1930. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN IN THE DEEP WOODS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1930). 95 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, mild edgewear to boards. Occasional light finger soil to interior. No... More
1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S FAIRY STORIES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). Unpaginated [89 + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series). 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, only light occasional finger soil and small abrasion to front cover near spine... More
1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S MAGICAL WISHES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). 94 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, light wear to edges of boards, occasional light finger soil in the text... More
1837. [JUVENILE] [HACK, Maria] STORIES OF ANIMALS, INTENDED FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN YEARS OLD. London: Printed for Darton and Harvey, 1837. 5th edition. 135 pp. + 1 pp. advertising. 24mo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Backstrip missing, both covers detached, as well as front flyleaf through... More
1913. WINTER, Milo. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. TANGLEWOOD TALES. Illustrated by Milo WINTER. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. (1913). Windermere Series. 283 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt lettering and color illustrated pastedown on front cover. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Near fine, minor shelfwear only. In good dust jacket with matching... More
1905. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1905. x + 210 pp. 8vo., rebacked in green cloth with original pictorial spine and covers laid down. Light soil, corners and spine bumped, a few scratches/cracks. Light soil to title... More
HAZARD, W. P. ANIMALS IN COSTUME, PARTS 1 - 6, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. Philadelphia: W. P. Hazard [n.d. ca. 1850s]. Publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt vignette on front cover, stamped in blind on rear board. 16 pp. each part including wrappers; eight woodcut illustrations, seven with verses, per... More
1817. HOFLAND, Mrs. THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER AND HER OFFSPRING; A TALE. New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1817. 16mo., pale salmon paper covered board, printed in black. Spine mostly chipped away; rear board missing. Moderate foxing to interior. Ink ownership to blank recto preceding title page. Text complete. Juvenile novel... More
HOFLAND, Mrs. THE HISTORY OF AN OFFICER'S WIDOW, AND HER YOUNG FAMILY. Boston: Munroe, Francis & Parker [n.d. ca. 1821]. 168 pp. 16mo., quarter green gilt-riled and lettered calf (sunned to brown) with original paper covered boards. Moderate wear yo boards, light soil, joints cracked, spine chipped at heel and... More
[HOWETT, Mary]. PICTURES AND VERSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. New York: Philip J. Cozens, [n.d., 19th Century?]. 12mo., red cloth with decorative blind-stamp, also lettered and decorated in gilt, hand-colored [?] illustrations. Ink inscription to ffep. As is: gilt dulled, with soil, and moderate edgewear to boards; foxing to prelims and... More
1861. HOWITT, Anna Mary. HOWITT, Mary. THE CHILDREN'S YEAR. Illustrated by Anna Mary HOWITT. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company, 1861. Reprint. 257 pp. 8vo., blue pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Boards sunned, worn at corners, heel and crown, spine slightly chipped with pale stain at heel. This... More
1841. HOWITT, Mary. STRIVE AND THRIVE. A Tale. New Haven [CT]: S. Babcock, Chapel Street, 1841. An early American edition, published within a year of the first edition. Wood-engraved frontispiece and a vignette on the title-page. 179 pp. 12mo., bound in contemporary yellow paper boards. The title-page information is printed... More
1925. PRICE, Hattie Longstreet. HUMPHREY, Grace. THE STORY OF THE JOHNS. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1925. 214 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf in 1925, a gift to a reader also named John; also a warm inscription from... More
1885. [JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES] Kobunsha. THE FIRST 13 VOLUMES OF THE JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES. This set of the series was published by the Hasegawa family when they were known as Kobunsha, working from an address in Minami Saegicho, Tokyo, their first address. The series began in 1885, printed... More
1918. [JAPANESE TOYS] KAWASAKI Kyosen, artist. OMOCHA JÛNI-SHI. N.P., N.D. {Osaka: Darumaya, Taisho 7 [1918]}, 12 double page color woodblock printed illustrations, covering the 12 signs of the Zodiac and presenting the most important children's dolls and toys for each animal. After drawings by Kawasaki Kyosen (1877-1942), one of the... More
1944. [JUVENILE] BOO-BOO THE BARRAGE BALLOON. England: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., Fine Art Publishers to Their Majesties, The King and Queen, and to Her Majesty Queen Mary, copyright [1944]. An illustrated war-time picture book for English children that tells the story of heroic Boo-Boo, a pachyderm inspired barrage balloon... More
1858. [LOWELL, Percival] A TREASURY OF PLEASURE BOOKS, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Illustrated by John ABSALOM, Harrison WEIR, et al. New-York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1858. unpaginated. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt and blind, gilt top edge. Cloth soiled, boards worn, rebacked. Coated brown endpapers with pencil ownership. Gift inscription... More
1935. KAWASAKI Kyosen. OMOCHA GAFU 10 vols. Ôsaka, Shôwa 7-10 [1932-5]. Each volume with printed paper title label, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. Complete set of this illustrated guide to Japanese playthings. Each 23.6 x 16.5 cm volume has 4 full page color woodblock-printed plates and one folding double-size woodblock print, hence... More
1925. KING, Frank. SKEEZIX AND PAL. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1925). First edition. 105 pp. 8vo., brown cloth with color pastedown on front cover. Top of spine has two small closed tears at joint. Minimal rubbing to cloth and cover. Colors bright. Front hinge starting. Gift inscription from... More
1860. KINGSTON, W. H. G. MY FIRST VOYAGE TO SOUTHERN SEAS. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. 528 pp. 12mo., violet cloth. Owners' personal bookplate on front pastedown, signature on ffep. Heel slightly frayed, gilt decorated spine faded. Some fraying to corners. Front board has gilt title and vignette. Block... More
1871. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, E. H. PUSS-CAT MEW, AND OTHER STORIES FOR MY CHILDREN. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 317 pp. 8vo., maroon cloth stamped in gilt and black, beveled boards. Spine sunned, moderate shelfwear, cloth splitting at front joint, boards rubbed and dampstained. Interior fine. Coated brown endpapers. Ink gift... More
1958. KRAUSS, Ruth. SOMEBODY ELSE'S NUT TREE and other tales from children. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1958). First edition. 8vo., red boards printed in white and black over black cloth, 43 pp.. Somewhat edgeworn, hinges tender. A very good copy with clean, bright text and illustrations. Children. More
1909. RACKHAM, Arthur. LAMB, Charles and Mary. TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London and New York: J. M. Dent and Co./E. P. Dutton & Co., 1909. 304 pp. Tall 8vo., green cloth with gilt decoration/lettering. Owner's ink signature on half-title. Very good, light shelfwear to heel and crown;... More
1843. LANGDON, WILLIAM CHAUNCY. The Game of English Blood Royal. New Orleans (1846). (80)ff. Third edition, revised and corrected; first stereotype edition, entered in the District Court of Massachusetts, 1846. Game consisting of 80 cards, measuring 3 3/4 by 2 3/4 inches. 36 cards represent monarchs. These show a woodcut... More
1953. LAWSON, Robert. LAWSON, Robert. MR. REVERE AND I. Being an Account of certain episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as recently revealed by his Horse, Scheherezade, late pride of His Royal Majesty's 14th Regiment of Foot. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. (1953). Limited first edition, signed &... More