JACK THE GIANT
1897
A scarce toy book using Cox's illustrations without his approval, illustrating the title story plus three other fairy tales.
Early Childrens (pre-1900)
CINDERELLA
[circa 1860]
First edition of publisher Seitz's scarce shape book version of this beloved fairy tale, shaped like the titular character herself (complete with bird friends).
THE BOOK OF FABLES, IN PROSE AND VERSE
[circa 1856]
First edition of this collection of moral poems and prose, with numerous woodcuts.
COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD AND FEET, IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES
[circa 1856]
First edition of this informational chapbook of various examples of hats and shoes from history and around the world.
BEING A BOY
1878
First edition of this Gilded Age semi-autobiographical work detailing the joys and struggles of being an American farm boy, a lovely copy.
CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY-BOOK
[circa 1880]
First edition of this book for noting the birthdates of acquaintances, with verse and illustrations by Kate Greenaway and others.
THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS AND THE HISTORY OF MOTHER GOOSE AND HER SON JACK
1856
First edition thus of this pair of beloved stories, published in the early years of "one of the most important" booksellers in Cleveland (Maurice Joblin).
ADVENTURES IN TOYLAND
[1897]
First edition of this fantasy adventure set in Toyland, fetchingly illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
CHUNK FUSKY AND SNOUT
[circa 1890s]
First edition of this Victorian piggy story for young people, partly told from the perspective of the pigs themselves – in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
WILD PIGS: A Story for Little People
1892
First edition of this story that relates the adventures of a pig family: Tusko the father, Grumphy the Mother, and their three children Fusky, Snout, and Chunk.
