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This verse presentation of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood is illustrated by Edward Gorey. Condition is very good, with bright clean unmarked pages. Dust jacket is also very good;, with just a bit of soil/wear at top edge; front flap has original price.

Pagany was a literary journal that ran for a short time (12 issues). This vol. includes pieces by Erskine Caldwell, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound. Also artwork by Virgil Thomson and Margaret Leighton. Little known but made its mark in literary history. Condition is good. Binding is tight, paper cover only slightly soiled and darkened at very top. Original subscription price was $2/hr or 50c a copy!

An exquisite, illustrated collection of poems by Baudelaire, illustrated strikingly by Sidney Nolan and bound in this limited edition printing of 200 copies, of which this is #161. Signed by Robert Lowell ad Sidney Nolan. With 13 poems, 8 full-color illustrations, and 16 monochrome illustrations.

This is an exquisite collection of photographs coupled with the poems of leading French poets. Facing pages have the poem and a picture of then-contemporary Paris, successfully capturing the feel and sense of that wonderful city. Poems range from the 1400s to early 20th Century, and include those by Villon, Marot, Boursault, Racine, Voltaire, Hugo, Musset, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Giraudoux, Cocteau, Apollinaire, Eluard, Aragon, and Roy. Photographs are of the Sorbonne, Pont-Neuf, Notre-Dame, Tuileries, Seine, Invalides, Pont-Neuf, Pantheon, Tuileries, Bateau-mouche, and many more (153 photographs). Binding is a rough cloth, stamped with black scene of Notre-Dame and red stamping for book title. Inside, coated bright white pages show off the photos beautifully. A handsome book.

Beautifully illustrated children's story by John Ruskin, illustrated (4 color plates) by Arthur Rackham. Also with Rackham-designed endpapers and line art throughout, including chapter openings. Orange cloth binding slightly loose toward bottom edge of front cover but otherwise clean and tight throughout. Spine (unlabeled) is very slightly faded. Front cover has paper labels by Rackham. No dj.

This lovely recollection of English country life by Mary Mitford has 100 line drawings by Hugh Thomson and 16 colored plates that are tipped in from drawings by Alfred Rawlings. Condition very good; tight with no marks or tears and just a little wear on the spine. There is small inscription on front endpaper, dated 1910.