Our cover is an illustration from Rene D’Harnoncourt’s The Hole in the Wall. In this picturebook, an artist draws the figure of a tall thin man upon a blank wall he passes. While the artist wanders off, an old woman is making onion soup, so savory, so luscious that the drawn figure steps down from the wall and walks over to her house, where she is happy to serve him, and so delicious is the soup that he has six bowls, after which he has grown too fat to re-enter his place in the wall. At this point an old man discovers he has a man-shaped hole in the wall of his house and calls the police. We recognize this visual joke, rather like purple-crayon-Harold’s, or Pygmalion’s, as experimental, or post-modern, at least outside the normal narrative frame. M.T. Anderson, whom you will soon have an opportunity to meet, is fascinated with experimental literature. He proposes that all children’s literature is experimental. We though it might be fun then, to provide a few grace notes throughout this catalog, directing the reader’s attention to various manifestations of postmodernism in children’s literature. We use the term postmodern to refer to any work which deliberately provokes the reader by making the narrative unfamiliar, forcing us to see things with new eyes. We accept Lewis Carroll (see item 107) as a postmodernist (which one could only be when writing for children), and the artist Kurt Schwitters whose poems are sometimes assemblages of numbers, and Gertrude Stein who taught us to read anew, and John Barth for whom the term postmodern was coined.

Films, especially cartoon animations, seem to return to the pre-literate world of Homer. What then are we to make of item #1, a picturebook which offers glimpses of narrative in comic book format derived from a film. There is a long history of the study of orality and literacy; in short, that each has good and bad features. We have gone beyond the Brothers Grimm, who were determined to make permanent, perfect written forms of oral stories to a more sophisticated appraisal. We are now confronted with graphic novels which really are an alternative form of interpreting oral material, so, we have orality, literacy, and, perhaps, graphicy (which we prefer to the term visuacy) . The French term, La Bande desinée, or bédé , (sequence of related images) covers various forms from the work of the Swiss Rudolph Töffler to Tintin (see item 582), and manga.

1. Adams, Richard. Watership Down Film Picture Book. NY, 1978, 1stA, Macmillan. Cloth, 9x7, 240p, XL, some marks, DW. Full color graphic novel. GOOD $16

M.T. Anderson (1968-) is a gifted young 21st century writer who exploits postmodern elements in witty and startling ways.

2. Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Traitor to the Nation), Volume I. Cambridge, MA, MMVI, 1st, Candlewick. Cloth, 6½x9¼, 351p, DW. It only becomes apparent one quarter of the way through this book that the protagonist is an African slave. Both volumes of this superbly crafted novel are a surprising alternative history of the American revolution. For once, in fiction, the merely true does not have to yield to the plausible. America’s struggle for freedom becomes a cruel metaphor for Octavian. Just as the publication date (MMVI) harks back to books of long ago, the style is deliberately archaic.

FINE $36

  1. Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Traitor to the Nation), Volume II. Cambridge, MA, MMVIII, first edition, Candlewick. Bds, 6½x9¼, 561p, DW. The Kingdom on the Waves, taken from his own accounts and other sundry sources collected by Mr. M.T. Anderson of Boston. FINE $36

  2. Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, (Traitor to the Nation), Volume II. Cambridge, MA, MMVIII, ARC paperback. Pictorial wraps, 6½x9, 561p. VG $20

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5. Anderson, M.T. The Game of Sunken Places (signed). NY, 2004, 1 ,

Scholastic. Bds, 5½x8½, 260p, DW. A game of dungeons and dragons. FINE $20

6. Anderson, M.T. Feed. Cambridge, MA, 2003, 1st, Candlewick. Bds, 5¾x9½, 236p, DW. This passionate and tender young adult novel is a cyberpunk satire of future America. The Feed is a computer chip permanently installed in one’s brain, preferably at birth. The book is superbly well done, funny, and spooky.

FINE $45

7. Anderson, M.T./Hawkes, Kevin. Me, All Alone, at the End of the World (signed

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by author). Cambridge, MA, 2005, 1 , Candlewick. Glossy bds, 10½x11½, 34p,DW. A boy lives alone in happy solitude until his life is interrupted by development.FINE $32

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8. Anderson, M.T. Thirsty. Cambridge, MA, 1997, 1 , Candlewick. Bds, 5¼x8,249p, DW. This passionate and funny book about vampires broke the taboo on this subject in children’s literature. Vampire books have since become the rage among young people. This interest in the “undead” is curious, why do teen girls want to have fangs? Most of the vampire books, like Meyers’ Twilight series, are a quick read and lack depth. Thirsty is not. Not only is the teenage hero a boy who merely wants to be like other kids, but it has an unconventional take on reality and presents a challenging look at death. FINE $45

Many of Anno’s books are postmodern, in that they do not have a traditional story line, but rather amusing, often self-referential, visual puns. Many are didactic while stressing graphicy in math and philosophy.

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9. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Alphabet (AIGA). NY, 1975, 1 US, Crowell. Cloth,9¼x10, 62p, DW. Ibex and iguana gaze quietly from the ivy border of the letter “I” in the English version of the following item, while the facing page shows a bottle of ink on a blotter stained with reversed letters, and a reversed 3-D image of the bottle of ink. VG $24

  1. Anno, Mitsumasa. Aiueo no hon (nihongo/Japanese). Tokyo, 1976, 2007 reprint, Fukuinkan. Glossy bds, 7¾x8½, 66p, DW. This original version of the above item is based on the indigenous Japanese hiragana alphabet, and also consists of Escheresque improbable wooden renderings; for instance, “I” stands for ichigo, or strawberry, hence the foliage in the border decorations, while a house, ie, graces the facing page. (BK 2950) FINE $40

  2. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Magical ABC.

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London, 1981, 1 B, Bodley Head.. Glossy

bds, 8½x10½, 60p, no DW. Owner’s

inscription, fep. An anamorphic alphabet designed to mystify and amuse.

FINE $40

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  1. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Math Games. NY, 1987, 2 , Philomel. Cloth, 8½x9½,104p, DW. Basic math concepts lose their complication when imagined visually ( a fine example of graphicy). FINE $40

  2. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Medieval World. NY, 1980, 8th, Philomel. Cloth, 9¼x1056p, DW. How the people of the ancient world came to abandon some of their superstitions. FINE $16

  3. Anno, Mitsumasa. Dr. Anno's Magical Midnight Circus. NY, 1972, 2nd, Weatherhill. Cloth, 8x9½, 32p, DW. Anno’s second book of Escherlike constructions. FINE $20

  4. Anno, Mitsumasa. The Unique World of Mitsumasa Anno. London, 1980, 1st, Bodley Head. Bds, 8½x10¾, 48p, DW. A series of curious pictures, chiefly covers for a mathematical magazine in Japan, executed between 1968F-I1N9E77$.50

  5. Anno, Mitsumasa. Another,. similar, except, NY, Philomel, XL, few marks. FINE $24

  6. Anno, Mitsumasa. Upside Downers. NY, 1969, repr, Philomel. Glossy bds, 7½x10½, 28p, DW. Author’s first book about the land of a deck of cards and curious inversions. FINE $12

  1. [Mado, Michio] / Anno, Mitsumasa. The Magic Pocket. NY, 1998, 1st, McElderry. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 31p, DW. Poems in Japanese (hiragana alphabet). Translated into English by the Empress Michiko of Japan. FINE $20

  2. Ardizzone, Edward. Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint. NY, 1965, repr, Delacorte. Pict bds, 7¼x9½, 48p, DW, XL, usual marks. Cute story about two children of a struggling artist. FAIR $8

  3. Ardizzone, Edward. Tim's Last Voyage. London, 1972, 1st, Bodley Head. Pict bds, 7¾x10¼, 46p, no DW. Queen Elizabeth I once remarked to Sir Humphrey Gilbert that he was not a man of good hap by sea. The same might be said, with a happier ending for Little Tim. VG $75

  4. Ardizzone, Edward. Tim's Last Voyage. NY, 1972, 1st, Walck. Cloth, sidesewn, 7¾x10, 48p, DW. VG $24

  5. Ardizzone, Edward. Tim's Last Voyage. London, 1972, repr, Walck. Pict bds, 7¾x10¼, 48p, no DW, XL, few marks. VG $8

  6. Armstrong, Gerry & George Armstrong. The Boat on the Hill. NY, 1967, 1st, Whitman. Pict bds, 8¼x9¼, 40p, no DW. A story of Cornwall and the lifeboat service. VG $7

    1. Arnold, Tim. The Winter Mittens. NY, 1988, 1st, McElderry. Cloth, 6¾x8¼, 32p, DW. An unusual story about a pair of magic mittens, with attractive illustrations by the author who was born near Cattermole and understands snow, as we are in what’s termed, “the snow belt”. FINE $16

      1. Asch, Frank/Asch, Devin. Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. Toronto, 2007, 1st., Kids Can. Glossy bds, 9¾x11¼, 32p, DW. A very successful and somewhat gentler sequel to above. FINE $25

      2. Averill, Esther. The Cat Club. NY, 1944, 1st, Harper Bros. Cloth, 5¼x7½, 32p, DW, name fep. Jenny Linsky, a gentle, shy little cat lives in New York City with her sea captain master. The Captain has knit her a red scarf which is both her emblem and security blanket. Her first story.

VG $90

  1. Averill, Esther/Averill. Jenny's Birthday Book. NY, 1954, 2004, New York Review. Cloth, 9¼x6¾, 40p, DW. A lovely picturebook, in which the Cat Club treats Jenny to a picnic in Washington Square Park FINE $30

  2. Averill, Naomi. Whistling-Two-Teeth. NY, 1939, 1st, G&D. Cloth, 9½x9½, 24p, DW, few tears, lt soil. A very beautiful book details how a young Sioux with special gifts helps out the great hunters of his tribe. An exciting visual statement reminiscent of the caverns of Lescaux. Scarce. (Bader 215) VG $150

  3. Baer, Howard. Now This, Now That. NY, 1957, 1st, Holiday House. Cloth, 10½x832p, no DW. Baer is a modern American artist and New Yorker cartoonist. This book shows how things appear different from various points of view. GOOD $20

  4. Bagnold, Enid. Alice and Thomas and Jane. London, 1930, 1966, Heinemann. Cloth, 5¼x7½, 172p, DW. Charming childlike illustrations by the author’s daughter, Laurian Jones. The escapades of three young children, perhaps not unlike the author’s own, in a village by the sea. VG $20

  5. Baker, Deirdre. Becca At Sea. NY, 2007, 1st, Groundwood. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 165p, DW. Baker is children’s book reviewer for the Toronto Star and this is her first novel, which we enjoyed. A girl spends a summer with her Gran on a coastal island where she has a series of unusual adventures. FINE $20

  6. Bang, Molly. The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher (AIGA/Caldecott Honor). NY, 1980, 3rd, Four Winds. Cloth, 8¼x8¼, 48p, DW. A marvelous, wordless picturebook in which the author makes effective use of the “fadeaway girl” technique of Coles Phillips. FINE $24

  7. Bang, Molly. Wiley and the Hairy Man. NY, 1976, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth, 6¼x8¾, 64p, DW, XL, some marks. An African-American folk tale about an evil conjure man. GOOD $12

  8. Banner, Angela. Ant and Bee. London, 1950, 1972, Kaye & Ward. Glossy bds, 4¾x4, 109p, no DW. The first alphabetical story

for tiny tots. All the important words are printed in vermilion ink. Verging on the surreal, this absurd story is one of the best early readers ever produced. VG $100

35. Bannerman, Helen/Dobias, Frank. Little Black Sambo. NY, 1927, first thus, Macmillan. Pict bds, 6x6, 40p, no DW. Owner’s name tp. A clean and tight copy of this scarce title. The vivid color plates almost explode off the page. VG $150 36. Banyai, Istvan. Zoom. NY, 1995, paperback, Puffin. Pict wraps, 7x8¾, 44p. A wordless story composed of related images nesting infinitely within other images. FINE $10

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  1. Barber, Antonia/Bayley, Nicola. The Mousehole Cat. NY, 2001, 1 thus ,Walker. Cloth, 9¼x9¼, 32p, DW. An amusing cat fable, containing a CD with the story read by Sián Phillips. Brian Alderson refers to Bayley as the leading exponent of the émaux et camées school of illustration. He refers to Parnassianism, a French style between romanticism and symbolism characterized by precise and faultless workmanship. FINE $20

  2. Barker, Carol. The Boy and the Lion on the Wall. NY, 1963, 1stA, Watts. Cloth, 9¼x11, 40p, DW. A postmodern story in which a boy magically enters a tapestry at the invitation of a lion resident there and has some colorful adventures. VG $16

  3. Barker, Carol. Carol Barker's Birds and Beasts. NY, 1971, 1stA, Watts. Cloth, 11¼x9, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. A bestiary. GOOD $12

  4. Barksdale, Lena. The First Thanksgiving. NY, 1942, 1st, Knopf. Cloth, 5x7½, 57p, DW. Chiefly interesting for superb b&w drawings by Lois Lenski. VG $60

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Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) has an inviting style, with numerous allusions. He remarks that he feels the artist’s most important tool is rubber cement. Resonant quotation is a major device of modernism. Davenport’s metaphor is that Barthelme speaks through a surrealist megaphone, and traces aspects of this style to the collages of Max Ernst, and ultimately, to the bizarre little book (see item 387), from Victorian England, What A Life! An Autobiography. What A Life! takes b&w cuts from an Edwardian trade catalog to illustrate an imaginary biography. Style is the protagonist in Bathelme’s work. Davenport points out that Barthelme and Mark Twain are the only two writers who

achieved a vantage point outside their own world from which to regard it with impassioned irony and outrage.

  1. Barthelme, Donald. The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, or The Hithering Thithering Djinn (AIGA). NY, 1971, 1st, FSG. Cloth, 8¾x11¼, 32p, DW. The illustrations are a collage of b&w images clipped from 19th century trade catalogs. A little girl gets her wish for a fire engine. And Matilda’s father and mother, that gay and laughing couple, were very glad to have a bright green fire engine to ride in when they went out for an evening, and Matilda lent it to them whenever they wished. VG $105

  2. Base, Graeme. Animalia. NY, 1986, 1st, Abrams. Cloth, 9½x13½, 32p, DW. An alliterative ABC. VG $16

  1. Base, Graeme. Worst Band in the Universe. NY, 1999, 1st, Abrams. Cloth, 11x11, 48p, DW. A reverse music competition in outer space, comes with music CD of the winners. FINE $16

  2. Bawden, Nina. The Runaway Summer. NY, 1969, 5thA, Lippincott. Cloth, 5½x8185p, DW, XL, some marks. A victim of divorce wars vows to prove how bad she is and ends up in an adventure. Bawden spent 10 years as a London Magistrate and, no doubt, saw many children who were victims of divorceV. G $9

  3. Baylor, Byrd/Parnell, Peter. Desert Voices. NY, 1981, 1st, Scribner's. Cloth, 8½x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Delicate poems and sketches of the American West. GOOD $8

  4. Baylor, Byrd/Parnall, Peter. The Desert is Theirs (Caldecott Honor). NY, 1975, 1st., Scribner's. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. A sequel. VG $8

  5. Baylor, Byrd/Parnall, Peter. The Way to Start a Day (Caldecott Honor). NY, 1977, 1st, Scribner’s. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Face east and greet the sun as millions of our ancestors and others have done. VG $8

  6. Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. (Newbery Honor). NY, 1936, 1st, Viking. Blind stamped vermilion cloth, 7x9½, 96p. DW worn, trifle chipped, bookpl fep. Edited by May Massee, printed by Glaser, half-tone color pre-separations. Madeline makes her first cameo appearance in this story of Bruges, Belgium. Bem's father was a Belgian, and this book is about the adventures of two sisters with the son of the proprietor of their hotel, The Golden Basket. (Bader 60)

VG $240

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  1. Bemelmans, Ludwig. The Golden Basket. NY, 1936, 1 /JLG, Viking. Cloth,7½x9¾, 96p, DW. GOOD $120

    1. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline and the Gypsies. NY, 1959, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 9x12¼, 48p, DW. Madeline and

    2. Pepito, the boy next door, inadvertently join up with a traveling circus. VG $200
  2. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Quito Express. NY, 1938, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 9½x7¼, 48p, DW. A monochrome (brownish-red) conte crayon picturebook lithographed by Wm. Glaser. Story of a little Ecuadorian

Indian boy who gets lost on the train. VG $240

53. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Welcome Home. NY, 1960, 1st, Harper. Cloth, 10½x12¼, 32p, DW. Cloth spine, pict bds, 12½x10¼, 22p, no DW. Verse by Beverly Boggert celebrates how Reynard outwits the hunt - very foxy. Now that England has outlawed foxhunting, this patrician 'sport' is kept alive in the colonies. VG $75

54. Beretta, Roberto. The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog. Mantova, 2008, 1st, Corraini. Pict bds, 5½x7, 60p. A delightful color photo alphabet. See image left. FINE $32

55. Berger, Barbara. Grandfather Twilight. NY, 1984, 1st, Philomel. Cloth, 9¼x10, 32p, DW. A charming bedtime book about the moon for preschoolers.

FINE $25

56. Betjeman, John/Gili, Phillida. Archie and the Strict Baptists. NY, 1977, 1stA,

Lippincott. Cloth, 7½x10, 32p, DW. Author's only book for children, about a resourceful and committed teddy bear; completely charming. Lovely water-color illustration Vs.G $48

  1. Bettina [Ehrlich]. Piccolo. NY, 1954, first edition, HarperB. Cloth, 4¾x4, 64p, DW. A charming little book about a cute donkey, son of Cocolo, who becomes a movie star. FINE $200

  2. Bianco, Margery Williams. The Skin Horse. La Jolla, 1927, 1978 paperback, Green Tiger. Pict wraps, 5¾x8, 48p. Many little boys had outgrown the skin horse before he ended up in the hospital toy box and was adopted by his last child. Excellent illus in b&w and color by Pamela Bianco. GOOD $10

  3. [Bianco], née Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit. NY, 1922, 25th, Doubleday. Cloth, 6½x9½, 44p, DW. Illus by William Nicholson. The story of how toys become real. VG $12

  4. Billout, Guy. Number 24. NY, 1973, 3rd, HarlinQuist. Cloth, 7¾x7¾, 32p, DW. A man waiting at the bus stop for the 24 bus, observes a number of improbable vehicles come into violent conflict. FINE $20

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61. Blake, Peter. An Alphabet. London, 2007, 1 , Stolper Gallery. Glossy bds,9x12, c. 64p, no DW (as issued). Blake is a major modern graphic designer and artist in England. FINE $50

  1. Blegvad, Lenore. Moon-Watch Summer. NY, 1972, 3rd, HBJ. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 63p, DW. Perfect illustrations by Erik Blegvad. Adam has his heart set on watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, but is stranded at his grandmother's without a television set. He discovers that loyalty is more important than TV shows. FINE $24

  2. Bodecker, N.M./Winters, Nina. Carrot Holes and Frisbee Trees. NY, 1983, 2nd, . Cloth, 7¼x8¼, 40p, DW. When two keen gardeners create a market for their giant carrots, they become prisoners of their own success. VG $16

    1. Bojunga-Nunes, Lygia. The Companions. NY, 1989, 1stA, FSG. Cloth, 6¼x8,

    2. 58p, DW. Simple story about three animal friends, illust in b&w by Larry Wilkes. FINE $16
  3. Bojunga-Nunes, Lygia. My Friend the Painter. NY, 1987, 1stA, HBJ. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 84p, DW. Bojunga-Nunez is a popular Brazilian children’s book author, who won The Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1982. A lovely book about a boy’s acceptance of the death of his friend, an elderly painter. Nice illust by Christopher DeLorenzo. FINE $32

  4. Bontemps, Arna. Lonesome Boy. NY, 1955, 2nd, HMCo. Cloth, 5½x8½, 28p, DW. Number fep. Good b&w illus by Felix Topolski. A Louisiana boy learns to mind where he plays his trumpet - a cautionary ghost story. VG $32

    1. Bontemps, Arna & Conroy, Jack/Burton, Virginia Lee. The Fast Sooner Hound. NY, 1942, repr, HMCo. Cloth, 9½x8½, 28p, no DW. The hound dog who would sooner run than eat winds up racing a train. A scarce title. Really nice full color.

    2. GOOD$16
  5. Bontemps, Arna, & L./Turley, Peggy. The Pasteboard Bandit. NY, 1997, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 93p, DW, XL, few marks. Cheerful color illus. by Peggy Turley. From a manuscript in Yale's Beinecke Library, not published before. An Opie Library selection. A little boy on vacation in Mexico is given a 6" tall cardboard doll. FINE $16

  6. Boston, Lucy. The Sea Egg. NY, 1967, repr, HBJ. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 94p, DW. Illus by Peter Boston. A summer seaside fantasy set in Cornwall.

FINE $24

70. Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. NY, 2006, 1stA, Fickling. Cloth, 5¾x8, 216p, DW. Most of Boyne’s books have been or will be movies, and they read a bit like scripts since they move right along. The son of an SS officer finds his life uprooted when his father is transferred to duty overseeing a concentration camp in Germany. FINE $24

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Train. Cambridge , 2006, 1 ,Candlewick. Cloth, 7x8¼, 48p, DW. This hilarious picturebook is altogether different, composed of images, songs, words, music, and a CD all about dogs, and performed by a superb, if eclectic cast including Tom Waits, Chris Bacon, and others. One needs to be able to appreciate rock and roll. FINE $24

  1. Brett, Jan. Annie and the Wild Animals. NY, 1985, 1st, HMCo. Cloth, 8½x9¾, 32p, DW. The woodsie animals keep Annie company while her pet cat is gone. FINE $24

  2. Brooks, Bruce. Midnight Hour Encores. NY, 1986, 1st, HarperR. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 263p, DW, XL, few marks. Vivid and technical passages about the problems of a cello prodigy. VG $12

  1. Brooks, Bruce. The Moves Make the Man (Signed). NY, 1984, 4th ptg, HarperR. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 280p, DW. Superb first novel about middle school basketball as metaphor. FINE $24

  2. Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake. NY, 2007, 1stA, FSG. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 207p, DW. Fine story of a girl’s coming-of-age and family secrets in rural Canada.FINE $16

  3. Brooks, Walter. Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans. Woodstock, NY, 1949, 1998, Overlook. Cloth, 5¼x8, 243p, DW. Excellent facsimile reissue. Illus in b&w by Kurt Wiese. One of the last books in the series, full of spy-phobia and other '50's nonsense. FINE $24

  4. Brown, Margaret Wise. Willie's Adventures. NY, 1954, first edition, Young Scott. Cloth, 6x7½, 68p, DW. Illus in b&w by Crockett Johnson. Includes Willie's Animal, Willie's Pockets, and Willie's Walk. The latter was publ separately in 1944, illus by Lucienne Bloch. Events in a little boy's life. VG $200

  1. Browne, Anthony. The Shape Game. NY, 2003, 1st, FSG. Cloth, 11x11, 32p, DW. Pretty funny book about a family’s visit to an art museum. FINE $24

      2. Browne, Anthony. Through the Magic Mirror. NY, 1977, 1stA, Greenwillow. Cloth, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW. Browne has received many prizes for his work, including two Kate Greenaway Medals, something of a record. His first book is one of his best and contains many of the surrealist ideas he develops later. (see also item 415)

    1. FINE $35
  2. Burgess, Melvin. Lady, My Life as a Bitch. NY, 2001, 1stA, Holt. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 235p, DW. A rather nasty girl is turned into a dog and decides, in the end, to stay a dog. FINE $12

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  1. Byler, Linda. Lizzie. Sugarcreek, OH, 2003, 1 , self-published. Pict wraps, 5x8,282p, paperback. Part of the Buggy Spoke series relating the life of a modern-day Amish girl. The Old Order Amish are Swiss Anabaptists who continue to live much as they did in the early 18th century. They speak Alemannic German, mixed with some English among themselves. They are forbidden automobiles and line electricity. We have several Amish friends, one of whom has solar panels on his house to provide battery power electricity for lighting. When I expressed surprise at never having seen any solar panels on his house, Steve told me they were on the back side, away from the road and facing south. Also where the Bishop wouldn’t be constantly reminded of them. VG $12

  2. Cameron, Eleanor. Beyond Silence. NY, 1980, 1st, Dutton. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 197p, DW, XL, few marks. A teen age boy finds himself involved in both past and present while visiting a castle in Scotland. VG$8

  3. Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. NY, 2007, 4th, FSG. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 229p, DW. A modern story about a boy’s coming-of-age while he comes to terms with his own sexuality. FINE $16

  4. Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed. NY, 1970, PictureBook. Pict bds, 8¼x11¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. VG $10

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  1. Carle, Eric. Today is Monday. NY, 1993, 1 , Putnam. Glossy bds, 9¼x12¼, c.24p, DW. Each day of the week is linked to a new food and an animal.FINE $12

  2. Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider (Signed w/ inscription to a granddaughter). NY, 1984, 12th, Philomel. Cloth, 11¾x8½, 24p, DW. We watch and feel the life of the old barn as the heroine spins her golden web in textured ink. FINE $30

    3. Carle, Eric. Very Hungry Caterpillar. NY, 1994, 25th Anniversary Edition, Philomel. Cloth, 12x8½, 28p, DW. Brilliant use of collage and diecuts allow for surprise discoveries, while teaching counting, names of the days of the week,

and, perhaps, a lesson in metamorphosis. An appealing caterpillar dramatically transforms into a colorful butterfly. FINE $20

  1. Whipple, Laura/Carle, Eric. Dragons Dragons. NY, 1991, 1st, Philomel. Cloth, 9¼x11¾, 68p, DW. Colored cut-paper renderings of 30 mythical beasts accompanied by poems. VG $12

  2. Carlson, Natalie Savage. Alphonse, that Bearded One. NY, 1954, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 6¾x8¼, 78p, DW. Illustrated in b&w by Nicolas (Mordvinoff). A wry French Canadian tale of a man who trains a bear to take his place as a soldier. (Bader 404) VG $32

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90. Carlson, Natalie Savage. Evangeline, Pigeon of Paris. NY, 1960, 1 , HBJ.

Cloth, 6¾x8¼, 78p, DW. Illus by Nicolas Mordvinoff. A Parisian love story. FINE $24

  1. Carlson, Natalie Savage/Aruego, Jose and Arianna Dewey. Marie Louise's Heyday. NY, 1975, 1st, Scribner's. Cloth,8x10, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Marie Louise has to babysit a litter of rambunctious opossums instead of having a special day all to herself. VG $8

  2. Carrick, Carol/Carrick, Donald. In the Moonlight, Waiting. NY, 1990, 1st, HMCo. Cloth, 7½x6¼, 32p, DW. One spring night on a New England farm, a brother and sister steal out in the moonlight to watch the lambing. FINE $10

  3. Carrick, Carol/Carrick, Donald. Left Behind. NY, 1988, 1st., HMCO, NY. Cloth, 9¼x8¾, 32p, DW. On the way home from a class trip, Christopher is stranded alone at a strange subway station. It looks a lot more strange now, but then Boston is always evolving. FINE $16

  4. Carrick, Donald/Carrick. Harald and the Great Stag. NY, 1988, 1st., HMCo. Cloth, 9x11½, 30p, DW, XL, few marks. Set in the Middle Ages, this picturebook pits a brave little boy against the hunt. FINE $12

Lewis Carroll was the first artist, in his photographs, to show children as they are, rather than as small adults. This sympathy for children is one of the things which makes the Alice books a success. It is a rare quality shared by William Mayne. One can’t know how widely Carroll exhibited his child photographs to artist friends and the like. However, within 20 years the representation of children in art through the work of Renoir, Cassatt, Manet, and Morrisot redefined childhood. Also from this time dolls changed from adult models to childlike ones. Alice is 7 years old and a convincing, if advanced, heroine. The books are considered literary nonsense, surely an experimental genre. They appeal on many levels and have numerous postmodern ideas, for example, The Long Tale.

  1. Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. NY, 1988, 1st thus, Knopf. Cloth, 7¾x11¼, 118p, DW. Illustrated in full color by Anthony Browne. FINE $24

    2. Carroll, Lewis/Baker, Kyle. Through

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the Looking-Glass. NY, 1990, 1 thus,Classics. Pict wraps, 6½x10¼, c. 48p. A full color graphic novel version. FINE $10

  1. [Carroll] Gardner, Martin. More Annotated Alice. NY, 1990, second revised edition, Random. Cloth, 8¼x10¾, 363p, DW. An essential tool, containing the original material (of 1960) greatly expanded by further research and the communication of various scholars. FINE $32

  2. [Carroll] Adair, Gilbert. Alice Through the Needle's Eye. NY, 1984, 1st, Dutton. Cloth, 5½x7½, 184p, DW, XL, some marks. An Alice pastiche with drawings by Jenny Thorne. GOOD $9

    3. [Carroll] Hinde, Thomas. Lewis Carroll,

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Looking-Glass Letters. NY, 1991, 1 ,Rizzoli. Bds, 10x8, 160p, DW. A selection of letters illustrated by the author. VG $12

100. [Carroll] King, Gerald M. Alice Through the Pillar-box, and What She Found

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There. London, 1988, 1 , Deutsch. Bds, 8x10, c. 48p, DW. An amusing

philatelic fantasy, told through imaginary postage stamps and cancelled covers. FINE $36

      [Carroll] Smullyan, Raymond. Alice in Puzzle-land. NY. 1982, 1st, Morrow. Half cloth, perfectbind, 6¾x9½, DW. Illus by Greer Fitting. No one who knows Smullyan can fail to be impressed by his charm and genuine personal warmth. This series of logical puzzles, based on ALICE, is every bit as amusing and effective as his previous investigations of Sherlock Holmes and of the Tao.

    1. FINE $20
  1. Chang, Margaret & Raymond. In the Eye of War. NY, 1990, 1st, McElderry. Cloth, 5½x8½, 198p, DW, XL, few marks. Based on Raymond’s experiences as a boy in Shanghai during WWII, it really deals with his reconciliation with his father.

FINE $10

  1. Charlip, Remy. Arm in Arm (AIGA). NY, 1969, 1st, Parents’. Cloth, 7½x10¼, 40p, DW. Thoroughly postmodern child nonsense, or a collection of connections, endless tales, reiterations, and echolalia. One sign reads, “DO NOT READ THIS SIGN.” Charlip is also the author of the charming little book of perfectly blank pages, It Looks Like Snow. (Bader 623) VG $24

  2. Charlip, Remy. Fortunately. NY, 1964, Parents Magazine Press. Cloth, 7½x10, c 40p, no DW, XL, some marks. An alternation between color and B/W, as the plot alternates between "fortunately" and "unfortunately" is a masterpiece. (Bader 618) GOOD $20

  3. Charlip, Remy & Supree, Burton. Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick, Send for the

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Doctor Quick, Quick, Quick. NY, 1966, 1 , Parents’. Pict cloth, 7½x10½, 28p,no DW. A child’s jump-rope rhyme turned into a stage shadow play. (Bader 622) VG $36

  1. Chase, Mary. Mrs.McThing. NY, 1952, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 142p, DW. As a child I saw the play on Broadway starring Helen Hays and thrilled to every minute. A wealthy boy has everything, but is stolen by a witch who leaves a stick to replace him. The boy winds up in a pool hall with a gang of burglars. Wonderful illustrations by Madeline Gekiere and Helen Sewell. VG $32

  2. Christiana, David. Drawer in a Drawer. NY, 1990, 1st, FSG. Cloth, 8x10½, 32p, DW. Another pastiche of Harold and the Purple Crayon. VG $12

  3. Christiana, David. The Tooth Fairy's Tale. NY, 1994, 1st., FSG. Cloth, 8½x12, 32p, DW. How a fairy outwits a giant and saves her mother. FINE $12

  4. Clifton, Lucille/Ness, Evaline. Some of the Days of Everett Anderson. NY, 1970, 1st, Holt. Cloth, 9x8¼, 32p, DW. Bader remarks that Clifton’s lovely first book gives us a little black boy’s any-child idiom. VG $60

  5. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Personal Geography. Brattleboro, 1976, 1st, Stephen Greene. Cloth, 6x8½, 192p, DW. Almost an autobiography. VG $30

  6. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. They Walk in the Night. NY, 1969, 1st, Norton. Cloth, 9¼x7¼, 64p, DW. A story of an Africa which only exists in the heroine’s mind, illust with woodcuts by Stefan Martin. VG $7

  7. Coatsworth, Elizabeth/Domanska, Janina. Under the Green Willow. NY, 1971, 1st, Greenwillow. Cloth, 7½x6¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. This charming little book was the inspiration for the publisher’s name. VG $10

  8. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Very Steady and Shining (Signed). NY, 1983, 1st., Coatsworth. Wraps, 5½x8½, 32p. A selection of letters to friends and family for Christmas when she was 90. FINE $20

  1. Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Signed). NY, 1986, paperback, HarperC. Wraps, 5x7¼, 261p. Out of sympathy for a disfigured girl, a high school swimmer refuses to deal with his weight problem. FINE $12

  2. Cullen, Countee. The Lost Zoo. NY, 1940, 1969, Follett. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 95p, DW, XL, some marks.Illus by Joseph Low. Cullen was a brilliant black poet and teacher. Educated at Harvard and the Sorbonne, he chose to spend his life teaching in a Harlem junior high school. The Lost Zoo, his only children's book, is a collection of humorous poems about the animals who didn't make it into Noah's Ark. VG $15

    3. Cullum, Albert. The Geranium on the Window Sill Just Died But Teacher You

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Went Right On (AIGA). NY, 1971, 3 , Harlin Quist. Cloth, 9¼x6¼, 64p, DW.Various illustrators. A child's-eye view of the 'ordinary day' in school. It shocks some adults, but for children, there is only the shock of recognition. VG $32

  1. Cullum, Albert. You Think Just Because You're Big You’re Right. NY, 1976, HarlinQuist. Cloth, 9¼x6¼, 64p, DW. A controversial book of poems based on children's quotes; illustrated by some of the best Quist artists: Guy Billout, Jacques Rozier, Henri Galeron, and Patrick Couratin. VG $24

  2. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. NY, 1962, 1st, Doubleday. Cloth, 9x12¼, 192p, DW, a bit chipped. Review copy from The Horn Book Library. Excellent retellings supported by the D'Aulaire's unforgettable pictures. VG $60

  3. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Don't Count Your Chicks (AIGA). NY, 1943, 1st, Doubleday. Cloth, 9¼x10¼, 36p, DW chipped and worn. Illustrated proverb comes to life. Brilliant colors. VG $200

    4. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Don't Count Your Chicks (AIGA). NY, 1943, 1st, Doubleday. Cloth, 9¼x10¼, 36p, no DW.

GOOD $50

145. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. The Lord’s Prayer (Protestant Version). NY,

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1934, 1 , Doubleday. Cloth spine, 9½x11½, c. 32p, no DW. Rubbed and with inscription fep.

GOOD $50

146. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Ola and Blakken and Line, Sine, Trine (100). NY, 1933, 1st., Doubleday. Cloth, 9x12, 36p, DW. What a scary and superlative tale of great boldness as the young boy, Ola, saves his three sisters and the village from the terrible Troll-cock. FINE $300

    1. D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin. Pocahontas. NY, 1946, 1st, Doubleday/JLG. Cloth, 9x12¼, 40p, DW, chipped and worn. By a curious juxtaposition it was immigrants like the D'Aulaires who best articulated the American dream. This story of an Indian Princess torn from her native land is beautifully rendered; we see her as a young girl as pretty and sweet as her father was ugly and cruel.

    2. VG $75
    1. Dahl, Roald. Danny the Champion of the World. NY, 1975, 1st, Knopf. Cloth, 6¼x9½, 198p, DW. Small owner’s inscrip, fep. Illus by Jill Bennett. Danny's father gives him something much more valuable than social respectability.

