HARRYPOTTER and the Prisioner of Azkaban (FIRST EDITION-4TH PRINTING) by J.K ROWLING - 1999

New York: R. Worthington, 1881. I have only been able to locate three other copies of this book in this country, one in the University of Louisville Library, one in the Florida State Library, and one in my own library that I am offering in a separate listing. However, there might be some copies in private hands. "Sunday Chatterbox" is an oversized children's book, measuring 7 5/8 by 10 inches. The book is unpaginated. It is in Good+ condition. The stories, poems, and songs for children are both secular and religious (bible stories). So why is this collectable? Not only due to its rarity, but because of the 90 gorgeous pen-and-ink drawings found throughout. (I suspect that other copies no longer exist because they've been cut up and their illustrations sold as individual prints.) These are also both secular (centering on children) or religious (illustrating bible stories). All are suitable for framing. (Interested buyers should email me and I will send them sample illustrations… Read More

HBDJ, 1950. Stated First Edition; First Printing, VG+/VG. AS-IS, Dates match ,  Green Tweed Cloth Hardcover cvr Lite wear Titled in Blue on Spine with Illustration on front of boy in Snowshoes .   DJ. Minor wear to extremities. Jacket is in a fresh mylar cover. ; 8vo.Interior Nice tight clean Light wear Fox, Jacket shows slight edgewear, light wear to back DJ and some TINY CHIPS ENDS DJ SPINE;   DJ Protected Clear Mylar cvr, 5 x 8.  , 182 PGS, Half Title pg Former Owner pencil Inscription dated  1951, who have spent many summers in Deep Hollow, persuade their Parents to allow them to spend their Winter Holiday there with the Joosts, the Postmaster, His wife & their Son, chuck  !  It is perfect weather for winter Sports.they go Skiing, & Sleigh Riding, Play Hockey, Skate, Fish thru the Ice, & Practically Fly Across Miles of ice in Chuck’s New Ice Boat. Strange things start Happening that build Up Suspense. & Smsons become Amateur Detectives,    ages 7 to 10.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Book. Illus. by Charles E. Brock, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Holiday Edition.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Holiday Edition. Very Good+/no dustjacket . Charles E. Brock, Illustrator. Two matching volumes, one of them (Volume II) inscribed and signed by author Kate Douglas Wiggin. VOLUME I: Penelope's English Experiences. Date on title page MDCCCC (1900). Olive green cloth decorated and lettered in gold on cover and spine, blind-stamped decorative border on rear board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Light wear to spine corners. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Fifty-three illustrations by Charles E. Brock. 176 pages. VOLUME II - Penelope's Progress - Being Such extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton as relate to her Experiences in Scotland. Olive green cloth boards with gold decoration and… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1882. First printing. Volumes 1 and 2 only of the three-volume set. Tan cloth with brown floral decoration and gilt spine lettering. Moderate shelfwear with frayed spine ends. The spines are a bit darkened. Previous owner's name, dated 1882, is written on both front free endpapers, along with that of a later owner. Vol 1 has a gutter crack at pg. 273. Both volumes have short tears in the cloth at the rear joints.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Bangor: Charles H. Glass & Company, 1894. Light gray cloth boards, blue decorated cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Katherine Parker Stewart.. Copyright Bangor Kindergarten Association. Charming little antique volume of children's short poems and stories, uses nature as a metaphor for life, death, growth and change. Scarce original copy. Prvious owner's gift inscription inked on ffep. 70 pages, spotting and darkening, edgewear and bumping.

Harper & Brothers,, 1906. HBDJ, 1906. 1st Edition, Early Printing, Beautiful brown Tweed with Black red white Illustrated Cloth Hardcover of Boy in Hat with White Horse pulling Carriage. Book Condition: Very Good. Shelf wear DJ , GOOD+ Condtion, AS-IS, , Cover light Rub, Wear, Interior nice tight Clean light FOX, Wear, 147 Pgs, NO ADS in Back, Fading to DJ & tiny Chips Tears pieces Extremities, Spine ends DJ small Chips Tears, Back DJ lists thru Sandmans Stories of Snowed-In Hut Fox Wear . Snowball is pet Pony & Wee Winkles & Her Brother Learn How to Care For Him, How to Harness & Drive Him & Many other Interesting Things About Animals, Kindness to pets is Keynote of Book. First Edition. Hard Cover.

SIGNED BY JILL BIDEN on the front endpaper! Also briefly inscribed as shown. First printing in near-fine gift-worthy condition. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

A lovely 50th Anniversary Edition SIGNED BY NORTON JUSTER directly to the title page. Also briefly inscribed as shown. A 7th printing in gorgeous gift-worthy condition. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; bk 3, signed by author.

Roaring Brook Press, 2003. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 11x8x0. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY PHILIPPE PETIT at Bryant Park in NYC. Includes both a flyer and photos from the event. As new, Caldecott Award book, extremely scarce. Signed by author.

True First EditionThis is the true first edition by Young Scott Books, and was published posthumously. Illustrated by Rosella Hartman. The 1989 Harper Collins edition is a reprint, illustrated by Felicia Bond.Lithographic boards in green and red, scripted title in red. Book is in VG condition, with no markings or defects noted. Front free endpaper has a slight crease in page. DJ missing. Mylar protected.