Children's Illustrated

Softcover. New York, Colgate & Co, 1st, 1914, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover booklet. Heavy soil. Ink spots and previous owner's name on rear wrapper. Light soil internally.Pictures by Leon Wolf.

Hardcover. NY, Jr. Literary Guild /Albert Whitman, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in green. Illustrated in color by Wilson. 123 pages. Includes a page of Italian words and phrases at the back. This is the story of a day in the life of lovable Italian boy, Ricco, as he celebrates his 8th birthday with family and friends in his small Italian fishing village. Charmingly written and beautifully illustrated by the author. Decorated endpapers of Ricco's Village. Previous owner's bookplte on blank prelim page otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 99 pages, illustrated throughout in color by Gennady Spirin. Pages without illustrations are decorated with elegant and delicate borders. Faux marbled endpapers. Translator Brodmann has been celebrated in her native Germany for her work with juvenile literature. Stated first printing. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrations by Berta an Elmer Hader. Light fraying to cloth covers corner.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 3rd PR., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 60 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton and Company, 3rd pr., 1936, Book: Fair, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 60 pages illustrated with b&w line drawings by Paul Brown. An endearing true story of the beloved white pony owned by King George and used for shooting or long rides in the country, told by the pony. The book has the cardboard spine missing, binding holding. Light shelfwear.

Hardcover. US, The Platt & Munk Co, reprint, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate wear to covers, slightly warped. Dust jacket has tape repair to front. Color illustrations by Lucille W. and H.C. Holling.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated in black & white by Emma Brock.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, Milton Bradley Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in worn, frayed black cloth with yellow lettering. The best reason to buy this book are the 12 bright color plates by Riesenberg. They include The Explorers Lewis & Clarke, The Pioneer Daniel Boone, The Trapper Kit Carson, The Riverboat Pilot Mark Twain right up to The Aviator Charles Lindbergh. Internally clean, very good, the outside, not so much.

Softcover. Coventry VT, Radiant Hen Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 30 pages illustrated in color by Caldecott winner Azarian. Small printing.

Hardcover. Chicago, Book House for Children, 28th pr., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red coth with gilt lettering and color paste-down on front cover,192 pages. Illustrated in color by Maude & Miska Petersham. Light soil to covers, internally VG.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Co, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. Brown cloth covers with embossed black titles, color plate pasted to front board, color-illustrated dust jacket, 11 full-page color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Edgewear and chipping to dust jacket, two 2" tears to dust jacket top front cover, otherwise dust jacket still makes neat presentation with acetate protective covering, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; overall a very neat copy.

Hardcover. Brookfield CT, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. A beautiful first edition/first printing in unread very good condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author/illustrator Mordicai Gerstein. In 1972, French aerialist Philippe Petit stole into the nearly completed construction site of the World Trade Center, strung a tightrope between the two towers, and the following morning gave the city of New York an incredibly daring and long remembered performance. Gerstein was awarded the 2004 Caldecott award for his illustrations, with the two fold-out panoramas that capture the drama, excitement, and anxiety of the historic death defying feat. Like new. No sticker.

Hardcover. NY, David White, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Black & white illust. by Paul Giovanopoulos. Small number lettered on dust jacket spine and rear panel.

Hardcover. New York, Cupples and Leon, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 48 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Richard Hudson. In the scarce dust jacket with mild soil, edgewear.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Light green boards, maroon cloth spine with gilt titles, color illustrated dust jacket, beautiful full page color illustrations by Jim McMullan. Very slight wear to dust jacket; a beautiful children's book in excellent condition.

hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st US, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 321 pages. A Swallows and Amazons adventure. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on prelim page. Spine faded. Light soil to front cover.

Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue and Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 96 pages illustrated in color by Gruelle. Bright cardboard covers in color, wear to corners. Light tape shadow to front endpaper illustration, otherwise clean internally.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with color paste down on front cover with gilt lettering, 303 pages. Color frontispiece, 4 b&w plates and numerous line drawings by Henry Pitz. "This is the story of the experiences of two boys in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Lassen and Plumas Counties, California. Their adventures take them from Jamesville, a small mining town, up over Old Baldy to Eagle Lake and that spur of the range in which the lake is held."Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2nd pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Say. Luke and his father, who is disgusted by the tourists surrounding the once secluded lake of his childhood, hike deeper into the wilderness to find a "lost lake" of their own. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Small hardcover, pictorial boards. Color and b&w illustrations by Clarence Biers and Joan Harman, 60 pages. Light edge wear to boards, clean.

NY, Random House., 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed boards, Color illustrations by Briggs. No dust jacket issued. From the beloved creator of The Snowman comes an enchanting big book featuring 124 beautiful pastel illustration panels. A huge, snowy white bear arrives mysteriously one cold winter night and crawls into bed with Tilly. The next morning, Tilly sets about making her polar bear friend welcome and excitedly reports her progress in "civilizing" him to her bemused parents. They are sure Tilly has an imaginary friend. But is he imaginary?

Hardcover. New York, Philomel, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 32 pages illustrated in color by the Dillons and SIGNED BY BOTH on title page.

Hardcover. NY, Sea Star Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illust. by Kinuko Y. Craft. Tight copy with only minor wear to cover edges.

NY, Lothrop Lee Shepard, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lubin. Light edgewear to dust jacket..

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, Viking Press, 1st US, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Bennett. Foreward by Gerald Gottlieb.Reproduction of a book first published in England in 1857. Clean copy.

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.

Hardcover. Natick, MA, Picture Book Studio, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger.

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. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. SIGNED BY WILLARD on title page. Dust jacket price clipped. Tight copy. A collection of poems about Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare, and her animal, human, and supernatural associates.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black & white line drawings by c. Illust. Library Binding Ed. (not ex-lib.) Light spotting on rear cover otherwise, clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Fraying on corners.

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.

NY, Hurst & Co., reprint, n.d. (1880's), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 557 pages. Many black & white engravings by Dore. With an essay on La Fontaine's life and work. Also, the life of Aesop, the Phrygian. Beautiful gilt and black design on green cloth. Sharp, 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. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 2-color Illustrations by Carol Jones, 92 pages. "Excitement and adventure pervade the mysterious Arctic as young Tuk experiences the thrill of killing his first bear; as beautiful Sedna commands the wrath of the seas; and as lovely Leealura wins the heart of Maleyato, the best hunter in the village." Clean 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, Harper & Row, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket price clipped, still glossy, some slight tanning from age. Some light foxing to edges, pages unmarked. Binding tight. 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. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st U.S., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color illustrations by Errol Le Cain. Dust jacket price clipped.

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.