New York: The Viking Press, 1979. Barbara Cooney. Pictorial boards. A gorgeous copy of the 1979 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Save for one tiny crease along the rear panel's lower edge, legitimately approaching pristine. Oblong quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich..... 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
London: Raphael Tuck, c. 1915. Mabel Lucie Attwell. Pictorial boards. A solid copy of the 1st edition, circa 1915. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, 144 pgs. (including ads), light soiling on the rear cover and slight edge rubbing, otherwise VG. 12 French fairy tales, nicely illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell, with 12..... 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. Pictorial boards. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1976 correct 1st edition (with the proper "1 through 0" number code on the copyright page). Clean and easily Near Fine in its yellow pictorial boards, with very light soiling to the..... 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, 1957. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A very sharp copy of the 1957 true 1st edition, conforming to all the issue points as cited by Younger & Hirsch (pgs. 91-92). Clean, tight and Near Fine in its laminate boards. The inoffensive remains of a small price-sticker at..... More
New York: Random House (Beginner Books), 1947. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A crisp, clean copy of the 1947 1st edition, later state (Younger & Hirsch 53d {4-line copyright notice, fish mouth closed on cover}, no priority given to the variants). Clean and Near Fine in its blue-green boards, in a...... More
New York: Random House, 1939. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1939 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial, light-purple cloth. Lacking the original dustjacket, otherwise very impressive. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout. More
New York: Random House, 1961. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A solid, well-peserved copy of the 1961 correct 1st edition ("Younger & Hirsch"). Tight and VG+ (very light wear along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact ("295/295"), VG+ dustjacket, with very mild rubbing to the panels and light creasing along the..... 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: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. E. Keto. Pictorial boards. A crisp, lovely copy of the 1938 1st edition of the tale of "these delightful Mexican brothers setting out to the fiesta on donkey-back and what hapens to small Pronto on the way". Clean and Near Fine in a bright..... 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
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
