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
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[London]: Hacon & Ricketts [and] Iohannes (John) Lane [Vale Press], [1901]. Ricketts, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 310 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 31 pp., the first printing with Ricketts illustrations, all text in Latin. The story of "Cupid and Psyche" has been retold countless times, appearing first..... 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: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1932). Rackham, Arthur. First and Limited Edition. Vellum. First edition with Rackham illustrations, one of 575 copies, octavo size, 48 pp., signed by Arthur Rackham. A perfect convergence of "one of the earliest English examples of a fantasy written specifically for a child" (which..... More
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1932). Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Wraps. First trade with Rackham illustrations, octavo size, 48 pp. A perfect convergence of "one of the earliest English examples of a fantasy written specifically for a child" (which may have had a direct effect upon George MacDonald..... 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
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[Vancouver, B.C.]: HM [Heavenly Monkey], 2022. Bachinski, Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 30 copies, octavo size, the two stories with 26 total pp., signed by Walter Bachinsky, with a printed version of the HM prospectus. Heavenly Monkey includes the tag line on their web site of "Publisher of elusive..... More
[Easthampton, MA]: The Chamberlain Press, (1978). Chamberlain, Sarah. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 120 copies, sixmo size, 24 pp., signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785-1863 and 1786-1859, respectively), known as the Brothers Grimm, have popularised European folk tales such as "Rapunzel", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White"..... More
[Chefoo, China]: [Women's Bible School, Self Help Dept., Presbyterian Mission], [1930]. String Binding. Wraps covered with cloth, oblong octavo size, [8] leaves of heavy paper, [7] leaves of glassine with text, with separate descriptive leaf loosely laid in. Temple Hill Cut-Outs, "are an adaption of figures of animals, plants, insects..... More