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1 CHILDREN S BOOKS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ALEPH-BET BOOKS, INC. 85 OLD MILL RIVER RD. POUND RIDGE, NY (914) CATALOGUE 95

2 ALEPH - BET BOOKS - TERMS OF SALE Helen and Marc Younger 85 Old Mill River Rd. Pound Ridge, NY phone fax helen@alephbet.com POSTAGE: UNITED STATES. 1st book $8.00, $2.00 for each additional book. OVERSEAS shipped by air at cost. PAYMENTS: Due with order. Libraries and those known to us will be billed. PHONE orders 9am to 10pm e.s.t. Phone Machine orders are secure. CREDIT CARDS: VISA, Mastercard, American Express. Please provide billing address. RETURNS - Returnable for any reason within 1 week of receipt for refund less shipping costs provided prior notice is received and items are shipped fastest method insured VISITS welcome by appointment. We are 1 hour north of New York City near New Canaan, CT. Our full stock of 8000 collectible and rare books is on view and available. Not all of our stock is on our web site COVER ILLUSTRATION - #345 - McCloskey Poster for Children s Spring Book Festival #379 - Rare Volland Moveable # panel Wine panorama #155 - Wiener Werkstatte Christmas #353 - Meggendorfer Slice Book #194 - Disney s Fantasia Cut-Out Book #118 - Rarest Margaret Wise Brown

3 Helen & Marc Younger THE ITEMS IN THIS CATALOGUE WILL NOT BE ON OUR WEB SITE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LONG TIME CLIENTS WILL HAVE THE FIRST CHANCE AT BUYING. WITH GREAT ZEPPELIN 1. ABC. ABC ALPHABET BOOK. no pub. info., circa Folio, pictorial wraps, sl. fading else Fine. A basic alphabet book with better than usual graphics that are well printed and well drawn. There s a terrific Z for Zeppelin and a great P for Parrot. Printed on linen like paper. $ Pg STUNNING COLOR LITHOS 5. ABC. (BIRDS) BIRDIE A B C by J. Nicolson. Lond.: Blackie & Son circa to (8 1/2 x 11 ), 24p., cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed, light cover soil, VG+. Printed on french fold paper, each page has a very large block letter in color plus an illustration of a different bird. The text is one line of verse. Illustrated by Nicolson with magnificent color lithos - vibrant, bright and striking. E is for Eagle, H is for Hornbill, I is for Ibis. The last pages of the book are illus. in b&w to accompany poems about different birds. Absolutely wonderful. $ helen@alephbet.com STARCH ABC 2. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC BOOK. Kansas City,Mo.: Faultless Starch, no date, circa /8 x 5, pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated in blue, this ABC touts the virtues of Faultless Starch in many of the rhymes. U is for Useful,/ A word which applies,/ To Faultless Starch / Packages of generous size. Volume 19 of the Faultless Starch Library. $ RARE CADY ABC 6. ABC. (CADY) ANIMAL ALPHABET by Harrison Cady. Whitman, no date ca to (9x12 ), pictorial wraps, tiny, nearly invisible repair to top of spine else near Fine. A truly wonderful alphabet book, this is printed on a range of brightly colored papers. Each page has a large, rich full color illustration by Cady (plus silhouette endpapers) with a 4 line rhyme above each illustration. Fanciful and eye-catching and very scarce. $ MET LIFE HEALTH ABC COMPLETE WITH INSERT 3. ABC. (ADVERTISING) ABC. NY: Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. ca vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4 ) pictorial wraps, light soil, VG. Every letter has a rhyme dealing with the healthy thing to do or eat. Illustrated in typical 1920 s style in b&w by M.C. Phares. C is for Cough And its Cousin, the sneeze. Cover them both With your handkerchief please. This copy is complete with an insert that has a full color copy of the line illustration that accompanies the letter U. The child is meant to use this as a guide for coloring the illustrations in the book. The verso of the sheet has a quiz on how to eat healthy. $ WITH SEVERAL ABC S AND COUNTING BOOK 4. ABC. A B C AND by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Lond.: Oxford Univ. Press (1942). 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine. Containing 8 different alphabets and 7 counting rhymes plus a few short stories. Illustrated in pen and ink in the style of Anne Anderson. A nice ABC / Counting book. $ CHELONIIDAE PRESS BIRD ABC ONE OF 5 ARTIST S PROOFS 7. ABC. (CHELONIIDAE PRESS) A FOWL ALPHABET. Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press vo (5 5/8 x 8 5/8 ) bound in full vellum by Gray Parrot. Includes the alphabet bound in full vellum, a separate suite of proof plates and a Blind Alphabet housed in vellum backed chemise folder, all housed in a vellum backed cloth case, AS NEW with the Prospectus laid-in. The text for this alphabet is based on an 1885 volume on Birds from Our Living World by J.G. Wood. There is an 8 page introduction followed by 26 wood engravings of the various birds by Alan James Robinson, selected for their unusual beak formations. The lettering is a new alphabet designed and handlettered in a range of colors by Suzanne Moore. This was the 12th book by the Cheloniidae Press issued in a Regular Edition of 150 copies in vellum backed marbled boards, a Deluxe Edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and a Full Vellum Edition of 26 copies. THIS IS NUMBER III OF ONLY 5 ARTIST PROOF COPIES OF THE FULL VELLUM EDITION that has each plate in the extra suite SIGNED BY ROBINSON AND NUMBERED AP III, there is no drawing mentioned in the prospectus. Printed on rives paper, french fold, the engravings are stunning. This is a magnificent alphabet. $

4 Pg 4 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CHRISTMAS ABC 8. ABC. (CHRISTMAS) CHRISTMAS STORIES ABC. Chic: Donohue, nd circa Small 4to, pictorial wraps, rear blank replaced else VG. Charming Christmas ABC with most letters represented by Christmas objects. Illustrated with color cover by C.W., 4 full page color illustrations and full page b&w s by an unknown hand (Denslow-like style). $ #8 UNUSUAL ABC OF CITIES 9. ABC. (CITIES) ALPHABET STORY OF FAMOUS CITIES. No place, no publisher, copyright 1900 by Horace Fry. Large 4to (9 x 11 1/4 ), gilt pictorial cloth with Flags on the cover, some cover soil else VG+. This is an unusual alphabet book with 26 different cities represented (incl. X for Xenia, Ohio). Illustrated with bright full page color illustrations. A is for Atlanta picturing Sherman s March on Atlanta and Black cotton pickers and V is for Grant s siege of Vicksburg. Following the alphabet is the story of Boy Blue and His Gun, picture pages for each month of the year, The Three Bears plus other nursery rhymes. These pages are printed in red or blue with great, detailed illustrations. This is a wonderful American ABC picture book. $ HUMOROUS CLOTH ABC 10. ABC. (CLOTH) ABC FOR CHILDREN. No pub. info., circa Oblong, 9 x 7 1/2, some soil but VG. Illustrated in full color by an unknown hand with clever illustrations with a touch of humor. $ #10 #9 SET OF 27 ABC ADVERTISING BOOKLETS 13. ABC. (CZECH) PILNACKOVA ABECEDA. J. Pilnacek, Tovarna na Mydla, Hradec Kralov, no date, circa This is a complete set of 27 alphabet booklets (no Q in the Czech alphabet), each 4 pages, measuring 3 3/4 wide x 5 3/ in fine condition. Illustrated with bright colors on every page in the style of Rudolf Mates. Each front cover is the same except for the featured letter which is in red block type and changes with each booklet. Inside the front cover, the text is in rhyme and has a small color illustration. Facing pages feature fanciful full page color illustrations in folk-peasant style. Each rear cover has a rhyme about a different product sold by Pilnacek Parfumerie along with color illustrations (shaving cream, perfume, toothpaste etc). Most likely issued as a giveaway each time one purchased a Pilnacek product. It s amazing to find a complete set, especially in such nice condition. $ GREAT TUCK DOG SHAPE BOOK ALPHABET 14. ABC. (DOGS) PUPPY DOG S ABC. London: Tuck no date, circa Folio (7 3/8 x 14 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, die-cut in shape of a dog s head, one small mend else VG+. Each letter is represented by a different breed of dog: Airedale, bull dog, dachshund, Jap dogs, otter hound, poodle, pug, etc. Illustrated with 4 full page chromos and with line illustrations on other pages in additional to color cover. A great ABC in the Christmas Series. $ #14 # ABC. (CLOTH) OBJECT ABC BOOK. Akron: Saalfield /4 x 5 3/4, sl. fraying and soil, VG+. This is a charming alphabet of objects on cloth. Illustrated in bright colors. N is Noah s Ark and A is for Auto. $ #11 COCA COLA ADVERTISING ABC 12. ABC. (COCA-COLA) ALPHABET BOOK OF COCA COLA. Atlanta: Coca Cola Co Obl. 12mo, (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 ) pictorial wraps, Fine. Each letter of the alphabet has a different Coke related rhyme K is for Kitchen With ice-box nearby. If you keep Coca Cola You ll never go dry. V is for Value, Though the dollar s depressed, A nickel still buys The drink that is best. Illus. in typical 20 s art deco style in color on every page. Rare. $ NICE ENGRAVINGS 15. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) ILLUSTRATED PRIMER; OR, The First Book for Children: Designed for Home or Parental Instruction. NY: George F. Cooledge, no date, circa 1848, 12mo (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, 47p., neat spine strengthening and stain on bottom edge of some pages, VG. Containing 4 alphabets, one of which is a 3 page pictorial ABC with an illustration for each letter. Another has the letters of the alphabet incorporated into a story titled Idle Tom. Every page has a pictorial border. Also contains letter combinations, easy words and short reading lessons for the beginning reader. Profusely illustrated with fine wood (?) engravings on every page of text. This is an attractive, better than average American primer. $ PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PRIMER 16. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) NEUE ABC UND BUCHSTABIR-BUCH zum gebranch fur Deutsche Boltschulen in Pennsylvanien and andern Staaten fur kinder, welche ansangen zu lernen. Sumnertown, Pa.: E.M. Benner mo, (4 5/8 x 7 ), cloth backed printed boards, 47p., covers rubbed, some soil from use,

5 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 5 helen@alephbet.com VG. Containing numerous printed alphabets, syllables, short words and ending with simple poems. Illustrated with 6 surprisingly nice large woodcuts including a frontis cut of students in a school room, and with many smaller cuts throughout the text. $ #17 # ABC. (FIRE FIGHTING) ABC S OF FOREST FIRE PREVENTION by R.M. Watts. Ottawa: Cloutier, (1950). 8vo, (6 x 7 3/4 ), pictorial wraps, near Fine. A wonderful ABC with a fire prevention theme published by the Forestry Branch of the Dept. of Resources and Development in Canada. Illustrated in color on every page - D stands for Death, Destruction and Danger. $ SAMUEL WOOD PUB. 17. ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) NEW YEAR S GIFT. NY: Samuel Wood & Sons circa /8 x 4 1/8, plain wraps, light soil, VG+. Each letter has a different quote from a psalm and from the Bible, except for Z and X : Xercise your mind and mem ry, or both will quickly lose their power. Illustrated with a small woodcut and decorative border. $ ABC. (EARLY AMERICAN) YOUNG LEARNER S PICTORIAL PRIMER OR, First Lessons in Spelling and Reading Designed for the Earliest Instruction of the Youthful Mind. NY: George F. Cooledge, no date, circa 1848, 12mo (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, 26p., neat spine strengthening else Fine. Containing 4 alphabets, one of which is a 3 page pictorial ABC with an illustration for each letter. Here, J is for Jews Harp. Also contains letter combinations, easy words and lessons for the beginning reader. Profusely illustrated with fine wood (?) engravings on every page of text. This is an attractive, better than average American primer. $ #18 ACKERMANN * 26 HAND COLORED ABC CARDS IN CASE 19. ABC. (EARLY ENGLISH) THE PICTORIAL SCRIPTURE ALPHABET by Miss Schroder. London: Ackermann & Co, The original publisher s brown cloth case measuring 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 with green printed label contains 26 separate alphabet cards. Some normal finger soil, two cards printed in dark blue instead of black else VG-Fine. The front of each card has a fine hand-colored illustration captioned with the name of the object and a citation to a specific book and verse of the Bible. The back of each card has information about the object and then references to where in the Bible the item is mentioned. The printing is high quality and the illustrations are sharp and fine. $ ABC S - CATS & GNOMES 21. ABC. (GNOMES AND CATS) JOLLY ALPHABETS AND PUZZLES. London: Blackie, no date circa to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges sl. rubbed else fine. This book contains 2 alphabets and several puzzles at the end. First is a cat ABC illustrated with charming 3-color cat drawings by A.E. Kennedy to accompany simple poems about cats and their alphabetical adventures. There are also 2 full color plates by Albert Kaye. Next is a wonderful Gnome alphabet illustrated in 3-color by C.E.B. Bernard that also includes 2 color plates by him. The puzzle pages have one color plate by Ruth Cobb. A great ABC book. $ GREAT GNOME ALPHABET 22. ABC. (GNOMES) PIXIE ALPHABET BOOK. Lond.: Blackie ca to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine. This is a wonderful Gnome alphabet illustrated in full color and 3-color by C.E.B. Bernard. Although the only text is one word caption per letters, the pictures tell the stories of these adorable gnomes $ INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR 23. ABC. (JAPAN) A TO ZEN A Book About Japanese Culture by Ruth Wells. (Saxonville, MA): Picture Book Studio (1992). 4to (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 ), pictorial boards, As New in dust wrapper. First edition. Designed to be read from back to front like a traditional Japanese book, the text introduces Japanese words from A-Z. Illustrated by Yoshi with wonderful large full color pictures on every page. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY YOSHI. $100.00

6 Pg 6 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 LOVELY COLOR WOODCUTS 24. ABC. (MAYO,EILEEN) NATURE S ABC. Lond.: Universal Text Books no date, circa to, pictorial cloth, fine. Illustrated with fabulous color woodcuts by noted artist Mayo. The text in calligraphy is in simple prose with the letter printed as a prominent red capital when it appears in the text. Really artistically stunning. $ ANTI-NAZI ALPHABET 29. ABC. (NAZI) HET ABC VAN HET NAZIREGIEM. (Brussels: Leuven 1944). 12mo, pictorial wraps, slight soil else near Fine. Every page illustrated in full color by Herman A. Vos with each letter ridiculing Nazi party leaders and the movement. A is for Adolph. C is for Censorship, T is for Terror, U is for Uncle Sam. I is for the Israelite ten doode toe geplaagd ( I is for the Israelite who was haunted to death - shown in front of barbed wire of a concentration camp is a stereotypical Jewish man with a gold star on his arm), F is de Fuhrer, dies ons land heeft leeggegapt ( F is for Furer who bled our country - Hitler is shown leaving the country carrying a huge bag of food over his shoulder). $ ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) ALPHABET OF COUNTRY SCENES. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date, circa Large 4to (9 x 10 1/2 ), pictorial wraps with all pages mounted on linen, spine rubbed else VG-Fine. This is a stunning ABC book printed on one side of the page with each page of text facing a rich full page chromolithograph divided into 4 panels. Pictures depict a variety of scenes: V is for Vine and picking grapes, Q is for Quince used to make pies. $ McLOUGHLIN SOLDIER ALPHABET 26. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS ABC. NY: McLoughlin Bros to, (8 1.2 x 10 2/4 ), pictorial wraps, some shelf wear, VG+. Brightly illustrated with chromolithographs on every page showing little boys and soldiers including Rough Riders, Zouave etc. Last leaf is a soldier multiplication table. $ WONDERFUL McLOUGHLIN ABC OF NAMES 27. ABC. (McLOUGHLIN) MY ABC. Springfield: McLoughlin (1938). 12mo, pictorial boards, VG+. A Little Color Classic illustrated by Dorothy Hope Smith with charming color illustrations in typical 30 s style. Each letter represents several different children s name. $ #27 # ABC. (NISTER) ABC FOR THE LITTLE ONES. Lond: Nister, nd circa to, cloth backed pictorial boards., some soil and wear to covers else VG. This beautiful Victorian ABC is printed on thick card pages. Q is for Queenie, Z is for Zulu Doll. Illustrated in color on every page. $ NEWBERY HONOR ANNE PARRISH 31. ABC. (PARRISH) THE STORY OF APPLEBY CAPPLE by Anne Parrish. NY: Harper & Bros. (1950). 4to (9 x 12 ), yellow cloth, 184p., VG+ in dust wrapper (lightly soiled dw). First edition. Apple s search for the rare Zebra butterfly also presents a nonsense ABC book in 26 chapters, each with a character to represent a letter. Illustrated with color ep s and more than 50 b&w s with each letter in a humanized form. An imaginative book. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. $ ABC. (NAMES) NURSERY ALPHABET by A. Clifton-Shelton. Lond., Nelson circa to stiff pictorial wraps, fine. Each letter stands for a different names. Wonderfully illustrated in typical 30 s style with full color illustrations on every page by Grace Clifton-Shelton. U is Unita. Text is in verse. $ ABC. (PRIMER) PICTORIAL FIRST BOOK FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. Phil.: Presbyterian Board of Publication, circa mo, brown embossed cloth, 64p., some wear to spine ends, VG+. This is a charming primer for the young child. The first section is a bible alphabet with fine large engravings for each letter, followed by word lists and easy reading pages. Most pages are illustrated and the pictorial title is signed by S. Wallin. A well printed primer. $300.00

7 Helen & Marc Younger ABC WITH 8 JIGSAW PUZZLES 33. ABC. (PUZZLES) PICTURE ABC BOOK. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa to (8 1/2 x 10 1/2), patterned box with pictorial pasteon, flaps strengthened and box rubbed else VG-Fine and complete. Housed in the original box are 8 fine chromolithographed pages for an ABC of Objects. There are also 8 wooden jigsaw puzzles - 4 double-sided puzzles - that correspond to each of the printed sheets which are used as guides for completing the puzzles. I is for Ice Cream, P is for Perambulator, X is for Xmas Tree. The box cover has a charming chromolithographed plate of 2 children playing dress-up done in the style of Maud Humphrey. This is a wonderful alphabet item remarkably intact. $ CHARMING RUSSIAN ABC 34. ABC. (RUSSIAN) ABC. This is a charming early 20th century Russian object alphabet. There is no publication information but based upon an image of an old car it appears to be circa to (7 1/2 x 10 ), stiff pictorial wraps, rear cover soiled some else VG+. Illustrated by Vyacheslava Kulikovskoto with 4 pages of chromolithographs and in brown line on other pages. $ Pg 7 GREAT TOYS AND GAMES ALPHABET 37. ABC. (TOYS) ABC OF GAMES AND TOYS. [London]: T. Nelson & Sons, no date, circa to (8 1/2 x 11 ), flexible pictorial card covers, spine slightly rough, VG+. Illustrated with wonderful, bright color illustrations filling every page (one by Rosa Petherick, most unsigned). The text in verse is printed in blue. A is for the Ark and N is for Noah, M is for Man o War and V is for the Volunteer Army. $ ABC. (TOYS) TOY STORE ABC. Newark: Charles Graham ca mo, pictorial cloth, near fine. This is a charming linen alphabet of toys with color pictorial covers, 2 full page color illustrations and 4 full pages of brown line illustrations. Each page has many objects on it - A is for Ark, N is for Nine Pins and O is for Omnibus depicting a horse drawn wagon. $ helen@alephbet.com UNUSED TUCK ABC PAINT BOOK 35. ABC. (SHAPE BOOK) THE COMIC ABC PAINTING BOOK. London - Paris -NY: Raphael Tuck Oblong 8vo (8 3/8 x 7 ), pictorial wraps die-cut in the shape of an owl at an easel. One small mend else near Fine and unused. An alphabet of animals in rhyme is illustrated in brown line on every page. There are 4 fine chromolithographed pages, each of which faces the same picture drawn only in line, meant to be painted by the child. P is Puggy his Mistress s joy / Though sometimes his barks will people annoy. $ THREE ABC S IN ONE BOOK 39. ABC. (TOYS) WONDER ABC BOOK : THREE JOLLY ALPHABETS. Lond.: Collins ca to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some rubbing, VG+. Featuring ALPHABET OF TOYS, ALPHABET OF ANIMALS AND ALPHABET OF NURSERY RHYMES, wonderfully illustrated in bright colors by CECILY STEAD and E.W.B. It s interesting to note that A is for African rather than Negro. $ ABC. (SUNBONNET) THE SUNBONNET BABIES A-B-C BOOK: A Modern Hornbook by Eulalie Osgood Grover. Chic: Rand. McN. (1929). 4to, cloth, 64p., pictorial paste-on, some cover soil and sl. finger soil, VG. 1st ed. A charming alphabet book, illustrated by BERTHA CORBETT MELCHER with lovely full page color illustrations opposite each page of text. Very scarce in the 1st ed. $ FRENCH ABC OF TRADES 40. ABC. (TRADES) MON ALPHABET. Paris: B. Sirven, no date, circa to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial card covers, spine lightly rubbed else VG+. Illustrated with bright colors filling every page by P. Laborde. Most letters represent various trades including Chef, Shepherd, Tinsmith, Cooper, Juggler, Sailor and more. Quite charming and not a common alphabet. $250.00

8 Pg 8 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 TUCK TRAIN ABC SHAPE BOOK 41. ABC. (TRAINS) RAILROAD ABC. London: Tuck Narrow folio (7 1/2 X 14 1/4 ) die-cut in the shape of a train, several margin mends and one chip, sl. soil, VG. A wonderful ABC where each letter illustrates a different aspect of train travel. Each page beautifully illustrated including 4 pages of detailed chromolithographs. $ (ALDIN,CECIL)illus. CECIL ALDIN HAPPY FAMILY TITLES. The following books are uniform in size and binding (7 1/4 wide x 7 7/8 high, boards with pictorial paste-ons), conditions noted. They were written by May Byron as part of Cecil Aldin s Happy Family Books. Illustrated by Aldin with 6 color plates, one of which is double-page, 8 full page black and whites plus pictorial endpapers. All published in New York by Hodder & Stoughton circa #41 #42 AUNT LOUISA LONDON TOYBOOK 42. ABC. (TRAINS) RAILWAY A.B.C. Lond.: Warne ca to, pictorial wraps, VG+. An Aunt Louisa London Toybook printed on one side of the paper by Kronheim, featuring six fine full page illustrations for rhymes about the various letters - all with a railroad theme. $ WITH THREE ABC S 43. ABC. (VICTORIAN) MY BOOK OF ALPHABET RHYMES AND JINGLES. Boston: De Wolfe Fisk, circa to, cloth backed pictorial boards, light shelf wear, VG+. A fun book for children containing 3 separate ABC s and simple stories with short words. Illustrated with 4 charming full page chromolithographs and photogravures. $ a. HUMPTY DUMPTY. The story about 2 adorable bunnies, in fine condition. $ b. HUMPTY DUMPTY. Another copy. Narrow light stain on 2 of spine otherwise VG+. $ c. MASTER QUACK. The story about ducklings, in fine condition. $ d. RAGS. The story about a mischievous dog. Light narrow stain on 2 of spine else VG+, $ e. RUFUS The story about a stray cat. Narrow spine stain and in margin of one page else VG+. $ f. PETER S DINNER PARTY. The story about a Pig that was a chef. Neat paper repair on rear gutter else Fine condition. A title in Cecil Aldin s Merry Party Series - same size and format of above but with printed color cover. $ ABC SEE ALSO 72, 85, 168, 192M 214M 216, 236, 264, 303, 449, 514, 553, 557 ADULT (BETTER KNOWN FOR ADULT BOOKS)- 44, 493, 536, 540 ADVERTISING 2, 3, 12, 13, 201, 225, 293, 336 AESOP 116 AFRICA 180, 434 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR PUSH-PIN STUDIO ARTIST 44. AIKEN,CONRAD. CATS AND BATS AND THINGS WITH WINGS. NY: Atheneum to (9 3/4 x 10 1/4 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. Poems by Aiken, wonderfully and innovatively illustrated by MILTON GLASER, one of the founders of the Push-Pin Studio. This copy in INSCRIBED BY AIKEN: For Phyllis: This product of second childhood. With love from Conrad $ ALL ABOUT PETER PAN * HANSEL & GRETHEL * LITTLE BOY BLUE 46. ALL ABOUT BOOKS. LITTLE BOY BLUE GIFT BOX. NY: Cupples & Leon (1924, 1917, 1924). Offered here are 3 titles in the All About Series: All About Little Boy Blue by Emma Gelders Sterne, All About Hansel & Grethel and All About Peter Pan retold by Emma Gelders Sterne after J.M. Barrie, housed in the original red gift box with printed label. All books are 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ), pictorial boards with pictorial paste-ons. All are in fine condition in fine dust wrappers and are illustrated with 8 color plates and line drawings in text. Hansel & Grethel is illustrated by Johnny Gruelle and the other two are illustrated by Thelma Gooch. This is a rare boxed set. $800.00

9 Helen & Marc Younger HELEN STRATTON S ART NOUVEAU ANDERSEN 47. ANDERSEN,HANS CHRISTIAN. HANS ANDERSEN S FAIRY TALES. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1899). Thick 4to, blue-gray pictorial cloth elaborately decorated, 320p., near fine. 1st U.S. edition. Introduction by Edward E. Hale. Illustrated by HELEN STRATTON with more than 400 beautifully detailed black and white art nouveau illustrations such that nearly every page has at least one large drawing on it. A lavish and lovely edition in great condition. $ Pg 9 #50 helen@alephbet.com ANDERSEN, HANS C. ALSO 48, 471, 320, (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANDERSEN S FAIRY STORIES by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. London: Collins no date, circa to, 160p., blue cloth stamped in gold, pictorial paste-on, some foxing, VG+. 11 fairy tales are illustrated by Anderson with 8 beautiful color plates plus full and partial page line illus. and pictorial endpapers. $ LOVELY COLOR ORIGINAL ART WITH TENNIS THEME 49. ANDERSON,WAYNE. LEPRECHAUN COMPANION: ORIGINAL ART. This is the original drawing that appears on page 40. of Niall Macnamara s book the Leprechaun Companion published in The image itself is 6 wide x 8 greatly reduced in the book. It is done on tracing paper dry mounted on acid free paper. Executed in color pencil, depicted is a large leprechaun serving a tennis ball with a smaller leprechaun sitting on a toadstool. The tennis net is held up by 2 smaller toadstools. Anderson is a British artist who has previously won the Gold Medal for the best illustrated children s book (Ratsmagic) and who won the 2001 National Art Library Illustration Award. An absolutely charming image, sold with fine first edition of the book. $ STUNNING COLOR PLATES IN STYLE OF CLARKE 51. ARABIAN NIGHTS. THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS by Ernst Roenau. (Chic: Julius Wisotzki) no date. circa Folio (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 64p., Fine. Illustrated by ROSA with 10 absolutely stunning mounted color plates and with detailed b&w s in the text - in the style of Clarke and Dulac and done with an artistic flair and bold use of color. Truly a beauty. $ ARABIAN NIGHTS ALSO 187, 208, 210, 211, 339, 340, 443, 490, 542, 546 ARNOUX, GUY 435, 436 ART (ORIGINAL) 49, 77, 163, 183, 186, 188, 206, 239, 247, 296, 312, 329, 330, 331, 441, 486, 502, 517, 518, 554, 555 GIORGIO SETTALA JEWISH-ITALIAN ARTIST 52. ART DECO. COME NAPPINO E GONNELLINA ATTRAVERSARONO L OCEAN. Milano - Roma: Casa Editrice D Arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, no date, circa vo ( 6 1/4 x 8 ), 20p., pictorial wraps, slight cover soil else near fine. Published as a gift to children traveling on the ocean liners of the Italian Navigation General Company, the story describes how much fun children will have with all the activities offered on their trip to America. Illustrated with striking art deco color lithographs by the Italian-Jewish artist Giorgio Settala [Hirsch]. Settala ( ) was a member of the Jewish artists in Trieste, Italy during WWII whose work was temporarily affected by the Nazi racial laws. Quite scarce with classic deco designs. $ ANDRE,R. 230, (ANGEL,MARIE)illus. WE WENT LOOKING by Aileen Fisher. NY: Thomas Crowell ( code). Oblong 4to (9 x 8 1/4 ), cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. First edition, First printing. A poem by noted poet Fisher, illustrated with exquisite color illustrations on every page by Angel depicting various forest animals in search of a badger. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $85.00 ANTHROPOMORPHIC 59, 233, 259, 313, 337, 496, 579 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN 53. ART DECO. SING SONG PICTURE BOOK by Heribert and Johannes Gruger, English words by Betty Graham Swing. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1931). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed and covers lightly soiled else VG+. This is an English language edition of a popular German music book, printed in Germany and featuring musical notation and fabulous, Art Deco style color illustrations by Gruger with objects artfully arranged on the pages. $ ART DECO ALSO 140, 236, 243, 400, 568, 572, 592 ART NOUVEAU 47, 101, 314, 440 ARTHURIAN - 203

10 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE FAIRY TALE HANKIES 54. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. FAIRY TALES. No pub. information, circa to, stiff pictorial wraps, (11 1/4 x 10 1/4 ), color plate on cover, minor shelf wear, near Fine. There are 8 color pictorial hankies by Attwell (10 1/2 inches square), one for each fairy tale. Includes Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Changeling Baby, Babes in the Wood, Robinson Crusoe, Sleeping Beauty and Jack in the Beanstalk. The color plate on the cover is fabulous. Rare. $ KANGAROOS! 58. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. HISTORY OF THE HOPPERS by B. Parker. London: W.R. Chambers, no date [1912]. Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 ), pictorial boards, new spine and endpapers, slight edge rubbing else near fine. 1st and probably only edition of this fabulous picture book collaboration of the Parkers. Hoards of humanized kangaroos are shown doing a variety of human activities with other Australian animals (dingos, koalas, etc.). Written in verse by B. Parker and illustrated with full page and in text color and line illustrations by N. PARKER. This is a nice copy of a great picture book and surprisingly one of only a very few devoted entirely to kangaroos. (See Muir bibliog. 5707). Rare. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $ SCARCE ATTWELL TITLE 55. (ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE)illus. FAIRY-LAND. no place. Nelson, no date, owner dated to (9 x 11 ), 32p., cloth backed pictorial boards. Rear board with some soil and light edge rubbing, VG+. Four fairy tales Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Hop O My Thumb and Tom Thumb are illustrated by Attwell with 8 fantastic color plates plus 19 charming pen and ink illustrations intext. A scarce Attwell title. $ ATTWELL SEE ALSO 71 DOLLS * CATS * CHRISTMAS - PRINTED BY KRONHEIM 56. AUNT LOUISA. AUNT LOUISA S NURSERY FAVOURITE. London: Warne no date, owner inscribed to (9 1/4 x 10 1/2 ), green gilt pictorial cloth, light shelf wear else bright and clean, near Fine. Containing 24 full page chromolithographs to accompany Edith and Milly s House-Keeping about dolls and doll houses, Pussy s London Life in verse by C.E. Bowen, The Robin s Christmas Eve also by C.E. Bowen and Uncle s Farmyard. The beautiful illustrations are printed by KRONHEIM on one side of the paper. Scarce in such nice condition. Aunt Louisa see also 112, 229, 346 $ AUSTRALIA ALSO 250, AUTOS AVIATION 313, 401 THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE SERIES NO AWDRY,REV. W. FOUR LITTLE ENGINES. London: Edmund Ward Ltd. (1955). Oblong 16mo (5 5/8 x 4 1/4 ), black cloth, 62 numbered pages, Fine in slightly edge frayed dust wrapper. 1st edition of the 10th book in the series starring Thomas the Tank Engine. Awdry introduces 4 new engines looked after by the Thin Controller and also includes the Fat Controller s engines. Every other page has a charming full page color illustration. $ BAKER, JOSEPHINE 103 A SELECTION OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBOS 60. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (PEAT, FERN BISEL) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Cleveland: Harter (1931). 4to (7 5/8 x 10 ), red patterned cloth, circular pictorial paste-on, near Fine. STATED FIRST EDITION! Boldly and brightly illustrated in color by FERN BISEL PEAT with 8 color plates plus 12 full page and 1 smaller black and whites. Extremely rare in this first edition. $ RARE ABORIGINE FAIRY TITLE 57. AUSTRALIAN INTEREST. GULLY FOLK by Minnie Rowe. Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Co., no date circa vo (6 3/4 x 8 3/4 ), boards, pictorial paste-on, 77p., VG+ in pictorial dust wrapper (dw with some soil and wear). The story involves Dick and Betty s encounters with aboriginal people and the various fairies in the Gully. Illustrated by the author with 6 fantastic color plates and many line illustrations. This is a rare Australian fairy book, especially in the dust wrapper. Muir $975.00

11 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 RARE SAMBO NOVELTY BOOK IN SPANISH 61. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (THEATRE SHAPED) EL NEGRITO SAMBO. no place [Barcelona]: Libro Escenario Juventud, circa to (9.5 x 8 ), cloth backed boards, slightest of cover soil else VG+. This is a theatre novelty panorama book which opens in the center, There are 7 full page color scenes in the center with the text, and there are also color illustrations on both side panels. The vibrant color illustrations are by J. Vinals. This is a rare version of this story. $ [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. no pub. info., Printed in U.S.A., ca vo, pictorial wraps, fine. Illus. in color by an unknown hand, Sambo and his family are portrayed as Indians in terms of their clothing and skin tone. No credit is given to Bannerman as the author. $ #65 # [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. (HAYS,ETHEL) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Akron: Saalfield Folio, pictorial wraps, 2 margin mends else VG+. Wonderfully illustrated in bright colors on every page MOVEABLE SAMBO IN DUST WRAPPER 66. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (MOVEABLE) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Duenewald (1943). 8vo, spiral backed pictorial boards, slight wear else near fine in chipped and sl. worn dw. A MOVEABLE SAMBO illustrated in color by JULIAN WEHR and featuring 6 really terrific moveable plates done in color. Quite difficult to find in the dw and a nice copy. $ UNCOMMON EDITION 67. BANNERMAN,HELEN. (MOORE,ROBERT) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. NY: Gross. & Dun. (1942). Sq. 4to, pictorial boards, VG+ in worn dw. Illus. in color by Robert Moore in an unusual and typical 40 s style. Very scarce. $ by ETHEL HAYS. Cute version, quite #67 #68 scarce. $ BOOKS IN PUBLISHER S BOX INCL. PEAT, THORNE, SCOTT 63. BANNERMAN,HELEN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO [in] HI-HO STORY BOX. Akron: Saalfield ca There are 4 books, 9 1/4 X 10 1/4 each in fine condition in the original publisher s pictorial box. Each of the books has a pictorial wrapper duplicating the covers. Sambo is illustrated by FLORENCE WHITE WILLIAMS with 6 color illustrations, 9 b&w s, pictorial endpapers plus covers in color by Eleanor March. The other titles include Mother Goose by Fern Bisel Peat, One Happy Day by Janet Laura Scott and Baby Animal Stories illustrated by Diana Thorne. Rare and wonderful. $ [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. (LAMONT,VIOLET) LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Racine: Whitman Square 12mo, pictorial boards, Fine. A Tell-A-Tale book. Illustrated in color by VIOLET LaMONT depicting a racially neutral Sambo with darkish skin but with no distinguishing characteristics of any race - this Sambo can almost be perceived as white. $ #64 TOY THEATRE WITH 4 BOOKS 64. [BANNERMAN,HELEN]. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO * THREE LITTLE PIGS * RUMPELSTILTSKIN * THREE BEARS [IN] PLAYETTE MOVING PICTURE THEATRE. (NY: Playette Corp. 1942). Housed in the original shipping box are 2 books, each 8 3/4 x 7 3/4 spiral bound on top. Each book has two stories - Sambo is paired with the Three Pigs. Brightly illustrated in bold colors by Dick Briefer. The set comes with a die-cut fold-out stage, removable scenery and text for a play version on separate cards. It also has a few die-cut figures for decoration, admission tickets and instructions. When assembled, the theatre measures 18 wide by 10 deep and 12 high. It is designed so that the books can be inserted into a slot in the rear and the child operates a lever that changes the scene as the play is being read. Extremely rare. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>

12 Pg 12 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INCLUDING SAMBO, PETER RABBIT, PETER PAN & GRUELLE 69. [BANNERMAN,HELEN AND BEATRIX POTTER]. THE ALL ABOUT STORY BOOK. NY: Cupples & Leon (1929). 4to, orange cloth, Fine in worn dw. 12 classic children s stories including Peter Rabbit (Potter piracy illus. by Dick Hartley and Kirby Parrish); Little Black Sambo (illus. by Johnny Gruelle), Little Red Riding Hood; Peter Pan; Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella, Three Pigs, etc. Illustrated in full color by Gruelle, Thelma Gooch and others, (beautiful full color frontis of Hansel & Gretel by Gruelle). Rare in the dw and an interesting version of Sambo. $ PETER PAN ALPHABET BOOK 72. [BARRIE,J.M.]. PETER PAN ALPHABET by Oliver Herford. NY: Scribner 1907 (1907). 4to, (7x8 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight cover soil, VG. 1st ed. An ABC book with each letter using a character or theme from Peter Pan and with a full page illus. facing each page of verse. Quite scarce. $ BANNERMAN, HELEN SEE ALSO 114 RARE NEWBERY HONOR 70. (BANNON,LAURA)illus. PECOS BILL, THE GREATEST COWBOY OF ALL TIME by James Cloyd Bowman. Chic.: Whitman 1937 (1937). Small 4to (6 1/2 x 9 ), 296p., cloth, fine in frayed dust wrapper with some chipping. 1st edition. The story tells of the exploits of the legendary, largerthan-life cowboy Pecos Bill. Illustrated by Bannon with 6 stunning full page lithos plus many other striking full and partial page b&w lithos. Newbery Honor. Very scarce. $ BARRIE ALSO 46, 475 BARUCH, DOROTHY 146 BATTLEDORE EXTRA FINE FIRST EDITION OF THE WIZARD OF OZ 73. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Chic: George M. Hill Large 8vo, pale green cloth stamped in red and green, 261p., Fine and bright - clean and tight, housed in custom cloth box. 1st ed., second state with no box around ads on page 2, 1st line on page 14 reads low wail of, p.81 fourth line from bottom spells pieces correctly, p.[227] 1st line reads While the Woodman, colophon in 13 lines with no box, verso title page has copyright, imperfect type on pages 100, 186, color plates perfect on p. 34 and 92. Binding state c with publishers imprint in red serifed type with the o of Co. inside the C. Hanff/Greene I.2 binding state C, Peter Parley To Penrod p Wonderful color illustrations by W.W. Denslow for one of the most famous children s books of all times. This is a remarkable, beautiful, clean copy of the first edition. $32, INSCRIBED BY ATTWELL WITH WATERCOLOR ON ENDPAPER 71. BARRIE,J.M. PETER PAN AND WENDY. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd ca Thick 4to, blue. cloth, sl. fade spots on covers else VG+ Illustrated by MABEL LUCY ATTWELL with 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates and many b&w s in-text. This copy is INSCRIBED BY ATTWELL WITH A LOVELY FULL PAGE WATERCOLOR OF A BABY MERMAID PLAYING WITH BUBBLES! A special copy, Attwell s watercolors in books being exceedingly scarce. $ ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL MOVEABLES COMPLETE WITH UNCUT WADDLES! 74. BAUM,L.FRANK. WIZARD OF OZ WADDLE BOOK. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 4to, cloth, fine in sl. frayed dw with a few mends. 1st ed., 1st state. Illustrated with 8 color plates (HG p.35-6). THIS COPY INCLUDES THE 6 WADDLE FIGURES ALL OF WHICH ARE UNPUNCHED, THE RAMP AND THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE RAMP! Enclosed in the original pictorial envelope are the ramp and fasteners. A few Waddle pieces are neatly reinforced at creases). The waddle book is designed with die-cut figures that can be assembled into full three dimensional color figures. When the figures are assembled using the metal fasteners they can actually move down the ramp without contrivances! Instructions for assembling the figures are in the rear. Included are Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Wizard and the Lion. The book is illustrated by Denslow. This is a Baum book of the utmost rarity with few copies surviving with the waddles intact and few are known with waddles unpunched. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $28,500.00

