Children's Picture Books from

Viking Press, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Grey cloth boards under white & pink illustrated dust jacket, 6-3/4" x 5". Promotional letter from publisher laid in; presumably a review copy though not marked as such. Bottom of front flap clipped, but price intact at top.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ness, Evaline. Blue buckram binding with pictorial front board, under white & pink pictorial dust jacket. Oddly, the publisher's name at the bottom of the jacket just reads "Scribn" -- the rest is cut off. Reinforced library binding but not ex-library. Tear to foot of DJ spine panel, price-clipped,… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Company, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ness, Evaline. Clean and solid copy, moderate wear but nothing drastic. Pictorial boards under matching illustrated dust jacket, 10-1/2" x 7-1/2".

Albert Whitman & Company, 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Red cloth boards with paper onlay, under matching dust jacket. 8-1/4" x 6-1/4". Signed by Betty Russell opposite title page. Rubbing to spine panel of DJ, closed tear to bottom of front panel; good to very good. Oh, the innocence! Not many parents today would send their children to do… Read more about this item

E.P. Dutton & Co, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tarrant, Margaret. Undated, circa 1945 (English edition was 1944). Presumed first American edition. Green illustrated paper-covered boards under matching dust jacket, 12-1/4" x 9-1/2". Shelfwear to bottom edge of boards, edgewear to DJ; price-clipped. Full-color illustrations, as well as black & white drawings; a lovely vintage nursery rhyme book… Read more about this item

Atheneum, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Gold cloth boards under white illustrated dust jacket, 12-1/2" x 9-1/2". The book is only flawed by an owner's name on the front endpaper. The jacket has a 1" tear (no loss) to the rear panel; price-clipped. Much larger than the format we usually see, this first edition is a pleasure &… Read more about this item

E.P. Dutton & Co, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ness, Evaline. Blue boards under white illustrated dust jacket, 10-1/4" x 7-3/4". Minor toning to DJ, one short closed tear, original price of $4.25 intact. The goather wanted the ugliest girl in the world to marry him, but the ugliest girl wasn't interested. All she could think of… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Hardcover, pictorial boards under matching dust jacket. First edition stated and with 1933 on title page. Jacket has small chip at head of spine panel, some edgewear, good to very good, depending on how forgiving of age you are. (I'm a stickler, and calling this "good" but see… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated. Signed (name only) by Spier on title page, dated 1992. Owner's stamp on front endpaper, price-clipped DJ; else lovely.

Doubleday & Company, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on dedication page, dated 1975. First edition stated. Green cloth spine over tan boards, pictorial dust jacket. Short closed tear & associated creases to top of front panel of DJ.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Weisgard, Leonard. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author (name only) on half-title page. First edition stated. Minor fading and edgewear to DJ, but a nice copy.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ward, Lynd. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated; signed (name only) by Scott O'Dell on front endpaper. Pictorial boards under matching jacket with HMC "Dolphin Binding" label to spine, but no library markings. Some fading to dust jacket.

Doubleday & Company, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by de Angeli on title page, dated 1974. Red pictorial boards under matching dust jacket. Minor edgewear to boards and jacket, but a nice copy overall.

Doubleday & Company, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Green pictorial boards under light green dust jacket. Not dated, but with a 10-digit ISBN on rear DJ flap. Inscribed by author, dated 1974. Light wear to jacket, minor soiling to rear panel; book itself just has minor shelfwear.

Pantheon Books, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Grey cloth binding with black lettering & decoration under pictorial dust jacket, brown endpapers, 11-1/4" x 9-1/2". LOC number on title page, 05/08 on front flap. A lovely copy.

Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sendak, Maurice. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Wahl on front endpaper. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket, 9.25" x 7.25". Dust jacket has shallow chip and some closed tears to front panel, price of $2.95 intact. A delightful story with plenty of illustrations for Sendak fans.

Books of Wonder / William Morrow and Company, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x1x10. Signed by Illustrator(s). Blue cloth spine over paper-covered boards under gold/blue pictorial dust jacket. Signed (name only) by Hague on title page. First printing with full number line. Fine in fine jacket.

Little, Brown and Company, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10x0x10. Azarian, Mary. Signed by Illustrator(s). Glossy boards under matching pictorial dust jacket; 10-1/4" square. Signed (name only) by Azarian on title page, review slip laid in.

Macmillan, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition with June, 1937 as only date. Hardcover, blue illustrated paper-covered boards, 6" square. Slight wear to extremities, but a near fine copy overall.

Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hays, Ethel. Hardcover, pictorial boards with green plastic comb binding, pictorial dust jacket, 8" x 6-7/8", unpaginated. Book itself in near fine condition with just slight wear; dust jacket has tape along bottom edge, shallow chip to head of spine, presents well in mylar sleeve. Scarce… Read more about this item