(Austen, Jane). Becker, May Lamberton

Presenting Miss Jane Austen

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. There is an area of dampstaining to the rear cover. The dw is lightly soiled & chipped with red staining to the rear panel internally. xiii, [ii] & 204 pp. Illustrated with full-page & textual B&W drawings by Edward Price. 4 leaves have been roughly opened with very small chips at the edges, else the contents are very good.

A book about Jane Austen and her times for young people and others. Very good .

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Book number: 1954

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN; BIOGRAPHY; MAY LAMBERTON BECKER; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATOR; EDWARD PRICE.

Avril, Paul

Eaux-Fortes Pour Illustrer Les Contes Du Baron de Besenval. Compositions de Paul Avril. Gravures de Taluet

Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, for Octave Uzanne, 1882. 1882. Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, for Octave Uzanne, 1882. 1882. Fine. 6 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY PAUL AVRIL - Quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. A portfolio of 6 original etchings by Paul Avril laid loose into cream boards backed with a red cloth spine, titled and decorated in red within a decorative red frame on the front cover. Lacking the silk ties, the covers are soiled and darkened along the edges. The front flap of the integral inner paper chemise is torn at fold. The chemise and the first etching are slightly foxed, though the other plates are in near fine condition. Very good.

One of the series of print portfolios for "Petits Conteurs du XVIIIe Siecle". Fine .

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Book number: 14018

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ART; PRINTS; ORIGINAL ETCHINGS; ILLUSTRATED; EAUX-FORTES POUR ILLUSTRER LES CONTES DU BARON DE BESENVAL; PAUL AVRIL; PORTFOLIO; TALUET; PETITS CONTEURS DU XVIIIe SIECLE; FRENCH LITERATURE; TALES; ILLUSTRATIONS; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Babcock, S.).

Pictures and Stories for the Young; or Pleasing Tales, in Poetry and Prose: Embellished with Numerous Engravings.

New Haven: Printed and published by S. Babcock, circa [1841]. [1841]. - Sextodecimo (16mo), 5-3/4 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in yellow wraps illustrated with 11 vignettes framing the title on the front cover, including one depicting boys playing baseball (or possibly cricket). The covers are soiled with a few minor stains. The lower edge of the spine is split with a small tear extending into the front cover and a tiny chip along the rear cover. 24 pages, illustrated with a title page vignette, and 6 wood engravings on 3 pages. There is foxing throughout with a stain to the front edge of the title page. Good. "Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books" series. The American Antiquarian society has identified the text as "typographically identical to an issue dated 1841". Good .

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Book number: 97448

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; VIGNETTES; BASEBALL; CRICKET; PICTURES AND STORIES FOR THE YOUNG; OR PLEASING TALES, IN POETRY AND PROSE; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; BABCOCK'S MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING TOY

(Babcock, Sidney; publisher).

The Vacation; or the Four Cousins.

New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, circa [1844]. [1844]. - 32mo. chapbook [3-5/8 inches high by 2-1/8 inches wide] softcover bound in printed blue wraps sewn with tan cord with a vignette & a decorative border on the front wrap and an ad for Babcock's Toy Books on the rear cover. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled with 2 stains to the front wrap & a chip to its inner edge. 16 pages. Illustrated with a woodcut title vignette, a decorative border at the top of the first text page & 6 full-page woodcuts in the text. There is a stain to the inside front wrap, partially obscuring an owner's faded name. The text pages are unevenly darkened. Good. Good .

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Book number: 34193

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; MINIATURE CHAPBOOK; JUVENILE; THE VACATION OR THE FOUR COUSINS; SIDNEY BABCOCK, PUBLISHER; TOY BOOK; WOODCUTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Bain, F. W.; translator

The Ashes of God

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. 1911. NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. 1911. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth (bumped & soiled; edges of covers darkened; spine faded) titled in gilt with vignette of elephant stamped in gilt on spine & front cover. Frontis, xxiii & 152 pages & 6-page publisher's catalogue (2 rear pages rough opened). Good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 3886

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; INDIAN; FOLKLORE; THE ASHES OF GOD; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; HINDU; MYTHS; 1ST.

Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce.

Fragments from France.

New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, circa [1917]. [1917]. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Bound into three-quarter brown morocco with speckled rose cloth by the publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, titled in gilt with raised bands on the spine. What appears to be a presentation binding is further enhanced by speckled rose cloth endpapers signed in print "G.P. Putnam's Sons" on the verso of the front endpaper and "The Knickerbocker Press" on the verso of the rear.The cover illustration of Putnam's trade edition of the book is additionally mounted on the front pastedown. All edges are gilt. There are but minor blemishes to the covers. [157] pages as follows: [2], pages [1]-[6] consisting of the foreword with textual illustrations, and 149 unnumbered pages of caricature illustrations with satirical captions about the life of Scottish and British troops fighting in the First World War. There are minor flaws only, else near fine. An especially beautiful copy of the book. A prominent British humorist and cartoonist Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959) joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a second lieutenant in 1914. He served with a machine gun unit in France until he was hospitalized following the Second Battle of Ypres. He developed his humorous satirical series of caricature illustrations for the British tabloid, the "Bystander" while posted to the 34th Division headquarters on Salisbury Plain. His caricature frequently featured "Old Bill", a curmudgeonly soldier with his trademark walrus mustache and balaclava. Fine .

