Aesop's Fables (Young Folks' Classic Series)
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. Hard Cover.
No publisher date. No jacket. Board edges rubbed, board soiled, pages toned.
159 pp. Illustrated boards with gilt accents. Woodcuts by various artists.
Classics
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition (BAL 167 indicates the UK edition preceded the US by sixteen days). Includes all plates. Some loss from titles on spine and front board, binding slightly shaken, corners rubbed.
252 pp. Dark red cloth (BAL calls it 'terra.....
Little Women (Junior Classics For Young Readers)
Ashland, OH: Bendon, 2017. Trade Paperback.
Crease to upper corner.
Coming of age in the North during the Civil War, the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—experience great joy and tragic loss while becoming the true little women of the title. The novel is resonant with themes of friendship, feminism.....
Fairy Tales (The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers)
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Lo Grippo, Robert. Full-Leather.
Tiny blemish to front edge of spine, otherwise an exceptional copy.
543 pp. Full orange-brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard.....
Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories
New York: Anchor Books, 1974. 14th Printing. Trade Paperback.
Fourteenth printing. Spine faded, corners dog-eared, laminate starting, pages toned.
xvi, 1101 pp. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore, Andersen adopted the most ancient literary forms of the fairy tale and the folklore and distilled them into a......
Peter Pan and Wendy
London: Award Publications, 1988. 7th Printing. Large Hardcover.
7th printing. Ink name on endpaper.
96 pp. Adapted for the younger, this gorgeously-illustrated story tells the tale of a boy who wouldn't grow up.
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Rackham, Arthur. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing of 1930 Byron revision. Jacket edges rubbed with multiple chips and tears. Ink gift note and name redacted on front free endpaper, page 123 soiled.
123 pp. Color plates by Arthur Rackham. Peter Pan in Kensington.....
Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales.
London: Henry and Co., 1893. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First edition of the Burton translation. Split along front joint of first volume, front and end matter lightly foxed.
xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt titles. Translated into English from the Italian by Sir Richard Francis Burton, best.....
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1930 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 33-38). Lacks jacket. Sticker removal mark on top corner, binding slightly shaken, edges and endpapers a bit foxed.
238 pp. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, black titles, color frontispiece and front board label.....
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1933-1940s printing (Bienvenue pp. 33-38). Includes original jacket. Bottom third of boards and jacket stained, base of first and last few pages slightly affected, jacket lacks front flap, open tear on front jacket panel along spine, several.....
The Emerald City of Oz (The Oz Series Book 6)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1910. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 47-49). Includes original jacket. Base stained, 2 inch chip from jacket corner, several small jacket chips and tears.
295, [1] pp. 8vo. Pink cloth, black titles and rabbit soldier vignette on spine, color.....
The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 2)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1924-34 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 18-27). Lacks jacket. Hinges loosening, pages toned, sticker removal mark on top corner.
287 pp. 8vo. Dark red cloth, black titles color frontispiece and label on front board, illustrated endpapers. The second.....
The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz (The Oz Series Book 2)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1939-1940s printing, state B (Bienvenue pp. 18-27). Includes original jacket. Stained along base, large chips from jacket, several closed jacket tears with some tissue repairs on reverse.
287 pp. 8vo. Light red cloth, black titles, color picture.....
The Magic of Oz: A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, Together With the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and Cap'n Bill, in their successful search for a Magical and Beautiful Birthday Present for Princess Ozma of Oz (The Oz Series Book 13)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1919. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1931-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue pp. 77-80). Lacks jacket. Ink name and address on ownership page,
272 pp. Dark red cloth, black titles, monkey vignette on spine, color paper label on front board, illustrated endpapers, black-and-white.....
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein (The Oz Series Book 3)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1907. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1931 reissue (Bienvenue pp. 28-32). Lacks jacket. Boards a bit soiled, hinges weakening, spine cocked, sticker removal mark on front corner.
270 pp. 4to. Original dark grey cloth, black titles and motifs, color paper label on front.....
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein (The Oz Series Book 3)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1907. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 28-32). Includes original jacket. Stained along base, jacket torn with large portion missing from rear panel and smaller chips from spine head and foot, some tissue repairs on reverse.
270 pp. 4to. Dark.....
The Patchwork Girl of Oz: Junior Edition (302)
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1939. Neill, John R. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Boards rubbed, discoloration to front board corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
62, [2] pp. 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards, eight color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout text by John R. Neill. An abridged.....
The Road to Oz (The Oz Series Book 5)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1909. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Based stained, chips and tears along jacket edges, jacket flap corners clipped with new ink price stamp ($2.00) beneath, pencil notes on front jacket flap.
261 pp. Dark brown cloth, color illustration mounted on front board, illustrated.....
The Scarecrow of Oz (The Oz Series Book 9)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1915. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-50s printing (Bienvenue pp. 60-64). Includes original jacket. Base stained with some paper transfer, tears and chips along jacket edges, jacket price clipped with new price ($2.00) in ink beneath, ink gift note on front endpaper.
288.....
The Scarecrow of Oz (The Oz Series Book 9)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1915. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue pp. 60-64). Includes original jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink name, address, and date on ownership page, large chips from jacket spine head and foot with tape reinforcement along.....
Tik-Tok of Oz (The Oz Series Book 8)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1970. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-1950s printing (Bienvenue pp. 55-59). Includes original jacket. Stained along base, large portion of jacket spine and front panel missing, rear jacket flap separated from rear panel, jacket price clipped with ink price stamp beneath.
272 pp.....
Tik-Tok of Oz (The Oz Series Book 8)
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1914. Neill, John R. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1934-1958 printing, no color plates (Bienvenue pp. 55-59). Includes original jacket. Ink name and address on ownership page, small store stocker on rear endpaper, small chips and tears along jacket edges with tape repairs along spine.
272.....
The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter (The Oz Series Book 12)
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 2000. Neill, John R. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
2000 reissue of 1918 original.
287, [1] pp. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations by John R. Neill. The twelfth book in Baum's immortal Oz series.
The Wizard of Oz
New York: Michael Neugebauer / North South Books, 1996. Zwerger, Lisbeth. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
2nd printing. Signed by illustrator on bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Includes 3D glasses and large color poster.
103 pp. "For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not.....
The Wizard of Oz
New York: Aerie Books Ltd., 1998. Mass Market Paperback.
Faint edge wear.
One of the best-known stories in American culture, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over 100 years. Academy Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married, Alice in Wonderland, The.....