New York: Mahlon Day, 1833. Wraps. Chapbook. Approximately 2.5” x 4”. Complete. Cover features a cow with a bird on its back. Wood engravings throughout. Short illustrated essays on the horse, the ox, the goat, the cat, the mastiff, the pointer, the spaniel, the hog, the reindeer, the Arabian camel..... More
Concord, New Hampshire: Rufus Merrill, 1852 on the cover and 1853 on the title page. Wraps. Complete with original buff cover and 24 pages. The title page features an illustration of the ship Essex. Wood engravings throughout. Tiny “VtHi discard” stamp at the bottom margin of the first text page..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Szyk, Arthur. Hard Cover. 4to. Four-volume set (two volumes of text/illustrations plus two volumes of notes), Limited edition, #309 of 1500. 60 multi-color illustrations. Black linen covers with gilt decoration. Housed in two black slipcases. Includes the original advertisement and newsletter. Sound bindings with..... More
New York: Century, Circa 1918. Cox, Palmer. Hard Cover. 4to. Mrs. L. Palmer Cox's address label is inside the front cover. Complete. Sound binding. Clean pages. Light cover wear. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, heaviest at spine ends. Number 5 in the Brownies series. Eleven Brownies titles in..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1907. Wylie, Charles (photographer). First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Oblong 8vo. Wonderful early Teddy Bear book illustrated with photographs and featuring two Steiff stuffed bears. Includes photos of tin houses, toy soldiers, a soft monkey, and lots of dolls. Full-page photographs alternate with text pages..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1948. Gramatky, Hardie. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Complete. First edition with $2.25 on dust jacket. Inscribed by Gramatky on the title page, "For my very fine friends / -The Kollikers / with all good / wishes / Hardie Gramatky / 1948". Sound binding..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. Hogan, Inez. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo. Complete with dust jacket. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Cover has light wear and soiling; a split along the spine is just starting. Minor wear to most of the dust jacket, but missing about..... More
Oldenburg, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Stalling, 1930. Wenz-Vietor, Else. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete. Text in German (Sutterlin typeface). Striking color illustrations throughout; seven of them are full-page. Sound binding; front hinge starting to crack. No names or other writing. Clean pages with a...... More
New York and London: E.P Dutton & Co. and Longmans, Green and Co., [1884]. Doyle, Richard. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 8vo. Complete with 56 pages and all 25 color illustrations (two are double-page) and 31 sepia illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Sound binding; neatly mended front hinge, rear hinge just starting to..... More
New York: International News Company, 1884. Hard Boards with Cloth Spine. Folio. This book has the same cover illustration as a German edition, Lebende Thierbilder, along with three of the same movables. Complete with six movables: 1) Happy Family - works fine; tab shortened and very worn... More
