Books About Books, Bibliography and Reference

Updated August 14, 2026

What's in this auction

82 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (3), pottery, china & glass (2), fine art & prints (1), toys & collectibles (1). 82 lots have photos and 78 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $10–$800 across 82 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.

Highest-estimated lots

• Bibliographie d'editions originales et rares d'auteurs francais des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe — est. $300–$800
• A Bibliography of American Children's Books Printed Prior to 1821, by d'Alte Welsh. 6 volumes. — est. $300–$750
• The World of Jean de Bosschere, by Samuel Putnam. — est. $160–$600
• Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849. A Bibliographical Tribute, by Bertha Coolidge Slade. — est. $100–$500
• Howard Pyle. A Record of His Illustrations and Writings, by Willard Morse. — est. $200–$500

From the auction house

Books pertaining to rare & collectible books including art, illustration, children's, etc. Many of the books are signed. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .

In this auction (82 lots)

Categories: Antiques & Furniture (3) · Pottery, China & Glass (2) · Fine Art & Prints (1) · Toys & Collectibles (1)

• Lot 0001 — Collected Books. The Guide to Values. Text by Allen & Patricia Ahern.
• Lot 0002 — Looking at Picture Books 1973. Edited by Brian Alderson.
• Lot 0003 — Grimm Tales in English. Edited by Brian Alderson.
• Lot 0004 — Hans Andersen. The Important Collection of Books and Associated Material relating to Hans Christian
• Lot 0005 — Wonderful Stories for Pictures. Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators.
• Lot 0006 — A Brief Catalogue of Books Illustrated with Engravings by Dr. Alexander Anderson. With a
• Lot 0007 — A History of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, by Irene Smith.
• Lot 0008 — Newbery and Caldecott Awards. A Bibliography of First Editions, by Irvin Kerlan.
• Lot 0009 — American Picture Books from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within, by Barbara Bader.
• Lot 0010 — [OZ] Bibliographia Oziana. A Concise Bibliographical Checklist of the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum and
• Lot 0011 — [OZ] The Wonderful World of Oz / The Wonderful World of Oz, volume 11 / The Art of Oz. Three
• Lot 0012 — Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800, by Stuart Bennett.
• Lot 0013 — Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880. A Descriptive Bibliography, by Edmund King.
• Lot 0014 — Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Cloth & Leather, by Ruari McLean.
• Lot 0015 — Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper, by Ruari McLean.
• Lot 0016 — The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 1815-1915, by Ellen Morris.
• Lot 0017 — Nineteenth-Century Publishers' Bindings 1820-1900, by Robin de Beaumont.
• Lot 0018 — Textile and Embroidered Bindings, by Giles Barber.
• Lot 0019 — Early American Book-Bindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio.
• Lot 0020 — Binding Variants with More Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900, by John Carter. 2
• Lot 0021 — Harry Castlemon. Boy's Own Author. Appreciation and Bibliography, by Jacob Blanck.
• Lot 0022 — American Book Illustrators. Bibliographic Check Lists of 123 Artists, by Theodore Bolton.
• Lot 0023 — The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, by Humphrey Carpenter.
• Lot 0024 — [Lewis Carroll] A Bibliography of the Writings of Lewis Carroll, by Sidney Williams.
• Lot 0025 — [Lewis Carroll] The Lewis Carroll Handbook. Being a New Version of a Handbook of the Literature of
• Lot 0026 — Gifts for Good Children. The History of Children's China Part I 1790-1890, by Noel Riley.
• Lot 0027 — Gifts for Good Children. The History of Children's China Part II 1890-1990, by Maureen Batkin.
• Lot 0028 — Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art, by Nichola Bowe.
• Lot 0029 — Postcards from the Nursery. The illustrators of children's books and postcards 1900-1950, by Dawn
• Lot 0030 — A Note on Old Children's Books, by F.J. Harvey Darton. Two volumes.
• Lot 0031 — The World of Jean de Bosschere, by Samuel Putnam.
• Lot 0032 — Early New England Catechisms. A Bibliographical Account of Some Catechisms Published Before the Year
• Lot 0033 — First Catalogs. Kate Greenaway, Books of Wonder 1980. Catalog of an Exhibition listing 93 items;
• Lot 0034 — First Editions: A Guide to Identification, by Edward Zempel.
