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2 #87 #76 #106 #124 #67 #123 E. M. Maurice Books, LLC Timothy Forry, Proprietor 358 Ledge Drive Torrington, CT Tel: (860) ORDERING: Orders are accepted by phone 7 days a week from 10am to 9pm EST. orders any time. All items subject to prior sale. PAYMENT METHODS: Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover, checks, money orders, and PayPal. (Credit Card orders require: billing address & security code on reverse of card) PAYMENT TERMS: Payment is due before book(s) ship. We will hold book(s) for payment for seven business days. Libraries and institutions may be billed. Connecticut residents, please add 6.35% sales tax. SHIPPING: Media Mail: $4.50 for 1st Book, $1.00 each additional book OR Priority Mail: $8.00 for 1 st book, $2.00 for each book after that, per order Insurance is extra, please request insurance when ordering. INTERNATIONAL orders will be shipped via Global Priority at cost. Please note: We will not falsify customs documents, so please do not ask. RETURNS: You may return any book for any reason as long as: 1) Prior notice by telephone is given within 3 days after receiving book, 2) Item is returned in condition in which is was received and is properly packed and insured for return trip, please use a traceable shipping method. Refunds will be issued for book price and original shipping once item has been safely returned and inspected. Text and Images Copyright 2015 E M Maurice Books, LLC

3 1. ABC. Girls & Boys Name ABC. ill. Chromolithographs. NY: McLoughlin Bros, to. Very Good. Chromolithograph printed paper mounted on board with red cloth spine, wear to edges, corner and spine tips, light internal soil. A large and wonderful alphabet book printed entirely in color and every page mounted on thick board. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a short verse which utilizes the names of boys and girls, except the letter X which is represented by "Extra! Extra!" after the boys who sell newspapers. Uncommon in this format. $ ABC. Base, Graeme. Animalia. NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, st Am. Ed. Folio. Very Good / Very Good. Pictorial boards, top corner bumped, gift inscription, 1 inch tear to rear endpaper; dust jacket creased at top corner. An alphabet of animals, each page with a detailed color illustration. $ ABC. Neilson, Harry B. (Illus). Animal ABC. London: Blackie & Son, Circa Small 4to. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, boards slightly bowed, small dent at edge of cover, corner wear, 1 part of "G" and "J" pages have been neatly colored. A brief verse for each letter of the alphabet followed by a list of animals that begin with that letter. Opposite the verse is a 2-color illustration depicting a humanized animal. $ Ambrus, Victor G.. Country Wedding. London: OUP, st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Pictorial boards, faint vertical crease to endpaper else fine, in matching dust jacket, which is slightly age-toned. A funny book about a fox and wolf who crash a wedding. Frantic artwork printed in vibrant color throughout. $ Andersen, Hans Christian; Illustrated By Lisbeth Zwerger. Thumbeline. NY: Simon & Schuster, st Am. Ed. Square 4to. Fine / Near Fine. Glossy illustrated boards in matching dust jacket, sticker residue on front jacket flap. Gorgeously illustrated version of this classic Andersen fairy tale. $ Arabian Nights.. Arabian Nights' Fairy Tales. ill. Charlotte Becker. NY: J H Sears, Thick 4to. Near Fine / Fair. Green cloth titled in gilt, full color pastedown, color illustrated dust jacket heavily worn and chipped with a few mends. Tales from The Arabian Nights illustrated with a color frontis (repeat of cover image) and decorative borders in red ink by Brandywine artist Charlotte Becker. Illustrated endpapers by Christopher Rule. $ Adams, Alice Wheaton (Illus). Rhymes for Little Readers. Boston: D Lothrop, st Ed. Oblong 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, a few tears to spine cloth, edge and corner wear. A collection of verses for young folks illustrated in sepia and color on alternating pages, printed on cloth-like paper. 12 color plates in all. Charming book. $ Ainslie, Kathleen. Me and Catharine Susan Earns an Honest Penny. London: Castell Bros., mo. Near Very Good Stiff color printed card covers with tassled silk cord binding, spine is worn, gift inscription, pale foxing to covers. An uncommon title in Ainslie's series about two articulated dolls. Charming color illustrations on every other page opposite hand-lettered text. $ Arabian Nights. Katibah, H. I. (Retold by). Other Arabian Nights. ill. W. M. Berger. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good + / Good to Very Good. Red cloth, previous owner affixed a Pogany plate to FFEP, an engraving opposite title page and a small illustration on rear endpaper, number written on FFEP, despite this the book is in remarkably nice condition; illustrated dust jacket with chip from front cover marring title, abrasion to front panel, other wear and 10. Attwell, Mabel Lucie. Lucie Attwell's Picture Book. Racine, WI: Whitman, Folio. Very Good Color printed stiff card covers, entire book printed on stiff card stock with a linen-like texture, light cover soil and rubbing to spine. A book of captioned pictures depicting Attwell's chubby-cheeked kiddies. Fun stuff. $75.00

4 11. Averill, Naomi (Illus); Peattie, Donald Culross (Auth). Story of the Middle Ages. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, st Ed. Square 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Illustrated boards, light soil and faint stain on rear endpaper and rear endpaper, matching dust jacket with light wear, soil, faint stain visible on verso. A nice copy of the 3rd book in the story of man series by Peattie and Averill. Graphically appealing artwork. $ Baby Record Book. My Baby's Book (Unused! In Original Box). ill. Ella Dolbear Lee, Julia Dyar Hardy & Ella L. Brison. Chi: P F Volland & Co, (1915). 8vo. Near Fine Illustrated boards, very slightest of edge rubbing else fine in original box with very light wear. A baby record book with very lovely color illustrations of babies at the top of every page. Rare Volland in Original Box. Laid into box is a hand-written poem to the recipient's family, no author credited. $ Baskin, Leonard (Illus); Baskin, Tobias & Lucretia & Hosie & Lisa (Auths). Hosie's Aviary. NY: Viking, Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / Very Good. Green cloth in color illustrated dust jacket. Simple verse and text about birds with lovely color artwork by Baskin on opposing page. $ Berry, Wendell. Whitefoot. ill. Davis Te Selle. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, First Printing. Square 12mo. Fine / Fine. Hard cover in dust jacket. The story of a mouse with lovely b&w artwork throughout. $ Betts, Ethel Franklin (Illus); Grimm Bros (Auth). Fairy Tales from Grimm. NY: Barse & Co., ND, circa Later Edition. 