JOLLY JUMP-UPS VACATION TRIP.
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, 1942. Printed in heavy stock with 6 pop-ups, all complete and in good working order. Color-printed glazed boards cover with blue cloth spine. More
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BETTY CROCKER'S COOK BOOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First edition, second printing. Octavo (8"). 191p. Illustrated in color by Gloria Kamen and with color plates of prepared dishes. Spiral bound in color illustrated white boards. Certainly rare in this condition. More
BETTY CROCKER'S GUIDE TO EASY ENTERTAINING.
New York: Golden Press, 1959. First edition. Octavo (8"). 176p. Illustrated in color by Peter Spier and with color plates of prepared dishes. Spiral bound in color illustrated white boards. Certainly rare in this condition. More
THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON.
London: Longman, Rivington, Duncan, Whittaker, et. al. 1844. "A new edition revised throughout" iv, 452p. Illustrated with woodcuts after Harvey. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and richly gilt panels. More
Teddy B. and Teddy G. THE TRAVELING BEARS ACROSS THE SEA.
New York: Barse & Hopkins, (1916). First edition in book form. Quarto. 58p, [v]. Illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell, including color frontispiece. Cloth spine with color-printed paper-covered boards. More
THE PULL OUT PICTURE BOOK.
n.p. Wm. H. Wise & Co., (1943). Quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated by Pauline Jackson. Spiral bound color-printed boards with five pages that fold out to three panels each. Children are to identify the animals and objects they see in each scene. More
JULIAN HOME, A TALE OF COLLEGE LIFE.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition with illustrations in color (originally published in 1859). x, 431p, [x]. Illustrated with 8 plates in color and 4 in black and white. Blue cloth with titles in gilt and white and with pictorial designs in color on spine and upper cover..... More
THE KENNETH E. LUTHER COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. Two printed catalogues bound together with forward and indexes added. Gilt-titled light blue cloth. Collection of 1339 items. More
PICTURE SONGS FOR THE KIDDIES AS SUNG BY FORD AND GLENN AT LULLABY TIME:
n.p. Wm. G. Kreicker, 1927. Folio. Unpaged. 32p. Printed music surrounded by brilliant color illustrations. Original color printed boards. Title page and final page feature Ford and Glenn in their children's costumes. Quite scarce. More
THE HUMS OF POOH, Lyrics by Pooh... additional lyrics by Eeyore.
London: Methuen & Co. in conjunction with Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, (1929). First edition. Tall quarto. ix, 67p. Introduction and Notes by A. A. Milne, Decorations by E. H. Shepard. Bound in publisher's printed boards with cloth spine. More
AUSGEWAHLTE GEDICHTE VON NIKOLAUS LENAU.
Vienna and Leipzig: Martin Gerlach & Co., n.d. [c. 1905]. Square 12mo. 96p. Illustrated by Hugo Steiner with text drawings and color pictures. Text by Hans Fraungruber. Bound in gray boards with blue cloth spine with black titles and black pictorial decoration on the upper cover, pattern endpapers in the..... More
RUBEZAHL, DER HERR DES RIESENGEBIRGES.
Vienna and Leipzig: Martin Gerlach & Co., n.d. [c. 1905]. Square 12mo. 119p. Illustrated by Hans Schwaiger and Jos. J. Loukota with text drawings and color pictures. Text by Hans Fraungruber. Bound in green boards with title and pictorial design on upper cover in black and white, pattern endpapers in..... More
SUNNY ORIGAMI: BOWWOW BOOK.
Gumma, Japan: Jomo Kagaku Kogyosha, 1968. Oblong volume (10 1/2" x 7 1/2"). Ten color-printed sheets with mounted origami. Includes patterns and colored papers in rear pocket. Cord-tied color-printed glazed boards. More
SUNNY ORIGAMI: THE LIFE OF SHINRAN SHONIN.
[Gumma, Japan]: [Jomo Kagaku Kogyosha], [1968]. Oblong volume (10 1/2" x 7 1/2"). Ten color-printed sheets with mounted origami. Includes patterns and colored papers in rear pocket. Cord-tied color-printed glazed boards. More
GRANDDAD COCO NUT'S PARTY.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, (1914). First edition. Small 8vo. 71p, (iv, ads). Illustrated on every page by Frances Beem including 31 full-page color pictures, the text pages with vignettes and decorative frames in black and red. Bound in publisher's teal cloth with color plate mounted on the upper cover..... More
DREAM DAYS.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1930). Large Paper edition Limited to 275 copies Signed by Kenneth Grahame and Ernest H. Shepard. This no. 266. Octavo. xii, 168p. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard with frontispiece and 28 black drawings in line style and in silhouette. Bound with gilt-titled vellum spine..... More
INKLINGS FOR THINKLINGS.
Boston: 1919. First edition. Small 4to. Unpaged. (135p). The text printed on rectos only, in cursive script with pencil drawings throughout. Original brown boards with color pictorial design on upper cover. More
JOHNNY GRUELLE, CREATOR OF RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY.
Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 1993. First edition. Quarto. 223p. Illustrated throughout Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Includes checklists. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PATRICIA HALL. More
ALA BABA & THE FORTY THEVES.
Boston: Houghton Mifflion, [c.1945]. A peepshow panorama that folds our 360 degrees to display six multidimensional pop-up scenes with a ribbon ties to hold them open. More
ELFIN SONGS OF SUNLAND.
Berkeley, CA: Live Oak Publishing, (1920). Fourth edition. xii, 115p. Page decorations by Louise Keeler. Original publisher's binding of light blue cloth with darker blue titles on spine and upper cover, the upper cover with embossed design of Pan with pipes and a garland of grapes and leaves on his..... More
ELFIN SONGS OF SUNLAND.
Berkeley, CA: Live Oak Publishing, (1920). Fourth edition. xii, 115p. Page decorations by Louise Keeler. Original publisher's binding of light blue cloth with darker blue titles on spine and upper cover, the upper cover with embossed design of Pan with pipes and a garland of grapes and leaves on his..... More
FIX THE TOYS.
New York: William Norrow and Co., 1944. Oblong 8vo. Unpaged. 28 pages illustrated in color. Bound in color printed boards with matching dust jacket. The story involves eight toys whose heads are missing. The heads are in a envelope to be matched up with the headless toy and fixed by..... More
THE WATER-BABIES, A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY.
London: Macmillan, 1863. First edition. [viii], 350p, [i, ads]. Bound with half-title, lacking the l'envoi leaf. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half dark green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and stylized floral panel ornaments. Original cloth upper cover..... More
THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK.
New York: Abrams, 1980. First edition. Large, square 4to. Color-illustrated cloth with glassine wrapper with the titles in white. Fully illustrated including color fold-outs and a functioning pop-up. The definitive work on Sendak. More