London: Faber & Faber, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The second title of Muriel Goaman's "home economic" series for girls. Very good condition in original very good dustjacket that has some chips at corners. Only published in the UK: no American editions. More about JUDY'S BOOK OF HOUSEWORK
London: Faber & Faber, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first and tenth title of Muriel Goaman's "home economic" series for girls, the two titles specific to cooking, both first editions, 1947 and 1958, uniform format. Both very good condition in original very good dustjackets that have some chips about the... More about JUDY'S COOKERY BOOK (and) JUDY'S NEXT COOKERY BOOK
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). Early Printing Thus. Hardcover. Early printing of the Peter Pan story in Scribner's "Little People" edition with Rackham's famous illustrations - 5 colored plates, 15 line drawing in text. Green cloth covers, titles stamped in darker green. Pictoial dustjacket, prce-clipped, soiled and... More about PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS Retold by May Byron for Little People with the Permission of the...
London: Metheun & Co., 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First deluxe edition, red soft leather covers decorated in gilt with cover vignette. Spine darked with some leather loss at ends, corners moderately worn, period bookplate verso ffe. Internals near fine. Lacking pub box (else one would rightly expect superior condition). Still... More about NOW WE ARE SIX
NY: Scholastic, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1999 - 2017. The seven novels plus the eighth installment, the play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The first four titles are a boxed collection in slipcase. The earlier titles are later printings, the most recent first editions, all American editions. The boxed... More about ALL EIGHT HARRY POTTER TITLES: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of...
NY: Harlin Quist, 1978. Naprstek, Joel. Failly, Gerard. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Variant editions, these the smaller format . Story 1 illustrated by Joel Naprstek, Story 2 by Gerard Failly. Both fine in near fine dustjacket. More about Story Number 1 and 2
NY: Harlin Quist, 1978. Delessert, Etienne. Corentin, Philippe. Nicolett, Jean-Michel. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. First illustrated editions, large format (4to) volumes 1 and 2 illustrated by Etienne Delessert, volume 3 illustrated by Philippe Corentin, and volume 4 by Jean-Michel Nicollet. Volumes 1 and 2 have very good duistajcket with some... More about Story Number 1,2,3,and 4 for Children (4 volumes, complete series
NY: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, and first edition with the McNully illustrations, the Broitish edition illustyrate dby Quentin Black. Near fine copy - NO NAMES, NOTES or BOOKPLATES in better than very good dustjacket showing a wee bit iof wear at corners. A collectible copy. More about THE BED BOOK
NY: Macmillan, 1939. Lathrop, Dorothy. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hard-to-find Lathrop illustrated title. First edition. Blue cloth, a tad dulled and dusty at the edges, but an internally clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. Oddly price-clipped dw (the price was oddly centered at the bottom of the brief text... More about THE LITTLE MERMAID
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. VerBeck, Frank (illustrated by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, INSCRIBED BY BOTH VERBECK AND CO-AUTHOR RION on dedication page "To our dear Will Roberts" (in VerBeck's hand). With an ANS by VerBEck with an original sketch of a bear on stationary of the Editorial Rooms of... More about VERBECK"S BOOK OF BEARS
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Plays for children adapted by Freiligrath-Kroeker, and first edition thus. Blue cloth, publisher's decorated binding in black and gilt front, blind ruled w/ pub deice on rear. Spine slightly soiled, illustrated, tissue guard to forntispiece detached. viii + 202pp. Undated, c. 1870s. More about Alice thro' the Looking Glass, and other Fairy Plays for Children
NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second printig. INSCIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWIG BY FEIFFER. On the title page " "To Nathanial - You draw real good!'" the siigned uderneath title. On verso, Feiffer has sketched what appears to be a self portait, bearded self in... More about I LOST MY BEAR
NY: Viking Press, 1957. Grahame-Johnstone, Janet & Anne (illustrtaed by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, basis for the 1960s Disney animated feature then decades later a live-action version with Glen Close as the infamous Cruela de Ville. Dustjacket has a half-faded spine, closed tear upper rear panel and flaps very... More about THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS
NY: Harper& Row, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, Newberry Medal winner. Inscribed "To Julie, proudly, Jean Craighead George" on ffe. Newberry gold sticker on front panel of dustjacket, the front flap of which is clipped at the bottom, still showing 1172 there and a $4.95 price at top. Some... More about JULIE OF THE WOLVES
NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Barndywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy. More about MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE