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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author's Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Norine - My best booster & good friend, Thanks for everything - Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some small closed tears to the rear panel.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 96261
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First Edition of Ellen Raskin's Figgs and Phantoms; Warmly Inscribed by Her
RASKIN, Ellen.
Figgs and Phantoms.
New York : E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1974.
First edition of the author’s Newbery Honor book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ethel & Paul many, many thanks for all your kind words Ellen Raskin." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 29005
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"And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace": First edition of Gregory Maguire's Mirror Mirror; inscribed by him
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Mirror Mirror.
New York: ReganBooks, 2003.
First edition of the author of Wicked's lyrical revision of the tale of Snow White. Octavo, original pictorial boards, frontispiece. Designed by Judith Stagnitto Abbate. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "'And wherever they are, those Borgias, may they rest in peace.' Gregory Maguire April 2007." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Douglas Smith. Author photograph by Jill Walsh.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 126382
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The School For Scandal; Finely Bound by Asprey
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
The School For Scandal.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1911.
Finely bound by Asprey. Quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 25 tipped in color plates by Hugh Thompson. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 61082
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James and the Giant Peach; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
James and the Giant Peach.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.
Early printing of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144540
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Anniversary Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
New York: McElderry Books, 2009.
First edition of the 20th Anniversary edition of this modern children's classic. Oblong quarto, original illustrated glossy boards. Signed by Michael Rosen opposite the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 62009
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First Edition of Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories By Censored Writers; Inscribed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories By Censored Writers.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of this collection of censored writings. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor in the year of publication on the title page, "To Lorrie Love, Judy Blume Sept. 1999." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lily Malcolm.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 144168
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First Edition of I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue; Signed by Legendary Illustrator Maurice Sendak
KRAUSS, Ruth; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, .
First edition of the re-issue of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137488
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First edition of Julia Ellsworth Ford's Snickerty Nick; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
FORD, Julia Ellsworth. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Snickerty Nick.
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co, 1919.
First edition of the author's beloved children's tale. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece, two color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. In very good condition. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 142503
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1,2,3 The Zoo; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric.
1,2,3 To The Zoo.
New York: Philomel, 1982.
First edition, early printing of this classic work, the artists' first solely authored and original picture book. Thin quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Eric Carle opposite the title page. In near fine condition.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137876
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Eleanor Roosevelt's A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty; In the rare original dust jacket
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor [Mrs. Franklin D.
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1935.
Rare second large printing of this early work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 142053
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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 Patti, Katherine Paterson 1/26/82." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 122421
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"She knows everything about the plaza": Kay Thompson's Eloise series; each volume Signed by illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Kay Thompson’s Eloise, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmastime.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition, later printings of the first three books in Kay Thompson's beloved Eloise series. Quartos, 3 volumes, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Each volume signed by illustrator Hilary Knight. Each volume is fine in a fine dust jackets.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 133189
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"All tales may come true": First Edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's Tree and Leaf
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
Tree and Leaf.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First American edition of Tolkien's classic work exploring the literature of fantasy and myth. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144282
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First Edition of Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2007.
First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Love Judy Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144144
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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 Karen, Katherine Paterson 1/29/92." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 137988
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"Since the day we were born, twins like Jacob and Esau , the younger had ruled the older. Did anyone ever say Esay and Jacob? Jacob have I loved": First Edition of Jacob Have I loved; Inscribed by Katherine Paterson
PATERSON, Katherine.
Jacob Have I Loved.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980.
First edition of the author's second Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author, "Since the day we were born, twins like Jacob and Esau , the younger had ruled the older. Did anyone ever say Esay and Jacob? Jacob have I loved... For Lisa Katherine Paterson." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kinuko Craft. A unique example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 73768
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"It's Christmas! Sweet Christmas! The Happy day of Home": First edition of Joan Walsh Anglund's A Christmas Book; warmly inscribed by her
ANGLUND, Joan Walsh.
A Christmas Book.
New York: Random House, 1983.
First edition of the revered children's book author's charming children's tale. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Sarah, Merry Christmas 1983 - Joan Walsh Anglund." In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 123670
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First Edition of Eric Carle's The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse; Signed by Him
CARLE, Eric.
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse.
New York: Philomel Books, 2011.
First edition of this "masterpiece from a master artist" (School Library Journal). Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 126724
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First Edition of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins; Signed by both Eric Kimmel and Illustrator Trina Schart Hyman
KIMMEL, Erica; Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
New York: Holiday House, 1989.
First edition of this Caldecott Honor-winning classic. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, To Ann, Eric A. Kimmel." Additionally signed below by the illustrator "Trina Schart Hyman 1990." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 103993
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Collection of first editions signed by children's book author Raymond Briggs
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Selected Works of Raymond Briggs.
London: Various Publishers, 1973-2001.
Fine collection of first editions and early printings with two signed by children's book author Raymond Briggs. Quarto, four volumes, original boards and wrappers, illustrated. The collection includes a Picture Puffin edition of The Mother Goose Treasury inscribed by the author (London: Picture Puffin, 1976), a Picture Puffin edition of Jim and the Beanstalk inscribed by the author (London: Picture Puffin, 1973), a first edition of Unlucky Wally (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987), and a first edition of Ivor the Invisible (London, Channel 4 Books: 2001). Each volume is in near fine to fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 117655
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Rare First Edition of This early Maurice Sendak Work Happy Hanukah Everybody; With a Signed Bookplate Laid in
SENDAK, Maurice; Text by Chanover.
