CROSSING THE PLAINS
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1942. Softcover. Stiff pictorial wraps; 12 pages including covers, all in color. Stand-up punch-outs of cowboys and wranglers.
Children's Literature
FAVORITE MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES
The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., (1937). Eulalie. First Edition. Softcover. Illustrated covers, printed on linen; 12 pages all in color illustrated by Eulalie. The hardcover edition seems to be much more common.
PICTURE ABC BOOK (Linen No. 865)
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts cats and kittens, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color.
SAILOR. Construction Kit
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, n.d. [1950s]. Softcover. Pictorial wraps; 8 pages including covers. Stand-up sailors and punch-outs of sailors and soldiers.
TOYLAND ABC (Linen No. 866)
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. [early 1900s]. Softcover. Pictorial linen; 8 pages including covers. Front cover, which depicts a rooster, and rear cover along with two internal pages in color. A few images are negative stereotyped depictions of African-Americans including a Golliwog and a Mammy.
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #834 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist.....
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Octavo (6-3/8" x 10") bound in half brown morocco and gold-stamped, wood-grain paper sides. Illustrated with color plates by Everett Gee Jackson. Retold by Louis Untermeyer and with a foreword by him. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist.....
AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
London: 19 June 1973. Letter. Wonderful AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, 3-1/2 pages, to the creator of the cover art for the Puffin edition of WATERSHIP DOWN which was published in June 1973 becoming a bestseller and responsible for establishing the book in the public's eye. Adams praises the artist's work: "Fiver's.....
FABLES, OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS: WITH MORALS AND REFLEXIONS
London: John Gray and Co., [1890]. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/4" x 12") in half leather and marbled boards with leather corners, gilt-decorated and lettered spine; 476 pages. Facsimile of the 1669 third edition printed for R Sare, et al. translated by Sir Roger l'Estrange. Engraved frontispiece.
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM): Two Pages from JACK AND JILL: A VILLAGE STORY
no date [1880]. Manuscript. Two 7-5/8" x 9-3/4" pages of AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT on two lined sheets of paper consisting of @300 words completely in Alcott's hand. In part: "'Jill goes wherever Jack does & he lets her. He's such a good-natured chap he can't say No.' 'To a girl,' shyly.....
THE COMPLETE ANDERSEN
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1949). Fritz Kredel. Hardcover. Six large octavo volumes (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half blue buckram stamped with genuine aluminum leaf and decorated paper boards. This marks the first publication of all 168 stories by Andersen, not simply his better known fairy tales, all translated.....
SIGNED CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH
Portland [ME]: Lamson, n.d. Photograph. Wonderful SIGNED photograph (2-1/2" x 3-7/8") of Hans Christian Andersen seated at a small table and holding an open book. On the otherwise blank verso of the photograph, Andersen has written, in English, "The first moment of arrival at home is however the Bouquet of.....
SOME BOYS AND GIRLS IN AMERICA
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1923). Margaret T. Applegarth. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of Home Mission stories illustrated by the author.
THE BOY WHO COULD DO ANYTHING & OTHER MEXICAN FOLK TALES
New York: William R. Scott, (1942). Jean Charlot. First Edition. hardcover. Pictorial green cloth, likely the first issue with the dustwrapper having only two titles listed on the rear inside flap. Illustrated with line drawings by Jean Charlot.
BYERLY'S NEW AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK, CALCULATED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, IN THE UNITED STATES
Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1827. New Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-3/4" x 6-1/2") in original sheep-backed boards; 167 pages. Shoemaker 28348. Illustrated with small woodcuts, about half of which are crudely colored by hand. The title page bears a large woodcut of a variation of the United States Presidential Seal, similar.....
THE LITTLE BABY SNOOGLE-FLEEJER
New York: Times Books, (1995). Amy Carter. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to Emily "Best wishes/Jimmy Carter" by the author on the title page. Books signed in full by the former President and Nobel Prize winner are much less common than those with his first name initialed.....
THE LITTLE BABY SNOOGLE-FLEEJER
New York: Times Books, (1995). Amy Carter. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. SIGNED ("J. Carter") by the author and also by the illustrator, Amy Carter, on the title page.
TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to ----" and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the half title page. Books inscribed by Carter, especially with his.....
TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Third printing. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to ----" and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the half title page. Books inscribed by Carter, especially.....
TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
New York: Dutton Children's Books, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs.
FAMILIAR ANIMALS
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1904. First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps; [10] pages. Part of the Friendly Animal Series. Brief stories about a horse, a cow, and a calf. Illustrated with a chromolithographed cover and 4 full-page color plates.
PUNCH AND JUDY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. George Cruikshank. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #1208 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed.....
PUNCH AND JUDY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. George Cruikshank. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #1477 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed.....
PUNCH AND JUDY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. George Cruikshank. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed. Issued unsigned. Of a......
PUNCH AND JUDY
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. George Cruikshank. Hardcover. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #565 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed.....