UNCREDITED  An A.B.C. of Birds  No Location, Thomas Nelson, ND ; 95 pp. Edition not Stated; 12MO. A very attractive and   somewhat mysterious little book. No author, illustrator, date or place of publication. That being   said probably London in the twenties. Printed singlesided on glossy stock and bound in glossy   boards with a Penguin on the cover. The illustrations are very appealing and the verse has its   own oddball charm - "D stands for Duck, "Quack, Quack" is his speech.  It doesn't take   long/This Language to teach."Gift inscription dated 1931. Spine splitting at front head and tail.    Refer to our book number 11005. VG  $20.00

  UNCREDITED  At School  New York, Samuel Gabriel, 1940 ;  ; 8VO. Cheerful little booklet showing activities in school.In   very nice condition considering its fragility, some staining to covers.  Refer to our book number   16093. VG in Stapled Wraps  $12.00

  UNCREDITED  McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader  New York, American Book Company, 1920 ; 352 pp. Facsimile Reprint; 12MO. Lovingly   reproduced facsimile in very nice condition. Leatherette spine.  Refer to our book number 8543.   VG+  $12.00

  UNCREDITED  McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader  New York, American Book Company, 1920 ; 256 pp. Facsimile Reprint; 12MO. Lovingly   reproduced facsimile in very nice condition. Leatherette spine.  Refer to our book number 8542.   VG+  $12.00

  UNCREDITED  Santa Claus and the Little Lost Kitten : A Fuzzy Wuzzy Picture Story   Book  Racine, WI, WHITMAN, 1952 ;  ; Folio. Fuzzy wuzzy in excellent condition on both cover and   interior. Light overall wear with 2" tear to front cover.  Refer to our book number 16004. VG in   Stapled Wraps  $16.00

  UNCREDITED  The Arabian Nights Entertainments  New York, A L Burt, nd ; 586 pp. ; 8VO. A handsome little edition bound in gray pictorial cloth   with bright gilt lettering  A new edition revised with notes. With many full page black and white   illustrations and five original chromolithographs.Light wear with a small nick on rear spine joint.    Refer to our book number 15739. VG  $12.00

 
 Uncredited  The Daily Express A.B.C. ABC  London, Daily Express, nd (1930's) ;  ; 8VO. A quite wonderful and elaborate alphabet pop-up.   Seven panorama pop-ups illustrating every letter of the alphabet in upper and lower case and   with appropriate illustration. Montanaro (p 64) says that early editions of this work were   published under the Daily Express imprint while later issues were published by Bookano under   the title ABC in Living Models. It may have been in print throughout the thirties and she feels that   it is possible that it is entirely the workof Theodore Brown.The letter A on the first page has   been mended and apart from that everything is present and in excellent working order. Edgewear   and scuffing to boards.  Refer to our book number 14905. VG  $150.00

  UNCREDITED  The History of Peter Thomson  New York, American Tract Society, nd (1840?) ; 16 pp. ; 12MO. Bound in I/4 green cloth over   marbled boards. Very worn inside and out. Awarded as a prize for good behaviour in Sabath   School No 5, Delaware.  Illustrated with several woodcuts. A warning about salvation.  Refer to   our book number 9424. Fair  $20.00

  UNCREDITED  The Selfish Fox  Chicago, Donohue, nd ;  ; 8VO. Twenty four colour plates plus wonderful pictorial endpapers.   Pictorial cover pasted on. The fox, of course, comes to a bad end.A nice solid copy with normal   wear to the covers.  Refer to our book number 8710. VG  $35.00

  UNCREDITED (ill David Jadwyn)  Billy Whiskers Tourist  Akron, Saalfield, 1929 ; 161 pp. Popular Edition; 8VO. A verynice copy indeed especially   considering the fragility of the materials and overall low quality of production. Pictorial boars and   colour frontis.Light wear to edges, corners worn.  Refer to our book number 9711. VG+  $20.00

  Underhill, Graham  Out of the Wood  Oxford, Oxford, 1983 ;  First Edition; 4TO. The gorgeously illustrated history of a magnificent   English oak.  Lovely copy in a worn jacket.  Refer to our book number 3922. Fine/Good  $15.00

  UNGERER,TOMI  Moon Man  New York, HARPER & ROW, 1966 ; 40 pp. First US Edition; Folio. Ungerer's stuningly   illustrated tale of the Moon Man's visit to earth and his unhappy brush with civilization.Library   binding issued without jacket. Light wear to corners, overall a very pleasing copy indeed.  Refer   to our book number 14587. VG+  $40.00

