Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Out of the Nursery, Into the Night

Hague, Kathleen · 1986

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Henry Holt, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; no...

Between Heaven and Earth: Bird Tales from Around the World

Norman, Howard · 2004

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Orlando, Florida, Gulliver Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. TRIPLE-SIGNED on a special bookplate by the author and both illustrators, scarce in the trade in this state and condition. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condit...

Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Baer, Gene · 1989

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Harper & Row, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. SIGNED by the illustrator opposite title page. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, ...

A Turtle on Her Toe

Edna Lee Glines · 1982

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Eugene, Oregon, Tumbleweed Publishing, 1982. First Edition. . Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. SIGNED by the illustrator Marsha Wilson Pierpoint at title page, inscribed warmly to an adoring friend, and her illustrations augmenting this fine Edna Lee Glines story. Stated First Editio...

Val Rides the Oregon Trail

Tousey, Sanford · 1939

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Doubleday & Co., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition of this much beloved tale of the Oregon Trail, author of the Cowboy Tommy series of children's books. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, wi...

The Little Mexican Donkey Boy; the Little Swiss Wood-Carver; the Wee Scotch Piper; Little Rose of the Mesa; Little Tony of Italy; Carmen of the Golden Coast; the Little Indian Weaver

Brandeis, Madeline · 1897

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, . . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Many, many score photographic illustrations made by the author from her own photography on location make this a particularly fetching little set, a perfectly serviceable set, of seven reading copies of Madeline Bra...

Silent Night

Crespi, Francesca · 1987

$6.40 (€5.81 | £4.84 | ¥1,022)

New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1987. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Sterling condition hardcover edition of a pop-up book, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, w...

The Man in the Moon and the Hot Air Balloon

David Delamare · 1995

$6.40 (€5.81 | £4.84 | ¥1,022)

Limpsfield, Surrey, Great Britain, Dragon's World, Ltd., 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with n...

Iduna and the Magic Apples

Mayer, Marianna · 1988

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with nei...

Understanding the Floatplane

Edgerton, Clyde · 1987

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, The Mud Puppy Press, 1987. Special Limited Edition . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A Near Fine condition copy of this Limited & Signed Edition chapbook, an edition designed by John Cotterman and Grant Kornberg, being Copy #244 of 500 signed...

The Witch's Face: A Mexican Tale

Kimmel, Eric A., adapted by · 1993

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Holiday House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. SIGNED boldly by the author at first free endpaper, full-page. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- ...

The Three Golden Apples

Hawthorne, Nathaniel · 1992

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Mankato, Minn., Creative Education, 1992. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce in this First Edition Thus state and brand-new, still in its original publisher's glassine wrap in condition, still in ribbon-tied format, with publisher's sticker s...

Trudi & Pia

Hegi, Ursula · 2003

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, An Anne Schwartz Book / Atheneum, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present, but seems to be a First U.S. Edition in that the original copyright held by Ursula Hegi dates to 1994. . Sterling ...

The Little Flower King

Pacovska, Kveta · 1991

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Saxonville, Massachusetts, A Michael Neugebauer Book / Picture Book Studio, 1991. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Published first as Der Kleine Blumenkonig, this being the first U.S. edition. Oblong format with glossy pictorial boards, protected in st...

My Pop-Up Book of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Johnstone, Anne Grahame · 1983

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

London, Deans International Publishing / Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1983. . Hardcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Stellar condition pop-up book, with all pop-ups presented and unsullied. Glossy pictorial covers, with texts above and below pop-ups, which open in perpendicular fas...

The Bear's Bicycle

McLeod, Emilie Warren · 1975

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Boston, Joy Street Books / Little, Brown & Co., 1975. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Bound handsomely in a short oblong format, illustrated light blue paper over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not p...

Mr. Prickles: A Quill-Fated Love Story

LaReau, Kara · 2012

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, A Neil Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sterling condition hardcover copy of a beloved children's book character, Mr. Prickles, with unbruised ti...

Mowgli's Brothers

Kipling, Rudyard · 1993

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Mankato, Minnesota, Creative Editions, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining...

The Odious Ogre

Juster, Norton · 2010

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Michael di Capua / Scholastic Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, ding to top of the pictorial board, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-we...

Just the Two of Us

Smith, Will · 2001

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

New York, Scholastic Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. As stellar a copy of this fine exemplar of children's book writing and illustration as you'll find, with an arresting Foreword by Will Smith introducing black-themed parenting principles. St...