Caroline Ruth Eger, Illustrator
Wallace Wadsworth
The Modern Story Book
Chicago, Rand McNally, 1931
Folio in Red cloth with cover pictorial pasted on. 124 pages. Stunning pictures in the art deco style by Caroline Ruth Eger. Seven stories including The Lazy Automobile, Fire Engine That Grew Too Old, The Plane That Tried To Fly To The Sun, The Hungry Power Shovel and The Runaway Elevator. There were several editions of this very popular book two of which appear below.
COPY 1:The First edition: 1931 124 pages. Some scratching to the cover illustration and bottom corner of the cover has been bent. Interior has numerous closed page tears, most near the spine. No dus wrapper. No damage to any of the illustrations which are bright. Book is tight and unmarked. This is an extremely rare copy. Inventoy 7800 Price: $110.00
COPY 2: The 1944 edition in very nice condition, albeit without dust wrapper. 99 pages. Some bumping to spine ends and some water staining to spine. .Interior undamaged, unmarrked, bright and tight, Cover illustration with one very very tiny nick. Inventory # 8517 Price $80.00
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Paul Pinson, Illustrator The 1950 Edition illustrated by Paul Pinson. A different take by a different – no less talented – artist. This volume having 72 brilliantly colorful pages, in its original and nearly perfect dust jacket. The book is very FINE. A collector's copy! Inventory# 8519 Price $120 |
Merry Jingles
Jackson, Leroy F.
Chicago: Rand McNally: 1926. 12mo Illustrated boards. Pages un-numbered. Several full page illustrations by Caroline Ruth Eger as well as silouettes and decorations. Spine ends bumped, edges rubbed. No markings. This 1926 edition of the book is extremely rare and intended for the serious collector. Copies of the 1938 edition may be found for less on the Internet. Very Good/na. Bookseller Inventory #7357 Price $105.00
Danny and Fanny and Spot the Fox-terrier hero
Rand Mc Nally 1928. Small 4to cardboard book. Code last page CS 12-40 40-80. 9 color illustrations and additional black and white by Eger. Rubbing of cover edges, Spine covering loose at top, spine bumped, back with rubbing. Gift inscription of paste down. Sale sticker remains on cover. Great Eger illustrations. Very Good. Bookseller Inventory #7352 Price: US$ 60.00
Illustrated by Caroline Ruth Eger Milo Winter Uldine Trippe and others
Large quarto: 12 inches high. Green cloth with paste on. 135 pages. Decorative end-papers. A compendium of the picture books published by Rand McNally in the 20s including Rimskittle's Book, The Peter Patter Book, Once Upon a Time, The Real Mother Goose and On The Road to Make Believe. All the major illustrators of the time are present, including Milo Winter, Uldine Trippe and Ruth Eger. A full page illustration on every other page.Extremely rare in any condition.
COPY 1: This is a serious collector's book.! Aside from some rubbing to the spine ends and corners, in beautiful shape. Inventory 7470 Price $400.00
COPY 2: Slight rubbing to the cover illustration. 6 page tears near gutter all repaired with invisible tape. Bump to spine bottom. Browning of page edges. No markings. A Very Good copy.Inventory # 7654 $250.00
Caroline Ruth Eger, Illustrator
From The Modern Story Book
The Runaway Elevator
giclee print approx 16X 22 suitable for framing
Inventory # P1011 Price $48.00
Rimskittle's Book
Leroy F. Jackson, author
Large 4to. 12 inches. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1929. Maroon cloth hardback with paste-on. First edition. About 106 pages, though un-numbered. Various short poems by Leroy F. Jackson and illustrated by Caroline Ruth Eger.Cover Illustration by Milo Winter. This is one of the most elusive of 1920's children's books. In short, rare. A very good copy is extremely rare. Like the first volume of the Bookhouse series, Rimskittle was 'much loved' by the youngsters who owned it.
This is a a FINE copy. We have sold over 8 copies of thi book over the past six years and this is the most perfect we have held. There are NO marks or repairs, no tears, no inscriptions. The binding is tight and the cover image has very little rubbing. The interior is bright with on;y very slight age-browning to the pages. . The binding is tight, the illustrations bright. Inventory # 7769 Price $600.00
Ruth Eger, Illustrator
A Jigsaw Puzzle.
from: Rimskittle"s Book: 1926
When Dickie Dapper Came to Town
Appparently created to accompany the publication of this very popular title. Extremely Rare.
Inventory # 439
Price: $ 45.00
