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First edition of Joan Walsh Anglund's Nibble Nibble Mousekin: A Tale of Hansel and Gretel; inscribed by her
ANGLUND, Joan Walsh.
Nibble Nibble Mousekin: A Tale of Hansel and Gretel.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962.
First edition of Anglund's beloved children's classic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with an original drawing of two strawberries, "For Toby & For Johnny! Joan Walsh Anglund." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 123646
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"Some people care too much. I think it's called love": First Edition Set of A. A. Milne's Christopher Robin Songbooks
MILNE, A.A.; Music by H. Fraser-Simson.
Christopher Robin Songbooks: Teddy Bear & Other Songs From When We Were Very Young, Songs From Now We Are Six, More Very Young Songs.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
First edition set of songbooks from Milne's Christopher Robin and Pooh series. Quarto, 3 volumes, original tan half cloth, illustrated with decorations by E. H. Shepard. In near fine condition with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146005
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 148166
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First edition of The Magic of Kindness; Or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan; finely bound
BROTHERS MAYHEW,.
The Magic of Kindness; Or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan.
London: Darton and Co, c. 1849.
First edition of this classic tale with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Kenny Meadows, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 115662
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Collection of Michael Rosen First Editions; with When Did You Last Wash Your Feet? Inscribed by him
ROSEN, Michael.
Michael Rosen Collection.
London: Various Publishers, 1986-2008.
Collection of first editions by children's book author Michael Rosen. Quarto, three volumes. The collection includes a first edition of Dear Mother Goose (London: Walker Books, 2008), a first edition of Michael Rosens Sad Book illustrated by Quentin Blake (London: Walker Books, 2004), and a first edition of When Did You Last Wash Your Feet? inscribed by the author (London: Andre Deutsch, 1986). Each volume is in fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 118056
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First Edition of Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures With 46 Recipes; Inscribed by Alice Waters and Ann Arnold with a sketch
WATERS, Alice with Bob Carrau and Patricia Curtan.
Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child’s Restaurant Adventures With 46 Recipes.
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
First edition of this children's book by the creator of Chez Panisse. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Lindsay, Alice Waters." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page with a drawing of herself holding flowers and pointing at the inscription, "With greetings from the illustrator Ann Arnold." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 145492
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First Edition of Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One; Signed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2007.
First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Love Judy Blume." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 149258
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Rare first edition of Vernon Grant's Mr. Mixie Dough
GRANT, Vernon.
Mr. Mixie Dough.
Racine, Washington: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934.
First edition of Grant's children's classic. Quarto, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 16 full-page illustrations. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 136341
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"One moonlit evening, mainly to prove himself he could do it, Harold went for a walk on a tightrope": Scarce First Edition of Harold's Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
JOHNSON, Crockett.
Harold’s Circus: An Astounding, Colossal, Purple Crayon Event!
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959.
First edition of the fifth book in the author's beloved series. 16mo, original cloth, illustrated. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Scarce.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 101254
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“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale": First Edition of The Last Unicorn; Signed by Peter S. Beagle
BEAGLE, Peter S. with Peter B. Gillis; Art by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon.
The Last Unicorn.
San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2011.
First edition of the graphic novel adaptation of Beagle’s classic second book, which follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon. Boldly signed by Peter S. Beagle on the front end paper. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 147091
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the 'Nineties
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Maltese Cat: A Polo Game of the ‘Nineties.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1936.
First edition of Kipling's tale of a polo pony living among the British in India. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, frontispiece and plates in color. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 122493
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"There's not much opportunity for self-advancement in toilets": First edition of Raymond Briggs' Gentleman Jim; Signed and dated by him
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Gentleman Jim.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980.
First edition of Briggs' somber look into the daily struggles of the working class. Folio, original illustrated boards. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "Raymond Briggs 21 April 1981." In near fine condition.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 92540
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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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First Edition of Mildred Taylor's Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Inscribed by Her in the year of Publication
TAYLOR, Mildred D.
Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
New York: The Dial Press, 1981.
First edition of this sequel to the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Betsy, My best wishes to you! Mildred D. Taylor December 16, 1981." Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 123733
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First Edition of Fudge-A-Mania; Inscribed by Judy Blume
BLUME, Judy.
Fudge-A-Mania.
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990.
First edition of this work in the author's classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Linda Love, Judy Blume Oct. 1993." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Sue Truesdell.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144223
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"I like you and I know why... I like you because you and are good person to like": Sandol Stoddard Warburg's I Like You
WARBURG, Sandol Stoddard. Illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast.
I Like You.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
First edition of Warburg's children's classic. 16mo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Ownership inscription.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 124540
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First Edition of A Child's Calendar; Signed by Illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert
UPDIKE, John.
A Child’s Calendar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965.
First edition. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 5035
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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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"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