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YOLEN Illustrated by: WALLNER RING OF EARTH
WALLNER YOLEN,JANE. RING OF EARTH: A CHILD'S BOOK OF SEASONS. NY: Harc. Brace Jovan. (1986). Sq. 4to, loose in dw as issued to reviewers. 1st ed. PRE- PUBLICATION REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. A circle of seasons in a New England setting with magnificent color illustrations on every page by JOHN WALLNER.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 7872   details     inquire
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IVIMEY Illustrated by: GALDONE THREE BLIND MICE
GALDONE (GALDONE,PAUL)illus. THREE BLIND MICE by John W. Ivimey. NY: Clarion Bks.(1987). Obl. 4to, loose in dw as issued to reviewers. 1st ed. REVIEW COPY. With text from a 19th century edition and bold, color illus. by Galdone.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 7874   details     inquire
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PROVENSEN Illustrated by: PROVENSEN SHAKER LANE
PROVENSEN PROVENSEN,ALICE AND MARTIN. SHAKER LANE. NY:Viking (1987). Obl. 4to, loose in dw as issued to reviewers. 1st ed. REVIEW COPY. The simple life of the Shakers beautifully presented by the Provensens with simple text and perfect color illus.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 7875   details     inquire
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BARRIE Illustrated by: RACKHAM PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
RACKHAM (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. Lond.: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. Large 4to, brick colored cloth stamped in gold, light cover rubbing, near fine. 7th printing, idential to the first in all respects with color frontis and 49 mounted color plates with printed guards in the rear of the book and with b&w drawing on title. A beautiful copy of a most desired Rackham book (Latimore/Haskell p.27).
Price: USD 1,000.00 other currencies   order no. 7877   details     inquire
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YORINKS Illustrated by: EGIELSKI SID & SOL
EGIELSKI YORINKS,ARTHUR. SID & SOL. NY:Farrar Strauss Giroux (1977). 4to, white cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. of the FIRST BOOK BY THESE CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS (for Hey, Al). Marvelous illustrations on each page by RICHARD EGIELSKI
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Illustrated by: NIELSEN EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
NIELSEN (NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON. [Lond] Hodder & Stoughton [1914]. Large 4to, (9x11 1/2"), blue cloth, extensive gilt decoration, front corners bumped and slightest of soil else near Fine and bright. 1st ed of Nielsen's most desired book, illustrated with pictorial endpapers and featuring 25 magnificent tipped-in color plates with lettered guards as well as numerous detailed black and whites throughout the text. A beautiful copy of the scarce 1st edition.
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SINGER Illustrated by: SENDAK ZLATEH THE GOAT
SENDAK (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. ZLATEH THE GOAT by Isaac Beshavis Singer. NY: Harp (1966) 8vo, gilt cloth, light soil, erasures on flyleaf else VG in dw with small pieces torn off and repairs. 1st ed. (correct dw price). 7 tales of Jewish folklore illus. with 17 full page illus. by Sendak.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7899   details     inquire
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BRENTANO Illustrated by: SENDAK TALE OF GOCKEL, HINKEL & GACKELIAH
SENDAK (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. TALE OF GOCKEL, HINKEL & GACKELIAH by Clemens Brentano (translated from the German by Doris Orgel). NY: Random (1961). 4to, cloth backed bds, [144]p. Fine in tape repaired dw. 1st ed. (correct dw price and rear flap ads). Illus. on almost every page by Sendak.
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SENDAK Illustrated by: SENDAK HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP
SENDAK SENDAK,MAURICE. HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP! or there must be more to life. NY:Harper & Row (1967). Sq. 8vo, brown cloth, paste-on, Fine in sl. worn dw. First ed. (correct dw price). Story by Sendak based on an old Mother Goose rhyme and featuring great full page illustrations.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 7906   details     inquire
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THOMPSON COMICAL CRUISES OF CAPTIAN COOKY
[THOMPSON,RUTH PLUMLY]. THE COMICAL CRUISES OF CAPTAIN COOKY. Royal Baking Powder:1926. Sq. 8vo, pict. wraps, sl. rubbing on bottom of cover, VG. A charming fantasy poem, illustrated in color by GERTRUDE KAY.
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 7914   details     inquire
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FRANCOISE Illustrated by: FRANCOISE LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE
FRANCOISE (FRANCOISE)illus. LA PLUS VIELLE HISTOIRE DU MONDE. Paris: Jardin des Modes nd [1931].Obl. 4to, accordion-stlye folded linen pages, light cover soil, small soil area on 2 interior pages and new spine, really VG. One of the first BATIK printed books (using vegetable dyes) and featuring Francoise's charming, stylized color illustrations on every page. Quite scarce and certainly ususual. (see Bader p.52-3).
