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1930ref. 010482Philadelphia: David McKay 1930 Circa 1930s. Pictorial boards with cloth spine edges rubbed damage to first leaf affecting a few letters of text a few pages with closed marginal edge tears. The familiar folk tale illustrated with full-page color and b&w artwork. . Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo. David McKay unknown books
1962ref. 010233London: Oxford University Press 1962 Red cloth pictorially stamped in gold faint stains to upper cover bumping to corners pages thumbed; color pictorial dustjacket with a large loss to rear panel other tears wear and stains. The classic tale illustrated with detailed color artwork throughout by Harold Jones. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by Harold Jones. 8vo. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1979ref. 010255New York: Viking Press 1979 70 pgs. Rust color boards with beige cloth spine in illustrated dust jacket with edge wear and small tears age-toned original price intact $7.95. Six stories by Abraham Soyer originally published in Hebrew in the 1930s translated into English for the first time here. The stories include the title story; How Sly-Fox was Fooled; Aryeh-Ben-Gadi and Fox-of-the-Burnt-Tail; The Diamond; The Good Sons; and Flying Money. The stories are illustrated by his son Raphel whose paintings in the permanent collections of the Whitney The Metropolitan Museum of Art and many notable institutions. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Raphael Soyer. Square 8vo. Viking Press hardcover books
1898ref. 010303London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head 1898 Blue cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt and cloth darkened stain to upper cover roughness to inner rear hinge A collection of 12 fairy tales illustrated with detailed and imaginative b&w line art by Charles Robinson. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Robinson. 8vo. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1939ref. 010341Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1939 Color printed linen-like paper light soil and wear previous owner translated the text to French and pasted the translations to each page could be removed with some careful effort if so desired. The classic tale of Little Red Hen which teaches the lesson "you reap what you sow." Illustrated in color on each page by Thelma Gooch uncredited but cover is signed "TG" and other title in this series and style do credit her. Pictorial Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thelma Gooch Uncredited. 4to. Whitman Publishing unknown books
1957ref. 010061New York: Julian Messner 1957 Red cloth pictorially stamped in blue light shelf wear else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with light soil and foxing edge wear and small tears price clipped. A German story retold by Erich Kastner and translated by Richard & Clara Winston. Illustrated in color and b&w throughout. First American Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Horst Lemke. 4to. Julian Messner hardcover books
1976ref. 010113New York: Dial Books 1976 Pictorial boards with shelf wear; matching dust jacket with light soil and wear damp stains visible on verso original price intact $5.95. Includes the title story plus Chilbik and the Greedy Czar; The Girl with the Silver Voice and The Story of Oskus-ool and His Wise Wife. Illustrated with detailed b&w artwork by Ray Cruz. . Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ray Cruz. Oblong 8vo. Dial Books unknown books
1967ref. 009843Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967 Blue cloth hard cover with light shelf wear offsetting from tape repair on dust jacket; color illustrated dust jacket worn stained and chipped original price intact $3.50. The traditional rhyme illustrated in full color throughout by Emberley. Stated First Edition Thus. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by Ed Emberley. Oblong 4to. Little Brown and Company hardcover books
1979ref. 009754New York: Dutton 1979 Mustard cloth in illustrated dust jacket with one tiny edge tear else fine original pice intact $6.95. A modern fairy tale about a little girl with a donkey tail who must take a gold ring to the princess.which turns out to be more difficult than it sounds. Illustrated in b&w throughout. First Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Dutton hardcover books
1910ref. 009546London: Macmillan 1910 Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt spine and edges sunned slight spine lean sporadic foxing heavier at beginning and end some fraying at extremities. Kingsley's classic illustrated with 16 color plates by Warwick Goble preceded by a limited edition and trade edition in a larger format and with 32 plates. . First Thus. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 8vo. Macmillan hardcover books
1880ref. 009319New York: Thomas Nelson 1880 Date based on institutional holdings. 64 pgs.Pictorial boards edges worn and rubbed through binding shaken small marginal loss from one page offsetting opposite illustrations else clean. Juvenile verse with lovely color artwork on every page by artists Sowerby and Emmerson. Beautifully printed by the Dalziel Brothers Brain and Co. and Clay Son and Taylor. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John George Sowerby & Henry Hetherington Emmerson. 4to. Thomas Nelson unknown books
