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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. 1st. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY DORIS ORGEL on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with several small cloed tears along the spine. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by..... More
London: Museum Press Limited, 1944. Cloth. A lovely copy of this 1944 2nd printing. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial, oatmeal cloth. Quarto, wonderful chromolithographs thruout by Ruth Gannett. More
New York: Random House, 1942. Ruth Gannett. Hardcover. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR RUTH CHRISSMAN GANNETT on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1942 stated 1st edition of this charming tale of Hi-Po the Hippo. Tight and VG in its lovely decorative boards, with light wear..... More
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1991 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, illustrated thruout by the author himself. Signed by Author. More
Cambridge , MA: Candlewick Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR DOUGLAS WOOD AND THE ILLUSTRATOR P.J. LYNCH on a pasted-on bookplate at the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with light..... More
Englewood Clifs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 112 pgs., nicely illustrated thruout by James Pearsall. Signed..... More
Chicago: The Good Teeth Council for Children, 1934. 1st. Original Wraps. Charming children's dental instructional, "based on the Toothland Puppet Show --a World's Fair attraction presented at the Official Dentistry Exhibit/Hall of Science/Century of Progress". Clean and Near Fine in its stapled orange wrappers. 16mo, 32 pgs., including several photographs..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Decorative Cloth. Early 20th century reprint of this classic 19th century German children's cautionary tale. Solid and VG- in its pictorial dark-yellow cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and device at the front panel and spine. Darkening along the front panel edges and light soiling at the rear..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. Decorative Cloth. A bright, crisp copy of the 1938 2nd printing, referring to "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" on the rear flap (Younger and Hirsch, pgs. 62-64). VG- (with light scuffing and rubbing to the panels and light soiling..... More
New York: Random House (Beginner Books), 1976. Dr. Seuss. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1976 1st edition, with the correct number code. Clean and Near Fine in its glazed pictorial boards, with just a touch of light soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, riddles and puzzles in rhyme..... More
New York: Random House, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. A lovely copy of the 1960 1st edition, 2nd issue (with the printed-on "50 word vocabulary" box --Younger & Hirsch, pgs. 75-77). Clean and VG+ (with one very small chip at the spine crown) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A gorgeous copy of the 1958 true 1st edition (conforming to all first edition requirements as laid down by Younger & Hirsch, pgs. 192-194. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Internally immaculate as well, with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Garth Williams. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1945 stated 1st edition, in the 1st issue dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (with just a touch of soiling to the panels) in a bright, price-intact ("$2.00") dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine crown..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Hardcover. Lovely --and uncommon-- Victorian-era children's title, c. 1890. Beautifully illustrated thruout in rich chromolithography by the author. A solid, well-preserved and VG octavo in its wonderful pictorial boards, with a neat 1893 Christmas inscription --and school presentation below-- on the front..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1966. Y. Kazama. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Y. Kazama. More
Boston: Houhton Mifflin Company, 1986. Margaret Rey. Pictorial boards. A clean, solid copy of the 1986 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine, with just a bot of rubbing along the lower spine. Square quarto, edited by Margaret Rey and adapted from the "Curious George" film series. More
The Bodley Head, London, 1970. Hardcover. Originally published in 1937 as a gift for his daughter, this new 1970 edition had been revised and redrawn by the great Edward Ardizzone, this time as a gift for his granddaughter. A very handsome copy of this 1st thus. Near Fine in a...... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. Maurice Sendak. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY MAURICE SENDAK (at a later date) on the verso of the front free endpaper. A solid, appealing copy to boot of the 1954 1st edition of this, one of Maurice Sendak's scarcest titles. Clean and VG+ (front inner hinge..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Elaine Greenstein. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY ELAINE GREENSTEIN on the first blank endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1997 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a slight touch of wear at the spine crown..... More
