New York: William R. Scott, 1938. 22.5x22cm: unpaginated, [20pp.]. First Edition. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Original spiral-bound pictorial boards. Oxford Jct. Public School stamp with “1948” in pen on the inside of front cover. A half page promotional sheet bound in. Only about a third of the spiral binding is.....
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887. 19x13cm: [xii], 96, [4]pp. First Edition, Second Issue [First Published], after the very rare private issue. Publisher’s bright red cloth-covered boards with gilt titling to front and spine, accompanied with the publisher-issued envelope (dated 1887) containing the game board and nine (five.....
New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1932. 19.5x15.5cm: 183pp. Later printing of the 1904 edition. Illustrated with a map, 16 full-page, and 71 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Publisher’s tan cloth with decorative pictorial binding design in green. Boards soiled. Minor bumping to corners and head and.....
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1927. 19.5x15.5cm: 198pp. Later printing of the 1906 edition. Illustrated with 27 full-page and 87 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Publisher’s tan cloth with decorative pictorial binding design in green, stamped to front board and spine. Stamped TBH to lower right corner.....
Paris: Hachette, 1934. 24x18.5cm: 46pp. First French Edition, with text in French. Drawings by Félix Lorioux. Brightly colored, illustrated paper-covered boards reproducing the illustrations on the dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers of paired animals running to the ark in the rain (front) and paired animals leaving the ark on a beautiful.....
London / New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. 27.5x21.5cm: 2pp.] plus [24] leaves of color plates, printed rectos only on heavy glossy paper. First Edition. Publisher’s dark gray-green paper-covered boards with beveled edges, quarter-bound in beige cloth. Front cover printed in gilt, white, green, and orange. Pictorial endpapers. Clipped.....
New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1930. 24x27cm: 111pp. First Edition. Illustrated by Keith Ward. Tan cloth-covered boards with color illustrated paste down to front. Title stamped in black to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color illustrations. Boards lightly soiled, with spine ends and corners gently.....
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House, 2017. 28.5x23.5cm: [38pp.]. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated by Robert Neubecker, featuring dozens of Keith Haring’s drawings and photos. SIGNED by Kay Karing, Keith Haring’s younger sister, on the title page with the phrase ‘Think Big - Work Hard -.....
New York: Holiday House, 1977. 25x21cm: unpaginated [30pp]. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket with black and white titling to cover and black titling to spine. Rubbing to lower spine and bottom edges with some shelf wear. Yellow cloth boards with black titling to.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1984. 25.5x25.5cm: xiv, 102pp. First Edition, First Printing. Boldly SIGNED by Sendak on the half-title page, dated Nov. 29, ‘84, the same month of the book’s release. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to front and spine, with a blind-stamped decorative design on front.....
New York: Holiday House, 2007. 21.5x14.5cm: 170pp. First American Edition, First Printing. White paper boards over black paper. Metallic red titling on spine. Illustrated dust jacket, unclipped. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Nested in Maori folklore and culture, this is the poignant story of a spirited Maori.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. 21x17cm: 118pp., including 10 illustrations. Flexible paper-covered boards printed in black, with an illustration on front and advertisements on rear. Moderate soiling and rubbing to boards. Spine darkened, with brief exposure along joints. Light wear to edges with corners bumped. Faint dampstain to front.....
Washington D.C. Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1962. 19.3x13cm: [26pp]. First Edition. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Wonderfully illustrated by Audrey Preissler with black-and-white sketches. Green cloth boards with black titling along spine. Boards lightly faded along edges, else clean and square. Illustrated dust jacket.....
London: Arthur Baker Limited, 1937. 24.5x19cm: 143pp. First Edition, First Printing of the Small Paper Issue, with 20 gorgeous color illustrations by the author, including the frontispiece. Original green cloth-covered boards, with black lettering on spine. Minor sunning to spine ends and along a small section of the bottom edge.....
New York: Duffield & Company, 1928. 21x14cm: 159pp. First Edition illustrated by Lynd Ward, including three full-page plates and a color frontispiece. Marbled cloth boards with lettering in gilt to front and spine. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and worn. Top edge of text block dust soiled with some.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1949. 23.5x17.5cm: 54pp. First Edition. Illustrated by Frank Kramer. Grey cloth-covered boards with color illustrated pastedown. Titling in black to spine with small horseshoe illustration. Black and white illustrated endpapers. Lacking dustjacket. Spine ends and corners bumped. Spine darkened and cracked at several gatherings.....
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1952, [c. 1980s reprint]. 21x14cm: 184pp. Junior Deluxe Editions. Illustrated by Garth Williams. Tan paper boards with red lettering stamped to spine. Front cover features a red stamped illustration of Fern feeding Wilbur. A few dings to boards. Spine ends bumped. Christmas gift.....
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2004. 31x23.5cm: [32pp.]. First Edition, First Printing. Color pictorial paper-covered boards, matching the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with photographs and cartoon drawings. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. One of Willem’s earlier books, and the first in the extraordinarily entertaining Knuffle Bunny.....