London and Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1865. Hardcover. We are pleased to offer this quite rare and interesting children's book. It provides twenty short stories, with pretty pictures, designed to appeal to beginning readers: "Easy readings are not alays readings in very short words....people used to think that a-b.....
Random House, 1940. Hardcover. A delightful introduction to the characters of Fantasia, with illustrations from the film. A series of illustrations in the lower corner even functions as a flip book to reproduce a snippet of animation. In a clipped jacket with short tears to the head and tail of.....
Scholastic Press, 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED copy of 'Through My Eyes', Ruby Bridges' account of her year of first grade, escorted by federal marshals to a classroom where she was the only student, supplemented with additional interviews and extracts from contemporary accounts. Laid in inscription dated 5/19/01. Clipped jacket with two.....
San Francisco: Carnahan Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. The second edition of this book; the first is considered rare. The story of a young girls first trip to Yosemite and her harrowing encounter with a mountain lion; she is saved from danger by a stranger. This is believed to be the.....
Applewood Books, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 2,500 copies of which this is 533. Certificate of Authenticity included. Minor shelf wear to slipcase, tiny blemish to front cover (see photos). Otherwise clean and unmarked. From the introduction: 'When audiences watch Toy Story and Toy Story 2, they are seeing.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Salg, Bert. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The complete Tuffy Bean series, with all four jackets featuring Bert Salg's illustrations. Narrated by Tuffy Bean himself, the series follows the humorous adventures of the little dog and his friends. As in his 'Jerry Todd' series, Edwards included.....
Horace B. Liveright, 1925. Hardcover. A charming and whimsically illustrated children's story: "Being a true account of the strange things which sometimes happen in a part of the world which does not exist. . Written and drawn for the fun of it by Hendrik Willem van Loon" (title page). 10.25".....
New York: A.L. Burt, 1916. Louis Wisa. Hardcover. A favorite book by one of the most prolific children's authors of the 20th century, "intended for reading aloud to the little folks each night". Contains 8 colored illustrations and 31 stories, for each day of the month. 8.25" x 6.5". Light.....
Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Hardcover. This classic children's book is signed by the author on the title page. Book includes a poster on the rear pastedown. The dust jacket has some minor shelf-wear, but otherwise the book is near fine and pages are clean and unmarked.
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition in clipped dust jacket of the thirteenth Doctor Dolittle book, in which the doctor and his animal friends travel to Africa to save an ancient turtle. Wear and minor loss to the top edge and corners.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Rayburn, Herb. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing of 1951, scarce in jacket. Martin's dramatic story of life in prehistoric times. The unclipped jacket has wear and small tear to the edges, with a small loss to the back panel and an old sticker to.....
Harper & Row, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Sendak "For Susie Lutz, hi!, Maurice Sendak". Slight wear to unclipped jacket ($12.95), with creasing at head and tail of spine and edges of back panel. Red cloth covers, bright pages. 9.25 x 10.25"
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The 1953 fourth printing in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. From the front panel: "This is a novel about new things and old, about farms and families and about America. It is an affirmation of faith in the earth itself, and.....
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this beloved Caldecott Award winning children's book. Condition: Dust Jacket spine has slight rubbing with minor bending to the top. Front cover of the dust jacket has a small tear on the top left corner.....
North-South Books, 1997. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. SIGNED by Zwerger on the half title page. A beautifully produced look at the acclaimed children's illustrator. Two part jacket, illustrated endpapers, pages are bright and unmarked.