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Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 125pp. Tan cloth with blue cover illustration and title. Light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall C9
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Co., Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in library red buckram with white spine titles. Ex-library with usual markings. 7.5 inches tall; 125 pages. illustrated by A. H. Watson. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Page 99/100 replaced with a photocopy. A collection of short fantasy stories for children by the beloved author of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA- FABA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. Gallery of Children.. David McKay Company,, Philadelphia:, 1925.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book club edition. Very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a chip at the crown of the spine) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
A. A. Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, 1925.
Price: US$16.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1925. No Edition Remarks. 125 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Slight stains and markings to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Paper residue to rear board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to edges. Staining and wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Co., 1925.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio in light blue cloth, titles in gilt, color pastedown on the front board. The cloth on the front board and spine are quite soiled, the rear board a little less so. Rubbing at the corners and spine ends, front hinge starting, 3' tear to the ffep, one of the plates detached and chipped. There are eleven other plates with shallow margin stains and short closed tears; the images are brigh and undamaged.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, Philadelphia (Circa 1940?), 1925.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 125 Pp. Reprint Ediiton (Circa 1940?) In Small Format With New Illustrations; 1925 Copyright Date, No Further Date Information. Color Illustrated Dj Cover, Lettering On Spine, Rear Panel And Flaps Unprinted. Dj Complete, Light Edge Wear, 3/4" Closed Tear At Base Of Front Pane, A Few Tiny Foxing Spots On Front Panel.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Milne,A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Co, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 4to. 12 color plates by LeMair. Color plate mounted on front cover. Text and color plates complete however, page edges stained and Covers soiled.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Reprint of the first American edition. Like new and appears unread. Neat birthday inscription to the ffep and the odd small finger smudge otherwise the interior is clean and free of any writing or bookplates. Grey boards are clean with blue ink titles. Unclipped dustjacket is bumped and nicked to extremities with small chips to the head and tail. Some shelfwear to show. Now protected in archival brodart jacket and presents quite nicely
Seller: Bailey Books, St.Albert, AB, Canada
Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Washington Square, 1925.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo. Reprint. Original tan buckram with blue stamped lettering and decoration. 125 pp. B&W illustration in text. Fine condition. Dust jacket has small chips to spine ends and top edges, some sunning and light soiling to spine, short tear to foot of front cover. A collection of short fantasy stories for children by the beloved author of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, 1925.
Price: US$38.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8th edition, 1925. Large Quarto. 105pp. Complete with 12 colour plates. Publisher's original blue cloth, printed titles. Rubbed and marked. In clear plastic protective wrap-around. Former owner's gift inscription to head of title page. Small tear to lower margin of 'Sand Babies' plate. Otherwise a 'Good' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by SAIDA (H. Willebeek Le Mair). Slight soiling to cloth's extremities, else a near fine copy in illustrated cloth-covered boards.
Seller: Albatross Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A,. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original blue/gray cloth, lettered in gilt. 12 colored plates. Spine ends lightly rubbed.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, Philadelphia, PA, 1925.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 105pp.HB paleblue w/gilt-label pic.cover; rubbed, soiled, scuffed & sunned; wear on edges&corners; 1'tear,bttm.spine; some tan and bleed-thru; some lt.fox; cracked & loose hinge w/5 tape repairs; pg.66 illus.loose; lt.tan throughout. 12 stories & illus.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
A.A. Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, USA; Washington Square, 1925.
Price: US$46.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Internally the book is in lovely bright, clean condition with no inscriptions of obvious marks. The boards, although still clean with crisp title lettering and illustration on the front are somewhat soiled at the fore edge and sun faded on the same edge. There is also eveidence of a little water contact on the back cover which, for want of a better description, has a sort of patchy tye dyed effect as a result.The spne lettering is somewhat faded and the spine cloth has a small double tear towards the head. In all though it is still a very decent copy of this scarce edition.
