(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1906. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 11"), full vellum binding with gilt design, slightest bit of cover soil and some very minor foxing. Near Fine condition lacking ties, housed in a custom quarter morocco solander case. LIMITED... More
POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON / PLEASURE BOOKS) TIM TYLER IN THE JUNGLE by Lyman Young. Chicago: Pleasure Book (1935). 4to (8 x 9 1/4"), pictorial boards, some light wear, near FINE! Featuring 3 wonderful color pop-up pages and illustrated in black & white on text pages. See Whitton: Paper Toys of... More
POP-UP. (BLUE RIBBON) DICK TRACY: THE CAPTURE OF BORIS ARSON by Chester Gould. Chicago: Pleasure Books (1935). 4to (8 x 9 1/4"), pictorial boards, a Fine copy. Illustrated with 3 great color pop-ups and with black and whites all throughout the text. Whitten: Paper Toys of the World p. 76. More
BEARS. BROWN THE BEAR by Samivel. NY & Lond: Warne & Murray nd ca 1940. Folio, cl. backed pict. bds, light wear, VG-Fine. Translated from the original French, this is the story of the life and adventures of a mischievous bear, with marvelous color illustrations on every page as well... More
ART NOUVEAU. SUN-MOON & STARS: AN OWNTY DOWNTY BOOK pictures and verses for children by E. RICHARDSON. Lond: John Lane / Bodley 1899. Narrow 4to, green pict. cloth, some cover soil else VG+. Printed on fine paper on rectos only, each page has hand-lettered verse surrounded by decorative pictorial border... More
BLACK INTEREST. (BAKER,JOSEPHINE) LA TRIBU ARC-EN-CIEL by Baker in collaboration with her husband Jo Bouillon. (Mulder & Zoon / Netherlands 1957 Opera Mundi Paris). 4to, pict. cloth, ink scribbling on 2 pages else VG. A children's book written by the famous ex-patriate Black singer Baker featuring her "rainbow" of children... More
STEINBECK,JOHN. THE RED PONY. NY: Covici Friede 1937. 4to (7 x 10 1/8"), flexible tan pictorial cloth, light toning of spine else Fine in torn glassine and in the publisher's slip case with the limitation number on spine (case mildly rubbed at spine else clean and tight). 1st edition, LIMITED... More
BLACK INTEREST. THE STORY OF A LITTLE COLORED COON by Conrad Hall. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date, circa 1910. 16mo (4 x 5"), red decorated cloth, 125p. (this includes pictorial ads), tiny fade spot else Fine and bright with no wear at all. The story tells how Ebenezer, a.... More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG'S CHRISTMAS by Bertha Upton. London: Longmans Green 1907. Large oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, some corner and edge wear, several small archival margin mends, 2 mends touching the picture, nice tight VG copy. 1st edition. Featuring with 31 fabulous full page chromolithographs... More
HANDFORTH,THOMAS. MEI LI. NY: Doubleday Doran 1938 (1938). Folio (9 1/4 x 12 1/4"), orange cloth, near Fine in VG dust wrapper (not price clipped, no medal, small piece off top of spine, frayed at bottom, two small closed tears). Stated 1st edition. WINNER OF THE SECOND CALDECOTT AWARD! This... More
HADER,BERTA AND ELMER. THE BIG SNOW. NY: Macmillan 1948 (1948). 4to, (8 3/4 x 10 1/4"), cloth, Fine condition in VG+ dust wrapper (no award seal, not price clipped, spine ends chipped, light fraying)). 1st edition (stated 2nd printing). CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, illustrated in color and black & white by... More
BLACK INTEREST. (GOLLIWOGG) THE TEDDY BEAR BOOK by Constance Wickham. London: Collins, no date, circa 1938. 4to (9 x 11 3/4"), green gilt cloth, some foxing else VG+ in VG dust wrapper reinforced on verso. The text follows the daily life and adventures of Teddy, his friend Golly a Golliwogg... More
(GRUELLE,JOHNNY)illus. QUACKY DOODLES' AND DANNY DADDLES' BOOK by Rose String Hubbell. Chicago: Volland (1916, twelfth printing). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4"), pictorial boards, tiny bit of tip rubbing else Fine and bright in facsimile box. The story centers around the toy duck named Quacky Doodles and his friend Teddy... More
