New York: Macmillan, 1982. Horvath, Maria. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 8vo picture book, brown over orange cloth, illustrated with linoleum cuts by Maria Horvath. Based on native American creation myths from southern and central California. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987. Birrer, Cynthia and William. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, publisher's library binding. Illustrated in color throughout by the authors, a retelling of the Persephone myth. Fine in very good dj, no indication of library usage.
Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books, 1979. Brennan, Nicholas. Hardcover. Small 4to picture book, illustrated boards, the author/illustrator's first book about a rude lonely giant and the small boy who is also lonely. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj with publisher's replacement price-sticker affixed to front flap.
Redhill, Surrey: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., nd. Pape, Frank C. Hardcover. 5th impression. 8vo, full blue cloth stamped in gray, pale blue and gilt with a wonderfully evocative cover and spine design that deserves to appear in any book on great trade bindings. 24 full page black and white.....
New York: Morrow, 1999. Craft, Kinuko Y. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, cloth backed boards. Gorgeously illustrated by award-winner Kinuko Y. Craft. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Morrow, 1999. Craft, Kinuko Y. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth backed boards. Gorgeously illustrated by award-winner Kinuko Y. Craft. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed in gilt by Craft on verso of purple endpaper. Signed by the artist.
New York: Morrow, 1996. Craft, Kinuko. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, cloth backed boards. Gorgeously illustrated by award-winner Kinuko Y. Craft. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. Lee, Alan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to boards, illustrated in dream-like color and grayscale throughout by Alan Lee. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Greger, C. Shana. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1at ptg., 4to picture book, cloth-backed boards, an ancient Aztec myth of the sun's origin. Illustrated by Greger in evocative color throughout. Fine in very good fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Blue Sky Press, 1988. Moser, Barry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to, cloth backed boards. Creation myths from around the world. Watercolor illustrations by Barry Moser. Newbery Honor book. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Henry Holt, 1994. Glancey, Kelli. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo, cloth backed boards. Illustrated by Kelli Glancey. Inspired by the Ramayana, the story of prince Rama, Sita and the evil King Ravana, written for young adults. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1972. Mikolaycak, Charles. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., Square 4to picture book, full tan cloth stamped in gilt, a myth from the isles of Greece with ochre drawings by Charles Mikolaycak. Fine in very good, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
London: Ernest Nister, nd. Browne, Gordon. Hardcover. 8vo full oxblood cloth stamped in black and gilt, illustrated by Gordon Browne with 6 beautifully printed chromolithographs, full page and partial page B&W drawings. All edges gilt, beveled boards, pictorial endpapers of a Viking ship in full sail. Light shelfwear to bottom.....
New York: Viking, 1991. Waldman, Neil. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Small 4to picture book, cloth backed boards, with Neil Waldman's subtle color paintings, based on the oral traditions of Pacific Northwest tribes. Signed by Kesey with dayglo marker on the front free endpaper. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no.....
New York: Atheneum, 1988. Young, Ed. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to picture book, full purple cloth, illustrated by Ed Young's vivid art, taken from a Hawaiian creation myth. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1999. Wijngaard, Juan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., narrow 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in color with lovely mosaic borders by Juan Wijngaard. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Macmillan, 1988. Gal, Laszlo. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to picture book, cloth backed blind stamped boards, illustrated in colored pencil by Laszlo Gal throughout. The ancient Norse myth about Iduna whose golden apples give the gods immortality. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.....
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Mikolaycak, Charles. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to, cloth-backed boards, illustrated in rich color by Mikolaycak. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Mikolaycak, Charles. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to, cloth-backed boards, illustrated in rich color by Mikolaycak. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed and dated on the half-title by Mikolaycak with Books of Wonder exhibit invitation laid in. Signed by the.....
New York: Viking, 1994. Moser, Barry. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to illustrated boards, illustrated with beautiful watercolors by Barry Moser, a sensitive retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur seen through the eyes of Ariadne. Signed on the title page by Moser. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.....
Brookfield: Roaring Brook, 2003. Malone, Peter. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 8vo, illustrated boards, the stories of Leto and Artemis, Demeter and Persephone as told by the mothers and daughters themselves. Illustrated in line by Peter Malone. As new. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Boston: Little Brown, 1994. Brent, Isabelle. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Large square 8vo, illustrated boards, illustrated in full color and gilt illumination by Isabelle Brent. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks,
New York: Peter Bedrick, 1990. Ingpen, Robert. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st. ptg., 4to, full green "cloth", 15 heroes from Perseus and Gilgamesh to Moses and El Cid, lovingly illustrated in color throughout by Robert Ingpen. 184pp. Light rubbing to board edges, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dj, no.....
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997. Ghiuselev, Iassen. Edition not noted. Hardcover. 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated in classical color throughout by Iassen Ghiuselev. Translation of the classic myth by Pauline Hejl. As new. Issued without dj.
New York: Macmillan, 1942. Sewell, Helen. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to full yellow cloth, selections from Bulfinch';s Age of Fable, illustrated in fine line by Helen Sewell with black and white partial page ddrawings and full page drawings backed with intense dark blue, pictoral endpapers in pale orange and.....