HarperCollins, March 2005. Hardcover. From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature: Runny Babbit. Runny Babbit is Shel Silverstein's hilarious and New York Times-bestselling book of spoonerisms--words or phrases with..... More
Grosset & Dunlap, January 1972. Trade Paperback. More
Price Stern Sloan Pub, January 1972. Hardcover. More
Grosset & Dunlap, January 1972. Paper Back. More
New York Review of Books, November 2003. Hardcover. In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni..... More
George G. Harrap & Company, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Dark brown cloth, pink titles, color front cover illustration plate affixed with gilt border & gilt design on spine. Previous owner's gift inscription circa Xmas 1927. Darkened textblock edges. Wear to board edges. Four color plates and 12 full page b&w..... More
Whitman, (1931). Oversized Hardcover. Pictorial boards in cloth back. Book is close to very good, with only light toning and minimal shelf wear. Scarce jacket is chipped at corners and spine extremities (most significantly at spine top) and somewhat foxed, but otherwise whole. More
Grosset & Dunlap, No Date. Cloth. No date, but I think this is from about 1930. No credits of illustrations but I am pretty sure the frontispiece is by W.H. Margetson. Grey cloth with moderate leaning spine. Darkening at spine and margins. Wear to edges. Heavy wear top & bottom..... More
Hougton Mifflin, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. Small black hardcover with white paper cover label. Spine sunned; cover label darkened; binding tender, pages a bit toned; still, a nice copy. More
The Folio Society, 1986. Cloth. Octavo; {6' x 8 & 1/2'}; Green cloth covered boards with Masterman illustration in black on the cloth wrapping around entire book. Author & title in silver on spine. Paper covered (with yet another illustration) slipcase with unfortunate brown damp stain on both sides of..... More
Philomel Books, September 1996. Oversized Hardcover. Carle is one of the most beloved illustrators of children's books. This retrospective is more than just an appreciation of his art, however. The book also contains an insightful autobiography illustrated with personal photographs, an anecdotal essay by his longtime editor, a photographic essay..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Hardcover. First/first U.S. edition with complete number string. In very good dustjacket. Flap is not clipped. Half bound. Off white cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Peach colored paper covered boards. Biege end pages. Tight binding. 235 pages. More
Third Press/ Odarkai Books, January 1974. Cloth. Peach cloth with gold lettering on spine. Heavily stained (white) & discolored & worn on spine. Previous owner has written something in ink on front free end page. Otherwise without markings & a good reading copy. Dust jacket missing. More
E.P. Dutton, 1929. First Thus. Cloth. First American Edition in dust-stained, spine-darkened pink dustjacket with blue lettering and chipping/edgewear with considerable wear to top of spine. Spine & corners Carolina blue & boards sky blue. Much faded/darkened gilt printed paper labels spine and front board. Edges of cloth worn/frayed top..... More
Dorrance Publishing Co., April 2019. Hardcover. Why Is Mommy Crying Crocodile Tears? teaches us that no matter what hand we are dealt in life, we have love to keep us strong. If life gives us lemons, we should make strawberry lemonade. Forgive and love. About the Author Shinta L. Catchings..... More
Books, Inc., 1939. Paper Back. Octavo {5 & /4' x 8'} Heavily edgeworn with darkened textblock. Great Louise Beaujon illustrations throughout. Full color drawing front cover. 'Printed Exclusively for Playmore, Inc.' Clean, unmarked text. 252 pages. More
Scribner, 1946. Hardcover. slight rubbing on spine. More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth. 1935, reprint of 1925 first edition in brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Some lean to spine. Ten illustrated plates (including frontispiece) by Jessie Willcox Smith of various young Dickens characters. Cover has Smith illustrations of 'Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit on..... More
Random House, 1987. First Thus. Cloth. Signed by author/illustrator: Dr. Seuss; numbered/limited #263/300; in tan Slipcase: This is commenorative edition of the first printing published in 1939. Clean, sound, like new. Tan cloth with gold lettering on spine. Blind stamp on front board. In fine slipcase. Complete number string. More
Grosset & Dunlap, Universal Library, 1935. Cloth. Octavo. Brick red cloth with somewhat faded gold lettering on black background and gold ornate frame. Dustjacket is heavily foxed and darkened especially on verso. Likewise heavily chipped and edgeworn. Flap is not clipped. Cloth is much dust stained. Deckled fore-edge is heavily..... More
Moffat, Yard & Co., 1919. First Edition. Cloth. Three Color Plates. Discoloration to boards especially at bottom edge & bow to boards. Interiors clean. Binding intact. More
Howard Baker, January 1978. Hardcover. More
Howard Baker, January 1977. Hardcover. More
Charles Scribners Sons, August 1913. Cloth. No dust jacket. 7th printing. Olive green cloth with gold lettered & tooled gold border line. Spine is heavily darkened. Darkened top textblock edge. Deckled foeredge. Pencil writing front free end page. (302 pages.). More
