Poetry from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897 229 pgs. TEG. Elaborately gilt-stamped green cloth, corners turned, light fraying to extremities, gift inscription and three ink stamps by a previous owner, occasional marks to text but clean over all. Children's rhymes by Eugene Field, selected from previously published collections, illustrated in b&w on nearly every page by Charles Robinson. . First… Read more about this item

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1910 Circa 1910. Color-printed, die-cut card wraps, edge & spine wear, loss to base of spine and at the edges of a few pages, pages brittle, will need to be handled with care. Illustrated with 6 pages printed in color, the balance in line. Fables and humorous verses about animals. The cover is… Read more about this item

New York: Margaret K McElderry , 1995 Glossy boards with cloth spine in color illustrated dust jacket with minor wear to extremities, original price intact ($16.00). Verses that contemplate what the animals do in a zoo at night, after the humans leave. Illustrated in color throughout by Antonio Frasconi. Martha Robinson's first book for children. Received positive… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983 Pictorial boards, upper cover very slightly bowed, faint spotting along lower edge, remainder mark to top edge, text clean and bright; matching dust jacket with tears and creasing, small losses, and foxing, original price intact ($9.95). Fairy Tales humorously retold in verse with updated, surprise endings by Dahl. Amusing artwork by… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 2002 Pictorial boards, slight signs of use but clean and tidy overall; matching dust jacket with some scuffs, but clean and complete with price intact ($15.99). Told in verse; how Mrs Biddlebox turns a bad day into a good night. Fabulous color artwork by Marla Frazee.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine.… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear and previous owner's name to endpaper, matching dust jacket with tiny edge chips, jagged closed tear to base of spine panel, original price intact (5050). Bright, beautiful color artwork depicting a rosy-cheeked Santa.. First Edition Thus. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Thelma Gooch. Folio.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969 Pictorial boards, light rubbing and soil, slight spine lean, one signature loosening; matching dust jacket with dust soil, wear and faint stains, original price intact ($5.95). The poetry of Gerald Huckaby illustrated and hand-lettered by Corita Kent. Dubbed "The Pop Art Nun," Corita Kent was a nun who left the church… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1965 Hard cover with cloth spine in pictorial dust jacket with an old price sticker on front flap, original price intact ($3.50). A second set of translations of Gasztold's poems with deocrations and initials by Jean Primrose. . First American Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jean Primrose. 8vo.

London Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 [1890] per Nat. Lib. Scotland. AEG. [24 pgs]. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, surface, edge and corner wear, light foxing throughout. The poem "Christmas Lights," illustrated on every page, 12 chromolithographs in color the balance in sepia. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by J Pauline Sunter. Oblong 12mo.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1882 Circa 1882. 10.75 x 8.5 in. (27 x 21 cm). Color printed card covers with light soil and surface wear, 2 inch tear to rear cover. Mother Goose rhymes illustrated with four full-page chromolithographs, a dual-page sepia centerfold and in-text artwork in sepia throughout. Illustrated by Walter Satterlee (per American Antiquarian Society). Pictorial Wraps. Very… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Golden Mill Press, 1961 79 pgs. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light edge wear and cover soil, previoius owner's name, pages slightly age-toned. Poems about the handicrafts of Poland illustrated with examples and scenes done in a folk-peasant style, plus photos of lace and fabrics. Just lovely. . First English Language Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by… Read more about this item

New York: Dodge Publishing, 1903 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, corners worn, abrasion to FFEP, occasional light reading wear, but overall clean and tidy. Also issued under the title "Jest-Nuts" by Caldwell, no priority known. A book of familiar proverbs and amusing verse accompanied by jolly artwork in limited color by L J Bridgman featuring humanized animals. A few of… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1908 130 pgs. Green cloth, pictorially gilt-stamped cover and spine, mild oxidation to gilt, bookplate to endpaper, occasional foxing and binding mildly shaken. 17 beautiful tipped-in color plates, guarded by captioned tissue. Including 3 double page plates. Decorative endpapers.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Woodroffe. 4to.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 Pictorial boards, bumping to corners, last few pages with tiny corner bends; matching dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners, original price intact ($12.95). Growltiger's Last Stand, The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles from Old Possum's Book of Practicle Cats. Illustrated with… Read more about this item

New York: Windmill Books, 1967 Green cloth, base of spine slightly bumped, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with some cover soil and two stray pen marks, original price intact ($4.95). A wonderfully creepy Mother Goose. Addams' first book for children and the first title published by Windmill Books.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Chas Addams.… Read more about this item

New York: R H Russell, 1902 Color pictorial boards wtih cloth spine, edges and corners worn, occasional finger marks. A rather gruesome book with verses and imagery about how animals are used and eventually killed by man, meant to be humorous, but most modern day readers will not be amused. Comic illustrations in limited color throughout. … Read more about this item

London: Ernest Nister, 1895 Circa 1895. Color printed card covers die-cut in the shape of a kitten, bound with ribbon, titled in gilt, mild edge wear, otherwise clean and bright. Contains title poem, plus Pussy's Lesson, Good Night, and A Snug Retreat, all signed Sheila (attributed to Sheila Braine). Illustrated in duotone by George Henry Thompson, depicting… Read more about this item

Chicago & Paris: J Philip O'Hara / Triannon Press, 1972 Blue cloth, slight fading to extremities; color pictorial dust jacket with edge wear and sunned spine, price-clipped. Reproductions of Blake's illustrations of verses by Thomas Gray, 16 are reproduced in color. Lovely book.. First American Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by William Blake. 4to.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1892 TEG. 126 pgs. Pale blue paper boards with vellum spine and corners, titled in gilt, housed in paper-backed, plain pale blue cloth dust jacket (jacket not noted in BAL). Limited to 250 copies, signed "Charles Scribners' Sons," preceding the trade edition by one month. A selection of Field's verses for children including Sugar-Plum Tree;… Read more about this item

Chicago: Melville E Stone, 1892 TEG. 200 pgs. Cloth spine & corners, leather spine label, light shelf wear and darkening along top edge, small hole in title label. A collection of Field's verse for adults and a few for a juvenile audience. #152 of 300 copies, signed by the printer, John Wilson & Sons. BAL 5751. . Signed by Printer.… Read more about this item