1. Adams, Marcus.

Child Studies. [Album with seven (7) vintage silver gelatin prints – all signed in a signature album with Adams’ gilted emblemata / supralibro].

London, Marcus Adams, c.1929. Folio. 7 pages. Original Art Deco flexible Hardcover in original slipcase. Extremely beautiful and rare original binding ! Two small coffee-stains on cover of the Volume itself. Slipcase with some minor rubbing and occasional discoloration only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Besides the vintage photographs all being signed by Marcus Adams, he also signed and dated the Volume on the endpaper: “Marcus Adams – 11/29”.

2. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke.

Exotic Japanese Stories – The Beautiful and the Grotesque. 16 Unusual Tales and Unforgettable Images. Translated by Takashi Kojima and John McVittee. Introduction by John McVittee.

New York, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1964. 14.9 cm x 21.9 cm. Colour Frontispiece, 431 pages. 22 Collage Illustrations: 6 Colour and 16 Black and White by Masakazu Kuwata. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. A very good+ hardcover copy in black and grey cloth stamped in silver and red gilt with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges and very minor fading to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Minor fraying and fading to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

3. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Anderson, Wayne / Logue, Christopher.

Lieber Ratz, zauber was ! [Original english title: Ratsmagic]

Aarau, Sauerländer, 1976. 27 cm. [32] Seiten. Überwiegend farbige Illustrationen. Hardcover / Illustrierter Pappband. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

7. [Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including “The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp” / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave” / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

8. Arnott, Kathleen.

African Myths and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 14.5 x 22cm. 211 pages, with illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with original dustjacket and illustrated endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including small (1cm) tear to dustjacket spine. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. [Oxford Myths and Legends Series].

9. Ashford, Daisy.

The Young Visiters, or Mr. Salteenas Plan. With a Preface by J.M.Barrie.

Fourth Impression. London, Chatto & Windus, June 1919. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 85 pages. Private Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Beaulieu, Mad. Mallès de / [Robinson Crusoe].

Le Robinson de douze ans – Histoire intéressante d’un jeune Mousse Français abondonné dans une ile déserte. Ornée de Gravures par Mme Mallès de Beaulieu, Auteur des Coules d’une Mère à sa Fille.

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, no date (approx. 1818). Small – Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, Titlevignette, 288 pages with two further engravings (4 in total). Hardcover. Original, blue paper-covered boards, extensively decorated with gilt floral motifs and an inset illustration of the young Robinson and his dog on a beach. Very good condition. Interior remarkably clean. Fine example of a so-called Robinsonade, a fashionable adaptation of the original Robinson Crusoe story, in this case based on another “Robinsonade”, this is a somewhat modified and inspired version of Johann David Wyss’ famous publication “The Swiss Family Robinson”, which he published initially “to teach his sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance” (Wikipedia). In her publication “History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children’s Literature”, Jackie C. Home writes that “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France online catalogue lists 35 French language editions of Mallès de Beaulieu’s novel, published between 1818 and 1923, suggesting that the novel was one of the most popular titles fro children in nineteenth-century France.”

11. 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.

12. Benjamin, Walter.

Neuester Orbis Pictus oder Die Welt in Bildern für fromme Kinder. Aus der Sammlung von Walter Benjamin. Faksimiledruck im Inselverlag.

Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 50 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

13. Bourguignon, Paul-Henri.

En Écoutant Toone jouer le Bossu. Illustrations D’Edgard Tytgat.

Bruxelles, Éditeur R. Dupriez, (1944). 8°. 71 pp. Broché. [Bookblock slightly detached but overall excvellent / Bel exemplaire. Edition originale. Couverture et 12 dessins d’Edgard Tijtgat, mis en couleurs à la main au pochoir. Exemplaire No. 311 / 510 exemplaires (exemplaire sur Hollande Van Gelder). / Inscribed and signed by Paul-Henri Bourguignon on the endpaper in 1954.

14. Bowman, Anne.

Charade Dramas for The Drawing-Room. With Illustrations. [Acting Charades by Anne Bowman].

