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Rare books in their First edition state.
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1940 Scarce 1stED Book - A Fairy's Garland of B. C. Flowers by Dorothea Allison
Author: Dorothea Allison.Illustrator: Janet Middleton.Title: A Fairy’s Garland of B.C. Flowers.Publisher: Vernon, B.C.: Printed in Canada by The Ve...
View full details1932 First De Luxe Edition - Andersen Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham
The first Arthur Rackham-illustrated edition of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, published by Harrap in 1932, in the publisher’s de luxe gree...
View full details1926 First Edition illustrated by Frederick Richardson - Andersen’s Fairy Tales
An attractive 1926 Andersen collection, richly illustrated by Frederick Richardson and preserved in its bright orange pictorial binding. Author: Ha...
View full details1877 Scarce First Edition - Baron Gravenstein in Fairyland by T. H. Chandler
An unusually attractive Victorian fairyland tale, preserved in its original green gilt cloth and full of moral fantasy charm. Author: T. H...
View full details1894 Rare First Edition - A Farm in Fairyland by Laurence Housman, Illustrated
The 1894 first American edition of Laurence Housman’s A Farm in Fairyland, written and illustrated by the author, in its original pictorial cloth b...
View full details1963 Rare First Limited Edition #561- The Planet of the Apes, Planete des Singes
A numbered 1963 French issue of Pierre Boulle’s La Planète des Singes, identified in its colophon as an “édition originale numérotée”; copy no. 000...
View full details1907 Rare First Edition - The Peter Pan Alphabet Illustrated by Oliver Herford
Scarce and wonderfully inventive, this 1907 first edition turns J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan into a playful illustrated alphabet, entirely conceived by...
View full details1915 Rare 1stED - Those Mysterious Children illustrated by Honor C. Appleton
An attractive and rare Edwardian children’s novel, beautifully illustrated in colour by Honor C. Appleton, whose delicate figures and soft palette ...
View full details1886 Rare First UK Edition - The Startling Exploits of Dr Quies by Paul Celiere
An uncommon and wonderfully illustrated Victorian adventure tale, this first UK edition of Paul Célière’s eccentric Dr. Quiès is especially appeali...
View full details2020 Signed Limited Ed. - Letters from Fairyland by Charles van Sandwyk #48/250
Author: Charles van Sandwyk.Title: Letters from Fairyland. Written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk.Publisher: London, The Folio Society, 20...
View full details1912 Rare 1stED - ELFIN SONG, A Book of Verse and Pictures by Florence Harrison
An enchanting first edition of Florence Harrison’s celebrated fairy poetry book, richly illustrated with mounted colour plates and elaborate black-...
View full details2018 - Collection of Little People Common to the Forest Signed by C. van Sandwyk
An enchanting signed First Edition by Charles van Sandwyk, combining marbled-paper craftsmanship, delicate calligraphy, and a remarkable accordion-...
View full details1911 Rare First Illustrated Edition by Anne Anderson - Aucassin and Nicolette
An exceptionally attractive 1911 edition of the medieval romance Aucassin and Nicolette, translated by Harold Child and beautifully illustrated by ...
View full details1933 Nice Bayntun Binding- La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Illustrated
An elegant 1933 bilingual edition of Dante’s complete Divine Comedy, handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath in full red morocco with gilt decoration a...
View full details2008 Signed Limited First Edition - Wind in the Willows by Charles van Sandwyk
The 2008 Folio Society Centenary Edition of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk and limited to 1,000 copi...
View full details1908 First Edition Illustrated by Rackham - Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream
The celebrated 1908 First Rackham Illustrated Edition of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, complete with all forty luminous tipped-in colour...
View full details1914 Rare 1stED - Our Sentimental Garden Illustrated by Charles Robinson
The first edition of Agnes and Egerton Castle’s affectionate portrait of their English garden, beautifully illustrated by Charles Robinson with eig...
View full details1990 Signed First Edition - A Brighter Garden by Emily Dickinson and Tasha Tudor
An exceptionally attractive signed First Edition of Emily Dickinson’s seasonal poetry, selected by Karen Ackerman and illustrated throughout with T...
