Children and Young Adult
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; Retold by May Bryon for Little People with the Permission of the Author
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1929]. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. Octavo size, 123 pp. With Ex-Libris of J.M. Barrie which apparently is not unique, there being one other copy online as of this writing with the same plate. The ink looks genuine but the signatures are the same; interestingly, the library..... More
Stories from the Pentamerone
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911. Goble, Warwick. Limited Edition. Vellum. One of 150 copies, the Edition de Luxe, quarto size, 316 pp. The text of this book is based on John Edward Taylor's translation from 1847. Giambattista Basile (1566-1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. The..... More
Cautionary Tales for Children; Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years
London: Eveleigh Nash, [1907]. B. T. B. [Lord Basil Temple Blackwood]. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 80 pp. This collection of verses, intended as a parody of cautionary tales written for children, was written by Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), a prolific writer and poet as well as an avid..... More
The Tiger in the Teapot
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Pène du Bois, William. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form and with Pène du Bois illustrations, duodecimo size, 32 pp. A charming story of a family and its tiger (who simply won't get out of the teapot), this children's story is..... More
Children's Literature Review, Excerpts from Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People (Volumes 1 - 48)
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. Hardcover. Forty-eight consecutive volumes, published between 1976 and 1998, large quarto size, approximately 9600 pp. An "ongoing series", published to fill "a need for a digest of comment concerning children’s literature…in which excerpts of recent reviews of both fiction and nonfiction for children and young..... More
Giovanni and the Other Children Who Have Made Stories
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Birch, Reginald B. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, octavo size, 224 pp. The work of Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) captured the imaginations of readers, with her enduring novels such as "The Secret Garden" and "Sara Crewe"; this collection of stories for children demonstrates..... More
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1969). Carle, Eric. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, oblong quarto, 28 pp., in first issue dust jacket. Eric Carle (b. 1929) is known world-wide for this, his third book, which has been translated into more than 60 languages and has sold more..... More
The Jolly Jump-Ups and Their New House
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1939. Clyne, Geraldine. Hardcover. Quarto size (oblong), [7] pp. "The Jolly Jump-Ups" is a pop-up book by Geraldine Clyne featuring the Jump-Up family and their escapades as they move to a new house. Showcasing charming illustrations by Clyne, each page contains a full-colour pop-up scene..... More
Midnight Revels
San Francisco: Sunset Press, 1939. Kraemer, Xavier. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 85 pp., signed by Xavier Kraemer. A delightful fairy story told in poem form, of a dream wherein dolls come alive and dance and celebrate - until the dawn when the "dream" ends - the dream that the..... More
St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Volume XXIX Part II, May 1902 To October 1902 [Includes first appearance of "The Cruise of the Dazzler" and "To Repel Boarders" by Jack London]
New York: The Century Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size , 582 pp. This volume includes six months of the wonderful St. Nicholas children's magazine, with the July issue containing the first published appearance of the short story "The Cruise of the Dazzler" (pp. 784-812). ___DESCRIPTION: Decorated red cloth..... More
Horton Hatches the Egg
New York: Random House, (1940). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, [55 pp.], with publisher's dust jacket. Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) will forever be remembered as the beloved "Dr. Seuss", creator of numerous stories for children. Often written as nonsensical lines in the tradition of the great Edward Lear..... More
The Play-Day Book: New Stories for Little Folks
New York: Mason Brothers, 1857. Coffin, Fred[erick] M. Hardcover. Sixteenmo, 292 pp. Early reprint of a children's book by Fannie Fern, the pen name of Sara Willis (1811-1872) who struggled as a young widow to provide for her children by writing, eventually becoming the highest-paid columnist in the United States..... More
Pocket-Handkerchief Park
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1929. Field, Rachel. First Edition. Hardcover. 24mo size, 67 pp. Rachel Lyman Field (1894-1942) was a well-loved children's author, as well as a novelist and poet; she is best known for her Newbery Award-winning "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years". She was also..... More
The Chewg-um-blewg-um; The Mite Merry Series
Melbourne, Auckland et al: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. Gaze, Harold. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, [32] pp. A book of poetry about the chewg-um-glewg-um, which "has an Emu's body / And a smiling Camel's head", written and illustrated by Harold Gaze (1885-1963). Gaze is known for his colourful elvish..... More
M. C. Higgins, the Great
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no Newbery Medal on dust jacket, octavo size, 288 pp. Coming-of-age novels spin stories that resonate with people from all walks of life, and "M. C. Higgins, the Great" is no exception. Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) masterfully tells the..... More
Cyclone on the Prairies: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Arts & Crafts of Publishing in Chicago, 1900 [with] A Bookbinder's Analysis of the First Edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Peter R. Koch], 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, folio size, 142 and 49 pp. respectively, with prospectus and errata slip. From prospectus: "The chief aim of Peter Hanff's study and analysis of 'America's most famous fantasy' is to..... More
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings; New and Revised Edition, With One Hundred and Twelve Illustrations
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Frost, A. B. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 233 of 250 copies, octavo size, 289 pp., signed at the Preface by Joel Chandler Harris. The stories told by Joel Chandler Harris' (1848-1908) character Uncle Remus feature the popular Brer Rabbit from African-American folklore, a...... More
Prinz Grunewald und Perlenfein mit ihrem lieben Eselein [Prince Grunewald and Perlenfein with their Dear Little Donkey]
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, ca. 1905. Cardboard covers. 15th edition, quarto size, 24 pp., all text in German. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) although a successful psychiatrist, is remembered primarily for his children's stories - Struwwelpeter, his first book, being one of the most famous. While the stories may strike us today..... More
Slovenly Peter (der Struwwelpeter), or, Happy Tales and Funny Pictures, Freely Translated into English by Mark Twain
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Kredel, Fritz. Second Edition. Hardcover. Harper code "L-K", octavo size, 32 pp. A classic German children's tale originally published in 1845 (with corresponding politically-incorrect racial allusions), comprised of ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with additional Rackham illustrations on enlarged paper, quarto size, 568 pp., in original dust jacket. This book was first published in 1898 with only twelve illustrations, this being the first trade edition of the newly enlarged..... More
Green-Pipes
New York: Macmillan, 1929. Paget-Fredericks, J[oseph Rous]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 42 pp., with publisher's dust jacket, inscribed by Paget-Fredericks. The illustrations of J. Paget-Fredericks (1903-1963) are at the same time both whimsical and sophisticated - one of the reviewers of his work stated "He seems to have an..... More
Pat the Bunny
[New York]: [Simon & Schuster], c. 1940. Kunhardt, Dorothy. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second issue, twenty-fourmo size, [16] pp., in a custom box. Dorothy Kunhardt (née Meserve, 1901-1979) is best known for this work, although she authored almost fifty books during her lifetime. As noted author Chris Loker wrote..... More
Two Nonsense Stories: The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World [and] The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 1990. Martin, Gillian. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Letter "P" of 26 special copies, quarto size, 67 pp., signed by Gillian Martin, with a separate insert. The two stories collected here are little-known works of prose by English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812-1888), best known for..... More
Ice Bear and Little Fox
New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1998. San Souci, Daniel. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 126 of 200 (in a slipcase), quarto size, 42 pp., signed by Jonathan London and Daniel San Souci. A wonderful story of two animal friends who help each other to survive the at times harsh..... More