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New York: Dutton, 1927. Decorations by Elizabeth MacKinstry. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Dutton, (1927). First Edition. Near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: Dutton, 1927. Decorations by Elizabeth MacKinstry. 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Dutton, (1927). First Edition. Near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: William Morrow, 1934. Charming color plates, 64pp., slim 12mo, yellow cloth with red type, d.w. New York: William Morrow, 1934. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1924. Verses & Silhouettes by the Author. Small 8vo, orange cloth, (corner bumped; light shelf-wear). New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1924. First Edition. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. Illustrated with 140 halftones and 178 color plates. 4to, red cloth, d.w. (Princeton): Orinceton University Press, (1997). First Edition. Near fine. Owner's inscription on fly-leaf. More
New York: Holt, Rinehardt, 1975. 399pp. Many illustrations mostly in black & white, a few in color. Tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. Color and b/w illustrations by the Author. Thin small 4to, black cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial end papers. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1934, First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1997. Illustrated in black and white by Melanie Reim. small 4to, black leatherette, dust wrapper. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1997. A near fine copy aside for library markings. Overall very good. Ex-lib, with most of library markings removed. The autobiography, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, retold for a younger audience. More
Paris: Bedelet, 1866. Frontispiece, illustrated by Hadamard, tissue guards, 210 pages. Slim 8vo, handsomely bound in 1/2 black morocco, gilt-stamped spine, raised bands, a.e.g. Paris: Amedee Bedelet, n.d. (circa 1866). Light foxing, still near fine. More
Paris: Amedee Bedelet, 1860. Contes Historiques Dedies a la Jeunesse. Color frontispiece and 8 lithographic color plates from drawings by A. Duruy, 212pp. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, decorative boards; (edges rubbed, light foxing). Paris: Amedee Bedelet, n.d. (ca. 1860). Very good. More
Paris: Amedee Bedelet, 1860. Contes Historiques Dedies a la Jeunesse. Color frontispiece, 1 black and white and 5 color lithographs from drawings by A. Duruy, 211pp., 8vo, original red cloth; (corners and spine ends bumped, light foxing). Paris: Amedee Bedelet, n.d. (ca. 1860). Scarce. Very good (+). More
New York: Doubleday, 1906. Illustrated with silhouettes by Kathrine G. Buffum. xvii + 129pp., small 8vo, green cloth; upper third of front free endpaper neatly sliced off, rear free endpaper spotted. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. A very good copy. More
London: Jupiter, 1975. A Selection, rendered into English by Elizur Wright. Illustrated in b/w by Gustave Dore. 224 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth. London: Jupiter Books, 1975. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: Duffield, 1914. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford. Small 4to, plain wrappers, hand lettered with an ink drawing of fish. New York: Duffield, 1914. Advance copy in wrappers, with the author's autograph. A penciled notation on the flyleaf indicates this was the author's own copy. It has two extra original ink illustrations by Lauren Ford in the margins of pages 17 & 21. The lower half of the spine has some dampstains, which comes through on the..... More
New York: Moffat Yard, 1919. Poems by Witter Bynner; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Thin 4to, pictorial blue cloth; pictorial d.w. N.Y. Moffat Yard, 1919. First Edition. Fine. Contains 3 color illustrations and 10 in black & white. The blue cloth is entirely unfaded, and the white pictorial dust jacket is in excellent condition. There was no English Edition of this book. Cover title reads "Snickerty Nick and the Giant". Latimore & Haskell, p. 50. More
London: Heinemann, 1911. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney and illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 15 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, thirty drawings in black and white. 136pp. 4to, rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco (lightly rubbed), gilt decorated spine, top edge red, bookplate. London: Heinemann, 1911. Second Edition. Very good (+). Lattimore & Haskell, p. 34. More
Paris: Gedalge. Many colored woodcut illustrations by G. Fraipont. Rubricated title, 64 pages, slim tall 8vo, colored pictorial boards, cloth spine, worn and chipped though the pages are very good. Small library stamp on title page. Paris: Librairie Gedalge, ca. 1930. Good. More
London: J.M. Dent, 1912. 17 mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards. Tall 8vo, decoratively gilt maroon cloth, t.e.g. London: J.M. Dent, (1912). Very good. More
Paris: Hachette, 1898. Charming illustrations by M. B. de Monvel, including 12 full-page and in color & many in b/w throughout the text. 51 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial yellow boards (a bit dust-soiled and edgeworn), brown cloth spine (rubbed at the extremities). Paris: Hachette, no date, circa 1898. A very good copy with ownership signature, dated 1924. More
New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1931. Full page color illustrations by Boutet de Monvel, plus black & white text illustrations. 4to, blue cloth printed in red. New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1931. Bookplate. The color plates, on glossy paper, were printed in France. More
Paris: Hachette. Illustrations by M.B. de Monvel in color and black and white. [4], 25 pages. Thin 4to, green cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, wear on all edges -- particularly at corners. Paris: Librarie Hachette, n.d., ca. 1900. A very good copy with toned pages, as usual. More
Paris: Le Fuel, 1813. Frontispiece portrait and 4 other intaglio prints by Charlin. 108 pages. BOUND WITH: "Souvenir." 28 pages, being a calendar with a handsome engraved plate for each month (on facing pages), interspersed with blank pages plus 1 folding sheet with ecclesiastical holidays for the year 1819. 32mo, contemporary pink varnished boards, protected in matching slipcase. Paris: Chez Le Fuel, [1813] + [1819]. First edition. Exceedingly scarce and charming little book in near fine condition -- OCLC lists..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1961. Color woodcut illustrations. Thin 4to, textured red boards, d.w. (lightly soiled & edge-chipped). New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1961. First Edition. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Illustrated by Roberta Paflin. 41p. square 8vo, original cloth-backed colored pictorial boards; matching dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. First Edition. Fine. The last in the original group of 12 titles simultaneously issued to launch the publication of the Little Golden Book series. It is significant as being the first American effort to assemble a group of educational counting rhymes for children. The illustrations are perfectly balanced to create an excellent specimen..... More
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