The Cybil War
New York: Viking, 1971. Owens, Gail. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo cloth-bcaked boards, a tale of grade school love, illustrated with graysale drawings by Gail Owens. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking, 1971. Owens, Gail. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo cloth-bcaked boards, a tale of grade school love, illustrated with graysale drawings by Gail Owens. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. Cady, Harrison. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 12mo full yellow cloth with blue pictorial cover. Illustrated by Cady in yellow and black, the first in a new series of tales. A fine bright copy in reconstituted dj lacking 25% of back jacket panel.
New York: Dutton, 1988. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full dark yellow cloth, the sequel to "A Room Made of Windows". full color jacket illustration by Trina Schart Hyman, inscribed "For Rosemary with love from Eleanor, who was, in some respects, Julia at 15." Faintly cocked else fine.....
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976. Ellison, Pauline. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ed., 8vo hardback,cloth-backed boards illustrated by Pauline Ellison, a medieval tale of Cornish magic. Very good with very good dj neatly attached to endpapers. No previous owner's marks.
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2005. Oxenbury, Helen. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo, illustrated boards, with Helen Oxenbury's charming color paintings, a companion to her Alice in Wonderland. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Knopf, 1988. Browne, Anthony. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full red "cloth," illustrated in color throughout by Anthony Browne, 118pp. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dodge, 1907. Gutmann, Bessie Pease. Hardcover. Presumed 1st ptg. Large 8vo, full blue cloth printed in red and blue with handsome rabbit checking his watch on the cover. Illustrated with 10 color plates and numerous line drawings by Bessie Pease Gutmann. An exceptionally bright, fine copy. Quite uncommon.....
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1994. LaMarche, Jim. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Narrow 4to, pictorial boards, adapted by Jim LaMarche and with his lively color pictures. As new in unclipped dj.
New York: Viking Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, a collection of the fantasist's short stories. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. apparently unread.
Philadelphia: David MacKay, 1946. Jackson, Pauline. Hardcover. Large 8vo, cloth backed illustrated boards, illustrated in color by Pauline Jackson, one of the "City" series. Very good in lightly chipped, unclipped dj.
New York: Hyperion, 2002. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of the author's fantasy/baseball novel for young adults. As new in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dial, 1993. Gilbert, Yvonne. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., large 8vo, 92pp, cloth backed boards, illustrated with lovely color pictures by Yvonne Gilbert. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dutton, 2002. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo paper-covered boards. Switching between the tales of young Jacob Todd, visiting Amsterdam in homage to his grandfather who died nearby in World War II and the grandfather's own war-time tale through the eyes of a young girl. Fine in.....
New York: Dial, 2017. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., u8vo paper-covered boards. an 11-year-old's road trip to discover his place in the universe leads to detours and discoveries. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Crowell, 1954. Lenski, Lois. later printing. Hardcover. 8vo, full orange cloth, a collection of stories for children two to four, some taken from previously published picture books, some written specially for this compilation, illustrated in line by Lois Lenski. Fine in lightly edgeworn dj, unclipped, no price.
Kenosha: John Martin's House, 1947. Christian, George. Hardcover. Large 8vo, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by the author. A busy tailor takes a sailing vacation that brings quite a surprise. A hint of edgewear to bottom of boards else a fine bright copy in fine, unclipped dj.
Lawrence: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1940. Tsihnahjinnie, Van (Andrew). Edition not noted. Softcover. Oblong 8vo softcover, line drawings on heavy red paper, illustrated with traditional style drawings by Van (Andrew) Tsihnahjinnie, light pencil name on front cover, else fine.
New York: Viking Press, 1976. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, from Finland to Minnesota is a long journey and a hard life for you Maiju and her family. Inscribed by the Newbery Award winning author to her goddaughter. Fine in near fine dj, no other marks. Inscribed.....
New York: Viking Press, 1955. Ward, Lynd. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., large 8vo, full beige cloth printed in red, illustrated with color endpapers line drawings by Lynd Ward. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Doubleday Page Inc., 1926. Petersham, Maud & Miska. Hardcover. Early reprint, square 8vo, full black cloth decorated in red, illustrated in color and black anwhite by Maud and Miska Petersham. Child's name, date and age (7) inked on verso of frontis, else fine, no other owner's marks...
New York: Morrow, 1982. Zelinsky, Paul O. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo cloth-backed boards, illustrated in line by Paul O. Zelinsky. Soiling to bottom edge else fine in very good, unclipped dj with soiling to back panel, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Morrow, 1991. Zelinsky, Paul O. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo cloth-backed boards, illustrated in line by Paul O. Zelinsky. Leigh Botts, the hero of Cleary's Newbery-winning "Dear Mr. Henshaw" is back, a little older. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. Clise, Michele Durkson. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., large 8vo, full red cloth, subtitled "The Mystery of the Doll Solved." In which the Parisian teddy bear goes to Kyoto, with gorgeous photos by Clise and text by Anne Connover Heller. Fine in fine dj.....
New York: W.W. Norton, 1965. Palmer, Juliette. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full black "cloth," with drawings by Juliette Palmer. A variant of the 10001 Nights, wherein a young silk merchant finds a magic slip of paper with new stories every day. When he reads them to the emperor's.....
New York: Pantheon, 1955. Vaughan-Jackson, Genevieve. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 8vo, cloth over printed boards, pictorial endpapers and brown line illustrations by Genevieve Vaughan-Jackson, a book of verses about the tiny creatures. Near fine in fine, unclipped dj with charming cutout of small girl reading in big chair pasted.....