THREE LITTLE PIGS / PRECOCIOUS PIGGY / THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Collection of tales from children from Henry Altemus's "Wee Books for Wee Folks" series, featuring illustrations by the artist best known for his work on the Oz series.
Collection of tales from children from Henry Altemus's "Wee Books for Wee Folks" series, featuring illustrations by the artist best known for his work on the Oz series.
First edition, featuring stories in verse of Mother Goose characters adapted with Lemony Snicket-like viciousness, such as "The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard" and "The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon."
Signed second printing of this collaboration between the eminent folklorist and the beloved children's artist, signed by Wells and with a signed bookplate from Opie laid in.
Beautifully illustrated Volland title about a boy and his mouse friend in Czechoslovakia, with an added French toy-maker tale.
Scarce first edition of this clever US book playing on the mythology of nursery rhymes, featuring the adventures of Baby Goose when he slips away from Mother Goose and Father Goose.
First edition of this rare and charming narrative of London Zoo animals banding together to put on a pantomime of CINDERELLA.
First edition of this collection of stories from the Dan people of Liberia, many featuring the clever but unlucky Spider.
"Calico Classic" version of this fairy tale with bright color images by Art Deco children's book illustrator Peat.
An uncommon Peat title, boldly and brightly illustrated in her Art Deco style.
McLoughlin Brothers printing of the French fairy tale, from their Sunshine Series.
Signed first printing of this adaptation of the classic fairy tale, with lively, vibrant illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney.
First printing of this collection of 25 Indian folk tales, funny, intense, and magical, illustrated early in Jerry Pinkney's vibrant career.
Signed limited first edition, one of 500 numbered copies signed by Pogany.
Uncommon 1930s book of period "funny" fables in large format, and printed for easy use by young children.
First printing of this collection of nursery rhymes, new and traditional, within the Peter Rabbit universe.
First edition of the last book by Potter to be issued in the iconic "Peter Rabbit" format, including revised rhymes first composed as early as 1893.
First edition of Potter's gothic retelling of Bluebeard, the second issue (with frontispiece properly placed) in the scarce original dust jacket.
Lavish signed limited edition of this fairy-tale collection, illustrated with an Art Deco take on 18th-century French styles.
First trade edition, second issue (bound entirely in cloth), an excellent copy, rarely found with the original box.
Signed limited edition of this lavish illustrated collection of Grimm tales, including Snow White – one of only 525 numbered copies signed by Rackham, with the additional signed color plate.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 525 copies, of this patriotic wartime book of fairy tales with traditional stories from all the countries who had joined the Allied Forces by 1916.
First edition of this eerie illustrated retelling of Scottish folklore regarding the dark deeds of egg-stealing witches out to persecute honest sailors.
First edition of this compendium of short stories, plays, and poems for children, featuring magnificent color linoleum block illustrations by an important collector and admirer of William Blake.
Ephemeral color printed production of classic nursery rhymes, an uncredited piracy of excerpts from Robinson's illustrated BIG BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES (1903).
Original manuscripts and working drafts from a remarkable late-Victorian collaboration between two English women: a nearly-unknown writer of original children's fairy tales and a fanciful illustrator scarcely known outside her small local circle.