Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrated cloth covers, 64 pages illustrated in 2-colors and full color by Hoff. Believed to be first printing, only 2 title by Hoff opposite title page (Danny and the Dinosaur, Sammy the Seal), and no ISBN. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to covers.
Hardcover. Kennebunkport ME, Applesauce Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Chwast, the artist and co-founder of the infamous Pushpin Studios, had an enormous influence on design and illustration everywhere. Now, he brings his unique perspective and spontaneity to the letters of the alphabet. With vibrant color and amusing scenarios, this creative book will capture the interests of children and adults of all ages as readers find the letter hidden in each scene. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Longmans, Green and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Potter. Light edgewear to jacket, 1" closed tear. Clean, tight copy.
NY, Simon & Schuster, reprint , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in 2-colors by Hilary Knight and SIGNED BY KNIGHT and dated 2000 on the front fly leaf. An excellent copy of this edition. A reprint of the scarce 1959 edition with a revised dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by Henkes. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to dust jacket. Winner of the Caldecott Medal.
Hardcover. New York, Parent's Magazine Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrations by Edward Gorey. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Universe Publishing, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1946, Munro Leaf's How To Behave And Why gives touchingly sincere yet gently funny lessons in Honesty, Fairness, Strength, and Wisdom. Originally intended for the very young, but with meaning for us all, How To Behave and Why is a true classic, charmingly illustrated with childlike drawings, and with a timeless message. It is a sure guide for teaching children (and adults) how to behave.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with mild soil, closed tear. 72 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Aldren Watson. Everthing a child (or an adult) needs to know about snow. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by the author. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket A new edition of the 1969 classic, this one with new color art by Alexander. When his mother gets angry over the mess he has made and he decides to run away with his friend, Blackboard Bear, Anthony discovers that the woods can be a very scary place,
Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in b&w by Rachel Isadora. Two folktales, one from Ireland and one from Cornwall, about Tom and his encounters with a leprechaun and piskies, which convince him that they are real. "The visual balance of text and illustration completes the elegance of the book." --Booklist. Reissue of a title first published in 1979. Clean and bright.
New York, Lothrop, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Sandra Speidel. Unpaginated. A hymn by the author of Moonsong Lullaby offers a gentle reminder that humankind is not the center of the natural world.
Hardcover. Leicester UK, Brown Watson, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Novelty pop-up book with all 6 pop-ups in excellent condition. Originally published in Czechoslovakia in 1971
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 60 pages, illustrated in color by O.D.V. Guillonnet. Large format in a edgeworn, lightly chipped dust jacket.
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. Philadelphia, Penn Publishing Company, 1st illust thus, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in gilt with color pastedown on front cover. Color frontis and cover plate, 5 b&w plates by Manning deV. Lee. Name on front fly leaf, light scuff to cover otherwise very good, clean.
Hardcover. NY , Doubleday, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial cloth in a worn and chipped dust jacket. Spier's illustrations accompany the words to our national anthem. Endpapers design shows evolution and various designs of American flag. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An anthology of poems, stories, folklore, songs and recipes on the theme of love, with delicate and charming full color illustrations on every page by Tudor. Oblong format. 93 pages. First issue with all the points including the error on page 90.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1998, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Meet Walter.And better yet, turn the pages and --meet his staff. The Gum Guy, who archives his chewed-up gum. His Homework Helper who does...well, you know. A complete Dream Team, to do his sleeping for him...And thats only the beginning!This laugh-out-loud picture book is a dream come true for any kid who has ever wanted someone else to kiss Aunt Winnie or eat their lima beans. Author Patricia Marx and illustrator Roz Chast prove with hilarity that anyone can have the staff they need, if they have enough imagination. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Philomel Books , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR with a color drawing of a lamb by Morgan on the front fly leaf. After her grandmother dies, a little Tuscan girl cannot stand the sound of bells until the good-hearted schoolmaster introduces her to some belled lambs. Morgan's bright, folksy illustrations evince a hearty rusticity perfectly suited to the sweet and compassionate story. Small tear to dj at top of spine, otherwise a clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 94 pages. Brown cloth covers, beveled edges, gilt titles to spine and front cover, lovely gilt pictorial to front, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, 10 full-page color plates (1 plate torn in half) and numerous b&w illustrated figures, by Frances Brundage and M. Bowley. Previous owner's bookplate to front endpaper, light edgewear to covers, endpapers lightly discolored with age, chipping and tear to first plate, half of 9th color plate torn off, a few pages separate from page block.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by James Stevenson. New Yorker cartoonist's first children's book of many to follow. Dust jacket with soil, edgewear, chip to bottom 1" of spine, small price sticker.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Tight copy. A collection of poems about Biddy Early, the Wise Woman of Clare, and her animal, human, and supernatural associates.
NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Color illustrations by Jack Kent. "There was once a prince who longed to live a simple life. He was tired of idle foolishness and fancy dress balls." Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Albert Whitman & Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white and color illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader. Shows some wear but mostly clean and nice. Hardbound, no dust jacket.
