Illustrated from Old Bookshelf

Portland, Maine: G.W. Morris, 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oblong 4to. 92pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners worn, edges rubbed, gilt partially worn, front endpaper corner chipped, rear endpaper vertically creased, small amount of scattered foxing and margin thumb prints, binding is sound. Wonderful documentation with photos and commentary of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 191pp. Miniature book measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (1851) Brown cloth, gilt vignette on front cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, engraved frontispiece and title page plus 45 )engravings in text.… Read more about this item

Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1847. Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing… Read more about this item

Boston & New York: Houghton and Mifflin Company, 1913. First American Edition . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. René Bull. 240pp. Cream colored buckram, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, color frontispiece with tissue-guard, black and white and color illustrations throughout. Spine slightly darkened, occasional light soiling… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed for Rarity Pres, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jean De Bosschere. 216pp. Maroon cloth, silver lettering and decoration, 12 full page illustrations, including 4 in color. Spine faded but readable, corners worn, text is age-toned, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight and book… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Beatrix Potter. 85pp. Brown publisher's cloth, pasteon illustration to cover, color frontispiece. Chipping along spine and 1/2 inch piece missing from head of spine, loss of one letter from spine,binding a bit tender, but holding, text… Read more about this item

London and Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black cloth, gilt decoration, white lettering. Unpaginated. Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket spine mildly sunned, still very good condition. 100 plates of Norman Lindsay's etchings, preceded by an… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1817. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. xxx, 348pp. Quarter-calf, marbled boards, leather spine label gilt lettered, 9 engraved plates including frontispiece. Cover is worn and scuffed, spine lettering still bright, contents moderately foxed throughout and occasionally dampstained, several signatures protruding, but binding is holding tightly, inscription on front endpaper… Read more about this item

London: Vizetelly & Co. , 1890. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. C.Eisen and C.P. Marillier. 124pp., no date c1890. Three-quarter maroon leather, marbled boards and endpapers, a Limited Edition of 1,100 copies of which this copy is No. 5, copperplate engravings with tissue-guards throughout. Front board detached but present, spine worn and… Read more about this item

Germany: Konstanz, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 40pp unpaginated. Tan pictorial boards, linen baking. Text is in German. Very good condition, contents age-toned but book appears to be unread, former owner's name on front pastedown. Illustrated throughout.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Reginald Birch. 219p +8pp publisher's list. Pictorial boards with green and gold, red decoration and lettering. Very light wear and soliling, spine slightly darkened, prize inscription dated 1899 on front free nendpaper, light foxing to endpapers, text is clean, binding… Read more about this item

New York: James Miller, 1854. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 90pp. Gilt embossed brown boards, gilt lettering and floral design to spine, 5 hand-colored engraved plates. Cover shows very slight wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, small insect holes to rear joint, binding is tight and… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dugald Walker. 267pp. Blue cloth, balck lettering and decoration. Book is clean and sound inside and out. Familiar and unfamiliar poems selected by Sara Teasdale attractively illustrated by Dugald Walker.

New York: Animated Book Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Spiral bound hardcover. Small chips to to front board edge,cover is, otherwise in very clean and sound condition. Contents also are unusually clean, title page and rear endpaper are toned but clean. Pages are divided into 3 sections: heads, torsos and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Ideal Book Builders, 1914. Soft cover. Good. Die-cut illustrated stiff card stock cover and interior pages. Creasing to some edges, half- inch lower right corner (piggie's foot) and pages has been trimmed off, occasional light soil and foxing to pages Cute illustrations along with rhymes. .

New York: Random House, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 40pp. Glossy pictorial cover. Extremities and edges lightly chipped, interior is clean and sound, and binding is tight. Cute story with adorable illustrations

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Louis Rhead. 284pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, 16 full-page illustrations by Louis Rhead, an introductory study by Newell Dwight Hillis. Covers very bright and clean. spine slightly dulled, contents mildly toned but… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1933. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. 287pp. No date c1933. Red cloth, black lettering and black and white decoration, 8 Rackham color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations. Very little wear, spine slightly darkened, endpapers agetoned, former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

New York: PM Publishing Co., 1938. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. 16pp. 50 plates. Light wear, spine missing, contents are complete. Cover features New York Central poster. Includes 50 prints selected from the American Institute of Graphic Arts with 1938 prices listed. … Read more about this item

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W. H. Walker. 152pp. 8 color illustrations. Olive cloth, black lettering and decoration. No date, c1923. Book is unworn, spine slightly darkened, contents are mildly age-toned but clean and unmarked, former owner's bookplate on… Read more about this item