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    Sloane, Eric:  Once Upon a Time.  New York: Hastings House, 1982. First Edition. Very good xLibrary copy with library stamps on the top and bottom edges of the text block and on the first free end paper and rear end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with two closed tears on the spine area and flaps damaged due to having been glued to the end papers of the book. This is Eric Sloane's second to last book and oddly enough one of the more difficult titles to find! Two variant dust jackets one green and the other yellow. This is the yellow variant.
    TB32612  $75.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  An Age of Barns.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1990. First Henry Holt Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine An oblong small quarto of 10 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with ten wonderful color plates scattered throughout and highly detailed sketches of barn details. This variation of the title differs slightly in the format and pagination than those published by Funk & Wagnalls. A highly collectable copy of one of Eric Sloane's more widely recognized books.
    TB31193  $100.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  American Barns and Covered Bridges.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1954. 3rd Printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with a 1/16 inch closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" tall by 7" deep. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact and with 1/8" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with a 1/4" deep chip at the upper edge of the front panel. One of Eric Sloane's earliest books dealing with Americana. This one is a classic as it includes his now famous sketches of barn and covered bridge details that no one else has illustrated as well or as thoroughly.
    TB23060  $40.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  American Yesterday.  New York: Funk & Wagnals, 1956. 14th Printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area. This is Eric Sloane's tribute to American's "attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations". The very quintessence of Sloane with wonderfully detailed sketches of early American ways.
    TB13853  $31.50



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    Mauch, James W. John D. Townsend and Arthur Kerber:  Aware A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane.  Laurys Station: Garrigues House, Pub., 2001. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and a gilt decorative stamping on the front board. In a fine jacket with a classic Eric Sloane barn on the front panel. A beautiful 4to measuring 11 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches containing 232 pages of text and color and black and white illustrations by Eric Sloane through-out. An outstanding biography of the artist-writer with contributions by Arthur Kerber on the art of Eric Sloane and John Townsend describing the first editions by Sloane. Signed by two of the authors: James Mauch and John Townsend on the first free end paper with an inscription by the second.
    TB30995  $150.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Clouds, Air and Wind.  New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1941. First Edition. Good in decorated gray cloth covered boards with black and red text on the spine and with a black design and red text on the front board. The cloth is heavily worn and frayed at the head and heel of the spine and worn through at the lower edge of the front and rear boards. There is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. Without its issued dust jacket. This is Eric Sloane's first book which is quite scarce. 74 pages of text and illustrations followed by two un-numbered pages.
    TB31766  $125.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Cracker Barrel.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the upper edges of the boards very slightly faded. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly faded. 110 pages of text and black and white sketches helping to round out the stories heard at the local country store in years gone by
    TB18852  $20.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Diary of an Early American Boy.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1962. Reprint. Fine in heavy tan cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with multiple short closed tears at the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/8 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the front panel and a 1/3 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the rear panel. The "Diary" of Noah Blake of 1805. 108 pages of text and drawings which help to document life in the early 1800's. This volume contains the double fold-out page illustration of the farm where Noah lived. Extensively illustrated by the author throughout.
    TB32611  $35.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Do's and Don'ts of Yesterday.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Reprints. This two volume set contains both Do and Don't. Both books are in fine and near fine conditions. Without dust jackets as issued; however, both books are contained in a very good+ slip case which shows minor soiling to the paper label on the front panel.
    TB22015  $35.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Do's and Don'ts of Yesterday.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Reprints. This two volume set contains both Do and Don't. Both books are in fine condition in yellow and orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and front boards. Both are 16 mo of 6 15/16 by 4 1/2 inches. Without dust jackets as issued; however, both books are contained in a very good+ slip case which shows minor soiling to the paper label on the front panel and tanning to its closed end and the upper portion of its non-decorated side. Signed by the author on the front panel of the slipcase. Don't contains 67 pages with multiple line art illustrations and Do contains 55 pages also with multiple line are illustrations.
    TB31243  $35.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Don't A little book of early American Gentility.  New York: Walker & Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. A 16mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. 67 pages of text illustrated with line drawings by Eric Sloane.
    TB29331  $50.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Eighty: an American Souvenir.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. An oblong small quarto measuring 10 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. An autobiographical gift to us all done in Sloane's 80th year. Sloane's last book as he died just after the book was released. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 42 color plates, 10 black & white photographs and 26 line drawings.
    TB31194  $90.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Folklore of American Weather.  New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with bold red text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area. 63 pages of text and illustrations by the author. One of the more difficult early titles by Sloane to acquire in collectible condition.
    TB01220  $75.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  For Spacious Skies.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan linen covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the upper fore corner of the front panel and minor rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Laid-in at the front of the book is a copy of a three page essay about the author by Robert R. Preato. The last book on weather published by Eric Sloane. 79 numbered pages of text containing numerous sketches and drawings followed by eleven full color plates of some of his weather related paintings. A clean, neat and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29081  $65.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  I Remember America (in wraps).  New York: Ballantine Books, 1977. First by Ballantine Books. Very good+ in illustrated heavy paper wraps with a short 1/4 inch deep closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. 187 printed pages containing 35 color plates of some of the author's more famous rural scenes and countless black and white sketches.
    TB16519  $17.50



