New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous rhymes which bring a whole zoo to Miss Darling's classroom from Amanda Anaconda to heaps of hamsters, the lemur in the lunchbox, and more. Colorfully illustrated by Barney Saltzberg. SIGNED on the title page by the author and dated in the year of publication. Large format, bound in glossy illustrated boards, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-152020330.

New York: Promontory Press, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Omnibus edition containing three works written and illustrated by Sloane and originally published in 1954-1956: American Barns and Covered Bridges; Our Vanishing Landscape, and American Yesterday. Each work is paginated separately as follows: 112, 107 and 123 pp. Somewhat oversized format. ISBN: 0-88365-6485.

New York: Scribner's, 1945. dj. A lovely book with 10 full color plates by Wilcox. The cover illustration is of Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit on Christmas Day.

New York & London: Macmillan, 1903. Hardcover - A survey of life and travel on the Great Roads of England - the Bath Road, the Brighton Road, the Dover Road, and more - whether in the lumbering vehicles of the 17th century or in the light faster coaches of the early 1800s. Profusely illustrated with drawings by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Originally published in 1888, this is apparently the first edition in the Macmillan's Illustrated Pocket Classics series. Top edge gilt. A small volume. 376 pp.

Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1970. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of thirty poems by this Arizona architect, each illustrated with his drawings on a tan background on the verso of each page. INSCRIBED on the half title page "with fondest regards. I hope you find one page that's meant only for you." 67 pp. plus colophon.

New York: David McKay Company, (c 1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - A new edition of a classic adventure novel set in the early Christian era, and originally published in 1880. Well researched and beautifully presented. Illustrated by Harold King with text drawings and several double page spreads. Glossary, books for further reading. 120 pp. Slightly over-sized format. ISBN: 0-679203923.

Albuquerque. NM: Hawkeye Press, (1980). First edition - A collaborative work by these four former residents of Berkeley - includes poetry by Judy Wells, prose poems by Carla Kandinsky and a short story by Ralph Dranow, illustrated with drawings by Donna Duguay.

New York: Scholastic - Blue Sky Press, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - Charming alphabet - for all ages - of common and uncommon guardian angels (the angel of streetlights, the angel of dreaming and more), illustrated with photographs of folk art angels by the author. Oblong format, printed on glossy stock. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-590-48480x.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Poems about angels from both the Hebrew and Christian traditions, beautifully illustrated with paintings in subdued colors but marvelous details by S. Saelig Gallagher. Slightly oversized format. 55 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1001952.

San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1981.). SIGNED first edition - A charming group of poems illustrated with seven full-page multi-color linocuts by the author. The pages are printed on one side only on French-folded sheets bound Japanese-style with white silk thread. Design and presswork by Adrian Wilson. Number 174 out of 300 numbered copies signed by both the author/illustrator and the printer, Adrian Wilson.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. SIGNED by both Belle Yang and Amy Tan on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996). SIGNED - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication, with a drawing of a cat by Yang. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The artist / author's first book, one in which she retells her father`s story of his coming-of-age in northern China in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the fourth son of a prominent Manchurian family and his odyssey included the years of the Japanese occupation of China, the Russian onslaught upon Northeastern China and the civil war that followed. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full page watercolor paintings by the author as well as many black and white drawings. Preface by Amy Tan. Large square format. 211 pp plus a final portrait of her father. ISBN: 0-15-1000638.

Japan: Dai-Nippon Printing Co, (1947). Hardcover first edition - Three Japanese folk tales translated into English by Yasuda and illustrated with full color plates and some smaller black and white drawings by Yoshinobu Sakakura. Includes The Story of Shitakiri Suzume (The Tongue-cut Sparrow), The Story of Nezumi No Yomeiri (The Marriage of a Mouse) and The Story of Urashima Taro (The Fisherman). The first of four volumes of Japanese folk tales published just after World War II. Foreword by Elizabeth Grey Vining. 92 pp plus final illustration and a list of the 4 volumes. Decorative endpapers.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful book by this Caldecott award winning artist, one which can be enjoyed on many levels. "Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters, combine to convey the many facets of China to form a poetic picture of the land's grace, depth, and majesty. Author's note and a list of the Chinese characters then and now. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8118-43432.