Search Results: Illustrated Books from Royal Books, Inc.

Paris: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1920. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (Job). Contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper. Lightly soiled overall, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and bump to fore-edge of front board.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1939. First Edition. First Edition, second printing. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by the author: "Best wishes to / Mary Savage Motto / Robert Lawson." The first book both illustrated and written by Lawson. Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Motto's ownership stamp on the front endpaper. Jacket lightly faded on the spine panel, with brief edgewear, and old cello tape mends on the top and bottom edges of the front flap.

Munich: Dreilander Verlag, 1920. Collection of 38 issues of the landmark Weimar-era periodical highlighting fantasy, horror, and early science fiction stories. Text in German. One of the world's first fantasy periodicals, (alongside the Swedish "Hugin") "Der Orchideengarten" featured a mix of new German stories alongside translations of foreign literature (largely French), including works by Victor Hugo, Guy de Maupassant, Voltaire, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Capek, H.G. Wells, and many others. The magazine also made forays into the proto-science fiction genre, as seen in Vol. 2 No. 4, entitled "Phantastik der Technik." A true product of the Weimar era's cultural blossoming, the magazine also features stunning illustrations both with its two- and three-color cover art and its woodcut reproductions throughout: sinister yet elegant visions of anthropomorphic flowers, religious idols, Grim Reapers, and gory deaths. "Der Orchideengarten" featured the work of Gustave Dore, Otto… Read More

London: George G. Harrap, 1913. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A collection of Turkish fairy tales translated and compiled by Ignác Kúnos, wonderfully illustrated with 16 tipped-in color plates by noted Hungarian artist Willy Pogány. Very Good plus, lacking the rare dust jacket, with light scuffing and soil on the boards, and faint foxing on the page block.

New York: R. Worthington, 1881. Hardcover. Good plus with a blank brown cloth-backed spine, without dust jacket as issued. Rubbing to the paper covered boards at the extremities, with light toning.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good in a Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Light foxing to the leaves and fore-edge and slight spine lean. Jacket toned and soiled overall, frayed overall, with a large tear to the spine panel.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1955. First reinforced library Edition (meaning the edition issued to libraries by the publisher, as opposed to an ex-library copy), with "REINFORCED LIBRARY EDITION" stamped on the front jacket panel across Harold's belly. Jacket is first issue, but price-clipped by the publisher (again, as issued). Near Fine in cloth covered boards with white lettering and a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Front board lightly bowed. Price clipping is jagged, jacket has mild rubbing at the extremities, light toning to the spine, and a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. A lovely copy of this truly classic children's story of creativity and personal empowerment.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First Library Edition, but not an ex-library copy. About Fine in brown cloth covered boards and a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Just a hint of a spine lean, with a gift inscription on the front end paper. Jacket is bright and intact, with a short closed tear at the crown, light rubbing at the folds, and mild toning. A bright, attractive copy of the uncommon third book in the Harold and the Purple Crayon series.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. First library edition, though not ex-library. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with white titles and a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has moderate bruising on the front panel, with professional repair to holes and tears at the verso. Bottom corner of the front flap clipped. A very presentable copy of the fifth book in the Harold and the Purple Crayon series.

New York: William R. Scott, 1955. First Edition. First Edition. About Fine in illustrated boards and a Very Good or better dust jacket. Slight spine lean, with a contemporary gift inscription on the front endpaper. Jacket has a few closed tears at the extremities, with a one and a half inch tear to the top of the front panel and light chipping at the spine ends. A bright, lovely copy of this scarce book that leads children through the making of a book about themselves.

Paris: Editions du Sablier, 1926. Limited Edition, one of 65 numbered copies (this being No. 34) on Hollande van Gelder paper. SIGNED by Panaït Istrati on the colophon page. Very Good plus, bound in contemporary quarter leather, with boards slightly warped and worn at the corners, and leaves lightly age toned.

Paris: Combet and Cie, 1902. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing overall, small dampstain to the bottom of the front board, and owner bookplate on the front pastedown. A bright presentable book.

Paris: J. Hetzel / Bibliothèque d'Education et de Rêcréation, 1875. First French Edition, preceding all others. Frontispiece tissue guard intact. With the eight-page catalog at the rear, as called for. Text and titles in French. Very Good in green cloth-covered boards, with a slight lean, boards moderately rubbed and edgeworn, and pages lightly foxed.

Warsaw: J. Mortkowicz, 1923. Limited Edition, one of 150 hand-numbered copies (this being No. 70). Illustrated with seven woodcut plates. Tissue guards intact. Titles and text in French. Near Fine, clothbound, with contemporary decorated paper covered boards. Small tap on the fore-edge of the front board.

Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1878. First Edition. First Edition. Half bound in maroon leather with gilt lettering. Very Good plus. Rubbing and soiling overall, with moderate bruising to the edges of the front and rear boards. Chipped to the heel.

Manchester: Factory Records, 1988. First Edition. FAC 235. First Edition. Issued privately by The Hacienda Club in Manchester to friends of the establishment, as their 1988 Christmas gift. Flip-book (or "manual video") illustrated by avant-garde filmmaker and conceptualist Robert Breer and photographer Wiliam Wegman, bound such that the book slants to the left to enable easy flipping. The brightly colored titles on the front wrapper includes thanks to Wegman's weimaraner Fay, the source for the illustrations, and Breer and Wegman. Titled card wrappers, bound with two black screw brads. 5 x 6.5 inches. Wrapper and pages in full-color, pages unnumbered. Near Fine with light creasing to the bottom left of the front wrapper. Robertson, Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album.

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1873. First Edition. Folio. First Edition. A monumental, two-volume collection of the works of François Rabelais, illustrated with frontispiece portrait, 60 plates, and 658 in-text illustrations by Gustave Doré. Text and titles in French. Both volumes Very Good plus, with light foxing on the endpapers and page edges.

New York: George H. Doran, 1923. First Edition. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with twelve color plates and twelve black-and-white engravings by Hilda T. Miller. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Contemporary owner bookplate laid in, with corresponding glue residue on the first blank. Jacket lightly rubbed overall, with brief wear at the corners and spine ends.

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A charming children's book about a lobster who dreams of living outside the ocean, illustrated by noted children's book illustrator Robert Lawson. Very Good plus in a Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Small label on the front endpaper. Jacket has a four inch loss on the rear panel, and an accompanying closed tear that has been mended with cello tape on the verso.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Tissue guards intact. Bound in full cream buckram with gilt titles and front board illustration. Very Good plus, with a slight lean, lightly soiled and foxed boards, and a bookplate and gift inscription on the front pastedown and first leaf.