New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971. Reprint. Paperback. Paperbound reprint edition from 1971. 46 pp illustrated book with pictures by Sendak. Some light soil and offsetting to front cover, else a very good example. A classic that has been reprinted many times over the yeras. The book was originally..... More
Brussels: Victoria. First Thus. Hardcover. Children's illustrated book in oversized wide decorated boards. Text in French and Flemish. Soiling to boards, internally clean with bright colorful illustrations. More
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
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
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
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound book. Unpaginated. With illustrations by Sendak. First edition of one of Sendak's scracest titles. Very good plus copy in rose-colored cloth binding. The price-intact dustwrapper ($2.00) has a couple of short closed tears to the edges and some light..... More
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
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
Paris: Maison Mame, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Handsomely illustrated children's book from France. A very good copy in illustrated boards. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
