Original art from FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING
Signed original watercolor entitled "Chased into the Lake," used as a double-page spread in Conover's FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING published by FSG in 1986.
Signed original watercolor entitled "Chased into the Lake," used as a double-page spread in Conover's FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING published by FSG in 1986.
Signed original watercolor entitled "Walking to the Wedding," used as a double-page spread in Conover's FROGGIE WENT A-COURTING, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1986.
Signed finished watercolor used in Conover's 1989 book MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX.
Original pen and ink drawing of a fairy girl with moth wings, from the 1911 play for young people THE FAIRY CHANGELING – executed in the first part of Fanny Cory's long career.
Large and wonderful finished pen-and-ink drawing that would later be published in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE.
Large and dynamic finished pen-and-ink drawing, later published after its rediscovery in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE.
Large and wonderful finished pen-and-ink drawing that would later be published in the book YE OLD TIME NURSERY RHYMES BY MOTHER GOOSE.
Signed first printing of this selection of Andrew Lang's best-loved fairy tales, including Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Hansel and Grettel — with delightful original art of a grinning mushroom with a chimney pot.
Signed first printing of this beautifully-illustrated edition of some of Perrault's most beloved fairy tales, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and of course Cinderella – with original drawing of an enchanted pumpkin.
Signed first Michael Hague-illustrated edition of this collection of distincly American fairy tales from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer – with original drawing.
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.
Inscribed later printing with an original watercolor by Yashima, this illustrated collection of Korean folk tales "changed, elaborated, and combined" these stories for an American audience.
Signed first printing of this delightfully chaotic counting book based on the beloved nursery rhyme (with the notable addition of baby velociraptors), with original drawing of a dog and inscribed postcard.
Inscribed first printing of this wonderful story about John "Appleseed" Chapman, along with an inscribed copy of the proof.
Original manuscripts and working drafts from a remarkable late-Victorian collaboration between two English women: a nearly-unknown writer of original children's fairy tales and a fanciful illustrator scarcely known outside her small local circle.
A gorgeously illustrated handmade production from the Golden Age of children's illustration, by an unknown or pseudonymous artist-author credited only as "Roland."
Signed first printing of this slightly twisted collection of humorous fables, complete with "morals" like "Elephants never forget, except sometimes."
Illustrator's presentation copy of Untermeyer's anthology of poetry for children, warmly inscribed by Birch, with an elaborate original watercolor drawing of a young boy receiving this book from a kindly Mother Goose and a testy actual goose.