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Andersen, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling, 1945 Grossett & Dunlap. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY F. ROJANKOVSKY. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Unpaginated. Large format. 8 1/8 X 9 ½. Classic. Adapted from the original fairy tale by beloved story-teller Hans Christian Andersen.

Steig, William The Lonely Ones. Copyright 1942, First Edition. Duell Sloane and Pearce, NY. USED. VG/VG Original dust jacket. QUITE RARE THUS. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Cartoons by New Yorker Magazine contributor and author and illustrator of SHREK!, WILLIAM STEIG. 102 pages, 5 3/8 X 7 ¾.

Caleb & Kate Steig, William. Copyright 1977 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. NY. Stated First Edition, 1977. EXLIB. GOOD CONDITION /VG Original unclipped Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. Large format. 8 X 10 1/8. A mischievous witch turns a quarreling husband into a dog, who then runs home in fright to his human wife Written and illustrated by William Steig, Author/Illustrator of Shrek!

Steig, William. Dominic. Copyright 1972, 1977 4th Printing Thus Farrar, Straus, Giroux. NY EXLIB.VG/VG Original unclipped DJ. Protected in a mylar wrap. 146 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ½. A friendly dog sets off on the road one day, going nowhere in particular. Written and illustrated by William Steig, Author/Illustrator of Shrek!

Steig, William Brave Irene. 1988 Sunburst Edition, 1986 Farrar, Straus and Giroux copyright. USED. VG Condition. Softcover. ISBN0374409277. Unpaginated. Large format 7 ½ X 10 ½. A story about love and courage. "Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the… Read more about this item

270SteigThief Steig, William. The Real Thief. 1973 copyright Farrar, Straus, Giroux Stated Fourth Printing, 1991. EXLIB VG/VG UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. 58 pages, 7 X 9 3/8. Who is the real thief in the royal treasure house? Read this book and find out. Written and illustrated by William Steig, Author/Illustrator of Shrek!.

The Poison Belt. 1913 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Hodder & Stoughton/ George H. Doran. States Hodder & Stoughton on the spine. RARE. Illustrated. Red Boards with gilt titling. Gilting still bright. All 16 B&W plates, including frontis, present and affixed to binding. TITLE OF THE PROFESSOR CHALLENGER SERIES. "Being an account of Another Amazing Adventure of Professor… Read more about this item

Wilde, Oscar. The Selfish Giant. 1984 First Edition, 4th Impression Thus. Neugebaur Press Publishing, London. ISBN0907234305. Fine/VG DJ. Written by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Gold emblem on the front cover states "Lisbeth Zwerger Lifetime Achievement Award." Printed in Italy.Large Format. 8 1/2 X 11 1/2. Unpaginate Summary: The message of the story is co-existence and spreading love. It… Read more about this item

Thurber, James. The Thurber Carnival. 1945, Harper & Brothers. First Edition, $4.50 dust jacket thus. Book and jacket Illustrated by the author.HUMOR. AMERICANA. Used VG/Good+ original unclipped dust jacket. Hard to find in a nice jacket like this. Grey boards with yellow spine. Pink/white/green DJ. Jacket states No. 9078A. 369 pages. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4.

Gruelle, Johnny. Magical Land of Noom (In Original Box) Publisher: P F. Volland Company, 1922. First Edition. Used. Very Good+ /Good Condition Original Box. QUITE RARE Volume appears unread. 157 pages. Gold spine. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates. The matching box is in good condition, showing a bit of soil and wear. FANTASY. A story similar to F. Frank… Read more about this item

. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp… Read more about this item

Dr. Suess. THE CAT IN THE HAT COMES BACK. 1958 Random House Beginner Books Stated First Printing. Snowball 1st Printing front cover. Spine states Beginner Books, Inc. "What are Beginner Books" black board motif back cover. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ included. Front cover has a couple of light boxcutter scratches on the front cover. Please see stock photo. Unpaginated.… Read more about this item

Bemelmans, Ludwig.. Madeline's Rescue. Viking Press, New York. Copyright 1951, 1953 by Ludwig Bemelmans. SCARCE. Stated First Edition, 1953. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1954. USED. VG/ No DJ included. A very nice clean copy. Folio size. Grey tweed boards with red titling and ornamentation. Please see stock photos. Summary: " A brave dog saves Madeline from drowning and comes… Read more about this item

Eliot, T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. First Edition, $2.50 printing thus, 1939. 3rd Printing? Harcourt Brace And Company. Used. Good Condition/ Good Dust Jacket. 45 pages. 6 3/8 X 8 7/8. RARE. About the author: "Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is… Read more about this item

Messenger, Norman: Making Faces By Norman Messenger. Doring Kindersley Publishers, Ltd., 1992. ISBN9780863189975. LARGE FORMAT. 8 ¼ X 14. Summary: Starting with eight basic characters, Norman Messenger offers the possibility of making an astonishing variety of different faces in this fascinating contemplation of human uniqueness. By mixing and matching foreheads, eyes, noses, mouths and chins, thousands of individual faces can… Read more about this item

Dr. Seuss: The Butter Battle Book. 1984, Random House First Edition, Stated 14th Printing Thus. EXLIB. USED. Good- Condition/ No DJ as issued in the library edition. Orange Buckram Library Binding. HAS BECOME RARE. Large format 8 X 11 1/8. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. Summary: Engaged in a long-running battle, the Yooks and the Zooks develop more and more sophisticated… Read more about this item

Drayton, Grace. My Dolly Dingle Notebook Dover Publications, 1989. A Dover Little Activity Book. 4 ¼ X 5 ¾. Unused. VG Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. A blank Journal with blue pages. Cover Art by American Female Cartoonist Grace Drayton, creator of the Dolly Dingle cartoon character and of "The Campbell Soup Kids". ISBN0486253015. A hard-to-find item.

Battaglia, Aurelius. Captain Kangaroo Storybook Random House 1963. Used. VG/ No DJ as issued. LARGE FORMAT. 9 ½ X 13. $44.95. HARD TO FIND. A clean, solid copy.

Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920's. Douglas, Ann. Farrer First Noonday Press Edition, 1996. Softcover. Used. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 606 pages, indexed. Summary: "Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan In The 1920's" is the biography of a decade, a portrait of the soul of a generation - based on the lives and work of more than a hundred men… Read more about this item

Kipling, Rudyard: Puck Of Pook's Hill. Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co, FIRST U.S. EDITION, FIRST PRINTING THUS. STATES OCTOBER, 1906. ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. Used – VG/ No dj included if originally issued. Gilt topstain. 277 pages, deckle-edge. 5 ½ 8 ¼. Nice First Printing of the First American Edition, published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound… Read more about this item