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
Ernest H. Shepard. Hardcover. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. Stated Third Edition.Octavo (7.5" x 5"); xi, 158p. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. Light bumping to corners and nudging to spine ends, with some small patches superficial chewing to cloth. Covers open shakily with hinges cracked after endpapers..... More
[New York]: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American Edition. Octavo; 158pp. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. Map endpapers. Missing dust jacket. Boards a bit bowed with light creasing down back. Bumping to corners and spine ends, with some smudges to cloth..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First Edition, First Printing with no subsequent printings listed on copyright and five-line colophon at back. Small quarto. Book in salmon cloth-covered boards with red lettering and illustration. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners, with a small dent to back at fore-edge, some..... 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
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1952. Later Printing without Rinehart logo on copyright. Octavo (8" x 5.25"); unpaginated. Illustrated blue paper wraps with pages staple-bound along spine underneath. Covers lightly rubbed along edges and joints with a small crease to top corner. Previous owner's small name stamp at top of..... 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
J.W. Kennedy. Hardcover. Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1899. Octavo (7.5" x 5.25"); 308p. 8 plates including frontis, all present. Publisher's green cloth with blue lettering and blue and white illustration. Covers edgeworn with superficial chewing to cloth and a bit of a cock to spine. Boards open shakily and..... More
Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. Later Printing. Signed by the author with brief inscription on half title. Octavo; 243pp. Pictorial dust jacket has original $3.95. Black cloth binding with blindstamped decoration on front and bright pink lettering to spine. Dust jacket rubbed at head and foot..... 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
First American Edition. Hardcover. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. Stated First American Edition, June 1999, with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; [x], 341pp. Illustrated dustjacket with original $17.95 price; book in blue paper- and green cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. Both..... More
First American Edition. Hardcover. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. Stated First American Edition, October 1999, with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; ix, 435pp. Illustrated dustjacket with original $19.95 price; book in aquamarine paper- and purple cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. First..... 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
Ella Dolbear Lee. Hardcover. Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1917. Octavo (8.5" x 6.5"); 62p. Four full-color plates including frontis, with black and white in-text illustrations. Publisher's illustrated red cloth. Covers edgeworn with a flap chipped away and nearly separated at tail of spine, along with a bit of bowing 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
Mervyn Peake. First Thus. Stockholm: Zephyr Books, 1946. Library of British and American Authors Vol 67. First Thus. 12mo; 348pp. Illustrations 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 of..... More