"National Velvet"
New York: Pocket Books, (1943). Softcover. Second printing. Mass market paperback. Creases on wrappers, small abrasions on the spine, very good. Basis for the film that featured Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. More
Animal Stories
"National Velvet"
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. Hardcover. Book club edition. Illustrated by Earl E. Winslow. Jacket art by Paul Brown. Owner name on front fly with sticker shadow on endpapers, front hinge cracked, drink ring on rear board, very good in a good only dust jacket with several chips..... More
Little Gorilla
New York: Clarion Books, (1976). Softcover. First edition. 24mo. Flexible illustrated card wrappers. Fine. Warmly Inscribed by the author to editor and author, Charlotte Zolotow: "For Charlotte! [heart]XO from Ruth." From the library of Charlotte Zolotow, editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and acclaimed author of over..... More
Aha and the Jewel of Mystery
New York: Parent's Magazine Press, (1968). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Shirely Pulido. Slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and short tears. A typed letter Signed to children's book author, Alvin Tresselt from Boskinski. The letter, to "Dear Alvin," discusses (in some detail)..... More
The Youngest Camel
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Cloth and page edges with just a bit of foxing, near fine in a toned, very good dust jacket with a sunned spine, a couple of small tears along the edges, and an interior dampstain on the..... More
The Youngest Camel
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. Cloth with light foxing, page edges and endleaves with just a bit of soil, very good in a toned, very good dust jacket with several nicks and small tears, three tiny holes along the sunned spine, and..... More
The First Dog
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Light foxing on endpapers and page edges, very good in a very good dust jacket with internal foxing, spine lightly sunned. More
The True Book of Tropical Fishes
Chicago: Childrens Press, 1956. Hardcover. Reinforced pictorial blue cloth stamped in blue and red. School stamp on front pastedown, cloth modestly soiled, corners rubbed and bumped, else very good. More
Freddy The Detective
New York & Woodstock: Overlook Press, (1998). Hardcover. Third Overlook printing. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Several signatures and brief inscriptions across preliminary pages from other fans at a Freddy convention celebrating the 75th anniversary, else near fine in a fine dust jacket. More
The Runaway Bunny
(New York): HarperCollins, [likely 1991]. Hardcover. Reprint of the revised edition. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Oblong octavo. Fine in glazed pictorial boards and spine-sunned and modestly worn, very good dust jacket. More
Michael Who Missed His Train
Garden City, New York: Junior Books / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong quarto. [32]pp. Pictorial papercovered boards. Spine and corners chipped and worn, small ex-library number on front board (the only ex-library identification), a good only copy. More
Capturing Wild Elephants!
(Chicago: The Merrill Publishing Co., 1934). Softcover. First edition. Folio. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and modest soiling, a nice, very good copy. More
A Robber Meet His Match; Bobby Coon's Mistake; Peter Rabbit Proves a Friend; Reddy Fox's Sudden Engagement; The Three Little Bears; Young Flash the Deer
[New York]: Platt & Munk, 1940. Softcover. Six volumes of eight published. Color illustrations by Harrison Cady. Stapled wrappers. All fine. Six children's stories featuring a mouse, a fox, a rabbit, a raccoon, a deer, and a bear family. A poem is on the last page of each story. A...... More
The Book of Living Reptiles: Where The Crocodilians, Lizards, Snakes, Turtles and Tortoises are Found
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1936). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Helene Carter. Quarto. 64pp. Pictorial papercovered boards with black cloth spine. Owner name neatly penned on half-title, spine crudely taped, extremities worn, thus a good only copy. More
The Adventures of Beetlekin the Brave
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, (1966). Hardcover. First American edition. Translated from the Dutch by the author with T.D.R. Thomason and Patricia Tracy Lowe. Illustrated by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket with a little toning at the top edge of the flaps. More
The Traveling Bears in Outdoor Sports
New York: Barse & Hopkins, (1915). Hardcover. Illustrated by V. Floyd Campbell. Quarto. 60, [2]ads pp. Quarter cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. A bit of soiling on the boards, small corner of rear blank chipped, a very good or better copy. Aside from the bears engaging in several sports..... More
Kangaroo Coolaroo
London: Frederick Warne & Co., [circa 1940?]. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by Joyce Horn. Small Australian bookstore stamp on front pastedown, else fine in price-clipped else fine dust jacket. Young adult book about a kangaroo. A lovely copy. More
The Black Stallion Returns
New York: Random House, (1973). Softcover. Later printing. Trade paperback. A few pages and inside covers slightly age-toned, front wrap with a small tear, spine sunned, very good. Sequel to *The Black Stallion* and basis for the 1983 film starring Kelly Reno, Teri Garr and Hoyt Axton. More
Skip
New York: Scholastic Book Services, (1968). Softcover. Later printing. Illustrated wrappers. Page toning and some edgewear thus very good. Warmly Inscribed and with an additional note laid in by the author to author and editor, Charlotte Zolotow: "For Charlotte - A memory of the ranch - with admiration and affection..... More
The Story about Ping
New York: The Viking Press, 1965. Hardcover. Later printing. Small quarto. Illustrated. Slightly worn edges, spotting, and toning thus very good, lacking the dust jacket. More
Carlo
(Garden City): Doubleday, Page & Co., (1913). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Frost. Oblong small quarto. 109pp. Illustrated green cloth. Light wear, hinges very neatly restored, else near fine in a handsome very good spine-toned dust jacket with several small chips and tears. Inscribed in pencil on the front fly..... More
Young Readers Dog Stories
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951). Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated by Richard Osborne. Tiny nick at the crown, near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with several chips and tears. More
Claude and Pepper
New York: The Seabury Press, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Oblong octavo. Fine in very good spine-toned dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Charlotte Zolotow: "To Charlotte with love, Dick 1976. Charlotte Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and the acclaimed author of over..... More
Hattie Be Quiet, Hattie Be Good
New York: Harper & Row, (1977). Hardcover. First edition. Small octavo. Fine in very slightly spine-sunned else about fine dust jacket. Inscribed (but not signed) by the author to Charlotte Zolotow: "to Charlotte with good memories of Chicago June '78." Charlotte Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated..... More
Hattie Rabbit
New York: Harper & Row, (1976). Hardcover. Harper Crest edition. Small octavo. Fine in very slightly spine-sunned else about fine dust jacket. Inscribed (but not signed) by the author to Charlotte Zolotow: "to Charlotte with good memories of Chicago June '78." Charlotte Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s..... More