Fairy Tales de ANDERSEN, Hans Christian - 1913

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, navy paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Paris, France: Hachette et Cie, 1898. Text in French. Red Morocco spine with 5 raised bands, bright Gilt title and Gilt tooled decoration, Marbled bds (spine has been professionally rebacked with Red Morocco and original backstrip laid over, very littel wear otherwise apart from light shelf wear) Red marbled eps, title pages are wood block printed in colour, lavishly illus through out and many nice reproduced etching from famous artists with tissue guards. Bright and clean, not inscribed, light age toning to end pages, short tear to tissue guard on frontis. Overweight. Le texte en français. L'épine rouge de Maroc avec 5 bandes haussées, le titre Dorées brillantes et la décoration de tooled Dorée, bds Marbré (l'épine a été professionnellement rebacked avec Maroc Rouge et backstrip original a posé par-dessus, l'usure de littel MEME autrement en dehors de l'usure d'étagère légère)… Leer más

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation [no date], Royal Canadian edition. (Leather binding) 252pp. Very good plus. Burgundy pebble grained leather with illustration and titles in gilt. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1000 sets. Cloth reinforced inner hinges with burgundy faux-moire endpapers, top edge gilt, 75 color plates with captioned tissue guards, folding map. Illustrations by Sutton Palmer. Publisher series: Beautiful Britain. Locale: ; Surrey--England. (Travel, Limited Editions).

Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, light cover soil, minor edge rubbing, front hinge re-enforced, rubbed spot on first page. A collection of short verses by famed authors and poets, each poem surrounded by color chromo illustrations with illuminated accents, printed on one side of paper only. A very lovely Victorian era book, printed by Armstrong & Co of Boston, MA.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Slim Oblong Folio.

E P Dutton, 1922. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. FISH, Anne Harriet. 1st US Edition illustrated by Fish. 23.2 x 29.2 cm 4to., black cloth spine over orange black and cream paper covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Cream and orange paisley designed endpapers. Edges uncut, 108pp black and orange decorated initial letter to each stanza with 20 colour images in the Art Deco style with silver and gold highlights by Anne Fish, all with tissue guards. The book comes with its scarce original dust jacket. The boards are very good plus with a little bruising to the corners and a hint of shelfwear to the bottom edge. The gilt titles on the spine are a touch faded. Internally, there is no name inscription or book plate, the patterned front free endpaper has been removed at some point in the past and has now been professionally replaced with a copy. The images are all in fine condition and there is just a hint of spotting to the uncut edges. The dust jacket now protected by a removable… Leer más

This Book describes the early life of Norman Rockwell, and his rise as the most famous American illustrator of art, magazine covers, and drawings. The Book contains photographs of many of his works. The Book has blue cloth covers with a gold lettered title. The Dust jacket for this Book is made on matching blue cardboard with four seasonal illustrations. Book has 208 pages and hundreds of illustrations. This Book is the Third Edition printing of this Norman Rockwell masterpiece. Book comes in a matching blue cardboard slip case.

The Saalfield Publishing Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. Edith A. Root's early-century, over-sized "dollhouse" book with illustrations (furniture, etc.) that can be cut out and mounted in any of nine different rooms. Full-color lithographs comprise an entire house. Root deliberately limited the number of illustrations so that the house could be customized and furnished with illustrations cut out from magazines and other sources. Rare. No copies appear in WorldCat library database at the time of this posting. 30 pp. 15 5/8" x 10". Tight copy with considerable shelf wear. Corners bumped and worn through, as are about half the edges. Hinges pulled away from backing somewhat, not affecting binding integrity. First two leaves show evidence of having been detached and competently reattached. Two small crayon markings noted. Lacks one leaf of illustrations which have been cut out and mounted to one of the rooms. All other illustrations intact. All other rooms empty. A reasonably… Leer más

E P Dutton, 1922. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. FISH, Anne Harriet. 1st US Edition illustrated by Fish. 23.2 x 29.2 cm 4to., black cloth spine over orange black and cream paper covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Cream and orange paisley designed endpapers. Edges uncut, 108pp black and orange decorated initial letter to each stanza with 20 colour images in the Art Deco style with silver and gold highlights by Anne Fish, all with tissue guards. The book comes with its scarce original dust jacket. The boards are very good plus with a little bruising to the corners and a hint of shelfwear to the bottom edge. The gilt titles on the spine are a touch faded. Internally, there is no name inscription or book plate, the patterned front free endpaper has been removed at some point in the past and has now been professionally replaced with a copy. The images are all in fine condition and there is just a hint of spotting to the uncut edges. The dust jacket now protected by a removable… Leer más

William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. NF. RACKHAM, Arthur. 1st Trade Edition. 18.5 x 24.4 cm grey boards with gilt stamped titles and vingette to the front and spine ix 185pp with 20 tipped in colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A near fine copy with just a hint of rubbing to the foot of the spine. Internally very clean with only a tiny inscription on the front pastedown. All the images are in fine condition, clean and bright and without damage. All in all a really lovely copy of this first trade edition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Caldwell-Clements, Inc. , 1950. Hardcover. Good. Radio and Television Retailing: Bound Magazines. Six issues: January 1950 - June 1950. Important trade publication for television, radio, appliances and more at the dawn of the golden age of television. With sales exploding at mid-century, technical advances and innovations came hot and heavy, and Radio and Television Retailing chronicled them, reviewed new products in every issue, published technical and marketing articles, industry data and forecasts, advertiser lists, extensive retail locations directories and more. Includes thousands of illustrated ads representing a virtual who's who of mid-century manufacturers of televisions, AM, FM, car and battery operated portable radios, record players, consoles, parts (some obscure, e.g., television screen magnifiers), servicing tools and equipment, antennas, television and radio stars, solid mahogany cabinetry (in its heyday) and more. Notably, televisions, FM broadcasting, portable radios and 45 rpm… Leer más