Category: Art - Book Illustration/Illustrators

WINGS FOR PER

By: d'Aulaire, Ingri & d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin.

Price: $95.00 USD

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Doran : 1944

Seller ID: 30539

Condition: Very Good-

Unpaginated, 12 1/4" H. First edition notation on copyright page. Pictorial boards, black cloth spine, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. A Scandinavian boy, Per, grows up in the high mountains, dreaming of flying like the birds who are his neighbors. When war comes to his homeland, Per makes an exciting escape to America where he learns to fly so he can help free his loved ones. Light toning to pages, spine is lightly twisted, some light surface paper loss at inside top/bottom edges of boards, slight bump at top of spine, light edge and corner wear. Dust jacket ...
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'AND SOME BROUGHT FLOWERS': PLANTS IN A NEW WORLD.

By: Downie, Mary Allice, Hamilton, Mary, selected and introduced by.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press : 1980

Seller ID: 17274

ISBN-13: 9780802023636

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

164 pp, large 8vo (10 1/4"). 70 watercolors by E.J. Revell. "In seventy exquisite watercolours E.J. Revell has captured the beauty of plants found by early travellers in North America - from Ash to Wintergreen, Bittersweet to Wappatoo, the common Bedstraw and the uncommon Camass, the edible Fiddlehead and the ubiquitous Dandelion. Accompanying each painting are quotations from a variety of explorers and settlers, describing the plants and reflecting the practical, aesthetic, and botanic interests of newcomers in different parts of the country. The result is an intriguing mixture of native kno...
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SKETCHES IN STABLE AND KENNEL.

By: Edwards, Lionel.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Putnam : 1949

Seller ID: 16967

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

59 pp, 4to (11 1/8" H). 12 color plates, 12 full-page b&w pencil sketches, plus additional pencil sketches throughout. "In offering these sketches to the public I am seeking to fill a somewhat inexplicable gap which seems to have been left open by sporting artists past and present. Pictorial representations of sport usually in the past ran on well worn lines - to most people their animals are more than the acquaintances of the hunting field, and individuals with characters of their own, of interest at all times and seasons. To these true lovers I offer these little sketches in stable and kenn...
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THE WILES OF THE FOX.

By: Edwards, Lionel.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: London, Medici Society : 1932

Seller ID: 29671

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

50 pp, 10 1/8" H. Oatmeal cloth spine with brown lettering, red cloth boards with fox's head in brown & white in white diamond. Six colour illustrations on dark olive stock (one double page) and over 15 b&w illustrations (collated). "To admirers of Lionel Edwards's brilliant pictures of the hunting field it is hardly necessary to say that he has all his life been a hunting man. In this sketch-book he gives us the fruits of his experience of the devious and wily ways of the fox, and his rapid, effective pencil illustrates his text with a vividness which has the quality of genius in it." Ins...
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MY SCOTTISH SKETCH BOOK.

By: Edwards, Lionel. (1878-1966)

Price: $100.00 USD

Publisher: London, Country Life : 1929

Seller ID: 30732

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

VII, 32 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H). Gray/purple cloth with paper title label on front board, purple marbled endpapers. 16 colour plates, including frontispiece (all present - clean, bright, with no tears or creases). All pages (text & illustrations) are printed on one side only on heavy stock (versos blank). Each illustration page consists of a colour plate and a drawing in the margin Lionel Edwards, renowned artist of British hunting life, presents a selection of works produced during "the course of almost annual visits to Scotland", with short notes facing each illustration. Horses, hounds, dee...
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HELL-RAISERS OF HISTORY.

By: Emmons, Earl H.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Mount Vernon, New York, Peter Pauper Press : 1948

Seller ID: 19916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

92 pp, including colophon, 8vo (8 11/16" H) - patterned paper-covered boards with title block on spine in slipcase with pictorial title label on front (no dust jacket - as issued). B&w illustrations. A collection of humorous verse. Contents: Jupiter - He Had Women on His Mind; Ulysses - His Heart Was True to Helen; Samson - He Just Didn't Like Philistines; David - Magnificent Sinner; Lancelot - Chivalry Should Begin at Home; Villon - Victim of Necessity; Bluebeard - Neatness Is Next to Godliness; Henry VIII - Monarch of Marital Marathon; Cyrano - Fortune's Fabulous Phoney; D'Artagnan - Gasco...
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THE LIFE AND ART OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK 1792-1878.

