CHILDREN'S BOOKS from Quill & Brush

London: Faber and Faber, (1965). First edition. Children's book for middle grade readers. Illustrated with drawings by Eileen Green. 8vo emerald green cloth boards lettered in gilt at spine; 203 pages. Bright and fine with barest rubbing to tips; in very good to near fine dust jacket with touch of soiling, light rubbing, flattened creasing to head of spine,… Read more about this item

New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1930. First edition thus. Printed from the Harcourt plates with reset title page. "Chosen by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild ... as the selection for October, 1930, sent to Older Girls between the ages of 12-16 years." Seventy poems for young people with introduction by Sandburg and illustrations by James Daugherty. 8vo… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. First edition. First issue with "presumptive" in last line page 9 (versus "presumptuous"). An enduring though controversial Southern classic illustrated by Frederick S. Church & James H. Moser. Small 8vo brown cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover stamped in black with pictorial of Brer Rabbit smoking a pipe in gilt; green butterflies-and-flowers… Read more about this item

(London): Bloomsbury, (1999). First edition thus: scarce first printing of the Deluxe Edition. Reportedly one of only around 1,000 copies. The third book in the series but first to be printed in the deluxe edition. 8vo gilt-stamped green cloth with pictorial inset on front cover; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker. Bright and near fine with mild crease to… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, (1990). First edition. Generically INSCRIBED on blank leaf opposite the title page, "Best wishes to the Grandchildren - from Christopher Manson 9/95." Isaac, servant to emperor Charlemagne, travels home to France with a gift from the caliph of Bahjdad -- an elephant named Abulabaz. "Based on a historical account of Charlemagne's court and illustrated with… Read more about this item

(London): Folio Society, 2009. First edition thus: first printing of the Folio Society edition. A gorgeous production. Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout with 14 beautiful full-page plates by de Harvaez (including frontis). Small 4to (approximately 10") bright green illustrated boards stamped in blue, black, gold, and white; top edge green; green endpapers illustrated in gold; 354 pages. Housed… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., (1960). First edition. "A New Book about Edith, the Lonely Doll." Slender 4to quarter black imitation leather; patterned paper boards illustrated with photograph; spine lettered in red; 55 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs by Wright. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with just a few small nicks and tears.… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., (1993). First edition. SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. A sweet, silly children's book sure to scare the bejesus out of the wee ones.

(London): Bloomsbury, (2000). First edition of the "Deluxe" issue. Gilt-stamped purple cloth boards with color plate front cover inlay; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker. Fine as issued (without a dust jacket). Sealed in the original shrinkwrap with publisher's "First Edition" label on back. HUGO WINNER

London: Bloomsbury, (2003). First edition thus, a "Deluxe Edition" issued simultaneously with the first trade edition. 8vo maroon cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine, with front cover pictorial onlay, all edges gilt, and ribbon place marker. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine.

London: Bloomsbury, (1999). First edition of the Deluxe edition. The first three volumes in the series were issued in Bloomsbury's "deluxe" editions in 1999 (the latter 4 were issued simultaneous to the first trade editions).8vo light blue cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine, with front cover pictorial onlay, all edges gilt, and ribbon place marker. Near fine… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, (1999). First edition thus, the Bloomsbury Deluxe Edition. The first book in the Harry Potter series was originally published in 1997. The first three volumes in the series were then issued in "deluxe" editions in 1999 (the latter 4 were issued simultaneous to the first trade editions). 8vo red cloth lettered in gilt on front and spine,… Read more about this item

New York: Dodge Publishing Co., no-date [circa 1910]. First U.S. edition, from the London plates. Frank Adams' large colorful illustrations for a story by James Kendrew (Kendrew's story was originally self-published in 1820 as a chapbook with small, unattributed woodcuts). Quarto red paper boards backed with red cloth (vs green for the London edition); color plate pasted to front.… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, (1992). First U.S. edition. Originally published in the UK in 1991. This wonderful story of a boy growing up with a mind of his own is beautifully illustrated by Caroline Binch. Fine in fine dust jacket.

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. First edition thus. Each brief Mother Goose rhyme is accompanied by a small but elaborately detailed illustration by Van Aver. Colophon states 300 copies but Harlan's Grabhorn-Hoyem bibliography notes there were only 200 copies and that of those only "a few" were bound in blue decorated boards. This copy is one of those few in… Read more about this item

Dublin/London: Maurice Fridberg, (1946). First edition. A book for young readers with illustrations by Francis Rose. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER AND BINDER, "For Michael/ From Maurice/ and/ George E. Hetherington/ book maker/ Nov. 1946." 8vo quarter yellow cloth stamped in black, pale gray paper boards. Good or better with light soiling, few small stains, and some bumping to edges;… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1945. First edition. Her first book for children, a story revolving around the donkey ridden by Christ into the city of Jerusalem. Illustrations in the text and on the dust jacket by Valenti Angelo, who began his career illustrating for Grabhorn Press. Although not indicated as such in the book, presume this copy was Angelo's… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1935). First edition, later printing. Though the copyright page states 1935, the actually date of publication for this copy is 1938 per Farah [1938B]. The twelfth book in the series and ninth by Benson. Very good or better with spine ends softened and small bookshop blindstamp on front endpaper. In about very good dust… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1906. First U.S. edition and the first edition with illustrations by Rackham. A fantasy book for children with frontispiece and four full-page colored illustrations by Rackham tipped in. 8vo green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Small hole in rear endpaper at hinge, which is starting at the… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1971). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Singer and Elizabeth Shub. Generically SIGNED BY SINGER on title page, "Love/ I B Singer." Fine in good dust jacket toned on edges and tanned at spine with small stains where 2 thumb-nail tears were internally mended with glue on rear spine fold.