Price: USD 650.00 other currencies   order no. 7924   details     inquire
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Illustrated by: RACKHAM ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES
RACKHAM (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES with intro by Arthur Quiller Couch. Lond: Heinemann (1913). Large 4to, white gilt dec. cloth, teg, spine sl. toned and sl. foxing else Fine. LIMITED TO 1030 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Illustrated with 44 fantastically beautiful mounted color plates with lettered guards and several charming black and whites. Nice copy - very scarce.
Price: USD 2,750.00 other currencies   order no. 7931   details     inquire
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BRENTANO Illustrated by: SENDAK TALE OF GOCKEL, HINKEL & GACKELIAH
SENDAK (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. TALE OF GOCKEL, HINKEL & GACKELIAH by Clemens Brentano (translated from the German by Doris Orgel). NY: Random (1961). 4to, cloth backed bds, [144]p. Fine in sl. soiled and chipped dw. 1st ed. (correct dw price). Illus. on almost every page by Sendak. Laid in is a wonderful 4 x 3" DRAWING OF A 4-LEGGED ROOSTER SIGNED BY SENDAK!
Price: USD 1,275.00 other currencies   order no. 7944   details     inquire
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JUNG Illustrated by: LANG WOHER KOMMEN ALL' DIE SACHER DIE DEN KINDERN FREUDE MACHER
LANG GNOMES. WOHER KOMMEN ALL' DIE SACHER DIE DEN KINDERN FREUDE MACHER? verse von Else Jung. Munchen: Braun & Schneider 1937. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, new endpapers, some finger soil and one margin mend, VG. A book of poems for a young child by Jung, wonderfully illustrated in bold colors by HANS LANG full of busily active little gnomes. Really charming.
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GRIMM BROTHERS Illustrated by: SCHOLZ HANSEL UND GRETEL
SCHOLZ GRIMM BROTHERS. HANSEL UND GRETEL. Mainz:Scholz (no.5) nd ca 1905. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, some general wear, VG-. Wonderfully illustrated by RICHARD SCHOLZ with 8 fine full page chromolithographs.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 7954   details     inquire
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GARMAN Illustrated by: GAR MOVING PICTURE CIRCUS
GAR MOVEABLE. (SLICE) MOVING PICTURE CIRCUS by GAR (R.H. Garman). Chic:Ideal Book (various dates, 1914). Narrow 4to, stiff pict. glazed wraps DIE CUT IN SHAPE OF ELEPHANT, Fine. Each page is cut into slats that the reader can combine, move and change to form over 120 funny picture with a circus theme.
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Illustrated by: CRANE VALENTINE AND ORSON
CRANE (CRANE,WALTER)illus. VALENTINE AND ORSON. Lond. : Routledge [1874]. 4to, pictorial wraps, [12]p. incl. covers and eps. neat spine repair, VG+. Featuring 8 fine, lush and magnificent full page color illustrations to accompany this 17th century French romance. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
Price: USD 400.00 other currencies   order no. 7983   details     inquire
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DU BOIS Illustrated by: DU BOIS GREAT GEPPY
DU BOIS DU BOIS,WILLIAM PENE. GREAT GEPPY. NY:Viking 1940 (1940). 4to, striped cloth, 92p., VG+ in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. A circus- detective story illus. with 22 color drawings and 48 black and whites by Du Bois. A nice copy. See Bader p.176.
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MUSAEUS Illustrated by: TASCHNER DIE NYMPHE DES BRUNNENS
TASCHNER GERMAN. (GERLACH'S JUGENDBUCHEREI) DIE NYMPHE DES BRUNNENS nach J.K. A. Musaeus. Wien &Leipzig:Gerlach nd ca 1920, sq. 12mo, cl. backed pict. bds, 48p., tips rubbed else VG. Volume 11 in Gerlach's Jugenbucherei series, illustrated in Art Nouveau style by IGNATIUS TASCHNER with cover design, pictorial endpapers plus many beautiful full page color illustrations and many wonderful b&w's. (See Dictionnaire des illustrateurs 1800-1914 p.1034, Hofstatter: Art Nouveau p.244).