4to. Good / No Jacket. Originally published by Stern in Green cloth with pastedown which is chipped and creased, wear to corners, splits and fraying along spine edges and ends, foxing to frontis and title page, otherwise nice interior. Illustrated with 6 lovely color plates and 6 b&w pen and ink drawings. $ Baylor, Byrd. Desert is Theirs, The. ill. Peter Parnall. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, First Printing. 4to. Fine / Very Good. Yellow cloth hard cover; illustrated dust jacket with light soil. A poem celebrating the beauty and people of the desert. Lovely color artwork throughout by Parnall. Native American Interest. $ Bemelmans, Ludwig. My War with the United States. NY: Viking, Stated 1st Ed. Tall 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Beige cloth with tiny spot at bottom of front board; dust jacket slightly worn, soiled and sunned, priceclipped. B&W chapter heads by Bemelmans throughout. $65.00 Lovely Signed Limited Edition 18. Bone, Muirhead (Illus) & Gertrude Bone (Auth). Children's Children. London: Duckworth & Co., First Limited Edition. 4to. Near Fine / No Jacket. Bound in vellum-like paper with elaborite gilt decoration and titles, a few scrapes and light wear, but overall a lovely copy. Illustrated with an etched frontis, full and partial page artwork in line. This copy is signed by Muirhead Bone, but not numbered. $ Brett, Jan. Mitten, The. NY: G P Putnam & Sons, First Printing. Oblong 4to. Very Good / Near Fine. Pictorial boards, gift inscription and foxing to first 2 pages; illustrated dust jacket with light foxing to verso, price clipped. An adaptation of a Ukranian folk tale illustrated in color by Brett. $17.50

5 20. Briggs, Raymond. Snowman. NY: Random House, st Am. Ed. 4to. Very Good / Good. Hard cover with shelf wear, previous owner's name on endpaper; dust jacket wrinkled from damp stain, edge tears and creases. A wordless picture book about a boy who befirends a snowman. Made into a popular animated film. $ Cats. Watson, Wendy (Auth & Illus). Very Important Cat. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., st Ed. Slim 4to. Near Fine / Good. Red cloth pictorially stamped in black and white, a few finger marks to cloth and spine end worn; pictorially dust jacket with chips and losses, sunned spine and a few fox spots to verso. A tale featuring anthropomorphic cats, set in China. (Necker, 2166). $ Buhler, Paul; Illustrated By Astrid Buhler. Wolfram and the Island of the Smith. Dornach, Switzerland: Literarischer, st Ed. Oblong Folio. Near Fine / No Jacket As Issued. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light corner wear, old price sticker partially removed from rear cover. A modern fairy tale with beautiful color lithographs that were drawn directly on stone. $ Butler, Ellis Parker. Young Stamp Collector's Own Book. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Stated 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. Signed by Author. Good to Very Good / No Jacket. (1933). Orange cloth with light wear to extremities, sunned spine, small abrasion to EP. A guide to collecting stamps for young beginners, including reproductions of stamps provided by Scott Stamp and Coin Co. This copy is signed, in the year of publication, by Butler with a quote from "Pigs is Pigs" and a small sketch of a pig. $ Chalmers, Mary. Mr. Cat's Wonderful Surprise. NY: Harper & Brothers, (1961). Probable 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good / Good.. Pictorial boards with light wear, foxing to end papers, matching dust jacket with tape repair on verso, closed tears and wear, price clilpped but no later titles listed. Two little cats want to go on a picnic, but they must finish their chores first! Happy illustrations in color throughout. Scarce. $ Charlot, Jean (Illus); Brenner, Anita (Auth). Hero By Mistake, A. NY: William R. Scott, [1952]. 1st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Pictorial boards with shelf wear; matching dust jacket darkened with edge wear. The story of a frightened Mexican Indian which reads like a folktale. Wonderful 2-color artwork by Charlot. New York Times Best Illustrated Book. $ Carlson, Natalie Savage. Happy Orpheline. ill. Garth Williams. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Very Good. (1957). Pictorial blue cloth with light shelf wear, no writing, foxing or marks; dust jacket with light wear and small stains to rear panel, original price intact. The first book about children living in an orphanage in the French countryside. Illustrated in b&w. $ Chess, Victoria (Illus); Wahl, Jan (Auth). Animals' Peace Day. NY: Crown Publishers, Stated 1st Ed. Oblong 8vo. Fine / Near Very Good. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with black specks on rear panel. Library binding but not exlibrary. Fabulous color artwork by Chess on every page. $ Carroll, Lewis; Illustrated By Ralph Steadman. Complete Alice and The Hunting of the Snark. Topsfield, MA: Salem House, 1st Am. Ed. Thick 4to. Fine / Near Fine. (1987). Blue hard cover; dust jacket with minor scuffing and scratches. Fabulous Steadman artwork in color and b&w. $ Cloth Book. Wright, Alan (Illus). Noah's Zoo. London / NY: Dean's Rag Book Co / International Art Publishing, 4to. Good [1905] per Princeton Univ Lib. Color printed cloth book, some fading to covers, edge fraying, light internal soil and marks. A rare cloth book featuring Noah's family, the ark and animals depicted as wooden toys. One copy on OCLC at Princeton Univ. $150.00

6 30. Coblentz, Stanton A.. Wonder Stick. ill. S. Glanckoff. NY: Cosmopolitan, st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. (1929). 309 pgs. Tan cloth lettered in green, slight spine lean, previous owner's name on endpaper; dust jacket gently worn with mild dust soil, price intact ($2.00). A fantasy set in prehistoric times. Full page b&w woodcuts by Glanckoff. Uncommon juvenile fantasy. $ Daugherty, James (Auth & Illus) Franklin, Benjamin (Subject). Poor Richard. NY: Viking, st Ed. Thick 4to. Near Fine / Very Good. Brick red cloth, top corner bumped else fine, free of writing foxing or marks; illustrated dust jacket with light wear and a few tiny edge tears. A biography of Benjamin Franklin illustrated in two colors throughout. $ Coryell, Hubert V.; Illustrated By Armstrong Sperry. Klondike Gold. NY: Macmillan, st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / Good. Aqua cloth in color illustrated dust jacket with small losses, sunned spine, edge wear. A gold rush story with great b&w artwork by Sperry. First editions in dust jacket are uncommon. $ Cramer, Rie; Music By Geertruida Van Vladeracken. Kinderliedjes Uit Zonneland. Utrecht: W. De Haan, Square 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. [1928]. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light shelf wear, small red mark to rear board, binding slightly loose. Uncommon Rie Cramer title illustrated with 6 color plates and 3 sepia plates. Cramer also wrote the lyrics which were set to music by Van Vladeracken. Very pretty and charming book. $ Daugherty, James (Illus): White, Stewart Edward (Auth). Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout. Garden City: Garden City, Later Edition. Thick 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Circa Blue cloth with full color pastedown, light wear to pastedown, nice clean copy. The story of American folk hero, Daniel Boone. Illustrated by Daugherty with A doublepage title page and 3 color plates, smaller b&w artwork throughout. Stereotypical depictions of Native Americans. $ DiCamillo, Kate. Great Joy. ill. Bagram Ibatoulline. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, First Printing. Large 4to. Very Good / Very Good. Pictorial hard cover, metallic endpapers scuffed with some oxidization; illustrated dust jacket with light wear, a few edge tears and nick to front cover near spine. A holiday story with gorgeous, soft color artwork on every page. $ Crane, Thos. & Houghton, Ellen. Abroad (Companion Volume to At Home). London: Marcus Ward & Co., No date, 1880s. Square 8vo. VG. 102 pgs. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges rubbed, binding resewn and recased, retaining original endpapers This is a lovely 19th Century book with verses about travel and beautiful far-off places. Vibrant and detailed color pictures accompany the verse on every page. $ D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Magic Rug. Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., Stated 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. NF / Fair. Illustrated boards with black cloth spine, slight shelf wear; matching dust jacket with large pieces missing from front panel, spine end and rear panel, but present nonetheless. A little boy takes a strange and wonderful adventure on his father's magic oriental rug. This was D'Aulaire's first picture book together and one of their most elusive titles, particularly with the original dust jacket and rarely found signed. See Bader, pgs. 42, 44. $ Dickens, Charles. Personal History of David Copperfield. ill. Frank Reynolds. London: Westminster Press, Later Printing. Large Thick 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. No date, circa 1920s. Red cloth stamped in gilt and black, top edge of front board bumped, internally clean. Classic Dickens illustrated with 20 fine tissue-guarded tipped-in color plates. $85.00

7 39. Disney (Pop-Up). Pop-Up Minnie Mouse. ill. Walt Disney Studio. NY: Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). 8vo. Very Good Illustrated boards, light soil and light wear to extremities, small crease in center pop-up, prev. owner's name on title page. A really nice copy of a wonderful Disney item, much harder to find than the Pop-Up Mickey Mouse. Great color, double-page pop-ups of Minnie Mouse, three in all. Also b&w artwork throughout. $ Disney. Ayer, Jean (Auth). Donald Duck and His Friends. ill. Walt Disney Studio. Bonn: D C Heath and Company, 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket As Issued. (1939). No later titles. Tan cloth stamped in blue, orange and black, covers slightly rubbed, abrasion to endpaper from old price sticker removal (by previous owner), some offsetting to first few pages and occasional light soil. A Disney reader with color artwork throughout. $ Du Bois, William Pene. Forbidden Forest. ill. William Pene Du Bois. NY: Harper & Row, (1978). Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / VG. 56 pages. Full color illustrated boards, matching dust jacket with light dusting and 1/2" from top of spine. Library binding but NOT x-lib. A fabulous story about three passengers (a man, a dog & a kangaroo) on a British ship docking in Sydney, Australia, who stop a war from commencing. Illustrated in color throughout. A New York Times Best Illustrated Book for $ Du Bois, William Pene. Three Policemen. NY: Viking, st Ed. 4to. Very Good + / Very Good. 92pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in yellow, edges slightly sunned, a few marks internally but very clean overall; color illustrated dust jacket with wear at folds and a few small losses. A mystery story set on an obscure island where three bumbling policemen uncover the mystery of a sea serpent. Marvelous illustrations in color and b&w throughout. Bader Page 176. $ Duggan, Janie Prichard. Little Cuba Libre. ill. Nana French Bickford. Boston: Little Brown and Company, st Ed. 8vo. Fine / Very Good. (1918). Pictorial tan cloth in matching dust jacket with light wear, faint stain at front fold, corner off of front flap, price intact ($1.35). The story of a little girl and her part in the revolt against Spain. Illustrated with four rather n i c e m o n o c h r o m a t i c b & w plates.uncommon subject in juvenile literature. $ Dulac, Edmund (Illus); Poe, Edgar Allan (Auth). Bells and Other Poems. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. TEG, others untrimmed. Bound in cream vellum elaborately stamped in gilt with bell design and titled in gilt, spine very slightly darkened with one small mark, original gros grain silk ties present though darkened and fragile. Limited Edition, this copy is not numbered but is signed by Dulac. Laid into the book is a portrait of Dulac at work in his studio. 28 tissue guarded plates as well as duotone illustrations by Dulac. The color plates capture perfectly the eerie and macabre tone of Poe's work, using deep, rich blues and muted oranges and browns. Dulac's human figures seem particularly anguished and alone, echoing Poe's intent for the writing itself. Hughey 29, White pg 61. $2, Early American. Happy Little Edward and His Pleasant Ride and Rambles in the Country. ill. Engravings. New Haven: S. Babcock, st Ed. 48mo. Original Wraps. Fine Blue paper wraps titles and decorative engravings in black ink. The story of a little boy's journey through the countryside of Connecticut and Massachusetts to visit family. The little boy is curious and points out all of the things he sees along the way and his mother explains what he is seeing. Illustrated with detailed, full-page engravings. $ Enright, Elizabeth. Tatsinda. ill. Katie Thamer Treherne. NY: Harcourt, First Printing Thus. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Hard cover with light shelf wear, no writing, marks or foxing inside, illustrated dust jacket with sunned spine. An original fairy tale by Elizabeth Enright originally published in 1963 with other illustrations. This edition with delightful color artwork by Katie Treherne. $ Ewert, Lt. Col. Earl C.; Illustrated By Everett Shinn and James Hulme. United States Army. Boston: Little Brown and Company, st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Very Good. (1941). 72 pgs. Illustrated boards, edge rubbing else near fine; matching dust ajcket with light wear, abrasion at bottom of front panel. A very informative book all about how the Army is organized, the various insignia designated for ranks, weaponry, etc... Marvelous detailed illustrations in full color throughout. $85.00

