New York: Hodder & Stoughton, ca. 1911. First US edition. Hardcover. Large thin 4to. Original cloth spine, paper over boards with illustrated paste-on of Merry and Bright, the two dogs who are the subject of this book. Twenty-four full page, color illustrations on stiff paper of the doings of Merry..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Unpaginated (36pp.). Orange cloth spine, glossy illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers and, indeed, illustrated throughout in full color. A fine copy with only a trace of wear along the bottom..... More
Tacámbaro, Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2014. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Vellum spine blocked in a decoration by the artist, vellum corners, raw silk cloth boards, title label printed in red and black on the upper board. Black and dark green end papers. Finely printed letterpress..... More
Joliet: P. F. Volland Company, c. 1927. Marie Honrè Myers. First US edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. 93pp. Illustrated in color throughout by Marie Honrè Myers. Black cloth spine, pictorial paper boards, illustrated endpapers. One of the Volland "Nature Children Books". A fine, bright copy. Housed in its original box, and..... More
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Dark green cloth with the English title on the spine and upper board in gilt, and with a design in blind on the upper board. And with the title and design on the lower board in Hebrew, A fine copy..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1894. Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, Barham. Later edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes. Original dark red cloth; spines gilt and boards embossed in a design of four imps. Illustrated throughout by Leech, Cruikshank, Tenniel and others. Includes a memoir of the author, and contains all of the pieces..... More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1929). Fern Bisel Peat. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. 64pp. Each page of text encased in a black and white frame illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat. In addition there are four full page illustrations in color. Publisher's black cloth spine, decorated paper..... More
Akron and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1929). Fern Bisel Peat. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. 64pp. Each page of text encased in a black and white frame illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat. In addition there are four full page illustrations in color. Publisher's black cloth spine, decorated paper..... More
Utrecht: W. De Haan, (1903?). Rie Cramer. Hardcover. Square 8vo. 69pp. Illustrated with text and full page drawings and with six tipped-in color plates by Rie Cramer. Forward by Henri Borel. Introduction by F. W. Bain. "The Heifer of the Dawn" is the second story from the series Het Karnen..... More
Springfield, MAss. The Wayside Press, 1896-1897. First edition. Hardcover. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall, thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II (all published but for a fragmentary No..... More
Stuttgart: Ferdinand Carl, n.d. (1903). Illustrated by Elsa Beskow. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Cloth spine, pictorial upper board, paper over rear board, illustrated endpapers. Printed in full color on every page, rectos only. A fine, bright copy with only a trace of edgewear. IN the scarce dustwrapper, which is..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 239,(3)pp. Turquoise cloth printed in deep turquoise and red. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy . The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it has a trace of roughness on the upper edge and two tiny closed marginal..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1961). Marcia Brown. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated (32pp.) Green cloth. Spine titles in dark green and red. Red title on upper board along with a vignette of plants and small animals. Illustrated endpapers. Printed throughout in color with illustrations cut in wood..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Garth WIlliams. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo., approximately 2.5 by 4 inches, not including the fur; the box is about 3½ by 5 inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1968. Garth WIlliams. Hardcover. 16mo. Slightly smaller than the first edition at 2¼ by 3¼ (without the fur) in a box about 3¼ by 4½ inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1968. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 85,(3)pp. Cream-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Dark green end papers. Authored by Martin H. Bush but with an essay and commentary by Ben Shahn. Illustrated, One of 200 signed copies, of which this..... More
n.p. (Portland, OR): The Chamberlain Press, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Unpaginated [22] pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine with dark brown spine titles, gray endpapers, rough cut fore-edge. The type is handset Goudy Bold and the paper is Hosho. Sarah Chamberlain designed and printed the book and..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: United States Indian Service, Harkell Institute, 1951. Hoke Denetsosie. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 149pp. Brick-colored cloth with the title printed in black on the spine and the title and a vignette in black on the upper board. The one volume edition of Clark's popular books containing: Little Herder..... More
Kent: Ebenezer Press, 1969. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio, approximately 21 by 14¼ inches. English yew boards by George Coulter, Ltd., natural hide spine, gilt block lettering by Ted Robbins of the Royal College of Art Bookbinding. Sixteen loose folios of text and illustrations, each signed or initialed by the..... More
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, (1917). Illustrated by Dorothy Dulin. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 32pp. Green cloth blocked in yellow and black with the title and, on the upper board, an illustration of the tailor by Dulin. Light wear to the edges, crease on the rear board, some fingering soil, a...... More
Rhododendron, OR: Pressed Duck, (1977). Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Thin oblong 4to. Unpaginated (12pp.) Stiff card covers with a black and blue jay pasteon to the upper cover. Charmig artist book about a jay, each page illustrated with airbrush prints, and in colors that start of a pale blue..... More
London: Tilt, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Twenty-four subjects on a folding sheet enclosed by printed paper boards with the title design and date (1836) on the upper board and a portrait of Tilt with '1836' on the wall behind him, on the lower board. With contemporary handcolored plates. Cohn, p...... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth spine printed with the title; pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. The second state with four pages of illustrations following the dedication page before the Humpty Dumpty rhymed poem and drawings. Wear and rubbing..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. Illustrated by Alan Lee. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. [167]pp. Grey cloth with the titles printed in deep red on the spine and with an illustration on the upper board in dark green of Merlin dreaming. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Alan Lee in black..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1940). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin 4to. (38)pp. Pictorial paper over boards, bright yellow cloth spine, decorated endpapers. Each page illustrated in either black & white or color with scenes from the Fantasia production. A superb copy, fine and bright, with only the barest..... More
