[New York]: The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Press of A. Colish], (1967). Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 240 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly letter and announcement. Ballads - or, "the singing of story" - have a long history... More
Prag [Prague]: Adolf Kuranda, (1860). Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court, succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who, along with his father before him, were both artists... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. Sendak, Maurice. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing with Maurice Sendak illustrations, two volumes (complete), duodecimo size, 362 total pp. A collection of beloved tales by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm (1785-1863 and 1786-1859, respectively), this two-volume set contains classic fairy tales such as "Repunzel"... More
[n. p.]: Privately Printed for The Pierre Louÿs Society, 1928. Felix, Franz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 933 copies, unnumbered, quarto size, 219 pp. Ostensibly a translation of poems by a Greek woman named Bilitis, a contemporary of Sappho, in actuality "The Songs of Bilitis" was written by Pierre Louÿs..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. Lawson, Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, [68] pp. A charming history of the author's family, this volume is replete with Robert Lawson's (1892-1957) meticulous line drawings. The book won the Calecott Medal in 1941, and, so far, Lawson is the only... More