Biggles Flies South. Illustrated by Howard Leigh and Jack Nicolle by JOHNS, Captain W.E. [LEIGH, H.; NICOLLE, J.] - 1938

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Color Plates, B/W Illustrations. (57) Pp. Light Blue Cloth, Lettered In White, Grey Background, Red And Black Illustration. 12 3/4 X 9 1/2". First (And Only) Printing. A Clean, Bright Example, Pages Immaculate And Square, Endpapers Slightly Age-Toned, Covers With Light Rubbing At Corners, No Fraying, Hinges Tight, Some Rubbing To Cover Lettering, Background, And Illustration With Small Losses (See Photo). No Names Or Marks Or Stains.

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Marvelous Land of Oz. Pictured by John R. Neill. The end-papers from life poses by the famous comedians, Montgomery and Stone. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904. 8vo, 287pp. Dark red cloth pictorially stamped in dark navy blue, silver and green. Pictorial endpapers; 16 full-color plates and 118 b&w illustrations. A remarkably clean, tight copy, with spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, faint damp-staining to rear board, front hinge starting, a few pages soiled in margins.
First edition, second state, binding state B, bearing "Published, July, 1904" on copyright and the plate on pp 23 bearing the caption "Old Mombi puts Jack in the stable." The second of L. Frank Baum's beloved and best-selling Oz books, issued one year after "The Wizard of Oz" had become a smash hit on Broadway. The boy Tip is befriended by the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Wogglebug, T.E., and the wooden Sawhorse as they strive to stop the evil witch Mombi and the revolt of the women of Oz.… Read More

1650. Danzig: bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. Rare. Danzig: bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. Rare. The Emblematic Teaching Method Buno, Johannes [1617-1697]. Buno, Conrad, Engraver. Neues und also Eingerichtetes ABC- und Lesebuchlein, Da Vermittels der Darinnen Begriffenen Anleitung, Nicht nur Junge, Sondern auch Erwachsene Innerhalb 6. Tagen, Zu Fertigem Lesen so wol Deutscher als Lateinischer, Gro - und kleiner Schriften Durch Lustige Mahrlein und Spiele Konnen Gebracht Werden, Zu Besserer und Zeitiger Erbauung der Allgemeinen Christlichen Jugend Wolmeinend Ausgefertiget. Danzig: Bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. [xxiv], 72 pp. Folding engraved copperplate and printed table mis-bound at rear of text. (Half-page printed tables included in some copies not present, see below). Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary marbled wrappers. Light rubbing with negligible wear to spine ends and corners. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places, faint dampstaining and minor worming to foot of text block at rear of text.… Read More

Volume 5 only of Friedrich Bertuch's famous Picture-Book for Children, an illustrated encyclopedia for children. With 100 hand-coloured copperplates. Explanatory text in German and French.The Picture-Book was published in 12 volumes from 1790 to 1843 and eventually included 1,185 handcoloured copperplates. Bertuch wished to reproduce the magic of discovery, and mixed engravings of plants, animals, shells, minerals, volcanoes and technical inventions in a utopian chaos, so that a child could encounter afresh the wonders of the natural world at the turn of every page. Although unsigned, the copperplates were overseen by Georg Melchior Kraus and J.H. Lips, after drawings by Th. Götz, C. Graf, C. Horny, Fr. Kaiser, and W. Waitz, and botanicals by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer. With roses 9-18, animals 59-74, birds 66-76, insects 32-47, fish, amphibians, worms, fruit, enslaved people and slave ship, ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods 14-22, landscapes, microscopic animals,… Read More

Hardcover Condition:Fine. Slipcase Condition: VG-. Limited Edition (1 of 25 lettered copies). Twelve Fables of Aesop narrated by Glenway Wescott, illustrated with 18 linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi, designed and printed in three colors (black, gray, and red) on Rives mould-made paper by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, New York, from hand-set Emerson type and from the artist's original blocks. The edition is limited to 975 numbered copies and 25 lettered review copies, all signed by Mr. Frasconi, Mr. Wescott, and Mr. Blumenthal. This copy is one of the 25 lettered copies (copy number "F").

