Search Results: Authors starting with W from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1942 Pictorial boards with rubbing to extremities, tiny stain to title page. A little switch engine proves his worth against a more powerful train. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout.. Early Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clarence Biers. Small Square 8vo.

New York: Putnam (1973). Reinforced pictorial binding; matching dust jacket with light wear at extremities and small abrasion on front panel. Adaptation of Beaumont's 18th Century tale about a man who is the ugliest, but most intelligent, in the whole kingdom, who is in love with the most beautiful, but least intelligent woman in the kingdom. Mediaeval inspired b&w artwork by Winter. NOT x-lib.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Paula Winter. Oblong 4to.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898 Cream cloth pictorially stamped in three colors with a design by George Wharton Edwards, covers rubbed, binding slightly shaken, light soil to text and versos of illustrations. The tale of a mischievous monkey and his fate. Illustrated with 16 full page b&w plates by Louis Wain, in a style unlike his famous cats. Dale #150, . First American Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Wain & George Wharton Edwards (Cover only). 12mo.

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1986 Pictorial softcover with small tear at top of spine, pencil & pen notations on a number of pages. A selection of poems from 7 of Walcott's collections. Received the 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry. Walcott received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Derek Walcott (Cover Art). Thick 8vo.

Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1946 Stiff card cover printed in color. A collection of easy-to-read stories with fantasy elements, such as dwarves, fairies, etc... with questions following each story as exercises in reading retention and comprehension. Illustrated in color throughout. No copies on OCLC.. Near Fine. Illus. by Frances MacBrayne. 8vo.

Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, light cover soil, minor edge rubbing, front hinge re-enforced, rubbed spot on first page. A collection of short verses by famed authors and poets, each poem surrounded by color chromo illustrations with illuminated accents, printed on one side of paper only. A very lovely Victorian era book, printed by Armstrong & Co of Boston, MA.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Slim Oblong Folio.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1995 69 pgs. Paper boards with foil stamped titling, cloth spine in a color pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped else fine. A collection of tales and legends from around the world, all about giants. Beautifully rendered and detailed color plates by Bernardin as well a smaller b&w artwork.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by James Bernardin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Illustrated with cut paper and material. Inscribed by Nancy Wallace on the half-title page.. Signed by Artist. 3rd Printing. Fine/Fine. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908 Bright violet covers with elaborate gilt, green and cream design, spine sunned, light wear at spine ends. Excerpted from Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ, illustrated with four color plates.. First Edition. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Sigismond Ivanowski. 8vo.

New York: Golden Books, 2001 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Picture book with cut paper and material illustrations. . Inscribed By Artist. Later Edition. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990 Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket, slightly darkened. Illustrated in b&w and color. Australian author/illustrator.. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Oblong 4to.

New York: Random House, 1985 Glazed boards, miniscule tear at edge of one pop-up not affecting its operation. Six fun pages of pop-ups or moveable elements to help Mickey explain the usefulness of different shapes.. First Printing. Near Fine. Illus. by Walt Disney Studio. Narrow 8vo.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1932 Cloth bound hard cover with minor wear at extremities; illustrated dust jacket with chips, wear, archival mends, missing pieces at edges. Continued stories of Jonathan Drew, this time he leaves the quiet setting of New England and ventures to Santa Fe. This is the author's copy, his bookplate affixed to endpaper.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. 8vo.

Chicago: KRim Ko, 1933 Color printed wraps, sunned, wear to extremities, loss from base of spine, clean internally. Two children are taken on a trip around the world by a humanized milk bottle to see where food comes from and how it is produced Illustrated in full and partial color throughout. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Keith Ward. 4to.

New York: Ariel Books, 1953 96 pgs. Pictorially stamped boards with cloth spine, shelf wear and fading to edges, a few marks internally but generally clean and sound; color pictorial dust jacket heavily worn wtih stains and losses, original price intact ($3.95). Mexican history with gorgeous, full-page color artwork and b&w artwork throughout by Lynd Ward.. Early Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Lynd Ward. 4to.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1944 Beige cloth, small stain at top edge else near fine; color illustrate dust jacket is age toned and chipped along edges, faint stain at top edge. After studying and visiting China after WWI, Ms. Ward was inspired to write this story of two children, left homeless by war, who go in search for their remaining family. Beautiful illustrations in color and b&w by Helen Sewell.. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Helen Sewell. 4to.

London & New York: Frederick Warne, 1965 Beige cloth pictorially stamped in color and gilt, knock to fore edge. A history of the publishing company highlighting their most successful authors and artists, such as Beatrix Potter, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, etc... Illustrated with full color, part color and b&w artwork throughout.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1954 Blue cloth hard cover with light shelf wear and previous owner's name on fly leaf; color pictorial dust jacket with light chipping to corners and spine ends, original price intact ($2.00). A story about what happens during a thunderstorm, in an attempt to demonstrate how thunderstorms form and how they are experienced by people and creatures on the ground. Illustrated in b&w throughout.. Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Clara Jo Stember. 4to.

London: George Allen & Unwin No date, circa 1950s.. Pictorial paper over boards, light spine wear, offsetting to endpapers. A history of rural life through the ages in Great Britain and Ireland. Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Margaret Clark and Rosemary Aldridge. Oblong 8vo.

New York: McCall (1970). Hard cover in dust jacket with a few faint stains on spine. Paper clip marks from where buisness card of Robert Stein, who was the Vice President of McCall Publishing at one time, was attached to FFEP.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.