1980ref. 009203New York: Dial Press 1980 19W x 20H inches. Color printed promotional poster featuring the cover artwork for Grimm Bros' Hansel & Gretel illustrated by Susan Jeffers light foxing to both sides 2 marginal rubbed areas light edge wear. . Very Good. Illus. by Susan Jeffers. Item will require additional shipping charges. Dial Press books
1939ref. 008735New York: Holiday House 1939 Paperboard covers stamped in red with cloth spine red stain to top corner of rear board of Tom Thumb else fine. The books are housed in their original star-spangled slipcase which has a few damp stains and edge wear. A dear set of two small books Thumbelina & History of Tom Thumb. Each is illustrated by Hilda Scott and hand-colored limited to 1200 copies designed by Helen Gentry. See Bader pgs 213-14. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Hilda Scott. Square 32mo. Holiday House hardcover books
1964ref. 007833Cleveland and New York: World Publishing 1964 113 pgs. Pictorial cloth hardcover bookseller sticker on endpaper else fine; dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears and light wear original price clipped. The story of three brothers who live in a lush valley that turns to desert and how the magical King of the Golden River becomes involved with the brothers. Wonderful color and b&w artwork by Fritz Kredel. . 10th Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Fritz Kredel. 8vo. World Publishing hardcover books
1986ref. 006048New York: Knopf 1986 Pictorial boards remainder mark else fine; matching dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated edition of the fairy tale. In slip case with original cassette tape of the tale as read by Cher. Tape not tested. First Thus. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Robert Van Nutt. Oblong 4to. Knopf hardcover books
1950ref. 000576New York: Limited Editions Club 1950 41 pgs. #1283/1500. Signed By Edmund Dulac. Maroon cloth with inlaid brass cockerel lt. oxidization prev. owner's name lt. fox near gutter of front ep Maroon chemise with stamped cockerel design sp. faded. Maroon slipcase with fading at edges and wear to bottom flap. Illustrated and decorated by Dulac his first work for the Limited Edition Club. First Limited Edition. Very Good. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1988ref. 003806Boston: Little Brown and Company 1988 Orange boards with color pastedown; color illustrated dust jacket with a slightly darkened spine. A selection of rhymes from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature at Oxford. Illustrated by some of the most well-known artists of children's books such as Sendak Helen Oxenbury Michael Foreman etc. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Square 8vo. Little Brown and Company hardcover books
1826ref. 70805Treviso: dalla tipografia Andreola Ed 1826. 8vo pp. 40; Columbia only in OCLC; bound with: Saggio sopra le influenze lunari Trevisio 1826 pp. 22; Columbia and the Smithsonian in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sopra l'antico commercio de' Veneziana con due appendici una sullo stato antico delle arti presso di essi e l'altra sull'antica loro marina militare Venezia 1803 pp. 363 3; not found in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sopra le vicende annuali atmosferiche di Venezia Venezia 1828 pp. 106; not found in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sulle cause che possono aver fatto ritrovarte nel secolo xiv Venezia 1820 pp. 232; BL only in OCLC; bound with: Memoria sopra il corpo di S. Marco Venezia 1813 pp. 2 5-68 2; Illinois and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in OCLC. Together 6 titles in 2 volumes contemporary quarter maroon calf gilt decorated spines; lightly rubbed occasional spotting of the text but overall a very good sound set. Being able to count on large incomes from his family Filiasi 1750-1829 devoted himself totally to study taking an interest in the most disparate topics from botany to physics from hydraulics to archaeology passing through astronomy and meteorology. However it was history that made him famous: his main work is Memorie storiche dei Veneti primi e secondi concerning in fact the history of Veneto and in particular of the Venetian Lagoon. He was an elector of the College of the Learned blacksmith of San Marco director of the Venetian Gymnasiums; he also boasted the title of Knight of the Imperial Order of Leopold. See the Italian Wiki. dalla tipografia Andreola Ed unknown books
1734ref. 53392London: printed for J. Martin and sold at Lycurgus's Head in Warwick-Court Holborn 1734. First edition 8vo pp. 57 1; later wrappers; near fine. A translation of Radicati's Récit fidèle et comique de la religion des cannibales modernes. ESTC locates 12 copies only 2 both at the BL in the UK and the rest in North America including 2 at Harvard Huntington NYPL Newberry Princeton UCLC Illinois Minnesota and North Carolina. printed for J. Martin, and sold at Lycurgus's Head in Warwick-Court, Holborn unknown books
