THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
Scarce Victorian shape book of this classic rhyme, die-cut in the form of a house.
Scarce Victorian shape book of this classic rhyme, die-cut in the form of a house.
Rare and spunky children's chapbook of the classic English folk song (also known as "Frog Went a-Courting"), with expressive hand-colored wood engravings.
Striking Gilded-Age edition of Andersen's fairy tales, featuring full-page chromolithographs executed by Emrik & Binger.
Signed limited large paper edition, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by Dulac, along with a letter by Dulac expressing strong opinions about critics, opera, and the English composer Isidore de Lara.
First edition, US issue, of Clarke's first illustrated book, a stunning Beardsley-esque interpretation of the Danish fairy tales.
Beautifully illustrated Victorian collection of tales to be read in different seasons, featuring chromolithographs by Kronheim and Dalziels.
Signed limited edition, one of only 500 numbered copies signed by Dulac.
Stunning Art Nouveau-style illustrated edition of Andersen's fairy tale, printed in Bavaria with rich full-page color lithographs.
Rare French edition of DAVID BRETT'S NURSERY BOOK, featuring four classic fairy tales lavishly illustrated in large format and printed on textured paper.
Striking chromolithographed shape book of the classic nursery rhyme with cover image of a realistic late Victorian shoe.
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.
Sammelband collection in two volumes, binding together 12 large-format Walter Crane picture books of the 1890s as part of a Victorian family's library.
Charming set of bedtime stories, packaged together by Whitman with its original box.
Signed miniature panorama, illustrated with orange highlights by Gorey.
First edition thus, illustrated by acclaimed Golden Age illustrator Ethel Betts.
A "greatest hits" collection of proverbs including 'Out of the frying pan and into the fire,' 'Any port in a storm,' and 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,' illustrated in the style of John Hassall.
First edition thus of this new selection and translation of sixteen fairy tales, chosen as the "most suited for juvenile reading" — with a small arsenic-green bookplate to front pastedown.
Early English edition of these classic fairy tales, including "The Ugly Duck[ling]," "The Princess and the Peas," and "The Little Mermaid."
First illustrated American edition, published only a year after the UK first, of the first translated collection into English of Andersen's fairy tales, with three of four plates.
First edition of a stunning large picture book chronicling a festival and concert put on by Grandville-style humanized animals.
Original paper cabinet box set of fairy tales by the Danish master of the form, featuring double-door openings and twelve miniature volumes.
First US edition of this fairy tale collection translated by Mrs. Bushby, who also translated one of the first collections of Andersen's tales into English in 1846.
First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century — quite scarce in this condition.
Charming Attwell edition of Andersen's tales, including "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid" in Attwell's distinctive curving elfin style.
First edition of this collection of Grimm tales selected for this Rackham edition, in the rare original publisher's box.