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
A. A. Milne. A Gallery Of Children. David McKay Company, (1925), Philadelphia:, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board with a printed, color paper label surrounded with a black border on the front board. A quarto measuring 12" by 9" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and two small rents to the cloth at the lower edge of the boards. There is also two small tannish stains to the upper corner of the front board. 105 pages of text illustrated with twelve color plates by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Page 15 has a three inch closed tear to its lower edge which has been professionally repaired.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
A.A. Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, 1925.
Price: US$59.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No DJ. Sprinkled foxing throughout. Foxing to front cover edges. No markings in book. Binding tight. Couple of droplet marks on inside front cover that got transferred to the front free page. This book cannot be shipped internationally without first contacting me prior to ordering.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Folio. Original pale blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and borders at front cover and spine, illustrated paper plate at front cover, illustrated by Saida (H. Willebeek le Mair). Very good, slight darkening around outter edges of covers and spine, spine ends bumped, spine lettering faded, light foxing to pages with illustrations, bookplate at front free end paper.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Milne, A A. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$64.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 105pp,12 full-page color plates with colour illustration on the title page. There is a tear from the lower edge of the title page of the first story (p10). Personal greeting dated 1925 on the front flyleaf. Decorative blue cloth boards, gilt, with pictorial onlay. The boards are worn at the corners and lightly toned in places.Twelve stories. An attractive copy. Size: 4to
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
A A Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay, 1925.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: // NO REMAINDER MARK// NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) // MYLAR COVER// chip on the front cover is large ( 2 inches )
Seller: BC BOOKS, APOLLO BEACH, FL, U.S.A.
Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$70.82 + shipping
Description: eighth edition, H/B, blue cloth, folio, 105pp, illustrations in colour by H Willebeek Le Mair, protective cover, neat inscription dated 1931. Good copy
Seller: Bonython Bookshop, Truro, United Kingdom
MILNE, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Folio. 105pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates by Saida H. Willebeek Le Mair. Contemporary owner's signature on front free endpaper. Light blue cloth boards stamped in gilt with illustration on paper mounted on front board. Lightly soiled at the top of the front board; some scattered foxing and discoloration throughout text block, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
A. A. Milne. A Gallery of Children Illustraed by A. H. Watson. David McKay, 1925.
Price: US$78.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American Edition. Jacket in Fair condition with tears. No markings on text. More photos on request. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First edition. Twelve stories by the author best known for his Winnie-the-Pooh books each illustrated with a charming full color plate by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). The stories were commissioned by McKay to accompany these drawings. Small illustration on title page is repeated on the pasted-on illustration on the front cover. Folio. 105 pp. Near fine in light blue cloth with black lettering - some offsetting to the endpapers, fore edge very slightly bumped, but overall a lovely copy.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, 1925.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good Hardcover with original dustjacket, dustjacket has large chips on spine, illustrated by A.H.Watson
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Milne, A. A. [1882-1956] Illustrated by (April 23, 1889 in Rotterdam - March 15, 1966) was a Dutch Illustrator of Children's Books First AM edition hard back binding in publisher's original delphinium blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, colour onlay to the front cover. 4to. 12¼'' x 9½''. Contains 105 printed pages with 12 stories each with a beautiful full-page single-sided color plate. The text block is very clean (NO foxing) plates are likewise clean and in about Fine bright condition. Owner gift inscription to front ep in old script, (4 words & date) Bds are good to VG with general wear, color ppo looks a bit creased.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. , 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 1925 Milne, AA A GALLERY OF CHILDREN Philadelphia: David McKay Company, c1925 105pp 12 color plates H Willebeek Le Mair sm folio light blue/grey cloth stamped in gold, small color plate on front cover very short scuff (1/4") on lower edge of rear cover, minor fraying lower edge of spine, near fine hardcover with only minor soiling on covers, text is clean and bright.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.19 + shipping
