Journey Cake, Ho by Sawyer, Ruth; Illustrated by Robert McCloskey - 1953

1914 1ed Butterfly Babies Book Gordon Ross Children Literature Color Illustrated

M.T. Ross, "Penny", was a popular artist and cartoonist in the early 1900s whose works include "The Flower Babies Book", "The Flower Children", "Butterfly Babies", "Bird Children", "Animal Children" and others. He was also the originator of the extremely popular comic strip "Mamma's Angel Child" for the Chicago Tribune and worked with Walt Disney before he made his own company.
Elizabeth Gordon was a fantasy author and poet. Her book 'Butterfly Babies' Book' is a short children's fantasy collection of poems that anthropomorphize butterflies giving them names and stories while giving information through poetry on the trees and flowers they eat and take shelter from. The book ends with an area for the reader to notate when they see butterflies and what butterflies they see.
This charming children's book of poems contains color illustrations from Ross on each page of each butterfly including on the cover boards!

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Number 97 of 400 of the Japanese Vellum Edition De Luxe. Folio. Signed by Harry Quilter. and subscribed to Sir William Henderson. Illustrated.. Color frontispiece and one another plate printed on silk by Lemercier. Illustrated with b.w. designs/decorations throughout. Gilt decorated front board with two ornamental pewter inlays. Decorative front end papers. Some soiling to front and rear cover. Front board has a split has a 2.5-inch split at bottom hinge,not impacting the binding. Book is tightly bound. A rare book and interesting book. Additional postage may be necessary (large book). Sir William Henderson (10 April 1826 – 9 June 1904) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist.He was born in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a farmer, and his first job was a junior position in the Fraserburgh branch of the North of Scotland Bank. However, he soon moved to Aberdeen to work for the Aberdeen White Star Line, founded in 1825 by George Thompson, a… Read More

1860 Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes Color Illustrated Children Fairy Humpty Dumpty

A rare, illustrated edition of famous Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. This book contains famous nursery rhymes including:
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'Humpty Dumpty'
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'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe'
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'Little Boy Blue'
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'Little Bo Peep'
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'Jack Jump Over the Candlestick'
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'Old King Cole'
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'Peter Piper'
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'Song of Sixpence'
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'Three Blind Mice'
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And many more!
Item number: #19611
Price: $550
Mother Goose's Chimes, Rhymes & Melodies
[Philadelphia : Henry B. Ashmead, ca. 1860].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages;
· Language: English
· Binding: secure

· Quite rare
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1871 1ed Mother Goose Set to Music Humpty Dumpty Twinkle Little Star Jack n Jill
A rare first edition of the charming pictorial collection, 'Mother Goose Set to Music.' Originally composed by James William Elliot, the lyrics of the songs were written by M.L. Elliot. Each song includes a corresponding woodcut vignette. These illustrations are by a variety of artists under the supervision of the esteemed English engravers, the Brothers Dalziel, George, and Edward.
There can hardly be found a name or pseudonym so synonymous with nursery rhymes as Mother Goose. Included within are some of the Western world's most famous pieces such as 'Jack and Jill,' 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,' 'Dickory, Dickory, Dock,' 'Little Bo-Peep,' 'Little Jack Horner,' 'Humpty Dumpty,' 'Hey diddle diddle,' and so many more!
Item number: #40381
Price: $499
ELLIOT, M.L.
Mother Goose Set to Music
New York: G.W. Carleton and Co., 1871. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
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[8], 75 (i.e., 71), [1]
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1860 FAIRY TALES Charles Perrault Illustrated Cinderella French Riding Hood RARE

"A dream is a wish your heart makes."
― Charles Perrault, Cinderella

Charles Perrault was a 17th-century French author who is most-remembered for his fairy tales. When "Les Contes" was first written it was quite ahead of its time, and his writing helped lay the groundwork for a new literary genre that would become very popular throughout Europe of the next century. Many of his fairy tales include stories that are still popular today such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Thumbelina, and Sleeping Beauty.

This printing is a fine, 19th-century printing that includes charming illustrations and a decorative front cover.

Item number: #21720
Price: $499

PERRAULT, Charles

Les Contes des Fees

Paris: J Langlume, [1860].

Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o 179, [1]
o 5 plates, plus vignette title page
• Provenance: Handwritten – Florence V. Grimston, 1860
• Language: French
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New York: Dutton, 1904 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, edges rubbed, corners worn, eps foxed. A scarce and humorous picture book featuring 24 full-page color plates depicting humans and humanized animals in funny situations. Opposite each plate is a short verse and line art relating to the image.. First American Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Lewis Baumer. Oblong 4to.

1969. A two page manuscript letter signed by Tasha Tudor with stamped envelope. Miss Tudor writes that she is poor in giving information about her work as she never keeps records or clippings of her work and finds gardening as her favorite pastime. Inscribed "Best wishes to you & a/ Happy New Year./ Sincerely/Tasha Tudor. With a charming drawing of a rabbit below.

London; nd [ca. 1840]: J. L. Marks. 12mo. (8)pp. with several hand colored plates printed only on one side, bound in pictorial printed wrappers, previous owner's name dated 1840, some darkening to edges and soiling, spine with separation. A good copy of this very scarce, fragile and very early hand-colored children's poetry book locating only 3 copies via OLC.

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1980. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.3 x 9.2 inches). Limited edition. One of 100 copies, numbered and signed by Michael Foreman on the title page and with a numbered and signed original etching loosely inserted. This copy number 1 of the book and etching. Illustrated in full colour throughout with the text confined to the margins. Hemingway's children's short story, a loose parody of Ferdinand the Bull, was originally published in Holiday magazine in 1951. This is the first printing with these illustrations. A fine copy in publishers laminated boards with full colour illustration to the front board. Colour illustrated endpapers. Etching image measures 3.9 x 3 inches on a sheet of untrimmed hand made paper measuring 9.5 x 7.5 inches, and has a loose tissue guard to protect it. The book is housed in a plain brown paper covered slip case.

xii+144 pages Illustrated throughout. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket in a custom slipcase. First edition, first state, with the De Vinne Press seal immediately below the copyright notice.The Brownies is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at children, The Brownies was published in magazines and books during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Not unlike fairies and goblins, Brownies are imaginary little sprites, who are supposed to delight in harmless pranks and helpful deeds. Never allowing themselves to be seen by mortal eyes, they are male, drawn to represent many professions and nationalities, all mischievous members of the fairy world whose principal attribute is helping with chores while a family sleeps. The Brownie characters became famous in… Read More