STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS
CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES
- $3,850
STEVENSON,ROBERT LOUIS. A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1885. 8vo, blue cloth stamped in gold, top edge gilt, x, 101p., small spot on front cover else near Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing (of 1000 copies). A nice copy of this most enduring book of poems for children.
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STORY OF THE WILD FLOWERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FLOWER ALPHABET
KEELEY, GERTRUDE ABC. (FLOWERS) THE STORY OF THE WILD FLOWERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH FLOWER ALPHABET by Gertrude Keeley. NY: Hurst (1901, 1914). 4to (6 3/8 x 10 1/4"), cloth, pictorial paste-on, some slight cover soil else VG. Each of the 26 flowers from A-Z has 2 pages of text plus a poem, including some uncommon varities of flowers. Each letter is pictorially presented in color.- $165
- $165
SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS
TIMLIN, WILLIAM TIMLIN,WILLIAM. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. London: Harrap, no date [1923]. Large 4to (9 1/2 x 12 1/4"), gilt decorated vellum-backed boards, spine slightly darkened some tip and edge wear, a clean and VG+ copy. An incredible fantasy - science fiction tale. Every page of calligraphic text is individually mounted on heavy gray paper (47 pages of text). There are 48 mounted color plates by Timlin that are really magnificent. Timlin was born in England in 1893 but grew up in South Africa. A most fabulous and desired book.- $1,375
- $1,375
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
CARROLL, LEWIS CARROLL,LEWIS. (LAURENCIN) ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Paris: Black Sun Press 1930. Oblong 4to, white wraps, 114p., VERY FINE IN ORIGINAL GLASSENE, CHEMISE AND SLIPCASE (case scuffed with some minor wear and soil). LIMITED TO ONLY 370 COPIES FOR EUROPE, this is one of the 50 copies PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Illustrated by MARIE LAURENCIN with 6 magnificent color plates. Quite scarce and a beautiful copy of a most desired book.- $5,500
- $5,500
EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON
(NIELSEN,KAY)illus. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON. [London] Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1914]. Large 4to, (9 x 11 1/2"), blue cloth with extensive gilt decoration - a Very Fine copy with gilt bright. 1st edition of Nielsen's most desired book, illustrated with pictorial endpapers and featuring 25 magnificent tipped-in color plates with lettered guards as well as numerous detailed black and whites throughout the text. A beautiful copy of the first edition.- $4,950
- $4,950
LITTLE HOUSE
BURTON, VIRGINIA LEE BURTON,VIRGINIA LEE. THE LITTLE HOUSE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1942 (1942). 4to (9 3/4 x 9"), pictorial cloth, Slight soil on top edge of cover else a clean, Fine copy in a fabulous dust wrapper (some practically undetectable small bits of restoration of dw). 1st edition (1st printing) of one of the rarest CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS. and a children's classic. The story relates the conflict between an ever changing city life and tranquil country life, beautifully illustrated with color lithographs by Burton. See Bader p.201-2. Nice copies like this are very hard to find.- $12,650
- $12,650
BOO-BOOS AT HONEY SWEET FARM
ATTWELL, MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL,MABEL LUCIE. THE BOO-BOOS AT HONEY SWEET FARM. Dundee, London, Montreal: Valentine, no date, circa 1921. 12mo (4 1/4 x 5 1/2"), boards, pictorial paste-on, slight shelf wear, VG-Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Attwell with pictorial endpapers, 14 color plates plus many full page and partial page green line illustrations all featuring a little girl named Bunty and Attwell's fairy Boo-Boos. Very scarce.- $1,100
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MENAGE CLAPOTIN AU PAYS DES CACTUS
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TOY VILLAGE
ROBERTS, GEORGIA PICTURE BOOK. THE TOY VILLAGE by Georgia Roberts. London & NY: Nister & Dutton, no date, circa 1906. Oblong 4to (11 1/4 x 9"), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed else VG+. This is a fabulous picture book with text in rhyme relating the tale of Noah and his crew after they came off of the Ark. Illustrated by Katharine Greenland with 20 full page chromolithographs portraying all of the characters as toys. See Peeps Into Nisterland p.281. This is a charming picture book.- $440
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FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN!
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RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE IN THE ART OF YU A. VASNETSOV
PETROV RUSSIAN INTEREST. RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE IN THE ART OF YU A. VASNETSOV by Vsevolod Petrov. Pub. in Moscow ca 1972. Folio, 139p., cloth, fine in dw and plain slipcase. Text is in both Russian and English and there are hundred's of reproductions of the fairy tale illustrations by Vasnetsov.- $165
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IL PLEUT, BERGERE
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WEEK SPENT IN A GLASS POND
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LE BUFFON DES ENFANTS: LES OISEAUX DE CHEZ NOUS
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KULIHRASEK S MAJDALENKOU
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OUR INDIANS: A MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE GREAT SOMEWHERE-OR-OTHER
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