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Juvenile Poetry Books & Ephemera
High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire 1571
by Ingelow, Jean
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1883 AEG. 41 pgs. Green cloth over beveled boards, pictorially stamped and titled in gilt, silver and black, rubbing to extremities and foxing to prelims and occasionally other pages, gift inscription dated 1883, but overall clean and bright. A long poem relating the tragic high tide that surged up the river Lindis, breaking the sea wall and flooding the town of Boston (England) and the surrounding countryside. Illustrated with engravings after the artwork of Frederick Stuart...
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€118.08
Betty Blue, and Other Mother Goose Rhymes (Bye-lo Series)
by Mother Goose
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1924 Pictorial boards, corners worn through, cracking along spine, one page with mended tear, gift inscription. Mother Goose rhymes with artwork taken from The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright.. Early Edition. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Blanche Fisher Wright. 12mo.
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€23.62
Sad Fate of Poor Robin (Susie Sunshine's Series)
by Cock Robin
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1867 6.75in x 4.5in (17cm x 12cm). 10 pgs (including covers) Yellow paper covers printed in black and red, spine taped and covers reattached with archival mending tape, moderate to heavy staining to pages. The old verse recounting the sad fate of a robin, illustrated with 8 partial-page color engravings. Circa 1867 per AAS. . Pictorial Wraps. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. 24mo.
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€33.06
Jolly Jump-Ups Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros, 1946 Pictorial boards with light soil, faint damp stain to rear corner of rear board, light wear to extremities, all pop-ups fine. Selections from A Child's Garden of Verses with 6 simple, but delightful pop-up scenes printed in color. Increasingly scarce in nice condition.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Geraldine Clyne. Oblong 4to.
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€118.08
Blue So Blue
by Dumont, Jean-Francois
New York: Sterling, 2005 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. A poem about a little boy who wants to be an artist and dreams of a certain shade of blue every night so goes on a journey to find it. Stunning color artwork. Prix Saint-Exupery 2004.. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Square 4to.
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€23.62
Animal Pets Bookshelf (8 Linenette Booklets in Original Box)
by Russell, Mary Lafetra (Attrib)
New York: Saml Gabriel Sons No date, Circa 1930. Eight linen-textured booklets with light wear, "Puppies" with 3" spine split, no writing or foxing. Eight booklets with simple rhymes and printed in color, most featuring humanized animals. The titles are: Pussies, Puppies, Chickies, Teddies, Piggies, Duckies, Pups & Pussies, and Bunnies. While no author or illustrator is credited, Mary LaFetra Russell did a lot of animal-themed books for Sam'l Gabriel at the time and these...
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€70.84
There's No Place Like Home
by Walker, Lula Mae (Compiled By); Illustrated with Chromolithographs
Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, light cover soil, minor edge rubbing, front hinge re-enforced, rubbed spot on first page. A collection of short verses by famed authors and poets, each poem surrounded by color chromo illustrations with illuminated accents, printed on one side of paper only. A very lovely Victorian era book, printed by Armstrong & Co of Boston, MA.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Slim Oblong Folio.
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€141.69
Curfew Must Not Ring To-Night (Tonight)
by Thorpe, Rose Hartwick; Illustrated with Chromolithographs
London: Castell Bros. Chromolithograph printed boards with green cloth back strip. Lt. wear to corners, EPs foxed. A rather melancholy verse illustrated by 8 elegant and vibrant chromolithographs. . Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.
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€61.40
Jabberwocky
by Carroll, Lewis
New York: Frederick Warne, 1977 Green cloth hard cover titled in gilt, some spotting to cloth and foxing to preliminary pages; pictorial dust jacket with a short tear and creasing to front panel, sunned spine, original price intact ($8.95). Carroll's famous verse from Through the Looking-Glass illustrated with color artwork reminiscent of stained glass. Includes an interpretation by "Humpty Dumpty.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Jane Breskin Zalben. Square 8vo.
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€37.78
Littlest One
by Tarrant, Margaret (Illus); Adcock, Marion St. John
New York: Frederick A Stokes [1914]. Beige boards stamped in gilt, blue and white, minor rubbing to extremities, gift inscription. Nursery poetry with 4 pretty, mounted color plates. . First American Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 4to.
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€141.69
Monday's Troll
by Sis, Peter (Illus); Prelutsky, Jack (Poems by)
New York: Greenwillow, 1996 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light creasing along edges. Poems about monsters and other scary things. The title is a take on the poem "Monday's child is full of grace..." Genius artwork by Sis.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.
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€33.06
Park's History of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
by Early British. Martin, Sarah Catherine (Ed.)
Finsbury, London: A. Park, 47 Leonard Street, 1840 Circa 1840 (publisher was at this address from 1835-1863). 7 x 4 inches (18 x 12 cm) . Pictorial blue paper wraps with some wear and corner creasing, amazingly clean but with some offsetting. 8 leaves containing an abbreviated version of the familiar, humorous verse about Mother Hubbard and her talented dog with equally amusing engravings colored by hand as issued. . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Archibald Alexander Park (Engraver)....
