DUMONT, Melanie

Le Miroir de L'Enfance Nouveaux Contes

1878. DUMONT, Mme. Melanie. LE MIROIR DE L'ENFANCE NOUVEAUX CONTES. Paris: Fonteney et Peltier [n.d. ca. 1878]. 209 + [2]. 12mo. color illustrated paper covered boards. Corners chipped, spine darkened with tiny chips at crown, light soil to boards. Light offset to endpapers. Moderate foxing in the text. Light foxing to plates in margins. Six stories. .

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ONCHI Koushirou æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, binding design..

Nihon Jidou Bunko æ—¥æOe¬å-�童文庫　[Japanese Children's Library] 76 Volumes, Complete

1927. ONCHI Koushirou æ�©åoe°å­�四郎, binding design.. NIHON JIDOU BUNKO æ—¥æoe¬å-�童文庫　[JAPANESE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY] 76 volumes, complete. Searching for a concise introduction to this set, I found a wonderful little essay written by the owner of the UMINEKO book shop in Japan. He was remarking on the exhibition of art bindings that he had seen at an exhibition of art bindings from the 20s and 30s that was held at the Old Book Center æ�±äº¬å�¤æ›¸ä¼šé¤¨ã€€in Tokyo a few years ago. This is a rather poor translation (more a paraphrase, really) from his original Japanese. Just a nice introduction to the set and the era. "When I went to the recent exhibition, I was quite taken with a variety of book named "Yenbon" It is a general term for the collection of literary works published by many publishers in the late 1920s (early Showa era). They were called 'yen book' at that time because they were priced cheaply at 1 yen per volume. So-called "Yen books" for children, representatives of which are this "Nihon Jidobunko"[Children's Library] and "Shougakusei Zenshuu" [Elementary School Children's Complete Works] ( Published by Kobunsha, Bungeishunjusha). ARS and Koubunsha are known for their fierce competition in advertising and sales in that era. "Nihon Jidoubunko" was a collection of 76 volumes published by ARS from 1927 (Showa 2) to 1930 (Showa 5). Ars Publishing is a publishing company founded by the famous poet Kitahara Hyakushu's younger brother, Tetsuo. They published wonderful works on art theory, photographic manuals, dictionaries of science.. many designed by Onchi.. The sales policy of this "Japan Children's Library" was "Distributed only to reserved members, not sold individually. Separate volume 'Self-Study Dictionary' will be given free of charge." In other words, quite like the animal encyclopedia my parents bought me monthly at the supermarket back in the early 60s... Illustrated by Takeo Takei, Yumeji Takehisa, Hatsuyamaji, Kiichi Okamoto and many other of the finest children's illustrators of the time. The authors and editors included Mimei Ogawa, Hakushu Kitahara, Shoyo Tsubouchi, Miekichi Suzuki, and Toson Shimazaki... Onchi himself worked on the cover art and binding of all volumes, and the cover art is different for each volume. All are very beautiful. Onchi worked on everything from the layout of the illustrations to the creation of the block copy and the creation of the advertising pamphlet for the entire volume. A revised edition was released after the war in 1953 (Showa 28). Onchi was in charge of the binding for the revised version, but the design and binding are the same for all volumes. Not varied for each volume, as here. Thus, a remarkable set, virtually impossible to find complete, of a collection of contemporary children's stories by famous Japanese authors, housed in a beautiful binding and book design.. brother, Tetsuo. They published wonderful works on art theory, photographic manuals, dictionaries of science.. many designed by Onchi.. The sales policy of this "Japan Children's Library" was "Distributed only to reserved members, not sold individually. Separate volume 'Self-Study Dictionary' will be given free of charge." In other words, quite like the animal encyclopedia my parents bought me monthly at the supermarket back in the early 60s... Illustrated by Takeo Takei, Yumeji Takehisa, Hatsuyamaji, Kiichi Okamoto and many other of the finest children's illustrators of the time. The authors and editors included Mimei Ogawa, Hakushu Kitahara, Shoyo Tsubouchi, Miekichi Suzuki, and Toson Shimazaki... Onchi himself worked on the cover art and binding of all volumes, and the cover art is different for each of the 76. All are very beautiful. He also did the layout of the illustrations, created the block copy and the advertising pamphlet for the entire volume. A revised edition was released after the war in 1953 (Showa 28). Onchi was in c. .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Japan and East Asia

EDWARDS, M. A.

