Search Results: Titles starting with W from Books of Wonder

Promotional poster celebrating the 1996 release of Wagons West by Roy Gerrard. Featuring a map of the Oregon Trail. Measuring 26" x 18".

A poster for Waiting-for-Spring Stories by Bethany Roberts, illustrated by William Joyce. Signed by the artist, William Joyce. Measuring 21" x 16".

Promotional poster for the 2008 publication of Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter. Measuring 20" x 13".

KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water Babies. Illustrated in Color by A.E. Jackson. London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press [1929]. 8vo, 252pp. Gray- blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and navy; t.e.g. Pictorial endpapers; 16 color plates, pictorial title, and small b&w illustrations at chapter heads and tails. Spine sunned and rubbed at edges, corners a bit rubbed, cover slightly soiled. Some light foxing throughout, mostly in page margins (no plates affected), else a very attractive copy.
1929 reprint (first published in 1920). Tom, a young chimney sweep, falls into a river after being chased from a house by an upper-class girl. There he appears to drown only to transform into a "water-baby." Kingsley's allegory of Christian redemption is also a thinly veiled protest of the mistreatment of the poor in 19th century England and the practice of child labor. This classic children's fantasy was first issued in 1863, two years before Lewis Carroll's Alice. A.E. Jackson's gorgeous watercolor highlight… Read More

A promotional poster celebrating the release of The Water of Life by Barbara Rogasky, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman in 1986. Signed by the artist, Trina Schart Hyman. Measuring 24" x 17.5".

WANG, Andrea. Watercress. Pictures by Jason Chin. NY: Neal Porter [2021]. Oblong 4to, [32]pp. Color pictorial boards. Dark blue endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medals affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Andrea Wang, and Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin laid in.
First edition. 2022 Caldecott Medal Winner and Newbery Honor Book! Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques.

Promotional poster created for the 1993 publication of Maurice Sendak's We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy. Measuring 27" x 15".

NELSON, Kadir. We Are the Ship. The Story of Negro League Baseball. Foreward by Hank Aaron. Square 8vo, [viii] 88pp. Light brown boards pictorially printed in black. Brown endpapers; color illustrations throughout. Minute rubbing to spine ends, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medals affixed). Signed by the author/artist, Caldecott Medalist Kadir Nelson.
First edition. 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner! Featuring nearly fifty iconic oil paintings and a dramatic double-page fold-out, a Sibert award-winning narrative, a gorgeous design and rich backmatter, We Are the Ship is a sumptuous, oversize volume for all ages that no baseball fan should be without. Using an inviting first-person voice, Kadir Nelson shares the engaging story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings just over a century ago through its evolution, until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947.

LEAF, Munro. Wee Gillis. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. NY: Viking, 1938. 8vo, [71]pp. Yellow quarter-cloth stamped in green with color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers printed in green; b&w illustrations on every spread. Spine ends, corners and lower edge rubbed, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some tears, creases, and small chips at top and bottom edge).
First edition. 1939 Caldecott Honor Book! The tale of young Wee Gillis, a lad who splits his time between the lowland and highlands of Scotland and wins renown for blowing the biggest bagpipes in all of Scotland! The second collaboration from the creators of The Story of Ferdinand.

[LAWSON, Robert]. The Wee Men of Ballywooden. By Arthur Mason. With illustrations by Robert Lawson. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. 8vo, [xii] 267pp. Black cloth pictorially stamped in light blue. Two-color pictorial endpapers; 4 full-page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. Spine ends slightly rubbed, very slightly cocked, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some edge wear, including a ½" chip at lower left corner of front panel).
First edition. Robert Lawson's second book and the first to feature the distinctive pen-and-ink style he would become famous for! Two tales about a group of loveable Wee Men filled with humor and imagination and wonderfully captured in Robert Lawson's charming illustrations.

GARNER, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. A Tale of Alderley. London: Collins, 1960. 8vo, 224pp. Blue cloth with spine stamped in silver. Differing map endpapers. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light wear – chipping, creasing, small closed tears -- around edges and folds).
First edition. Deep in a cave, a wizard watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights who are to be awakened to fight a great evil. The problem is, he's lost the stone he needs to awaken them. When he saves the lives of two young children from the eerie creatures that chase them, he enlists them to find the Weirdstone of Brisingamen so that the forces of evil can be kept at bay. But will Colin and Susan be able to find the stone and bring it back before it's too late? The first book by this celebrated Carnegie Medalist.

