(Anonymous)

The Story of the Three Bears

New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, circa [1975]. [1975]. New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, circa [1975]. [1975]. Very good. - Small quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in bright color pictorial shaped wraps with the top edge cut along the outline of the heads of the 3 bears. [16] pages, including the covers, with brilliant color textual illustrations, 1 double-page and 4 full-page bright color plates illustrating the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. Very good.

Printed in Hong Kong for Merrimack Publishing Company, this beautifully produced facsimile is a reprint replica of the original edition, so stated on the rear cover. Very good .

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Book number: 23254

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; CHILDREN'S BOOKS; GOLDILOCKS; THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS; THE 3 BEARS; MERRIMACK PUBLISHING COMPANY; COLOR PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; FACSIMILE.

(Ardizzone, Edward; Jackson, Everett Gee; Sauvage, Sylvain). Mathers, E. Powys; Andersen, Hans Christian; Hersholt, Jean; Muir, P.H.; Perrault, Charles.

The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless: Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves / the Ugly Duckling / the Sleeping Beauty. (3 Volumes).

New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. 1949. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8 inches wide. Hardcover, three volumes bound in yellow, green and red cloth titled in black on the spines with decorations and illustrations on the front boards, in the original glassine dust wrappers. The books are housed in a red slipcase with a paper label on its spine. The top edges of two of the glassine jackets are chipped. The slipcase is slightly rubbed & soiled and its label darkened. The pagination of each volume is as follows: 1) Ali Baba: vii, [3] & 51 pages and the colophon, illustrated with bright color lithographs by Edward Ardizzone; 2) The Ugly Duckling: 44 & [2] pages and the colophon, with bright color illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson; (3) The Sleeping Beauty: 43 & [2] pages and the colophon, illustrated with water colors by Sylvain Sauvage. Near fine in very good glassine jackets & slipcase. Limited edition of 2,500 sets, each volume numbered 1820. The individual volumes are as follows: 1) THE TALE OF ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES Being literally translated from the Arabic into French bu J.C. Mardrus; and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON BY EDWARD ARDIZZONE. 2) THE UGLY DUCKLING by Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt and Illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson. SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON BY EVERETT GEE JACKSON and Inscribed " for Charlie" and SIGNED BY JEAN HERSHOLT. 3) THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD by Charles Perrault. Translated from the French by P.H. Muir and Illustrated with water colors by Sylvain Sauvage. This volume is unsigned, as issued. Very good .

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Book number: 97836

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; THE EVERGREEN TALES; OR, TALES FOR THE AGELESS; FAIRY TALES; LIMITED EDITION; NUMBERED EDITION; HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN; ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES; ARAB STORY; J.C. MARDUS E. POWYS MATHERS; SIGNED; EDWARD ARDIZZONE; THE UGLY DUCKLING;

(Ardizzone, Edward). Lewis, C. Day

The Otterbury Incident

New York: Viking Press, 1949. 1949. New York: Viking Press, 1949. 1949. Good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in maroon on the spine with a vignette stamped in maroon on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with light staining to the tail of the spine. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened & there is a stain to the tail of the spine & the adjacent corner of the rear panel. 160 pages. Color pictorial dust jacket & full-page & textual black-and-white illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Very good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 20168

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; MYSTERY; AUTHOR; BRITISH; C. DAY LEWIS; CECIL DAY LEWIS; ILLUSTRATOR; EDWARD ARDIZZONE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Austen, Jane). Becker, May Lamberton

Presenting Miss Jane Austen

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. There is an area of dampstaining to the rear cover. The dw is lightly soiled & chipped with red staining to the rear panel internally. xiii, [ii] & 204 pp. Illustrated with full-page & textual B&W drawings by Edward Price. 4 leaves have been roughly opened with very small chips at the edges, else the contents are very good.

A book about Jane Austen and her times for young people and others. Very good .

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Book number: 1954

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN; BIOGRAPHY; MAY LAMBERTON BECKER; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATOR; EDWARD PRICE.

(Babcock, S.).

Pictures and Stories for the Young; or Pleasing Tales, in Poetry and Prose: Embellished with Numerous Engravings.

New Haven: Printed and published by S. Babcock, circa [1841]. [1841]. - Sextodecimo (16mo), 5-3/4 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in yellow wraps illustrated with 11 vignettes framing the title on the front cover, including one depicting boys playing baseball (or possibly cricket). The covers are soiled with a few minor stains. The lower edge of the spine is split with a small tear extending into the front cover and a tiny chip along the rear cover. 24 pages, illustrated with a title page vignette, and 6 wood engravings on 3 pages. There is foxing throughout with a stain to the front edge of the title page. Good. "Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books" series. The American Antiquarian society has identified the text as "typographically identical to an issue dated 1841". Good .

