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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.
Scarce first edition of this juvenile novel told in first-person, 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 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.
First US edition of this children's gift book, featuring vibrant chromolithograph plates by London firm Kronheim and Co.
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 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.
Uncommon limited edition, one of only 50 numbered copies, of this children's history of Alexander the Great.
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.
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.
First edition of this Victorian piggy story for young people, partly told from the perspective of the pigs themselves – in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
First edition of this story that relates the adventures of a pig family: Tusko the father, Grumphy the Mother, and their three children Fusky, Snout, and Chunk.