Catalog 21: Children's & Illustrated, Literature, Fine Bindings, 1890's & Press Books, Pre-Raphaelites, Original Art (312 items)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American Edition. 12mo. Original brown blind-stamped cloth. Presented by someone, signed "Bronte" with her characteristic long 'T," but none of the Bronte sisters were alive in 1857, so this may have been a relative, or even a coincidence. wear and some chipping to... (Item #155)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. 8vo. Original blind-stamped blue cloth. Covers with wear, rear hinge cracked. Scarce. (Item #311)

New York: Mahlon Day, 1837. First edition. 12mo. Original light brown cloth, gilt titling on cover. 111pp. 36 superb woodcut illustrations (mostly half-page) executed with a high degree of accomplishment for this venue. Clean and bright, near fine. (Item #61)

New York: Turner and Hayden, 1844. First printing. 12mo. Original brown cloth with elaborate gilt designs both covers and spine. A.E.G. Bright copy of an early decorative cloth binding. (Item #142)

London and Chicago: Elkin Mathews; Copeland and Day, 1894. Second edition. 8vo. Original gray paper covered boards with circular gilt motif on cover and spine. Illustrated title page (orange) and woodcut frontispiece by LAURENCE HOUSMAN. Elkin Mathews catalog for January, 1894 appears at end of book. Some light cover wear, very good. (Item #263)

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1882. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers. Superb color illustrations every page by THOMAS CRANE, Walter Crane's elder brother and the art director at Marcus Ward. Corners and sides of boards rubbed, internally near fine. (Item #271)

Printed in England: MIA Production, n.d. (ca. 1930). First edition. Oblong folio. Original beige folio envelopes with color pictorial cover insert of ducks, bunnies marching. Six large cut-outs in full color depicting various animals at play, gummed on one side, never used. Each is accompanied by a wax paper separating... (Item #347)

[Pelham]: Edward C. Bridgman, [1923]. First edition. Oblong quarto. Original cloth portfolio brightly colored and patterned gingham with pasted label on cover. Original ribbon ties at spine and two at outer edges are all present and in very good condition. Superbly illustrated with 16 pages of boldly colored stenciled designs... (Item #341)

London: Ward and Lock, 1856. First edition. 12m. Red gilt cloth. Illustrated throughout with copious engravings. Binding design by John Leighton. Lacks front free endpaper, rebacked with some wear to spine. Internally very nice. (Item #192)

London: R. Hunter; Baldwin, Cradock and Joy Publishers, 1817. Second edition. 8vo. Three Volumes. Original or contemporary boards, cloth-backed with printed paper labels on each spine. The scarce 'second edition' so-stated, with 'corrections' published in the same year as the first edition. Labels well chipped, covers show wear. Internally, all... (Item #168)

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First edition thus. 8vo. Blue cloth with striking gilt design stamped on front covers and spine by John Leighton. Illustrated throughout by Birket Foster. A.E.G. Corners bumped, some wear to top of spine. More brilliant gold presence than usually seen for this book. About..... (Item #151)

New York and London: Wemple & Co., George Routledge & Sons, 1881. First edition. 8vo. Glazed color pictorial paper covered boards, green cloth spine. Color illustrations throughout by Virginia Gerson reminiscent of Kate Greenaway. Corners and edges well chipped, slightly weak in binding. (Item #324)

London: Elkin Matthews, 1912. First edition thus. Small 8vo. Gray gilt cloth. 78pp. Stamp of Ford Library. Very good. (Item #252)