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New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/VG-. Sendak, Maurice. Charming children's picture book about the trials & tribulations of owning a new puppy, & what the boy & girl owners need to do to get it trained properly. Both written & illustrated by Maurice Sendak, in the style… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good-. Sendak, Maurice. Lovely children's story about a little girl who enlists the help of a rabbit in coming up with a birthday present for her mother, illustrated by the late, great children's book illustrator Sendak.Hardcover nearly square is an Ex-Lib, with… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/VG-. Kuhn, Bob. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one is about "man's best friend,'' the dog & covers a wide variety of breeds, in 45 pages with decorative endpapers & illustrations… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Adama Books, 1986. First Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward. Small hardback book with semi-glossy decorative paper over boards, containing 50 drawings of whimsical cats by the late Edward Gorey. With only the orig. publication date inside (1973), this is nonetheless the First Reprint Edition from Adama Books from 1986 (Toledano,… Read more about this item

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1972. New Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Beloved Australian book that has delighted children since it was first published in 1918, concerning some anthropomorphic koalas, other animal friends, & a magic steak & kidney pudding that replenishes itself when eaten. This is a 1972 reprint of the New Edition from 1963,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1959. First Softcover Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. VG-. Williamosn, Margaret. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one is about our feathered friends, in 69 pages with Index, written & illustrated lby the author. Orig. published in hardcover in 1951 (see our… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Crowell, Pers. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. A FIRST EDITION, ninth printing, from 1949, this hardcover 8vo (7.25" x 8.75") has 45 pages, with decorative endpapers & lovely illustrations throughout… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Crowell, Pers. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. A FIRST EDITION, ninth printing, from 1949, this hardcover 8vo (7.25" x 8.75") has 45 pages, with decorative endpapers & lovely illustrations throughout… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1956. Revised Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Wenck, Paul. Another in this popular mid-twentieth-century children's series, each written & illustrated by different authors/artists. This one offers a clear, fact-based, non-scary approach to snakes, in 68 pages + Index, with decorative snakeskin endpapers & illustrations throughout by Paul Wenck. Orig. published… Read more about this item

Charles Scribners Sons, 1964. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Adams, Adrienne. Children's story about a magical summer between a brother & sister & two swallowtail butterflies, told in "poetic text" with lovely watercolor illustrations by Adrienne Adams. Unpaginated. Orig. published in 1964, this is a slightly later (12/65) printing of that FIRST EDITION. Hardcover… Read more about this item

Boston/New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Tudor, Tasha. Fanciful mystery tale for children featuring the wonderful dogs at Tasha Tudor's own farm, Corgiville. Unpaginated, with full-color illustrations by the author on every page. A FIRST EDTION First Printing, from 1997, this oblong hardcover octavo (11" x 8.25") has brightly… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dutton Childrens Books, 1994. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Shepard, Ernest H. . Lovely edition from 1994 that contains both "Winnie the Pooh" (1926) & "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928), with the original, beloved illustrations of E. H. Shepard now rendered in full color. In 344 pages… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Co./Doubleday, 1930. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. Kirmse, Marguerite. One of the most thrilling tales in all the annals of dog stories,'' about the puppy, Bob, Son of Battle, a Gray Dog of Kenmuir in competition for the coveted Shepherd's Trophy. One of a lovely collection of classic children's… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Co./Doubleday, 1930. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Kirmse, Marguerite. One of the most thrilling tales in all the annals of dog stories,'' about the puppy, Bob, Son of Battle, a Gray Dog of Kenmuir in competition for the coveted Shepherd's Trophy. One of a lovely collection of classic… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hague, Michael. Originally published as part of the author's "Dream Days" (see our listing #019378), this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing in stand-alone book form, brought to life for a new generation of young readers with the fantastical… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Willliam Morrow & Company, 1960. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Another in the acclaimed mystery writer's books of adventure travel that detailed several trips he & a team took through hidden regions of Baja California, Mexico, in the late 1950s-early 1960s. He described whale-watching expeditions & beachcombing in & around… Read more about this item

New York, New York: MacMillan Company, 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/VG-. Hader, Berta; Hader, Elmer. Lovely tale depicts how the birds & animals of the woods & meadows go about preparing for winter, informed by the authors' own experiences & observations as they made their own home in a stone house they built themselves… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: Stokes, 1927. First British Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Lofting, Hugh. The very First Book in the beloved series set in Victorian England featuring Doctor Dolittle, whose favorite patients are animals. This is a later (20th) printing of the FIRST BRITISH EDITION from Stokes, first published in 1920 (this one, 1927), in 180… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1952. Reissue . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Lofting, Hugh. Fourth book in the beloved series set in Victorian England featuring Doctor Dolittle, whose favorite patients are animals. Orig. published in 1924, this is one of the titles reissued posthumously by Lofting's wife in 1952, in 307 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1954. Reissue . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Lofting, Hugh. Twelfth & final book in the beloved series set in Victorian England featuring Doctor Dolittle, whose favorite patients are animals. Orig. published in 1924, this is one of the titles reissued posthumously by Lofting's wife in 1954, in 266 pages, profusely illustrated throughout… Read more about this item