The Artist John Bauer and His World
Tryckeri, Sweden: Jonkoping County Museum, 1996. Bauer, John. Softcover. Square softcover, a brief biography of Sweden's great fairy tale illustrator. Fine.
Tryckeri, Sweden: Jonkoping County Museum, 1996. Bauer, John. Softcover. Square softcover, a brief biography of Sweden's great fairy tale illustrator. Fine.
New York: Viking Press, 1993. Ahlberg, Janet & Allan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., folio picture book, pictorial boards, an exciting tale told to a gang of brigands by a small captive boy. Illustrated in lively color throughout. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Marriott, Pat. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full green cloth, illustrated in line by Pat Marriott, the fourth in series with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, once again featuring Dido Twite. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Knopf, 1987. Lee, Alan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st US ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, with gorgeous color paintings by Alan Lee. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Viking Press, 1973. Stewart, Arvis. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, pictorial boards, illustrated by Arvis Stewart with music written by John Sebastian Brown. Mooncusser is an old New England term for a wrecker, in this case a surly lighthouse keeper who even tries to keep his own.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Ambrus, Victor G. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg, 8vo, illustrated in line by Victor G. Ambrus. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Minton Balch, 1933. Illingsworth, I.G. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo full black cloth stamped in gilt, illlustrated with delightful drawings by I.G. Illingworth including a highly detailed cat fight spread on the endpapers. Spine gilt faded else Fine, no previous owner's marks.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Diodorov, Boris. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth backed boards. A Russian Beauty and the Beast. Illustrated in vivid color throughout by Boris Diodorov. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Ann Arbor: Sleeping Bear Press, 2010. Bennett, Linda. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture book, pictorial boards, illustrated in color throughout by Lorna Bennett. Part of the Canadian provinces series of alphabet books. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Dent, 1972. van Abbe, S. Hardcover. 8vo, full pictorual cloth with matching endpapers, illustrated with 4 full color plates and 9 line drawings by S. van Abbe. The sequel to Little Women, often combined with the first title under the umbrella title of Little Women. Fine in near fine.....
New York: Morrow/Books of wonder, 1992. Foreman, Michael. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 4to, full navy cloth , illustrated in color by Michael Foreman. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks,
London: Gollancz, 1992. Foreman, Michael. Hardcover. #134 of 200 copies signed and numbered by Brian Alderson and illustrator Michael Foreman. Decorated endpapers, delightful watercolors throughout, full page, two page spreads and smaller, all edges gilt. 4to, full navy cloth with color cover plate, fine in very good, quite snug slipcase.....
New York: Viking Press, 1979. Aldridge, Alan and Harry Willock. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to illustrated boards, gorgeously illustrated by Alan Aldridge in collaboration with Harry Willock, verses by George E. Ryder. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball. Near fine, no dj as issued, no previous owner's marks...
New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. Aldridge, Alan. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ptg. Small 4to wraps. A lovely collection of the artist's work. A bright, crisp copy, no previous owner's marks.
London: Heinemann, 1991. Aldridge, Alan, Miller, Maxine and Willock, Harry. 1st ed. 1st ptg., 8vo, full green cloth, an ecological modern fairy tale with vivid color illustrations by Alan Aldrige assisted by Maxine Miller and Harry Willock. Signed "For Margaret with best wishes from Alan Aldrige and Fungle Aug '92".....
London: Heinemann, 1991. Aldridge, Alan, Miller, Maxine and Willock, Harry. 1st ed. 1st ptg., 8vo, full green cloth, an ecological modern fairy tale with vivid color illustrations by Alan Aldrige assisted by Maxine Miller and Harry Willock. Signed "with best wishes from Alan Aldrige and Fungle Aug '92" on the.....
New York: Verify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. Nelson, Kadir. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to, pictorial boards, lushly illustrated by Kadir Nelson, a Caldecott Honor Book with a small printing in the first edition. Fine in fine, unclipped, dj, scarcely even opened.
Peterborough: Cricket Books, 2005. Burkett, D. Brent. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, full green cloth, illustrated with soft oils by D. Brent Burkett. the story of a cat who wished to make her emperor the finest ruler of the Celestial Empire. "DUP" written in ink at top.....
New York: Dutton, 1987. Hardcover. 2nd ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, an adventurous young heroine and her guardian search for legendary treasure.The second of Vesper Holly's adventures in which it is discovered that she owns a volcano! Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dutton, 1992. Hyman, Trina Schart. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to picture book, cloth backed illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Trina Schart Hyman. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1975. Abrams, Lester. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to full red cloth, illustrated in color throughout by Lester Abrams. Signed by Alexander on the half title. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dutton, 2001. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. After a bout of pneumonia, a boy goes to live with his tough-minded, elderly aunt and learns a lot about himself. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Dutton, 2000. Schachner, Judith Byron. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Judith Byron Schachner. A delightful tale of how the cat got his purr. Fine in very good, unclipped dj.
New York: Dutton, 1986. Hardcover. 3rd ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, an adventurous young heroine and her guardian search for legendary treasure, the first of Vesper Holly's adventures. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Dutton, 1989. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, an adventurous young heroine and her guardian search for legendary treasure.The 4th of Vesper Holly's adventures. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.