Children's Classics from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Dutton, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Shepard, E.H.. First edition of this little smackeral of academic satire. A "long overdue collection of twelve essays, examining the hidden meaning of MIlne's classic volumes." A super weird offering, perfect for the Pooh collector who has everything! Book is excellent, unmarked and tight. Jacket shows price ($2.95) and has one medium-sized… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Lippincott, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. A later printing, copyright 1955 by Josephine Lofting. Lovely orange boards with full color image on front, plain white endpapers. Black & white images by the author throughout. A nice tight copy, some bumps to corners and a bit of fading to the spine. Uncommon volume of this beloved series.… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Sixth printing C" so circa 1964. A tight, unread copy of the further adventures of everyone's favorite lost, marmalade-loving bear. The book has no markings and is illustrated throughout with Fortnum's charming line drawings. Jacket has an amusing mirror-image cover. Spine is either sunned or soiled (hard to tell) and… Read more about this item

Scribner's, 1902. Hardcover. Fine. Vawter, J.W.. A truly glorious copy in stunning condition. Dark brown boards with gold leaf on stamped author, title and illustration. Gift inscription in light green pencil from Christmas 1902; published October 1902.Glossy illustrations throughout as well as line drawings decorating text. Just a beautiful book from the "Children's Poet" from Indiana.

Harper & Row, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing of this very significant work of young adullt fiction. Book shows age -- has some soil to page ends. Boards are illustrated with the jacket art. Jacket is intact, no tears, minor chips at the corners, but is price-clipped. Paper shows age spots and foxing. One of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Random House/Beginner Books, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Wende, Philip. A lovely copy of this adaptation for Beginning Readers, long out-of-print. Part of the "I Can Read It All By Myself" series as created by Ted Geisel, aka Dr Seuss.This volume is copyright Christopher Lofting (Hugh's son) in 1968. Tight and clean, glorious full color endpapers,… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings, illustrated throughout with Fortnum's line drawings. Bright yellow jacket is price-clipped and has a few bumps and one closed tear but is in displayable condition. A really nice copy. … Read more about this item

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Shimin, Symeon. Lovely hardcover with near-fine jacket, one minor ding along the spine and some wee bumping along top and bottom of spine. It does have the Newbery Medal sticker, and the jacket is price-clipped. No marks or writing, a lovely copy. Number line indicates a 13th printing. This book won… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Frederick Stokes & Co, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. A very nice copy of this title, save for the pen markings to the front and back cover boards. Yellow boards with pastedown on front, teal and black endpapers, color plates done by the author throughout. No jacket. Some bumps to corners but overall in very nice… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. Very early printing, price on jacket is $3.95. Final page with author bio states that the book was bound by The Book Press. Book has very minor water damage to the rear board but is in otherwise excellent condition; no writing or marks, two-tone illustrations throughout and full-color plates… Read more about this item

Reilly and Lee, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Neill, John R.. A later printing, circa 1922 based on a gift inscription from Christmas of that year. This edition printed from the original plates, all points are present. Significant wear to the cover -- blue boards and a pastedown illustration on front cover. Binding is tight and pages are overalll… Read more about this item

Ideals Childrens Books, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Flint, Russ. Pristine copy of this illustrated abridgement of Dickens's classic. First printing, fine in a fine jacket.

Boston: Lothrop. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. A nice moderately early printing of this title (Fifty-sixth Thousand). Front illustrated boards and gilt are blean and bright, with minimal edgewear for its age. Binding is strong, pages show some age and discoloration in spots. Front endpaper bears stamp of used bookstore from many moons ago "The Cogitator--Attic Books for Book… Read more about this item

Boston: Lothrop. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Decent copy of this title--illustrated front board is quite good, with some wear to extremeties. Slight cock to book, binding at rear a little precarious. Cloth split at head and rear of spine. Save for rear board, binding is strong, pages mostly clean. Stamp from previous used… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Simont, Marc. A scarce first printing of this classic Thurber children's story. Title page lists illustrator as "Mark Simont", corrected to "Marc" in later printings. NF with a little browning to pages and to edges of boards, binding quite… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A wonderful copy of this classic book, the second in L'Engle's "Time Quintet". First printing stated. Book is fine in brilliant, unfaded green boards with green top-edge. Jacket is not price clipped ($4.95) with minimal wear and one… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very clean copy of this collection of Dahl short stories, some of which are from Dahl's early days. This is a first printing, not price clipped ($5.95) or remainder marked, spine square, VERY tiny chip to lower front… Read more about this item

New York: DK Publishing, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Eyewitness Classics version of Oliver Twist--relates the plot and offers DK's expected Eyewitness Style, illustrated profusely and with many historical and vocabulary asides in the margins. NF in VG jacket, which does have two tears to top front, one quite small and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Patterson, Bob. Several classic tales compiled by Shirley Temple: Heidi, The Little Colonel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Captain January. Oversized omnibus with many color illustrations by Bob Patterson to add to stills from Shirley Temple movies. VG with an about Good jacket, with… Read more about this item

London: Constable Young Books, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Baltzer, Hans. A striking oversized edition of Gulliver's Travels, with wonderful watercolor illustrations by Hans Baltzer. Second printing of this edition. NF in a Good to VG jacket--some surface soil and multiple small tears and chips. The text and illustrations are quite clean.… Read more about this item