New York: Dodd, Mead, 1922. First Edition. Very Good. Spine toned, with light soil to the boards, and light foxing to the page edges and endpapers.

Boston: Taggard and Thompson, 1863. First Edition. A collection of children's fables with accompanying illustrations demonstrating how to make shadow puppets. Included is a story of a freed slave who is tempted to steal to feed his starving cow, but refuses, and his ultimately rewarded for his honesty. Very Good in wrappers. Light soiled, with a two inch spilt to.....

New York: Scholastic Press, 1970. Vintage Paperback. Seventh printing of this Scholastic edition. Light page toning, else Fine in illustrated wrappers. Includes magnet originally issued with the book, scarce as such.

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1978. Newspaper advertising mockup for the 1978 film. Based on the 1941 children's book by Walter Farley. One of the most visually striking family films ever made, in which a boy and a black stallion are the only two survivors of a ship wreck. On their shipwrecked island they form an unusual bond, and when.....

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Second Edition. About Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a number of tiny closed tears and associated shallow creasing, with light fading to the spine. Altogether a presentable copy.

France: Filmel, 1978, 1986. Two photographs for airings of the 1977 film on French public television channel France 3. The first photograph, for a September 6, 1978 airing, is borderless and shows director Chabrol and star Kristel in between takes, with the stamp of photographer Robert Cohen and a mimeo snipe on the verso. The second photograph, for an October.....

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1985. Vintage paperback. First printing of this Del Rey edition. About Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. Light fading and a few reading creases at the spine, with light wrinkling, and a hint of toning to page edges. An attractive copy of this collection of Barnaby comics.

New York: Dover Publications, 1946. Vintage paperback. First printing of this Dover edition, a reprint of the 1943 Henry Holt edition. Very Good plus in illustrated wrappers. Creasing to the wrappers, with light rubbing at the spine ends and corners and a hint of a lean.

New York: Henry Holt, 1944. First Edition. Near Fine in vibrant blue cloth covered boards with black titles and a just about Fine black dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with front board lightly bowed. Jacket price marked out, with light rubbing at the spine ends and corners. An attractive copy, unusual in this variant.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. First Edition. About Fine in illustrated boards and a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a one and a half inch closed tear to the top of the front panel, with light rubbing to the spine ends and corners and light soil. A lovely copy about seven puppies, all winners in their own ways.....

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Light fading to the jacket spine and extremities, else just about Fine in a Fine, price clipped dust jacket. An especially bright, attractive copy.

New York: Putnam, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light bowing to the front board, with light toning at the extremities. Jacket has toning at the spine and extremities, with a short closed tear at the top edge and light wrinkling to the front panel. Bottom corner of the front flap clipped. A......

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. First library edition, though not ex-library. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with white titles and a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has moderate bruising to the front panel, with professional repair to holes and tears at the verso. Bottom corner of the front flap clipped. A very presentable copy of the fifth.....

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First Library Edition, but not an ex-library copy. About Fine in brown cloth covered boards and a Near Fine, price clipped dust jacket. Just a hint of a spine lean, with a gift inscription to the front end paper. Jacket is bright and intact, with a short closed tear at the crown, light rubbing.....

Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1969. First Edition. About Fine in bright illustrated boards, without dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with just a hint of fading to the spine panel, else a Fine, attractive copy of this charming book about a kangaroo and her son.

Hamden, CT: Linnett, 1990. First printing of this Linnet edition. Light ex-library, with a few of the associated defects, else about Fine in bright a Near Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy of this charming book about a kangaroo and her son.

Los Angeles: Albert S. Ruddy Productions / American International Pictures [AIP], 1976. Draft script for the 1978 film. Based on Paul Gallico's 1970 novel. Bernie Bonnelli (Gould) is a small-time talent agent down on his luck who discovers a boxing kangaroo named Matilda. Hoping to gain recognition (and income), he schedules a fight between the kangaroo and the boxing heavyweight.....

London: Egmont, 2001-2004. First UK Editions of the first ten volumes of A Series of Unfortunate Events, plus the author’s “Unauthorized Autobiography," issued in a matching binding. All volumes except the autobiography are signed in the author’s usual fashion, each with his blindstamp, "From the Library of Lemony Snicket," on the dedication page, and the holograph notation, "With all due.....

