Description:
BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 8vo, xiv 176pp. Olive cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Olive endpapers; 50 hand-tipped color plates with captioned tissue guards. An clean, tight copy with edges lightly rubbed, spine a little sunned, half-inch spot at bottom right of front cover, title and its tissue guard foxed, about half the other tissue guards lightly foxed. Nonetheless, an attractive copy with its beautiful pictorial stamping still bright. First US edition. The second of Rackham's lavish illustrated editions, featuring 50 spectacular color plates. This story, from Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, tells of the infant Peter Pan. This is the first illustrated edition of this story.
Search Results: Authors starting with M from Books of Wonder
You searched for:
- Bookseller inventory: Books of Wonder (authors starting with M)
- Bookseller: Books of Wonder
Results 1 - 20 of 22
More Photos
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by J.M. Barrie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First US edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$2,111.50NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
NZ$2,111.50
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Little White Bird: Or Adventures in Kensington Gardens
by J.M. Barrie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First US edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$760.14NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. The Little White Bird. Or Adventures in Kensington Gardens. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 12mo, vi 349pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt; t.e.g. One-page half-tone plate. A remarkably bright copy with light wear at spine ends and corners, rear cover slightly scuffed, bearing owner's signature on front free endpaper, name and address embossed in blank lower right corner of first three leaves.First US edition. Issued two years before his hit play, Peter Pan, this collection of stories includes the introduction of Peter Pan as a baby who is stolen by fairies when his nanny is not paying attention. Includes a half-tone plate by H.J. Ford of "The Child's Map of Kensington Gardens."
Item Price
NZ$760.14
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Little Minister
by J.M. Barrie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First "Maude Adams Edition"
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$253.38NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. The Little Minister. NY: R.H. Russell, 1898. 8vo, [viii] 375pp. White cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and brown with pictorial label affixed to the front. 16 b&w plates and 8 b&w photographs. Spine lightly sunned with spine ends lightly rubbed, covers lightly soiled – especially rear cover, else an internally clean, tight copy with all plates in fine condition.First "Maude Adams Edition" with photography from the play. J.M. Barrie's charming tale of a young, impoverished minister tending to his first congregation who falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious gypsy. This handsome edition features photographs of the 1897 dramatization of the 1891 novel with famed stage actress Maude Adams. This was Barrie's best-known work until his creation of Peter Pan – which also starred Maude Adams!
Item Price
NZ$253.38
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
by Gregory Maguire
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$33.78NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MAGUIRE, Gregory. What the Dickens. The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick [2007]. 8vo, [vi] 297pp. Green boards with spine stamped in silver. Light green decorative endpapers. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, Gregory Maguire.First edition. A NY Times bestselling novel by the author of the world-wide sensation, Wicked. The tale of What-the-Dickens, an odd sort of creature with an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble, who longs to be a tooth fairy.
Item Price
NZ$33.78
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$312.50NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MAGUIRE, Gregory. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. Illustrations by Bill Sanderson. [NY]: Regan Books/HarperCollins [1999]. 8vo, xvi 368pp. Color pictorial boards. Mustard endpapers; 5 full-page b&w illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with die-cut cover revealing binding illustration beneath. Signed by the author, Gregory Maguire, with a large drawing of a pumpkin.First edition. We all have heard the story of Cinderella, but what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty . . . and what curses accompanied Cinderella's exquisite looks. Set against the rich backdrop of 17th-century Holland, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to… Read More
Item Price
NZ$312.50
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Memory
by Margaret Mahy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$101.35NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MAHY, Margaret. Memory. NY: Margaret K. McElderry [1987]. 8vo, [viii] 278pp. Navy cloth with spine stamped in yellow and front in blind. Red endpapers. Slight rubbing to lower spine end, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (lower spine end minutely rubbed). Signed by the author, two-time Carnagie Medalist Margaret Mahy. Scarce signed.First edition. On the fifth anniversary of his older sister's death, 19-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident. Through a chance meeting with Sophie, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease, Jonny finally comes to terms with his past, and through taking care of her, begins to take responsibility for himself as well.
Item Price
NZ$101.35
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
by Leonard S. Marcus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$143.58NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
[REFERENCE]. Dear Genius. The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom. Collected and Edited by Leonard S. Marcus. [NY]: HarperCollins [1998]. 8vo, xlii 406pp. Brown quarter-cloth decoratively stamped in gold with tan boards decoratively stamped in gold. Beige endpapers; 17 pages of b&w photographs and documents. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the editor, Leonard S. Marcus.First edition. Ursula Nordstrom, was the director of Harper & Brothers (later Harper & Row) children's book department from 1940 to 1973, a period during which she published some of the most groundbreaking and influential children's books of the 20th Century. This collection of letters from the editor to her authors and artists, carefully selected and introduced by Marcus, reveals the wit, humor, and editorial guidance that helped shape some of the most amazing talents of that time, including Maurice Sendak, Arnold Lobel, Ruth Kraus, Crocket Johnson, Tomi Ungerer, William Steig, Shel Silverstein, Russell Hoban,…
Read More Item Price
NZ$143.58
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Down-adown-derry
by Walter de la Mare
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$211.15NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
DE LA MARE, Walter. Down-Adown-Derry. With Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. London: Constable & Co [1922]. 4to, viii 193pp. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. 3 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. Spine ends worn, corners less so, free endpapers discolored, else a clean, tight copy with cover stamping still bright.First edition. A collection of 55 poems for children by Walter De La Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist, captured in delicate color plates and intricate b&w illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop, the first artist to win the Caldecott Medal. This was an early work for Lathrop, her first having been for de la Mare's The Three Mulla-Mulgars in 1919. She developed a close friendship with the author and together they created a total of five books.
