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First edition of this charming collection of rural vignettes and short poems, including two depictions of men with prosthetic legs.
First edition of this charming collection of rural vignettes and short poems, including two depictions of men with prosthetic legs.
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."
Gilded Age philosophical poem illustrated with striking late-19th century American chromolithographs.
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 Walter Crane's poetic work, populated by lovely and fashionable humanized flowers.
First printing of this collection of verses by the influential children's book author, in a "gilt-extra" binding.
First edition of this satire of high society using humanized birds – with bright hand-colored illustrations featuring a rooster in purple, an owl in teal, and more.
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
First printing this uncommon Lang title, a collection of poetry first published in book form here, beginning with "A Scot to Jeanne D'Arc."
First edition of this charming collection of color illustrations and simple poetry for children, in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
Fairy poem issued in honor of little Ruth Cleveland's move into the White House after her father's inauguration.
Signed first edition of this collection of three comedies and one drama by Milne, written at the height of his career as a playwright.
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.
Rare book of Christmas poems lavishly illustrated with chromolithography and retaining the pre-1900 original dust jacket featuring Santa Claus.
Lovely Victorian collection of poems evocative of the night with lovely dark toned chromolithographs.
New edition of the 1822 classic, illustrated in color by Rowlandson.
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.