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. REVIEW copy, with publisher's materials and two postcards addressed to science fiction writer George Zebrowski laid in. Fine and unread in illustrated gray wrappers.

Rome: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 1979. First Italian Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page: "December 10, 1988 / For the — Library / Best wishes, David Macaulay." About Near Fine in illustrated wrappers, lightly toned, and with a hint of rubbing at the bottom edge of the wrappers. A tight, attractive copy.

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1952. Vintage publicity photograph of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) and young actor Tommy Rettig from the 1953 film.The only feature film written by Geisel (Dr. Seuss), who wrote the story, co-wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to songs. A Technicolor musical fantasy about a boy (Rettig) who dreams he is a world ruled by.....

New York: Young Scott Books, 1970. First Edition. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. One corner lightly bumped, else book is Fine. Jacket has light rubbing at the spine ends and corners, with a hint of shallow creasing to the bottom of the rear panel. Toledano A37a.

New York: Children's Songs, circa 1949. Original manuscript and typescript for "The Howdy Doody Show" theme song "It's a Howdy Doody World," created by and belonging to the song's composer Edward Kean, INSCRIBED by Kean in the margin: "From Edward Kean / to / the very special Scott Petersen man!," and further annotated by Kean in holograph ink.The listing also.....

New York: Henry Holt, 1970. First Edition. Just about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A hint of toning to the board edges, else the book is tight and clean. Jacket has a couple of short closed tears and mild rubbing at the extremities, with light toning to the spine panel. An attractive copy. Toledano B45a.

New York: Rand McNally, 1930. First Edition. Just about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A two inch bruise to the bottom of the front jacket panel, a two inch closed tear to the front jacket flap, with light toning to the spine, else Fine. An especially bright, sharp copy of this story of a boy who reforms a......

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Spine sligtly cocked, owner name to front endpaper, a few splashes to bottom corners and bottom page edges, and a hint of foxing to the endpapers and top page edges. Jacket has chipping and a few inch-long closed tears.....

Paris: Combet and Cie, 1902. First Edition. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing overall, small dampstain to the bottom of the front board, and owner bookplate on the front pastedown. A bright presentable book.

Paris: Boivin and Cie, [Circa 1897]. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good plus. Unbound signatures interspersed with color illustrations by classic French illustrator Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville (credited here as "Job"). Light rubbing to the front board, owner bookplate on the front pastedown, and leaves lightly toned. A bright presentable book.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1903. First Edition. Very Good plus or better in illustrated green boards. Moderate shelfwear at the extremities with slight loss at the spine ends, contemporary owner inscription on the front endpaper (dated 1906), and light scattered foxing throughout. Excellent illustrations throughout by Pears, a World War One marine artist, who contributed to many early twentieth-century periodicals.....

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition, second printing. INSCRIBED by the author on a tipped-in bookplate: "For — / Best Wishes / John Gardner." Uncommon signed. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light fading to the board edges. Jacket has light wear at the spine ends and corners, with a few short closed tears and.....

New York: R. Worthington, 1881. Hardcover. Good plus with a blank brown cloth-backed spine, without dust jacket as issued. Rubbing to the paper covered boards at the extremities, with light toning.

London: Jonathan Cape, circa 1980. Agency manuscript for the 1980 children's novel. A standalone work of children's fantasy by an author known primarily for his crime fiction. A young boy named Barry is exploring a cave on the Cornwall coast when he discovers a subterranean civilization called Egon which can only be accessed with the guidance of its inhabitants. Self.....

New York: William R. Scott, 1954. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a printed "seal" on the rear panel stating: "AN APPROVED SELECTION OF Parents' Magazine's BOOK CLUB FOR BEGINNING READERS."Owner name to the front pastedown, with moderate toning to pages and light fading to top board edge, else book is Fine. Jacket has.....

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1938. No. 1412. First printing of this Big Little Books edition. Very Good plus to Near Fine in illustrated boards. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped with the usual toning to the pages, else a tight, attractive copy. Lowery, "The Collector's Guide to Big Little Books and Similar Books," p......

Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1965. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1965 film of Glynis Johns and David Tomlinson with Karen Dotice and Matthew Garber. Based on Travers' 1934 novel and subsequent books. Julie Andrews is a magical nanny briefly employed by a dysfunctional Edwardian London family in this classic Disney feature that combines both live action and animated.....