New York: Workman Publishing, (1985).. (1985).. Fine. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ANN BEATTIE - (Goblin Tales). Quarto, 9- 1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover in dust jacket. Bound in black cloth titled in pink on the spine & in pink with a vignette stamped in pink on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. 37 & [2] pages plus the colophon. Full-page color illustrations & vignettes by Winslow Pels. Near fine. First edition. Humorously inscribed by the author on the flyleaf above and below a color vignette of a rose: "For Ken: / Pictured, a rose that Parker would probably eat. ... View More...
Chicago: The Book House for Children, (1950).. (1950).. Good. - Quarto, blue cloth titled in gilt with oval color illustration mounted on front cover. The covers are bumped & there are a few small stains to the rear cover. 191 pp. There are 2 ink names, 1 crossed out, on the front endpaper. Color pictorial endpaper maps & profuse color illustrations by Maud & Miska Petersham, & music staves. Very good. My Travelship series. 28th printing.A collection of French chansons in translation. In many cases, music is provided with the original French printed in addition to the English translation.... View More...
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1922.. 1922.. Good. - Tall octavo [14"x7-3/4"], color pictorial stiff paper wraps. The edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. [12] pp. The text block is detached & loose. There is a short tear to the front edge of the last leaf & the front edges of 2 leaves are slightly roughed. Illustrations in blue & white & full color by "W." & 2 color illustrations by J. M. Pettee. Good.
(Whitman Publishing Co.), (1930).. (1930).. Good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped, rubbed & chipped with some light creasing. [22] pages, including inside wraps. Profuse brilliantly colored illustrations by Grace Phillips. There are light glue marks to the margins of 2 pages, 2 of them slightly overlapping the illustrations. The page corners are lightly bumped. Good. View More...
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 13 Winter Street, 1859.. 1859.. Fair. - Small octavo, red cloth titled in gilt with profuse decorations in gilt on the spine & in gilt on the front cover with decorations in blind on both covers. The covers are bumped & soiled with a few small stains. There is a tear to the lower half of the spine & a piece out of the cloth at the mid-section, & the head & tail are chipped. 104 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. 4 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. The hinges are cracked. The front endpaper is creased & chipped & there is a tear to the ... View More...
- Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide. Color pictorial boards in a matching dust wrapper. There is minor rubbing to the jacket's rear panel. [48] unnumbered pages, with profuse quarter-page, full-page, and double-page color illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Near fine. First edition. "Here is the story of Rikki, a fearless young mongoose who develops a very special bond with a boy named Teddy." "A flood sweeps Rikki into the garden of an English family's house in India. Soon he finds himself in a life-and-death struggle with Nag and Nagaina, the two enormous cobras who stalk the land.... View More...
- Small quarto [9-7/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], tan paper covered boards backed with tan cloth with a color pictorial label mounted on the front board. The boards are bumped, rubbed & soiled with the paper chipped along the edges. The tail of the spine is chipped & the head is torn with a long tear to the cloth down the right side of the spine. 95 & [1] pages. Six color plates by Willy Planck. The hinges are cracked & the pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. There is a chip out of the bottom corner of 1 leaf & there are occasional light stains to the margins of the pages. The plates a... View More...
NY: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., (1912).. (1912).. Good. - Small quarto, navy blue cloth (lightly rubbed; tiny surface tear to spine) titled in gilt with color pictorial label on front cover, in color pictorial dw (soiled & chipped; 2 short tears to top edge of front panel; short tear & light creasing to bottom edge of rear panel). Pages unnumbered (misprinted with 6 pages blank; 1 rear page torn without loss of text; light creasing to several pages). Color frontis, 3 color plates (1 slightly creased), full-page & textual B&W illustrations & B&W head- & tail-pieces. Good. Short stories and anecd... View More...
- sc Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. A linen bound book with bright color pictorial covers. 8 pages in French fold, including the covers, each with bright color illustrations. The bottom right corner of the pages and covers are creased but could be ironed out. Very good.
Includes the title and illustration to 6 nursery rhymes, though without rhymes, as issued. View More...
Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, [circa1920s?].. [circa1920s?].. Good. - Small quarto [10-1/2 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide] pictorial tan boards backed with brown cloth tape. The boards are bumped with creasing to the corners & to the bottom edge of the front board. The edges of the boards are darkened & there is staining to the bottom edge of the rear board. Title & [23] leaves. 23 black-and-white woodcuts after original drawings by Oscar Pletsch. The page edges are darkened & there is scattered light soiling. There is a stain to the first leaf of text, not affecting the illustrat... View More...
(New York): Hyperion Books, (1992).. (1992).. Very good. SIGNED BY JANE LANGTON AND ISLE PLUME WITH A DRAWING - Quarto [approximately 10-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. The top corners of the covers are slightly rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with some light creasing to the bottom edge of its front panel. Cover illustration and full-page illustrations & decorations in vivid color by Ilse Plume. Also with 1 page of music staves. Near fine. First edition.Signed in full on the half-title by Jane Langton and Ilse Plume wi... View More...
- Small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide], soft cover bound in decorative blue & black wraps. The edges of the wraps are creased & chipped with some darkening & staining. Pages [65]-95 & [1] page plus 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with black-and-white woodcuts throughout & with 1 page of music staves. There are stains to the top margins of the first 3 pages & there is a piece out of the bottom corner of the last leaf. Good.
There is a full-page illustration of a stork by Harrison Weir. View More...
New York: The Kipling Press, (1988).. (1988).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed. 46 & [1] pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & drawings by Beatrix Potter and Laura Lee Cundiff. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
First edition of a biography for young readers. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Salisbury, Wilts., U.K.: Woolley & Wallis, 1994.. 1994.. Very good. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial cream wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with creasing to the bottom inner corner of the rear wrap. 29 & [3] pages with an illustrated errata sheet laid in. Illustrations in color and black & white, including facsimiles. Near fine.
Auction catalog with an introduction by Judy Taylor. Forty-four items are catalogued with estimated prices. View More...
Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publications, Paul T. Jones, Publishing Agent, 1844.. 1844.. Good. - 12mo [4-5/8 inches high by 3 inches wide], brown cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & with decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with some light staining & with the head & tail of the spine lightly chipped. 117 pages. Illustrated with 5 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. There is foxing throughout. Good.
Rare. WorldCat locates only one copy. View More...
FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Small quarto, 10-1/2 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Light blue boards backed with a buff cloth spine, titled in silver on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. [32] pages, most with full-page and double-page color illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen illustrating rhyming text by Nancy Willard. There is a faint stain from an early price label at the top of the front endpaper. Near fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author Nancy Willard on the title page. "In August of 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson embarked on an Atlantic cros... View More...
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928.. 1928.. Very good. - Squarish octavo [7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide], green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & the spine is somewhat faded. ix, [ii] & 144 pages. 3 color plates, including a frontispiece, & black-and-white plates, head-pieces & vignettes by George Richards. A very good, attractive copy.
[New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co.], circa [1935].. [1935].. Very good. - Small quarto [8-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrap: color cover illustration by R. A. Burley with rear cover color illustration by Gordon Robinson. There are a few small stains & light soiling to the covers with a white stain to the front cover, affecting 1 letter of the title. [8] pages, including inside wraps. There are 4 full-page color illustrations & textual illustrations in black, white & pink by Gordon Robinson. Very good. View More...
[Paris]: Flammarion, 1936.. 1936.. Very good. - Small oblong quarto [8-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wrappers. The wraps are bumped & darkened with a white stain & a surface tear to the rear wrap. 32 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. There is occasional light foxing. There is a bookseller's label on the inside front wrap & a small sticker on the inside rear wrap. Very good. First edition.A beautifully written and illustrated story about a seal born on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. When humans begin harpooning the seals, the colo... View More...
New York Holiday House, Inc., (1947).. (1947).. Very good. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY WHEATON P. WEBB - Octavo, color pictorial boards titled in black, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is very lightly chipped with a crease & short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. [vi] & 114 pages, with pictorial endpapers and full-page & textual black & white illustrations from drawings by Rounds. Very good. First edition.Inscribed on the half-title: For Anna and Ken / 'I grasp the tail-feathers of the idea,' said Uncle Swithin, 'but I lose the bird.' Wheaton Webb / Oneonta ... View More...
