First Edition. Hardcover. Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo Bliss, 1855. Small octavo (3.75" x 4.5"); 96p. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers edgeworn with fraying along fore-edge and spine ends, along with a dampstain along spine and bottom back edge. Hinges cracked. Dampstain down..... More
Jason Chin. First Edition. New York: Emerald City Press, 2002. First Edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); [vi], 168p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $19.95 price; book in black cloth with silver lettering. Jacket is clean and crisp with very light shelfwear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards curving outward a...... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. Stated "First Published 1950" on copyright page. Octavo; 173 pp. Full-color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in silver on spine. Spine toned and slightly rolled. Edges rubbed. Cloth split at bottom back joint with some exposure..... More
![The Magician's Nephew [Fourth Impression]. C S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes](/pictures/thumb/6151.jpg?v=1582731062)
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. Fourth Impression. Octavo. 183 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original 12s 16d price present. Green boards stamped in silver at spine. Black and white illustrations. Dust jacket is chipped along edges with a handful of closed tears to spine and front and..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1888. First Edition with no additional printings. Octavo; 217pp +6pp ads at back. Six illustrations including frontis, all present, with first illustration mis-numbered in contents as being on p 51 vs. 41. Green publisher's cloth with gilt and white accents. Covers lightly bumped..... More
Maurice LaLau. Paris: Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1923. Later Printing of the 1914 First Edition. French language. Quarto; iv, 154pp. Nine mounted color plates, with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's pink cloth with color illustration to front. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffs down..... More
Dennis Anfuso. First Edition. Hardcover. Wilton: Interset Press, 1995. Stated First Interset Press Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author without inscription on half title. Illustrated dustjacket with original $24.95 price; book in green cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a clean 1.5" tear from top near spine and..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, with flat matte boards and bound in one signature. Educational blurbs on back. Missing dust jacket. Octavo; 61 pp. Boards bumped along edges and corners, with tape repair down spine, over front right corner, and along internal hinges, with some toning..... More
![Sister [Signed]. Eloise Greenfield, Moneta Barnett](/pictures/thumb/000978.jpg?v=1591285217)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "For black truth / faith / purpose, Eloise Greenfield. Jan. 15, 1975." Octavo; 83 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in drab yellow cloth with..... More
New York and London: White and Allen, 1889. No additional printings listed. Quarto; unpaginated. color and sepia illustrations throughout. Boards edgeworn with bumps and rubbing at corners and spine ends, along with some general smudging and toning. Hinges weak with cracks starting, but binding is secure. Some thumbprinting in margins..... More
Georgia Tufts. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc., 1959. First Edition with no additional printings. SIGNED by Tufts with doodle of cat holding card reading "To the Mansfields from Georgia" on front free endpaper. Illustrated dustjacket with original $2.75 price over blue cloth-covered boards. Jacket..... More
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1954. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 35 pages. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket shows three large tears with remnants of crude tape and glue repair showing over two of them. Chipped at spine ends and some spotting to flaps. Brown boards are spotted with some..... More
First U.S. Edition. Philadelphia: H. Hooker & Co., 1857. First U.S. Edition ("Complete from the London Edition"). 16mo (6" x 4"); 162pp. Blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with chips at center of spine exposing binder's waste and shallow..... More
Harriet Evatt. First Edition. Hardcover. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. Stated First Edition. Illustrated dustjacket over matching illustrated boards. Price-clipped dustjacket shows a pea-sized chip at top back edge, but is clean and crisp overall with no other chips, tears, or marks. Boards are square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked..... More
[Boston]: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1940. First Edition. Octavo; unpaginated. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with original $1.00 price intact; illustrated paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears along edges, with some dampstaining at bottom edge and up spine only visible to..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo; x + 379pp. Illustrations by Hugh Lofting throughout, including color frontispiece with protective tissue. Mustard cloth boards with full-color Lofting image pasted on front panel within stamped teal circus surround; stamped teal line drawing on back panel. Teal lettering on..... More
Hardcover. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1884]. Octavo (7.25" x 5.25"); 348p +2p ads. Illustrated throughout. Red and green cloth-covered boards with black floral stamping and gilt lettering. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with a slight cock to spine and some general soiling and smudging to..... More
Marie Angel. First Edition. HArdcover. New York: Crown Publishers, 1978. First Edition with no additional printings listed. SIGNED by the author with dedication to book and antiques dealer Harold J. Herman on full title. Illustrated dustjacket with original $6.95 price; book in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket..... More
Hardcover. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1892. Boys of Liberty Library. Later Printing. Octavo (7.5" x 4.75"); 222p +ii ads. Publisher's mustard cloth with black and red illustration. Covers are clean and bright with nudging to spine ends and a couple very light scuffs. Opens a bit easily to between a few..... More
Hardcover. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904. Boys of Liberty Library. Later Printing. Octavo (7.5" x 4.75"); 211p +viii ads. Publisher's mustard cloth with black and red illustration. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with a small inkspot over title on front and some general smudging and soiling to cloth. Spine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition, with "Published October 1908" on copyright page with publisher's device. Octavo. 302 pages. Frontis with tissue guard. Green boards with gilt to spine and front. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show wear at extremities and some tan speckled spotting..... More
Stockholm: Zephyr Books, 1946. Library of British and American Authors Vol 67. First Thus. 12mo; 348pp. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake throughout. Illustrated beige dust jacket over matching paper wraps. "Not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A." printed on back cover. Jacket chipped at head..... More
Hardcover. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904. Boys of Liberty Library. Later Printing. Octavo (7.5" x 4.75"); 221p +ii ads. Publisher's mustard cloth with black and red illustration. Covers lightly bumped at corners and spine ends with some general smudging and soiling to cloth. Opens easily at hinges and between a few..... More
![One Day in a Baby's Life [La journée de bébé]. M. Arnaud, Susan Coolidge, Firmin Bouisset, Trans](/pictures/thumb/000615.jpg?v=1574278105)
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Octavo; 32pp. Illustrated beveled boards with red cloth spine. Patterned endpapers. Full color chromolithographic illustrations in mid 19th-century pastels on every page. All textblock edges stained in red. Boards soiled with eroded and bumped edges and corners. Irregular horizontal abrasion runs across front panel. Cloth..... More
Margaret Tarrant. First American Edition. Boston & London: The Medici Society, [1925]. First American Edition. Octavo; 108pp. 16 mounted color plates including frontis, all present, with numerous color portraits and embellishments throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards with yellow lettering and illustration. Lacking dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with a couple light paperclip..... More