AUNT MAVOR TOY BOOK - EDMUND EVANS 311. HAND COLORED. OLD WOMAN

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1 Pg 43 TOLMER HAND-COLORED WWI SONGS 309. HAND COLORED. LES MUSIQUES DE LA GUERRE. Hymnes allies. Paris: Tolmer & Cie. (1915). Square 4to (12x12 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers finger soiled with small crease else tight and VG+. The text contains Allied anthems with muscial notation from France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, England, Japan and Serbia. Illustrated by PAUL THEVANET with 14 mounted hand-colored illustrations that are rich and vivid plus several black and whites. $ MATH - AUNT AFFABLE TOY BOOK 310. HAND COLORED. THE NUMBER CASTLE OR THE FOUR GREAT GIANTS. London: Ward & Lock, no date, circa to (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, Printed on one side of the paper there are hand-colored illustrations on every page to accompany a fantasy narrative designed to teach simple math. King Arithmatic lived in Number Castle. He hired the four great giants named Addition, Subtraction, Division and Multipication to teach his servants called Numbers. When some apples went missing everyone went off to catch the thieves with a math lesson cleverly woven into the narrative. Definitely a far cry from the dull and boring books of previous generations. $ AUNT MAVOR TOY BOOK - EDMUND EVANS 311. HAND COLORED. OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. London: George Routledge no date [1858]. 4to (7 x 9 3/4 ), pictorial wraps, slight spine wear, VG+. Printed by Edmund Evans on one side of the paper there are 4 full page and 1 double page handcolored illustrations - all very fine. An Aunt Mavor Toy Book, notable for being the first title in the series to have a double-page color spread and the first to have its own picture on the cover. See Masaki: History of Victorian Popular Picture Books p.408. $ ARABS - GRANDMAMMA EASY HAND-COLORED DEAN TOY BOOK 312. HAND COLORED. PRETTY STORIES ABOUT THE CAMEL. Lond.: Dean & Co. (Threadneedle St), circa to, (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf has text about the camel. Illustrated with fine full page hand-colored frontis plus large half-page colored cuts on every page. The text includes much information on Bedouin / Arab life and the use of camels for transport. A title in Dean s Grandmamma Easy series. $ HAND-COLORED COUNTING TOY BOOK 313. HAND COLORED. UNCLE BUNCLE S Lond.: Dean & Munday (Threadneedle St), circa to, (6 3/8 x 8 ), pictorial wraps, VG+. Each page of text in a charming primitive large type face has a poem incorporating numbers from 1 to twenty. Illustrated with 6 fine full page hand-colored cuts. A title in Dean s Uncle Buncles Series of toy books, very scarce. $ HAND-COLORED NAUGHTY CHILDREN TOY BOOK 314. HAND COLORED. UNCLE BUNCLE S YOUNG FRIENDS. Lond.: Dean & Munday (Threadneedle St), circa to, (6 3/8 x 8 ), pictorial wraps, VG+. Each page of text in a large type face has a poem about children with various bad traits and the consequences they bring: vanity, self-will, impatience and rudeness. There are also poems about the virtues of having good traits: prudence, politeness and industry. Illustrated with 6 fine full page hand-colored cuts. Martha is vain, and thinks of naught / But finery, dress, and show./ And is I think the greatest dunce / I ever chanced to know. A title in Dean s Uncle Buncles Series of toy books, very scarce. $ HAND COLORED SEE ALSO 14, 15, 31, 115, 189, 238, 284, 285, 299, 324, , 335, 397, , 484 HAGUE, MICHAEL 298 HALE, KATHLEEN MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME HANKIES 315. HANKY BOOK. (MOTHER GOOSE) HAPPY HANKY ANIMAL LAND. no place: Julian Cohn, no date circa to, pict. wraps, Fine in original box (plain). Opening from the center, each side has 4 fold-out panorama panels with different nursery rhyme characters. 6 of the panels have REAL HANKIES inserted into slots (Three pigs, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Three Bears, Big Bad Wolf etc. Charmingly illustrated in full color. $ HARBOUR, JENNIE INSCRIBED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS 316. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton 1902 (1895). 8vo, red cloth stamped in gold and black, 265p. + ads, slight stain to lower spine else VG. In 1895, Appleton issued a New & Revised edition. This edition is newly illustrated with 112 illustrations by A.B. FROST (the 1st edition is illustrated by Frederick Church and James Moser). Harris wrote a preface for this edition, dedicated to Frost. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY HARRIS on the verso of the frontis, and IT IS ALSO SIGNED AGAIN BY HARRIS at the end of the preface where he has crossed out his printed name. Harris inscriptions are not common. $

2 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 FABULOUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY BULL & ROUNTREE 317. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS. Lond: Raithby, Lawrence nd (originally Nelson 1908) ca 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. $ HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. MINGO AND OTHER SKETCHES IN BLACK AND WHITE. Bost.: James R. Osgood and Co Blue cloth stamped in black and gold, spine ends sl. worn, spine dulled and some cover soil else VG. 1st ed. of Harris third book. Four stories written with much dialect. A nice copy, very scarce. BAL $ HAWAII 127 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL HEARN S CREPE PAPER FAIRY TALES 321. HEARN,LAFCADIO. JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES rendered into English by Hearn. There are 5 volumes of Japanese fairy tales, each bound with silk ties and printed on crepe paper, and all published in Tokyo by Hasegawa from They are all housed in a custom 1/2 leather box. The set is in fine condition with delicate silk ties intact. Each of the 5 volumes is hand-colored with beautiful woodblock illustrations. Included are the following titles (all large paper copies): The Boy Who Drew Cats; The Goblin Spider; The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling; The Fountain of Youth and Chin Chin Kobakama. Although not first issues, they are a beautiful set of Hearn s titles which are especially desirable. See BAL v. 4 p.75 and # s 7930, , 7939, $ HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS AND THE LITTLE BOY. Bost: Small May. (1910). 4to yellow cloth, pict. paste-on, some cover rubbing and soil, VG. 1st ed. Illustrated by J.M. CONDE with 8 fabulous color plates plus over 30 full page b&w s. Written in dialect throughout, this is a nice edition. $ HARRIS, JOHN (PUBLISHER) HARRISON,FLORENCE. MAN IN THE MOON. London: Blackie [1918]. 4to (8 1/2 x 11 ), cloth backed boards, color pictorial paste-on, some soil on boards else tight and VG+. 5 poems written by Harrison are presented surrounded by detailed line illustrations. Featuring 12 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and other lovely text illustrations with elves, fairies and richly colored scenes. A beautiful an uncommon Harrison title. $ NOAH S ARK BY HELLE 322. HELLE,ANDRE. L ARCHE DE NOE. Paris: Garnier Freres (1926). Large 4to, (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, small mark on 1 page else Fine. A fabulous Art Deco picture book illustrated on every page by Helle with stylized designs of animals, and other objects related to them. Each animal has a color illustrations and black and whites are on text pages. See Mahoney et al p. 148 Notable Foreign Picture Books. $ HELLE,ANDRE. LE TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 PAGES. Paris: J. Ferenczi et Fils (1927). 4to, (9 x 10 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else near Fine. Written by Helle with a preface by noted French author Gaston Cherau. Around the World in 80 Days via Helle s art deco designs begins in Japan and ends in a little boy s bed as he wakes up from his dream trip. Every page has color illustrations of places and things typical of the country visited. Nice one! $775.00

