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
[Covelo, California]: The Yolla Bolly Press, (1987). Wikstrom, Karin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 94 of 135 copies, folio size (oblong), 103 pp., with prospectus, signed by Karin Wikstrom. Theodora Kroeber (1887-1979) was a writer and anthropologist, best known for writing the biography of Ishi, the last member of the Yahi..... More
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with 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 India..... 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
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
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(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
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. Yeats, J.B. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 224 pp. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is acknowledged by many as "supreme among modern Irish poets". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 (the first Irish to be so recognized), at which time..... More