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2 From Item # 3: Railway ABC by Jack Townend From Item # 111: Mother Goose Puzzles From Item # 2: Adams Book of Odd Creatures From Item # 66: Puss in Boots Item # 148: Child s Garden of Verses E. M. Maurice Books, LLC Timothy Forry, Proprietor 12 Minerva Lane Litchfield, CT Tel: (860) emmaurice2@aol.com ORDERING: Orders are accepted by phone 7 days a week from 10am to 9pm EST. orders any time. All items subject to prior sale. PAYMENT METHODS: Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover, checks, money orders, and PayPal. (Credit Card orders require: billing address & security code on reverse of card) PAYMENT TERMS: Payment is due before book(s) ship. We will hold book(s) for payment for seven business days. Libraries and institutions may be billed. Connecticut residents, please add 6.35% sales tax. SHIPPING: Media Mail: $4.50 for 1st Book, $1.00 each additional book OR Priority Mail: $8.00 for 1 st book, $2.00 for each book after that, per order Insurance is extra, please request insurance when ordering. INTERNATIONAL orders will be shipped via Global Priority at cost. Please note: We will not falsify customs documents, so please do not ask. RETURNS: You may return any book for any reason as long as: 1) Prior notice by telephone is given within 3 days after receiving book, 2) Item is returned in condition in which is was received and is properly packed and insured for return trip, please use a traceable shipping method. Refunds will be issued for book price and original shipping once item has been safely returned and insp ected. Text and Images Copyright 2014 E M Maurice Books, LLC

3 1. ABC. King, Julius. ABC of Birds, An. NY: Thomas Nelson, st Ed. 16mo. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards, repair to spine edges, spine ends chipped, corner wear. A collection of stories about birds from A to Y (Z omitted but there are two for P). There are 24 color plates depicting the birds, with two plates doubled up (Hummingbird & Ibis and Xema & Yellow Hammer). Scarce. $ ABC. Low, Joseph (Auth & Illus). Adam's Book Of Odd Creatures. NY: Atheneum, st Ed. Oblong 4to. VG / Good. Orange cloth pictorially stamped in red & green, minor shelf wear, 1/2" closed tear to dedication page; color illustrated dust jacket soiled, worn with edge tears, archival mends, original price ($3.50) intact. Just when Adam thought he was done naming the animals he is sent a box of letters to name uncommon creatures, including the Dodo bird, Wombat, and Zebu. Illustrated in color. $ ABC. Townend, Jack. Railway ABC. London: Faber & Faber, [1942]. 1st Ed. NF / Good. Approximately 6" x 4". Pictorial boards, small splits at bottom corners; matching dust jacket with large loss to rear panel, wear to spine ends, original price intact (2/6). A rare railroad themed alphabet book with fabulous lithographs in color and b&w. $ Adkins, Jan. Art and Industry of Sandcastles. Walker & Company, (1971). 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. VG / VG. Pictorial boards with light shelf wear, gently worn dust jacket. How to build sandcastles based on various types of real castles, with diagrams and illustrations. National Book Award Finalist. $ Alarcon, Don Pedro Antonio De. Three-Cornered Hat. ill. Norman Tealby. NY: Simon & Schuster, First American Edition Thus. Small 4to. NF / Fair. (1927). Black cloth titled in gilt; dust jacket edges pinked by a previous owner, price intact ($3.00). Old Andalusian tale about the mayor of a small town who falls for the Miller's wife and will stop at nothing to steal her away. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in color plates and other artwork in line, both full and partial page. $ Alexander, Martha. Move Over, Twerp. NY: Dial Press, (1981). First Printing. Small Oblong 8vo. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with original price intact ($6.95). Jeffrey never gets to keep his seat on the school bus, so he devises a plan to get to keep his seat. Cute color artwork. Scarce title $75.00 Signed Limited Edition One of the Loveliest Versions of Andersen s Tale 7. Andersen, H. C.. Snow Queen. ill. Katharine Beverley & Elizabeth Ellender. NY: E P Dutton, (1929). 1st Ltd. Ed. 8vo. Good / No Jacket. 209 pgs. Top edge silvered (rubbed). Red paper over board with black cloth spine, cover stamped in silver and black, spine titled in silver, edges rubbed and chipped, spine silver flaked, scrawl mostly erased from halftitle, the black sections of a few illustrations were further blackened by previous owner which did not mar finer details. The book was issued with a slip case that had an additional, this is not present. Despite flaws, this still manages to be an acceptable copy of a rare and highly sought-after edition of Andersen's tale. The book contains 48 plates in black and red by Beverley and Ellender, about which little is known. Their style walks the line between Art Nouveau and Art Deco combining bold geometric shapes with fine, elaborate line work reminiscent of Harry Clarke and Kay Nielsen. Also issued in a trade edition, this copy is limited to 200 copies on rag paper and signed by both artists. $ Page 1

4 8. Andersen, H. C.. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. ill. E. S. Hardy. Boston: De Wolfe & Fiske Co., Circa 1909 based on dated gift inscription Later Printing. Tall 8vo. Very Good + / No Jacket.. Pictorial pastedown over boards with blue cloth spine, corners worn, else bright, clean and solid. The first edition with Hardy's artwork was published in London by Nister and conttained 6 color plates. DeWolfe & Fiske published a number of versions of Andersen's tales illustrated by Hardy. This edition has four full page color chromolithograph plates, numerous monotone plates and line art. This version is particularly attractive. $75.00 Newbery Medal 12. Armer, Laura Adams. Waterless Mountain. ill. Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer. NY: Longmans, Green & Co, Stated 1st Ed. Large 8vo. NF / Good. Brown cloth, light shelfwear; dust jacket chipped at folds, small tears and losses along edges, priceclipped, no award seal but mentions Longman's Fiction Prize, so later issue dust jacket. The story of a Navajo boy, set in the present (of the day). Lovely b&w illustrations Newbery Medal Winner. $ Appleton, Honor (Illus); Chaundler, Christine (Auth). Thirteenth Orphan. London: Nisbet & Co, [1920]. 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Plus / Poor. Blue cloth titled in silver, slight spine lean else near fine; color illustrated dust jacket missing large pieces but with amateur repairs involving paper and tape to verso, despite this the jacket presents well, price intact ( 6/). An uncommon title illustrated Appleton depicting fairies. The jacket and frontis in color, 6 other monochromatic full page plates which are also quite pretty. $ Ardizzone, Edward (Illus); Faralla, Dana (Auth). Singing Cupboard. Phila: Lippincott, (1962). 1st Am. Ed. 8vo. NF / Good-. 93pgs. Yellow pictorial cloth, area of spotting to top of rear board; illustrated dust jacket with overall wear, insect damage along rear fold of spine, price intact ($3.25). Great Aunt Gerda comes from Denmark to visit Nils and Ulla, she brings with her a large cupboard. Inside the cupboard is a little musical mouse. Illustrated in b&w. $ Ardizzone, Edward (Illus); Reeves, James (Auth). Angel and the Donkey. NY: McGraw-Hill, (1969, 1970). 1st Am. Ed. Oblong 4to. VG / VG. Pictorial, reinforced cloth, previous owner's name, faint foxing to top edge of boards; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, foxing to verso, price clipped. Library binding but NOT x-lib. A retelling of the tale of Balaam from the Book of Numbers in the Old Testament. Illustrated in full color and b&w by Ardizzone. $ Caldecott Honor 13. Armer, Laura Adams. Forest Pool. NY: Longmans, Green & Co, (1938). Stated 1st Ed. 4to. VG / Fair. Orange cloth, small closed tear at top of spine, two Christmas themed book plates; color illustrated dust jacket chipped with large pieces missing, price intact ($2.00). The story of two Mexican children on the search for an iguana. Beautiful full-page color artwork reminiscent of Diego Rivera. $ Barrie, J M. Peter and Wendy. ill. F D Bedford. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Am. Ed. 8vo. NF / No Jacket. 267 pgs. Top edge stained green (rubbed). Olive green cloth with beautiful and elaborate pictorial gilt stamping; light wear to extremities, a few small areas of bubbling to the cloth which appears to be a publishing flaw and not exposure to dampness, bottom corner of frontis creased. The novelized version of Barrie's famous play from Illustrated with a frontis, title page and 11 other full page plates by Bedford. Garland 37, pg $850.00