Price: USD 225.00 other currencies   order no. 8016   details     inquire
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PROVENSEN Illustrated by: PROVENSEN GLORIOUS FLIGHT
PROVENSEN PROVENSEN,ALICE AND MARTIN. GLORIOUS FLIGHT. NY:Viking (1983). Obl. 4to, pict. bds, AS NEW IN DW. Stated 1st ed. WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT AWARD. Beautifully illus. in color depicting the 1901 flight across the English Channel.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 8032   details     inquire
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CARROLL Illustrated by: McKEAN ALICE IN WONDERLAND
McKEAN CARROLL,LEWIS. (MCKEAN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Springfield: McLoughlin 1943. Large oblong 4to, spiral backed boards, some edge rubbing, VG+. A marvelous moveable edition in the Magic Fairy Tale series. Illustrated in color by EMMA McKEAN featuring 6 tab operated plates that move from side to side and reveal new illustrations below giving the illustion of motion. Lovett 301.
Price: USD 400.00 other currencies   order no. 8036   details     inquire
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Illustrated by: IONIEUS ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES
IONIEUS POP-UP. (CIRCULAR PEEPSHOW) ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES. Bost:HM 1950). 6x7", pict. boards, VG+. A charming book, illustrated in color by IONIEUS that opens up to form a circular book with six detailed 3- dimensional POP-OUT scenes with 6 lines of text written below. See Whitten:Paper Toys of the World p.79 for photo of other title in this series. Nice!
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 8051   details     inquire
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ARDIZZONE Illustrated by: ARDIZZONE YOUNG ARDIZZONE
ARDIZZONE ARDIZZONE,EDWARD. THE YOUNG ARDIZZONE. NY:Macmillan (1971). 4to, boards, 144p., Fine indw. 1st U.S. ed. An autobiographical fragment with a profusion of color illustrations.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 8070   details     inquire
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SMITH Illustrated by: SMITH CHICKEN WORLD
SMITH SMITH, E.BOYD. CHICKEN WORLD. NY:Putnam 1910. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, edges rubbed and small corner off one leaf else VG. 1st ed. of the rarest E Boyd Smith title. Printed on very heavy coated stock. Featuring fabulous color illustrations on every page with text beneath and borders around the pictures as well. Bader p.20-2 says "a chapter could be written about Chicken World." A wonderful picture book.
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 8079   details     inquire
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PETERSHAM Illustrated by: PETERSHAM STORY BOOK OF COTTON
PETERSHAM PETERSHAM,MAUD & MISKA. STORY BOOK OF COTTON. Phil:Winston 1939. Sq. 8vo, cloth, pict. paste-on, fine in dw worn on spine. Illustrated with beautiful color lithos on every page to accompany very readable text on the history of cotton (including lithos of Black cotton pickers).
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 8083   details     inquire
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DISNEY Illustrated by: DISNEY ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1
DISNEY DISNEY,WALT. ADVENTURES OF MICKEY MOUSE BOOK 1. Phil:McKay (1931). 8vo, cl. backed stiff pictorial card covers. Faint corner cover stain, corner nipped on rear cover and slight creasing else a VG copy. An early Disney item with fabulous color illustrations on every page of text.
Price: USD 800.00 other currencies   order no. 8087   details     inquire
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WHITE Illustrated by: PYLE ONLY CHILD
PYLE (PYLE,KATHERINE)illus. AN ONLY CHILD by Eliza Orne White. Bost: HM 1905 (1905). 8vo, cloth,pict. paste-on, 167p., slight soil on spine else VG+. 1st ed. Illus. with 4 b&w plates plus color cover plate. Scarce.
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D'AULAIRE Illustrated by: D'AULAIRE LORD'S PRAYER
D'AULAIRE D'AULAIRE,INGRI & EDGAR. THE LORD'S PRAYER. NY:Doub.,1934, folio, cloth backed pict. bds, Fine in lightly frayed dw. Stated 1st ed. (Protestant version). Illus. with absolutely beautiful gilt illuminated color lithographs (litho'd by GLASER).
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 8112   details     inquire
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Knerr Illustrated by: KNERR KATZENJAMMER KIDS
KNERR POP-UP AND MOVEABLE. KATZENJAMMER KIDS by Knerr. Kenosha,Wi: John Martin (1945). Sq. 4to, spiral backed bds, VG+. Illus. in color on every page and featuring a double page pop-up scene and two moveable pages. An uncommon mechanical.
Price: USD 325.00 other currencies   order no. 8117   details     inquire
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Stratton Illustrated by: LAWSON SWORDS AND STATUES
LAWSON (LAWSON,ROBERT)illus. SWORDS AND STATUES by Clarence Stratton. Phil:Winston / Jr. Lit. 1937(1937). 8vo, cloth, 254p., Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. of this uncommon Lawson title illus. with color wrapper, color frontis plus several full and partial page b&w's to accompany a story set in 16th century Italy.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 8122   details     inquire
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Powers Illustrated by: LENSKI SCOTCH CIRCUS
LENSKI (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. SCOTCH CIRCUS by Tom Powers. Bost:HM 1934 (1934). 8vo, patterned cloth, [96]p., Fine. 1st ed. A story set in a circus in Scotland, wonderfully illustrated with 7 full page color illus. plus b&w's - all art deco in style. A scarce and charming Lenski book.
