Favorite Children's Authors from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1194. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first edition, price-clipped, in very nice condition. Some bumping to top edge of book and jacket. Section of glossy photos in center of book. Based on interviews with Dahl, his wife Patricia Neal, and Dahl's personal correspondence. Dahl, a beloved children's author with numerous classics in his bibliography, was… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Sixth printing C" so circa 1964. A tight, unread copy of the further adventures of everyone's favorite lost, marmalade-loving bear. The book has no markings and is illustrated throughout with Fortnum's charming line drawings. Jacket has an amusing mirror-image cover. Spine is either sunned or soiled (hard to tell) and… Read more about this item

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Mizumura, Kazue. First edition thus: text copyright 1970; illustrations 1978. A lovely volume, retired from a school library with a card pocket present on inside front board. NO other stampings, tape, writing etc; appears unread. Jacket shows price ($5.79 and has one small piece of tape on lower spine. Small… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A solid tweed copy of this title, showing wear and sunning to the edges of the front and back boards and some minor soiling to page edges. Internal lists to Black Flower, placing this copy circa 1956. No writing, very clean; endpapers are bright green and lovely. Jacket… Read more about this item

Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated fifth printing, 1978. Judy's stunning coming-of-age story of a child confronting racism for the first time -- a book that was wise before it's time. In as-new condition; tight binding, no writing, orange boards, plain endpapers. Jacket has a price of $6.95, some expected bumping to corners. A decades-old… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings, illustrated throughout with Fortnum's line drawings. Bright yellow jacket is price-clipped and has a few bumps and one closed tear but is in displayable condition. A really nice copy. … Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this look at the complex life of the beloved children's author. Dahl served in the military during the first part of his life and the experiences colored his later literature for children. This volume chronicled the complex era of spying propaganda during the WWII era. Book has… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Lawson, Robert. Stated second printing before publication, 1944, winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal. Fully illustrated in glorious sepia by the author, endpapers are simply stunning. Jacket shows expected wear but is in very good shape save for a "clean" spot where a Newbery sticker was once affixed; a fragment of… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A great tweed copy of this title, showing a few bumps and one single page that got crushed sometime in the 60's but is perfectly flat and readable! Internal lists to Ghost in the Gallery, placing this copy circa 1955. No writing, very clean; endpapers are bright… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. Good/Good. An acceptable tweed copy of this title, showing heavy wear to the corners (especially the top) like it was seriously smushed at some point. Internal lists to Black Flower, placing this copy circa 1956. No writing, very clean; endpapers are bright green and lovely. Jacket lists to Black Flower… Read more about this item

Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Burkert, Nancy Ekholm. Very early printing, price on jacket is $3.95. Final page with author bio states that the book was bound by The Book Press. Book has very minor water damage to the rear board but is in otherwise excellent condition; no writing or marks, two-tone illustrations throughout and full-color plates… Read more about this item

Reilly and Lee, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Neill, John R.. A later printing, circa 1922 based on a gift inscription from Christmas of that year. This edition printed from the original plates, all points are present. Significant wear to the cover -- blue boards and a pastedown illustration on front cover. Binding is tight and pages are overalll… Read more about this item

Random House, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A play from the noted author and cartoonist Feiffer, here in a hardcover book club edition from the Fireside Book club, with the monthly club leaflet included. Very good in an about VG jacket, which does have some wear to corners. Save for previous owner's name on front endpaper… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1975. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine. 1975 edition, Fine white spine picture cover hardback, #13 after series was re-numbered in this binding. Lists to self. Blond is on the right in the icon on the spine.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A nice clean copy of this second Cherry Ames title, in red tweed boards, no jacket. Lower corners a little bumped, solid binding, pages slighly yellowed.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A fairly nice copy of this first Connie Blair title. Fairly early printing, lists to Yellow Warning. Rear flap lists 13 Cherry Ames titles to Clinic Nurse. Rear jacket panel advertises Vicki Barr books. By Betty Cavanna, written under the Betsy Allen pseudonym.… Read more about this item

New York: Miramax, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First U.S. printing of this title from the author of the popular Artemis Fowl series. Near fine (small remainder mark to bottom edge and a couple of very minor bends to lower page corners) in a near fine jacket. Middle grade… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice green spine picture cover with plain grey endpapers. Minor wear and fading to rear, head and foot of spine. Red pen mark to bottom--remaindered?? Sticker on front lists original price of $2.50, reduced to $1.59. Lists to Country Doctor/ Book of First Aid and Nursing.… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Less common yellow-spine picture cover with plain grey endpapers. Rear list broken down by author, Lists to Country Doctor. Small spots to front cover, binding beginning to separate, light soil to bottom edge,

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice green spine picture cover with plain grey endpapers. Two previous owner's names on front endpaper. Some wear to top and bottom of boards, slight lean to book and slight crease to center of spine. Lists to Country Doctor/ Book of First Aid and Nursing.… Read more about this item