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Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.
Large original painting of Hilary Knight’s Butterfly Prince. Gouache and gold paint. Signed by Hilary Knight in the lower left corner of the painting. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 21 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 96229
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"It says: Destroy this before reading further": Original Drawings of Walt Kelly's Pogo
KELLY, Walt.
Walt Kelly Pogo Strips Original Drawings.
Original pen and ink and Wash Drawings by Walt Kelly. Four panel Pogo Strips from 1956. Each approximately 16.5 inches by 5 inches. Slightly toned, together in one matte. Each is signed on the image, each also inscribed below the image at right and one of these also signed by Walt Kelly. Matted and framed. The complete piece measures 19.5 inches by 24.5 inches.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 39011
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"When you read this book eight years from now, I hope you will not": First Edition of Mario Puzo's The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
PUZO, Mario.
The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw.
New York : Platt & Munk Publishers, 1966.
First edition of this early work by the author of The Godfather. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For ? When you read this book eight years from now, I hope you will not. Mario Puzo.” Illustrated by Stewart Sherwood. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Stewart Sherwood.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 121292
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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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“With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern": Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows; Inscribed by Him
RAWLS, Wilson.
Where The Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961.
First edition, early printing of one of the great classics of children’s literature. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “3-23-74 To Sonja With best wishes Sincerely, Wilson Rawls.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Reisie Lonette. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 128202
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"It now only remained that my gratitude in good fortune should exceed my former submission in adversity": Finely bound The Vicar of Wakefield; With an original onlay
GOLDSMITH, Oliver.
The Vicar Of Wakefield.
London: John van Voorst, 1855.
Finely bound with original onlay to the center of the front panel, bound in full blue morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the panels, inner dentelles, blue satin endpapers, with thirty two illustrations by William Mulready. Bound by Kelly and Sons. In fine condition.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 122741
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FIRST EDITION OF Snoopy and the Red Baron; SIGNED BY CHARLES SCHULZ
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Snoopy and the Red Baron.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966.
First edition of Snoopy’s daring pursuit of the notorious Red Baron. Octavo, original illustrated cloth. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 102552
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"You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you": First Edition of the Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award Winning Novel; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
TAYLOR, Mildred D.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
New York: The Dial Press, 1976.
First edition of the author’s classic Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Lois and Ransom Richardson, who in the short time I have known them have brightened my life. My very best wishes to you and yours. Mildred D. Taylor March 28, 1977.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. This copy bears the Newberry sticker on the dust jacket, but is the first issue, without mention of the Newberry Award. This sticker was most likely placed on the front cover at the bookstore, while there were still first printings on the shelf. A very sharp copy, uncommon signed.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 124325
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First Edition of Beverly Cleary's Henry and Ribsy; Signed by Her
CLEARY, Beverly.
Henry and Ribsy.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954.
First edition of the third book in Cleary’s classic Henry Huggins series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Beverly Cleary on the title page. In very good condition. Illustrated by Lois Darling.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 10007
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“Dearest says that is the best kind of goodness; not to think about yourself, but to think about other people": First Edition, First Issue of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson.
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886.
First edition, first issue with printer’s device on page [210], 14 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound in back, and signature mark 12, indicating first issue. Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates. Illustrated with drawings by Reginald B. Birch. In excellent condition with light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and clamshell case.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 84388
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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, owners name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a contemporary custom clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 123972
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First edition of The New Yorker Album of Sports and Games; inscribed by Charles Addams with an original drawing of Pugsley Addams
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
The New Yorker Album of Sports and Games.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958.
First edition of this compilation of over four hundred cartoons that original appeared in The New Yorker. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the creator of the Addams Family, Charles Addams on the front free endpaper, “For Dave Cooper with best wishes for Father’s Day Chas Addams 1978.” Addams has also added an original drawing of Pugsley Addams. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Design and layout by Carmina Peppe.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 127608
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First Editions of Rudyard Kipling's The First and Second Jungle Books; finely bound in full morocco
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan, 1894-95.
First edition, second printings of both volumes of The Jungle Book, finely bound in full morocco. Octavo, two volumes bound in full morocco by Atelier with gilt titles and tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised bands, triple gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated with engravings by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny including tissue-guarded frontispiece to Volume I. With the original cloth spines, front and rear panels bound in at the rear of each volume. In fine condition. An exceptional set of these classic children’s books.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 110973
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First Edition, First Issue and the second issue of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson.
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886.
Two examples, which includes an example of the first issue, with The De Vinne Press imprint at verso of last page of text and number 14 printed on the lower left margin of page 209. An example of the second issue, lacking the press imprint is present as well. Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates. Illustrated with drawings by Reginald B. Birch. In excellent condition with light wear to the extremities. Housed in a custom clamshell case.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 99651
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"Now I am going to write a diary because we are going to America because of the war": First Edition of P.L. Travers' I Go By Sea, I Go By Land; Inscribed by Her in the Year of Publication
TRAVERS, P.L.
