one of the rarest moveables complete with uncut - Aleph

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Helen & Marc Younger
120. (DETMOLD,EDWARD)
illus.
FABRE’S BOOK OF
INSECTS
retold by Mrs.
Randolph Stawell. London:
Hodder
&
Stoughton,
no
date [1921]. Thick 4to, (9 x
11”), white cloth pictorially
stamped
in
gold,
fore
edge has a few spots else
Fine in dust wrapper with
mounted color plate (dw is
frayed with a 2x3” piece
off corner). Illustrated by
Detmold with 12 magnificent
tipped-in color plates with
lettered tissue guards.
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ONE OF THE RAREST MOVEABLES COMPLETE WITH
UNCUT WADDLES!
123.DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY EN LAS CARRERAS [MICKEY MOUSE WADDLE
BOOK]. Barcelona: Editorial Molino (1935 segunda edicion). 4to, pictorial boards,
fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. THIS COPY IS ORIGINAL AND INTACT.
IT INCLUDES THE 4 WADDLE FIGURES UNPUNCHED, AND THE PICTORIAL
BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE COVER!
THE ORIGINAL PRINTED
PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION ENVELOPE CONTAINS THE RAMP AND THE
BRASS FASTENERS. Stamped “Archivo” on the instruction envelope, this copy
is undoubtedly the publisher’s file copy which would account for its spectacular
condition. The American edition published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Press is the
first ever “waddle” title in which die-cut figures can be assembled into full three
dimensional color figures. When attached to their legs with the brass pieces
included, the figures can actually move down the ramp without contrivances!
Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Mickey,
Minnie, Pluto (the dog) and Tanglefoot (the horse). The book is illustrated by
the Disney Studios with color endpapers, 12 bright full color illustrations and
many b&w’s. This Spanish edition is identical to the American edition except for
the translated text. This is a Disney book of the utmost rarity with few copies
surviving complete with all of its original components intact. $8750.00
A
beautiful copy, scarce in
the dw.
$600.00
LOVELY EDITION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
121.DICKENS,CHARLES. A CHRISTMAS CAROL. London, New York, Toronto:
Hodder & Stoughton, no date
(owner pencilled date of
1912). 4to (7 ½ x 9 3/8”),
red cloth with extensive
gilt decoration and pictorial
paste-on, some fraying at
spine ends and spine slightly
toned else VG. This edition
is illustrated by A.C. Michael
with 13 full page illustrations
including 8 tipped-in color
plates, 5 full page pen and
inks plus smaller illustrations
in text as well as pictorial
endpapers. This is a lovely
book. $225.00
LIMITED EDITION
SIGNED
122.(DILLON,LEO
AND
DIANE)
AIDA told by
Leontyne
Price
based
on Verdi’s opera.
San
Diego: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich (1990). 4to
(10 1/4 x 11 1/4”), purple
gilt cloth, Fine in slipcase.
LIMITED TO ONLY 250
COPIES
SPECIALLY
BOUND AND SIGNED
BY PRICE AND THE
DILLONS. Magnificently
illustrated in color by the
Dillons. CORETTA SCOTT
KING AWARD. $200.00
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5 BOOKS IN ORIGINAL COLOR PICTORIAL BOX
124.DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE BOX: FIVE BOOKS OF ADVENTURE
STORIES WITH MICKEY AND HIS FRIENDS. Racine: Whitman 1939.
Housed in a box measuring 10 ½” wide x 10” are 5 books oblong 5 ½ x 5”. The
books have cloth spines and brightly colored pictorial covers, front and back.
The books are in as new condition, the box has neat small repair on flap and is
slightly dusty else near Fine. The titles include The Brave Little Tailor, The Ugly
Duckling, The Practical Pig, Mother Pluto and The Farmyard Symphony. Each
page of text faces a full page black and white illustration by the Disney Studios.
This is an amazing set of Disney books, rare in the box.
$1250.00
914.764.7410
6 MINT PINOCCHIO BOOKS IN BOX
125.DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY’S BOX OF SIX PINOCCHIO BOOKS.
Racine: Whitman Publishing Co. 1939, 1940. This is a group of 6 story / paint
books, one for each character from Carlo Collodi’s classic book, all housed in
the original pictorial box. The books measure 8 ½ x 11 ½” and are in fine, unused
condition. Titles include: Pinocchio, Figaro and Cleo, Geppetto, J. Worthington
Foulfellow, Gideon the Blue Fairy and Jiminy Cricket. The child can read the
story and color the black and white pictures if he/she so chooses. A beautiful
set, rarely found complete in the box.
$875.00
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Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111
BULLDOGS BY VERNON STOKES
129.DOGS. A TOWN DOG IN THE COUNTRY by Vernon Stokes. (London:
Chambers), no date, circa
1924.
Folio (10 x 12”),
pictorial boards, narrow
1/16th
inch
strip
of
darkening on corner of
some pages else Fine in dust
wrapper. The adventures in
the country of a wonderful
“city” bulldog named Blobbs
is told in verse. Illustrated
by Stokes with 10 fabulous
full page chromolithographs
and with more full page
black and whites. This is
an outstanding copy rarely
found so intact with the dust
wrapper.$800.00
DOGS SEE ALSO 15, 247, 338, 388, 457
BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED FULLER PAPER DOLLS
126.DISNEY,WALT.
ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1.
Philadelphia: McKay (1931). 8vo, cloth backed stiff pictorial card covers, slight
cover soil, near FINE AND BRIGHT! An early Disney item with fabulous color
illustrations on every page of text. $1000.00
EARLY DISNEY IN DUST WRAPPER
127.DISNEY,WALT. THE ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK
NUMBER 2. Philadelphia: McKay (1932). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN DUST
WRAPPER (dw neatly repaired). Illustrated with color pictorial endpapers and
color illustrations by the Disney Studios on every page. This is a really nice copy
of a very scarce and early Disney book, rare in the dw. $1800.00
DISNEY SEE ALSO 353
BULLDOG ILLUSTRATED
BY B. PARKER
128.DOGS. BLOBBS AT THE
FAIR by Vernon Stokes and B.
Parker. London: Chambers, no
date, circa 1920. Folio (10 x
12”), pictorial boards, slight bit
of edge rubbing else Fine in dust
wrapper. The misadventures of a
wonderful bulldog named Blobbs
at the fair are told in verse.
Illustrated by Stokes and B.
Parker with 11 fabulous full page
chromolithographs and with more
than 12 full page black & whites.
This is a fantastic picture book,
rarely found in such bright
condition with dust wrapper.
$800.00
130.DOLLS.
(PAPER) PHOEBE, THE COTTAGE MAID. London: S. and J.
Fuller 1811 (dated 1811 on cover of book and on slipcase, 1812 on title page).
16mo (4 x 5”), printed wraps, FINE in original slipcase with edges strengthened.
Containing 7 very fine aquatinted and hand-colored figures, one head and two
hats. The story relates the daily life of a peasant girl. She reappears in the
next title in the Fuller series by becoming the wife of Hubert, The Cottage
Youth. See Osborne p.1053, Gumuchian 2024-5, NBL 789 and Haining p.14-15
who notes that these Fuller books “were expensive even for the period ... are now
exceedingly difficult to find.” A scarce title in this prized series. (SEE ALSO
INSIDE FRONT COVER)$3850.00
DOLL HOUSE IN A BOOK
131.DOLLS. (NOVELTY) MY DOLLY’S HOME (BIDDIE’S ADVENTURE) by
Doris Davey after Helen Waite. London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton for Arts
and General, (1921). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9”), cloth backed pictorial boards,
some cover soil and light stain on the bottom of a few leaves else tight and VG,
complete with the two sheets of paper doll figures uncut. There are 8 pages
of text followed by vibrant color lithographed scenes (53) which follow the
story. As each different part of the story is described, the reader uses the
corresponding paper doll figures to re-enact the scenes as they progress from
outside the house into the various rooms of the house. The rooms have doors and
cupboards that open up into hiding places for the dolls, and each room is finely
detailed with stylish furnishings of the era. A wonderful book, scarce.$850.00
DOLLS SEE ALSO 130-1, 207, 266, 339, 342, 419, 470
DOYLE, RICHARD - 115
WITH INTERESTING LETTER FROM DU BOIS
132.DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. THE GREAT GEPPY. NY: Viking 1940 (1940).
4to (7 ½ x 10”), striped cloth, 92p., VG+ in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition.
This is a circus- detective story illustrated with 22 color drawings and 48 black and
whites by Du Bois. LAID-IN IS AN INTERESTING 1 1/3 PAGE HANDWRITTEN
LETTER FROM DU BOIS DATED JULY 10, 1939: “When I last saw you, you said
something about a letter from a child who objected to the fact that Geppy
only had one eye. You said you had sent that letter to my New York address. I
haven’t received it yet and I am quite worried about it because I would like to
answer the child’s letter and also because you might have enclosed my check for
the second installment. Would you please look it up and let me know about it. If
you sent me the name and address of the child I could answer him, or her without
seeing the letter. Sincerely yours, Bill Pene du Bois. P.S. Also I have much need
for the check.” See Bader p.176. DU BOIS SEE ALSO 429.$600.00
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DULAC’S SIGNED / LIMITED “TEMPEST”
135.(DULAC,EDMUND)illus.
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare.
London: Hodder & Stoughton [1908]. Large 4to, full gilt vellum binding, silk
ties renewed, top edge gilt, near Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED
COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC. Illustrated with 40 beautiful tipped-in color plates
on heavy stock. A magnificent copy of a sumptuous book. $2500.00
DUMMIES ( BOOK MOCK-UPS) - 182, 263, 278, 388
133.(DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE DREAMER OF DREAMS by The Queen of
Roumania. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, [1915]. 4to (7 3/4 x 10”), grey gilt
cloth stamped in blue, circular fade spot on rear cover (not visible with dust wrapper
on) else Fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw frayed with some soil but
VG). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 6 beautiful tipped-in color plates with
tissue guards to accompany a magical fairy tale. Quite scarce in dw. $750.00
RARE DUPLAIX PICTURE BOOK WITH HUMANIZED PIGS
136.DUPLAIX,GEORGES. GASTON AND JOSEPHINE IN AMERICA. NY:
Oxford University Press (1934). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), pictorial boards, small spot
on cover else Fine in VG++ dust wrapper. First edition. These wonderful French
pigs take a trip to America. Because they spend all of their money on Fifth
Avenue in New York City they must find work to support themselves. They
travel out West where they become movie stars and take all of the prizes
in a Wild West Rodeo. Written and illustrated by Duplaix with the text in
calligraphy and featuring full page and large partial page color illustrations
throughout. Printed by Rudge. This is an unusually fine copy in a scarce dw.
First editions in this condition are rare. See Bader p. 278.
