Children's Books
Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose or Old Nursery Rhymes
New York: Harry Abrams, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo in dustwrapper. 95 pp. The complete facsimile sketchbooks from the Arents Collection at the New York Public Library of Greenaway's drawings for Mother Goose. Book includes 72 illustrations in full color. A handsome fine copy in dustwrapper... More
Quipic Le Herisson; Albums Du Pere Castor
Paris: Pere Castor, 1937. First edition. Paperback. Small oblong quarto. Illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Text in French by Rojankovsky with beautiful color illustrations by Flammarion. A good copy with some toning to cover edges. Small chip lacking at lower front corner. A fragile piece. More
ABC Book
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Not Dated (1957?). Reprint. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Lovely reprint edition of Falls's classic alphabet book with gorgeous color woodcuts. Book is not dated, but the front flap mentions a reprint edition from 1957. Wrapper is priced $3.50 on the front flap. A handsome..... More
A Likely Place
New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition of this charming children's book by the award winning author. Handsome illustrations by Ardizzone. Originally published twenty years earlier. Quarter cloth over white boards. A fine copy in lightly used price-intact dustwrapper. Nice copy. More
The Little Whistler
New York: McGraw Hill, 1966. Later printing. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 48 pp. A collection of verse by Frost with illustrations by Duvoisin. Stated fifth printing from 1966. A handsome very good copy in clipped, but otherwise attractive dustwrapper. More
Oswald's Pet Dragon
New York: Coward - McCann, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated hardbound quarto in matching dustwrapper. Unpaginated. Text by Glick and illustrations by Wiese. Some light spotting to pages from handling wear. A very good copy in about very good price-intact dustwrapper which has some small chips and tears at the..... More
The Taming of Giants
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Tall decorated hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 57 pp. With illustrations by MacKenzie. A handsome very good plus copy in clipped, but otherwise quite handsome dustwrapper. More
Moorland Mousie
London: Country Life, Ltd., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardbound volume with quarter green cloth over printed tan boards. Presumed first edition with "First published in 1929" on the page following the title page. Handsome illustrations by Lionel Edwards each protected by tissue guards. A very good copy. No dustwrapper..... More
Dear Mili
New York: Michael di Capua Books and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Slightly oblong clothbound volume in dustwrapper. An old tale by Wilhelm Grimm newly translated by Ralph Manheim with pictures by Maurice Sendak. Stated first edition. A handsome very good clothbound copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper..... More
The Roary Lion
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 48 pp. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Illustrated with pictures by Mimi Love. Nice copy. More
A City In Winter
New York: Viking Ariel, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. First edition, first printing of this modern classic illustrated children's novel. A very handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. 147 pp. More
Born To Trot
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 223 pp. "Edition of 1950" with "A" on the copyright page. First edition of this acclaimed Newbery Medal Winner. A handsome very good copy in clipped, but otherwise very good dustwrapper. Illustrations by Wesley Dennis..... More
Nutcracker
New York: Crown Publishers, 1984. First edition. Cloth. 10" square clothbound children's illustrated volume. Translated into English by Ralph Manheim. 102 pp. Stated first edition. Prior owner name and date to the top of the illustrated front endpapers else a very good copy in gray cloth binding. Comes in a...... More
Children's Toys Of Yesterday
London: The Studio Lomited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 128 pp. Illustrated in color and b/w. A very good clothbound copy in good dustwrapper with somewhat heavy chipping to edges and wear to spine. Still, a solid copy of an attractive volume. Dolls and toys for children from long ago..... More
Follow Tomas
New York: The Dial Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 61 pp story for children by Edith Thacher Hurd and illustrated by Clement Hurd. A handsome very good clothbound copy in lightly used and price-clipped dustwrapper. More
Why The Willow Weeps (Inscribed by West and Signed by Both)
New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. A children's book told by performers West and Izen using their gloved hands. A fine copy in dustwrapper. This book has been INSCRIBED by West and SIGNED by both contributors. More
The Little Pioneers (With A.L.S.)
Cincinnati: Armstrong Staionary Company, 1928. Harland J. Johnson. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 134 pp. Illustrated by Harland J. Johnson. Very good indeed in red cloth binding with oval embossed illustration to front panel. Prior owner name and 1928 date to blank second endpaper. In the rare illustrated dustwrapper. Rear endpaper..... More
The Adventures of Boo and Sam (Inscribed)
Meriden: Bayberry Hill Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Small sewn hardbound quarto. Children's book written and illustrated by Ruth and Foster Johnson. One of only 100 copies printed. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and signed by both contributors. With colorful tipped on plates. A very good copy. The outer boards..... More
Strange Visitor
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 72 pp including notes at rear of volume on the praying mantis. Written and illustrated by Johnston. A very good copy in dustwrapper, clipped at top front corner of the front flap, but with $2.50 price at..... More
The Porcelain Man
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. First edition. Cloth. First edition stated. Oblong quarto. Lovely children's tale by Kennedy with illustrations by Sewall. Very light fade to edges else a fine copy in illustrated cloth binding in fine unclipped dustwrapper with publisher's $6.95 price sticker to front flap. Very nice..... More
Figi (Inscribed and with Two Handwritten Christmas Cards laid in)
Salvisa, KY: Warwick Publications, 1989. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quarto. 62 pp. A book for children written and illustrated by Clay Lancaster. Fine condition in tan cloth covers. Lacking the dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. Additionally, two seprate handwritten Christmas cards from Lancaster..... More
At That Time
New York: Viking Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 126 pp. Written and illustrated by Lawson. A book of memories of himself as a small boy. A handsome very good or better copy in clipped dustwrapper. Some chipping and wear at wrapper edges, particularly near the crown..... More
The Tough Winter
New York: Viking, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in dustwrapper. Attractive near fine copy in like unclipped dustwrapper. Written and drawn by Lawson. More