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Joyce, William · 1997

$10.40 (€9.44 | £7.87 | ¥1,661)

New York, Laura Geringer Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Signed by the author/illustrator at first free endpaper in ballpoint pen, else a superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight...

Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose or Old Nursery Rhymes the Complete Facsimile Sketchbooks

Tengen, Rodney; Kate Greenaway · 1988

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Harry N Abrams, 1988. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy in reprint state, but based upon the 1881 original publication, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean intern...

The Little Days

Gill, Frances · 1917

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bruising to, ...

Bonjour, Lonnie

Ringgold, Faith · 1996

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Hyperion Books for Children, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound in pictorial cloth in a square format, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and ...

The Rose & the Ring or the History of Prince Giglio & Prince Bulbo. A Fireside Pantomime for Great & Small Children

Thackeray, W.[illiam] M. [Makepeace] · 1911

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Company, 1911. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean but for previous owner's neat inscription at first free endpaper. Hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, front and rear paste-downs rendered a...

Jouets Americains de la Petite Enfance 1925-1975

Burckhardt, Monica, Curator · 1978

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Bordeaux, France, Musee des Arts decoratifs, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Fine looking softcover catalog of the exhibition "American toys of early childhood 1925-1975," held at the Musée des Arts décoratifs Hotel de Lalande from May 31 to July 6...

The Story of Patsy

Wiggins, Kate Douglas · 1889

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1889. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Illustrated blue cloth covers, stamped and lettered in black, are mildly soiled but moderately worn, with bumping to spin...

A Boy in the Country

Stevenson, John · 1912

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

London, Edward Arnold, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very scarce in the trade, there being currently only a single additional copy available on-line. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and ti...

Romps in Town

Lennard, Horace, with Harry Furniss · 1800

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

London, George Routledge & Sons, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line of this item, being a cartoony romp illustrated by Harry Furniss, and with texts by Horace Lennard. Engraved...

Gamble Gold

Parry, Judge · 1907

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1907. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in publisher's original red cloth, with gilt lettering and gilt and black illustration to cover and spine. The cover ...

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Platt & Munk Co. · 1930

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

, The Platt & Munk Co., . . Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Splendid little copy, illustrated, thin square octavo stapled wraps, bound in linen and illustrated pages printed on linen. Very light soiling to covers, lightly creased, else clean and neat. Housed in a plastic ...

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: The Transportation Revolution in Children's Picture Books

Harris, Neil · 1995

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Chicago, University of Chicago Library, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers, black com...

Lewis Carroll's the Hunting of the Snark: The Annotated Snark, by Martin Gardner; the Designs for the Snark, by Charles Mitchell; the Listing of the Snark, by Selwyn H. Goodacre

Carroll, Lewis, Martin Gardner, Charles Mitchell, Selwyn H. Goodacre; James Tanis and John Dooley, eds. · 1982

$27.20 (€24.68 | £20.59 | ¥4,343)

Los Altos, California, William Kaufmann, in cooperation with Bryn Mawr Library, 1982. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in very dark blue cloth covers, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing...

Paul and Margaret: The Inebriate's Children

H.K.P. (Mrs. H.K. Potwin) · 1869

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

New York, M.W. Dodd, 1869. . Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Plain worn reddish-brown cloth over boards, bound in octavo format, with 4 3/4" x 7 3/4" in size. Gilt lettering and design on front cover and spine. Previous owner's name and date 29 -1 '69 on front free endpa...

The Selfish Giant: A Fairy Tale

Wilde, Oscar · 1948

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Homer H. Boelter, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Housed in a stiff plastic sleeve, though near pristine of interior, just a bit sunned/toned along edges. Green, black illustrations, quite fine, by Pauline French. Unpaginated, but roughly 2...

Children's Books of Yesterday

James, Philip; C. Geoffrey Holme, ed. · 1933

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, The Studio Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and accessible primer in vintage and antiquarian children's books, bound in green linen cloth, slight rubbing and soiling there, bright interior, sturdy of binding. Printed, illustrated ...

L'Opera de Mali: D'Apres la Nouvelle D'Henry Clerisse

Sircley et Jean Le Loup · 1936

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Paris, France, Editions Masspacher, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there seeming to be no more than one additional copy available on-line currently. Big, tall, skinny quarto hardcover format, three-color illustration...

The Beast

Houghton, Claude · 1936

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

Belfast, Ireland, Quota Press, 1936. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Special Limited Edition, being Number 242 of 250 numbered copies, multiply signed, a gorgeously illustrated copy that is signed at the Page of Limitation by artist, illustrator ...

Gedeon Mecano

Rabier, Benjamin · 1929

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Paris, France, Librairie Garnier Freres, 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated, but 24 leaves (= 48 pages); 139 color illustrations, thumbnails and full pages, quite lovely. Pictorial paper over boards, red cloth-backed, covered now in plastic jacket...

The Life and Work of Kate Greenaway

Spielman, M.H. and G.S. Layard · 1986

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, Bracken Books, 1986. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 1986 reprint of the original 1905 First Edition, this edition being in facsimile. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, mostly at endpape...