I Go By Sea, I Go By Land.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941.
First edition of this classic work, a fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “K. Jean Bourne, P.L. Travers 6 December ’41.” With drawings by Gertrude Hermes. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with reinforcement to the verso. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 103991
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"Oh I could tell you a lot but I am only 6": First Edition of Eloise in Moscow; Signed by both Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Eloise; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise In Moscow.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of the fourth book in the Eloise series. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Kay Thompson on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed by illustrator, Hilary Knight. Bottom of the cloth rubbed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 29095
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Large Snoopy print; inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Charles Schulz Signed Snoopy Print.
Large print of beloved Peanuts character Snoopy napping on top of his dog house. Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz, “For George with best wishes – Charles M. Schulz.” In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 17.5 inches by 15.75 inches.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 117385
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“I LIKE THE NIGHT. WITHOUT THE DARK, WE'D NEVER SEE THE STARS”: FIRST EDITION OF TWILIGHT; SIGNED BY STEPHENIE MEYER
MEYER, Stephanie.
Twilight.
New York: Little, Brown, 2005.
First edition of the author’s first book in the acclaimed Twilight Series. Octavo, original black boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine first issue dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 2092
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"As you wish...": First Edition of the 35th Anniversary Edition of The Princess Bride; Signed by William Goldman
GOLDMAN, William.
The Princess Bride.
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2007.
First edition of the 35th Anniversary edition of this classic. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Goldman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover art by Larry Rostant.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 5851
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“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”: First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Just So Stories For Little Children.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902.
First edition, first issue of Kipling’s classic collection of stories, illustrated with 22 plates designed by Kipling himself. Octavo, original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing. A nice example.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 99731
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"I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too": First Edition of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Lengthily Signed by the Author
GREEN, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg].
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
First edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym “Hannah Green”, as follows, “I never promise lies and the rose-garden world of perfection is a lie, and a bore too.” “Hannah Green” Joanne Greenberg.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional inscription.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 106831
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"I'm Misty of Chincoteague, she said": First Edition of Misty of Chincoteague; Inscribed by Marguerite Henry
HENRY, Marguerite; Illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
Misty of Chincoteague.
New York: Rand McNally, 1947.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “comes to you with greetings from Misty and Marguerite Henry.” Near fine in the original dust jacket with a chip to the foot of the spine and wear to the crown.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 5099
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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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Rare original Maurice Sendak "So Sue Me" Costume Design; singed by him
SENDAK, Maurice .
Maurice Sendak “So Sue Me” Signed Original Costume Design.
Rare original Maurice Sendak watercolor costume design for Arthur Yorinks’ 1993 play “So Sue Me”. One page, watercolor and ink on cardstock, Sendak has signed and annotated the design, “So, Sue me. Costume design M. Sendak Feb. 93.” In fine condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 117308
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"Seeing Is Believing, But Sometimes The Most Real Things In The World Are The Things We Can't See": First Edition of Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express
VAN ALLSBURG, Chris.
The Polar Express.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.
First edition of Van Allsburg’s lushly illustrated, enchanting tale of childlike wonder and hope, winner of the 1986 Caldecott Medal. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the title page, “Chris Van Allsburg 1989.” Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 118343
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"Each generation in our history needs to be taught what the Constitution is, and what the framers of it understood it to be, at its formation": Rare first edition of George S. Williams' The Constitution of The United States For the Use of Schools and Academies
WILLIAMS, George S.
The Constitution of The United States. For the Use of Schools and Academies.
Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861.
First edition of Williams’ Civil War era printing of the United States Constitution, intended for use in both public schools and private academies. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, gilt American flag and eagle vignette to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “E. B. Cook with the respect of the author.” In very good condition with rubbing to the crown and foot of the spine. Includes The Constitution of the United States, Washington’s Farewell Address, The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 125093
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"Here is Dorothy herself in the person of Judy Garland, with Toto as Himself!": First Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Technicolor edition of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz; in the rare original dust jacket
BAUM, L. Frank.
The Wizard of Oz.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1939.
First Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Technicolor edition of Baum’s most famous Oz book, the basis for one of the greatest films in cinema history. First printing with the gilt titles to the spine and printer’s imprint to the copyright page (Bienvenue & Schmidt, pg 13). Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and black labels to the spine, pictorial endpapers featuring photographs from the film. Illustrated with 8 tipped in color plates and numerous doutone plates and in-text illustrations by W. W. Denslow. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 105288
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First Edition of The Tin Fiddle; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
TRIPP, Edward; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
The Tin Fiddle.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
First edition of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Some rubbing to the extremities, near fin in a very good dust jacket with light shelfwear. Rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 39091
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“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”: First Edition, first issue of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories; inscribed by Bertram Rota, founder of the Bodley House bookstore in 1941
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Just So Stories For Little Children.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902.