3 RARE HELLE TITLE 324. (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. 72 IMAGES ROUGES JAUNES BLEUES ORANGE VIOLETTE VERTES A COLORIER with explanation by G.M.. Paris: Librarie Larousse, no date, circa Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. There are 12 full page illustrations, each with 6 pictures colored by hand in one color (red, yellow, blue, orange, violet and green). Each colored page faces a page with the same illustrations in line designed to be colored by the child. The images are charming and it is compeletely unused. A rare Helle title. $ (HELLE,ANDRE)illus. LES HISTOIRES DE PATACHOU par Tristan Dereme. Paris: Emile- Paul (1932). Large 4To (10 X 13 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of cover rubbing else VG-Fine. A charming French picture book, illustrated by ANDRE HELLE with art deco style color illustrations on every page. THIS COPY HAS A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE DATED This is a great copy of a scarce Helle title. $ WITH LETTER FROM HENRY 326. HENRY,MARGUERITE. SEA STAR. Chic: Rand McNally (1949A). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. with A code. The story of an orphan colt of Chincoteague includes familiar characters from Misty of Chincoteague. Beautifully illustrated in full color and b&w by WESLEY DENNIS. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER TO A FAN SIGNED BY HENRY, DONE ON HER STATIONERY ILLUSTRATED WITH HORSES ON THE TOP. The letters refers to King of the Wind and notes that: Wesley Dennis designed this stationery for me and I thought you might be interested in knowing about the horses and she then identifies each of the 6 horses at the top of her stationery. This is a special Henry item. $ HOBAN,RUSSELL. THE LITTLE BRUTE FAMILY. NY: Macmillan (1966). 12mo, pict. cloth, Fine in lightly soiled sl. worn dw., little Hoban collaboration about this family. Stated 1st ed. of this rare The first story Beautifully written by Hoban and illustrated in color by his wife Lillian. $ Pg 45 RARE NAUGHTY CHILDREN BOOK IN DUSTWRAPPER 328. [HOFFMAN,HEINRICH]. NAUGHTY CHILDREN by Robert Overton. Lond & NY: Hagelberg, nd ca Oblong 5x4, stiff pict. wraps, fine in dw! A book of rhymes about naughty children including The Boy Who Knocked Himself Down and another being a version of the Inky Boys. Not In Ruhle. Rare, particularly in dw. $ HAND-COLORED STRUWWELPETER IN ENGLISH 329. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER OF PRETTY STORIES AND FANCY PICTURES [by William Newman]. London: Dean & Son (1858 code on back cover). 4to (7 1/8 x 9 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, expert spine repair, VG+. Printed on one side of the paper, each leaf has a hand-colored engraving and rhyme about naughty children. Includes The Boy Who Cried Upon All Occasions, The Girl Who Inked Herself and Her Books and Throwing Stones. This is a rare title, part of Dean s Sixpenny Colored Picture Book Series. Ruhle 281a. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ IN THE MANNER OF STRUWWELPETER 330. HOFFMANN,HEINRICH. BASTIAN DER FAULPELZ. Eine Bildergeschichte fur kinder verzeichnet und gereimt von dem Versasser des Struwwelpeter Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann. Frankfurt a/m (am Main. Litterarische Anstalt (Rutten und Loning), circa 1860 (date on gravestone in back of book 1854). 4to, hand colored pictorial boards, some wear to spine paper, generally VG+. 24 leaves printed on rectos only. The story tells of a naughty boy who won t go to school and what happens to him in the end. Each page has a fine hand-colored illustration. Early and rare Struwwelpeter type book. Rhule 456, possibly 2nd ed.? $ RARE McLOUGHLIN NAUGHTY CHILDREN 331. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. FREAKS AND FROLICS OF LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, paper worn at inner hinge and edges rubbed else tight and VG++. A book of verses about various nasty little children (Naughty May, Foolish Fanny, Lazy Sam, Whining Willie) every page is brightly illustrated with wonderful chromolithographs. This is an unusual format for McLoughlin books and a rare title. $ HOFFMANN, H. SEE ALSO 144, 314 HOGAN, INEZ RARE BOXED VOLLAND 332. HOLLING,HOLLING C. CHOO-ME- SHOO by Holling Holling. Minn.: Volland - Buzza (1928 6th printing). Square 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in PUBLISHER S BOX. An Eskimo story, illustrated by Lucille Holling with bright and beautiful color illustrations. Great copy. $325.00

4 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 CALDECOTT HONOR 333. HOLLING,HOLLING C. PADDLE TO THE SEA. Bost:HM 1941 (1941). 4to, cloth, tiny edge stain on a few pages else VG in slightly worn dw. 1st ed. Great Lake Indian voyage, beautifully illustrated in color. Caldecott Honor. $ HORSES 140, HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Bros. nd ca NY: McLoughlin Oblong 4to, pictorial wraps, 2 minor mends else near Fine. Illustrated with 6 very fine chromolithographed plates on black backgrounds and with text printed on one side of paper. A nice copy and an example of McLoughlin at its best. $ TOY BOOK 335. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. NY: Sheldon & Co. nd ca /4 x 6 3/4, pict. wraps, some rear cover soil, VG. Illus. with 10 nicely executed color illustrations (plus cover) to accompany this most famous nursery rhyme. An attractive edition. $ HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ALSO 545 TED HUGHES CHILDREN S BOOK 336. HUGHES,TED. MEET MY FOLKS. Lond.: Faber & Faber (1961). 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper with price intact. 1st ed. Humorous poems by Hughes, artfully illustrated with full page b&w s by George Adamson. Hughes third book and his first children s book. A beautiful copy. $ MAUD HUMPHREY S MOTHER GOOSE 337. HUMPHREY,MAUD. MAUD HUMPHREY S MOTHER GOOSE. NY:Stokes to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and corners rubbed, hinges neatly strengthened, VG, tight and clean. First edition. Each page is printed on one side only, on heavy paper. In all there are 24 full page color illustrations (including pictorial title) with nursery rhymes in calligraphic script. A scarce and lovely book by one of America s first popular women artists (and Humphrey Bogart s mother as well). $ RARE MAUD HUMPHREY CALENDAR 338. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. CALENDAR FOR This is a calendar published by Stokes in 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 dresses women. Rare and really beautiful. $ MAUD HUMPRHEY FAIRY TALES 339. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. FAVORITE FAIRY TALES WITH NEW PICTURES. NY: Stokes to, cloth backed pict. bds, corners and edges worn else VG. 12 abridged fairy tales including Cinderella; Beauty and the Beast; Snow White, Three Bears, Aladdin, Ugly Duckling and others. Featuring pictorial title page, color frontis and 12 pastel color illus. intext. $ HUNTING 64 INDIA -33, 128, INDIANS. (DEMING) INDIANS IN WINTER CAMP by Therese Deming. Chicago: Laidlaw (19316). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 ), pictorial cloth, 126p., fine. A title in the Deming s Indian Life Series designed for school children. Printed in a large font in blue and illustrated by Edwin Deming with 14 full page and 76 partial page color illustrations. A beautiful copy. $ INDIANS SEE ALSO 217, 333 ORIGINAL CRUIKSHANK DRAWING - INLAID BINDING 341. INGOLDSBY,THOMAS. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or myths and marvels. London: Richard Bentley & Son Thick 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2 ), 546p., the Carmine Edition. Finely bound in full black hard-grain morocco with with seven characters from the book inlaid in multi-color leather (includes central figure of a devil, a witch, a friar and others). Raised bands on spine with an additional 4 inlaid color pictures in the compartments (witch s hat, candlestick, urn, miter), decorative gilt dentelles, silk doublures and endpapers. Illustrated with 20 fine full page steel engravings and a few smaller woodcuts by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham to accompany the stories from all three series. Laid in is a a FINE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK BY CRUIKSHANK showing an author seated at his desk with the menacing image of the devil looking at him in the window. Thomas Ingoldsby see also 277. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>

5 INSECTS 73, 153 IRISH 492 ITALIAN 18, 127, 190-4, JACK,MARIAN. BULGY BILLY: a nonsense book. Phil: Jacobs (1920). 8vo, cloth, pict, paste-on, VG. A nonsense story about hefty Bulgy Billy s search for the apple of beauty for plump Milllicent Mimwag. Illustrated with 8 wonderful color plates plus b&w s. $ Pg 47 BIRNBAUM S CHAD GADYA (A KID, A KID) 345. JEWISH INTEREST. CHAD GADJO zeichnungen con Menachem Birnbaum. Berlin: Welt Verlag, Folio (9 x 11 1/2 ), bound in original vellum boards with the black ties replaced. Except for light soil and toning to the boards, this is a clean VG-Fine copy. First edition. This famous Passover song of Chad Gadya that is sung at the end of the Seder is illustrated by Jewish/Austrian artist Menachem Birnbaum and adapted by his younger brother Uriel. There is a color illustration on the cover followed by pictorial endpapers within a blue and yelllow border. The twin title pages are set within the same border and are followed by the text of the song printed in both Hebrew and German. Each page of text (10 pages) faces a striking full page color woodblock illustration, printed on vellum-like parchment. The final images of the Angel of Death foretold the horror of of the Holocaust. Menachem and Uriel Birnbaum were sons of the Jewish philosopher Nathan Birnbaum. Menachem died in Auschwitz in 1944 but Uriel lived until This is a nice copy of a rare Jewich children s book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ JANSSON,TOVE. THE BOOK ABOUT MOOMIN, MYMBLE AND LITTLE MY. London: Ernest Benn, (1953). 4to (8 1/4 x 11 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn else VG+. 1st English language edition of this charming Finnish children s book, with holes and cut-outs on each page that are incorporated into the story. Bold color illustrations throughout accompanied by text in script make this an outstanding picture book. Mahoney and Hurlimann both comment on its originality and appeal. $ FAIRY TALES ON RICE PAPER 344. JAPANESE INTEREST. JAPANESE FAIRY TALES 4 BOOK SET. Offered here are 4 volumes of Japanese fairy tales by Iwaya Sazanami (the Grimm of Japan). Published in Tokyo by Hokuseido (1938). Printed on rice paper, they measure 4 5/8 x 6 1/4, string bound in near fine condition. Each book has a beautiful double-page fold-out color illustration, color woodblock endpapers plus several full and half-page delicate black and whites. Titles include: Mirror of Matsuyama, Tongue-Cut Sparrow, Old Man With the Wen and Hidesato of the Rice Bale. All 4 books for... $ JEWISH WWII UNDERGROUND PRESS 346. JEWISH INTEREST. KOM BINNEN (COME IN) in het huis van El Pintor. Amsterdam: Uitgave Variete no date [1943]. Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial boards, near fine. Illustrated with 5 stylized and striking full page color lithographs by the underground Jewish artists group called El Pintor. Desciples of the Nieuwe Kunstschool created in the 1930 s by Paul Citroen along Bauhaus ideals, El Pintor was known for their innovative children s books and games from Most of the members were Jewish, the Director Jaap (Jacob) Kloots died in the Sobibor concentration camp. $ #341 STRIKING LINOLEUM BLOCK HEBREW PICTURE BOOK 347. JEWISH INTEREST. YELEDIM V HAGIM B ISRAEL (CHILDREN AND HOLIDAYS OF ISRAEL) with songs by Avigdor Hamidi. (Tel Aviv: Sinai) no date, circa to (9 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else Fine. A book of songs for Jewish holidays, each page of text faces a stunning full page color linoleum block print by Miriam Bartov. Done with little fuss and much graphic style. $ JEWISH INTEREST SEE ALSO 32, 59, 278, 301

