Childrens & Illustrated

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. n.d. (ca. 1880). First edition. 4to. Cloth backed color pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrations throughout in color by Rosina Emmet. Edges and corners chipped, very good internally. (Item #332)

Philadelphia: Janentzky and Co., [ca. 1882]. 12mo, blue pictorial wrappers. Four full-page printed color plates with identical un-colored template opposite each for the child to paint. This copy has all four paintings executed to a high degree of accomplishment (very nearly matching color schemes). Very good and scarce. (Item #135)

Stockholm: L.De Vylders, 1832. 12mo. Printed at end: Samuel Rumstedt, 1832 (at end). Polished tan cloth spine with gilt ruling and titling, marbled paper covered boards. Eight full-page color plates consisting of animals and objects delineating the ABC's. 140pp of text. Corners sl. bumped, else very good. (Item #162)

Munchen: Georg Dietrich, ca. 1920. First edition. 4to. Color pictorial paper covered boards. Superb illustrations in color throughout by ELSA BESKOW. Book 5 in the Kunstler Bilderbucher Series. Covers show wear, corners and edges chipped, some soiling and lacks front free fly, still a nice copy internally of a delightful Jugendstil book. (Item #275)

Worcester: J. Grout, Jr., n.d. (ca 1830). First edition. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Chapbook with yellow wrappers and 24pp. 10 woodcuts, many whole-page. Very good. (Item #431)

Paris: Devambez, editeur. First edition. n.d. (ca. 1918). Huge folio (13 x 17 inches) suite of ten superbly colored full-page illustrations loose, as issued, and a full-color illustrated title page by note French illustrator Guy Arnoux. Original color pictorial folding covers with ribbon ties. Limited to 475 numbered copies (#218)... (Item #27)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First edition. Olive fine grain cloth with cover stamped design in yellow, orange and black by Clara Elsene Peck, lettering in yellow, orange and white, printed paper label on spine. Frontispiece and four other full-page tinted plates by Peck. Near fine. (Item #711)

Berlin: Gerhard Stalling, 1941. First edition. 8vo. Color illustrated paper covered boards, cloth spine. In original color illustrated dust wrapper (thick card paper) reproducing exactly cover illustrations. Five super full-page, several half-page color illustrations, other B&W illustrations, all by Fritz Beblo. Scarce with wrapper. Hinges reinforced, else very good. (Item #160)

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, n.d. (ca 1910). First edition. Large quarto. Color pictorial paper covered boards, green cloth spine. Attractive full-page color plates by Maurice E. Day, decorations by T.B. Hapgood. Corners chipped, occasional wear. Very good. (Item #705)

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Company, 1908. First edition thus. Square folio. Cloth backed, color pastedown on cover. Full page tinted illustrated, other drawings and embellishments by Ethyl Franklin Betts. Covers show wear, esp. at extremities, very good, tight copy. (Item #529)

Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1907. First edition thus. Square folio size. Original dark green cloth with color pictorial insert on front cover. Eight superb full page color illustrations plus drawings, border designs and decorations on every page in tint by Ethyl Franklin Betts. Probably her most sought-after book. Near fine. (Item #527)

New York: Minton, Balch and Co., 1927. First edition thus. 4to. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. In original color pictorial dust wrapper. Facsimile of Blake's celebrated book, printed on fragile Japan Vellum in colors. About fine. (Item #301)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (ca. 1920). First edition thus. 4to. Original publisher's green illustrated cloth. 24 full page tipped-in color illustrations by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale on captioned, thick card stock. 198pp. Very good. (Item #481)