New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 31pp. Thin square quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. With the framable portrait at the rear (seals unbroken). In the matching dust jacket. The bottom fore edge corner of the front cover is bumped, and there are two..... More
Utah: Vegan Toucan Press, 2020. First edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Square octavo [21.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A happy, light-hearted children's book about a friendly toucan named Stan, who happens to be vegan. As he attempts to eat a vegan meal, he faces a few obstacles, but his jungle friends ultimately work together..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2017. Edward Ardizzone. First edition thus. Hardcover. 170pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated cloth over boards. Previous owner's ex libris stamp and additional small notation on front free endpaper. In lightly soiled publisher's orange slipcase. More
Los Angeles: Archaia, 2012. Janet K. Lee. First edition. Hardcover. Board book. Oblong duodecimo [13 cm x 18 cm] Illustrated paper over stiff boards. Very good condition. Alice's Adventures Through the ABC's and What She Found There. Illustrated by Eisner Award-Winning artist Janet K. Lee. More
New York: Longman's Green and Co, 1929. Mates, Rudolf. Later printing. Hardcover. approx 60pp, unpaginated. Oblong quarto [24.4cm x 32.2cm]. 1/4 red cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Bumped at corners with underlying boards exposed. Rubbed at extremities. Text block cracked throughout. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Includes table of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Phyllis Rowand. Early printing. Hardcover. Thin octavo [25.5 cm] Tan, brown and black pictorial paper over boards. Good. The covers are age-toned, and just a little moisture stained. There are large losses from the paper of the spine. The pages are clean, and the..... More
Kentucky: Purple House Press. Hubert Buel. Reprint. Paperback. 218pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Cyndy Szekeres. First edition. Hardcover. 215pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Yellow cloth over boards, with title stamped in red on spine and front board. Light wear to edges of still vibrant dust jacket. A charming tale of Mrs. Updaisy and her strange and wonderful family of animals..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2009. Julian de Narvaez. First Folio edition. Hardcover. 354pp. Quarto [26 cm] Green pictorially stamped cloth over boards. Publisher's green topstain. Light wear to the text block edges. In a green paper covered slipcase. With an introduction by Jack Zipes. Paintings and decorations by Julian de..... More
New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, No date, but circa 1905. H. J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. Burt reprint. Hardcover. 391pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Rebound in plain red cloth with significant portions of the original backstrip and front cover illustration laid over. New marbled endpapers. When one opens the..... More
New York: R. Worthington, 1885. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 light brown cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Fair condition. The spine and covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The text block has almost completely come away from the covers. There is..... More
M. A. Donahue & Co., 1912. Illustrated edition. Paperback. Folio [30.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. The front cover is detached but present. The back cover is almost completely detached. The gatherings are loose. The top fore edge margins of the pages have dark stains. There are small losses from..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. Fourteenth Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 45pp. Quarto [26 cm] Blue cloth over boards. The cloth on the boards is foxed, the boards are negligibly warped, and the hinges are weak. In the pictorial dust jacket, which is darkened in areas, has periodic tears to..... More
Boston and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Co.; The Riverside Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 29pp. Slim square octavo [23 cm] Mustard yellow cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title and vignette on the front cover. Bright pictorial endpapers. Near fine, with only a contemporary gift inscription on the front..... More
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1937. Paperback. Very thin folio [31.5 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are age-toned and lightly rubbed. There is a former owner's name in pen on the front cover. Tanned pages. Ellis Christian Lenz also wrote Rifleman's Progress. More
Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Co., 1866. Translated from the German. Hardcover. 110pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Purple cloth covered boards with decorative gilt stamped floral designs on the covers and illustrated oval paper labels mounted to the covers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. The covers are gently rubbed. The spine..... More
[Macmillan]. Ephemera. The Easter greeting measures 4 1/8 x 6 1/8"; The Christmas greeting measures 3 1/2 x 5 1/8" (2 9/16 x 4 5/16" between borders). Both copies are about fine. An Easter Greeting (4pp.) has the title printed printed within a double thin line border, the dimensions of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. H. Guertik. First edition. Hardcover. [26pp] Quarto [28.5 cm] Green cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good in a good dust jacket. Rubbing to extremities. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The dust jacket is gently rubbed and age-toned. Also..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1958. Later printing. Hardcover. 171pp. Octavo [24 cm] Light gray paper over boards with dark blue lettering and pictorial stamping. With only minor warping to the boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with very subtle toning and wear. Very attractive. Illustrated by the author. An..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1968. Jubilee Edition of 2000 Copies. Hardcover. SIGNED. 171pp. Small quarto [25.5 cm] Orange cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip. Publisher's decorative endpapers. The boards are a bit warped. In a dust jacket with light rubbing and a couple of short closed..... More
New York: Arthur A. Levine, 2020. Second printing. Hardcover. 360pp. Octavo [22cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "Elatsoe—Ellie for short—lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals—most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. Leather bound. Three-volume set, complete. Octavos [21.5 cm] in in full decorative gilt-stamped leather, with color cover labels, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbons. The three books are bound in black, green, and red leather, respectively. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1939. The Big Little Book. Hardcover. 422pp. Twenty-fourmo [11.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered stiff card boards. Very good. The covers are rubbed along the edges. There is a numerical notation on the spine, and again on the front cover. The pages are browned. Number 1420..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939. William Mark Young. Hardcover. 424pp. Thirty-twomo [11.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The extremities are gently rubbed. The front cover is just a little bowed. Insignificant spine lean. The corners of the covers are gently bumped, and there are several small chips..... More
New York: Reycraft Books, 2019. Second printing. Hardcover. 32pp. Square octavo [26.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's..... More