8 48. Fairy Tales. Illustrated By R. Andre. Puss in Boots (Young Folks Series). NY: McLoughlin Bros, to. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, each page mounted on thick board, previous owners reinforced corners with cloth tape, foxing to text pages, illustrations unmarred, edges worn. The fairy tale of Puss in Boots illustrated by R. Andre in 6 full page color chromolithographs. Necker $ Gale, Martin; Illustrated By Margaret Van Doren. One Winter. ill. Margaret Van Doren. NY: Viking, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good / Good. Blue cloth with light shelf wear, dark mark to pages 140 and 142, else internally clean; color illustrated dust jacket with small losses, age-toned, worn. A very nice story about two children who are happy that they can ride their ponies year-round. Thirty illustrations in b&w by Van Doren. $ Farjeon, Eleanor and Herbert. Heroes and Heroines. ill. Rosalind Thornycroft. London: Victor Galloncz, st Ed. 4to. Near Fine / Very Good. Pictorial boards with light shelf wear, else fine in matching dust jacket with a few small edge tears, but clean and bright. Poems about various historical figures with corresponding illustrations in color. Uncommon in this condition. 50. Fix, Betty S; Illustrated By Edith E. Buhler. Dolls Around the World (Adventures of Idabell and Wakefield). Oklahoma City, OK: Crosby House, 4to. Very Good / Good -. (1946). Blue paper-covered boards, bottom corner bumped, shelf wear; color illustrated dust jacket fragile, reinforced along spine on verso, pieces of spine ends, darkened. Text is about dolls from all around the world, incorporating the characters of Idabell and Wakefield (two humanized fish). The artwork depicts each doll and is quite nice. The book includes an introduction to Idabell and Wakefield. $ Garis, Howard R.. Uncle Wiggily's Auto Sled. ill. Lang Campbell. Newark, NJ: Charles E Graham & Co, Early Edition. Small Square 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, titled in white ink; title rubbed, light wear and small nick to edge of rear cover, internally clean with no writing or foxing. Illustrated in color on every page by Lang Campbell. $45.00 $ Gaze, Harold. Goblin's Glen. Boston: Little Brown and Company, st Am. Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Black cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt, light wear to extremities, gilt slightly rubbed, but bright, scattered light internal soil, 2 mended tears, top corner bumped, gift inscription. A fantasy illustrated by Gaze in 6 color plates. $ Fox, Frances Margaret. Little Bear's Ins and Outs. ill. Frances Beem. Chi: Rand McNally & Company,. 1st Ed. 12mo. Near Fine / No Jacket. (1928). Illustrated boards with light wear to extremities. A collection of stories previously printed in Youth Companion and Child Life. Illustrated in color and b&w. $ Freeman, Don (Illus); McCulloch, Edith (Auth). Prints of Don Freeman: A Catalogue Raisonne. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, Probable 1st Ed. 4to. As New / As New. Hard cover in dust jacket, still in original shrink wrap. Catalogue from an exhibit at the U of VA Art Museum of Don Freeman's prints. We assume this is a first, but can not verify as it is in the original shrink wrap. $ Godwin, Frank (Illus); Hagedorn, Hermann (Auth). Book of Courage. Phila: John C. Winston, 1st Ed. Thick 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. (1929). Blue cloth stamped in gilt and red with color pastedown, cover and spine gilt rubbed, light shelf wear, damp stain at the edge of 4 pages, previous owner's label on endpaper. A collection of brief biographies of historical figures who showed great courage in the face of adversity. Illustrated with 4 color plates, monotone plates, in line and maps. $ Goldsmith, Happy. Learn the Art of Magic. ill. George Callahan. NY: Cleanliness Institue, mo. Very Good. Small booklet printed in black on green paper, closed tear and small chip from rear cover. Two copies located on OCLC (the copy at Harvard is part of a grouping of Cleanliness Institute publications). See: Vegetables on Parade by Naomi Rogers, pg. 40 of Children's Health in Historical Perspective, by Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick. $125.00

9 58. Gorey, Edward. Unstrung Harp. New York & Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little Brown, Stated 1st Ed. Small 8vo. Very Good / Good. (1953). (Toledano A1). Illustrated boards with rubbing to extremities, pages slightly age-toned, in a matching dust jacket which soiled and stained, with edge tears, price-clipped. A darkly funny look at the life of a novelist as he writes a novel. This is Gorey's first book as author and illustrator. $ Grimm Bros. Little Red Riding-Hood. ill. Charles Mikolaycak. Norwalk, CT: C R Gibson, First Thus. 12mo. Fine / Very Good. Small red cloth hard cover, color illlustrated dust jacket with sticker residue to rear panel, else fine. The familiar fairy tale with color and b&w artwork by Charles Mikolaycak. $ Grimm Bros.; Illustrated By Elenore Abbott. Grimm's Fairy Tales. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, Later Printing. Royal 8vo. Good / No Jacket. 308 pgs. Black cloth with color pastedown, extremities frayed, spine gilt rubbed away, binding shaky, previous owner's bookplate to EP. A collection of fairy tales illustrated with pictorial endpapers and 9 full page color plates by Abbott who trained at the Drexel Institute under Howard Pyle. (First Abbott edition had 12 color plates). $ Guertik, Helene (Illus); Text By Lida. La Ferme Du Pere Castor. Paris: Flammarion, Later Edition. Square 4to. Good / No Jacket. Stiff card covers, covers fragile, two mends, internally clean. Text in French about the different animals found on a farm. Beautiful, rich color lithographs throughout. $ Hall, Florence Howe. Little Lads and Lassies. Boston: D Lothrop, (1898). 