SOOTFACE: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story
(1994)
First printing of this love story of a warrior who could make himself invisible and the only woman who could see through his spell.
New Arrivals
MERLIN AND THE MAKING OF THE KING
(2004)
First printing of this retelling of three Arthurian legends — The Sword in the Stone, Excalibur, and the Lady of the Lake — all illustrated in beautiful medieval style by Trina Schart Hyman.
THE MECHANICAL DOLL
(1979)
Signed first printing of this haunting story of a dancing doll who becomes human with help from the musician who repairs her, with striking illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.
PETER PAN
(1980)
Signed first Trina Schart Hyman-illustrated edition of this classic story of the boy who never wants to grow up.
EPAMINONDAS
(1968)
First printing of this classic story of a boy with a knack for doing the right things at the wrong time, with hilarious illustrations by award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman.
THE LEGEND OF BLUE JACKET
(2002)
Signed first printing of this true story of a white boy who integrates into a Shawnee tribe and battles colonists in Ohio.
POPE JOAN: Or, an Account Collected Out of the Romish Authors Proved to Be of the Clergy and Members of That Church, Before Luther Left Her Doctrine
1689
First edition of this tract wielding the story of a woman Pope as anti-Catholic propaganda — the final publication of notable Protestant forger Robert Ware.
Original Illustration for PROJECT BOY
1954
Original illustration for Lois Lenski's 1954 book PROJECT BOY, based on the lives of the children living in a housing project and taught by Marie Ram — with inscribed dedication by Lenski to Ram.
Original Art and Book for BABYHOOD: STEP BY STEP
1938
Original art for and first edition of this darling baby book, demonstrating the artistic occur in the process to publication.
EARLY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
1933
Signed limited first edition of the classic work in the field of children's book collecting, one of only 585 copies signed by the great 20th-century bookseller Rosenbach.
THE MAKER OF UNIVERSES
1980
Inscribed first Phantasia Press edition of the first volume of Farmer's World of Tiers series, the chronicle of retired linguist Robert Wolff's entry into an array of artificial universes created by mysterious beings.
WHEN WOMEN RULE
(1972)
First edition of this anthology of matriarchal fantasies by (exclusively) men, which was lovingly dismantled by Joanna Russ in her well-known "Amor Vincit Foeminam: The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction."
THE UNREASONING MASK
(1981)
Signed review copy of Farmer's mystical science fiction adventure, with additional signed author photograph and publisher's promotional material.
I BLOW MY OWN HORN
1957
First edition of the scarce autobiography of Jesse L. Lasky, one of the founders of Paramount Pictures and a profoundly important figure in American film.
TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUN
(1932)
First UK edition of this pair of pieces that partly form the enormous puzzle that is FINNEGANS WAKE, in lovely condition.
![Item #48653 FINNEGANS WAKE [with] CORRECTIONS OF MISPRINTS IN FINNEGANS WAKE. James Joyce](https://typepunchmatrix.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/48653_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684500045)
FINNEGANS WAKE [with] CORRECTIONS OF MISPRINTS IN FINNEGANS WAKE
1939; 1945
First US edition of James Joyce's final work, epic, inscrutable, and comedic — in lovely condition, and with scarce errata pamphlet issued six years after the initial publication.
NIGHT SONG
(1961)
Inscribed first printing of this dramatic tale of New York's jazz underworld by the acclaimed author of (six years later) THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM.
THE DEB'S DICTIONARY
1931
Inscribed first edition of Herford's post-flapperian satirical dictionary of interwar youth culture: "BOY-FRIEND: If Properly Trained, The Best of All Household Pets."
RED FOX RUNNING
(1993)
Signed first printing of this exciting winter tale of a fox searching for a meal for his cubs as night falls.
A SHORTER FINNEGANS WAKE
(1967)
First printing of this abridgement of "one of the most formidable and idiosyncratic" (front flap) books of the 20th century.
EXILES
(1951)
Limited first US edition of James Joyce's only play, a semi-autobiographical story of the tangled lives of two couples.
ALL OF YOU WAS SINGING
1991
Signed first printing of this retelling of the Aztec myth of how music came to earth from the sun, with stunning illustrations by Ed Young.
YEH-SHEN: A Cinderella Story from China
(1982)
Signed first printing of this retelling of a southern Chinese fairy tale with many similarities to the story of Cinderella, following a poor girl whose only friend is a set of magical fish bones.
HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
(1989)
Signed first printing of this story of the beauty to be found in the passage of a day, with vibrant illustrations by Ed Young.
CALDE OF THE LONG SUN
(1994)
First edition of Wolfe's acclaimed novel, a Nebula award finalist, the third volume in his Book of the Long Sun tetralogy, and set in the same universe as his classic Book of the New Sun series.
![CYCLONE ON THE PRAIRIES [with] A BOOKBINDER'S ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WONDERFUL. Peter E. Hanff, L. Baum.](https://typepunchmatrix.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/44566_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1673564784)