POLITI,LEO. THE POINSETTIA. Best-West Pub. (1967). Folio (9 1/2 x 12 1/2"), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. 1st edition. THIS COPY HAS A LARGE FINISHED WATERCOLOR ON A BLANK PRELIMINARY PAGE, SIGNED "SEASONS GREETINGS LEO POLITI". A young boy and girl are standing between 2 trees on a blue... More
LAWSON,ROBERT. ORIGINAL ART: COUNTRY COLIC. Offered here is an original pen and ink drawing that appeared greatly reduced opposite the Contents page of Country Colic, published by Little Brown in 1944, both written and illustrated by Lawson. The caption (written on an overlay in Lawson's hand) reads: "When Adam delved... More
POTTER,BEATRIX. SISTER ANNE. Philadelphia: David McKay (1932). 8vo (5 3/4 x 7 3/4"), blue gilt pictorial cloth, 154p., gilt on cover bright, slightly dulled on spine, a Fine copy IN THE RARE PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER (back strip of dw faded, square chip off of top of backstrip with light fraying... More
SENDAK,MAURICE. KENNY'S WINDOW. NY: Harper & Brothers (1956). 4to (7 3/4 x 9 1/4"), dark brown spine, tan pictorial cloth, Fine condition in bright fine dust wrapper with price intact. First edition REVIEW COPY WITH THE SLIP LAID-IN. This was the FIRST BOOK BOTH WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY SENDAK, with... More
(GOBLE,WARWICK)illus. WATER BABIES by Charles Kingsley. London: Macmillan 1909. Featured here is the LIMITED EDITION OF THE BOOK IN A FULL MOROCCO BINDING HOUSED IN A LARGE PICTORIAL CLAMSHELL BOX WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR USED IN THE BOOK. The book is a thick quarto measuring 9" x 11 1/4", bound... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER by the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable (1917). Folio (9 1/2 x 12"), grey cloth with pictorial label stamped in gold, top edge gilt, bottom edge of both covers have a corner stain 3" long, 1/2" high, stain inside rear cover and on corner of... More
(DULAC,EDMUND)illus. MY DAYS WITH THE FAIRIES by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., no date [1920]. 4to (7 1/2 x 10"), red cloth with elaborate gilt pictorial binding, scattered foxing on beginning pages else Fine in dust wrapper. The wrapper design duplicates the cover of the book (mild... More
FREEMAN,DON. DANDELION. NY: Viking Press (1964). Oblong 4to (10 1/4 x 8 1/2"), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw has chip on spine and a few closed tears). First edition. This is the story of a lovable lion that gets into trouble. Illustrated in color throughout. THIS COPY HAS... More
(ROBINSON,W.HEATH)illus. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH by Rudyard Kipling. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1909]. Large 4to (9 1/4 x 11 1/4"), blue gilt cloth with gilt pictorial decoration, NEARLY AS NEW IN PUBLISHER'S BOX with pictorial label on cover (box VG+ slightly soiled and lightly faded). 1st edition... More
PARKER,B. AND N. ARCTIC ORPHANS. London & Edinburgh.: W. & R. Chambers, no date, circa 1920. Oblong folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/2"), pictorial boards, slight tip rubbing else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw chipped with a few mends). The adventures of three young polar bears that lose their parents... More
L'ENGLE,MADELEINE. A WRINKLE IN TIME. (NY): Ariel Books Ferrar, Strauss & Cudahy (1962). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/4"), 1/4 cloth, 211p., very slight fading to edge of cloth else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER. The dust wrapper (illustrated by Ellen Raskin), is in really nice condition with price intact (very... More
WHITE,E.B. CHARLOTTE'S WEB. NY: Harper & Bros, (1952). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1/8"), tan cloth, owner name on corner of free endpaper else FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw scraped on blank rear edge, very slightly frayed at spine ends, overall clean and VG+). Stated First Edition, (first printing) with... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. ORIGINAL ART: SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. We're pleased to offer a wonderful watercolor by Rackham used in Siegfried And The Twilight Of The Gods published in 1911. The image measures 6 1/4 x 10 1/4", beautifully framed (plexiglass) to 16" wide x 20" high, in fine... More
(REY,H.A.)illus. CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL by Margaret Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1966 (1966). 8vo (7 1/4 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG+, complete but some wear.. Stated 1st printing. George has to have an operation and the hospital will never be the same. Great... More
ROBINSON,W.HEATH. THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE LUBIN. NY: Brentanos 1902. 8vo, (6 1/2 x 8"), green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green and white, rear cover lightly soiled, binding tight, recased with paper at hinges neatly repaired, margin of tissue guard and frontis narrow light brown discoloration, really a clean and... More
(RAND,PAUL)illus. I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS by Ann and Paul Rand. NY: Harcourt Brace and World (1956). 4to, (8 3/4 x 10 1/4"), pictorial cloth, fine in dust wrapper (some general shelf soil on dw else VG). Stated 1st edition. Paul Rand was an acclaimed artist and graphic designer... More
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. THE BLACK ARROW by Robert Louis Stevenson. NY: Scribner 1916 (Oct. 1916) 4to, black cloth, pict. paste-on, top edge plain, nearly AS NEW IN ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER (dw only Good lacking front flap with 1 " pieces off spine ends and edge chipping). First ed. of this Scribner Classic... More
GOBLE,WARWICK. ORIGINAL ART: PRINCESS AND THE HOLY MAN. Offered here is an extremely beautiful watercolor by Goble, The visible image measures oblong 13 1/4 x 9 1/4", attractively matted, glazed and framed to 31 x 17" and is in fine condition. A Japanese princess in a multi-colored gown hovers genii-like... More
KUNHARDT,DOROTHY. PAT THE BUNNY. NY: Simon & Schuster 1940. 12mo, (4 1/8" wide x 5 3/8), pictorial boards, small mend to paper on edge else Fine in publisher's box (box soiled and repaired). A now classic book, illustrated in color. Every other page offers a different activity for the youngest... More
MONTGOMERY,L.M. THE WATCHMAN AND OTHER POEMS. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart (1916). 8vo, blue cloth printed in black, 159p., FINE condition. 1st edition, (published in the U.S. a year later). Poetry had long been Montgomery's passion, but prior to this book she didn't pursue it. The poem "The Watchman" was..... More
LOFTING,HUGH. THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY:Stokes 1920 (1920). 8vo, orange cloth, pict. paste-on, 180p., VERY sl cover soil else clean and near FINE. 1st edition of the FIRST DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOK (PETER PARLEY TO PENROD P. 138). Illustrated with pictorial endpapers, color frontis, black and white plates plus many... More
MILNE,A.A. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG * WINNIE THE POOH * NOW WE ARE SIX * THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Lond: Methuen (1924, 1926, 1927, 1928). 8vo, blue, green, red and pink cloths, top edges gilt, books are VERY FINE IN DUST WRAPPERS (dw on When We Were Very... More
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(ROJANKOVSKY,FEODOR)illus. GLOBUSNYI TCHELOVETCHIK [THE LITTLE MAN IN THE GLOBE] by Natalya Kodryskaya [Natalie Codray]. (Printed in Paris by Ourlot Freres 1954). 4to (8 1/2 x 11"), boards, pictorial paste-on, [68]p., Fine. In this fairy tale / fantasy, a little man comes out of a globe and takes a little girl... More
MONTGOMERY,L.M. RILLA OF INGLESIDE. NY: Frederick Stokes (1921). 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial paste-on, Fine condition. 1st ed. (simultaneous with Canadian ed.). Set on Prince Edward Island, this ia a continuation of the Anne of Green Gables saga telling of Anne's daughter Rilla. Illustrated by MARIA KIRK with color frontis. that..... More
