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First Edition of 1,2,3 The Zoo; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric.
1,2,3 To The Zoo.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1968.
First edition of this early work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip on the front panel, and wear at the spine ends. The artist’s first solely authored and original picture book.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 2607
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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First Edition, first issue of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
STEVENSON, Robert Louis .
A Child’s Garden of Verses.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1885.
First edition, first issue of Stevenson’s classic work. Small octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine, top edges gilt. With publisher’s logo in gilt at top left of front cover, presumed publisher’s blind stamp on title page, gilt apostrophe on spine with curved tail, gilt “of” on spine in smaller type, without advertisements. In near fine condition, bookplate to the pastedown and name. Housed in a contemporary custom half morocco and cloth clamshell and chemise. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,950.00 Item Number: 99773
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"If you had a giraffe and he stretched another half… you would have a giraffe and a half": original Giraffe and a Half watercolor illustration by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
A Giraffe and a Half Shel Silverstein Original Illustration.
c. 1964.
Rare original ink and watercolor illustration by Shel Silverstein created for the manuscript for his zany children’s book A Giraffe and a Half. One page, painted in ink and watercolor on paper, cut in Silverstein’s signature style. In fine condition. Rare and desirable, offering insight into the author/illustrator’s unique process. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 12 inches.
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 116361
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's A is for Annabelle; Signed by Her
TUDOR, Tasha.
A is for Annabelle.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the front endpage. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only the lightest of wear. A very sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1147
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”: A Series of Unfortunate Events, each are signed, dated and embossed by Lemony Snicket
SNICKET, Lemony (AKA Daniel Handler).
A Series of Unfortunate Events Set: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital,The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The End.
New York: Harper Trophy, 1999-2006.
First editions, first printings of each of Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events. Small octavos, original illustrated boards. Each are signed, dated and embossed by Lemony Snicket. Each of the thirteen volumes are in fine condition. Also included is a signed first edition of “Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.” A beautiful signed set.
Price: $4,200.00 Item Number: 1070
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Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
A Tale For Easter.
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1972.
First edition of the Walck reprint of this Tasha Tudor classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed on the title page, “greetings! Tasha Tudor.” Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 2079
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A Tale of Easter; Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
A Tale For Easter.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1943.
First edition, third printing of this Tasha Tudor classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 56046
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First Edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty; Inscribed by Her to her Grandson
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin].
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing, 1935.
First edition of this early work by the First Lady. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bill from his loving grandmere who is also the author Eleanor Roosevelt Xmas 1935.” The recipient was Roosevelt’s grandson William Donner Roosevelt, son of Elliot Roosevelt and grandson of the author Eleanor Roosevelt. A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty is one of the more uncommon books by Roosevelt, and one that is not often found signed or inscribed, especially with such a nice association. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 7296
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First Easton Press Edition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wind in the Door; Signed by Her
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Wind In the Door.
Easton, CT: Easton Press, 2004.
First Easton Press edition of the second book in the author’s Time Quartet series. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel, all edges gilt, silk endpapers. Signed by Madeleine L’Engle on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 82162
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"Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition": A Wrinkle In Time; Inscribed by Madeleine L’Engle
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Wrinkle In Time.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962.
Later printing of the author’s Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Madeleine L’Engle on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Leon and Diane Dillon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 97664
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"Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition": A Wrinkle In Time; Inscribed by Madeleine L’Engle
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Wrinkle In Time.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962.
Later printing of the author’s Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Mary- tesser with joy- Madeleine L’Engle.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Leon and Diane Dillon.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 110169
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"Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition": Rare First Edition of Madeleine L’Engle's A Wrinkle In Time
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Wrinkle In Time.
New York: Ariel Books, 1962.
First edition of L’Engle’s Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Near fine in a very good first issue dust jacket with some light rubbing to the crown of the spine. Without the Newbery Award winning seal to the front panel. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. A nice example.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 99336
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"Tesser Well": First Edition of Madeleine L'Engle’s Newbery Award-Winning Novel A Wrinkle In Time; Inscribed by Her
L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
A Wrinkle In Time.
New York: Ariel Books, 1962.
First edition of L’Engle’s Newbery award-winning novel. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Sam, Tesser Well Madeleine L’Engle.” Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket that shows some light wear and a closed tear to the front panel. Without the Newbery Award-winning seal to the front panel. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very sharp example.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 757
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First british Edition and True First of MARK TWAIN'S ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.
First English edition, preceding the first American edition, of “the most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” (Legacies of Genius). Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, with the original cloth laid down in the rear, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. The English edition preceded the American by a few months and was made from sheets sent by American edition publisher Webster. In near fine condition, owner name.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 121673
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FIRST EDITION OF MARK TWAIN'S ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
First edition of Mark Twain’s masterpiece. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated green cloth, with 174 illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. Contains all of the agreed upon first issue points for the clothbound book: page 9 with “Decided” remaining uncorrected (to “Decides”); page 13, illustration captioned “Him and another Man” listed as on page 88; page 57, 11th line from bottom reads “with the was,” instead of “with the saw”. Other points of bibliographical interest included in this copy are the frontispiece portrait with the cloth table cover under the bust, bearing the Heliotype Printing Co. imprint; copyright page dated 1884; page 143 with “l” missing from “Col.” at top of illustration and with broken “b” in “body” on line seven; page 155 with a larger final “5”; page 161, no signature mark “11”. As to issue points resulting from damaged plates (e.g. the dropped “5” on p 155), MacDonnell concludes, “they are of no significance in determining the sequence of the printing of the sheets. All of these occur at random in relation to each other within copies of the first printing, a strong indicator of the use of multiple plates, and possibly mixed sheets within the collating process” (“Huck Finn” Firsts Magazine). In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine. An exceptional example.
