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
A Harlin Quist Book, 1973. First trade paperback printing. Paperback. Very slim, square octavo [19 cm] Pictorial wrappers. Very good, with age-toning to the wraps. Cover illustration by Henri Galeron. Book designed by Patrick Couratin. "There are few publishers whose books are so distinctive that the mention of their names..... More
A Harlin Quist Book, 1975. First trade paperback printing. Paperback. Very slim, square octavo [19 cm] Pictorial wrappers. Very good. The wraps are mildly rubbed and creased, and the front wrap is bowed. Illustrations by Jean-Michel Nicollet, Marvin Mattelson, Andre Vial, Michel Benier, Tina Mercie, Patrick Couratin, Victoria Chess, Monique..... 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
New York: Orchard Books, 1997. Alison Bartlett. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Slim quarto [28 cm] Brightly illustrated pictorial paper over boards. Autograph label on the front panel of the dust jacket. There are several light scratches on the panels, with the longest scratch measuring approximately 10" long. Pictures by Alison..... 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
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1999. Mark Buehner. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Library Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Small square quarto [23.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. The dust jacket has minor surface wear, and light soiling (on the reverse). Signed by Mark Buehner on the title page. More
United States of America: Harlan Quist, Inc., 1968. Gorey, Edward. Fourth printing. Paperback. Square Duodecimo (19cm). Natural fading and some bumped edges. Harlin Quist books are simply superb. -Gene Shalit, The Today Show. More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, c1910. Gordon Robinson. Paperback. 12pp. Square octavo [21.5cm x 18.5cm]. In staplebound linenette wraps. Three small, faint stains on far edges of wraps. This abridged version of "Alice in Wonderland" is full of charming and vivid illustrations. More
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2020. Kristjana S. Williams. Hardcover. 256pp. Folio [30.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. "Beginning by plunging the reader into the spectacular new wonderland of acclaimed illustrator Kristjana J. Williams, 'Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser' goes on to explore how Lewis Carroll’s celebrated..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2007. David Wiesner and Pauline Baynes. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo [24cm]. Seven hardback volumes in an illustrated paper covered slipcase. Cover art by three-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator David Wiesner and the full black-and-white original interior art by Pauline Baynes. 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
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2020. Michaela Goade. Later printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Square quarto [26cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth And poison her people’s water, one young water protector Takes a stand..... 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
Paris: Flammarion, 1953. H. Guertik. Reprint. Paperback. Slim square octavo [21 cm] Stapled pictorial flexible card wraps. Very good. The wraps are moderately age-toned, rubbed and soiled, and the underlying card stock is visible on the top fore edge corner of the front wrap. Les Albums Du Père Castor. Pour..... More
New York: Everyman's Library, 1993. Arthur Hughes. Reprint. Hardcover. 238pp. Octavo [21cm]. Blue cloth over boards, with gilt and black titles and details, and an illustrated label on the front board. Charming pictorial endpapers. Gilt and black on spine has begun to rub off. Black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. More
Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1933. Highlights of History Series. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo [11 cm] Illustrated paper covered stiff card boards. Very good. The covers are gently rubbed, the corners of the covers are lightly bumped, and the spine is slightly rolled. The covers are also a bit creased. The..... More
[Philadelphia, PA]: David McKay Company, 1941. Hardcover. [60pp] Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated boards. Near fine/Fine. Minor sunning to spine of jacket. Illustrated by the author. A very nice copy of this work. More
David McKay Company, 1942. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo [21 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. The spine is slightly rolled, the spine and boards are gently rubbed and bumped at the edges, and there are a couple of very small stains on the rear cover. Marjorie Henderson Buell is best known..... More
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc., 1951. Hardcover. Duodecimo [16.5 cm] Red cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed, and the spine is slightly rolled back. The covers are also ever so slightly soiled. The pages are subtly yellowed. The dust..... More
Park City: Lucky Penny Press, 2016. Izzy Greer. first edition. Paperback. 51pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; illustrated wraps. A children's illustrated book, with quotes from Edward Abbey and Terry Tempest Williams, that guides children through Utah's national parks. More