Houghton, Mifflin and Company / Riverside Cambridge Press, 1899. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. -- Four & 3/4-inch x Seven & 1/2-inch; Early reprint, published approximately 1899; missing date on title page indicates this is not a first printing. Green cloth covered boards with wear to edges, darkening/dust stains. Gold lettering on..... More
University of Nebraska Press, March 1994. Hardcover. More
THOMAS Y CROWELL COMPANY, January 1952. Cloth. In chipped, torn dust jacket. More
M. A. Donohue & Company, January 1928. Hardcover. Black cloth spine;pictorial paper covered boards. Considerable wear to margins. Slanted spine yet still intact. There seems to be no indication of edition and according to Zempel's 'First Edition: A Guide to Identification' includes a 1947 statement from the publisher, Donohue: 'we..... More
Schocken Books, 1987. Hardcover. (Five & 3/4-inch x Seven & 3/4-inch) in edgeworn dustjacket. Not price clipped. Original price of $5.95 on flap. Pictorial paper covered boards. Illustrated end pages. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown, covering copyright materials. More
Yearling, July 1993. Trade Paperback. Illustrated in black-and-white. We're celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary (1996) of this modern kids' classic with a special hardcover edition! This ingenious fantasy centeres around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a...... More
Grange Books, January 1993. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. The second book in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time Quintet. When Charles Wallace falls ill, Meg, Calvin, and their teacher, Mr. Jenkins, must travel inside C.W. to make him well, and save the universe from the evil Echthros. "This is breathtaking entertainment." --School..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture. It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture. It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset..... More
Pied Piper Books, 1946. Hardcover. Quarto; {7 & 1/4' x 10'}; Heavily worn illustrated full color pape coveed boards with considerable wear, flaking and scuff marks. Dark stains and soiling, especially visible back cover. In blue crayon in a child's hand, 'Allen' is lettering verso of front cover board. Interior..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears. Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears. Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. The third book in Madeleine L'Engle's spellbinding A Wrinkle in Time Quintet. "Another provocative spellbinding tale." --Philadelphia Inquirer Some things have to be believed to be seen. Sandy and Dennys have always been the normal, run-of-the-mill ones in the extraodinary Murry family. They garden..... More
Square Fish, May 2007. Trade Paperback. In this companion volume to "A Wrinkle In Time" (Newbery Award winner) and "A Wind In The Door" fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a perilous journey through time in a desperate attempt to stop the destruction of the world by the..... More
Geoffrey Bles, 1956. Cloth. 2nd UK printing in original dustjacket, tattered, torn with edgewear and chipping. Darkened/foxed verso. Rough tears along spine. Grey cloth with silver letterig. Spine is leaning. Textblock edges darkened and dust stained. Front end page map of Archenland Desert is foxed. Likewise the blank rear end..... More
Geoffrey Bles, 1956. Reprint. Cloth. Facsimile dustjacket very good+/fine overall, bright and unmarked. Jacket printed with statement on front flap 'facsimile Dust Jackets L.L.C.' 3rd UK printing. Pigeon blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. Spine slants slightly, also darkened. Board edges slightly darkened. Non-authorial name hand written front free..... More
Geoffrey Bles, 1957. Reprint. Cloth. UK 2nd printing. In facsimile dustjacket: very good+/fine overall, bright, clean, without markings. Navy blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. A few grey smudges on boards. Slightly leaning spine. Another illustrated map, 'Wild Lands of the North Narnia: Archenland' tanned and darkened. Rear free..... More
R. Worthington, January 1884. Hardcover. Pictorial paper covered boards. Considerable wear throughout especially at margins; Spine is discolored/faded. 8 chromolithographs. Heavy foxing. Gutter is split at title page. Non-authorial inscrition front free end page. Previous owner has filled in the most of the day of week pages with family names..... More
E.P. Dutton & Co., September 1927. Reprint. Cloth. 33rd printing. 12mo. No dustjacket. {5' x 7 & 1/2'} Orange cloth covered boards with gold lettering and stamped gold Shepard drawing. Dust stains & soiling to boards. Dust stained top, bottom & fore-edge. Illustrated end pages heavily tanned. Previous owner's bookplate..... More
Knopf Books for Young Readers, September 2002. Trade Paperback. HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All..... More
Aladdin Paperbacks, September 2001. Trade Paperback. An American classic--and Pulitzer Prize-winning story--that shows the ultimate bond between child and pet. No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of..... More
