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196177048Bancroft and Co. 1961. First with Kabasta's pop-ups. Hardcover. very good. Octavo. 8" x 10'. Color pictorial covers. Six full page pop-ups by Czech illustrator. All pop-ups working and in nice condition. Corners lightly bumped. Bancroft and Co. hardcover
1902123847London: Printed at the Eragny Press for Hacon & Ricketts 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. London Printed at the Eragny Press for Hacon & Ricketts 1902 first thus. Octavo 40 pages printed in red and black on Arches handmade paper with a wood-engraved vignette for the Mother Goose stories title vignette borders initials and printer's device plus 2 wood-engraved illustrations. Original quarter contrasting plain and patterned papered boards lettered in gilt; edges uncut and partially unopened; covers lightly sunned and rubbed with brown marks to the rear cover apparently from prolonged contact with another book; endpapers browned; a very good copy internally in fine condition. One of only 230 copies of which 200 were offered for sale printed at the Eragny Press of Lucien and Esther Pissarro. The title vignette and two illustrations were drawn and engraved by T. Sturge Moore; the frontispiece borders and initials were designed by Lucien and engraved by him and Esther. This is the fourteenth book of the press. Printed at the Eragny Press for Hacon & Ricketts hardcover
192862742London & New York: Cassell & Co. Ltd.; Charles Scribner’s Sons 1928. 4to. 251 1 pp. Colour frontisp. 11 colour plates and text illustrations. Quarter vellum over blue cloth gilt ruling gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear front inner hinge just barely starting still VG bright copy numbered & signed by Dulac on limitation page. First edition signed No. 602 of 1000 copies of this beautifully illustrated collection of fairy tales including the stories Puss in Boots Riquet with the Tuft Bablet Green Dragon Fortunata The Blue Bird Princess Rosetta and Mayblossom. Cassell & Co., Ltd.; Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
196054812Paris: Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger 1960. 4to. 10 x 10 in. 14 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout w/ 10 in. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP inserted into rear pocket still retaining original protective sleeve. Colour-illustrated stiff softcovers slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition in English of this Atlas Tale-Spinners interactive version of the beloved fairy tale with voiceovers including Marjorie Westbury Judith Bailey Judith Whale Michael Murray Alan Rowe John Whale and Tony Church as Bluebeard. Westbury 1906-1989 was an English radio actress and singer for over 50 years best remembered as Steve Temple wife of Paul Temple in the long running series as well as Elsa Strauss in the Hilda Tablet series. Tony Church 1930-2008 was a founding member of the new Royal Shakespeare Company with Peter Hall and later appeared in Tess Krull and the 1963 BBC production of As You Like It. Worldcat locates 1 copy Bowling Green. Printed in France at the Imp. Ruegger, paperback
19402242Lausanne: Editions Novos S.A. 1940. Marcel VIDOUDEZ. JUVENILE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Marcel VIDOUDEZ illustrations. Lausannois L. Geneux printer. <br /> English: The Little Thumb or Hop O'My Thumb<br /> 16mo oblong; 22pp ; quarter bound in marbled paper tan paper shelf back color pictorial onlay featuring a boy in a tree with an owl lettering in black; bound without a ffep; title page lettering in blue; light scuff to corners; near fine. OCLC locates 4 copies 2 in the U.S. One of the many fairy tales put to paper by Frenchman Charles Perrault 1628-1703. Some of the many tales he recorded were long standing folk tales. He is credited with Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella Puss in Boots Sleeping Beauty and others all of which fall under the category "Fairy Tales.". Editions Novos, S.A. unknown
1936DL6929William E. Rudge's Sons for Holiday House 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated paper boards backed in decorative cloth; 3.5 x 5 inches; pp. 38 illustrated with b/w wood-engravings throughout. A little light rubbing along edges of boards otherwise fine. A sweet little production. <br/><br/> [William E. Rudge's Sons for] Holiday House hardcover
194956560NY:: Limited Editions Club. Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. Only two of the three volumes called for are present - missing Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. The Ugly Duckling is translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt and illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson. Sleeping Beauty is translated from the French by P. H. Muir and illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. These copies are number 340 of a limited edition of 2500 copies. The Ugly Duckiling is SIGNED by the illustrator and INSCRIBED to the original owner by the translator. Both volumes are near fine in green and red cloth respectively. Housed in a fair cracked along a bottom edge soiled slipcase. . Limited Editions Club, hardcover
1949006491New York: Limited Editions Club 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Three volumes in one slipcase. The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; Being literally translated from the Arabic into French by J. C. Mardrus; and then translated into modern English by E. Powys Mathers; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. vii 3 50 2 p.: full-page and in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Yellow cloth with blue spine title and cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen; Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt and illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson. 44 4 p.: full-page and in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Green cloth with blue spine and cover titles and cover illustration. The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault; Translated from the French by P. H. Muir and illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. 43 3 p.: full-page and in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Red cloth with silver spine title; black decoration on boards. Red slipcase with printed brown spine label. This is number 1022 of a limited edition of 2500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club. Ali Baba was printed at the Curwen Press and signed by the illustrator Edward Ardizzone; The Ugly Duckling was signed by the translator Jean Hersholt and the illustrator Everett Gee Jackson. A heavy set; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. Books are in very Good-Near Fine Condition: Ali Baba spine is sunned and cover is lightly soiled; otherwise all volumes are clean and bright. Slipcase is in Fair Condition: separated along one joint; some loss of paper over other joint; old clear tape repairs at upper corners; lightly soiled. Limited Editions Club hardcover
