Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis - 1883

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First Published Edition In the Rare Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 85, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Seventeen illustrations are entirely new for this edition; eleven of the illustrations are repeated from the December 1902 privately printed edition. Original maroon boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind panel in the shape of a truncated pyramid outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate I, a single-page endpaper occurring four times). Minimal fading to spine. Small circular bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Otherwise a… Read More

Philadelphia: C. W. Beck, Jr., The Beck Engraving Co., From the Art Press of S. H. Burbank & Co, 1902. First and Only Edition. First and Only Edition. Elephant folio, 14 x 20 inches. The enormously scarce and arguably the finest children's calendar ever printed with comparable color images in the U.S. in the 20th Century. Printed on fine coated paper by the the eminent Charles W. Beck, the finest color printer of his day in the US, who only five years later was the first to make four-color plates which became the industry standard. These renowned illustrations, three by Jessie Willcox Smith and four by Elizabeth Shippen Green (including the cover), along with twelve smaller color drawings as panels, by each artist, are among the most decorative and interpretive ever rendered by an American illustrator. The full-page illustrations form the images for "The Book of the Child," which was published by Stokes in 1903. Both were issued very nearly the same time, and records do not clearly indicate which… Read More

New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when and from whom each was acquired, and a list of 60 questions about those books. Each leaf of bookplates is perforated so that the bookplates can be removed and used. Each leaf is headed with a quote about books. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; lacking quote section from the head of the first leaf of bookplates; otherwise, complete, clean, and tight.

London: Methuen and Co, 1908. First Edition. Near fine/Near fine. Graham Robertson. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 - 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt… Read More

NY: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly tattered.. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Caldecott medalist Roger Duvoisin. Yellow cloth binding titled in red. Illustrated endpapers. Young Jed has a lengthy, yet fun, time finding his way to his new friend Poppys birthday party in her tall apartment building. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First Published Edition In the Rare Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 85, [1, printer's imprint] pp. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). Seventeen illustrations are entirely new for this edition; eleven of the illustrations are repeated from the December 1902 privately printed edition. Original maroon boards ruled and lettered in white on front cover and lettered in white on spine. Color pictorial label on front cover within a blind panel in the shape of a truncated pyramid outlined in blind. Color pictorial endpapers (Quinby Plate I, a single-page endpaper occurring four times). Minimal fading to spine. Small circular bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Otherwise a… Read More

Philadelphia: C. W. Beck, Jr., The Beck Engraving Co., From the Art Press of S. H. Burbank & Co, 1902. First and Only Edition. First and Only Edition. Elephant folio, 14 x 20 inches. The enormously scarce and arguably the finest children's calendar ever printed with comparable color images in the U.S. in the 20th Century. Printed on fine coated paper by the the eminent Charles W. Beck, the finest color printer of his day in the US, who only five years later was the first to make four-color plates which became the industry standard. These renowned illustrations, three by Jessie Willcox Smith and four by Elizabeth Shippen Green (including the cover), along with twelve smaller color drawings as panels, by each artist, are among the most decorative and interpretive ever rendered by an American illustrator. The full-page illustrations form the images for "The Book of the Child," which was published by Stokes in 1903. Both were issued very nearly the same time, and records do not clearly indicate which… Read More

New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when and from whom each was acquired, and a list of 60 questions about those books. Each leaf of bookplates is perforated so that the bookplates can be removed and used. Each leaf is headed with a quote about books. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; lacking quote section from the head of the first leaf of bookplates; otherwise, complete, clean, and tight.

London: Methuen and Co, 1908. First Edition. Near fine/Near fine. Graham Robertson. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 - 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt… Read More

NY: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly tattered.. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Caldecott medalist Roger Duvoisin. Yellow cloth binding titled in red. Illustrated endpapers. Young Jed has a lengthy, yet fun, time finding his way to his new friend Poppys birthday party in her tall apartment building. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .