Children's Illustrated

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Book Club edition, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Translated from Yiddish by author and Elizabeth Shub. Covers and dust jacket completely illustrated, dust jacket with acetate protective covering, lovely large, full-color illustrations by Margot Zemach. A retelling of a classic tale pits Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, against Shlimazel, the wicked spirit of bad luck, in a confrontation that enables a poor but honest lad to win and marry a king's daughter. Rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, foxing to covers, especially at edges, pages clean, crisp and unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Carried off to a frozen land by the giants to be their king, Lord Buckley misses the delights of summer and spring. Color illustrations by Hawkes.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 95 pages. Black & white line drawings by Bianco. Light soil to title-page. Light soil to book covers, stain to spine,

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co., reprint, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth with yellow titles and cover illustration, 288 pages. Thorkel and Helga and their family are in difficult times in late Viking times of old Norway, but work out a plan for a trading voyage to the London Fair; their story touches all phases of Viking life. Illustrated with over 100 color block illustrations by Margaret Iannelli of Iannelli Studios.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Look! An elephant eats. Look! Giraffes drink. Look! A warthog digs. A gorilla hides, wild dogs listen, zebras run, monkeys sit, hippos splash, and a rhino naps. Each line of text is illustrated by a two-page spread with a beautiful painting of an animal Ted Lewin has seen on his journeys to Africa. At the end of the story, a boy reads, plays, and dreams, surrounded by toy animals that represent each of the real ones. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, lovely reprint. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR SENDAK.

Hardcover. NY, Dominic Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards. When a jazz-loving kitten named Nicky meets a legendary trumpet player, he learns how to play jazz and word travels fast--soon all the top musicians hear about this jazz cat and want to play with him. This charming story is illustrated with photographs of Nicky with jazz greats Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones, Abbey Lincoln, and Gerry Mulligan as they meet and make friends. The colorful graphics and rhyming text--call and response conversation between Nicky and his new musician friends--reflect the humor, rhythm, and spirit of jazz itself. Nicky the Jazz Cat teaches children about the magic of jazz, the value of friends and mentors, and the power of imagination and originality. Children and adults alike will delight in his journey from curious jazz kitten to acclaimed jazz cat. This is the true first edition published 2 years before the poerHouse edition.

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A woman tells her grandchildren about an ugly hat she once had as a young girl and what happened when she accidentally lost it. In soft pencil and watercolor, Milne's art nicely evokes the South African setting in its many details, including Papa's general store. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards, 64 pages. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w by C. Walter Hodges. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, reprint, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Maroon cloth covers stamped in gilt. Handed down through the generations, the fables have been rewritten by Munro Leaf and illustrated with 2-color drawings by Robert Lawson. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Parents' Magazine Press, 1st, 1968, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 42 pages illustrated in color by Lionel Kalish. A tale of a fiddler and his "very special" dancing cat. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, circa 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards with a black cloth spine. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak in b&w. A beautiful reprint of the classic 1960 edition. No dust jacket, clean. (Imprint is Harper & Row, so not a first. No ISBN so mid-or late 1960s).

Hardcover. London / NY, Nister / Dutton, Unknown, N.D., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 brilliant chromolith plates + 80 Black & white drawings. 3 color and gilt illustrated cover. All edges red. Small town library bookplate, envelope in rear. Previous owner's inscription dated 1897. Very Attractive Copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dial, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by the author.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder / HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 64 pages illustrated in color. Thirty favorite artists and writers celebrate one hundred years of Oz. Contributors include: Peter Glassman; Maurice Sendak; Janell Cannon; Tomie dePaola; Jerry Pinkney; Paul O. Zelinsky; Uri Shulevitz; Trina Schart Hyman; William Joyce; Richard Egielski; Diane Goode; Robin McKinley; Leo and Diane Dillon; Madeleine L'Engle; Mark Teague; Jules Feiffer; Ann M. Martin; Kinuko Y. Craft; Kay Chorao; Michael Foreman; Mark Beuhner; Natalie Babbitt; Peter Sis; Bruce Degen; Chris Van Allsburg; Michael Hague; Troy Howell; Richard Jesse Watson; Lloyd Alexander; Eric Carle. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. San Diego, CA, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth covers stamped in blue. Illustrated with 12 color plates, b&w drawings by Bonnibel Butler. Previous owner's signature on front paste-down, otherwise bright and clean copy.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Dunrea. Bracken Van Eyck, a simple farmer who helps anyone in need, assists a trow-wife in finding her lost baby and in return she rewards him with a hen that lays golden eggs.

NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket pristine. Color illustrations by Brusca. A familiar folktale motif is that of the clever man who outwits the devil. In this zesty retelling, based on an Argentinian source, that man is Juan Pobreza, a poor blacksmith who reshoes a mule belonging to St. Peter and charges nothing for the job. Touched, St. Peter asks the man to name three wishes. Juan, sure that Peter is not who he claims to be, makes three seemingly senseless wishes that help him out later when he must deal with the agents of the devil. In the twist at the end, Pobreza finds himself barred from both heaven and hell.

Hardcover. Honesdale, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR BARRY MOSER ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Paris, Hachette, 1st Canadian, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, illustrated boards, Illustrations in line & 12 color plates by Maurice Boutet de Monvel. Small water stain to top of covers, w/ mild wrinkle to paper covering boards o/w bright & clean.

Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 55 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated by author.

Softcover. London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, unknown, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Musical scores to 30 children's songs illustrated in color by Paul Woodroffe. Illustrated cardboard covers with white cloth spine. Endpapers illustration in yellow. Light wear to cover corners.

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 144 pages. Contains black & white and 2-color illustrations by Ardizzone. Remainder dot on top edge. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MOSER on title-page. Color illustrations by Barry Moser.

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY THATCHER HURD ON TITLE PAGE. Pictorial covers, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Softcover. NY, John Martin's Bookhouse Dodd Mead, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of stories and verse illustrated in black and red by various artists. In unusually sharp, clean condition. Illustrated cardboard covers with very minor wear to corners.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 180 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY FEIFFER on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full color illustrations by Ron Barrett. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 92 pages. The story of a little brown goat. Color, black & white illustrations by the Haders. (small number 3 on bottom of title-page signifying?). G+ with light corner wear, previous owner's lettering on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illust. by French. No dust jacket issued. Tight copy.

New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated. Whimsical 19th-century inspired illustrations. Red dust jacket shows some edgewear, including rubbing and creasing to top back cover. Dust jacket spine faded. Otherwise good. Internally very good.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lois Ehlert. Clean, tight copy.

NY, G.P. Putnams, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Over 200 Illustrations, 218 pages includes a bibliography of the writer and illustrator's book

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 5th pr., 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylant's poetic text, alongside Nikki McClure's stunning, meticulously crafted cut-paper art, makes this book not only timeless but appealing to all ages, from one to one hundred. This lovely book illuminates all the possibilities a day offers--the opportunities and chances that won't ever come again--and also delivers a gentle message of good stewardship of our planet. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Marc Simont. Light rubbing to dust jacket and some sticker residue on front.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnams Sons, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations throughout by Ventura. Glazed boards. Tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Wonder Books, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated in color by William Moyers. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Thacher Hurd and SIGNED BY HURD on dedication page. Tight copy.

New York, Hyperion Books, 1st , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrated and SIGNED BY YACCARINO with a small sketch.

Hardcover. Whitman Tell-A-Tale, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated cardboard covers, color illustrations by Ben Williams. Small sticker on first page otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York , Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color by Ashley Wolff and SIGNED BY WOLFF WITH A SMALL SKETCH on front fly leaf. In very good condition.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Jack E. Davis. Clean copy. A classic horror movie on TV inspires Morty and Ray to paint a picture of themselves for all the wrong reasons.

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 42 pages. hardcover with dust jacket. Color and black & white illustrations by Bryan. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Keith West.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Lovely color illustrations by Palazzo, illustrated cardboard covers. Mild rubbing and light soil to covers; Internally, a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Simon Schuster, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with color plates. SIGNED BY L'ENGLE on title page. The birth of Jesus was a Glorious Impossible. Like love, it cannot be explained, it can only be rejoiced in. And that is what master storyteller Madeleine L'Engle does in this written narrative, inspired by Giotto's glorious frescoes from the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. With a simple clarity that illuminates the life of Christ, Madeleine L'Engle gives eloquent voice to the miracle of God's love.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 2nd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY WIESNER on half-title. Caldecott Winner. Bright, crisp copy. Second printing, without Caldecott sticker on front. Wiesner won the first of three Caldecott Medals for this charming and humorous pictorial story about clever frogs and their adventures as they migrate from a swamp through a small town.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, illustrated in color. SIGNED by illustrator Minor on title page. Bestselling duo Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor team up to show young readers the natural world. The Last Polar Bear is a poignant tale about a boy desperate to save one of the last polar bears in the rapidly changing Arctic environment. Can Tigluk and his grandmother help the young cub who lost his mother?