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REY, H.A.

Cecily G. and the 9

Monkeys.

Illustrated by the author. 4to,

publisher’s cloth; dust jacket, tape mends

along front flap fold verso, short chips and

tears to spine panel tips, scattered finger-

soiling; contents clean.

FIRST EDITION

. The

first appearance of Curious George.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942

[200/300]

73

SALTEN, FELIX.

Bambi.

Illustra-

ted by Kurt Wiese. 8vo, publisher’s green

cloth stamped in gilt, fine; dust jacket,

price-clipped, few soft creases, upper

edges with light wear; internally fine.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION

, with the single

page advertisement at end.

NewYork: Simon and Schuster, 1928

[500/750]

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The New England Primer, Improved; For the More Easy Attaining the

True Reading of English.

32mo, original

1

/

4

leather over paper-covered wooden boards,

front cover stained, spine foot with small chip; few signatures loose, one leaf torn, fore-

edges trimmed close; in custom chemise and slipcase.

FIRST EDITION

. ABPC records no

copies sold in over 30 years, the last in these rooms (Swann, Feb. 17, 1977). Heartman 209.

Northampton:William Butler, 1814

[350/500]

71

PORTER, ELEANOR H.

Pollyanna.

Illustrated by Stockton Mulford. 8vo, pub-

lisher’s pink fleur-de-lis patterned satin-like cloth, spine and front cover gilt-stamped, slight

lean, spine sunned with light rubbing to tips and joints; faded contemporary ownership sig-

nature on front flyleaf.

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1913

[400/600]

FIRST EDITION

,

FIRST IMPRESSION

,

with February, 1913 to colophon. Conforms to Blanck,

with [6] and 10 pp. publisher’s advertisements at end, and in the pink cloth. Peter Parley to

Penrod, p. 131.