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Seabird. Holling, Holling Clancy.
Stock ID: 25380
28 color plates, b/w text ills & diagrams by the author, 58pp, 4to (29x23cm), blue cloth with white lettering and design of bird, pictorial endpapers, light rubbing to head and tail edges, no d/j, very good. A carefully researched story about whalers; a Newbery Honor book.
$40.00
Tree in the Trail. Holling, Holling Clancy.
Stock ID: 25382
27 color plates, b/w text ills by the author, 4to (29x24cm), aqua cloth, pictorial endpapers, no d/j, bottom corners bumped, extremities rubbed, couple of light chalk marks on rear cover, otherwise bright. A history of the old Southwest, following a tree and the uses to which it is put. A Caldecott Honor award winner.
$25.00
Children of Other Lands. HOLLING, H.C.)         Holling, H.C. & Lucille W. (illus). Piper, Watty.
Stock ID: 25650
Color plates, b/w text ills, unpag, 4to (31x26cm), orange cloth, color pictorial cover label, corners and spine extrems very lightly rubbed, inscription verso of frontispiece, else a very good copy in d/j which is chipped/torn at edges. Unusual in d/j.
$45.00
Cecily (Elf Goldihair). Helm, Clementine. (Translated by Elisabeth P. Stork).         Kay, Gertrude A. (illus).
Stock ID: 26119
8 color plates, 298pp, 8vo, gilt-lettered red cloth with color pictorial cover label, pictorial endpapers, little wear to extrems, very good.
$55.00
Conny and Uncle Dick. Gay, Romney.         Gay, Romney (illus).
Stock ID: 26156
Each page with color or b/w ill, unpag (32pp), oblong 8vo (20 x 22cm), color pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine, shelf-wear, corners bumped with little paper loss, inscription on ffep, adhesive remains, very good in creased and torn d/j with paper loss. SPECIAL: WAS $35.00: "Conny and Uncle Dick play a guessing game with pictures that will delight and fascinate the small child."
$24.00
Chronicles of the Little Tot. Gutmann) Cooke, Edmund Vance.         Gutmann, Bessie Pease and Clyde O. De Land.
Stock ID: 27044
6 color plates (apparently , 118pp, small 8vo (8.5 x 6"), two edges uncut, decorative border design on each text page, cloth covered boards with color pictorial cover label (Gutmann's "A Christmas Kid"), light green lettering and design. Generally good condition, covers are worn especially at extrems, corners bumped, front hinge splitting, interior shaken, inscription on ffep, occasional light soiling. Four of the color plates are by Gutmann, although she is not credited on the title page (the four plates are signed Bessie Collins Pease). Plates are as follows: frontispiece "A Christmas Kid" (BCP), "The Intruder" (CK), "The Childhood of Spring" (BCP), "The Moo-Cow-Moo" (BCP), "Willie's Letters to his Teacher" (CK), "Over the Hills and Far Away" (BCP),
$55.00
Told to the Little Tot. Gutmann) Cooke, Edmund Vance.         Gutmann, Bessie Pease (Bessie Collins Pease) illus.
Stock ID: 27223
9 color plates, b/w text ills, 132pp, small 8vo (8.5 x 6"), two edges uncut, cloth covered boards with color pictorial cover label, light green lettering and design. Very good - near fine condition, small sunned area on back cover, tiny frayed spot on lower edge of front cover. Some particularly attractive examples of Gutmann's early work.
$245.00
Little Gray Colo. The Adventures of a Koala Bear. Hawkins, Sheila.
Stock ID: 27584
Full and half page color and b/w ills. throughout, pictorial endpapers, unpag. (approx. 40pp.), 8vo (8.25 X7.5in.), color pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Good condition, inscription on ffep, tiny stain through approx. 4pp., front cover a trifle marked, some scratch marks to back cover, extremities worn, corners bumped and worn, small ink marks on spine.
$27.00
Sweet Home. From The Wind in the Willows. Grahame, Kenneth.         Henning, Paul (illus).
