- Box sl. browned; corners bumped. Contents fine.
= One of 350 numb. copies of the DELUXE edition on handmade paper, SIGNED by the illustrator.
- Frontcover sl. foxed; large waterstain on backcover.
= Walter Crane's Picture Books Vol. III. Contains Cinderella (1873), Puss in Boots (1873) and Valentine & Orson. Cf. Spencer, p.46 and 57; Osborne I, p.26/27. Rare.
AND 1 other: O. WILDE, The Happy Prince and Other Tales (London, 1907, 5th impr., ills. by W. CRANE and J. HOOD, orig. boards).
- Contents fine. Bindings sl. browned and w. a few stains; sl. worn along extremities.
= Spencer, Walter Crane p.106: "(...) [his] first and finest flower book (...)". Cf. Massé, p.39.
Idem. Queen Summer or the Tourney of the Lily & the Rose. Ibid., idem, 1891, 1st ed., 40,(1),9(advert.)p., (full-p.) col. lithogr. ills., endpapers and orig. clothbacked dec. boards by W. CRANE, bound as a blockbook, 4to.
- Contents fine. Boards trifle/ sl. soiled; sl. worn along extremities.
= Massé p.41; Spencer, Walter Crane p.137/ 138.
- Upper hinge broken; occas. trifle soiled, otherwise contents fine. Binding sl. soiled and sl. worn along extremities.
= Massé p.58; Spencer p.138; Houfe p.271.
- Corners and lower board edges sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
= Massé p.37; Spencer, Walter Crane p.91; Osborne I, p.59: "The sketches were made to amuse Crane's eldest son, Lionel, and were originally intended "strictly for home consumption".
- Mounted schoolprize on upper pastedown, dated July 25th 1889(?). Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Cf. Massé p.34.
Idem. The Baby's Opera. A book of old rhymes with new dresses. London & New York, F. Warne & Co. Ltd., n.d. (±1919), 56p., num. col. lithogr. ills. and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by W. CRANE.
- Endpapers trifle foxed, otherwise contents fine. Boards sl. worn along extremities. = Cf. Massé, p.30.
- Trifle foxed. Corners sl. rubbed.
= New series of Picture Books No.1. Massé, p.13; Spencer, p.95; Gumuchian 1933 ("24 splendid coloured plates by Walter Crane").
Willebeek Le Mair, H. Schumann Album of Children's Piece for Piano. London, Augener, n.d. (1913), 28p., col. title-vignette, 12 col. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards w. mounted plate by H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR, 4to.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Covers sl. foxed; corners sl. worn.
= Heller 5A, note: later impression w. the publisher's address of both Augener Ltd and David McKay on frontcover.
AND 4 others, i.a. a fine copy of G. JAMES, Toby and his Little Dog Tan or the Great Detective of Fairy-Land (ibid., 1903, num. (full-p.) col. ills. and orig. pict. cl. by C. PEARS, 4to. Covers fingersoiled along margins) and F.B. CROFTON, Big-talk Stories (London, n.d. (±1881), ills., modern hcl. Sl. foxed).
- Bookblock broken (some lvs. loose). Binding soiled and sl. dam. at spine-ends.
= Contains "Mother Hubbard", "The three bears" and "The absurd A.B.C.". Cf. Massé, Walter Crane: A bibliography, p.12.
Idem. The Yellow Dwarf. London, John Lane, n.d. (1890), 6p., 5 col. lithogr. plates (1 double-p.), endpapers and orig. wr. by W. CRANE, 4to (fine).
= From Walter Crane's Picture Books: Large Series. Rare re-issue of the tale commonly published in the Goody Two Shoes Picture Book.
AND 2 others by the same, i.a. A MASQUE OF DAYS (London, 1901, col. lithogr. ills. w. text, orig. clothbacked pict.boards, 4to. Covers soiled and corners worn).
- Binding stained.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "with all good wishes [signed] 1972" on first free endpaper.
- Contemp. address on first free endpaper. Trifle/ sl. soiled and rubbed along extremities. Otherwise fine.
= Nice A.B.-book published for the wounded of World War I.
Gordon, H. Our Girls in Wartime. Ibid., idem, n.d. (±1917), 3rd ed., (58)p., 27 col. lithogr. plates, ills., pict. endpapers and orig. clothbacked pict. boards by J. DENNYS, text and ills. printed in grey, red and brown (fine copy).
- Vol.1 one section reattached. Box trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Contains the following titles: Het roode kluwen; Jan Tooverneus; De speelgoedstad; Hans en zijn toovergans; Ons mooie tuintje and De vogelbruiloft. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.
- Contents fine, occas. loosening. Bindings sl. rubbed/ frayed/ worn along extremities.
= Interesting and charming "Christmas Journals" for the year 1920, 1921, 1922, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1953, full of tales and poems and not devoid of some merry humor, sarcasm and irony. The origins and authors are untraced, the editor(s)/ writer(s)/ illustrator(s) identifying themselves as i.a. The Monkey, The Tweet, The Skeleto Nun, The Dab, The Mouse and The Mole (also the main characters of the stories). Nice and often excellent drawings, probably by one and the same artist (contrary to what is made to believe), the illustrations and typescript text nicely integrated with one another and sometimes in comic-strip lay-out.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVII.
AND two others: an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH "Dick Bruna", dated "20/6-'95", black felt-tip pen and a greeting card SIGNED by the same.
- Most with annots. in (col.) pencil w. printer's instructions; most cut out from larger leaves.
- Owner's entry dated 1891 on verso first free endpaper; occas. trifle fingersoiled, otherwise contents fine. Corners and spine-ends trifle worn.
Weatherly, F.E. Sunlight and Song. London, Hildesheimer and Faulkner, n.d. (±1892), (4),33-64p., col. lithogr. plates and ills. by E.K. JOHNSON a.o., orig. giltlettered cl., 4to.
- Bookblock weakening; occas. trifle foxed. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. = Rare.
AND 2 others, i.a. F. RIDLEY HAVERGAL, Fullness of Joy (London, n.d. (±1889), chromolithogr. ills. (some w. gold), orig. gilt. pict. cl., 4to).
- Hinges sl. weak.
= Contains chapters on i.a. the Assyrians, Chinese, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and Romans. Very rare.
- Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.
= Rare pedagogical work, partly in the form of a conversation between a mother and her two daughters.
- Box sl. stained along margins, otherwise fine.
- Title-piece sl. yellowed and w. sm. gluestain.
= Consists of 5 sets of cards (3x 5 cards and 2x 4 cards), each set consisting of two types of cards: 3 cards w. a diagonally divided engraving showing a man opposite a woman and 2 cards that show the full-length man/ the full-length woman (two of the 5 sets only with one of the 2 complete figures). The two figures seem to have a thematic relationship with each other: 1. a man carrying a rooster in his arms and a large knife under one of his arms (intent on slaughtering the rooster?), opposite a woman carrying a basket filled with eggs; 2. a praying man seated on his knees captured in a cage, opposite a seated woman spinning wool (waiting for her husband's release?); 3. a poorly clad barefoot man holding a club above his head in menacing manner, opposite a woman swinging a bunch of large keys above her head as if to hit him (thief versus victim); 4. a man looking at a bottle that he holds up (like a drunkard), opposite a woman sitting behind a barred window; 5. a man trying to kill a couple of rats with his shoe, opposite a half nude woman. (The final 2 sets (no. 4 and 5) are more difficult to interpret because both lack the full-length engraving of the woman. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.