TOY TIME
A rare contemporary English translation of this work by the celebrated Russian poet, children's author and wartime journalist.
A rare contemporary English translation of this work by the celebrated Russian poet, children's author and wartime journalist.
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."
First edition of this tale from the Brothers Grimm, glazed pictorial boards issue, published simultaneously with cloth/jacketed issue.
First edition of this tale from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated in color by Sendak – a great copy.
First edition in English of a classic German children's tale (titled "Der Kleine Muck" in German), with charming illustrations.
First US edition, with charming color illustrations on every page by the author, a great copy.
First edition in English of the Bulgarian tale of a flat cake that comes to life and explores a winter forest.
First UK edition, translated from Finnish, of this story of Alfred, the sad, smallest of seven wild piglets born deep in the forest.
First edition in English of this comic poem for children, originally published in the USSR in 1926.
First US edition, published the same year as the Japanese first, depicting the experience of a 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb is dropped by the US.
US printing of GIGI CERCA IL SUO BERRETTO, an innovative picture book featuring minimalist text with moveable flaps that reveal hidden illustrations with a distinct surrealist touch.
Rare first US edition of the modern picture book from the niece of Sigmund Freud – with new English text written by Dalgliesh after sharing Seidmann-Freud's images with a group of children.