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, 1903. Reprint of 1870, then 1898 editions copyrighted by John Alcott. 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..... 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: 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. 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., 1940. John R. Neill. Later Printing of 1916 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/4"), publisher's gray cloth with black lettering on spine & full-color pictorial pastedown of jovial King Rinkitink with Prince Inga of Pingaree riding..... 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
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1940. John R. Neill. Later printing of the 1940 First Edition. Cloth with colored plate. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/2"), publisher's light gray pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine & girl in window + full-color pastedown on front cover with two girls..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., c.1935f. John R. Neill. Reprint of the 1925 First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1"), publisher's gray-blue pictorial cloth with brown lettering & King's head on spine + multi-colored pastedown image of the King bending over a boy..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., c.1935f. John R. Neill. Reprint of 1931 first edition. Cloth with colored plate. Quarto (9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/4"), publisher's light gray pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine with head of pirate + full-color pastedown on the front cover depicting a...... 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