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€236.15
Animal Story Parade
by Story Parade. Wald Malvin; Neikirk, Mabel E; Bechdolt, Jack; Davis, Lavinia R; Cohn, Myra; Shay, Myrtle; Palmer, Robin; Conger, Marion; Borst, Homer; Stevens, R A; Kay, Helen; Coatsworth, Elizabeth; Antoniorrobles; Nopsanen, Aulis
Garden City: Garden City Books / Artists and Writers Guild, 1951 Pictorial boards with some rubbing to spine ends and corners, one page with a vertical crease. A selection of stories and poems which originally appeared in Story Parade Magazine. A few stories were published as separate books, but most only appeared in the magazine and here. The book was meant to be a gift to magazine subscribers and was inexpensively produced, for this reason not many collectible copies have survived. The stories...
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€70.84
Pied Piper of Hamlin
by Browning, Robert
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937 Blue cloth with color pastedown, bottom corners and edge worn through, 2 small holes in upper cover, bookplate to endpaper, gift inscription on fly leaf, occasional light soil. The familiar tale told in verse. The text is surrounded by decorative borders and partial page illustrations in color and b&w plus 9 full page color plates. . Later Printing. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hope Dunlap. Small 4to.
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€33.06
Follow the Sunset
by Schneider, Herman and Nina; Illustrated By Lucille Corcos
Garden City: Doubleday (1952). Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light shelf wear, light soil along inside front hinge, abrasion to rear board; matching dust jacket with wear and large abrasion to rear panel. A sort of geography lesson in verse about what happens all around the world as the sun is setting. Beautiful and soft color artwork throughout by famed artist Lucille Corcos.. Stated First Edition. Very Good -/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Lucille Corcos. 4to.
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€37.78
Norse Lullaby
by Van Vorst, M. L
New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1988 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket which is very slightly age-toned. A lullaby from Norway with really lovely color artwork throughout.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Margot Tomes. Oblong 4to.
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€23.62
Hiawatha Alphabet
by ABC. Holbrook, Florence (Auth)
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1910 Correct info on copyright page for a 1st Edition. Tan cloth with color pastedown. cloth soiled with fraying to extremities, binding reglued, roughness to edge of first few pages otherwise fresh and clean inside. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a full page color illustration and quatrain relating to Hiawatha and / or Native American life. Scarce.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H D Pohl. 4to.
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€141.69
Walt Disney Presents The Mickey Mouse Mother Goose
by Disney. Mother Goose
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1937 140 pgs. Pictorial boards with mild external edge wear, inner front hinge strengthened, pages age-toned as usual, last three pages with edge tears and creases not affecting text; dust jacket frayed with small losses. Mother Goose rhymes, some original and some with Disney characters worked into the verses. Fun Disney artwork in color and line throughout. The book was produced with inexpensive materials, so few copies survived in collectible condition.. First...
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€330.61
I'll Draw a Meadow
by Bornstein, Ruth Lercher
New York: Harper & Row (1979). Reinforced pictorial cloth in matching dust jacket with two tiny edge tears. A haunting poem about finding peace with equally haunting and dream-like artwork. Library binding but NOT x-lib.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ruth Lercher Bornstein. Square 12mo.
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€33.06
Mother Goose, Numbers on the Loose
by Mother Goose. Selected and Illustrated By Leo and Diane Dillon
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2007 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. A selection of counting Mother Goose rhymes with playful color artwork. Received starred reviews from PW and Horn Book.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Oblong 4to.
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€23.62
Susan (In Original Box)
by Hacker, Lilian Price
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1912 pictorial cream paper over boards, 1" marginal mended tear to one page, else fine; original box with matching design with light soil and small splits at joints. 26 leaves printed on one side including 12 delicate color plates corresponding with verses about Susan's actions, "Sneers, Smiles, Sniffs, etc..." A beautiful copy, rare in box.. First American Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to.
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€613.99
Der Struwwelpeter in Feiner Ersten Gestalt, Insel Bucherei Nr. 66
by Hoffmann, Heinrich Dr
Leipzig: Im Insel Verlag No date, no printing statement. Pictorial boards with cover soil and wear and chipping along spine folds. A smaller-sized Struwwelpeter but with the same cautionary verses and frightening artwork in color. Institutional copies list dates anywhere from 1933 through the early 1960s, but also note printing statements. Ads at the end of this volume, list up to No. 441 in the series.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Heinrich Hoffman. 12mo.
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€33.06
Summertime Song (Inscribed By Author)
by Haas, Irene
New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light chipping at top of spine and top rear corner. Verse with lovely full page color artwork. Inscribed by Haas on verso of FFEP in the year of publication.. Inscribed By Author. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Large Square 4to.
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€61.40
Great Panjandrum Himself
by Caldecott, Randoph (Illus); [Foote, Samuel] (Auth)
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps, front cover printed in color, edge wear, closed tear near base of spine, old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text, a nonsense verse, was written by Samuel Foote, allegedly to test the actor Macklin, who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through (Osborne pg...
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€118.08
Songs from Alice: Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
by Carroll, Lewis
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1978 Pictorial boards, faint foxing to preliminary pages else clean and unmarked. Verses from Alice & Through the Looking-Glass set to music by Don Harper. Full-page color artwork by Charles Folkard which originally appeared in 1921. . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Charles Folkard. 4to.
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€33.06
