New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1925. Complete Authorized Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, light blue cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with a full-color frontispiece of Ted and 'a horse worth having," peach-and-pink colored pictorial endpapers of the family outside church [xii] + 358 pages. Exceptional..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1947. Douglas W. Gorsline. Illustrated Junior Library. Cloth. 8vo, pink quarter cloth with decorative lettering over boards with a repeating man with hoop & dog motif, illustrated with full-color plates by Douglas W. Gorsline, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket painting of the "Little Men," full-color..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. Mayo Bunker. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (5" W x 7 5/8" H), brown cloth with colored plate laid down, decorated by Mayo Bunker with charming brown woodcuts on every page, [40] pages. Raymond Macdonald Alden, Ph.D. (1873–1924) was an American professor English. He taught..... More
Cleveland, Ohio New York City: The World Publishing Company, c.1941. Early or possibly First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/8"), blue cloth with silver lettering and single border rule on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), unpaginated (~ 90 pp.) + [1] Titles of Alger Series..... More
New York Toronto London Auckland: Scholastic Inc., 2004. Neil Reed. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. Square quarto [4to] (12 1/4" x 12 1/4"), pictorial glossy boards with teddy bear viewed through opened brown paper, an image repeated on the glossy boards, illustrated by Neil Reed in full page..... More
New York: Workman Publishing, October 1993. Mary Engelbreit. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 4to, blue cloth with gold spine lettering and an embossed gold seal with "ME" on the front cover, Mylar-protected colorful pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrated by Mary Engelbreit and depicting the Snow Queen hugging Gerda, the heroine..... More
Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern, 1946. Laura Bannon. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, small 8vo (5 3/4" x 8"), beige cloth with dark blue lettering on spine & front cover plus sketches of the cousins on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Brock, Pearse, Atwell, E.H. Shepard. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to (10" x 8"), gray cloth with red-brown triple rules, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (clipped), profusely illustrated with 3 color plates (tipped in by H.M. Brock, Susan Pearse, and Lucie Atwell opposite pp.62, 154, 182)..... More
Parsippany, New Jersey: Silver Press / Simon & Schuster, 1996. Janet Skiles. First Edition. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED by the Author, small 4to (11 3/8" x 8 5/8"), pictorial boards reproducing jacket illustration of a leaping whale, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Janet Skiles depicting a leaping Humpback whale, profusely..... More
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. Margaret Atwood. First Paperback Edition: 3rd printing. Wrappers. SIGNED by the Author on the title page with additional SIGNATURE of Canadian poet, Greg Gatenby, whose copy it was, 8vo, decorative wrappers with drawing of red-winged beetles by Bob Daigneault, 79 pages. PRESENTATION by Margaret Atwood..... More
New York: Hyperion Books For Children, 2002. Tristan Elwell. First Edition. Pictorial boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, glossy pictorial boards in full color depicting a boy holding a cross pursued by torch-bearers executed by Tristan Elwell, further illustrated with a B&W frontispiece by Elwell of the boy playing a...... More
New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Barbara McClintock. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author with a Happy Face added, small 4to, pictorial cloth with cover illustration by Barbara McClintock of the happily running Gingerbread man (duplicating the dust jacket), Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrated profusely in color with line..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1996. Graeme Base. First American Edition. Pictorial boards. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a Happy Dragon on the title-page by the Author-Illustrator, folio (13 3/4" x 9 7/8"), glossy pictorial boards with 3 of Graeme's unique dragons, illustration repeated on..... More
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006. Graeme Base. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a Snortlepig on the half-title by the Author-Illustrator, square 4to (11 5/8" x 11"), glossy pictorial boards with--at least--8 of Graeme's unique creatures surrounding Uno..... More
New York: Books of Wonder / William R. Morrow & Co., Inc., 1990. John R. Neill. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Pictorial cloth. Small quarto or tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 7"), light blue cloth with yellow title on spine with inlaid glossy picture of Dorothy holding her cat and meeting the..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/8"), dark green cloth with orange lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with drawings and maps, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Dick Richard of a long wooden canoe near a huge explosion..... More
San Diego New York London: Gulliver Books / Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. Gennady Spirin. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Quarto (8 5/8" x 11 3/4"), pictorial boards, image of flying crane repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated by Gennady Spirin in full-color, tan endpapers, N.P. [30] pages. “The..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 1993. Leo and Diane Dillon. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Small square quarto [4to], pictorial boards, with image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated with ~ 16 full color plates by Leo and Diane Dillon, pictorial endpapers, [32] glossy pages. This..... More
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1983. ALIKI. Reprint of Thomas Y. Crowell 1983 First Edition. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the Author with a large pen Sketch of a Peacock, small 4to (10 1/2" x 8 1/2"), glossy pictorial cloth reproducing a Medieval feast with servants bearing platters with blackbirds baked in..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1987. Jan Brett. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. 4to (9" x 11 1/4"), pictorial glossy paper over boards, profusely illustrated in full color by the author, Jan Brett, decorative colorful endpapers, [32] pages. Superb retelling and magnificent artistry. Based on Andrew Lang's Green..... More
New York: Viking, 1993. Marilee Heyer. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Quarto (9" x 12"), maroon glossy pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the beastman "Iron Hans" being hugged by a girl, illustrated with full-color pictures by Marilee Heyer, light green-gray endpapers, N.P. [32] pages. "Iron John" (aka..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Marcia Brown. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a large cute DRAWING of a mother hippo with baby on top by the author-artist, small square 4to (9 1/2" W by 10" H), pictorial cloth reproducing cover art in color of a mother and..... More
San Diego New York London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. David Diaz. Published same year as First Edfition, Second printing (Letter line ends with "B"). Cloth and boards. SQUARE 4to 910 1/4" x 10 1/4"), colorful and boldly illustrated glossy laminated pictorial boards, illustrated with colorful & bold collages of..... More
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1955. Van Abbe. Second Printing. Cloth. 12mo, flesh-colored pictorial boards with a ship stamped on the front cover, illustrated with a full-color frontispiece and 9 full-page B&W drawings by S. Van Abbé, Mylar-protected pictorial full-color dust jacket, decorative endpapers depicting a sailing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Reginald B. Birch. First American Edition. Pictorial cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on a front endpaper, nearly square 8vo (8 1/2" x 6 3/4"), pictorial olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine & a naked child [Giovanni] with long curly hair who clutches..... More