New York: Beginner Books / Random House, 1958. Dr. Seuss. First Edition: early printing. Pictorial boards. 8vo, colored pictorial boards with the Cat in a red-striped hat & red-bowtie wearing red skiis on tourquoise background & white disk "I Can Read it All By Myself"/ red "Beginner Books" on front..... More
Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. Robert Byrd. First Printing. Pictorial boards. SIGNED by Author-Artist on the pictorial title page with a small drawing of his main character, small 4to (9 3/8" x 7 3/4"), glossy pictorial boards, profusely illustrated by the author-artist with full-color map of Africa as frontispiece and many..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000. Ernst, Lisa Campbell. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. 4to (10 3/4" x 9 1/8"), glossy pictorial boards with cartoon, archival mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) repeating cover art, profusely illustrated by the author-artist in repros of pastel, ink, and pencil..... More
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1994. Fix, Philippe. First American Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Quarto / 4to (12" x 9 1/2"), glossy pictorial boards of villagers gathered in an inn-yard--repeated on the pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), endpapers depict a double-spread bird's-eye view of the country village with labels,~ [34] pages..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. Sheilah Beckett. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on title page, 4to, pale yellow-green buckram over boards, illustrated with numerous delicate B&W line drawings by Sheilah Beckett, 32 pages. SIGNED by the famous Author John Fowles (1926-2005) who wrote The Magus, The Collector, and The..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1916. Warner Carr. First Edition. Pictorial boards. 12mo, decorative gray cloth (Mylar-protected) with depiction of "Sonny" bear standing within a gate, profusely illustrated with a colored frontispiece and 14 full-page color illustrations & numerous B&W vignettes by Warner Carr, 80 pages. Very Scarce title. Clean..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, gray cloth with light gold lettering over tan boards, illustrated with frontispiece & other full-page B&W drawings by Michael Sporn, Mylar-protected pictorial and greenish dust jacket (unclipped) by Sporn, [vi] +..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. Henry Holliday. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Small 4to (10 1/8" x 6 1/8"), gray cloth with brown lettering on spine over brown boards with hand ringing a bell in copper-color embossed on lower corner of front cover, profusely illustrated with the original B&W..... More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. Wendell Minor. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by AUTHOR & ARTIST, small 4to (11 1/4" x 9 1/4"), beige cloth with gold spine lettering over green boards, illustrated with colorful reproductions of paintings by Wendell Minor, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncllipped) by Wendell..... More
New York, etc. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994. Will Hillenbrand. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. INSCRIBED & Signed "with Good Wishes" by the Author with a cute drawing of the King, small quarto (10 3/8" x 8 3/8"), glossy pictorial cloth with a colorful bald king putting an egg..... More
Glendale, California: Lauradan Publishing Company, 1980. Laura Glusha. First Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. INSCRIBED with an ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION of Harold "Suck-a-toe" the famous Los Angeles Zoo monkey by Laura Glusha, quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4"), brown leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt "De Brazza"..... More
New York: Lee & Low Books Inc., 1998. Kazuko G. Stone. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED on the title page by Author Matthew Gollub & Calligrapher Keiko Smith with EXTRA CALLIGRAPHY, 4to (8 5/8" x 10 5/8"), glossy pictorial boards by Kazuko Stone, who has profusely illustrated the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1988. Kimberly Root. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by Artist Root with a 2 1/2" by 4 1/2" sketch of Mr. Wind with the youngster Peter riding in his hair [no signature], tall 8vo (9" x 8"), glossy pictorial cover..... More
Holiday House, 1966. Ernest H. Shepard. Book Club Edition. Boards. 8vo, green boards with black and white typography on spine plus B&W boy with dragon on front cover, numerous B&W original sketches by Ernest H. Shepard, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket repeating motif on cover by Shepard, [58] pages. Adorable short..... More
Norwalk, Conn. Easton Press, 1982. Arthur Rackham. Collector's Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. 8vo, tan leather with gold stamping, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt & with a ribbon page divider, 190 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Kenneth Grahame (1859 – 1932) was a Scottish writer, most famous..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Courage Books / Running Press, 1993. Don Daily. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Folio (10 1/8" x 13 1/4"), glossy pictorial boards with Willows' characters picnicking by a meandering stream, image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated by Don Daily with full-color images, pictorial endpapers, 54,[55-56] pages..... More
New York: A Peter Glassman Book / SeaStar Books, 2002. Mary Jane Begin. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Pictorial boards. 4to (8 3/4" x 11 1/4"), pictorial boards depicting the Willows' characters picnicking, image repeated on the blue-rimmed dust jacket (unclipped), covver and 12 full-page color illustrations by Mary Jane..... More
[Sywell, England]: Igloobooks, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Puffy decorative plastic. Small 4to (10" H x 8 1/2" W), padded plastic pictorial cover with irredescent scarlet surrounding white lettering on spine and irredescent scarlett title on ilustrated front cover depicting Ratty and Mole lazing in a rowboat, illustrated with full-color..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985. Maurice Sendak. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth and boards. 4to (11 1/2" x 7 5/8"), yellow 1/8th cloth with green lettering on spine over light green boards, illustrated throughout by Maurice Sendak with black line drawings, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped & protected by an archival clear..... More
New York, N.Y. The Johnny Gruelle Company, 1951. Gruelle, Johnny. Reprint of 1924 Edition. Pictorial boards. Thin 8vo, pictorial boards with yellow lettering on spine, artwork of Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy with Camel with the Wrinkled Knees between them on cover repeated on pictorial dust jacket (unclipped with printer's..... More
Chicago New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1918. Gruelle, Johnny. Early Reprint. Pictorial boards. Thin 8vo, pictorial boards with light blue lettering on blue spine, artwork of seated Raggedy Ann on red cover repeated on pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), profusely illustrated in B&W & color (some double-spreads), written by..... More
New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. Michael Hague. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with a sketch of a HAPPY DANCING BEAR in profile, orange cloth with silver spine lettering, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in color and B&W, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncut)..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989. Michael Hague. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with an ADORABLE GIRL BEAR in profile, red cloth with gold spine lettering, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in color and B&W, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Michael Hague, colorful endpapers..... More
San Diego New York London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985. Michael Hague. First Edition [lettering A-E]. Decorated boards. SIGNED & Extra-Illustrated by the Author-Illustrator with a profile of a FAIRY's HEAD, 4to, brown cloth with gilt lettering, profusely illustrated by Michael Hague in color and B&W, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. Michael Hague. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the Author-Illustrator with his full-page drawing of boy FAIRY in profile, 4to, blue quarter cloth over light blue boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a color depiction of a lady fairy overlooking..... More