Search Results: Titles starting with J from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Frederick Warne, 1977 Green cloth hard cover titled in gilt, some spotting to cloth and foxing to preliminary pages; pictorial dust jacket with a short tear and creasing to front panel, sunned spine, original price intact ($8.95). Carroll's famous verse from Through the Looking-Glass illustrated with color artwork reminiscent of stained glass. Includes an interpretation by "Humpty Dumpty.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Jane Breskin Zalben. Square 8vo.

New York: Modern Promotions, 1974 No date, Circa 1974. Pictorial boards with a hint of wear to spine ends. A brief version of Jack and the Beanstalk with 4 fine pop-ups.. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Oblong 4to.

New York: Simon & Schuster / Hallmark, 2001 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, light corner rubbing else fine inside and out. An ingenious and intricately designed pop-up book with moveable elements.. Reprint. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to.

New York: Holiday House, 1935 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges worn, corners chipped, corners of text block bumped. The familiar fairy tales with simple line art by Arvilla Parker. Designed by Helen Gentry and printed by William E Rudge's Sons. One of the earliest of the Holiday House books, which were meant to be fine press books for children. See Bader pgs 212-14. . First And Only Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arvilla Parker. 24mo.

London & New York: John Lane, 1900 Tan cloth pictorially stamped in red, grey & black, light cover soil, book plate partially removed, lacking frontis tissue guard. A book of humorous rhymes about various professions, each accompanied 2-color artwork. A rare Charles Robinson title.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Robinson. Small 4to.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1888 48 pgs. Grey-green cloth pictorially stamped in red ink, cloth rubbed, gift inscription, thumbing to pages, 2 pin holes through a number of pages. A facsimile of Doyle's 1842 manuscript which was sold at auction by Christie's and eventually published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1888. Each page contains hand-lettered text and color artwork reproduced from Doyle's manuscript. Scarce. Osborne pg 29. . Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Richard Doyle. 4to.

Chicago: Merrill Publishing, 1935 Pictorial boards with wear and small chips from edges and spine, pages age-toned. The story of how the Rabbit family recovers after their house burns to the ground. Hand-lettered text and delightful artwork in full-color and line. Scarce.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by April Martin. Oblong 12mo.

Prague: Statni Nakladatelstvi Detske Knihy, 1955 (1955). Illustrated boards with black cloth spine lettered in green ink; there is light cover soil and boards are very slightly bowed, faint crease mark on first page. Gorgeous color lithos on every other page. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Jiri Trnka. Oblong 4to.

New York: FSG (1982). Turquoise cloth, would be fine but there is a damp stain and puckering to rear endpapers; in color pictorial dust jacket which is slightly worn. Themes and ideas taking from African-American folklore, imaginatively illustrated in color throughout.. Stated First Edition. Very Good Minus/Near Fine. Illus. by Margot Zemach. Square 4to.

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1979 Bound in red cloth ; in color illustrated dust jacket with light wear, original price clipped. A humorously illustrated collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Signed by Marshall with a sketch of a chicken.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by James Marshall. 4to.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984 Glossy boards imitating a composition book, illustrated dust jacket. The story of Jane Martin, a girl who finds lost dogs. Wonderful b&w illustrations by Amy Schwartz.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Amy Schwartz. 4to.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 Pictorially stamped cloth; Color pictorial dust jacket with a few small edge tears, Children's Spring Book Festival sticker affixed to front panel, original price intact ($2.00). Wonderful full color & 2-color illustrations throughout effectively used to accompany this endearing counting book (See Bader 52-55). ALA Notable Book.. First Edition (A). Pictorial Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Francoise [Seignobosc]. 4to.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1936 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, a few holes in spine cloth, shelf wear and uneven sunning to boards. Jerry's adventures in the old west, as he works toward his goal of one day riding for the Pony Express. IIllustrated in color and b&w throughout. Contains antiquated depictions of indigenous people.. Stated First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sanford Tousey. Small Oblong 4to.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970 Hard cover in dust jacket with dust soil and light wear. Selections from Jestbooks as well as a bibliography.. First Edition. Fine/Good. 8vo.

New York: Dutton, 1946 Illustrated boards with red cloth spine, minor bumping to corners else fine and bright; matching dust jacket with closed edge tears with old tape repair, original price intact ($1.00). The story of Jumbo, a little blue elephant and his jungle friends. Exquisitely lithographed bright color illustrations throughout. . First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Einar Norelius. 4to.

New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1930 Blue cloth with pictorial pastedown, light soil to endpapers else Near Fine; dust jacket with small losses, mend to spine, a few closed tears. Little Jimmy's first plane ride. Illustrated with 28 2-color plates. Inger Veise was a WPA poster artist. Rare.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. 12mo.

New York: Putnam, 1992 Pictorial boards, in matching dust jacket with some light surface rubbing, original price intact ($15.95). Beautiful artwork illustrates the story of Christmas in an small city in Italy, this copy is inscribed by Tomie dePaola: "For Sue ____ / Merry Christmas / Tomie '92.". Inscribed By Author. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Tomie De Paola. 4to.

Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson & Co, 1929 Blue cloth pictorially stamped in orange and black, a few pages with faint creases. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by an alliterative verse, opposite each verse is an illustration in color. "The purpose of The Jingling ABC's is to invite the child to begin reading in a natural, playful, organized way." from the afterword. This copy is signed by Charlotte Krum on the half-title page.. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pauline Batchelder Adams. Oblong 12mo.

New York: FSG, 2004 PIctorial boards in matching dust jacket. A little boy and a little monster discover that they have more in common than they think. Illustrated in color on every page. . 2nd Printing. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Alexis Deacon. 4to.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935 Pictorial boards, slight bump to base of spine, light shelf wear; matching dust jacket with light wear, original price intact ($.50). Joan longs to befriend the neighbor boy but he shows no interest until Joan is given a puppy. Cute illustrations in color, similar to Romney Gay. Scarce, particularly in such beautiful conditoin.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Betty Ettinger. Large Square 4to.