Item Price
NZ$211.15
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$506.76NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MARTIN Jr., Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Pictures by Eric Carle. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1983]. 4to, [24]pp. Orange boards with spine stamped in gold and front in blind. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight chipping to upper spine end). With a bookplate signed by the artist, Eric Carle, laid in.Second edition, first printing. Featuring a slightly different cover illustration than the first edition, this edition from 1983 is delightful example of the book that launched Eric Carle's career as an illustrator (Bill Martin Jr. having spotted an advertisement Eric had illustrated and recommending him for this book based on that) as well as a collaboration between Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle that led to three other books in this series. A vibrant, rhythmic story that has become a classic, delighting children and adults for over 50 years!
Item Price
NZ$506.76
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$253.38NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MARTIN JR., Bill. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Pictures by Eric Carle. NY: Henry Holt [2003]. 8vo,[24]pp. Glazed color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the artist, Eric Carle.First edition. Following on the success of their best-selling books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? collaborators Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr. team up again in this lovely, simple picture book about endangered animals, all captured in Carle's iconic cut paper collage illustrations.
Item Price
NZ$253.38
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Forbidden Fountain of Oz
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren Lynn McGraw
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$337.84NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McGRAW, Eloise Jarvis. The Forbidden Fountain of Oz by Eloise Jarvis McGraw & Lauren Lynn McGraw. Illustrated by Dick Martin. [Kinderhook, IL]: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc. [1980]. 4to, 99pp + [2] advts. Color pictorial paper wrappers. Illustrations in b&w throughout. Minute traces of wear around edges, else a near fine copy. Signed by the author, three-time Newbery Honor Author Eloise Jarvis McGraw.First edition, having advts. at rear of volume dated 1980. Published nearly 20 years after the publication of their Merry Go Round in Oz, this wonderful tale focuses on the Forbidden Fountain in the Emerald City (first introduced in Baum's The Emerald City of Oz) and its magical Water of Oblivion that causes instant amnesia in all who drink it. When Ozma accidentally drinks from the Forbidden Fountain and forgets that she is the true ruler of Oz, a series of breathtaking adventures ensue, and it's up to Kabumpo to help his friend regain her memory and retake her throne.
Item Price
NZ$337.84
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Throme of the Erril of Sherill
by Patricia McKillip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$253.38NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McKILLIP, Patricia A. The Throme of the Erril of Sherill. Illustrated by Julie Noonan. NY: Atheneum, 1973. 12mo, [vi] 71pp. Maroon cloth stamped in silver on spine and blind stamped on front. Turquoise endpapers; four full-page b&w illustrations and b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, Patricia McKillip.First edition. A knight goes in quest of the non-existent throme of the Erril of Sherill since the king will not allow his daughter to marry without it.
Item Price
NZ$253.38
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Riddle-Master of Hed Trilogy
by Patricia McKillip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First editions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$1,604.74NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McKILLIP, Patricia. The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind. (The Riddle-Master Trilogy). NY: Atheneum, 1976-1979. Vol 1: 8vo, [viii] 229pp. Turquoise cloth stamped in gold. Beige speckled endpapers. A near fine copy with light rubbing to spine ends and slight dent at base of sheets not affecting the pages internally, in a fine dust jacket. Vol 2: [viii] 204pp. Red cloth stamped in gold. Slate gray endpapers. A near fine copy with light rubbing to spine ends and upper front corner, bearing previous owner's stamp on blank flyleaf, in a fine dust jacket (minute crimping to upper front corner). Vol 3: [viii] 256pp. Blue-green cloth stamped in gold. Goldenrod endpapers. A near fine copy with spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, in a fine dust jacket. Books 2 and 3 are both signed by the author, Patricia McKillip.First editions. In a world where the wizards have long since vanished and all knowledge is retained via riddles, the one riddle no one can answer is why Morgan,… Read More
Item Price
NZ$1,604.74
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$548.99NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McKINLEY, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. NY: Greenwillow [1985]. 8vo, [x] 246pp. White quarter cloth stamped in gold with pale green boards. Sea green endpapers. Some staining to lower spine end, upper spine end slightly rubbed, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley.First edition. 1986 Newbery Medal Winner! Though Aerin is the daughter of the Damarian King, her people mistrust her because of her mother - a northern witchwoman. It is only after she slays the giant dragon, Maur, and comes to the rescue of Damar – with the aid of the Wizard Luthe and the mystical Blue Sword – that she finally earns her peoples respect and her true birthright. A "prequel" to the Newbery Honor-winning The Blue Sword.
Item Price
NZ$548.99
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Imaginary Lands
by Robin McKinley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$109.80NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McKINLEY, Robin. Imaginary Lands. [NY]: Greenwillow [1986]. 8vo, x 246pp. Navy quarter-cloth spine stamped in gold with blue boards decoratively blind-stamped. Cream endpapers. A near fine copy with minute rubbing to lower edge, in a fine dust jacket.First Edition. A collection of short fantasies featuring such authors as James P. Blaylock, Robert Westall, Robin McKinley, Patricia A. McKillip, Joan D. Vinge, Peter Dickinson, P.C. Hodgell, and Jane Yolen. The first anthology edited by McKinley, this volume includes the first appearance of McKinley's The Stone Fey, which was later republished as a separate picture book.
Item Price
NZ$109.80
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Advance Uncorrected Bound Galley
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$844.60NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
McKINLEY, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. NY: Greenwillow [1985]. 8vo, [viii] 288pp. Blue paper wrappers. Half-inch clean tear where front wrapper meets spine, else a clean, sharp copy. Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Robin McKinley.Advance Uncorrected Bound Galley. 1986 Newbery Medal Winner! Though Aerin is the daughter of the Damarian King, her people mistrust her because of her mother - a northern witchwoman. It is only after she slays the giant dragon, Maur, and comes to the rescue of Damar – with the aid of the Wizard Luthe and the mystical Blue Sword – that she finally earns her peoples respect and her true birthright. A "prequel" to the Newbery Honor-winning The Blue Sword and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal!
Item Price
NZ$844.60
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Gods of Manhattan
by Scott Mebus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$84.46NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MEBUS, Scott. Gods of Manhattan. [NY]: Dutton Children's Books [2008]. 8vo, [viii] 342pp. Blue boards with spine stamped in gold. Four-page, fold-out, full-color map frontispiece. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated the year of publication by the author, Scott Mebus.First edition, having the fold-out four-page full color map. 13-year-old New Yorker Rory Hennessy can see things no one else can. When a magician's trick opens his eyes to Mannahatta, Rory finds an amazing spirit city coexisting alongside modern-day Manhattan. A place where Indian sachems, warrior cockroaches, and papier-mache' children live, ruled by the immortal Gods of Manhattan – including Babe Ruth, Alexander Hamilton, Dorothy Parker, and Peter Stuyvesant. But Rory's power brings enemies determined to stop him from helping Mannahatta's greatest wrong! The first of the power Gods of Manhattan Trilogy.
Item Price
NZ$84.46
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$168.92NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MEDINA, Meg. Merci Suárez Changes Gears. Somerville, MA: Candlewick [2018]. 8vo, [vi] 361pp. Yellow boards with spine stamped in green. Gray endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Meg Medina.First edition. 2019 Newbery Medal Winner! Sixth-grader Merci Suárez is having a tough time fitting in. Not only are she and her brother both scholarship students at their private school in Florida, but things at home aren't going well either. Her beloved grandfather is forgetting important things and getting angry over nothing. But no one will tell Merci what is going on., so she has no one to count on but herself. Copies actually signed by the author – not on laid-in bookplates – are surprisingly scarce.
Item Price
NZ$168.92
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
The Apothecary
by Maile Meloy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$84.46NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
MELOY, Maile. The Apothecary. With Illustrations by Ian Schoenherr. [NY]: Penguin [2011]. 8vo, [viii] 357pp. Slate gray boards with spine stamped in light blue foil and front decoratively blind-stamped. Light blue marble-patterned endpapers; two-page b&w illustrated title page, b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, Maile Meloy, and the artist, Ian Schoenherr.First edition. The first book in the three-book The Apothecary series. It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows – a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies – Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons.… Read More
Item Price
NZ$84.46
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA
More Photos
Annabel: A Novel for Young Folks
by Suzanne Metcalf
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$1,520.28NZ$13.51 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
[BAUM, L[yman] Frank]. Annabel. A Novel for Young Folks. By Suzanne Metcalf. Chicago: Reilly & Britton [1906]. 16mo, 231pp. Grey boards stamped in gilt and black with color pictorial label affixed to the front. 6 color plates. Spine ends and corners worn, rubbing to front label, light soiling and rubbing to boards, hinges mended, else an internally clean, tight copy.First edition, second state (with the 6th line from the bottom on p17 completed), binding state A. Baum's first novel for adolescent girls, issued pseudonymously under the name "Suzanne Metcalf." Will it be "Rags to Riches" or "Riches to Rags" when Annabel Williams, a beautiful young heiress, befriends Will Carden, a local vegetable boy from the wrong side of the tracks?
Item Price
NZ$1,520.28
NZ$13.51
shipping to USA