KING WINTER
[circa 1859]
First edition of this beautiful shape book, detailing the seasonal activities of the Santa Claus-like KING WINTER and his assistant Jack frost – in notably sharp condition.
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DANISH FAIRY LEGENDS AND TALES
1846
First edition of one of the earliest collections of Andersen's fairy tales translated into English.
THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK AND OTHER TALES
1848 [i.e. December 1847]
First edition of this early collection in English of Andersen's new fairy tales, including six appearing in English for the first time.
THE ICE-MAIDEN
1863
First edition in English of this collection of some of Andersen's most recently published popular tales, with gorgeous historiated initials and vignettes after drawings by Johann Baptist Zwecker.
A PICTURE-BOOK WITHOUT PICTURES
1847
First book edition in English of BILLEDBOG UDEN BILLEDER, Andersen's collection of tales in which the moon recounts stories to a lonely artist.
STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
1892
First edition of PINOCCHIO in English, the rare American issue, simultaneous with the British and bound in the U.S. from British sheets.
STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
1892
First edition of PINOCCHIO in English, a title in the Children's Library.
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.
FABLES EN ACTION
1819
Gloriously intact and complete toy theatre from the era of the Bourbon Restoration, in which children can mix and match figures to play out stories from French fables.
BIBLIYNA HISTORYA
1720 [1820]
First edition of an unusual copy of this Polish Bible story reader, with an imprint altered by an early owner to read a century earlier than it was actually published.
HEIDI
1885
First American edition, the first obtainable edition of HEIDI in English.
NATTVARDSBARNEN
(1881)
Early Larssen illustrated book – in rare original dust jacket.
CINDERELLA
[circa 1860]
First edition of publisher Seitz's scarce shape book version of this beloved fairy tale, shaped like the titular character herself (complete with bird friends).
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