Childrens & Illustrated

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 noted French illustrator Guy Arnoux. Original color pictorial folding covers with ribbon ties. Limited to 475 numbered copies (#218)..... (Item #27)

London: George Cruikshank, Sold by J. Robins and Co., 1826. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio. Original printed boards with cover illustration, thin calf spine. PRESENTATION COPY: "W. Blackwood Esq. with the Complm. Geo. Cruikshank" signed boldly along the top of the front cover (across 15 inches). 16pp, six full..... (Item #486)

Leipzig: Alfred Hahns, Gebruder Dietrich, n.d. (ca. 1930). Oblong 8vo. Color pictorial paper covered boards, cloth spine. Printed on thick cardboard sheets. Full-page color illustrations throughout by ERIKA FISCHER. Some chipping to boards, overall very good. Delightful illustrations. (Item #292)

Paris: de l'imprmerie de P. Geuffier, 1806. Elephant folio. Early half calf, paper covered boards. Four-page introduction and 73 plates illustrating various architectural structures and themes. One of the classic architectural books of the period. Spine chipped with pieces missing, text very good with little signs of wear. Printed on..... (Item #482)

Nakladem: Czytelnik, 1949 (1946). Early Edition. Quarto. Original color pictorial paper covered boards with superb cover design by Ha-Ga. Fourteen full-page color illustrations by Ha-Ga (Anna Goslawska Lipinski) was an accomplished Polish book and magazine illustrator (1915-1975), born in Warsaw and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. In this..... (Item #552)

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1907. Second edition. Attractive pictorial paper covered boards, quarter Japon paper spine, olive green endpapers. Superb illustrations by Vogeler, founder of the Worpswede Werkastatte. Slight discoloration to spine, else a fine copy of an attractive work. (Item #1071)

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)

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)

Wien: Die Gesellschaft fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1898. First edition. Elephant folio size (19 x 14 inches). Superb color cover illustration of three men in armor in highlighted silver and red-brown. With original 1897 announcement bound-in at front reproducing cover image. Illustrated throughout with full-page, large and small drawings, decorative borders..... (Item #395)

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)

Munchen: Ulbert Langen, n.d. (ca. 1925). First edition. Quarto. Color pictorial paper covered boards. Superb color Jugendstil style illustrations throughout by Schulz. Spine paper chipped away, internally clean and bright. Scarce. (Item #87)

New York: Duffield & Co., 1915. First edition. 12 mo. Illustrated paper covered boards with color cover insert, cloth spine. With the twelve original illustrated color stamps, each pasted in to their appropriate positions. Head and tailpieces throughout by Smith. With the original publisher-issued stamp folder (wax paper) still affixed..... (Item #158)

n.d. (ca 1950). Offered here is an original printed handkerchief with a charming color scene of the Little King with a toy soldier and animal motifs, by Otto Soglow, probably issued as a promo for one of his books circa 1950. Very good and extremely scarce. (Item #73)