$950.00
#134
DULAC IN DUST WRAPPER
134.(DULAC,EDMUND)illus. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold
by L. Housman. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1907]. Thick large 4to (9 x 11”),
gilt decorated cloth, xvi, 133p., Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper with mounted
color plate (soiled area on dw). First edition in this preferred format, illustrated
with the 50 beautiful tipped in color plates with guards interspersed throughout
the text instead of all together at the back of the book. This is a beautiful copy
of an increasingly scarce book, rarely found with the dust wrapper. $2200.00
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914.764.7410
DUTCH INTEREST - 146, 407, 488
INSCRIBED AND WITH LETTER
137.DUVOISIN,ROGER. THE HOUSE OF FOUR SEASONS. NY: Lothrop
Lee and Shepard (1956,
11th printing). 4to (8 1/4 x
10”), pictorial cloth, durable
binding for library use, Fine
in dust wrapper with a few
small edge chips. Artfully
illustrated by Duvoisin in
bright colors on every page.
This copy is inscribed by
Duvoisin plus laid-on is a
handwritten letter to a
fan and an unused greeting
card with an original design
of 2 penguins on the cover.
This is a special copy of
a very scarce Duvoisin
title.$200.00
VERY SCARCE
CALDECOTT WINNER
138.(DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. WHITE
SNOW BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin
Tresselt. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard,
1947. 4to (9 x 10 ½”), pictorial boards,
Fine condition in nice dust wrapper
with a few small closed tears, not price
clipped, award seal). 1st edition, 1st
printing. Wonderful color illustrations
are on every page by Duvoisin. This is an
excellent copy of the 1948 CALDECOTT
AWARD WINNER, very difficult to find
in any condition.
$950.00
1787 ISAIAH THOMAS AMERICAN
NAUGHTY CHILDREN
139.EARLY AMERICAN. THE JUVENILE BIOGRAPHER; containing the
lives of little masters and misses; including a variety of good and bad
characters. By a little biographer. The First Worcester Edition [attributed
to Richard Johnson by Welch]. Worcester, Massachusetts. Isaiah Thomas ...,
Sold also by. ; E. Battelle, Boston 1787. 32mo, (2 ½ x 3 7/8”), viii [9] 10-119
[120], [4]p. ads, [4]p. blank. Two faint blind stamps on title, occasional spot
else VG in (later?) floral patterned paper wraps, housed in custom cloth box.
First American edition from British John Newbery title. Fictitious biographies
of various naughty and good children meant to teach morals. Illustrated with
20 woodcuts, tailpieces & ornamental rules including a frontis cut titled “The
Bust of the Little Author”. The stories include: Miss Betsey Allgood -- Master
Bill Bad-enough -- Miss Nancy Careful -- Master Sammy Careful -- Miss Fanny
Daudle – Master Billy Easy -- Miss Polly Charity -- Master Simon Lovepenny –
Miss Betsey Pert -- Master Dickey Sprightly -- Miss Charlotte Thoughtful -Master Jenny Studious -- Miss Amelia Lovebook – Master Isaac Curious -- Miss
Fiddle Faddle – Master Billy Bashful -- Miss Fanny Squeamish -- Master Tommy
Prudence -- Miss Polly Honeycomb -- Master Francis Bacon. See Rosenbach 119,
Evans 20440, Welch 680.1. Quite scarce.
$1950.00
Pg 26
HAND COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS
140.EARLY AMERICAN.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE
CORONATION REGALIA OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND; WITH THE
DEGREES AND COSTUME OF DIFFERENT RANKS. Philadelphia: Morgan and
Yeager, no date, circa 1825. Printed wraps 4 1/4 x 7”, some offsetting and slight
foxing, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, there are 12 very fine hand colored
copperplate engravings full of detail. Rosenbach 665. Very scarce. $1500.00
NEWBURYPORT 1797
141.EARLY AMERICAN.
DR. WATTS’S
PLAIN AND EASY CATECHISMS FOR
CHILDREN AND PRESERVATIVE FROM THE
SINS AND FOLLIES OF CHILDHOOD AND
YOUTH: To which is added the SHORTER
CATECHISM with EXPLANATORY NOTES:
also, some short PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN.
Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt 1797. 16mo
(3 1/4 x 5 ½”), leather backed wooden boards
covered with paper, iv, [5]. 6-154p., lacks
free endpapers, paper on boards worn off
on corner of front cover, spine ends chipped,
some foxing, tight and VG. First edition,
meant “to furnish some introductory easy and
concise forms of knowledge... upon the minds
of children in a way more suited to their
feeble capacities.” Evans 33167, not in Welch
or Rosenbach.
$1200.00
ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NAUGHTY BOYS
142.EARLY AMERICAN. LITTLE PRATTLE OVER A BOOK OF PRINTS,
WITH EASY TALES FOR CHILDREN. Philadelphia: J. Johnson 1808. 3” x 5
1/4”, marbled wraps, 60p.. some chipping and a few tiny mends, light soil, VG+.
First American edition. The text is composed of short cautionary stories, many
about cruelty to animals
and
naughty
boys.
Illustrated with fine
woodcuts throughout
the text.
The text
is taken from Darton
and
Harvey’s
1804
edition,
however
there is a change for
the American edition
referring
to
the
Fourth of July in the
story about Playing
With
Gunpowder.
Rosenbach 372, Shaw
and Shoemaker series
2
(early
American
imprints) 15439. Quite
scarce.$1200.00
MUSIC AND EXERCISE
143.EARLY AMERICAN. CALISTHENIC SONGS ILLUSTRATED. FOR THE
USE OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS by Flora Parsons. NY:
Ivison, Blakeman Taylor (1869), Oblong 7 x 5”, gilt lettered cloth, 68p. plus
index, light shelf wear, VG+. Nearly every page of musical notation faces an
illustrated page of calisthenics with detailed directions. The author explains
that the music, the lyrics and the calisthenics were all original done specifically
for this book.
$200.00
1797 BALTIMORE
144.EARLY AMERICAN. DAS KLEINE DAVIDSCHE PSALTERSPIEL DER
KINDERS ZIONS, von alten und neuen Auserlesenen geists Gesängen, allen
wahren Heilsbegierigen Säuglingen der Weisheit, insonderheit aber denen
Gemeinden des Herrn, zum Dienst und Gebrauch mit Fleiss zusammen getragen
in
gegenwärtigbeliebiger
Form und Ordnung. Nebst
einem dreyfachen, darzu
nützlichen und der Materien
halben nöthigen Register.
Zweyte verbesserte auflage,
Baltimore:
Samuel
Saur
1797. 8vo, full leather, metal
clasps, 572p. [+ register],
bound with Die Kleine Harpe
dated 1792. Normal rubbing
and wear, VG. A popular book
first published in Germany
in 1791, “ The American
edition also became quite
popular with some sects,
Dunkers, Mennonites, etc.”
Curiously, although the book
is dated 1797, the second
section is dated 1792 and
the owner inscription is
dated 1792 as well. Evans
31815.$1500.00
Pg 27
CHAPBOOK - CUT OF “A
JEW” ON REAR COVER
147.EARLY ENGLISH. THE
HISTORY OF THE HOUSE
THAT
JACK
BUILT.
London: Houlston & Son,
no date, circa 1820. 24mo
(2 ½ x 4), pictorial wraps,
14p. +1p. ads, fine.
The
traditional nursery rhyme is
illustrated with woodcuts on
each page plus cuts on both
covers. The rear cover has
a cut titled “A Jew” showing
a
stereotypical
Jewish
man with beard and hat
carrying a box of wares for
sale.$350.00
HAND-COLORED MOTHER GOOSE
148.EARLY ENGLISH. BYSH’S EDITION OF NURSERY RHYMES. London:
Printed by T. Richardson for J.
Bysh, no date but owner inscribed
1828. 3 ½ x 5 ½”, pictorial wraps,
36p., bound in later marbled
boards, top and bottom margins
of front cover trimmed, final leaf
lacking a piece from the bottom
resulting in the loss of a few lines
of text on each side, housed in a
custom cloth clamshell box. 52
nursery rhymes are illustrated
with 6 fanciful full page handcolored engravings, each page
with 2 pictures. Most of the
rhymes although familiar are
definitely different from the
versions we know today. The
final 10 pages have select pieces
such as My Mother, My Sister,
etc.$275.00
1808 FLOWER FAIRIES - HARRIS PUBLICATION
149.EARLY ENGLISH. FLORA’S GALA. London: J. Harris 1808. 4 x 5”, bound
without wrappers in later full leather binding with gilt design, leather slightly
bowed else Fine. 4 lines from Darwin’s Botanic Garden are on the title. The
text in verse tells about the flower fairies’ gala. Illustrated with 6 fine handcolored copperplate engravings, well printed by H. Bryer. Scarce and quite
lovely. See Moon 291.
$1200.00
145.EARLY AMERICAN. PORTFOLIO FOR YOUTH by Robert Ramble [John
Frost]. Philadelphia: J. Crissy 1835. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”), leather backed boards,
xvi, 17-352p., ink from owners name bled through to 2 leaves, spine ends worn,
edges rubbed, some foxing, tight and VG. First edition (and probably only
edition). Written as a series of stories and fables by Captain Ramble for his
nephew Frank Hearty and illustrated with numerous engravings. Robert Ramble
was the pseudonym of John Frost, a prolific author in the mid 1800s. $300.00
HAND-COLORED WITH NAUGHTY BOY BEING SPANKED
146.EARLY DUTCH. PRENTENBOEK [by] H.J. T. Matveld. Leyden ca 1840.
16mo, printed wraps, fine. A nice hand-colored Dutch picture book for children
with each page featuring a fine illustration with a caption. One in particular
shows a bare bottomed boy being hit with a broom by his mother.
$300.00
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KENDREW CHAPBOOK
150.EARLY ENGLISH. THE
HISTORY OF A LITTLE
BOY FOUND UNDER AN
HAYCOCK
[by
Richard
Johnson].
York: Kendrew,
no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2
5/8 x 3 7/8”), yellow wraps,
16p., fine. Illustrated with
14 woodcuts to accompany
this tale of a worthy orphan,
also includes Little Boy
Blue
rhyme
integrated
into the story.
Osborne
p.270. See Opie Collection
Treasures
of
Childhood
p. 10 for others in this
series.$175.00
914.764.7410
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KENDREW “JACK DANDY” CHAPBOOK
151.EARLY ENGLISH.
JACK DANDY’S
DELIGHT OR THE HISTORY OF BIRDS
AND BEASTS; IN PROSE AND VERSE.
York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2
5/8 x 4”), yellow wraps, 16p., Fine. Illustrated
with 13 woodcuts to accompany text. “Handy
spandy, Jacky Dandy, Loves plum-cake and
sugar candy, He bought some at the Grocer’s
shop, And pleas’d, away went hop, hop,
hop.” Osborne p.98. See Opie Collection
Treasures of Childhood p.10 for others in the
series.$175.00
#153
#151
#154
#155
RARE EARLY AUSTRIAN PICTURE BOOK
ENGRAVED BY NEIDL
152.EARLY GERMAN. NEUESTE KLEINIGKEITEN FUR LIEBE JUGEND EIN
BILDERBUCH ZUM NUZEN UND BERGNUGEN. Vienna: Johann Neidl, no
date, circa 1810. Oblong 8 ½” x 6 3/4”, original marbled wraps with printed label,
title page plus 6 leaves, near Fine condition. Each of the 6 pages printed on one
side, has 20 fine hand colored engravings of a wide variety of things: children
playing different games, animals, musical instruments, clocks, weapons, flowers
and more. There is short text in verse at the bottom of each page. Johann Neidl,
who published this book, was also a highly regarded engraver best known for his
portraits of Beethoven and Haydn. He also engraved the illustrations for this
book. Rare.