London, George Rutledge and Sons, no year (c.1895). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, 114 pages plus 6 pages of advertising. Original advertising endpapers and pastedowns present. With 8 illustrations (including the Frontispiece). All the illustrations show children acting a scene. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Frontispiece and a few of the other 7 illustrations cleanly detached but in very good condition. Binding a little shaky but still intact and rather firm. Ex Libris / Bookplate of J.B. Findlay to pastedown. Extremely rare !

15. Brockett, Eleanor.

Persian Fairy Tales. Retold by Eleanor Brockett. Illustrated by Harry Toothill.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. 13 x 20cm. (8), 224 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover. Minor signs of external wear, including sunned spine and some fraying to cloth edges. Internally in very good condition, other than some minor text annotations on first twenty pages. [Muller World Fairy Tales Collection].

16. Browning, Gareth H.

The Children’s Book Of Wild Flowers And The Story Of Their Names. Illustrated by M. C. Pollard.

London / Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1929. 16 cm x 21 cm. Frontispiece, 250 pages, 50 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Sunning to spine, chipped dustjacket, slightly shaken, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

17. Brun, Samuel Jacques.

Tales of Languedoc. With an Introduction by Harriet W. Preston and Illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto.

San Francisco, William Doxey, 1896. 22cm x 16cm. 240 pages. With 33 beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. 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.

19. Bullard, Asa.

Sunnybank Stories: Reward of Merit. Compiled by Asa Bullard. Illustrated.

Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1863. Duodecimo / Miniature book. 64 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. 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].

21. Burnett, Frances Hodgson / Jessie Willcox Smith.

In the Closed Room. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton [Printed in the USA by “The McClure Press”], 1904. Octavo. Frontispiece, III, [1], 129 pages with 8 beautiful illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hardcover / original, beautifully illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spien and three coloured cover illustration. Interior in art nouveau style. One of the illustrations cleanly detached but still in very good condition (slightly frayed), one of the illustrations slightly detached. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some very minor and only very occasional staining to a few of the pages. Binding with some inor spottingto the rear board but very firm with the original artwork on endpapers and pastedown. Name of preowner on endpaper.

22. 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.

23. [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].

24. [Caldecott, Randolph] Goldsmith, Oliver.

An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex – Mrs. Mary Blaize.

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

25. Carlsen, Jesper and others.

Plys årbog for børne- og ungdomslitteratur (Plush: Yearbook for Children’s and Youth Literature). 1985.

Denmark, Forlaget ARNIS, 1985. 20 cm x 26.9 cm. 121 pages. With many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. As new with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tear to lower rear cover. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

26. Carroll, Lewis.

Die Geschichte vom Schwein. Mit Bildern von Leonard B. Lubin.

Erste Auflage. Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1976. 19 x 26 cm. 31 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

27. Carroll, Lewis / Schindehütte, Albert.

Album für Alice – Eine Huldigung an Lewis Carroll. Nachwort von Roger Willemsen.

Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1993. 21.2 cm x 30 cm. 175 pages. 36 full-page partly coloured drawings. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tear to rear cover and endpaper and very minor indentations to front cover edge. Ink stamp to lower edges. Otherwise very clean and bright. [Gestempelt am Schnitt: “Maengelexemplar”].

28. Christian Andersen, Hans. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated from the Danish by Erik Chrisitan Haugaard.

New York, Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1974. 15 x 22 cm. 524 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

29. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

30. Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses / The Music by the earliest Masters. Engraved & Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

London / New York, Federick Warne and Co., c. 1877. Octavo. 56 pages. 11 full-page illustrations by Crane. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Pages detached. But all illustrations in very good condition. Cover stronger worn ! Inscribed: “Chrissie Begg – All good wishes for Christmas from Florence Miller”.

31. Crockett, S.R.

Sweetheart Travellers – A Child’s Book for Children, For Women, And for Men. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.

Third Edition. London, Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1896. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 305 pages. 69 illustrations including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original patterned green cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Spine and front board carry inlaid pictorial images. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Minor abrasions in gutter between front endpaper and pastedown. Binding still firm and strong.

32. 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].

33. De Brunhoff, Laurent.

Serafina The Giraffe.

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968. 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm. [26 pages] Abundant colour illustrations by author throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original richly illustrated orange cloth] lettering to spine. Good- condition. Minor rubbing to board corners. Cracks along length of both gutters between pastedowns and endpapers and at hinge of spine. Binding is tender at hinges but textblock is solid. Interior bright and clean with hint of foxing to edges. Ownership stamp of Charles U. Kruger, Educational Consultant’, in Switzerland on rear endpaper.

34. Dégh, Linda. [Ed].

Folktales of Hungary. Translated by Judit Halász. Foreword by Richard M. Dorson.

Second Impression. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1969. 13 x 20.5cm. (46), 381 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear including some paper loss to spine, creasing to front jacket, bumping to edges. Previous owner’s name on half-title page and some minor text annotations. [Folktales of the World, No. 6, Editor: R.M. Dorson].

35. Dehn, Olive / Meldrum, Roy / Compton Mackenzie / Jean Margaret Hamilton / Madeleine Nightingale / et. al.

No. Fourteen [14] Joy Street. A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls.

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, No Year [c.1930]. 18.3 cm x 24.8 cm. Frontispiece, 246 pages. Black and white and several tipped-in colour-illustrations. Illustrators include Harry Rountree, C.T.Nightingale, Maria Wolff, Mary Baker, Audrey Teago, Josephine Leslie etc. Original Hardcover. Decorative cloth boards. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Good+ condition. Binding a little shaky but holding with endpapers intact. Minor wear and rubbing to cover. Moderate foxing to edges. Minor foxing to pages throughout. Many previous owners names in ink to half-title and title pages. A few colour markings throughout. Pages separating from book block in places.

36. Deluxe Illustrated Children’s Book – Kipling, Rudyard.

All the Puck Stories. With Illustrations by H.R.Millar and Charles E.Brock.

First Deluxe Edition (Published simultaneously with the trade edition). London, MacMillan and Co., 1935. Octavo. Frontispiece-Illustration, X, 670, [2] pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover / Decorative full red leather with gilt lettering and gilt illustration of Puck on the front board. In its original, rare dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed with some loss. The Volume itself in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear to upper and lower hinge only.

37. Des Salles, Héloïse.

The Adventures of Jonathan Seal. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. Large Octavo. 55 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Héloïse Des Salles on the halftitle. Rare !

38. Dickens, Charles.

Collection of six First Editions, all bound uniformely around 1850 and all in their original state. A stunning set with nearly all of the books in their First state of First Edition printing and with all plates complete. The collection includes: Bleak House / Little Dorrit / Nicholas Nickleby / Martin Chuzzlewit / Dombey and Son / David Copperfield. A very rare occasion in which a contemporary 19th-century lover of Dickens’ Literature had all Novels in their first edition bound to his/her liking. The mid-19th-century bindings beautiful in their simplicity and uniform style.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839 – 1857. Octavo. Hardcover / Mid-19th-century Half-Leather with gilt lettering on spine. Original marbled endpapers. Very good condition with only few layers and illustrations loosened and the usual tanning to the illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [The David Copperfield Volume has a defect (see detailed description below)]. Perfect collection of first editions to start a Dickens-Collection in contemporary, 19th-century bindings.

39. 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”.

40. Dickson, George.

Railways Shown to the Children.

London & Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, no year [c.1917]. 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, VII, 95 pages. 40 coloured plates and numerous illustrated within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Pictoral on front board with gilt lettering and bordering. Deckled edges. Bound purple nylon bookmark. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of previous owner on front end paper. Interior bright and clean. [Shown to the Children Series, No. 15]

41. Duquennoy, Jacques.

Adelbert in der Geisterbahn. Ein Spielbuch mit beweglichen Teilen.

Erste Auflage. Köln, Boje Verlag, 2010. 21,5 x 21,5 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 30 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebunden. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

42. Eimer, Ernst.

Christian, der Dorfjunge. Erzählung für die Jugend. Mit Bildern vom Verfasser.

Erste Ausgabe. Reutlingen, Ensslin & Laiblin Verlagsbuchhandlung, [1928]. Octavo. Frontispiz, 112 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. Hardcover / Originaler, illustrierter Leinenband in besonderem, klarsichtigen Sammler-Schutzumschlag von Brodart. Aussergewoehnlich guter Zustand. Als Beilage ein sehr interessanter und umfassender Zeitungsartikel von Karl Brodhaecker, erschienen zum 10.Todestag von Ernst Eimer (Heimat im Bild).

43. 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].

44. Everard, Jappy.

Hoe de Bengels toch naar Zwitserland gingen. Geillustreerd door Miep de Feijter.

Amsterdam, H.J.W.Becht, c.1931 15 cm x 23.5 cm. 225 pages with illustrations. Original Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. All illustrations have been coloured in colour- pencil by previous owner. A few annotations in colour-pencil on lists of other publications on endpaper. Name of pre-owner and stamp on the endpaper. Dutch Edition.

45. Ewing, Juliana Horatia.

Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot – A Country Tale. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.

First Edition. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1884]. 21.5cm x 15.8cm. 52 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear, such as some foxing and edge wear.

46. Farming-Game 19th century / Spiel 19.Jahrhundert /

Rural Economy – Stamped Figures for colouring / Die Landwirthschaft – Figuren zum Ausmalen / La Economia Rustica – Figuras recortados para colorear / L’Economie Rurale – Figures decoupees pour colorier. – Game No./ Spiel No. 1849 – Serie III. Deponiert.

Bilingual Cover for children in England, Germany, Spain and France. [Deutschland / Allemagne / Germany], [c. 1890]. 26 cm x 17 cm x 1,5 cm. 30 figures / 30 figuren. With original flexible metal – stands. Some of the figures painted with the original colour palette. Original Hardcover with lithographed cover (Farmer bringin in the hay). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare agricultural children’s game ! / Shows farming scenes: Making butter, milking cows, Priest visiting, children playing, chicken, goats etc.

47. Farrar, Frederic W.

Eric, or, Little by Little. A Tale of Roslyn School. With an Introduction by John Rowe Townsend.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1971, 14.5 cm x 22.2 cm. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor fading to upper and lower outer hardcover. Foxing and fading to edges and both endpapers. Fading to spine of dustjacket and minor fraying. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

48. Ffolliott, Rosemary.

De Bever Hall – The Story of a Stately Dolls House. With photographs by Gordon Ledbetter.

First Edition. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1976. Quarto. 75 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author Rosemary Ffolliott ! Very rare and rather scarce as a signed edition !

49. Fitzpatrick, Percy.

Jock of the Bushveld. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.

5th Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1908. 16 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 475 pages. 23 illustrations on 23 plpates, including colour frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and design on spine and front board. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Preowner’s name and date on front pastedown: ‘Adeline G. Bowen – July 13th, 1909’. A very desirable copy in the original publisher’s binding. Extremely Rare in this very excellent condition.

50. 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.

51. 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).

52. Friedman, Edwin H.

Friedman’s Fables. Includes 29-page booklet – “Friedman’s Fables: Discussion Questions”.

New York, The Guilford Press, 1990. 14 x 20.5cm. (8), 213 pages, with black and white text illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

53. Gaelic Fairy Tale Illustrations – [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Ó Floinn, Tomás / Proinsias Mac Cana.

Scéalaíocht na Ríthe – [Stories of the Kings]. Tomás Ó Floinn agus Proinsias Mac Cana. A chuir in Eagar. Micheál Mac Liammoír a Mhaisigh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Saírséal & Dill, 1956. 18.1cm. 220, [4] pages. Including 6 plates with beautiful, tipped-in illustrations and their often missing, lettered tissue-guards. Hardcover. / Original, illustrated blue publisher’s cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / An underestimated publication with all illustrations in place. While the book was also published in softcover-cardboard, the first edition we offer here is the much better version.

