Lot 442

Lot of 21 Children's Books. 1805 - 1963. Includes early Cat In The Hat.

Estimate: $150 - $300

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Lot of 21 children's books to include: A New Book for Children to Learn in. By S.C. Concord. Nov. 1805. In speckled paper wrappers. Complete. Expected wear. Good condition. The Improved New England Primer. Starts on page 5 and runs complete, including back illustrated blue wrapper. 1844 re-print of An Almanack printed in Boston in 1691. This edition printed in Hartford, Conn. by Ira Webster. Small book, with blue paper covers over wooden boards and a leather spine. Wear to paper and spine leather, but sound. Very good condition for age. Uncle Jack's Medicine. Philadelphia, 1882. Given as a Reward of Merit. Small, illustrated cloth bound book. Illustrations throughout. Condition is Good. The Dog Crusoe and His Master. By R.M. Ballantyne. London. T. Nelson. 1892. 356 pp. Numerous sepia colored lithographs throughout. Illustrated blue cloth cover and spine, in very good condition. Book is slightly cocked, and could benefit from a time in a book press. Vieilles Chansons et Rondes Pout les Petits Enfants...Illustrations par M.B. de Monvel. A Paris. No date (ca. 1910-20). Wonderful colored illustrations surrounding musical text. Much in the style of Kate Greenway. Illustrated pale blue cloth stamped with daisies and gilt flowers. Very good condition. The Busy Bo-Peeps by Grace Graydon and Illustrated by Chloë Preston. Philadelphia. David McKay. ca. 1910. Paper covers over cloth spine. Front cover with great color illustration, and more of the same throughout the book. Expected wear and soiling from use. Still, in near very good condition. Little Folks Spice. Stories by Mrs. Molesworth and others. Illustrated by Harriet M Bennett and others. London and New York. Nister/Dutton. No date (1890-1910). Chromolithograph illustrated front cover over green cloth spine. Numerous chromolithographs and monotone illustrations throughout text. A charming book. Good condition with expected wear and soiling. Frontis and one or two other plates have come loose. Buddy Jim by Elizabeth Gordon. Pictures by John Rae. Vollard Company, Joliet, Illinois. 1922 19th edition.Half title with 2x2 inch piece torn out. Title with 1" tear at front edge. Great illustrated paper covered board covers (spine worn, edgewear), and lovely illustrations throughout the text. Good condition. Beloved Belindy Written and Illustrated by Johnny Gruelle. (Raggedy Ann Books). Joliet (Illinois). Volland Company. 1926. Stated First Edition. Paper covered boards, with illustrations on both covers (heavier edgewear, evidence of silverfish). Overall Good condition. Cherry Tree Children. By Mary f. Blaisdell. Illustrated by Clara E. Atwood. School Edition. Boston Little Brown & Co. 1925. An early reader, with marvelous colored illustrations throughout the text. Full cloth covers with embossed and colored front cover illustration. Very Good with light soiling.    The Tree-Dwellers. by Katharine E Dopp. Two copies. One with copyright date of 1904 and code U-25 at bottom right of title page verso. The second with 1904 date and "Edition of 1929" underneath, with code U-29 at bottom right as above. Both are bound in tan cloth with embossed tree and border, signed TBH. Both are early textbooks for children using stories of early native inhabitants. Both are very good condition. The Rabbit's Nest by Elizabeth Morrow. Macmillan. New York. 1940. Stated first printing. Small book, bound in illustrated paper over boards, and with illustrated end sheets. Simple in text illustrations. Printed in blue ink. Very Good. Goat Feathers by Ellis Parker Butler. Boston. 1919. The Riverside Press. Tan paper over green cloth spine. Very Good. Stuart Little. E.B. White. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper. New York. 1945. Stated 5th edition (10-5. L-V). Good condition. Some small red stains on front cover. A Child's Garden of Verses by R.L. Stevenson. Illustrated by E. Mars and M.H. Squire. Rand McNally & Co. ca. 1924. Tan cloth covers with embossed illustration to front. Lovely color and b/w illustrations. Expected wear and soiling. A school edition, so as expected, someone had some fun with a crayon. Good condition. Kidnapped by R.L. Stevenson. The Washington Square Classics. Illustrated by Elenore P. Abbott. Macrae Smith Co. Philadelphia. No date (1920's). Blue cloth covers with color and gilt illustrated front. Seven full page color plated throughout text. Very Good. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. New York. Doubleday Doran & Co.1928. Red cloth covers, with color illustration adhered to front cover. Cover has been lightly chewed in three places (2 on the front hinge one on the front fore edge). One plate has become separated, but is present. Good condition. Winnie-The-Pooh Dramatized (by Kristin Sergel) from the stories of A.A. Milne. Dramatic Publishing Company. Chicago. 1957. Worn from use (the actor who owned it was playing the part of Pooh). Good condition. The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss. Random House. 1957. A very early printing, with first edition copyright details on title page verso. Note: No dust jacket. Three signatures instead of just one. Cover has some gloss (not matte). Other first edition points are present (back cover and final page text contained in Cat frame). In overall Good+ condition. 

Condition: As stated above.

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03/2024