Description: Philadelphia, David McKay, (1925). 105 S. Mit farb. Titel-Vign. u. 12 Farbtaf. 4to (ca. 30,5 x 24,5 cm). OLn. mit mont. farb. VDeckel-Illustr. Text in Großdruck mit großzügigem Rand. - The princess and the apple-tree. Sparrow tree sqare. The twins. Miss Waterlow in bed. Sand babies. Poor Anne. A voyage to India. Barbara's Birthday. The baby show. The magic hill. The three daughters of M. Dupont. Castles by the sea. - Henriette Willebeek Le Mair (1889-1966), niederländische Illustratorin. Zu dem britischen Journalisten, Schriftsteller u. Kinderbuch-Autor A. A. Milne (1882-1956) siehe Doderer, Lex. KJL II, S. 482 f., ohne diesen Titel. - Einband fleckig, Ecken bestoßen; innen stellenw. stock- u. leicht fingerfleckig, Besitzvermerk aV; sonst gutes Exemplar
Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: CONDITION: Very Good without jacket; traces of owner stamp ffep, no other marks, plate a bit toned but neat, tight and straight, light rubs on extrems, 3/8"cloth rip on bottom corner edge, rub and tiny split on spine foot, pages and plates clean and unwrinkled. Light shadows of laid in photo on rear endpaper. Juvenile hardback These whimsical stories about children were inspired by a beautiful series of Deco illustrations created by le Mair (as Saida, her Sufi name) for a Colgate FAB detergent advertizing campaign. True, but hard to believe as one looks at the delicate images. Milne, a well known playright, had previously published the children's poetry book When We Were Very Young (1924) but this was his first book of prose. Winnie-the-Pooh followed in 1926. A March 1926 newspaper photo of Christopher and his mother is laid in (dated by the Maria Altieri shipwreck on back)All twelve are here, "The Princess and the Apple-Tree", "Sparrow Tree Square", "The Twins", "Miss Waterlow in Bed", "Sand Babies", "Poor Anne", "A Voyage to India", "Barbara's Birthday", "The Baby Show", "The Magic Hill", "The Three Daughters of M. Dupont", "Castles by the Sea" ABE Heritage Seller, since 1996: Search ABE Keyword: oldchildrensbooks. Conservative AB condition grading, secure packing, international shipping. /H. Willebeek le Mair,(Saida) illustrator.
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$120.70 + shipping
Description: A good plus copy in the publisher's original gilt-blocked cloth with inlaid colour-pictorial to front panel. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, toning, with some light edgewear/rubbing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 105 pages; Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek le Mair) . A collection of stories with excellent colour illustrations. Subjects: Children's stories in English, 1900- - Texts. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$121.80 + shipping
Description: A good plus copy in the publisher's original gilt-blocked cloth with inlaid colour-pictorial to front panel. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling, toning, with some light edgewear/rubbing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 105 pages; Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek le Mair) . A collection of stories with excellent colour illustrations. Subjects: Children's stories in English, 1900- - Texts. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Delightful collection of 12 fantasy stories for children, his second book, written after "When We Were Young,'' but before "Winnie-the-Pooh" appeared the next year. In 105 pages, with 12 soft watercolor full-page glossy plates throughout by illustrator "Saida" (H. Willebeek LeMair). One of these has come completely detached & shows wrinkling & creasing around outer edges; others are intact & perfect! The FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first printing, from 1925, this hardcover 4to is bound in publisher's light blue cloth over boards, lettered in stamped gilt to front & spine, with a colorful paper pastedown of a child in a gilt-edged box to center front. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white with moderate edge tanning, foxing to endpapers only. Page 10 has a smudge & a 2" horizontal tear to fore edge. Modest rubbing to external extremities, bumping to all corners, fraying to both ends of spine. Spine gilt has severely faded. No DJ. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays(PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. A Gallery Of Children. David McKay Company, 1925.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: MILNE, A. A. [125] pp. David McKay Company 1925 7.75" x 5.25" Illustrated by A.H. Watson