13 Helen & Marc Younger NEAR FINE COPY - BAUM AND PARRISH 75. BAUM,L.FRANK. MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE. Chicago: Way & Williams (1897). 4to, 265p., grey pictorial cloth stamped in color on both covers. Name erased from endpaper and slightest soil on covers else a tight near Fine copy. First edition, second issue (all 16-page signatures, terminal leaf concluding on p. [272] - see Schiller catalogue #5). Illustrated by MAXFIELD PARRISH. This is the FIRST BOOK WITH MAXFIELD PARRISH S ILLUSTRATIONS AND ALSO L. FRANK BAUM S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK FOR CHILDREN! Illustrated by Parrish with wonderful color pictorial covers, pictorial title page, plus 12 full page black and white plates. For the text, Baum retells many classic nursery rhymes in story format. An unusually nice copy of one of the most desired of all children s books, rare in this condition. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ---->>>>>>> Pg 13 #75 helen@alephbet.com BEAUTIFUL COPY OF SECOND OZ TITLE 76. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton to, green pictorial cloth, 287p. some slight rubbing to outer joints and neat repair to front hinge else near FINE AND BRIGHT! 1st ed. second state, A binding in green with full title on cover and all points. Illustrated by J.R.NEILL with 16 full color plates plus b&w s in text (photo pictorial ep s of Montgomery and Stone). A beautiful copy of the second Oz book, rarely found in this condition. HG II. $ ORIGINAL OZ ART INSCRIBED BY NEILL 77. (BAUM,L. FRANK - JOHN R. NEILL) ORIGINAL OZ ART: WONDER CITY OF OZ: DRAGON. This is a wonderfully detailed pen and ink by Neill used as the half-title for the book of Wonder City of Oz, written and illustrated by Neill (1940). The image measures 10 wide x 7, matted and framed to 15 x 13. There is a large drawing of the 2-headed dragon below which is the hand lettered half-title as it appears in the book: The Wonder City Of Oz. Beneath that is a fabulous INSCRIPTION FROM NEILL: Dear Children: The question is Were the pictures made for the story, or, was the story made for the pictures? J.R.N. A wonderful Oz-Neill item. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ # (BAUM,L.FRANK) THE GNOME KING OF OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1927). 4to, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight soil and rubbing, near fine. First edition (Hanff-Greene XXI) illustrated by J.R. NEILL with 12 color plates (coated on both sides) plus b&w s. This is a beautiful copy. $ (BAUM,L.FRANK). LUCKY BUCKY IN OZ by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1942). 4to, rose cloth, pictorial paste-on, 289p., near fine. 1st ed. (16 page gathering, pictorial ep s). An Oz book both written and illustrated by Neill, this was Neill s last Oz book. $475.00

14 Pg 14 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue BAUM,L.FRANK. PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1913). 4to, green pictorial cloth, 341p. + 5p. of ads. Tiny snag at base of spine and name erased from title edge else VERY FINE and bright! 1st ed. (H/G VII) ( but c in chap. 3 on p. 35 does not overlap text). Illustrated by J.R. Neill with fabulous color pictorial endpapers plus a profusion of color and b&w illus. throughout the text. The 5 pages of ads offer synopses of the previous five titles for those readers new to the series. A wonderful copy of this early Oz title, rare in this condition. $ #84 MINT IN DUST WRAPPER - INSCRIBED 81. (BAUM,L.FRANK) PIRATES IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1931) 4to, blue-green cloth, pictorial paste-on, MINT IN DUST WRAPPER (dw not price clipped, frayed with ads through this title). 1st edition, 1st state (H-G XXV), illustrated by J.R. NEILL with cover plate, pictorial endpapers, 12 beautiful color plates (coated one side) plus b&w s in-text. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON on the half-title. This is a beautiful and special copy of the 25th Oz title. $ (BAUM,L.FRANK). SCALAWAGONS OF OZ by John R. Neill. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1941). 4to, rose cloth, pictorial paste-on, 309p., VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw frayed but VG). 1st ed. in 1st state dw (HG XXXV (16 page gatherings, hyphenated spine, $1.50, mis-spelling Scallywagons on rear flap of dw). Written by Neill and illustrated by him in black and white. This is a particularly nice copy. $ RARE BAUM ALPHABET BOOK 85. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE NAVY ALPHABET. Chicago: George Hill Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards. Slight cover soil, edges rubbed a bit as usual, corner of blank endpaper repaired else a VG+, nice clean copy. 1st and only edition. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has hand-lettered text below which appear wonderful, rich full color illustrations by HARRY KENNEDY - all with a navy theme. Very scarce, especially in such nice condition. $ MINT TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS IN DUST WRAPPER! 86. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TWINKLE AND CHUBBINS: their astonishing adventures in Nature Fairyland by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1911) 8vo, yellow cloth pictorially stamped in green, red and black, 384p., MINT IN DUST WRAPPER (Wrapper has piece off top edge of spine with loss of lettering and other normal wear, but VG). First and only edition (Schiller 219, Baughman 74, dust wrapper is variant 2 - Bienvenue p.291). The text contains all 6 of the Twinkle Tales that first appeared pseudononymously in 1906: Mr. Woodchuck, Bandit Jim Crow, Prairie Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Twinkle s Enchantment and Sugar-Loaf Mountain. Illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright s sister) with 94 color illustrations plus several b&w s. This is an incredible copy of a very scarce Baum title, extremely rare in the pictorial dust wrapper. $ (BAUM,L.FRANK) SILVER PRINCESS IN OZ by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (1938). 4to, red cloth, slight rubbing else near Fine. 1st ed. 1st state with pictorial endpapers and 16p. gathers. (H-G XXXII). Illus. by J.R. NEILL in black and white throughout (as issued), this is a beautiful copy. $ ST PRINTING - BAUM AS FLOYD AKERS 84. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS IN PANAMA by Floyd Akers (pseud. of Baum). Chic.: Reilly & Britton (1908). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 ), brown cloth stamped in black, cream and white, 310p., VG-Fine (3rd color plate is opposite p.248, cover picture sl. rubbed, small rough area front hinge). 1st edition, 1st printing of the second Boy Fortune Hunters title (open book on title, Chicago printed twice on title, no ads at end, Bienvenue p. 283 variant with last line on p.310 is powerless to control not THE END). Illustrated with 4 color plates by Howard Heath. This is a great copy of a rare series book by Baum writing under his pseudonym of Akers. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT COLUMN) $ [BAUM,L.FRANK]. TAMAWACA FOLKS by John Estes Cooke. [Macatawa, Michicagan]: Tamawaca Press (1907). 8vo, green cloth stamped in blue and white, 185p., FINE. 1st ed. The title is an anagram for Macatawa, the resort on Lake Michigan where Baum wrote many of his books and serves as the setting for this satire. Baum himself makes a brief appearance in this summer comedy as Mr. Wright. The book may have been published by Baum himself, and it was certainly available only at Macatawa and among the small community there (Swann/ Greene 165). Quite scarce and a beautiful copy. $

15 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 15 INCREDIBLE COPY OF A RARE BAUM FIRST EDITION 88. [BAUM,L.FRANK]. POLICEMAN BLUEJAY by Laura Bancroft. Chicago: Reilly & Britton (1907). 4to, cl. backed pictorial boards, [116]p. + [3]p. ads, tips sl. rubbed else FINE. 1st ed. A wonderful fantasy, often considered one of Baum s finest (Schiller cat. #168). This is illustrated by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright s sister) with 8 color plates plus many black and whites. This title was reprinted as Babes In Birdland which is also scarce, however this first edition is particularly difficult to find and this is an incredible copy $ MASTER KEY FANTASY 89. BAUM,L.FRANK. THE MASTER KEY: an electrical fairy tale. Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill (1901). 8vo, 245p., green gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover soil and signatures spring but binding tight and overall VG. 1st ed. 3rd state with copyright notice 1 25/32 and all 16 page signatures except the first. Illustrated by FANNY CORY with 12 wonderful color plates plus b&w chapter heads and tails. A wonderful fantasy written about Baum s own son. Baum Bugle Autumn $ BAUM,L.FRANK. THE ENCHANTED ISLAND OF YEW. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1903). 4to, tan pictorial cloth stamped in orange and black, 242p., near fine. 1st edition, 1st state with title page printed only in orange and black, printed by Braunworth., illus. p. 238 printed upside down and pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by FANNY CORY with 8 lovely color plates plus b&w s in text. A beautiful copy. $ OZ IMITATION 92. BAUM IMITATION. THE GOLDEN GOBLIN by Curtis Dunham. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (Sept. 1906). 4to, grey pictorial boards, sl. wear, near Fine. First edition of this fantasy, and an obvious imitation of the Wizard of Oz. It is illustrated by GEORGE F.KERR with 8 color plates. In addition, literally every page is illustrated with the text being superimposed upon the illustrations. These background illustrations are done in a series of various colors from yellow to blue to green to orange etc. A particularly nice copy of a most attractive and scarce children s book. $ BEARS / MOTHER GOOSE PICTURE BOOK 93. BEARS. FRANK VER BECK S BEARS IN MOTHER GOOSE LAND, new lines by Hanna Rion, old lines by Mother Goose herself. NY: Doran, circa 1910, large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, sl. spine wear, VG+. Illustrated by FRANK VER BECK with color frontis plus 2-color or b&w s on each page. (Ver Beck was the illustrator of Baum s New Wonderland and a Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus book). Printed on heavy coated paper. Nice and quite scarce! $ RARE TEDDY BEAR BOOK 94. BEARS. TEDDY BEARS by Adah Louise Sutton. Akron: Saalfield (1907). 4to, pictorial boards, 154p. + ads, paper spine neatly strengthened else VG+. A family of teddy bears comes alive in the nursery in this detailed fantasy. Illustrated with 6 color plates, many line illustrations and pictorial covers by A.J. Schaffer. An early Teddy Bear book and very scarce. $ RARE OZ POSTER 91. (BAUM,L.FRANK). PATCHWORK GIRL AND SCARECROW POSTER. Grand Rapids, MI: American Seating Co., no date circa This is a charming color poster published as a teaching aide for schools. The Patchwork Girl and Scarecrow are shown depicting the improper way to sit at a desk and a color photo of a prim little girl shows the proper posture. In large print it reads: When seated at your studies, don t hump over nor slump down / like the Patchwork Girl or the Scarecrow, but / sit erect, like the Universal Girl. There is also a 4 stanza poem about proper posture. In tiny print below the Oz characters it reads: These quaint characters are quoted from the famous Oz Boos and were created by L. Frank Baum. Used by permission of Reilly & Lee Company, the publishers. Rare. $ THREE BEARS CUT-OUT PAPER DOLLS 95. BEARS. THE THREE BEARS CUTOUTS. Racine: Whitman Oblong 4to (9 3/4 x 8 3/4 ), stiff pictorial card wraps, Fine and unused. There are 6 pages of sturdy, brightly colored die-cut cardboard cutouts in color (by an unknown hand) for all of the characters plus background pieces that the child can use to act out the story. $ BEARS SEE ALSO 64, 202, 267, 567 BEES BAUM SEE ALSO 114

16 Pg 16 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE BEMELMANS TITLE 96. BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. FIFI. NY: Simon & Schuster (1940). 4to, pictorial boards, slightest of edge and tip wear else near Fine in a slightly worn price clipped dust wrapper (few closed tears on dw). 1st ed. A rare Bemelmans title, this is the adventure of Lord Fimple Fample s poodle that is kidnapped in Africa by natives but is eventually reunited with its family. Simply told in verse and marvelously illustrated in bright color on every page. Rare. $ BETTINA. COCOLO S HOME. NY: Harper Bros Folio, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. First edition. A beautiful and large picture book written and illustrated by Bettina (Erlich). This is the third book about a donkey and his young Mediterranean master who this time return to Ravaya-Reena, Italy. $ FINE COPY OF BETTS RAGGEDY MAN 98. (BETTS,ETHEL)illus. THE RAGGEDY MAN by James Whitcomb Riley. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1907). Large 4to (10 1/2 x 11 1/2 ), green cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine. First edition. Printed on coated paper. Illustrated by Betts (a Brandywine artist from Howard Pyle s school) with 8 magnificent rich color plates as well as with a lovely decorative border and line illustrations on each page of text. A nice copy of a beautiful book. $ BEWICK 214 BICYCLES AMAZING NISTER MOUNTAIN CLIMBING PICTURE BOOK 99. BINGHAM,CLIFTON. THE ANIMALS S ALPINE CLUB by Clifton Bingham. London: Nister, no date circa Oblong 4to (11 1/2 x9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, light edge and corner wear and margins toned else VG+. Bingham s humanized hippo, elephant and lion ascend the Alps with ropes and picks and all that mountain climbing entails. Illustrated by G.H. THOMPSON with 8 incredible full page chromolithographs and many full and partial page line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Perhaps the scarcest of their humanized animal series. Peeps Into Nisterland p $ NISTER PICTURE BOOK IN DUST WRAPPER GREAT HUMANIZED ANIMALS 100. BINGHAM,CLIFTON. FUNNY DOINGS IN ANIMAL LAND. London: Nister, no date circa Oblong 4to (11 1/2 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners slightly rubbed else FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (lacks back strip but has both covers). Bingham s text in verse featuring a humanized hippo, pig, rhino, lion, bear, and more is brought to life by G.H. THOMPSON with 8 incredible chromolithographed plates, 7 full page and many full and partial page line illustrations and pictorial endpapers. This is a great copy of one of the scarcer titles in their humanized animal series, rare in the dust wrapper. See Peeps Into Nisterland p.104. Bingham see also 144, 432, 457, 583. $ BIRDS 5, 88, 237, 384 STUNNING ART NOUVEAU ILLUSTRATIONS INSCRIBED TO KALLIR 101. (BIRNBAUM,URIEL)illus. DER KAISER UND DER ARCHITEKT: ein marchen in funfzig bildern [THE EMPEROR AND THE ARCHITECT. A Tale of Fifty Pictures] by Uriel Birnbaum. Leipzig und Wien: Thyrsos Verlag Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 ), blue cloth stamped in gold, 82p., corner of cover faded else near Fine. 1st edition. The text is a fairy tale about an emperor who had a vision of a heavenly city. An architect worked to build this dream city but when it was nearing completion it and the architect were destroyed by lightning. Illustrated with 50 fantastic full page richly colored illustrations in an art nouveau style that is unique to Birnbaum. This copy is INSCRIBED BY BIRNBAUM TO OTTO NIRENSTEIN KALLIR who founded the Viennese modern art Neue Galerie in This is a stunning book, quite scarce and with a nice association inscription. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ BLACK INTEREST. (BAILEY,CAROLYN SHERWIN) LI L HANNIBAL by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. NY: Platt and Munk (1938). Sm. 4to, pictorial cloth, fine in repaired dust wrapper. The adventures of a little Black boy down south who runs away to avoid doing his chores. Illus. in color and b&w by George Carlson. $ #103

17 Helen & Marc Younger JOSEPHINE BAKER S CHILDREN S BOOK 103. BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pictorial cloth, Fine. A children s book written by the famous ex-patriot Black singer Baker featuring her rainbow of children from all races. Wonderfully illustrated in rich color by PIET WORM. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $ BILLY WHISKERS 104. BLACK INTEREST. BILLY WHISKERS IN THE SOUTH by Frances Trego Montgomery. Akron: Saalfield (1917). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 148p. Fine in dust wrapper (dw edge chipping). Probable 1st edition of the 19th title in the series (no page of ads and no later titles on dw flap). Billy goes to Biloxi, Mississippi where he his usual number of misadventures. Featuring a grossly stereotypical Black character and illus. with 6 great color plates and many b&w s by WILL FITZGERALD. An exceptionally nice copy, scarce in wrapper. $ Pg 17 helen@alephbet.com RARE MINSTREL PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN 108. BLACK INTEREST. PANTOMIME AND MINSTREL SCENES: A PICTURE CARNIVAL FOR THE YOUNG. London & NY: Geo. Routledge & Sons Folio (10 1/4 x 1 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, two minor margin mends and slight tip wear else near Fine. Illustrated with 2 huge double page color spreads, 10 other full page color chromolithographs, plus one double-page brown illustration, 2 full page brown illustrations and illustrations in brown or orange on every page of text which is in verse. Featuring Harlequin, Clown, Columbine, Pantaloon and grossly stereotypical Black characters. Very rare and a great copy. $ JOHN HENRY 105. BLACK INTEREST. (FOLK TALES) JOHN HENRY by James Cloyd Bowman. Chic.: Whitman 1942 (1942). 8vo, cloth, 288p., Fine in dw. 1st ed. The story of Black American folk hero John Henry, illustrated with striking full color dust wrapper, color pictorial endpapers and color frontis, plus a profusion of strong b&w s by Roy Lagrone, a member of the Mechanical Department of the Tuskegee Institute. A beautiful copy and a great version of this tale. $ BLACK INTEREST. (HOGAN, INEZ) NICODEMUS AND THE NEWBORN BABY by Inez Hogan. NY: E.P. Dutton (1940). 8vo (5 7/8 x 7 3/4 ), pictorial boards, slight wear to spine ends else Fine in dust wrapper (some soil and rubbing to dw else VG). Stated First Edition, publisher s Sample Copy with stamp on dedication page. When Nicodemus discovers he has a new baby brother, his grandfather helps him to understand where babies come from. Illustrated with color lithos by Hogan and featuring Black dialect throughout. Very scarce. $ BLACK FAIRIES 107. BLACK INTEREST. LIZA JANE AND THE KINKIES written and illustrated by Mary Phipps. NY: Sears (1929) 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and edge rubbing, VG. Liza Jane s Mammy works for the white folk in the Big House and Liza Jane becomes lonely. From out of nowhere appear little black kewpie-ish fairies (Kinkies) to be her friends. With calligraphic text and color illustrations throughout, this is a very special and wonderful book. $ BLACK INTEREST. (STUART,RUTH McENRY) DADDY DO-FUNNY S WISDOM JINGLES by Ruth McEnry Stuart. NY: Century 1913 (1913). 8vo, cloth, 95p., edges of covers soiled else VG. 1st ed. Black folk poems in dialect as spoken by an ex-slave from a Crepe Myrtle plantation. Illustrated on every page in line in the style of Kemble by G.H. Clements. Very scarce. $ DIE-CUT HEADS 110. BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE COLORED BOYS. NY: Howell Soskins Obl. 4to, spiral backed boards, light soil and wear, VG+. Attached to the top of every page is a cardboard cut-out head in color of a little Black boy, so that as each page is turned, the number decreases according to the text of the counting rhyme. Illustrated in color and b&w by EMERY GONDOR. $ BLACK INTEREST. TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. nd circa to, pictorial wraps, sl. soiling to covers, else VG+. Illustrated with 12 fabulous full page chromolithographed illustrations (one is a double-page spread, not the same illustrations as in the Aunt Louisa version), and with musical notation inside both covers. Great color covers as well. A great edition and very scarce. $

18 Pg 18 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 SCARCE SEQUEL TO THE TEN LITTLE NIGGERS FILE COPY 112. BLACK INTEREST. NINE NIGGERS MORE. London & NY: Frederick Warne & Co., no date ca Square 4to (9 3/4 x 11 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, slight spine wear else Fine. This is a sequel to the Ten Little Niggers in Warne s Aunt Louisa s Toy Book New Series featuring 12 full page color illustrations depicting the Black characters and with musical notation for the song. Printed by the Dalziels. This is a publisher s file company stamped in margin. Quite scarce and a beautiful copy. $ NISTER BOOKS IN ORIGINAL IN BOX 115. BOXED LIBRARY. (NISTER) MY PET S LIBRARY. Lond: Nister, no date circa mo, cloth-backed pictorial boards., AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER S BOX (box slightly worn). Includes 6 miniature books (3 x 3 5/8 ): Sugar and Spice, Playfellows, Kittie, Little Chicks, Miss Mistletoe and Sandcastles each with simple stories. Every book has 4 fine full page chromolithographs plus many in-text illustrations. Rare in the box. $ DIE-CUT HEADS - SWISS/GERMAN TEXT 113. BLACK INTEREST. Z AH CHYLNI NEEGERLI [TEN LITTLE COLORED BOYS]. Zurich: Neue Bucher A.G. Verlagsbuchhandlung, no date, circa Oblong 4to (9 x 8 ), pictorial boards, near Fine. The text of this version is in Swiss- German, a dialect of German spoken in the northern parts of Switzerland that border Germany. Attached to the top of every page is a cardboard cut-out head in color of a little Black boy, so that as each page is turned, the number decreases according to the text of the counting rhyme. Illustrated with 8 full page rich color illustrations by an unknown hand. $ BOXED LIBRARY SEE ALSO 46, 64 BRANDYWINE ARTISTS 75, 98, 284, 416, 468-9, 538-9, 573, 576-7, INSCRIBED BY BRANSOM 116. (BRANSOM,PAUL)illus. AN ARGOSY OF FABLES selected & edited by F. T. Cooper. NY: Stokes (1921). Large thick 4to, 485p., blue pictorial cloth, sl. wear to end of spine else Fine. THIS COPY HAS A GREAT INSCRIPTION FROM BRANSOM READING: With best wishes for the one who receives this book and hoping they may enjoy these tales as much as I did in making the pictures. Sincerely, Paul Bransom March 24, Hundreds of fables from many eras and many lands including Aesop, Phaedrus, Babrius. Hindoo, Persian, Chinese, Armenian, Turkish, Polish, English, American Indian and more. Illustrated by Bransom with 24 richly colored and very beautiful color plates plus lovely pictorial endpapers. Really a nice book. (Realms of Gold p.105). Paul Bransom see also 261. $ BROCK, C.E BLACK INTEREST ALSO 53, 61-9, 202, 274, 279, BLOCH, LUCIENNE 122, 146 BOHNY, NIKOLAUS 252 BAUM INTRO.: FAIRY TALES * SAMBO * PETER RABBIT & MORE 114. BOXED LIBRARY. (BAUM,L.FRANK) CHRISTMAS STOCKING SERIES with: The Night Before Christmas * Little Black Sambo * Story of Peter Rabbit * Fairy Tales From Grimm * Fairy Tales From Andersen * Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty. Chicago: Reilly & Britton all dated (1905) except Peter Rabbit (1911). 6 volumes, 16mo (3 x 4 1/8 ), pictorial boards stamped in green, pictorial paste-on, spine ends worn on a few volumes, overall clean tight and VG+ IN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS STEAMER TRUNK WITH THE LID (lid repaired). 1st edition, 3rd printing of all titles except Peter Rabbit which is a 1st printing. Although not the first printing of this rare set, it is considered by many to be the most desirable in that it includes the three best titles: Sambo, Peter Rabbit and the Night Before Christmas. It also has the first issue of Peter Rabbit (an early Potter piracy) which replaced the Animal A.B.C. of earlier sets. Illustrated in color by JOHN R. NEILL and E.S. Hardy, with the Sambo retaining the original Bannerman illustrations. Each volume features an introduction by L. Frank Baum. In this set, 4 of the titles are printed in black but Peter Rabbit and Sambo are printed in blue. Nice sets in the complete box are scarce. See Bienvenue p.223 $ HAWAIIAN LEGEND WITH A COMPLETE SET OF 57 LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS 117. BROWN,MARCIA. BACKBONE OF THE KING: the story of Paka a and his son Ku. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press (1966, 1984). 4to, 180p., cloth, fine in dust wrapper. Originally published by Scribner in 1966, this edition is INSCRIBED BY BROWN to a person who helped her with the original edition of the book: To Margaret, Our old labors in a new color, but looking good because of your lovely work. With much love, Marcia. SOLD WITH A CLOTH FOLDER HOLDING A COMPLETE SET OF THE LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS USED IN THE BOOK, PULLED ON JAPANESE TISSUE! The inscription to the prints has the title in Marcia Brown s hand, giving the folder to Margaret A. Evans signed and dated June The text of the book retells an ancient Hawaiian legend of a brave young boy who endeavors to restore his father to his position of royal guardian to the king. It is based on a 19th century version of the story by Moses Nakuina. Brown discovered the legend on a trip to Hawaii and spent 12 months painting in preparation for the book. The prints are stunning and each one is signed by Brown. This is an amazing offering of work by a great Caldecott Award winning children s illustrator. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>...

19 Helen & Marc Younger RAREST MARGARET WISE BROWN TITLE 118. [BROWN,MARGARET WISE and EDITH HURD]. THE MAN IN THE MANHOLE AND THE FIX-IT MEN by Juniper Sage. NY: William R. Scott to (8 1/4 x 9 3/4 ), pictorial cloth. Fine in excellent dust wrapper with just a few small closed tears. 1st edition of this rare Brown book written in collaboration with Edith Hurd. One of Scott s creative education books, this shows what fix-it men do underneath the streets and in the air. Marvelously illustrated in color by Bill Ballantine (who went on to become a well known professional circus clown). Bader p.391 calls this a lark with a firm superstructure in fact. Rare. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $ RARE 1ST ED. OF THE FIRST NOISY BOOK 119. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE NOISY BOOK. NY: William R. Scott (1939). Small 4to (7 1/2 x 9 ), pictorial boards, occasional finger soil else VG-Fine in dust wrapper (some soil and corner wear on dw else VG+). First edition of the first title in the Noisy Book series and the first appearance of Brown s famous dog Muffin. Artistically illustrated with striking, bold colors by LEONARD WEISGARD. Now a classic, this is a nice copy. (See Bader p ). Rare. $ Pg 19 MARGARET WISE BROWN FANTASY 121. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE STEAMROLLER. NY: Walker and Co. (1974). Oblong 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 ), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. First edition, first printing (1-10 code). The story is a fantasy set at Christmas time. Illustrated by Evaline Ness with fantastic color lithographs, most of which span the pages. A great collaboration and quite hard to find in fine condition. $ helen@alephbet.com RARE BROWN TITLE 122. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. WILLIE S WALK TO GRANDMAMA by Margaret Wise Brown and Rockbridge Campbell. NY: William R. Scott vo (6 1/2 x 7 3/4 ), pictorial boards, near fine in dust wrapper (dw with some soil). 1st edition. Printed with a large font and illustrated with wonderful color lithographs by LUCIENNE BLOCH. Apart from illustrating books, Bloch was a noted photographer. sculptor and muralist. She worked for the WPA s Federal Art Project from and was an associate to Diego Rivera and a close friend of Frida Kahlo. Rare. $ RARE BROWN TITLE 120. BROWN,MARGARET WISE. THE POODLE AND THE SHEEP. NY: E.P. Dutton 1941 (1941). Oblong 4to (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, occasional finger soil else Fine in dust wrapper (dw with some soil and chips). Stated First Edition. The story is about a naughty poodle that chases sheep. After much effort it is arrested by the sheriff and jailed where it learned its lesson and didn t chase sheep any more. Illustrated with great full page color illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. This is an early title by Brown and first editions in dw are rare. $ #117 - previous page 123. BROWN,PALMER. HICKORY. NY: Harper & Row (1978). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 3/4 ), pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. The story about a mouse and a grasshopper is beautifully illustrated in color with Brown s characteristic detail. $85.00 INSCRIBED BY BROWN AND DOWNEY WITH DRAWING BY BROWN 124. (BROWN,PAUL)illus. DOGS OF DESTINY by Fairfax Downey. NY: Scribner 1949 (A). 8vo, cloth, 186p., fine in frayed dw. The story of famous dogs that made history. Illustrated by Brown in b&w throughout. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED TO SCRIBNER EDITOR WITH A FINE DRAWING OF A DOG AND INSCRIBED BY DOWNEY AS WELL. Scarce title, special copy. $800.00

20 Pg 20 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CHARMING DUTCH CHILDREN 125. (BRUNDAGE,FRANCES)illus. LITTLE WOODEN SHOES by Alice Hardwick. Akron: Saalfield to (7 1/2 x 9 ), linen-like wraps, slightest bit of cover wear else near Fine. Illustrated by Brundage with color covers plus 2 full page and 2 almost full page color illustrations depicting charming little Dutch children on the Island of Marken. Brundage see also 162. $ BURGESS,THORNTON. JERRY MUSKRAT AT HOME. Boston: Little Brown 1926 (Sept 1926). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, some soil on endpapers else VG+. First edition, illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. $ BURGESS MOVEABLE FLAP GOOP BOOK 126. BURGESS,GELETT. BLUE GOOPS AND RED. NY: Stokes (Oct. 1909). 4to, green pictorial cloth, 81p., slightest of cover soil else near fine. 1st ed. The most difficult to find Goop title and the most unusual, being a MOVABLE FLAP book as well. Versos of each page have a Goop poem. Facing each poem is a blue (naughty) Goop illustration. When the flap is turned, the (good) red Goop illustration is revealed, with a short story for each illustration and situation (pictorial endpapers as well). $ BURGESS,THORNTON. PETER RABBIT PUTS ON AIRS. NY: Eggers to, 8x11, stiff pictorial wraps, 12p. incl. covers, near Fine. A very stunning and scarce Burgess format, illustrated in bold colors by HARRISON CADY and featuring great silhouette borders on every page. (Wright p. 112). $ BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON 555 BUTTERFLIES 531 CADIE, VE ELIZABETH 140, 568 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS 179, 289, 369, 426, 534, 563, 564 CADLDECOTT AWARD HONORS 221, 334, 344 INSCRIBED BY BURGESS 127. BURGESS,THORNTON. LIGHTFOOT THE DEER. Bost: Little Brown 1921 (April 1921). 8vo, blue cloth, sl. rubbing, near fine. 1st ed., illustrated by HARRISON CADY with 8 color plates. THIS COPY HAS A NICE INSCRIPTION FROM BURGESS. $ RARE FANNY CORY EDITION 130. CARROLL,LEWIS. (CORY, FANNY) ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Chicago and NY: Rand McNally (1902, 1905). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ), green cloth stamped in white and blue, 336p., cover lettering slightly faded else Fine. Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory with 48 black and whites including 8 full page for Alice and 25 black and whites in text for Looking Glass. A biographical sketch is included at the end of the book reproducing some of Carroll s drawings. $ TOVE JANNSON ILLUSTRATIONS 131. CARROLL,LEWIS. (JANNSON) ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Delacorte, no date [1977]. 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ), brown cloth stamped in gold, fine in dust wrapper. 1st American edition with TOVE JANNSON illustrations having been first published in 1966 in Swedish. Illustrated with great color dust wrapper and in black and white throughout the text. Scarce. $250.00

21 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 21 NEWELL S ALICE 132. CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Harper & Bros (1901). 8vo (6 x 9 ), white imitation vellum boards with gilt decoration, iii-xvii, [1]p., top edge gilt, fine in original dust wrapper with gilt decoration. A touch of fading on the wrapper else near Fine. 1st ed. of the magnificent PETER NEWELL EDITION illustrated with gravure frontis portrait of Carroll and by Newell with 40 extraordinary plates. Each page of text features a green pictorial border by Robert Murray Wright. Introduction by Edward S. Martin. One of the best editions of this classic and a brilliant copy. $ CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Harper & Bros (1903). 8vo (6 x 9 ), white imitation vellum boards, gilt decoration, top edge gilt, FINE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH BACKED DUST WRAPPER (dw with some fading, spine fraying and mends on verso, but really VG+). First edition with Peter Newell s illustrations. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL with tissue guarded color frontis plus 39 other fabulous plates done in Newell s uniquely comic style. There is also a lovely pictorial border on each text page done by Robert Murray Wright. A beautiful copy. $ MERVYN PEAKE S ALICE 136. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PEAKE) ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Stockholm / London: Continental Book Company AB (1946). 12mo (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, 347 [5]p., slightly leaning else near Fine (no wrapper). First edition in English of the Peake edition, not published in England until Special Volume 67 of the Zephyr Book Series. Illustrated by MERVYN PEAKE 65 imaginative and unique full and partial page black and white drawings. Scarce. $ SIGNED BY ALICE 137. CARROLL,LEWIS. (TENNIEL) ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. NY: Limited Editions Club, vo, full red calf with extensive gilt decorations, Fine in original slipcase (case browned around edges). Printed by Rudge with the beautiful full leather binding by Frederic Warde. This copy is one of approximately 500 copies SIGNED BY WARDE AND ALICE LIDDELL HARGREAVES, the girl after whom the character of Alice is modeled. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES Illustrated with the original illustrations by John Tenniel. $ CARROLL,LEWIS. (NEWELL) THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and what Alice found there. NY: Harper & Bros (Oct. 1902). 8vo (6 x 9 ), white imitation vellum boards with gilt decoration, FINE IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH BACKED WRAPPER AND THE PRINTED INNER GLASSINE WRAPPER AS WELL! (green wrapper is slightly faded else near fine, glassine wrapper in chipped). 1st edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL with gravure frontis portrait of Peter Newell with facsimile signature, plus 40 full page plates - wonderful and imaginative. There is also a beautiful pictorial border on each page of text done by Robert Murray Wright. A wonderful copy. $ CARROLL,LEWIS. THREE SUNSETS AND OTHER POEMS. Lond.: Macmillan Sm. 4to, cloth stamped in gold, all edges gilt, [68]p. + 2p. ads, very sl. spine faded and sl. wear to spine extrems, VG-Fine. 1st edition. Poems by Carroll, most of which appeared previously in Phantasmagoria and Sylvie and Bruno, but two of which appear here for the first time. Beautifully illustrated by E. GERTRUDE THOMSON with 12 delicate full page engravings of fairies. See WMG #286. $ CARTOONS 382, 464 MERVYN PEAKE S ALICE 135. CARROLL,LEWIS. (PEAKE) ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. London: Allan Wingate (1954). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 ), blue cloth, 264p., slight cover wear else VG+ (no dust wrapper). 1st ed. printed in England of the MERVYN PEAKE Alice, illustrated by him with 65 full and partial page b&w s plus dw in red. Very scarce. $ FOX HUNTING 139. CATS. THE CAT AND THE FOX by Carolyn Dexter. Rochester: Stecher Narrow folio (7 5/8 x 13 3/4 ), pictorial card covers, near Fine. The story tells of the poor fox s capture and the lesson Mrs. cat teaches to her kittens. Illustrated with absolutely stunning color lithographs by Byron Culver. Very scarce. $200.00

22 Pg 22 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BOXED VOLLAND ART DECO CAT BOOK 140. CATS. THE CAT WHOSE WHISKERS SLIPPED by Ruth Campbell. Joliet: Volland (1925). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER S PICTORIAL BOX. Stated First Edition of this VOLLAND HAPPY CHILDREN BOOK, illustrated by VE ELIZABETH CADIE with striking full page and partial page color illustrations in true Art Deco style. This is a beautiful copy of a book usually found in shabby condition, and one of Volland s best. $ BOXED VOLLAND 141. CATS. TALES OF LITTLE CATS by Carrie Jacobs Bond. Chic: Volland (1918 no other printings). Sq. 8vo, pictorial boards, fine in original box (box very sl. worn). 1st ed. A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with beautiful color illustrations throughout by KATHERINE STURGES DODGE. An uncommon Volland title. $ FATHER TUCK S CATS AND DOGS 144. CATS AND DOGS. DOG AND CAT LAND. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa vo (6 5/8 x 8 5/8 ), pictorial card covers, rear cover soil and light shelf wear, VG. This is the story of 3 cats that visit Dr. Poodle s Puppy School. Illustrated with 5 charming full page chromolithographs and in brown line on text pages. Father Tuck s Useful Knowledge Series. $ CATS ALSO 21, 56, 175, 229, 245, 265, 276-7, 447, 459, 527, 566, CHAPBOOK 291 CHELONIIDAE PRESS - 7 ETHNIC STEREOTYPES 145. CHINESE INTEREST. WAH SING OUR LITTLE CHINESE FRIEND by Helen Campbell. Philadelphia: David McKay (1906). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, bookplate removed from endpaper else Fine and bright. The story of life in China written for young children, written with ethnic stereotypes common of the era. Illustrated with photos. $ RARE CAT COUNTING SHAPE BOOK 142. CATS. TEN LITTLE PUSSY CATS. No publishing information, circa 1890, small 4to (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 ), chromolithographed die-cut covers in a scalloped design, small margin mends and spine slightly rubbed else VG. This is a rare Victorian counting book illustrated with 4 full page chromolithographed pages and brown line illustrations on the other pages as well as chromolithographed covers. Three little pussy cats / Walking in the Zoo / A bear hugged one / And there were two. $ NISTER CAT AND DOG PICTURE BOOK 143. CATS AND DOGS. THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY by M. Morris. London & NY: Nister & Dutton no date, circa Large oblong 4to (11.5 x 9 ), cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine. Really the reign of Terror by an overly rambunctious cat and dog that get into incredible mischief. Illustrated by the author in bold flat colors with 8 great color plates and with many large line illus. all throughout the text. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $ PICTURE BOOK PUBLISHED BY SCOTT 146. CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS STOCKING by Dorothy Baruch. NY: Wm. Scott Oblong 12mo, spiral backed pictorial wraps, sl. shelf wear else VG+. 1st ed. Written by progressive educator Baruch and illustrated by noted artist LUCIENNE BLOCH with strikingly simple full page color illustrations. Rare. $ GREAT DUTCH SANTA CLAUS BOOK 147. CHRISTMAS. (DUTCH) SINT NICOLAAS EN ZIJN KNECHT door J. Schenkman. Amsterdam: J. Vlieger ca Folio, stiff pictorial wraps, sl. cover and spine rubbing, VG+. Illus. by P. v Geldorp with 16 fabulous full page color illustrations to accompany text in verse. Featuring traditional Christmas scenes and with the Dutch traditional Black helper to Saint Nick. $ CHRISTMAS. THE KING S CHRISTMAS PRESENT by Joan Windham. Lond.: Sheed and Ward, 1936 (1936), Sq. 4to, 57p., cl. backed pictorial boards, light wear, VG+. 1st ed. An adaptation of a French fairy tale beautifully illustrated by JEANNE HEBBELYNCK with 5 charming color plates highlighted in gold. $200.00

