The Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Book
by Anderson, Anne (ill.)
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, nd. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Anderson, Anne. 4to, full brown pictorial cloth printed in black, pink, yellow and green. Lavishly illustrated by Anderson with rhymes printed in set type and hand lettering. A lovely bright copy in uncommon dust jacket with crease to front panel and light wear to edges.
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The New Wizard of Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1914. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Denslow, W.W.. 1st printing of the second edition using the amended title. Binding A cover variant, blue-green cloth, curly ampersand on spine logo. Variant A of the copyright notice. (Bienvenue: The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz). 16 full-color inserts including title page, green and orange illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's names on second blank page, one in pencil, one in ink, otherwise an exceptionally nice copy... Read More
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Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride (inscribed)
by Bricusse, Leslie
London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 1st ed. Hardcover. Le Cain, Errol. 1st ptg., folio picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated in lavish color by Errol Le Cain. Inscribed by Bricusse on the front free endpaper: "Dear Rick, The first of many, I hope! Love, Leslie". Fine in fine, unclipped dj, a beautiful copy. Inscribed by the author.
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The Lonesomest Doll
by Brown, Abbie Farwell
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Rackham, Arthur. 8vo full tan cloth printed in pink and black, illustrated by Arthur Rackham and only issued in the U.S. Frontis, title and one other full page illustration printed in red and turquoise, plentiful line drawings throughout. Unobtrusively rebacked, slight chipping to bottom fore edge of a few pages, illegible red ink mark to front board, tape repair to bottom of page 6. Still a very nice copy of a... Read More
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Parable of the Talents (signed)
by Butler, Octavia
New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, black paper-covered boards, a sequel to the 1993 Nebula Award finalist "Parable of the Sower" and itself the Nebula Award winner for 1999. Signed and dated (11-13-98) by Butler on the title page. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Appears unread. Signed and dated by the author.
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Franklin Booth
by Calkins, Ernest Elmo
New York: Robert Frank Publisher, 1925. 1st ed. Hardcover. Booth, Franklin. 1st ed in uncommon jacket. Large 4to, striking full blue cloth with chaste gilt titling to cover and spine. Appreciation by Ernest Elmo Calkins and an introduction by Meredith Nicholson. Sixty full-page reproductions of elaborately detailed pen and ink drawings by Indiana-born Booth (1874-1948). The first collection of his work and quite a handsome production. While well known now for his dramatic color illustrations for the poetic fantasy,... Read More
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Murder in Mesopotamia
by Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1936. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo full aqua cloth. Hercule Poirot on an archeological dig. Tanning to endpapers, some odd tanned stripes to preliminary pages and spine lightly sunned else a nice bright copy, lacking the dj.
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The Chimes
by Dickens, Charles
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Hardcover. Fine. Thomson, Hugh. 8vo, full blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt with 7 tipped in color plates by Hugh Thomson, 1/2" tear to top of spine, modest darkening to spine, former owner touched up tips and spine top and bottom with color. Offsetting to facing page like a border, opposite each color plate, due to the acidic paper the plates are mounted on. Common to all copies we've seen. Still, a lovely... Read More
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A Fairy Garland, Being Fairy Tales from the Old French
by Dulac, Edmund (ill.)
New York: Scribners, 1929. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dulac, Edmund. 1st ptg., 4to, full blue cloth, gilt spine titling and blind-stamped rule bordering front board. Illustrated with 12 full color plates printed on the same laid cream cloth as the text, which works well to give the illustrations a softer, warmer feeling that if they were done on glossy paper. 1/2" circular beverage stain (?) to front board, small scuffed mark of label removal to top... Read More
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La Princesse Badourah (signed)
by (Dulac, Edmund ill.)
Paris: H. Piazza, 1914. Limited edition. Original Wraps. Dulac, Edmund. #253/500. Signed by illustrator Edmund Dulac on limitation page. Original wraps in the French style, ready for custom binding. The French edition includes additional designs not found in the English language editions including 9 vignettes of a small tree in an urn preceding each chapter; decorated initials at the start of each chapter; 7 tail-pieces of a dragon and swan etc. Fine.
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Animal Stories (signed limited)
by Duplaix, Georges
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Rojankovsky, Feodor. 1st ptg. 4to, full gray-green cloth with color pictorial insert to front cover. 46 original stories with full color illustrations on every page by Feodor Rojankovsky. Signed by both Duplaix and Rojankovsky on bookplate affixed to verso of ffep, #49 of 300 copies. At some point someone paper-clipped an original Rojankovsky ink drawing (now laid in) to the front free endpaper, leaving an indentation on the... Read More
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To Every Thing There Is a Season (signed limited)
by Ecclesiastes
New York: Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1998. 1st ed. Hardcover. Dillon, Leo and Diane. #91 of 150 specially bound copies, signed by the Dillons on the limitation page. 1st ptg., square 4to picture book, cloth-backed boards, illustrated in color throughout by Leo and Diane Dillon. Enclosed in full cream cloth slipcase with gilt titling and color cover plate. The trade dust jacket has been replaced by the slipcase. As new. signed by Leo & Diane Dillon.
