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A rare copy in fine condition of the first edition of the children's classic "The Velveteen Rabbit", by Margery Williams, illustrated by William Nicholson. The paper covered boards with Nicholson's illustrations to the covers. The pictorial endpapers are a colorful riot of many, many bunnies. There are 19 pages of text, four full-page color illustrations, and three double-page illustrations. The illustrations and the text are bright. This first edition is the American issue, printed in Great Britain with English sheets, with Whitefriar's Press annotation on verso of last page. Published in 1922 by George H. Doran (New York) and Heinemann (London). Quarto, 9 ½ by 7 ¼ .The author Margery Williams Bianco was born in London, and at the age of seven, moved with her family to the United States.
The yellow paper-covered boards have a bit of rubbing and chipping along the top and bottom edges. There is no dust jacket. The book is protected by a custom brown cloth-covered clamshell case. There are no… Read More

Bath, England: Richard Cruttwell, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ernest Longfellow (his son). Sacra Privata - The Private Meditations and Prayers of the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson, D.D." A FORE-EDGE PAINTED book printed in Bath, England by Richard Cruttwell in 1818 and bound in gilt-stamped green leather, with six compartments on the spine, gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins, all edges gilt. The fore-edge is finely painted, and depicts a river in the Holy Land. Thomas Wilson was Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755. There is a gilt-stamped green leather "bookplate" on the inside cover showing Jane Rowley 1818. This may be Jane Fuller Rowley (1736-1819) of Connecticut. Please view the photographs. CONDITION: The fore-edge painting is crisp and beautiful. Prior bookseller's penciled price of $250 on inner front end-paper, foxing to title page & front end-papers but not elsewhere. Overall very good condition. DIMENSIONS:… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. LYRA GERMANICA: Hymns for the Sundays and Chief Festivals of the Christian Year. Published in London in 1869 by Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer. Catherine Winkworth, translator Full leather with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Gilt dentelle. Spine with six compartments. All edges gilt. FORE-EDGE PAINTED with two gentlemen on horseback. Gift inscription dated 1870 on front endpaper. Bookplate and former bookseller pencil notes on free front endpaper. Hinges starting. A very good+ copy. See photos