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First edition of these Irish verses about fairies, with beautiful Art Nouveau designs by Housman carrying distinct notes of Beardsley's style.
First edition of these Irish verses about fairies, with beautiful Art Nouveau designs by Housman carrying distinct notes of Beardsley's style.
First US printing of this nautical adventure story, in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
Early Boston piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first US edition – but also the first known version published in the US with color plates.
First printing of this collection of verses by the influential children's book author, in a "gilt-extra" binding.
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
Four original fairy tales about pigs from the great turn-of-the-century children's publisher Nister: a charming book.
Scarce first edition of this juvenile novel in the Alcott school, about an industrious and moral young woman – in a lovely pictorial cloth binding.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
First edition of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.
First edition of the sequel to the children's classic, with beautiful late Victorian line illustrations by the author's father.
First UK edition of this adventure story, following a spoiled young boy as he matures aboard a fishing vessel – from the collection of publisher Michael Sadleir.
Third edition of this collection of adventure stories, translated and adapted for children by a variety of primarily women authors, selected by Andrew Lang.
Intriguing US American fantasy story book, featuring fairies of various kinds.
First edition of this charming collection of color illustrations and simple poetry for children, in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
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.
Civil War-era holiday compendium with an early printing of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (the original name of the famous poem) and an engraving of Santa by Thomas Nast inspired by the poem.
First edition of this "tale for boys," a pioneering novel of juvenile adventure fiction.
First edition of this Gilded Age gift book, a humorous tale of families looking for a short escape from city life, only to find that country living comes with its own difficulties.
First edition of an alphabet of rhyming "military nonsense," published in the midst of the British Empire's military expansion.
First edition of the popular US fairy tale author's first book, featuring the adventures of the fairy prince TING-A-LING, a giant, a princess, and other fanciful characters.
First printing of the classic American children's book about an orphan boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River in Missouri, in the expertly restored original cloth binding.
First edition, first state of Twain's allegorical adventure of 16th-century England, aimed at elevating his literary reputation before HUCKLEBERRY FINN finally secured it.
First printing, state A, of the continuing travels of Tom Sawyer, with authorial responsibility assigned to "Huck Finn, edited by Mark Twain."
Early issue of the first UK edition, in attractive pictorial cloth.
First edition of this fantasy adventure set in Toyland, fetchingly illustrated in Art Nouveau style.