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120. (DETMOLD,EDWARD) illus.

FABRE’S BOOK OF

INSECTS

retold by Mrs.

Randolph Stawell. London: Hodder

&

Stoughton,

no

date [1921]. Thick 4to, (9 x 11”), white cloth pictorially stamped

in

gold,

fore

edge has a few spots else Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw is frayed with a 2x3” piece off corner). Illustrated by Detmold with 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards.



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123. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY EN LAS CARRERAS [MICKEY MOUSE WADDLE BOOK]. Barcelona: Editorial Molino (1935 segunda edicion). 4to, pictorial boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. THIS COPY IS ORIGINAL AND INTACT. IT INCLUDES THE 4 WADDLE FIGURES UNPUNCHED, AND THE PICTORIAL BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE COVER! THE ORIGINAL PRINTED PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION ENVELOPE CONTAINS THE RAMP AND THE BRASS FASTENERS. Stamped “Archivo” on the instruction envelope, this copy is undoubtedly the publisher’s file copy which would account for its spectacular condition. The American edition published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Press is the first ever “waddle” title in which die-cut figures can be assembled into full three dimensional color figures. When attached to their legs with the brass pieces included, the figures can actually move down the ramp without contrivances! Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Mickey, Minnie, Pluto (the dog) and Tanglefoot (the horse). The book is illustrated by the Disney Studios with color endpapers, 12 bright full color illustrations and many b&w’s. This Spanish edition is identical to the American edition except for the translated text. This is a Disney book of the utmost rarity with few copies surviving complete with all of its original components intact. $8750.00

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LOVELY EDITION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” 121. DICKENS,CHARLES. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. London, New York, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, no date (owner pencilled date of 1912). 4to (7 ½ x 9 3/8”), red cloth with extensive gilt decoration and pictorial paste-on, some fraying at spine ends and spine slightly toned else VG. This edition is illustrated by A.C. Michael with 13 full page illustrations including 8 tipped-in color plates, 5 full page pen and inks plus smaller illustrations in text as well as pictorial endpapers. This is a lovely book. $225.00 LIMITED EDITION SIGNED 122. (DILLON,LEO AND DIANE) AIDA told by Leontyne Price based on Verdi’s opera. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1990). 4to (10 1/4 x 11 1/4”), purple gilt cloth, Fine in slipcase. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND AND SIGNED BY PRICE AND THE DILLONS. Magnificently illustrated in color by the Dillons. CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD. $200.00

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5 BOOKS IN ORIGINAL COLOR PICTORIAL BOX

124. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE BOX: FIVE BOOKS OF ADVENTURE STORIES WITH MICKEY AND HIS FRIENDS. Racine: Whitman 1939. Housed in a box measuring 10 ½” wide x 10” are 5 books oblong 5 ½ x 5”. The books have cloth spines and brightly colored pictorial covers, front and back. The books are in as new condition, the box has neat small repair on flap and is slightly dusty else near Fine. The titles include The Brave Little Tailor, The Ugly Duckling, The Practical Pig, Mother Pluto and The Farmyard Symphony. Each page of text faces a full page black and white illustration by the Disney Studios. This is an amazing set of Disney books, rare in the box. $1250.00

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6 MINT PINOCCHIO BOOKS IN BOX 125. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY’S BOX OF SIX PINOCCHIO BOOKS. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co. 1939, 1940. This is a group of 6 story / paint books, one for each character from Carlo Collodi’s classic book, all housed in the original pictorial box. The books measure 8 ½ x 11 ½” and are in fine, unused condition. Titles include: Pinocchio, Figaro and Cleo, Geppetto, J. Worthington Foulfellow, Gideon the Blue Fairy and Jiminy Cricket. The child can read the story and color the black and white pictures if he/she so chooses. A beautiful set, rarely found complete in the box. $875.00

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BULLDOGS BY VERNON STOKES 129. DOGS. A TOWN DOG IN THE COUNTRY by Vernon Stokes. (London: Chambers), no date, circa 1924. Folio (10 x 12”), pictorial boards, narrow 1/16th inch strip of darkening on corner of some pages else Fine in dust wrapper. The adventures in the country of a wonderful “city” bulldog named Blobbs is told in verse. Illustrated by Stokes with 10 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with more full page black and whites. This is an outstanding copy rarely found so intact with the dust wrapper. $800.00

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BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED FULLER PAPER DOLLS

126. DISNEY,WALT. ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1. Philadelphia: McKay (1931). 8vo, cloth backed stiff pictorial card covers, slight cover soil, near FINE AND BRIGHT! An early Disney item with fabulous color illustrations on every page of text. $1000.00

EARLY DISNEY IN DUST WRAPPER 127. DISNEY,WALT. THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK NUMBER 2. Philadelphia: McKay (1932). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw neatly repaired). Illustrated with color pictorial endpapers and color illustrations by the Disney Studios on every page. This is a really nice copy of a very scarce and early Disney book, rare in the dw. $1800.00 DISNEY SEE ALSO 353

BULLDOG ILLUSTRATED BY B. PARKER 128. DOGS. BLOBBS AT THE FAIR by Vernon Stokes and B. Parker. London: Chambers, no date, circa 1920. Folio (10 x 12”), pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing else Fine in dust wrapper. The misadventures of a wonderful bulldog named Blobbs at the fair are told in verse. Illustrated by Stokes and B. Parker with 11 fabulous full page chromolithographs and with more than 12 full page black & whites. This is a fantastic picture book, rarely found in such bright condition with dust wrapper. $800.00

130. DOLLS. (PAPER) PHOEBE, THE COTTAGE MAID. London: S. and J. Fuller 1811 (dated 1811 on cover of book and on slipcase, 1812 on title page). 16mo (4 x 5”), printed wraps, FINE in original slipcase with edges strengthened. Containing 7 very fine aquatinted and hand-colored figures, one head and two hats. The story relates the daily life of a peasant girl. She reappears in the next title in the Fuller series by becoming the wife of Hubert, The Cottage Youth. See Osborne p.1053, Gumuchian 2024-5, NBL 789 and Haining p.14-15 who notes that these Fuller books “were expensive even for the period ... are now exceedingly difficult to find.” A scarce title in this prized series. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $3850.00

DOLL HOUSE IN A BOOK 131. DOLLS. (NOVELTY) MY DOLLY’S HOME (BIDDIE’S ADVENTURE) by Doris Davey after Helen Waite. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton for Arts and General, (1921). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and light stain on the bottom of a few leaves else tight and VG, complete with the two sheets of paper doll figures uncut. There are 8 pages of text followed by vibrant color lithographed scenes (53) which follow the story. As each different part of the story is described, the reader uses the corresponding paper doll figures to re-enact the scenes as they progress from outside the house into the various rooms of the house. The rooms have doors and cupboards that open up into hiding places for the dolls, and each room is finely detailed with stylish furnishings of the era. A wonderful book, scarce. $850.00

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WITH INTERESTING LETTER FROM DU BOIS 132. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. THE GREAT GEPPY. NY: Viking 1940 (1940). 4to (7 ½ x 10”), striped cloth, 92p., VG+ in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is a circus- detective story illustrated with 22 color drawings and 48 black and whites by Du Bois. LAID-IN IS AN INTERESTING 1 1/3 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM DU BOIS DATED JULY 10, 1939: “When I last saw you, you said something about a letter from a child who objected to the fact that Geppy only had one eye. You said you had sent that letter to my New York address. I haven’t received it yet and I am quite worried about it because I would like to answer the child’s letter and also because you might have enclosed my check for the second installment. Would you please look it up and let me know about it. If you sent me the name and address of the child I could answer him, or her without seeing the letter. Sincerely yours, Bill Pene du Bois. P.S. Also I have much need for the check.” See Bader p.176. DU BOIS SEE ALSO 429. $600.00

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DULAC’S SIGNED / LIMITED “TEMPEST” 135. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Large 4to, full gilt vellum binding, silk ties renewed, top edge gilt, near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates on heavy stock. A magnificent copy of a sumptuous book. $2500.00

DUMMIES ( BOOK MOCK-UPS) - 182, 263, 278, 388

133. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE DREAMER OF DREAMS by The Queen of Roumania. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1915]. 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), grey gilt cloth stamped in blue, circular fade spot on rear cover (not visible with dust wrapper on) else Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw frayed with some soil but VG). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 6 beautiful tipped-in color plates with tissue guards to accompany a magical fairy tale. Quite scarce in dw. $750.00

RARE DUPLAIX PICTURE BOOK WITH HUMANIZED PIGS 136. DUPLAIX,GEORGES. GASTON AND JOSEPHINE IN AMERICA. NY: Oxford University Press (1934). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), pictorial boards, small spot on cover else Fine in VG++ dust wrapper. First edition. These wonderful French pigs take a trip to America. Because they spend all of their money on Fifth Avenue in New York City they must find work to support themselves. They travel out West where they become movie stars and take all of the prizes in a Wild West Rodeo. Written and illustrated by Duplaix with the text in calligraphy and featuring full page and large partial page color illustrations throughout. Printed by Rudge. This is an unusually fine copy in a scarce dw. First editions in this condition are rare. See Bader p. 278. $950.00

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DULAC IN DUST WRAPPER 134. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold by L. Housman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1907]. Thick large 4to (9 x 11”), gilt decorated cloth, xvi, 133p., Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper with mounted color plate (soiled area on dw). First edition in this preferred format, illustrated with the 50 beautiful tipped in color plates with guards interspersed throughout the text instead of all together at the back of the book. This is a beautiful copy of an increasingly scarce book, rarely found with the dust wrapper. $2200.00

