Christmas from Rare Illustrated Books

London: W.J.P. Monckton, 1901. First Edition. Delightful journal for children with short stories, comic strips and illustrations. Titled 'Father Christmas's Book Tea', Arthur Rackham's double-page illustration presents as many characters from children's literature as you can imagine. There is Little Red RIding Hood, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Straw Peter, Mother… Saber más sobre este artículo

United States of America: International Cocktail, Wine and Spirits Digest, Inc, 1948. As 'Maitre de Bar' at New York's Hotel Pierre in the 1940s, Oscar Haimo poured drinks for the best known celebrities of his time. Oscar Haimo self-published his 'Cocktail and Wine Digest'- in the drinks trade, it was known as the 'barman's bible'. Haimo wrote from his private… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne & Sydney: Tatchell, Garritty & Dobson, 1892. First Edition. Walter Withers, Ernest Ferris, Fred Kneebone, and John Clemens. A celebration of the Australian Christmas with illustrations by one of the founding members of the Heidelberg School, Walter Withers. Issued as a souvenir by the Post and Telegraph Departments, this charming work includes many portraits of the government officers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: George Robertson, 1909. First Edition. First edition of this scarce children's book, illustrated by Percy Lindsay in what was to become his characteristic "Bulletin" style, with full-page plates and marginal sketches on every page. [Muir, 2316.]. Small quarto, illustrations throughout, text set within Australian bushland theme ornamental borders; in the original pictorial grey cloth with vivid red lettering… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ninetenth century scrapbook. Victorian. Christmas greeting cards and scraps arranged on each page with an outsider art feel. Some of the scraps have been arranged into different letters of the alphabet. Bound in hand-coloured illustrated leather boards, a border made from peacock feathers, title embossed on the front cover, a near fine copy.

Sydney and London: Angus & Robertson, 1939. Signed First Edition. WALL, Dorothy. A collection of poetry about Australian birds and animals. Nelle Grant Cooper has composed a cheery Christmas ditty on the front endpaper and dedicated this copy to fellow Australian poet, Jack Moses, signed and dated December 1939. Quarto, pictorial papered boards, dust jacket torn along spine with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Ward, Lock and Company, 1915. New enlarged and revised edition edition with numerous colour plates and just over two thousand pages. More than just a cookery book, Mrs. Beeton's guide is an encyclopedia of useful information on all aspects of domestic life. Chapters of interest include table decoration, treatment and payment of servants, medicine for children and the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Adelaide Mail, 1938. Gibbs, May and Glover, Tom. Single sheet, one face printed in colour featuring Gumnut Babies 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs delivering Christmas presents with their friends and 'Skeeter and His Magic Ring' by Tom Glover. The reverse face of the sheet is the Christmas children's letters section. Single broadside sheet measuring 410 x 590 mm,… Saber más sobre este artículo