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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
18611593Paris: Leclere Fils. 1861; 1862. Limited edition number 97 of 200 copies printed Fontaine and 99 of 200 copies printed Voltaire et al. Four volumes. Octavo. Finely bound by Belz-Niédrée in uniform contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards the boards ruled in gilt the spines with five raised bands compartments ruled and decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt. Top edge gilt the others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Binder's ink stamp to the head of the front endpaper. Printed on laid paper. Title pages printed in red and black and each with an engraved portrait vignette. Illustrated with 115 finely engraved vignettes 71 in the first two volumes 44 in the second one for each tales. 4 iv 260pp. 4 v 301 7pp.; 4 208 1pp. 4 210 1pp. A very good set the bindings square and tight with minor rubbing to the extremities and a small bash to the bottom corner of the upper board of volume one Fontaine and to the top corner of the lower board of volume one Voltaire et al. The contents with occasional light foxing are otherwise in very good order throughout. A splendid mid nineteenth-century edition of classic fables by Fontaine Voltaire and other celebrated authors beautifully illustrated with a series of exquisitely detailed engravings and handsomely bound by Belz-Niédrée of Paris. Paris: Leclere Fils. hardcover
1674010359Paris: A Paris : Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard 1674. Book measures 17x10.cm. Collation 12224pp 111pp explanation of plates plus 11 folding plates. Bound in full period mottled calf flat gilt bands gilt fluer-de-lis full marble edges marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed some scuff wear light wear lines on hinge joints. Binding in good clean condition. Internally small repair on title pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy in an attractive period binding. . Full Calf. Near Very Good. Small 8vo. A Paris : Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard Hardcover
51-6033Paris: Hachette circa 1919. 4to. 22 x 28.5cm. No. 23 of an edition of 500 on hand made paper. Signed by the artist. Unusual binding of paper boards and skyvex spine without text. In-4 cartonnage muet en demi-skyvertex vert gardes illustrées. Dos refait. Frontispice couleurs et illustrations en silhouettes de Rackham. Tirage à 500 exemplaires numérotés n°23 signé par l'artiste au justificatif.Expertise by Cabinet Poulain. Paris.Elvire Poulain-Marquis : 06 72 38 90 90 Paris: Hachette, circa 1919 hardcover
17811577212022881<p>Author: Charles Perrault. Title: Griselidis Peau d'Ane et Les Souhaits Ridicules. Contes. Par Perrault de l'Académie Françoise. Nouvelle Edition. Publisher: A Paris Chez LAMY Libraire quai des Augustins 1781. Language: Text in French. Size: 6 "X 4 ". Pages: 149 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary half calf leather binding over marbled covers hinges fine overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown under a protective removable mylar cover. Content: Very good content bright tight and clean rare light foxing - as shown ex-libris of Comte François Potocki on the first endpaper - as shown. Illustrations: Complete with the nice portrait of Perrault and four title heading vignettes illustrations engraved by Martinet The book: Scarce and very "sought-after" 18th-century edition of Perrault's fairy tales including Donkey Skin in prose and verse Griselidis and The Ridiculous Wishes"Brunet IV 508.</p> A Paris, Chez LAMY, Libraire, quai des Augustins, 1781. hardcover
1953FGN20-H-2Paris: Editions de la Nef d'Argent 1953. Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 7". Maurice Leroy. A scarce limited edition copy of the tales of Charles Perrault illustrated beautifully in colour. In the original French.A limited edition work printed on cartridge paper of which this is numbered 1397.A selection of the tales of Charles Perrault.Illustrated in colour by Maurice Leroy. In a half-morocco binding. Externally smart with just some sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with just the occasional instance of foxing. Near Fine Editions de la Nef d'Argent hardcover
1954RPERCIN00kwCharles Scribner's Sons 1954. Very Good. Perrault Charles. Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper. Brown Marcia. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1954. 1st edition. 29pp. Illustrated. 4to. Red cloth gilt embossed. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed spine ends and two rubber stamps from the former owner's personal library one on each endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with a small quarter-inch chip at the head of spine and gently rubbed foot of spine. A short tear in the rear panel. In DJ protector. 1955 winner of the Caldecott Award. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
