Search Results: Children from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Pennsylvania Society of the National Colonial Dames of America, 1942. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Oblong octavo. [30] pp. Blue cloth with title and vignette stamped in gold on the front cover; previous owner bookplate on the front free endpaper as well as a tasteful institutional bookplate on the front pastedown; clean throughout; a charming abecedary.

Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, 1854. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. 4" x 2.5." 16 pp., illus. As issued, sewn into original printed wrappers. Closed tear to the top edge of the front wrapper at the spine with transparent tape mend to the verso; light and scattered toning throughout. A charming book filled with wood-engravings--50 in fact. all pages with full border. the pages range from full page illustrations to in one instance a page with almost 20 engravings, each engraving with caption. While the book is undated, the cataloguer at the American Antiquarian Society notes that Merrill published under his own name between 1843 and 1854. OCLC locate only the one institutional holding at the AAS. Rare. OCLC: 724288351.

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1865. Soft Cover. Good binding. 4.25" x 2.75." 16 pp., illus. Lacking original wrappers. Light soiling to the exterior. One of 12 chapbooks issued in the Appleton series, My Box of Books. A remarkably uncommon collection. This title with 7 full page, hand colored illustrations in addition to a hand colored vignette on the title page. Institutional holding are scant even of individual titles from this series. Scarce.

1885. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. [8] pp., illus. As issued, printed on linen. Light fraying to the edges, but largely well preserved. Light soiling and toning throughout, but a very presentable copy. It is difficult to tell as this Hoffmann's tale has been reprinted frequently, but it is possible that this copy is missing a wrapper that may have had publication information. Nevertheless, an an uncommon edition of Hoffmann's tale of a girl who played with matches, heedless of her cats' insistence that she shouldn't, "You'll burn to death, if you do so, / Your parents have forbid, you know." (Spoiler alert) Against all odds, her apron string catches and while her cats raise the alarm as best they can, poor Pauline is consumed in flames and in moments nothing but ash and her red shoes remains. While the tale has a strange charm(?), the charm of this multicolored printing on linen is something else entirely. The lyrics on the lower half of the page and a colored illustrations grace the top. Printed… Read More

Paris: Domino Press, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Folio. [16] pp., illus. First trade edition. As issued, backed in cloth with pictorial paper over boards. Some minor fraying to the spine ends and corners; contents are extremely bright and clean but for one minor spot of discoloration on the recto of the final leaf. An unusually nice copy of this, the first trade edition of the first book from Esther Averill and Lila Stanley's expatriate Domino Press, and the first English-language children's book illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning Russian-born artist Feodor Rojanovsky. Beautiful five-color lithographic illustrations throughout.

London: Dean & Sons, 11, Ludgate Hill, 1855. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [10] pp., illus. In printed wrappers; advertisement on the verso of the front wrapper; text concludes on the recto of the rear wrapper. The five interior leaves have printing on the recto only; all illustrated and with hand-coloring. No date, but based on the location of the offices of Dean & Sons, this was issued between 1845 and 1871. No illustrator or author noted, but one vignette with W. C. Harrison engraved at the bottom corner. This copy has been skillfully repaired, mending the folios at the spine and resewn; the wrappers have been similarly mended, the repair being barely visible. Only one copy located in OCLC the description of which matches this copy and is likely the same (OCLC: 932901513). Remarkably uncommon and charming book.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1887. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Quarto. [16] pp., illus. As issued, in stapled self-wrappers. Light rubbing to the covers, but generally quite a bright copy with limited wear. 4 full-page chromolitholgraphic illustrations, 1 double-page chromolithograph, as well as the chromolithographic covers; the other eight pages each have two tone, in-text illustrations. A vibrant edition of this classic tale.

Akron, OH: Kohler & Co, 1900. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. 12mo. [12] pp., illus. As issued, printed on felt and center sewn. Some pilling and rubbing to the covers, occasional crayoning to the contents but a fairly presentable copy of an uncommon felt book. While printed name of the illustrator is difficult to make out, what is visible comports with the illustrator of most if not all of Kohler's series--Carl Hurlbut. Each page depicts a different bird including Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Guineas, Peafowl, Doves, Swan, Bantams, Pheasants, and an Ostrich. Printed in black, red, green, blue, yellow, and white. A charming and uncommon form of children's book.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1884. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. [12] pp., illus. Stapled, as issued. Light wear, but largely well preserved; minor soiling throughout. A beautifully printed abecedary on sized linen. Covers printed in red, yellow, green, blue, and black. The contents are printed in black with red alphabet. A very nice example or a book printed on linen.

