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England: Templar Company, Inc, 1994. Beautifully illustrated. A young girl dreams of mythical creatures. The last 2 pages provide detail on the creatures including cockatrice, gorgons, kraken, mermaid, cyclops, harpy and more. "Once in a blue moon, or so they say, a white, bright path of moonlight appears to lead unwary travellers to Blue Moon Mountain - a mysterious place inhabited by extraordinary creatures. All the beast of mythology live there, the creatures from fairy tales and fables, and animals from deepest dreams. Few are brave, or foolish, enough to follow the path, but Joy, a child born on a blue-moon night, longs to see a Unicorn." Pages are bright and clean. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Minimal edgewear/rubbing of corners. Unnumbered pages. Nice copy. . First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Palin, Nicki. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1974. Original illustrated boards. Library Binding. 1st Printing (with complete number line). Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers are moderately scuffed/finger soiled, spine sunned with a few stains/spotting. Shelfwear (slight deninting to head/heel of spine, rubbing to extremities). No previous owner markings. Nice reding copy. . First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1916. 148pp. Original boards with gilt lettering. With Eight Illustrations in color and Eight in Black-and-White by Sidney T. Callowhill. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed with age. Binding has been reglue and is now secure. However, hinges are cracked and webbing is showing (front hinge has been repaired using archival tape). This is NOT a remainder or ex-library. Nice reaing copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Mayflower Books, 1979. 231pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1923 edition originally published by Macmillan, London. Original dark green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Yellow silk ribbon bookmark. By the Author of "John Halifax Gentleman". With 16 illustrations in color by Warwick Goble, one of the leading watercolorists of his day who works appear in many children's books, including The Water Babies. A collection of classic tales, some English, and some from Perrault, d'Aulnois, and Grimm. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Sewn binding is cracked but pages are secure. 1/4" split to upper front hinge, small puncture to rear hinge. Boards are lightly scuffed with minor rubbing to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/finger soiled and has a 1.5" closed tear to upper front cover repaired by scotch tape. Shelfwear (moderate rubbing/slight chipping to head of spine, light nicking to heel of spine, a few scrapes to… Read More

New York: Atheneum, 1977. 158pp. Original cloth with blue lettering. "Arriving on Nantucket Island for a year, Lynn finds herself faced with problems of her grandmother's age, "tough kids" at school ,and her own lack of self-confidence." Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. This book shows all the markingss of an ex- library, withdraw stamps, dust jacket inserts tipped into end pages. Inner pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Corners rubbed. Nice reading copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Collins, 1971. 64 numbered pages. Original light green illustrated paper covered boards. Pictures by Katherine Wigglesworth after Margaret Tempest. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or hightlighting) but a bit dull with age. Binding is tight and pages are still secure. Boards have slight bumping to head/heel of spine and lower corners, rubbing to extremities. Unclipped DJ is lightly sunned/slightly finger soiled with moderate rubbing to extremities, lower right front corner is frayed. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. Nice reading copy of this increasingly scarce title. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good -/Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mylared.

New York, NY: Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 2001. 150pp. Original pictorial glossy boards. With an introduction by Leonard S. Marcus. Stunning color illustrations in this large format by Garth Williams accompany stories by himself, by Jane Werner, Margaret Wise Brown, and Miriam Norton. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. boards have some minor denting to head/heel of spine. unclipped illustrated DJ has some minor sunning (mostly to edges of inner flaps). Shelfwear (head/heel of spine has some bumping/nicking as do corners). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Very nice copy.. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Mylared.

Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith Co, 1971. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. Black and white illustrations throughout.. Library Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Cooke, Donald E..

1983. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. Board book with a papertape binding is fraying at the head and foot. Some scuffing to the edges. Color illustrations throughout. Translated by Botho Kampfer.. Good +. Illus. by Sacher, Rainer. Board Book.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. 60pp. Original boards; quarter cloth binding. Illustrations by Barry Moser. Pages are clean (unmarked) but slightly age-toned. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have slight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped illustrated DJ is sunned/age-toned /slightly finger soiled with minor rubbing to extremities. A removable mylar covering has been added to the dust jacket for protection. Nice copy. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. pp. Original boards; quarter cloth binding. Illustrations by Barry Moser. Stated first Edition (with complete letter line (A B C D E)Pages are clean (unmarked) but slightly age-toned. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have slight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped illustrated DJ is sunned/age-toned /slightly finger soiled with minor rubbing to extremities. A removable mylar covering has been added to the dust jacket for protection. Nice copy. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared.

Racine, WI: Golden Press, 1976. 20pp. Original illustrated boards. Stated First Golden Press Printing, 1976. Illustrations depict an Indian family, as Bannerman intended. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowing with age. Binding is cracked (and text block is pulling away from boards) but pages are still secure. Boards are scuffed/slightly finger soiled. Shelfwear (head/heel of spine and corners are heavily rubbed through to boards/slight fraying). This is NOT a remainder or ex-library. NO previous owner markings. The classic story of Little Black Sambo, his blue trousers, red jacket, green umbrella and the tigers. Nice reading copy of this scarce edition. . First Thus, Collectible. Oversized Hardcover. Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Association, 1947. 236pp. Illustrated (b/w photographs throughout). Original red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Color frontis. Pictorial endpapers (a photo of a story-telling session in a black Boy Scout troop). The book includes many uplifting and inspiring stories of famous African American inventors and also includes positive, moralistic, stories for children. This book is written along the same lines as Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories of the same era, but this edition was directed toward Black Americans. The story pictures are predominantely of Black Children. Pictures included gives one a glimpse into life in the Southern states for Black Americans during this time-period. Includes the following stories: A Boy Traded for a Horse, How Marian Got Her Violin, A Very Kind Man, Jim's Examination, Wise Old Tom, A Real Friend, Only a Dog, Jiggs and Maggie Don't Rope Those Calves, Son, Just Little Things, Almost Perfect, Conscience Did… Read More

U.S.A.: Voyager Press, 1969. pages yellowed. binding tight, hinges creased/cracked. edge wear with dents. corners dented, starting to split. covers worn, dented, creased, scratched, scuffed, ink rubbed, chipped, dulled, aged, smudged/soiled, random yellowing along back cover, ect. spine edges worn, chipped, dented. general shelf wear. . Reprint Edition, Unknown Printing. Trade Paperback. Good -. Illus. by Louis Slobodkin.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1988. A good reading copy with no marks or tears. Binding tight, pages clean and bright. Some wear to edges and corners of book and jacket.. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.

New York, NY: Inner Traditions, 1984. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. There is a large tear on the top edge near the front flap. Front flap has been price-clipped. Color illustrations throughout. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. Remnants of the previous owner's bookplate on the front endpage. English translations done in London.. First Edition Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Good/Good -. Illus. by Lesch, Christiane. Mylared.

London, England: Victory Press, 1959. Edgewear, spine cocked, pages yellowing. Pictorial cover, pencil marks on very small portion of back cover. . Unknown Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Franklin Watts, 1996. Nice reading copy. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and bright. No marks or tears. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Black and white photos throughout.. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1990. Jacket has a tear at corner and at top of spine, mylared for protection. Writing on front endpaper. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Ravesky, Robert (illustrator). Oversize Hardcover.

Orleans, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Paraclete Press, 2001. A nice copy with no marks or tears. Some wear to edges of book and jacket. Binding tight, pages bright and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.