190 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with Charles Keepings wonderful drawings of London and Londoners of the past. "Charles Keeping, one of Britain's finest illustrators, was brought up in Vauxhall, South London, where a Saturday-night sing song (or 'ding dong', as it was called) was part of the way of life. Over many years, including the height of the Blitz, these sing songs scarcely varied in style or content. Armed with plenty of beer and food, the family gathered in the parlour to sing and dance to their favourite songs, each member of the family being expected to ... View More...
413 pp, 9 1/2" H. Black cloth with colour pictorial pastedown on front board, pictorial endpapers, decorated title page and 14 colour plates (all present). Sir Amyas Leigh voyages with Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh in search of Spanish treasure in the New World. A small crease at the bottom edge of the pages up to page 6, a tiny foxing mark at the bottom of 4 of the preliminary pages, very light browning to the text pages, browning to the edges of the text block, wrinkling to the top/bottom of the spine, light edge wear, light rubbing, light wear to the front board illustration, f... View More...
249 pp, 9 3/4" H. Light green cloth with black lettering/decoration on spine and front board, top edge gilt. 22 b&w plates (all present) plus additional small b&w drawings. Contents: How the Whale Got His Throat; How the Camel Got His Hump; How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin; How the Leopard Got His Spots; The Elephant's Child; The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo; The Beginning of the Armadillos; How the First Letter was Written; How the Alphabet was Made; The Crab that Played with the Sea; The Cat that walked by Himself; The Butterfly that Stamped. Many pages are wrinkled as though turned by a... View More...
256 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. "This volume, published to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ernest Shepard, offers the best and most characteristic of his whole range of work; it also provides a balanced appreciation of the man as artist and companion. Ernest H Shepard, 'Kipper' to his family and friends, is perhaps best known - and loved - for the children's illustrations he did for the work of A.A. Milne and for his incomparable drawings for Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'. His output, however, was considerable and altogether h... View More...
3 hand printed and bound volumes, 9" H. "Beulah" - 1970, dark blue cloth with white lettering and Rook Press emblem on front board, 25 pp, No. 25 of 52 copies. Lino & woodcuts in /black/pink/white /blue/orange. Inscribed on title page: "April 22 - 1975 / A near lifetime has / just been reviewed / by two old men, one F___ D___, the / other / Kark Krause". An old man and his beagle, Beulah, are stopped in their travels across Florida by a sinkhole in the road and end up helping at a birth that is also attended by three strangers bearing gifts. An almost-Christmas story, but it's January 6th... View More...
30 pp, 12 1/2" H. No date. From the Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse et de l'Enfance series. Dark green cloth spine, paper-covered boards - rear board with green, yellow and white vertical stripes, front board with title in white letters and gilt bordered colour illustration on green background. **French Text.** 14 full page colour illustrations, facing some of La Fontaine's popular moral tales in verse. There are 4 illustrations by Gustave Fraipont, 4 by Gaston Gelibert, 3 by Hermann Vogel, 2 by Firmin Bouisset and 1 other (signature illegible, but dated 1887). Table des Matieres: La Laitiere e... View More...
128 pp, 10" H. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w, with many reproductions of the flower fairies. "Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies books, published in the first half of the century, are known and loved around the world. They were created by a quiet, unassuming and dedicated artist, who was nevertheless remarkably successful, spending her life illustrating many children's books and selling hundreds of watercolours and pastels." Contents: Introduction; Flower Fairy Paintings; Paintings of Children; Religious Works; List of Cicely Mary Barker's Books and Other Works; Acknowlegements;... View More...
207 pp, 11 1/4" H x 11 1/4" D. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "William Steig, the dean of 'New Yorker' cartoonists, began his career at the magazine in 1930. After achieving acclaim with his gang of street urchins, affectionately nicknamed the 'Small Fry', Steig branched out, exploring through his drawings the psychological undercurrents in relationships between parent and child, husband and wife, self and society. Beginning in the sixties, Steig demonstrated his understanding and awe of children in numerous award-winning picture books, including such classics as: 'Rotten Island' (19... View More...
ix, 231 pp + (4) pp publisher's advertising, 8" H - green cloth (faded to brown on spine) with gilt lettering on spine and front board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed (some interior pages as yet unopened). 16 colour plates, including frontispiece (all present), tipped in with caption-bearing tissue guards - illustrations are clean and bright with no tears or creases. A history of Arran, Scotland's seventh largest island, located on the west coast in the Firth of Clyde. Contents: The Charm of Arran (The Charm of Arran / The Land between Sky and Water / Arran's Romances); Historical Rema... View More...
186 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w illustrations. "(T)he first full-length critical examination of this acclaimed author/illustrator's work. In her thoughtful, concise study, Ruth K. MacDonald argues that Dr. Seuss has earned his place as the most popular author/illustrator for children in America because of his unique ability to write stories of high quality while working within the restrictive format of the easy reader, a story told in simple words and sentences that maintains the interest of children just learning to read. MacDonald believes that Dr. Seuss's work, which has until now remained ... View More...
