Fenn, Patricia; Malpa, Alfred P

Rewards of Merit: Tokens of a Child's Progress and a Teacher's Esteem As an Enduring Aspect of American Religious and Secular Education

The Ephemera Society of America, (1994). (1994). The Ephemera Society of America, (1994). (1994). Very good. - Oblong quarto, gray cloth backed with rust brown calf & titled in gilt. 2 square keyholes lined with rust brown calf are cut in the cloth of the front cover. 224 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine but without the slipcase nor the separate portfolio of facsimiles.

Limited edition of 175 copies signed by the authors and the designer Jack Golden. This copy is unnumbered.

40 copies of the limited edition were decorated with reproductions of medals which were mounted within the panels on the front cover. These medals are not present in this copy. Very good .

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Book number: 22989

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; EDUCATION; REWARD OF MERIT; PATRICIA FENN; ALFRED P. MALPA; JOHN GOLDEN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; REFERENCE; ILLUSTRATIONS; EPHEMERA SOCIETY OF AMERICA; LIMITED EDITION.

F. F. [Fern, Fanny]

Mrs. Mcallister's Company / and Other Stories by Famous Authors

Boston: D. Lothrop and Company,circa [1882]. [1882]. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company,circa [1882]. [1882]. Good. - Small octavo, pictorial tan cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & in tan within a gilt rectangle on the spine with a floral image in red, green & gilt on the cover & spine. The binding is bumped, rubbed & lightly soiled. The head of the spine is chipped & there are small pieces out of the left side & tail. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 20 wood-engraved plates & with head- and tail-pieces. There is an 1882 ink gift inscription on the front endpaper. There is occasional foxing & staining & the book is slightly cocked. Good.

A title in the series "Midwinter Tales".The author of the book, "F.F.", is possibly the American children's book writer Fanny Fern, pseudonym of Sara Willis. Daniel Lothrop published at Franklin Street Boston from !875 to 1887.

Plate 5 is signed "K. P.", plate 11 "Kilburn" and plate 12 "W. L. S."

Rare. No copies of this work were found in WorldCat. Good .

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Book number: 31220

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; MRS. MCALLISTER'S COMPANY AND OTHER STORIES; WOOD-ENGRAVED PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Finley, Martha.

Elsie on the Hudson and Elsewhere.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company Publishers, (1898). (1898). - Small octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped. The spine is faded with the head lightly chipped. [iv] & 329 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. There is light soiling to the title page & a small stain & light soiling to the rear endpaper. Good.

The 23rd title in the Elsie Dinsmore series. An early edition, possibly a first. Good .

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Book number: 11575

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ELSIE DINSMORE BOOKS; MARTHA FINLEY; ELSIE ON THE HUDSON.

Fleury, Lame.

L'Histoire Moderne Racontee a la Jeunesse. 2 Volumes in 1.

Paris: Charles Borrani/A. Allouard / New-York: Roe Lockwood & Son, 1847. 1847. - Small octavo [5-5/8 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide], marbled boards backed with green calf & titled in gilt between gilt rules on the spine. The leather is rubbed & scuffed with the head of the spine chipped. The boards are bumped with the paper chipped & rubbed away at the corners. [iv], iv & 348 pages; and [iv] & 460 pages. The pastedowns, endpapers and preliminaries are foxed. There are several owners' ink & pencil names on the front pastedown & endpaper with some pencil notes on the rear endpaper. Several top & bottom page corners are bumped. Good. Third edition. "Ouvrage autorise par le Conseil Royal de l'Instruction Publique". The half-title reads: "Cours d'Histoire Racontee aux Enfants et a la Jeunesse adopte pour la methode elementaire de M. Levi". The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 27778

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: HISTORY; EUROPEAN HISTORY; CHILDREN'S JUVENILE; SCHOOL BOOK; L'HISTOIRE MODERNE RACONTEE A LA JEUNESSE; M. LAME FLEURY M. LEVI; COURS D'HISTOIRE RACONTEE AUX ENFANTS ET A LA JEUNESSE; OUVRAGE AUTORISE PAR LE CONSEIL ROYAL DE L'INSTRUCTION

(Flinzer, Fedor [1832-1911]).

Jugendbrunnen: Alte Reime Mit Neuen Bildern.

Berlin: Franz Lipperheide, 1883. 1883. - Small quarto, 7-5/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Gray pictorial cloth titled in red & black with a colored illustration on the front cover. The covers are rubbed bumped & soiled with light stains. There is wear to the corners and to the head and tail of the darkened spine. 28 & [1] pages, with pages 5 through 29 printed on one side only. Profusely illustrated with stencil hand-colored pictorial title, vignettes & illustrations surrounding the text on each leaf. The front endpaper is detached with a contemporary owner's inscription on the verso. There is a very light ink notation along the top of the flyleaf & an ink notation along the top of the title. The page edges are slightly darkened with occasional light soiling. Good. Third thousand. A delicately hand-colored work. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 34610

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; HAND-COLORED; NURSERY RHYMES; GERMAN; ILLUSTRATOR; FEDOR FLINZER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; JUGENDBRUNNEN; RARE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Slobodkin, Florence and Louis.