PICTURE BOOK. THE TOY VILLAGE by Georgia Roberts. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa 1906. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9"), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG+. This is a fabulous picture book with text in rhyme relating the tale of Noah and his crew... More
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(MOE,LOUIS)illus. DEN GRONNE SPILLEMAND [THE GREEN FIDDLER] by George Kalkar. Copenhagen: Henrik Koppels nd ca 1920's. Large obl. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, light cover soil VG+. A fabulous book full of humanized insects, frogs and fairies. Illus., with 10 fine full page color plates and many detailed black and..... More
HARRIS,JOEL CHANDLER. UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS. NY: D. Appleton and Company 1881. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 5/8"), olive green cloth stamped in gold and black, 231p. + [viii]p. ads, just a touch of rubbing else near Fine and bright in custom box. 1st ed., 1st issue with... More
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NEILL,JOHN R. ORIGINAL ART: SNUFFERBUX [from OJO IN OZ]. Offered here is a wonderful large drawing of Snufferbux the brown bear. The image measures 9 1/2 x 11" matted to larger. Its executed in pencil and ink and has much detail. Sold with a FULL PAGE OF DRAWINGS of Snufferbox... More
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(SEUSS,DR.)illus. SECRETS OF THE DEEP [and] SECRETS OF THE DEEP VOLUME II by Old Captain Taylor. (Standard Oil): Essomarine 1935, 1936. 2 volumes, 8vo, pictorial wraps, 34p., small margin mend and crease to volume 2 else both VG+. A humorous look at yachting, illustrated in color by Seuss with large... More
MOVEABLE. (VOLLAND) MY WHIRLIGIG FAIR BOOK by Ruth Stemm Morgan. Minnapolis: Gordon VOLLAND (Buzza), 1929. Folio (11 x 12 3/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of cover fading, else near Fine. Each page is completely and brightly illustrated in typical Volland colors in a style identical to Janet Laura... More
McCLOSKEY,ROBERT. MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. NY:Viking / Junior Literary Guild 1941 (1st published August 1941). 4to, rust colored cloth with picture of a duck in lower right corner, bottom edge rubbed and the inevitable and always present offset on endpapers from binding else VG+ in dust wrapper with price intact... More
LANG,ANDREW. THE RED FAIRY BOOK. London: Longmans Green 1890. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/4"), red gilt pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, spine slightly dulled, scattered foxing, slight lean, overall tight and VG condition. 1st edition, 1st printing of the second fairy book. Illustrated by H.J. FORD with 100 illustrations... More
(TENGGREN,GUSTAF)illus. ORIGINAL ART - GULLIVER Offered here is a wonderfully detailed finished pencil drawing by Tenggren that appears in reduced size on page 87 of Tenggren's Story Book published in 1944. The image itself is 6" wide x 5.5" high, matted and framed to 15" square. Pictured is the emperor... More
WILDER,LAURA INGALLS. THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS. NY: Harper & Bros (1943). 8vo, pictorial cloth, 299p., slight cover soil, near Fine in very slightly frayed dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by HELEN SEWELL AND MILDRED BOYLE with color dw, color frontis plus full page black and whites. Laura is almost... More
O'NEILL,ROSE. THE KEWPIES THEIR BOOK written and illustrated by Rose O'Neill. NY: Frederick Stokes (Nov. 1913). 4to (8 1/4 x 11"), boards, pictorial paste-on, slightest bit of rubbing else near Fine condition. 1st edition of this early Kewpie book. Illustrated by O'Neill with pictorial endpapers, cover plate, plus numerous 2-color... More
MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. London: Methuen (1926). 4to, FULL VELLUM BINDING, very light soil else fine. 1st edition. ONE OF ONLY 20 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM AND SIGNED BY MILNE AND SHEPARD. Rare in this extremely limited version. More
