PIG DREAMS: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF SYLVIA
Signed limited first edition, one of 150 copies, of Levertov's poem cycle about Sylvia, illustrator Liebe Coolidge's pet pig — in the original box.
Signed limited first edition, one of 150 copies, of Levertov's poem cycle about Sylvia, illustrator Liebe Coolidge's pet pig — in the original box.
First edition, publisher's review copy with slip laid in, of this satirical poem set in the Age of Chilvary, featuring a dragon adorably illustrated by Gorey.
First edition, featuring stories in verse of Mother Goose characters adapted with Lemony Snicket-like viciousness, such as "The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard" and "The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon."
First edition of this collection of bedtime poems for children, beautifully illustrated in Art Nouveau style.
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of this collection of humorous verses revolving around a family whose growing number of children increase the household chaos.
First UK edition of Nash's urbane and polysyllabic verses, with illustrations and dust jacket by Maurice Sendak.
Signed first Michael Foreman-illustrated edition of this classic collection of poems for a young audience, published 100 years after the original.
Collection of the three earliest editions of Gelett Burgess's beloved nonsense poem THE PURPLE COW, demonstrating the rhyme's increasing popularity — including the scarce first printing of THE LARK, where the poem first appeared.
First printing of this collection of verses by the influential children's book author, in a "gilt-extra" binding.
First Newell-illustrated collection of Lewis Carroll's delightful poetry, in the rare original box and dust jacket.
Lovely US edition of these verses on the hardships of a dog's life, much scarcer than the UK edition.
Signed first printing of this collection of verse for budding poetry lovers, including poems by Edward Lear, T. S. Eliot, A. A. Milne, and more.
Signed first printing of this collection of poems for little readers, including works by e. e. cummings, Lewis Carroll, Shakespeare, and more.
Inscribed first printing of this collection of poems old and new about the four seasons, with charming illustrations by Michael Hague.
Charming Altemus edition of the children's classic, featuring full-page color illustrations by Hoopes, a great copy.
First edition of this delightful collection of rhymes, stories, and illustrations, with a gorgeous fairy cover.
Rare book of Christmas poems lavishly illustrated with chromolithography and retaining the pre-1900 original dust jacket featuring Santa Claus.
First printing of Hughes's humorous verses with occasional outbreaks of darkness, his first book for children and the first of his several collaborations with illustrator George Adamson.
First printing of this collection of poetry for children alongside delightful Golden Age illustrations by Arthur Rackham — with a letter from Rackham to the assistant of art dealer and collector Alwin J. Scheuer.
First edition of this collection of poetry for children by multiple Nobel Prize-nominated poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, with delightful Golden Age illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
First edition of this book of poems about all types of pigs.
First printing this uncommon Lang title, a collection of poetry first published in book form here, beginning with "A Scot to Jeanne D'Arc."
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
First printing of this collection of poems for children, with whimsical illustrations by Joseph Schindelman.
Warmly inscribed first edition of this Art Nouveau-illustrated charming book of poems, with interesting ephemera surrounding an Anna Bird Stewart signing event in 1929.