194962322New York:: The Limited Editions Club 1949. publisher's decorated boards in glassine and publisher's slipcase. Volumes fine;glassine wrappers split at spine and chipped; slipcase splitting at one joint and worn at corners. Folio. Blindstamped on each colophon page: "One of 15 copies for presentation Out of Series." Jean Hersholt has signed one colophon page and Edward Ardizzone another. The Evergreen Tales; or Tales for the Ageless. The Limited Editions Club, hardcover
198711633Louisiana State University Press 1987. Hardcover. New. 144x20x184. New hardcover. Nature Classics: A Catalogue of the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection at Louisiana State University. A complete reference and bibliography with color and black & white reproductions of artwork. Includes the arts travel scientific expeditions botany zoology ornithology horticulture and more. With an introductory essay on natural history illustration by David M. Lank. Color and black & white plates from works in the collection. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Louisiana State University Press hardcover
195672734New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library 1956. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volume set. 22 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. Volume one text. Decorative covers with grey cloth spines in glassine jackets and cloth slipcase. Volume one introduciton and critical text 162pp; volume two: photo facsimile unpaginated. Limited to 600 set this being set 532. The glassine wrappers are a bit chipped else fine copies. The Pierpont Morgan Library hardcover
191128115Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1911. Fine. Mixed set of the complete Christmas Stocking series with each classic children's book in stocking-stuffer size featuring an introduction by L. Frank Baum. This set features THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE STORY OF PETER RABBIT FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM FAIRY TALES FROM ANDERSEN CINDERELLA AND THE SLEEPING BEAUTY and LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Although not the first issue of this rare set it is the most desirable in that it includes the three most sought titles: THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS and PETER RABBIT. The ANIMAL A.B.C. of the first issue is replaced by an early American piracy of PETER RABBIT. An unusually fine set very scarce complete especially in box. 6 volumes. Original red pictorial boards with green ornamental borders and pictorial paste-ons. In original Christmas steamer trunk without lid. All dated 1905 except PETER RABBIT 1911. Illustrated in color by John R. Neill and E.S. Hardy with the Bannerman featuring the original illustrations from the first edition. Each volume has an introduction by Baum. Reilly & Lee unknown
197771553New York: Greenwillow Books. As New. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0688860028 . Hardcover in pictorial boards bright and sharp. 1st Edition. New in publisher's shrinkwrap with original sticker price in place on top corner. A crisp and clean copy. Pop-up version. Free of any markings not ex-library.; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Greenwillow Books hardcover
1988Q-0590076035Four Winds 1988-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Four Winds paperback
198631172New York: Allen D. Bragdon Publishers 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine in boards. Allen D. Bragdon Publishers hardcover
193826948Albert Whitman & Co. Chicago 1938 HBDJ JULY 1938 1ST EDITION THUS 4th Printing Stated NF/GOOD- AS-IS NOT an EX Library Book. Brown cloth covered book with full size paste on plate on the cover Duplicates DJ Illustration Light Rub wear Color illustration endpapers. Interior pages clean. Pages unnumbered. Est. of 85 pages. Two color illustration opposite each page of narrative. Dust jacket has 1/2" chip top of spine 1 1/4" and shorter closed tears on edges. Fade line on rear. DJ Protected clear Mylar DJ Tiny Chips Tears Extrremities Back pink DJ has Fade Wear & Small Edge Tears Small crease front Btm Corner DJ which shows edge FadeInner Flap Dj Original Price intact 65 CENTS Pink & Blue Illustrated Frontispiece Introduction duotone color drawings are by far the best part of this Childs Book. They are beautiful. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Albert Whitman & Co., Chicago hardcover
19902080502106903799Not Available 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1986777063PN. New. 1986. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
193480362Paris: Flammarion 19341969. Stapled booklets saddle-stitched each about 20 pages. Text in French. Conditions range from fair to very good; some with light foxing spine wear or minor handling marks see pictures. Set of eight original editions from the Albums du Père Castor series richly illustrated in colour by Rojan Pierre Belvès and others. Titles and years: Les bêtes que jaime 1934 Scaf le phoque 1936 Le bouquet du jardinier 1941 Le secret de maître Cornille 1946 Où les mettre 1955 Le chat botté 1955 Les Pokkoulis 1965 Vigie la marmotte 1969. Flammarion unknown
