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Paris: Librairie Garnier Frerers [1932]. Illustrated boards with red cloth spine, corner wear, book plate removed from FFEP. Gedeon the duck arrives on a small island far from home, only to discover that he is somehow well-known and revered. Rabier's animals are always a delight and seem to be having so much fun. Any day spent in the world he created would be a good one.. Very Good. Folio.

New York: Doubleday Page, 1910 Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt, cloth faded, darkened along spine, moderate foxing to text pages and occasionally to tissue guards. Washington Irving's classic fantasy illustrated with a color frontis and 50 color plates by Rackham, with lettered tissue guards. All plates in fine condition. . Sixth Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Thick 4to.

London: Cassell, 1910 TEG. 96 pgs. Blue cloth titled in gilt with color pictorial pastedown, slight wear to extremities and at edges of pastedown, bottom and part of fore edge of pg. 83 torn away, not text missing but some is affected by the tear. Originally published in 1903, bound in limp buckram, reissued in 1910, uniform with Stories from King Arthur. (Lattimore and Haskell pg. 36). Illustrated with a color frontis and three other full page color plates, 1/2 b&w illustrations throughout. Obscure Rackham title.. Reissue. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 8vo.

London: William Heinemann, 1920 110 pgs. Pictorial paper-covered boards backed in pink cloth, light shelf wear, foxing to edge of text block and marginally to text pages, bottom corner slightly bumped; pictorial dust jacket sunned overalll, moreso to spine, minor wear. One of Rackham's loveliest creations, illustrated with a tipped-in color frontis, numerous 2 & 3 color silhouettes as well as full page silhouetted drawings. Rare in dustwrapper. . First Trade Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 4to.

New York: North-South Books, 1994 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. The queen commissions a dress of the finest material, but after it is stolen, it passes through many different hands until only a small bit of fabric remains. Illustrated in color throughout.. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Paige Miglio. 4to.

Manitowac, WI: Colorcraft Printers (1934). Blue cloth titled in silver with circular pastedown, small chip from pastedown, light external wear, inner front hinge strengthened. Verses about different toys with charming color artwork on every page depicting toys, humanized insects and animals.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bruno Ertz. 4to.

New York: G P Putnam & Sons, 1956 Brick red cloth pictorially stamped in black; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear and dust soil, original price intact ($2.50). When a bridge threatens his grandpa's ferry business, Andy steps up to help his grandpa keep with the times. Illustrated in b&w throughout. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Stella F. Rapaport. Square 8vo.

New York: Viking (1977). Mauve cloth boards in illustrated dust jacket with some surface rubbing. "Suggested by Leo Tolstoy's classic tale, 'How Much Land DOes a Man Need?,' set in the west during pioneer days. Nice color artwork throughout.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Don Bolognese. Small Oblong 4to.

New York: Schwartz & Wade, 2011 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. First state jacket without BIB imprint. A wordless picture book about a dog that loses her ball, but finds a new one. Illustrated in color on every page. 2012 Caldecott Award Winner.. First Printing. As New/As New. Square 4to.

New York: Holiday House, 1997 Blue boards with cloth spine, tiny nick to bottom edge, else fine; illustrated dust jacket. A retelling of an old folk tale about an insect who bites a king and becomes royalty. Bold color artwork by Rayevsky.. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: American Education Press, 1934 Stiff blue paper covers printed in black ink, age toned else Very Good, no writing or school stamps. Simple prose about farm animals with cute b&w artwork throughout signed with an encircled "J.". Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo.

Yonkers, NY: World Book Co, 1927 (1926). Green pictorial cloth, spine ends frayed, corner wear, internally clean except a few marginal stains and long mended tears. A cute little reader with color artwork throughout. Written in collaboration with John Martin's Book.. First or Early Edition. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Mabel Betsy Hill. 8vo.

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936 Illustrated boards, light cover soil and shelf wear. Told with simple rebus, illustrated in color. Fun little book.. Very Good/No Jacket. Square 12mo.

New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1968 Blue pictorial cloth; illustrated dust jacket with light soil, quarter-sized sticker residue on front panel: library edition but NOT x-lib. A young girl makes a sand lady while staying with her grandmother by the sea. The little girls imagination runs wild. Trippy color artwork featuring mermaids and sea creatures.. First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Shelly Sacks. 4to.

New Haven: Yale University Library, 1955 474 pgs. Black cloth with spine titles stamped in red and gilt, bottom of spine bumped, very mildly musty. Indispensable reference work for booksellers. Volume one only. Large heavy book may require additional postage.. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Thick 8vo.

Jefferson, NC & London: McFarland, 1982 Red cloth titled in gilt, light shelf wear, checkmarks and notations in pencil. A bibliography of published writings by individuals under the age of 21.. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970 Hard cover in dust jacket with dust soil and light wear. Selections from Jestbooks as well as a bibliography.. First Edition. Fine/Good. 8vo.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing (1968). Rust color cloth, prev. owner's name on FFEP; dust jacket with light wear. A useful and well-written reference.. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Royal 8vo.

New York: Atheneum, 2005 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. While her mother takes a phone call, an outrageous party erupts downstairs around a little girl named Rose. Lovely color artwork throughout. Amusing.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Alexandra Boiger. 4to.

London: Religious Tract Society No date, Circa 1870s. Color printed stiff card covers, light soil and wear, previous owner's name on cover. Retells in rhyming verse the biblical parable which compares God with a good shepherd who leaves His ninety-nine sheep and goes to search for the one that is lost. 6 full page color chromolithographs printed by Kronheim, on one side of paper only. . Very Good. 4to.