New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Library Edition, quarto size, 43 pp. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and "A Hole..... More
[New York]: Harper & Brothers, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, sixteenmo size, [48] pp. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and "A Hole is to Dig" (published..... More
Joliet: The P.F. Volland Company, c. 1929. Hardcover. Large octavo size, 95 pp., in publisher's box. A lavishly illustrated book re-telling some traditional Indian tales, including: "The White Elephant", "The Grain of Corn", "The Timid Little Rabbit", "Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals", "The Kingdom of Mouseland", "The Alligator..... More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. Hardcover. Forty-eight consecutive volumes, published between 1976 and 1998, large quarto size, approximately 9600 pp. An "ongoing series", published to fill "a need for a digest of comment concerning children’s literature…in which excerpts of recent reviews of both fiction and nonfiction for children and young..... More
Melbourne, Auckland et al: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. Gaze, Harold. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, [32] pp. A book of poetry about the chewg-um-glewg-um, which "has an Emu's body / And a smiling Camel's head", written and illustrated by Harold Gaze (1885-1963). Gaze is known for his colourful elvish..... More