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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it": First Edition of BFG; Signed by Roald Dahl and Illustrator Quentin Blake
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The BFG: Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown, "Nicola Love Roald Dahl." Additionally inscribed by the illustrator Quentin Blake opposite Dahl's inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed by both Dahl and Blake.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 109358
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men": Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Warmly and Lengthily Inscribed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.
First edition, second issue with the five line colophon on the last page of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the family of film director Fred Zinnemann on the front free endpaper, "THIS BOOK IS FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN OF RENEE AND FRED WITH LOVE FROM Roald Dahl 1969." Fred Zinnemann was a revered film director and producer who won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres. His best known works include High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Oklahoma! and The Day of the Jackal. Dahl was a family…
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 147400
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First Edition of The Gremlins; Inscribed by Roald Dahl in the Year of Publication
DAHL, Roald [Walt Disney].
The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
New York: Random House, 1943.
First edition of Dahl’s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Tim xxx from Roald Dahl 19/6/43 There should be a bowler hat and a tail." Dahl has added a drawing of a hat and a tail on the gremlin. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed in the year of publication.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 73076
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"The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you:" Rare First Edition of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Signed by E.L. Konigsburg
KONIGSBURG, E. L.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
New York: Atheneum, 1967.
First edition of the author's Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by E.L. Konigsburg on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare in this condition and signed.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 23067
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“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice": First Edition of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox; Signed by Him
DAHL, Roald.
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
First 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 beige cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Donald Chaffin. Jacket design by Donna Lampell. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 128644
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“I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Silver Chair; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
The Silver Chair.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. An exceptional example, as this is the most difficult volume in the series to find in collectible condition.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 144244
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": COMPLETE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SET OF EACH VOLUME IN J.K. ROWLING'S BEST-SELLING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HARRY POTTER SERIES
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.
First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143115
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"Don't be so old-fashioned. This is 1066! Definitely, I shall attend the battle on horseback": First edition, first printing of The Seven Lady Godivas; inscribed by Dr. Seuss to Josephine Dodge Kimball, the founder of the first exclusively children's book store, Young Books
SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel].
The Seven Lady Godivas.
New York: Random House, 1939.
First edition, first printing of this classic Dr. Seuss title. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Josephine Kimball Godiva with very best thanks - Dr. Seuss." The recipient, Josephine Dodge Kimball co-founded the first book store to specialize in children's literature, Young Books, on Madison Avenue in 1929 with former Bryn Mawr classmate Joan Whitney Payson. Both women were from prominent families and had connections that brought the store instant fame. The store's opening brought headlines in the New York Times, Life and the Saturday Review of Literature…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 104001
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"The future cannot blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past. The hope is always here, always alive, but only your fierce caring can fan it into a fire to warm the world": First Editions of The Dark Is Rising Series; Each Volume Signed by Susan Cooper
COOPER, Susan.
The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.
First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 1254
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The earliest known first edition, presentation copy of Potter's The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle; warmly inscribed by her in the month following the book's publication
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1905.
The earliest known first edition, presentation copy of Potter's popular children's story. Octavo, original boards with embossed titles and pictorial cover label, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 26 color plates by the author. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front pictorial endpaper in the year of publication, "For Theresa Thorp with love from Beatrix Potter Oct 15th 05." The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was published only one month prior to Potter's inscription in September 1905, this is the earliest traceable presentation copy inscribed by Potter. In very good condition. Front hinge reinforced, loss to the crown and foot…
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 135913
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PEANUTS BOOK; SIGNED BY CHARLES SCHULZ
SCHULZ, Charles M.
Peanuts.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1952.
First edition of the first collection of the Peanuts cartoons. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes Charles M. Schulz." In fine condition, as this was stored upon publication by the original owner. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 136467
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Signed by Salvador Dali
LEWIS CARROLL [CHARLES. L. DODGSON]; ILLUSTRATED BY SALVADOR DALI,.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
New York: Maecenas Press & Random House, 1969.
Limited illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved children's classic, signed by and with twelve illustrations by Salvador Dali. Folio, loose portfolio as issued in original brown silk chemise decorated in gilt, illustrated with an original three-color etching as a frontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures (heliogravures) after Dalí's original gouache paintings. One of 2500 numbered copies signed by Salvador Dali on the title page. Housed in the original tan leather-backed clamshell case, lacking imitation bone clasps. In very good condition.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 147228
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"I suppose we'll get used to being grown-up in time": first edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of the Island; In the Exceptionally rare Dust Jacket
MONTGOMERY, L. M..
