Animals and Animal Stories
Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1953). Ulrey, Dale. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, [39] pp. While L. Frank Baum's (1856-1919) stories of the land of Oz are his most popular and successful works, Baum wrote a number of animal stories in 1905, which he called "animal fairy stories", going..... More
What the Birds Did at Hazel's Orchard
San Francisco: Printed for John F. Newbegin by John Henry Nash, 1916. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, duodecimo size, 82 pp. A charming fable of a young girl's adventures with the birds found in her grandmother's orchard, this book is an early publication from John Henry Nash (1871-1947)..... 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
Dog Stories
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. Held, John, Jr. Limited and Signed Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 124 pp., signed by John Held, Jr. A wonderful collection of stories about man's best friend told from the dog's perspective. "My name is Mac Dunald, and I'm as braw a Scot as ever..... More
A Dog's Life in Letters
[Santa Cruz]: Foolscap Press, 2013. Gotthold, Peggy. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 39 of 200, twenty-fourmo size, [57] pp., with postcard announcement from the Press. This charming publication from the Foolscap Press contains poems for each letter of the alphabet with different species of dogs, ordered from A to Z, and..... More
Sir Archibald
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 41 pp., inscribed by Wolo. Mixing delightful illustrations with playful fantasy adventure, "Sir Archibald" is the story of a brave monkey who goes on a quest to retrieve the lion king's crown, travelling through harrowing wilderness and magical..... More