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London : Walker Books, 1989.
First edition of this modern children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
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Madrid : Alfaguara, 2001.
First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s only children’s book. Thin quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.
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San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Signed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “Merry Christmas TomieContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."
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San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “ForContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."
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London : Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond’s classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Boldly signed by Michael Bond on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1895.
First edition of Remington’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout after Frederic Remington, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In very good condition, bookplate. Howes R201; BAL 16489; Adams Herd 1878; Graff 3458. A nice example.
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New York : Charles Scribner, 1947.
First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. With the author’s name and address in her hand laid in. In very good condition.
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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.
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Tokyo : Hasegawa Takejirō, 1898.
First edition of volume eighteen in Hasegawa Takejirō’s Japanese Fairy Tale Series. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers, bound in color printed crepe-paper, illustrated throughout with color woodcuts, cord ties. In near fine condition. Translated by Mrs. T.H. James. Illustrated by Kobayashi Eitaku.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.
First edition of this work by the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tall quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Shub.
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London : Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond’s classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With all good wishes Michael Bond.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears.
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New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by the author. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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New York : Atheneum, 1975.
First edition of the the fourth volume in the author’s acclaimed “Dark Is Rising” series and Newberry award winning novel. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Mary with best regards and many thanks -Susan 1978.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration byContinue reading "The Grey King."
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London : A Centum Book, 2018.
First illustrated edition of the sequel to Mary Poppins. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Lin-Manuel Miranda on the front free endpaper. Miranda starred alongside Emily Blunt in the sequel Mary Poppins Returns to the 1964 film Mary Poppins, and stars Emily Blunt asContinue reading "Mary Poppins Returns."
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: United Synagogue of America, 1951.
First edition of this charming picture book celebrating the Shabbat, with early illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Leonard Weisgard, Art Consultant. In near fine condition. An exceptional example.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2005.
First edition of the sixth and penultimate novel in Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Jason Cockcroft.
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New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930.
First edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, rebound in new boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse, frontispiece. Near fine in a custom slipcase.
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London : Methuen & Co, 1959.
First edition in English of Herge’s classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
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Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Disney Enterprises, Inc., 2018.
First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sellsContinue reading "Mary Poppins Returns."
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1961.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original cloth. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with a drawing on a card pasted in, opposite the title page.
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New York : Random House, 1958.
First edition, first printing of this collection of three of Seuss’s most memorable tales with the 1950, 1951 and 1958 copyright dates. In a first issue dust jacket with thumbnails of fourteen previously published Seuss books ending in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! on the rear panel of the dust jacket and the 295/295 price.Continue reading "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories."
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New York : William Morrow, 2001.
First edition of Gaiman’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “-Neal- dream dangerous- Neil Gaiman.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Russell Gordon.
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London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rareContinue reading "The King of the Golden River."
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New York : Philomel, 1987.
Later printing of Carle’s classic book, which has sold over 30 million copies. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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