London: Jonathan Cape/Aurelia Enterprises Ltd, 1973. Alan Aldridge. First edition. Hardcover. Fairly scarce, collectible in this British edition, cean, tight 4to, unpaginated. The cover is somewhat abused with some small chips and scuffs to tips and spine ends. Spine ends have been neatly repaired. The interior, however, is lovely, crisp..... More
Tracy Dockray. Hardcover. New York, Harper/Collins, 2006, third printing. Would be as new if it weren't for a very small amount of curl to top edge of d.j. and very light shelf wear. Ralph Mouse, a dashing hero with lasting appeal and a motorcycle just his size, has classic adventures..... More
Vancouver, British Columbia: Raincoast Publications, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, 4to, 31pp. This is a very special book; the story of a boy taken in by Tibetan monks who teach him the four Buddhist signs of enlightenment. It is an explation of Buddhism for a younger child (5 or..... More
New York: David McKay Co., Inc., 1952. Kurt Wiese. First edition. Hardcover. Tight bound 7"x9" kids book, unpaginated. Book is slightly soiled and the tips and spine ends are scuffed. Though the book is former library and it has the usual library deprivations and front and back hinges have been..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 138pp. Kare Greenaway began writing children's books in 1878. Her books gave children's books "a true dignity and importance. Children began to be regarded as real, intelligent human beings, worthy of the best draftsmanship, imagination, and publishing integrity."..... More
Hardcover. San Diego, Harcourt Children's Books, 1989. A new edition of Sanburg's whimsical, Rootabaga Stories, peopled with his humorous characters such as Hatrack the Horse, Six Pigeons, Three Wild Babylonian Baboons, Potatoe Face Blind Man, and lots more. Libeerally laced with Michael Hague's wonderful color illustrations. More
New York: Random House, 1940. Andre Serebriakoff. First edition. Hardcover. Clean tight 9-1/2x8" children's book, 39pp. The dust jacket has some scuffing to the edges, top and bottom. There are two small closed neatly taped tears to the top front edge and one neatly repaired tear to the back bottom..... More
Overlook Juvenile, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight folio kid's book, small scuffs at the top and bottom of the spine, A great story of a little boy that goes for a night sail in a sky ship with sky pirates in search of treasure. Wonderful Illustrations! Age 4-6 or..... More
North-south, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 11"x9" childrens book, 32pp, delightful illustrations. One neatly repaired closed tear to back top edge, otherwise very mild shelf wear. A charming story of a young girl's pet rabbit who goes out in the world looking for an Easter present for his mistress..... More
Australia & New Zealand: Angus & Robertson Childrens, 1988. First edition. Hardcovers. Scarce, collectible set of two lovely volumes, both 4tos, 682pps between the two, in dust jackets, and with slip case. Dust jackets are very good+, except as noted. Slip case shows some wear and scuffing around the edges..... More
Harpercollins, 1991. Unknown. Clean, tight 9-1/2"8-1/2" 8vo, not paginated. Cover in Mylar. A wonderful book for pre-schoolers and young children. There are no words, just excellent drawings of a cat whose adventures cause him to be chased up a tree by a dog and how he gets down with the..... More
1979. Owen Wood. Hardcover. New York, Viking Press/Studio Book, 1979, probable first thus. Clean, tight 4to, unpaginated. The dust jacket has very minimal shelf wear, but does have one neatly repaired closed tear to the back cover. The book has a book plate on the front pastedown that has been..... More
Joy St Books, 1990. Catherine O'Neill. First American edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight children's book of poems from Austrailia. The book is in great condition but has a book plate on the ffe and some has taped the dust jacket to the pastedowns, front and back. Price is lowered because of..... More
New York: Blue Sky Press, 2004. Bernie Fuchs. first edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, tall 4to, unpaginated. Very faint shelf wear and a short, hair-thin scratch on the top edge of the dust jacket. The book is pristine. The very exciting story of one young man's and his horse's adventures as..... More
New York: Viking Juvenile, 1994. Steven Guarnaccia. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight, oblong 4to, unpaginated. When the we know world was made all the animals wanted names. This is how, the first man Adam, named the animals with the help of Steven Guarnaccia's excellent drawings. A sweet book for preschoolers..... More
Forgotten Books. A.B Frost. Unabridged reprint. Softcover. Clean tight trade paperback. This not a politically correct book, so if you're one of those history revisionists, you probably shouldn't buy it, please don't. But it is a great book of stories for children of all ages and all colors. We can't..... More
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, Ltd., 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Vintage collectible children's book. Clean, tight 8vo, 64pp. Slight shelf wear with tiny chips across part of the edges on Dust jacket. Small bookseller's plate on bottom front pastedown. Small, neat gift inscription on verso of the ffe. A delightful..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 4to, 60pp. Dust jacket is price clipped. The delicate, beautiful watercolours and written 'only-child' memories of Jean Metcalfe's childhood in the 1920s until the birth of her brother, evoke many small details remembered from her first seven years. It is both..... More
1979. Mamoru Rolland Funai. Unknown. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1979. Clean tight 7x9-34" 8vo, unpaginated. Jacket has some small chips and scuffs across the edges, otherwise no child deprivations. A charming story of two unlikely friends; goose and gorilla. Goose tries to show Gorilla how to swim and he..... More
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1990, first thus. Clean, tight 4to, 357pp. Very minimal shelf wear to dust cover. All of Alice's wonderful adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass with the definitive text in a new fully annotat ed edition. Includes The Wasp in a Wig (a surpressed..... More
Los Angeles: LAFD, 1951. Pamphlet in wraps. Very scarce, Red cardstock 8vo pamphlet, 42pp. Somewhat shelf worn, some water rippling to the front edge with minor bleeding to the pages but not to the text. Text is crisp and clean. A small white smudge on the front cover near the..... More
New York: Dutton Books For Young Readers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Scarce, Clean, tight 12mo, 22pp. A charming story of Portly Penguin and his precious hat, stolen by a naughty bird, but rescued again. More
1984. Michael Green. Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Courage Books/Running Press, 1984, later printing. Clean tight folio, unpaginated. The dust jacket has a light curl to the top edge and very minor shelf wear. The book has no childhood deprivations. The charming story of a stuffed bunny who runs away and becomes..... More
Illinois: Crossway, 2000. Chuck Gillis. Second printing. Hardcover. Clean, tight 9-1/2x10-1/2" children's book, It's the story of fthree bold knight's quest to wed the fair maiden; a kingdom awaiting, a journey through darkness, encounters with those who decieve, and finally - a victory. More
New York: Sterling Children's Books, 2004. First edition thus. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 302pp. (Unabridged Classics). The classic story of, Anne Shirley, a feisty young orphan girl sent to live with a family who had requested a boy. But they keep her, and inspite of the constant mischief she gets..... More