Anno's Britain
New York: Philomel, 1982. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to, illustrated boards, a wordless tour of Britain in color paintings by the author. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Philomel, 1982. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to, illustrated boards, a wordless tour of Britain in color paintings by the author. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Crowell, 1977. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to, illustrated boards, a visual numbers game in color paintings by the author. Near fine in fine dj.
New York: Philomel, 1984. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg, 4to picture book, illustrated boards, the clever artist's view of history through objects at a flea market. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj. Letter P stamped on dark brown endpaper, no other markings.
New York: Philomel, 1983. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg, square 4to, illustrated boards, a wordless tour of the US in color paintings by the author. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Paris: L'ecole des loisirs, 1970. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st French ed. of this wordless batch of impossible views. French poem on last page. Slight bowing to boards else very good, no previous owner's marks or dj.
New York: Collins, 1979. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards. A king who wants the largest of everything learns something about flowers. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, with library pricing on bottom dj flap, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Weatherhill, 1980. Anno, Mitsumasa. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, a delicious tale of confusion...which way is up? Can't tell by looking! Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1917. Gruelle, Johnny. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 16mo, gray boards printed in navy with color cover plate by John B. (Johnny) Gruelle, plus color frontis and 7 additional plates and line drawings. Creasing top top corners of a few pages, light wear to tips else.....
London: Octopus, 1980. Pavlin, Seda. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st UK ptg. Square 8vo, pictorial boards, 7 delightful pop-up spreads by J. Pavlin and G. Seda. Very light foxing to edge of 5th spread, faint bowing to boards, else near fine, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Henry Holt, 1986. Baynes, Pauline. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth backed boards, illustrated in color throughout by Pauline Baynes. A hymn of praise from the Apocrypha, an addition to the book of Daniel. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1990. Woodroffe, Patrick. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full blue cloth with gilt spine titling, soft color illustrations by Patrick Woodroffe, about a lonely boy and his genetically restored prehistoric companion. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1990. Woodroffe, Patrick. Limited edition. Hardcover. #65 of 250, signed by both author and artist on the limitation page. 1st ptg., tall 8vo, full blue cloth with gilt spine titling, soft color illustrations by Patrick Woodroffe, about a lonely boy and his genetically restored prehistoric companion. Fine.....
Novato, CA and Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Horne, R. Daniel. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., narrow 4to, full blue cloth stamped in silver, illustrated in line by Daniel R. Horne. Fine without dj, no previous owner's marks.
Picture Book Studio, 1982. Gantschev, Ivan. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Square 8vo picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated with soft watercolors by Ivan Gantschev. Santa retells the original nativity story to the animals of the forest to gird his loins for Christmas deliveries. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's.....
London: Haymarket Press, 1929. Flint, W. Russell. Limited edition. Hardcover. #94 of 875 copies, small 4to, cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, with four mounted color plates by W. Russell Flint. Light edgewear and soiling, toning to endpapers, bound-in ribbon bookmark, very good in lightly chipped dj lacking two inch.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. McCurdy, Michael. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., tall 4to picture book, cloth-backed boards, the story of New England's giant pines that became masts for Royal Navy ships, illustrated with Michael McCurdy's dramatic woodcuts. Fine in very good, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
San Diego: Harcourt Inc., 2002. Goodell, Jon. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, glossy pictorial boards, illustrated in atmospheric color throughout by Jon Goodell. Dancing cats meet at the hottest boogie-woogie joint in town. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.o.
San Diego: Harcourt Inc., 2002. Goodell, Jon. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, glossy pictorial boards, illustrated and signed on verso of front free endpaper by Jon Goodell. Dancing cats meet at the hottest boogie-woogie joint in town. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signd.....
New York: Atheneum, 2010. Hall, August. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Small 8vo cloth-backed boards. Gray-scale illustrations by Augst Hall. A sequel to her Newbery Honor Book "Underneath." Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks, apparently unread.
New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 2005. Goodell, Jon. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated in deep colors by Jon Goodell. A lively crow flies all over town collecting cast off items to decorate a tree. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks...
New York: Stokes, 1902. Appleton, Honor C. 1st ed. Hardcover. 16mo, cloth over pictorial boards, illustrated in soft colors by the author. A 6" high girl is befriended by mice and birds, taking her side against her unkind feline guardian. All edges well-rubbed, no previous owner's marks.
La Jolla: Green Tiger Press, 1983. Hague, Michael. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st softcover printing issued simultaneously with the hardcover, 4to wraps with blindstamped textured paper, tipped-in color plates by Michael Hague, based on the story by the Countess d'Aulnoy. Fine, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1983. Hague, Michael. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ed. this edition (previously published by Green Tiger Press), small 4to, full red "cloth", illustrated in color throughout by Michael Hague. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. O'Brien, John. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in whimsical color throughout by John O'Brien. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Henry Holt, 2002. Roberts, David. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Small 8vo, full green cloth, Book One of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy, with David Roberts' humorous drawings and signed by the author with his British publisher's stamp (Faber and Faber). As new. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous.....