Utrecht, The Netherlands: Catharijne Press, 1984. 20pp. One of 100 copies, with an artistic photogravure frontispiece by Johan de Zoete, which is signed and numbered. The two poems are "To Helen," and "Annabel Lee." Extremely fine oblong miniature; the first published by Catharijne Press. Bound in black morocco with a...... More
Zuilichem: Catharijne Press, 1995. 58pp. From a total edition of 190, this is one of fifteen special edition copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Captain Lemuel Gulliver and a map showing the location of Lilliput, by Arne Zuidhoek. Includes an Introduction by Richard Sympson. The text is Chapter 1..... More
Kaposvàr: 1986. (94)pp. With nineteen postage stamps from Paraguay, all of cats, as illustrations. Text is in Hungarian and includes several short selections about cats. A fine copy in brown leather with a stamped image on the front over of two cats and the title. (2 5/8 by 2 9/16;..... More
N.p. Margaret Challenger, 1999. (8)ff.; (8)ff., bound dos-à-dos. One of fifteen copies. This manuscript's story, book design, and calligraphy are by Margaret Challenger, who also made the marbled-paper wrappers. She highlights various words throughout the natural landscape that include the word "Cat" or related terms, including "cattleya orchids," "tiger lilies,"..... More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1987. Small quarto. (28)pp. One of 200 copies, signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Beautifully illustrated with color linoleum cuts by Chamberlain, many of which cover three-quarters of a page. All are printed with the rhymes within a color decorated border. Very fine in blue cloth-backed boards. More
(Portland, OR: Chamberlain Press, 1980-85). Small octavo. (112)ff. A collection of 105 engravings, all signed and numbered in pencil by Sarah Chamberlain. These hail from her major publications printed in the early 1980s via the Chamberlain Press: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1979), A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1981)..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Chamberlain Press, 1978. Octavo. (6)ff., frenchfold. One of 100 copies, signed by the artist. Designed, printed, and illustrated by Chamberlain. Lear's poem tells of an old man "who invented a purely original dress"; it was edible. Printed in two colors on beige Japanese paper and illustrated with two..... More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1980. 24mo. (10)ff. One of 150 copies, signed by Chamberlain. Illustrated with eleven wood engravings depicting rowdy rats and the hapless inhabitants of Hamlin. Printed on Hosho paper and bound in marbled paper boards with leather spine label. Fine. More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1982. Small octavo. (20)ff. One of 125 copies, signed by the artist, Sarah Chamberlain. Contains eleven whimsical poems by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated with seventeen wood engravings cut and hand-colored by Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in patterned boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine..... More
(Vienna, VA): Jo Ann Reisler, (1982). From an edition of 150, this is one of thirty-five copies hand-colored and signed by the artist, Sarah Chamberlain. A 28-panel panorama bestiary, with each letter of the alphabet illustrated with a different bird or animal in a winsome wood engraving. Accompanied by an..... More
1977. A delightful 15 by 11-inch painting of a large gnarled tree, its branches forming a leafy canopy over a portion of meadow grown thick with green grasses and pink thistle. The tree is painted with a wooden sign nailed crookedly to its trunk, bearing the artist's signature and date..... More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1983. Octavo. (16)pp. From an edition of 125 copies, this is one of twenty-five deluxe copies signed by Chamberlain and with an extra signed print. This well-loved tale is designed, printed, and illustrated with ten delightful wood engravings by Chamberlain. The book is bound by Barbara..... More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1985. (18)ff. One of 150 copies, signed by the artist. Illustrated by Sarah Chamberlain with sixteen wood-engravings. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in marbled boards, with spine label. Fine. More
Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1977. (24)pp., frenchfold. One of 150 copies, signed by the printer/illustrator, Sarah Chamberlain. Illustrated with ten charming wood engravings, the text is the first English poem for children intended for sheer amusement. This is Chamberlain's first book commission and the Bromers' first miniature book..... More
Baltimore: William Raine, (c. 1840). 24mo. (8)ff. Hand-colored engravings on every page illustrate clever Jack Horner's tale of generosity and moral rectitude. Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, with advertisements on the back cover. Light soiling to interior, some edgewear, else near fine. More
New Haven: S. Babcock, (c. 1840). 48mo. 16pp. Seven full-page illustrations of elephants. An naturalistic and moral introduction to elephants, including their habits, environments, and uses, with unsubtle scoffs toward animal cruelty. Minimal expected wear, else fine in yellow printed wrappers. More
(N.p. c. 1850). 24mo. (8)pp. Illustrated in black & white throughout. The intrigue of this booklet originates from its likely pirated content. The engravings are eclectic—an image of a rabbit is accompanied by the British royal seal and the seal of the Ancient Order of Foresters—and poorly printed. Also included..... More
NY: Baker, Crane & Day. 64mo. 8pp. A sweet collection of lyrics using a question-and-answer motif to laud the wonderful characteristics of the author's mother. Each stanza is headed by an engraving showing mother and child at progressive stages in the child's development, from sleeping in a bassinet to praying..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, 1850. 16mo. 16pp. Illustrated with wood-engraved title-page vignette and fifteen additional images throughout. The cries of various tradespeople that were once heard around London—from the seller of cat and dog meat, to the dustman—illustrated, and accompanied by a short verse about that person's trade. One of..... More
Jaffna: Strong & Asbury Printers, 1873. 48mo. (8)pp. Illustrated with a woodcut title-page decoration, plus two others in the text. An American-style chapbook, entirely in Tamil. Printed at what was formerly a print shop belonging to missionaries, but which by about 1855 was owned and operated by native Sri Lankans..... More
London: Dean & Son, (c. 1860). 32mo. 8pp. Engravings of bucolic English scenes adorn the prose tale of the pious Dutch farmer and his influence on British soldiers, and the following poem entitled "The Seed and the Prayer". Very rare, with no physical institutional holdings, and even rarer for its..... More
NY: Stephen M. Crane, 1847. 48mo. 16pp. Woodcuts throughout illustrate the moral tale of the brothers Frank and Harry, as well as the final page's concluding description of an ostrich. Bound in pale blue printed wrappers. Trace stains to covers, inch-long tear along spine, inconsequential foxing to interior, else near..... More
Boston: Taggard & Thompson, 1858. 16mo. 31pp. Nine full-page color engravings, illustrating key scene's in the titular fox's antics in his journey to find food for his family. He finds a farm, confounds the animals, and captures a goose, only to again resort to his cunning ways to escape the..... More
Boston: Mayhew & Baker, 1858. Square octavo. (32)pp., including wrappers. One of the Fireside Picture Books. Illustrated with nine large engravings and two smaller vignettes by "Morte". Each illustration is accompanied by one of the nine verses from the Mother Goose nursery rhyme, "There was a Little Man, and he..... More
New Haven: J. Babcock, 1822. 16mo. 32 pp. Illustrated with eight plates, each bearing two engravings by Alexander Anderson. This is the first part of an abridged version of Hundred Wonders of the World, also published by Babcock, and for which an advertisement appears on the title-page verso. The text..... More
