Oxford University Press, 1930s. MAUS. Pictorial boards. Wonderful car board book, circa 1930s. Large quarto, cloth-backed pictorial boards. Very light cover wear, solidly VG+. Printed on thick boards, each page shows a brightly-colored picture of various aspects and types of cars. Lavishly illustrated in rich color by MAUS. More
New York: Garden City Publishing Company (Paramount Pictures, Inc.), 1941. Pictorial boards. A very sharp copy of the 1941 1st edition of this story of a friendly community of humanized insects. Tight and Near Fine (very small, neat inscription at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1923. Rie Cramer. Pictorial cloth. A handsome copy of the 1923 1st edition. Solid and VG (offsetting to the endsheets and the front pastedown) in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. 8 old English songs, 16 old French songs with..... More
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., C. 1920. Hardcover. A lovely copy of this children's coloring book, circa 1920. The pictorial cover is clean and bright and Near Fine. And internally, the book is virtually pristine, with no writing or markings of any kind. Oblong 16mo, handsome color printing thruout. More
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. 1929. Hardcover. The 1929 1st edition of this charming look at "The Peek-A-Boos". Clean and VG (light bumping at the tips, fragile --but still sturdy-- rear hinge, very light soiling to the pastedowns and endpapers) in its light-orange boards, with wonderful pictorial paste-on. Octavo, nicely illustrated..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1971. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of this 1971 American edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by the Czech artist Jan Kudlacek. Based on the ballet and its famous story of Petrushka the rag puppet. More
Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1853. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1853 1st edition of this charming children's instructional. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and lovely gilt-lettering and design along the spine. Very light soiling at the front panel, foxing thruout the text..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Decorative Cloth. 2 of the 4 miniature volumes issued uniformly By Frederick Warne of London to make up "R. Caldecott's Picture Books". Here we have crisp, clean examples of Nos. 1 and 3. Both volumes are tight and Near Fine in bright, price-clipped, Near Fine..... More
Camden, NJ: RCA Victor Company. 1st. Record. Charming collection of 3 RCA Victor records of "Raggedy Ann's Sunny Songs", c. 1925. All 3 records (6 3/4") clean and Near Fine in their manilla sleeves and Johnny Gruelle-illustrated card wrappers. More
New York: (Norcross) Random House, 1973. Decorative Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1973 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely-illustrated thruout by the redoubtable Richard Scarry. More
Walt Disney Productions, 1962. Spiral bound wraps. A very sharp copy of this 1962 Disney pop-up book, with text (apart from the title) exclusively in French. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its spiralbound card wrappers. 8 separate colorful, Disney-related pop-ups, all in very sharp condition and all working..... More
Harry Doehla Co., 1951. Original Wraps. First Edition. A very clean copy of this charming 1951 Christmas tale. AND ALSO INCLUDING THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX. Bright and VG+ in its stiff pictorial wrappers, with the "snow" on the rooftop completely intact. All the movable and pop-up parts completely functional..... More
New York: William Collins Publishers, 1980. Satomi Ichikawa. Pictorial boards. The 1980 1st edition, illustrated in "exquisite full-color" by Satomi Ichikawa. Solid and VG (foxing at the preliminaries) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with scattered foxing to the rear panel and the fllap-folds, and very light creasing along the..... More
Walt Disney Productions, 1941. Original Wraps. A clean, crisp copy of the 1941 1st thus. VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Oblong quarto, nice sprinkiling of color illustratons thruout. More
Tubingen, Germany: Rainer Wunderlich Verlag. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. A lovely copy of this Rudolf Koch-designed German children's book. Circa 1930. Clean and Near Fine (with very light offsetting to the endsheets) in a bright, crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong 16mo, 39 pgs. Illustrated in rich color thruout. More
Germany: Eifelkunst, 1940. 1st. Original Wraps. A sharp example of this 1940 collection of small samples of children's classics, all beautifully illustrated by Ilse Schneider. 12mo, clean and VG+ in its pictorial card wrappers. More
Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. The 1928 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with very light bumping at the front tips) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. 12mo, 102 pgs. More
Paris: Flammarion, 1949. 1st. Original Wraps. 1949 1st edition of this charming children's tale in French. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Romain Simon. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1961. Ernest Shepard. Cloth. A very impressive copy of the 1961 stated 20th printing, notable especially for the sharpness of its dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (very light spotting to the panels) in an unusually crisp, price-intact, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Ernest Shepard's timeless illustrations..... More
London: Methuen, 1929. Ernest Shepard. Decorative Cloth. A clean, very impressive copy of the 1929 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its light-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel and spine. Just a touch of very light soiling along the front panel's outer hinge, otherwise..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930. Ernest Shepard. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1930 1st American edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in an unusually bright, VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the rear panel's top-edge. Tall quarto..... More
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Inc., 1968. Roger Duvoisin. Pictorial cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, ADELAIDE HOLL, on the title page. A tight, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping --and several small..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946. Anne Vaughan. Cloth. A handsome, very presentable copy of the April 1946 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, and very mild wear to the spine..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932. Kurt Wiese. Cloth. The uncommon 1932 stated 1st edition, in its Kurt Wiese-illustrated pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (neat name to the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with light creasing along the lower-edges and mild soiling to the..... More
Monte-Carlo: Editions Du Livre, 1945. 1st. Original Wraps. A sharp, nicely-preserved copy of the 1945 1st edition. #10 of 1,560 copies printed. Near Fine in its stiff beige wqrappers. And in an unchipped, Near Fine example of the glassine dustjacket. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Dubout..... More
