Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1886. Childe Hassam. Pictorial boards. The 1886 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (light bumping to the front panel's upper tip) in its lovely, decorative panels. Neat, small 1888 inscription at the front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. And in a...... More
New York: Behrman House, Inc., 1959. 1st. Decorative Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the frontispiece. A crisp, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1959 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, charming illustrations thruout by Art Seiden. Signed by Author. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. William Pene du Bois. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a light trace of soiling to the rear panel. 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout by William Pene du Bois..... More
New York: schwartz & wade books, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. A beautiful copy of this stated 1st edition of the 2011 Caldecott winner. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. No Caldecott sticker attached. Wonderfully illustrated thruout by Chris Raschka. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979. Chris Van Allsburg. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1979 1st edition of Chris Van Allsburg's first published children's book. Clean and Near Fine (with one thin crease to a rear endsheet) in a bright, price-intact, Near dustjacket. Oblong quarto, masterfully illustrated thruout..... More
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1979. Chris Van Allsburg. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (WITH AN ACCOMPANYING DRAWING OF A DUCK) on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1979 4th printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, masterfully illustrated thruout. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st edition of this beloved Caldecott winner. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with several very small closed tears along the panel..... More
Lake Charles, LA: Shell Beach Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2002 2nd edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Hannah E. Romero. Signed by Author. More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. 1st. Cloth. The 1965 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the author's husband Dick Lewis. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. Clare Turlay Newberry. Cloth. The 1942 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG (light soiling to the endsheets and pastedowns, small inscription at front free endpaper) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing --and very light chipping-- along the panel edges and spine..... More
Blackmoon Press, 1952. Decorative Cloth. The 1952 1st edition, written in verse and nicely illustrated in silkscreen by Cornelia Schwarz. Square, VG octavo in its salmon cloth, with light offsetting at the panel edges. More
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1972 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Anita Lobel. More
London: Boosey and Sons, 1825. Decorative Cloth. The 1825 stated 2nd edition, "greatly enlarged and improved". 22 plates (including the hand-colored frontispiece), 7 of them fold-outs. Rubbing and wear to the panels (but still very presentable), very light foxing to the text, light offsetting at the front free endpaper. VG-..... More
Garden City, NYT: Hanover House, 1954. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1954 1st thus, a handsome re-issue "condensed and simplified for quick reading by Lee Wyndham". Solid and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 189 pgs...... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1960. Dare Wright. Hardcover. A very solid copy of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear and creasing along the panel edges and several small closed tears at the rear panel. Still though..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. David Macaulay. 1/4 cloth. SIGNED BY DAVID MACAULAY on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1990 true 1st edition (and 1991 Caldecott winner). Tight and Fine in its 1/4 cloth over light-gray boards. And in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Tall..... More
New York: Clarion Books, 2001. 1st. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1st edition of this 2001 Caldecott winner. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR on the copyright page. Oblong quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by David Wiesner. Signed by Author. More
New York: Julian Messner, 1944. Benjamin Rabier. Cloth. A very solid copy of this 1944 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine base and the lower front tip, and several small closed tears along the panel edges..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1944. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1944 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the panel edges and at the spine base. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Diana Thorne and Connie Moran. More
HarperCollins, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2002 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by the author herself. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1958. Laszlo Roth. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1958 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the spine crown. Octavo, nicely illustrtaed thruout by Laszlo Roth. #87 in the wonderful..... More
Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1977. 1st. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1977 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 93 pgs. Music, Lyrics and Scenario by Don Trifiletti. More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and Simon and Schuster, 1937. Naomi Averill. Hardcover. The 1937 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (former owner name at the front free endpaper, a touch of soiling to the rear panel) in a bright, price-clipped, Good+ to VG- dustjacket, with wear and creasing along..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (The Macmillan Company), 1993. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DORCAS MACCLINTOCK on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1993 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in crisp black-and-white and color. More