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Color pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges and corners worn through but cover and interior clean and bright. Stories and poems about and for children. Nice line art borders around the text and 6 fine and lovely color plates, similar in style to Maud Humphrey. $ Handforth, Thomas. Faraway Meadow. NY: Doubleday Doran / Junior Literary Guild, Oblong 4to. NF / VG. Green pictorial cloth with light rubbing at extremities, color illustrated dust jacket with light cover soil and chipping at extremities. This is the 2nd book written and illustrated by Handforth who won the Caldecott Medal the previous year. Uncommon. Guild Edition printed from First Edition Sheets. $85.00 #63 # Hedwig Zum Tobel (Illus). Die Bunten Waldheim Kinderbucher. Vienna: Waldheim-Eberle, mo. Very Good 6 volumes in slip case with color printed covers. Each is very good with light wear and/or light soil, internally each is clean and bright. Six stories from around the world, Chinese, Mexican, Siberian, Malasian, Nordic, and African. Der Trippel Trappel Topf, Wie die Vogel einen Konig Wahlten, Der Mann Aus Stein, Das Wunderbare Shiff, Die Vogel-Prinzessin, Der Neger und Die Antilope. Each volume is beautifully printed with lovely color artwork. The slip case is worn and soiled, Good condition. $ Ivanovsky, Elisabeth [sic] (Illus); Verite, Marcelle (Auth). Petits Rongeurs (Small Rodents). Paris: Desclee De Brouwer, No date, circa mo. Very Good - / No Jacket. Color pictorial boards, slightly darkened, extremities worn, endpapers discolored, text and illustrations clean. Text in French about mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, etc... Beautiful full page color lithographs by Ivanovsky accompany each description. $ Ivanovsky, Elisabeth [sic] (Illus); Verite, Marcelle (Auth). Fleurs. Paris: Desclee De Brouwer, No date, circa mo. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with light wear, extremities rubbed, clean text and illustration pages. Text in French about all sorts of flowers with delightful color lithographs by Ivanovsky. $ Jackson, Leroy F.. Rimskittle's Book. ill. Ruth Eger & Milo Winter. Chi: Rand McNally & Company, st Ed. 4to. Good-. Correct code on CP page. Maroon cloth with color pastedown; pastedown with scratches, extremities worn, a number of pages with edge tears, one page with large old tape repair, pages thumbed. Fun verse with wonderful color artwork on every page by Ruth Eger, pastedown and eps by Milo Winter. $35.00

10 Scarce Caldecott Honor 68. Jeffers, Susan (illus); Mother Goose. A Mother Goose Rhyme: Three Jovial Huntsmen. Scarsdale: Bradbury Press, First Printing. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Pictorial cloth, light wear to base of spine; color illustrated dust jacket price-clipped. The familiar rhyme adapted and illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Caldecott Honor. $ Kellogg, Steven. Best Friends. NY: Dial Books, First Printing. 4to. Good / Good. Pictorial boards with moderate shelf wear, prev. owner's book plate to endpaper; dust jacket worn and torn, price clipped. A little girl deals with her best friend's absence over summer vacation. This copy is inscribed by Kellogg with a sketch of a dog. $ Leaf, Munro. Flock of Watchbirds. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / Very Good. Red cloth, hinges tender with some wear; dust jacket gently worn with small chip at base of spine. Originally published individually in Ladies Home Journal, these humorous descriptions of bad behavior as observed by the watchbirds are collected into one volume. Illustrated throughout by Leaf. Funny stuff. $ Leaf, Munro. Reading Can Be Fun. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, (1953). Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / Good. Green pictorial cloth, light shelf wear, top edge slightly sunned; illustrated dust jacket with edge wear, long closed tear to front panel, surface rubbing. A funny addition to Leaf's "...Can Be Fun" series. Humorous b&w artwork throughout. $ Ketteman, Helen; Illustrated By James Warhola. Christmas Blizzard. NY: Scholastic Press, First Edition First Printing. 4to. As New / As New. Glossy illustrated boards in matching dust jacket. The rather crazy, tall tale of how Lizzard, IN got its name after Santa Claus moved his operations from the North Pole to there. Detailed color illustrations by James Warhola, nephew of artist, Andy Warhol. Inscribed by Warhola with an original drawing of a St. Bernard and a cat. $ Lathrop, Dorothy P.. Follow the Brook. NY: Macmillan, Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / Good. 40 pgs. Bound in aqua cloth pictorially stamped in black and white ink in a good jacket with wear along spine edges and small losses at extremities. A wonderful story about two raccoons who were caged as pets, but one day they find their cages have been left open and escape into the woods. $ Le Mair, H. Willebeek (Illus); Elkin, R. H.. Children's Corner. London / Phila: Augener / McKay, No Date, Circa Small Oblong 4to. Good Minus. Tan cloth with oval pastedown and gilt titles; cover soil, binding shaken, internal soil and four pages with abrasions, not affecting artwork. A collection of rhymes about life as a child with delicate color artwork. 15 color plates plus color title page by H. Willebeek Le Mair. $ Lenski, Lois. Lois Lenski's Christmas Stories. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. Fine / Very Good Plus. Red pictorial cloth in color pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, small green mark to front flap, a few tiny edge tears. Christmas themed excerpts from Lenski's novels, plus a few new tales illustrated in b&w throughout. Beauiful copy. $ Uncommon Lenski Illustrated Title i n D u s t J a c k e t 76. Lenski, Lois (Illus); Compiled By Adams & Atchinson. Book of Enchantment. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., st Ed. Tall 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Brick red cloth, light wear to extremities; pictorial dust jacket with small losses and sunned spine. A collection of fairy tales and legends, illustrated with a 3-color frontis and smaller b&w artwork throughout. Uncommon in dust jacket. $ Lichtenberger, Andre. Angomar et Priscilla. ill. Mariette Lydis. Paris: Calmann Levy, to. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, slightly darkened at edges, light wear, internally clean. Text in French. Beautiful color lithographs throughout by Mariette Lydis. $65.00

