Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated in color by Small. So you want to be an explorer? What does it take, you ask? To find out, take a look at Judith St. George and David Small's witty collection of some of the best explorers the world has ever known.You know Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, but what about Mary Kingsley, who studied cannibals in Africa, or cowboy Jim White, who, by mistake, found Carlsbad Caverns? Full of boundless energy and illustrations you won't forget, this historical jaunt will inspire the explorer in all of us, young and old.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Dust jacket with moderate wear, areas of staining, tape repaired tears. Clean, unmarked pages. A child eye's view of moving day. No statement of first on copyright page.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Burningham. Illust. library binding - end papers with stamp, minor marking otherwise very good, clean. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Pretty soft green covers stamped center front with an unnoticeable flower design. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine is sunned at both ends. A wonderful story of seven brothers who each use their special magic powers to win the hand of Helena of Boozan Island for their King. Beautifully and elegantly illustrated.
Hardcover. NY, Schocken Books, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Stated second printing of this ingenious picture puzzle book with a hidden story told through the vibrant illustrations. Clean copy.
NY, Scholastic, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Jean and Mau-Sien Tseng. Honesty and resourcefulness triumph over greed and evil as a boy takes desperate measures to save himself and his neighbors from the malevolent magic of the dreaded ku snake. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Perry Mason & Co., 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 600+ pages. This is a children's periodical, all issues for the year 1899, bound together in black-cloth, gilt, edgeworn boards. Many b&w engravings. Large format, 11.5x16". Total of 50 issues or around 12-16 pages each. A treasure trove of old advertising and graphic images from that era. Perfect for a graphic artist, or collector, interested in Victoriana.
Hardcover. NY, Harpercollins;, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An illustrated edition of the libretto for Handel's popular choral work, color plates by Barry Moser.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color pictures by Chwast. Features large fold-out illustration of the traffic jam.
Hardcover. New York , Roy Publishers, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 222 pages, b&w illustrations by C. Walter Hodges.In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Chicago/NY, Platt & Munk, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four linenlike books in a color illustrated box. The cardboard box is worn, corners reinforced with tape. One book (Three Bears) has 2 tape repairs to spine, otherwise all books are bright and sharp. Each with an inscription inside front cover. Stapled wraps, 10 X 12". Illustrators include Losis Lenski, Eulalie, Bachmann, Elizabeth Colburne.
Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, rep., 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. End paper map, color illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, pictorial boards with light edgewear & chip (about 1/2") to top of spine.
Hardcover. New York, Julian Messner, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated green boards, 16 pages, Illustrated by Sally Tate. Printed in brown and red on green paper. Green paper over boards printed in brown and red and with fuzz on the bear, both upper and lower boards. Decorated endpapers, also with fuzz on the bears. The illustrations feature the bear on every other page, each depiction of him with brown fuzz. Light soiling to covers and the paper is starting to peel at top of spine, top corner worn.
Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt design and titles. 66 pages with b&w illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. First winner of The Caldecott Medal for chlldren's book illustration. Front hinge partially cracked, name of summer camp printed on front fly leaf with mild soil, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Lee and Shepard, reprint, 1881, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Many wonderful black & white engravings. Green cloth with bright gilt & black decoration. 372 pages.Rear cover has a half-dollar size spot of soil, otherwise a clean copy.
Hardcover. Springfield, McLoughlin Brothers, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in red and dark green. 128 pages, color frontispiece, b&w drawings. No date, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf dated 1924. In the scarce dust jacket, light tan illustrated with 3-color design featuring two brownies, light edgewear, chipping.
Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber , 1st, 1953, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Pictorial boards. Non-Paginated. Color and black & white illustrations by Irene Hawkins. Foxing to dust jacket and covers. Interior clean. Some numbers written in pencil on inside covers. Dust jacket price clipped with some tape repaired tears.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in color illustrated boards. library binding. Adapted by Benjamin Appel. Illustrations in color by J.K. Lambert. Summary: Taken from his royal parents at his christening by one fairy to escape the vengeance of another, a prince, thinking he is a commoner, sets out to win the hand of a beautiful princess. 58 pages, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st Am, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 28 pages, color illustrations by the author. A very clean, tight copy in a bright dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York , Philomel Books, 1st U.S., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.Color illustrations by Anno. Adapted from the translation by Ursula Synge.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, Second printing, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Light green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, some light foxing to spine. Pages clean. Binding good. Spine straight.