$2000.00
3 ALEXANDRA EXTER PERE CASTOR PANORAMAS
EXTER,ALEXANDRA.
PANORAMAS.
Offered here are 3 Pere Castor
panoramas illustrated by Russian emigré artist ALEXANDRA EXTER and
published in Paris by Flammarion. All have text by Marie Colmont. The panoramas
measure 9 3/4” square bound in pictorial card covers, opening to 8 feet. One side
of the panorama has a striking full color illustration. The other side has the text
and is illustrated in black & white. In his article on Russian emigré artists (DAPA
Winter 1989), A. L. de Saint-Rat comments about Pere Castor books: “If a break
was to be made in format and style, Exter was to make it in the grandest manner...
[the panoramas] are masterpieces of graphic design unsurpassed to this day.”
Priced individually at $525.00
153.PANORAMA DE LA COTE. (THE COAST) 1938. slight soil VG+.
154.PANORAMA DE LA MONTAGNE (MOUNTAIN) 1938. Slight soil, VG+. 155. PANORAMA DU FLEUVE (RIVER) 1937. Slight soil VG.
FABLES - 45, 55
EDUCATION - 11. 143. 192
ELEPHANTS - 356, 401
ENGLEBRECHT - 335
ESKIMO 171
EICHENBERG, FRITZ - 169
EMBERLEY, ED - 3
ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT - 38
EVANS, EDMUND - 40
CHEWING GUM PIXIES
156.FAIRIES. THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY TEABERRY. Pittsburgh: Clark
Chewing Gum Co. (1944). 4to (8 X 10 1/4”),
cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of
tip wear else fine in dust wrapper with corner
chip. The story tells of a little boy who meets
a family of pixies in the woods. TeaberryTicklebeard is the King of the Pixies and he,
along with Chicle, Tickle, Nickle, Dixie, Rixie
and Nixie, take the little boy on a guided
tour of how they produce Clark chewing gum
in Teaberry Town.
Illustrated in typical
40’s style in bright full colors by Ben Jorj
Harris. LAID IN IS AN INTERESTING
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER explaining
“This book was prepared.. before the paper
shortage became acute and we subsequently
stopped production on it so that we
only have a limited supply now.”
Great
copy.$200.00
LOVELY HUMANIZED
BUTTERFLIES
157.FAIRIES. BUTTERFLY
BABIES by George Butler.
Chicago: Magill Weinsheimer
[1917]. 16mo (4 1/4 x 6”),
pictorial boards, light soil
and spine rubbing, VG+.
Every other page features
the most wonderful and
unusual humanized butterfly
fairies - many representing
different
nationalities.
Includes a Black Pickaninny
butterfly eating watermelon,
Brown Malays, American
Indians, Japanese and more!
Text is in verse.
Quite
unusual.$250.00
NEW ZEALAND FAIRIES
158.FAIRIES. MAORI MOTHS by Margaret
Wells. Wellington, N.Z.: Harry Tombs, no
date. 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, [27]
p., VG+. The story told in verse and prose
is about tiny fairies of Aotearoa who battle
dragons that live in volcanos, and giants.
Wonderfully illustrated. by EDNA KUALA
with 1 color plate, 4 black & white plates plus
numerous black & whites in text. A lovely fairy
book.$275.00
159.FAIRIES.
ROSE FYLEMAN FAIRY
BOOK. London: Methuen (1923). 4to, blue
cloth, VG+. 1st edition. A book of fairy
poetry, illustrated by HILDA MILLER
with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates,
12 delicate black and whites in text and
pictorial endpapers. (See Meigs p.592
and Realms of Gold p. 77). A lovely fairy
book. $475.00
GERMAN BOOK OF FLOWER FAIRIES
160.FAIRIES. VOM ELFLEIN DAS SIENEN NAMEN VERGAS [THE ELF THAT
FORGOT HIS NAME] von L. Schultz - Kunstmann. Dresden: Walter Flechsig
(1936). 8vo (5 ½ x 7 3/4”),
boards, pictorial paste-on,
31p., boards lightly toned
else VG+. 1st edition. The
text is a fantasy taking place
in the forest where flowers
come alive.
Illustrated
by Mathilde Ritter with 4
beautiful color plates and 22
charming color illustrations
in-text showing a host of
humanized flowers, insects
and more. Delicate and well
printed.$250.00
FAIRIES SEE ALSO 27, 149,
163, 330, 344
Pg 29
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HERBERT COLE ILLUSTRATIONS
161.FAIRY TALES. FAIRY GOLD: A BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH FAIRY
TALES ed. by Ernest
Rhys. London & NY: Dent &
Dutton 1906. Thick 8vo (6 x
8”), gilt pictorial cloth, top
edge gilt, 474p., light cover
rubbing else VG+. First
edition of this outstanding
book of nearly 70 fairy
tales of English origin.
Illustrated by HERBERT
COLE with 12 color plates
and 70 beautiful drawings
with
the
color
work
similar to Walter Crane
and the line illustrations
reminiscent
of
Burne
Jones and Robert Anning
Bell.
First editions are
rare.$450.00
BEAUTIFUL TRADE BINDING
162.FAIRY TALES. HOUSEHOLD TALES AND FAIRY STORIES. London,
New York and Manchester:
George
Routledge
1893
(1893). Thick 8vo (6 ½ x
8 ½”), brown cloth with
beautiful gilt pictorial cover
and spine, 567p., VG-Fine.
Nearly 50 fairy tales are
included - traditional and
lesser known.
Illustrated
with over 100 very fine
engravings by F.A. Fraser, J.
D. Watson, Alfred Croquill,
J. Absolon, Harrison Weir,
H.K. Browne, John Gilbert
and others including 6 lovely
full page chromolithographs.
Well printed and a fine
example of a turn of the
19th century book of fairy
tales.$300.00
FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES
163.FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES by Olivia McCabe. Chicago: Rand
McNally (1911). Small 4to,
cloth, pictorial paste-on,
133p., slight cover soil, near
Fine. 1st edition. Six original
fairy stories including the
title, The White Cock of the
Enchanted Palace, The Shoes
of Silence, Fairy Twilight
and the Princess, Prince
of the Sun Bright Isle and
The Little Girl and the Crow
in Fairyland.
Illustrated
by HOPE DUNLOP with 12
beautiful color plates plus
black & whites in-text and
pictorial endpapers.$275.00
MCLOUGHLIN CINDERELLA
164.FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER. (book
cover reads “and”, first page reads “or”). NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa
1865. 12mo (4 ½ x 6 ½”),
pictorial wraps highlighted
in gold, mounted on linen,
Fine condition. This title in
the Fairy Moonbeam Series
features 8 brightly colored
half-page illustrations that
are well printed. Listed as
a “New Series” on the rear
cover.
This book comes
from a 19th century drug
store whose contents were
found intact which accounts
for the gilt cover retaining
its
sparkle.
Beautiful
copy.$300.00
914.764.7410
WARNE TOY BOOK
165.FAIRY TALES. (DICK
WHITTINGTON)
THE
OLD BALLAD OF DICK
WHITTINGTON. London:
Warne, no date, circa
1870.
4to, wraps, slight
offsetting on text pages
else near fine. Each page is
mounted on linen. Illustrated
with 6 very fine full page
chromolithographs printed
by Kronheim.
$300.00
Pg 30
HOLIDAY HOUSE BOXED SET
INCLUDING NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
169.FAIRY TALES. A PRESENT FOR GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS.
NY: Holiday House (1937). This is a set of 4 “stocking stuffer” books in the
original slip case. Titles include: The Night Before Christmas (illus. by Ilse
Bischoff), Old Woman and Her Pig / Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse (illus. by
Jack Tinker), Cinderella (illus. by Hilda Scott) and Dick Whittington and His
Cat (illus. by Fritz Eichenberg). They measure 3 ½” wide x 5” high, cloth backed
pictorial boards, except for edge toning on one book, all are in Fine condition
in the publisher’s pictorial slip case (small stain on case). Designed by Helen
Gentry (formerly of the Grabhorn Press) and printed by Rudge, they are all
illustrated with charming color woodcuts. Little books for little hands that
children find irresistible. This boxed set is rare. See Bader p.212 who describes
the books in this series as “revolutionary little revivals.” $375.00
JACK & THE BEANSTALK
STECHER LITHOS
166.FAIRY TALES. JACK
AND THE BEANSTALK.
NY:
George Sully (1920).
8vo (5 7/8 x 7 1/4”), pictorial
boards, slight spine wear
else Fine IN PUBLISHER’S
PICTORIAL BOX. Illustrated
by W. Stecher with beautiful
full page and smaller color
lithographs including pictorial
endpapers. Done in the same
style and format of the
Volland Sunny Books series,
this is a great version of a
classic.$125.00
1861 HAND-COLORED
167.FAIRY TALES. (THREE LITTLE PIGS) THREE TINY PIGS. London:
Dean & Son, 1861. 4to (6 ½ x 9 7/8”), pictorial wraps, small part of spine rubbed
else near Fine. Papa PleaseWell Series. The traditional
fairy tale about the 3 little
pigs who leave home to
build their own houses and
their encounters with the
Wolf. Printed on one side
of the paper, there are 8
large 3/4 page hand-colored
illustrations with the text
of the story below each
picture.
The illustrations
used here are the same
as those in McLoughlin’s
Three Tiny Pigs from the
Mama
Lovechild
Series
with a different cover.
Scarce.$500.00
H.J. FORD
ILLUSTRATIONS
168.FAIRY TALES. OLD
FRIENDS AMONG THE
FAIRIES:
selected
and
edited by Andrew Lang.
London et al: Longmans Green
1926. 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 ½”),
green pictorial cloth, VG+.
1st edition. 23 fairy tales
from traditional to those
less known, are illustrated
by H.J. Ford with 4 beautiful
tipped-in color plates, lovely
dragon motif cover design
and pictorial endpapers.
Also featuring a profusion of
full page and smaller black
and whites by Ford, G.P.
Jacomb Hood and Lanceclot
Speed.
An interesting
and uncommon book of
tales.$175.00
WELSH FAIRY TALES
170.FAIRY
TALES.
(WALES) WONDER TALES
OF ANCIENT WALES by
Bernard Henderson. Boston:
Small Maynard [1921]. 4to,
blue pictorial cloth, top
edge gilt, 166p., slightest
cover soil, VG+. 13 Welsh
fairy tales, illustrated by
DORIS
WILLIAMSON
with 8 wonderful color
plates reminiscent of Anne
Anderson plus black & whites
in text. $250.00
FAIRY TALES - 4, 60, 68, 94, 98, 133, 161-70, 197, 211-12, 236, 239, 241,
243-5, 249, 259, 274-6, 280, 322-4, 369-9, 375, 393, 404,
420, 458, 472, 475
RARE ESKIMO POLAR FANTASY - ANIMAL RIGHTS
171.FANTASY. ICE KIDS by Constance White. Chicago: M.A. Donohue (1910).