View full details1895 First Edition - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Brock, Bayntun-Riviere
The first Charles E. Brock illustrated edition of Jane Austen’s enduring masterpiece, published by Macmillan in 1895 and presented in a superb full...
View full details1912 Rare First Edition - Bill the Minder illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
The first American edition of W. Heath Robinson’s wonderfully eccentric Bill the Minder, lavishly illustrated by the author with sixteen mounted co...
View full details1911 Rare Book - At the Back of the North Wind Illustrated by Frank C. Pape
A particularly attractive early illustrated edition of George MacDonald’s great fantasy classic, combining Frank C. Papé’s dreamlike colour plates ...
View full details2019 Signed First Edition - Alice in Wonderland, Charles van Sandwyk Illustrator
A beautifully produced signed Folio Society edition of Lewis Carroll’s enduring classic, transformed by Charles van Sandwyk’s exquisitely whimsical...
View full details1918 Scarce First Edition - Japanese Fairy Tales by Lafcadio Hearn
A scarce early American collection of Japanese folklore, bringing together Lafcadio Hearn’s celebrated retellings with traditional tales adapted by...
View full details1950 First UK Arthur Rackham Illustrated Edition - The Wind in the Willows
A charming 1950 First British Arthur Rackham Illustrated Edition of Kenneth Grahame’s beloved classic The Wind in the Willows, featuring Rackham’s ...
View full details2000 Scarce Signed 1stED- The Gnome King’s Treasure Song by Charles van Sandwyk
A beautiful signed First Edition of The Gnome King’s Treasure Song by Charles van Sandwyk, featuring exquisite hand-coloured illustrations, whimsic...
View full details1910 Rare First Edition - Edmund Dulac's Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
A magnificent First Edition of The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, illustrated by Edmund Dulac with 30 exquisite colour plates, in its excep...
View full details1999 First Edition- Animal Wisdom written and illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
A beautiful signed First Edition of Animal Wisdom by Charles van Sandwyk, presented in its distinctive blue pictorial binding, with exquisite water...
View full details1910 First Miniature Edition - The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
A charming 1910 First Miniature Edition of Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark, retaining Henry Holiday’s remarkable original illustrations an...
View full details1920 Bayntun First Rowland Wheelwright Illustrated Edition- The Three Musketeers
The first Rowland Wheelwright-illustrated edition of Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (1920), with sixteen colour plates, in a signed full-ca...
View full details2008 Rare First Edition - Mr. Rabbit's Symphony of Nature by Charles van Sandwyk
A beautiful and scarce limited first edition of Mr. Rabbit's Symphony of Nature by Charles van Sandwyk, featuring exquisite colour illustrations, e...
View full details2018 Scarce Triptych - Splendid Crow Field Guide to Decent Humans by van Sandwyk
A scarce and enchanting first edition of Charles van Sandwyk's Splendid Crow, an exquisitely illustrated fold-out artist's booklet celebrating the ...
View full details1879 Scarce First Edition – Cornertown Legends, Kathleen Knox Presentation Copy
A scarce and beautifully illustrated 1879 first edition of Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore by Kathleen Knox, featuring twenty charmi...
View full details1914 Scarce First Edition, Leporello - Robinson Crusoe by Willy Pogány
An uncommon first edition of Robinson Crusoe illustrated by Willy Pogány, presented in an ingenious double-sided leporello (concertina) format, wit...
View full details1900 Scarce French First Edition - Emile Nelligan, Soirees du Chateau de Ramezay
A scarce and important first edition of Les Soirées du Château de Ramezay (1900), a landmark of Quebec literary history featuring the first appeara...
View full details2023 Rare First Edition - Will O' The Wisps, Pictured by Charles van Sandwyk
A delightful and scarce production from Charles van Sandwyk’s Fairy Press, featuring enchanting watercolour illustrations, whimsical verse, and a b...
View full details2015 Rare Signed First Edition- Tree Whispers Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk
A beautifully produced and signed first edition of Tree Whispers by Charles van Sandwyk, a poetic celebration of the enchanted natural world, featu...
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