THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE. October, 1955. Contains TWO IMPORTANT ARTICLES ABOUT BEATRIX POTTER. "THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER" (9 pages) by DOROTHY P. LATHROP. "THE ART OF BEATRIX POTTER AND HOW IT CAME TO BE" (19 pages) by LESLIE LINDER. PLUS, an Editorial "BEATRIX POTTER AND HER ART" (1 page) by Bertha Mahoney Miller - and, "The Three Owl's Notebook" (4 pages) by Anne Carroll Moore. Illustrated. Please note: the "yellow" cast to the photo shown i ...click for details
THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE. CHRISTMAS ISSUE. 1946. OF BEATRIX POTTER INTEREST containing the following articles: an 8 page (illustrated) article by Marcia Dalphin reviewing "THE TALE OF BEATRIX POTTER"; and, an 8 page (illustrated) article by MARGARET LANE "On The Writing of Beatrix Potter's Life Story". Other articles relating to children's books are included as well as page after page of publisher's advertisements promoting their latest children's books. Please ...click for details
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA. A CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AT THE ROSENBACH MUSEUM & LIBRARY. (A catalog of the Exhibition). With An Introduction by Nina Auerbach. Philadelphia,1997. 4to. 36 pages plus covers. WITH A FULL COLOR COVER DESIGN BY MAURICE SENDAK. The back cover features a color photograph of the Rosenbach copy in its ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Illustrated. This catalog of the exhibition was LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. A fine copy.
(CARROLLIANA) CREATORS OF WONDERLAND BY M. MESPOULET. New York: Arrow Editions, (1934). 4to. NUMBER 219 of A LIMITED EDITION (total number unspecified). Original gilt stamped red cloth with beveled edges. Patterned endpapers. Color frontispiece and black and white illustrations. A fascinating account by Marguerite Mespoulet is given by showing the possible influences J.J. Granville may have had on Tenniel's contributions to Lewis Carroll's "Alice". The book measures 11 inches b ...click for details
MRS. BARBAULD AND HER CONTEMPORARIES; Sketches Of Some Eminent Literary and Scientific Englishwomen. By Jerome Murch. London: Longman's Green & Co., 1877. 8vo. Green cloth with both covers and spine stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Coated endpapers. Minor rubbing of extremities. FIRST EDITION. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FOR HENRY DUNCAN SHRINE and inscribed by the author "With the Author's kind regards". The author, Jerome Murch, was president of the Bath Literary and Phil ...click for details
THE HISTORY OF FRENCH CHILDREN'S BOOKS 1750-1900. FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.-G. DESCHAMPS COUR DE ROHAN, PARIS. Exhibit and Sale JANUARY, 1934. Boston: The Bookshop For Boys and Girls. Color printed wrappers with printed paper label on front cover. With a PREFACE to the exhibit by Esther Averill. 200 items are listed with sale prices given in French francs. In excellent condition.
THE ARTHUR RACKHAM COLLECTION. Mary Harbage Children's Literature Room. University Library, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. 4to. 56 pages including covers. Wright State University, 1987. Pictorial wrappers. Fully illustrated in black and white. The catalog lists 124 items and includes a chronological list of works by, or about, Rackham from 1894-1974. In excellent condition.
COUSIN BEATTIE. A Memory of BEATRIX POTTER. By ULLA HYDE PARKER. (London): Frederick Warne, (1981). 12mo. A mint copy in original gilt-stamped boards and illustrated dust jacket. A wonderful and touching memoir by the author of her reminiscences of Beatrix Potter. The book includes photographs plus illustrations by Potter which were presented by her to Lady Hyde Parker. In mint condition.
ETUDE EXPERIMENTALE DU CIMENT ARME. By R. FERET. Paris: GAUTIER-VILLARS, 1906. 8vo. Bound in three-quarter black leather. Spine lettered in gilt. SIGNED on colophon page by C. LACHALAS. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. Leather scuffed, otherwise in very good condition. From the collection of Dr. Geoffrey J.C. Frohnsdorff.
An early reference work on Wedgwood: JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. Master Potter. By A.H.Church, FRS. London: Seeley & Co., 1903. 4to. Maroon cloth with pictorial stamping in gilt. Top edge gilt. 35 illustrations. An early and comprehensive study on the life and work of Wedgwood. Slight cover wear but, overall, in fine condition. A revised and enlarged edition.
