Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Doane, Pelagie. Collection of both old & new, famous & lesser-known, children's poems carefully selected by the author & brought to life for new generations of readers with her soft watercolor drawings featuring mid-century children. Better known for her illustrations… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection containing the "lion's share" of the children's stories that this Nobel-prize winning author has penned, most translated from the original Yiddish, & all rich in Jewish tradition & the cultural roots of his native Poland. In 338 pages.… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper Collins, 1979. First Paperback 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fair. Sendak, Maurice. The late, great Maurice Sendak both wrote & illustrated this charming tale of Jennie, the Sealyham terrier, who adventures into a fairy tale world constructed around Mother Goose rhymes "to look or something more than everything." Orig. published in 1967, this… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Press, 2010. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A London journalist probes the man behind Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, the mysterious creator of "Alice in Wonderland,'' in 326 pages with Index, Notes, & Select Bibliography. Orig. published in Britain, this is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 2010. Hardcover small 4to has soft blue cloth-covered… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Reprint 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Wyeth, N. C.. In a story first published in 1855, this is a lovely 1920 edition (later printing with renewed copyright from 1948) from Scribner's that features the art of N. C. Wyeth. It is one of a lovely series… Read more about this item

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1983. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Moser, Barry. The First Trade (California) Edition, First Printing, from 1983 of the lovely Pennyroyal Edition designed & illustrated by Barry Moser (proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press in West Hatfield, MA) with his stunning woodcuts throughout the book's 167 pages, endpapers, & DJ. Preface… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Orchard Books/Scholastic Inc., 2003. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. Sebold, J. Otto. From the brilliant mind who illustrated "Olive, the Other Reindeer" comes this delightfully strange new vision of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland,'' full of pieces that pop-up or pull-out in every direction! Unpaginated, it contains 14 pages (including front… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1987. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Rust, Graham. The classic children's story in a lovely new edition with the delicate, period-appropriate, watercolor & pen-and-ink illustrations of British artist Graham Rust throughout the 224 pages. Orig. published in this format in London in 1986, this is the First Printing of the First… Read more about this 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)… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1989. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John. Lewis Carroll's two classic Alice tales in one volume, with the wonderful original illustrations by Sir John Tenniel throughout the text + 4 full-page, full-color watercolor plates. 307 pages. This Grosset & Dunlap edition was… Read more about this item

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. Doty, Roy. Blume's beloved tale written "for anyone who's every been burdened by a pesky younger brother." In 128 pages, with illustrations by Roy Doty throughout & on DJ. First published in 1972, this is a contemporaneous Book Club Edition.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Slipcased. Fine/Very Good+. Shepard, Ernest H.. A special boxed set of 6 miniature books from 1990 produced by Dutton "for the friendly folks at BP'' (British Petroleum). Each one contains a single chapter from the original Winnie-the-Pooh, & each is lavishly illustrated with the original… Read more about this item

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Fire, 2023. Paperback Original (PBO) . Soft cover. As New. Chillingly prescient YA tale (designed for YA readers, but thoroughly enjoyable by adults) in the style of "A Handmaid's Tale" about a "New America" where women have lost most all of their rights.too close to comfort to ignore! A trade paperback original from 2023 (First… Read more about this item

San Diego/New York: Scholastic Books, Inc., 1973. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A Newberry Honor winner for its story & Winner of the 1944 Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, this is the First Paperback Edition from Scholastic Books, 1973, but a later printing (11th). Condition is Near Fine: extremely clean, binding straight & strong, pages… Read more about this item

Kenosha, Wisconsin: John Martin's House, 1946. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Page, Helen. The beloved Pooh characters were given a new look here by children's book illustrator/paper doll artist Helen Page, whose soft watercolor drawings here are alternatively charming & fresh/weird & somewhat creepy. Unpaginated. , but decidedly different than either the E. H. Shepard… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Pinkney, Brian. Collection of 66 poems by the late African-American lyricist especially written for black children, though appropriate to all ages & races & lovers of literature. In 83 pages, illustrated throughout by Brian Pinkney using a special scratchboard technique, in… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Riswold, Gilbert. Noyes' classic poem of haunted romance from 1906 is brought to new life by the purple-toned water color drawings of children's book illustrator Gilbert Riswold. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1969, this oblong hardcover 8vo has textured pink-purple… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rand, McNally & Company, 1901. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Millet, Jean Francois; Rosetti, Dante Gabriel; LeFebvre, Jules; Kiessling, Paul; Correggio, Antonio Allegri da; King, Yeend; Leeke, F.. Lovely turn-of-the-century vintage volume offers "a few modest interpretations of some phases of the master works done in a child way,''… Read more about this item

Boston/New York: Riverside Press/Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First, Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Orig. published in 1917, this edition from 1923 (First, thus) is Another volume in the popular "Evergreen Series" from the Riverside Bookshelf collection of books for boys & girls from the early 20th century. This one again features the author's beloved Rebecca character (introduced… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1946. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Rather obscure now, this was the second work of mid-century YA fiction for boys set at "City High," New York's largest public high school, that explored not only typical teenage issues, but the threat of the atom bomb. Before becoming an… Read more about this item