5 15. Beardsley, Aubrey (Illus); Pope, Alexander (Auth). Rape of the Lock, An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos. London: Leonard Smithers, st Ed. Small 4to. VG / No Jacket. Turquoise cloth with beautiful gilt design by Beardsley on front board; gilt slightly rubbed, illustration pages age-toned toward edges, occasional foxed spot, old bookseller desciption pasted to endpaper. Illustrated with a full page frontis and 8 other stunningly detailed designs by Beardsley. 1 of 1000 copies printed on wove paper. Lasner 105. $ Caldecott Medal 16. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's Rescue (Caldecott Medal). ill. Ludwig Bemelmans. NY: Viking, st Ed. 4to. NF / VG. Red pictorial cloth with mild shelf wear; color illustrated dust jacket with light edge wear, small repair to rear panel, original price intact ($3.00), NO award seal. Madeline is saved from drowning by a dog who then returns with the girls and Miss Clavel. Wouldn't you know it, the dog will need the help of Madeline and her friends very soon after. Awarded the Caldecott Medal for $1, Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline in London. ill. Ludwig Bemelmans. NY: Viking, st Ed. 4to. NF / VG. Red cloth pictorially stamped in black, bump to bottom corner of front cover else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear and a few tiny edge tears, original price intact ($3.50). Madeline goes to London to see the Queen and save a horse! Illustrated in yellow & black and full color. $ Bettina. Castle in the Sand. NY: Harper & Brothers, (1951). 1st Ed. 4to. NF / VG. Beige cloth, gift inscription on endpaper; color illustrated dust jacket with spine wear and sunned, small chips from spine ends, light wear, price intact ($1.75). Set in Italy, this is a very different sort of book by Bettina, about a boy and a girl who form a friendship on a beach. Illustrated in b&w. $ Braley, Margaret Temple (Illus); Youlin, Frances Cole (Auth). Wooloo and Lita May. NY: Cupples & Leon Company, (1942). 8vo. Very Good Minus / Fair. Pictorial boards with edge wear, chipping to spine ends, light cover soil; dust jacket tattered and soiled, original price intact ($1.00). The story of a homemade rag doll that comes to life to help a little girl find her lost collie. Artwork in color and b&w. Margaret Braley may be best known for illustrating many of the Bobbsey Twins books. $85.00 Page 3

6 24. Burgess, Thornton. Billy Mink (Smiling Pool Series). ill. Harrison Cady. Boston: Little Brown, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, small chips to pastedown, light wear to extremities, erased artwork and abrasions on endpapers, else internally clean and bright. "The stranger and the unknown must / Be always looked on with distrust --Billy Mink" Illustrated by Harrison Cady with 8 plates in three colors. $65.00 Signed with a Sketch 20. Brunhoff, Jean & Laurent De (Subj); Weber, Nicholas Fox (Auth). Art of Babar. NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, (1989). 1st Am. Ed. Thick 4to. NF / NF. Red cloth with dust soil along top edge, color illustrated dust jacket with some scuffing. A history of the Babar books and Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff with color reproductions of artwork, preliminary sketches, and b&w photographs. This copy is signed by the author and inscribed by Laurent de Brunhoff with a sketch of an elephant. $ Brunhoff, Jean De. Babar and Father Christmas. NY: Random House, (1940). 1st Am. Ed. Folio. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, scratches to covers, wear to corners and spine ends, one page with small tear and crease. The last Babar book by Jean de Brunhoff, originally published serially, published in book form posthumously. The American edition precedes the French edition by one year.(weber pgs 86-87) $ Burgess, Thornton. Little Joe Otter (Smiling Pool Series). ill. Harrison Cady. Boston: Little Brown, st Ed. 8vo. Good / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, bubbling and paper residue to rear board, faint dampstain to edge of endpaper, four Christmas stamps to endpaper, occasional finger marks, pgs 66 & 67 with erased scrawl. Illustrated by Harrison Cady with 8 three-color plates. $ Burgess, Thornton. Jerry Muskrat At Home (Smiling Pool Series). ill. Harrison Cady. Boston: Little Brown, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Green cloth with color printed pastedown, light wear to extremities, 8 pages with small stain at edge, but overall clean interior. The third book in the Smiling Pool series. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Cady. $ Burgess, Thornton. Longlegs the Heron (Smiling Pool Series). ill. Harrison Cady. Boston: Little Brown, st Ed. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, light shelf wear, faint stain at top of pastedown, a few fingermarks, otherwise clean and free of writing. Illustrated with 8 plates in three colors by Harrison Cady. $ Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Editha's Burglar. ill. Henry Sandham. Boston: Jordan, Marsh & Co, First Edition, Second State. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Brown cloth pictorially stamped in black and gilt, light wear ot extremities, foxing to endpapers gift inscription dated Illustrated in b&w. Second state with no printers imprint and frontis depicting only head and shoulders of Elsie Leslie. BAL 2071 $ Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Editha's Burglar. ill. Henry Sandham. Boston: Jordan, Marsh & Co, First Edition, Second State. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Yellow cloth pictorially stamped in black and gilt, light wear to spine ends and corners, cover soil, gift inscription dated Illustrated in b&w. Second state with no printers imprint and frontis depicting only head and shoulders of Elsie Leslie. BAL 2071 $ Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories. ill. Reginald B. Birch. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Am. Ed. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. 147 pgs + ads. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, red and black; rubbing to edges and spine edges, light wear to extremities and abrasion to front cover, gift inscription. Contains the title story plus, Story of Prince Fairyfoot, Proud Little Grain of Wheat and Behind the White Brick. 12 detailed b&w plates. BAL notes that this may have been preceded by a British Edition. BAL $75.00 Page 4

7 World s Fair Interest 29. Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Illustrated By Reginald Birch. Two Little Pilgrims' Progress, A Story of the City Beautiful. ill. Reginald B. Birch. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good 191 pgs + 16pgs ads. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in dark blue and gilt, light rubbing to corners, tiny tears to cloth at spine ends. Overall a fabulous, clean copy of the book. The story of two children who venture off by themselves to go to the World's Fair. BAL 2088, $ Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Illustrated By Harrison Cady. Racketty-Packetty House. NY: Century, st Ed. 16mo. Good / No Jacket. Blue cloth titled in dark blue with color pastedown to front cover, fading to edges, rubbing to extremities, foxing at most plate edges, text pages clean overall with some foxing. A Queen Crosspatch fairy story with 20 color plates by Cady. $ Burnford, Sheila. Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals. ill. Carl Burger. Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1961). Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. NF / VG. Red cloth with a thin line of sunning along top edge; dust jacket with light wear and chipping to spine ends, spine a bit darkened. The story of a yellow labrador retriever, siamese cat and bull terrier who make a harrowing trek through the Canadian wilderness. Later made into a film by Disney. $ Carroll, Lewis (Interest); Lewis, Elizabeth (Simplified by). Wonderland Stories (Alice in Wonderland, Wonder Book, Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels). ill. Philip Lyford, et al. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, (1913, 1914). 12mo. Good / No Jacket. Mustard cloth pictorially stamped in black and orange, cover soil, light wear, lacks frontispiece, one page with corner mended. Easy reading versions of classic tales. $8.50 Maria Kirk s Lovely Alice 34. Carroll, Lewis; Illustrated By Maria Kirk and John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. NY: Frederick A Stokes, No date, [1904]. 1st Ed. Thus. 8vo. NF / No Jacket. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in black, orange, white and titled in gilt, bottom front corner bumped, gift inscription. An uncommon and charming edition of Alice illustrated with 12 color plates with lettered guards as well as 42 b&w illustrations by Tenniel. Later editions are titled in ink as opposed to gilt. $ Cannon, Beth. Cat Had a Fish About A Dream. NY: Pantheon Books, (1976). First Printing. Small Square 8vo. Fine / VG. Reinforced pictorial cloth in matching dust jacket with light soil and small edge tears, price clipped--library binding but NOT x -lib. A wordless picture book about a cat who is prompted to have a surreal dream within a dream by the smell of his owner's dinner. The artwork is fun. $35.00 Page 5

8 35. Carroll, Lewis; Illustrated By Lisbeth Zwerger. Alice in Wonderland. NY: North-South Books, st Am. Ed. 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in dust jacket with original price intact ($19.95). A refreshing illustrated edition of Alice. $ Cats. Lattimore, Eleanor Frances (Auth & Illus). Clever Cat. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1936). Early Printing. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Green cloth, slightly faded, corner off last page, old bookstore sticker on FFEP. The story of Ulysses, a black cat who lives in a white house in New Hampshire. Very readable, even by today's standards, nice b&w artwork throughout. Uncommon and sought after title. $25.00 Harry Clarke and Poe, A Perfect Match 39. Clarke, Harry (Illus); Poe, Edgar Allan Poe (Auth). Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: George G. Harrap & Co., st Trade Ed. Thick 4to. Good / No Jacket. 382 pgs. TEG. Green cloth pictorially stamped in black, titled in gilt; edges and cloth rubbed, heavy wear to top of spine, overall clean internally with a few spots and marks. 29 of Poe's most-loved, creepy short stories illustrated with 24 full page b&w plates. No one better could have been chosen to illustrate Poe's tales. This edition is substantially more difficult to find than the later color plate editions. $ Chaffee, Letitia. Baxter Beaver. ill. Roberta Paflin. Phila: David McKay, (1942). 1st Ed. Small Square 4to. Fine / VG. Pictorial boards with cloth spine; matching dust jacket with dusting, faint foxing, a few small tears, original price intact ($1.00). Illustrated in sepia and limited color. Cute book difficult to find in fine condition. $ Chromolithographs. Henty, G A, Meade, L T, Fenn, G. Manville, Etc... In the Chimney Corners. ill. Ada Dennis, E. Stuart Hardy, Hilda Robinson, Etc... London & NY: Nister/Dutton, Circa 1890s. 4to. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. 144 pgs. Color chromolithograph cover with cloth spine, shelf wear, rear board soiled and marked, 3 pages were reinserted with tape which has left residue, pages were then properly reinserted, 2 pages with pressed flower stains, gift inscription. Stories and poetry for young children with 12 full page color chromolithographs,8 full page b&w plates and copious line art throughout. $ Uncommon Alan Wright Noah s Ark Rag Book 40. Cloth Book. Wright, Alan (Illus). Noah's Zoo. London / NY: Dean's Rag Book Co / International Art Publishing, [1905] per Princeton Univ Lib. 4to. Good Color printed cloth book, some fading to covers, edge fraying, light internal soil and marks. A rare cloth book featuring Noah's family, the ark and animals depicted as wooden toys. One copy on OCLC at Princeton Univ. $ Page 6