4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges worn, some cover soil,
overall VG condition with strong binding and internally Fine. This is the adventure
of 2 Eskimo boys named Abba and Babba who are taken to the magical City of
Rainbows under the sea ruled by the Great Walrus. In exchange for their lifelong
safety the Walrus demands that they stop killing all animals and to eat only
vegetables and eggs which the Walrus would provide. Surviving many harrowing
adventures the boys eventually arrive home. Printed on heavy coated paper,
there are many brightly colored full page and smaller illustrations by White done
with a fanciful flair. This is a great American picture book, Rare.
$600.00
FANTASY - 100, 160, 228, 246, 257 291, 296, 397, 435, 444, 451, 484
FARJEON, ELEANOR - 20
Pg 31
SIGNED
172.(FEELINGS,TOM)illus. SOUL LOOKS BACK IN WONDER.
Books (1993).
Oblong
10 3/4 x 9 3/4”0, cloth
backed boards, As new
in as new dust wrapper.
First printing (1-10 code).
Feelings compiled poems
by 13 major Black poets
which he illustrated with
striking color illustrations on
every page. Includes Maya
Anjelou,
Lucille
Clifton,
Langston
Hughes,
Mari
Evans and more. THIS COPY
HAS TOM FEELINGS’ BOLD
SIGNATURE laid-in on Dial
stationery.$100.00
NY: Dial
FELLOWS, MURIEL - 225
INSCRIBED BY FIELD * ELVES AND FAIRIES
173.FIELD,RACHEL. ELIZA AND THE ELVES. NY: Macmillan 1926 (1926).
8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth,
96p.,
Fine
in
dust
wrapper (dw nickel size
piece off upper corner
a few other chips, VG).
1st edition. All you ever
wanted to know about
elfland is told in prose
and verse. Illustrated
by
ELIZABETH
MACKINSTRY
with
color wrapper, pictorial
endpapers, 2 color plates
and a profusion of black
and whites throughout
the text. THIS COPY IS
INSCRIBED BY FIELD,
DATED
SEPTEMBER
19th, 1926.
Quite
scarce in the wrapper
and
a
wonderful
book. $400.00
INSCRIBED BY FIELD
174.
FIELD,RACHEL.
HEPATICA HAWKS. NY:
Macmillan 1932 (Oct. 1932).
8vo (5 ½ x 8”), cloth, 239p.,
VG-Fine in dust wrapper (few
archival mends on verso).
1st printing.
The story
is set in a traveling freak
show and Hepatica is part
of the show. Illustrated by
Allen Lewis with woodcuts.
THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED
BY FIELD: “For Louise One of Hepatica’s earliest
friends and well wishers with love in October 1932.
Rachel” $275.00
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INSCRIBED BY FIELD
175.FIELD,RACHEL. A LITTLE BOOK OF DAYS. NY: Doubleday Page 1927
(1927). 4 ½ x 5 3/4”, green
cloth, fine in dust wrapper
(dw worn, ½” piece off
backstrip,
soiled,
Good
condition).
Stated first
edition. A charming book,
each page of text faces
a
wonderful
full
page
illustration by Field. The
text in verse presents short
poems
about
different
holidays
and
significant
days in a child’s life. THIS
COPY IS INSCRIBED AND
DATED 1927 BY FIELD. See
Realms of Gold p. 45. Quite
scarce with dust wrapper
and inscription. $225.00
INSCRIBED WITH
SKETCH / SILHOUETTES
176.FIELD,RACHEL.
THE
POINTED PEOPLE.
New
Haven: Yale Univ. Press
1924 (1924). 8vo (5 1/4 x
7 ½”), cloth, spine faded
else VG+. 1st edition. Field
wrote a book of poems
arranged
in
categories
and also illustrated it
with 17 full page and many
smaller silhouettes. THIS
COPY
IS
INSCRIBED
WITH A SKETCH “For
my distinguished “Twin”
from Rachel Lyman Field.
September 19, 1924. Below
the inscription Field drew
a sailboat on the water. A
special copy of a charming
book.$300.00
FABULOUS COPY IN BOX
177.(FISHER,HARRISON)illus. A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN. Indianapolis:
Bobbs Merrill (1907 October). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4”), tan cloth, pictorial paste-on,
nearly As New with original blue ribbon, glassine wrapper and pictorial box (box
worn on flaps). 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated with
20 beautiful full page color illustrations of women by Fisher. The text is in verse
surrounded by lovely art nouveau decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. This is an
unusually nice copy. $850.00
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Pg 32
-- LAUREN FORD’S CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead (1963).
Oblong 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper.
1st edition.
LAID IN ARE
THREE WOODCUTS on Japan paper for the illustrations in the book.
RARE ANGUS
FIRST EDITION
178. FLACK,MARJORIE.
ANGUS AND THE CAT.
NY: Doubleday Doran 1931
(1931). Oblong 8vo, pictorial
boards, near Fine in dust
wrapper with rectangular
pieces off blank edge of dw
flap. Stated 1st ed. The
second of Flack’s marvelous
picture books about this
little Scottie, with bold
color illustrations on every
page. See Bader p. 61-3.
Rare.$850.00
FLOWERS - 104, 105, 149, 160, 34, 467
-- COPIES OF AN APPRECIATION of Ford published the year
of her death providing biographical and bibliographical information.
INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING
-- ORIGINAL DRAWING AND AN ARRAY OF 21 ETCHINGS OR
WOODCUTS AND 7 CARDS WITH ENGRAVINGS BY FORD. Many
signed, and several possibly used for some of the many beautiful greeting
cards Ford did. Included is an original signed pencil drawing 4 ½” wide x 7 “
high. It is a most beautiful and detailed pencil drawing of a nativity scene
with Mary holding Baby Jesus, a man by her side, a young boy seated looking
up at all of them. They are surrounded by a donkey, a bull and 2 lambs.
FORD, H.J. 168, 243
The collection. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER)$5500.00
LAUREN FORD COLLECTION
179.FORD,LAUREN. COLLECTION. We are pleased to be able to offer
this interesting collection of Lauren Ford material including special copies of
books, original art and more. Lauren Ford (1891-1973) was not only an award
winning illustrator of children’s books but she wrote them as well. According
to her mother, she began to draw at the age of only four and eventually
studied with F.V. du Mond and George Bridgman. She began professionally
by illustrating her mother’s books and dust wrappers (her mother was noted
children’s author Julia Ellsworth Ford). She first collaborated with her mother
on Imagina which was illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In 1923 she illustrated
entirely on her own, her mother’s book Pan and Santa Claus. In 1926 she held
her first one man show at the Feragil Gallery in New York which sold-out.
Ford is perhaps best known for two books, the Ageless Story, which was
a Caldecott Honor title in 1940, and the Little Book About God about which
Mahoney and Whitney wrote: “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and
the book has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages” (See 5
Years of Children’s Books p.18, 148-9). In Illustrator’s of Children’s books p. 242,
Mahoney and Whitney comment that with the publication of the last mentioned
books “it is as if Botticelli’s angels found themselves dressed in blue gingham
in a Connecticut farmhouse and feeling perfectly at home there. And with it
they have lost none of their beauty though translated into a homely modern
setting.” Her art hangs at the Metropolitan in New York, Washington’s Corcoran,
Art Institute of Chicago and other major museums. Following are the details:
-- A BOOK OF FUNNY ONES - AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. This item
features 38 watercolor illustrations plus text done for an unpublished book by
Ford (possibly not complete). Oblong 8vo on paper, penciled title page dated 1908,
reading “Pictured by L.F., versified by S.F.” (most likely Ford’s father whose name
was Simeon). The illustrations themselves are signed by Lauren and many are dated
1897 which would represent her earliest work! According to the dust wrapper
blurb from Lauren Ford’s Christmas Book “her mother is the authority for the
statement that Ford began to draw at the age of four.” They are necessarily rather
childish - she was only 4 years old - yet they are all the more remarkable for that.
-- PAN AND SANTA CLAUS by Julia Ellsworth Ford. NY: Dutton
(1923). Slim 12mo, cloth, fine in frayed dw. 1st ed. Illus. with lovely color
dust wrapper repeated as color frontis.
ONE OF TWO COPIES WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR
-- THE LITTLE BOOK ABOUT GOD. NY: Doubleday Doran 1934 (1934).
8vo, full red leather binding with gilt decorations (by the French Binders),
Fine. Stated 1st edition. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES SPECIALLY
BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER WITH AN EXQUISITE ORIGINAL SIGNED
WATERCOLOR BY FORD BOUND IN. Laid in is a letter from the original
owner (who was Ford’s editor at Doubleday) discussing the production process
and the difficulty and expense of printing in 7 colors. She notes: “ The text
was scrawled in ink by Lauren...Marguerite hand-lettered the whole thing
for me as a work of love because she had always admired Lauren’s paintings
and wanted to help me to make this little book a possibility.” With handlettered text, this is magnificently illustrated in color on every page (litho’d
by Glaser). Cited as a Notable Picture Book in 5 Yrs. of Children’s Books (p.18,
148-9) it says “The artist is considered a modern Breughel and the book
has the quality of the handmade books of the Middle Ages.” A special copy.
LIMITED EDITION INCLUDING 4 ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS
-- AGELESS STORY. NY: Dodd Mead 1939 (1939). 4to, 1/4 cloth, Fine in
worn slipcase. 1st edition. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES, this
with AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING ON ENDPAPER! (drawing of an angel).
Magnificently illustrated in rich colors with gold highlights. LAID IN ARE 4
OF THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS used for the illuminated pictorial initials
next to which is Ford’s hand-done musical notation for the Gregorian songs.
SIGNED WITH A DRAWING
-- OUR LADY’S BOOK. NY: Dodd Mead 1962. 8vo, cloth, Fine in worn dust
wrapper. 1st edition. Signed by Ford with an ORIGINAL DRAWING in color.
FORD, LAUREN SEE ALSO 371
Pg 33
BATIK CHILDREN’S BOOK
180.(FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin
des Modes no date [1931].
Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4”),
printed on cloth, slightest
of cover soil, near Fine. One
of the first BATIK printed
books (using vegetable dyes)
this features Francoise’s
charming, stylized full color
illustrations on every page.
Quite scarce and certainly
unusual. Bader (p.52) calls
this book “a minor work
of art” and adds that
Francoise’s sense of space
and composition is strongest
in this book. (pictured
on Bader p. 53). A nice
copy.$1200.00
FRASCONI & PABLO NERUDA WITH SIGNED WOODCUT
181.(FRASCONI,ANTONIO)illus. BESTIARY by Pablo Neruda. NY: Harcourt
Brace World (1965). 4to (8 ½ x 11 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in
glassine and slipcase with printed label. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED
BY FRASCONI AND THE PRINTER (JOSEPH BLUEMTHAL), THIS IS PART
OF A SPECIAL UNSTATED LIMITATION WITH AN ORIGINAL 3-COLOR
WOODCUT SIGNED BY FRASCONI. Printed on Rives mouldmade paper and
illustrated by Fransconi with striking woodcuts done in orange and black printed
from the original blocks. Neruda’s text is in both English and Spanish. $850.00
#182
3 WATERCOLOR MOCK-UPS / SHAKESPEARE
182.FREEMAN,DON. WILL’S QUILL. Offered here are
3 progressive mock ups plus separate watercolor designs
for the title page by Freeman for his highly regarded
book Will’s Quill published by Viking in 1975. The story
is about a country goose in England named Willoughby
Waddle and how he changes history when he meets, is
befriended by and ultimately helps William Shakespeare.
