Enfantina - Children's Books

First edition with 46 illustrations by Harry Furniss.
Publisher's binding over flexible paper boards, discreet and light repairs on the
joints, all edges gilt.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lewis Carroll to Mrs Cole.

First edition of this richly and exquisitely illustrated collection of songs. It comprises 122 songs (originally published in 84 installments), each accompanied by four fully engraved pages. Every song is preceded by a short introduction written by various authors, including the Bibliophile Jacob, and is followed by two pages of musical score. The volume also includes three frontispieces by Trimolet. The steel engravings are truly magnificent and rank among the finest produced in the 19th century. Illustrations by Daubigny, Trimolet, Meissonier...

Contemporary half black shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands, compartments and gilt tooling. Triple gilt fillet along the edges of the covers. Occasional light foxing, otherwise a clean and fresh copy. Minor rubbing. A handsome copy.

The extremely rare wrappers—among the scarcest of the Romantic period—are present. In the first volume, instead of being green, the wrappers are blue, representing an initial trial in this color. All the covers were printed on chamois paper and include engravings within gilt chromolithographed borders.

Rare translation into Berber Tamasheq (spoken mainly by the Tuaregs of Mali) by Abdelkader ben El Hadj Ahmed.
Some of Saint-Exupéry’s original illustrations have been reused, others redrawn.
As often, a trace of vertical crease runs along the red cloth strip used for the binding; otherwise a handsome copy.

Original colour print printed on laid paper and signed in the plate lower right.

Original engraving produced for the illustration of La Gazette du Bon Ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion journals of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French designers and artists at the height of the Art Deco era.

First illustrated edition, featuring 82 drawings by Tiret-Bognet and a color map of the Saint Lawrence River. Publisher's 1890 EX catalogue bound in at rear.
Binding with the two elephants, Lenègre type 3. Rear cover Lenègre type e.
Spine lightly faded, internally clean and well preserved.
In Famille sans nom, Verne recounts the story of a French-Canadian family during the Patriote Rebellion (1837–1838) against British injustice.

First edition.

Publisher's full cloth-backed pictorial boards, front board with color illustration, pictorial endpapers, a newspaper clipping photograph of the Disney couple pasted on the front pastedown. Minor lacks to the upper cover, corners slightly creased.

Exceptional incribed copy by Walt Disney on the front pastedown: "Best wishes / Walt Disney," below a portrait of him with his wife and their dog.

First collected illustrated edition, illustrated by Ferat, with engravings by Pannemaker and Hildibrand. The volume also includes Les Forceurs de blocus.

Publisher's binding known as "à l'obus" in a rare violet cloth, with the back cover in Lenègre type C. Spine faded, as is almost always the case with this particularly light-sensitive color. Strikingly fresh front cover. One corner slightly blunted, the others rubbed and a little turned in. Head- and tailpieces in good condition. Generally fresh paper, with some leaves showing spots of browning. All edges gilt, perfectly preserved.

A very good copy, clean and sound throughout.

First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.
Publisher's full illustrated boards.
Illustrated with drawings by André François.
Joints slightly rubbed and darkened at head and foot, as often; discreet blue ballpoint pen note at the top of the lower cover; a pleasant copy.

First edition illustrated with 101 drawings by Benett and a map. BR catalogue for 1884 at the end.

Publisher’s pictorial cloth binding known as "Aux deux éléphants" in fir green (design signed by Souze, Lenègre binder at foot of spine). A very bright front cover with brilliant gilt. Rear cover with signs of rubbing. The percaline cloth retains its sheen. Rubbing to corners, edges, spine ends and joints. Internally clean and free of foxing. A handsome copy, scarce in this color.

Three volumes published between 1890 and 1893. 300 experiments in recreational physics and conjuring, with numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Poyet. Four pages of publisher’s advertisements at the end of volume one.
Publisher’s binding by Engel (not credited), gilt-stamped red percaline cloth. Boards and spines decorated with black and gilt designs. Headcaps slightly pushed. Two small tears along the lower hinge of volume 3 with minor percaline loss. A fresh and well-preserved set, with a few spots of foxing.

Very attractive copies. The cloth bindings remain in excellent condition, with glossy finish and sharp corners.

