ABC. ALPHABETARIUM. no place: Chamberlain Press, no date, circa 1985. 12 x 18", fine. This is a wonderful ABC poster LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SARAH CHAMBERLAIN. Printed on fine quality paper, each letter of the alphabet is pictorially represented with an engraving of a different animal. Quite lovely.

ABC. (LEADENHALL PRESS) PHIL MAY'S ABC. Lond: Leadenhall Press (1897). 4to, (9 x 11 1/4"), green cloth stamped in gold, light wear, occasional spot, near Fine. LIMITED TO 1050 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE PAPER AS PROOFS. 52 original designs - the first presenting Phil May's Guttersnipes and the second...

ABC. (POEMS) COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS AND PICTURES BASED ON THE ALPHABET by Mike Yazzolino. (Toronto: Coach House 1971). Sq. small 4to, (7 12/"), cloth, fine in dust wrapper (spine sunned else fine). 1st ed. A collection of poems each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. Illustrated by the...

ABC. (RUSSELL) GOOD CITIZEN'S ALPHABET by Bertrand Russell. Oxford.: Hanborough Parrot Press 1989 (1989, 1953). 8vo, (6 x 8 1/2"), color pictorial boards, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 125 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON MOULD MADE PAPER AND HAND COLORED. Originally published in 1959, the book greatly benefits from this re-design. Printed...

AESOP. A FOX & A SICK LION. Corydon Press 1944. Large folio (12 1/2 x 17 1/4"), cl. backed boards, small stain on upper edge of leaves else fine in dw with 2 small tears. LIMITED TO ONLY 180 COPIES ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH LOW with a magnificent COLOR WOODCUT signed...

ALDIN,CECIL (IMITATION). ORIGINAL ART. This is a wonderful large copy of an original watercolor by Aldin. The image measures 22" wide x 14" high with no margins. It is matted and signed in the lower left. Slight crease in lower corner else fine. Depicted is a fox hunting scene full...

ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. FAIRY TALES. NY: Limited Editions Club 1942. 2 volumes, tall 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, 180, 399p., as new in original glassene wrappers in publisher's slipcase showing sl. wear at seams but clean and VG+. Volume 1 contains previously unpublished letters from Andersen to his American editor Horace...

ANNO,MITSUMASA. ANNO'S U.S.A. NY:Philomel (1983). Sq. 4to, cloth, As New in slipcase. 1st US ed. of this beautiful picture book, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ANNO. With no words, the pictures speak for themselves.

(ARDIZZONE,EDWARD)illus. ALI BABA & THE 40 THIEVES * THE UGLY DUCKLING * SLEEPING BEAUTY. NY:Limited Editions Club 1949. 3 volumes, folio, cloth, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL GLASSENES AND FINE SLIPCASE. LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES - ALI BABA SIGNED BY ARDIZZONE; UGLY DUCKLING SIGNED BY EVERETT GEE JACKSON AND INSCRIBED...

ARMER,LAURA ADAMS. WATERLESS MOUNTAIN. NY:Longmans Green 1935 (1931). 4to, cloth, VG in tattered dw. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The story of a Navajo Indian boy, illus. by Ms. Armer and her husband Sidney Armer. This copy is INSCRIBED BY ARMER.

(ARTZYBASHEFF,BORIS)illus. GAY NECK: the story of a pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. NY:Dutton (1927) 8vo, imitation vellum backed cloth, vellum tips, cover soiled some else VG+. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTZYBASHEFF AND MUKERJI. The library convention edition, winner of the 1928 NEWBERY AWARD. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus...

BACON,PEGGY. CAT-CALLS. NY: McBride (1935) 8vo, cloth, Fine in tattered dw. Stated first edition. 36 poems, illustrated by Bacon with many lovely black and white illustrations in text. This copy has a FABULOUS HALF-PAGE DRAWING INSCRIBED BY BACON. Depicted is a department store aisle. Snooty salepeople are standing behind counters...

BAILEY,CAROLINE SHERWIN. MISS HICKORY. NY: Viking / Junior Literary Guild 1946 (1946). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9"), cloth, rub spot on endpaper else VG+ in frayed but VG dust wrapper. 1st edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated with charming lithos by Ruth Gannett. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER...

(BAUM,L. FRANK - JOHN R. NEILL). ORIGINAL ART: SCALAWAGONS OF OZ. When Ruth Plumly Thompson left Oz publishers Reilley and Lee, John R. Neill took over as author of the Oz series while continuing to illustrate as well. His first Oz book was Wonder City of Oz and Scalawagons was...

(BAUM,L.FRANK). MERRY GO ROUND IN OZ by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw Wagner. Chic:Reilly & Lee (1963). 4to, pict. cloth, 303p., Fine in fine dw. 1st ed., with earliest state of the dust wrapper (photos of authors on rear flap H-G XL). Illustrated by DICK MARTIN. The last Oz...

