Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 314pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue-green cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. "Reilly & Britton" at foot of backstrip. New endpapers. A bit of restoration work to backstrip along the..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1911. John R. Neill. First edition, binding A. Hardcover. 239pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Light green cloth over boards with a textured pictorial label on the front board. With 12 color plates. The backstrip has a light stain, measuring 2" tall by 1/4" wide..... More
New York: Harper Muse, 2022. Laci Fowler. Pretty Books Painted Edition (First Edition). Hardcover. 146pp. Octavo. [23.5cm] Illustrated paper over boards with the title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Gold gilt edges. "This beloved classic tale is now available in an exclusive collector's edition, featuring beautiful cover..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1975. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25cm] Illustrated wraps. "You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto. [26cm] Illustrated paper over boards. "You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the..... More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. In both text and illustration, "Desert Voices" conveys a message of spirit and courage from the shy and quiet creatures of the beautiful desert land. More
New York: Aladdin, 1985. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Oblong Octavo. [20cm] Illustrated wraps. "Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you." -From the publisher..... More
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1974. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Small oblong quarto. [21 cm. x 25.5 cm.] Paper over boards. In Baylor's ALA Notable Children's Book, a child details 10 rules for finding a special rock to befriend. More
New York: Aladdin, 1998. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5cm] Illustrated wraps. More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. Parnall, Peter. First Aladdin Paperbacks edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.3 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall comes the story of a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured experiences like dancing..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1997. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25cm] Illustrated wraps. "With a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs of the natural world. When you know “the other way to listen,” you can hear..... More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1994. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A young girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature." More
New York: Aladdin, 1998. Parnall, Peter. Revised. Paperback. Octavo. [23 cm.] Printed wraps. "Beautiful paintings highlight the ways various peoples from around the world welcome the sun and the start of a new day in this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book. Some people say there is a new sun every day..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. Peter Parnall. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto[26cm] Orange over boards with black illustrated stamp on front cover. Two small creases on dust jacket spine. On the hottest summer afternoons when desert creatures look for shade and stay close to the earth and keep their..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Peter Parnall. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto[26cm] Orange paper over boards with black illustrated stamp on front cover. Dust jacket has open tears along front head edge. Dust jacket slightly age toned at extremities. From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter..... More
National Commissioner, Boy Scouts of America, 1925. Paperback. 23pp. Vegisimo-quarto [14 cm] Blue saddle-stitched pictorial wrappers. Illustrations in black, white, and blue. The wrappers and pages are a little creased, and there is a small moisture stain on the title page. From the text- "The bicycle has never lost its..... More
New York: Thos. B. Brooks, Inc, No date. Very thin twenty-fourmo [11 cm] Stapled pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition. A vintage illustrated Christmas story published to promote Kress Stores, Headquarters for Toys, Dolls, Games and Quality Xmas Candies. More
Stockholm: R & S Books, 1993. Inga-Karin Eriksson. First edition. Hardcover. 93pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] Red paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Illustrated map endpapers. Very good plus. There is some very insignificant, barely perceptible staining on the bottom edge of the rear cover. In..... More
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 216pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards. In a dust jacket, with very moderate sunning to the spine. From the dust jacket- "Ms. Blake views the whole of Carroll's imaginative writing in the light of play, through the card..... More
Ruy-Vidal et Harlin Quist, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 48; 48; 48; 48pp. Slender quarto [33 cm] Pictorial casebound wraps. Very good. The wraps are mildly scratched and rubbed. French text. François Ruy Vidal (Texte et Comptines). A Harlin Quist series. Les Manipule. "Quatre grands et singuliers albums jeux, dans la..... More
New York: Penguin Random House, 2020. Later printing. 55pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]. Textured black paper over boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. "Inspired by the recent wave of activism led by young people fighting for racial justice, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges–who, at the age of six, was the..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. Ebbe Sunesen. Library Edition (Not ex-library). Hardcover. 32pp. Octavo [22 cm] Illustrated cloth over boards. Orange and white pictorial endsheets. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corners; bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown. Drawings by Ebbe Suneson. An adaptation of a popular history..... More
New York: Rodale Kids, 2020. Second printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Oblong quarto [26cm x 28.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each..... More
Rand McNally Co. Publishers, 1937. Hope Dunlap. Later printing. Hardcover. 56pp. Quarto [26 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Good. The covers are rubbed and scratched, and have numerous small stains. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the..... More