New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Richard Egielski. Cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1986 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear at the lower-edge and very light wear along the panel edges. Quarto, nicely..... More
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1975. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, tight copy of the 1975 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small marks at the rear panel. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Anne Rockwell. More
New York: Lancelot Press (CBS Records), 1969. Tomi Ungerer. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1969 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by the great French-American graphic artist and children's illustrator Tomi Ungerer. More
New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1957. Decorative Cloth. The 1957 reprint. Solid and VG (with very light staining to the fore-edge) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with a comparable light trace of staining along the fore-edge. Still though, an attractive, presentable copy. Octavo, 225 pgs. More
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1925. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1925 1st edition, IN PUBLISHER'S SCARCE GLASSINE DUSTJACKET. Clean and VG+ in its light-brown stiff pictorial wrappers. And in a VG example of the glasine jacket, with very light chipping at the panel edges. Octavo, 76 pgs. Nicely illustrated thruout..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Beni Montresor. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY BENI MONTRESOR IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the copyright page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing and soiling --and several very small closed..... More
New York: Franlin Watts, 1950. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, clean copy of the 1950 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear along the spine. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated by Ursula Koering. More
Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1921. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1921 1st edition, part of Benjamin Rabier's wonderful series "Les Animaux....". Bright and VG+ in its pictorial boards. Quarto, 50 pgs. Nice, small father-to-daughter 1924 Paris inscription on the front free endpaper. More
Paris: Editions Jules Tallandier, 1907. Benjamin Rabier. Hardcover. A solid copy of this wonderful 1907 French children's tale of the misadventures of a certain incorrigible --but very cute-- dog. Tight and VG- in its decorative plaid cloth, with just a touch of soiling to the interior and light chipping at..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1962 1st editiion. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing at the panel edges and one 3" chip at the base of the front panel. Still though, presents very well. Folio, wonderfully illustrated..... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1898. 1st. Decorative Cloth. 1898 1st edition, in wonderful pictorial boards. Clean and VG, with fragile--but still sturdy-- hinges and binding (understandable given its age). Octavo, unpaginated. "A Companion and Sequel to Mother Goose Melodies" More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1932 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with very light staining at the bottom-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with 1 very small chip along the front hinge and a 1" chip at the rear panel's top-edge. Still..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1968. 1st. Cloth. The 1968 stated 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light offsetting along the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Ib Ohlsson. Signed by Author..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1954 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and very light creasing along the panel edges. 12mo, 192 pgs., nicely illustrated in silhouette by Charles V...... More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., 1957. Decorative Cloth. The 1957 1st American edition (following the 1945 original Italian edition ["Storie di Tre Uccellini"]). Solid and VG in its wonderful Munari-illustrated boards, with light foxing and age-toning at the panels and to the text. Tall quarto, beautiful Bruno Munari design and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Fanny Cory. Cloth. A lovely copy of the October 1905 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its light-blue cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. And in a crisp, Near Fine example of the uncommon, printed glassine dustjacket, with very light..... More
New York: (Melanie Kroupa Books) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY CARI BEST on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by G. Brian Karas. Signed by Author. More
New York: Abelard-Schumann, 1963. Peter Edwards. Cloth. The 1963 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with the clip at the front flap lightly affecting the text and with several small closed tears at the spine base. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Peter Edwards. More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1999. David Small. Boards. The 1999 stated 1st edition, reprinted from a 1923 Carl Sandburg collection and issued many years later in this hardback edition, with the wonderful David Small illustrations. THIS COPY IS NOT ONLY INSCRIBED BY DAVID SMALL on the title..... More
Harvey House, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. 1968 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thin quarto, 45 pgs. Nicely illustrated by Anne Lewis. Review Copy with review slip laid-in. NOT A LIBRARY COPY. More
New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. Hardcover. A solid copy of the 1964 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and the panel edges. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the author herself. More
Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2005. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, Foreword by one of the great star of the Negro Leagues..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Decorative Cloth. A very sharp, attractive copy of this early reprint of the 4th book in the "Nancy Drew" series. Originally published in 1930, the front flap lists 18 titles published thus far in the series. Clean and VG+ in a particularly bright and clean..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. Decorative Cloth. A crisp copy of the 1946 reprint of the 6th title in the "Nancy Drew" series. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the spine and one very small closed tear at the spine base. 12mo, 208..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Russell H. Tandy. Cloth. A handsome copy of the January 1939 correct 1st edition ("Farah's Guide", 1939 A-1, pg. 280). Bibliographically very tricky but all issue points conform to the 1st edition requirements as laid down in "Farah's Guide", the definitive Nancy Drew bibliography..... More
