My Bookhouse: edited by Olive Beaupre Miller
My Bookhouse was originally published in 6 thick volumes bound in black cloth with pictorial paste-ons and gilt lettering. (read more)
Illustrations by Donn P. Crane.Peter Newell, Glen Ketchum
My Book House : Through Fairy Halls : Volume III
Miller, Olive Beaupre ( Editor)
Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, 1920 1st. 8vo (8X11 in) 448 pp., embossed cloth cover with gold stamped titles to spine and cover and color pastedown illustration. Decorative endpapers. NO DJ as issued. This the 3rd volume in the My Bookhouse series is a collection of stories and poetry by a diverse group of writers who have created something that O. B, M. thinks might be of interest to children. Interesting in this particular volume are short stories by Peter Newell, famous for The Hole Book and The Rocket Book. Copper plate art colored, by a variety of 1920s illustrators including Crane. Glen Ketchum and Peter Newell himself. Various illustrators of the time; Donn P. Crene taking center stage. Frank Lloyd Wright's sister (Maginal) taking part. Unmarked, unblemished except for slight rubbing to cover illustration and some damp staining to first 80 pages. No tears or marks otherwise. Some browning at page margins, a sign of age. About as good as these books get! Very Good + .Inventory # #7789 Price: US$ 75.00
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

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 fading of titles and spine.. Owner's name on FEP.. Otherwise unmarked and udamaged. Tight and clean. Very Good+ A very nice copy. Inventory # 7297 Price $50.00
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Milo Winter, Maginal Wright Enright, Donn P. Crane. Bert Elliott, Portia Jacob and Dorothy Hoff Smith., Illustrators
Miller, Olive Beaupre
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.
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Milo Winter, Maginal Wright Enright, Donn P. Crane. Bert Elliott, Portia Jacob and Dorothy Hoff Smith., Illustrators
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


N.C. Wyeth, Milo Winter, Donn Crane,Glen Ketchum, Bert Elliott, M.D. Charleson, Illustrators
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. Slightest rubbing to spine ends..Cover illustration fine. No internal marks. Predictable browning of page margins. Inventory # 7392 Price $60
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My Travelship
Little Pictures of Japan
Tales Told in Holland
Nursery Friends From France |
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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
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