101. Hughes, Ted.

The Dreamfighter, and Other Creation Tales.

Volume three (of three). London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1995. 12,5 cm x 20 cm. 150 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Creation Tales.

102. Satirical Illustration of the 19th century – [Funny Fellow / Comical Tales]

The Funny Fellow. Comprising His Humorous Sketches And Comical Tales Together With His Droll Songs, Witty Sayings, Laughable Adventures, And Startling Anecdotes

First Edition of a comic-style publication. London, Ward And Lock, 158 Fleet Street / Printed by Levey, Robson and Franklyn, 1862. 11 x 17cm. IV, 220 pages with numerous grotesque illustrations. Original Hardcover with patterned cloth. Binding slightly shaky only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With illustrations in “Punch – Style”.

103. [Caldecott, Randolph].

The Great Panjandrum himself.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with seven colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

104. [Haugaard, Erik] Asimov, Isaac and others.

The Horn Book Magazine / [Magazine] About Children’s Books and Reading. With articles by Erik Haugaard, Isaac Asimov [″Views on Science Books” in the June 1963 – copy)] and many others [Edited by Paul Heins, Ethel L. Heins, Anita Silvey].

64 Issues (Duplicates: 1964, 1968, Oct & Dec 1979, 1984). Boston, The Horn Book, 1963, 1967-70, 1973, 1975-81, 1983-1989. 15.3 cm x 22.8 cm. Circa 7500 pages. Featuring black and white frontispieces by book illustrators. With many black and white illustrations throughout by famous illustrators taken from various children’s books. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor discoloration to covers and edges. Some covers have minor pen markings. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Christian Haugaard.

105. Carroll, Lewis.

The Hunting of The Snark – An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

London, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1916. 10.5 cm x 15,5 cm. XII, 83 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with clear signs of external wear. Upper hinge bumped. The name J.J. Pitcairn discreetly stamped on pastedown cover and on title page. Minor discolouring of pages, mostly on pastedowns.

106. Kipling, Rudyard.

The Jungle Book. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. 14 x 21cm. Frontispiece, 244 pages, with plates and text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with decorated endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, a crease to frontispiece and a very slight lean. [Illustrated Junior Library].

107. [Halifax, 1st Marquess of] George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.

The Lady’s New-year’s Gift : Or, Advice to a Daughter. Under these following Heads, Viz. Religion, Husband, House and Family. Servants, Behaviour and Conversation, Friendships, Censure, Vanity and Affectation, Pride, Diversions, Dancing.

The Second Edition Corrected by the Original. London, Printed for Matthew Gillyflower in Westminster-Hall and James Partridge at Charing-Cross, 1688. Duodecimo (7 cm wide x 12.5 cm high). [II], 164 pages (collation complete). Hardcover / 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Very few pages with minor wormhole-damage only and some pages with some minor tears and fraying. The binding firm and with minor damage only. Some very few entries with ink by the pre-owner. Overall a very good condition with only minor signs of wear of this extremely rare and early edition of one of the rarest publications of advice on prudence and virtue, written by the Marquess of Halifax and published as an address to his daughter Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1677 – 1708). Later editions are more common but this 17th century publication is the nicest version of this book we have ever handled.

108. [Andersen, Hans Christian] Toksvig, Signe.

The Life of Hans Christian Andersen.

London, MacMillan and Co., 1933. 15 cm x 22 cm. 289 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece and portrait, in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Noticeable rubbing to the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard.

109. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

110. The Religious Tract Society.

The Money in the Milk and other Stories. [Together with Ephemera: Broadside: “A Song”].

London, The Religious Tract Society, no year [c.1879]. Duodecimo. Frontispiece (Chromolithograph), 63 pages with text-vignettes. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament to cover. Binding a little shaky and stronger rubbed. Pastedown with Exlibris from the First Presbyterian Church in Carrickfergus – Albert Hall Sabbath School: “Presented to Jane McFerran for regular attendance for six months ending June 1884 – Signed J.M.N.Stevenson”.

