London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) ... and R. White, Piccadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard, at Bath ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 57). 23, [1] pp. "Z" p. 21. "The Prodigal Son" pp. 22 - 23. Untrimmed. Last..... More
London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...) ... and R. White, Picadilly, London ... By. S. Hazard ... [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 62). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "S" at conclusion of text [cf. Spinney, p. 310]. Woodcut vignette [2-1/2" x 2-7/8"] on title page. 8vo..... More
Leeds / Manchester: C. H. Johnson / John Heywood, Deansgate, (n. d.). 1st printing [presumed], ca late 1870s. 32 pp. Cut of Hawley to p. 1, which is duplicated on the front wrapper. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's yellow printed wrappers, with rear cover series advert listing through this..... More
New York: Vantage Press, (1950). 16 pp. 8vo. Stiff, light-blue wrappers printed in red. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Apparently the only book published by this author (at least under this name). More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1875. Very early printing (1st published 10/74; cf. Jones 93). 409, [7] pp. 6 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis & title page vignette. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt stamped spine lettering and devices. More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1870. 1st edition (Jones 071). 303 pp. Frontis & engraved t.p.; tissue guard. 6 inserted plates. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Original green publisher's blindstamped cloth with gilt spine lettering/decorations. Yellow advert eps. NB. Preliminary advert notes the last series title as being "In press."... More
[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1984]. 1st printing. SIGNED by the author. Broadside, ~ 27-5/8" x 23-1/2". Black & white image of a man about to crush a lamp with a chair. Now housed, folded, in an archival mylar sleeve. Van Allsburg "is an American illustrator and writer of children's books..... More
[Boston]: Sold at the Bible & Heart, in Cornhill. (n. d.). Ca 1785. 1st printing thus, and evidently the 3rd US edition (Evans 19401; Ford 3015; Rosenbach 101). Single sheet, verse in thirty-eight stanzas, triple column. First line: "Now ponder well, you parents dear." Followed by two additional stanzas of..... More
(n. p.): Hubbard Pub'g Co., (1897). 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 16 pages. 11 illustrations by Cox. 9-1/8" x 6-1/4". Color pictorial paper wrappers, with later spine sewing by former owner. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Containing: The First Pair of Trousers; The Queen Bee's Ball; A Chance..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1875. Very early printing (1st published 10/74; See Jones 93). 409, [5 (blank)] pp. Frontis & title page vignette. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt spine lettering and devices. More
(n. p.). (n. d.). SIGNED. 223, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Yellow glazed paper boards with black title lettering and graphic printed to front board and spine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. 1st edition. [10], 244, [2] pp. Line drawings by Kurt Weise. 8vo. Red cloth binding with black stamping. Pale green pictorial eps printed in black ink. Blue topstain. Orange & blue color pictorial dust jacket. More
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Boston: Joseph H. Allen, 1869. 1st appearance (Bennett 151). 576 pp. Illustrated with cuts & plates (one fold-out). 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Tan period half-calf binding with marbled boards. Maroon & black spine labels; gilt lettering. Speckled edges. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1918. 1st edition. Not in Smith. [10], 340, [2] pp. Last page blank. Frontis & 3 inserted color plates by Charles L. Wrenn. Crown 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering & pictorial onlay to front board. Dust jacket. More
Aurora: Strathmore Company, (1954). 1st printing. 18 pp. + Magic Slate attached at rear. Many intratextual color illustrations. 6-3/8" x 9". Stiff color illustrated printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Norman: Bart Bush & Matt Waldroop, 2000. 1st edition. [2], 34 pp. Intratextual illustrations at front and rear. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Light blue paper wrappers with black printed lettering to covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Miller Music Corporation, (1937). 1st edition (Hall 160). 48 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Gruelle. Oblong 8vo. 8-1/8" x 10-7/8". Yellow pictorial stiff-stock paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Per Hall, "A folio of songs about the Raggedys set to foxtrot, march, and gavotte..... More
New York: Sam Gabriel Sons & Co., (1913). Unpaginated (10 pp), 4 full-page color illustrations + intratextual shaded cuts, 4to. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2". Stiff color pictorial wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. This item labeled as 'No. 224'. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1952). Ca 1961-62. 208 pp. Frontis. 12mo. Composite pictorial binding with yellow spine. Grey eps. Black topstain. Rear panel series advert lists through Rural Nurse. More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1960). 1st edition. Unpaginated. Color illustrations by Kazue Mizamura. Oblong 8vo. 8-1/8" x 9-1/2". Yellow cloth binding with red printing. Patterned design to eps. Black dust jacket, with $3.00 price. More
Zürich: Dogenes Verlag, (1971). 1st Swiss edition (Toledano B40d). Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Oblong 8vo. Black paper wrapped covers. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
London: The Nonesuch Press, [1925]. 1st Edition (Keynes 27). Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated with color lithographic plates. Oblong format: 7-5/8" x 10-1/4". Original tan paper boards with red decorations & red medallion in center of top board. No dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1830s/40s. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Woodcut illustrations within. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Tan paper wrappers, printed in black ink. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Rare in the trade. More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, No. 146 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Ca. 1849-50 (date taken from OCLC). 8 pp. B/w woodcut illustrations within. 3-3/4" x 2-3/8". Light blue printed paper wrappers, tied. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records 6 institutional holdings of this chapbook (NYPL, U of Rochester..... More
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Boston / New York: Joseph H. Allen / N. A. Calkins, 1864. 1st publication (Jones 038). [33] - 63, [9] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. Rear cover advert for the Bellevue Stereoscope. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers..... More