6 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 THE RARE SECOND HAROLD BOOK 348. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD S FAIRY TALE. NY: Harper Bros mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in fine dust wrapper with price intact. 1st ed. of the second Harold book with a witch, a flying carpet and a good fairy. Rare. $ JOHNSON,CROCKETT. WE WONDER WHAT WILL WALTER BE? WHEN HE GROWS UP. NY: Holt, Rine., Winston (1964). 4to, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, pictorial cloth, fine in VG dust wrapper slightly faded on top edge. Stated 1st ed, durable binding. Walter consults members of the animal kingdom to help him decide what to be when he grows up. Each page has 6 lines of text beneath a large color illustration. Beautiful copy, quite scarce. $ SIGNED CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 350. (JONES,ELIZABETH ORTON)illus. PRAYER FOR A CHILD by Rachel Field. NY:Macmillan 1944 (1944). 8vo, cloth, fine in dust wrapper with fade area where seal was removed. 1st ed. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER - SIGNED BY JONES. Illus. with beautiful full page color illus. and pictorial initials by Jones. $ FAIRY TALLES BY WILLIAM DONAHEY S WIFE 353. (KAY,GERTRUDE)illus. DOWN SPIDER WEB LANE by Mary Donahey. NY: Barse & Hopkins (1909 Stern). 4to, 7 1/2 x 10, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 130p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw piece off spine end). Charming fairy stories by William Donahey s wife, illustrated by Kay with 6 lovely color plates plus beautiful line illustrations on almost every page. Kay see also 575 $ NEWBERY AWARD WITH LETTER FROM KELLY 354. KELLY,ERIC. TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW. NY: Macmillan 1928 (1928). 8vo, cloth, slight rubbing, VG+. 1st ed. Set in 15th century Krakow and illustrated by native Polish artist Angela Pruszynska with color frontis and many b&w s. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY KELLY PLUS A SIGNED PHOTO OF HIM AS WELL. Written to a fan, the letter reads in part: I wrote the Trumpeter of Krakow while I was teaching in the University of Krakow in The University is very old and I found in its records the stories of magic and alchemy that went on there in the Middle Ages, and I also found the old oath which the Trumpeters took. Signed material by Kelly is rare. $ KEMBLE, E.W. 316 KENNEDY, A.E KENT,ROCKWELL. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. NY: American Artists Group (1941). 12mo, decorative boards, Fine in dust wrapper. Illus. with many lovely woodcuts by Kent, most taken from Wilderness. $ SIGNED CALDECOTT HONOR 351. JUSTER,NORTON. HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. NY: Hyperion Books/ Michael de Capua Large 4to, (10 1/4 x 11 1/4 ), pictorial boards, As new in dust wrapper. Stated first edition. A picture book by the author of the Phantom Tollbooth, with great color illustrations by Chris Raschka. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY JUSTER AND RASCHKA. CALDECOTT HONOR. $ KASTNER,ERICH. EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES translated and with a 3 page introduction by May Massee. NY: Doubleday Doran & Co (1930). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 ), yellow cloth, 224p., fine in dust wrapper (dw soiled). Stated 1st ed. in English of Kastner s first children s book. Illustrated by WALTER TRIER with 18 full page line drawings, some on a yellow background. Very well known in Europe, Kastner s book gained popularity in America when Disney made the book into a movie. First editions in dust wrapper are rare. $ KEPES, JULIET 34 KINGSLEY, CHARLES 598 KIRK, MARIA SCARCE NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 356. KRUMGOLD,JOSEPH. ONION JOHN. NY: Thomas Crowell (1959). 8vo, cloth, fine in frayed dw. Stated First Printing. The story of a boy s friendship with the eccentric Onion John who ate onions the way other people ate apples. Illus. in line by Symeon Shimin. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $ LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE LANG LIMITED EDITION SCOTTISH FAIRY TALE 357. LANG,ANDREW. THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE. Bristol & Lond:Arrowsmith & Simpkin, Marshall, nd ca to, 1/2 parchment paper, brown gilt cloth, top edge gilt. General cover soil and offsetting on blank endpaper else tight and internally fine. NUMBER 41 OF AN UNSTATED LIMITATION (150?), LARGE

7 Pg 49 PAPER COPY. Dedicated to Jeanie Lang in Australia (the dedication ends are there Fairies as well as Bunyips in Australia? ). A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. Illustrated with 15 beautiful chromolithographs (frontis by T. SCOTT, other by E.A. LEMANN) and printed on handmade paper. An enchanting story with occasional Scottish dialect. $ UNICORNS! 362. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE COLT FROM MOON MOUNTAIN. NY: Macmillan 1941 (1941). 8vo, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of a unicorn and the little girl who befriended it. Wondrously illustrated with detailed full and partial page illustrations. Very scarce. $ GREEN FAIRY BOOK 358. LANG,ANDREW. GREEN FAIRY BOOK. Lond: Longman s vo, green gilt cloth, all edges gilt, half title foxed and occasional finger soil, VG+. 1st ed. Illustrated by H.J. FORD with 13 plates plus 88 text illustrations. A nice copy. $ LANG,ANDREW. THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK. Lond: Longmans vo, green cloth, 226p., elaborate gilt cover, all edges gilt, rear hinge neatly strengthened else VG-Fine. First ed. Illustrated by H.J. FORD with 8 color plates plus many full page and in-text black and whites as well as pictorial endpapers. A nice copy of the 10th fairy book. $ LANG,ANDREW. THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK. Lond: Longmans, vo, orange cloth, extensive gilt decorations, a few signatures sprung, slight cover soil, VG. First edition of the 10th color fairy book, illustrated by H.J. FORD with 8 beautiful color plates plus many wonderful full page and in text black and whites. $ INSCRIBED 363. LATHROP,DOROTHY. THE LITTLE WHITE GOAT. NY:Mac (1933). Oblong 4to, cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. Written by Lathrop and illus. by her with color frontis plus 15 full page beautiful b&w s. One of her most desired books. THIS COPY HAS A 5 LINE INSCRIPTION BY LATHROP DATED This is a beautiful copy of a special book. $ NEWBERY AWARD WINNER WITH LETTER FROM AUTHOR E. GRAY 364. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. ADAM OF THE ROAD by Elizabeth Janet Gray. NY: Viking 1942 (1942). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ), cloth, owner name on endpaper, Fine in dust wrapper (dw has award seal and is rubbed at joints. 1st ed. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. A story set in 13th century England, illustrated with Lawson s wonderful black and whites throughout. LAID IN IS A HANDWRITTEN POST CARD FROM THE AUTHOR ELIZABETH GRAY to a fan, reading in part: Thank you for your nice letter. I am so glad you enjoyed Adam of the Road. She later mentions... I taught the Crown Prince of Japan from 1946 to 1950 referring to the fact that she tutored Emperor Akihito in English while he was the Crown Prince. Gray s signature is quite rare, making this a special copy. $ (LAWSON,ROBERT) illus. GREYLOCK AND THE ROBINS by Tom Robinson. NY: Viking 1946 (Aug. 1946). 4to, (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 ), pictorial boards, fine in VG dust wrapper with slight soil. 1st ed. The story of Greylock, a pampered house cat, and his schemes to munch on Robin Junior. Illustrated entirely in color by Lawson, bold and beautiful, and one of his few ventures in color illustration. Great book. $ RING LARDNER S 1ST BOOK (PUB. BY VOLLAND!) 361. LARDNER,RING. BIB BALLADS. Chic: Volland (1915). 4to, brown cloth stamped in gold and white, Fine. Lardner s FIRST BOOK - A CHILDREN S BOOK OF SORTS being poems about a little baby. RING LARDENER S SIGNATURE IS LAID IN. Illustrated in color by Fontaine Fox. A nice copy of a scarce title. $ RARE EARLY LAWSON 366. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. PEIK by Barbra Ring. Boston: Little Brown 1932 (1932). 8vo, (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 ), cloth, 268p., slight fading on cover else Fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of a poor Norwegian orphan boy, illus. by Lawson with 21 full page and smaller black and whites. An early and rare Lawson. $275.00

