The Story of Little Black Sambo
New York: Handprint Press, 2003. Bing, Christopher. Hardcover. Tall 4to picture book, pictorial boards, with lush color paintings by Christopher Bing. fine in fine, unclipped, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Handprint Press, 2003. Bing, Christopher. Hardcover. Tall 4to picture book, pictorial boards, with lush color paintings by Christopher Bing. fine in fine, unclipped, no previous owner's marks.
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1951. Bannon, Laura. 1st ed. Hardcover. Stated second ptg. Small 4to, full red cloth with color cover plate, illustrated in color by the author. On a Mexican festival day when people celebrate by freeing caged birds, young Alberto longs to take a small caged dog home. Fine.....
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1994. Lynch, Patrick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg, 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in gorgeous Celtic color by P.J. Lynch, the tale of a small cat who must try to retrieve the child he guards from the Little People under the hill. Fine in fine, unclipped.....
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988. Le Cain, Errol. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, full brown cloth, illustrated with gorgeous Asian-influenced color paintings by Errol Le Cain. Fine in fine, unclipped dj. Mark of bookstore sticker removal from back pastedown, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Macmillan, 1990. Bayley, Nicola. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ed., US, Square 8vo illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Nicola Bayley, based on an old Cornish legend. Very good in very good, unclipped dj.
London: Walker, 1990. Bayley, Nicola. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st UK ptg., Square 8vo illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Nicola Bayley, based on an old Cornish legend. Signed by both Barber and Bayley on the title page, fine in fine, unclipped dj. Signed by author and artist.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Bare, Arnold Edwin. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, full yellow cloth with turquoise cover drawing and type, illustrated in color and black and white by the author. Young Maui of Molokai gets a sailing tour of the other Hawaiian islands. Very good, no.....
Kingswood, Surrey: Kaye & Ward, 1982. Dalton, Anne. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 8vo picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated on soft color throughout by anne Dalton, the romance of a wise Chinese princess. Fine, without dj as issued, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Warne, 1997. Barker, Cicely Mary. Hardcover. Small 4to, full green cloth, a compendium of 10 of Barker's lovely little books of fairies dressed in flowers, leaves, berries and vines. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Philomel, 1986. Barklem, Jill. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. mini-edition, 12mo, illustrated boards, larger than the season stories. The later Atheneum printing also states first US edition, but this one precedes it by quite a bit. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's mrks.
New York: Atheneum, 2000. Barklem, Jill. Hardcover. 1st ptg. this ed. Small 8vo picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by the author. Wilfred Fieldmouse enjoys a surprise birthday picnic. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Atheneum, 2000. Barklem, Jill. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. this edition. Stated as 1st US edition although it was previously issued by Philomel in 1980 in the US. Small 8vo picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by the author. Fieldmice plan a delightful June wedding.....
New York: Penguin, 2020. James, Gordon C. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, glossy pictorial boards. From the team that produced the multi-award winning "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut", a celebration of all the things that make every child valuable. Signed exuberantly by both creators on.....
New York: Disney/Hyperion, 2009. Rex, Adam. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated in color throughout by Adam Rex. Inscribed by Barnett on the title spread to Sophie & Milo with a sketch of a whale and the caption, "WHALE EXPERT". Fine in fine, unclipped.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Rex, Adam. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to picture book, pictorial die cut boards, illustrated in lively color by Adam Rex. These puzzles aren't meant to be guessed. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Scribner's, 1979. Adams, Adrienne. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg.., 4to picture book, full blue "cloth", illustrated in color throughout by Adrienne Adams. Fine in very good, unclipped dj, short closed tear to front panel, small owner's ink name to ffep.
New York: HarperCollins, 1986. Barry, Scott. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture book, paper-covered boards, a natural history of wolves with photographs in black and white by the author. Fine in very good, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1971. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Stated 1st., 4to full green cloth with red and green spine titling, illustrated with 19th century engravings slected to enhance Barthelme's first book for children...well, not the littlest ones. Fine in edgeworn, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Abrams, 1992. Base, Graeme. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by the author. Fine in near dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Abrams, 1987. Base, Graeme. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, an abcedary illustrated by the author in dramatic color. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Abrams, 1987. Base, Graeme. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, an abcedary illustrated by the author in dramatic color, signed and dated (92) by Base on the front free endpaper. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the author/artist.
New York: Abrams, 1996. Base, Graeme. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated by the author in dramatic color. Fine in fine unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Abrams, 2007. Base, Graeme. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated by the author in dramatic color. Now ibncludes North American Dragons. Fine in very good, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Abrams, 1994. Base, Graeme. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Large 4to, pictorial boards, a Spanish language edition of Base's delightful "The Sign of the Seahorse", translated by Juan Ramon Azaola. As new in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Abrams, 2008. Base, Graeme. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg, 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by the author, signed and dated (08) by Base with a cartoon of the top-hatted magician. As new in fine dj, with the 3-D code breaker inside back cover in.....