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DC Super Heroes
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DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-up Book

by Matthew Reinhart

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REINHART, Matthew. DC Super Heroes. The Ultimate Pop-Up Book. [NY: Little, Brown, 2010]. 8vo, [12]pp. Red cloth stamped in gold with extra pop-up affixed to front and housed in a red cloth slipcase with red satin pull. Color pictorial pop-ups on each of the 6 double-page spreads plus numerous other smaller pop-up under flaps on each page. A fine copy housed in original red cloth slipcase (faint dampstain to lower rear). Signed and numbered by the artist, Matthew Reinhart.
Deluxe edition, being number 35 of 250 signed and numbered copies featuring an extra pop-up affixed to the front cover (this pop-up is exclusive to this cloth-bound limited edition, not having been included in the paper-over-boards bound trade edition). Critically acclaimed pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart celebrates the history, heroes, and villains of the DC Universe in this ultimate 3-D masterpiece! Starring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and many more favorite DC characters.
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Daddy is a Monster... Sometimes
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Daddy is a Monster... Sometimes

by John Steptoe

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STEPTOE, John. Daddy Is a Monster… Sometimes. NY: J.B. Lippincott [1980]. Square 8vo, [32]pp. Red boards with spine stamped in gold. Color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every spread. Slight ½ inch tear at upper left edge of front board (looks like a small white line), ever so slightly cocked, ½ inch mended tear at base of front free endpaper, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (small chip at bottom of front panel, trade price clipped and library price present).
First edition, library issue. Told from the perspective of his two children, Bweela and Javaka (the future Caldecott Medalist), this poignant story deals with the ways in which anger and love interact in their young family's lives. The two-time Caldecott Honor Artist's seventh book details his children's perspective on their familial interactions, while his stunning art shows that sometimes parents think their children are monsters too… sometimes.
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Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone

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[ROJANKOVSKY, Fedor]. Daniel Boone. [Edited by Esther Averill and Lila Stanley]. [Paris: Domino Press, 1931]. 4to, [12]pp. Blue cloth spine with color pictorial boards. Color lithographs by Fedor Rojankovsky on every page. Light rubbing to spine ends and upper and lower edges of boards, a couple of light scratches to front cover, else a surprisingly fine, bright copy.
First edition. Rojankovky's trailblazing picture book celebrating the life of Daniel Boone and the American West featuring striking, fauvist-inspired lithographs, drawn by the artist directly on lithographic stones, and printed by Mourlot Frères. Averill, an American ex-patriot living in Paris, originally partnered with Rojankovsky on a different project. When that was canceled, Rojankovsky suggested they collaborate on a children's book. Rojankovsky's childhood love of James Fenimoore Cooper led to them choosing Daniel Boone as the subject for the project with the intention of creating a lavish vision of the American West. When… Read More
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Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone: Historic Adventures of an American Hunter among the Indians

by Fedor Rojankovsky

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ROJANKOVSKY, Fedor. Daniel Boone. Historic Adventures of an American Hunter among the Indians. Lithographs in colour by Fedor Rojankovsky. Edited by Esther Averill and Lila Stanley. Paris, Domino Press [1931]. 4to, [36]pp. Unbound and housed in color pictorial paper wrappers. Color lithographs on every page. Spine of wrapper chipped at ends, some wear at edges, upper front corner a tad creased, some light soiling and stains to covers, else an internally fine copy. Signed by the artist, Fedor Rojankovsky.
First edition, limited issue, being #5 of 25 of a signed, limited edition consisting of the complete book printed in full color lithographs with the text in English as well as an additional complete set of the lithographs printed without any text (an additional 25 were produced with the text in French). Rojankovky's trailblazing picture book celebrating the life of Daniel Boone and the American West featuring striking, fauvist-inspired lithographs, drawn by the artist directly on lithographic stones,… Read More
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Danny the Champion of the World
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Danny the Champion of the World

by Roald Dahl

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DAHL, Roald. Danny the Champion of the World. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [1975]. 8vo, [viii] 200pp. Brown quarter-cloth stamped in gold with orange boards pictorially blind stamped; top edge purple. Turquoise endpapers; 6 full-page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. Spine ends and upper front corner a bit rubbed, faint foxing to foredge, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (spine lightly sunned).
First US edition. Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Now Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off?
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Daphnis & Chloe
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Daphnis & Chloe

