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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1952). Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only - some wear to the covers, crinkling and bleeding onto the lower margins of most pages, gold foil spine covering (which gave these books their name) worn at the ends. Still, a rather uncommon book. . First printing. An authorized version of… Read more about this item

New York:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, (1980). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very near fine dust jacket (light toning to cream background, original price of 12.95 on dj flap). First US printing. The story of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and its aftermath told from the viewpoint of a… Read more about this item

New York:: Little Simon,, (1985). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in illustrated green boards over a dark brown leatherette spine (tear to front cover at side of spine, remainder mark to bottom edge), no dust jacket. . First thus. A rather uncommon edition of this much beloved story, illustrated by Allen Atkinson with 10 striking… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1982). Hardcover -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.. Later printing. A lovely edition of this classic story, illustrated in full color - including two page spreads, full page paintings and smaller illustrations - by Michael Hague. 219 pp.

Racine, WI:: Whitman Publishing Co.,, (c 1939). Very good in stapled wrappers (usual toning to pages) . First thus, a large format softcover. Based on the original and complete story, illustrated with line drawings by Henry Vallely. The first 7 drawings have been neatly colored in, in part or completely, by a previous owner. Whitman #… Read more about this item

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A book which tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which spent more than two years exploring the territory west of the Mississippi River, in the words of Meriwether Lewis' huge Newfoundland dog, Seaman, who accompanied them.… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown).. First US printing. The title continues "Together with the most lamentable losse of the Alcestis & triumphant firing of the Port of Chagres," Written in verse by Richard Adams (best known… Read more about this item

New York:: Four Winds Press/Macmillan,, (1987). Hardcover -. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First thus. After discovering that her pet cricket, Nikki, has been stolen, Maggie and her friends set out to track down the person who took Nikki and left in his place a note saying "The Pirate was here" - a quest which results in… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., for The Parents' Institute, Inc.,, (c 1922). Hardcover -. Very good (rubbing to the gilt lettering on the spine, so barely legible). Vintage hardcover. Contains 11 stories which tell the further adventures of Lad. A title in The What Every Child Should Know, third series. Full-color frontispiece. Bound… Read more about this item

New York:: Greenwillow Books,, (1998). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers in a very near fine dust wrapper.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel, a story for older children, based on her memories of her years spent in Liberia as a child in the 1980s, a book which "reveals the… Read more about this item

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2008.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (lower corner slightly bumped). First printing. A book about a battle that is still being fought - "What should children read? the three-hundred-year-old question that sparked the creation of a rambunctious childrens book publishing scene in Colonial times.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1930). Hardcover -. Very good in red cloth with black lettering and small illustrations on front cover and spine (slight fading to spine, usual toning to the pages). Early (9th) printing. The first book in this classic series of children's adventure stories, set in England's Lake Country in the years between the World Wars. The… Read more about this item

New York:: The Century Co.,, 1918.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall - missing the front endpaper, one plate is loose but still present, school stamp on endpapers - but still an appealing copy with clean boards, straight spine. . First printing. Seaman's first book for younger readers ('the very little boys and girls between… Read more about this item

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (c 1923). Hardcover -. Very good in dark navy blue cloth with silver lettering, and an embossed head of a collie on the front cover (front hinge starting, but overall tight and straight, no dust jacket..). Early reprint. Book of stories about the collie, Lochinvar Bobby. Full color frontispiece, illustrated endpapers. 309… Read more about this item

New York:: Putnam,, (2022). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. An "ode to the complexity and uniqueness of every child" by this Newbery Medal-winning author. A book which explores the "endless possibilities each child contains: A young dancer may grow into a computer coder; a basketball player might become… Read more about this item

New York:: Holiday House / Neal Porter,, (2022). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A book about what is not important between friends - and what is! Delightfully illustrated with graphite drawings and only two colors - teal and yellow - by two friends, Molly Idle and Juana-Martinez-Neal,… Read more about this item

New York:: Dodd, Mead,, 1886.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in black cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations on the covers and spine (very minor shelfwear) A lovely copy of a rather uncommon book. . First printing. The first book by this American poet and actor, a series of interconnected stories as told by the… Read more about this item

New York:: Holiday House / Neal Porter,, (2022). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A fascinating and lovely book by this Caldecott winning author and illustrator - an "exploration of the tiniest components of matter conceptualized by science. The book opens with a brown-skinned child who uses a wheelchair… Read more about this item

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, (c1952). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in yellow cloth with red illustration and lettering, no dust jacket. . Later printing. Attractive copy of this classic children's book, the 3rd in the series of stories about a lovable and mischievous monkey, written for beginning readers by Margret Rey, and illustrated by H.… Read more about this item

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with only a few markings, and overall tight and clean in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped). First printing. "The inspiring, true story of Bong Way 'Billy' Wong, the first Chinese American bullfighter" illustrated with glowing watercolors by this Caldecott winning artist. Large format, 32 pp.