Philadelphia. 1884-1887. Five color illustr + front cover. Oblong 3 x 4.25, blindstamped tan cloth with colorful illustr of a girl and boy on front cover, blindstamped decoration on back cover and black floral illustr on spine, unpag (58 pp). Covers very well worn, soiled, spotted, spine bumped and spine..... More
Frederick Warne: London n.d. 10x7.5", cloth backed pict. Boards, 56pp, bookplate, pencil name and scribble on rear pastedown, pp 13 & 14 crayon scribble, covers loose and worn esp. corners. Earlier reprint - post 1910. More
(American Type Founders Co, 1897). 6x5", pict. Wraps, (20)pp, covers detached with small tape present at spine else ok. TRADE CATALOGUE OF GREENAWAY CHILDREN ON AVAILABLE PRINTERS ORNAMENTS. SCARCE. More
George Routledge and Sons: London, nd (1881). Color illustr by Kate Greenaway, 6.5 x 5, rebacked cloth, 48 pp, covers very worn and darkened, fore-corners bumped and fraying, long ink presentation inscription from former owner (dated 1881) on front fly, pp darkened, soiled, with some edge tears and one foredge..... More
Clarke Historical Library: Central Michigan Univ. 91976). Illus, 9 x 6", cloth, 225pp, minor soil. More
George Routledge and Sons: London, 1895. Color illus. by Kate Greenaway, 4 x 3.25", handpainted stiff wraps with serrated edges and silk tie; aeg, unpaginated (36pp), covers a little worn, some toning beneath silk tie, but a beautifully preserved copy of this rare binding (Schuster and Engen 13C). FIRST EDITION..... More
George Routledge and Sons: London, 1895. Color illus. by Kate Greenaway, 4 x 3.25", handpainted stiff wraps with serrated edges and silk tie; aeg, unpaginated (36pp), covers a little worn, some toning beneath silk tie, but a beautifully preserved copy of this rare binding (Schuster and Engen 13C). FIRST EDITION..... More
Family Dog Productions: San Francisco, 1967. Paperback. 7 x 5", minor wear and toning but still nice. The concert was staged at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom on June 8 and 9, 1967, and included Big Brother & the Holding Company, Canned Heat, and The Congress of Wonders, with lighting by..... More
Constable: London, 1909. Hardcover. 40/40 tipped-in plates with tissue guards and fifty five black and white illus. by Arthur Rackham, 10 x 7.7", original red cloth, gilt lettering and decorations, xv, 325pp. Covers worn, soiled and rubbed, foxing to page edges and endpapers, inner hinges and textblock cracked else very..... More
George H. Doran: NY, nd (c 1920s). 12 color and 10 b&w illustr by Nielsen, 11.25 x 8.5, red cloth with large pict color label on front cover, 310 pp, covers rubbed and worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned and used with some finger soil and minor..... More
T. Combe for J. Hatchard and Son: Oxford, 1850. 6.5 x 4, modern full morocco with raised gold colored metal crosses attached to front cover and gold colored metal clasps at foredge; aeg, minor wear to covers, extremities bumped with some wear, ink names and dates ('55), else a nice..... More
Coward-McCann: NY, 1930. Only illustrations by cartoonist William Gropper, 8 x 5.5, orange cloth, np, covers (esp extremities) worn and moderately soiled, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, eps toned and spotted, contents with scattered finger soil else nice and bright, a rubbed, edge worn, darkened, soiled, edge torn dust jacket..... More
G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, (1945). Hardcover. Illus. by Milt Gross, 7 x 5", red cloth and dustjacket, 160pp. Light wear to covers else very good condition, the dustjacket is rubbed, worn, soiled and chipped. FIRST EDITION. More
Vanguard Press: NY, 1945. Hardcover. 10 x 7", cloth, 283pp, covers a bit worn and soiled. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY GROTH WITH DRAWINGS BY HIM. Intro by Ernest Hemingway. Chapters include "Artist at War", "The Road To Paris" More
Cupples and Leon: NY, 1916. Illustr by Gruelle with b&w text illustr, eight full page color plates and color front cover pastedown, 5.5 x 4.5, dark green cloth with light blue lettering, cream colored dust jacket with dark blue lettering, color illustr of Red Riding Hood on the front, list..... More
Watson-Guptill Publications: NY, 1946. Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 9", orange cloth, 208pp, extremities worn/bumped and fraying, some sunning at spine ends, endpapers toned, some finger soiling throughout, in a rubbed and badly extremity-worn dustjacket with chipping at spine ends. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "To Miss Veronica Hutchinson who I will always..... More
Milkweed Editions: (Minneapolis, MN), (1987). Hardcover. 23 partial page plus two full page lithos by Steven Sorman, oblong 12 x 17" loose sheets, some minor edge wear, in a worn, soiled and lightly spotted blue cloth folding case. LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #53), SIGNED BY BOTH..... More
np (Glogau), nd (c 1840s). 22 x 28 divided into 32 (3.5 x 5.25) segments with green cloth backing, outlined in color, toned, soiled and worn, backing darkened and worn with some soil, one segment's cloth with "A.J. Lucas" in gilt, else a decent, well preserved item, in a broken..... More
Harper & Bros.: NY, 1929. Hardcover. Illus. by Clare Leighton, 9.5 x 6.5", cloth-backed boards, 485pp, spine ends lightly bumped, minor toning to boards and spine label; a nice, relatively clean copy. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #769), SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, CLARE LEIGHTON. More
Blackie & Son: London, 1912. 12 tipped-in color plates and other illustr by Florence Harrison, 9 x 6.5, gilt decorated white cloth, 142 pp, covers worn and soiled, stained at front cover near top of spine, extremities bumped, hinges loose, front free end paper missing, contents worn with some spotting..... More
J. and W. Day: NY, 1831. Fourteen double page hand colored engaved maps, 13.5 x 8.5, marbled boards with printed paper label and leather spine. Disbound, covers crudely reattached with string, covers very well worn, peeling, stained, creased, label creased and spotted with light contemporary ink notes in small hand..... More
E. Palmer and Son: London. 1842. 8.75 x 5.25, gilt ruled full leather; aeg, with gilt name on cover, 951 pp + index of scriptures, extremities rubbed (esp spine ends), hinges loose, ink inscription, some spotting to eps. WITH A FOREDGE OF PAINTING OF 19TH CENTURY PEOPLE BY A RIVER..... More
Random House: NY, 1928. Hardcover. Illus. with woodcuts by Valenti Angelo, 9.5 x 6.25", red leather backed cloth, 363pp, covers rubbed, spotted and soiled, extremities bumped and worn, top of spine chipped off (with portion included inside the book in an envelope), some toning and spotting and finger soiling to..... More
George H. Doran Co.: NY, nd (c. 1915). Hardcover. Color illus. by Hugh Thomson, 10.5 x 8", 3/4 leather; marbled boards; teg, 296pp, covers lightly rubbed, light wear to extremities, abrasion to spine over second "E" in "LETTER", textblock edges a bit toned but still a nice copy rebound in..... More
George H. Doran Co: NY nd (circa 1922). 9.5 x 6.5", gilt-stamped cloth, 207pp, covers heavily worn, some spotting, inner hinges cracked, lacks two plates. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, WITH 22 (OF 24) TIPPED-IN COLOR PLATES PLUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER ARTHUR RACKHAM. SWAF. More