Children's Illustrated

hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Black & white photos by Ylla. Light edgewear to dust jacket and rubbing. Shelf wear to covers.

NY, Dutton Children's Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Judith Byron Schachner. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket with light wear to top edges, price clipped. When Mother Holly leaves to do errands, she warns Cat to behave himself. But faster than a cat can pounce, he is up to his whiskers in trouble! One crazy mishap leads to another, until the little cottage is in a very messy state. Cat is busily tidying up when he hears Mother Holly coming up the path. He spies a tiny piece of corn on the floor and quickly swallows it. But it's no ordinary corn, and suddenly Cat notices that he is making a very curious rumbling sound.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in b&w by cartoonist James Stevenson. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY SMITH WITH QUICK SKETCH OF PINOCCHIO. Covers and dust jacket compelely illustrated, beautiful full-page color illustrations by Smith. Spine stiff and tight, dust jacket, covers and pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Boston, Ginn and Co., reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black lettering on cover. A bright reprint of the book originally printed in 1921. Color frontis and b&w drawings throughout by Herford. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white and some color illustrations by Richard Holberg. Dust jacket worn.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. Two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry has crafted a beautiful picture book about the power of longing and the importance of reconnection between a girl and her father in post-WWII America.This is the story of young Liz, her father, and their strained relationship. Dad has been away at WWII for longer than she can remember, and they begin their journey of reconnection through a hunting shirt, cherry pie, tender conversation, and the crow call. This allegorical story shows how, like the birds gathering above, the relationship between the girl and her father is graced with the chance to fly.

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.

New York, Blue Sky Press, 4th pr. , 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BOOKPLATE BY BANG Laid-in. Color illustrations by Bang. Caldecott Honor Book and Charlotte Zolotow award winner, no award medals on dustjacket.

NY, Golden Book, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations by the author. Step right up and see the dazzling displays and sensational sights of the brightest circus parade ever. From the golden calliope wagon to the proud pachyderms, each page of detailed delights will keep readers rapt. A treat for both young and old; no one will want to miss the clowns in cars and penguins in pools; ferocious felines and aerial artistry--everything that's marvelous and magical about the legendary big top! So get yourself some peanuts and cotton candy and settle in for the greatest parade on earth.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, lovely color illustrations by Sylvia Long. Pete is a shy young boy whose family has moved away from all that is familiar and comfortable to him. In his new town Pete discovers a hill where he can watch hawks fly, and a reclusive woman who cares for injured wild birds. Pete and the woman communicate through the love that they share for wild creatures. Pete discovers there are things he can do that are important to the earth and all the creatures dwelling here. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 1st, 1882, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Hardcover with lightly rubbed boards. Previous owner's inscription. Boards have wear and chips to the top and sides. Corners lightly bumped. Partially detached front board and nearly detached back board. A fragile copy. Gutter cracked in several places. Unmarked, bright illustrations throughout by noted illustrator George Cruikshank.

Hardcover. Joliet, IL , Volland, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Presented in cardboard illustrated box. Box shows moderate fraying and tears. Covers clean and tight. Illustrated by John Rae.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, BC Ed., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 40 pages illustrated by James Marshall. When an efficient duck who gives the time over the telephone gets sick, other animals, believing the job to be easy try to take her place. Book Club Edition. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Benefic Press, reprint, 1964, Hardcover, 61 pages illustrated in color by Jack Merryweather. Library stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Story of a skunk who makes friends with cowboys on a western ranch. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Clarion Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Caldecott Medal Winner for 2002. Gray covers with maroon cloth spine, gorgeous full page color illustrations. Small closed tear to bottom right corner of dust jacket, pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Wiesner's second book to win the Caldecott Medal after his earlier "Tuesday".

Hardcover. NY, Greenwich House, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, 28 pages illustrated with the author's whimsical paintings of cats. Astrology for felines. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boston, The Peterkin Papers, 1st illust. thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with color paste-down on front cover. Four color plates by Harold Brett, many b&w drawings in text, not credited. 219 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillian Company, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear on dust jacket, rubbing and fraying to edges. Illustrated by Avison.

Hardcover. Templar/Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In this enthralling scrapbook that William Shakespeare compiled for his daughter, he looks back on his life as he retires from the theatre. Discover late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth century stories of love, war, kings and queens, fellow playwrights and actors, explorers and life in London. An interactive book with lots of flaps, notes in envelopes, etc. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. Boston, Joy Street/ Little Brown , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white illustrations by the author. Tight copy.