SENDAK,MAURICE. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. NY: Harper Row, 1963. Oblong 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine very lightly soiled and slightly frayed price clipped dw. 1st edition of one of the most important and most elusive modern picture books and winner of the Caldecott Award. First edition dust wrappers... More
(SENDAK,MAURICE)illus. GOOD SHABBOS, EVERYBODY by Robert Garvey. United Synagogue Commission (1951). 4to, pictorial boards, slight rubbing to corners and top and bottom of spine, else fine. 1st edition. Illustrated with color pictorial covers, pictorial endpapers and with color or black & white illustrations on every page by Sendak (with Leonard..... More
(JOB)illus. THE STORY OF NAUGHTY KILDEEN by Marie, Queen of Roumania. NY: Harcourt Brace and Co, no date, ca 1922. Folio (10 1/2 x 13"), 95p. pictorial boards, some cover spotting else VG-fine. Printed in France on heavy paper, there are magnificent HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS by JOB on almost every page. More
MORROW,ELIZABETH. (D'HARNONCOURT,RENE) BEAST, BIRD AND FISH by Elizabeth Morrow. NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1933 (1933). 4to (8 1/4 x 13 3/4"), pictorial cloth, some cover soil else VG+, no dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. This is an animal alphabet book with text presented in verse and including musical notation. Every... More
O'BRIEN,ROBERT. MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH. NY: Atheneum 1971 (1971). 8vo (5 1/2 x 8 1.2")y cloth, 233p., fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. A story about animal testing told from the animal's point of view. Illustrated by Zena Bernstein. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Made into a.... More
DICK AND JANE. BIG BOOK: THE NEW OUR BIG BOOK: CATHEDRAL EDITION. Chic.: Scott Foresman 1951. This is the giant sized Dick and Jane folio made for teachers to use as display in the class of parochial schools. Bound in black cloth measuring 19" wide x 26" high, sl. rubbing... More
VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS. GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI written and illustrated by Van Allsburg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1979. Large oblong 4to (12 1/4 x 9 7/8"), cloth, short narraow stain on bottom edge of some pages else VG+ in dust wrapper (dw as new, no award sticker, not price clipped). First edition... More
(WYETH,N.C.)illus. JINGLEBOB by Philip Rollins. NY:Scribner 1930 (1930). 4to, black cloth, pict. paste-on, Fine IN FINE DUST WRAPPER WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE. 1st ed. of this Scribner Classic, illustrated by Wyeth with cover plate, pictorial endpapers plus 4 other plates (wrapper plate duplicates the illus. on p. 32). A MAGNIFICENT... More
MEGGENDORFER.LOTHAR. IM SOMMER. Munchen: Braun & Schneider ca 1890, 19 auflage. Large oblong 4to, boards, near Fine. This is a 6 panel panorama offering one continuous scene of two young boys engaging in a variety of summertime activites - with fine hand-colored illustrations and with a few lines of text... More
MILNE,A.A. WINNIE THE POOH. Lond: Methuen (1926). 4to, cloth backed boards, Fine in dust wrapper (dw VG, some toning with small repair to chips at folds). Housed in custom chemise and 1/4 leather case. 1st ed. LARGE PAPER COPY LIMITED TO 350 NUMBERED COPIES ON HANDMADE PAPER SIGNED BY MILNE... More
ALADDIN. ALADIN: OMBRES CHINOISES EN QUINZE TABLEAUX poeme & images de Lucien Metivet. Paris: Flammarion (1904). Large obl. 4to, pict. boards, FINE IN PICTORIAL DUSTWRAPPER! Music for a theatrical production of Aladin is provided by Jane Vieu. The book is illustrated with magnificent, richly colored lithographs by LUCIEN METIVET -... More
SEUSS,DR. GREEN EGGS AND HAM. NY: Random House 1960. 8vo, orange glazed pictorial boards, fine in beautiful dust wrapper with 2 small edge mends. 1st edition of this scarce Beginner Book, FIRST ISSUE with "50 Word Vocabulary" statement applied as a sticker on the right corner of the dust wrapper... More
