BAMBI Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten.
NY (1941). 11x9", pict boards, unpaged, corners and spine bottom bumped else ok in chipped and soiled dw, lacks 4 removable color plates. More
ILLUSTRATORS
THE GOLDEN TOUCH.
Whitman Publ. Co.: Racine, WI (1937). 9x6.5", cloth backed pict boards, 212pp, text browned, ink and pencil outlines on couple of plates, very loose copy, rear joint torn, covers worn. WITH 6 FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES PLUS B/W DRAWINGS. More
THE STORY OF MICKEY MOUSE AND THE SMUGGLERS.
Whitman Publishing Co: Racine, WI, 1935. "With over 150 pictures to color," 9.5 x 7.5, color pict boards, 317 pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped, hinges worn, ink inscription, a slight cock to book else a nice example of a relatively scarce title. "The Big Big Book." More
THE FOREST HAS EYES
The Greenwich Workshop Press: (Shelton, CT), (1998). Hardcover. Color illus. by Bev Doolittle, 12 x 9", glossy pict boards, unpaginated, spine ends bumped else a nice, fresh, clean copy in a lightly rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, WITH BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BEV DOOLITTLE AFFIXED TO FRONT ENDPAPER..... More
LONDON. A PILGRIMAGE.
Grant & Co: London. 1872. 180 plates with 54 full page plates (incl frontis and 1/2 title), 16.25 x 3.25, blindstamped full red leather, gilt ruled with gilt decorated covers and spine (heavily decorated), raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 191 pp. Ex-lib (only marking..... More
THE LEGEND OF THE WANDERING JEW. A Series of Twelve Designs. With Explanatory Introduction.
Bedford, Clarke and Company: Chicago & NY, nd (c 1890). Illustr, 15 x 12, green cloth, front cover gilt decorated and lettering, all edges gilt, unpag, covers worn, scratched, rubbed, light staining on front cover, corners and spine tips bumped, worn and fraying, front inner hinge cracked and text block..... More
THE WORKS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, Classified and Arranged, with References to Reid's Catalogue. . .
J. Davy and Sons at the Dryden Press: London, 1903. Illustr by Cruikshank, 10.25 x 7.75, gilt lettered cloth, 301 pp with Index, covers worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine sunned, hinges loose, inner hinges cracked, front inner hinges almost broken, pp toned and used. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES..... More
FREDERICK DOUGLASS. A Selection from his Writings . . .
Tragos Press: Brunswick, ME, 1965. Illustr by Thomas Cornell, 10 x 6.5, string tied printed wraps, unpag, covers a little worn but still a nice, fresh copy. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, WITH ORIGINAL PRINT BY THOMAS CORNELL, SIGNED BY CORNELL IN PENCIL, LAID IN LOOSE. More
FREDERICK DOUGLASS. A Selection from his Writings . . .
Tragos Press: Brunswick, ME, 1965. Illustr by Thomas Cornell, 10 x 6.5, string tied printed wraps, unpag, covers a little worn but still a nice, fresh copy. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, WITH ORIGINAL PRINT BY THOMAS CORNELL, SIGNED BY CORNELL IN PENCIL, LAID IN LOOSE. More
THE POEMS OF ERNEST DOWNSON With a Memoir by Arthur Symons
John Lane/Bodley Head: NY & London, 1909. Hardcover. Four illus. by Aubrey Beardsley; frontis & photo of Dowson, 7.5 x 5", gilt-dec green cloth; teg, 166pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and starting to fray, spine quite dull, pp (especially endpapers) toned. Third Printing, but with four full page..... More
The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson: Being the History of What They Saw, and Did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, & Italy
D. Appleton & Co.: NY, 1867. Illus. by Richard Doyle, 11.5 x 9.5", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict blue cloth, aeg, 80 leaves with illus. on rectos only, covers rubbed and soiled around edges, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends tearing, a couple of holes in front outer hinge, hinges loose, old..... More
ALADDIN ODER DIE WUNDERLAMPE.
Muller & Co.: Potsdam 1920. 10 x 7.5", half leather; patterned boards, t.e.g., 154pp, illus. Limited to 150 copies on handmade paper, covers designed by Bernhard Lorenz, spine faded & peeling, torn near top at gutters, missing lower edge, gilt-dec & let. More
EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY-BOOK, Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations.
