos only plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial cover designs. All of the art was done by a variety of student artists under the direction of Franz Cisek in the style typical of Vienna in the 1920’s. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #55. $950.00

CHRISTMAS SEE ALSO 5-8, 148, 157, 257, �27, �67, 411, 426, 460, 49�, 518, 527, 5�9-41, 58�

CINDERELLA – 25�, 578 CIRCUS – �2, 177, 179, 21�, 406, 484, 546

CLARKE’S PERRAULT124. (CLARKE,HARRY)illus. FAIRY TALES OF PERRAULT with intro by Thomas Bodkin. NY: Dodge [1922]. 4to, (8x10 1/2”) blue gilt cloth, 160p., pictorial paste-on, near fine and bright. First U.S. edition to feature Clarke’s illustrations. Illustrated by Clarke with 12 color plates, 12 b&w plates and numerous text illus. (See Bowe- Burns p.149,151). This is a particularly nice copy. $1200.00

CLOTH BOOKS – 9, 10, 14, 268, 278, �5� COATSWORTH, ELIZ. - 211

HAND-COLORED125. COCK ROBIN. COCK ROBIN: A PRETTY PAINTED TOY FOR EITHER GIRL OR BOY. Lond.: Griffith and Farran circa 1845. 12mo, printed wraps, 16p., fine. Printed on one side of the page, each leaf has a fine hand-colored illustration. Pages mounted on cloth. Cock Robin see also 189. $450.00

LENSKI’S PINOCCHIO126. COLLODI,CARLO. (LENSKI) PINOCCHIO adapted by Allen Chaffee. NY: Random House (1946). 4to, pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition thus, illustrated by LOIS LENSKI with wonderful full page and smaller color lithos plus many black & whites throughout the text. (also color pictorial endpapers). Very scarce in the dw as a 1st. $275.00

TRUE FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO127. COLLODI,CARLO. [PINOCCHIO] LA STORIA DI UN BURATTINO. Offered here are all of the original issues of the Italian children’s magazine GIORNALE PER I BAMBINI in which the story of Pinocchio first appearedin serialized form from 1881-1883. The magazines are 4to, pictorial wrapswith a few issues having some minor restoration otherwise generally in VG condition housed in a red cloth folder made from an original cloth cover of an old bound set of the magazines.

As an adult, Collodi (born in 1836 Carlo Lorenzini began using the name Collodi in honor of his mother’s home town) was an avid spender and gambler who was always involved with writing for adults. It wasn’t until the late 1870’s that he turned to writing for children with an attempt to translate Perrault’s Mother Goose. This was followed in the 1870’s by a popular series of moralistic stories about a boy named Giannettino. When the Giornale Per I Bambini was conceived as Italy’s FIRST CHILDREN’S MAGAZINE, the first issue of July 7, 1881 contained the FIRST INSTALLMENT OF PINOCCHIO which was then called La Storia Di Un Burattino. It was immediately met with much enthusiasm, especially because it was the first Italian children’s story to veer away from pure moralism (although there was a moral to the story, the fantasy was the main appeal). Despite its popularity, Collodi reportedly had to be coaxed to continue it and this explains its intermittent appearance in installments over two years. It was renamed Le Avventure di Pinocchio in 1882 and the final installment appeared in 1883. After this, the first edition in book form was published in Florence in 1883. However, there are textual changes and illustrations in the magazine edition that did not appear in the book. A complete set of the magazine appearances of this beloved classic is rare. $25,000.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>>>)


128. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO. Philadelphia: Lippincott. (1920). 4to, blue & tan cloth, 234p., Fine. First edition of the DELUXE EDITION featuring 14 beautiful tipped in color plates by MARIA KIRK plus illustrations on text pages and pictorial endpapers. This is a lovely version of this favorite tale. $225.00

FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO IN ENGLISH BRADLEY MARTIN COPY

129. COLLODI,C.[ARLO]. STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO. NY: Cassell 1892. 12mo, decorative cloth with design repeated on edges, 232p., cloth age toned as usual, name erased from endpaper, tiny stain on edge of title, small inner hinge mend else really a VG+ copy in marbled slip case, the Bradley Martin copy with Mildred Greenhill’s bookplate. 1st edition of Pinocchio in English, simultaneous with the British edition and bound in the U.S. from British sheets. A title in the Children’s Library. The story first appeared serially in a children’s magazine in Italy from July 7, 1881 to January 1883 and first published in book form in Italy in 1883. Charmingly illustrated by C. Mazzanti, the illustrator of the Italian 1883 edition. This Cassell imprint is hard to find. $9500.00

“FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING” WATERCOLORS BY CHRIS CONOVER

1�0. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING]. Offered here are two watercolors used in Conover’s Froggie Went A-Courting published by Farrar Strauss Giroux in 1986. It is the story of a handsome humanized, seafaring frog’s wooing of Miss Mousie. An entire world of humanized creatures is created around this traditional song with text retold by Conover. Reviewed by School Library Journal as a ‘tour de force.

’. A. CHASED INTO THE LAKE. This double-page illustration measures 15 1/2” wide x 9 1/2”, signed. The scene shows all of the wedding party in the water after being chased by Tom Cat. Froggie has saved the day by capturing the cat in a net. Found on pages 19-20. $2000.00

B. MISS MOUSIE DRESSES FOR WEDDING p. [9]]. This full page watercolor is used opposite the third page of verse in the book. It measures 7” wide x 9 1/4”, signed. Miss Mousie is looking at her reflection in the mirror. She’s wearing an elaborate wedding dress that is being altered by rabbits. Froggie sits behind a screen having some ice-cream. Absolutely beautiful. $1200.00

Conover has been illustrating children’s books since 1974. Her work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers so many modern children’s books.

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2 EARLY COONEY ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS131. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. TWO WATER COLORS FROM “THE MAN WHO DIDN’T WASH HIS DISHES” by Phyllis Krasilovsky. (pub. by Doubleday in 1950). Offered here are 2 charming watercolors used in Krasilovsky’s first book, purchased from Krasilovsky with her provenance on a slip of paper. The first image measures 5 1/2 x 8” on board 8 x 11 1/2”. A blank corner is restored, there is some crackling to the paper and old paper backing on the back. The image shows the man at his dining room table full of food with a cat in the foreground. The second piece has an image size of 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 on board 7 x 10 1/4”. Penciled in the margin is “P.24 o p. 25”. There is some crackling to the paper and old paper backing on the back. Depicted is the old man next to his empty dish cupboard, surrounded by stacks and stacks of unwashed dishes, pots and pans. The story is about a man who was too lazy to wash his dishes and who eventually ran out of eating implements; he then resorted to using the soap dish, ashtrays and flower pots! He solves his problem and vows to never again put off washing the dishes. These are 2 great images from the book, both with much detail. Early Cooney and Krasilovsky’s first book. Sold with a clean ex-lib copy of the book. $1000.00

CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER132. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX adapted by Cooney from Chaucer. NY: Crowell (1958). 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. (correct issue price). Brightly illustrated in color by Cooney. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. $400.00

LOVELY FAIRY DRAWINGS133. CORY,FANNY. ORIGINAL ART: FAIRY DRAWINGS. Offered here are 3 beautiful finished, signed pen and ink drawings of fairies as described below. Each is captioned in pencil. There is some finger soil in margins else all are very good. Cory was a prolific illustrator from the turn of the 19th century until her retirement in 1956 at age 79. She illustrated Baum’s Master Key, a wonderful Mother Goose and a syndicated newspaper cartoon amongst many other works. Sold separately, priced per piece at $350.00

A. Wake Robin. 5 x 5” A male flower fairy with a walking stick. B. Quaker Fairies. 5.5 x 3”. A fairy girl with flowers in apron. C. Day Dream. 5.5 x 5.5”. A fairy girl with a ribbon.