NY, Macmillan, 1st , 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 38 pages illustrated in color and b/w by the Haders. Ex-lib with stamping, end paper residue, but with a nice dust jacket. Library edition.

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, 1st Edition, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 118 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's dated (March 5, 1964) inscription on front flyleaf. Dark green cover boards with paste on decoration on front cover. Some fading to boards at spine. Light tanning thoughout and foxing on endpapers and a couple preliminary pages. In very good condition

New York, Mill-Morrow, 1st US, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 147 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket has light edgewear.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster Books, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light abrasions on bottom corners. Light edgewaer to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Caldecott Honor Book with sticker on front. Handsomely illustrated with Brian Pinkney's color scratchboard drawings. Based on a West Indian folk-tale drawing on African, European and South American traditions.

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart Winston , 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket. Two-color illustrations by Nonny Hogrogian. Shows wear, tanning to dust jacket, internally clean.

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st , 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 62 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by Emily McCully. Dust jacket with small piece gone from top on rear panel. Review slip laid in. Small chunk missing from dust jacket rear by spine.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Illustrations by Nola Langner. 'Library Edition' specification printed on back cover of book. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A human being and a wild animal make a special connection that changes both of their lives. So it was with Rockport, Maine's Harry Goodridge and the harbor seal pup he named Andre. The two became inseparable, though the seal was free to come and go as he pleased. (His floating enclosure in the harbor simply minimized his presence in skiffs owned by yachtsmen, who complained about his sunbathing in their dinghies.) Lovely color plates by Yetti Frenkel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Mankato, MN, Creative Editions, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 40 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Gary Kelley. Like new, clean and tight.

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page spread. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Clean, tight copy. A celebration of the Christmas season features a family's century-old candy making tradition based on the author's own family stories.

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. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Co, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 62 pages. Color illustrations by Ver Beck. Color illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's signature on endpapers and front fly leaf. Wear to corners, spine.

Hardcover. New York, Wonder Books, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Non-Paginated. Full color illustrations by Art Seiden. Clean, tight copy. Ligth musty odor.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Roz Chast. (Her first children's book). Post Card Laid-In. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, McDevitt-Wilson, Reprint, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Book rebound. Full color illustrations by F. D. Bedford. Poetry by E. V. Lucas. Book illustrates the lives and occupations of 24 laborers. Marking on some pages in pencil or ink. Light foxing, closed tears to some pages.

Hardcover. New York, Cassell & Co., unknown, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages illustrated with b&w illustrations by Various artists, frontispiece by Charlotte Weeks. Cardboard covers with color illustration on front, publishers ad on rear. Light edgewear to boards, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Four Winds Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 32 pages. hardcover with dust jacket. Illust. in color by Stanley. Dust jacket with chip, light soil to rear. Tight copy.

NY, Dutton, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations with flaps by author. Remainder mark on bottom-edge. No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY YORINKS AND EGIELSKI on page after front end paper. Color illustrations by Egielski. Very nice, clean condition. Hardbound, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 64 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE D'AULAIRES ON DEDICATION PAGE, DATED JUNE 27, 1972. Dust jacket intact with original price and very minor signs of wear at corners. A clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to covers and edges. 2nd printing. Illustrated by authors. Light fraying to corners.

Hardcover. Paris, Dorbon-Aine, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Oblong hardcover, 66 pages. Color Illustrations by Paul Guignebault. FRENCH TEXT. Circa 1920.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 44 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end paper. Two-tone illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Writing in colored pencil on front end paper. Light soiling. Tear to rear end papers. Fade marks to covers. Discoloration to top edge of book. Dust jacket with chipping, chunks missing from top and bottom. Significant rubbing and wear. Price clipped.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 48 pages illustrated in color by Joyce.

Hardcover. Bronx NY, Child Guidance Books, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards. "Cut-out, stiff paper characters move on top of the illustrated page as the opposing page of text is turned. The characters are covered by a thin sheet of plastic [which protects from damage] and they move under the plastic." No dust jacket, as issued. Color illustrations by Tom O'Sullivan. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Garden City Publishing Co., 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a green cloth spine. An alphabet and number book illustrated in reds and blacks, with dashes of yellow and blue. Illustrated by Nerman. Spine has fraying to top and bottom of spine. Pencil name inside front cover otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st illust. thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. A short story first published in 1946, here illustrated in color by Ralph Steadman. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Egielski. Very nice, clean condition with similar dust jacket.