Illustrated edition featuring 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
Publisher’s royal blue cloth over red boards, known as “à la bannière”, with front cover plaque signed by Souze, bevelled boards of type 7, cold-stamped Lenègre type 3 cover, binding signed Lenègre at foot of spine, HF catalogue at the end of the volume.
Headcaps slightly compressed as often, corners and lower edge a little frayed, occasional foxing, first gathering starting to loosen.

A pleasant copy.
The plot of this work, one of the author’s great classics, follows two children in search of their shipwrecked father, from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes, the Argentine pampa, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island, and Australia.

New edition, illustrated with drawings by de Neuville and Benett.
Publisher’s gilt-pictorial cloth binding known as “à un éléphant, titre dans l’éventail”, with Engel’s signature at the foot of the front cover plaque, spine featuring a lighthouse, rear cover of type “i” as defined by Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Headcaps very slightly compressed, faint trace of a removed label to the verso of the front board.
A handsome copy.
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is an adventure novel. It tells the story of an English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, who wagers he can travel around the world_

First deluxe large octavo edition illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher’s pictorial binding by Hetzel signed Engel, known as "type 4 globe" design, with "lighthouse" spine and lower cover of Engel "i" type as per Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally faded, as usual; headcaps very slightly compressed; some foxing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Sequel to Robur le conquérant, Maître du monde recounts Robur’s return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
Un drame en Livonie is a detective novel centred on the story of an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.

New edition illustrated with 79 engravings by Riou and De Montaut, and a double-page map.
Publisher’s red cloth binding known as “Aux initiales”; first issue in this binding and with this newly designed cover, following the earlier “bouquets of roses” editions. Charles Magnier credited as binder at foot of spine. Rear cover of type Magnier C1, with black Greek key borders framing the central medallion and black concentric circles delimiting the ornamental bands.

Some foxing.
Some minor black marks on the spine, slightly rubbed at head and foot as often; a faint light spot to the left margin of the rear cover, which also shows a few tiny black specks along the right edge; two corners of the rear cover lightly worn. Occasional scattered foxing. Two small labels on the front pastedown, one of which is partially detached.
A handsome copy.
Cinq semaines en ballon was the first novel by Verne published by Hetzel. It offered a compelling summary of contemporary knowledge of Africa, much of which remained unknown to the public at the time. The author laid the groundwork for his future work, skilfully blending adventurous narrative with scientific and technical information. A learned explorer and his hunter companion travel across East Africa_

Illustrated edition comprising 68 illustrations by George Roux, including 20 large plates in chromotypography and a map.
Y catalogue at rear.
Publisher’s binding by Hetzel signed Engel, known as “au globe”, type 4, spine with lighthouse motif, lower cover type Engel “i” as per Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Headcaps slightly pushed and frayed, some foxing, offsetting from adhesive paper to the head and tail of the blue endpapers.
Le Sphinx des glaces is a fantastical novel intended as a sequel to Edgar Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, to which it is dedicated.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.

Original drawing in graphite and blue and pink colored pencils signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on a sheet of watermarked paper "Navarre". Horizontal fold.

One of Saint-Exupéry's quirky characters in a suit and bow tie, spawn from the baroque and overflowing imagination of the Little Prince's author. The writer-aviator-artist very rarely signed his graphic works.




 
 
 

Original drawing with graphite, blue and pink colored pencils signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on a sheet of watermarked paper “Navarre”. Hor­izontal fold, pencil annotation in the upper left margin, very small loss of paper in the lower right margin.

A remarkable caricature signed by Saint-Exupéry, akin to a cartoon character. The writer-aviator-artist very rarely signed his graphic works.

Original signed drawing in pencil and pink crayon by Antoine de Saint-Ex­upéry, on “Navarre” watermarked paper. Horizontal fold, annotation in pencil in upper left-hand corner, min­ute tears in lower margin.

Precious drawing signed by Saint-Exupéry – the writer-artist very rarely signed his graphic works – of a caricature character, sharing some of the writer's own features.

First edition.

Illustrated with 16 drawings by Georges Adam.

A superb copy of this rare booklet by Louis Aragon, a true "anti-clerical, anti-capitalist, anti-colonialist, anti-patriotic" (Pierre Juquin) catechism for the children of the exploited working masses.

