Uno's Garden
New York: Abrams, 2006. Base, Graeme. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to picture book, pictorial boards. A combination story book, puzzle book, and numbers book. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
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The Water Hole
New York: Abrams, 2001. Base, Graeme. Hardcover. Square 4to picture book, pictorial boards. A combination counting book, puzzle book, story book and art book. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Cinderella (signed)
New York: Dial, 1985. Jeffers, Susan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., large 4to picture book, cloth backed boards, illustrated in delicate color throughout by Susan Jeffers. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks, signed by the artist on the title page. Signed by Jeffers.
Sabine's Notebook (signed)
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Bantock, Nick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo illustrated boards, the second part of the Griffin and Sabine trilogy. Signed by Bantock on the title page. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, all envelopes and contents complete. signed by the author.
Griffin and Sabine
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. Bantock, Nick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. square 8vo illustrated boards, the beginning of the Griffin and Sabine trilogy. Fine in fine, unclipped dj ($16.95 price), all envelopes and contents complete, no previous owner's marks.
The Easter Story
New York: Henry Holt, 1999. Spirin, Gennady. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to picture book, illustrated boards, vividly illustrated by Gennady Spirin. As new. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The First Dog (signed with drawing)
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovnovich, 1988. Brett, Jan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, pictorial boards, with the author's vivid color paintings of how a pre-historic boy and a wolf develop a working relationship. As new in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by Brett on.....
The Egg
New York: Phyllis Fogelman, 2001. Robertson, M. P. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2nd ptg. 4to picture book, illustrated boards. A giant egg hatches into a dragon. But how does a young boy raise a hatchling? As new in fine, unclipped dj.
The Emperor's New Clothes
New York: Minedition/Penguin, 2004. Rowe, John Alfred. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to picturebook, the classic tale with hilarious paintings by John Rowe. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Luminous Pearl - A Chinese Folktale
New York: Orchard Books, 1990. Inouye, Carol. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to picture book, full red "cloth" illustrated in color throughout by Carol Inouye. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Birds of a Feather and Other Aesop's Fables
New York: Morrow, 1993. Rayevsky, Robert. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, the third volume of Aesop retold by Paxton and illustrated by Robert Rayevsky. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Stellaluna - A Pop-up Book and Mobile
San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1997. Cannon, Janell. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square laminated boards, a fine copy with the mobile of the little bat as new and ready to be hung. Fine in original shrink wrap.
The Great Dragon Rescue (signed)
New York: Dial, 2004. Robertson, M.P. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, a follow-up to "The Egg", starring George and his old friend the dragon, this time pitted against a selfish witch. Bookplate signed by Robertson laid in with message "I hope you enjoy the egg.....
The Twelve Dancing Princesses (signed)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990. Sanderson, Ruth. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth-backed pictorial boards, with Sanderson's rich color illustrations. Signed on the title page by Sanderson, fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by author/illustrator.
Lorenzo the Naughty Parrot (signed with a drawing)
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Politi, Leo. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, with Leo Politi's bright paintings. Signed by both Johnston and Politi on half-title and dated by Johnston 1992. Also signed with a color flloral drawing by Politi on front free endpaper. Fine.....
Tasha Tudor's Favorite Stories (inscribed)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965. Tudor, Tasha. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo, cloth-backed boards, eight delightful stories from Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, Eleanor Farjeon and other classic storytellers, each with a color illustration by Tudor. Inscribed and dated (1996) by Tudor to a previous owner on the front free endpaper. Fine.....
The Mysterious Benedict Society (signed)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2007. Ellis, Carson. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, brick-red paper-covered boards, illustrated by Carson Ellis in line and signed by Stewart on the title page. As new in unclipped dj. signed by the author.
Sensible Kate
New York: Viking Press, 1943. Torrey, Majorie. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, cream cloth printed in dark green, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey. Corners lightly bumped else near fine, in edgeworn, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Green Tiger's Caravan
La Jolla: Green Tiger Press, 1982. various. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ed. 4to softcover, a compilation of images, short stories and games selected by the editors from material offered to the press as well as some reprinted material from St. Nicholas Magazine, The Book of 500 Puzzles and Sunny Yellow.....
Trick a Tracker (signed)
New York: Philomel, 1981. Foreman, Michael. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, illustrated boards. How animals on skateboards tricked hunters who went on to develop cars and forgot the animals. Signed by Foreman on the half-title page. As new in fine, publisher's Gibralter binding. Signed by the.....
Dominic Sly
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981. Partridge, Jenny. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 16mo, pictorial boards, an Oakapple Wood story illustrated by the author. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
The Hobbit
Forestville,CA: Eclipse, 1990. Wenzel, David. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to full red cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated by David Wenzel, hand lettered by Bill Pearson, adapted from the original text by Charles Dixon and Sean Deming. Fine in fine dj.
The Mouse with the Small Guitar
Cambridge: Robert Welch Co., 1947. Palazzo, Tony. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Large 8vo, full gray cloth printed in orange, illustrated with delightful 2-color drawings by Tony Palazzo. Neat owner's name and stamp on front decorated endpapers, else a fine bright copy in very good, unclipped dj, no other markings.
On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco
Harlan Quist, 1977. Couratin, Patrick. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to picture book, full black cloth, illustrated in color throughout by Patrick Couratin. Very good in very good, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
A Peaceable Kingdom - The Shaker Abecedarius (signed)
New York: Viking Press, 1978. Provensen, Alice and Martin. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 8vo picture book, pictorial boards, a rhyming sequence of animal names the Shakers used to teach the alphabet. Afterword by Richard Meran Barsam. Signed by both Alice and Martin Provensen on the front free endpaper.....