London / Bath: Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository...), R. White..., S. Hazard. [1796]. 1st printing (Spinney 77). 16 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "Z" at text end, p. 16. Woodcut vignette, 2-1/2" x 2-7/8", to center of title page. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Now housed..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, (1869). Early printing. xviii, 524 pp. Errata slip tipped in after p. 524. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Yosemite Falls. 8vo. Purple decorative cloth lettered in gilt, with elaborate gilt stamped oxen cart to front board. The author's round-the-world trip includes much in China, as..... More
7 Dials, [London]: E. Hodges (from Pitt's Wholesale Toy & Marble Warehouse), (n. d.). Ca 1840s / 1850s. Broadside, printed two columns, with typographical border between. Woodcut, 1-1/2" x 2", at top of right column. 9-1/2" x 6=5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Rare songster from the era..... More
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing (ESTC T155709), ca 1800. 16 pp. Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to title page. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Self-wrappers, sewn. "Price One Penny" Now housed..... More
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Six engravings throughout. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers, yellow printed wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Three small engravings, hand colored. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers green wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
New York. American Tract Society, (n.d.). c. 1880s. 32 pp. Illustrated with engravings. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4". Original publishers brown, decorative wrappers, sewn. Printed in red and green. Illustrated on nearly every page, text in black and red. AEG. More
Zürich: Dogenes Verlag, (1971). 1st Swiss edition (Toledano B40d). Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Oblong 8vo. Black paper wrapped covers. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
Ca 1960s. 6-3/4" x 6-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Harry Corbett was an English puppeteer, magician and television and stage presenter, who is best known as the creator, in 1948, of the glove puppet character Sooty. In this original art, Sooty is pictured in a play room, standing..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated with lithograph drawings by the author. Oblong 8vo. Hard cover. Dust jacket, with $3.00 price to front flap. More
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Boston / New York: Joseph H. Allen / N. A. Calkins, 1864. 1st publication (Jones 038). [33] - 63, [9] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. Rear cover advert for the Bellevue Stereoscope. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers..... More
Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1842. First American [stated]. Not found in American Imprints. 52 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated with cuts. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4". Publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. OCLC records just a single institutional holding. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. Single sheet, printed, in red, both sides. 6 cuts, 3 per side, accompany the text. 11" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The House of Harper has won the deserved reputation of having on its list..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1921). Later edition. xvii, [1], 246, [2] pp. Illustrated. Small folio. 12-1/4" x 9". Black cloth spine over drab paper boards, with a color pictorial only to front board, stamped silver lettering. Yellow topstain. Printed buff paper dust jacket, replicating the front board design..... More
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. 1st printing. [65] - 128, 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Color frontis by Bobbitt & Hooper. Cuts throughout the issue. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed orange wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd., (n. d.). Later edition (Schuster 109.4). 64 pp. Color illustrations by Greenaway, many full-page. 9" x 10". Green cloth spine & tips. Glazed pictorial boards, with publisher imprint on front board. More
Akron, Ohio. The Saalfield Publishing Company. 1930. Reprint. [1-12], 13- 311, [1 advert] pp. Illustrated. 7-1/2" x 5". Green cloth, full page, full color label to upper board, black lettering, red top stain, in dust jacket. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). Early, if not first, printing. iv, 208, [12 (adverts)] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Green cloth with 4 quadrant front board. Dust jacket, white paper printed in red & green duplicating binding design. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926). 1st Edition. [4], 218, [2] pp. Frontis. 12mo. Mustard tan cloth with 4 vignette front board. Color pictorial dust jacket. All series listings list through this title, with the dj inside adverts noting series titles through 1926. More
Sun City CA: Pictus Orbis Press, 1998. 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author. #220 of 1000 cc. [1 (blank)], xxxiv, [1], 449, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated 4to. Black & white glossy paper covers. More
New York. Abrams. 2011. 1st Edition. 40 pp. unpaginated. Illustrated. 10-1/4" x 10-1/2". Light blue cloth, with black cloth back strip, illustration of a basket with groceries on upper board. Tan illustrated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. Printed on recycled paper. More
Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas, 1925. 1st edition thus. 49, [1] pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1916). Later printing, ca 1921. [4], 248, [4 (adverts)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Yellow linen cloth binding with black & light brown stamping. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
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New York / Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1901. 1st edition thus (cf. BAL 5783). 75, [1 (blank)]; [3] - 37, [3] pp. Divisional t.p. Frontispiece. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 5". Grey cloth spine over dark grey paper-wrapped boards, lettered in red & green. More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1912. Early, if not first, printing. 320 pp. Frontis & 4 inserted plates. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's grey cloth binding with gilt spine lettering, dark green & yellow stamping to front board [Mattson style #1]. Dust jacket. Adverts list to "Houseboat", #8 in..... More
