The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland - Volume III (1908-1910) by McCay, Winsor - 1990

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First edition thus. First illustrated edition. BAL 7541. Published Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9." Unpaginated [96 pp.]. Illustrated by Arthur Keller with full color, sepia and b/w plates and black and gilt page decorations, . Green and white patterned cloth with green titles and black and gilt inlaid cover pictorial, decorative endpapers, color frontis and title page, top edge gilt, captioned tissue guards over the color plates. Slight trace or rub to the cloth at heel and crown, small impression mark on the top edge gilt, else very good plus, clean, crisp copy.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Disbound. Published London and NY: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date, circa 1850's. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14", xl+404pp., full page steel engravings and nearly 4,000 woodcuts, marbled edges and enpapers. Lacking covers and backstrip, chip off front endpaper, mild foxing to verso and borders of some engravings, rest of pages clean and bright, signatures tight and sound. Internally very good. . Disbound. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. Volume One only (Includes Books 1-9 as published), in extremely rare dust jacket. Published London: J. M. Dent, 1893. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10", lxiv + 455 pages, illustrated with full page plates, vignettes, borders, in-text decorations and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley's first major commission and a landmark of great illustrated books. Beardsley juxtaposed various traditional and contemporary styles with his own, and laid them down, side-by-side throughout the book. From elaborate and formal William Morris design elements to shocking eroticism and striking decadence - as in the case of the frontispiece plate of Arthur. Cream linen cloth with elaborate gilt design and fancy titles. Top edge gilting, 3-color ribbon marker bound in. Slight foxing to the cloth, endpapers toned along the perimeters, some wrinkling to the tissue guard at frontis, else very good, attractive; binding square and tight in a rare dust… Read More

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. First edition thus. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Published Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with full page, tissue-guarded plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Brown paper covered boards with gilt spine titles and decorative cover titles and design, decorative endpapers. Small chip at the crown, outer paper hinge starting at the joint, else very good, binding tight, text and plates clean and bright.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Christy, Howard Chandler . Folio.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1906. First edition thus. Harcover in pictorial green cloth. Decorations by Adrian J. Iorio. Drawings by Howard Pyle, John J. Enneking & Edmund H. Garrett. Published Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1906, first printing. 8vo., green cloth with gilt titles, gilt, green and white designs, gold patterned end papers, top edge gilting, 2-color title page, printed on heavy coated stock with page designs in varying shades of blue, green, yellow and gray, duotone illustrations. Slight loss at the crown and heel, else fine, crisp, pages clean and bright. A beautiful copy.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Pyle, Howard; Garett, Edmund H. . 8vo.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First edition thus. First illustrated edition. BAL 7541. Published Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905, first printing. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9." Unpaginated [96 pp.]. Illustrated by Arthur Keller with full color, sepia and b/w plates and black and gilt page decorations, . Green and white patterned cloth with green titles and black and gilt inlaid cover pictorial, decorative endpapers, color frontis and title page, top edge gilt, captioned tissue guards over the color plates. Slight trace or rub to the cloth at heel and crown, small impression mark on the top edge gilt, else very good plus, clean, crisp copy.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Disbound. Published London and NY: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date, circa 1850's. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14", xl+404pp., full page steel engravings and nearly 4,000 woodcuts, marbled edges and enpapers. Lacking covers and backstrip, chip off front endpaper, mild foxing to verso and borders of some engravings, rest of pages clean and bright, signatures tight and sound. Internally very good. . Disbound. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

London: J. M. Dent, 1893. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. Volume One only (Includes Books 1-9 as published), in extremely rare dust jacket. Published London: J. M. Dent, 1893. 4to., 8 1/2" x 10", lxiv + 455 pages, illustrated with full page plates, vignettes, borders, in-text decorations and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley's first major commission and a landmark of great illustrated books. Beardsley juxtaposed various traditional and contemporary styles with his own, and laid them down, side-by-side throughout the book. From elaborate and formal William Morris design elements to shocking eroticism and striking decadence - as in the case of the frontispiece plate of Arthur. Cream linen cloth with elaborate gilt design and fancy titles. Top edge gilting, 3-color ribbon marker bound in. Slight foxing to the cloth, endpapers toned along the perimeters, some wrinkling to the tissue guard at frontis, else very good, attractive; binding square and tight in a rare dust… Read More

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. First edition thus. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Published Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1903. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with full page, tissue-guarded plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Brown paper covered boards with gilt spine titles and decorative cover titles and design, decorative endpapers. Small chip at the crown, outer paper hinge starting at the joint, else very good, binding tight, text and plates clean and bright.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Christy, Howard Chandler . Folio.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1906. First edition thus. Harcover in pictorial green cloth. Decorations by Adrian J. Iorio. Drawings by Howard Pyle, John J. Enneking & Edmund H. Garrett. Published Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1906, first printing. 8vo., green cloth with gilt titles, gilt, green and white designs, gold patterned end papers, top edge gilting, 2-color title page, printed on heavy coated stock with page designs in varying shades of blue, green, yellow and gray, duotone illustrations. Slight loss at the crown and heel, else fine, crisp, pages clean and bright. A beautiful copy.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Pyle, Howard; Garett, Edmund H. . 8vo.