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One of only 500 Signed Limited Edition 25th Anniversary edition; Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing of a Caterpillar
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
New York: Philomel, 1994.
One of only 500 Signed Limited Edition 25th Anniversary edition. Oblong quarto, original silver boards. Signed by Eric Carle with an original drawing on the front panel. In fine condition as is the original cardboard box.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 20036
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“Hope springs forever": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard; Inscribed by Her
ROWLING, J.K.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
London: Bloomsbury Books, 2008.
First British edition of this wizarding classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Annie, J.K Rowling.” With the author’s hologram sticker on the top right corner. In fine condition without wear. No dust jacket was issued for this title.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 89076
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Finely bound First Edition of Lady and the Tramp
DISNEY, Walt; Ward Greene.
Lady and the Tramp.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953.
First edition of Lady and the Tramp. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled and illustration to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with charming illustrations by Joe G. Rinaldi. Foreword by Walt Disney. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 119244
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First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Gremlins; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket; Inscribed by Bill Justice With a Large Drawing
DAHL, Roald; Walt Disney [Bill Justice].
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
New York: Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Disney animator Bill Justice on the half-title page with a large drawing of a Gremlin, “Sorry Ray That’s a lousy Gremlin Bill Justice.” Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip ‘n Dale. He was the director of The Truth About Mother Goose, Noah’s Ark, and A Symposium On Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features. Good in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 111721
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"The missing piece sat alone waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere": First Edition of The Missing Piece Meets the Big O; Signed by Shel Silverstein
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.
First edition of this work poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 4170
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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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"They Went Looking High and Low": Lithograph of Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline; Signed by Him
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Ludwig Bemelmans Signed Madeline Lithograph.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939.
They Went Looking High and Low Lithograph of Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline in Monmartre at Sacre Coeur, on wove paper, the illustration first published in the first edition of Madeline published in 1939. The lithograph measures 26 inches by 20 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right, and in lower left image. Double matted and framed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 119232
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"HERE IS WHAT ELOISE DOES IN PARIS: EVERYTHING. THE EFFECT IS RAWTHER EXTRAORDINAIRE": First Edition of Eloise in Paris; Signed by Kay Thompson
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Eloise in Paris.
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc, 1957.
First edition of the second book in Kay Thompson’s cherished Eloise series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout by Hilary Knight. Boldly signed by the author on the copyright page, “Kay Thompson” who has written “Moi Eloise” opposite the copyright page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom slipcase. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 116452
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Original Hilary Knight Watercolor Illustrations for Neiman Marcus's Monthly Magazine The Book
KNIGHT, Hilary.
Original Hilary Knight Watercolor Signed.
Original ink and watercolor painting by American illustrator Hilary Knight. Titled, ‘Silver Bangles Thick and Thin’, the painting depicts ‘N. Emily’, a character Knight created to embody a typical Neiman Marcus customer for 24 double-page fashion spreads published in The Book, Neiman Marcus’ monthly magazine for two years in the late 1990s. In fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27.5 inches by 19 inches.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 95323
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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 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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Percy Fitzpatrick's Classic Work Jock of the Bushveld; Signed by Him
FITZPATRICK, Percy.
Jock of the Bushveld.
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1913.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Percy Fitzpatrick on the title page. In near fine condition with light shelfwear to the extremities. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 119744
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“But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him": 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. By far, one of the nicest examples we have handled.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 95185
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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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First Edition of Nelson Mandela’s African Folktales; Signed and Dated by Him
MANDELA, Nelson.
Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.
New York: Norton, 2002.
First edition of this collection of African folktales chosen and introduced by Nelson Mandela. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Mandela on the title page.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 849
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"For Phyllis with admiration and every best wish- Charles M. Schulz 'Happiness is living with old fang face": First Edition of Happiness is a Warm Puppy; Inscribed by Charles M. Schulz to Actress Phyllis Diller
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. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to actress Phyllis Diller and close friend of the author’s, “For Phyllis with admiration and every best wish- Charles M. Schulz ‘Happiness is living with old fang face.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. A very nice association.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 117578
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“A person's a person, no matter how small": First Edition of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!; Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
SEUSS, Dr. (Theodor Geisel).
Horton Hears A Who!
New York: Random House, 1954.
First edition of this Dr. Suess work. Quarto, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, “For Greg Barrett with best wishes Dr. Seuss.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped second issue dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 16025
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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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"Hey what if we don't go on a bear hunt, huh?"; First Edition of Michael Rosen's We're Going On A Bear Hunt; Inscribed by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
ROSEN, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.
New York: McElderry Books, 1989.
First American edition of this modern children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original illustrated glossy boards. Inscribed by Michael Rosen, “Hi Wilbur Daniel hey what if we don’t go on a bear hunt, huh? Michael Rosen.” Also signed by the illustrator, “To Wilbur Daniel from Helen Oxenbury 20.11.89.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. First editions signed are rare.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 63010
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“Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?”: Signed limited Edition of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins
TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1997.
Signed limited edition of this children’s classic, one of 100 numbered copies, this is number 98. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Mary Shepard. In fine condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 115369
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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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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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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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“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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“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. Inscribed by Bertram Rota, the owner of the Bodley House bookstore in London, “S.W. Jackson’s copy of my boyhood’s favorite book. This copy survived fire and water when so many of its fellows were destroyed by Nazi barbarism at Bodley House in October 1940. After being stored nearby, and escaping more bombs, it returned to the resurrected bookshop and now leaves Bodley House to find sanctuary in friendly hands in a luckier land. With all good wishes Bertram Rota, June 6th 1941.” Bertram Rota began selling books in 1923 and was essentially the first bookseller to specialize in modern first editions. In 1923, Rota moved operations to the former location of the Bodley Head publishing house on Vigo Street in London where, in spite of sustaining a direct hit during a Nazi blitzkrieg, the bookshop remained for twenty-eight years. In near fine condition with light rubbing. Exceptional with fascinating provenance.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 108254
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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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Large Willy Wonka Photograph; Signed by Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson, Paris Themmen, and Michael Bollner
WILDER, Gene; Peter Ostrum; Julie Dawn Cole; Denise Nickerson; Paris Themmen; and Michael Bollner (Roald Dahl).
Willy Wonka: Chocolate and the Chocolate Factory Signed Photograph.
Large photograph of Willy Wonka, the five golden ticket winners and their parents and a trio of Oompa Loompas. Boldly signed by Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson, Paris Themmen, and Michael Bollner, with each but Wilder adding their respective character names from the 1971 film. The photograph measures 17 inches by 12 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22.75 inches by 17.75 inches. An attractive piece.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 33098
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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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"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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"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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"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