Search Results: Childrens Books from L'Estampe Originale

New York, G.P.PUTNAM/WINDHOVER EDITION, Dec, 1975. Large 4to. paperback edition. Unpaginated. Berkley Publishing Corporation. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. A near fine copy. Includes fifteen books originally published between 1953 and 1965. ; 20.5 x 28 cm . Berkley Publishing Corporation. Decorative stamped title-block. 15 stories.

New York, Random House, 1982. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Dj. First Edition. Large 4to. Gorey's fabulous color-illustrated pop-up book in which the MacFizzet family disappears one by one during their visit to Hickyacket Hall, except for small Neville. Pull-tabs show signs of use, some slightly creased. Oversized and wonderfully wacky, very collectible. Out of print. Printed in Singapore. LOC 394-85129-3

New York, Greenwillow, 1993. Large 4to. Pictorial boards. 40pp with extraordinary pictures of every kind of dragon you can imagine by award-winning illustrator Peter Sis. "If you don"t believe in dragons, it is curiously true that the dragons you disparage choose to not believe in you." This copy signed and inscribed by Peter Sis with a drawing of a dragon. Absolutely perfect. Fine in dustjacket.

NYC, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1969. 1st edition. Small rectangular 4to. Full dustjacket in fine condition. 66pp. Book Description: New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. HB. Near Fine/Very Good+. 1st Trade Edition. Unpaginated, green boards w/black lettering w/illustrated front & back, dj green w/black lettering w/illustrated front & back. Toledano A30a first edition w/correct price on front flap of the dj. An intrepid voyage of epic proportion with a hero unequaled in the annals of literature.

London., MacMillan & Co., 1912. Limited DELUXE EDITION., one of 150 copies. Rare. 4to, pp. xiv + 274. Publisher's full vellum, gilt titles on spine and front cover, elaborate gilt decoration on front cover, t.e.g., deckled edge. . With 32 tipped in tissue guarded color illustrations by Warwick Goble. Full silk gold ties in good condition.. With the exception of some minor foxing on the endpapers and some minor scuffing on the spine this is a near perfect copy.

San Francisco., Troubadour Press., 1982. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Square 4to. 40pp. Illustrated with paper doll cutouts in black and white with a fold over back cover illustrated with 2 cut out cats in color. A very fine copy in fine condition.

New York, Scholastic Press Arthur a Levine, 2005. 4to. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. True First Printing of the First American hardcover Edition, with the publisher's complete number line of "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1," listed on the copyright page. (with PICTURE) The sixth Harry Potter book. July 2005. Purple diamond blind stamped boards with spine cover and purple title printing to spine. Both Dust jacket and book are as New. Original price of $29.99 on inside flap of D. J. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur a Levine The sixth Harry Potter book..

New York, Scholastic., 1999. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 4to. Fine with good dust jacket (small tear upper right corner). 1999. First American Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. The third book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For twelve long years the dreaded fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing 13 people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to Dark Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is an Academy Award nominated film, released June 2004. The DJ has one small tear in the upper right hand corner, other wise DJ and book are in Fine condition.

Paris, Edition Jeanne Bucher., 1928. Drawings in color by Joan Miró. 8 color pochoirs after drawings by Miró, colored by Jean Saudé on Arches paper. 4to, published in a folio of 14pp. One of the limited edition of 300. Enclosed in the ORIGINAL LINEN FOLIO in pearl grey background, with black numbers and green sun. Interior lined with black paper. 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8. Housed in a new black clam shell case. Signed and dedicated by Lise Hirtz to Jane de Margerie. RARE. Miro created one of the most imaginative books for children and far beyond its time. Joan Miró was studying art in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 1919, He was introduced to a surrealists group in 1924 by his neighbor Andre Masson, who shared his studio. He found among these artists the inspiration necessary for his work. But it was his humor that dominated his creations, especially the black humor of the surrealists.
In August 1927 Paul Eluard sent Miro the poems by Lisa Hirtz (born Ann - Marie Meyer), a friend of Breton.… Read More

Paris, Edition Jeanne Bucher., 1928. MIRO, JOAN (1893-1983). HIRTZ, LISE. IL ETAIT UNE PETITE PIE (THERE WAS ONCE A SMALL MAGPIE) Drawings in color by Joan Miro. A folio of 8pp. of pochoir prints. Enclosed in the ORIGINAL LINEN FOLIO in pearl grey background, with black and green letters and lined with black paper. 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8. RARE. Enclosed in a black linen contemporary clam shell box. Her first publication was as Lisa Hirtz: Il était une petite pie [There was a little magpie] (with 8 pochoirs by Joan Miró) in 1928. She was the editor of Le Phare de Neuilly, which frequently published articles relating to surrealism. Miro created one of the most imaginative books for children and far beyond its time. Joan Miro was studying art in Barcelona.He moved to Paris in 1919, he was introduced to a surrealists group in 1924 by his neighbor Andre Masson, who shared his studio. He found among these artists the inspiration necessary for his work. But it was his humor that dominated… Read More

London., Sotheby's., 1991. 4to. paperback auction catalogue. Sotheby's, illustrated and private press books, children's books and juvenalia, the performing arts including magic, conjuring & circus, related drawings, 547 items.