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BEREND Illustrated by: MUHLMEISTER DIE KLEINE PERLE
MUHLMEISTER GERMAN. DIE KLEINE PERLE von Alice Berend. Stuttgart:Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft nd ca 1920. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, light cover soil else near Fine. A fairy tale along the lines of the Water Babies, illustrated by KARL MUHLMEISTER with beautiful full and partial page color illustrations throughout.
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RYBER Illustrated by: MUHLMEISTER DER MAUSBALL UND ANDERE TIERMARCHEN
MUHLMEISTER FAIRIES. DER MAUSBALL UND ANDERE TIERMARCHEN von Manfred Ryber. Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft nd ca 1920. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. 3 fairy tales, wonderfully illustrated in full color by KARL MUHLMEISTER featuring fairies, frogs and mice. An unusually nice book and a beautiful copy.
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REINHEIMER Illustrated by: WENZ-VIETOR VON HIMMEL DER TIERE
WENZ-VIETOR GERMAN. VOM HIMMEL DER TIERE von Sophie Reinheimer. Oldenburg: Stalling 1930. Large 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, VG+. Fabulously illustrated in color by ELSE WENZ-VIETOR with all manner of humanized insects and animals. Beautifully printed.
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 8173   details     inquire
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PATERSON JACOB HAVE I LOVED
PATERSON,KATHERINE. JACOB HAVE I LOVED. NY:Crowell (1980). 8vo, 216p., 1/4 cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper (not rpice clipped, no award medal). Stated 1st ed. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Set on the Maryland shore.
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CARROLL ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
CARROLL,LEWIS. (PHOTO) ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. NY:Gross &Dun. nd ca 1918. 4to, grey pict. cloth, 297p., light cover soil, VG+. 1st ed. A very scarce combined edition, illustrated with 32 photographs (plus color frontis in color) taken from the first movie version of these classics -a silent film starring Viola Savoy as Alice. Lovett 256.
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KRAUSS Illustrated by: SENDAK HOLE IS TO DIG
SENDAK (SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. A HOLE IS TO DIG by Ruth Krauss. NY: Harper Bros. (1952). Small 8vo, blue cloth backed pict. boards, Fine in dw frayed at top of spine, with price intact. First edition (later printing with "grrr" present). This copy is INSCRIBED BY KRAUSS. Illus. on every page by Sendak. An especially nice copy of a very early Sendak title.
Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 8185   details     inquire
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Spaeth Illustrated by: SARG MAXIMS TO MUSIC
SARG (SARG,TONY)illus. MAXIMS TO MUSIC by Sigmund Spaeth. NY:McBride (1939). 4to, cloth, Fine in sl. worn dw. Stated 1st ed. of this very scarce Sarg book. Traditional proverbs and mottoes are explained for the child (i.e. A stitch in time saves nine) and are then set to music as an aid in remembering them. Illus. in color throughout by Sarg with a touch of humor. Laid in is a card from the publisher.
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SHIRK Illustrated by: FINGER BELA THE JUGGLER
FINGER CIRCUS. BELA THE JUGGLER by Jeanette Shirk. Los Angeles: Sutton House (1936). 4to, cloth,Fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. Wonderfully illus. in typical 30's style by HELEN FINGER with many SILHOUETTES and with other color illus. throughout the text. The author's first book and nicely done.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 8216   details     inquire
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DISNEY Illustrated by: STARR BONGO
STARR DISNEY,WALT. BONGO based on the story by Sinclair Lewis made into the Disney Movie Fun and Fancy Free. NY:Simon & Schuster (1947). Folio, glazed pict. bds, spine extrems sl. worn else VG+. Stated 1st ed. The story of a circus bear who longed to be free. Wonderfully illus. in color by EDGAR STARR. An uncommon Disney title.
