Early American piracy of Collodi's fairy tale, published without attribution to the author or the translator of the first American edition – but also the first known version published in the US with color plates.
First Detmold edition, with 12 exquisite tipped-in color plates with tissue guards, rare in the box.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
First edition of the sequel to the children's classic, with beautiful late Victorian line illustrations by the author's father.
First UK edition of this adventure story, following a spoiled young boy as he matures aboard a fishing vessel – from the collection of publisher Michael Sadleir.
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Inscribed first edition of the best known book by the first woman and first Swedish person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, beating out fellow nominees Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, and Mark Twain.
First printing of this collection of tales from the ancient cycle of Reynard the Fox, the prototypical trickster figure – with stylish illustrations.
Charmingly illustrated collection of Edward Lear's silly verses, including classics like "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Jumblies."
First edition, first issue of one of the best-loved works of American literature, in scarce original dust jacket.
First edition, in which Buster and his dog Tige travel to France, Switzerland, England, and more.
First edition of the novel that unified a movement, the most widespread tool wielded by humane societies to abolish practices of cruel treatment of horses, especially the use of the bearing-rein.
