First issue of Gorey's bracing alphabet book, with a lengthy inscription by the publisher to comedian Phyllis Diller asserting he "designed this format for all this books to get him into a larger market. It worked!"
First edition of Elkins's first novel, introducing the smooth-talking, mystery-solving physical anthropology professor Gideon Oliver.
Advance uncorrected proof copy of the "complete collection" of Card's short-fiction work, including reprints of his Mormon future dystopian short stories and the version of ENDER'S GAME first published in ANALOG in 1977.
First edition of this brightly illustrated collection of poems and short stories, many focused on animals.
First edition of this Gilded Age collection of short stories, vibrantly illustrated.
First edition, in the variant bright white binding, of this beautifully illustrated book about our six-legged neighbors – with the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this particularly patriotic book about the founding of the United States and the meaning of the flag, as explained by states personified as children.
First edition of this beautiful Glasgow School storybook, illustrated by one of the leading artists of the Glasgow Girls.
![CHRISTMAS POEMS AND PICTURES [With "Twas The Night Before Christmas"]. Clement Moore, Thomas Nast](/pictures/thumb/35668_1.jpg?v=1631729890)
Civil War-era holiday compendium with an early printing of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (the original name of the famous poem) and an engraving of Santa by Thomas Nast inspired by the poem.
First edition of this charming paper doll set, complete with fashionable chromolithograph dresses and hats, in the scarce original box.
First edition of this stylish Victorian paper doll, with four chromolithographed dresses.
First edition of this psychedelic story of Orange Boy's efforts to "cool his head," featuring several illustrations that incorporate Cockerell marbled paper.
Copyright deposit copy (now deaccessioned) of this gorgeously illustrated tale of a giraffe-like creature hatched from an enormous blue egg.
First edition of this educational picture book illustrated "on indestructible boards" with vibrant chromolithographs of flowers, insects, fruit, and more.
Lovely Victorian edition of Tennyson's classic love poem, in a deluxe leather binding.
First edition of this scarce and beautiful piece of early 20th-century advertising, featuring two types of cleaning polishes personified as colorful fairies.
A Little Color Classic, illustrated with full page color illustrations and in black and white by Harrison Cady.
First edition of this charming advertising pamphlet for Clark's O.N.T. spun cotton thread, with interesting examples of Western colonial attitudes, written and illustrated by BROWNIES creator Palmer Cox.
First edition, first printing of this Tim story in which Tim and Ginger must assist on a ship when the crew comes down with food poisoning.
![DEUTSCHE WIEGENLIEDER [German Lullabies]. Hans Fraungruber, R. Daenert](/pictures/thumb/28620_1.jpg?v=1631729841)
First edition of this stylish book of lullabies merging medieval and modern artistic influences.
First edition, the story of a young Black girl and desegregation set in Louisiana.
Midcentury large-format adaptation for children from ages five to nine, including many beautiful full-page color illustrations.
First edition of the 5th book about the Berenstain Bears, featuring an adventures on the beach.
First edition of the adventures of circus bears, with wonderful brown shaded illustrations by Kellogg.
Striking deluxe copy of Mrs. Gaskell's classic collection of satirical vignettes, once belonging to Princess Anita de Bragança.