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LEAF Illustrated by: LEAF MY BOOK TO HELP AMERICA
LEAF LEAF,MUNRO. MY BOOK TO HELP AMERICA. Racine:Whitman (1942). 4to, pict. stiff wraps, hole in rear cover where stamp book was removed else VG-. Designed to promote saving U.S. War Stamps (removable book at back is not present), each page is illus. in line or 2-colors. Uncommon leaf item.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 8223   details     inquire
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COLLODI PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
COLLODI,C. PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Trans. from Italian by Hezekiah Butterworth. Bost:Jordan Marsh (1898). 8vo, green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, 212 p., spine faded else VG+. (including a 2 page introduction by Hezekiah Butterworth). The first edition of this classic printed in America was published by Jordan Marsh in 1898. This edition features 4 color plates by RENE QUENTIN that did not appear in the 1898 edition (they are dated 1899) and this edition is the first edition with these illustrations, and more importantly according to Wunderlich, this is the first known Pinocchio with colorplates in the U.S. (p.49 1899?a). Quite scarce. (Also illustrated with b&w chapter head and tailpieces.
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MACK Illustrated by: LAWSON JACK FROST
LAWSON VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. JACK FROST edited by Robert Ellice Mack. Lond:Nister nd ca 1880. 4to, gitl pict. bds, covers rubbed else VG. Beautiful full page chromos by JOHN LAWSON including a fabulous double- page spread of Santa and his reindeer (also nice one of a cat).
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CRANCH Illustrated by: CRANCH KOBBOLTOZO
CRANCH CRANCH,CHRISTOPHER. KOBBOLTOZO: a sequel to the Last of the Huggermuggers. Bost:Phillips, Sampson and Co. 1857. 8vo, blind stamped cloth, 95p., general shelfwear, VG+. 1st ed. (BAL 4031) of this early American fantasy tale about a young boy shipwrecked on a magic island populated with dwarfs and giants. Imaginative illus. by the author. See Attebury:Fantasy Tradition in American Lit. p.76-8.
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CARROLL Illustrated by: TENNIEL ANNOTATED ALICE
TENNIEL (CARROLL,LEWIS). ANNOTATED ALICE. NY: Bramhall Hse (1960). Large 4to, cl. backed bds, 352p., Fine in dw (dw sl. chipped). The first edition of Alice and Through The Looking Glass containing the full text and with the Tenniel illus. correctly placed with informative annotation by Gardner. Short bibliography in rear.
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HOLST Illustrated by: WENZ-VIETOR LA SCUOLA NELLA FORESTA
WENZ-VIETOR ITALIAN. LA SCUOLA NELLA FORESTA di Adolf Holst versi Italiani di Ugo Albisi. Roma:Casa Editrice Mediterranea 1941. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, VG. The story of a humanized rabbit and his adventures in the forest, wonderfully illustrated in color by ELSE WENZ-VIETOR.
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DISNEY Illustrated by: DISNEY MICKEY MAGAZINE
DISNEY DISNEY,WALT. MICKEY MAGAZINE: 3 fevrier 1951. Bruxelles. 4to, pict. wraps [20]p. fine. AMickey Mouse magazine from Belgium, illus. in color and b&w thruout.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 8307   details     inquire
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MILNE FOUR DAYS WONDER
MILNE,A.A. FOUR DAYS WONDER. Lond:Methuen (1933). 8vo, orange cl., 319p., VG+ in chipped dw. 1st ed. A novel.
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PUTNAM Illustrated by: GRUELLE SUNNY BUNNY
GRUELLE (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. SUNNY BUNNY by Nina Wilcox Putnam. Chic: Volland (1918 56th ed.).8vo, pict. boards, sl. rubbing else FINE. A great copy of this SUNNY BOOK with wonderful color illus. throughout by Gruelle plus nice pictorial endpapers.
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STEVENSON Illustrated by: TARRANT SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
TARRANT STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS AND MARGARET TARRANT. SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. Lond:Jack nd ca 1915. 4to, cloth backed bds, pict. paste-on, sl. dusty else VG+ in frayed dw. 1st ed., with musical notation by Thomas Crawford. Illustrated by MARGARET TARRANT with 14 full and partial page color illustrations and with many fine line illustrations throughout. A beautiful book.
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AESOP Illustrated by: RACKHAM AESOP'S FABLES
RACKHAM (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. AESOP'S FABLES. NY & Lond.: Doub. & Heinemann 1926 [1912]. 8vo, green cloth, pict. paste-on, [224]p., sl. rubbing on endpaper else near fine. Early Amer. ed. Illus. by Rackham with pictorial endpapers and title page, 13 fabulous color plates plus numerous b&w's to accompany a host of fables. Beautiful copy.
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Illustrated by: ANDERSON ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK
ANDERSON (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY TALE BOOK. NY:Nelson nd ca 1915. Folio, cloth, pict. paste-on, 190p., some cover soil and edge fraying, VG-. 1st ed. of this wonderful book containing 25 classic tales from various sources. Featuring pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates and many delicate line illustrations by Anderson.