Too Many Mittens. [Inscribed & Signed with an Original Color Drawing by Louis Slobodkin].

New York, NY: The Vanguard Press, Inc. (1958). (1958). - Small quarto, 10 inches high by 8 inches wide. Bound in light grayish-blue cloth illustrated with a clothes-line of mittens, in a pictorial dust wrapper illustrated by the author. The original price is printed at the bottom of the jacket's front flap. Some of the light blue color has faded in spots on the cover. There are minor chips to the corners and head & tail of the dust jacket's spine with a short tear to the top edge of the jacket's rear panel. [32] unnumbered pages, with profuse color illustrations by Louis Slobodkin, including several double-page illustrations. Very good. First edition. A wonderful presentation copy, illustrated with an original color drawing on the from endpaper depicting a red mitten hanging from a clothes line, inscribed "For Melissa / with love / and this special red mitten", signed by both Florence Slobodkin and Louis Slobodkin with a smaller color drawing of a blanket spread out on a beach between two palm trees, dated "Miami 1971". Very good .

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Book number: 97647

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; TOO MANY MITTENS; LOUIS SLOBODKIN; FLORENCE SLOBODKIN; FIRST EDITION; CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; ORIGINAL DRAWING; COLOR DRAWING; VANGUARD PRESS; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; AUT

[Forbes, Gerritt Van Husen]. (1795-1863).

The Life of Benjamin West. The Great American Painter. Written for Children / by the Author of Green Mountain Annals, Uncle John's New-York Evening Tales, &C, &C.

New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl Street, 1837. 1837. New-York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl Street, 1837. 1837. Fair. - 16mo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in printed green wrappers with the frontispiece & the last text page pasted to the wraps, as published. The front cover copy is printed within a triple decorative frame & there is a catalog of the publisher's school books on the rear cover. The binding is bumped & chipped with short tears & small pieces out. The bottom two inches of the wraps are detached. 23 & [1] pages, including the wraps. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts, including a frontispiece, a title vignette & 10 woodcuts in the text. Some of the illustrations have been hand colored, probably by an early owner. An owner's faded name is written at the top of the frontispiece. The page corners are heavily creased. There is light creasing to the pages throughout. Fair.

Scarce. Fair .

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Book number: 34151

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; JUVENILE; CHAPBOOK; GERRITT VAN HUSEN FORBES; G. V. H. FORBES; THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN WEST THE GREAT AMERICAN PAINTER. WOODCUTS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Foreman, Michael.

Cat & Canary.

NY: (Penguin Books USA, Inc. 1985). 1985). - Tall quarto, color pictorial paper covered boards, in dw. The dw is price-clipped with slight soiling to the front panel. [32] pp. Profusely illustrated in color by the author. Very good.

Second printing.

A gorgeously illustrated book about a cat whose best friend is a canary and who longs to fly. The cat becomes entangled in the tail of a kite and finds that flying can be quite a terrifying experience. Very good .

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Book number: 1457

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; CAT; CANARY; FLYING; AUTHOR; ILLUSTRATOR; MICHAEL FOREMAN.

(Fox, Lorraine). Van Doren, Mark

Somebody Came

[New York]: Harlan Quist, (1966). (1966). [New York]: Harlan Quist, (1966). (1966). Very good. - Octavo, blue paper covered boards backed with blue cloth with a vignette in black on both covers, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled with the head of its spine lightly chipped. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in color by Lorraine Fox. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

First edition, first printing. Very good .

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Book number: 28642

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; LORRAINE FOX; AMERICAN AUTHOR; POET; NOVELIST; PLAYWRIGHT; PULITZER-PRIZE WINNER; MARK VAN DOREN; SOMEBODY CAME; HARLAN QUIST BOOK; FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING; 1ST EDITION; 1ST PRINTING.

Freedman, Russell

Holiday House: The First Fifty Years

New York: Holiday House, (1985). (1985). New York: Holiday House, (1985). (1985). Fine. - Small quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. viii & 152 pages. Numerous black-and-white textual illustrations. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 27881

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; CHILDREN'S BOOK PUBLISHERS; INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER; HOLIDAY HOUSE: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS; RUSSELL FREEDMAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Freeman, Ruth S

Children's Picture Books Yesterday and Today: An Analysis

Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, (1967). (1967). Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, (1967). (1967). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in yellow. Bumped. The spine is slightly faded. 200 pp. Color frontispiece & profuse B&W illustrations. Very good.

Numbered 548 and signed by the author. Very good .

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Book number: 5890

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; RUTH S. FREEMAN; REFERENCE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH. (Children's & Illustrated). CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS YESTERDAY AND TODAY: An Analysis. Freeman, Ruth S.