First edition, first issue of Kipling’s classic collection of stories, illustrated with 22 plates designed by Kipling himself. Octavo, original black-and white-stamped pictorial red cloth. In near fine condition with light rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 112320
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First Edition of Happiness is a Warm Puppy; Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Happiness is a Warm Puppy.
San Francisco: Determined Publications, 1962.
First edition of Charlie Brown and the gang’s words on happiness, with 30 Peanuts cartoons by Schulz. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $1,450.00 Item Number: 125879
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"A MASTER OF THE FANTASTIC AND EXOTIC": FIRST TRADE EDITION OF STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN; with 28 color plates by Edmund Dulac
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian; Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stories From Hans Andersen.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911.
First English trade edition of this timeless classic, with 28 stunning illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Quarto, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 28 tipped-in full color plates including captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrated by Edmund Dulac. With the original cloth cover decorated in gilt bound in at rear. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 123433
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“SUDDENLY THERE WAS A KNOCK WHICH MADE HER PAUSE— COULD IT PERHAPS BE SANTA CLAUS?”: FIRST EDITION OF OF MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS IN TEXAS
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Christmas in Texas.
Dallas, Texas: Neiman-Marcus, 1955.
First edition of Madeline’s Christmas in Texas, which precedes the 1956 Christmas edition of McCall’s Magazine. 12 mo, original wrappers as issued, illustrated. In near fine condition. Scarce, especially in this condition.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 95871
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": Later printings of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Three Other All-Time Favorites; Thrice Signed And Inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Plus Three More All-Time Favorites: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Danny the Champion of the World, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Bantum Books, 1977-1978.
Later printings of four of Dahl’s most beloved works. Octavo, 4 volumes, original illustrated wrappers including the first appearance in paperback of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Fox are signed by the author on the dedication page in green ink, “Roald Dahl.” Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is inscribed on the half-title page, “To Little Sammy With Love Roald Dahl 1982.” Each volume is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom illustrated slipcase which is in very good condition. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman, Jill Bennett, and Donald Chaffin. Rare and desirable inscribed by Dahl.
Price: $1,350.00 Item Number: 88100
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"No spots are too hard for a hat cat like me!": The Cat in the Hat comes Back; Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.
New York: Beginner Books: A Division of Random House, 1958.
Early printing of the sequel of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat. Octavo, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers. Inscribed by Dr. Seuss opposite the title page, “For Sarah Pike a fascinating little girl! Dr. Seuss.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with rubbing and wear.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 124518
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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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Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach; Signed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
James and the Giant Peach.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967.
Early British edition of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Michel Simeon. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125133
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“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice": Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox; Inscribed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1976.
Early printing of Dahl’s classic children’s work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a “garden tale” of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Blake Love Roald Dahl.” In near fine condition. Illustrated by Donald Chaffin.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 101854
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"The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you:" From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Inscribed by E.L. Konigsburg
KONIGSBURG, E. L.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
New York: Atheneum, 1967.
First edition, early printing of the author’s Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Konigsburg. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Diantha Dawkins from the Mixed-up E.L. Konigsburg 3-29-69.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. An exceptional example, first editions are rare signed.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 120903
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"once upon a time there was a beautiful young duck named ping": First Edition of The Story of Ping
FLACK, Marjorie; Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
The Story About Ping.
New York: The Viking Press, 1933.
First edition of this beloved classic. Thin octavo, original half cloth. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 32043
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First edition of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1904.
First edition of the fourth sequel to Potter’s immensely successful The Tale of Peter Rabbit which was an instant commercial success in its own right, with ‘muffatees’ for ‘muffetees’ on page 15. 12mo, original boards with pictorial onlay to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 122984
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First British Edition of Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth; An exceptionally bright example
JUSTER, Norton; Illustrated by Jules Feiffer.
The Phantom Tollbooth.
London: Collins, 1962.
First British edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 125178
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"It's just like you, said Strega Nona. Big Anthony smiled. Christmas has a magic of its own": First edition of Tomie dePaola's Merry Christmas, Strega Nona; warmly inscribed by Tomie de Paola with a quote from the book
DEPAOLA, Tomie.
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986.
First edition of Tomie de Paola’s Christmas children’s classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, story and pictures by Tomie dePaola. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the title page, “‘It’s just like you,’ said Strega Nona. Big Anthony smiled. ‘Christmas has a magic of its own.’ Tomie 2016.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. With a promotional postcard featuring a 2015 self-portrait of dePaola laid in.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 114827
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"And for all I know he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly": The Story of Ferdinand; Lengthily inscribed by Munro Leaf with five drawings
LEAF, Munro. Illustrated By Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: The Viking Press, 1963.
