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"You have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing": First Edition of Tale of the Unknown Island; Inscribed by Jose Saramago
SARAMAGO, Jose; Illustrated by Peter Sis.
Tale of the Unknown Island.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999.
First edition of Saramago’s classic short story. Octavo, original boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Layne Leary Jose Saramago 8.2005." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 136579
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First Edition of The Little Book About God; Inscribed by Lauren Ford With an Original Drawing
FORD, Lauren.
The Little Book About God.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1934.
First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a original drawing, "For Marc, Amy and Jonathan. Lauren Ford." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 147745
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"If my bed grew wings I would fly to a thick forest where there was an old broken-down castle that no one knew about, hidden in trees": First edition of Michael Rosen's Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book; Inscribed by him
ROSEN, Michael.
Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book.
London: Walker Books, 1986.
First edition of Michael Rosen's charming book of bedtime stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the dedication page, "Michael Rosen was here 23 Aug 89." In near fine condition.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 88122
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"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!": Dr. Seuss's Horton Hatches the Egg
DR. SEUSS. [GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
Horton Hatches the Egg.
New York: Random House, 1940.
Early printing of this Seuss classic. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated, second state dust jacket with $2.50 price to back flap and description of The King's Stilts. Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Child's ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper and rear panel of the dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 135097
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First edition, first printing of the Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
CARROLL, Lewis; Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
Berkely: Published by the University of California Press, 1983.
First Pennyroyal Press edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by Barry Moser. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 140106
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Olivia, Signed 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.Boldly signed by Ian Falconer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 647
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First Edition of Matt Haig's A Boy Called Christmas; Signed by Him
HAIG, Matt.
A Boy Called Christmas.
London: Canongate, 2015.
First edition of this modern Christmas classic. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Matt Haig on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rafaela Romaya. Illustrations by Chris Mould.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 125921
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"Today is your birthday! You get what you wish!": First Edition of Dr. Seuss's Happy Birthday To You!
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
Happy Birthday To You!
New York: Random House, 1959.
First edition, later printing of Seuss's whimsical birthday book, with the printer's error on page 34 corrected. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small ownership name to the front free pictorial endpaper.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144618
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First editions of The World's Worst Children and The World's Worst Children Two; both volumes signed by David Walliams
WALLIAMS, David.
The World’s Worst Children [with] The World’s Worst Children Two.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
First editions of the best-selling author's collection of deliciously mischievous tales of simply the worst children. Octavo, two volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color illustrations by Tony Ross. Both volumes signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Both volumes are fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tony Ross.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145215
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“It's always easier to learn something than to use what you've learned": First Edition of Chaim Potok's The Chosen; Inscribed by Him
POTOK, Chaim.
The Promise.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
First edition of the author's sequel to The Chosen. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Hugh and Marilyn Nissenson, Thanks for a beautiful evening! Chaim Potok Nov. 20, 1973." Review copy with the slip laid in, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 79898
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First Edition of Maurice Sendak's Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water; Inscribed by Him
SENDAK, Maurice.
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Willie Merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak Nov. '87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141293
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First Edition of Fred Gipson's Hound-dog Man
GIPSON, Gred.
Hound-dog Man.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this work, basis for the 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary name to the front free endpaper. Uncommon.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 142079
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Signed Limited First Edition of The Angel's Game; one of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz; Translated by Lucia Graves.
The Angel’s Game.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2009.
Signed limited edition of the fastest-selling book in Spanish publishing history. Octavo, original cloth. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the author on the limitation page, this is number 193. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover photograph by Fondo F. Catalá-Roca. Author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145031
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"I am Eloise and I am six": First Edition of Kay Thompson's The Absolutely Essential Eloise; Signed by and dated in the year of publication by illustrator Hilary Knight
THOMPSON, Kay; Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Kay Thompson’s The Absolutely Essential Eloise.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
First edition of the essential edition of Eloise. Slim quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated in the year of publication by illustrator Hilary Knight. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scrapbook written by Marie Brenner.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 133190
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“SUDDENLY THERE WAS A KNOCK WHICH MADE HER PAUSE— COULD IT PERHAPS BE SANTA CLAUS?”: FIRST APPEARANCE OF MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline’s Christmas.
New York: McCall's, 1956.
First appearance of Madeline's Christmas, a special insert in the 1956 Christmas edition of McCall’s Magazine. 12 mo, original wrappers as issued. In very good condition with some light wear to the rear panel.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 21044
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"Pete Briggs pats pigs. Briggs pats pink pigs. Briggs pats big pigs"; First Edition of Dr. Seuss's Oh Say, Can You Say?
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Geisel].
Oh Say, Can You Say? “Oh my brothers! Oh my sisters! These are Terrible Tongue Twisters!”
New York: Random House, 1979.
First edition of this book of tongue twisters by Dr. Seuss. Octavo, original laminated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. In very good condition, without dust jacket as issued.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 139022
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First Edition, First Printing of Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz
THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum.