• Lot 0035 — Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849. A Bibliographical Tribute, by Bertha Coolidge Slade.
• Lot 0036 — The Children's Books of Mary [Belson] Elliott. A Bibliography, by Marjorie Moon.
• Lot 0037 — The Truthful Lens. A survey of the photographically illustrated book 1844-1914, by Lucien
• Lot 0038 — Goreyography. A divers compendium of & a price guide to the works of Edward Gorey, by Henry
• Lot 0039 — Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, by Gerald Gottlieb.
• Lot 0040 — American Primers, Indian Primers, Royal Primers and thirty-seven other types of non-New England
• Lot 0041 — Panoramania! The Art and Entertainment of the "All-Embrasing View", by Ralph Hyde.
• Lot 0042 — [19th Century Illustration] The Notable and Extensive Collection of Illustrated Books and
• Lot 0043 — [Rockwell Kent] An American Saga. The Life and Times of Rockwell Kent, by David Traxel.
• Lot 0044 — [Pop-Ups] The Collectible Children's Curiosities of Vojtech Kubasta, by John M. Dawson.
• Lot 0045 — [John Leech] Catalogue of and Exhibition of Works by John Leech. Held at the Grolier Club from
• Lot 0046 — Hidden Images. Games of Perception, Anamorphic Art, Illusion, from the Renaissance to the Present,
• Lot 0047 — The Books of William Morris Described with Some Account of His Doings in Literature and in the
• Lot 0048 — Children's Books of Yesterday. A Catalogue of an Exhibition during May 1946, by Percy Muir.
• Lot 0049 — [John Newbery] A Bookseller of the Last Century. Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery,
• Lot 0050 — This Book-Collecting Game, by A. Edward Newton.
• Lot 0051 — A Billings Bookshelf. An Anotated Bibliography of the Works Illustrated by Hammatt Billings, by
• Lot 0052 — The Art of Beatrix Potter. With an appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore.
• Lot 0053 — Howard Pyle. A Record of His Illustrations and Writings, by Willard Morse.
• Lot 0054 — [Arthur Rackham] A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham, by Richard Riall.
• Lot 0055 — [Arthur Rackham] The Marjorie Allen Tranchin Collection of Arthur Rackham. [WITH] The Work of
• Lot 0056 — Early American Children's Books. With Bibliographical Descriptions of the Books in His Collection,
• Lot 0057 — Frank E. Schoonover. Painter-Illustrator. A Bibliography, by John Apgar.
• Lot 0058 — [Dr. Seuss] First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books. A Guide to Identification, by Helen Younger & Dan
• Lot 0059 — [Dr. Seuss] Important Collection of Dr. Seuss.
• Lot 0060 — Jesse Willcox Smith, by S. Michael Schnessel.
• Lot 0061 — Jessie Willcox Smith. American Illustrator, by Edward Nudelman.
• Lot 0062 — Rare Books and Rarer People. Some Personal Reminiscences of the Trade, by O.F. Snelling.
• Lot 0063 — The Godwins and the Shelleys. The Biography of a Family, by William St. Clair.
• Lot 0064 — A Token for Friends. Being a Memoir of Edgar Osborne. An Appreciation of the Osborne Collection and
• Lot 0065 — Book Collecting. A Beginner's Guide, by Seumas Stewart.
• Lot 0066 — The Gigantick Histories of Thomas Boreman, by Wilbur Macy Stone.
• Lot 0067 — Bibliophile in the Nursery. A Bookman's Treasury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Childrn's
• Lot 0068 — English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860. A Bibliographical Account of the Most Important Books
• Lot 0069 — Paper Toys of the World, by Blair Whitton.
• Lot 0070 — Realms of Childhood. A Selection of 200 Important Historical Children's Books, Manuscripts and
• Lot 0071 — Bibliographie d'editions originales et rares d'auteurs francais des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe
• Lot 0072 — A Bibliography of American Children's Books Printed Prior to 1821, by d'Alte Welsh. 6 volumes.
• Lot 0073 — John Harris's Books for Youth 1801-1843. Being a check-list of books for children and young people
• Lot 0074 — John Harris's Books for Youth 1801-1843, by Marjorie Moon.
• Lot 0075 — A Bibliography of American Children's Books Printed Prior to 1821, by d'Alte Welsh. 6 volumes.
• Lot 0076 — Iona & Peter Opie. Children's Games with Things. Marbles, Hopscotch, Skipping, Gambling, etc...
• Lot 0077 — Iona & Peter Opie. The Classic Fairy Tales.
• Lot 0078 — Iona & Peter Opie. Ditties for the Nursery.
• Lot 0079 — Iona & Peter Opie. A Nursery Companion.
• Lot 0080 — Iona & Peter Opie. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
• Lot 0081 — Iona & Peter Opie. The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book.
• Lot 0082 — Iona & Peter Opie. The People in the Playground.

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