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Stunning Art Nouveau-style illustrated edition of Andersen's fairy tale, printed in Bavaria with rich full-page color lithographs.
Stunning Art Nouveau-style illustrated edition of Andersen's fairy tale, printed in Bavaria with rich full-page color lithographs.
First edition of the book that gave Americans their own fairy tale, with all the textual points of the first state and a mixed state B/C of the plates.
Signed limited edition, one of 500 numbered copies signed by Hague – this an additionally inscribed copy with an original Hague drawing of the Scarecrow alongside his signature.
First edition of this rare Land of Oz spin-off, featuring a character from THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (1904) that Baum made the hero of his newest stage musical.
First edition, second printing of the second Oz book, and the first illustrated by J.R. Neill – who would define the iconography for the series as a team with Baum.
First edition of this early children's book by Baum, published only months after THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and thus almost immediately forgotten, with supplied facsimile frontispiece.
First edition, first state of this continuation of Baum's Oz series, a beautiful copy in the rare dust jacket.
The second book about the Berenstain Bears, illustrated in color by the authors.
First edition this collection of Grimm fairy tales specially selected by Sendak, with four translated by Randall Jarrell, fine in original jackets and slipcase.
A Bedtime-Story Book, illustrated by Harrison Cady with six nice black and white plates.
A Bedtime-Story Book, illustrated by Harrison Cady with six nice black and white plates.
A Bedtime-Story Book, illustrated by Harrison Cady with six nice black and white plates.
A Bedtime Story Book, illistrated with six black and white plates by Harrison Cady.
A Bedtime-Story Book, illustrated by Harrison Cady with nice black and white plates.
Eight stories about Peter Rabbit, Bobby Coon, Joe Otter and others. Illustrated by Harrison Cady with pictorial end papers, full color illustrations, and many black and whites.
First printing of this beautifully designed picture book, evoking pleasant winter days in mid-century American towns.
First printing of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
A wonderful pop-up and moveable edition with six pop-ups and five moveables imaginatively engineered by James Roger Díaz, including double-page playing card pop-ups.
First printing of the winner of the 1931 Newbery Medal winner, an example of Lynd Ward's more delicate brush illustrations.
Early 20th-century "Golden Books" version of the Italian fairy tale, part of "the most attractive series of Children's Classics ever published."
Large format mid-century American edition, with great color cover image and frontispiece by Madsen and more than 50 full- and partial-page black-and-white images by Muheim.
Early Boston piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first US edition – but also the first known version published in the US with color plates.
Boxed collection of coloring books on the theme of Disney's PINOCCHIO, released in theatres the same year – exceptionally well preserved, with vivid color wrappers.
Signed first printing of Cooney's adaptation of Chaucer, a modern take on the Middle Ages fable and Caldecott Award Winner.
First edition of the 4th Brownie book, wherein the little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia, and more, in the rare original dust jacket.