Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound octavo. Stated first edition. A charming illustrated children's book with drawings in color by the author. Very good condition. Lacking any dustwrapper. Illustrated boards are lightly soiled. More about Humpty Hobble; The Adventurous Penguin
Paris: Editions Rombaldi, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Children's book illustrated with color photographs. Text in French. Near fine in photographic boards in a very good example of the delicate dustwrapper. Not clipped. More about L'Histoire De Tom Tit Tot
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early Grosset reprint edition. Only date on copyright page is 1906, but this looks to be from the 1930's. Clean very good copy in blue cloth in very good unclipped dustwrapper with a closed half inch tear to front panel. very clean... More about Scouting With Kit Carson
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Oblong quarto. Illustrated children's book by Tudor. A very good copy in blue cloth binding in about very good price intact dustwrapper. A few small chips to edges. No writing or other markings. First printing with complete number row on the... More about Corgiville Fair
New York and Paris: Privately Printed, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. An illustrated children's book. INSCRIBED by the author/illustrator in 1957. Clean handsome very good copy. Well-bound with vellum spine/ Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. Illustrations are oddly reminiscent of Artzybasheff. More about Miss Twisty Adventures In The Country (Inscribed
Paris: Maison Mame, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Handsomely illustrated children's book from France. A very good copy in illustrated boards. More about Rondes et Chansons
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
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
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
Chicago: The John C. Winston Co., 1883. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint edition of this Christmas classic. Wide 8vo with red cloth spine. Decorated boards with white, green and red holly design. Copyright page stataes 1883 Porter & Coates. Beautifully illustrated edition. Corner wear and general reading wear, but overall a well-bound copy. More about The Night Before Christmas; Illustrated by William T. Smedley, Frederic B. Schell, Alfred...
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: Alfred Knopf, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Quarter cloth over boards. Presumed first edition of the author's first collection of tales for young readers. Illustrations by Charles Shields. A very good copy in dustwrapper which is a bit wrinkled and torn at the top of a portion... More about Dragon, Dragon and Other Tales
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
