xxxiv, 144 pp, 10" H. No date (c1910). Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt decoration on front board. 36 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), with tissue guards bearing captions - all the plates are present, clean & bright and uncreased. A.T. Quiller-Couch's (after 1910, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch) introductory essay gives a synopsis of the play and relevant background material. When a Venetian merchant, Antonio, is unable to repay the Jewish money lender, Shylock, what he owes, a trial ensues in which a wealthy heiress, Portia, dresses as a lawyer to ... View More...
xxvii, 165 pp, 10" H. No date (c1910). Green cloth with gilt lettering & decoration on spine and front board. Decorated title page. 30 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), with tissue guards bearing captions and most with decorative devices in black (e.g. crowned serpent, serpent tangled in a rosary, skull in jester's cap)- all the plates are present, clean & bright - two have corner creases. Sir Arthur. Quiller-Couch's introductory essay gives a synopsis of the play and relevant background material. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, suspects his father's death was no accident and s... View More...
160 pp, 4to(11 1/4" H) Pictorial endpapers, b&w reproductions. "In the early nineteenth century when the cities of Britain were expanding and changing at an unprecedented rate there arose a great interest in the famous buildings that had survived from the past, as well as pride in the new developments which were taking place. This enthusiasm resulted in the production of a number of illustrated books describing the country's most famous towns and cities, of which one of the best was 'London in the Nineteenth Century (originally published in 1827). In this magnificent work, the artist Thomas H... View More...
286 pp, 7 5/8" H. Pictorial endpapers, b&w illustrations by Tasha Tudor. "(A) book about Plupy, Beany and Pewt - 'the Terible 3' - growing up in Exeter, New Hampshire (over) a century ago - a good time and place to be young in. It is also about some disgruntled citizens whose cats were shipped off on the night freight to Haverhill; and old Billy Tilton who encountered a snapping turtle suspended on his front door; and the pious Mr. Barrows whose views about the reading of 'Wild Mag the Trapers Bride' were dark indeed; and the discomfiture of some overweight ladies when an eel attended the ann... View More...
Unpaginated, 13 1/8" H x 10 1/2" D. Medium green cloth covered bevelled boards (spine faded to brown), with dark green lettering and gilt decoration on spine and front board, top edge gilt. Dark brown endpapers. From a limited edition of 500 copies, this one with "Review" written in place of a number and the initials "M.B." (Morison Brothers?). 48 b&w/mono plates, including 8 photogravures - all present. The photogravures have tissue-guards and are printed on a parchement-effect stock that has tanned lightly with some darkening at the very edges. The other plates are printed on the same coated... View More...
301 pp, 9" H. Kate Greenaway "studied art at South Kensington and the Slade, where her fellow students were Lady Butler and Helen Allingham. To start with, she worked as an illustrator and drew Valentine and Christmas cards, as well as black and white pictures for various books. Her great breakthrough came in 1877 when she met Edmund Evans and showed him the collection of drawings and poems that she had assembled. These were published by Evans as 'Under the Window', which was a runaway success and was followed by the many childrens books for which she is best known. Among these are 'Mother Go... View More...
Unpaginated, 9 1/4" H - glazed pictorial boards. Wonderful Steadman illustrations throughout. A grandfather searches for his one-eyed Teddy Bear to show his granddaughters - and ends up at a toy shop where the manager strongly resembles the lost Bear. Two tiny dints at bottom edge of rear board. View More...
Unpaginated, 10" H - pictorial front board. "H.L. Stephens (1824-1882, originally from Philadelphia, later working in New York) was a very good illustrator who has been accorded faint praise by the critics. The reason is largely the result of the poor reproductions in which his work appeared. That is why this edition of 'A Frog he Would A-Wooing Go' uses the original drawings by Stephens, which are at the moment in private hands at Harvard University, rather than the reproductive lithographs of 1865 which were made from them. The difference is striking; for these drawings compare with the wor... View More...
782 pp, 12mo (7" H) - red cloth with white lettering on spine. 17 colour plates (all present) and numerous b&w woodcuts by John Leech. A classic comic novel of the "horse and hounds" set in 19th century England. Small soft bump to top corner of approx. last 100 pages, slight bump to top corner of rear board, light browning to edges of textblock, light edgewear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. View More...
465 pp, 12mo (7 1/16" H) - red cloth with white lettering on spine. 24 colour plates (all present) and numerous b&w woodcuts. A classic comic novel of the "horse and hounds" set in 19th century England. Previous owner's name and small bookstore label on front pastedown, book lightly cracked at pages 310/311 (pages holding firmly), light edgewear, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. View More...
