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[London]: W. H. Allen [and Company], 1964. Reprint. Boards. Very good +/very good. Miroslav SASEK. Reprint. 4to; 60pp; color pictorial boards featuring a Queen's Guardsman in front of Buckingham Palace; color pictorial endpapers; color pictorials throughout text; light scuffing to board edges; unclipped color pictorial dustjacket, scuffing and chipping to edges, scuffing to rear; very good plus in vg dj. First issued in 1959, the book features lively illustrations which accompany the text in a tour of the city of London. The author and illustrator, Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980), was a Czech emigre to Paris from the city of Prague. He is best known for his series of books which tour children around the world and are titled, "This is...".

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1931. Staplebound. Very good. Large square 4to (10 1/2" x 12 1/2"); unpaginated [14pp]; heavy board wrappers; all pages board; chromolithographed illustrations every page; 2 1/2'' split of spine to first staple, pages holding tight, colors bright, light edge rubbing; very good.

Praze [Prague]: Nakladatelství Jos. R. Vilímek, 1930. Boards. Very good. Artuš SCHEINER. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [CZECH LANGUAGE]. Artuš SCHEINER, illustrator. English: Aquarius Ivan, Prague: Jos. R. Vilimek, Publisher 4to, 76, [1] pp; color pictorial front board depicting a dancing boy waving an American flag, watched by a man and woman sitting on a couch; red cloth shelf-back; blue and cream pictorial endpapers; title page in red and black ink, vignette of Ivanek in red; thick paper stock; tinted head and tail pieces; fp + 7 color plates tipped in; light edge wear to boards, age-toned paper and foxing throughout; very good. OCLC locates only 2 copies, one at Princeton University and the other at the National Library of the Czech Republic. This book is based loosely on the Czech legend of Vodník, the underwater creature living in the Vlatava River running through the city of Prague. In this tale, an underwater family, with a boy named Ivánek, lives under the Vyšehrad rock. Ivánek has… Read More

148-150 W. 46th St., New York: Jack Mills Inc, 1927. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. Jimmy McHUGH and Irving MILLS, music.. 12 1/4" x 9 1/8"; 5 [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Jack Mills, Inc., Jack Mills B'ld'g. 148-150 W. 46th St. New York on rear wrapper; very good plus.