THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
First edition of the book that gave Americans their own fairy tale, with all the textual points of the first state and a mixed state B/C of the plates.
First edition of the book that gave Americans their own fairy tale, with all the textual points of the first state and a mixed state B/C of the plates.
First printing, in the most uncommon form: bound in the publisher's full sheep.
First edition, first issue of one of the best-loved works of American literature, in scarce original dust jacket.
First printing of Tudor's first book, inscribed to her niece Sylvie Ann, the model and namesake of Sylvie Ann in the book, and accompanied by two letters describing the gift and receipt of the book by Tudor and Sylvie Ann's mother respectively.
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.
Beautiful association copy of the limited 25th Anniversary edition, presented by Sendak to his dear friend James Marshall, with the special card containing an original signed pen-and-ink drawing of Max parading as a Wild Thing and an additional inscription to Marshall.
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.
First printing of the pacifist children's classic, soon to be banned in Franco's Spain at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
First printing of the classic picture book, a carefully designed balance of text and image by the author, in the scarce original dust jacket.
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, second printing of the second Oz book, and the first illustrated by J.R. Neill – who would define the iconography for the series as a team with Baum.
First edition, first state of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material.
First edition of Seuss's second book, a HORNBOOK review copy with their name stamped on the front endpaper.
Inscribed later printing of the modern children's classic, an exploration of innocence and change, death and courage.
First edition, an out-of-series copy of the deluxe issue of 50 copies specially printed on Japan vellum, inscribed by Johnson to the designer of the book.
First edition of the beautiful meta-picture book on the power of the creative imagination, rarely seen with the original dust jacket so intact.
First edition of Pène du Bois's notoriously scarce first book, about the ghost of a cow who is a little too sweet to scare people.
First edition of this subversive update to DICK AND JANE, based upon the idea that kids would get more excited about reading if they enjoyed the material – one of a small group with jackets lacking a printed price, issued between the transition from the "200/200" of the first state and the "195/195" of the second.
First edition of this rare Land of Oz spin-off, featuring a character from THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (1904) that Baum made the hero of his newest stage musical.
First edition of this early children's book by Baum, published only months after THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and thus almost immediately forgotten, with supplied facsimile frontispiece.
First printing of the first Curious George book, one of the most scarce and sought-after classic children's books.
First printing of the first CALICO BOOK, and Tudor's first book.
First printing of this beautifully designed picture book, evoking pleasant winter days in mid-century American towns.
Signed Scribner Classic edition of Wyeth's iillustrated version of the Pulitzer prize-winning classic.
Terrific collection of Lemony Snicket works, including first printings of every volume of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS – 8 of which are stamped and inscribed by the author, and one with the rare dust jacket – along with Snicket's autobiography, stamped and signed by Handler.