London: Rex Collings, 1972. First edition, first printing. viii, 413 pp., color folding map tipped in at rear. Near Fine with slight crease to spine, light rubbing to extremities, and shallow bump to upper edge of rear board. Two faint smudges to copyright pages, contents overall clean and bright. In..... More
Chicago and New York: The Werner Company, 1896. First edition, first issue. 128pp. Tiny book measuring 2 3/8" x 2 3/16", bound in boards with a cloth-like finish. Good only with offsetting to spine and inner edges of covers from binding, front cover rubbed along edges with delicate hinge near..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joan Aiken and inscribed "Best wishes from the author" on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and small stain to fore edge of textblock..... More
London: William Pickering, 1846. First edition in English. (iv), 197 pp. Late 19th Century three quarter leather over marbled paper, spine lettered in gilt. A Good or better copy with edges well-rubbed and cloth and leather mostly rubbed off or chipped there. Lacking front free endpaper. Last signature of pages..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980. First American edition, first printing, first issue with sticker on copyright page adding American illustrator Brock Cole's name (the British edition has a different illustrator). Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on title page. x, 181 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First British edition, first printing; undated on title page verso. vii, 267 pp. with 13 plates including title and frontis. Bound in publisher's olive green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. Near Fine with heavy foxing to text block edges and margins throughout, light foxing to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. x, 267 pp. with 13 illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with very light rubbing and toning to cover extremities, gift inscription dated 1911 to front free..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. x, 267pp. with 13 illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good with toning to spine, light fraying to ends, edges foxed with toning, soiling to cloth with softened..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. First edition, binding state A. Signed by L. Frank Baum and briefly inscribed on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's ribbed blue cloth with pictorial stamping. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light wear to corners and spine ends. Light evidence of erased..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1915. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in black and full color illustrated paper label to front cover, with in-text illustrations and 12 full-color plates inserted. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light wear to spine..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. First edition, first printing. (Bienvenue and Schmidt p. 288.) 62 pp. Original tan cloth with red endpapers. Very Good with former owner's info on front free endpaper, front and rear hinges reinforced, light wear, some tiny pinholes to first six pages or so..... More
Portland, OR: The Chamberlain Press, 1982. Limited edition. Copy #123 of 125, signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in decorative boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine. A lovely book of poems by the notable French-born author Hilaire Belloc illustrated with seventeen charming wood engravings by..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1940]. First edition. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards, matching dust jacket. Near Fine with worn tips in Very Good+ unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket, edgewear and minor soiling with some small chips, short closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel. A nice copy of..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Covers worn at corners and spine ends, with 2.5" of spine material lacking at the bottom. An early..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light edge wear to covers heaviest at corners and spine ends. Former owner name to front free endpaper, pages lightly thumbed..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards. Very Good with wear at the extremities and light soiling to covers, pages lightly thumbed and tanned. In a Very Good unclipped dust..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original decorated paper covered boards. Very Good with edge wear heaviest at corners and spine ends. Toning..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards. Light edge wear, browning to endsheets from binder's glue, contemporary former owner name and date to verso of front free end paper, else Fine, in an unclipped dust jacket with light dust-soiling, light toning..... More
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1952. First British edition, first printing. Unpaginated. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tips worn, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (12s. 6 d.), with two closed tears in front panel, light wear, rubbing to back panel. An attractive copy. The first book in the beloved..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Signed limited edition, precedes the first trade edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in black, green and red, lacking the slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing and light soiling to cloth, pages thumbed and with light occasional soiling. One of 985 copies signed..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First edition, first printing with the publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Margery Williams Bianco on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good soiling and light staining to..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First edition, limited issue. Signed by Margery Williams Bianco, author of The Velveteen Rabbit. Copy #58 of 105 thus. [2], 175, [1] pp. With seven tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and 24 black-and-white illustrations in the text. In quarter vellum-style paper..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. First edition, first printing in the original dust jacket. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in brownish-red on the upper board, "first edition" is stated on the copyright page, with publisher's code "M-Q" on copyright page, indicating a printing date of December, 1941..... More
Boson: Published at The Anti-Slavery Office, 1848. First edition, first printing. Signed by William Wells Brown on the first blank page and inscribed to "Joseph Potter from his friend [signed] Wm W. Brown / Taunton Oct. 18, 1848." William Wells Brown was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition, first issue with DeVinne press imprint on 210, signature mark "12" on page 177 and "14" on page 209. xii, 209, [1], [14] pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with black, gilt, and red stamping. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, cloth..... More