kreidolf, schaffstein. Koln: Schaffstein, 1902. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards with striking green stripes and checkerboard pattern. First edition. 10 superb full-page color illustrations, color title and vignette all by Ernst Kreidolf. Color pictorial endpapers. Top and bottom of spine slightly frayed, corners sl. bumped. A very good copy. (Item #9)
Zurich and Leipzig: Rotapfel, 1922. First edition. 8vo. Original beige pictorial cloth. 10 interesting full page color plates by Ernst Kreidolf, others in line. Illustrated endpapers, tinted edges. String mark on rear edge, puncture hole on cover (not detracting), slight wear; overall a very good copy. A scarce Kreidolf title. (Item #54)
![Elkin Mathews Imprint, Limited to 100 Copies] Prose Fancies. Richard Le Gallienne](/pictures/thumb/191.jpg?v=1557340460)
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. First edition. 4to. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label on spine. Limited to 100 Copies on Handmade Paper. Corners bumped, spine a little worn, flies foxed, else near fine internally, clean and bright. Very scarce Elkin Mathews imprint. (Item #191)
![Elkin Mathews] The Religion of a Literary Man. Richard Le Gallienne](/pictures/thumb/344.jpg?v=1557340530)
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. 4to. Original brown decorated cloth. Large Paper, Limited to 250 Copies. Printed on high quality handmade paper. Extensive Elkin Mathews list at end. Very good, tight copy. (Item #344)
![Ungermann, Arne] Historien Om Fire Born. en Misekat of en Kvanki-vanki. Edward Lear](/pictures/thumb/102_1.jpg?v=1557340428)
Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1950. First edition. Small folio (31cm x 26 cm). Cloth backed, color pictorial paper covered boards. One half-page and 12 full-page illustrations in color and 3 b/w drawings by Arne Ungermann, noted Danish illustrator (1902-1981). Corners chipped, small stain to back, some wear, internally clean and bright. (Item #102)
London: James Clarke & James Nisbet Company, [ca. 1860]. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with superb gilt design on cover, black-stamped decorative borders by John Leighton. Color title page, photographic frontispiece and woodcut illustrations throughout by Leighton, Harrison Weir and others. Some cover wear and a little foxing internally, else... (Item #149)
![A.L.S.] Longfellow to noted poet and journalist Charles Kent. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](/pictures/thumb/118.jpg?v=1557340431)
4 pp. Cambridge, Apr. 29, 1880. 12mo. Neatly written letter from Longfellow to Charles Kent (1823-1902), well-known English poet, biographer and journalist, concerning a book written by Kent ("Corona Catholica), and others sent to Longfellow for which Kent had never heard back concerning Longfellow's receipt of the books. He writes... (Item #118)
![Waugh, Ida] Belle's Pink Boots. Joanna Mathews](/pictures/thumb/293_1.jpg?v=1557340510)
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1881. First edition. 4to. Light brown cloth with elaborate gold stamped illustration and design highlighted in black, gold and silver lettering, beveled boards, decorative endpapers. 16 superb chromolithographic plates, black and white headpiece drawings all by IDA WAUGH. AEG. Very slight wear to spine... (Item #293)
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. First edition. 8vo. Card wrappers with metal comb hinges joining tow books: Teacher's Manual and Tip. Complete copy of Tip bound-in with original cloth tape spine as issued. Also included are 4 guides (each 4pp) for the teacher. Fine with very little signs of wear. A rare survival. (Item #130)
London: Bell and Daldy, 1861. First edition. 8vo. Original plum publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt blocked design cover and spine. AEG. Two woodcut engravings by Hunt, one by J.E. Millais, and 11 other by contemporary artists. AEG. Covers sl. faded, bottom of spine frayed, corners bumped. Internally very clean and... (Item #200)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. 8vo. Two Volumes. Original red-brown patterned cloth, gilt spines. 40 superb wood engravings by J.E. MILLAIS. Both volumes show heavy wear to covers and spine, with chipping, discoloration esp. to spines. Foxing throughout. Otherwise, a tight copy of a book seldom seen in... (Item #205)
![Elkin Mathews Imprint] Books and Plays. Allan Monkhouse](/pictures/thumb/264.jpg?v=1557340496)
