Search Results: Titles starting with S from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, EDMUND DULAC (illustrator). Title: SLEEPING BEAUTY and Other Fairy Tales From the Old French. Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. First edition, number 61 of 1000 copies in the Edition de Luxe. Signed by Edmund Dulac. Language: Text in English. Size: 12.5 " X 10.5 ". Pages: 128 pages. Binding: Attractive and fine half morocco leather binding (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt. A beautiful binding! Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, lower inner corner of four illustrations lightly creased - as shown, including a flyer for the Dulac's Sleeping Beauty 1910 Exhibition at the rear - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the wonderful 30 color plates by EDMUND DULAC. **** The book: Attractive and exquisite First edition, number 61 of 1000 copies in the Edition de Luxe signed by Edmund Dulac of those beautifully illustrated Fairy tales including The Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, Cinderella, and… Read More

Author: Margaret Batchelor & Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Title: Sallie's Children. With six color illustrations by Gordon Browne. Publisher: London, W. & R. Chambers, no date (circa 1915). First Edition. Publisher's presentation copy. Language: Text in English. Size: 7.7 " X 5.5 ". Pages: 306 pages. Binding: Attractive and good original illustrated full cloth binding with a nice illustration on front cover (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, spine slightly darkened and faded - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Content: Good content (bright, tight, some light foxing - as shown, Publisher's presentation copy with the blind stamp stating it on the title page - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful 6 colored plates and by Gordon Browne. **** The book: Scarce publisher's presentation copy of this first edition novel by Mrs. Batchelor nicely illustrated by Gordon Browne.

Author: William Rowley.Title: A Search for Money, or, The Lamentable Complaint for the Loss of the Wandering Knight, Monsieur L'Argent; from the original edition of 1609. By William Rowley, dramatist.Language: Text in English.Publisher: London, The Percy Society, 1840. Originally printed in London for Joseph Hunt in 1609.Size: 7 " X 5 ".Pages: vi-50 pages.Binding: Very good, near fine marbled softcover binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown).****
The book: Scarce reprint of a rare 1609 booklet/pamphlet by William Rowley. A rare find in any condition!

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Author: Charles Van Sandwyk.Title: Sketches from a Tropic Isle drawn and annotated in the Fiji Islands by Charles Van Sandwyk.Publisher: Tavewa Island, Published by the artist, 1997. Printed offset (1500 copies). This copy with the turtle image on the front cover.Language: Text in English.Size: 7" X 5".Pages: Unpaginated (28) pages.Binding: Fine and attractive original wrap-around paper cover hand-stitched binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk.
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The book: A wonderful collection of Fijian sketches, drawn and annotated by van Sandwyk in the Fiji Islands in 1996.
The author: Charles Van Sandwyk is a Canadian artist and author known for his whimsical illustrations and intricate, hand-crafted books. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1966, he moved to Vancouver, Canada at a young age. Influenced by the classic… Read More

Author: Swinburne, Algernon Charles. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.Title: The Springtide of Life: Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne with a Preface by Edmund Goose.Language: Text in English.Publisher: London, William Heinemann, no date (1918). FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION.Size: 10 " X 7.5 ".Pages: ix-132 pages.Binding: Attractive and fine full dark green morocco leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, gilt center tool decoration and decorative gilt border to boards, marbled endpapers (hinges fine) under a protective mylar cover. All edges gilt.Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the eight wonderful color plates and captioned tissue guards by Arthur Rackham.****The book: A beautifully bound first edition of The Springtide of Life: Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne with wonderful illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Author: George Cruikshank.Title: Stenelaus and Amylda, A Christmas Legend for Children of a Larger Growth. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran, 1858. First Edition.Language: Text in English.Size: 7" X 5".Pages: 32 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good binding, finely bound in half green morocco leather, titles in gilt on spine, raised bands (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, with the original blue pictorial front and back cover bound in - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the three very nice text woodcuts (one repeated on the cover) by George Cruikshank.
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The book: An Attractive Temperance Parable with a Christmas Theme beautifully illustrated by George Cruikshank.

Author: Sarah Austin (Translator). Friedrich Wilhelm Carove (Author). William Harvey (Illustrator).Title: The Story Without an End.Publisher: London, Effingham Wilson, 1834. First English Edition.Language: Text in EnglishSize: 5" X 4".Pages: 123 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine full-morocco leather binding finely bound by Leighton bindery (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt.Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight, and clean, scarce light foxing - as shown). An exceptionally clean copy.Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful vignettes and full-page illustrations by William Harvey.
The book: Very attractive First English edition of this classic of children's literature where a child takes an idyllic journey of discovery through the natural world. Awakened by birdsong and the rays of the sun, the child listens to stories of the butterfly and the ocean's waves, dines on strawberries, gossips… Read More