AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW, ETC.
First edition of the third volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
First edition of the third volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
First edition of the second volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN.
Inscribed first printing of the book about a ghost cat and a haunted house, notoriously scarce in this edition and even moreso signed.
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 this joyfully printed Oz book, with gatherings of the paper in various colorful hues — lavender, pink, green, blue, and more — a beautiful, bright copy.
First printing of this Oz story that finds Ozma, the Wizard, and other rulers whisked away by a suspicious man and a magical horse.
Scarce first edition featuring 6 full-page color plates by Wain of his characteristically humanoid cats.
First edition, in which the authors imagine what Alice Liddell's (the real girl who was the model for Alice) life was like in Victorian England, with many references to Lewis Carroll's life and his writings.
Scarce first printing of this Arkansas mystery, which sees two boys unravel the secret behind a dead body they find in the woods.
Scarce first edition of this Freddy story, in which our hero accidentally becomes a walk-on at a local high school football game and enrolls in classes so he can join the team.
First edition of Freddy the pig's foray into fox hunting and subsequent transformation into wild west lawman.
Signed first edition of this BAD KITTY chapter book, which finds our trouble-making feline at odds with the catsitter – with original drawing.
First edition of this story of the life and perils of a young deer as he grows up, with illustrations by frequent Burgess collaborator Harrison Cady.
First edition of this tale of Finnish twins Jukka and Vendla's efforts to establish a museum in their small rural town, as war looms in Europe, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First edition of this rare Burgess title about Aunt Sally's amazing relationship with wild animals, mainly raccoons and skunks – in unusually nice condition.
Limited edition of this highly sought version of ALICE with full-page plates by the French avant-garde artist, one of 350 copies for the US.
First edition of this readable, tongue-in cheek-history of pigs with inventive and humorous line drawings.
First edition of this stylishly illustrated and humorous children's book, published in Brussels during World War II
Rare first printing of this early Coretta Scott King Award-winner, the story of a young Black heroin addict's struggles.
Inscribed first printing of this early Coretta Scott King Award-winner, the story of a young Black heroin addict's struggles.
First edition of the Sherlock Holmes-themed pig book.
First printing of this collection of stories about a pair of Norwegian children, with beautiful illustrations by the d'Aulaires.
Inscribed first edition of this juvenile novel based on the events of the Amistad.
First edition, in the first issue dust jacket, of the great chocolatier fantasy of desire fulfilled, a beautiful copy.
Lovely first US edition of Dahl's novel, still beloved by contemporary children and nostalgic adults alike.