London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe..... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278... More
London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812. A Political Satire Deploring Ireland's Union With England Four Hand Colored Etchings by Thomas Rowlandson Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Five Additional Plates Including a Very Scarce Double-Page Hand Colored Etching by Rowlandson "Comforts of an Irish Fishing Lodge" (Published May, 1812) ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [WOLCOT, John, aka Peter..... More
Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. One of the First Feminist Novels Illustrated by Paul Hogarth - A Descendant of the Great William Hogarth SCHREINER, Olive. [HOGARTH, Paul, Illustrator]. [DINESEN, Isak, Introduction]. The Story of an African Farm. With an Introduction by Isak Dinesen and Illustrations by Paul Hogarth. Great Britain..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1966. Anna Sewell's Black Beauty Finely Bound by Bayntun-Rivière Beautifully Illustrated by Lucy Kemp-Welch SEWELL, Anna. Black Beauty. Illustrated with 8 colour plates and many line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1966]. Later edition. Octavo (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 inches;... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. "The Ideal Child is the Legacy Left Us By This Remarkable Artist" First Issue, In the Scarce First Issue Box [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose. A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes. With Numerous Illustrations In full color... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. Eight Full-Page Color Plates by Jessie Willcox Smith In the Very Scarce Original Printed Dust Jacket [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. In the Closed Room. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x.... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. David Copperfield, Tiny Tim, Little Nell, Alice, Heidi, Rebecca, Mowgli and Hans Brinker All Together in One Book [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SMITH, Nora Archibald. Boys and Girls of Bookland. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1923]. First edition, second issue. Large quarto (11 15/16 x.... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. Jessie Willcox Smith's Last Major Children's Story [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SPYRI, Johanna. Heidi. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. First Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated edition, first issue. Quarto (9 1/4 x 7 inches; 236 x 178 mm.). 380 pp. Color pictorial title-page, ten full-page color plates... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1915. When Kids and Christmas Meet [SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX, Illustrator]. UNDERWOOD, Priscilla. When Christmas Comes Around. Sketches of Children. Pictures in Color by Jessie Willcox Smith. New York: Duffield & Company, 1915. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 x 9 7/8 in; 287 x 252 mm). [6]... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. Off With Their Heads! (But Keep Scarce Dust Jackets On) One of Only 150 Copies Signed by the Artist [SULLIVAN, Edmund J., illustrator]. CARLYLE, Thomas. The French Revolution. A History. With Illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. Large paper copy, limited to 150 sets, signed... More
![Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt [And:] “Ask Mamma;” or, The Richest Commoner in England [And:] “Plain or Ringlets?” [And:] Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds [And:] Hillingdon Hall or, The [Sporting Novels]. Robert Smith SURTEES, John LEECH.](/pictures/thumb/03488.jpg?v=1542160064)
London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-58. In the Original Monthly Parts With Thirteen Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. "Ask Mamma;" or, The Richest Commoner in England. By the author of “Handley Cross,” “Sponge’s Sporting Tour,” etc. etc. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twelve Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. Plain or Ringlets? London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Thirteen parts bound in twelve. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches; 223 x 145 mm.). Hand-colored etched... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-65. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twenty-Four Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech and Phiz SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [BROWN, Hablot K., ilustrator]. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. By the Author of "Handley Cross," " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Town," &c. &c. With Illustration by John..... More
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., 1915. As Opposed to Songs Without Music First Edition with Tarrant Illustrations, Scarce in Dust Jacket TARRANT, Margaret W., illustrator. STEVENSON, R.L. Songs With Music From 'A Child's Garden of Verses' by ... Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant. Music by Rev. Thomas Crawford, B.D.. London: T.C...... More
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]... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. French Fairy Tales Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren [TENGGREN, Gustaf, illustrator]. D'AULNOY, Madame. D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. First Tenggren illustrated edition. Small quarto (9 1/4 x 7 inches; 236 x 179 mm.). xii, 457, [3, blank] pp. Color pictorial... More
![Bland Tomtar och Troll [Among Gnomes and Trolls]. Gustaf TENGGREN, Cyrus GRANER.](/pictures/thumb/02987.jpg?v=1478034678)
Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlunds, 1921. Rare Book of Swedish Fairy Tales Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren [TENGGREN, Gustaf, illustrator]. Bland Tomtar och Troll [Among Gnomes and Trolls] En Samling Sagor med Teckningar av. G.A. Tenggren. Redaktor: Cyrus Graner. [A collection of tales with drawings of. G.A. Tenggren. Editor: Cyrus Graner]. Stockholm: Ahlen..... 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... More
London: Gay & Hancock, 1912. "Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone;" WILCOX, Ella Wheeler. TENNANT, Dudley, illustrator. Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [1912]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this being #74) signed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Dudley Tennant... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. One of 500 Copies Signed by Hugh Thomson [THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1914]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 94), signed by the artist. Large quarto (12 1/8... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. A School for Genteel Children In 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... More
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