11 78. Maloy, Lois. Swift Thunder of the Prairie. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, First Edition (A). Small 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. (1942). Aqua cloth pictorially stamped in red; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear. The story of a train and a young Indian boy. Illustrated with beautiful lithographs in color and in b&w. $65.00 #83 # Marcellino, Fred. I Crocodile. NY: Michael Di Capua Books, Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / Near Fine. Crocodile skin patterned boards in color illustrated dust jacket with small edge tears at top of spine and top corner. The first book both written and illustrated by Fred Marcellino, a Caldecott honoree and winner of other notable illustration awards. $ May, Phil. Sketches from "Punch". London: Punch Office, st Ed. 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Light brown cloth titled in red, light cover soil, spotting to endpapers, else clean internally. A decade of May's work which originally appeared in Punch Magazine. $ McCloskey, Robert (Illus); Malcolmson, Anne (Auth). Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, st Ed. Tall 8vo. VG- / Good. Matching dates on title & copyright page. Red cloth with wear at extremities, discoloration to rear board; illustrated dust jacket with small losses at edges, edge wear, slightly darkened, foxing and mark to rear panel, price intact. A collection of stories about American folk heroes with b&w artwork by McCloskey. Stereotypical depictions of African-Americans. $ McCrady, Elizabeth and Coddard, Kate Cox. Children of Foreign Lands. ill. Ninon MacKnight. NY: Platt & Munk, vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Green cloth with minor rubbing at extremities; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear and edge tears. Stories about children from all around the world with color and b&w artwork by Ninon MacKnight. $ McMullan, Kate; McMullan, Jim. Papa's Song. NY: FSG, First Printing. Square 4to. Fine / Fine. Hard cover with no marks, writing, foxing or tears; illustrated dust jacket is perfect with price intact. How a papa bear gets his little one to fall asleep. Illustrated in color on every page. $ McSpadden, J. Walker. Massachusetts, A Romantic Story for Young People. ill. Howard L. Hastings. NY: J H Sears, 8vo. Fine / Good. (1926). Green cloth with full color pastedown; color dust jacket with edge tears, a few pieces missing along edges and rear fold. Exciting tales from the history of Massachusetts, illustrated throughout. $ Newell, Peter (Illus); Carryl, Guy Wetmore. Fables for the Frivolous, with Apologies to La Fontaine. NY: Harper & Brothers, Early Edition. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Plumcolored cloth pictorially stamped in green and titled in gilt, light wear to spine ends, spine slightly sunned. Parodies of Fontaine's famous fables illustrated with great humor by Newell. $ Nielsen, Kay (Illus). East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North. NY: George H Doran Company, Early American Edition. Large 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. 204 pgs. No date, circa Mustard cloth with red stamped titling to cover and spine, previous owner's name on endpaper, occasional marks to pages, one page with edge tear, corner off one mounting page, all color plates are intact and fine; the rare dust jacket is age-toned with a stain at spine edge, but complete. Orange and white decorative endpapers, Tipped -in color frontis and 24 other tipped in color plates with captions. Many other decorative elements and illustrations in b&w. Nielsen's illustrations are breathtaking and bold. Uncommon in such a nice dust jacket. $ Noah's Ark. Webb, Clifford. Story of Noah. London: Frederick Warne, No date, circa 1950, originally published in Later Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Good Minus / Fair. Pictorial cloth, covers soiled, tape residue and abrasions to endpapers from where jacket was taped down, internal soil; matching dust jacket worn and stained. Retelling of the Noah, illustrated in line and fabulous color lithographs of animals. (Mahony pgs 27 & 77). $17.50

12 88. O'Brien, Robert C.; Illustrated By Zena Bernstein. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. NY: Atheneum, Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. Fine / Very Good to Near Fine. Beige pictorial cloth, illustrated dust jacket with a few tiny closed tears, price intact (5.95), award sticker present. Incredibly well thought out fantasy about a little fieldmouse, Mrs. Frisby, who encounters superintelligent rats (the result of a human experiment). Truths and revelations about her departed husband emerge. Made into an animated film titled Secret of Nimh in Much sought after and incredibly hard to find in the 1st Ed. $1, Ormondroyd, Edward (Auth); Larrecq, John M. (Illus). Theodore. Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1st Ed. Oblong 12mo. Near Fine / Very Good. (1966). Correct DJ price for 1st Edition. Yellow pictorial cloth, tiny abrasion to rear endpaper else fine; illustrated dust jacket worn with closed edge tears. Theodore, accustomed to his ragged, dirty state is shocked after he is thrown in the wash and is clean again. However, he soon returns to his much loved state. Perfectly illustrated by Larrecq in color throughout. Scarce $ Pairpoint, Nellie M.. Jacinth and Her Fairy Friends. Boston: W. A. Wilde, st Ed. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. 93 pgs. Beige cloth with 2-color pictorial pastedown, gift inscription, offsetting to FFEP from DJ in matching dust jacket a bit of wear at edges. The story of a young girl who is friends with the magical folk of the forest. One could read this as an early environmentalist fiction as the dedication is to boys and girls who are loving friends of the forest and are making the world a better place to live in. Illustrated with 7 lovely full page b&w plates as well as many textual illustrations. $65.00 Signed Limited Edition 91. Palgrave, Frances Turner (Ed.). Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. London: Macmillan, Signed Limited Edition. Thick 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Maroon cloth with gilt-titled vellum spine, vellum moderately soiled, corner wear, binding slightly shaken large paper copy of one of the most oft reprinted collections of English verse. Limited to 500 copies, signed by Frances Turner Palgrave. $ Paper Toy: Illustrated By Edina Altara. Il Libro Giocattoli. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, Elephant Folio. Near Fine Color printed paper wraps, slight edgewear and minor age -toning to cover. This is a marvelous activity book, completely uncut and unused. The book includes paper finger puppets, a soldier scene, a carousel, a cut-out magician and his various tricks, and an aquarium scene with a window, the interior of which is meant to spin so that the scene constantly changes. There is an 8-page instruction manual also included with the book. The artwork was created by Edina Altara, a well-known Italian artist who worked in collage, theatrical set design and a ceramist. $ Parker, B.; Illustrated By N. Parker. Hole and Corner Book. London: W & R Chambers, No date, circa 1919, per BL. Oblong Folio. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards, corners rubbed through, spine ends chipped, a few small losses along spine but title readable, internally clean. Charming verses about different animals accompanied by small sepia line art and decoration. Opposite the text are large and lovely part-color plates. Scarce. $ Parrish, Maxfield (Illus); Wiggin, Kate Douglas & Smith, Nora A. (Eds). Arabian Nights, Their Best-Known Tales. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, st Ed. Large 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. 339 pgs. TEG. Bound in black cloth with color pictorial paper pastedown to front cover, spine very slightly sunned, gilt titles bright, rubbing to corners and spine ends, edges of pastedown rubbed, internally clean.. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish in 12 stunning color plates with captioned tissue guards. $ Signed Newbery Medal Winner 95. Patron, Susan. Higher Power of Lucky. ill. Matt Phelan. NY: Atheneum, First Edition First Printing. 8vo. As New / As New. Cloth backed boards in color illustrated dust jacket. The story of a little girl living in the desert of California who wants to find her higher power, after hearing the term at an AA meeting. The book stirred up controversy among parents and librarians at the use of the word "scrotum." Winner of the Newbery Award, the award seal is not present. This copy is signed by the author and illustrator. A Newbery bookmark is included with the book. $ Paulsen, Gary. Dogsong. NY: Bradbury Press, First Printing. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Paper over boards with cloth spine; color illustrated dust jacket with fain mark near base of spine, else fine. The story of a young man's journey with a team of sled dogs. Newbery Honor. First Editions are scarce. $135.00

13 97. Peixotto, Ernest. Pacific Shores from Panama. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good to Near Fine / Good. Green cloth titled and decorated in gilt, color pictorial pastedown, a few small abrasions and faint stain to cover, first few pages with marginal stain, else internally clean and bright with no foxing. Dust jacket worn, stained missing a few small pieces. A book about Central and South American countries that border the Pacific Ocean, including Panama, Peru, and Bolivia. Beautiful monotone and line art throughout. $ Phillips, Grace (Illus); Stockton, H.. Busy Bunnies. Whitman Publishing, to. Very Good + Color illustrated stiff paper wraps, corner bend light surface & edge rubbing; overall a nice clean copy. 22 pages of verse describing all sorts of bunnies in human activities, such as fishman bunny, clown bunny, shoemaker bunny, etc... Illustrated with 22 strikingly vivid color plates with bold black backgrounds. A very attractive and whimsical book. $ Politi, Leo (Illus); Lopez, Margarita and Brown, Esther. Aqui Se Habla Espanol. Boston: D C Heath and Company, 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. (1942). Beige pictorial cloth with sunned spine and light wear, faint traces of pencil notations on first ten pages. A simple spanish language reader with monotone artwork throughout by Politi. $ Pop-up. Tron (Walt Disney Productions Pop-up). NY: Little Simon/Simon & Schuster, Small 4to. Fine Glazed pictorial boards. Pop-up based on the original Tron movie. Pop -up and/or moveable elements on every page, all in fine condition. $ Pratt, Davis; Illustrated By Elsa Kula. Magic Animals of Japan. ill. Elsa Kula. Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, (1967). 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. Fine / Near Very Good. Yellow cloth pictorially stamped in red; illustrated dust jacket with closed tears and edge wear. Animal folk tales from Japan with brillian and graphically interesting color artwork. $ Pratt, Ella Farman. Dozen Darlings and Their Doings. Boston: Lothrop Publishing, to. Very Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with rubbed edges, worn corners, marginal damp stain to first 5 pages not affecting text or images, gift inscription with last name marked out. Stories and poetry about girlhood. Illustrated with 6 full-page chromolithographs in the style of Maud Humphrey. Printed by Niagara Lithograph Co. of Buffalo NY. A pretty book. No holdings found on OCLC. $ #102 # Rahr, Ruth & William. Journey of the Toys. ill. Bruno Ertz. Manitowac, WI: Colorcraft Printers, (1934). 1st Ed. 4to. Very Good / No Jacket. Blue cloth titled in silver with circular pastedown, small chip from pastedown, light external wear, inner front hinge strengthened. Verses about different toys with charming color artwork on every page depicting toys, humanized insects and animals. $ Religious. Lost Lamb (New Series Toy Books). London: Religious Tract Society, No date, Circa 1870s. 4to. Very Good. Color printed stiff card covers, light soil and wear, previous owner's name on cover. Retells in rhyming verse the biblical parable which compares God with a good shepherd who leaves His ninety-nine sheep and goes to search for the one that is lost. 6 full page color chromolithographs printed by Kronheim, on one side of paper only. $ Sasek, Miroslav. This is Edinburgh. London: W H Allen, Probable First British Edition. 4to. Very Good / Very Good. Titles list to Munich. No statement of edition, jacket price 15/. Pictorial boards worn at corners and spine ends, top corner slightly bumped; dust jacket with edge tears, wear, age-toned. The fifth book in the series. $ Sawyer, Ruth. Child's Year-Book. NY: Harper & Brothers, Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. Good / No Jacket. Paper covered boards with cloth spine, pictorial pastedown; corners worn, light wear to pastedown, FFEP excised, gift inscription. A poem for each month of the year. Illustrated with duotone silhouette's by Ruth Sawyer who would go on to win the Newbery Medal for Roller Skates. An uncommon title by her. $ Schulz, Charles M.. Snoopy and the Red Baron. NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston, Stated 1st Ed. 12mo. Very Good / Very Good. Pictorial boards with shelf wear, gift inscription; matching dust jacket with wear and small tears, price clipped. A Peanuts classic, printed on orange and green paper. A newspaper clipping of Schulz's obituary is laid into the book. $40.00

