Joliet, IL. The P. F. Volland Company, 1924. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Fair only. The covers are gently rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There is a small split in the cloth at the head of the..... More
New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1940. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 red cloth with brightly illustrated paper over boards. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed, and the top 2 inches of the backstrip is sunned. There is a contemporary owner's name written in pencil on the..... More
New York: The Johnny Gruelle Company, 1946. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 red cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. Several of the pages have very small light stains..... More
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Very good. Rubbed at the extremities, with the underlying boards sporadically exposed. There is a prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, and there are very occasional barely perceptible..... More
Chicago and New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, Circa 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Colorful pictorial endpapers. Very good. The boards are lightly rubbed, on the surface and along the edges. The underlying boards are exposed along the..... More
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1957. Mary Stevens. Ninth printing. Hardcover. 27pp. Thin square octavo [20.5 cm] Yellow paper covered boards with red ink stamped title information on the spine and front cover, and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the spine and..... More
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1888. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with illustrated paper over boards. Good. The covers are mildly rubbed and scratched, and the underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There are several small losses from the paper..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. A. B. Frost. New and Revised Edition/Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. 265pp. Octavo [23 cm] in full white vellum with gilt titles and spine and cover devices, top edge gilt. Front board lightly bowed, light repair to rear hinge, moderate soiling to boards and..... More
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1936. Hardcover. [56pp] Quarto [27.5 cm] Brown cloth. Very good/Near fine. A couple of small nicks to the extremities of the jacket. Overall a nice copy. Charming children's story of Marta Lenker and her cabinet making father. Profusely illustrated by Willy Pogany. More
Belgium: Casterman, 1949. Early printing. Hardcover. 62pp. Quarto [30.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed, bumped and scratched. There is a very faint 4 and 1/3 inch crease in the front board. There is a short tear in the paper at the..... More
New York: Callaway, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 40pp. Folio [34 cm] in matte pictorial boards. Faint shelfwear to jacket, "autographed copy" sticker on jacket front cover; boards are crisp and unworn; interior is clean and tight. Includes CD in unopened packaging. Signed by the illustrator on the title page..... More
Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 2001. Ernest Franklin. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 31pp. Slim oblong quarto [23 cm x 27.5 cm] Glossy illustrated paper covered boards. A western version of the classic children's tale "The Musicians of Brehmen." Conceived and designed by Ernie Bulow. Illustrated by Ernest Franklin. Navajo artist..... More
Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 2001. Ernest Franklin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 31pp. Slim oblong quarto [22 cm x 27 cm] Purple vinyl cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine, and a gilt stamped vignette on the front board. With a tipped-in full-page original watercolor illustration signed by Ernest..... More
Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 2001. Ernest Franklin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 31pp. Slim oblong quarto [22 cm x 27 cm] Purple vinyl cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine, and a gilt stamped vignette on the front board. With a tipped-in full-page original watercolor illustration signed by Ernest..... More
Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 2001. Ernest Franklin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 31pp. Slim oblong quarto [22 cm x 27 cm] Purple vinyl cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine, and a gilt stamped vignette on the front board. Light wear to the extremities. With a tipped-in full-page original..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Lee Townsend. First edition. Hardcover. 219pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Orange cloth with a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good condition. The spine is subtly rolled. The top edge of the text..... More
New York and Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1951. Priscilla Pointer. First edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo [22 cm] Pale green cloth-effect paper over boards with dark green ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Red and white pictorial endpapers. Very good. The front cover is lightly soiled, and there is..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 62pp. Large octavo [22 cm] Glossy illustrated hardcover boards. Near fine. The spine is subtly rolled back. The head of the spine is gently bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are very lightly creased..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. [50pp] Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Illustrated boards. Extremities moderately rubbed. Former owner stamp and inscription on the front endsheet. Periodic small open and closed tears in the edges of the jacket. Book is in nice, clean condition. Illustrated by the author. The fifth..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1967. Art Seiden. A Whitman BIG Tell-a-Tale. Hardcover. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good condition. The edges of the spine and covers are very gently bumped and rubbed. There is a faint 2 inch long scratch on the rear board. The pastedowns..... More
London and New York: Viking / Puffin Books, 2001. Helen Craig. Early Viking / Puffin printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 26.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Illustrations by Helen Craig. Signed by both Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig on the title page. More
London and New York: Viking / Puffin Books, 2001. Helen Craig. Early Viking / Puffin printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 26.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Illustrations by Helen Craig. Signed by both Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig on the title page. More
London and New York: Viking / Puffin Books, 2001. Helen Craig. Early Viking / Puffin printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 26.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Illustrations by Helen Craig. Signed by both Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig on the title page. More
Boston and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1948. Early printing. Hardcover. Quarto [28.5 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with a white ink stamped title and seabird vignette on the front cover. Pictorial endpapers. The extremities are lightly rubbed, and the spine ends are bumped. There is some..... More
New York: Golden Press, 1955. William Neebe. A Ding Dong School Book. Hardcover. Octavo [20 cm] Gold paper spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The spine and covers are lightly rubbed, soiled and scratched. There is a notation in pencil on the rear board. A previous owner's name..... More