23 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 23 GREAT McLOUGHLIN CHRISTMAS BOOK 149. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE CHRISTMAS BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date circa to, green pictorial cloth, near Fine. Containing Moore s The Night Before Christmas plus Christmas Day and The Day After Christmas, illustrated by G.A. DAVIS with more than 15 full page chromolithographs and with marvelous 3-color illustrations on every page of text. $ COLORFUL McLOUGHLIN EDITION 154. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE, CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Springfield: McLoughlin no date, circa wide x 12, cloth backed pictorial boards, spine faded in spots, sl. edge wear, VG+. Illustrated by Frank Lefevre with pictorial title page, 1 double-page color spread, 6 full page color illustrations and 7 partial page color illustrations. An uncommon edition and an especially nice one. $ STUNNING McLOUGHLIN NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 150. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR A VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS [by Clement Moore]. NY: McLoughlin Bros Folio, (10 x 12 1/8 ), stiff pictorial wraps, slight finger soil else near fine. Featuring 12 full page, one double page and 2 partial page fabulous chromolithographs plus color covers as well as color illustrations in text. A glorious edition and a beautiful copy. $ CHRISTMAS IN STYLE OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE 155. CHRISTMAS. (WIENER WERKSTATTE) WEIHNACHT: vierzehn farbige original steinzeich. Wien: Richter & Zollner to (9 3/4 x 10 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, cover edges rubbed, some finger soil, VG. An exceptionally stunning children s Christmas book consisting of 14 original color stone engravings printed on rectos only plus pictorial endpapers and pictorial cover designs - done by a variety of student artists under the direction of Franz Cisek in the style typical of Vienna in the 1920 s - a very wonderful children s book. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #55. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $ #150 CHRISTMAS ALSO 8, 114, 185, 523, 543 ALTEMUS WEE BOOK 151. CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus (1918). 16mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, Fine in lightly soiled dust wrapper with a few small chips. Every other page is a full page color plate - 28 in all. This is an attractive version. $ CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Racine: Whitman Folio, pictorial linen-like wraps, near fine, [24]p. including covers, VG+. Illus. by KEITH WARD with great full and partial page color illustrations. $ #152 #151 CINDERELLA 55, 114, 175, 228, 397 CINEMA GREAT 30 S CIRCUS PICTURE BOOK McKEE ILLUS CIRCUS. CIRCUS BABIES by Elizabeth Gale. Chic: Rand. McNally (1930). Sq. 4to, cloth, 100p., Fine. A wonderful story book with a circus theme featuring fabulous, bold full page and partial page color illus. by JOHN DUKES McKEE. Circus see also 309. $ CLEMENS, SAMUEL 559, 560 CLOTH BOOKS 10, 11, 38, 264, 294, 348, 370 COATSWORTH, ELIZ # CHRISTMAS. (MOORE,CLEMENT) NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Racine: Whitman Folio, [12]p. incl. covers, fine. Printed on textured paper, every page has wonderfully colorful illustrations by Hilda Miloche and Wilma Kane. $ RARE LARGE PICTURE BOOK VERSION 157. COCK ROBIN. MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN. NY: T. Nelson and Sons, no date, circa Folio (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 ), cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight edge rubbing and finger soil, VG+. Printed in blue on coated paper, this edition features 12 fine color plates by Scott Rankin (one is by Rosa Petherick). Each page of text in a large font also has a small color illustration. This is a striking version of this classic rhyme. $300.00

24 Pg 24 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue COCK ROBIN. WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN. London: Tuck, no date, circa to (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. Illustrated with 6 fine full page chromolithographs plus many brown illustrations on text pages. A title in Father Tuck s Tiny Toddles Series. Great copy. $ FIRST EDITION OF PINOCCHIO PRINTED IN AMERICA 159. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Boston: Jordan Marsh (1898) 12mo, 1/2 cloth blue pictorial cloth, edges and corners rubbed, small hole in one leaf else VG+, clean and tight, 212p., (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). First edition of this classic printed in America and very scarce, especially in decent condition. Illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces. $ WORLD S FAIR 162. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION WORLD S FAIR. A PEEP AT THE WORLD S FAIR. London Paris New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date, circa to (7 1.2 x 9 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, corners worn and some normal cover rubbing, else tight, clean and VG+. The Chicago World s Fair, also known as the World s Columbian Exposition, was held in Chicago in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus s arrival in the New World. This book for children has 11 fabulous chromolithographed plates (including title) depicting several of the exhibits in great detail and the text pages are illustrated in line by Adrien Mriz and Walter Hodgson. The cover is by W. & F. Brundage. A few of the exhibits include Algeria, Japanese Court, All types of Houses Annam or Chinese India, Egypt and more. #413 in Tuck s Juvenile Gift and Toy Book Series. $ FABULOUS MOTHER GOOSE WATERCOLOR BY CHRIS CONOVER 163. CONOVER,CHRIS. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX / VILLAGE SCENE. Offered here is a finished watercolors used in Conover s book published in 1989 entitled Mother Goose and the Sly Fox. The piece is large - image measure 19 wide x 8 1/2 high on artist board 22 x 11 1/2, signed. It is incredibly wonderful both in imagery and execution. The piece is an elaborate rendering of the village with stores, restaurants and even a herring kiosk for the cats. Across the river we see the bad part of town where the foxes live, practicing 3-card monte. It appears in the book as a double page spread on pages 8-9. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ Conover has been illustrating children s books since Her work is noted for rich colors and incredible attention to detail, some of which is executed using a magnifying glass for accuracy. There is plenty to look at but without the overcrowding that hampers many books COLLODI,CARLO. ANIMATED PINOCCHIO by Marion Merrill. NY: Citadel (1945). 4to, spiral backed boards, Fine in sl. worn dw. A wonderful pop-up and moveable edition of Collodi s classic featuring 3 tab - operated moveable plates with pop-up segments and moveable pieces. Illustrated in color throughout. $ RARE DISNEY NOVELTY IN ITALIAN 161. COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO: ALBUM DI COSTRUZIONE. Milano: Carroccio, no date, ca Sq. folio, (13 1/8 x 12 3/4 ), stiff pictorial wraps, slight bit of soil else VG+ AND UNUSED. There are 6 leaves of characters, furniture, etc. for the reader to cut out and use to construct Gepetto s studio in intricate detail. Based upon the Disney illustrations, rare. $ COLLODI, CARLO ALSO 456 COOKING WITH HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM COONEY 164. (COONEY,BARBARA)illus. THE LITTLE JUGGLER adapted from an old French legend and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. NY: Hastings House, (1961). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper slightly frayed at spine ends. First edition. Illustrated in color by Cooney who for inspiration, went to Paris to examine the 13th century manuscript that was the basis for the story. Laid-in is a TWO PAGE HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM COONEY in appreciation for that person s enthusiasm for Cooney s book. $ CORY, FANNY 89, 90, 130, 225 COUNTING BOOKS 4, , 142, 308

25 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 25 IN THE STYLE OF ATTWELL TUCK GIFT BOOK 165. (COWHAM,HILDA)illus. CURLY HEADS AND LONG LEGS. Lond: Raphael Tuck nd [1914]. 4to, maroon cloth stamped in black and gold, color plate on cover, all edges gilt. Margins of 2 plates neatly repaired else VG+. Stories and verses by Eric Vredenberg and others. Illus. by Cowham with 12 wonderful, bright color plates, pictorial endpapers and b&w s on nearly every page of text. Cowham was one of the first women illustrators for Punch magazine. Similar in style to Mabel Lucy Attwell and really charming and scarce. $ IN RARE DUST WRAPPER 169. COX,PALMER. ANOTHER BROWNIE BOOK. NY: Century Co. (1890). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), glazed pictorial boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and front hinge (not weak) else Fine IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw with pieces off at folds and bottom edge). 1st ed. of the second famous Brownie book with every page covered with Cox s wonderful, humorous illustrations. Rare in the dust wrapper. $ RARE COX McLOUGHLIN CUBE PUZZLE 166. COX,PALMER. BROWNIE BLOCKS : McLOUGHLIN CUBE PUZZLE IN BOX. NY: McLoughlin Bros This is a wonderful and rare Cox item consisting of the original wooden box with chromolithographed color plate on cover and 20 chromolithographed cubes. The booklet with the 6 separate guide illustrations to the completed puzzles is present in a copy. The box measures 13 1/2 x 11 inches and shows some soil and rubbing, a few old repairs on edges but is sound and tight. The cubes are in very good condition with some rubbing. The twenty cubes can be turned to form 6 great chromolithographed scenes of the Brownies: Eating Christmas Dinner, Bringing Home the Yule Log, Playing Blindman s Buff, At A Dance, Ice Skating, and Snow Balling! A fabulous item, rarely found complete. $ BROWNIE BOOK - FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 170. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AT HOME. NY: Century Co. (1893). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), glazed pictorial boards, FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition of the Brownies third book. Illustrated on every page, this title takes the reader into the doings of these tiny creatures month by month. A beautiful copy, rare in such a nice dust wrapper. $ COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES LATEST ADVENTURES. NY: Century Co. (1910). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), glazed pictorial boards, 144p., slightest bit of rubbing and cover soil else tight, near FINE! 1st edition. Cummins, p. 82 of Humorous But Wholesome says about this title: An unusual feature...is that all the stories present the Brownies doing good deeds for others; in none do they simply amuse themselves. Charity had always been their hallmark, and it was now more prominent than ever. First editions of this title are very scarce in nice condition. $ BROWNIES IN DUST WRAPPER 167. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIES AROUND THE WORLD. NY: Century Co. (1894). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), glazed pictorial boards, xi, 144p., some mild rubbing to spine ends and edges else a near Fine copy IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (wrapper lacks a flap and is chipped with only 2-3 tiny chips). 1st ed. of the 4th Brownie book wherein these little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia and all over the world. This is a nice copy, not often found with a dust wrapper. $ FINE COPY 172. COX,PALMER. BROWNIES MANY MORE NIGHTS. NY: Century Co. (Sept. 1913). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), glazed pictorial boards, 144p., endpaper rubbed else Fine. The lessons of altruism and helping others is evident in the wonderful stories of the Brownies working on the railroad, in the grist mill, for the vet and other places. Despite it being the 9th Brownie title, it is one of the scarcest in really excellent condition. $ #168 RAREST BROWNIE TITLE WITH ABC 168. COX,PALMER. THE BROWNIE PRIMER together with Queerie Queers. Chicago: George M. Hill (1901). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover rubbing and soil, VG. Featuring 12 full page chromlithographed color illustrations of the various letters in the alphabet with each letter involving the Brownies in some action. Also including a profusion of marvelous nonsense rhymes featuring a host humanized animals illustrated in detailed line. A very rare Cox title. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>)

26 Pg 26 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue (CRANE,WALTER)illus. RUMBO RHYMES by Alfred Calmour. Lond. & NY: Harper Small 4to, green pictorial cloth, 99p., Fine. 1st ed. Printed on heavy coated paper there are 24 fabulous full color plates by Crane plus several smaller illustrations - full of humor and whimsy. $ CZECH PANORAMA 176. CZECHOSLOVAK. JEN VESELE!. (Prague: Alois Hynek ca to, pictorial boards, folded accordion style, near fine. This is a most charming Czech panorama with 18 panels illustrated in color in folk-peasant style M. FISCHEROVA-KVECHOVA (similar to Mates). See Mahoney et al Notable Foreign Picture Books p.145 for other title by Fischeriva-Kvechova, a noted Czech artist. Scarce. $ #176 CRUIKSHANK HAND-COLORED LIMITED EDITION 174. (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE)illus. CRUIKSHANKIAN MOMUS: Pictorial broadsides and humorous songheadings. Lond.: John Nimmo to, gilt cloth, 136p., top edge gilt, corner bumped else fine. LIMITED TO 520 NUMBERED COPIES for England and America with the type distributed. Poems and stories, illustrated with 52 HAND-COLORED PLATES after GEORGE, ROBERT AND ISAAC CRUIKSHANK. Very scarce. $ CINDERELLA * PUSS * HOP O MY THUMB JACK AND THE BEAN STALK 175. (CRUIKSHANK,GEORGE)illus. THE FAIRY LIBRARY. Offered here is a beautiful set of the 4 volumes of Cruikshank s Library: Fairy Hop O My Thumb and the Seven League Boots, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Cinderella and Puss in Boots. The first 3 published in London by David Bogue, the last by Routledge Warne & Routledge [ ]. Individually and uniformly bound in contemporary red morocco without wrappers, (few labels lacking and two with small head chips), VG+. Variants of 1st editions Cohn with some 1st issue points (i.e. Jack has 1st issue plate placement but later issue plate list on separate page, Puss has no plate list.) Each volume has A DUPLICATE SET OF PLATES THAT ARE HAND- COLORED with the etched plates in plain state facing the handcolored etchings (24 plates in all)! A wonderful offering. $ CHARMING LADA PICTURE BOOK 177. CZECHOSLOVAK. (LADA) LADOVY VESELE UCEBNICE [Lada s Merry Textbook], Dil I. Ssavci. Prague: Nakladatel Melantrich, Square 8vo (6 7/8 x 7 7/8 ), pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. A charming picture book illustrated by the pre-eminent Czech artist JOSEPH LADA with 12 fabulous, bold full color illustrations depicting humanized animals, with 4 lines of verse below. Hurlimann (p.226) says his fresh and genuine vision is timeless and notes that Jiri Trnka s work is barely thinkable without the splendid popular tales and drawings of his predecessor Joseph Lada. Rare. $ CZECH SEE ALSO 13, 302 BEAUTIFUL ROALD DAHL FIRST EDITION 178. DAHL,ROALD. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. NY: Knopf (1964). 8vo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2, red cloth blind stamped on cover, [162]p, Fine in near fine dust wrapper with slight wear at spine ends. 1st ed. (correct colophon and no isbn #). Illustrated in b&w by Joseph Schindelman. Later copies have the same original published price but have the ISBN # on rear cover amongst other indicators that they are not first, thus proving that the price is not the determinant of edition. Even later editions change the nature of the Oompa-Loompas who are portrayed as stereotypical Blacks in the first edition. This is a beautiful copy. $ #179

27 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 27 CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 179. D AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. NY: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1939 (1939). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper worn at folds, chipped at spine ends. Stated 1st ed. FIRST ISSUE WITH THE ERRATA SLIP p. 52. Illustrated with really beautiful full color lithos throughout. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Rare. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $ D AULAIRE S RARE FIRST BOOK 180. D AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. THE MAGIC RUG. NY: Doubleday Doran 1931 (1931). Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with an unobtrusive mend on rear panel. Stated FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK DONE BY THE D AULAIRE S TOGETHER. Set in Africa, the story is a fantasy tale about a magic Oriental rug. Illustrated with magnificent color lithographs throughout for which the pair spent a winter in Africa. This is a gorgeous copy of a rare book. $ RARE MCLOUGHLIN ROBINSONADE 184. [DEFOE,DANIEL]. ROBINSONADE. MASTER J. STRAGGLES - HIS VERSION OF ROBINSON CRUSOE as narrated & depicted to his School Fellows at Dr. Tickeltoby s Academy. NY: McLoughlin Bros. circa to, (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, 26p., light cover soil, owner s name on cover, VG+. Since Dr. Tickletoby s Academy lost its last copy of Robinson Crusoe, J. Straggles retells the story from memory. Illustrated with 12 full page illustrations in white on a black background simulating a chalk-board. Rare. $ RARE D AULAIRE PANORAMA 181. D AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. ANIMALS EVERYWHERE. NY: Doubleday Doran Large 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 ), cloth, slight fading else Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped all along bottom edge with 2 piece off spine). Stated 1st edition On one side of the large accordion - folded sheet are beautiful full color lithographs of more than 50 animals. On the other side, the same animals appear in the same setting but with their backs turned and done in one color. This is a very scarce D Aulaire picture book rarely found with the dust wrapper and featuring some of their best work. See Bader p.222. $ DENSLOW S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 185. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. DENSLOW S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Moore. NY: Dillingham, 1902 (Sept. 1902). 4to, orange pictorial boards, usual edge wear and paper rubbing at joints else a clean and tight, VG++ copy. First edition, FIRST ISSUE (the cloth binding came later- Greene/Hearn p. 182). Moore s classic poem never had more wonderful or appropriate illustrations. The text is done in calligraphy with each page of text illustrated in color. In addition, there are many wonderfully vibrant full page color illustrations. Due to the nature of the binding, this book is usually found in poor condition. $ D AULAIRE,INGRI AND EDGAR. DON T COUNT YOUR CHICKS. NY: Doubleday Doran 1943 (1943). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw very slightly worn but also near fine). Stated first edition. A modern American folktale, this is illustrated with beautiful color lithos throughout. This is a beautiful copy of one of their harder to find first editions. See AIGA Best of Children s Books #69. $ #183 DE LA MARE, WALTER 319, 320 BEAUTIFUL DE PAOLA WATERCOLOR FROM PUBLISHED BOOK 183. DE PAOLA,TOMIE. ORIGINAL ART: HUNTER AND THE ANIMALS. Offered here is the original double-page color spread by De Paola used in his wordless picture book Hunter and the Animals published in 1981 by Holiday House. The image measures 16 1/2 wide x 9 high done on art paper, signed. It appears on page 24/25 of the book. The combination of the rich lush color with De Paola s simple style make this a most effective and lovely piece. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>)

28 Pg 28 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 WONDERFUL DENSLOW MOTHER GOOSE ART 186. (DENSLOW,W.W.)illus. ORIGINAL ART: THE MAN IN THE MOON FROM MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a large and wonderful finished pen and ink drawing for Ye Old Time Nursery Rhymes by Mother Goose. Although the book with this title was actually published in 1939 by Baldwin & Strachan in Buffalo when the art was rediscovered (after Denslow s death), the art itself was most likely executed circa 1910 when Denslow was actively illustrating advertising booklets. In their bibliography of Denslow, Greene and Hearn write about this art as follows: The drawings were discovered in 1939 in the scrapbook of one William W. Reed. Since a man named Horace Reed was connected with Niagara Lithograph Company, it is likely that Denslow drew the pictures for one of his advertising pamphlets. The pictures first appeared in Youth Magazine, a hand-out to patrons of Dodd s Dairy in Buffalo. In issue eleven, this pamphlet was announced as available from Dodd s milkmen for ten cents. Executed on Strathmore drawing board measuring 19 1/2 wide x 14 1/2 high, the image nearly fills the entire space, signed by Denslow with his characteristic seahorse design. This is a rare opportunity to own very fine published work by Denslow. $ DENSLOW, W. W. SEE ALSO 73 DETMOLD S ARABIAN NIGHTS 187. (DETMOLD,EDMUND)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS. NY: Dodd Mead (1925). Thick 4to (8 X 10 1/4 ), blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 297p., near Fine. 1st US ed. of this masterful work, illustrated by Detmold with 12 incredibly beautiful mounted color plates with tissue guards plus pictorial title page and b&w s in-text. It is interesting to note that the black and white illustrations do not appear in the U.K. edition. $ DICK AND JANE CALENDAR, PLAY AND CHART 189. DICK AND JANE. (EPHEMERA) DICK AND JANE EPHEMERA. Offered here are 4 rare and interesting items of Dick and Jane / Scott Foresman ephemera as follows: a. Calendar. This is a Dick and Jane 12 month calendar for primary grades for the school year Folio folded to 4to, pictorial wraps, fine. Each month has a full page color illustration from a Scott Foresman preprimer, several of which are Dick and Jane. There are also instructions to the teacher for each month that guides them in discussions that are relevant to the monthly illustrations. A combination book and calendar. b. Funny, Funny Sally: A First-Grade Play. Oblong 8vo, pictorial wraps, fine. A play in 4 acts, illus. with Sally and Tim on the front cover and with photos of children performing the play in Ohio in the text. c. Health Chart - This is an accordion folded chart illus. with Dick, Jane and Sally and giving the teacher an abbreviated listing of health needs and characteristics of children 6, 7 and 8 year of age. d. Cumulative Individual Record for the New Basic Reading Test. This is an 8 1/2 x 11 oblong score sheet that the teacher would use to rate the student in 7 categories for 15 readers. These three items are all rare. $ DICK AND JANE. (ART) ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a charming original watercolor by BOB CHILDRESS that appears on page 71 of the 1962 edition of Fun With Our Friends. The image measures 9 wide x 6 high. Jane and her friend Susan are playing with a toy dog and a toy horse. Vibrant colors. $ DICK AND JANE 1947 FIGURES 190. DICK AND JANE. (FIGURES) DICK AND JANE FIGURES - SALLY AND HER PLAYTMATES. Offered here are 6 Dick and Jane figures in the original Scott Foresman envelope, with a 4 page pictorial brochure enclosed, ca Each figure is in color on printed cardboard with stands with printed flaps indicating that they are to be used with the Basic Readers. All are brightly illustrated in color including Dick (9 1/2 ), Jane (8 1/2 ), Sally (7 ), and Spot (the dog 5 ), Tim (the bear 6 ) and Puff (the cat 5 1/2 ) in near fine condition. The 4 page printed brochure gives instructions to the teachers on how to help pupils read, has suggestions on how the figures can be used as puppets and lists titles in the series. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>)

29 Helen & Marc Younger DICK AND JANE 1963 FIGURES 191. DICK AND JANE. (FIGURES) DICK AND JANE FIGURES. Offered here is a complete set as issued of 3 large Dick and Jane figures plus Puff and Spot accompanied by a 4 page pictorial brochure enclosed (which indicates that these figures were issued in 1963 as a set). Dick, Jane and Sally are unpunched and in color on die-cut sheets. Dick is 10 1/2, Jane is 9, Sally is 7), and there are accompanying smaller figures of a Raggedy Ann doll, Puff, Spot, books and toys. The 4 page printed brochure gives instructions to the teachers on how to help pupils read, has suggestions on how the figures can be used as puppets. $ #191 #191 Pg 29 helen@alephbet.com RARE FANTASIA CUT-OUT BOOK 194. (DISNEY,WALT). WALT DISNEY S FANTASIA CUT-OUT BOOK. Racine: Whitman (1940). Square folio (13 ), pictorial card covers, one blank margin piece repaired else Fine and Unused. There are 6 leaves of die-cut figures of characters and objects from Disney s full length animated movie including a double-page color back drop scene. The back drop has slots used to attach some figures to it. Instruction for assembly and play are on both covers. When completed the scene constructed is Mickey s Orchestra and the Ballet of Comic Dancers. This is a rare Disney item. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $ MICKEY MOUSE ALPHABET BOOK 192. DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MOUSE ABC STORY. Racine: Whitman (1936). 4to, (7 x 9 1/4 ), pictorial boards, some edge and tip wear, VG. Each page features a fabulous color illus. done in shades of orange and black by the Disney Studios - 1 letter per page with all the Disney characters and an ABC song at the end. An early Disney book. $ WITH WALT DISNEY SIGNATURE 195. DISNEY,WALT. WALT DISNEY S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS adapted from Grimm s Fairy Tales. NY: Harper Bros (1937). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, 79p., FINE in worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with 32 color illustrations and many b&w s by the Disney Studios - the first book adaptation of the first full length animation by Disney and the only complete story of the movie version. THIS COPY HAS A BOLD WALT DISNEY SIGNATURE - A STUDIO SIGNATURE BY ONE OF THOSE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN. $ (DISNEY,WALT). WALT DISNEY S FANTASIA by Deems Taylor. NY: Simon & Schuster 1940 (1940). Folio, tan cloth, 158p., a few light marks on cover else fine in frayed but VG+ dust wrapper. 1st ed. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus many tipped-in color plates in addition to illustrations throughout the text in color and black & white. Based on Disney s now classic full length animated movie (recently re-released) for which KAY NIELSEN did the Bald Mountain sequence. Sold with the movie program booklet which has photos of the production plus color illustrations. $ #190 - previous page DISNEY ALSO 161, 290 DODGE, KATHERINE STURGES CUTE DOG NOVELTY 196. DOGS. PUPPY PLAY HOUSE no place: Polygraphic Co Spiral backed pictorial boards, oblong 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ), Fine condition. When the pet store owner leaves his door open, all of the dogs run away. He asks all over town but nobody has seen them. At the end of the story the dogs are all caught and brought to the fire house. When the child opens the fire house doors, there are separate die-cut dogs that the child must find the correct page in the book to put the dog into the correct slot with the dog s name. Includes, collie, terrier, poodle, Scottie, spaniel and dachshund. Illustrated with charming color lithos, and amazingly complete with all dogs. $ DOGS ALSO 14, 35, 45, 96, 120, 124, 143-4, 276, 316, 427, 566, 596

30 Pg 30 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 197. DOLLS. THE DOLL THAT WAS LOST AND FOUND by Josephine Scribner Gates. Toledo: Franklin Pub. Co. (1903). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 ), half cloth and patterned paper, pictorial paste-on, 137p., near fine. This is the story of a rich little girl whose doll was taken by a dog owned by a poor little girl. Both were miserable until their doctor solved everything with much time and effort. Printed on coated paper and illustrated in black and white by Helen J. Niles. This copy IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A charming story and quite a scarce title. $ RARE ADVERTISING PAPER DOLLS 201. DOLLS. (PAPER) MUNSINGER FAMILY CUT-OUTS. Minneapolis: Munsing Wear no date circa There are 8 pictorial panels folded accordion style to 3 1/2 x 6 1/4, fine and uncut. The front side of each panel has a different paper doll for family members: grandma, grandpa, mother, father and 4 children. Each figure is dressed in different Munsing Wear underwear and designed to be cut out and dressed in one of 2 outfits and accessories for each figure. The back sides of the panels have advertising information about the company. Don t say underwear, say Munsingwear. $ MINIATURE PAPER DOLLS IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE 198. DOLLS. (PAPER - GROCER S) MY SMALLEST DOLL S ROOM: Furnished Grocer s Shop. No publishing information except Made in Germany. Housed in the original pictorial envelope measuring 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 is one folded card sheet containing 3 uncut paper dolls, 3 outfits and 3 accessories plus a folding color scene that shows 3 walls of a grocery store. The dolls are 2 high and there are barrels, bottles, and baskets as accessories. Amazingly complete and very scarce. $ MINIATURE PAPER DOLLS IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE 199. DOLLS. (PAPER - NURSERY) MY SMALLEST DOLL S ROOM: Furnished Nursery. No publishing information except Made in Germany. Housed in the original pictorial envelope measuring 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 is one folded card sheet containing 3 uncut paper dolls, 3 outfits and 3 accessories plus a folding color scene that shows 3 walls of nursery with children playing with dolls and toys. Two dolls are 2 1/4 high and one is 1 7/8 high, and there are balls, rackets, dolls and toys as accessories. Amazingly complete and very scarce. $ TEDDY BEAR AND GOLLIWOGG 202. DOLLS. TEDDY TAR AND DAISY a cut out and story book. (London: L. Miller), no date, circa to (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 ), stiff pictorial card covers, fine. The story is about Daisy Doll s birthday party and the bear and Goliwogg that attend. Illustrated in black and white in text and featuring 4 pages of charming brightly colored figures of Teddy Bears, Golliwog and others designed to be cut out and played with along with the story. $ DOLLS SEE ALSO 56, 95, 194, 212, 271, 277, 306, 311, 342, 376, 400, 419, 487, DONAHEY, WILLIAM DORE ARTHURIAN FOLIO 203. (DORE,GUSTAVE)illus. GUINEVERE by Alfred Lord Tennyson. NY: Geo. Routledge Large folio (12x17 ). Green gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt. sl. wear to tips and spine ends, hinges neatly strengthened, VG+. Illus. with 9 exquisitely detailed engraved plates. Rare and an excellent copy. $ DORSET, CATHERINE ANN 280 DRAGONS 77, 270 #200 #203 HUGE PAPER DOLL BOOK 200. DOLLS. (PAPER) LET S PLAY HOUSE: 3 ROOMS WITH COMPLETE FURNISHINGS by Robert Bazucha. Racine: Whitman Giant folio (12 1/2 x 19 12/ ), pictorial wraps, some rubbing, UNUSED! This is a fabulous paper doll book of rooms and furnishings for the Playroom, Bed Room and Dining Room of a typical 30 s house. Featuring 250 pieces on 6 card stock pages (including covers) and with die-cuts of the three rooms as well. Rare. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>>

31 Helen & Marc Younger Pg (DRAYTON,[WIEDERSAM] GRACE)illus. KIDDIE-LAND. Phil.: Geo. Jacobs (1910). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed with slight cover soil else VG+. Illustrated with 12 glorious color plates plus line illustrations on every page and pictorial endpapers. Text in verse is written in baby dialect by Drayton s sister Margaret Hays. The vibrant color plates of cherubic little children are wonderful. Very scarce. $ #207 NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 205. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. THE 21 BALLOONS. NY: Viking 1947 (1947). Tall 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 ), cloth backed patterned boards, fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw very slightly rubbed). First edition. This is a fabulous adventure tale, written and illustrated by Du Bois with many full page and in text illustrations. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. (See Bader p.178). $ DU BOIS THREE PIGS ORIGINAL ART 206. DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. ORIGINAL ART: THREE LITTLE PIGS. Offered here is a charming pen and ink drawing for the book, retold in verse and published by Viking in The image measures 4 1/4 wide x 4 1/2 high, signed. In this picture the wolf is running after the pig and almost catches it by the tail. A great image. $ BOXED DULAC EDITION OF PRINCESS BADOURA 208. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. PRINCESS BADOURA: A TALE FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold by Laurence Housman. Hodder & Stoughton, nd (1913). 4to, white cloth pictorially stamped in blue and gold, FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX WITH COLOR PLATE ON COVER (box soiled, sl. worn). First ed. Illustrated by Dulac with cover design plus 10 magnificent tipped-in color plates with pictorial guards. A lavishly produced and beautiful book in excellent condition, rare in the box. $ FINE COPY OF RUBIAYAT IN ORIGINAL BOX 209. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1909]. 4to (9x11 ) white cloth, elaborate gilt pictorial decoration, fine in original box (worn with soil). 1st edition. Illustrated by Dulac with 20 beautiful tipped in color illustrations (with tissue guards) mounted on heavy stock with decorative border plus decorative border on text pages as well. A great copy of a beautiful book. Hughey 21a. $ RARE DULAC LIMITED EDITION SINDBAD 210. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. Hodder & Stoughton nd (1914). Thick large 4to, full vellum with elaborate gilt decorations on cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, small area of front and rear lower corners discolored else VG-Fine with original silk ties. 1st ed., LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DULAC (this not numbered). A most sumptuous and beautiful book, illustrated by Dulac with 23 tipped- in color plates on gilt decorated mounts with lettered guards and with gilt decorations and borders on text pages. One of Dulac s most lovely and desired books and very scarce in the limited edition. $ SCARCE DU BOIS TITLE 207. (DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE)illus. THREE LITTLE PIGS in verse. NY: Viking (1962). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), brick patterned cloth, 32p., Fine in dust wrapper (small edge chip). 1st ed. Wonderfully illustrated in color on every page by Du Bois. Quite scarce. $225.00

32 Pg 32 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ARABIAN NIGHTS FIRST EDITION 211. (DULAC,EDMUND)illus. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS retold by L. Housman. NY & London: Charles Scribner s Sons & Hodder and Stoughton, (1907). Thick 4to (7 3/4 x 9 3/4 ), gilt decorated cloth, 133p., slight bit of rear cover soil and front endpaper rubbed at hinge (not weak) else near Fine. First American edition (identical to the British except for publisher s imprint). Illustrated with 50 tipped in color plates mounted on dark paper at the back of the book as issued. This is a nice copy of an increasingly scarce book with some of Dulac s finest work. $ EARLY AMERICAN. (BATTLEDORE) THE UNCLE S PRESENT, A NEW BATTLEDOOR. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson (147 Market St.) (on flap), Philadelphia: Sold by Benjamin Warner (on rear cover), no date circa /4 x 6 1/2, brown pictorial wrappers, near fine. The front and back covers have woodcuts attributed to Wm. Mason on the front and A. Anderson on rear. The front cover heeds Read and be Wise and the flap adds Come, read and learn. The inside is composed entirely of an alphabet. Unlike most battledores, this has an extra leaf inside allowing for one large illustration for each letter of the ABC. The woodcuts are particularly charming depicting various Cries of London and with word examples for the particular letter. Rosenbach says The Cries illustrating the alphabet are a very pretty set, and are probably an early set of Newcastle or York Cries by BEWICK... The letters J and U are omitted in order to have 24 letters for 24 compartments. Battledores were learning vehicles that served double duty. Inside the classroom they were for learning the ABC s but at recess they could be used in pre-baseball type game of battledore and shuttlecock. This is one of the best examples of a battledore. Welch Rosenbach 428 (also pictured). $ DUTCH INTEREST 28, 125, 147, 233 WITH EXTRA BOOK FOR LITTLE HANDS 212. (DUVOISIN,ROGER)illus. DOLL FOR MARIE by Louise Fatio. NY: Whittlesey House (1957). 4to (7 1/2 x 10 ), cloth, Fine in slightly soiled dust wrapper. First edition. This is the story of an antique doll that finds a home with a lonely girl. Wonderfully illustrated in color by Duvoisin. Inserted into a pocket in the rear of the book is a SMALLER VERSION OF THE BOOK (4 x 5 1/2 ) so that the owner can either give the book to her doll, or she can turn the pages as the story is being read to her. $ G.S. PETERS PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN COLOR BROADSHEET 213. EARLY AMERICAN. DIE WEGE ZUM EWIGEN LEBEN, ODER ZUM EWIGEN VERDERBEN [THE PATHS TO HEAVEN AND HELL]. Harrisburg, PA: G.S. Peters, no date, circa One sheet 13 3/4 wide x 10 1/4 high, light stain on one corner and a few old mends on verso, VG. Broadsheets were a form of wall art as well as having the educational use of teaching the moral and ethical right way to live. Sub-titled the New Jerusalem, the very detailed image shows three pathways to the afterlife; one leads to heaven and the other two lead to the Devil and a burning Hell. One of the two small text blocks in Pennsylvania German begins: Hier is die Pforte gross und weit, die stehet offen alle Zeit; da kannst du durch mit Sack und Pack, man ist allda nicht so exakt - Here is the entrance great and wide, it stays open at all times; pass ye through with sack and pack, one is not all so exact. The image likely derives from an earlier Swiss picture and was one of Peters most popular offerings. $ WITH 6 PAGE LIST OF LONG ISLAND SUBSCRIBER S NAMES 215. EARLY AMERICAN. NEW GRAMMATICAL SPELLING BOOK; being an Easy Introduction to the English Language, Teaching the different parts of speech, and definitions of all the Words Contained in the Tables of Spelling, from Two to Six Syllables. also, A Synopsis of English Grammar, with an easy Praxis on some Passages in Scripture, to Practice the Learner in the Rules of Reading and Punctuation, &c. -- the Whole Adapted to the Capacity of Youth, and Composed for the Use of Schools by Platt Kennedy (Late Instructor at Huntington, Long Island. New York: Printed by David Denniston mo, leather backed, paper over wooden boards, 175p. + 6 page list of subscribers, 1 page of errata. Lacks half of free endpaper, endpapers with inked word lists, edges worn, some fraying, overall tight and in typical condition for this type of book. 1st and probably only edition of this speller. The text lists hundreds of words, syllables and includes a section on grammar. Only one illustration present being a tailpiece. What is most interesting are the 6 pages of names of subscribers who essentially underwrote the cost of the book. In most cases it lists the buyer s town and number of copies purchased. A great bit of local Long Island history. $ CINCINNATI EARLY AMERICAN. WESTERN PRIMER, or introduction to Webster s Spelling Book. Cincinnati: Corey and Fairbank 1834 (1833). 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, 35p., cloth on spine, occasional fox spot, VG+. Fifty progressive lessons illustrated with 77 woodcuts throughout the text. The ad on the verso of the title emphasizes that much pains have been taken to arrange the lessons in such a manner as to make them plain and the same time interesting to children. $150.00

33 Helen & Marc Younger 1785 FAIRY TALE - WOMAN AUTHOR & SHOP OWNER 217. EARLY ENGLISH. (PEACOCK,LUCY) THE ADVENTURES OF THE SIX PRINCESSES OF BABYLON, IN THEIR TRAVELS TO THE TEMPLE OF VIRTUE: AN ALLEGORY. Lond: Printed for the author by T. Bensley xxi, 131p., 4to (6 3/4 x 9 ), 1/2 leather, marbled boards, covers strengthened, later endpapers, VG. First edition of the author s first book, SIGNED IN FULL ON THE LAST PAGE. This is a fairy allegory written for children with inspiration drawn from Spencer s Faerie Queen. Dedicated to Princess Mary with an impressive list of 1250 list of subscribers. Osborne p explains that the author was also a bookseller who kept a shop at Oxford Street. This was her first book, written at an early age. Quayle (Coll. Bk. of Child. Bks p.32) also remarks that this book is unusual because of its quarto size (most children s books of the era were much smaller) and its price of 3s6d (42 cents) compared to the usual price of 6 cents. See also Gumuchian A wonderful early fairy tale. $ EARLY ENGLISH SEE ALSO 280 Pg 33 helen@alephbet.com REWARDS OF MERIT BOOK WITH STAMPS 220. ETIQUETTE. THE FUN OF BEING GOOD: a record to encourage right habits of conduct and manners by Elizabeth Herbert Childs. NY: Sam Gabriel, Oblong 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards., sl. cover soil, else NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (flap repaired), For every good deed the child does in a day, he earns a stamp to place in the book. Contains national flags, state insignias and shields, as well as coatsof-arms and signal flags. Text is in verse and illustrated in style of Jessie Willcox Smith in line. Some stamps already pasted down. A modern adaptation of an 18th century idea. $ ETIQUETTE SEE ALSO 91, 126 MARIE ETS RARE CALDECOTT HONOR TITLE 221. ETS, MARIE HALL. PLAY WITH ME. NY: Viking 1955 (1955). 4to (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 ), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some soil and a few edge chips. First edition. CALDECOTT HONOR. This is a lovely picture book with only 2 lines of text per page, set in a large font. Illustrated with charming color lithographs on each page. This was Ets first book in color. See Bader p Rare. $ FANTASTIC BOOK ON MAKING CHILDREN S FURNITURE & TOYS 218. EDUCATION. HELEN SPEER BOOK OF CHILDREN S WHITE PINE TOYS & FURNITURE. Published in 1915 by Helen Speer, seller of children s toys and furniture, 8 West 47th Street, New York, NY. Oblong 8vo (6 x 9 ), pictorial wraps, 24p., Fine. Illustrated with 4 full pages in color and others in line. As a manual the catalog presents models and instructions for home workshop construction of children s toys and animals in white pine. For those disinclined to build their own, there is a price list in the back with over 40 finished pieces to order (priced up to $25!) from Helen Speer s business in Manhattan. Topical subjects or items to be constructed covered in the catalog are: the boy s workshop, the bob-sled, animal furniture, nursery tables chairs and screen, nursery toys, doll house, combination bedroom and nursery, playroom furniture, bedroom furniture, the nursery, open-air play porch, toys for the sandbox, playground furniture, sand animals, garden toys, and stenciling. The book beings with a message to children and before the price list in the back, the book concludes with a message to parents extolling the merits of pine wood in children s furniture from the White Pine Bureau (a trade association based in Saint Paul, Minnesota). Scarce. $ EDUCATION SEE ALSO 15, 18, 32, 43, 220, 226, 252, 303, 307, 398, 425, 569 EVANS, EDMUND 263, 442, 458 BEAUTIFUL ART NOUVEAU BINDING 222. FABLES. FABLES OF AESOP. NY & Boston: H.M. Caldwell. no date, circa vo (5 x 7 3/4 ). green cloth with beautiful gold and black classic art nouveau design on cover and spine, top edge gilt, 255p. corner of rear cover darkened else fine. Illustrated by R.H. with 7 black and white plates. This is a lovely edition of Aesop. Fables see also 116, 229, 278, 337, $ ELEPHANTS 414 ENRIGHT, MAGINEL WRIGHT 86, 88, 575 ETHNIC STEREOTYPES 145, 291, 306, 308, 386 Black Interest and Bannerman MANNERS FOR CHILDREN 219. ETIQUETTE. ANIMAL ETIQUETTE BOOK by Helen Cowles LeCron. NY: Frederick Stokes 1926 (1926). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 ), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 95p., title and frontis foxed else VG. 1st edition. The text teaches proper manners through clever and humorous poems about various naughty animals. Illustrated by Maurice Day with full color frontis plus 24 full page wonderful black and white line illustrations. $ SCARCE VOLLAND TITLE 223. FAIRIES. ADVENTURES OF NIP AND TUCK by Muriel Moscrip Mitchell. Joliet: Volland (1927 3rd edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, sl. rubbing else near FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX (box with some soil and flap repair). This is a charming story of 2 little tree fairies named Nip and Tuck and what happens to them when Nip is accidently captured by humans. Illustrated by MARY ELLSWORTH with beautiful color illustrations throughout. Very scarce Volland title. $300.00

