THE CHRISTMAS DREAM OF LITTLE CHARLES.
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, n.d. [186_]. "Second Series - No. 5" Sewn pamphlet (3 1/2" tall). 16p. Illustrated with woodcuts. Pale pink printed wrappers. Rare. More
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DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN.
Banbury: J.G. Rusher, n.d. [1820's]. Sewn pamphlet (3 1/2" tall). 16p. Illustrated with woodcuts. More
A PICTURE BOOK, FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, n.d. [c.1812]. Chapbook. 12mo. 24p. Illustrated with woodcut on title and two woodcuts on each page. Bound in plain untitled wrappers. Rosenbach 466. More
THE TRAGI-COMIC HISTORY OF THE BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN; WITH THE LAMENTATIONS OF JENNY WREN; THE SPARROW'S APPREHENSION; AND THE COCKOO'S PUNISHMENT.
Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. Printed by S. Probasco. Frontis. [1-5], 6-16p, 8 plates including frontis. Plates not figured in the pagination. The frontispiece and final plate are on the inside of the wrappers. 12mo. Bound in untitled stiff salmon wrappers. Rosenbach 616; same collation as Welch, but different imprint and..... More
AESOP'S FABLES (For children from 5 to 8 years old).
Racine, WI: Whitman, n.d. Quarto. 12 pages in card stock wrappers. Staple bound. Illustrated in color by Elsie M. Kroll. Wrappers printed in color and signed J. W. W. More
GESAMMELTE MARCHEN.
Leipzig: Carl B. Lorck, 1854. Sixth edition. viii, 420p, [iv, ads]. Portrait frontispiece. Bound in full vellum with red spine label and gilt spine decorations. More
THE FAIRIES UP-TO-DATE.
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, n.d. 189p. Illustrated by Jean de Bosschere on every verso with text on the facing rectos, each page with large illustrated borders in various colors. Bound in publisher's gray boards with titles on spine and upper cover in brown. A scarce de Bosschere title with the..... More
MY LIFE STORY.
New York: Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, n.d. [c. 1920]. First edition. Quarto. Unpaged. 16 pages and with text on the inside covers. Illustrated on every page, four in full color. Bound with cloth spine, the covers mounted with bright color-printed paper. The upper covers features a portrait of Ted..... More
INTRODUCTION A LA CONNOISSANCE DE LA NATURE.
Paris: Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1803. Small 8vo. (ii), 296p, (ii, contents). Illustrated with 20 engraved plates, each with tissue guard. Bound in period leather with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles with rules and small ornaments. With a FORE-EDGE painting of Noah's Ark with the procession of the..... More
THE WONDERBOX STORIES.
New York: Century, 1916. First edition. 154p. Illustrated throughout with many drawings by Will Bradley. Small 8vo. Bound in yellow cloth with overall design on upper cover in brown and tan. More
A PERFECT DAY FOR THE MOVIES.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1983). First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaged. 32p. Written and illustrated y Ron Chatalbash. Each recto with a black and white drawing featuring the protagonist and her cat within famous movies, text on the facing versos. Publisher's printed red boards. More
THE BUBBLE BALLADS.
New York: The Century Co., 1914. First edition. 4to. (x), 148p. Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay with 16 full-page plates in black and white, and with text drawings and an illustrated border frame repeating on each text page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles, the upper cover set..... More
BOB AND BETTY IN KRESGELAND.
n.p. Richardson Illustrating Co, (1924). 12pp in staple bound self wrappers. The covers and and four pages in color. This one "Kresge Department Store" More
BETTY CROCKER'S GUIDE TO EASY ENTERTAINING.
New York: Golden Press, 1959. First edition. Octavo (8"). 176p. Illustrated in color by Peter Spier and with color plates of prepared dishes. Spiral bound in color illustrated white boards. Certainly rare in this condition. More
THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON.
London: Longman, Rivington, Duncan, Whittaker, et. al. 1844. "A new edition revised throughout" iv, 452p. Illustrated with woodcuts after Harvey. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and richly gilt panels. More
Teddy B. and Teddy G. THE TRAVELING BEARS ACROSS THE SEA.
New York: Barse & Hopkins, (1916). First edition in book form. Quarto. 58p, [v]. Illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell, including color frontispiece. Cloth spine with color-printed paper-covered boards. More
THE PULL OUT PICTURE BOOK.
n.p. Wm. H. Wise & Co., (1943). Quarto. Unpaged. Illustrated by Pauline Jackson. Spiral bound color-printed boards with five pages that fold out to three panels each. Children are to identify the animals and objects they see in each scene. More
JULIAN HOME, A TALE OF COLLEGE LIFE.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition with illustrations in color (originally published in 1859). x, 431p, [x]. Illustrated with 8 plates in color and 4 in black and white. Blue cloth with titles in gilt and white and with pictorial designs in color on spine and upper cover..... More
THE KENNETH E. LUTHER COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1992. Two printed catalogues bound together with forward and indexes added. Gilt-titled light blue cloth. Collection of 1339 items. More
PICTURE SONGS FOR THE KIDDIES AS SUNG BY FORD AND GLENN AT LULLABY TIME:
n.p. Wm. G. Kreicker, 1927. Folio. Unpaged. 32p. Printed music surrounded by brilliant color illustrations. Original color printed boards. Title page and final page feature Ford and Glenn in their children's costumes. Quite scarce. More
AUSGEWAHLTE GEDICHTE VON NIKOLAUS LENAU.
Vienna and Leipzig: Martin Gerlach & Co., n.d. [c. 1905]. Square 12mo. 96p. Illustrated by Hugo Steiner with text drawings and color pictures. Text by Hans Fraungruber. Bound in gray boards with blue cloth spine with black titles and black pictorial decoration on the upper cover, pattern endpapers in the..... More
RUBEZAHL, DER HERR DES RIESENGEBIRGES.
Vienna and Leipzig: Martin Gerlach & Co., n.d. [c. 1905]. Square 12mo. 119p. Illustrated by Hans Schwaiger and Jos. J. Loukota with text drawings and color pictures. Text by Hans Fraungruber. Bound in green boards with title and pictorial design on upper cover in black and white, pattern endpapers in..... More
DREAM DAYS.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1930). Large Paper edition Limited to 275 copies Signed by Kenneth Grahame and Ernest H. Shepard. This no. 266. Octavo. xii, 168p. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard with frontispiece and 28 black drawings in line style and in silhouette. Bound with gilt-titled vellum spine..... More