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

Offered here is a stunning early printed textile (ca. 1820) depicting children at play, fiddler with dancing dog, rural scenes, vignettes of girls and dolls. Superb red-brown borders and intricate stylized repeating design around perimeter. Textile measures 14 x 16 inches and is remarkably preserved with minimal signs of wear. (Item #79)

Mainz: Joseph Scholz, n.d. (ca. 1925). First edition. Quarto. Cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards. Superb full and half page color illustrations throughout by Hans Schroeder. 16pp. Very good. (Item #97)

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. First edition. Oversize (square folio). Color pictorial boards with metal spiral binding. Cover light edge wear and staining. Interior clean in nearly unused condition. Illustrated by Frederick Chance in two-color on every page. Includes folders for filing notes on house and room design. Vintage... (Item #76)

London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1883. First edition. Original color pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine. Color illustrations throughout in chromolithography by THOMAS CRANE (Walter Crane's brother). An exemplary copy, near fine with only slight chipping to corners and edges. (Item #334)

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1864. First edition. 4to. Original ornate gilt cloth with superb and intricate patterns, on both covers and spine by John Leighton. Vignettes, devices, and full-page woodcut illustrations throughout by Noel Humphreys, G. Du Maurier, J.W. North, John Tenniel and others. Covers show usual wear, overall... (Item #305)

Tokyo: n.d. [before 1867]. First Editions. 12mo. Offered here are two fragile Edo-Period Japanese Story Books, printed before 1867 with superb color woodblock printed covers. Both profusely illustrated with black and white line drawings. Very fine. Rare seen in this condition. (Item #171)

Tokyo: 1949. 8vo. Color illustrated wrappers, fully illustrated throughout in bold color. 56 pages of superb illustrative art, one of the most famous of all Japanese children's stories about an adventurous boy setting out on a quest, fighting bears and befriending wild beasts, fighting the dreaded "Oni" and finally being... (Item #179)

Berlin: Fischer und Franke, 1900. First Edition. Original blue cloth with cover design in black relief, light brown, silver and red decorated endpapers. Stunning Jugendstil children's books with superb black and white illustrations through, of stories by Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and more. At end are the five color... (Item #227)

Oldenburg: Gerhard Stalling, 1953. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards. Color illustrations throughout by Else Wenz Vietor. Corners chipped, some cover wear and soiling internally. (Item #274)

Reichenberg: Edmund Ulllmann Verlag, n.d. (ca 1925). First edition. Large oblong quarto. Color pictorial paper covered boards, full-page color illustrations throughout by Kohler. A superb example of Jugendstil-style. Corners bumped, spine chipped and weakened, still a nice copy internally of a scarce and unusual children's title. Not found on recent... (Item #92)

Leipzig and Munchen: Rotapfel Verlag, n.d. ca. 1925. First edition. Huge folio folders, cloth backed, pictorial cover. Seven very large tipped-in plates by Ernst Kreidolf. Corners, bumped, occasional soiling, but a nice clean copy of a book seldom found in presentable condition. (Item #77)

Koln: Schafstein & Co., [1908]. 3rd edition. Oblong folio. Three quarters publisher's red cloth, color pictorial paper covered boards, color floral endpapers, 15 exquisite full page color illustrations by Ernst Kreidolf, among his more celebrated images. Covers slightly soiled front hinge cracked, some neat repairs, overall presentable copy of a.... (Item #106)

Cologne: H. Schaffstein, n.d. (ca. 1910). First edition. Quarto. Color illustrated paper covered boards, illustrated endpapers, 15 color lithographs by Ernst Kreidolf. Occasional soiling to covers, first page (i.e. endsheet) evenly creased, some thumbing, spine well chipped, a hard to find Kreidolf title. (Item #86)