Juvenile Poetry
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Juvenile Poetry Books & Ephemera
Wonders of the Seasons, A Big Golden Book
by Wilkin, Eloise (Illus); Parker, Bertha Morris
New York: Golden Press, 1966 Pictorial boards with worn corners and edges, loss of paper at top and bottom of spine, cracking along outer front spine fold, corner bends to a few pages, gift inscription else clean. A lovely poem celebrating the seasons with charming color artwork throughout by Eloise Wilkin, depicting a diverse cast of children enjoying winter, spring, summer and autumn. . First Edition (A). Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Eloise Wilkin. Folio.
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£32.56
Ye Booke of Pictures Painted By Ancient People to Veritable Historic Rhymes Rung Out By Ye Chimes of Ye Bells of Bow Steeple
by Early British. Ross, Charles H. (Attrib. to)
London, 11 Ludgate Hilll: Dean & Son, 1863 Yellow card covers printed in black & red, cover soil and light wear, newer spine, repair to last leaf. A book of humorous verses, satirizing historic events. Each verse with an equally amusing illustration in red & black by Irving Wood. The verses are attributed to Charles H. Ross. Uncommon.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Irving Wood, Engraved By W C Harrison. 12mo.
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£325.56
Music Hour: First Book
by Music
New York: Silver Burdett (1927, 1928, 1936, 1937). Green pictorial cloth, corners and spine tips worn, pages a bit thumbed, two mended tears and corner off of one page. A collection of rhymes set to music, including Mother Goose, Eugene Field, Laura E. Richards, etc... Lovely color artwork throughout by Shirley Kite.. Later Edition. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Shirley Kite. 4to.
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£36.63
Book of Old Ballads
by Nichols, Beverly (Selected by); Illustrated By H M Brock
London: Hutchinson & Co, 1934 (1934). Light brown cloth boards pictorially stamped in gilt, one corner bumped, book plate on flyleaf. A selection of old ballads illustrated by Brock with 16 beautiful color plates. . First Edition. Near Fine. Illus. by H M Brock. 4to.
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£142.43
Another Book of Verses for Children
by Lucas, E. V.; Illustrated By F. D. Bedford
New York: Macmillan, 1925 431 pgs. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in red & black, minor shelf wear, else clean and fine. A large collection verses for children illustrated with a color frontis and title page plus 18 full-page line drawings, other smaller line drawings throughout.. Reissue. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by F D Bedford. Thick 8vo.
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£61.04
Derek Walcott: Collected Poems 1948-1984
by Walcott, Derek
New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1986 Pictorial softcover with small tear at top of spine, pencil & pen notations on a number of pages. A selection of poems from 7 of Walcott's collections. Received the 1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry. Walcott received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Derek Walcott (Cover Art). Thick 8vo.
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£10.17
Bronwen, the Traw, and the Shape-Shifter
by Watson, Richard Jesse (Illus): Dickey, James (Auth)
San Diego: Bruccoli Clark Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1986). Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. A fantastical poem in four parts with stunningly detailed artwork by Watson.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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£20.35
Her Letter, His Answer & Her Last Letter
by Harte, Bret
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905 TEG. 100 pgs.. Pictorial boards with illuminated pastedown, a few spots to spine and minor bowing to boards, other wise it appears untouched, plain glassene wrapper with a few nicks and spots, original box is worn, unevenly darkened with small losses and splits. Three romantic letters in verse. This is quite a production with 9 color plates with lettered tissue guards and a color title page, 30 plates in yellow and black and 6 b&w plates. Every other page is adorned...
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£223.82
Young Hunter of Picuris
by Clark, Ann Nolan
Lawrence, KS: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1965 (1943). Pictorial wraps, nickel-sized dark stain to front cover else Fine. A story, told in verse of a young Pueblo hunter. Illustrated in line by Velino Herrera, a Pueblo Indian painter also known as Ma Pe Wi. He received a Caldecott Honor for illustrating Ann Nolan Clark's In My Mother's House.. 5th Printing. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Velino Herrera. Oblong 8vo.
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£28.49
Beyond the Looking Glass, Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy: Novels, Stories & Poetry from the Victorian Era
by Fantasy. Cott, Jonathan (Ed)
New York: Stonehill (1973).Green paper over boards, light wear to corners, illustrated dust jacket with light edge wear. A collection of fantasy stories and poetry by authors such as Christina Rossetti, John Ruskin, George MacDonald, Tom Hood, Mrs. Clifford, Mark Lemon and Mary de Morgan. Illustrated with reproductions of Victorian fantasy and fairy tale art.. Stated First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thick 4to.
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£24.42
Christmas Lights
by Christmas. Burnside, Helen Marion
London Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 [1890] per Nat. Lib. Scotland. AEG. [24 pgs]. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, surface, edge and corner wear, light foxing throughout. The poem "Christmas Lights," illustrated on every page, 12 chromolithographs in color the balance in sepia. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by J Pauline Sunter. Oblong 12mo.
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£69.18
Three Jovial Huntsmen, A Mother Goose Rhyme (Caldecott Honor)
by Jeffers, Susan (illus); Mother Goose
Scarsdale: Bradbury Press, 1973 Pictorial cloth, base of spine and bottom corner bumped, gift inscription to endpaper else clean; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, small edge tear to front panel, sunned area on rear panel, abrasion to front flap where price would have been. The familiar rhyme adapted and illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Caldecott Honor.. First Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Susan Jeffers. 4to.