Hardcover. New Milford, Conn., Roaring Brook Press, 2nd Printing, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Illustrated throughout by the author, clean, tight and bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 3rd pr., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Eric Carle. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Tape along the spine of dust jacket. The Bible Story of Noah as told by the great Jewish writer, Isaac Bashevis Singer. The illustrations are by the children's illustrator, Eric Carle. Singer is a Nobel Prize winner and Newbury winner. Carle's bright illustration set the mood of this Bible Story.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 2nd pr., 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY MORRISSEY on title page. Tight copy. When Father Christmas pays a visit on Christmas Eve, Sam's busiest time of the year gets even busier. The problem, as Father Christmas explains, is that he's running behind schedule and wants Sam to help him out. For Sam, who's facing the closing of his ramshackle shop, the task seems impossible. After all, he has no sleigh or reindeer. But that's where a little magic comes in. Before the wonderful night is past, Sam and his young friend Joey get the chance to make some unusual deliveries and, most importantly, share in the true spirit of Christmas.
Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt & Company, 4th, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Illustrated in color by the author. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with a little sketch of a spider. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with small tear to upper edge of spine. Faint sunning to spine. Internally very good. Caldecott Honor Book with silver sticker on cover.
Softcover. La Jolla CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned. Hague's first illustrated book.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by Brown. Decorated library binding. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Clean.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated throughout in color by Paul Rogers. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Ars Edition, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Approximately 5 3/4" x 4 3/4", 18 pages. English version by John Theobald. Bohatta was a Austrian writer/artist whose titles were republished in the U.S. in small printings. Charming color illustrations. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Very nice condition, some very minor wear to dust jacket but otherwise new-looking. Nice color illustrations by Demi.
hardcover. New York, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with matching dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Raul Colon. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color art by Parnall. All about different types of mammal feet. Illustrated in color, with a guide at the end of the text which explains the type of feet depicted in the artwork. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY DUVOISIN on half title-page. Color illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Light wear to cover. No dust jacket.
Softcover. La Jolla, CA, Star and Elephant Books, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A small book illustrated in color by Michael R. Hague. Softcover. Spine sunned.
Hardcover. NY, North-South Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Schmid.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrations in color and black & white by Goodenow. Shows minor wear. Dust jacket shows light soiling and chipping at edges. Hardbound.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound. Color illustrations by Rosemary Wells. Her second book. Dust jacket with closed tears, rubbing, sticker residue to front cover. Brodart cover.
Hardcover. NY, Harlin Quist, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped and edgeworn dust jacket. B&w line cartoons by Stan Mack. "Violet, Slingsby, Guy and Lionel are the four little people who want to see their world. But what a world they see! Imagine the island of water surrounded by earth, and filled with veal cutlets and chocolate drops! Imagine the scroobious sound of the simultaneous sneezing of millions of mice! Imagine their boat bitten into fifty-five-thousand-million-hundred-billion bites by the ferocious Seeze Pyder!" Dj price-clipped. No markings.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott , reprint , 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Translated by Elisabeth P. Stock. Color illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Cover shows age and some wear. Hardbound, no dust jacket.
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.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf , 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers, Illustrated with b&w photos by Sy Katzoff. Seven year old Amy takes her broken doll to the doll hospital. Small ink price on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Nice color illustrations by Lobel. Minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 41 pages. Color illust. by Beisner. Laminated boards with crisp finish, illustrated in color front and back.
Hardcover. NY, Platt and Munk, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 12 color plates by Winifred Austen, many B&W drawings. Great cover design in 3-colors on orange cloth. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped, with faded stain to spine. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Bros., 1st thus, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 117 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black and white drawings by J.M. Conde. A Hollow Tree Story. Cover label illustration in color by Conde. ( balloon is also misspelled with one L) previous owner's inscription front fly leaf.
Hardcover. NY`, Child's Play Ltd., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Meyrick. Laminated covered boards with color illustrations. Small dings on top edge.
Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 3rd, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by the author. Hardcover with dust jacket. non-paginated. Clean, tight copy.
New York, Simon & Schuster , reprint, 1998 (1955), Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover. Two-color illustrations by Hilary Knight and SIGNED BY KNIGHT on front fly leaf. 65 pages plus scrapbook. In new condition. The original story and pictures of Eloise plus previously unpublished illustrations by Knight and photographs of Kay Thompson. Signed and dated by the illustrator, Hilary Knight, the year of publication. Scrapbook written by Marie Brenner.
Hardcover. NY, Astor-Honor, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lionni. Light soil, wear to boards.
Softcover. NY, Children's Universe, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A package that contains scored heavy paper for constructing blockhead characters. Cardboard covers. These are the blockheads, a wacky crew that includes a pirate, clown, space cadet, cowpoke, baseball player, and lifeguard. This punch-out activity book is in As New condition, complete, unused, and never opened. It contains six heads on figures that you assemble yourself.
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