The Hobbit by Tolkien, J. R. R.:

QUITE RARE. A Child's Garden Of Verses (1888 Charles Scribner's Sons 1st American Edition) USED. Good+ /No dust jacket included. Leatherbound edition. Please see our photos. Title page states 1888. Former owner bookplate on inside front endpaper. We consider offers

Louis Janet. Paris. ND. 1828. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.2 inches). 166pp. 8 finely hand coloured plates, each with tissue guard. Two previous owner bookplates on front blank endpapers. Fine early binding of full tan calf. Both boards with blind stamped decorative design within a gilt ruled line border. Spine with decorative gilt bands, the compartments blind decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt decorative roll design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some rubbing and minor bumping to the corners but overall a very good and attractive copy of this charming and unusual little book, a fantasy voyage through the perspective of household objects. The book is undated, but the Bibliotheque Nationale de France catalogue gives the publication date as 1828.

1855 Robin Hood and Merry Foresters English Folklore Little John Stephen Percy

Robin Hood has become one of the world's most well-known legendary heroes from English folklore. Robin and his Merry Men were known as common thieves who sought to better the poor and take care of the sick. The name Robin Hood has become synonymous with outlaws who do not reveal their identity.
Stephen Percy's account of Robin Hood is one of the many famed and desirable 19th-century versions of the legend of Robin Hood.
Item number: #18560
Price: $499
PERCY, Stephen
Robin Hood and His Merry Foresters

New York, Boston : C.S. Francis and Company, 1855.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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213, [3]
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9 full-page engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~5.75in X 4.75in (14.5cm x 12cm)
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Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase.

Six Volumes, 4" h x 3" w. Peter Rabbit is dated 1911 other five are 1905. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial down the front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White paper inside aged with yellowish tint. each book has numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines are rubbed and falling apart, binding on Cinderella is gone. Interior contents are good solid some pages do have pencil writing/ marks from a child SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Each miniature book has different page count, listed below. Fairy tales of Grimm -127 pages Fairy tales from Anderson - 126 pages Cinderella… Read More

1912 1ed FABLES Big Book Charles Robinson Color Illustrated AESOP Fairy Tales
Charles Robinson was a 20th-century book illustrator best-known for his contributions to iconic works like 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and other nursery rhymes.
This 1912 London edition of 'The Big Book of Fables' includes an impressive collection of 28 tipped-in color engravings of the artwork of Robinson which depict scenes from these fables, many of which are of Aesop. Edited by Walter Jerrold.
Item number: #12549
Price: $499
ROBINSON, Charles [illust.]
The big book of fables
London : Blackie & Son, 1912. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
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xxi, [1], 293, [1]
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127 illustrations
27 color plates
100 black & white plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm)

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1893 1ed Brownies at Home Palmer Cox Children Fairy Tale Mythology Illustrated

Palmer Cox was a Canadian author and illustrator best known for The Brownies, based on Celtic mythology and highland Scottish tales told to Cox by his grandmother. Brownies are small imaginary male sprites, who enjoy harmless pranks and helpful deeds and have never been seen by people.
This 1893 edition of 'Brownies at Home'
is complete with 12 short stories and numerous black and white wood engravings and a color illustrated decorative binding.

Item number: #15171
Price: $499
COX, Palmer
The Brownies at Home
New York: Century Co., ©1893. First Edition.
Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 144
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Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~10.5in X 8.5in (26cm x 21.5cm)
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1913 EXQUISITE 1ed Princess Badoura Arabian Nights Dulac ART Aladdin Housman

"A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance."
– 'The Arabian Nights'

During the Golden Age of Islam in South and West Asia, a collection of tales and stories was gathered and called "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights".
This charming printing of 'Princess Badoura' is a famous story from 'Arabian Nights'. Princess Badoura is famous for marrying Aladdin. This edition was translated and edited by Laurence Housman alongside 10 impressive, full-page color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
Item number: #18759
Price: $750
HOUSMAN, Laurence
Princess Badoura. A tale from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman
London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 113, [1]
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10 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Decorative cloth
· Size: ~10.25in X 7.75in (26cm x 19.5cm)… Read More

2nd American edition. 8th impression. 1,000 copies of this impression were sent from Allen & Unwin to Houghton Mifflin. Dust jacket states 8th impression, book is confirmed the same by the clipped 'e' in 'the' on page 20, line 6. Book is in Very Good condition, with joints showing signs of weakness. Some very light foxing on map endpapers. Some light yellowing of text pages, but otherwise clean and tight. Cover has most minimal wear.Dust jacket is in Good condition, with some edgewear, small open tears at corners, top of jacket spine has 1/4" high open tear. Dust jacket flaps have moderate foxing.

1904 1st ed Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang Mermaids Elves Native American Indians

"Once upon a time…"

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of children stories that were published in a collection of "colors." The collection includes nearly 800 stories both true and fiction. The Brown Fairy Book contains stories of Native American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, and other stories from Persia, Lapland, and India. While most of the stories have truths of these cultures, the stories include portrayals of elves, mermaids, and wicked wolverines! See below for a full list of the titles.
Item number: #40101
Price: $599
LANG, Andrew
The Brown fairy book
London; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o xiii, [1], 350
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49 illustrations
7 color-plates
22 full-page plates
20 in-text
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
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Brown decorative cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13cm)
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