    2. FINE $65
  1. Dahl, Roald. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. NY, 1977, 1st., Knopf. Cloth, 5½x8½, 225p, DW. A collection of short stories from various magazines, mostly for older children or 'growns'. VG $32

  2. Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble(Newbery Honor/Lewis Carroll Shelf). NY, 1954, 4th ptg, Scribner’s. Cloth, 6x8, 54p, DW, XL, few marks. Illus by Leonard Weisgard. Based on the true story of a pioneer girl who accompanies her father west to carve a homestead out of the forest. VG $10

  3. Dalgliesh, Alice. The Davenports Are At Dinner. NY, 1948, 1st., Scribner’s. Cloth, 6x8182p, DW. Illus by Flavia Gag. A modern family overcomes a number of problems to make a successful radio program from their dinner table. VG $12

  4. Dalgliesh, Alice/Baumeister, Theodora (or Margaret). The Little Wooden

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Farmer, and The Story of The Forest Pool. NY, 1936, 4 ptg, Macmillan. Cloth,9½x6¾, 32p, facsimile DW, XL, some marks. Two stories in one book. VG $10

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    1. Dalgliesh, Alice. Sailor Sam. NY, 1935, 1 ,

    2. Scribner’s. Pict bds, 5½x6½, c. 40p, no DW. Cute deco-style story of a marooned sailor. VG $20
  1. Dalgliesh, Alice. The Silver Pencil. (Newbery Honor). NY, 1944, 1st, Scribner’s. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 235p, DW. Illus by Katherine Milhous. The story of Janet's girlhood, from her early years in Trinidad to her years as a student at Columbia Teacher's College in the '20's. VG $40

  2. Damjan, Mischa/Józef Wilkon. The Fake

Flamingos. Np, 1987, 1st, North-South. Cloth, 8¾x11½, 28p, DW. Mrs. Stork is so impressed with the lovely pink color of flamingoes, she persuades her husband to try it out. FINE $10

  1. Davenport, Guy. Belinda's World-Tour. NY, 1991, limited #22, signed, Dim Grey Bar. Half cloth, pict bds, 8¼x6, 40p. Illus by Deborah Norden. The only children's book by this important American author and poet is a really neat story, originally suggested by an anecdote about Franz Kafka. FINE $200

  2. Day, Alexandra. Frank and Ernest. NY, 1988, 1st, Scholastic. Cloth spine, 7½x11¼, c. 40p, DW. The heros are a bear and an elephant who become temporary short order cooks in a diner. A cool feature of these books is the slang dictionary for the theme. VG $12

      3. Day, Alexandra. Frank and Ernest Play Ball. NY, 1990, 1st, Scholastic. Cloth

    1. spine , 7½x11¼, c. 40p, DW. Our heros show their enthusiasm for baseball. VG $12
  3. Day, Alexandra. Frank and Ernest on the Road. NY, 1994, 1st, Scholastic. Glossy bds, 7½x11¼, c. 40p, DW. Getting a job driving a truck. FINE $12

  4. Day, Alexandra. Paddy's Pay Day. NY, 1989, 1st, Viking. Pict bds, 7½x11¼, c. 40p, DW. Cute story of a circus dog and how he spends his monthly pay package. VG $12

  5. Day, Alexandra. River Parade. NY, 1990, 1st, Viking. Glossy bds, 7½x11¼, c. 40p, DW. A boy spends a hot day on a river with his dad. VG $12

  6. Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Cleveland, 1946, 1st thus, World. Cloth, 5½x8¾, 288p, DW, chipped. Abridged edition illust by Roger Duvoisin.VG $10

  7. Demi. Liang and the Magic Paintbrush. NY, 1980, 4th, Holt. Bds, 8¼x8¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Everything Liang paints comes to life, which excites the emperor’s greed. VG $8

  8. Dennis, Wesley. Holiday. NY, 1946, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 10¼x8½, 60p, DW. A horse story. VG $45

      9. DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. NY, 2006, 1st., Candlewick. Cloth, 7x8¼, 198p, DW. Lovely illus in b&w and color by Bagram Ibatoulline. The travels of a rabbit in a heart-warming toys-become-real story.

    1. FINE $50
  9. Dickens, Charles. Seven Poor Travelers. Cleveland, OH, 1932, ltd, #139/600, private ptg (letterpress). Cloth spine, 5¼x8, 48p, no DW. Another Christmas story, illus with linoleum blocks by Corydon Bell. VG $24

  10. Dickinson, Peter. The Dancing Bear. NY, 1972, 2nd, Gollancz. Cloth, 5¼x8, 237p, DW. Illus by David Smee. An historical novel set during the fall of Byzantium. VG $20

  11. Dickinson, Peter. Eva. NY, 1989, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth, 6½x9½, 219p, DW, XL, some marks. Dickinson’s most postmodern story is set some centuries in

the future. Eva suffers a fatal injury, but her life is saved by transplanting her brain into a chimpanzee's body. VG$10

  1. Dickinson, Peter. Shadow of a Hero. NY, 1994, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 290p, DW. Following the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe an exiled family in London returns to their homeland. FINE $15

  2. Disch, Thomas (1940-2008). The Brave Little Toaster. NY, 1986, 1st, Doubleday. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 78p, DW. Illus by Karen Lee Schmidt. A new classic

of science fiction, immortalized indirectly by the popular screen saver and directly by a movie made in 1987. The story first appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1980. It is a marvelous fantasy about the unlikely adventures of a group of household appliances. FINE $150

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  1. Dunbar, Polly. Penguin. Cambridge, MA, 2007, 1 , Candlewick. Pict bds,8x10, c. 32p. A rather amusing story for preschool children, by a young English illustrator. A boy encounters a penguin who refuses to talk. After some adventures the penguin does so, but not in human language. AS NEW $32

  2. E.C./Various. Mad For Keeps. NY, 1958, 1st, Crown. Cloth, 8¼x11, 128p, DW. Will Elder & Harvey Kurtzman’s famous comic, with an introduction by Ernie Kovacks. Illus by Elder, Jack Davis, Don Wood, et al. VG $24

  3. Ehlert, Lois. Circus (AIGA). NY, 1992, 1st, HarperCollins. Glossy bds, 9¼x12¼, 32p, no DW, XL. Bright and bold, big and colorful circus acts, with a ringmaster's explanation of the action. FINE $24

  4. Ehlert, Lois. Nuts to You (AIGA). NY, 1993, 1st, HBJ. Glossy bds, 8¼x12¼, 32p, DW. Account of the author’s war with a grey squirrel, fought over her back yard bird feeder. VG $24

  5. Ehlert, Lois. Snowballs. NY, 1995, 1st, HBJ. Glossy bds, 11¼x10¼, c. 28p, no DW, XL, few marks. Ideas and examples of making snowmen. FINE $10

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  1. Ehlert, Lois. Top Cat. NY, 1998, 1 , HBJ. Glossy bds, 7¼x12¼, c. 32p, DW.The family cat is number one until a stranger arrives to shake things upF.INE $12

  2. Elborn, Andrew/Susi Bohdal. Bird Adalbert. Natick MA, 1974, 1st US, Picture Book Studio. Glossy bds, 9½x8¾, 32p, DW, XL, few marks. A vain bird wishes for fine feathers, but finds it lonely being prettiest. Wonderful color ills with a crocheted texture. FINE $12

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178. Eliot, Ethel Cook. The Wind Boy. NY, 1923, 1945, 1 thus, Viking. Cloth,5¾x8¼, 244p, DW. Illus by Robert Hallock. An artist flees war-torn central Europe and works to reunite her family in a strange land. VG $50

  1. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Away Goes Sally. NY, 1934, 24th, Macmillan. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 122p, DW. Illus by Helen Sewell. Sally is the author's most enduring heroine, a true pioneer. Sally and her house move to Maine on runners.VG $30

  2. Collodi, C. Pinocchio. NY, 1946, Random. Pict bds, 8x11¼, c. 64p, no DW. Illus by Lois Lenski. VG $16

      3. Collodi, Carlo. The Adventures of Pinocchio. NY, 1988, 1stUS, Knopf. Cloth,

    1. 8¾x11¾, 142p, DW. Wonderfully illustrated in color by Roberto Innocenti. FINE $32
  3. Colvin, Andrew/Lapointe, Claude. Top O' the Tom. NY, 1975, 1st, HarlinQuist. Pict wraps, 7½x7½, 32p. Tom rides the sun and peeks into every town and valley to awaken people. VG $12

    4. Conrad, Pam/Egielski, Richard. Tub Grandfather. NY, 1993, 1st, Harper.

Cloth, 11¼x9¼, 32p, DW. How Grandfather is found and rejoins his little family. FINE $12

  1. Conrad, Pam/Egielski, Richard. The Tub People. NY, 1989, 1st, Harper. Cloth, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW. Cute story of a family of wooden dolls. FINE $20

  2. Cooney, Barbara. Island Boy. NY, 1988, 1stS, Viking. Cloth, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW. Lovely, full-color, detailed pictures of life on a Maine island. The history of a family that has spent 4 generations there. VG $45

  3. Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius. NY, 1982, 39th, Viking. Cloth, 10½x8¼, 32p, DW. Miss Rumphius chooses an unusual way to fulfill her grandfather's charge to "make the world more beautiful." FINE $12

  4. Whiteley Boulton, Jane/Cooney, Barbara. Only Opal. NY, 1994, 1st, Philomel. Cloth, 8x11¼, 32p, DW. Selections from the 1910 diary of a young girl in Oregon. FINE $30

  5. Houston, Gloria / Cooney, Barbara. Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. NY, 1988, 1st, Dial. Cloth, 9¾x10½, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Wonderful Appalachian Christmas story, c. 1918. VG $7

  6. Cooper, Susan. The Grey King (Newbery Medal). NY, 1975, 2nd, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x9½, 208p, DW. Illus by Michael Heslop. Fourth in The Dark is Rising sequence, set in Wales. VG $20

  7. Cooper, Susan/Hutton, Warwick. The Silver Cow. NY, 1983, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth, 8½x10¼, 32p, DW. A Welsh folk tale. VG $18

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  1. Cooper, Susan. Silver on the Tree. NY, 1977, 7th, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 269p, DW, XL, some marks. Fifth and concluding book in The Dark is Rising sequence. VG $20

  2. Crews, Donald. Light. NY, 1981, 1st, Greenwillow. Glossy bds, 10¼x832p, DW. Vivid supergraphics. FINE $36

  3. Crews, Donald. School Bus. NY, 1984, 7th, Greenwillow. Cloth, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. VG $15

  4. Cross, Gillian. Born of the Sun. NY, 1983, 1st US, Holiday House/JLG. Bds, 5½x8½, 229p, DW, XL. A search for the lost Inca city of Atahualpa. VG $8

  5. Cross, Gillian. On The Edge. NY, 1984, 1st US, Holiday. Half cloth, 5¾x8½, 170p, DW, XL. A kidnaped boy is rescued by a brave and observant Derbyshire village girl. VG $10

  6. Cross, Gillian. Roscoe’s Leap. NY, 1987, 1st US, Holiday House/JLG. Glossy bds, 5½x8½, 160p, DW, XL. A scary story of almost-remembered terror in which a collection of wind-up toys plays a major role. FINE $8

  7. Cross, Gillian. The Ironway. London, 1979, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 131p, no DW. Illus by Tony Morris. Social upheaval came with the building of a railroad through a remote English village. GOOD $8

    1. Crutcher, Chris. Ironman. NY, 1995, Greenwillow. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 181p, DW. Bo, at 17, is a tri-athlete dedicated to extreme workouts, and burdened with a short temper and a dysfunctional family. Written with a light touch and a penetrating understanding of what drives self-destructive adolescent behavior.

    2. FINE $15
  8. Crutcher, Chris. Running Loose (Signed). NY, 1983, paperback, Greenwillow. Wraps, 5x7, 216p. A tight, exciting football story. FINE $12

  9. Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill (Signed). NY, 2005, 4th, Greenwillow. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 230p, DW. A dead companion returns to help his friend overcome emotional trauma. One detail almost defines postmodern: the author appears as a fictional character in his book. FINE $16

  10. Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill. NY, 2005, paperback, Greenwillow. Wraps, 5x7, 230p. FINE $6

  11. Crutcher, Chris. Stotan! (Signed). NY, 1986, paperback, HarperC. Wraps, 5x7¼, 261p. An outstanding tri-athletic coach has a tragic past. FINE $12

179. Eliot, T.S. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. NY, 1939, 14th, HBJ. Cloth, STF, 6¼x8¾, 46p, DW. A wonderful collection of cat poems, popularized by the stage production, Cats. Addresses all serious cat concerns from naming to respectful forms of address, and immortalizing colorful characters, from Jennyanydots to Firefrorefiddle. VG $20

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  1. Ellis, Sarah. The Several Lives of Orphan Jack. Toronto, 2003, 1 ,Groundwood. Bds, 5¾x8¾, 84p, DW, XL, few marks. Illus by Bruno St. Aubin. Cheerful orphan Jack is not unlike the author, amusing and full of sensational ideas. VG $10

  2. Enright, Elizabeth. Gone-Away Lake (Newbery honor). NY, 1957, 6th, HBJ. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 192p, DW, XL, few marks. Illus by Beth and Joe Krush. An old, deserted (almost) summer lake community provides adventures and excitement. VG $10

  3. Enright, Elizabeth. The Saturdays. NY, 1955, 2nd, Holt. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 174p, DW. Illus by the author. In a not-very-rich, motherless family, each of the four children in turn gets to choose what they all will do on their only free day each week. Illus in b&w by the author. VG $150

  4. Fadiman, Edwin, Jr./Mikolaycak, Charles. Feast Day. Boston, 1973, 1st, LBCo. Cloth, 5½x9½, 91p, DW. A story of a day in the life of Joan of Arc V. G $12

    5. Farjeon, Eleanor. The Little Bookroom

(Carnegie Medal). NY, 1956, 1stUS, Walck. Cloth, 5¾x8¾, 302p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Edward Ardizzone. These great stories from the master minstrel deservedly won a medal. (Bader 576) VG $15

    Fatio, Louise/Duvoisin, Roger. A Doll for Marie. NY, 1957, 1st, Whittlesey. Cloth, 7¼x10, 24p, DW. How Marie gets the doll of her dreams; contains a separate 4"x5" paperback version in a pocket at the front for the doll to have her own copy of the story. VG $90

  1. Felix, Monique. The Story of a Little Mouse Trapped in a Book.. San Diego, 1980, 1st, Green Tiger. Glossy bds, 5x6, 26p, no DW (as issued). The classic wordless postmodern story. When a mouse finds himself trapped in a book, he rushes about and finally chews along a corner and lifts it to reveal that he is high above the earth. He continues cutting around the edge until he has a square of paper from which he fashions a paper airplane. FINE $36

    1. Fine, Anne. Bad Dreams. NY, 2000, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth spine, 6x8½, 133p, DW, XL, few marks. A story of modern magic blurs the line between author and book as a true friendship develops between two 10-year-old girls.

    2. VG $10
  1. Fisher, Aileen/Carle, Eric. Feathered Ones and Furry. NY, 1971, 1st., Crowell. Cloth, 8¼x8¼, 38p, DW, XL, usual marks. Animal poems and woodcuts. GOOD$8

  2. Fleischman, Paul/Ibatoulline, Bagram. The Animal Hedge. Cambridge, MA, 2003, 1st, Candlewick. Cloth, 10x11, 32p, DW. Wonderful story of a farmer, his three sons, and what may be a magical hedge, illustrated in the style of 18th C. American Primitive art which is very effective. FINE $24

  3. Fleischman, Paul. Breakout. NY, 2003, 1st, Cricket. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 124p, DW, XL, some marks. Fleischman is a completely satisfying storyteller. About an orphaned girl growing up in LA. We watch her life become transformed into art, heartache into comedy, and solitude into connection. VG $8

191. Foreman, George/Martin, Whitney. Let George Do It. NY, 2005, 1st, S&S. Cloth, 8¾x11¼, 32p, DW. Unlikely as it may seem , the World Champion heavyweight boxer has written a funny book about his large family. Shades of Gene Tunny.

FINE $24

192. Françoise. Fanchette and

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Jeannot. NY, 1937, 1 , G&D. Pictbds, 9½x10¾, c. 32p, no DW. Worn and lt soil. Charming French provincial style story of childhood sweethearts. GOOD $32

193. Françoise. Noel for Jeanne-Marie. NY, 1953, 13th,

Scribner’s. Cloth, 8¼x10, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. GOOD $12

194. Frasconi, Antonio. The Snow and the Sun /La Nieve y el Sol. NY, 1961, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, missing piece from front. A cumulative rhyme in two languages with expressive woodcuts. GOOD $20

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Don Freeman (1908-1978) was an artist and superb draftsman of the Ashcan School of realism and was deeply involved with the theater in New York during the 1930s and 40s. He was introduced to children’s books by William Saroyan, another Californian. As Bader remarks, he was lucky to encounter William Coleman at Viking, who was a fan of Dynabase, (see above) a thin plastic medium with a slightly grained surface, which could be directly exposed to film, without the need for camera or halftone. (Similar to Plastocowell, which became the medium of choice for Keeping and Hale). In Freeman’s hands it renders his colored pencils with a luminous, almost tactile quality.

  1. Freeman, Don. Beady Bear. NY, 1954, 16th, Viking. Cloth, 9½x7¼, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. A picaresque story of an abandoned teddy bear who finds that all the comforts don’t make home. (Bader 270) GOOD $8

  2. Freeman, Don. Corduroy. NY, 1968, 19th ptg, Viking. Pict bds, 9x8, 32p, no DW, XL, some marks and wear. One of our 100 best books of the century, about how a department store

bear finds a happy home. GOOD $8

  1. Freeman, Don. Dandelion (Signed). NY, 1964, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 10x8½, 48p, DW. A lion tries to improve on nature with disappointing results. A deadpan classic. (Bader 272) VG $150

  2. Freeman, Don. The Guard Mouse. NY, 1967, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 8½x11¼, 48p, DW. The Petrini family (mice), from Freeman's earlier books, visit their cousin Clyde in London and he shows them around. VG $275

    1. Freeman, Don. Mop Top. NY, 1955, 1970

    2. paperback, Viking. Wraps, 7½x9, 32p. Clean and tight. A very real little boy becomes the object of a joke, told with a straight face and vivid sketches. (Bader 271) VG $6
  1. Freeman, Don. A Rainbow of My Own. NY, 1966, 11th, Viking. Cloth, 9¼x7½, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. A lark in the spring rains w/ a little boy dressed for the weather. GOOD $10

    1. Freeman, Don. Tilly Witch. NY, 1969, 4th, Viking. Cloth, 7¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. Tilly gets an “F” in witch school, but rides a surfboard and has a lot of fun, young readers will too.

