"Old Fashioned Thanksgiving"
First appearance, in ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, of Alcott's story about a less common holiday seen in literature, and later incorporated into AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG.
First appearance, in ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, of Alcott's story about a less common holiday seen in literature, and later incorporated into AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG.
First printing of this beautiful adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic, with illustrations inspired by early modern woodblocks — a scarce Goodhue work in exceptional condition.
First printing of the fourth Eloise book — inscribed by beloved illustrator Hilary Knight — in which Eloise gets tired of caviar and fails to thaw the icy hearts of suspicious Muscovites.
First edition of Eloise's whirlwind tour of Paris (that's Paris, France) from promenading up the Champs-Elysées to St.-Germain for a salade niçoise, and on to M. Dior for an "absolutely chic" dress.
Scarce first edition of the first book in MacDonald's beloved midcentury series starring Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, reclusive loner and psychological manipulator extraordinaire.
First printing of the third installment of Uttley's long-running, gently satirical series of animal tales, in unusually lovely condition.
First printing of a landmark in children's literature: one of the first twelve Little Golden Books, in the rare dust jacket.