Hardcover. NY, Limited Editions CLub, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in forest-green cloth, spine stamped in gilt with printed label attached. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse with color and b&w illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Copy #794 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Wells felt that this was his best novel. Very good in a bright yellow slipcase with some darkening to one area.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jscket. SIGNED BY CHAST on dedication page. t's time for bed again, and Marco, a small red bird who lives with his (human) mother and father, simply has too much to do! He's got masterpieces to paint, underwater inventions to create, halfpipes to skate -- or better yet, inventions to create so that he can paint underwater while skateboarding at a world-class level! How can it possibly all get done? When one idea builds on top of another, and every object he encounters just screams inspiration, why would Marco ever want to put on his pajamas and brush his beak? With humor and a great deal of energy, this delightful new character from acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast will rev kids up and wear them out--just in time for bed.
Hardcover. NY, Meredith Press, 2nd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 214 pages, b&w photos. INSCRIBED on half title as follows " ___________, I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did living it" and signed Toots. Tight binding text unmarked, closed tears repaired internally to back panel of jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Jeanette Winter. SIGNED BY WILLARD on title page.
Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by BALDACCI.
Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket, 414 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Romney WV, self-published, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 460 pages. Large format with many color photos. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. #314 of 1000 copies.
Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY HALL ON TITLE PAGE. Godine Chapbook - Second Series. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Harper Collins , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 359 pages. Hardcover with blue cloth, purple lettering. Very good pictorial dust jacket in mylar. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Fawcett Columbine, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY PERRY on the title page. As Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt investigates the leak in the Colonial Office, he quietly looks into the tragic death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. Pitt believes he was murdered, and that the crime is connected with the treachery in the government. He makes little progress...until a second murder reverberates through London. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Fort Collins, Colo., University of Colorado, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 196 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, VIKING PRESS, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 75 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BRET BRITTON WHO WAS THE BOOK BUYER AT THE STRAND IN NEW YORK. Tight copy, with only light edge wwear to cover and dust jacket.
Hardcover. Conway NH, TMC Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 131 pages, illustrated throughout in color. SIGNED BY AUTHORS on title page. This is the story of what happens when big people decide to be kids again and they have tools and lumber. A beautifully written tale about building an elaborate two story treehouse in the Maine woods, Treehouse Chronicles is reflective and insightful, and carries the reader along as a dream is made real. We meet the author's family, and friends, and a squirrel with an attitude, and you will be captivated by this poignant and humorous story of process, a house is hung in the sky. Packed with over 180 spectacular photographs, evocative watercolors, and line drawings. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 395 pages. Hardcover. No slipcase. SIGNED BY KENNETH ROBERTS AND N. C. WYETH. One thousand and seventy-five numbered copies of this Arundel Edition have been printed on all-rag paper, bound in natural finish cloths and autographed by the author and by the artist - this being hand numbered #147. Full color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth - illustrations are clean, and bright. Cloth covers with areas of strong fading. Spine cloth darkened, with some shallow abrading to leather title label. Interior is clean, and tight.
Hardcover. NY, The Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED WItH A SKETCH BY DESIMINI. Delia and Ophelia are witches. They're cooking up a particularly naughty spell for Halloween, and the main ingredient is super-stinky socks. That night, when the neighborhood children go trick-or-treating, the only words they can say are "Smell my feet!" Of course, no one gives them any candy, much to the delight of the two witches. The fun comes to an end when a mysterious ingredient causes the potion to backfire--returning the children to normal, and putting the witches in a very strange situation!
Hardcover. Philadelphia , J.B. Lippincott, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, B&W illustrations by Tomie de Paola. INSCRIBED BY HARDENDORFF on half-title page. In a bright dust jacket with small clear tape repair.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY QUIGG on front end paper. Black & white illustrations by Peggy Bacon. Some minor wear, dust jacket shows light chipping, but mostly nice and clean.
Hardcover. New York, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 266 pages, extremely clean, dust jacket unclipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Hardcover. Amherst MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Inscribed by Doreen Baingana on title page. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 396 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to covers and dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st UK, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY CAREY. Winner of the Booker Prize. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY HIGGINS on title pg. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on half-title. Caldecott Winner. Bright, crisp copy. Second printing, without Caldecott sticker on front. Wiesner won the first of three Caldecott Medals for this charming and humorous pictorial story about clever frogs and their adventures as they migrate from a swamp through a small town.