London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. Kipling, Rudyard. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 257 pp., in a custom clamshell box. A prolific author known for his varied works from "The Jungle Book" to "Captains Courageous", in the "Just So Stories" Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) creates delightful stories of animals... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Church, Frederick S. and Moser, James H. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 241 pp. The stories told by Joel Chandler Harris' (1848-1908) character Uncle Remus feature the popular Brer Rabbit from African-American folklore, a trickster character who lives by his wits;... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1974. Silverstein, Shel. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 176 pp., in a first issue dust jacket with $7.95 price. Sheldon Allan Silverstein (1930-1999), a hugely talented author and illustrator, gave to the world the perennial children's favourites "The Giving Tree", "A Light in... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. Sendak, Maurice. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing with Maurice Sendak illustrations, two volumes (complete), duodecimo size, 362 total pp. A collection of beloved tales by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm (1785-1863 and 1786-1859, respectively), this two-volume set contains classic fairy tales such as "Repunzel"... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, ca. 1908. Kirk, Maria L. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 305 pp., of the "Stories All Children Love" series. Scottish author and minister George MacDonald (1824-1905) wrote about diverse subjects, from fantasy to fairy tales to Christian apologetics, and his work was massively influential to... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 125 pp., with original pencil sketch on the front endpapers, inscribed by William Pène du Bois. William Pène du Bois' (1916-1993) demonstrates his expertise in both writing and illustrating in this charming volume; Pène du Bois won..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. Lawson, Robert. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, [68] pp. A charming history of the author's family, this volume is replete with Robert Lawson's (1892-1957) meticulous line drawings. The book won the Calecott Medal in 1941, and, so far, Lawson is the only... More