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Book number: 97448

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; VIGNETTES; BASEBALL; CRICKET; PICTURES AND STORIES FOR THE YOUNG; OR PLEASING TALES, IN POETRY AND PROSE; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; BABCOCK'S MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING TOY

(Babcock, Sidney; publisher).

The Vacation; or the Four Cousins.

New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, circa [1844]. [1844]. - 32mo. chapbook [3-5/8 inches high by 2-1/8 inches wide] softcover bound in printed blue wraps sewn with tan cord with a vignette & a decorative border on the front wrap and an ad for Babcock's Toy Books on the rear cover. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with 2 stains to the front wrap & a chip to its inner edge. 16 pages. Illustrated with a woodcut title vignette, a decorative border at the top of the first text page & 6 full-page woodcuts in the text. There is a stain to the inside front wrap, partially obscuring an owner's faded name. The text pages are unevenly darkened. Good. Good .

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Book number: 34193

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; MINIATURE CHAPBOOK; JUVENILE; THE VACATION OR THE FOUR COUSINS; SIDNEY BABCOCK, PUBLISHER; TOY BOOK; WOODCUTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Bain, F. W.; translator

The Ashes of God

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. 1911. NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. 1911. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth (bumped & soiled; edges of covers darkened; spine faded) titled in gilt with vignette of elephant stamped in gilt on spine & front cover. Frontis, xxiii & 152 pages & 6-page publisher's catalogue (2 rear pages rough opened). Good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 3886

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; INDIAN; FOLKLORE; THE ASHES OF GOD; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; HINDU; MYTHS; 1ST.

Banks, Mary de Camp.

Lulu's Trip Abroad and a Crown of Roses by Miss Mary de Camp Banks.

Albany, NY: 1887. 1887. - Large octavo, three-quarters gilt-ruled cream vellum & blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. All the edges are gilt. The vellum is spotted with stains to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed, darkened, stained & chipped. The front panel & flap are detached & the lower half of the jacket spine is lacking. Title, [2] leaves & 41 pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece & 3 plates by Walton H. Roberts, 1 plate is detached. There is some foxing to the frontispiece & occasional light soiling to the versos of the leaves. Very good in the remnants of the dust wrapper.

Limited edition of 112 numbered copies. The book was dictated by an eight-and-a-half year old child and "written as dictated without suggestion or alteration". Very good .

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Book number: 36503

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; CHILD AUTHOR; LULU'S TRIP ABROAD; A CROWN OF ROSES; MARY DE CAMP BANKS; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES;ILLUSTRATOR; WALTON H. ROBERTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION.

Eulalie [Banks, Eulalie M.].

My Dog Ginger. (Cover Title).

England: Circa [1930s-1940s]. [1940]. [1940]. - Octavo, softcover bound in brightly colored pictorial self-wrappers. There is some very minor soiling to the wraps with minor creasing to the rear wrap. [16] pages bordered in green, including wraps. 6 full-page color illustrations & black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. A remarkably well-preserved copy of this brightly colored children's book. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 36848

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; DOGS; MY DOG GINGER; EULALIE; EULALIE M. BANKS.

Barbauld, Mrs. [Anna Letitia] (1743-1825).

Stories of the Months. By Mrs. Barbauld.

Boston: Edward Livermore, 1853. 1853. - Sextodecimo, 5-5/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Pictorial peach boards backed with a red cloth spine, titled and illustrated in black on the front cover with a pictorial ad on the rear cover. The covers are rubbed & stained. 72 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, pictorial title, 10 full-page and profuse textual wood engravings and vignettes attributed to Alonzo Hartwell. There is staining & foxing throughout. Good. Uncommon in boards. In addition to "Stories of the Months", the contents include "About Quadrupeds", "About Birds that Swim in the Water", "What the Sun Says", "What the Moon Says", "Story of the Two Cocks", "About the Three Cakes", "Hymn of Praise to God", and "The Chicken". Good .

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Book number: 96812

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; STORIES OF THE MONTHS; MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; JUVENILE LITERATURE; ALONZO HARTWELL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ABOUT QUADRUPEDS; BIRDS THAT SWIM IN THE WATER; WHAT THE SUN SAYS; WHAT

De Barins, M. le Comte

Galerie Des Enfans Celebres, Ou Histoire Des Jeunes Gens Qui Se Sont Illustres Par Leurs Vertus, Leurs Talens, Leur Esprit, Leur Genie, Etc. , Depuis le Quinzieme Siecle Jusqu'a Nos Jours

Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Huzard, 1836. 1836. Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Huzard, 1836. 1836. Very good. Illustrated with 4 Engraved Portraits - 12mo, full green calf (bumped, rubbed, scuffed; leather slightly chipped at corners); titled & decorated in gilt on spine with blind-stamped decorations within central panel and outer floral decorated frame in gilt on covers; marbled edges (rubbed). 240 pages (a very few minor stains; browning to last few leaves; tiny piece out from corner of one plate and small piece out from bottom edge of one leaf). Illustrated with 4 engraved portraits, each above a small vignette depicting a scene from the life of the pictured child. A very good copy of this delightful and unusual book.

