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
Akron, Ohio New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928. Frances Brundage. First Saalfield Reprint. Cloth. 12mo, red cloth with black lettering, illustrated with black & white line cuts, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket painting of the "Little Men," 405 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION of a RARE early illustrated edition of this children's..... 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
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2002. Bagram Ibatoulline. First Edition Thus Illustrated by Ibatoulline. Cloth. Square quarto [4to] (10 1/8" x 11 5/8"), red cloth with gold lettering on spine and small rectangular glossy reproduction of Chinese men and boy looking up at a nightingale in a tree, illustrated by Bagram..... 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
New York: Books of Wonder / William R. Morrow & Co., Inc., 1985. John R. Neill. Facsimile Reprint (3rd Printing). Pictorial cloth. Tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 7"), very dark blue cloth with orange title on spine with inlaid glossy picture on cover of the Tin Man weilding an axe..... More
New York: Little Simon / Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2000. Robert Sabuda. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and pictorial boards. 4to, purple cloth over pictorial boards depicting Alice seated on the O of "OZ" with the scarecrow and Tin Man perched on the "Z" and the Cowardly Lion in..... More
New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1989. Elizabeth Miles. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED Presentation by the Author (the great grandson of Frank Baum), tall 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind-stamped small rectangle of "Dorothy of OZ" from dj on..... 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
New York: Philomel Books, 1999. Gennady Spirin. First Impression. Pictorial boards. Quarto (8 3/4" x 11 1/2"), glossy pictorial boards, image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated by Gennady Spirin in full-color, tan endpapers, 32 pages. Ann Keay Beneduce is a published adapter, author, illustrator, narrator, and a translator of..... 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