Special Editions and Rare Finds
1st edition; published by Princeton University Press. Scarce. Dust jacket in protective cover; minimal wear to edges of cloth cover and DJ; all colors remain bright. VG/VG
First edition, first printing of McCloskey's third book.Tan cloth with blue decorations. Pages clean and unmarked; no dust jacket; covers lightly soiled; binding good; text clean. G+
4th printing; inscribed by Tom Hanks, who starred in the film; dust jacket in protective cover; gray cloth spine over maroon boards; slim crease in spine cloth; bottom of text block lightly foxed with one thumb-sized smudge; binding good; text clean. G/G+
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
Each page of this anthology of poetry and short pieces, edited by Louis Untermeyer, is decorated with a picture by Rockwell Kent.
New York: American Artists Group, 1946. 1st edition. No dust jacket; brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and patterned paper boards; spine faded and frayed; corners bumped; former owner's bookplate on front pastedown; binding good; text and illustrations clean and bright. G
Borderlands Press, 1991. Limited to 750 numbered copies signed by the contributors; this is number 310. Dark gray cloth slipcase; dust jacket protected; brown cloth with gilt lettering; decorative endpapers; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Borderlands Press, 1992. Limited to 750 numbered copies signed by the contributors; this is number 231. Black cloth slipcase; dust jacket protected; blue cloth with gilt lettering; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Borderlands Press, 1994. Signed edition limited to 500 copies; this is number 51. Black clolth slipcase; dust jacket protected; binding tight; text clean. VG/VG
Maclay & Associates, 1990. This edition is limited to 750 copies signed by all of the contributors; this is number 566. Black cloth slipcase; no dj as issued; red cloth with silver design and lettering; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938; ninth impression; dust jacket protected; edges creased and chipped; tan cloth; binding tight; text clean. G+/G