Search Results: Titles starting with E from Books of Wonder

FARMER, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm. NY: Orchard Books [1994]. 8vo, [viii] 311pp. Violet quarter-cloth stamped in gold with purple boards. Green endpapers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by the author, Nancy Farmer, laid in.
First edition. 1995 Newbery Honor Book! In Zimbabwe, 200 years in the future, the pampered three children of a military leader sneak out into a bustling world from which they have been protected. Their inexperience quickly marks them as the children of wealthy parents, resulting in their being kidnapped. The children find themselves on an odyssey of discovery through the varied tapestry of a society they never dreamed existed as they seek a way home to their grieving parents. One step behind and struggling to rescue the wayfaring children are the Ear, the Eye and the Arm – a trio of detectives with mutant abilities who have been hired to find the missing children before their parents' powerful enemies can seize them.… Read More

[NIELSEN, Kay].
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton (ca. 1930). 8vo, 285pp. Yellow boards pictorially stamped in black and light blue. 24 hand-mounted color plates. Spine ends a bit rubbed, corners lightly bumped, covers slightly soiled, endpapers a bit discolored, else an internally clean, tight copy with all plates fine and bright.
Early edition (circa 1930, having a git inscription to a former owner dated "Christmas 1930" on the blank front free endpaper). A monumental work of art illustration, one of just five books illustrated by the incredible Kay Nielsen and often cited as his most important work. The unique Art Nouveau illustrations are certainly masterpieces that demonstrate Kay Nielsen's imagination and skill.

BREATHED, Berkeley. Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big. Explained by Fannie Fudwupper With Berkeley Breathed Helping Slightly. Boston: Little, Brown [2000]. Square 8vo, [40]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a bookplate signed by Berkeley Breathed.
First edition. Fannie Fudwupper's big brother, Edwurd, spends his time cooking up big fibs full of phooey and letting them rip. But one day, Edwurd tells such a whopping lie that it takes the army, air force, and dogcatcher to reverse the damage! A hilarious romp by this comic genius!

ROBERTSON, M.P. The Egg. London: Frances Lincoln [2000]. 4to, [24]pp. Color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy, without fine dust jacket, as issued. With a bookplate signed by the author/artist, M.P. Robertson, laid-in.
First edition, being issued the year before the US edition. George tends the giant golden egg till it hatches – only to reveal a baby dragon! George knows exactly what to do – a baby dragon needs to learn how to fly, how to breathe fire, and how to defeat a knight – and George is ready to teach him! The dragon learns quickly, but is anxious to find his own kind. When George wakes up one morning to find the little dragon missing, he wonders if he'll ever see his dragon again! The first volume in Robertson's "George Quartet."

JONES, Diana Wynne. Eight Days of Luke. NY: Greenwillow [1985]. 8vo, [x] 150pp. Brown quarter-cloth stamped in gold with red boards decoratively blind stamped. Gray stippled endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.
First US edition. When David accidentally casts a spell which releases Luke (who is actually Loki, the Norse god of mischief) from captivity, he finds himself in the middle of an age-old struggle revolving around a missing war hammer. A wonderful tale from this master of children's fantasy about a neglected English boy who accidentally finds himself dealing with figures from Norse mythology.

SENDAK, Maurice. Elephant and Cow Original Drawing. Original pencil drawing on tracing paper of an elephant and a cow. The image covers nearly all of the 10.5" x 6" sheet. Signed by the artist, Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak, in pencil.
An original pencil drawing by the Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak of an elephant and a cow. Most likely done as a study for a more elaborate drawing, Sendak's typical humor shines through in this image as he has drawn the elephant casting a dubious glance back at the cow, who glares back at something off the page. A comic piece of original Sendak artwork!

THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise. Drawings by Hilary Knight. A Book for Precocious Grown Ups. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1955. 4to, 65pp. White cloth pictorially stamped in black and red. Two-color pictorial endpapers; two-color illustrations on every page. Spine and edges of covers a bit sunned, spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, some crease to rear cover cloth, else an internally clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some light edge wear, soiling and sunning).
First edition. Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel! An instant sensation, this is Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight's beloved introduction to one of the most iconic characters in children's literature.

