THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
Midcentury edition of Hans Christian Andersen's autobiography, with illustrations by Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns.
Midcentury edition of Hans Christian Andersen's autobiography, with illustrations by Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns.
Uncommon American moral story for children, loosely modeled on Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER.
Scarce set of eight cotton handkerchiefs printed with charming and bright illustrations to classic fairy tales by the beloved children's artist.
First printing of this delightful collection of children's stories, including the first Richard Scarry-illustrated edition of the Oz story "With Dorothy in Oz."
First edition of a stunning large picture book chronicling a festival and concert put on by Grandville-style humanized animals.
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
First printing of this adaptation of the Yuit folktale of a brave hare who is able to bring an end to winter even when his more fearsome fellow animals cannot.
First printing of this retelling of the flood myth of the Huichol people of Mexico, illustrated in a style inspired by the traditional art of Central America.
First printing of this retelling of an Iriquois creation story, with luminous illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker.
A delightful Mother Goose book, in which dozens of favorite characters appear in short stories instead of the traditional rhyme format.
Scarce early Père Castor picture book, a Russian fairy tale vividly illustrated by Russian émigré artist Ivan Bilibin.
First edition of this compilation of old English children's rhymes about cats, chosen by Lenore Blegvad and charmingly illustrated by Erik Blegvad.
Traditional nursery rhyme structures are updated with new stories of various insects and animals, with the real star at the end: a "bird fair" of anthropomorphized birds getting together to socialize.
First edition of this collection of Grimm tales selected for this Rackham edition, in the rare original publisher's box.
German picture book edition of the classic tale, illustrated by a student of Ernst Hildebrand, disbound without its original binding but with all full-page color illustrations intact.
First edition this collection of Grimm fairy tales specially selected by Sendak, with four translated by Randall Jarrell, fine in original jackets and slipcase.
First edition of this tale from the Brothers Grimm, glazed pictorial boards issue, published simultaneously with cloth/jacketed issue.
First edition of this tale from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated in color by Sendak – a great copy.
First edition of this miniature book, an early title from Frank and Eleanor Irwin's Hillside Press.
First printing of the Caldecott Award winner, featuring magnificent color illustrations by Zelinsky. Caldecott award winner.
Great picture book of the classic fairy tale with captivating colorful illustrations, in a larger format for easy use by young children.
Lovely illustrated collection of fairy tales for reading aloud, from the classics to more unusual tales, including "Epaminondas And His Auntie."
First edition, first printing, the story behind the nursery rhyme of "This Little Piggy Went to Market,"a great copy.
Charming set of bedtime stories, packaged together by Whitman with its original box.
First issue of this slightly off-center collection of classic children's stories in unusual settings.