Winnie the Pooh by Milne, A. A - 1926

New York: Viking Press, 1938 Rough textured cloth boards with green and gilt pastedown title label, spine slightly darkened, else fine. Original pictorial slipcase is present with some light wear to bottom panel. Signed by both Leaf and Lawson and limited to 525 copies. Story of a Scottish lad who must choose between being a highlander and a lowlander. 1939 Caldecott Honor. . Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Small 4to.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1925. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 95 Pp. One Of One Hundred Copies Of The Signed, Limited Edition In Blue Cloth And Grey Boards With Paper Label, This Copy With Numbering Statement Crossed Out, Signed By E V Lucas And Ernest H Shepard With Inked Note Below "This Is A Presentation Copy For G Oliver Anderson". Decorative Bookplate "Ex Libris G Oliver Anderson" With Illustration Of A Medieval Teacher Reading To His Students Who Are Sitting Around Him. Anderson Was A Partner With Methuen. Book Is Near Fine, Light Rubbing At Corners With 1/2" Loss Of Paper At Bottom Of Two Lower Tips Along Bottom Edges. Dj Complete, Browned At Edges, 1" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge And Another At Top Of Rear Flap Fold, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Opf Front Panel, Minute Loss At Lower Bottom Front Tip, At Center Of Bottom Of Spine Edge, And At Top Of Rear Spine Edge.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1922. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth, Pictorial Label. Good/No Jacket. First Issue, Blue Cloth, "Kabumpo In Oz" Half-Title, "Princess Dorothy" On P.299, 12 Full-Color Plates, Earliest State Of Ampersand. This Copy From The Family Of Frank Joslyn Baum (12/4/83-12/2/58), L. Frank Baum's Oldest Son, With Childish Handwritten Signatures Of His Two Children, "Joslyn" , Joslyn Stanton Baum (1908-1982), And "Alden", Frank Alden Baum, (1914-1944). Alden Is The Dedicatee Of Some Of L. Frank Baum's Own Oz Books; Joslyn Was The Dedicatee Of The Road To Oz. [ Family Copies Of The Oz Books Are Rarely Available On The Market.] Wear, Front Hinge Broken, "Good" Only.

Mainz ( Main): Verlag Jos. Scholz, 1929. First Edition . Cloth Hinges. Near Fine. 114" x 6 1/2. A fold-out picture book consisting of twelve panels, each 6 1/2" tall by 9 1/2" long, connected to form a continuous 114" long picture on each side, a total of 24 colored panels, each with text explaining the railroad, its operation and its workers. A near fine copy, with one cloth connection between the boards split but easily repairable. Rare.

Chicago: Reilly And Lee, 1921. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9 1/4" Tall. 303 Pp. First Edition, First (And Only) Printing, 12 Full Color Plates, The Caption On The Color Plate Facing Page 255 Has The Misprint "Scarecorw's" For "Scarecrow's", As Is Required For The "First State". A Very Attractive, Near Fine Copy Of The First Issue. The Color Illustration Mounted On The Front Board Is Complete, Unworn, Brightly Colored And Clear. The Spine Is Bumped Top And Bottom; The Tips Are Also Bumped; But The Cover Shows Only Traces Of Wear. The Endpapers Are Illustrated Black And White; Verso The Front Free Endpaper Has Been Written "Taken/Returned" In Ink. Pon The Ownership Page "This Book Belongs To...". The Title Page Has Three Ink Marks; One Above And One Below The Letter "H" And One To The Right Of The Letter "E" In John R. Neill. Page 14 Has A Water Stain Approx. 1Inch By 1 Inch (Irregular I… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's decorated pink paper-covered boards backed with a tan cloth spine, lacking the dust jacket. About Very Good. Covers soiled, faded and edge-worn. Previous owner name heavily scratched out on front free endpaper. Pages thumbed and with occasional light creases or wear. Scarce first printing of the classic children's book about a pacifist bull who would rather smell flowers than fight.

New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's decorated pink paper-covered boards backed with a tan cloth spine, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Covers soiled and worn. Previous owner name to verso of front free end paper. Glue repair seems evident to hinge at title page. Pages soiled, foxed, thumbed and occasionally stained.

1914 1ed Butterfly Babies Book Gordon Ross Children Literature Color Illustrated

M.T. Ross, "Penny", was a popular artist and cartoonist in the early 1900s whose works include "The Flower Babies Book", "The Flower Children", "Butterfly Babies", "Bird Children", "Animal Children" and others. He was also the originator of the extremely popular comic strip "Mamma's Angel Child" for the Chicago Tribune and worked with Walt Disney before he made his own company.
Elizabeth Gordon was a fantasy author and poet. Her book 'Butterfly Babies' Book' is a short children's fantasy collection of poems that anthropomorphize butterflies giving them names and stories while giving information through poetry on the trees and flowers they eat and take shelter from. The book ends with an area for the reader to notate when they see butterflies and what butterflies they see.
This charming children's book of poems contains color illustrations from Ross on each page of each butterfly including on the cover boards!

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1860 Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes Color Illustrated Children Fairy Humpty Dumpty

A rare, illustrated edition of famous Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. This book contains famous nursery rhymes including:
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'Humpty Dumpty'
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'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe'
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'Little Boy Blue'
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'Little Bo Peep'
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'Jack Jump Over the Candlestick'
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'Old King Cole'
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'Peter Piper'
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'Song of Sixpence'
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'Three Blind Mice'
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And many more!
Item number: #19611
Price: $550
Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes & Melodies
[Philadelphia : Henry B. Ashmead, ca. 1860].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages;
· Language: English
· Binding: secure

· Quite rare
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1871 1ed Mother Goose Set to Music Humpty Dumpty Twinkle Little Star Jack n Jill
A rare first edition of the charming pictorial collection, 'Mother Goose Set to Music.' Originally composed by James William Elliot, the lyrics of the songs were written by M.L. Elliot. Each song includes a corresponding woodcut vignette. These illustrations are by a variety of artists under the supervision of the esteemed English engravers, the Brothers Dalziel, George, and Edward.
There can hardly be found a name or pseudonym so synonymous with nursery rhymes as Mother Goose. Included within are some of the Western world's most famous pieces such as 'Jack and Jill,' 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,' 'Dickory, Dickory, Dock,' 'Little Bo-Peep,' 'Little Jack Horner,' 'Humpty Dumpty,' 'Hey diddle diddle,' and so many more!
Item number: #40381
Price: $499
ELLIOT, M.L.
Mother Goose Set to Music
New York: G.W. Carleton and Co., 1871. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
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[8], 75 (i.e., 71), [1]
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