New York: Reymal & Hitchcock, (1934). First US edition. Hardcover. First printing. Blue cloth printed in dark blue. Pictorial endpapers, Maroon top stain. Light fading of the cloth due to age else a near fine copy. The maroon dustwrapper is present with the first issue price of $1.50 on the..... More
London, New York: Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton Co., n.d., ca 1910. Only edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. (12)pp. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. Stories of airships told in verse, featuring four full color pop-up scenes; each scene with a pop-up airship on a color background drawing. Upper cover with a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1952). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Pictorial blue endpapers with a white spider web. Illustrated by Garth WIlliams, First printing with the first edition statement and proper code on the copyright page. The..... More
n.p. (Wimbledon): The Author, (ca. 1980). Softcover. ORIGINAL ART: an original watercolor cover and 24 original pencil drawings with pasted-on text forming a mockup book prepared by Cloke for a publisher. Size: 5 ½ inches square. The mock-up contains two tales: the story of a runaway red hat, and the..... More
London: H. Grevel & Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Very good. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [2] pp. of text plus eight colored lithograph plates with movable parts, each with a tab to set the scene in motion. The eight moveables are all completely functional..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in near fine..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1938. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Thin 4to. Unpaginated. Printed cloth spine; pictorial paper boards. Pages printed on one side only, with a marvelous woodcut-type illustration. Each letter of the alphabet has its fairy-related verse. The title page shows a thoughtful Merlin, pen..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Wyeth edition. Very good. 4to. 321pp. Black cloth with a full color paste-on to the upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Complete with 14 full page full color plates by N. C. Wyeth, in addition to the full color frontispiece. Spine sunned..... More
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, n.d. (1890). First illustrated edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and on the upper board. iv, 245pp., followed by information from the American Humane Society and preceded by the four page address of George Angell of the American Humane Society dated..... More
Paris: A. Capendu, n.d. (ca, 1890). Hardcover. Folio. Publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color. The text block is loose but holding. Six full page movable illustrations with captions in French. The boards are soiled and worn at the edges. The movables are complete and in working order, though there is..... More
London: Heinemann, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Map of Prydain double page frontispiece. Small bumps on the upper right corner of the upper board and on the spine tip, else a fine copy. The duswrapper is not clipped. There is..... More
n.p. n.p., ca. 1958. Garth WIlliams. A complete set of 14 signed or initialed hand-colored proofs for "Do You Know What I'll Do?" by Charlotte Zolotow (NY, Harper, 1958). The proofs are on heavy paper and are approximately 11 by 14 inches (except for No. 13, 'Wake Up", which is..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xlv,(3),403,(1)pp followed by 4pp publisher's catalogue. Original green silk-finish cloth, blocked in black ad gilt on the spine and upper board. Dark green coated endpapers. Twelve illustrations by Alfred Kappes. The front free endpaper gutter is glued into the hinge..... More
London: H. J. Webb, 1861. Loose plates. 17 uncut sheets, approximately 7 by 8½ inches, all hand colored, containing characters for the pantomime, as well as sets and wings, complete as called for: 9 plates of characters, two of scenes, one of set pieces, 1 of water pieces, and 4..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Unpaginated. Blue cloth printed in dark blue. Spine sunned, light wear to corners and edges else a very good copy. The scarce dustwrapper is present. It is rubbed at the edges and folds, and has a horizontal..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition, first printing. Fine. 8vo. Beige cloth, dark purple spine title and upper board illustration. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. We note only a trace of roughness at the head of the spine and a suggestion of aging, else this is a fine..... More
