FS: Children's Biographical Books

[P. O. Box 2321]

[#1414] (Bond, Michael) Russell Ash: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PADDINGTON
BEAR. London: Pavillion Books Limited, 1988. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 144
pp. (Bond, Michael illust.) Fine in Very Good dust jacket: sm tear, sm
tape to dj. A thorough and well illustrated biography and bibliography
of all things Paddington. A resource for fans and book folk alike.
$35.00

[#1368] (Caldecott, Randolph) Nancy Finlay: RANDOLPH CALDECOTT / 1846 -
1886 / A CHECKLIST OF THE CAROLINE MILLER PARKER COLLECTION IN THE
HOUGHTON LIBRARY. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1986. 1st ed.
Wraps, 8vo, 37 pp. (Caldecott, Randolph illust.) Near Fine.
Bibliographical appreciation and listing of children's book illustrator
Randolph Caldecott, including otherwise unpublished. $32.50

[#1514] (Carroll, Lewis) Clive Harcourt Carruthers: ALICIAE PER
SPECULUM TRANSITUS / THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND
THERE TRANSLATED INTO LATIN. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966. 1st
ed. Cloth, 12mo, 135 pp. (Tenniel, John illust.) Fine in Near Fine dust
jacket. A Latin translation of Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass'
that cleverly finds equivalents to the original puns. OP. $32.50

[#1513] (Carroll, Lewis) Jean Gattegno: LEWIS CARROLL / FRAGMENTS OF A
LOOKING-GLASS. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976. 1st English
ed. Cloth, 12mo, 327 pp. (Photographic illust.) Near Fine in Very Good
dust jacket: light wear to jacket. A biography centered on the many
facets of Carroll's identity, particularly their incongruous nature.
Out of print. $37.50

[#1818] (Carroll, Lewis) Anne Clark: LEWIS CARROLL / A BIOGRAPHY. New
York: Schocken Books, 1979. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 284 pp. (Photographic
illust.) Very Good in Very Good dust jacket: ink scribble head edge.
Based on Carroll's manuscript diaries and previously unpublished
material. Explores his 'child friendship.' OP. $35.00

[#1819] (Carroll, Lewis) Morton N. Cohen: LEWIS CARROLL / A BIOGRAPHY.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 577 pp. Near Fine
in Near Fine dust jacket: jacket clipped. Biography by a Carroll
scholar of 30 years with special access to his papers exploring his
many contradictions. $25.00

[#1702] Davis, Vera Cauby: FOOL'S GOLD / MADERA AND MARIPOSA,
CALIFORNIA 1880 - 1905. New York: Exposition Press, 1971. 1st ed. Cloth,
12mo, 97 pp. Very Good: store bookplate front free end paper. The
recollection of a woman present for the California gold rush. Out of
print. $15.00

[#638] (Gould, Jay) Della Gould Emmons: JAY GOULD'S MILLION DOLLAR
GEMS. Minneapolis: T. S. Denison & Company, 1974. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo,
219 pp. (Photographic illust.) Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.
Biography of a circus founder, by noted author Della Emmons ('Far
Horizon' was based on her novel). Signed and inscribed. $20.00

[#275] (Grant, Ulysses Simpson): THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF ULYSSES
SIMPSON GRANT GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES. Chicago:
Donohue Kennerbery & Co., 1890s. Boards, 4to, (Color illust.) Fair:
edges scuffed, interior Good. All the world loves and respects Ulysses
Simpson Grant as a great American. $75.00

[#1453] (Lamb, Charles) Joseph E. Reihl: CHARLES LAMB'S CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg, 1980. Wraps, 12mo, 213 pp.
Very Good: remainder mark, spine lightly faded. Academic biography /
bibliography of children's author Charles Lamb. Text in English. $27.50

[#721] (Lumsden, James) S. Roscoe & R. A. Brimmell: JAMES LUMSDEN & SON
OF GLASGOW / THEIR JUVENILE BOOKS AND CHAPBOOKS. Middlesex: Private
Libraries Assoc., 1981. 1st Limited ed. Cloth, 8vo, 134 pp. (Color
illust.) Near Fine. Bibliography of this early children's book
publisher. Limited to 2,000 copies, 750 of which were for sale. $45.00

[#1852] (Montgomery, L. M.) Harry Bruce: MAUD / THE LIFE OF L. M.
MONTGOMERY. New York: Bantam, 1992. 2nd ed. Cloth, 12mo, 166 pp.
(Photographic illust.) Fine in Fine dust jacket. Biography of the
author of Anne of Green Gables. Out of print. $25.00

[#1451] (Nesbit, Edith) Julia Briggs: A WOMAN OF PASSION / THE LIFE OF
E. NESBIT / 1858 - 1924. New York: New Amsterdam Books, 1987. 1st ed.
Cloth, 8vo, 473 pp. (Photographic illust.) Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Biography of children's author E. Nesbit, her complex life and
relationships (including Shaw). $25.00

[#1567] (Wilder, Laura Ingalls) Stephen W. Hines: I REMEMBER LAURA /
AMERICA'S FAVORITE STORYTELLER AS REMEMBERED BY HER FAMILY, FRIENDS,
AND NEIGHBORS. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994. 1st ed. Cloth,
8vo, 274 pp. (Photographic illust.) Near Fine: small indentions front
dj & cover, else Fine. The story of Laura as an adult - her writing on
war, women, cooking, civic duties. Much newly discovered material. OP.
$47.50

[#1446] (Wilder, Laura) William T. Anderson: THE STORY OF THE WILDERS /
ALL ABOUT ALMANZO AND HIS FAMILY. Walnut Grove: On the Banks of Plum
Creek, 1983. Wraps, 16mo, 32 pp. (Photographic illust.) Near Fine:
museum stamp title page. Almanzo Wilder, the 'Farmer Boy' of the
'Little House' books and his family. $12.50
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