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Book number: 96872

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; MILITARY; WORLD WAR I; FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE; CAPTAIN BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER; FIRST WORLD WAR; SATIRE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; CARICATURES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRESENTATION BINDING; G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS; THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS; SIGNED BIND

Balzac, Honore de

La Grenadiere / le Chef-D'Oeuvre Inconnu

Paris: Editions Nilsson, [circa early 1900s]. [circa early 1900s]. Paris: Editions Nilsson, [circa early 1900s]. [circa early 1900s]. Good. - Small octavo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide] softcover bound in color pictorial wraps in original glassine. The glassine is heavily darkened with a few tiny stains. 124 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 4 pochoir prints on onion skin tipped onto heavy tan stock. The upper half of the text block is detached from the wrappers & the book is cracked at 3 of the plates. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper with some light foxing. There are glue marks to the margins & mount of the first plate. Good.

The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 28295

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; TIPPED-IN PLATES; POCHOIR PLATES; LITERATURE; FRENCH LITERATURE; FICTION; HONORE DE BALZAC; LA GRENADIER; LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU.

(Davis, Paul). Bangs, Edward; Dickinson, John; et al.

Songs for the Fourth of July: Time the Weekly Newsmagazine Presents a Selection of Revolutionary Favorites.

(New York): Time, [1976]. [1976]. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover. Four songs are laid into a gray stiff paper portfolio in French fold printed in blue. The portfolio is very lightly rubbed with the bottom corners slightly creased. There is a publisher's note printed in blue on its inside front cover. Each of the 4 songs consists of a sheet of cream paper folded once to form 4 sides. Each includes a bright color illustration by Paul Davis on the first side, followed by the words and music of the song with a note on the origins of the song on the 4th side. There is some light staining or foxing to the 4th side of each song with a small chip to the front margin of 1 illustration. A red, white & blue ribbon, which is used to hold the songs in place, is stapled to the inside rear cover of the portfolio. Very good. The songs are "Yankee Doodle", "The Liberty Song", "What a Court Hath Old England" and "Ode for American Independence". The publisher notes that the songs were originally published as broadsides and were immensely popular throughout the Colonies during the Revoluionary years and the early days of the Republic. Very good .

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Book number: 36829

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; MUSIC; PATRIOTIC SONGS; SONGS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY: TIME, THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE PRESENTS A SELECTION OF REVOLUTIONARY FAVORITES; YANKEE DOODLE; THE LIBERTY SONG; WHAT A COURT HATH ENGLAND; ODE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; PAUL DAVIS, ILLUST

Banks, Mary de Camp.

Lulu's Trip Abroad and a Crown of Roses by Miss Mary de Camp Banks.

Albany, NY: 1887. 1887. - Large octavo, three-quarters gilt-ruled cream vellum & blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. All the edges are gilt. The vellum is spotted with stains to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed, darkened, stained & chipped. The front panel & flap are detached & the lower half of the jacket spine is lacking. Title, [2] leaves & 41 pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece & 3 plates by Walton H. Roberts, 1 plate is detached. There is some foxing to the frontispiece & occasional light soiling to the versos of the leaves. Very good in the remnants of the dust wrapper.

Limited edition of 112 numbered copies. The book was dictated by an eight-and-a-half year old child and "written as dictated without suggestion or alteration". Very good .

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Book number: 36503

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; CHILD AUTHOR; LULU'S TRIP ABROAD; A CROWN OF ROSES; MARY DE CAMP BANKS; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES;ILLUSTRATOR; WALTON H. ROBERTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION.

Eulalie [Banks, Eulalie M.].

My Dog Ginger. (Cover Title).

England: Circa [1930s-1940s]. [1940]. [1940]. - Octavo, softcover bound in brightly colored pictorial self-wrappers. There is some very minor soiling to the wraps with minor creasing to the rear wrap. [16] pages bordered in green, including wraps. 6 full-page color illustrations & black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. A remarkably well-preserved copy of this brightly colored children's book. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 36848

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; DOGS; MY DOG GINGER; EULALIE; EULALIE M. BANKS.

Barbauld, Mrs. [Anna Letitia] (1743-1825).

Stories of the Months. By Mrs. Barbauld.

Boston: Edward Livermore, 1853. 1853. - Sextodecimo, 5-5/8 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide. Pictorial peach boards backed with a red cloth spine, titled and illustrated in black on the front cover with a pictorial ad on the rear cover. The covers are rubbed & stained. 72 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, pictorial title, 10 full-page and profuse textual wood engravings and vignettes attributed to Alonzo Hartwell. There is staining & foxing throughout. Good. Uncommon in boards. In addition to "Stories of the Months", the contents include "About Quadrupeds", "About Birds that Swim in the Water", "What the Sun Says", "What the Moon Says", "Story of the Two Cocks", "About the Three Cakes", "Hymn of Praise to God", and "The Chicken". Good .