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Illustrated by: ANDERSON 100 BEST FAIRY TALES
ANDERSON (ANDERSON,ANNE)illus. 100 BEST FAIRY TALES. Racine:Whitman (1937). Large folio, cl. backed pict. bds, 123p., sl. cover soil and edgewear, VG+ in tattered dw. 100 fairy tales in large type with 8 color plates by Anderson plus beautiful line illus. by Anderson and Maurieta Wellman.
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CADY Illustrated by: CADY WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
CADY CADY,HARRISON. WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. Racine:Whitman 1928. Folio, linen-like pict. wraps, light wear, VG+. Written by Cady and marvelously illustrated by him in full, bold color on every page with great humanized insects and animals.
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EGAN Illustrated by: KENNEDY EPAMINONDAS AND THE LETTUCES
KENNEDY BLACK INTEREST. EPAMINONDAS AND THE LETTUCES by Constance Egan. Lond: Collins nd ca 1910.12mo, pict. bds, [63]p., near Fine in rubbed dw. Each page of text faced with a marvelous full page color illustration by A.E. KENNEDY depicting stereotypical Blacks with gross features (pictorial endpaperss as well).
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BAUM Illustrated by: ENRIGHT PRINCE MUDTURTLE
ENRIGHT [BAUM,L.FRANK]. PRINCE MUDTURTLE by Laura Bancroft. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1906). 8vo, pictorial boards, 61p., sl. ear to spine ends and tips else near fine. 2nd ed. of this title in the Twinkle Tale Series (white endpapers instead of red, boards instead of cloth). A wonderful fantasy written by Baum under his Bancroft pseudonym and illus. in color by MAGINEL WRIGHT ENRIGHT.
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Illustrated by: HYMAN WITCH POEMS
HYMAN (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. WITCH POEMS ed. by Daisy Wallace. NY: Holiday Hse (1976). 4to, cloth, Fine in dw. SIGNED BY HYMAN. Poems about witches from various sources with fabulously detailed illus. by Hyman that suit the poems perfectly.
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GOMME Illustrated by: SMITH CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES
SMITH GAMES. CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES. Lond: Nutt on Strand 1894. Oblong 4to, pict. cloth, VG+.There are eight singing games with musical notation by ALICE GOMME, accompanied by instructions for playing the games. Every text page has a very beautiful and elaborate black and white pictorial border and there are lovely full page illustrations as well all by WINIFRED SMITH in a style similar to Greenaway's. Lovely.
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CORDIER Illustrated by: NEZIERE LA LEGENDE DES BETES LE VER ADAM
NEZIERE FRENCH. LA LEGENDE DES BETES: LE VER ADAM texte de G. le Cordier. Paris:Delagrave nc ca 1910. Oblong folio, pict. bds, VG+. The history of the world through the eyes of various humanized animals marvelously portrayed in color on every page by R. DE LA NEZIERE. An imaginative book.
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VOLTAIRE Illustrated by: POLACK CANDIDE
POLACK POCHOIR. CANDIDE par Voltaire. (Paris:Editions Nilsson) nd ca 1925. 4to, pict. wraps, tailof spine sl. chipped else VG+. Featuring 6 stunning mounted pochoir plates by ROBERT POLACK - very stylized and very "20's". Text partially unopened.
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PRANG'S OUTLINE PICTURES
PRANG. PRANG'S OUTLINE PICTURES. Bost:Prang nd ca 1885. 4to, 12 sheets plus directions, loose asissued in pictorial envelope. There are 12 sheets illustrated in line that are meant to be colored in, with directions for painting. Possibly 2 series combined, at least one is complete containing nursery rhyme figures (Red Riding Hood, Miss Muffett etc). Other 4 are children Greenaway style.
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BROOKS Illustrated by: WIESE STORY OF FREGINALD
WIESE BROOKS,WALTER. STORY OF FREGINALD. NY:Knopf 1936 (1936). Large 8vo, pict. cloth, 249p., sl. cover soil, VG. Stated 1st ed. The story of a bear named Freginald and his adventures when he joins the circus. Illus. by KURT WIESE in 2-color and line throughout. Very scarce.
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GOODALL Illustrated by: GOODALL PADDY FINDS A JOB
GOODALL POP-UP. (GOODALL) PADDY FINDS A JOB by John Goodall. Lond: Macmillan 1981. Obl. 8vo, glazed pict. bds, Fine. 1st ed. A story told in pictures only with marvelous pop-up and moveable pages showing the misadventures of a humanized PIG.
