BUSTER BROWN ABROAD
First edition, in which Buster and his dog Tige travel to France, Switzerland, England, and more.
First edition, in which Buster and his dog Tige travel to France, Switzerland, England, and more.
First edition of the first book by a major publisher with the iconic Sunbonnet Babies and their coy hidden faces, quite scarce in this condition.
First edition of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880.
First edition, first issue of one of the best-loved works of American literature, in scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this joyfully printed Oz book, with gatherings of the paper in various colorful hues — lavender, pink, green, blue, and more — a beautiful, bright copy.
Early issue of the first UK edition, in attractive pictorial cloth.
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 of this classic story of the life and domestication of an Alaskan wolfdog.
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.
First edition of this vibrant McLoughlin publication, illustrating Moore's NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS alongside two amusing sequels of their own invention.
Third edition of this collection of adventure stories, translated and adapted for children by a variety of primarily women authors, selected by Andrew Lang.
First US edition of this unusual children's story from the author of HORATIO HORNBLOWER, with charming illustrations by Newbery-winning artist Robert Lawson.
Second printing (as tentatively noted in BAL), of the bucolic classic, a beautiful copy.
First edition, first printing of the follow up to THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ.
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.
Charmingly illustrated collection of Edward Lear's silly verses, including classics like "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Jumblies."
First printing of this collection of tales from the ancient cycle of Reynard the Fox, the prototypical trickster figure – with stylish illustrations.
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 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.
First edition of the sequel to the children's classic, with beautiful late Victorian line illustrations by the author's father.
Early American pirated edition of the English classic, part of Henry Altemus's Wee Books for Wee Folks series.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
Beautiful Golden Age of Illustration-era edition of the Victorian fantasy novel, one of the best illustrated interpretations of the classic.