James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - 1961

As new hard cover with as new dust jacket. Condition: as new. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. First Edition. Octavo. One of just 7500 copies printed. 133 pp. This is an unread copy in excellent condition.

A fine copy in fine dust jacket; pictorial jacket has tiny chips on corners, else fresh and bright. Signed "Maurice Sendak" on title page under illustration.

First Edition. Stated First printing. Very Good+; boards are tight and clean. Slight small stain along lower outside edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-.. Shallow chipping to jacket at top of spine, other small chips along edges, fold with 1/2 in closed tear at lower front corner.

Sotheby's, New York, 1988. Mint in shrink wrapped unopened slipcase. Six volumes. Vol. I: Art Nouveau and Art Deco. 377 lots. Vol. II: Collectibles: Jewelry, Furniture, Decorations & Paintings. Lots 600-1720. Vol. III: Jewelry and Watches. Lots 2000-2119. Vol. IV: American Indian Art. Lots 2300-2632. Vol. V: Americana and Europena and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints. Lots 2800-3317. Vol. VI: Contemporary Art. Lots 3350-3436.

Promotional poster for Hats Off To Madeline in brilliant red and yellow color theme with a "Happy Birthday to Madeline" theme on cake. Poster was neatly folded, and measures 20.5 in x 17 in. Suitable for framing. No tears, chips or issues other than the fold.

Venezia (Venice): Carlo Pecora, 1744. Two volumes (3 & 4 of 6) bound as one. Large 4to. Early full vellum binding with a brown leather title patch; all edges gilt; marbled pastedown endpapers. Parallel texts in Italian and French for seventy-two fables, each illustrated with a beautiful full-page color etching by Fossati. Each etching is printed in one of various shades of red, orange, brown, green, blue and black. In addition to the 72 plates, there are engraved vignettes on the 4 title pages, a red engraved headpiece for volume 3, and an engraved tailpiece following the text for each of the fables. Fossati (1706-1778) was an Italian architect who also was a very good printmaker and book illustrator. For the fables he portrayed animals realistically and used his architectural training for accurate renderings of baroque buildings. A rare title: OCLC locates only 13 libraries with any of the volumes. Ours is a very nice (vg+) copy with text and plates on clean and supple laid paper; very… Read More

As new hard cover with as new dust jacket. Condition: as new. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. First Edition. Octavo. One of just 7500 copies printed. 133 pp. This is an unread copy in excellent condition.

A fine copy in fine dust jacket; pictorial jacket has tiny chips on corners, else fresh and bright. Signed "Maurice Sendak" on title page under illustration.

First Edition. Stated First printing. Very Good+; boards are tight and clean. Slight small stain along lower outside edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-.. Shallow chipping to jacket at top of spine, other small chips along edges, fold with 1/2 in closed tear at lower front corner.

Sotheby's, New York, 1988. Mint in shrink wrapped unopened slipcase. Six volumes. Vol. I: Art Nouveau and Art Deco. 377 lots. Vol. II: Collectibles: Jewelry, Furniture, Decorations & Paintings. Lots 600-1720. Vol. III: Jewelry and Watches. Lots 2000-2119. Vol. IV: American Indian Art. Lots 2300-2632. Vol. V: Americana and Europena and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints. Lots 2800-3317. Vol. VI: Contemporary Art. Lots 3350-3436.