"On June 25, 1932, the Imprimerie centrale completed printing for the Bureau des éditions et de diffusion, 132, Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris, a beautiful pamphlet, now a bibliophilic rarity [...] On the cover, a large red star - an important and recurrent image in Aragon's work - appears imprinted on children's brains. Sixteen quatrains, droll and didactic, punctuated for ease of reading, alternate with drawings by Georges Adam, whose nearly expressionist mockery, reminiscent of Rouault's paintings, overturns taboos and myths." (Aragon. Un destin français 1897-1939)


After breaking with the Surrealists, Aragon threw himself wholeheartedly into the Journal de la lutte antireligieuse. He wrote this pamphlet from Moscow and published it on the Party's presses, to ignite the fervor of proletarian youth. French poet Jacques Prévert would later follow a similar path with his play Émasculée conception. Anticlerical activism within French Communist associations was in full swing at the time: every symbol and events of religious life were reinterpreted through the lens of class struggle. "Red baptisms" were organised, forming a community of "Godless" children (drawing their name from the Association of Godless Workers) who corresponded with their Soviet counterparts.
Aragon contributed to these new rituals with this particularly radical children's book, deemed excessively antipatriotic by Maurice Thorez, which he would later disavow at the end of his life.

Very elegant edition of Perrault's fairy tales, printed with the stereotype process invented by Louis-Etienne Herhan.

Illustrated with 5 full-text engravings (2 vignettes each) and a vignette on the engraved title, after the frontispiece by Antoine Clouzier for the first edition of Perrault's tales (Paris, Barbin, 1697).
Full roan binding, smooth spine framed in gilt and gilt motifs, black title label stamped in gilt, boards framed in gilt, inner dentelle, endpapers and pastedowns in caillouté paper, all edges gilt. Joints slightly split at head of spine, a small brown stain to title page and frontispiece, some spotting. 
Very rare edition, including Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, The Fairy, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Riquet with the Tuft, Little Thumb, The Clever Princess, Donkey-skin, The Ridiculous Wishes.

A very scarce item, OCLC does not locate any copy printed by Saintin at this address.

Charming edition illustrated with a frontispiece, a framed title and 9 half-page illustrations, reproducing vignettes by Fokke after De Sève - with the final illustration for L'Adroite Princesse, newly added. 

Complete with the Épître dédicatoire by P. Darmancour [Charles Perrault] to 'La Grande Mademoiselle', Anne-Marie d'Orléans, cousin of Louis XIV.

Half-sheep binding, smooth spine ruled in gilt, and a diagonally stamped gilt title. Beige paper boards, speckled edges. Small paper defect in the margin of page 75, scattered foxing, a small brown stain affecting the illustration of Cinderella. A name written in ink in the lower margin of page 21.
 
This edition contains eight famous tales by Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Les Fées (The Fairies), La Barbe Bleue (Bluebeard), La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Riquet à la Houppe (Ricky of the Tuft), and Le Petit Poucet (Hop-o'-My-Thumb), as well as The Clever Princess or Finette by his niece Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon, wrongly attributed to Perrault. The collection ends with La Veuve et ses deux filles, by Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
 
Cohen 789; Brunet Supplément, II, 206 ;
Provenance: Henry Betrand library, blind stamp on verso of frontispiece.

Illustrated edition by George Roux featuring 12 large chromotypographs, 2 maps, and numerous photographic views.
Publisher’s decorative binding by Hetzel, signed Engel, known as “au globe,” type 4, spine with the lighthouse design, lower cover of Engel type "h" as per Jauzac; all edges gilt.
Headcaps very slightly pushed without consequence, original blue endpapers faintly faded as often, a few occasional spots of foxing.
Les Frères Kip is a detective and adventure novel, likely inspired by a late 19th-century criminal case: the Rorique brothers.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.

Original felt-tip drawing signed by Uderzo, accompanied by René Goscinny's signature in blue ink. Half a page on the verso of the final leaf of a three-page typescript stapled with a metal clip.
Some minor fold marks, without consequence.
A round and cheerful portrait of Obelix, drawn by his creator and inscribed “pour Anne Sophie avec toute notre amitié”, enriched with René Goscinny’s signature, on the verso of television script pages from a show featuring Uderzo and Goscinny as guests.