128 pp, 11 1/4" H. Colour illustrations. "It begins with a golden apple and an impossible choice. Three great goddesses, Hera, Athene and Aphrodite, ask Paris of Troy to decide who is the loveliest. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the promise of a wife as breathtaking as herself, so she wins the apple. But the only woman whose beauty equals Aphrodite's is Helen - and she is already married to King Menelaus. The capture of Helen and the battles it unleashes is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. Using the most up-to-date research on Troy and ancient Greece, master storyteller Rosema... View More...
159 pp, 10 3/8" H. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, medium blue band and circular pictorial pastedown on front board. Pictorial endpapers, 8 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards bearing captions (including frontispiece) - all present, all clean and bright, without tears or creases. Contents: The Woodcutter's Cottage; The Miser; The Fairy's Palace; The Ancestors; The Children; The Leave-Taking; The Awakening. Small light soiling mark in the top corner of page 27, small bump to top corner of front board - migrates into front free endpaper, slight lean to spi... View More...
119 pp, 9 3/4" H. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Tasha Tudor in b&w, with color illustrations on the main and section title pages. "Tasha Tudor has selected poems for fun, for beatuy, for pleasure. Her own family has spent many happy hours enjoying poetry together and for years this artist has longed to illustrate some of her favorites. Over fifty poets are represented in this volume, and each poem has been interpreted artistically. The poems are ageless, including such classics as 'The Tiger' by William Blake and 'Calico Pie' by Edward Lear." The poems are divided under the headings: ... View More...
Unpaginated, oblong 8vo (7" H x 9 3/16" C) - green cloth, with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. A wonderfully illustrated ABC by Tasha Tudor, based on 'Grandmother's doll', Annabelle, showing her clothes and accessories. Each page has a floral border and the two-page spreads for each letter alternate between color and b&w illustrations. Interior - a tiny red mark a the top edge of the front free endpaper, a very small bump at the bottom corner of the last few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small bump to bottom corner of ... View More...
Unpaginated, oblong (8 1/2" H x 10 3/4" D) - blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration on front board. Pictorial endpapers, illustrated in color throughout with Tasha Tudor's charming paintings of life in Corgiville. "In Corgiville, the biggest event of the year is the Fair. And the most exciting thing at the fair is the goat race. Caleb Corgi has spent many months training his goat Josephine for the big event. But Edgar Tomcat's goat was fast, too, and Caleb knew that Edgar was not above indulding in some foul play in order to win. Caleb tried to guard Josephine carefully bef... View More...
Unpaginated, 9 1/2" H. "Sally smells spring in daffodils and damp earth, tastes summer in wild strawberries warm in the sun, hears autumn in the call of wild geese, sees winter in new-fallen snow. With every changing season, she discovers new wonders of the world through her five senses. Tasha Tudor presents Sally's joyous discoveries in eloquent words and delicate, full-color drawings that convey the enduring richness of a little girl's life in the country." Light edge wear, light lean to the spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at the top/bottom of ... View More...
135 pp, 11" H. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. "Philip Turner has presented the Bible story in chronological order, as a consecutive narrative, giving the reader a clear outline of the Bible as a whole. In bringing home to young readers the truths behind the historical, poetical and prophetic books that make up the Bible, he communicates the strength and beauty of man's faith in God. Brian Wildsmith's illuminating, striking and sensitive illustrations complement the dignity and simplicity of Philip Turner's text and help to make this book an admirable introduction to the Bible it... View More...
160 pp, 10" H. Taupe-coloured cloth with black lettering/decoration on spine and front board, black publisher's emblem on rear board. Pictorial endpapers, b&w vignettes, 34 colour plates (including frontispiece), tipped in on heavy stock with borders, tissue covers bearing captions (all present). This book contains the first two parts of 'The Ring of the Niblung', i.e.: 'The Rhinegold: Prelude' and 'The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy'. This English translation of Richard Wagner's epic opera is enhanced by Arthur Rackham's beautiful, detailed illustrations, which bring to life the gods, g... View More...
9 pp + unpaginaged facsimile reproduction of Crane's journal, 8vo (8 1/8" H). Printed in a limited edition of 2000 copies. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Crane 's charming watercolours. " 'Beatrice Crane Her Book (The 2nd) June Ist 1879', published here for the first time, is a charming series of forty-six captioned water colours, spontaneously and joyfully created by a father for his daughter, mingling family fun, folklore and fantasy over a Victorian summer. The Osborne manuscript is a plain black notebook (now well worn and shiny), typical of the many which Crane purchased fo... View More...
9 pp + unpaginaged facsimile reproduction of Crane's journal, 8vo (8 1/8" H). Printed in a limited edition of 2000 copies. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of Crane 's charming watercolours. " 'Beatrice Crane Her Book (The 2nd) June Ist 1879', published here for the first time, is a charming series of forty-six captioned water colours, spontaneously and joyfully created by a father for his daughter, mingling family fun, folklore and fantasy over a Victorian summer. The Osborne manuscript is a plain black notebook (now well worn and shiny), typical of the many which Crane purchased fo... View More...
