Search Results: Poetry from Gargoyle Books

Paris, France: Gauthier-Languereu, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. IN FRENCH, this is a lovely collection of 100 short poems & verse adapted by Marcelle Vérité, illustrated on nearly every one of the book's 94 pages, + endpapers & both front & back cover, by Japanese-American artist, Gyo Fukjikawa. Orig. published in 1970 in English as "A Child's Book of Poems,'' this is the First Edition in French, also from 1970. Llarge hardcover quarto (8.25" x 12") is in Near Fine condition: completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, "This Book Belongs To" box in front blank & ready for your child's name! Clear protective thick mylar cover neatly taped inside both front & back covers. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received… Read More

New York, New York: Random House, 1946. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John; Kredel, Fritz. Lovely two-volume set of the Alice tales from 1946 (First, thus), with the lovely original drawings of Sir John Tenniel hand-colored by German illustrator Fritz Kredel for a soft watercolor effect. Orig. housed in a slipcase (which is NOT present), both books are in Near Fine condition. They have decorative paper-covered boards over cloth wrapped spines, one red, the other teal blue. Both are extremely clean & bright, though "Alice's Adventures" has some light spotting to front cover. Bindings secure & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning around edges, but completely unmarked. Extremely mild rubbing to extremities & corner bumping. No DJs, as issued, & slipcase is missing. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually own! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2… Read More

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. Ardizzone, Edward. Charming children's story set in Brooklyn, NY, where a shy 10-year-old girl & her family live in "the Alley,'' a beautiful little oasis in the heart of the city. In 283 pages, with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout. A FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing (1965), this hardcover 8vo had yellow cloth-covered boards with green stamped image to front/lettering to spine. It is an EX-LIB copy, with removed card pocket but usual stamps & markings in front matter & top outside page edges. Condition is Fair: heavy rubbing to both top & bottom edges from shelf, soil from previous readers, slight rightward lean. the unclipped DJ is Good+, with some small chips & short tears, call sticker to lower spine; nicely protected still under library mylar. A Newberry Honor winner for its story & Winner of the 1944 Caldecott Medal for its… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bramhall House, 1960. First Edtion, later printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tenniel, John. This annotated edition contains both Lewis Carroll's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" together in one volume, with the classic Tenniel illustrations. An Introduction by Martin Gardner & annotations by him in the margins of every page help elucidate Carroll's word play, jokes, puzzles, & somewhat obscure references, bringing the stories to life to modern readers in a way never experienced. Oversized hardcover with tan cloth-covered boards & silvery blue lettering to front & spine was first published in 1960; this printing is from the 1970s (ISBN present). Condition is solidly VG: completely clean, binding tight & straight, creamy off-white pages are completely unmarked. Moderate foxing to all external page edges, some rubbing to bottom outer corner of front cover. The unclipped DJ is bright &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Wings Books/Outlet Book Company, Inc., 1960. First Edtion, later printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Tenniel, John. This annotated edition contains both Lewis Carroll's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" together in one volume, with the classic Tenniel illustrations. An Introduction by Martin Gardner & annotations by him in the margins of every page help elucidate Carroll's word play, jokes, puzzles, & somewhat obscure references, bringing the stories to life to modern readers in a way never experienced. Orig. published in 1960, this is a much newer edition, identical in content but with a new look & newly designed DJ. Oversized hardcover (8.5" x 11.25") has a deep blue cloth-wrapped spine, lettered in gilt, with pale pink paper covering the remaining boards. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding tight & straight, creamy off-white pages. NO writing, highlighting, or… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell/Laurel Leaf, 1980. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Author's first novel featuring the O'Keefe family, set a generation after the events in "A Wrinkle in Time." Orig. published in hardcover in 1965, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from Dell/Laurel-Leaf (#90183, cover price $3.25) from 1980, but a later (12th) printing. Condition is Fine: virtually flawless save for a very light crease to upper-outer corner of front cover. Else, completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages mildly tanned, heavier around edges & inside both covers. Nicely protected in new archival mylar collector bag Free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2013. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First book in creepy YA trilogy set in an abandoned asylum for the criminally insane involving students in the New Hampshire College Prep program for the gifted. With real photos from actual asylums throughout the 313 pages. Highly recommended for fans of American Horror Story! A FIRST EDITION, 15th printing, this hardcover book has matte black paper-covered boards with shiny green lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: clean & new feeling, but marred by a slight (1/8"-1/4") stain (like wax) to top outer corners of all pages. Else, completely clean, pages white, binding tight & square. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is also VG+, with just a tad of wrinkling to edges; no fading or wear--nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Patterson, Robert. Another in the popular Random House series from the early 1960s of adventures for young readers featuring their favorite doll, Barbie ((Roberts) & her friends. This is a vintage First Edition from 1963, a hardcover small octavo with colorful paper over boards; no DJ as issued. Condition is only Fair: though generally very clean, it has random soiling primarily to exterior, & heavy rubbing to extremities, particularly spine tops & all corners, which are worn down to underlying boards. Binding intact & text block secure, but both hinges are cracked. Heavy red coloring to all endpapers & former owner's name in pen to ffep. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship… Read More

