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Hardcover. New York, Pierre Louys Society, 1st Thus, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 407 pages. 12 Full color Illustrations by Clara Tice. Limited edition of 1250 copies - this being hand numbered #47. Front hinge cracked with front cover still attached firmly to spine cloth. Text and illustrations clean and bright.

Hardcover. Cleveland OH, Pennington Press, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth stamped in maroon. Two-color drawings by Lonnie Stern. Clean, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st Edition, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 151 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear with chipping about the edges and fading (see image). Boards are bound in pink cloth, black title on spine and front cover board. Some tanning to edges and pages (see image), doesn't affect text or illustrations. In great shape. A charming children's book, early Maurice Sendak illustrations. Great for a collector.

Hardcover. Mount Vernon NY, The Limited Editions Club, 1st yhus, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover very good in glassine dust-wrapper and slipcase. Illustrated with gravures from Eechings by Sigmund Abeles and #1370/2,000 copies signed by him. Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau. Quarter black morocco spine decorated in gilt over gray striped cloth, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Very nice condition, some very minor wear to dust jacket but otherwise new-looking. Nice color illustrations by Demi.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated in 3-colors by Wallace Tripp. Page 26 has crease. Back interior paste down has production flaw- does not effect inner pages. Light marking on cover. Otherwise, Clean, tight copy.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 93 pages. Black & white illustrations by Bill Sokol. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Library bookplate front end paper and residue from paper pasted onto rear endpaper. Residue from library label on dust jacket spine. Otherwise very good.

Softcover. NY, Grove Press, Special Reader's Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 288 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and clean copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 266 pages, b&w illustrations and 12 color plates by John R. Neill. Maroon cloth cover with color pictorial paste-down. This is a second printing from 1923 with all 12 color plates and b&w endpapers illustration. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Short tear to top of spine at rear edge, cover plate with light rubbing, mild soil.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Mel Furukawa. Dust jacket shows minor wear and chipping. Laid-in: Slip showing this a review copy.

Hardcover. New York , Macmillan , 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages, hardcover with no dust jacket. Decorations by Boris Artzybasheff. Light wear to edges. Previous owner's sticker on copyright page.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st US, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 176 pages, end papers drawing, b&w illustrations by Arthur E. Becher. Red cloth covers with gilt design.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 311 pages. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket. Sticker residue on front dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to covers.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 2nd, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictures in color, B&W by Frank Verbeck. 1st Edition, 2nd State - July on copyright page. Previous owner's pencil signature on blank preliminary page. Front hinge cracked.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 255 pages. Yellow cloth covers, blue dust jacket with b&w illustration and mylar protective covering. Slight foxing, edgewear and chipping, and rubbing to dust jacket, though dust jacket still presents very neatly with mylar covering, tight binding, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very clean, neat copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 88 pages. Black silhouette illustrations by Decie Merwin. Rubbing to spine, corners. Spine faded.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 78 pages illustrated with b&w photographs by the author. The story of a little Arab girl. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages. Hardcover with stamped lettering on front and spine. Light soil on covers, and block. Corners bumped and starting to fray. Moderate rubbing on edges. Spine faded. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Hardcover with stamped lettering on front and spine. Light soil on covers, and block. Corners bumped and starting to fray. Moderate rubbing on edges. Spine faded. Previous owner's name on half title page. Faded spot on rear cover.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, light green cloth with black lettering, in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, 297 pages. Rear dj lists to Wild Horse Mesa. Embossed stamp to half title page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in silver gilt, 289 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket flaps have glue residue where once pasted to end papers otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages. Hardocver with dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY HODGES on front fly leaf. B&w Illustrations by W.T. Mars.. Dust jacket price-clipped.