Rat Life: A Mystery
New York: Dial Books, 2007. First printing. Green cloth boards in dust jacket, inscribed by Arnold, 200pp.
Children’s Books
Shoo, Fly Guy!
New York: Scholastic, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Arnold on the titlepage. First edition, 2006. Pictorial hardcover, 30 pp., illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, no dust jacket.
The Twin Princes
New York: Dial Books for Younger Readers / Penguin, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by Arnold on the titlepage. First edition, 2007. Small quarto, pictorial hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival.....
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.
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.....
The Poor Woodcutter and Other Stories; Arthur's Juvenile Library
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. Later printing. Hardcover. Early edition, 1874. Blindstamped blue cloth hardcover with gilt decorations, 153 pp., Good copy, pencil signatures and scribbles to a few pages, soiling or discoloration to some pages and the page-edges, minor discoloration to the covers, rubbing and wear to.....
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.....
The Mother's Fables. In Verse. Designed, through the Medium of Amusement, to Convey to Children Some Useful Precepts of Virtue and Benevolence. A New Edition, to Which is Added (for the First Time) Tales and Fables, In Verse, by the Same Author.
London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1861. New edition. Hardcover. Gilt stamped green cloth boards, small octavo, 183pp., illustrated in b&w. Book with handsome gilt to front board and spine, mild rubbing, binding mostly tight, a few marks and foxing to front endpapers, pages 43-46 have a crease that is cracking.....
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.
The Man Who Was Poe: A Novel
New York: Orchard Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1989. 8vo, hardcover, 208 pp. Book is Near Fine. Signed on title page, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is Very Good, with light edgewear. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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.
Puzzle-Cap; A Juvenile Riddle Book, Containing Puzzles for the Ingenious
New Haven: S. Babcock, 1849. Paperback. 1849. Paperback pamphlet, 3 by 4.5 in. in tan engraved wraps. 16pp. with engravings throughout. Very good, with light finger smudging only, else fine. As per the title, a book of riddles alongside detailed engravings, with solutions in the back for the slightly less.....
The Picture Book; or Familiar Objects Described
New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1844. First edition. Paperback. 1844. Paperback, measures 3.5 by 2.5 inches, in tan engraved wraps. 16pp. illustrated with engravings. Very good. Foxing to wraps. contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown. faint stain to upper right corner of contents, some internal foxing. Contents remain complete and.....
Starting from Scratch; An Album of Drawings by Peggy Bacon
New York: Julian Messner, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Spiral-bound hardcover in dust jacket, unpaginated (ca. 46 pages), illustrated, clean unmarked text, Fair copy in Fair price-clipped dust jacket, discoloration or soil to the pages of the text, front board detched but present (held in place with dust jacket protector, dust.....
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.....