Chicago (1912). 8 full page color plates by Maginel Wright Enright, 9x6.5", cloth w/pict label, 168pp, ink inscription, corners bumped, slight musty odor, covers soiled. More about THE MERMID'S GIFT And Other Stories
Glitterati Inc: NY, 2003. Illustr by author, 10.25 x 9.25, pict boards, unpag, minor wear, no dust jacket else a very nice copy of this wonderful Christmas story. FIRST ED, WITH 17 x 19 PIECE OF FOLDED WRAPPING PAPER DESIGNED BY MAGSAMEN, AND WITH 9.5 x 8.75 PRINT SIGNED BY SANDRA MAGSAMEN. More about THE GIFT
McLoughlin Bros.: NY n.d. (circa 1870's). With 24 color plates from orignal designs by Howard and Herrick, 10.5x9", stamped cloth with color label, unpaged, covers darkened, corners rather frayed, txt with smudging, inner front hinge badly cracked, minor edge tears, stained, wrinkled and frayed but mostly ok. More about AUNT LOISA'S GOLDEN GIFT: Comprising Doings of the Alphabet. Childhood's Delight. Dame Crump and...
Frederick Warne: London, nd (c 1880s?). Color illustr, 10.5 x 9, linen backed pp, covers very worn and darkened, bottom forecorner chipping, spine badly broken, contents quite worn, too, with linen edges unraveling; blank pp (linen backing) used as a Victorian scrapbook, with newspape illustr, poems, color gift cards (including... More about THE COUNTRY ALPHABET [Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books
Scott, Forseman and Co: Chicago, IL, nd (c 1963). Three panels of 10.75 x 8.5 connected, minor wear, perforated but not removed, one piece (blank part) missing but still a nice, bright, clean copy with "Suggestions" booklet and original envelope (with pencil name, wear else good). Remarkably well preserved piece... More about DICK JANE AND SALLY CUTOUTS For Use in Kindergarten and Grade 1, The New Basic Reading Program:...
Doubleday: NY, 1933. 12 x 9, cloth backed boards, fully illustrated in polychrome and monotone, pictorial boards, a couple short closed tears to jacket, ink gift inscription to half title page, else a very nice attractive copy, vg in vg jacket. Early printing. More about OLA AND BLAKKEN AND LINE, SINE, TRINE
Saalfield: Akron, OH, 1916. 7.5 x 5, 246 pp, frontispiece by F. Schwankovsky, Jr. Black, red and blue decorated gray boards, jacket heavily chipped, ink gift inscription, hinges sound vg in fair jacket. Early printing. More about SHELLED BY AN UNSEEN FOE, World's War Series, volume 8
Bobbs-Merrill: Indianapolis, (September 1907. Illus. by Virginia Keep, 9.5 x 7", red cloth, paper illus. affixed to front cover, (105)pp. Covers are lightly warped, spine lettering faded, corners/spine tips bumped and worn, contents have name stamp, 1907 Christmas gift inscription, bookdealer label (Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco), text block... More about THE LIVE DOLLS' BUSY DAYS
Johnny Gruelle Co.: (1942). Color & b/w illus, 9 x 6.5", cloth backed pict. boards, 95pp, gift inscription, covers badly bumped, covers rubbed & scratched. More about RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE NICE FAT POLICEMAN
T.C. & E.C. Jack: London. nd (c 1920). 8 x 6, cloth, hardcover, 200 pp, 8 polychrome plates illustr by Murray Urquhart, pale blue papered boards with laid on illustr, orig black lettered kraft paper dust jacket with laid on polychrome illustr, mild waterstain to head of spine, ink gift... More about THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL
T.C. & E.C. Jack: London. nd (c 1920). 8 x 6, hardcover, 197 pp, 8 color plates illustr by Stewart Orr, pink papered boards with laid on color cover illustration, black printed kraft paper jacket with laid on color illustr, mild water stain to top half of spine, ink gift... More about PEVERIL OF THE PEAK
T.C. & E.C. Jack: London. nd (c 1920). 8 x 6, cloth, 197 pp, 8 color plates illustr by Monro S. Orr, black decorated chartreuse cloth with laid on polychrome illustration, orig black lettered kraft paper jacket with laid on polychrome illustr, mild water stain to head of spine, ink... More about REDGAUNTLET
Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1949. 10.5 x 7.5, hardcover, 64 pp, well illustr, index, mild wear and bumping to corners, FRONT FOLD OUT ILLUSTRS REMOVED, r.e.p. present, mild foxing to an intact jacket, gift sticker obscuring jacket price. FIRST ED. More about FUN WITH PAPER DOLLS
Reilly & Britton: Chicago, 1905. 8 x 5, hardcover, 291 pp, frontispiece by Hazel Roberts, deep red cloth with white titles, moderate wear, portions of spine lettering flaking, ink gift inscription to front end paper. Second Edition (ends in p 291). More about THE FATE OF A CROWN
H.R. Allenson, London. nd. 7.5 x 9.5, oblong, unpag, sepia, illustr, ink gift inscription, orig glassine jacket a bit chipped and torn, book very good condition. FIRST ED. More about Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs
Holiday House: NY, 1947. 9.5 x 7, hardcover, 117 pp, illustr, papered pict boards, small chip and short tears to jacket, lengthy signed gift inscription by author, vg in good jacket, FIRST ED. More about UNCLE SWITHIN'S INVENTIONS