34 Pg 34 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue FAIRIES. A FAIRY NIGHT S DREAM OR THE HORN OF OBERON. Chicago: Laird & Lee (1900). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 95p., light cover rubbing else VG+. This is a wonderful fairy story featuring Titania, Oberon, Christoph and his love Gertrude plus a host of other fairies. Illustrated by Gwynne Price with lovely color frontis, 10 nearly full page half-tones plus chapter tail pieces. A lovely book/ $ STUNNING CINDERELLA BY HILDA LANGEN WITH NOVELTY DOORS 228. FAIRY TALES. (CINDERELLA) ASCHENBRODEL by Marta Strachwitz. Basel, Switzerland: Benno Schwab (1941). Oblong folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, covers dusty else fine. Illustrated by Hilda Langen on every page with beautiful rich lithographs in color or brown. Many of the pages have doors with clasps that open to reveal color lithos below. A very unusual and beautiful book. $ FAIRY SOAP FAIRY TALE ILLUS. BY FANNY CORY 225. FAIRIES. FAIRY TALES Third Series. Chicago: N.K. Fairbank Co., Makers of Fairy Soap (1903). 12mo (5 x 7 1/4 ), string bound pictorial wraps, slightest bit of spine rubbing else Fine. This is an advertising fairy story told in verse integrating Fairy Soap into the text. Illustrated by Fanny Cory with 10 full page and 1 double page color lithographs highlighted in gold and in 3-color on every page of text. The drawings are delicate and absolutely lovely. $ TEXT BY SCHOOL CHILDREN - RICHARDSON ILLUS FAIRIES. JACK O HEALTH AND PEG O JOY: A FAIRY TALE FOR CHILDREN by Beatrice Herben. NY: Scribner (1921 B). 8vo, pictorial cloth, VG. These are fairy stories with health themes based upon jingles written by the children of public school 15 in N.Y.C. The Good Fairy teaches Peggy and Jack never to eat a lollipop that someone has eaten before you, eat vegetables, eat clean food and more. Illustrated by Frederick Richardson with 10 full page color illustrations and several smaller color illus. in-text. Intro. by Anne Carroll Moore. $ GERMAN FLOWER FAIRIES 227. FAIRIES. LUFTIBUS LOWENZAHN: EIN BLUMENMARCHEN by Harry Maasz-Lubeck. Lahr in Baden: Richard Keutel (1928). Folio (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 ), pictorial cloth [81]p., Fine In Dust Wrapper. 1st edition. The text of this flowerfairy fantasy is illustrated by Franziska Schenkel with 12 fabulous color plates and numerous detailed pen and inks all throughout the text showing the denizens of this fairy forest. This is a beautiful copy of a scarce Weimar Republic children s book. $ FAIRIES SEE ALSO 22, 54, 57, 138, 231, 250, 268, 406, 407, 579 PUSS * JACK * WHITE CAT * HARE & TORTOISE 229. FAIRY TALES. (McLOUGHLIN) AUNT LOUISA S FAIRY LEGENDS. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date (inscribed 1875). 4to (9 1/2 x 10 3/4 ), brown cloth stamped in black and gold, pictorial paste-on, slight fading on rear cover else near fine. This is a super book of fairy tales containing PUSS IN BOOTS, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, the WHITE CAT and the HARE & THE TORTOISE. Featuring 24 very fine full page chromolithographs (6 per story) with text and illustrations printed on one side of the page. This title was also published with a different selection of fairy tales. A particularly lovely book of fairy tales and fable in great condition. $ ANDRE S PUSS IN BOOTS 230. FAIRY TALES. PUSS IN BOOTS. NY: McLoughlin Bros to (8 3/8 x 10 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated by R. Andre with 6 stunning full page chromolithographs and with color cover as well. A title in McLoughlin s Cinderella Series. $ FAIRIES AND FAIRY TALES 231. FAIRY TALES. THE ROSE FAIRIES by Olivia McCabe. #229 #229 Chic.: Rand McNally (1911). Small 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 133p., slight cover soil, near Fine. 1st ed. Six original fairy stories including the title, The White Cock of the Enchanted Palace, The Shoes of Silence, Fairy Twilight and the Princess, Prince of the Sun Bright Isle and The Little Girl and the Crow in Fairyland. Illus. by HOPE DUNLOP with 12 beautiful color plates plus b&w s in-text and pictorial endpapers. $275.00

35 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 35 GNOMES 232. FAIRY TALES. ZWULF ZWERGE UND IHR KONIG geschichten fur grosse und kleine kinder von Udalbert Zoellner. Munchen: Braun & Schneider vo, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 70p., VG+. 12 fairy tales featuring gnomes - one for each month of the year. Illus. by PAUL LOTHAR MULLER with 12 fine color plates. $ FAIRY TALES SEE ALSO 47, 54-5, 69, 101, 175, 195, 217, 225, 257, 266, 302, 318, 338, 351, 387, 392, 397, 413, 418, 420, 446, 450, 468, 470-1, 480, 502, 575 FLOWER CHILDREN 233. FANTASY. JANJTE IN BLOEMBOLLENLAND door Freddie Langeler. Alkmaar [Holland]: Kluitman, no date, circa Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips worn else VG+. The story is a fantasy adventure of a little boy who becomes small and visits a land of flower children. Illustrated by Langeler with 10 charming full page color illustrations plus pictorial endpapers. Langeler was a self-taught woman illustrator of many Dutch picture books. This is lovely. $ ALICE-LIKE FANTASY - HAND-COLORED 234. FANTASY. LUSOTTE ET LES HISTOIRES QU ON LUI RACONTE texte et dessins par M.J. Taupenot. Preface de la Princesse Lucien Murat. Paris: A La Belle Edition (1917). Folio (11 1/2 x 14 ). pictorial wraps, covers slightly dusty else Fine. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON VERGE PAPER in a large, readable font. When Lusotte refuses to do her home work, she is punished by not being allowed to play and decides to run away. She goes outside in the rain and suddenly falls down a basin into the water where she discovers she can live without breathing air. She and her pet elephant then embark upon many adventures in a red city, in a land where red fish rule and more. Her guardian angel protects her. In the end, she awakes in her bed and it appears that it all was a dream until she sees her wet dress in the corner dripping onto the floor. Featuring 10 full page and more than 50 smaller charming hand-colored illustrations by the author. This is a wonderful fantasy. (SEE ALSO INSIDE REAR COVER) $ MERLE JOHNSON ILLUSTRATIONS 235. FANTASY. PINKEY AND THE PLUMED KNIGHT by Frederick Chapin. Akron: Saalfield (1909). 4to, pictorial cloth, some normal shelf wear, VG+. The fantasy story of a knight who comes alive in the 20th century and has adventures and unusual encounters. Illustrated by Merle Johnson with 8 color plates, pictorial endpapers and many b&w s. $ GREAT ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS / WITH 3 ABC S 236. FARJEON,ELEANOR. NUTS AND MAY: A MEDLEY FOR CHILDREN. Lond: Collins no date circa Thick 4to, (8x10 ), 264p., cloth, pictorial pasteon, Fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. This is an anthology of poems, plays and stories by Farjeon with the first section devoted to Italy and with 3 wonderful theme alphabets, each with 1 page devoted to each letter. Illustrated in classic Art Deco style by ROSALIND THORNYCROFT with pictorial endpapers, many full page bold color illus. and a profusion of black &whites. A fine example of children s literature and illustration from that era. $ FIREFIGHTING ANNOTATED MANUSCRIPTS 237. FLACK,MARJORIE. THE RESTLESS ROBIN - MANUSCRIPTS. Offered here are two typed manuscripts for Flack s book The Restless Robin published by Houghton Mifflin in Each is in a black paper folder with the label of Harold Ober, her literary agent, on the cover. The 9 page copy is heavily notated and revised in pencil with many changes to the text. The 8 page copy has pencil notations as well and also has descriptions of the pictures and where to place them. It is always interesting to follow the process of writing a children s book and to compare early versions with the published book. Sold with an early printing in dust wrapper of the book. This is a special item by the award winning Flack, probably best known for her Story About Ping and her Angus books. $ FLAGS 9, 220, PRANG COLOR PLATES 238. FLOWERS. NATIVE FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR BOTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL AND POPULAR ASPECTS by Thomas Meehan. Boston: Prang volumes, original 3/4 leather, all edges gilt, 192, 200p., some rubbing and very occasional soil, VG+. 1st ed. of the first series of this acclaimed set by well known botanist Meehan (published in 2 series of 2 volumes each). Illustrated with 96 magnificent chromolithographs of flowers after paintings by Alois Lunzer. See McClinton: Prang p. 133 where she notes that the lithographs in these volumes are of excellent color and composition and suitable for framing. However, the books themselves are also a collector s item for anyone interested in American botanical books, a field largely neglected by collectors $ FANTASY SEE ALSO Baum, 121, 250, 408, 504, 552 FLOWERS SEE ALSO 227, 233, 249, 496, 575, 577, 579

36 Pg 36 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 FABULOUS MANUSCRIPT WITH 42 WATERCOLORS! 239. FREEMAN,DON. GAYLORD THE GAY GOAT [THE GOAT OF MANY COLORS]. This is a remarkable manuscript for an apparently unpublished book by Freeman. It is in a large format spiral backed artist s sketch book 12 1/4 wide x 10 high. Printed on rectos only, each leaf has a fine finished watercolor with typewritten text mounted on the page. The story is about a naughty goat named Gaylord that eats Otto s the artist paint palette and then runs away with Otto s painting. When he awakes the next day, Gaylord finds that his coat has become the many colors of the palette. He flees in distress and goes to the city where the next part of his adventure begins. The story is as charming as the illustrations. A wonderful manuscript. $ (FREEMAN,DON)illus. PET OF THE MET by Lydia Freeman. NY: Viking 1953 (1953). Oblong 4to (10 x 8 1/4 ), cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition, A musical mouse works at the Metropolitan Opera House! Wonderful color lithos on every page by Don Freeman with an equally wonderful story line by his wife. His most desired title and quite scarce. See Bader p $ WITH 20 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS 242. FRENCH. (BARBIZON SCHOOL) LE PAYSAGISTE AUX CHAMPS by Frederic Henriet. Paris: A. Levy to (7 1/4 x 10 3/4 ), original blue cloth with elaborate gilt design and black stamping, all edges gilt, 142p., Fine. LIMITED TO 135 COPIES. Illustrated with 20 original etchings and 2 etched reproductions by the leading members of the Barbizon school including works by Daubigny (Le Botin a Conflans), Corot (Solitude), Pequegnot, Lhermitte, Lalanne, Cassagne, Desbrosses, Delauney (Le Pont Neuf), Taiee, Portier, Veyrassat (Cour de Ferme) and a few others. A beautiful copy of a beautiful book. $ FRENCH SEE ALSO 40, 103, 234, 290, 337, 375, 377, 412, 422-4, 434-8, 489, 592, 593 OIL SLICK ENVIRONMENTALISM INSCRIBED WITH COLOR DRAWING 240. FREEMAN,DON. THE SEAL AND THE SLICK. NY: Viking Press ( code). Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn near fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. The story is about a baby seal that swims through an off-shore oil spill slick and then, unable to swim, it gets washed on shore. It is found by some children, cleaned up and sent back to sea. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL FULL PAGE FULL COLOR DRAWING OF THE SEAL SITTING ON A ROCK WITH WATER, TREES AND MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND, INSCRIBED BY FREEMAN. The story was inspired by an actual disastrous oil spill resulting from off shore drilling off Santa Barbara in 1969 that Freeman witnessed. It prompted him to join an organization devoted to preventing offshore oil drilling called GOO (Get Oil Out). Sadly, the topic could not be more relevant today. $ RARE PICTURE BOOK BY SIGMUND FREUD S NIECE 243. FREUD,TOM SEIDMANN. DAS BUCH DER DINGE: Ein Bilderbuch fur ganz kleine kinder [A Book of Things: A Picture Book for Very Young Children]. Berlin: Mauritius Oblong 4to (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards. Corners worn, binding strengthened, some edge chipping and a few mends. Due to the paper used, all copies of this title have some edge chipping; this is a VG copy. First edition. Illustrated with 16 striking and stylized hand-colored full page illustrations printed on one side of the paper only. The only text is a caption identifying each picture. Tom (born Martha Gertrude) was

37 Helen & Marc Younger a German children s book illustrator who was one of the pioneers of the avant garde art movement neue sachlichkeit in post WWI Germany that coincided with the Bauhaus school design. Her innovations in children s books were felt the world over. Tom was also a niece of Sigmund Freud. She emigrated to Israel to escape the Nazi s and unfortunately died a tragic death. Rare. $ FROGS 254, 352, 379, 576 FROST, A.B FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 244. FRYER,JANE EAYRE. THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK or Adventures Among the Kitchen People. Phil: John C. Winston (1912). 4to, (7 x 9 1/2 ), blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, 175p., Fine in dust wrapper (edges frayed, 1 piece off spine). Mary Frances spends 3 magical weeks in fairyland with the Kitchen People (humanized kitchen utensils) including Aunty Rolling Pin and others. By the end of the book, the young reader can cook a variety of dishes from toast to banana bread pudding. Illustrated by JANE ALLEN BOYER with color frontis plus a profusion of full page and in-text color illustrations throughout the text by Margaret Hays. A great copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $ LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY GAG WITH WOOD ENGRAVING 245. GAG,WANDA. MILLIONS OF CATS. NY: Coward McCann 1928 (1928). Oblong small 4to, (9 7/8 wide x 6 3/4), pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER S SLIP CASE with pictorial label (edges neatly reinforced). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GAG AND CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING ALSO SIGNED BY GAG! A high spot of children s literature and one of the best books for children of all time, this is beautifully illustrated and has hand-lettered text. See Bader p.34 who describes this classic as form and character fused... [where] words and pictures reinforce one another. Rare in the limited edition especially with the wood engraving. $ Pg 37 helen@alephbet.com GAG LITHOGRAPH 247. GAG,WANDA. SPINNING WHEEL LITHOGRAPH. This is a lovely stone lithograph by Wanda Gag signed and dated by her 1927 and limited to 100 copies. The image consists of a spinning wheel, a large wooden counter and several glass bottles in various places. Done on Arches buff wove paper, the image measures 10 wide x 7 3/4 high, on paper 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 and is attractively matted and framed to 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 (archival framing). Lovely and very scarce. $ GAG,WANDA. GONE IS GONE. NY: Coward McCann (1935). 12mo (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 ), green cloth, Fine in lightly soiled and worn dust wrapper. 1st edition of this old Bohemian tale telling of a husband who wanted to do housework. Illustrated by Gag with color frontis plus black and whites on every page. Very scarce and a nice copy. (See Bader p. 37) $ GAG, WANDA SEE ALSO 569 GAMES 37, 346, 422, 467 #249 GARDENING FOR CHILDREN 249. GARDENING. CHILDREN S BOOK OF GARDENING by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick and Mrs. Paynter. London: Adam and Charles Black vo (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ), gilt decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, 235p. + ads, top edge gilt, near Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated with 12 beautiful color plates by Mrs. Cayley-Robinson. Contains: 1. The Situation and Soil. 2. Annuals. 3. Hardy Perennials. 4. Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers. 5. Biennials. 6. Bedding Plants. 7. Roses. 8. Carnations and Pinks. 10. Rock and Wall Gardens. 11. Difficult and Shady Gardens. 12. Some Hardy Climbers. 13. Fruit and Vegetables. 14. Window, Room, and Japanese Gardens. 15. A Calendar of Work. Great copy, quite scarce. Gardening see also 577. $ UNUSUAL GAG EPHEMERA 246. (GAG,WANDA)illus. CHECKERBOARD. NY: Weyhe Gallery (1930). 8vo (6 x 9 ) pictorial wraps, [16]p. including covers, Very Good condition. LIMITED TO 5000 COPIES. The Checkerboard was a 1930 a publication from the Weyhe Gallery in New York. This issue is devoted entirely to the work of Wanda Gag. In addition to biographical material, there is a chronological list of her etchings, lithographs and woodcuts plus a list of her books to date. It features 4 full page and 3 partial page illustrations - wood engravings or linoleum cuts printed directly from the blocks. The cover was lettered by Howard Gag. Also included is an invitation to the Weyhe Gallery s 1940 retrospective show of Gag s work with a charming woodcut by Gag. $ GAZE,HAROLD. COPPER TOP. NY: Harper Brothers (1924 B-Y). Thick 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 ), 338p., blue cloth stamped in gold. Last illustration slightly out of register else Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped spine ends). First American edition of this marvelous fantasy adventure written by Gaze as well as illustrated by him. The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. Illustrated by Gaze with 12 beautiful color plates plus many full and partial page fanciful line illustrations. Gaze was a New Zealand artist who dominated the fairy genre in Australian children s books after Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (See Muir History of Australian Children s Book Illus. p.77). Scarce in dust wrapper. $650.00

38 Pg 38 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 KANGAROO TEACHER 251. GERMAN. BEI TANTE GRUH von C. O. Petersen. Mainz: Scholz no date, owner inscribed Square 4to (8 1/2 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards. Edge of endpaper faded else VG. This is a charming picture book about a school led by a Kangaroo with an elephant, frog, cat, tiger, dog and bear for students. Beautifully printed with 12 full page color illustrations and with smaller color drawings on text pages by the author. $ BOHNY S PICTURE BOOK NEW EDITION 252. GERMAN. BOHNY S NEUES BILDERBUCH Anleitung zum Anschauen, Denken, Rechnen und Sprechen fur Kinder von 2 1/2 bis 7 Jahren. [The New Picture Book Being Pictorial Lessons on Form, Comparison, and Number for Children from 2 1/2-7 Years]. Esslingen: Schreiber, dreizehnte, ganzlich neu gezeichnete auflage (1892). Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, sl. cover soil else VG+. New edition. First published in Germany circa 1848, Bohny s book was the outcome of the educational reform that had been occurring in Europe beginning with Pestalozzi and continued by Froebel. Bohny, also an educator, believed that rote learning was ineffective. His picture book offered images of hundreds of everyday objects presented in an order of increasing complexity from which the child could learn simple and more complicated concepts. This edition is in the same format as the original but the figures in the illustrations have been updated to reflect contemporary modes of fashion, toys, utensils etc. Featuring 36 chromolithographed plates with nearly 400 objects. $ STUNNING SILHOUETTES (SWISS GERMAN PICTURE BOOK) 253. GERMAN. LUEGINSLAND with text by Elisabeth Muller. Aarau [Switzerland]: H.R. Sauerlander (1948). Oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Illustrated by Bernhard Wyss with 22 wonderful full page silhouettes - one opposite each page of text. The text is arranged by month beginning with May and the pictures show activities in a village that would occur during that month. The verso of the dust wrapper has an additional fabulous double page silhouette illustration. $ HUMANIZED FROGS AND INSECTS 254. GERMAN. PUCK DER AUSREISSER verse von Hans Watzlik. Koln: Schaffstein Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9 /12 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in sl. frayed dust wrapper. Every page of text in verse faces a very fine full page color lithograph by Mathilde Ritter. The book features a group of tiny forest elves and their humanized forest denizen friends (frogs, bees, mice etc). Great! $ ELSE WENZ-VIETOR INSECTS AND ANIMALS 255. GERMAN. VOM HIMMEL DER TIERE von Sophie Reinheimer. Oldenburg: Stalling Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, VG+. Fabulously illustrated in color by ELSE WENZ-VIETOR with all manner of humanized insects and animals. Beautifully printed. $ STUNNING COLOR WOODCUTS - GNOMES 256. GERMAN. WUNDERFITCHEN ein Waldmarchen [by] Wera Niethammer. Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, no date [1914]. Oblong 4to (9 1/2 x 7 ), pictorial cloth, 83p. + 1p. ad, slight darkening of cloth else near Fine. 1st edition. Life in the forest is shown from the perspective of a little gnome. Illustrated by Fritz Lang with 14 incredible full page color woodcut plates and with many color cuts in-text. Fine color printing and vivid colors make this a great book. Bilderwelt 487. $ GERMAN ALSO 16, 53, 101, 113, 195, 213, 227, 232, 243, 248, 266, 278, 285-6, 341, 353-6, 375, 377, 386, 408, 418, 420, 450, 472, 488, 512 GNOMES 21-2, 49, 232, 250, (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. THE FAIRY BOOK by John Fairfax. London: Macmillan 1913 (1913). Large thick 4to (7 1/2 x 10 ), [379]p., green cloth with extensive and beautiful gilt decoration on cover and spine, top edge gilt. Tiny split at head of spine and a few spots on title else near Fine. First edition. This marvelous collection of 36 classic fairy tales by Grimm, Perrault, Mme. D Aulnois and more, is illustrated by Goble with 32 absolutely beautiful color plates with lettered tissue guards. Scarce in such clean bright condition! $ ONLY 150 COPIES EDITION DELUXE 258. (GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. STORIES FROM THE PENTAMERONE by Giambattista Basile. Lond: Macmillan Large 4to, [304]p., original full vellum stamped in gold, top edge gilt, sl. toning to covers, some occasional foxing (worse on non-pictorial endpapers), near Fine in original dust wrapper with silk ties renewed. ONE OF ONLY 150 COPIES OF THE EDITION DELUXE. Illustrated by Goble with 32 magnificent tissue-guarded color plates. A sumptuous production and rare title. $ GOETHE, W. 488 GOLDEN BOOKS - 523

39 Helen & Marc Younger RARE GOLF TITLE ILLUSTRATED BY R. ANDRE 259. GOLF. COLONEL BOGEY S SKETCH BOOK by R. Andre. Lond.: Longmans, Green & Co Oblong 4to, 11 wide x 8 1/2. Cloth backed pictorial boards, 44p., covers a little scratched, hinges neatly strengthened, VG+. 1st edition. A tongue and cheek history of golf begins with the prehistoric Golfosaurian and moves on to the missing link the Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus. Andre s text on Modern golf proves that the golf widow was not a 20th century phenomenon with his assertion that golf is antagonistic to domestic happiness. There are humorous parodies about golf (A Lay of Link Lunacy) and depictions of golfing animals including the Putting Pachyderm. The illustrations throughout the text are detailed and clever. Andre is best known for his children s book illustrations, but he was also an avid golfer, even one of the founders of the West Herts Golf Club. This is a wonderful and rare golf book. $ Pg 39 SIGNED BY GRAHAME AND SHEPARD 262. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE DREAM DAYS. Lond: John Lane Bodley (1930). Tall 8vo, vellum backed marbled boards, FINE IN SLIP CASE. LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 275 COPIES SIGNED BY KENNETH GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. Printed on special rag paper and illustrated by ERNEST H. SHEPARD with beautiful black and whites. $ helen@alephbet.com GRAHAME, KENNETH SEE ALSO 364 GORDON, ELIZABETH 570, 579 LIMITED EDITION WIND IN THE WILLOWS 260. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Lond: Methuen (1931). 4to, cloth backed boards, 312p., very slight cover soil else VG-Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. Illustrated by Shepard and printed on hand-made paper. Rare. $ SET OF ALMANACKS IN CUSTOM LEATHER CASE 263. GREENAWAY,KATE. KATE GREENAWAY ALMANACKS - A COMPLETE SET. Offered here is a complete set of 14 Almanacks (including the rare 1897 Almanack) plus an extra 1892 Almanack. They are dated with 1896 never issued. All published by Routledge except 1897 which was published by Dent. All but one are in unusually FINE CONDITION (one has neat hinge repair) INCLUDING 6 IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED MAILERS / DUST WRAPPERS AND ALL BUT ONE OF THE OTHERS ARE IN ORIGINAL GLASSINES! The illustrations by Greenaway are particularly charming with colors richly printed by Edmund Evans. This set INCLUDES A FABULOUS ASSOCIATION ITEM: THERE IS A HAND-WRITTEN RECEIPT BY GREENAWAY DATED 1892 GIVEN TO EDMUND EVANS acknowledging that Evans had paid Greenaway 25 pounds on account for the 1892 Almanac. All are creatively housed in a beautiful custom box with leather spine printed in gold. Bindings as follows: Schuster 3-1a Schuster 11-9a Schuster 4-2a Schuster 12-10b Schuster 5-3a Schuster 13-11a (dw) Schuster 6-4c (dw) Schuster 14-12a (dw) Schuster 7-5a Schuster 15-13a Schuster 8-6b (dw) Schuster 16-14a Schuster 9-7a (dw) Schuster 10-8a (dw) A magnificent set, rarely found in such fine condition. $ PAUL BRANSOM S ILLUSTRATIONS 261. GRAHAME,KENNETH. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. London: Methuen (1913). 8vo (6 1/2 x 7 3/4 ), green pictorial cloth, slight spotting on foredge else near Fine In Dust Wrapper with mounted color plate (dw 1/4 chip across head of spine and a few mends else VG+). First edition with Bransom illustrations issued in the U.S. the same year (7th overall edition of this title). Illustrated by PAUL BRANSOM with pictorial cover design, pictorial endpapers, tinted pen and ink on the title, plus 10 very lovely color plates. Bransom is in his element with animals, making this a wonderful edition of this classic. Nice copy, rare in the dust wrapper. $

40 Pg 40 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GREENAWAY PIRACY 264. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. A APPLE PIE. Akron: Saalfield mo (5 x 6 1/2 ), bottom edge cropped unevenly else VG+. This is a Saalfield Muslin book printed on cloth and illustrated on every page in color by Greenaway. $ #265 RARE LARGE PAPER LIMITED EDITION 265. (GREENAWAY,KATE)illus. DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS by John Ruskin. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: Geo. Allen to, brown gilt pictorial cloth, 20p., Fine. 1st ed. with Greenaway illustrations, LARGE PAPER COPY LIMITED TO 400 COPIES issued on fine Whatman paper. Featuring charming woodcuts (not all by her) to accompany this classic children s poem. Printed on one side of the paper. Due to the high quality of the paper, the illustrations are quite remarkable. Schuster 61-1e. Rare $ GRIMM S FAIRY TALES WITH LETTER FROM JACOB GRIMM! 266. GRIMM BROTHERS. GERMAN POPULAR STORIES trans. from Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm from oral tradition. London & Dublin: James Robins and Joseph Robins. 2 volumes, [i-iv] v-xii [1] 2-240, [i-iii] iv [1],2-256 [2]p. (1p. ads). Original pink boards and green cloth spines, boards rubbed, cloth split at joints and at intervals on spine, labels chipped and rubbed, some foxing, 1 plate in vol. 1 trimmed in margins, really overall clean, tight and VG. Volume 1 is dated 1827 (1st issue was 1823) and volume 2 is 1826 (1826). Although volume 2 bears the 1826 date, it was reissued with no bibliographic changes in 1827 retaining the 1826 date on the title but with the words second Edition on the label. Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK with 22 etched plates including 2 etched title pages. LAID-IN IS A ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY JACOB GRIMM! Written To Mrs. Austin in 1843 in brown ink on paper 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 with integral address leaf reading Mistress Austin Neue Kirchestrasse. The renowned author of these classic fairy tales warmly thanks Mrs. Austin for lending him some books and articles and he offers his opinion on them, sometimes unfavorable. The essay on the Aurch songs tired me with its excessive learnedness, but I was better pleased with Lewis on the rom. language and with the glossary of Herefordshire. Recovering from a cold, he feels guilty about depriving Mrs. Austin of her only copies of these books and notes How embarrassed I am by your friendly goodness. Jacob Grimm was a professor and author or several scholarly books in addition to his most famous collaboration with his brother on these fairy tales. $ GROVER, EULALIE - 36 PERHAPS THE RAREST GRUELLE BOOK 267. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. QUACKY DOODLES AND DANNY DADDLES BOOK by Rose String Hubbell. Chicago: Volland (1916, printing statement not legible). 8vo (6 x 9 1/8 ), pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX! The story of the toy duck named Quacky Doodles and his friend Teddy Bear and his other toy friends, illustrated in color on every page by Gruelle and with silhouette endpapers. This is an amazing copy of perhaps the rarest Gruelle book. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ BOXED VOLLAND 268. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. MY VERY OWN FAIRY STORIES. Chic: Volland (1917). 4to, pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (light wear to flaps). 1st. edition of this Volland book, illustrated by Gruelle with pictorial endpapers plus many wonderful full page and in-text color illustrations throughout. A magnificent copy of one of the scarcer Gruelle titles. $ GRUELLE,JOHNNY. ORPHANT ANNIE STORY BOOK. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (1921). Tall 8vo (6 1/8 x 9 1/8 ), cloth, pictorial paste-on, [86]p., near fine. 1st edition. Dedicated to James Whitcomb Riley who created the Orphan Annie character and with the text of Riley s poem preceding the book (Ef You Don t Watch Out!). Gruelle s text is a marvelous, involved fantasy starring Annie - recounting her adventures with all sorts of unusual characters that are depicted in great detail with many full and partial page color illustrations (pictorial endpapers as well). A scarce Gruelle book. $ GRUELLE,JOHNNY. THE PAPER DRAGON (A Raggedy Ann Adventure). Joliet: Volland (1926). 8vo, pictorial boards, wrap-around paper spine, AS NEW in fine pictorial box. 1st edition, second issue. (1st edition is stated on this title but so is 2nd edition. Since this lists no additional printings, this is presumably a 1st printing, second issue). This VOLLAND HAPPY CHILDREN BOOK has bold and wonderful color illus. on almost every page as well as full page color illustrations and pictorial endpapers. An uncommon title and an incredible copy. $ #271 next page GRIMM SEE ALSO 195, 387, 418, 420, 450, 472, 502

41 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 41 BOXED VOLLAND 271. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE CAMEL WITH THE WRINKLED KNEES. Joliet: Volland (1924, no additional printings, proper ads). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, minimal wear, NEAR FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX (box flap restored). 1st edition, variant. Laid-in is a printed Volland ad announcing this title as the new book but listing Joliet as the city of publication, not Chicago. Most copies without the cloth spine have a Chicago imprint. Since Volland moved to Joliet from Chicago, this title must be a transitional book with first editions having either Chicago or Joliet on the title page. A Volland Happy Children Book, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout by Gruelle. A beautiful copy. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR PAGE) $ HALE,KATHLEEN. ORLANDO THE MARMELADE CAT KEEPS A DOG. Lond: Country Life nd, ca Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest of edge wear else Fine frayed dw. First ed. Orlando and his wife advertise for a pet with adventures resulting. Finally, Bill The Poodle is adopted. Illustrated with beautiful color lithographs throughout by Hale. An nice copy of this very collectible book. Increasingly scarce. $ BOXED GRUELLE 272. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. RAGGEDY ANN S MAGICAL WISHES. Joliet: Volland (1928). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER S PICTORIAL BOX. First Edition Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and in color throughout by Gruelle. This is an unusually fine copy. $ RARE & FANTASTIC PICTURE BOOK - CATS * DOGS * DOLLS 277. HAND-COLORED. CHILDREN S PICTURE PLAY BOOK. London: George Routledge and Sons to (7 1/4 x 10 ), red cloth stamped in blind and gold, 64p., light cover soil, rear cover crease else VG+. Includes: When The Cat s Away the Mice Will Play, Baby s Birthday and How It Was Spent, Mary s New Doll and the Mischievous Puppy. Illustrated by J[ohann] B[aptist] Zwecker and A[lfred] W[alter] Bays with 32 fabulous full page color lithographs with incredible detail and vivid colors. Zwecker was a popular mid-19th century artist and Bayes a prolific illustrator. This is a rare and amazing picture book. $ BOXED VOLLAND 273. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. RHYMES FOR KINDLY CHILDREN by Ethel Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1916, later edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, small spine mend else Fine in pictorial box. Illus. by Gruelle with pictorial endpapers plus many, many full page and in-text color illustrations to accompany simple poems. Very scarce and a beautiful copy. $ HAND-COLORED GERMAN ANIMAL FABLES 278. HAND-COLORED. LUSTIGE TIERFABELN [FUNNY ANIMAL FABLES]. Munchen: Braun & Schneider, no date. circa Oblong folio (14 x 9 3/8 ), cloth backed flexible card covers, pictorial paste-on, 42p., VG+. Humorous animal fables by various authors are illustrated by Ed. Ille with wonderful hand-colored engravings, much in the manner of Grandville. Some fables include: When the Cat s Away the Mice Will Play, The Rabbits and the Frogs, The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse, the Fox and the Stork and more. $ GRUELLE, JOHNNY SEE ALSO 46, 69 GUERTIK, HELENE INSCRIBED TO BERTA S SISTER WITH A WATERCOLOR BY THE HADERS 274. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. JAMAICA JOHNNY. NY: Macmillan 1935 (Oct. 1935). 4to, green pictorial cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. This is the story of a little Black boy set in Jamaica. Illustrated by the Haders with wonderful full page color illustrations. THIS COPY HAS A SMALL WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A WOMAN IN A JAMAICAN HAT AND A MAN IN A HAT AS WELL (Berta and Elmer). THERE IS A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION TO ELMER S SISTER (HER BOOK) WHICH READS: Dear Sister Leota: Jamaica Johnny is just off the press and I am sending him off again on a journey to the coast and you. We hope you like him. He carries a lot of love to you from us both. Berta and Elmer. This is a special copy of one of their most desired titles. $ HAND-COLORED SEE ALSO 19, 174-5, 234, 243, 292, 434, 435, 436 HANKY BOOK 54, 381, 538 ARTIST S DUMMY FOR SCARCE HADER BOOK 275. HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. STOP LOOK LISTEN - ARTIST S DUMMY written and illustrated by the Haders, published in 1936 by Longman s Green. This is the Haders dummy used for layout and color direction on their book. The dummy measures 7 square and contains the text typed and glued in place and it is heavily notated in pencil. Interspersed throughout are 20 pencil drawings used for layout. The text deals with teaching children to be careful in potentially dangerous situations including handling guns, swimming, riding bikes and a host of other perils. This is an interesting look at the pre-production stage of a picture book. Sold with a copy of the book which is a rare early title by them. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>> #275

42 Pg 42 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GIFT EDITION 279. HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: Appleton (1920). Large thick 4to, green gilt cloth, 265p., VG+. This is a deluxe gift edition, with an introduction by Thomas Nelson Page. Illustrated by A.B. FROST AND E.W. KEMBLE with 12 plates, intext illustrations and with pictorial borders on each page of text as well. This is a beautiful edition of this classic. $ EARLY 19th CENTURY WOMAN AUTHOR 280. HARRIS,JOHN - PUBLISHER. [DORSET,CATHERINE ANN]. THE PEACOCK AT HOME written by a Lady. London: Harris Sq. 16mo, tan pictorial wraps, 16p., VG+. A new edition with new plates (on cover). Illustrated with 6 fine copperplate engravings by W. MULREADY which were re-engraved for this printing. Rear cover lists 6 other Harris titles. Moon 215 (3). A nice early juvenile. $ HARRISON,FLORENCE. ELFIN SONG. NY: H.M. Caldwell no date [1912]. Small 4to (7 x 9 ), grey gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, 142p., scattered foxing else near fine. 1st U.S. edition. This is a book of verse written by Harrison and illustrated by her as well with pictorial endpapers, 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates plus numerous full page and smaller black and whites full of charm and detail. A lovely book. $ HASSALL, JOHN CELIA THAXTER AND CHILDE HASSAM 282. (HASSAM,CHILDE)illus. AN ISLAND GARDEN BY Celia Thaxter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894 (1894). 4to (7 x 9 1/4 ), white cloth with extensive, gilt Art Nouveau design, 126p., top edge gilt, slightest of toning on spine ends else Fine with original plain paper wrapper (tattered). First edition of this wonderful book, illustrated with beautiful full page chromolithographs and chapter heads in color by Hassam who used Thaxter s garden on Appledore Island for inspiration. The striking stylized poppie design on the cover by Sarah Wyman Whitman is also a work of art. An Island Garden was Thaxter s last book. This is a particularly nice copy of a very desirable and scarce book. (See Harvard s Artists of the Book in Boston p.8-11, BAL 19923). $ HAWAII HAWTHORNE,NATHANIEL. FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE: BEING THE SECOND EPOCH OF GRANDFATHER S CHAIR. Bost.: E.P. Peabody mo (3 1/2 x 4 15/16 ), vii, 158p., cloth, paper label on front cover, neat owner inscription dated 1841, gilt worn off label, corner one page torn off else VG+. 1st edition of Hawthorne s second book for children after Grandfather s chair, quite scarce. BAL $ INSCRIBED TO VIOLET OAKLEY AND EDITH EMERSON 284. HAYWOOD,CAROLYN. HERE S A PENNY. NY: Harcourt Brace and Company (1944 I). 8vo (6 1/2 x 9 ), pictorial cloth, 158p., Fine in VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition of the first Penny book, this tells the adventures of a 6 year old boy nicknamed Penny so called because when his adoptive father first saw him, his red hair reminded his father of a bright copper Penny. Written as well as illustrated by Haywood with full page and half-page pen and ink drawings and pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO FELLOW BRANDYWINE ARTISTS VIOLET OAKLEY AND EDITH EMERSON: WITH LOVE TO VIOLET AND EDITH FROM CAROLYN, CHRISTMAS Haywood was a Philadelphia artist and author who studied with Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green. She was also Violet Oakley s studio assistant and she worked with Edith Emerson, the fourth member of the Brandywine women s team. She wrote more than 30 children s books, many still in print. In addition to her books, Haywood was a mural artist as well as a portrait painter specializing in children s portraits. This is a great association copy in excellent condition. $ HERFORD, OLIVER 72 HOBAN, RUSSELL MOVEABLE FLAP STRUWWELLPETER IMITATION 285. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (MOVEABLE FLAP) NEUES VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH: zur Unterhaltung und Belustigung der heiteren Jugend by Wilhelm Carl von Breitschwert. Esslingun: J.F. Schreiber, no date, owner inscription to (8 5/8 x ), cloth backed pictorial boards, writing on top margin of cover and some cover soil and edge rubbing else VG. Printed on rectos only, each page has a full page color lithographed scene of a child behaving badly. There is an extra flap that when lifted and folded over, the consequence of the bad behavior is revealed. The flap matches both pictures so that illustrations are seamless in the before and after positions. One page shows a naughty boy pulling the hair on a goat s chin. When the flap is lifted and folded over, the new picture shows the boy thrown into the air by the angry goat. Each leaf has 4 lines of text in rhyme at the bottom of the page. Rare. See Ruhle 302. $ SEE ADDTL ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT -->>>>>>>

