Search Results: Authors starting with C from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

Boston: American Tract Society, 1862 87 pgs. Violet hard cover stamped in gilt and blind, spine and edges faded, shelf wear, a few pages with corner creases, otherwise a well-preserved copy. Illustrated with partial page b&w artwork throughout. I located two institutional copies, not in AAS.. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 24mo.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with price intact ($17.99). A poem about a little girl's rainy day spent with her mother. Gorgeously illustrated with paintings by the author. Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Cozbi A Cabrera. 4to.

New York: Macmillan, 1931 Mustard cloth pictorial stamped in red, cloth worn through at extremities, A selection of familiar American tunes for children grouped by region. Illustrated with partial-page, b&w artwork by Harrison Cady. An uncommon book, made extra-special by an original color drawing and inscription by Harrison Cady. . Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Cady. Oblong 4to.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps, front cover printed in color, edge wear, closed tear near base of spine, old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text, a nonsense verse, was written by Samuel Foote, allegedly to test the actor Macklin, who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through (Osborne pg 63). Illustrated with 6 color plates, the balance in line. The best part is there is a bear wearing a dress!. Thwaite pg 197, Muir (English Children's Books) pg. 199, and British Book Illustrators 1860-1900, pg 36, C20. . Early Edition. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Frederick Warne & Co. (1978). Brown cloth in illustrated dust jacket with wear at rear spine fold, spine ends lightly chipped, closed tear. A selection of writings about Caldecott plus reproductions of some of his most famous picture books.. First Trade Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Thick Oblong 4to.

New York: Collier Books, 1966 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear; matching dust jacket slightly wavy, 2 pinholes in spine fold, original price intact ($2.95). After their mother chases a fawn out of the yard for eating her flowers, two children devise a plan to keep the fawn coming back to the yard without harming their garden. Illustrated in b&w in a style typical to the era--the illustrator's first children's book. . Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ben Wohlberg. 8vo.

New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1991 Illustrated hard cover with light soil and shelf wear, foxing to top edge of text block, perfume odor from previous owner.. When his mother gives him permission to invite two raccoons to his birthday party, Raccoon finds other animals, in numbered sets, who would like to come. Cute color artwork throughout. First Printing. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Beth Weiner Lipson. 8vo.

San Diego: Harcourt, 2004 Pictorial boards in dust jacket. The story of a young hyena in the African savana. Fabulous color artwork.. First Printing. As New/As New. Square 4to.

Paris: Desclee De Brouwer, 1935 Circa 1935. Color pictorial boards with cloth spine, cover soil and shelf wear, some roughness to inner hinges and bubbling to endpapers, otherwise clean. A large and beautiful circus-themed picture book with text in French, illustrated with 6 full-page color lithos and one fabulous dual-page color centerfold in the style of the Russian constructivist art.. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Santa Rosa. Large Square 4to.

New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1953 (After 1958). Boards with cloth spine, pages slightly darkened at edges, else fine; color pictorial dust jacket with light dust soil and light wear, original price clipped. A companion to A Bell for Ursli. A little girl in the mountains of Switzerland rescues an abandoned bird and looks after him. What will become of him once he is grown enough to return to the wild? Lovely color artwork throughout.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Selina Chonz. Large Oblong 4to.

New York: Philomel Books, 1996 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, slightly age-toned. Autobiography with photos and color reproductions of his work.. First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart (1937). Beige cloth, tiny big of wear at extremities; illustrated dust jacket with small losses at corners and top of spine. American folk stories, originally collected for Carmer's radio program. Nice b&w artwork throughout.. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Black Carmer. 8vo.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1978 Pictorial boards, faint foxing to preliminary pages else clean and unmarked. Verses from Alice & Through the Looking-Glass set to music by Don Harper. Full-page color artwork by Charles Folkard which originally appeared in 1921. . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Charles Folkard. 4to.

New York: Frederick Warne, 1977 Green cloth hard cover titled in gilt, some spotting to cloth and foxing to preliminary pages; pictorial dust jacket with a short tear and creasing to front panel, sunned spine, original price intact ($8.95). Carroll's famous verse from Through the Looking-Glass illustrated with color artwork reminiscent of stained glass. Includes an interpretation by "Humpty Dumpty.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Jane Breskin Zalben. Square 8vo.

New York: Abingdon Press, 1917 139 pgs. Green cloth titled in gilt, mild rubbing to cloth, endpapers foxed else a clean, sound copy. "...a bit of biography, many stories relative to the life, development, and religion of childhood, some interesting and helpful experiences of older folk in dealing with the young, all mixed together and told in a bright, attractive style." International Baptist Journal, October 1917. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Disney Press, 1992 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with a tiny closed tear at top of spine. A retelling of how Alice came to be at the Mad Hatter's table, plus a section on tea party etiquette, recipes etc... Illustrated by Jesse Clay in color and in the style of the Disney animated film adaptation.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jesse Clay. 4to.

New York: Scholastic Press, 2003 Pictorial boards. As New and unopened in publisher's original shrinkwrap.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued.

Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1964 90 pgs. Blue pictorial cloth, spine slightly darkened, light foxing to first few pages, "we go" stamped on endpaper. From the original manuscript of the story told to Alice Liddell with many drawings by Carroll. Slip case is darkened.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lewis Carroll. 8vo.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (1974). Brown cloth, lacks dust jacket. A critical look at the writings of Lewis Carroll.. First Edition. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros, 1943 Illustrated boards with spiral binding, light shelf wear, pages age-toned, previous owner's name on endpaper, all moveables intact and work perfectly. Adapted from Carroll's text with six "magic windows," where by pulling the tabs a slotted piece of paper moves and transforms the color-illustrated scene. Increasingly scarce in nice condition.. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Emma C. McKean. Oblong 4to.