Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 312pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Jacket is not present. The front hinge is going, and the text block is just starting to come away..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1903]. W. W. Denslow. Second edition, second printing, binding C. Hardcover. 259pp. Small quarto [23 cm] Green cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping on the backstrip and front board (with the orange omitted from the crow's eye, and the period dropped after the author's..... 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: 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: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. Parnall, Peter. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Quarto [26 cm]. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. In a price clipped dust jacket with mild wear. Signed by the author in black ink on the half title. Inscription reads, "For ___, wishing you beautiful paths. Byrd..... 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 voices low I sit high on..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Peter Parnall. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto[26cm] Orange paper overboards with black illustrated stamp on front cover. Dust jacket has open tears along front and back top edge. Inner covers have a black stamp from the Salt Lake City School District. From the highly..... 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
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: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto [26cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school -- not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money. She wanted to be somebody significant in the world..... More
Akron, OH and New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company / Crown Publishers, 1941-1946. Complete set. Hardcover. This item may require extra shipping charges due to weight..Octavo [20.5 cm] Various colors of cloth covered boards. All volumes in very good or good only condition. The edges of the covers are lightly..... More
New York: Yearling, 2001. Joseph Mugnaini. Reprint. Paperback. 145pp. [19 cm] Illustrated wraps. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 2000. Leo & Diane Dillon. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. [31pp] Small quarto [23.5 cm by 23.5 cm]. Illustrated boards in a pictorial dust jacket. With a long, but very faint scratch on the rear cover. In a dust jacket, with minor edge wear, and subtle yellowing..... 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Ylla. First edition. Very good. Quarto [29 cm x 24 cm] Blue cloth over boards. Title stamped on front board. Good condition, with gently bumped spine ends and a handful of minor stains on the covers. Good dust jacket although the edges have numerous..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo [21.5 cm] in decorative boards over plain green cloth spine. Edgewear and light chipping to jacket (jacket price $1.75); rubbing to boards at extremities, else very light wear; interior is unmarked. A strange and lovely book from the award-winning author..... 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