8 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 LAWSON-FORESTER COLLABORATION 367. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS by C.S. Forester. Bost: Little Brown 1942 (Aug. 1942). 8vo, green cloth, Fine in sl. frayed but VG+ dust wrapper. Stated first edition. The story of a little boy Poo Poo (Harold) and how his family s life changed when he brought home Horatio the dragon to be the family pet. Illustrated by Lawson with pictorial endpapers and title page, plus many fabulous full page and large partial page black and whites. A very nice copy of one of Lawson s most desired books that is avidly sought after by Forester collectors as well. $ # (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO. Lond & Phil.: Augener & McKay (1912). Oblong 4to, gilt cloth, pict. paste- on, endpapers foxed else Fine in frayed pictorial dust wrapper. An early copy of this book of nursery rhymes with musical notation by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by Le Mair with 32 full page color illustrations in delicate pastel colors with a subtle and poetic imaginative quality... (See Meigs p. 403). A beautiful book in wonderful condition, not often found in dust wrapper. $ LE MAIR, H.W. SEE ALSO 404 LEADENHALL PRESS (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by Mark Twain. Phil et al; John C. Winston (1937). 4to, (7 x 9 1/8 ), 274p., red cloth stamped in black and gold with a lion and a unicorn holding a gold shield printed with the title, Fine condition. 1st Lawson edition including a forward by him. Illustrated with full color frontis, color plate title, pictorial endpapers in 2 shades of blue showing a scene of the city, frontis plus 10 full page 2-color illus. in brown and black as well as numerous b&w s throughout the text. This is the true first of this edition more commonly found in the Winston Junior Illustrated Bookshelf version. This 1st is 1/2 wider and a 1/4 taller and the color plate that appears on the cover on the later edition appears here as the color plate frontis. In addition, the illustration used for the endpapers of the first edition does not appear in the later edition. Early Lawson, quite hard to find as a first edition. $ (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. THE STORY OF SIMPSON AND SAMPSON by Munro Leaf. NY: Viking 1941 (Oct. 1941). 4to, (8 3/8 x 10 1/4 ), red cloth, fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. The story of twin boys in the days of old. Illustrated by Lawson with pictorial endpapers, plus fabulous full page and partial page b&w s. A very scarce Lawson 1st edition and another great collaborative effort from the creators of Ferdinand. $ RARE LE MAIR BOOK 370. (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. BABY S DIARY. Lond.: Augener no date ca to, white cloth stamped in gold, round pictorial paste-on, Fine and unused. A book to be used to enter milestones of a baby s life, this is illustrated by Le Mair with 4 beautiful full page color illustrations (plus one repeated on cover) and with beautiful and delicate floral borders on all other pages. Rare. $ FERDINAND 372. LEAF,MUNRO. THE STORY OF FERDINAND. NY: Viking 1936 (1936). Sq. 8vo, (7 1/4 x 8 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE in dust wrapper with price intact (dw beautiful except for two small chips and piece cut off blank edge of flap). 1st edition of one of the most popular and enduring children s books ever written. Illustrated in incomparable style by ROBERT LAWSON. It is dynamic text and no less vital picturization (Bader p. 145). Amazingly enough, Little Brown turned down the offer to publish Ferdinand, which Viking accepted after much persuasion! Rare and a great copy. Leaf see also 369. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ [LEAR,EDWARD]. A LYTTEL BOOKE OF NONSENSE by R[andall] D[avies]. London: Macmillan 1912 (1912). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4 ), 153p., cloth backed boards, light cover soil, sl. foxing on endpapers, VG+. 1st edition. Each page features a humorous nonsense rhyme facing a full page woodcut. Davies notes that few of the woodcuts are less than 400 years old and they are cleverly matched with orginal limericks in the manner of Edward Lear. There was a young fellow of Sark,/ Who wandered about in the Park; / When the constable said / he d be better in bed, / he replied, I m afraid of the dark. $ LEECH, JOHN WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM LENSKI - NEWBERY AWARD 374. LENSKI,LOIS. STRAWBERRY GIRL. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1945). 8vo (7 x 8 3/4 ), green cloth, fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper with small piece off lower corner, irregular chip across top of spine, overall Very Good. Stated First Edition. The story of a little girl named Birdie, set in Florida in the early 1900 s. Illustrated with 84 black and whites by Lenski. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. LAID IN IS A ONE PAGE HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM LENSKI ON HER PERSONAL PICTORIAL STATIONERY. Written to a fan in which she discusses this title and more, it reads in part: All my regional books are true stories of real people who live in different parts of our country. I go to the region, live with the people, make sketches and hear about their adventures before I write the book. This is a special copy of a rare dust wrappered Newbery winner. $

9 SIGNED BY LENSKI 375. LENSKI,LOIS. TEXAS TOMBOY. Phil.: Lippincott (1950). 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4 ), cloth, Fine in sl. chipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. A regional story about a girl named Charlie Boy on a Texas ranch. Illustrated with 39 drawings by Lenski. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY LENSKI. $ LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 554 LIMERICKS 131, 373 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 92, 237, 263 RARE LOEFFLER FAIRY WATERCOLOR 376. LOEFFLER,GISELLA. ORIGINAL ART: DREAMING. Offered here is a fabulous original watercolor and guache painting entitled Dreaming. The image measures 13 x 17 matted framed and glazed to 21 x 25. In is in fine condition, signed and dated April Done by Gisella Loeffler in her folk peasant style, depicted is a little girl asleep in the woods. She is surrounded by fairies and a fairy princess who are guarding her as she dreams. The entire surface of the page is painted and it is a most magnificent image. Loeffler was born in Austria but schooled at Washington University in St. Louis. She spent most of her creative life in New Mexico and is well known as a Taos artist. Rare. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $ Pg 51 SIGNED WITH SKETCH 1 ST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK 378. LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY:Stokes 1920 (1920). 8vo, orange cloth, pictorial paste-on, 180p., lettering faded, tips rubbed, a few pages dogeared else VG. 1st edition, first printing of the FIRST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK, THIS COPY IS SIGNED SINCERELY YOURS, HUGH LOFTING WITH A CHARMING PEN DRAWING OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, color frontis, blakc and white plates plus many full page line illustrations by Lofting. Peter Parley To Penrod p.138. This is a special copy of a scarce title. $ PUSS IN BOOTS * CINDERELLA * TOM THUMB BY PERRAULT 379. (LORIOUX, FELIX) illus. LE PETIT POUCET. Paris: Hachette (1926). Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, (72)p., edges lightly rubbed else VG+. 1st edition. Containing PERRAULT S Puss In Boots, Tom Thumb and Cinderella. Magnificently illustrated in bright colors with 32 full page color illustrations and many smaller illustrations in-text with Lorioux s characteristic flair and humor. $ #379 # LOVELACE,MAUD HART. BETSY AND THE GREAT WORLD. NY: Crowell (1952). 8vo, cloth, Fine in frayed and chipped dust wrapper with several mends. Stated 1st edition. Betsy sails to Europe to see the world. Illus. by Vera Neville. Very scarce. $ PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP 377. LOFTING,HUGH. DOCTOR DOLITTLE S CARAVAN. NY:Stokes (Oct. 1926) 8vo, blue pictorial cloth, pict. pasteon, near Fine. Stated 1st edition, illustrated by Lofting with beautiful color frontis, color pict. endpapers, plus a profusion of black and whites in text. THIS IS A PRE-PUBLICATION COPY REVIEW COPY with the publisher s slip mounted on halftitle. $ SCARCE FIRST EDITION 381. MacDONALD,BETTY. NANCY AND PLUM. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1952). 8vo, cloth, 190p., sl. soil in gutter else Fine in dust wrapper with light rubbing and wear to spine ends. Stated 1st. A wonderful Christmas story by the author of the Egg And I and the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books. Illustrated by HILDEGARDE HOPKINS with color frontis plus b&w s. Very scarce. $850.00

10 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue MACDONALD,GEORGE. PHANTASTES: a faerie romance. Offered here are two 1st editions thus of Phantastes which was Macdonald s first book originally published in The first copy was published by Chatto and Windus in 1894: 8vo, blue pict. cloth, fine cond. illustrated by JOHN BELL. Apparently, this was an unauthorized edition and one that displeased the family so much that they destroyed all extant copies. The second copy is an entirely new edition published by Arthur Fifield in 1905: 8vo, blue cloth, VG, illustrated by ARTHUR HUGHES and EDITED BY GREVILLE MACDONALD, George Macdonald s son. In the preface to the Hughes edition, Greville refers to his extreme displeasure with the Bell illustrated edition and writes: For offering this new edition of my father s Phantastes, my reasons are three. The first is to rescue the work from an edition illustrated without the author s sanction, and so unsuitably that all lovers of the book must have experienced some real grief in turning its pages. With the copyright, I secured also the whole of that edition and turned it into pulp. The Oxford Companion to Children s Literature notes about this book: Though not written for children, the book contains many of the elements that Macdonald was later to work into his children s novels and fairy stories and it exercised a great influence over the young C.S. LEWIS. (p.409). $ MALORY, THOMAS 497 MARSHAK, S. 510 MATH 200, 201, 310, 313 DANISH ARTIST - UNCOMMON PUBLISHER 385. MATHIESEN,EGON. OSWALD THE MONKEY written and illustrated by Mathiesen and adapted from the Danish by Nancy and Edward Maze. NY: McDowell, Obolensky [Danish 1st 1947, American 1st 1959]. Oblong 4to (10 x 9 ), cloth, VG in soiled dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Known for writing children s books with a message, this title by Mathiesen features Oswald, a money that starts a revolution in the forest when he stands up to an abusive bully. Each page of text faces a charming full page color illustration. This is a scarce book published by an uncommon publisher. $ # (MACKINSTRY, ELIZABETH)illus. THE WHITE CAT AND OTHER OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALES by Mme. D Aulnoy. NY:Macmillan 1928 (1928). 4to, cloth backed boards. Boards faded some else fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. The book consists of 5 fairy tales arranged and edited by Rachel Field. Illustrated by MacKinstry with full page color illustrations plus black and whitesall in her distinctive style with bright colors. (Realms of Gold p.197) $ LOVELY WATERCOLORS FROM WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND 384. (MACKNIGHT,NINON)illus. WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND: ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS. Offered are 4 beautiful watercolors used in this picture book published by Platt & Munk in The book is part of a boxed 8 book set entitled Children of Foreign Lands which is sold with the art. The actual pieces comprise all of the full page color illustrations in the book but are larger than the printed versions. Each image measures 8 wide x 8 1/2 high. They are painted on artist board, signed and have printing notes pencilled in the margins. The colors are vibrant and the pictures of Dutch scenes have a definite 1930 s feel with an art deco flair. Ninon MacKnight was born in Australia in Some of her work was done in Australia but most was done in the United States where she illustrated many books and wrote several as well. She died in The work for this book is particularly charming. The boxed set of 8 books and all 4 watercolors... $ #384 #384 #384 #384

