Search Results: Children's Literature from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: Union Square Publishing Company, 1890. 155 pages. Profusely illustrated by Warren Sheppard, with full page illustrations and practically ever page of text with smaller illustrations. . Very Good in original green cloth, decorative end papers, lettering faded yet legible, light wear at edges, hinges starting to open. Uncommon in current commerce, only copy noted at Rare Book Hub a listing in dealer's catalogue in 1993. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, 1960. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, light soiling. "Further adventures with Solomon and Sheba", a sequel to Cats in the Belfry. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Maurice Wilson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Follett Pub Co, 1944. First published by Follett in 1937, this edition published 1944. Zabeth Selover illustrations. Near Fine, prior owner name front endpage, in a Very Good dust jacket, light edgewear. SCARCE in dust jacket, more so in collector's condition. Publisher's book plate front endpage indicating perhaps a review copy. . 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Zabeth Selover .

Los Angeles: William Kaufmann, Inc , 1981. Publisher's promotional poster distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1981. Featuring a henry Holiday illustration. Near Fine, light creasing, 18" w x 24" h. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" w x 24" h.

New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co., 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page - "from Sandra Cooney to Dana Ericson". Caldecott Medal Winner for 1959. SCARCE in the First Edition and SIGNED. Near Fine, original orange decorative cloth with patterned end papers, tiny rubs at bottom corners, in a Near Fine dust jacket, faint closed tear bottom edge front panel, tiny chips at corners. Caldecott Medal front panel, correct price of $3.00 front flap. A sweet copy, and tough to find in this condition and signed/inscribed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Nea Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London and New York: Fredrick Warne and Co. No date, circa 1910-1920. With the Rose Place address for the printer and engraver Edmund Evans on p. 53. Very Good, rubbing to boards and corners rubbed, darkening to gutters, internally clean, bright, and unmarked. A quite charming little book. . Later Printing. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1948. Very Good Plus, prior owner name in ink front pastedown, under front flap, top edge of page block discolored at spine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, lightly rubbed and small chips at the spine tips. Indian Stories for Boys series. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Macmillan Children's Books , 1986. Publisher's promotional poster, 22"w x 17"h, featuring a charming Mercer mayer illustration. Near Fine, faint creases at bottom edge. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" w x 17" h.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. Publisher's Promotional Poster, 21 3/4"h x 18"w, Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 21 3/4"h x 18"w.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1948. Near Fine, small bump bottom edge of boards, prior owner name in ink front pastedown hidden by front flap. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, spine red coloring faded, a few small chips at the tips. Utterly charming Kurt Wiese illustrations, 162 pages. RARE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Kurt Weise. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: The Steck Company, 1948. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap, light rubbing and a few small chips at edges of dust jacket. 304 pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McCall Corporation, 1950. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 ( 1.3.4.5.6.7, and 9 ) that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story, overall Very Good, wear with paper loss at spine ends, some with tears at spine folds, toning, some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950, Vol. 95, No.2, "Gustav, the Goldfish", p. 48-51; Aug. 1950, Vol.95, No.4, "Tad and Todd", p.56-58; Sep. 1950, Vol. 95, No. 5, "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59, Oct. 1950, Vol. 95, No.6, "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950, Vol. 96, No.1, "Steak for Supper", p. 44-46; Dec.1950, Vol.96, No.2, "The Big Brag", p.46-47; Feb. 1951, Vol. 96, No.4, "The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga", p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957, Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav, the Goldfish" was… Read More

New York: Street & Smith, 1904. No.s 794, 796, 798, 827 in addition to those above. 27 separate issues of this iconic boy's weekly magazine. One issue 1904, two issues 1907, two issues 1908, four issues 1910, 17 issues 1911, one issue 1912. Ranging in condition from Good to Near Fine, overall the large majority Very Good or better, a few with prior owner name and/or old pencil prices. . First Printings. Newsprint. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Constable and Company, 1923. #276 of 350 numbered and SIGNED copies. Two volumes bound in gray paper-covered boards, light tan buckram back with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Very Good Plus, spines and labels at spines darkened. A quite handsome set and rather uncommon in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Nice: Editions le Chant des Sphères No date, circa 1968. RARE Salesman's Dummy, consisting of an outer folder, in full red morocco, gilt decorations, inset gilt castle design, interior plush red velvet. and samples of spines for the 2 volumes. Inner pink paper folder has one chapter laid in, "La belle et la bete" ("Beauty and the Beast"), with colored illustrations and gilded by Lucy Boucher in the style of illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. Very Good Plus, light wear and soiling exterior, inner folder light soiling. Quite unusual. . Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Salesman's Dummy.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Bruce Publ. Co., 1947. Fine in a Near fine dust jacket, prior owner name front paste down under front flap, tiny rubs at the tips, spine a tad darkened. 2nd Printing, RARE in dust jacket in any printing. . 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

Poughkeepsie, NY: Artists and Writers Guild, Inc., 1938. Very Good Plus, light soiling and rubbing to covers. Contents are clean and unmarked. 14 pages, all charmingly illustrated by B. Pokrovsky. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by B. Pokrovsky. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: The Viking Press, 1958. SCARCE First Edition, 1958. Near Fine, tiny top corner bump, in a Very Good dust jacket, 1/2" chip at head of spine, 1/4" chip at base of spine, 1/2" chip bottom edge rear panel, 1" closed tear top edge rear panel. Author of 5 Caldecott Honor Books and winner of a Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1956 and a Caldecott Medal in 1960. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by The Author. Tall 8vo.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1948. Near Fine, small spot last 2 endpages, prior owner name front paste down, in a Very Good dust jacket, red at spine evenly faded to green, light edgewear. Her 2nd book in the publisher's "Youth Today" series. Copies in jacket, free of library markings, are uncommon. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1949. RARE in dust jacket. Near Fine, prior owner name in ink front pastedown, hidden by front flap, small spot top edge page block, in a Very Good dust jacket, a few small chips. Illustrated by the author. 127 pages with illustrated endpages. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Eleanor Frances Lattimore . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.