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Classic fairy tales, for the first time translated into Dutch View picture(s) 1 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Winteravond-vertellingen. Vertaald door E.M. Mensing. Schoonhoven, S.E. van Nooten, 1853. 8vo. Orig. yellow boards. With large illustration on engraved title by W.F. Wehniger after H.F.C. ten Cate, showing a girl doing her washing in a  stream while a woman and a boy are passing over the bridge, richly and beautifully coloured by hand. (4), 160 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Italian for beginners View picture(s) 2 BARNABÈ, Stephanus. Teutsche und Italianische Discurs, Sambt etlichen Proverbien, Historien und Fabeln. München, In Verlag Johan Herman von Gelder, Gedruckt bey Sebastian Rauch, 1673. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed, sides richly blind stamped in panel design with the armorial supralibros of the "Conventus Lincensis Carmelitar Discalceator" on frontcover, with 2 small brass clasps. 229, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Children's Books  Education  Fable Books  Fairy Tales  German  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the Dutch translation by the wife of Frederik van Eeden View picture(s) 3 GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm. Sprookjes. Een eerste tiental. Opnieuw vertaald door M. van Eeden-Van Vloten. Amsterdam, G. Schreuders, 1906. Small folio. Original half cloth, with full-page colour-printed lithographed illustration on front cover, design B. Midderigh-Bokhorst and J. Midderigh. With richly illustrated title, 10 full-page lithographed plates, and illustrations and vignettes in text by J. and B. Midderigh-Bokhorst. 84 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the masterpieces of French eighteenth-century book illustration View picture(s) 4 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam (=Paris), (Duchesne), 1762. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spine with gilt flowers and calf title-label, covers with triple-fillet gilt borders and a gilt flower in every corner, inside covers gilt as well, g.e. 2 volumes preserved together in modern slipcase. First volume contains 1 engraved portrait of La Fontaine, and 39 engraved plates illustrating the fables, second volume with an engraved portrait of Charles Eisen and 41 engraved plates. In total 4 vignettes and 53 beautifully engraved head- and tailpieces adorn the 2 volumes. XIV, 268, (2), 16; VIII, 306, (8 + 2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  La Fontaine  Literature  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare second issue of the original edition View picture(s) 5 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Nouveaux contes (quatrième partie). Contenant, Comment l'esprit vient aux filles. L'abbesse & les nonnains. Les troqueurs de femmes. Le cas de conscience. Le diable de Papefiguiere. Feronde, ou Le purgatoire. Le pesautier. Le roy Candaule, & le maître en droict. Le diable en enfer. Le jugement du compere Pierre. Pâté d'anguille, Les lunettes. Jeannot & Catin. Le cuvier. La chose impossible. Le magnifique. Le tableau. Les fous. Amsterdam, Corneille Jans Zwol, 1676. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt binding edges, red mottled edges. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, with blank pedestal underneath, woodcut title vignette, head pieces and initials. 168 pp. Collation: A-K8, L4. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  French  La Fontaine  Literature  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Including two original phonographs View picture(s) 6 MAYHEW, Ralph, Burges JOHNSON & Rhoda CHASE. The Robin and Wren bubble book that sings. Singing: Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, who killed Cock Robin? The death of Jenny Wren. (New York), Dodd, Mead and Comp., 1930. Oblong 8vo. Orig. boards with coloured illustration on front cover by Rhoda Chase. With title printed in green and black, 4 illustrations printed in green, orange and black by Rhoda Chase, and 2 small original phonographs of Columbia Phonograph Comp. inserted between the double-bound text-lvs. 16 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Children's Books  English  Fairy Tales  Music  Songbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The poems accompanying the Dutch translation of Perrault's fairy tales View picture(s) 7 SCHENKMAN, Jan. Nieuwe gedichtjes op de vertellingen van moeder de Gans. Amst., G. Theod. Bom, (1851). 