Poetry from Gargoyle Books

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. DiTerlizzi, Tony. The original 19th-century poem by Mary Howitt is brought to new, fiendish light with the macabre illustrations of award-winning artist DiTerlizzi, who received a Caldecott Honor nomination for this book. He is… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lenski, Lois. Fourth book both written & illustrated by this children's author/illustrator who would go on to win a Newbery Medal. Based on her own life, this book was like her other early ones, about a girl in small-town… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: North-South Books, 1999. First Thus 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Zwerger, Lisbeth. Lewis Carrol's beloved characters are brought to new life with the slightly odd, always whimsical illustrations of Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, winner of the 1990 Hans Christian Andersen medal. Containing the complete text of the first edition of "Alice" from 1866,… Ler mais sobre este item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1941. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Issued to coincide with the wildly popular radio & TV series from the 1940s-1950s featuring child prodigies, this book offered questions from the show so that your own child could match wits with the little brainiacs. In 96 pages + a 32-page section of… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Wyeth, N. C. . One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, each with a colorful paper pastedown to the front board. These have recently been reissued, making these original… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: F. Warne & Co., 1989. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Warne, Frederick. The original edition authorized by Beatrix Potter contains every one of the 23 original Peter Rabbit books & 4 previously unpublished works, complemented on every page with full-color illustrations… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Estes, Eleanor. Newberry-award-winning title for which this acclaimed children's author also created her own illustrations, which appear in pen-and-ink throughout the book's 250 pages. First book to feature the Pye family. A FIRST EDITION, but slightly later printing, from 1951,… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Poor. One of a series of literary classics adapted for young readers by breaking up words into one syllable for easy pronunciation. Abridged & adapted from the original story by I. F. M., in 112 pages with a colored frontispiece & 5 color chromolithograh plates throughout… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First, Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Shepard, E. H. . Lovely vintage boxed hardcover set from 1957 has 2 books: "The World of Pooh" marks the first appearance in one volume of two classic Pooh stories-- "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) & "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928). Likewise… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Burningham, John. The quintessential British children's tale of a magical flying car, made into a beloved movie starring Dick Van Dyke in 1968. Just removed from my personal shelves, this is a FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 1964, with former owner's… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stevenson, James. Fun collection of children's poems, illustrated throughout the 159 pages with fanciful pen-and-ink drawings by James Stevenson. A FIRST EDITION, 13th printing from 1984, SIGNED by the Author with a personalized inscription "Hello Lynn!" dated 1987 to title page.… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1961. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Salinger's classic novel of disaffected youth, first published in this mass market paperback format in 1953; this is the 18th printing from 1961, with slightly different cover style (same faux Reginald Marsh pulp painting of Holden Caufield, unattributed), renumbered… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. YA novel by the author of "The Island of the Blue Dolphins,'' this one featuring a brave, independent young woman in New York, in the midst of the War ofIndependence (Revolutionary War). A First Edition, later printing, from 1980, this… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Mikolaydak, Charles. In what was perhaps "her most remarkable adventure novel,'' L'Engle continues the award-winning Time Trilogy in this new work featuring "run-of-the-mill twins Sandy & Dennys in the remarkable Murray family," who are transported through time & space… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris, France: Gauthier-Languereu, 1970. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. IN FRENCH, this is a lovely collection of 100 short poems & verse adapted by Marcelle Vérité, illustrated on nearly every one of the book's 94 pages, + endpapers & both front & back cover, by Japanese-American artist, Gyo Fukjikawa. Orig. published in 1970… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Artists & Writers Guild, Inc./Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Shinn, Everett. Book of verse for children by the "Hoosier poet,'' with "Hoosier pictures" by illustrator Everett Shinn, a member of the American realist Ashcan school, commissioned especially for this 1943 edition (First, thus) by the Artists & Writers… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. Fujikawa, Gyo. Introduce your child to the magic of poetry with this huge collection of 189 rhymes & verses, brought to life on every page through the pen-and-ink sketches & full-color drawings of illustrated on every page in full color… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ver Beck, Frank. A continuation of the tale of Sambo, the beloved children's character who has not been immune from charges of racism for both the story & pictures since he was first introduced by Ms Bannerman in 1899. Here, American… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another in the author's series of juvenile suspense novels featuring Rose Rita Pottinger & Mrs. Zimmerman, who last appeared in "The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring." Story completed by Brad Strickland after Bellairs' death.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, New York: Bradbury Press/Macmillan, 1973. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. Author's 6th YA novel, this one featuring seventh-grader Deenie Fenner, trying to reconcile her mother's pressure for her to be a model with her own desire to just be a normal teenager. In 159 pages, this is a later (13th)… Ler mais sobre este item