Cleveland, OH: Central Publishing House, [1899]. Slim 16mo (15cm.); publisher's brown cloth lettered and ruled in black; 94pp. Boards rather bumped and rubbed with some light soiling to covers and text block, tiny hole mid-spine, contemporary juvenile pencil notes to endpapers, later pen ownership signature to front free endpaper; Good..... More
Chicago: Pleasure Books, Inc / A Blue Ribbon Press Book, 1935. First Edition. Square octavo. Unpaginted. Three illustrated pop-ups; black and white illustrations. Illustrated boards. Light edgewear to boards with some scuffing and a pencil marking to front, and a small chip to front board near fore-edge. Binding..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1938. First Thus. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket worn and chipped along edges with some rubbing to joints. One inch closed tear along top..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company Publishers, 1927. First Trade Edition. Quarto. 268 pp. 7 color plates, complete; black and white in-text illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue board stamped in black and gilt; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with a touch of..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1921. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Frontispiece + four additional black and white plates. Green cloth stamped in black with color illustration mounted to front board. No dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Illustration rubbed at edges. Binding is sound..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. 203 pages. Frontispiece + two additional black and white plates. Green cloth stamped in black with color illustration mounted to front board. No dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Illustration rubbed at edges. Slight lean to..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Frontispiece + two additional black and white plates. Green cloth stamped in black with color illustration mounted to front board. No dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure, most heavily a patch along top edge..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [n.d. but ca. 1924?]. Reprint. Large octavo. 285 pp. 8 color plates by Tenggren, complete. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt with front pictorial pastedown. Red topstain; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket chipped along edges with several closed tears incl. a longer tear to..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co., 1914. First Edition. Large octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout; black and white frontispiece. Blue cloth spine over illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Boards worn along edges with exposure and some light general smudging. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [1914]. Presumed First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Large octavo. Unpaginated. Poems with black and white illustrations and color illustrations to facing pages. White cloth stamped in brown with front pictorial pastedown. No dust jacket. Light smudging and spotting to boards. Binding..... More
Joliet, IL: The P.F. Volland Company, 1922. Eleventh Printing. Square octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations. Illustrated boards. Publisher's illustrated box. Publisher's bookmark laid in. Boards show light wear to corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Box worn at extremities with some general smudging and spottong, but structurally sound. More
![In Powder & Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales [Large Paper Issue]. Arthur Quiller-Couch, Kay Nielsen](/pictures/thumb/10576.jpg?v=1629216836)
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. First Edition, Large Paper Issue with 26 Plates. Large quarto (31.5cm.); publisher's vegetable vellum-backed paper-covered boards, black morocco gilt-lettered spine label, top edge gilt, housed in later blue clamshell box; xii,[13]-163pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and twenty-five plates, each accompanied with printed tissue-guard, additional vignettes..... More
![Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes [Signed Limited Edition]. Arthur Rackham](/pictures/thumb/10714.jpg?v=1629825693)
New York: The Century Co., [1913]. Limited First U.S. Edition; a run of 150 copies signed by Rackham on limitation page, this being #59. Quarto. 158 pp. Thirteen color plates, including frontis, mounted on heavy brown paper with lettered tissue guards; one additional black and white plate, "Little Bo-peep" tipped..... More
New-York: J.E.D. Comstock, [1847]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary half sheep over marbled boards; vi,[153]-426,[2],[9]-148pp.; 24 leaves of plates including 12 colored botanicals, woodcuts throughout text. Boards rather rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription of a Mary Hart to front free endpaper, rear endpaper torn away, else Very Good and sound, complete..... More
![Maisie & Her Dog Snip in Fairyland [Cover title: Maisie and Her Dog Snip in Fairyland]. Bennet...](/pictures/thumb/10607.jpg?v=1629143029)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's tan pictorial cloth stamped in four colors, [8],164pp.; two-toned (black and peach) frontispiece, eight leaves of plates, text illus. and vignettes throughout. Light shelf wear, chiefly at spine ends, spine cloth a shade darkened and slightly spotted, corners gently..... More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and the Viking Press, 1937. First Edition. Quarto (29.5x22x1cm); unpaginated [30pp]. Fourteen full-page color illustrations, with a similar number of vignettes and decorative motifs as marginalia. Illustrated dustjacket in metallic gold and three colors. Jade green boards with dark green lettering and frieze..... More
![Pieces of Eight [Nos. 1-10]. Boy Scouts of America - Troop 8](/pictures/thumb/7268.jpg?v=1600458386)
Worcester, MA?: Boy Scouts of America Troop 8, 1949. Ten volumes; small 12mo (18cm.); each issue comprised of a single sheet folded into 4-paneled brochure; text and illus. printed mimeograph. A hint of wear, else a Very Good or better collection. Possibly unrecorded newsletter issued by the Boy Scouts..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Loo Co., 1920. First Edition. Small quarto; 243pp. Eight color illustrations with tissue guards including frontis, all present. Publisher's green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and borders and mounted color illustration to front. Top edges gilt. Boards are clean, sturdy, and square, with light bumping at top..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Color frontis, 8 full-page black and white illustrations, and black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Blue boards stamped in yellow. Boards lightly worn along extremities with some general spotting. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Color frontis, 8 full-page black and white illustrations, and black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in yellow. Dust jacket chipped along edges with a dime-sized chip near top of spine. General..... More
![Rootabaga Stories [Signed]. Carl Sandburg, Maud and Miska Petersham, Maud, Miska Petersham](/pictures/thumb/8941.jpg?v=1615499121)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. First Edition. Signed by Sandburg to preliminary with inscription, "D.G. McCarn - yours zigzag - Carlo Sandburg," with the "o" after Carl crossed out, presumably a mistake while signing from the author. Octavo. 230 pages. Color frontis,11 full-page black and white..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, [ca. 1929.] Third Edition. Quarto. 403 pp. Full color, two color, and black and white illustrations throughout. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, blue, gray, red, and green. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with some chewing and exposure to edges, spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition, first printing. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white and color illustrations. Cloth-backed color pictorial boards with yellow lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are worn along edges with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1932. Reprint. Folio. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along edges and joints with brief exposure. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked. Delightful children's book originally published in 1926. Includes chapters on the origin..... More
St. Louis: Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., 1926. First Edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with chipping and exposure along spine. Binding is sound. Some smudging to pages. Delightfully illustrated children's book includes chapters on the origin of the Twinkies, the..... More