Saint Petersburg: [Dmitry Sayenko], 2015-2016. Sayenko, Dmitry. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number XI of XVIII copies, folio size, 40 pp., numbered and signed by Dmitry Sayenko. Mary Bartlett, bookbinding tutor at Dartington Hall (which is credited on the title page), has a passion for unicorns. Her short story text..... More
![Murat,hee translation of Esop's Fables ["Aesop's Fables"]. Sadashiva Kashinath Chhatri](/pictures/thumb/19121601_1.JPG?v=1590608644)
Bombay: Ganpat Krishna Ji, 1849. Full calf. Octavo size, 298 pp., with 189 illustrations, in Marathi. "Aesop's Fables" have been with us for centuries; they are credited to Aesop, a storyteller (who was also a slave) believed to have lived in ancient Greece somewhere around 600 BCE. However, since the..... More
London: Luzac & Co., 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 216 pp. The turn of the last century was a time of a great number of missionaries, most with only the best of intentions, visiting the far corners of the world to assist in education. Bess Allen Donaldson (1879-1974) and..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Leather bound. First trade edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, in a custom binding by Bayntun, octavo size, 142 pp. The charming fairy tale of a water nymph who falls in love with a knight, by German writer Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué..... More
Montreal: Privately Printed [for Charles Corbett Ronalds by The Ronalds Company Limited], 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. First separate printing, one of 350 copies, octavo size, 17 pp. Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) had in his family background blood both Greek and Arab, Irish and Gypsy. Born in Greece, raised in Ireland..... More
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, ca. 1905. Cardboard covers. 15th edition, quarto size, 24 pp., all text in German. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) although a successful psychiatrist, is remembered primarily for his children's stories - Struwwelpeter, his first book, being one of the most famous. While the stories may strike us today..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with additional Rackham illustrations on enlarged paper, quarto size, 568 pp., in original dust jacket. This book was first published in 1898 with only twelve illustrations, this being the first trade edition of the newly enlarged..... More
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with original prospectus. A spiritual romance themed around a man's fight to attain eternal life, with parables and stories to spark the imagination. Based on the original text written around 100 A.D. in..... More
Munich: Orchis-Verlag, (1922). Masjutin, Wassilij. Hardcover. Folio size, 68 pp., in German. Russian poet and novelist Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), considered the founder of modern Russian literature, wrote "Ruslan and Ludmilla", an epic fairy tale filled with adventure, magic, and love; it tells of the knight Ruslan who goes on..... More
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1933). Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, octavo size, 287 pp. The work of Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy and fairy tale subjects, is still loved and collected today. Rackham contributed illustrations to..... More
London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with Rackham illustrations. British illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in printing technology. The subtle colours and thin lines were unlike anything that had..... More
San Francisco: Didymus Press [printed at The Press in Tuscany Alley], 1974. Arnold, Ann. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, quarto size, [51] pp. The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (Märchen or Das Märchen) is a fairy tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), first published in 1795..... More
![Pryderi, [A Tale from the Mabinogin]. Welsh Traditional Literature, Kyffin Williams, Artist](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1101_1.JPG?v=1496112596)
(Newton, Powys): (Gwasg Gregynog, 1998), 1998. Williams, Kyffin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 245 of 350, folio size, 41 pp., signed by Kyffin Williams. The four tales known as "The Four Branches of the Mabinogi" together constitute the chief glory of Welsh medieval prose literature. Pryderi is the only character to..... More
[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press, [1950]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 500 copies, folio size, 20 pp. Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was the first professional anthropologist to actually live with those he was studying; he lived with them for five years, learning their language and culture and ultimately gaining their acceptance..... More