Search Results: Children's, Illustrated from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, L 1009, 1942. Small folio (12.25" x 9.5"), 16 unnumbered linen-like pages including covers, illustrated in color throughout. Publisher's pictorial, stapled card covers.
Briefly soiled, lightly browned in the margins, spine a bit rubbed, trace edge wear, otherwise Very Good or better.
An unusually nice copy featuring charming illustrations & alphabet rhymes by the prolific Ms. Voigt:
"A is for Aviator With his Airplane ..."

Philadelphia & New York: First edition Sextodecimo (6.25" x 4"), 52 pages, with frontis illustration Publisher's royal blue cloth elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt & blind, this a presentation binding with a pictorial device in gilt on the upper cover depicting a winged angel on a cloud holding a bible with "CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL DECEMBER 1858, PRESENTED BY THE RECTOR" below. The front free endpaper features an additional manuscript presentation in ink to Cora M Potterfield dated December 25th, 1870
Edges & joints lightly rubbed, covers briefly spotted, text toned & occasionally foxed, otherwise Very Good
This Church of the Epiphany is almost certainly in Philadelphia The charming stories reflect Christian life on a prairie farm. Uncommon in general, particularly in presentation binding

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library/ Bibliographical Society of America; London: British Library; New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. First edition. Small folio, xiv, 318 pp, illustrated (some in color) Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket
A fine copy in like dust jacket"The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realise that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

London: The Victoria and Albert Museum and Frederick Warne, 1985. First edition. Small 4to, 240 pp, illustrated throughout (some in color). Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, with pictorial device of Peter Rabbit on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket Upper cover slightly splayed, faint dampstain affecting the lower margin, dust jacket with trace edge wear, better than good " the most comprehensive catalogue of Beatrix Potter material ever to have been published " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

New York: Random House, 1980. First edition, this copy signed & dated in the year of publication, with sketch of a Berenstain Bear in ink at the first blank page. Quarto (11.25" x 8.25"), 64 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout in color. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper over boards. Without dust jacket as issued.
One corner lightly bruised, otherwise fine.
A special copy indeed, delightfully written & illustrated by the Berenstains who have now both passed away.
"During the Bears' search for a Christmas tree they are reminded of what Christmas is really about." ~Abstract courtesy OCLC.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company, (1918 copyright), "Twentieth edition" ca. 1946. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.25"), 299 pages, illustrated Publisher's pictorial red cloth lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacket
Light foxing mostly affecting endpapers & pastedowns, bookplate at front pastedown, initials in ink at first blank page, otherwise very good in good dust jacket, browned at the spine, with light rubbing & edge wear including small losses & short tears
"The same drollery and comedy of childhood that made "Miss Minerva" so universally popular is to be found in Billy and the Major Every lover of the earlier story will want to follow the pranks and innocent rascalities of the most delightful group of youngsters in the literature of our day." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

Brattleboro, Vermont: Published by Geo. H. Salisbury, 1845. sextodecimo (6.5" x 4"), 324 pages, profusely illustrated from wood engravings. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt.
Binding rubbed & soiled, gilt dull, margins sunned, shallow losses at spine extremities, foxing & toning throughout (heavy at times), about good & still quite useful.
Illustrators include Thomas Brown, George Loring Brown, & John Downes.
"In the following pages no scientific arrangement has been pursued. It has been our object to collect a large number of interesting anecdotes and sketches of animals, rather than embarrass the young reader by scientific distinctions and details ..."
 ~Excerpted from the introduction.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, (1929). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 7.25"), xv & 408 pages, profusely illustrated including 4 color plates. Publisher's blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & red, with a large color illustration applied to the front cover.
Binding slightly soiled, otherwise near fine.
Include profiles of Joan of Arc, George Washington, Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, David Livingstone, Theodore Roosevelt, & many others.

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, no date, ca. 1925. Springfield, Massachusetts: the company, no date, ca 192516mo (6.25" x 3.25"), 16 pp. including covers, illustrated throughout, with pricing. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps.
Brief edge wear, lightly stained, staples rusted, Good or better.As noted by the company in the preface, "discriminating parents who demand Bradley Games are bringing into their homes amusements which not only give joy to a child but which are also a desireable influence in mental development."

New York: Morgan Library & Museum, (2008). First edition. Small folio, xi, 150 pp, illustrated throughout mostly in color. Gilt-lettered light brown cloth, in pictorial dust jacketA fine copy in fine dust jacket. "A comprehensive study of the composition of the first book by each of Babar's two authors - father and son Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff - complete with over two hundred color photographs of manuscript drafts ad drawings, transcriptions of all preliminary and final French text along with English translations, and two illustrated essays that provide the cultural context of one of the most successful children's series of all time." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason; Buffalo: Phinney & Co, printed by J.M. Johnson, no date (ca 1863). Sextodecimo (6" x 5"), 63 pages including 8 full page hand colored illustrations plus 6 more in text. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & blind. OCLC finds two copies of this imprint but several more with variation in publisher
Binding rubbed & soiled, modest fraying at spine extremities & corners, small loss & short closed tear at 2nd blank leaf, pages 15/16 with chipped corners (text unaffected), previous owner's name in pencil at first blank page & again in ink (dated 1863) at last blank page, brief youthful annotation in ink in the upper margin of the first page of text, foxing throughout, still Good or so.
A charming book, which is quite uncommon with original hand coloring, and the second title in the "Casket of Juveniles" series

No place, no publisher, no date, [New York: The Art Lithographic Publishing Co., Inc., 1893]. Octavo (8" x 7"), 18 unnumbered pages plus covers, illustrated throughout including 8 chromolithographs. Publisher's string-tied, embossed pictorial card covers.
Upper cover with corner chipped away, modest edge wear & rubbing, age toned, otherwise Very Good.
"Some say that Fairy tales are "stuff,"There are no Fays or Elves"They think the world is full enoughThat holds their "noble selves."

