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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?"
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London : Paradine, 1976.
Signed limited edition, one of only 250 numbered examples and with an original watercolor, this copy being number presentation copy from the author. Octavo, bound in full morocco bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel with gilt stamping of two rabbits, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "Watership Down."
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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."
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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.
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New York : The Viking Press, 1938.
First edition, early printing of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery,Continue reading "The Story of Ferdinand."
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New York : The Viking Press, 1936.
First edition of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Story of Ferdinand."
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