8265. Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Eusemia von, 1854-1941. Pension Malepartus. Eine ganz verrückte Geschichte. llustrated by F. Czabran. Leipzig: Reclam, , 4te Auflage, no date, 157pp., beautifully illustrated gray cloth with gold, red, and black titles, $20
.

8269. Adlersfeld-Ballestrem, Eusemia von, 1854-1941. Komtesse Käthe in der Ehe. Humoresken. Ilustrations by F. Czabran. Leipzig: Reclam, , 6te Auflage, no date, 180pp., very good illustrated brown cloth, $25
.

8267. Augusti, Brigitte, 1839-1930. Im Banne der freien Reichsstadt. Kulturgeschichtliche Erzählung aus dem fünfzehnten Jahrhundert. Für das reifere Mädchenalter. Illustrated by Woldemar Friedrich. Leipzig: Hirt, 1896, 3te Auflage, 222pp., light blue cloth with richly illustrated cover in gold and black, $25
Klotz 183/1; 1st ed. was 1886; author noted for reworking German history into readable form for young girls - see Doderer Erg.Bd. Brigitte Augusti [Pseud.= Auguste Plehn (1839-1930)].

33143. Barlow, Eleanor Poe. The Master's Cat: The Story of Charles Dickens as told by his Cat. Exeter, New Hampshire: J.N. Townsend Publishing, 1999, 133pp., PAPERBACK, good copy but with mild fold-mark on front cover, fold-mark on rear cover and last page, scuff mark on front endpaper, neatly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: Eleanor Poe Barlow / For Florence / Watch this Candle. $12
. ISBN 1880158221

4673. Bethers, Ray. Can You Name Them: A Pictorial-Informational Quiz Book. New York: Aladdin, 1948, 48pp., dust-jacket missing small piece and has minor fading, very good green cloth, $19
This quiz book is the outgrowth of the author's experience in naval recognition in World War II and is a visual question-and-answer game. Elaborate illustrations are arranged with informative captions throughout.

23159. Dahl, Roald. Esio Trot. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. New York: Viking, 1990, First American Edition, 62pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $15
. ISBN 0670834513

24139. Duncker, Christel. Ein kleiner Sonnenstrahl. Erzählung für Mädchen. Mit Bildern von Else Wenz-Vietor. Reutlingen: Enßlin & Laiblins Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1935, 112pp., good but worn 1/4 yellow cloth with illustrated cover, cover scratched, scuffed and worn around edges, $15
.

8295. Eberhard, C. A. G.. Hannchen und die Küchlein. Halle: Otto Hendel, no date, , 94pp., title illustrated page clipped at top; red decorated and embossed cloth, $24
The main work of Christian August Gottlob Eberhard (1769-1845); 1st ed. either 1822 or 1823; this edition not listed in Klotz.

25913. Galczynska, Natalia. Iv i Finetta (na motywach ludowych bajek francuskich). Ilustrowal Jozef Wilkon. Warszawa: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch", 1962, unpaginated, 46pp., good illustrated paper-covered boards, hardcover, but with chip at top of spine, worn around edges, INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front endpaper by the illustrator to the Burges, and dated 20.V.1965.. $125
Children's book beautifully illustrated by Wilkon in both muted and then bright watercolors and drawings.

8288. Glass, Luise, 1857-1932. Das Montags-Kränzchen. Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsges, 1900, 5te Auflage, [1900, acc. to Klotz 1923/23], 360pp., Prolific author. Pretty gray cloth with elaborate cover decorations and illustration of a woman sitting at a desk reading and making notes, $20
.

17534. Harvard University. Library. Jewish children's literature: proceedings of a conference on April 2, 1984. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Library, 1985, 74pp. : ill. . 23 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $12
Sponsored by the Harvard College Library and by the Gutman Library of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contributors: Hagit Benziman, Havah Yassour, Sandra Parker, Inabeth Miller.

17029. Harvard University. Library. Jewish children's literature: proceedings of a conference on April 2, 1984. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Library, 1985, 74pp. : ill. . 23 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $19
Sponsored by the Harvard College Library and by the Gutman Library of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Contributors: Hagit Benziman, Havah Yassour, Sandra Parker, Inabeth Miller.

25843. Hays, Allison. Not in There, Jackie Clare. Drawings by Evelyn Engborg. Blanchard Books, , 7pp., very good stapled paperback, with editorial arrow in ink on page 5 suggesting that two paragraphs be switched around, appears to be privately printed, $28
Rear cover photograph of the author and short biography from Stamford, CT to Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. Short, pleasant children's story about the get-in-trouble little girl.

8298. Helm, Clementine. Backfischchen's Leiden und Freuden. Eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen. Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1897, 57. Auflage, [no date, 1897 acc. to Klotz 2506/2], 232pp., 6 illustrations by W. Zehme. Muted green cloth with gold titles, black and gold flower motif and a portrait on cover, $24
First published in 1863. On Helm see Doderer Bd.I: 537-8.

31091. Hürlimann, Bettina, 1909-1983. Three centuries of children’s books in Europe. Translated and edited by Brian W. Alderson. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1968, stated First U.S. Edition, xviii, 297pp., ex-library copy with stamps, pockets, tape residue on cover, but spine clean, main text clean, quite usable reading copy, $7.5
Hürlimann was not only a scholar of children's literature but also a great collector. A catalog of her collection has since been published (1992) and its organization might explain the organization of this book which is neither chronological nor by country.

