Picture Books
Leonard Baskin, a Caldecott Honor-winning artist, presents twenty-two rich and inventive portraits of dragons, including Smaug from Tolkein's "Hobbit," Eustace from the Narnia Chronicles, and an eight-tailed dragon from China, in this beautiful book for dragon lovers of all ages.
1st edition; dust jacket in protective cover; head of spine and top edge of rear cover lightly creased; small (1/4") closed tear at bottom of front cover; corners lightly chipped; orange close spine over navy blue boards with decoration embossed on cover and silver lettering on spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. Eleven classic stories, each with a full page color illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith. The dust jacket (edgeworn) features a JWS illustration of Alice surrounded by other Wonderland characters. 9.5" x 12" binding in green cloth with color plate paste-down, dark orange endpapers. Previous owner birthday inscription on ffep dated 1935. VG/G+
Dial Books, 1991. Beautiful copy in unclipped dust jacket; dust jacket protected; front top creased with 1" closed vertical tear; child's name scribbled on ffep above illustration; binding tight. VG/VG
World Publishing Company, 1963. 1st American edition. Dust jacket protected; edges lightly worn; spine head and heel chipped; illustrated covers; binding good; text clean. G+/G
Stated 1st edition; dust jacket protected; covers have areas of light soiling; edges very lightly worn; pictorial boards; binding tight; text clean. VG/G+
First edition, first printing, 1963 Viking. Color illustrations, price $4.00 on dj flap, green cloth with red sailboat on cover. DJ has small chip from upper spine, otherwise clean and intact. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. VG+/G+
5th printing, with Caldecott Honor medal printed on dust jacket. Signed on half-title: "June 24, 1984 to Edward Kromer -- a great architect -- David Macaulay". VG/VG