201847502Folio Society 2018. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured titles 4 coloured illustrations 2 tipped-in numerous black-and-white illustrations in silhouette and printed endpapers; ivory boards blocked and lettered in gilt ivory cloth backs lettered in gilt a near fine set in publisher's blocked board slip-case lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. High-quality facsimiles of the de luxe versions of the first editions Cinderella 1919; The Sleeping Beauty 1920. Folio Society, hardcover
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
51-6333London: printed for Claude du Bosc; and sold by C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row 1741. 8vo. 13 x 20cm. xvi 192pp.Contemporary calf covers rebacked in matching calf. .One of the most popular editions of Aesop’s Fables was that of Gabriele Faerno published posthumously in 1563. Faerno translated 100 fables into Latin verse apparently at the behest of Pope Pius IV to serve as moral tales to educate young children. The collection not only included fables by Aesop and other ancient fabulists but also examples of medieval folklore. Faerno is also notable for his inclusion of the moral of the story at the end of each of the tales. The work went through around 40 editions and was translated into several European languages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:559297411 London: printed for Claude du Bosc; and sold by C. Davis in Pater-Noster-Row, 1741 unknown
1786135223Strasburg: Amand Koenig 1786. hardcover. near fine. Translated from the English of M. Raff by M. Perrault. 12 engraved folding plates. 2 volumes. 509; 592 pages. 8vo full early leather decoratively gilt spines with green and tan leather labels. Strasbourg and Paris: Amand Koenig and Barrois 1786. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> An educational natural history work for children with text in question and answer conversational form.<br/> <br/> Amand Koenig unknown
1847011072<p>Leipzig: Chez Baumgaertner 1847 1847 per institutional copies Gumuchian dates it at 1835. 6.5 x 4 inches 16.5 x 10 cm. 16 pgs. Yellow paper over boards titled in black ink some cover soil occasional light foxing offsetting opposite artwork. One in a series of books meant to teach young Germans how to read French. An abbreviated version of Perrault's tale in French with explanations of French idioms in German. Illustrated with brightly colored engravings. Some of the scenes depicted are quite violent and gruesome. Rare. Gumuchian 4454. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong 16mo.</p> Chez Baumgaertner hardcover
51-6427Paris: J. Hetzel 1862. Folio. 31.5 x 42.5cm. Half goatskin and marbled boards preserving the original spine. xxiv 60 2 pp followed by 40 wood-engraved plates on thick paper. Frontispiece chipped on lower right corner; Half-title present but no title page.References: -Bbliothèque nationale de France : ark:/12148/bpt6k855619t; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:21855410. Paris: J. Hetzel , 1862 hardcover
192270958New York:: Dodge Publishing Co. no date ca. 1922. First US trade edition. publisher's blue decorated cloth in dust jacket. Attractive bookplate on pastedown. A gorgeous unworn copy; but the white lettering of the title on the front panel and spine is strangely fuzzy. There are a few very small chips and light marks to the jacket. . 4to. With an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin. With 24 illustrations in color and black and white by Harry Clarke. Printed in Great Britain. Dodge Publishing Co., hardcover
170275168London: R. Smith 1702. First edition in English. Quarto. 14 3-267 13 40 measurement of the Earth pp. plus 30 full page engravings of animals and their interiors and 4 full page engravings concerning the instruments for measuring the earth. Complete. Contemporary vellum sympathetically rebacked manuscript spine lettering. The title page and preface are lacking but the erudite yet penurious previous owner of this book typed them out very neatly and had them bound in at the beginning. The plates and text pages are very clean indeed so clean that someone decided to save this copy. R. Smith hardcover
1886994F45Asnières-sur-Seine: Boussod Valadon & Cie 1886 . First edition. Leather. Good. 15.5" by 12.5". Edward de Beaumont. Beautifully bound in decorative full morocco this is the first edition of Perrault's 'Cinderella and the Fairies' to feature the charming illustrations of Beaumont. In the original French.The first edition of these two tales from Charles Perrault to feature these striking watercolour illustrations from Edouard de Beaumont a French painter watercolourist draughtsman illustrator and lithographer.Consisting of thirty-four leaves many of which bear vibrant reproductions of Beaumont's watercolours with further illustrated in monochrome. Collated complete.A wonderful edition of these classic fairy tales beautifully bound in a full contemporary morocco with extravagant gilt detailing. In a full morocco binding with extensive decorative gilt detailing. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail with tide marks to boards. Tide marks to perimeters of pastedowns and endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright but significantly age toned to perimeters with tide marks to fore edge of first ten leaves and final few leaves. Good Boussod Valadon & Cie hardcover
