A Good House For A Mouse
New York: Julian Messner, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this very scarce volume. Illustrated throughout by Eloise Wilkin. Lovely and complete dust jacket.
Children's Books
The X Bar X Boys Lost In The Rockies
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1934). Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered and stamped in black. In a bright and very sharp example of the dust jacket with just a hint of wear to the spine ends.The list of titles printed on the copyright page has Lost In The Rockies as the last title. The.....
The Land of Lost Dolls
New York: Thomas F. Kyle, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated paper on boards. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Illustrated in color by Victor Perard. Illustrated endpapers.
Poems of Childhood
New York: Scribners, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very nice copy of the First Edition with 8 full page Maxfield Parrish illustrations plus the title page. 1904 on the title page in Roman Numerals. The gold lettering is very bright. There is a minor crease to the spine. Beautiful illustrated endpapers. The corners are bumped but the overall.....
The Patchwork Quilt
New York: The Dial Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A clean, bright and solid copy. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Chatterbox; Menagerie Of Animals
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, (1892). Hardcover. Good. Lovely illustrated quarto volume with dozens of charming engravings. The front cover is elaborately illustrated paper on boards. With Illustrations by Harrison Weir and others. The corners are rounded and a bit worn. The pale green cloth spine is without text. The rear board is not illustrated and is a bit worn.....
The Mary Frances Cook Book. Or Adventures Among The Kitchen People
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original blue cloth boards with full color illustration paste down to the front panel. A very nice Christmas gift inscription to the front free endpaper from "Uncle Ben." Full page illustrations by Margaret G. Hays. Other illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer. 175pp. The gilt lettering on the spine.....
Crazy Hair
London: Bloomsbury, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Based on an idea by both Gaiman and McKean. Illustrated by Dave McKean. Illustrated boards and complete illustrated dust jacket. A lovely volume.
Interworld
New York: EOS, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects.
King Arthur
Akron: Saalfield, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Blue boards. Color dust jacket art, color frontispiece and black and white illustrations by Frances Brundage. The jacket shows some edge-wear to both spine ends and some minor abrasions. Still, a clean, bright and pleasing copy.
More Fun For Our Little Friends
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Original dark green pebbled cloth with blind corner designs. Lettered and illustrated in gilt. With twenty two large illustrations by Edward H. Wehnert. Nineteenth century gift inscriptions on the front paste-down and the front free endpaper...
Deep Trouble
London: Doubleday, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth book in the series. No dust jacket, as issued.
Pure Dead Brilliant
London: Doubleday, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. The third title in this delightful series. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Issued without jacket.
Buddy Jim
New York: P. F. Volland Company, (1922). Hardcover. Very Good. Original illustrated paper on boards. A clean, bright and solid copy, illustrated throughout by John Rae. Some minor discoloration on both boards, parallel to the vertical line of the spine. A bit of a mystery. Still housed in the original illustrated box. There is some splitting and wear but overall.....
Jack Alden A Story of Adventures in the Virginia Campaigns '61-'65
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth with beveled edges. Civil War action for a young audience.
Famous Flyers
Cleveland: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. The spine of the jacket shows wear along the top edge. Lovely cover art by Neff. Aviation history aimed at children. Featuring flyers such as the Wright brothers, Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Pages browning throughout...
The Short-Stop
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original tan cloth with illustration and lettering in black. Previous owner signature on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by H. S. DeLay. Copyright page states 4th printing of 1914. The jacket is bright and remarkably complete. The rear panel is moderately soiled.
Dear Mili
New York: Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine copy in all respects. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak and newly translated by Ralph Manheim. This book is a real delight in this exceptional condition. The book is a bit too large for my scanner so there is some loss to the image.
Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman
New York: Johnny Gruelle & Co., (1942). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green spine, lettered in white. Beautifully illustrated by Worth Gruelle throughout - many in color. A clean and solid copy. Previous owner name in pencil on front paste-down.
Raggedy Ann and the Golden Butterfly
New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of the first edition. The colors remain quite vivid. Illustrated by the author throughout. A very solid copy. The corners are a bit rounded, else fine.
Raggedy Ann In The Magic Book
New York: Johhny Gruelle Company, (1939). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated paper on boards. All colors very bright. Red spine lettered in white. Corners rounded. Teal endpapers. Illustrated by Worth Gruelle. A clean and solid copy.
Raggedy Ann's Lucky Pennies
Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Company, (1932). Hardcover. Good. Original illustrated paper on boards. Lacking the jacket. The book is clean and solid. There are some scratches and marks on the boards and the corners are a bit rounded. The internal illustrations are bright and clean and the hinges are strong. The last title listed at the rear is "Camel.....
Ocean Star Express
London: Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. No dust jacket, as issued.
The Perfect Present
New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Fine. As new. A lovely copy in all respects. The book is just a bit too large for the scanner.
Katie and Her Friends
Mathews, VA: The Moss Portfolio, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by both the author and by P. Buckley Moss, the painter. The book is too large for my scanner. It is a fine copy in all respects.