9 41. Colcord, Willard Allen. Animal Land. Phila: Judson Press, (1924). 1st Ed. Thick 8vo. NF / Good Minus. Attractive red cloth pictorially stamped in orange and black with the image of a tiger, gift inscription and marginal stain to first few pages; matching dust jacket missing a few pieces, spine sunned and stained. Over 300 stories from various sources with strong moral messages about humane treatment of animals and living a moral life. Illustrated with 16 b&w plates by an unknown artist, but signed L. Y. $ Collingwood, Harry [aka William Joseph Cosens Lancsaster). Log of the Flying-Fish. ill. Gordon Browne, R. I.. NY: Scribner & Welford, [1899]. Probable First Amer. Edition. Thick 8vo. VG / No Jacket. All edges stained green. 382 pgs + 32 pgs ads. Brick red cloth with beveled edges, beautiful pictorial stamping in silver black and yellow, light wear to extremities, tiny split and fraying at base of spine, clean interior free of writing, foxing, tears, etc... An early flight fantasy illustrated with 12 full -page line art drawings. Originally published in England in Rare. $ Craig, Helen (Illus); Holabird, Katharine (Auth). Alexander and the Magic Boat. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, st Am. Ed. Small Oblong 4to. NF / Good. Pictorial boards, faint marginal stain to one page; matching dust jacket with 4" closed to front panel, original price intact ($11.95). Alexander wants to give his mother a gift so he takes her on a trip on his "magic boat." Sweet story with really wonderful color artwork on every page. $ Crane, Walter (Illus); Linton, W. J. (Retold from Aesop). Baby's Own Aesop. London & NY: George Routledge & Sons, st Ed. Square 8vo. Good / No Jacket. All edges stained blue, 56 pgs. Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, edges adn corners worn, foxing to endpapers, crack after endpapers, binding a bit shaken, errata slip lacking. Along with its companion volumes, Muir calls this book one of the most beautiful children's books of its day. (Percy Muir, Victorian Illustrated Books, page 164). $ Crane, Walter (Illus); Parry, Judge (Retold from Cervantes). Don Quixote of the Mancha. NY: John Lane, First American Edition Thus. Tall 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Top edge stained green, others uncut. 245 pages. Pictorial cloth cover a few scratches to pictorial stamping, corners rubbed, a few signs of use internally but generally very clean with solid binding. Don Quixote retold to accomodate Crane's artwork of which there are 11 color plates and 19 half-page b&w illustrations. $ Crane, Walter. Mr. Michael Mouse Unfolds His Tale. New Haven: Yale University Library, st Ltd. Ed. 12mo. NF / No Jacket As Issued. Pictorial boards with cloth spine titled in silver, spine sunned else fine, slip case worn at opening and corners.. This edition is limited to 300 copies. Reproduced from an original manuscript by Crane that was created solely for the amusement of his children. The manuscript is part of the collection of Mrs. Catharine T. Patterson, who has written an introduction for the book. The manuscript was reproduced by collotype with colors stenciled by Maria Bittner. $ Page 7

10 Art Nouveau Fairy Fantasy 47. Crosby, Adelaide Upton. Enchanted Butterflies. ill. Mrs. S. H. Clark and Adelaide Upton Crosby. NY: Frederick A Stokes, Square 8vo. VG / No Jacket. 57 pgs + 1 page of ads. Blue & beige cloth pictorially stamped in silver and gilt, insect damage at top of spine, faint stain near middle of spine, corners rubbed, internally clean and bright, binding tight. A fairy story of two princesses named Sunshine and Moonbeam illustrated with 12 monochromatic plates, text is typical Art Nouveau typeface. A charming book. $ Delacroix, Michel (Illus): Robinson, Jill (Auth). Promenons Nous Dans Paris / Follow Me Through Paris. Greenwich, CT: Lublin Graphics, Oblong 4to. VG / VG. Navy cloth boards titled in white, boards slightly bowed, foxing to edge of half-title page; illustrated dust jacket faintly foxed with closed tear to rear panel. A story of old Paris paired with lovely paintings of the same by Delacroix. The book was published for a showing of Delacroix's work and simultaneously with a portfolio of 17 ltd lithographs. $40.00 Newbery Medal Winner 51. DiCamillo, Kate. Flora & Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures (Newbery Medal). ill. K G Campbell. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, First Printing. 8vo. Fine / Fine. Red hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket (without sticker). The story of a young girl dealing with her parents' divorce and a squirrel who is given special abilities after being stuck in a vacuum cleaner. Awarded the Newbery Medal. $ De Musset, Paul. Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. ill. Charles Bennett. NY: G P Putnam & Sons, Later Edition. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. 151 pgs plus 2 pgs ads. AEG. Red cloth with beautiful pictorial gilt, spine slightly darkened, damp stain to rear board and the margins of last half of the book, this is faint and not terribly distracting, gift inscription to FFEP. A fantasy loosely based on folk lore illustrated with 25 really wonderful duotone plates. Originally published in 1864 in French, and simultaneously in English. This edition uses the English language edition plates by Charles Bennett. $ DeFoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. ill. Walter Paget. NY: H M Caldwell, No date, circa 1902 based on previous owner's name & date. 4to. NF / No Jacket. 191 pages. Green cloth with pictorial cover, light shelf wear and small corner loss from one page. Illustrated with a tissue guarded color chromolithograph and two other color plates plus a profusion of b&w artwork, both full and partial page. $ Dogs. Morrow, Elizabeth (Auth). Shannon. ill. Helen Torrey. NY: Macmillan, Stated First Printing. 16mo. VG / VG. Pictorial boards, shelf wear, small faint damp stain to rear cover, interior fine with no writing; matching dust jacket with edge wear, small scrape to front panel, price intact ($.50). When little Derek's siblings receive pet ponies, he feels left out so his father gives him an Irish Terrier. Nice full page line art throughout to illustrate this installment about the Tucker family. $ Donahey, Mary Dickerson. Adventures of a Happy Dolly. ill. Grace Evans. NY: Barse & Hopkins, (1914). 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Yellow cloth stamped in green, color pastedown, small tear at top of spine, previous owner's bookplate. Illustrated with five color plates and other artwork in line. Grace Evans was a Pennsylvania artist, her style here closely resembles that of the Brandywine women. $ Page 8

11 54. Doyle, Ricahrd (Illus); Ruskin, John (Auth). King of the Golden River, or the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria. Boston: Mayhew & Baker, st Am. Ed. 12mo. VG / No Jacket. 68 pgs. AEG. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, gilt oxidized, fading toward board edges, light wear to extremities, binding slightly shaken. Originally written for private use for a young relative in 1841, Ruskin's fairy tale was first published in England in 1851 and was not published in America until Illustrated with a fabulous engraved frontis and title page, plus smaller engravings throughout. Some of the best engravers of the day were employed in the making of this book, including the Dalziel brothers. $ Du Chaillu, Paul. King Mombo. ill. Victor Perard. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Plus / No Jacket. Grey cloth titled in gilt with a pictorial cover depicting an African village, light rubbing to corners and spine ends, gift inscription, small marginal stain to frontis, tissue guard and title page (smaller than a dime), else internally bright and clean, tight binding. A companion volume to "Stories of the Gorilla Country," "Lost in the Jungle," Country of the Dwarfs," etc... Illustrated with 24 monotone plates. Published shortly before his death in Russia in Du Chaillu was an explorer who is often credited with confirming (for Europeans) the existence of gorillas, discovering various animal species of western Africa as well as the interior Pygmy people. $ Duggan, Janie Prichard. Little Cuba Libre. ill. Nana French Bickford. Boston: Little Brown and Company, st Ed. 8vo. Fine / VG. (1918). Pictorial tan cloth in matching dust jacket with light wear, faint stain at front fold, corner off of front flap, price intact ($1.35). The story of a little girl and her part in the revolt against Spain. Illustrated with four rather nice monochromatic b&w plates. Uncommon subject in juvenile literature. $ Beautiful Dulac Signed Limited Edition 58. Dulac, Edmund (Illus); Poe, Edgar Allan (Auth). Bells and Other Poems. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. 1st Ed. 4to. VG / No Jacket. TEG, others untrimmed. Bound in cream vellum elaborately stamped in gilt with bell design and titled in gilt, spine very slightly darkened with one small mark, original gros grain silk ties present though darkened and fragile. Limited Edition, this copy is not numbered but is signed by Dulac. Laid into the book is a portrait of Dulac at work in his studio. 28 tissue guarded plates as well as duotone illustrations by Dulac. The color plates capture perfectly the eerie and macabre tone of Poe's work, using deep, rich blues and muted oranges and browns. Dulac's human figures seem particularly anguished and alone, echoing Poe's intent for the writing itself. Hughey 29, White pg 61. $2, Dulac, Edmund (Illus) Apuleius, Lucius Retold By Walter Pater. Marriage of Cupid & Psyche. NY: Limited Editions Club, st Ltd. Ed. 4to. NF / No Jacket. Cream vellum over boards, gilt stamped titling and design to cover, gilt titling on spine; slip case is present, darkened overall, silk pull was cut short at one time.. 6 exquisite color plates by Dulac, modeled after Ancient Greek bowls. Publisher's materials laid in. A very nice copy. $ Page 9