BAUM,L.FRANK. SIGNED LETTER TO JOHN R. NEILL. Offered here is an incredible Oz related letter from Baum to Neill. Typed on Oz Film Manufacturing stationary (L. Frank Baum President) with Neill illustration in the upper corner, the text fills an entire 8/12 x 11 sheet of paper, signed in ink...

BAUM,L.FRANK. THE UPLIFT OF LUCIFER in which is included The Corrugated Giant. (compiled and printed by Manuel Weltman in Losangeles). Limited to 500 copies , not for sale. 4to, wraps, 47p., Fine. Some of Baum's last material, illus. with photos.

BEARS. THE ROOSEVELT BEARS: THEIR TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES by Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper). Phil:Ed.Stern, 1906 (Sept. 1906). 4to, green cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, edges rubbed, binding strengthened with corner of one leaf restored with some loss of text, overall G-VG. First edition of the FIRST ROOSEVELT BEAR BOOK. The...

(BEGIN,MARY JANE)illus. ORIGINAL ART: PORCUPINE MOUSE / MOTHER MOUSE SAYING GOODBYE . Offered here is a wonderful watercolor from the Porcupine Mouse published by Wm. Morrow in 1988. Begin's work is exquisite - beautifully detailed and perfectly colored. Mary Jane Begin is a Rhode-Island-based award-winning illustrator whose work includes "The...

(BEGIN,MARY JANE)illus. ORIGINAL ART: PORCUPINE MOUSE / MOUSE WITH BLUE SACK. Offered here is a wonderful watercolor from the Porcupine Mouse published by Wm. Morrow in 1988. Begin's work is exquisite - beautifully detailed and perfectly colored. Mary Jane Begin is a Rhode-Island-based award-winning illustrator whose work includes "The Wind...

BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT. NY: Viking (Dec. 1956) large 4to, green pict. cloth, Fine in plain slip case that is sl. cracked. 1st ed. LIMITED TO 885 COPIES FOR SALE, SIGNED BY BEMELMANS (and preceding the 1st trade ed. which came out in 1957). The third Madeline title,...

(BIRCH,REGINALD)illus. RAINBOW IN THE SKY by collected and edited by Louis Untermeyer. NY: Harc. Brace (1935). Small 4to, blue cloth, 498p., VG in custom cloth camshell box. A collection of 1000's of nursery rhymes, poems and children's songs arranged in categories. Illus. with pictorial endpapers and many charming b&w's by...

BLACK INTEREST. (ARKIN,DAVID) BLACK AND WHITE by David Arkin. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press (1966). Sq. 4to, pict. cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. A simple picture book for the very young child designed to promote tolerance between the races, beautifully illustrated by the author in b&w and printed on...

BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pict. cloth, ink scribbling on 2 pages else VG. A children's book written by the famous ex-patriate Black singer Baker featuring her "rainbow" of children...

BLACK INTEREST. (DILLON,LEO AND DIANE) DARK VENTURE by Audrey Beyer. NY: Knopf 1968 (1968). 4to, cloth, 205p., fine in dw. 1st ed. The story of 12 year old African boy sold into slavery. Color dw by the Dillons. This copy is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.

BLACK INTEREST. (DILLON,LEO AND DIANE) PISH, POSH SAID HIERONYMUS BOSCH by Nancy Willard. San Diego: HBJ (1991). Sq. folio, cl. backed boards, as new in dw. Stated 1st ed. A poem based on Willard's fascination with the artist Bosch. Illustrated by LEO AND DIANE DILLON with magnificent color illustrations that...

BLACK INTEREST. (HAMILTON,VIRGINIA) THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES by Virginia Hamilton. NY: Knopf (1985). 4to, cl. backed boards, as new in dw. Stated 1st ed. Beautifully illustrated by LEO AND DIANE DILLON, SIGNED BY HAMILTON AND THE DILLONS, CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER.

BLACK INTEREST. (PINKNEY,JERRY) TALKING EGGS by Robert D. San Souci. NY: Dial (1989). 4to, (10 1/4 x 10 1/2"). pictorial boards, as new in dw. Stated 1st ed. and correct code. A folktale from the American South, beautifully illus. in color by Pinkney. This copy is SIGNED BY PINKNEY. CALDECOTT HONOR.

BLACK INTEREST. (THOMPSON,MOZELLE) PUMPKINSEEDS by Steven Yezback. NY: Bobbs. Merrill (1969). 4to, cloth, Fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. A simple picture book featuring a young Black boy. Illus. by MOZELLE THOMPSON with lovely 2-color illustrations on every page. The first book for author and first children's book for the...

