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Tracy, James P. (editor).

LEISURE MOMENTS. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. VOL. I, NO. 2. FEBRUARY, 1872.

San Francisco, CA: Published by the Western Amateur Publishing Company: C. B. Monson, C. M. Ludlam, J. P. Tracy, and S. R. Church, 1872. tall 8vo. original printed wrappers. pp. 26-52; two leaves ads at rear; full-page illustrated ad at rear wrapper (woodcut by Shourds, of street view of Haynes & Lawton, "Manufactures of Extra Quality Silver-Plated ware, on White Metal. Market St., under Grand Hotel"). Much of its content identified as "Written for the..... READ MORE about LEISURE MOMENTS. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. VOL. I, NO. 2. FEBRUARY, 1872

Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 134688

Turner, John R.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNAUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER 1904-1980.

London: Ian Hodgkins & Co. Ltd., 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 228 pages. This is an essential guide for any devotee of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit and of illustrators of childrens books during this period. Illustrated with eight pages of color photographs, this bibliography contains over 300 entries published between 1904 and 1980. It seeks to describe all titles published in the United States that are versions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit..... READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNAUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT BY BEATRIX POTTER...

Price: $40.00 Order nr. 105518

Van Leer Carrick, Alice and Kenneth Allen Robinson.

A MOTHER GOOSE FOR ANTIQUE COLLECTORS.

New York, NY: Payson & Clarke, (1928). 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 64 pages. First edition, second printing. Dedication. Black and white illustrations by Dwight Taylor. Over half of front of dust jacket lacking, the rest chipped at edges. Covers lightly tanned at edges. Endpapers tanned. READ MORE about A MOTHER GOOSE FOR ANTIQUE COLLECTORS

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 126633

Walsh, Frances.

THAT EAGER ZEST, FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE MAGIC WORLD OF BOOKS. AN ANTHOLOGY.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, (1961). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 251+(1) pages. First edition. Autobiographical reminiscences of childhood reading experiences. READ MORE about THAT EAGER ZEST, FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE MAGIC WORLD OF BOOKS. AN ANTHOLOGY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 27165

Welsh, Charles.

TWO ONE PAGE CARBON COPIES OF LETTERS TO HAROLD SIMPSON OF ENGLAND.

Two one page carbon copies of letters to Harold Simpson of England and a two page autograph letter from Simpson to Welsh in regards to the publication of boys adventure series. READ MORE about TWO ONE PAGE CARBON COPIES OF LETTERS TO HAROLD SIMPSON OF ENGLAND

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10820

Wiles, H.V.

THE HORN-BOOK, THE FIRST RUNG ON THE LADDER OF LITERACY.

London: n.p., n.d. 12mo. pebbled cloth. 40 pages. Limited to 100 numbered copies printed for private circulation. Illustrated history of this early form of alphabet book. READ MORE about THE HORN-BOOK, THE FIRST RUNG ON THE LADDER OF LITERACY

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87032

Wilson, R.N.D.

BOOKS AND THEIR HISTORY SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN.

London: T.C. & E.H. Jack, n.d. (circa 1920s). 12mo. cloth, inlaid paper cameo decoration on front cover. 112 pages and 26 plates with 6 in color. "Shown to the Children" series. New cloth spine laid down. Rubbing at the corners and edges of the covers. Exlibris with markings. READ MORE about BOOKS AND THEIR HISTORY SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 42318

Winterich, John T.

THE FIRST R.

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 19 pages. Essay on children's books delivered at the opening of an Exhibition on children's literature. READ MORE about THE FIRST R

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 13612

Wodzicka, Helen.

THE PRINTER AND HIS CRAFT.

(Hove, East Sussex, England): Wayland Publishers, (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 96 pages. Second impression. An Eyewitness Book. Frontispiece. Historical overview of printing and its evolution from craft to technology designed for youthful readers. Table of dates, glossary, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE PRINTER AND HIS CRAFT

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 108510

Wolf, Werner.