14 108. Selden, George; Illustrated By Garth Williams. Tucker's Countryside. NY: FSG, (1969). Stated First Printing. 8vo. Very Good to Near Fine / Good. Green cloth, light shelf wear, slight spine lean; color illustrated dust jacket worn at fold and edges, tiny losses at spine ends and corners. Sequel to Cricket in Times Square, illustrated by Garth Williams. $ Sendak, Maurice (Illus: Garvey, Robert; (Auth). Good Shabbos, Everybody. United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, (1951). 1st Ed. 4to. VG / No Jacket As Issued. Illustrated boards with rubbing at edges and along spine, bottom of spine chipped, boards and text are very clean and bright. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout by Sendak, one of his earliest titles, scarce and usually found in terrible condition, this is a nice copy. $ Seuss (Dr. Seuss). Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough (Intro By Richard Marschall). NY: Morrow/Remco, First Printing. 4to. Fine / Fine. (1987). 1/4 cloth, hint of shelf wear else fine; color illustrated dust jacket. Compilation of early cartoons and writings by Seuss. $ Showerman, Grant. Country Child. ill. George Wright. NY: Century, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good / Very Good. Green pictorial cloth, light shelf wear, spine titling starting to flake, sporadic foxing; rare dust jacket is in very nice condition with two small abrasions to rear panel, old tape repair to verso. Illustrated with a color frontis a n d b & w a r t w o r k. S e m i - autobiographical account of a young boy's life in the country. $ Stefansson, Evelyn, Foreward By Vilhjalmur Stefansson; Photography By Frederick Machetanz. Here is Alaska. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, (1943). First Edition (A). Tall 8vo. Very Good / Good. Pictorial boards with shelf wear, matching dust jacket with edge wear and along folds, small losses. Jacket art by Raymond Lufkin. A survey of Alaskan geography, wildlife and native inhabitants will b&w photography throughout. A fascinating book and difficult to find. $ Tingle, Dolli. Traveling Musicians. Kenosha, WI: John Martin's House, vo. Near Fine / Good. Pictorial boards, corner wear else fine; matching dust jacket worn with edge tears, abrasion to front panel and chipping to spine ends. A very cute version of this classic tale retold by Dolli Tingle, illustrated by her in color throughout. Nice mid-century children's book. $ Trimpey, Alice; Illustrated By Janet Laura Scott. Story of My Dolls Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, st Ed. 4to. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. Illustrated boards with cloth spine, slight corner wear, binding very slightly shake; matching dust jacket with sunned spine and light wear. For each doll in her collection, Trimpey has written a brief story about the doll and there is a photo of the doll as well. There are small line art sketches by Janet Laura Scott throughout. Signed by Trimpey. $ Tudor, Tasha. Tasha Tudor's Favorite Stories. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, Stated 1st Ed. Small 4to. Fine / Very Good. Blue boards with cloth spine; color illustrated dust jacket with small losses, rubbing and one spot of insect damage. A collection of fairy tales and stories illustrated in color and b&w by Tudor. Includes tales by Rudyard Kipling, Grimm Brothers, Hans Chistian Andersen, Eleanor Farjeon, etc... $ Twain, Mark (Samuel L Clemens). Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ill. Peter Hurd. Phila: John C. Winston, First Thus. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Red cloth with full color pastedown, light wear to corners, bookplate partially removed from endpaper, first few pages with corner crease. Four color plates and numerous b&w illustrations by Peter Hurd, a student of N C Wyeth. $ Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, First Edition First Printing. Oblong 4to. Near Fine / Good+. Jungle-green cloth with gold titles, gift inscription on FFEP, illustrated jacket with closed tears, small loss from rear panel and light chipping to spine ends. Things go terribly awry when animals in a mysterious board came suddenly begin to appear in the house. Van Allsburg's deftly rendered conte pencil drawings amaze and spark the imagination. Making a movie from this fabulous 1982 Caldecott Award winning picture book would have made perfect sense to me, too! $325.00

15 118. Van Allsburg, Chris. Ben's Dream. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, First Edition First Printing. 4to. Fine / Good. 31 pgs. Blue-green cloth in pictorial dust jacket rubbed, worn at folds, original price intact. An inventive picture book about a little boy who falls asleep while reading a geography book and in his dream goes on a world tour without leaving his home. Van Allsburg's precise b&w drawings are mesmerizing. His third book. $75.00 Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award, Signed Vanderpool, Clare. Moon Over Manifest. NY: Delacorte, First Printing. 8vo. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. Hard cover with three small dings to upper cover, dust jacket with three small holes. This copy is signed by the author. $ Widor, Chas. M. (Arranged by). Vieilles Chansons pour les Petits Enfants. ill. M B De Monvel. Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Compagnie, No date. Early Edition. Oblong 4to. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. 48 pgs. Oblong. Pale blue floral patterned cloth with gilt stamped flowers and black titling on cover; cover gilt rubbed, edges darkened, pages age-toned but clean and not brittle. All pages with musical notation &/or lyrics. Wonderful illustrations by Monvel on every page. Text in French. $ Volland. Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Auth). Value of a Smile. Chi: P F Volland & Co, mo. Fine Paper over boards, pictorial endpapers printed with metallic ink, illustration signed with a "D." Printed on french fold pages, opposite each page of text is beautiful, garden themed, art decor artwork. Housed in original box (slightly age-toned). $ Weilerstein, Sadie Rose; Illustrated By Anne Ferril Folsom. Molly and the Sabbath Queen. NY: Behrman House, (1949). 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good / Good. Pictorial boards with light shelf wear and dust soil, pages age-toned; matching dust jacket worn with closed tears and dust soil. The Sabbath as experienced by a child. Nicely illustrated in 2-color and b&w. Scarce. $ Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. Poems of Pleasure. ill. Frank C. Pape. London: Siegle Hill & Co, No date, circa vo. Very Good / No Jacket. TEG. Green cloth with moiré pattern, decoratively stamped in gilt, light wear to extremities, else clean. Beautiful color frontispiece by Frank C. Pape, text reproduced from a manuscript inscribed and illuminated by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Pretty book. $ Williston, Teresa Pierce. Hindu Stories. ill. Maud Hunt Squire. Chi: Rand McNally & Company, (1916, 1925). First Thus. 8vo. Good / No Jacket. Brick red boards with color pastedown, top corner bumped, insect damage to FFEP, slight musty odor. A collection of Hindu tales illustrated by Maud Hunt Squire; 9 color plates and other smaller color artwork throughout. $ Weiss, Nicki. Weekend at Muskrat Lake. NY: Greenwillow Books, First Printing. Oblong 4to. Fine / Fine. Illustrated boards in matching dust jacket. Explores the relationship between siblings through various activities on a camping trip. Inscribed by the author to the, then, managing editor of Greenwillow, Ada Shearon: "July 5, 1984, / Dear Ada, / This is for you / with much love! / [heart symbol] Nicki" $125.00