11 LITTLE NEMO RARITY 386. McCAY,WINSOR. LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND: PRINTER PROOF. Offered here is a POSTER SIZED FULL COLOR PRINTER PROOF for McCay s weekly appearance in the New York Herald in It measures 18 wide by 25 high printed on coated paper in fine condition suitable for framing. Widely regarded as the first great comic strip artist, McCay s Little Nemo in Slumberland introduced thousands of children to the world of fantasy. His bold use of a wide range of colors grabbed the attention of the young (and older) reader. Each week, Nemo would have fabulously active dreams - (nightmares) traveling to the North Pole, flying in an airship, flying to the moon etc., at the end of which he would wake up in his own bed. In this piece the 12 panels of various size follow the trip to Mars where they visit all types of unusual animals at the zoo. Rare. $ Pg McLOUGHLIN PUB. FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no dated ca Sunshine Series. 8vo, pictorial wraps. slight soil, VG+. Illustrated with color cover, 4 full page color illus. plus 3 large illus. in brown line. $ #389 #390 BENNETT PIRACY 390. McLOUGHLIN PUB. FROG WHO WOULD A WOOING GO. NY: McLoughlin, circa mo (4x6 ) pictorial wraps, normal wear, VG. Illustrated with chromolithographs on all but 1 page - pirated from Charles Bennett s English edition. Fairy Moonbeam Series. $ SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 387. (McCLOSKEY,ROBERT)illus. TRIGGER JOHN S SON by Tom Robinson. NY: Viking vo, (6 x 8 1/2 ), pictorial cloth, 284p., fine in dust wrapper with small chip off rear panel. 1st ed. with McCloskey illustrations, profusely illus. in line throughout. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Tom Robinson. A nice copy. $ LARGE FORMAT CIRCUS TITLE 391. McLOUGHLIN PUB. GREAT AMERICAN MENAGERIE. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, to (10 x 12 ), stiff pictorial card covers, 3 small edge chips and spine inconspicously reinforced else really a bright VG+ copy. Inside are circus scenes including educated pigs, clown bears, bedouins, Algerian dancing girls and more. Illustrated with 7 full page, one double page, numerous partial page chromolithographs plus great pictorial covers. This title is identical to A Visit to P.T. Barnum s Menagerie published by Perry & Co. in London (See #181). Very scarce and quite wonderful. $ McCRACKEN, JAMES 261, 454 McINTOSH, FRANK - 78 MCLOUGHLIN CIRCUS PANORAMA 388. McLOUGHLIN PUB. CIRCUS PANORAMA. NY: McLoughlin Bros Oblong 4to, two hinges neatly repaired, VG+. A scarce MCLOUGHLIN PANORAMA that opens accordion style to produce a continuous 8 foot panorama showing the various acts in a circus from humanized elephants boxing, pigs riding bicycles, clowns, horses etc. Illustrated in bright chromlithographs on every panel and really wonderful. See Blair Whitten:Paper Toys p. 55 $ McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE FROG AND PRETTY MOUSE. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa mo (3 1/2 x 4 3/8 ), pictorial wraps, VG+. Illustrated with 4 charming full page color illustrations to accompany the story in verse about a frog and mouse that fall in love and eventually get married. A Little Pleasewell book. $ McLOUGHLIN ALSO 38, 39, 110, 178, 182, 216, 232, 264, 331, 334, 455, 466-8, 480, 536 McMAHON, VALERIE - 94

12 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 #393 6 FABULOUS WATERCOLORS 393. McPHAIL,DAVID. PIG PIG RIDES. Offered here are 6 FABULOUS WATERCOLORS used for McPhail s wonderful picture book published by Dutton in 1982 that features an adorable character named Pig Pig. Two pieces are large measuring 20 wide x 15 high. The other four are 11 x 11, 10 x 11, 9 x 11 and 5 x 11. All depict a glorious humanized Pig Pig. McPhail was born in Newburyport, Mass.. He has illustrated the work of others, notably Nancy Willard s Sailing To Cythera which was one of AIGA s 50 Books of the Year in 1974, and he has authored and illustrated a profusion of books on his own. His Captain Toad and the Motorbike was likewise included in AIGA s 1979 show of 50 Best Books. McPhail belongs to the new breed of children s book illustrators, along with James Marshall, Trina Schart Hyman and others - who bring a fresh originality to children s literature. McPhail s style ranges broadly from intricate detail reminiscent of Sendak s and E.H. Shepard s line illustrations to the broad strokes of William Steig. See Hornbook Illustrators of Children s Books vol. 4 p. 4-5, 143. $ MEDICAL INTEREST 234, 498 #393 RARE AND WONDERFUL MEGGENDORFER PICTURE BOOK 394. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. GUTE BEKANNTE. Stuttgart: W. Nitzschke, no date, circa Folio (10 1 /2 x 14 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, some edge rubbing and light soil, VG+. A true picture book, this features 26 large full page full color illustrations (including cover) done on a tan background so that every inch of the page is covered. Four short lines in rhyme by Meggendorefer are at the bottom of each page. Several of the images are reminiscent of pictures in his moveable books. This is a wonderful and rare Meggendorfer title. $ #394 #393 #394 #394 #393

13 Pg 55 MEGGENDORFER CIRCUS PANORAMA 395. MEGGENDORFER.LOTHAR. AFFENTHEATER. Munchen: Braun & Schneider nd ca 1890, vierzehnte auflage. Oblong 4to, boards, hinges repaired with some wear to image at turns else VG. This is a 12 section panorama that forms a continuous pictorial scene when opened. Featuring fabulous and vibrant handcolored illustrations depicting all the activities of trained animals in the circus. Quite scarce. $ MENCKEN,H.L. CHRISTMAS STORY. NY: Knopf 1946 (1946). 12mo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, cloth slightly darkened else fine in dust wrapper lightly worn at spine ends. Stated 1st edition. Illus. in color by Bill Crawford. This copy is INSSCRIBED BY HUMORIST H. ALLEN SMITH. $ MEXICO 128, 169, 171, 456, 587 PATRIOTIC HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS 397. MILITARY INTEREST. LES OCCUPATIONS DE TOTO ET DE LILY PENDANT LA GUERRE (TOTO AND LILY S WORK DURING THE WAR) by Jean Ray. Paris: Editions Devambez, no date, circa Oblong folio (15 x 10 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, loose as issued, Fine. Containing 4 stunning hand-colored illustrations depicting how 2 little children prepare for the war effort: making gloves for the soldiers, learning to become a good citizen, training to be a good soldier, preparing packages for the front. Jean Ray was in charge of Russian refugee children during the war. He work was frequently in the newspapers and he helped disabled servicemen to make toys for Parisian department stores. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, this is an excellent copy of a rare item. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $ AMERICAN REVOLUTION / PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 399. MILITARY INTEREST. BOYS OF 76 by Charles Carlton Coffin. NY: Harper Brothers (1876). 4to (6 3/4 x 9 1/8 ), brown cloth stamped in black and gold, 398p., FINE. 1st edition. The story of the American Revolutionary War illustrated with many full page and smaller engravings. Coffin was a noted war correspondent. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, COFFIN giving this book to his nephew. A brilliant copy. Peter Parley to Penrod p.47. $ MILITARY INTEREST ALSO 168, 309, 406, MY BOOKHOUSE IN ORIGINAL WOODEN HOUSE 400. (MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE)editor. MY BOOKHOUSE * MY TRAVELSHIP IN ORIGINAL WOODEN HOUSE. Chicago: Bookhouse for Children (1920,1925) 9 volumes: 6 books 4to, green white-washed clothes, a few margin mends and erasure marks in volume 1 else near fine. Included are the 3 volumes of the Travelship: Little Pictures of Japan, Tales Told In Holland and Nursery Friends From France illustrated by Katherine Sturges and the Petershams (corner of cover of Japan is worn off else all are VG), all of which are HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL WOODEN BOOKHOUSE! The house measures 13 wide, 11 deep and is 22 inches tall to the tops of the chimneys. It is painted orange and grey with blue windows, with the interior on two levels, stepping down to accomodate the large size of the 3 Travelship titles. There is some normal wear else overall in bright and sound condition. Each volume of the Bookhouse is devoted to a different form of literature & is profusely illustrated by many artists including Willy Pogany, Johnny Gruelle, Maginel Wright Enright, Maud and Miska Petersham, Milo Winter etc. In addition, volume 4 features the first published appearance of a color plate by N.C. WYETH (on cover) and other covers are by KATHERINE PYLE and MILO WINTER. The text offers a marvelous selection of fiction, folklore and history with the color illustrations interspersed throughout the text. Detailed index included. This set is rarely found with the house. $ WW1 PATRIOTIC ADVERTISING BOOK WITH STAMPS 398. MILITARY INTEREST. CAPTAIN TICK- MOUSE AND HIS ADVENTURES IN THE SECRET SERVICE by Roy Rutherford Bailey. No publisher named [Chicago: Elgin National Watch Co.], mo (4 x 5 ), stiff pictorial card covers,[22]p. VG+. The text consisting of three stories is meant to foster patriotism in the young child through a narrative featuring a magical mouse with special powers. Captain Tick-Mouse and Uncle Sam encourage children to be fit, clean, obedient and to stay in school. By spotting slackers the children can work for the Secret Service. Elgin watches appear throughout the story. Illustrated by Tingle with black and whites. There are spaces on a few pages for the child to paste on color pictorial stamps, including a spot on the cover (already pasted on). The three other stamps are unused. There is even a Tick Mouse Post Card that the child can send in to join the Tick Mouse Club (addressed to Tick-Mouse in care of Elgin Watch Co.). This is a rare little book, especially with stamps and card intact. $450.00