The Giant Horse of Oz.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.
First edition, first printing of Thompson's eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum's Oz stories. Octavo, original red cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In good condition. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Watercolor to the illustration on the front pastedown by a previous owner. Ownership signature in black crayon to the ownership page. First issue with the perfect, undamaged 'r' on page 116 and all color plates present and accounted for.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 145082
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"One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them": First Single Volume Edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
London: Book Club Associates, 1971.
First complete one volume edition of this epic fantasy trilogy which, since its release, has sold over 150 million copies, making it the third best-selling novel of all time. Octavo, original cloth, with several in-text illustrations and maps. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustrations of The Shire, Minas Tirith, and Mount Doom are based on Pauline Baynes's jacket design.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 149601
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She Loves Me. She Loves Me Not; Signed by Maurice Sendak
KEESHAN, Robert; Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not.
New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
First edition of the 1991 edition. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 27056
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First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek's The Cunning Little Vixen; translated into English and inscribed by illustrator Maurice Sendak
TESNOHLIDEK, Rudolf. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
The Cunning Little Vixen.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985.
First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek's classic Czech tale, translated into English and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, "For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak." Translated by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza Morgan, and Robert T. Jones. Afterword by Robert T. Jones. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 140351
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"Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman": Raymond Briggs' Fee Fi Fo Fum; Signed and dated by him
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Fee Fi Fo Fum.
Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1971.
Early printing of Briggs' collection of nursery rhymes. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, "Raymond Briggs 1981 April 21." In near fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 117431
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First Edition of Charles Tazewell's The Littlest Angel
TAZEWELL, Charles; Illustrated by Katherine Evans.
The Littlest Angel.
Chicago: Childrens Press, Inc., 1946.
First edition of this beloved Christmas classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, small name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 133161
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First Edition of The Journey Back; Inscribed by Johanna Reiss
REISS, Johanna.
The Journey Back.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To ___ _____ Love and peace Johanna Reiss October '76 Nice to see you again." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 5522
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First Edition of Lois Lowry's Gathering Blue; Signed by Her
LOWRY, Lois.
Gathering Blue.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
First edition of this work by the Newbury Award-winning novelist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "With best wishes Lois Lowry." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathy Black.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 139213
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First British Edition of Anne of Windy Willow; In the Rare Original Dust jacket
MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).
London: George G. Harrap, 1936.
First British edition of this novel in Montgomery's acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 892
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BLOS, Joan W.
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32.
New York: Scribners, 1979.
First edition of the author's Newberry award-winning novel. Octavo, original red boards. Fine in a very good plus dust jacket with a few short closed tears, and without the Newberry award winning sticker on the front panel. Signed by the author who has added some lines from this work.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 1797
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition
HENTY, G. A.
The Dash For Khartoum: A Tale of The Nile Expedition.
London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1892.
First edition of Henty's classic adventure tale of the Nile Expedition. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with ten illustrations by Joseph Nash, R.I. and John Schonberg. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 122778
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First Edition of Ian Falconer's Olivia Forms a Band; Signed by Him
FALCONER, Ian.
Olivia Forms a Band.
New York: Atheneum, 2006.
First edition of the fourth book in Falconer's acclaimed Olivia series. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ian Falconer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 141011
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First Edition of Swine Lake; Signed by Illustrator Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, Maurice and James Marshall.
Swine Lake.
New York: Michael Di Capua Books/ Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.
First edition of this work by the award-winning artist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 50011
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; Signed by Eric Carle
JR MARTIN BILL, Eric Carle.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991.
Later printing of this Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Quarto, original publisher's pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 149071
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"Pajamas are good for the soul": First Edition of When You Reach Me; Signed By Rebecca Stead
STEAD, Rebecca.
When You Reach Me.
New York: Wedy Lamb Books/ Random House, 2009.
First edition of the author’s Newberry Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Rebecca Stead on the title page. Also laid into this copy are pictures of the author at the booksigning. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $225.00 Item Number: 4104
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First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series
New Brunswick Readers: The Second Reader.
Toronto: W. J. Gage & Company, 1900.
First edition of The Second Reader in the New Brunswick Readers series, prescribed by the Board of Education for use in the Schools of New Brunswick. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket from Hall's Book Store in St. John, New Brunswick. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 115364
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First Edition of Cats' A.B.C.; Signed by Beverley Nichols
NICHOLS, Beverley.
Cats’ A.B.C.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1960.
First British edition of this charming children's book about the lives, personalities, and quirks of cats. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by Derrick Sayer. Boldly signed by Beverley Nichols on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147943
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"Give a chunk to a monkey, give a chunk to a fighter": Later printing of Michael Rosen's Nuts About Nuts; Signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Sami Sweeten. .
Nuts About Nuts.
London: Diamond Books, 1999.
Early printing of British children's author Michael Rosen's illustrated book of poetry about nuts. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Michael Rosen on the verso of the front panel, "Hello Eileen, Michael Rosen was here." In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 88125
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Signed Copy of the Very Busy Spider
CARLE, Eric.
