ART NOUVEAU. ADVERTISING MIRROR. This is an hand-mirror measuring 11" high. French, ca 1905. Produced for Leon Ducuing, specilaite de Blouses pour Maquignons. The handle of the mirror is a woman in a gown standing on a globe. In her uplifted arms is a round art nouveau decorative border within... More
ABC. (HEBREW) [ALEPH-BET] (in Hebrew on title page). Opposite title page in German: Alphabet: Zeichnungen von Z. Raban, verse von L. Kipniss. Jerusalem: Bezalel printed in Germany 1923. 4to (7 X 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, covers soiled, corners rubbed, clean, tight and VG. Printed on heavy coated paper, each... More
JUGENDSTIL. THE LITTLE KING AND OTHER FAIRY TALES told by Mary Windsor. Racine:Whitman (1934). Large 4to, pict. bds, VG-Fine in chipped dw. Containing the title story, Hansel & Gretel and Sleeping Beauty with 12, 3/4 page and many smaller color illus. by HANNS PELLAR taken from his "Der Kleine Konig"... More
GERMAN. MEGGENDORFER BLATTER 40. BAND. Munchen & Esslingen: J.F. Schreiber ca 1900. 4to, pictorial cloth, spine paper chipped off in places, few margin mends, VG. A German literay and humor magazine, full of wonderful art nouveau color illustrations. Contains numbers 471-483. More
FANTASY. MUCKI eine wunderliche Weltreise. Mainz:Scholz [1910]. 4to, cl. backed pict. bds, near fine. A marvelous fantasy trip taken by a little boy, illustrated in typical Jugendstil style by ARPAD SCHMIDHAMMER with artful color illustrations on every page. Printed on rectos only. A great picture book. See Bilderwelt im Kinderbuch #534. More
GERMAN. HEI VON ALLERLEI verse and pictures by Adele Bailer. Leipzig: Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn (1924). Oblong 13 x 10 1/4", cloth backed white pictorial boards, small scrape on cover else near Fine. Illustrated with magnificent silhouettes by Bailer, a student of Cizek who has written the introduction. This is... More
GERMAN. KINDERSOMMER bilder und verse von Ilse Breit. Leipzig: F. Hirt & Sohn (1924). Large oblong 4to (13 x 10"), cloth backed pictorial boards, light cover soil and faint scratch else a clean and tight VG+ copy. Featuring 6 magnificent full page color illustrations by Ilse Breit in the style... More
FAIRY TALES. CINDERELLA / HANSEL AND GRETTEL. No publishing information, printed in Switzerland circa 1905. Narrow 4to, pictorial wraps, slight spine repair else fine. Inside each cover is the text of each story. There are 4 full page color art nouveau illustrations - each with 3 postcards. Opposite each illustrated... More
(MOE,LOUIS)illus. KAREN alle smaapigers, tekst af Ellen Reumert. Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Carl Larsens Forlag circa 1896. 4to, (10 x 11"). cloth backed pictorial boards, tips rubbed else VG-Fine. Illustrated with 8 fine full page color illustrations and in line on every page of text in verse in Danish. Deep rich colors... 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
(PERKINS,LUCY FITCH)illus. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. NY: Stokes (1907). 4to, cloth, color plate on cover, Fine in frayed dust wrapper. 1st ed. thus with 12 stunning Art Nouveau style color plates by Perkins (including cover) plus pictorial endpapers and line illustrations in text. An uncommon Perkins title. More
SMITH,GERTRUDE. THE STORIES OF PETER AND ELLEN. NY: Harper Brosthers 1903 (1903). 8vo (7 x 8 1/2"), lovely pictorial cloth binding, 137p., owner inscription, near Fine. 1st edition. Another tale following the wonderful Arabella and Araminta classic by Smith. This is illustrated by MARS AND SQUIRES with 15 beautiful color... More
VICTORIAN COLORPLATE. THE CHILD'S GARDEN OF SONG. Chicago: McClurg 1895. 4to gilt decorative cloth, all edges gilt, minimal wear, near FINE. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY TOMLINS (the arranger). This is a beautiful book of songs where every page has a large art nouveau pictorial border by ELLA RICKETTS... More
WILDE,OSCAR. HOUSE OF POMEGRANATES. London: James Osgood McIlvanie, 1891. 4to (7 x 8 1/2"), green cloth spine and decorative cloth boards, 158p., slight cover soil neat hinge repair else VG++ in attractive custom box. First edition of this famous book of fairy tales by Wilde, printed in an edition of... More