Faerie Tale
New York: doubleday, 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to cloth-backed boards, the noted fantasy author's first foray into terror. Pages toned, else near fine in fine, unclipped dj.
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Gene 3rd Edition
Grantsville, MD: Hobby House Press, Inc., 2001. photographs. Hardcover. 4to pictorial boards, 176pp of full color photos detailing outfit after outfit. Corners lightly bumped else fine without previous owner's marks.
Confessions of an Actor (inscribed by Ramon Navarro)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. Photogra. 1st ed. hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo full brown cloth with dulled gilt titling to cover and spine, illustrated with photographs. From the library of silent film star Ramon Navarro with his custom bookplate to the front pastedown and a gift inscription from Navarro: "Norman, What the.....
An Edward Lear Alphabet
London: Angus & Robertson, 1983. Newsome, Carol. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Oblong 4to picture book, illustrated in color with handsomely dressed mice throughout by Carol Newsom. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Happy Hypocrite
La Jolla: Green Tiger Press, 1985. De Hoff, George. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, full lavender cloth with gilt titling, 11 tipped in color plates by George De Hoff, text printed in green and purple inks. Fine in lightly edgeworn unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Selfish Giant (signed)
Natick: Picture Book Studios, 1984. Zwerger, Lisbeth. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Presumed 1st ed given the autograph date. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in dreamy color throughout by Lisbeth Zwerger. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, signed and dated by Zwerger on the title page in the year of publication.....
Snow White and Rose Red
New York: Philomel, 1992. Spirin, Gennady. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, pictorial boards, with Gennady Spirin's glowing color illustrations. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Cinder-Eyed Cats
New York: Crown, 1997. Rohmann, Eric. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., square 4to picture book, illustrated boards. The Caldecott artist's second book. Fine in fine clear acetate dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Frog Prince Continued (signed)
New York: Viking, 1991. Johnson, Steve. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, cloth backed boards, illustrated in color throughout by Steve Johnson. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's markings, signed by Scieszka on the title page.
Ghost Town Treasure
New York: Crowell, 1957. Freeman, Don. 1st ed. Hardcover. 6th ptg. 8vo, full yellow cloth, illustratrated in B&W by Don Freeman. Young Ty and his friends hunt clues to a mysterious treasure outside the ghost town where Ty lives. Fine in well-worn, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Great Adventure of Wo Ti (signed)
New York: Macmillan, 1992. Downing, Julie. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, with Julie Downing's gentle watercolors of a clever carp and a fluffy cat who isn't as clever as he thinks. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, signed by the illustrator on the title page. Signed.....
At Our House - A Read-and-Sing Book
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1959. Lenski, Lois. Hardcover. Square 12mo, full green cloth, illustrrated in gray and blue by the author with music by Clyde Robert Bulla. Bookplate to front pastedown, near fine without dj.
Seeing Red
Brooklyn: Kane Miller, 1996. Ross, Tony. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo picture book, pictorial boards. Tony Ross' humorous watercolors illustrate the tale of the brave Cornishwomen who fooled Napoleon's invaders with their red flannel petticoats. Very good, no previous owner's marks or dj, apparently as issued.
My Dad's A Birdman
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2008. Dunbar, Polly. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, illustrated papercovered boards. An illustrated young adult novel about yung Lizzie's Dad who's building himself wings. With color drawings by Polly Dunbar. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
Marius the Epicurean
London: Philip Lee Warner: The Medici Society, 1913. Limited edition. 4to 2 volumes, full brown morocco with gilt titling to cover and spine. #133 of 100 copes, 250 of which were reserved for sale in the US. Title font and design match that of the cloth-backed boards on the regular.....
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus (signed)
New York: Dial, 1994. Pinkney, Jerry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards, illustrated in line by Jerry Pinkney with 4 full color 2-page spread midway through the book, their 4th collaboration on the traditional folk tales. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, signed and dated by Pinkney (10/94).....
Cry Shadow!
London: Peter Haddock Ltd. 1st ed. Softcover. British mass market, light wear to spine ends else fine. Appears unread.
The Adventures of Haroun-er-Raschad
New York: Henry Holt, 1923. Pogany, Willy. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo full red cloth with elaborate gilt decorated, illustrated by Willy Pogany with color frontis and multiple full and partial page line drawings. "Wally Wood" hand-written on bookplate, cover and spine gilt darkened, very good. Artist Wally Wood.....
The Decorative Work of T. M. Cleland; A Record and Review
New York: Pynson Printers, 1929. Cleland, T.M. Limited edition. Hardcover. #1140 of 1200 copies, folio full black cloth with gilt titling to cover and spine, 100pp. of artwork. Biographical and critical introduction by Hamill (pp.V-XVIII) and a portrait lithograph frontis of the artist by Rockwell Kent. The production of the.....
Sally's ABC
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1929. Walker, Dugald Stewart. Edition not noted. large 4to, tan cloth printed in blue with muslin overlay. "Sewed in a sampler by Sally Jane Tate in 1795." Beautifully illustrated in blue and brown by Walker and dedicated to Sally's Great Grandchild. Toning to top and bottom.....
Blue Ridge Billy (inscribed)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1946. Lenski, Lois. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., large 8vo, full blue cloth, illustrated in grayscale throughout by the author, a boyhood in the North Carolina mountains. Part of the author's Regional Stories series. Inscribed by Lenski to previous owner on half-title page. Near fine in chipped and.....
Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969
Edinburgh & London: Charles Skilton, 1980. Flint, W. Russell. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to full maroon cloth, bound-in ribbon bookmark, 122pp, introduction by Adrian Bury, R.W.S. 18 full color plates plus half-tone and collotype illustrations for Flint's work. Fine in price-clipped dj, near fine but for sunning of the.....
The Enchanted Forest
London: Angus & Robertson, 1981. Outhwaite, Ida Rentoule. Hardcover. 4to green cloth, a handsome reissue of the 1921 Australian fairy tale with the delightful color illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Light rubbing to board edges else fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
John Clymer : An Artist's Rendezvous with the Frontier West
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. Clymer, John. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to full black cloth stamped in silver, 141pp. Foreword by Harold McCracken. Lavishly illustrated in color. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
The Aesthetic Movement: Prelude to Art Nouveau
New York: Excalibur, 1981. various. 1st US edition. Hardcover. 4to full navy blue cloth, 192pp. From architecture to furnishings to ceramics, covering the influences of Japanese Art to Oscar Wilde, well-illustrated in color and B&W. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.