London: Dean and Munday, 1819. 12mo, 35 pp. Original printed wrappers. Covers and folding color frontispiece both detached, frontispiece with large chip from top left corner, some offsetting but generally clean. § A rare children's puzzle book; no copies on OCLC. The publisher's catalogue on lower wrapper lists "Puzzle-all's entertaining..... More

Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. 4to, xvi, 316 pp. followed by Frederick Laing's colored hieroglyphic Bible, consisting of 94 plus 184 mounted plates, four to a page, comprising stories from the Old and New Testaments. Original tan linen buckram over beveled boards, decoratively stamped in gilt and black. Top..... More

Boston, MA: Godine, 2020. 4to (11 x 8.5 inches), 256 pp. full color illustrations throughout. Red cloth,spine titled in gilt, in color illustrated dust jacket. § The trade edition of a sumptuous celebration of children’s picture books as art and literature. How do simple words and images make a children’s..... More

New York: Redfield, [between 1843 and 1852]. 12mo, 16 pp. With 4 full-page illustrations and two more in the text. Wood engraving on p. [6] signed "W.H." (i.e., William Howland?). Original yellow wrappers, top corner stained. Light pencil gift inscription on the title page "John W. Poole from Miss Jane..... More

[London]: Printed and Published by J. Fairburn, Featherstone, Street City Road [and] Published Oct[obe]r 1st, 1839 by J. Fairburn, 110 Minories. Two handcoloured prints, each bordering calligraphed bible verses, name and date. The first (384 x 486 mm) shows “Paul Preaching at Athens”, six smaller scenes from the Book of..... More