Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
Inscribed by J.M. Barrie to Pauline Chase
& signed by Arthur Rackham
Signed limited first separate edition, number 128 of only 500 copies signed by Rackham, with 50 mounted color illustrations. A superb association copy, inscribed on the illustrated original endpaper by J.M. Barrie to Pauline Chase, who played Peter Pan in the original London production of the play, "To Pauline Pan, a great Peter, from a grateful JMB." $26,000. | More...
The Nutcracker
Signed & illustrated by Maurice Sendak
First trade edition, presentation copy, of this delightful blend of Hoffman’s Christmas tale and Sendak’s magical color illustrations, inscribed to Sendak's close friend and neighbor: "For Elizabeth, with very old—very good nutcracking affection! Maurice Sendak Oct. '84," with an original drawing of the Nutcracker saying, "Happy Christmas!" $2800. | More...
Londres
Gustave Doré
First French edition of Doré's London, "superb, and noble in sentiment" (van Gogh), with 174 striking full-page and in-text wood-engraved illustrations of "all segments of London society" by Doré. $4200. | More...
Fêtes Galantes
Paul Verlaine; illustrated by George Barbier
Beautiful limited edition, number 810 of 800 copies on Rives paper (of a total edition of 1200), illustrated by George Barbier with 20 full-page hand-colored pochoir plates in his characteristic Art Deco style. $9000. | More...
Spenser's Faerie Queene
Illustrated by Walter Crane
Limited first book-form edition of Walter Crane's "most ambitious project of book illustration" (Lacy, 103), one of 1000 large-paper copies, with 88 splendid full-page pen-and-ink line-cuts (two double-page), 135 illustrative head- and tailpieces by Crane, and six facsimile title pages from earlier editions. Handsomely bound by J. Adams of Manchester. $5200. | More...
Ulysses
James Joyce; signed & illustrated by Henri Matisse
First illustrated edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, number 853 of 1500 copies signed by Matisse, with 26 illustrations by him, one of the 20th-century’s most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modern artists. $7500. | More...
A Midsummer-Night's Dream
William Shakespeare; signed & illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Signed limited first edition, number 839 of 1000 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, one of his most desirable and most profusely illustrated works, with 40 full-page mounted color plates and numerous pen-and-ink line cuts. $4800. | More...
Les Dîners de Gala
Signed by Salvador Dalí
First edition of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated cookbook created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala, boldly signed across an entire page by Salvador Dalí. $9000. | More...