BRAZIL. LEGEND OF THE PALM TREE by Margarida Estrela Bandeira Duarte. NY: Grosset & Dun. (1940) Printed in Brazil. Folio, cloth backed pict. boards, Fine in original burlap slip case. SPECIAL NUMBERED PRESENTATION COPY. A beautiful picture book, illustrated with bold and striking full page color lithos by PAULO WERNECK...

BROOKS,WALTER. THE CLOCKWORK TWIN. NY:Knopf 1947 (1937, 1947). 8vo, orange pict. cloth, (242)p., Fine in VG+ dw. Third printing. The adventures of Adoniram R. Smith with Freddy The Pig Detective and others. Illustrated throughout by KURT WIESE. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROOKS!

(BROOKS,WALTER). FREDDY THE PIG ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is an original pen and ink drawing by Wiese that appears on page 19 of Wiggins for President (later re-issued as Freddy the Politician). The image measures 8" wide x 12.5" high mounted on board and is signed. The caption is on...

BROWN,PALMER. CHEERFUL. NY: Harper Brothers. (1957). 12mo (4 1/4 x 6"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with small chip at base of spine. 1st ed. of the third of only 4 books by Brown - this a fairy tale starring a city mouse named Cheerful. Illustrated with exquisite color and...

(BROWN,PAUL)illus. BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. NY: Scrib. (1952 A). Obl 4to, cloth, Fine in partial dw. First edition thus, illustrated by Brown with 180 pencil and wash illustrations to accompany the story told in short form. THIS COPY HAS A GREAT SIGNED DRAWING BY BROWN OF A HORSE'S HEAD.

(BROWN,PAUL)illus. POLO: A Non-technical Explanation of the Galloping Game. NY: Scribner 1949. 8vo, cloth, 83p., fine in frayed dw. A guide to the pertinent facts about polo - for children and adults. Illustrated by Brown in b&w throughout. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BROWN WITH A FINE DRAWING OF A...

BURGESS,THORNTON. LITTLE JOE OTTER. Bost:Little Brown 1925 (Oct. 1925). 8vo, green cloth, pict. paste-on, slight edgewear to 3 pages else near fine. First edition, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 great color plates. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY BURGESS DATED 1925.

BURNETT,FRANCES HODGSON. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. NY:Scribner 1889 (1886). 4to, brown pict. cloth, covers sl. finger soiled and front hinge neatly strengthened else clean and VG. Illus. in b&w by REGINALD BIRCH. Mounted in free endpaper is ONE PAGE LETTER IN BURNETT'S HAND READING: "My Dear Mrs. ---- I have found...

CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: FLYING ELEPHANT FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here is an original finished pen and ink drawing signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The image is much larger than it appears in the book, done on artist board mounted...

CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: RAGGEDY KANGAROO FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here is an original finished pen and ink drawing signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The image is much larger than it appears in the book, done on artist board mounted...

CADY,HARRISON. ORIGINAL ART: SEAL HAVING A FEAST FROM RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK. Offered here is an original finished pen and ink drawing signed by Cady used in the Raggedy Animal Book published by Rand McNally in 1928. The image is much larger than it appears in the book, done on artist...

(CADY,HARRISON)illus. ORIGINAL ART: BLACKY THE CROW by Thornton Burgess. This is a wonderful original pen and ink drawing by Cady that appeared in the New York Herald Tribune on Dec. 27, 1955 to illustrate Thornton Burgess' Bedtime Story. The image measures 5 x 6" and is signed by Cady. Captioned...

(CALDECOTT,RANDOLPH & KATE GREENAWAY)illus. LONDON LYRICS by Frederick Locker. London, Privately printed (at the Chiswick Press), 1881. Tall 8vo (6 x 9 1/8"), full vellum with gilt rules, 108p., uncut and untrimmed with original binder's ticket (Burn) on the rear endpaper, Fine condition. Illustrated with 2 India Paper Proof engravings;...

CAMPBELL,LANG. ORIGINAL ART for comic strip. Lang Campbell is the artist best known for drawing the Uncle Wiggily characters as well as 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...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for a newspaper comic strip and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later evolved into many books...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for a newspaper comic strip and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later evolved into many books...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for a newspaper comic strip and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later evolved into many books...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for the Newark News newspaper comic strip in 1910 and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for the Newark News newspaper comic strip in 1910 and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for the Newark News newspaper comic strip in 1910 and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later...

(CAMPBELL,LANG)illus. UNCLE WIGGILY ORIGINAL ART for comic strip by Howard Garis. Garis originally created Uncle Wiggily for the Newark News newspaper comic strip in 1910 and it became so popular that it was nationally syndicated on a daily basis. Lang Campbell is the artist who drew the characters which later...