192803276A FAIRY GARLAND Cassell 1928 first edition dust-soiling to the spine some light scattered silverfish else a vg copy in the original publishers box complete but worn. Fairy tales from the Old French. 1/1000 copies SIGNED by Edmund Dulac. Cassell unknown
192212894PERRAULT Contes de Perrault La Belle au Bois Dormant -Cendrillon -Barbe-Bleue -Peau-d'Ane -Les Oeufs Paris Edition d'Art de la Roseraie 1922 first edition thus large folio vg or better with fine contents. Preface by Henri de Rgnier of the Acadmie Franaise with a note by Bibliographer Ernest Tisserand. Profusely illustrated by Etienne Drian. Of 396 total copies produced this is 1/282 copies noted as DEUX CENT QUATRE-VINGT TROIS EXEMPLAIRES. This copy once owned by premier magazine illustrator John Lagotta as witnessed by his bookplate on the verso of the f.e.p. Text in French. Postage guaranteed to be more than any auto-listed price. Edition d'Art de la Roseraie unknown
192215477Paris: édition d'Art de la Roseraie 1922. Grand in-folio 42 cm. Préface de Henri de Régnier de l'Académie Française. Notice Bibliographie d'Ernest Tisserand. Illustrés de seize eaux-fortes originales de Drian. Tirage limité à 396 exx un des 75 exx sur papier Vélin d'Arches teinté comprenant deux états de toutes les plances: une épreuve terminée en noir une épreuve à part tirée en sanguine planches avec remarques des états et épreuves de planches refusées. N° 77. Broché couverture originale de l'éditeur édition d'Art de la Roseraie, unknown
5297876Short description: In Russian. Perrault Charles. Tales. Moscow; Leningrad: Detizdat 1936. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU5297876 unknown
192230615AB1922. Paris Roseraie 1922. Gr.-Folio. 67 1 S. V 1 S. 2 Bl. Mit 12 Radierungen auf Tafeln und 5 Radierungen im Text von Drian. Französische Broschur mit Pergaminschutzumschlag in doppeltem Pappumschlag. Nr. 129 von 283 Ex. Gesamtauflage 388 Ex. auf "papier vélin". - Das Pergamin teilweise eingerissen. Die äusseren Pappdeckel stärker berieben und bestossen. unknown
1876192762Paris: Librarie Des Bibliophiles 1876. The collected works of Charles Perrault finely bound by Victor Champs of Paris. There are two volumes within this handsome French binding splitting up author's works into Tales in Verse and Tales in Prose. Perrault was a pioneer of the fairy tale deriving his stories from old folklore. He was the first to record "Little Red Riding Hood" "Cinderella" "Sleeping Beauty" and others. He was a major influence on the Brother's Grimm. 2 vols bound in 1 octavo 170 x 110mm. Engraved frontispiece 12 engraved plates. Contemporary full red morocco by Victor Champs raised bands tooled in gilt compartments elaborately decorated in gilt french filet to boards in gilt board edges with double rule in gilt inner dentelles gilt french curl marbled endpapers silk bookmarker original wrappers to both volumes bound in. Extremities a little rubbed and bumped a few spots of foxing to preliminary leaves a little offsetting to title page. A very good copy. hardcover
1823026212London: J. Harris and Son 1823. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. iv 269 ; Illustrated with an engraved pictorial title- page and 23 plates engraved in stipple. Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Original hardback binding front board only paper covered board with significant remains of original printed paper adhered to board roan leather to the spine with gilt now craked in several places and areas missing. This item requires rebinding or to be placed in a solander box since it is now held only by the cords in several parts. Contents clean and tight minimal marking paper bright with no foxing neat ink signature to the top of the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this rare collection of tales. Bibliographic reference Osbourne Collection TPL page 595 It is interesting to note that Copac lists 2 both with only 20 plates auction records are scarce for this title with only two in the last ten years. J. Harris and Son Hardcover
355490722777Hamburg: Gustav W. Seitz nd circa 1863. Firs Edition. A coloured shaped picture book of this beloved fairy tale approximately 175 x 65 mm; publisher's original coloured pictorial card boards top board with a neat archival repair to a small piece that had become detached which has now been re-attached with a strip of archival tissue tape. Illustrated with chromolithographs. 8 shaped leaves. This is a VG copy with rubbing in places to the spine portion and a crease to the bottom left-hand corner of the lower panel. This Seitz edition of Cinderella is VERY scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
20002080502106405817Fujiwara shoten 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Fujiwara shoten paperback