1. The first mock up is in a large oblong artist pad (17 x 11”)
with a fabulous watercolor of Willoughby and his quill filling the
entire cover. Inside are 11 watercolors for the book and one
pencil sketch, all in preliminary form with no text other than
the title. (There are also 2 pen sketches of D. Bronkowski).
2. The second mock up is in a plain folder 8 ½ x 11 3/4” that
includes 28 pages of typed text, each page with a watercolor,
plus a double page title illustration, a half title watercolor
and a copyright page watercolor. On some pages you can see
several versions of the text and there are pen corrections.
3. The third mock up is 9 x 12” and has 30 pages of typed text
in more finished state with fewer corrections. There are many
changes from mock up 2. There are 31 watercolors plus cover.
4. Also included are 6 different watercolor ideas for the
cover, a watercolor concept for one of the text illustrations,
one pen drawing and a page of text with a rough concept for
one of the pages, written in ink by Freeman with an ink sketch.
Taken together, this really demonstrates the creative
process involved in writing a picture book. It is rare to
have 3 mock ups and art for one book. (SEE ALSO REAR
COVER)$7500.00
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FOLIO PICTURE BOOK
183.FRENCH. FRANCOIS I by Gustave Toudouze. Paris: Boivin 1909. Folio,
pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, corners bumped and slight cover soil, VG. 1st
edition. This is a lavishly produced book printed on heavy paper with each page
individually hinged into the book. Illustrated with remarkably detailed and vivid
full page color illustrations (some double-paged) by ROBIDA. Really a beauty with
a magnificent pictorial cover. One of the scarcest titles in this series. $600.00
914.764.7410
COMIC ARTIST ARSENE BRIVOT
184.FRENCH. JOJO RICHISSIME by Arsene Brivot. Paris: Editions Prima
(1930. Large 4to (9 x 12
3/4”), cloth backed pictorial
boards, edges worn, some
cover soil, VG.
Jojo, an
orphan, discovers he has
inherited millions of dollars
but he must travel to
Australia to claim it. He
goes with his “Uncle” and
they have adventure after
adventure. Written comic
book style each page is
divided into panels with vivid
color illustrations by the
author.$150.00
Pg 34
FRENCH SEE ALSO 1, 10, 1, 23-4, 52-3, 114, 153-5, 180, 216-18, 256, 278,
283-90, 307, 326, 329, 336, 339-40, 342, 353, 394
GERMAN MOVEABLE
188.FREUD,TOM SEIDMANN. DAS ZAUBERBOOT. Berlin: Stuffer 1930
(1929 7-11 tausand). 4to (8 x 9 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil
and a few internal spots else VG-fine and complete. This is a very rare MOVEABLE
BOOK done by the niece of Sigmund Freud. Her moveable books were immediately
hailed for their innovations, but because of her Jewish heritage, most copies of
her books were destroyed and very few remain intact today. In this book, there
are a variety of moveable pages including a revolving wheel and a Punch and Judy
theatre. There is also a grid with cut-outs that enables the reader to develop
4 different stories from one page, and a clever tale that lets the reader make
part of the illustrations disappear using special red paper. Hurlimann (p. 216-17)
mentions these innovative books, remarkable not only for their moveable parts
but for their integration of suitable text with artistic achievement. $2000.00
STUNNING ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS
185.FRENCH. PIAF LE CHEVAL ENCHANTE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune
et Cie, no date, circa 1936. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card
wraps, slight edge wear, near
Fine condition. This story
about an enchanted horse is
illustrated by Rene Gabriel
with the most striking art
deco illustrations on every
page.
Printed on good
quality paper with pure, vivid
colors. Rene Gabriel is best
known as a noted furniture
designer.
Leon Chancerel
was active and influential
in theatrical training with
emphasis on improvisation.
This is a title in Les Albums
de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really
fantastic.$350.00
186.FRENCH. PIPHAGNE by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa
1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12 1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear
and soil, near Fine condition.
This story is about a man
named Piphagne who creates
a group of automatons, and
his adventures with them.
Illustrated
by
Turenne
Chevallereau
with
truly
striking art deco illustrations
on every page. Printed on
good quality paper with pure,
vivid colors. Leon Chancerel
was active and influential
in theatrical training with
emphasis on improvisation.
This is a title in Les Albums
de L’Oncle Sebastien. Really
fantastic.$350.00
187.FRENCH. SYLVESTRE LE SALTIMBANQUE: PRINCE DES 4 CHEMINS
by Leon Chancerel. Bouasse Jeune et Cie, no date, circa 1937. Large 4to (9 ½ x 12
1/4”), flexible pictorial card wraps, slight edge wear and soil, near Fine condition.
This story tells about the
life and adventures of a
man named Sylvestre who
can magically change his
appearance.
Illustrated
by Turenne Chevallereau
with truly striking art deco
illustrations on every page.
Printed on good quality
paper with pure, vivid colors.
Leon Chancerel was active
and influential in theatrical
training with emphasis on
improvisation. This is a title
in Les Albums de L’Oncle
Sebastien. Really fantastic.
$350.00
TOM SEIDMANN FREUD (SIGMUND FREUD’S NIECE)
189.(FREUD,TOM [SEIDMANN])illus.
DAVID THE DREAMER by Ralph
Bergengren. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press (1922). Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/2”),
green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 67p., Fine condition in the rare dust wrapper
(dw chipped and mended on verso). The story is an unusual fantasy about a young
boy and his dream adventures, magnificently illustrated by Freud with stylized
color plates that are aesthetically pleasing and artistically Art Deco in style.
Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was a German children’s book illustrator who was
one of the pioneers of the avant garde art movement “neue sachlichkeit” in post
WWI Germany that coincided with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations
in children’s books were felt the world over. This book marks her first American
appearance, rare in the dust wrapper. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER)$2500.00
Pg 35
FROST, A.B. - 74, 214
FURNISS, HARRY - 78-80
FULLER PAPER DOLLS - 130
FYLEMAN, ROSE - 159
SCARCE GAG CALDECOTT HONOR TITLE
190.GAG,WANDA. NOTHING AT ALL. NY: Coward-McCann (1941). Oblong
9 3/4 x 6 3/4”, orange pictorial boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with 1 small
edge chip.
1st edition
(correct price, no add.
printings listed).
This
story of an invisible dog
has hand-lettered text and
beautiful color lithographs
on nearly every page (litho’d
by GLASER). Despite its
relatively late date, this
is an incredibly scarce
title and this is a beautiful
copy.
See Bader p.37.
CALDECOTT
HONOR.
$750.00
WANDA GAG ORIGINAL ART
191.GAG,WANDA. ORIGINAL ART - SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN
DWARFS -SNOW WHITE AND PRINCE CHARMING. This is a wonderful
finished pen and ink study for the illustration appearing of p. 39 of Gag’s “Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs” published by Coward McCann. The image measure
7 1/4 s 7 ½” and is archivally matted, framed and glazed. Signed by Gag. Snow
White has fallen asleep after eating the poisoned apple and lays under glass
cover in the woods. Prince charming is approaching on the left, a dwarf sleeps
in a tree to the right, and forest creatures watch in anticipation. A wonderful
image and a chance to an original art by Gag which is quite rare.
$18,500.00
[email protected]
GERMAN ART NOUVEAU
STUDENT ARTIST
193.GERMAN. KINDERSOMMER
bilder und verse von Ilse Breit.
Leipzig: F. Hirt & Sohn (1924).
Large oblong 4to (13 x 10”),
cloth backed pictorial boards,
light cover soil and faint scratch
else a clean and tight VG+
copy. Featuring 6 magnificent
full page color illustrations by
Ilse Breit in the style of the
Wiener Werkstatte, this being
WIENER
JUGENDKUNSTBILDERBUCHER No. 3.
Breit
was a student of Franz Cizek,
a controversial figure in art
education
whose
arts
and
crafts style school in Vienna
produced illustrators of several
striking picture books.
He
wrote the introduction to the
book.$600.00
CIZEK STUDENT SILHOUETTES
194.GERMAN.
HEI
VON
ALLERLEI verse and pictures
by
Adele
Bailer.
Leipzig:
Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn (1924).
Oblong 13 x 10 1/4”, cloth
backed white pictorial boards,
small scrape on cover else
near Fine.
Illustrated with
magnificent
silhouettes
by
Bailer, a student of Cizek who
has written the introduction.
This
a
is
a
beautiful
great
book.
copy
of
Heller
#774.$650.00
195.GERMAN. LUTTJEMANN UND
PUTTJERINCHEN
marchen
von
Hermann Lons.
Hanover (Germany):
Sponholtz 1924.
Small 4to, cloth
backed pictorial boards, near Fine.
Illustrated by FRITZ HANS EGGERS
with wonderful, and fanciful color
lithos.$225.00
GAMES - 2
CASPARI READER
192.GERMAN.
(CASPARI,
GERTRUDE)
CASPARI
FIBEL: ein lesebuch mit
vielen
bunten
bildern
fur die esrste schulzeit
[by]
Gertrude
Caspari.
Stuttgart: Volkskunst Rich.
Keutel, no date, circa 1910.
8vo, pictorial cloth, 76p.,
slight cover soil, VG+.
A
wonderful early reader for
the young child, illustrated
in bright colors by GERTRUD
CASPARI.$350.00
GANNETT, RUTH - 464
UNUSUAL LARGE
GERMAN PICTURE BOOK
ON CHINA
196.GERMAN.
VOM
KAISER
HUANG-LI by
Furstin Marie Thurn Taxis
Hohenlohe.
Berlin: Carl
Chryseliusscher
1922
(1922). Oblong large 4to
(12 3/4 x 10”), cloth backed
decorative boards, Fine. 1st
edition of this unusual fairy
tale set in China. Illustrated
with lovely full page and
smaller color lithographs.
$250.00
GERMAN ALSO 9, 44, 50, 98, 152, 160, 188-9, 191, 234-5, 242, 279, 315, 351,
365, 422
914.764.7410
Pg 36
RARE WARWICK GOBLE
LARGE PAPER LIMITED EDITION
197.(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE
FAIRY TALES by James Grace. London: Macmillan & Co. 1910. Large, thick
4to (9 ½ x 11 ½”), publishers full vellum binding, silk ties, top edge gilt, 281p.,
some soil and rubbing to vellum, internally clean and fine and overall VG+. DE
LUXE LARGE PAPER EDITION (LIMITED TO 500 COPIES). Featuring 40
magnificent tipped-in color plates with printed guards by Goble. The illustrations
are mounted on heavy stock brown paper and are perfectly suited to the tales.
This limited edition is rare. $2000.00
200.
GOREY,EDWARD.
THE GREEN BEADS. NY:
Albondocani Press 1978.
Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”),
pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st
edition.
LIMITED TO
400 NUMBERED COPIES
SIGNED
BY
GOREY.
Printed on fine paper on
one side of the page and
handsewn. Each page has
a full page illustration
with no text.
Toledano
A71b.$500.00
SCARCE LIMITED EDITION
201.GOREY,EDWARD.
COUPLE.
NY:
Dodd
LOATHSOME
Mead
(1977).
Oblong 7 1/4 x 6 3/4”. pictorial boards,
fine in dust wrapper and slipcase.
ed.
LIMITED
COPIES
TO
SIGNED
250
BY
1st
NUMBERED
GOREY.
scarce in the limited edition.
Very
Toledano
A67b.$1200.00
GOBLE’S LIMITED EDITION WATER BABIES
198.(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London:
Macmillan 1909. Thick 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ½”), bound in full vellum with gilt pictorial
cover top edge gilt, silk ties, slight spotting on cover edge and endpaper and
cover very slightly bowed, VG+ clean and fresh copy. This is the magnificent
DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 260 COPIES printed on hand-made
paper and illustrated by Goble with 32 mounted color plates with lettered tissue
guards. This is one of the most if not the most beautiful edition of this classic
story. In his book “Early Children’s Books” (p.80), Eric Quayle comments on all
the various editions of Water Babies and adds: “None of these in either artistic
or financial terms approaches the sumptuous edition of 1909” (this edition).
Very scarce. $2500.00
1 OF ONLY 26
LETTERED COPIES
202.GOREY,EDWARD. THE RAGING
TIDE: or The Black Doll’s Imbroglio.
NY: Beaufort Books (1987). Oblong
8 3/4 x 6 3/4”, boards, Fine in fine
dust wrapper. 1st ed. LIMITED TO
200 NUMBERED COPIES AND 26
LETTERED COPIES RESERVED FOR
THE AUTHOR AND DISTRIBUTOR.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LETTERED
COPIES, SIGNED BY GOREY. The
reader can create various stories by
following a choice of directions at the
bottom of each page. Each page of text
faces a full page illustrations. Rare.
A93a.$2000.00
#199
199.(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus.
THE WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley.
London: Macmillan, 1909 (1909). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green gilt pictorial cloth,
all edges gilt, spine faded and offsetting on endpapers else Fine. First Goble
edition, illustrated by him with 32 magnificent tipped in color plates, mounted on
heavy stock with lettered tissue guards. This is undoubtedly the most beautiful
edition of this classic story featuring some of Goble’s best work. Nice clean
copies are not easy to find. $1200.00
(SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ------>>>>>>)
GOETHE, J. - 322
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER - 448
GOLDEN BOOKS - 367, 443
Pg 37
203.GOREY,EDWARD.
FROM
THE
THREE
FANTOD
PRESS:
THE
DERANGED
COUSINS,
THE
ELEVENTH
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BOXED EDITION GRUELLE FAIRIES
207.GRUELLE,JOHNNY. FRIENDLY FAIRIES. Chicago: Volland (1919 no
additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, light wear to spine ends, half-title
spotted, VG+ in PUBLISHER’S BOX (flaps repaired). 1st edition of this Volland
Happy Children Book containing 15 fairy stories including the Fairy Ring, The
Three Little Gnomes, Mr. & Mrs. Thumbkins and others. Illustrated throughout
with bright colors. A nice copy of an uncommon Gruelle title. $675.00
3 SIGNED BOOKS
BOOKS
EPISODE, [THE UNTITLED BOOK].
Fantod
Press
(1971).
3
books,
pictorial wraps, faint crease on one
cover else Fine in publisher’s VG+ tan
printed envelope.
Fine.
Limited to
500 sets printed by Gorey’s press,
each of these books is SIGNED BY
GOREY on the title page. Toledano
A42b.$1200.00
FIRST SHEPARD EDITION IN DUST WRAPPER
204.GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. London: Methuen
(1931). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4”), green gilt cloth, book has an ever so slight lean,
light foxing else Fine in lovely pictorial dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at spine
ends, spine slightly toned). First edition with illustrations by E.H. SHEPARD
including wrapper design, pictorial endpapers and numerous illustrations
throughout the text. Because the first edition was barely illustrated, this
edition is most sought after for the perfect marriage of illustrations and text.
Nice copies in dust wrapper are not easy to find.
$2000.00
GUERTIK, HELENE - 336
INSCRIBED TO SISTER WITH WATERCOLOR
208.HADER,BERTA & ELMER. THE FRIENDLY PHOEBE. NY: Macmillan
1953 (1953). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4”), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some fraying.
Stated 1st printing. This is a lovely story about how the McGintey’s saved a
little bird’s life. Illustrated by the Haders in color and black & white. THIS
COPY HAS A LOVELY NEARLY FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR OF A BIRD ON A
BRANCH OVERLOOKING A RIVER, WITH MOUNTAINS AND BOATS IN THE
BACKGROUND. INSCRIBED TO BERTA’S SISTER “A special page for Leota
with love from Berta and Elmer.” $850.00
SIGNED WITH SKETCH
205. GRAMATKY,HARDIE.
BOLIVAR.
NY: G. P.
Putnam (1961).
8vo (7
½ x 9 ½”), cloth, Fine
condition in near fine dust
wrapper. 1st edition. This
is the story of an adorable
burro in Quito, Ecuador,
wonderfully illustrated with
full page color illustrations
by
Gramatky.
THIS
COPY
IS
INSCRIBED
ON THE ENDPAPER BY
GRAMATKY
WITH
A
SKETCH OF BOLIVAR. A
great copy of a charming
book.$325.00
GRANT, GORDON - 442
#206
GRAVES, ROBERT - 412
WITH PENCIL SKETCH BY GREENAWAY
206.(GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. KATE GREENAWAY by M. H. Spielmann and G.
S. Layard. London: A & C Black 1905. Large thick 4to, white cloth, top edge gilt,
FINE!. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JOHN GREENAWAY
(Kate’s brother), AND WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH DONE BY
GREENAWAY which is matted and bound in with John Greenaway’s signature of
authenticity (background of sketch is foxed). The sketch is of a little girl wearing
a hat, and gazing over her shoulder. The book features much text, more than 50
color plates, plus many b&w’s. This is a fabulous copy of an important book for any
Greenaway collector, rarely found with the white binding so clean. $2250.00
GRIMM BROTHERS - 98, 191, 211, 375, 409
914.764.7410
Pg 38
INSCRIBED WITH WONDERFUL WATERCOLOR
BY THE HADERS
#211
209.(HADER,BERTA & ELMER)illus. BABY BEAR by Hamilton Williamson.
(NY: Doubleday Doran & Co.. 1930). 8vo (7 x 8 1/4”), pictorial boards, spine
bottom chipped, ½ split at joint, slightly dusty, really VG+ in dust wrapper with
several pieces off, worn at folds. Stated First Edition. THIS COPY HAS A FULL
PAGE WATERCOLOR, INSCRIBED BY THE HADERS. DEPICTED ARE A MAN
WITH A CAN AND A YOUNG GIRL BOTH STANDING NEXT TO BABY BEAR,
EACH HOLDING ONE OF ITS PAWS. The book is the charming story of Bimba,
a baby bear in the jungle. Illustrated with striking color plus black & white
lithographs by the Haders. First editions of this book are very hard to find, this
is made extra special by the inscription and super watercolor. $1000.00
ONLY 50 COPIES WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING
212.(HAGUE,MICHAEL)illus. RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK classic fairy tales edited
by Andrew Lang. NY: William Morrow (1993). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4”), cloth, pictorial
paste-on, spine faded else Fine condition in a cloth slip case which is faded on
edges. 1st edition, 1st printing (1-10 code). LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED
COPIES SIGNED BY HAGUE AND WITH A 4” DRAWING OF A WIZARD. 30
fairy tales from Grimm, Perrault and around the world, beautifully illustrated by
Hague. This limited edition is rare. HAGUE SEE ALSO 498.
$350.00
HAND COLORED - 1, 6, 23, 130, 140, 146, 148,152, 167, 217, 236, 265-6, 273,
276, 279, 282, 306, 339
FINE COPY OF SECOND
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER
213.HANDFORTH,THOMAS.
MEI
LI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1938 (1938).
Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4”), orange
cloth, Fine in near fine dust wrapper
without medal and not price clipped.
Stated 1st edition and WINNER OF
THE SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD!
This
by
WITH A FANTASTIC WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS
210.HADER,BERTA AND ELMER.
JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan
1935 (Oct. 1935). 8 3/4” square, green pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust
wrapper with a few chips and small closed tears. 1st edition. This is the
story set in Jamaica about a little Black boy named Johnny. The Haders went
to the tropics to research the culture. Illustrated by them with wonderful
full page color lithographs and smaller black and white lithos. THIS COPY
HAS A FABULOUS FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR SIGNED BY EACH OF THE
HADERS on the endpaper. A special copy of one of their most desired titles.
(SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER)$1500.00
MACMILLAN HAPPY HOUR
211.(HADER,BERTA AND ELMER)illus. HANSEL AND GRETEL by Grimm
Brothers. NY: Macmillan 1927 (Aug. 1927). 8vo, (6” x 6), pictorial boards, minor
shelf wear VG-Fine. 1st edition of this Macmillan Happy Hour Book featuring
many full and partial page color lithographs in the bold, flat style of the 20’s.
Artfully arranged and very scarce. See Bader p. 27 -33 who discusses the
Macmillan Happy Hour Series saying “ ... it was the wave of the future, and the
results in terms of book design were little short of revolutionary.” Very hard to
find. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN)$200.00
is
a
Chinese
Handforth
and
tale
written
magnificently
illustrated by him with black and white
lithos on every page.
condition. HANKIES - 328
Rare in this
$1250.00
HARRIS, JOHN PUBLISHER - 149
GIFT EDITION
214.HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND
SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton Century 1935 (1920). Thick 4to (7 ½ x 10”), green
gilt cloth, 265p., cloth ever so slightly darkened on top edge of covers else bright
and VG+. This is a deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Thomas Nelson
Page. Illustrated by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE with 12 color plates, in-text
illustrations and with pictorial borders on each page of text as well. This is a
beautiful edition of this classic. $400.00
FABULOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY BULL & ROUNTREE
215.HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. London: Raithby, Lawrence,
no
date
(originally
Nelson 1908) circa
1915. Folio, cloth, [111]
p., one inconspicuous
mend else VG+ in dust
wrapper with mounted
color plate. Fabulously
illustrated by HARRY
ROWNTREE with 12
vibrant, action packed
color plates and by
RENE BULL with 84
large pen and inks. A
super edition of this
classic. $900.00
Pg 39
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218.(HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LE LIVRE DES ENFANTS poesies de Marceline
Desbordes Valmore. Paris: Garnier Freres (1924). Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 ½”),
cloth backed pictorial boards, 47p., a Fine copy. First edition. Beautifully
illustrated in color on nearly every page in Helle’s distinctive 1920’s style.
Printed on good quality, heavy paper that enhances the colors. This is a charming
French picture book and a less common Helle title. $525.00
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL - 441
SCARCE HELLE PATRIOTIC
WWI MILITARY ALPHABET BOOK
216.HELLE,ANDRE. ALPHABET DE LA GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1916. Paris:
Berger-Levrault [1915]. 4to (10 x 12 ½”), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers
dusty and slightly soiled else clean, tight and a VG+. Each page features a large,
stylized full color illustration (one for each letter), each with a World War
I theme. The text in rhyme by Helle is aimed to give children pride in their
country. There are also color pictorial endpapers showing the flags of the Allies.