43 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 43 RARE AMERICAN STRUWWELPETER IMITATION 286. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. SLOVENLY PETER S STORY BOOK. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date inscribed mo, cloth stamped in black and gold, pictorial paste-on, few minor mends, paper worn on one page and finger soil throughout, tight and overall VG. Containing: Dirty Child, Little Glutton, Tom the Thief, Little Jacob, Sammy Tickletooth, Untidy Tom, Little Suck-a- Thumb, Johnny Sliderlegs, Carrie and the Candle and Rocking Philip. Illustrated with 48 chromolithographs. Rare. $ NAUGHTY CHILDREN PICTURE BOOK 287. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (IMITATION) IMPROVING SONGS FOR ANXIOUS CHILDREN by John & Rue Carpenter. NY: Schirmer (1913). Oblong folio (14 1/4 x 10 3/4 ), cloth backed decorative boards, 50p., corners worn VG. Songs with musical notation about various naughty children are charmingly illustrated in color by the authors in the style of Boutet de Monvel. Some titles are: A Wicked Child, The Liar, Stout, Maria Glutton, Good Ellen, War, Vanity and more. Quite scarce. Ruhle $ RARE STRUWWELPETER PARODY 288. [HOFFMANN,HEINRICH]. (PARODY) THE EGYPTIAN STRUWWELPETER being the Struwwelpeter papyrus with full text and original vignettes from the Vienna papyri, dedicated to children of all ages. NY: Stokes, no date, inscribed to, cloth backed pictorial boards, title plus [16] leaves, light rubbing and soil, VG+. Printed on rectos only, each leaf simulates aged paper and is illustrated in color. Hoffmann s original German rhymes are adapted for naughty ancient Egyptian children (Story of Flying Amenhotep, Of Sneferu Who Waltzed Not, etc.). Rare. $ HOGAN, INEZ see 106 #285 - previous page #285 - previous page CALDECOTT AWARD - SCOTTISH STORY 289. (HOGROGIAN, NONNY)illus. ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE by Sorche Nic Leodhas. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1965). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 7 3/8 )., pictorial boards, neat owner inscription, Fine in dust wrapper with faint ghost of medal. Stated 1st edition, first printing. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. The story is derived from an old Scottish nursery story, beautifully illustrated in color by Hogrogian. Scarce. $ HOLLAND SEE DUTCH INTEREST CHARLIE CHAPLAIN * MICKEY MOUSE * FELIX THE CAT 290. HOLLYWOOD. MADEMOISELLE TARLATANE AU PAYS DU CINEMA texte de Simonne Ratel. Paris: Librarie Plon (1934). Oblong 4to (11 x 8 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 30p., light cover wear, VG+. 1st ed. A little redheaded girl named Tarlatane and her dog Radis-Noir fly to the Country of Movies and have fabulous adventures. They are kidnapped by a giant orang-outang (King Kong), freed by a tiger, go to the frozen north and eventually are back in bed and awake from their dream adventure. Along the way they meet Felix The Cat, Mickey Mouse and his family and Charlie Chaplain. Illustrated by Jacqueline Dusche with charming color illustration in typical 1930 s style. The author was a French author better known for her adult work. A charming book. $ HORSES 530 HOUGHTON, ELLEN CHAPBOOK CUT OF A JEW ON REAR COVER 291. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (CHAPBOOK) THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. London: Houlston & Son, no date, ca mo (2 1/2 x 4), pictorial wraps, 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The traditional nursery rhyme is illustrated with woodcuts on each page plus cuts on both covers. The rear cover has a cut titled A Jew showing a stereotypical Jewish man with beard and hat carrying a box of wares for sale. $ HAND-COLORED McLOUGHLIN 292. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (McLOUGHLIN) NY: McLoughlin Bros. (24 Beekman), no date, circa mo, (4.5 x 5.75 ), pictorial wraps, near fine. A title in Uncle Franks Series, illustrated with color cover plus 8 nice half-page hand-colored illustrations to accompany the classic nursery rhyme. $600.00

44 Pg 44 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE ADVERTISING PARODY 293. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (PARODY) PARODY ON THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Leeds,MA: Corticelli Silk Thread (1882) fourth edition revised. 16mo (3 5/8 x 5 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. The classic rhyme is used to tout the virtues of Corticelli Silk Thread: These are the mills Corticelli built. This is the thread / The silken thread / That ev ry one said / Was worth the Mills / Corticelli built, etc. Illustrated with 6 full page and 4 half page color lithographs showing elves busily working to at producing the thread. Rare. $ RARE HUMPHREY TITLE 297. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BABY FOLK by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: Frederick Stokes to (9 x 11 1/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, margin of one plate strengthened else tight and VG+. Stories and verses about a baby s life from birth to one year of age were written by Elizabeth Tucker who also did the pictorial borders on text pages. Featuring 6 especially magnificent full page chromolithograph illustrations by Humphrey depicting her trademark cherubic children. A rare Humphrey title. $ CHARLES ROBINSON McLOUGHLIN PIRACY 294. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (ROBINSON,CHARLES) NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no date, circa vo, (5 1/2 x 8 ), pictorial cloth, some cover wear and soil, VG. This is a CLOTH BOOK with full color and 2-color illustrations on each page by Charles Robinson (not signed by him, but definitely his work). A charming version of this rhyme. $ FOLIO FORMAT MAUD HUMPHREY BOOK 298. (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BONNIE LITTLE PEOPLE by Helen Cone. Stokes NY: Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil, edge of frontis creased, VG+. Printed on rectos only, there are 6 magnificent full page chromolithographs of little children, alternating with verses illustrated in line. Rare. $ RARE STUMP BOOK 295. HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. (STUMP BOOK) London: Treherne no date, circa Oblong (only 1 1/2 tall). Pictorial cloth, VG+ with ivory clasp. Illustrated by THE PILGRIMS with marvelous full page color illustrations (one opposite each page of text) printed on thick paper on one side of the page only, all depicting the adventures described in this classic rhyme. An unusual format fit for little hands and quite scarce. $ #296 HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ALSO 467, 498 HOUSMAN, LAURANCE CHARMING PATRIOTIC WATERCOLOR 296. (HUMPHREY,MAUD) ORIGINAL ART: GALLANT LITTLE PATRIOTS. This is a charming original watercolor by Maud Humphrey used as a color plate in Gallant Little Patriots published by Frederick Stokes in The image measures 7 1/2 wide x 8 1/2 high done on illustration board and is matted, in excellent condition and is signed and dated The book features little children dressed as real American heroes and heroines. Depicted is little girl dressed as a nurse with a Red Cross arm band. She is leaning over and getting ready to feed a little boy dressed as a wounded soldier with a bandage on his head. Humphrey was one of the first great American women illustrators paving the way for Jessie Willcox Smith, Grace Drayton and the many other women illustrators of the early 20th century. Humphrey is also known for being HUMPHREY BOGART S MOTHER (and in fact she used her son as a model for many of her pictures). $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>>

45 Helen & Marc Younger Pg (HUMPHREY,MAUD)illus. BOOK OF PETS by Elizabeth Tucker. NY: Stokes to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges and corners rubbed else tight VG-Fine. Featuring 12 fine full page chomolithographs by Humphrey of little children with their pets. These are inter-leaved with poems about the pets embellished with full page color chromos by Tucker. Printed on one side of the paper, there are a total of 24 full page illustrations including title. A very scarce Humphrey title. $ #299 #299 IBSEN, HENRICK -481 INDIANS 329, 425 INSECTS 255, 531, 585 IRISH 587 IRVING, WASHINGTON 474,478 CHARMING ITALIAN PRIMER WITH ABC 303. ITALIAN. IL PRIMO LIBRO DEL BAMBINO - LETTURA E SCRITTURA by Elisa Cappelli. Firenze: Adriano Salani to, cloth backed boards, 80p., sl. cover soil else near fine. A charming first book for Italian children including an alphabet, syllables, word lists and short stories. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of engravings and in color and with 2 color plates. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $ ITALIAN SEE ALSO 52, 97, , 236, 258, 323, 383-5, 456 RARE SIGNED WILL JAMES COPY IN DUST WRAPPER NEWBERY AWARD 304. JAMES,WILL. SMOKY. NY: Charles Scribner s Sons 1926 (1926). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4 ), green cloth, slight soil and spine slightly faded, else near fine in pictorial dust wrapper (dw slightly frayed at spine ends with a few mends on verso). 1st edition. Profusely illustrated in black and white by James. THIS COPY IS SIGNED WILL JAMES WITH THE RECIPIENTS NAME FOLLOWED BY FROM THE AUTHOR AND DATED First editions of this title in the dust wrapper are rarer and signed copies are rare still. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $ HUNT,IRENE. UP A ROAD SLOWLY. Chicago: Follett (1966). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with small closed tear). Stated 1st printing. This is the story of a 7 year old girl who is sent to live with her austere aunt when her mother dies. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Quite scarce. $ HUNTING JAMES,WILL. HOME RANCH. NY: Charles Scribner s Sons 1935 (1935 A). Thick 8vo (6 x 8 1/2 ), 346p., some toning on endpapers else Fine with none of the fading that is common with this title, in great color dust wrapper (dw not price clipped, lightly soiled and frayed at spine ends but VG+). First edition. This is the story of life on the Mitchell family ranch called the Seven X. Illustrated by James with great color dust wrapper and 48 full page and halfpage black and white drawings. Nice copy. $ (HURD,CLEMENT)illus. MR. CHARLIE, THE FIREMAN S FRIEND by Edith Thacher Hurd. Phil.: J.B. Lippincott (1956). 8vo (7 1/4 x 8 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in very slightly soiled dust wrapper. One of several books about an everyday man named Charlie who has various adventures. In this title he helps out at a fire. Illustrated by Hurd with charming color lithographs on every page. Text is printed in blue on yellow paper. Great copy. Hurd see also 540, $ (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. FAVORITE FAIRY TALES TOLD IN CZECHOSLOVOKIA retold by Virginia Haviland. Boston: Little Brown (1966). 4to (7 x 9 1/2 ), cloth, 90p., Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Five Czech fairy tales are beautifully illustrated with full page and smaller color illustrations as well as black and whites. First edition in dw s are scarce. $ #303 JANNSON, TOVE COMPLETE WITH A REAL JAPANESE DOLL! 306. JAPANESE INTEREST. THE JINGLE OF A JAP by Clara Bell Thurston. Boston: Caldwell (1906). Small 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ), elaborately illustrated pictorial cloth with Oriental design, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box soiled some but sound and VG+). This copy is COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL REAL JAPANESE DOLL IN CLOTH DRESS THAT TIES TO THE COVER OF THE BOOK! The story tells of a Japanese doll that falls in love with a flaxen haired wax doll. Printed on very heavy coated paper, on one side of page only. Illustrated by the author with pictorial endpapers plus many beautiful full page color illustrations (Oriental style) and a profusion of color illustrations in-text. Very rare with the doll and the box and a special book. $

46 Pg 46 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INCREDIBLE 2 VOLUME BI-LINGUAL SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPER 307. JAPANESE INTEREST. NIHON FUZOKU [JAPANESE CUSTOMS]. (Osaka: Printed by Oshima Yosuke for Tsujiko Kumataro 2550) volumes, 16mo (3 1/4 x ), 26p., 27p., frenchfold color pictorial paper with sewn bindings (in the same manner as the crepe paper Japanese fairy tale series). Housed in the original pictorial envelope holder, the set is in Fine condition. The preface reads These books are not only designed to show the manners and customs of the ancient and modern people of Nipon. The fine illustrations afford an important aid in this respect...n.t. Every page has a lovely woodcut, hand-colored or printed color, depicting people of all social classes performing various customs. Text is a simple 2 line indentifying caption. Each volume also has a beautiful double-page foldout illustration. Charming and in incredible condition. $ JONES,ELIZABETH ORTON. BIG SUSAN. NY: Macmillan 1947 (1947). 8vo (7 x 8 ), 82 [1]p., fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st edition. This fantasy story about how the DOLLS come alive was both written by Jones and illustrated by her in color throughout. Very scarce and one of her most sought after books. $ CHARMING THREE PIGS JOYCE WATERCOLOR 312. JOYCE,WILLIAM. THREE LITTLE PIGS - ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a charming finished watercolor by award winning children s book artist Joyce, used on page 43 of his book My First Book of Nursery Tales. Done on art paper, the image measures 6 1/2 x 8, signed. The image shows a cutaway view of the pigs in their house with the wolf about to jump down the chimney. Joyce s style features meticulous attention to detail and this is fantastic piece. Joyce is well known for many of his books like Santa Calls, the Leaf Men and George Shrinks, some of which have been made into animated movies. In addition to his children s art, Joyce has also illustrated the cover of the New Yorker Magazine. $ ETHNIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN HASSALL 308. JAPANESE INTEREST. WHAT HAPPENED TO TEN LITTLE JAPPY CHAPS by G. E. Farrow. Chicago: Donohue no date, circa vo (6 1/2 x 11 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, slight wear, near Fine. First published as a Stump Book, this is part of the Pixie Series in regular book format. Illustrated with 3 full page color illustrations original to this printing and by John Hassall with bright pictorial covers and in color on every page, all depicting the misfortunes of little Japanese children in a Japanese version of the Ten Little Niggers. Really great and quite scarce. $ JAPANESE SEE ALSO 23, 439, 600 JEWISH 52, 243, 291 RARE HAROLD S CIRCUS 309. JOHNSON,CROCKETT. HAROLD S CIRCUS. NY: Harper & Bros mo (4 7/8 x 5 7/8 ), plain black cloth spine and pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price (dw VG frayed at spine ends, worn along joints and small rub spot on cover). First edition of the 5th Harold title (no mention of later titles). Harold s purple crayon adventures take him to the circus. A rare title. $ RUTH KRAUSS AND CROCKETT JOHNSON 310. (JOHNSON, CROCKETT)illus. IS THIS YOU? by Ruth Krauss. NY: William Scott vo, (6 1/4 x 7 1/4 ), pictorial boards, slight tip wear else VG+ in dust wrapper with light soil and a few small edge mends. 1st ed. Designed to help a child define his world, it is a companion to Krauss A Hole Is To Dig and is wonderfully illustrated by Johnson (Krauss husband.) Bader p AIGA Best Children s Books #59. Very scarce. $ JOHNSON, MERLE 235, 469 AMELIA EARHART INTRODUCTION HUMANIZED PLANES - INSCRIBED 313. KALEP,ELVY. AIR BABIES. Denver: Bradford Robinson (1936). Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 ), new cloth spine, printed boards, some edge and tip wear else VG+. 1st edition of this marvelous picture book with a full page color litho facing every page of text - all depicting charming little figures that are half cherub and half airplane. The story tells of their adventures in the air, and includes an INTRODUCTION BY AMELIA EARHART who was a personal friend of Kalep s. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY KALEP ON THE ENDPAPER PLUS THERE IS AN 8 LINE INSCRIPTION FROM HER SIGNED FROM THE AIR BABIES AND THEIR MOTHER ELVY KALEP Kalep was an Estonian born aviator ( ) who was also an accomplished author and illustrator. She was involved in the promotion of aviation during the 1930 s and joined 98 other women to form a group called the Ninety - Nines, now an international organization for women pilots. This is a special copy of the very scarce first edition which has many more illustrations than the more common 1938 edition. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>>) KANGAROOS 251 KAULBACH, WILHELM 488 KAY, GERTRUDE 573 KEMBLE, E.W. 279, 559

47 Helen & Marc Younger WITH SMALL JESSIE KING WATERCOLOR 314. KING,JESSIE. SEVEN HAPPY DAYS. Lond: The International Studio Supp. New Year to, wraps, some cover soil and tears, VG. A series of magnificent color illustrations heightened with gold and silver, with 7 smaller black and white illustrations, Art Nouveau style. Some of her most beautiful work. Laid in is an ORIGINAL WATER COLOR plus a handwritten letter with a sketch housed in the original mailing envelope. The letter is one 4to sheet of King s embossed Greengate stationary. Dated 1947 King writes: Dear [picture of a zebra with a green circle around its head]- Thank you so much for the gift o sox. As they were not nylons I know you were thinking of Erne s [her husband E.A. Taylor] feet but I write for him as we are one. It was very thoughtful of you to send us such appreciation and I hope you will accept this queer coat of arms in retaliation! [signed by Jessie with E.A.T s initials below]. On the bottom left of the letter is the key to reading the coat of arms and she has added I hope you like it. On a separate sheet of art paper folded in half is a lovely watercolor drawing of the coat of arms referred to in the letter. The image measures 3.5 x3. Depicted is a zebra standing over a small cottage with a green gate out front. Riding on the zebra s back is a bird with a yellow halo around its head. On top of the bird is a pair of scissors and a pair of patterned socks. It is inscribed Good Greeting to A.J. Bennett from E.A.T. & J.M.K. This is a wonderful item showing the personal side of King. $ Pg 47 FINE FIRST EDITION OF LASSIE 316. (KIRMSE,MARGUERITE)illus. LASSIE COME HOME by Eric Knight. Philadelphia: John C. Winston (1940). 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 ), orange pictorial cloth, 248p., Fine in near Fine dust wrapper with a touch of fraying, corner of rear flap clipped. 1st ed. of this classic children s story and the basis for the 1943 movie starring Elizabeth Taylor. Illustrated by Kirmse with color dust wrapper, pictorial endpapers, color frontis plus 6 full page and several partial page very detailed b&w s. A beautiful copy, exceedingly scarce. $ helen@alephbet.com RARE NEWBERY FIRST EDITION 317. KONIGSBURG,E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER. NY: Atheneum vo (5 1/8 x 8 1/2 ), cloth, fine in fine dust wrapper (dw frayed but VG). Stated First Edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. The story relates Claudia s adventure in New York City s Metropolitan Museum of Art, written and illustrated by Konigsburg. Rare. $ KRAUSS, RUTH 310, 508, 511 LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE (KING,JESSIE)illus. THE ENCHANTED CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND by Isobel Steele. Edinburgh: Plaid Pub. [1945]. 4to, gilt cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. A story written for children and illustrated by King with color wrapper, 4 double page color illustrations and many lovely line illustrations throughout the text. $ KINGSLEY, CHARLES 539 KIPLING, RUDYARD 492, 494 KIRK, MARIA #313 - previous page RED FAIRY BOOK 1ST EDITION 318. LANG,ANDREW. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. Lond: Longmans vo, red gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, some cover soil, one leaf frayed and worn on edges else tight and VG. 1st ed. of the second fairy book. Illustrated by H.J. FORD in b&w. A nice copy of arguably the rarest title in the series. $ LANGEN, HILDA DOROTHY LATHROP LIMITED EDITION 319. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY by Walter de la Mare. London: Constable (1922). 4to (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 ), full vellum-like paper over boards, top edge gilt, slightest of cover soil else fine with little of the usual darkening that seems to affect this title. LIMITED TO ONLY 325 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DE LA MARE. Printed on hand-made paper and illustrated by Lathrop with 3 magnificent color plates with guards plus a profusion of truly beautiful black and whites that reproduce with much detail and clarity on the fine quality paper. A nice copy of a very scarce book. $850.00

48 Pg 48 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 LATHROP S LITTLE MERMAID 320. (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. THE LITTLE MERMAID by Hans Christian Andersen. NY: Macmillan 1939 (Oct. 1939). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/8 ), blue gilt cloth, dedication page sl. rubbed else Fine in dust wrapper (dw with a few small edge chips else VG+). First edition of this elusive Lathrop book. Illustrated by her with 14 full page, hauntingly beautiful illustrations - 6 in full color, plus pictorial endpapers, all of which match the magic of this fairy tale - Miss Lathrop s favorite. $ (LATHROP,DOROTHY)illus. MR. BUMPS AND HIS MONKEY by Walter de la Mare. Philadelphia: John C. Winston (1942). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in nice dust wrapper (dw frayed at spine ends with a few closed tears). 1st edition. Illustrated by Lathrop with magical, detailed full page color lithos plus beautiful b&w s throughout depicting a humanized monkey. Some of her finest work. $ SIGNED BY LEAF 322. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. THE STORY OF SIMPSON AND SAMPSON by Munro Leaf. NY: Viking 1941 (Oct. 1941). 4to (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), red cloth, near Fine in slightly worn, VG+ dust wrapper. 1st edition. SIGNED BY MUNRO LEAF. 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 a special copy of another great collaborative effort from the creators of Ferdinand. $ SCARCE LAWSON TITLE 323. (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. SWORDS AND STATUES by Clarence Stratton, intro. by Samuel Rogers. Phil.: John C. Winston (1937). 8vo, (6 x 8 5/8 ), blue cloth stamped in gold, 254p., offsetting on title else Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st ed. of this uncommon Lawson title, illustrated with color wrapper, color frontis plus several full and partial page b&w s to accompany a story set in 16th century Italy. $ (LE MAIR,H.WILLEBEEK)illus. CHILDREN S CORNER by R.H. Elkin. London & Philadelphia: Augener & McKay no date [1914]. Oblong 4to, gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine in repaired dw with 2 pieces off rear panel. Illustrated by Le Mair with 16 magnificent color plates to accompany rhymes by Elkin. Some of her most beautiful work and a very scarce book, especially in dust wrapper. $ COMPLETE WITH RARE WWII STAMP BOOKLET 325. LEAF,MUNRO. MY BOOK TO HELP AMERICA. Racine: Whitman (1942). 4to (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 ), pictorial card covers, VG- Fine. Designed to involve children in the war effort by promoting the saving of U.S. War Stamps. There is a removable stamp booklet book in a pocket in the rear that the child can use for the stamps. Each page is illustrated in line or 2-color by Leaf. This is rare with the booklet intact. LEAF see also 322. $ LEAR, EDWARD FANTASTIC COPY OF RARE FANTASY 326. L ENGLE,MADELEINE. A WRINKLE IN TIME. (NY): Ariel (1962). 8vo, 1/4 cloth, 211p., extremely faint soil on rear cover, small spot on endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. The dust wrapper (illustrated by Ellen Raskin), is in beautiful condition with the price intact (a small amount of soil on the rear panel and a touch of rubbing at base of spine but no fraying or tears). 1st edition 1st printing of this fantasy that has become a modern classic. In the stranger than fiction category, A Wrinkle In Time had a difficult time getting published. According to A Special Message from Madeline L Engle on the Random House web site: After trying forty-odd publishers (L Engle later said twenty-six rejections ), L Engle s agent returned the manuscript to her. Then at Christmas, L Engle threw a tea party for her mother. One of the guests happened to know John Farrar of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and insisted that L Engle should meet with him. Although the publisher did not at the time publish a line of children s books, Farrar met L Engle, liked the novel and ultimately published it. A Wrinkle In Time is the winner of the NEWBERY AWARD and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This is an exceptionally nice copy, ultra rare. $15, L ENGLE S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED 327. L ENGLE,MADELEINE. SMALL RAIN. NY: Vanguard Press (1945). 8vo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 ), cloth, 371p., a very small strip of fading on spine else Fine in Fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. of L Engle s first book, a young adult novel (she did have a play published in an anthology the previous year). THIS COPY HAS A ONE PAGE INSCRIPTION BY L ENGLE. First she has written a ten line excerpt from the book, followed by her bold signature and: I started this book in college & finished / it in New York when I was working in the / theatre. In it I was asking my own / questions about life for the artist. This is a beautiful copy with a superb inscription. $

49 Helen & Marc Younger RARE L ENGLE FIRST EDITION WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE 328. L ENGLE,MADELEINE. AND BOTH WERE YOUNG. NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard (1949). 8vo (5 7/8 x 8 5/8 ), green and yellow cloth, 232p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly soiled, price clipped). First edition of L Engle s first novel for girls, this is the story of a girl at boarding school in Switzerland and her relationship with a boy she meets there. This copy has a ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN CARD BY L ENGLE LAID-IN. Done on her personal card printed Crosswicks, Goshen Connecticut, she writes: Sorry to have been so slow in getting this to you. I ve been firstdrafting a new fantasy & everything else has been pushed aside. Back to New York tomorrow - so I ve had to come up for air! Madeleine. First editions of this early work by her are super rare and this is a special copy. $ Pg 49 helen@alephbet.com STRIKING BLOCK PRINTS BY LENSKI 331. LENSKI,LOIS. LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTS. The following pieces are wonderful signed, limited edition linoleum block prints done by Lenski in the early 1920 s. They are all on high quality paper, signed and titled by Lenski in pencil below the images. Her talent as an artist speaks for itself. 331a. THE EMPTY HOUSE. The image measures 5 wide x 7 high with a thick border. $ #331A #331B LENSKI ART FOR LITTLE SIOUX GIRL 329. LENSKI,LOIS. LITTLE SIOUX GIRL: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is the dust wrapper drawing for her book Little Sioux Girl, a title in the Roundabout America Series published in A note in the margin indicates that the illustration is also to be used as the frontispiece / title page spread (this was done by using two small strips of paper that cover the small area that has lettering so that just the art is visible). The original art was drawn only in black in white with color applied during printing to her specifications. Also included is the artist s color overlay measuring 20 wide by 13 high showing the printer the color scheme, (2 pieces off edge). The original dust wrapper art is a wrap-around image that measures 20 wide by 13. Pencil notations to the printer are in the margins, two small areas where there is no picture are rubbed. The right side of the piece is the front panel of the jacket showing a little Sioux girl carrying a baby and a pail of water. Clothing hangs on the line and a dog trots alongside them. The girl s log house, mountains and farm buildings are on the left side of the piece. Down the middle is the lettering for the spine (lettering by Lenski). The entire piece is bordered with an Indian type graphic design. $ b. THE CROOKED STREET. The image measures 6 square with a thick border. Lenski has also written her name and address on the back of the original matte. $ c. MAN WITH HAT. The image measures 3 1/2 wide x 5 high with thick border, in a new matte. $ #331D #331C 331d. GIRL WITH SHORT HAIR. The image measures 3 1/2 wide x 5 high with a thick border, in a new matte. $ CHARMING LENSKI DRAWING 330. LENSKI,LOIS. ON A SUMMER DAY: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is the original pen and ink drawing by Lenski used as the endpaper design of her 1953 small format book On A Summer Day. The image measures 8 1/2 wide x 6 1/2 high and is matted and signed. The matte is also notated in Lenski s hand with the title Original Endpaper On A Summer Day. The picture features little boys and girls running and playing with dogs and dolls with flowers decorating the entire page. The little children are just like her Little Family children, simple in style but loaded with action and charm. $ e. ORCHARD BEACH. The image measures 7 wide x 5 high with a thick border, in a new matte. (MORE NEXT PAGE) $ #331E

50 Pg 50 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue f. MY SEWING ROOM. The image measures 5 wide x 7 high with a thick NEWBERY AWARD WINNER IN RARE DUST WRAPPER border, in a new matte. $ LOFTING,HUGH. VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY: Fred. Stokes #331F #331G 1922 (1922). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dw mended, chipped at spine ends and corners, 1 triangular piece off rear panel). First edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by Lofting with color pictorial endpapers, guarded color frontis, one other color plate plus charming b&w s. This is the second title in the Doctor Dolittle series and also the second book to win the Newbery Award. Scarce first edition but rare in the dust wrapper. $ g. THE CHINA SHOP. The image measures 5 wide x 7 1/8 high with a thick black border, matted. Lenski s note on back indicates that there were a limited number of prints issued. $ LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF ZINGO THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER. Jersey City: Colgate mo (3 7/8 x 5 3/4 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. This is a wonderful advertising booklet with a dental theme. The story, written by Lofting, stars a monkey named Zingo that meets a traveler at the Edge of Civilization. Zingo gets the idea to raise money by trying to find anyone who doesn t use Colgate dental cream and sell it to them. Illustrated by Lofting with 2 full page color illustrations, 5 half page color illustrations, plus one full page and one half page drawings in line. $ (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. FIVE AND TEN by Roberta Whitehead. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1943 (1943). 8vo (6 x 8 1/8 ), red pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper mended on verso. 1st ed. A simple story has wonderful, bright full page color illustrations by Lenski. Quite an uncommon Lenski title. $ STRIKING GEOMETRICS BY SOL LEWITT 333. (LEWITT,SOL)illus. FICCIONES by Jorge Luis Borges. NY: Limited Editions Club (1984). Square 4to, full black cowhide, Fine in slip case (Monthly Newsletter laid in). LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SOL LEWITT. Featuring 22 geometric illustrations (silk screens) by Lewitt whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. The Monthly Newsletter quote s Robert Rosenblum describing Lewitt s art as the work of a New Sorcerer s Apprentice adding that his art like that of Borges, is an art of infinite allusion. A strikingly beautiful book. $ LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 137, LIONNI,LEO. SWIMMY. NY: Pantheon (1963). 4to (9 1/4 x 10 7/8 ), pictorial boards. boards, fine in VG+ slightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition. (correct dw price, no listing of later titles). Beautifully illustrated in color to accompany the simple story of a little black fish left alone in the water. CALDECOTT HONOR. Quite scarce. $ LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 55, 378, 446 LA FONTAINE S FABLES ILLUSTRATED BY LORIOUX 337. (LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. FONTAINE S FABLES. Racine: Whitman Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, several dedication signatures on endpaper (plain endpapers) some edge rubbing else near fine in dust wrapper (dw soiled). One of the most marvelous and imaginative editions of these fables, this is illustrated by FELIX LORIOUX in bold, full color and in line with his wonderful humanized insects and animals and with a few lines of text for each illustration. Full of humor and style and beautifully printed. Containing: The Town Rat & The Country Rat, The Grasshopper & The Ant, The Wolf & The Lamb, The Crow & The Fox, The Fox & The Stork and The Heron. $ FIRST EDITION OF MACDONALD S FAIRY TALES 338. MACDONALD,GEORGE. DEALINGS WITH THE FAIRIES. Lond: Arthur Strahan mo, green gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 308p. + 4p. ads, expertly rebacked with original spine preserved, few mends and light soil, VG+ in cloth slipcase. 1st ed. Containing: The Golden Key; The Light Princess; The Giant s Heart; The Shadows; and Cross Purposes and with 12 fine full page illustrations by ARTHUR HUGHES. Darton (Child. Books in England rev.ed. p. 263) comments on Macdonald s influence with Lewis Carroll in publishing Alice and he adds: His contribution to the invented fairy tale... was something which was not there before. More than any other prose story teller for children at that period, he brought serious imagination into the fabric of his tales. And the fact that many of his works are still in print today (including 2 from this book illustrated by Sendak) attests to his enduring quality. Very scarce and an important book. $

51 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 51 MACKENZIE S ALADDIN 339. (MACKENZIE,THOM AS)illus. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP in rhyme by Arthur Ransome. London: Nisbet no date [1919]. 4to, (7 1/2 x 10 ), pictorial cloth, near fine. 1st edition. Mackenzie s most desired and best work featuring 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates with tissue guards and with a profusion of stunning black and whites on every page of text (nice silhouette ep s as well). A beautiful book. $ McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. HOMER PRICE. NY: Viking 1943 (1943). 4to, cloth, 149p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw light soil and fraying at spine ends but overall VG+). 1st edition. 6 preposterous tales written by McCloskey are illustrated by him as well with full and partial page drawings. $ ARABIAN NIGHTS 340. (MACKENZIE,THOMAS)illus. ALADDIN or the Wonderful Lamp and ALI-BABA and the Forty Thieves. Chicago: Albert Whitman (1929). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 5/8 ), cloth, pictorial paste-on, 128p., near Fine. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie with 8 stunning color plates and with 1 full page and 6 smaller b&w s that are unsigned. Quite scarce and an attractive edition. $ McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. ONE MORNING IN MAINE. NY: Viking 1952 (1952). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 ), pictorial cloth, 64p., fine in VG dust wrapper missing 1 at base of spine. 1st edition of this wonderful CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK. Illustrated on every page with McCloskey s eye for detail. 1st editions of this title in nice dust wrappers are hard to find. $ FABULOUS RARE MCCLOSKEY POSTER 345. MCCLOSKEY,ROBERT. POSTER: CHILDREN S SPRING BOOK FESTIVAL. Offered here is the circa 1950 poster for the festival sponsored by the New York Herald Tribune. It measures 18.5 x 21.5 and is brightly illustrated in full colors showing a typical McCloskey boy relaxing in the grass and reading a book. Rare. (SEE ALSO FRONT COVER) $ LIMITED EDITION INSCRIBED BY THOMAS MANN 341. MANN,THOMAS. HERR UND HUND [Man and his Dog] ein idyll. Munchen vo (6 1/2 x 9 ), marbled boards with leather spine label, 93p., Fine. LIMITED TO 120 COPIES SIGNED BY MANN, printed for the German Writer s Association with the revenue to benefit needy writers. Printed on Zanders handmade paper. The story is a narrative describing the author s life with his dog Bashan. Illustrated by Emil Preetorius with full page frontis woodcut and with 8 smaller woodcuts in-text. THIS COPY IS ALSO HAS A FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM MANN ON THE ENDPAPER. A remarkable copy. (SEE ALSO REAR COVER) $ MARIANA. MISS FLORA McFLIMSEY AND THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE. NY: Lothrop Lee Shepard (1957). 8vo (5 1/2 x 6 3/4 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. This forgotten little doll goes to school and meets many new characters. Charmingly illustrated in color by Mariana and quite scarce. $ RARE McLOUGHLIN GAMES FOR BOYS 346. McLOUGHLIN PUB. HOME GAMES FOR LITTLE BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros., no date circa Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 9 ), pictorial wraps, covers soiled some else VG++. One of Aunt Louisa s Big Picture Series, this is a rare and interesting McLoughlin item. Each of the 6 stiff color plates represents a different board game with the rules for playing each game printed inside the front cover. Games include: Game of Quoits; Game of Bear Hunt; Game of Duck Shooting; Game of Rabbit Hunt; Game of Leap Frog and the Game of Tightrope. $ MARSHAK, S

52 Pg 52 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CONEY ISLAND CHILDREN S BOOK 347. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. JOHNNY HEADSTRONG S TRIP TO CONEY ISLAND. NY: McLoughlin Bros Large square 4to, pictorial wraps, [20]p. including covers, light spine and cover wear and soil, VG. The adventures and tales of woe of mischievous Johnny with his family at Coney Island. Marvelous full page color illustrations and numerous illus. in brown line by W. BRUTON. Rare. $ MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL AND ART FOR AIGA BEST BOOK 352. McPHAIL,DAVID. CAPTAIN TOAD AND THE MOTORBIKE. This is a collection of pre-publication material for McPhail s wonderful picture book published in 1978 by Atheneum. Taken together, they are a fascinating look at how a book becomes published from concept to realization. The story tells of Captain Toad, a retired Navy hero, who inadvertently saves his little village from the noisy motorbikes. The characters are all marvelously detailed humanized animals depicted in full color. Included are: A. Early Text of the story in typed pages with many handwritten changes, plus one page entirely in McPhail s hand. B. Wonderful Double-Page Detailed Drawing used on p of the book. The mole is asleep by the fireplace and Captain Toad is sneaking out through the window. All of the original artwork for this book was in black and white with color added in the printing. C. 5 Finished Pen And Ink studies of Captain Toad by McPhail. D. Artist s Dummy for Captain Toad done after the finished art was completed, used as a guide for the art director and printer. Each of the pages is sketched in showing the layout of the artwork. E. Two Early Proof Copies from the publisher with extensive annotations by McPhail and his editor MCLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE BO PEEP. NY: McLoughlin Bros,, no date circa vo, (5 3/4 x 7 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. Little Folks Series, printed on linen. This is a prose version of the nursery rhyme, illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographs. A great copy. $ MCLOUGHLIN MILITARY INTEREST 349. McLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE DESERTER. NY: McLoughlin Bros. no date circa to (7 1/2 x 9 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, 12p., neat spine mend and one closed tear, VG+, bright and clean. The story involves three brothers who decide to play war. Their father outfits them with guns, swords, a drum and military uniforms. They erect a tent, establish posts and proceed to play. One of the brothers isn t very war-like and he deserts for which is he ridiculed, bound up and held prisoner until the game ends. Illustrated with 6 very fine full page chromos on black backgrounds engraved by Cogger. A title in the Aunt Matilda Series. $ 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. This book, 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. $ MEDICINE SOLDIERS 350. MCLOUGHLIN PUB. LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS. NY: McLoughlin Bros to (9 1/4 x 10 5/8 ), pictorial wraps, some wear to rear cover, VG+. Stories and poems glorifying the life of a soldier (including a young Rough Rider) are illustrated with 6 brilliant full page chromolithographs and with 2-color illustrations in text. $ McLOUGHLIN PUB. YELLOW DWARF. NY: McLoughlin Brothers, no date, circa vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated by HOWARD with 4 full page and 1 double page chromolithographs and with great pictorial cover. A title in the Yellow Dwarf Series. $ McLOUGHLIN SEE ALSO 25-27, 111, 149, 150, 154, 166, 184, 229, 230, 286, 292, 294 MEGGENDORFER SLICE TRANSFORMATION BOOK 353. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. DER FIDELE ONKEL. Esslingen: Schreiber no date, circa vo (5 3/8 x 7 5/8 ), cloth backed flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine. 14 full page full color illustrations of male figures are each sliced in thirds enabling the reader to make more than 2000 different and often humorous illustrations. The first edition of this title appeared in 1891 with 12 pictures. In more pictures were added and the dimensions of the book were reduced An uncommon format for Meggendorfer and quite scarce. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $

53 Helen & Marc Younger 354. MEGGENDORFER,LOTHAR. IMMER LUSTIG! Munchen: Braun & Schneider no date circa Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge wear, new spine matching the original, tabs extended, VG+ in custom clamshell box. Featuring 8 fabulous hand-colored moveable plates: musical conductor, drummer, man swatting a fly, hunter chasing a rabbit, a gnome with a jack-in-thebox, a man spanking his son, a fisherman, and a Black child with a turtle. Great movements and altogether wonderful. $ Pg 53 helen@alephbet.com FINE LIMITED/SIGNED POOH BOOK WITH GREAT MILNE LETTER 359. MILNE,A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen (1928). 4to, cloth backed boards Fine in dust wrapper (dw only very slightly worn), housed in custom 1/4 leather box. 1st ed. LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Printed on hand made paper resulting in very sharp reproductions of Shepard s perfect illustrations. LAID-IN IS A 1 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED 1926 FROM MILNE PRESENTING A MILNE BOOK TO THE OWNER. The content of the letter is wonderful, reading: Dear Darthanda, Here is your book. I am so glad you like it. First editions of When We Very Young are rather difficult and rather expensive to get, but if you asked a good bookseller in Oxford Street to try and get one for you, I dare say he would be able to. Christopher Robin thinks you have the most exciting name he ever heard, and he goes about singing it to himself. He and Pooh send their love, and so do I. Your Friend, A.A. Milne. This is a special copy and in great condition. $11, HUMANIZED MICE - TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN 355. MICE. IN THE MOUSE S HOUSE arranged from a German picture book by Lois Donaldson. Chicago: Laidlaw Printed in Germany. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9 1/4 ), cloth, pictorial pasteon, near Fine. Each page of text faces a full page, richly colored illustration and there are 3- color pictures on text pages as well all by MATHILDE RITTER showing the everyday life of these most charming humanized mice. $ LIFE OF A GERMAN SOLDIER 356. MILITARY INTEREST. FELD-POST VOM VATER bilder und versli vom Art. Beobachter Bume. Aarau: A Trub, no date, circa Oblong 12mo (7 x 4 /58 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine. This is a book of short poems for children of soldiers to show them what their fathers do while away at war. Illustrated by the author with 9 full page color lithos depicting a soldier s day from morning to night. $ DELUXE FIRST EDITION PUBLISHER S LEATHER WINNIE 360. MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. London: Methuen (1926). 8vo, full green publisher s morocco, gilt pictorial cover with extensive gilt pictorial spine, all edges gilt, 103p., Fine. First edition, DELUXE EDITION bound by the publisher in leather. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPARD. $ MILITARY INTEREST ALSO 85, 325, 349, 350, 436, 545, 592, MILLER, OLIVE BEAUPRE 574, 575 UNCOMMON POOH BOOK 357. MILNE,A.A. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BIRTHDAY BOOK. Lond.: Methuen (1930). 12mo, cloth, 215p., fine in slightly soiled, near fine dw. 1st ed. A birthday book compiled by Milne from his 4 Pooh books and illus. by E. H. SHEPARD. Includes a new 3 page intro. by Milne and new art for a color dust wrapper by Shepard. Quite uncommon and a great copy. $ #358 SCARCE MILNE / SHEPARD POOH LIMITED EDITION 358. MILNE,A.A. THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK. NY: Dutton (1929). 4to, green cloth spine and tips, pink pictorial boards, VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (box lightly soiled). The LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Illustrated throughout in black and white by E.H. Shepard, this is a beautiful copy and very scarce. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>>>

