She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Felicita Sala. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto [27.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Felicita Sala. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto [27.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. More
New York: Quill Tree Books, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Octavo [22.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "In 2019, in response to a refugee crisis, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil used the replies from across the world to inspire him..... More
Sandusky, OH: The American Crayon Company, 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Very thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed, faded and creased. The rear cover is also very subtly soiled and stained. There is minor chipping to the paper at the ends..... More
New York: Mary Perks Books for Children / The American Crayon Co., 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are lightly rubbed and creased, and the rear wrap is mildly soiled and stained. There are numerous small stains on the..... More
New York: Mary Perks Books for Children / The American Crayon Co., 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Fair only. The wraps are lightly rubbed and creased, and the rear wrap is mildly soiled and stained. There are three prominent crayon marks on..... More
Used book. Paperback. More
1987: Scholastic, new york. Diane Dawson Hearne. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto [23.5] Illustrated laminate paper over boards. Some chipping and tearing to dust jacket. The first in a series of Jim Henson presents storybooks. A delightful story following Bean Bunny's experience at the titular Bunny Picnic. Includes delightful illustrations..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 55 pp. Large octavo. 1/4 brown cloth over gold boards. Illustrated. Fine/Fine. A celebration in honor of Frank Baum's classic Oz series. The contributor list read like a who's who of children's authors and illustrators. Contributors include Mark Buehner, Eric Carle..... More
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1937. John Rae. Later printing. Hardcover. 96pp. Small quarto [24.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles, and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The rear board is slightly stained. Internally, clean and bright. More
Joliet, IL: The P. F. Volland Company, 1924. John Rae. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Bright pictorial paper over boards. Orange, white and black illustrated endsheets. In a matching illustrated paper cover card box. The book is near fine, with a contemporary gift inscription on the half title..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. Janet Laura Scott. Paperback. 60pp. Thin oblong octavo [19 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and creased. There are several very small stains on the verso of the front cover, and there is a tiny stain on the first..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. Ernest H. Shepard. Hardcover. 170pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endsheets. With the gold and black pictorial..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. First Big Little Book printing. Hardcover. 424pp. Twenty-fourmo [11.5 cm] Pictorial paper over thin card boards. With mild rubbing to the extremities and a slight lean to the spine. Whitman No. 1154. More
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1940 on copyright page. Hardcover. 159pp. Octavo [20 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping in yellow and red. Several spots of fraying to the cloth at the edges. Very occasional light soiling to the pages. Traces of erased markings on p...... More
New York: Puffin Books, 2012. Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Emma Chichester Clark; Oliver Jeffers; Helen Oxenbury; Axel Scheffler. 200th Anniversary Edition - later printing. Hardcover. 367pp. Octavo [24cm]. Green boards featuring silver, gilt and full color titles and illustrations. Though this is a new book, there is mild wear to..... More
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1918. Early edition. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The underlying boards are exosed along the edges. The cloth at the spine ends is chipped, and has a couple of short closed tears..... More
New York: The Johnny Gruelle, 1948. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper labels mounted to the covers. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The endsheets and outside edges of the text block are verly lightly..... More
Joliet, IL. The P. F. Volland Company, 1924. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Fair only. The covers are gently rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There is a small split in the cloth at the head of the..... More
New York: The Johnny Gruelle Company, 1946. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 red cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. Several of the pages have very small light stains..... More
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Very good. Rubbed at the extremities, with the underlying boards sporadically exposed. There is a prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, and there are very occasional barely perceptible..... More
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1957. Mary Stevens. Ninth printing. Hardcover. 27pp. Thin square octavo [20.5 cm] Yellow paper covered boards with red ink stamped title information on the spine and front cover, and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the spine and..... More
Used book. Hardcover. More
Bemidji: Focus Publishin, 1996. Paul Brent. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 38pp. Quarto [22.5cm]. Illustrated boards. Natural history of West Indian manatee tipped in at front of book. More
Bemidji: Focus Publishing, 1996. Paul Brent. Reprint. Hardcover. SIGNED Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [22.5 x 28.5 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. Signed on the title page by Jan Haley. More
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1888. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with illustrated paper over boards. Good. The covers are mildly rubbed and scratched, and the underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There are several small losses from the paper..... More