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Recrea Infantil Naipes Instructivos
by Margarit, Jaime
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1888
- Binding
- NA
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£282.31
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Palamos, Gerona, Spain, 1888. NA. Fine. 48 instruction cards, each with about ten color chromolithographic vignette illustrations of Spanish words beginning with the particular letter or letter combination. In original paper wrapper, unopened. Scarce, with only insitutional copy appearing on OCLC First Search at the Biblioteca National de Espana, and this might be a reprint. … Read more about this item Item Price
£282.31
Histoire d'une Petite Robe de Lin, en vingt-deux Tableaux
by [Wrightman, Julia P.]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1830
- Binding
- Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£1,209.90
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Paris, 1830. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine. . Very Good. Scarce -- only institutional copy evidenced on OCLC First Search at Morgan, and none found in commerce on date of writing this description. A truly charming picture book imparting the step-by-step process, and showing the complexities behind, creating the linen fabric for… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,209.90
Knightly Lays of Knightly Days
by Knight, Charles Y. [credited on cover as Willy's Knight]. Illustrations by Basil M. Tate (some illustrations signed "TAIT" though). Colorings by Emma Wood of Pasadena, CA. Engravings by Bryan Brandenburg Co., Los Angeles
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1926
- Binding
- Wraps (mid-weight semi-flexible card). Two staples.
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£806.60
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Toledo, Ohio: Willys Overland Company. Printed by Caslon Press, Toledo, Ohio, 1926. Wraps (mid-weight semi-flexible card). Two staples. . Very Good. Extraordinarily charming car company promotional book largely composed like a children's book, with modified nursery rhymes and almost everything rendered in verse, with color plate illustrations such as one would find in a children's book… Read more about this item Item Price
£806.60
[Manuscript Sheet] The Horkey
by Cruikshank, George, illustrator. Verse by Robert Bloomfield. Introduction by F. C. Burnard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1882
- Binding
- Hardcover Quarter Morocco Slipcase. Cloth Chemise
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£1,008.25
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London: Macmillan and Co. Printed by R. Clay Sons, and Taylor, London, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Morocco Slipcase. Cloth Chemise. Very Good. Manuscript, once folded, sheet, with eight vignette illustrations, most very sketchy, rendered in pencil and ink, amid dense lines in Cruikshank's handwriting. The book itself is posthumous with regard to Cruikshank, who… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,008.25
[Blow Book] Zauber-Bilderbuch. Livre de la magic graphique. The magic picture book.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1890
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- Wraps (Stiff card). Tape band along spine.
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£322.64
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Germany: Unknown, 1890. Wraps (Stiff card). Tape band along spine. . Very Good. N.d., circa 1890. 16mo. 14 by9 cm. 27 leaves, with five different sets of imagery. Title is in six language -- in addition to the three above, also in Spanish, Italian and Hungarian, on the rear inside wrap. … Read more about this item Item Price
£322.64
Una Favola Vera
by Di Belmonte, F. Hardouin. Illustrations by Anna Maria Tommasini. Cover by Tina Tommasini
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Seconda Edizione Aumentata -- Second Augmented Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine.
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£1,411.55
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Milano: Ulrico Hoepli Editiore. Printed by Pizzi & Pizio, Milano and Roma, 1936. Seconda Edizione Aumentata -- Second Augmented Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown on boards. Cloth spine.. Very Good. Juvenile propagandistic biography of Mussolini, which, despite the loathsomeness of its treatment of the subject matter, is a beautiful children's book, with undeniably winsome color illustrations.… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,411.55
A is for Annabelle
by Tudor, Tasha, author and illustrator
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£141.16
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New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Charming ABC built around Grandmother's doll, allowing Tudor to indulge in her Victoriana passion, with words such as "Tiffin" and "Veil". Oblong, 17.5 by 23.5 cm. Unpaginated. Price on inside front flap is $3.00. There is a very thin neat… Read more about this item Item Price
£141.16
ABC. At-ten-tion Bar-riè-re Che-min de fer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Wraps. Stapled.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£221.82
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1937. Wraps. Stapled. . Very Good Plus. Scarce French ABC, and possibly intended coloring book, from the 1930s. Folio, 31 by 24 cm. Unpaginated, eight leaves or 16 pages, plus wrap covers, with half of pages, eight in all, rendered in full color. Two large illustrations per page, each showcasing something beginning with… Read more about this item Item Price
£221.82
To Her Royal Highness, the Princess Amelia, This Book Representing the Birth-Day Gift or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers Cut by a Lady
by Tomkins, P.W. [Peltro William Tomkins]
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine or Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- June 18, 1796
- Binding
- Wraps. Cloth spine. Custom quarter morocco clamshell box.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£1,411.55
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London: I. Girtin, June 18, 1796. First Edition. Wraps. Cloth spine. Custom quarter morocco clamshell box.. Near Fine or Fine. Utterly charming tale told in seven pictures of a little girl mothering a doll. Oblong 8vo. 21 by 28.5 cm. Takes us through the day the doll is received as the princess play-acts… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,411.55
Mickey Mouse's Friends Wait for the County Fair
by Disney, Walt
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Stiff Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£282.31
