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    Homer Price

    McCloskey, Robert

    A very nice hardcover, stated sixth printing, June 1950. Book is in very good condition, NOT ex-lib, no writing or marks, plain EPs. Brown cloth bo...

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    Centerburg Tales

    McCloskey, Robert

    A lovely hardcover with NO dust jacket. Jacket art is printed directly on the boards. Some foxing/discoloration to the picture cover. Inside is imm...

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    Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates

    Perkins, Al

    Illustrated by Wende, Philip. A lovely copy of this adaptation for Beginning Readers, long out-of-print. Part of the "I Can Read It All By Myself" ...

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    Doctor Dolittle's Garden

    Lofting, Hugh

    A later printing, copyright 1955 by Josephine Lofting. Lovely orange boards with full color image on front, plain white endpapers. Black & whit...

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    Onion John

    Krumgold, Joseph

    Illustrated by Shimin, Symeon. Lovely hardcover with near-fine jacket, one minor ding along the spine and some wee bumping along top and bottom of ...

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    Doctor Dolittle's Return

    Lofting, Hugh

    A very nice copy of this title, save for the pen markings to the front and back cover boards. Yellow boards with pastedown on front, teal and black...

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    The Road to Oz

    Baum, L. Frank

    Illustrated by Neill, John R. A later printing, circa 1922 based on a gift inscription from Christmas of that year. This edition printed from the o...

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    The Book of Joyous Children

    Riley, James Whitcomb

    Illustrated by Vawter, J.W. A truly glorious copy in stunning condition. Dark brown boards with gold leaf on stamped author, title and illustration...

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    The Pooh Perplex

    Crews, Frederick C.

    Illustrated by Shepard, E.H. First edition of this little smackeral of academic satire. A "long overdue collection of twelve essays, examining the ...

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    Socks

    Cleary, Beverly

    Illustrated by Darwin, Beatrice. First printing, extremely scarce in a trade edition. White dust jacket with an illustration our friend Socks, who ...

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    The Pigman

    Zindel, Paul

    First printing of this very significant work of young adullt fiction. Book shows age -- has some soil to page ends. Boards are illustrated with the...

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    More About Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Sixth printing C" so circa 1964. A tight, unread copy of the further adventures of everyone's favorite lost,...

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    A Bear Called Paddington

    Bond, Michael

    Illustrated by Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings,...

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    James and the Giant Peach

    Dahl, Roald

    Illustrated by Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. Very early printing, price on jacket is $3.95. Final page with author bio states that the book was bound by T...

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    The Little Prince

    Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

    A nice hardcover of this classic. Given copyright page notation and with the help of lepetitprince dot net, we believe this copy dates to 1959. Jac...

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    Are You Hungry Are You Cold

    Bemelmans, Ludwig

    Signed by author. First edition, with postcard from noted Chicago booksellers Kroch's and Brentano's indicating "autographed by the author especial...

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    The Street Where the Heart Lies

    Bemelmans, Ludwig

    Second printing, in excellent condition. Near fine, so graded because plastic book cover was affixed w/non-archival tape, so some faint marking to ...

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    The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

    Tolkien, J. R. R.

    Exceptional copy of the deluxe slipcased edition. Green leatherette boards and matching slipcase, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges. Thir...

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    A Christmas Carol in Prose : Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

    Dickens, Charles and Skarmeas, Nancy

    Illustrated by Flint, Russ. Pristine copy of this illustrated abridgement of Dickens's classic. First printing, fine in a fine jacket.1st Edition. ...

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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Rice, Alice Hegan

    Cellophane-covered pictoral boards, minor fading to spine, cellophe just starting to peel in one tiny place on the spine. Bottom corners of boards ...

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    The 13 Clocks

    Thurber, James

    Illustrated by Simont, Marc. A scarce first printing of this classic Thurber children's story. Title page lists illustrator as "Mark Simont", corre...

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    Bunnicula

    Howe, James; Howe, Deborah

    Illustrated by Daniel, Alan. Signed by authorJames Howe (inscribed "To Joey, Have Fun!), with a little drawing of a vampire rabbit--quite charming....

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    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

    Dahl, Roald

    A very clean copy of this collection of Dahl short stories, some of which are from Dahl's early days. This is a first printing, Not price clipped (...

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    Danny, the Champion of the World

    Dahl, Roald

    A wonderful copy of this Dahl title, his sixth novel for children. First printing, with a full number line, price of 5.95 on flap. Dark purple tops...

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