(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>)COUNTING BOOKS – 81-�, �48

IN THE STYLE OF ATTWELLMINT COPY IN BOX

1�4. (COWHAM,HILDA)illus. CURLY HEADS AND LONG LEGS. Lond: Raphael Tuck no date [1914]. 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, AS NEW IN PUBLISHER’S BOX. Stories and verses by Eric Vredenberg and others are illustrated by Cowham with 12 wonderful, bright color plates plus black and whites on nearly every page of text. Cowham was one of the first women illustrators for Punch magazine with her style similar to Mabel Lucy Attwell. This is an outstanding copy. $1200.00

GREAT BROWNIE ART135. COX,PALMER. BROWNIE ORIGINAL ART. This is a great drawing captioned in pencil “At the Zoo”. The image measures 5 1/2” wide x 4” high, signed and in Fine condition. Six Brownies are riding on an ostrich and three other brownies give directions on the ground. Directions to the printer are in the margin. There is incredible detail in the piece and the expressions of trepidation that the Brownies show are charming. It is very similar to the illustration on p. 101 of The Brownies Around the World who ride an ostrich in Arabia. $4250.00

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PUBLISHED BY McLOUGHLIN

136. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIE YEARBOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. (1895). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG+. Illustrated with fabulous full page chromos showingthe doings of the Brownies in full color, and with line illustrations on text pages. A nice copy. $500.00

RARE COX ADVERTISING BOOKLET

137. COX,PALMER. RHYME & REASON. (Clark’s Spool Cotton) circa 1890’s. 3.25 x 4.75”, pictorial wraps, 12p. including covers, VG. Each page has a full page illustration of a different scenario where Clark’s thread is saving the day. 4 lines of text in verse accompany the scenes where royalty, natives, Indians and more use Clark’s thread. Rare. $250.00

CRANE PICTURE BOOK138. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. CHATTERING JACK’S PICTURE BOOK. London: George Routledge & Sons, no date [1876]. 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), pictorial boards, slight spine rubbing else Fine. Containing 4 of Crane’s early toybooks bound with new cover design by Crane - Chattering Jack, How Jessie Was Lost, Grammar in Rhyme and Annie and Jack in London. Illustrated in color on every page in Crane’s early style including 32 full page illustrations printed on one side of the paper. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Rare and a great copy. $1500.00

1 OF 20 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM139. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. TRIPLETS. COMPRISING: BABY’S OPERA, BABY’S BOUQUET AND THE BABY’S OWN AESOP. Lond.: Routledge 1899. Sq. 4to, (12 1/2” wide x 12” high) original buckram, spine label, covers soiled, interior tight and Fine. NUMBER 17 OF ONLY 20 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPAN VELLUM, printed by Edmund Evans. Containing the three books by Crane printed in full color on vellum with wide margins. Crane wrote a new preface for this edition which also has new illustrations on the title and preface pages. Because the paper quality is so fine, the color reproductions are particularly beautiful. The book was most likely issued in this plain binding so that the owner would have his or her own custom (probably leather) binding done. Rare. $1500.00(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------->>>>>>)

WALTER CRANE - LARGE PAPER COPY140. (CRANE,WALTER)illus. THE ART OF WALTER CRANE by P.G. Konody. London: George Bell & Sons 1902. Folio (10 x 14”), blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover and spine, top edge gilt, [148]p., very slight cover soil else near fine. 1st edition. LARGE PAPER COPY PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS. This is a critical analysis of Crane’s work published during Crane’s prime. Tracing it from his earliest years, the text is divided into sections that include Art & Socialism, Art for the Nursery, Book Illustration, Walter Crane the painter and more. Illustrated with pictorial design for the cover, endpaper design and title page design all done specifically for this book. Featuring 24 color plates, 8 gravure plates and more than 100 black and white in-text illustrations. There is a helpful index plus lists of Crane’s wallpaper designs, published books and more. This is an essential and very readable reference work on Crane, quite scarce in such nice condition for the large paper edition. $950.00

WITH ORIGINAL CRUIKSHANK DRAWING - INLAID BINDING141. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or myths and marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby. London: Richard Bentley & Son 1887. Thick 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2”), 546p., the Carmine Edition. Finely bound in full black hard-grain morocco with seven characters from the book inlaid in multi-color leather (includes central figure of a devil, a witch, a friar and others). Raised bands on spine with an additional 4 inlaid color pictures in the compartments (witch’s hat, candlestick, urn, miter), decorative gilt dentelles, silk doublures and endpapers. Illustrated with 20 fine full page steel engravings and a few smaller woodcuts by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham to accompany the stories from all three series. Laid in is a FINE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK BY CRUIKSHANK showing an author seated at his desk with the menacing image of the devil looking at him in the window. $3500.00

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