91. 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.

92. 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).

93. 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.

94. 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.

95. Foreman-Lewis, Elisabeth.

Jung Fu wird Kupferschmied [Third German Edition of “Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, 1932”]. Leben und Abenteuer eines wackeren Chinesenjungen von Elisabeth Foreman-Lewis. Zeichnungen und Buchschmuck von Kurt Wiese.

Salzburg-Lepizig, Pustet, o.J. ca. 1940. 8°. 248 Seiten. Original Hardcover (without dustjacket). Minor signs of foing to the binding only. Interior in excellent condition.

96. Sowerby, J.G. / Crane, Thomas / Keary, Eliza.

At Home Again.

First Edition. London / Belfast / New York. Marcus Ward & Co Limited, 1886. 22.5cm x 22cm. 59 pages. With beautiful illustrations (stunning chromolithographs). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Good condition with minor external signs of wear. Some foxing and bumped edges. Binding a little shaky.

97. 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.

98. 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”.

99. 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. Original, decorative and illustrated Publisher’s 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 !

100. 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.