54. Gaitskell, Charles D. / Hurwitz, Al.

Children and their Art – Methods for the Elementary School.

Third Edition. New York / Chicago etc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Quarto (20 cm x 23,5 cm). XII, 547 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

55. Gambrell, Elsie.

All Because of Gina.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1963. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 188 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Small tear in the dustjacket. [Collins Seagull Library].

56. [Gessner, Salomon / Collyer, Mary].

The Death of Abel in Five Books. From the German of Gessner.

Halifax, Printed fro William Milner, 1837. Duodecimo / Miniature book. Frontispiece, XX, 169 pages. Original Hardcover (dark green cloth with floral embossement and gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare Halifax print !

57. Grahame, Kenneth.

The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated with paintings by James Lynch. With an introduction by Alan Bennett.

Fourth Printing. London, The Folio Society, 1999. 17.5 x 24.5cm. 206 pages with 8 full colour plates. Original green silkbound hardcover with gilt decoration in a protective slipcase. Spine sunned, otherwise excellent condition with no markings to boards or text. Slipcase somewhat sunned.

58. [Grandville] Böttger, Adolf.

Die Pilgerfahrt der Blumengeister [The Pilgrimage of the Fairy Spirits / “Les Fleurs animées”]. Mit 36 colorirten Bildern nach Grandville. Mit 36 colorirten Bildern nach Grandville / With 36 handcoloured pictures of flower fairies from his famous illustration cycle: “Les Fleurs animées”.

Zweite, umgearbeitete und verbesserte Auflage. Leipzig, Friedrich Fleischer, 1854. Octav. Handcoloriertes Frontispiece, (4), 296 Seiten mit 36 handkolorierten Stahlstichen. Moderner Meistereinband in rotem Maroquin mit vergoldetem Rueckentitel und feiner Ornamentik. Dreiseitig vergoldeter Schnitt. Das hier gezeigte Bild ist die tatsaechliche Ausgabe ! Exzellente Bindung. Die handkolorierten Tafeln in sehr guter Erhaltung. Das Buch wie immer etwas staerker stockfleckig ! Der Buchblock fest und sehr gut erhalten. Private Widmung des 19.Jahrhunderts auf dem Titelblatt.

59. Greenaway, Kate.

Original Friendship Album / Album Amicorum with 4 colour-lithographs.

[London], ca. 1880. Oblong-12°. / Miniature Children’s Book (11 cm long x 7,3 cm high). 28 pages with 4 colour lithographs. Illustrated Hardcover. First page and two illustrations cleanly detached. Several entries of children in this friendship-album. The illustrated binding in very good condition. A Kate Greeneway Album Amicorum is extremely rare in any condition !

60. [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.

61. Grigny, J. / Bonhomme, P.

Les Bébés des Jardins de Paris. Illustrations de J. Grigny. Texte par P.Bonhomme.

Premiére Édition. Paris, A.Quantin, (c. 1885). 8°. 32 pages. Couverture originale (illustrée). Bon état. Original binding. Corners bumped. Slightly rubbed. Front endpaper detached. Hinge inside slightly broken. Few fingerstains only. Still a good to very good condition of this extremely rare children-book-classic.

62. Hagelstange, Rudolf.

Die drei Zaubergaben Oder Der arme und der reiche Iwan. Bilder von Errol Le Cain.

Hanau, Dr. Hans Peters Verlag, 1980. 26,5 x 35 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 50 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

63. [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.

64. [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.

65. [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.

66. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

Prince Boghole.

1st American ed. New York, Macmillan, 1987. 21 x 26 cm. 32 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

67. Haugaard, Erik Christian.

The Boy and the Samurai.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 22 cm. XIV, 221 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition. This book comes from the author’s personal library !

