One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature. Curated by Chris Loker. Edited by Jill Shefrin. With contributions by Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Rachel Eley, Andre Immel, Justin G. Schiller, Jill Shefrin, and John Windle.
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. Deluxe edition, limited to fifty copies in this binding, with two additional essays, and with an original leaf from the first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Color facsimile frontispiece of a watercolor and ink drawing by Walter Crane illustrating nine nursery rhymes tipped-in; 110 additional illustrations in both fulI color and black-and-white, nine of which are tipped-in facsimiles of book covers and text. Title-page printed in blue, red, and black. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. A fine copy. In the deluxe binding of quarter blue morocco ruled over facsimile gilt Dutch paper boards with gilt lettered spine, in publisher's slipcase. Thick quarto. 318, t10l pp. Item #16801
Price: $1,750.00