Philadelphia: printed by Jacob Meyer for Johnson and Warner, 1810. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Small 12mo. 32 pp., illus. As issued, in salmon-colored paper over thin board. Light rubbing to the covers; minor toning throughout. A remarkably well preserved copy of this the first German-American edition and first German-language edition of "The Dangers of the Streets and other Tales" (Philadelphia: Joseph Johnson, 1808). Printing in fraktur type. Rosenbach 418; Shaw & Shoemaker 20192; German Language Printing in the U.S. 1770; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators, 1406. Welch 431.

Harrisburg, PA: G. S. Peters, 1837. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 18mo. 18 leaves, illus. As issued, in original printed wrappers; printed only on one side of each leaf such that the book alternates between printed and then blank page-spreads. Wrappers rubbed with some creasing; contents a bit toned; two leaves with very small loss in the middle touching 2 words on one leaf and 4 on another. An attractive copy of a scarce book. Wrappers are a striking orange, calendared paper with border and title on the upper wrapper and bordered engraving of a soldier and civilian clasping hands on the lower. 15 additional half-page engravings printed in color above the text. An additional small vignette with color on the title page. Opposite the title and serving as a frontispiece of a sort is a fraktur alphabet in hornbook fashion. The American Antiquarian Society has this edition as well as an earlier edition printed in 1835. Also issued by Peters is an English edition with the same illustrations. In an… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1938. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Quarto. 96 pp., illus. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Wheeler. In original cloth, lacking the dust jacket. A fairly bright copy with just a trace of sunning at the spine and some minor soiling to the covers; offsetting to rear endpaper. A very nice copy with a warm inscription by Wheeler on the half title.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1929. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. viii, [2], 170 pp., illus. Early reprint. Backed in contemporary teal levant with corners and colorful imitation alligator over the boards. Quite a striking binding in fairly nice condition but for a sunned spine; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper and a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. A clean, bright copy of this classic.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. 12mo. [48] pp., illus. Early reprint. In original teal cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. A nice coy with little wear to speak of; previous owner note on the verso of the front free endpaper and recto of the rear free endpaper as well as owner name and 1955 date on the front pastedown, otherwise clean; price-clipped dust jacket is a trifle rubbed but presents well. An early printing of this charming book with Sendak's charming pictures on every page. Hanrahan A4 (ref).

London: Griffith and Farran, 1859. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [19], [1 (ads)] l., illus. First edition. In publisher's pictorial boards; composed of of 20 leaves including a leaf of advertisements at the rear, all are printed on one side only; hand coloring to the illustrations. This copy has been skillfully rebacked with new sympathetic black endpapers. Rubbing to the covers, as well as some creasing to the top corner of the front and top edge of the rear board; but largely a well preserved copy; internally, there is some light to moderate fingering to the leaves as well as some gentle wrinkling to many leaves. Despite all of this, the copy presents very well. A charming and remarkably uncommon book.

Baltimore: Privately published | printed by H. G. Roebuck & Son, 1947. Comb Binding. Very Good binding. 7.25" x 5.5". 56 pp. First Edition, signed by Whitman. A fairly charming collection of childlike verse with Whitman's illustrations. Includes a contemporary addressed envelope.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. 160 pp., frontis, illus. First edition. Signed by Vance on the half title. As issued, in gray cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Spine is a bit toned; spine ends are a trifle frayed; foxing to the frontis and adjacent leaves otherwise contents are clean.

Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia Bailey for Jonson and Warner, 1811. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Small 12mo. 72 pp., frontis. First authorized American edition. As issued, in stiff speckled wrappers. One page shows minor loss to the margin because it was printed on an imperfect sheet--no loss of text; some ink smearing to that leaf only. Generally, this is a remarkably nice copy of an early American edition printed by Lydia Bailey. Bailey took over her husband Robert Bailey's print shop after his death in 1808 and ran in until she retired and closed the shop in 1861. Karen Nipps in her biographical sketch writes, "Bailey was the master printer of a shop that at its peak was one of the largest in the city, employing more than forty workers. . . . [S]he transformed her husband's floundering business into one of the busiest printing establishments in Philadelphia. Although previous generations of printers' widows had continued their husbands' careers, they had done so only long enough to… Read More

Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1913. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 292 pp. Red cloth with illustrated title stamped in blue and white; covers lightly soiled and the white stamping on the spine is flaking as is often the case; scattered foxing, mostly adjacent the illustrations; previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [4], 396 pp. First U.S. edition. As issued, in red cloth with dust jacket; text printed in red and green throughout. A fresh, clean copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket that is a bit chipped at the spine ends as well as a small chip on the bottom edge of the rear panel; nevertheless, this copy presents very nicely; price intact on the front flap; additional early price sticker below the original printed price. A reasonably nice copy of modern classic.