4to. Orig. half cloth, with illustrated colour-printed lithographed covers, nicely finished by hand. With 8 fine lithographed plates, produced by H.L. van Hoogstraten at Zwolle, all richly and very beautifully coloured by hand. (8) lvs. text, printed on one side. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Chromolithography  Fairy Tales  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Indian fairy tale illustrated by Rie Cramer View picture(s) 8 TAGORE, Rabindranath. De Brief van den Koning. (The Post Office). Nederlandsche vertaling van H. Borel. Spel in twee bedrijven. Utrecht, W. de Haan, (1919). Small 4to. Orig. illustrated colour-printed cloth by Rie Cramer. With frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations by Rie Cramer. 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Celebrating 75 years of The Hobbit. First edition, first impression, with the dust jacket View picture(s) 9 TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel. The Hobbit, or there and back again. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., [21 September] 1937. 19 x 13.5 cm. Original decorated dark blue-stamped green cloth, wove endpapers with maps of Thror and Wilderland in red and black, top edge painted in green, original unrestored first issue dust jacket on wove paper with coloured illustration of the Lonely Mountain and neighbouring mountains and forest in black, green and blue, back flap with the misspelled name of the publisher (Dodgeson instead of Dodgson) corrected in ink. Cover and dust jacket designed by Tolkien. Preserved in matching green half morocco drop-back box (CHELSEA BINDERY). With full page half-tone plate of Mirkwood facing page 146 and 9 black and white illustrations in text, all designed by Tolkien. 310, [2] pp. (pp. [1-2] blank). Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Fairy Tales  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dancing fairy Swedes View picture(s) 10 ZEIPEL, Carl von. Den Aterfunna. Berättelse för Barn. Andra Uplagan, Stockholm, P.A. Huldbergs Förlag. (1849). Sm.4to. Orig. pink boards, with title within typographical borders on front and publisher's advertisement on back cover. With 2 full-page lithographed plates, finely coloured by hand. 21, (3 publisher's catalogue) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Chapbooks  Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A 1000 Arabian nights in Dutch View picture(s) 11 [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Duizend en één nacht. Arabische Vertellingen. Amsterdam, Hendrik Frijlink, 1829 - 1831 9 volumes. 8vo. Half black buckram and marbled paper sides with title in gilt on spine. 9 engraved titles and 9 egraved frontispieces. (8), (2), 355; (8), 338, (2); (8), 296; (8), 322, (2); (8), 339; (8), 366, (2); (8), 303; (8), 344; (4), I - VIII, 309, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Arabia  Arabian Nights  Fairy Tales  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous fairy tales of Madame d'Aulnoy View picture(s) 12 [AULNOY, Marie Catherine le Jumel de Barneville, comtesse d']. Les contes des fées.- Nouveaux contes des fées. Par madame D***. Auteur des memoires et voyage d'Espagne. Amsterdam, for Estienne Roger, 1717-1719. 4 parts in 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt spines. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 16 half-page engravings in text in the first and 10 in the second vol. heading the 25 fairy tales and the preface in vol. 2. 423, (3), 271; (2), 440 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fairy Tales  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fable book illustrated by one of the best Swiss engravers View picture(s) 13 [FABLE BOOKS]. Vingt fables en prose et en vers, tirées de l'Allemand et du François. Berne, La Nouvelle Société Typographique, for Henri Steiner & Compagnie, Winterthur, 1780. Contemporary olive morocco, spine richly gilt, gilt borders on sides, with gilt ornament in centre with red morocco inlaid on both sides, g.e., marbled endpapers. With engraved frontispiece with the title 'Recueil de fables gravées à l'eauforte par I.R. Schellenberg. 