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Kipling, Rudyard. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake

The Jungle Books.

London : Macmillan, c. 1960.

Finely bound edition of both volumes of Kipling’s Jungle Books. Octavo, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., and W.H. Drake. In near fine condition. An exceptionalContinue reading "The Jungle Books."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148237

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Schulz, Charles M

See You Later, Litigator! Peanuts at Work and Play.

San Francisco : Collins Publisher, 1996.

First edition of this comical work by the creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147683

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Alcott, Louisa May

Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. [with] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Part Second. [with] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys.

Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1868-1871.

First editions of Louisa May Alcott’s “outstanding achievement of 19th-century American literature” together with its sequels. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher’s emerald green gilt decorated cloth, each volume illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece and three plates; those in the first part of Little Women were created by the author’s sister, May. First issue of Little Women with allContinue reading "Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. [with] Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Part Second. [with] Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys."

$26,000.00

Item Number: RRB-149518

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Ford, Lauren

The Little Book About God.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, 1934.

First edition of this charming beautifully illustrated book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a original drawing, “For Marc, Amy and Jonathan. Lauren Ford.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147745

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Blume, Judy

Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

New York : Delacorte Press, 2007.

First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Love Judy Blume.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrations by James Stevenson.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-149258

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Nichols, Beverley

Cats’ A.B.C.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1960.

First British edition of this charming children’s book about the lives, personalities, and quirks of cats. Royal octavo, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout by Derrick Sayer. Boldly signed by Beverley Nichols on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147943

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Jr Martin, Bill. Eric Carle

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

New York : Henry and Holt Company, 2007.

First edition of this classic colorful children’s interactive book. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated, original poster tipped in at rear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Grrrr For Dr. J. Robert Dornish Eric Carle.” Carle had added an original drawing of a bear to the left of hisContinue reading "Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?"

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-149041

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Schulz, Charles M

You’re you, Charlie Brown.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.

First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front panel. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$1,150.00

Item Number: RRB-148171

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Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur; Edmund Dulac

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales: From the Old French.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, [1910].

First trade edition of Dulac’s marvelously illustrated rendition of four classic fairy tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch from the old French. Imperial octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, frontispiece, top edge gilt, with 30 tipped-in tissue-guarded color plates illustrated byContinue reading "The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales: From the Old French."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147839

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Barrett, Judi; Illustrated by Ron Barrett

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

London : Victor Gollancz, 1980.

First British edition of this children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper, “Dinner is served! By Ron Barrett” who has added a drawing of a cloud and a meatball. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148178

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First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J. K. Rowling

Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.

London : Bloombsbury, 2000.

First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147802

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Jr Martin Bill, Eric Carle

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1991.

Later printing of this Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Eric Carle on title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-149071

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Phil Bildner, Illustrated by Brett Helquist [Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert]

Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports.

Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.

First edition of this fascinating dual biography of tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout by Brett Helquist. Boldly signed by both Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed of these tennis legends.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-148143

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Oliva Forms a Band

Falconer, Ian

Olivia Forms a Band.

New York : Atheneum, 2006.

First edition of the fourth book in Falconer’s acclaimed Olivia series. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Ian Falconer on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-141011

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Schulz, Charles M

Peanuts Treasury.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.

First edition of this classic collection of Peanuts. Quarto, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Charles Schulz on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Johnny Hart. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148034

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Barrett, Judith and Ron

Old MacDonald Had An Apartment House.

New York : Atheneum, 1969.

First edition of the first book in the Barrett’s collaboration. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by the illustrator with an original illustration on the front pastedown, “Make Your Garden Grow! Ron Barrett.” In very good condition, name blacked out on the front pastedown. Rare.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-148018

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Barrett, Judi. Illustrated by Ron Barrett

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

New York : Antheneum, 1978.

First edition of this children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Judi Barrett, with an original drawing of clouds and meatballs and by the illustrator Ron Barrett on the front free endpaper and on the pastedown and again on a bookplate with an original drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. HousedContinue reading "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-139534

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Carle, Eric

10 Patitos De Goma.

China : Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.

First Spanish language edition of 10 Patitos De Goma. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author “Quack for Dr. J. Robert Dopinish Eric Carle.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-149051

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Schulz, Charles M

Happiness is a Warm Puppy.

San Francisco : Determined Publications, 1962.

First edition of Charlie Brown and the gang’s words on happiness, with 30 Peanuts cartoons by Schulz. Small octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Georgie with best wishes- Charles M. Schulz.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147811

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Barrett, Judi and Ron

Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

New York : Antheneum Books For Young Readers, 1997.

First edition of the charming sequel to the classic Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Oblong quarto, illustrated. Boldly signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper, “Judi Barrett” and Ron Barrett” who has drawn a giant pickle. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147847

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Lowry, Lois

Number The Stars.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

First 25th Anniversary edition of Lowry’s first Newbery Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “With best wishes Lois Lowry.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sheila Smallwood. With an introduction by the author.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-142577

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Carle, Eric

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1983.

First General Book edition, early printing of enormously creative children’s book. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Grrr, for Ryan, Eric Carle,” with an large original drawing of a bear standing on two legs. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable withContinue reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147284

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Brunhoff, Jean de; [Maurice Sendak]

Le Voyage de Babar.

Paris : Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1932.

First edition of the sequel to de Brunhoff’s first Babar story in the original French; from the library of Maurice Sendak, although not marked. Folio, original half cloth over pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. In very good condition. Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is often hailed as “the Picasso of children’sContinue reading "Le Voyage de Babar."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-147154

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Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscription to the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147387

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