Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. An illustrated children's book featuring the legend of St. Nicholas. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Nora Van Der Groen who has SIGNED this copy on the front endpaper. A handsome very good or better copy in illustrated boards which match... More about Cobblestone Lane (Signed ny Nora Van Der Groen
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. First edition of the author's classic children's tale. A very handome copy in decorated cloth covers. Near fine clean condition in lightly rubbed dustwrapper with proper $2.00 price to the front flap. Illustrated by Garth Williams. A very nice example. More about Stuart Little
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 358 pp. Illustrated. This copy in good condition in rough decorated cloth binding. With one page typed lettter signed by the author tipped on to the front free endpaper. More about The Court Of Boyville (with T. L. S
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Illustrated children's book translated from the Russian by Thomas P. Whitney. A very good clean copy in reinforced binding with pictorial covers. Clipepd dustwrapper shows some chipping and wear to spine ends. INSCRIBED by Whitney on the title page... More about The Story of Price Ivan, The Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (Inscribed
Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. Slender hardbound volume. An illustrated children's book in this publisher's Pinafore Palace Series of books. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated in color. Early reprint edition, originally published in 1907. Light wear to boards, but much nicer copy than typically seen. More about Palace Bedtime
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1919. Reprint. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto. Early reprint edition. Unpaginated volume of Mother Goose rhymes with fabulous color illustrations by Blanche Fisher Wright. Binding a little shaken, else this is a handsome very good copy. Dark green cloth covers with large colorful illustrated plate adhered... More about The Real Mother Goose
New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1952. First edition. Cloth. Wide octavo. Unpaginated. With illustrations by Ida Scheib. A near fine copy in decorated red cloth binding in very good or better price intact dustwrapper. Part of the great extended series of children's books by this publisher. More about The First Book of Science Experiments
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1908. Early Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 287 pp. Color frontis. Superior copy in navy cloth, ruled in blind with color illustration to front panel. Mild wear to spine lettering and edges of covers. Internally clean and bright. Still well-bound. Although not named, this book was written... More about The Last Egyptian; A Romance of the Nile
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Later Printing. Hardcover. Early printing of this children's classic with small round hole running through the book. A clean tight near fine example. More about The Hole Book
British Isles: No Publisher, No Date. First edition. Paperback. 10 1/4" x 7 1/4" wide stiff cardboard wrappers. Illustrated children's book about Chinko the monkey. No publication info provided other than a statement that it was produced in the British Isles. Presumed first. A good-only copy. Worn and with some... More about The Trials of Chinko
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. 34 pp. A volume of sheet music with decorations by E. H. Shepard. A good to very good copy. Red cloth-tape spine over pale blue boards with printed and illustrated paper label to the front panel. Covers... More about Fourteen Songs From "When We Were Very Young"
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Early Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Early printing in dustwrapper of the tenth Judy Bolton mystery novel for young adults. A particularly gorgeous copy. Green cloth stamped in maroon. Pink endpapers. Illustrations by Pelagie Doane. Easily near fine or better in a beautiful unclipped dustwrapper. Lists... More about The Riddle of the Double Ring; Judy Bolton Mystery #10
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Early Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Early printing in dustwrapper of the eleventh Judy Bolton mystery novel for young adults. A particularly gorgeous copy. Green cloth stamped in maroon. Pink endpapers. Illustrations by Pelagie Doane. Easily near fine or better in a beautiful unclipped dustwrapper. Lists... More about The Unfinished House; Judy Bolton Mystery #11
London: Collins, 1963. First UK edition. Cloth. Small clothbound 8vo. 75 pp. With wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. First UK edition of this story for children of all ages about theChristmas story. A near fine copy in blue cloth covers in lovely near fine unclipped dustwrapper with only a hint... More about The Fox at the Manger
New York: Hawthorne Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of John Fante's only children's book. Beautifully illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh. Prior owner inscription to front endpaper else a fine clothbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Scarce. More about Bravo, Burro!
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Nearly square octavo in dustwrapper. 131 pp. Charming young adult book about a boy who becomes a caddy. A handsome near fine copy in illustrated green cloth covers in a lightly chipped dustwrapper with original $1.50 printed price on the front... More about Champion Caddy
New York: Peter Weed / Beaufort, 1987. First edition thus. Hardcover. Stated first Beaufort Books edition. Originally published in 1972. Oblong illustrated boards in dustwrapper. A clean very good copy. More about The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
New York: Random House, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Laminated illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. An eerie illustrated pop-up book (mechanics designed by Ib Penick) with six fully functional pop-ups. Sticker residue to top of front board else a near fine example. More about The Dwindling Party (Pop-Up Book
New York: Peter Weed Books, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. First reissue edition of this early illustrated classic by Gorey. SIGNED by him on the title page. A fine hardbound copy in bright near fine dustwrapper. More about The Insect God (Signed
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. Gorgeous fine hardbound book containing two short illustrated novels by Gorey. First UK combined edition. issued without dustwrapper. The two stories were originally published in the Us separately in 1954 and 1953, respectively. More about The Listing Attic and The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbass Writes a Novel
Reading: Addison House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing stated of this attractive children's book illustrated by Edward Gorey. Near fine in illustrated boards in near fine price clipped dustwrapper. More about Donald and the
New York: Holiday House, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound 8vo. Unpaginated. A fine copy of this short novel with illustrations by Gorey. More about The Shrinking of Treehorn
Carmel By The Sea: Hestwood Studios, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. A handsome volume containing verse by Harold and illustrations by Robert Hestwood. Unpaginated. A close to fine copy in illustrated boards with cloth spine. More about Gawpy Book One
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition of Hoban's quite uncommon first book, an oversized illustrated children's book about Power Shovels, Dump Trucks and Other Heavy Machines. Very good copy in good priced dustwrapper (however clipped at bottom front flap) with small chips and tears. More about What Does It Do and How Does It Work?
New York and London: Doubleday, Page & Co. and William Heinemann, 1905. Rackham, Arthur. First Thus. Cloth. First US trade edition of this delightful illustrated version of Irving's classic tale. Illustrated in color by Arthur Rackham. Contains 49 of the fifty plates (the missing plate is reproduced in facsimile). Otherwise... More about Rip Van Winkle with Drawings by Arthur Rackham