1780', woodcut vignette on title, woodcut head-pieces, and 20 numbered beautifully engraved full-page plates by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg. (4), 60 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Mother Goose from Zwolle View picture(s) 14 [FAIRY TALES]. De nieuwe Moeder de Gans, eene verzameling van zedelyke en onderhoudende vertelsels voor de jeugd. Zwolle, W.C.J. Tjeenk Willink, (1840). Sm.8vo. Later half cloth. With illustration on lithographed title, and 4 full-page lithographed plates, produced by B.B. Blijdenstein at Enschede, all richly and very beautifully coloured by hand. 122, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Education  Fairy Tales  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Gallant fairy tales ascribed to the Chevalier de Mailly View picture(s) 15 [MAILLY, Louis, Chevalier De]. Les illustres Fées. Contes Galans. Dedié aux Dames. Par Madame D*** Seconde edition, corrigé de plusieurs fautes. Amst., Aux dépens d'Estienne Roger, 1710. 12mo. Contemp. half calf. With title printed in red and black, fine engraved  frontispiece showing a queen at court telling stories to male and female courtiers, and 11 almost half-page engraved illustrations heading each story. (8), 214, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Fairy Tales  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fables with a lightly erotic illustration View picture(s) 16 [PAJON, Henri?]. Contes nouveaux & nouvelles nouvelles en vers. Antwerp, A l'Ane rouge lyrique (1753). Sm. 8vo. Contemp. green morocco, spine gilt, with double gilt fillet borders on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With large allegorical vignette on engraved title, printed in red, and set within double fillet borders, and full-page engraved plate of a boy falling down on lovers in a haystack. II, 164 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Mother goose beautifully illustrated View picture(s) 17 [PERRAULT, Charles]. Vertellingen van moeder de gans. Met negen keurlyke koopere plaatjes, zeer dienstig voor de jeugd om haar zelve in het Fransch en Hollands te oeffenen. Zevende Druk.- Contes de temps passe de ma mere l'oye. Septieme Edition. Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde. 1775. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, with green title-label. With frontispiece and 8 full-page engraved plates by H. Immink in the first part, and 4 full-page engraved plates by H. Immink in the second part. 167, (1); 79, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dutch  Fairy Tales  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the Van Gogh family View picture(s) 18 [SCRAPBOOK - VAN GOGH]. Plakboek, behoorende aan: (filled in by hand:) Johanna Hendrina van Gogh. Begonnen den: (filled in by hand:) eersten Zondag in 1865. Geeindigd den: (left blank). Amsterdam, J.H. & G. van Heteren, G. Theod. Bom, (1865). Large folio. Half calf, spine richly gilt, incl. gilt title. With richly designed colour-printed lithographed title,  nicely finished by hand and incl. some views of children working at their scrapbooks, the whole set within decoratively leaved borders, and numerous cut and mounted lithographed, steel-engraved, aquatint or wood-engraved plates, several full-page and several coloured by hand or colour-printed, and also incl. several ready-made colour-printed lithographed scrapbook plates. 90 lvs. of brown paper. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fairy Tales  Scrapbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to enter the land of the fairies View picture(s) 19 [SENETERRE, Henri-Charles DE]. Nouveaux contes de fées. Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie (= Paris), 1745. Sm.8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red and black title-labels, gilt triple fillet borders on side, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (SIMIER). With large engraved allegorical vignette on title, and with 6 fine engraved illustrations, at the head of each tale. XVI, 79 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Engravings  Fairy Tales  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Elzevir edition? View picture(s) 20 [TILL OWLGLASS]. Histoire de la Vie de Tiel Wlespiegle, contenant ses faits & finesses, ses aventures, & les grandes fortunes qu'il a euës, ne s'étant jamais laissé tromper par aucune personne. Nouvelle traduction de l'Alemand en François; où l'on a ajoûté à cette Edition, plusieurs pieces qui n'ont point encore paru en François jusques à present. Amsterdam, Pierre Marteau, 1703. 12mo. 19th century light brown morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with triple gilt fillet borders on sides, richly gilt  inner dentelles, g.e. (HARDY). With fine engraved frontispiece with portrait of Ulenspiegel and an owl looking at itself in the mirror. (8), 247 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Elzevier  Fairy Tales  French  Till Owlglass  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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