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INSCRIBED AND WITH LETTER 137. DUVOISIN,ROGER. THE HOUSE OF FOUR SEASONS. NY: Lothrop Lee and Shepard (1956, 11th printing). 4to (8 1/4 x 10”), pictorial cloth, durable binding for library use, Fine in dust wrapper with a few small edge chips. Artfully illustrated by Duvoisin in bright colors on every page. This copy is inscribed by Duvoisin plus laid-on is a handwritten letter to a fan and an unused greeting card with an original design of 2 penguins on the cover. This is a special copy of a very scarce Duvoisin title. $200.00

VERY SCARCE CALDECOTT WINNER 138. (DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. WHITE SNOW BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin Tresselt. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1947. 4to (9 x 10 ½”), pictorial boards, Fine condition in nice dust wrapper with a few small closed tears, not price clipped, award seal). 1st edition, 1st printing. Wonderful color illustrations are on every page by Duvoisin. This is an excellent copy of the 1948 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, very difficult to find in any condition. $950.00

1787 ISAIAH THOMAS AMERICAN NAUGHTY CHILDREN

139. EARLY AMERICAN. THE JUVENILE BIOGRAPHER; containing the lives of little masters and misses; including a variety of good and bad characters. By a little biographer. The First Worcester Edition [attributed to Richard Johnson by Welch]. Worcester, Massachusetts. Isaiah Thomas ..., Sold also by. ; E. Battelle, Boston 1787. 32mo, (2 ½ x 3 7/8”), viii [9] 10-119 [120], [4]p. ads, [4]p. blank. Two faint blind stamps on title, occasional spot else VG in (later?) floral patterned paper wraps, housed in custom cloth box. First American edition from British John Newbery title. Fictitious biographies of various naughty and good children meant to teach morals. Illustrated with 20 woodcuts, tailpieces & ornamental rules including a frontis cut titled “The Bust of the Little Author”. The stories include: Miss Betsey Allgood -- Master Bill Bad-enough -- Miss Nancy Careful -- Master Sammy Careful -- Miss Fanny Daudle – Master Billy Easy -- Miss Polly Charity -- Master Simon Lovepenny – Miss Betsey Pert -- Master Dickey Sprightly -- Miss Charlotte Thoughtful -Master Jenny Studious -- Miss Amelia Lovebook – Master Isaac Curious -- Miss Fiddle Faddle – Master Billy Bashful -- Miss Fanny Squeamish -- Master Tommy Prudence -- Miss Polly Honeycomb -- Master Francis Bacon. See Rosenbach 119, Evans 20440, Welch 680.1. Quite scarce. $1950.00

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HAND COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS 140. EARLY AMERICAN. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CORONATION REGALIA OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND; WITH THE DEGREES AND COSTUME OF DIFFERENT RANKS. Philadelphia: Morgan and Yeager, no date, circa 1825. Printed wraps 4 1/4 x 7”, some offsetting and slight foxing, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 12 very fine hand colored copperplate engravings full of detail. Rosenbach 665. Very scarce. $1500.00

NEWBURYPORT 1797 141. EARLY AMERICAN. DR. WATTS’S PLAIN AND EASY CATECHISMS FOR CHILDREN AND PRESERVATIVE FROM THE SINS AND FOLLIES OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH: To which is added the SHORTER CATECHISM with EXPLANATORY NOTES: also, some short PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN. Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt 1797. 16mo (3 1/4 x 5 ½”), leather backed wooden boards covered with paper, iv, [5]. 6-154p., lacks free endpapers, paper on boards worn off on corner of front cover, spine ends chipped, some foxing, tight and VG. First edition, meant “to furnish some introductory easy and concise forms of knowledge... upon the minds of children in a way more suited to their feeble capacities.” Evans 33167, not in Welch or Rosenbach. $1200.00

ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NAUGHTY BOYS 142. EARLY AMERICAN. LITTLE PRATTLE OVER A BOOK OF PRINTS, WITH EASY TALES FOR CHILDREN. Philadelphia: J. Johnson 1808. 3” x 5 1/4”, marbled wraps, 60p.. some chipping and a few tiny mends, light soil, VG+. First American edition. The text is composed of short cautionary stories, many about cruelty to animals and naughty boys. Illustrated with fine woodcuts throughout the text. The text is taken from Darton and Harvey’s 1804 edition, however there is a change for the American edition referring to the Fourth of July in the story about Playing With Gunpowder. Rosenbach 372, Shaw and Shoemaker series 2 (early American imprints) 15439. Quite scarce. $1200.00

Helen & Marc Younger MUSIC AND EXERCISE 143. EARLY AMERICAN. CALISTHENIC SONGS ILLUSTRATED. FOR THE USE OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS by Flora Parsons. NY: Ivison, Blakeman Taylor (1869), Oblong 7 x 5”, gilt lettered cloth, 68p. plus index, light shelf wear, VG+. Nearly every page of musical notation faces an illustrated page of calisthenics with detailed directions. The author explains that the music, the lyrics and the calisthenics were all original done specifically for this book. $200.00

1797 BALTIMORE 144. EARLY AMERICAN. DAS KLEINE DAVIDSCHE PSALTERSPIEL DER KINDERS ZIONS, von alten und neuen Auserlesenen geists Gesängen, allen wahren Heilsbegierigen Säuglingen der Weisheit, insonderheit aber denen Gemeinden des Herrn, zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen in gegenwärtigbeliebiger Form und Ordnung. Nebst einem dreyfachen, darzu nützlichen und der Materien halben nöthigen Register. Zweyte verbesserte auflage, Baltimore: Samuel Saur 1797. 8vo, full leather, metal clasps, 572p. [+ register], bound with Die Kleine Harpe dated 1792. Normal rubbing and wear, VG. A popular book first published in Germany in 1791, “ The American edition also became quite popular with some sects, Dunkers, Mennonites, etc.” Curiously, although the book is dated 1797, the second section is dated 1792 and the owner inscription is dated 1792 as well. Evans 31815. $1500.00

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CHAPBOOK - CUT OF “A JEW” ON REAR COVER 147. EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. London: Houlston & Son, no date, circa 1820. 24mo (2 ½ x 4), pictorial wraps, 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The traditional nursery rhyme is illustrated with woodcuts on each page plus cuts on both covers. The rear cover has a cut titled “A Jew” showing a stereotypical Jewish man with beard and hat carrying a box of wares for sale. $350.00

HAND-COLORED MOTHER GOOSE 148. EARLY ENGLISH. BYSH’S EDITION OF NURSERY RHYMES. London: Printed by T. Richardson for J. Bysh, no date but owner inscribed 1828. 3 ½ x 5 ½”, pictorial wraps, 36p., bound in later marbled boards, top and bottom margins of front cover trimmed, final leaf lacking a piece from the bottom resulting in the loss of a few lines of text on each side, housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. 52 nursery rhymes are illustrated with 6 fanciful full page handcolored engravings, each page with 2 pictures. Most of the rhymes although familiar are definitely different from the versions we know today. The final 10 pages have select pieces such as My Mother, My Sister, etc. $275.00 1808 FLOWER FAIRIES - HARRIS PUBLICATION 149. EARLY ENGLISH. FLORA’S GALA. London: J. Harris 1808. 4 x 5”, bound without wrappers in later full leather binding with gilt design, leather slightly bowed else Fine. 4 lines from Darwin’s Botanic Garden are on the title. The text in verse tells about the flower fairies’ gala. Illustrated with 6 fine handcolored copperplate engravings, well printed by H. Bryer. Scarce and quite lovely. See Moon 291. $1200.00

145. EARLY AMERICAN. PORTFOLIO FOR YOUTH by Robert Ramble [John Frost]. Philadelphia: J. Crissy 1835. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), leather backed boards, xvi, 17-352p., ink from owners name bled through to 2 leaves, spine ends worn, edges rubbed, some foxing, tight and VG. First edition (and probably only edition). Written as a series of stories and fables by Captain Ramble for his nephew Frank Hearty and illustrated with numerous engravings. Robert Ramble was the pseudonym of John Frost, a prolific author in the mid 1800s. $300.00

HAND-COLORED WITH NAUGHTY BOY BEING SPANKED 146. EARLY DUTCH. PRENTENBOEK [by] H.J. T. Matveld. Leyden ca 1840. 16mo, printed wraps, fine. A nice hand-colored Dutch picture book for children with each page featuring a fine illustration with a caption. One in particular shows a bare bottomed boy being hit with a broom by his mother. $300.00

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KENDREW CHAPBOOK 150. EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK [by Richard Johnson]. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 7/8”), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 14 woodcuts to accompany this tale of a worthy orphan, also includes Little Boy Blue rhyme integrated into the story. Osborne p.270. See Opie Collection Treasures of Childhood p. 10 for others in this series. $175.00

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KENDREW “JACK DANDY” CHAPBOOK 151. EARLY ENGLISH. 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

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RARE EARLY AUSTRIAN PICTURE BOOK ENGRAVED BY NEIDL

152. EARLY GERMAN. NEUESTE KLEINIGKEITEN FUR LIEBE JUGEND EIN BILDERBUCH ZUM NUZEN UND BERGNUGEN. Vienna: Johann Neidl, no date, circa 1810. Oblong 8 ½” x 6 3/4”, original marbled wraps with printed label, title page plus 6 leaves, near Fine condition. Each of the 6 pages printed on one side, has 20 fine hand colored engravings of a wide variety of things: children playing different games, animals, musical instruments, clocks, weapons, flowers and more. There is short text in verse at the bottom of each page. Johann Neidl, who published this book, was also a highly regarded engraver best known for his portraits of Beethoven and Haydn. He also engraved the illustrations for this book. Rare. $2000.00

3 ALEXANDRA EXTER PERE CASTOR PANORAMAS EXTER,ALEXANDRA. PANORAMAS. Offered here are 3 Pere Castor panoramas illustrated by Russian emigré artist ALEXANDRA EXTER and published in Paris by Flammarion. All have text by Marie Colmont. The panoramas measure 9 3/4” square bound in pictorial card covers, opening to 8 feet. One side of the panorama has a striking full color illustration. The other side has the text and is illustrated in black & white. In his article on Russian emigré artists (DAPA Winter 1989), A. L. de Saint-Rat comments about Pere Castor books: “If a break was to be made in format and style, Exter was to make it in the grandest manner... [the panoramas] are masterpieces of graphic design unsurpassed to this day.” Priced individually at $525.00 153. PANORAMA DE LA COTE. (THE COAST) 1938. slight soil VG+. 154. PANORAMA DE LA MONTAGNE (MOUNTAIN) 1938. Slight soil, VG+. 155. PANORAMA DU FLEUVE (RIVER) 1937. Slight soil VG. FABLES - 45, 55

EDUCATION - 11. 143. 192 ELEPHANTS - 356, 401 ENGLEBRECHT - 335 ESKIMO 171



EICHENBERG, FRITZ - 169 EMBERLEY, ED - 3 ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT - 38 EVANS, EDMUND - 40

CHEWING GUM PIXIES 156. FAIRIES. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TEABERRY. Pittsburgh: Clark Chewing Gum Co. (1944). 4to (8 X 10 1/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of tip wear else fine in dust wrapper with corner chip. The story tells of a little boy who meets a family of pixies in the woods. TeaberryTicklebeard is the King of the Pixies and he, along with Chicle, Tickle, Nickle, Dixie, Rixie and Nixie, take the little boy on a guided tour of how they produce Clark chewing gum in Teaberry Town. Illustrated in typical 40’s style in bright full colors by Ben Jorj Harris. LAID IN IS AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER explaining “This book was prepared.. before the paper shortage became acute and we subsequently stopped production on it so that we only have a limited supply now.” Great copy. $200.00

Helen & Marc Younger LOVELY HUMANIZED BUTTERFLIES 157. FAIRIES. BUTTERFLY BABIES by George Butler. Chicago: Magill Weinsheimer [1917]. 16mo (4 1/4 x 6”), pictorial boards, light soil and spine rubbing, VG+. Every other page features the most wonderful and unusual humanized butterfly fairies - many representing different nationalities. Includes a Black Pickaninny butterfly eating watermelon, Brown Malays, American Indians, Japanese and more! Text is in verse. Quite unusual. $250.00 NEW ZEALAND FAIRIES 158. FAIRIES. MAORI MOTHS by Margaret Wells. Wellington, N.Z.: Harry Tombs, no date. 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, [27] p., VG+. The story told in verse and prose is about tiny fairies of Aotearoa who battle dragons that live in volcanos, and giants. Wonderfully illustrated. by EDNA KUALA with 1 color plate, 4 black & white plates plus numerous black & whites in text. A lovely fairy book. $275.00 159. FAIRIES. ROSE FYLEMAN FAIRY BOOK. London: Methuen (1923). 4to, blue cloth, VG+. 1st edition. A book of fairy poetry, illustrated by HILDA MILLER with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates, 12 delicate black and whites in text and pictorial endpapers. (See Meigs p.592 and Realms of Gold p. 77). A lovely fairy book. $475.00

GERMAN BOOK OF FLOWER FAIRIES 160. FAIRIES. VOM ELFLEIN DAS SIENEN NAMEN VERGAS [THE ELF THAT FORGOT HIS NAME] von L. Schultz - Kunstmann. Dresden: Walter Flechsig (1936). 8vo (5 ½ x 7 3/4”), boards, pictorial paste-on, 31p., boards lightly toned else VG+. 1st edition. The text is a fantasy taking place in the forest where flowers come alive. Illustrated by Mathilde Ritter with 4 beautiful color plates and 22 charming color illustrations in-text showing a host of humanized flowers, insects and more. Delicate and well printed. $250.00 FAIRIES SEE ALSO 27, 149, 163, 330, 344

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HERBERT COLE ILLUSTRATIONS 161. FAIRY TALES. FAIRY GOLD: A BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH FAIRY TALES ed. by Ernest Rhys. London & NY: Dent & Dutton 1906. Thick 8vo (6 x 8”), gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, 474p., light cover rubbing else VG+. First edition of this outstanding book of nearly 70 fairy tales of English origin. Illustrated by HERBERT COLE with 12 color plates and 70 beautiful drawings with the color work similar to Walter Crane and the line illustrations reminiscent of Burne Jones and Robert Anning Bell. First editions are rare. $450.00 BEAUTIFUL TRADE BINDING 162. FAIRY TALES. HOUSEHOLD TALES AND FAIRY STORIES. London, New York and Manchester: George Routledge 1893 (1893). Thick 8vo (6 ½ x 8 ½”), brown cloth with beautiful gilt pictorial cover and spine, 567p., VG-Fine. Nearly 50 fairy tales are included - traditional and lesser known. Illustrated with over 100 very fine engravings by F.A. Fraser, J. D. Watson, Alfred Croquill, J. Absolon, Harrison Weir, H.K. Browne, John Gilbert and others including 6 lovely full page chromolithographs. Well printed and a fine example of a turn of the 19th century book of fairy tales. $300.00 FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES 163. FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES by Olivia McCabe. Chicago: Rand McNally (1911). Small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 133p., slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st edition. Six original fairy stories including the title, The White Cock of the Enchanted Palace, The Shoes of Silence, Fairy Twilight and the Princess, Prince of the Sun Bright Isle and The Little Girl and the Crow in Fairyland. Illustrated by HOPE DUNLOP with 12 beautiful color plates plus black & whites in-text and pictorial endpapers. $275.00

MCLOUGHLIN CINDERELLA 164. FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER. (book cover reads “and”, first page reads “or”). NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1865. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), pictorial wraps highlighted in gold, mounted on linen, Fine condition. This title in the Fairy Moonbeam Series features 8 brightly colored half-page illustrations that are well printed. Listed as a “New Series” on the rear cover. This book comes from a 19th century drug store whose contents were found intact which accounts for the gilt cover retaining its sparkle. Beautiful copy. $300.00

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WARNE TOY BOOK 165. FAIRY TALES. (DICK WHITTINGTON) THE OLD BALLAD OF DICK WHITTINGTON. London: Warne, no date, circa 1870. 4to, wraps, slight offsetting on text pages else near fine. Each page is mounted on linen. Illustrated with 6 very fine full page chromolithographs printed by Kronheim. $300.00

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HOLIDAY HOUSE BOXED SET INCLUDING NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 169. FAIRY TALES. A PRESENT FOR GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. NY: Holiday House (1937). This is a set of 4 “stocking stuffer” books in the original slip case. Titles include: The Night Before Christmas (illus. by Ilse Bischoff), Old Woman and Her Pig / Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse (illus. by Jack Tinker), Cinderella (illus. by Hilda Scott) and Dick Whittington and His Cat (illus. by Fritz Eichenberg). They measure 3 ½” wide x 5” high, cloth backed pictorial boards, except for edge toning on one book, all are in Fine condition in the publisher’s pictorial slip case (small stain on case). Designed by Helen Gentry (formerly of the Grabhorn Press) and printed by Rudge, they are all illustrated with charming color woodcuts. Little books for little hands that children find irresistible. This boxed set is rare. See Bader p.212 who describes the books in this series as “revolutionary little revivals.” $375.00

JACK & THE BEANSTALK STECHER LITHOS 166. FAIRY TALES. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. NY: George Sully (1920). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 1/4”), pictorial boards, slight spine wear else Fine IN PUBLISHER’S PICTORIAL BOX. Illustrated by W. Stecher with beautiful full page and smaller color lithographs including pictorial endpapers. Done in the same style and format of the Volland Sunny Books series, this is a great version of a classic. $125.00

1861 HAND-COLORED 167. FAIRY TALES. (THREE LITTLE PIGS) THREE TINY PIGS. London: Dean & Son, 1861. 4to (6 ½ x 9 7/8”), pictorial wraps, small part of spine rubbed else near Fine. Papa PleaseWell Series. The traditional fairy tale about the 3 little pigs who leave home to build their own houses and their encounters with the Wolf. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 8 large 3/4 page hand-colored illustrations with the text of the story below each picture. The illustrations used here are the same as those in McLoughlin’s Three Tiny Pigs from the Mama Lovechild Series with a different cover. Scarce. $500.00 H.J. FORD ILLUSTRATIONS 168. FAIRY TALES. OLD FRIENDS AMONG THE FAIRIES: selected and edited by Andrew Lang. London et al: Longmans Green 1926. 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 ½”), green pictorial cloth, VG+. 1st edition. 23 fairy tales from traditional to those less known, are illustrated by H.J. Ford with 4 beautiful tipped-in color plates, lovely dragon motif cover design and pictorial endpapers. Also featuring a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites by Ford, G.P. Jacomb Hood and Lanceclot Speed. An interesting and uncommon book of tales. $175.00

WELSH FAIRY TALES 170. FAIRY TALES. (WALES) WONDER TALES OF ANCIENT WALES by Bernard Henderson. Boston: Small Maynard [1921]. 4to, blue pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, 166p., slightest cover soil, VG+. 13 Welsh fairy tales, illustrated by DORIS WILLIAMSON with 8 wonderful color plates reminiscent of Anne Anderson plus black & whites in text. $250.00

FAIRY TALES - 4, 60, 68, 94, 98, 133, 161-70, 197, 211-12, 236, 239, 241, 243-5, 249, 259, 274-6, 280, 322-4, 369-9, 375, 393, 404, 420, 458, 472, 475

