PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA
Scarce first issue of this installment of Peck's popular portrait of juvenile delinquency.
Scarce first issue of this installment of Peck's popular portrait of juvenile delinquency.
First edition of this Gilded Age gift book, a humorous tale of families looking for a short escape from city life, only to find that country living comes with its own difficulties.
McLoughlin Brothers printing of the French fairy tale, from their Sunshine Series.
Uncommonly nice copy of the first edition of Pyle's first commissioned book, with Pyle's own bookplate.
Third revised edition of this little mathematical text, a beautiful example of the materials used in the binding of 19th-century school books.
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.
First edition of an unusual copy of this Polish Bible story reader, with an imprint altered by an early owner to read a century earlier than it was actually published.
First edition of an alphabet of rhyming "military nonsense," published in the midst of the British Empire's military expansion.
First edition of this miniature volume of two moralistic stories, part of the CABINET OF LILLIPUT series published by Newbery's successor.
First edition thus, in which the evocative Macedonian leader from antiquity receives a late Victorian update in this children's telling, beautifully illustrated by Mason with a consciously antiquarian flair.
First edition, publisher's presentation copy, of this enduring collection of children's verse.
First edition of the popular US fairy tale author's first book, featuring the adventures of the fairy prince TING-A-LING, a giant, a princess, and other fanciful characters.
Stylish signed limited first edition bibliography of Boreman's landmark early children's books.
First edition of this delightful German color-learning board book, guided by an articulated paper doll — a rare survival.
Early Larssen illustrated book – in rare original dust jacket.
First edition of this very scarce Humphrey book, magnificently illustrated of little children dressed in the national costumes of various nations from Russia to Scotland, and with one child representing Africa.
First edition thus, from York publisher J. Kendrew, of the story of a little boy learning to read with the help of a molded alphabet book made of gingerbread.
First printing, in the most uncommon form: bound in the publisher's full sheep.
First printing of the classic American children's book about an orphan boy growing up on the banks of the Mississippi River in Missouri, in the expertly restored original cloth binding.
First edition, first state of Twain's allegorical adventure of 16th-century England, aimed at elevating his literary reputation before HUCKLEBERRY FINN finally secured it.
First printing, state A, of the continuing travels of Tom Sawyer, with authorial responsibility assigned to "Huck Finn, edited by Mark Twain."
Early issue of the first UK edition, in attractive pictorial cloth.
First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century — quite scarce in this condition.
A scarce toy book using Cox's illustrations without his approval, illustrating the title story plus three other fairy tales.
First edition of this collection of moral poems and prose, with numerous woodcuts.