New York: Philomel Books, 1993. 1st edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 [on title page verso]. 10 1/4" x 8 11/16" 32pp. A personal inscription on the title page is to a purchaser - not Mrs. Holmes' Aunt Edna. Inscribed on title page: To Great..... More
Mooresville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1993. 55th Anniversary Trade. 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" [48]pp. Lacking the blue paper replica of Thank You note. White dj rubbed, with vertical darkened lines from rubbing. Small closed tear top of back of dust jacket. A personal gift inscription on the book plate..... More
New York & Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1970. 1st edition. 7 1/2" x 6 5/8" 302 + [4] pp. The book is Very Good with darkened edges and light wear to the tail piece. Dust jacket is complete with small edge chips and is discolored from age along the..... More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. 6 3/4" x 8 5/8" [36] pp including free endpapers. Although in the library binding, this book has never been library property. It has no stamps or other additions to the book as issued. The cover is pristine. Dust jacket has..... More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. 6 3/4" x 8 5/8" [36] pp including free endpapers. Although in the library binding, this book doesn't appear to ever have been library property. It has no stamps or other additions to the book as issued. The cover does show..... More
Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. 1st edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 9 1/4 x 8 1/4" 122 + [4] pp. Dust jacket spine sunned. The chocolate cake recipe on page 69 has a printing error calling for an unnecssary extra..... More
New York: William Collins Publishers, Inc., 1979. 1st edition. 10 3/4" x 7 3/4" [12] pop up, Pop-up book. $5.95 / £2.95 on back. This gift copy inscribed to Tasha [Brown] Hancock, Ned HIlls' niece. Provenance: Tasha [Brown] Hancock auction September 2016. Inscribed at the upper right corner of page..... More
New York: Crowell, 1977. 1st edition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 7 1/4" x 7 7/8" 36pp. This first edition of the book has extra white paper bound at both ends of the book. The "endpapers" are bound in with both sides visible. Slight ripple..... More
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1946. 1st edition. 4 5/8" x 4" [46] pp. An extraordinarily pristine clean and tight copy of the last of the "Calico books." The dust jacket's lower front corner is price clipped. this correlates with Thomas McCready's penciled re-pricing of thre first three titles on..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. Reprint 2nd printing 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3. 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" [32]pp.+ endpapers. This is not an exact reprint of the original book. Simon & Schuster has emphasized purple throughout. The dust jacket and..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. 1st reprint by S&S 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. 7 1/16" x 8 15/16" [60] pp. Redesigned title page, cover and half title. The entire text is also printed as a poem on pages [56-57]..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1960. 4th Printing 1967. 10 1/4" x 8 3/16" 47 pp. + [7] pp. A very clean library binding of the last printing from Viking. This copy is special for two signatures: Tasha Tudor and Gretchen Brown. Gretchen Brown was a niece of Tudor's patron..... More
Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. 1st edition. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 9 1/4"x 8 3/16" 122 + [4] pp. This is the book as issued by the Jenny Wren Press with a signed oval tea party sticker on the front..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 1st edition SFE 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 10 13/16" x 8 7/8" 152 pp. This is a fine copy of the book signed by Tudor beneath the illustration on the half-title, page [1]. There is an odd binding anomoly..... More
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1941. 5th printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 on verso of title page. 6 5/8" x 6 3/4" [40] pp. Price $6.95 top of front dust jacket flap. This is a very nice copy of the Walck reprint. The dust jacket has light..... More
Mooresville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1994. Jenny Wren reprint "Special Edition" 9 1/4" x 7" [72] pp. The second page after the end of the text carries a full-page advertisement for the Jenny Wren Press with a black and white drawing of three people at a lamp-lit table. Decorative dust..... More
New York: HarperTrophy, 1977. 7 1/4" x 7 7/8" 36pp. including wrapper. A clean nearly AS NEW copy of the paperback reprint. Holmes' lovely small story of a girl who helps nurse an injured goose to flying health. Signed by the author on page [5], the recto of original illustrated..... More
New York: Platt & Munk, 1977. 3rd state binding. 12 1/4" x 10 1/4" [44] pp. This printing is before 1980 and without pricing printed on the back cover. A more uncommon version of the binding. This is a unique association copy which Tudor inscribed to Pat Parzick who published..... More
Mooresville, IN: Jenny Wren Press, 1989. 1st. 4" x 3" [44] pp. including wrapper. Reproduction of Tudor original from 1950s. Signed in ink at top of title page: Tasha Tudor 1989. More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. 1st edition, library binding. 6 3/4 "x 8 5/8" [36] pp. with decorated endpapers. Six library markings including a card pocket still glued to the rear free endpaper. Some paper cracking at the hinges. Signed by the author on the title..... More
New York: Philomel Books, 1979. 6th printing. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" [96] pp. + ep, There is a small splaying of the front hinge, but no tears or breaks. Dust jacket has minor edge tears and light soiling in spots. Signed and dated on the front free endpaper: "Greetings..... More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. 1st edition, library binding. 6 3/4 "x 8 5/8" [40] pp. A used ex-library book, six library stamps, some minor smudges, and a piece of the dust jacket clipped and pasted to page [2]. A bindery sticker has been partially torn..... More
New York City: The Viking Press, 1961. 4th printing November 1967. 10 1/4" x 8 3/16" 45 + [12] pp. including free endpapers. We're always pleased to come across this book in any conditon. This copy has a very clean interior. There are 3 small tape marks inside the front..... More
Mooresville, Indiana: Jenny Wren Press, 1994. Jenny Wren reprint "Special Edition" 9 1/4" x 7" [72] pp. It carries an advertisement for the Jenny Wren Press on page [65]. Decorative dust jacket as in the first edtion. The front and back of the dust jacket form a montage: 12 vignettes..... More
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1964. 1st edition, library binding. 6 13/16" x 8 11/16" [48] pp. This library binding is one of the more difficult forms to find for this title. There are blemishes to this copy making it less than perfect. Front and back hinges..... More