 
 UNGERER,TOMI  The Hat  New York, Parents Magazine Press, 1970 ;  First Edition; 4TO. Tha amazing travels of the black   hat. Great illustrations by Ungerer. Light wear to corners.  Refer to our book number 10542. NF  $12.00

  Unknown  In God's Garden  London, T C and E C Jack, nd ;  ; 240x178mm. Sixteen reproductions from Italian masterpieces.    A very attractive book with lots of gilt and pictorial pasteon.  TEG  Refer to our book number   3738. VG  $12.00

  Uttley, Allison (Ill Katherine   Wigglesworth)  Snug and Serena Count Twelve - A Little Brown Mouse Book  London, Heinemann, 1959 ; 67 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Lovely full page colour plates and many   black and white text illustrations by Wrigglesworth. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt cover   vignette.Very light wear to book, unpriceclipped jacket a little edgeworn and rubbed.  Refer to our   book number 16429. NF/VG  $65.00

  Uttley, Allison (Ill Katherine   Wigglesworth)  Snug and Serena Go to Town - A Little Brown Mouse Book  London, Heinemann, 1961 ; 63 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Lovely full page colour plates and many   black and white text illustrations by Wrigglesworth. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt cover   vignette.Very light wear to book, missing FFEP. Priceclipped jacket edgeworn with 1/2"   triangular piece out of front top edge.  Refer to our book number 16430. VG/G  $30.00

  Uttley, Allison (Ill Margaret Tempest)  Little Grey Rabbit's Paint-Box  London, Collins, 1970(1958) ; 64 pp. Reprint; 12MO. A bright copy with some wear to   extremities in worn priceclipped jacket with several tears.  Refer to our book number 14119.   VG/VG  $15.00

  Va, Leong  A Letter to the King  New York, HarperCollins, 1987 ; 31 pp. First US Edition; Oblong 8VO. Translated from the   Norvegian by James Anderson. Delightful story about a doctor in ancient China who had five   daughters and discovered that was not such a bad thing. Charmingly illustrated by the author.A   fine copy in very lightly worn jacket.  Refer to our book number 9479. F/NF  $20.00

 
 Vaidis, Micheal (ill Gemma Sales)  Noune , Child of Prehistory  Vic-en-Bigarre, MSM, 1992 ;  First Edition; 4TO. A small boy's life in France 17,000 years ago.    Refer to our book number 17185. Fine in Glossy Boards  $12.00

  Valgardson, W D (ill Ange Zhang)  Thor  Toronto, Groundwood, 1994 ;  First Edition; 4TO. Mr Christie's award winner for 1995 - nicely   illustrated tale of a boy and his grandfather in the Prairie winterA fine copy.  Refer to our book   number 1215. Fine  $15.00

  VAN ALLSBURG, CHRIS  Bad Day at Riverbend  Boston, Hougton Mifflin, 1995 ;  ; Folio. A witty and fun outing by Van Allsburg.  Refer to our   book number 6116. F/NF  $12.00

  Van Allsburg, Chris  THE WRETCHED STONE  Bostone, Houghton Mifflin, 1991 ;  First Edition; 4TO. Spectacular  illustrations throughout in   Van Allsburg's cautionary evolutionary tale. A superior copy of a superior book.As new  Refer to   our book number 900. F/F  $14.00

  Van Loon, Hendrick  Around the World With The Alphabet and Hendrick Willem van   Loon  New York, Simon and Schuster, 1935 ;  Third Printing; Oblong 12MO. A journey thought the   alphabet and around the world with wonderful lithographed illustrations by Van Loon.Lengthy gift   inscription plus owner's name in owner's spot. Boards are bright, tape marks on spine   apparently where jacket was affixed. Jacket very worn and chipped , missing spine but looks   surprisingly good in Brodart.  Refer to our book number 17008. VG/Fair  $60.00

  Van Sandwyk, Charles  Amimal Wisdom  Vancouver, C V S Fine Arts, nd[2002] ;  First Edition; Oblong 8VO. A lovely production with   elaborate animal and bird illustrations by the very talented Charles Van Sandwyk. Twleve   full-page colour illus. plus two half-page illustratations. Bound in plain brown card covers with a   blue jacket stamped in gilt and with mounted plate of an archer owl. SIGNED by the author on   verso of front cover and includes a brochure with picture,biography and artist's statement as well   as a very attractive Sandwyk bookmark.A fine copy.  Refer to our book number 15912. Fine in   Card Covers  $45.00

