children fiction

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 224 pages. B/w illustrations by Walter Bobbett. Scarce. Brown pictorial cover with spine slightly cocked. Light edgewear to top and bottom spine, internally very good. A collection of stories told by natives on the East Coast of Africa. Translated from the Swahili by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An intricately woven tapestry of friendship and love follows Zazoo, who lives with her adoptive grandfather in his village in France, as she learns about the history of World War II and Vietnam through her Grand-Pierre and, with the help of Marius, the bicycle boy, and the local pharmacist, makes a startling discovery that forces her to face the past. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY KUBINYI front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Kubinyi. Some very minor wear to dust jacket, mostly nice and clean.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Harry Gainesborough, a children's book author who has written nothing since his daughter's death, fears that his weirdest book, "Zod Wallop," is actually coming to life when a series of horrible coincidences occur. Sly humor and eccentric characters raise Spencer's third novel (following Resume, with Monsters) far above run-of-the-mill fantasy fare. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages. Hardcover with blue covers and gilt lettering on frontand spine. Light edgewear and small nick to cloth spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Charming black & white drawings by Winifred Bromhall.