Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by lewis carroll - 1904: ML Kirk, first edition

London: Max Parrish, 1952 A very bright copy in a like dj which has had a closed tear professionally repaired.

Köln, Hermann und Friedrich Schaffstein, [ 1906]. . Erste Ausgabe. - Liebhaberausgabe in erlesenem Pochoirkolorit: "Es handelt sich um den wohl vollkommensten Einsatz von Pochoir-Kolorit im deutschen Kinderbuch" (Bilderwelt-Katalog 515). - Lustige Verse Volkmanns zu seinen hinreißenden Illustrationen, die so perfekt koloriert sind, daß man meint, einen Druck vor sich zu haben. Daß Volkmann ein bedeutender Landschaftsmaler war, merkt man vielen seiner Bilder an; dass er sich in die Kinderperspektive versetzten konnte, ebenfalls: viele Darstellungen sind aus der Untersicht gestaltet. Sein Verse und Bilder zeugen zudem von einem guten Humor. - Hans Richard von Volkmann (1860-1827 studierte an der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie und in Karlsruhe. Er wurde vor allem als Vertreter der von seinem Lehrer Gustav Schönleber begründeten Karlsruher Landschaftsschule. - LdKJL III723f. - Einband zu den Rändern hin gebräunt; Papier vereinzelt mit ganz schwachen Fingerfleckchen; Name auf Titel (von alter… Read More

xii+144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition, first state, with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice.The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children, The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins, Brownies are imaginary little sprites, who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes, they are male, drawn to represent many professions and nationalities, all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in… Read More

Pictorial Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Former owner's name on front end paper. Book has a little edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket is missing a small piece at bottom spine and shows edge and corner wear with three small tears.

In three 8vo. volumes.Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842;Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues;
Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author.
With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines lightly sunned. Original publisher's bindings by Westleys & Clark, London. Light yellow FEPs with original owner's neat signatures (Marie Tronchin) on all three volumes. Internally very clean. The first edition of Frederick Marryat's (1792-1848) three volume naval adventure for children, following the Seagrave family and their experiences surviving on an island after shipwreck.
Marryat began writing books for children in 1839 when his own children asked him to write a continuation of their own favourite The Swiss Family Robinson. But when Marryat came to examine Wyss's tale, he considered it so implausible, so… Read More

Oxford University Press, N. Y.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. A scarce First Edition in the hardcover. Text and illustrations by Tasha Tudor. The story of Thistly B, a canary. When the Godmummy brought another canary for the family it was a wife for Thistly B. The story of how they raised a family is told with delicate pictures such as only Tasha Tudor can draw. Pages are not numbered. Previous owner's name at top right corner of first free end page. Several small chips out of the dust jacket at the edge and spine. Original publisher's price of $1.50 still intact. Other than the previous owner's name - no other names, marks, or writing. Dust jacket and book are in Very Good condition. ; 6 1/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. .

New York: Viking Press, 1938 Rough textured cloth boards with green and gilt pastedown title label, spine slightly darkened, else fine. Original pictorial slipcase is present with some light wear to bottom panel. Signed by both Leaf and Lawson and limited to 525 copies. Story of a Scottish lad who must choose between being a highlander and a lowlander. 1939 Caldecott Honor. . Signed by Author & Illustrator. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Robert Lawson. Small 4to.

L' Intrepide was an illustrated weekly magazine for children published from 1910 to 1937, created by the Parisian publishing company (SPE). This book contains all the numbers for the year 1925. A scarce collection of various stories and articles.
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Paris, SPE, 1925.
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Pp.: 832 with numerous illustrations
Size: 27 x 21 cm.
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Binding: Original illustrated cloth binding. Signs of wear on the panels and edges, tears along the spine cover.
Condition: Ink inscription by the previous owner on the flyleaf, signs of aging and usage, paper browning, some leaves detached.
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The first-ever appearance in print of James Joyce's Story for Children, THE CATS OF COPENHAGEN in a special limited edition of 200 copies.
Michael Caine has printed this large-format letterpress edition with virtuoso skill, setting the text in a wondrously expressive array of original, early twentieth-century hand-cut Italian and French founts to capture the imagination of readers young and old. Casey Sorrow has brought to life Joyce's curious 'Københavnere' with ingeniously playful pen-and-ink drawings, specially commissioned, and printed by typographique cliché.
This Numbered issue, printed on Fedrigoni Freelife Vellum, is in double-elephant sextos and hand-bound in one-quarter cloth over marbled boards.
Further details and images are available at http://ithyspress.com

Melbourne: John Wyatt, 1909. First Edition. The author's first book, published at age seventeen, contains four stories, one poem and her illustrations in the manner of her contemporary Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Ethel Jackson Morris contributed to Dame Neilie Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature in 1915, published one other book in 1921, exhibited her work in Melbourne in the early 1920s, travelled overseas, and returned to married life in Sydney where she lived until her death in 1985 without appearing to write or exhibit again. Pictorial wrappers, ribbon tied. Extremities darkened and a little wear at edges, otherwise fine. Muir 5152.