1929réf. 007595New York: Longman's Green and Co 1929 Translated by Clara V. Winlow. Illustrated boards with red cloth spine edge and corner wear pages age-toned. A rare and stunning children's book featuring humanized mice and frogs printed on thick paper with vibrant and rich colors. "Spread happiness with your playing everywhere and some will also come your way and bread to eat as well." See Five Years of Children's Books by Bertha Mahoney pg 76. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Folio. Longman's Green and Co hardcover books
1919réf. 007478New York: Frederick A Stokes 1919 Red cloth pictorially stamped in black titled in gilt with die-cut color pastedown to front cover light wear to extremities frontis tissue creased else nice internally; the dust jacket is missing large pieces with old repairs on verso heavily worn. A beautifully illustrated Mother Goose with 24 color plates plus full and partial page line art. A beautiful copy rare with the dust jacket. First Edition. Very Good/Good Minus. Illus. by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. Thick 4to. Frederick A Stokes hardcover books
1913réf. 010418London: Hodder and Stoughton 1913 113 pgs. White cloth decoratively stamped in teal and gilt light wear to top of spine 3 tiny marks to lower cover else a bright beautiful copy. Tipped in color frontis & 9 other very beautiful tipped in color plates with captioned guards. Dulac most celebrated for his "Arabian Nights" illustrations continues his heavily mid-east influenced style in this fabulous volume. Hughey 31a. First Trade. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Thick 4to. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1865réf. 011440Philadelphia: Davis Porter & Co 1865 7.5 x 5.75 inches. 96 pgs. Illustrated covers with cloth spine small losses to paper corners worn occasional mark internally but clean text and images overall. Originally published individually as part of the Nursery Fairy Books Series in 1848 by Saxton & Kelt of Boston. The fairy tales are illustrated with lovely little engravings throughout the text plus full page frontis for each title. Interestingly two endings are given for Little Red Riding Hood the gruesome and the tame. Rare with only a handful of copies of this combined edition or the individual editions in institutions. Due to a pagination error it appears that two pages are missing but it is complete. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 12mo. Davis, Porter & Co hardcover books
1928réf. 011137London: Cassell & Company 1928 251 pgs. TEG. Blue cloth with parchment spine titled and ruled in gilt some fraying and soil to cloth occasional light foxing but clean overall. 12 wonderful color illustrations by Dulac in the style he adopted later in his career. Tales by Charles Perrault Mme. D'Aulnoy Ct. Anthony Hamilton. Copy #389 / 1000 signed by Edmund Dulac. . Signed by Illustrator. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. 8vo. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1911réf. 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
2003réf. 10522NY: Knopf 2003. First trade edition first prnt. 1st issue dustjacket. Preceded by a self-published paperback edition. Signed and dated "'03" by Paolini on the title page. A 4 x 6 inch color digital photograph of Paolini at the booksigning laid in. One dustjacket corner just touched not immediately apparent; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Volume 1 in Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. Paolini's first novel. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1923réf. 008095New York: Knopf 1923 1923. TEG. 170 pgs. Blue green cloth with gilt titling and pictorial design. Gorgeous tissue guarded color frontis many beautiful b&w illustrations throughout including chapter heads in text and full page. The original box is included though in poor condition but rarely ever present. Also included with the book is a note from the previous owner whose family was close with De La Mare. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Illus. by Dorothy P. Lathrop. 8vo. Knopf hardcover books
1920réf. 008871London: William Heinemann 1920 110 pgs. Pictorial paper-covered boards backed in pink cloth light shelf wear foxing to edge of text block and marginally to text pages bottom corner slightly bumped; pictorial dust jacket sunned overalll moreso to spine minor wear. One of Rackham's loveliest creations illustrated with a tipped-in color frontis numerous 2 & 3 color silhouettes as well as full page silhouetted drawings. Rare in dustwrapper. . First Trade Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to. William Heinemann hardcover books
1928réf. 007607Springfield MA: Milton Bradley 1928 Black cloth with a faux-leather pattern pictorially stamped and titled in yellow ink rubbing to extremities top corner slightly bumped previous owner's name and bookplate. 12 fantasy stories illustrated with 6 color plates by Tenggren and 14 b&w plates by Carl Wehde. Rare Tenggren title. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gustaf Tenggren & Carl Emil Wehde. 4to. Milton Bradley hardcover books
1930réf. 011104New York: Coward McCann 1930 Orange cloth pictorially stamped in blue a few minuscule nicks from board edges previous owner's name else Fine and clean; color pictorial dust jacket with some darkening and tiny losses original price intact $3.50. An early printing bound in orange instead of blue but retaining the original design originally issued at $2.50. One of the Hader's most desirable titles. Their Picture Book of Mother Goose is illustrated on every page either in b&w or full color and printed on thick stock. First and early printings of this title are notoriously difficult to find in nice condition and almost never with a dust jacket and /or signed!. Signed by Illustrators. Early Edition. Pictorial Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Berta and Elmer Hader. Large Square 8vo. Coward McCann hardcover books
1847réf. 011072Leipzig: Chez Baumgaertner 1847 1847 per institutional copies Gumuchian dates it at 1835. 6.5 x 4 inches 16.5 x 10 cm. 16 pgs. Yellow paper over boards titled in black ink some cover soil occasional light foxing offsetting opposite artwork. One in a series of books meant to teach young Germans how to read French. An abbreviated version of Perrault's tale in French with explanations of French idioms in German. Illustrated with brightly colored engravings. Some of the scenes depicted are quite violent and gruesome. Rare. Gumuchian 4454. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong 16mo. Chez Baumgaertner hardcover books
1899réf. 2221708ORIGINAL 14 PARTS First edition in the original 14 parts. 11" x 8 1/2" circa 400 b/w illustrations by Lemercier and Helen Stratton who gets sole credit on the title page. Original stitched green pictorial wrappers. Part 14 with half title title page contents and list of illustrations 320 pages. No dust jacket. Very good minor rubbing; signs of handling and some light foxing. Scarce. Printed by Butler & Tanner The Selwood Printing Works. Some illustrations in first two parts are signed "Lemercier" in the plate. George Newnes paperback books
1904réf. 010920Boston: Old Corner Book Store 1904 464 pgs. Beige cloth pictorially stamped in color on all panels mild surface rubbing light shelf wear overall a lovely clean copy. Originally published in this format in 1900 but this edition replaces the pictorial endpapers with plain all else is identical. Illustrated with a color frontis & title page the balance in b&w as full- and partial-page plus chapter heads and decorations. All iterations of Rackham's Grimm fairy tales are elusive. This one is made even more special by an autograph letter signed by Rackham addressed to Canadian author Howard Angus Kennedy declining an invite to a party held by the Candian Author's Association. Reprint. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Thick 8vo. Old Corner Book Store hardcover books
1925réf. 010664New York: George H Doran 1925 310 pgs. Red cloth with pictorial pastedown in metallic gold black & red a few spots to edge of text block else a fine copy housed in the original pictorial box which is worn and soiled with a couple of breaks but complete. A gorgeous copy of Kay Nielsen's magnificent illustrated edition of Grimm's fairy tales featuring 12 tipped-in color plates and 10 full page b&w plates and decorative initials. This was the last of Nielsen's lavish gift books and no British trade edition was issued. . First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Kay Nielsen. Large Thick 4to. George H Doran hardcover books
