FS: Seredy, Tasha Tudor, Sendak, Amy Tan, Misc.
The Book Garden Gallery
Hello,
We would like to offer for your consideration:
[3460] Robinson, Mary B. THE STORY OF SUSIE PIG. Fred K. Warne:
London, circa 1940s, 42 pp. 16mo Color illus. binding with moderate
soil, owner's label, name in pencil to front endpaper. Charming color
illustrations by the author. Mrs Trotter and her children have many
exciting adventures, delightful. Good $26
[4976] Sakade, Florence. JAPANESE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE STORIES.
Tuttle: 1962, 120 pp. 5th printing. Oblong. Cloth bound. Gift
inscription to front endpaper. Illustrated with color and black and
white pictures by Yoshisuke Kurosaki. Tips of two corners with light
wear, spine with very sm. tear to rear, otherwise VG $14
[4055] Sendak, Maurice. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN. Harper & Row: (1970),
unpaged, reprint. With a dust jacket with one large tear, otherwise,
good and in protective mylar. Cloth binding with bright and colorful
oval picture label. With a contemporary gift inscription to the
half-title page else Fine $30
[4567] Seredy, Kate. THE GOOD MASTER. Viking: 1956, 16th prtg. Cloth
binding; clean, spine slightly cocked. Illustrated endpapers.
Ownership in ink to blank page otherwise clean and presentable with
illustrations in color and b&w by the author. Good+ $15
[4568] Seredy, Kate. THE CHESTRY OAK. Viking: 1948, 236 pp. 1st
Edition. Moderate soil, light scuffing to cloth binding. Bright and
clean between the covers, no ownership markings whatsoever.
Illustrated by the author. Good $38
[1732] Seredy, Kate. THE GOOD MASTER. Viking Press: 1949, 1th prtg.,
210 pp. With illus. in b&w and color by the author, illus. endpapers.
Small former owner's id, bookplate, rear card holder, but no x-libris
markings anywhere in the book. Blue cloth covers with some fading and
soil. Good $12
[1219] Singer, Isaac Bashevis. NAFTALI THE STORYTELLER AND HIS
HORSE, SUS. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux: 1976, 129 pp. Stated 1st
printing. Very good dust jacket with very minor wear, price clipped,
in mylar. Pictures by Margot Zemach. Former owner's name in small ink,
else book is in excellent condition. A collection of short stories
that are a "feast of wit, beauty and wisdom." and a "remarkable
collection by a master storyteller." Near Fine $30
[2847] Speare, Elizabeth George. THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND.
Houghton Mifflin: 1958, 249 pp. Good+ dust jacket, Newberry Award
label affixed, in protective mylar. Light spotting to binding, spine
slightly cocked. Illustrated endpapers, clean text. VG $18
[2531] Sperry, Armstrong. CALL IT COURAGE. Macmillan: (1940), 1947,
95 pp. With a Fair dust jacket, clear, protective mylar. Book itself
is in excellent condition: patterned boards, illustrations in blue by
the author, endpapers illustrated. A Newberry Medal winner. VG+ $15
[338] Spyri, Johanna. MONI THE GOAT BOY. Lippincott: 1916, 72 pp.
Color plates by Maria Kirk. Tan cloth: decorated and quite
presentable. Old owner's inscription, hairline crack between one color
plate and text; otherwise VG $16
[4573] Stone, Eugenia. PAGE BOY FOR KING ARTHUR. Wilcox & Follett:
1949, 160 pp. Textured, modestly decorated cloth. Attractive
illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Spine cocked; otherwise VG $18
[4572] Stone, Eugenia. ROBIN HOOD'S ARROW. "Being an Account of Dan
of the Mill and His Adventures with Robin Hood and the Merry Men of
Sherwood Forest." Wilcox & Follett: 1948, 163 pp. Textured, modestly
decorated cloth. Attractive illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Near
Fine $26
[5025] Stuart, Jesse. THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Whittlesey House: 1960,
110 pp. 1st edition. Dust jacket very good to near fine, in protective
mylar wrapper. Cloth bound. Illustrated endpapers. Drawings by Robert
Henneberger. The story of a boy's love for a lost hound dog. Near Fine
$36
[1773] Swarthout, Glendon & Kathryn. THE BUTTON BOAT. Doubleday:
1969, 159 pp. Stated 1st Edition. With illus. by Suzanne Verrier. With
VG dj, in protective mylar. Very clean and presentable, inside and
out. VG $18
[2806] Tan, Amy. THE MOON LADY. Macmillan: 1992, unpaginated. Stated
1st Edition. Lg thin 4to Near Fine dust jacket. Red cloth. Beautiful
color illustrations by Gretchen Schields. Adapted from a story from
"The Joy Luck Club." Near Fine $25
[4577] Taylor, Sydney. ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY. Follett: 1951, 13th
prtg. Binding with moderate soil, gift inscription to front endpaper.
Water stain marks to the lower right hand corner of all pages. An
otherwise sound and clean book. Good $12
[3033] Taylor, Sydney. ALL-OF-A-KIND-FAMILY UPTOWN. Follett: 1958,
160 pp. 8th printing. Binding very clean, spine cocked. Small owner's
first name, else very clean. VG $15
[4901] Tudor, Tasha. THE TASHA TUDOR BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. Platt &
Munk: 1969 ed., 64 pp. 4to Color pictorial binding. Binding browned
from age, superficial cracking along most of the spine, pages firm in
binding. One page with small edge tear. Color pictures by Tudor
throughout. Good- $10
[3096] Tudor, Tasha. THE SPRINGS OF JOY. Rand McNally: 1979. Stated
1st printing. 4to One or two pages thumbed else an outstanding copy,
bright, colorful and clean. Near Fine $55
[1238] Uttley, Alison. LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S PARTY. Collins: London,
1935, 12th prtg. 16mowith Good+ illus. dj w/ small tears, two small
stain marks to rear. Illus. covers, clean, with some shelf wear,
illus. endpapers. With charming color illus. by Margaret Tempest. With
very light evidence of foxing to some pages. VG $32
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