SYLVIE AND BRUNO
Inscribed first edition, with a purple-ink inscription by Carroll in the year of publication to the wife of the playwright who tried to take ALICE to the theater.
Inscribed first edition, with a purple-ink inscription by Carroll in the year of publication to the wife of the playwright who tried to take ALICE to the theater.
First published edition (the second produced edition overall) of this color-illustrated ALICE for young children, with the Carroll-approved color images of Tenniel's original illustrations – quite a nice copy.
First edition of this later Carroll fantasy, including a contemporary advertisement by Carroll requesting the recall of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS because of poor reproductions.
First printing of the Moser-illustrated edition, a terrific copy.
Rare, privately printed signed limited first edition of Carroll's previously unpublished letters and drawings.
Extraordinary first state of the sequel to ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, one of only three known copies of the book containing two original pencil sketches by Tenniel.
First edition thus, the Chambers-illustrated Scribner Classic edition of the Scottish historical novel set in the 15th century.
First edition of PINOCCHIO in English, the rare American issue, simultaneous with the British and bound in the U.S. from British sheets.
First edition of PINOCCHIO in English, a title in the Children's Library.
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 the 4th Brownie book, wherein the little imps travel to Japan, Turkey, Arabia, Russia, and more, in the rare original dust jacket.
Early edition, after the first, of this mischievous travel narrative about the creatures from Scottish folklore, given a Victorian update by Cox, have adventures across the world – in Japan, Turkey, Russia, and more.
First edition of the 5th Brownie book, a Victorian fairy tour of the United States.
First edition, first state of the first title in the Brownie series, in the rare original dust jacket – illustrated on every page showing the busy little Brownies getting into mischief.
First edition of this classic American "boy book," dramatizing the everyday life of boys in Gilded Age Boston.
First edition of this Victorian almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
First edition of this Victorian almanack for children, with lovely illustrations by Kate Greenaway.
Collection of first editions of 15 almanacks illustrated by Golden Age trailblazer Kate Greenaway, one volume signed by her.
First issue 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 issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, in the scarce yellow binding, and rarely seen in this condition.
Rare first edition of the humorous and somewhat surreal tale of a posh humanized pig, his adventures in the city, and his eventual demise.
First American edition of the humorous and somewhat surreal tale of a posh humanized pig, his adventures in the city, published the same year as the London first.
First edition of the sequel to the children's classic, with beautiful late Victorian line illustrations by the author's father.
Third edition of this collection of adventure stories, translated and adapted for children by a variety of primarily women authors, selected by Andrew Lang.
McLoughlin Brothers edition of this classic collection of fairy tales, in an unusually large format and different pictorial cloth binding design.