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Book number: 96812

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; STORIES OF THE MONTHS; MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; JUVENILE LITERATURE; ALONZO HARTWELL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ABOUT QUADRUPEDS; BIRDS THAT SWIM IN THE WATER; WHAT THE SUN SAYS; WHAT

De Barins, M. le Comte

Galerie Des Enfans Celebres, Ou Histoire Des Jeunes Gens Qui Se Sont Illustres Par Leurs Vertus, Leurs Talens, Leur Esprit, Leur Genie, Etc. , Depuis le Quinzieme Siecle Jusqu'a Nos Jours

Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Huzard, 1836. 1836. Paris: Imprimerie de Mme. Huzard, 1836. 1836. Very good. Illustrated with 4 Engraved Portraits - 12mo, full green calf (bumped, rubbed, scuffed; leather slightly chipped at corners); titled & decorated in gilt on spine with blind-stamped decorations within central panel and outer floral decorated frame in gilt on covers; marbled edges (rubbed). 240 pages (a very few minor stains; browning to last few leaves; tiny piece out from corner of one plate and small piece out from bottom edge of one leaf). Illustrated with 4 engraved portraits, each above a small vignette depicting a scene from the life of the pictured child. A very good copy of this delightful and unusual book.

Very scarce.

Biographies of individuals who came into prominence as children. Includes Kang-Hi, who ascended to the throne of China at the age of 8, Marie Stuart, Louis XIV, Sylvine d'Aubencourt, Napoleon II, Don Carlos, Torquato Tasso, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 8282

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN; ILLUSTRATED; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; KINGS; RULERS; YOUTHS; MARY STUART; KANG-HI; LOUIS XIV; SYLVINE D'AUBENCOURT; NAPOLEON II; SON CARLOS; TORQUATO TASSO; ENGRAVED PORTRAITS; PLATES; ENGRAVINGS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Barker, Carol.

King Midas and the Golden Touch.

London and NY: Franklin Watts Limited, 1972. 1972. - Oblong 4to, color pictorial cloth (bumped; small stain to bottom edge of front cover; small scotch tape stain on top edge of each cover) titled in pink & black, in color pictorial dw (head & tail of dw spine reinforced with cloth tape internally). 48 & [5] pp. (small scotch tape stains to top & bottom edges of front & rear endpapers with light paper-clip mark to front endpaper). Profusely illustrated in color by the author. Ex-library with small typed label on tail of dw spine & small stamp on rear endpaper. Good.

The Greek myth of King Midas whose touch turned everything to gold retold by Barker and richly illustrated in gilt and full color. Good .

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Book number: 987

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; MYTH; GREEK MYTH; KING MIDAS; MIDAS TOUCH; ILLUSTRATOR; CAROL BARKER.

(Barker, Carol). Mahy, Margaret.

Pillycock's Shop.

NY: Franklin Watts, Inc. 1969. 1969. - 4to, color pictorial cloth titled in black on spine & front cover, in color pictorial dw (lightly chipped & creased; tear to rear panel). [30] pp. (front endpaper slightly creased with short tear). Profusely illustrated in B&W & color by Carol Barker. Very good in good dw.

New Zealand writer Margaret Mahy's tale of a young boy who enters a tiny, mysterious shop where you can only buy one thing and where you must buy it before sundown because then the shop goes away. The illustrations are from detailed, highly decorative drawings by British artist-writer Carol Barker. Very good .

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Book number: 985

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; SHOP; MAGIC SHOP; AUTHOR; NEW ZEALAND; MARGARET MAHY; ILLUSTRATOR; BRITISH; CAROL BARKER.

(Bailey, William; Roy, John; Ziemann, Richard Claude; Schupbach, A.). Barnstone, Willis; Thomas, Russell; et al

Triad. Part 1: Willis Barnstone / Five Island Poems... . Illustrated by A. Schupbach. Three Translations... . Part 2: Portfolio - Three Artists / William Bailey / John Roy / Richard Claude Ziemann. Part 3: Five Poets - Two Composers. Russell Thomas / E.M. Peters / Lucien Stryk / Anonymous / James Langlois / Griffith Rose / Robert Brown

(New Haven, CT: W.S. Byler, 1957). 1957). (New Haven, CT: W.S. Byler, 1957). 1957). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are darkened & soiled with a few small stains. 26 pages plus colophon, including 5 pages of music staves, with 12 black-and-white full-page illustrations by William Bailey, John Roy and Richard Claude Ziemann [4 by each artist] laid into a cream paper portfolio bound into the booklet between Parts 1 and 3. Also with 5 full-page illustrations by A. Schupbach in Part 1. There are small stains to the front edges of 3 leaves in Part 3, else the contents are very good. Very good .

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Book number: 11397

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; PORTFOLIO; ART; ARTISTS; WILLIAM BAILEY; JOHN ROY; RICHARD CLAUDE ZIEMANN; A. SCHUPBACH; ILLUSTRATOR; COMPOSERS; MUSIC; GRIFFITH ROSE; ROBERT BROWN; LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; WILLIS BARNSTONE; RUSSELL THOMAS; E. M. PETERS; LUCIEN STRY