BUCH DER HASENGESCHICHTEN [The Book of Rabbit Stories]
First edition and only edition of what many consider Seidmann-Freud's finest work, with her characteristically strange hand-colored illustrations.
First edition and only edition of what many consider Seidmann-Freud's finest work, with her characteristically strange hand-colored illustrations.
First edition of the first children's book of the Peregrin Press, with Seidmann-Freud's modern, stylized images hand-colored in pochoir.
First US editions of three philosophical children's books by Umberto Eco, each signed by him.
First edition of this delightful German color-learning board book, guided by an articulated paper doll — a rare survival.
First printing of this unusual and hilariously chaotic story of a young French boy's adventures in his Citroënette motorized toy car, including joining the circus, entering a race, and fleeing from the police.
Signed limited first edition of Sendak's extraordinary interpretation of Grimm's fairy tales, with the full extra suite of illustrations printed exclusively to accompany this edition.
First edition of the complex interactive picture book with a man walking unusual animals, scarce in this condition.
First edition of the innovative picture book, with moveable flaps that reveal hidden illustrations, scarce in the original glassine.
Scarce batik-printed fabric children's book following the creation myth of the Book of Genesis, with added handwork.
First printing of a pivotal book in Rojankovsky's career, his first in English, and the first book published by the Domino Press, founded in Paris by American expats Esther Averill and Lila Stanley.
Beautifully illustrated Volland title about a boy and his mouse friend in Czechoslovakia, with an added French toy-maker tale.
Delightful early 20th-century German shape book following a little artist with a pet crow.
Darling Czech children's book, with vibrant chromolithographs of well-to-do children engaging in various activities including going to the zoo, going sailing, and buying new toys.
Doubly signed first printing of this illustrated retelling of the 1938 Czech opera, performed in the Terezin concentration camp by its original cast of orphaned Jewish children imprisoned there alongside composer Hans Krása.
US printing of GIGI CERCA IL SUO BERRETTO, an innovative picture book featuring minimalist text with moveable flaps that reveal hidden illustrations with a distinct surrealist touch.
First printing of this darling German children's book, detailing the seasonal activities of the people who live in and around a wonderful house, illustrated with an unmistakably midcentury tone.
Delightful and bizarre anthology of stories presented in broadsides in a comic-like format, including a cameo by STRUWWELPETER.
Charming midcentury edition of the fairy tale classic, printed in large type with pictorial borders.
Midcentury edition, featuring images of gnomes and winter fairies. Very beautiful.
Third printing of this charming Dutch bedtime story about the busy lives of little star fairies, with lovely deep blue celestial endpapers.
First printing in English of this attractive story of a birthday that goes only slightly awry, part of Harper & Brothers's "Picture Books from Other Lands" series.
First edition of the sequel to the innovative picture book EIN TAG IM LEBEN DER DOROTHEA WUTZ, featuring a die-cut storyline that reveals new images with each turned page.
First printing of this children's book by the major Spanish poet and playwright.
Christian-themed picture book by the Austrian artist, in the rare original glassine.
Signed first printing of this Caldecott Honor book, a moving autobiographical account of a boy in Communist Prague who couldn't help but to draw – with original drawing.