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heinrich lefler Wien: Gesellschaft Fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1899. First edition. Folio. Cloth folders with superb Nouveau cover illustration in black and heavy gilt-blocked stamping. Colored illustrations by Heinrich Lefler, loose as issued in original folder. Sl. soiling to covers, internally near fine. Lefler's first book illustrations and a striking example of Vienese Jugendstil. (Item #10)

Prague: Lilimek, 1900. First edition. Large 4to. Quarter vellum, brown laid paper covered boards. 10 tinted full-page illustrations, many half-page black and white illustrations as well as line drawings throughout all by Alfonse Mucha. This is a very scarce Mucha, if not the Mucha sought after by most, surely an intriguing and extremely scarce example... (Item #36)

275 x 250 mm. Twenty-three lines of manuscript and a wide border design at left depicting fairies and flowers, crescent moon, etc. for John R. Wise, The First of May: A Fairy Masque (London: Henry Sotheran, 1881). The First of May is considered one of Crane's most beautiful productions, heavily... (Item #320)

London: Dean and Son, Set of 48 pristine Dean and Son Chapbooks. n.d., ca. 1850. 16mo, 8pp each. Wrappers. A complete sequential set of the rare Dean's Illustrated Farthing Series, Numbers 1-48, all present and in extremely fine condition. There are virtually no signs of wear in any of the books. A remarkable survival... (Item #23)

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. 8vo, Bound in full wavy grain morocco with gilt borders. Superb double fore-edge painting of two old Mediterranean townscapes by DON NOBLE, mentor of Martin Frost. (Item #37)

n.d. (ca 1905). 4to. Wien, M. Munk, 1905. Original illustrated card wrappers with lettering on cover; 12 incomparable color plates by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban. Possibly concurrent or very early printing of the Marchen Kalendar for 1905 with all plates just as brilliant, highlighted in gold. The text by Fulda has been... (Item #125)

kaulbach, german Suttgart and Tobingen: J.B. Gotta, 1846. First edition. Thick folio. Original brown leather binding with lavish gold illustrated cover and spine, designs and details. 36 superb engravings by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. 257pp. Slight wear to edges and corners, occasional foxing and light discoloration otherwise a very good copy of a book seldom seen in presentable condition. A high-water... (Item #7)

Tokyo: 1936. First edition. Magnificent oblong folio. Silk-embroidered covers with gilt designs and lettering, silk ties. 60 superb full color scenes illustrating in picture real events and stories in the military history of Japan, used to educated children using enticing pictures. A pre-WWII publication, Showa period. In original printed slipcase. Book is in fine... (Item #103)

Cologne: H. Schaffstein, 1921. First edition. Large, oblong quarto. Cloth backed color illustrated paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers and 16 incomparable full-page color illustrations by Ernst Kreidolf. In the original, exceedingly scarce, printed glassine dust wrapper with title, author and publisher given on cover and spine. Wrapper slightly frayed and folded. Book is in unused condition,... (Item #89)

Wien and Leipzig: Tempsky and Freytag, 1907. First edition. Oblong 4to. Original cloth-backed color pictorial paper covered boards. 16 exquisite color plates in "Wiener Werkstatte" style by Lefler and Urban, including additional designs, embellishments, decorated endpapers. One of the pivotal early children's books coming out of the Jugendstil movement. Corners chipped, hinges cracked, occasional soiling, yet a very good... (Item #13)

London: Frederick Warne, n.d., ca. 1910. Full red mottled calf. Striking fore-edge painting by Martin Frost of early baseball scene depicting a team on field, gallery and vivid flag motif on corners. The painting chronicles the 1865 baseball match between the Atlantics and the Mutuals at Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New York, after Currier... (Item #26)

Munchen: Braun and Schneider, First edition. 4to. n.d. (ca. 1900). Original color pictorial paper-covered boards, cloth spine. Eight superb moveable colored illustrations by Meggendorfer, including dogs, geese, lambs, cows, bunnies, etc., all with intricate moveable pictures via pull-tabs. Occasional soiling, corners bumped, overall very good copy with all moveable parts in excellent and full working order. (Item #14)

Boston: Prang & Company, 1888. First edition. Folio. Silk over boards stamped in brown, silver, pink and green design. 16 delightful full-color plates by W.L. Taylor. In scarce original printed dust jacket. These illustrations are truly marvelous, and the entire production is of very high quality, typical of Prang publishing. A remarkably fine copy with almost no... (Item #15)