CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX
Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer, a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner.
Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer, a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner.
Early edition, after the first, of this mischievous travel narrative about the creatures from Scottish folklore, given a Victorian update by Cox, have adventures across the world – in Japan, Turkey, Russia, and more.
First edition of the third Brownies book by the Canadian author, loosely based on the Scottish brownies of folkore – a beautiful copy, rare in such a nice dust jacket.
First edition of the 5th Brownie book, a Victorian fairy tour of the United States.
First edition, first state of the first title in the Brownie series, in the rare original dust jacket – illustrated on every page showing the busy little Brownies getting into mischief.
Revised and updated edition of this collection of 21 Norwegian folktales, with dreamy illustrations and a new introduction by the d'Aulaires.
First Detmold edition, with 12 exquisite tipped-in color plates with tissue guards, rare in the box.
First printing, out of series copy, of this large paper edition of Detmold's beautifully illustrated interpretation of Aesop's fables, with an original watercolor on parchment by Detmold tipped in.
Deluxe American large-paper edition, limited to only 50 copies signed by Rackham.
First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.
First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, in the scarce yellow binding, and rarely seen in this condition.
Signed first printing of this selection of stories from the CANTERBURY TALES retold for a younger audience, with delightfully lush illustrations by award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman.
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding, of this children's classic with twelve myths about the origins of the animals, illustrated by the author himself.
McLoughlin Brothers edition of this classic collection of fairy tales, in an unusually large format and different pictorial cloth binding design.
Early 20th century US edition of this classic book of fairy tales with a different binding style than the first edition, still elaborately designed for a gift audience.
First printing of this collection of tales from the ancient cycle of Reynard the Fox, the prototypical trickster figure – with stylish illustrations.
First printing of Seuss's first "adult" book.
Wonderfully detailed finished pencil drawing by Tenggren that appears (in reduced size) on page 87 of TENGGREN'S STORY BOOK (1944).
Signed limited edition, one of 1150 numbered copies (this one of 150 for the US market) signed by Rackham, of the first volume in Rackham's version of Wagner's Ring Cycle.
First editions, first impression of volume two and second impression of volume one, of Arthur Rackham's illustrated version of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle – beautifully preserved in the original dust jackets.
First printing of Wisniewski's Caldecott award-winning interpretation of the classic Jewish legend – because it was not anticipated that it would win the award, the book did not have a large first printing.