London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. First Edition of The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes in the Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. First edition. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches; 139 x 105 mm.). 84, [1], [1..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First Published Edition In the Rare Original Printed Glassine Dust Jacket POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Twelvemo (5 7/16 x 4 1/16..... More
London: Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster, 1701. Early English Edition of the Reynard Fables In it's Original Sprinkled Sheep Binding [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..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition De Luxe With an Exceptional Original Pencil Sketch by Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 181), signed by the artist’s..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. Gothically Romantic Novel In the Original Cloth Not in Sadleir or Wolff MACDONALD, George. David Elginbrod. In Three Volumes. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First edition of the author’s first published novel. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 199 x 125 mm.)..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. A 19th Century Best-Seller From the Hanoverian Royal Library at Marienberg [ROYAL BINDING]. CUNNINGHAM, J. W. The Velvet Cushion. Seventh edition. London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. Twelvemo, (187..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. Theodore Seuss Geisel's Most Famous Book First Edition, in the Rare First Issue Dust Jacket SEUSS, Dr. (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel). The Cat in the Hat. [New York]: Random House, [1957]. First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 227 x...... More
Paris: Desessart, 1847. "Piracy, Banditry and Disorder" Bewitching Beauty Inflames Desires Uncut, in the Original Printed Wrappers SAND, George. Le Piccinino. Paris: Desessart, Éditeur, 1847. First edition. Five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 231 x 139 mm.). [4], 315, [1, blank], [1, “Table”], [3, blank] (final blank..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. "The moral of this story shows, Though knaves on women oft impose, That men are sometimes quite as green, But hold their tongues themselves to screen" (Hans Christian Andersen) [ANDERSEN, Hans Christian]. BUSHBY, Mrs. Anne, editor and translator. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. A Series of..... More
London: , 1781. In a Contemporary Morocco Binding Attributed To Derôme Le Jeune ROUSSEAU, [Jean Baptiste]. [DEROME, Nicholas Denis aka Le Jeune, binder; attributed to]. Œuvres de Rousseau. Nouvelle édition. London: 1781. Two twelvemo volumes (4 5/8 x 2 13/16 inches; 118 x 72 mm.). [4], 252; [4], 276 pp..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1939. Posthumously Published Signed by the Author’s Mother HOLLAND, John. Song of a Boy. London: Privately Printed, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author’s mother on the front free endpaper: “To thank you for your/appreciation of my/son’s work./Phyllis Holland.” Small quarto. [2, blank], [6], 177..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Domestic Realism, Pathos, and Humor George Eliot’s First Works of Fiction ELIOT, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition in book form of George Eliot’s first works of fiction. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x...... More
London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, Page & Co., , 1909. "A Masterpiece of Sympathetic Understanding" Edition de Luxe Signed by the Artist [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. FOUQUE, De La Motte. Undine. Adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London / New York: William..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. By The Author of The Velveteen Rabbit First English Trade Edition [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BIANCO, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who was the Jolliest Toy in the House until He Went out to Explore the World. Illustrated by..... More
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