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Sid the So Sad Skeleton
createspace, 2016. Ryan Jeppeson. First edition. Paperback. A Halloweein story about a sad skeleton making friends. More
The Red King's Dream or Lewis Carroll in Wonderland
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 312pp. Octavo [22 cm] Bluish gray cloth-effect paper over boards. Very good plus, with a minor smudge stain on the front cover. With the dust jacket and publisher's paper band in near fine condition. The publisher describes this work as "one..... More
The Leaf Men and Brave Good Bugs
New York: Laura Geringer, 1996. William Joyce. First edition. Hardcover. [SIGNED + ORIGINAL DRAWING]. Unpaginated. Quarto. [26 cm]. Black paper over boards with original dust jacket. Corners sharp and pages bright. Doodle on the verso of front free endpaper with signature and the year "'96" More
Party and Painting Book for Children
Little Falls, New York; Toronto, Can: The Junket Folks, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Slim twenty-fourmo [15 cm] Stapled pictorial wrappers, illustrated by Hildegard. Fine condition. A children's activity booklet promoting "Junket and Milk, Partners in Health." How to Use This Painting Book: First study the chart on the next page..... More
The Mystery of the Bamboo Bird
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1960. Early reprint. Hardcover. 182pp. Small octavo [19.5 cm] Light and dark green illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The edges of the covers and spine and very lightly bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There is..... More
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1940 on copyright page. Reprint. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [19 cm] Blue tweed paper covered boards with blue ink stamped titles and designs on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The spine is gently rolled, and the edges of the covers and..... More
She Loves Me... She Loves Me Not
New York, Evanston and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. Early printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Twenty-fourmo [13 cm] Pictorial cloth over boards. Orange endpapers. Minor toning to the boards. The dust jacket, with the price of $1.95 in the top corner, is just a trifle soiled. Bottom fore-edge corner of the..... More
Johnny Appleseed
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1988. Stephen Kellogg. Hardcover. [INSCRIBED]. Unpaginated. Quarto. [29 cm]. Illustrated paper over boards with illustrated dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, corners ever so slighly bumped. The iconic story of Johnny Appleseed married with creative illustrations by the author. More
Potluck Pogo
Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 179 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Brown cloth over boards with gilt illustration stamped to front board and gilt title stamped on spine. Front right corner bumped. Ex-library, with markings throughout, including a library pocket on rear free end paper. Glue residue on paste..... More
The Vegan Toucan
Utah: Vegan Toucan Press, 2020. First edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Square octavo [21.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A happy, light-hearted children's book about a friendly toucan named Stan, who happens to be vegan. As he attempts to eat a vegan meal, he faces a few obstacles, but his jungle friends ultimately work together..... More
Attack of the Black Rectangles
New York: Scholastic, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. 258pp. Octavo. [21.5cm] White paper over boards with the title printed in black ink on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. "When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must..... More
Stig of the Dump
London: The Folio Society, 2017. Edward Ardizzone. First edition thus. Hardcover. 170pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated cloth over boards. Previous owner's ex libris stamp and additional small notation on front free endpaper. In lightly soiled publisher's orange slipcase. More
The Wonderland Alphabet
Los Angeles: Archaia, 2012. Janet K. Lee. First edition. Hardcover. Board book. Oblong duodecimo [13 cm x 18 cm] Illustrated paper over stiff boards. Very good condition. Alice's Adventures Through the ABC's and What She Found There. Illustrated by Eisner Award-Winning artist Janet K. Lee. More
The Magic Flutes
New York: Longman's Green and Co, 1929. Mates, Rudolf. Later printing. Hardcover. approx 60pp, unpaginated. Oblong quarto [24.4cm x 32.2cm]. 1/4 red cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Bumped at corners with underlying boards exposed. Rubbed at extremities. Text block cracked throughout. Printed in Czechoslovakia. Includes table of..... More
Mrs. Updaisy
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Cyndy Szekeres. First edition. Hardcover. 215pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Yellow cloth over boards, with title stamped in red on spine and front board. Light wear to edges of still vibrant dust jacket. A charming tale of Mrs. Updaisy and her strange and wonderful family of animals..... More
Frankie in Wonderland. With apologies to Lewis Carroll, the originator and pre-historian of the New Deal. By a Tory
New York City: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1934. First edition. Paperback. 24pp. Very slim octavo [19.5 cm] Saddle-stitched orange wraps. Wraps show minor toning at the edges. Previous owner's name in pencil on front wrap. Two insignificant stains to front wrap as well. A political satire of the..... More
Ring Around A Rosy - A Dozen Little Girls
New York: R. Worthington, 1885. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 light brown cloth spine with illustrated paper covered boards. Fair condition. The spine and covers are rubbed. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The text block has almost completely come away from the covers. There is..... More
American Boy Scouts Plays and Pastimes
M. A. Donahue & Co., 1912. Illustrated edition. Paperback. Folio [30.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. The front cover is detached but present. The back cover is almost completely detached. The gatherings are loose. The top fore edge margins of the pages have dark stains. There are small losses from..... More
Manners Can Be Fun
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
Mrs. Roo and the Bunnies
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
King Buff
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
Alice in Wonderland (Pop-Up illustrated by Kubasta)
Westminster, London: Bancroft & Co. (Publishers); An ARTIA production, Circa 1960. Voitech Kubasta. First edition. Hardcover. Thin tall quarto [33 cm] 1/4 cloth spine with illustrated paper over boards. Front cover has a cut out with plastic window creating a 3D illusion of peering in. 18 pages, with a full..... More
The Little French Farm
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
Once Upon a Book
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2023. Grace Lin. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto. [31cm] Red glossy paper over boards. "From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern folktale about the joy of reading. Once upon a time, there was a girl. She..... More