Poetry from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Random House, 1946. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John; Kredel, Fritz. Lovely two-volume set of the Alice tales from 1946 (First, thus), with the lovely original drawings of Sir John Tenniel hand-colored by German illustrator Fritz Kredel for a soft watercolor effect. Orig. housed in a slipcase (which is NOT present),… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Estes, Eleanor. Newberry-award-winning title for which this acclaimed children's author also created her own illustrations, which appear in pen-and-ink throughout the book's 250 pages. First book to feature the Pye family. A FIRST EDITION, but slightly later printing, from 1951,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Poor. One of a series of literary classics adapted for young readers by breaking up words into one syllable for easy pronunciation. Abridged & adapted from the original story by I. F. M., in 112 pages with a colored frontispiece & 5 color chromolithograh plates throughout… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First, Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Shepard, E. H. . Lovely vintage boxed hardcover set from 1957 has 2 books: "The World of Pooh" marks the first appearance in one volume of two classic Pooh stories-- "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) & "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928). Likewise for "The World… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Burningham, John. The quintessential British children's tale of a magical flying car, made into a beloved movie starring Dick Van Dyke in 1968. Just removed from my personal shelves, this is a FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 1964, with former owner's… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stevenson, James. Fun collection of children's poems, illustrated throughout the 159 pages with fanciful pen-and-ink drawings by James Stevenson. A FIRST EDITION, 13th printing from 1984, SIGNED by the Author with a personalized inscription "Hello Lynn!" dated 1987 to title page.… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1961. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Salinger's classic novel of disaffected youth, first published in this mass market paperback format in 1953; this is the 18th printing from 1961, with slightly different cover style (same faux Reginald Marsh pulp painting of Holden Caufield, unattributed), renumbered… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. YA novel by the author of "The Island of the Blue Dolphins,'' this one featuring a brave, independent young woman in New York, in the midst of the War ofIndependence (Revolutionary War). A First Edition, later printing, from 1980, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Mikolaydak, Charles. In what was perhaps "her most remarkable adventure novel,'' L'Engle continues the award-winning Time Trilogy in this new work featuring "run-of-the-mill twins Sandy & Dennys in the remarkable Murray family," who are transported through time & space… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Gauthier-Languereu, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. IN FRENCH, this is a lovely collection of 100 short poems & verse adapted by Marcelle Vérité, illustrated on nearly every one of the book's 94 pages, + endpapers & both front & back cover, by Japanese-American artist, Gyo Fukjikawa. Orig. published in 1970… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Artists & Writers Guild, Inc./Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Shinn, Everett. Book of verse for children by the "Hoosier poet,'' with "Hoosier pictures" by illustrator Everett Shinn, a member of the American realist Ashcan school, commissioned especially for this 1943 edition (First, thus) by the Artists & Writers… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. Introduce your child to the magic of poetry with this huge collection of 189 rhymes & verses, brought to life on every page through the pen-and-ink sketches & full-color drawings of illustrated on every page in full color… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ver Beck, Frank. A continuation of the tale of Sambo, the beloved children's character who has not been immune from charges of racism for both the story & pictures since he was first introduced by Ms Bannerman in 1899. Here, American… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another in the author's series of juvenile suspense novels featuring Rose Rita Pottinger & Mrs. Zimmerman, who last appeared in "The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring." Story completed by Brad Strickland after Bellairs' death.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Bradbury Press/Macmillan, 1973. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. Author's 6th YA novel, this one featuring seventh-grader Deenie Fenner, trying to reconcile her mother's pressure for her to be a model with her own desire to just be a normal teenager. In 159 pages, this is a later (13th)… Read more about this item

New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. DePaola, Tomie. Collection of fairy & folk tales, poems & fables, that this beloved author/illustrator had loved himself as a boy, brought to new life with his colorful illustrations on nearly every page. 127 pages. A FIRST EDITION, later… Read more about this item

London, England: F. Warne & Co., 1982. First Thus . Boxed Set. Fine. Potter, Beatrix. A set of two small boxed sets (ISBNs 0-7232-5078-2 & 0-7232-3983-5)--each containing 4 softcover miniature books--of the beloved Peter Rabbit stories, with new colour reproductions from the original illustrations by the author on nearly every page. Published in London by Frederick Warne, each… Read more about this item

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. Doty, Roy. Blume's beloved tale written "for anyone who's every been burdened by a pesky younger brother." In 128 pages, with illustrations by Roy Doty throughout & on DJ. First published in 1972, this is a contemporaneous Book Club Edition.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. Ardizzone, Edward. Charming children's story set in Brooklyn, NY, where a shy 10-year-old girl & her family live in "the Alley,'' a beautiful little oasis in the heart of the city. In 283 pages, with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout. A FIRST EDITION,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Laurel Leaf Books, 2008. First Thus . Slipcased. Very Good+. The first two books in the "Inheritance Cycle,'' which would expand to two more books & a short story collection, all set in the mythical land of mythical land of Alagaësia. This is the First Boxed Set containing 2 paperbacks from 2008. Condition… Read more about this item