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A signed original drawing in ink over pencil by Birch, who is best known for illustrating Burnett's classic work for children, Little Lord Fauntleroy, published in 1886. Fauntleroy is immediately recognizable in his plumed hat and lace-trimmed velvet suit, standing near a little girl in a costume typical of Kate... more

Price: $1,850.00

4ff. in a single, unopened quire. Printed by James Hayden Wells when he was less than thirteen years of age. Short verse about an encounter between two cats, one older and one in its frisky youth. Light foxing, else fine in plain greenish-gray wrappers. (1 11/16 by 1 5/16; 40x... more

Price: $175.00

Octavo. (120)pp. Twenty pages of this ledger contain hand-written notes for the whaling bark Morning Star from New Bedford during an Atlantic voyage from August, 1862 to April, 1863; the remaining pages are blank. "Slops" is a naval term referring to a sailor's outfit and items of equipment, and the... more

Price: $600.00

Single leaf measuring 5 by 7 3/4 inches. A drawing of a young man and woman glancing shyly at each other, with their noses drawn in an angular fashion so as to point at each other. Below the figures is penned words "i cant [sic] stop long this time." A... more

Price: $850.00

(12)ff. Twelve engravings of animals, labeled in German, including "Wildschwein" (wild pig) and "Stinkthier" (skunk). Hand-colored in naïve folk-art style. Printed on one side only. A few of the blank pages show contemporary child's writing. In blue and orange patterned wrappers, with some wear. A rare survival. (1 7/8 by... more

Price: $350.00

Oblong small quarto. 14ff. manuscript album of fifteen illustrated, nonsensical limericks after Edward Lear, featuring comical characters, like the Old Man from the Cape and his Barbary ape. The illustrations are just as diverting as the verse, populated with wide-eyed creatures and caricatures of monstrous men. The images and text... more

Price: $1,250.00

Octavo. Single-sheet valentine. This "cobweb"-style valentine was so-named for its intricate lacework and circular central device, which, in this instance, is decorated with flowers. This circular element pulls out, creating a delicate, detailed peep show labeled, "Road to Happiness," which depicts two lovers sitting on a bench in a garden... more

Price: $750.00

Cased stipple-engraved picture, hand-colored, with cut-out figures. Image is circular and measures seven inches in diameter, within a frame that measures 12 by 14 by 3 inches. The picture shows a boy playing the pipe and drums, while activating a pair of dancing dolls on a plank of wood with... more

Price: $1,350.00

Single folio sheet, on which is printed twenty rebus cards, to be cut out. Each card has a very fine hand-colored stipple engraving. A few examples are: a man bowing before a statue of Cupid, a sunset, three children sledding, and Napoleon sitting on an upper-case "B." The sheet measures... more

Price: $750.00

Group of ephemera printed at the Vale Press between 1896 and 1903 containing twenty-two order forms, seven book lists, and four notices, two of which are duplicates. Three of the order forms are printed in red and black, and many of the pieces contain decorative woodcut elements. Light foxing and... more

Price: $1,250.00

Octavo. 25 pp. The text of Morris's address is printed here by the Chiswick Press. This copy was bound by the Doves Bindery in 1900 in full green morocco, and features gilt corner designs of rose leaves in groups of threes, double rules, and dots and gouges. This design is... more

Price: $2,250.00

(15)ff. An oblong, miniature manuscript album of thirteen tiny watercolor paintings, followed by two pages of music, titled "Etude," written in a miniscule hand. Although done on such a small scale, the illustrations are detailed and colored with delicate precision. Depicted are whimsical subjects, including branches of flowers, ducklings on... more

Price: $2,250.00

Oblong octavo. (24) ff. A panorama which opens out to show a colorful wedding procession of musicians, vintners, farmworkers, and costumed villagers. The Roman goddesses of the harvest, Ceres and Pales, follow their attendants in ox-drawn chariots, and Bacchus' chariot is pulled by fat Sileni and fauns, wearing vines and... more

Price: $750.00

Octavo. (v)ff., 192pp. First edition, second issue. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Carroll's enduring tale of a child's dreamworld was first issued in 1865 by Macmillan and Company of London, but Carroll and Tenniel were unhappy with the print quality of the illustrations and canceled the issue, insisting that... more

Price: $9,750.00

Octavo. (26)ff. A manuscript alphabet book of calligraphic paintings, signed by the artist. Includes title page, twenty-four letters, and "Fin." A renowned nineteenth-century Swiss calligrapher and miniature-painter, Midolle executed his alphabets in the gothic style of lettering to resemble the text of a medieval manuscript, and often decorated his work... more

Price: $17,500.00

Oblong quarto. 48ff. A total of forty-eight alphabets, one to a page, printed in various colors including brown, blue, green, red, and black. Bound in purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front cover and ornamentation to each corner in blind. Top board somewhat bowed; toning to spine and... more

Price: $200.00

Two oblong octavo volumes comprising seven parts. (118); (120); (122); (122); (120); 120; (ii), 120; (iv), (124)pp. A collection of sheet music and lyrics for pianoforte gathered from a variety of composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. This set features wrap-around fore-edge paintings by modern British artist Clare Brooksbank on... more

Price: $4,500.00

A near-miniature English translation of this medieval French story. Bound in full leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with gilt decorations on the spine, board edges, and turn-ins, and five raised bands. T.e.g. Spine and rear board faded irregularly where another book sat, edges lightly worn, and offsetting onto endpapers, otherwise... more

Price: $125.00