- Small quarto [8-1/2 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color linenette wraps with a cover illustration by R. A. Burley. The bottom corners of the wraps are very slightly bumped. [10] pages including inside wraps. Illustrated in red & black and full color by Gordon Robinson. There is very light soiling to the top edges of a few pages, else a clean, bright copy. Near fine. View More...
Chicago, IL: Wilcox & Follett Co., (1948).. (1948).. Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/2 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], pictorial light green cloth titled & with an illustration stamped in dark green on the front cover. The binding is lightly bumped & soiled. 161 & [2] pages. There is an owner's bookplate with an ink name written on it mounted on the leaf following the title page. Black-and-white pictorial borders, vignettes & textual illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Very good.
Signed by Eugenia Stone on the front endpaper. View More...
- 12mo, 5-7/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Tan cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and stained with wear to the corners. The head and tail of the spine are chipped and the cloth is splitting along the whole of the front joint and top of the rear joint. The pagination is as follows: Title, a 26 page Alphabet, each with a full-page illustration, 64 pages, 63 pages, and a 16-page catalog. The book is illustrated with an additional 9 full-page plates not included in the pagination and a tailpiece. The text block is sha... View More...
New York: The American Library Association, (1995).. (1995).. Very good. UNUSED WITH THE PAGE OF ORIGINAL STICKERS - Quarto, 9 inches high by 12 inches wide. Softcover, spiral bound glossy color pictorial wraps with a cover illustration from Smoky Night by David Diaz. The bottom left corner of the front cover is creased. 30 pages, including the covers and an unused page of peel-off stickers. The calendar is illustrated with 12 full-page color illustrations and vignettes by artist's from the Caldecott Medal List of America's Distinguished Picture Books. A very good copy of this unused calendar.... View More...
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1946).. (1946).. Very good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], tan cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with a small, light stain to the front cover & a narrow band of black staining along the front edge of the rear cover. The dust wrapper is rubbed & chipped with several tears & small pieces out & with soiling to the rear panel. There is a larger piece out of the head of the jacket spine. 46 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The top margins of the pages are slightly rippled. Very good in a goo... View More...
London: Bloomsbury Books, (1988).. (1988).. Fine. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. Light spotting to the top third of the dw panels. 104 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W & color. Near fine in a very good dw. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York/London: Frederick Warne, (1978).. (1978).. Very good. - Oblong quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 10-1/4 inches wide], brown cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is bumped. ix, [i] & pages 11- 288. Profusely illustrated in color and brown & white. Very good.
First edition. With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- 12mo [5-5/8 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide], marbled green & red paper covered boards backed with maroon cloth, titled in gilt within a red rectangle on the front board & in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The boards are bumped & lightly rubbed with some chipping to the paper along the front edges. The gilt on the spine is almost completely faded. 136 pages. Full-page black-and-white illustrations by Nino Carbe. Despite its flaws, a very good copy.
(The Platt & Munk Co., Inc.), (1939).. (1939).. Good. - Small quarto [approximately 8 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers with a cover illustration by George Carlson.The binding is lightly bumped. The rear cover is soiled & stained with a small piece out of its top corner & light creasing to its bottom corner. [10] pages, including inside wraps. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white by George Carlson. The page corners are lightly bumped. There is a small piece out of the top corner of the last leaf with staining to the front margin of page [5] ... View More...
RARE IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX - Four books laid into a pictorial box. 32mo., 3 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Each of the four volumes are bound in color illustrated yellow boards backed with blue cloth spines. They are laid into the original pictorial box with color chromolithographic vignettes representing each of the songs on the front cover. The vignette for "Home Sweet Home" is centered at the top with that representing the song "For Auld Lang Syne" to it's left, "Sally in Our Alley" at bottom left and that illustrating the song "Where are you going to ... View More...
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MIKE THALER - Octavo, color pictorial boards in a price-clipped matching dust wrapper. There is some very minor foxing to the dust jacket. 64 pages, profusely illustrated in color by Maxie Chambliss. The bottom edge is very lightly foxed. Very good. First edition of an I Can Read Book. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front endpaper with a drawing of a hippo: For ---- / a terrific guy and a fine friend / Best wishes / Mike Thaler / 1990. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Small quarto [5-3/4 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial cream & orange wraps sewn with tan cord. The wraps are lightly soiled with staining to the rear wrap. 16 pages. 16 black-and-white textual illustrations with a black-and-white pictorial ad on the inside front wrap. The illustration on page 16 is signed Morehen. There is staining to the rear inside wrap & to pages 15 & 16 with a small stain to the inner margin of the inside front wrap. Despite its flaws, a very good copy of a fragile book. On the inside front wrap is a pictorial ad for Hires' Improved Root Bee... View More...
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, (1905).. (1905).. Very good. - 8vo, pictorial blue cloth (bumped & slightly rubbed; cocked) titled in red. [x] & 382 pp. & 18-page publisher's catalogue (brown stain to rear endpaper). Illustrated in color with frontis & 6 plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Very good.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Comapny, 1885.. 1885.. Fair. - Quarto, pictorial red cloth titled with vignettes in gilt on spine and titled in gilt with illustration of a winged horse leaping over the moon on the front cover. All edges gilt. The covers are rubbed, stained & soiled. 150 pages. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations by F.S. Church. The binding is cracked and several leaves and signatures are loose. A complete copy. View More...
(New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), circa [1930].. [1930].. Good. - Small quarto [7-5/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial green wrappers. The binding is rubbed, chipped & lightly bumped with a few small white stains to the front cover. [18] pages, including inside wraps. 1 double-page illustration & profuse color illustrations bordering the text by Emma Clark. The top page corners are lightly bumped & there is a short tear to the inner edge of 1 leaf. Good. View More...
- Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. The boards are very slightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. 40 & [1] pages. Profuse full-page color illustrations by Jean Claverie. Near fine. View More...
- Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], green cloth in a price-clipped color pictorial dust wrapper. The tail of the spine is creased & the corners are lightly bumped. The top edge of the dust jacket & the tail of its spine are lightly chipped and its rear panel is lightly soiled. 78 & [1] pages. 10 color plates, including a frontispiece, by Rene Cloke. Very good. Second printing. Three tales originally retold by Charles Perrault in 1697. The other two tales are Puss in Boots and Cinderella. Dust jacket present. View More...
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - 8vo, teal cloth (bumped; spine & extremities faded) titled in gilt on spine with device stamped in blind on front cover, in color pictorial dw (top edge lightly creased & chipped; tiny surface tear to rear panel; dw spine slightly faded; price-clipped). [vii], 117 & [2] pp. Full-page illustrations & vignettes in B&W by Barbara Cooney. Near fine internally.
A classic collection of children's verse, here newly illustrated by a Caldecott award winning artist. Dust jacket present. View More...
- Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with the top corner of the rear cover slightly frayed. The head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. vii, [i] & 303 pages. Illustrated in black & white by H. D. Cooper & others with 7 plates, including a frontispiece with a tissue guard, an extra vignette title & many textual illustrations. There is foxing throughout. A good, tight copy. First edition.Told in the first person by "Tommy", this is a book about a boy learning to educate himself with an emphasis on science and natural history. F... View More...
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