Juvenile Illustrated

Becky and Tatters: A Brownie Scout Story, by Eleanor Thomas, illustrated by Gertrude Howe.  NY:  Scribner’s, 1940.  Cover spots/no dust jacket.  $15

Beware of Children, by Verily Anderson, illustrated by Carol Doen.  NY:  William Morrow, 1958, first edition.  No dust jacket.  VG.  $35

Children’s Hour with Peter Pan, edited by Watty Piper.  NY: Platt & Munk, 1922.  Red paper over blue cloth with color illustrated cover pastedown.  Unpaginated.  Gift inscription.  Bright copy with light wear.  VG.  $30

The Chinese Children Next Door, by Pearl S. Buck, with drawings by William Arthur Smith.  NY:  John Day, 1942.  Red cloth. Reading copy: shaken; front hinge cracked; starting.  Text pages and illustrations bright.  $25

Dream Weaver, by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Michael Hague.  Collins: 1979.  80 pages.  Full-page, full-color illustrations of these highly original interpretations of classic myths and fairy tales.  VG/VG.  $40

Fairy Tales That Never Grow Old, edited by Watty Piper, with many illustrations by Eulalie.  NY:  Platt & Munk, 1927, Star Edition.  Red cloth, illustrated color pastedown.  Small page tears, with worn corners and spine ends.  Good.  $40

Forest Patrol, by Jim Kjelgaard, illustrated by Tony Palazzo.  Holiday House, 1941, sixth printing.  Ex-lib.  VG.  $20

The House in the Tree and Other Stories of Places, People and Things, by Fredrika Shumway Smith, illustrated by Salcia Bahnc.  Chicago: Falcon, 1941, second printing.  Signed on front-facing endpaper.  Blue cloth with front cover color illustrated pastedown.  Worn but good condition.  $25  SOLD

Kim of Korea, by Faith Norris and Peter Lynn, illustrated by Kurt Wiese.  NY: Messner, 1955.  Dark red cloth, illustrated dust jacket.  157 pages.  Last page of book is pasted down as back endpaper.  VG/VG.  $25

Little Thunder, by Georgiana Dorcas Ceder, illustrated by Robert L. Jefferson. Juvenile historical fiction. Adventures of young Shawnee boy during War of 1812. VG in near-VG dust jacket. Inscribed by author on dedication page. $30

Matilda, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake.  NY: Viking Kestrel, 1988, first American edition.  VG/VG.  $25

The Modern Story Book, by Wallace Wadsworth, illustrated by Paul Pinson.  Chicago: Rand McNally, 1950.  Adventures of various motor vehicles with human personalities.  Red cloth; brightly illustrated endpapers.  72 pages.  Light wear/no dj.  Good+.  $30

One Hundred Picture Fables with Rhymes..  London: n.d.  Green cloth, decorative boards, with two small portrait pastedowns on front board.  111 pages of poems and drawings.  Worn but still good condition.  $40  

POGO COLLECTION, 1951-1957. Ten paperback books, of which five are 5”x8” format and five are
roughly (some variation) 6-1/2” x 10”.
Price for complete Pogo collection: $120  SOLD

The Secret of Madame Doll, by Frances Cavannah, illustrated by Dorothy Bayley Morse.  NY:  Vanguard, 1965.  Blue-green cloth; illustrated dust jacket.  Dj spine and top back sunned; else VG/VG.  $45   PRICE REDUCED to $25

The Three Billy Goats, illustrated by Frank Dobias.  NY: Macmillan, 1927.  Cover lightly worn, with old price in red ink (small) on front.  Tight and bright.  $35

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OZ Books

The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.  Indianapolis, IN:  Bobbs-Merrill, L. Frank Baum & W.W. Denslow; Press of Braunworth & Co., Brooklyn, NY, ©1903 (original copyright was 1899, published by Hill in 1900); illustrated by W. W. Denslow, fourth edition, ca. 1920.  Olive green cloth; color cover pastedown (Tin Man & Scarecrow), black-&-white endpapers; illustrated spine.  Cover soil & wear, with small tears to spine ends; rear hinge cracked.  Good condition.  $160

The Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.  Chicago:  Reilly & Lee, ©1904, POPULAR EDITION (stated on front cover), 1925; illustrated by John R. Neill.  Red cloth; color cover pastedown (Scarecrow & Tin Man shaking hands, each seated on large emerald); color frontispiece; black-&-white illustrations; illustrated endpapers and spine.  Cover soil & wear, some crayon (minimal) & dog-eared pages; badly cracked hinges.  Fair to G-.  $80

The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.  Chicago:  Reilly & Lee, ©1913; illustrated by John R. Neill, later printing.  Red cloth; color cover pastedown (child in ruffed color and cone hat sitting with patchwork rag doll; predominant colors peach and teal blue); black-&-white illustrations; illustrated endpapers; no illustrations on spine.  Front hinge weak; no dj. $40

The Magic of Oz, by L. Frank Baum.  Chicago: Reilly & Lee, ©1919, later printing (post-1935); illustrated by John R. Neill.  Blue-grey cloth; color cover pastedown (Monkey King, rose-colored, in bowl on tripod, with Wizard and Dorothy attending); matching illustrated dj; black-&-white illustrations; illustrated endpapers; illustrated spine.  Cover is especially bright.  VG/VG.  $60

Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, ©1920; later printing (post-1935); illustrated by John R. Neill.  Peach cloth; color cover pastedown (Glinda and two small girls with crowns, Tin Man and Scarecrow behind and to sides against black background with colored spheres above); black-&-white illustrations; blank endpapers; illustrated spine.  Minor shelfwear; bumped corners and spine ends; no dj.  VG.  $60

The Purple Prince of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, COPY 2. Chicago: Reilly & Lee,, ©1932, later printing (post-1935); illustrated by John R. Neill.  Beige cloth; color cover pastedown (same as above); matching illustrated dj; black-&-white illustrations; blank endpapers; illustrated spine.  VG in chipped dj.  $120

The Wishing Horse of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee,, ©1935, first edition., illustrated by John R. Neill.  (This is the only Reilly & Lee Oz book without illustrated endpapers on the first edition; it is also the last to have color plates.)  Light blue cloth; color cover pastedown (rearing caparisoned horse ridden by fat man wearing crown, emerald necklaces & cape bearing large red letter S); color frontispiece & plates; black-&-white illustrations; blank endpapers; illustrated spine.  Edges spotted (not foxed); two corners chewed; no dj.  $80

The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson.  Chicago: Reilly & Lee, ©1938, later printing (no Handy Mandy on spine); illustrated by John R. Neill.  Light blue cloth; color cover pastedown (Princess and companion riding red-maned black horse); matching illustrated dj; black-&-white illustrations; illustrated endpapers and spine (letter Z inside letter O).  Very bright cover; dj lightly chipped.  VG/VG-.  $100

Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, ©1939, first edition; illustrated by John R. Neill.  Beige cloth; color cover pastedown (Wizard, Tin Man & Scarecrow with left hands raised against teal blue background, with red, gold, green backgrounds beneath author/illustrator information); matching illustrated dj; black-&-white illustrations; illustrated endpapers and spine.  Light shelfwear/lightly chipped dj.  VG/VG.  $160

(Discount on two or more Oz books purchased together.)

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