New York., Harper and Row., 1970. 4to. First Edition [Hanrahan A75].] First Edition. Pictorial DJ unclipped. In mylar. There are 7 titles listed on the back flap per Hanrahan A75; Book pages and mustard color endpapers are very bright and clean; white cloth of cover is clean. DJ with bright silver "Caldecottt Honor Book" medallion on front. Spotless, clean, pages throughout. A perfect copy. Hanrahan A75.4

London., Gay & Hancock., 1913. One of 100 copies bound in vellum and SIGNED by the ARTIST, Charles Folkard. Small folio. Text with 11 tipped in colored plates. T.E.G. with deckled edges on the remaining 3 sides. There is a design on the vellum cover in gold of a jackdaw wearing a hat, with a ropes and tassels motif surrounding the image. Vellum covers slightly soiled, 2 plates have been slightly bent and then flattened showing some creasing on the corners as often happens with the images in this book. Otherwise a very nice copy.

New York., The Book Press, 1961. First American Edition (second printing). Hardback (Red cloth). Fine. Author and illustrator's first children's book presenting the adventures of an orphan unhappily living with two nasty aunts in the south of England. The boy discovers a giant peach and a realm of magical creatures inside. This First American edition appeared six years before the British edition. Library of Congress No. 61-8127. No edition stated, no mention of later printings, no ISBN on copyright or colophon pages. Dust jacket price-clipped, does not exhibit $3.95 price. Four-line colophon records BOUND BY The Book Press, N.Y. No mention of Charlie series at colophon or on rear DJ panel. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH is his first book for children. Endpapers are green; text block tight, white, and flawless, Yellow page tops in fine condition.. Five full-page color plates and numerous other, smaller pastel or B&W illustrations throughout. Book spine retains full gilt lettering, Blind… Read More

London, Augener Ltd., 1912. The original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout, the title and list of contents within coloured decorated border; oblong 4to; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; with oval coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board. Houfe, p. 211. *A companion volume to "Our Old Nursery Rhymes". Includes "Old King Cole", "Sample Simon", and other nursery favorites. H. Willebeek Le Mair (Baroness H. van Tuyll van Serooskerken) was a Dutch designer and illustrator, who trained at the Rotterdam Academy from 1909-11. This is one of her earliest books. In perfect condition.

London, Augener Ltd., 1912. Oblong 4to. First edition. The original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Pp. 64, illustrated in color throughout, the title and list of contents within colored decorated border; oblong 4to; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; with oval colored pictorial onlay at centre of upper board, the upper board with a couple of internal tape repairs; within the original tissue wrapper (now quite brittle, the edges chipped and torn, and the bottom edge reinforced with tape); endpapers a trifle foxed; Houfe, p. 211. *A companion volume to "Our Old Nursery Rhymes". Includes "Old King Cole", "Sample Simon", and other nursery favourites. H. Willebeck Le Mair (Baroness H. van Tuyll van Serooskerken) was a Dutch designer and illustrator, who trained at the Rotterdam Academy from 1909-11. This is one of her earliest books. In perfect condition.

London, Augener Ltd., 1912. The original tunes harmonized by Alfred Moffat. Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Pp. 64, illustrated in color throughout, the title and list of contents within colored decorated border; oblong 4to; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, with oval colored pictorial onlay at centre of upper board. First edition. Houfe, p. 211. *A companion volume of Our Old Nursery Rhymes. Includes Old King Cole, Simple Simon, and other nursery favorites. H. Willebeek Le Mair (Baroness H. van Tuyll van Serooskerken) was a Dutch designer and illustrator, who trained at the Rotterdam Academy from 1909-11. This is one of her earliest books. In fine condition.

London and New York., Frederick Warne and Co. Engraved and printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans, n.d. 12mo. 48 pp. Title, half-title, frontispiece, and 45 text ill. in color. Bound in cloth with a pink spine and lattice work design on covers with an inset title that has the G upside down. A later printing of about 1918? Fine. The bookplates of F.B. Goodyear and E. Gertrude Walker are pasted on the interior.

American publication for Teaching Aid or Children 5-6 years old. Folio.

Esslingen and Munich., Verlag von J.F. Schrieber., 1890. With 171 colored images of wildlife and domestic animals on 31 pages of illustrations. Large 4to. 22pp. of text. Original half cloth with a paper label over boards on the cover. This but one from a series of books published on butterflies, insects, shells, native people, plants and animals.