London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1876. George Cruikshank. New Edition. Hardcover. 6 5/8" X 4 1/4". xii, 252pp. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Heavy edgewear and scattered rubbing to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards. Head and tail of spine worn down, no losses..... More
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Five volumes, bound alike in tan cloth over boards, with pictorial scene stamped in blue to upper board, spine backed in orange cloth and lettered in silver over blue. Very mild shelfwear to bindings with occasional scuff or..... More
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 5/8" X 7". 127pp, plus postscript, author's note, and illustrator's note. Signed by M. T. Anderson at title page. "Signed by the Author" label to front panel of dust jacket. Mild edgewear to unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth over boards..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1975. Second Printing. Paperback. 8 7/8" X 5 1/2". 96pp. Moderate wear to pictorial wraps, with spots of scuffing and light soiling and mild edgewear. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Humorous gift inscription to front pastedown. Pages are unmarked. A very nicely preserved 1975..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 276pp. Ex-First Church Sabbath School Library of New Britain, with label to front pastedown and card and envelope to rear free endpaper. Green cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in gilt. Spine sunned and gilt rubbed..... More
London: Privately Printed, circa 1920. Leather bound. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". viii, 468pp. This privately printed edition is undated, published circa 1920. Halfbound in crimson morocco, lined in gilt, with red linen over boards. Spine lettered in gilt with floral gilt compartment and gilt fleur-de-lis. Toning to endpapers. Binding..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 140pp. Lacking dust jacket. Purple cloth over boards with Bernstein illustration stamped in yellow to upper board and spine lettered in yellow. Rather heavy wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, fraying and small tears..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". 94pp. Very mild wear to dust jacket, with small tear to top of spine. Light toning to rear of dust jacket. Green cloth over boards with black stamp to spine and front cover. Foxing to front..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 5 3/8". 64pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities, mild dust soiling, and faint pencilled marks to rear. Binding is firm, sound, and tight. Tear to top corners of leaf containing pages 15..... More
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 7 1/4". Unpaginated. Signed by Mahogany L. Browne at dedication page. A touch of shelfwear to dust jacket and binding, else fine. A very nice signed first printing of Mahogany L. Browne's powerful poem, with striking artwork by..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". vi, [ii], 367pp, plus two leaves of ads. First printing, February 1910. Publisher's binding designed by Rome K. Richardson. Blue cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamepd in gilt and burgundy. Moderate wear to..... More
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Utica, New York: Foster Bros. MFG. Co., 1913. Hardcover. 10" X 7 7/8". Unpaginated, 28 leaves, printed rectos only. Enclosed in original box as issued. Baby blue cloth over boards, with pictorial title label to upper board. Mild wear to binding, with a touch of light soiling and shelfwear to..... More
Ottawa, Ohio: Marguerite Calvin, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 232pp. Inscribed as "David" by illustrator to front free endpaper, with woodcut self-portrait. Stain to front panel of dust jacket, with open tear to bottom corner of front panel and small closed tear to bottom edge, along..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, September 1906. New Edition. Hardcover. Would you agree the contents of your bookshelf ought to grow only curiouser and curiouser? This gilt-stamped, royal blue bound 1906 edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved and enduring classic of children's and fantasy literature is ready to take you on..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twenty-Sixth Thousand. Leather bound. This stunning 1872 printing of Lewis Carroll's classic companion to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is here finely bound by the world-class Riviere & Son Bindery in full red morocco, with original cloth covers included at rear. Illustrated in tissue-guarded frontispiece and..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6". 274pp. Red faux-leather cloth over boards with decorative gilt to spine and front and rear covers. Light rubbing to covers and edges. All edge gilt to edges of text block. Bookplate laid in. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1977. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 7". xxii, 152pp. Bound in genuine leather, with spine and covers stamped in gilt. Raised bands to spine. Very mild shelfwear to covers and edges. All edge gilt. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Unused Easton Press bookplate..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 2018. Hardcover. Two volumes in matching slipcase with print in original envelope laid in. Art print is signed by both Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger. 11 5/8" X 9 3/8". Mild edgewear to slipcase, with bumping to extremities, indentations, and "Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition" sticker..... More
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1896. Hardcover. "Nearly all children are poetic. They live near to the heart of things in the early spring-tide of life when 'birds and buds and they are happy peers...'" That belief lies at the heart of Frances Bell Coursen's fantastical introduction to poetry for children..... More
D. C. Heath and Company, A Division of Raytheon Education Co., 1968. First Thus. Paperback. 9" X 6". v, 55pp. Mild edgewear to pictorial dust jacket and plain paper wraps. Binding is sound. Foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A lovely..... More
Delray Beach, Florida: Gulfstream Graphics, 1985. Paperback. 8 3/8" X 5 1/2". 78pp. Inscribed by Leila C. Crutcher to front pastedown. Moderate edgewear and scattered rubbing to paper wraps, with spine backed in glossy cloth tape. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable signed copy of these..... More
New York: American Book Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. This approachable and charmingly type-set 1896 guide to botany for children is the work of Frances Theodora Parsons (1861–1952), author of How to Know the Wild Flowers, the first field guide to North American wildflowers, with cheerful and admiring illustrations throughout..... More
London: Ebury Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xi, 173pp, plus new, unopened, sealed CD. Inscribed by Felix Dennis to title page and dated 2013. Moderate shelfwear to pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamped in silver. Moderate bumping to..... More
Culver City, California: Luther Norris, 1969. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/8" X 5 3/8". [ii], 33pp. Edition limited to 300 copies, this being number 18. Mild edgewear to staplebound wraps, with sunning to spine and small nick to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
New York: Bramhall House, 1952. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 7/8". xvii, 376pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with sunning to spine, rubbing to extremities, and faint scattered rubbing. Orange cloth over boards, with spine lettered in black. Mild edgewear to binding, firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and..... More
