The Story of Jumping Mouse; A Native American Legend Retold and Illustrated By John Steptoe (Publisher's Promotional Poster) by Steptoe, John - 1984

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd, 1912. Compiled and arranged for the National Association of Teachers of the Deaf by the Publications Committee No year of publication listed, but book is circa 1912 which is referenced in the book. Black and white illustrations and decorations throughout and some gorgeous vibrant full page, full color illustrations on glossy stock. Dark green cloth with black titles. 124 pages. Bumped and worn corners and head and heel of spine. Endpapers are tanned; booksellers penciled notation on rear endpage. The title page and pages 13 and 19 have some very light fingermarks. We note a weakness in the binding - loose stitching between pages 44 and 45. From page 123 "Writing A Letter:" "I am learning many things here. I learn to speak, and to read, and to write... We play football in winter. In summer we play cricket...: A lovely and rare volume. Please see our photographs. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity… Read More

Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1903. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thin 8vo. Pp. 10. Title page with a handsome stamped device mid-page. Printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. This is number 52 of an edition limited to 60 copies. Top edges mostly unopened. Green quarter cloth binding over paper-covered boards. An exemplary copy. First thus. Ransom ("Private Presses and Their Books"), p.343, notes two titles printed by Merrymount in 1903, both published by Goodspeed, but neglects to cite this title.

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Backstrip split and reglued, boards heavily . worn, pages toned, water spots on front and rear boards.. 1900. Hardcover. Pictorial hardcover with blue cloth spine. Stories and verse about various figures in American Revolutionary War history and black and white illustrations by Mabel Humphrey of children dressing up and reenacting these scenes. Twelve full-page chromolithograph plates by Maud Humphrey (Mabel's sister and Humphrey Bogart's mother). Scenes and stories include Martha Washington pouring tea, the surrender of Cornwallis, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Lafayette dancing the Minuet, Moll Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Paul Revere's ride, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Jones, the Battle of Bunker Hill, Ben Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, and the courtship of George Washington. The children depicted in these illustrations are plump and rosy-cheeked and have meticulous costuming. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Paris: Ernest Benn Diffusion Garnier, 1981 Almost Near Fine Copy Of The French Language Version Of A Particularly Scarce Title From Susanna Gretz' Well Loved Teddy Bear Series. Pictorial Glossy Boards With Felt Pen /Remainder? Mark Across Upper Edge. Some surface ruibbing/impressions to boards. No Writing Or Marks. Very Clean And Bright.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1946. HBDJ, 1946 on Title pg, 1ST EDITION, 1st printing, VG/VG, DJ has tiny white piece tape with B on it at spine with FADE, 8vo, Beige with Red cloth decorated boards, decorated end papers, cover shows slight wear and stain but overall is attractive and bright, minor bu mping, clean and bright inside, book hinges are intact. UNPAGINATED 29 PGS. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa 0 Book. Illus. by Unknown. Very Fine. Soft cover. Not Stated.. Tokyo 1885 - 1921 Hasegawa , vol. 19. Hand made book with silk stitched wraps, unpaginated . Illustrated with woodblock printed by hand on hand made creped Masa paper , profusely colored illustrations . This is only one vol. of this very rare set of twenty books, many of the tales were translated to english and then printed in Japan by B.H. Chamberlain , David Thompson , and Kate James. This hand printed and hand made book made of hand made creped paper to look and act like cloth , to withstand the wear of children reading it.Please take a look at the photo of this book and you will see how detaled the woodblock carvers had to be. Condition: Very Fine , a clean and tight book with no damage . Size : 4"w. X 6"h. or 16mo Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Philadelphia, Pa: Johnson & Warner, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good -. 32 p.: engraved frontispiece and 5 leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain paper on paste board, printed in black with front and back within simple decorative borders. Imprint on cover dated 1811. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Frontispiece attached to inside of front cover. Principally taken from: Le Magazin des Enfans Mme. de Beaumont (cf. Preface). Plates probably engraved by William Charles. Rosenbach, 438; Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 19992 and 22717. The illustrations are printed on a different stock, which has darkened more than the text. Front cover detached; otherwise in Very Good- Condition: cover slightly soiled; lacking some paper along joints; scattered foxing, including title page; otherwise pages are clean and tight.

Frederick Warne and co. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover. Chas. J De Lacy. Good condition.Frederick Warne and co,1902.First edition.Pictorial hardback(illustration on the front cover and spine,some marks,dents,nicks and shelf wear on the cover and spine) in GC, no Dj.Illustrated with b/w plates.Clean pages with foxing marks,aged and tainted on the outer edges,stain mark on the edges of the first blank page of the book,some creases,nicks and foxing marks on the edges of the pages,owner's sticker inside the front cover.The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear.399 including List of illustrations.With original illustrations by Chas. J De Lacy.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.

New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when and from whom each was acquired, and a list of 60 questions about those books. Each leaf of bookplates is perforated so that the bookplates can be removed and used. Each leaf is headed with a quote about books. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; lacking quote section from the head of the first leaf of bookplates; otherwise, complete, clean, and tight.

Litho poster, [29 x 23 inches].Very good, some rippling, light edge wear. The poster features an aerial image of Manhattan (credited to Skyview Surveys) with several bold arrows pointing at the northwest corner of Union Square. The Underground disco was located in the basement of 860 Broadway, just above Union Square on the east side of Broadway. Warhol's Factory was also present in this building at the time. The poster lists events to take place the week of and on the day of the Gay Pride March on Sunday, June 27, 1982. No exemplars found in collections or in trade. All posters are presently stored between acid free boards, flat, under weight. They will be shipped rolled, in tubes.