New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1942. Lynn Bogue Hunt. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto [24.5 cm] Yellow, green and black illustrated paper covered boards. Fair condition. The covers are rubbed, and alternately slightly faded and darkened. The covers are also lightly soiled, and the rear cover has multiple very light stains..... More
Chicago: The Regensteiner Corporation, Circa 1930. Motiontoy Book. Hardcover. 16pp. Tall skinny quarto [35 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards with a moveable bird head on the front board. Good. The boards are rubbed and creased. There is a 3 inch long split in the spine at the foot. The rear..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 250pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with brown paper covered boards. Very good/Near fine. Minor chipping to corners of jacket. Overall a sharp copy of this uncommon Fitzgerald title. Another charming story from the author of Papa Married a Mormon..... More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1925. Joseph Eugene Dash. World-Wide Edition of a Just Right Book. Hardcover. 254pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front board, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1933. Frances Beem. Hardcover. 64pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Good. The covers are rubbed, and have mild general soiling. The spine and areas of the rear board are faded. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped. The spine is..... More
London: Alan Ross, 1966. David Gollins. First paperback edition. Paperback. 143pp. Slim duodecimo [19 cm] Tan and black printed wraps. Very good. There is a small marking in pen on the title page. The threads are episodically visible in the inside margins. The silver pictorial dust jacket is in good..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. John Rocco. First American edition. Hardcover. Slim quarto [29 cm] 1/4 rust-colored cloth, with decorative sea-green paper over boards, and the title stamped in gilt on the backstrip. Purple and white patterned endpapers. Very good. The front cover is just a bit warped. In a...... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Puffin Books, 2016. Later Puffin Books reissue. Paperback. 370pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, magical beasts and cunning children..... More
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
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
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