Early printing of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, original half tan cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page with five drawings, “[Ferdinand] for Glen who has the greatest “Cork tree” in all Asia- In gratitude and friendship Ferdinand Margaret Gil and Mun Tokyo 1964.” Small stamp to the front free endpaper, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few chips. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. A nice example.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 108632
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"A friend is someone you have things in common with, Charlie Brown": First Edition of I Need All The Friends I Can Get; Signed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M .
I Need All The Friends I Can Get.
San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this charming ‘little classic’ featuring Charles Schulz’s endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front free endpaper. Book design by Jim Young. Photograph by John Arms. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 109011
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"A friend is someone you have things in common with, Charlie Brown": First Edition of I Need All The Friends I Can Get; Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz
SCHULZ, Charles M .
I Need All The Friends I Can Get.
San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.
First edition of this charming ‘little classic’ featuring Charles Schulz’s endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Brian and Jamie, Charles M. Schulz.” Laid into this titles is a photograph of Schulz. Book design by Jim Young. Photograph by John Arms. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
Price: $1,150.00 Item Number: 85773
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"... fortune holds some gifts in store for those who try": First Edition of Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1907.
First edition, first issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt topstain, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 64984
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“HANSEL TOOK HIS LITTLE SISTER BY THE HAND, AND FOLLOWED THE PEBBLES WHICH SHONE LIKE NEWLY-COINED SILVER PIECES, AND SHOWED THEM THE WAY”: Signed Limited Edition of Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm; Signed by Kay Nielsen
BROTHERS GRIMM; ILLUSTRATED BY KAY NIELSEN,.
Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.
Signed limited first edition. Quarto, original three quarters orange cloth over marbled boards, patterned endpapers. Number 470 of 600 copies signed by Kay Nielsen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen with 12 mounted color plates, and black and white illustrations. In very good condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 55042
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"The house seemed swarming with boys, who were beguiling the rainy twilight with all sorts of amusements": First edition, first state of Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the second book in Alcott’s Little Women trilogy. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In excellent condition with light shelfwear. Housed in a custom cloth dust jacket with morocco spine label lettered in gilt.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 111036
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"But for a dog That kept its head": Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue; Signed by Him
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Rescue.
London: Andre Deutsch/Derek Verscholyle, 1957.
First British edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 114234
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"And for all I know he is sitting there still, under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers just quietly": The Story of Ferdinand; Lengthily inscribed by Munro Leaf with five drawings
LEAF, Munro. Illustrated By Robert Lawson.
The Story of Ferdinand.
New York: The Viking Press, 1963.
Early printing of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, original half tan cloth, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page with three drawings, “For Ruth with all best wishes of Ferdinand and Muro Leaf.” Inscription opposite the author’s inscription, near fine in a good price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 109887
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"Once upon a time there were three Billy Goats and their name was Gruff. There was Little Billy Goat Gruff, Big Billy Goat Gruff, and Biggest Billy Goat Gruff": First edition of Frank Dobias' The Three Billy Goats
DOBIAS, Frank.
The Three Billy Goats.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1927.
First edition of Dobias’ charming retelling of the classic Norwegian fairy tale. Small octavo, original illustrated boards, patterned endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 115582
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First edition of Wilson Rawls' Summer of the Monkeys; inscribed by him
RAWLS, Wilson.
Summer of the Monkeys.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976.
First edition of this award-winning novel by the author of Where the Red Fern Grows. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely, Wilson Rawls.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by William Maughan. Jacket typography by Lewis Friedman.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 128142
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First Edition of The Last Days of Pompeii; Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis
KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos.
The Last Days of Pompeii.
Athens: 1933.
First edition of this work translated by the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Signed by Nikos Kazantzakis on the copyright page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 78932
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"The house seemed swarming with boys, who were beguiling the rainy twilight with all sorts of amusements": First edition, first state of Louisa May Alcott's Little Men
ALCOTT, Louisa May.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871.
First edition, first issue of the second book it Alcott’s Little Women trilogy. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition. A desirable example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 111024
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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. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 120712
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First Edition of Lynne Reid Banks' The Indian In The Cupboard; Signed by her and illustrator Brock Cole
BANKS, Lynne Reid; Illustrated by Brock Cole.
The Indian In The Cupboard.
Garden City: Doubleday and Co, 1980.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Brock Cole. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Andrew – Best wishes, Lynne Reid Banks Dorset, UK Sept. 2008.” Additionally signed by the illustrator Brock Cole on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Robert Sabin. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by both Banks and Cole.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 121662
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First Edition of Michael Bond's Paddington Marches On; Signed by Him
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Marches On.
London: Collins, 1964.
First edition of the sixth book in the Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Michael Bond on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 48011