1857. THAYER, William M. THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE; OR, ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS DRAWN FROM THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE; A BOOK FOR YOUTH. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1857. With the bookplate of Augustus Lowell (related by marriage to Lawrence). 349 pp. 12mo., ribbed brown..... More
1954. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: BEING THE FIRST PART OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [and] The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1954. First American edition, Hammond & Anderson A5b.i, one of 1,500 copies bound in the United States with first edition sheets..... More
1954. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: BEING THE FIRST PART OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [and] The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1954. First American edition, Hammond & Anderson A5b.i, one of 1,500 copies bound in the United States with first edition sheets..... More
1952. SHEPARD, Mary. TRAVERS, P. L. MARY POPPINS IN THE PARK. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First American Edition. 235 pp. 8vo., blue cloth. Fine in very good dust jacket with light soil, several small closed tears and nicks, 1/4 inch chip to top of spine. Cheerful b/w..... More
1888. TROWBRIDGE, J. T. A START IN LIFE: A History of the Genesee Country. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1888. Later printing. (1904). Bound in red cloth with two color illustration to boards. Jacket has tear along one hinge but is otherwise fine. Binding is tight. Bears ownership inscription to..... More
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1893. [UNNAMED ARTIST] SAM'S PICTURE BOOK 1893 [HANDPAINTED CLOTH PICTURE BOOK]. 4to. Handsewn cloth-covered boards, with handpainted covers, and twelve cloth pages with two full-page paintings sewn back-to-back to make each leaf. Blue polka dot and pink floral cloth wallpaper serves as endpapers. The pages have some thumbing, and a...... More
1984. VAN ALLSBURG, Chris. THE MYSTERIES OF HARRIS BURDICK. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. First edition. [32] pp. 4to., terra cotta cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine and upper board. Fourteen evocative drawings suggest, but do not explain, the mysteries of Harris Burdick. Clean and crisp, in a like dust wrapper..... More
1927. WYETH, N. C. VERNE, Jules. MICHAEL STROGOFF, a Courier of the Czar. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1927). First edition thus, with Wyeth's illustrations: a color-illustrated title-page, nine color plates, and color-illustrated endpapers. (viii), 397 pp. Octavo, black cloth with a large color-illustrated label..... More
VON OLFERS, Sibylle. WINDCHEN. Esslingen und Munchen: J. F. Schreiber [n.d. ca. 1920s] Ninth edition. [16 pp.] Oblong 4to., half cloth with color pictorial paper covered boards. Good, slight tanning and rubbing to front cover, edge tanning and crayon marks to rear cover. Endpapers and interior pages tanned at edges..... More
1904. WAIN, Louis. WAIN, Louis. IN ANIMAL LAND WITH LOUIS WAIN. London: S. W. Partridge & Co. [1904]. [52] pp. + 4 pp. advertisements. 4to., red and green paper covered boards, front board with color illustration by Wain. Very good, spine with moderate tiny chipping, slightly affecting title. Corners slightly..... More
1931. WALT DISNEY STUDIO STAFF. MICKEY MOUSE STORY BOOK. Philadelphia: David McKay Company (1931). Story and Illustrations by the Staff of Walt Disney Studio. 62 pp. 8vo., blue cloth spine over flexible color pictorial cardboard covers. Near fine. A small crease/paper repair to top corner of front cover and first..... More
1949. WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. WALT DISNEY'S BAMBI. New York: Simon and Schuster [1949]. 32 pp. 4to., color pictorial boards with a fuzzy texture to Bambi's coat. 12 pages within have this special attribute. Fully illustrated in color. Near fine, minor corner wear, clean and bright. In near fine color illustrated..... More
1940. WALT DISNEY STUDIOS. WALT DISNEY'S FIGARO AND CLEO. New York: Random House, 1940. unpag. 8vo., yellow cloth spine, yellow/color pictorial boards. Near fine, touch of wear to corners, boards and spine clean and bright. In very good plus dust jacket, minor chips and a few tiny edgetears, slightly rubbed..... More
[WARNE, Frederick, PUBLISHER]. OUR ANIMAL PICTURE BOOK. London and New York: Frederick Warne [n.d. ca. 1880]. 14 pp. Oblong 4to, paper wrappers and pages mounted on linen. Bright colors. Spine split, front cover nearly detached. Some rubbed spots and small chips to edges of covers,slightly affecting publishing details text. Few..... More
1946. ROJANKOVSKY, Feodor. WEAVER, Elsa Jane. THE GOLDEN BIBLE: From the King James Version of the Old Testament. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. A Giant Golden Book de luxe edition. First printing. 4to., 1/4 cloth, tan spine with color pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrated in color and b/w. Near..... More
1863. [WHITNEY, Adeline Dutton Train] BOYS AT CHEQUASSET; or, "A Little Leaven." By the Author of "Faith Gartney's Girlhood." Boston: Loring, (1863). Second edition. Small 8vo, 258 pp.; pink cloth. Christmas 1863 inscription. Some foxing, cloth faded, worn at extremes. About very good... More
1907. LP. WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA. Illustrated. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1907). Early reprint. The spine is faded but the decorated cover remains sharp, making this a near fine copy in a dust jacket sunned at the spine and faded with small chips and edge tears..... More
1925. WILLENBORG, Lee. OLD RUDDY AND OTHER FOREST PEOPLE. Pictures by J. Clinton Shepherd. Chicago, NY: Rand McNally & co., (1925). First edition. 8vo., brick cloth with color pictorial, pictorial endpapers & illustrations. Ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf. Just a few pressure marks to a lightly bowed top board; a...... More
1907. WILLIAMS, George Alfred. WILLIAMS, Clara Andrews. THE STORIES THAT GLUE TOLD. Illustrated by George Alfred Williams. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. [16 pp. + cutouts] Oblong folio, half cloth (blue) with color illustrated paper covered boards. Good, dampstaining to edges of boards, including about 1 inch into..... More
1912. WILSON, Clara Powers. WILSON, Clara Powers, illustrator. RED RIDING HOOD. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1912. unpaginated. Small 4to., stapled limp linen throughout, five pages in color, the rest printed in brown. Light soil and edgewear to covers. Charming illustrations. Very good. More
1880. FAE. YONGE, Charlotte. YOUNG FOLKS HISTORY OF FRANCE. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, (1880). First American edition. The binding is askew and the endpapers are soiled. The boards are moderately worn along the edges, making this a very good copy. More
1924. YOUNG, Lillian E. PUSSY-WILLOW'S NAUGHTY KITTENS. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls (1924). 54 pp. 4to., orange cloth stamped in black with color pastedown on front cover. This copy includes the rather large aluminium sheet that contains the prohibition from cutting the folded leaves, in addition to a...... More