New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. With illustrations and decorations by Ernest Shepard. x, 170 pages. 12mo, gilt-lettered pale green cloth with beautiful black-stamped pictorial covers, printed gold foil d.w. (lightly rubbed and creased on flaps). New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. Early American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Exeter: Webb and Bower, 1982. Printed endpapers. Illustrated in color and black and white. 224 pages, small 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. Exeter: Webb and Bower, 1982. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
London: Routledge, 1885. 60 pages of charming color illustrations by Kate Greenaway, printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Short slim 4to, original olive green pictorial boards with burgundy cloth spine; all edges red. London & New York: George Routledge, (no date, circa 1885). Second printing of the first edition -- determined by dark endpapers and reddish cloth spine. Boards are just a bit worn at corners, still a very good copy with minimal foxing on several preliminary pages. More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Illustrated (color). Slim 4to. White cloth pictorial covers, edge-worn and slightly stained dust wrapper. New York: Atheneum, (1969). A near fine copy in a very good(-) wrapper. More
London: Constable, 1909. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and numerous additional b/w drawings. 325pp., thick short 4to, elegantly bound by Sangorsky & Sutcliffe in full crimson crushed morocco; gilt- decorated spine with raised bands; marbled end papers, uncut edges, t.e.g. London: Constable & Company, 1909. Fine. A gorgeous copy of this deluxe limited edition. Number 186 of 750 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page..... More
New York: Basic Books, 1982. x + 358pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (1982). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1930. Illustrated in both color and black & white, filled with nursery rhymes and songs. 8vo, decorative cloth; a couple of pages with small tears, hinges weak, spine ends and corners worn. New York: Coward-McCann, (1930). A very good (-) copy. More
Tokyo: Meiji-Shobo, 1933. Title page in English; 1 page of text in Japanese. 24 beautifully printed color plates, mounted on embossed sheets and protected with tissue. Loose as issued in a green cloth folio with paper label (corners quite worn, but still solid). Tokyo: Meiji-Shobo, [1933]. Some tissues are wrinkled, one plate somewhat damaged at corner, still a very good copy of this scarce publication. OCLC lists only 6 copies at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Union, and New..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones, 1919. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative boards; spine ends chipped. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1919. A very good copy Facsimile of the the 1865 edition. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. More
London: Morgan & Scott, 1912. 5 full color plates. 190pp., 8vo, decorative red cloth with color plate laid down on front cover; some minor browning of text, endpapers and title page foxed, cloth rubbed. London: Morgan & Scott, (1912). A very good copy. More
London: Dennis Dobson, 1971. Illustrated by Stanley Lewis. 120pp., slim 4to, tan cloth, d.w. (one short closed tear). London: Dennis Dobson, ((1971). First Edition. Fine. The history of perambulators, feeding bottles, rattles, etc., in drawings and text. More
Buffalo: Hayes Lithographing Co., 1909. Written entirely in verse and illustrated with 6 amusing chromolithographs and 10 b/w images. Slim 12mo, color pictorial boards (minor scuffing along backstrip and light wear at ends). Buffalo, New York: Hayes Lithographing Co., (no date, circa 1909). Gift presentation on half title, dated 1909, else clean and in very good(+) condition. Scarce. "Childland Edition." A charming version of this classic children's tale. More
New York: McDowell. Adapted from the Swedish by Nancy and Edward Maze. Vividly illustrated in color. Tall, thin 8vo, printed boards; some minor wear at spine ends and corners. New York: McDwell/Obolensky, n.d. First edition. A very good (+) copy. More
4to, cloth; (cloth sunned). New York: American Orthopsychiatric Assoc., 1944. More
thin 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. New York, (1966). Unhealthy conditions of a Harlem school and the principal's drive to remove them. More
Edinburgh: Hodder & Stoughton. Illustrated with 10 mounted color plates by Edmund Dulac, protected with lettered tissue. [6], 113 pages. Short, thick 4to, original white cloth with ornate green & gilt-stamped pictorial cover and spine. In the original pictorial box - though the box is broken it has preserved the book in fine condition. Edinburgh: Hodder and Stoughton, no date, ca.1913. First trade edition. A fine attractive copy. More
1968. 9 pages. Slim 4to pamphlet with neon pink wrappers printed in black. (Bow, Devonshire, 1968). Limited Edition. These poems were written for the 1968 Harvest Festival at Little Missenden. Number 150 of 150 copies, signed by Hughes and dated 13 Feb. 69. The wrappers are very lightly dust soiled, and one corner is bent, More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Many Illus., some in color. 4to, black cloth, d.w. lightly sunned on spine portion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Very good. More
L. T. Myers, 1915. Illustrated with colored plates and full page halftone reproductions from the paintings of William Hole as well as other artists. Also includes maps and photographs of the Holy Land. 550 pages. 8vo, pictorial orange boards. L. T. Myers: (1915). A very good(+) copy. "A complete life of Christ written in simple language based on the gospel narrative." Also includes a study guide with questions and answers based on the text. More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1865. Frontis. plus two engravings. 192pp., 16mo, blue cloth, decorative spine; corners bumped, head of spine chipped, ownership inscription front free endpaper. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1865. A very good copy. Scarce. The Mary Gay Series. III: Work for Summer. More
New York: Classics of Medicine, 1993. 301 pages. 12mo, black boards. (New York): Classics of Medicine, (1993). Special edition, privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library. Page edges lightly foxed, else a near fine copy, with bookplate. More
New York: Stokes, 1892. 78 illustrations by Culmer Barnes. 210pp., 8vo, green decorative cloth; corners and spine ends bumped, cloth rubbed, early ink inscription front free endpaper, inside front hinge mended. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1892. A very good copy. More
New York: Harper, 1905. Illustrated throughout with many single-sided plates by Cory, printed on coated paper. 119pp. Short 4to, original pale blue pictorial cloth (neat contemporary ink inscription on front endpaper). New York. & London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First Edition. A near fine copy of this charming childrens book. More
New York: Galahad Books, 1968. Instructional illustrations throughout. 183pp. 4to, red boards, slightly edge worn d.w. New York: Galahad Books, (1968). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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