Stock ID: 27655
15 full page color photo ills., 34pp., 8vo (8.5 X 5.5in.), color pictorial paper covered boards with blue cloth spine, color pictorial d/j. Very good condition, previous owners name stamped on front endsheets and address written on front paste down. D/j in good condition (extremities worn, edge tears with some paper loss, front cover repaired on verso). "The text of this book comprises the chapter entitled 'Dulce Domum' from The Wind in the Willows."
$24.00
Stories of Little Brown Koko. (Cover title; Little Brown Koko). Hunt, Blanche Seale.         Wagstaff, Dorothy (illus).
Stock ID: 27851
Profusely illustrated with in text two-color ills, decorative endpapers, 96pp, 4to (11 x 8in), color pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Cover mostly detached, cover very scratched, boards exposed at extremities, hinges repaired with tape, owner name to front pastedown, soft creasing throughout.
$85.00
Childhood Days. GUTMANN, BESSIE PEASE)         Gutmann, Bessie Pease and Alice Beach Winter (illus).
Stock ID: 28449
2 color plates, b/w text ills throughout, unpag, 8vo (9 x 7"), pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Cover is rubbed and worn, spine is split but boards are still attached, inscription on verso of frontispiece which has a .75" mended tear (ending just outside image), most b/w ills neatly colored by a former owner, but color plates are clean. A charming frontispiece by Bessie Pease Gutmann showing two girls preparing for May Day with their three dolls; the Alice Beach Winter plate shows two children perhaps on their way to school. Both these plates are marked copyright R C. Co. 1909. Cover illustration is another color illustration by Alice Beach Winter. A most unusual item.
$125.00
Mother McGrew and Oliver Owl. Gall, Alice Crew.         Stanley, Lee Wright (illus).
Stock ID: 28819
Color illustrated with color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated (18pp), 8vo (8 x 6"), color pictorial paper covered boards (hardbound) with a cloth spine. Fair condition: considerable wear to covers, previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down, hinges split but text block still attached by strings, several pages loose, several pages show creasing, chipped corners, and short edge tears. One of ten 'The Mother McGrew Books' listed on the back paste-down.
$35.00
Singing Games for Children. Hamlin, Alice P. and Margaret G. Guessford.
Stock ID: 28831
Illustrated with many single-page color illustrations; 51pp; 8vo (8.5 x 11"); color pictorial paper-covered boards with a cloth-covered spine (hardbound). Very good condition: scattered surface spotting on back cover, previous owner's name in ink on front paste-down, previous owner's stamp on title page. This book of music, lyrics, and game instructions is illustrated with simple, flat, geometric representations of figures demonstrating actions from the games.
$24.00
Think-and-Do Book. To Accompany: We Look and See, We Work and Play, We Come and Go. The Basic Readers: Pre-Primer Program. The 1946-47 Edition. Gray, William S. and Marion Monroe.
Stock ID: 29439
Black and white in-text illustrations throughout, 81pp, 11 x 8 inches, pictorial paper wrappers as issued. Fair condition only, moderate soiling to covers with edge creases, splits to ends of spine up to 2 inches, illustrations have been roughly colored, underlining, pencilling, and star stickers throughout.
$20.00
The Moon of the Fox Pups. George, Jean Craighead.         Komada, Kiyoaki (illus).
Stock ID: 29723
Full page and in-text black and white illustrations throughout, 39pp, 8vo, cloth-coverd boards (hardbound) in color pictorial dustjacket. Very good condition in good dustjacket: very light wear to corners, barely noticeable spotting ffep, moderate spotting rear endpapers, dustjacket very lightly soiled with light edgewear including several tiny edge tears.
$25.00
The Golden Age. Grahame, Kenneth.         Enraght-Moony, R.J. (illus).
Stock ID: 30325
18 color plates, 242 pp, 4to, embossed pictorial cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Boards lightly bowed, rubbing to extremities, mottling of back boards from silverfish damage, tiny hole in cloth on front edge of spine, light sunning to edges of front cover, spotting to spine, bookplate ffep, toning to edges of paper. Interior including plates very clean.
$50.00
Samantha Among the Colored Folks. "My Ideas on the Race Problem". Holley, Marietta ('Josiah Allen's Wife').         Kemble, E.W. (illus).
Stock ID: 30371
Full page and in-text black and white illlustrations, 387 pp, 12 mo, cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Light wear to corners, hinges broken (but text block is still attached)with tape marks from previous repair, first few pages detached, owner name crossed out front pastedown, under publishers note written in ink "This book should be read by every white person", otherwise interior very clean. Author listed on title page as "Josiah Allen's Wife".
$45.00
Sanford and Merton, in Words of One Syllable. Godolphin, Mary.
Stock ID: 31018
8 hand colored wood engravings, 288 pp, 12 mo, gilt decorative cloth-covered boards. Extremities very rubbed with boards exposed at corners, cloth torn at ends of spine, front hinge broken, front free endpaper missing, owner address front pastedown, couple of pages loose, intermittent light spotting. Plates in very good condition. "If we would be great, we must first learn to be good".
$25.00
Chronicles of the Little Tot. GUTMANN) Cooke, Edmund Vance.         Gutmann, Bessie Pease (Bessie Collins Pease) and Clyde O. De Land.
Stock ID: 35251
8 color plates, 118pp, small 8vo (8.5 x 6"), fore edge uncut, decorative border design on each text page, cloth covered boards with color pictorial cover label (Gutmann's "A Christmas Kid"), light green lettering and design. Very good condition: litte minor wear to the extremities. Six of the color plates are by Gutmann, although she is not credited on the title page (the four plates are signed Bessie Collins Pease). Plates are as follows: frontispiece "A Christmas Kid" (BCP), "The Intruder" (p. 14, CK), "The Baby on the Floor (p.26, BCP), "Cruise of the Little Tot" (p. 38, BCP), "The Childhood of Spring" (p. 56, BCP), "The Moo-Cow-Moo" (p. 68, BCP), "Willie's Letters to his Teacher" (p. 84, CK), "Over the Hills and Far Away" (p. 112, BCP).
$145.00
All About Little Black Sambo. GRUELLE, JOHNNY)         Gruelle, John B. (illus).
Stock ID: 36241
Full page color illustrations and black and white in-text illustrations throughout, 48 pp, 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, embossed cloth-covered boards with color pictorial cover label(hardbound). Extremities very rubbed, some loss to front pastedown, writing to endpapers, soft creasing throughout, light intermittant soiling.
$135.00
Uncle Wiggily Plays Indian Hunter or How Nurse Jane Thought it Very Funny to See an Indian Feathered Bunny and How the Fox and the Wolf Thought They Would Spoil the May Party also How Uncle Wiggily Played the Hose on His Garden. Garis, Howard.         Campbell, Lang (illus).
Stock ID: 36271
Color illustrations throughout, 33 pp, 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards in color pictorial dustjacket(hardbound). Boards moderately bowed, ink names on title page and rear pastedown, otherwise interior clean, in fair dustjacket with some loss at edges.
$25.00
Three Gay Tales From Grimm. Gag, Wanda (translated and illustrated by).
Stock ID: 36289
Black and white illustrations , 63 pp, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Good condition: moderate rubbing to extremities, owner name to front free endpaper, otherwise interior clean. Stories include "The Clever Wife", "The Three Feathers", and "Goose Hans".
$38.00
The Coronation Cut-Out Story Book. Hankinson, Cyril F.J.
Stock ID: 37331
4 pages of color illustrated cut-out figures, color illustrations inside cover, approx. 12 pages of text, 10 x 14 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Very good condition: nothing has been cut out. Color cut out figures to assemble into the coronation procession for Queen Elizabeth II. From the text titled "The Story of the Coronation": "The approximate length of the complete model is six feet."
