Children's Books from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

New York: National Comics Publications (DC), 1956. 32 pages. Ten cents price on cover. A full color Silver Age comic book, one of a series of Christmas annuals featuring Rudolph that DC published between 1950 and 1962. The comic is in about very good condition: clean and bright, with off-white pages and previous owner's name written… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: National Comics Publications (DC), 1960. 32 pages. Ten cents price on cover. A full color Silver Age comic book featuring "No Exit for Easy," a Sgt. Rock story drawn by Joe Kubert, who also did the cover art.. The comic is in about very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal edge wear and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1953. 32 pages. Full color Golden Age comic book. The comic is in about very good condition: bright and tight, with lightly toned pages and some light soiling on rear e cover; relatively minor spine roll.. First Edition. Paperback. About Very Good. Illus. by Jesse Marsh. 10 1/8" X 7 3/8". Comic.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Unpublished, 1887. Famed children's illustrator Kate Greenaway's autograph on laid paper, apparently clipped from a larger piece of stationery. Written at her home in Hampstead in the famous illustrator's hand in black ink: "Kate Greenaway, 17 September 1887, 50 Frognal, Hampstead, London--N.W." The signature is bold and bright, and the paper is clean and unwrinkled. The autograph is guaranteed… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. vi, 260 pages. Scarce August 1944 (date code I-T) reprint of the fourth book in the "Little House" series. It was a Newbery Honor Book for 1940. The book is clean and tight in the scarce dust jacket that has some minor edgewear. The white background on the jacket has darkened, and there is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1962. Unpaginated. First printing, published in 1962, with $1.50 price on front cover. The book is in very good condition: clean, square, and tight. There is a very faint 1" strip of fading along the spine on the front cover.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Edward Gorey. 16mo… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. 237 pages. First printing of the first edition of this groundbreaking novel in verse for young people. The winner of the Newbery Medal and a Coretta Scott King Award Honor book. Except for a tiny remainder dot on the top edge of the textblock, the book is in as-new condition. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Richmond, Virginia: B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1901. [255] pages. First printing. Written by Galveston, Texas educator Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn (1862-1935) and intended to be read by students in 5th and 6th grades, this book relates some exploits of Texas "heroes" including Cabeza de Vaca, Ellis P. Bean, Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee, and others. The book is in very… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Philomel Books, 1980. (28) pages. First printing, with all the appropriate points: $6.95 price on front flap (2nd prtg is $8.95); beige paper covered boards (subsequent printings are "butterscotch"); 200 Madison Avenue publisher's address (51 Madison Avenue in subsequent printings). Both book and dust jacket are in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. Original promotional poster for the Caldecott Medal winning children's book The Polar Express, signed by the illustrator/author Chris Van Allsburg. The poster measures 18 inches by 36 inches. All over the internet are Polar Express posters featuring the train that is illustrated on the book's dust jacket. Seldom seen is the poster… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1925. 280 pages. First state of the first edition, with 12 color plates printed on paper that is coated only on the printed side and with boldface Reilly & Lee imprint on the spine. Illustrations by John R. Neill. The fifth Oz book by Thompson, the successor to L. Frank Baum… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2007. First trade edition of a very elaborate pop-up book that include 6 large and complex pop-ups and 30 smaller pop-ups. The book is the result of collaboration between two of the giants of paper engineering, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. It is the third volume in the Encyclopedia Mythologica series. Signed by… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: David McKay, 1925. 105 pages + 12 color plates. Limited edition: number 276 of 500 copies SIGNED by Milne. This is the very scarce American issue, with Stanley Paul & Co. on the title page but bound in the blue cloth-covered boards, with David McKay on the spine. The book is clean, bright, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1929. First edition.  First state , in color-illustrated boards (a second printing in plain red cloth was also issued in 1929).  [Donovan & Murdoch, The Game of Golf and the Printed Word 1566-1985, 26100; Donovan & Jerri, Game of Golf and the Printed Word 1566-2005, M24310.]. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne: Cassell and Co., Ltd, 1912. Unpaginated.  Profusely illustrated children's book, including 12 full-page chromolithographs (some picturing racist"golliwogs").  Endpapers include 4 full-page advertisements for Mellin's Food, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Neave's Food, and Plasmon Cocoa.  The approximate date of publication reflects the information in those ads.  The book is in very good condition: clean and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. (32) pages. First printing of the first edition of this Christmas time story of the boy Carlitos and his missing dog Blanco in the East Los Angeles Barrio. Beautifully told and illustrated by the Caldecott Medal winner Leo Politi. The book is in almost as-new condition but for the usual faint… Saber más sobre este artículo

Dobbs Ferry, New York: A.A.C.T. (Americans Against Child Terror), 1968. (6), 31, (7) pages.Comic book style publication intended to be used to teach children how to avoid being molested by strangers. The book was sent to police departments around the United States for distribution. This copy was distributed by the Watertown, Connecticut Police Department and includes that information on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Little Simon, 2005. The first printing of this pop-up retelling of the classic Christian story of Noah's ark. Written and illustrated by Matthew Reinhart, who also engineered the 6 complex full-page pop-ups and the 6 smaller fold-out pop-ups. The book and all movables are in as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible- Fine. Illus. by Matthew… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1980. The first printing of the U.S. edition of this pop-up book about circus acts and animals. The front cover has the $5.95 peel off price sticler--a later printing was $6.95. Written and illustrated by Loretta Lustig, with 4 full-page pop-ups and 4 smaller movables engineered by lb Penick, the "father" of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. This pop-up book was the 6th book that was both written and illustrated by Babette Cole, winner of the Kate Greeanway award and other honors. The 6 pop-ups are in perfect, as-new working condition. The books is clean, bright, and tight, with perhaps a hint of rubbing at corners.. First U. S. Edition.… Saber más sobre este artículo