JUVENILE FICTION / Classics from Barbara Bilson Books

San Marino, California: Huntington Library, 1974. A 16-page facsimile copy of SELECTIONS from the 1881 first edition of Kate Greenaway's "Mother Goose." Measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, in soft cover. Fine condition. A brief introduction by James Thorpe of the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, explains the origin of this selection and the wording of the rhymes… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. SIGNED by DeLuise on a pasted-on book plate. Very Fine in Fine dust jacket (price-clipped). Wacky retelling of "The Emperor's New Clothes" along with four recipes for "royal dishes.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Christopher Santoro.

New York: Philomel Books, 1996. Near fine (Giver's inscription on first free endpaper, otherwise fine) in fine dust jacket. Interesting adaptation of Collodi's classic tale. The art work is here the star: collage constructions photographed to give a hint of three dimensions simply from the shadows between the layers of fabric. The effect is of watching puppets on a… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster Very fine in Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped; one tiny chip at bottom edge of back panel). Dom DeLuise's wacky version of "The Emperor's New Clothes," complete with recipes for four "royal dishes." . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Christopher Santoro.