[Rarebooks] OFFER JOSEPH CUNDALL JUVENILE PUBLISHER.

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Joseph Cundall was the first modern juvenile publisher. He not only, as did 
Newberry, commissioned writers to produce new juvenile works for him, he 
also commissioned artists to make illustrations to fit the text as well as 
the adult taste of the time. As this was a time when Gothic tales and 
poetry and folk tales were being studied and revived, he also was a pioneer 
in this respect. But he also published the finest literature written for 
children in his own time, both at home and abroad. He also put his 
childrens' books into fine bindings.  I usually have a few of his works on 
hand.  They tend towards rarity because they were properly used by children 
and did not have huge press runs. So this group includes one I have not 
seen before with illustrations which had a large influence on American 
childrens' and adult book illustration, the Andersen with Graf Pocci's 
cuts. Both J. G. Chapman of the Illuminated Bible and a Christmas Present 
from Fairyland, and the Sculptor, William Walcutt whose bookish magnum opus 
was an homage to Jenny Lind were heavily influenced by Pocci, probably 
through this Cundall edition, as were a number of other American 
illustrators who could be found using a "German Gothic"style on occasion, 
like Thwaites, Stephens and later still, Thomas Nast.


1.	ANDERSEN, H. C. (Hans Christian); BONER, CHARLES: TALES FROM 
DENMARK.  London: Joseph Cundall, 1847. vii, [171], 174 Pp. : ill. ; 18 cm. 
Translated by Charles Boner with fifty illustrations by the Count Pocci. 
First English Edition, thus. Pocci was the greatest Romantic German 
illustrator of children's books. Cundall, of course was the first publisher 
of childrens' books to purposefully try to make them beautiful by hiring 
known English artists as illustrators. He also tried to use texts of 
distinction. Either contemporary works of real imagination, or reprints of 
classic tales and ballads rewritten for children.  Unnoted at COPAC, OCLC, 
4 Locs in the USA,  [ALM, AZS, FUG, WAU] 1 in the UK [AVA]. Not in Mclean. 
Original full green Mro., double ruled gilt lines enclosing the boards, 
within a triple range of gilt lines one with massed fleurons and cyma 
curves. Complex gilt spine, divided into 6 boxes, five filled with 
ornament, the six the title, gilt doublures, marbled EPs. All full-page 
plates printed in light tan tint and dark brown lines, with numerous 
vignettes in black and white among the text. Binding worn at all 
extremities and with bumped corners. Faint tide marks in some blank borders 
to the plates. One page slightly soiled, OW VG. $600.00


2.	a. Anon. THE SWEET AND PLEASANT HISTORY OF PATIENT GRISSEL.: Gammer 
Gurton's story books, Sixpenny series; no. 13.  [London]: J. Cundall, 
[1845] Printed at the Chiswick Press.  [18] Pp.: ill; 17 cm.  Illustrated 
by J. Franklin. An original story from day 10, novel 10 of the 'Decamerone' 
by Giovanni Boccaccio Date of publication suggested by the Bodleian 
Library; no. 9 in the series is dated 1845. McLean [Cundall] P. 52 [who 
gives it Number 13]. b.  Anon: A MOURNFUL DITTY OF THE DEATH OF FAIR 
ROSAMUND. [18] Pp.: ill; 17 cm. Illustrated by J. Absolon, 1845. McLean, P. 
52 gives it No. 12.  Each booklet is bound in original gilt decorated paper 
covers printed in gold against a single color, only. Each page of text is 
printed within pictorial borders.  Not at OCLC, Not at BL, Oxford has a 
copy of "Patient Grissell". Osborne reissued these, as keepsakes for their 
fellow but these are the original issues, part of a group purchased before 
that reprint had occurred. Very Good. $300.00 each.

3.	Anon. THE BABES IN THE WOOD.  London, Joseph Cundall, 1849.  [10] 
leaves,  B&W. ill.  335 x 250 mm Text in verse throughout. Printed entirely 
from etchings, both plates and text. Each page is illustrated  with large 
tinted cuts  after the Marchioness of Waterford. There also are a series of 
decorative, pictorial vignettes at the base of most pages after her 
drawings. The title page is also illustrated. McLean, Joseph Cundall, 
Victorian Publisher P. 68 a chromo- lithographed issue of the same year 218 
x 141 mm. Also a copy, with all of the text and the plates etched on copper 
with enlarged drawings; size 328 x 233 mm, also colored.  The first with 3 
Locs at OCLC: 36907840 [CLU, LNN].  The second, 3 Locs at OCLC: 1012110: 
[YUS, HLS, KSU, MUX,] in the USA and 2 in the UK [MUX, VAU].  No issue 
located is as large as this one.  The illustrations are extremely 
accomplished drawings in the Gothic taste, which anticipate later 
Pre-Raphaelite work.  Original green boards, gilt stamped title on front 
board, Fr. Fr. EP renewed, boards worn, OW Very Good.  $500.00

4.	COLE, HENRY, SIR: FAERY TALES AND BALLADS: The sisters, Golden Locks, 
Grumble and Cheery, and The eagle's verdict, The ballads of Chevy Chase & 
Sir Hornbook / illustrated by eminent modern artists; & edited by Felix 
Summerly. London: J. Cundall, 1846 (Chiswick: C. Whittingham) 1 v. (various 
pagings): ill. One of the series, The Home treasury. Includes:  The Sisters 
Illus R. Redgrave, Golden Locks Illus. J.C. Hoarsely, Grumble and Cheery, 
C. W. Cope, Illus., The Eagle's verdict, F. Taylor Illus., Chevy Chase, F. 
Taylor Illus., Sir Hornbook Illus. by H. Corbould.  A mixture of Fairy 
tales and juvenile poetry.  Each of these was separately issued by 
Cundall.  This anthology edition is unknown to McLean, but there is a copy 
at the Bodleian Library in the Opie's collection :Opie C 835.  The 
illustrators of each of these are noted above from the list in Mclean. All 
illustrations are tinted lithographs printed in black and beige.  The 
frontispiece illustrates a hunting scene, but in the introduction is an 
unsigned cut of the Faery Wood with an owl, Puck and Oberon, which is 
wonderfully evocative, and some 30 years ahead of its time.   None in OCLC, 
RLIn, BL, Osborne, Copac, Mirlyn, Melvyl or NUC.  Pub. blind and gilt 
stamped cloth, free front  end paper removed, otherwise a Very Good copy. 
$500.00

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