111. James, John.

The Mother’s Help – Towards Instructing her Children in the Excellencies of the Catechism, and of the Services appointed by the Church of England. For the More Special Occasions which mark Christian Life.

London, Printed for J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1842. Octavo (12.2 cm wide x 19.3 cm high). XI, 533, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half cloth with new spine-label in the style of the 19th century. The binding is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). With a giftinscription: “Louisa S. Meade from R H M – 1866”.

112. Knight, Isobel.

The Mystery of the Island.

London Peal Press, No Date (c.1960). 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 224 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Reward Library].

113. New Yorker, The.

The New Yorker Album of Sports and Games.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958. 23 cm x 30 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with New Yorker logo embossed on front cover in red, title in embossed silver on spine). Design and Layout by Carmin Peppe. Good condition with signs of external wear and an inscription on front free endpaper.

114. Dahal, Charity.

The Orange Thieves and Other Stories. Illustrated by Beryl Moore.

East African Publishing House, 1971. 12 x 18cm. 64 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [East African Readers Library, No. 5].

115. [Greenaway, Kate] Harte, Bret.

The Queen of The Pirate Isle. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.

Re-issue of the original 1886-edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1955. 16 cm x 22.2 cm. VIII, 64 pages. With colour frontispiece and twenty-seven colour text illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With some tears and fraying to dustjacket. Only minor foxing to dustjacket and occasionally within the text. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

116. Shura, Mary Francis.

The Search for Grissi. Illustrated by Ted Lewin.

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985. 14.2 cm x 20.9 cm. 128 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fraying to dustjacket. Minor foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers. Highlighting and pencil markings within text by Masako Haugaard, who translated the book into Japanese. This was her working-copy. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

117. Burnett, Frances Hodgson.

The Secret Garden.

In one Volume. Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1912. Small Octavo. 286 pages. Original publisher’s softcover wrapper. Name of preowner on titlepage. Rear brochure missing. Still firm and with only minor signs of fraying. Good overall condition with only minor signs of external wear. The rare Tauchnitz edition of this important book. [Tauchnitz Edition – Collection of British Authors Volume 4324].

118. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Robinson, Charles.

The Secret Garden. Illustrated.

Second edition. Reprinted. London, Book Club Associates, 1976. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece, 242 pages. 8 original colour illustrations, including frontispiece, by Charles Robinson. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition throughout.

119. [Hedouin, Edmond / Boilvin, Emile] Book of Wisdom.

The Song of Songs [The Song of Solomon / Das Hohelied Salomos]. With 26 etchings from designs by Edmond Hedouin and Emile Boilvin. From Designs by BIDA.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1887. 25 cm x 32 cm. 47 pages of verses juxtaposed to 24 fine etchings, the additional two etchings are the frontispiece and a smaller signet etching to the titlepage. All of the fine etchings mounted to stiff paper. Original hardcover / Decorative quarter morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very few of the etchings with foxing. Very good condition of this extremely rare edition (no.129 of 250 copies only) with only very minor signs of external wear / some rubbing to the binding and bumping to the corners. Some corners very slightly fingerstained and with a hint of a faded dampstain. Name of former owner on endpaper: “Martin F. Jackson – 501 – 5 ave. New York City”.

120. Potter, Beatrix.

The Story of Miss Moppet.

Later Edition (Print Code 1623-964). London / Banbury, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. / Henry Stone & Son, no year [c. 1950]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 34 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated, priceclipped dustjacket (Printed Price 5/net). Binding firm ! Excellent condition of the Volume itself with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper. “The Town Mouse” present in the listing of Potter publications on the endpaper, which dates this edition at 1918. The jacket with some minor wear only.

121. Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

122. Todd, John.

The Student’s Manual: Designed by specific Directions to aid in Forming and strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of The Student.