In addition to the other three signatures, it is signed by Monroe Wheeler. In 1935 Wheeler was employed by New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). He was on the Library Committee and in three years he was Director of Membership and the following year Director of Publications. In 1940 MOMA created the role of Director of Exhibitions and Wheeler was the first person to hold the post. In 1944 he… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Color Plates, B/W Illustrations. (57) Pp. Light Blue Cloth, Lettered In White, Grey Background, Red And Black Illustration. 12 3/4 X 9 1/2". First (And Only) Printing. A Clean, Bright Example, Pages Immaculate And Square, Endpapers Slightly Age-Toned, Covers With Light Rubbing At Corners, No Fraying, Hinges Tight, Some Rubbing To Cover Lettering, Background, And Illustration With Small Losses (See Photo). No Names Or Marks Or Stains.

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Marvelous Land of Oz. Pictured by John R. Neill. The end-papers from life poses by the famous comedians, Montgomery and Stone. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904. 8vo, 287pp. Dark red cloth pictorially stamped in dark navy blue, silver and green. Pictorial endpapers; 16 full-color plates and 118 b&w illustrations. A remarkably clean, tight copy, with spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, faint damp-staining to rear board, front hinge starting, a few pages soiled in margins.
First edition, second state, binding state B, bearing "Published, July, 1904" on copyright and the plate on pp 23 bearing the caption "Old Mombi puts Jack in the stable." The second of L. Frank Baum's beloved and best-selling Oz books, issued one year after "The Wizard of Oz" had become a smash hit on Broadway. The boy Tip is befriended by the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, H.M. Wogglebug, T.E., and the wooden Sawhorse as they strive to stop the evil witch Mombi and the revolt of the women of Oz.… Read More

1650. Danzig: bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. Rare. Danzig: bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. Rare. The Emblematic Teaching Method Buno, Johannes [1617-1697]. Buno, Conrad, Engraver. Neues und also Eingerichtetes ABC- und Lesebuchlein, Da Vermittels der Darinnen Begriffenen Anleitung, Nicht nur Junge, Sondern auch Erwachsene Innerhalb 6. Tagen, Zu Fertigem Lesen so wol Deutscher als Lateinischer, Gro - und kleiner Schriften Durch Lustige Mahrlein und Spiele Konnen Gebracht Werden, Zu Besserer und Zeitiger Erbauung der Allgemeinen Christlichen Jugend Wolmeinend Ausgefertiget. Danzig: Bey Andreas Hunefeld, 1650. [xxiv], 72 pp. Folding engraved copperplate and printed table mis-bound at rear of text. (Half-page printed tables included in some copies not present, see below). Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary marbled wrappers. Light rubbing with negligible wear to spine ends and corners. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places, faint dampstaining and minor worming to foot of text block at rear of text.… Read More

Volume 5 only of Friedrich Bertuch's famous Picture-Book for Children, an illustrated encyclopedia for children. With 100 hand-coloured copperplates. Explanatory text in German and French.The Picture-Book was published in 12 volumes from 1790 to 1843 and eventually included 1,185 handcoloured copperplates. Bertuch wished to reproduce the magic of discovery, and mixed engravings of plants, animals, shells, minerals, volcanoes and technical inventions in a utopian chaos, so that a child could encounter afresh the wonders of the natural world at the turn of every page. Although unsigned, the copperplates were overseen by Georg Melchior Kraus and J.H. Lips, after drawings by Th. Götz, C. Graf, C. Horny, Fr. Kaiser, and W. Waitz, and botanicals by Henriette and Conrad Westermayr, F. Götz and C. Ermer. With roses 9-18, animals 59-74, birds 66-76, insects 32-47, fish, amphibians, worms, fruit, enslaved people and slave ship, ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods 14-22, landscapes, microscopic animals,… Read More

Hardcover Condition:Fine. Slipcase Condition: VG-. Limited Edition (1 of 25 lettered copies). Twelve Fables of Aesop narrated by Glenway Wescott, illustrated with 18 linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi, designed and printed in three colors (black, gray, and red) on Rives mould-made paper by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, New York, from hand-set Emerson type and from the artist's original blocks. The edition is limited to 975 numbered copies and 25 lettered review copies, all signed by Mr. Frasconi, Mr. Wescott, and Mr. Blumenthal. This copy is one of the 25 lettered copies (copy number "F").

In addition to the other three signatures, it is signed by Monroe Wheeler. In 1935 Wheeler was employed by New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). He was on the Library Committee and in three years he was Director of Membership and the following year Director of Publications. In 1940 MOMA created the role of Director of Exhibitions and Wheeler was the first person to hold the post. In 1944 he… Read More