RASKIN, Ellen. The Westing Game. NY: E.P. Dutton [1978]. 8vo, [vi] 185pp. Red quarter cloth stamped in black with orange boards. Red endpapers; illustrated title page. Spine ends, corners, and lower edge a bit rubbed, light sunning at head of spine, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (½" closed tear at top of rear panel, lightest rubbing to spine ends, faint crease along bottom of rear panel, light crease down front flap, no medal affixed).
First edition. 1979 Newbery Medal Winner! A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger — and a possible murderer — to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead… but that's not going to stop him from playing one last game! The basis for the 1997 feature film Get a Clue.

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.

WHITMAN, Walt. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer. Pictures by Loren Long. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Oblong 4to, [32]pp. Color pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the artist, Loren Long, and dated the year of publication.
First edition. Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is an enduring celebration of imagination, and it is brought to wonderful new life by Loren Long's lush illustrations, which tell of a boy's fascination with the heavens.

HENTY, G[eorge] A[lfred]. When London Burned. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. With Twelve Page Illustrations by J[oseph] Finnemore. London: Blackie and Son, 1895. 12mo, 388pp + 32 advts. Blue boards pictorially stamped in gilt, orange, black and white; all edges burnished olive green. Gray endpapers; 12 half-tone plates. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, a few pages very slightly foxed at edges, else a clean, tight copy.
First edition. Henty's tale of a young English teen living through the Plague, the Great London fire and the on-again-off-again war with the Dutch. The late-nineteenth century pictorial binding is especially eye-catching.

MILNE, A[lan] A[lexander]. When We Were Very Young. [Illustrated by E.H. Shepard]. [NY]: E.P. Dutton [1925]. 8vo, xiv 100pp. Red quarter-cloth stamped in black with color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers in green ink; one b&w photograph and b&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends, lower edge and corners a bit rubbed, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (2½" closed tear at top of rear panel, 1" chip at head of spine, some tiny, closed tears along bottom edge). Rare in jacket.
First Holiday edition, issued the year after this title's first appearance, but a year before Winne-the-Pooh, this volume is much larger than the original trade edition and features a new, color illustrated dust jacket and cover, which is reproduced in black-and-white as the title page. This collection of poems by Milne with Shepard's inspired illustrations was the surprise hit of 1924, going through numerous printings in the first few months after its publication. This "Holiday edition" was… Read More

BURGESS, Thornton W[aldo]. While the Story-Log Burns. With Illustrations by Lemuel Palmer. Boston: Little, Brown, 1938. 8vo, [xii] 195pp. Green cloth stamped in red. 8 color plates. Light rubbing to spine ends and lower corners, faint evidence of sticker removal on front fixed endpaper, pages lightly aged, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (chipped and worn, sunned – especially to spine panel; price-clipped).First edition. A wonderful collection of 16 animal stories by author, naturalist and conservationist Thornton Burgess. While the children gather around the fireplace in the Old House watching the "story-log" burn, the Storyteller regales them with tales of old Monkey-face the Barn Owl, Blacky the Crow, Thunderer the Grouse, Jumper the Hare, Plunger the Osprey, King Eagle, and other stories of the Green Meadow and the Green Forest.

DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The White Company. Pictures by N[ewel] C[onvers] Wyeth. NY: Cosmopolitan, 1922. 8vo, [xvi] 363pp. Maroon cloth with spine stamped in gilt and color pictorial label affixed to front cover; t.e.g. Color pictorial endpapers; 14 color plates. Slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, cover label lightly so, else a remarkably clean, tight, surprisingly bright copy.
First edition. A historical adventure by Sherlock Holmes' creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, set during the Hundred Years' War, and magnificently captured in Wyeth's stunning illustrations. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince, to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. Doyle considered this his favorite of all his novels.

A promotional poster created to celebrate the 1992 publication of Chris Van Allsburg's The Widow's Broom signed by the author/arist. Measuring 23" x 13.5"

[RACKHAM, Arthur]. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. NY: Limited Editions Club, 1940. 4to, 246pp. Beige quarter-cloth stamped in gilt with marbled boards. 16 hand-mounted color plates. Spine ends a bit rubbed, upper corners bumped, lower corners lightly so, spine discolored (probably due to sunning) at top and bottom, upper right corner of pages lightly pushed (reflecting bumping to covers), evidence of cello-tape on front and rear free endpapers, else an internally clean, bright copy.
First Arthur Rackham-illustrated edition, limited issue, being one of 2020 copies signed and numbered by book designer, Bruce Rogers. Though Rackham had planned to sign the edition, he passed away before he was able to do so and the book was issued posthumously. This limited edition has all 16 of Rackham's color plates, unlike the trade edition which had only 12. Rackham's dazzling color plates highlight this wonderful edition of Grahame's… Read More