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New York:: Vanguard,, (c 1938.). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, but otherwise clean and tight, dust jacket is price clipped with only a bit of the $ sign still showing, has one short closed tear on bottom of front cover, and small tear to side of spine). Early printing. A very attractive early copy of Dr. Seuss's hard to find second book, varying from the first edition by only a few points (the order of the hats on the endpapers, the lack of the final Mulberry St price on the rear flap - see Younger, p 62.) Large format, unpaginated, bound in black illustrated paper covered boards with red cloth spine, illustrated in black and white with touches of red.

New York:: Atheneum,, 1969.. SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (gift inscription, closed tear in dj.). 2nd printing, just 3 months after the first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page "For ... with hopes she'll approve of B. Setzer and E. L. Konigsburg, 4-11-70." Illustrated by the author.

New York:: Harry N. Abrams,, (2016). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Inspired by the mathematician and computer programmer, Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, the Nobel laureate discoverer of radium, this book is "a rollicking celebration of curiosity, the power perseverance, and the importance of asking 'Why?'" SIGNED by the author, Andrea Beatty, on the title page. Illustrated by David Roberts. Large format, unpaginated.

Springfield, Massachusetts: : McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., (1940.). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in illustrated boards (remnants of prev owner's name on back cover, spine starting to tear, usual toning to the pages.) . First thus. A title in the 'Little Big Classics' series. Illustrated by A. Rusk. Small format - 17cm tall by 13 cm. 92 pp.

Glendale, CA: Action Publishing, (2007). Fine (a new copy.). Second edition The second book in the The Adventures of Dinosaur Dog series:, Banjo and Lee have to return a baby diploducus back to the age of dinosaurs. With a powerful secret weapon from their aline friends, they might have a chance of escaping the pack of meat-eating allosaur's coming after them. Illustrated. 125 pp.

Bisbee, AZ:: Swan Enterprises,, (1993). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. 3rd printing. Stories for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren by this Arizona homesteader. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in 1994. Illustrated with drawings by Connie Asch, Chris Fasy and J. M. Daniel Taylor. 252 pp.

Columbus, Ohio:: Lutheran Book Concern, , n.d. [ca 1920.]. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in illustrated boards with green cloth spine (edgewear, peeled spot to the front cover, and discoloration on a few pages.) Uncommon. . First edition. Children's story set on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1755, during the French and Indian War. It begins "From Switzerland the courageous Le Roy family staunchly came to the wilderness on the West Branch of Susquehanna River and here they settled in a clearing - in Limestone Township Union County - but little concerned that this same clearing had been vacated on account of Indians." 64 pp.

Joliet :: P.F. Volland Company,, (1927.). Hardcover -. Fair condition only (a fragile book with the outer spine covering tearing, some tape repairs to the interior, a small chip to the margin of one page, and pencil scribbling throughout - mostly on the endpapers and a little bit in the upper margin of most pages.) All pages are present - and this is uncommon in all early editions. . Third edition. A delightful story of two little tree fairies named Nip and Tuck and what happens when Nip is accidently captured by Humans. Illustrated by Mary Ellsworth with four beautiful and delicate full page, full color illustrations and numerous other half page paintings throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 40 pp.

New York:: Margaret K. McElderry / Simon and Schuster,, (2003). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A novel for older children by this Newbery award winning author, written in unrhymed verse. Although fiction it is "Based on the true story of the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the summer of 1942. A young Aleut girl tells what life was like when her small home of Kashega was taken over and she, along with her family and community, were put into internment camps in her own country." It is estimated that one out of every Aleuts died in the camps, and they returned to find their villages damaged and despoiled. 157 pp.

New York: Blue Sky Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket (short closed tears to the dj) ... First printing A young girl named Alice pretends to be a fairy with magical powers and uses her magic wand to make all sorts of things happen - from the leaves falling from trees to changing oatmeal into cake and frogs into princes (although sometimes her spells don't come out quite right). SIGNED on the title page.. Glossy colorful illustrations throughout, 40 pp.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in illustrated boards, no dust jacket.. First printing. A beautiful book with both full color and black and white illustrations by over 25 artists from the 19th and early 20th century - including Tenniel, Rackham, Pogany, Robinson and more. Color pictorial endpapers. Large format. 139 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

New York:: Random House,, (1953.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (tear to bottom of spine of dj.).. Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition). Illustrated in duotone by Fritz Kredel.. Index. 148 pp. Wide -almost square - format..

New York:: Random House,, (1958.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fair only dust jacket (basically it is all there, but with lots of creasing and edgewear to the dj.). First printing. Illustrated with drawings by George Wilde and a 16 page black and white photograph section. Index. 164 pp. Wide -almost square - format..

New York:: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill,, (1951). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in green cloth in a good jacket with wraparound art (some loss at the ends of the spine, other minor wear, original price of $2 still present) Uncommon in this condition. . First printing. A book for younger children written and illustrated by this prolific author. this book is an example of her goals - as she commented "One part of the job I set for myself is to make those young readers see that everything is connected to everything - that science isn't something apart. It's a part of everyday life. The things the earliest scientists learned were the building blocks for those who came after. . . I want to involve readers directly in the text so they will ask themselves questions and try to answer them." Illustrated on every page in both color or brown ink drawings. Foreword by Glenn O. Blough Slightly oversized format.

New York:: Philomel Books,, (1984.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (tear and associated creasing to upper edge of back cover of dj and at top of spine, original price of 15.95 still present. now in an archival dust jacket protector.). First printing. An anthology of poems, stories, folklore, songs and recipes on the theme of love, with delicate and charming full color illustrations on every page by Tudor. Oblong format. 93 pp. First issue with all the points including the error on page 90.

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1939.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in illustrated boards - some wear to the edges of the boards and to the gray cloth spine, contents near fine, no dustjacket. . First edition. A story of all the activity - natural and human - along the coast, written for children and adapted by Margaret Parker. Illustrated with striking double page lithographs in ten colors by Russian/Ukranian avante-garde artist Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), a constructivist painter, friend of Picasso and Bracque in Paris - and one who worked in many fields from a peasant craft cooperative in Ukraine, to stage designing, costume design, original illuminated manuscripts and more. In her later years she became known for her illustrations for the publisher Flammarion. Large format. unpaginated.

Somerville, MA:: Candlewick Press, , (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. "Every story starts the same wayÉwith nothing." This first book by Tokuda-Hall is a humorous take on the power of imagination and the myriad ways a story can be created - in this case, the story of a ukele-playing octopus who wants to go into space. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated in full color by Benji Davies. Large format, unpaginated.

Dallas, Texas:: Taylor Publishing, , (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The 1992 Olympic gold medal winner in figure skating tells of her early life in California, the importance of her Japanese heritage, and how she fell in love with the ice. SIGNED on a special bookplate on the front endpaper with a small drawing of a flower. Photographs and illustrations by Doug Keith. Oblong format, unpaginated.

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, 1970.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (some foxing to the dj, and spotting to the cloth spine, sliver clipped from bottom of dj flap, but still a much better copy than usually found.). First printing. The rather uncommon second book of this very popular author, who is mostly known for her novels of romantic suspense. This is a book for older children: 12 year old Amanda's behavior makes her considered a 'horrible child' or disturbed, but one summer she finally learns that what taking responsiblity and growing up means. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author.

Austin, TX:: Red Wheelbarrow Press,, 1997.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED with a small drawing and the year 99. Fine in glossy illustrated boards (as new); special presentationbookplate from the publisher inside the front cover. . First printing. Humorous story of a baker who becomes bored with making doughnuts and decides he wants to make a world. Illustrated by the author.