RARE ESKIMO POLAR FANTASY - ANIMAL RIGHTS 171. FANTASY. ICE KIDS by Constance White. Chicago: M.A. Donohue (1910). 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges worn, some cover soil, overall VG condition with strong binding and internally Fine. This is the adventure of 2 Eskimo boys named Abba and Babba who are taken to the magical City of Rainbows under the sea ruled by the Great Walrus. In exchange for their lifelong safety the Walrus demands that they stop killing all animals and to eat only vegetables and eggs which the Walrus would provide. Surviving many harrowing adventures the boys eventually arrive home. Printed on heavy coated paper, there are many brightly colored full page and smaller illustrations by White done with a fanciful flair. This is a great American picture book, Rare. $600.00

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Helen & Marc Younger SIGNED 172. (FEELINGS,TOM)illus. SOUL LOOKS BACK IN WONDER. Books (1993). Oblong 10 3/4 x 9 3/4”0, cloth backed boards, As new in as new dust wrapper. First printing (1-10 code). Feelings compiled poems by 13 major Black poets which he illustrated with striking color illustrations on every page. Includes Maya Anjelou, Lucille Clifton, Langston Hughes, Mari Evans and more. THIS COPY HAS TOM FEELINGS’ BOLD SIGNATURE laid-in on Dial stationery. $100.00

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INSCRIBED BY FIELD * ELVES AND FAIRIES 173. FIELD,RACHEL. ELIZA AND THE ELVES. NY: Macmillan 1926 (1926). 8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, 96p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw nickel size piece off upper corner a few other chips, VG). 1st edition. All you ever wanted to know about elfland is told in prose and verse. Illustrated by ELIZABETH MACKINSTRY with color wrapper, pictorial endpapers, 2 color plates and a profusion of black and whites throughout the text. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FIELD, DATED SEPTEMBER 19th, 1926. Quite scarce in the wrapper and a wonderful book. $400.00 INSCRIBED BY FIELD 174. FIELD,RACHEL. HEPATICA HAWKS. NY: Macmillan 1932 (Oct. 1932). 8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, 239p., VG-Fine in dust wrapper (few archival mends on verso). 1st printing. The story is set in a traveling freak show and Hepatica is part of the show. Illustrated by Allen Lewis with woodcuts. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FIELD: “For Louise One of Hepatica’s earliest friends and well wishers with love in October 1932. Rachel” $275.00

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INSCRIBED BY FIELD 175. FIELD,RACHEL. A LITTLE BOOK OF DAYS. NY: Doubleday Page 1927 (1927). 4 ½ x 5 3/4”, green cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw worn, ½” piece off backstrip, soiled, Good condition). Stated first edition. A charming book, each page of text faces a wonderful full page illustration by Field. The text in verse presents short poems about different holidays and significant days in a child’s life. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED AND DATED 1927 BY FIELD. See Realms of Gold p. 45. Quite scarce with dust wrapper and inscription. $225.00

INSCRIBED WITH SKETCH / SILHOUETTES 176. FIELD,RACHEL. THE POINTED PEOPLE. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1924 (1924). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ½”), cloth, spine faded else VG+. 1st edition. Field wrote a book of poems arranged in categories and also illustrated it with 17 full page and many smaller silhouettes. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED WITH A SKETCH “For my distinguished “Twin” from Rachel Lyman Field. September 19, 1924. Below the inscription Field drew a sailboat on the water. A special copy of a charming book. $300.00

FABULOUS COPY IN BOX 177. (FISHER,HARRISON)illus. A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907 October). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), tan cloth, pictorial paste-on, nearly As New with original blue ribbon, glassine wrapper and pictorial box (box worn on flaps). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated with 20 beautiful full page color illustrations of women by Fisher. The text is in verse surrounded by lovely art nouveau decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. This is an unusually nice copy. $850.00

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-- LAUREN FORD’S CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead (1963). Oblong 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. LAID IN ARE THREE WOODCUTS on Japan paper for the illustrations in the book.

RARE ANGUS FIRST EDITION 178. FLACK,MARJORIE. ANGUS AND THE CAT. NY: Doubleday Doran 1931 (1931). Oblong 8vo, pictorial boards, near Fine in dust wrapper with rectangular pieces off blank edge of dw flap. Stated 1st ed. The second of Flack’s marvelous picture books about this little Scottie, with bold color illustrations on every page. See Bader p. 61-3. Rare. $850.00 FLOWERS - 104, 105, 149, 160, 34, 467



-- COPIES OF AN APPRECIATION of Ford published the year of her death providing biographical and bibliographical information. INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING -- ORIGINAL DRAWING AND AN ARRAY OF 21 ETCHINGS OR WOODCUTS AND 7 CARDS WITH ENGRAVINGS BY FORD. Many signed, and several possibly used for some of the many beautiful greeting cards Ford did. Included is an original signed pencil drawing 4 ½” wide x 7 “ high. It is a most beautiful and detailed pencil drawing of a nativity scene with Mary holding Baby Jesus, a man by her side, a young boy seated looking up at all of them. They are surrounded by a donkey, a bull and 2 lambs. FORD, H.J. 168, 243

The collection. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $5500.00

LAUREN FORD COLLECTION

179. FORD,LAUREN. COLLECTION. We are pleased to be able to offer this interesting collection of Lauren Ford material including special copies of books, original art and more. Lauren Ford (1891-1973) was not only an award winning illustrator of children’s books but she wrote them as well. According to her mother, she began to draw at the age of only four and eventually studied with F.V. du Mond and George Bridgman. She began professionally by illustrating her mother’s books and dust wrappers (her mother was noted children’s author Julia Ellsworth Ford). She first collaborated with her mother on Imagina which was illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In 1923 she illustrated entirely on her own, her mother’s book Pan and Santa Claus. In 1926 she held her first one man show at the Feragil Gallery in New York which sold-out. Ford is perhaps best known for two books, the Ageless Story, which was a Caldecott Honor title in 1940, and the Little Book About God about which Mahoney and Whitney wrote: “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and the book has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages” (See 5 Years of Children’s Books p.18, 148-9). In Illustrator’s of Children’s books p. 242, Mahoney and Whitney comment that with the publication of the last mentioned books “it is as if Botticelli’s angels found themselves dressed in blue gingham in a Connecticut farmhouse and feeling perfectly at home there. And with it they have lost none of their beauty though translated into a homely modern setting.” Her art hangs at the Metropolitan in New York, Washington’s Corcoran, Art Institute of Chicago and other major museums. Following are the details: -- A BOOK OF FUNNY ONES - AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. This item features 38 watercolor illustrations plus text done for an unpublished book by Ford (possibly not complete). Oblong 8vo on paper, penciled title page dated 1908, reading “Pictured by L.F., versified by S.F.” (most likely Ford’s father whose name was Simeon). The illustrations themselves are signed by Lauren and many are dated 1897 which would represent her earliest work! According to the dust wrapper blurb from Lauren Ford’s Christmas Book “her mother is the authority for the statement that Ford began to draw at the age of four.” They are necessarily rather childish - she was only 4 years old - yet they are all the more remarkable for that. -- PAN AND SANTA CLAUS by Julia Ellsworth Ford. NY: Dutton (1923). Slim 12mo, cloth, fine in frayed dw. 1st ed. Illus. with lovely color dust wrapper repeated as color frontis.

ONE OF TWO COPIES WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR

-- THE LITTLE BOOK ABOUT GOD. NY: Doubleday Doran 1934 (1934). 8vo, full red leather binding with gilt decorations (by the French Binders), Fine. Stated 1st edition. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER WITH AN EXQUISITE ORIGINAL SIGNED WATERCOLOR BY FORD BOUND IN. Laid in is a letter from the original owner (who was Ford’s editor at Doubleday) discussing the production process and the difficulty and expense of printing in 7 colors. She notes: “ The text was scrawled in ink by Lauren...Marguerite hand-lettered the whole thing for me as a work of love because she had always admired Lauren’s paintings and wanted to help me to make this little book a possibility.” With handlettered text, this is magnificently illustrated in color on every page (litho’d by Glaser). Cited as a Notable Picture Book in 5 Yrs. of Children’s Books (p.18, 148-9) it says “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and the book has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages.” A special copy. LIMITED EDITION INCLUDING 4 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS -- AGELESS STORY. NY: Dodd Mead 1939 (1939). 4to, 1/4 cloth, Fine in worn slipcase. 1st edition. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES, this with AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING ON ENDPAPER! (drawing of an angel). Magnificently illustrated in rich colors with gold highlights. LAID IN ARE 4 OF THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS used for the illuminated pictorial initials next to which is Ford’s hand-done musical notation for the Gregorian songs. SIGNED WITH A DRAWING -- OUR LADY’S BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead 1962. 8vo, cloth, Fine in worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Signed by Ford with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color.

