[Rarebooks] FS: 10 Nice Juveniles

Wed Mar 7 13:04:49 EST 2007

1. ANONYMOUS. I'LL TELL YOU A STORY (PANARAMA). London: Raphael 
Tuck & Sons, Ltd, ca. 1920. Illustrated by black and white vignettes 
and a brightly colored 2 page pop-up of children at the beach, 
including two black children who are entertaining the rest with their 
banjos. Near fine. Several stories, including one about "Peter 
Pyecroft", a little black boy who rescues a Civil-War veteran's cane 
and is given a prize. The boy and his family are dressed in rags and 
have African-American dialects. Attractive scarce book, if a bit 
weird. A little scattered foxing. The panorama is in fine condition. 
 <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSAN73012.jpg'> 
 . $225.00 {73012}

2. BIGHAM, MADGE. A. SONNY ELEPHANT. Boston: Little, Brown and 
Company, 1940. Illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader. Later edition. 
Square 8vo. Fine/Near fine. Bright and clean. Child's name on 
ownership page. Nice dust jacket too. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSBI72476.jpg'> 
<A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSBI72476a.jpg'> . 
$150.00 {72476}

3. FRYER, JANE. EAYRE. MARY FRANCES GARDEN BOOK OR ADVENTURES AMONG 
THE GARDEN PEOPLE, THE. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1916. 
Illustrated by William F. Zwirner with color vignettes to every page; 
Also includes five cut-outs . First edition. Green patterned cloth 
with pictorial paste down and gilt titling at the spine housed in a 
custom folding box. 8vo. [378 pgs] Near fine/none/Near fine. Very 
nice illustrated book. Complete. Previous owner's signature at 
illustrated end-paper. Two small light stains on spine, small 
puncture at rear hinge. Otherwise very clean and sound <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSFR92176.jpg'> . 
$175.00 {92176}

4.  FULLER, EUNICE.  BOOK OF FRIENDLY GIANTS, THE. New York: The 
Century Co, 1914. Illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith with 11 eleven 
full page illustrations, including a color frontispiece.  Pictorial 
end-papers. First edition. Green with color pictorial front board and 
spine with cream and green lettering. 8vo. [325 pgs] Near fine. 
Introductory verses by Seymour Barnard.  Gift inscription at ffep. 
Very clean and sound. Scarce.  $250.00 {92094}

5. GREENAWAY, KATE. KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK IN DUST JACKET. 
London: Frederick Warne , n.d. ca. 1920. Illustrated by many 
illustrations in color. 4" x 5". Fine/Very good. With the scarce dust 
jacket which is price-clipped. No marks of ownership or any marks 
whatsoever. A beautiful copy <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSGR72980.jpg'> . 
$195.00 {72980}

6. GREENAWAY, KATE. UNDER THE WINDOW ; PICTURES & RHYMES FOR 
CHILDREN. New York and London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., n.d.. 
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway and engraved and printed by Edmund 
Evans. Early Warne edition. Slim 8vo. [56 pgs] Fine/Near fine. This 
is a delightfully illustrated book of verse. It is profusely 
illustrated throughout the 56 pages of 44 poems and rhymes, with 
color vignettes. The spine is cloth with black lettering and design. 
Has the scarce dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips to edges and a 
few wrinkles. Never used by children. It was bought by a collector of 
Wedgwood, including the Wedgwood designs by Greenaway. Laid in is a 
letter, dated 1946 about this subject from T. Lyth of Josiah Wedgwood 
& Sons Ltd. to this collector and also laid-in is the receipt for the 
purchase of this book from a Boston antiquarian bookseller, dated 
1946 <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSGR73010.jpg'> 
 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSGR73010a.jpg'> . 
$150.00 {73010}

7.  HARRIS, JOEL. CHANDLER.  UNCLE REMUS, HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS. 
Boston: D. Appleton & Co, 1881. Illustrated by Church and Moser. 
Mixed issue of first edition. Bright green with gilt illustration and 
lettering and butterfly end papers. Good. No mention of present title 
in ads at rear but "presumptuous" instead of "presumptive" on pg. 9. 
Half of decorated end paper at front is missing. Old damp stain 
(lighter than cloth) to top corner of front board and also on rear 
board. Laid-in is the original handwritten quote from E. M. Anderson, 
then at Lauriat Co., dated 1956, Boston for this book and another 
copy of this title.  $350.00 {73128}
8.  WAIN, LOUIS.  PUSSIES AT WORK. London-Paris-New York: Raphael 
Tuck & Sons, Ltd, c1900. Illustrated by Louis Wain with four 
chromolithographs, and two tone illustrations by Grace C. Floyd. 
Pictorial wrapper. Paper covered cloth pages (untearable). 8vo. [10 
pgs] Very good. Missing one leaf (Sailor Cat). Edge wear all around, 
a few corners bent. Re-stapled.  $450.00 {93985}

9. WAIN, LOUIS AND POPE, JESSIE. CAT SCOUTS: A PICTURE-BOOK FOR 
LITTLE FOLK, THE. London: Blackie and Son, (1912). Illustrated by 
chromolithographs of the famous cats by Louis Wain. First edition. 
Green cloth with pictorial onlay to upper board. Large 8vo. Charming 
book about the adventures of cats learning to be boy scouts. A few 
spots of soiling to pages, slightly bowed. Louis Wain was devoted to 
cats and they were all he wanted to draw. Rare juvenile. <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/71843.jpg'> . $1250.00 
{71843}

10. WOODRUFF, ELIZABETH. DICKEY BYRD. Springfield: Milton Bradley 
Co, (1928). Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren with 6 mounted full-color 
plates and and decorations by Carl Emile Wehde. First edition. 
Pictorial orange cloth with tattered dust jacket. spine of book has a 
pinprick size holes and the front board is soiled. Small folio. 
Charming and very scarce book <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSWO71659.jpg'> . 
$325.00 {71659}

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