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£69.18
Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow, 1998 Hard cover with gift inscription to half-title, one page with a corner bend; dust jacket with a faint crease to front panel, original price intact ($18.00). Lovely color artwork to accompany Stevenson's classic verse.. First Printing Thus. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. Illus. by Diane Goode. Small Thick 4to..
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£20.35
Kids of Many Colors
by Boylan, Grace Duffie & Ike Morgan
New York: Hurst & Company, 1909 Yellow cloth pictorially stamped in red, green & black, cover soil and mild bumping to corners, binding slightly shaken, gift inscription. Verses about children from all around the world from France, to China, Canada to the Philippines, etc... Illustrated in color throughout. The book is full of racial and cultural stereotypes, in both word and image, that represent an antiquated world view that would be offensive to most modern readers. . Later Printing....
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£101.74
Anne Sexton, A Biography
by Sexton, Anne (Subj); Middlebrook, Diane Wood (Auth)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991 Mustard boards with green cloth spine, corners bumped; dust jacket with light creasing around edges, slightly age-toned, original price intact ($24.95). A detailed biography of famed poet, Anne Sexton.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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£20.35
Stokes' Wonder Book of Mother Goose
by Mother Goose
New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1919 Red cloth pictorially stamped in black, titled in gilt with die-cut color pastedown to front cover, light wear to extremities, frontis tissue creased else nice internally; the dust jacket is missing large pieces with old repairs on verso, heavily worn. A beautifully illustrated Mother Goose with 24 color plates plus full and partial page line art. A beautiful copy, rare with the dust jacket.. First Edition. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Florence Choate and...
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£345.91
Hiawatha
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1909 208 pgs. TEG. Green cloth with full color pastedown, light rubbing to pastedown, slight spine lean. Longfellow's epic poem illustrated with a decorative border, 2-color frontis and 12 other 2-color plates by John R. Neill plus the full color cover plate. Rare in such lovely condition.. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by John R. Neill. 8vo.
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£101.74
Zoo at Night
by Frasconi, Antonio (Illus); Robinson, Martha (Auth)
New York: Margaret K McElderry , 1995 Glossy boards with cloth spine in color illustrated dust jacket with minor wear to extremities, original price intact ($16.00). Verses that contemplate what the animals do in a zoo at night, after the humans leave. Illustrated in color throughout by Antonio Frasconi. Martha Robinson's first book for children. Received positive critical response.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Antonio Frasconi. 4to.
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£36.63
Off the Weather-Bow on Life's Voyage
by Little, Elisabeth A
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1889 Illustrated boards with brown cloth spine, light edge wear, front and rear hinges reinforced. Inspirational verses and quotes illustrated with lovely duotone chromolithographs featuring oceanic imagery.. First American Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Narrow Oblong Folio.
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£122.08
Child's Garden of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Newark, NJ: Charles E Graham & Co, 1930 Blue-green cloth with color pastedown, titled in gilt, mild external wear, gift inscription and some offsetting to pages opposite color artwork. An extremely lovely edition of Child's Garden of Verses with full color map endpapers based on the various verses, 16 full page color plates plus vertical color artwork on every page. . First Thus. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Julie C. Pratt. 4to.
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£223.82
Painted Houses (aka Malowane Domy)
by Borudzka, Wanda (Translated By Margaret Sperry)
Copenhagen: Golden Mill Press, 1961 79 pgs. Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light edge wear and cover soil, previoius owner's name, pages slightly age-toned. Poems about the handicrafts of Poland illustrated with examples and scenes done in a folk-peasant style, plus photos of lace and fabrics. Just lovely. . First English Language Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Zofia Czasenicka and Henryk Gaczynski. Oblong 4to.
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£101.74
Rhyme of a Run
by Harrison, Florence
London: Blackie & Sons Ltd., 1907 Green cloth pictorially stamped in green, black, red and gilt, slight cover soil, book plate and gift inscription dated 1907. An extremely scarce and marvelous book by Florence Harrison, about whom very little is known. A collection of charming rhymes by Harrison, illustrated with 22 beautiful tipped in color plates (a few ripples and small edge tears as is common with this book) as well as full page line drawings printed on green paper. This by far one of the...
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£895.29
Little Book of Old Rhymes
by Barker, Cicely Mary
London: Blackie & Sons Ltd., 1959 48 pgs. Small hardcover with pictorial pastedown, gift inscription in pencil, one page with tiny closed tear, in a pictorial dust jacket with edge tears, sticker over most of price sticker, but price visible (3 / ) Illustrated endpapers and 12 glorious full page color plates by Barker. An uncommon Barker title. No date, circa 1959 based on inscription. . Later Printing. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Cicely Mary Barker. 16mo.
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£36.63
Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language (Signed, Limited)
by Palgrave, Frances Turner (Ed.)
London: Macmillan, 1890 Maroon cloth with gilt-titled vellum spine, vellum moderately soiled, corner wear, binding slightly shaken. 1890 large paper copy of one of the most oft reprinted collections of English verse. Limited to 500 copies, signed by Frances Turner Palgrave.. Signed by Editor. Signed Limited Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 8vo.
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£142.43
Animal Frolics
by Shape Book
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1910 Circa 1910. Color-printed, die-cut card wraps, edge & spine wear, loss to base of spine and at the edges of a few pages, pages brittle, will need to be handled with care. Illustrated with 6 pages printed in color, the balance in line. Fables and humorous verses about animals. The cover is a pirated version of Louis Wain's Dandy Lion, some of the b&w artwork is by George Henry Thompson. . Early Printing. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Wain...
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£36.63