The Tenth Edition. Halifax, Printed & Published by William Milner, 1848. Miniature Book (8 cm x 12 cm). IV, 237 pages. Original Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The binding unusually form and the original endpapers intact.

123. Andersen, Hans Christian.

The Swineherd. Translated and illustrated by Erik Blegvad.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, inc. 1958. 17 x 19.5 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

124. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tailor of Gloucester.

Later Edition. [1903 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to frontcover. Uper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very good with very few signs of foxing. Front endpapers starting (see the images i took of front and rear endpapers !).

125. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.

Later Edition with red lettering on cover. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1930]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to the bottom of pages 10/11. Unusual in this condition. Tiny blemish to the illustration of rear endpaper.

126. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1942]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 111 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding firm ! Stain to lower frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent !

127. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine and covers slightly stained. Minor stain on title and frontispiece.

128. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.

Later Edition. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., no year [c. 1920]. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, pages. Original Hardcover with original endpapers. Binding firm ! Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

129. Potter, Beatrix.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice [with vintage Ephemera advertising leaflet on Beatrix Potter “Jig-Saw Puzzles” / “Peter Rabbit’s Bookshel” etc.]

[1904 stated verso titlepage]. London / New York, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1904. 11 cm x 14,5 cm. Frontispiece, 58 (2) pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover with illustrated original endpapers. Binding shaky with interior bookblock slightly broken (no effect on the outer spine) ! Pages slightly loosened. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior excellent ! The loosely inserted advertising leaflet with a clean tear that separates one part of the leaflet.

130. Jiménez-Landi, Antonio.

The Treasure of the Muleteer and Other Spanish Tales. Translated from the Spanish by Paul Blackburn. Illustrated by Floyd Sowell.

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 16 x 24cm. 94 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover. Excellent condition other than slight bumping to corners and partial fading to boards.

131. Briggs, Katharine Mary.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas. Illustrated throughout with Lino Cuts, Hand Set in Cloister Type, and Printed by Winifred Briggs.

Dunkeld, Perthshire, Capricornus, No Printed Date [1952]. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 23 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. No. 2 of a signed limited edition of only 247 copies. Additionally, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

132. [Hatton, Brian] Cule, W. E.

The White Caravan. Illustrated by Brian Hatton.

London, James Nisbet & Co., Ltd., 1914. 15.5 x 22cm. 184 pages. With four colour illustration plates and decorative endpapers. Original, illustrated hardcover in protective Mylar. The binding in unusually excellent and firm condition. Endpapers undsiturbed and perfect. Foxed on the edges and some mild foxing inside. Very minor lesion to the outer margins of 6 pages only. Private gift-inscription and letter included: Inscribed “To Elsie with best wishes from E.Miller”. An original, signed letter by Aunt Miller to Elsie is loosely inserted. All the wonderful colour-plates by Brian Hatton are in place and in excellent condition. An extremely scarce book.

133. Southby, Logi.

The White Dragon. Written and illustrated by L. Southby.

London, Rich & Cowan, 1934. 24 cm x 30 cm. 265 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition rare first edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight rubbing to outer spine.

134. Walde, Johann Gottlieb.

Thomas Waldauf’s, des Dresdener Schornsteinfegers Lebensereignisse zu Wasser und zu Lande in drei Welttheilen. Von ihm selbst erzählt und als ein wahrhaftes Familienbuch für Jung und Alt in allen Ständen des Volkes herausgegeben von J.G.Walde. [A german Chimney-sweepers Travels and Adventures on the Ocean and in America (California)].

Löbau, J.G.Walde’s Buchhandlung, ohne Jahr [1858]. Klein-Oktav. 304, 236, 220, VI, (1) Seiten. Mit 23 (von 24) wunderbaren, handkolorierten Tafeln von Ferdinand Franke in Dresden, welche Waldaufs Reise zeigen (u.a. im Schaufelrad-Dampfer etc.). Hardcover / Moderner, sehr dekorativer Halblederband mit neuem Vorsatz. Nach der sehr guten Restauration durch einen professionellen Buchbinder, ist dieser Band wieder ein Sammler-Exemplar. Leicht schiefgelesen. Das Papier vereinzelt stärker stockfleckig. Nahezu alle Abbildungen wunderbar und tadellos und vor allem in kräftigem Kolorit erhalten. Zahlreiche Abbildungen auf unserer Webseite. Sehr seltene, interessante Publikation die auch politische Ansichten ueber den amerikanischen Unrechts-Staat des 19.Jahrhunderts, im Bezug auf Rassismus und Rechte der afroamerikanischen Bevoelkerung, anspricht.

135. Ellis, Edward S.

Through Forest and Fire.

First Edition. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891. 19.7cm x 13cm. iv, 302 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. With frontispiece illustration. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated in colour. Excellent, near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper inscribed by preowner. [Wild Woods Series No. 1].

136. Andersen, H. C.

Thumbelina.

Deluxe Gift-Edition. New York, Delacorte Press, 1996. 22 x 27.5 cm. 30 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

137. Stovickova, D. und M.

Tibetische Märchen. Märchen, Mythen und Legenden aus Tibet und anderen Ländern des Fernen Ostens. Illustriert von E. Bednarova. Ins Deutsche von I Kondrkova. Grafische Gestaltung von Jaroslav Svaib.

Zweite Auflage. Hanau, Verlag Werner Dausien, 1974. 21,5 x 28,5 cm. 208 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Leinen im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

138. Ungerer, Tomi.

Tomi Ungerer’s Tierleben [SIGNED / Inscribed]. Das Vorwort wurde von Ursula Vogel ins Deutsche uebertragen.

Zurich, Diogenes, 1990. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 32.2 cm high). 142 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

139. Dickey, James / Angel, Marie.

Tucky The Hunter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.

New York, Crown Jewel, 1978. Oblong Large Octavo. 44 pages with colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by James Dickey to Peter [Viereck] on the endpaper: ″ – to all in Peter’s house – from James Dickey”.

140. Tyler, Anne.

Tumble Tower. Pictures by Mitra Modarressi.

New York, Orchard Books, 1993. 26.5cm x 22.5cm. 29 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author and the illustrator.

141. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

142. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Copy Books: Lettering Plain and Ornamental.

London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1870). Oblong – Octavo (21 cm x 17 cm). 24 pages with typographical Alphabets in Italic, Roman, Egyptian, Engrossing, Old English, German [Fraktur], Old English Ornamented, German Ornamented, Italic Ornamented, Roman Ornamented, Gothic Initials, Church Text, French, Celtic [also Gaelic, “Gaeilge”], Children’s Alphabet, etc. Softcover. Some fraying to wrapper. A little dusty but overall very good.

143. Foster, Vere [Henry Louis / Lewis].

Vere Foster’s Landscape Painting for Beginners. Two Volumes (complete set): [Volume I: First Stage – Teaching the Use of One Colour – Ten Facsimiles of Original Studies in Sepia by J.Callow and Numerous Illustrations in Pencil with Full Instructions in Easy Language. / Second Stage – Teaching the Use of Seven Colours – Twenty Facsimiles of Original Drawings by J.Callow and Many Illustrations in Pencil. With Full Instructions in Easy Language].

London / Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c. 1890). Octavo (19 cm x 24 cm). Volume I: 40 pages with tipped in plates. / Volume II: 76 pages with tipped-in plates plus 4 pages of a Bookseller-Catalogue by Blackie & Son, to the rear of the Volume, listing all of Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Books, Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books etc. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with colourful illustrations to the front covers. Unusuall excellent condition (see images).

144. May, Karl.

Werke in 74 Bänden.

Herrsching, Manfred Pawlak Verlagsgesellschaft, 1983. Octak. ca. 23000 Seiten. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand. [Internationaler Versand der Sammlung per UPS Kurier (Express Saver innerhalb von 3-5 Tagen) ist im Preis enthalten].