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Helen & Marc Younger BATIK CHILDREN’S BOOK 180. (FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin des Modes no date [1931]. Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4”), printed on cloth, slightest of cover soil, near Fine. One of the first BATIK printed books (using vegetable dyes) this features Francoise’s charming, stylized full color illustrations on every page. Quite scarce and certainly unusual. Bader (p.52) calls this book “a minor work of art” and adds that Francoise’s sense of space and composition is strongest in this book. (pictured on Bader p. 53). A nice copy. $1200.00 FRASCONI & PABLO NERUDA WITH SIGNED WOODCUT 181. (FRASCONI,ANTONIO)illus. BESTIARY by Pablo Neruda. NY: Harcourt Brace World (1965). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in glassine and slipcase with printed label. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED BY FRASCONI AND THE PRINTER (JOSEPH BLUEMTHAL), THIS IS PART OF A SPECIAL UNSTATED LIMITATION WITH AN ORIGINAL 3-COLOR WOODCUT SIGNED BY FRASCONI. Printed on Rives mouldmade paper and illustrated by Fransconi with striking woodcuts done in orange and black printed from the original blocks. Neruda’s text is in both English and Spanish. $850.00

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3 WATERCOLOR MOCK-UPS / SHAKESPEARE

182. FREEMAN,DON. WILL’S QUILL. Offered here are 3 progressive mock ups plus separate watercolor designs for the title page by Freeman for his highly regarded book Will’s Quill published by Viking in 1975. The story is about a country goose in England named Willoughby Waddle and how he changes history when he meets, is befriended by and ultimately helps William Shakespeare. 1. The first mock up is in a large oblong artist pad (17 x 11”) with a fabulous watercolor of Willoughby and his quill filling the entire cover. Inside are 11 watercolors for the book and one pencil sketch, all in preliminary form with no text other than the title. (There are also 2 pen sketches of D. Bronkowski). 2. The second mock up is in a plain folder 8 ½ x 11 3/4” that includes 28 pages of typed text, each page with a watercolor, plus a double page title illustration, a half title watercolor and a copyright page watercolor. On some pages you can see several versions of the text and there are pen corrections. 3. The third mock up is 9 x 12” and has 30 pages of typed text in more finished state with fewer corrections. There are many changes from mock up 2. There are 31 watercolors plus cover. 4. Also included are 6 different watercolor ideas for the cover, a watercolor concept for one of the text illustrations, one pen drawing and a page of text with a rough concept for one of the pages, written in ink by Freeman with an ink sketch. Taken together, this really demonstrates the creative process involved in writing a picture book. It is rare to have 3 mock ups and art for one book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $7500.00



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FOLIO PICTURE BOOK 183. FRENCH. FRANCOIS I by Gustave Toudouze. Paris: Boivin 1909. Folio, pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, corners bumped and slight cover soil, VG. 1st edition. This is a lavishly produced book printed on heavy paper with each page individually hinged into the book. Illustrated with remarkably detailed and vivid full page color illustrations (some double-paged) by ROBIDA. Really a beauty with a magnificent pictorial cover. One of the scarcest titles in this series. $600.00

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COMIC ARTIST ARSENE BRIVOT 184. FRENCH. JOJO RICHISSIME by Arsene Brivot. Paris: Editions Prima (1930. Large 4to (9 x 12 3/4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges worn, some cover soil, VG. Jojo, an orphan, discovers he has inherited millions of dollars but he must travel to Australia to claim it. He goes with his “Uncle” and they have adventure after adventure. Written comic book style each page is divided into panels with vivid color illustrations by the author. $150.00

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FRENCH SEE ALSO 1, 10, 1, 23-4, 52-3, 114, 153-5, 180, 216-18, 256, 278, 283-90, 307, 326, 329, 336, 339-40, 342, 353, 394

GERMAN MOVEABLE

188. FREUD,TOM SEIDMANN. DAS ZAUBERBOOT. Berlin: Stuffer 1930 (1929 7-11 tausand). 4to (8 x 9 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil and a few internal spots else VG-fine and complete. This is a very rare MOVEABLE BOOK done by the niece of Sigmund Freud. Her moveable books were immediately hailed for their innovations, but because of her Jewish heritage, most copies of her books were destroyed and very few remain intact today. In this book, there are a variety of moveable pages including a revolving wheel and a Punch and Judy theatre. There is also a grid with cut-outs that enables the reader to develop 4 different stories from one page, and a clever tale that lets the reader make part of the illustrations disappear using special red paper. Hurlimann (p. 216-17) mentions these innovative books, remarkable not only for their moveable parts but for their integration of suitable text with artistic achievement. $2000.00

STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 185. FRENCH. PIAF LE CHEVAL ENCHANTE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1936. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear, near Fine condition. This story about an enchanted horse is illustrated by Rene Gabriel with the most striking art deco illustrations on every page. Printed on good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Rene Gabriel is best known as a noted furniture designer. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00 STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 186. FRENCH. PIPHAGNE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear and soil, near Fine condition. This story is about a man named Piphagne who creates a group of automatons, and his adventures with them. Illustrated by Turenne Chevallereau with truly striking art deco illustrations on every page. Printed on good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00 STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 187. FRENCH. SYLVESTRE LE SALTIMBANQUE: PRINCE DES 4 CHEMINS by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear and soil, near Fine condition. This story tells about the life and adventures of a man named Sylvestre who can magically change his appearance. Illustrated by Turenne Chevallereau with truly striking art deco illustrations on every page. Printed on good quality paper with pure, vivid colors. Leon Chancerel was active and influential in theatrical training with emphasis on improvisation. This is a title in Les Albums de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really fantastic. $350.00

TOM SEIDMANN FREUD (SIGMUND FREUD’S NIECE) 189. (FREUD,TOM [SEIDMANN])illus. DAVID THE DREAMER by Ralph Bergengren. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press (1922). Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/2”), green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 67p., Fine condition in the rare dust wrapper (dw chipped and mended on verso). The story is an unusual fantasy about a young boy and his dream adventures, magnificently illustrated by Freud with stylized color plates that are aesthetically pleasing and artistically Art Deco in style. Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was a German children’s book illustrator who was one of the pioneers of the avant garde art movement “neue sachlichkeit” in post WWI Germany that coincided with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations in children’s books were felt the world over. This book marks her first American appearance, rare in the dust wrapper. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $2500.00

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Helen & Marc Younger FROST, A.B. - 74, 214 FURNISS, HARRY - 78-80

FULLER PAPER DOLLS - 130 FYLEMAN, ROSE - 159

SCARCE GAG CALDECOTT HONOR TITLE 190. GAG,WANDA. NOTHING AT ALL. NY: Coward-McCann (1941). Oblong 9 3/4 x 6 3/4”, orange pictorial boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with 1 small edge chip. 1st edition (correct price, no add. printings listed). This story of an invisible dog has hand-lettered text and beautiful color lithographs on nearly every page (litho’d by GLASER). Despite its relatively late date, this is an incredibly scarce title and this is a beautiful copy. See Bader p.37. CALDECOTT HONOR. $750.00

WANDA GAG ORIGINAL ART

191. GAG,WANDA. ORIGINAL ART - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS -SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING. This is a wonderful finished pen and ink study for the illustration appearing of p. 39 of Gag’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” published by Coward McCann. The image measure 7 1/4 s 7 ½” and is archivally matted, framed and glazed. Signed by Gag. Snow White has fallen asleep after eating the poisoned apple and lays under glass cover in the woods. Prince charming is approaching on the left, a dwarf sleeps in a tree to the right, and forest creatures watch in anticipation. A wonderful image and a chance to an original art by Gag which is quite rare. $18,500.00



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GERMAN ART NOUVEAU STUDENT ARTIST 193. GERMAN. KINDERSOMMER bilder und verse von Ilse Breit. Leipzig: F. Hirt & Sohn (1924). Large oblong 4to (13 x 10”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil and faint scratch else a clean and tight VG+ copy. Featuring 6 magnificent full page color illustrations by Ilse Breit in the style of the Wiener Werkstatte, this being WIENER JUGENDKUNSTBILDERBUCHER No. 3. Breit was a student of Franz Cizek, a controversial figure in art education whose arts and crafts style school in Vienna produced illustrators of several striking picture books. He wrote the introduction to the book. $600.00

CIZEK STUDENT SILHOUETTES 194. GERMAN.

HEI

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ALLERLEI verse and pictures by

Adele

Bailer.

Leipzig:

Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn (1924). Oblong 13 x 10 1/4”, cloth backed white pictorial boards, small scrape on cover else near Fine.

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195. GERMAN. LUTTJEMANN UND PUTTJERINCHEN marchen von Hermann Lons. Hanover (Germany): Sponholtz 1924. Small 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near Fine. Illustrated by FRITZ HANS EGGERS with wonderful, and fanciful color lithos. $225.00

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CASPARI READER 192. GERMAN. (CASPARI, GERTRUDE) CASPARI FIBEL: ein lesebuch mit vielen bunten bildern fur die esrste schulzeit [by] Gertrude Caspari. Stuttgart: Volkskunst Rich. Keutel, no date, circa 1910. 8vo, pictorial cloth, 76p., slight cover soil, VG+. A wonderful early reader for the young child, illustrated in bright colors by GERTRUD CASPARI. $350.00

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UNUSUAL LARGE GERMAN PICTURE BOOK ON CHINA 196. GERMAN. VOM KAISER HUANG-LI by Furstin Marie Thurn Taxis Hohenlohe. Berlin: Carl Chryseliusscher 1922 (1922). Oblong large 4to (12 3/4 x 10”), cloth backed decorative boards, Fine. 1st edition of this unusual fairy tale set in China. Illustrated with lovely full page and smaller color lithographs. $250.00 GERMAN ALSO 9, 44, 50, 98, 152, 160, 188-9, 191, 234-5, 242, 279, 315, 351, 365, 422

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RARE WARWICK GOBLE LARGE PAPER LIMITED EDITION

197. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES by James Grace. London: Macmillan & Co. 1910. Large, thick 4to (9 ½ x 11 ½”), publishers full vellum binding, silk ties, top edge gilt, 281p., some soil and rubbing to vellum, internally clean and fine and overall VG+. DE LUXE LARGE PAPER EDITION (LIMITED TO 500 COPIES). Featuring 40 magnificent tipped-in color plates with printed guards by Goble. The illustrations are mounted on heavy stock brown paper and are perfectly suited to the tales. This limited edition is rare. $2000.00



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200. GOREY,EDWARD. THE GREEN BEADS. NY: Albondocani Press 1978. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on fine paper on one side of the page and handsewn. Each page has a full page illustration with no text. Toledano A71b. $500.00

SCARCE LIMITED EDITION 201. GOREY,EDWARD. COUPLE.

NY:

Dodd

LOATHSOME Mead

(1977).

Oblong 7 1/4 x 6 3/4”. pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper and slipcase. ed.

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A67b. $1200.00

GOBLE’S LIMITED EDITION WATER BABIES

198. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan 1909. Thick 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), bound in full vellum with gilt pictorial cover top edge gilt, silk ties, slight spotting on cover edge and endpaper and cover very slightly bowed, VG+ clean and fresh copy. This is the magnificent DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 260 COPIES printed on hand-made paper and illustrated by Goble with 32 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards. This is one of the most if not the most beautiful edition of this classic story. In his book “Early Children’s Books” (p.80), Eric Quayle comments on all the various editions of Water Babies and adds: “None of these in either artistic or financial terms approaches the sumptuous edition of 1909” (this edition). Very scarce. $2500.00

1 OF ONLY 26 LETTERED COPIES 202. GOREY,EDWARD. THE RAGING TIDE: or The Black Doll’s Imbroglio. NY: Beaufort Books (1987). Oblong 8 3/4 x 6 3/4”, boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st ed. LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES AND 26 LETTERED COPIES RESERVED FOR THE AUTHOR AND DISTRIBUTOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE LETTERED COPIES, SIGNED BY GOREY. The reader can create various stories by following a choice of directions at the bottom of each page. Each page of text faces a full page illustrations. Rare. A93a. $2000.00

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199. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan, 1909 (1909). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, spine faded and offsetting on endpapers else Fine. First Goble edition, illustrated by him with 32 magnificent tipped in color plates, mounted on heavy stock with lettered tissue guards. This is undoubtedly the most beautiful edition of this classic story featuring some of Goble’s best work. Nice clean copies are not easy to find. $1200.00

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BOXED EDITION GRUELLE FAIRIES 207. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. FRIENDLY FAIRIES. Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, light wear to spine ends, half-title spotted, VG+ in PUBLISHER’S BOX (flaps repaired). 1st edition of this Volland Happy Children Book containing 15 fairy stories including the Fairy Ring, The Three Little Gnomes, Mr. & Mrs. Thumbkins and others. Illustrated throughout with bright colors. A nice copy of an uncommon Gruelle title. $675.00

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EPISODE, [THE UNTITLED BOOK]. Fantod

Press

(1971).

3

books,

pictorial wraps, faint crease on one cover else Fine in publisher’s VG+ tan printed envelope.

Fine.

Limited to

500 sets printed by Gorey’s press, each of these books is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A42b. $1200.00

FIRST SHEPARD EDITION IN DUST WRAPPER

204. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. London: Methuen (1931). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green gilt cloth, book has an ever so slight lean, light foxing else Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at spine ends, spine slightly toned). First edition with illustrations by E.H. SHEPARD including wrapper design, pictorial endpapers and numerous illustrations throughout the text. Because the first edition was barely illustrated, this edition is most sought after for the perfect marriage of illustrations and text. Nice copies in dust wrapper are not easy to find. $2000.00

GUERTIK, HELENE - 336

INSCRIBED TO SISTER WITH WATERCOLOR

208. HADER,BERTA & ELMER. THE FRIENDLY PHOEBE. NY: Macmillan 1953 (1953). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some fraying. Stated 1st printing. This is a lovely story about how the McGintey’s saved a little bird’s life. Illustrated by the Haders in color and black & white. THIS COPY HAS A LOVELY NEARLY FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR OF A BIRD ON A BRANCH OVERLOOKING A RIVER, WITH MOUNTAINS AND BOATS IN THE BACKGROUND. INSCRIBED TO BERTA’S SISTER “A special page for Leota with love from Berta and Elmer.” $850.00

SIGNED WITH SKETCH 205. GRAMATKY,HARDIE. BOLIVAR. NY: G. P. Putnam (1961). 8vo (7 ½ x 9 ½”), cloth, Fine condition in near fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of an adorable burro in Quito, Ecuador, wonderfully illustrated with full page color illustrations by Gramatky. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED ON THE ENDPAPER BY GRAMATKY WITH A SKETCH OF BOLIVAR. A great copy of a charming book. $325.00 GRANT, GORDON - 442

#206

GRAVES, ROBERT - 412

WITH PENCIL SKETCH BY GREENAWAY

206. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. KATE GREENAWAY by M. H. Spielmann and G. S. Layard. London: A & C Black 1905. Large thick 4to, white cloth, top edge gilt, FINE!. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JOHN GREENAWAY (Kate’s brother), AND WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH DONE BY GREENAWAY which is matted and bound in with John Greenaway’s signature of authenticity (background of sketch is foxed). The sketch is of a little girl wearing a hat, and gazing over her shoulder. The book features much text, more than 50 color plates, plus many b&w’s. This is a fabulous copy of an important book for any Greenaway collector, rarely found with the white binding so clean. $2250.00

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209. (HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. BABY BEAR by Hamilton Williamson. (NY: Doubleday Doran & Co.. 1930). 8vo (7 x 8 1/4”), pictorial boards, spine bottom chipped, ½ split at joint, slightly dusty, really VG+ in dust wrapper with several pieces off, worn at folds. Stated First Edition. THIS COPY HAS A FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR, INSCRIBED BY THE HADERS. DEPICTED ARE A MAN WITH A CAN AND A YOUNG GIRL BOTH STANDING NEXT TO BABY BEAR, EACH HOLDING ONE OF ITS PAWS. The book is the charming story of Bimba, a baby bear in the jungle. Illustrated with striking color plus black & white lithographs by the Haders. First editions of this book are very hard to find, this is made extra special by the inscription and super watercolor. $1000.00

ONLY 50 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 212. (HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK classic fairy tales edited by Andrew Lang. NY: William Morrow (1993). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, spine faded else Fine condition in a cloth slip case which is faded on edges. 1st edition, 1st printing (1-10 code). LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HAGUE AND WITH A 4” DRAWING OF A WIZARD. 30 fairy tales from Grimm, Perrault and around the world, beautifully illustrated by Hague. This limited edition is rare. HAGUE SEE ALSO 498. $350.00 HAND COLORED - 1, 6, 23, 130, 140, 146, 148,152, 167, 217, 236, 265-6, 273, 276, 279, 282, 306, 339

FINE COPY OF SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 213. HANDFORTH,THOMAS.

MEI

LI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1938 (1938). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), orange cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper without medal and not price clipped. Stated 1st edition and WINNER OF THE SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD! This by

WITH A FANTASTIC WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS

210. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan 1935 (Oct. 1935). 8 3/4” square, green pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with a few chips and small closed tears. 1st edition. This is the story set in Jamaica about a little Black boy named Johnny. The Haders went to the tropics to research the culture. Illustrated by them with wonderful full page color lithographs and smaller black and white lithos. THIS COPY HAS A FABULOUS FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR SIGNED BY EACH OF THE HADERS on the endpaper. A special copy of one of their most desired titles. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $1500.00

MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR 211. (HADER,BERTA AND ELMER)illus. HANSEL AND GRETEL by Grimm Brothers. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). 8vo, (6” x 6), pictorial boards, minor shelf wear VG-Fine. 1st edition of this Macmillan Happy Hour Book featuring many full and partial page color lithographs in the bold, flat style of the 20’s. Artfully arranged and very scarce. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying “ ... it was the wave of the future, and the results in terms of book design were little short of revolutionary.” Very hard to find. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $200.00

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illustrated by him with black and white lithos on every page. condition.

HANKIES - 328

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HARRIS, JOHN PUBLISHER - 149

GIFT EDITION 214. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton Century 1935 (1920). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green gilt cloth, 265p., cloth ever so slightly darkened on top edge of covers else bright and VG+. This is a deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE with 12 color plates, in-text illustrations and with pictorial borders on each page of text as well. This is a beautiful edition of this classic. $400.00

Helen & Marc Younger FABULOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY BULL & ROUNTREE 215. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. London: Raithby, Lawrence, no date (originally Nelson 1908) circa 1915. Folio, cloth, [111] p., one inconspicuous mend else VG+ in dust wrapper with mounted color plate. Fabulously illustrated by HARRY ROWNTREE with 12 vibrant, action packed color plates and by RENE BULL with 84 large pen and inks. A super edition of this classic. $900.00

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218. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LE LIVRE DES ENFANTS poesies de Marceline Desbordes Valmore. Paris: Garnier Freres (1924). Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, 47p., a Fine copy. First edition. Beautifully illustrated in color on nearly every page in Helle’s distinctive 1920’s style. Printed on good quality, heavy paper that enhances the colors. This is a charming French picture book and a less common Helle title. $525.00

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - 441

SCARCE HELLE PATRIOTIC WWI MILITARY ALPHABET BOOK

216. HELLE,ANDRE. ALPHABET DE LA GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1916. Paris: Berger-Levrault [1915]. 4to (10 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers dusty and slightly soiled else clean, tight and a VG+. Each page features a large, stylized full color illustration (one for each letter), each with a World War I theme. The text in rhyme by Helle is aimed to give children pride in their country. There are also color pictorial endpapers showing the flags of the Allies. Very scarce. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $1500.00

HELLE HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION 217. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LA MAISON DES AIEULES by Pierre Loti. Paris: Henri Floury (1927). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), pictorial wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO 302 NUMBERED COPIES printed on velin d’Arches. Illustrated with 77 fabulous pochoir illustrations (hand-colored by Saude) to accompany the charming story about Mademoiselle Anna, a poor rag doll. Based upon an actual doll, Loti had the doll buried with him when he died. Scarce and wonderful. $1200.00