Philip in Palestine

1865. EDWARDS, M. A. ed. PHILIP IN PALESTINE. Philadelphia: James S. Claxton (1865). 298 pp. 12mo. blue pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Very good, corners gently bumped, minor shelfwear. Gilt spine bright. Ex-library with bookplate and inkstamp to front endpapers. B/w frontispiece and illustrations. More adventures of Philip Conway. .

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FARMILOE, Edith

All the World over

1899. FARMILOE, Edith, with verses by E. V. LUCAS. ALL THE WORLD OVER. New York and London: E. P. Dutton & Co./Grant Richards [ca. 1899]. 30 pp. plus 30 color plates. Oblong 4to. half cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Owner's Christmas gift inscription on ffep (dated '99) with another later inscription below. Spine sunned, faded; dampstains to spine and about 1/8 inch of bottom edge. Boards rubbed, shelfworn. Spine shaken, hinges cracked. Occasional light finger soil to pages. Children's rhymes and illustrations of children around the world in native dress/costumes. .

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GAG, Wanda

Three Gay Tales from Grimm

1943. GAG, Wanda, translated and illustrated. THREE GAY TALES FROM GRIMM. New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. 63 pp. 8vo, pictorial paper-covered boards. Near fine copy with shelfwear to heel, crown, and bottom edge. Good dust jacket, missing 2 x 1 inch chip at top of front panel, slightly into illustration; shallow chip to top edge of rear panel. Distinctive illustrations and clver translations of three Grimm tales: The Clever Wife, The Three Feathers, and Goose Hans. .

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GENLIS, Madame de

Les Veillees Du Chateau Ou Cours de Morale a L'Usage Des Enfants

GENLIS, Madame de. LES VEILLEES DU CHATEAU OU COURS DE MORALE A L'USAGE DES ENFANTS. Illustrated with engravings after G. Staal. Paris: Garnier Freres [n.d. ca. 1859]. New edition. 516 pp. + 10 b/w plates, and b/w illustrations in the text. 8vo. quarter gilt morocco, raised bands, a.e.g. red pebbled cloth boards stamped in gilt and blind. Initials "C. L." (custom binding?) stamped in gilt on front board. Light soil and bowing to boards. Moire endpapers. Affixed to front pastedown is a note on personal stationery from a Mimi Lyman to a friend or family member, passing the book down. Ink ownership of the previous owner to recto of frontispiece. Frontispiece, tissue guard and title page foxed. Moderate to light foxing in the text margins and plates. .

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GIBSON, Eva Katharine

Zauberlinda: The Wise Witch

1901. GIBSON, Eva Katharine. ZAUBERLINDA: The Wise Witch. Chicago: Robt. Smith Printing Co. 1901. 256pp. Bound in blue cloth with two-color illustration to boards and spine. Front hinge cracked at interior. Interiors are clean and bright with illustrations surrounding the text of each page in alternating colors. A very good copy. .

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GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins

Concerning Children

1907. GILMAN, Charlotte Perkins [Stetson]. CONCERNING CHILDREN. London: Watts & Co. 1907. First edition (England). 95 pp. 8vo. printed wrappers. "The Training of the Young" series, no 13. Wrappers slightly edgeworn, spine slightly chipped, not affecting text. Paper age-toned. Occasional pencil margin marks. "This book is, broadly speaking, a plea for human motherhood..it is written by a free woman, whose life is not overmastered, but sustained, by natural affection and primal instinct. .