12 59. Edwards, Julie (Andrews). Mandy. ill. Judith Guryn Brown. NY: Harper & Row, (1971), but later. Later Printing. Large 8vo. Fine / Fine. Pictorial cloth in color illustrated dust jacket (there are actually two dust jackets, one is near fine with light wear, the other is fine) both with original price intact ($7.95). The story of a girl who discovers an abandoned cottage. Written by Julie Andrews, most famous for her roles as Maria von Trapp and Mary Poppins. Illustrated in b&w. $ Eggleston, George Cary. Wreck of the Red Bird; A Story of the Carolina Coast. NY: G P Putnam & Sons, st Ed. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and titled in black, light wear to extremities, one page creased. A novel set in the south along the Carolina coast. Illustrated with 8 plates in line. Eggleston is best known for his serialized account about his life as a Confederate soldier. $ Eichenberg, Fritz. Dancing in the Moon. NY: Harcourt Brace, (1955). Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / VG. Pictorially stamped red boards; color illustrated dust jacket with light soil and edge tears, original price intact ($2.25). A fabulous and fun counting book illustrated in full color, includes 6 kangaroos, 14 mice, 15 hounds (chasing a fox), etc... $ Estes, Eleanor. Alley, The. ill. Edward Ardizzone. NY: Harcourt Brace, (1964). Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. NF / VG. Yellow cloth stamped with a design by Ardizzone in green ink, small mark at bottom edge of front board; 2-color illustrated dust jacket with light chipping at spine ends and a few small edge tears, original price intact ($3.50). The story of a group of children living in Brooklyn who play in a gated alley. Illustrated with partial page b&w illustrations by Ardizzone throughout. $ Fables. Aesop, Illustrated By Nora Fry. Aesop's Fables. Phila: David McKay, [1929]. Early Am. Ed. 4to. VG / No Jacket. Brown cloth with color pastedown, light wear to extremities, spine dulled, stain to rear board, one page frayed along edge. A selection of Aesop's fables with 8 really marvelous color plates and equally nice line art by Nora Fry. $ Fables. Fontaine, Jean de La. Fontaine's Fables. ill. Felix Lorioux. Racine, WI: Whitman, Folio. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, edges rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, a few abrasions to cover, marks to endpapers, else internally clean. Includes Town Rat and the Country Rat, Grasshopper and the Ant, Wolf and the Lamb, Crow and the Fox, Fox and the Stork and The Heron. Illustrated in color and b&w. Slightly abridged from the French edition illustrated by Lorioux. The color illustrations are humorous and vibrant. $ Fairy Tales. Anne Anderson Fairy-Tale Book. ill. Anne Anderson. NY: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [1923]. 1st Ed. 4to. NF / No Jacket. Bound in grey cloth w i t h c o l o r p i c t o r i a l pastedown, minor shelf wear, a few marginal finger marks Large and beautiful book of fairy tales with 12 delicately and finely rendered color plates as well smaller line art throughout. $ th Century Board Book Puss In Boots 66. Fairy Tales. Illustrated By R. Andre. Puss in Boots (Young Folks Series). NY: McLoughlin Bros, to. VG / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, each page mounted on thick board, previous owners reinforced corners with cloth tape, foxing to text pages, illustrations unmarred, edges worn. The fairy tale of Puss in Boots illustrated by R. Andre in 6 full page color chromolithographs. Necker $ Fantasy. Cott, Jonathan (Ed). Beyond the Looking Glass, Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy: Novels, Stories & Poetry from the Victorian Era. NY: Stonehill, (1973). Stated 1st Ed. Thick 4to. NF / NF. Green paper over boards, light wear to corners, illustrated dust jacket with light edge wear. A collection of fantasy stories and poetry by authors such as Christina Rossetti, John Ruskin, George MacDonald, Tom Hood, Mrs. Clifford, Mark Lemon and Mary de Morgan. Illustrated with reproductions of Victorian fantasy and fairy tale art. $45.00 Page 10

13 68. Feelings, Tom (Illus); Grimes, Nikki (Auth). Something on My Mind. ill. Tom Feelings. NY: Dial Books, (1978). Stated First Printing. Square 4to. NF / Good to Very Good. Illustrated boards, light rubbing to corners and spine ends; matching dust jacket with wear, small chip from top of spine, closed tear and creases to rear panel. Library binding but NOT x-lib. Verses and images that deal with conflicts and issues of inner city youth. Starkly powerful b&w artwork by Feelings which won him the Coretta Scott King Award. $ Francois, Paul. Droles De Betes, Albums Du Pere Castor. ill. Gerda. Paris: Flammarion, Square 8vo. Near Fine Color printed stiff card covers, light edge wear. Brief, funny stories about animals, nicely illustrated in color on ever page. $45.00 Inscribed by Paul Goble 72. Goble, Paul. Death of the Iron Horse. NY: Bradbury Press, (1987) First Printing. Oblong 4to. Fine / VG. 1/4 Cloth hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with two closed tears, original price intact (12.95). A retelling with vivid textual and artistic detail, of the Cheyenne raiding party who toppled a steam engine in $ Godden, Rumer. Candy Floss. ill. Nonny Hogrogian. NY: Philomel Books, First Thus. Square 4to. Fine / Fine. Glossy hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with original price intact. Godden's popular story with updated color artwork by Nonny Hogrogian. $ Francoise (Seignobosc). Noel for Jeanne-Marie. ill. Francoise. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, Stated 1st Ed. 4to. NF / Fair. Blue cloth boards pictorially stamped in red, illustrated dust jacket with losses along spine, split at rear fold half-way up from bottom, edges tears and creasing, original price intact ($2.25). Jeanne-Marie teaches her sheep Patapon all about Christmas. Illustrated in color throughout. $ G e o r g e, J e a n [Craighead]. Hole in the Tree. NY: Dutton, (1957). Stated 1st Am. Ed. 8vo. VG / Good. Grey cloth hard cover with a small mark at bottom of front board, previous owner's name, color illustrated dust jacket with creases and tears to edges, foxing to verso, price-clipped. One of Jean Craighead George's early books about nature in which two children discover that they are not the only ones who use a hole in an apple tree. Illustrated by the author. $45.00 Caldecott Honor 74. Goffstein, M. B.. Fish for Supper. ill. M. B. Goffstein. NY: Dial Press, (1976). Stated First Printing. Square 12mo. NF / VG. Orange cloth boards, faint erasure mark to FFEP; in a pictorial dust jacket with wear to extremities and rear spine fold,, small tear and crease to rear panel. Correct price ($4.95) and code (0376) for 1st printing jacket with no mention of award however award seal is present, affixed later. A simple story about a grandmother who goes fishing every day. The sparse text is paired with equally spare but effective line drawings that express with a minimum of fuss. Scarce Caldecott Honor. $ Gray, Elizabeth Janet. Cheerful Heart (Review Copy). ill. Kazue Mizumura. NY: Viking, (1959). First Printing. 8vo. NF / NF. Pictorially stamped cloth, color illustrated dust jacket slightly age-toned. The story of a little girl and her family as they rebuild their lives in post-war Tokyo. Beautiful color jacket art and b&w art by Kazue Mizumura. Review slip laid in. Gray won the Newbery Medal for her book Adam of the Road $35.00 Page 11

14 Printz Honor Book 76. Green, John. An Abundance of Katherines. NY: Dutton, First Printing. 8vo. NF / NF. White cloth, small dent at spine edge; dust jacket with mild creasing at edges, original price intact ($16.99). John Green's second novel which was a Printz Honor book, finalist for the LA Times Book Award and finalist for book of the year by Booklist, Kirkus and Horn Book. $ Greenaway, Kate (Illus); Browning, Robert (Auth). Pied Piper of Hamelin. London & NY: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, No date, but after 1917 based on printers imprint and address. Later Printing. 4to. VG / No Jacket. 48 pgs. All edges stained yellow. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges worn, binding tight, pages clean, free of writing and marks. A beautifully illustrated and printed edition of Browning's famous verse. Printed by Edmund Evans at the Rose Place address. $ Grimm Bros; Illustrated By Eve Tharlet. Brave Little Tailor. Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, st Am. Ed. 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, tiny nick at front edge of dust jacket, original price intact ($14.95). Grimm fairy tale retold by Anthea Bell. Sweet illustrations from watercolors by French artist Eve Tharlet $ Hader, Berta and Elmer. Picture Book of Travel. NY: Macmillan, First Printing. 4to. NF / Good. Orange cloth titled in black ink with color pastedown, minor shelf wear else fine; pictorial dust jacket presents well, but has a long archival mend and reinforcement on verso, small loss to middle of spine and spine is sunned. A book about different methods of transportation from early times to present and from various places in the world. Illustrated in vibrant color throughout. $ Hamer, S. H.; Illustrated By Harry Rountree. Wonderful Isles; Adventures of William Henry Gunnersbury and Sylvia Richmond. Boston: Dana Estes & Co., Circa st Am. Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus Green cloth with color pastedown, a few foxed spots to pastedown, small tears at spine ends FFEP lacking, crack after title page, but clean overall internally. Strange and wonderful story of two children set on the fantastical islands of the Wonderful Isles. Illustrated by Rountree with 8 really nice color plates as well as full page monochrome plates and b&w artwork within the text. $ Harris, Joel Chandler; Illustrated By Oliver Herford. Little Mr. Thimblefinger. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1894). Early Printing. 8vo. NF / No Jacket. Pictorially stamped grey-green cloth, light wear to spine ends, previous owner's name on FFEP. An early printing in excellent condition. A jolly story featuring talking, humanized animals. 32 full page plates of line art with yellow background. $ Gruelle, Johnny. Orphant Annie Story Book. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1921). 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, spine and top edge of rear board mottled, long gift inscription opposite title page. A collection of fantasy tales inspired by James Whitcomb Riley's poem Little Orphant Annie. Illustrated in color throughout, both full and partial page artwork depicting gnomes, goblins, humanized animals, etc... $ Harris, Louise & Norman Dyer. Little Red Newt. ill. Henry Bugbee Kane. Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1958). Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. NF / Fair. Orange cloth pictorially stamped in black, a few foxed spots to endpapers else fine; dust jacket missing large piece from bottom of spine, old repairs to verso, original price intact ($2.75). The story of a little red newt who is captured for a classroom terrarium and released a year later. Nice 3-color artwork throughout. $25.00 Page 12

15 84. Heide, Florence Parry; Illustrated By Carson Ellis. Dillweed's Revenge. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, First Printing. Small 4to. NF / NF. Pictorial boards, light wear to top of spine; illustrated dust jacket with light scuffing and wear at top of spine; original price intact (16.99). Dark humor, probably too scary for young children, imaginative artwork in full color throughout. $ Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. NY: Knopf, First Printing. 8vo. VG / Good. Hard cover, spine ends bumped, previous owner's name on endpaper; dust jacket worn, particularly at top of spine, original price intact ($15.95), no award sticker. Hiaasen's first book for children. Newbery Honor. $ Holland, Rupert Sargent; Illustrated By Frank E. Schoonover. Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters. Phila: Macrae Smith, st Ed. Thus. Thick 8vo. VG / Fair. 317 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in green, gilt and white, bookplate removed from 1/2 title, top corner bumped; illustrated dust jacket missing 3 inches from top of spine, worn, creased, other small losses. Adventure story on the high seas with great color plates by Brandywine artist Frank E. Schoonover, student of Howard Pyle. Pyle's influence is easily seen here. $ Hopkins, Williams J.. Air-Ship Dragon-Fly. ill. Ruth Mary Hallock. NY: Doubleday Page, st Ed. 8vo. NF / No Jacket. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in black and white, minor rubbing to extremities, gift inscription, offsetting from dust jacket to endpapers (jacket not present). A flight fantasy set in New England. Illustrated with 8 b&w plates. Rarely found in such excellent condition. $ Howard, Alice Woodbury. Princess Runs Away, A Story of Egypt in 1900 BC. ill. John T. Howard. NY: Macmillan, st Ed. 8vo. NF / VG Minus. Green cloth, bottom corner slightly bumped, endpapers darkened; pictorial dust jacket with light edge wear, closed tear at top of spine. The story of a princess who runs away and ends up in the desert. She takes on various disguises and meets many types of people. Illustrated with a color frontis and other textual line art based on source material. $75.00 Page Ibatoulline, Bagram (Illus); Fleischman, Paul (Auth). Animal Hedge. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, First Thus. Square 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with original price intact. A farmer is heartbroken when he learns he has to sell all of his animals, but something miraculous happens. Originally published in 1983 with different illustrations. This edition with artwork by Bagram Ibatoulline in a folk art style. Beautiful story and artwork. $ Jeffers, Susan (illus); Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (Auth). Hiawatha. NY: Dial Books, (1983). First Printing. Large 4to. VG / VG Minus. Hard cover, bumping to one corner, light dust soil; dust jacket foxed with small stain, edge tears. Stunning color artwork illustrates Longfellow's famous verse. $ Jeffers, Susan (illus); Wells, Rosemary (Auth). Forest of Dreams. NY: Dial Books, st Ed. 4to. Fine / Fine. Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with original trade price intact (13.95), library price clipped. A poem reinforcing God as the creator of everything. Beautiful color artwork by Jeffers illustrates Wells' words, herself a gifted artist. $ Jerome, Irene E.. Nature's Hallelujah. Boston: Lee and Shepard, Oblong 4to. Very Good. AEG. 85 pgs. Green cloth over beveled boards pictorially stamped in brown and gilt, light wear to spine ends, cover slightly rubbed, internally clean and bright. Poetry and song by various authors with nice b&w lithos on nearly ever page. Printed on rectos of thick glossy stock. $ Joyce, William. Snowie Rolie. NY: HarperCollins, First Printing. Square 4to. VG / Fine. Pictorial boards, faint foxing on title page, else fine; matching dust jacket. Rolie Olie and Mr. Snowie travel Chillsville to dance with Klanky Klaus. $7.50

16 94. Kellogg, Steven (Illus); Chapman, Carol (Auth). Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions. NY: Dutton, (1977, 1988). First Printing of Revised Edition. Oblong 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards, previous owner's name on FFEP, else fine; matching dust jacket with original price intact ($13.95). Barney Bipple is given three magic dandelions but his wishes go hysterically awry. Fun color artwork throughout. Inscribed by Kellogg with a sketch of a dog. $ Kellogg, Steven (Illus); Friedman, Aileen (Auth). Castles of the Two Brothers. NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1972). Stated 1st Ed. 4to. Fine / VG Plus. Pictorial blue cloth in color illustrated dust jacket with a few edge tears, original price intact ($5.95). A younger brother tires of his older brother taking care of him. Wonderful color artwork by Kellogg throughout. $65.00 Kipling Science Fiction with Leyendecker Artwork 98. Kipling, Rudyard. With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A. D.. ill. Frank X. Leyendecker & H. Reuterdahl. NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, st Ed. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Blue-green cloth with a stunning pictorial cover in gilt and silver, vibrant pictorial endpapers by Leyendecker, repair to rear hinge, some bubbling to cloth, overall Very Good. Kipling's foray into science fiction. Text printed on rectos only. Illustrated with four color plates. $ Kennedy, Mary; Illustrated By J. H. Dowd; Music By Deems Taylor. Surprise to the Children. Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., Stated 1st Ed. 4to. NF / VG. 88 pgs. Illustrated boards with black cloth spine, minor shelf wear, internally clean with no writing, no marks, foxing or tears; matching dust jacket with small loss at top of spine, otherwise very good. A collection of fairy stories and songs with musical notation. 6 very pretty color plates as well as 13 full page monotone plates and textual line art. $ Krauss, Ruth. Cantilever Rainbow. ill. Antonio Frasconi. NY: Pantheon Books, (1965). 1st Ed. 8vo. Good / Good. Yellow cloth with blind-stamped sun design, dampstain along spine, and bottom edge not affecting interior, spotting to rear board; color pictorial dust jacket with stain along spine, worn, age-toned, original price intact ($2.95). A collection of Krauss' poetry culled from various periodicals. Illustrated with woodcuts by Frasconi. This copy is inscribed by Krauss. $ Kingsley, Charles; Illustrated By Ethel F. Everett. Water Babies, A Fairy Story for a Land Baby. Phila: John C. Winston, (1930). First Thus. Thick 8vo. NF / VG. Green cloth with full color pastedown, front board very slightly bowed, else fine; matching dust jacket slightly worn, small losses from spine ends. Juvenile classic illustrated with 8 lovely full page color plates, uncommon in dust jacket. Part of The Children's Bookshelf Series from Winston. $ Page 14

