The Dawn of Wisdom: Selections from the Japanese Collection of the Cotsen Children's Library
U.S.A. Cotsen Occasional Pr, 2000. Soft Cover. More
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A Day at the Zoo: Realistic Pictures of the Birds Beasts and Fishes
The Viking Press, 1980. Soft cover. Reproduction of the antique pop-up book. No author. Minor rubbing on covers, crisp and clean inside with all moveables in excellent condition. More
Struwwelchen: Die Geschichten von unartigen Kindern
Schwager & Steinlein, 1962. Hardcover. In German. Covers mildly soiled. More
Lebenskampfe; eine Erzahlung fur die Jugend (Struggles of Life).
Hitchcock & Walden, 1871. Hard cover. Cloth, 16 cm, 181 pages. including frontispiece. Printed in Fractur for the German reading population of Cincinnati. A tale for youth. Rare with only one copy located in OCLC at Stanford. Hitchcock & Walden printed mostly English language titles related to the Methodist Church..... More
Anschauungs Bilderbuch German board book
Germany: Anschauungs Bilderbuch, 1895. Hardcover. Pictorial board book, 31cm., Fourteen sheets mounted on boards plus front title and back board bound leporello accordian style. Chromolithographic illustrations are the main feature of this turn of the century children's book which was published probabl. More
The Little Prince
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1971. Hard cover. Jacket is tanned and stained, not affecting legibility. Large chipped sections near top and bottom edges of jacket spine. Bottom corner of front jacket flap is clipped, but original price is present. Spine is bumped, cocked, and slightly shaken, but binding is secure..... More
The Little Prince
Harcourt, Brace & World, c. 1968. Hard cover. Early English edition of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's children's book "The Little Prince." Translated by Katherine Woods, this edition is not dated but believed to have been published between 1968 and 1970. Dust jacket is worn, chipped, and foxed along edges..... More
Malenkij princ Der kleine Prinz
Eksmo, 2011. Hardcover. In Russian. More
The House That Jack Built
Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1958. Hard cover. First edition. Bilingual edition in English and French. Jacket is lightly tanned. Small stains on front cover, not covering text. Jacket edges are heavily worn and chipped. Jacket spine is partially torn from jacket. Cover corners and spine edges are lightly..... More
See Again Say Again: A Picture Book in 4 Languages
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1964. Hard cover. First edition. Multilingual edition in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. Jacket is lightly tanned with two small, light stains on front cover, not affecting legibility. Jacket edges are heavily worn and chipped. Bottom corner of front jacket flap is clipped. Cover..... More
Les Fees en train de plaisir
New York: Ancienne Librairie Furne, Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1910. Hardcover. Cloth. Beautiful color stamped cover. Front flyleaf and first page are detached, but present. More
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French
Goerge H. Doran, 1927? Hard cover. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. No publication date listed, but there is an inscription from a previous owner on the front endpaper which is dated August 6, 1927. Covers edgeworn. Spine is cracked, but all pages remain attached to binding. Pages are lightly tanned..... More
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
William Heinemann, 1913. Hardcover. Covers shelfworn. 44 tipped-in plates. More
Das Stille Volk: Geschten von Elfen und Zwergen
Rascher, 1923. Arthur Rackham. Hardcover. "The Silent Folk." In German. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. #185/1000cc. Covers shelfworn. Front hinge cracked. More
Geistergeschichten
Rascher, 1923. Arthur Rackham. Hardcover. Illustrated by Rackham. In German. Covers shelfworn. More
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Easton Press, 2002. Hard cover. Collector's edition. Leather bound with gilded edges. Cover is smudge along top and bottom edges, no affecting legibility. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked. More
The Kite Book
Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1909. Hard cover. Covers rubbed and worn, some crayon marking and soiling. Edges and corners fraying. Both boards detached from main text block, held on by fabric. Light soiling and occasional closed tears inside. More
The Trouble With Miss Switch
Abingdon Press, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed by Barbara Brooks Wallace. Dust jacket with worn and chipped. Bottom of spine is bumped. Inside is clean and bright. More
Their First Igloo
Albert Whitman, 1943. Gladys Rourke Blackwood. Hardcover. First edition. Bookplate on first blank page. More
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
New York: Scribner's, 1907. Hardcover. Gilt decorated green cloth. Fifty plates by Arthur Rackham. Very good condition with bright gilt and little wear. Scarce in this condition. Joins the text from J. M. Barrie's Little White Bird with fifty Arthur Rackham illustrations. A highpoint of children's book illustration and one..... More
The Wizard of Oz: Limited Edition with signed print(10)
New York, North South Books, 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Slipcase, limited edition with signed print. Emerald green glasses in pocket in rear. From the colophon This is a Special Limited Edition of 500 copies which contain a special piece of art, signed and numbered by the artist and printed on..... More
The Emerald City of Oz
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1927. Hardcover. Cloth with color illustrated cover label. Twelve color plates and an ink gift inscription from Mother Jan 7 1927. End papers show Dorothy in black and white. This books probably dates from 1927 and given as new gift. Good condition with wear..... More
The Royal Book of Oz
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1936. Hardcover. Grey cloth with color paste down. Dust jacket list to number 36 Magical Mimics in Oz which was published in 1946. Copyright 1921 but no color plates so probably mid thirties to mid forties. Book in good condition with bumped corner and..... More
The Scarecrow of Oz
Reilly & Lee, 1915. Neill, John r. Hardcover. With 12 color plates. Covers worn. With cracked hinges. Pages browned from pulp-quality paper. A few tears on illustrated pages. As-Is. More
Sky Island
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1920. John R. Ne. Hardcover. Color paste down on tan cloth. Printing circa 1920 with twelve color plates. Weak front hinge but holding. Bottom of pages 49-50 and 73-74 with some damage. Hand coloring to one page. Good copy only with these defects. Good. More