THE JUNGLE TOY BOOK
[1914]
Scarce first edition of this vibrant book with cloth-mounted leaves, featuring animals rendered in their natural colors and in rainbow.
English & British
PIGGY PRANKS
[circa 1920]
Little book of pig mischief, apparently an advertising giveaway for Jelloids, with maze at rear.
PUSSY'S ABC
[circa 1890]
Charming ABC book in the form of a handsome and fluffy cat, containing a feline love story told with each of the letters of the alphabet.
BUNNYBOROUGH
[1919]
First edition of this scarce and fabulous large-format picture book, about a family of humanized rabbits and their animal friends.
PUPPY-DOG FROLICS
[circa 1928]
First edition of this large-format story of a white Scotty dog puppy who gets into all sorts of trouble on a farm.
THE RED PUPPY BOOK
[1910]
First edition of this puppy picture book, charmingly illustrated by the author.
US
[1922]
A rare Aldin work, all about little Pat and her new black Scotch terrier Smut. Although Pat treats him like her baby, Smut shows himself to be quite a brave boy in a pinch!
THE WHITE KITTEN BOOK
[1909]
Beautiful first US edition, a departure from Aldin's usual canine subjects.
PIG'S BOOK OF MANNERS
(1995)
First printing, in which Johnny Squelchnose has no manners and finally learns proper etiquette from his neighbor, a pig.
LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES
[1937]
First US edition of Edward Ardizzone's second book, the story of a lonely girl who befriends a lonely old man — a rare title in the original dust jacket.
SHIP'S COOK GINGER: Another Tim Story
(1977)
First edition, first printing of this Tim story in which Tim and Ginger must assist on a ship when the crew comes down with food poisoning.
TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
(1972)
First edition of the tenth and final story of Tim's adventures.
BOO-BOOS AT HONEY SWEET FARM
[1921]
The fifth book in Atwell's popular BOO-BOOS series, in which the titular fairies accompany their friend Bunty to a farm in the country, this copy in unusually nice condition.
LITTLE PIG'S BOUNCY BALL
(1996)
First edition, first printing of this striking picture book with bold, fantastic color illustrations on every page.
MORE JINGLES, JOKES, AND FUNNY FOLKS
[circa 1910]
Scarce Louis Wain title featuring a variety of cats acting out Bingham's humorous verse.
THE CONCEITED FROG
[circa 1935]
Cheeky pre-war picture book about a pretentious frog and his animal friends, hinting to the influence of WIND IN THE WILLOWS, but more visually playful.
HUMPTY AND DUMPTY
[1912]
Adorably illustrated tale of twin baby bunnies, as they are adopted, move to a new home, and summarily escape on an adventure.
THE CHUNKIES
[1918]
Very scarce first edition of Reginald's adventures in Chunky-Town with the wooden children Chippy and Delia.
THE SAD TALE OF THE GREEDY BOY
(1944)
First edition of this scarce British children's story on the Struwwelpeter model, issued during World War II with an implicit suggestion of civic as well as personal virtue: good boys tolerate deprivation without complaint.
ABC OF THE UNION JACK
[circa 1915]
WWI-era history of the British flag through the importance of its use in battles over the years, using the term "ABC" to suggest the basics of the topic, rather than a literal alphabet.
BABAR AT HOME
1938
First UK edition of Jean de Brunhoff's penultimate Babar book, the charming story of the youngest children of the elephant family.
BABAR'S FRIEND ZEPHIR
1937
First UK edition of the fifth book in the Babar series, devoted to the adventures of Zephir the monkey when he goes home for summer vacation.
PIG TALES
[circa 1950]
First edition of two stories about humanized pigs: Buster, the hungry pig, and Bo-bo, the sleepy pig.
PIG'S EAR
(1994)
First edition of this clever satire in which every page features a color illustration picturing a pun or tongue-in-cheek aphorism involving pigs.
ANDROMEDAR SR1
1971
First US edition of this stunningly psychedelic picture book about two astronauts at the mercy of an evil space octopus, and how they make him pay for his misdeeds.
