Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, Brandywine Conservancy, 1989. Paperback. 10" X 9". 80pp. Pictorial paper wraps featuring Justin H. Howard's "The Doings of the Alphabet." Mild wear to wraps, with sticker to rear and light shelfwear. Binding is sound and firm. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A very... More about A Child's Garden of Dreams: An Exhibition of Children's Books and their Original Illustrations,...

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1887. Hardcover. 8 3/8" X 10 3/8". 64pp. Green cloth over bevelled boards, with front cover stamped in black and gilt. Moderate edgewear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, moderate scattered rubbing, and small tears to head and tail of spine. All... More about The Good Things of Life, Fourth Series

New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1893. Hardcover. 8 3/8" X 10 3/8". 64pp. Light blue cloth over bevelled boards, with front cover stamped in dark blue and gilt, with pictorial cloth label. Moderate edgewear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, light scattered rubbing, and bumping... More about The Good Things of Life, Tenth Series

New York: Merrimack Publishing Corp. N.D. Paperback. 9 7/8" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. No Date, but circa late 20th century. Heavy edgewear, bumping, and creasing to wraps, with price sticker to front cover. Foxing to interior. A children's game book with two spinning wheels of letters and 14 pages of... More about Spell Me

New York: A. R. Hart & Co., 1886. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 3/8". 435pp. By "An Officer of the Union Army," the authorship of this title is uncertain and has been attributed to John McElroy, Senator John Logan, and members of the Logan family. Brown-red cloth over boards, with... More about Uncle Daniel's Story of "Tom" Anderson and Twenty Great Battles

Brooklyn: Sal Quartuccio, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 10 7/8" X 8 1/2". Unpaginated. Very mild edgewear to staplebound color pictorial wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Foxing to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable copy of this feature on the art of Neal... More about The Art of Neal Adams, Volume One

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 about Yvain: The Knight of the Lion

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 6" X 9". Unpaginated. Pictorial paper over boards with spine backed in yellow cloth. Moderate wear to binding, with heavy scattered rubbing to boards, heavy edgewear, bumping and rubbing to corners, and light sunning. Hinges tender, with rear hinge... More about Young Ern

N.P. Electra Publishing Association, 1966. S. N. Cartwright. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 6 1/2". 188pp. Heavy edgewear to dust jacket, with chipping to head of spine, no losses, open tears at edges, dust soiling, and small paint stains. Rear panel states "De Luxe Edition, Hand Bound -- Title Engravings, 24... More about Detour on Cloud Nine

New York: Carleton, 1898. Hardcover. 7 3/8" X 5". 232pp, plus 8pp ads. Embossed red-purple boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Very heavy wear to binding, with heavy edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed to boards, heavy scattered rubbing and soiling, heavy sunning to spine, with chipping to head and tail... More about Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings

London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1826. Robert Cruikshank. Leather bound. 7 1/2" X 4 3/4". viii, 4pp,1-198pp. Halfbound in leather with marbled paper over boards. Spine lettered in gilt, with four raised bands. Front hinge starting to crack. Heavy edgewear, mild scattered rubbing, and light soiling. Blue endpapers. Red ribbon... More about The Punster's Pocket-Book, or the Art of Punning Enlarged

New York: Eugene Warner Fund of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith for the Jonathan Institute, 1989. Martin Silverman. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Unpaginated. Edition limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is number 140 and signed by illustrator Martin Silverman on limitation page. Mild wear... More about Moral Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron

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 about Black Girl Magic