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DE LEEUW Illustrated by: VAUGHAN NOBODY'S DOLL
VAUGHAN DOLLS. NOBODY'S DOLL by Adele de Leeuw. Bost: Lit. Brn 1946 (1946). 8vo, cloth, [86]p., Fine in dw. Stated 1st ed. The adventures of a doll named Susan Araminta, wonderfully illus. with full page color illus. and b&w's by ANNE VAUGHAN.
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Illustrated by: LENSKI WE ARE THY CHILDREN: HYMNS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
LENSKI (LENSKI,LOIS)illus. WE ARE THY CHILDREN: HYMNS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS written by Lenski. NY:Crowell (1952). Obl. 4to, cloth, Fine in frayed, worn dw. Stated 1st ed. This copy has a LOVELY 7 LINE INSCRIPTION BY LENSKI on halftitle. 29 hymns for children written by Lenski and illustrated by her on every page in color or black and white. Music is written by Clyde Bulla.
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LEAR Illustrated by: LOBEL NEW VESTMENTS
LOBEL (LOBEL,ARNOLD)illus. THE NEW VESTMENTS by Edward Lear. Englewood Cliffs:Bradbury Press (1970). 4to, cloth, Fine in repaired dw. Stated 1st ed. The story by Lear of a foolish fellow, wonderfully illus. in line by Lobel.
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Illustrated by: KUBASTA TOURNAMENT
KUBASTA POP-UP. (KUBASTA) THE TOURNAMENT. (Lond:Bancroft 1961). Folio, cl. backed pict. bds, VG+. A medieval story featuring knights and castle and with color covers. Featuring a huge double-paged color pop-up by KUBASTA showing a castle in great detail. Great!
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PERRAULT Illustrated by: BAYLEY PUSS IN BOOTS
BAYLEY POP-UP. PUSS IN BOOTS. NY:Greenwillow 1977. 4to, glazed pict. bds, As New in original plastic wrap unopened. Stated 1st ed. Magnificently illustrated in full color by NICOLA BAYLEY including 4 fabulous pop-up plates.
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Illustrated by: KUBASTA CINDERELLA
KUBASTA POP-UP. (KUBASTA) CINDERELLA. Lond:Bancroft (1961). Obl. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, Fine. Featuring 8 fine pop-up color illustrations by KUBASTA, three of which also have tab operated moveable illustrations as well. Great book.
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THEINER Illustrated by: LUKES VISIT TO ANIMALIA
LUKES POP-UP AND MOVEABLE. A VISIT TO ANIMALIA by Rudolf Theiner. (Lond: Bancroft 1963). Sm. 4to,cl. backed pict. bds, Fine. A clever book illus. in color on every page by RUDOLF LUKES and with each page having several parts that move and pop-up at once as each page is opened.
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MERRYMAN Illustrated by: WYETH ANDREW WYETH
WYETH (WYETH,ANDREW)illus. ANDREW WYETH by Richard Merryman. Bost:HM 1968. Obl. large folio, cloth, covers lightly faded else VG+ in sl. frayed dw with small chip out of base of spine. Stated 1st printing of this wonderful work on the life and art of Andrew Wyeth with hundreds of reproductions made from the originals and supervised by Andrew himself.
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HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES
POP-UP. (NISTER) HAPPY FAMILIES AND THEIR TALES. Lond: Nister nd ca 1890. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, some old repairs (neat) and rear hinge strengthened and rear cover soil, VG+. Featuring 5 magnificent three dimensional pop-ups that emerge as each page is folded down. With accompanying stories and verse by Clifton Bingham and others.
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ELESKA Illustrated by: SEWELL THREE TALL TALES
SEWELL (SEWELL,HELEN)illus. THREE TALL TALES by Eleska. NY:Mac. 1947 (1947). 4to, pict. bds, nearFine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. Three funny stories with minimal text, and with each page illustrated with colot lithos by Sewell presented in panels similar to comic book format and done as a "counteroffensive against comics" (Bader p.86). Wonderful, stylized illustrations and a finely designed and unusual book.
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Illustrated by: TILLEY CHRISTMAS TIME IN ACTION
TILLEY POP-UP. CHRISTMAS TIME IN ACTION. All Occasion Book Pub:1949. Obl. 4to, spiral backed stiff pict. wraps, VG+. Illus. in color by WILLIAM KEMP TILLEY and featuring 4 great full color pop-ups, all with a Christmas scene from Santa's workshop to opening the gifts. (Also has Moore's "Night Before Christmas"). Similar to the Jolly Jump Ups in format.