New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. McCully, Emily Arnold. A "joyfully inventive poem" that the late poet wrote for her own children, brought to life for new generations with the charming illustrations of Emily Arnold McNully. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover book has pictorial boards with a design that matches the accompanying DJ. Because it is an EX-LIB copy, with usual stamps & markings in front matter, one stamp to bottom outside page edges, it is downgraded to VG. Very clean, with the occasional light smudge from handling. Binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, colors bright. Because it has been protected under clear library mylar (which shows some rubbing), the price-clipped DJ is Near Fine: bright & colorful with NO fadingY just the slightest edgewear (teeny chip, 1/8" tear). Old library call number carefully removed from spine: looks lovely!… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1965. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good+. Second YA novel by the author of the 1964 Newberry Award for her earlier book, "It's Like This, Cat,'' about a young boy in New York City whose family moves to the New Jersey suburbs, where he has to deal with prejudice & finds out the meaning of true friendship. A Young America Book Club edition from Harper & Row, 1965, in 179 pages. Condition is VG: decorative cloth-covered boards depict the title character riding his bike. Book is extremely clean & bright, with minor edgewear, bumped corners. The interior pages are equally clean, though moderately tanned, heavier around edges, commensurate with age. Old crayon price inside front cover; NO other writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. No DJ, as issued. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos… Read More

New York, New York: Viking Press, 1940. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Lantz, Paul. Beloved YA novel about young Janey Larkin, daughter of itinerant farm workers, her blue willow plate, & her search for a real "home" in post-Depression-era America. Named a Newberry Honor book, it is often referred to as the "juvenile "Grapes of Wrath." Orig. published in Oct.1940, this is the Fourth Printing of that FIRST EDITION from Aug. 1943. Hardcover book with deep blue cloth-covered boards, an embossed tree design to front cover, & gilt lettering to spine, in 172 pages with endpapers & internal pen-and-ink illustrations, including 10 full-page ones, by Paul Lantz. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages creamy white with a whisper of age-appropriate tanning to outer edges. Former owner's name & old price crossed out on ffep; NO other writing, underlining, or highlighting; not ex-lib.Only other flaw… Read More

Garden City, New Jersey: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Smith, Cam. The inventory of the geodesic dome & 1970s guru teams up with photographer Cam Smith in this collection of inspirational verse & images designed to cultivate appreciation of our endangered planet. Unpaginated with facsimile signature & date in front matter. A FIRST EDITION from 1972, this softcover small 8vo has white wrappers (slightly tanned to spine side of both covers) with a raised blindstamp of the Earth behind a black-and-white pictorial image of a child to front cover, black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: extremely clean, pages white & unmarked, images crisp, extremely minimal edgewear. Only flaw is one typical of this book: the glued binding has cracked, falls completely open in center, & pages are loosening, one completely detached. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1961. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Salinger's classic novel of disaffected youth, first published in this mass market paperback format in 1953; this is the 18th printing from 1961, with slightly different cover style (same faux Reginald Marsh pulp painting of Holden Caufield, unattributed), renumbered by Signet as D-1667. 192 pp. Condition is Good+: very clean inside, with age-appropriate page tanning, heavier to edges; unmarked save for former owner's name to title page in pen. Minor rubbing to extremities, moderate spine crease, 1" tear ascending from bottom of spine-front cover interface, which affects first few pages in front matter as well. Darkening to exterior; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Williams, Garth. Special oversized hardcover edition designed to be read aloud of this timeless story about the little girl, Fern, who loved Wilbur the pig, who had a dear spider friend called Charlotte. First published in 1952, this edition retains every word of the original story & the charming illustrations of Garth Williams, & is a First Printing in this format (First, thus) from Barnes & Noble, 1997. The book has decorative glossy paper over boards with a design matched on the accompanying DJ. It is in Near Fine condition: former owner's name inside front cover & a slight loss of crispness are all keeping it from being like New! Completely clean, pages white, colors bright, binding tight & square, hinges secure. The unclipped DJ also has the owner's name on the front flap, & is downgraded to VG+ due to slight chipping at some corners & very slight… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Anglund, Joan Walsh. A celebration of the way that childhood is supposed to be, with inspirational verse & enchanting drawings by the author who created the charming children with no mouths. This volume is designed for all ages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1964, this slim, unpaginated hardcover has light blue cloth-covered boards with a black design to front/lettering to spine. From a single-owner collection, it is in Near Fine condition, with just a tad of edgewear & old gift inscription inside front cover, along with a quote about childhood from Carl Sandburg taped in (could be easily removed). Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The price-clipped DJ is clean & bright, but downgraded to VG+ due to a few tiny pinpoint holes/chips; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos… Read More

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Novel for young readers set in the small settlement of Sedluk, Alaska, involving a 12-year-old boy in the immediate aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor & the United States' entrance into World War II. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1971, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a dated, personalized inscription on half title page in blue ink. With deep green cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to spine, this hardcover book is in Near Fine condition, marred only by bumping to corners & tips of spine. Else, completely clean, pages creamy white w, binding strong & straight. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG due to minor chipping & rubbing, heaviest to spine. NO fading, light soil; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from… Read More

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. Introduce your child to the magic of poetry with this huge collection of 189 rhymes & verses, brought to life on every page through the pen-and-ink sketches & full-color drawings of illustrated on every page in full color with the charming illustrations of the late Japanese-American artist, Gyo Fukjikawa. In 125 pages, including indices of Titles, First Lines, & Authors in rear. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1969 (NOT the later '80's reprint),this large hardcover quarto (9.25" x 12.25") is exceptionally clean & bright, but condition downgraded to VG+ due to bumping & rubbing to all corners & both ends of spine. Else, colors are bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen to "This Book Belongs To" box in front. The book originally was housed in… Read More

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999. Revised Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Tudor, Tasha. Celebrated & beloved children's book illustrator Tasha Tudor brings Stevenson's famous verses about children & childhood pleasures alive for a new generation of little readers. Her soft watercolor images grace every poem across the 67 pages, as well as the outside covers, DJ, & endpapers. Orig. published in 1981, this is the fourth printing of this Revised Format Edition from 1999. From a single owner collection, both the oversized hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition: looks & feels Brand New & never opened! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked, colors bright.The unclipped DJ, with a design that matches the book, is vividly colored, with no fading or wear. Looks lovely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we… Read More

New York, New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Burningham, John. The quintessential British children's tale of a magical flying car, made into a beloved movie starring Dick Van Dyke in 1968. Just removed from my personal shelves, this is a FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 1964, with former owner's (my) name in pencil to verso of ffep, Lacking the first edition statement, but not yet a fourth printing with the added number line. No "ps" on dedication page. In 111 + [3] pages. With bright red cloth-covered boards lettered in silt to front & spine, this small quarto is in VG+ condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages off-white & unmarked save for a hint of light foxing to some edges inside & out. Very mild rubbing to extremities & mild corner bumping. The price-clipped DJ is VG- (minus), with slight chipping to all corners & both ends of spine, light soil & rubbing;… Read More

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/G+. Malvern, Corinne. Vintage Little Golden Book for children contains 19 classic Xmas carols arranged by Wyckoff, each with charming mid-20th-century illustrations by Malvern. First published in 1946, this is a FIRST EDITION, unknown printing (no letter code in rear gutter), but NOT a later reprint! Condition is VG: completely clean inside, binding tight & square; NO writing, underlining, highlighting, or coloring; NOT ex-lib. The "This book belongs to box" inside front cover is blank & ready for your child's name! Flaws: 1) slight darkened stain to fore edge side of front cover, 2) very slight warping, 3) tiny bit of tearing to paper at foot of spine. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very… Read More