17 100. Kripke, Dorothy K.. Debbie in Dreamland. ill. Bill Giacalone. No Place: National Women's League of the United Synagogue of America, (1960). 1st Ed. Small Square 4to. NF / VG. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with sunning to spine and top edge, verso foxed, original price intact ($2.95). Jewish holidays explained through the quirky dreams of a girl named Debbie. Illustrated in orange, black & white in the style of the period. $75.00 Inscribed by L Engle with Christmas Letters and Hand-written Card 101. L'Engle, Madeleine. Glorious Impossible. NY: Simon & Schuster, First Printing. Square 4to. Fine / NF. Blue cloth hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with some creasing near top of spine, small dent near middle of spine. L'Engle's retelling of the life of Jesus paired with Giotto's frescoes from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. This copy is inscribed by L'Engle and also comes with two Christmas letters and poems (printed) plus a hand-written Christmas card. $ Lawson, Robert (Illus); Barnes, Ruth A. (Ed.). I Hear America Singing, An Anthology of Folk Poetry. Phila: John C. Winston, (1937). 1st Ed. 8vo. NF / Good. Beige cloth, light rubbing at bottom edge, dust jacket reinforced with brown paper on verso, 1/2" chips from spine ends, spine sunned, overall wear. Poetry from different regions of the United States with b&w and 2-color artwork by Lawson throughout. Scarce. $ Lester, Julius. Knee-High Man and Other Tales. ill. Ralph Pinto. NY: Dial Press, (1972). First Printing. Small 4to. Fine / NF. Red cloth hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with minor wear, original price intact ($5.95). A collection of six folk tales passed down by black slaves, some were told for fun to children, others were about the relationship between master and slave and some are sad. Includes: Knee-High Man, What is Trouble?, Why Dogs Hate Cats, Mr Rabbit and Mr Bear, Why the Waves have Whitecaps, & Farmer and the Snake. Beautifully detailed color artwork by Ralph Pinto. $ Madariaga, Salvador De; Illustrated By Lynd Ward. Sir Bob. ill. Lynd Ward. NY: Harcourt Brace, (1930). Stated 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good - / Good. Orange cloth with corner wear and damp stain at base of spine not affecting interior; color illustrated dust jacket worn, chipped with tape reinforcement on verso and stain at base of spine. A nonsense story about a left -handed little girl and her father, Sir Bob who writes witty verse for her. Great artwork by Ward throughout. Very scarce title. $ Marshall, James. Cut-Ups Carry On. NY: Viking, First Printing. 4to. Fine / NF. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, rear panel scuffed, original price intact ($12.95). The fourth Cut-Up book. $ Lagerlof, Selma; Illustrated By Mary Hamilton Frye. Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913, (1907, 1913). 1st Am. Ed. Thus. Large 8vo. Good. Blue-grey cloth pictorially stamped in white, green and orange, spine rubbed, shelf wear, foxing at beginning and end and the margins and/or verso of a number of color plates, text pages mostly free of foxing. 24 color plates by Frye. $75.00 Page Mathiesen, Egon: Adapted from the Danish By Nancy & Edward Maze. Oswald the Monkey--An Astor Book. NY: McDowell / Obolensky, [1959] per OCLC. Stated 1st Am. Ed. Oblong 4to. Good / Fair. Blue pictorial cloth, pages thumbed with a few finger marks, illustrated dust jacket foxed, worn and torn. A scarce picture book about a group of monkeys enslaved by a big bully until a little m o n k e y n a m e d O s w a l d r e b e l s. $

18 108. Miller, Moira. Proverbial Mouse. ill. Ian Deuchar. NY: Dial Books, st Printing. 4to. VG / Good Plus. Pictorial boards, top of spine bumped, matching dust jacket with a diagonal crease across front panel, price intact ($11.95). A poem about a hungry mouse who mistakes various objects for food; familiar proverbs are worked into the poem. The full color artwork by award winning illustrator, Ian Deuchar is marvelous. $ Mitchell, Adrian. Nobody Rides the Unicorn. ill. Stephen Lambert. NY: Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic, st Am. Ed. Oblong 4to. Fine / VG. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light soil and edge tears. A fantasy about a little beggar girl who can summon unicorns. $ Moser, Barry (Illus): Willard, Nancy (Auth). Beauty and the Beast. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, st Ed. 4to. NF / Fine. Hard cover, previous owner's name and gift inscription to endpapers, light shelf wear; dust jacket fine with original price intact ($19.95). A re-imagined version of the familiar fairy tale with magnificent woodcuts by Moser. $ Mother Goose; Illustrated By Eulalie. Mother Goose Puzzles: Four Inlaid Puzzles in Box. NY: Platt & Munk, Fine Four fine inlaid jigsaw puzzles in original box which is in Very Good condition with only light wear and dust soil. Puzzle artwork by Eulalie. $ Muth, Jon J. (Illus); Wood, Douglas (Auth). Old Turtle and the Broken Truth. NY: Scholastic Press, First Printing. Square 4to. Fine / NF. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with rubbed area of front panel, original price intact ($17.95). A follow-up to Old Turtle, this time a fable about a civilization evolving based on a partial truth. Lovely, haunting artwork. $ Nielsen, Kay (Illus). East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North. NY: George H Doran Company, No date, circa Early American Edition. Large 8vo. VG / VG. 204 pgs. Mustard cloth with red stamped titling to cover and spine, previous owner's name on endpaper, occasional marks to pages, one page with edge tear, corner off one mounting page, all color plates are intact and fine; the rare dust jacket is age-toned with a stain at spine edge, but complete. Orange and white decorative endpapers,tipped-in color frontis and 24 other tipped in color plates with captions. Many other decorative elements and illustrations in b&w. Nielsen's illustrations are breathtaking and bold. Uncommon in such a nice dust jacket. $ Nyce, Vera. Little Mab and Gran'Pa Mouse. ill. Helene Nyce. Rochester: Stecher Litho Co., Square 8vo. Very Good Color printed stiff card covers, some creasing and edge wear, gift inscription. The story of a girl who finds a little, old mouse and feeds him bread and cheese. 6 pages in full color, the rest in navy & red ink. $ Parnall, Peter. Cats from Away. ill. Peter Parnall. NY: Macmillan, First Edition First Printing. Oblong 4to. Fine / Fine. ISBN:. Beige paper boards with blue cloth spine in a color pictorial dust jacket, price intact. A book about particular cats and their distinct personalities, deftly depicted with detailed drawings by Caldecott Honoree Peter Parnall. $25.00 Page 16

19 116. Pease, Eleanor Fairchild. Jolly Little Clown and Other Stories (Just Right Book). ill. Mildred Lyon Hetherington. Racine, WI: Whitman, (1927, 1929). Second Printing. 8vo. NF / Good. Green cloth ruled and titled in gilt (dulled), color pictorial pastedown; matching dust jacket stained and frayed, price intact. A collection of stories illustrated in color and b&w throughout. $ Peat, Fern Bisel (Illus); Semple, Daisy (Auth). Tommy and Jane and the Birds. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, (1929). 1st Ed. 8vo. Very Good Minus / Fair. Blue cloth titled in gilt with color pastedown, boards spotted, moreso to rear board, internally bright and clean; dust jacket chipped, torn with archival reinforcement to verso. Illustrated in color and b&w by Fern Bisel Peat. $45.00 Caldecott Honor 118. Petersham, Maud and Miska. An American ABC. NY: MacMillan Company, st Ed. 4to. Fine / VG. Blue Cloth boards titled in gilt, previous owner's name in pencil on endpaper; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear and small chips from spine ends, original price intact ($2.00). A grand and lovely ABC book of American history and historical figures, brought to life by the Petershams with detailed and majestic illustrations (see Peterson & Solt, C17). $ Petersham, Maud and Miska. Story Book of Houses. Phila: John C. Winston, st Ed. Square 8vo. Fine / Good-. Blue cloth titled in black with color pastedown; color illustrated dust jacket worn with edge tears and small triangular losses, original price intact ($.60). Informative and beautifully illustrated title in the Petersham's groundbreaking "Story Book of..." series. $ Petersham, Maud and Miska. Story Book of Food. Phila: John C. Winston Company, st Ed. Square 8vo. VG / Good-. Turquoise cloth titled in black with color pastedown, wear to extremities, cloth sunned along top edge, a few bits of soil and gift inscription, pages clean; dust jacket worn, split along front hinge, losses along edge, price intact ($.60).. Illustrated with beautiful color, part color and b&w lithos. $ Petersham, Maud and Miska. Story Book of Food. Phila: John C. Winston Company, Probable 1st Ed. Square 8vo. Good / No Jacket. Turquoise cloth titled in black with color pastedown, wear to extremities, faint stains to cloth, internally clean. Illustrated with beautiful color, part color and b&w lithos. $12.50 Page Pinkney, Brian (Illus); San Souci, Robert D (Auth). Boy and the Ghost. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1989).. 1st Ed. 4to. NF / NF. Pictorial Boards, gift inscription to endpaper else fine; matching dust jacket price clipped, else fine. A ghost story in the American folk tradition with illustrations in color by Pinkney. $ Pop-up. Pop-Up Book of Gnomes. ill. Rien Poortvliet. NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, st Am. Ed. Small 4to. VG / No Jacket As Issued. Illustrated hard cover, crease in one gnomes hat else fine. Adapted from Will Huygen and Rien Poortvliet's Book of Gnomes. Six pages of pop-ups and/or moveable e l e m e n t s. $ Pop-up. Pop-Up Book of Gnomes. ill. Rien Poortvliet. NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, st Am. Ed. Small 4to. VG / No Jacket As Issued. Illustrated hard cover, gift inscription, small crease in gnome hat. $ Provensen, Alice and Martin. Town & Country. NY: Crown Publishers, st Am. Ed. Folio. VG / VG. Pictorial boards, previous owner's name on FFEP, dust jacket with light wear to top edge, price clipped. Poetry and beautiful artwork comparing life in the city and life in the country. $ Rackham, Arthur (Illus); Barrie, J. M. (Author). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. ill. Arthur Rackham. NY: Charles Scribners Sons, Later Edition. 8vo. VG / Good Minus. Gr e e n cl ot h wit h c ol or pastedown,, light shelf wear, faint stain to rear cover, gilt slightly dulled. gift inscription, else clean interior; the rare dust wrapper with pastedown illustration is stained along spine, and chipped at spine ends and corners.. A smaller edition of Rackham's most celebrated work with 16 color plates. $250.00

20 127. Rackham, Arthur (Illus); Evans, C. S. (Auth). Sleeping Beauty. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, [1920]. First Trade Edition American Issue. 4to. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with rose cloth spine, edges rubbed, cover darkened, corners heavily worn, one dual-page silhouette marred by pressed flower stain.. Pictorial endpapers, 2-color frontis, tipped-in color plate (unblemished), dual-page tricolor and black silhouette illustrations. $ Rackham, Arthur (Illus); Evans, C. S. (Auth). Cinderella. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, [1919], but later, circa 1920s. Early American Edition. 4to. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with orange cloth spine, edges rubbed, cover foxed, edge of text block foxed but not on pages, corners moderately worn.. Plain endpapers, tipped-in color plate (unblemished), dual-page tricolor and black silhouette illustrations. $ Rhead, Louis (Illus); Swift, Jonathan (Auth). Gulliver's Travels. NY: Harper & Brothers, First Thus. Thick 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Red cloth pictorially stamped in black, spine sunned, a few stains to top edge not affecting interior, a number of pages opened roughly. Illustrated by Rhead with 20 full page b&w plates plus many others within the text. $60.00 Newbery Honor Signed by Author 130. Rhoads, Dorothy; Illustrated By Jean Charlot. Corn Grows Ripe. NY: Viking, st Ed. 8vo. VG / Good. Burgundy cloth slightly sunned at edges; color illustrated dust jacket missing a 2" x 1" piece from front panel, tears at folds, spine sunned, foxing to verso. price clipped but stamped $2.75 at bottom. Coming of age story set in a Mayan village on the Yucatan Peninsula. Gorgeous color artwork by Charlot. This copy is inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Newbery Honor. $ Richards, Laura E.. Snow White, or the House in the Wood. ill. Frank T. Merrill. Boston: Dana Estes & Co., (1900). 12mo. Good / No Jacket. Green cloth pictorially stamped in green and white, spine ends rubbed, rear board mottled, small stain at fore edge of text block, FFEP lacking. The story of a little girl in the woods who, while pretending to be Snow-White stumbles upon a little house and a little man. Illustrated with a monochromatic frontis. $ Richards, Rosalind. Nursery Fire. ill. Clara E. Atwood. Boston: Little Brown and Company, st Ed. Oblong 8vo. VG / No Jacket. Brick red cloth pictorially stamped in white, black and blind, mild wear and dust soil, clean inside with no writing, foxing, tears, binding tight. A collection of stories for young children illustrated with 3 monochromatic plates plus line art throughout. $ Richardson, Frederick (Illus). Gingerbread Boy Story Book (Winston Easy-To-Read Story Books). Phila: John C. Winston, (1917, 1920). Later Printing. 8vo. Good / No Jacket. Brown cloth picotrially stamped in green and black with color pastedown, extremities worn, cloth rubbed, previous owner's name, small marginal edge tears, one page with old tape repair. Fairy tales and nursery rhymes in simple language illustrated in color on nearly every page. $ Rojan [Feodor Rojankovsky] (Illus); Lida (Auth) Duplaix, Lily (Trans). Cuckoo. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1942, (1939, 1942). Stated 1st Am. Ed. Square 4to. VG / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, rubbing to edges, light corner wear, lacks dust jacket. Originally published in France by Flammarion as one of Pere Castor's animal books. Beautiful full color and part color lithographs. Allen PC.10b $ Ruskin, John. King of the Golden River (Sunshine Library for Young People). ill. Richard Doyle. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, No date, circa mo. NF / Fair. Blue cloth with color pastedown, gift inscription to FFEP, else fine; dust jacket missing small pieces, closed tears and it was in two pieces at one time, mended along front fold on verso, rarely found in dust jacket. Retains the text and artwork from the original edition, but new artwork for the cover, repeated in line on the dust jacket. $45.00 Page 18

21 Newbery Medal 136. Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May. NY: Orchard Books, (1992). First Printing. 8vo. VG / VG. Hard cover, faint damp stain at bottom of rear board else fine; dust jacket with dampstain visible on verso, original price intact, ($12.95), NO award seal. A touching story of loss and finding beauty. Newbery Award Winner. $ Sarg, Tony. Tony Sarg's Book of Animals. NY: Greenberg, (1925). 1st Ed. 4to. Good Plus / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges rubbed, corners worn, cover soil, pages slightly age-toned but free of writing. Illustrated in color throughout. $60.00 Inscribed by Sendak, Newbery Honor 138. Sendak, Maurice (Illus); Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Auth). Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. NY: Harper & Row, (1966). First Trade. 8vo. Fine / VG. Gilt decorated cream cloth cover; illustrated dust jacket with small chip from bottom of spine and tiny edge tear, trade price intact ($4.50)., library price clipped. Singer's first collection of stories for children marvelously illustrated by Sendak. This copy is inscribed by Sendak on the half-title page. Hanrahan A66. $ Sendak, Maurice (Illus); Stockton, Frank R. (Auth). Bee-Man of Orn. NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1964). Stated 1st Ed. Square 8vo. VG / VG. 1/4 cloth with color pastedown, foxing to fore edge, book plate; illustrated dust jacket with some insect damage at rear spine fold, light foxing to verso, price intact ($3.50). Delightful color artwork by Sendak throughout. $ Caldecott Honor 141. Shulevitz, Uri. How I Learned Geography. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux, First Printing. Square 4to. As New / As New. Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. A young boy, whose family has been displaced by war, learns about geography when his father brings home a map instead of bread. He travels the world using his imagination. Wonderful color artwork on every page. Caldecott Honor. $ Sis, Peter. Going Up! A Color Counting Book. NY: Greenwillow, (1989). First Printing. Small Oblong 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, library edition but NOT x-lib. A fun counting book with stark background but colorful characters that get on an elevator one by one as it ascends. Scarce Sis title. $ Slobodkin, Louis. Excuse Me! Certainly!. ill. Louis Slobodkin. NY: Vanguard Press, (1959). 1st Ed. Oblong 4to. NF / VG. Red pictorial cloth, light rubbing to corners and spine ends; illustrated dust jacket slightly worn with a few small edge tears.. A companion to "Thank you-- You're Welcome," a book designed to teach manners, and it's fun, too! Illustrated in color throughout. $ Smith, Jessie Willcox (Illus); MacDonald, George (Auth). At the Back of the North Wind. Phila: David McKay, First Edition First Issue. 4to. NF / No Jacket. TEG. 342 pgs. Beige cloth blocked in gilt with gilt spine titling and full color pastedown, minor shelf wear and a few minute scratches to pastedown. Illustrated with a color title page and 8 other full page color plates. Beautiful copy. Nudelman A53. $ Shape Book. Nesbit, E.. Fairies. ill. Pauline Sunter. London, Paris, NY: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Circa 1890 per OCLC. Oblong 16mo.. Very Good Minus. 36 pgs including covers. Approximately 6" x 4". Stiff card covers printed in color with gilt title, die-cut in the shape of two roses, bound with gold cord with a tassled white silk cord for hanging, covers inconspicuously taped at spine, gift inscription, otherwise internally bright and clean. A long poem about fairies with beautiful color chromolithographs on nearly every other page. $ Page 19

