Children's Literature from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. True First Edition with 1939 date at bottom of title page and "They went home and broke their bread" illustration. Very Good, Christmas gift inscription dated 1939 in pencil at illustrated front end page, browning at front and rear gutters, light rubbing at edges. In a Very Good minus dust jacket, bottom corner… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Printing, with Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 and 1963 copyright printed on the title page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"April '65 For Myra - Maurice Sendak". Good, lacking the dust jacket and the decorative front end paper, boards soiled and worn at edges, rear hinge cracked. Uncommon… Read more about this item

No Place: Morrow, 1983. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, printed 1983 and distributed at the ABA trade show in limited numbers. Near Fine, faint creases at margins, 17 3/4" w x 25 1/2" h. Well suited for framing, and will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17 3/4" w x 25 1/2" h..… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner & Sons , 1911. First Printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt at front cover and spine. Illustrated with 13 half-tone illustrations, including the frontispiece and pictorial title page F. D. Bedford. Near Fine, light rubbing to cloth at edges, front paste down just starting to open, speckling at rear end pages, small… Read more about this item

London: Humphrey Milford 28 pp. with 6 color illustrations. No Date, OCLC gives the title a date of 1921, and also locates only 3 copies in institutions worldwide. No other copies found in commerce. Very Good Plus, a few small stains at front end papers, small rubs at spine ends and bottom rear corner. Ernest Aris was a prolific children's… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Printing, with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine, small faint stain fore edge of page block, in a Fine dust jacket. Contains The Notion Club Papers and The Drowning of Anadune. Book IX in The History of Middle Earth. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. First Printing with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine, faint ink linr fore edge of page block in Fine dust jacket. Volume VI in The History of Middle Earth. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition stated. Near Fine, faint toning front end papers and tidy prior owner name in ink front end page, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light wear st spine ends and corners. Susan Jordon at sweet 16. Indiana author. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1957. First Edition stated. Near Fine, faint toning front end papers and one small white spot each at front and rear boards. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light wear st spine ends and corners. Susan Jordon at is now 18, and facing a crucial point in her life. Indiana author. . First Edition.… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster for the Michael Hague illustrated book, printed in limited numbers and distributed at the ABA trade show in 1982. Near Fine, faint creases. 22" w x 19 3/4"h. Wonderfully suited for framing, a delight for lovers of OZ young and old. Will be mailed loosely rolled in a sturdy… Read more about this item

London and New York: Fredrick Warne and Co. No date, circa 1910-1920. With the Rose Place address for the printer and engraver Edmund Evans on p. 53. Very Good, rubbing to boards and corners rubbed, darkening to gutters, internally clean, bright, and unmarked. A quite charming little book. . Later Printing. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944. Near Fine, small rub at head of spine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1/2" closed tear bottom edge, 3/4" closed tear top edge front flap fold, small chips at spine ends. An interesting Disney wartime publication, the dust jacket, front cover and some illustrations utilize a fuzzy cloth decorations. . First Edition.… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt Little Classics, 1993. Publisher's Promotional Poster, 24" h x 18"w, featuring Michael Hague's charming illustration. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 24" h x 18"w.

No Place: Four Winds Press, 1980. SIGNED BY ARTIST Mercer Mayer lower right Publisher's promotional poster, 20 "w x 15 1/2" h, featuring a wonderful Mercer Mayer illustration. Near Fine, a few small faint creases. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1980. A poster well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in… Read more about this item

Berlin: Berliner Handpresse, 1968. The 20th edition of the Berliner Handpresse, published in an edition of 350 copies, this copy #247, signed in pencil by Wolfgang Jörg and Erich Schönig at the colophon page. Near Fine, 3 small tears at edges front wrappers, slight toning to wrappers. 20 unnumbered sheets with 11 lovely original linocuts by Erich Schonig and… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: McLoughlun Bros., Inc., 1940. Unpaged, transparent colored paper between the pages to simulate windows to look through, lacking the transparency at center of the book, title page transparency with bottom corner chip.. Near Fine, small rubs at corners and spine ends, small discoloration rear cover, the transparencies still with original bright orange color. OCLC locates five libraries with… Read more about this item

New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1938. Very Good, rubbed at edges, small stains fore edge of page block, pages uniformly browning. RARE< WorldCat locates three copie, at the Library of Congress, University of Florida, and Wellesley College. 192 pages, with an illustrated page facing each page of text. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 4".… Read more about this item

New York: J. H. Sears & Company, 1928. Illustrated end papers by Christopher Rule. Color frontispiece and marginal illustrations every page by Eva Noe. Bound in bright orange cloth with gilt lined color illustration on paper front cover, Near Fine, spine just a hint lightened, small rubs at corners, a quite handsome copy, gift quality. Sears Illustrated Juveniles series. .… Read more about this item

New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., 1939. Near Fine, the slightest of small rubs at edges. Punch out sheets are complete. A charming childrens coloring and paste in book. . First Edition. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Oblong 8vo.

Chicago: Melmont Publishers, Inc., 1964. SCARCE. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, prioor owner name in ink front end page, stray red mark rear panel, small chip at head of spine. Illustrated by Lucy and John Hawkinson. The authors were both teachers; the illustrators used their dog Flash as a model, and found the Escanaba Pet Hospital on Chicago's South… Read more about this item