Utterly disarming handmade children's book, detailing the story of the titular monkeys.

First edition of a combination of two shorter nursery rhymes about TOM, with a humorous reference to the Napoleonic Wars to tie them together.

First edition of this miniature gift book of Prussian and Russian royalty, published during a push for unification.

From a limited edition of 785, this being no.

Scarce first printing of the book that won the Dillons their first Caldecott award – and the first of two that would make them the only illustrators to be awarded the Caldecott in consecutive years.

First printing – and only edition – of Abbey's hated first book.

Scarce second edition.

Uncommon collection of minimalist single-line poems, with contributions from Bill Zavatsky, Charles Simic, William Stafford, Robert Bly, and others.

First edition of the charming story of Kewpie-esque Pohutukawa flower fairies HUTU AND KAWA as they cheer up a lonely reptile.

First collected edition, featuring Adam of Bremen's chronicle of peoples from the Old North and the earliest known mention of the Vikings' discovery of North America, one of three key works in the history of Hamburg within a larger sammelband of six works total.

Second revised edition of one of the most popular mathematical textbooks in early United States, with extensive contemporary figuring.

First edition of this evocatively illustrated MOTHER GOOSE book, a scarce and highly sought version in particularly nice condition.

Halloween issue of this monthly guide for girls of the early 1950s; the publication was equal parts part social training manual, craft project suggestions, and advertisement for Dennison Crepe Paper (sold by the publisher.)