Very scarce.

Biographies of individuals who came into prominence as children. Includes Kang-Hi, who ascended to the throne of China at the age of 8, Marie Stuart, Louis XIV, Sylvine d'Aubencourt, Napoleon II, Don Carlos, Torquato Tasso, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 8282

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; KINGS; RULERS; YOUTHS; MARY STUART; KANG-HI; LOUIS XIV; SYLVINE D'AUBENCOURT; NAPOLEON II; SON CARLOS; TORQUATO TASSO; ENGRAVED PORTRAITS; PLATES; ENGRAVINGS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Barker, Carol.

King Midas and the Golden Touch.

London and NY: Franklin Watts Limited, 1972. 1972. - Oblong 4to, color pictorial cloth (bumped; small stain to bottom edge of front cover; small scotch tape stain on top edge of each cover) titled in pink & black, in color pictorial dw (head & tail of dw spine reinforced with cloth tape internally). 48 & [5] pp. (small scotch tape stains to top & bottom edges of front & rear endpapers with light paper-clip mark to front endpaper). Profusely illustrated in color by the author. Ex-library with small typed label on tail of dw spine & small stamp on rear endpaper. Good.

The Greek myth of King Midas whose touch turned everything to gold retold by Barker and richly illustrated in gilt and full color. Good .

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Book number: 987

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; MYTH; GREEK MYTH; KING MIDAS; MIDAS TOUCH; ILLUSTRATOR; CAROL BARKER.

(Barker, Carol). Mahy, Margaret.

Pillycock's Shop.

NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. 1969. 1969. - 4to, color pictorial cloth titled in black on spine & front cover, in color pictorial dw (lightly chipped & creased; tear to rear panel). [30] pp. (front endpaper slightly creased with short tear). Profusely illustrated in B&W & color by Carol Barker. Very good in good dw.

New Zealand writer Margaret Mahy's tale of a young boy who enters a tiny, mysterious shop where you can only buy one thing and where you must buy it before sundown because then the shop goes away. The illustrations are from detailed, highly decorative drawings by British artist-writer Carol Barker. Very good .

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Book number: 985

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; SHOP; MAGIC SHOP; AUTHOR; NEW ZEALAND; MARGARET MAHY; ILLUSTRATOR; BRITISH; CAROL BARKER.

[Barrow, Sarah L.].

Red, White, and Blue Socks. Part Second. Being the Second Book of the Series. By "Aunt Fanny's" Daughter, the Author of "the Little White Angel.

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1863. 1863. - Sextodecimo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. Brown cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with the vignette of a sock framed by decorated borders in blind on the covers. There is wear to the head of the spine and a few small stains to the front cover. 130 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and a full-page plate by James H. Richardson. Very good. From the series "The Sock Stories, by 'Aunt Fanny's' Daughter". A juvenile Civil War fiction novel about a group of boys playing soldiers, calling themselves the "Dashahed Zouaves". The playful frontispiece, titled "Bull Run", depicts a bull chasing the child soldiers. Born in 1842, Sarah Barrow Holly wrote and created books with her mother. Known as Sarah Barrow when she wrote this book, she subsequently married an architect named Holly in 1865. Very good .

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Book number: 97225

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; SARAH L. BARROW; RED, WHITE, AND BLUE SOCKS; PART SECOND; BEING THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SERIES; BY "AUNT FANNY'S" DAUGHTER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; JAMES H. RICHARDSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOMEN AUTHORS;

Barry, Florence V

A Century of Children's Books

New York: George H. Doran, n.d. [circa 1922]. n.d. [circa 1922]. New York: George H. Doran, n.d. [circa 1922]. n.d. [circa 1922]. Good. - Octavo, red cloth. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. vii, [1] leaf & 256 pages. The front endpaper is rubbed & lightly soiled with creasing & a small piece out, possibly where a label has been removed. 1 signature of the Appendix is detached. An illustrated newspaper cutting commenting on the book is glued to the front pastedown. There are numerals printed in gilt on the spine suggesting that the book is ex-library. Good.

The period covered by the book runs from 1700-1825. Appendix B is a chronological list of children's books published during this timeframe. Good .

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Book number: 19486

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; A CENTURY OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; FLORENCE V. BARRY.