Pirate Stew
New York: Quill Tree Books, 2020. Second printing. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto [31cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. More
Children's Books
The Wolves in the Walls
New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Dave Mckean. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Square quarto [25.3cm]. New. Illustrated wraps. From back of book: Lucy hears sneaking, creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls. She is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house. But, as everybody says, if the..... More
When (A Harlin Quist Book)
A Harlin Quist Book, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very slim, square octavo [19 cm] Pictorial wrappers. Very good, with subtle age-toning to the wraps. Designed by Patrick Couratin. "There are few publishers whose books are so distinctive that the mention of their names conjures up an immediate picture of a...... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Black Cricket: 10 Stories
Sandusky, OH: The American Crayon Company, 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Very thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly rubbed, faded and creased. The rear cover is also very subtly soiled and stained. There is minor chipping to the paper at the ends..... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Starfish: 10 Stories
New York: Mary Perks Books for Children / The American Crayon Co., 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are lightly rubbed and creased, and the rear wrap is mildly soiled and stained. There are numerous small stains on the..... More
Uncle Wiggily and the Starfish: 10 Stories
New York: Mary Perks Books for Children / The American Crayon Co., 1943. Mary and Wallace Stover. Paperback. Thin quarto [28 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Fair only. The wraps are lightly rubbed and creased, and the rear wrap is mildly soiled and stained. There are three prominent crayon marks on..... More
Doctor Dan the Bandage Man
New York: Random House, 2004. Corrine Malvern. Later printing. Hardcover. 24pp. Octavo [20.1cm]. Illustrated paper over boards, with the Little Golden Books signature gotld tape on the spine. Mild bumping to the front head corner. Includes two adhesive bandages. In its inital print run, this book became so popular that..... More
Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 55 pp. Large octavo. 1/4 brown cloth over gold boards. Illustrated. Fine/Fine. A celebration in honor of Frank Baum's classic Oz series. The contributor list read like a who's who of children's authors and illustrators. Contributors include Mark Buehner, Eric Carle..... More
Alice
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. John Rocco. Second edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Slim quarto [29 cm] 1/4 rust-colored cloth, with sea-green paper over boards, and the title stamped in gilt on the backstrip. Purple and white patterned endpapers. The front cover is a bit warped. In a dust jacket, with a...... More
Eggs Amen! Skillet Rhymes and Scrambled Verses (A Harlin Quist Book)
Harlin Quist, Inc, 1973. Jean-Michel Nicollet. First edition. Paperback. Slim square duodecimo [19 cm] Pictorial wraps. Title page and cover art by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Good. The wraps are very lightly creased, and the text block is very slightly concave. The text block is cracked at the center. A book designed..... More
Really So Stories
New York: The Wise-Parslow Company, 1937. John Rae. Later printing. Hardcover. 96pp. Small quarto [24.5 cm] Green cloth covered boards with red ink stamped titles, and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The rear board is slightly stained. Internally, clean and bright. More
Really So Stories
Joliet, IL: The P. F. Volland Company, 1924. John Rae. Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Bright pictorial paper over boards. Orange, white and black illustrated endsheets. In a matching illustrated paper cover card box. The book is near fine, with a contemporary gift inscription on the half title..... More
The 14th Dragon (A Harlin Quist Book)
Harlin Quist, Inc, 1968. Robert L. Anderson. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 28.5 cm] Lime green cloth over boards. Very good, with gentle bumping at the spine ends, and very minor fading along the edges of the covers. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket, with light..... More
Fifty Songs for Boys and Girls
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935. Janet Laura Scott. Paperback. 60pp. Thin oblong octavo [19 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and creased. There are several very small stains on the verso of the front cover, and there is a tiny stain on the first..... More
The Golden Age
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. Ernest H. Shepard. Hardcover. 170pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endsheets. With the gold and black pictorial..... More
Little Orphan Annie and the Ghost Gang (The Big Little Book)
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1935. First Big Little Book printing. Hardcover. 424pp. Twenty-fourmo [11.5 cm] Pictorial paper over thin card boards. With mild rubbing to the extremities and a slight lean to the spine. Whitman No. 1154. More
The Original Raggedy Ann Stories
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1918. Early edition. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The underlying boards are exosed along the edges. The cloth at the spine ends is chipped, and has a couple of short closed tears..... More
Raggedy Andy Stories; Gruelle, Johnny
New York: The Johnny Gruelle, 1948. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper labels mounted to the covers. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The endsheets and outside edges of the text block are verly lightly..... More
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
Joliet, IL. The P. F. Volland Company, 1924. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Fair only. The covers are gently rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There is a small split in the cloth at the head of the..... More
Raggedy Ann in the Snow White Castle
New York: The Johnny Gruelle Company, 1946. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 red cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed at the corners. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. Several of the pages have very small light stains..... More
Raggedy Ann's Fairy Stories
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Very good. Rubbed at the extremities, with the underlying boards sporadically exposed. There is a prior owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, and there are very occasional barely perceptible..... More
Wooden Willie
Chicago and New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, Circa 1927. Later printing. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth spine with pictorial paper over boards. Colorful pictorial endpapers. Very good. The boards are lightly rubbed, on the surface and along the edges. The underlying boards are exposed along the..... More
Nobody Listens to Andrew
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1957. Mary Stevens. Ninth printing. Hardcover. 27pp. Thin square octavo [20.5 cm] Yellow paper covered boards with red ink stamped title information on the spine and front cover, and a red ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the spine and..... More
History of Illinois in Words of One Syllable
New York, Chicago and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1888. Hardcover. 208pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with illustrated paper over boards. Good. The covers are mildly rubbed and scratched, and the underlying boards are exposed along the edges. There are several small losses from the paper..... More
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies
New York: DK Books, 2020. First American edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Quarto [30cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of..... More