14 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE 401. MILNE,A.A. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is an ORIGINAL SHEPARD DRAWING OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE. Done on white paper (7.25 x 9 ), the image measures 5 wide x 7 high, signed and most likely done in the 1960 s. Christopher Robin is holding a stick out to Winnie who is in front of him. The image appears on page 176 of the House at Pooh Corner. The piece is in fine condition and it is a wonderful image. $26, MILNE,A.A. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Phil: McKay (1925). Folio, blue cloth, pict. paste-on, Fine in dust wrapper (dw soiled and repaired). 1st trade ed. Illustrated by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR with pictorial title page + 12 beautiful and delicate color plate. A beautiful copy, scarce in dw. $ MINIATURE BEAUTIFUL JUGENDSTIL ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS 405. (MOE,LOUIS)illus. KAREN alle smaapigers, tekst af Ellen Reumert. Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Carl Larsens Forlag circa to, (10 x 11 ). cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else VG-Fine. Illustrated with 8 fine full page color illustrations and in line on every page of text in verse in Danish. Deep rich colors in typical turn of the 19th century style depict a day in the life of a little girl. A lovely and scarce book. $ MONTGOMERY,FRANCES TREGO. BILLY WHISKERS IN FRANCE. Akron: Saalfield (1919). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 173p., tips worn else near fine in DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). Probable 1st edition of the 21st Billy Whiskers book (no ads in back, no later titles on dw flap or on title page). Billy is in France where his master was stationed during the war. With his master injured, Billy gets homesick and wants to return to the U.S. Naturally he has many adventures. Illustrated with 6 color plates by Florence White Williams. Nice copy, hard to find in dust wrapper. $ #407 SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME 402. MILNE,A.A. TOAD OF TOAD HALL: a play from Kenneth Grahame s The Wind In The Willows. Lond:M ethuen (1929). 4to, cloth backed boards, fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly soiled and frayed with a few tiny closed tears). LIMITED TO ONLY 200 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME! This is a nice copy of a book generally found in grubby condition. $ MONTGOMERY,L.M. CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA. Bost:L.C. Page 1912 (1912). 8vo, green cloth, pict. paste-on, 306p. + ads, FINE and bright. Stated 1st impression. Illustrated with color frontis by George Gibbs. This is a beautiful copy. $ MILNE,A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Lond: Methuen (1928). 8vo, salmon colored gilt cloth, 178p., Fine in dust wrapper (this is a great dw with minor faults, slight wear to top of spine, one small inconspicuous mend), 1st edition, first printing of the 4th book in the Pooh series. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPARD. A particularly nice bright copy. $ MONTGOMERY S SIXTH BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER! 408. MONTGOMERY,L.M. THE GOLDEN ROAD. Bost: Page 1913 (1913). 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 369p. + ads, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped on edges but no loss of lettering). Stated 1st impression. The adventures of the King family on Prince Edward Island, illus. with color frontis by George Gibbs. Her 6th book and very scarce, rare in dw. $

15 Pg MONTGOMERY,L.M. KILEMNY OF THE ORCHARD. Bost:Page 1910 (1910). 8vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 256p.+ 6p. ads, slight front cover soil else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw with chips off spine ends and other edge chips). 1st ed. Illustrated with 4 color plates by GEORGE GIBBS. This rare title by Montgomery tells of a young man named Eris who goes to PEI and meets a mute girl with perfect hearing who he falls in love with. A rare title, even more so with dust wrapper. $ MOTHER GOOSE. CUTTING AND PASTING BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE. Akron: Saalfield, (1927). Oblong folio (15 x 10 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, slightest of wear to covers, else VERY FINE and unused. A great Mother Goose coloring book. There are 4 pages of color figures to cut out and arrange on the black and white illustrated background sheets as well as 14 full page illustrations in line meant to be colored by the child. Illustrated by Helen Nyce in the style of Peat and a great Mother Goose novelty in unused condition. $ MONTGOMERY,L.M. RAINBOW VALLEY. NY:Stokes (1919). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dust wrapper chipped with some soil). 1st ed. The next to last Anne story, featuring Anne s six children and their neighbors. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with tissue guarded frontis repeated on cover. Quite scarce, especially in dust wrapper. $ WITH TEN LITTLE NIGGER STORY 414. MOTHER GOOSE. TALES TOLD BY THE GANDER by Maud Warren & Eve Davenport. NY: George Doran (1922). 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ), 305p. green cloth, pictorial paste-on, top of spine sl. frayed else VG+. 1st ed.. Mother Goose and her gander go traveling and have adventures in this narrative that relates the lives of the actual Mother Goose characters. Included is a 50 pages story version of how the TEN LITTLE NIGGERS came to England. Illustrated by CHARLES FEDERER with 12 lovely tipped-in color plates, black and white text illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Definitely an interesting approach to Mother Goose. $ MOORE, CLEMENT 175-7, 218 IKE MORGAN STUNNING MOTHER GOOSE FOLIO 411. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES arranged by Aunt Louisa. London: Fred. Warne, no date, circa Folio, (10 x 13 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG+. Illustrated with 12 very fine full page chromolithographed plates and in line on every page of text. Printed on good quality paper and a particularly beautiful turn of the 19th century Mother Goose. $ MOTHER GOOSE ALSO 40, 59, 109, 185, , 240, 265, 282, 315, 337, 485, 537, 541, 547, 549 MOTHER GOOSE UNCUT PAPER DOLLS 412. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE LIFE- LIKE STAND UP CUT-OUT DOLLS. Racine: Whitman Folio (9 1/2 x 13 1/4 ), stiff pictorial card covers, Fine and unused. 5 leaves of colorful die-cut pages of Mother Goose characters with paper stands for the child to play with. Includes figures of Humpty Dumpty, Jack Sprat, Little Bo Peep, Puss In Boots, Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue, Mary and her Lamb and Baby Bunting. Very scarce. $ RARE VICTORIAN SPEAKING CUBE PUZZLE 415. MOVEABLE. SPEAKING PUZZLE BOX. No pub. information, circa This is a Victorian cube puzzle in the original box - but this puzzle is different. Each of the 6 cubes makes a different sound when a string is pulled. The box is very large, measuring 16 1/2 wide x 11 3/4 deep and 6 high - 2 small splits on cover else near fine condition with metal clasps. The box is covered with printed chromolithographed paper and the top of the box features a brightly colored rooster with chickens on the farm. Inside the box are six large cubes - each is 5 on a side. Like other cube puzzles of the era, the child can make 6 different scenes. Unlike any other puzzle, EACH OF THE CUBES MAKES A DIFFERENT SOUND when the string on each of the cubes is pulled. Laidin are the six original large chromolithogrphed scenes that the child uses as guide to assmble the puzzles (the plate on the cover is the sixth scene). This is a glorious puzzle, extraordinarily rare. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $

16 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 RARE EARLY AMERICAN MOVEABLE MOTHER GOOSE 416. MOVEABLE. (AMERICAN) OLD FASHIONED MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES COMPLETE WITH MAGIC PICTURES. G.W. Carlton Publishers, Donaldson Brothers Designers and Printers, vo,(6 x 7 1/2 ), pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold, brown mark on a few leaves else VG+. A very rare American moveable flap mother goose with a profusion of rhymes, some continuing for many pages. For each page of text there is a color lithographed illustration and an overleaf that the reader lifts to reveal the surprise picture below (all signed W.L.S.). 48 moveables in all. Some startling images. Rare. $ MOVEABLE. HIDE AND SEEK RIDDLE BOOK by Carlyle Leech and John McKenna. NY: Grosset & Dunlap to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 ), pictorial boards, Fine in sl. worn dust wrapper. A fantasy narrative includes a jumble of riddles that involve pulling tabs, turning wheels and opening doors in order to find the answers. The last page has a miniature book of riddles, the answers for which are written in invisible ink. Illustrated in color on every page, this is a clever book. $ EARLY DEAN MOVEABLE BOOK OF TRADES 417. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) THE HISTORY OF HOW NED NIMBLE BUILT HIS COTTAGE. Lond: Dean & Son (1859 code in rear). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover and internal soil and wear else VG. Featuring 8 fine hand-colored moveable plates operated by levers, with text beneath each illustration. Each leaf shows a different trade at work building the house including bricklayer, sawyer, carpenter, plasterer, painter, wall paper hanger etc. Scarce and one of Dean s nicest mechanicals. $ CLEVER MOVEABLE SLICE BOOK 420. MOVEABLE. (SLICE BOOK) 1000 SCRAMBLE-MEN by Hans Goldschmidt and Stanley Vasche. NY: Animated Book Co to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 ), spiral backed pictorial boards, some cover soil else VG. Each page is printed on rectos only and is divided into 3 sections (slices). The child can create pictures of more than 1000 different men by interchanging sliced sections. The text introduces some of the characters that can be scrambled: a pirate, an Indian, Ivan the Cossack, Old Black Joe, Willie the Cop, Charlie from China and more. Illustrated with charming, color lithographs. Scarce. $ FABULOUS MOVEABLE BEARS 421. MOVEABLE. (TUCK) OUR FRIENDS THE BEARS: FATHER TUCK S MARIONETTES by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: Tuck ca This is a magnificent chromolithgraphed bear 11 high. By pulling the string, you can move the hinged arms which are holding 2 little bears. The back side of the doll has the verse to the poem. $ EARLY DEAN PUNCH AND JUDY HAND-COLORED MOVEABLE 418. MOVEABLE. (DEAN) PUNCH AND JUDY (on cover: The Royal Punch & Judy as played before the Queen at Windsor Castle & The Crystal Palace). Lond: Dean & Son 11 Ludgate Hill (1859 code on rear cover). 4to, (7 1/4 x 11 1/4 ), stiff pict. wraps, edges frayed light soil, a few tabs extended, VG. Featuring 8 fabulous HAND-COLORED MOVEABLE PLATES, 6 of which also have moveable figures on the bottom halves of the page. Very scarce. $ MOVEABLE. (WEHR) ANIMATED ANIMALS by Edward Ernest. Akron: Saalfield Oblong 4to, spiral bound pictorial boards, FINE in soiled dust wrapper. Illustrated in color and animated by JULIAN WEHR with 4 wonderful moveables operated with tabs, that have several pieces in motion at once. This is an especially nice, clean copy not often seen in dw. $ MOVEABLE. (WEHR) HANSEL AND GRETEL by the Brothers Grimm. NY: Grosset & Dunlap (1944). Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with tears. One of JULIAN WEHR S imaginative moveable books featuring 4 intricate color moveable plates plus color illus. intext. $ MOVEABLE SEE ALSO 93, 96, 119, 226 MUSIC 166, 202, 265, 302, 347, 371, 481, 571, 574 MYTH & LEGEND 120, 250, 270, 300, 503, 511

17 Pg 59 NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN S BOOK 424. NAZI INTEREST. DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938, Tausand). 4to, (8 1/4 x 10 5/8 ), cloth spine and cloth on front edges, near fine. Published by Der Sturmer under the direction of the notorious Julius Streicher. Illustrated in full color by Fips featuring grossly stereotypical depictions of Jewish men and women. The Jews are portrayed as dirty and conniving and the German youth as wholesome and clean. This title, along with Elvira Bauer s Trau Keinem Fuchs remain the most insidious examples of the power of propaganda in children s literature. $ #424 THREE OZ WATERCOLOR STUDIES 425. [NEILL,JOHN R.]. ORIGINAL OZ ART, LETTERS AND CARD DESIGNED BY NEILL FOR LUFKIN FAMILY. Beginning in 1935, a fan of Neill s work started writing to him in admiration - telling him how much she loved the Oz books and how much she especially loved his artwork, adding that his work is what brings the Oz books to life for her. She persistently asked Neill to buy some of his Oz paintings. Over the years, they eventually became good friends and Neill actually dedicated the first Oz book that he wrote - Wonder City of Oz - to them (the Lufkin Family). There are 10 letters through 1943 (the last written to Mrs. Neill on the event of John R. s death) detailing their growing friendship and outlining business transactions. One letter contains a receipt for $ for a piece of art they bought from Neill. The family had Neill design a bookplate for them and they commissioned him to paint a large (6 x 4 ) Oz mural to go over their fireplace in the Connecticut home they called the Land of Oz. Included here are 3 watercolor studies for this mural, each one more detailed than the next. All feature the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy, Toto, Glinda, the Wizard and more. a. The first image measures 13 wide x 9.5 high (matted larger) b. The second image measures 7 x 3/4 x 4 1/2 signed (matted larger) #425A c. The last measures 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 (matted larger). Each piece is progressively more detailed. d.there is a large (8 1/2 x 11) Lufkin family Christmas card designed by Neill in which he actually draws their living room depicting the finished mural - with the addition of all of the Oz characters running out of the fireplace. e. Includes the letters, 2 Christmas cards to Neill, one of which is a photo portrait of the family. $25, #425C #425D #425B #425E (partial)

18 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 ANDERSEN S FAIRY TALES 426. (NEILL,J.R.)illus. ANDERSEN S FAIRY TALES. NY: Cupples & Leon (1923). 4to, blue gilt cloth, color pictorial paste-on, 180p., Fine and bright. Illustrated by Neill with 3 beautiful color plates (including cover) and with a profusion of black and whites throughout the text. 13 stories included including the 7 stories of the Snow Queen. This is a beautioful copy. $ NEILL, JOHN R. ALSO NEW ZEALAND PICTURE BOOK 429. NEW ZEALAND. HUTU AND KAWA FIND AN ISLAND by Avis Acres. Wellington N.Z.: A.H. & A.W. Reed (1957). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ). stiff pictorial card covers, Fine. Stated 1st edition. The adventures of 2 little bush babies and other humanized forest creatures and fairies at a bird sanctuary island, Illustrated by the author with full page color illustrations and in black and white on every page of text. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $ RARE NESBIT TUCK SHAPE BOOK 427. NESBIT,E. SONGS OF THE CORNFIELD. Lond.: Tuck circa vo (8 1/2 x 6 ), round pictorial wraps diecut in the shape of a hat, slight rubbing else near fine. Each page is beautifully embellished with chromolithographs to accompany poems by Nesbit. Rare. $ NESBIT FOLIO WITH BRUNDAGE ILLUSTRATIONS 428. NESBIT,EDITH. VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS DISCOVERY OF AMERICA by E. Nesbit. London: Tuck Very large folio (14x17 ), grey pictorial cloth with beveled edges, all edges gilt. Some cover soil, hinge strengthening, a few margin mends and some rubbing. Overall a clean, tight, VG+ copy of this large and beautiful book which when found is usually dis- bound due to its size. Printed by the Rafolith process with beautiful full page chromolithographs and other full page illustrations by Frances and Will Brundage and J. Pauline Sunter. The pictures document Christopher Columbus s arrival in America but portray Columbus and the Indians as children! Text is printed in calligraphy and text pages are decorated with lovely line illustrations. Printed on one side of the paper. Although Nesbit is best known today for her fairy fantasy books (Railway Children, Magic City, etc.) she was also a prolific poet. Politically she was an active Socialist and a strong advocate of women s rights. This is a rare title. $ NEW ZEALAND. HUTU AND KAWA MEET TUATARA by Avis Acres. Wellington N.Z.: A.H. & A.W. Reed (1956). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ). stiff pictorial card covers, Fine. Stated 1st edition. The adventures of 2 little bush babies and other humanized forest creatures with a lizard named Tuatara, Illustrated by the author with full page color illustrations and in black and white on every page of text. $ NEWBERY AWARD 81, 86, 130, 209, 241, 253, 255, 354, 356, 364, 374, 534 NEWBERY, JOHN (PUBLISHER) PETER NEWELL TRICK BOOK 431. NEWELL,PETER. TOPSYS & TURVYS. NY: Century Oblong small 4to (9 x 6 3/4 ), pictorial boards, usual spine flecking of paper and edges show wear, otherwise tight, clean and VG. 1st ed. An ingenious book of pictures that can be viewed from two directions revealing two completely different pictures. Featuring 31 wonderful full page chromolithographed illustrations (printed on rectos only). Very scarce. $650.00