Happy Hanukah Everybody.
New York: United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1955.
First edition of this early Sendak title. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. With a signed bookplate laid in. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140548
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods; Signed by Him
GAIMAN, Neil.
American Gods.
New York: William Morrow, 2001.
First edition, early printing of Gaiman's classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 141802
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"Wootton Major it was called because it was not very large, though it was at that time prosperous": First edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's Smith of Wootton Major
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. Illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
Smith of Wootton Major.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1967.
First American edition of Tolkien's classic fairy story. Small octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate. Jacket photograph of Tolkien by Roger Hill.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144732
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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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First Edition of Just as Long as We're Together; Inscribed by Judy Blume in the year of publication
BLUME, Judy.
Just as Long as We’re Together.
New York: Orchard Books, 1987.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Jessica Love, Judy Blume December 1987." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front free endpaper. Jacket painting by Peter Catalanotto.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 144145
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First Edition of La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo; Signed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose.
La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo.
Madrid: Alfaguara, 2001.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's only children's book. Thin quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 141
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First Edition of Frederic Remington's Pony Tracks
REMINGTON, Frederic.
Pony Tracks.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.
First edition of Remington's first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. A nice example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 125652
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First Edition of Crockett Johnson's Ellen's Lions; Inscribed by Him
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Ellen’s Lion.
New York: Harper & Brothers , 1959.
First edition of this work by the author of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Greetings to Barbara Alden Burns April 16, 1960 Crockett Johnson." In very good condition.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 142051
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First Edition of Why Noah Chose the Dove; Signed by Eric Carle
CARLE, Eric; Singer.
Why Noah Chose The Dove.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of this work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tall quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Shub.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 3496
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First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Signed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Air.
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond's classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "With all good wishes Michael Bond." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 47090
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"The farmer woke up from his dream, looked out of his window and saw snow. It was not dream snow. It was real snow": First Edition of Eric Carle's Dream Snow; Signed by Him
CARLE, Eric.
Dream Snow.
New York: Philomel Books, 2000.
First edition of this Christmas classic by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 103548
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First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Inscribed by Michael Bond
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Paddington Takes The Air.
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond's classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For James with best wishes Michael Bond." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
Price: $550.00 Item Number: 140023
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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
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First edition of John Muir's The Boyhood of a Naturalist
MUIR, John.
The Boyhood of a Naturalist: Being Selected Chapters From “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth”.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913.
First edition of this brief biography in The Riverside Literature Series collection. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In good condition. Ex-library. Scarce.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 126476
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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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142201
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First Edition of Herge's The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon
HERGE,.
The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon.
London: Methuen & Co, 1959.
First edition in English of Herge's classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 125499
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Signed Limited Edition of Rackham's The King of the Golden River
RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The King of the Golden River.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rare original slipcase, bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117643
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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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"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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First Editions of Each volume in The Spiderwick Chronicles; Each Signed by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
DITERLIZZI, Tony and Holly Black.
The Spiderwick Chronicles Complete Set [The Field Guide, The Seeing Stone, Lucinda’s Secret, The Ironwood Tree, The Wrath of Mulgarath; The Care and Feeding of Sprites; Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You; The Spiderwick Chronicles: Notebook for Fantastical Observations].
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003-2009.
First editions of each volume in the author's acclaimed series, basis for the 2008 film starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker and Sarah Bolger, with Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen, and Martin Short in voice roles. Octavo, 5 volumes, original illustrated boards. Each volume is signed by each author on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 141589
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"ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING BOOKS EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN": First edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
First American edition of Grahame's beloved children's novel which preceded the English edition by only four days, with Scribner's seal on the copyright page. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece by W. Grahame Robertson. In good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143829
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Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's The Ageless Story; Signed by the author with an original watercolor painting of a singing angel
FORD, Lauren.
The Ageless Story.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939.
Signed limited first edition of Lauren Ford's beloved retelling of the birth of Christ. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. One of only 350 copies, this is number 311. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an original watercolor drawing of a singing angel. In near fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase which is in very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96512
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs; Signed by Judi Barrett
BARRETT, Judi; Illustrated by Ron Barrett.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
New York: Atheneum Books , 1978.
First edition, early printing of this children's classic. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Judi Barrett on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 119733
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Rare First Edition of Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
MERIWETHER, Louise [Rosa Parks].
Don’t Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1973.
First edition of this children's book, which tells the The Rosa Parks story. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by David Scott Brown. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with some wear and tear.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 137547
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Soldier Tales
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Soldier Tales.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896.
First edition of Kipling's collection of soldier tales. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and pictorial gilt tooling to the spine and front panel, gilt ruled, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated with engravings. In near fine condition with a touch of wear to the crown of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. A bright example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96105
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Where the Wild Things Are; Inscribed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Gloria Burton Maurice Sendak." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138761
