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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Guben (Prussia): F. Fechner, n.d., ca. 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Thin oblong 4to. Gray paper over boards with a decorative paste-on printed in black, red, yello , green and blue. 23pp. Several short children's stories, each with a large handcolored illustration. Rear board and spine appear later than the front..... More
Moscow: Istatel'stvo "Malysh" 1986. First edition. Stiff card. Apparently the only edition. Thin 4to. 18 unnumbered pages. Illustrated card stock wraps. Two double page popup illustrations of the Kremlin and of Red Square at he beginning and at the end of the book. Illustrated throughout in full color. School children..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. C. F. Payne. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Square thin quarto. Unpaginated. Glossy color pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout in full color by C. F. Payne. A fine, as new copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is fine and as new as well... More
n.p. n.p., n.d., 1920's. Stiff card. An original pen and ink sketch by Edward Winsor Kemble produced for "The Youth's Companion", an early 20th century juvenile journal. The sketch 6½ by 8½ inches and with printer's marks along the bottom. Titled in pencil: "De Ox and de Frog". On the..... More
Madison, WI: Carqueville/TCR, (1992). First edition. Spiral bound. Folio. Spiral bound wraps. 27pp. Yellow heavy Gilbert paper covers, blue endpapers, white text. Printed in black and red and embossed in Braille. The story of an arrow who take both the sighted and the blind through an alphabet of shapes. The..... More
NY: Harper & Row, (1952) but later. Maurice Sendak. Early Edition. Hardcover. An early printing of the first edition, with 'Grr-r-r' on p. 23. Black cloth spine, printed paper boards. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Slight old staining affecting the page edges else in very good condition. Dustwrapper is price-clippd with..... More
Prague: BancroftArtia, 1965. First edition. Stiff card. Oblong 4to. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. The cover depicts Snow White and the Dwarfs, but a tab causes her to disappear and the dwarfs to be unhappy. Eight delightful, double-page, full color pop-ups, some with moveable tabs. This is scarce Spanish..... More
London: Bancroft & Co., (1961). Hardcover. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Spine somewhat faded and stained, some wear to the edges and corners, but still a very good copy. Eight delightful, double-page, full color pop-ups, some with moveable tabs, plus a moveable slide in the front board. All of the pop-ups..... More
London: Bancroft, (1961). First edition in English. Hardcover. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Spine a little dusty, corners and one edge bumped, else this is a near fine copy. Eight delightful, double-page, full color popups, some with moveable tabs, plus a moveable slide in the front board. All of the popups..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d., ca. 1900. Stapled wraps. Thin 4to. (8)pp. Stapled wraps. Printed on linen with cover and four pages printed in brilliant chromolithography. Cover creased, and worn at the edges and folds, else this is a very good copy. New Pleasewell Series. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. 131,(1)pp. Blue-green boards, silver spine title, blindstamped image of Frederick on the upper board. Deep red endpapers. Introduction by Bruno Bettelheim. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Lionni, this being copy No. 440. Silver..... More
London: Bancroft & Co., (1964). First edition. Fine. Square small 4to. 12 pages including covers, printed in full color, each page folded to conceal the movable mechanisms. Five double-page movables. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. A charming book by the authors of "Let's Go to the Circus" and "Who's Who at..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd., (1961). Illustrated by Constance Marshall. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (181)pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title and gilt vignette of R. Dragon on the upper board. Light wear and soiling, trace of foxing on the upper edge of the text block..... More
Albuquerque: Parjarito Publications, (1980). First edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Unpaginated (20 pp.) Glossy illustrated boards printed in two colors. Charmingly illustrated throughout. A bilingual children's story, with English on one page and Spanish on the next. The great bell in the church of San Agustín in Tucson stopped tolling after..... More
New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Aso: 19631. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Glossy pictorial boards, red endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the illustrator on the dedication page. In the days of King Arthur..... More
New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Glossy pictorial boards, red endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. In the days of King Arthur, a childless couple ask Merlin's help to have a child..... More
New York: Viking, 1996. First edition in Spanish. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Brown cloth spine, gilt, blue paper boards printed in dark brown. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a closed marginal tear on the front, wear the the spine tips, and the Caldecott sticker is creased..... More
London: Darton, Heryry & Darton, 1812. Hardcover. 2½ by 2-5/8 inches. Publisher's full red leather, gilt spine title. Illustrated with 48 engraved plates. Leather lightly worn at spine and corners, with some rubbing and darkening, neat repair at the hinge, else his is a very good copy. Welsh 4999; Osborne..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926. Ernest H. Shepherd. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Original bottle-green cloth, gilt spine titles, gilt border on the upper board with a vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh; top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Trance of..... More
Paris: E. Jourdan, (1822). First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 27 mm. (about ¾' by 1"). 64pp. Eight tiny full-page illustrations. Contemporary full leather. Boards and spine tooled in gilt, the boards showing a bird returning to a tree. Small abrasion to the upper left corner of the title, affecting the..... More
Frankfort, Kentucky: The Whipporwill Press, 1983. Limited edition. Hardcover. 2½ by 2-7/8 inches. Tan cloth, printed label on upper board. One of 125 copies of which this is number 19 and signed by J. Hill Hamon. A fine copy, finely printed. More
Leipzig: Schmidt und Günther, 1909. Hardcover. 1-2/8 by 2 inches. 392pp. Full leather, gilt title on spine and upper board, gilt border; decorated endpapers. All edges partially gilt, corners red. The leather was originally blue, but now is a pleasant pale blue on upper board and spine, else this is..... More
n.p. Printed by the author, c. 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. 2¼ by 3 inches. Blue leather blocked in gilt on the upper board with the title and a drawing of a flower. Unpaginated. Each page of text is faced with an illustration handcolored by the author-printer. One of 100 numbered..... More
Frankfort, Kentucky: The Whipporwill Press, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. 2¼ by 3 inches. Finely printed by hand with illustrations and capitals sometimes appearing in red or green. Bound in paper over boards--the paper is embossed and colored to resemble a blue and gilt tapestry; printed paper spine label. One of..... More
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. Illustrated by Virginia Gerson. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Unpaginated (24pp.) Each page with a full page chromolithograph and the famous poem on the facing page. Red cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards, patterned endpapers. Boards scratched & rubbed and worn at edges..... More
