Fiction from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Random House, 1946. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John; Kredel, Fritz. Lovely two-volume set of the Alice tales from 1946 (First, thus), with the lovely original drawings of Sir John Tenniel hand-colored by German illustrator Fritz Kredel for a soft watercolor effect. Orig. housed in a slipcase (which is NOT present),… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Estes, Eleanor. Newberry-award-winning title for which this acclaimed children's author also created her own illustrations, which appear in pen-and-ink throughout the book's 250 pages. First book to feature the Pye family. A FIRST EDITION, but slightly later printing, from 1951,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Poor. One of a series of literary classics adapted for young readers by breaking up words into one syllable for easy pronunciation. Abridged & adapted from the original story by I. F. M., in 112 pages with a colored frontispiece & 5 color chromolithograh plates throughout… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First, Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Shepard, E. H. . Lovely vintage boxed hardcover set from 1957 has 2 books: "The World of Pooh" marks the first appearance in one volume of two classic Pooh stories-- "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) & "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928). Likewise for "The World… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Burningham, John. The quintessential British children's tale of a magical flying car, made into a beloved movie starring Dick Van Dyke in 1968. Just removed from my personal shelves, this is a FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 1964, with former owner's… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Books of Wonder/William Morrow & Co, 1990. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Rackham, Arthur. Reproduces the 1928 edition of this classic 1819 tale with the enchanting illustrations of Arthur Rackham throughout the 105 pages, with an Afterword by Books of Wonder owner Peter Glassman. From 1990, this is a First Edition, First Printing, hardcover… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Doane, Pelagie. Collection of both old & new, famous & lesser-known, children's poems carefully selected by the author & brought to life for new generations of readers with her soft watercolor drawings featuring mid-century children. Better known for her illustrations… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection containing the "lion's share" of the children's stories that this Nobel-prize winning author has penned, most translated from the original Yiddish, & all rich in Jewish tradition & the cultural roots of his native Poland. In 338 pages.… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Collins, 1979. First Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fair. Sendak, Maurice. The late, great Maurice Sendak both wrote & illustrated this charming tale of Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who adventures into a fairy tale world constructed around Mother Goose rhymes "to look or something more than everything." Orig. published in 1967, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stevenson, James. Fun collection of children's poems, illustrated throughout the 159 pages with fanciful pen-and-ink drawings by James Stevenson. A FIRST EDITION, 13th printing from 1984, SIGNED by the Author with a personalized inscription "Hello Lynn!" dated 1987 to title page.… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1961. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Salinger's classic novel of disaffected youth, first published in this mass market paperback format in 1953; this is the 18th printing from 1961, with slightly different cover style (same faux Reginald Marsh pulp painting of Holden Caufield, unattributed), renumbered… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. YA novel by the author of "The Island of the Blue Dolphins,'' this one featuring a brave, independent young woman in New York, in the midst of the War ofIndependence (Revolutionary War). A First Edition, later printing, from 1980, this… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Jackson, A. E.; Federer, C. A.. The timeless classic brought to new life with the illustrations of A. E. Jackson (who did the decorative endpapers, frontispiece, & 7 interior full-page, full-color plates) & C. A. Federer (though attributed only on… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Base, Graeme. Breathtakingly beautiful illustrations (32, all in full-color) by British-Australian artist Graeme Base decorate this rendition of Lewis Carroll's famous poem from the sequel to "Alice in Wonderland." Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1989, this hardcover 4to (9.25" x… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Press, 2010. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A London journalist probes the man behind Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, the mysterious creator of "Alice in Wonderland,'' in 326 pages with Index, Notes, & Select Bibliography. Orig. published in Britain, this is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 2010. Hardcover small 4to has soft blue cloth-covered… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Mikolaydak, Charles. In what was perhaps "her most remarkable adventure novel,'' L'Engle continues the award-winning Time Trilogy in this new work featuring "run-of-the-mill twins Sandy & Dennys in the remarkable Murray family," who are transported through time & space… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Reprint 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Wyeth, N. C.. In a story first published in 1855, this is a lovely 1920 edition (later printing with renewed copyright from 1948) from Scribner's that features the art of N. C. Wyeth. It is one of a lovely series… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Gauthier-Languereu, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. IN FRENCH, this is a lovely collection of 100 short poems & verse adapted by Marcelle Vérité, illustrated on nearly every one of the book's 94 pages, + endpapers & both front & back cover, by Japanese-American artist, Gyo Fukjikawa. Orig. published in 1970… Read more about this item

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Shepard, E. H. . The inspiration behind his father's beloved character Christopher Robin, his bear, Winnie the Pooh, & all their friends in the Hundred-Acre Wood shares his memories, answering questions that Pooh fans have long wondered about.… Read more about this item

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1983. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Moser, Barry. The First Trade (California) Edition, First Printing, from 1983 of the lovely Pennyroyal Edition designed & illustrated by Barry Moser (proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press in West Hatfield, MA) with his stunning woodcuts throughout the book's 167 pages, endpapers, & DJ. Preface… Read more about this item