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Emerald City of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co [1910]. 8vo, 296pp. Dark blue cloth with spine pictorially stamped in silver and black and color pictorial label affixed to front. Two-color pictorial endpapers; 16 full-color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Spine ends lightly rubbed, lower corners a bit rubbed, with front corner lightly bumped (with some resulting light damage to lower corner of label), else a clean, tight copy with all color plates remarkably bright.
First edition in the rare dark blue cloth. The first printing of this book was created with lavish color plates and cover label embellished with metallic green ink. The second printing changed to a label without the metallic green ink, and all other printings left the color plates blank in the areas that the metallic green had appeared. When Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry need a new home, Dorothy comes up with the perfect answer -- The Emerald City of Oz. But while… Read More

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People. Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill [1903]. 8vo, [x] 242pp. Grey cloth pictorially stamped in light purple-gray, coral, orange, black, and yellow. Pictorial endpapers in orange and black; 8 color plates and numerous illustrations printed in orange with the text running over it. Spine ends and corners a bit worn, spine lightly sunned, some light soiling and wear to cloth, else an internally clean, tight copy.
First edition, first state, having the illustration on page 238 printed upside down. From the collection long-time Executive Secretary of International Wizard of Oz Club, Fred M. Meyer. An early fantasy novel by the beloved author of the Oz books, featuring a richly imagined realm filled with fairies, knights, magicians, and dragons in which the hero, Prince Marvel, starts out as a female fairy who is magically transformed into a male knight.… Read More

BAUM, L[yman] Frank. The Enchanted Island of Yew. Illustrated by George O'Connor. NY: Books of Wonder, 1996. 8vo, [viii] 178pp. + [2] advts. Navy cloth with spine stamped in gold. Pictorial endpapers; hand-colored limitation leaf, 22-full page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed and numbered by the artist, George O'Connor, on a hand-colored limitation leaf.
Deluxe edition, being number 26 of 35 signed and numbered copies with a limitation leaf hand-colored by the artist. A limited edition of 350 was also released whose limitation leaf featured the b&w illustration, but was not hand-colored. Originally published in 1903, a few years after the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this juvenile fantasy novel was largely overshadowed by the success of Baum's Oz series. Newly illustrated by acclaimed artist and graphic novelist George O'Connor, this edition brought this wonderful tale to a new generation of readers. Baum's story of a… Read More

WREDE, Patricia. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Four volumes, being Dealing with Dragons;
Searching for Dragons; Calling on Dragons; and Talking to Dragons. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and Harcourt Brace & Company [1990-1993]. 8vo, [x] 174pp; [xii] 200pp; [xii] 201pp; [xii] 225pp. Blue, yellow and peach paper wrappers printed in black. Spine ends of volumes 2 and 4 minutely rubbed, spine and edges of front wrapper of volume 4 sunned, else clean, sharp copies. Volume one comes with a copy of the first edition dust jacket for the hardcover that features the artwork by Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman (light edge wear).
Uncorrected proofs issued in advance of the first editions of this series. The fourth volume in the set was previously published as a paperback in 1985 prior to the rest of the series, but was edited to correspond to the rest of the novels in the series prior to the re-issue of this title, making this the earliest form of this revised version. A feisty princess who has no… Read More

Promotional poster created to celebrate the 2007 publication of Every Year on Your Birthday, written by Rose Lewis and illustrated by Jane Dyer. The poster measures 113" x 17".

TALBOTT, Hudson. Excalibur. Tales of King Arthur. NY: Books of Wonder [1996]. 8vo, [40]pp. Maroon quarter-cloth stamped in bronze with slate boards decoratively stamped in bronze. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author/artist, Hudson Talbott.
First edition. The third book in Hudson Talbott's Tales of King Arthur, retelling Arthur's early adventures in establishing himself as king and how he came to earn the magical sword Excalibur. The author/artist was apparently upset with this first printing which was not laid out as he had intended and so this copy bears a handwritten statement by him to that effect! It's so fun when author's lament the errors in their own work!

REY, H[ans] A[ugustus]. Explore with Books Poster. A 22.5" x 6" poster (ca. 1950) by the creator of Curious George. Upper corners showing two small pin holes, crease where folded in half (as originally distributed), verso of poster slightly discolored with evidence of tape removal at corners, "Explore with books" (the poster's title) handwritten in ink on verso, else a bright copy. Rare.
A poster created by artist H.A. Rey to celebrate the joy of reading. Featuring a dachshund reminiscent of the titular character from the picture book Pretzel [1944], the image shows a variety of books strewn over the back of the dog. The books have titles which include: "How to Dig a Hole," "All About Bunnies," "Birds, Bees and Flowers," and one titled "Treasure Troves" with an image of a trash can on the cover. A delightfully funny poster – most likely created for one of the Children's Book Council's many reading campaigns – by the artist who created Curious George in surprisingly clean, bright condition.