54 Pg 54 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 1ST POOH BOOK LIMITED TO ONLY 100 SIGNED COPIES 361. MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Lond: Methuen (1924). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed boards, except for a few faint oxidation marks, very fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw spine sunned and with two small chips off top of spine). Housed in custom 1/4 leather box. #36 OF TO ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD! 1st ed. of the first Pooh book, printed on hand-made paper. Rare and a beautiful copy. $24, MONTGOMERY,FRANCES TREGO. BILLY WHISKERS OUT WEST. Akron: Saalfield (1916). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 182p. plus ads, tips rubbed else near fine in DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). Probable 1st edition of the 18th Billy Whiskers book (no later titles on title page or dw flap). Billy makes his way home after visiting the San Francisco Exposition and has many adventures. Illustrated with 6 color plates by F.J. Murch. Nice copy. See 104 for another Billy Whiskers title. $ #366 1st DELUXE LEATHER EDITION 362. MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Lond: Methuen (1924 7th printing). 8vo, PUBLISHER S FULL BLUE LEATHER DELUXE BINDING, spine ends rubbed and spine slightly faded, owner name on verso of free endpaper, VG-Fine. 1st. edition of this title in the deluxe binding. Rare. $ THE SECOND ANNE TITLE 366. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF AVONLEA. Boston: L.C. Page & Co (1909). 8vo, (5 1/4 x 7 3/4 ) green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 367p. + [8]p.ads, FINE. Stated 1st impression of the second Anne book. Illus. with color frontis by George Gibbs. Extremely scarce and a beautiful copy. $ THE THIRD ANNE TITLE 367. MONTGOMERY,L.M. ANNE OF THE ISLAND. Bost: L.C. Page Co (1915). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 326p. + 16p. ads, light rear cover soil else near Fine. Stated 1st impression (printing). Illustrated with color frontis by H. Weston Taylor. Anne leaves Avonlea for 4 years of college and realizes that she and Gilbert Blythe were meant for each other. $ #367 DELUXE EDITION LEATHER BOUND IN BOX 363. MILNE,A.A. HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. London: Methuen (1928). 8vo, full calf with gilt vignettes and floral decoration, all edges gilt, 103p., Fine in original publisher s box with printed label (box rubbed with light soil). 1st edition, DELUXE EDITION. Illustrated by E.H. SHEPHARD. Scarce in this binding and a beautiful copy. $ SIGNED BY MILNE AND GRAHAME 364. MILNE,A.A. TOAD OF TOAD HALL: a play from Kenneth Grahame s The Wind In The Willows. Lond: Methuen (1929). 4to, (7 1/4 x 9 ), cloth backed boards, fine in dust wrapper and custom 1/4 leather box (dw lightly soiled with narrow 1 chip off front panel and sl. frayed and spine ends) LIMITED TO ONLY 200 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY MILNE AND KENNETH GRAHAME! A beautiful copy of a very scarce book, generally found in grubby condition. $ # MONTGOMERY,L.M. RILLA OF INGLESIDE. NY: Frederick Stokes (1921). 8vo, purple cloth, pictorial paste-on, sl. foxing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw has 1 piece off top of spine and 1/2 off bottom of spine). 1st ed. Set on Prince Edward Island, this is a continuation of the Anne of Green Gables saga telling of Anne s daughter Rilla. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with color frontis. that is repeated on dust wrapper and cover of book. $ CALDECOTT AWARD 369. (MONTRESOR,BENI)illus. MAY I BRING A FRIEND? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. NY: Atheneum 1964 (1964). 4to (8 x 9 3/4 ), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw faint corner stain, price clipped). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated with bright color illustrations and with detailed black and whites in Montresor s distinctive style. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Beautiful copy, very scarce. $ MINIATURE 115, 198, 199 MOORE, CLEMENT 114, , 185

55 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 55 CHARLOTTE STEINER CLOTH MOTHER GOOSE 370. MOTHER GOOSE. BABY S MOTHER GOOSE. no place: Peggy Cloth Books Oblong (8 1/2 x 7 1/4 ), pictorial cloth, some soil and fraying else VG. Illustrated by Charlotte Steiner with charming color illustrations on every page. Scarce. $ GREAT LATE 19TH CENTURY SLICE BOOK 375. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) NOVELTY METAMORPHOSES PICTURE BOOK * NEUESTES VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH * NOUVEAUTE LIVRE DE METAMORPHOSES. No publishing information except Made in Germany, circa vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, faint crease else VG+. There are 6 pages in 3 sections folded to size. All feature humorous chromolithographs of all kinds of people and animals. Two of the leaves are sliced into 6 pieces horizontally enabling the reader to make hundreds of combinations of comical figures. Quite wonderful. $ PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 371. MOTHER GOOSE. HOP O MY THUMB. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date circa mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, near fine. Illustrated with 4 charming full page chromolithographs. Mary Bell Series. Scarce. $ RARE VOLLAND CLOTH MOTHER GOOSE 372. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE AND HER FRIENDS by Gladys Nelson Muter. Volland Oblong small folio (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 ), limp pictorial cloth, slight bit of cover fading and rubbing else VG+. This rare Volland Mother Goose is printed on cloth and illustrated in color in art deco style by Marion Foster. $ RARE TOY SLICE BOOK 376. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) TOYLAND AND DOLLDOM MOVING PICTURES by R.H. Garman. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2 ), stiff pictorial wraps, stain on edge of rear cover else VG+. Two of the pages are divided into 6 sections (sliced horizontally) allowing the reader to form hundreds of different combinations of pictures using the color backdrops of the other 4 pages. The illustrations are all teddy bears, toys and dolls. The text is in rhyme at the bottom of the pictures. $ MAINE POLITICAL SATIRE 373. MOTHER GOOSE. MOTHER GOOSE COMES TO PORTLAND by Frederic Freeman. Portland, Maine: Southworth Print. Co. (1918). 12mo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, nearly As New is original onion skin wrapper. Traditional Mother Goose characters and rhymes are adapted to Maine political figures of the era. Each figure is identified by name and position and is illustrated in line by the author. Florence Brooks Whitehouse, the Chairman for Maine of the National Woman s Party is pictured as Mrs. Pieman. When Simple Simon asks to taste her ware she replies Advance my measure of Justice to Women and Simon replies If that s the price - with pleasure.. A clever little book. $ #374 MOTHER GOOSE ALSO 64, 75, 93, 163, 186, 426, 454, 547, 554 RARE AMERICAN MOVEABLE - DENSLOW IMITATION 374. MOVEABLE. (MOTHER GOOSE) THE MAGIC PICTURE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES AND MELODIES. NY: Dillingham (1908) 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, some cover soil and grubbiness, tight and VG. 1st edition. Illustrated by ROBERT H. PORTEOUS in an obvious DENSLOW IMITATION,. Every other page is really a flap that features a bold, vibrant color illustration with the beginning of a Mother Goose rhyme. When the flap is lifted, it reveals a different but related picture beneath it. Text pages are also illustrated in color. Bound in the same format as Denslow s Humpty Dumpty and others, this is really a nice Mother Goose and a rare moveable flap book. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>>

56 Pg 56 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 GREAT LATE 19TH CENTURY SLICE BOOK 377. MOVEABLE. (SLICE) VERWANDLUNGS BILDERBUCH * METAMORPHOSES PICTURE BOOK. No publishing information except Made in Germany, circa mo (5 1/2 x 6 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, inconspicuous repair at fold else VG+. There are 6 pages in 3 sections folded to size. All feature humorous chromolithographs of all kinds of people including a stereotypical Black man. Two of the leaves are sliced into 3 pieces horizontally enabling the reader to make numerous of combinations of comical figures. Quite wonderful. $ PETER RABBIT HANKY MOVEABLE 381. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) PETER RABBIT HANKIES. Duenewald: vo, pictorial wraps, slight cover rubbing else fine. Text for the story is printed on rear panel. Inside are 2 full page color lithographed pages by JULIAN WEHR - one has a tab operated moveable, and the other has 2 COLOR ILLUSTRATED HANKIES tucked into slots in the illustrations. Rare. $ RARE MOVING PICTURES RED RIDING HOOD 378. MOVEABLE. (THEATER) LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD IN EIGHT REELS. Milwaukee: Craft Novelty Makers, to, pictorial boards, cover soil, else VG+. There is a full page depiction of a movie theatre and where the stage would be is a die-cut hole. There is a moveable wheel beneath the hole that tells the story of Little Red as it is turned. There are 8 different scenes of the Red Riding Hood Story. The text for each scene in on the opposite page. Rare. $ RARE VOLLAND MOVEABLE 379. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) [DOWN NEAR THE LILY POND]. [Chicago]: Volland This is a MAGIC ROUNDABOUT BOOK with the text and illustrations of a story printed on 4 color illustrated wheels attached to a wooden paddle. The wheels are 9 3/8 in diameter and it is 12 from the bottom of the wooden handle to the top of the wheel. Three of the wheels are tab operated. There is a triangular window cut into the top wheel so that the reader can create different versions of the text depending upon which wheel is turned. The story tells of the adventures and mishaps of a family of frogs that picnic near the lily pond. This is a very rare moveable book. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $ MOVEABLE POPEYE 382. MOVEABLE. (WEHR) POPEYE AND THE PIRATES. NY: Duenewald (1945). 4to (8 3/4 x 8 3/8 ), pictorial boards, near Fine. Illustrated in full color by SAGENDORF and featuring 4 color moveable plates by JULIAN WEHR. One of Wehr s scarcer titles and a great copy. $ MOVEABLES SEE ALSO 66, 74, 126, 160, 285, 353-4, 452, MUNARI,BRUNO. GIGI CERCA IL SUO BERRETTO. Mondadori: to, pictorial boards, VG. Featuring wonderful, bold color lithographed illustrations, each of which has a moveable flap that reveals a new picture below. $ MUNARI,BRUNO. STORIE DI TRE UCCELLINI [TIC TAC AND TOC]. Veronase: Mondadori (1945). Folio, edges of cover toned else Fine. One of Munari s famous cut-out books with minimal text and brightly colored illustrations. There are smaller books within the large book plus a circular cutout on the bottom of each page. Unique and appealing. $ FINE VOLLAND NOVELTY BOOK IN BOX! 380. MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) MY PEEK-A-BOO SHOW BOOK by Carrie Dudley. Minneapolis: Buzza, a Gordon Volland Book Large oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Very Fine IN ORIGINAL BOX (box flaps repaired). Written and illustrated by Dudley. There are 8 thick cardboard scenes with holes cut out in various places. Any one of these scenes can be placed over any one of 6 paper pages so the reader can change the text and illustrations to create a number of stories (very similar to Tom Seidmann Freud s grids on her famous toy books). Illustrated in bright Volland style, this is a scarce and interesting book, rare in the box. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>

57 Helen & Marc Younger Pg MUNARI,BRUNO. WHAT I D LIKE TO BE. (London): Harvill Press (1945). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 3/8, flexible card covers, slightly dusty else near Fine. 1st edition. Among the first English language editions of Munari s works, this is the third Bruno Book. With an innovative approach to design, each page has a separate little book integrated into the picture. Featuring bright full color illustrations and minimal text. $ MUSIC 53, 287 MYTH & LEGEND 105, 117, 203, 392, 418, 597 NAZI ANTI-SEMITIC CHILDREN S BOOK 386. NAZI INTEREST. DER GIFTPILZ [THE POISONED MUSHROOM] by Ernst Hiemer. Nurnberg: Sturmer (1938). 4to, cloth and pictorial boards, some internal margin soil, sl. spine wear, VG+. 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 remains one of the most striking examples of the power of propaganda in children s literature, however this title is more difficult to find. Nazi interest see also 29, $ CHILDREN S RED BOOK 387. (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. HANSEL AND GRETHEL & SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED by the Brothers Grimm. Chicago: Reilly and Britton, mo (5 1/4 x 7 ), 58p., red cloth stamped in yellow and black, round pictorial paste-on, Fine. The two title fairy tales are illustrated with 8 full page color illustrations, a few smaller illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Volume XII of the Children s Red Book Series. A great copy. Neill, see also including original art. $ # NEVILLE,EMILY. IT S LIKE THIS, CAT. NY: Harper & Row (1963). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4 ). Pictorial cloth, Fine in VG dust wrapper with light edge fraying, no award seal. Stated First Edition. The story is about a boy s journey to adulthood set in New York City. Illustrated by Emil Weiss. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Very scarce. Neville s first book. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $ NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 2-5, 300, 304, 317, 326, 335, 388, 402, 482, 584 NEWBERY AWARD HONOR 31, 70, 245, 586, 591 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR - ALICE DALGLIESH 389. [NEWBURY,JOHN] A BOOK FOR JENNIFER by Alice Dalgliesh. NY: Charles Scribner s Sons 1941 (1940). 8vo (6 x 8 1/4 ). decorative cloth, 114p., Fine in rubbed and frayed dust wrapper. The book relates the life and times of John Newbury and his Juvenile Library bringing alive the world of children s books in the 18th century. Illustrated by Katharine Milhous with 10 charming full page color illustrations and with 11 cuts taken from old books. Dalgliesh used Wilbur Macy Stone s collection for reference and the design of the book cover and jacket reproduces paper used on an actual 18th century book of Stone s. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY DALGIESH. $ NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. CLEVER BILL. no place (New York): (Doubleday, Page) no date [1927]. Oblong small 4to, yellow pictorial boards, 23p., sl. rubbing, near fine in chipped dust wrapper. First U.S. edition. Printed on rectos only, featuring wonderful color lithographs that fill the page, with one line of calligraphic text beneath each picture. If, by a true picture book one means a book in which pictures tell a story with little need of text, there can be no doubt that William Nicholson had accomplished this in Clever Bill. (Meigs : Critical History p. 582). See also Bader p.61-1 who cites Nicholson s innovative oblong format for which there is no true precedent. This is an excellent copy of a very scarce children s book. $ NICHOLSON,WILLIAM. BOOK OF BLOKES. [London] (Faber & Faber [1929]. 12mo (5 x 7 3/8 ), white boards, green pictorial labels on both covers, Fine. 1st edition. Printed on one side of the paper, each page has a line illustration of a different English man (bloke), originating from sketches Nicholson did to amuse his children. There is no text and the drawings are impressionistic in style, executed in a variety of colors. $ NESS, EVALINE - 121

58 Pg 58 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BRILLIANT COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 392. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1924]. Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 ), elaborate gilt pictorial green moire (silk), FINE IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (dw sl. frayed). 1st ed. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen with 12 beautiful tipped in color plates plus many full page black and whites to accompany 16 fairy tales. This is a beautiful copy with the gilt binding quite bright, scarce in the dust wrapper.. $ WITH INTERESTING LETTER 396. NORTON,MARY. THE BORROWERS. NY: Harcourt Brace (1953). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 ), blue pictorial cloth, 180p., slight fading on perimeter else Fine in a near Fine dust wrapper. There is an extra dust wrapper that is slightly frayed at spine ends. Stated First Edition. The British edition was published a year earlier, but with completely different illustrations by another illustrator. This is the first story in the series about the miniature people who exist by borrowing from humans. The story tells what happens when their daughter becomes friendly with a human boy. Illustrated by BETH AND JOE KRUSH with color wrapper and delightful pen and ink drawings throughout. Laid-in is a letter to a friend from legendary children s book editor Margaret McElderry that explains why this copy has two dust wrappers: Surprise, Surprise! The friend who stayed on in our Sullivan St. apartment after I married died fairly recently, and in the process of sorting out my books and pictures that were still there, I discovered a first edition of The Borrowers and double-jacketed to boot (which HB [Harcourt Brace] did on all office distribution copies). So here it is... See Lynn p.157, Carnegie Medal winner. A special bright copy. $ #397 BOXED NIELSEN IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE 393. (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE: fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1913]. 4to, lavender pictorial cloth, some light foxing throughout else really NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE (box soiled, corners strengthened). 1st trade ed. (second issue bound all in cloth instead of cloth backed boards). Illustrated by Nielsen with 24 tipped-in color plates with pictorial tissue guards, pictorial endpapers plus text decorations. This is a beautiful copy of a really magnificent book, rarely found with the original box. $ NIELSEN, KAY SEE ALSO NISTER PUBLISHER 30, 33, , 115, 143, 455, 465, 528, 583 CUTE NOAH SHAPE BOOK NOVELTY 394. NOAH S ARK. ARK FULL OF ANIMALS by Tessa Colina. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Foundation Oblong 8vo, spiral backed card covers diecut in the shape of the Ark, Fine. Illustrated in full color on every other page Vera Gohman. Cut into the illustrations are 40 die-cut windows with surprise pictures underneath. $ FAIRY TALE POSTER BOOK INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR 397. NOVELTY. FAIRY POSTER BOOK. Racine: Whitman Oblong 4to (12 x 9:), stiff pictorial wraps, some cover wear else near Fine and unused. The characters from The Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Kittens, Goldilocks, Old Mother Hubbard and Cinderella are included. Each story has a full page color illustration to be used as a guide to color the full page black and white illustration that it faces. Each story also has a full page of character pieces meant to be cut out and pasted into the blank areas of another partially illustrated full page illustration. The illustrator was M.E. Stout who has inscribed the book to someone involved with publishing it: To Henry:- This is the book we worked on together! M.E. Stout. The color cover by Stout is particularly charming. $ WITH DETACHABLE PHONE AND DIAL 398. NOVELTY. PLAYETTE PHONE BOOK by Larry Wise and M. Goldsmith. NY: Playette Corp to (8 1/4 x 11 ), spiral backed boards, covers rubbed else VG+. Through a circle cut into all pages and front cover emerges a metal phone dial. Attached by a string is a removable phone cradle. Each text page offers a different scenario for using a telephone. Illustrated with bright color lithos in typical 40 s style by Dick Briefer. Really a great educational novelty book. $ #395 FABULOUS ART DECO NOAH S ARK PLAY BOOK 395. NOAH S ARK. NOAH S ARK AND ALL THAT WERE THEREIN by Charlotte Wilkinson. Cleveland: Harter Large oblong folio (17 x 11 3/4 ), pictorial card covers, FINE AND UNUSED. There are 8 leaves of die-cut figures illustrated with rich color lithographs by Ruth C. Williams. They include 110 pieces to punch out and use to assemble the Ark, Noah, his wife and sons and their wives plus all of the animals. Each animal has a stand printed with the name of the animal and the country where it can be found. Very scarce. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>

59 Helen & Marc Younger NOVELTY BOOK / NEWELL IMITATION WITH REAL STRING 399. NOVELTY. THE STORY OF THE STRING AND HOW IT GREW by Sam Plank. NY: Artemus Ward (1916). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightly dusty and tips rubbed else VG+. Employing a novel approach (reminiscent of Newell s Hole Book), there is an actual piece of string threaded through a hole in the center of each page. As you turn the pages, the string appears in various situations depending upon the illustrations. Illustrated in color on every page by CRAWFORD YOUNG. $ GREAT ART DECO ILLUSTRATIONS 400. NOVELTY. TRAILOR FAMILY CUT-OUTS by Dotty Downs. Akron: Saalfield Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 10 ), pictorial wraps, covers dusty and pinhole in corner of pages else VG+ and unused. All pages have color lithographed illustrations meant to be cut-out to assemble the 4 members of the Trailer family, their auto, their trailer and furniture for the trailer. Very scarce and a great period piece. $ Pg 59 helen@alephbet.com RARE PETER PARLEY TITLE MASS MARKET ADVENTURE BOOK 404. OPTIC,OLIVER. BOAT CLUB; OR, THE BUNKERS OF RIPPLETON. A Tale for Boys. Boston: Brown, Bazin and Company 1855 (1855). 12mo, (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 ), brown pictorial cloth with front cover and spine stamped in gold, all edges gilt, spine ends frayed, light oval stain on endpaper and next 2 leaves, tight, clean and overall VG+. 1st edition, presumable publisher s presentation binding. Peter Parley To Penrod p. 12 calls for blind stamped covers with only an ornamental panel and publisher s monogram and no gilt edges. This copy has all edges gilt and the front cover has a gilt vignette of 3 boys on a boat repeated on rear cover in blind stamping. Illustrated with 4 plates. This was only the third book written by the prolific William Taylor Adams (here using his Oliver Optic pseudonym). Before the Boat Club American children had few adventure stories available to them. Although not without a moral message, imparting morality was not the main message in this book. This title was a marked change from Sunday School stories or Jacob Abbott s books. It was so successful that Adams wrote 5 more Boat Club titles creating the first of his prolific adventure tale series and also creating a first in mass market publishing for boys. Rare. $ NOVELTY BOOKS SEE ALSO 61, 64, 95, 161, 194, 195, 220, 228, 285, , 383-5, 394-5, 423, 487, 523, 525 BEAUTIFUL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS 401. NURA. ALL ABOARD WE ARE OFF. NY: The Studio Publications and Junior Literary Guild (1944). 4to (9 1/4 x 11 ), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, rubbed at folds and frayed at spine ends). This is the story of The Little Old Apple Lady who takes children on magic trips. Written by Nura and illustrated by her with beautiful color and black & white art deco style color lithographs, litho d directly on stone by Nura and printed in four colors. $ MAGNIFICENT COPY OF OUTHWAITE S LTD. ED. FAIRYLAND 405. (OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL)illus. FAIRYLAND with verses by Annie R. Rentoul and stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie Rentoul. Melbourne: Ramsay Pub Folio (11 1/4 x 15 ), blue gilt cloth, top edge gilt, 166 p. including subscriber list, corner of frontis small crease else Fine and bright. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE on the limitation page. The text consists of three fairy stories and 23 fairy poems and features pictorial endpapers and 51 mounted plates with tissue guards - 19 plates in color plates and 32 in black and white. There are also drawings in-text. Due to the integrity of the printing plates and the quality of the paper, the illustrations pop with detail that inevitably lessened as more copies were printed. This is an especially nice copy of one of the scarcest and most sought after children s books of all time. It is the ultimate fairy book and quite possibly the most beautiful children s book as well. (See Muir s 5600). Rare. $ NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 402. O DELL,SCOTT. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1960 (1960). 8vo (6 x 8 1/2 ), cloth, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper (slight chipping to head of spine, no award seal). First edition. This is the story of an Indian girl who lived alone for 18 years on an island in the Pacific in the 1800 s. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Scarce in the 1st ed. $ SCARCE KEWPIE BOOK 403. O NEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES THEIR BOOK written and illustrated by Rose O Neill. NY: Stokes (Nov. 1913). 4to, boards, pictorial paste-on, fine in tattered and worn dw with some pieces off. 1st edition of this early Kewpie book. Illustrated by O Neill with pictorial endpapers, cover plate, plus numerous color illustrations on every page depicting the adventures of the Kewpies. A beautiful copy, rare in dust wrapper. $

60 Pg 60 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 OUTHWAITE S FIRST BOOK WHEN SHE WAS ONLY ([OUTHWAITE],IDA RENTOUL)illus. MOLLIE S BUNYIP by A.R. RENTOUL and I.S. RENTOUL. Melbourne: Robert Jolley Oblong 4to, string bound pictorial wraps, [48]p., edges frayed with some mends, last leaf restored (all blank except for the last two letters of the word end ) else really VG+. FIRST EDITION OF OUTHWAITE S FIRST BOOK done when she was only 16 years old and written by her older sister Ida who was then 22. Illustrated with 11 full page black and whites and 11 pages of text in calligraphy. Text pages have delicate illustrations in sepia. The story tells about little Mollie who wanders into the woods and gets lost. She meets fairies and is protected by the Bunyip and then returns home. Extremely scarce. $ POSTERS PROMOTING WORLD PEACE 409. PACIFISM. [POSTERS FOR PEACE]. This is a folder of 10 color posters published jointly by the National Council for Prevention of War and the National Child Welfare Association in Each poster measures 11 x 14, printed on one side of the paper with a pictorial cover sheet. Each leaf features a beautiful color scene by F.L. Warren showing children from different countries: China, Russia, Italy, France, England, Germany, America, Spain, Japan and Holland. The hand lettered text in verse is meant to show that all children are good and all are alike despite physical differences. The first leaf contains the following verse: In hearts too young for enmity / There lies the way to make men free;/ When children s friendships are world-wide, / New ages will be glorified. / Let child love child and strife will cease / Disarm the hearts, for that is Peace. The National Council for Prevention of War was founded in 1921 by Quaker pacifist Frederick J. Libby with the purposes of reducing armaments worldwide and to become the center for the distribution of peace information. $ FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER! 407. OUTHWAITE,IDA RENTOUL. BLOSSOM: A FAIRY STORY written and illus. by Outhwaite. Lond.: A & C Black (1928). 4to, cloth backed patterned boards, 94p. + 2 p. ads, slightest of rear cover soil else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (wrapper some soil and some mends). 1st U.K. ed. Illustrated by Outhwaite with pictorial ep s, 8 beautiful color plates, 8 detailed and lovely b&w plates plus drawings in-text. A beautiful copy. $ PAINTING BOOKS 35, 397, 461 PANAMA - 84 STRIKING BI-LINGUAL PACIFIST THEME FANTASY 408. PACIFISM. DAS ZAUBERSCHIFF / THE MAGIC SHOP by Hans Leip. Hamburg: Hammerich u. Lesser (1947). 4to (10 x 10 7/8 ), stiff pictorial card covers, small corner repair on back cover else near Fine. 1st edition (1st printing - later printings are stated) of this rare picture book with text printed in both German and English. Illustrated by Hans Leip with bold and unusual expressionistic color lithographs. (Leip was the author of the song Lily Marlene ). The text describes a fantasy trip in a magic ship taking little children all over the world, but it s theme has political overtones of socialism and pacifism. One segment about the rich and the poor ends One is given much and another little. It would be better to divide it all fairly, so that each would have what he needs. It ends with: So trade and commerce blossomed again and the stupidity of the war was at an end. May this become a reality in the world for the joy of Everyman. Bilderwelt 785. Fascinating and quite scarce. $ AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING PRANG PANORAMA 410. PANORAMA. (PRANG) FARM YARD STORY. Boston: L. Prang /2 x 4 1/2, pictorial wraps, slight edge wear. Printed on one side and folded accordion style, each of the 12 pages has a charming chromolithograph with text below. The story relates the life of various farm yard animals and the sad fate of a little chick that strayed from its mother and was taken by a night hawk. This is one of several panoramas published by Prang and very scarce. See McClinton/Prang p.49. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>>>>>> UNUSUAL SKI THEME PANORAMA 411. PANORAMA. (SKIING) THE MERRY SKIBOOK by Franziska. NY: Transatlantic Arts to, (7 1/2 x 8 1/2 ), boards, light edge soil else fine in soiled dust wrapper. Consisting of 17 panels that open to nearly 10 feet, each panel is brightly illustrated in color by Franzisca showing a day in the life of a skier. Very unusual theme and done in a style more typical of the 20 s. $475.00

61 Helen & Marc Younger WINE-MAKING 48 PANEL PANORAMA 412. PANORAMA. (WINE) ALBUM OFFICIEL DE LA FETE DES VIGNERONS VEVEY Lausanne & Vevey: F. Payot & Loertscher, Jacot Guillarmod Printed wrap covers, 5 1/4 x 6 7/8 when closed, scattered foxing, VG+. This is a souvenir of the wine harvesting festival held in Vevey Switzerland. The festival originated in the 1700 s honoring Bacchus and the 1889 procession had more than 1300 costumed participants. The panorama consist of 48 panels (plus covers). Some participants (including many women) included: floats honoring Ceres and Pales, Roman goddesses of the harvest, floats honoring Bacchus, fauns wearing vines and skins, satyrs, groups representing all aspects of wine making from grape growers and pickers to wine merchants, musicians, yodelers, representatives of 22 Swiss Cantons in local dress, members of the Swiss Guards and ending with a wedding procession (many women) participants are all colorfully costumed. Lithographed by S. Krakow in Paris. Scarce. (SEE ALSO INSIDE FRONT COVER) $2000,00 Pg 61 helen@alephbet.com CINDERELLA PANTOMIME PLAY 413. PARKER,B. CINDERELLA AT THE ZOO. London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, no date, circa Large 4to (9 3/4 x 12 ), pictorial boards, slightest bit of rubbing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw edge chipped). The text in verse tells how the animals at the zoo put on a pantomime Cinderella. The 16 full page chromolithographs portray each animal in its role, dressed accordingly. The Bear is Prince Charming, the Parrot is the Prompter, the Cassowary is the Stage Manager etc. The full color illustrations are striking. Rare in dw. $ #413 #413 PARAIN, NATHALIE see 423 #410 HUMANIZED ELEPHANTS BY THE PARKERS! 414. PARKER,B. THE LAYS OF THE GRAYS. London & Edinburgh.: W. & R. Chambers, no date circa Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 9 ), pictorial boards, light cover rubbing, near fine. One of the greatest of the Parker s picture books, this tells of the lives of a group of humanized elephants. Each page of text in verse is faced by a stupendous FULL PAGE COLOR illustration by N. Parker (12 in all). There are also pictorial endpapers and line illustrations on text pages. Has to be seen to be appreciated - a great picture book. $ PARKER,B. OUT IN THE WOOD. London: W. & R. Chambers, no date circa Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 9 ), pictorial boards, slightest bit of rubbing else Fine. When humans are asleep, the forest comes alive with humanized bunnies, moles and frogs. Their frolics are told in verse by B. Parker. Illustrated by N. Parker with 14 incredible full page color illustrations plus illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers and striking color covers. One of the rarest of the Parkers fine picture books especially in such nice condition. $ PARKER, N. & B. SEE ALSO 58 PARODIES 184, 288, 293, 373

62 Pg 62 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE PARRISH PORTFOLIO 416. (PARRISH,MAXFIELD)illus. MAXFIELD PARRISH S FOUR BEST PAINTINGS. NY: P.F. Collier no date ca Oblong folio (19x14 ). Black boards with printed label, sl. edge rubbing else fine. Inside are 4 matted color illustrations by Parrish, 3 of which have a printed label describing them as the De Luxe Edition and describing the setting of the art (from Arabian Nights). The prints themselves are 8 3/4 x 11. Incredibly rare. Parrish see also 75. $ RARE PEAT TITLE 420. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. TOM THUMB by the Brothers Grimm. Akron: Saalfield (1929). Small 4to (7 x 9 1/4 ), pictorial boards, some wear to gutters and fraying of spine ends else tight, clean and VG+. The classic children s story is wonderfully illustrated with bold colors and in line by Peat including 4 full page color illustrations. Rare. $ PEAT, FERN BISEL SEE ALSO 60, 63 RARE TUCK PEEPSHOW 421. PEEPSHOW. CINDERELLA. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date, circa x 6 1/8, Fine condition. This is a three tiered peepshow extending 7 back, depicting the story of Cinderella. Illustrated with delicate and lovely chromolithographs. Rare. See Whitton: Tuck p.32. $ PEACOCK, LUCY PEAKE,MERVYN. CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR. Lond.: Eyre & Spottiswoode to, cloth, fine in dust wrapper. 1st ed. with color illustrations, being first published with plain line illustrations in The 1939 edition was destroyed by enemy action during the war, after which Peake colored the plates for the 1945 edition. The illustrations for this pirate tale are both surreal and real - full of action and humor as only Peake can do. See Whalley/ Chester History of Children s Book Illustration p.202 where they refer to this title as one of the most astonishing picture books of the period. $ GRIMM S FAIRY TALES 418. (PEAKE,MERVYN)illus. GRIMM S HOUSEHOLD TALES. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. (1946). Small 4to (7 x 8 1/2 ), yellow cloth, 303p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw very slightly frayed). 1st Peake edition. More than 75 fairy tales including many less common titles are illustrated by Peake with 6 full page color illustrations (including title-frontis spread) plus full page and intext black and whites. Eyre (p.44) calls Peake s illustrations the finest set of drawings for Grimm s Household Tales since Cruikshank. These definitely are not your typical fairy tale illustrations. $ PEAKE, MERVYN SEE ALSO 135, 136 PEAT PAPER DOLLS 419. (PEAT,FERN BISEL)illus. GROCERY STORE TO SET UP. Akron: Saalfield Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 10 ), stiff pictorial wraps, Fine and Unused. This is a fabulous book of PAPER DOLLS with cabinets, stands and dozens of grocery items to be assembled by the user - all brightly illustrated in Peat s distinctive style. Very scarce. $ EXTREMELY RARE PERE CASTOR GAME OF TRANSPORTATION 422. PERE CASTOR. CIRCULEZ! Invente par Nelly-Roussel, mise en images par Angele Malcles. Paris: Flammarion /4 square, pictorial wraps house a thick card game board folded to fit. Slight cover wear else Fine and UNUSED! This is a game of transportation that the child creates by cutting out the brightly colored figures inside the wraps. The instructions for preparing the game are printed on the verso of the game board. The child makes various modes of transportation including bicycle, truck, bus, auto, train, scooter and more. When assembled, the pieces are 3 dimensional color figures with built in stands. In the center of the wraps are rules for playing the game. The game board itself opens to 22 1/4 square and features large art deco color lithographs in each corner and colored squares for playing the game. Illustrations are by French artist Angele Malcles. Intact copies of early Pere Castor novelty books are rare and this is one of rarest of them all. $ WITH MAGIC GLASSES 423. PERE CASTOR. ALBUM MAGIQUE textes de Rose Celli. Paris: Flammarion 1932 (1950). 4to (8 1/2 x 9 1/8 ), flexible pictorial card covers, near Fine and complete with anaglyph glasses. Not 1st ed. Each page of text faces a full page 2-color illustration printed in red and blue but which cannot be clearly seen. When the child wears the magic glasses provided, they can see 2 pictures - one in red and one in blue. Illustrated by Russian emigres artists Nathalie Parain and Helene Guertik. Rare. $275.00

63 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 63 MAGNIFICENT GILT BINDING 424. PERRAULT,CHARLES. CONTES DE PERRAULT. Paris: Theofore Lefevre ca to, red cloth with elaborate gold and black decorative binding, all edges gilt, 217p., near fine. 11 favorite fairy tales are offered with text pages surrounded by an elaborate pictorial border by G. FRAIPOINT printed in a range of colors. In addition there are wonderful steel engravings by LEFRANCQ after DESANDRE and wood engravings by FATH and others.. There is also a 14 page preface by A.J. St. Germain. A beautiful edition. Perrault see also 378, 413, 476 $ PETERS, G.S. PRINTER 213 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD SET OF PETERSHAM STORY BOOKS 425. PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. PETERSHAM STORY BOOKS. Offered here is a set of the first 12 picture books by the Petershams published in Philadelphia by Winston They are uniformly square small 4to, various colors of cloth with color plates on covers. Books are generally in near fine condition in nice dust wrappers that show varying degrees of fraying and wear. The history of all things that affect a child s life are broken down into categories and presented in simple language. The books are illustrated with beautiful 5-color and black & white lithographs throughout. Laid-in is publisher s information advertising the series. Titles include the Story Books of Wheels, Ships, Trains, Aircraft, Gold, Iron & Steel, Coal, Oil, Houses, Clothes, Food and Transportation. All 12 for: $ FLYING POODLES! 427. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. THE FLYING POODLE by Roland Collins. London: Harvill Press no date, circa to (8 1/2 x 11 ), boards, VG+ in dust wrapper with piece off backstrip. This is the story of a Poodle named Mandy that is determined to find the kitten she grew up with. When her owners go away, she takes to the air for her search. Illustrated by W. SUSCHITZKY with incredible photos of the poodle and her friends. Certainly different. $ PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. REALLY BABIES by Elizabeth Brownell. Chic: Rand McNally to, gilt cloth, photo paste-on, 63p., fine in worn and chipped dust wrapper. Rhymes for children (one per page), with each rhyme facing a full page photo of a real posed child and with photos on text pages as well. Typical turn of the 19th century and scarce in the dust wrapper. $ HUMANIZED APPLES AND PEARS 429. PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. TOMMY APPLE AND PEGGY PEAR by James Laver. London: Jonathan Cape (1936). 4to, cloth, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. Tommy Apple and Peggy Pear have encounters with Mr. Potato, Mother Cabbage, Lady Leek, Mr. Onion and others. Illustrated with full page color and b&w photos of fruits and vegetables dressed as humans - done by Henry Rox. This is something quite different, to say the least. $ # PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. THE ROOSTER CROWS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN RHYMES AND JINGLES. NY: Macmillan 1945 (1945). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/2 ), tan cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped, triangular piece off top of spine, not price clipped, no award medal). First edition. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. An American Mother Goose with beautiful color and black and white lithos throughout. $ PETHERICK, ROSA PHOTO ILLUSTRATED ALSO 145 CHARMING BOOK BY ELLEN HOUGHTON 430. PICTURE BOOK. ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MAN CHESTER or Recollections of the ROYAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION. (Manchester: Abel Heywood 1887). Sq. 4to, (10 sq.), pictorial wraps, Fine. The story relates the adventure of little Chester as he wanders the streets of a strange city. When Chester awakes he realizes that the adventure was really a dream. Illustrated with 8 fabulous full page color illustrations and in brown line on other pages. There is minimal text and much detail in the pictures by Houghton showing the influence of Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane. This is a remarkable copy of a scarce and charming book. $600.00

64 Pg 64 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN PICTURE BOOK 431. PICTURE BOOK. MY PICTURE BOOK. NY: Gabriel Large 4to, stiff linenette pictorial wraps, VG+. This is a picture book for the youngest child with beautiful color illustrations of animals and simple word lists in both block letters and script. $ GREAT TUCK VICTORIAN PICTURE BOOK 432. PICTURE BOOK. PROVERBS OLD NEWLY TOLD by Clifton Bingham. London: Raphael Tuck, no date, circa Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, 2 archival margin mends, some cover rubbing and paper toning, VG+. All of the standard proverbs are offered - Better Late Than Never, A Bird In The Hand etc., illustrated with 12 fabulous full page chromolithographs much in the style of John Hassall. Also illustrated in black and white on the other pages. Great! $ LARGE 20 S PICTURE BOOK 433. PICTURE BOOK. RIMSKITTLE S BOOK by LeRoy Jackson. Chicago: Rand McNally (1926). Folio (10 x 12 ), cloth, pictorial paste-on, corner bumped, owner names on endpaper, near Fine. 1st. ed. One of Rand McNally s wonderful large nursery picture books for children, this is profusely illustrated with full page and in text color illustrations by RUTH CAROLINE EGER (pictorial endpapers by MILO WINTER) to accompany poems for children. Scarce and a beautiful copy. $ PIGS 45, 64, 206-7, 312, 397, 460, 525, 586 PIRATES 417 PLAYS 64, S ALGERIA HAND-COLORED 434. POCHOIR. ALGERIE by Louis Cheronnet. Paris: Duchartre (1930). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil and toning of paper, VG. The history of Algeria is presented in large type. Each page is illustrated in typical 1930 s style by MAURICE TRANCHANT with charming hand-colored (pochoir) illustrations. This is one of the few picture books about Algeria. $ SOLDIERS - GUY ARNOUX LIMITED EDITION 435. POCHOIR. (ARNOUX,GUY) HISTOIRE DE LA RAMEE: SOLDAT FRANCAIS by Guy Arnoux. Paris: Devambez Folio, pictorial wraps, light cover soil, VG+. LIMITED TO 325 NUMBERED COPIES. Illustrated with 15 beautiful hand-colored POCHOIR illustrations by Arnoux. $ FRENCH NAVAL HEROS LIMITED TO 470 POCHOIR COPIES 436. POCHOIR. (ARNOUX,GUY) LES MARINS: 6 Images de Guy Arnoux. Paris: Devambez no date ca Folio (10 x 13 ), pictorial wraps, near Fine. Featuring 6 magnificent hand-colored leaves printed on one side, loose in a handcolored pictorial folder. All are images of French naval heroes in battle. The colors are rich and vibrant. This set is LIMITED TO ONLY 470 NUMBERED COPIES ON VERGE PAPER. $ STRIKING ART DECO POCHOIR PLATES 437. POCHOIR. CANDIDE Ou l Optimisme; ZADIG; JEANNOT ET COLIN par Voltaire. (Paris: Editions Nilsson) no date [1928]. 4to (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 ), 217p., pictorial wraps. Spine ends frayed else fine and partially unopened. Featuring 6 stunning mounted pochoir plates highlighted in metallic silver by ROBERT POLACK - very stylized and very 20 s. $ TOLMER ART DECO HAND-COLORED PICTURE BOOK 438. POCHOIR. THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF LUDO THE LITTLE GREEN DUCK by Jack Roberts. Paris: Tolmer Square small 8vo (7 1/4 ), pictorial boards, slightest but of rubbing else near Fine. Convinced that because he is green, he is meant for better things, Ludo the little green duck leaves home for adventure. He travels the world over only to discover there s no place like home. Illustrated by Roberts with 1 double page and 6 full page absolutely stunning hand-colored pages and illustrated in green and black on virtually every other page. Text is done in calligraphy and the overall style is classic Art Deco. A wonderful, wonderful book and very scarce. $ POE, EDGAR ALLAN (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE CHILDREN IN JAPAN by Grace Bartruse. NY: McBride Nast to, boards, sl. cover soil, VG+. Illus. with 16 fine color plates by Pogany (8 double-page) and 16 b&w s in a style different from any of his other books (naturally with a Japanese flair to fit the text). Illustrations are individually hinged into to binding. Quite a scarce Pogany title. (SEE ILLUS TOP NEXT PAGE) $350.00

