MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT
by Zolotow, Charlotte; Sendak, Maurice
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed early printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career. Sendak's Mr. Rabbit, a long-legged affair with a human's height and postures but a lagomorph's head, guides Zolotow's little girl on her search for a gift for her mother through an idyllic natural landscape with a deep darkness waiting... Read More
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MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT
by Zolotow, Charlotte; Sendak, Maurice
New York: HarperCollinsPublshers, 1990. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed later printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career. Sendak's Mr. Rabbit, a long-legged affair with a human's height and postures but a lagomorph's head, guides Zolotow's little girl on her search for a gift for her mother through an idyllic natural landscape with a deep darkness waiting just under... Read More
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THE GOLD COAST AND THE SLUM: A Sociological Study of Chicago's Near North Side
by Zorbaugh, Harvey W.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1930. Very good.. Third printing of this study on Chicago's North Side and its diverse but socially distanced communities. 8.5' x 5.75''. Original dark orange cloth, printed blue paper label to front board, tan printed label to spine. xvi, 288 pages. Dark grey topstain, machine deckle bottom edge. Previous owner stamp to top edge of textblock. Some edgewear. Offsetting and couple spots of soil to endpapers, touch of foxing to first leaf, leaves... Read More
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LITTLE
by Zukofsky, Louis
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of this roman à clef by the distinguished American poet, composed between 1950 and 1969. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth. Green topstain. In original unclipped ($5.95) pictorial dust jacket by Ben Schonzeit. 176, [4] pages. Light soil to jacket panels and verso, small spot to front free endpaper. Minor edgewear. Clean and sound overall.
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RED CLOCKS
by Zumas, Leni
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this story of five women navigating a world where abortion and in vitro fertilization are illegal - issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names... Read More
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THE LISTENERS
by Zumas, Leni
Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2012. First edition. Near fine.. Signed special first printing of this dark story of a woman trapped in a spiral of grief from her past and present - issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in... Read More
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JOHNNY BLOSSOM
by Zwilgmeyer, Dikken; Poulsson, Emilie; Young, F. Liley
Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1912. Very good plus.. First US edition of this popular Norwegian children's book, this copy signed by the translator. First published in 1903 as LILLE JAN BLUHME, this Scandinavian classic was also illustrated by the D'Aulaires in 1948 with the same translation. 7.75'' x 5.5''. Original olive cloth, pictorial paste-on, gilt and blind-stamped boards. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Young with four full-page color plates and single color in-text illustrations. x, 163, [1]... Read More
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