Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis

N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1885 Book. Illus. by L. Clarkson. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original light green cloth lavishly decorated in gold, black, and silver on beveled boards. Wear at extreme corner tips and spine head and foot, but unusually good condition. Eight chromolithographs in immaculate condition with full tissue guards. Alternate leaves have poems in script or print. All edges gilt..

London: Fielding and Walker, 1778. First published in 2 volumes octavo in 1735, and again in 1744, this is the first edition in quarto, considerably improved and enlarged, pp. viii, plus unpaginated lexicon in double column; engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates; 20th-century quarter green morocco, the spine a bit discolored, else very good. With the bookplate of Wm. D. Tarrant, almost certainly the same Tarrant as the mayor of Wichita 1965-67, and the Gun Dog Editor for Field & Stream, and twice named Dog Writer of the Year by the Dog Writers Association of America. Terminology is alphabetically arranged throughout. Alston XVIII-4, 146 (erroneously identified as an octavo).

London: Morgan and Scott(Office of The Christian) Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. White faux leather or composition bordered in red and gilt. Pristine glassine wrapper. Encased in blue cardboard box titled as is the book. Outer surface of box spine is missing. Gutter crack between pp. 20-21. All edges gilt. Morgan and Scott published religious literature and hymns about 1910. This book is a guide to religious living in the home. 68 pp..

2 & 3 Portsmouth St. Kingsway, W.C.: George G. Harrap & Co. Book. Illus. by Pictured By Willy Pogany. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mother riding her goose on cover pastedown. First two pages, Mother Goose in colour. Pp. 3 & 4, four panels in B/W. Pp. 5 & 6, four panels of Jack and his goose in colour. Pp. 7 & 8, two panels of Dapple-grey pony and Hey, diddle, diddle in B/W. Pp. 9 & 10, three panels in colour of the Jew and Jack, Mother Goose turning Jack and his lady to Harlequin and Concubine, and Mother Goose riding up to the moon. Pp. 11 & 12, four B/W panels of Pussy Cat, Robinson Crusoe, and Georgie Porgie. Pp. 13 & 14, four colour panels of Cross-Patch, Peter White, Handy Pandy, and Humpty Dumpty. Pp. 15 & 16, two B/W panels of One, Two, Buckle my shoe to Nineteen, Twenty, My stomach's empty. Pp. 17 & 18, four colour panels of Little Tom Tucker, Tom the Piper's Son, Little Jack Horner, and… Read More

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1943 Book. Illus. by Cartoons By Author. Good. Hardcover. Signed By 11 Cartoonists and Other Celebrities. 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original red, white and blue paper covered boards with cartoon of a soldier and his lady on the front. Paper on spine has come away from spine at front gutter, but is still present. Hand soil. This book was written by the first openly black cartoonist to be syndicated in white newspapers in the U.S. We believe that this important piece of comic strip history was given as a gift to cartoonist C.D. Russell (who was identified as an influence on Campbell in his obituary) and his bride (?), Mary, in 1945. The blank pages in the front and back of the book have been signed along with sketches by some of the earliest members of the National Cartoonists Society: Milton Caniff, Jay Irving, Otto Soglow, George McManus, Bela Zaboly, Paul Frehm, Gus Edson, Dow Walling, Bill Holman, Ed Hughes, and Elmer Woggon. In addition, there are signatures… Read More

N.Y.: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1885 Book. Illus. by L. Clarkson. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Original light green cloth lavishly decorated in gold, black, and silver on beveled boards. Wear at extreme corner tips and spine head and foot, but unusually good condition. Eight chromolithographs in immaculate condition with full tissue guards. Alternate leaves have poems in script or print. All edges gilt..

London: Morgan and Scott(Office of The Christian) Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. White faux leather or composition bordered in red and gilt. Pristine glassine wrapper. Encased in blue cardboard box titled as is the book. Outer surface of box spine is missing. Gutter crack between pp. 20-21. All edges gilt. Morgan and Scott published religious literature and hymns about 1910. This book is a guide to religious living in the home. 68 pp..

2 & 3 Portsmouth St. Kingsway, W.C.: George G. Harrap & Co. Book. Illus. by Pictured By Willy Pogany. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mother riding her goose on cover pastedown. First two pages, Mother Goose in colour. Pp. 3 & 4, four panels in B/W. Pp. 5 & 6, four panels of Jack and his goose in colour. Pp. 7 & 8, two panels of Dapple-grey pony and Hey, diddle, diddle in B/W. Pp. 9 & 10, three panels in colour of the Jew and Jack, Mother Goose turning Jack and his lady to Harlequin and Concubine, and Mother Goose riding up to the moon. Pp. 11 & 12, four B/W panels of Pussy Cat, Robinson Crusoe, and Georgie Porgie. Pp. 13 & 14, four colour panels of Cross-Patch, Peter White, Handy Pandy, and Humpty Dumpty. Pp. 15 & 16, two B/W panels of One, Two, Buckle my shoe to Nineteen, Twenty, My stomach's empty. Pp. 17 & 18, four colour panels of Little Tom Tucker, Tom the Piper's Son, Little Jack Horner, and… Read More

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1943 Book. Illus. by Cartoons By Author. Good. Hardcover. Signed By 11 Cartoonists and Other Celebrities. 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original red, white and blue paper covered boards with cartoon of a soldier and his lady on the front. Paper on spine has come away from spine at front gutter, but is still present. Hand soil. This book was written by the first openly black cartoonist to be syndicated in white newspapers in the U.S. We believe that this important piece of comic strip history was given as a gift to cartoonist C.D. Russell (who was identified as an influence on Campbell in his obituary) and his bride (?), Mary, in 1945. The blank pages in the front and back of the book have been signed along with sketches by some of the earliest members of the National Cartoonists Society: Milton Caniff, Jay Irving, Otto Soglow, George McManus, Bela Zaboly, Paul Frehm, Gus Edson, Dow Walling, Bill Holman, Ed Hughes, and Elmer Woggon. In addition, there are signatures… Read More

Lake Oswego, OR: Great Outdoors Book Exchange, 1992 Book. Illus. by Ralph L. Boyer. Very Good Minus. Full Leather. Signed by Alec Jackson. Reprint #147 of 149 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original (reprint) in blue leather on boards. Scratches on front cover, and spots on both front and back covers. Just as Jack Russell's name is widely-known as a salmon fisherman, so is Alec Jackson's reputation as a hook and lure designer fair game for campfire conversation everywhere. Limited Reprint Edition, #147 of 149 copies. Designed by Wm. S. Hotine. 204 pp..