George H. Doran: NY, nd (c 1920). Tipped-in plates by Edmund Dulac, 11.5 x 8.5, cloth with gold/black paper cover label, 174 pp, covers very worn and darkened, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinges cracking (more so in front), pp toned and thumbed, all plates are..... More
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT AMERICANS, From Original Paintings by Alonzo Chappel. In two volumes.
Johnson, Fry & Company: NY, 1862. 119 full page engravings plus title pages, 11xp", gilt ruled half leather with raised bands on spine, marbled boards and endpaper, 488, 470. Covers well worn, rubbed, scraped, paper peeling and chipping, creased, corners bumped and worn, edgeworn, gilt decorated and lettering on spine..... More
ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD
The Caxton Press: Christchurch, 1948. Paperback. 18 engravings. 11.5 x 9", pict stiff wraps, covers worn, minor spotting and finger soil to endpapers, prints nice and clean. More
Stouffer's Menu from November 9, 1957, with front cover illustrated by Eyvind Earle.
The Stouffer Corp: Cleveland, 1957. (Menu was from a Detroit area restaurant.) Color illustr, 9.25 x 7, stiff wraps, unpag (4 pp). Creased, light soiling, specials are stapled to inside front and back else good. Cover illustr shows a wood burning stove with a teakettle and pots, a mantle with..... More
MORE ABOUT TEDDY B. AND TEDDY G., THE ROOSEVELT BEARS Being Volume Two.
Philadelphia 1907. 11x8", cloth w/color label, 186pp, numerous tears with tape repairs, some smudging and soil, etc. possibly an early rebound copy, covers worn, some pp remarginized. FIRST EDITION, WITH COLOR AND B/W DRAWINGS BY R.K. CULVER. More
THE TRAVELING BEARS IN FAIRYLAND, Their Travels and Adventures.
Barse & Hopkins: NY (1917). Illus by V. Floyd Campbell, 11 x 8", 62pp, upper right corner badly stained, ink inscription, dw present but stained & lacking large chunks. Sold as is. More
CARETAKERS OF WONDER
Green Tiger Press: (NY), (1980). Illus., 5 x 5", glossy pict wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed else a nice, clean copy of the Fifth Printing. More
ARABISCHE NACHTE Erzahlungen Aus Tausend Und Eine Nacht.
Muller & Co.: Pottsdam 1920. 10.5 x 7", 235+table & plate list, lea. backed boards, t.e.g., spine worn & faded, chipped, missing tips, split along edges, front cover loose, cocked, covers faded, front inner hinge cracked, f.e.p soiled, split. WITH 36 (O. More
OLD LAVENDER Being Little Chapters of an Old Quaker Household in a Nearby Town
np, (1914). Hardcover. 9.25 x 5.25", boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, soiled and with light staining at foredge of front cover, extremities bumped. This is a mock-up done by Edwards himself, with handpainted cover illustration and lettering (with his intertwined initials). Next, there is a mock-up title page written in pencil..... More
OLD LAVENDER.
N.pp. (1914). A delightful book bound in boards with original front cover decoration. Likely a pre-publication mock-up of a book containing several original drawings, most in color. The complete title "Old Lavender - Little Chapters of an Old Quaker Household in a nearby town". Apparently unpublished as no listing in..... More
Poster for "The Century" Magazine for September (1897).
Century Co., xxxx. 19.25 x 14.25, marginal soil staining, esp at corners, minor red spotting to image, reverse discolored. Image titled "Brittany 1896" shows young maiden leaning on seawall with her basket and ships in background. More
PIERCE EGAN'S FINISH TO THE ADVENTURES OF TOM, JERRY AND LOGIC, IN THEIR PURSUITS THROUGH LIFE IN AND OUT OF LONDON: Illustrated by the Pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank, Scenes From Real Life, and Enriched with Several Designs on Wood by the Same Artist.
W. Strange and B. Steill: London, nd (1829). 35 of 36 handcolored aquatints (inclu the double frontis), text illlustr, 9 x 6.5, 19th century polished calf, gilt ruled with gilt decorated inner dentelles, edges and spine, gilt lettering on spine and spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 368 pp..... More
Autograph Letter signed by Fritz Eichenberg on his letterhead, dated September 29, 1975
Peach Dale, RI, 1975. One sheet, 11 x 8.5", folds, edge-wear, with pencil notes from recipient at top, stapled to a number of other sheets of annotated, photocopied sheets of biographical info; prepared for inclusion in an authors' biographical reference book. Neatly penned letter, politely complaining about having to fill..... More