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 about Quipic Le Herisson; Albums Du Pere Castor
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 about The Treehorn Trilogy
New York and Boston: Junior Literary League and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 124 pp. Illustrated by Phyllis N. Cote who also illustrated the endpapers. Presumed first edition with matching dates on title and copyright page. Lower front corner bumped else a clean very... More about Gigi In America
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 about A Likely Place
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 about Very Seldom Animals (Inscribed by the Publisher
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 about Nutcracker
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 about Children's Toys Of Yesterday
New York: MacMillan, 1920. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto. 83 pp of sheet music for Mother Goose songs with color illustration by Maginel Wright Enright. A handsome very good copy in illustrated olive cloth binding. More about Songs from Mother Goose
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 about Why The Willow Weeps (Inscribed by West and Signed by Both
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 about The Little Pioneers (With A.L.S
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Nearly square hardbound volumeof text about small children paired with adorable black and white photographs of same in vintage late 30's attire. Book and wrapper are somewhat worn. A very good example. More about Play Days
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 about Home On The Bayou A Cowboy's Story (Inscribed with Original Drawing
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 copy. More about The Porcelain Man
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 about The Tough Winter
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 about Wee Gillis
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 about Hide and Seek Riddle Book
New York: Clarion Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 4to in dustwrapper. First printing of this entertaining illustrated children's book by Lewin who both wrote and illustrated this volume. A lovely fine copy in clipped, but otherwise fine illustrated dustwrapper. This copy has been both SIGNED and separately INSCRIBED by... More about Chubbo's Pool (Signed and Inscribed
Boston: Ginn & Company - The Athenaeum Press, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with matching dates on copyright page and title page. A bright near fine clothbound copy lacking dustwrapper. Color frontis in fine condition. A lovely copy. More about Brier-Patch Philosophy
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Illustrated children's book. A fine hardbound copy in illustrated boards in very good price intact dustwrapper with small sticker to front panel. This copy SIGNED by McCurdy on the title page. Signed by Author. More about The Old Man and the Fiddle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing stated of this young adult historical novel. Soiling to green cloth, else very good condition. In a very good unclipped dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by McNeer to fellow children's book author and illustrator, Michael McCurdy. Also, SIGNED... More about Stranger In The Pines
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. First printing with complete number row. A near fine copy in illustrated boards in very good price intact dustwrapper. Illustrated in classic Push-Pin style by Milton Glaser. More about Gian Carlo Menotti's Help, Help, The Gobolinks!; Adapted by Leigh Dean / Illustrated by Milton...
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Everen, Jay Van. First edition. Cloth. First edition. 259 pp plus afterword and two pages of sepia photographs at rear. Illustrated with drawings by Jay Van Everen. Nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1944. Very mild foxing to edges... More about Nicholas and the Golden Goose (Inscribed
New York: Hyperion Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Large, nearly square hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. A book for children written by Toni Morrison and her son, Slade with illustrations by Giselle Potter. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Laid in to this copy is a bookplate that has... More about The Big Box
New York: Scribner's, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. A children's book written by Toni Morrison and her son Slade with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre. A fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. First printing with complete number run on the copyright page. This copy has been... More about Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? (Signed by both Toni & Slade Morrison
New York: Scribner's, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. A children's book written by Toni Morrison and her son Slade with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre. A fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. First printing with complete number run on the copyright page. This copy has been... More about Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (Signed by both Toni & Slade Morrison