HENDERSON, ARTHUR - 446

FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS 219. HOBAN,RUSSELL. MOUSE AND HIS CHILD. NY: Harper & Row (1967). 6 ½ x 9 ½”, pictorial cloth, 182p., Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (dw rubbed on corners, light soil rear panel, VG). 1st edition (correct price, which must be present to determine edition). The “philosophical fantasy” (Bader p. 477) about 2 mechanical toy mice - a father and son and his son who are rescued from the trash but can no longer dance. Beautifully written by Hoban and illustrated by his wife Lillian. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS. Nice copies of firsts are quite scarce. $600.00

HOLIDAY HOUSE - 169, 223

HOLIDAY, HENRY - 74

CHIPPEWA AND SIOUX 220. HOLLING,HOLLING C. CLAWS OF THE THUNDERBIRD by Holling C. Holling. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo (6 ½ x 8 ½”), cloth, rear cover faded, slight wear to spine ends, VG+. 1st edition of this VOLLAND ADVENTURE SERIES BOOK illustrated by Holling with bold full page and in-text color illustrations plus black and whites. Text deals with Chippewa & Sioux Indians. $150.00

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ABC - UNUSUAL LARGE LEATHER HORNBOOK

221. HORNBOOK. LEATHER HORNBOOK. Offered here is a very large, early leather hornbook. It measures 12 ½” high x 6” wide with carved extensions on either side of the handle, housed in a custom velvet lined box with a sculpted insert in the shape of the hornbook to hold it in place. The printed text which would have been under the horn is lacking and the horn covering is cracked in several pieces. There are traces of gilt embellishment on the side with the horn that also has numbers written along the edges by an early owner. On the reverse side there is an elaborate gilt decorative diamond shaped panel 3 ½” wide x 5 1/4” high with the figures of a little boy and a little girl on opposite ends of the diamond. The handle is curved and comes to a point and there is a large red cross running down the length of the handle. Hornbooks were early ABC learning devices for children. They usually consisted of a sheet of parchment or paper containing the alphabet and other simple words, numbers or prayers. This was then mounted on leather, wood or bone and covered with a thin sheet of horn for protection. A hole in the handle was used for a piece of string that would be tied to the child’s clothing - this example has no hole. Wealthier families might have had hornbooks made of silver or ivory. Early hornbooks have become quite scarce and this larger size example is quite unusual. $3750.00

INDIA - 368

HORSES - 2, 69, 185, 229, 283, 285-7, 289, 353, 392, 394, 488 HUDSON, GWYNNED - 81

MAUD HUMPHREY CALENDAR 222. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. CALENDAR FOR 1893. published by Stokes in 1892. It consists of 6 leaves 9 x 11”, printed on heavy, quality stock, with ribbon tie on top - in fine condition. The calendar features 6 of the most magnificent, large chromolithographs by Humphrey depicting elaborately dressed women. $750.00

This is a calendar

HUNTING - 16

SIGNED BY HYMAN 223. (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. THE KITCHEN KNIGHT: A TALE OF KING ARTHUR retold by Margaret Hodges. NY: Holiday House (1990). Oblong 10 1/4 x 9 3/4”, cloth backed boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated first edition. The text retells the first part of The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur. Featuring beautiful color illustrations by Hyman. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY HYMAN the free endpaper. $275.00

HOPI INDIANS - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 225. INDIANS. THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN by Muriel Fellows. Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago: John C. Winston (1936). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9”), decorative cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw frayed, rubbed at fold, light soil, VG). First edition. This is a story about Hopi Indian children named Sah-mee and Moho who live with their family on a mesa in the Land of Little Rain. Illustrated by the author with 47 illustrations, many in 5 colors that bring alive the daily activities of Hopi life. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FELLOWS. $225.00 INDIAN READER INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST 226. INDIANS. (READER) THE LITTLE HERDER IN SUMMER by Ann Clark. U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1942). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial cloth, 126p., slight soil, near Fine. Written in English and NAVAJO and wonderfully illustrated in brown line by native American artist Hoke Denetsosie, a full blooded Navajo who depicts life of the Navajos in the 1940’s. This copy inscriberd by the artist. Fascinating. See Bader p.161-3. Inscribed copies are rare. $475.00

INDIANS - 21-2, 61, 63, 93, 117, 220, 225-6, 442 INGELOW, JEAN 249

224. (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS by Jean Fritz. NY: G.P. Putnam (1981). Oblong 9 1/4 x 7 1/4”),, cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper with a tiny closed tear. Stated first impression. This is the story of Saint Columbia, the patron saint of book lovers. Beautifully illustrated in full color on every page by Hyman. $100.00

IRISH EPIC 227. IRISH INTEREST. THE ANCIENT IRISH EPIC TALE TAIN BO CUALNGE “THE CUALNGE CATTLE RAID” by Joseph Dunn. London: David Nutt 1914. 6 3/4 x 10 ½”, green cloth, xxxvi, 382p., light normal wear, VG+. 1st edition. The saga is about the Brown Bull of Cualnge. In the informative preface, Dunn notes: “...the composition of the Tain Bo Cualnge antedates by a considerable margin the epic tales of the Anglo Saxons, the Scandinavians, The Franks and the Germans”. He also refers to it as the Iliad of Ireland. IRISH SEE ALSO 25. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $250.00

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IN ORIGINAL CASE 232. JAPANESE INTEREST. POETICAL GREETINGS FROM THE FAR EAST: JAPANESE POEMS adapted from the German of Dr. Karl Florenz by A. Lloyd. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa (1896). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 5/8”), silk ties, light crease on first two leaves else Fine in pictorial case with ivory clasps (case is unobtrusively re-lined with restored spine and original laid-down). The text is an anthology of Japanese poems for any age, mainly from the 8th century. Bound with frenchfold pages, every page is completely illustrated with beautiful color woodblock prints by Japanese artists SHOSO, KWA-SON, YOSHIMUNO, HANKO and SADAHIKO. $450.00

ITALIAN - 72, 87, 96-7, 125, 314, 347, 366, 486

SIGNED 228. JACQUES,BRIAN. OUTCAST OF REDWALL. NY: Philomel (1996). 8vo (6 ½ x 9 1/4”), cloth backed boards, As new in as new dust wrapper. Stated first American edition, first printing (1-10 code). This is the 8th title in Jacques fantasy series, illustrated with chapter headpieces by Allan Curtiss. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BRIAN JACQUES. $100.00 JAMAICA - 210

229. JAMES,WILL. YOUNG COWBOY. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1935 (1935 A). Oblong 4to (9 3/4 x 7 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some soil and fraying but overall VG). 1st edition. The text is arranged for young readers from Big Enough and Sun Up. Illustrated by James with 5 color plates plus many full page and smaller black and whites. This is a great copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $1200.00

LARGE FORMAT JAPANESE CREPE PAPER BOOK

230. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Tokyo: T. Haswgawa, (1929 3rd ed.). 8vo (5 3/4 X 7 ½”), crepe paper, silk ties, As New condition. The book illustrates daily scenes of Japanese life including street scenes, firemen, marriage ceremony, carpenters, wrestling match and more. This is a large format crepe paper book, beautifully illustrated on every page by Y. Arai with hand printed color woodblocks. A scarce large format crepe paper book. $850.00

LARGE FORMAT CREPE PAPER BOOK - STORY TELLERS 231. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE STORY - TELLERS from the French of Jules Adam by Osman Edwards. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, no date. 8vo (5 ½ x 7 ½”), crepe paper bound with silk ties, Fine condition. The text describes what to expect and how to act when going to see a public story teller called a hanashika. Told from the perspective of a European visiting Japan. Illustrated with lovely hand printed color woodcuts. A very scarce title. $400.00

CHARMING MINIATURE ALMANAC 233. JAPANESE INTEREST. ROUTLEDGE’S JAPANESE ALMANAC. Boston: W.B. Clark & Curruth (1886). Printed in New York, copyright by Joseph Blamire. 24mo (3 1/8 x 4”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. Illlustrated with 8 beautiful full page chromolithographs and with smaller chromos on every text page, all in Japanese style. The text has sunrise, sunset and moon phase for each day of the month followed by illustrations of the 4 seasons and ending with a short poem. Very lovely and unusual. $325.00

JAPANESE SEE ALSO 197, 465, 487, 496, 497

RARE NAZI ANTI SEMITIC EDUCATIONAL POSTER

234. JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI SEMITISM) LEHRSCHAU-BOGEN: DIE JUDEN IN DER WELT [JEWS AROUND THE WORLD]. Berlin: Reichswaltung des Nationalsozialistischen Leherbundes [1940]. One folio sheet oblong 23 1/x x 16 1/2”, small margin mend else VG+ condition. This is a 2 sided poster printed on behalf of the Teacher’s Association of the Reich Government for use in schools. Illustrated with anti Semitic photos and drawings and with text by Prof. Johann von Leers, a Waffen SS officer who was an important figure in developing Nazi ideology. Questions for the students to answer are in the corner (translated): How did the Jews come here? What does the Talmud say? Why are we opponents of Jews? Why is this a war about Jews? Rare. $1850.00

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235. JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI-SEMITISM) DAS LIED VOM LEVI [THE SONG OF LEVI] by Eduard Schwechten. Koln: Verlag der Antisemitischen Buchhandlung (Eduard Hentel) 1895. 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 3/4”, pictorial wraps, 46, [1]p., some cover soil, corners chipped and one edge mend on rear cover, spine reinforced, stamp on title page, really sound and VG. Rare first edition of this anti-Semitic story for children told in verse. It features nearly 50 disgusting full and partial page anti Semitic half tone illustrations by Siegfried Horn. First editions of this book are rare. $2000.00

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KEMBLE, E.W. 150, 151

KENDREW PUB. - 150, 151

KINGSLEY, CHARLES - 198, 199

238. KIPLING,RUDYARD. JUST SO STORIES. London: Macmillan 1913 (1913). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 249p. VG+. First edition with 12 color plates by Joseph M. Gleeson. Also illustrated in black and white from the first edition. A beautiful gift type version of these classic stories. KIPLING SEE ALSO 391. $250.00