19 A RARITY: VELVETEEN RABBIT - SIGNED 432. (NICHOLSON, WILLIAM)illus. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery Williams [Bianco]. NY: George H. Doran and Lond: Heinemann to, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ) 19p., pictorial boards. Paper at base of spine worn, faint narrow edge soil on rear cover, light corner wear, bright, tight and VG++, housed in custom cloth box. First U.S. edition (same year as UK) of one of the most enduring and rare children s books ever written. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE AND ALSO HAS A BIANCO FAMILY BEST WISHES CARD ON THE BLANK FREE ENDPAPER. The card is illustrated by Margery Williams Bianco s daughter Pamela Bianco, also an illustrator. The story is illustrated by Nicholson with color pictorial endpapers plus 7 richly colored full page lithographs (several are double-page spreads). One of the first modern picture books, a perfect combination of story and pictures (Illus. of Child. Books p. 234). See Bader p.25. Rare and a great copy. $15, Pg 61 LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY NIELSEN 434. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. (Lond) Hodder & Stoughton nd (1913). Folio, full green vellum with extensive gilt decoration, 164p., some marks on the vellum as is common in this edition, new ties, endpapers foxed else near FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY NIELSEN and illustrated by him with 26 magnificent color plates (2 more than in the trade edition) with pictorial lettered tissue guards, plus decorations throughout the text. A lavishly produced book in nice condition and a very, very scarce book. $ NISTER (PUBLISHER) 200, 214, 470 NOAH S ARK 322, 460 NONSENSE RHYMES 43, 131, 145, 342, 373 NORWAY 207, 366 UNUSED DOLL HOUSE TO ASSEMBLE 435. NOVELTY. (DOLLS). PEEK-A-BOO PLAY HOUSE by Eleanore Barte. Chicago: Whitman Oblong folio (13 x 12 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, Fine and unused (pieces on rear corner secured to prevent detaching). Inside the front cover are instructions, followed by 7 leaves of die-cut objects that the child can punch out and fold to assemble a large doll house with 4 rooms of furniture and 3 paper dolls on stands (Mother, Father and Baby). The rooms are: bedroom, nursery, dining room and living room decorated in typical 30 s style. Rare and very evocative of the era. $ NICHOLSON, WILLIAM. THE SQUARE BOOK OF ANIMALS. Lond: Heinemann to, cloth backed bds, covers sl. darkened and tips rubbed else Fine. 1st edition of a beautiful Nicholson book, featuring 12 magnificent full page color woodblock illustrations portraying a bull dog, cat, pig, swan and more accompanied by verse. It is in this book that one most clearly sees the influence that Nicholson had on C.B. Falls, and it is an artistic masterpiece rarely matched by any other children s book. See Bader p.24. $ NEWELL IMITATION INK- BLOT NOVELTY 436. NOVELTY. GOBOLINKS: or shadow- pictures for young and old by Ruth Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine. NY: Century 1896 (1896), oblong 8vo, slight rubbing, near Fine. 1st edition. This is a most unusal book. Each page (printed on one side only) features a 2- tone ink-blot illustration (like a Rorschach) with poems about each likeness - all related to creatures of Gobolinkland. $ GREAT 1920 s NOVELTY BOOK 437. NOVELTY. THE PATCHWORK POSTER BOOK OF EVERYDAY SIGHTS to cut and paste. Akron: Saalfield x 12.5, stiff pictorial wraps, near fine. Sheets of colored pictures are to be cut out and pasted in their proper positions on the outlined poster pages (one neatly done). Great 1920 s illustrations in color and line by Helene Nyce in the style of Peat. Laid in is the contest sheet that children could use to submit their work for competition. Images include the Grocery Store, Fire Engine, a Bridge, a House with garden, Busy Streets and the Park. Poems accompany the pictures. A great look at city life in the 1920 s. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $ NOVELTY SEE ALSO 44, 97, 185-7, 215, 230, 257, 315, 343, 415, 478, 486, 544, 560, 585

20 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 92 #437 but no trade edition was issued. The limited edition remained on the market until it sold out. Because of its success and importance to the Australian book trade in general, the publishers decided to issue this smaller 1919 edition which has fewer illustrations and less text. Verses about various and sundry fairies were written by Ida s sister Annie and illustrated by Outhwaite with pictorial endpapers, 6 large color plates and 15 large black and white plates, plus a profusion of beautiful drawings in- text. This copy is SIGNED BY JEAN RENTOUL (Ida and Annie s niece). $ # NURA. NURA S CHILDREN GO VISITING. NY & Lond: Studio (1943). Large 4to, cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Grandfather Brown is saved from lonliness by the visiting children. Illustrated by Nura with very wonderful full page lithographs (16) done directly on the stone by Nura in her distinctive and artistic style (full color and b&w). $ NUTT PUBLISHER 300 NYCE, HELENE 413, 437 INSCRIBED BY ROSE O NEILL WITH SKETCH 439. O NEILL,ROSE. KEWPIES AND THE RUNAWAY BABY. NY:Doub. Doran 1928 (1928). 8vo, cloth, spine ends rubbed, neat repairs to splits in endpaper else VG+. Stated 1st ed. INSCRIBED AND DATED 1928 BY O NEILL WITH A ONE PAGE SIGNED INSCRIPTION IN HER FANCY SIGNATURE PLUS A SMALL THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF A WING. Written by O Neill, this is another Kewpie fantasy adventure, illus. in color by her on every page. An uncommon title made extra special by the inscription. $ O NEILL,ROSE. ADVENTURES OF THE KEWPIES: A COLORING BOOK. Akron: Saalfield to, stiff pictorial wraps, fine and unused. Authorized edition. Nearly 100 pages of full page drawings of Kewpies by O Neill designed to be colored by the child. Quite uncommon and amazingly unused. $ ORR, MUNRO (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. LITTLE FAIRY SISTER by Grenbry Outhwaite. Lond.: A & C Black (1923). 4to, blue cloth, 91p. + ads, spine faded and discolored somewhat else fine in dust wrapper with piece off spine. An early edition of this rare Outhwaite title (with ad on dw for Blossom). The story of a little girl who travels to fairyland to find her twin sister features 8 magnificent color plates, 8 beautiful b&w plates by Outhwaite plus pictorial endpapers. $ TUCK FAIRY TALE PANORAMA 444. PANORAMA. IN FAIRYLAND. London: Tuck, no date circa /2 x 10 1/2, 12 heavy card leaves folded accordion style, slight edge rubbing else VG+. This wonderful panorama of fariy tales is printed on both sides, each panel featuring a full page color illustration with a few lines of text at the bottom. Contains Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Three Little Kittens, Three Bears, Sleeping Beauty, Hop o My Thumb and Puss In Boots. A title in Father Tuck s Panorama Series. Rare, $ OUTCAULT,R.F. TIGE: HIS STORY. NY: Stokes (1905). 4to, tan pictorial cloth, pictorial paste-on, 61p., some cover soil and fraying to spine ends else VG. First edition. Written as a personal narrative from the dog s point of view, and illustrated throughout by Outcault (the creator of Buster Brown) $ OUTHWAITE S LANDMARK BOOK HER NIECE S COPY SIGNED BY HER 442. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. ELVES & FAIRIES with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and edited by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. Melbourne: Lothian (1919). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil and rubbing, near fine. Stated second edition although effectively the first trade edition. Elves & Fairies was first published in 1916 as a limited edition large format book PANORAMAS ALSO 93, 175, 176, 258, 263, 388, 395

21 RARE PARRISH PORTFOLIO 445. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. COLLECTION OF COLOUR PRINTS BY JULES GUERIN AND MAXFIELD PARRISH: Second Series. Cleveland: Jansen no date, ca Folio, 3/4 cloth portfolio, case sl. soiled and lacks ties else near fine. A very rare Parrish item, this consists of 20 color plates on mats mounted in the corners, each with printed captions, 5 are by Parrish and 15 by Guerin. Those by Parrish are: Gardens of Vicobello, Siena; Villa Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore; Gardens of Villa Gori; and Villa Camberaia near Florence. Those by Guerin are also very beautiful, mainly scenes of the Middle East. A beautiful and rare Parrish item. Parrish see also 109. $ Pg (PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA)illus. A BIRD IN THE HAND from the sayings of Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard s Almanack. NY: Macmillan (1951). 4to, cloth, Fine in sl. chipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with many wonderful full page color and black and white lithographs (litho d by GLASER). A truly American picture book. $ BABY BOOK 446. (PEASE,BESSIE COLLINS)illus. THE BIOGRAPHY OF OUR BABY by Edmund Vance Cooke. NY: Dodge (1906). 4to, pink pictorial cloth stamped in gold, the last section of Notes lists names else fine and the rest unused. A baby s book with poems and spaces to insert milestones in baby s life. Printed on heavy coated paper and illustrated by Bessie Collins Pease with 20 color illustrations (some full page, many in-text). Heppner p Really beautiful. $ CINDERELLA & HANSEL AND GRETEL WITH PUZZLES 447. (PEAT,FERN BISEL). CINDERELLA AND HANSEL AND GRETEL. Sandusky: American Crayon Co. (1943, Harter: 1931). There are two folio sized books, in Fine condition plus two complete color jigsaw puzzles, all in the original box. Each book has bold and brightly colored illustrations by FERN BISEL PEAT Quite a special item, scarce in complete condition with the box. $ (PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA)illus. MAGIC DOLL OF ROUMANIA by Queen Marie of Roumania. NY: Stokes 1929 (1929). 8vo, yellow cloth, pictorial paste-on, 319p. slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st edition. The story of a little American girl who takes a fantasy trip to Roumania with her magic doll. Illustrated by the Petershams with 10 color plates plus many lovely b&w s. See 5 Years of Child. Books p.54. $ RARE PETERSHAM TITLE SIGNED 451. PETERSHAM,MAUD AND MISKA. OFF TO BED. NY: Macmillan (1954). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/4 ), cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Stated first printing. 7 stories meant to be read outloud at bedtime with charming color illustrations throughout. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH MAUD AND MISKA PETERSHAM. Despite its relatively late date, this is a rare Petersham title. $ PETERSHAMS SEE ALSO 193 PHILIPPINES TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY - FANTASY STORY 452. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. SECRET DES DEUX PLUMES by Ivo Duka [Ivo Duchacek] and Helena Kolda. Lausanne: Guilde du Livre (1956). 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 ), pictorial boards, 96p., near fine. 1st French edition. Translated from the English edition of 1954 by Dominique Aury. The story involves a young New York City boy named Martin who has a feather with magical powers. Illustrated with striking photo montages, trick photographic images that transform the boy into different sizes. One photo even shows his pet poodle Wanda with two heads. Despite its relatively late date, this is a very scarce and wonderfully unusual book. $ PERE CASTOR 258 PERRAULT,CHARLES 230, 237, 264, 339, 379, 447 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 378, PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. AUNTIE AND CELIA JANE AND MIKI. NY: Doubleday Square 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed.. Illustrated by the Petershams with many beautiful full page and partial page color illustrations. (litho d by GLASER) See 5 Years Child. Books p. 49). An incredible copy, rare. $ PHOTO ILLUSTRATED SEE ALSO 46, 552, 593