326. Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 and the Crime Master. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., (1937).
First Edition. Sextodecimo, original illustrated boards. A "Big Little Book". Uncommon. Very Good attractive volume. Item #26253
First Edition. Sextodecimo, original illustrated boards. A "Big Little Book". Uncommon. Very Good attractive volume. Item #26253
First Edition. Collection of short stories, poems, illustrations in red and black, and activities by various authors and illustrators. Very Good plus to Near Fine with page edges mildly soiled in Very Good plus dustjacket with spine, front flap and front spine edge with mild foxing, and rear top edge with short closed tear and minor creasing. Scarce in Dustjacket. Item #15293
Presumed First Edition. Small quarto. Illustrated by George Carlson. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #20750
First Edition. Small octavo, original paper wrappers, 30 pages. Very scarce example of a children's clothing brochure, printed cover art, pages of mimeographed illustrations of children's outfits. Maximilian's shop was located at 267 West 11th Street in New York City, and about all I can find about her is that she was early Jewish entrepreneur and businesswoman. Very Good, text block loose from 'wrappers', chipping along top edge of wrappers. Item #26243
Later Printings. Original decorative cloth and dustjackets. Collection of four Flaxie Frizzle series titles, all published in 1899 and all with their original publisher's dustjackets. Uncommon. Near Fine books in mostly Good to Very Good dustjackets, chipping to edges, Flaxie Frizzle title lacking about half of spine material. Item #31137
First Edition. Original large octavo illustrated boards and dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few inch closed tear at lower front panel. Item #14024
First Edition. Sextodecimo, original illustrated boards. A "Big Little Book". Uncommon. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Very Good attractive volume. Item #26265
First Edition. Sextodecimo, original illustrated boards. A "Big Little Book". Uncommon. Illustrated by Joseph R. Kress. Very Good attractive volume. Item #26263
First Edition stated. Octavo, Original cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Illustrations and dustjacket art by Grace Paull. Uncommon novel for young people of a boy who loved the beach. Very Good to Near Fine, small crayon marks on title page and frontis, in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips. Item #12506
Early Editon, 21trs u. 22 trs Tausend. Small Quarto, oblong. Lovely book of children's songs, illustrated with magnificent chromolithographs on nearly every page by Ludwig Von Bumbusch. Very Good, moderate shelf wear, corners a bit rounded, plates in attractive condition. Item #14026
First Edition, Advance Review Copy slip laid in. Oblong octavo. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with original price. Item #20726
First Edition. Quarto, Original cloth and illustrated dustjacket, 40 pages. informative and technical explanation of electricity and its uses intended for young people. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12507
'First Edition'. Square octavo wrappers with circular picture label affixed to front panel, housing three 78 RPM vinyl 7" inch records in record filing chemise. The first time Pooh and his friends appeared in color was 1932, when he was drawn by Slesinger in his now-familiar red shirt and featured on an RCA Victor picture record. "On 6 January 1930, Stephen Slesinger purchased U. S. and Canadian merchandising, television, recording and other trade rights to the "Winnie-the-Pooh" works from Milne for a $1000 advance and 66% of Slesinger's income, creating the modern licensing industry. By November 1931, Pooh was a $50 million-a-year business. Slesinger marketed Pooh and his friends for more than 30 years, creating the first Pooh doll, record, board game, puzzle, US radio broadcast (NBC), animation, and motion picture film." Records in Very Good condition, wrappers Very Good. Item #25831
First Edition. Octavo, original pink decorative cloth, gilt top page edge and illustrated dustjacket. E. H. Shepard illustrations. The second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, notable for the introduction of the character Tigger. Near Fine but for some foxing to page edges, a shadow (probably natural) to inside edge of front and rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at top spine end, small chip at upper front panel, few flap corners nicked. Item #31152
First Edition. Quarto, original boards, illustrated dustjacket. E. H. Shepard decorations. Very Good in Good dustjacket, six inch closed tear at top rear panel, closed tear at top area of spine, small internal chip, edge with few closed tears and small chips. Item #26222
Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. "An Early I Can Read Book". Original glossy illustrated boards and dustjacket. Illustrated by Fritz Siebel. An easy reading adventure of a cat and dog. Minarik is best known for her Little Bear series of books illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #12508
First Spanish Edition. Maurice Sendak illustrations. The beloved story of Little Bear in Spanish. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket with $2.95 price intact. Item #15246
First Edition. Small Quarto. Children's book set in Maine. This copy signed and inscribed by illustrator John O'Hara Cosgrave II, at front free endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, spine ends lightly chipped, nickel sized chip at top mid-front panel. Item #15794
First Edition. M. L. Kirk cover art and frontispiece. Second to last in the “Anne” series, concerning Anne’s six children and their neighbors. Octavo in original green cloth, color pictorial pastedown to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, color frontispiece. An uncommonly attractive copy with only minor wear, no fading to cloth and none of the usual abrasions to cover, pastedown illustration, Near Fine. Item #19902
First Edition. Maria Kirk dustjacket art. Last volume of the Emily trilogy. Very Good, front endpaper removed, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, wear at spine and flap edges. Item #37833
First Edition, First Impression stated. Author's second book and second title in her famous series. Very Good, some soiling to panels, spotting at spine, light smudge to fore-edge of title page and few interior pages, previous owner from 1941 has inked her thoughts about the book at verso of last page of text. Item #41863
First Edition. Large octavo. Illustrated by Jay Van Everen. "Second book of Nicholas's adventures we are told what happened to Nicholas in Paris, in the French villages, in Belgium, and in England. It is there, in Leslie Brooke's studio, that he learns to ride the Golden Goose. He visits Ellen Terry in London, Beatrix Potter on her farm in the Lake Country and has a jolly time wherever he goes". This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Moore at front endpaper. Near Fine, some darkening to cloth at lower edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some soiling to fore-edge of front panel. Item #22498
First Edition. Erick Berry dustjacket art and illustrations. Octavo, original cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Forward by Merian C. Cooper, who produced and co-directed the black and white silent film titled 'Chang' in 1927. Cooper does not mention the film in his forward and the plot lines appear to differ somewhat, though both the Cooper film and Morse novel take place in the Siam jungle and include elephants as main protagonists. Likely a novelization of sorts of Cooper's (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) production, one of only three films to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Unique and Artistic Picture. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's reckless enthusiasm and heedlessness of danger during the making of the film informed the character of Carl Denham in their subsequent work, King Kong (1933). Very scarce title. Cooper only published a few titles in his life time. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, few light stains to front panel, shallow chips and wear at edges, dime sized chip at top front panel and top spine end. Item #26181
Edna Morse illustrations. Original illustrated green cloth. 8vo. Early Edition. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author at front end paper. Item #11097
First Edition. Original spiral bound boards, original dustjacket. Nice moving piece book with turning discs, pull tabs, opening paper doors and folding flaps. Very Good, with mechanisms in working order, closed tear at spine at top spiral edge, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few closed tears, few tiny chips and moderate wear. Item #9730