First Edition. Short full-color comics by noted children's book writers including Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and William Joyce. This "Little Lit" series was designed to be a version of Spiegelman's work for RAW magazine, but for kids. 48 pages. 9-1/2 by 13-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing, with a numberline.....

First Edition. Baum's classic story with new illustrations by the popular illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger. This is one of 500 copies signed and numbered by Zwerger on a tipped-in print. The print, made using a "screenless" (whatever that means) lithographic process on watercolor paper, is very convincing—one of the best reproductions.....

First Edition. A picture-book edition of this Edith Nesbit story, illustrated by Zwerger. 8-3/8 by 11-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing of the hardcover issue—there was a simultaneous paperback—with a numberline ending in 1 on the final text page). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Zwerger.....

First Edition. A picture-book retelling of this H.C. Andersen tale, illustrated by Zwerger. 9-1/2 by 8-3/4 inches. First edition (first printing of the hardcover issue—there was a simultaneous paperback—with a numberline ending in 1 on the final text page). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Zwerger.....

A half-page typed letter addressed "Dear Robert" and signed "Wilbert Awdry" discussing Awdry's research in the archives of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ("B'ham & Glos. Rly"). "The Birmingham (Working) Committee Minutes are fascinating, full of almost day to day incidents in the running of the railway, and plenty about.....

First Edition. A picture-book retelling of an Austrian fairy tale. 9 by 12-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing, with no statement of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a bookplate signed by both authors pasted in.

First Edition. Includes Bradbury's 1967 screenplay, a draft of the novel from 1971, the final version with a tally of changes made from the galley proofs, a teleplay, and companion materials. Certainly the definitive version. This lettered version includes content not found in the regular version, including several previously unpublished.....

First Edition. A picture book for children written by the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and illustrated by acclaimed artist Barry Moser. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A very copy in a fine dust jacket. The paper-covered boards are cracked at the.....

First Edition. A short color-illustrated story for children published as a promotional item for Junket brand rennet powder (used for thickening custards). The story describes the friendship and an adventure of one of Grant's trademark elvish (or gnomish) characters (the key keeper) and a long-beaked bird (the flibbity jibbit). At.....

First Thus. The hardcover issue of the first graphic novel volume of the collected Bone series, collecting the first six installments (of 55) originally published between 1991 and 1993. Bone features three Schmoo-like brothers and alternates between comedy and drama in the storytelling. When I was running a general new-and-used.....

First British edition. A survey of the paintings by the author and artist behind the Madeline series of children's picture books. This volume includes 34 color plates and reproductions of 28 works in black and white. The first 64 pages are an illustrated memoir of Bemelmans life and art. 64.....

First Edition. Yang's acclaimed two-volume graphic novel set during the Boxer rebellion in China. Each book follows a different character. In Boxer, a boy grows up to be a leader in the rebellion. In Saint, a girl converts to Catholicism and dreams of Joan of Arc. The two stories intersect.....

One of the most beloved of children's picture books, Tenth printing of the revised (1987) edition. A fine copy (one corner bumpe) in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Carle in ball-point pen on the title page.