by Longus

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[AUSTEN, John]. Daphnis & Chloe. Translated out of the Greek of Longus by George Thornley in 1657. With Decorations by John Austen. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. 4to, 200pp. Off-white cloth decoratively stamped in gilt. 12 color and 4 b&w plates as well as a few b&w illustrations at headings. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, some sheets lightly foxed at edge, else a clean, tight copy in original pictorial dust jacket (worn and chipped at folds and edges, lightly sunned, soiled, and aged).
First John Austen-illustrated edition. The wonderful ancient Greek romance following two abandoned children raised as shepherds who slowly discover the meaning of love. John Austen's delicate Art Deco illustrations capture the romance and passion of this ancient tale, bringing a wonderful new sensibility to this often-illustrated story. One of Austen's more adult and amorous works.
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The Dark Horse
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The Dark Horse

by Marcus Sedgwick

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Sedgwick, Marcus. The Dark Horse. [London]: Orion [2002]. 12mo, [iv] 187pp. Turquoise cloth with spine stamped in silver. Small, half-tone illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy with sheets aged, as usual, in the original color pictorial dust jacket (fine)..
First edition, having been issued the year before the US edition. A wonderful copy of award-winning author, Marcus Sedgwick's third novel, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Prize. A girl snatched from the wolves, a sealed box that can only be opened by one person, a sinister stranger nearing the end of his quest, and a boy destined to lead his clan, are woven together in this riveting story of betrayal and ancient magic.
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Dark Music
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Dark Music: And Other Spectral Tales

by Jack Snow

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SNOW, Jack. Dark Music And Other Spectral Tales. NY: Herald, 1947. 8vo, [viii] 208pp. Aquamarine cloth with spine stamped in blue. Lower spine end a tad rubbed, else a very fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (two light vertical creases to rear panel). Unusually fine and one of the only copies we have ever seen without any tears or chips to the dust jacket.
First edition. A collection of 12 tales ranging from the macabre and sinister to the more charming and juvenile. Jack Snow was a writer in the NBC Advertising and Promotions Department. The same year this book was published, Snow's first Oz novel, The Magical Mimics in Oz was published by Reilly & Lee. Snow would go on to write The Shaggy Man of Oz and Who's Who in Oz. Four of the stories in this collection had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales, including the sinister "Midnight," which had appeared in the May 1946 issue of Weird Tales with Ray Bradbury's story "The Smiling People." Bradbury had been impressed with Snow's… Read More
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The Dark is Rising Sequence

The Dark is Rising Sequence

by Susan Cooper

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A poster created to celebrate the publication of the paperback editions of Susan Cooper's award-winning The Dark is Rising sequence.
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The Dark is Rising Sequence (Signed Bookplates)
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The Dark is Rising Sequence (Signed Bookplates)

by Susan Cooper

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COOPER, Susan. The Dark is Rising Sequence. As follows:
Over Sea, Under Stone. Illustrated by Margery Gil. London: Jonathan Cape [1965]. 12mo; 252pp. Purple boards with spine stamped in gold foil. 4 double-page and 10 full-page b&w illustrations. Slight damp-stain at fore-edge of first and last few sheets, light foxing to fore-edge, top, and bottom edges of sheets, 6 neatly written lines of hand notations at top of rear fixed endpaper, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight evidence of dampstaining to folds, spine ends lightly rubbed, spine a tad sunned). With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in. Rare.
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The Dark is Rising. Illustrations by Alan E. Cober. NY: Atheneum, 1973. 8vo, [xii] 217pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in copper foil. Red endpapers, 3 double-page b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edgewear, no medal affixed). 1974 Newbery Honor Book. With a… Read More
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David Balfour
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David Balfour: Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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STEVENSON, Robert Louis. David Balfour. Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad. With Pictures by N.C. Wyeth. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. 4to, xviii 356pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in gilt and color pictorial label affixed to front. Color pictorial endpapers; 10 color plates. Spine ends and corners worn, spine and upper inch of rear cover a bit sunned, cover label lightly scratched, light soiling to rear. Nonetheless, an internally clean, tight copy with color plates all bright.
First Wyeth-illustrated edition. The sequel to Stevenson's classic novel Kidnapped, first published in 1893. Continuing the story of David Balfour, this tale (published in the UK as Catriona) follows the titular character through a series of false imprisonments, prison breaks, betrayals, introduction into polite society, and eventually marriage. N.C. Wyeth's masterful watercolors are a true delight and wonderfully capture the action and drama of the story.
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Dealing with Dragons
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Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Book One