65 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 65 #439 SIGNED BY POGANY 440. (POGANY,WILLY)illus. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. NY: Crowell (1910). Folio, green gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others trimmed, gilt on spine dulled else Fine. First U.S. edition (same year as UK ed.). This is a magnificent production illustrated by Pogany with pictorial endpapers and title page, tipped-in color illustrations, and full page color illustrations. The calligraphic text is enclosed within pictorial borders with decorative initials and there are smaller black and whites illustrations in-text - all ART NOUVEAU IN STYLE. Produced by Vincent Brooks and B. Dalziel, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY POGANY. This is a special copy of one of Pogany s most desired & lavish books. $ ARABIAN NIGHTS POP-UP BY JEWISH UNDERGROUND PRESS 443. POP-UP. (ARABIAN NIGHTS) ZAUBER BUCH VON 1001 NACHT by El Pintor. No publishing information, circa to (7 1/2 x 10 3/4 ), pictorial card covers, some cover creasing, VG+. Printed on both sides, this opens accordion style. The text for Aladdin, Ali Baba and Sindbad are on one side. The other side features 3 charming pop-up scenes. El Pintor was an underground Jewish artists group whose members were disciples of the Nieuwe Kunstschool created in the 1930 s by Paul Citroen along Bauhaus ideals. They were 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. $ POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) DICK TRACY: THE CAPTURE OF BORIS ARSON by Chester Gould. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). 4to, pictorial boards, covers lightly soiled else Fine. Illustrated with 3 great color pop-ups and many b&w illustrations all throughout the text. One of the scarcest titles in this series. Whitten: Paper Toys of the World p. 76. $ STRIKING POLITI WATERCOLOR 441. POLITI,LEO. WATERCOLOR OF A WOMAN. This is an early and beautiful large original watercolor signed by Leo Politi and dated It measures 12 x 13 1/4 (done on art paper). A young Mexican woman is depicted in rich colors with the entire surface of the paper covered. This is a particularly striking image. $ POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS). TERRY AND THE PIRATES IN SHIPWRECKED by Milton Caniff. Chic: Pleasure Books (1935). 4to, pictorial boards, clean and near FINE. Featuring 3 fabulous color pop-ups and b&w s throughout the text. A really nice copy. $ POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. NY: Blue Ribbon (1935). 8vo, pictorial boards, Fine. Illustrated by HAROLD LENTZ with pictorial endpapers, full page and in-text black and whites, plus one wonderful doublepage pop-up in vibrant color. $ POLITICAL SATIRE. GREAT MEN by Harold Begbie. Lond.: Grant Richards to, 51p., cloth backed pictorial boards, some cover soil, else VG and clean. 1st ed. This is a satirical look at famous historical figures including Shylock, George Washington, Napoleon, King Arthur and more. Each page of text faces a wonderful full page color illustration by F. Carruthers Gould, printed by Edmund Evans. $ POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) PUSS IN BOOTS. Illustrated Pop-up edition by C.Carey Cloud and Harold B. Lentz. NY: Blue Ribbon (1934). 4to, pictorial boards, some cover soil else VG+. Illus. with 3 fabulous double-page color popups and with several b&w s in-text. $250.00

66 Pg 66 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue POP-UP. (BOOKANO) BOOKANO STORIES NO.1 ed. by S. Louis Giraud. Lond: Strand no date ca to, pictorial boards, sl. wear to spine, VG+. Featuring 5 particularly wonderful double page color pop-ups, full of action and detail including a gorgeous butterfly in an orchid, Maypole dance and more. Illus. in b&w to accompany a variety of stories. Nice! $ POP-UP. (KUBASTA) TIP AND TOP AND TAP LOOK AT SHIPS. (London: Bancroft 1964). Large square 4to, stiff pictorial card covers, near Fine. This is a fabulous action book featuring 6 double page pop-up pages - all showing the sea adventures of Tip and Top. Illustrations in color and pop-ups designed by V. KUBASTA. $ JOLLY JUMP-UP ABC BOOK 449. POP-UP. (JOLLY JUMP- UP) THE JOLLY JUMP-UPS ABC BOOK by Geraldine Clyne. Springfield: McLoughlin Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, slight edge wear, else VG+. Illustrated with 6 wonderful double page pop-ups that also have some moveable pieces. Nice book! $ POP-UP. (KUBASTA) HANSEL AND GRETEL. London: Bancroft Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, near fine. Featuring 8 very fine double-page color pop-ups by KUBASTA (a few of which also have moveable parts as well). $ POP-UP. (KUBASTA) MOKO AND KOKO IN THE JUNGLE. London: Bancroft, no date, circa Folio, cloth backed pictorial card covers, Fine. Illus. in color by KUBASTA and featuring an absolutely stunning, large pop-up of an elaborate jungle scene with moveable pieces as well. $ POP-UPS BY GERALDINE CLYNE IN ORIGINAL POP-UP BOX POP-UP. (MOTHER GOOSE) MOTHER GOOSE PLAYHOUSE. NY: J.S. Pub Co. no date, circa There is a large size pictorial box with a great, elaborate pop-up that emerges when the cover is opened (box with normal wear and rubbing). Inside are 8 pop-up Mother Goose rhymes, each in its own color pictorial booklet, with illustrations by GERALDINE CLYNE. Quite rare and a wonderful pop-up item. $ Titles include: 1. Old King Cole 2. Baa Baa Black Sheep 3. Sing a Song of Sixpence 4. Hey Diddle Diddle 5. There Was An Old Woman 6. Mary s Lamb 7. Mistress Mary 8. Ding Dong Bell 452. POP-UP. (KUBASTA) SNOW WHITE. London: Bancroft Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial card covers, FINE. Featuring 8 fabulous and detailed pop-up scenes, one of which has a moveable tab part and with a moveable cover, all by KUBASTA. $ POP-UP. (NISTER) WHAT THE CHILDREN LIKE intro. by F.E. Weatherly. London: Nister no date, circa Folio (10 x 12 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, margins of a few pages repaired, neat strengthening else VG+. Illustrated with 5 very fine, large, double-page chromolithographed popups, all but one of which show little children playing: in a boat on the river, playing blind-man s buff, at the farm, racing bicycles and the last - a beautiful forest scene with deer. A nice copy with gorgeous pop-up illustrations. Peeps Into Nisterland p.343. $

67 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 67 MARVELOUS POP-UP PINOCCHIO 456. POP-UP. (PINOCCHIO) THE POP-UP PINOCCHIO by Harold Lentz. NY: Blue Ribbon (1932). Thick 8vo, pictorial boards, normal light cover wear and some spine creasing, VG+, clean and tight. Illustrated by Harold Lentz with 4 marvelous double-page color pop-ups plus numerous b&w text illustrations and color endpapers. $ POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF TOM KITTEN. London: Warne 1907 (1907). 12mo, boards, slightest bit of edge wear else Fine. 1st ed. Illustrated with color plates by Potter. An especially nice copy. Quinby 13. $ TUCK POP-UP 457. POP-UP. (TUCK) WITH FATHER TUCK IN PLAYTIME. Lond.: Tuck ca Father Tuck s Mechanical Series with Movable Figures. 4to, pictorial boards, neat spine repair, light cover rubbing, VG+. There are 4 charming folddown scenes that each erect a three dimensional tableau, all depicting children playing with dolls and toys, taking tea, blowing bubbles etc. Illustrated in brown line in-text by M. Bowley and with rhymes by Clifton Bingham. The color cover shows a little girl demonstrating the pop-up in the book to a little boy. $ POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. Philadelphia: McKay (1930). 8vo, green cloth, pictorial paste-on, 141p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. (dw discolored on part of edges). 1st U.S. edition. Illustrated with 6 fine color plates plus numerous line illustrations in text and pictorial endpapers. This American edition actually appeared before the U.K. ed. and contains 12 more drawings, 13 head and tailpieces that do not appear in the British edition. A beautiful copy, scarce in wrapper. Quinby 30A. $ POTTER UNUSED PAINTING BOOK 461. POTTER,BEATRIX. PAINTING AND DRAWING BOOK WITH TALE OF PETER RABBIT. NY: Platt & Munk (Hurst 1915). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, corner repair to title else Fine and unused. Each page of text with a printed color illustration is faced with an illustration in line for the reader to paint. Very scarce. $ POP-UP SEE ALSO 160 POSTERS 91, 345, 409 FINE FIRST EDITION OF PETER RABBIT 458. POTTER,BEATRIX. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT. London: Frederick Warne [1902]. 12mo, brown boards, 97p., 1/4 rub spot on blank corner of 2 pages, binding tight, clean, FINE copy housed in a beautiful custom clam-shell box with leather spine and raised bands. 1st trade edition, after the privately printed edition. This copy has the white dot in the o s on the cover, leaf patterned endpapers, the word wept on p. 51 and all other points of first printing per Quinby 2. The text and illustrations were engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and this first edition contains four color plates that do not appear after the fourth impression. This is a beautiful first edition of one of the most famous and important children s books and very rare in such fresh condition. $16, STUNNING PICTURE BOOK INCLUDING OWL & PUSSYCAT 462. POTTER,BEATRIX. CHILD S FIRST PETER RABBIT BOOK [on cover] PETER RABBIT * THE LITTLE RED HEN * AND THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. Newark: Charles Graham no date circa Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on of Peter, VG- Fine. The three stories are illustrated (by an unknown hand) with 16 fabulous, bold full page chromolithographs plus numerous full page and partial page illustrations and pictorial endpapers. This is a great picture book and a scarce Potter piracy. $ POTTER SEE ALSO 69, 114, 381 PRANG PUBLISHER 238, 410, 526 PRE 1870 IMPRINTS 15, 17-19, 175, 203, , 277, 280, 283, 291-2, 410, (PRESTON,CHLOE)illus. BARBARA PEEK-A-BOOS HOLIDAY. Lond: Humphrey Milford / OUP no date, circa Square 4to, pictorial boards, color paste-on, slight wear to paper and sl. soil, VG+. Featuring 8 fine color plates plus numerous black and whites showing the trials and tribulations of Barbara with adorable humanized bunnies. $500.00

68 Pg 68 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ART YOUNG SOCIALIST 464. PROPAGANDA. THE SOCIALIST PRIMER by Art Young. Chicago: Socialist Party of America (1930). 12mo (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 ), pictorial wraps, normal shelf wear, paper toning on edges VG+. Using the format of a child s beginning reader, Young points out in the most basic way the inequalities in the world and the need for socialism. Illustrated by him with graphic black and white cartoons on every page. Young was a famous cartoonist whose anti-war and socialistic views caused him much trouble. He is best known for his cartoons that appeared in the Masses between 1911 and Quite scarce. $ x 14 3/4 when completed. Inside a tray in the box are 10 chromolithographed pictures of the characters in the poem, numbered on the back. The child is to Read Part 1 of the poem and at the same time place the Card Number 1 where it fits into the picture. It will appear as if you had opened the door and shown the Malt in the room. One continues to take up each card in order, each time reading the corresponding line of the poem. When completed all of the characters from the poem will be placed to form the final scene of the rhyme. There is one additional piece with the title of the rhyme in large letters. Something out of the ordinary and quite wonderful. $ PROPAGANDA SEE ALSO 386, 409, 595 LOVELY NISTER CALENDAR OF PROVERBS 465. PROVERBS. CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR London: Nister mo (4 5/8 x 7 1/4 ) decorative cloth, pictorial paste-on, tips slightly rubbed else near fine. Each month of the year has a great, bright chromolithograph illustrating a particular proverb. The text pages are also illustrated in brown and there are pictorial endpapers, all in the style of Attwell. See Peeps into Nisterland p.64. $ PROVERBS SEE ALSO 433 MARCUS WARD PUNCH & JUDY 466. PUNCH AND JUDY. PUNCH & JUDY AND SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS by Frederic Weatherley. Lond.: Marcus Ward ca Square 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing else VG+. Fancifully and beautifully illustrated with chromolithographs on every by PATTY TOWNSEND depicting the adventures of Punch and Judy. Also featuring the King of Hearts and other humanized playing cards and kitchen utensils. $ HOWARD PYLE S FIRST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES 468. PYLE,HOWARD. PEPPER AND SALT: OR SEASONING FOR YOUNG FOLK. NY: Harper and Brothers Large 4to, (9 x 11 1/2 ), brown pictorial cloth, slightest of wear to spine ends and tips, slight cover soil, tight, clean VG+. 1st ed. of Pyle s first book of fairy tales. Written by Pyle and wonderfully illustrated by him with many full page and in-text illustrations. Meigs (p.302) says: The stories in Pepper and Salt and The Wonder Clock show how complete was Pyle s mastery of the form and structure of the folk tale. Due to the high quality vellum-like paper used in the first edition, there is a very definite difference in quality of printing between the first edition and later printings of this title. It is very scarce, particularly, in this condition. $ PUPPETS SEE , 456, 466 PUSS IN BOOTS 175, 229, 230 RARE JIGSAW PUZZLE & GAME FOR HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 467. PUZZLE. (JIGSAW) THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Housed in the original wooden box is a wooden jigsaw puzzle that forms the House That Jack Built. Published in New York by C.C. Shepherd in The box measures 12 3/4 wide x 11 and is 2 deep. There is a large chromolithographed color plate on the cover. Except for some scuffing of the box it is complete and in VG to Fine condition. The text of the poem plus instructions for play are inside the box cover. First the child is to assemble the puzzle which measures 19 wide 469. PYLE,HOWARD. HOWARD PYLE S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT compiled by Merle Johnson. NY: Harper Bros (1923 b-x). Large thick 4to, cloth backed boards, pictorial paste-on, fine in dust wrapper with mounted color plate (dw chipped at spine ends). Stated 1st edition, illustrated with more 22 color plates plus a profusion of black and whites. A beautiful copy. $ (SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT ----->>>>>)>>>> RABIER, BENJAMIN - 489

69 Helen & Marc Younger 470. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK: a book of old favorites with new illustrations. Lond: Harrap (1933). Small 4to, full vellum stamped in gold, top edge gilt, tiny rub spot on cover and owner inscription on endpaper else near Fine. 23 fairy tales selected by Rackham from Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, Arabian Nights and the traditional English. LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES (450 FOR SALE) SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 8 beautiful color plates plus 60 wonderful black and whites. $ Pg 69 helen@alephbet.com LIMITED TO ONLY 560 COPIES THIS WITH WATERCOLOR BY RACKHAM 473. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. INGOLDSBY LEGENDS by Thomas Ingoldsby. Lond: Dent Large thick 4to, full gilt pictorial vellum, fine with new ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 560 SIGNED BY RACKHAM (500 for sale). Featuring 24 beautiful tipped-in color plates mounted on dark paper, 12 full page tinted illus. and 66 b&w drawings plus pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY FEATURES A FINE HALF PAGE WATERCOLOR DRAWING SIGNED BY RACKHAM! The image depicts a witch-like old woman and her black cat standing near her cottage - a version of the color plate on page 26 of the book depicting the old woman who dwells upon Tappington Moor. This is a special copy. $13, BOXED EDITION OF RACKHAM S ANDERSEN 471. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN. Lond.: Harrap (Mckay on spine) [1932]. 4to, 288p., red gilt cloth, top edge gilt, lettering dulled else, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER AND PICTORIAL BOX! (box neatly strengthened). 1st edition. Illustrated by Rackham with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, and a profusion of black and whites in-text. The mounted color plate on the wrapper that is repeated on the box does not appear in-text. This is an extraordinary copy of a truly beautiful book. $ FINE COPY OF RARE RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION GRIMM 472. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM trans. by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Lond: Constable Large thick 4to, 325p., bound in full green morocco with gilt pictorial cover and with spine in compartments with gilt decorations. All edges gilt, original cover and spine boundin, VERY FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 750 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Featuring 40 fabulous tipped-in color plates with guards plus a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites. Because of the high quality of the paper, the black and whites are superb. One of his best books and very rare in the limited edition in such very fine and bright condition. $ #469 - previous page #472 AMAZING COPY IN BOX - SIGNED BY RACKHAM 474. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW by Washington Irving. Lond: Harrap (1928). 4to, FULL GILT VELLUM [103]p. virtually MINT IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS BOX (box sl. scuffed). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES FOR U.K. (125 copies for U.S) SIGNED BY RACKHAM! Illus. with pictorial endpapers, 8 tipped-in color plates and numerous wonderful black and whites, this is an exceptionally fine copy of one of Rackham s scarcest limited editions, rare in the box. $ RACKHAM S PETER PAN

70 Pg 70 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. Lond: Hodder & Stoughton nd [1912]. Large 4to, green gilt pictorial cloth, 125 numbered pages, slightest of rubbing to spine extrems else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER with mounted color plate. The dw is chipped and repaired on verso. 1st ed. of Rackham s enlarged edition (second issue with plain endpapers). This has a new color plate and 7 b&w illus. not in the 1906 ed. In all, illustrated by Rackham with 50 mounted color plates with tissue guards and with 7 full page b&w s. A magnificent copy of one of Rackham s most desired titles. (Latimore/Haskell p.40). $ # (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. SLEEPING BEAUTY by Charles Perrault. Phil. & Lond.: Lippincott & Heinemann [1920]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. (Lat. / Hask p.51-2). Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, tipped-in color frontis, plus many full page and in-text beautiful silhouettes and drawings. A nice copy. $ (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION by Edgar Allan Poe. London: Harrap (1935). LIMITED TO ONLY 460 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Thick 4to, bound in full gilt decorated vellum, some sl. rubbing and minimal soil, Near Fine in ORIGINAL SLIPCASE (case worn and scuffed). Illus. with 12 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards plus a profusion of text drawings. A beautiful copy $ FINE RACKHAM LIMITED EDITION 479. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith. Lond: Harrap, [1929]. 4to full gilt vellum, top edge gilt, fine. LIMITED TO 575 COPIES FOR ENGLAND NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 12 very lovely color plates plus text b&w s and pictorial endpapers. A beautiful copy. $ SIGNED WITH DRAWING BY RACKHAM 480. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES retold by F.A. Steel. NY: Macmillan 1918 (1918). Thick 8vo (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 ), red cloth, 363p. + ads, neat hinge strengthening, edge soil on endpaper and some finger soil on cover, VG+ in beautiful custom 1/2 leather box with raised bands. 1st American edition, later issue with top edge plain instead of gilt. 41 fairy tales are illustrated by Rackham with 16 magnificent color plates plus 41 black and whites and pictorial endpapers. THIS COPY HAS A CHARMING 3 PEN DRAWING OF A CROW SIGNED AND DATED 1919 BY RACKHAM. This is a special copy of one of Rackham s more difficult to find titles. $ LIMITED ED. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE 481. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. Lond: Harrap (1936). 4to, full vellum decorated in gold, top edge gilt, some natural discoloration of vellum, small areas on ep darkened from offsetting else VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE (case soiled and rubbed some). LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM! Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, plus numerous fanciful black and whites. A beautiful copy of a very scarce Rackham limited edition. $ RAE, JOHN see 576, 577 RANSOME, ARTHUR BRILLIANT DECORATIVE PUBLISHER S BINDINGS 478. (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. TALES OF A TRAVELLER by Washington Irving. NY: Putnam 1895 (1895). 2 volumes, large 8vo, white cloth with extensive gilt pictorial bindings signed GWE (George Wharton Edwards), top edges gilt, Fine in original printed cloth dust wrappers. 1st ed. The Buckthorne edition with 5 illus. in half-tone by Rackham (and also illustrated by others). An early and uncommon Rackham item rarely found in such lovely condition with the wrappers. $ NEWBERY AWARD WINNER 482. RASKIN,ELLEN. THE WESTING GAME. NY: Dutton (1978). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 ), 1/4 cloth and boards, Fine in VG+ dust wrapper (dw sl. wear to spine ends, price clipped). Stated 1st edition. 16 people were invited to the reading of Mr. Westing s will and in order to get any money, they had to solve a puzzle. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. $ READERS 15, 16, , 188, 190-2, 226 REFERENCE 218, 246, 389, 495, 522 RELIGION 32, 394

71 Helen & Marc Younger H.A. REY MANUSCRIPT WITH WATERCOLORS 483. REY,H.A. OLIVER: THE YOUNG CANADA GOOSE OF A CONTRARY DISPOSTION. no place, Christmas This is a fabulous original manuscript by Rey (the creator of Curious George). Contained in a sketchbook 5 x 7 3/4 (oblong). Oliver was a wayward and contrary goose who was shunned by the other geese. He decided to go against the crowd flying southward, and he traveled northward around the world visiting Moscow, Amsterdam, Africa etc.. He finally gained recognition by being different and by following his heart. The text in Rey s hand is interleaved with finished watercolors (15 in all) and is signed in the back of the book. The signature cleverly appears as a formation of geese. The dedication leaf before the title page reads: For Harriette who has stood on the bridge with me and heard the wild geese honking high in among the stars at night, and seen the great undulating V s against gray snow clouds. CHRISTMAS Original manuscript material by Rey is of the utmost rarity and this is a particularly wonderful piece. $28, Pg 71 helen@alephbet.com CURIOUS GEORGE ORIGINAL ART! 486. REY,H.A. CURIOUS GEORGE: ORIGINAL ART. Offered here is a marvelous large drawing of Curious George. It is executed on white paper(ii x 13 1/4 ) in chalk, signed. The image is large measuring 8 wide x 10 high in fine condition. George is grinning with pride as he balances in a large beach ball. There is a bird flying next to him. Simply a great piece by a beloved children s book artist whose original work is rare. $15, (REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE FLIES A KITE by Margret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1958 (1958). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 ), 80p., pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (3/4 wraparound piece off bottom of spine, fraying at top of spine, some fading of color and spine toned, overall really a VG dw, not price clipped). First edition. Illustrated in color by the author. This story was specifically written with only 218 words, designed so that first graders could read it themselves. 1st editions of the early Curious George books in collectible condition are rare. $ #484 #485 FINE 1st EDITIION OF CURIOUS GEORGE TITLE 485. (REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL by Margret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966 (1966). 8vo, cloth, FINE IN FINE DUST WRAPPER. Stated 1st printing. When George had to have an operation the hospital was never to be the same. Great color illustrations. This is an exceptionally nice copy, quite scarce. $

72 Pg 72 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 RARE H.A. REY NOVELTY 487. (REY,H.A.) UNCLE GUS S FARM. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Oblong folio (14 x 11 ), cloth backed pictorial wraps, small closed margin tear else near Fine and UNUSED. This is a cut-out and play book with PAPER DOLLS and farm machinery that require no pasting to use. Including a pig pen, pigs, chicks, tractor, Farmer Jones, farm cart and much more. The entire book is finely printed with rich color lithographs. Done by Rey in his Uncle Gus guise, this is an unusually fine copy of a rare item. (See Bader p. 240). $ RICHARDSON, FREDERICK 226 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB 98, 269 ARABIAN NIGHTS BY CHARLES ROBINSON 490. (ROBINSON,CHARL ES)illus. PRINCE AHMED AND THE FAIRY PERIE BANOU from the Arabian Nights. Lond.: Gay & Hancock no date, circa vo, brown boards, pictorial paste-on, 118p., sl. spotting, VG+. Illustrated by Robinson with 5 lovely color plates (frontis repeated on cover) and a few line illus. in red and black. A most uncommon Robinson title. $ HEATH ROBINSON FANTASY 491. ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY Brentanos vo, pictorial cloth stamped in blue, green and white, expertly recased else clean and VG+. First US edition of the first book written and illustrated by Robinson (same year as UK ed. and printed in Great Britain). Featuring color frontis, 55 full page b&w s and 72 vignettes plus pictorial endpapers. Entirely designed by Robinson, the story is a fantasy tale of Uncle Lubin s voyages and mishaps taken in balloons, boats, submarines etc., all constructed as Robinson s famous complicated contraptions. The text is often laid out in irregular format to fit around the vignettes. It was the publication of this book that brought Robinson to commercial success and this first edition is a rarity. $ WONDERFUL FIRST EDITION OF KAULBACH S REYNARD 488. REYNARD THE FOX. REINEKE FUCHS [REYNARD THE FOX] von Wolfgang von Goethe. Stuttgart and Tubingen: Gottascher Folio (11 1/2 x 13 1/2 ), 257p., all edges gilt. Bound in a lovely contemporary binding by J. Wright in full crimson morocco with double gilt decorative rules surrounding an elaborate gilt panel on cover, raised bands on spine with beautiful gilt decorations in the compartments, gilt dentelles. Spine slightly toned with a few spots on cover else Fine and clean and most importantly, free of the foxing that is generally found. First edition. Illustrated by Kaulbach with pictorial title page and 36 plates on paper de chine, plus 24 smaller pictorial head and tailpieces. The first American edition of this work was not published until 1860 and it omits the plate on page 43 due to its controversial nature. The fine quality of the printing presents Kaulbach s images in glorious detail. A great book. $ RARE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING 492. (ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. COLLECTED VERSE OF RUDYARD KIPLING. NY: Doubleday Page & Co (1910). 4to (8 x 10 ), 1/4 vellum, grey boards, top edge gilt, 392p., slight bit of finger soil on covers else Fine. First edition, LIMITED TO ONLY 125 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RUDYARD KIPLING AND PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER. Illustrated by Robinson with 8 magnificent mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards plus many full page black and whites. This book was NEVER PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND and this limited edition is not listed in Beare. Rare. $ FABLES OF REYNARD BY RABIER 489. REYNARD THE FOX. LE ROMAN DU RENARD adapted by J. Leroy - Allais. Paris: Jules Tallandier (1909). Folio (10 x 12 3/4 ), red cloth with beveled edges, stamped in black and gold, pictorial pasteon, top edge gilt, 167p., slightest of shelf wear, near Fine and bright. 1st edition. This is a most wonderful edition of these fables illustrated by BENJAMIN RABIER with 305 comical illustrations - 25 full page color illustrations, 15 full page black and whites, plus hundreds of line illustrations on text pages printed in a variety of colors. Very scarce in such nice clean condition. $

73 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 73 RARE EARLY ROCKWELL CHILDREN S BOOK 493. (ROCKWELL,NORMAN)illus. TELL ME WHY STORIES by C.H. Claudy. NY: McBride Nast 1912 (1912). Tall 8vo, pictorial cloth, 154p. VG-Fine. 1st ed. Original fairy stories, illustrated by Rockwell with 8 color plates. Very early Rockwell (if not his first), and a rare title. $ SIGNED BY ROJANKOVSKY 494. (ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. THE ELEPHANT S CHILD by Rudyard Kipling. NY: Garden City Pub. Co. (1942). 4to (7 x 9 3/8 ), pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. This is a Just So Story Book produced by the Artists and Writers Guild and wonderfully illustrated throughout with color and black and white lithos. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ROJANKOVSKY who signed very few books during his career. $ # RUBAIYAT. FOURTEEN DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING EDWARD FITZGERALD S TRANSLATION OF THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM BY GILBERT JAMES. London: Leonard Smithers & Co to (9 x 11 1/2 ), grey cloth pictorially stamped in gold, beveled edges, very slight cover soil and endpapers toned else VG+. 1st edition. Printed on coated paper on one side of the paper, each verse of text is followed by a beautiful full page half-tone plate (shades of black and white) by Gilbert James. Rubaiyats see also 209. $ HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - MARSHAK / KONASCHEVICH 498. RUSSIAN. DOM KOTORYI POSTROIL DZHEK [THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT] by S. Marschak. Leningrad: Giz, vo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ), pictorial wraps, Fine. Illustrated with striking color illustrations by Vladimir Konaschevich. Marshak reportedly became acquainted with Mother Goose rhymes when he lived in England just before the Russian Revolution. Rare. $ LIMITED EDITION IN SLIP CASE 495. ROSENBACH,A.S.W. EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN S BOOKS. Portland: Southworth Press Large 4to, (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 ), leather backed pictorial boards, 354p., Fine in slip case (case solid but shows signs or wear, overall VG). LIMITED TO ONLY 585 COPIES SIGNED BY ROSENBACH. Detailed bibliography of Rosenbach s personal collection that is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia, with several illustrations hand-colored after the originals. Beautiful copy and an essential reference book for collectors of earlier children s books. $ WONDERFUL HUMANIZED FLOWERS 496. (ROSS,PENNY)illus. THE FLOWER BABIES BOOK by Anna M.Scott. Chicago: Rand McNally (1914). Moire backed pictorial boards, As New in publisher s pictorial box (light shelf wear to box). 1st edition. Illustrated by Ross with incredible color, anthropomorphized cherubs - flowers portrayed as humans and with a touch of humor as well. This beautiful book is another successful collaboration of Scott and Ross who also did Volland s A Year With The Fairies. Very Scarce, especially in the box. Penny (M.T.)Ross see also 578. $ RUSSIAN. OT KAUCHUKA DO KALOSHI [FROM RUBBER PLANTS TO RUBBERS] by Olga Deineko and Nikolai Troshin. Moscow: Ogiz to, (7 3/4 x 9 ), pictorial wraps, cover soil, faint margin stain, VG. The process of making rubber boots is shown from its African origins in the trees, through the factory process to the final product. Illus. in color in typical 30 s style by Deineko and Troshin who were the husband and wife team who also collaborated on USSR in Construction (he was the artistic director throughout its run, she designed the magazine s first and recurring cover graphic). Their contributions to the scientific movement in Russian children s books is important. See Leveque: Dictionnaire p $ UNUSUAL RUSSIAN PICTURE BOOK 500. RUSSIAN. SHAKHMATI risuki M. Yezuchevskogo i V. Vatagina. Moscow to, pictorial wraps, light soil, VG+. A picture book with a chess theme about poor, starving peasants who win riches when one of their own defeats the fat ruler at chess. Illus. in color with a far eastern feel. $ RUSSIAN SEE ALSO 34, 423

74 Pg 74 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue SALINGER,J.D. CATCHER IN THE RYE. Boston: Little Brown Black cloth, bookplate removed from endpaper else fine in dust wrapper (dw with some expert restoration at base of spine and at folds). Stated 1st edition. of this landmark coming of age novel, 1st issue dust wrapper with Salinger s photo on rear panel. This is a nice copy of his first book. $9, GREAT SARG FAIRY TALE ART - HANSEL & GRETEL 502. SARG,TONY. ORIGINAL ART: HANSEL AND GRETEL. Offered here is a wonderful pen and ink drawing done by Sarg for a magazine. It is dated 1939 on the back and signed by Sarg lower right. Done on art paper, the image of the witch in front of her cottage is rather large (10 wide x 9 ) done with much detail. $ SCOTLAND 289, 315, 587 BOXED VOLLAND 505. SCOTT,JANET LAURA. ROUND THE WORLD WE SAIL. Minneapolis: Gordon VOLLAND / BUZZA no date, circa Oblong. 4to, cloth backed thick boards, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL BOX (box flaps neatly repaired). Each page is mounted on thick boards and features stunning, full color illustrations on every page in Scott s bold ART DECO STYLE. Rare in the box. Janet Laura Scott see also 63, 579. $ SCOTT (WILLIAM R.) PUBLISHER. SATURDAY WALK by Ethel Wright and Richard Rose. NY: William R. Scott (1941, 1954). Oblong 4to (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Scott first published this title in This is the first edition of the revised version for which Richard Rose, who illustrated the first, has done completely new illustrations and Wright has updated the text. The text is a simple picture book for 2 and 3 year olds about what a little child sees on a walk with daddy. Typical of Scott s emphasis on simplicity and quality. Scarce. $ SCOTT, WILLIAM R. PUBLISHER ALSO 118, 119, 122, 146, 310, 540 SCRIBNER CLASSIC SARG,TONY. WHO S WHO IN TONY SARG S ZOO. Springfield: McLoughlin (1937). 4to, cloth backed glazed pictorial boards, slight edge wear else Fine in frayed dust wrapper. Every page of text in rhyme is faced by a marvelous full page color illustration by Sarg portraying various animals in humanized forms. Scarce and wonderful. $ SENDAK,MAURICE. HECTOR PROTECTOR. NY: Harper & Row (1965). Oblong 4to (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 ), green cloth spine, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition Nursery rhymes from Mother Goose are interpreted by Sendak with minimal text and fabulous large color illustrations on every page. Hanrahan A65. $ #507 # (SENDAK, MAURICE)illus. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Bros. (1955). 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact and 1.5 piece off top edge. First edition. Illustrated in color on every page by Sendak. An early and scarce Sendak title. $ GREAT 1950 S SCIENCE FICTION 504. SCIENCE FICTION. ZIP-ZIP GOES TO VENUS by John M. Schealer. NY: Dutton 1958 (1958). 8vo (6 1/2 x 8 1/8 ), yellow cloth, 125p., fine in dust wrapper with a few small chips. Stated 1st edition. The story relates the adventures of Zip-Zip, a Martian, who takes the Riddle children to Venus to search for his lost father. Illustrated in b&w by Hans Helweg. This is a sequel to Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer. $ INSCRIBED BY SENDAK 509. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANNON by Frank Stockton. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1963). 4to, cloth backed boards, fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated in color by Sendak throughout, this copy is also INSCRIBED AND DATED 1963 BY SENDAK AND INCLUDES A COLOR ILLUSTRATED GREETING CARD BY SENDAK. An uncommon Sendak title. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>

75 Helen & Marc Younger Pg (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. NO FIGHTING, NO BITING! by Else Holmelund Minarik. NY: Harper Brothers (1958). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, (63)p., Fine in dust wrapper with slight soil and slight fraying at spine ends. 1st edition of this I Can Read Book, (review only for Little Bear, correct price) illustrated in color by Sendak on almost every page. Quite scarce. Hanrahan A33. $ INSCRIBED BY SEUSS 514. SEUSS,DR. ON BEYOND ZEBRA. NY: Random (1950). 4to, glazed pictorial boards, a touch of rubbing else Fine in dust wrapper with price intact. 1st edition. This copy is INSCRIBED BY SEUSS with his characteristic squiggle. Dr. Seuss invents a new alphabet that Conrad Cornelius o Donald o Dell uses for the strange animals that come after Z-is-for-zebra. A beautiful and special copy. Younger / Hirsch 511. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. OPEN HOUSE FOR BUTTERFLIES by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper & Bros. (1960). 12mo, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st edition. A companion in format to A Hole Is To Dig, this is equally as wonderful but considerably more scarce. Nice copy. $ VERY SCARCE SENDAK INSCRIBED TO BLAIR LENT 512. (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. SCHOOLMASTER WHACKWELL S WONDERFUL SONS by Clemens Brentano trans. from German by Doris Orgel. NY: Random House (1962). 8vo, (6 1/4 x 9 1/2 ), 1/4 cloth, [88]p., Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (a few edge chips and some rubbing). 1st edition. This is a humorous fairy tale, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout by Sendak. THIS COPY HAS A WONDERFUL 8 LINE INSCRIPTION FROM SENDAK TO FELLOW CHILDREN S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR AND CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER BLAIR LENT. This is a very scarce Sendak title and really a wonderful association copy. $ $ SIGNED / LIMITED EDITION 515. SEUSS,DR. YOU RE ONLY OLD ONCE. NY: Random House (1986). 4to, cloth, AS NEW IN SLIP CASE. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY SEUSS. Seuss applies his magic touch to a book for adults, in the same style and colorful format of his children s books. Anyone who has ever had a thorough physical exam can identify with this one. Humorous verse and wonderful illustrations. Younger / Hirsch 83. $ SEUSS,DR. THE LORAX. NY: Random House (1971). 4to, pictorial cloth, light rubbing, VG-Fine. 1st ed. This book warns about the perils of polluting the environment. Illustrated by Seuss in color. Younger/Hirsch 49. $ #509 # (SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP or the perfect yachtsman by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine vo, pictorial wraps, 34p., spine slightly soiled else VG+. This humorous look at yachting is illustrated in color by Seuss with large red, white and blue drawings that feature a sea creature whose face appears years later as the Cat In The Hat. Younger / Hirsch 69. $600.00

76 Pg 76 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 CAT IN THE HAT DRAWING 517. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING: CAT IN THE HAT WITH A LITTLE GIRL. This is an original drawing of The Cat In The Hat executed in black, red and yellow on paper. The image is 7 1/2 high by 5 1/4 wide, matted and signed Best Wishes Dr. Seuss with his characteristic squiggle. The Cat has his arm around a little girl with blonde hair who is looking up at him and smiling. Cat In The Hat drawings rarely include other figures, and this is a great image. $ ULTRA RARE 500 HATS FIRST 519. SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: Vanguard (1938). Large 4to (9 X 12 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with correct $1.50 price (dw is frayed at spine ends and has a few closed tears otherwise this is a beautiful example of the dw for this book). 1st ed. of Dr. Seuss s second book with correct endpaper configuration. Illustrated throughout in black and white with Bartholomew s red hat being the only color (besides the red pictorial endpapers). Bader (p. 304) calls it folkloric fantasy of a spoofing sort with a happy open end. One of the rarest Seuss first editions in excellent condition. See Younger/Hirsch 22. $ SEUSS,DR. THE CAT S QUIZZER. NY: Beginner Books / Random House to, glazed pictorial boards, slight rubbing to bottom of spine else VG+. 1st edition (correct code 1-0). The text consists of riddles and puzzles in rhyme all starring the Cat in the Hat and illustrated by Seuss in color. Younger/Hirsch 13. $ ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR OF THE LORAX 518. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR: THE LORAX. This is an original watercolor of the Lorax. Executed in brown, orange, yellow and green watercolor on paper. The image measures 4 1/4 wide by 7 1/2 high, matted and signed Dr. Seuss with his characteristic squiggle. The orange Lorax with yellow moustache is standing on a tree stump with green background. Drawings of the Lorax are very scarce, and this is a great image. $ FIRST EDITION OF SEUSS S SECOND BOOK 521. (SEUSS,DR.)illus. MORE BONERS. NY: Viking 1932 (1932). Square 12mo (5 1/8 x 6 1/8 ), green blind stamped cloth, 89p., near Fine in lightly rubbed dust wrapper. First edition of SEUSS S SECOND BOOK. LAID IN IS A BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY SEUSS. Illustrated with many humorous black and whites by Seuss to accompany humorous mistakes made in the classroom by aspiring scholars. Rare in the pictorial dw. Younger/Hirsch 55. $ HOW TO DETERMINE SEUSS 1ST EDITIONS 522. SEUSS,DR. DR. SEUSS: A GUIDE TO FIRST EDITIONS by Helen and Marc Younger and Daniel Hirsch. NY: vo, pictorial boards, 200p, index. Only 1000 copies printed, signed by 2 of the authors, Helen & Marc Younger. After 7 years of research the definitive guide to determining first American editions of Dr. Seuss s books is here. Each entry has detailed bibliographical information with a separate field telling what determines a first edition. Illustrated with more than 200 full color reproductions of dust wrappers and other keys for identification. $150.00

