Once a month for twelve months you will receive one vintage hardcover book, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, unpleasant odors or excessive soiling. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. You will receive a nice mix of picture books, readers, novels & stories, classics and a ... View More...
Once a month for three months you will receive one vintage hardcover book, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, unpleasant odors or excessive soiling. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. You will receive a nice mix of picture books, readers, novels & stories, classics and a b... View More...
Once a month for six months you will receive one vintage hardcover book, printed between 1800 and 1975. Each book is carefully selected, wrapped and packaged with care. Books are in good to very good condition with varying signs of use and wear associated with old books. Part of the fun is the vintage appeal! All are complete and intact with no major flaws, such as broken bindings, missing pages, unpleasant odors or excessive soiling. Where dust jackets are present, most are covered in protective mylar. You will receive a nice mix of picture books, readers, novels & stories, classics and a bit... View More...
Pictorial green cloth boards. Very light rubbing at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket rubbed and edge worn. Crease and small tear to bottom front corner. Dust jacket now in protective mylar cover. 32 pages. Two tone illustrations throughout. Traces the history of human transportation from ancient times to mid-twentieth century. View More...
First edition stated. Pictorial boards with orange cloth spine; illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats; square 4to. Minor shelfwear to bottom edge of boards; minor wear to DJ corners; near fine in like jacket; inscribed by Lloyd Alexander on title page, additionally, a 1980 holiday card signed by Alexander is laid in. From the Newbery-winning author and Caldecott-winning illustrator comes this tale, about "the need for the individual to act when life demands action" (in the words of Ezra Jack Keats.) View More...
1st printing with full number line. Full brown cloth with gilt lettering; 4to; 615 pp including index. Minor foxing/discoloration to edge of pages, but otherwise near fine in like jacket. A thorough examination of the picture book, with chapters on Wanda Gag, Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, Dr. Seuss, and others, as well as subjects like the American Indian, "Negro Identification, Black Identity," and the Japanese Advent. A standard for any collection of children's books. View More...
First edition stated. Hardcover, white boards with black lettering to spine; 5-1/2" tall, oblong. No flaws noted to book, DJ is price-clipped, has minor toning, short tear/pull to rear panel. A sort of counting story, great for bed time! View More...
First edition, second printing, pictorial cloth, 4to, not paginated, illustrated throughout; boards are quite edge worn, specifically to head and tail of spine and corners, rubbed in places. A very fun vintage copy. View More...
First edition denoted by an "A", black leatherette with gilt titles, 4to, not paginated; dust jacket is toned on interior, light wear along creases. A vibrant and interesting first edition from this celebrated children's author. View More...
First edition with "A" on copyright page, oblong in gray cloth with brown illustration on front board, 4to, unnumbered pages, gorgeous illustrations done in five colors throughout, pictorial endpapers; manufacturing error resulting in permanent creases in front paste-down, dust jacket shows heavy edge wear with chipping and small tears. Toning along edges and to spine, sunned strip along rear fore-edge. A scarce title from one of America's most lauded picture book illustrators. Caldecott Honor book of 1950. View More...
4to in pictorial cloth, unnumbered pages, green and black illustrations by Leonard Weisgard throughout; dust jacket worn and toned, split in two along front joint with large chips out at head and tail, presents well in mylar. Posthumously published collection of poems by the beloved Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by frequent collaborator and Caldecott Medal winner, Leonard Weisgard. View More...
First edition, 8vo, not paginated, illustrated in color throughout; boards lightly edge worn, a few faint smudges on cover board; dust jacket is age toned and edge worn, with a few small chips, now protected in mylar. View More...
First edition stated, signed by the author on title page; blue paper covered boards backed in cream cloth, 4to, 26 pages, illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Boards edge worn with bumped corners, front board has a short deep scratch and another in front joint, internally clean and sound; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with chipping and short tears at extremities, toned spine, wearing through along joints, small puncture marks to match those on front board. Presents well in new mylar cover despite flaws. Dark and haunting allegory of the Holocaust. View More...
Large hardcover in pictorial paper covered boards backed in black cloth, 11 x 8 inches, unnumbered pages, two color illustrations in yellow and black throughout; boards are clean and bright with a bit of light scuffing and heavy edge wear, ex-libris bookplate in front endpaper, internally clean, bright and sound. A charming retelling of the classic folktale "Androcles and the Lion." Andy is a boy who loves to read about lions, then one day on his way to school he meets one, with a big thorn in his huge paw. Andy removes the thorn and has a friend for life. "A tale of kindness remembered or th... View More...
First edition stated; signed and inscribed by De Paola on half-title page and dated '90; full green cloth, small 4to (7 1/4 x 7/14 inches), illustrated by the author. Dust jacket edge worn with a bit of chipping along extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Parker Pig, Esquire tries to clean up his act, and his tiny house when friends come for a visit. View More...
Second printing; oblong, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout in shades of pink and gray; edge worn dust jacket with a couple of short edge tears, now in protective mylar cover. Cute picture book telling five stories with side by side frames, like a movie. Only words are the titles of the five "flicks. View More...
Tan paper with green titles, 4to, 63 pages, beautifully illustrated by Helene L. Ditmars throughout; head of spine is repaired with tape, moisture damage to rear bottom corner resulting is discoloration and bumps, "from Dale' written by a youngster on front free end paper, first gathering of binding loose. Despite the few cosmetic issues with the boards, a whimsical jungle complete with flora and fauna is hidden between the covers. View More...
