THE TIN FIDDLE by Tripp, Edward (Maurice Sendak, ills) - 1954

New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1965. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. Maurice Sendak art. 14000 PB shelf. NOT ex-library. Lucky Book Club edition. Slim oblong trade paperback, slightly wavy pictorial yellow covers. Clean text. Unpaginated. Illus. & text printed in brown. Charming story of young Cicero, who finds an excellent use for his tin violin after his family and many animals walk away from it's screechy sound. 1st published in 1954 by Walck.

NY:: Scholastic Book Services,. Very Good. 1965. Paperback. Stated first printing (Lucky Book Club Edition, paperback). Very good or better in illustrated wraps. .

Scholastic, Inc. 1965. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very very scarce book. A Lucky Book Club edition of this very special book for children, illustrated with a fine selection of drawings by Maurice Sendak. The cover is a tan color with green letters and a little boy in red overalls. The background has a little house, 4 trees, a white goose, a crow in a tree, and a flying bird below t he sun, all this is done in the same green as the title. Original price in 1965 - 50 cents also TJ748 book number. Poor Cicero! Nobody wants to hear him play his new tin fiddle. "What good is a tin f i ddle of nobody will listen to it?" he thinks. But soon Cicero finds out that his fiddle is good for something after all - something very special. Some light browning of page borders. Library stamp o n FFep, but this is NOT a library book. Book was purchased at an event put on at the library where the public brought in their books and the library stamped… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong pink cloth. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Sendak. There is some light staining to the upper, front cloth, above the title. Some darker staining along the lower, front cover edge nearer the fore edge. A bump to one upper spine corner. The interior is tight and clean. The dust jacket has some heavy staining/soiling to the front and some as well to the rear about the perimeter. To the lower, front there is a curved tear of about 1 1/4" with additional chipping to this area. A few tiny holes to the front. Chipping to the spine ends and to one upper fore corner. Price of $2.00 to the lower, front flap. ; Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .

Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [copyright 1936]. Hardcover. First Edition, no additional printings listed. First-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Red cloth over boards with blue & yellow titles and illustration of a dog and duckling. Good+. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, a few penciled notes. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 156 pages with color illustrations on every page. Word list.

The story focuses on the rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters, and chronicles the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. David M'Adam, the boy, was half-orphaned by the death of his mother, and is left to the care of his father, Adam M'Adam, a sarcastic, angry alcoholic with a few redeeming qualities. M'Adam is the owner of Red Wull, a huge, violent dog who herds his sheep by brute force.
Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardcover. Condition: vg+. .356 pages Find copy in Dark Blue Boards . copyright Doubleday & McClure (New York), 1889. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Rare first edition original 1899 edition by Doubleday and McClure Company New York. Nice copy all on hand laid paper. Deckled edges. Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant. Copyright 1889. Some browning of pages. In a navy cloth binding. Externally sound. Some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked/,

Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".

1978 - 16th printing- vintage Bedtime Stories - Little Red Riding Hood - book: very good - all pages are clean and unmarked - edge wear on boards good for age - pages show some toning at edges - ELEMENT: includes a little red riding hood/big bad wolf as grandma flip doll - doll is professionally sewn with intricate details

A special copy of The Little Prince translated into the Venetian (Venetan/Veneto) language, also called dialeto del mar – the dialect of the sea. Included is the bookmark from the bookstore - Libreria Acqua Alta. Great gift for any Little Prince collector. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Pocket sized reproduction from Pleasewell Series of the 1890s. This edition is reversible with The Old Woman and Her Pig also featured when the book is flipped over. Each story has reproduced lithographs from the original publication. No creasing, no age spots, Like New !

New York: Atria Books, 2016. Signed on fep First Edition with full number line This is a limited, signed edition with an exclusive, to this edition, additional chapter. Please note what looks like a "Signed Edition" sticker on the front of dust jacket. It is not a a sticker; it is part of the design of the jacket. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 338 pages PLUS additional chapter "exclusively for Target customers." Target is US-based department store. From jacket: "Scot Harvath has exactly the skills the CIA is looking for. He's a former Navy SEAL with extensive experience in espionage. Working for a private intelligence company, he will provide the CIA, and more important, the President, with absolute deniability. But deep within the Russian Caucasus, Moscow also has its own special kind of operative... When a clandestine American operations team is ambushed near Syria, all signs point toward a dangerous informant in Brussels..." A new book, but with… Read More

Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of… Read More

The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.