Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1900. Reprint of 1880 edition. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates, 325 pages..... More
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
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1902. B&W plates. Reprint of 1878 edition. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates..... 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: 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: 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. Company, 1940s. John R. Neill. Later printing of the 1910 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 3/8"), publisher's maroon pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine with rabbit soldier wearing a shako, plus a glossy pastedown picture..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1914. John R. Neill. Later Printing of 1914 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 3/8"), publisher's green cloth with black lettering on spine & full-color pictorial pastedown of Betsy Bobbin astride a mule while hugging Tik-Tok around..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. Company, 1933. John R. Neill. Reprint of 1918 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/4"), publisher's blue cloth with black lettering on spine & pictorial pastedown of Woot holding the noses of two tin woodmen; illustrated by..... More
New York Oxford Singapore Sydney: Bradbury Press / Maxwell Macmillan International Publishing Group, 1991. Jonathan Hunt. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED & DOUBLY SIGNED on half title by the Illustrator: "For Roland, Up, Up and Away! Good Luck to You! / Signed as Jon & as Jonathan..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Peggy Fortnum. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine and Paddington with too large slouch fedora and white bib popping out from coat; Illustrated throughout by Peggy Fortnum with in-text adorable sketches; archival mylar-protected full color pictorial..... 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
Atlanta, Georgia: TurnerPublishing, 1994. Anthony Browne. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Illustrator & Adaptor Anthony Browne who has added a sketch of King Kong's head on the half title, quarto (12" x 9 1/4"), charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust..... More