Chicago, New York, Toronto, Mexico City: Wilcox & Follett Company, (1949) First Edition. 8vo, [8], 236 pp, with illustrations in text by Bob Meyers. Publisher's red cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacketA fine copy in very good dust jacket, lightly rubbed & slightly soiledThe author was a football star at the University of Chicago and athletic director at Roosevelt High School Apparently, this title is his only book. As he notes on the dust jacket:"The football plays in this story are those I have used again and again on the field They have won many games for many teams here in Chicago - just as they won for Kimball in Gridiron Courage"

New York: The Macmillan Company, (1942). First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 6.5"), 192 pages, illustrations in text & full page by Marguerite Davis. Original green cloth lettered in black on the spine with pictorial vignette mounted to the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight foxing at the edges of the text block, previous owner's name in ink at the front paste down, otherwise Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed & age toned (particularly on the verso), with a half-inch tear at the front fold."The story of the lovely Damariscotta region shares with its readers the happiness of a country summer The many illustrations in the book were drawn by the artist in the very cove where the story is laid."
Elizabeth Coatsworth won the 1931 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association for The Cat Who Went to Heaven.

St. Louis, [Missouri]: Roberts, Johnson & Rand, Branch of International Shoe Co., no date [1910]. 16mo, 12 pp. including covers, each page illustrated in red & black or by multi-color chromolithographs. Original die-cut pictorial, stapled paper wraps. The lower cover additionally promotes Geo. Weiler, presumably a retailer, of Hanover, Kansas. OCLC locates 3 copies as of 6/18/2023.
Lightly rubbed & soiled, wraps beginning to split below the lower staple, otherwise very good.
The adventures of Tess & Ted told in verse.
"Dear Girls & Boys: We wear Tess & Ted shoes and have tested them ... Tell your Mothers and Fathers that you want a pair of Tess & Ted shoes and you will surely like them."

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1930 per K-E date code). Reprint, originally published in 1921. Tall quarto (12.5" x 9.25"), xvii, [2] & 3 - 246 & [1] pages plus 25 plates in black & white plates & 11 in color with two smaller color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's buff paper over boards with a large color illustration applied to the front cover backed in gilt-lettered & decorated black cloth.
Covers toned & a bit soiled, small split in the cloth at the upper joint, light wear at corners, occasional minor foxing, a good or better copy.
Chapters include:

Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main; The Ghost of Captain Brand; With the Buccaneers; Tom Chist and the Treasure Box; Jack Ballister's Fortunes; Blueskin, the Pirate; Captain Scarfield; & The Ruby of Kishmoor.

[Milan, Italy]: Casa Editrice A Mondadori, (1945) First edition Tall 4to, 6 unnumbered pages including the inside of both covers Publisher's thick pictorial boards backed in white cloth-patterned paper & saddle stapled Lightly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise near fineNumber 4 in the libri Munari series, projected at 10 volumes of which but 7 were published This is a particularly nice example with all flaps and concealed color illustrations in perfect working order As characterized by famousgraphicdesignersorg, Bruno Munari was "one of the most celebrated names in twentieth century Italy in graphic designing who fundamentally altered the landscape of many fields of visual arts, futurism and modernism He is credited for his contribution to industrial design, sculpture, painting, literature, film and concrete art."

Cincinnati, Ohio: The Eagle Carriage Co., no date (ca. 1914). Oblong octavo (6" x 8.5"), 56 pages plus covers, profusely illustrated. Publisher's pictorial stapled stiff paper wraps, the upper in color. Price list & separate correction slip laid in. This nor any other from this company found in OCLC as of 4/14/2024.
Lightly soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
Includes Governess Carts, Surreys, Buckboards, Phaetons, Runabouts, Delivery Wagons, etc., plus 6 pages of harnesses & saddles.
"Remember, We are prepared to furnish a vehicle in perfect proportion to ANY SIZE PONY. We can do this just as well for a 30-inch pony as we can for a 58-inch pony. We carry large quantities of the necessary parts in stock which permits us to make PROMPT SHIPMENTS. NO OTHE FACTORY DOES THIS ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

London: Ernest Nister ("printed by E. Nister at Nuremberg, Bavaria"); New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, no date, ca 1890. Oblong 12mo, unpaginated [20 pp], illustrated throughout with chromolithographs (7 full page) & halftones in text. Publisher's color pictorial light card wraps, cord bound All edges gilt.
Modest foxing, soiling, & toning, otherwise Very Good or better.
A charming presentation of the best known poem of the Ingoldsby Legends in which a crow runs off with a cardinal's ring & ends up a saint. The illustrations were also issued by Nister in a set of six postcards (Nister, Series 17).
Quite uncommon, OCLC locates a single copy at London's National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (3/26/2020).

New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. 8vo, 256 pages, illustrated. Publisher's light tan/ mustard cloth lettered & decorated in brown on the spine & front cover, with pictorial endpapers, in pictorial dust jacket.
Two corners slightly bruised, otherwise Near Fine in Good or better dust jacket, faded at the spine, lightly soiled, with edge wear including short tears & small losses.
"Elf was a tomboy English girl growing up in India. This is not only the story of her misunderstandings with her father and of their final hard-won friendship, but also a fascinating tale of life close to the jungle."~Excerpted from the dust jacket.
"A richly conceived portrait of India, loved and understood as a home, but distorted by a British colonial point of view - further weakened by the perspective of a spoiled child of eight." ~Kirkus Reviews.