19561004H8New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library 1956. Cloth. Fine. 8.5" by 6". None Stated . A lovely limited edition facsimile of the 1695 manuscript of Charles Perrault"s Mother Goose tales issued in two volumes complete with the original slipcase. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards with the original glassine dust wrappers and in the original slipcase.Complete in two volumes. A limited edition being one of six hundred numbered copies of which this is number two hundred and eighty four. A finely produced scholarly edition presenting a collotype facsimile of the 1695 manuscript of Charles Perrault"s celebrated fairy tales accompanied by an introduction and critical text edited by Jacques Barchilon. The second volume reproduces in facsimile the manuscript dedication copy prepared for presentation to the niece of Louis XIV a document that predates the printed edition of 1697. Facsimile illustrations are coloured by hand in pochoir by the Maria Bittner Studio.The work reproduces the earliest manuscript form of the tales that would become some of the most enduring works of European folklore including Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Bluebeard and Puss in Boots. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally lovely. Original glassine wraps generally smart. Slight chipping and creasing to extremities. Slipcase excellent with the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks. Slight rubbing to spine label. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine The Pierpont Morgan Library hardcover
19285181London: Cassell & Company Limited 1928. First Edition. Near Fine. Edmond Dulac. Illustrated by Edmond Dulac. Number 193 of 1000 copies; signed by Edmund Dulac on the limitations page. With twelve color illustrations by Dulac all with protective rice paper intact. Quarter vellum spine over blue cloth boards with gilded rule on covers and gilded lettering to the spine. Some minor marks to vellum and rubbing to the cloth. Corners slightly rubbed. Solid and square binding - folio size. Gilded top edge other edges are rough cut. Minor and infrequent spotting in margins no found examples impacting text or images. Includes: "Puss in Boots" "Green Dragon" "The Fairy Song" "Princess Rosetta" and others. <br /> <br /> Pages: 251 Dimensions: 11½ x 9¼ x 1½. Cassell & Company, Limited unknown
19281577212023589<p>Author: Charles Perrault. Mme d'Aulnoy. Count Anthony Hamilton. EDMUND DULAC illustrator.<br />Title: A FAIRY GARLAND Being FAIRY TALES from the Old French Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.<br />Publisher: London Toronto Melbourne and Sydney Cassell & Company Limited / New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First Edition. Limited edition of 1000 signed copies. This one is #268/1000 signed by Edmund Dulac.<br />Language: Text in English.<br />Size: 11" X 9".<br />Pages: 251 pages.<br />Binding: Attractive and fine full blue morocco leather binding hinges fine under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt.<br />Content: Near fine content bright tight and clean very rare light foxing - as shown.<br />Illustrations: Complete with twelve brightly colored wonderful full-page plates by Dulac protected by tissue guards.</p><p></p><p>The book: Beautiful First Edition of those Fairy Tales illustrated by EDMUND DULAC. One of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the artist. In an exquisite Morocco binding!</p><p>The contents: The Fairy Song. Riquet with the Tuft Puss in Boots Bablet Green Dragon Fortunata The Blue Bird Princess Rosetta Mayblossom.</p> London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney, Cassell & Company, Limited / New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Lim hardcover
1928001808<p>London: Cassell & Company Limited 1928. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Edmund Dulac. Limited Edition of 1000 this copy No.339 signed by Edmund Dulac to limitation page. 4to pp251 complete with 12 colour plates by Edmund Dulac with tissue guards. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers binding of vellum spine with gilt titles over blue cloth boards in very good condition with a little fading of gilt and a few marks to vellum. Inside all pages with top edge gilt in very good condition with faint smatterings of foxing to some edges and borders of pages and plates. A very nice copy. <br /><br /></p> Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
1928659P24London: Cassell & Company Limited 1928. Vellum. Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Edmund Dulac. A signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated collection of French short stories illustrated in colour throughout. A signed limited edition being numbered five-hundred and eighty of one-thousand copies. Signed by the illustrator to the edition page. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of classics children's French fairy tales including 'Puss in Boots' 'Princess Rosette' 'Green Dragon' 'The Fairy Song' and more. These stories show the beginning of the trend for fairy tales which have reminded at the forefront of literature since the seventeenth century. The stories were written by Charles Perrault Madame d'Aulnoy and Count Anthony Hamilton. Perrault is known to have laid the foundation for the literary genre of fairy tales with his publication 'Histoires ou Contes de Temps Passe' of which the best known 'Puss in Boots' is included in this volume. d'Aulnoy is known for coining the phrase 'fairy-tales' and she names her works 'Contes de Fees'. Hamilton was a soldier as well as a writer and was exiled from France for siding with James II against the Prince of Orange. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac a well known book illustrator of natural sciences. His first commision was to illustrated editions of the Bronte novels. He also illustrated many fairy tales such as 'The Sleeping Beauty' and a collection of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. A colourful collection of old French fairy tales illustrated throughout. In the original publisher's quarter vellum binding with cloth to the boards. Externally smart. Light discolouration and marks to the vellum as is usual. A few light marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. The odd spot to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd scattered spot. Very Good Cassell & Company, Limited hardcover
19892081402110004448Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback