THE PIGS GIVE A PARTY
Adorable Manchester-printed pig story in verse.
Adorable Manchester-printed pig story in verse.
First edition in English of this comic poem for children, originally published in the USSR in 1926.
First edition of this book of poems about good children and bad children, based upon the social mores and poems recited in the 1860s.
First edition of this book of poems about all types of pigs.
First printing of this collection of poems for children, with whimsical illustrations by Joseph Schindelman.
A beautiful copy, preserved in the rare pictorial dust jacket.
Signed first edition of this collection of three comedies and one drama by Milne, written at the height of his career as a playwright.
First English edition of this whimsical play by Milne.
First edition of this collection of five plays, with an interesting introduction by Milne.
First American edition of this collection of verses from Milne's wildly popular WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, the first Pooh book, set to music.
Tauchnitz edition of the first Pooh book, meant for distribution exclusively in Europe. An excellent copy.
First US Rackham edition of Milton's masque, one of the artist's less common illustrated titles, a beautiful copy.
Charming US Christmas book with an unusual gift binding, illustrated with many beautiful chromolithographs in a nostalgic Victorian style.
Civil War-era holiday compendium with an early printing of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (the original name of the famous poem) and an engraving of Santa by Thomas Nast inspired by the poem.
Beautiful fairy book with humanized flowers and flower fairies from the Austrian artist.
First UK edition of Nash's urbane and polysyllabic verses, with illustrations and dust jacket by Maurice Sendak.
Rare book of Christmas poems lavishly illustrated with chromolithography and retaining the pre-1900 original dust jacket featuring Santa Claus.
Lovely Victorian collection of poems evocative of the night with lovely dark toned chromolithographs.
Beautiful 1920s Volland book of poems about and for little children in the original box, with striking stylized illustrations.
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."
A later edition illustrated with cover plate and four beautiful color plates by Parrish.
First edition of this collection of poetry for children by multiple Nobel Prize-nominated poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, with delightful Golden Age illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
First printing of this collection of poetry for children alongside delightful Golden Age illustrations by Arthur Rackham — with a letter from Rackham to the assistant of art dealer and collector Alwin J. Scheuer.
German almanac-esque publication for children, containing calendars, stories, music, illustrations, and an original poster folded into the rear pocket.
New edition of the 1822 classic, illustrated in color by Rowlandson.