1991, signed 1st edition. 'Fiery dragons, playful centaurs, the mysterious garusa, the web-footed bunyip--these and other mythological creatures abound in Dragons Dragons. Eric Carle's celebrates mythology and legends from around the world, and breathes life into the creatures that inhabit them. Illustrating poetry from such authors as Anne McCaffrey, X. J. Kennedy, Myra Cohn Livingston, and John Gardner, Eric Carle invites readers to enter the fabulous world of Dragons, & other creatures that never were." Jacket has a short closed tear at the back fold; else the book & DJj are in very nice ... View More...
From leaping, flying fish to dancing butterflies, and camels that "trollop along," Eric Carle's brilliant and colorful collage designs bring to life animal poems from such diverse sources as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Prelutsky, as well as Bible verses, Japanese haiku, American Indian poems and more. This celebration of the wonder and variety of earth's animals is joyous...a book to be shared. Excellent collectible condition. View More...
1938, 1st edition. A story, in verse, about a horse. Wonderfully illustrated. A witty satire of the great depression, and a rebuke of capitalism from a socialist viewpoint. Approx. 8x11 inches, in very good condition. View More...
A hardbound annual journal for the year 1908-1909. Fact, fiction, great illustrations, fantasy, games...A classic periodical for the adolescent age, from the post Gilded Age. Uniformly toned text block. two pages loose and laid in at their proper spot. View More...
A very early printing. Ten titles listed on the rear cover. The boards and spine are bright and square, with some rubbing at the extremities. Dr. Seuss introduces 20 heretofore unknown letters, and the bizarre words that can be spelled with them. One word, 'Spazz', forced the publisher canceled, discontinued, ban this Seuss classic work. View More...
THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL twice signed and inscribed by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Portrait of Kate Douglas Wiggin adhered to the front pastedown. An 'Author's Reading' program, tipped on the front end paper, signed by Ms. Wiggin (Mrs Geo.Christopher Riggs), and a nice author's inscription on the title page. Hinges repaired, still in nice condition. View More...
9" x 12" hinged, shellacked plywood boards. 4" x 7" manually embossed aluminum plate depicting a steam engine, mounted on the front cover. Book begins with an outline table of contents, and finishes with an index. 47 one-side pages. Written in ink, in a juvenile cursive hand. Illustrated with newspaper, comics, and magazine cutouts. A 3rd or 4th grade elementary school class project. A labor of pride and accomplishment, no doubt, for Miss Herbison. A shining example of how far general education has fallen since mid-century. View More...