68. Haviland, Virginia / Danska, Herbert.

Favourite Fairy Tales Told In Russia. Retold from Russian Storytellers by Virginia Haviland. Illustrated by Herbert Danska.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. 17 x 24cm. 88 pages, with colour illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Some signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to edges. Otherwise in good condition. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

69. Hawks, Ellison.

Stars Shown to the Children. Illustrated.

London & Edinburgh, T. C. & E. C. Jack, no year (c.1910) 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, XIIi, 119 pages. Numerous monochrome photographs and colour illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Gilt pictoral and letter on front board. Bound silken blue bookmarker. Gilt top edge. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded and sunned. Crack to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still strong and firm. Browning to endpapers. Interior bright and clean. [ Shown to the Children Series, No. 9]

70. [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”.

71. Helprin, Mark / Allsburg, Chris van.

A City in Winter. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. [Signed Twice / Including an Extra Suite with 13 colour-illustrations]

New York, Viking, 1996. 4°. 147 pages. Original Softcover. Published before the initial publishing of this book. The Suite with illustrations signed by Chris van Allsburg. The book itself signed again by Allsburg in 2006.

72. Henty, G.A.

In the Irish Brigade – A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain. With Twelve Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon.

London, Blackie & Son, 1901. Octavo. Frontispiece, 384 pages plus an illustrated catalogue of “Blackie & Son’s Illustrated Story Books” with several illustrations bound to the rear of the Volume. Original Hardcover with artwork to cover. / Special Gift-Binding with gilt emblemata of “Tiffins endowed School in Kingston on Thames” on cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Gift-Bookplate from Tiffins School to Arthur John Clifford on pastedown.

73. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne at the Circus.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., no year (c. 1930). Small Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding fragile. Bookblock slightly detached. Two pages damaged with tear. Poor condition but still Rare !

74. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne Cinema Star.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1929. Small Octavo. 62 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding firm but spine gone. One page slightly dogeared. A few minor stains. Rare !

75. Heward, Constance / Pearse, Susan Beatrice.

Ameliaranne in Town.

First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. Small Octavo. 60 unnumbered pages with the extremely beautiful endpaper – illustrations fully intact. Original Hardcover with frontcover illustration. Binding fragile. Two pages damaged with tear. Rare !

76. Hoffer, Leopold.

Chess – With numerous diagrams. Revised and brought up to date by J. du Mont.

24th impression. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951. 19 cm. XIII, 224 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

77. [Hofland, Barbara] / Hofland, Mrs. [Barbara Wreakes].

Ellen, The Teacher – A Tale for Youth.

A New Edition. London, John Harris, c.1840. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, 185 pages plus two unnumbered pages of a catalogue of books published by Barbara Hofland [″The following Works, written by the same AUthor, may be had of the Publisher”]. Hardcover / Original half-leather of the time with gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed and corners bumped strongly. Binding very firm and fully intact. Some browning and pencil – marks inside. Very Rare publication by one of the most successful female authors of children’s books, educational and moral stories in the early 19th century.

78. Home Mechanic Series / Noel D.Green /

[Historical Knowledge of How to Build]: 1.Bookcases, Tables and Chairs / 2. Concrete, Stone and Brickwork by Noel D.Green / 3. Garages, Greenhouses and Sheds / 4. Toys & Models / 5. Woodworking / 6. Cabinet Making for the Amateur.

6 Volumes. London, C.Arthur Pearson, 1947 – 1950. Octavo (13 cm x 19 cm). 194, 149, 174, 177, 184, 159 pages with hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Original Hardcover with the original dustjackets. All Volumes with the rare dustjackets with some fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare books in this condition.

79. Hoyle, Edmond.

Hoyle’s Games Improved : Being practical Treatises on the following fashionable Games, viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-Gammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton’s Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.

London, Printed for W. Wood in Fleet-Street, 1778. Small Octavo (9.5 cm x 15 cm). XI, 216 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Spine professionally repaired, original endpapers preserved. Name of preowner “Desproz” on titlepage. A little dusty but overall very desirable and very rare publication.

80. 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.

