Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rolf Winkler. 4to. Quarter blue cloth with white spine lettering and beige pictorial paper over boards. 187pp, (5pp ads). Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription on title page. Handsome, tight undated (circa early 20th century) edition, entirely in German..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with green cloth spine. (24pp). 6 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else internally near fine. Cover title translates "On the Way to Calgary" (Golgatha being another name for the site outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Illustrations by Wilhelm Schäfer. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and faintly scuffed. Bibliographically-challenged German-language edition of this old children's rhyme, whose title translates "Bake, Bake a Cake: Old Rhymes with New Pictures." Likely published in Germany..... More
New York: Kunstdruck und Verlag von Ernst Kaufmann, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with black cloth spine. (23pp). 6 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else internally near fine. Tight and attractive slim title appears to have been published without title page; front cover title..... More
Milwaukee: Geo. Brumder, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and stiff pictorial card stock. (19pp). 8 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and faintly soiled. A tight and nice undated (ca. late 19th century) edition of this nifty gathering of superb images and text about the birth..... More
Eklingen, Germany: Verlag von J.F. Schreiber, n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter red cloth with glossy pictorial paper over boards, decorative dust jacket. 13pp (rectos only). Numerous chromolithographs, decorative endpapers. Very good/good-. Binding faintly edgeworn, but overall tight and bright; jacket heavily edgeworn, with numerous edge tears and small edge chips, showing..... More
St. Louis: Louis Lange Publishing Co., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff light green wrappers with red and dark green lettering and pictorial stamping. 154pp, (6pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Faint edgewear only. Tight, clean and nice copy of the 29th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry compilation..... More
St. Louis: Louis Lange Publishing Co., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff light blue wrappers with gilt and dark blue lettering and pictorial stamping. 151pp, (9pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. 1½" chip at tail of spine. A tight and handsome copy of the 27th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction..... More
St. Louis: Louis Lange Publishing Co., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale blue wrappers with gilt and red lettering and pictorial stamping. 155pp, (5pp ads). Numerous illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Bit of mild edgewear. A tight and lovely copy of the 28th volume of this annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry compilation..... More
Germantown, PA: Michael Billmeyer, 1819. Hardcover. 12mo. Original full calf with both metal clasps present and fully functional. 537pp, (3pp). Binding lightly worn; text block moderately age toned throughout, with minor sporadic foxing. A tight and attractive eighth printing of this noted "New Testament" (printed entirely in German) from the..... More
Cleveland: Forest City Publishing House, 1881. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original green cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt and black lettering and decorations. 500pp, (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded steel-engraved frontispiece, 8 tissue-guarded full-page steel engravings, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear; title page a tad rough; leaf 15-16 inexplicably rubbed, worn and..... More
Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt and black lettering and decorations and color plate on front board. viii, 2878pp, (1p), (8pp ads). Color frontispiece, illustrations (some color), decorative endpapers. Very good. Faint bit of mild edgewear, age toning and light soiling (binding only), else overall..... More
New York: Verlag von Carl Hirsch, n.y. Hardcover. 24mo. Green-grey cloth with gilt and black lettering and multi-color pictorial stamping. 143pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine. Very faintest bit of edgewear; text block lightly age toned, as usual. A tight, attractive later printing, entirely in German, of this second volume of..... More
Steyl, Germany: Verlag der Missionsdruckerei Johann Janssen, 1895. Hardcover. 4to. Dark green pebble-grain cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and decorations and black front board decorations. 429pp, (3pp). Numerous illustrations, line drawings, floral endpapers. Very good. Quite minor edgewear only -- overall tight and attractive, with all gilt bright. Handsome copy..... More
Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe, [1884]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt/black lettering and ornate black decorative stamping. 304pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 17 full-page tissue-guarded plates, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; 1886 ownership signature on inner flyleaf and slip tipped to front flyleaf with..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 4to. Heavy stock color pictorial wrappers. (12pp, heavy stock). Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Minor wear to outer wrappers (only). Bibliographically cryptic production, entirely in German, of this children's poem that illustrates fun things for bored kids to do. Undated, but circa early 29th century..... More
Milwaukee: Geo. Brumder, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and stiff pictorial card stock. (19pp). 8 full-page color chromolithographs. Very good. Binding (only) a tad edgeworn and lightly soiled. Tight, attractive undated (ca. late 19th century) edition of this nifty gathering of superb images and text about Christ's teaching..... More
Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag der Deutschen Verlags=Anstalt, 1894. Hardcover. Folio. Half black calf with gilt lettering and brown marbled paper over boards. 692pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, advertisements. Very good. Boards somewhat rubbed and slightly edgeworn, though calf is strong and gilt lettering bright. A tight and attractive 42nd yearly..... More
New York: Kunstdruck und Verlag von Ernst Kaufmann, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards with green cloth spine. (24pp). 6 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else internally near fine. Tight and attractive slim title appears to have been published without title page; front cover title..... More
New York: Ernst Kaufmann, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and gilt, green, pink, maroon, blue and black pictorial front board stamping. 192pp. Frontispiece, iIlustrations, floral endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and quite handsome undated (circa1890) edition of the seventh volume in the "Goldkorner" series, entirely..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and glossy pictorial paper over boards. (6pp rectos only, 4pp versos only). Numerous chromolithographs. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight and quite handsome copy, entirely in German, of this undated (late 19th century) children's picture book and verse collection whose title translates..... More
Milwaukee: Geo. Brumder, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and stiff pictorial card stock. (17pp). 7 full-page chromolithographs. Very good. Binding (only) a tad edgeworn and lightly soiled. A tight and nice undated (ca. late 19th century) edition of this charming gathering of superb images and text about Christ's..... More
N.p. N.p., 1983. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy red pictorial paper over boards. 63pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. Faintest edgewear. A tight, attractive copy of this bibliographically-challenged text of words and music, entirely in German, title translation "My Favorite Children's Songs with Guitar Accompaniment." Kapp-Verlag in Benshein, Germany published this title..... More
Konstanz: Buch- und Kunstverlag Carl Hirsch, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 16pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Faint edgewear, with small triangular chip at upper right of front wrapper, else tight and nice. Undated (circa 1900) copy of this slim gathering of corny, sentimental verse and tales..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. (12pp). Numerous full-page illustrations (some color). Very good.Mild wear to outer wrappers and several small, neat archival mends. Attractive, if annoying bibliographically cryptic, children's verse entirely in German showing all the things that youngster Hans can do: Baking, tinsmithing, cobbling, seamstressing, dog..... More