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Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Stiff Wraps. Very Good Minus. 4to. 24 by 21.5 cm. 22 pp., plus content on both inside wrap covers. 16 color illustrations, including front and rear cover. Three of the illustrations are full page, and one or two others are nearly so. Besides Mickey and… Read more about this item Item Price
£282.31
The Story of Trader Hound
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£221.82
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1931. Wraps. Near Fine. A spoof on the MGM jungle adventure movie, "Trader Horn", which was released in 1931 and was the first commercial non-documentary movie by a Hollywood studio filmed on location in Africa. This brochure accompanied an anthropomorphic spoof on that movie short entitled "Trader Hound", which was released the same year. The… Read more about this item Item Price
£221.82
Tom Thumb; A Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding, By Kane O'Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Issue
- Published
- 1830
- Binding
- Wraps. Custom clamshell case, quarter morocco, with cloth exterior elsewhere, marbled paper pastedown interior, and substantial
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£241.98
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London: Thomas Rodd, 1830. First Edition Thus. First Issue. Wraps. Custom clamshell case, quarter morocco, with cloth exterior elsewhere, marbled paper pastedown interior, and substantial walls creating well for the booklet.. Good. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. 34, [2], 4 pp. Five steel engraved plates of Cruikshank illustrations, and three vignettes, one being on… Read more about this item Item Price
£241.98
The Songs of Ettrick Shepherd
by Hogg, James. Illustrated by Jessie M. King
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£120.99
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London and Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1912. First Edition Thus. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1912. 12mo. 17.5 by 11.5 cm. [5], 152, [4] pp. Six plates, including title/frontis, this being one of two double paged. Five of these plates are full page King illustrations, which are delightful, and epitomize the style… Read more about this item Item Price
£120.99
The Calendar of Catharine Susan 1910
by Ainslie, Kathleen
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Wraps (Moderately stiff card, twine or ...cord)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£80.66
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London and New Yorki: Castell Brothers, Ltd. and Frederick A. Stokes Company, respectively, 1909. Wraps (Moderately stiff card, twine or ...cord). Very Good. Delightful romp through the year with the mischievous wooden doll. Illustrations are deliciously bright and fun. 12mo. 14.5 by 12 cm. Unpaginated, 14 leaves. 13 chromolithographic plates, including one… Read more about this item Item Price
£80.66
Legends from Fairy Land
by Lee, Holme. Illustrated by Reginald L. Knowles and Horace J. Knowles. Introduction by Effie H. Freemantle
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1906
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£120.99
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London and Philadelphia: S. T. Freemantle and J. B. Lippincott Co., respectively, 1906. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Very Good. Wonderful gilt impressed front cover illustration of winged infant/fairy seated on a mushroom surrounded by sinewy vines and other decoration of an Art Nouveau sensibility. 8vo. 19 by 13 cm. 16 pp. One b/w illustrated plate,… Read more about this item Item Price
£120.99
Fatapoufs & Thinifers
by Maurois, Andre. Translated by Rosemary Benét. Illustrated by Jean Bruller.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£141.16
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1940. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Funny, funny, funny! With delightful illustrations. 4to. 28 by 20.5 cm. 92, [1] pp. The translator, Rosemary Benet, was the wife of poet Stephen Vincent Benet, and was also an author in her own right. Jean Bruller, the illustrator,… Read more about this item Item Price
£141.16
Neues Bilderbuch zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung
by Zoller, K. A. [Karl August Zoller]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1840
- Binding
- Hardcover.
- Quantity Available
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New York, New York, USA
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£241.98
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Stuttgart: Carl Hoffmann, 1840. Hardcover. . Very Good. An early example of a quintessential German color plate book created for a juvenile audience, pedagogical in nature, with wonderful color plates printed on thin, cheap paper, and published under various imprints in or around Stuttgart. Small folio, 37 by 24 cm. Title leaf, Vorwart leaf,… Read more about this item Item Price
£241.98
Contes et Nouvelles (Three Volumes)
by La Fontaine, Jean de. Illustrations by Pierre LeLong
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Wraps. Cloth Chemises and Cloth Slipcases
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£201.65
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Grenoble: Roissard , 1965. Limited Edition. Wraps. Cloth Chemises and Cloth Slipcases. Fine. Copy "L" of 26 copies in this tranche, out of 1,000 published overall.
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£201.65
Die Nibelungen
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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£685.61
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Wien: Gerlach und Wiedling. Gerlach's Jugend Bücherei, 1924. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 15 by 14 cm.
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£685.61
Picture of New-York
by Stereotyped by James Conner
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1825
- Binding
- Wraps. Custom half morocco clamshell box 8vo. sized. Chapbook rests in recessed window.
- Quantity Available
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New York, New York, USA
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£1,209.90
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New York: Mahlon Day. , 1825. Wraps. Custom half morocco clamshell box 8vo. sized. Chapbook rests in recessed window. . Good. Printed and sold by Mahlon Day at The New Juvenile Bookstore, no. 376, Pearl Street. N.d., circa 1820s, when the New York City population grew to over 150,000, the number of inhabitants… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,209.90
