EARLY AMERICAN. THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE WILLIAM. Philadelphia: Morgan and Sons (Morgan & Yeager on cover), no date, circa 1825. 16mo (4 x 5"), printed wraps, blank paper inside rear cover peeled off on corner, owner name on 2 blank versos, binding intact, VG+. The first page of... More
FAIRY TALE THEATER. (SHADOW) THEATRE D'OMBRES DU PERE CASTOR - NOUVEAU PROGRAMME Decors et costumes de Lalouve. Paris: Flammarion 1936. Oblong folio (13 x 11"). pictorial wraps, some light cover soil else near fine, complete and unused. Everything a child would need to put on his/her own shadow theater is... More
MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODIES ("Mother Goose in a New Dress" on cover). Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, no date, circa 1870. 4to (9 1/2 x 10 1/2"), green gilt cloth, beveled edges, very light rubbing and shelf wear, VG++. Printed on rectos only, each page is individually hinged into the... More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG IN HOLLAND by Bertha Upton. London: Longmans Green 1904. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 1/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil, a margin mend, VG. 1st edition. Illustrated by Florence with 31 great full page color illustrations to accompany the story in verse by her mother Bertha. More
UPTON,FLORENCE. THE GOLLIWOGG'S BICYCLE CLUB. London: Longmans Green 1896. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, 2 small archival margin mends, corner bumped, edges rubbed and some cover soil, owner inscription on top of title page, tight, clean and VG. 1st edition of the second Golliwogg title... More
UPTON,FLORENCE. THE GOLLIWOGG'S BICYCLE CLUB. London: Longmans Green 1896. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, corner bumped, edges rubbed and usual cover rubbing, tight and VG. 1st edition of the second Golliwogg title. Wonderful full page color illustrations by Florence accompany the story in verse by her mother Bertha. More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. THE GOLLIWOGG'S CIRCUS by Bertha Upton. London: Longmans Green 1903. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and 3 tiny archival margin mends, else tight, clean and near Fine. 1st ed. The adventures begin when the group joins the circus. Featuring 31 great full... More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG'S AIR-SHIP. London: Longmans Green 1902. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 1/2"), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn, spine faded in some areas, one inconspicuous archival margin mend, rear endpaper creased, tight and clean, VG. The Golliwoggs become aeronauts in a hot air balloon! The full page color illustrations... More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG'S AUTO-GO-CART by Bertha Upton. London, NY & Bombay: Longmans Green 1901. Oblong 4to (11 x 8 1/8", cloth backed pictorial boards, a few small archival margin mends, covers soiled, tips worn, tight, clean and VG. First edition. The gang go to prison for mishaps that occurred with their... More
(HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. MICHAEL HAGUE'S FAVORITE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES. NY: Holt Rinehart (1981). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, publishing flaw on several pages (corner crease and small indentation marks), VG in slip case. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY HAGUE WITH A LARGE AND DETAILED ORIGINAL DRAWING ON... More
(CLARKE,HARRY)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. London: George Harrap 1919. Thick 4to (8 1/4 x 11"), bound in full suede stamped in black and gold, top edge gilt. Small piece off top of spine, a few pages unopened, near Fine. 1st edition of arguably Clarke's best... More
GAME. CHIROMAGICA. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date, circa 1873 (not later than 1877). This is a wonderful children's magnetic educational and divination game housed in the original 12 x 12x 2" mahogany box with a sliding wooden lid. The lid has a fanciful chromolithograph depicting a sorcerer standing within an... More
MAUROIS,ANDRE. COUNTRY OF THIRTY SIX THOUSAND WISHES. London: William Heinemann (1930). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/4"), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and light soil, VG+. This is a wonderful fantasy tale, illustrated by ADRIENNE SEGUR with 11 beautiful color plates plus black and whites in-text. More
FAIRY TALES. FAIRY FAVORITE CUT OUT DOLLS by Margaret Hays. Chicago: Donohue 1913. Oblong folio (13 9 1/2"), pictorial wraps, light pencil mark on cover else near Fine and unused. Illustrated by Margaret G. Hays in the style of her sister's, Grace Drayton. For each story there are color illustrated... More
SWEDISH. KUNG FLASKPANNKAKA och Jatten Brummelibrumm av Gerda Ghobe. (Stockholm): Ardor (1945), not 1st. Large oblong 4to (13 1/2 x 9 1/2"), cloth backed pictorial boards, 2 small holes in cloth, VG+. This is a wonderful Swedish picture book featuring 8 great full page color illustrations by MAJA SYMMERGREN, one... More
(WAIN,LOUIS)illus. KITS AND CATS [on cover]. WITH LOUIS WAIN IN PUSSYLAND by Norman Gale. London : Raphael Tuck, no date, circa 1912. Folio (8 x 15 1/2"), stiff pictorial card covers with top die-cut in a cat shape. Small corner of covers restored, strengthened, VG+. Illustrated by Wain with color... More
COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES THROUGH THE UNION. NY: Century Co. (1895). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4"), glazed pictorial boards, cover soil, some edge wear, tight and clean, VG. 1st edition of the fifth Brownie book. Illustrated on every page taking the reader on a tour of the United States. The... More
COX,PALMER. BROWNIES IN THE PHILIPPINES. NY: Century Co. (Oct. 1904). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4"), glazed pictorial boards, 144p., tips worn, light cover soil and wear to paper, VG+. 1st edition of the seventh Brownie book. Here we have these adventurous creatures visit the Philippine Islands where they catch... More
COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES ABROAD. NY: Century Co. (1899). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4"), glazed pictorial boards, front hinge strengthened, tips worn and some wear to paper on spine, tight and VG. 1st edition of the sixth Brownie book. Illustrated on every page taking the readers along with the Brownies... More
COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century Co. (1894). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4"), glazed pictorial boards, xi, 144p., some rubbing to edges and flaking at spine ends, light rear cover soil, clean and VG+. Early, not first edition. This is the 4th Brownie book wherein these little... More
PICTURE BOOK. THE PETER PATTER BOOK by Leroy Jackson. Chicago: Rand McNally (1918). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 1/4"), 110p., green cloth, pictorial paste-on, inoffensive faint stain on rear cover, tiny piece off margin of one page, VG+. 1st edition of this large picture book (nothing else printed on copyright... More
(HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. OLD YOUNGSTERS by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: Stokes 1897. 4to (9 x 11"), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn, faint stain on edge of some pages and plates, VG-. Stories and verses plus text illustrations are by by Tucker. Featuring 6 magnificent chromolithograph plates by Humphrey depicting children posed engaged... More
WINTER,MILO. BILLY POPGUN. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1912 (Oct 1912). 4to (8 x 10 3/4"), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, slight soil and wear to cover, VG+. First edition of Winter's best and scarcest book. Written by him and illustrated by him as well featuring pictorial endpapers, 8 fabulous color plates... More
(GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. MAN IN THE MOON STORIES TOLD OVER THE RADIO PHONE by Josephine Lawrence. NY: Cupples and Leon (1922). 4to (7 x 8 3/4"), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, gilt dull, cover plate a bit rubbed, margin of one page with a few rub spots, VG. 1st edition. 18 wonderful stories... More
(DETMOLD,EDMUND J.)illus. BIRDS IN TOWN AND VILLAGE by W.H. Hudson. NY: E.P. Dutton (1920). 8vo (6 x 8 3/8"), gilt cloth, 323p., edges uncut, small split at spine end else VG+. 1st U.S. edition, illustrated by Detmold with 8 beautiful color plates. More
