BABAR ET LE PÈRE NOËL
First French-language edition (published during WWII in the US) of Jean de Brunhoff's final Babar title, in which Babar makes the long trip to enlist Father Christmas's help.
First French-language edition (published during WWII in the US) of Jean de Brunhoff's final Babar title, in which Babar makes the long trip to enlist Father Christmas's help.
Duotone Art Deco illustrated picture book, inscribed at length by Derème to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister Louis Barthou.
First edition of this French collection of piano music with a Christian theme, lavishly illustrated in Art Deco style.
Lovely first printing of the second Babar book, published only a year after the elephant's first adventure.
Scarce early Père Castor picture book, a Russian fairy tale vividly illustrated by Russian émigré artist Ivan Bilibin.
First edition, English-language issue, of publisher Tolmer's famous Art Deco picture book with stunning images hand colored in pochoir.
First printing of the third title in the BABAR series, featuring the first appearance of the elephant city Celesteville.
Scarce batik-printed fabric children's book following the creation myth of the Book of Genesis, with added handwork.
First US edition of the fifth book in the Babar series, devoted to the adventures of Zephir the monkey when he goes home for summer vacation — in the original dust jacket.
First printing of this beautiful Babar entry, in which the animals celebrate the founding of the elephant town Célesteville, an exceptionally beautiful copy.
Rare French fantasy picture book about children who travel by balloon to the moon.
French songs for children, with enchanting period illustrations.
A beautiful copy, preserved in the rare pictorial dust jacket.
Bilingual children's book in support of the Allied Forces, following a little girl from colonized Senegal who wants to help in the war effort.
First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in.
First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in.
First edition of this less common Hellé title, beautifully illustrated in color on nearly every page in his distinctive 1920s style – notably scarce in this condition.
First printing of this colorful Babar story, following his family's visit to the Kingdom of the Birds.
First edition of this large-format French picture book on the Age of Discovery, featuring stunning Art Deco illustrations hand colored in pochoir.
First printing of a pivotal book in Rojankovsky's career, his first in English, and the first book published by the Domino Press, founded in Paris by American expats Esther Averill and Lila Stanley.
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
First UK edition of Jean de Brunhoff's penultimate Babar book, the charming story of the youngest children of the elephant family.
First UK edition of the fifth book in the Babar series, devoted to the adventures of Zephir the monkey when he goes home for summer vacation.
1940s edition of Rojan's stunning children's calendar from the Père Castor series.
First edition of this charming Belle Epoque book of various seasonal activities for children, with illustrations of fashionable French youths and adults that evoke the style of Kate Greenaway.