    2. GOOD $8
  2. French, Fiona. Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone. Boston, 1991, 1st, LBCo. Glossy bds, 9x11, 28p, DW. A Jamaican folktale about how the poor, but clever fool wins the princess. VG $16

  3. French, Fiona. Snow White in New York (Greenaway Medal). NY, 1986, 1st, OUP. Glossy bds, 8½x11¼, 32p, DW. Classic tale transferred to jazz-age New York. FINE $40

  4. Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart. NY, 2003, 1stUS, Scholastic. Cloth, 6¼x8, 534p, DW, XL, some marks. The perfect postmodern story in that the characters in a book escape from their pages and put two children at risk to control the dangerous magic which threatens their lives. First in a trilogy. VG $12

  5. Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord. NY, 2000, 1stUS, Scholastic. Half cloth, 5¾x8½, 349p, DW. Exciting story of how two brothers run away and join a gang of street children in Venice. Strong characters and well plotted. FINE $45

  6. Gág, Wanda. The ABC Bunny. (Newbery Honor). NY, 1933, 28th, Coward-McCann. Buckram, 8¾x11¼, 40p, DW, XL rebind, usual marks. An alphabetical day in the life of a bunny. (Bader 41) GOOD $9

  7. Gág, Wanda. The Funny Thing. NY, 1929, 1st, Coward-McCann. Cloth, 9¾x6¾, 48p, unmated later edition DW. Bobo invents jumjills to tempt the doll-eating aminal away from his troublesome diet. (Bader 38) VG $100

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  1. Gág, Wanda. Tales from Grimm. NY, 1936, 4 ptg, Coward McCann. Cloth,6¼x8, 237p, DW, chipped. Owner’s name tp. Gág's ear for the language of these stories makes this still the best translation there is, besides supplying great b&w illus. VG $50

  2. Gaiman, Neil/Russell, P. Craig. Coraline. NY, 2008, 1st (graphic novel), HarperC. Glossy bds, 6¼x9¼, 186p, DW. Our regular readers will recall the

enthusiasm with which we greeted Coraline. This is the same story, but in an entirely new way, as a graphic novel, making it seem closer to the oral tradition. An example of graphicy. We prefer the original British edition, without pictures. This version is less spooky, but also very interesting. FINE $32

  1. Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book (Newbery Medal). London, 2008, Children’s Edition, Bloomsbury. Bds, 5¾x8½, 312p, DW. FSC (It is ancient-forest friendly), decorated slipcase. Illus by Chris Riddell. The book alludes to The Jungle Book. The dustjacket blurb “It takes a graveyard to raise a child”, may say it best, but that’s no help if you haven’t read it. Kipling may have said it better [about his own work], “Since the tales had to be read by children, before people realized they were meant for grown-ups...I worked the material in three or four overlaid tints and textures, which might or might not reveal themselves according to the shifting light of sex, youth, and experience.” We loved it. AS NEW $200

    1. Gantschev, Ivan. Journey of the Storks. NY, 1983, 1stUS, Neugebauer. Cloth, 8¼x11¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. We follow a family of storks on their annual migration. Gantchev has a relaxed style of watercolors on damp paper.

    2. VG $9
  2. Gantschev, Ivan. Two Islands. NY, 1985, 1st, Picture Book Studio. Cloth, 8x11½, 32p, DW. A modern parable which contrasts two styles of life.FINE $12

  3. Gardam, Jane. A Long Way From Verona. NY, 1971, 1stUS, Macmillan. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 190p, DW. Jessica Vye is a writer ("beyond all possible doubt") and her passion for telling the truth has unexpected and often humorous consequences; set in WWII England. FINE $50

  4. Garne, S.T./Etre, Lisa. One White Sail. NY, 1992, 1st, Green Tiger. Cloth, 10¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. A Jamaican counting out book.GOOD $7

  5. Garnett, Eve. The Family from One End Street (Carnegie Medal). NY, 1937, 1960 reprint, Vanguard. Bds, 5½x8½, 208p, DW. A lovely, here-and-now story about a family of the working poor, a first at the time. FINE $32

  6. Garner, Alan/Trowski, Albin. The Breadhorse. London, 1975, 1st, Collins. Cloth, 7¾x10½, 30p, DW. Learning to live with playground persecution. VG $45

  7. Gerstein, Mordicai. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Caldecott Medal). Brookfield, CT, 2003, 1st, Roaring Brook Press. Glossy bds, 8½x11¼, 32p, DW. The dramatic story of Philippe Petit and the event that even Baudrillard must consider as having happened, and Lacan perhaps considers un objet petit-a. FINE $200

  8. Ginsburg, Mirra/Zemach, Margot. The Chinese Mirror. NY, 1988, 1st, HBJ. Cloth spine, bds, sidesewn, 9¼x10, 32p, DW. A really funny book, based on a Korean folktale. A merchant returns home with a secret treasure, a mirror, from

a trip to China. Every person in his household discovers a different scary monster when they look at themselves. VG $16

  1. Goble, Paul. The Death of the Iron Horse. NY, 1987, 3rd, Bradbury. Glossy bds, 10½x8, 32p, DW. Goble’s stories are splendidly conceived and rendered by an Englishman who became enthralled with the place of native Americans in US history, and ultimately was adopted into a tribe. This book relates an incident of Cheyenne history, Aug. 7, 1867, the sole time an Iron Horse met its death at Indian hands. FINE $16

    1. Godden, Rumer. The Dolls' House. London, 1947, 1st , Michael Joseph. Cloth, 5½x8¾, 112p, DW, few chips. Four charming full page color pls. by Dana Saintsbury. Author’s first book was meant to be a miniature novel. A renovated early Victorian doll's house and its residents are taken in hand by Tottie, an old farthing doll. See also The Doll People, item

    2. 397. An interesting comparison can be drawn between these two doll stories, on the one hand, sentimental and evocative, and, on the other, funny and dramatic. VG $125
    1. Godden, Rumer. The Diddakoi. NY, 1972, Viking reprint. Blue cloth spine, 5x8, 150p, DW. Engaging

    2. story of an orphan half-gypsy girl who has to adjust to attending an English village school. Source for a movie. VG $16
  2. Godden, Rumer. The Dragon of Og. NY, 1981, 1stUS, Viking. Cloth, 6¼x9½, 60p, DW, XL, but exceedingly clean and tight. Illus in color and b&w by Pauline Baynes. A Scottish Lowland legend, retold and refurbished, about a lord who gets tired of paying tribute to the dragon who lives in his section of the river. VG $15

  3. Godden, Rumer. The Kitchen Madonna. NY, 1967, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 89p, DW. Nice color illus by Carol Barker. A strong bond forms between the new cook in a London mansion and the young son of its owner.

FINE $24

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224. Goodman, Andy. It was so quiet I could hear a pin drop. Mantova, 2008, 1 ,Corraini. Pict wraps, 8½x8½, c. 36p. Goodman is a graphic designer in London. This simple picturebook contrasts various sounds through the use of 19th century cuts. AS NEW $36

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225. Graham, Margaret Bloy. Benjy and His Friend Fifi. NY, 1968, 1 , HarperR.Cloth, 8x11, 32p, DW, XL, few marks. Graham divorced Gene Zion in 1968. Benjy is a cute mixed breed dog, who cures a little poodle of jitters over a dog show. VG $12

226. Graham, Margaret Bloy. Benjy and the Barking Bird. NY, 1971, WRBC/HarperR. Pict cloth, 8x11, 32p, no DW. Benjy rescues a parrot. VG $8

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227. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. NY, 1980, 2 , Holt. Cloth,8¼x10¼, 205p, DW. Illus in color t/o by Michael Hague. VG $24

228. Greenberg, Polly/Aliki. Oh Lord,

I Wish I Was a Buzzard (AIGA). NY, 1968, 2002, Macmillan. Glossy bds, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW. One of the first black identity picturebooks. Picking cotton on a hot day, a little girl wishes she were the birds flying cool and free above her. FINE $12

  1. Greenfield, Eloise/Feelings, Tom. Daydreamers. NY, 1981, 1st, Dial. Cloth, 9x10¾, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Charming portraits of African-American children accompany Greenfield’s poem about the importance of dreams in growth. VG $8

    2. Gripe, Maria. Julia's House. NY,

1975, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth,

5½x9¼, 182p, DW, XL, some marks.

A sequel to item 272 below. The night daddy is now permanent and they all

fight to prevent demolition of their house. VG $8

  1. Gripe, Maria. The Night Daddy. NY, 1971, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth, 5½x9¼, 182p, DW. Illus by Harald Gripe. When her mother is put on the night shift, a little girl gets a young man with a pet owl for a baby-sitter. VG $10

  2. Guy, Rosa. The Disappearance. NY, 1979, 4th, Delacorte. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 246p, DW, XL, some marks. A novel examines the difficulties faced by a young urban black man today. VG $8

  3. Haley, Gail. Go Away, Stay Away. NY, 1977, 1st, Scribner’s. Cloth, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW. Strikingly illustrated. Spring festivals exorcise any Winter demons lurking in the house after Spring comes. VG $16

  4. Haley, Gail. The Green Man. NY, 1979, 1stUS, Scribner’s. Cloth, 1¼x8¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. An arrogant young lord lives rough for a year in the forest becoming a Green Man. VG $10

  5. Haley, Gail. A Story - A Story (Caldecott Medal). NY, 1971, 4th, Atheneum. Cloth, 10¼x10¼, 36p, DW. How the spider man wove a ladder to heaven to bargain with the sky god for stories. VG $10

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Virginia Hamilton’s (1936-2002) grandfather was a slave who escaped to Yellow Springs, Ohio, home to Antioch College and a major station on the underground railroad. She said she wrote for herself and for strangers who read her books and thus became her friends. All of her books are wonderful and most are quite different from each other. She was a gifted speaker and storyteller and we were proud to have known her.

  1. Hamilton, Virginia. Cousins. NY, 1990, 1st, Philomel. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 125p, DW, XL, some marks. Five cousins in one hard working rural family. VG $8

  2. Hamilton, Virginia. Dustland. NY, 1980, 1st, Greenwillow. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 180p, DW, XL, some marks. Four twin siblings with special powers enter a strange land in the second volume of the Justice and Her Brothers trilogy.VG $8

  3. Hamilton, Virginia. The Gathering. NY, 1981, 1st, Greenwillow. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 179p, DW, XL, some marks. Concluding volume in the Justice trilogy, four precursors of a new race engage the powerful dark forces in their new land. VG $8

  4. Hamilton, Virginia. In the Beginning.(Newbery Honor). NY, 1988, 1st, HBJ. Half cloth, 8¼x10¼, 162p, DW. Illus by Barry Moser. Creation stories from around the world. FINE $32

  5. Hamilton, Virginia. M.C.Higgins the Great (Newbery Medal). NY, 1974, 1st., Macmillan. Cloth, 6¼x9½, 278p, DW. A poor black boy in Appalachia realizes that he can choose to stay as a child or go out as a man. FINE $150

  6. Hamilton, Virginia. Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (100). NY, 1983, 1st, HarperR. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 309p, DW. One of 100 best books of the century. Horn Book review, 1983, p 312: "The author interweaves black folklore with her own family history in a tale remarkable for its total integration of the novel with the imaginative possibilities of legend...." VG $50

  7. Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly. NY, 1985, 1st, Knopf. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 178p, DW. Illus by Leo & Diane Dillon. Southern plantation folktales. FINE $24

  8. Hamilton, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. NY, 1982, 1st, Philomel. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 215p, DW, XL, few marks. Rich characters, beautiful language, and soaring fantasy open the inner vision of protagonist and reader to the dark dreams of the past which motivate present behavior. A 14-year-old girl, whose father has left the family and whose mother works, is the sole caretaker for a retarded elder brother. When a mysterious stranger (a ghost) enters her life, she imagines things will finally change for her, and they do, but not in ways she could have imagined. VG $10

244. Hamilton, Virginia. When Birds Could Talk. NY, 1996, 1st, Scholastic. Cloth, 8¼x12¼, 70p, DW. Illus by Barry Moser. African-American folktales from the plantation era in the South. VG $25

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245. Harper, Charley. 123's. np [LA], 2008, 1 ,Ammo. Pict boards, 6x6, c. 24p. Harper was a wildlife artist whose rigid geometrical forms are instantly recognizable. They appear oversimplified, but upon close examination reveal real subtlety and depth. This counting book celebrates some animal multiples. (see also item 617) AS NEW $20

246. Hellsing,

Lennart/Lindb erg, Stig. Jimmy Potter Buys a Lollipop. St. Louis, 1961, 1stUS, Webster. Cloth, 7¾x8¾, 24p, no DW. Jimmy’s friend Mary shares his birthdate and they have a date for lunch. VG $75

    Hellsing, Lennart, & Stroyer,Poul. The Cantankerous Crow, The. NY, nd [1951], 1stUS, McDowell Oblensky. Bds, 8½x11½, 24p, DW. A Swedish Epaminondas, told in merry rhyme. VG $85

  1. Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's Big Day. NY, 2006, 1st., Greenwillow. Glossy bds, 8¼x10.4,32p, DW. Lilly gets to be a flower girl at her teacher’s wedding. FINE $20

    1. Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. NY, 1996, 35th, Greenwillow. Glossy bds, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW. How Lilly learns a lesson, and decides to become a teacher. She is one of the greatest characters in children’s literature.

    2. FINE $12
  2. Henry, Marguerite. Justin Morgan Had a Horse (Newbery honor). Chicago, 1945, Ltd., Willcox & Follett. Cloth, 8½x11¼, 88p, DW. Illus by Wesley Dennis. Story of a little work horse in Vermont who became the foundation sire of one of America’s most important breeds. VG $24

  3. Henry, Marguerite. King of the Wind (100/Newbery Medal). Chicago, 1949, 1st, Rand McNally. Cloth, 7¼x9¾, 176p, DW, a bit rubbed. Illus by Wesley Dennis. One of our 100 best books of the century. This dramatic and tragic story of the Godolphin Arabian, one of the foundation sires of the modern Thoroughbred, is great for young readers. Horn Book review, 1948, p 463: "...a

book to delight all horse lovers....[The characters] are so well drawn that they will long be remembered by all who read this fine book." GOOD $90

  1. Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague (Newbery Honor). Chicago, 1947, 1st, Rand McNall. Cloth, 7¼x9¾, 174p, DW, a bit rubbed. Illus by Wesley Dennis. The beloved story of pony-penning day on the barrier islands. VG $150

  2. Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague (Signed). Chicago, 1947, 5th, Rand McNall. Cloth, 7¼x9¾, 172p, DW. VG $24

  3. Henry, Marguerite/Dennis, Wesley. White Stallion of Lipizza. Chicago, 1964, 3rd, Rand McNally. Cloth, 9¼x11¼, 116p, DW. The Spanish Riding Academy of Vienna. VG $12

255. Hoban, Russell/Blake, Quentin.

How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His hired Sportsmen. London, 1974, 1st, Cape. Glossy bds, 8½x10¾, 32p, DW. Overbearing authority meets irrepressible youth under the humorous guidance of a pair of superb storytellers. VG $75

256. Hoban, Russell/Blake, Quentin.

A Near Thing for Captain Najork.

London, 1975, 1989 repr, Cape. Glossy bds, , 8½x10¾, 32p. Najork returns to plague Tom’s life. FINE $16

257. Hoban, Russell. The Mouse and His Child. NY, 2001, 2nd, Scholastic. Cloth, 7x9½, 243p, DW, XL, some marks. New illustrations by David

Small. Two wind-up toy mice search for the home of their dreams in a world by turns pathetic and humorous,

peopled with bizarre, entirely credible characters. VG $10

  1. Holling, Holling C. The Tree in the Trail. Boston, 1942, repr, HMCo. Cloth, 8¾x11¼, 56p, DW. A cottonwood tree which grew from 1610-1834 in the Sante Fe trail witnesses the pageant of life on the American plains. FINE $15

  2. Hughes, Ted. The Iron Giant. NY, 1968, 1st, Harper. Cloth, 7¼x9¼, 56p, DW. We prefer the English title (The Iron Man), but love the story of a boy who meets a monstrous iron-eating robot. Barbed-wire is like spaghetti to this guy.

VG $45

260. Hunek, Stephen. Sally

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Gets a Job. NY, 2008, 1 ,Abrams. Glossy bds, 8¾x12, c. 32p, DW. Hunek is an American primitive artist who has two shops in Vermont selling his own design furniture and accessories, usually with doggy motifs.This picturebook, illustrated with colored woodcuts, is about a black Labrador retriever and her dreams. FINE $32

261. Hutchinson, Veronica S. The Queen's Earings. NY, 1938, 1st, Putnam. Cloth, 8½x8½, 72p, no DW. Attractively illustrated in color and b&w by the American, Louise Mansfield. Charming story of how the Richardson children get an invitation to the Coronation of George VI. VG $45

262. Hodges, Margaret/Hyman, Trina Schart. Saint George and the Dragon

(Caldecott Honor). Boston, 1984, 2nd ptg, LBCo. Half cloth, 10½x9¼, 32p, DW. VG $20

263. Townsend, J. David/Hyman, Trina Schart. The Five Trials of the Pansy Bed.

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Boston, 1967, 1 , HMCo. Cloth, 6x8½, 59p, DW. A very satisfying story of adetermined little girl. VG $32

264. Tripp, Paul/Hyman, Trina Schart. Minnie the Mump. Columbus, OH, 1970,

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1 , Ross Labs. Pict bds, 7x10¼, 46p, no DW. An advertising book for Vi-Daylin( a vitamin supplement) shows simple stories promoting health. VG $12

  1. Ionesco, Eugene/Etienne Delessert. Story no.1 (AIGA). Np, 1968, 1st, 2ns state, Harlin Quist. Cloth, 8.5x11, c.32, DW. The French playwright's first book for children is, of course, absurd; but a tremendously important book, establishing Harlin Quist and Delessert as major forces in children's books. Maurice Sendak called these stories by Ionesco "among the most imaginative picture books of the decade." There is an uncanny match of text and pictures, the hallmark of the great children's book. Our copy has only minor shelfwear on DW. FINE $45

  2. Irving, Washington. Old Christmas. NY, 1908, 1st, Dodd, Mead. Cloth, 6¼x8¼, 176p, no DW. Illustrated in color and b&w by Cecil Aldin. Irving spent 17 years in England and these memoirs of Christmas there in the 1820s are amusing. GOOD $20

267. Jackson, Kathryn & Byron/Tenggren, Gustaf Cowboys and Indians. NY, 1948,

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1 , S&S A Giant Golden Book.Glossy bds, 9½x12½, 96p, no DW (as issued). VG $50

268. Jackson, Shirley/Slackman, Chas. B. Famous Sally. NY,

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1966, 1 , HarlinQuist. Cloth,5¾x8¼, 44p, DW. Sally embarks on an ambitious advertising campaign to make her name known all over. FINE $50

  1. Jaques, Faith. Tilly's Rescue. NY, 1980, 1stUS, Atheneum. Cloth, 8¼x10, 32p, DW. Tilly is a charming wooden doll. When her friend, Edward (bear) gets lost one Christmas, she sets out to rescue him. FINE $32

    1. Jarrell, Randall. Animal Family. NY, 1965, 1st., Pantheon. Cloth, 6x8, 240p, DW. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. An orphan boy on a deserted island adopts animals as his family.

