'Little Bo Peep' Color Lithograph c1880
London: Ernest Niste, 1880. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Matted 8 by 10 inches; print measures 4.5 by 6.5 inches.
“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
------ Joseph Campbell ------
London: Ernest Niste, 1880. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Matted 8 by 10 inches; print measures 4.5 by 6.5 inches.
London: Ernest Niste, 1880. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Matted 8 by 10 inches; print measures 4.5 by 6.5 inches.
London: Ernest Niste, 1880. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Matted 8 by 10 inches; print measures 4.5 by 6.5 inches.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, New York, 2000. Illustrations by Alan Lee and Brian Froud. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This is the classic illustrated compendium of faerie mythology, legends and folklore, the book explores the history, customs and habitat of faeries in the manner of a field guide, complete with.....
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1944. 5th Impression. This hardcover treasury of Mother Goose rhymes stands as the finest achievement of the beloved husband-and-wife team, winners of the 1949 Caldecott Medal. Containing more than 170 lovingly detailed color and pen-and-ink illustrations.
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Illustrations by Michael Hague, Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. For thousands of years, the legendary dragon has inspired awe and wonder in cultures the world over. Now Michael Hague, one of America's most beloved painters of fantasy, boldly captures seventeen classic dragon tales. Within.....
New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Illustrations by Michael Hague. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Fairies come alive in stories, songs, and poetry in this host of children's and fantasy stories, from Andersen's Thumbelina to Christina Rosetti's Goblin Market and James Barrie's Lock-out Time.
New York: Watson-Guptill, 2004. Stiff Illustrated Wraps. Aimed at all those who love fantasy art, this latest instruction guide from best-selling author Christopher Hart deals with all the popular ingredients of the faerie kingdom-faerie personalities, faeries at work, faeries at play, faerie expressions, faeries in flight, faerie magic, faeries facing.....
New York and Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1903. Illustrated by Rob Wagner. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Author's First Published Book. First Edition, First Printing. Color illustrations throughout.
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company, 1911. Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. A Fantasy Journey through 'Fairy Tale Land'. The illustrator, Fanny Young Cory (1877-1972) one of America's first female syndicated cartoonists and book illustrator was best known for her comic strips Sonnysayings and Little Miss Muffet.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. A Book full of the magic of the Irish countryside and the elusive beauty of Ireland itself. ---- Pamela Hinkson is the only daughter of Irish poet Katharine Tynan; although she was.....
Montreal: Tormont Publications Inc. Illustrations by Tony Wolf, Piero Cattaneo, Severnino Baraldi.
Ideals Publishing Co., 1958. Describes the customs of 31 countries, each with an illustrated page.
New York: Garden City, 1939. Illustrations by Everett Shinn. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 'Rip Van Winkle' is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor.....
London: Pavilion Books, 1994. Illustrated By Brian Froud. A Fine Hardcover. This book is part of a series of Faerie books about Lady Cottington of England from the 1800's era, who saw and interacted with Faerie beings and kept a diary/pressing book of her involvement with them.This is a reproduction.....
Illustrated by Vernon Grant. Promotional product-related children's book combining famous nursery rhymes with the famous 'Rice Crispies' characters: Snap, Crackle and Pop.
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Illustrations by Watson, Aldren. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. The Jungle Book first published in 1894 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo.....
Tokyo: [Bunka Kensetsusha], 1949. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Kurosaki Yoshisuke (1905‐1984)Japanese illustrator noted for producing books for children based on Japanese folk tales. He shared a belief with several artist friends that paintings for children should also be art. Their art is part of the Showa Era (1926-89)Kurosaki Yoshisuke was.....
Kentucky: The Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc, 1971. Illustrated by Mary Rogers. Stapled Wraps.
Kanas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998. Illustrated by Tom Cross. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. This book is for those that long to linger over the possibilities. The "what if's" of flowers and fairies and all the legend and lore that is woven into.....
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Beardsley, Aubrey, illustrator. Third Beardsley Edition. Hardcover in Custom Slipcase. Aubrey Beardsley's first major work. An elaborately illustrated edition of Sir Thomas Malory's masterpiece, from Caxton's 1485 typographic classic. Beardsley's illustrations to Le Morte d'Arthur are a mix of knights and fauns, swans, fantasy.....
Barefoot Books, 2003. Illustrated by Rebecca Guay, First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Hardcover. With stunning classical artwork by Rebecca Guay, the entries and images in Goddesses come together to form a powerful mirror that illuminates the most radiant and complex aspects of womankind, helping to redefine what it is.....
New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. This compendium of snake iconography and lore from ancient times. This book is heavily illustrated with works of art depicting serpents and dragons in their many mythological roles as well as realistic.....
Reykjavik, Iceland: Iceland Review, 2002. Soft cover. This book contains an informative introduction outlining the world view, ideas and beliefs of the pagan Icelanders, followed by an account of the creation and individual gods. In the second half, the stories of the gods are retold, from the humorous adventures of.....
Chicago: The Book House for Children, 1927. Maud & Miska Petersham. A Very Good Hardcover. Second Printing. 11 1/8 inches tall. 191 pages. Light blue cloth covered boards, titles stamped in gilt. Front full color paste-on. Older tape repair on left edge of Paste-on. Decorated map end-pages. Fully illustrated in.....