By: Evans, Hilary and Evans, Mary.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: New York, S.G. Phillips : 1978

Seller ID: 27804

ISBN-13: 9780875992273

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

192 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions. "When George Cruikshank died, (over) a hundred years ago, he was admired as an artist, respected as a reformer, loved as a man. But he had lived so long and created so much that few could discern any unity underlying the diverse creations of his seventy-year working life - creations ranging from a thumbnail caricature of Napoleon III ('it never reigns but it bores!') to the four-metres-wide 'Worship of Bacchus' which now hangs, dusty and neglected, in the storerooms of the Tate Gallery. For some he was the artist who showed u...
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AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.

By: Foreman, Michael.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Arcade : 1996

Seller ID: 20941

ISBN-13: 9781559703291

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

95 pp, oblong (7 13/16" H x 10 3/8" D). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with the author/artist's drawings and photographs. "(S)hows, throught the eyes of the boy Foreman was, Britain rebuilding (after WWII). In the summer of 1945, victory bonfires burn and the British Empire spans the globe anew. As the lads come home, the beaches are cleared of barbed wire and mines. Bomb sites become playgrounds, and blitzed gardens the occasion for a filched apple or potato. Foreman recalls the ongoing rationing, prefab houses, and baths in tin tubs; movies with Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and...
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AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.

By: Foreman, Michael.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Arcade : 1996

Seller ID: 29693

ISBN-13: 9781559703291

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

95 pp, oblong (7 13/16" H x 10 3/8" D). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with the author/artist's drawings and photographs. "(S)hows, throught the eyes of the boy Foreman was, Britain rebuilding (after WWII). In the summer of 1945, victory bonfires burn and the British Empire spans the globe anew. As the lads come home, the beaches are cleared of barbed wire and mines. Bomb sites become playgrounds, and blitzed gardens the occasion for a filched apple or potato. Foreman recalls the ongoing rationing, prefab houses, and baths in tin tubs; movies with Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and...
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THE STORY OF A RED-DEER.

By: Fortescue, J.W. (John William, Sir.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Macmillan : 1938

Seller ID: 30563

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

144 pp, 9 1/2" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration of red-deer stag on front board, top edge gilt. 12 colour plates (including frontispiece) and 12 gravure plates (all present). The story of a red-deer stag, from his birth on Exmoor to his death in a waterfall as he attempts to elude hounds and hunters. In the interim, the life of the moor and forest intertwines with his as other inhabitants are introduced: rabbits, weasels, foxes, greyhens, blackcocks, pheasants, ducks, salmon, etc. Light browning to endpapers and in margins of pages, three places where ther...
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Image for THE QUEEN'S GIFT BOOK. IN AID OF QUEEN MARY'S CONVALESCENT AUXILIARY HOSPITALS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIMBS IN THE WAR. (FIRST WORLD WAR.)

THE QUEEN'S GIFT BOOK. IN AID OF QUEEN MARY'S CONVALESCENT AUXILIARY HOSPITALS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIMBS IN THE WAR. (FIRST WORLD WAR.)

By: Galsworthy, John, Foreword. (Arthur James Balfour, J.M. Barrie, E.F. Benson, John Buchan, Hall Caine, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeffery Farnol, Jerome K. Jerome, Gilbert Parker, Neil Munro, Sapper, Ernest Thompson Seton, et al.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton

Seller ID: 30971

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

160 pp, 9 7/8" H. No date, but c1918. Cream-coloured boards with dark blue lettering on spine/front board, dark blue crest on front board. A promotional leaflet (9 3/8" H x 7" W - 4 pages in total) with b&w photographs of Roehampton House and some of the patients supported by the sale of the book is laid in. 12 colour plates tipped on taupe-coloured stock with dark blue borders and captions (all present and in good condition except "Woman" by W. Hatherell which has four very small tears/creases in the left margin - now repaired with archival tape). Arthur Rackham's colour plate and two full-p...
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FIRST POEMS OF CHILDHOOD.