by Patricia C. Wrede

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WREDE, Patricia C[ollins]. Dealing with Dragons. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Book One. San Diego: Jane Yolen Books/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1990]. 8vo, xii 212pp. Green quarter-cloth stamped in silver with pale green boards. Spine ends lightly rubbed, lower front corner worn, upper edge of front board has a few spots, else an internally clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket by Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman. With a bookplate signed by the author, Patricia C. Wrede, laid in. Scarce.
First edition. The first book in The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Princess Cimorene is frustrated that her royal family won't allow her to study fencing, cooking, magic or economics. So, desperate to escape her boring life, she runs away to become the princess of a very very powerful, very fascinating dragon named Kazul. Filled with humor, witches, wizards, jinn, a stone prince, and a death-dealing talking bird, this is the delightful beginning to a series about a princess who chooses her own fate. Read More
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Dear Genius
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Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

by Leonard S. Marcus

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[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
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Dear Mili

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A promotional poster created to celebrate the 1988 publication of Dear Mili by Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The poster measures 24" x 16".
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Dicey's Song
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Dicey's Song

by Cynthia Voigt

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VOIGT, Cynthia. Dicey's Song. NY: Atheneum, 1982. 8vo, [viii] 196pp. Light brown cloth decoratively stamped in bronze. Two-page illustrated title page. Slight rubbing to lower spine end and lower corners, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, laid-in.
First edition. 1983 Newbery Medal Winner! The second book in the award-winning The Tillerman Cycle. Having been abandoned by their mother, after her breakdown, Dicey and her three siblings are finally settling in with their grandmother. Gram's rundown farm isn't perfect, but they can stay together as a family — which is all Dicey really wanted. Now she must face resuming a life where she is no longer the one in charge and figuring out who exactly Dicey Tillerman is.
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The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
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The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer

by Barbara Kerley

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[SELZNICK, Brian]. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer. By Barbara Kerley. With Drawings by Brian Selznick, [NY: Scholastic, 2001]. 4to, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers; color illustrations throughout. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (without medal affixed). Signed by the artist, Caldecott Medalist, Brian Selznick.
First edition. 2002 Caldecott Honor Book! Until the mid-1800s, no-one really knew what a dinosaur was let alone what one looked like. So when Victorian artist Waterhouse Hawkins built the first life-size models, he dazzled the world with his awe-inspiring creations. Here is his amazing story.
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Dinosaur Bob

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Promotional poster created for the 1988 publication of William Joyce's beloved picture book, Dinosaur Bob. Measuring 30" x 22.5".
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Dinotopia Poster

Dinotopia Poster

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Promotional poster created to celebrate the 1992 publication of James Gurney's epic novel, Dinotopia. The poster measures 18" x 26" and is printed on thick stock.
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Doctor Dan, The Bandage Man
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Doctor Dan, The Bandage Man

by Helen Gaspard

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GASPARD, Helen. Doctor Dan, The Bandage Man. Pictures by Corinne Malvern. NY: Simon & Schuster [1950]. 8vo, [28]pp. Color pictorial boards with a patterned gold foil spine; all edges red. Pictorial endpapers; color illustrations on every page. Edges minutely rubbed else a surprisingly fine copy with all 6 of the original Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid "junior size" bandages still in original packaging and affixed to title.
First edition. This classic, early Golden Book was wildly successful when it was first published in 1950, even inspiring a spin-off titled Nurse Nancy two-years later. First edition copies that still retain all of the promotional Johnson & Johnson band-aids are very rare.
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Doctor De Soto
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Doctor De Soto

by William Steig

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STEIG, William.
Doctor De Soto. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1982]. 8vo, [32]pp. Maroon cloth with spine stamped in gold. Color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed).
First edition, bearing "First edition, 1982" on copyright, 9 titles listed on rear jacket flap, and no barcode on jacket. 1983 Newbery Honor Book! With the aid of his able assistant and wife, Dr. Desoto copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain. Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat "dangerous" animals – that is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from his aching tooth. How can the kindhearted De Sotos turn him away? But how can they make sure that the fox doesn't give in to his baser instincts once his tooth is fixed? Those clever De Sotos will find a way! Steig at his clever, whimsical best!
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