Illustrations by Donn P. Crane.Peter Newell, Glen Ketchum
My Book House : The Treasure Chest: Volume IV
Miller, Olive Beaupre ( Editor)
Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, 1928. 448 pages. Unmarked, unblemished except for fraying of the top of the spine and some scratches to the cover illustration (shown to the left) No tears or marks otherwise. .Inventory # #7789 Price: US$ 45.00
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Donn P. Crane. Maude Petersham, M.D. Charleson. Illustrators
My Bookhouse, Volume 5: From The Tower Window
Olive Beaupre Miller, editor
Chicago: My Bookhouse: 1921. First Edition. Illustrated endpapers 448 pages. Black cloth binding with illustrated paste-down and gilt lettering. A very bright binding with only minor wear. Cover illustration by Charleson with some minor rubbing. (see image to theleft) . Interior illustrations by Donn Crane and the rest of the Bookhouse crew. Rubbing to spine ends or corners. Owner's name on inside cover, otherwise unmarked and undamaged. Browning of page margins. Very Good copy. Inventory# 7677 Price $45.00
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Illustrations by Donn P. Crane
My Book House : Latch Key : Volume 6
Miller, Olive Beaupre ( Editor)
Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, 1922. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 320 pp., Black cloth gold stamped titles. Pastedown image. Decorative endpapers. NO DJ as issued. First edition. This the 6th volume in the My Bookhouse series is an encyclopedia of writers whose works might be of interset to children. There is also an index of titles, authors and subjects as well as inidices, geographical, historical, and by subject. Daunting scholarship for the precocious young scholar. Most endearing about this volume and others in the series are the illustrations, headpieces, tailpieces and postage stamp size images which appear throughout. Copper plate art colored. Donn P. Crane is a major contributor. Some rubbing to cover illustration. Some rubbing to spine ends, some scratching of cover image (as shown to the left). Interior tight sand very good..Inventory # 7293 Price $59.00
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My Book House Volume 1 In the Nursery
1st Edition. Hardcover. Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children (1920)
Very Good. No Jacket True First Edition. Black embossed cloth with gold titles and paste-on illustration to cover. 432 pages. Spine ends and front edge scuffed. Internally this copy is perfect. We see one like this very rarely. Not a smudge or tear. Not even an owner's name. Inventory # 7592 Price $500.
Miller, Olive Beaupre
My Book House Volume 1 In the Nursery
Hardcover. Book Condition: FINE. No Jacket. 1925 Edition.. Castle on spine. Black embossed cloth with gold titles and paste-on illustration to cover. 432 pages. We have never before handled a copy with no tears whatsoever. Cover illustration perfect. Owner's names penned and stamped inside front cover. No other marks or writing. Bindings bright and tight. Gold titles bright. Bottom edges rubbed, bottom pf pages dampstained, and slightly wrinkled. Tip and spine wear insignificant. For the very serious collector. Bookseller Inventory # 7678 Price $450
My Bookhouse: Volume IV: The Treasure Chest
8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 448 pp., Black simulated leather, blind-stamped gold titles Color pastedown by N.C. Wyeth. Decorative unmarked endpapers. NO DJ as issued. The true 1920 first edition. Volume 4 including writings by Theodore Roosevelt, P.T. Barnum and Charles Dickens as well as a great many others. Most endearing about this volume and others in the series are the illustrations, headpieces, tailpieces and postage stamp size images which appear throughout. Copper plate art colored. Donn Crane, Howard Pyle, Willy Pogany, Petershams Pogany and Walker. Slight scratching to cover illustration. 1/4 inch tear at top of copyright page. Otherwise Fine. . Inventory # 7392 Price $60
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| In [1927] the six volumes were sold as a set in a wooden house (red roof, two red chimneys, gray walls, and a window at each end). Included were three volumes of the taller My Travelship series, consisting of Little Pictures of Japan (by Katharine Sturges, 1925, dark blue), Tales Told in Holland (by Maud and Miska Petersham, 1926, red) and Nursery Friends from France (by Maud and Miska Petersham, 1927, light blue). 1920, 1921, 1922 6 Volumes in black cloth with gilt lettering and paste-on illustrations In The Nursery, Up One Pair Of Stairs, Through Fairy Halls, The Treasure Chest, From The Tower Window, and The Latch Key. 1925, 1928 6 volumes, as above, but light green and silver, simulated leather 1932, 1934, 1936 6 and 12 volumes, green/silver Adding:, Story Time, Through the Gate, The Magic Garden, Flying Sails, From the Tower Window, 1937: 12 volumes, navy blue and rainbow 1950, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963: 12 volumes, rainbow 1971 reprint by United Educators 12 volumes, white Olive Beaupre Miller on the concept of MY Bookhouse CLICK HERE |
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