Recent Arrivals from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Hyperion, 2001 Illustrated boards. Replica of New Guinea Birdwing butterfly & Australian Stag beetle in wood frames. Housed in publisher's plastic boxes which are a bit scuffed with a few breaks and yellowing. Wonderful and inventive pop-ups with moveable elements.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Robert Sabuda & Matthew Reinhart. 12mo.

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2023 Pictorial boards in color pictorial dust jacket. A picture book about how we can discuss the difficult history of African-Americans, slavery, and inequality in America. Stunning artwork which took Coulter 6 years to complete, combining painting, sculpture and drawing. Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, PW Best Picture Book, NYT Best Children's Book, NPR… Read more about this item

Meriden, CT: International Silver Co, 1939 42 pgs. Illustrated wraps with barely-mentionable wear and dust soil. A sort of parody of Alice's trial from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The end goal is to teach the reader the proper placesetting for silverware. Illustrated with line art printed in red ink. Uncommon.. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Farrar. 8vo.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1957 Aqua cloth pictorially stamped in reddish-brown ink, light shelf wear, gift inscription; color pictorial dust jacket with wear to extremities and small edge tears, two circular stains, price-clipped. Whitey, a polar bear who had lived with humans on an icebound ship is left behind in the arctic. The story originally appeared in the Washington… Read more about this item

New York: MacMillan Company, 1938 Unpaginated. Light green cloth titled and pictorially stamped in black ink, light shelf wear, endpapers browned, old bookstore sticker to rear endpaper; illustrated dust jacket darkened, worn with losses and archival mend to verso, original price intact ($1.50). A story about flying squirrel illustrated with great detail by renowned artist Dorothy P. Lathrop. Inscribed by… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974 Mustard cloth pictorially stamped in pink, blue & black, five pages with stains in upper corner otherwise clean; dust jacket with edge wear, stains to rear panel, archival mend to verso, original price intact ($4.95). The first "Stupids" book illustrated in color throughout by Marshall. The Stupids are a family that do and say nonsensical things,… Read more about this item

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2013 Hardcover in color pictorial dust jacket with original price intact ($15.99). The first book in Becker's wordless trilogy (Journey, Quest, Return) which was awarded a Caldecott Honor. This copy is inscribed by Becker and stamped with his monogram in gold. . Inscribed By Artist. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Aaron Becker. Oblong 4to.

New York: Harper Collins, 2014 Pictorial boards in translucent pictorial dust jacket with original price intact ($19.99). Sleeping Beauity reimagined by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated with detailed b&w artwork with metallic gold accents by Chris Riddell. He was awarded his third Kate Greenaway Medal for this title.. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Chris Riddell. 4to.

Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co, 1949 Pink cloth pictorially stamped in blue, gift inscription, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear to extremities, original price intact ($2.50). The story of a page boy's redemption after his actions cause injury to Sir Galahad. Illustrated in b&w throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Rafaello Busoni.… Read more about this item

Boston: D Lothrop & Company, 1881 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, boards worn along edges, corners worn through, text block reattached, free endpapers lacking. Easy-to-read story about a little girl named Gretna who moves from Sweden to America. Illustrated with engravings by various, uncredited artists. . Pictorial Boards. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 4to.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984 Boards with stamped design of Ramona, yellow cloth spine, bottom corner worn through, previous owner's name on FFEP, one page with corner bend; pictorial dust jacket with light wear, slightly darkened, original price intact ($9.25). The penultimate Ramona book. Cleary's best-loved character returns facing new challenges and new adventures.. First Printing. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Coward McCann, 1937 Blue cloth pictorially stamped in white, fading along edges and spine, gift inscription; color pictorial dust jacket with long tear to front panel repaired with tape, chipping and other light wear, price-clipped. A story set in a Scandinavian-like country about a girl who runs away to learn to sing and the orphan boy who follows… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1849 (1849). Marbled boards with calf spine, ruled and titled in gilt, exterior heavily worn, pages marked and stained but readable, reading wear. A story that reinforces values upheld by a select group of Protestant sects. Illustrated with two full-page engravings and a few small decorations. . Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited.… Read more about this item

Tours: Maison Mame, 1942 241 pgs. Beige cloth pictorially stamped in red & green, half-inch tear to lower cover, faint foxing to eps and edge of text block, stray mark to endpaper, text & images clean. Christmas stories illustrated with full-page wood-cut illustrations. Text in French.. Later Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by R Broders. 12mo.

Chicago: P F Volland & Co, 1920 (1920) but after 1924. Pictorial boards, corners worn through and soft, edges rubbed, cover soil, a few marginal stains in the gutter of a few pages otherwise clean and bright text and images. Beautiful color artwork throughout appearing as full and partial page. . Twentieth Printing. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket as Issued.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1905 363 pgs. Green cloth titled in gilt, pictorially stamped in dark green, boards unevenly sunned, spine badly cocked, marginal stains in the gutter throughout, occasional marks to pages, but clean overall, all plates present. Tales of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves and a reindeer. Illustrated in… Read more about this item

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1939 Color printed linen-like paper, light soil and wear, previous owner translated the text to French and pasted the translations to each page (could be removed with some careful effort, if so desired). The classic tale of Little Red Hen which teaches the lesson, "you reap what you sow." Illustrated in color on each… Read more about this item

Milan: Editions Piccoli, 1960 Circa 1960. Color printed baords, foxing to prelims and edges of text block, pages clean. A selection of popular fables from Jean de la Fontaine illustrated with mid-century color artwork throughout, both full- and partial-page. Published in Italy, text in French.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by G Gatti. Folio.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895 TEG. 286 pgs. Grey cloth decroatively stamped in brown ink with gilt titles, slight spine lean, a 1908 newspaper article about Aldrich's boyhood home being preserved as a memorial pasted in. Aldrich's well-known novel, a loosely autobriographical account of one boy's childrhood in Portsmouth, NH. Illustrated with full- and partial- page illustrations by A B Frost.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897 229 pgs. TEG. Elaborately gilt-stamped green cloth, corners turned, light fraying to extremities, gift inscription and three ink stamps by a previous owner, occasional marks to text but clean over all. Children's rhymes by Eugene Field, selected from previously published collections, illustrated in b&w on nearly every page by Charles Robinson. . First… Read more about this item