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Little Book of Bells.  New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with a hint of soiling to the front panel. Although this title lists Eric Hatch as the author there is some speculation about who actually wrote it. Nonetheless, the book is extensively illustrated by Eric Sloane. 85 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB24574  $85.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Little Red Schoolhouse.  Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1972. Second Printing. Fine in black and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with two short (1/16 of an inch) closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the first free end page. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout with line drawings by Sloane.
    TB31247  $125.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Once Upon a Time.  New York: Hastings House, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7 1/2". In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 64 pages of text with black and white illustrations throughout. This is Eric Sloane's second to last book and oddly enough one of the most difficult titles by him to locate. Produced in two binding states with two dust jackets, one in green and the other in yellow. No priority can be found for either state. This is the yellow jacketed variant.
    TB26730  $150.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Our Vanishing Landscape.  New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1955. Second Printing. Fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4 by 7 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and to the fore corners of the front panel. Signed and inscribed with a sketch of a covered bridge and "to Herbert Thoms" and dated "1964" on the first free end page. 107 pages of text and drawings by the author depicting the charms hat once graced the landscape of the US during the 1800's and later. The author's underlying theme with this book is his belief that farms and farmers were not only the pioneers of this country; but, created the foundation of the American countryside. In his richly illustrated tour of the American landscape of the mid-1800's he provides extensive graphic detail of farm houses and barns, out-buildings serving the farming family, gates, fences, toll houses, mills, canals and the boats used in them, milestones, devices and tools used to repair roads, plank roads, covered bridges, sleighs, sleds and snow rollers, road signs, taverns, inns, churches and then followed by an eight page "little gallery of sketches from the Vanishing Landscape".
    TB32825  $175.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White.  New York: Walker and Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated white cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with minor soiling to the lower edge of the boards. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a 1/4 inch closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. Signed by the author on the first free end paper with an inscription "to the Steve Kaptain Library". This edition preceded the more widely seen version by Funk and Wagnal. 64 pages of text. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB31248  $65.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White.  New York: Walker and Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white paper covered boards with black text on the spine and a reproduction of Eric Sloane's signature on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket due to a 2" long closed tear with related creases on the rear panel & a 1" closed tear on the rear panel and two smaller closed tears on the front panel. This edition preceded the more widely seen edition by Funk & Wagnals distributed in 1978. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB10264  $42.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  Recollections in Black and White (Portfolio Edition).  New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1978. First Edition by Funk & Wagnalls. Fine in white paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine and a blind embossed signature on the front board. The front end paper is marked with a prior owner's hand stamp. In a very good+dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a short 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel and light soiling to the spine end of the front panel. An enlarged and expanded edition from the earlier edition which was published in 1974. 95 pages of text and line drawings which deal mainly with early American architectural elements. The intent of this book is to memorialize "the oldest and most profound medium of human communication - black lines on a white paper background." In anticipation of doing a book like this, for many years Sloane set aside many of his pen and ink drawings which together in this format provide an autobiographic reverie of this artist/author's life. A great many of the illustrations which appear in this 64 page book are architectural in nature showing barns, sheds, stone fences, covered bridges, toll houses, awning details, all of which serve to graphically explain the use of "shapes of shadow and shapes of light."
    TB16476  $28.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  Return to Taos.  New York: Funk & Wagnals, 1960. Second Printing. Fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with a small sketch on the front board. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 7 3/4 inches. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine area and a tiny chip from the lower fore corner of the front panel. This is the 2nd printing in the scarce second state dust jacket with the black and white sketch by Eric Sloane. A beautiful, and certainly collectable, copy of a book which has recently become nearly impossible to locate.
    TB30993  $45.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  School Days: ABC Book of Early Americana and The Little Red Schoolhouse.  New York: Doubleday (with a Hastings House label), 1972 & 1963. 3rd and 9th Printings. Both volumes in this two volume set are in fine condition in 1/4 black cloth and burnt orange or green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. Dust jackets were not issued with this set but the two volumes are contained in a slipcase which is in very good+ condition with modest tanning around the edges and with the original, small price sticker on the front panel. This set contains Little Red Schoolhouse and ABC Book of Early Americana.
    TB20622  $85.00



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    Sloane, Eric:  The Second Barrel.  New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 6" with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block and faint spotting to the front and rear boards. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly faded. The companion the Sloane's popular book: The Cracker Barrel. A collection of anecdotes of early America, reminiscences and opinions by this never without an opinion author. 104 pages with text and black & white illustrations.
    TB30183  $25.00




  • Sloane, Eric:  The Spirits of '76.  New York: Walker & Company, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated white cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and front panel. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and very minor wear & rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and rear panel. Signed by author on the fly title page. 64 pages of text and black & white illustrations by the author.
    TB14686  $60.00






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