BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
New York;: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. Michael Hague. First Holt edition, first printing. Hardcover. Seventeen beautiful full color, full-page, illustrations by Michael Hague. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
Children/Juvenile
SEVEN SIMEONS
New York: Viking Press, 1961. Artzybzsheff, Boris. Reissue. Hardcover. A Caldecott Honor title. A Russian folk tale of a great king and the seven Simeon brothers. Green cloth with blind stamp of birds on front, glilt lettering on spine. Publisher's price of $3.50 on inside front flap. Faint offset on..... More
NORBY AND THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE
New York: Walker and Company, 1986. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the trade issue with the lower corner of the front flap clipped by the publisher. The $11.95 price remains on the upper corner. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. More
PRINCESS PRUNELLA AND THE PURPLE PEANUT
New York: Workman Publishing Company, 1995. Maryann Kovalski. First edition. Hardcover. Signed Atwood on the title page. More
BIRDS, BIG BIGGER BIGGEST; A FOLD-OUT POSTER BOOK
New York: Abbeville Kids, 1998. Martin, Jean-Francois. First English language edition, Hardcover Pop-up. Sturdy plastic "pages" fold out to reveal a story as well as larger and larger sized birds until the poster reaches 34x34 inches! Fun for everyone! Glossy illustrated boards. A fine and bright copy. Issued without dust..... More
THE FARM: BIG BIGGER BIGGEST; A FOLD-OUT POSTER BOOK
New York: Abbeville Kids, 1996. Martin, Jean-Francois. First English language edition, Hardcover Pop-up. Sturdy plastic "pages" fold out to reveal a story as well as larger and larger sized farm animals until the poster reaches 34x34 inches! Fun for everyone! Glossy illustrated boards. A fine and bright copy. Issued without..... More
NORTHERN REGIONS. A RELATION OF UNCLE RICHARD'S VOYAGES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE OVERLAND JOURNIES OF OTHER ENTERPRIZING TRAVELLERS
London: J. Harris, 1826. Second edition. Hardcover. Historical fiction for young adults. Illustrated with twelve engraved plates plus foldout map. Bound in original illustrated paper covered boards. Rebacked with black calf lettered in gilt. Newer marbled endpapers. Covers worn. A good to very good copy. More
THE BIRD, THE FROG, AND THE LIGHT: a fable by Avi
New York: Orchard, 1994. Henry, Matthew. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Publisher's reinforced binding. A fine and bright copy in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new, unread copy. More
BUB, OR THE VERY BEST THING
New York: Michael di Capua Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. Natalie Babbitt. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Colorfully illustrated by Babbitt. Fine in near fine dust jacket showing very light rubbing. More
THE TALE OF JASPER JAY: TUCK-ME-IN TALES
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers [about 1922], 1922. Harry L. Smith. Hardcover. The last title on the dust jacket front flap is "The Tale of Reddy Woodpecker" published in 1922. The fourth book in the Tuck-Me-In-Tales series. Bound in brown cloth with lettering and illustration in tan. Near fine..... More
THE LITTLE RABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS
New York: Platt & Munk Publishers, 1978. Santoro, Chris. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. A Cricket Book. A fine and bright copy. More
MY FAIRYTALE PRINCESS JIGSAW BOOK
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2005. Bailey, Sian. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The stories of six fairytale princesses, with a beautifully detailed 24-piece jigsaw to accompany each story bound into the book. Included are: "Beauty and The Beast", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", "Princess and the Pea", and "Thumbelina". Fine..... More
THE HAWK'S TALE
Gulliver Books/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. DeLaMare, David. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 148 pages. Enchanting full page illustrations by DeLaMare. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with hint of rubbing. More
JABBERWOCKY: A POP-UP RHYME FROM THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1991. Bantock, Nick. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. With the correct price of $8.95 on rear cover. Paper engineering by Nick Bantock and Dennis K. Meyer. Very light rubbing to front and back panals and 1/8" dent to spine near top, else a fine and..... More
KUBLA KHAN: A POP-UP VERSION OF COLERIDGE'S CLASSIC
New York: Viking Penguin, 1994. Nick Bantock. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Nick Bantock's imaginative version of Kubla Khan. Measures 8 1/4" x 6 1/4". Absence of bright red color to cover. Mild wear to covers. Small remainder mark on bottom. A very good copy. Issued without dust jacket. More
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY
[1990]: Viking. Bantock, Nick. None stated. Hardcover. A pop-up rhyme. Measures 4 3/4" x 5 3/4" tall. Price of $8.95 on back cover. Fine and bright. Issued without dust jacket. More
RE-ZOOM
New York: Viking. 1995. Banyai, Istvan. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. There is no text to this unique book which zooms-in on a picture and gradually backs away revealing amazing surprises. Nothing is as it seems at first. A treat for all ages. Fine in lightly rubbed else fine and..... More
SPELLBOUND: A FAIRYTALE JIGSAW BOOK
Victoria, Australia: Five Mile Press Pty., Ltd., 2002. Barber, Shirley. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The story of a fairy prince and princess. Six 48-piece jigsaws bound in. Fine and brigtht. An as new copy. Issued without dust jacket. More
PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
London: Folio Society, 2006. Rackham, Arthur. First edition thus, second printing. Hardcover. Beautiful color illustrations by Rackham tipped in. Small folio in size. Bound in green cloth with lettering, illutrations and border in gilt and red. 149 pages. Very fine, issued without dust jacket, with publisher's slipcase. A new, unread..... More
WALT DISNEY'S PETER PAN
Racine, WI: Golden Press / Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1977. Walt Disney Studio. Hardcover. Thirty eighth printing. Glossy illustrated covers. A near fine and bright copy with ligjht edge wear. More
THE SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR FIRE ENGINE, OR THE HITHERING THITHERING DJINN
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1971. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Winner in 1972 of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with one tiny tear at the head of the spine panel. More
ANIMALIA
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987. Base, Graeme. Tenth Anniversary U.S. edition. Hardcover. An alphabet book with lavish illustrations in bizarre detail by Base. Glossy illustrated boards. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. Fine and bright in fine and bright dust jacket with gold anniversary seal on front. More
MY GRANDMA LIVED IN GOOLIGULCH
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. Base, Graeme. Hardcover. Glossy illustrated boards. Fine and bright in near fine and bright dust jacket with mild rub to back. More