The Rooster Crows; A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (SIGNED) by Petersham, Maud & Miska - 1945

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909 Tan cloth spine w/ title plate , geen boards. Inscribed twice by Author: - So : Good-night, - good-morning, ect . [Act IV] in ink fep & With happiest remembrances of a Stratford message, July of 1910. half title page. 201 pgs clean tight copy of scarce provenence.. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Decorated Stiff card/cloth. Very Good.

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 341pp. Blue cloth blind stamped on the front and stamped in silver on the spine, top edge stained blue. Signed by Saul Bellow on the flyleaf. Two corner tips a tad bruised, very mild toning to endpapers. A bright near fine copy in very good dustjacket with one short closed tear to front panel, minute chipping, light toning to spine panel and mild foxing to the reverse. 1964 winner of the National Book Award. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. A fine collection of eight original full colour illustrations by G. D. Rowlandson that appeared in Warne's "Baby Animal Book" (in Warne's 'Popular Picture Books Series'). The book and illustrations are not dated but Copac give 1925 as the publication date. The illustrations include the cover design (with attached but separate typography), White Persian Cat; Turkey and Geese; Cow and Calf; Shetland Ponies; Rabbits and Parrots. A copy of the original book is also included. The illustrations are in watercolour on thick card; all are signed G. D. Rowlandson or initialed G. D. R. The dimensions are approx. 135 x 230mm; the cover illustration is larger format measuring 260 x 300mm; each has a contemporary brown paper protector. All are in very good condition. (The book is a little worn and rubbed to edges) There is a short marginal tear to the cover illustration which just touches the… Read More

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. A fine collection of seven original full colour illustrations by G. D. Rowlandson that appeared in Warne's "Tiny Tots Animal Book" (in Warne's 'Popular Picture Books Series'). The illustrations include a particulary fine study of a Jack Russel Terrier and her puppies; a "rare breed"sow and her piglets; a cock, hen and chicks; the other illustrations are Guinea Pigs; Red Squirrel; Pigeons and final a study of Grey Squirrels. The illustrations are in watercolour on thick card; all are signed G. D. Rowlandson or initialed G. D. R. The dimensions are approx. 135 x 230mm; most with contemporary brown paper protectors. All are in very good condition. An outstanding collection of original and decorative animal illustrations by an important animal artist: George Derville Rowlandson (1861-1928) was a British artist best known for his iconic hunting scenes and animal studies, as… Read More

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Baden-Powell Of Gilwell on the front end paper and dated March 1933.

H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, no DJ, 1857. From the library of American artist and illustrator Leonard Baskin (1922 - 2000), with his personal bookplate to front pastedown (see The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin: A Catalogue Raissone 1948 - 1983, Fern & O'Sullivan, Little Brown & Co, 1984; pg 37, image 79). Also includes small circular sticker on front pastedown, with image of a porcupine printed in red; this is also an image by Baskin. Full bound red cloth boards, blindstamped designs to front and rear boards, gilt stamped lettering and design to spine. 1/16th inch loss of fabric at top of spine, corner rounding with tiny spots of wear through to underlying board. Binding is solid. Pencilled note on front free endpaper: "From Leonard Baskin library". On the second blank page is another pencil inscription: "1856 / A Present to Oliver Kendall / By J A Bruce / Boylston, Mass". A scarce collection of five stories for… Read More

Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1701. Hardcover. Good. Engraved title page by Goerel/Boutats + 108 round copperplates on 18 full-page leaves signed I.V. Vianen (Jan van Vianen) dated 1701 + 49 woodcut initials & ornate figurative metal-cut head- & tail-pieces (some repeats but large & finely detailed).. Quarto gilt-ruled calf (rebacked in leather with original red gilt title label laid on, tips worn) All edges marbled. Engraved Title + Titlepage in red & black with metal cut vignette "In hoc signo" + [28]pp prelims +160pp (inc. at end "Appendix Fabularum a Marquardo Gudio) +[82]pp indices, 99 Fables with 9 extra scenes illustrated in great detail in 108 roundelles. Lacks folding portrait of Prince of Nassau (often omitted), Plate 18 misbound at page 50. Some staining from former damp most evident to early leaves & at end of book but hardly affecting the plates. *Most luxurious of the Dutch Phaedrus editions specially made for the Prince of Nassau (Lamb Annales Phaedriani 96, Cohen-deRicci 797-9, Landwehr 247).

Ultramarine Press, 1987. First. Hardbound. fine as issued. here offered is copy "F". one of 10 copies signed by Delany finely bound in full leather by Denis Gouey. 310 pp. [7 illustrations are included in this the limited edition. The Arbor House edition is not illustrated].

New York: Aperture, 2000. Signed by Salgado and rare thus. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. First edition, First Printing. Signed. 149pp. Near Fine/Fine. Clean, square, tight and unmarked in green cloth-covered boards with minimal edgewear. White glossy dustjacket is unclipped and price intact with protective mylar cover. Illustrated with many photographs. Second book from Pulitzer Prize winner and national treasure John McPhee. Signed by the author on the title page. A beautiful copy! Carefully packaged and shipped in a cardboard box.