(Lindbergh, Charles A.; Horsfall, Jesssie E.; Rickenbacker, Eddie; Martyn, T. J. C.; et al) French, Joseph Lewis; editor

The Big Aviation Book for Boys. Introduction by Commander Richard E. Byrd

Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. Inc, (1929). (1929). Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. Inc, (1929). (1929). Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in black. The binding is bumped & lightly spotted with 2 tiny stains to the front cover. The head of the spine is chipped. Half-title, title, [3] leaves, 284 & [1] pages. The endpapers are partially darkened with a small stain to the rear endpaper. There is an owner's ink inscription on the half-title & the page edges are somewhat darkened. Black-and-white frontispiece & black-and-white plates. Good, with the remnants of the dust wrapper laid in. Good .

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Book number: 9831

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; BOYS; AVIATION; AIRSHIPS; AEROPLANES; BALLOONS; EXPLORER; ARCTIC; RICHARD E. BYRD; HUBERT WILKINS; WRIGHT BROTHERS; CHARLES A. LINDBERGH; JESSIE E. HORSFALL; EDDIE RICKENBACKER; T. J. C MARTIN; JOSEPH LEWIS FRENCH; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES.

Gates, Josephine Scribner.

Nannette and the Baby Monkey.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. 1914. - 12mo, 6-5/8 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Color pictorial boards with an illustration of toy sentries guarding the door to a doll-house on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and soiled with slight wear to the corners and the head and tail of the spine. 49 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 5 full-page color plates. The text block is cracked opposite the title page. A previous owner's name and address, dated in the year of publication, is penned on the front endpaper. There is scattered foxing, especially in the margins of the plates. Good. First edition. RARE. Josephine Scribner Gates (1859-1930) was a popular author of children's books at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Gates was known for her "Live Dolls" series and had written over 23 books by 1915. Her characters were dolls who came to life and interacted with the children who played with them. Several of her books were illustrated by Virginia Keep and though the illustrator of this particular book is unidentified, there is a strong possibility she contributed the color plates. Good .

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Book number: 37362

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; DOLLS; DOLL HOUSE; JOSEPHINE SCRIBNER GATES; NANNETTE AND THE BABY MONKEY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; VIRGINIA KEEP; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES.

Gedney, Ann (1937-2002). American artist & children's book author & illustrator.

Two Original Signed Watercolor Paintings by the Children's Book Author and Illustrator Ann Gedney, Portraying the Adventures of a Young Dragon.

circa [1980s]. [1980s]. - Two original watercolor paintings by the children's book author & illustrator Ann Gedney on 18 inch high by 14 inch wide art board. The first colorful painting depicts a young dragon skiing on clouds above a mountain ridge. The dragon, attired in a red striped Winter sweater and wool hat, looks back as if he's possibly left the mountain he was skiing down and is now airborne. A slim gray haired elf-like man, attired in a tan coat & green winter wool hat, is desperately clinging to one of the partially raised skis. Signed "Ann Gedney" in black ink at lower right. The second colorful painting portrays the same elf-like man, attired in tan garments with cap and long toed shoes sitting in a mother dragon's lap. The dragon, whose toes and fingernails are painted red with an ankle bracelet on her crossed leg, is also seated. Signed "Ann Gedney" in ink at lower right. Both fine watercolor paintings are mounted beneath triple matting. The corners and edges of the top mat are heavily bumped. The paintings themselves are in fine condition. The children's book author & illustrator Beverly Ann Gedney (1937-2002) was a watercolor artist and sculptor. A teacher at Lorel Oaks Academy in Lake Suzy, Florida, she was a member of the Sarasota Art Guild and the Venice Art Guild. Gedney was listed in "The Outstanding Young Women of America". She authored and illustrated the children's book "Mystical Mountain" and also illustrated Kathleen C. Dahlquist's "The Little Brown Donkey". Fine .

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Book number: 95835

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; DRAGON; BEVERLY ANN GEDNEY; ARTIST; SIGNATURE; ORIGINAL PAINTING; FLORIDA; AUTHOR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; SKIING; SKI; ELF.

[Geisel, Theodore Seuss]. Dr. Seuss.

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss.

New York, NY: The Vanguard Press, (1938). (1938). AN EARLY PRINTING OF DR. SEUSS "500 HATS" - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, in an illustrated dust wrapper by Dr. Seuss picturing Bartholomew Cubbins. The edges of the covers are slightly rubbed. The corners of the dust jacket are slightly worn and the head and tail of the jacket's spine are chipped. There are short chips & tiny tears to the edges of the jacket. The top corner of the jacket's front flap is clipped but the price is present, though partially inked out, at the bottom of the flap. [48] unnumbered pages, illustrated with pictorial endpapers and profuse black & white and black, white and red illustrations by Dr. Seuss throughout. A previous owner's gift inscription is penned at the top of the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper. An early printing of the book, possibly the second. The $2.50 price on the front flap of the dust wrapper is mostly inked out. (The first printing was $1.50.) The rear flap has no price. The hats on the front endpapers go from small in size to large and from large to small on the rear endpapers. The 1939 book by Dr. Seuss, "The Seven Lady Godivas" is not mentioned on the dust wrapper. Good .

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Book number: 97675

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; THEODORE SEUSS GEISEL; DR. SEUSS; THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS; SECOND PRINTING; CHILDRENS; ILLUSTRATED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; EARLY PRINTING.