New York: Ernest Nister / E. P. Dutton & Co., ca. 1900. Boards. Miniature book, [12] pp. This charming little book tells the story of two sisters living at flour mill and their adventures with the inhabitants of the mill, including the animals that live among them. The book has... More about Kittie
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. Earl, Maud. Hardcover. Octavo size, 347 pp. This charming volume is a collection of prose and verse by a variety of authors, all with one thing in common: loving and cherishing their canine companions; the writers span a plethora of periods and styles, including Charles... More about My Dog Friends
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 about Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies
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 about What the Birds Did at Hazel's Orchard
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 about Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings; New and Revised Edition, With One Hundred and Twelve...
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 about Dog Stories
London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1912. Robinson, Charles. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 317 pp. The fables in this book range from short, whimsical poems to prose stories, and all are full of the magic and charm of animals rendered by British book illustrator Charles Robinson (1870-1937). An... More about The Big Book of Fables
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1928. Wiese, Kurt. First Edition. Hardcover. First US trade edition (preceeded by a US limited edition of 1000 copies), octavo size, 294 pp., in a facsimile dust jacket. Written by Austrian author and critic Felix Salten (1869-1945), and upon publication in Austria "Bambi" was met... More about Bambi, A Life in the Woods
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press for The Colt Press], 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, quarto size, 47 pp. American writer and humourist Mark Twain (1835-1901) loved cats, and his affection for them comes out in these tales, written in the... More about Concerning Cats, Two Tales by Mark Twain
[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 about A Dog's Life in Letters
New York: Dodge Publishing Co. [printed in Scotland at the Villafield Press, Glasgow], [1914]. Wain, Louis. First Edition. Hardcover. First (and only) printing, this the US imprint, octavo size, [36] pp., with rare dust jacket. English artist Louis Wain (1860-1939) presents a whimsical alphabet, with each letter represented by one... More about A Cat Alphabet; And Picture-Book for Little Folk
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. William Pène du Bois. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 37 pp. "Lion" tells the story of the creation of animals, in a place called the Animal Factory, where artists design all the different animals of the world; one artist in particular struggles... More about Lion
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 about Sir Archibald