New York: The Holiday Publishing Co. Hard Cover. 16mo. Unpaginated. Spotty staining to covers. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Rust on center page from binding staples. Binding tight. Color illustation. Includes Christmas poems from various authors.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co. Hardcover. 286 pp., squarish 16mo. Hardcover. Vintage illustrated adventure; text on left pg, illustrations on right. Creases & wear to boards & spine. Cocking & shaking to spine; binding holding. Textblock clean & crisp.
London: George C. Leighton, 1859. Hardcover. 622 pp., lg folio. Hardcover w/ blue leather spine. Contains hundreds of beautiful engravings, including: Christmas celebration at The Crystal Palace, 2-pg spread of a massive 'winter garden', architecture of Wall-Street & Broadway, various churches & a magical allegorical rendering of May (or Spring).....
London: George C. Leighton, 1859. Hardcover. 630 pp., lg folio. Hardcover w/ dark blue leather spine. Contains hundreds of beautiful engravings, including: the great Handel festival in The Crystal Palace, the town and harbour of Holyhead sketched from the Breakwater, 2-pg spread of Christmas masque at the court of Charles.....
London: The Leadenhall Press, circa 1883. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 4to. Hardcover. Illustrated w/ wood cuts & engravings. Heavy rubbing/scuffing w/ edgewear & soiling to boards & spine; tears across spine cover top edge (reglued). Front board loose but holding, same for binding. Discoloration & soiling to textblock top edge. Hinges open.....
Np: Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1871. Cloth. Unpaginated. Elephant folio. Cloth. Binder's copy- text block neatly detached from binding. Boards and all leaves present, 5 engraved plates and engraved frontis portrait of Scottt. Ex-library with some interior markings. Light foxing throughout. Some edgewear and.....
Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Co., circa 1865. Cloth. 46 pp., 32mo. Cloth hardcover. 100% tiny-ness guaranteed. Simple stories w/ colorful line drawings. Slight flexing & wear to boards & spine; textblock loose but holding. Lg tear & po pencil inscription to ffep, slight foxing, soiling & creases to textblock; several.....
New York: Worthington Co., 1887. Hardcover. 214 pp., 4to. Hardcover. "Illustrated w/ upwards of 300 engravings by the best artists." Heavy scuffing, moderate edgewear/chipping/peeling, soiling, & discoloration to boards & spine. Splits to joint top edges; larger split along bottom edge. Chipping to spine ends, binding very loose but holding.....
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1954. First edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Former owners name to ffep. Light rubbing to slipcase. Otherwise crisp and clean. This edition is limited to 975 numbered copies, of which this is number 854. All are signed by Mr. Frasconi, Mr. Wescott.....
New York: The Century Co, 1900. Hardcover. 524 pp., folio. Hardcover. English text. Profusely illustrated w/ drawings by Hans Tegner. Slight edgewear, rubbing/scuffing, & soiling to boards & spine; some chipping & tears to spine cover. Binding somewhat loose but holding sturdy. Tears along hinges. Slight discoloration, foxing, & soiling.....
Harvard, 1920. Cloth. 12mo oblong. Unpaginated. Tan cloth hardcover. Small damp-stain to top right corner of cloth on front board, rear board has larger damp stain to top left corner. Light soiling to a few pages at center. Set of collected illustrations by American businessman and diplomat, Larz Anderson.
London: Humphrey Milford. Hardcover. Unpaginated, oblong 32mo. Hardcover. A picture book. Scarce - 0 copies in OCLC database. Possibly circa 1916 (given "16" in each illustrator signature). Heavy edgewear w/ creases & soiling to boards & spine; sm round hole in front board & clear tape along chipped spine cover.....
London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1867. Cloth. 4to. Unpaginated. Cloth. Scuffed, edgeworn. Bumping to sp. ends w/ lg chips, and to corners w/ board exposure. Darm staining to 1/3 of front cover and rear joint/edges. Damp staining to edges of several pages. Bowed. Foxing throughout. Front hinge partially split. Front.....
NYC: Viking, 1995. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Light bumping to foot edges; light rubbing to rear cover; a few finger smudges to black pages. Light rubbing to dj; slight chipping to dj spine ends & dj corners. Summary: A wordless picture book presents a series of scenes, each.....
London: Selwyn & Blount, 1923. Hardcover. 119 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Shelfwear to boards. Browning to spine, joints and cover edges. Bumping to spine ends and lightly to corners. Foxing to ep's. Small tear to fore edge of ffep repaired with yellowed scotch tape. Illustrated by John Austen.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1885. Hardcover. 300 pp. 4to. Quarter leather. Rebacked with cloth, original leather to spine and joints, new ep's. Wear to boards, bumping to corners, board exposure to all edges. Small bump/tear to fore edge of rear board. Text block rough cut, yellowed, top edge gilt.....
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1985. Cloth. 45 pp., 4to. Cloth hardcover. Limited edition; no. 12 of 1050 copies. Signed by artist & author. Some light scuffing to boards. Binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. A Christmas poem w/ creepy mosnters. Signed limited edition.
London: John Minnion, 1976. Paperback. 39 pp., 4to. Paperback. The classic poem illustrated w/ wild b&w illustrations by John Minnion. Slight shelfwear & sunning discoloration to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock quite clean.
London: John Minnion, 1975. Paperback. Unpaginated, 4to. Stapled paperback. The classic nonsense poem illustrated w/ insane b&w illustrations by John Minnion. Slight shelfwear & soiling to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock very clean.
New York: The Advertising Club, 1955. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 12mo. Hardcover in wax dj. 1 of 550 copies. Published on the occasion of a dinner party for Warren Chappell at The Advertising Club in New York, 14 September 1955. Some light discoloration, shelfwear & soiling to boards; some very light dampstains.....
London: Methuen, 1993. First edition. Hard Cover. 4to. 185 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. Illustrated throughout by Sue Macartney-Snape. First UK edition.
New York: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1899. Limited ed. Cloth. 192 pp. Square 4to. "Comprising 'The Baby's Opera,' 'The Baby's Banquet,' and 'The Baby's Own Aesop.'" No. 153 of only 750 copies. Recently rebacked in tan quarter-cloth, with new endpapers. In very good condition. Very light rubbing to edges.....
London: A. & C. Black, 1903. Hard Cover. 8vo. 326 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, light foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate to fpd, some foxing to end papers. frontisepiece loose. Handsome decorative covers and spine. Includes the stories "Oliver Twist" by Dickens, "The Miser's Daughter" by.....
England: Solarbest. Folded 6 foot panorama. 8vo. 6 foot panaroma. Spine ends and corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed. A 6 foot panorama in color by George Cruikshank.
New York: Welcome Enterprises, 1995. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 4to. Boards in dj. Scuffing to dj, bumping to sp. ends and corners. Bumping to book sp. ends and corners, scuffed.
