Children from Tangible Tales

Hawaii: Published by the author, 1959. Paperback. Good. Eli R. Marozzi. Brown paperback with than titles an ddevice, in a staple and tape binding. A good copy with general wear to the cover edges, and crinkling toward the spine from reading. The staples are solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. 73 pp., black… Read more about this item

Minnesota: Singing River Publications, Inc., 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Mila Horak. Signed without personalization by the author on the title page, "Be Fearless! Kelly AER." Blue cloth hardcover with silver titles, in dustjacket, presumed first with no indication of printing. A very good copy in like dustjacket. Minor scuffing along the bottom edge… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Roxie Munro. Signed by the author and the illustrator on a special bookplate on the page facing the title page. A very good copy of this children's picture book - clean, straight, and tight. Bright pictoral boards in a dustjacket that is not as… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Natalie Babbitt. Red cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A very good copy, unmarked in a solid binding. Corners straight. Minor wear at the edges and spine tips. Narrow line of soil jointward to the lower front cover, otherwise a clean bright… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by the author in purple ink on a special square blank on the front free-endpaper. Full number line should indicate first printing, but the dustjacket carries the "New York Times Best Seller" blurb that indicates at least as second state dustjacket. A very good copy… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Jean Porter. Tan cloth hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with bumping to the corners and spine tips being the only apparent flaw. A clean solid copy in sturdy binding and hinges. Price clipped dustjacket is good, but with short… Read more about this item

Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. Paperback. Fair. Original card covers, 1937. Fair only condition - all pages present and legible - the bottom corner of page 37 is torn off, well below the end of the text. Small notations to the top of the front cover and the title page. Some pages have been colored in crayon -… Read more about this item

Zurich: Atlantis Kinderbucher, verlag pro juventute, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated oblong hardcover, no dustjacket. Text in German only. A good copy with wear to the bottom corner of the front board and some bending at the spine tips. Light soil to the white rear cover. Interior is very nice. Previous owner's gift inscription to the front free-endpaper, otherwise… Read more about this item

New York: Cambridge House Press, 2007. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Victor Robert. White hardcover in dustjacket. Signed with no personalization by the author and the illustrator on the title page, and a family gift inscription on the dedication page, personalized. A very good copy with bumping at the corners of the boards. Interios… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. Hardcover. Good. Ex library red hardcover - publisher prebound lacking dustjacket, no indication of edition. A good copy in spite of its ex-library short comings. Wear and bending at edges and corners. Withdrawn stamps to endpapers, call number blacked out at the base of the spine column. Pages… Read more about this item

New York: Clarion Books, 1991. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover, 3rd printing, in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author/artist on the title page, "To Nicholas with very best wishes. David Wisniewski, Jan. 26, 1996." A very good copy - clean and bright with minor bumping to the upper corners. Unclipped dustjacket in matching… Read more about this item

California: Yosemite Association, 1997. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover children's illustrated book, lacking dustjacket - 3rd printing. Signed without inscriprtion on the half-title page by renowned illustrator Daniel San Souci. A very good copy with a hard bump at the bottom front corner - otherwise a straight and solid copy. Gift inscription neatly to… Read more about this item

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Red cloth and boards, 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by renowned children's author Kevin Henkes on the top of the title page. A very good copy, clean and unmarked, binding solid and corners straight. Tight as if unread. Unclipped jacket is… Read more about this item

Kent: George Mann of Maidstone, 1999. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Yellow cloth hardcover with green titles and illustration - lacking dustjacket. A very good copy with some slight wear at the edges and a bit of soiling to the light-colored covers. Interior clean, unmarked and solidly bound. 159 pp., an endearing children's story… Read more about this item

New York: Walden Pond Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Harris, Todd. Red hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Carl & Julie - Enjoy the Adventure, Christopher Healy." A good+ copy with wear at the board edges and rounding at the corners and spine tips.… Read more about this item

New York: Bloomsbury, 2008. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. Hale, Nathan. Oversized paperback, signed and inscribed by Shannon Hale on the title page, "For Marissa - who is my favorite fan! SHale." A very good copy with minor bending at the bottom rear corner and slight cocking forward. Clean, tight and unmarked. Bright and… Read more about this item

New York: Philomel Books, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Small, David. Hardcover first edition in dustjacket. Signed and dated by famed illustrator David Small on the half title page in the year of publication, along with an illustration of a light bulb. A near fine copy, clean, bright and unmarked. Unclipped jacket is… Read more about this item

Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 2003. Third printing. Hardcover. Good +. Rice, James. Pictoral hardcover lacking dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Shelby, Santa sees all that you do for children... & he remembers! Best Steven L. Layne 2-13-04." Bumping to the spine ends and corners, interior clean and solid. Unpaginated.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Gobbato, Imero. Yellow cloth hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and personally inscribed by the author to her grandson on the front endpaper, "This copy is most especially for my writin' pal and grandson, Tick (a.k.a. Christopher Kendall Ahearn) with heaps of love, trooly from Sigzy (a.k.a.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Campion, Pascal. Green hardcover signed by both members of They Might be Giants (Linnell and Flansburgh) along with a 3rd unidentifiable signature. Flansburgh has signed on the front endpaper and Linnel on the first blank before the title page. Gift inscription, possibly from the… Read more about this item