New York: Stokes, 1902. Appleton, Honor C. 1st ed. Hardcover. 16mo, cloth over pictorial boards, illustrated in soft colors by the author. A 6" high girl is befriended by mice and birds, taking her side against her unkind feline guardian. All edges well-rubbed, no previous owner's marks.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1961. Martin, Dick. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to pictorial boards, adapted for younger readers by Jean Kellogg and illustrated in alternating color and b&w spreads by Dick Martin. Light bumping to corners and darkening to top edge else a bright handsome copy without previous owner's marks.....
New York: Watson Guptill, 1945. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 4to, full brown cloth with color cover plate, introduced by Frank Crowninshield. Very good inj very good dj.
London: Faber and Faber, 1987. Le Cain, Errol. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., folio picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated in lavish color by Errol Le Cain. Inscribed by Le Cain on the front free endpaper: "Dear Dick, all Best Wishes, Errol". Fine in fine, unclipped dj, a beautiful copy. Inscribed.....
London: A. & C. Black, 1921. Folkard, Charles. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to full blue cloth, inset color cover plate and 11 other mounted color plates by Charles Folkard. Repeating border illustrations featuring various characters from the story, surrounding pages of music by Lucy E. Broadwood. Also double page.....
New York: Random House, 1984. Cross, Peter. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, pictorial boards,a delightful combination of Trumpets vs Grumpets mixed with botanical paintings and details, lavishly illustrated in color throughout by Peter Cross. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Heinemann, 1909. Rackham, Arthur. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., full blue cloth stamped with gilt cover and spine decorations, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 15 mounted color plates with letterpress tissue guards. Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney. Light wear to all extremities, a touch of fraying to.....
New York: Doran, 1924. Dulac, Edmund. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st US trade edition, large 4to (8 1/2" x 11 1/2"), full black cloth with full size black paper stamped in gilt. Hughey 47e. 1927 gift inscription to front free endpaper. 16 mounted color plates and title page (same design.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. van Vliet, Claire. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large 4to, full yellow, brown and ochre cloth in brown cloth slipcase. Etchings by Claire van Vliet printed within text in brown and ochre. #1348 of 2000, newsletter laid in. Signed by van Vliet.
New York: Viking Press, 1951. Freeman, Don. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 8vo yellow over red cloth, illustrated in color throughout by Don Freeman. A sturdy old engine and a retired circus caboose maintain a solid friendship when scorned by the new shiny engines and traditional Tuscan red cabooses.....
New York: Scholastic/Chicken House, 2004. Funke, Cornelia. Limited edition. Hardcover. #75 of 300 copies 8vo, full navy blue cloth stamped in gilt, in pictorial slipcase, signed by Funke and numbered on the illustrated limitation page, art by Funke. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. As new. Page block taken.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1925. Gaze, Harold. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full yellow pictorial cloth stamped in dark red, with lovely silhouette endpapers printed in blue on powder blue paper, eight color plates and scattered full and partial page line drawings by Gaze. Fine in a......
New York: Dutton, 1920. Rackham, Arthur. 1st. Hardcover. 1st separate US ed., a subset of the complete tales issued in 1909. 4to, full re cloth, decorated gilt spine and cover, illustrated with 20 mounted, tissue guarded color plates by Arthur Rackham, plus 29 line drawings. ink 1924 gift inscription.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003. Sendak, Maurice. 1st ed. thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of the revised one volume edition. 8vo, full brown cloth with bound in ribbon book mark, stories translated by Lore Segal with four translated by Randall Jarrell. Illustrated in grayscale throughout by Maurice Sendak. Signed by.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, n.d. Laboccetta, Mario. Hardcover. Small 4to, full black cloth, handsomely illustrated with delicate color plates, head and tailpieces as well as in text drawings by Mario Laboccetta. Printed in France by H. Piazza et Cie, Paris. Fine in chipped, worn but scarce dj. Gift inscription to.....
London: Harrap, 1936. Rackham, Arthur. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to, full ochre cloth stamped in gilt, decorated endpapers, 12 captioned tissue guarded color plates by Arthur Rackham. The complete play in verse, translated and introduced by R. Farquharson Sharp. Fine in bright, unclipped dj with closed tear to back.....
London: Harrap, 1936. Rackham. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st trade edition with the Arthur Rackham illustrations in custom slipcase. large 8vo, full orange cloth, 12 color plates. Fine.
London: Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, 1909. Flint, Sir William Russell. Limited edition. Hardcover. #305 of 500 copies bound in limp vellum, the first Flint edition. Printed on hand-made Riccardi paper. Ten tipped-in color plates mounted on cream paper with a tinted border, with tissue guards. A very handsome.....
London: Macmillan, 1909. Goble, Warwick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 4to, full green cloth with attractive pictorial gilt decoration of a baby riding a fish. 274pp. 32 lovely tissue-guarded color plates mounted on dark brown card stock by Warwick Goble. All edges gilt, light foxing to endpapers, corner torn off one tissue.....
London: Westminster Books, Bancroft & Co., [1959]. Kubasta, V. Hardcover. Horizontal format pop-up, cloth spine. The first of Kubasta's puppet-theatre-type settings of classic fairy tales. A simpler format than the earlier folio displays, the cardboard was cut and folded concertina style, to create the pop-up images, then secured with colored.....
New York: Abrams, 1978. Froud & Lee. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., illustrated by Froud and Lee. 4to, full white cloth, gilt stamped spine type and cover illustration. Front flap shows price as $14.95 until Dec. 31, 1978. Signed by Froud with goblin drawing on the half-title. Fine in fine.....
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1965. Lenski, Lois. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full blue cloth, illustrated in line throughout by the author, her first collection of her verses and songs gathered from many of her book series. Fine in lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Macy-Masius, 1930. Pogany, Willy. Limited edition. Hardcover. #632/2000 signed by illustrator Willy Pogany. Privately printed for subscribers, never reprinted in this format. 8vo, full black cloth with titles in a lavender box, lavender spine titles. Double-page endpaper illustration on lavender paper, top edge lavender. Frontis, pictorial title, four.....
New York: Dial, 1993. Spirin, Gennady. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to illustrated boards, a retelling of a traditional Irish legend enhanced by Gennady Spirin's glowing paintings with his signature on the title page. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the artist.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Azarian, Mary. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st pg., square 4to picture book, navy paper-covered boards, illustrated in chilly color by Mary Azarian. Caldecott medalist, fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks, no medal sticker on dj.