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. 4to (9 ½” x 12”). Illustrated with twelve full page color plates by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). Original gilt stamped pictorial blue cloth. Dust jacket (unclipped; several chips; light soiling). Very good. 105 pages. Gift inscription 1925: “To Alice D. Merry Christmas and love from Aunt Weege and Uncle Catesby.” Owner’s bookplate on front free endpaper.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David Mckay, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). 1 vols. 4to. illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). 1 vols. 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
MILNE, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair (Saida). Quarto. Slight stain on the spine, else very near fine without the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. A Gallery of Children. David Mckay, Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. 12 color llustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). 105 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth. Fine in repaired and foxed dust jacket, else fine 12 color llustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair). 105 pp. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
A A Milne. A Gallery of Children. David McKay Co Philadelphia, 1925.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Interior very good, first American edition good exterior condition with some rubbing and soiling. Gilt lettering on cloth cover with inset paper illustration
Seller: Hill Country Books, Ctr Sandwich, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$585.88 + shipping
Description: FIRST DE LUXE EDITION 1925, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY MILNE, THIS BEING No.257. 4to, 325 x 260 mm, 12¾ x 10¼ inches, cream cloth, bevelled boards, gilt lettered and gilt illustrated upper cover and spine, top edges gilt, 105 pages. Coloured title vignette and 12 enchanting mounted colour plates of young children, each with a pastel frame and coloured border. Covers very bright, endpapers faintly browned and very lightly marked, slight pale margin foxing to early pages, few small pale splashes in lower margin of 2 facing pages maximum 10 mm (½") (see image 4). Near Fine copy, no inscriptions. This is the first UK edition of these stories which were commissioned by the U.S. publisher David McKay to go with the illustrations by Willebeek Le Mair. Milne lost thousands on the deal as he foolishly accepted a lump sum payment of £200. The book was a huge success and when McKay suggested to Milne another project with Shepard for which he would receive a royalty, Milne told him to 'go to San Francisco and chew gum' (See Thwaite page 286). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Milne, A. A.. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN (Signed Limited Edition). David McKay, New York, 1925.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: 105 pages + 12 color plates. Limited edition: number 276 of 500 copies SIGNED by Milne. This is the very scarce American issue, with Stanley Paul & Co. on the title page but bound in the blue cloth-covered boards, with David McKay on the spine. The book is clean, bright, and tight, with some color rubbing on rear cover and at corners; some foxing on endpapers and in margins of the title page. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$887.20 + shipping
Description: A Gallery Of Children, Stanley Paul & Co Ltd / David McKay, 1925, first edition (American issue as noted by the binding of blue ribbed cloth with David McKay stamped at the base of the spine). The barest hint of foxing to the end-papers, else a near fine copy with slight rubbing to the spine extremities along with 12 tipped in full color plates by Le Mair (Saida). 1/500 copies specially bound and SIGNED and numbered by the author. (Editorial - As the sheets for this book are undeniably of the British edition, we assume that the number of copies bound by McKay of the SIGNED / limited edition as this is, are just a fraction of the total 500 copies. We hesitate a guess, but feel that 50 to 100 copies at most fit this venue. If anyone has a more definitive number, we would be happy to learn of it).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 105 Pp. Limited Signed Edition, #295/500, Signed By A A Milne. American Issue Binding Of Blue Ribbed Cloth, Beveled Edges, Gilt Lettering On Spine Showing Author, Title, And "David Mckay"; Gilt Lettering And Gilt Illustration Of Three Children On Front Cover Same As On British Issue But 4 1/2' Tall X 5" Wide [The Trade Issue By Mckay Has A Color Paste-On Illustration]. Light Tan Endpapers. A Fine Copy Without A Trace Of Wear, No Fading Or Staining Or Names Or Marks, Always Stored In Publisher's Box In Original Plain Glassine Dj With A Few Small Chips At Edges.This Copy In The Scarce Original Card Box, Glossy Paper Covering, Quite Worn With One Short Edge Of The Top Of The Box Missing And Another Detached.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.