New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1914. L. Kirby-Parrish and Dick Hartley. Hardcover. 48pp. Twenty-fourmo [14 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a brown printed title and two illustrated paper labels on the front cover. Good only. The backstrip is gone. There is a loss from the paper of the..... More
Japan: Holp Shuppan, [1979]. Japanese Edition. The volumes are of varying sizes and bindings. In tan thin card slipcases printed with the titles and decorative borders. Several of the slipcases have minor soiling and nearly half of the slipcases have come unglued along some of the edges. May require extra..... More
Baltimore, MD: Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc., 1967. Paperback. Thin quarto [28 cm] Brightly illustrated stapled wraps. All volumes are in very good condition. The covers are very lightly rubbed, and occasionally ever so slightly soiled. The pages are mildly browned. Includes: Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, Gulliver's Travels, Pinocchio, Puss In..... More
Holland: Harlin Quist; Drukkerij Reclame B.V., [1973]. First edition. Paperback. 47pp. Thin square duodecimo [19 cm] Black and white printed wraps. Light wear to wraps. A catalog designed by Patrick Couratin. Illustrated in color and black and white. Each title listed is accompanied with a lively description. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934. Miniature book. Paperback. 36pp. Thirtytwomo [9 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fair. The covers are lightly rubbed. There are losses to the fore edges of the front cover and first page. There is also a very small loss to the top fore edge of p. 3..... More
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1927. The Toddles Girls' Series. Hardcover. Octavo [22 cm] in die-cut glossy pictorial boards. Light wear to boards, 1.5" split to spine at foot; textblock detached from spine at foot (but holding). Young Tabitha Toddles is consistently thwarted in her attempts to bake buns for..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] Orange cloth over boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and rubbing. Another collaboration from the creators of the 1976 Caldecott Medal Winner "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears." From the dust jacket- "The illustrations show..... More
New York: Emerald City Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 110pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Bound in black cloth, with title stamped in silver ink on spine. Boards mildly soiled. Spine ends gently bumped. Bit of chipping to the edges of the dust jacket, with one small imperfection on the rear panel..... More
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2025. Naoko Stoop. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pp. Quarto [28.6 cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. Dj has textured details. Picture book biography about the poet Mary Oliver. More
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2025. Naoko Stoop. Reprint. Hardcover. 40 pp. Quarto [28.8 cm]. Illustrated wraps over boards. Orange end papers. From the publisher: "Young Mary Oliver spent all the time she could outdoors noticing natural wonders like alluring birdsong, velvety leaves, and glittering beams of sunlight. There were..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition. Hardcover. 376pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Rebacked. Original reddish-brown cloth applied to boards (shined and touched up at the edges). New endpapers. Frontispiece plus three illustrations. Four pages of publisher's advertisements at the front. A bit of bubbling to the cloth. Contemporary owner's name..... More
Philco Corporation, 1948. Hardcover. [48pp] Folio [38 cm] Black cloth spine with an internal spiral binding and paper over boards (title and small illustration on the front board). The covers are worn. The lower thirds of the pages are moisture damaged. The moisture staining is light, however roughly a dozen..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Circa 1970 (Also by Roald Dahl lists Fantastic Mr. Fox). William Pène du Bois. Early printing. Hardcover. 40pp. Slim square octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with olive green paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. With very light edgewear to the spine and boards, and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. Cleveland Woodward. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 96pp. Octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. The extremities are gently bumped, rubbed, and sunned. There is a contemporary gift inscription at the head of the front..... More
Carson City, NV: Buckaroo Books, 1996. First edition thus. Paperback. Quarto [30.5 cm] in wraps. From the book: "What happens when two kids decide to dig up a dinosaur in their backyard? They begin an excavation that will take them through 125 million years of Utah. Each page uncovers a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Grace Paull. First edition. Hardcover. 193pp. Large octavo [23 cm] Beige cloth with an orange ink stamped title on the spine, and an orange ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Brightly illustrated endsheets. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Very lightly..... More
Massachusetts: Charlesbridge, 2019. Don Tate. Later printing. Paperback. 32pp.Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps. You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Thin quarto [29 cm] Olive green cloth over boards. The spine ends are a bit bumped, and there is a light 4" scuff mark on the front board. In a dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. The bottom..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., Circa 1941. Neill, John R. Later printing (Regular Edition). Hardcover. 314pp. Large octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards with the title and a vignette in black ink on the spine, and a bright illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Illustrated endpapers..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Company, 1906. Neill, John R. First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. 314pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Tan cloth with title and illustration on front board and backstrip in red, green and black. Near fine. A few light spots on front board. Illustrated throughout with charming illustrations from..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. John R. Neill. Later printing. Hardcover. 265pp. Small quarto [23 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. There is a former owner's blind stamp..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1920]. Frank Verbeck. Later printing. Hardcover. 236pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue cloth over boards, with the title, author's last name, and publisher's imprint stamped in blue on the spine, and an illustrated paper label on the front board in blue, orange and red. Blank endpapers..... 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
New York: Aladdin, 1975. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25cm] Illustrated wraps. "You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and..... More