By: George MacDonald, Eugene Field, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Lear, Clement C. Moore, Richard B. Sheridan, Alice C.D. Riley, Jane Taylor, Kate Brown, Lydia Maria Child, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, et al. (Tasha Tudor.)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Platt & Munk : 1967

Seller ID: 30981

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

45 pp, 8 1/4" H. Charmingly illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Poems include: Who has seen the wind?, by Christina G. Rossetti; At the seaside, by Robert Louis Stevenson; The arrow and the song, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Pussy willow, by Kate Brown; Thanksgiving Day, by Lydia Maria Child; The owl and the pussy-cat, by Edward Lear, A visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement C. Moore, etc. Minor edge wear on the boards. Dust jacket has been clipped at the bottom corner of the front flap, light wear/wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine and flap-folds, now protected in removable myla...
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COCONUT ISLAND OR THE ADVENTURES OF TWO CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

By: Gibbings, Robert.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Letchworth, J.M. Dent & Sons : 1953

Seller ID: 17965

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good-

245 pp, 7 3/8" H. Map endpapers, approx. 80 b&w woodblock prints by Robert Gibbings. "Patrick and Penelope set sail with their artist uncle on a cargo vessel bound for Jamaica and Panama, on their way to Tahiti. Their uncle is on the look-out for a scientist friend of his, who is studying fish somewhere in those parts. On arrival in Tahiti he finds that his friend is on a small island some three days' sail from there, so they all embark again, this time in a schooner, in hopes of reaching him. But a storm blows up. The skipper decides to put his unusual passengers ashore on the south end of t...
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Image for THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1955, No. 6081A, Vol. 227 + CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1956, No. 6126A, Vol. 229 + CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1959, No. 6274A, Vol. 235. 3 ITEMS.

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1955, No. 6081A, Vol. 227 + CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1956, No. 6126A, Vol. 229 + CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1959, No. 6274A, Vol. 235. 3 ITEMS.

By: Gilbert, Anthony; Macardle, Dorothy; Bucke, Marion; Bryant, Arthur, Sir; Laver, James; Aickman, Robert; Muir, Marie, et al.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, Illustrated London News : 1955

Seller ID: 30178

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Good+

3 Christmas Numbers of The Illustrated London News (1955, 1956 & 1959), 14 1/2" H x 10 1/4" W. Christmas 1955 - 56 pp, articles include: Trafalgar from the French Point of View: The Report of Captain Lucas; "Give me a ring" by Anthony Gilbert; Art in cap and bells: Trompe-l'oeil masterpieces designed to cheat the eye by their astonishing effect of reality; Double spread Queen Elizabeth II by Pietro Annigoni; 4 full page colour portraits "The Beauty of early Girlhood"; 2 full page colour illustrations - "Fairy-tale creatures (1. Hans Andersen, 2. Brothers Grimm), by Neave Parker. // Christmas ...
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Image for TASHA TUDOR: THE DIRECTION OF HER DREAMS. THE DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND COLLECTORS' GUIDE. INCLUDING THE BOOKS OF THOMAS L. McCREADY, JR., BETHANY TUDOR, EFNER HOLMES.

TASHA TUDOR: THE DIRECTION OF HER DREAMS. THE DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND COLLECTORS' GUIDE. INCLUDING THE BOOKS OF THOMAS L. McCREADY, JR., BETHANY TUDOR, EFNER HOLMES.

By: Hare, Wm John and Hare, Priscilla T. Preface by Efner Homes. With contributions by Bethany Tudor, Dorothy Haas and Patricia Lee Gauch.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll : 1999

Seller ID: 31122

ISBN-13: 9781884718595

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

559 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs, drawings, colour plates. Contents: Acknowledgments; Preface by Efner Holmes; Tasha Tudor: Illustrator and Author; A Word on Tasha Tudor by Bethany Tudor; Tasha Tudor, The Publishing Years: 1973-1982 by Dorothy Haas; A Remembrance by Patricia Lee Gauch; A Letter with Drawings from Tasha Tudor; Interpreting the Bibliography; The Bibliography; Serial Literature, The World Wide Web; References In Books; Related Books; Catalogs: Publishers, Dealers, Etc.; The Bibliography in Chronological Order; Credits; Index. Light wrinkling at the bottom of the spine, a smal...
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MYTH, MAGIC, AND MYSTERY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION.

