Personal History Agency, 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong, red plastic, spiral- bound pictorial die-cut covers with two moveables and two pop-ups in the pictorial publishers box. original box which is cocked and slightly soiled and worn about corners. Book iitself appears unused. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Original publication of Alcott's short story "Nelly's Hospital" in the April 1865 edition of Our Young Folks, about a young girl who starts a hospital for animals. Better than very good condition. More
London and New York: Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Five titles all uniform in edition and condition. Undated, in uncommon, red rough-weave cloth with pastedown pictorials of various shapes, with black titles to front cover, but gilt titles to spine, and rounded corners, both covers and leaves. Covers a wee rubbed, internals..... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Eight titles all uiniform in edition and condition. Undated, likely 1950s. Dusty green covers, with pastedown pictoirials of various shapes. with light green titles. Covers lightly soiled, internals near fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
London and New York: Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Undated, likely 1950s, light green covers with titles in dark green. Internals near fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
London and New York: Frederick Warne. Hardcover. Undated, likely 1950s, tan covers with titles and pictorial curcular surround in dark brown. Internals near fine. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
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
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
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
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
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
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..... More
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
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. Ver Beck, Frank (illustrated by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, INSCRIBED BY BOTH VER BECK AND CO-AUTHOR RION on dedication page "To our dear Will Roberts" (in VerBeck's hand). With an ANS by Ver Beck with an original sketch of a bear on stationary of the..... More
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
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
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