 
 Van Stockum, Hilda  Penengro  New York, Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1972 ; 212 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Rory finds a new life with   the gypsies in Ireland.Very light wear to book, jacket worn and chipped with some sizable   missing pieces.  Refer to our book number 16365. VG/G  $14.00

  Vandercook, Margaret  The Camp Fire Girls in Glorious France  Philadelphia, Winston, 1919 ; 262 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Book in very nice condtition with some   spotting at top rear cover; jacket very worn and chipped. Lists to this title on titles page.  Refer   to our book number 13113. VG/Fair  $30.00

  VARIOUS  Number Five Joy Street  New York, D Appleton, 1927 ; 220 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. The best of the Annuals.    Featuring stories by Lord Dunsany,  Walter de la Mare, Rose Fyleman, Laurence Houseman,   Eleanor Farjeon and others and dozens of black and white illustrations as well eight mounted   colour platesby Marian Allen, Roy Meldrum  and others.  The dustjacket is wonderfully   illustrated by Marie Allen and is very  worn and missing the bottom quarter of the rear cover and   spine and a triangular piece at the bottom of the front.  The bottom front corner of the book is   bumped.  Refer to our book number 6201. VG/Fair  $40.00

  VARIOUS  The Child's Companion or Sunday Scholar's Reward Volume 8, No's   73 to 84  London, Religious Tract Society, 1830 ; 375 pp. ; 16mo. Illustrated with many woodcuts. Twelve   issues bound in half calf in this child sized volume filled with uplifting stories for young folks. This   series was published monthly from 1824 under various titles until 1932. Osborne Vol 1, P   401.Covers are worn, lackng spine label, but solid. Spotting, foxing and marking on many pages   and on the endpapers. Some pages torn but all complete. Hinges cracked but the book remains   solid.  Refer to our book number 9399. Good  $40.00

  VARIOUS (ill Dugdale, E H Shepard)  The Gateway to Shakespeare  London, Thomas Nelson, nd ; 336 pp. ; 4TO. For Children - Containing a Life Of Shakespeare by   Mrs Andrew Land, A selection of the Plays and from Lamb's Tales.Gorgeous pictorial and gilt   binding. Sixteen colour plates by Dugdale, E H Shepard and others as well as many black and   white drawings.  TEG. An exceedingly attractive book in every way.  Refer to our book number   11745. Fine  $95.00

 
 Various (ill dulac Atwell and others)  Queen's Book of the Red Cross  London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939 ; 255 first edtion; 8vo. British fund raising volume with   contributions from many prominent authors and artists including T S Eliot  Edmund Dulac and   many othersSpine and rear boards sunned as usual ow very nice condition  Refer to our book   number 2745. VG  $18.00

  Various (ill Margaret Tarrant)  MARGARET TARRANT STORY BOOK  LONDON, COLLINS, 1951 (1947) ; 128 pp. Fourth Printing; 4TO. Eight luminescent colour   plates by Margaret W Tarrant as well as many black and white drawings.Light wear to red cloth   cover, gift inscription.  Refer to our book number 374. VG  $40.00

  VARIOUS (inc Harry Rountree)  Number Twelve Joy Street  Oxford, Basil Blackwell, nd ; 247 pp. First Edition; 8VO. The best of the Annuals.  Featuring   stories by  Rose Fyleman, Laurence Houseman, Eleanor Farjeon and others and dozens of   black and white illustrations as well six mounted colour platesby Mabel Marlow, Roy Meldrum,   Harry Rountree  and others. Some tidy amateur colouring to a number of the black and white   drawings. Edgewear spine sunned and worn at extremities.  Refer to our book number 15329.   Good  $15.00

  Various Authors, Various Illustrators  Bo-Peep's Bumper Book  London, Amalgamated Press, nd(1927?) ; 166 pp. ; 4TO. Colour frontis with golliwog by Anne   Anderson. Other colour plates by Bernard,Burton, Aris and others, black and white work by   Harry Rountree and many others.Spine and front cover pasteons worn, edgewear, some soiling   to interior.  Refer to our book number 15154. Good  $20.00

  Various Authors, Various Illustrators  Seven Volland "Make Your Own Chapbooks"  , Volland for the,  ;  ; . Seven little chapbooks published in the Philadelphia Public Ledger and   designed to be cut out and assembled by the readers. Obviously fragile and rather difficult to find   because of this. This collection of 7 titles includes The Wise Mama Goose, The Bee Who   Would Not Work, The Unselfish Pig, How Freckle Frog Made Herself Pretty, Snip and Snap and   the Poll Parrot, Punky Dunk and the Mouse and Punky Dunk and the Gold Fish.All have ribbon   ties and all have some splitting to their spines. In Very Good condition, particularly for such   fragile items.  Refer to our book number 14946.   $120.00

  Viorst, Judith  The Good-Bye Book  New York, Atheneum, 1988 ; 88 pp First Edition; Square 8VO. Charming little book about the   dangers of good-bye.  Refer to our book number 4683. F/F  $12.00

 
 Wadsworth, Wallace (ill Paul Pinson)  The Modern Story Book  Chicago, Rand McNally, 1950 ; 72 pp. First With These Illustrations; Folio. A lovely copy with   the exuberant new illustrations of Pinson.Book in fine condition, minor edgewear and chipping to   unpriceclipped jacket.  Refer to our book number 1301. F/VG  $45.00

  WAGNER, Richard ,RACKHAM,   Arthur (illustrator)  Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods  London, William Heinemann, 1911 ;  Limited Edition; 4TO. Thirty colour plates, nine black and   white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Some of his finest, most powerful work. Ths copy number   876 of 1150 signed and numbered copies. Magnificently rebound by noted bookbinder Courtland   Benson in full green oasis goatskin, titled and tooled in gold. Slipcase, also by Benson, of   acid-free board covered in buckram. Part of original vellum front cover laid in showing title and gilt   vignette. TEG.Occasional light foxing.  Refer to our book number 13904. Fine  $1,400.00

  Wahl, Jan (ill Erik Blegvad)  Peter and the Troll Baby  New York, Golden Press, 1984 ;  Second Printing; Square 8VO. Very nice copy of a most   attractive Golden Book about vacations, trolls and changeling baby sisters.  Refer to our book   number 7514. F/F  $12.00

  Wallace, Edward & Cooper, Merian  The Illustrated King Kong  New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1976 ; 127 pp. First Thus; 4TO. Novelization by Delos Lovelave,   Illustrations by Richard Powers. Pictorial Red covers and illustrated in green throughout.Some   shelfwear. Nice tight copy.  Refer to our book number 5122. VG  $18.00

  Wallace, Ian  Hansel and Gretel  Toronto, Groundwood, 1994 ;  First Edition; Oblong 8VO. SIGNED by the author/illustrator. A   striking and eerie iteration of the Grimm legend set on the Atlantic coast of North America on   the edge of a brooding forest.  Refer to our book number 1061. F/F  $20.00

  Wallace, Ivy  Pookie and His Shop  London, COLLINS, 1966 ;  First Edition; 4TO. Very light wear, owner's name and date on title   page.  Refer to our book number 17773. NF  $50.00 SOLD

 Walsh, Jill Paton (ill Alan Marks)  MATTHEW AND THE SEA SINGER  New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993(1992) ; 46 pp. First US Edition; 8VO. Glossy pictorial   boards with matching jacket. Very nice watercolour illustrations by Marks illustrating this fable of   an orphan boy with a magical voice stolen by the seal people who loved it so.  Refer to our book   number 17673. F/F  $14.00

  Walt Disney Studios  Snow White  and the Seven Dwarfs  New York, GROSSET AND DUNLAP, 1938 ;  First Edition; Square 8VO. A lovely copy of this   early Disney book with colour and black and white illustrations. The exterior of the book is in   exceptionally nice condition with the delicate boards and silk spine hardly worn. One page has a   very tidy colouring job done in blue crayon on the arms of Snow White's blouse.The jacket is   worn with several chips, wrinkiling and some staining. Nice to have it at all.  Refer to our book   number 6460. VG/Good  $125.00 SOLD

  Wang Hsing-pei (ill Chao Hung-pen &   Chien Hsiao-tai)  Monkey Subdues the White-Bone Demon  Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1964 ;  Edition not Stated; 4TO. Bound in plain card covers   with colour pictorial jacket affixed at spine.  Based on an episode from The Pilgrimage to the   West. Illustrated with pen black and white drawings in the traditional style.Jacket edgeworn with   several chips and tears.  Refer to our book number 17704. VG in Card Covers  $15.00

