(Cahoon, Herbert)

Children's Literature: Books and Manuscripts. An Exhibition November 19, 1954 Through February 28, 1955. (Catalogue)

NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954. 1954. NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1954. 1954. Very good. - Octavo, printed cream wraps. Lightly soiled; spine & extremities darkened. Unpaginated. B&W frontispiece & B&W head-pieces. Very good.

First edition.

308 items are catalogued.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 6561

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; BOOKS; MANUSCRIPTS; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; HERBERT CAHOON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Children's & Illustrated). CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Books and Manuscripts. An Exhibition November 19,

(Caldecott, Randolph). Davis, Mary Gould

Randolph Caldecott 1846-1886: An Appreciation by Mary Gould Davis

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1946). (1946). Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1946). (1946). Very good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], tan cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with a small, light stain to the front cover & a narrow band of black staining along the front edge of the rear cover. The dust wrapper is rubbed & chipped with several tears & small pieces out & with soiling to the rear panel. There is a larger piece out of the head of the jacket spine. 46 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The top margins of the pages are slightly rippled. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

The story of illustrator Randolph Caldecott told for children. Very good .

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Book number: 20878

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; RANDOLPH CALDECOTZ; AN APPRECIATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; MARY GOULD DAVIS; JUVENILE.

(Caldecott, Randolph). Engen, Rodney K

Randolph Caldecott: 'Lord of the Nursery'

London: Bloomsbury Books, (1988). (1988). London: Bloomsbury Books, (1988). (1988). Fine. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. Light spotting to the top third of the dw panels. 104 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W & color. Near fine in a very good dw. Fine .

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Book number: 5990

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; RALPH CALDECOTT; RODNEY K. ENGEN. (Children's & Illustrated). RANDOLPH CALDECOTT: 'Lord of the Nursery'. (Caldecott, Randolph). Engen, Rodney K.

(Carbe, Nino). Andersen, Hans Christian.

Fairy Tales.

New York: The Greystone Press, (1951). (1951). - 12mo [5-5/8 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide], marbled green & red paper covered boards backed with maroon cloth, titled in gilt within a red rectangle on the front board & in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The boards are bumped & lightly rubbed with some chipping to the paper along the front edges. The gilt on the spine is almost completely faded. 136 pages. Full-page black-and-white illustrations by Nino Carbe. Despite its flaws, a very good copy.

Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 16842

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; FAIRY TALES; HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN; ILLUSTRATOR; NINO CARBE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; SCARCE; THE GREYSTONE PRESS.

(Dodgson, Charles). Carlson, David; and Eger, Jeffrey; compilers

Dodgson at Auction

Somerville, NJ: D&D Galleries, 1999. 1999. Somerville, NJ: D&D Galleries, 1999. 1999. Fine. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine. Unnumbered pages, including listings of 3190 items with prices realized. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 7186

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; CHARLES DODGSON; LEWIS CARROLL; REFERENCE; AUCTION RECORDS; PRICES; DAVID CARLSON; JEFFREY EGER. (Children's & Illustrated). DODGSON AT AUCTION. (Dodgson, Charles). Carlson, David

(Carlson, George). Garis, Howard R

Uncle Wiggily and the Sleds. (Cover Title)

(The Platt & Munk Co. Inc.), (1939). (1939). (The Platt & Munk Co. Inc.), (1939). (1939). Good. - Small quarto [approximately 8 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers with a cover illustration by George Carlson.The binding is lightly bumped. The rear cover is soiled & stained with a small piece out of its top corner & light creasing to its bottom corner. [10] pages, including inside wraps. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white by George Carlson. The page corners are lightly bumped. There is a small piece out of the top corner of the last leaf with staining to the front margin of page [5] and with offsetting from a color illustration to the top corner of the title page. Good. Good .

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Book number: 29189

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: children's & illustrated; uncle wiggily and the WAGON SLEDS; howard r. garis; rabbit; illustrator; george carlson.

(The Children's Literature Center, The Library of Congress).

Etienne Delessert. (Cover Title).

Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, (1994). (1994). - Quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide] softcover, bound in pictorial white wraps with a color illustration on each cover. 4 full-page color illustrations, 2 of them on the inside wraps. Fine. An illustrated brochure for an exhibition held at the Children's Literature Center of the Library of Congress as part of its celebration of International Children's Book Day 1994. Laid in is a program printed on a sheet of gray paper. On one side the events of the celebration are listed: speeches from staff of the Children's Literature Center and an address by Etienne Delessert, "Realism or Fantasy?", followed by the opening of the exhibition "Of Realism and Fantasy: Etienne Delessert: A Retrospective" and a reception. On the verso is a full-page essay on Delessert and his work. The exhibition toured in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere in the United States before coming to the Library of Congress. Fine .

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Book number: 95694

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; ARTIST; ILLUSTRATOR; ANIMATED FILMS; SESAME STREET; EUGENE DELESSERT; TOURING EXHIBITION; OF REALISM AND FANTASY: EUGENE DELESSERT; A RETROSPECTIVE; CHILDREN'S LITERATURE CENTER, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; INTERNATIONAL

Chambaud, Louis.

Fables Choisies, a L'Usage Des Enfans, Et Des Autres Personnes Qui Commencent a Apprendre la Langue Francoise, Avec Un Index Alphabetique de Tous Les Mots Traduits En Anglois.

Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office, 1810. 1810. - 16mo, 6-3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Early brown mottled calf. The covers are detached. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the edges and corners and the spine is chipped. The pagination is as follows: pages [i]-vi, [i], 8-165, & [3]. The top edges of the title and preface pages have been clipped with no loss of text. There is offsetting and occasional foxing throughout with several page corners creased. An early owner's name is penned at the top of page 136. A complete copy which would be well worth rebinding. The 4-page preface to this French language book of Fables for American seeking to learn the language is in English. This little volume includes a 67-page French-English glossary on pages 99 through 165 and a 3-page catalog in English of "Books published and for sale by Warner & Hanna". Fair .

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Book number: 95025

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: LITERATURE; FABLES; EDUCATION; FRENCH LANGUAGE; READER; CHILDREN'S BOOK; DICTIONARIES; GLOSSARY; FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY; JUVENILE; PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; LOUIS CHAMBAUD; WARNER & HANNA; BALTIMORE, MARYL

(Chambliss, Maxie). Thaler, Mike.

Hippo Lemonade.

[New York]: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1986]. [1986]. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MIKE THALER - Octavo, color pictorial boards in a price-clipped matching dust wrapper. There is some very minor foxing to the dust jacket. 64 pages, profusely illustrated in color by Maxie Chambliss. The bottom edge is very lightly foxed. Very good. First edition of an "I Can Read Book". Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front endpaper with a drawing of a hippo: "For ---- / a terrific guy and a fine friend / Best wishes / Mike Thaler / 1990". Very good .

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Book number: 37540

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; WILD ANIMALS; JUNGLE; HIPPOPOTAMUS; HIPPO LEMONADE; MAXIE CHAMBLISS, ILLUSTRATOR; MIKE THALER; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AN I CAN READ BOOK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Shakespeare, William). Lamb, Charles and Mary.

[Tales from Shakespeare]. Tales from Shakspeare, Designed for the Use of Young Persons. By Charles Lamb. (2 Volumes).

Philadelphia and New York: Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Inskeep and Bradford, 1813. 1813. - Octavo, 6-7/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Two volumes uniformly bound in early brown calf with gilt titled leather labels and gilt rules on the spines. The warped covers are rubbed and scuffed and the leather is splitting along the joints. There is heavy chipping to the second volume's spine with partial loss of that volume's title label. 283 pages & 305 pages respectively, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of William Shakespeare, engraved by Edwin after a painting by Zoust, at the front of the first volume. The hinges are cracking and there is a small piece out from the top of the front endpaper of the first volume. Several signatures are slightly pulled. The edges of the first and last few pages of each volume are darkened and there is scattered foxing throughout with occasional light dampstaining. A complete set which collates perfectly with Welch 744, including the presence of the half-title at the front of the first volume. First American edition. RARE. [Shaw & Shoemaker 28900]; [Rosenbach 476]; [Welch 744, locates the following copies: PP (Free Library of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Collection); MH (Harvard University); MA (American Antiquarian Society, volume 1 only); NN (New York Public Library, lacks the first volume's half-title); PPL (Library Company of Philadelphia)]. Printed by J. Maxwell, this work contains 6 pieces by Charles Lamb and 14 by Mary Lamb. "It has been the general sentiment that the style in which these Tales are written, is not so precisely adapted for the amusement of mere children, as for an acceptable and improving present to young ladies advancing to the state of womanhood. They therefore now offer to the public an edition prepared with suitable elegance.." - [Quoted from the Advertisement to this edition]. Fair .

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Book number: 96763

Catalogue: Children's

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED; CHARLES LAMB; MARY LAMB; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE; DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PERSONS; SET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FRONTISPIECE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; RARE; LEATHER

Chen, Tony

Superb Black Beauty Color Poster Signed by Tony Chen for the Golden Classics Illustrated Edition of Anna Sewel's Immortal Children's Book, the Poster Is Entitled: "Golden Classics Make a Lasting Impression.

Western Publishing Comapny, (1986). (1986). Western Publishing Comapny, (1986). (1986). Very good. - sc 16-1/2"x23" color poster for Golden Classics with the name as a banner title above Tony Chen's 10-1/2"x17-1/2" color illustration for Anna Sewel's Black Beauty. Printed under the image are the words "Make a Lasting Impression". Signed in full by Tony Chen at bottom right and dated by him "5/24/1986". Printed on the verso of the poster is text advertising 6 Golden Classics books with B&W depictions of their covers.

The illustrator Tony Chen was a Caldecott Silver medalist. Very good .

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Book number: 25313

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; POSTER; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; GOLDEN CLASSICS; ADVERTISEMENT; CALDECOTT.

(Christy, Howard Chandler). Nicholson, Meredith

The House of a Thousand Candles

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, (1905). (1905). Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, (1905). (1905). Very good. - 8vo, pictorial blue cloth (bumped & slightly rubbed; cocked) titled in red. [x] & 382 pp. & 18-page publisher's catalogue (brown stain to rear endpaper). Illustrated in color with frontis & 6 plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 1051

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; FICTION; HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY; MEREDITH NICHOLSON; HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; JUVENILE.

(Church, F.S.). Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys. With Illustrations by F.S. Church

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Comapny, 1885. 1885. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Comapny, 1885. 1885. Fair. - Quarto, pictorial red cloth titled with vignettes in gilt on spine and titled in gilt with illustration of a winged horse leaping over the moon on the front cover. All edges gilt. The covers are rubbed, stained & soiled. 150 pages. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations by F.S. Church. The binding is cracked and several leaves and signatures are loose. A complete copy. Fair .

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Book number: 30604

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; F.S. CHURCH; NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE; WONDER BOOK; GIRLS AND BOYS.

(Clark, Emma). Watson, Elizabeth C

The Metropolitan Mother Goose

(New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), circa [1930]. [1930]. (New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), circa [1930]. [1930]. Good. - Small quarto [7-5/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial green wrappers. The binding is rubbed, chipped & lightly bumped with a few small white stains to the front cover. [18] pages, including inside wraps. 1 double-page illustration & profuse color illustrations bordering the text by Emma Clark. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a short tear to the inner edge of 1 leaf. Good. Good .

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Book number: 22719

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; NURSERY RHYMES; THE METROPOLITAN MOTHER GOOSE; ELIZABETH C. WATSON; ILLUSTRATOR; EMMA CLARK; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

(Claverie, Jean). Wilde, Oscar.

The Happy Prince.

Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, (1980). (1980). - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. The boards are very slightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. 40 & [1] pages. Profuse full-page color illustrations by Jean Claverie. Near fine. Very good .

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Book number: 24003

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; OSCAR WILDE; THE HAPPY PRINCE; ILLUSTRATOR; JEAN CLAVERIE.