Chelsea House Pub, October 1988. Trade Paperback. Traces the life of the black American poet who was born in Africa, brought over to New England as a slave, and published her first poem while still a teenager. More
Scholastic Paperbacks, August 2000. Trade Paperback. The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby..... More
The Movable Book Society, January 2004. Novelty. Purple cloth with inset envelope, housed in matching publisher's box. More
Harcourt Childrens Books, June 2000. Trade Paperback. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupéry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an..... More
Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. 12mo. {5 & 1/4' x 7'} In edgeworn dustjacket with one-inch closed tear top edge. Blue paper covered pictorial boards with black lettering. Amber colored end pages front and back. Interior text is clean. 48 pages. More
Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK on bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. More
Random House, February 1986. First Thus. Cloth. Signed/limited edition #39/300. Like new. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine & blind stamp front boards. In slipcase also in green cloth. Complete number string. More
Harpercollins Childrens Books, February 2004. Hardcover. Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in...for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's..... More
Chase Group LLC, November 2012. Oversized Hardcover. This exquisitely produced collector's edition holds four exclusive lithographs along with a cloth-covered edition of The Cat Behind the Hat, a beautifully illustrated book that redefines Dr. Seuss as an iconic American artist. Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Dr. Seuss created a...... More
HarperCollins, October 2002. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun--as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their..... More
HarperCollins, October 2004. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Warning: Your day will become very dark--and possibly damp--if you read this book. Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket's..... More
HarperCollins, September 2001. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES The Baudelaires need a safe place to stay--somewhere far away from terrible villains and local police. A quiet refuge where misfortune never visits. Might Heimlich Hospital be just the place? In Lemony Snicket's eighth ghastly installment in A Series of Unfortunate..... More
HarperCollins, March 2000. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all..... More
HarperCollins, August 1999. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a...... More
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector..... More
HarperCollins, October 2003. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Like bad smells, uninvited weekend guests or very old eggs, there are some things that ought to be avoided. Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent, and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to alarm its distressed and suspicious fans the world over..... More
HarperCollins, May 2001. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment..... More
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, October 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. I should have asked the question "How could someone..... More
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, October 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew..... More
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. Train travel! Murder! Librarians! A Series Finale! On all..... More
HarperCollins, March 2000. Hardcover. NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are..... More
New Directions Book, January 1959. Paper Back. Eight printing. Oblong 16mo. {5 & 3/4' x 5 & 1/4'}; Softcover with dustjacket. French fold. Jacket flap clipped. Tanning of spine and margins. Dark stains, possibly roller marks from printing process. Non-authorial inscription in red ink (and fills) half title page at..... More
Enchanted Lion Books, April 2013. Hardcover. You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little..... More
HarperCollins, June 1952. Trade Paperback. This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur - and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn. With the help of Templeton, the rat..... More
HarperTrophy, April 1974. Trade Paperback. This is the first children's book by the distinguished author, E. B. White. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of the Frederick C. Littles and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn..... More
HarperCollins Publishers, September 1973. Trade Paperback. Luois is a Trumpeter Swan who came into the world lacking a voice. When his father explained to him that he was different from other cygnets, Louis felt scared. His father, however, promised to help. More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. More
Philomel Books, October 1987. Hardcover. Celebrating 30 years of the beloved classic Owl Moon from renowned children's book author Jane Yolen and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator John Schoenherr! Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent..... More
Knopf Books for Young Readers, November 2013. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story..... More
