MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE
(1897)
Scarce first printing of the first book with Parrish's illustrations and the first book Baum published for children.
Pictorial Cloth
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STORIES OF MOTHER GOOSE VILLAGE
(1903)
A delightful Mother Goose book, in which dozens of favorite characters are used in stories instead of rhymes.
STORIES TO TELL TO CHILDREN
(1912)
29 fairy tales for reading aloud, from the classics to more unusual tales, including "Epaminondas And His Auntie."
PINOCCHIO
(1925)
Art Deco Florentine edition of the classic Italian fairy tale, with text in Italian and stylish illustrations throughout.
PINOCCHIO'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
(1899)
Early American piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first American edition – but also the first known version published in the US with color plates.
THE RED FAIRY BOOK
1890
First edition of the second title in Lang's color fairy book series, containing classic French, Russian, Danish, and Norse tales – with a laid in autograph note from Lang.
OLD FRIENDS AMONG THE FAIRIES
1926
First edition thus, collecting scattered favorites from Lang's popular Rainbow Fairy Books, but in a larger format with tipped-in color plates in late Pre-Raphaelite style.
THE WONDERFUL STORIES OF FUZ-BUZ THE FLY
1867 (i.e. 1866)
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.
THE LOVER'S MOTHER GOOSE
(1905)
First edition, a collection of original love poetry with a Mother Goose theme, lusciously illustrated in Art Nouveau style alongside Gibson Girl-like women.
MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROWN-UPS
1900
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."
GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH
1907
First edition of this compendium of short stories, plays, and poems for children, featuring magnificent color linoleum block illustrations by an important collector and admirer of William Blake.
ROUND THE WORLD TO WYMPLAND
1902
First edition of this fairy tale collection by the journalist and suffragist, with a whimsical pictorial cloth design after Woodward's illustration.
THE STORY-TELLER
(1915)
First edition of this collection of twelve original fairy tales, from Christmas tales to a whimsical story of pancakes disappearing into an Enchanted Wood.
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