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First book edition in English of BILLEDBOG UDEN BILLEDER, Andersen's collection of tales in which the moon recounts stories to a lonely artist.
First book edition in English of BILLEDBOG UDEN BILLEDER, Andersen's collection of tales in which the moon recounts stories to a lonely artist.
First edition of one of the earliest collections of Andersen's fairy tales translated into English.
First edition in English of this collection of some of Andersen's most recently published popular tales, with gorgeous historiated initials and vignettes after drawings by Johann Baptist Zwecker.
Exceptionally bright Volland title with a flower poem and full-color animated illustration for each of the 82 flower characters.
Signed first edition of the modern children's classic.
Signed watercolor used in Tudor's Caldecott Honor book MOTHER GOOSE, printed by Oxford University Press in 1944.
First US trade edition with Nielsen's spectacular illustrations, among the greatest of all the many Golden Age interpretations of Andersen.
Signed limited edition, one of only 500 copies for private distribution, signed by Tudor: one of the most lovely editions of Mother Goose, quite scarce in this edition.
First edition of this scarce and striking interpretation of the opera from the noted Japanese artist.
First Heritage Club edition of this large and colorful collection of classic nursery rhymes — one of the great American editions of Mother Goose, in the scarce original slipcase.
Mid-century American Christmas and nursery rhyme-themed pop-up book, following Santa as he visits Mother Goose and her friends.
First US editions of three philosophical children's books by Umberto Eco, each signed by him.
Uncommon first US edition of this Swiss "old verse with new pictures," a chain folktale with a variant known to English speakers as The Old Woman and her Pig.
Scarce set of eight cotton handkerchiefs printed with charming and bright illustrations to classic fairy tales by the beloved children's artist.
Signed limited edition, one of only 500 numbered copies signed by one of the greatest Golden-Age illustrators, Kay Nielsen.
A delightful Mother Goose book, in which dozens of favorite characters appear in short stories instead of the traditional rhyme format.
Signed second printing of this collaboration between the eminent folklorist and the beloved children's artist, signed by Wells and with a signed bookplate from Opie laid in.
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."
Lovely illustrated collection of fairy tales for reading aloud, from the classics to more unusual tales, including "Epaminondas And His Auntie."
Beautifully intact set, scarce complete with original case and rice paper sleeves, with vivid color illustrations on fresh, crinkling crepe paper.
Signed first printing of this Caldecott Honor Book, a sort of inverse Thumbelina, the story of a giant girl who saves her Tennessee town from a ferocious bear named Thundering Tarnation, signed by both Zelinsky and Isaacs.
Four original fairy tales about pigs from the great turn-of-the-century children's publisher Nister: a charming book.
Turn-of-the-century Christmas Stocking Series book, featuring original fairy tales starring a boy-monkey named Snug that lives in Way-Over-There.
Signed early printing of Young's only Caldecott Medal winner, a richly illustrated adaptation of a Chinese fairy tale similar to Little Red Riding Hood.
First printing of this retelling of an Inuit legend of a young shaman who sets out to find a missing caribou herd, illustrated in a style reminiscent of the Dillons.