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REY, H.A. (HANS REYERSBACH). 1898-1977. Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. 4to. With author's signature and sketch of a giraffe on free front endpaper opposite title page. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black, original dust jacket. A few edge tears and one small chip to jacket, light wear.14th printing, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author, with a pen and colored pencil illustration. This was the first book to feature Curious George.
BonhamsREY, H.A. (HANS REYERSBACH). 1898-1977. Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. 4to. With author's signature and sketch of a giraffe on free front endpaper opposite title page. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black, original dust jacket. A few edge tears and one small chip to jacket, light wear.14th printing, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author, with a pen and colored pencil illustration. This was the first book to feature Curious George.
BonhamsREY, H.A. (HANS REYERSBACH). 1898-1977 Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942 4to. Original brown cloth, stamped in blue, dust jacket, gift inscription and sticker to pastedown, small ink note to front fly, minor chipping to the corners of jacket, but a clean, tight copy in bright jacket. FIRST EDITION of the first book to feature Curious George, in a bright example of the scarce dust jacket.
BonhamsH. A. Rey (Hans Augusto Rey) 1898-1977. American Children's book Illustrator and Author of "Curious George" and "Cecily and the Nine Monkeys". Original Illustration depicting Curious George as one of the nine monkeys. Original work on paper with Provenance of an Executive of Houghton Mifflin. Purchased from a Beacon Street, Boston in 1994-1995. Image size: 3-1/2" x 5-3/4". Overall size: 13" x 10-3/4".
Tremont AuctionsH. A. REY. Raffy and the 9 Monkeys * Au Clair de la Lune and Other French Nursery Songs. Together, 2 First Editions. Color illustrations by Rey. Original sizes and bindings, moderate edgewear includes rubbed tips and slight loss of paper. Clair de la Lune is the true first printing by Greystone Press in spiral-bound boards; chip to corner of title-page; scattered light foxing to both. London, 1939; New York, (1941)
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