77 Helen & Marc Younger RARE UNUSED GOLDEN CHRISTMAS MANGER NOVELTY 523. SEWELL,HELEN. GOLDEN CHRISTMAS MANGER. NY: Simon and Schuster (1948). Two items are housed in the original pictorial box 9 1/4 x 10 3/4. First is a complete foldout manger that can be erected without paste. Second is a book containing the story of Christmas plus 9 pages of 32 color lithographed Bible characters to cut out and arrange on the manger to make a Crèche. The box and flaps have some wear otherwise this is in Fine unused condition. Designed as well as illustrated by Sewell for Golden Books, the color lithographs in the book are highlighted in gold and are simply magnificent. A double page color spread and another full page color illustration are provided to suggest ways of arranging the figures. This is a rare and wonderful book and novelty. See Bader p.87. $ (SEWELL,HELEN)illus. THE BLUE- EYED LADY by Ferenc Molnar. NY: Viking and Junior Literary Guild 1942 (1942). 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 ), 46p. blue cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (some small chips else VG). 1st edition. This is the story of 2 little children whose mother has died and they believe that they see her come alive as a store window mannequin. Illustrated by Sewell with lovely full page and smaller color lithographs. A scarce Sewell title. $ Pg 77 helen@alephbet.com RARE PRANG SHAPE BOOK 526. SHAPE BOOK. GOODY TWO SHOES designed by Lydia L. Very. Boston: L. Prang, no date, circa mo (2 1/2 x 6 3/4, pictorial wraps, Fine condition. Die-cut in the shape of Little Goody Two Shoes every page is delicately illustrated in color by Lydia Very with text in the middle of each page. Rare. $ CAT SHAPE BOOK 527. SHAPE BOOK. KITTY S CAPERS. Boston: De Wolfe Fisk, no date, circa Folio, (7 3/4 x 13 1/2 ), stiff pictorial wraps, slight creasing on cover else Fine. Die-cut in the shape of a cat and illustrated with great color cover, 4 full page chromolithographed pages and in brown line on text pages to accompany charming poems about cats. $ SHAPE BOOK. MASTER QUACK AND MISS DUCK. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa Measuring 3 3/4 wide x 2 5/8 high, diecut in the shape of ducklings, in Fine condition. Illustrated with 4 wonderful chromolithographs plus great cover to accompany a story in rhyme. (Not in Nister bibliography). $ SEWELL, HELEN ALSO 588, 589 CUT IN THE SHAPE OF A PUG AND WITH CUT-OUTS INSIDE 525. SHAPE BOOK. 5 LITTLE PIGS. NY- Akron- Chicago: Saalfield Narrow 4to (6 x 11 ), pictorial card covers die-cut in the shape of a pig, near Fine. The text is the classic This Little Piggy Went to Market. Printed on stiff card with color covering the entire surface of each page. The interior pages have large holes where the face would be, but the face that can be seen is inside each cover - either a smiling pig or a crying pig. $ RAILWAY SOUVENIR 529. SHAPE BOOK. ORANGE. This book is diecut in the shape of an orange (3 3/4 wide x 3 1/2 ) in fine condition. It was issued as a souvenir by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad circa Every other page has a photograph of a site seen by train in the Orange District and West. $ IN THE SHAPE OF A ROCKING HORSE 530. SHAPE BOOK. RIDE A COCK HORSE. Kenosha: Abbott Publishing Co., no date, circa Oblong (11 1/2 x 9 ), stiff pictorial wrap covers die-cut in the shape of a rocking horse, slight edge wear, VG+. Illustrated by Winifred Pleninger with striking color covers in the style of Fern Bisel Peat and in full color on every page. (in a different style from the covers) $150.00

78 Pg 78 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 ANIMAL CRUELTY IN THE SHAPE OF A BUTTERFLY! 531. SHAPE BOOK. SWEET-GIRL GOLDIE: a wonder story of butterfly time by L.B. Humphrey. NY: Spinney & Perkins, to (7 x 10 ), stiff pictorial card covers bound with silk ties and die-cut entirely in the shape of a butterfly, small piece repaired else near Fine. This is a children s book with a curious story about a little girl named Goldie who, upon seeing a butterfly, decides to release the specimen butterflies preserved by her uncle. When the live butterfly sees all of the preserved butterflies, it becomes angry and summons its friends. Each butterfly takes a strand of little Goldie s hair and they try to lift her off of the ground. She is saved by her uncle who tells the butterflies that it was he who had caught their unfortunate friends, not Goldie. Illustrated with beautiful chromolithographs throughout. A very, very unusual book. $ SHAPE BOOK SEE ALSO 14, 35, 41, 142, 376, 394, 582 CALDECOTT AWARD 534. (SIDJAKOV,NICOLAS)illus. BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS by Ruth Robbins. Berkeley: Parnassus Press (1960). Oblong 8vo, pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. (correct dw price). A Russian story beautifully illustrated in primitive style with color lithographs by Sidjakov. CALDECOTT AWARD. Rare. $ PETER PARLEY TO PENROD 535. SIDNEY,MARGARET. FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW. Bost.: D. Lothrop and Co. (1880). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 410p. + [4]p. ads, some cover soil and scattered foxing, light shelf wear, a VG+ copy. 1st ed., first issue of this children s classic - all points Peter Parley to Penrod p.54. This is a nice copy, quite scarce. $ (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. FUN AND FANTASY: a book of drawings with an introduction by A.A. MILNE. London: Methuen (1927). Folio, cloth backed decorative boards, Fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 150 NUMBERED COPIES-ONLY 50 FOR AMERICA (this being #27) SIGNED BY SHEPARD. Printed on handmade paper. Illustrated with 8 lovely color plates plus a profusion of wonderful black and whites with Shepard s characteristic eye for detail. This is a nice copy of a rarely seen Shepard item. $ LIMITED TO ONLY 156 COPIES 533. (SHEPARD,ERNEST)illus. LET S PRETEND by Georgette Agnew. Lond.: J. Saville to, vellum backed cloth, vellum slight soiled else near fine. LIMITED TO ONLY 156 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY SHEPARD AND AGNEW (150 for sale). Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard on almost every page with charming and detailed black and whites. Printed on handmade paper. Simply a wonderful book and quite uncommon. $ SHEPARD, E.H. SEE ALSO 357, 363 SHIPS 52, 453 SIGNED AND/OR LIMITED EDITIONS 7, 23, 44, 71, 77, 81, , 124, 127, 137, 163-4, 174, 183, 186, 188, 195, 197, 206, 210, 237, , 242, 245, 247, 258, 260, 262, 274-5, 284, 296, 304, , 319, 322, , 333, 341, 352, 358-9, 361, 364, 389, 396-7, 405, 436, 440-1, 470, 473-4, 477, , 483, 486, 492, 494-5, 502, 509, 512, , 521, 532-3, 545-7, 555, 558, 560, 587, 599, 600 SILHOUETTES 253 SKIING UPTON SINCLAIR S ONLY JUVENILE 536. SINCLAIR,UPTON. THE GNOMOBILE: a Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense but Gnothing Gnaughty. NY: Farrar Rinehart (1936 with colophon). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), tan cloth stamped in red, 181p., Fine in dust wrapper (dw chipped at spine end and top of rear panel). First edition of Sinclair s only juvenile, written for his granddaughter (copies also bound for distribution by the author). Illustrated in black and white by J. O H. Cosgrave II. This is a very scarce first edition, rare in the fragile dust wrapper. $ SCARCE E. BOYD SMITH TITLE 537. SMITH, E.BOYD. CHICKEN WORLD. NY: G.P. Putnam Oblong 4to (11 x 8 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else near Fine. First edition of the a scarce E. Boyd Smith picture book. Printed on very heavy coated stock. Featuring fabulous color illustrations on every page with text beneath and with pictorial borders around the pictures as well. Bader p.20-2 says a chapter could be written about Chicken World. A great copy. $475.00

79 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 79 SCARCE SMITH HANDKERCHIEF 538. (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. HANKY. Offered here is a charming color handkerchief with an image from her 1903 book Rhymes of Real Children published by Fox Duffield. It measures 12 x 12 3/4, slight soil and creased at folds else VG+. There is a large image of a little girl seated on a bench surrounded with a beautiful pictorial border (this appears on the cover of the book). The accompanying text from page 10 reads: When mother s dining out at eight / I often ask if I may wait / To watch her dress./ Marie, the maid, sometimes says No! / For little girls do bother so/ I ask mamma if I must go / And she says Yes. $ (SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1919]. Large thick 4to (8 1/2 x 11 ), blue cloth with lovely gold illustrated cover and spine, small rub area on spine and light cover soil, VG+. First English ed., PUBLISHER S FILE COPY, so stamped on endpaper and corner of title. Illustrated by Smith with 12 truly beautiful tipped-in color plates plus many lovely green line illustrations throughout the text. This is a nice copy of one of Smith s most famous and lovely books. $ SOCIALISM 464 SPANISH 61 IN THE STYLE OF NIELSEN 542. (STERRETT,VIRGINIA)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS edited by Hildegarde Hawthorne. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co. (1928). Large thick 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4 ), 308p.,blue gilt cloth, pictorial paste-on, 1 rubbed area on gutter else Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Sterrett in a style similar to Nielsen and Dulac with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page, 16 magnificent color plates and 20 partial page black and whites. Arabian Nights proved to be Sterrett s last book, done while she was in a sanatorium for her tuberculosis. Although she recovered from this bout, it recurred and she died in 1931 at the age of 31. This is an attractive copy of Sterrett s most difficult to find title. $ STOCKTON, FRANK 509 STRATTON, HELEN - 47 ELVES 543. STUMP BOOK. FIVE LITTLE PIXIES [NO. 1 & THE OTHERS] by J.H. Irvine. Chic.: Donohue ca Obl. 8vo (only 1 1/2 tall). Pictorial cloth, 42p., near fine with the original ivory clasp. Illustrated by JEAN ARCHER with 20 marvelous full page color illustrations (one opposite each page of text) printed on one side of page only, all depicting the adventures of elves at Christmas time. Published in U.K. as No. 1 And the Others. Quite scarce. $ STUMP BOOK. THE RABBIT BOOK. Chicago: Donohue [1904]. Obl. 32mo (1 1/2 x 6 ) pictorial cloth, edge of title page rubbed else VG WITH ORIGINAL IVORY CLASP INTACT. A story about various humanized animals, illustrated in bold colors by MARY TOURTEL and printed on thick pages on one side of the page. Charming and scarce. $ A ROSE IS A ROSE 540. STEIN,GERTRUDE. THE WORLD IS ROUND. NY: William Scott (1939). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Printed on rose colored paper at Stein s insistence (Bader p.223), Rose Is A Rose. Stein s first children s book, written at the suggestion of Margaret Wise Brown. A book meant to be enjoyed by children with wonderful illustrations by CLEMENT HURD. A nice copy of an increasingly scarce classic. $ STUMP BOOK SEE ALSO 295 SWISS INTEREST 228 SIGNED BY SZYK 545. (SZYK,ARTHUR)illus. INK AND BLOOD. NY: Heritage Press to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 ), full publisher s black morocco, top edge gilt, Fine in publisher s batik slip case (case also fine). LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES, SZYK HAS INSCRIBED EACH COPY TO THE SUBSCRIBER BY NAME. 19 pages of explanatory material by Struthers Burt accompanies satirical military portraits - a mounted color frontis and 74 plates, 7 of which are in full color. Ink and Blood... words and pictures are bullets whose flight never ends. (p.7). This is a beautiful copy with none of the scuffing that usually occurs with this binding. $ # STEINER,CHARLOTTE. BIRTHDAYS ARE FOR EVERYONE. Garden City: Doubleday & Co. (1964). 12mo (6 1/4 x 7 5/8 ), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw slightly rubbed). Stated First Edition. This is a simple picture book about birthdays for the young child, illustrated with extremely charming color illustrations by Steiner. $ STEINER, CHARLOTTE - see also 370 STEREOTYPES SEE 145, 291, 306, 308, 386, Black Interest, Bannerman #545

80 Pg 80 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 INSCRIBED BY TENGGREN 546. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. ARABIAN NIGHTS (GOLDEN TALES FROM) told by M. Soifer & Irwin Shapiro. NY: Simon & Schuster (1957). Folio (10 1/4 x 13 ), pictorial boards, 96p., Fine. 1st edition ( A code on end paper), featuring many wonderful full page and smaller color lithographs by Tenggren all throughout the text. This copy is INSCRIBED AND DATED 1957 BY TENGGREN! This is a beautiful version of the Arabian Nights with a rare Tenggren inscription. $ PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 550. THOMSON,PETER PUBLISHER. OUR FOUR FOOTED FRIENDS. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date, circa vo (6 x 8 7/8 ), pictorial wraps, 14p., near Fine. Text about cows, cats, sheep, dogs, squirrels and rabbits is accompanied by 4 lovely full page chromolithographs. Aunt Laura s Series. $ INSCRIBED BY TENGGREN - MOTHER GOOSE 547. (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. MOTHER GOOSE. Boston: Little Brown 1940 (Nov. 1940). 4to (8 1/2 x 11 ), pictorial cloth, (136)p., FINE in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. 1st edition. A wide selection of poems and music, accompanied by Tenggren s wonderful full page and partial page color illustrations all throughout the text. (Cover and pictorial ep s also by him). THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED AND DATED 1940 BY TENGGREN! Tenggren s signatures are not common. This is a special copy of a super Mother Goose. $ PETER THOMSON TOY BOOK 551. THOMSON,PETER PUBLISHER. THE TAILOR AND THE ELEPHANT. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, mo (5 x 7 1/2 ), pictorial wraps, light edge wear, VG+. Illustrated with 4 charming full page color illustrations to accompany text in verse, Aunt Rhoda s Series. Scarce. $ PETER THOMSON PUB. ALSO 371 THORNE, DIANA - 63 FINE COPY IN DUST WRAPPER 552. TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date. Large 4to, gilt decorated vellum backed boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped at spine ends with a few closed tears). An incredible fantasy- science fiction book. Each page of calligraphic text is individually mounted on heavy paper (47p. of text). The 48 mounted color plates by Timlin are magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. Altogether a beautiful book, scarce in this condition. $ (TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. STORIES FROM A MAGIC WORLD by Elizabeth Woodruff. Springfield: McLoughlin (1938). Large 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight tip and spine end wear, VG-Fine. Originally published by Milton Bradley under the title of The Dickey Bird, this is an attractive and scarce edition, printed on coated paper and illustrated by Tenggren with 5 incredible color plates, plus 13 full page b&w s by another artist. The story is a magical fantasy, and these are some of Tenggren s most beautiful illustrations. $ #548 #549 TENNIS SEE 49 TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD 203 THAXTER, CELIA RARE THOMPSON TITLE ILLUS. BY DONAHEY 549. THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY. WONDER BOOK. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1929). 4to, cloth, pictorial paste-on, 217p., cover plate rubbed else VG+. A book of stories, puzzles and games, illustrated by William Donahey (of Teenie Weenie fame) with 8 bold color plates (including cover not repeated in text) and with hundreds of full and partial page b&w s by Hammond. A great book. Ruth Thompson see also 78, 81, 83 $ TOURTEL, MARY 544 TOYS 37-9, 218, 267, 376, 569, TRADES 40, 581 TRAINS 41-2, 59, 519 TRANSPORTATION 41-2, 52, 59, 313, 400, 401, 422, 425, 453, 529

81 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 81 MARY POPPINS ABC 553. TRAVERS,P.L.. MARY POPPINS FROM A-Z. Lond.: Collins (1963). 8vo, cloth, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st U.K. edition. 26 short episodes about Mary Poppins (one for each letter of alphabet). Illustrated by MARY SHEPARD with nice full page line illus. printed on blue and orange paper. $ TUDOR,TASHA. EDGAR ALLAN CROW. NY: Oxford University Press 1953 (1953). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4 ), cloth, paste-on, near fine in dust wrapper (dw lightly toned). 1st edition (1st printing) of one the most elusive Tudor books, illustrated in color throughout. A particularly nice copy. $ TUCK PUBLISHER 14, 35, 41, 144, 158, 162, 165, 421, 432, 457, 565, LOVELY DRAWING FROM MOTHER GOOSE 554. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: MOTHER GOOSE. Offered here is a lovely pencil drawing that appears on page 64 of her Caldecott Award winning Mother Goose. There are a few faint marks on bottom margin barely visible when not matted and not visible at all when matted. The image measures 5 1/4 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high and is signed. Depicted are 6 delightful little children playing London Bridge is Falling Down. Original art from Tudor s Mother Goose is scarce. $ TUDOR,TASHA. A IS FOR ANNABELLE. NY: Oxford University Press 1954 (1954). Oblong 4to, green cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with some soil and sl. fraying to spine ends. First ed. of this charming ABC book featuring a doll and illustrated in color and b&w on each page. $ SIGNED 558. TUDOR,TASHA. WHITE GOOSE. NY: Oxford University Press (1943). 8vo (6 1/4 x 6 3/4 ), blue cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition (1st printing). SIGNED BY TASHA TUDOR. Illustrated by Tudor with very beautiful full page color illustrations opposite each page of text, and with small text decorations. Text in calligraphy by Hilda Scott. A great copy. $ TUDOR DRAWING FROM THE SECRET GARDEN 555. (TUDOR,TASHA)illus. ORIGINAL ART: THE SECRET GARDEN. This is a lovely, detailed signed pencil drawing that was used for the headpiece for chapter XVIII on page 158 of Tudor s edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett s Secret Garden published by Lippincott in Depicted are Mary and Colin. Colin is ill in bed and Mary is standing next to him and they are holding hands. The image measures 5 x 4 1/2 and is attractively matted and framed to 11 inches square. (The image as it appears in the book is reduced to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ). Included with the art is FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT S SIGNATURE on a piece of paper. It reads Yours Sincerely Frances Hodgson Burnett Author 97. This is a lovely Tudor drawing from one of her most popular books. $ FINE COPY HUCKLEBERRY FINN 559. TWAIN,MARK [CLEMENS,SAMUEL]. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain. NY: Charles Webster 1885 (1884). 4to, dark green cloth stamped in gold and black, owner name on endpaper, a very Fine copy housed in custom leather slip case. 1st edition of this most famous American novel for children and adults alike. Points include: title leaf is bound in with copyright 1884 (C), frontis 1st state with cloth visible and Heliotype, (A) page 13 1st state incorrectly listing Him and another man on p.88 (A), p. 9 decided (later decides) (A), p.57 1st state with the was (A), p st state missing l (A), p.155 1st state with final 5 absent (A), p.161 1st state with signature mark absent (A), p.283 engraving redone and bound in (D). Illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE with 174 black and white drawings. A beautiful copy. BAL 3415, McBride p.92-3 (not matching any copies). $18,500.00

82 Pg 82 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 SIGNED TWICE BY TWAIN 560. TWAIN,MARK. LOVE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN edited and with an introduction by Dixon Wheeler, Literary Editor of the Mark Twain estate. NY: Harper & Brothers 1949 (1949). Tall 8vo (6 3/4 x 9 5/8 ), 374p., black cloth, As New in green dust wrapper. Stated first edition illustrated with a photo frontis of Twain. The 15 page introduction and editorial material accompanying each letter help put each letter into context. This edition is LIMITED TO ONLY 155 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED TWICE BY TWAIN, first as S.L. Clemens and next as Mark Twain. Although this was published after Twain s death, the information on the limitation explains: These signatures of Mark Twain have been in the possession of Harper & Brothers for fifty years. There are no more. This is a beautiful copy. Rare. $ UPTON,FLORENCE. THE GOLLIWOGG S BICYCLE CLUB. Lond: Longmans Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 563. VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. JUMANJI. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1981 (1981). Oblong 4to, cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition, 1st printing. CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. Hauntingly and magnificently illustrated in Van Allsburg s unique, detailed style to accompany a story written by him as well. $ WITH POLAR EXPRESS CARD FROM PUBLISHER LAID-IN 564. VAN ALLSBURG, CHRIS. POLAR EXPRESS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1985 (1985). Oblong 4to, cloth, AS NEW IN AS NEW DUST WRAPPER. 1st edition, first printing. Magnificent color illustrations on each page, CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER. This copy has Houghton Mifflin s 1985 Season s Greetings card in the envelope laid in. The card features a beautiful color illustration from the Polar Express on the cover. $ corner bumped, edges rubbed and usual cover rubbing, tight and VG. 1st ed. of the second Golliwogg title. Wonderfully illustrated in color. $ (UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. ADVENTURES OF TWO DUTCH DOLLS AND A GOLLIWOGG by Bertha Upton. Boston: De Wolfe Fiske, no date [1895]. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, 68p., edges and corners worn, a few archival margin mends, VG. 1st American edition of the first Golliwogg title, featuring many fabulous full page chromolithographs plus brown illustrations intext. $ VER BECK, FRANK 93 VERNE, JULES BEAUTIFUL TUCK BOOK MOUNTED ON LINEN 565. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. COUNTRY FRIENDS. date, circa London: Tuck, no Folio, stiff pictorial boards, near Fine. Father Tuck s Holiday Series. Featuring 16 pages of very fine chromolithographed illustrations of various country animals and related scenes. Each page mounted on linen. Nice copy. $ CLOWNS * PUGS AND CATS - ANIMAL CRUELTY 566. VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. MERRY WORDS FOR MERRY CHILDREN by A. Hoatson. London & New York: W. Hagelberg, no date, circa Oblong 16mo (5 x 3 7/8 ), stiff pictorial card covers, AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! Contains two separate stories told in verse. The first titled Jim s Dream tells of a boy dressed as a clown who dreams he is training geese to do tricks. In the process he abuses them so the geese decide to rebel. They tie him on a spit and begin to roast him over open flames at which time the boy wakes up and vows not to be cruel. The second story is The Race - about a bicycle race between frogs, greyhounds, rabbits and cats with 4 Pugs as the judges. Illustrated with 11 fabulous full page chromolithographs and one full page drawing in brown line. This is a remarkable copy of a charming little book, rare in the dust wrapper. $ VICTORIAN COLOPLATES ALSO 14, 43, 56, 99, 100, 115, 142, , 432, 455, 466, 526-7, 531, 583

83 Helen & Marc Younger Pg VOLLAND. BUNNIE BEAR by John Gee. Minneapolis: Gordon Volland / Buzza (1928, Fifth edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX. The story by Gee relates the adventures of a fluffy white baby bear and is also illustrated by him with great color illustrations in Volland style. Great copy. $ ART DECO 568. VOLLAND. (CADIE,VE ELIZABETH) DADDY GANDER by Maude McGehee Hankins. (Joliet: Volland 1928). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (box rubbed on edges). 1st edition of this Volland Sunny Book. One of the most striking Volland publication of all, this is illustrated by VE ELIZABETH CADIE with fine, bold color designs in her unique, Art Deco style. $ WANDA GAG COLOR COVER RARE BOXED VOLLAND TOY 569. VOLLAND. (GAG,WANDA) HAPPIWORK PACKAGE: KRINKLE CHAINS. Chicago: Volland (1922). This is one of a series of 5 rare educational items published by Volland. Housed in the original pictorial box (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 ) is a printed glassine bag containing a printed envelope of beads ( from across the ocean to bring you happiness ), dozens of strips of colored paper of various widths and a packet of Happiwork Paste, Also included is a pictorial direction booklet in the form of a story that tells children what they can make. The cover of the box and the cover of the booklet feature an amazing full color illustration by WANDA GAG. This is one the of the rarest Volland items, especially in unused and fine condition. $ RARE VOLLAND TITLE 570. VOLLAND. HAPPY HOME CHILDREN by Elizabeth Gordon. Chic: Volland (1924 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. First edition of this VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with great art deco illustrations in bright colors by MARION FOSTER. Nice copy of a rare title. $ UNCOMMON LARGE FORMAT VOLLAND TITLE IN BOX 571. VOLLAND. JOLLY JUNGLE JINGLES by Ottlile Amend. Joliet: Volland (1929). Large oblong 4to (11 3/4 x 9 3/8 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX (color unevenly faded). One of Volland s scarce large format books, this is beautifully illustrated with bold full color drawings on every page by ELEANORE BARTE. Really nice, rare in box. $ BOXED ART DECO LARGE FORMAT VOLLAND BOOK 572. VOLLAND. JOLLY KID BOOK verses by Wilbur Nesbit. [Joliet]: (Volland) no date ca Large oblong 4to (10 5/8 x 7 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, As New IN ORIGNAL BOX! (box flaps rubbed with some wear). Printed on thick card stock and featuring stunning full color illustrations in true Art Deco style by MARIE HONRE MEYERS. A VOLLAND JOLLY KID BOOK, rare in the box. $ BOXED VOLLAND BY GERTRUDE KAY 573. VOLLAND. (KAY,GERTRUDE) THE JOLLY OLD SHADOW MAN written and illustrated by Gertrude Kay. Chic: Volland ( th edition). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (light rubbing and else VG+ box). A VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK, illustrated by Kay with bright color cover, The story tells of a naughty boy who is sent by the Shadow Man to a land where everyone is grumpy and rude. When he realizes how lucky he had been at home he asks to return. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers plus full page and in-text color illustrations. $ VOLLAND BY MY BOOKHOUSE AUTHOR 574. VOLLAND. (MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE) COME PLAY WITH ME by Olive Beaupre Miller. Chicago: Volland (1918, 8th ed.). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX (box flap mends). A Sunny Book with great Art Deco color illustrations by CARMEN BROWNE in the style of Janet Laura Scott. Very scarce. $250.00

84 Pg 84 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue 95 BOXED VOLLAND FLOWER FAIRIES BY MY BOOKHOUSE AUTHOR 575. VOLLAND. (MILLER,OLIVE BEAUPRE) WHISK AWAY ON A SUNBEAM by Olive Beaupre Miller. Chicago: Volland (1919, no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, nearly AS NEW IN PICTORIAL BOX with the Volland pictorial ad announcing this title laid-in. 1st ed. of this VOLLAND NATURE CHILDREN BOOK (listing no other printings). 14 original flower-fairy tales by the editor of My Bookhouse relate the adventures of Queen Lady Slipper, Little Goatsbeard, Wild Snap Dragon and others. Beautifully illustrated in full color by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT (Frank Lloyd Wright s sister). This is a remarkable copy of a scarce Volland title rarely found in the box. $ VERY SCARCE VOLLAND FLOWER FAIRIES 579. VOLLAND. (SCOTT,JANET LAURA) WILD FLOWER CHILDREN: The Little Playmates of the Fairies by Elizabeth Gordon. Chicago: Volland (1918 no additional printings). 8vo, green pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL BOX. This is a Volland Nature Children Book and companion to Mother Earth s Children etc. Illustrated by JANET LAURA SCOTT with pictorial endpapers plus color illustrations on every page depicting wonderful humanized wildflowers. This is a beautiful copy of an extremely scarce Volland title. (SEE ILLUS BOTTOM PRIOR COLUMN) $ VOLLAND. TREASURE THINGS by Annette Wynne. Chicago: Volland (1922, no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX. A Volland Sunny Book of poems for children, illustrated by EDNA MERRITT with bold color illustrations throughout, very similar in style to Janet Laura Scott. A rare Volland title in excellent condition. $ VOLLAND BOXED SUNNY BOOK BY RAE 576. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) GRASSHOPPER GREEN AND THE MEADOW MICE written and illus. by John Rae. Joliet: Volland (1922, no additional printings). 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, FINE IN PUBLISHER S PICTORIAL BOX! This is the story about what happened to the grasshopper from the fable of the Grasshopper And The Ant. Illustrated by Rae with pictorial endpapers plus many color other charming illustrations. A beautiful copy. $ VOLLAND SEE ALSO 140, 141, 223, 267-8, 270-3, 372, , 505 VOLTAIRE SCARCE WAIN BOOK OF TRADES 581. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. TINKER, TAILOR by Edric Vredenburg. Lond: Tuck [1914]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial paste-on, [144]p. including ads, tips rubbed else near fine. A variety of trades are integrated into a story featuring humanized cats. Illustrated by Wain with 12 fabulous color plates plus hundred s of b&w s and pictorial endpapers. Very scarce and some great Wain work. $ RARE VOLLAND GARDEN FANTASY BY RAE 577. VOLLAND. (RAE,JOHN) THE LOVELY GARDEN by Ethel Fairmont. Chicago: Volland (1919 no additional printings). 8vo, pictorial boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX. 1st edition. A fantasy about Queen Yolande of the Island of Can-be-done and a special garden, illustrated by John Rae with lovely full page color illustrations. A rare Volland title. $ VOLLAND. (ROSS,M.T.) ANIMAL CHILDREN by Edith Kirkwood. Chic: Volland (1913 later printing). 8vo, pictorial boards, light soil and wear to spine else near fine. This Volland Nature Children Book has fabulous color illustrations on every page by M.T. Ross depicting a variety of humanized animals (plus pictorial endpapers). Fine sharp reproductions. This is a beautiful copy of a scarce and desirable Volland title, companion to Bird Children etc. $ #579 RARE WAIN SHAPE CAT BOOK 582. (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. WITH LOUIS WAIN IN PUSSYLAND by Norman Gale. Lond. : Tuck no date, circa Folio, stiff pictorial card covers with top die-cut in a cat shape. Small rubbing areas to covers else VG+. Illus. by Wain with color covers, 4 large and incredible full page color illustrations of cats at play and with great line illustrations on all other pages. A nice copy of a rare and fragile Wain book. $

85 Helen & Marc Younger Pg (WAIN,LOUIS)illus. DANDY LION by Clifton Bingham. Lond.: Nister [1900]. 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed and covers lightly scratched else VG+. Illustrated by Wain with mounted color frontis and with wonderful black and whites on every page, mostly of cats. Fanciful and very scarce. Necker $ VOLUMES EACH INSCRIBED BY WIGGIN 587. WIGGIN,KATE DOUGLAS. PENELOPE S EXPERIENCES IN ENGLAND * PENELOPE S PROGRESS [IN SCOTLAND] * AND PENELOPE S IRISH EXPERIENCES. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901, Three volumes, 8vo, green cloth elaborately stamped in gold, top edges gilt, fine. Each volume is illustrated with beautiful black and white illustrations by C.E. BROCK, and there is a LENGTHY INSCRIPTION FROM WIGGIN TO IRISH SINGER TOM DOBSON IN EACH OF THE THREE BOOKS! A marvelous set. $ WAR 26, 325, 409, 436, WARD, KEITH CATS - NEWERY AWARD WINNER 584. (WARD,LYND)illus. THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN by Elizabeth Coatsworth. NY: Macmillan 1930 (1930). 4to (8 x 9 1/4 ), cloth, near Fine in dust wrapper (dw mended on back with light stain on joints). First Edition, first printing of this NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by LYND WARD with very beautiful full page wash drawings. Quite scarce in the dw. $ WEISGARD, LEONARD 119, 120 HUMANIZED BEES AND INSECTS 585. (WEISSENBORN,HELLMUTH)illus. BILLY THE BUMBLEBEE by Victor Bonham-Carter. Lond: Hammond Hammond Co no date, circa Oblong 4to, pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. The story of a homely bee named Billy that falls in love with a beautiful lady bumblebee named Milly. When they marry, all of their friends attend - humanized beetles, grasshoppers and more. Lovely full page and smaller color illus. by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Weissenborn was a German artist who fled Germany in 1938 because his wife was Jewish. He settled in England, taught at the Ravensbourne College of Art and continued his career as an internationally known artist and engraver. This is a charming book. $ WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE. NY: Harper Brothers (1941). 8vo (6 x 8 1/2 ), pictorial cloth, 288p., Fine in nice, VG+ dust wrapper which is slightly frayed at spine ends. Stated 1st ed. Illustrated with color dust wrapper and color frontis by HELEN SEWELL and in line by MILDRED BOYLE. In this book Laura turns 15 and gets her teaching certificate. Nice copy, very scarce. $ WENZ-VIETOR, ELSE MINT CHARLOTTE S WEB 586. WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE S WEB. NY: Harper Brothers (1952). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), tan cloth, Fine in FINE DUST WRAPPER. Stated First Edition. The story of Charlotte, a spider and her friend Wilbur a pig. Illustrated by GARTH WILLIAMS with more than 40 black and whites plus color wrapper. This is a magnificent copy of a modern classic. NEWBERY HONOR AWARD. $ WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS. NY: Harper & Bros (1943). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 299p., slight cover soil, near Fine in slightly frayed and soiled dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL AND MILDRED BOYLE with color dw, color frontis plus full page b&w s. Laura is almost 16 and teaching school. Rare. The last of the Little House books. $

86 Pg 86 Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. BEDTIME FOR FRANCES by Russell Hoban. NY: Harper Brothers (1960). 4to (8 1/4 x 10 1/8 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with 1/2 strip off rear top edge and smaller chips on spine. First edition (correct price and no ads for later titles). Frances (a baby badger) uses various methods to prolong bedtime. Illustrated with charming color lithos on every page. See Bader p who calls this a charmer. First editions of this title are quite scarce. $ (WILLIAMS,GARTH)illus. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE by George Selden. NY: Ferrar Strauss (1960). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/2 ), pink cloth, 151p., Fine in dust wrapper frayed at spine ends and corners. Stated 1st printing of this modern classic, illustrated with color wrapper and many detailed b&w s by GARTH WILLIAMS. Although not his first book, it is certainly the title that brought Selden fame and it is very scarce in the first edition. NEWBERY HONOR. $ WILLIAMS, GARTH SEE ALSO 586 WINE 412 WORLD WAR II PATRIOTIC FRENCH FANTASY 594. WORLD WAR II. PICHENETTE: OU LES AVENTURES EXTRAORDINAIRES D UN ENFANT DE CHEZ NOUS by Max Francois. Paris: Editions Raynaud Zurfluh, no date, circa to (9 1/4 x 12 1/2 ), cloth backed pictorial card covers, Fine. The story relates the adventures of a little boy with his accordion whose father is in the army and who is separated from his mother while escaping from Paris. He meets a French soldier who helps him but then gets separated from the soldier during a torpedo raid. He lands amongst natives in Africa who want to harm him. He escapes them by dazzling them with his accordion. He encounters a stranded American soldier who he befriends and helps to fly back to Paris just before liberation. All along he has been saved by playing his accordion. As the war ends he miraculously finds his father and then his mother and everyone lives happily ever after. Illustrated with great full color illustrations by Guy G. Noel. Includes musical notation for some of Pichenette s songs. A great French patriotic WWII story. $ VICHY FRANCE PROPAGANDA - PETAIN 595. WORLD WAR II. POURQUOI AIMEZ-VOUS LE MARECHAL PETAIN? Question Posee aux Ecoliers de France. Paris: Editions M.D., no date, circa Oblong 4to (11 x 9 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, 12p., some cover soil, VG+. Ten pages of supposed love sentiments for Petain from French children. Each child has a small photo next to his or her words of praise. Illustrated with charming color vignettes on each page by various artists. The cover features Petain kissing a child, much the same way the Nazi children s books showed Hitler petting the heads of little children. The last page can be filled out by the child who receives the book. This is a prime example of propaganda aimed at children. $ WOODCUTS 24, 117, 256, 331 FRENCH NATIONALISM GREAT ART DECO TOY SOLDIERS 592. WORLD WAR I. HISTOIRE D UN BRAVE PETIT SOLDAT text and drawings by Charlotte Schaller. Paris: Berger-Levrault, (1915). Oblong 4to (12 1/2 x 10 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers and inside with some finger soil else VG+. The story of a brave toy soldier injured in the war, illustrated with stunning full and partial page color art deco illustrations. Meant to show the superiority of French soldiers, the text has a nationalistic theme, ending Vive la France, Vivent les Allies, Vivent tous nos braves petits soldats! A wonderful picture book. $ RARE WORLD WAR II BOOK BY CHILDREN 593. WORLD WAR II. LE MERVEILLEUSE DE LA VOYAGE GOUTTE DE VITAMINE - THE MARVELOUS VOYAGE OF A DROP OF VITAMIN. New York: Published by the Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies (1942). Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 ), spiral backed pictorial wraps, VG. Forward by Andre Maurois. The story was written by a group of young school children in Unoccupied France to thank American relief agencies for sending vitamins to help French children. There are 7 pages of handwritten text in French with English translation below, illustrated with 7 full page hand-colored illustrations also done by the children. The story tells the tale of Little Drop - a vitamin drop that crosses the ocean to find needy children. At the end of the book are 3 pages of 32, printed handwritten signatures of actual children giving thanks Mercies for the aid. Laid in is a contemporary newspaper clipping describing the genesis of this book. Due to its fragility, few copies could have survived. Rare. $ SEE ILLUS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT >>>>>>>> #593

87 Helen & Marc Younger 596.WORLD WAR II. FLAK: THE STORY OF A CANINE HERO OF THE WAR by Shirley Goulden. London: W.H. Allen, no date circa vo (5 1/8 x 8 3/4 ), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine (no dw). This is the heartwarming story of a large Alsatian dog named Flak and his owner Squadron Leader Leeson, a member of Britain s RAF during WWII. Flak s heroic deeds helped save his master and other members of the squadron. Illustrated by J. Abbey with great full page and smaller lithographs throughout the text. $90.00 Pg 87 LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY WYETH 599. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. TRENDING INTO MAINE by Kenneth Roberts. Boston: Little Brown 1938 (May 1938). 4to (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 ), white cloth spine, blue cloth, spine slightly toned else Fine in publisher s slip case (slip case has a few small, neat repairs on edge). First Wyeth edition LIMITED TO 1075 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY WYETH AND ROBERTS! Illustrated with 15 beautiful color plates including endpapers and complete with an EXTRA SUITE OF COLOR PLATES IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. A great copy, increasingly scarce with extra suite of plates. $ helen@alephbet.com #599 WORLD WAR II SEE ALSO 29, 325, 356, 545 WORLD S FAIR (WYETH,N.C.)illus. LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE by Thomas Bulfinch. NY: Cosmopolitan Book to, maroon cloth, pictorial paste-on, top edge gilt, VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw soiled and chipped). First Wyeth edition, second issue with top edge plain. Illustrated by him with cover plate, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 8 really beautiful color plates. A beautiful copy. $ BOXED WYETH 598. (WYETH,N.C.)illus. MICHAEL STROGOFF by Jules Verne. NY: Scribner (1927). 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ), black cloth, pictorial paste-on, FINE IN PUBLISHER S BOX WITH PICTORIAL LABEL PASTED ON (box slightly rubbed else near Fine). 1st edition of this Scribner Classic illustrated by Wyeth with cover label (repeated on box) pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 color plates. This is a magnificent copy, rarely found in the publishers box. $ #598 box INSCRIBED WITH WATERCOLOR 600. YASHIMA,TARO. THE YOUNGEST ONE. NY: Viking Oblong 4to (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 ), cloth, edge of one page creased else fine in dust wrapper. This is a lovely picture book about Momo and Bobby, two little children who became friends. Illustrated with beautiful color lithographs by Yashima. This copy is INSCRIBED BY YASHIMA WITH A WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF A SPECKELED EGG IN A NEST WITH BIRDS IN THE SKY. Scarce title. $ YOUNG, ART END #234 - Alice-Like Fantasy #58 - Rare Parkers Picture Book #143 - Nister Picture Book - Cats & Dogs

88 #77 - Neill original art for Wonder City of Oz #74 - complete with uncut waddless #341 - limited to 120 copies signed by Thomas Mann #101 - Uriel Birnbaum #267 -fine boxed copy of Gruelle rarity #163 - Chris Conover original art from Mother Goose