Granny's Blackie
La Jolla: Green Tiger Press, 1982. Louis-Lucas, Natalie. Softcover. 12mo softcover minibook, from the Jataka Tales, one of the Envelope Library, charmingly illustrated in color by Natalie Louis-Lucas. Fine wraps with envelope.
La Jolla: Green Tiger Press, 1982. Louis-Lucas, Natalie. Softcover. 12mo softcover minibook, from the Jataka Tales, one of the Envelope Library, charmingly illustrated in color by Natalie Louis-Lucas. Fine wraps with envelope.
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. Babbit, Natalie. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., square 8vo, full turquoise cloth, illustrated in line by the author. Red "P" stamped on bottom edge else very good in lightly chipped, unclipped dj.
New York: Delacorte, 1989. Dillon, Leo and Diane. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, cloth-backed boards, Stories from the Bible illustrated in grayscale by Leo and Diane Dillon, with lovely wrapround jacket illustration as well. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, signed by the artists on the title page.....
New York: Pantheon, 1962. Bacon, Peggy. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full blue cloth, illustrated by the author in grayscale, a delightful fantasy about a special hatchiling that arouses greed and envy. Red H stasmped on front free endpsper else fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.....
New York: Viking Press, 1935. Paull, Grace. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full cream cloth, illlustrated with color illustrated endpapers and grayscale lithographs by Grace Paull. Fine in lightly rubbed, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking Press, 1942. Paull, Grace. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full green cloth, illustrated with illustrated endpapers, full color pages and line drawings by Grace Paull. Fine in lightly sunned, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking Press, 1944. Paull, Grace. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full orange cloth, illlustrated with decorated endpapers and grayscale lithographs by Grace Paull. Fine in lightly rubbed, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking Press, 1937. Paull, Grace. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full cream cloth, illlustrated with color illustrated endpapers and grayscale lithographs by Grace Paull. Fine in lightly rubbed, unclipped dj, signed and dated by the author on the half-title in November, 1937.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. Delamare, David. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, illustrated with gray-scale plates by David Delamare. A cocky young water snake, a wise old toad and a determined mouse set out to rescue the prey of a hawk. Publisher's gift bookplate on verso.....
New York: Bedrick/Blackie, 1988. Barker, Cicely Mary. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of the previously unpublished sequel to Lord of the Rushie River. Large 8vo, full brown cloth, with the author's lovely color pictures, fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Philomel, 1986. Barklem, Jill. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Square 8vo, illustrated boards, larger than the season stories. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking Ariel, 1991. Gustafson, Scott. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt, the complete tale of Peter and Wendy with Scott Gustafson's dazzling color paintings. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Gramercy, 1988. Johnstone, Anne Grahame. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to pictorial boards, adapted for young readers by Jane Carruth, and illustrated in rich color by Anne Grahame Johnstone. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Parsippany: Unicorn Publishing, 1987. Hildebrandt, Greg. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed. thus, 4to, full green cloth stamped in gilt with color cover plate and color illustrations by Greg Hildebrandt. Fine with original bookseller info label on back cover, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Orchard, 2004. Ingpen, Robert. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo, full ochre cloth, with Robert Ingpen's deliciously soft color illustrations throughout. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Disney/Hyperion, 2006. Call, Greg. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo pictorial boards. The authors' sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers, more about Peter Pan. Illustrated with grayscale drawings by Greg Call. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2013. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo paper-covered boards,. "How a team of spies and survivlors captured the world's most notorious Nazi", that is, Adolph Eichmann. As new in fine, unclipped dj, apparently unread, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Front Street/Cricket, 1999. Hardcover. 8vo cloth-covered boards World War II brings together two young people from different worlds, a Yugoslavian Jew and a local girl, via a refugee settlement in Oswego, New York. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Pavilion, 1999. Foreman, Michael. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to, green paper-covered boards, Michael Foreman's take on the classic story in a centenary edition with full and half-page watercolor illustrations throughout; signed by Foreman in green ink on the title page. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous.....
New York: Pantheon, 1978. Erdoes, Richard. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, illustrated boards, with line drawings by Richard Eerdoes. An invented history of how the game of dominoes became popular in 18th century Europe. Very good, no dj or previous owner's marks.
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 fine unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Knight, Hilary. Hardcover. Ed. not stated, 8vo, illustrated boards, with line drawings by Hilary Knight, on the joys and trials of a mouse's coming of age. Neat owner's name under front dj flap, else near fine in lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. Christiana, David. 1st ed. 1st ptg., 8vo cloth-backed boards, a lively adventure about five scared kids trying to smuggle themselves across the rio Grande and the help they get from Suitcase Charlie Jones, who has his own baggage. with David Christiana's offbeat line drawings.....
Chicago: Follett, 1944. Fiore, Mastri. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Large 8vo, cloth over pictorial boards, handsomely illustrated with color and sepia toned drawings by Fiore Mastri. Fine in very good, lightly edgeworn dj with flattened crumple at bottom front corner.
London: Hart-Davis, 1977. Beshlie. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed. Large 8vo, full brown cloth, with delicate color paintings of life on the side of the road for small woodland creatures. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.