DENSLOW'S MOTHER GOOSE
First edition, second issue, with fabulous color plates by Denslow facing text hand-lettered by the influential typographer Goudy.
First edition, second issue, with fabulous color plates by Denslow facing text hand-lettered by the influential typographer Goudy.
First printing, out of series copy, of this large paper edition of Detmold's beautifully illustrated interpretation of Aesop's fables, with an original watercolor on parchment by Detmold tipped in.
First trade edition of this stunningly illustrated collection of Aesop's fables: Detmold at his best.
Deluxe large format portfolio edition of one of Dulac's most desired books, a quirky ABC.
Signed limited edition, one of only 500 numbered copies signed by Dulac.
First American edition of this beautiful Dulac work, the book that launched his career with gift-book publisher Hodder & Stoughton, identical to the British edition except for the publisher's imprint.
Signed limited edition, one of only 350 numbered copies signed by Dulac, of the book that launched his career with gift-book publisher Hodder & Stoughton, a beautiful copy.
First Dulac edition of this collection of classic fairy tales, including "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Bluebeard."
Limited edition of this beautiful Golden-Age book, one of only 675 copies illustrated by Edmund Dulac, including a striking cover design.
Large fairy watercolor, ink, and tempera image used as the wrap-around cover image of TWINKIE TOWN TALES Book No. 2.
Unique presentation copy of Ford's distinctively melancholy story of a child's imagined half-world, inscribed by Ford to Rackham collector and bibliographer Sarah Briggs Latimore.
Scarce first edition of this magnificent ABC and Newbery Honor book, an unusually beautiful copy.
First edition, with seven stories illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop with her characteristically gorgeous fairies, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this scarce Melbourne-printed fairy book from the New Zealander artist, one of three books in the Mite Merry Series that were "milestones" in Australian children's book production.
First US edition of the marvelous fantasy adventure by the New Zealander artist, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this group of fairy and fantasy stories, enchantingly illustrated by the New Zealander artist – exceptionally scarce in this condition.
Signed limited edition, one of 575 copies for England numbered and signed by Rackham, an unusually nice copy.
First Rackham edition, with a large half-page pen-and-ink drawing signed and dated in the year of publication by Rackham depicting two characters from the book.
Signed limited edition of only 350 numbered copies signed by Thomson – this a presentation copy, not numbered, with an original signed drawing of a character from the book.
First edition of the story of little Kitty-Kate and a magical goose wearing flannel shoes.
Signed limited first Rackham edition, one of 2020 copies signed by fine press book designer Bruce Rogers, a stunning copy.
Signed limited edition of Grahame's reminiscences of his boyhood, framed as a conflict between the Olympians (adults) and the Argonauts (children) — the first with illustrations by regular collaborator Ernest H. Shepard.
First edition of this lovely near-miniature illustrated almanack for children, a testament to Greenaway's popularity.
First edition of this lovely near-miniature illustrated almanac for children, in the scarce original glassine.
First editions of four almanacks for children, with wistful illustrations by Kate Greenaway.