Kiev: Mistetstvo Publishers, 1969.. 1969.. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped & rubbed with a light crease to the front edge of the front wrap & a small, light stain to the top corner of the rear wrap. [11] pages plus colophon. Full- page color illustrations on the inside wraps & half-page color illustrations & decorations on each text page. Very good. A gift inscription on the title page is signed Grandma & Grandpa Lauber / Odessa, Russia / September 24, 1969. On the rear cover is... View More...
London: The Sylvan Press, (1945).. (1945).. Very good. - Oblong 4to, tan cloth (bumped; extremities sligthtly rubbed) titled in gilt on spine with gilt vignette on front cover. 31 & [i]pp. (vertical crease down edge of front endpaper). 11 white on black wood engravings by T. Stoney. Very good.
First edition. Printed by the Curwen Press. First Edition. View More...
- 12mo [5-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide] reddish brown cloth with decorations stamped in blind on the covers and titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped with the cloth chipped at the top corners of the covers. There are pieces out of the head & tail of the spine. 128 pages. 18 plates, including a frontispiece, and head & tail pieces in black & white. The paper on the front pastedown is creased. The front endpaper is lightly creased with a gift inscription at the top. 1 plate & the first head-piece have been hand-colored by a child. Good. View More...
- Quadragesimo-octavo (48mo), 4 inches high by 2-3/4 inches wide. Red cloth, titled and elaborately decorated in gilt on the front cover and the spine. All edges are gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. 128 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece and an extra pictorial title page. A stationer's decorative stamp is twice embossed in blind on the front endpaper. There is some scattered foxing and light soiling throughout. Good. The contents consist of 86 poems, including the first three individually titled "The Forget-Me-Not", "The ... View More...
Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, (2007).. (2007).. Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY WALTER WANGERIN, JR. - Quarto [12-1/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. There is creasing to the tail of the spine & to the tail of the dust jacket spine. 30 & [2] pages. Near fine. First edition.Boldly inscribed by Walter Wangerin, Jr. on the verso of the front endpaper and signed in full.Illustrated by Don Tate.A tale in verse of a German American grandfather on a Midwestern farm who teaches his granddaughter [Enkelin] "life lessons of love and pain, li... View More...
London: The Medici Society Ltd., 1980.. 1980.. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [approximately 7-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial stiff paper wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped. The top edge of the front wrap & the edges of the rear wrap are darkened with light staining. 24 pages. Profuse color illustrations by Margaret Tempest. The contents are fine. View More...
- Small quarto [8 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide], color pictorial boards backed with blue cloth, in a matching dust wrapper. There is discoloration to the rear cover & to the spine of the book from dampness. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped. There is offsetting internally from the dye of the cloth. [56] pages. Black-and-white frontispiece & textual illustrations by John Tenniel. The pastedowns & endpapers are discolored. The rear cover is slightly warped. Good in a fair dust wrapper. Abridged for the Easy to Read series. An uncommon edition. Dust jacket present. View More...
- Small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide], soft cover bound in decorative blue & black wraps. The wraps are rubbed & bumped with the edges creased & lightly chipped. There is some darkening & staining to the edges. Pages [97]-127 & [1] page. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts throughout & with 1 page of music staves, with ads on the rear wrap & inside rear wrap. There is light soiling & foxing to the margins of the first illustration, else the contents are very good. View More...
- Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide] with a decoration in blind on each cover. The spine is darkened with its head & tail bumped and its gilt titling & decorations faded. The corners of the covers are lightly bumped with some rubbing to the rear cover. 72 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 2 plates, including a frontispiece. The bottom corners of the pages are lightly creased. Good. View More...
New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830 / New York: New-York Protestant Episcopal Press, 1831. 1830 & 1831., 1830 & 1831.. Good. - 32mo, 5-3/4 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide. Burgundy calf backed marbled boards with calf corners, titled and ruled in gilt on the spine. The covers are scuffed and stained with wear to the joints and head and tail of the spine. [224] pages in all, illustrated with a pictorial vignette title page and 3 full-page frontispiece engravings preceding the subsequent title pages. There is evidence of early worming along the front hinge. An ear... View More...
- Quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide] softcover, bound in pictorial white wraps with a color illustration on each cover. 4 full-page color illustrations, 2 of them on the inside wraps. Fine. An illustrated brochure for an exhibition held at the Children's Literature Center of the Library of Congress as part of its celebration of International Children's Book Day 1994. Laid in is a program printed on a sheet of gray paper. On one side the events of the celebration are listed: speeches from staff of the Children's Literature Center and an address by Etienne Delessert, Realism or Fa... View More...
- Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 7 inches wide], tan paper covered boards backed with tan cloth & titled in black on the spine with a color pictorial label mounted on the front board. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is darkened with the head lightly chipped & the rear board is darkened & lightly spotted. 47 & 1 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. Profuse illustrations in color and brown & white by Peter Thienhaus. Good.
From the library of pressman Fridolf Johnson with his bookplate tipped onto the front pastedown. The text is in German. View More...
- 12mo [3-7/8 inches high by 3 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt & black with an illustration in black & red on the front cover & a decoration in blind within a double frame on the rear cover. The corners are slightly rubbed. There is a cluster of very tiny holes to the rear cover with some very minor staining. [24] pages. Color frontispiece, title vignette & 12 full-page illustrations in blue & white, including 4 silhouettes. The front hinge is cracked at the title. Good. View More...
(Moscow: Progress Publishers), (1976).. (1976).. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with an importer's sticker on the rear wrap. 12 pages. Profuse color illustrations. The page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.
Translated from the Russian by Avril Pyman. View More...
- Small quarto [8 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The rear wrap is darkened around the edges & soiled. [11] pages. Color cover illustration & 10 illustrations in the text, 4 of them in color, by Roger Vernam. Very good. View More...
Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co., 1852.. 1852.. Fair. - Small octavo [5-5/8 inches high by 4 inches wide], limp green paper covered boards with decorations in black on the front board & an illustration in black on the rear board. The binding is rubbed, chipped & creased with the joints split & pieces out of the spine. 63 pages; and 60 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 4 plates, including a frontispiece, 15 full-page illustrations & 10 vignettes. There is an owner's ink inscription & a later owner's stamp on the front pastedown & the lower half of the front endpaper is lacking. The rear endp... View More...
Boston, MA: The Horn Book, 1958.. 1958.. Very good. - Small quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], green cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the tail of the spine slightly rubbed. The extremities of the dust jacket are lightly rubbed & the head of its spine & the tops of the folds are chipped. xvii & 299 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition.The contents include chapters by Lynd Ward, Fritz Eichenberg and Marcia Brown as well as biographies and bibliographies of the illustrators. Dust jacket ... View More...
- Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Color pictorial boards in a matching dust wrapper. The edges of the dust jacket are lightly rubbed as are the edges of the covers. [iii] & 63 pages, with color pictorial endpapers and profuse color illustrations, including several full-page & double page illustrations by Philip Wende. Very good. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York: William Wood & Co., 61 Walker Street, circa [1863-69].. [1863-69].. Very good. - 12mo, dark green cloth with raised decorations & frames in blind on both covers & decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is slightly bumped & the head of the spine is lightly chipped. 61 pages. Black-and-white woodcut frontispiece. There is a faded inscription on the front endpaper with some ink numerals on the rear pastedown. The top page corners are slightly bumped. Very good. View More...
NY: William Wood & Co., circa [1865].. [1865].. Very good. - 12mo, dark green cloth (bumped; tiny surface tears to front cover, front edge of rear cover & head of spine; light staining to top corner of front cover) titled in gilt with profuse decorations in gilt on spine & with frames & decorations in blind on both covers. 59 pp. (front hinge starting; endpapers darkened with piece out of front endpaper; top corners of first 21 pages stained; scattered foxing & staining). B&W frontispiece (penciled owner's inscription & light pencil scribbling on verso) & 3 B&W pictorial initials. William Wood... View More...
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