    2. VG $32
  2. Jarrell, Randall. The Bat-Poet. NY, 1963, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth, 6½x9, 43p, DW. Illus by Maurice Sendak. By staying awake in daytime, a little brown bat gets to know the day animals, and he makes up poems to tell his bat friends about what happens in the day while they are asleep. VG $75

  3. Jarrell, Randall. Fly by Night. NY, 1976, 1st., FSG. Cloth, 4¾x8¼, 32p, DW. Illus by Maurice Sendak. Jarrell's last story for children. At night, David can fly; in the daytime he forgets it almost entirely. VG $75

  4. Jewett, Sarah Orne. Betty Leicester's Christmas. Boston, 1922, 1st trade ptg, HMCo. Cloth, 5½x7½, 68p, DW, XL, few marks. Illust by Anna Whelan Betts. Decorative binding. VG $24

  5. Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon (100). NY, 1955, repr, HarperC. Pict bds, 5x6, 64p, XL, few marks, DW. Harold's crayon is as good as a personal genii for granting wishes and solving problems. (Bader 519)FINE $10

  6. Joly-Berbesson, F. & Mathieu, Agnes. Marceau Bonappetit. Minneapolis, 1989, 1stUS, Carolrhoda. Pict cloth, 8½x832p, DW, XL, some marks. Cute French import. VG $8

  1. Juster, Norton. The Dot and the Line. NY, 1963, 13th, Random. Cloth, 7½x5, 64p, DW. A romance in lower mathematics and a very funny book. VG $10

  2. Kahl, Virginia. Gunhilde's Christmas Booke. NY, 1972, 1st, Scribners. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. The Duchess and her 12 little girls celebrate Christmas. VG $12

      3. Kahl, Virginia. Plum Pudding for Christmas. NY, 1956, 8th., Scribners'. Cloth,

    1. 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. The Duchess is back in the kitchen. GOOD $20
  3. Kalman, Maira. Max Makes a Million. NY, 1990, 7th, Viking. Cloth, 8¼x10½, 36p, DW. How Max, the dog poet, gets to Paris the city of his dreams. This thoroughly postmodern book is a delightful whimsy. It contains a paragraph in the shape of the Eiffel Tower. The author is Tibor’s wife and a partner in M&Co. FINE $16

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280. Kalman, Maira. Ooh-la-la (Max in Love) (AIGA). NY, 1991, 1 , Penguin.Pictorial boards, 8¼x10½, 36p, DW. Former owner’s name + inscription tp. Max finds true love in Paris. VG $20

  1. Kalman, Maira. Roarr: Calder's Circus. NY, 1991, 1st, Delacorte/Whitney Mus. Pict bds, 8½x11¼, 32p, DW. Photos by Donatella Brun, designed by M&Co. Calder made the figures photographed here. He traveled with them and often put on a circus like this one for the people he stayed witFh.INE $32

      2. Kalman, Maira. Smartypants. NY, 2003, 1st, Putnam. Cloth, 9x11¼, 32p, DW. A girl brings her dog to school.

    1. FINE $30

    Keeping, Charles. Willie’s Fire Engine. Oxford, 1980 1st. OUP. Glossy bds, 9x12, 32p, no DW (as issued). Keeping exhibits the glow of fantasy in a little boy's world alternating with the grey

real world. Keeping grew up next to a stable in London and these memories haunt his books. (Image at left is an

example of Plasticowell transparent film). FINE $45

284. Causley, Charles/Keeping, Charles. Jack the Treacle Eater. London, 1987,

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1 , Macmillan. Bds, 7½x10½, 96p, DW. Thirty-nine new poems for childrenillustrated in color and b&w. FINE $32

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285. Keiser, Melanie Earle. God Returns to the Vuelta Abajo. NY, 1936, 1 , Wm.

R. Scott. Cloth w/ paste label, DW. Type by W.A.D, printed by letterpress on ARAK paper and bound by Bohn & Co, (hinges cracking). A tale of the Cuban Vega, and simple tobacco farmers, how God left them and returned (presumably he has again left.) Illustrated by Joseph Low, his first work published while he was a student of the German painter, Hans Hoffman. VG $32

  1. Kendall, Carol. The Gammage Cup (Carnegie Medal). NY, 1959, 4th, HBJ. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 221p, DW, XL, some marks.Illus by Erik Blegvad. A Lilliputian-like community has lived for years in a hidden valley, but their peace abruptly is disturbed by an ancient enemy. VG $12

  2. Khalsa, Dayal Kaur (1943

1989). I Want a Dog (AIGA).

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NY, 1 , 1987, Clarkson &Potter. Glossy bds, STF, 10½x8½, 24p, DW. A roller skate has to stand in as a pretend puppy in this innocent and charming book. FINE $32

288. Khalsa, Dayal Kaur. Tales of a Gambling Grandma. NY, 1986, 1st, Potter. Glossy bds, STF, 6¼x10, 32p, DW. A wonderful reminiscence about an immigrant Russian grandmother. Khalsa grew up

in Queens and emigrated to Canada. She was, in our view, one of the great talents of the century. FINE $32

289. Kharms, Daniil (Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachev)/Radunsky, Vladimir. The

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Story of A Boy Named Will. NY, 1993, 1 thus, North South. Glossy bds,8¾x11½, c. 24p, DW. Yuvachev died of starvation in the Gulag. This is an awesome tribute and visually exciting, as if you were there. FINE $32

  1. King-Smith, Dick. Ace, the Very Important Pig. NY, 1990, 1stUS, Crown. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 135p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Lynette Hemmant. Ace proves himself to be just an important as his grandsire, Babe. VG $8

  2. King-Smith, Dick/Graham, Bob. The Nine Lives of Aristotle. NY, 2003, 1stUS, Candlewick. Cloth, 6½x7½, 76p, DW. Fortunately, Aristole, the kitten is owned by a witch, who rescues him on eight occasions. FINE $15

  3. King-Smith, Dick. Sophie's Snail. NY, 1988, 1stUS, Delacorte. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 67p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Claire Minter-Kemp. Sophy is only 4 years old, but she’s determined to be a farmer, and while saving her money up for cows, hens, and the like, she makes do with flocks of insects and herds of snails. VG $7

  1. Kipling, Rudyard/Rojankovsky, Feodor. The Elephant's Child. NY, 1942, 1st, Garden City. Cloth, 7x9½, 28p, DW. In the High and Far-Off Times the elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk. VG $24

  2. Kirkegaard, Ole Lund. Otto is a Rhino. Reading, MA, 1976, 1stUS, Addison-Wes. Cloth, 7¾x8¾, 96p, DW, XL, some marks. A yellow, pencil-drawn rhino comes to life on the third floor of an apartment in Denmark. VG $10

  3. Konigsburg, E.L. Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors. NY, 1990, 1st, Atheneum. Cloth, 8¼x8¼, 32p, DW. Colors are full of surprises. FINE $12

  4. Krauss, Ruth/Sendak, Maurice. Open House for Butterflies. NY, 1960, repr, Harper. Cloth, 5½x6½, 32p, DW. A baby makes the mother and father-otherwise they’re just plain people. VG$10

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  1. Laird, Elizabeth. A Little Piece of Ground. London, 2003, 1 , Macmillan. Pictwraps, 5¼x8½, 214p. Kari wants to be a champion footballer, or perhaps a computer guy, or inventor of an acid formula to dissolve the steel in Israeli tanks, but staying alive in the Gaza strip is a full time job in itself. FINE $15

  2. Lampman, Evelyn Sibley. Three Knocks on the Wall. NY, 1980, 1st, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 182p, DW. Someone is knocking on the other side of the high wooden fence around the garden. FINE $15

  3. Langton, Jane. The Astonishing Stereoscope. NY, 1971, 1st, HarperR. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 240p, no DW, XL, usual marks. Illus by Erik Blegvad. A Transcendentalist novel dealing with illusion and belief; three children follow their cat, Hermes, into the landscape of stereoscope pictures. GOOD $16

  4. Langton, Jane. The Dragon Tree. NY, 2008, 1st, HarperC. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 166p, DW. A tree growing suddenly on the Hall’s property line becomes the focus of a mystery and a battle. FINE $25

  5. Langton, Jane. Paper Chains. NY, 1977, 1st., HarperR. Cloth, 5¼x7½, 172p, DW. Highly realistic story about a college freshman in the '70's. FINE $12

  6. Lawrence, Caroline. The Pirates of Pompeii. Brookfield, CT, 2002, 1st US, Millbrook. Pict bds, 5¾x8½,159p, DW. Third book in the Roman Mysteries series which is very popular in England. Middle school groups are always visiting Roman sites at Bath and Hadrian’s Wall providing the sort of personal contact which brings ancient people to life. The ruins at Bath are our all-time favorite tourist attraction. One postmodern touch is that the author tells her story through short chapters, designated Scrolls. Flavia Gemina, the detective, and her sidekicks, are living in a refugee camp following the eruption of Pompeii, and they set out to solve a mystery of missing children. FINE $20

    7. Lawrence, D.H./Provensen, A&M. Birds, Beasts and the Third Thing. NY, 1982, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 40p, DW. In contrast to William Blake’s Inn,

the illustrations and the sparkling greatness of Lawrence's poetry make this book a joy. VG $20

  1. Lawrence, Jacob. Harriet and the Promised Land. NY, 1968, 1st, S&S. Cloth, 12½x10¼, 32p, DW. A scarce book about the legendary Harriet Tubman and her escape to freedom. The art was done in 1938 and is part of the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection. (Bader 448) FINE $650

  2. Lawson, Robert. The Fabulous Flight. Boston, 1949, 1st, LBCo. Cloth, 6½x9½, 152p, no DW. Illus by the author. If you are fated to be only 4" tall, it's a good thing to have a wealthy, imaginative full-sized father. VG $12

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  1. Lawson, Robert. The Great Wheel. NY, 1957, 1 , Viking. Cloth, 6¼x9½,188p, DW, XL, few marks. A story of an Irish immigrant who builds the great Ferris Wheel at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1892. VG $10

  2. Lawson, Robert. Mr. Revere and I. Boston, 1953, 1st, LBCo. Cloth, 6½x8½, 152p, DW. Straight from the horse's mouth. VG $50

308. Lawson, Robert. SMELLER MARTIN. NY,

1950, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 6¾x9½, 157p, DW. Illus by the author. Davy's keen sense of smell leads him into some unusual situations, including a relationship with a professor who has more interest in old firearms than Latin, and the lynching of a black man is prevented.

VG $55

  1. Bunyan John /Lawson, Robert. Pilgrim's Progress (Signed). NY, 1939, 1st, Stokes. Cloth, 7¾x10¼, 120p, DW. VG $75

  2. Leaf, Munro/Lawson, Robert. Wee Gillis (100/Caldecott Honor), NY, 1938, 1st, Viking. Cloth,

7¼x10¼, 72p, DW. After years of stalking stags in

the Highlands and calling cows in the Lowlands, Wee Gillis can play the biggest

bagpipes in Scotland. VG $90

  1. Lear, Edward/Low, Joseph. A Learical Lexicon. NY, 1985, 1st, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x732p, DW. A magrifficent feest of boshlobberbosh and phun from the vorx of Edward Lear, vords selected by Myra Cohn Livingston. FINE $24

  2. LeGuin, Ursula. The Farthest Shore. NY, 1972, 2nd, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x9¼, 223p, DW. Last of the Earthsea trilogy, dealing with death; the author's favorite. VG $16

  1. LeGuin, Ursula. The Farthest Shore. NY, 1972, 2nd, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x9¼, 223p, DW. Last of the Earthsea trilogy, dealing with death; the author's favorite. VG $16

  2. LeGuin, Ursula K. Tehanu, The Last Book of Earthsea. NY, 1990, 1st, Atheneum. Cloth, 5¾x9½, 226p, DW. When Sparrowhawk, the archmage of earthsea, returns from the dark land, stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow, Tenar, and a crippled girl who carries an unknown destiny. FINE $45

  3. Lehan, Daniel. Wipe Your Feet. NY, 1992, 1stUS, Dutton. Cloth, 10½x8½, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. Amusing British import. A woman buys an animal painting and is alarmed the next morning to find mysterious footprints all over her house. GOOD $7

  4. Lenski, Lois. The Little Auto (100). NY, 1934, 15th, OUP. Cloth, 7¼x7¼, 48p, no DW. Backstrip starting. Mr. Small’s car. GOOD $24

  5. Levine, Gail Carson. The Fairy's Mistake (Signed). NY, 1999, 1stS, HarperC. Cloth, 4x7¼, 87p, DW. An amusing retelling from Perrault. A fairy rewards a good girl and punishes a wicked one, but her reward is really punishing and not very nice. FINE $36

  6. Levine, Rhoda/Ross, Larry. The Herbert Situation. NY, 1969, 1st., HarlinQuist. Cloth, 11¼x8¾, 32p, DW. A parable about a boy who cries when he should be happy. FINE $30

      7. Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. (Newbery Medal) NY, 1932, 1st., Winston. Cloth, 6x8¾, 265p, 2nd ptg. DW, a bit rubbed. A boy grows up during the first cultural revolution in China. He is an endearing character, for his laziness and folly, as much as for his enthusiasm. Both author and illustrator, Kurt Wiese, lived in China, and understood their material perfectly.

    1. GOOD $45
  7. LeWit, Jan. The Vegetabull. NY, 1956, 1stUS, HBJ. Cloth, 8x10½, 32p, DW. A bizarre story with interesting graphics in the postwar British style. VG $50

  8. Lightfoot, Gordon/Delessert, Etienne. The Pony Man. NY, 1972, 1st, Harper's. Cloth, 9¼x9¼, 32p, DW, XL, usual marks. A voyage of discovery from the great balladeer who gave us Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. GOOD $9

  9. Lindgren, Astrid/Wiberg, Harald. The Tomten. NY, 1961, 1st., Coward-McCann. Cloth, 10½x6¾, 32p, no DW, XL, usual marks, worn. The winter life of a Swedish house elf. GOOD $7

  1. Lionni, Leo. A Flea Story (AIGA). NY, 1977, first edition, Knopf. Glossy bds, 9¼x11, 32p, DW. “I want to go there! I want to stay here!” Happiness is found in different places for different people. FINE $50

    1. Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow (100/AIGA). NY, 1959, 1st, Astor/McDowell, Oblensky. Cloth, 8x8, 40p, no DW, a bit bumped and with a few tears. The exact colors are important to the success of this book, and the reprints over the years have not always been faithful. Fabio Coen, editor. Horn Book review, 1960, p

    2. 37: "A versatile American artist has created here an unusual picture book. The plot is simple: little blue has many friends but his best friend is little yellow, and together they make green. The very imaginative use of colors offers stimulation to the creative child and may be appealing to many little children who are just discovering the excitement of color." (Bader 610) GOOD $75
  2. Lobel, Anita. Sven's Bridge. NY, 1965, 1st, HarperR. Cloth, 8¾x7½, 32p, DW. An impatient and thoughtless king destroys the village bridge, but is induced to replace it by Sven's clever intervention. VG $32

  3. Lobel, Arnold. Fables (Caldecott Medal). NY, 1980, 1st, HarperR. Cloth, 8¼x12, 40p, DW. FINE $125

  4. Lobel, Arnold/Lobel, Anita. On Market Street (Caldecott Honor). NY, 1981, 2nd, Greenwillow. Cloth, 8¼x10, 40p, DW. A traditional European style of advertising depicts human figures composed of images representing a trade. On Market Street is a witty modern adaptation of this style which pairs figures in an alphabet. The Yarn girl has a dress composed of balls of bright-colored yarn facing the Zipper-man. FINE $50

  5. Locker, Thomas. Sailing with the Wind. NY, 1986, 1st, Dial. Cloth, 8½x11, c. 32p, DW. A girl and her family live on the banks of a river and she has a chance to explore it with her uncle. The book gives Locker a chance to exhibit his Hudson river school paintings. VG $16

  6. Lyon, George Ella/Catalanetto, Peter. Dreamplace. NY, 1993, 1st, Orchard. Cloth, 8¾x11¼, 32p, DW, XL, few marks. A lovely book which mixes present and past of people of the Pueblo. FINE $9

  1. MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm. Philadelphia, 1954, first edition, Lippincott. Cloth, 5½x8, 128p, DW, one chip and few minor marks. Maurice Sendak's illustrations playfully comment on the good work Mrs. P needs to do among the children in town. VG $200

    2. MacDonald, George & Robin McKinley/Treherne, Katie Thamer. The Light

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Princess. NY, 1988, 1 , HBJ. Glossy bds, 10¾x12, 44p, DW. MacDonald’sreputation suffered for perhaps stilted language and some religious overtones, but his superb imagination ensures that his 19th C. stories will live. We welcome this adaptation by McKinley. The full color images are arresting. FINE $16

  1. MacLachlan, Patricia. Arthur, For the Very First Time. NY, 1980, 1st?, HarperR. Cloth, 5¾x8¼, 117p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Lloyd Bloom. A summer on a farm helps Arthur to find a world beyond himself. VG $10

  2. Maguire, Gregory. What the Dickens. NY, 2007, 1st, Candlewick. Cloth, 6½x8, 295p, DW. An imaginative delight, by turns scary and funny. When the parents of a brother and sister go away, an unknown elder cousin shows up to care for them over a stormy weekend. The lights go out and the cousin tells them some weird stories. FINE $24

  3. Mahy, Margaret/Allen, Jonathan. Simply Delicious!. NY, 1999, 1stUS, Orchard. Cloth, 9¼x9½, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. The jungle beasts are hungry for the bicycle rider’s ice cream and chase him home. VG $8

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We now come to the most exciting part of the catalog . We have seldom encountered a better children’s book than the following. It came as a surprise since the author last wrote The Babysitters Club Series, which while popular, did not appear to deserve critical attention. However, Ann Martin & Laura Godwin have now created a postmodern masterpiece which is beneath the radar, (never having been reviewed by The Horn Book). The Doll family, 19th century era china dolls, have inhabited an antique Victorian dollhouse for over 100 years, when the quiet of their lives is shattered by a brand new family of plastic dolls, the Funcrafts. The books are hilarious for reading out loud to preschool, or older children, or to adults. They are packed with adventure, nostalgia, and energy. The pencil illustrations by Brian Selznick (see item 494) are integral to the books’ success in a way never achieved by another illustrator and comment on the text in droll and postmodern ways. For example, the endpapers are drawn in b&w as catalog pages, from something like Sears in the fep, showing the Doll family and their house, with a modern catalog page (WARNING: Choking Hazard, not for children under 3 years) for the Funcrafts in the rep.

335. Martin, Ann, & Godwin, Laura/Selznick, Brian. The Doll People. NY, 2000, 1st, Hyperion. Cloth, 6¼x9, 260p, DW. In which we learn about Doll State, and PDS, or Permanent Doll State; Auntie Sarah ( who has been lost for 45 years ) is found and Annabelle Doll makes a new friend in Tiffany Funcaft. FINE $120

336.Martin, Ann, & Godwin, Laura/Selznick, Brian. The Meanest Doll in the

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World. NY, 2003, 1 , Hyperion. Pict boards, 6¼x9, 260p, DW. We meet Princess Mimi, and more of Selznick’s visual jokes than can be assimilated in one reading. Flap suggests ages 8-12, but they’re fine with our grandchildren, 5 and 7. FINE $75

337. Martin, Ann, & Godwin, Laura/Selznick, Brian. The Runaway Dolls. NY, 2008, 1st, Hyperion. Cloth, 6¼x9, 260p, DW. The Doll family is torn apart by a mystery. FINE $60

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338. Martin, Steve/Chast, Roz. The Alphabet, The. NY, 2007, 1 , Random. Cloth,10¼x8¼, 52p, DW. The comedian and film star here collaborates with a New Yorker cartoonist to make an amusing alliterative alphabet. FINE $24

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  1. Mates, Rudolph. The Cock and the Hen. NY, 1925, 1 , Raf. Szalatnay. Clothspine, pict bds, 11x9, 28p, no DW. Printed in Prague, CZ. Paper is brittle, hinges reinforced w/ tape. This book was among those exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum Show of 1926. It is a masterpiece of Czech peasant art. GOOD $75

  2. Maugham, W. Somerset. Princess September. NY, 1939, 1969 reprint, 1st thus, HBJ. Cloth, 7¼x8¾, 38p, DW. The author is a master stylist and his witty version of a Siamese folktale is nicely illustrated in color by Jacqueline Ayer.

FINE $12

  1. Maurois, André. Fatapoufs and Thinnifers. Np, 1940, Henry Holt. Blue embossed cloth, 8x11¼, 94p, DW. Illustrations by Jean Bruller, lithographed by Western. This classic parable of two neighboring countries has been reprinted several times since the second war with other illustrations and less satisfactory results. VG $500

  2. Mayer, Mercer. East of the Sun & West of the Moon. NY, 1980, 1st, Four Winds. Cloth, 11x9, c. 32p, DW. A folk tale of love and redemption. VG $16

    3. Mayne, William. Antar and the Eagles. NY, 1990, 1stUS, Delcorte. Cloth spine, 5¾x8, 166p, DW. Antar is captured by an eagle and taken to live

in a nest high in the mountains. We find that he has been chosen for an important mission. He learns the

language of eagles, to eat raw meat, and to fly. AS NEW $30

  1. Mayne, William. Low Tide. NY, 1992, 1st US, Delacorte. Cloth spine, 5¾x8½, 197p, DW. An incredibly low tide in the bay tempts some children to walk far out to see the stranded sea creatures and the old shipwreck, but then the tidal wave comes. FINE $20

  2. Mayne, William. Salt River Times. NY, 1980, 1st US, Greenwillow. Cloth spine, 5¾x8½, 182p, DW. XL, few marks. The river running through the heart of an Australian town eventually links the lives of many very different people. Written in Mayne's best spare and lucid fashion. VG $24

  3. Mayne, William. While the Bells Rang. London, 1979, 1st, Hamilton. Bds, 7x9¼, 96p, DW. Illus by Janet Rawlins. Two neighboring farmers battle over the right of an under-age girl to choose to marry; her father finally thinks of a way to give in and save face at the same time. FINE $50

  4. McAfee, Annalenna/Anthony Browne. The Visitors Who came to Stay. NY, 1985, 1stUS, Viking. Glossy bds, 9¾x11½, 32p, no DW, as issued. A comforting and humorous look at the problems of a parent's remarriage. McAfee is Ian McEwan’s wife (see item #415).. VG $36

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348. McCaughrean, Geraldine. Peter Pan in Scarlet. NY, 2006, 1 , McEldery.Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 310p, DW. Sir James Barrie gave the copyright for Peter Pan in perpetuity to the Hospital for Sick Children in London. In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Peter Pan, the hospital had a competition for the right to create a sequel. Geraldine MacCaughrean was the winner, and this is the result. The royalties for this, too, will go to the Hospital for Sick Children. It captures beautifully the elusive spirit of the original. Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland as it rubs up against the here and now. Wendy and the Lost Boys return and find adventure and their worst nightmares come true. FINE $36

349. McEwan, Ian. The Daydreamer. London, 1994,

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1 , Cape. Bds, 6½x9½, 96p, DW. Told in a series of stories, each the chapter in the life of a highly creative boy. William has such a rich fantasy life that he can metamorphose in his daydreams. A complex and honest investigation of childhood, superbly illustrated with Anthony Browne’s surreal images. FINE $60

  1. McFall, Gardner/Guarnaccia, Steven. Jonathan's Cloud. NY, 1986, 1st, HarperR. Glossy bds, 7¼x7¼, 32p, DW. Guarnaccia is an important modern graphic designer. Here, a boy tries to keep a cloud as a pet. FINE $12

  2. McFall, Gardner/Guarnaccia, Steven. Naming the Animals. NY, 1994, 1st, Viking. Glossy bds, 10¼x8¼, 32p, DW. For example, this one is extravagant and elegant, therefore Elephant. FINE $12

  3. McGuire, Richard. The Orange Book. Mantova, 1992, 2008, Corraini. Pict bds, 9x9, c. 32p, no DW (as issued). A reverse counting book describes the fate of fourteen oranges. FINE $24

  4. McKay, Hilary. Forever Rose. NY, 2008, 1stUS, McElderry. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 291p, DW. McKay infuses her charming characters with much love and laughter in this final visit with the daffy Casson family. FINE $24

  5. McKinley, Robin. The Outlaws of Sherwood. NY, 2003, 1stUS, Greenwillow. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 282p, DW, XL, usual marks. GOOD $8

  6. McVitty, Walter/Early, Margaret. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. NY, 1988,

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1 , Abrams. Cloth, 10½x9½, c. 32p, DW. This famous story from The Arabian Nights is beautifully illust in the style of 10th C. Persian miniatures. FINE $16

356. Meddaugh, Susan. Martha Blah Blah. Boston, 1996, 1st, HMCo. Cloth, 8½x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. When Martha has her usual bowl of alphabet soup one morning, her speech becomes nonsense in this funny sequel. VG $8

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357. Mendez, Phil/Byard, Carole. The Black Snowman. NY, 1989, 1 , Scholastic.Blind-stamped blue cloth, 8¼x11, c. 40p, DW. A lyrical and romantic story about a magical kente which brings a black snowman to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage and his own self-worth. FINE $16

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  1. Mendez, Phil/Byard, Carole. The Black Snowman. NY, 1989, 1 , Scholastic.Blind-stamped blue cloth, 8¼x11, c. 40p, DW. A lyrical and romantic story about a magical kente which brings a black snowman to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage and his own self-worth.FINE $16

    1. Merriam, Eve/Evaline Ness. Funny Town. NY, 1963, 1st, Crowell Collier Modern Masters Series. Pict bds, 7¾x11½, 96p, no DW (as issued). Merriam was an important American poet. These woodcuts are some of Ness' best work.

    2. VG $50
  2. Merrill, Jean/Palmer, Jan. The Toothpaste Millionaire. Boston, 1972, repr, HMCo. Cloth, 7½x9½, 89p, DW, XL, usual marks. A Bank Street School project of the sort that was called simulated economy about an integrated group of kids, with striking pictures. GOOD $8

  3. Midda, Sara. In and Out of the Garden (AIGA). NY, 1981, 1st, Workman. Cloth, 6¼x8¼, 120p, DW. Midda's first book was an immediate success; an herbal, filled with delicate watercolors and lovely sentiments. A perfect gift for a little gardener on your list. VG $24

  4. Miller, Arthur/Al Parker. Jane’s Blanket. NY, 1963, 1st, Crowell-Collier. Pict bds, 8x11½, 64p, no DW (as issued). Miller's sole book for children was done for the Modern Masters series. Reminiscent of Ruth Krauss, this is a great read-aloud about slowly outgrowing a security blanket. One of the only two of this series which pass through the mirror. VG $300

  5. Mitchell, Adrian/Benson, Patrick. The Baron Rides Out. NY, 1985, 1stUS, Philomel. Glossy bds, 8x11¼, 32p, DW. Perfectly outrageous tales of Baron Munchausen on the island of Ceylon and defeating the Turks. FINE $12

  6. Mitchell, Adrian/Benson, Patrick. The Baron on the Island of Cheese. NY, 1986, 1stUS, Philomel. Cloth,8x11¼, 32p , DW. More wonders. The literal pictures make the text even more absurd. FINE $12

  7. Mitchell, Lucy Sprague/VanLoon, Hendrik. The Here and Now Story Book. NY, 1921, 20th, Dutton. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 360p, DW. Prior’s owner’s name fep. The first pedagogically deliberate attempt to create stories for young children in collaboration with the intended audience. VG $25

  8. Mitchell, Lucy Sprague/Wilkin, Eloise. The New House in the Forest. NY, 1946, 1st, Golden #24. Cloth spine, 6½x8, c. 44p, no DW. When a family decides to build a house, we are privileged to watch. I had and loved this book as a child and perhaps it was a major influence on becoming an architect and building Cattermole’s little house in the big woods. GOOD $20

  9. Monjo, F. N./Geisert, Arthur. Prisoners of the Scrambling Dragon. NY, 1980, 1st, Holt. Cloth, 6½x9¼, 96p, DW, XL, some marks. Exciting story of a boy and a black man shanghaied to serve on a China Clipper in the 1820s. The title refers to a Chinese description of a steamboat. VG $10

  1. Moore, Inga. The Vegetable Thieves. NY, 1983, 1stUS, Viking. Glossy bds, 8x9¼, 32p, no DW. Soiled. A very cute story of two mice who are justly proud of their vegetable garden until prize vegetables suddenly start to ‘walk away in the nighttime.’ FAIR $8

  2. Mordvinoff, Nicolas. Coral Island. NY, 1957, 1st, Doubleday. Cloth, 10½x8¼, 40p, DW. Mordvinoff (19111973) was a Russian artist born in St. Petersburg. He fled to Paris with his family following the October Revolution and studied painting there. He lived in Tahiti for 12 years prior to moving to the US in 1946. He received the Caldecott Medal and a Caldecott Honor, but stopped illustrating books altogether in 1960 to concentrate on painting. This book about life on a typical Polynesian island, concerns how a native boy learns about pearl diving and growing up. The colors are lush. VG $200

  3. Prokofiev/Müller, Jörg. Peter and the Wolf. NY, 1986, 1stUS, Knopf. Glossy bds, 12½x12¼, c. 24p, DW. FINE $24

  4. Munari, Bruno/Munari. Bruno Munari's ABC. Cleveland, 1960, 1st, World. Cloth, 8¾x11¾, 48p, DW. Munari uses the creatures from many of his other books to illustrate his alphabet. The well-read-to child will be delighted with the familiar pictures in the new context. Recent reprints have been done on slick paper with inks that cannot come close to reproducing the colors or texture of the original. VG $300

370. Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. NY, 1999, 2000, Scholastic. Glossy bds, 5¾x8½, 281p, no DW (as issued). Postmodern book told as a film script intercut with diary pages and other material of a young black man’s trial on a charge of felony murder. Vivid and intense, if gritty. FINE $15

371. Neruda, Pablo/Frasconi, Antonio. Bestiary/Bestiario, NY, 1965, limited edition #283/300, signed by Frasconi and Blumenthal (printer), HBJ. Cloth, 8½x11½, 64p, wrapper and slipcase. In Spanish and with an English translation by Elsa Neuberger and numerous woodcuts, including color tipped-in frontispiece by Frasconi. FINE $800

  1. Nesbit, E. Five Children and It; The Phoenix &, the Carpet; The Story of the Amulet. NY, 1906, repr, BOMC. Cloth, 6x8½, 738p, DW. A very attractive edition with original illust by M.R. Millar. This trilogy of stories about magic and fantasy involve a family of five children to whom modern readers will easily relate. FINE $20

  2. Ness, Evaline/Ness. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (Caldecott Medal). NY, 1966, repr, Holt. Cloth, 7¾x10, 36p, DW. Though Samantha is motherless, bored, and lonely, her vivid imagination only angers her fisherman father. VG $10

  3. Nicholson, William. Clever Bill. NY, 1922, 1977, FSG. Cloth, 9¾x7½, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. One of the great original picturebooks, with text and pictures appearing together for the first time. (Bader 76). GOOD $9

  4. Nordstrom, Ursula. The Secret Language. NY, 1960, 1st, HarperB. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 167p, DW. With charming illust by Mary Chalmers. Two little girls adjust to the coldness and rigid rules of an old-fashioned boarding school. It is hard to believe how recently schools were really like this. Possibly somewaht autobiographical. FINE $90

  5. North, Sterling. So Dear to My Heart. NY, 1947, 1968, Doubleday. Cloth, 5¾x8.4,240p, DW, XL, usual marks. Illust by Brad Holland. Disney has always owned this version and made it into a memorable movie. It is interesting to compare Jeremiah and Midnight with Fern and Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web; where the one is adversarial, the other stresses cooperation. GOOD $7

  6. Norton, Andre. Lavender-Green Magic. NY, 1974, 1st, Crowell. Cloth, 5½x8241p, DW, XL, usual marks. Illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown. Three children find an old rural house which transports them back to Colonial days in this fast paced story of witches and magic. GOOD$10

  7. Norton, Andre & Dorothy Madlee. Star Ka'at World. NY, 1978, 1st, Walker. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 130p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Jean Jenkins. Norton’s adventure stories are exciting science fiction. Our Earth cats are offered sanctuary from this doomed planet by their relatives from another world. Here the ka’ats (a race of cats formed by atomic mutation, with the ability to read people’s thoughts) bring a boy and girl to their planet. The strange feeling the protagonists have is that the ka’ats are keeping them as pets, but they prove their worth by destroying the evil city of Hsi. VG $12

  8. Norton, Andre, & Dorothy Madlee. Star Ka'ats and the Plant People. NY, 1979, 1st, Walker. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 122p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Jean Jenkins. Third in this series, while searching for a new source of a wonder metal, the Earth children are drawn to solve a mystery of the suffering of the plant people. VG $9

  1. Norton, Andre (1912-2005), & Dorothy Madlee. Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors. NY, 1981, 1st, Walker. Cloth, 5½x8123p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Jean Jenkins. In this adventure story of interplanetary travel, our heros and a group of Earth cats fend off the attack of giant insects. VG $9

  2. Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Afield. NY, 1955, 1st., HBJ. Cloth, 5½x8½, 215p, DW. Illust by Beth & Joe Krush. Second book in the series, in which the tiny people are forced from their home beneath the floorboards and take to the fields. FINE $32

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  1. Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Aloft. London, 1961, 1 , Dent. Cloth,5½x8154p, DW. DW. Illus. by Diana Stanley. The fourth of the Borrowers' books. VG $60

  2. Norton, Mary. Another, similar except US first w/ illust by Beth & Joe Krush. FINE $24

  3. Norton, Mary. The Borrowers.(Carnegie Medal). NY, 1952, repr, HBJ. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 180p, DW. Illustrated by Beth & Joe Krush. A perfectly logical explanation of what happens to all those things we always misplace; they are in fact borrowed by a race of tiny people. Norton created a powerful mythology in this series, with enough anecdote and circumstantial detail to make their story seem as if it had always been a part of English folklore. These tiny people have only a poignant wish for a permanent home. Adults may read them as a parable of wandering and homelessness in the wake of WWII, children, however respond directly to the plotting and the ingenuity of detail. FINE $24

    1. Norton, Mary. Poor Stainless. NY, 1966, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 6½x8½, 48p, DW. Illus by Beth & Joe Krush. Homily recounts the tale of her lost brother, Stainless.

    2. FINE $20
  4. Nostlinger, Christine. Fly Away Home. NY, 1975, 1stUS, Watts. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 134p, DW. A memoir of the author’s life as a young girl in Vienna from 1944-46, when she turned 10. The protagonist is fiercely independent and foolhardy, she is determined to survive and grow with dignity in a world turned upside down. VG $20

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The conglomerates who own the major publishers simply cannot understand how the business can be so unprofitable. At first the success of Harry Potter spawned a revival of magical fantasy, but, now publishers have taken the lesson to also include series of books which assure lucrative non-book spinoffs that are far more profitable than the books themselves. We see this with The Twlight series (Vampires), The Gossip Girls (Vamps, see item 551), and with The Fancy Nancy series, an American alternative to the British Fairy series (for about the same age,4-6). Fancy Nancy is all about Bling. It’s safe to say that no surface that could have a jewel or glitter goes without.

