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
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
London/New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1969. Sylvie Selig. Cloth. The 1969 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact (and price-clipped), VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very mild darkening and creasing along the panel edges. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated in rich color by Sylvie Selig. 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. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1942 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG (with neat former owner inscription at the half-title) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing at the panel edges. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Clare Turlay Newberry. More
London and New York: Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1899. A.E. Jackson. Decorative Boards. An impressive copy of this lovely 1899 1st edition, with all 7 pinwheel plates in very sharp condition, even down to their original ribbon-ties. Handsome chromolithographed front panel as well. Small, neat 1899 inscription..... More
Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1947. J. De La Fontinelle. Pictorial wrappers. The 1947 1st edition, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Jean de la Fontinelle. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light offsetting along the rear panel's edges. Quarto, highly-accomplished illustrations by..... More
Paris: Henri Jonquieres, 1926. Pierre Roy. Pictorial wrappers. A clean, very sharp copy of this 1926 1st thus, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Pierre Roy. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with very light offsetting along the endpapers. Quarto, deckled fore and bottom edges. Truly a...... 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: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Crckett Johnson. Pictorial boards. A solid copy of the 1959 1st edition of this, the 5th title in the wonderful "Harold and the Purple Crayon" series. Tight and VG+ (light abrading along the front panel's upper tip) in a bright, price-intact ($1.50), VG dustjacket..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Crockett Johnson. Pictorial boards. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1960 1st edition of this, the 6th book in the beloved "Harold and the Purple Crayon" series, wonderfully illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($1.95), VG+ dustjacket..... More
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1973. Lawrence Di Fiori. Decorative Boards. A solid copy of the 1973 1st edition, in its original dustjacket. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling --and a touch of streaking-- to the panels and a number..... 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
