Halloween, Ghosts And Monsters! from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1967 Green cloth pictorially stamped and titled in violet ink, a hint of wear to extremities, else fine; color illustrated dust jacket with wear along folds and edges, price-clipped. A handsome copy of this sought-after title about an 18th Century Persian cat who observes history throughout her nine lives. Illustrated in b&w throughout by the… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1950 Pictorial boards with cloth spine, corners worn, lower board darkened. The story of four children and their cat on a voyage where they encounter a creature called a Kvanki-vanki. Imaginative full-page, color artwork by Arne Ungerman. First Thus. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Arne Ungermann. 4to.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 425 pgs. Hard cover with slightly crimped spine ends in color illustrated dust jacket with minor wear to extremities, original price intact ($28.00). Tolkien's translation and commentary on Beowulf, plus his original tale, Sellic Spell, inspired by Beowulf. Laid into the book is a review of the book from The New Yorker.… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1963 Black cloth pictorially stamped in three colors, faint stains and marks along top edge of boards, gift inscription, vertical crease in last page; color pictorial dust jacket with long jagged tears, creasing, and wear, price clipped. The story of a pumpkin who is carved into a Jack-o-Lantern and witness the events from Halloween through… Read more about this item

Westminster: Beaumont Press, 1921 Gilt-titled vellum spine, holly-patterned boards, light soil to vellum, minor shelf wear, a clean, tight copy overall. Limited to a total of 330 copies, this is one of 56 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by Walter de la Mare, C. Armstrong Gibbs (Music by) and the illustrator, Randolph Schwabe. Crossings is the… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955 209 pgs Pictorial boards with red cloth spine, mild shelf wear; color illusrated dust jacket with wear, small holes, tears and foxing to verso, original price intact (195195). A reprint of an edition of Wizard of Oz originally published by Bobbs-Merrill, this edition likely from the mid-1950s per Bienvenue page 15. .… Read more about this item

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958 Hard cover titled in gilt, foxing to first and last few pages; dust jacket with light edge wear and a closed tear to front panel, original price intact ($3.95). A biography and details about the writing of her most popular works, illustrated with photographs and illustrations from her books by various illustrators. Some of… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1977 Pictorial boards, faint mark to endpapers and wear to spine ends; color pictorial dust jacket with edge wear, price clipped. A book about all of the different things people are afraid of and why it's okay to be afraid sometimes. Detailed and wonderful illustrated in b&w throughout. This copy is inscribed by Diana… Read more about this item

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2013 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, original price intact ($16.99). Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit. Smartly illustrated in color throughout. NYTBIB and other best book lists, starred reviews.. 4th Printing.… Read more about this item

New York: Toon Books, 2014 Pictorial boards, as new. Neil Gaiman's adaptaion of the fairy tale with artwork by Mattoti after work he originally created for the Metropolitan Opera's stage production. Printed on tree-free paper.. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Lorenzo Mattotti. Small 4to.

New York: Algonquin Books for Young Readers, 2015 Hard cover in pictorial dust jacket. A ballerina is accused of murdering her competitors and is sent to a juvenile detention center where she experiences supernatural events with another inmate.. 2nd Printing. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991 1/4 cloth hard cover with remainder mark to bottom edge, illustrated dust jacket with one small edge tear, original price intact ($19.95). Collection of Hamilton's Jahdu stories plus four Jahdu stories published here for the first time. Illustrated in color by Barry Moser.. First Printing. Very Good/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983 Glossy pictorial boards, crayoning to FFEP else clean. The Fraggles' plans for celebrating Radish Day are superseded by plans to rescue Mokey from the Gorgs, who are holding her prisoner while she writes a ballad in their honor. Nice color artwork throughout.. First Printing. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus.… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley, 1928 Black cloth with a faux-leather pattern pictorially stamped and titled in yellow ink, rubbing to extremities, top corner slightly bumped, previous owner's name and bookplate. 12 fantasy stories illustrated with 6 color plates by Tenggren and 14 b&w plates by Carl Wehde. Rare Tenggren title.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gustaf… Read more about this item

London: W. Collins Sons, 1929 251 pgs. Decorative blue cloth with a zig-zag pattern designed by Dulac, prev. owner's bookplate, one page with offsetting from a paper left inside book; dust jacket spine darkened, overall age-toned, otherwise a wonderful example. Laid into the book is an ad for The Green Lacquer Pavilion and a card from the publisher inquiring… Read more about this item

New York: FSG/ Michael Di Capua, 1990 Glossy illustrated boards, small rubbed spot to rear board else fine, issued without a dust jacket. A funny and slightly gruesome modern fairy tale which was the basis for the wildly popular animated film. Illustrated in color throughout. Such nice first editions are difficult to find.. Stated First Edition. Near… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1983 Half-cloth hard cover in pictorial dust jacket which is slightly age-toned with light chipping at spine ends. A southern folk tale about Big Sixteen, a slave with size 16 shoes. Big Sixteen is so strong, his master dares him to go fetch the Devil. Excellent illustrations by Trina Schart… Read more about this item

New York: Clarion Books, 2012 Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket, a flawless copy. A young boy coping with his mother's sudden death becomes mysteriously connected to a creature from a distant planet. A beautifully written young adult novel. Favorably reviewed overall, starred review from Hornbook.. First Printing. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Greenwillow, 1996 Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light creasing along edges. Poems about monsters and other scary things. The title is a take on the poem "Monday's child is full of grace..." Genius artwork by Sis.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Simon & Schuster (1989). Pictorial Boards, gift inscription to endpaper else fine; matching dust jacket price clipped, else fine. A ghost story in the American folk tradition with illustrations in color by Pinkney. . First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.