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Boston: American Tract Society, 1862 87 pgs. Violet hard cover stamped in gilt and blind, spine and edges faded, shelf wear, a few pages with corner creases, otherwise a well-preserved copy. Illustrated with partial page b&w artwork throughout. I located two institutional copies, not in AAS.. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 24mo.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with price intact ($17.99). A poem about a little girl's rainy day spent with her mother. Gorgeously illustrated with paintings by the author. Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Cozbi A Cabrera. 4to.

New York: Macmillan, 1931 Mustard cloth pictorial stamped in red, cloth worn through at extremities, A selection of familiar American tunes for children grouped by region. Illustrated with partial-page, b&w artwork by Harrison Cady. An uncommon book, made extra-special by an original color drawing and inscription by Harrison Cady. . Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Cady. Oblong 4to.

New York: Frederick Warne & Co. (1978). Brown cloth in illustrated dust jacket with wear at rear spine fold, spine ends lightly chipped, closed tear. A selection of writings about Caldecott plus reproductions of some of his most famous picture books.. First Trade Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Thick Oblong 4to.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps, front cover printed in color, edge wear, closed tear near base of spine, old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text, a nonsense verse, was written by Samuel Foote, allegedly to test the actor Macklin, who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through (Osborne pg 63). Illustrated with 6 color plates, the balance in line. The best part is there is a bear wearing a dress!. Thwaite pg 197, Muir (English Children's Books) pg. 199, and British Book Illustrators 1860-1900, pg 36, C20. . Early Edition. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Collier Books, 1966 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear; matching dust jacket slightly wavy, 2 pinholes in spine fold, original price intact ($2.95). After their mother chases a fawn out of the yard for eating her flowers, two children devise a plan to keep the fawn coming back to the yard without harming their garden. Illustrated in b&w in a style typical to the era--the illustrator's first children's book. . Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ben Wohlberg. 8vo.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1991 Illustrated hard cover with light soil and shelf wear, foxing to top edge of text block, perfume odor from previous owner.. When his mother gives him permission to invite two raccoons to his birthday party, Raccoon finds other animals, in numbered sets, who would like to come. Cute color artwork throughout. First Printing. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Beth Weiner Lipson. 8vo.

San Diego: Harcourt, 2004 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. The story of a young hyena in the African savana. Fabulous color artwork.. First Printing. As New/As New. Square 4to.

Paris: Desclee De Brouwer, 1935 Circa 1935. Color pictorial boards with cloth spine, cover soil and shelf wear, some roughness to inner hinges and bubbling to endpapers, otherwise clean. A large and beautiful circus-themed picture book with text in French, illustrated with 6 full-page color lithos and one fabulous dual-page color centerfold in the style of the Russian constructivist art.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Santa Rosa. Large Square 4to.

New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1953 (After 1958). Boards with cloth spine, pages slightly darkened at edges, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with light dust soil and light wear, original price clipped. A companion to A Bell for Ursli. A little girl in the mountains of Switzerland rescues an abandoned bird and looks after him. What will become of him once he is grown enough to return to the wild? Lovely color artwork throughout.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Selina Chonz. Large Oblong 4to.

New York: Philomel Books, 1996 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, slightly age-toned. Autobiography with photos and color reproductions of his work.. First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart (1937). Beige cloth, tiny big of wear at extremities; illustrated dust jacket with small losses at corners and top of spine. American folk stories, originally collected for Carmer's radio program. Nice b&w artwork throughout.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Black Carmer. 8vo.

New York: Mayflower Books, 1979 Pictorial boards, bumping to extremities, a number of pages with tiny corner crease to bottom edge; matching dust jacket with a few tears at top of spine. A facsimile reprint of The Nursery Alice.. First Edition of Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Tenniel (Cover By E. Gertrude Thomson. 4to.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter / Bramhall House, 1960 (1960), but later. Cloth hard cover, light shelf wear, pages age-toned, stain in gutter of two pages; in dust jacket with slightly sunned spine, foxing to verso, price-clipped. Annotated text of both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Notes and introduction by Martin Gardner.. 6th Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by John Tenniel. Thick 4to.

New York: Sterling, 2009 Blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket with a tiny nick at top of spine. A contemporary illustrated edition of Carroll's classic.. 5th Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Ingpen. Large Thick 8vo.

London: Denis Archer, 1932 76 pgs. Red cloth ruled in blind, titled in gilt, spine gilt darkened, sporadic light foxing. Selected early writings from the periodical, The Train.. Second Impression. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by C H Bennett & W McConnell. 12mo.

Mount Vernon, NY: A. Colish, 1983 117 pgs. Floral pattern cloth with gilt stamped spine and cover labels, a hint of wear to extremities, else fine. One of 975 copies, designed by Bert Clarke and letterpress printed for friends and clients of the fine press printer A. Colish. Illustrated with the original Alice artwork by John Tenniel, reproduced from 3 sources: China Paper Proofs lent by the Rosenbach Library, a 1866 re-printing of the first edition and lastly from Proofs reprinted from the woodblocks that were re-engraved for the 1932 LEC edition of Alice. The frontis is hand-colored. Laid into the book is a greeting from the publisher which is signed by the then, president Steven J Abramson. The press of Abraham Colish is best known as a printer / collaborator with the Limited Editions Club, working with Bruce Rogers and for printing limited editions and lithographs for Rockwell Kent. Kent designed Colish's logo, which appears on the colophon of this book. An uncommon fine press edition of… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1885 19.5 x 13 cm. (7.5 x 5.25 in). 192 & 224 pgs + 22 pgs of ads. Red cloth titled in gilt with gilt stamped device of the Cheshire Cat to upper cover and the White Queen in blind on lower cover, cover soil, spine ends frayed, corner off one page, finger soil to text pages, a number of corner creases, front hinge tender. An early printing of the first combined edition Illustrated by John Tenniel. . Cloth Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Tenniel. 8vo.

Wiesbaden: Vollmer Verlag, 1962 [1962] per DNB, but later with no printed price and thinner text paper. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, slight crimping to base of spine else fine; pictorial dust jacket with mild wear and crimping to base of spine. A German language edition of Alice in Wonderland with lovely line art throughout by Brigitte Seelbach-Caspari. . Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Brigitte Seelbach-Caspari. 8vo.

Meriden, CT: International Silver Co, 1939 42 pgs. Illustrated wraps with barely-mentionable wear and dust soil. A sort of parody of Alice's trial from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The end goal is to teach the reader the proper placesetting for silverware. Illustrated with line art printed in red ink. Uncommon.. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Farrar. 8vo.