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Breakfast in Perigord
by Flint, Sir William Russell
London: Privately printed, 1968. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine. Flint, Sir William Russell. #310 525 copies signed and numbered by Flint. Tall 4to, Navy blue quarter morocco over bright white canvas stamped with black silhouette, gilt spine titling. "Essays on Various Occasions and in Diverse Moods with favourite quotations Decorated and Enlivened with 60 illustrations & Devices. Written and Contrived by Sir Wm. Russell Flint, R.A. Privately printed for him by Charles Skilton, London, 1968." A lovely production. The... Read More
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Bee - The Princess of the Dwarfs
by France, Anatole
London: Dent, 1912. Hardcover. Fine. Robinson, Charles. Large 8vo, full ivory cloth stamped in pictorial gilt, illustrated with 17 mounted full page color plates with captioned tissue guards and mounted color chapter head art by Charles Robinson. Top edge gilt. Mild toning to pictorial endpapers else a lovely bright copy with tiny bumps to tips, no previous ownership markings. Each plate is mounted with a gold border. Amongst an abundance of beautifully illustrated books of Robinson's, this... Read More
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Fleur de Neige
by Grimm
Paris: H. Piazza, 1929. Limited edition. Softcover. Fine. Nielsen, Kay. #434 of the 2000 copies, issued in illustrated wraps ready for custom binding in the French style. Twelve full color, tipped-in plates by Kay Nielsen, with gold ruling around each, and a captioned tissue guard. Nielsen also provides a wonderful title page drawing, chapter heads and initial caps, all in black and gray or black and white. The cover is printed in dark green inks with gold title.... Read More
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One Hundred and Eleven Poems
by Herrick, Robert
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. Limited edition. Hardcover. Flint. Sir W. Russell. #108 of 550 copies, the regular edition bound in blue paper with parchment spine and a gilt cockerel and monogram to front pabel. Poems selected, arranged and illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint with color frontis and title page art and sepia tint pictures scattered throughout. A fine bright copy in blue cloth-covered slipcase with a bit of color touch to box edges.
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Cycle of the Werewolf (inscribed)
by King, Stephen
Westland: Land of Enchantment, 1983. 1st ed. Hardcover. Wightson, Bernie. 1st ptg., the trade edition, 4to full brown leatherette stamped in gilt. Illustrated in line throughout by Berni Wrightson. Inscribed by Wrightson to a previous owner, with a promotional poster for the book laid in. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist.
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Swordsmen & Saurians (limited); From the Mesozoic to Barsoom
by Krenkel, Roy
Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1989. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Krenkel, Roy. Full cream cloth with color cover plate. One of the first 175 copies of the first edition, each of which includes an original sketch by Krenkel, drawn in blue ink and tipped into the limitation page. It is embossed with his monogram, this being #72. Every one of these books contains a different drawing, selected from his collection of work done for studies or simply for himself.... Read More
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Moko and Koko in the Jungle
by Kubasta, V.
London: Bancroft, n.d.. Edition not noted. cards. Fine. Kubasta, V.. One of Kubasta's panascopic Model Books, this one marked 104 Foreign on the front board. 4to stiff cards, a delightful fold-out pop-up with 8-page story stapled inside opposite the fold out pop-up itself. All parts in full working order with the swinging monkey and both cutouts of the children. A fine bright copy with a hint of wear to bottom corners.
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Theocritus, Bion & Moschus
by (Lang, Andrew) trans
London: Medici Society, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. Flint, W. Russell. #77 of 500 regular editions, cloth-backed boards 2 vol. with bound in ribbon bookmarks, top edge gilt. Illustrated with richly colored plates by W. Russell Flint, 15 plates in volume I, Theocritus, and 5 plates in the smaller volume II, The Idylls of Bion and Moschus. Offsetting from dj flaps to the endpapers, light wear to board edges else fine in fine, slightly toned djs.
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Frog Went a-Courtin'
by Langstaff, John
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1955. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rojankovsky, Feodor. Stated 1st edition, 4to picture book, full blue cloth with black frog to front cover, illustrated in alternating spreads of 2 and 4 color by Feodor Rojankovsky. The 1956 Caldecott Medal winner. Ink names opposite title page, else fine in unclipped dj with tape reinforcement to chipped head and foot of spine and a sticker declaring it the New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival... Read More
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Animals of the Bible (signed)
by Lathrop, Dorothy (ill.)
New York: Stokes, 1937. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Lathrop, Dorothy. Second state with the artist's name correctly spelled on the spine of both book and jacket, 4to, full blue-green cloth stamped in bright gilt. Text selected by Helen Dean Fish. Winner of the first Caldecott award. Signed by Lathrop on the verso of the front free endpaper, neat owner's name and date (1939) printed in green ink on decorated front free endpaper. Light toning throughout to margins, else... Read More
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The Great Migration - An American Story (signed limited)
by Lawrence, Jacob and Myers, Walter Dean
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. Lawrence, Jacob. #98 of 100 copies specially bound and signed by Lawrence. Oblong 4to, full blue cloth stamped in gilt in matching slipcase with color cover plate of one of the 60 panels depicting the great Black migration from the agricultural south to the industrial northern cities. Text by Walter Dean Myers accompanies each painting. A fine bright copy of a scarce book with a hint of wear... Read More
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Wood Engraving
by Moser, Barry
Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Moser, Barry. Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal, 1979. Limited edition. Copy Y, lettered and signed by Moser on colophon. Includes three full page plates of earlier work and 6 partial page engraving. Printed in letterpress by Harold McGgrath, engravings reproduced from the original blocks. Apparently issued without dj, one of 70 copies bound by Gray Parrot in taupe paper with red and black printed spine label, the lettered copies... Read More
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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (signed, limited)
by Ransome, Arthur
London: Nisbet & Co, 1919. Limited edition. Hardcover. MacKenzie, Thomas. #168 of 250 copies signed by the artist. Folio, full cream cloth, silhouette border designs and titles all in full gilt. Twelve tipped-in full color plates (beautifully printed) by Thomas MacKenzie. Captioned tissue guards plus line drawings and page decorations in black throughout. Top edge gilt. Spine quite darkened and a bit worn. Cloth edges modestly sunned while cover gilt remains bright. Back cover moderately soiled. Light rippling... Read More
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