Price: $10,500.00 Item Number: 117039
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Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar -- and he was rich. There were so many things he could do with all of that money!": First Edition of Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday; Signed by Judith Viorst
VIORST, Judith; Illustrated by Ray Cruz.
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.
New York: Atheneum Publishers, 1978.
First edition of the second book in the author’s acclaimed Alexander series. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Save your money! Judith Viorst.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 5685
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First Edition of Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move; Signed by Judith Viorst
VIORST, Judith; Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.
Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move.
New York: Atheneum, 1995.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “From Alexander’s mom- Judith Viorst.” Name on the front free endpaper, near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 5688
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"How doth the little crocodile improve its shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale": First Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground; Inscribed By The Author to his Cousin May Knight
CARROL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1886.
First edition of the original manuscript which was later expanded and published as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Octavo, original scarlet cloth, elaborate gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt vignette to the rear panel, triple gilt ruled. All edges gilt, black endpapers, text printed in the author’s handwriting including thirty-seven illustrations in facsimile, advertisements at rear. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to his cousin, “May Knight from the Author Jan. /87.” In very good condition with some toning to the spine. An excellent association.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 88080
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"How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail. And pour the waters of the Nile, on every golden scale": Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland with a fore-edge painting
CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. [Fore-edge Painting].
London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.
Finely bound example of this timeless children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full red morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruling to the panels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated by John Tenniel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. With a fore-edge painting depicting a portrait of the author and two scenes from the book. In fine condition with the original cloth covers adhered to the versos of the front and rear panels.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 121055
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Rare First Edition of Always Room For One More; Signed by Nonny Hogrogian
NIC LEODHAS, Sorche; Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
Always Room For One More.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965.
First edition of Always Room For One More, winner of the 1966 Caldecott Medal. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by the illustrator Nonny Hogrogian on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 39012
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN THE AMELIA BEDELIA; INSCRIBED BY PEGGY PARISH
PARISH, Peggy; Illustrated by Fritz Siebel.
Amelia Bedelia.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original illustrated paper boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Kerry- With best Amelia Bedelia wishes- Peggy Parish 10/30/82.” Illustrated by Friz Siebel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light shelfwear to the extremities.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 107575
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First Edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 116389
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"Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it": First Edition of Anne of Green Gables in the Rare Brown Cloth
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Green Gables.
Boston: L.C. Page, 1908.
First edition dated “April 1908” on the verso of title page. Octavo, original brown cloth, titles to the spine in gilt and front panel. Mounted pictorial label on front panel. Illustrations by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. First edition copies are generally found in the more common green cloth bindings. (Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 124) In excellent near fine condition, showing some light wear to the extremities and front panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 2639
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First British Edition of Anne of Windy Willow; In the Rare Original Dust jacket
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).
London: George G. Harrap, 1936.
First British edition of this novel in Montgomery’s acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 892
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First edition of Michael Rosen's Arabian Frights and other Gories; Signed by Michael Rosen
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Chris Fisher.
Arabian Frights and Other Gories.
London: Scholastic Children's Books, 1994.
First edition of Michael Rosen’s children’s classic. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the half-title page, “Aug 15 2004 Michael Rosen.” In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 88126
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Around the Year; Signed by Her
TUDOR, Tasha.
Around the Year.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1957.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by the author, “greetings Tasha Tudor.” A very sharp example of this wonderfully illustrated Tudor title.
Price: $425.00 Item Number: 1649
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First Edition of Louisa May Alcott's Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag. My Boys, Etc.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872.
First edition of the first installment in Alcott’s six volume collection of short stories for children. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated. In excellent condition, inscription.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 111062
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"...I'm just beginning to understand how kind you are"First Edition of Felix Salten’s Bambi: A Life in the Woods
SALTEN, Felix.
Bambi: A Life in the Woods.
New York: : Simon and Schuster, 1928.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Also laid in is the original leaflet from publication about the author and the inside story of Bambi’s publication. Foreword by John Galsworthy. Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. A very attractive example of this work.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 4373
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Ned Vizzini's Be More Chill; Signed by Him
VIZZINI, Ned.
Be More Chill.
New York: Hyperion Books, 2004.
Second printing of Vizzini’s groundbreaking novel that inspired the Broadway musical. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Ned Vizzini on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Timothy Saccenti. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 100998
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First Edition of Beowulf; Signed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil and Roger Avary.
Beowulf: The Script Book.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.
First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116056
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First American Edition of Brian Wildsmith's ABC; Signed by Him
WILDSMITH, Brian.
Brian Wildsmith’s ABC.
New York: Franklin Watts Inc, 1963.
First American edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Signed by Brian Wildsmith on the title page. Some rubbing to the bottom cloth and a bookplate to the inner front panel, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 29082
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"Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits": Bridge to Terabithia; Signed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge to Terabithia.
New York: Harper Collins, 1977.
First edition, later printing of the author’s first Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Donna Diamond. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 1299