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Where the Sidewalk Ends, Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974.
First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 145319
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First Edition of Dr. Seuss's The King's Stilts
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
The King’s Stilts.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition, later printing with red lettering on the front panel and $2.50 on the front dust jacket flap. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144611
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"Once there was a little tree ... and she loved a little boy": The Giving Tree; Signed by Shel Silverstein with a Large Original Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Giving Tree.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.
Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, boldly signed by the author across two pages, "For Tracy With Love Shel Silverstein with a large drawing of a tree trump and tree. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 145945
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First American Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2003.
First American edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary GrandPre. Jacket design by Mary GrandPre and David Snyder. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145090
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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
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, text printed in the author's handwriting including thirty-seven illustrations in facsimile, advertisements at rear. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 145905
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“He’s part Old Yeller,” she said. “And he was the best one of the bunch": Old Yeller; Inscribed by Fred Gipson
GIPSON, Fred.
Old Yeller.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers , 1956.
First edition, early printing of this timeless classic, one of the most beloved children’s books ever written. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Carl Burger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Clay Michael Cooke- Fred Gipson." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscription to the front free endpaper. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145664
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“Winter is coming...": First Deluxe edition of George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones
MARTIN, George R.R.
A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire.
New York: Bantam Books, 1996.
First deluxe edition of the first book in George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire series. Octavo, original publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Near fine in the original publisher's slipcase which is in fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 145121
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First Edition of The Charles Addams Mother Goose
ADDAMS, Charles.
The Charles Addams Mother Goose.
New York: Windmill Books, 1967.
First edition of this work by the legendary cartoonist. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 145955