Very scarce. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER)$1500.00
HELLE HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION
217.(HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LA MAISON DES AIEULES by Pierre Loti. Paris:
Henri Floury (1927). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), 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 doll. Based upon an actual doll, Loti had the
doll buried with him when he died. Scarce and wonderful.
$1200.00
HENDERSON, ARTHUR - 446
FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS
219.HOBAN,RUSSELL. MOUSE AND HIS CHILD. NY: Harper & Row (1967).
6 ½ x 9 ½”, pictorial cloth, 182p., Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (dw
rubbed on corners, light soil rear panel, VG). 1st edition (correct price, which
must be present to determine edition). The “philosophical fantasy” (Bader p.
477) about 2 mechanical toy mice - a father and son and his son who are rescued
from the trash but can no longer dance. Beautifully written by Hoban and
illustrated by his wife Lillian. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE HOBANS.
Nice copies of firsts are quite scarce. $600.00
HOLIDAY HOUSE - 169, 223
HOLIDAY, HENRY - 74
CHIPPEWA AND SIOUX
220.HOLLING,HOLLING C. CLAWS OF THE THUNDERBIRD by Holling C.
Holling. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo (6 ½ x 8 ½”), cloth, rear cover faded, slight
wear to spine ends, VG+. 1st edition of this VOLLAND ADVENTURE SERIES
BOOK illustrated by Holling with bold full page and in-text color illustrations plus
black and whites. Text deals with Chippewa & Sioux Indians. $150.00
914.764.7410
Pg 40
ABC - UNUSUAL LARGE LEATHER
HORNBOOK
221.HORNBOOK. LEATHER HORNBOOK. Offered
here is a very large, early leather hornbook. It
measures 12 ½” high x 6” wide with carved extensions
on either side of the handle, housed in a custom
velvet lined box with a sculpted insert in the shape
of the hornbook to hold it in place. The printed text
which would have been under the horn is lacking and
the horn covering is cracked in several pieces. There
are traces of gilt embellishment on the side with the
horn that also has numbers written along the edges
by an early owner. On the reverse side there is an
elaborate gilt decorative diamond shaped panel 3 ½”
wide x 5 1/4” high with the figures of a little boy
and a little girl on opposite ends of the diamond.
The handle is curved and comes to a point and there
is a large red cross running down the length of the
handle. Hornbooks were early ABC learning devices
for children. They usually consisted of a sheet of
parchment or paper containing the alphabet and
other simple words, numbers or prayers. This was
then mounted on leather, wood or bone and covered
with a thin sheet of horn for protection. A hole in
the handle was used for a piece of string that would
be tied to the child’s clothing - this example has no
hole. Wealthier families might have had hornbooks
made of silver or ivory. Early hornbooks have become
quite scarce and this larger size example is quite
unusual.$3750.00
INDIA - 368
HORSES - 2, 69, 185, 229, 283, 285-7, 289, 353, 392, 394, 488
HUDSON, GWYNNED - 81
MAUD HUMPHREY CALENDAR
222.(HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. CALENDAR FOR 1893.
published by Stokes in 1892.
It consists of 6 leaves 9
x 11”, printed on heavy,
quality stock, with ribbon
tie on top - in fine condition.
The calendar features 6
of the most magnificent,
large
chromolithographs
by
Humphrey
depicting
elaborately dressed women.
$750.00
This is a calendar
HUNTING - 16
SIGNED BY HYMAN
223.(HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. THE KITCHEN KNIGHT: A TALE
OF KING ARTHUR retold by Margaret Hodges. NY: Holiday House (1990).
Oblong 10 1/4 x 9 3/4”, cloth backed boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper.
Stated first edition. The text retells the first part of The Tale of Sir
Gareth of Orkney from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur. Featuring beautiful color
illustrations by Hyman. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY HYMAN the free endpaper.
$275.00
HOPI INDIANS - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
225.INDIANS. THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN by Muriel Fellows. Philadelphia,
Toronto, Chicago: John C.
Winston (1936). 8vo (6 1/4
x 9”), decorative cloth, Fine
in dust wrapper (dw frayed,
rubbed at fold, light soil, VG).
First edition. This is a story
about Hopi Indian children
named Sah-mee and Moho
who live with their family on
a mesa in the Land of Little
Rain.
Illustrated by the
author with 47 illustrations,
many in 5 colors that bring
alive the daily activities of
Hopi life. THIS COPY IS
INSCRIBED BY FELLOWS.
$225.00
INDIAN READER INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
226.INDIANS. (READER) THE LITTLE HERDER IN SUMMER by Ann Clark.
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (1942). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 7 1/4”), pictorial cloth,
126p., slight soil, near Fine. Written in English and NAVAJO and wonderfully
illustrated in brown line by native American artist Hoke Denetsosie, a full blooded
Navajo who depicts life of the Navajos in the 1940’s. This copy inscriberd by the
artist. Fascinating. See Bader p.161-3. Inscribed copies are rare. $475.00
INDIANS - 21-2, 61, 63, 93, 117, 220, 225-6, 442
INGELOW, JEAN 249
224.(HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS by Jean
Fritz. NY: G.P. Putnam (1981). Oblong 9 1/4 x 7 1/4”),, cloth, Fine in near fine
dust wrapper with a tiny closed tear. Stated first impression. This is the story
of Saint Columbia, the patron saint of book lovers. Beautifully illustrated in full
color on every page by Hyman. $100.00
IRISH EPIC
227.IRISH INTEREST. THE ANCIENT IRISH EPIC TALE TAIN BO
CUALNGE “THE CUALNGE CATTLE RAID” by Joseph Dunn. London: David
Nutt 1914. 6 3/4 x 10 ½”, green cloth, xxxvi, 382p., light normal wear, VG+.
1st edition. The saga is about the Brown Bull of Cualnge. In the informative
preface, Dunn notes: “...the composition of the Tain Bo Cualnge antedates by a
considerable margin the epic tales of the Anglo Saxons, the Scandinavians, The
Franks and the Germans”. He also refers to it as the Iliad of Ireland. IRISH
SEE ALSO 25. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE)$250.00
#227 - previous page
IRVING, WASHINGTON - 374, 379
Pg 41
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IN ORIGINAL CASE
232.JAPANESE INTEREST.
POETICAL GREETINGS FROM THE FAR
EAST: JAPANESE POEMS adapted from the German of Dr. Karl Florenz by A.
Lloyd. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa
(1896).
8vo (5 7/8 x 7
5/8”), silk ties, light crease
on first two leaves else Fine
in pictorial case with ivory
clasps (case is unobtrusively
re-lined with restored spine
and
original
laid-down).
The text is an anthology of
Japanese poems for any age,
mainly from the 8th century.
Bound with frenchfold pages,
every page is completely
illustrated with beautiful
color woodblock prints by
Japanese artists SHOSO,
KWA-SON, YOSHIMUNO,
HANKO and SADAHIKO.
$450.00
ITALIAN - 72, 87, 96-7, 125, 314, 347, 366, 486
SIGNED
228.JACQUES,BRIAN. OUTCAST OF REDWALL. NY: Philomel (1996). 8vo (6
½ x 9 1/4”), cloth backed boards, As
new in as new dust wrapper. Stated
first American edition, first printing
(1-10 code). This is the 8th title in
Jacques fantasy series, illustrated
with chapter headpieces by Allan
Curtiss. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY
BRIAN JACQUES.
$100.00
JAMAICA - 210
229.JAMES,WILL.
YOUNG
COWBOY.
NY: Charles Scribner’s
Sons 1935 (1935 A). Oblong 4to (9
3/4 x 7 ½”), cloth, pictorial paste-on,
Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some
soil and fraying but overall VG). 1st
edition. The text is arranged for
young readers from Big Enough and
Sun Up. Illustrated by James with 5
color plates plus many full page and
smaller black and whites. This is a
great copy, rare in the dust wrapper.
$1200.00
LARGE FORMAT JAPANESE CREPE PAPER BOOK
230.JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE.
Tokyo: T. Haswgawa, (1929 3rd ed.). 8vo (5 3/4 X 7 ½”), crepe paper, silk ties,
As New condition. The book illustrates daily scenes of Japanese life including
street scenes, firemen, marriage ceremony, carpenters, wrestling match and
more. This is a large format crepe paper book, beautifully illustrated on every
page by Y. Arai with hand printed color woodblocks. A scarce large format crepe
paper book.
$850.00
LARGE FORMAT CREPE PAPER BOOK - STORY TELLERS
231.JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE STORY - TELLERS from the French
of Jules Adam by Osman Edwards. Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, no date. 8vo (5 ½ x
7 ½”), crepe paper bound with silk ties, Fine condition. The text describes
what to expect and how to act when going to see a public story teller called a
hanashika. Told from the perspective of a European visiting Japan. Illustrated
with lovely hand printed color woodcuts. A very scarce title.
$400.00
CHARMING MINIATURE ALMANAC
233.JAPANESE INTEREST. ROUTLEDGE’S JAPANESE ALMANAC. Boston:
W.B. Clark & Curruth
(1886). Printed in New York,
copyright by Joseph Blamire.
24mo (3 1/8 x 4”), cloth
backed pictorial boards, Fine.
Illlustrated with 8 beautiful
full page chromolithographs
and with smaller chromos
on every text page, all in
Japanese style. The text
has sunrise, sunset and
moon phase for each day
of the month followed
by illustrations of the 4
seasons and ending with a
short poem. Very lovely and
unusual.$325.00
JAPANESE SEE ALSO 197, 465, 487, 496, 497
RARE NAZI ANTI SEMITIC EDUCATIONAL POSTER
234.JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI SEMITISM) LEHRSCHAU-BOGEN: DIE
JUDEN IN DER WELT [JEWS AROUND THE WORLD]. Berlin: Reichswaltung
des Nationalsozialistischen Leherbundes [1940]. One folio sheet oblong 23
1/x x 16 1/2”, small margin mend else VG+ condition. This is a 2 sided poster
printed on behalf of the Teacher’s Association of the Reich Government for
use in schools. Illustrated with anti Semitic photos and drawings and with text
by Prof. Johann von Leers, a Waffen SS officer who was an important figure in
developing Nazi ideology. Questions for the students to answer are in the corner
(translated): How did the Jews come here? What does the Talmud say? Why
are we opponents of Jews? Why is this a war about Jews? Rare.
$1850.00
914.764.7410
RARE ANTI SEMITIC CHILDREN’S BOOK
235.JEWISH INTEREST. (ANTI-SEMITISM) DAS LIED VOM LEVI [THE
SONG OF LEVI] by Eduard Schwechten. Koln: Verlag der Antisemitischen
Buchhandlung (Eduard Hentel) 1895. 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 3/4”, pictorial wraps, 46,
[1]p., some cover soil, corners chipped and one edge mend on rear cover, spine
reinforced, stamp on title page, really sound and VG. Rare first edition of this
anti-Semitic story for children told in verse. It features nearly 50 disgusting
full and partial page anti Semitic half tone illustrations by Siegfried Horn. First
editions of this book are rare.
