Search Results: Titles starting with F from Enchanted Books, ABAA

A BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF LA FONTAINE'S FABLES WITH ANDRE HELLE'S ARTFUL HAND-COLORED POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONSIllustrated on every page with Andre Helle's serene, yet rich pochoir illustrations (hand-colored via a stencil). Text is In French. Small folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, nd - circa 1925. Book's cover illustration is well-designed. Cover has very light dusting of soil mainly at edges. corners (front cvr) rubbed - more at bottom, back cover has vertical crease parallel to spine - does not affect back cover's strength. Front free ep has child's bookplate w/1925 date penciled in. A Beautiful Copy of these classic fables in VG condition.

A FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF ROBERT LAWSON'S BEST PICTURE BOOKS. A VERY HARD-TO-FIND TITLE & THE WINNER OF THE FIRST CALDECOTT HONOR AWARD (1938) ROBERT LAWSON'S BOLDLY FABULOUS GREEN & BLACK ILLUSTRATIONS AND ENDPAPERS PERFECTLY ACCOMPANY THE NURSERY RHYMES. There. are also one-color text illustrations throughout the book, At the back of the book there are short musical songs to go along with each nursery rhyme. Book cover is lightly rubbed at spine tips and corners, cover is darkened and there is a gift inscription on the half title page. The book is a VG, tight and internally clean copy.SCARCE

WILLY POGANY'S BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG FULL-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS ARE A PERFECT MATCH FOR PADRAIC COLUM'S HEROIC STORIES FROM IRELAND. This copy is made extra special by WILLY POGANY'S SIGNATURE on the title page.A Stated 1st Edition. Pogany's strong color and b/w illus are throughout the book, with richly drawn b/w map endpapers. At the back of the book are the author's Scholarly Notes (15 pgs). The green cloth book is in VG condition. The dust jacket is price clipped with some light soil at top edge of dj front flap. A previous owner's had put a thin short tape to hold the acetate cover to the back of the dj. Tape is gone but offset from thin tape is there at the bottom of dj's back. Dj has some edge wear at spine tips & corners, one small chip near bottom corner and neatly repaired closed tears which are not noticed on dj's front.Overall the effect of the dust jacket is good and complete. A NICE COPY

Wanda Ga'g's Second Children's Book - Stylized b/w illustrationsWanda Ga'g's first book Millions of Cats was an acclaimed success in children's literature. Beautiful b/w illustrations in the style of Millions of Cats, this second story features a dragon-like "Funny Thing" and a good mountain man, Bobo, who feeds the birds and animals. Full-color pictorial label over boards - with light rub to bottom corner and very light rub to top corner & spine tips. Matched with same illus on the dust jacket which has lightcorner rub and tiny chip at spine tip, back of the dj has 2 small brown spots. Green and yellow eps. VG+ in VG price-clipped dj.