81. Illustration of Professions in French Children’s Books – [Magasin des Enfans].

Le Bureau Typographique: Livre élémentaire, À l’usage des Enfans. Orné de 24 Jolis Tableaux des Arts Et Métiers, Propres à Intéresser la Curiosité des Enfans, et à leur faire aimer la Lecture.

Premiere Edition. À Londres [London], Au Magasin des Enfans, chez Didier & Tebbett, 1808. Duodecimo (13.5 cm x 9 cm). IV, 108 pp. Reliure originale / Original Hardcover in modern, bespoke built solander-box with title-label. Collation complete. No endpapers. Includes all 24 engravings. One plate (″Epicier”) with small tear and paperloss (illustration not effected). Some pages loosened. Binding fragile and nearly detached. A little rough but very rare and still in collectable condition.

82. Jacobs, Joseph. [Ed].

Indian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten.

New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (12), 255 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, including creasing to jacket and minor paper loss to spine. Internally in very good condition, other than some text annotations. [Dover Children’s Classics].

83. 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.

84. Kelman, Janet Harvey / Wood, Theodore.

The Sea Shore Shown to Children. Forty-Eight Illustrations,

London & Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, No year [c.1907]. 12 cm x 16.5 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 143 pages. 48 colour illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt lettering and bordering to front board carrying pictoral. Deckled fore- and tail- edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine cloth faded. Tanned endpapers. Occasional hints of foxing to otherwise bright and clean interior. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. [Shown to the Children Series, No. 4]

85. 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].

86. 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].

87. Kok, Truida.

De Vlierkamp. Geillustreed door Miep de Feijter.

Alkmaar, N.V. Gebr. Kluitman, c.1930. 15 cm x 23.2 cm. 202 pages. No illustration inside. Original Illustrated Hardcover. Binding a little shaky ! Still good condition of the binding. Noticeable wear and damage to the spine. Lines in pen and a few stains on the title page. Interior is very clean. Inscribed by pre-owners on title page. Pre-owners name on the endpaper. Dutch Edition.

88. Konigsburg, E.L.

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

New York, Dell Publishing / Doubleday, 1977. 13 x 19cm. 162 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Good condition, fading and bumping to jacket and spine, minor signs of wear between pages 130 and 155. [A Dell Yearling Book].

89. Lang, Andrew. [Ed].

The Blue Fairy Book.

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, n.d. (c.1950). 14 x 21cm. 428 pages, with colour frontispiece and black and white text illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Poor condition ! Cloth lost from spine, although the joint is still firm. Some bumping and wear to edges and corners of boards. Internally in good condition, other than text markings to contents page.

90. Levin, Betty.

Starshine and Sunglow. Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith.

First Edition. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1994. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 91 pages. Nine black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Light stain on rear of dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author Betty Levin to Masako Haugaard on the title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

91. [Lofting, Hugh]. Schiffer, E.L. [translation].

Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere. Mit Einer Einleitung von Oskar Loerke.

German Language Translation. Berlin, Cecile Dressler Verlag, c.1954. 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear, including slight damage to corners of hardcover.

92. Lupton, Hugh / Morden, Daniel.

The Adventures of Odysseus. Illustrated by Christina Balit.

Oxford, Barefoot Books Ltd., 2010. 14 x 21cm. 128 pages, with colour illustrations throughout. Original softcover with French flaps. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Handwritten dedication by author on title page.

93. Manning-Sanders, Ruth.

A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques.

London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book].

94. [Masereel, Frans] Institut für Buchgestaltung Leipzig.

Buchkunst / Internationale Beiträge zur Buchgestaltung – Dritter Band / [Including 16 pages on the artist Frans MAsereel – with a short biography and some examples of his Woodcut – Work / With a chapter on Oskar Zech- A Master of Typography / Ein Meister der Typographie / With a wonderful chapter on international children’s books].

Dresden, Verlag der Kunst, 1959. 21.5 cm x 30.2 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to page margins, edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Otherwise bright and clean.