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HARRIS Illustrated by: FROST TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS: NEW STORIES FROM THE OLD PLANTATION
FROST HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS: NEW STORIES FROM THE OLD PLANTATION. NY:McClurePhillips 1905 (Oct. 1905). 8vo, red gilt pict. cloth, teg, sl. wear to background of cover illus. else near Fine. 1st ed. (BAL 7156). With b&w illus. by A.B. FROST, J.M. CONDE AND FRANK VERBECK. Nice bright copy.
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PHILLPOTTS Illustrated by: RACKHAM DISH OF APPLES
RACKHAM (RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. A DISH OF APPLES by Eden Phillpotts. Lond Hodder & Stought. nd [1921]. Lge 8vo, pict. cloth, 75p., sl. edge rubbing, near Fine. 1st ed. Illus. by Rackham with 3 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and many wonderful b&w's.
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LAWSON Illustrated by: LAWSON MR. TWIGG'S MISTAKE
LAWSON LAWSON,ROBERT. MR. TWIGG'S MISTAKE. Boston: Little Brown 1947 (Oct. 1947). 8vo, (6 1/2 x 8 1/2"), blue cloth, Fine in dw worn at spine extrems. Stated 1st ed. A charming story about a mole named General de Gaulle (rhymes with hole) written by Lawson and illustrated by him with pictorial dust wrapper, pictorial endpapers plus many fabulous full and partial page detailed penand ink drawings.
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DICKENS Illustrated by: NEILL CHRISTMAS CAROL
NEILL (NEILL,JOHN R.)illus. A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Chic: Reilly & Lee (1915). 8vo, pict. bds, 60p., FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chips on both cover edges). A title in the Children's Red Book Series, wonderfully illus. with full page color illustrations by JOHN R. NEILL. Rare in dw.
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COLLODI Illustrated by: MUHEIM PINOCCHIO
MUHEIM COLLODI,CARLO. PINOCCHIO adapted by Roselle Ross. Akron: Saalfield (1939). Folio, cloth backed pict. bds, 96p., light wear, VG+. A large format edition with great color cover and frontis by Eleanora Madsen and more than 50 full and partial page b&w's by HENRY MUHEIM.
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CLARK Illustrated by: POLITI MAGIC MONEY
POLITI (POLITI,LEO)illus. MAGIC MONEY by Ann Nolan Clark. NY:Viking 1950 (1950). 8vo, red cl. [123]p., Fine in sl. worn dw. 1st ed. INSCRIBED BY POLITI. Set in Costa Rica and wonderfully illus. in color by Politi.
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Illustrated by: KUBASTA SNOW WHITE
KUBASTA POP-UP. (KUBASTA) SNOW WHITE. Lond:Bancroft 1960. Obl. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, FINE. Featuring 8 fabulous and detailed pop-up scenes, one of which has a movebale tab part and with a moveable cover, all by KUBASTA.
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TITCHENELL Illustrated by: GRUELLE ONCE ROUND THE SUN
GRUELLE (GRUELLE,JUSTIN)illus. ONCE ROUND THE SUN by Elsa-Brita Titchenell. Covina: Theosophical Press (1950). 4to, cloth, pict. paste-on, [57]p. Fine. Peter's fantasy trip with Uncle Peppercorn, illus. with full page color illus. and many b&w's by Justin Gruelle in the style of Johnny Gruelle. This copy is from the archives of Hornbook magazine with their name stamped on title.
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ADAMS Illustrated by: BAYLEY TYGER VOYAGE
BAYLEY (BAYLEY,NICOLA)illus. TYGER VOYAGE by RICHARD ADAMS. NY:Knopf 1976 (1976). 4to, glazed pict. bds, AS NEW IN DW. Stated 1st U.S. ed. Written by the author of Watership Down and magnificently illus. in color by Bayley. A great book.
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Illustrated by: WILDSMITH BRIAN WILDSMITH'S ABC
WILDSMITH (WILDSMITH,BRIAN)illus. BRIAN WILDSMITH'S ABC. (NY:Franklin Watts 1962). Obl. sm. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, FINE in sl. worn dw. 1st U.S. ed. WINNER OF KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL. Printed on a range of colored paper and featuring bold bursts of great illustrations by Wildsmith on every page. His first book in color.
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MOERI Illustrated by: HYMAN STAR MOTHER'S YOUNGEST CHILD
HYMAN (HYMAN,TRINA SCHART)illus. STAR MOTHER'S YOUNGEST CHILD by Louise Moeri. Bost:HM 1975 (1975). Sq. 12mo, pict. cloth, Fine in dw. 1st ed. The story of an unhappy woman on CHristmas who finally gets her wish