New York, Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth. Color illustrations by Robert Quackenbush. 32 pages. No dust jacket. Pete Pack Rat must act quickly to save Pebble Junction's Christmas Eve celebrations when the Gila Monster Gang escapes from jail and steals the Christmas pinata. Owner's name on title page, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color bird paintings by Estelle Duval. Cover & decorations by Carl Hurlbut. SIGNED BY KING on title-page. Foxing, edgewear to bottom and corners of blue cloth covers. Bright red bird painting on front cover.
Hardcover. San Diego and New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color illustrations by Jane Dyer. Nice, clean condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. This is a pictorial memoir of Melisande, a most uncommon dog who becomes a famous opera singer. B&w cartoon illustrations by Roy McKie. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by David McPhail. Dj with small closed tear.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Michael Paraskevas. The mother (Author) and son (Artist) team present another adventure in the life of the poor little rich boy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards. Juliette and her parade of stuffed animals prepare for this special holiday by choosing a tree, decorating the house, and baking cookies. Juliette explains that Santa will bring gifts for everyone, but when Christmas day arrives, she is so excited about her new presents she forgets all about her friends until she receives a special present that reminds her that friendship is the best gift of all. This delightful story, perfectly suited for the board book audience, captures the anticipationof Christmas and gently underscores the true spirit of the season. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY , F. A. Stokes, 2nd pr., 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with dust jacket. B&W drawings by Wyncie King. Ex-lib with stamping and marking, residue to end papers. Dust jacket shows chipping and chunks missing from top-bottom spine, all four corners. Gutter crack and light soil internally.
Softcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrations by McNaughton. Four graphically illustrated stories:"Cowboy Crazy", "Snow Crazy", "Pirate Crazy" and "Rock and Roll Crazy". Red laminated cardboard covers, no dust jacket issued.
Hardcover. NY, New York Review of Books, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format in pictorial boards. It's a big day for Jenny Linsky, the shy little black cat of Greenwich Village, when her brothers, Checkers and Edward, take her out for her birthday. They pick up her notorious friends along the way, including the twins Romulus and Remus, who have brought a special present, and Pickles, the Fire Cat, who gathers everyone into his red fire truck to take them to the park. There they will invite friends and strangers to share a picnic supper and dance the night away. First published in 1954. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Schwartz & Wade Books, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non paginated. Hardcover. Extensive color illustrations by G. Brian Karas throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color illustrated by Wildsmith. A book with half-page flaps that reveal a visual suprise on the next page.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown and Co., 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong format, red cloth covers stamped in blue. Covers with some corner wear. Contents are very good. Quite scarce with 58 original illustrated maps in vivid colors. A product of the 1930s, it depicts stereotypical images of people, such as on the Tennessee map (not pictured here) there are a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member in white hood and robe with a pistol and a bucket of tar, and a black person dragging a sack of cotton. In addition to these somewhat offensive images, it also reflects the times in terms of what was important or noteworthy about each area of each state be it growing corn, raising mules, crabbing, racing horses, making movies, sailing, Native Americans, national parks, quilting, romance, volcanoes, whales, rain, gold, or big trees. Pictorial endpapers designed by Taylor depict double hemisphere world maps. Art by Ruth Taylor (1900-) who was educated at the Pratt Institute of Art; the Art Students League. Name on half title page otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, unpaginated, color illustrations by Gruelle. Cardboard covers with edge and corner wear, but clean and bright, black cloth spine. Originally published in 1926 by Volland. This edition undated but probably late 1930s. Inscription on frontispiece opposite title page. Otherwise unmarked.
Hardcover. NY, Crowell, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by the author. 109 pages. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping, rubbing and soil. Dust jacket price clipped.
Hardcover. NY, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket with mild fading to dust jacket. Five poems by Langston Hughes and one anonymous one translated from the Spanish present the story of the first Christmas from different perspectives. Ashley Bryan has long been known for his interest in and illustration of African American spirituals and poetry. Here he puts his gifts of illustration to work in a way that seems to reflect his dedication to both. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Crisp, bright copy with minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, 1st, 2006, Hardcover, 64 pages. The dapper Quincy tells all in this lighthearted introduc-tion to the art of photographing dogs. He's generous with helpful hints, like "You can stop to smell the roses, but dogs don't hold their poses," and mindful of the smallest details, such as allowing the subject to sniff the camera. To top it off, Quincy shares his favorite snaps from the field in a quirky slide presentation. In his inimitable style, J. otto Seibold delivers a book over-flowing with heart, humor, and four-footed friends. Part silly picture book, part off-the-cuff instruction manual, Quincy, the Hobby Photographer is an ideal gift for dog lovers and for photo enthusiasts of all ages.
Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 3rd pr., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color illustrations by Chris Van Dusen. This lovely picture book is a prequel to the Mercy Watson transitional chapter books. It tells the story of how Mr and Mrs Watson came to adopt Mercy, and how Mercy first discovered her love of toast with a great deal of butter. As this book is designed for parents to read to their child, the vocabulary used is richer and more varied than that found in the Mercy Watson chapter books. The illustrations are gorgeous and inviting, and help to create warmth and spark conversation. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Crowell/ Jr. Lit Guild, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated in 2-colors by Leslie W. Lee. Light wear, rubbing to edges and spine, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Row, reprint, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in 3-colors by Arnold Lobel. A Science I Can Read Book. Clean copy.
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