Also known as Juveniles, these titles are usualy illustrated and intended to be read by children as well as discriminating adults.
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London: Dean and Son, n.d. [ca. 1855]. Early Edition. Broadside. 8 leaves, printed on one side only. 7 large woodcut illustrations, and a small initial vignette, all hand-colored. Paper wrappers, included in the collation. Back wrapper lists Dean and Son's Sixpenny Toy Books; large closed tear in bottom margin with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1961). Marcia Brown. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated (32pp.) Green cloth. Spine titles in dark green and red. Red title on upper board along with a vignette of plants and small animals. Illustrated endpapers. Printed throughout in color with illustrations cut in wood..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Garth WIlliams. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo., approximately 2.5 by 4 inches, not including the fur; the box is about 3½ by 5 inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1968. Garth WIlliams. Hardcover. 16mo. Slightly smaller than the first edition at 2¼ by 3¼ (without the fur) in a box about 3¼ by 4½ inches. A charming small book in pictorial boards with color illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. The book has its original real..... More
Racine, WI: Whitman, (1929). Illustrated by Nina R. Jordan. First edition. Hardcover. Square 12mo. 24pp. Illustrated in full color. Illustrated paper over boards. Inner hinge repaired, ink spot on title page from gift inscription dated 1933, light edge wear, else this is a very good copy. In the scarce dustwrapper..... More
London: T. Dean & Son, n.d. (ca. 1850)Large 8vo. The Alphabet of Flowers is followed by. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Original brown cloth boards, gilt. Printed endpapers advertising other Dean publications. The text contains three parts: Alphabet of Flowers (26pp), Verse and Picture Alphabet (32pp) and Stories Abut the..... More
Santa Monica: Intervisual Books, Inc., 2000. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover. First printing of the revised edition. 4to. 12pp, each in full color and with movable elements. Paper engineering by James Roger Diaz, Tor Lokvig, and John Strejan. First published in 1981 by Philomel. This is a fine copy with..... More
Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, Ltd., 1988. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin folio. Unpaginated. Brightly illustrated in color. Illustrated glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is fine as well, and clipped. Signed by Eric Carle on the page facing the title..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 1991. Illustrated by Eric Carle. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin folio. 68pp. Printed in color. Glossy pictorial boards, colorful decorated endpapers. A collection of poetry about dragon and other fantastical creatures, featuring authors from Browning and Blake through McCaffrey to Shakespeare and Sato. Each..... More
London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fiftieth Thousand and thus the second edition. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black and gilt, with the title on both spine and upper board, and the publisher's imprint and a floral device in gilt, a floral border in gilt..... More
French: n.p., ca. 1825. 11 engraved cut-out figures or objects including ferryman, three couples, wolf, goat, cabbage and boat, to be slotted into boat, , original box with engraved pictorial label colored by hand, A rare children's game, possibly printed by the Parisian publisher Nepveau. Contained in the box measuring..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: United States Indian Service, Harkell Institute, 1951. Hoke Denetsosie. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 149pp. Brick-colored cloth with the title printed in black on the spine and the title and a vignette in black on the upper board. The one volume edition of Clark's popular books containing: Little Herder..... More
NY: Blue Ribbon, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Color pictorial boards. Three large, colorful pop-ups; numerous b&w illstrations in text. A couple of places where upper board is rubbed; one pop-up with expert and nearly invisible repair of a closed tear; chip at base of spine. A very good to near..... More
Houston: Christian Anti-Communism Crusade, (1961). First edition. Stapled wraps. 7 by 10 inches, printed in full color on newsprint, two staples. A tiny abrasion at the foot of the first page, a contemporary book store imprint on the front page else this is in near fine condition. Scarce comic from..... More
New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2013. Jacket design by Julie Dillon. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue, with a new "Note from the Author" and with a new jacket illustration by Julie Dillon. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed on the title page by the author "For Wendy"..... More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2011. Hardcover. Five volumes. 8vo. Black leather blocked in blue and gilt; all edges gilt; moiré silk endpapers; ribbon bookmarks. A fine, new set still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Volume 2 is signed by the author. Susan Cooper's masterful fantasy set in England and Wales, incorporating English and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper shows the original 16s price. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the..... More
NY: Atheneum, 1977. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First edition (so stated). Original printed cloth. Trace of sunning along top edge else a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. Fifth and final volume of the Dark is Rising sequence..... More
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, (1917). Illustrated by Dorothy Dulin. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 32pp. Green cloth blocked in yellow and black with the title and, on the upper board, an illustration of the tailor by Dulin. Light wear to the edges, crease on the rear board, some fingering soil, a...... More
New York: Random House, (1940). Illustrated by the author. First edition in English. Hardcover. Large thin folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Light edgewear else a fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped, has some wear..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. 40pp. Illustrated in color by the author throughout. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, and endpapers. Edges and corners worn; inner hinge partially split, upper board lightly bowed, residue of plate on rear pastedown, else a very good copy. With..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth spine printed with the title; pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. The second state with four pages of illustrations following the dedication page before the Humpty Dumpty rhymed poem and drawings. Wear and rubbing..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1940). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin 4to. (38)pp. Pictorial paper over boards, bright yellow cloth spine, decorated endpapers. Each page illustrated in either black & white or color with scenes from the Fantasia production. A superb copy, fine and bright, with only the barest..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1940). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin 4to. (38)pp. Pictorial paper over boards, bright yellow cloth spine, decorated endpapers. Each page illustrated in either black & white or color with scenes from the Fantasia production. A near fine, with only the barest trace of soil..... More
Paris: Hachette, (1939). Wraps. Narrow, stiff pictorial wraps illustrated in color, and housing five individual flip books printed double side to give a total of 10 scenes. Complete with the instruction card laid-in. This is a scarce enough Disney item, but the French version is downright rare, probably because it..... More