By: Hearn, Michael Patrick / Clark, Trinkett / Clark, H. Nichols B.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, Roberts Rinehart Publishers in cooperation with The Chrysler Museum of Art : 1996

Seller ID: 27671

ISBN-13: 9781570980794

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

242 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "A stunning achievement, 'Myth, Magic, and Mystery' brings together the work of nearly every prominent children's book illustrator of the twentieth century. Developed for a nationwide, touring exhibition beginning at The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia in June 1996, this book stands alone as a portable encyclopedia of the 'masters' of the genre. Included here are the works of such popular illustrators as N.C. Wyeth, Chris Van Allsburg, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Edward Gorey, Tomi Ungerer, and others; a special fe...
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FLOWER FAIRIES: A GARDENER'S YEAR.

By: Hook, Jennie. Cicely Mary Barker.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne : 2004

Seller ID: 30865

ISBN-13: 9780723249382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Unpaginated, oblong (7 5/16" H x 8 3/4" D) - glazed pictorial boards with white wire binding. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour reproductions of Cicely Mary Barker's delightful flower fairies. The first part of the books is divided into months, with ruled pages for filling in your gardening notes. Each ruled page contains a small gardening tip, and there are aslo short essays on the seasons and other topics such as: Bulbous Plants, Container Gardening, The Herbaceous Border, Roses, Annuals & Biennials, etc. At the back there is a section for addresses, pages marked out for your ga...
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LE JARDIN DE NUIT.

By: Jabry. (Jacques Brillant.) Edited by Vincent Pouliot.

Price: $275.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Societe Culturelle Ameuroasie : 1960

Seller ID: 29765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

45 pp, 11 5/8" H, in purple cloth with silver lettering on front board, colour floral images on front and rear boards. Number 100 in an edition limited to 1000 copies. Handmade Japanese paper with top edge untrimmed (as issued). Endpapers in shades of orange, green, blue and purple with floral designs. B&w illustrations. French text. With: 44 pp pamphlet (7 1/8" H) stapled in green patterned covers, containing the French poetry faced by translations in Japanese characters. Enclosed in three panel portfolio with orange/blue/white decoration on exterior, title in black on front panel, two...
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THE ART OF WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM.

By: James Waugh, Cameron Dayton, Tommy Newcomer, Matt Burns, et al.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: U.S.A., Blizzard Entertainment : 2010

Seller ID: 30940

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pp, 10 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and sepiatone. Contents: Legacy of Destruction: Deathwing; The End of All Things: Twilight's Hammer; A Changing World: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms; Lock the Doors: Gilneas; Message in a Bottle: Kezan and the Lost Isles; Forgotten Depths: Vashj'ir; Mysteries in the Sand: Uldum; Realm of Fury: The Elemental Plane. Possibly a promotional item as dust jacket front flap contains the statement "Not for Resale". Book is Near Fine. Dust jacket has some very light rubbing and wrinkling at the top edge of the front panel.
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THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES. ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES ROBINSON.

By: Jerrold, Walter, Editor. Hans Christian Andersen, et al.

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie and Son : 1911

Seller ID: 30890

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

344 pp, 10" H. Dark blue cloth (faded to a blue/gray on spine) with gilt lettering/decoration on spine and front board, all edges gilt. Pictorial endpapers, 12 colour plates (including frontispiece), 22 additional plates (16 black & red, 6 black & white) plus over 150 small b&w illustration throughout the text - all present. Contents: Introduction; Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper; Jack the Giant Killer; The Three Bears; The Ugly Duckling; Briar Rose; or, The Sleeping Beauty; Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp; The Story of Blue Beard; Hansel and Gretel; Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Ch...
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Category: Art - Book Illustration/Illustrators