$45.00
Paddle to the Sea. Holling, Holling Clancy.         Holling, Holling Clancy (illus).
Stock ID: 38155
Numerous full page color illustrations, black and white illustraions, double page color map, unpaginated, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, pictorial cloth-covered boards in color pictorial dustjacket (hardbound). Light soiling and rubbing to edges of cloth, in dustjacket with several areas of paper loss. Good to very good condition in fair to poor dust jacket.
$30.00
The Snow Image. A Childish Miracle. Hawthorne, Nathaniel.         Waterman, Marcus (illus).
Stock ID: 38212
5 color wood engraved plates, 31 pages, 7 3/4 x 6 inches, embossed decorative gilt lettered cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Lightwear to cover, front free endpaper missing, light occasional spotting to interior. Still a good copy of this charmingly illustrated book.
$75.00
Raggedy Ann in the Garden. / The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. GRUELLE, JOHNNY.         Stover, Mary and Wallace (illustrated after Gruelle).
Stock ID: 38914
Yellow black and white illustrations throughout, unpaginated, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Good condition.
$20.00
Impunity Jane. The Story of a Pocket Doll. Godden, Rumer.         Adams, Adrienne (illus).
Stock ID: 39095
Color illustrations throughout, color pictorial endpapers, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 47 pages, pictorial cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Very good condition; light rubbing to corners, very light soiling to cloth, light soiling to a few pages.
$20.00
Loraine and the Little People of Spring. Gordon, Elizabeth.         Lee Dolbear, Ella (illus).
Stock ID: 39096
Full page color illustrations, in-text black and white illustrations, 64 pages, 8 x 6 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Extremities very rubbed and backstrip has been taped with clear tape, light soiling to cover, owner inscription to front free endpaper, light intermittent soiling to interior.
$20.00
Mother McGrew and Kate Kangaroo. Gall, Alice Crew.         Stanley, Lee Wright (illus).
Stock ID: 39846
Full page color illustrations with color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated, 8 x 6 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper covered boards with a cloth spine (hardbound). Wear and staining to covers, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, hinges split but text block still attached by strings, several pages loose, some creasing, chipped corners, and short edge tears. There are a couple of areas of crayoning, but with the exception of the last one (illustrated here, with some light crayoning in the "walk don't hop" notice) the full page illustrations are clean. The book is in fair to poor condition, but the illustrations are wonderful! A scarce title, book number 6 of the ten 'The Mother McGrew Books' listed on the back paste-down.
$34.00
Raggedy Ann and the Slippery Slide. GRUELLE, JOHNNY)
Stock ID: 39889
Color and black and white in-text illustrations throughout, unpaginated, 8 x 6 3/4 inches, color pictorial paper covered boards with plastic comb binding. Corners lightly bumped, a few pages starting to come loose along bound edge. The title page may be missing (first page is a black and white illustration and text "THE MOON..").
$35.00
Golden Hours. Translated from the German. Cover title: Golden Hours for good Children. HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPHS) Fannie, Cousin .
Stock ID: 40553
Seven handcolored lithographs, 22pp, 7 x 9 1/2 inches, color pictorial cover label on paper covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Light soiling to covers, edges rubbed, corners softly bumped, hinges split but still well attached, faint toning and some offsetting onto text pages, lower left corner of one plate abraded (well outside image area), owner inscription in pencil on verso of one plate. Images clean and bright. Still a nice copy of this most desirable children's book. Gorgeous illustrations of children and animals accompany stories: 'The Stork', 'The Mill', 'The Violet', 'Sunset. The Shepherd-boy Sings.', 'Saturday Eve.', 'The Birds' Nest.', and 'Spring's Departure'.
$285.00
Sunny Days. Bright Stories and Pictures for Little Folks.