16 pp, small 4to (10" H). Inscribed by illustrator on copyrigh page: "Thanks ____, Warren MacDonald. B&w illustrations. "This book has been printed in a limited edition of five copies and is not offered for sale. It is compiled by W. MacDonald from The New American Standard Bible. The paper used is Carlyle Japan. The type was set at Sheridan College and is set in Plantin film composition. The book was printed and hand-bound at Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Ontario, Canada. Copy AP/5." Minor edge wear at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has soft wrnkles to top edge, ... View More...
98 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated in colour. "Since his professinal debut nearly 20 years ago, artist Don Maitz has been giving form to the fantastic in a way that has won him widespread recognition by both his professional peers and an enthusiastic public. Following up on the success of 'First Maitz', this volume is a lavishly produced collection of some of Maitz's most popular works, as well as some never-before-published paintings. Exhibiting a fanatical attention to detail, the paintings apply surrealist technique to surreal situations. Maitz likes to mix modern imagery with mediev... View More...
210 pp + ads, 8vo (8 3/8" H). 8 b&w plates by Edward Ardizzone. "The first part is made up of sketches of the B.E.F. which were published in Paris each week from the beginning of November (1939). I had been asked by the Army Council to accompany the British forces as French official eye-witness. I was delighted to have the opportunity of joining my old friends again. We were full of hope. I spent at G.H.Q., and with the armies, several happy months. When I read what I wrote then, in perfect good faith, I wonder why and how we did not realize at once that our numbers were too small, our equipm... View More...
Unpaginated, 8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D. Red endpapers, illustrated throughout in full colour. The "haunting tale of a beautiful young woman who consents to live in the palace of a terrible beast in exchange for her father's life. Beauty's father has offended the beast by picking a rose from the beast's garden, and the frightening creature will spare him only if he is given Beauty in return. A magical black horse comes to carry Beauty to the beast's palace, where gradually, she finds herself growing fond of the beast for his kindness, for his generosity, and for his lively intelligence. Yet she ref... View More...
72 pp, 10 3/4" H. Colour illustrations. "In words and pictures of rare imaginative power, this book tells the story of a very special year in the life of a medieval priory - the year when the mysterious Blemyahs (beings with their faces on their chests) came. Working by night, unseen by the Brothers, the Blemyahs carved the misericords under the seats in the Quire stalls - images of Adam and Eve, Noah, the Three Kings and many others, which came to life as they were carved. And all through the year there was trouble, caused by the youngest Blemyah's most knotty creation - the cheeky, ever-me... View More...
Unpaginated, oblong (9 1/4" H x 11 1/4" D). Inscribed and with drawing of coyote's head on front free endpaper: 'to NICKY and MAIA! / With Very best Wishes!!! / Gerald McDermott 2006" (coyote has a speech bubble "HI NICKY!/ HI MAIA!"). "Wherever Coyote goes, you can be sure he'll find trouble. Now he wants to sing, dance and fly like the crows, so he begs them to teach him how. The crows agree but soon tire of Coyote's bragging and boasting. They decide to teach the great trickster a lesson. This time, Coyote has found real trouble! In his unique style master storyteller Gerald McDermott deft... View More...
274 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H) - medium brown cloth with black lettering on spine, blue and black illustration/lettering on front board. 6 b&w plates (including frontispiece) by Group of Seven artist Frank H. (Franz) Johnston - collated. A collection of stories about the wild animals of the Algonquin area (the mink, lynx, foxes, moose, wolves, bears, geese, weasels, etc.) and also of the trappers and hunters that cross their paths. Large school prize presentation bookplate on front free endpaper, tiny edge tears to front free endpaper (archivally taped), book is cracked in a few places - some... View More...
264 pp, 9 1/2" H. No date, but c1908. Medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, black illustration on front board, top edge gilt. Preface in French, all other text in English. 48 colour plates (including tissue-covered frontispiece) plus 12 sepia drawings - all present. Chapter headings: Of the Colour of Paris; Of Open Spaces; Of the Faubourgs: The Working Class; Of Politics and the Political World; Of the Theatre; Of Women in Paris; Of Journalism; Of Military Paris; Of Paris Finance; Of Education and the Paris Schools; Index. Small light mark from old label? and a 1/... View More...
90 pp, 11 1/8" H. Bright blue spine/corners, cream boards with gold lettering on spine and front board, colour illustration on front board. Pictorial/music endpapers, 11 colour plates including frontispiece (collated), colour decorations on half title, title and copyright pages. Xmas gift inscription on free front endpaper has name and date blacked out. Publisher's original glassine dust wrapper is present, but chipped, torn & browned. It has, however, done an excellent job of keeping the book covers clean and bright and the book is now furnished with a detachable clear mylar protector. A rom... View More...
Unpaginated, 11 1/4" H. Glazed pictorial boards, orange endpapers. CD in sealed (unopened) pouch at rear. Combines the lyrics of Joni Mitchell's 1967 classic, "Chelsea Morning" with the fantastic creatures that inhabit Brian Froud's magical illustrations. Book is Fine. Dust jacket has very minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight curl at front top edge. View More...
