CRANE,WALTER. THE BABY'S OPERA. NY:McLoughlin Bros., no date (first ed. pub. by Routledge in 1877). Sq. 8vo,cloth backed pict. bds, sl. edgewear and front hinge starting else VG+. A pirated ed. in same binding and format of original. Illus. by Crane with beautiful color illus. throughout to accompany rhymes with... More
CRANE,WALTER. THE BASES OF DESIGN. Lond.: Bell 1898. 4to, gilt cloth, 365p., teg, sl. faded else VG. 1st ed. Crane's treatise on the art of design based upon his lectures at the Manchester School of Art. Profusely illustrated by Crane. More
CRANE,WALTER. THE FIRST OF MAY: A FAIRY MASQUE. London: Henry Sotheran 1881. Oblong folio (15 1/4 x 13 1/4"), margins trimmed and attractively rebound in cloth with cloth label and decorations from the original folder laid down, marbled endpaper, VG+. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 NUMBERED INDIA PROOF COPIES SIGNED BY... More
CRANE,WALTER. FLORA'S FEAST. London: Cassell 1889. 4to (7 1/2 x 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, 40p. + ads, tips worn else VG+. 1st ed. Written and illustrated by Crane, there are beautiful color illustrations on every page - all portraying humanized flowers. Printed on one side of paper (frenchfold), and a very lovely book. More
CRANE,WALTER. VON DER DEKORATIVEN ILLUSTRATION DES BUCHES IN ALTER UND NEUER ZEIT, Vortraege und Aufsaetze von Walter Crane. Leopzig: Nachfolger, 1901. 8vo, cloth, 335p., wear to spine, VG-. 2nd edition. A German ed. of Crane's treatise on book illustration and design, profusely illustrated. More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. THE ADVENTURES OF HERR BABY by Mrs. Molesworth. London: Macmillan 1891. 7 1/4 x 9 1/2", pink pictorial cloth, 171p., light cover soil, corners bumped else VG-Fine. 1st edition. Illustrated by Crane with cover design plus 12 black and tan plates. This is a nice copy of book usually found in grubby condition. More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. BABY'S BOUQUET collected and arranged by Lucy Crane. Lond:Routledge nd [1878]. Sq. 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, covers soiled, VG-. 1st ed. A companion to the Baby's Opera, beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Crane and printed by Edmund Evans. More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. BABY'S BOUQUET collected and arranged by Lucy Crane. Lond:Routledge nd [1878]. Sq. 8vo, cloth backed pict. bds, covers soiled and lacks rear free endpaper, binding tight and interior fine. 1st ed. A book of nursery rhymes with musical notation and a companion to the Baby's Opera. Beautifully illustrated in... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN. London: Cassell 1906. 4to, (7 1/2 x 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slightest bit of edge wear, Fine. Printed on frenchfold paper, each leaf features a magnificent full page color portrayal of a humanized flower with reference to the Shakespeare play in which the flower... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. FLOWERS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN. London: Cassell 1906. 4to, (7 1/2 x 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, one corner bumped, Fine IN DUST WRAPPER. Printed on frenchfold paper, each leaf features a magnificent full page color portrayal of a humanized flower with reference to the Shakespeare play in which the... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS. Tales retold by Henry Gilbert. Edinburgh & London: TC & EC Jack 1911. 8vo, 367p., tan cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial cover, top edge gilt, narrow stain in corner of covers and many but not all pages, spine darkened, tight and G+. 1st Crane edition featuring... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. KING LUCKIE BOY'S PARTY. London & Chicago: John Lane and Stone & Kimball, no date [1895]. Large square 4to, pictorial wraps, [12]p. incl. covers and endpapers. Respined with some cover soil, VG. Originally published in 1870, this is part of the "Large Series reissue" for which Crane designed NEW... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. A MASQUE OF DAYS from the last essays of Elia. Lond et al:Cassell 1901, 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, sl. edgewear, VG. 1st edition, Frenchfold pages printed on coated stock, and beautifully illustrated in color on every page with text done in calligraphy. More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. Lond & NY: John Lane no date ca 1910. 4to, stiff pict. wraps, covers soiled else VG. First issued in 1874 in smaller format, Lane re-issued Crane's picture books with new pictorial enpapers and new covers designed for this edition by Crane. Featuring magnificent, rich color... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. PICTURE BOOK SET. Offered here are 12 of Crane's picture books bound with their covers and endpapers in 2 volumes. Except for a few margin mends, sl. finger soil and one cover chip, they are generally in excellent condition. These picture books are the large paper re-issues from the... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. RUMBO RHYMES by Alfred Calmour. London & NY: Harper Brothers 1911. Small 4to, green pictorial cloth, 99p., Fine. 1st edition. Printed on heavy coated paper there are 24 fabulous full color plates by Crane plus several smaller illustrations - full of humor and whimsey. More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. STORY OF GREECE by Mary Macgregor, NY: Frederick Stokes, no date [1913]. 6 3/4 X 9 1/4", blue pictorial cloth, 356p., cloth a bit dull else VG+. 1st edition. The author brings to life what Greece was like in ancient times. Written for children who must have been a.... More
(CRANE,WALTER)illus. WALTER CRANE AS A BOOK ILLUSTRATOR by Rodney Engen. London & NY: Academy Press & St. Martins (1975). 8 1/2 x 11 1/2", 105p., flexible card covers, spine faded and corner cover soil, VG. Interesting 13 page introduction followed by more than 100 reproductions of Crane's work, each one... More
PUBLISHER'S CATALOGUE. THE BOOK SHELF FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 1921 from Nursery Rhyme to Grown Up Time by Clara Hunt. (NY: Bowker 1921. 8vo (6 x 9"), pictorial wraps, 50p., VG+. This is a descriptive list with prices of 100's of children's books from all publishers, arranged by age and... More
(PYLE,HOWARD)illus. THE LADY OF SHALOTT by Alfred Tennyson. NY: Dodd Mead (1881). 4to, (8 x 9"), gilt pictorial cloth with beveled edges, some light soil and rubbing else clean and VG+. 1st edition of Pyle's 2nd book issued at almost the same time as Yankee Doodle. An early effort in... More
REFERENCE. THE COLOPHON, A BOOK COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY. NY: The Colophon Ltd, vd, 4to., paper covered boards, np, VG+. Two individual volumes from the 1st series. A) Part Six, June 1931. Ltd. to 3000 copies. Articles by Willa Cather and A.E. Coppard, one on Huckelberry Finn ($45.00). B) Part Seven, September... More
