THE STORY OF FERDINAND
First printing of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
First printing of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
First printing of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition, first state of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material.
First edition of Seuss's second book, a HORNBOOK review copy with their name stamped on the front endpaper.
First edition of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact.
Original ad-hoc mockup for a never-published children's book by US illustrator Andrew Loomis.
First edition of Pène du Bois's notoriously scarce first book, about the ghost of a cow who is a little too sweet to scare people.
First edition of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material – one of a small group with jackets lacking a printed price, issued between the transition from the "200/200" of the first state and the "195/195" of the second.
First edition, in the rare original dust jacket, of this famous trick book, with the text, illustrations, and the book itself all slanted.
First printing of the first Curious George book, one of the most scarce and sought-after classic children's books.
First printing of the first CALICO BOOK, and Tudor's first book.
First printing of this beautifully designed picture book, evoking pleasant winter days in mid-century American towns.
First and only edition of this rare alphabet book, published the same year as Baum's breakout WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.
Signed early printing of Seuss's second book.
First printing of Krauss's first book, terrifically illustrated by abstract expressionist Ad Reinhardt.
First printing, in later printing dust jacket, with 3 Christmas cards from the Leaf family laid in.
Rare first US edition of the modern picture book from the niece of Sigmund Freud – with new English text written by Dalgliesh after sharing Seidmann-Freud's images with a group of children.
First edition, first issue of this early Seuss title, a beautiful copy directly from the stock of Aleph-Bet Books, the firm of Seuss bibliographers Helen Younger and Marc Younger.
First edition, in the scarce original dust jacket, about a little Chinese duckling who lives on a houseboat in Peking.
First edition of this rare Margaret Wise Brown pseudonymous title, inscribed by illustrator Bill Ballantine, who he gave up his career to join the circus in 1947.
Inscribed second printing of the first edition of this Caldecott Award winner – with an original watercolor and inscribed to Marian Young, a prominent librarian and member of the Caldecott Award selection committee.
First edition of this charming New York Jewish picture book, a particularly bright and clean copy.
Original drawing in color that would be used in the endpaper design of OTTO AT SEA – from the collection of Barbara Bader, author of the authoritative reference work AMERICAN PICTUREBOOKS.
Original finished pen-and-ink drawing signed by Cady, used in THE RAGGEDY ANIMAL BOOK published by Rand McNally in 1928.
First printing of this rhythmic counting reader, one of the hardest to find Seuss books in the first edition.