Germany: undated (c. 1913). 20.8x17cm: unpaginated [326pp. of which 292pp. are used]. Manuscript notebook profusely illustrated with pen and ink drawings, most with color, along with 14 inserted hand drawn illustrations / graphs. Brown marbled paper-covered boards quarter-bound in brown pebbled cloth. Spine bumped, with some loss of cloth at.....
No Place (likely United Kingdom): No Publisher, 1887. 30.3x30.3xcm. A large, accomplished, and exquisite example of ornamental penwork executed by R. M. Nettle. At the center of the work is the coat-of-arms of the United Kingdom featuring a lion and a unicorn, with the mottos “Honi soit qui mal y......
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1925. 18.8x12cm. Complete set of Jane Austen’s seven novels in ten volumes. Reissue of Chatto & Windus Edition, 1908. Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills with ten color plates per volume including a frontispiece. Each novel is accompanied by an introduction from R. Brimley.....
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1887. 22.5x16.5cm: [i-iv], v-xi, 11-312pp. First Edition. Illustrated with over 120 black-and-white illustrations, including full page and in-text illustrations, diagrams, photographs, and a two page map titled “Colonies at the Time of Revolution.” Brown cloth-covered boards with illustration and titling in gilt and black. Spine and.....
New York: William R. Scott, 1938. 22.5x22cm: unpaginated, [20pp.]. First Edition. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Original spiral-bound pictorial boards. Oxford Jct. Public School stamp with “1948” in pen on the inside of front cover. A half page promotional sheet bound in. Only about a third of the spiral binding is.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885 [1886]. 19.4x13cm: 180pp. plus 4pp. of publisher’s advertisements to rear. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with 36 black and white vignette and full page illustrations. Beveled boards in green cloth with stamped illustration in gilt and black. Gilt remains bright. A few spots of soiling.....
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887. 19x13cm: [xii], 96, [4]pp. First Edition, Second Issue [First Published], after the very rare private issue. Publisher’s bright red cloth-covered boards with gilt titling to front and spine, accompanied with the publisher-issued envelope (dated 1887) containing the game board and nine (five.....
New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1932. 19.5x15.5cm: 183pp. Later printing of the 1904 edition. Illustrated with a map, 16 full-page, and 71 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Publisher’s tan cloth with decorative pictorial binding design in green. Boards soiled. Minor bumping to corners and head and.....
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1927. 19.5x15.5cm: 198pp. Later printing of the 1906 edition. Illustrated with 27 full-page and 87 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Publisher’s tan cloth with decorative pictorial binding design in green, stamped to front board and spine. Stamped TBH to lower right corner.....
Paris: Hachette, 1934. 24x18.5cm: 46pp. First French Edition, with text in French. Drawings by Félix Lorioux. Brightly colored, illustrated paper-covered boards reproducing the illustrations on the dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers of paired animals running to the ark in the rain (front) and paired animals leaving the ark on a beautiful.....
London / New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. 27.5x21.5cm: 2pp.] plus [24] leaves of color plates, printed rectos only on heavy glossy paper. First Edition. Publisher’s dark gray-green paper-covered boards with beveled edges, quarter-bound in beige cloth. Front cover printed in gilt, white, green, and orange. Pictorial endpapers. Clipped.....
New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1930. 24x27cm: 111pp. First Edition. Illustrated by Keith Ward. Tan cloth-covered boards with color illustrated paste down to front. Title stamped in black to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color illustrations. Boards lightly soiled, with spine ends and corners gently.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. 19.5x13.5cm: 379pp. First Edition, lacking the dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by Constance Garland, the author’s daughter. Publisher's black pictorial cloth boards stamped in red, light blue, and gilt on front. Gilt lettering to spine, a tad faded. Dark topstain. Illustrated orange and.....
[France]: Dec. 21st, 1900 - 1901. 23.2x18cm: 158pp. (of which 138pp. are used). Student manuscript science notebook in French, partially written in Duployan shorthand. Notes in a beautiful and legible script. Contains over 300 illustrations, mostly in black pen and ink, with 23 in color ink. Brown marbled paper boards.....
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, March 1911. 19.5x13cm: 358pp. First Edition, presentation copy signed by author. Illustrated by Harvey T. Dunn, with four illustrated plates. Frontispiece in color depicting Barbara, other three in black and white. Green cloth boards with illustration and black titling to front cover. Lightly sunned.....
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House, 2017. 28.5x23.5cm: [38pp.]. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated by Robert Neubecker, featuring dozens of Keith Haring’s drawings and photos. SIGNED by Kay Karing, Keith Haring’s younger sister, on the title page with the phrase ‘Think Big - Work Hard -.....
Athens, OH: Ohio University / self-published, (ca. 1916). 28.5x21.5cm: 27pp., blueprint printed recto only. Printers self-wrappers with sheets bound by two metal brads. Contains title page, two ‘information sheets’, and 24 numbered plates. Some scuffing and soiling to wrappers. Corner of rear wrapper creased. Pages show some wear to edges.....
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927. 23.5x19cm: 117pp. First Edition. Limited Edition, this being No. 684 of 740 copies. Contemporary quarter bound maroon leather over marble paper-covered boards with original brown wrappers intact. Title, date, and small decorations, all in gilt, to spine. Red topstain. Marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with in-text.....
New York: Hurst & Company, undated (c. 1912). 19x13cm: v, 378pp. Tan cloth boards with a green color pictorial pastedown affixed to front board. Decorative spine with gilt and black lettering. Spine ends bumped. Mild soiling to boards with wear to corners. Spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's name on front.....
New York: Holiday House, 1977. 25x21cm: unpaginated [30pp]. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket with black and white titling to cover and black titling to spine. Rubbing to lower spine and bottom edges with some shelf wear. Yellow cloth boards with black titling to.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1984. 25.5x25.5cm: xiv, 102pp. First Edition, First Printing. Boldly SIGNED by Sendak on the half-title page, dated Nov. 29, ‘84, the same month of the book’s release. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to front and spine, with a blind-stamped decorative design on front.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. 21x17cm: 118pp., including 10 illustrations. Flexible paper-covered boards printed in black, with an illustration on front and advertisements on rear. Moderate soiling and rubbing to boards. Spine darkened, with brief exposure along joints. Light wear to edges with corners bumped. Faint dampstain to front.....
Moscow: Soviet Artist Publishing House, 1963. 29x29cm: 144pp. First Edition. Text in Russian, profusely illustrated. Tan cloth-covered boards with illustration stamped in red and black to front. Black lettering along spine. Spotting to cloth, with edges and spine darkened. Cloth separating along spine, primarily at front joint. Moderate spotting to.....
Washington D.C. Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1962. 19.3x13cm: [26pp]. First Edition. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Wonderfully illustrated by Audrey Preissler with black-and-white sketches. Green cloth boards with black titling along spine. Boards lightly faded along edges, else clean and square. Illustrated dust jacket.....
London: Arthur Baker Limited, 1937. 24.5x19cm: 143pp. First Edition, First Printing of the Small Paper Issue, with 20 gorgeous color illustrations by the author, including the frontispiece. Original green cloth-covered boards, with black lettering on spine. Minor sunning to spine ends and along a small section of the bottom edge.....