33427. London, Jack, 1876-1916. Joe unter Piraten. Mit farbigen Bildern und Zeichnungen von Jan Blisch. Übersetzung von Erwin Magnus. Berlin: Universitas. Deutsche Verlags-Aktiengesellschaft, 1930, , used worn and bruised 1/4 cloth, cover beaten up, foredges stained, usable reading copy, previous owner's name, $12
Original title: The Cruise of the Dazzler.

23590. Meter, Leo. Letters to Barbara. With an afterword by Barbara Meter ; translated by James Agee. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 1995, stated First American Edition, unpaginated, 56pp., very good dust-jacket, very good tan half-cloth, $14
Facsimiles of the German letters with their illustrations, on facing page the English translation. Letters from a father forced into the German army in the Ukraine to his daughter back in Holland. ISBN 0879515899

17664. Morris, Mary. Vanishing animals & other stories. With drawings by Abigail Rorer. Boston: D. R. Godine, 1979, 176pp. : ill. . 24 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good gray cloth, $12
Degree of difficulty. -- Charity. -- The glass wall. -- The mark of the Tartars. -- Idaho as it seemed. -- Foolish pleasure. -- The other moon. -- The salesman. -- Holland. -- Vanishing animals. -- On borrowed time. -- Among the Cuban refugees. ISBN 0879232862

4690. Richards, Laura E., 1850-1943. Glimpses of the French Court. Cambridge, U.S.A.: John Wilson and Son, 1893, 203pp., very good ornate decorated gray cloth, previous owner's inscription, $17
With chapters on Corneille, Jean Baptiste Lully, Saint Simon, Turenne, the French navy. The author was born in Boston in 1850 and lived in Gardiner, Maine: "She helped establish the town library, organized children's reading clubs, supported public health projects, and served as president of the Maine Consumers' League (1905-11). In 1900 she and her husband founded Camp Merryweather, one of the first summer camps for boys" (DAB, 1973). Famous daughter of Julia Ward Howe and winner of Pulitzer Prize for a biography of her mother. Author of historical fiction and children's books.

25558. Samuels, Ruth. Bible stories for Jewish children, from Joshua to Queen Esther. Illustrated by Laszlo Matulay. NY: Ktav, 1973, 72pp., very good illustrated hardcover, slight wear, black and white and color illustrations throughout, $12
Deisign and art supervision by Ezekiel Schloss. .

28059. Opie, Peter / Opie, Iona / Sendak, Maurice. I saw Esau : the schoolchild’s pocket book. Edited by Iona and Peter Opie ; illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1992, stated First U.S. Edition, 160pp., dust-jacket very lightly scuffed around edges, very good dark green hardcover, previous owner's initials, $12
Poems, riddles, and nonsense, illustrated densely throughout in color by Sendak. ISBN 1564020460

29299. Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901. Wo Gritlis Kinder hingekommen sind. Eine Geschichte für Kinder und solche, die Kinder lieb haben. Mit 41 Bildern von Ludwig Barth. Stuttgart-Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, no date, around 1927, 1927, 19. Auflage, 102.-107. Tausend, 178pp., good illustrated dust-jacket but torn and chipped at bottom of spine, worn around edges, very good tan cloth with same colorful picture as on jacket, previous owner's gift inscription dated Weihnacht, 1927: Für Unseren Braven Student, $35
[Text in Fraktur, old German script.] Pleasant copy with many illustrations.

16748. Stacey, Robert. "Under some malignant star." The Strange Adventures of Uncle Jim's Canadian Nursery Rhymes by David Boyle and C. W. Jefferys. A Lecture given at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 14 November 1991. Toronto: Toronto Public Library, 1992, 55pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $30
Edition of 1500 copies. With numerous color illustrations.

8290. Stellanus, Georg. Weihnachten auf Wildegg. Erzählung. Leipzig: Fr. Wilh. Grunow, 1899, 558pp., previous owner's inscription. Woven green cloth cover with gold ornament frame around title, spine scuffed but still legible, $20
.

33564. Stinde, Julius, 1841-1905. Tante Konstanze. Norddeutsche Novellen. Berlin: Verlag von Freund & Jeckel (Carl Freund), 1900, 274pp., very good small red cloth decorated with cover drawings and gold titles, light wear, previous owner's stamp on title page: Hanne-Magrit Friederici / Berlin-Lankewitz / Falkenhausenweg 36c. And name in ink on dedication page: Hannelore Friederici, $17
Contains: Tante Konstanze - Das Strandhaus - Die Krampstädter "Harmonie." Appears to be the first edition. No additional printing information on copyright page, just the date 1900 on the title page.

8291. Wildermuth, Adelheid. Wollt ihr's hören? Erzählungen für junge Mädchen. Stuttgart: Carl Krabbe, , 3te Auflage, no date, 245pp., elaborately decorated red cloth with gold, red, silver ornamentation on front cover, $20
.

8289. Zettel, Karl, Hrsg.. Heidenröslein. Lieder von Liebeslust und Frühlingsfreud'.. llustriert von R. E. Kepler und anderen. Stuttgart: Greiner & Pfeiffer, , 95.-100.Taus., no date, 155pp., Red and flower illustrated cover, gold page edges, a pretty volume but with one page loose and laid in, $22
.