Chicago: Reilly & Britton, Circa 1919. John R. Neill. Later printing. Hardcover. 340pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with the title in black and a vignette in black and red on the spine, and the title and an illustration of Scraps in red, black and yellow on the front board..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, Circa 1935. John R. Neill. Later printing of the Regular Edition. Hardcover. 314pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pale green cloth with a full-color illustrated label mounted to the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Black and white illustrated endpapers. With gentle bumping..... 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
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1914. First edition, binding A. Hardcover. 271pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. The front board is lightly rubbed, and the rear board is more heavily abraded. The front hinge..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2021. MinaLima. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Octavo. [24cm] Green cloth over boards with illustrated title decorations on the front cover and spine. Paper illustrations laid on back cover. No dust jacket as issued. Still in publishers shrink wrap. "A deluxe gift edition of L. Frank Baum’s cherished..... 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..... 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
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: 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
New York: Yearling, 2001. Joseph Mugnaini. Reprint. Paperback. 145pp. [19 cm] Illustrated wraps. 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: HarperCollins, 2005. One board book and one plush bunny in a 20x17cm box. Millions of children have been lulled to sleep by this classic bedtime tale. Now paired with a cuddly plush bunny, it is the perfect way to say "goodnight." 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
London and New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [28 cm] Blue cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Six full-color plates. Very good. The extremities are mildly rubbed and bumped, and the underlying boards are exposed sporadically along the edges. There is a very small..... More
London and New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Slim quarto [28 cm] Pale blue cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. With six color plates. Very good. The spine and covers are mildly bumped, rubbed and soiled, and the underlying boards are exposed sporadically along..... More