ABC. (FLOWERS) THE STORY OF THE WILD FLOWERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FLOWER ALPHABET by Gertrude Keeley. NY: Hurst (1901, 1914). 4to (6 3/8 x 10 1/4"), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some slight cover soil else VG. Each of the 26 flowers from A-Z has 2 pages of text plus a.... More
[SEUSS,DR]. HOOPER HUMPERDINK ...? NOT HIM ! by Theo. LeSieg [a pseudonym of Dr. Seuss']. NY: Random House (1976). 8vo (6 x9"), glazed pictorial boards, tips and spine ends lightly rubbed otherwise near Fine. First edition, 1st printing of this Bright & Easy Book (correct number code). Illustrated by Charles... More
CZECHOSLOVAK. KULIHRASEK S MAJDALENKOU verse by MartA Voleska. Praze: Gustav Volesky 1935. Oblong 4to (10 3/4 x 9 3/4"), cloth, pictorial paste-on, slight bit of cover soil, VG+. This is the fantasy trip of two little children who shrink to the size of insects and have adventures with the insect... More
(LORIOUX,FELIX)illus. LE BUFFON DES ENFANTS: LES OISEAUX DE CHEZ NOUS by Bernard Roy. Paris: Marcus (1946). Square 4to (10 x 10"), pictorial boards, slight edge rubbing, near fine. Featuring the most absolutely stunning full page color illustrations by Lorioux of birds (rooster, stork, owl, peacock, pelican etc.) accompanied by his... More
CHRISTMAS. (NESBIT,E.) CHRISTMAS DREAMS by E. Nesbit and others. Lond. & NY: W. Hagelberg circa 1890. 12mo (5" wide x 6 1/2), stiff pictorial wraps, AS NEW IN PICTORIAL DUST WRAPPER! (few repairs on dw). A book of Christmas poems, 4 of which are by E. Nesbit. Beautifully illustrated with... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. RIP VAN WINKLE von Washington Irving. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann 1905. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12"), Fine. The text is perfect bound in green wraps, illustrated in line. Each of the 50 incredible tipped-in color plates is mounted on a separate sheet of heavy green paper (plates have a.... More
MACDONALD,GEORGE. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. NY: George Routledge & Sons 1871. 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 1/8"), blue cloth stamped in gold and black, all edges gilt, 378p., chip at head of spine, binding lightly rubbed with slight lean and corner bump, really a nice bright VG+... More
RUSSIAN INTEREST. RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE IN THE ART OF YU A. VASNETSOV by Vsevolod Petrov. Pub. in Moscow ca 1972. Folio, 139p., cloth, fine in dw and plain slipcase. Text is in both Russian and English and there are hundred's of reproductions of the fairy tale illustrations by Vasnetsov. More
POCHOIR. HISTOIRE AVENTUREUSE DE LUDOVIC LE JOLI PETIT CANARD VERT [THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF LUDO THE LITTLE GREEN DUCK] by Jack Roberts. Paris: Tolmer 1924. 8vo (7 1/4 x 7"), pictorial boards, paper spine shows some flaking else VG+. Convinced that because he is green, he is meant for better... More
GOREY,EDWARD. LOATHSOME COUPLE. NY: Dodd Mead (1977). Oblong 7 1/4 x 6 3/4". pictorial boards, fine in dust wrapper and slipcase. 1st ed. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Very scarce in the limited edition. Toledano A67b. More
BLACK INTEREST. (LAWRENCE,JACOB) HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND. NY: S & S (1968). 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4"), cloth, fine in VG+ dust wrapper with fading on backstrip and 1 closed edge tear. Stated 1st printing. Noted Black artist Lawrence did the artwork for this masterpiece and the text... More
(POGANY,WILLY)illus. RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. London: Harrap [1909]. 4to (8 1/4 x 11 1/2"), full limp brown suede binding stamped in gold, top edge gilt, except for a few scattered oxidation spots on first few pages this is VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX (flaps reapired). First edition. This is... More
GAG,WANDA. MILLIONS OF CATS. NY: Coward McCann 1928 (1928). Oblong small 4to, (9 7/8" wide x 6 3/4), pictorial boards, FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SLIP CASE with pictorial label (edges neatly reinforced). LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GAG AND CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING ALSO SIGNED BY... More
STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. 8vo, blue cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., small spot on front cover else near Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing (of 1000 copies). A nice copy of this most enduring book of poems for children. More
(NIELSEN,KAY)illus. IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE: fairy tales retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: Hodder & Stoughton no date [1913]. 4to, lavender pictorial cloth, some light foxing throughout else really NEAR FINE IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS PICTORIAL BOX WITH MOUNTED COLOR PLATE (box soiled, corners strengthened). 1st trade ed. (second issue..... More
TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: George G. Harrap & Co., no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12"), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, FINE IN DUST WRAPPER (dw lacks 2 x 2" piece off dw spine, some closed tears). First edition, limited to a reported 2000 copies... More
LOFTING,HUGH. VOYAGES OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE. NY:Stokes 1922 (1922). 8vo, grey cloth stamped in black, pictorial paste-on, slightest of cover soil, near fine. 1st edition. NEWBERY AWARD WINNER. Illustrated by Lofting with color pictorial endpapers, guarded color frontis, one other color plate plus charming black & whites. This is the second... More
LEWIS,C.S. THE MAGICIANS NEPHEW. London: Bodley Head 1955 (1955). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8"), green cloth, 183p., small rubbed area on endpaper under front flap and slight bit of fading else Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (dw slightly frayed at base of spine, 2 very small closed edge... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. PEER GYNT by Henrick Ibsen. London: Harrap (1936). 4to (8 x 10 3/4"), full vellum decorated in gold, top edge gilt VERY FINE. LIMITED TO ONLY 460 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM! lllustrated with pictorial endpapers, 12 color plates, plus numerous fanciful black and whites. With this copy is THE... More
(CASPARI,GERTRUDE)illus. IL PLEUT, BERGERE par Marguerite Villeneuve. Paris: Emile Guerin nd ca 1910. Folio, cl. backed pict. bds, rear cover scuffed, VG+. A wonderful picture book with each page of text facing bold full page colors by Caspari in her distinctive style. Quite scarce. More
POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. London: Warne 1911 (1911). 12mo (4 1/4 x 5 3/4"), dark green boards, pictorial paste-on, small owner inscription else Fine IN ORIGINAL PRINTED GLASSINE WRAPPER which lists this title last on the rear panel, lists Roly Poly, Pie, and Ginger on front flap and Fierce... More
(DETMOLD,EDWARD J.)illus. NEWS OF SPRING by Maurice Maeterlinck. NY:Dodd Mead 1913 (1913). 4to, green cloth extensively decorated in gold, top edge gilt, light cover soil, near Fine. 1st American ed. Illustrated by Detmold with 20 magnificent, richly colored tipped-in color plates with tissue guards - nature scenes, flowers, insects etc.... More
PARKER,B AND N. FUNNY BUNNIES. London: W.& R. Chambers, no date, circa 1905. Oblong folio, (12 3/4 x 9"), pictorial boards, light rubbing on edges and corners, near Fine. The daily doings of a family of humanized bunnies are told in verse. Illustrated by N. PARKER with 12 wonderfully detailed... More
TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/4"), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, spine slightly darkened some tip and edge wear, a clean and VG+ copy. An incredible fantasy - science fiction tale. Every page of calligraphic text is individually... More
POTTER,BEATRIX. TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER. Lond & NY:Warne 1906 (1906). 12mo, lavender cloth, gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial paste-on, all edges gilt, paste-on scraped, some rear cover soil,hinge rubbing, VG. 1st ed. (Quinby 10), DELUXE BINDING (this not in Quinby) with 26 color illustrations and text all relating the... More
