New York: Harcourt Brace, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter oatmeal cloth over boards. 4to. Stated first edition. Unpaginated. A book-length poem for children by Dickey with illustrations by Watson. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. Wrapper has the Parent Choice Award sticker on the front panel. This copy has..... More
Italy: Garzanti, 1966. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. The first Italian edition of this charming volume of cartoon strips (with text in Italian). 101 pp. All color illustrations from the originals by R. Dirks, A clean very good copy in unclipped illustrated dustwrapper... More
New York: Random House, 1939. Early Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Early printing of the great Doctor's third book with bright yellow boards printed in red on the front panel. Crease to front endpaper else a very handsome near fine copy. The clipped dustwrapper is from the second state with Horton Hatches..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in matching dustwrapper. First edition with later dustwrapper (295/295 on flap, but 17 titles on rear panel). Book shows very minor handling wear. Clean with no writing, plates or other markings. VG+. The price-intact dustwrapper is lightly chipped and worn..... More
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
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
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
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound volume in dustwrapper. Combined edition of three children's books illustrated by Edward Gorey with text by Florence Parry Heide. Includes: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure and Treehorn's Wish. A gorgeous fine copy in equally fine dustwrapper... More
New York and Boston: Junior Literary League and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Early Printing. Hardcover. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 124 pp. Illustrated by Phyllis N. Cote who also illustrated the endpapers. Early printing with matching dates on title and copyright page. Lower front corner bumped else a clean very good..... More
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
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
St Petersburg: Possum Press, 1977. Second edition. Paperback. Elephant folio sized staplebound book. Children's illustrated book with prints by Hodgell, verses by Peter Meinke and with lettering by the publisher, Margaret R. Rigg. Stated second edition. Edited by Barbara Russ. Unpaginated. A handsome very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound children's illustrated book. Stated first edition. Words and pictures by G. Brian Karras who has INSCRIBED this copy and added an original drawing beneath the inscription. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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
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
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Small Hardbound quarto. The second children's book (after The Story of Ferdinand) by this writer / illustrator team. Yellow cloth spine is a little scuffed and worn. Otherwise the book is clean and quite attractive. The dustwrapper is clipped at both..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Spiral bound illustrated boards. A "moveable" children's illustrated book with numerous moving parts that reveal images and words. Unpaginated. Gadgets and illustrations by Carlyle Leech. A lightly worn copy in somewhat worn, but unclipped illustrated dustwrapper. More