2008ref. 7281Belluno Venezia: Colophonarte 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Four poems by Giuseppe Conte Antonio de Villena Sebastiano Grasso Titos Patrikios and four works by Mimmo Paladino linoleumgraph Eduardo Arroyo serigraph Nicola De Maria etching Medhat Shafik etching numbered and signed by the Artist. Text set by Rodolfo Campi on Garamond c14 printed on Amatruda pure cotton 200g by Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione. Binding by Sandro Francescon. Proposte d'arte Colophon Colophonarte has emerged as a major force publishing new artist's books-in lavish limited editions-illustrated by noted European artists. The goal being to bring create living testimony to contemporary artististic-literary culture. The editor/publisher Egidio Fiorin-animated by an equal passion for literature and visual art-explained his intentions thus: ". the book has been and is still now one of the fundamental pillars of advanced societies. But the book can be something more: it can be a work of art . an object which in its paper the composition of its text its printing the involvement of literary figures artists and artisans of quality represents an exaltation of human activity of human capacity for reflection sublimation and synthesis". Tight bright and unmarred. Blue suede leather boards pale blue paper onlay black ink lettering laid in plates. fo. np. 32pp. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 38 of 90. Colophonarte hardcover books
1973ref. 011569New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux 1973 Blue cloth with a whisper of sunning to edges; color pictorial dust jacket with mild wear to extremities 1/4" tear to rear panel price-clipped award seal present. Re-telling of an old Cornish play that was performed at Christmas time. Brilliantly pictured by Zemach in color throughout. Caldecott Medal. This copy signed by Margot Zemach on the half-title page. Second Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Margot Zemach. 4to. Farrar Strauss Giroux hardcover books
1975ref. 011555New York: Alfred A Knopf 1975 73 pgs. Hard cover with cloth spine sunning to board edges else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with a few edge tears and creasing light rubbing original price intact $4.95. Celebrated author and writing teacher John Gardner's first book for a juvenile audience; four fairy tales the title story plus The Tailor and the Giant The Miller's Mule and The Last Piece of Light. Illustrated in b&w by Charles Shields. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Charles Shields. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
ref. 71149Paris: Adrien Maeght Editeur printed on the presses of Ateliers Arte Paris 1982. Multi-lingual editions the key to La Fable du Hasard is only in French. Very Good. Six accordion-folding artist's books composed of cloth boards with color paper cover label and folding color lithographic interior each in the publisher's lucite slipcase with blemishes to the spines of five of the volumes at the center. Top and bottom panels sit slightly off-center. All housed in the illustrated paper covered slipcase 16.5 cm x 18 cm with moderate wear and a bit of abrasion to the bottom edge. The books have been well preserved in their slipcases lending them a fresh and bright appearance. Each book has a legend in multiple languages which occasionally vary. The languages include but are not strictly limited to the following: French English German and Spanish. La Fable du Hasard is in illustrated paper over boards. Le Petit Poucet Tom Thumb 1979; Blanche Neige Snow White 1974; Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Little Red Riding Hood 1965; La Fable du Hasard The Fable of Hazard 1968; La Belle au Bois dormant Sleeping Beauty 1982; Cendrillon Cinderella 1976. Swiss-born Warja Lavater moved to New York City in 1958 where she began designing scientific illustrations for Dell Publishing Visual series. It was at this time that Honegger-Lavater came under the influence of American street advertising and began using pictograms as graphic representations of linguistic elements in her works. Her books often contain a legend listing the meanings of the various symbols. They then proceed chronologically with the book unfolding and the story being told entirely by using the symbols and no words. Bright and colorful visual symbolic reinterpretations of these classic fairy tales by the noted Swiss artist. Adrien Maeght Editeur [printed on the presses of Ateliers Arte Paris] unknown books
1905ref. 011515New York London Paris Berlin Montreal: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1905 Color printed card covers with wear creasing and soil gift inscription marginal stain to top corner throughout. A selection of familiar nursery rhymes illustrated with 4 color plates plus color cover artwork not repeated with in other pages illustrated in red & black. The artwork features humanized animals. . Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Edith M Hastings. 4to. Raphael Tuck & Sons paperback books
1911ref. 011154London: Macmillan 1911 Red cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt bright spine slightly sunned front and rear pasted down endpapers with adhesive residue else clean and bright internally. A selection of folk tales collected primarily from Italy and Greece in the 17th Century. Illustrated here with 32 beautiful color plates by Warwick Goble. Uncommon in such lovely condition. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 4to. Macmillan hardcover books
