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Beverly Cleary's Ramona and Her Father; inscribed by her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977.
First edition, early printing of the fourth book in Cleary's Ramona Quimby series; a 1978 Newbery Honor Book. Octavo, original boards. Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jennifer Hall - Happy reading! Beverly Cleary." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 117994
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The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
TRESILIAN, Stuart. [Rudyard Kipling].
The Official Set of Copyright Cards of The Jungle Pictures by Stuart Tresilian from All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling.
London: Issued by The Boy Scouts Association, n.d..
Rare official collection of copyright illustration cards from Rudyard Kipling's All the Mowgli Stories. Octavo, the envelope includes 8 full color illustrations cards. The cards are in near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 126993
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First edition of Isaac Asimov's The Heavenly Host; inscribed by him
ASIMOV, Isaac. Illustrated by Bernard Colonna.
The Heavenly Host.
New York: Walker and Company, 1975.
First edition of Asimov's classic juvenile science fiction adventure. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Bernard Colonna. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Steve Isaac Asimov." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 142300
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"What I can't see isn't likely to hurt me": First Edition of the author’s Newbery Honor Novel The Great Gilly Hopkins; Signed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
The Great Gilly Hopkins.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1978.
First edition of this realistic children's novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 4088
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First Edition of Young Pillars; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Young Pillars.
Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1958.
First edition of this early work by the legendary creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Charles Schulz on the title page. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Uncommon signed.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 5620
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"Well," said Stuart, "a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone": First Edition of Stuart Little
WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stuart Little.
New York: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945.
First edition, first printing, with code "I-U" on copyright page of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated by Garth Williams. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 131373
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"Every one wanted to say so much that no one said anything in particular": First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan, 1897.
First edition of Kipling’s richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing, with frontispiece and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Pictorial bookplate of L.A. Shilcof to the pastedown. A sharp example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 144073
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“THE COLDER THE WINTER, THE WARMER THE SPRING": FIRST EDITION OF WALT DISNEY’S BAMBI
[DISNEY, Walt].
Walt Disney’s Bambi: Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941.
First edition of this storybook version of Disney’s classic. Slim folio, original pictorial paper boards, illustrated throughout. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 133151
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First Edition of Paddington Takes The Test; Signed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Test.
London: Collins, 1979.
First edition of the eleventh book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 48019
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"Time to get up, Fungus my dreary, it's nearly dark": First edition of Fungus the Bogeyman; Signed by Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fungus the Bogeyman.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs' classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 89018
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"When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever, So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever": First Edition of A. A. Milne's Now We Are Six
MILNE, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard.
Now We Are Six.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.
First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 143951
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"This is Oliva. she is good at a lot of things": Ian Falconer's Olivia; Warmly Inscribed by Ian Falconer
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia.
New York: Atheneum Books, 2000.
First edition, early printing of the author's first book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, " To Helen, a book lover! From Ian Falconer." Fine in a fine dust jacket, bookplate to the front free endpaper.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140970
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First edition of George A. Henty's A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris
HENTY, George Alfred.
A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris.
London: F. V. White & Co, 1895.
First edition of Henty’s classic adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 122360
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First Edition of the "Definitive Edition" of the Song of Robin Hood; Inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton
BURTON, Virginia Lee; Selected and Edited by Anne Malcolmson; Music Arranged by Grace Castagnetta.
Song of Robin Hood.
Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1947.
First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation, inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton, "Greetings to the ‘Caner’ from Virginia Lee Burton." Near fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 641
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"What I can't see isn't likely to hurt me": First Edition of the author’s Newbery Honor Novel The Great Gilly Hopkins; Signed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
The Great Gilly Hopkins.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1978.
First edition of this realistic children's novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 140766
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“there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it": First edition of Harriet Lummis Smith's Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms; in the scarce original dust jacket
SMITH, Harriet Lummis. Illustrated by Weston Taylor.
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms.
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1924.
First edition of the third book in Smith's beloved Pollyanna series. Octavo, original publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, illustrated by Weston Taylor. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, scarce in the original dust jacket.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 137089
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First Edition of Once A Mouse; Inscribed by Marcia Brown with a drawing
BROWN, Marcia.
Once A Mouse.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1961.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with a drawing on a card pasted in, opposite the title page.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 5304
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First edition of Robert Garvey's Good Shabbos, Everybody; illustrated by Maurice Sendak
GARVEY, Robert. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Good Shabbos, Everybody.
United Synagogue of America, 1951.
First edition of charming picture book celebrating the Shabbat, with early illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Leonard Weisgard, Art Consultant. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 127020
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“Everything is possible, even the impossible.": The deluxe novelization of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns; signed by Legendary Actress Angela Lansbury
TRAVERS, P.L.. Adapted by Kathy McCullough. Screenplay by David Magee. [Angela Lansbury].
Mary Poppins Returns.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.
First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. In fine…
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138522
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"PLEASE MAY I COME IN? I AM BOOTS. I AM SON OF KILDONAN BROUGUE - CHAMPION RESERVE - V.H.C. - VERY FINE DOG": FIRST EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S THY SERVANT A DOG
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“Thy Servant A Dog” Told by Boots.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.
First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 123470
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Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
KERR, Judith.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137100
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Bridge to Terabithia; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Bridge To Terabithia.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1977.
Early printing of the author's first Newbery-Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Donna Diamond. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Kay, Katherine Paterson 10/16/93." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 138127
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First Edition of Susan Cooper's The Grey King; Signed by Her
COOPER, Susan.
The Grey King.
New York: Atheneum, 1975.
First edition of the the fourth volume in the author's acclaimed Dark Is Rising series and Newberry award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Heslop.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 137613
