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George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. Hop-O'-My-Thumb And The Seven-League Boots * The History of Jack & the Bean Stalk * Cinderella And The Glass Slipper
London: George Routledge And Sons, 1865. Hardcover. All are 18 x 14 cm. 30, 32 and 31 pages respectively. All in original green wrappers with advert rear back cover and Cruikshank's fairy tale story of his nephew on verso of front cover. Respectively there are "Drawn and Etched" plates for..... More
Young Folks' Drawing Books
Boston: Bililngs Clapp & Co., ca 1880. Wraps. 8 leaves. 16 x 12 cm. Large folded advert for Nicol's Sarsaparilla with Iodode Of Lime at rear. A contemporary, perhaps scurrilous attempt to sell medicine to families via a purported children's book. Interior with blank checkerboard spaces opposite a drawing within..... More
Bye-a Baby Bunting; CHAPBOOK
New York: Np, ca. 1880. Wraps. 4 leaves. 11.5 x 7.5 cm. Three chromolithographs and black and white illustrations. Ding, Dong, Three Little Pigs in a variety of colored type, et al. Ads for the National Tribune, Washington, DC newspaper, inside front cover and back cover. More
Master Henry's Rabbit; The Bees' And the Faithful Dog; CHAPBOOK
Troy: Merriam & Moore, ca. 1880's. Wraps. 24 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Illustrated with engraved wood-cuts. Back cover advert for The Milner Toys, published by Merriam & Moore. Clean, bright copy. More
Master Henry's Arrival, And The Alarm; CHAPBOOK
Troy: Merriam & Moore, ca. 1880's. Wraps. 24 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Illustrated with engraved wood-cuts. Back cover advert for The Milner Toys, published by Merriam & Moore. Clean, bright copy. More
The Wonderful World of Oz
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Moser, Barry. Hardcover. 268 pages. 33.5 x 30.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 200 of 350 illustrated and signed by Barry Moser. With an appreciation by Justin G. Shiller, printed by Harold McGrath in Van Dijck type on archival paper with calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge. Sixty..... More
Master Henry's Lesson; The Visitors; And Hay Making; CHAPBOOK
Troy: Merriam & Moore, ca. 1880's. Wraps. 24 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Illustrated with engraved wood-cuts. Back cover advert for The Milner Toys, published by Merriam & Moore. Clean, bright copy. More
Tick, Tick, Tick and other Rhymes; CHAPBOOK
New York: Np, ca. 1880. Wraps. 4 leaves. 11.5 x 7.5 cm. Four chromolithographs and black and white illustrations. Little Miss Muffit, Little Bo-Peep, et al. Ads for the National Tribune, Washington, DC newspaper, inside front cover and back cover. More
Winnie-The-Pooh; Decorations By Ernest H. Shepard
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1926. Shepard, Ernest H. First American edition. Hardcover. 158 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Clean, bright and fresh copy. Illustrated endpapers. Only fault, two thin creases at front cover. More