Rondes et Chansons
Paris: Maison Mame, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Handsomely illustrated children's book from France. A very good copy in illustrated boards. More
Children's Books
Cobblestone Lane (Signed ny Nora Van Der Groen)
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
My Private Life; A Personal Record For The Teen Years
New York: Lantern Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Unpaginated. With illustrations by Martha Wheeler. Webster describes ways for teenagers to keep a diary of their personal stories through gentle hints, tables, drawings and graphs. A handsome very good copy in clipped, but otherwise very good dustwrapper..... More
The Court Of Boyville (with T. L. S.)
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
The Story of Price Ivan, The Firebird, and the Gray Wolf (Inscribed)
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
Palace Bedtime
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
Charlie Malarkey and the Belly-Button Machine
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound book in dustwrapper. 40 pp. Stated first edition. A children's book co-written by William Kennedy (author of Ironweed) with illustrations by Glen Baxter. A near fine copy in lightly used pric-intact dustwrapper. Not remaindered. More
The First Book of Science Experiments
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
The Last Egyptian; A Romance of the Nile
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
The Hole Book
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
The Trials of Chinko
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
Herbert's Treasure (Inscribed to the Lustig Family)
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Unpaginated and illustrated children's book by Low with drawings by de Larrea. Some spotting to edges of the covers. Reinforced library binding with special library price of $3.29. The dustwrapper is clipped, but is in..... More
The Riddle of the Double Ring; Judy Bolton Mystery #10
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
Avant-Garde and Children: Artists' Trail In Picture Books
Tokyo: Yumiko Chiba Associates, 2013. First edition. Paperback. Slightly oblong paperbound quarto. 303 pp. Text almost entirely in Japanese save for some English captions. Fine condition. Beautifully illustrated in both color and black and white with examples of children's books from nations around the world and spanning the entire 20th..... More
Works of Maurice Sendak 1947 - 1994
Portsmouth: Peter E Randall, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 93 pp. Useful bibliography on Sendak with comments by Joyce Hanrahan who began collecting Sendak in 1960. Erratum slip laid in. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Kenny's Window
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Unpaginated. Sendak's first book in which he both writes the story and illustrates. A very good copy. Small sticker shadow to the lower portion of the front endpaper else a sound very good copy in price-intact..... More
The Golden Thread - A Song for Pete Seeger (Signed by Meloy and McClure)
New York: Balzer and Bray, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. An unpaginated children's book celebrating the writing and music of Pete Seeger. Stated first edition. A fine copy in dustwrapper with "Signed First Edition" sticker afixed to the front panel. SIGNED by both Meloy and McClure..... More
You And Your Amazing Mind (Inscribed by Lewellen)
Chicago: Childrens Press, Inc., 1952. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound book in dustwrapper. 58 pp. Illustrated by Winnie Fitch. Lewellan was known for his talent for making complicated subjects accessible to young peple. A very good copy in clipped and lightly worn dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author and uncommon thus... More
The Colorful Land of POOH and Christopher Robin
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1960. Reprint. Paperback. Slender tall stapled wrappers. Unpaginated and thankfully, un-colored. A children's coloring book using characters from A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books. A handsome near fine example. Last date on the copyright page is 1960. More
The Seven Ravens; A Grimm's Fairy Tale
New York: Viking Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth over boards. Stated first edition of this Grimm's fairy tales as retold and drawn by Donna Diamond. A near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Lovely copy of a handsome book. More
Once On A Time
New York: Charles Scribner, No Date 91938). First edition. Cloth. Slender clothbound quarto. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. 70 pp. Edition not stated. Some soiling to covers and with a prior owner inscription. A solid very good copy with gorgeous color illustrations by Milhous. More
Donald and the ......
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
The Shrinking of Treehorn
New York: Holiday House, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound 8vo. Unpaginated. A fine copy of this short novel with illustrations by Gorey. More
Gawpy Book One
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
What Does It Do and How Does It Work?
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