Perfectly Nice Books at Equally Nice Prices.

My goal was to catalog 15 books today.  Well, I managed to do 20! Here they are!  Questions about or interest in any of the books? Shoot me an email! emmaurice2@aol.com

[005788] ABC. Tice, Clara. ABC Dogs. ill. Clara Tice. New York: Wilfred Funk, 1940. First Edition. Folio. Fair / No Jacket. Illustrated boards with cloth spine, edges heavily worn, spine ends fraying, 1/2" hole in spine, pages thumbed and occasionally marked. An uncommon and beautiful alphabet book where each letter of the alphabet stands for a different breed of dog. For each breed is a gorgeous illustration reproduced from etchings by Tice. A reading copy.  $45.00

[005779] Barasch, Marc Ian; Illustrated By Henrik Drescher. No Plain Pets!. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Printing. 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0060224738. Hard cover in pictorial dust jacket, slightly darkened at top edge. A really fun book about a boy who wants an exotic pet. The artwork is zany and sure to keep you entertained. Quite frankly, I love this book.  $17.50

[005784] Clavell, James. Trump-O-Moto. ill. George Sharp. New York: Delacorte, 1986. First American Edition. 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0385295049. Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket, slightly scuffed with light dust soil. A fantasy about an ailing girl who is aided by a wizard and other magical creatures. Magnificent color artwork.  $12.50

 [005771] Dewey, Jennifer Owings. Birds of Antarctica: The Adelie Penguins. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1989. First Printing. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Purple hard cover, faint paper-clip impression to endpaper, slight darkening at edge of text block, dust jacket slightly age-toned. A year in the lives of Adelie penguins with great color artwork on every page. OOP.  $8.50

[005783] Edens, Cooper. The Story Cloud. ill. Kenneth Leroy Grant. Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Printing. Oblong 4to. Very Good Minus / Good. ISBN: 0671748238. Pictorial boards, remainder mark on rear endpaper, matching dust jacket darkened. Fairy tale and fantasy characters share their dreams with a child.  $7.50

[005785] Field, Eugene. Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat. ill. Johanna Westerman. New York: North-South Books, 1994. First American Edition. 4to. Fine / Fine. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Perennial favorite by Field, illustrated in b&w.  $8.50

[005786] Gerstein, Mordicai. New Creatures. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Printing. 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 006022164x. Hard cover in color pictorial dust jacket, small bit of residue on front panel, else fine. A child's question sparks a tall tale about the time when cats and dogs ruled the world. Fun color artwork throughout.  $12.50

[005778] Grejniec, Michael. When I Open My Eyes. New York: Henry Holt, 1990. First Printing. 4to. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0805014179. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, which is age-toned. A little girl's vivid imagining of a little lamb endangered by a wolf. Soft and appealing color artwork on every page.  $8.50

 [005776] Livingston, Myra Cohn; Illustrated By Leonard Everett Fisher. Festivals. New York: Holiday House, 1996. Stated First Edition. 4to. Very Good / Near Fine. ISBN: 0823412172. Hard cover, dent to bottom edge, spine slightly askew; illustrated dust jacket with mild rubbing to extremities. A follow up to their collaboration "Celebrations," about festivals from around the world. Illustrated with bold paintings by Fisher.  $8.50

[005789] Mussino, Attilio (Illus); Collodi, C. (Author). Pinocchio. New York: Macmillan, 1989. First Printing of ReIssue. Thick 4to. Fine / Fine. Blue cloth in illustrated dust jacket, housed in original publisher's cardboard box. The first Mussino edition was published in Italy in 1911, in America in 1925. In 1969 the book was redesigned and reissued with great success. This is a reissue of the 1969 edition. A beautiful production featuring Mussino's iconic color artwork.  $25.00

[005782] Nursery Rhymes. Over the Hills and Far Away, A Book of Nursery Rhymes. ill. Alan Marks. New York: North-South Books, 1994. First American Edition. Small Square 4to. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1558582851. Pictorial boards, pages slightly darkened at edges; matching dust jacket slightly darkened. A collection of familiar and some slightly obscure nursery rhymes with masterful color artwork and silhouettes.  $12.50

[005787] Rackham, Arthur. Hudson, Derek (Auth).. Arthur Rackham: His Life and Work. ill. Arthur Rackham. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, First American Edition. Thick 4to. Very Good Plus / Good. (1960). Burgundy cloth, light shelf wear; pictorial dust jacket with a few edge tears, light edge wear, old tape repair to verso and rear panel. A biography and bibliography with mounted color plates, photos, b&w plates and line art within the text.  $110.00

[005772] Rayevsky, Robert (Illus); Kimmel, Eric A (retold by). Squash It!. New York: Holiday House, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Near Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0823412997. Blue boards with cloth spine, tiny nick to bottom edge, else fine; illustrated dust jacket. A retelling of an old folk tale about an insect who bites a king and becomes royalty. Bold color artwork by Rayevsky.  $12.50

[005774] Ryder, Joanne. When the Woods Hum. ill. Catherine Stock. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991. First Printing. Oblong 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0688070574. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, slightly darkened at edges (visble on flaps and verso). A young woman visits the woods and witnesses the lives of cicadas and returns 17 years later with her son. Illustrated in color.  $8.50

[005780] Schotter, Roni. Warm at Home. ill. Dara Goldman. New York: Macmillan, 1993. First Printing. 4to. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0027812952. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. A little bunny must stay home from school. A cozy charmer. Illustrated in color. Favorably reviewed by Publisher's Weekly.  $12.50

[005790] Shakespeare, William; Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard. Under the Greenwood Tree, songs from the Plays Selected By Julia Louise Reynolds. ill. Leonard Weisgard. New York: Oxford University Press, Probable First Edition. 4to. Very Good / Fair. 51 pgs. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling, one page with offsetting from a piece of paper that was laid into the book; dust jacket fragile with large tears, old tape repair to verso, 3" piece missing from rear panel. A collection of songs selected from the plays of Shakespeare. Beautifully stylized color lithographs by Weisgard throughout, which bring new life to these well-known verses..  $14.50

[005777] Southey, Robert. Cataract of Lodore. ill. Mordicai Gerstein. New York: Dial Books, 1991. First Thus. Oblong 4to. Very Good / Near Fine. ISBN: 0803710259. Pictorial boards, small remainder mark to bottom edge, else fine; dust jacket slightly age-toned. Rollicking 19th Century poem with fun rhymes. Gerstein's artwork is always appealing.  $12.50

[005773] Southey, Robert. Cataract of Lodore. ill. David Catrow. New York: Henry Holt, 1992. First Thus. Oblong 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0805019456. Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket, slightly darkened at top edge. A rollicking poem about a waterfall by 19th Century poet Southey, illustrated with equally energetic color artwork.  $12.50

 [005775] Voake, Charlotte. Mrs. Goose's Baby. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1989. First American Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0316905119. Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, slightly darkened at top edge. The story of a goose who finds and egg and takes it to her nest. Charming story good for adopted children. Charming artwork. Glowing reviews from School Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly.  $22.50

[005781] Wright, Betty Ren; Illustrated By Gail Owens. Cat Next Door, The. New York: Holiday House, 1991. First Printing. Small Square 4to. Fine / Fine. Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket. A book that sensitvely deals with the delicate subject of the loss of a loved one. Dream-like color artwork throughout. Favorably reviewed by Publisher's Weekly and School Library Journal  $17.50