Childbed Fever: A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1994. 127 pages. Slim 8vo, charcoal cloth. Westport: Greenwood Press, (1994). First edition. A very good(+) copy with minor foxing to top outer edge. More
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From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. With a few b/w illustrations. xii, 292pp. 8vo, red boards, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Voice of the Wood
New York: Dial Books, 1989. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated, (small remainder mark at bottom page edge, neat previous owner's inscription on title page) very slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards, dust wrapper (slight bumping to edges). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins: Containing Twenty Five Letters not Previously Published, and Nineteen of His Photographs.
New York: Argosy Bookstore, 1980. 48 pages. Slim 4to, linen backed flowered board with paper spine labels. New York: Argosy Book Store, 1980. Limited Edition - one of 750 numbered copies. A fine copy, as new. Without dust wrapper, as published. Alexandra (Xie) Kitchin was one of Dodgson's favorite models, and the photographs in this book are among his finest. More
Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins: Containing Twenty Five Letters not Previously Published, and Nineteen of His Photographs.
New York: Argosy Bookstore, 1980. 48 pages. Slim 4to, leather backed blue flowered boards with matching board slipcase. New York: Argosy Book Store, 1980. Limited Edition. SCARCE. One of only 19 copies containing an original cabinet sized photograph of Alexandra (Xie) Kitchin (plate 2543) one of Dodgson's favorite models, showing her, nearing adolescence, sitting in a high backed chair. More
Lewis Carroll, Photographer of Children: Four Nude Studies.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1979. 4 Color illus., 31pp., slim 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Clarkson Potter, (1979). First trade edition. Fine. More
Reflections in a Looking Glass: A Centennial Celebration of Lewis Carroll, Photographer
Aperture, 1998. Illustrated with Lewis Carroll's sepia tone photographs, a number of them previously unpublished. 143 pages, red cloth backed pale yellow boards (lower corner bumped), dust wrapper (a bit rubbed and scuffed). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Lewis Carroll and the Kitchins: Containing Twenty Five Letters not Previously Published, and Nineteen of His Photographs.
New York: Argosy Bookstore, 1980. 48 pages. Slim 4to, linen backed flowered board with paper spine labels. New York: Lewis Carroll Society of North America, 1980. Limited Edition A fine copy, as new. Without dust wrapper, as published. Carroll Studies No. 4. Printed for members of the Society. Alexandra (Xie) Kitchin was one of Dodgson's favorite models, and the photographs in this book are among his finest. More
Virtue by Design: Illustrated CHinese Children's Books from the Cotsen Children's Library.
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2000. Illustrated throughout in color. 90pp. Slim 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, (2000). A near fine copy of a scarce book. More
Children of Crisis: Volumes II-V
New York: Little Brown. Lacking first volume. Includes the following titles: Migrants, Sharecroppers, Mountaineers (1971), The South Goes North (1971), Eskimos, Chicanos, Indians (1977), Privileged Ones: The Well-Off and the Rich in America (1977). 8vos, black and brown cloth, d.w. New York: Little Brown, (1971-1977). Near fine copies in very good dust wrappers, edgeworn and sunned. More
Mr. Marionette
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Drawings Albert Rutherston. Color frontis plus three full page color plates. 65pp., green pictorial cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edge worn and heavily soiled, edges of cloth slightly faded. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1925). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Three Little Kittens
London: Nelson, 1857. 8 color lithographs. 2 songs, with music. 24pp., tall, thin 8vo, gilt-decorated red cloth, re-backed with cloth; lacks title page, text heavily foxed, text and covers heavily dampstained. London: Thomas Nelson, (ca. 1857). A poor copy. More
Their First Formal Call
New York: Harper, 1906. Fronits plus 13 illustrations by Peter Newell. 55pp., 12mo, red cloth with mounted title and illustration on front cover; spine faded, library stamp inside front and rear covers, faint dampstain rear cover. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1906. More
A Catalogue of the Cotsen Children's Library
Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000. 2 volumes. Illustrated. xlvi + 656 pages and xxxiii + 818 pages. Thick 4to, gilt-decorated green silk, black spine labels. Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2000, 2003. A fine pair. Volume I: A - L. Volume II: M - Z. More
Patrice, or Painting in its Purest Form.
Paris: Galerie D'Orsay, 1954. Short introduction by Courthion, followed by 19 single-sided color collotype plates, loose as issued in paper folder with mounted pictorial label (spine is repaired with Japanese tissue with title mounted; internally clean). Paris: Edition de la Galerie d'Orsay, (1954). A very good copy of this rather scarce monograph. A very good copy of this uncommon book featuring work by the child artist Patrick, produced between the ages of 4 and 9. Limited edition -- number 529..... More
Jean Gilpin: L'histoire divertissante de la promenade a cheval
New York: Stokes, 1925. French by E. Gutch. Illustrated. Randolph Caldecott. 79pp., illustrated color endpapers, 12mo, cloth, with front cover illustrated; brown spot to lower margin of last 10 pages, corners and spine ends bumped. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1925. A very good copy. More
The Brownies and Prince Florimel; or Brownieland, Fairyland, and Demonland
New York: Century, 1918. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings throughout. 246 pages. 8vo, gray cloth. New York: Century, (1918). First edition. A very good(-) copy--spine darkened, some minor soiling to cloth, light paper damage to fore-edge and several pages. More
By Silence Betrayed; Sexual Abuse of Children in America.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1988). vg. More
Abraham Lincoln
New York: Doubleday, 1943. Illustrated in both black & white and with color lithographs. 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards; some upper margins dented, torn, corners bumped, lightly rubbed, penciling on first two pages. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Comopany, 1943. A very good copy. More
Monte Carlo Or Bust!; Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies
London: Dennis Dobson, 1969. Illustrated (color). Thin oblong 4to., brown cloth, lightly edge-worn wrapper. London: Dennis Dobson, (1969). A very good copy. More
Say Kids! What Time is it?: Notes From the Peanut Gallery
Boston: Little Brown, 1987. 234 pages, 8vo, light blue cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1987). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Backstage history of the Howdy Doody Show. More
Cinderella and the Two Gifts
Asnieres: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1886. Folio. 34 unnumbered sheets, loose as issued in a cloth-backed marbled board chemise folder with ribbon ties. Each page with text and beautifully printed illustrations by de Beaumont, mostly in color. The title page and rear of final page are toned, otherwise a very clean copy of this lovely and unusual production. Asnieres: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1886. First edition thus, certainly a limited edition, but with an unspecified printing. More
The Forest Ring
New York: Doran, 1914. Founded on the play by William C. de Mille and Charles Barnard. Illustrated by Harold Sichel. Frontis. plus 9 color plates. 180pp., 8vo, blue cloth with inlaid illustration on front cover; corners bumped, cloth lightly worn. New York: George H. Doran Company, (1914). A very good copy. More
La Civilite Puerile et Honnete Expliquee par L'Oncle Eugene
Paris: Plon. 47 illustrated pages. oblong 8vo, illustrated cloth; edgeworn, hinges beginning. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, n.d. A very good copy. More