DUPLAIX,GEORGES. GASTON AND JOSEPHINE. NY: Oxford University Press (1933). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2"), pictorial boards, paper spine has 1" chip and base of spine frayed, slight edge rubbing else VG+ in dust wrapper (dw has chips off spine ends and corners and closed tears but overall nice). First... More about GASTON AND JOSEPHINE
BROWN,PALMER. CHEERFUL. NY: Harper Brothers. (1957). 12mo (4 1/4 x 6"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper frayed at top of backstrip else near Fine. 1st edition of the third of only 4 books by Brown - this is a fairy tale starring a city mouse named Cheerful. Illustrated with exquisite... More about CHEERFUL
COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Bost:Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, 1/2 cloth blue pictorial cloth, edges and corners rubbed else VG+, clean and tight, 212p., (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). First edition printed in America and very scarce, especially in decent condition... More about PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING [LOOKING IN THE WOODEN TRUNK] p. [10]. Offered here is the half page watercolor used opposite the full page picture of Miss Mousie dressing for the wedding and below the third page of verse in Conover's Froggie Went A-Courting published by Ferrar Strauss Giroux... More about ORIGINAL ART: FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING [LOOKING IN THE WOODEN TRUNK
(DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: HIGGELDY PIGGELDY FROM MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a large and wonderful finished pen and ink drawing for Ye Old Time Nursery Rhymes by Mother Goose. Although the book with this title was actually published in 1939 by Baldwin & Strachan in Buffalo when the art was..... More about ORIGINAL ART: HIGGELDY PIGGELDY FROM MOTHER GOOSE
(DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN TOSSED UP IN A BASKET FROM MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a large and wonderful finished pen and ink drawing for Ye Old Time Nursery Rhymes by Mother Goose. Although the book with this title was actually published in 1939 by Baldwin..... More about ORIGINAL ART: THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN TOSSED UP IN A BASKET FROM MOTHER
(NICHOLSON, WILLIAM)illus. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery Williams [Bianco]. NY & London: George H. Doran & Heinemann 1922. 4to, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2") 19p., pictorial boards. Except for a very slight bit of rubbing to head of spine, this is in super Fine condition in bright and clean pictorial... More about VELVETEEN RABBIT
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by Jules Verne. New York: Scribner, 1918 (1918). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2"), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine with gilt on spine still bright. First edition of this very elusive Scribner Classic, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial title page and endpapers, plus 14 lovely color plates. More about MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. YEARLING by Margorie Kinnan Rawlings. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940 (1939,1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2), black cloth, color plate on cover, VERY FINE IN PUBLISHERS BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER! (box only sl. scuffed). 1st Scribner Classic edition, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers... More about YEARLING
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. MICHAEL STROGOFF by Jules Verne. NY: CHarles Scribner's Sons (1927). 4to,(7 1/2 x 9"), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER with mounted color plate (dw very slightly worn else near fine). 1st ed. Illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers plus 9 color plates. Wrapper plate... More about MICHAEL STROGOFF
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE DEERSLAYER by James Fenimore Cooper. NY: Scribner 1925 (1925). 4to, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2") black cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw also in fine condition). 1st ed. of this Scribner Classic. Illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title... More about DEERSLAYER
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. DAVID BALFOUR by Robert Louis Stevenson. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924 (1924). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/2"), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE. First edition with Wyeth illustrations, a Scribner Classic. Illustrated with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 color plates. A beautiful copy. More about DAVID BALFOUR
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). Junior Literary Guild Edition. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. The story of a children's egg hunt set in Pennsylvania Dutch country... More about EGG TREE
(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 about RUMBO RHYMES
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 about HITTY:HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
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 about HITTY:HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
(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 about POOR CECCO
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 about ROOSEVELT BEARS THEIR TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
(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 about IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE
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 about JEU DE LOTO DES ALLIES
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 about END OF THE WORLD
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 about LANG SYNE OR THE WARDS OF MOUNT VERNON: A TALE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
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 about POEMS HERE AND AT HOME
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 about RHYMES AND JINGLES
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 about TIMOTHY'S QUEST