SCENES FROM NATURE
First edition of this collection of everyday scenes in rural Victorian England, including a vignette about a disabled veteran.
First edition of this collection of everyday scenes in rural Victorian England, including a vignette about a disabled veteran.
First edition of this English political parody of the classic German children's book by Heinrich Hoffman, the misbehaving "Shaggy Peter."
Collection of the three earliest editions of Gelett Burgess's beloved nonsense poem THE PURPLE COW, demonstrating the rhyme's increasing popularity — including the scarce first printing of THE LARK, where the poem first appeared.
Gilded Age fantasy verses with a beautiful 19th-century American trade binding, illustrated with chromolithographs reminiscent of E.V. Boyle, some with an eerie quality.
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
Charmingly illustrated collection of Edward Lear's silly verses, including classics like "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Jumblies."
First edition of this charming collection of color illustrations and simple poetry for children, in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
Lovely Victorian collection of poems evocative of the night with lovely dark toned chromolithographs.
Dynamic book of nonsense by the cartoonist and caricaturist best known as Marie Duval (Isabelle Émilie de Tessier), printed by the Brothers Dalziel at the Camden Press.