A pre-Thanksgiving melange including beautiful classic children's books,(early Sendak, Bemelmans, Hader) Madeleine L'Engle, Signed Will James, Works, Ambrose Bierce, Witches and Buddhas and Teddy Boy too!
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1932. Keith Ward. Hardcover. Large picturebook, 13 in. x 9.7 in., pp. 60. Color and black and white illustrations by keith Ward. Pictorial paper boards with red title to front. Rubbing to edges. Bottom corners bumped; all corners exposed. Light age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.2 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with color and black and white drawings by the author. Pictorial paper boards to front and back over blue cloth spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Corners lightly nudged. Small ink deaccension stamp from..... More
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1909-1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Matching set of twelve volumes: Octavo, 8.7 in. x 6 in. Illustrated with frontis of Bierce in Volume I. Beige cloth boards with Bierce's monogram in oval design in gilt to fronts and gilt title and bandlines to spines. Gilt..... More
New York: Random House, 1941. Keith Ward. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. The Black Stallion is in its own special corral at the pinnacle of beloved children's stories. This timeless novel for young-or-not-so-young- adults remains a shimmering electric-black archetype in the center of the field, long after others horse tales have..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Will James (author). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 8 1/4 in. x 6 in. Orange boards with black lettering and graphic of two kids, one holding a rope, the other a harness. A few little stains to front board and a smudge to rear board.1932..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Maurice Sendak. Second Issue. Hardcover. Hardcover (6 7/8in. x 5 3/8 in. Green paper-covered boards, with turquoise cloth spine. Several corners barely "nudged", and perhaps a wee bit shelf-rubbing to edges, but wonderfully clean. Single, very short (2 5/8 in.) library deaccession stamp, in..... More
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, Co., Inc, 1949. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Second novel by this talented author who went on to write the enormously popular "Time Trilogy", this early one aimed at (as rear flap of dustjacket attests) "Older Girls" "Philippa Hunter, an American girl in Switzerland, feels..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1971. Maggie Jarvis. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 7.4 n. x 4.5 in. pp. 61. Illustrated with engravings in blue, red and black by Maggie Jarvis. Pictorial paper boards with white title to front and spine. Very light rubbing to top/bottom of spine. Unmarked interior..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.9 x 5.4 in., pp. 215. Gray-blue cloth boards with gilt title and re-orange stars to spine. Yellow top edge. Very light shelfwear to top/bottom of spine. Unmarked interior. Very light rubbing and light toning to top-edge of dustjacket..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1928. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Large Octavo. Orange, cloth-covered boards with black lettering and ornamentation, and a red "signature" graphic to front board. Black lettering to spine. Brilliant red designs to endpapers, against a goldenrod field. Previous owner's ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. Signed..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1888. Frederic Remington. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Quarto. Original cloth, Binding first state (front board stamped in green and gold design). Design incorporates hat, cooking pot, Bowie knife, and whip hanging from Saguaro Cactus, with a design of an open book at base of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition, Limited, Numbered, Signed. Hardcover. Quarto. Green striated boards with brick-red spine. Gilt decoration of cocktail glass to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. All edges untrimmed. Edgewear, scuffing and several small, light stains to boards. "Of the first edition of The Bon..... More