  1. O'Connor, Jane/Glasser, Robin Preiss. Fancy Nancy. NY, 2006, 1st, HarperC. Cloth, 9¼x11¼, 32p, DW. In the first story Nancy teaches her parents and little sister to be *Fancy*, with amusing results. FINE $36

  2. O'Connor/ Robin Preiss Glasser. Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly. NY, 2008, 3rd, HarperC. Cloth, 9¼x11¼, 32p, DW. Here we learn that butterflies are not just beautiful, but exquisite, and apparently speak French as well. FINE $16

  3. O'Connor, Jane/ with pictures by Ted Enik, based on the “art” of Robin Preiss Glasser, only not quite so fancy. Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris. NY, 2008, 1st I Can Read!, HarperC. Cloth, 6¼x9¼, 32p, DW. A case of mistaken identity. FINE $12

  4. O'Connor, Jane/Glasser, Robin Preiss. Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy. NY, 2007, 1st, HarperC. Cloth, 9¼x11¼, 32p, DW. Nancy gets a dog.FINE $20

  5. O'Connor, Jane/Glasser, Robin (cover only) & Ted Enik. Fancy Nancy at the Museum. NY, 2008, 1st paperback, Harper Trophy. Wraps, 6x9, 32p. FINE $10

  6. Paterson, Katherine. Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom. NY, 1983, 1st, Dutton. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 227p, DW. Two children, a boy and a girl, are sold into slavery by their respective families, the one wicked, the other weak. Their search for a family is united in their love for each other. Based in China, where Paterson was born to missionary parents. FINE $45

    1. Paterson, Katherine. The Sign of the Chrysanthemum. NY, 1973, 3rd , Crowell. Cloth, 6¼x9132p, DW, XL, few marks. Illus by Peter Landa. Paterson's first book, grounded in her experience of Japan, where she lived and studied between 1957-1961. The book, however, transcends the incidents of the story, which are uniquely Japanese. This brilliant book is really about the eternal quest for a father and the universal

      2. experience of growth which results from self-knowledge. VG $16

    Pinkwater, Daniel. Aunt Lulu. NY, 1988, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth spine, bds, 9¼x7¼, 32p, DW, XL, (of course, but few marks ). Aunt Lulu runs the library's 14-husky book-sled in remote Alaska. FINE $15

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395. Pinkwater, Daniel. Lizard Music. NY, 1976, 1 ,Dodd, Mead. Cloth, 5½x8½, 157p, DW, XL, some marks. When left to himself for two weeks a boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little-known invasion from outer space. VG $15

  1. Pinkwater, Daniel M. The Neddiad. Boston, 2007, first edition, HMCo. Pictorial bds, 6x8½, 307p, DW. Illustrated and with DW by Calef Brown. Later ptgs. eliminate the wonderful Brown. One of Pinkwater’s best stories, about a boy and his trip to California with his family. Jacket blurb by Neil Gaiman, “What Pinkwater does is magic.” FINE $24

  2. Pinkwater, Daniel M. The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death. NY, 1982, 1st, Lothrop. Half cloth, 5¾x8½, 156p, DW. XL, few marks. The Snarkout Boys save the earth from the invasion of the space realtors. VG $10

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398. Pinkwater, Daniel. Tooth-Gnasher Superflash. NY, 1981, 1 , Macmillan. Halfcloth, 9x7½, c. 32p, DW, XL, some marks. The Popsnorkles buy a new car. One of the dash buttons turns the car into a dinosaur. VG $12

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399. Pinkwater, Daniel & Jill. Wolf Christmas. NY, 1998, 1 , Cavendish. Glossybds, 12x8¼, c. 32p, DW, XL, few marks. Cute story of a wolf cub who tells the pack about Christmas. VG $12

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  1. Pratchett, Terry. Nation. NY, 2008, 1 , Harper. Cloth spine, 6x9¼, 367p,DW. Fans of Pratchett’s discworld novels will love this metaphysical fantasy of a parallel world. Funny and engrossing story of a native boy who is the sole survivor of a tidal wave on his home atoll and an English girl, apparently the sole survivor of a shipwreck during the same storm. Their efforts to communicate are hilarious. FINE $20

  2. Pullman, Philip. The Firework-maker’s Daughter. NY, 1995, 1999 reprint, Scholastic. Cloth spine, 6x9¼, 97p, DW, XL, some marks. Illust by S. Sallie Gallagher. A humous tale of Southeast Asia about a dedicated girl. VG $12

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402. Pullman, Philip. Lyra’s Oxford. London, 2003, 1 , David Fickling. Cloth w/paste-down, 4½x7, 48p, no DW (as issued). Lovely decorations by John Lawrence and including postmodern details such as a large fold-out map, facsimiles of photo postcards and brochures. Baedecker is quoted, thus, “...Oxford, where the real and unreal jostle in the streets...” FINE $32

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403. Pullman, Philip. Once Upon a Time in the North. London, 2008, 1 , DavidFickling. Cloth w/ paste-down, 4½x7, 48p, no DW (as issued). Lovely decorations by John Lawrence and including postmodern details such as a folded map- game board and compass in pocket at the rear. FINE $24

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404. Pullman, Philip. The World of The Golden Compass. NY, 2007, 1 ,Scholastic. Wraps, 8x11, c. 44p. What is called a movie tie-in activity book with punch out card characters and some of the Steampunk Style machines which figure prominently in the film. The steampunk style is anti-modern. So, for example, the driving rod of a locomotive can be a rectangular bar, but might perform its function equally well if shaped like a dragon. Steampunk rejects form follows function in favor of symbolic representation. Steampunk likes discrete components which have not lost their own identity in overall design. A steampunk laptop computer will have a handmade teak and holly case with brass fittings; ideally anything driven by steam is better than anything driven by gasoline. FINE $10

  1. Radunsky, Vladimir/Raschka, Chris. Table Manners. NY, 2001, 1st., Candlewick. Glossy bds, 10x12, 24p, DW. A funny look at eating. FINE $24

  2. Rand, Ann and Paul. Sparkle and Spin. NY, 1957, repr, Abrams. Cloth, 8½x10¼, 3p, DW. Rand was professor of design at Yale, and already a legend when he and his wife created this crazy postmodern picturebook about words. (Bader 405). FINE $24

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  1. Janeczko, Paul/Raschka, Chris. A Poke in the I. Cambridge, MA, 2001, 1 ,Candlewick. Pict bds, 10x10, c. 32p, DW, XL, few marks. A collection of concrete poems. Rather like Carroll’s Tall Tale, this postmodern device relies on the shape of the words, as drawn, to convey a greater sense. VG $24

  2. Raskin, Ellen. Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three. NY, 1976, first edition, Atheneum. Cloth, 10½x8½, 28p, DW, XL, few marks. A Christmas story in alliterative verse, with postmodern touches of self-referencing signs. GOOD $10

    3. Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows. NY, 1961, 1996 paperback

reprint, Yearling. Pict wraps, 5x7, 212p, no DW. A story of two dogs and a boy. FINE $6

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410. Rees, Ennis/Gorey, Edward. Brer Rabbit and His Tricks. NY, 1967, 1 , YoungScott. Cloth, 9½x8, c. 48p, DW, spine sunned. It would be hard to imagine a more satisfactory Brer Rabbit. This is a perfect collaboration. FINE $60

411. Rees, Ennis/Gorey, Edward. More of Brer

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Rabbit’s Tricks. NY, 1968, 1 , Young Scott. Cloth,9½x8, c. 48p, no DW. FINE $32

412. Reeve, Philip. Here Lies Arthur (Carnegie

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Medal). London, 2007, 1 , Scholastic. Cloth,5½x8¾, 189p, DW. A credible, fast-paced retelling of some Arthurian legends, inspired by the film Excaliber. The characters are strong, especially the protagonist, Gwyna. This book reflects a postmodern version of Arthur, a king with feet of clay perhaps, but also a reflection upon the power of myth and story. FINE $36

413. Reid, Alastair/Gill, Bob. I Keep Changing.

Mantova, 1971, 2008, Corraini. Bds, 8½x8½, 31p. A picturebook in Italian and English of inversions, so when the hero stands on his head the world seems upside-down. FINE $24

  1. Reid, Alastair/Shahn, Ben. Ounce, Dice, Trice (AIGA). NY, 1958, 1st, Abrams. Cloth, 7½x10¼, 64p, DW. This is a masterpiece of postmodernist nonsense and wordplay, so we have names for whales; HUGH, BLODGE, BARNABY, HAMISH, CHUMLEY, MURDO, CHAM, OKUM, SUMP. FINE $125

  2. Reuter, Bjarne. The Boys from St.Petri. NY, 1991, 1stUS, Dutton. Cloth, 5½x8¼, 215p, DW, XL, usual marks. An exciting tale of boys in the Danish underground during Nazi occupation. GOOD $8

  3. Reuter, Bjarne. Buster's World. NY, 1989, 1stUS, Dutton. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 154p, DW, XL, some marks. A Danish boy from a troubled home relies on magic tricks to get himself in and out of trouble. VG $8

  4. Rey, H.A. Look for the Letters. NY, 1945, 1st , Harper. Cloth spine,9½x8¼, c. 52 p, no DW, a bit rubbed. An alphabet which appeared later in a Curious George title. GOOD $90

    1. Rey, H.A. We Three Kings. NY, 1944, first edition, Harper. Pict bds, 10¾x8½,

    2. c. 22p, no DW, a bit shaken, lt soil. Eleven Christmas carols, with words and music, with small drawings representing the notes, hence, sheep for The First Noel. GOOD $75
  5. Riley, James Whitcomb/Betts, Ethel Franklin. Riley Child Verse. NY, 1906,

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  1. Robinson, Tom/Peggy Bacon. Buttons. NY, 1938, 1 , Viking. Cloth, 9x12¼,c 64p, DW. Story of a how really tough alley cat finds a good home. Women artists in the United States were not considered part of the mainstream art world until the 1960s. Consequently, during the Depression era they did not receive any pay supplements from the Government Works Progress Administration Grants. Often, the only work they could get was as illustrators of children's books. Today Peggy Bacon, a member of New York's "Ashcan School", is widely recognized as a major American artist and her work is found in most important museums. VG $150

      2. Rowland, Phyllis. It Is Night. NY, 1953, 1st, HarperB. Cloth spine, 7½x10, 32p, later, unmated DW. A lovely little book about where each of the animals sleep.

    1. VG $50
  2. Rowling, J. J. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London, 1999, 2nd, Bloomsbury. Bds, 5¼x8, 317p, DW. VG $24

  3. Sandburg, Carl/Pincus, Harriet. The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was In It. (100). NY, 1967, 9th, HBJ. Cloth, 10x8, 32p, DW. Bader described this poem as a potential 'poison apple' for any illustrator foolish enough to tackle it. Yet Pincus was and did, treating it like raw material, not sanctified text. In doing so she made instant folklore. It is a curious blend of the prairie American and the Jew. The design and color are very original; a real triumph. (Bader 652). VG $24

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Brian Selznick (1966-) was educated in that hothouse of modern design and children’s book illustration, the Rhode Island School of Design, in the footsteps of Steven Kellogg, David Macaulay, and Chris VanAllsberg. He is one of the greatest American draftsmen we have encountered. His love for the theatrical makes him a fabulous storyteller and he has the rare gift of being able to take a

merely very good book and make it great, (see item 397). His Invention of

Hugo Cabret, is one of the most courageous and correct awards of a Caldecott

Medal since Where the Wild Things Are. Courageous since it forgoes color, it is

over 500 pages long, with 290 pictures and is more like a graphic novel than a

book. Selznick says that he originally wrote the entire story, without pictures.

He then went through deleting every bit of action from the story. What was left

became the text and he drew all of the action. The plot and style of the book are

based on American fantasies of Paris, old movies (his uncle used to make

movies), and a bit of steampunk. As an aside, Harry Potter made it possible for

the publisher to take this sort of risk.

  1. Selznick, Brian. The Houdini Box. NY, 1991, reprint, Atheneum. Cloth spine, 7¼x9¼, c. 52p + 16 p of historical material in back, DW. Wonderful book about a boy in love with magic who gets to meet the greatest of them all. FINE $24

  2. Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Caldecott Medal, Signed). NY, 2007, first edition, Scholastic. Silver-stamped black bds, 6x8½, 533p, DW, w/ National Book Award sticker. Soon, of course, to be a major motion picture.

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  1. Sheldon, Dyan/Blythe, Gary. Under the Moon. NY, 1993, 1 , dial. Glossybds, 11½x9, c. 32p, DW. A little girl gets to sleep out in a tent one summer evening and has a mystical experience. The images are oil on canvas and with a style, akin to Seurat’s, so remarkable that it is more ‘real’ than color photographs. FINE $32

  2. Sherman, Nancy/Sorel, Edward. Gwendolyn the Miracle Hen. NY, 1961, 1st, Golden. Cloth, 10¼x732p, no DW. Sorel, is a graphic designer, who started Push Pin Studios with Seymour Chwast. Gwendolyn is famous for laying decorated eggs. GOOD $45

  3. Shusterman, Neal. The Schwa was Here. NY, 2004, 4th., Dutton. Cloth, 5¾x8½, 228p, DW. Anthony befriends the Schwa, a boy whom nobody notices, including his own father, and tries to make him more visible. In the process Anthony is surprised to find that he himself is essential to his family's stability and well-being. He discovers that he has a knack for helping people who are stuck in life to get on with it and do what they really want to do. All with Anthony's intervention. FINE $16

  4. Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends. NY, 1974, first edition, HarperR. Cloth, 7x9, 166p, DW. Funny and profound modern rhymes for modern kids,

who seem to appreciate iconoclasm. Silverstein started as a cartoonist, and brings that spare, economical style to his books.

MY HOBBY

When you spit from the twenty-sixth floor, And it floats on the breeze to the ground, Does it fall upon hats Or on white Persian cats Or on heads with a pitty-pat sound? I used to think life was a bore, But I don't feel that way anymore, As I count up the hits, As I smile as I sit, As I spit from the twenty-sixth floor.

FINE $125

  1. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Yentl the Yeshiva Boy. Illustrated with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. A beautiful story made into a great film, about a courageous and independent girl. FINE $32

  2. Sis, Peter. Follow the Dream. NY, 1991, 1st, Knopf. Cloth, 9¾x12, 32p, DW. The dreamer is Christopher Columbus. FINE $16

  3. Sis, Peter. Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North (AIGA). NY, 1993, 1st, Knopf. Cloth, 10¾x9¾, 36p, DW. A picture story intercut with what appear to be weathered, stained pages from an explorer’s diary. With the help of Eskimos, Jan Welzl survives a perilous journey from Europe to the North Pole during the late 19th century. FINE $24

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433. Sis, Peter. The Tree of Life. NY, 2003, 1 , FSG. Cloth, 9¼x12¼, 32p, DW. Alovely book which renders the work of Charles Darwin comprehensible. The style has an antique Old World quality. FINE $24

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434. Sis, Peter. The Wall (Caldecott Honor). NY, 2007, 1 , FSG. Bds, 9x12, c. 48p,DW. Growing up behind the Iron Curtain. FINE $45

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  1. Skaar, Grace. A Boy and His Horse. NY, 1958, 1 , William R.Scott. Pict cloth,6½x8½, 144p, DW. Simple, well-told story about a boy who is given a foal whom he must care for and train until it is old enough to carry a rider, w/ lovely color pls by the author. VG $24

  2. Skaar, Grace. Nothing But Cats, Cats, Cats. NY, 1947, William R. Scott. Cloth spine, 9x8, 20p, no DW. Simple little book with very nice graphics. Containing only 17 words, books like this one, intended to communicate with 2 year olds, are among the most difficult to write. (Bader 298) VG $45

  3. Sleator, William/Lent, Blair. The Angry Moon. (100/Caldecott Honor). Boston, 1970, 1st, LBCo. Cloth, 9x9½, 48p, DW. A Tlingit Indian legend is given vibrant and awesome meaning in this collaboration. These people live so far north that

during the long winter night period, the moon can be above the horizon for extended periods, revolving low around the horizon, so it can appear to chase the children in the graphic way described. VG $200

    1. Slobodkina, Esphyr. Billy, the Condominium Cat (Signed). NY, 1980, 1st,

    2. Addison Wesley. Cloth, 6x6, 32p, DW. Amusing story of a kitten in Florida. FINE $45
  1. Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale (100). NY, 1940, repr, HarperC . Cloth spine, 7x8½, 32p, DW. One of the most popular children’s books of the century. At last the publisher got the colors right. Includes a poster signed by the author.

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440. Smith, Dodie. The Hundred and One Dalmatians. NY, 1956, 8 ptg, Viking.Cloth, 5¾x8½, 150p, DW. A great story enlivened by the b&w illustrations of Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone. VG $45

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  1. Stevens, Janet & Susan (Crummel). The Great Fuzz Frenzy. NY, 2005, 1 ,HBJ. Cloth, 11¼x10¾, c. 32p, DW. Prairie dogs, or gophers are an indigenous American mammal who live in colonies in the Great Plains, where the author and her daughter live. This original, undeservedly neglected picturebook is a great favorite of Cattermole. Gophers are considered a pest since their burrows cause injury to stock and horses. When a tennis ball accidently falls into one of these burrows it creates an unexpected reaction. Hilarious. FINE $32

  2. Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Mark of the Horse Lord. London, 1965, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 5¾x8¾, 245p, DW. Magnificently illust. in b&w by Charles Keeping. Sutcliffe’s finest novel sweeps child or adult reader along. The action never stops as we follow Phaedrus, a Roman Gladiator, who agrees to impersonate the Lord of the Horse People . His insecure hold on his leadership, his strange but plausible relationship with his ritual wife, the struggles of his people are played out against sacred rites and dark mysteries until, he at last proves himself the tragic hero in one of the greatest endings in children’s literature.

VG $105

On the opening page of Shaun Tan’s The Arrival we see a series of images almost like small sepia photos. In fact, the binding echoes an old family photo album. We see first a paper origami bird, next a clock, next a man’s hat, eventually a child’s drawing of a family in which the man has an origami bird on his shoulder and a hat, so we can infer the existence of a man, whom we have not yet met. So in the postmodern book we need to be taught how to read again. On the next page there are hands wrapping and packing, in the final poignant frame two hands resting on each other, one a man’s, the other a woman’s. Father is leaving to travel to a new land. The home is poor in material comforts, but his entire prior existence is summed up by a shadow of a dragon’s tail on a wall, denoting some totalitarian state, as he walks away. This is graphicy and carefully constructed. The man travels to a strange new city where he is almost overwhelmed by how foreign everything seems. He cannot even read the notes pinned to the front of his coat by the immigration officials. The letters of the writing, in fact all the text in the book is written in this strange unfamiliar type. This is a great postmodern device, putting the viewer in the same frame as the hero; we can no more decipher this text than he can. We thus share his bewilderment. After some time he manages to get a job and put enough away to bring his little family over to the new world. And in the final sequence we see his young daughter after only a few months, stopping in the street to give directions to a newcomer. As young people always do, she adapts so much more quickly to the new. Tan is an Australian, and this book is a masterpiece. The Horn Book is to be commended on their Boston Globe Hornbook Award of a Special Citation for Excellence in Graphic Storytelling.

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  1. Tan, Shaun. The Arrival. NY, 2006, 1 A, Scholastic. Cloth, 9x12, 124p, noDW (as issued). FINE $250

  2. Tarkington, Booth. Penrod. NY, 1914, G&D. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 345p, no DW. Illus in b&w by Gordon Grant. Booth Tarkington’s Penrod stories are obviously the model for the English William Compton’s William. Comic adventures of 12 year-old boys, for whom everything is a crime, despite good intentions G. OOD $8

  3. Tarkington, Booth. Penrod Jashber. NY, 1918, 1929, G&D. Cloth, 5½x7¾, 321p, no DW, XL, usual marks. The boy detective. GOOD $8

  4. Tarkington, Booth. Penrod and Sam. NY, 1916, repr,G&D. Cloth, 5½x7¾, 356 p, no DW. GOOD $8

  5. Tigerman, Tracy & Margaret McCurry / Stanley Tigerman. Dorothy in Dreamland. NY, 1991, 1st, Rizzoli. Blind-stamped blue cloth, 9¾x9¾, 32p, DW. Sole book for children by this noted architect is a pastiche of OZ. FINE $31

  6. Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins in the Park. NY, 1952, 1st US, HBJ. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 235p, DW. Illus by Mary Shepard. Mary Poppins' fantasy always has a basis in reality and serves to increase the self-awareness of the Banks' family children. It is exuberant rather than escapist. She teaches them that the only real security in life is the ability to change. The 4th book was written in response to pressure from her fans, and consists of new episodes which occurred during 3 previous visits. VG $60

  7. Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins Opens the Door. NY, 1943, 1st, Reynal & Hitchcock. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 239p, DW. Illus by Mary Shepard & Agnes Sims. Owner’s name fep. Third book about the imaginative, but stern nanny, who can pick the plum off an artist's pavement drawing and take a bite out of it. VG $75

  8. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. NY, 1884, 1996, OUP. Cloth, 6½x8¾, 366p, DW. Standard facsimile of the original, chiefly of note for the introduction by the black author and Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison. Her commentary on the nature of prejudice in Twain is fascinating. FINE $32

      9. Ungerer, Tomi. Cats as Cats Can (Signed). Boulder, CO, 1997, 1st, Tomico.

    1. Pict bds, 6¼x6¼, 120p, no DW (as issued). 120 droll cartoons about cats. FINE $60
  9. VanAllsburg, Chris. Bad Day at Riverbend. Boston, 1995, first eidtion, HMCo. Half cloth, 8½x11½, c. 32p, DW. A droll postmodern masterpiece about a western “cowboy” coloring book community. When the book is opened the characters are blinded by the brilliant light and witness the effects of a child’s coloring with crayons. In the end, we realize the real protagonist is actually the author’s daughter. FINE $24

    1. VanStockum, Hilda. The Borrowed House. NY, 1975, 1st, FSG. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 215p, DW. A brilliant novel which takes its structure from the Ring Cycle. Van Stockum offers an alternative, gentler interpretation of the Norse myth through the eyes of a HitlerJugend girl whose parents occupy the home of a Jewish family in Amsterdam during WWII. The child's gradual de-nazification results from contacts with the Dutch that are counterpoint for Wagner's opera.

    2. FINE $75
  10. Vipont, Elfreda. The Lark in the Morn. London, 1948, 1959 repr, OUP. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 202p, DW, XL, few marks. Illus. by T. E. Freeman. Kit apparently lacks her Quaker family's musical talent, until she meets a teacher who helps develop Kit's special gift for singing. FINE $12

  11. Waugh, Sylvia. Mennyms in the Wilderness. NY, 1994, 1st, Greenwillow. Cloth, 5½x8¾, 255p, DW. Second in this series about a family of life-size, live rag dolls trying to keep out of the way of humans. Their beloved home is about to be bulldozed, can they find a new home, how? FINE $32

  12. Waugh, Sylvia. The Mennyms Under Seige. London, 1995, 1st, Julia MacRae. Cloth, 5½x8¾, 220p, DW. In the third book, a simple visit to a theater precipitates a crisis. FINE $36

  13. Wells, Rosemary. Hazel's Amazing Mother. NY, 1985, 1st, Dial. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. Aren’t all mothers? VG $10

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  1. Wiesel, Elie/Podwal, Mark. King Solomon and His Magic Ring. NY, 1999, 1 ,Greenwillow. Cloth spine, 7¾x9¼, 56p, DW, XL, some marks. Legends of the wise King. VG $9

  2. Willard, Nancy/Provensen, Alice & Martin. A Visit to William Blake's Inn (Newbery Medal/AIGA/Caldecott Honor). NY, 1981, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 8¼x10¼, 32p, DW. FINE $250

  3. Williams, Jay/Mayer, Mercer. Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like (AIGA). NY, 1976, 1st, Four Winds. Cloth, 11¼x8¾, 30p, DW. Pretty funny Zen picturebook. FINE $32

461. Winsor, Frederick/Parry, Marian. The Space Child's Mother Goose. NY,

1958, 1st, S&S. Cloth, 6¼x8¾, 54p, DW. Probable-Possible, my black hen, She lays eggs in the Relative When. She doesn’t lay eggs in the Positive Now Because she’s unable to Postulate How.

VG $36

462. Wolff, Tobias. Old School (Signed). NY, 2003, first edition, Knopf. Cloth spine, 7x10, 208p, DW. Superb novel of a 17 year-old boy at a traditional boarding school and his conflict with becoming a writer and a man. FINE $20

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  1. Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. NY, 2001, 1 , Atheneum. Cloth,5¾x8½, 264p, DW. Written in an unusual postmodern style with irregular line endings, which does make it poetic. Wolff says she likes to think of the young man in Chekhov’s The Seagull who rants, “We must have new forms! . . . If we can’t have new forms, we had better have nothing at all.” This sequel to Make Lemonade, revisits her powerful characters when they are older and have less tractable problems. VG $24

  2. Wondriska, William. The Stop. NY, 1972, 1st, Holt. Cloth, 11¼x8½, 32p, DW, XL, few marks. Fabulous journey through Monument Valley on the Navaho reservation. VG $12

  3. Wood, Audrey/Wood, Don. Heckedy Peg. NY, 1987, 1st, HBJ. Cloth, 9¼x12, p, DW. A witch almost tricks a mother out of her 7 children. FINE $10

    1. Wormell, Christopher. An Alphabet of Animals. NY, 1990, 1st, Dial. Cloth,

    2. 10¾x10¾, 52p, no DW(as issued.) Colored woodcuts recall the Beggerstaffs. FINE $24
  4. Wrightson, Patricia. The Rocks of Honey. London, 1960, 1974, Hutchinson. Bds, 5¾x8¾, 184p, DW. Powerful early book about aboriginal mythology in Australia. VG $25

  5. Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy (Caldecott honor). NY, 1955, 1st, Viking/JLG. Cloth, 9¼x12¼, 32p, DW, few chips.. Yashima's masterpiece tells the story of a mentally retarded boy in a rural Japanese village who earns the respect of his fellows in part through the help of the schoolmaster. (Bader 530) VG $125

  6. Yolen, Jane/Lewin, Ted. Bird Watch. NY, 1990, 3rd, Philomel. Glossy bds, 8¼x10¼, 32p, no DW, XL, few marks. Simple poems about birds w/ realistic watercolors. VG $6

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470. Yolen, Jane/Mayer, Mercer. The Bird of Time. NY, 1971, 1 , Viking. Cloth,8½x10¼, 32p, DW, XL, some marks. A miller’s son is considered a fool, but when he is given a gift to control time he uses it wisely to save a princess.VG $8

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471. Yolen, Jane/Dyer, Jane. Piggins (Signed by author). NY, 1990, 1 , HBJ.Cloth, 8½x10¼, 32p, DW. Piggins is not only a proper Edwardian butler, but a detective, who solves a Christiesque mystery at a dinner party given by the Foxes. FINE $32

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  1. Yorinks, Arthur/Egielski, Richard. Oh, Brother. NY, 1989, 1 , FSG. Cloth,9x12, c. 40p, DW. Evidently, the way this successful collaboration works is that the author sends the text to the illustrator, who then makes his own interpretation. For example, in this postmodern picturebook, the story opens before the beginning. There is no text describing just what sort of mystery the two heros get involved in, merely the words, It was a sorry accident at sea. However, the artist supplied the lack, in the opening frame we see the two brothers creeping down into a ship’s hold with a lantern. On the following page, we seen them fighting over some fireworks while the lantern has been placed aside. Observe how the lantern is tipping out of the picture frame. Facing this we see the title, which can be read as an idiom for “We are in trouble now”. And in the final frame, we see a two-page spread with the brothers running from danger. FINE $120

  2. Zabar, Abbie. Alphabet Soup. NY, 1991, 1st, Stewart Tabori Chang. Cloth, 9¼x11¼, 32p, DW. A witty alphabet of everyday delicacies from around the world, artfully chosen and illustrated and fascinatingly described. (Did you know that corn smut is the Mexican truffle?) FINE $25

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Cecily vonZiegesar (1970-) made a terrific splash with her chick-lit about fin de siècle adolescents with too much time and too much money. For publishers this is almost a perfect series, lacking only the dolls and other tie-ins. However, they have reappeared on television, and have their own website, www.gossipgirl.net,

(“You know you love me!”) where it seems there is a real person reporting these stories as actual gossip columns about perhaps real life people, a postmodern touch. Emails from the website appear as alternate chapters in the books. The stories are fast-paced and occasionally witty, and probably no one will mind that they only appear in paperback.

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  1. vonZiegesar, Cecily. Don't You Forget About Me. NY, 2007, 1 , LBCo. Pictwraps, 5¼x8, 272p. Welcome to New York’s Upper East side, where my friends and I get what we want, when we want, and who we want-even if they’re already taken. A Gossip Girl (GG) novel. FINE $12

  2. vonZiegesar, Cecily. I Like It Like That. NY, 2004, 5th, LBCo. Pict wraps, 5¼x8, 275p. A GG. Spring Break. FINE $10

  3. vonZiegesar, Cecily. Notorious. NY, 2006, 1st, LBCo. Pict wraps, 5¼x8275p, DW. A new series, an IT GIRL novel, same soft-core sex, less city. FINE $12

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477. vonZiegesar, Cecily. Reckless. NY, 2006, 1 , LBCo. Pict wraps, 5¼x8,238p. Another IT GIRL. FINE $12

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478. vonZiegesar, Cecily. Would I Lie to You. NY, 2006, 1 , LBCo. Pict wraps,5¼x8190p. GG summer in the Hamptons. FINE $12

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479. vonZiegesar, Cecily. You're the One That I Want. NY, 2004, 4 , LBCo. Pictwraps, 5¼x8, 227p. GG college acceptance time. FINE $10

Anthologies, Fairy, and Folk Tales

  1. Anon. The Queen's Gift Book. NY, 1916, Hodder & Stoughton. Decorated cloth, 7½x10½, 160p, no DW. Rubbed, few marks. Sold in aid of Queen Mary’s Convalescent Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors who have lost their limbs in war. 24 stories by various authors, most little known today and illust with ten color plates. The plates by Rackham and W. Heath Robinson are quite fineG. OOD $20

  2. Baring-Gould, Wm. S. The Annotated Mother Goose. NY, 1962, 1st., Bramhall. Cloth, 8¼x11350p, DW. Fascinating study of derivations and hidden meanings of nursery rhymes with b&w cuts throughout. VG $20

  3. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Children's Book. NY, 1915, 1st., Cupples & Leon. Decorated cloth, 7¼x9½, 295p, no DW. One hundred and fifty odd brief stories and poems selected by Burnett, from a variety of sources, illus in b&w

FAIR $10

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483. Denman, Cherry. The Little Peacock's Gift. NY, 1988, 1 , Bedrick. Glossybds, 8x10½, 32p, DW. Folktales from around the world retold and illustrated in color FINE $12

    1. Tappari, Massimilano. Ooh! Inventario di Fotografia. Mantova, 2008, 1st, Corraini. Pict wraps, 6x6, 134p. A hilarious collection of photographs with English and Italian cliches.

    2. FINE $40
  1. Our friends at Corraini in Mantova have begun publishing a wonderful magazine of graphic art, ideas, and design, Un Sedicesimo. Comparable to the British magazine, Baseline, each issue is the work of a single artist or graphic designer, exploring typography, furniture made from letters of the alphabet, dada whimsy. and the like. Subscriptions are available at www.corraini.com. We have available the series 2007-2008 complete:

Un Sedicesimo, # 1a. Esther Lee (Korea). 10l. plastic garbage Bag.2007 Un Sedicesimo, #1b. Daniel Eatock (British). Amusing color photos. 2007 Un Sedicesimo, #1c. Steven Guanaccia (USA). Numbers and whimsical drawings.2007 Un Sedicesimo, # 2. Italo Lupi (Italy). Homage to artist of the 20th C. 2008 Un Sedicesimo, #3a. Paul Cox (France). Diary. 2008 Un Sedicesimo, # 3b. Francesco Dondina (Italy). Furniture made from the alphabet. 2008 Un Sedicesimo, #4. Federico Maggioni (Italy). Collages. 2008 Un Sedicesimo, # 5. Protev Temen (Russia). Modern supergraphics. 2008 Un Sedicesimo, #6. Steven Heller & Louise Fili (USA). A selection of historic script fonts. Un Sedicesimo, 7a. Marti Guixé (Catalalonia). The denver Typo. Un Sedicesimo, 7b. Rosa Linke (Germany). Watercolor sketches.

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All eleven issues, Mantova, 1 , Corraini. Pict wraps, 16,5x23,5, 16ApS. New $120

506. We have single issues of 7a and 7b available. Each As New $8

Swedish

507. Hellsing, Lennart/Poul Stoyer. Summa Summarum (Swedish Nils

Holgersson Prize). Stockholm, 1950, 1st, Raben & Sjogren. Cloth spine, pict bds, 7½x9½, 40p, no DW. Award sticker on front cover. Nonsense songs generously illustrated; music included at the back. (see also item 291) VG $80

Russian

508. Coray, Natalie. Globusny

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Chelovechek, (The Little Man in the Globe). Paris, 1954, 1 , Mourlot Frères.Bds w/paste-down. Illus in color and b&w by Feodor Rojankovsky. FINE $175

Growns

  1. Bennett, Alan. The Uncommon Reader. NY, 2007, 2nd, FSG. Cloth, 5¼x7¾, 120p, DW. This is a ‘grown’, but so charming and postmodern we wanted to share it. The author is a playwright (The History Boys). Through the influence of a young man, of common background, the Queen takes up reading, much to the chagrin of politicians and her family. FINE $15

  2. Munari, Bruno. Love and Kisses. Mantova, 1992, 2008, Corraini. Wraps, 4¾x6¼, 93p. FINE $20

  3. Munari, Bruno. Original Xerographies. Mantova, 1977, 2007, Corraini. Wraps, 5¾x8¼, 97p. FINE $20

Non-Fiction

  1. Darling, Abigail/Day, Alexandra. Teddy Bear's Picnic Cookbook. NY, 1991, 1st, Viking. Cloth, 8½x11½, c. 32p, DW. FINE $16

  2. Engdahl, Sylvia. The Planet-Girded Suns. NY, 1974, 1st, Atheneum. Cloth, 6x9½, 201p, DW, XL, some marks. Illus by Richard Cuffari. A non-fiction narrative of the history of an idea, that many life-bearing galaxies exist outside of our own solar system. VG $8

  3. Mayo, Eileen. Shells and How They Live. London, 1944, 1st, Pleiades. Cloth spine, 10½x7½, 28p, no DW. Very attractive lithographs. This followed Noel Carrington’s Puffin Picture Book model. GOOD $24

  4. Sasek, M. This Is the United Nations. NY, 1968, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth, 9x12¾, 60p, DW, XL, usual marks. VG $16

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516. Waugh, Dorothy. Among the Leaves and Grasses. NY, 1931, 1 , Macmillan.Cloth, 7½x10½, 93p, DW, chipped and w/ a few repairs, still more or less whole. The superb art deco masterpiece of insect life, not called insects, but a metaphor, and throughout the book is full of metaphors. The first book to be printed in color offset. (Bader 122) VG $125

Reference

  1. Bader, Barbara. American Picturebooks, from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within. NY, 1976, 1st, Macmillan. Cloth, 8¼x10¾, 615p+index, DW. 663 illus; the illustration numbers in this book are the Bader #'s given in our catalog. The standard and indispensable reference guide for understanding modern children's books. Almost all of Bader's selections were originally reviewed in The Horn Book; her gift is an unerring instinct for the best and brightest. VG $36

  2. Bolton, Henry Carrington. The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children. London,

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1888, 1 , Elliot Stock. Cloth, 7¾x10½, 124p, no DW. A study in folklore with

notes on their antiquity, origin, and wide distribution. 873 counting-out rhymes, of which only 464 are in English. VG $45

  1. Godden, Rumer/Photos. The Tale of the Tales. NY, 1971, 1stUS, Warne. Cloth, 8½x11½, 208p, DW. Story of the ballet, "The Tales of Beatrix Potter," made into a film, illus t/o in color with photos and watercolors by PotterF. INE $32

  2. Goldthwaite, John. The Natural History of Make-Believe. NY, 1996, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 6¼x9½, 386p, DW a bit sunned. A comprehensive survey of the magic that lies at the heart of children’s literature. FINE $16

    3. Hammond, Wayne, & Anderson, D. J.R.R.Tolkien: A Descriptive

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Bibliography. New Castle, DE, 1993, 1 , Oak Knoll. Bds, 6¼x9½, 434p, no DW(as issued). FINE $75

  1. Linder, Leslie/Pottter, Beatrix. The Journal of Beatrix Potter. NY, 1966, 1stUS, Warne. Cloth, 6½x9½, 448p, DW. VG $30

  2. Zipes, Jack. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. NY, 2000, 1st, OUP. Cloth, 6½x9½, 601p, DW. FINE $80

Toy Books

    Belgrano, Giovanni/Munari, Bruno. Plus and Minus (Più e Meno). Mantova, 1970 (Danese), 2008, 1stUS, Corraini. Pictorial card box, 6x6. A 72-card game to be played interactively or solo. Most of the pieces are transparent, so the story conditions can be changed, making it snow, for example. AS NEW $75

    1. Cvach, Milos. Dans Tout Les Sens. np, [Paris], 2007, #23/50, signed and numbered by the artist, Cvach. Ring bound card, 6x6, 34p. A hand-made artist’s book with shapes, colors and diecuts, inspired by Munari’s Libri illeggibili.

    2. AS NEW $320
  1. Gorey, Edward. Dracula, A Toy Theater. NY, 1979, 1st, Scribners’. Spiral wire bound pict wraps, 10¼x15¼, 22p. An unlikely subject for kids, who, nonetheless love this brilliant stage adaptation for which Gorey prepared sets and costumes. They enjoy doing the play, which like most of his work, becomes Gorey's invention, rather than the original author's. VG $125

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527. Harper, Charley. Charley Harper Coloring Book. np[LA], 2008, 1 , Ammo. pictwraps, 9x12,c. 32p. Harper’s simplified line drawings and large flat areas of color make his art connect remarakably well with the coloring book form. Kids of all ages will want to color the images. AS NEW $10

  1. Kubašta, Vojt�ch. Praha. Prague, 1969. First Edition, Artia. Pictorial paper boards with white cloth backing, 6½x10¼, one full 2-page pop-up. A lovely spread of the Old Town, the Castle and outlying regions. Back cover text in Czech. VG $150

  2. Mercer, Maybelle. The Dresses Worn by the "First Ladies" of the White House. Akron, 1937, 1st, Saalfield. Pict bds, 13½x10½, 8p. Four card dolls to punch out (with stands) and 19 dresses to be cut out for dressing the dolls.

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  1. Moore, Clement/Sabuda, Robert. The Night Before Christmas. NY, 2002, 1 ,S&S. Pict bds, 10¼x10.4,8p. FINE $20

  2. Munari, Bruno. The Elephant's Wish. Cleveland, 1959, 1st, World. Cloth, 9½x12¼, 5p. VG $240

  3. Sendak, Maurice, Arthur Yorinks, & Matthew Reinhardt. Mommy. NY,

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2006, 1 , Scholastic. Pict bds, 8x8, 6p. An amusing movie monster pop-up.AS NEW $32