THE STORY OF ROSINA. AND OTHER VERSES by AUSTIN DOBSON. ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895. 8vo. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH GILT PICTORIAL STAMPING. Top edge gilt. Bevelled edges. The front cover is beautifully stamped in gilt with an all-over design featuring a SHEPHERDESS AND HER LAMBS BEING SERENADED.The spine has gilt lettering and a design of two sheep and a guitar. Profuse black and white illustrations by Thomson. Corners and spine ends are gently ...click for details
CORIDON'SONG, AND OTHER VERSES. From Various Sources. With Illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. And An Introduction By Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. 8vo. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH WITH PICTORIAL STAMPING IN GILT. All edges gilt. The front cover features a gilt design of AN ANGLER FISHING. The spine has gilt lettering and a gilt design of a costumed woman. There are seventy-six black and white illustrations by Thomson. An extremely fine bright copy in excellent condition. FIRST THOMS ...click for details
OUR VILLAGE. BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. With An Introduction by ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE and ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON. London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. 8vo. ORIGINAL GILT-STAMPED PICTORIAL GREEN CLOTH. All edges gilt. The front cover and spine feature an all-over GILT DESIGN OF POPPIES AND BUMBLEBEES. 100 black and white illustrations by Thomson. A very fine copy.
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND,ESQ., COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE. Written By Himself. By William Makepeace Thackeray. With An Introduction By Austin Dobson and Illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. 8vo. Original green cloth with PICTORIAL GILT STAMPING ON FRONT COVER AND SPINE. All edges gilt. The Cover and spine feature an all-over gilt design of TUDOR ROSES. There are 50 black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. There is very light foxing to t ...click for details
MINIATURE BOOK. DRAWINGS BY KATE GREENAWAY. VERSES BY LAURA E. RICHARDS. From The Ladies' Home Journal 1895 and 1896. Compiled and Arranged By Lucile Rasmussen. The Rasmussen Press, 1974. An edition LIMITED TO 200 COPIES. This copy is a presentation copy SIGNED BY LUCILE RASMUSSEN. Printed on Mohawk Superfine Text by Eric Rasmussen. Bound by Lucile Rasmussen at THE DRAGON BINDERY in full floral printed cloth with oval paper label stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. "This charming series of ...click for details
THE ENCHANTED PLACES. CHRISTOPHER MILNE. PENGUIN BOOKS, (1976). FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY CHRISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE: "Christopher Milne 30/10/76". Christopher Milne's autobiography recalling his early childhood and remembering "the enchanted places" where he used to play in Sussex. Includes 8 pages of photographic illustrations. In excellent condition.
WINNY-PUH L'ORSETTO. DI A.A. Milne. Illustrations in black and white by Ernest H.Shepard. Eight color illustrations by Bienvenuti. Green pictorial cloth with original color pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN translated from the English by Maria Christini Gaetani. The poems translated from the English by Ida Omboni. Published by GARZANTI, March 1967 and based on the edition published in 1957 as "The World Of Pooh". It is a combined edition of "Winnie The Pooh" ...click for details
POOH'S POT o'HONEY. By A.A.MILNE. ILLUSTRATED BY E.H.SHEPARD. New York: E.P.Dutton, (1968). A BOXED SET OF FOUR FIRST EDITIONS BOOKS; 1.)"Pooh Hears A Buzzing Noise"; 2.) "Pooh Goes Visiting"; 3.) "Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting"; 4.) "Eeyore Loses a Tail". Bound in cloth and all with their ORIGINAL DUST JACKETS. Black and white illustrations. Each book measures 3 3/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches. The box measures 4 inches by 2 3/4 inches by 1 1/2 inches. Ve ...click for details
THE KING'S BREAKFAST by A.A. MILNE. (DAWSON): Pasadena, 1963. Bound in full navy blue leather with gilt-stamped red leather label on spine. Gilt crown device on title-page. Measures 1 7/8 inches by 1 1/2 inches. A VERY SCARCE limited edition produced and printed by KAREN DAWSON of Dawson's Book Shop in California. Here, we have A.A. Milne's delightful poem which first appeared in Punch Magazine in 1924 and later in "When We Were Very Young". With a Bibliographical Note by M ...click for details
MINIATURE BOOK. "SHELLEY" By A.C. SWINBURNE. Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1973. THIS COPY IS ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. With an introductory NOTE by John S. Mayfield the owner of the original manuscript poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne which has been published now for the first time. Full scarlet morocco stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. The book measures 2 5/8" x 1 7/8". I was privileged to know Mr. Mayfield personally and he very kindl ...click for details
