SYLVIE AND BRUNO
Inscribed first edition, with a purple-ink inscription by Carroll in the year of publication to the wife of the playwright who tried to take ALICE to the theater.
Inscribed first edition, with a purple-ink inscription by Carroll in the year of publication to the wife of the playwright who tried to take ALICE to the theater.
First edition of this delightful German color-learning board book, guided by an articulated paper doll — a rare survival.
Delightful late Victorian collection of six mini books for little readers, in the original publisher's box, each illustrated with four full-page chromolithographs.
Rare book of Christmas poems lavishly illustrated with chromolithography and retaining the pre-1900 original dust jacket featuring Santa Claus.
Early edition of the book that made the Rollo series big, intended to instruct the novice American reader by combining a mature vocabulary with a lively series of animal metamorphoses and moral lessons.
First edition of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.
First edition, publisher's presentation copy, of this enduring collection of children's verse.
First edition of this Gilded Age gift book, a humorous tale of families looking for a short escape from city life, only to find that country living comes with its own difficulties.
Winter and Christmas-themed picture book from the McLoughlin Brothers, featuring rhymes for young children illustrated with chromolothographs with little children at play.