ENTERTAINING VIEWS
First edition of this charming collection of rural vignettes and short poems, including two depictions of men with prosthetic legs.
First edition of this charming collection of rural vignettes and short poems, including two depictions of men with prosthetic legs.
First edition of this book of simple verses illustrated with silhouettes, the publisher's vault copy.
First edition, first printing of the poetic musings of FREDDY THE PIG.
First printing, containing some material never before published and with informative preface – great for the Carroll collector.
First printing of this excellent scholarly edition of THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, with the original illustrations and with introduction and notes by Gardner.
Lovely Volland gift book, in which each page of text faces a striking Art Deco illustration in the style of Janet Laura Scott.
First edition of this poetry collection with beautiful line drawings that demonstrate the scope of the talent of artist E.H. Shepard, best known for illustrating the Pooh books.
Gilded Age philosophical poem illustrated with striking late-19th century American chromolithographs.
First printing of this early 20th-century collection of charming poems for children, with lush illustrations by Gertrude Kay.
First edition of Walter Crane's poetic work, populated by lovely and fashionable humanized flowers.
First edition of this book of fairy poems, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this book of fairy poems, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Signed limited first edition of this book of fairy poems, one of only 325 numbered copies signed by de la Mare, unusually well preserved in the delicate original binding.
First edition of this less common Hellé title, beautifully illustrated in color on nearly every page in his distinctive 1920s style – notably scarce in this condition.
First edition of this satire of high society using humanized birds – with bright hand-colored illustrations featuring a rooster in purple, an owl in teal, and more.
First trade printing of the US Dulac edition, a great copy, rare in the box.
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
First US edition of this lovely illustrated book from "the twentieth century envoy" of fairy poetry (Meigs), featuring lively images of fairies and cheerful verse.
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
First US edition of a very scarce Pogàny title, with beautifully detailed reproductions of his line drawings throughout, in excellent condition.
Lovely copy of this children's poetry anthology, beautifully illustrated by Betts.
First edition of this rather surreal collection of humorous poems about kitchen implements, with hilarious chromolithograph illustrations.
Inscribed first edition, later state, of the commercial and critical success that established Sendak's talent as an illustrator and Krauss's reputation for capturing child-like lyricism – an especially nice copy inscribed by Krauss.
First printing of Krauss's follow-up to A HOLE IS TO DIG, in which she collects her observations of children's innovative approach to word invention and turns them into a book of poetry.
First printing this uncommon Lang title, a collection of poetry first published in book form here, beginning with "A Scot to Jeanne D'Arc."