  Wardlaw, Lee ( illSEARLE, RONALD)  The Tales of Grandpa Cat  New York, Dial Press, 1994 ; 120 pp. First US Edition; 4TO. More of Searle's great cats this   time illustrating some delightful stories of life in the cat retirement home.Remainder mark bottom   edge.  Refer to our book number 6240. NF/NF  $12.00

  Watson, James  Legion of the White Tiger  London, Gollancz, 1973 ; 191 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Cover and title page by Victor Ambrus.    Adventure in 38 BC of a journey from the Mediterranean to China.  Refer to our book number   11254. NF/NF  $14.00

  WAUGH, EVELYN (ill Beryl Cook)  THE LOVED ONE  LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY, 1993 ; 107 pp. First Folio Printing; 4TO. Spectacularly bound in   orange cloth with heart and flame device on front cover. Cook's wonderful full-page colour   illustrations beautifully complement Waugh's classic comic novel.FINE IN FINE SLIPCASE    Refer to our book number 849. Fine in Fine Slipcase  $30.00 SOLD

 
 Weatherby, Hugh  How the Fir Forest was Saved  Victoria, British Columbia Forest Service, 1949 ; 53 pp First Edition; 8VO. Further adventures of   Danny Raccoon, Rickey Rat and their pals in the British Columbia woods.  The guys save the   woods from fire.  Illustrations by Weatherby.  Refer to our book number 4723. VG in Stiff Boards  $15.00

  WEBER, NICHOLAS  THE ART OF BABAR  NEW YORK, ABRAMS, 1989 ; 191 FIRST EDITION; FOLIO. COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL   PRODUCED SURVEY OF BABAR BOOKS.  PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED AND LAVISHLY   PRODUCED. A LOVELY BOOK AND AN IMPORTANT REFERENCE.  Refer to our book   number 3635. F/F  $15.00

  Webster, F A M  The Quest for Lost Legend  London, Juvenile Productions, 1937 ; 255 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Scarce adventure juvenile from   Webster. Colour frontis by Alex Jardine.Missing FFEP, owner's name and stamp on half-title.   Spotting to edges and preliminaries.  Refer to our book number 11828. VG  $35.00

  Wehr, Julian  The Gingerbread Boy  New York, Dunewald Printing Corporation, 1943 ;  First Edition; 8VO. Another of Julian Wehr's   wonderful animated books.  The naughty Gingerbread Boy this time who comes to a Bad End.   Cover is worn and scraped around the title and the top half inch of the  spine is gone. Wear   around the coils but all solid.  The interior is in excellent condition, with all parts present and in   perfect working order.  Refer to our book number 5112.   $75.00

  Weir, John  Story of Edward  London, Methuen, 1934 ; 26 pp. First Edition; 4TO. Yellow pic boards, litho colour throughout,   eccentric and comical tale of horse's misadventures in London SocietyHinges repaired with   masking taple, spine gone - replaced with masking tape, several pages loose  Refer to our book   number 957. Fair  $20.00

  Weldon, Fay (ill Carol Wright)  Party Puddle  London, Collins, 1989 ;  First Edition; Square 8VO. Rex dreams of some very unsettling parties.   Nicely and vigorously illustrated by Wright. Pricelipped.  Refer to our book number 9962. F/NF  $12.00

 
 West, Emmy & Govan, Christine  Mr. Alexander and the Witch  New York, Viking, 1969 ; 157 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Ex-library with usual markings. Illustrated   by Leonard Shortall.  Refer to our book number 8717. Good/Good  $12.00

  West, Joyce  The Sea Islanders  London, DENT, 1970 ; 152 pp. First Edition; 8VO. Gift inscription, priceclipped jacket edgeworn.    Refer to our book number 11110. Vg/VG  $15.00

  Westerman, Percy  The Secret of the Plateau  London, Blackie, nd[1931] ; 224 pp. ; 8VO. With four black and white glossy illustrations by W   Edward Wigfull.The book is in lovely fine condition. Jacket edgeworn and chipped with triangular   piece missing at top front near panel fold.  Refer to our book number 16238. Fine/Good  $40.00

  Westerman, Percy  THE THIRD OFFICER. A Present-day Pirate Story  London, Blackie, nd(1921) ; 288 pp. Reprint; 8VO. Two maps and four illustrations by E S   Hodgson. Nice copy in Very worn jacket with large piece missing from front. Gift in