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Boston & London: The Medici Society, 1925. Nursery Rhymes Are Ever Green - The More Familiar, The More Beloved"TARRANT, Margaret. Rhymes of Old Times. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant. Boston & London: The Medici Society, [1925]. First American edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: 216 x 140 mm.). [xii], 108 pp. Sixteen mounted color plates and 136 silhouette and black and white drawings throughout. Publishers blue cloth, front cover pictorially stamped in yellow, spine lettered in yellow, pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy in the original color pictorial dust jacket.This charming little book contains 132 of the most memorable Nursery Rhymes ever written."Nursery Rhymes are ever green - the more familiar, the more beloved. In this volume will be found the old favorites with a few less well known that deserve more friends. Margaret Tarrant's genius for touching a child's imagination has hung her pictures on many a nursery wall, and on the wall of many a kindergarten and church school, and there can… Read more

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. The Wizard and the Miraculous Cheese of Cheesemellow[TENGGREN, Gustaf, illustrator]. SCHRANK, Joseph. Seldom and the Golden Cheese. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. First edition. Octavo (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 204 x 146 mm.). viii, 160 pp. Color frontispiece, six full-page black and white illustrations and numerous black and white drawings in the text. Publishers tan cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black, tan pictorial endpapers printed in blue. Early ink inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in the original color pictorial dust jacket with lower corner of front panel torn away and a few other small chips."Come, let's gather twinklebells(There's a-plenty by Cheesemellow Town)And when you are weary, my own good friend, I'll tell you a tale that has never an end,'Bout a Wizard and Cheese and a queer little Town -A fanciful tale dressed all in green and brown:So come, let's gather twinklebells,(There's a-plenty by Cheesemellow Town.)… Read more

London: Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster, 1701. Early English Edition of the Reynard Fables[REYNARD THE FOX]. The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox. Newly Corrected and Purged, from all grossness in Phrase and Matter. Augmented and Enlarged with sundry Excellent Morals and Expositions upon every several Chapter. To which may now be added a Second Part of the said History: As also the Shifts of Reynardine the Son of Reynard the Fox, Together with his Life and Death, &c. London: Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster, 1701.[Bound together with:][REYNARD THE FOX]. The Most Pleasant and Delightful History of Reynard the Fox. The Second Part. Containing Much Matter of Pleasure and Content. Written For the Delight of young Men, Pleasure of the Aged, and Profit of all. To which is added many Excellent Morals. London: Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Edward Brewster, 1681.[And:][REYNARD THE FOX]. The Shifts of Reynardine The Son of Reynard the Fox, Or a Pleasant History of His Life and Death.… Read more

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. A School for Genteel ChildrenIn The Publishers Box[THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. Quality Street. A Comedy in Four Acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913].First trade edition. Large quarto (10 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches; 263 x 200 mm.). [2], vii, [1], 197, [2], [1, blank] pp. Frontispiece and twenty-one mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Numerous black and white text illustrations.Publishers violet cloth over boards, front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt and green. Pictorial endpapers. Light foxing on half-title, ink signature on front free endpaper. A fine copy in the original cardboard box with a duplicate of the color plate facing page 3, pasted on top. Box strengthened at corners.Hugh Thomson was born in County Coleraine near Londonderry, on 1 June 1860. He gained praise and influenced many young artists through his book illustrations. He notably illustrated editions of… Read more

[n.p.]: , 1920. A Wonderfully Ethereal Watercolor from the Master of Children's Fantasy IllustratorsTIMLIN, William M. "The Fairy Walk." Original pen, ink and watercolor drawing, titled on lower left hand corner, signed on lower right hand corner and marked with Timlin's owl device. Image size: 20 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches: 525 x 320mm.Matted, framed and glazed.William M. Timlin ranks alongside Dulac, Rackam, and Pogany as one of the greatest children's fantasy illustrators, despite his having published only one book in his lifetime (The Ship that Sailed to Mars, 1923). He died before his second great work, The Building of a Fairy City could be completed. The Fairy Walk depicts an elegant young lady in conversation with an ethereal figure sitting on a fence and holding onto a branch of a tree, observed by four ravens and a trio of mischievous looking goblins. It is quite possible that this drawing is a finished watercolor for The Building of a Fairy City. It is beautifully executed and very large, drawn… Read more

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Comapny, 1923. William Timlin's Masterpiece'The Ship That Sailed To Mars'Forty-Eight 'Fantastic' Color PlatesTIMLIN, William M. The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy. Told and Pictured by William M. Timlin. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1923]. First American Edition. Limited to 250 copies for the US of which this is number 43. Large quarto (12 x x 9 3/16 inches; 305 x 233 mm.). 96 pp. All on thick gray paper, comprising forty-eight mounted color plates and forty-eight mounted leaves of calligraphic text.Quarter vellum over gray boards, front cover decoratively lettered in black, spine elaborately stamped in gilt, gray end-papers. A near fine copy, the gilt on the spine bright and fresh, one of the best that we have ever seen.William Timlin (1893-1943), "born in Ashington, Northumberland, Timlin was educated in England but emigrated to South Africa before 1915 and studied art there. He did illustrations in pen and ink and watercolour, and exhibited regularly… Read more

London / New York: Ernest Nister / E.P. Dutton, 1890. A Stunning Surviving CopyIn Full Working Order[TRANSFORMATION BOOK] [WEATHERLY, Fred E.]. [FOSTER, William, illustrator]. Touch and Go. A Book of Transformation Pictures. With Verses by Fred. E. Weatherly. London: Ernest Nister / New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [n.d, ca. 1890]. Small folio (12 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 315 x 251 mm.). [iv], 16 pp. with eight chromolithographed transformation pictures. Black and white illustrations throughout. Printed in Bavaria.Publishers quarter red cloth over color glazed pictorial boards, pale green floral design endpapers. Minimal rubbing to the corners, inner hinges expertly strengthened. A wonderful and near fine example with each of the original movable 'transformation' plates in perfect working order.Children's poems by F.E. Weatherly and dissolving transformation pictures which change when the tab is pulled. The poems include: "Santa Claus Nister," "The Case of the Castle," "The Explanation," "The Coming of Santa… Read more

Eslingen und München: Verlag von T.F. Schreiber, [c.1895-1905]. Scarce, Near Pristine MeggendorferTransformation Pictures From Animal LifeAn Astonishing Copy in the Original Printed Dust Jacket[TRANSFORMATION BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Bilder Aus Dem Tierleben [Pictures From Animal Life]. Ein Verwandlungbilderbuch von..., mit Versen von Julius Beck. Inhalt: Der Storke am Teich - Der Hase - Der gescheite Pudel - Das Küchlein und die Fliege - Hänschen und Miezchen - Der Bär und die Bienen. Fünfte Auflage. Eslingen und München: Verlag von T.F. Schreiber, n.d. [1895-1905]. Fifth edition of Schreiber book #138, scarce in all editions. Quarto (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in; 301 x 222 mm). Six full-color 'slat' transformation plates, a total of twelve color images, with sixteen black and white text vignettes. Quarter red cloth over full-color pictorial boards. Publisher's original dust jacket printed in black. An extraordinary copy with all original movable parts in full working order, in… Read more

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Galerie Comique with Sixty-Eight Superb Hand Colored LithographsTRAVIES, Charles Joseph, and others. Galerie Comique. Paris: Chez Aubert, [ca. 1840].Folio (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 255 mm.). Sixty-eight hand-colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum Arabic. Plate no. 56 with neat repair in center.Plate numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 20, 21, 64, & 66 are signed by Charles Joseph Travies. Plate numbers 7, 29, 30, & 50 are signed CP (Charles Philipon). Plate numbers 40, 42, & 45 are signed Welter. Plate number 60 is signed Rouboud.Contemporary full dark green pebble-grain morocco, covers bordered in gilt, new smooth spine decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. An absolutely amazing album from the renowned caricature collection of Bernard Franck, with his bookplate and library stamp on front blank. The sixty-eight caricatures are of the highest quality. Full list of plates available upon request."Though he began as a painter, Charles-Joseph Traviès soon became… Read more

Metuchen, New Jersey: Printed for the Editor, 1931. [TWAIN, Mark]. UNDERHILL, Irving. Mark Twain's A Dog's Tale. Printed for the Editor of The American Book Collector, 1931.First edition, limited to seventy-one numbered copies, this being copy 32. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in; 206 x 130 mm). 19, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's original printed string bound wrappers. A fine copy.BAL Sec. II, p. 253, col. 1.

Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, 1880. The Unofficial Sequel to "The Innocents Abroad"-"It is Delicious"TWAIN, Mark. A Tramp Abroad; Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Other Artists-With Also Three or Four Pictures Made by the Author of This Book, Without Outside Help; in all Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight Illustrations...Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1880.First edition, second state frontispiece (captioned "Titian's Moses"), with portrait frontispiece B, sheets state B, cover stamping state B. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm.). xvi, [17]-631, [1, advertisement for The Innocents Abroad], [2, blank] pp. Inserted portrait frontispiece, inserted frontispiece, and five inserted plates, twenty-eight additional plates reckoned in the pagination, and 295 text illustrations. Original dark brown cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Pale buff end papers. Slight wear to spine extremities, gilt a little dull, but overall a very good… Read more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). A Tramp Abroad. Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day And Other Artists - With Also Three or Four Pictures Made By The Author Of This Book Without Outside Help; In All Three Hundred And Fourteen Illustrations. London Chatto & Windus, 1880.First U.K. Edition, single volume issue. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in; 187 x 124 mm). xxiii, [3], 564, 32 as catalogue pp. Catalogue dated October, 1880. Publisher's original pictorial cloth. A very nice copy indeed."One day it occurred to me that it had been many years since the world had been afforded the spectacle of a man adventurous enough to undertake a journey through Europe on foot. After much thought, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle. So I determined to do it" (from Chapter One).Prior to the publication of A Tramp Abroad, Twain reported "This new book of mine is different from any book I ever wrote. Before, I revised the manuscript as I went a… Read more