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GODWIN, William

Fables Ancient and Modern

1811. [GODWIN, William]. FABLES, ANCIENT AND MODERN. Adapted for the use of children. By Edward Baldwin, Esq. [pseud.] Adorned with seventy-three cuts. First American Edition. Philadelphia: Published by Johnson and Warner, no. 147, Market Street. William Brown printer, Church-alley, 1811. Despite the edition statement on the t.p. this is actually the second American edition - but it is the first complete American edition. It was preceded by an 1807 New Haven edition comprised of 38 fables, whereas this edition has all of the 71 prose fables from the English edition. [iii-v] vi-xi, [1], 273 pp. 12mo. contemporary mottled leather with a gilt-lettered morocco label and gilt double-rules on spine. Contemporary ink ownerships on ffep. and first fly-leaf of Miss Elizabeth Salisbury and D. W. Salisbury of Boston. Binding is lightly scuffed, with a sliver of loss at heel, and fore-corners gently rounded. Lacks the half-title leaf which presumably had an illustration, as there are only 72 cuts in this copy. Text leaves are lightly age toned and show occasional light foxing and a bit of spotting. The first two leaves of text have some damage and loss: B1 has a tear resulting in loss to the illustration on one page and parts of five lines of text on verso; B2 has a smaller hole resulting in similar but smaller loss to illustration and two lines of text on verso. A bit of old paper adhesion in the blank space on p. 82. The rear free endpaper is torn with loss at the bottom. Nevertheless it is a solid copy of a rare book. OCLC lists only 3 copies of the New Haven edition and 7 of this edition, and it has appeared at auction only once in the last 35 years. (Welch, Bibl. of American Children's Books 456.2; Shaw & Shoemaker 22921). William Godwin (1756-1836), the famous political philosopher, author of "Political Justice" and other works, and father of Mary Shelley, wrote several children's books under the pseudonym of Edward Baldwin. In his preface to this book, Godwin explains his objective in compiling it and how it differs from other collections of fables. .

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GORDON, Elizabeth

Flower Children: The Little Cousins of the Field and Garden

1910. GORDON, Elizabeth. FLOWER CHILDREN: THE LITTLE COUSINS OF THE FIELD AND GARDEN. Illustrated by M. T. Ross. Chicago: P. F. Volland & Company, 1910. Ninth edition. [86 pp.] 8vo. paper covered boards with color illustrations. With original paper covered board box, top cover illustrated in color (matches front cover). Owner's pencil gift inscription on first blank page. Box: good condition, a 6 inch piece missing from front right edge (front panel intact. Light soil. Book: fine, very minor finger soil to edges of boards. Interior clean, fine. Color illustrations of children (and some adult men and women) as different types of garden flowers, accompanied by short quatrain verses in rhyming couplets. Charming. Scarce in box. .

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GRANDVILLE, J.-J., illus

Choix de Fables de la Fontaine, Album Pour Les Enfants

1883. GRANDVILLE, J.-J. illus. CHOIX DE FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ALBUM POUR LES ENFANTS, avec de nombreuses illustrations par J.-J. GRANDVILLE et des gravures en chromolithographie. Paris: Garnier Freres, 1883. [iv], 73 pp. Small bookseller's label to ffep. Some foxing to text, and occasional soil to margins. Bookblock is whole but loose in binding, which is soiled, foxed and edgeworn. As is. .

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GRANE, WALTER

A Floral Fantasy

1899. CRANE, WALTER. A FLORAL FANTASY. New York: Harper and Brothers: 1899. 46pp. Bound in slightly soiled cream cloth with illustrated boards. Some chips and tears to spine. Interiors are clean and bright with full-color illustrations. Text block seperated. As is. .

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GREENAWAY, Kate

Under the Window

18. GREENAWAY, Kate. UNDER THE WINDOW. Pictures and rhymes for children.. As originally engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. New York: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d. c. 1880]. First American edition. Small 4to. illustrated glazed paper boards, backed in blue cloth. Internally clean and bright. However, the binding has darkened, with edgewear to boards and spinal ends. Hinges are cracked and the book is shaken. An acceptable copy. (Schuster and Engen 201.2a). .

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GROVER, Eulalie Osgood

The Overall Boys: A First Reader

1924. GROVER, Eulalie Osgood. THE OVERALL BOYS: A FIRST READER. Illustrated by Bertha L. CORBETT. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company (1924). Later printing. 120 pp. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in black with color pastedown on front cover. Clean and bright, minor rubbing and shelfwear to covers. Ink gift inscription on front flyleaf. Some thumb soil to text. Very good overall. Charming color illustrations. .

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GRUELLE, Johnny

Raggedy Ann in the Deep Woods

1930. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN IN THE DEEP WOODS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1930). 95 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo. black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, mild edgewear to boards. Occasional light finger soil to interior. No writing or marking. In fair matching dust jacket with several 1 - 2 inch chips, closed tears, creasing. .

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