95. McAlpine, Helen & William.

Japanese Tales and Legends. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1979. 13.8 cm x 22.3 cm. 212 pages. Black and white illustrations within text. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

96. Meigs, Cornelia et. al.

A Critical history of Children’s Literature. A survey of children’s books in English. Prepared in four parts. Decorations by Vera Bock.

First edition. New York, Macmillan, 1953. 24 cm. XXIVI, 624 pages. Frontispiece illustration. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Spine has noticeable rubbing and a tear at its bottom. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. With a private giftinscription to Erik Haugaard to the endpaper.

97. Menzel, Hans.

Hupferl und Tupferl. Die klugen Erfinder. Mit Bildern von Rudolf Brezik. Idee und Verse: Hans Menzel.

Erste Auflage. Leipzig, Leipziger Kinderbuchverlag, 2005. 30 x 20,5 cm. Unpaginiert. Ca. 30 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

98. Monsell, J. R.

Polichinelle – Old Nursery Songs of France. Translated, Set and illustrated by J.R.Monsell.

Bilingual Nursery Rhymes (english / french). London, Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, no year [1928]. Octavo. 55 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fragile / Binding a little shaky. Some Pages cleanly detached. Stamped: “Complimentary copy” on titlepage.

99. [More, Hannah] & [Sherwood, Mary Martha] / [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Sammelband / Collection with 18 rare Children’s Books bound in One Miniature Volume. The Volume includes [chronologically]: 1. Hannah More – “The Lancashire Collier Girl – A True Story”. London, 1847. (29 pages with Frontispice and three text-illustrations) / 2. “The Obedient Child” – Luke II.40-52 (Prayer in Poetry-Form) / 16 pages. No Titlepage. No year of Printing / 3. “Martha Brown; or, The Industrious Daughter”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 4. “The Deaf and Dumb Girl”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 5. “The Effects of Disobedience”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 6. “The Baker’s Boy”. London, 1847. (15 pages with Frontispice) / 7. “Dick and his Mother”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 8. “The Sun behind the Cloud”. 8 pages (text complete but without titlepage and year) / 9. “The Cockchafers”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 10. “The Blind Sailor”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 11. “Good-Nature Rewarded”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 12. “Robin Red-Breast”. 8 pages. (Text complete with Text-illustration but without titlepage and year) / 13. Mrs. Sherwood [That is: “Mary Martha Sherwood”] – “Soffrona and her Cat Muff”. New Edition. London, Printed for Houlston and Co., 1850 – Bound with the two beautiful printed wrappers and including the Frontispice and six text-illustrations / 14. [Hannah More] – “The Ostrich”. London, 1845. (16 pages with Frontispice-Illustration of an Ostrich and an additional text-illustration of a running Ostrich) / 15. “Effects of the Love of Finery; or. The Two Servant Girls”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 16. “The Cottage on the Cliffs”. London, 1847. (16 pages with Frontispice) / 17. “The History of Tom White The Postilion”. In Two Parts. New edition. London, no year [c.1847]. Complete in two Parts. 80 pages with Frontispice and 14 Text-Illustrations. Minor staining to edge. Two pages with a minor tear. / 18. “The Barbary Doves”. London, [no year, c.1847]. 31 pages with Frontispice. Minor staining to edge.

London, Published for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1847. Miniature Binding: 7.5 cm wide x 10 cm high. Hardcover / 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering on spine [″Stories”] and marbled-paper-covered boards. Binding firm. Bottom Spine with minor damage. Page 17 repaired. Receding Ink-stain to endpapers, Frontispice and first 29 pages. Interior otherwise very good. Very rare collection of moralizing 19th century children’s stories.

100. Morris, Willie.

A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season. Illustrated by Barry Moser.

San Diego / New York / London, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 18.8 cm x 19.9 cm. Unpaginated (28 pages). Colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Slipcase still in protective film. As New condition with only minor signs of external wear. This edition has been specially bound and is limited to three hundred copies signed by the author and illustrator. This copy is number 74.