ROBIN-HOOD
1895
First edition thus of a McLoughlin collection of classic ROBIN HOOD stories, in a die-cut book in the shape of the man himself.
Picture Book
THE TRAGI-COMIC HISTORY OF THE BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN
1821
Second American edition of the popular English nursery rhyme about bird-based crime and justice.
RABBIT MAKES A MONKEY OF LION
(1989)
First printing of this adaptation of an Swahili folktale about animal escapades in pursuit of honey, with lush illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney
THE STORY OF MOTHER GOOSE
[circa 1911]
First edition of this evocatively illustrated MOTHER GOOSE book, a scarce and highly sought version in particularly nice condition.
THE UGLY DUCKLING
(1999)
Signed first printing of this new adaptation of the beloved Hans Christian Andersen story about the beauty of being yourself, with delightful illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney – winner of a 2000 Caldecott Honor.
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
(1985)
First edition, adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens. Two rascal foxes sell the emperor, a vain pig, a suit of invisible clothing. Great color illustrations by Stevens.
DER GESANGVEREIN BRÜLLARIA UND SEIN STIFTUNGSFEST [The Choral Society of the Howlers and Its Founders Day]
1893
First edition of a stunning large picture book chronicling a festival and concert put on by Grandville-style humanized animals.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(1990)
Lovely new edition of Beaumont's classic fairy tale, inscribed by illustrator Hilary Knight, with a brief afterword by Cocteau on the themes of secret disappointment and the "pangs of hopeless love."
THE TREE THAT RAINS
(1994)
First printing of this retelling of the flood myth of the Huichol people of Mexico, illustrated in a style inspired by the traditional art of Central America.
CONTE DU PETIT POISSON D'OR
[1933]
Scarce early Père Castor picture book, a Russian fairy tale vividly illustrated by Russian émigré artist Ivan Bilibin.
MOTHER MOON'S NURSERY RHYMES
(1906)
Traditional nursery rhyme structures are updated with new stories of various insects and animals, with the real star at the end: a "bird fair" of anthropomorphized birds getting together to socialize.
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
[1905]
German picture book edition of the classic tale, illustrated by a student of Ernst Hildebrand, disbound without its original binding but with all full-page color illustrations intact.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
[circa 1910s]
Great picture book of the classic fairy tale with captivating colorful illustrations, in a larger format for easy use by young children.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY
(1992)
First edition, first printing, the story behind the nursery rhyme of "This Little Piggy Went to Market,"a great copy.
MINNIE, THE LITTLE FISH WHO LIVED IN A SHOE AND OTHER STORIES
(1931)
First issue of this slightly off-center collection of classic children's stories in unusual settings.
THREE STONE WOMAN
(1971)
First printing of this retelling of an indigenous Alaskan folk tale about the importance of charity, inspired by Glo Coalson's time spent in the arctic circle village of Kotzebue.
ASHPET: An Appalachian Tale
(1994)
Inscribed first printing of this Appalachian take on the Cinderella story – with original drawing of the titular Ashpet.
Original art from MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX
[no later than 1989]
Signed finished watercolor used in Conover's 1989 book MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SLY FOX.
BE KIND TO YOUR DOG AT CHRISTMAS, and Other Ways to Have Happy Holidays and a Lucky New Year
(1982)
Inscribed first printing of this collection of holiday folklore and superstitions, including creative things to do with onions and how to predict the future with a well-placed holly leaf.
FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
(1981)
First US edition of this collection of fables executed in the style of an Renaissance manuscript, a facsimile of Marie Angel's original work.
BIG AND BAD
2008
Signed first printing of this reimagining of the story of the Three Little Pigs, in which the pigs and their animal friends band together to get revenge on the Big Bad Wolf.
HUMPTY DUMPTY
2006
Signed first printing of this retelling of the classic nursery rhyme, positing that the wall from which Humpty fell was not such a benign construction.
THE LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH
(1988)
Inscribed first printing of this retelling of the legend of the origin of the colorful flowers that spring up to welcome the changing of the seasons.
ALICE NIZZY NAZZY, THE WITCH OF SANTA FE
(1995)
Signed first printing of this Southwestern take on Baba Yaga, the story of a sheep-stealing evil witch with strings of chiles for hair and a hut on roadrunners' legs.
THE HUNTERMAN AND THE CROCODILE
(1997)
Second printing of this Coretta Scott King Award honor-winning retelling of a West African folktale of a hunter poised to receive his comeuppance from a number of angry animals.
