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First Edition of The Sea Lion; Signed by Ken Kesey
KESEY, Ken.
The Sea Lion: A Story of the Sea Cliff People.
New York: Viking, 1991.
First edition of this beautiful piece of children's literature. Super octavo, original half cloth, lavender endpapers, fully illustrated by Neil Waldman. Boldly signed and dated by the author in gold felt tip on the front free endpaper, "Ken Kesey 1992." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145361
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"My small feet could walk the sun up and down across the stony hill-crests where we worked": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's "Teem"- A Treasure-Hunter; in the scarce original dust jacket
KIPLING, Rudyard.
“Teem”- A Treasure-Hunter.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938.
First edition of Kipling's beloved dog story. Octavo, original cloth. Frontispiece illustration by Marguerite Kirmse. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 121883
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First edition of the Star Wars: Punch-Out and Make-It Book; designed by Ib Penick and illustrated with Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub
PENICK, Ib [Designer]. Illustrated by Patricia Wayne; Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub.
Star Wars: Punch-Out and Make-It Book. Based on the film by George Lucas.
Glasgow and London: Collins, 1978.
First edition of this classic 70s punch-out and make-it book. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. Designed by Ib Penick. Illustrated by Patricia Wayne. Instructional Drawings by Charlotte Staub. In fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 145053
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"You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you": First Edition of the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award Winning Novel
TAYLOR, Mildred D.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
New York: The Dial Press, 2001.
First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of the author's classic Newbery Award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 146375
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Signed by Michael Rosen
MCGOUGH, Roger and Michael Rosen; Illustrated by Sara Midda.
You Tell Me: Poems by Roger McGough and Michael Rosen.
London: Puffin Books, 1981.
First edition of this collection of poems for children. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper, "Michael Rosen 12/10/85." In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 89125
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First Edition of Jack Whittingham's Sabu of the Elephants
WHITTINGHAM, Jack.
Sabu of the Elephants.
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1938.
First edition of Whittingham's account of the filming of "Toomai of the Elephants." Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 126935
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First edition of Coyote Goes Walking: retold and with pictures by Tom Pohrt
POHRT, Tom.
Coyote Goes Walking.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995.
First edition of Pohrt's wonderfully illustrated retelling of four of the adventures of the classic mythical creature. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, illustrated by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 140125
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"Girls and boys come out to play, the moon is shining bright as day!": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Brushwood Boy
KIPLING, Rudyard.
The Brushwood Boy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907.
First separate edition of this Kipling children's classic. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette to the front panel, illustrated by F. H. Townsend, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 121482
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Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman
PULLMAN, Philip.
Philip Pullman Collection.
London: Various Publishers, 2000-2004.
Fine collection of first editions by children's book author Philip Pullman. Quarto, 3 volumes, original boards and wrappers, illustrated. The collection includes a two first edition of Puss in Boots (London: Doubleday: 2000), a first Picture Corgi edition of Puss in Boots (London: Picture Corgi Books, 2000), and a first edition of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp (London: Scholastic Children's Books, 2004). Each volume is in fine condition.
Price: $65.00 Item Number: 117733
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First edition of Rudyard Kipling's Toomai of the Elephants; with illustrations from the 1937 film Elephant Boy
KIPILNG, Rudyard.
Toomai of the Elephants.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1937.
First separate edition Kipling's story of Toomai, a young elephant-handler, the basis for the 1937 film "Elephant Boy" starring Sabu Dastagir, India's first child actor. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs from the film by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty. Very good in the original dust jacket which is in good condition.
Price: $55.00 Item Number: 121393
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"The cat sat on his lap and purred with mirth, the dog lay at his feet, and peace was on earth": First Edition of Ludwig Bemelmans' Sunshine
BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Sunshine: A Story About the City of New York.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950.
First edition of this story about the city of New York by the author of Madeline. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 146781
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First Edition of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas Games Book
BRIGGS, Raymond.
Father Christmas Games Book.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1995.
First edition of this collection of four games based on the author's award-winning childrens story 'Father Christmas.' Square octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with artwork by Sara Silcock. In very good condition.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147075
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"Grub's Up!": First Edition of Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes
DAHL, Roald; Felicity Dahl; Lori-Ann Newman.
Even More Revolting Recipes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001.
First edition of this collection of scrumdiddlyumptious treats from Dahl's famous children's stories. Medium octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with drawings by Quentin Blake and photographs by Jan Baldwin throughout. In very good condition. Recipes by Lori-Ann Newman.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147106
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"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of Roald Dahl's The Minpins
DAHL, Roald.
The Minpins.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991.
First edition of the author's final work for children. Quarto, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with pictures by Patrick Benson. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 147110
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First Edition of Egg and Spoon; Signed by Gregory Maguire
MAGUIRE, Gregory.
Egg and Spoon
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2014.
First edition of this work by the author of Wicked. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Gregory Maguire on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $50.00 Item Number: 4522
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"Listen...Can you hear the thunder of ghostly hooves? The Demon Huntsman has come to claim his prey!" First Corgi Yearling edition of Philip Pullman's first children's edition
PULLMAN, Philip.
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman.
London: Corgi Yearling Books, 1998.
First Corgi Yearling edition of Pullman's first children's novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Greetings to Eileen - Philip Pullman." Cover illustration by Peter Bailey. Illustrations by Patrice Aggs. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 88117
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Rare German edition of Rudyard Kipling's Puck
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Puck: Geschichten aus alten Sagen. Ein Buch fur groke und heine Leute.
Berlin-Charlottenburg: Bita Deutsches Berlagshaus, n.d..
Rare German edition of Kipling's collected Puck stories. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated by H.R. Millar. Translated into German by E. Rosenbach. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 123493
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First Edition of Philip Pullman's Once Upon a Time in the North
PULLMAN, Philip.
Once Upon a Time in the North.
Oxford: David Fickling Books, 2008.
First edition of this masterful prequel to Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Duodecimo, original cloth with gilt title and pictorial cover labels to the front panel, illustrated with in-line engravings by John Lawrence, immersive full-page facsimile documents, and folding pamphlets in a pocket adhered to the rear pastedown. In near fine condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 146926
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First Edition of Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols
TUDOR, Tasha and Linda Allen.
Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.
New York: David McCay Company, 1978.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 140687
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“I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement”: Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Viking, 1993.
Early printing of the Viking edition of Dahl’s classic children’s work in the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a “garden tale” of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Cover and illustrations by Tony Ross.
Price: $35.00 Item Number: 148053