UNTERSUCHUNG UBER SCHULBUCHER UND LEHRMITTEL IN KENYA UND UGANDA.

Berlin: Berichte und Expertisen des Vereins zur Forderung der Bildungshilfe in Wntwicklungslandern, 1966. small 8vo. paper wrappers. vi, 119, (29) pages. An inquiry into textbooks and educational materials in Kenya and Uganda. READ MORE about UNTERSUCHUNG UBER SCHULBUCHER UND LEHRMITTEL IN KENYA UND UGANDA

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49339

Zeller, Konrad.

SCHWEIZER KUNSTLER ILLUSTRIEREN DIE BIBEL.

Zürich: Zwingli-Verlag, (1939). 12mo. paper-covered boards, paper spine and cover labels. 95+(1) pages. 30 illustrations for a children's bible, by Swiss artists, with biographical notes on the artists. Covers soiled; head of spine bumped. READ MORE about SCHWEIZER KUNSTLER ILLUSTRIEREN DIE BIBEL

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 48547

(Andersen, Hans Christian).

CATALOG OF THE JEAN HERSHOLT COLLECTION OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.

Washington: The Library of Congress, 1954. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece; (vi), 97 pages. With an introduction by Frederick R. Goff. Illustrated. READ MORE about CATALOG OF THE JEAN HERSHOLT COLLECTION OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 27497

(Andersen, Hans Christian). Blegvad, Erik.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, FROM AN ARTIST'S POINT OF VIEW.

Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1988. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. A lecture for International Children's Book Day, presented on May 1, 1987. Edited by Sybille A. Jagusch. Black and white illustrations throughout. Each page features an illustration for one of Andersen's tales by artists from the 1870s to the 1980s. READ MORE about HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, FROM AN ARTIST'S POINT OF VIEW

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 64889

(Baum, L. Frank). Hanff, Peter E. & Douglas G. Greene.

BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

San Francisco: International Wizard of Oz Club, 2002. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. paperback. 146 pages. Reprint of the revised and enlarged second edition from the original published in 1976. Bibliographia Oziana by Douglas G. Greene and Peter E. Hanff serves as the standard reference work that sorts out the extremely complex printing history of each of the original forty Oz books by L. Frank Baum and his six successors. In addition, it includes full descriptions..... READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHIA OZIANA, A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF THE OZ BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM AND...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 86827

(Biblio novel). Jacobs, Paul Samuel.

JAMES PRINTER, A NOVEL OF REBELLION.

New York: Scholastic Press, (1997). 8vo. dust jacket, boards. (iv), 220 pages. First edition. Juvenile fictional novel set in the 1600's in a printing office. READ MORE about JAMES PRINTER, A NOVEL OF REBELLION

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105345

BOB DISCOVERS A GOOD BOOK.

Chicago, IL: F.E. Compton & Company, 1946. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. An introduction, for children, to the use of encyclopedias. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about BOB DISCOVERS A GOOD BOOK

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134860

(Books).

THE HISTORY OF MAKING BOOKS.

New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1996. 8vo. metal ring binder with illustrated paper-covered boards. 45+(1) pages. First Scholastic edition, issued as volume 18 in the Voyages of Discoveryseries. Text and color illustrations on laminated paper, that describe the process of making books from clay tablets, papyrus rolls, and illuminated manuscripts to the printing press, with sections on machinery, color printing, bookbinding, booksellers and censors, and children's books. With a time-line chart and reusable vinyl stickers. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF MAKING BOOKS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 70866

(Brown, Judith Gwyn).

TO PICTURE THE STORY, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JUDITH GWYN BROWN.

Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of Boston, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Issued with an exhibition of Judith Gwyn Brown's book illustrations and original work at the Boston Public Library. With an article by the artist, and a checklist of books in the exhibition. Illustrated with full-page pen and ink drawings. Bookplate of Doris Frohnsdorff loosely inserted. READ MORE about TO PICTURE THE STORY, THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JUDITH GWYN BROWN

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65340

(Caldecott, Randolph). Davis, Mary Gould.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1946). square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 46+(1) pages. First edition. Jacket illustration is from the cover design of "The Horn Book." Book illustrations are from early prints of Caldecott drawings in The Houghton Memorial Library. Jacket soiled and with tape repair on front cover. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 1846-1886, AN APPRECIATION

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24544

(Caldecott, Randolph). Engen, Rodney K.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'.

London: Oresko Books Ltd., (1976). 4to. decorated, glossy stiff paper wrapper (folded in dust jacket form). 104 pages. First edition. Beautiful color and black and white illustrations of Caldecott's works. Illustrations for John Gilpin's Ride. READ MORE about RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 24418

Carpenter, Allan.

DELAWARE.

FROM IT'S GLORIOUS PAST TO THE PRESENT
Chicago: Childrens Press, (1967). square 8vo. pictorial cloth. 95+(1) pages. FROM IT'S GLORIOUS PAST TO THE PRESENT. B2-1497. An illustrated history of Delaware written for children. Covers foxed. READ MORE about DELAWARE

Price: $5.00 Order nr. 66041

(Carroll, Lewis). Goodacre, Selwyn H. and Justin G. Schiller.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AN 1865 PRINTING RE-DESCRIBED AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS THE PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY WITH A REVISED AND EXPANDED CENSUS OF THE SUPPRESSED 1865 ALICE TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SHORT-TITLE INDEX IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS BY JOHN TENNIEL FOR ALICE AND LOOKING-GLASS.

New York: Battledore Ltd., 1990. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 111 pages. Collectors and those interested in children's books will find this work fascinating as it unearths information about the first actual printing of Alice in Wonderland. Encouraged by his friends, Reverend Charles Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll, first had Alice published by Macmillan & Co. and printed by the Clarendon Press in June 1865, arranging to have a specially bound copy delivered to..... READ MORE about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AN 1865 PRINTING RE-DESCRIBED AND NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS THE...

Price: $75.00 Order nr. 49189

(Carroll, Lewis). Guiliano, Edward (editor).

LEWIS CARROLL OBSERVED, A COLLECTION OF UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, POETRY, AND NEW ESSAYS.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1976). 4to. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, 216 pages. First edition. With 77 drawings and photographs. Essays by Donald Rackin, Michael Patrick Hearn, Elizabeth Sewell, Jean Gattegno and others. Jacket chipped with small tears. READ MORE about LEWIS CARROLL OBSERVED, A COLLECTION OF UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, POETRY, AND NEW ESSAYS

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102167

(Carroll, Lewis). Lovett, Charles C.

LEWIS CARROLL AND THE PRESS.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 1999. 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 135 pages. This comprehensive new work not only provides bibliographical details lacking from previous studies, but it describes Dodgson's letters, articles, games, mathematical problems, and stories in such a way that the scholar without access to these rare items will gain an understanding of where Dodgson stood on various subjects and the nature of his relationship..... READ MORE about LEWIS CARROLL AND THE PRESS

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 53904

(Carroll, Lewis). Sewell, Byron and Clare Imholtz.

AN ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS CARROLL'S SYLVIE AND BRUNO BOOKS.

New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, 2008. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 274 pages. First edition. Byron Sewell and Clare Imholtz have compiled a comprehensive international bibliography of over 1000 entries listing all known editions of Lewis Carroll's Sylvie & Bruno books, their translations into foreign languages, excerpts from them, the appearance of their poems in anthologies, critical articles and studies, parodies, and much more. This book establishes..... READ MORE about AN ANNOTATED INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LEWIS CARROLL'S SYLVIE AND BRUNO BOOKS

Price: $95.00 Order nr. 94203

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