The Twin Princes
New York: Dial Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 4to, pictorial hardcover in dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Book is signed by author in year of issue on title page. Book is very nearly Fine in like jacket.
Children’s Books
Axle Annie and the Speed Grump, Inscribed by Tedd Arnold
New York: Dial, 2005. First edition. Hardback. Inscribed by Tedd Arnold on the half-title. 2005. First edition. Hardcover, oblong 4to. in dust jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Slither and Crawl: Eye to Eye with Reptiles, Inscribed by Jim Arnosky!
New York: Sterling, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED on the title page by naturalist Jim Arnosky! 2009. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 32pp. illustrated, with 4 fold out plates. Fine in fine dust jacket. A clean copy, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket in mylar. Digital images.....
Agouhanna
Toronto/Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1972. Hardcover, 89 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good ex-library copy with typical treatments (pocket, stamps, writing on spine), a faint mustiness to the book, minor rubbing or wear to the covers, no dust jacket.
Gabriel Churchkitten and the Moths
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 1948. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. Unpaginated, with illustrations by the author. Very good in good dust jacket. Tearing and some loss to spine of dust jacket, especially on the title and spine ends. Dust jacket housed.....
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
New York: Hyperion Books, 2002. Later printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Avi on the titlepage. Later printing, 2002. Hardcover in dust jacket, 262 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, dust jacket with Newberry medal sticker on.....
Don't You Know There's A War On?
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Avi on the titlepage. First edition, 2001. Hardcover in dust jacket, 200 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, dust jacket with minor edgewear. Dust jacket.....
The Good Dog
New York: Atheneum, 2001. First printing. Paperback. Signed and dated by Avi on the titlepage. Advance Reader's Copy (or ARC), 2001. Softcover, 243 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light creasing to the tips of the book's covers.
Poppy and Rye
New York: Avon Camelot, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Avi on the titlepage. First edition, 1998. Hardcover in dust jacket, 182 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, dust jacket with minor edgewear. Dust.....
The Little Forget Me Not: A Token of Love (Babcok's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books)
New Haven: S. Babcock, ca. 1840. Paperback. ca. 1840. Paperback in blue wraps. 24pp. with engravings throughout. Very good. Light soiling to wraps. None listed currently on OCLC. Digital images available upon request.
The Child's Own Sunday Book; or Sabbath-Day Lessons for Little Children
New Haven: S. Babcock, ca. 1840s. Paperback. ca. 1840s. Paperback pamphlet, measuring 3 by 4.5 in. in tan engraved wraps. 16pp. with biblical engravings throughout. Very good, with only minor internal foxing. Part of a series of moral toy books by the same publisher.
Giant Children, Inscribed by Tedd Arnold
New York: Dial, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the half-title by Ted Arnold. 2002. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in pictorial boards, dust jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated by Ted Arnold. Fine in fine dust jacket.
The Gooch Machine: Poems for Children to Perform
Honesdale: Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press, 1997. Hardcover. Inscribed by Bagert on the front flyleaf. Does not appear to be a first edition, 1997. Quarto, pictorial hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light creasing or wear to.....
The Tale of Peter Mink
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Hardcover. C. 1916, but list of Sleepy-Time Tales ends with The Tale of Nimble Deer (1922) and on the rear flap Cuffy Bear's Holidays (published 1929 we believe), so we're thinking 1929 for this especially with 1929 gift inscription on pastedown. Square 8vo, pictorial.....
The Tale of Tommy Fox
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Hardcover. C. 1915, but list of Sleepy-Time Tales ends with The Tale of Nimble Deer (1922) and on the rear flap Cuffy Bear's Holidays (published 1929 we believe), so we're thinking 1929 for this. Square 8vo, pictorial cloth in green color pictorial dust jacket.....
The Tale of Ferdinand Frog; Sleepy-Time Tales
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1918. Later printing. Hardcover. No clear publication history. Early edition, but probably not a first as the rear dust jacket flap lists "Cuffy Bear's Holiday" last. Blue cloth hardcover with green designs in dust jacket, 128 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked copy, Very Good copy in.....
Group of 18 Works by Bernadine Bailey, Including Einar, Maureen Marshall Private Eye, American Shrines in England, Abraham Lincoln Man of Courage, Carol Carson: Books Across the Border, Christopher Columbus: Sailor and Dreamer. The Captive Nations: Our First Line of Defense, Denmark: Wonderland of Work and Play, Famous Latin American Liberators, Famous Modern Explorers, Austria and Switzerland: Alphine Countries, Juan Pance de Leon, Bellsbellsbells, Washington D.C.: Our Nation's Capital, and 4 Copies of From My Heart to Yours, Most INSCRIBED by the Author
New York/ London: Dodd, Mead, and Co./ Houghton, Mifflin/ et al. 1956-1978. First edition. Hardcover. Group of 18 Works by Bernadine Bailey, most of which are INSCRIBED to 'Betty and George' by Bailey. Includes: Einar, Maureen Marshall Private Eye, American Shrines in England, Abraham Lincoln Man of Courage, Carol Carson.....
"Jerry," and Other Stories
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1896. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1896. Green decorative cloth 8vo, 195pp + ads. In very good condition with light soil and rubbing to extremities. Scarce first edition by this author of many children's stories.
A Futrinka Utca Lakoi [Futrinka Street Residents ... 1968 Hungarian children's book with puppets]
Budapest: Mora, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. 9 x 7.5 inches, stiff card covers, photoplates in color with text in Hungarian, 20 pp. including covers. Light general wear.
TI: A Story of San Francisco's Chinatown
Chicago: David C. Cook, (1899). Hardcover. First edition (1899), tall 8vo, half red cloth and marlbled boards, 93 pp, illustrated with black and white drawings, about very good, some soil or discoloration to cloth corners and covers, contents very good.
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The Story of Little Black Sambo [The Only Authorized American Edition]
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, no date. Hardcover. Black stamped red cloth boards in dust jacket, small octavo, illustrated in color. Book has mild edgewear to spine ends and corners, gentle rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ rubbed and toned, $1.75 on front flap.
The Little Black Sambo Story Book
New York: The Platt and Munk Co., C. 1935. Hardcover. Small quarto, 10 x 8 inches, pictorial blue boards, very good, gift inscription from 1952 on flyleaf, contents very good, jacket a bit tattered with substantial loss to rear panel, tears, chips, etc. 64 pp, illustrated in color throughout. With.....
The Fairy Primer
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1923. Hardcover. Cloth. Illustrated Cover. 12mo. 128pp. Illus. Very Good. Spine darkened, some soil to boards, rubbing at corners and spine-ends, stamp from previous owner on endpaper, mild age toning to contents.
Hymns in Prose for Children (Barbauld's Hymns)
Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1810. later edition. Paperback. 1810. Later edition. Tan marbled wraps with paper title, 12mo. 36pp. illustrated with engravings. Very good. Title perforated, neatly repaired, corners chipped and creased. Flyleaf cropped, with ownership stamp. Contents foxed, else complete, clean, and unmarked.
Kembo, a Little Girl of Africa
New York: Friendship Press, 1928. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, c. 1928. 12mo (approx. 5.5 x 4 inches), red boards, in rare dust jacket, 60 (7) pp., illustrated including color plates. Very good in good, used dust jacket, ex-church library with a couple stamps (and one to top edge of.....