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.....
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. E.W. Kemble, T.S. Sullivant, Henry Mayer, Harry B. Neilson, F.T. Richards, George R. Davis, W.P. Bodfish, Charles Howard Johnson, A.D. Blashfield, Dan Beard, "Chip", A.B. Shultze, E.G. Lutz, W.H. Walker, Max Bachmann. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Oblong, with humorous and satirical animal cartoons by.....
Chicago: The Rielly & Lee Company. Neill, John R. Hardcover. A later printing in a bright, attractive jacket and illustrated boards. Undated; the rear flap of the jacket lists thirty two books ending with 1939's 'Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz'. Wear and small losses to the clipped jacket, as.....
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.....
![Item #2026-S125 Robin Hood [Signed by Artist N.C. Wyeth]. Paul Creswick](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2026-S125.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1783815368)
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. Wyeth, N.C. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half title page, "To my friend, E. K. Robinson, Xmas 1917, N.C. Wyeth", possibly Edward K Robinson, editor at Ginn and Company and member of the Society of Printers. Green cloth covers, lettering of spine faded, with damage.....
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.....
![Item #2026-S139 The Real Pretend [Signed by Illustrator Tasha Tudor]. Joan Donaldson](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2026-S139.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1784333291)
Checkerboard Press, 1992. Tudor, Tasha. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Tasha Tudor on the illustrated endpaper, dated 1992. The front flap declares that "This special edition of The Real Pretend is produced exclusively for The Jenny Wren Press, which is Tasha Tudor's own publishing company". Shiny "special edition" sticker on.....
Random House, 1957. Dr. Seuss. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with 200/200 jacket, matte boards, bound as a single gathering. Wear to jacket, with creasing to edges and loss to rear panel, corners, head and tail of spine. Bumping to corners, edges, and head and tail of the spine, darkening.....
Random House, 1960. Dr. Seuss. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 195/195 price on jacket (circled by a prior owner) with printed beginner books logo. Glossy boards without beginner books logo. Creasing to edges of jacket with loss at upper front corner, soiling to back panel at the top of the Cat's hat.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Tudor, Tasha. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1962 edition illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Presumed first printing, with no indication of later printings. Clipped jacket, with spine faded to grey and wear at edges and joints. Illustrated cloth covers, red top stain faded. 136pp. 5.75 x 8".....
![Item #2026-S45 Beloved Belindy [With Box, Volland Happy Children Book]. Johnny Gruelle](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2026-S45.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774920738)
Joliet: The P.F. Volland Company, 1926. Gruelle, Johnny. Hardcover. Stated "fourteenth edition", in original box. Damage to edges of box, with tears to right side panel and loss to the right side of the lower tray. Slight fading to paper-covered spine. Pages bright. Unpaginated. Introduced as "the Mammy of Raggedy.....
Beginner Books a division of Random House, 1963. Dr. Seuss. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Younger and Hirsch 30. First edition. Jacket with 195/195 price and five blurbs from educators on the rear panel, "About HOP ON POP, educators say:". Jacket worn, with loss to lower edge, creasing to edges and large.....
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.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merill Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition in an unclipped jacket. The American edition of Idriess' account of Horrie, the terrier mascot of an Australian machine gun battalion in Egypt. The red cloth covers are bright, with slight fading to the head and tail of the spine.....
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Brothers, 1920. Hardcover. Chromolithograph illustrations by Sarah Noble Ives. Printed title page, 36 illustrated pages, alternating between facing page spreads of full page illustrations and text with images. Cloth spine, wear to edges and corners of paper covered boards. 12.25 x 10". An undated later printing: the.....
![Item #2025-R158 Brave Cowboy Bill [Little Golden Book 93, With Puzzle]. Kathryn and Byron Jackson](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2025-R158.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753745716)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Scarry, Richard. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A charming Little Golden Book, illustrated by Richard Scarry, with a jigsaw puzzle included in the rear cover. A later "B" printing. Puzzle complete and untouched, slight wear to corners, pages bright and unmarked. Small tear just beginning at.....
Abrams, 1998. Hardcover. 1984 Abrams edition, inscribed on the title page, "For liel [?] - hi! Maurice Sendak, Dec. 84". Clipped jacket with slight wear to edges and corners, fading to lower edge of cloth boards, foxing to upper edge. 3 folding plates, 278pp. 11 x 12". As a large.....
New York: F.A. Stokes Co., 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped jacket, with loss to head and tail and stain to head of spine. Blue and gilt boards, with slight fading to edges. Pink starred endpapers. Illustrated title page and pages for each month. Unpaginated. 6.5 x 5". An appropriate inscription.....
![Item #2025-R161 The Gentle Giraffe [Complete with "Slottie Toys"]. Russell McCracken,...](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2025-R161.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753745716)
Rand McNally & Company; Concora, 1945. Suba, Susanne. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing, with page of heavy scored board for assembly into slottie toys of Ginny and Gentleman Gerald present and unused. Wear to illustrated covers, with noticeable darkening of the spine. Slight toning to pages throughout. 32pp. 10.25.....
Rand McNally & Company, 1975. Tudor, Tasha. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing, SIGNED on the illustrated endpapers by the illustrator Tasha Tudor, dated 1989. Red lettering of the title on the spine considerably faded, two small scuffs to front board, slight bumping to corners (see photos). Unpaginated. 9.5 x......
Bloomsbury, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the British edition of the fifth Harry Potter book. Slight wear to edges of unclipped jacket, fading to spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, long division on rear fixed endpaper. Illustrated boards bright. Sligtest toning with age to.....
Harper Collins, 1985. Hardcover. SIGNED by the illustrator Maurice Sendak on the half title page. Slight wear to corners of jacket, pages bright and unmarked. No printing indicated, copyright renewed 1985. The second of Jack Sendak's books illustrated by his brother. 7.5 x 10"
![Item #2025-R116 Demon Thief [Book 2: The Demonata]. Darren Shan](https://bstreetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2025-R116.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1744680261)
Harper Collins, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition in slipcase. Slight wear to corners of slipcase, otherwise unmarked. 9 x 6 x1.25"
Atheneum, 1997. Spirin, Gennady. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED and dated by the author Aaron Shepard on the title page. Stated first edition, first printing. Slight wear to edges and corners of jacket; slight bumping to corners of illustrated boards. Interior is bright and unmarked. 12.25 x 9.5"
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1939. Davenport, W.R. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated punning verse from Alfred Sutro (under the pen name Adam Smart), lawyer, book collector, and long-time president of the Book Club of California. One of five hundred copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The book is dedicated "To his.....