Faeries by Froud, Brian; Lee Alan; Davis Larkin - Editor - 2000

Troy, NY: Merriam and Moore Book. Illus. by Anderson, Alexander. Very Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. A little, old book, nice as it could be. All paper, Very Good. Number IV in the series of Milner Toys. In this story, Henry Milner goes to great lengths, and depths, to learn about amphibia. Another of the moralizing tales of Mrs. Sherwood(1775-1851). Ca. 1851. Nine woodcuts and 24 pp., the standard format of the series. Cover is purple, as the cover of the only other I have seen (pictured). Please see Master Henry's Walk, listed separately..

J. Mariner, 1945. First Edition 1st Printing (and. Board book. Good. Dick Dever - Play Spell (Mechanical). Very Rare. brown cloth spine, white board. There is no title printed on the spine. color interior illustrations. [Play-Spell; Self-Entertaining; Play-Spell is self-entertaining. The child can make a picture appear by pulling the tabs under the letters up (or down). In doing so he has hidden the picture on the reverse side of the page. Thus, after completing a picture he turns the page to find a new word to be pictured. ; Educational ; Play-Spell is a real aid to the child who is learning to spell. It is especially useful if the child is encouraged to from the habit of pulling the tabs in their proper spelling sequence, saying the letters as he does so. Then the child, while playing, is learning to recognize letters, to group letters into words, and to visualize the object word identifies.] Patent Pending J. Mariner, 8010 Campion Dr. Los Angeles 45, Calif. 8'' x 12'' (aprox.).… Read More

London and New York : William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co, 1909 A good copy of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with decorative endpapers and 15 colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Top page edges blue - bottom edges untrimmed. The plates have captioned tissue-guards. Numerous black and white designs and illustrations. The binding has some edge/corner wear, a little fading to the spine and slight nibbling to top and bottom of spine. There is a slight fade to the outer edge of the front board but the beautiful gilt titles and decoration are clean and bright; and a little spotting to the back board. The whole book has a very slight lean. The decorative endpapers have slight browning - the front pastedown has an ink ownership signature. There is a tissue guarded frontispiece and decorative title page. The contents are in very good condition being clean with only the very occasional spot - the colour plates are beautiful. The tissue guard to plate 11 has a crease. A good copy.

New York: John Martin's House, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. [12] p., 10 leaves containing 6 bookplates each; 27 cm. Blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated fixed endpapers. The text talks about the importance of books and the use of bookplates, including a list of 60 recommended books, with space to record when and from whom each was acquired, and a list of 60 questions about those books. Each leaf of bookplates is perforated so that the bookplates can be removed and used. Each leaf is headed with a quote about books. Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; cover very lightly soiled; lacking quote section from the head of the first leaf of bookplates; otherwise, complete, clean, and tight.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997. Signed by Lawrence on the title page. Newly designed edition containing the full complement of Lawrence's illustrations, 18 of which were published in the Windmill Books in 1970. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

United States: Subterranean Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Dame Darcy. Book is clean and tight with no marks or stamps, stapled wraps, 46 pages. Illustrated by Dame Darcy, printed by Subterranean Press in 1999.

Slight losses to edges of Mylar protected dust jacket. Otherwise, a very nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 89 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, tiny chip top edge rear panel, front flap bottom corner clipped, top corner unclipped and with price of $3.50. First Edition stated. A lovely copy of this 1964 Caldecott Honor book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Oblong 8vo.

Oslo, Norway: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1954. Very Good Plus, corners rubbed. Illustrated end pages, charmingly illustrated in color and black and white by noted Norwegian artist Carl Von Hanno. First published 1949, this revised edition for Moderate Forms. Text in Norwegian, 120 p. SCARCE, an unusual find for the ABC collector. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards fresh and bright, jacket soiled and tattered.. [1932]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth with color illustrated paste-on on front boards. Four color plates, illustrated endpapers, and numerous other dynamic illustrations by Arthur Rackham. $1.50 price on front jacket flap. An original fairy tale by Ruskin, elevated by Rackham's illustrations of elven characters with bugle noses, dwarves, magical kings, and magical kings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .