London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1890-1900]. Small slim 8vo., [8] pp., in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Cover slightly darkened, edges slightly frayed, some stains; good. § Father Tuck’s “Dolly Dear Series,” Artistic Series No. 2802..... More
London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1895]. Small slim 8vo, [8] pp., text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Some pages creased, cover slightly discolored, joint has a tear, some stains; good. § Father..... More
New York/Hagerstown/San Francisco/London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1979. Oblong 4to., [32] pp., color illustrations throughout. White color-illustrated cloth with matching price-clipped dust jacket. Edges slightly rubbed; near fine. § First edition. Sandra Boynton is an American greeting card illustrator, author, songwriter, director, humorist, and artist. has published many children’s books..... More
NY: Algonquin Pub, 1929. Squat 12mo, 40pp., full-page color frontispiece, illustrated entirely in color wth hieroglyphic figures. Boards illustrated in color, red paper backstrip a little tender but sound. Rare in anything approaching decent condition. § First edition, a very good copy of this amusing hieroglyphic booklet. More
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
1924. Five offset color prints, 7 x 9.5 inches, nicely matted in different, complementary colors. Small abrasion to the mat only of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, else a fine set, perfect for framing. § Five plates from Mother Goose (1924) illustrated by Charles Buckles Falls. The five rhymes illustrated are..... More
![Item #108234 [Illustration for] “The Persian Maid.”. Helen Mary Jacobs](https://johnwindle.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/108234_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709329272)
n.p.: n.d. Pencil and ink drawing on paper approx. 6 x 8 1/4”, mounted in frame. Signed to the lower left by the artist; very good. § Original framed drawing by Helen Mary Jacobs (1888-1970). Jacobs drew comic strips for The Sunday Fairy (1919-), later known as The Children's Fairy..... More
London: Walker Books, 1998. 4to, [32] pp., color illustrations on every page, decorative endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, lacking dust jacket; a very good copy inscribed by the illustrator. § A children’s book by Newbery Honor winning author Kathryn Lasky, inscribed on the title page by the illustrator Wendy Alderson Halperin..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2019. 4to (11 x 8.5 inches), 329 pp. over 200 full-color illustrations. Hand-numbered and signed by the author. Red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, with decorative endpapers photo-reproduced from hand-painted paper by Eric Carle. § From the regular edition..... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2019. 4to (11 x 8.5 inches), 329 pp. over 200 full-color illustrations. Hand-numbered and signed by the author. Red cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine, with decorative endpapers photo-reproduced from hand-painted paper by Eric Carle. § From the regular edition..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Roy. 8vo, [67] pp. Letterpress text and drawings in lithographic crayon on zinc, printed throughout in brown with title page lettered in green, pictorial endpapers. Beige cloth, lettered and pictorially stamped in green. Dust-jacket printed in green and brown, $2.00 price flap unclipped. A...... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1912. 4to, 24 leaves, the recto of each printed with an illustration in color and the text in verso. Blue cloth boards with a color print pasted on upper board. Blank book-label affixed to the upper paste-down, minor foxing around margins, a bright copy in..... More
Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Company, [1926]. 4to, 261 pp. Dark green cloth with colour plate on upper cover,yellow-stained edges, black and white illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Some minor rubbing to plate on upper board, a few light marks on the lower board, hinges a bit weak and cracking..... More
London: Blackie, [1913?]. 8vo, [88] pp. with color illustrations in the collation. Original pictorial boards, red cloth backstrip, covers a bit soiled and worn, internally very good. § Later edition of this much reprinted book, with plates by Rackham and Cecil Aldin and text from various authors. Collations and descriptions..... More