$2000.00
Pg 42
KEMBLE, E.W. 150, 151
KENDREW PUB. - 150, 151
KINGSLEY, CHARLES - 198, 199
238.KIPLING,RUDYARD.
JUST SO STORIES. London: Macmillan 1913
(1913). 4to (7 ½ x 9 ½”), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 249p. VG+. First edition with 12
color plates by Joseph M. Gleeson. Also illustrated in black and white from the
first edition. A beautiful gift type version of these classic stories. KIPLING
SEE ALSO 391.$250.00
KIRK, MARIA - 297, 298
JEWISH INTEREST - 147, 234-5, 315, 410, 427-8
FAIRY TALE BY THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
236.(JOB)illus. THE STORY OF NAUGHTY KILDEEN by Marie, Queen of
Roumania. London et al: Oxford Univ. Press 1922. Folio (10 3/4 x 13 1/4”), gilt
pictorial cloth, near Fine condition with minor tip and edge wear. 1st edition
Featuring magnificent HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS plus detailed black
and whites on almost every page, with the text superimposed on the illustration
in some cases. This is a fabulous picture book in especially bright condition in a
beautiful pictorial trade binding. $1850.00
LIMITED TO ONLY 250 SIGNED
COPIES - WITH SKETCH
237.JOYCE,WILLIAM.
SANTA
CALLS. NY: Harper Collins (1993).
11 1’4” square, cloth, pictorial pasteon, As new in slipcase (case sl. faded
on edge). LIMITED TO ONLY 250
NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY
JOYCE this also has a small pen
drawing of Santa. 1st edition. Three
children take a fantasy voyage to
toyland where they save Santa
from the Dark Elves. Rich color
illustrations by Joyce who dedicates
this book to Winsor McCay.
This limited edition is very hard
to find. $400.00
KNIGHT, HILARY - 445
NORSE FAIRY TALES & LEGENDS
239.(KNOWLES,REGINALD & HORACE J.)illus. NORSE FAIRY TALES
selected and adapted by Sir George Webb Dasent. London & Philadelphia:
George Routledge & Lippincott, no date, circa 1912. Thick 8vo (6 x 7 ½”), 463p.,
elaborate pictorial boards, some edge and hinge rubbing, VG+. Illustrated by
the Knowles Brothers with magnificent color pictorial covers and spine, pictorial
endpapers, fantastic color frontis and title page, 6 color plates plus a profusion
of full page and in-text line illustrations that are detailed and fantastic. See
Peppin: Fantasy p. 108-11 for reproductions. One of the best designed and
executed books of fairy tales. $600.00
#239
RARE NEWBERY TITLE INSCRIBED
240.KONIGSBURG,E.L.
FROM
THE
MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E.
FRANKWEILER.
NY: Atheneum 1967.
8vo (5 1/8 x 8 ½”), cloth,
half-titled
toned
else
fine in fine dust wrapper
(price clipped).
Stated
1st edition.
NEWBERY
AWARD WINNER. The
story is about Claudia’s
adventure in New York
City’s
Metropolitan
Museum of Art, written and
illustrated by Konigsburg.
THIS COPY HAS A WARM
INSCRIPTION
DATED
1967 BY KONIGSBURG
ON THE HALF-TITLE!
Nice 1st’s in dust wrapper
are rare, inscribed copies
even rarer.
$1200.00
Pg 43
[email protected]
KOREAN FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
241.KOREAN INTEREST.
OMJEE THE WIZARD by Homer Hulbert.
Springfield, MA:
Milton
Bradley (1925).
4to (7
1/4 x 9 ½”), black pictorial
cloth, 156p., Fine in frayed
dust wrapper. First edition.
Korean folk and fairy tales
taken directly from Korean
folklore by Hulbert who
lived there for twenty years.
Illustrated by HILDEGARD
LUPPRIAN with full page
color illustrations, pictorial
borders on text pages
printed in a range of colors
and a fantastic dust jacket.
A scarce title, rare in the
dust wrapper.
$275.00
245.LANG,ANDREW. THE
RED BOOK OF HEROES by
Mrs. Lang, edited by Andrew
Lang.
London: Longmans
Green 1909. 8vo, red gilt
cloth, all edges gilt, spine
very slightly dull else Fine
with beautiful and elaborate
gilt cover design.
1st
edition, 1st printing. Stories
of heroes from Hannibal to
Father Damian, illustrated
by A. Wallis Mills with 8
lovely color plates 17 black
and white plates, 23 black
and whites in text and
pictorial endpapers. $
300.00
KRAUSS, RUTH - 408, 413
LANG, ANDREW SEE ALSO 168, 212
KREDEL, FRITZ - 396
LATHROP FANTASY
246.LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE LOST MERRY-GO-ROUND. NY: Macmillan
1934 (Oct. 1934). 8vo (7 ½ x 8 3/4”), red pictorial cloth, 104p., cover faded along
bottom and side edge else VG+ in dust wrapper (dw G-VG with some soil, worn on
corners with small pieces off backstrip). 1st edition. This is a wonderful fantasy
about little children who are swept away on adventures when they discover a
magic merry go round in the woods. Written by Lathrop and illustrated by her
with pictorial endpapers, color frontis plus 10 very beautiful full page black and
whites. A rare Lathrop title, especially in dust wrapper. $750.00
242. (KREIDOLF,ERNST)
illus. TRAUMGESTALTEN
[THE DREAM GARDEN]
by Leopold Weber. Zurich
und Leipzig: Rotapfelverlag
(1922). 4to (8 x 10 ½”),
pictorial
cloth,
144p.,
light cover soil, VG+. First
edition.
Illustrated
by
Kreidolf with 10 eerie color
plates, 3 full page black
and whites and pictorial
endpapers to accompany
16 stories in 3 sections by
Weber.$300.00
BLUE FAIRY BOOK
FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY SERIES
243.LANG,ANDREW. THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans 1889. 8vo,
blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover, all edges gilt, binding leaning, spine faded a bit,
slightly soiled. VG. . FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY
BOOK SERIES! Illustrated by H.J. FORD and G.P.J. HOOD with full page and
in-text black and whites. This is a nice copy of the very elusive first edition.
$3500.00
#244
LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION EDITION
244.LANG,ANDREW. PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA: BEING THE
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF PRINCE PRIGIO’S SON. Bristol: Arrowsmith,
no date, [1893]. 4to, 3/4 vellum and brown cloth, 204p., vellum slightly age
toned else fine. 1st edition. LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY (so stamped).
This original fairy tale by Lang is a sequel to Prince Prigio. Rare in this edition.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne with 12 plates plus 12 illus. in text. $500.00
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914.764.7410
Pg 44
247.LATHROP,DOROTHY.
THE
SKITTLE-SKATTLE MONKEY.
NY:
Macmillan 1945 (Oct. 1945).
8vo
(7 1/4 x 8 3/4”), red boards, VG+
in dust wrapper (dw soiled, a few
closed tears, better than good).
LATHROP.
SIGNED
BY
Written
1st
DOROTHY
by
Lathrop
as well as illustrated by her there
are beautiful full page illustrations
throughout
featuring
Jasmine
the
monkey, a Pekingese and other animals.
This is one of her less common
titles. Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 111
LAWSON ART WITH 2 LETTERS
SIGNED BY LATHROP
edition.
$200.00
RARE LATHROP INSCRIBED WOOD ENGRAVING
248.LATHROP,DOROTHY. WOOD ENGRAVING: JASPA AND ME. The
image measures 8” x 10” and is matted and attractively framed (with acrylic, not
glass) to 17 ½ x 20”. Depicted is a detailed portrait of Lathrop with Jaspa, her pet
monkey that is perched upon her shoulder. It is signed and titled, with an additional
inscription from Lathrop to a previous owner. This self-portrait was done in 1949
for the National Academy of Design when she was elected an Associate of that
organization. This is a wonderful Lathrop item of exceptional rarity. $1500.00
250.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 and Eve span, Who was then the
laundryman?” The image is 6” wide x 4” high on board that measures 8 x
10”. Done with his characteristic detail there is a caterpillar walking across
a clothes line where 2 leaves are hanging attached by clothes pins. Subtle
humor, signed with initials on the right. SOLD WITH 2 HANDWRITTEN
LETTERS from Lawson to a noted book collector named William Easton Louttit.
In the first letter dated May 15 [1944], Lawson responds
to Mr. Louttit’s request for this drawing.
It reads in full:
“Dear Mr. Louttit: Thank you so much for your delightful letter of May 4th. I
am so glad that you enjoyed Country Colic and would be very happy to tender
the Adam and Eve drawing, but, as you perhaps know, getting original drawings
back from the publisher is a rather long drawn out process. They are usually
sent out for exhibition in book shops, libraries, etc. and used in various ways
for publicity purposes. I will write Little Brown about this particular drawing,
but fear it may be quite a long time before it is returned. With many thanks
for your interest, I am Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill May 15.
It would appear that Lawson was successful in retrieving the drawing, because it
accompanies this letter to Louttit. He must have been grateful to receive the
drawing as can be seen in the next letter. Written on August 15th, the day after V-J
Day when the Japanese surrendered in WWII (this is referred to in the letter):
“Dear Mr. Louttit: May I thank you for your overgenerous liquid token, which
arrived most opportunely yesterday afternoon, barely two hours before the
glorious news was given us. Nothing could have been more timely nor more
appreciated by myself, my family and neighbors. We all thank you most heartily
and wish you the best of everything at this happy time to which you have added
so considerably. Sincerely yours, Robert Lawson. Rabbit Hill Aug. 15th 1945.””
A wonderful item with fine art and the letters showing the interaction between an
illustrator and a collector. Lawson’s original published art is generally unavailable.
(SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE)$6000.00
FIRST BOOK WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED
BY LAWSON - INSCRIBED
251.LAWSON,ROBERT. BEN AND ME: an astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin
written by Robert Lawson. Boston: Little Brown 1939 (1939). 8vo (6 5/8 x 8
½”), brown cloth, fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly faded on edge with one small
closed tear otherwise beautiful and much nicer than is usually found). Stated
1st edition of the first book
both written and illustrated
by Lawson, this is the story
of Benjamin Franklin told from
the perspective of his mouse
Amos. Printed in brown and
featuring many wonderful full
and partial page illustrations
plus
pictorial
endpapers.
THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED
BY LAWSON on the halftitle. Fine first editions of
this book are rare, and the
inscription is the cherry on the
cake. $1500.00
#249
FAIRY TALE ILLUSTRATED BY LATHROP
249.(LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus.
MOPSA THE FAIRY by Jean Ingelow.
NY: Harper & Bros. 1927 (1927 I-B). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4”), maroon cloth, pictorial
paste-on, 259p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (wrapper frayed, light soil). FIRST
EDITION. . One of the scarcest Lathrop titles, this is illustrated by her with
color frontis, 12 full page black and whites plus numerous half-page black &
whites and pictorial endpapers to accompany this classic fairy tale. Rare in the
dust wrapper. $750.00
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#249 - dust wrapper

one of the rarest moveables complete with uncut - Aleph

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