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... More about LA TRIBU ARC EN CIEL
STEINBECK,JOHN. THE RED PONY. NY: Covici Friede 1937. 4to (7 x 10 1/8"), flexible tan pictorial cloth, light toning of spine else Fine in torn glassine and in the publisher's slip case with the limitation number on spine (case mildly rubbed at spine else clean and tight). 1st edition, LIMITED... More about RED PONY
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG'S CHRISTMAS by Bertha Upton. London: Longmans Green 1907. Large oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, some corner and edge wear, several small archival margin mends, 2 mends touching the picture, nice tight VG copy. 1st edition. Featuring with 31 fabulous full page chromolithographs... More about GOLLIWOGG'S CHRISTMAS
(DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. WHITE SNOW BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin Tresselt. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1947. 4to (9 x 10 1/2"), pictorial boards, tiny rubbed area at top of spine, near Fine condition in nice dust wrapper (with medal, not price clipped, small triangular piece off rear corner, small chip front edge, spine... More about WHITE SNOW BRIGHT SNOW
BLACK INTEREST. (GOLLIWOGG) THE TEDDY BEAR BOOK by Constance Wickham. London: Collins, no date, circa 1938. 4to (9 x 11 3/4"), green gilt cloth, some foxing else VG+ in VG dust wrapper reinforced on verso. The text follows the daily life and adventures of Teddy, his friend Golly a Golliwogg... More about TEDDY BEAR BOOK
(GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. QUACKY DOODLES' AND DANNY DADDLES' BOOK by Rose String Hubbell. Chicago: Volland (1916, twelfth printing). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4"), pictorial boards, tiny bit of tip rubbing else Fine and bright in facsimile box. The story centers around the toy duck named Quacky Doodles and his friend Teddy... More about QUACKY DOODLES' AND DANNY DADDLES' BOOK
POLITI,LEO. THE POINSETTIA. Best-West Pub. (1967). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 1/2"), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. THIS COPY HAS A LARGE FINISHED WATERCOLOR ON A BLANK PRELIMINARY PAGE, SIGNED "SEASONS GREETINGS LEO POLITI". A young boy and girl are standing between 2 trees on a blue... More about POINSETTIA
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... More about ORIGINAL ART: COUNTRY COLIC
POTTER,BEATRIX. SISTER ANNE. Philadelphia: David McKay (1932). 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4"), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 154p., gilt on cover bright, slightly dulled on spine, a Fine copy IN THE RARE PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (back strip of dw faded, square chip off of top of backstrip with light fraying... More about SISTER ANNE
SENDAK,MAURICE. KENNY'S WINDOW. NY: Harper & Brothers (1956). 4to (7 3/4 x 9 1/4"), dark brown spine, tan pictorial cloth, Fine condition in bright fine dust wrapper with price intact. First edition REVIEW COPY WITH THE SLIP LAID-IN. This was the FIRST BOOK BOTH WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY SENDAK, with... More about KENNY'S WINDOW
(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan 1909. Featured here is the LIMITED EDITION OF THE BOOK IN A FULL MOROCCO BINDING HOUSED IN A LARGE PICTORIAL CLAMSHELL BOX WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR USED IN THE BOOK. The book is a thick quarto measuring 9" x 11 1/4", bound... More about WATER BABIES
(DULAC,EDMUND)illus. MY DAYS WITH THE FAIRIES by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., no date [1920]. 4to (7 1/2 x 10"), red cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial binding, scattered foxing on beginning pages else Fine in dust wrapper. The wrapper design duplicates the cover of the book (mild... More about MY DAYS WITH THE FAIRIES
(POGANY,WILLY)illus. TANNHAUSER by Richard Wagner. London: Harrap (1911). 4to (7 3/4 x 11") grey cloth stamped in gold. FINE IN PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL BOX (some rubbing and tape marks to box). 1st edition. A beautiful book, illustrated by Pogany with 16 tipped-in 4-color plates, full page black and whites, orange text... More about TANNHAUSER
(ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Kipling. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1909]. Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4"), blue gilt cloth with gilt pictorial decoration, NEARLY AS NEW IN PUBLISHER'S BOX with pictorial label on cover (box VG+ slightly soiled and lightly faded). 1st edition... More about SONG OF THE ENGLISH
PICTURE BOOK. FUNNY BOOK OF BUNNY by Richard Priess. St. Louis: Louis Lange Pub. Co. 1923. 4to (7 1/2 x 8 3/4"), pictorial boards, 48p., some spine wear, slight cover soil, tight and VG+. The story in verse tells how the Easter Bunny left his egg-laying job to travel the... More about FUNNY BOOK OF BUNNY
(HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LA MAISON DES AIEULES by Pierre Loti. Paris: Henri Floury (1927). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2"), 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... More about MAISON DES AIEULES
PARKER,B. AND N. ARCTIC ORPHANS. London & Edinburgh.: W. & R. Chambers, no date, circa 1920. Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/2"), pictorial boards, slight tip rubbing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped with a few mends). The adventures of three young polar bears that lose their parents... More about ARCTIC ORPHANS
L'ENGLE,MADELEINE. A WRINKLE IN TIME. (NY): Ariel Books Ferrar, Strauss & Cudahy (1962). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4"), 1/4 cloth, 211p., very slight fading to edge of cloth else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. The dust wrapper (illustrated by Ellen Raskin), is in really nice condition with price intact (very... More about WRINKLE IN TIME
WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE'S WEB. NY: Harper & Bros, (1952). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/8"), tan cloth, owner name on corner of free endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw scraped on blank rear edge, very slightly frayed at spine ends, overall clean and VG+). Stated First Edition, (first printing) with... More about CHARLOTTE'S WEB
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ORIGINAL ART: SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. We're pleased to offer a wonderful watercolor by Rackham used in Siegfried And The Twilight Of The Gods published in 1911. The image measures 6 1/4 x 10 1/4", beautifully framed (plexiglass) to 16" wide x 20" high, in fine... More about ORIGINAL ART: SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
ABC. (DOGS) ABC DOGS. (NY: Wilfred Funk 1940). Folio (10 x 13"), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn and a few faint marks on cover else VG+. 1st edition. Dogs for every letter except "X" are illustrated in color on every page. The text is beneath each drawing. Includes Kerry... More about ABC DOGS
(PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK by Washington Irving (on cover). A History of New York From The Beginning Of The World To The End Of The Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker. NY: R.H. Russell, 1900 (1900). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 1/2"), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, (299)p., top... More about KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK
(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 about CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL
ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY: Brentanos 1902. 8vo, (6 1/2 x 8"), green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green and white, rear cover lightly soiled, binding tight, recased with paper at hinges neatly repaired, margin of tissue guard and frontis narrow light brown discoloration, really a clean and... More about ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN
(RAND,PAUL)illus. I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS by Ann and Paul Rand. NY: Harcourt Brace and World (1956). 4to, (8 3/4 x 10 1/4"), pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper (some general shelf soil on dw else VG). Stated 1st edition. Paul Rand was an acclaimed artist and graphic designer... More about I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS