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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Victor Mays. Pictorial cloth. A very solid copy of the 1959 correct 1st edition (with the matching dates on the title and copyright pages). Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($1.95), VG+ dustjacket, with very light spotting along the flap-folds and the rear..... More
Leipzig: A. Anton & Co., 1925. Anne Anderson. Thick quarto, wonderful cloth-backed pictorial boards, circa 1925. Tips worn, some foxing on half-title and title pages, light offsetting to the endpapers, else VG+. 39 of Grimm's fairy tales nicely illustrated by Anne Anderson, with 8 mounted color plates plus numerous full..... 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: The Macmillan Company, 1957. C.W. Anderson. Cloth. A crisp, attractive copy of the 1957 stated 2nd printing. Tight and VG (very light spotting along the front panel's top-edge and spine) in a bright, price-intact ($3.00), VG+ dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears along the panel edges. Octavo, masterfully..... 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
New York: The Century Co., 1908. Harrison Cady. Decorative Cloth. A sharp, very presentable copy of the uncommon 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial light-brown cloth. No writing or markings to speak of to the interior, boards clean and bright. Octavo, verses by Carolyn..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1912. Cecil Aldin. Pictorial boards. A perfectly serviceable copy of the 1912 1st edition. Solid and VG- in its wonderful pictorial boards, with a degree of darkening and scuffing along the panels. Foxing to the endsheets and pastedowns as well, in addition to a small..... More
London and New York: Hodder and Sstoughton, 1909. Cecil Aldin. Boards. A handsome copy of the 1909 1st edition of this charming tale of the mischievous "Pickles" the puppy. Solid and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial boards, with very light wear at the flap-folds and at the tips. Inner hinges..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1964. Decorative Cloth. The 1964 stated 1st American edition. Solid and VG in its pictorial cloth, with very light foxing to the panels --and along the pastedowns and preliminaries. Oblong quarto, charmingly illustrated thruout by the author. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1909. Warwick Goble. Vellum. The 1909 deluxe edition, limited to 260 unnumbered copies printed on large paper and bound in full vellum. 32 mounted, full-page color plates by Warwick Goble (all with their accompanying captioned tissue-guards) beautrifully complementing Kingsley's text. Handsome and very presentable in its..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. Charles Michael Daugherty. Cloth. A remarkable copy of the 1941 1st edition: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR CHARLES MICHAEL DAUGHERTY TO HIS PARENTS (JAMES AND SONIA) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot: Tight and VG+ (light..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1916. Johnny Gruelle. Pictorial boards. (GRUELLE,JOHNNY) illus. MOTHER GOOSE GIFT BOX: THREE "ALL ABOUT" BOOKS BY GRUELLE. NY: Cupples & Leon (1916). The box has a pictorial label and measures 4 1/2 x 6" and except for slight soil is in Near Fine condition. Inside..... More
Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1957. Hans Fischer. Pictorial boards. A crisp, very sharp copy of this 1957 German translation (from the original French of Charles Perriault), wonderfully illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white by Hans Fischer. Clean and Near Fine in its mustard, pictorial boards. INSCRIBED BY HANS FISCHER at the..... More
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