Anne of the Island.
Boston: The Page Company, 1915.
First edition, first printing of the third title in Montgomery's beloved Anne of Green Gables series with all first issue points including stated first impression on copyright page, 1915 date in roman numerals on title page, correct dust jacket blurbs and price ($1.25). Octavo, original cloth decorated in gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece and mounted cover illustration in color by H. Weston Taylor, 16 pages of publisher’s advertisements bound at rear. Fine in the scarce original dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Exceptionally rare and desirable. Copies of this title in the original dust jacket are of the utmost…
Price: $9,200.00 Item Number: 130579
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First Edition of Watership Down; Inscribed by Richard Adams
ADAMS, Richard.
Watership Down.
London: Rex Collings, 1972.
First edition of the author's first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author withing two months of the publication date on the front free endpaper, "To Jessie and Derek Hinrich with best wishes from Richard Adams January 1973." Fine in a fine dust jacket. The nicest example we have ever seen.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143483
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First Edition of Shel Silverstein's Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back; Signed by Him with a Drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
Uncle Shelby’s Story of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963.
First edition of the first children's book which started Silverstein's incomparable career. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed on the half-title page by the author who has added a drawing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. We have never seen another signed example.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 138198
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First Edition of Jean de Brunhoff's Le Chateau de Babar; Inscribed by the author to Maurice Sendak with an Original Babar Drawing
BRUNHOFF, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak].
Le Chateau de Babar.
Paris: Hachette, 1961.
First edition of this winsome children's story in the original French, from the library of Maurice Sendak. Folio, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "A Maurice Sendak amicoleures Laurent de Brunhoff," with a drawing of one of Babar's children peeking out from behind a gardener elephant. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is often hailed as “the Picasso of children’s books.” He has produced more than 85 books which have populated children’s imaginations for years. For his contributions to children’s literature, Sendak received the third biennial Hans…
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 147137
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“Thank you for my nice tea": Rare First Edition of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came To Tea
KERR, Judith.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
London: Collins, 1968.
First edition of this classic, one of the best selling children's book of all-time. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 142030
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"Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin' for my missin' piece": First edition of Shel Silverstein's The Missing Piece; inscribed by him with an original drawing
SILVERSTEIN, Shel.
The Missing Piece.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976.
First edition of Silverstein's classic work, published by Ursula Nordstrom. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the pastedown and front free endpaper "For Frank - Thank you for making the road less rocky - And thank you for believing in this book ~ Love Shel." Silverstein has added a drawing of the book's protagonist rolling along on a level path. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 135135
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"This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches": First Edition of The Witches; Signed by Roald Dahl
DAHL, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
The Witches.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983.
First edition of Dahl’s Whitbread Award-winning children’s novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 144317
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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities": First edition, first issue of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 1998.
First edition, first issue of the second novel in Rowling's Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Jacket design by Cliff Wright.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 140027
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"Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality": First Edition of Watership Down; Signed by Richard Adams
ADAMS, Richard.
Watership Down.
London: Rex Collings, 1972.
First edition of the author's first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Boldly signed the author on the title page, "Yours sincerely Richard Adams." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Asprey. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 136602
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“Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia": First Edition of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
LEWIS, C.S.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950.
First edition of the first work in Lewis' acclaimed Narnia series. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 142909
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First edition of C.S. Lewis' Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia; with an autograph note signed by him to his PhD Student at Cambridge, Anthony Spearing
LEWIS, C.S.
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
First edition of the second book in Lewis' beloved Narnia series. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. With an autograph note signed by C.S. Lewis to his PhD student at Cambridge, Anthony Spearing. On Lewis' Magdalene College, Cambridge letterhead, the note reads in full, "5th Nov. 57 Dear Mr. Spearing, I gather I have been inflicted as you as a "superior" so I suppose we out to meet. Wd. next Friday at 12 suit you? Don't bother replying if it would. Yours sincerely C. S. Lewis." The recipient of the letter, Anthony Spearing was assigned to report…
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 135229
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"The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer": First Edition of Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House
BURTON, Virginia Lee.
The Little House.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942.
First edition of one of the rarest and most sought after children’s classics. Oblong quarto, original blue cloth. Near fine in an excellent unrestored dust jacket that shows a small chip to the crown of the spine and some light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example.
Price: $8,000.00 Item Number: 2325