New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1971. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1971 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Daihachi Ohta. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1943 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with pronounced chipping at the panel edges and spine-ends and wear at the flap-folds. Still though, a presentable copy of a fragile title. Tall, thin..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Hugh Lofting. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED BY HUGH LOFTING (not to anyone) ON THE HALF-TITLE. A Solid copy to boot of the June 1929 5th American printing. Tight and VG in its pictorial boards, with very light nicking and rubbing to the front panel..... More
New York: Atheneum, 2000. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY IAN FALCONER on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of this early (but not 1st) printing. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by the author himself. Signed by Author. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, handsome copy of the 1960 re-issue. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustkacket. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Richard Gates. More
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1960. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1960 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light age-toning along the spine. Octavo, nicely-illustrated by Irma Selz. More
New York: The World Publishing Co., 1971. 1st. Cloth. The 1971 stated 1st printing of this Isaac Asimov children's book. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears --and light chipping--along the panel edges. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Symeon Shimin. More
New York: Walker and Co., 1985. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV on the title page. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 1985 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 61 pgs. Signed by Author. More
New York: Caedmon Publishers, 1984. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC ASIMOV IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, whimsical limericks thruout by the great Asimov. Signed by Author. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1983 signed/limited. #390 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH ISAAC SINGER AND ANTONIO FRASCONI at the limitation. Tight and Fine in its oatmeal cloth. And in a bright, Fine brown-cloth slipcase. Quarto, beautiful woodcuts thruout by the..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1973. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1973 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated by the author. More
Dallas, TX: Whispering Coyote Press, 1996. Iza Trapani. Hardcover. WONDERFULLY SIGNED BY IZA TRAPANI (AND INCLUDING ORIGINAL ARTWORK NEXT TO HER SIGNATURE). A pristine copy to boot of the 1996 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine example of the printed glassine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout..... More
New York: Viking (Penguin Books), 1994. J. Otto Seibold. Hardcover. A very solid copy of the 1994 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by J. Otto Seibold himself. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Mabel Lucie Attwell. Pictorial boards. A handsome copy of the 1932 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the Mabel Lucie Attwell full-page color illustrations. Perhaps even more notable though, this copy also includes a sharp, very well-preserved example of the publisher's uncommon pictorial box..... More
The Century Co., New York, 1913. 1st. Hardcover. A well-preserved copy of the 1913 1st edition. VG in its original gray cloth with pictorial label tipped onto front panel. A bit of minor soiling along edges of front and back panel. Internally, clean as could be. Bright white pages and..... More
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1854. Decorative Cloth. Jacob Abbott's "Lucy" books, in 6 volumes. The 1854 revised edition, following the 1841-42 1st editions. All volumes solid and VG in their patterned red cloth, with bright, decorative gilt-lettering and design at the spines. Very light foxing intermittently thru the..... More
New York: Criterion Books, 1960. Decorative Cloth. A very nice copy of the 1960 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of wear at the spine crown. Tall quarto, wondefully illustrated thruout by Andre Francois. More
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993. Marylin Hafner. Hardcover. NICELY SIGNED BY THE BOOK'S ILLUSTRATOR MARILYN HAFNER (AND WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK NEXT TO HER SIGNATURE). A lovely copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, very nicely illustrated thruout..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1905. Will Vawter. Cloth. The 1905 printing of this charming James Whitcomb Riley collection, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG- dustjacket, with small, decorative pasted-on leaf to the front panel, light chipping along the panel edges (including the spine..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. Gustave Baumann. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1912 1st edition, including the 12 lovely colored woodcuts by Gustave Baumann. Clean and Near Fine in its duotone cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling to the front panel. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping..... More
Prague: Nakladatelstvi Vysehrad, 1947. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Charming 1947 Czech children's book, published out of Prague. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG pictorial dustjacket, with very light chipping along the top-edges. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated in rich color thruout. Text by Jan Pilar in its native Czech. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Maurice Sendak. Hardcover. A very nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY JAN WAHL TO THE HIGHLY-REGARDED RUSSIAN EMIGRE CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR FEODOR ROJANKOVSKY on the front free endpaper. Also includes part of an envelope addressed from Wahl to Rojankovsky glued onto the front pastedown. A very..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1965. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1965 1st edition of this charming children's story of Brownie, the "part-time dog". Solid and VG in a bright, price-clipped, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown, light soiling to the front panel and light offsetting along..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. Roger Roth. Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH JANE YOLEN AND HEIDI YOLEN STEMPLE on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2001 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Roger Roth..... More