The Very Busy Spider.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
Later printing of The Very Busy Spider. Oblong quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 149073
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"TIME TO GET UP, FUNGUS MY DREARY, IT'S NEARLY DARK": First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book
BRIGGS, Raymond. Paper Engineer Ron Van Der Meer.
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1982.
First pop-up, or 'plop-up', edition of Briggs' well-known work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated with pop-ups engineered by Ron Van Der Meer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a pop-up opening door on the verso of the front panel in the year of publication, "For Eileen Ireland With Best Wishes from Raymond Briggs 29 September 1982." In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 112501
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First edition of George Alfred Henty's Those Other Animals
HENTY, George Alfred [G.A.].
Those Other Animals.
London: Henry and Co., [1891].
First edition of one of the more uncommon Henty titles. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, with twenty two illustrations by Harrison Weir. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 123098
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First Edition of Michael Rosen's Quick, Let's Get Out of Here; Signed by Him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Quick, Let’s Get Out Of Here.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1983.
First edition of Michael Rosen's children's classic. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Michael Rosen 12/10/85." In near fine condition, small name.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114024
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“Life is a series of unlikely events, isn’t it?": First edition of In The Unlikely Event; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
In the Unlikely Event.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume's career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 144301
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First Edition of Margaret Wise Brown's The Important Book
BROWN, Margaret Wise; Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
The Important Book.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.
First edition of this charming early work by Margaret Wise Brown. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated By Leonard Weisgard.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 12038
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First Edition of Beowulf; Signed by Neil Gaiman
GAIMAN, Neil and Roger Avary.
Beowulf: The Script Book.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2007.
First edition of this illustrated work of Beowulf. Octavo, original wrappers. illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. In fine condition. Art and cover by Gabriel Rodriguez. Colors by Jay Folos.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 116056
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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 very good condition with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, bookplate to the front pastedown.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 147097
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First Literary Guild Edition of Miss Hickory; Inscribed by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
BAILEY, Carolyn Sherwin.
Miss Hickory.
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1946.
Scarce first Junior Guild edition of this Newbery award-winning children's book. Octavo, original red cloth with black lettering to the spine and black flower decoration to the front panel, pictorial endpapers, red top stain, lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Helen Fuller, my treasured friend, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and Miss H." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original jacket and signed.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 145270
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The Dot and the Line; Signed by Norton Juster
JUSTER, Norton.
The Dot and the Line.
New York: Random House, 1963.
Early printing of this classic work. Small octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, with inscription to the front free endpaper.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146182
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Eric Carle's First Spanish Language Edition of 10 Patitos De Goma
CARLE, Eric.
10 Patitos De Goma.
China: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.
First Spanish language edition of 10 Patitos De Goma. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "Quack for Dr. J. Robert Dopinish Eric Carle." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 149051
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First edition of Arthur Rackham's The Land of Enchantment
RACKHAM, Arthur.
The Land of Enchantment.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905.
First edition of Rackham's beautifully illustrated work. Quarto, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, rebacked, illustrated with 36 full-page and vignette line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Neat ownership name. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 142761
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"It always happens when I get cross, when I see red": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger
DAHL, Roald.
The Magic Finger.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968.
First British edition of this classic children's novel. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by William Pène du Bois. In near fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 147109
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols; Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1978.
First edition of the author's classic collection of Christmas carols. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, "Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 144081
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Michael Rosen's Lovely Old Roly; signed and dated by him
ROSEN, Michael. Illustrated by Priscilla Lamont.
Lovely Old Roly.
London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2002.
Early printing of Rosen's story about a beloved family cat, old Roly. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Priscilla Lamont. Signed and dated by the author opposite the title page, "Michael Rosen August 15 2006." In fine condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114406
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First Edition of All For Love; Inscribed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
All For Love.
New York: Philomel Books, 1984.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Elaine! Tasha Tudor 1986." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 146497
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First Edition of Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports; Signed by Tennis Legends Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert
PHIL BILDNER, Illustrated by Brett Helquist [Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert].
Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports.
Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2017.
First edition of this fascinating dual biography of tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout by Brett Helquist. Boldly signed by both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed of these tennis legends.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 148143
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Signed by Tasha Tudor
TUDOR, Tasha.
Pumpkin Moonshine.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
First printing of this edition of the author's first book and the first title in her "Calico" series. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Tasha Tudor on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 1149
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"He has plucked the sting from our bad dreams": First Edition of Charles Addams' Black Maria
ADDAMS, Charles. [Chas Addams].
Black Maria.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.
First edition of this classic collection of Addams’ cartoons. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 147271
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
Early printing of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144125
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"It's not what's around the Christmas tree that matters it's who's around it": First Edition of A Charlie Brown Christmas
SCHULZ, Charles M.
A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1965.
First edition of the author's classic Christmas story and later filmed for television, which was later honored with both an Emmy and Peabody Award. Small quarto, original boards. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 147380