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. First edition. 8vo. Ochre cloth with striking cover design, gilt lettering. Scarce Elkin Mathews title. Some wear to covers, clean and tight. (Item #264)
![Moulton, Louise Chandler] My Third Book. A Collection of Tales. Louise Chandler Moulton](/pictures/thumb/182.jpg?v=1557340457)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First edition. 8vo. Original pebbled cloth. Presentation Copy to a famed violinist: "Will dear Mrs. Bull forgive the immaturity of these youthful pages for the sake of the author's love? Louise Chandler Moulton, March 16, 1881." Spine sl. chipped at extr., covers sl. faded... (Item #182)
![Jugendstil] Die Nymphe des Brunnens. J. K. A. Musaeus](/pictures/thumb/129.jpg?v=1557340434)
Wien and Leipzig: Martin Gerlach & Co., [1903]. 12mo. Creme cloth with cover design in brown, illustrated endpapers, illustrations throughout in color by Ignaz Taschner. No. 11 in the Gerlach series. Fine, unused copy. (Item #129)
![Elkin Mathews Imprint] The Sonnet In England & Other Essays. J. Ashcroft Noble](/pictures/thumb/259.jpg?v=1557340495)
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. First edition. 8vo. Tan cloth with superb Nouveau cover design by Austin Young. TEG. Very good copy of a scarce Elkin Mathews imprint. (Item #259)
London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1860. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt design front cover, gilt spine. Classic fable title, later printing with 275 wood engravings. Covers well worn, but quite clean and bright internally. Binding design by John Leighton. (Item #233)
![Petersham, Maud] The Story of Aircraft. Maud and Miska Petersham](/pictures/thumb/45.jpg?v=1557340392)
New York: John Winston and Company, 1935. First edition. Blue cloth with color pictorial pastedown front cover. Illustrations in color by Petersham's every page. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Signed in full by both Maud and Miska Petersham. Signed by both Petershams. (Item #45)
Darmstadt: H. Hohmann Verlag, n.d. (ca 1920). First edition. Oblong quarto. Thick card paper covered boards with designs, color illustrated half-title and seven superb interpretive illustrations in color by Pfeiffer. A very scarce Jugendstil title, not found on the internet in our latest search. About fine, with only very minor... (Item #90)
![Prang Printing] Baby's Lullaby Book. Mother Songs. Charles Stuart Pratt](/pictures/thumb/15.jpg?v=1557340371)
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... (Item #15)
![Pyle, Howard] Pepper and Salt, or Seasoning for Young Folk. Howard Pyle](/pictures/thumb/295.jpg?v=1557340511)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1913. 4to. Beige pictorial cloth. Lavishly illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. Harper reprint of 1886 edition. Cover slightly soiled, else near fine. (Item #295)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. 4to. Original tan cloth with elaborate designs in red, black and gold on cover and spine. 39 superb full and half-page illustrations, and headpieces all by HOWARD PYLE. Hinges well cracked, sl. wear to extr. of spine. (Item #268)
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1881. First printing. 4to. Cloth backed, paper covered boards with pictorial covers. Eight delightful full-page color plates, eight in light blue, numerous others, all by Pyle in distinctive early style reminiscent of Walter Crane toybooks. Among Pyle's earliest color illustrations, these portray the style... (Item #40)
![Smith, Jessie Willcox] Brenda's Summer at Rockley. Helen Leah Reed](/pictures/thumb/221.jpg?v=1557340476)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1901. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with superb illustration in black, light blue and white, gold lettering cover and spine. Five full-page black and white illustrations by JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH. Some wear to white on dress on cover (almost always find), some soiling and a.... (Item #221)
![Fore-Edge Painting] The Metrical Miscellany: Consisting Chiefly of Poems Hitherto Unpublished....](/pictures/thumb/37.jpg?v=1557340382)
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, acclaimed mentor of Martin Frost. (Item #37)
![Hughes, Arthur] Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book. Christina Rossetti](/pictures/thumb/63.jpg?v=1557340403)
London: Macmillan and Company, 1893. First thus. 8vo. Light green cloth. Full-page frontispiece and half-page drawings throughout by Arthur Hughes. Very good. (Item #63)
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