DER GESANGVEREIN BRÜLLARIA UND SEIN STIFTUNGSFEST [The Choral Society of the Howlers and Its Founders Day]
First edition of a stunning large picture book chronicling a festival and concert put on by Grandville-style humanized animals.
First edition of a stunning large picture book chronicling a festival and concert put on by Grandville-style humanized animals.
Great picture book of the classic fairy tale with captivating colorful illustrations, in a larger format for easy use by young children.
Scarce first printing of this Dutch edition of PINOCCHIO, illustrated by one of the most significant children's book artists of the interwar years.
Early 20th-century "Golden Books" version of the Italian fairy tale, part of "the most attractive series of Children's Classics ever published."
Large format mid-century American edition, with great color cover image and frontispiece by Madsen and more than 50 full- and partial-page black-and-white images by Muheim.
First printing of the Rule-illustrated edition, a gorgeous book with vivid, stylized scenes in Art Deco style.
First edition thus, with Wiese's color illustrations, scarce in the original dust jacket.
Boxed collection of coloring books on the theme of Disney's PINOCCHIO, released in theatres the same year – exceptionally well preserved, with vivid color wrappers.
First edition of this Cinderella-like tale of a poor girl and the enchanted pitcher who helps her attain a better life.
Lovely later printing of this illustrated anthology of dragon lore and legend, compiled and excerpted from classic works by C.S. Lewis, Kenneth Grahame, Andrew Lang, E. Nesbit, Italo Calvino, J.R.R. Tolkien, and others — with a publisher's bookplate signed by Hague tipped in.
Exceptionally beautiful signed first edition of Helprin's novella, adapted from the plot of the Tchaikovsky ballet.
Signed first printing of this vibrantly illustrated children's book, "a little fable about the senses, and about what is important to different people" (Hyman).
Signed first printing of this adaptation of an unusual Brothers Grimm story, the tale of how a wild man raises the young prince who rescued him and the prince's coming of age.
Signed first printing of this Hyman-illustrated gem about the golem in Jewish folklore.
Three large finished pen and ink drawings by the British illustrator, whose subjects include a witch with very attentive cat companion, a wizard caught lurking by two courtiers, and a tense throne-room scene.
First edition of this charming insect adaptation of the 1001 Nights, in which Fuz-Buz the fly buys himself time after being caught in Mother Grabem's web.
Scarce first edition of this clever US book playing on the mythology of nursery rhymes, featuring the adventures of Baby Goose when he slips away from Mother Goose and Father Goose.
A gorgeously illustrated handmade production from the Golden Age of children's illustration, by an unknown or pseudonymous artist-author credited only as "Roland."
Inscribed first printing of this magical story of self-reflection about a man who lives with bees.
First printing of this magical story of self-reflection about a man who lives with bees.
First printing of this fantasy picture book about a dragon who is more than it seems, and a queen who is less – the first title featuring David Wiesner as both author and illustrator.
First edition of this delightful tale of young Jack and Betty's romp through various fairy tales and nursery rhymes, with doors to open and holes to peep through.
First edition of this collection of twelve original fairy tales, from Christmas tales to a whimsical story of pancakes disappearing into an Enchanted Wood.