I Was A Rat
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Kevin Hawkes. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 164pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 red paper with teal paper over boards. The book's spine is mildly rolled back. Signed by Philip Pullman on the title page. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Kevin Hawkes. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 164pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 red paper with teal paper over boards. The book's spine is mildly rolled back. Signed by Philip Pullman on the title page. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1931. Paperback. Thin quarto [30 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed and creased. The pages are age-toned. Some of the cut outs are partially punched out, but still intact. However most of the punch outs are completely intact. All cut..... More
Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, [1917]. First P. F. Volland edition with illustrations by John Rae. Hardcover. 157pp. Quarto [24.5 cm] Tan cloth with pictorial paper over boards. White and gold pictorial endpapers. Twelve color plates. With some moisture staining and fading to the covers. The text block is cracked..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 239pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 blue paper with decorative white paper covered boards. The spine ends are gently bumped, and the edges of the boards are subtly toned. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, but is a touch soiled..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 239pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 blue paper with decorative white paper covered boards. The spine ends are gently bumped, and the edges of the boards are subtly toned. There is a previous owner's name on the front pastedown..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 239pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 blue paper with decorative white paper covered boards. The extremities are bumped and rubbed and the boards are soiled. There is a previous owner's name at the head of the front pastedown. Else..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Early printing. Hardcover. 212 pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] in full rust-brown cloth covered boards. Lacking the dust jacket. Light wear to extremities, a few small stains and marks to boards and preliminary pages, spine is very lightly cocked. Previous owner's name neatly written..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [c1980]. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 212pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Brown paper over boards, with title stamped in black ink on spine. Extremities a touch scuffed, and spine rolled. Spine ends heavily bumped. In the "movie edition" dust jacket, which is a bit rubbed and creased..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: The Fideler Company, 1943. Frank Harper. First edition. Hardcover. Very slim quarto [26 cm] Orange, green and white pictorial paper over boards. Very good. The spine ends are bumped, and the underlying boards are exposed briefly along the edges. There is a previous owner's name on the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 72pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards with a blue ink stamped title and vignette on the front cover. Bright pictorial endpapers. No dust jacket. Very good condition. The corners of the covers are gently bumped, and there are roughly a...... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. Later printing. Paperback. 180pp. Duodecimo [19.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. Later printing. Paperback. 305pp. Duodecimo [19.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in..... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1965. May Buhler. First UK edition. Paperback. 60pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are rubbed and have a couple of one inch closed tears. The lamination is beginning to peel away..... More
Buffalo, NY: The Hayes Lithographing Co, No date. Harry Rountree. Childland Series edition. Hardcover. Slim duodecimo [18 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Good only. The text block has been amateurishly sewn to the covers. The covers are rubbed, and there is a previous owner's name and brief notation on the..... More
New York: Scholastic, 2001. Mary Grandpré. Later printing. Paperback. 435pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. An exciting caldron of danger and intrigue awaits your child in this installment of J. K. Rowling's now-classic series. Harry is only entering his third year at the Hogwarts School, but his magical powers will..... More
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 2002-2007. Volumes 1-4 are later American printings, volumes 5-7 are first American printings. Hardcover. 309, 341, 435, 734, 870, 652, 759pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 cloth over various colors of paper over boards. All volumes are in very good or better condition, with..... More
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press, 2007. Mary Grandpré. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 309; 341; 435; 734; 870; 652; 759pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Various shades of 1/2 cloth with paper over boards. Housed in a collectible trunk-like box. Books are still in publisher's shrinkwrap. This lovely and flawless..... More
Chicago: American Colortype Co, No date. Very slender twenty-fourmo [13 cm] Stapled pictorial wrappers. Fine condition. A vintage illustrated story for children, published to promote Royal Baking Co., Salt Lake City. "Children grow sturdy and strong when given plenty of Royal Bread- The bread that made mother stop baking. Made..... More
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Co., 1934. First edition. Paperback. Very slim quarto [32 cm] Saddle-stitched illustrated wraps. The wraps are mildly toned, the bottom edge of the front wrap is lightly chipped, and there is a 2" closed tear to the foot of the spine along the fold. Six pages..... More
New York: Disney Editions, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 248pp. Oblong quarto [24 cm x 29.5 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. Diamond-patterned endpapers. The top fore-edge corners of the covers are gently bumped, and the rear free endpaper is a little creased. In the pictorial dust jacket, illustrated on both sides..... More
San Diego, New York, and London: Gulliver Books; Harcourt, Inc, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Small quarto [26 cm] Shiny pictorial paper over boards. In a matching dust jacket. The second book in the Hip and Hop series. Signed by Barney Saltzberg, with a sketch and the inscription, "Hooray For..... More
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1943. Paperback. Very thin folio [32.5 cm] Stapled illustrated cloth-like wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed and age-toned. There is a brief notation on the top edge of the front cover. There is a 1/2 inch long closed tear in the paper..... More
Moab, UT: Hole in the Rock Publishing, 2017. Sand Sheff. First edition. Paperback. Very slender quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Color illustrations. From the back cover: Did you know that the Sun and the Moon appear the same size in the sky? That's because the Sun is 400 times bigger than the..... More
New York: Ember, 2019. First edition thus. Paperback. 505pp. Octavo [21cm]. Printed wraps. NEW. From back of book - "Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2019. Later printing. Hardcover. 192pp. Quarto [27.2cm]. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, with a matching pictorial dust jacket. From Publisher: WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent..... More