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307. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. THE MAGICAL LAND OF NOOM. Chic: Volland
(1922). 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards with gold spine, slight edge wear, near
fine. 1st ed. of this desirable and scarce Gruelle book. Johnny and Janey fly to
the moon and have many other fantastic adventures. Illus. with 12 color plates
plus a profusion of black and whites in text and pictorial. ep’s.
$500.00
BOXED RAGGEDY ANN VOLLAND
308. GRUELLE,JOHNNY. MARCELLA STORIES. Joliet: Volland (1929). 8vo,
cloth backed pictorial. boards, 94p. + 1p. ads. Fine in box (neat flap repairs). 1st
ed. (no additional printings listed and no listing of later titles). A Raggedy Ann
story featuring all of Gruelle’s favorites and illustrated in color throughout. A
great copy.
$600.00
SCARCE GRUELLE BOOK
309. GRUELLE,JOHNNY.
RAGGEDY
ANN’S SUNNY SONGS.
NY: Miller
(1930). Folio, pictorial. boards, 36p., small
chip at base of spine else VG+ in tattered
dust wrapper. Sixteen Raggedy Ann fanciful
songs with verses featuring all the favorite
characters. Wonderfully illustrated in
color on every page by Gruelle and with
music by Will Woodin. A scarce Gruelle
item.
$225.00
RARE GRUELLE TITLE
310. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus.
THE STORY OF THE
GINGERBREAD MAN by
Josephine Lawrence. Racine:
Whitman (1930). Small 4to,
pictorial boards, some spine
wear and paper aging, VG.
This is a very rare Gruelle
book
illustrated
in b&w
by Gruelle and colored by
Robert Bezucha.
$325.00
311. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. SUNNY
BUNNY by Nina Wilcox Putnam. Chic:
Volland (1918, 53rd ed. inscribed 1927). 8vo,
pictorial. boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL BOX
(box flaps repaired). A great copy of this
VOLLAND SUNNY BOOK with wonderful
color illus. throughout by Gruelle plus nice
pictorial endpapers.
$300.00
VOLLAND INGLENOOK TITLE
312. (GRUELLE,JUSTIN)illus. NANNETTE
by Frances Margaret Fox. Chic: Volland
(1929) red gilt cloth, VG+. Prob. 1st ed. in
the VOLLAND INGLENOOK SERIES. The
tale of a li