Stock ID: 40703
1 chromolithographic plate, black and white single full page and in-text illustrations throughout, 114pp, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound) with cloth spine. Rubbing to extremities with boards exposed, owner inscription in pencil on verso of frontispiece, 1 inch chip to corner of title page and a few other pages, scattered soiling, several pages with edge tears between 1/2 to 3 inches in length (affecting only a few images). Overall good condition. This antique children's book includes "The Story of the Wilow-Pattern Plate.", "Brave Little Hans", "Tamers and Trained Animals.", "The Cat's Tree.", etc. Owner's inscription is from December 25, 1900.
$25.00
Sanford and Merton, in Words of One Syllable. CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS) Godolphin, Mary.
Stock ID: 40960
6 chromolithographic plates, 144pp, 9 x 7 1/2 inches, gilt decorative cloth-covered boards with color pictorial label (hardbound). Cover extremities rubbed with tips of boards exposed at corners, head and tail of spine frayed, light soiling to back cover, front hinge cracked but still attached, offsetting to text pages (plates not affected), a well loved volume with scattered soiling and occasional tears, plates in good condition. This antique book features brightly colored illustrations to accompany the tale of a rich boy and a poor boy told in single syllables by Mary Godolphin.
$40.00
The Overall Boys. GROVER, EULALIE OSGOOD) Grover, Eulalie Osgood.         Corbett, Bertha L. (illus).
Stock ID: 40989
Color in-text illustrations, decorative endpapers, 123pp, 8 x 6 1/4 inches, color pictorial cloth covered boards (hardbound). Soiling to covers, inscription on front endpaper, faint pencil notations on half title and a few other pages, a couple of 1/2 to 1 inch edge tears and scattered soiling. A First Reader.
$20.00
Marcella Stories. GRUELLE, JOHNNY) Gruelle, Johnny.         Gruelle, Johnny (illus).
Stock ID: 42043
Full page color illustrations, color and black and white in-text illustrations, color pictorial endpapers, 9 x 6 1/4 inches, 94pp, color pictorial paper label on cloth covered boards (hardbound). Cover extremities rubbed, paper loss to upper 1/2 inch of front endpaper, otherwise in very good clean condition. This vintage children's book written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle features charming and bright illustrations accompanying chapters: The Train Ride, The Picnic, Moving Day, Squeakie, Hairy Puppydog, Shipwrecked, Fishing, Through the Door, Little Rags, and The Cheepy Birds.
$45.00
Raggedy Ann's Secret. Gruelle, Johnny.         Wood, Ruth (illus).
Stock ID: 29913
Color illustrations on all pages, color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated, 8 x 6 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper- covered boards (hardbound). Very good condition; two tiny edge tears on one page.
$15.00
Raggedy Andy Stories. Introducing the Little Rag Brother of Raggedy Ann. Gruelle, Johnny.         Gruelle, Johnny (illus).
Stock ID: 29914
Full page and in-text color illlustrations, black and white in-text illustrations, color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated, 9 x 6 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound) with cloth spine. Fair condition: extremities worn with boards exposed, splits in cloth at ends of spine, a few scratches on front cover, pencil drawing on blank sides of feps, pages creased at corners, intermittent pencil marks mostly not affecting images.
$26.00
Peter Rabbit and the Fairies. Hudson, Alma.         Hudson, Richard (illus).
Stock ID: 30080
Color plates, black and white in text illustrations, 48 pp, 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, cloth-covered boards with color pictorial cover label (hardbound). Overall fair condition; cloth mottled, soiled on rear, corners bumped, top of spine fraying, ffep missing, owner name written and crossed out on rear of frontispiece, almost all in-text illustrations fairly neatly colored in with crayon or paint. Plates clean and in very good condition.
$32.00
Tales From a Wonder Book. Adapted from Hawthorne's Tanglewood Tales and Wonder Book and The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. Hawthorne and Charles Kingsley (adapted from).
Stock ID: 30123
Full page color illustrations, color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, color pictorial cloth-covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Cover worn at extremities with boards exposed at corners, hinges starting. Owner name in pencil verso of ffep, otherwise interior very clean. "No. 0924" on back cover.
