Search Results: Authors starting with G from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

Racine, WI: Whitman, 1939 Color printed stiff card covers, spine wear, split at ends, cover soil, pages age-toned. Fifty pages of nursery rhymes, each page with a color plate. The artwork is quite nice but suffers from being reproduced on low quality paper.. Good. Illus. by Gabrielle . Folio.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing (1970). Pictorial boards, foxing to endpapers, gift inscription; matching dust jacket with edge wear, 3" closed tear to rear panel. A fun way to learn about toad and frog fact and lore, illustrated in b&w. True first editions of this title are difficult to find.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York Chicago San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1930 (1930). Beige cloth with color pictorial pastedown, bottom corner bumped, slight wear to pastedown. Funny animal stories pictured in color and b&w appearing full page and within the text. Illustrated endpapers. Tons of jolly fun.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Keith Ward. 4to.

New York: Toon Books, 2014 Pictorial boards, as new. Neil Gaiman's adaptaion of the fairy tale with artwork by Mattoti after work he originally created for the Metropolitan Opera's stage production. Printed on tree-free paper.. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Lorenzo Mattotti. Small 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.

New York: Seabury Press (1974). Green cloth in color illustrated dust jacket, minor wear. A verse version of Jack and the Beanstalk, originally published in 1807. Fun color artwork thorughout.. First Edition Thus. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1958 Brown reinforced cloth with minor wear, 1" closed tear near the gutter of title page; illustrated dust jacket with small pieces missing at edges and spine ends. A fun book about the relationship between a boy and his dog. Whimsical illustrations. Guild Edition.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Small 4to.

New York: Viking, 1939 Blue cloth, light soil, minor shelf wear; color illustrated dust jacket with a small piece missing from front panel marring author's name, soil and light wear. The story of a stubborn and proud little pony. Appealing color lithos by Margaret van Doren.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Margaret Van Doren. Small 4to.

New York: Viking, 1938 Blue cloth with light shelf wear, dark mark to pages 140 and 142, else internally clean; color illustrated dust jacket with small losses, age-toned, worn. A very nice story about two children who are happy that they can ride their ponies year-round. Thirty illustrations in b&w by Van Doren.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Margaret Van Doren. 8vo.

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2006 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Strange things happen when a little boy writes a letter to sea creatures. Great color artwork throughout.. First Printing. As New/As New. 4to.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1957 288 pgs. Blue cloth with light wear to extremities, darkening to spine and along fore edge of cover, gift inscription and tiny ink mark to half-title page. The beloved novel about a cat who, after waking up from sedation, believes herself to be Bastet the Egyptian cat goddess. . Stated First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gioia Fiammenghi. 8vo.

Chicago: Albert Whitman (1928).Grey-green cloth with light wear to spine ends and corners, spine gilt and gilt rules dulled, pastedown with light dust soil. A book of games for all seasons and holidays, including Halloween. Color pastedown by Winter, nice 2-color artwork by Shinn inside.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cobb X. Shinn and Milo Winter. 8vo.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1964 Blue cloth, light foxing to endpapers; pictorial dust jacket rubbed and worn, price-clipped. Library binding but not ex-library.Where do icebergs come from? What happens to them? These questions and more are answered within. Illustrated in limited color throughout. . 5th Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Bobri. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968 Green pictorial cloth with some spotting to cloth, foxing to prelims, crease in rear endpaper; dust jacket with wear and tears, uneven loss along top of rear panel, price-clipped. Library binding but NOT ex-library. All about how birds sleep and remain protected at night. Wonderul artwork in limited color and b&w throughout by Aliki. . 4th Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Aliki. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: FSG, 2011 Hard cover in dust jacket, first printing, jacket price intact, no award seal on jacket. Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal, about one boy's summer of being grounded.. First Printing. As New/As New. 8vo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1944 Green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green ink, cover soil and wear, light finger soil and reading wear. The friendship of a baby orangutan and baby elephant, illustrated in color throughout. This copy is inscribed by the author and illustrator with a small sketch of the characters.. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bernard Garbutt. 8vo.

New York: Meredith Press, 1969 249 pgs. Green cloth hard cover in illustrated dust jacket with edge wear and chips, price-clipped. A Bear, Ostrich, Owl and Goat set out on an adventure. Illustrated in b&w by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.. First American Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1976 Boards with cloth spine, slight sunning to edges; illustrated dust jacket with slight wear at spine ends (no price on dust jacket, so BCE?). A collection of four original fairy tales illustrated in b&w by Michael Sporn. . Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Michael Sporn. Small 4to. BCE.

Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros (1930). Wraparound pictorial boards with light soil, edge wear, front board slightly bowed. Great color cover, b&w artwork throughout.. Probable First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. Square 8vo.

USA: Platt & Munk, 1939 Eight softcover books with the most minor of reading wear, else Fine in a well-worn, two-part box. Each book is illustrated in color and line by George Carlson. Books included: Uncle Wiggily and the Apple Dumpling, ...and the Red Spots, ...and the Peppermint, ...and the Sleds, ...and the Snow Plow, ...Learns to Dance, ...and the Barber, ...and the Canoe. . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by George Carlson. Square 8vo..