THE TIME WARP TRIO: SEE YOU LATER, GLADIATOR
(2000)
Signed first edition of the ninth book in the TIME WARP TRIO series, in which the boys have to duke it out in gladiator school in ancient Rome.
Chapter Books
THE TIME WARP TRIO: VIKING IT AND LIKING IT
(2002)
Signed first edition of the twelfth book in the TIME WARP TRIO series, which finds the boys experiencing a very dangerous Thor's Day aboard a Viking ship.
CALDECOTT & CO.: NOTES ON BOOKS & PICTURES
(1988)
Signed limited first edition, one of 250 copies, of this collection of essays by Sendak on illustrators and authors of children's books of the past, including Potter, Disney, Caldecott, Parrish, Claud Lovat Fraser and more.
HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP!
(1967)
First printing of this Sendak work based on an old Mother Goose rhyme, featuring great full-page illustrations.
THE HOUSE OF SIXTY FATHERS
(1956)
First printing of this early book in Sendak's illustration career, a story set in China during the Japanese occupation in World War II, based on the actual experiences of DeJong.
THE BAT-POET
(1977)
First UK edition, featuring wonderfully detailed illustrations by Maurice Sendak to accompany poems by Jarrell.
THE BAT-POET
(1964)
Inscribed first printing of this Sendak gem about a special bat who wanders to visit other small animals to share his unique perspective through poems.
THE BAT-POET
(1964)
First printing of this Sendak gem about a special bat who wanders to visit other small animals to share his poems.
THE GOLDEN KEY
1976
Inscribed second edition thus of this intricately illustrated Sendak publication.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Adventures And Misadventures In The Realm of Children's Literature
1971
First printing of this study of popular children's literature, with a chapter on and illustrated by Sendak.
THE TENEMENT TREE
(1959)
First printing, following a boy's life in the city and his summer in the country.
MONARCH THE BIG BEAR OF TALLAC
(1904)
First printing, featuring 100 drawings by the author including eight half-tone plates.
THE BOY SCOUTS FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT
(1914)
First edition of this Boy Scout adventure story, with interesting publisher's ad for similar books laid in – rarely found in the original dust jacket.
THE RESCUERS
1959
Signed first printing of Sharp's first great mouse adventure – genuinely uncommon signed.
THE TURRET
(1963)
First printing of the third book in Sharp's series of mouse adventures starring Miss Bianca.
UPON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT
(1981)
First printing of this memoir of Hungarian Jewish childhood in the lead-up to WWII, detailing the author's family's forced move to a Ghetto and eventually to Auschwitz.
THE GOLEM
(1982)
First printing in English of this retelling of the Jewish folktale, with attractive illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Uri Shulevitz.
NAFTALI THE STORYTELLER AND HIS HORSE, SUS
(1976)
First printing of eight stories of Jewish life in Poland for children.
THE FOOLS OF CHELM
(1973)
First printing of this slapstick tale for children derived from Jewish folklore.
A CHILD'S BOOK OF COUNTRY STORIES
1935
Magnificent copy, in original publisher's box.
STORIES OF PETER AND ELLEN
1903
First edition of this collection of stories capturing everyday life for children growing up at the turn of the 20th century.
A VERY LITTLE CHILD'S BOOK OF STORIES
1924
Early printing of the original Duffield edition (more commonly found as the Dial reprint), illustrated with Smith's gorgeous aesthetic to accompany an anthology of nearly 100 stories and poems reflecting popular children's literature of the 1920s.
THE TIME WARP TRIO: 2095
(1995)
Signed first printing of the fifth book in the TIME WARP TRIO series, in which the boys are zapped to various points in the late 21st century – with original drawing by Lane Smith.
THE TIME WARP TRIO: KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLE
(1991)
Signed first printing of the first book in the TIME WARP TRIO series, in which Joe's magician uncle gives him a mysterious book that transports he and his friends to the Middle Ages – with original drawing by Lane Smith.
THE TIME WARP TRIO: SUMMER READING IS KILLING ME!
(1998)
Signed first edition of the seventh book in the TIME WARP TRIO series, in which the boys are pulled into a very strange series of books – with original drawing by Lane Smith.