(HARRISON,FLORENCE)illus. POEMS BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. Lond: Blackie, 1910. Thick 4to, white cloth with extensive gilt decoration, teg, front cover and spine fine, rear cover with pale blue markings else, near Fine. 1st ed. thus, illustrated by Harrison with 36 magnificent mounted color plates (on heavy stock), 34 full page b&w..... More
TUDOR,TASHA. ALEXANDER THE GANDER. NY: Oxford Univ. Press (1939). 16mo, green polka-dotted cloth, fine in VG dust wrapper with light soil and edge wear. 1st edition (1st printing) of Tudor's second book after Pumpkin Moonshine. This is a Calico Book with calligraphy by Hilda Scott (pictorial initials by Tudor) and... More
(RACKHAM,ARTHUR)illus. FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. NY: Doubleday Page 1909. Large thick 4to (10 1/4 x 12 3/4"), 325p., full limp suede binding with yapp edges, top edge gilt, others uncut, moire endpapers, gilt pictorial spine, repair to corner of rear endpaper, faint crease... More
GERMAN. WEIST DU WIEVIEL STERNLEIN STEHEN verse von Gertrud Klett. Esslingen und Munchen:Schreiber nd ca 1925. Sq. 4to, cloth backed pict. bds, sl. cover soil else VG+. A beautiful German picture book with full page color illustrations facing each page of text by ANNELIESE LEWINSKI reminiscent of Olfers' Root Children... More
(SMITH,JESSIE WILLCOX AND ELIZABETH SHIPPEN GREEN)illus. THE BOOK OF THE CHILD by Mabel Humphrey. NY: Frederick Stokes, October 1903. Large folio (13 3/4" x 15"). cloth backed pictorial boards, except for slight general soil and tip wear this is a bright, clean and near Fine copy. First edition. In 1902... More
(GRISET,ERNEST)illus. THE HATCHET THROWERS by James Greenwood. Lond: J. Hotten 1866. 4to, blue gilt cloth, hinges neatly strengthened and sl. internal soil else VG+. The "astonishing adventures " of three mariners who encounter a band of Black natives. Illustrated with 36 marvelous hand-colored illustrations by Griset (plus great gilt vignette... More
(UPTON,FLORENCE)illus. GOLLIWOGG'S CHRISTMAS by Bertha Upton. London: Longmans Green 1907. Large oblong 4to (11 x 8 5/8"), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil else near Fine. 1st edition, Illustrated with 31 fabulous full page color illustrations featuring a Black Golliwogg Santa! This is an excellent copy of the rarest... More
SWEDISH. HVAD LILLE ARNE DROMTE by Magnhild Havardsholm. no place, Halcosen & Larsen 1921. Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, some paper chipping on extrems else VG. A magnificent picture book with few words. Each page is entirely covered with very, very beautiful color lithographs is a unique style. Should be... More
STEIG,WILLIAM. SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE. NY: Simon & Schuster / Windmill (1969). Large 4to (9 1/4 x 12 1/4"), green cloth, edges faded else fine in dust wrapper (not price clipped, no award medal, light stain on upper corner). Stated 1st edition. Illustrated by Steig in color on every... More
HELLE,ANDRE. LE TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 PAGES. Paris: J. Ferenczi et Fils (1927). 4to, (9 x 10 3/4"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight bit of edge rubbing else near Fine. Written by Helle with a preface by noted French author Gaston Cherau. Around the World in 80 Days via... More
THOMPSON,KAY. ELOISE. NY: Simon & Schuster 1955 (1955). 4to, white cloth, slight offset on front paste-down else near Fine in VG+ dust wrapper with light soil and a few small chips. Stated first printing of the of the first Eloise book, illustrated by HILARY KNIGHT with pictorial endpapers plus color... More
(PARRISH,MAXFIELD) illus. ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS by Edith Wharton. NY: Century, 1904. 4to, gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, except for light corner bump and a very few fox spots on tissue guards, a Fine bright copy. 1st edition. Beautiful cover by the firm Decorative Designers plus 26 stunning... More