MILHOUS,KATHERINE. THE EGG TREE. NY: Charles Scribner (1950 A). 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw with a few closed tears but VG with no award seal and not price clipped). 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. The story of a children's egg hunt set in Pennsylvania Dutch country and wonderfully... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. RUMBO RHYMES by Alfred Calmour. London & NY: Harper Brothers 1911. Small 4to, green pictorial cloth, 99p., Fine. 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper there are 24 fabulous full color plates by Crane plus several smaller illustrations - full of humor and whimsey. More
FIELD,RACHEL. HITTY:HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. NY: Macmillan 1929 (Oct. 1929). 4to (7 x 8 5/8"), patterned cloth, 207p., Fine in very nice dust wrapper (light sunning and slight bit of wear to tips and edges). FIRST EDITION, WINNER OF THE NEWBERY AWARD. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RACHEL FIELD WITH... More
FIELD,RACHEL. HITTY:HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS. NY: Macmillan 1930 (1929). 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 1/2"), patterned cloth, 207p., spine and edges faded else VG+. Early printing. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY FIELD DATED 1930 AND LAID IN IS A PHOTO OF HITTY INSCRIBED "DEAR MRS. --. SPECIAL LOVE AND CHRISTMAS... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. POOR CECCO by Margery (Williams) Bianco. NY: Geo. Doran (1925). 4to, vellum - like backed blue boards, spine very slightly toned, owner bookplate, a FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL SLIP CASE with the limitation number of the book also inked on the case (case flaps mended but VG). LIMITED TO... More
EATON,SEYMOUR. THE ROOSEVELT BEARS: THEIR TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES by Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper). Philadelphis: Edward 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, crease on rear cover, overall G-VG. First edition of... More
(REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL by Margaret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966 (1966). 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, complete but some wear.. Stated 1st printing. George has to have an operation and the hospital will never be the same. Great... More
LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY:Stokes 1920 (1920). 8vo, orange cloth, pict. paste-on, 180p., VERY sl cover soil else clean and near FINE. 1st edition of the FIRST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK (PETER PARLEY TO PENROD P. 138). Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, color frontis, black and white plates plus many... More
(SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. THE GIANT STORY by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. NY: Harper & Brothers (1953). 4to, (8 1/4 x 11"), pictorial cloth, Fine in sl worn dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition. The story in de Regniers' first book, tells of a little boy who decides to become a giant... More
LENSKI,LOIS. MR. AND MRS. NOAH. NY: Crowell (1948). Oblong 12mo (5 3/4 x 5"), cloth, VG+ in complete but sl. worn price-clippeddust wrapper. 1st ed. (correct code). The story of Noah is retold for the very young. Each page of text faces a bright and bold full page color illustration... More
BROWN,MARGARET WISE. A CHILD'S GOOD NIGHT BOOK. NY:Scott 1943, 1950. 4to, pict. bds, FINE in dw. 1st ed. thus, of this CALDECOTT HONOR title and a modern classic, magnificently illus. with color lithos by JEAN CHARLOT. First published in small format in 1944, this was re-issued in 1950 with new... More
(NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. (London) Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1913]. Folio (10 1/2 x 12 1/2"), full green vellum with extensive gilt decoration, top edge gilt, 164p., a few marks on the vellum as is common in this edition, new ties, endpaper... More
GAME. JEU DE LOTO DES ALLIES. [Bordeaux]: Boechat Bros., no date circa late 1944]. [Note: The date is based on info. on the cards. The armistice of Bulgaria was Oct. 28 1944 and there is no mention of the liberation of other important French towns ie Strasbourg in Nov. 1944]... More
EGGLESTON,EDWARD. THE END OF THE WORLD. NY: Orange Judd and Co. (1872). 8vo (5 x 7 1/2"), cloth, 299p. Spine and cover edges faded, spine ends frayed, VG. Illustrated by Frank Beard with 32 engravings. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY EGGLESTON TO MARY MAPES DODGE, AUTHOR OF HANS BRINKER, FOUNDER... More
SMITH,MARY STUART. LANG SYNE OR THE WARDS OF MOUNT VERNON: A TALE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA. NY: John B. Alden 1890 (1890). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 3/4", green gilt cloth, 133p., a few marks on cover else VG-Fine. 1st edition of this Revolutionary War story. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED... More
RILEY,JAMES WHITCOMB. POEMS HERE AND AT HOME. NY: Century Co. 1893 (1893). 12mo (4 3/4 x 7"), gilt decorative cloth, top edge gilt, 187p.,slight rear cover soil else near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE with pen and ink drawings throughout the text. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RILEY... More
DODGE,MARY MAPES. RHYMES AND JINGLES. NY: Scribner 1904 (Sept. 1904). 8vo (5 1/ X 7 3/4"), dark green gilt pictorial cloth, gilt spine, top edge gilt, 222p. slight rubbing, Fine. 1st thus. While there was a much earlier edition, this edition has poems never before been in print and has... More
WIGGIN,KATE DOUGLAS. TIMOTHY'S QUEST. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1891 (1900). 12mo (5 x 7"), 2-toned cloth, Fine condition. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY MARY MAPES DODGE, AUTHOR OF HANS BRINKER AND CREATOR OF ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE. The inscription dated 1890 reads: MARY MAPES DODGE, WITH MANY GOOD WISHES FROM HERSELF XMAS... More
(LEBEDEV,VLADIMIR) illus. TSIRK [THE CIRCUS] by Samuel Marshak. [St. Petersburg]: Raduga 1925. 4to, pictorial. wraps, two small edge chips, several small closed tears, paper scrape scrape on one page, VG+. First edition of this Constructivist picture book with verse by Marshak and fabulous color lithographs of circus scenes by Lebedev... More
JOHNSON,ROBERT UNDERWOOD. SAINT GAUDENS: AN ODE AND OTHER VERSES. NY: Century Co. 1910 (1910). 8vo (5 x 7 1/4"), gilt cloth, Fine condition. 1st edition. Inscribed by Johnson to Mary Mapes Dodge's son: To Mr. and Mrs. James Mapes Dodge from their (foreclosed and) attacked friend the author known in... More
PERRY,NORA. A FLOCK OF GIRLS and Their Friends. Boston: Ticknor & Co. 1888 (1887). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4"), pictorial cloth, Fine condition. Illustrated with b& white plates. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "TO M. M. DODGEWITH THE CORDIAL REGARDS OF OF NORA PERRY. DODGE WROTE HANS... More
NEWKIRK,GARRETT. RHYMES OF THE STATES. NY: Century 1896 (1896). Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2"), pictorial cloth , 96p. Fine. 1st edition. Designed so that children could more easily remember facts about evcry state, each state has a rhyme and an illustration to facilitate memory. Illustrated with pen and... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ALLIES' FAIRY BOOK with intro. by Edmund Gosse. London: Heinemann no date [1916]. 4to (8 x 10"), blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, Fine in custom leather backed slipcase. LIMITED TO ONLY 525 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. This is a collection of fairy tales from various countries... More
(DETMOLD,EDWARD)illus. THE FABLES OF AESOP. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. Thick folio (10 1/4 X 12 1/2"), white gilt pictorial cloth, spine toned, a few marks on rear cover, one corner crease, top edge gilt, bookplate of Sir Francis Carruthers Gould, VG+. LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED LARGE PAPER COPIES, THIS... More
McLOUGHLIN PUB. GOODY TWO SHOES ABC AND PICTURE BLOCKS. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa 1895. Housed in the original box are 16 wooden blocks depicting scenes from Little Goody Two Shoes on one side, a pictorial alphabet on the other side and words from the alphabet on the edges... More