$14.00
Wild Flower Children. The Little Playmates of the Fairies. Gordon, Elizabeth.         Scott, Janet Laura (illus.)
Stock ID: 30140
Color illustrations on every page, unpag, 8vo, color pictorial endpapers, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Most of the paper from the spine has peeled off leaving a cloth spine, extremities worn, corners bumped with boards showing, couple of pages with short (up to 2 inch) gutter tears not affecting illustration, first two pages with light vertical crease, occasional light soiling but in general interior is clean and tight. Each page a charming color illustration with verse below.
$75.00
Little Sisters to the Camp Fire Girls or the Blue Birds of Grassybank. Hyde, E.A. Watson.         Lee, Ella Dolbear (illus).
Stock ID: 30537
Full page color illustrations, black and white in-text illustrations, 64 pp, 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Very good condition: light wear to extremities, interior very clean.
$24.00
Brer Rabbit Stories. HAYWOOD, HELEN)         Haywood, Helen (illus).
Stock ID: 30543
Color illustrations on all pages, color pictorial endpapers, unpaginated, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Good condition: 2 inch split to rear of spine, other shorter splits to ends of spine with small paper loss, owner name in pencil on front pastedown, child's marks to text of one page. Illustrations clean and bright.
$25.00
Little Red Riding Hood. IVES, SARAH NOBLE)         Ives, Sarah Noble (illus).
Stock ID: 30556
Full page color illustrations, two-color in-text illustrations, unpaginated, 12 x 9 3/4 inches, color pictorial stiff card wrappers(softbound). Cover detached and split along spine, cover lightly soiled with owner names on front, short pencil inscription on rear. Illustrations bright and in very good condition. Beautiful bright chromolithograph-type illustrations. An unusual item. "234" on cover.
$85.00
Uncle Wiggily Goes Camping or How the Skee and Pip Fell into Trouble and How the Picnic Baskets Were Mixed Up also How Uncle Wiggily Gave the Bad Skee an Example in Arithmetic. Garis, Howard.         Campbell, Lang (illus).
Stock ID: 30628
Color illustrations throughout, 33 pp, 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Cover in fair condition only with chipping at spine. A few ink marks, otherwise interior clean.
$12.00
"Thy Kingdom Come". The Story of Little Margery. Gray, Alice.
Stock ID: 30660
Color frontispiece, 128 pp, embossed cloth-covered boards (hardbound) with color pictorial cover label. Cover in fair condition only, hinges cracked, dampstain to inner top edge of front endpapers and frontispiece not affecting image, pencil writing to ffep, light soiling to some pages. Frontispiece illustration features a young girl with a dog (looks like a Newfoundland).
$35.00
Freighters and Tankers of the U. S. Merchant Marine. Growden, Gordon A.         Line, Lemuel B. (drawings by).
Stock ID: 30807
Color illustrations on all pages, unpaginated, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Good condition: spine and top of front cover very sunned, light rubbing to extremities, owner name rfep, pages slightly wrinkled but clean.
$16.00
Now I Know Trees. Gordon, Sharon.         Trivas, Irene (illus).
Stock ID: 31037
Full page color illustrations on all pages, unpaginated, 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards (hardbound). Very good condition: light rubbing to extremities.
$14.00
The Blue Day. Guillot, Rene; translated by Gwen Marsh.         Gill, Margery (illus).
Stock ID: 31094
Full page blue black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, 44 pp, 9 x 7 inches, pictorial cloth-covered boards (hardbound) IN PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Very good condition: very clean copy with light rubbing to corners in like dustjacket. Front dust jacket flap has a '$2.50' price. Original copyright is 1958, but this appears to be a first U.S. edition. The story of Mia, "a Dutch country doll".
$65.00
Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle. A Bibliography of Published Works. GRUELLE, JOHNNY) Hall, Patricia.
Stock ID: 31308
Profusely illustrated in color