22 145. Smith, Jessie Willcox (Illus); Sage, Betty (Auth). Rhymes of Real Children. NY: Fox Duffield & Co, st Ed. Large Square 4to. NF / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edge and corner wear, scratch on rear cover, gift inscription. Illustrated in color by Smith with 6 full page plates, color illustration on dedication page, decorative borders in orange and black. Beautiful book. Nudelman A18. $ Smith, Lane (Illus); Collodi, Carlo (Auth). Pinocchio, the Boy or Incognito in Collodi. NY: Viking, st Ed. 4to. Fine / NF. Illustrated boards in matching dust jacket with a "Signed Copy" sticker on front panel. A cleverly pictured and imagined retelling of Collodi's classic tale about a wooden marionette who wants to be a real boy. Signed by Smtih on verso of FFEP. $ Steig, William. Bad Island. NY: Windmill Books, (1969). Stated First Printing. Folio. NF / VG. Red cloth hard cover pictorially stamped in black; color illustrated dust jacket with a few edge tears, creases and small losses, original price intact ($5.95). An island of terrible beasts is transformed by the appearance of a flower. Funny color artwork throughout. Reissued later as Rotten Island. Rare Steig title. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis. Child's Garden of Verses. ill. Eulalie. NY: Platt & Munk, (1929), but DJ titles list to Early Edition. 4to. VG / VG. Red cloth titled in gilt, color pastedown, roughness to inner rear hinge; dust jacket with small edge losses and light dust soil-- rarely found in dust jacket. A charming edition of Stevenson's verse illustrated with 11 full page color plates and line art on every page which is equally appealing. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis. Child's Garden Of Verses. ill. Emma Troth & Charles Robinson (Not Credited). NY: Charles Scribners Sons, st Ed. Thus. 12mo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Green Cloth pictorially stamped in black and gilt, however most of the gilt has been rubbed away, corner wear, gift inscription, pressed flower stain. A nice little edition of this classic with 8 plates in color, 8 in line, decorations "borrowed" from Charles Robinson. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis; Illustrated By Maragaret Tarrant. Songs with Music From A Child's Garden of Verses. London: T C & E C Jack,. [1915]. 4to. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial cover, bubbling to cover and EP at bottom of front board, a few dents to board edges, a few finger marks internally. A selection of Stevenson's verse set to music by Rev. Thomas Crawford. Illustrated with a color frontis, color title page and partial page color art for each song and line art throughout. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis; Illustrated By Millicent Sowerby. Child's Garden of Verses. Phila: David McKay, Circa Later Edition. 8vo. VG / No Jacket. TEG. 125 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped in green and gilt, depicting five flowers, cover soil, some foxing in the margins of a few plates, small stain on one page.. A later American edition, reduced in size but containing all 12 color plates plus smaller line art on nearly every page. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis; Illustrated By Ruth Mary Hallock. Child's Garden of Verses. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1919), but 1921 based on publisher's code. Early Printing. 4to. Near Fine. Blue cloth titled in gilt with color pictorial pastedown light wear to corners and spine ends, light foxing to endpapers and previous owner's name, else clean and bright overall. A very pretty edition of Stevenson's classic verses with 8 charming full page color plates as well borders around text and lovely monochrome textual illustrations. $ Page 20

23 153. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped. ill. Frank Godwin. Phila: John C. Winston, (1925). 8vo. Very Good Minus / No Jacket. Green cloth with color pastedown, spine sunned, small loss from pastedown, previous owner's stamp and written name. Stevenson's classic with pictorial endpapers, 4 color plases and full page b&w plates by Frank Godwin. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis; Illustrated By Lynd Ward. Kidnapped (Illustrated Junior Library). NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1948), but jacket titles list to vo. VG / VG. Hard cover, previous owner's name and list of books he owned written on verso of FFEP, dent to bottom edge of rear board; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear and a few edge tears and small losses, price clipped. Popular Stevenson title illustrated with full page color plates and other b&w artwork by Lynd Ward. $ Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. ill. Edmund Dulac and Manning De V. Lee. Garden City: Garden City, [1932] per Hughey 72f. Reprint. Thick 8vo. Good Plus / Good. Lime green cloth with color pastedown by Manning de V. Lee (pictorial endpapers by Lee as well), corner wear, cloth slightly mottled, sporadic foxing; illustrated dust jacket worn, creased with small losses. A reprint with 8 color plates and line art by Dulac. $ Stewart, Anna Bird. Bibi, the Baker's Horse. ill. Catherine M. Richter. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, st Ed. 8vo. NF / VG. Blue cloth with light soil, prev. owner's name on endpaper; dust jacket with light wear and soil. The real story of a horse named Bibi, set in Provence. Illustrated with four full page color plates and 36 b&w drawings. First editions are scarce. $ Stokely, Edith Keeley. Bubbleloon. ill. J. Erwin Porter. NY: George H Doran, (1926). 1st Ed. 4to. VG / No Jacket. Blue cloth pictorial stamped and titled in gilt, small tear at base of spine, light rubbing to spine gilt, foxing to verso of frontis and opposing page, else internally clean and free of foxing. A fantasy featuring elf-like creatures and humanized animals. Illustrated with 6 color plates with captioned tissue guards, smaller line art throughout in the style of Vernon Grant. $ Tanen, Sloane (Author & Artist). Bitter With Baggage Seeks Same. ill. Stefan Hagen (Photographer). NY: Bloomsbury, First Printing. Oblong 4to. Fine / NF. Photo-illustrated boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket with mild dusting. A collection of hysterical, captioned photographs of Tanen's arrangements of fluffy toy chicks in various situations. Geared for adults. $ Tate, Sally (Illus); Hoke, Helen & Fox, Natalie (Auth). Woolly Lamb. NY: Julian Messner, st Ed. Square 8vo. NF / VG Minus. Pictorial boards with flocked material on cover, bubbled area of rear endpaper and some offsetting opposite flocking; matching dust jacket with closed tear and crease to rear cover, price intact ($1.00). Cute picture book about a little lamb, who is definitely woolly, on every page and even the endpapers. $ Temple, Shirley. Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Auth). Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Shirley Temple Edition. ill. Movie Stills. NY: Random House, [1959]. 8vo. NF / VG. Wraparound color printed paper over boards, light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with light wear and creasing, price intact (125/125). Full text of Wiggin's most famous story illustrated with stills from the 1938 film starring Shirley Temple. $ Trier, Walter (Illust); Kastner, Erich (Auth). Animals' Conference. NY: David McKay, (1949). 1st Am. Ed. 4to. VG / Good. Pictorial boards with light edge wear, pages age toned; dust jacket worn, small stain at base of spine. A parody about the inefficiencies of world diplomacy. The artwork is colorful and fun despite the serious undertones of the story. Mickey Mouse even makes a brief appearance. Scarce. $ Trowbridge, John T.. Darius Green and His Flying Machine. ill. Wallace Goldsmith. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910, (1910). 1st Ed. Thus. 12mo. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards, darkened, edges rubbed, chipping from spine ends, internally clean. First edition in book form, a humorous poem about a young man's failed attempt at flight. Illustrated in b&w. $40.00 Page 21

24 163. Ungerer, Tomi. Allumette. NY: Parent's Magazine Press, (1974). 1st Am. Ed. 4to. Good / VG. Pictorial boards, shelf wear, child wrote her name in 3 locations; matching dust jacket with wear to spine ends and corners, a few small edge tears, original price intact ($4.95). A sort-of-retelling of The Little Match Girl with fun color artwork t h r o u g h o u t. $ VerBeck, Frank, Hayden Carruth, Hanna Rion. VerBeck's Book of Bears. Phila: J B Lippincott Co, st Ed. Square 4to. Good / No Jacket. Pictorial boards, edges rubbed, corners rounded, small splits and fraying to spine cloth, appears to have been re-cased, previous owner's name, a few finger marks internally. VerBeck's Bear comics and artwork collected from various periodical sources. Funny and wonderful artwork in part and full color. $ Waugh, Ida (Illus); Blanchard, Amy E (Auth). Wee Babies. New York & London: E P Dutton / Griffith Farran, st Ed. 4to. VG / No Jacket. Pictorial boards with a few abrasions, corner wear, light internal soil and gift inscription. A collection of verses with delightful color artwork on every page. Printed on thick, quality paper. $ Wiese, Kurt (Illus); Jackson, Charlotte (Auth). Roger and the Fishes. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., st Ed. 8vo. NF / VG. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges slightly darkened and rubbed; dust jacket slightly worn and darkened, original price intact ($2.00). The story of a little boy afraid of swimming. Illustrated in limited color by Wiese throughout. $ Wiesner, David (Illus); Bunting, Eve (Auth). Night of the Gargoyles. NY: Clarion Books, st Ed. 4to. Fine / NF. Cloth backed boards in fine condition, dust jacket with short closed tear at top of spine. When night falls, the gargoyles come to life to fly, splash in fountains and creep along the ledges of buildings. The gargoyles certainly do seem to come to life thanks to the skilled hand of Wiesner. $ Wilde, Oscar. Birthday of the Infanta (Artist's Book). ill. J. Bucknell Moore. Oubliette Productions, st Ltd. Ed. Signed by Artist. Fine / No Jacket As Issued. Approximately 6" x 6". Bound in embossed paper over boards with pictorial onlay. Text pages and illustrations mounted on card stock and bound accordian style. 1 of 15 copies signed by the artist. Housed in a slip case, light wear and small stain near top edge. $35.00 Signed by Garth Williams 170. Williams, Garth (Illus); Zolotow, Charlotte (Auth). Over and Over. NY: Harper & Brothers, (1957). 1st Ed. 4to. 4 Very Good Minus / Fair. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, heavy wear & nibbling to bottom edge, faint damp stain to rear board, internally clean and bright; dust jacket frayed with large damp stain to rear panel, price intact ($2.75). All about a little girl experiencing holidays throughout the year. Beautiful color artwork by Williams throughout. This copy is signed by Williams on the title page. $ Yolen, Jane (retold by). Firebird. ill. Vladimir Vagin. NY: HarperCollins, First Printing. 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. A retelling of the Russian fairy tale ballet beautifully illustrated by Vagin's detailed color artwork. $ Wiesner, David. June 29, NY: Clarion Books, st Edition. Oblong 4to. VG / VG. Paper boards with cloth spine; gift inscription; illustrated dust jacket with light spotting to verso, price-clipped. While her third-grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Holly has a more ambitious, innovative science project. Mind-bending illustrations by Wiesner. $25.00 Page 22