KIRK, MARIA - 297, 298

JEWISH INTEREST - 147, 234-5, 315, 410, 427-8

FAIRY TALE BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA 236. (JOB)illus. THE STORY OF NAUGHTY KILDEEN by Marie, Queen of Roumania. London et al: Oxford Univ. Press 1922. Folio (10 3/4 x 13 1/4”), gilt pictorial cloth, near Fine condition with minor tip and edge wear. 1st edition Featuring magnificent HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS plus detailed black and whites on almost every page, with the text superimposed on the illustration in some cases. This is a fabulous picture book in especially bright condition in a beautiful pictorial trade binding. $1850.00

LIMITED TO ONLY 250 SIGNED COPIES - WITH SKETCH 237. JOYCE,WILLIAM. SANTA CALLS. NY: Harper Collins (1993). 11 1’4” square, cloth, pictorial pasteon, As new in slipcase (case sl. faded on edge). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JOYCE this also has a small pen drawing of Santa. 1st edition. Three children take a fantasy voyage to toyland where they save Santa from the Dark Elves. Rich color illustrations by Joyce who dedicates this book to Winsor McCay. This limited edition is very hard to find. $400.00

KNIGHT, HILARY - 445

NORSE FAIRY TALES & LEGENDS 239. (KNOWLES,REGINALD & HORACE J.)illus. NORSE FAIRY TALES selected and adapted by Sir George Webb Dasent. London & Philadelphia: George Routledge & Lippincott, no date, circa 1912. Thick 8vo (6 x 7 ½”), 463p., elaborate pictorial boards, some edge and hinge rubbing, VG+. Illustrated by the Knowles Brothers with magnificent color pictorial covers and spine, pictorial endpapers, fantastic color frontis and title page, 6 color plates plus a profusion of full page and in-text line illustrations that are detailed and fantastic. See Peppin: Fantasy p. 108-11 for reproductions. One of the best designed and executed books of fairy tales. $600.00

#239

RARE NEWBERY TITLE INSCRIBED 240. KONIGSBURG,E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. NY: Atheneum 1967. 8vo (5 1/8 x 8 ½”), cloth, half-titled toned else fine in fine dust wrapper (price clipped). Stated 1st edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The story is about Claudia’s adventure in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, written and illustrated by Konigsburg. THIS COPY HAS A WARM INSCRIPTION DATED 1967 BY KONIGSBURG ON THE HALF-TITLE! Nice 1st’s in dust wrapper are rare, inscribed copies even rarer. $1200.00

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KOREAN FOLK AND FAIRY TALES 241. KOREAN INTEREST. OMJEE THE WIZARD by Homer Hulbert. Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley (1925). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ½”), black pictorial cloth, 156p., Fine in frayed dust wrapper. First edition. Korean folk and fairy tales taken directly from Korean folklore by Hulbert who lived there for twenty years. Illustrated by HILDEGARD LUPPRIAN with full page color illustrations, pictorial borders on text pages printed in a range of colors and a fantastic dust jacket. A scarce title, rare in the dust wrapper. $275.00

245. LANG,ANDREW. THE RED BOOK OF HEROES by Mrs. Lang, edited by Andrew Lang. London: Longmans Green 1909. 8vo, red gilt cloth, all edges gilt, spine very slightly dull else Fine with beautiful and elaborate gilt cover design. 1st edition, 1st printing. Stories of heroes from Hannibal to Father Damian, illustrated by A. Wallis Mills with 8 lovely color plates 17 black and white plates, 23 black and whites in text and pictorial endpapers. $ 300.00

KRAUSS, RUTH - 408, 413

LANG, ANDREW SEE ALSO 168, 212

KREDEL, FRITZ - 396

LATHROP FANTASY 246. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE LOST MERRY-GO-ROUND. NY: Macmillan 1934 (Oct. 1934). 8vo (7 ½ x 8 3/4”), red pictorial cloth, 104p., cover faded along bottom and side edge else VG+ in dust wrapper (dw G-VG with some soil, worn on corners with small pieces off backstrip). 1st edition. This is a wonderful fantasy about little children who are swept away on adventures when they discover a magic merry go round in the woods. Written by Lathrop and illustrated by her with pictorial endpapers, color frontis plus 10 very beautiful full page black and whites. A rare Lathrop title, especially in dust wrapper. $750.00

242. (KREIDOLF,ERNST) illus. TRAUMGESTALTEN [THE DREAM GARDEN] by Leopold Weber. Zurich und Leipzig: Rotapfelverlag (1922). 4to (8 x 10 ½”), pictorial cloth, 144p., light cover soil, VG+. First edition. Illustrated by Kreidolf with 10 eerie color plates, 3 full page black and whites and pictorial endpapers to accompany 16 stories in 3 sections by Weber. $300.00

BLUE FAIRY BOOK FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY SERIES

243. LANG,ANDREW. THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans 1889. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover, all edges gilt, binding leaning, spine faded a bit, slightly soiled. VG. . FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES! Illustrated by H.J. FORD and G.P.J. HOOD with full page and in-text black and whites. This is a nice copy of the very elusive first edition. $3500.00

#244

LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION EDITION 244. LANG,ANDREW. PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA: BEING THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PRINCE PRIGIO’S SON. Bristol: Arrowsmith, no date, [1893]. 4to, 3/4 vellum and brown cloth, 204p., vellum slightly age toned else fine. 1st edition. LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY (so stamped). This original fairy tale by Lang is a sequel to Prince Prigio. Rare in this edition. Illustrated by Gordon Browne with 12 plates plus 12 illus. in text. $500.00

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247. LATHROP,DOROTHY.

THE

SKITTLE-SKATTLE MONKEY.

NY:

Macmillan 1945 (Oct. 1945).

8vo

(7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), red boards, VG+ in dust wrapper (dw soiled, a few closed tears, better than good). LATHROP.

SIGNED

BY

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DOROTHY by

Lathrop

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featuring

Jasmine

the

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RARE LATHROP INSCRIBED WOOD ENGRAVING

248. LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOOD ENGRAVING: JASPA AND ME. The image measures 8” x 10” and is matted and attractively framed (with acrylic, not glass) to 17 ½ x 20”. Depicted is a detailed portrait of Lathrop with Jaspa, her pet monkey that is perched upon her shoulder. It is signed and titled, with an additional inscription from Lathrop to a previous owner. This self-portrait was done in 1949 for the National Academy of Design when she was elected an Associate of that organization. This is a wonderful Lathrop item of exceptional rarity. $1500.00

250. LAWSON,ROBERT. ORIGINAL ART: COUNTRY COLIC. Offered here is an original pen and ink drawing that appeared greatly reduced opposite the Contents page of Country Colic, published by Little Brown in 1944, both written and illustrated by Lawson. The caption (written on an overlay in Lawson’s hand) reads: “When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the laundryman?” The image is 6” wide x 4” high on board that measures 8 x 10”. Done with his characteristic detail there is a caterpillar walking across a clothes line where 2 leaves are hanging attached by clothes pins. Subtle humor, signed with initials on the right. SOLD WITH 2 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS from Lawson to a noted book collector named William Easton Louttit. In the first letter dated May 15 [1944], Lawson responds to Mr. Louttit’s request for this drawing. It reads in full: “Dear Mr. Louttit: Thank you so much for your delightful letter of May 4th. I am so glad that you enjoyed Country Colic and would be very happy to tender the Adam and Eve drawing, but, as you perhaps know, getting original drawings back from the publisher is a rather long drawn out process. They are usually sent out for exhibition in book shops, libraries, etc. and used in various ways for publicity purposes. I will write Little Brown about this particular drawing, but fear it may be quite a long time before it is returned. With many thanks for your interest, I am Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill May 15. It would appear that Lawson was successful in retrieving the drawing, because it accompanies this letter to Louttit. He must have been grateful to receive the drawing as can be seen in the next letter. Written on August 15th, the day after V-J Day when the Japanese surrendered in WWII (this is referred to in the letter): “Dear Mr. Louttit: May I thank you for your overgenerous liquid token, which arrived most opportunely yesterday afternoon, barely two hours before the glorious news was given us. Nothing could have been more timely nor more appreciated by myself, my family and neighbors. We all thank you most heartily and wish you the best of everything at this happy time to which you have added so considerably. Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill Aug. 15th 1945.”” A wonderful item with fine art and the letters showing the interaction between an illustrator and a collector. Lawson’s original published art is generally unavailable. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $6000.00

FIRST BOOK WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY LAWSON - INSCRIBED

251. LAWSON,ROBERT. BEN AND ME: an astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin written by Robert Lawson. Boston: Little Brown 1939 (1939). 8vo (6 5/8 x 8 ½”), brown cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly faded on edge with one small closed tear otherwise beautiful and much nicer than is usually found). Stated 1st edition of the first book both written and illustrated by Lawson, this is the story of Benjamin Franklin told from the perspective of his mouse Amos. Printed in brown and featuring many wonderful full and partial page illustrations plus pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY LAWSON on the halftitle. Fine first editions of this book are rare, and the inscription is the cherry on the cake. $1500.00

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FAIRY TALE ILLUSTRATED BY LATHROP 249. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. MOPSA THE FAIRY by Jean Ingelow. NY: Harper & Bros. 1927 (1927 I-B). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”), maroon cloth, pictorial paste-on, 259p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (wrapper frayed, light soil). FIRST EDITION. . One of the scarcest Lathrop titles, this is illustrated by her with color frontis, 12 full page black and whites plus numerous half-page black & whites and pictorial endpapers to accompany this classic fairy tale. Rare in the dust wrapper. $750.00

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#249 - dust wrapper