I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
Seuss, Dr. (1965). Younger's first printing in the first issue dust jacket. Large thin 4to color pictorial paper-covered boards. Illustrated throughout in color by the author. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket which has light bumping at the spine tips and light wear to the extremities.- $120
- $120
Seabird
Holling, Holling Clancy First edition. Large thin 4to dark gray pictorial cloth stamped in white. Illustrated throughout with full-page color and vignette b/w drawings by the author. This copy INSCRIBED BY HOLLING on the half title in the year of publication. A former owner has written his name in ink on the half title, and someone has written the date, 1948, in ink at the bottom of the title page. The book is otherwise fine and clean in a near fine dust jacket which has only light fraying at the spine tips. A 1949 Newbery Honor Book.- $125
- $125
Wonderbook and Tanglewood Tales
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1923). The Riverside Bookshelf Edition. Octavo navy cloth with a color pictorial cover onlay. Illustrated with four full-page color plates abd b/w chapter headings by Gustaf Tenggren. Light cover wear and rubbing to spine tips. A very good, clean copy in a very good DUST JACKET which has chipping at the spine tips, joints and corners.- $50
- $50
The White Goose
Tudor, Tasha (1943). Second printing. Square 12mo moss green cloth with a color pictorial title label. Illustrated with full-page duotone plates on each recto with text in a border with a small device on each verso This copy INSCRIBED BY TUDOR TO HER NIECE along with a small drawing. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket which has a small blemish at the spine from an old repair. Familial inscriptions from Tudor are scarce.- $175
- $175
The Heathen Chinee
(1871). First illustrated edition. 12mo orange pictorial card, stringbound. Two pages of publisher's ads as well as ads on the inside front and rear wrappers and outside rear wrapper. A woodcut frontispiece and seven additional full-page woodcuts by S. Eytinge, Jr. A new, illustrated publication of Harte's poem, Plain Language from Truthful James. This was intended as a light portrayal of life in the California mining camps, but was later picked up by Easterners as a basis for hatred of Chinese immigrants. One small spot on the front cover, else a fine copy. Snow Before Christmas
(1946). Fourth printing. Square twelvemo green cloth with a color cover title label. Illustrated with full-page color drawings on each verso as well as decorations to the preliminaries and endpapers. This copy INSCRIBED BY TUDOR to her young niece Tasha along with a small drawing. Two pulls to the cover cloth, a binding flaw, else fine in an about fine dust jacket which has just some tiny chips at the lower edge. Familial inscriptions by Tudor are scarce. A Christmas Carol
(1983). Stated first printing for this edition. Octavo red cloth lettered in gilt. With six full-page color plates and occasional b/w tailpieces by Trina Schart Hyman. Fine in an about fine dust jacket which has very light rubbing at the spine tips and one small closed tear at the upper rear margin. A Bell for Adano
Stated First edition, first, second, third and fourth printings before publication. Small octavo yellow cloth lettered in red. This copy INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Very light darkening to the external gutters from binding, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket which has light chipping at the upper spine tip. Never Look Back
(1985). Stated first edition and with complete number line. Octavo orange cloth lettered in silver. This copy WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE to his “second mom” who was his first mother-in-law. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket which the usual fading to the spine and one tiny spot on the rear panel.