Search Results: Titles starting with T from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913 Color pictorial boards with shelf wear and a gift inscription, else Near Fine; pictorial dust jacket with a few losses and wear...printed on such thin paper it's amazing it survived at all! A tale excerpted from Cecil Aldin's Merry Party. Illustrated with four color plates and one dual-page color plate, plus other artwork in line. Rare, especially in dust jacket.. First Separate Edition, American Issue. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. Square 8vo..

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1988 Orange boards with color pastedown; color illustrated dust jacket with a slightly darkened spine. A selection of rhymes from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature at Oxford. Illustrated by some of the most well-known artists of children's books, such as Sendak, Helen Oxenbury, Michael Foreman, etc.... First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Square 8vo.

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928 Orange cloth, dust soil, spine darkened, light wear to extremities. Illustrated with map endpapers, a color frontis and full page b&w artwork and smaller vignettes all by Flack. . Stated First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marjorie Flack. 8vo.

New York: Columbia Broadcasting System [1946]. Pictorial boards, shelf wear, corners rubbed, age-toned, 3" chip from base of spine. The story of two creatures known as glimps, one who sees in color and one in b&w. This was a promotion for the early days of color television. Included with this copy is a letter from the American Television Society, unrelated to the book, about attending a talk about starting a television station, particularly WPIX. The letter is signed by then ATS president, Don McClure. Both the book and letter are an interesting glimpse (sorry, couldn't help it) at the early days of American Television history.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket As Issued. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: H M Caldwell (1905), [1911]. Light green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green and black with a full color pastedown, light shelf wear. A collection of stories about two little dogs illustrated with 6 monochrome plates by L J Bridgman.. Reprint. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by L J Bridgman. 8vo.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1925 Circa 1925. Black cloth with minor signs of handling, but clean and bright; dust jacket worn with small losses and edge tears, faint stain to verso. Dickens' classic illustrated by Dunn in 10 striking color plates.. Reprint. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Fair. Illus. by Harvey Dunn. Thick 8vo.

New York: FSG (1976). Blue cloth in color illustrated dust jacket with light soil and foxing. Three children wander out on Hoshana Rabbah to see the sky open up and make wishes. Charming color artwork.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Irene Lieblich. Square 8vo.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1939 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, shelf wear, boards slightly bowed, crack at last signature but not broken; matching dust jacket with insect damage and wear, original price intact ($1.00). An uncommon picture book about the journey of a hobby horse from when it was made from a pine tree to how it goes on an adventure with other toys and eventually gets a crown. Wonderful illustrations in color and b&w.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Oblong 8vo.

New York: Platt & Munk, 1932 Thin paperbacked storybook with color cover, light wear and rubbing, no writing, rips or tears. Story and pictures after Beatrix Potter, illustrated in color and line.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Potter, Beatrix (After). Square 8vo.

Akron, OH: Whitman Publishing, 1934 Illustrated paper wraps, some darkening at edges, crease to one punch out, 1" tear to one page, all pieces present and intact. Each page printed one side only in color with punch-out figures that stand up to make a 3-dimensional scene. The text is taken from Beatrix Potter's classic, and most well-known tale and illustrated with fun and brightly colored stand-up pages.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Sidney Sage. Folio.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003 (first printing with full number line) 270 pgs. Illustrated paper over boards with a hint of shelf wear; in pictorial dust jacket, with no barcode/price sticker on the rear panel, no award seal. The story of Despereaux in love with a princess named Pea. His adventures lead him into dungeons, castles and up against a mean rat named Roscuro. Immensely popular Newbery Medal winner made into an animated film. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Timothy Basil Ering. 8vo.

Akron, OH: Whitman Publishing, 1934 Illustrated paper wraps, a few stains on blank pages, the book was used, but gently. Each page printed one side only in color with punch-out figures that stand up to make a 3-dimensional scene. The text is taken from Beatrix Potter's classic, and most well-known tale and illustrated with fun and brightly colored stand-up pages.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Sidney Sage. Folio.

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, Printed By J. Collord, 1838 128 pgs. Patterned paper boards with leather corners and spine, 1/2 of spine missing, foxing internally but still quite legible. Moral, ethical and historical teachings written for the Methodist Episcopal Church. A few small engravings throughout. One copy on OCLC, not in LOC or AAS. . Good -. 16mo.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928 (1918, but 1928 based on code D-C). 367 pgs. Black cloth with full color pastedown, spine gilt a trifle rubbed, foxing to margins of color plates; illustrated dust jacket heavily worn along folds and edges, small losses, original price intact ($1.75). Lamb's famous prose retellings of Shakespeare's plays. Jacket art, cover art and frontis contain the same artwork by Frank E Schoonover. The book is illustrated by Louis Rhead with 27 full-page b&w drawings, plus initials and partial-page artwork. There are three color plates not noted in the list of illustrations, they are color versions of b&w artwork appearing elsewhere: Page 80 of 96; page 200 of 214; and page 280 of 295. . Later Printing. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Louis Rhead & Frank Schoonover. Thick 8vo.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1938 323 pgs. Green cloth pictorially stamped in navy, light wear to extremities, binding slightly shaken, gift inscription. Prose retellings of Shakespeare plays. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, four color plates and 8 b&w plates by Frank Godwin. Originally published in 1924.. Later Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Godwin. 8vo.

New York: Meredith Press, 1969 249 pgs. Green cloth hard cover in illustrated dust jacket with edge wear and chips, price-clipped. A Bear, Ostrich, Owl and Goat set out on an adventure. Illustrated in b&w by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.. First American Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 8vo.

Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1839 Dark violet boards faded along spine and edges, elaborately blind stamped, titled in gilt, frontis with later, partial coloring else clean. A collection of tales in verse which fit with Thwaite's characterization of her work as "express sympathy for the poor...delight in nature and simple pleasures." Illustrated with small, charming engravings throughout. Originally published in England by Darton in 1836. Mary Howitt, a Quaker, was best known as the first to translate the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen to English and for her verses "The Spider and the Fly,"The Fairies of Caldon Lowe," and "The Sale of the Pet Lamb." Osborne page 68, Thwaite "From Primer to Pleasure in Reading" pages 134 & 142-3, Muir "English Children's Books" page 106.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 16mo.

Bucharest: Ion Creanga Publishing, 1977 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light wear, previous owner's name on endpaper.Children's verse with cute color artwork on every page, featuring humanized animals and insects.. First English Language Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ileana Ceausu-Pandele. Oblong 4to.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1937 (1935, 1937). Black cloth titled in silver, full color pastedown, previous owner's name, pages age-toned; illustrated dust jacket is worn with tears and small losses. Illustrated with a color frontis and 4 other color plates.. Later Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Paul Strayer. Tall 8vo.

New York: Julian Messner (1971). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light soil. Library binding but NOT x-lib. A collection of 15 Chinese folk tales with b&w artwork by Yang.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jay Yang. Square 8vo.