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Silverstein, Shel

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.

First edition of this work of poetry by the author on The Giving Tree. Small quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a large drawing of a hand with a pen on the front free endpaper continuing to the front pastedown, “For Daniel With Love Shel Silverstein.” Near fine inContinue reading "The Missing Piece Meets the Big O."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145791

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Cooper, Susan

Over Sea, Under Stone.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.

First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Margery Gill. Boldly by Susan Cooper on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket, stamp to the copyright page. Jacket design by Margery Gill. First editions are rare, especially signed.

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-145793

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First Edition of Dr. Seuss's The King's Stilts

Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]

The King’s Stilts.

New York : Random House, 1939.

First edition, later printing with red lettering on the front panel and $2.50 on the front dust jacket flap. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-144611

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Walliams, David

The World’s Worst Children [with] The World’s Worst Children Two.

London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.

First editions of the best-selling author’s collection of deliciously mischievous tales of simply the worst children. Octavo, two volumes, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with color illustrations by Tony Ross. Both volumes signed by the author opposite the copyright page. Both volumes are fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Tony Ross.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-145215

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Thompson, Ruth Plumly; Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum

The Giant Horse of Oz.

Chicago : The Reilly & Lee Co, 1928.

First edition, first printing of Thompson’s eighth fantastical continuation of Frank Baum’s Oz stories. Octavo, original red cloth with color pictorial paper onlay, illustrations by John R. Neill. In good condition. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Watercolor to the illustration on the front pastedown by a previous owner. Ownership signature in black crayon to theContinue reading "The Giant Horse of Oz."

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-145082

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Bianco, Margery Williams

The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real.

London : Heinemann, 1922.

First edition, English issue (published simultaneously with the American issue) of this beloved children’s classic, “one of the first modern picture books, a perfect combination of story and pictures” (Mahony, 234), with seven beautiful color illustrations by William Nicholson. Quarto, original paper-covered pictorial boards and cloth spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with seven color illustrations (threeContinue reading "The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-138402

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Scoppettone, Sandra; Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh

Suzuki Beane.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1961.

First edition of this classic children’s book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page “My name is Suzuki Beane Sandra Scoppettone.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First editions are rare, signed examples exceptionally so.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-144579

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Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]

Happy Birthday To You!

New York : Random House, 1959.

First edition, later printing of Seuss’s whimsical birthday book, with the printer’s error on page 34 corrected. Quarto, original glossy pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Small ownership name to the front free pictorial endpaper.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-144618

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Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.

Later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein with an original drawing on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.

$7,200.00

Item Number: RRB-144497

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake

The Witches.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1983.

First edition of Dahl’s Whitbread Award-winning children’s novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery.

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-144317

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Blume, Judy

In the Unlikely Event.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

First edition of one of only four adult books written in Blume’s career. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Judy Blume. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kelly Blair.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-144301

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Lewis, C.S

The Silver Chair.

London : Geoffrey Bles, 1953.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. An exceptional example, as this is the most difficult volume in the series to find in collectible condition.

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-144244

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Blume, Judy

Fudge-A-Mania.

New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1990.

First edition of this work in the author’s classic Fudge series. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Linda Love, Judy Blume Oct. 1993.” Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Sue Truesdell.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-144223

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Travers, P.L

Mary Poppins.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934.

First American edition of this children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition, bookplate. An exceptional example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144179

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Blume, Judy

Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories By Censored Writers.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.

First edition of this collection of censored writings. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the editor in the year of publication on the title page, “To Lorrie Love, Judy Blume Sept. 1999.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lily Malcolm.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-144168

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Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert

James and the Giant Peach.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1961.

First edition of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and also signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a customContinue reading "James and the Giant Peach."

$14,000.00

Item Number: RRB-144130

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Kipling, Rudyard

Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.

London : Macmillan, 1897.

First edition of Kipling’s richly detailed tale of American deep-sea fishing, with frontispiece and 21 illustrations by I.W. Taber. Octavo, original blue cloth elegantly stamped in gilt. In near fine condition with light shelfwear. Pictorial bookplate of L.A. Shilcof to the pastedown. A sharp example.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-144073

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Blume, Judy

Just as Long as We’re Together.

New York : Orchard Books, 1987.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Jessica Love, Judy Blume December 1987.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, sticker to the front free endpaper. Jacket painting by Peter Catalanotto.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-144145

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Blume, Judy

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

New York : Delacorte Press, 2007.

First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Love Judy Blume.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-144144

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Obama, Barack

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

First edition of this work by President Obama, which delivers a tender, beautiful letter to his daughters in this powerful picture book illustrated by award-winner Loren Long. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Loren Long. Uncommon signed.

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-144139

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First Edition, First Printing of J.K. Rowling's Rare First Book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Inscribed by Her to Bryony Evens and with a large original illustration by Thomas Taylor

Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

London : Bloomsbury, 1997.

First edition, first printing of the rarest book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. First printing with “First published in Great Britain in 1997”, the full number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, “Joanne Rowling” forContinue reading "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone."

$1,250,000.00

Item Number: RRB-115640

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Tudor, Tasha

Tasha Tudor’s Favorite Christmas Carols.

New York : David McKay Company, Inc., 1978.

First edition of the author’s classic collection of Christmas carols. Quarto, original red cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author on the title page, “Tasha Tudor 1986.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-144081

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First Edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Signed by J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and several other members of the 2009 film cast

Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

London : Bloomsbury, 2005.

First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Additionally signed and inscribed by several members of the primary cast of the 2009 film including: Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) on the front free endpaper, Warwick Davis (goblin Griphook)Continue reading "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142641

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McElligot's Pool

Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

McElligot’s Pool.

New York : Random House, 1947.

First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state ‘c’) of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other page. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Mrs. Haye with veryContinue reading "McElligot’s Pool."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-87546

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